2012/13 Season
Madama Butterfly
NOV 2-11 | 2012
at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre
Music by Giacomo Puccini, and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
Creative Team
Conductor: ANDREW BISANTZ
Stage Director: LILLIAN GROAG
Set Designer: JOHN CONKLIN
Costume Designer: MARIE ANNE CHIMENT
Lighting Designer: ROBERT WIERZEL
Wig and Makeup Designer: JASON ALLEN
Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2012
Cast, in order of vocal appearance
Lt. Pinkerton: DINYAR VANIA*
Goro: MICHAEL COLVIN*
Suzuki: KELLEY O’CONNOR*
Sharpless: WESTON HURT*
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly: YUNAH LEE*
The Bonze: DAVID CUSHING ‡
Prince Yamadori: DAVID MCFERRINâ€
Kate Pinkerton: NICOLE RODINâ€
* BLO debut
†BLO Emerging Artist
‡ BLO Emerging Artist alumnus
THE OPERA ANNEX:
Clemency
FEB 6-10 | 2013
at the Artist for Humanity EpiCenter
New BLO production | US Premiere
Co-commissioned by BLO; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Scottish Opera; and the Britten Sinfonia
Libretto by Michael Symmons Roberts
Creative Team
Conductor: DAVID ANGUS
Stage Director: ANDREW EGGERT
Set Designer: JULIA NOULIN-MÉRAT
Costume Designer: NANCY LEARY
Lighting Designer: CARL WIEMANN
Wigs and Makeup Designer: JASON ALLEN
Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2013
Cast in order of vocal appearance
Hagar, soprano: MICHELLE TRAINOR â€
Abraham, baritone: DAVID KRAVITZ
Sarah, soprano: CHRISTINE ABRAHAM
Traveler, tenor: NEAL FERREIRA ‡
Traveler, tenor: SAMUEL LEVINE*
Traveler, baritone: DAVID MCFERRIN â€
Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra
Concert Mistress: Sandra Kott
* BLO debut
†BLO Emerging Artist
‡ BLO Emerging Artist alumnus
Cosi` fan Tutte
MAR 15-24 | 2013
at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Creative Team
Conductor: DAVID ANGUS
Stage Director: THOMAS ALLEN*
Set Designer: JOHN CONKLIN
Costume Designer: JOHN CONKLIN and GAIL ASTRID BUCKLEY
Lighting Designer: MARCUS DILLIARD
Wigs and Makeup Designer: JASON ALLEN
Rehearsal Coach/Accompanist: BRETT HODGDON^
Associate Director: NICOLE TONGUE
Production Stage Manager: KAREN OBERTHAL
Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2013
Cast in order of vocal appearance
Ferrando: PAUL APPLEBY*
Guglielmo: MATTHEW WORTH
Don Alfonso: THOMAS ALLEN*
Fiordiligi: CAROLINE WORRA
Dorabella: SANDRA PIQUES EDDY
Despina: PHYLLIS PANCELLA
Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra
Concert Mistress: Sandra Kott
Boston Lyric Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: Michelle Alexander
* BLO debut
# BLO Emerging Artist
^BLO Emerging Artist Alumnus
The Flying Dutchman
APR 26 – MAY 5 | 2013
Libretto and music by Richard Wagner.
New BLO production | US Premiere of the 1841 critical edition.
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Creative Team
Conductor: DAVID ANGUS
Stage Director: MICHAEL CAVANAGH *
Set Designer: JOHN CONKLIN
Costume Designer: JOHN CONKLIN
Lighting Designer: CHRISTOPHER AKERLIND
Projection Designer: SEAGHAN MCKAY
Wigs and Makeup Designer: JASON ALLEN
Rehearsal Coach/Accompanist: JAMES MYERS
Assistant Conductor: SEAN NEWHOUSE *
Assistant Director: PETER KOZMA*
Production Stage Manager: KAREN OBERTHAL
German Diction Coach: BERND ULKEN
Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2013
Cast in order of vocal appearance
Donald: GREGORY FRANK *
Steersman: ALAN SCHNEIDER â€
The Dutchman: ALFRED WALKER
Mary: ANN MCMAHON QUINTERO
Senta: ALLISON OAKES *
Georg: CHAD SHELTON *
Senta (age 7): GEORGIA HARPER
Senta (age 14): OLIVIA DUNDON-DUVALL
Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra
Concert Master: Sandra Kott
Boston Lyric Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: Michelle Alexander Orchestra
*BLO debut
# BLO Emerging Artist
