2013/14 Season
The Magic Flute
OCT 4-13 | 2013
at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre
World Premiere. New English Adaptation by Kelley Rourke, Leon Major and John Conklin
Creative Team
Conductor: David Angus
Stage Director: Leon Major
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: Nancy Leary
Lighting Designer: Mark Stanley
Lyrics & Projected English Titles: Kelley Rourke
Wigs & Makeup Designer: Jason Allen
Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2015
Cast, in order of vocal appearance
Tamino: Zach Borichevsky
Pamina: Deborah Selig*
Papageno: Andrew Garland
Monostatos: Neal Ferreira^
Queen of the Night: So Young Park#
First Lady: Meredith Hansen^
Second Lady: Michelle Trainor#
Third Lady: Nicole Rodin#
Sarastro: David Cushing^
First Spirit Messenger: David Kravitz
Second Spirit Messenger: Omar Najmi*#
Third Spirit Messenger: Isaac Bray*
First Boy: Thomas Potts*+
Second Boy: Timothy O’Brien*+
Third Boy: Andrew Peruzzi*+
Papagena: Chelsea Basler*#
*BLO debut
#BLO Emerging Artist
^BLO Emerging Artist Alumnus
+ Member of St. Paul Choir School, Cambridge, MA
THE OPERA ANNEX:
Lizzie Borden
NOV 20-24 | 2013
at The Castle at Park Plaza
Music by Jack Beeson. Libretto by Kenward Elmslie.
Based on a Scenario by Richard Plant.
Realized by Todd Bashore (orchestration) and John Conklin (dramaturgy).
A new chamber version in seven scenes. Commissioned by BLO.
Creative Team
Conductor: David Angus
Stage Director: Christopher Alden
Wigs and Makeup Designer: Jason Allen
Set Designer: Andrew Holland*
Costume Designer: Terese Wadden*
Lighting Designer: Allen Hahn*
Production Stage Manager: Chelsea Antrim
First Assistant Stage Manager: Justin Hamblen
Second Asst. Stage Manager: Taylor Ruge
Production Assistant: Lauren Wong
Photos: T Charles Erickson for Boston Lyric Opera © 2013
Cast
Andrew Borden: Daniel Mobbs
Abigail Borden: Caroline Worra
Lizzie Borden: Heather Johnson
Margret Borden: Chelsea Basler#
Captain Jason McFarlane: David McFerrin#
Reverend Harringon: Omar Najmi#
#BLO Emerging Artist
*BLO Debut
Rigoletto
MAR 14-23 | 2014
at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre
By Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
New BLO production. Sung in Italian with projected English translation.
Creative Team
Conductor: Christopher Franklin*
Stage Director: Tomer Zvulun*
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: Victoria Tzykun*
Lighting Designer: Robert Wierzel
Fight Directors: Ted Hewlett and Robert Najarian
Projected English Titles: John Conklin
Wigs and Makeup Designer: Jason Allen
Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2014
Cast
The Duke of Mantua: Bruce Sledge*
Borsa: Omar Najmi#
Countess Ceprano: Chelsea Basler#
Rigoletto: Michael Mayes*
Marullo: David Kravitz
Count Ceprano: Liam Moran#
Count Monterone: David Cushing^
Sparafucile: Morris Robinson
Gilda: Nadine Sierra
Giovanna: Samantha Weppelmann*
The Duchess of Mantua: Vanessa Schukis
Usher: Ron Williams
Maddalena: Audrey Babcock*
* BLO debut
#BLO Emerging Artist
^BLO Emerging Artist Alumnus
I Puritani
MAY 2-11 | 2014
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini, libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli
New BLO production. Sung in Italian with projected English translation.
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Creative Team
Conductor: David Angus
Stage Director: Crystal Manich
Set Designer: John Conklin
Associate Costume Designer: Gail Astrid Buckley
Lighting Designer: Paul Hackenmueller
Wigs and Makeup Designer: Jason Allen
Photos: Eric Antoniou for Boston Lyric Opera © 2014
Cast
Elvira: Sarah Coburn
Arturo: John Tessier
Riccardo: Troy Cook*
Giorgio: Paul Whelan*
Gualtiero: Liam Moran#
Bruno: Omar Najmi#
Enrichetta: Chelsea Basler#
*BLO debut
#BLO Emerging Artist
