presents
Friday, April 26, 2024 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 2:30pm
Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at ASFA
Opera Unveiled will be performed in two acts with one intermission.
Approximate run time is two hours
Daniel Cho, conductor
Opera Birmingham Chorus
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
FEATURING
Kathleen Farrar Buccleugh, soprano
Won Cho, bass
Alexis Davis-Hazell, mezzo
Roderick George, tenor
Elias Hendricks, tenor
Philip McCown, tenor *
Amber Monroe, soprano *
Allison Sanders, soprano
Daniel Seigel, baritone
Gretchen Windt, mezzo
OPERA BIRMINGHAM CHORUS
| DeLee Michiko Benton | Betsy Pate |
| Amanda Carmichael | Joseph Robinson |
| Drew Duncan | Emily Scott |
| Andrew Duxbury | Jonathan Michael Smith |
| Jim Emison | Cathy Spence |
| Allen Harrell * | Layla Tajmir |
| Carin Mayo | Marissa Talwa |
| Jimmy Mayo * | Lauren Tinsely ^ |
| Randy Mayo | Anastas Varinos * |
| Erin Moore | Aimee Weaver |
*Opera Birmingham debut
^ member of the Opera Birmingham Studio at Samford University
PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. NO TEXTING DURING THE PERFORMANCE.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND RECORDING OF ANY KIND ARE PROHIBITED. THANK YOU!
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Overture to The Barber of Seville |
Gioachino Rossini | |
| Largo al factotum (The Barber of Seville) Daniel Seigel |
Gioachino Rossini | |
| Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville) Gretchen Windt |
Gioachino Rossini | |
| E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) Philip McCown |
Giacomo Puccini | |
| O Mimi, tu piu non torni (La Boheme) Elias Hendricks and Daniel Seigel |
Giacomo Puccini | |
| Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia di Lammermoor) Kathleen Farrar Buccleugh |
Gaetano Donizetti | |
| Voi lo sapete (Cavalleria Rusticana) Alexis Davis-Hazell |
Pietro Mascagni | |
| Stridono lassù (Pagliacci) Amber Monroe |
Ruggero Leoncavallo | |
| Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) Opera Birmingham Chorus |
Giuseppe Verdi | |
| O don fatale (Don Carlo) Allison Sanders |
Giuseppe Verdi | |
| Il lacerato spirito (Simon Boccanegra) Won Cho |
Giuseppe Verdi | |
| La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) Roderick George |
Giuseppe Verdi | |
| INTERMISSION | ||
| Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Alabama Symphony Orchestra |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Via resti servita (The Marriage of Figaro) Kathleen Fararr Buccleugh and Alexis Davis-Hazell |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) Won Cho and Allison Sanders |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Come scoglio (Così fan tutte) Amber Monroe |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Papageno, Papagena (The Magic Flute) Won Cho and Gretchen Windt |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| Dein is mein ganzes Herz (The Land of Smiles) Roderick George |
Franz Lehár | |
| O sole mio Elias Hendricks |
Giovanni Capurro | |
| Pourquoi me reveiller (Werther) Philip McCown |
Jules Massanet | |
| Prelude from Carmen Alabama Symphony Orchestra |
Georges Bizet | |
| Habanera (Carmen) Alexis Davis-Hazell and the Opera Birmingham Chorus |
George Bizet | |
| Votre toast (Carmen) Daniel Seigel |
George Bizet | |
| Brindisi (La Traviata) Kathleen Farrar Buccleugh and Roderick George with the Opera Birmingham Chorus |
Giuseppe Verdi | |
| Production Stage Manager | .... | Amy Gilbert Richardson |
| Lighting Designer | .... | David Page |
| Rehearsal Pianist | .... | Christopher Steele |
| Chorus Pianist | .... | Sebastian Black |
| Supertitles Translator | .... | Keith A. Wolfe-Hughes |
| Supertitle Operator | .... | Gage Cokel |
| Production Photographer | .... | Stewart Edmonds |
Orchestra materials provided by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, with additional materials provided by David Carp.
Projections design by Amy Gilbert Richardson and David Page.
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FIRST VIOLIN SECOND VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO BASS FLUTE |
OBOE CLARINET BASSOON HORN TRUMPET TROMBONE TIMPANI PERCUSSION HARP
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Our season has been made possible, in part, by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, The Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation, Hugh Kaul Foundation, Robert R. Meyer Foundation, and Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Student tickets are supported by The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
Amber Monroe, soprano, and Christopher Steele, rehearsal pianist, are generously sponsored by Mary K. “Mimi” Jackson.
Lauren Tinsley, the artist participating in the Opera Birmingham Studio at Samford University, is generously sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman, in celebration of the 40-year anniversary of their first date.
ASL interpreters are sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman.
Alabama Media Group is the Official Media Sponsor of Opera Birmingham.
Additional media support provided by Bham Now.
Opera Birmingham acknowledges that we are on the traditional land of the Kosati speaking Mvskoke (Muscogee/Creek) People. Alabama has been home to the Alabama, Biloxi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Mobile Tribes—including the Abihka, Alabama-Coushatta, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and the Yuchi Peoples—and is home to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, the Machis Lower Creek Tribe, the Mowa Band of Choctaw, and the Star Clan of Muskogee Creeks. We honor and thank the Indigenous peoples connected to this territory and give gratitude to this land.
