Opera Workshop Showcase Performance
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.
Program
Matt Boehler & Tony Asaro: Scene One and Two
from The Road to Wellville (World Premiere)
Eleanor and Will Lightbody are traveling on the 20th Century limited train from Westchester, New York to Michigan. In the dining car, Charlie Ossining sits at their table and they realize they are all headed to Battle Creek, home to John Harvey Kellogg’s sanitarium. Then at the Sanitarium, Kellogg lectures on biologic living, the perfect plan!
Anna Ruhland, Eleanor Lightbody
John Faubert, Will Lightbody
Akshaya Lakshmi, Server
Marcus Schaller, Charlie Ossining
Matt Worth, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
Jordan Riek, Nurse Bloethal
Didz Atienza, Ida Muntz
Jacob Soulliere, Lionel Badger
Lanie Anthan, Elijah Cineas, Kyle Largey, Kyra Leetz, JJ Trimble, chorus
L. van Beethoven: Act I Duet: “Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein"
from Fidelio
Marzelline, the daughter of a prison warden, is being bombarded with unwanted declarations of love from Jaquino, her father’s assistant. Marzelline, however, only loves Fidelio. A series of well-timed interruptions prevent the situation from escalating, much to Jaquino’s chagrin, and Marzelline’s relief.
Krystal Mao, Marzelline
JJ Trimble, Jaquino
Giuseppe Verdi: Act I Quartet: “Alice, Meg, Nannetta. Escivo appunto...”
from Falstaff
Alice and Meg have both received fawning letters from Sir John Falstaff, a notorious knight who is plotting to seduce them for nefarious reasons. The letters are identical, which is quickly made apparent. Nanetta, Alice’s daughter, and Mistress Quickly, a friend of the women, help them plot their revenge.
Kaya Giroux, Alice
Jordan Riek, Meg
Kyra Leetz, Mistress Quickly
Didz Atienza, Nannetta
W. A Mozart: Act II Trio: “Che novità!...Susanna or via sortite”
from Le Nozze di Figaro
The Count has received a letter notifying him that the Countess is to have an affair. When he arrives at her room, the door is locked and he is convinced that her lover is hiding there. Susanna secretly enters and hides when she realizes what has happened.
Claudia Diaz, La Contessa
Elijah Cineas, Il Conte
Akshaya Lakshmi, Susanna
Lily Bogas, Cherubino
W.A Mozart: Act I Sextet: “Alla bella Despinetta”
from Così fan tutte
Anna Ruhland, Fiordiligi
Lily Bogas, Dorabella
Kaytie Jeffries, Despina
Kyle Largey, Ferrando
Marcus Schaller, Guglielmo
Jacob Soulliere, Don Alfonso
Giacomo Puccini: Act III Quartet: “Dunque è propio finita!”
from La bohème
Mimì has just broken up with Rodolfo. As Rodolfo tries to convince her to stay, a tempestuous argument breaks out between Marcello and his girlfriend Musetta. Rodolfo and Mimì, neither of whom want to spend the winter alone, agree to stay together until the spring.
Kaya Giroux, Mimì
Krystal Mao, Musetta
John Faubert, Rodolfo
Elijah Cineas, Marcello
Johann Strauss II: Act II Duet: “Dieser Anstand, so manierlich”
from Die Fledermaus
Rosalinde, in disguise, has just shown up to the party and Eisenstein, her husband, decides to try and seduce this unknown beauty with his usual tricks.
Melanie Athans, Rosalinde
Kyle Largey, Eisenstein
Stephen Sondheim: Act II Quartet: “Johanna Sequence”
from Sweeney Todd
Elijah Cineas, Sweeney Todd
JJ Trimble, Anthony Hope
Kaytie Jeffries, Beggar Woman
Anna Ruhland, Johanna
G. Verdi: Act II Quartet: “Presenteremo un bill per una tassa al parlamento…”
from Falstaff
Alice, Meg, and Quickly are joyfully plotting their revenge against Falstaff, but Nannetta seems hesitant to join in. She is upset, because her father would like her to marry Dr. Caius, a much older man whom she barely knows. The ladies pledge to prevent the marriage from proceeding, and then join forces to lay a trap for the impending arrival of Falstaff.
Claudia Diaz, Alice
Lily Bogas, Meg
Kyra Leetz, Mistress Quickly
Akshaya Lakshmi, Nannetta
Departments
Opera and Musical Theatre Program
Faculty
Sergey Khalikulov
Christopher Koelzer
Heather Mathews
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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