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CAST

IDOMENEO | Thomas Massey
ILIA | Carla Cottini *
ELETTRA | Kristel Vinter *
IDAMANTE | Kirsten Scott *
ARBACE | Marios Maniatopoulos *
LA VOCE | Rick Agster & Manos Christofakakiis *

CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR | Stefanos Koroneos
LIGHTING AND PROJECTIONS | Jon DeGaetano
COSTUMES | Costas Tzanedakis

* Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy Young Artists

FELIPE TRISTAN | Conductor
MALENA DAYEN & STEFANOS KORONEOS | Directors
JON DE GAETANO | Lighting Designer
GUADALUPE MARIN | Original Artwork
SANGMIN CHAE | Projections Design and live feed
FRANCISCO MIRANDA | Assistant Conductor | Score reduction

SUZEL | Clara Lisle *
FRITZ KOBUS | Diego Valdez *
BEPPE | Madison Marie McIntosh
DAVID | Suchan Kim
FEDERICO | David Santiago*
HANEZO | Rick Agster
CATERINA | Kiena Williams *

​METAMORPHOSIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

*Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy Young Artists

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WORKS BY:
Mascagni, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Samaras, Pizzetti, Alfano, Cilea, Zandonai, Leoncavallo and Giordano.
CLARA LISLE, soprano*
CLARA LUZ IRANZO, soprano*
KINNERET ELY, soprano*
KIENA WILLIAMS, soprano*
EUGENIA FORTEZA, mezzo soprano*
DIEGO VALDEZ, tenor*
PEDRO SEQUERA, tenor*
DONGHYUK CHUNG, tenor*
HYUNSOON KIM, baritone*

​KAREN SLACK, soprano

ISRAEL GURSKY, piano

* Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy and Teatro Grattacielo Young Artists

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TEATRO GRATTACIELO + CAMERATA BARDI VOCAL ACADEMY
in collaboration COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION and OPERA HISPÁNICA

Inspired by the cultures of the romantic languages, Canciones y Poemas is a textured exploration of Italian and Spanish verismo and folk songs.

Starring in this concert will be Ricardo Garcia, the winner of “Role Debut” in our 2020 Giovanni Consiglio International Competition and a rising star in the operatic world, and Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo who is in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program with the Metropolitan Opera. They will be joined on the piano by Howard Watkins from the Metropolitan Opera.

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TEATRO GRATTACIELO + CAMERATA BARDI VOCAL ACADEMY
in collaboration with COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION and OPERA HISPÁNICA

Inspired by the cultures of the romantic languages, Canciones y Poemas is a textured exploration of Italian and Spanish verismo and folk songs.

Starring in this concert will be Ricardo Garcia, the winner of “Role Debut” in our 2020 Giovanni Consiglio International Competition and a rising star in the operatic world, and Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo who is in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program with the Metropolitan Opera. They will be joined on the piano by Howard Watkins from the Metropolitan Opera.

BENIAMINO GIGLI

100 YEARS AT THE MET
Scenes from Boito’s Mefistofele

MEFISTOFELE: Alessandro Tirotta

MARGHERITA: Francesca Mondanaro

FAUST: Thomas Massey

MARTHA: Karolina Pilou

DIRECTOR: Malena Dayen

PROJECTIONS: Sangmin Chae

CONDUCTOR: Kamal Khan

ARTWORK: Tom Slaughter

COMMENTARY: John Yohalem

UMBERTO GIORDANO

FEDORA

Streaming on November 10th, 2020

Starring:

FEDORA: Michelle Johnson
LORIS: Jeremy Brauner
DE SIRIEX: Marcello Guzzo
OLGA: Maria Brea
DESIRÈ: Samuel White
DIMITRI: Eugenia Forteza
GRECH: Rubin Casas
LOREK: Michael Gracco
CIRILLO: Brian Montgomery
ROUVEL: Jordan Weatherston Pitts
BOROV: Rick Agster
A PEASANT BOY: Kinneret Ely
NICOLA: Pavel Suliandziga
SERGIO: William Desbiens

DIRECTOR: Malena Dayen
LIGHT DESIGNER: Jon DeGaetano
PROJECTIONS: Sangmin Chae
CAMERAMEN: Global Vision
EDITING: Ippolito Leotta

CONDUCTOR: Israel Gursky

The competition has two rounds. Round one from September 5th to10th, 2020 and Round two from September 20th to 23rd, 2020.

JURY:

• Fabio Armiliato, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera , Teatro Alla Scala
• Kostis Protopapas, Conductor, Artistic Director Opera Santa Barbara
• Lewis Ehlers, Agent, Robert Lombardo and Associates, NY
• Ken Benson, Agent, Ken Benson Artists, NY
• Stefanos Koroneos, Baritone, Artistic Director Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy
• Joseph Rescigno, world- renown conductor
• Israel Gursky, Conductor, Music Director Teatro Grattacielo and Theater Bremen, Operalia
• Jorge Parodi, Conductor, Music Director Opera in Williamsburg, Director of Senior Opera Theater Manhattan School of Music
• Filippo Ciabatti, Conductor, Music Director Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
• Paola Antonucci, Soprano, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Reggio di Parma
• Arthur Levy, voice teacher Mannes School of Music
• Francesco Anile, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera , Teatro Alla Scala

Teatro Grattacielo and Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy present:
A dedication to tenor Enrico Caruso and Gemma Bellincioni, first Loris and Fedora in Umberto Giordano’s Fedora.
Arias and Duets by Mascagni, Giordano, Puccini, Verdi and Donizetti.
Chantal Balestri, piano