4 OPÉRAS BOUFFEES
(4 COMIC OPERAS)
Music by Germaine Tailleferre
Libretto by Denise Centore
Translations by Max Hoehn
DIRECTOR
MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR
SCENIC DESIGNER
Madeleine Boyd
ASSOCIATE SCENIC DESIGNER
James Raymond
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
LIGHTING DESIGNER
COSTUME DESIGNERS
Chloe Moore
Lydia Chamberlain
SOUND DESIGNER
Anna Warda Alex
FIGHT AND CLOWN DIRECTOR
Kit Wilder
CHOREOGRAPHER
Lindsay Browning
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Lindsey Harford
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Gonzalo Hidalgo
April 22–24, 2022
Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre
Shenandoah Conservatory
By arrangement with Theodore Presser Company, agents for Editions Françaises de Musiques/Editions Billaudot, publisher and copyright owner.
Suggested Show Rating: G
This production contains theatrical haze and a gunshot effect.
Overture to Dardanus
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
La fille d’Opéra ("Daughter of the Opera")
opéra bouffe in the style of Rameau
Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
Overture to The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
Le bel ambitieux ("Beauty and Ambition")
opéra bouffe in the style of Rossini
Germaine Tailleferre
There will be a 20-minute intermission between Act I and Act II.
Depuis Le jour from Louise
Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
MiKayla Hatfield, soprano
La pauvre Eugénie ("Poor Eugénie")
opéra bouffe in the style of Charpentier
Germaine Tailleferre
Overture on themes from La vie parisienne
Jacques Offenbach (1819–1890)
arr. Antal Doráti
Monsieur Petitpois achète un château | Mr. Petitpois Buys a Château
opéra bouffe in the style of Offenbach
Germaine Tailleferre
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
Jacques Offenbach
Kristen Sullivan, soprano
Sophie Dove, mezzo
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Gonzalo Hidalgo Ardila is from the studio of Jan Wagner. His performance on Sunday, April 24, 2022, is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Conducting).
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