Undergraduate Opera Workshop Showcase
Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study.
Program
Many scenes in this program are double cast. Join us for the two segments of this Showcase to accommodate both casts!
Dave Malloy: Act I Ensemble “Prologue”
from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
Charles McGregor, Pierre
Courtney Lawrence, Natasha
Carmen Rios, Sonya
Mallika Suryadevara, Marya
Sheng Feng Chan, Anatole
Noelani Kawaihoa, Hélène
C Winzenread, Dolokhov
Haoran Li, Bolkonsky
Clara Sykes, Mary
Jana Justus, Balaga
Tutti, chorus
Gioachino Rossini: Act I Duet “Oh Cielo…All’idea di quel metallo…”
from Il barbiere di Siviglia
C Winzenread, Il Conte Almaviva
Charles McGregor, Figaro
Noelani Kawaihoa, Mallika Suryadevara, Caitlin Burns, townsfolk
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Act I Trio “Soave sia il vento”
from Così fan tutte
Sarah Harris, Fiordiligi
Keiko Kiyashka, Dorabella
Haoran Li, Don Alfonso
G. Rossini: Act I Trio “No, no, no, no…”
from La Cenerentola
Luna Huang, Clorinda
Carmen Rios, Tisbe
Jana Justus, Cenerentola
Johann Strauss II: Act I Trio “So muss allein ich bleiben…”
from Die Fledermaus
Gabi Esquenazi, Rosalinde
Mallika Suryadevara, Adele
Haoran Li, Eisenstein
Carlisle Floyd : Act II Duet “The Jay Bird Duet”
from Susannah
Anna Carney, Susannah
C Winzenread, Sam
Sheng Feng Chan, Little Bat
W. A. Mozart: Act I Sextet “Alla bella Despinetta...”
from Così fan tutte
Mumtozbegim Ochilova, Fiordiligi
Jana Justus, Dorabella
Courtney Lawrence, Despina
Sheng Feng Chan, Ferrando
Haoran Li, Guglielmo
Charles McGregor, Don Alfonso
Benjamin Britten: Act III Finale “Now, Now the hungry lion roars...”
from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cadence Strange, Oberon
Sarah Harris, Tytania
Anqi Feng, Mustardseed
Mallika Suryadevara, Moth
Clara Abrahams, Cobweb
Carmen Rios, Peaseblossom
Keiko Kiyashka, Puck
Tutti Sopranos and Mezzos, fairies
Join us for the 8:30 PM program after a short break with cider and cookies!
Dave Malloy: Act I Ensemble “Prologue”
from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
Charles McGregor, Pierre
Courtney Lawrence, Natasha
Carmen Rios, Sonya
Mallika Suryadevara, Marya
Sheng Feng Chan, Anatole
Noelani Kawaihoa, Hélène
C Winzenread, Dolokhov
Haoran Li, Bolkonsky
Clara Sykes, Mary
Jana Justus, Balaga
Tutti, chorus
G. Rossini: Act I Trio “No, no, no, no…”
from La Cenerentola
Luna Huang, Clorinda
Anqi Feng, Tisbe
Jana Justus, Cenerentola
Act I Trio “So muss allein ich bleiben…” Johann Strauss II
from Die Fledermaus (1825–1899)
Cat Hill, Rosalinde
Mia Jang, Adele
Haoran Li, Eisenstein
Jake Heggie: Act I Quartet “The Sun and the Skylark”
from Two Remain
Clara Abrahams, Krysia
Gabi Esquenazi, Zywulska
Jana Justus, Edka
Yingnuo Li, Zosia
W. A. Mozart: Act II Duet “Aprite, presto, aprite”
from Le Nozze di Figaro
Mallika Suryadevara, Susanna
Keiko Kiyashka, Cherubino
Jonathan Dove: Act I Trio “The key Flora, the key!”
from The Enchanted Pig
Caitlin Burns, Mab
Noelani Kawaihoa, Dot
Clara Sykes, Flora
W. A. Mozart: Act I Sextet “Alla bella Despinetta...”
from Così fan tutte
Cat Hill, Fiordiligi
Jana Justus, Dorabella
Mia Jang, Despina
Sheng Feng Chan, Ferrando
Haoran Li, Guglielmo
Charles McGregor, Don Alfonso
B. Britten: Act III Finale “Now, Now the hungry lion roars...”
from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cadence Strange, Oberon
Sarah Harris, Tytania
Anqi Feng, Mustardseed
Mallika Suryadevara, Moth
Clara Abrahams, Cobweb
Carmen Rios, Peaseblossom
Keiko Kiyashka, Puck
Tutti Sopranos and Mezzos, fairies
Departments
Opera Studies
About SFCM’s Opera and Musical Theatre Program
The SFCM Opera and Musical Theatre program draws exceptionally talented young singers from around the world and provides them with advanced training in vocal style, acting, stage movement, and other essentials of stagecraft. Each year, SFCM produces four fully staged opera and musical theatre productions with full or chamber orchestra. Recent fully staged operas have included L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, Mansfield Park, Postcard from Morocco, The Rake’s Progress, Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and former faculty composer Conrad Susa’s Transformations. SFCM has hosted workshops for in-development opera projects such as Mason Bates’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs and Jake Heggie’s Great Scott.
In addition to fully staged productions, a number of scenes, programs, and other performances with piano accompaniment are presented each year. Opera students also have an opportunity to receive coaching from San Francisco Opera music staff, and to participate in productions tailored for school-age audiences in collaboration with San Francisco Opera’s Education Department.
SFCM’s Musical Theatre Workshop provides ensemble experience to singer/actors with an emphasis on American musical theatre, examining one or more musical theatre composers and their works through rehearsals and performance. Recent performances include such works as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, She Loves Me, Company, Little Women, Urinetown, and The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!).
Visiting artists have included Ryan Taylor (General Director, Minnesota Opera), Roy Rallo (Stage Director, San Francisco Opera), David Maier (Fight Director, San Francisco Opera), Barbara Scott (Improvisation Technique), Matt Chapman (Laban Technique), and Jose Luis Moscovich (General Director, West Bay Opera).