Wednesday July 30, 2025

Fletcher Hall at 6:30pm

Join the Chautauqua Institution 2025 Opera Conservatory and guest artist Kensho Watanabe for a captivating journey through some of opera's most cherished moments

“Terzetto” from Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) 

- Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868) 

Rosina – Michaela Larsen 

Figaro – Luis Vega-Torres 

Conte – Justin Bell 

Piano – Manuel Arellano 

“Duetto” from Madama Butterfly (1898) 

- Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)  

Butterfly – Adaiah Ogletree 

Suzuki – Huijie Sun 

Piano – Joel Harder 

“Duet” from Cosí fan tutte, K. 588 

- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)  

Fiordiligi – Helaine Liebman London 

Dorabella – Gabrielle Guida 

Piano – Jeremy Chan 

“Terzetto” from Alcina (1735)  

- George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) 

Alcina – Angelina Yi 

Ruggerio – Madeleine Christopher 

Bradamante – Valarie Miles  

Piano – Shaobai Yuan 

“Quintet” from Zauberflöte, K. 620 

- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) 

Papageno – Nicholas Gryniewski 

Tamino – Justin Bell 

First Lady – Aubrey Cole 

Second Lady – Gabrielle Guida  

Third Lady – Valarie Miles 

Piano – Donald Lee III 

“Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante” from Carmen (1875)  

- Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) 

Micaela – Clothilde Culeux - Benard  

Piano – Joel Harder 

“Quartet” from L'Étoile (1877)  

- Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 – 1894)  

Lazuli – Aida Skaraite 

Laoula – Michaela Larsen 

Aloès - Gabrielle Guida  

Tapioca – Valentine Umeh 

Piano – Shaobai Yuan 

“The Creek Scene” from Grapes of Wrath (2007)  

- Rickey Ian Gordon (b. 1956)  

Noah – Wayne Arthur 

Ma Joad – Christine Powell-Thomas 

Piano – Jeremy Chan 

“Duet” from Rinaldo (1711)  

- George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)  

Armida – Lynn Kang 

Argante – Dominic Townsend 

Piano – Jeremy Chan 

“Sestetto” from Lucia Di Lammermoor (1835)  

- Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848)  

Edgardo – Alexander Bonner 

Enrico – Tieyin Li 

Lucia – Elizabeth Palumbo 

Raimondo – Nicholas Gryniewski 

Arturo – Valentine Umeh 

Alisa – Michaela Larsen 

Piano – Shaobai Yuan 

“Sextet” from Street Scene (1947)  

- Kurt Weill (1900 – 1950)  

Lippo – Dominic Armstrong*

Mrs. F – Aubrey Cole 

Mrs. O – Valarie Miles  

Mrs. J – Gabrielle Guida  

Jones – Alexander Bonner 

Olsen – Dominic Townsend 

Henry – Justin Bell 

Piano – Donald Lee III 

*guest faculty member

The Chautauqua Opera Conservatory is designed to guide and empower young artists through training and vast performance opportunities in a wide array of repertoire with excellent faculty.  Under the leadership of Denyce Graves-Montgomery, Artistic Advisor, and Jonathan Beyer, Director, a dynamic group of singers study, coach, and perform in an idyllic setting on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution.

Opera Conservatory 2025 

Denyce Graves, artistic advisor 

Jonathan Beyer, director 

Resident and Guest Faculty 

Dominic Armstrong  

Nicole Cabell

Rachel Calloway 

Claudia Catania

Maxine Davis, Feldenkrais Practitioner 

Damien Geter

Maya Goell, directing intern  

Emma Griffin 

John Holiday 

Kimille Howard 

Rhoslyn Jones 

Dietlinde Maazel 

Kevin Short 

Nathan Troup 

Carol Vaness 

Laura Ward 

Kensho Watanabe 

Vocal Coaches 

Donna Gill 

Joel Harder 

Jeremy Chan 

Manuel Arellano 

Donald Lee III 

Shaobai Yuan, student collaborative pianist