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.