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Seagle Music Colony2017
The Light in the PiazzaGuettel
July 5 - 8
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Piano-Vocal PremiereHerschel Garfein
Based on the play by Tom StoppardJuly 19 - 22
The Magic FluteMozart
August 2 - 5
My Fair LadyLerner & LoeweAugust 16 - 19
Vespers ConcertsAugust 13 & 20
Little Red’s MostUnusual Day
Children’s Opera @ The Boat House - July 8
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About Seagle Music Colony Notes from the Directors Seagle Music Colony Board of Directors History of Seagle Music Colony 2016-17 Seagle Music Colony Sponsors/Members Donor Opportunities 2016-17 Alumni Updates
Seagle Music Colony Guild The Patrice Munsel Gala The Productions The Light In The Piazza
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Magic Flute My Fair Lady Fall Season 2017 Faculty/Staff and Emerging Artists
Faculty and Staff Emerging Artists
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Restrooms are located in the Shames Rehearsal Studio. Handicapped accessible restroom
is at the rear of the theatre lobby.
Refreshments are provided in the theatre lobby
by the Seagle Music Colony Guild.
So that all our patrons may enjoy the performance, please turn all cell phones and pagers
to the silent or off positions.
Thank you for attending today’s performance.
Our Mission To identify, train and develop gifted singers and to present
quality opera and musical theatre performances to the public.
Our Vision To be the pre-eminent summer vocal training program in the world, supported by an operating endowment and state-of-the-art facilities.
Seagle Music Colony 999 Charley Hill Road
PO Box 366 Schroon Lake, NY 12870
(518) 532-7875
www.seaglecolony.org [email protected]
Adirondack General Store Adirondack Pines B&B The Beechwood Group Black Bear Restaurant
Curtis Lumber Eric & Eric Construction Fern Lodge
Flanagan’s Pub & Grill French Mountain Commons & Log Jam Outlets Friedman Realty Gather It Up Farms
Glebus Realty Glens Falls National Bank & Trust Co. Glens Falls Symphony Gore Electric Services The Hub Lake George Music Festival
Lake Placid Center for the Arts Mark Piper Voice McPhillips Insurance Mountain Abstract Natural Stone Bridge & Caves North Warren Chamber of Commerce
O’Brien Insurance
Opera Company of Middlebury Paradox Brewery Pitkin’s Restaurant Point O’Pines Camp for Girls/Jimbo’s
Pottersville Garage Rocky Acres Inn B&B Schroon Lake Arts Council
Schroon Lake Bed & Breakfast Schroon Lake Massage & Wellness Schroon Lake Pharmacy Schroon Lake Self Storage
Schroon Lake Wine & Liquor Sembrich Opera Museum Shenandoah University-Conservatory Silver Spruce Inn Stephenson Lumber Sticks & Stones Wood Fired Bistro & Bar
The Towne Store Trainer, John - Piano Tuner Tumble Inn UBS Pearsall Wealth Management Upstate Agency Insurance Vine & Barley
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Dear Friends,
Eleanor Roosevelt famously said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Seagle Music Colony was built by people who did just that. Oscar Seagle dreamed of a place where he could teach singing surrounded by beauty, and thus founded our colony just over one hundred years ago. John Seagle wanted to produce opera and music-theater and founded the Seagle Colony Opera Guild. Pete and Dodie and the Seagle family dreamt of
continuing that vision long into the future, and for the past two decades, we have been charged with enhancing and expanding that vision.
We continue to dream and we are dreaming big! In the past two decades, we have seen continuous improvement in the caliber of the emerging artists we attract. The quality of our productions has improved thanks to the generosity of
people who helped us build the Shames Rehearsal Studio, the men’s dorms, Allegro and Libretto, and just this past year the beautiful staff house on the hill beside the White House. We also have dreams of new women’s dorms, a new dining hall and of course a beautiful new theater.
Not only do we dream of upgraded facilities, but new programs as well. Our next dream is to have a secondary
program devoted to producing new operas, workshopping pieces in development, and giving composers a refuge where they can write in the beautiful setting that Oscar Seagle found so long ago. We’ve already started realizing this dream with the 2016 world premiere of Roscoe by Evan Mack and Joshua McGuire, this year’s premiere of Herschel Garfein’s Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, and several early-fall new opera workshops over the past several years. This latest dream is being formalized and has led to the creation of the American Center for New Works Development at Seagle Music Colony. This new effort will keep the national and international focus on Seagle Music Colony that has continued to grow over the decades.
None of these dreams can become a reality without you. Your gifts are imperative to our current success, and to making our dreams come true. Every dollar or minute you invest in Seagle Music Colony makes an impact not only on the present, but the future of the Colony and the future of the greater opera world. We’re creating that future together because we dare to dream. We invite you to take this journey with us.
Thank you, in advance, for all you will do to help us realize our dreams.
Tony Kostecki, General Director Darren K. Woods, Artistic Director
On behalf of the Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 102nd season of Seagle Music Colony.
Be prepared for an evening of vocal and performance artistry unparalleled in your theater experience. You will not only be experiencing the performance in an intimate Adirondack concert venue, but, most importantly, you will be witnessing some of the greatest vocal talent in the world embark on their careers as they train under the tutelage of our talented faculty, who energize and encourage each emerging artist. With each evening’s performance, you may indeed be a witness to history in the making, as many of our alumni have used their training at Seagle as a springboard to professional careers that have taken them to stages across the world.
While you’re here, please take an opportunity to explore our campus. We have already implemented our campus improvement plan, which has begun with the opening of a new faculty housing facility. Plans are also in place for the enhancement of the remainder of our campus, including the construction of a new state of the art theater across the driveway from the current theater, while maintaining the present Oscar Seagle Memorial Theater as a rehearsal space and museum.
Needless to say, our work at Seagle and our revitalization plans can only be accomplished through your support. I encourage you to be a part of our exciting future. While you are here, please take the opportunity to speak with me, Darren, Tony, or any of our Board members about ways in which you feel you can contribute to our exciting future.
Thank you for coming, and enjoy what I know will be a superb performance. Seth D. Bader, President
President Seth Bader
Executive Vice-President Joe Kelly
Vice-President James Carnahan
V.P. for Development Julia Pitkin-Shantz
V.P. for Renaissance Campaign Lisa Reid
V.P. for Governmental Affairs Joel Friedman
Treasurer Raymond McGee
Secretary Barbara Repp
General Director Tony Kostecki
Artistic Director Darren K. Woods
James Allison Frank Cappabianca
Mark Carpenter Barbara Foley
Charles Harste Phyllis Shames Korn Evan Mack Debra Meier
Ed Moore James Seagle
Tom Seagle Kempton Smith
Nancy Strohmeyer Nathan Wentworth
Ana De Archuleta Kathryn Belles
Bard Bunaes Robert Claus
Barbara Coats-Wondrasch Eugene Coppola Anthony Dalto Oliver Goodenough Richard Kagey Katherine Klykylo Joseph Lesley
Joan Lomnitzer David Lowe
Board of Directors Advisory Board
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Directors Emeritus: Irma Worrell-Fisher, Richard McManus, John Trainer
Thomas Magee Jorge Martin
Laurence Meltzer Ann Breen Metcalfe
Warner North Peter Scott Oberdorf Ava Pine Jacqueline Posner Donald Rhodes Valerie Saalbach Joseph Steiniger
Midge Woolsey
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A Commemorative
Booklet Celebrating
Our First 100 Years!
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at the SMC Store
in the lobby!
Only $10 each
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Seagle Music Colony, the oldest summer singer training program in the country, was founded in 1915 by world renowned baritone, Oscar Seagle. Oscar made several concert tours in the United States and Europe, and recorded albums for Columbia, including the popular World War I hit "Dear Old Pal of Mine." He served from 1903-1914 as teaching associate in Europe with his teacher, the great Polish tenor Jean de Reszke. De Reszke was a star of the Metropolitan Opera as well as Queen Victoria's favorite singer. When Oscar returned home, he opened a studio in Hague, on Lake George, in 1915. He then moved to Schroon Lake and taught at the Brown Swan Club, which is now the Word of Life Inn. In 1922, Oscar bought the property where the Colony currently stands. The Colony was quickly nicknamed "Olowan," an Indian name meaning "Hill of Song." Mr. Seagle's reputation made the Colony a magnet for aspiring singers. During the 1920s, up to 125 students would come each summer, and in the winter many would follow him to Nice, France, for further study at the de Reszke-Seagle School.
"There is about the name of Oscar Seagle a glow of brilliant years and extraordinary musical associations. His relationship with the immortal de Reszke and his own position as a master of many singers have made him unique among American artists." (New York Morning Telegram) Oscar's son John was among the most prominent of his pupils. Born in Paris, France, on February 15, 1906, he grew up hearing fine singing from morning to night. When the Seagles left Europe during World War I, John entered the Choir School of St. John the Divine in New York City, where he was the treble soloist for three years. John Seagle made recordings for Decca and RCA-Victor, and sang with a number of weekly network radio programs, including Beatrice Lillie, Burns and Allen, Palmolive, Firestone, Cities Service, Wildroot, Maxwell House, Showboat and Sal Hepatica. He began singing with The Cavaliers Quartet in the 1920s and recorded over 500 hymns with them for an NBC program called The Church in the Wildwood, which was broadcast in many countries.
The Seagle Music Colony Singers were one of the first groups to perform before television cameras. John Seagle served on the staff of WRGB in Schenectady, NY, where Colony singers were frequently called upon to perform. After Oscar Seagle's death in 1945, John directed and taught voice at Seagle Music Colony from 1945 to 1985. The old barn that was Oscar Seagle's studio in Schroon Lake was extended into a theatre in his memory. John also taught voice at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and continued to sing on radio, television and the concert stage. He was honored in June of 1996 by the Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce as Schroon Lake's Citizen of the Year. John died in 1997, and
the John and Helen Seagle Scholarship was established in memory of John and his wife, who gave many years of devoted service to Seagle Music Colony. Under the stewardship of John’s son Peter, his wife Dodie and their three sons, which continues to this day, the Colony carried on many of the same traditions. Then, in 1996, Darren K. Woods was hired as General Director. Under his leadership, and with a core staff including Richard Kagey and Tony
Kostecki, the Colony has grown to become the "Best Summer Vocal Training Program in the United States" (Classical Singer Magazine, 2000). Today, hundreds of applicants vie for the opportunity to
attend the Colony. In the past twenty years, the Colony has grown from two productions and eight performances per summer to six full productions and over thirty-five performances. This growth mandated the need in 2008 for Tony Kostecki to move to full-time resident General Director and Darren Woods to transition to part-time summer Artistic Director. In 2017, Darren returned to the Colony full-time and added to his duties, leadership of the Colony’s fundraising efforts. From its beginning in 1915 and to this day, young singing actors travel from across the country to study with the wonderful faculty and staff who gather every summer "on the hill." In addition to invaluable performance experience in opera and musical theatre, each emerging artist receives weekly music coachings and private voice lessons by the exceptional faculty. Artists also take part in career development classes, acting and dance lessons. Further, they sing in master classes for famous singers and artist managers and learn the ins and outs of the world of opera and musical theatre.
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Leadership Circle Sponsors Mr. Joel J. Friedman Roger & Myriam Friedman Ed Moore
Lisa Reid Premiere Circle Sponsors Kempton & Nancy Smith Producers Glens Falls National Bank &
Trust Co. Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation New York State Council on the Arts
Mr. David Schlansker Seagle Music Colony Guild Mrs. Susan Stiehm
Composers Margo & Seth Bader Bard & Barbara Bunaes James & Eileen Carnahan Frank & Bobbie Coats-Wondrash Ann Oberdorf Durney
John & Sharon Hieber Bill & Judy Klitgaard Dick & Joan Lomnitzer Ann Breen Metcalfe Peter Scott Oberdorf Darren K. Woods & Steven W.
Bryant
Directors Mark & Brenda Carpenter Dr. Carole Clifford Nicholas DeFlora & Amy K. Foy Bill & Brenda Foley
Mrs. Janet Friedman Marty & Phyllis Korn Clifford & Robin Kulwin Jill Labbe Steve & Debra Meier Laurence & Karen Meltzer Jacqueline Posner
Joseph & Amelia Taglieri
Julia Pitkin-Shantz & Mark Shantz Julian & Barbara Smetana Stewart's Shops John & Rosemarie Trainer Touba Family Foundation Nathan & Elizabeth Wentworth
Conductors Adirondack Foundation - CFGMR Adirondack Studios Jim & Judy Allison Dr. & Mrs. Bryan Bilfield
Lou Ann Bode Linda & Frank Cappabianca Joyce Castle
Cohoes Savings Foundation Ms. Lucy Darden Rebecca & Jared Doyle Edward & Janet Beckler Foundation
David & Elenore Eldredge Ms. Sarah Elliott Douglas & Norma Gherlone Fred & Gloria Gleave Peter Goldbecker Glenn & Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation
Charles & Nancy Harste Himoff Family Charitable Foundation Richard & Betsy Kagey
Joseph & Heidi Kelly Joseph & Linda Koch Ms. Rhonda Krasselt
Ms. Elizabeth Krell Evan & Kristin Mack Michael Mayes Raymond & Carol McGee Warner & Cheryl North Peckham Family Foundation Alan & Hanna Press
Ms. Valerie Saalbach Dr. Bret Sanders Peter & Pat Shrope Frank & Kathie Smith Stanley & Janice Smith Scott Soloway
Joseph C. Steiniger & Mary
McDonald Edward Surovell Vera Trainer Bill & Kris Tribou Upstate Agency, Inc. David & Vicky Vlach
Brian & Jennifer Ward Singers Anonymous (2) Eric Backman Boston Scientific A. Ruth Breen
Daniel S. Wolk & Ann Carmel
Amy Cahill Bill & Barbara Casey Bob & Jane Claus Peter & Bonnie Coffin Gene & Ginnyann Coppola Jock & Martha Coughlan
Michael & Constance Cunningham Penny Edenfield & Doug King Essex County Arts Council Brenda Foley Janine Getler Dr. David & Naomi Goltzman
Randall Grossman Robert & Marilyn Kelso Paul & Diane Leah
David Lowe Mr. Michael & Kay MacLaury Tom & Linda Murphy Drs. David & Peri Namerow
Bob & Kate Nelson Teddi Pereau Resource Furniture, LLC Dusty & Nancy Rhodes Patt Rommer & Kelly Green Matthew Rowe Mr. & Mrs. John P. Seagle
Thomas Seagle & Meghan McManus Lester & Vivian Speiser Nancy Strohmeyer & Warren Harr
Edward T. Whitcraft Richard Woolley Kelly Wright
Patrons Anthony & Annette Batson Sue Calkin & Allen Conroy Therese Denton Laurie Edelman Peter Goldbecker
Bob & Joan Guarnera Keith & Char Hoskins David & Nancy Hyman Peter & Sara Juliano Katherine Klykylo Tony Kostecki &
Javier Aldaco-Solis
John Lange Dr. Daniel Larson & Victoria Wirth Robert & Mary Irene Lee Bob & Jane Lewit Wendell Lorang & Sherry Gold Tom & Nadine Magee
Dr. Francis Mayle & Eileen Purdy Robert & Friedhilde Milburn Ted & Kathleen Naumowicz Evelyn Fogg Nelson Jim & Connie Newcomb Ken & Lucia Nyeu Betty Organek
Barbara Repp
The Savada-Stevenson Family Dr. John & Pat Schutze James Seagle Paul & Robin Setcavage Judy Metzner Shepherd Dan & Hillary Stec
Tom & Joyce Tuffey Chao-Hsien & Wei-Chyung Wang Irma Worrell-Fisher Gary & Maureen Yukl
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Seagle Music Colony thanks our Sponsors and Members for their generous support in 2016-2017
Partners
Anonymous (4) Jennifer Amstutz Woody & Cynthia Andrews
Michael & Jen Appleman Loren Baim Craig & Jodi Balsam Richard Barney Gitty Barrell & Nick Tomasulo Floyd & Susan Barwig
Jon & Mary Baum Jim & Seddon Beaty Larry & Linda Bell Larry & Pat Bennison Larry & Nancy Belluscio
Marsha Berger
Quinn Bernegger Barbara Bernstein Donald & Ruth Billings Bart & Marilyn Bisgrove Katherine Russell Bradshaw Angela Brown John Brown
Robert & Camille Burbidge Robert & Janet Cabat Dick & Sharon Cahill Scott & Julie Cappel Theodora Casale Liz Cass Anthony Cavanna
Catherine Charlton
David & Ann Chase Neil & Julia Chippendale Walter Chmura The Chronicle Tom Cipullo
Suzanne Clark Barbara Codd David Cohen Henry & Betty Cohen Bob & Barbara Colegrove John Collis & Leslie Stevenson
Troy Cook Gerardine Cox Evelyn Currie
Joyce Curtin Victor Dammora Solange De Santis Jenifer Hale Deming
Bob & Eileen DeSalvio Charles & Regina Dietz Frank & Sandra Dinger Josef & Joan D'Jay Mary Lou Dopyera Chuck & Donna Drake
Tim & Beverly Duffee Ruth Durkee Gene & Myrna Fader Joyce Falkenbury Tom & Mary Ann Fallon
Constance Fee
F. Filshie & J. Treffs Doug & Linda Fish Wayne & Margaret Fuller
Rev. Stephen & Miriam Gentle George Goldberg Oliver & Allison Goodenough Jim & Melissa Goodspeed Terry Gottesman Dan & Sally Griffin
John & Ann Hall Barbara D. Hancher Gail Greet Hannah David & Sharon Harder Peter & Diane Healey
Charles & Stephi
Heineman Frank & Carol Herbst William & Audrey Holstein Dr. Ronald & Carol Horowitz Richard & Sandra Horwitz Richard & Sonja Irwin
David & Jane Kaufman Jack & Kathy Kavanaugh Susan Kearing Kathy Kelly Rachel Kessler Judith Klingebiel Bob & Carol Kobbe
Peter & Sandy Koppen
Allan & Kathy Koritzinsky Stuart & Diane Koslov Haydee A. Kostecki Virginia Lake Maureen Lawless Mestepey
Jay Lesenger Dick & Marian Lloyd Bruce & Beth Lomnitzer Robert & Gloria Luczynski William Madison Anita Masiello Tad & Abby Matley
John McAuliffe Kathleen McCleary & Paul Bennig
Meredith McComb Richard & Noelle McCrum David & Margaret McKeown
Dick & Janet McManus Joan B. Meer Kathleen Moore Pilar Cragen Morgan Timothy Nelson Ron & Marty Newell
Brian & Ann Nobis Cindy Olsen Gene & Marlene Ostertag Kerriann Otano Johnathan Pape
Ken & Deb Peterson
David & Susan Posner Scott & Mary Randall Dr. Tom & Mary Reagan
Alan & Dorie Redeker Robynne Redmon Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Reyer Lillian Richardson Kristine Ring-Wilson Joe & Irene Roach James & Sandra Romansky
Bruce & Dorothy Rudolf Edward P, Ryan, MD Mark Ryan Susan Sarvay Anthony Schneider
Andrew & Harriet Singer
Bob & Terry Singley Brian & Jackie Smith Herbert T. Smith Larry & Diane Stahl Paul & Mary Stein Matthew Stephens Patricia Sullivan
Bill & Karen Thompson Tumble Inn Gerhard & Louise Urban Daniel & Sandy Vanno Anthony Victoria Katharina Volk & James Zetzel
Lora Wesner
Carol T. Whalen Frances Williford Keith & Kevin Wolf- Hughes Meg Wood & Matt Wood
Joseph & Joyce Zanchelli Barbara Zimmerman Elliot & Sharon Zucker Friends Anonymous (3) Doug & Debra Anderson
Ernest & Carole Angiolillo George Arvidson Jeffrey Beaty
Leah Bobbey Jack & Madge Bohachic Robert & Cynthia Brown Paul & Ann Marie Conolly
Don & Patricia Dagenais Don & Helen Demers John & Mary Ann Dorlon David & Carol Dornbusch Robert Flachbarth Richard Frank
Ray & Sally Freud David Gately & Dale Hitsman Nicoletta Graziano Diahne Grosjean Bob & Pat Harris
Brian Hayes
Ray & Katie Henrikson Timothy Hill Bill & Lindsey Horsey
Roger & Melanie Houck Eric & Kit Isachsen Jim & Barbara Jenkins Larry & Ann Johnson Dr. Stewart & Dianne Jones Cathleen Jusko
Phillip Lefton John & Ann McDonald Stephen Messner & Elizabeth Prelinger Mary Moody
Bill & Betty Nathan
Jack & Joan Osborne Michael Porter Mary Pratico Dr. David Ray Charles & Anita Richards Kathy Riggins Ellen Schlaefer
James Simpson Pete Spencer Art & Joan Spetter Doris Stoll Martha Stumpf Wm. Clay Thompson Harold & Carol Wingerd
Janice Woodbury
Members Herb & Anita Ahrens Tascha Anderson Carol Barnwell
Anthony & Margo Bartolomeo Doug & Mary Ellen Bartow Allan & Hessa Becker Larry & Joan Boland Dr. Agneta Borgstedt Peter & Dorothea Bruno
Kathryn Burdick Stephen Clark James Connors
Cara Consilvio Richard & Margery Coppola Henry Covington
Dana Deer Mary Dibbern Robert & Susan Dichter Corrie Donovan Marie Dropkin Edwin Fitchett
Gail B. Frenz Wesley Gentle Ron & Barbara Glass Emma Leigh Goodwin Carol Gregson
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In Memory of Margaret “Brix” & Nat Barrell Gitti Barrell & Nick Tomasulo
In Memory of Dr. Marvin Bernstein Barbara Bernstein
In Memory of Frank & Lena Bruno Peter Bruno
In Memory of Melissa Cabat Robert & Janet Cabat
In Honor of Jim Carnahan Michael MacLaury Ken Nyeu Chao-Hsien & Wei-Chyung Wang
In Honor of Walter Chmura Walter Chmura, Jr.
In Memory of William Christian Larry & Nancy Belluscio Carol Gregson Pete & Dodie Seagle
In Honor of Hailey Clark Beverly & Tim Duffee
In Memory of Marianne Cragan Pilar Cragan Morgan
In Memory of George Dewey Denneson, Jr. Lt. Jacqueline Posner
In Memory of Arthur & Florence De Santis Solange De Santis
In Honor of Kathryn Drake-Hedlund Chuck & Donna Drake
In Memory of Bea & George Edelman Laurie Edelman
In Memory of Joyce M. Englund Eric Backman
In Memory of David Eldredge Meg & Matt Wood
In Honor of Joanne Treffs & Fran Filshie Elizabeth Krell
In Memory of Peter Foley Geraldine Cox
In Memory of Joan Forbath Lisa Reid
In Memory of Janet Friedman Seth & Margo Bader Anthony & Margo Bartolomeo Laurie Edelman Irma Worrell-Fisher David & Naomi Goltzman Carol Gregson Charles & Stephanie Heineman Joseph & Heidi Kelly Stuart & Diane Koslov Thomas & Joan Lawless Dick & John Lomnitzer John & Anne McDonald Ann Breen Metcalfe Noel Moschetta Tom & Linda Murphy Betty Organek Alan & Hanna Press Jacqueline Posner Lisa Reid Barbara Repp Lillian Richardson Seagle Music Colony Guild Pete & Dodie Seagle Judith Shepherd
Robert & Terry Singley Lester & Vivian Speiser John & Rosemarie Trainer
In Honor of Joel Friedman David & Peri Namerow
In Memory of Caroline Goldbecker Peter Goldbecker
In Memory of Barbara Grobe Peter Bruno
In Memory of Nancy Grosjean Diahne D. Grosjean
In Memory of Lois Gurak James & Sara Romansky
In Honor of Sharon Hieber Lawrence & Ann Johnson
In Honor of Sean Jefferies Jacqueline Posner
In Memory of Donald & Betty Mauck Johnston Suzanne Johnston Clark
In Honor of Richard & Betsy Kagey Lynn & Jane Snider
In Honor of Richard Kagey Jacqueline Posner
In Memory of Dorothy “Speed” & Harry Kelly Kathy Kelly
In Honor of Marty & Phyllis Korn David & Susan Posner Julian Yudelson Jacqueline Posner
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This listing includes donations made from May 5, 2016 to June 7, 2017 If there have been any inadvertent errors or omissions, please accept our apologies.
For corrections, please contact Darren Woods at (518) 532-7875 or by email at [email protected].
Members (con’t)
Sue Harrison Dr. John & Grace Holdcraft Fred & Karen Holman
Charles Iden Jeffrey Jones Ken & Karen Klotz David Leigh Ava Mason Eric McConnell Ian McEuen
Joshua & Jennifer McGuire Thomas Merle Ellen Miragliotta Noel Moschetta Anne Myott
Irwin & Julie Nathanson
Kevin Newell
William & Janet Nickerson Betsy Ross Carl & Joan Saslow
Marian Schwager Lori Shufelt Lynn & Jane Snider Carol Stegen Margaret Strohmeyer Colleen Toder Emily Urbanek
Gene Wang Maren Weinberger Thomas West Theodore Wright Julian Yudelson
Participating Matching Gift
Programs Amazon Smile Amica Companies Foundation
Benevity Community Impact Fund Chevron Foundation General Electric Foundation IBM Foundation Johnson & Johnson Foundation Prudential Foundation
Seagle Music Colony is made possible in part by an Essex
County Arts Council CAP Grant supported by the Essex County
Board of Supervisors
Seagle Music Colony is made possible by The New York State
Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew
Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
Friend ($50) Vote at our annual meeting in August Advance notice of performances Members only ticket pre-sale for most events Subscription to High Notes, A Contributor Newsletter
Partner ($100) + Listing in the Seagle Music Colony program book
Patron ($350) + Invitation to first day of the season auditions
Singer ($500) + Invitation to an annual member appreciation event Goods and Services valued at $20
Conductor ($1,000) + Invitation to ‘Coffee and Conversation’ preview events + Advance notice of season ticket sales & pre-purchasing Good and Services valued at $5
Director ($2,500) + Invitation to a dress rehearsal (an inside look into each mainstage production)
Composer ($5,000)
+ Two complimentary tickets (2 weeks in advance, based on availability)
+ Name on signage in Theatre and Rehearsal Studio + Invitation to breakfast & audition class with the Emerging Artists Goods & Services valued at $125
Producer ($10,000) + Recognition on supertitle screen prior to performances + Private lunch with the General Director or Artistic Director + Dinner at the Colony with Emerging Artists + Reception at a fall season performance with our composers and resident artists Goods and Services valued at $50
Premiere Sponsor ($25,000) + Open invitation to all rehearsals & classes + Two additional complimentary tickets (2 weeks in advance, based on availability) Goods and Services valued at $100
Virtuoso Sponsor ($50,000) + Private dinner in the home of the Artistic Director Goods and Services valued at $150
Leadership Circle Sponsor ($100,000) + Naming Opportunity on the Colony Campus + Recongnition from the stage in curtain speech
Goods and Services: invaluable
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Each membership category includes all of the benefits and the Goods and Services included in the prior levels. You may become a member of the Ostinato Club at any level by establishing automatic recurring contributions.
In Honor of Joan & Dick Lomnitzer Beth & Bruce Lomnitzer
In Memory of Ethel Lis John & Sharon Hieber Larry & Jane Snider
In Memory of Geri Lowe Joyce Curtin Laurie Edelman Tom &Mary Ann Fallon Fred & Gloria Gleave David & Naomi Goltzman Dick & Joan Lomnitzer Jacqueline Posner Lisa Reid Barbara Repp Seagle Music Colony Guild Pete & Dodie Seagle John & Rosemarie Trainer
In Memory of Thomas R. McCleary, Jr. Kathleen McCleary
In Memory of Ethel Meta & Harold Cohen Jacqueline Posner
In Honor of Ann Metcalfe Barbara Repp Herbert Smith Margaret Wood
In Honor of Laurence Meltzer Peter & Dianne Healey Daniel & Victoria Larson David & Margaret McKeown, Jr. Susan Sarvay Andrew & Harriet Singer
In Honor of Dorothy Moore Byrne Kathleen Moore
In Memory of Phyllis & John Morelli Joan Meer
In Memory of Patrice Munsel Irma Worrell-Fisher Jacqueline Posner Lester & Vivian Speiser Pete & Dodie Seagle
In Memory of Elmer Todd ‘Nick’ Nelson Ernest & Carole Angiolillo Jack & Madge Bohachic Henry Covington Victor Dammora Edwin Fitchett Brian Hayes Jim & Barb Jenkins Virginia Lake Mary Moody Timothy Nelson
In Honor of Jacqueline Posner George Goldberg Ken Posner
In Memory of Norman Radin Terry Gottesman
In Honor of Lisa Reid John Collis & Leslie Stevenson
In Honor of Margaret Rowe Matthew Rowe
In Memory of John & Helen Seagle John & Mary Ann Dorlon Bill & Lindsay Horsey Phyllis Lyte
In Memory of Herman & Yvette Simon Pete & Dodie Seagle
In Memory of Ike Sivler Robert & Janet Cabat
In Memory of Marilyn Smith Herbert Smith
In Honor of Kempton Smith Thomas & Ann Connolly
In Memory of William D. Stiehm Robert & Eileen DeSalvio Dick & Joan Lomnitzer Barbara Repp Susan Stiehm
In Memory of Norm & Peggy Sutliff Barbara Zimmerman
In Honor of Wm. Clay Thompson Bill & Karen Thompson
In Honor of John & Rosemarie Trainer Vera, Len, Roberto & Stephanny Kannapell
In Honor of Jean Vanderzee Ms. Anni Myott Lora Wesner
In Honor of Darren Woods George Arvidson Quinn Bernegger Robert & Janet Cabat Tom Cipullo Stephen Clark Cara Consilvio Troy Cook Mary Dibbern Corrie Donovan David Gately & Dale Hitsman Wesley Gentle Ron & Barbara Glass David & Naomi Goltzman Sue Harrison Rhonda Krasselt & Jeff Jones David Leigh Bill Madison Ava Mason Eric McConnell Ian McEuan Joshua & Jennifer McGuire Keriann Otano Michael Porter Jacqueline Posner Robynne Redmon Ellen Schlaefer Anthony Schneider Alan Savada & Will Stevenson Bill & Karen Thompson Wm. Clay Thompson Aaron & Emily Urbanek Maren Weinberger Eliot & Sharon Zucker
In Memory of Margaret McCard Wright Theodore Wright, Jr. & Susan Wright
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Interested in helping Seagle Music Colony flourish in our Second Century? We need your talent, time, and financial support. Please join us.
Whose Career Will YOU Launch ?
Over the 102 year history of Seagle Music Colony, many stellar singing careers have been launched. The pictures above represent just some of our recent successful alumni. While our world-class faculty and staff take the lead in providing the training necessary for them to be successful, it is donors just like you who provide the means necessary to launch their careers. Your financial support is critical to our emerging artists’ successes. In fact, donations account for a full 65% of our annual revenue. Which of our 2017 emerging artists’ career will YOU help launch this summer? One never knows who will become the breakout star each year, but one thing is certain—it won’t happen without your support.
For information on how you can make a gift, see our website seaglecolony.org, or call Darren today at (518) 532-7875.
THANK YOU!
Clockwise from top-left:
Ian McEuen as Goro in Madame Butterfly at Glimmerglass Opera
Matt Grills with Stephanie Blythe in Sweeney Todd at San Francisco Opera
Jonas Hacker as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at AVA Opera
Vanessa Becerra as Papagena in The Magic Flute at LA Opera
Michael Porter as Steuerman in The Flying Dutchman in Frankfurt Sean Panikkar in The Death of Klinghoffer at the Metropolitan Opera
Holli Harrison in Lady Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera Kerriann Otaño as Helmwige in Die Walküre at Washington National Opera
As we have often said, our donors’ support is critical to continuing the excellence that is Seagle Music Colony. This is so true that we encourage you to consider endowing your annual gift in perpetuity through our Legacy Society. There are many ways to make a gift to Seagle Music Colony in your estate planning. You can name Seagle Music Colony as a beneficiary of a percentage of your IRA, retirement plan or life insurance policy. You could include a gift in your will or trust. There are many other options; which will be the best for you and your family?
Please be in touch with Darren Woods to discuss how you can help Seagle Music Colony continue for many years to come.
Seagle Music Colony Legacy Society Members
Joel J. Friedman Jerome Hines
Marty & Phyllis Shames Korn Ann Breen Metcalfe
Lisa Reid Peter Scott Oberdorf Joseph C. Steiniger
Darren K. Woods & Steven W. Bryant
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The John and Helen Seagle Special Fund includes named funds that provide ongoing support for Seagle Music Colony. Gifts of any amount may be contributed to the Special Fund and will be dedicated to funding Emerging Artist scholarships or the purpose designated by the donor. Named funds may be established with a single or multi-year gift of $10,000 or more.
John and Helen Seagle Special Fund Contributors
Anonymous Janet & Moe Friedman and the Friedman Family
Marty & Phyllis Shames Korn Ruth H. Pelmas
The Phyrne & Ron Pitkin Family Lisa Reid
The Weinstock Family
Seagle Colony is well-managed and well-governed by a diverse group of passionate Seagle Music Colony supporters. Committee participation is encouraged for everyone with expertise they are willing to share. Skill sets we are actively seeking include project management, event planning, construction management, restoration experts, etc.
The Guild is a volunteer organization that raises funds and provides invaluable logistical support to the Colony and our Emerging Artists. More information about the Guild can be found on page 29. To participate, please contact Guild president Kay Belles at 518-532-9250.
For more information on these or any other ways in which you can become involved in Seagle Music Colony, please contact Darren Woods at 518-532-7875 or [email protected]
Seagle Music Colony is excited to announce a new program dedicated to development of new works. The program will begin this year and then take place annually after our regular season, in late summer and early fall. When fully implemented, the program will host three to four full workshop productions, piano-vocal musical readings, libretto workshops and mentoring programs for opera creators. New operas produced during our main season will also be a part of the program.
The Commissioners’ Club has been established to provide support for this new program and will have exclusive member benefits. Members who make a five-year commitment $5,000 or more above current annual giving will be invited to attend any American Center for New Works Development rehearsal or performance free of charge. This benefit will provide members first-hand insight into how opera is created, from the writing of the text all the way through to a finished production.
Matching Gifts: Does your company provide matching funds for the donations you
make? If so, please let us know so we can magnify the impact of your gift.
The Light in the Piazza
Book by CRAIG LUCAS
Music and Lyrics by ADAM GUETTEL
Original Broadway Production by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2005
The World Premiere of The Light in the Piazza was produced by the Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA, Opening Night: June 14, 2003, Bartlett Sher, Artistic Director, Laura Penn, Managing Director
and the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, Opening Night: January 20, 2004 Robert Falls, Artistic Director, Roche Schulfer, Executive Director
Developed with the Assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory
Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre - July 5, 6, 8 at 8 PM, July 7 at 2 PM
Stage Director
Music Director/Pianist
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Wig & Makeup Designer
Assistant Music Director/Pianist
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Harpist
Jay Lesenger
Matthew Stephens
Zach Weeks
Therese Tresco
Steven Bryant
Danny Zelibor
Jerry Smith
Joshua Stewart
Karlinda Caldicott
Clara Johnson
Margaret Johnson
Franca Nacarelli
Giuseppe Nacarelli
Signor Nacarelli
Fabrizio Nacarelli
Tour Guide
Signora Nacarelli
Roy Johnson
Priest
Madeline Thibault
Jorie Moss
Meghan Folkerts
Kyle White
Aaron Stepanek
Jack Kay
Noah Donahue
Aubry Ballarò-Hagadorn
Paul Wolf
Thomas Petrushka
The Cast (in order of appearance)
Ensemble
Micaela Aldridge, David Anderson, Brett Bode, Kevin Bryant, Aryssa Burrs, Colin Campbell,
Bridget Cappel, David Catalano, Scott Clark, Joshua Cook, Zachary Crowle, Noah Donahue,
Leigh Folta, Catherine Goode, Andrew Henry, Nathaniel Hill, Jessica Luffey, Remy Martin,
Tim McGowan, Francesca Mehrotra, Dante Mireles, Chris Mosz, Alicia Russell
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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals www.rnh.com
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The story revolves around Margaret Johnson, a wealthy Southern woman, and her developmentally stalled daughter (due to an unfortunate encounter with her birthday pony), Clara, who spend a summer together in Italy. When Clara falls in love with a young Italian man, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her own deep seated hopes and regrets as well.
Plot Summary
Overture Scene 1: Piazza della Signoria, Florence - Summer, 1953 Statues and Stories - Margaret, Clara & Ensemble
Scene 2: The Uffizi The Beauty Is - Clara
Scene 3: The Nacarelli Shop
Il Mondo Era Vuoto - Fabrizio American Dancing
Scene 4: The Duomo
Scene 5: Piazzale Michelangelo Passeggiata - Fabrizio
Scene 6: The Nacarelli Home The Joy You Feel - Franca
Scene 7: Margaret and Clara’s Hotel Room Dividing Day - Margaret
Scene 8: On the Street Hysteria/Lullaby - Clara & Margaret
Scene 9: The Hotel Room Say It Somehow - Clara & Fabrizio
Act 1
Scenes and Musical Numbers
Act 2
Entr’acte Scene 1: Rome, the Ruins
Scene 2: The Nacarelli Home Aiutami - Fabrizio, Signora Nacarelli, Signor Nacarelli, Franca & Giuseppe
Scene 3: Rome, the Ruins
The Light in the Piazza - Clara
Scene 4: Florence
Scene 5: The Nacarelli Home Octet - Clara, Priest, Signor & Signora Nacarelli, Franca & Giuseppe, Fabrizio & Margaret Clara’s Tirade - Clara
Scene 6: The Church - The Wedding Rehearsal The Beauty Is (Reprise) - Margaret
Scene 7: The Nacarelli Shop
Scene 8: Florentine Street Let’s Walk - Margaret & Signor Nacarelli
Scene 9: The Hotel Room
Scene 10: The Empty Streets of Florence at Dawn Clara’s Interlude - Clara
Scene 11: Outside the Church Love to Me - Fabrizio Fable - Margaret
The Light in the Piazza
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Tannery Pond Community Center, North Creek, July 11; Elizabethtown Social Center, July 11
Ticonderoga Guild Pavilion, July 12; The Sagamore Resort, July 21; Chester Municipal Center, July 22
Stage Director
Music Director
Set Designer
Costumer Director
Richard Kagey
Danny Zelibor
Richard Kagey
Therese Tresco
Little Red
Mom/Granny
Dudley
Mr. Bigbad
Francesca Mehrotra
Aryssa Burrs
David Anderson
Dante Mireles
The Cast
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Honoring: Laurence Meltzer - Seagle Music Colony Supporter
David Blalock & Jonathan Blalock, tenors - Seagle Music Colony Alumna
About Patrice Munsel Patrice Munsel was not only a star coloratura at the Metropolitan Opera but also broke all box office records in the history of musical theatre while starring in The Merry Widow in Lincoln Center. Her musical career included performing in many of the major television variety shows, specials, and dramas. She starred in the movie Melba as the famous opera singer Nellie Melba and also had her own television program, The Patrice Munsel Show. Ms. Munsel spent a long portion of her life as a resident of Schroon Lake and supporter of Seagle Music Colony. She passed away during the summer of 2016 and is missed by her many friends in the area.
About Laurence Meltzer Laurence has been an integral member of the Seagle Music Colony family in recent years. He has served on the Board of Directors, supported an annual artist scholarship, been active with volunteer projects at the Colony, and been a stalwart sponsor of the Gala. He takes particular pride in watching the SMC Emerging Artists grow over the course of each summer and is often engaged in wonderful and exciting conversations with them whenever he’s on the hill.
About David & Jonathan Blalock Jonathan was an emerging artist in 2007 and 2008 and David was with us in 2008 and 2009. Jonathan will be remembered by Seagle Music Colony audiences for his portrayals of Nico in Lysistrata and Tamino in The Magic Flute. David will be remembered as Dandini in Rossini’s Cinderella. Both men are having remarkable careers. Jonathan’s recent engagements have seen
him on opera and concert stages from Hong Kong to San Francisco and across the U.S. A specialist in contemporary opera, Jonathan created the role of Prince Claus in Mark Adamo’s Becoming Santa Claus, Lazaro in Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls and Paul in Paul’s Case by Gregory Spears, a performance that was named the number one classical event in New York City in 2015. David has
also made impressive debuts, most recently at Virginia Opera, the Dallas Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Atlanta Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. David recently debuted at the Kennedy Center in Washington National Opera’s premiere of Champion by jazz great Terence Blanchard. The brothers were both part of the prestigious Santa Fe Opera at the same time.
Gala Committee: Bard & Barbara Bunaes, Frank & Linda Cappabianca, Joel Friedman, Heidi Kelly, Joan Lomnitzer, Ann Breen Metcalfe, Jacquie Posner, Dodie Seagle, Nancy Strohmeyer
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Joel J. Friedman
and Roger & Myriam Friedman
In Memory of Janet R. Friedman
Glens Falls National Bank & Trust Co./ Upstate Agency Insurance
Dick & Joan Lomnitzer Ed Moore
Peter Scott Oberdorf & Ann Oberdorf Durney
James & Judy Allison Seth & Margo Bader
Bard & Barbara Bunaes Frank & Linda Cappabianca
Bill & Barbara Foley Joseph & Linda Koch Phyllis & Marty Korn
Clifford & Robin Kulwin
Ann Breen Metcalfe Laurence & Karen Meltzer
Lisa Reid Joe Steiniger & Mary McDonald
John & Rosemarie Trainer Frank & Bobbie Wondrasch
Heidi Kelly
Gala Founders: Tom Grogan, Sharon Harder, Dodie Seagle, Irma Worrell-Fisher
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead PIANO-VOCAL PREMIERE
Music & Libretto by HERSCHEL GARFEIN
Based on the play by TOM STOPPARD
Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre - July 19, 20, 22 at 8 PM, July 21 at 2 PM
Sung in English with projected English supertitles
Stage Director
Conductor
Music Director/Pianist
Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Wig & Makeup Designer
Fight Choreographer
Assistant Music Director/Pianist
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Richard Kagey
Andrew Bisantz
Jennifer McGuire
Jim Koehnle
Zach Weeks
Therese Tresco
Steven Bryant
Sean Jeffries
José Meléndez
Jerry Smith
Joshua Stewart
Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
The Player
Hamlet
Alfred
Ophelia
Queen
Laertes
Osric
Horatio
King
Polonius/Ambassador
Aaron Stepanek (July 19, 21)
Joshua Cook (July 20, 22)
Nathaniel Hill (July 19, 21)
Zachary Crowle (July 20, 22)
Thomas Petrushka (July 19, 21)
Andrew Henry (July 20, 22)
Kevin Bryant
Bridget Cappel
Catherine Goode
Aubry Ballarò-Hagadorn
Chris Mosz
Colin Campbell
David Catalano
Jack Kay
Brett Bode
The Cast
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Special Thanks to our Media Sponsor
for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead:
North Country Public Radio
Herschel Garfein (Composer and librettist) is a GRAMMY® award winning composer, writer, and stage director. This season: world
premiere of Mortality Mansions, his song-cycle on poems of Donald Hall at the Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia
University; world premiere of Sister Carrie, his operatic adaptation of the Theodore Dreiser novel in collaboration with composer
Robert Aldridge for Florentine Opera Milwaukee. Opera News called it “an important addition to the American operatic canon.” The recording will be released in September on the Naxos label. In March, he directed Mozart's The Magic Flute for Eklund Opera,
University of Colorado, and his English dialogue for Flute will be heard in the Seagle Music Colony production later this summer. He
was a producer of Ted Nash’s jazz big band album Presidential Suite, which won two 2017 GRAMMY® awards and is available on the
Motéma label. Previously, Garfein conceived, wrote and directed the jazz theater piece My Coma Dreams for composer/pianist Fred
Hersch, which has played in San Francisco, Berlin and New York and is available on DVD (Palmetto). Garfein won the 2012 GRAMMY® award for Best
Contemporary Classical Composition for his “wildly operatic libretto” (–BBC Magazine) for Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry (Naxos). He teaches Composition
and Script Analysis at New York University, where in 2013 he was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award. Heartfelt thanks to Darren, Tony,
Richard and the whole Seagle Music Colony family for their adventurous spirit and dedication to new American opera. Everlasting gratitude to
American Opera Projects for its longtime support of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
This production of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a venture of The American Center for New Works Development at Seagle Music Colony
Aryssa Burrs
(Alfred Cover, Tragedian)
Noah Donahue
(Hamlet Cover, Tragedian)
R. Jason Smith
(Percussionist, Tragedian)
Ensemble
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
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SYNOPSIS & COMPOSER’S NOTE
“It has to be funny. It won’t be anything if it isn’t funny.” So began one of my early phone calls with the great English playwright Tom Stoppard, who was considering giving me the rights to adapt his classic 1966 play Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead into operatic form. My meek rejoinder was that perhaps there were limitations to how funny any opera could ever be.... Yet his words have reverberated with me over the many, many years that I have worked on the opera. I soon realized that I had to find for myself a new musical language, something I hadn’t heard before; something in the middle ground between the worlds of opera and musical theater; a language that would be agile and entertaining, inviting great singing yet nuanced enough to accommodate all the many levels of wit, theatrical invention, joyous artifice, and surprising strains of (yes) deep feeling that sparkle throughout the play. And timing! I became obsessed with the minutiae of comic timing. I journeyed back to my days as a teenager sitting through triple bills of the Marx Brothers in rundown revival houses with spavined velvet seats - I brought that experience forward and tinkered mercilessly with every vocal inflection, every eighth rest, until I could evoke from workshop audiences the kind of spontaneous, unforced laughter Harpo and Chico and Groucho had once drawn from me. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead retells the story of Hamlet from the worm’s-eye view of two minor characters in the Shakespeare play, who struggle to understand the tumultuous events of Hamlet unfolding around them (in scenes drawn verbatim from Shakespeare’s play). Act I of the opera takes them from “a place of no character or significance” to the castle of Elsinore, where they are charged with an apparently straightforward task—to glean what afflicts their school chum, Prince Hamlet, and then collect a reward “as fits a King’s remembrance.” It’s not so easy, when they are distracted by Hamlet’s mercurial temper and bedeviled by the extravagant, threatening, and perhaps omniscient character of The Player, who constantly appears out of nowhere. He leads a ragtag group of actors (“tragedians” is his grandiose term) that includes Alfred, the beautiful and talented boy actor who takes the female roles in the troupe’s repertoire (women being barred from the acting profession in Shakespeare’s time). In the opera, Alfred is a trouser role (a male part portrayed by a female singer; think Cherubino in Nozze di Figaro or Octavian in Rosenkavalier). This makes for a further Stoppardian inversion of identity, since Alfred is a woman playing a boy who plays women.
Act II finds Rosencrantz and Guildenstern out on the high seas, dispatched to England with Prince Hamlet and in the company of the stowaway tragedians. The pair carry with them a letter to the King of England that, unbeknownst to them, condemns Hamlet to death. One night, Hamlet steals the letter and changes it so as to send his two friends to their deaths. Then, when pirates attack the ship, he escapes and makes his way back to Denmark where he fulfills his tragic destiny. The Player, through magical agency, allows Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to witness Hamlet’s end. With death all around them, and still questioning how their dutiful actions could have led to so much disaster, they must finally confront their fates. Spoiler alert: they don’t make it through alive. At all times, the great and significant tragedy of Hamlet is taking place just out of view of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They, by contrast, are so insignificant as to be indistinguishable from each other; at times, they themselves forget who’s who. Yet, I freely admit I love the two of them, and in the last few pages of the opera, I couldn’t let them go without allowing them the fleeting existential triumph of at last knowing who they are. Perhaps that is the most any of us can ask for in our lives.
—Herschel Garfein
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead was developed by American Opera Projects, supported, in part, by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts
1 - Probability (Rosencrantz, Guildenstern)
2 - The Unicorn Song (Alfred)
3 - The Player’s Entrance (The Player, Tragedians, Ros, Guild)
4 - To Elsinore (Hamlet, Ophelia, King, Queen, Ros, Guild)
5 - ‘Your Uncle is the King of Denmark’ (Ros, Guild, Hamlet, Polonius)
6 - Protests (Hamlet, Ros, Guild, Polonius, Player)
7 - Rehearsals (Hamet, Ros, Guild, Player, Tragedians)
8 - Guildenstern’s Aria (Guildenstern)
9 - False Fire (Queen, Ophelia, Hamlet, King, Tragedians, Ros, Guild, Polonius)
10 - The Game of Questions (Ros, Guild, Hamlet, Ophelia, Polonius, Player, Tragedians)
Act 1
Synopsis of Scenes
11 - Prelude to Act 2
12 - Drift (Ros, Guild, chorus)
13 - ‘Dead in a Box’ (Ros)
14 - Stowaways (Ros, Guild, Player, Alfred, Tragedians)
15 - Dilemnas (Ros, Guild)
16 - The Butterfly Song (Alfred)
17 - The Pirate Attack (Ros, Guild, Hamlet, Player, Chorus)
18 - Was It All for This? (Ros, Guild, Player, Tragedians)
19 - The Duel (King, Queen, Osric, Hamlet, Laertes, Horatio, Ros, Guild, Player, Chorus)
20 - The Sun is Going Down (Ros, Guild, Ambassador, Horatio)
Act 2
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UNITED STATES
Metropolitan Opera: Sean Panikkar Santa Fe Opera: Eric Ferring Glimmerglass Opera: Vanessa Becerra, Abigail Dock, Michael Hewitt, Mary Beth Nelson
Opera Saratoga: Dylan Elza, Heather Jones, Eric McConnell, Shelley Mihm, Garrett Obrycki, Scott Purcell Opera Theater of St. Louis: Jeff Byrnes, Megan Callahan, Michael Miller, Michaela Wolz San Francisco Opera: Reggie Smith Jr. San Francisco—Merola: Edie Grossman Florida Grand Opera: Hailey Clark, Mary Beth Nelson Seattle Opera: Michael Adams, Andrea Carroll Pittsburgh Opera: Sean Panikkar Wolf Trap Opera: Jonas Hacker, Megan Samarin Chautauqua Opera: Tascha Anderson, Blake Jennings, Andy Surrena
Central City Opera: Stephen Clark Des Moines Metro Opera: Michael Adams, Quinn Bernegger, Dustin Damonte, Nathan Mattingly, Stephanie Schoenhofer, Ryan Stoll Opera Company of Middlebury: Alissa Anderson, Matt Morgan Fort Worth Opera: Cristina Maria Castro, Anna Laurenzo,
Trevor Martin, Nathan Mattingly, Kerriann Otano, Christina Pecce, Andy Surrena, Wm. Clay Thompson Tri-Cities Opera: Tascha Anderson, Mary Beth Nelson, Scott Purcell Washington National Opera: Michael Adams, Kerriann Otano Metropolitan Opera Chorus: Ned Hanlon, Courtney Ross,
Elizabeth Wentworth Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: District Winners: Eric Ferring, Nathan Milholin, Megan Samarin, Andrew Simpson, Andy Surrena Grammy Award Winners: Alicia Oltuja (featured on Best Jazz Album), The Ghost of Versailles, Best Opera Recording (including Vanessa Becerra and Victoria Livengood)
INTERNATIONAL
Deutche Oper Berlin: Seth Carico
Frankfurt: Michael Porter Stuttgart: Hailey Clark Salzburg: Hailey Clark Grand Teatre de Geneve: Michael Adams Munich: Matt Grills Weiner Stadtsoper: Andrea Carroll “Sousatzka” premiere (Toronto): Eryn LeCroy, Tevyn Hill
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The Magic Flute
Music by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Libretto by EMANUEL SCHIKANEDER Spoken English Dialogue Translations by HERSCHEL GARFEIN
Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre - August 2, 3, 5 at 8 PM, August 4 at 2 PM
Stage Director
Music Director/Pianist
Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Costume Director
Wig & Makeup Designer
Assistant Music Director/Pianist
Assistant Stage Director
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Kyle Lang
R. Jason Smith
Richard Kagey
Zach Weeks
Linda Cho
Pat Seyller
Steven Bryant
Jennifer McGuire
Wm. Clay Thompson
Jerry Smith
Joshua Stewart
Tamino
First Lady
Second Lady
Third Lady
Papageno
Queen of the Night
Monostatos
Pamina
First Spirit
Second Spirit
Third Spirit
Speaker
Sarastro
First Priest
Second Priest
Papagena
First Man in Armor
Second Man in Armor
Tamino (Cover)
Paul Wolf (Aug. 2, 4)
Remy Martin (Aug. 3, 5)
Jessica Luffey
Meghan Folkerts
Micaela Aldridge
Scott Clark (Aug. 2, 4)
Kyle White (Aug. 3, 5)
Catherine Goode
Tim McGowan
Leigh Folta (Aug. 2, 4)
Alicia Russell (Aug. 3, 5)
Madeline Thibault
Francesca Mehrotra
Aryssa Burrs
Nathaniel Hill
Brett Bode
Noah Donahue
David Catalano
Jorie Moss
Noah Donahue
David Catalano
David Anderson
Costumes are the property of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
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Chorus
David Anderson, Aubry Ballarò-Hagadorn, Kevin Bryant, Aryssa Burrs, Colin Campbell, Bridget Cappel,
Joshua Cook, Zachary Crowle, Andrew Henry, Jack Kay, Francesca Mehrotra, Dante Mireles, Jorie Moss,
Chris Mosz, Thomas Petrushka, Aaron Stepanek, Madeline Thibault
The Cast (in order of vocal appearance)
The Magic Flute ACT I
Three Ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save the fainting Prince Tamino from a serpent.
When they leave to tell the Queen, the birdcatcher Papageno bounces in and boasts to Tamino that it
was he who slew the serpent. The Ladies return to give Tamino a portrait of the Queen’s daughter,
Pamina, who they say is enslaved by the evil Sarastro, and they padlock Papageno’s mouth for lying.
Tamino immediately falls in love with Pamina’s face in the portrait. The Queen, appearing in a burst of
thunder, is grieving over the loss of her daughter; she charges Tamino with Pamina’s rescue. The Ladies
hand a magic flute to Tamino and magic silver bells to Papageno to ensure their safety, appointing three
spirits to guide them. Sarastro’s slave, Monostatos, pursues Pamina but is frightened away by the feather
-covered Papageno, who tells Pamina that Tamino loves her and intends to save her. Led to the Temple
of Sarastro, Tamino is advised by a high priest that it is the Queen, not Sarastro, who is evil. Hearing
that Pamina is safe, Tamino charms the animals with his flute, then rushes to follow the sound of
Papageno’s pipes. Monostatos and his retainers chase Papageno and Pamina but are rendered helpless by
Papageno’s magic bells. Sarastro, entering in ceremony, promises Pamina eventual freedom and
punishes Monostatos. Pamina is enchanted by a glimpse of Tamino, who is led into the temple with
Papageno.
ACT II
Sarastro tells his priests that Tamino will undergo initiation rites. Sworn to silence, Tamino is impervious
to the temptations of the Queen’s Ladies, who have no trouble derailing the cheerful Papageno from his
course of virtue. The Queen of the Night dismisses Monostatos, whom she finds kissing the sleeping
Pamina, and gives her daughter a dagger with which to murder Sarastro. The weeping Pamina is
confronted and consoled by Sarastro. The gourmand Papageno is just as quick to break a new oath of
fasting, and he jokes with a flirtatious old lady, who vanishes when asked her name. Tamino remains
steadfast, breaking Pamina’s heart: she cannot understand his silence. The priests inform Tamino that he
has only two more trials to complete his initiation. Papageno, who has broken his oath, is eliminated
from the trials, but after pleading for a cuddly wife settles for the old lady. When he promises to be
faithful she turns into a young Papagena, but soon disappears. After the spirits save the despairing
Pamina from suicide, she finds Tamino and walks with him through the ordeals by water and fire,
protected by the magic flute. Papageno also is saved from attempted suicide by the spirits, who remind
him that if he uses his magic bells he will find true happiness. When he does, Papagena appears and the
two plan for the future and move into a bird’s nest. The Queen of the Night, her three Ladies, and
Monostatos attack the temple but are defeated and banished. Sarastro joins Pamina and Tamino as the
throng hails Isis, Osiris, and the triumph of courage, virtue, and wisdom.
Synopsis
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PIANO TUNING
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Book & Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER
Music by FREDERICK LOEWE
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion
Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre - August 16, 17, 18, 19 at 8 PM; August 18 at 2 PM
Stage Director
Music Director/Pianist
Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Director
Wig & Makeup Designer
Assistant Music Director/Pianist
Assistant Stage Director
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Richard Kagey
José Meléndez
Richard Kagey
Zach Weeks
Pat Seyller
Steven Bryant
Danny Zelibor
Wm. Clay Thompson
Jerry Smith
Joshua Stewart
The Cast (in order of appearance)
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MY FAIR LADY is presented through special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Eliza Doolittle
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Colonel Pickering
Henry Higgins
First Cockney
Second Cockney
Third Cockney
Fourth Cockney
Harry
Jamie
Alfred P. Doolittle
Mrs. Pearce
Mrs. Hopkins
Mrs. Higgins
Lord Boxington
Lady Boxington
Constable
Zoltan Karpathy
Queen of Transylvania
Greek Ambassador
Jessica Luffey
Bridget Cappel
David Anderson
Remy Martin
Joshua Cook
Colin Campbell
Chris Mosz
Dante Mireles
Andrew Henry
Scott Clark
Tim McGowan
Zachary Crowle
Micaela Aldridge
Alicia Russell
Leigh Folta
Scott Clark
Alicia Russell
Kevin Bryant
Thomas Petrushka
Catherine Goode
Tim McGowan
Ensemble
Brett Bode, Aubry Ballarò-Hagadorn, Kevin Bryant, Aryssa Burrs, Colin Campbell, David Catalano, Noah
Donahue, Meghan Folkerts, Catherine Goode, Andrew Henry, Nathaniel Hill, Jack Kay, Francesca Mehrotra,
Dante Mireles, Jorie Moss, Chris Mosz, Aaron Stepanek, Madeline Thibault, Kyle White, Paul Wolf
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Plot Summary
Overture Scene 1 - Outside the Opera House, Covent Garden Why Can’t the English? Higgins Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? Eliza & Ensemble Scene 2 - A Tenement Section—Tottenham Court Road With a Little Bit of Luck Doolittle, Harry & Jamie Scene 3 - Higgins’ Study I’m An Ordinary Man Higgins Scene 4 - Tenement Section—Tottenham Court Road With a Little Bit of Luck Doolittle & Ensemble (reprise) Scene 5 - Higgins’ Study Just You Wait Eliza The Servants Chorus Six Servants The Rain in Spain Higgins, Eliza & Pickering I Could Have Danced All Night Eliza, Mrs. Peace & 2 Maids Scene 6 - Near the Race Meeting, Ascot Scene 7 - Inside a Club Tent, Ascot Ascot Gavotte Ensemble Scene 8 - Outside Higgins’ House, Wimpole Street On the Street Where You Live Freddy Scene 9 - Higgins’ Study Scene 10 - The Promenade of the Embassy
The Embassy Waltz Higgins, Eliza, Pickering, Karpathy & Ensemble Scene 11 - The Ballroom of the Embassy
Act 1
Synopsis of Scenes & Musical Numbers
Based on the novel Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, the story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. In the end, their connection surprises them both.
Entr’acte Scene 1 - Higgins’ Study You Did It Higgins, Pickering, Mrs. Pearce & the Servants Just You Wait (reprise) Eliza Scene 2 - Outside Higgins’ House On the Street Where You Live Freddy (reprise) Show Me Eliza Scene 3 - Flower Market of Covent Garden Wouldn’t It Be Loverly Eliza & Cockneys (reprise) Get Me to the Church On Time Doolittle & Ensemble Scene 4 - Upstairs Hall of Higgins’ House Hymn to Him Higgins Scene 5 - The Garden of Mrs. Higgins’ House Without You Higgins & Eliza Scene 6 - Outside Higgins’ House I’ve Grown Accustomed Higgins to her Face Scene 7 - Higgins’ Study
Act 2
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A journey through memorable songs made famous on Broadway and Hollywood Boulevard.
Featuring the SMC Fall Outreach Artists:
Jorie Moss, soprano; Heather Jones, mezzo-soprano; Paul Wolf, tenor; Aaron Stepanek, baritone
and Tim Accurso, piano
Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre - Sunday, September 9, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Also on tour across the North Country:
Sunday, Sept. 3 - Keene Valley Community Church, Keene Valley, 4 PM Friday, Sept. 15 - Charles R. Wood Theater, Glens Falls, 7:30 PM
Saturday, Sept. 16 - Tannery Pond Community Center, North Creek, 7:30 PM
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Photos from our 2016 touring production of Jack & the Beanstalk
Managing Director & Technical Director
Company Manager
Voice Faculty
Music & Coaching Faculty
Director of Productions Stage Directors
Fight Choreographer
Assistant Stage Director
Jim Koehnle Sarah Lockwood
Byron Jones Stephen Lusmann Chad Payton Andrew Bisantz Jennifer McGuire José Meléndez
R. Jason Smith
Matthew Stephens Danny Zelibor Richard Kagey Richard Kagey Kyle Lang
Jay Lesenger Sean Jeffries Wm. Clay Thompson
Jerry Smith Joshua Stewart Zach Weeks
Alanna Maniscalco Cheyenne Bonnewell Melissa Shawcross Jack Rizzo Pat Seyller
Therese Tresco
Erik Flores Steven Bryant Nicholas Parrish
Keri Trevellyan Eric Kephart John Trainer
Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
Lighting Designer
Props Master Carpenters
Technical Intern
Costume Designers
Costume Assistant
Wig and Makeup Designer & Wigmaster
Wig & Makeup Assistant
Executive Chef Custodian
Piano Technician
Tony Kostecki Darren K. Woods
General Director Artistic Director
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In 2017, the Seagle Music Colony Guild will celebrate its 22nd season of supporting the Seagle Music Colony mission. The Guild raises funds to support emerging artist scholarships and provides a welcoming atmosphere for the emerging artists and audience members who attend each year. The profits raised by the Guild support the Seagle Music Colony Guild Scholarship Fund. Fundraising activities include winter and summer raffles, a scholarship luncheon
(see below), and refreshment sales at performances. Volunteer activities include ushering at performances and serving as host families for artists. Additional Guild events include a welcome dinner at the start of the season and the ‘Happy Endings’ reception following the final performance. After the 2016 season, the Guild was able to fund $16,000 in scholarships.
Kay Belles Nancy Belluscio Camille Burbidge Kathryn Burdick Eileen Carnahan Barbara Casey Lenore Casey Bobbie Coats Wondrasch Ginnyann Coppola Diane D'Amico Eileen DeSalvio Ann Durney Suzanne Fremon
Norma Gherlone Naomi Goltzman K. Kelly Green Nancy Harste Joan Henshaw Sharon Hieber Char Hoskins Kathleen Kelly Marilyn Kelso Nancy King Smith Martin Korn Diane Koslov Paul Leah Mary Lockwood
Joan Lomnitzer Dave Lowe Noelle McCrum Janet McManus Ann Breen Metcalfe Mira Munson Kathy Naumowicz Peter Oberdorf Betty Organek Deb Peterson Ken Peterson Susan Purdy Susan Repko Barbara Repp
Patt Rommer Jane Roth Dottie Rudolf Wendy Ryan Dodie Seagle Judy Sheridan Pat Shrope Susan Sweetser Amelia Taglieri Marge Tassi Kristine Tribou Sandy Vanno
2017 Guild Members
Guild Scholarship Luncheon
Wednesday August 9, 2017
11:30 AM
Sagamore Resort Bolton Landing, NY
2017 Guild Officers
President Vice-President
Secretary Treasurer
Kay Belles Jane Roth
Camille Burbidge Patt Rommer
To become a member, please contact Kay Belles, Guild President at 518-532-9250
DIRECTORS Tony Kostecki, General Director Tony Kostecki was appointed General Director of Seagle Music Colony in January of 2008. Previous to this appointment, Tony held the position of General Manager of the Colony from 2006-2007. Before moving into management, he was on the faculty of Seagle Music Colony as a vocal coach/pianist and conductor for ten years. Between 2002 and 2007, Tony was Director of Education at Fort Worth Opera and also Director of the Fort Worth Opera Studio. During his tenure with
Fort Worth Opera, Tony oversaw the creation of the Fort Worth Opera Studio Young Artists Program and all outreach aspects of Fort Worth Opera. From 2002-2007 he was also the Fort Worth Opera Chorus Master and writer of many of the supertitle translations for Fort Worth Opera. As a vocal coach/pianist, Tony worked for Fort Worth Opera, Shreveport Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Utah Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera Express, and Kansas City Civic Opera. A native of Topeka, Kansas, he received his BA in Music from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, and his MM Degree in Piano Accompanying and Organ Performance from the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Darren K. Woods, Artistic Director Darren K. Woods was appointed General Director of the Seagle Music Colony in the summer of 1996. Since that time, the Colony has experienced incredible growth in almost every aspect including budget, production quality, facilities and faculty/staff. Darren transitioned to Artistic Director in January 2008. In February 2017, Darren returned full-time to Seagle Music Colony and is now also leading the Colony's development and
fundraising efforts. Darren was General Director of the Fort Worth Opera, from 2001 to 2017. Under his leadership, the Fort Worth Opera increased subscription and donor bases and also moved from a full season to a festival format company. Expanding on Mr. Woods’ dedication to young artists, the Fort Worth Opera Studio was founded during 2002-2003 with members participating in main stage and outreach productions and receiving coaching and lessons from resident and guest artists. Prior to his appointment in Fort Worth, he was the General Director of the Shreveport Opera in Louisiana. While in Shreveport, Mr. Woods founded Shreveport Opera Express, or SOX, a touring, arts in education program that involved school children working with professional artists in the schools. Mr. Woods is a frequent vocal competition judge. Over the past few years, he has served as a panel judge for the Richard Tucker Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Lieber Competition, the Denver Opera Guild Competition, the Dallas Opera Guild Competition and the Marguerite McCammon Competition. He has been a guest grant panelist for the State of Louisiana (Music, Opera and Theater), the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Nevada and the Fort Worth Arts Council. Mr. Woods performed as a professional operatic tenor for twenty years prior to beginning his management positions in such venues as: The New York City Opera, Carnegie Hall, Washington Opera, L’Opera Madrid, Opera Trieste, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Baltimore Opera, Santa Fe Opera and many others. Jim Koehnle, Managing Director/Technical Director Jim Koehnle joined Seagle Music Colony full-time in 2015 and his duties include oversight of all technical theater aspects of SMC's productions, as well as oversight of the Colony's buildings and grounds. Along with his creative expertise, Jim brings with him nearly 15 years of professional experience in the technical theatre industry. He spent two summers at SMC as the assistant technical director and scenic designer for Little Women, Sweeney Todd, and The Pirates of Penzance. In recent years at SMC, Jim designed the sets for Falstaff and the world premiere of Roscoe. He recently was associate set designer for the world premiere production of Voire Dire at Fort Worth Opera. Jim received his BFA in Production Design and Technology from Ohio University, and his MFA in Scenic Design from Kent State University. Academic work includes teaching technical theatre and design at Syracuse University, Kent State University, and Lindenwood University as well as a position as technical director and scenic designer for Lindenwood University. His professional work includes positions as props artisan/carpenter for The Virginia Stage Company and Syracuse Stage as well as props master for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Porthouse Theatre. Additionally, Jim continues to work as a cabinetmaker and freelance furniture designer.
Richard Kagey, Director of Productions Richard Kagey began his career at Seagle Music Colony as a 16-year-old singer in 1963. Since then he has continued to act, direct, design and teach for colleges, universities, the Broadway Theatre, professional opera companies and regional and community theatres across the US. He has designed and directed more than 300 productions including standard repertoire, children’s operas, and world premiers. He considers himself to be lucky to have spent his career discovering new works
or new approaches to old works and then sharing them with an audience - “there is nothing better.”
FACULTY & STAFF Andrew Bisantz, Conductor Recently celebrating his 50th operatic production as conductor, Andrew Bisantz has received rave reviews from Opera News, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Mr. Bisantz currently leads his seventh season as Music Director of Eugene Opera, this year conducting its Opera Trio 40th Anniversary Gala; he has been principal conductor of Eugene Opera since 2008. Mr. Bisantz has had a decade-long association with Florida Grand Opera in Miami. Mr. Bisantz returned this past fall to Boston Lyric Opera,
conducting a critically-acclaimed production of Mark Anthony Turnage’s Greek. He recently has had debuts with Opera Saratoga, Opera Omaha, Opera San Jose, Virginia Opera, and Tri-Cities Opera; he has also led Wolf Trap Opera, the Brevard Music Center’s Janiec Opera Company, McGill University, Shreveport Opera, and the Savannah Voice Festival. Orchestrally, he has appeared with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto in Portugal, the Virginia Symphony, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and was Apprentice Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic for two seasons. Upcoming engagements include returning to the Buffalo Philharmonic in January 2017 and to Virginia Opera this coming fall for La fanciulla del West. His recent recording of composer Fredrick Kaufman’s Stars and Distances and The Seven Sisters is available on Navona Records on CD, as well as through iTunes and Spotify. Cheyenne Bonnewell, Carpenter Cheyenne Bonnewell grew up in Prattsburgh, NY with five brothers and has a dog named Coda. She acted and sang in high school, but moved to the techie side once she went to college. Cheyenne started in college by accident by taking a work-study position in the scene shop. At the time, she was a chemistry major. Cheyenne spent that summer working at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse as a carpentry intern and quickly moved up to the position of technical director sophomore year. Since then she has worked in California as a technical direction intern, and completed three more shows as technical director at school. Cheyenne recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Technical Theatre and Design.
Steven Bryant, Wig & Makeup Designer/Wigmaster Steven W. Bryant has designed costumes, wigs and make-up for some of the most prestigious companies in the United States. He has designed for Seagle Music Colony for more than 20 years. His designs have also been seen on the stages of San Diego Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera and New York City Opera
to name a few. World premieres include Bernstein's Quiet Place, Picker's Emmeline, Jorge Martin's Before Night Falls and J.F.K.by David T. Little. His Broadway credits include Gentlemen Prefer Blonds and Julie Taymor's Green Bird. He has designed costumes for many operas, including Frau Margot by Thomas Pasatieri and Brittan's The Turn of the Screw for Opera Omaha. He recently completed a project with Francis Ford Coppola called Distant Visions.
Erik Flores, Costume Assistant Erik Flores is a second year candidate of the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) program for costume technology at Pennsylvania State University. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with his BA in Theatre. He just finished designing costumes for American Idiot at Penn State and is excited to be working here at Seagle Music Colony as the assistant costume designer for the summer.
Sean Jeffries, Fight Choreographer Sean Jeffries has recently been spending his time working in the mountains of Colorado, where he is the Production Designer for the Thunder River Theatre Company. Recent design works includes Jekyll and Hyde, The Last Romance, and Memory of Water. Recent fight choreography include Jekyll and Hyde and Rashomon. Sean is pleased beyond words to be back on the hill, as it was his summer home from 2007 until 2015. Fight choreography with SMC includes Les Miserables and West Side Story with assistant roles on Romeo and Juliet and Pirates of Penzance.
Dr. Byron Jones, Voice Teacher Washington DC area tenor Byron Jones is well-known to audiences, having performed regularly for more than two decades in opera, concert, recital and intimate cabaret settings, in such venues as the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Opera House, and Millennium Stage, Lisner Auditorium, the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and numerous regional theatres. A versatile artist, he continually seeks out new challenges. Jones has received critical
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praise for his warmth of tone and clear diction. He has performed with the Washington Opera, Baltimore Opera, Opera Vivente, and Florentine Opera. He remains active as a singer and stage director. Dr. Jones is Associate Professor of Music (voice) at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA, where his activities include directing, teaching, and coordinating opera activities. A specialist in languages, especially French, he has given master classes for the Washington National Opera Institute for Young Singers and the American Singers Opera Project. He holds degrees in French Language and Literature from the Universities of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Massachusetts-Amherst and degrees in Vocal Performance from the University of Maryland-College Park (Maryland Opera Studio) and Shenandoah University.
Kyle Lang, Stage Director Kyle Lang’s directing credits include work at Virginia Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Central City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Tulsa Opera, Utah Opera, and more. Kyle has assistant directed for Santa Fe Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Virginia Opera, Utah Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Omaha, Tulsa Opera, Opera Memphis, and Indiana University. He is privileged to have danced as a soloist and in the corps de ballet with
ZviDance, The Metropolitan Opera, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and with Christopher K. Morgan, performing in countries across Europe, South America, and the Middle East. He pursued music studies at the University of Southern Mississippi before earning a BFA in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and his home is now in North Bethesda, Maryland. This season, Kyle will be directing for San Diego Opera, Utah Opera, Virginia Opera, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Jay Lesenger, Stage Director During Jay Lesenger’s more than 40 year career as stage director, administrator and teacher, he has become known for intelligent, honest productions which are dramatically compelling and musically knowledgeable. Mr. Lesenger has produced and directed more than two hundred opera productions for New York City Opera, Chautauqua Opera Company, Atlanta, Hawaii, Milwaukee, New Orleans (the world premiere of Thea Musgrave's Pontalba), Opera
Carolina, Opera Pacific, Palm Beach, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Virginia and many others. His European debut was with Opera Nordfjord, Norway, and he has directed for Volkstheater Rostock in Germany. For 21 years, from 1994 to 2015, Jay was the General and Artistic Director of the Chautauqua Opera Company, the longest serving general director in the company’s history. As a nationally recognized teacher of acting for singers, he recently joined the guest faculty of the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. He has also taught on the School of Music opera faculties at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University and has directed productions for Mannes/The New School, the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, Indiana University and the Academy of Vocal Arts. Jay is a frequent adjudicator for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and other vocal competitions. He holds a Masters Degree from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music & Theater from Hofstra University. Upcoming: Candide for Palm Beach Opera and La Cenerentola for Manhattan School of Music.
Sarah Lockwood, Company Manager Sarah Lockwood recently graduated with her Bachelor of Music in Music Industry with a minor in Management from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. She is excited to be joining the administrative team at Seagle Music Colony. Previous industry experience includes working for the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, Jazz Arts Group Columbus, and office assistant in the Capital University Conservatory. As a vocalist, Lockwood
debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2016 with the Capital University Chapel Choir.
Stephen Lusmann, Voice Teacher Stephen Lusmann has enjoyed a successful international career singing over forty leading baritone roles with major opera houses, including the Oper der Stadt Bonn, Opera de Monte Carlo, Stadttheater Luzern, Washington National Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre and Glimmerglass Opera among many others. As an active concert soloist he has performed at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall and with numerous symphony orchestras and festivals in the United States and Europe. On recordings, Mr.
Lusmann may be heard in Richard Strauss' opera Der Friedenstag on the Koch International label, Operngala on Tonstudio AMOS, and on E. E. Cummings: An American Circus, songs of Logan Skelton on the Centaur Records label. He also recorded two more CDs of Skelton's songs that
were released in April 2013 on the Blue Griffin label: Ohr Songs: The Mad Potter, Clyburn Songs: A Kind of Weather and Anderson Songs: Through the Eyes of an Islander. His students are having tremendous success performing professionally in opera, concert, musical theater and young artist programs throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. They are performing with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt, Bayerische Staatsoper München and on Broadway. In addition they are winning prestigious international vocal competitions and are members of university voice faculties. He is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Michigan, Fort Worth Opera Studio voice teacher, taught at Music in the Marché in Mondavio, Italy and has been a voice teacher at Seagle Music Colony since 2001.
Alanna Maniscalco, Props Master Alanna Maniscalco has worked with props in every possible position, and in many locations around the country including Off Broadway NY: Sex Tips for Women from a Gay Man (Props Designer), Regional: Arizona Opera (Props Supervisor, one season), Seagle Music Colony (Props Master, third season) Palm Beach Opera (Props Supervisor, two seasons), Goodspeed Muscials (Props Artisan, three seasons), Opera Theatre
of St. Louis (Assistant Props Manager, two seasons), Bard Summerscape (Assistant Props Master, two seasons). She will return to Arizona Opera as the Props Supervisor for their 2017-2018 season. She would like to thank her parents for always supporting her and her crazy idea of working in theater.
Jennifer McGuire, Vocal Coach/Pianist Jennifer McGuire is Senior Lecturer in Collaborative Piano at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) and music director of the Vanderbilt Opera Theatre. McGuire is an active recitalist, with recent engagements at Oakland University, University of Louisville, and the Eastman School of Music. She is a member of the Atlantic Ensemble, a group featured annually on the Accueil Musical de St.-Merry concert series in Paris, France. McGuire has worked for
Cincinnati Opera, Dayton Opera and the Nashville Symphony Chorus, and plays for the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions in Tennessee. McGuire was a repetitor for the AIMS festival from 2008-10. In 2014, she co-founded a summer intensive for vocal coaches with collaborative pianist Roger Vignoles. McGuire will make her conducting debut at Vanderbilt in November 2017 with The Marriage of Figaro.
José Meléndez, Vocal Coach/Pianist Pianist José Meléndez is in demand as a vocal coach, conductor, and collaborative artist. His professional engagements have taken him to Europe, South and Central America, Asia, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and throughout the mainland United States. He is committed to the artistic development of young and emerging singers, and has been associated with numerous young artist programs, competitions, and training centers. He holds a full-time position at the
Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where he serves as Assistant Conductor, Collaborative Pianist, and Vocal Coach for various AVA productions and events. Mr. Meléndez has held professional positions with Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Hawai’i Opera Theatre, Ocean City (NJ) Pops Orchestra, Connecticut Grand Opera, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater, Westminster Opera Theater, Indianapolis Opera, and Opera de Puerto Rico. He worked with Opera New Jersey for over a decade as Assistant Conductor and Principal Coach and as Music Director of the Young Artist Program. In the fall of 2013, he joined the faculty of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Mr. Meléndez holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico and a Master of Music degree in Piano Accompanying and Coaching from Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Nicholas Parrish, Wig & Makeup Assistant Nicholas Parrish is delighted to be working with Seagle Music Colony. His favorite credits include The Wiz with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Little Mermaid with Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Richard III with Alabama State University. He also a charter member of I.A.T.S.E local 154 as well as a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity inc.
Dr. Chad R. Payton, Voice Teacher Dr. Chad R. Payton is excited to return to “the hill” for his tenth summer! Previous to teaching voice at SMC, he was a two-time emerging artist with Seagle Music Colony (2002, 2005), served as General Manager (2010-2013), and Artistic Administrator (2012-2015). Dr. Payton is an Assistant Professor of Voice at Capital University in Columbus, OH, having taught five years in Mississippi. Young Artists in his SMC studio and private studio in New York City have placed in various levels of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and have booked engagements with Merola
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Opera Program, Chautauqua Opera Company, Opera Saratoga, Opera Theatre St. Louis, and Opera Philadelphia for 2017. His music theatre artists have been seen in Naked Boys Singing in NYC and won the national music theatre NATS competition. Payton made both his Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center debuts in Michael Ching’s opera, Corps of Discovery: A Musical Journey, and has presented chamber music recitals with his professional ensemble, Payton and the Pipes, in Italy and throughout the United States. He has presented technique and audition masterclasses at The Boston Conservatory, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas El Paso, and Utah State University. Jack Rizzo, Technical Intern Jack Rizzo is a rising junior studying Theatre and Digital Marketing at Stevenson University in Baltimore, MD. Originally from Hershey PA, Jack has been involved in technical theatre at The Hershey Area Play House, Hershey High School, and Stevenson University. When not working backstage, you can find him hiking, acting, or cooking. Jack is thrilled to be spending his summer at the Colony working alongside such talented staff.
Pat Seyller, Costume Director/Designer Pat Seyller returns for her nineteenth season with Seagle Music Colony. She is one of the most sought-after costumers in the United States today, having served as assistant to some of the top designers in the world. She is resident Costume Director of the Opera Theatre of St Louis and Virginia Opera. Ms. Seyller recently oversaw costumes for Isaac Mizrahi’s production of The Magic Flute and managed costumes for the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s 27, starring Stephanie Blythe as well as Dialogues of the
Carmelites, starring Kelly Kaduce. Her designs for the Colony have been seen in Cinderella, Candide, La Bohème, The Magic Flute, Lysistrata, The Merry Widow, Don Giovanni, A Little Night Music, Once Upon a Mattress, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Carmen and many others. Melissa Shawcross, Carpenter Melissa Shawcross is very excited to be working her first summer here at Seagle Music Colony! She is a recent graduate from SUNY New Paltz where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts. Enjoy the show!
R. Jason Smith, Vocal Coach/Pianist R. Jason Smith returns to the Seagle Music Colony faculty for his thirteenth season in 2017. He'll be remembered by audiences as Music Director and pianist for Crazy for You, The Fantasticks, The Barber of Seville, La Traviata, Most Happy Fella, Guys & Dolls, Carousel, Les Miserables and The Music Man. He is currently staff coach/accompanist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Previous to this position, he was Principal Coach for the Fort Worth Opera, where his duties include being rehearsal
accompanist for main stage productions as well as touring across the state of Texas with Children's Opera Theatre. Mr. Smith received a Master of Music degree in Opera Coaching from Florida State University after completing a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Utah. Other experience includes work as an apprentice coach/accompanist for Utah Opera. Jerry Smith, Stage Manager Jerry Smith hails from Rockaway, NJ and returns to the hill for his fifth summer. His favorite Seagle Music Colony credits include Roscoe, Les Miserables, and Susannah. Other favorite professional credits include Fort Worth Opera’s JFK (World Premiere, ASM) and Silent Night (ASM), Austin Opera’s Aïda (ASM) and The Daughter of the Regiment (ASM), Palm Beach Opera’s Enemies, A Love Story (World Premiere, ASM), and Piedmont Opera’s The Italian Girl in Algiers (ASM). Upcoming productions include Austin Opera’s Carmen and Ariadne auf Naxos.
Matthew Stephens, Vocal Coach/Pianist Thrilled to return to the Seagle Colony for his fifth season, Matthew Stephens is an in-demand music director and pianist based in New York City. Select 2017 engagements include recital appearances with world-renown soprano Deborah Voigt, cabarets at the Laurie Beechman Theatre and productions ranging from Bizet’s Carmen at Fort Worth Opera to Mel Brook’s musical The Producers at Theatre By the Sea. Matthew’s music direction credits include productions and workshops with the Abingdon Theatre Company,
The York Theatre Company, Theatre By the Sea, Light Opera of New York, American Lyric Theatre, College Light Opera, Fort Worth Opera and Kentucky Opera. Recently Matthew worked on The Mikado (New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players), Kurt Weill On Broadway (featuring Tony nominee Mary Testa) and Paris Through the Window (Abingdon Theatre Co). Matthew has served on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege Division as well as Montclair State University, where he currently works as a vocal coach and pianist.
Joshua Stewart, Assistant Stage Manager Joshua Stewart comes to Seagle Music Colony having recently completed two seasons on the stage management staff at Florida Grand Opera. He has also recently been on the stage management teams at Piedmont Opera, Utah Festival Opera, and the National Repertory Orchestra. Joshua holds an MFA in Stage Management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as well as degrees in Music and Theatre from Illinois State University.
Wm. Clay Thompson, Assistant Stage Director Lexington, Kentucky native, SMC alumnus and bass Clay Thompson makes his return to Seagle Music Colony in a new role. He recently made his role debut as Zuniga in Fort Worth Opera’s Carmen. Since leaving SMC, he has spent the past two summers as a studio artist at the prestigious Wolf Trap Opera, where he made his Filene Center debut as Benoit and Alcindoro in La Boheme. Other assignments at Wolf Trap include Suleyman Pasha (The Ghosts of Versailles), Yakuside (Madama Butterfly), Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia,
cover) as well as the Studio Spotlight Scenes Program. Clay first made his Fort Worth Opera debut as Raymond Buck in David T. Little’s JFK. Other roles include; Billy Jackrabbit (La Fanciulla del West) with Kentucky Opera, Colline (La Bohème) with SOO Opera Theater, and Olin Blitch (Susannah), Superintendent Budd (Albert Herring), and Mordred (Camelot) with Seagle Music Colony.
Therese Tresco, Costume Designer Therese Tresco is happy to return to Seagle Music Colony for her fourth season in 20 years. With over 40 years of costume experience ranging from theater and dance to dolls and dogs, designing for opera remains a favorite.
Zach Weeks, Lighting Designer Zach Weeks is a lighting designer originally from northeast Kansas and currently residing in New York City. He returns to Seagle Music Colony for his second season in 2017. Zach worked under the guidance of Michael Lincoln to complete his MFA in Lighting Design at Ohio University. Zach's design credits at Ohio U. included The Penelopiad, Blood Knot, & bobrauschenbergamerica. Zach has been the Assistant Lighting Design for Thom Weaver on the U.S. Premier of Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem.
the Assistant Lighting Designer for Michael Lincoln on the World Premiere of Beth Henley's Laugh, as well as The Christmas Carol. Last summer Zach worked for the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA) in Santa Maria California as the Assistant Lighting Designer. While at PCPA Zach Assisted Jennifer "Z" Zarno on Man of La Mancha and Peter and the Starcatcher as well as assisted Michael "Fro" Frohling on My Fair Lady. Zach has been proud to have been selected for LDIs Internship for the past four years. Danny Zelibor, Vocal Coach/Pianist Texan pianist Danny Zelibor’s appearances are making him a pianist to watch on the international music scene. His past season included recitals with Los Angeles Philharmonic principal cellist Robert DeMaine and Chicago Symphony cellist Brant Taylor, in addition to being a pianist for “Frontiers” — Fort Worth Opera’s festival of new works. Mr. Zelibor’s debut CD for Toccata Classics, the first in a multi-volume set of the piano music of Alexandre Tansman, has received widespread praise from top music publications including “Fanfare,” “MusicWeb International,” and "Deutsche Grammophon." The second album in the series, which includes two world premieres, recently released on June 1st. His continued exploration of this rich literature is setting him apart as a unique voice in the field of young American pianists. He is a graduate of Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas, where he studied with Tamás Ungár and Joseph Banowetz, and he recency completed his degree in Collaborative Piano with Warren Jones at the Manhattan School of Music. The Touba Family Foundation Coach/Pianist
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Micaela Aldridge, mezzo-soprano Third Lady, The Magic Flute; Mrs. Pearce, My Fair Lady HT: Montclair, New Jersey ED: BM, Oberlin College and Conservatory; MM, University of Michigan RCT: Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, University of Michigan; Thelma Yablonski, Later the Same
Evening, Central City Opera; Lucretia, The Rape of Lucretia, Oberlin Opera Theatre Dorothy & Frank Shames Scholar
David Anderson, tenor Dudley, Little Red’s Most Unusual Day; Freddy Eynsford-Hill, My Fair Lady HT: Grand Ledge, Michigan ED: BM, Michigan State University RCT: Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, MSU Opera Theatre; Captain Tarnitz, The Student Prince, Opera Grand Rapids
UP: MM, Michigan State University
Aubry Ballarò-Hagadorn, soprano Signora Nacarelli, The Light in the Piazza; Queen, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead HT: Buffalo, New York ED: BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music RCT: Lisette, La Rondine, Oberlin in Italy; Miss Wordsworth, Albert Herring, Oberlin Opera Theater;
Despina, Cosi fan tutte, ViVAce George & Frances Weinstock Scholar
Brett Bode, bass Polonius/Ambassador, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Sarastro, The Magic Flute HT: Dallas, Texas ED: BM, Southwestern University RCT: Uncle Bonze (cover), Madame Butterfly, 2nd Commissioner/Jailer (cover), Dialogues of the
Carmelites, Sarasota Opera; Bindy McCall, Roscoe, SMC 2016; John Connally, JFK, Fort Worth Opera UP: MM, Boston Conservatory Ron & Phyrne Pitkin Scholar
Kevin Bryant, tenor Hamlet, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Constable, My Fair Lady HT: Georgetown, Texas ED: BM, Southwestern University; MM, Eastman School of Music RCT: Evangelist, St. Matthew Passion, Eastman Voices; The Sage, Hin und Zuruck, Eastman Opera;
Mac/Judge Finn, Roscoe, Herman, The Most Happy Fella, SMC 2016; Nicolas, St. Nicholas, Georgetown Festival of the Arts UP: Nerone, L’incoronazione di Poppea, Eastman Opera Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Emerging Artist
Aryssa Burrs, mezzo-soprano Mom/Granny, Little Red’s Most Unusual Day; Third Spirit, The Magic Flute HT: Glenside, Pennsylvania ED: BM, University of Maryland RCT: Kate, The Wild Party, U of M School of Theatre Ruth H. Pelmas Scholar
Colin Campbell, tenor Osric, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead HT: Medford, Oregon ED: BA, BS, Southern Oregon University; MM, Boston Conservatory RCT: Sparlich, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Don Curzio, The Marriage of Figaro, Giuseppe, La Traviata, Boston Conservatory
Bridget Cappel, mezzo-soprano Alfred, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady HT: Sterling Heights, Michigan ED: BM, BA, Western Michigan University; MM, Boston University RCT: Dorabella, Cosi fan tutte, Cherubino, The Marriage
of Figaro, Mrs. Bass, Emmeline, BU Opera Institute; Hydrogen Jukebox, BU Opera Institute Fringe Festival; Hattie/Gladys, Roscoe, Alma Hix, The Music Man, SMC 2016 Lisa Reid Emerging Artist
David Catalano, baritone Horatio, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Second Priest/Second Armored Man, The Magic Flute HT: Naperville, Illinois ED: BA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign RCT: Ottone, The Coronation of Poppea, Demetrius, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Claudio, Beatrice and
Benedict, Lyric Theater @ Illinois UP: MM, University of Houston James & Eileen Carnahan Emerging Artist
Scott Clark, baritone Papgeno, The Magic Flute; Harry/Lord Boxington, My Fair Lady HT: Sugar Land, Texas ED: BM, MM, Baylor University RCT: Belcore, The Elixir of Love, Young Roscoe, Roscoe, SMC 2016; Captain Corcoran, H.M.S. Pinafore, Nando,
La finta giardinera, Dr. Falke, Die Fledermaus, Baylor Opera Theatre John & Sharon Hieber Scholar
Joshua Cook, baritone Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady HT: Worthington, Ohio ED: BM, The Ohio State University RCT: Ben, The Telephone, Vittorio, I due timidi, Opera Project Columbus; Ciccio, The Most Happy Fella, Cutie
LaRue/Legs Diamond, Roscoe, SMC 2016 UP: Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus, Opera Project Columbus; MM, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Darren K. Woods Scholar
Zachary Crowle, baritone Guildenstern, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Alfred Doolittle, My Fair Lady HT: Horseheads, New York ED: BM, New England Conservatory; MM, University of Michigan RCT: Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Capulet,
Romeo and Juliet, U of M Opera; Leporello, Don Giovanni, Superintendent Budd, Albert Herring, Opera in the Ozarks UP: Dan Packard, Dinner at Eight, U of M Opera Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Emerging Artist
Noah Donahue, tenor First Priest/First Armored Man, The Magic Flute HT: Huntingtown, Maryland ED: BA, Indiana University RCT: Cat, Pinocchio, Opera in the Ozarks Seagle Music Colony Guild Scholar Meghan Folkerts, mezzo-soprano Franca Nacarelli, The Light in the Piazza; Second Lady, The Magic Flute HT: Scottsdale, Arizona ED: BA, Wisconsin Lutheran College; MM, Indiana University RCT: Dorabella, Cosi fan tutte, Portland Summer Opera
Workshop; Nancy, Albert Herring, La Frugola, Il Tabarro, Nicklausse, The Tales of Hoffman, Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd, Opera in the Ozarks. UP: Young Artist, Shreveport Opera John & Sharon Hieber Scholar
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Leigh Folta, soprano Pamina, The Magic Flute; Mrs. Higgins, My Fair Lady HT: Croton-on-Hudson, New York ED: BM, University of Southern California; MM, Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University RCT: Poppea, The Coronation of Poppea, CCPA Opera; Soprano 2, Song from the Uproar, Chicago Fringe
Opera UP: Fellow with the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago Patrice Munsel Scholar
Catherine Goode, soprano Ophelia, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute HT: Friendswood, Texas ED: BM, University of Houston; MM, Michigan State University RCT: Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, Soprano soloist, Carmina Burana, Adina, The Elixir of Love, Michigan
State University; Mother/Fairy, Jack and the Beanstalk, Young Veronica, Roscoe, SMC 2016 Lisa Reid Emerging Artist
Andrew Henry, bass-baritone The Player, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead HT: Midland, Texas ED: BM, Texas Tech University; MM, Manhattan School of Music RCT: Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte, Colline, La Boheme, Texas Tech Music Theatre David Schlansker Emerging Artist
Nathaniel Hill, baritone Guildenstern, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Speaker, The Magic Flute HT: Defiance, Ohio
ED: BM, Indiana University; MM, Northwestern
University
RCT: Studio Artist, Madison Opera; Alfio, Cavalleria
rusticana, Cedar Rapids Opera; Breedley, A Wedding, Aspen Music
Festival
Lisa Reid Emerging Artist
Jack Kay, baritone
Fabrizio Naccarelli, The Light in the Piazza; King, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
HT: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
ED: BM, The Juilliard School
RCT: Bert, Mary Poppins, Grosse Pointe High School
Seagle Music Colony Guild Scholar
Jessica Luffey, soprano
First Lady, The Magic Flute; Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, My Fair Lady
HT: Albuquerque, New Mexico
ED: BM, Louisiana State University; MM, Georgia State
University
RCT: Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte, Small Opera Company;
Countess, The Marriage of Figaro, FAVA Opera; Alice, Falstaff, Harrower
Summer Opera
Remy Martin, tenor Tamino, The Magic Flute; Colonel Pickering, My Fair Lady HT: Medford Lakes, New Jersey ED: BS, Appalachian State University RCT: Nemorino, The Elixir of Love, SMC 2016; Jenik, The Bartered Bride, Don Basilio, The Marriage of
Figaro, Appalachian State U. Lisa Reid Emerging Artist
Tim McGowan, tenor Monostatos, The Magic Flute; Jamie/The Ambassador, My Fair Lady HT: Dansville, New York
ED: BM, Houghton College; MM, Boston University
RCT: Hydrogen Jukebox, BU Opera Institute; Jack, Jack and the Beanstalk, Marcellus, The Music Man, SMC
2016; First Armored Man, The Magic Flute; Adam, Children of Eden,
Nemorino, The Elixir of Love; Bastien, Bastien and Bastienne, Rinuccio,
Gianni Schicchi, Hougton College Seagle Music Colony Alumni Scholar
Francesca Mehrotra, soprano Little Red, Little Red’s Most Unusual Day; Second Spirit, The Magic Flute HT: Ashburn, Virginia
ED: BA, Texas Christian University
RCT: Suor Genovieffa, Suor Angelica, Lucinda, Dark
Sisters, TCU Opera Seagle Music Colony Guild Scholar
Dante Mireles, baritone Mr. Bigbad, Little Red’s Most Unusual Day HT: McAllen, Texas
ED: BM, Texas Christian University
RCT: Frontiers Showcase, Fort Worth Opera; Marco,
Gianni Schicchi, Priest, The Magic Flute, TCU Opera
Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Emerging Artist
Jorie Moss, soprano Margaret Johsnon, The Light in the Piazza; Papagena, The Magic Flute; SMC Fall-Season Artist HT: Batesville, Indiana
ED: BM, DePauw University; MM, Westminster Choir College
RCT: Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro, Lyric Opera
Studio Weimar; Dew Fairy, Hansel & Gretel, CoOPERAtive Program;
Gianetta, The Elixir of Love, Fall-Season Artist, SMC 2016 Kemp & Nancy Smith Emerging Artist
Chris Mosz, tenor Laertes, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
HT: Tulsa, Oklahoma
ED: BM, Oklahoma City University
RCT: Young Collector, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tulsa Opera; Fenton, Falstaff, Harrower Opera Workshop Phyllis & Marty Korn Scholar
Thomas Petrushka, bass-baritone The Player, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Zoltan Karpathy, My Fair Lady HT: Johnstown, Ohio
ED: BM, The Ohio State University
RCT: Doganiere/Sargent, La Boheme, Prelude to a
Performance; Benoit/Alcindoro, La Boheme, Opera
Columbus; Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd, OSU Opera John & Helen Seagle Scholar
Alicia Russell, soprano Pamina, The Magic Flute; Mrs. Hopkins/Lady Boxington, My Fair Lady HT: Asheville, North Carolina
ED: BM, Furman University; MM, Northwestern
University
RCT: Sister Martha, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Elaine,
Later the Same Evening, Northwestern U.; Rosalinda, Die Fledermaus, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Ella Grimes Emerging Artist
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Aaron Stepanek, baritone Signor Nacarelli, The Light in the Piazza; Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; SMC Fall-Season Artist
HT: Hillsboro, Kansas
ED: BM, Tabor College; MM, Wichita State University RCT: Dandini, La Cenerentola, Papageno, The Magic Flute,
Lyric Opera Studio Weimar; Father, Dr. Miracle, King Cacatois, Island of
Tuliptan, Opera Kansas Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Emerging Artist
Madeline Thibault, soprano Clara Johnson, The Light in the Piazza; First Spirit, The Magic Flute HT: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
ED: BM, MM, University of Michigan
RCT: Mustardseed, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Soeur
Constance, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Second Woman,
Dido and Aeneas, University of Michigan
Upcoming: Kitty Packard, Dinner at Eight, University of Michigan Laurence & Karen Meltzer Scholar
Kyle White, baritone Giuseppe Nacarelli, The Light in the Piazza; Papageno, The Magic Flute; HT: Rochester, Michigan ED: BM, Michigan State University RCT: Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro, Belcore, The Elixir of
Love, MSU Opera Theater; Harold Hill, The Music Man,
Belcore, The Elixir of Love, SMC 2016; Figaro, The Barber of Seville, SMC
2015 Kemp & Nancy Smith Emerging Artist
Paul Wolf, tenor Roy Johnson, The Light in the Piazza; Tamino, The Magic Flute; SMC Fall-Season Artist
HT: Doylestown, Pennsylvania
ED: BM, Virginia Tech University; MM, University of Alabama
RCT: Fenton, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Kaspar, Amahl
and the Night Visitors, U of A Opera Theatre; Stewpot, South Pacific, Ash
Lawn Opera Janet & Moe Friedman Scholar
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