Sondheim on Sondheim

Program

"Opening Doors"
   from Merrily We Roll Along
Kurt Winterhalter, Nick Davis, Meghan Jolliffe, 
Keaton Brown, Allegra Kelly, & Natalie Mitchell

"Everybody Says Don’t"         
   from Anyone Can Whistle                
Katie Ahmann

"Being Alive"                           
   from Company
Meghan Jolliffe

"Good Thing Going"               
   from Merrily We Roll Along
Keaton Brown

"So Many People"               
   from Saturday Night
Chen Holtzmann & Kurt Winterhalter

"Loving You" 
   from Passion
Leora Gilgur

"Is This What You Call Love?"
   from Passion
Nick Davis

"I Read"              
   from Passion
Kaylee Miltersen

"Beautiful"                   
   from Sunday In the Park With George
Katie Ahmann & Nick Davis

"Take Me to the World"                               
   from Evening Primrose
Allegra Kelly

"In Buddy’s Eyes"
   from Follies
Nena Aldaz

Richard Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim
"Do I Hear a Waltz?"                          
   from Do I Hear a Waltz?                    
Natalie Mitchell

"There’s Always a Woman"                          
   from Putting It Together                   
Meghan Jolliffe & Katie Ahmann

Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim
"Smile, Girls"                                             
   cut from Gypsy                   
Chen Holtzmann

"The Wedding Is Off"                       
   cut from Company
Natalie Mitchell & Nena Aldaz

"Sunday in the Park with George"                          
   from Sunday in the Park with George  
Meghan Jolliffe

"Finishing the Hat"                      
   from Sunday in the Park with George  
Kurt Winterhalter

"Losing My Mind"               
   from Follies
Hope Nelson

"Not a Day Goes By"                               
   from Merrily We Roll Along
Leora Gilgur

"Send in the Clowns"                                
   from A Little Night Music
Katie Ahmann

"Company"                    
   from Company
"Old Friends"                              
   from Merrily We Roll Along
"Anyone Can Whistle"                          
   from Anyone Can Whistle
Musical Theatre Ensemble

"Ah, But Underneath"                                
   from Follies
Hope Nelson
 

About this Performance

A fully staged multimedia theatrical event that explores the creativity, dramatic potency and indisputable staying power of Stephen Sondheim’s work through songs and in-depth interview footage with the brilliant artist.

Performers

Katherine Ahmann
Nena Aldaz
Keaton Brown
Nicholas Davis
Leora Gilgur
Chen Holtzman
Meghan Jolliffe
Allegra Kelly
Kaylee Miltersen
Natalie Mitchell
Hope Nelson
Kurt Winterhalter

About SFCM’s Opera and Musical Theater Department

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).