Monday, July 17, 2023
8:15PM
Amphitheater

Timothy Muffitt, conductor

John Matsumoto Giampietro, stage director, associate director - Opera Conservatory

Marlena Malas, director - Opera Conservatory

The double-bill of Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi offers tragedy, redemption, and hilarity in these two one-act operas which make up part of Puccini’s Il Trittico (The Triptych). In Suor Angelica, a young woman banished to a convent by her family for bearing a child unmarried, seeks absolution and transfiguration after receiving tragic news.  

In Gianni Schicchi, the scheming Donati family brings in the ‘fixer’ Schicchi to alter the will of the family patriarch. Chaos and confusion follow-with a dash of romance- including one of Puccini’s most beloved arias, “O mio babbino caro”.  

Suor Angelica
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

INTERMISSION

Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica: Marquita Richardson
Cover: Erica Thelen

La zia principessa: LaDejia Bittle
Cover: Gabriela Linares

Suor Genovieffa: Katherine Malone

La Badessa: Natalie Corrigan

La Suora Zelatrice: Lizzy Hayes

La Maestra della Novizie: Dyanna Bohorques

Suor Osmina: Mary Margaret McNeil

Suor Dolcina: Jennifer Robinson

La Suora Infermiera: Daisy Dalit Sigal

Prima Sorella Cercatrice: Angelina Yi

Seconda Sorella Cercatrice: Yujin Zeng

Una novizia: Alison Kessler

Suor Lucilla: Anna Klausli

La Conversa 1: Charlotte Jakobs

La Conversa 2: Lea Nayak

Gianna Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi: Yeongtaek Yang
Cover: Soren Pedersen

Lauretta: Phoebe Chee
Cover: Lea Nayak

Zita: Gabriela Linares
Cover: Dyanna Bohorques

Rinuccio: Fernando Silva-Gorbea
Cover: Evan Katesfes

Gherado: Evan Katesfes
Cover: Jackson Allen

Nella: Irene Shin
Cover: Jennifer Robinson

Gherardino: Maya Goell

Betto di Signa: Benjamin Sokol

Simone: Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen

Marco: Noah Mond

La Ciesca: Hailey Gutowski
Cover: Vanessa Yearsley

Maestro Spinelloccio: Nicholas Gryniewski

Ser Amantio de Nicolao: Jack O'Leary

Pinellino: Jack Hicks

Guccio: Soren Pedersen

The MSFO incorporates a rotational seating policy. 

Flute
Jocelyn Zhang
Ivo Shin de Souza
Josean Delgado

Oboe
Kearsen Erwin
Brian Stewart
Nathalie Vela

Clarinet
Aaron Lipsky
Nathan Magley
Katia Waxman

Bassoon
Alexander Lake
Lauren Hallonquist
Miranda Macias

Horn
Katya Jarmulowitz
Gretchen Berendt
Dena Levy
Trenton Carr
Samuel Himes

Trumpet
Fiona Shonik
Kevin Skinkis
Jeremy Bryant

Trombone
Alvin Ho
Dane Magruder
Evan Beachy, bass trombone

Tuba
Ian Graves

Percussion
Seth Tupy
Karel Zambrano
Izaiah Gonzales
Jake Haskins

Harp
Zibin Zhou

Violin 1
Carlos Chacon, concertmaster
Emma Johnson
Wendi Li
Noah Ghosh
Matthew Musachio
Valerie Xu-Friedman
Evan Schuman
Hobart Shi
Eric Yun
John Heo
Gabriella Foster

Violin 2
Nora Wang, principal
Amelia Posner-Hess
Caroline Cornell
Ian Jenson
Jameson Darcy
Laura Herrera
Kate Nelson
Noah Arcenas
Gabriel Roth
Sarah Yang
Rachel Lawton
Jaewon Jun

Viola
Owne Xayboury, principal
Kate Reynolds
Mack Jones
Ho Fei Ng
Joia Findeis
Lilly Jonsson
Mira Vaughn
Anna Stein
Jeongjae Lee
Diego Mieres

Cello
Teo Dage, principal
Griffin Seuter
Ari Scott
Anna Holmes
Abby Hanna
Maria Savarese
Layla Morris
Sofia Puccio
Jooahn Yoo
Adrian Hsieh

Bass
Olivia McCallum, principal
JoHanna Arnold
Eric Reigelsperger
Duo Chen
Emily Green
Jane Hanneman
Danny Sesi

Comprised of top-tier students from conservatories and universities in the U.S. and abroad, Music School Festival Orchestra members participate in a variety of musical activities during their summers at Chautauqua including chamber music and private lessons along with their meticulous orchestral training. Alumni from the MSFO can be heard in many of the world’s top orchestras and chamber ensembles and can be found on music faculties worldwide. The MSFO is led by Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt, who serves as Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra.