For Opera Orchestra performance history prior to the 2005-2006 season, see additional page.
2008-2009
The Tsar’s Bride
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Text by the composer and I.F. Tyumenev
Based on the play Tsarskaya Nvevyesta by Lev Mey
October 15, 2008
Isaac Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage
Alexey Markov (Gryaznoi), Djore Nancé (Skuratov), Yeghishe Manucharyan (Lykov), John Easterlin (Bomelii), Olga Borodina (Lyubasha), Constantine Stepanov (a young boy), Christin-Marie Hill (Petrovna), Mzia Nioradze (Dunyasha), Olga Makarina (Marfa), Christophoros Stamboglis (Sobakin), Meagan Miller (Saburova), Rosalie Sullivan (Sennaya), Michael Anthony McGee (The Tsar’s Valet)
Alumni of the Yale Russian Chorus,
Denis Mickiewicz, Director
West Point Cadet Glee Club,
Constance Chase, Director
Western Connecticut State University Opera Ensemble,
Dr. Margaret Astrup, Director
Eve Queler, Conductor
2007-2008
I due Foscari
Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
December 13, 2007
Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage
Guillermo Lagundino (Barbarigo), Ricardo Lugo (Jacopo Loredano), Luke Grooms (Fante), Aquiles Machado (Jacopo Foscari), Julianna Di Giacomo (Lucrezia Contarini), Amy Orsulak (Pisana), Paolo Gavanelli (Francesco Foscari), John Dominick III (Servant of the Doge).
New York Choral Ensemble
Prepared by Italo Marchini
Eve Queler, Conductor
La Sonnambula
Vincenzo Bellini
Text by Felice Romani
Wednesday Evening, February 27, 2008
Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage
Elizabeth Caballero (Lisa), Brian Kontes (Alessio), Eglise Gutierrez (Amina), Gabriela Garcia (Teresa), Luke Grooms (Notary),Dmitry Korchak (young farmer), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Rodolfo).
The New York Choral Society
John Daly Goodwin, Music Director
Ira Siff, Stage Director
Eve Queler, Conductor
Gala Benefit Concert
Celebrating Eve Queler’s 100th Performance at Carnegie Hall
Thursday Evening, March 6, 2008, at 8:00 p.m.
Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage
Renée Fleming, Stephen Gaertner, Marcello Giordani, Eglise Gutierrez, Bryan Hymel, Aprile Millo, Daniel Mobbs, Krassimira Stoyanova, Dolora Zajick.
Renata Scotto, Host
The Opera Orchestra Gala Chorus
(featuring members of Ars Musica, Coro Lyrico and The New York Choral Society)
Italo Marchini, Chorus Master
Eve Queler, Conductor
Edgar
Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the play La coupe et les lèvres by Alfred de Musset
Sunday Evening, April 13, 2008
Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage
Latonia Moore (Fidelia), Marcello Giordani (Edgar), Jennifer Larmore (Tigrana), Stephen Gaertner (Frank), Giovanni Guagliardo (Gualtiero).
The New York Choral Society
John Daly Goodwin, Music Director
La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi
Children's Chorus
Petrika Melo, Choir Master
Eve Queler, Conductor
2006-2007
Dom Sèbastien
Gaetano Donizetti
Text by Eugene Scribe
November 7, 2006; Carnegie Hall
Vesselina Kasarova (Zayda); Dmitry Korchak (Dom Sèbastien); Stephen Powell (Camoens); Daniel Lewis Williams (Dom Juam de Sylva); Stephen Gaertner (Abayaldos); Michael Fabiano (Dom Antonio); Mark Risinger (Sandoval); Philip Cokorinos (Ben Selim).
Scott Choral Artists, prepared by Elizabeth Scott
New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, prepared by Italo Marchini
Eve Queler, Conductor
Otello
Gioachino Rossini
Text by the Marchese Berio di Salsa
January 17, 2007; Carnegie Hall
Ruxandra Donose (Desdemona); Maria Zifchak (Emelia); Bruce Ford (Otello); Kenneth Tarver (Rodrigo); Robert McPherson (Iago); Gaston Rivero (The gondolier & The doge); Guillermo Lagundino (Lucio), Daniel Mobbs (Elmiro).
The Oratorio Society of New York; Kent Tritle, Music Director
Eve Queler, Conductor
2005-2006
William Tell
Gioachino Rossini
Text by Victor Joseph Etienne de Jouy & Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis
November 9, 2005; Carnegie Hall
Angela Maria Blasi (Mathilde); Ellie Dehn (Jemmy); Heather Johnson (Hedwige); Marcello Giordani (Arnold); Marco Chingari (William Tell); Philip Cokorinos (Walter Furst); Paul Mow (Rodolph); Patrick Carfizzi (Geslar); Malcolm Smith (Melcthal); Stephen Costello (Un pecheur); Christopher Burchett (Leuthold).
The New York Choral Society; John Daly Goodwin, Music Director
Eve Queler, Conductor
Lakmé
Leo Delibes
Text by Edmond Gondinet & Phillippe Gillem
February 26, 2006; Carnegie Hall
Eglise Gutierrez (Lakmé); Heather Johnson (Mallika); Ellie Dehn (Ellen); Stephanie Weiss (Rose); Wanda Brister (Mistress Bentson); Yeghishe Manucharyan (Gerald); Daniel Mobbs (Frederic); James Morris (Nilakantha).
Coro Lirico; Italo Marchini, Music Director
Eve Queler, Conductor
L’Amore dei tre Re
Italo Montemezzi
Text by Sam Benelli
May 4, 2006; Carnegie Hall
Samuel Ramey (Archibaldo); Gaston Rivero (Flaminio); Fernando de la Mora (Avito); Fabiana Bravo (Fiora); Pavel Baransky (Manfredo); Erika Person (A handmaiden / A young girl); Stepan Atamian (A child); Guillermo Lagundino (A youth); Maria Barnet (An old woman).
Coro Lirico; Italo Marchini, Music Director
Eve Queler, Conductor