Opera Workshop Showcase
Opera Recital
Join the Opera Department for a presentation of scenes by the students of the Opera Scenes Workshop. Singers will portray their vocal, acting and stage performance training in a variety of scenes from lesser known to iconic operas. Opera Scenes Workshops are curated by the department’s faculty. Final program details will be announced upon availability.
Program
Antonín Dvořák: RUSALKA
Act Three Trio “Gold, Golden is my hair”
Rianne Lau, 1st Sprite
Arden Hearne, 2nd Sprite
Sadye Sobel, 3rd Sprite
Leoš Janáček: CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Act Two Duet “Am I really then so lovely?”
Addy Geenen, Vixen
Marielle Leiboff, Fox
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: THE INQUISITIVE WOMEN
Act 1 Scenes 5-7
Sadye Sobel, Beatrice
Larissa Kent, Rosaura
Katie Ivie, Eleonora
Syona Ayyankeril, Colombina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: THE IMPRESARIO
Trio “My method’s flexibility”
Madison Barton-Holloway, Miss Silverpeal
Morgan Wolfe, Madame Goldentrill
Gianna La Mantia, Ms. Angel
Otto Nicolai: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Act One Duet “No, I declare this is too bold”
Lena Goldstein, Mistress Ford
Leora Gilgur, Mistress Page
Mozart: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Act Two Trio “Susanna, what’s the matter?”
Emili Rice, Susanna
Valeria Estrada, Countess
Haoran Li, Count
John Corigliano: THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES
Act 2 Duet “As summer brings a wistful breeze”
Dyanna Bohorques, Rosina
Sadye Sobel, Susanna
Samuel Barber: VANESSA
Act One Duet “No, I cannot understand… Woe is me”
Rayna Mia Campbell, Vanessa
Leora Gilgur, Erica
Valeria Estrada, Baroness
Tobias Picker: EMMELINE
Act One Duet “I’ve never seen my face before”
Kaya Giroux, Emmeline
Cristina Villalobos, Sophie
Departments
Opera and Musical Theatre
Faculty
Sergey Khalikulov
Heather Mathews
Curt Pajer
Dana Sadava
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).
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