Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Southwest 2007

Opera Southwest 2007

OPERA BUFFA IN FOUR ACTS

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Based on the play La Folle journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

First performed: May 1, 1786 at the Vienna Burgtheater

CONDUCTOR – Anthony Barrese
STAGE DIRECTOR – David Bartholomew
CHORUS MASTER – Joe McCanna
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR – Eric Andries

New production created by Opera Southwest

CAST

THE COUNT ALMAVIVA - Mark Walters
THE COUNTESS ALMAVIVA - Shana Blake Hill
SUSANNA, Figaro’s fiancée - Amy Mahoney
FIGARO – Ron Loyd
CHERUBINO, the Count’s page - Deborah Domanski
MARCELLINA – Donna McRae
BARTOLO, a doctor of Seville -Jeff Keele
BASILIO, a music master – Sam Shepperson
DON CURZIO, a judge – Erick Seelinger
BARBARINA, Antonio’s daughter – Claire Seelinger
ANTONIO, the Count’s gardener and Susanna’s uncle – Jose Daniel Apodaca
PEASANT GIRLS – Bonnie Finch, Kelly Vigil

Opera Southwest Orchestra

Chorus: Opera Southwest Chorus

OCTOBER 2008