SFCM Opera Presents: Season Finale Opera Showcase
SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre presents beloved acts from the elegant romance of La Rondine by Puccini as well as the comedic Le Nozze di Figaro, known for its witty plot, beautiful arias, and intricate ensembles. Featuring a double cast and performed with SFCM orchestra students.
Program
Giacomo Puccini: Act I from La rondine
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Act IV from Le nozze di Figaro
Cast
La Rondine - May 7, May 8
Magda de Civry - Rachel Schlesinger, Claudia Díaz
Ruggero Lastouc - Vicente Álvarez, Vicente Álvarez
Rambaldo Fernandez - Charles McGregor, Marcus Schaller
Lisette - Vuyiswa Sigadi, Katie Ivie
Prunier - Shiddarth Chand, Kyle Largey
Yvette - Morgan Wolfe, Krystal Mao
Bianca - Carmina Lourdes Atienza
Suzy - Yaffa Ovsishcher, Jordan Riek
Périchaud - Aaron Hong
Gobin - Junzhe Zhang
Crébillon - Elijah Cineas
Le Nozze di Figaro - May 7, May 8
Count Almaviva - Haoran Li, Jacob Soulliere
Countess Almaviva - Melanie Athans, Grace Sawyko
Susanna - Shuke Liu, Macy Mullins
Figaro - Marcus Schaller, Charles McGregor
Cherubino - Jordan Riek, Mila Zhou
Marcellina - Kyra Leetz, Yaffa Ovsishcher
Bartolo - Elijah Cineas
Basilio - John Faubert, Seth Hanson
Barbarina - Luna Huang, Courtney Lawrence
Antonio - Solomon Shumate
Coro - Vicente Álvarez, Sid Chand, Claudia Díaz, Aaron Hong, Katie Ivie, Krystal Mao, Rachel Schlesinger, Vuyiswa Sigadi, Morgan Wolfe, Junzhe Zhang
Featured Artists
Heather Mathews, director
Dana Sadava, conductor
Concessions will be available for purchase before this event and during intermission.
Opera and Musical Theatre Program
Heather Mathews
Dana Sadava
About SFCM’s Opera and Musical Theatre Program
The SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre program draws exceptionally talented young singers from around the world and provides them with advanced training in vocal style, acting, stage movement, and other essentials of stagecraft. Each year, SFCM produces four fully staged opera and musical theatre productions with full or chamber orchestra. Recent fully staged operas have included L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, Mansfield Park, Postcard from Morocco, The Rake’s Progress, Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and former faculty composer Conrad Susa’s Transformations. SFCM has hosted workshops for in-development opera projects such as Mason Bates’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs and Jake Heggie’s Great Scott.
In addition to fully staged productions, a number of scenes, programs, and other performances with piano accompaniment are presented each year. Opera students also have an opportunity to receive coaching from San Francisco Opera music staff, and to participate in productions tailored for school-age audiences in collaboration with San Francisco Opera’s Education Department.
SFCM’s Musical Theatre Workshop provides ensemble experience to singer/actors with an emphasis on American musical theatre, examining one or more musical theatre composers and their works through rehearsals and performance. Recent performances include such works as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, She Loves Me, Company, Little Women, Urinetown, and The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!).
Visiting artists have included Ryan Taylor (General Director, Minnesota Opera), Roy Rallo (Stage Director, San Francisco Opera), David Maier (Fight Director, San Francisco Opera), Barbara Scott (Improvisation Technique), Matt Chapman (Laban Technique), and Jose Luis Moscovich (General Director, West Bay Opera).
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