Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 8:00pm

Amphitheater

Opera & Pops Concert with CSO

Stuart Chafetz, conductor

Chautauqua Opera Apprentice Artists: Sarah Rachel Bacani, Tyrese Byrd, Joel Clemens, SarahAnn Duffy, Sarah Dyer-Jones, Brian Linares, Sara Nealley, and Kelsey Watts

Chautauqua Opera Studio Artists: Faith Adams, Gabriel Chona Rueda, Sydney Dardis, Audrianna Hughes, Ryan Michki, Jared Peterson, Christopher Walters, and Lindsey Weissman

Concert Order - approx. 95 minutes with intermission

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Overture to Così fan tutte, K. 588 (1790) [5']

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949): “Sein wir wieder gut” (Composer’s Aria) from Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (1912) [3']

Composer – SarahAnn Duffy

Meredith Willson (1902-1984): “My white knight” from The Music Man (1957) [3']

Marian Paroo – Sarah Rachel Bacani

Mitch Leigh (1928-2014) and Joe Darion (1911-2001): “I, Don Quixote” from Man of La Mancha (1965) [3']

Don Quixote – Brian Linares

Sancho Panza – Tyrese Byrd

Carlisle Floyd (1926-2021): “The trees on the mountains” from Susannah (1955) [5']

Susannah Polk – Sara Nealley

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957): “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen” (Pierrot’s Tanzlied) from Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (1920) [5']

Fritz – Joel Clemens

Studio Women

Richard Adler (1921-2012) and Jerry Ross (1926-1955): “Two Lost Souls” from Damn Yankees (1955) [3']

Lola – Sarah Dyer-Jones

Mr. Applegate – Brian Linares

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): “Wir wandelten durch Feuergluten” from Die Zauberflôte, K. 620 (1791) [4']

Pamina – Sarah Rachel Bacani

Tamino – Tyrese Byrd

Studio Artists

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): “Klinget, Glöckchen, klinget” and “Pa-pa-pa!” from Die Zauberflôte, K. 620 (1791) [4']

Papageno – Joel Clemens

Papagena – Kelsey Watts

Three Spirits – Sydney Dardis, Faith Adams, Lindsey Weissman

- intermission -

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): “Vecchia zimarra”  from La bohème (1896) [2']

Colline – Brian Linares

Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021): “Everybody says don’t” from Anyone Can Whistle (1964) [2']

J. Bowden Hapgood – Joel Clemens

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein, II (1895-1960): “Climb every mountain” from The Sound of Music (1959) [3']

Mother Abbess - Sara Nealley

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Barcarolle) from Les contes d’Hoffmann (1881) [4']

Nicklausse – SarahAnn Duffy

Giulietta – Sarah Rachel Bacani

Studio Artists

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): “So anch’io la virtù magica” from Don Pasquale (1843) [6']

Norina – Kelsey Watts

Jerry Bock (1928-2010) and Sheldon Harnick (1924-2023): “Ilona” from She Loves Me (1963) [3']

Steven Kodaly – Tyrese Byrd

Ilona Ritter – Kelsey Watts

Ladislav Sipos – Brian Linares

Arpad Laszlo – Joel Clemens

 María Grever (1885-1951): “Júrame” (1926) [4']

Sarah Dyer-Jones

Irving Berlin (1888-1989): “Anything you can do, I can do better” from Annie, Get Your Gun (1946) [4']

Annie Oakley – SarahAnn Duffy

Frank Butler – Joel Clemens

Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021): “The Glamorous Life” from A Little Night Music (1973) [4']

Fredrika – Kelsey Watts

Desiree – Sara Nealley

Madame Armfeldt – Sarah Dyer-Jones

Liebeslieders – Studio and Apprentice Artists

Orchestral materials provided by: Boosey & Hawkes; David Carp; Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra; Concord Music Group; European American Music; Music Theatre International (MTI).

Thanks to J.P. Woodey and Linda Prechtl for the horse heads. 

General & Artistic Director: Steven Osgood 

Music Administrator: Carol Rausch 

Music Staff: Miriam Charney, Rick Hoffenberg, Nathaniel LaNasa, and Allison Voth 

Director of Production: Michael Baumgarten 

Production Stage Manager: Valerie Wheeler 

Assistant Stage Managers: Hanna Atkinson and Alexandria Griner 

Technical Director: JP Woodey 

Costume Shop Supervisor: Cristine Patrick 

Costume Shop Crew: Claire Gibbons and Natalie Juran 

Wig Supervisor: Martha Ruskai 

Manager: Helen Hassinger 

Company Scheduler: Rick Hoffenberg 

Management Associate: Kara Post 

Marketing Associate: Nick Kemp 

Opera Guild Intern: Mia O’Malley 

Composer Intern: Jeremiah Trowbridge 

First Violin

Sharon Roffman, Concertmaster—1

Mischakoff Taylor Concertmaster Chair

Vahn Armstrong, Associate—33

Leslie Frey Anderegg—4

Adrienne Finet—10

Amanda Gates—25

Ming Gao—32

David Hult—47

Olga Dubossarskaya Kaler—33

Molly McDonald—1

Lenelle Morse—34

Kurt Münstedt—1

Erica Robinson—38

Anton Shelepov—10

Second Violin

Diane Bruce, Principal—46

Simon Lapointe, Assistant—16

Zhe Deng—1

Liana Koteva Kirvan—7

Zhen Liu—1

Karen Lord-Powell—16

Jonathan Richards—10

Lara Sipols—24

Marian Tanau—33

Viola

Christopher Fischer, Principal—11

Richard Garney Pedersen Principal Chair for Viola

Karl Pedersen, Assistant—10

Cynthia Frank—30

Javier Otalora—4

Jennifer Stahl—30

Eva Stern—25

Carrie Fischer—5

Erik Rynearson—0

Cello

Jolyon Pegis, Principal—33

Lars Kirvan, Assistant—10

Igor Gefter—9

Daryl Goldberg—40

Daniel Kaler—2

Maximillian Oppeltz—2

Samuel Pierce-Ruhland—2

Bass

Owen Lee, Principal—14

Caitlyn Kamminga, Assistant—30

Kieran Hanlon—7

Kaleb Collins*

Wendell Rosa*

Corey Watzek*

Flute

Richard Sherman, Principal—37

Rita and Dunbar VanDerveer Principal Flute Chair

Luke Fitzpatrick—3

Kathryn Levy (piccolo)—50

Oboe

Jaren Atherholt, Principal—2

Noah Kay—2

Adam Dinitz (English Horn)—3

Clarinet

Stanislav Chernyshev, Principal—0

Olivia Hamilton—2

Daniel Spitzer (bass)—11

Bassoon

Jeffrey Robinson, Principal—22

Ben Atherholt—9

Horn

Roger Kaza, Principal—24

William Bernatis, Assistant—28

Donna Dolson—42

Daniel Kerdelewicz—2

Mark Robbins—42

Trumpet

Micah Wilkinson, Principal—3

Peter Lindblom, Assistant—34

Leslie Linn—28

Trombone

Vladislav Petrachev, Principal—0

James Seymour—0

Eric Lindblom (bass)—19

Tuba

Cristina Cutts Dougherty, Principal—1

Percussion

Brian Kushmaul, Principal—32

Thomas Blanchard, Assistant—29

Pedro Fernandez—8

Timpani

Matthew Strauss, Principal—1

Harp

Madeline Olson, Principal—0

Av and Janet Posner Principal Chair for Harp, In Memory of Beth Robinson, Principal Harpist for 52 Years

Keyboard

Rick Hoffenberg

Fellows

Violin

Laura Herrera

Gabrielle Monachino

Viola

Pedro Mendez

Bass

Caleb Edwards

Members on Leave

Timothy Peters

Substitute and Extra Musicians

The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra 

would like to acknowledge and thank its 

many substitute and extra musicians for 

their service.

Librarians

Lara Sipols, Principal

Adrienne Finet, Associate 

Administration

Shruthi Kattumenu, Managing Director

Amanda Gates, Personnel Manager 

Cole Maddux, Stage Manager

Notes

Numbers after names indicate years as 

members of the CSO prior to 2026.

*Indicates guest musician for 2026