2011/12 Season

 

Macbeth

NOV 4-13 | 2011
at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre

Music by Giuseppe Verdi | Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after William Shakespeare’s drama
Sung in Italian with projected English translation

Creative Team

Conductor: DAVID ANGUS
Stage Director: DAVID SCHWEIZER
Original Production: LEON MAJOR
Set Designer: JOHN CONKLIN
Costume Designer: NANCY LEARY
Lighting Designer: ROBERT WIERZEL
Movement Director: KEN ROHT*
Fight Director: ROB NAJARIAN
Projected English Titles: JOHN CONKLIN
Wigs and Makeup Designer: JASON ALLEN

Photos: Erik Jacobs for Boston Lyric Opera © 2011

 

Cast

Macbeth, baritone: DANIEL SUTIN*
Lady Macbeth, soprano: CARTER SCOTT*
Banquo, bass: DARREN K. STOKES
Macduff, tenor: RICHARD CRAWLEY
Malcolm, tenor: JOHN IRVIN*
Lady-in-waiting, soprano: MICHELLE TRAINOR*
A Doctor, bass: DAVID CUSHING
A Servant, An Assassin, A Herald, 1st Apparition: JAMES DEMLER*
2nd Apparition (a bloody child): MOLLY PAIGE CROOKEDACRE*
3rd Apparition (a crowned child): MARIE McCARVILLE*

Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus

*BLO Debut

 

THE OPERA ANNEX:
The Lighthouse

FEB 8-12 | 2012
at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Music and libretto by Peter Maxwell Davies
Sung in English

Creative Team

DAVID ANGUS–Music Director/Conductor
TIM ALBERY–Stage Director
CAMELLIA KOO*–Set & Costume Designer
THOMAS C. HASE–Lighting Designer

Photos: Erik Jacobs for Boston Lyric Opera © 2012

 

Cast

JOHN BELLEMER–Sandy/Officer 1

CHRISTOPHER BURCHETT*–Blazes/Officer 2

DAVID CUSHING–Arthur/Voice of the Cards/Officer 3

The Barber of Seville

MAR 9-18 | 2012
at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre

Music by Gioachino Rossini │Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Sung in Italian with projected English translation

Creative Team

DAVID ANGUS–Music Director/Conductor
DOUG VARONE–Stage Director
ALLEN MOYER–Set Designer
JAMES SCOTT–Costume Designer
PAUL PALAZZO–Lighting Designer

Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2013

Cast

JONATHAN BEYER–Figaro, Baritone
SARAH COBURN–Rosina, Soprano
JOHN TESSIER–Count Almaviva, Tenor
STEVEN CONDY–Dr. Bartolo, Baritone
DAVID CUSHING–Basilio, Bass-baritone
JUDITH CHRISTIN–Berta, Mezzo-Soprano
GREGORY GERBRANDT–Fiorello, Baritone

 

The Inspector

APR 20 – 29 | 2012
at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre

Music by John Musto │Libretto by Mark Campbell
Sung in English with projected English text.

Creative Team

DAVID ANGUS–Music Director/Conductor
LEON MAJOR–Stage Director
ERHARD ROM–Set Designer
DAVID ROBERTS–Costume Designer
MARK STANLEY–Lighting Designer

Photos: Erik Jacobs for Boston Lyric Opera © 2012

 

Cast

JAKE GARDNER–The Mayor, Bass-baritone
VICTORIA LIVENGOOD–Sarelda, Mezzo-soprano
MEREDITH HANSEN–Beatrice, Soprano
NEAL FERREIRA–Tancredi, Tenor
DOROTHY BYRNE–Malacorpa, Mezzo-soprano
DAVID KRAVITZ–Cosimo, Baritone
DAVID CUSHING–Adolfo, Bass-Baritone
JULIUS AHN–Ruffiano, Tenor
MICHELLE TRAINOR–Bombalina, Soprano
NICOLE RODIN–Bobachino, Mezzo-soprano
MOLLY PAIGE CROOKEDACRE–Bobachina, Soprano