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The New Amore Opera Season
“Carmen” is now one of the world’s most favorite operas. Full of sweeping passion, its
melodies are the source for many an earwurm. But, it wasn’t always so: Its premiere
at the Opéra-Comique of Paris on March 3, 1875 was a disaster. The audience was
shocked that such a wanton woman as Carmen should be celebrated on the stage,
and the young Georges Bizet’s masterpiece seemed to be headed for oblivion.
Indeed, Bizet died two months later thinking himself a failure. It was only after “Carmen” escaped the confines of Parisian bourgeoisie society that it found its audience
and quickly established itself as an international sensation.
Even today when examined closely, it is not an easy story, and it must have been
truly shocking to Victorian audiences. Carmen is made the heroine, but she is from
the lowest caste of European society, the Gypsies. Euphemistically, she is described
as “free with her love,” but it is obvious that it is more than that. Indeed, she uses her
overpowering sexuality as a weapon of first choice, and it is this mismatch that starts
Don José on his downward spiral to ruin and insanity.
However, through modern eyes, she is also a victim. While the original audiences
might have concluded that Carmen “got what she deserves”, today’s viewers are
more likely to be shocked by the evolution of José into a monstrous stalker. There are
other problems that jolt modern sensibilities, too, including the maddening task of
accepting the fact that Carmen is both the prototype of the emancipated woman and
at the same time bound by the predestination foretold by Tarot cards. In short, “Carmen” is a surprisingly deep work of art that continues to fascinate each succeeding
generation in unsuspected ways.
For us, “Carmen” represents something totally different - the successful conclusion
to Amore Opera’s second season. Against the odds, veterans of the Amato Opera have
established and evolved a new house which has found favor both within the opera
community of artists and from the opera-going public. Next season, we are planning another series of popular operas and another series of our “Opera in Brief” for
children and families, and we invite you to be the first to know about it by getting our
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you abreast of all our exciting developments!
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Production Staff
Conductor/Musical Director............................................................Richard Owen
Stage Director.........................................................................................Nathan Hull
Choreographer....................................................................................Jorge Navarro
Executive Producer..................................................................Marlene E. Williams
Producer......................................................................................................Iris Karlin
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Orchestra
Pianists:
Flute:
Oboe:
Clarinet: Bassoon:
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Violin:
Wei-En Hsu, Judith Schaaf, Regina Yakubtsiner
Beth Anderson, Jung-Yi Hsieh, Maureen Keenan,
Abbe Krieger, Dorothy Lee, Renee Oakford, Richard Paratley
Barbara Cohen, Suzette Jacobs
Aaron Abramovitz, Laurence Beckhardt, Deborah
Cardona, Janet Johnson, Edward Klein
Timothy Emerson, Daniel Liao, Sandra Pearson,
Matthew Rosenberg, Richard Vrotney
Anthony Bavota, Larry Malin, Tom McGee
Donna Rossi, Joseph Schufle, Harry Wise
Susan Allard, Lynn Caron, Roy Femenella , Peter Huitzacua, Charissa Smith, Nancy J. Vizza, Marc Wager
Jeremy Kempton, John Lieto, Carl Reinlib
Joyce Balint, Marc Bastuscheck, Jane Buckwalter, Kristine
Cangceusta, Victor Dvortsov, Elliott Neibch, Dave Obelkivich,
Andrew Pak, Juliana Pereira, Sylvia Rubin, Tomoko Samei, Yelena Savranskaya, Abigail Wilensky, Antje Wilmer
Viola:
Haw-Bin Chai, Thomas Leff, Andrea Maire, Yumi Oikawa, Rachel Teplow, Ryan Teynor
Cello:
Tim Carter, Carl Courant, Steve Flanders, Toshi Kono,
Marty Steinberg, Judy Tobey
Bass:
Jim Boyd, Ben Fox, David Wiener
Percussion: Ashley Baier, Minhye Ju, Charles Kiger,
ChiChing Lin, Scott Still
Harp:
Kathleen McAuliffe, Violetta Norrie
Orchestra Librarians: Beth Anderson, Sandra Pearson
Music Coordinator: Barbara Cohen
Congratulations to Amore Opera!
Adele Bond
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Carolyn Kornblau
Ann Lipson
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Evelyn and Marvin Rich
Anna Shereff
Shirley Singer
Carmen
Composed by Geoges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Synopsis
Act I. On a square in Seville next to the Cigarette Factory, Corporal Moralès and
his soldiers spend a hot afternoon lazily looking at the passers-by and the pretty
girls. Suddenly, their monotony is broken by the arrival of Micaëla, a simple
country girl, who is looking for her beau, Don José, who is also a solider. Moralès
tells her that José will arrive later and tries to pick her up himself, but Micaëla
escapes his advances. A bugle call announces the changing of the guard which
is merrily mimicked by a chorus of street urchins. When Don José and his men
relieve the soldiers on duty, Moralès tells him that a girl has been looking for
him. Zuniga, the new lieutenant of the guard, is concerned about smugglers. He
questions José about the building on the square, and is thankful to find out that
it is the famous cigarette factory. The factory bell sounds, and the cigarette girls
emerge much to the pleasure of the men waiting to catch a glance. Finally, Carmen herself appears and sings her sensual Habañera, but is annoyed that alone
amongst men, José is ignoring her. She throws a flower at him in an attempt to
inflame his passion, but leaves without seeing its effect. Micaëla returns bringing
a letter from José’s mother. They sing of their innocent love, and when Micaëla
leaves, José determines to follow his mother’s wishes by marrying her. A fight in
the cigarette factory between Carmen and Manuela interrupts him, and he is
forced by Zuniga to arrest Carmen. As he ties her wrists, Carmen tempts José to
let her escape and rendezvous with her at Lillas Pastia’s tavern. Mesmerized by
the siren call of her Séguedille, José loosens Carmen’s bonds, and she runs away.
José is arrested.
ACT II. A month has passed. At Pastia’s seedy bar on the edge of
Seville, Carmen with her friends Frasquita and Mercédès sing and dance a Gypsy
Song for Zuniga and some soldiers. The drunken but still lustful Zuniga lets it
slip that José has been released from prison just as the bar is invaded by revelers
hailing the arrival of Escamillo, the celebrated bullfighter. He sings of his exploits
in the famously tuneful “Votre Toast”, the Toreador song. When Escamillo propositions Carmen, she tells him to wait for another day. Pastia throws everybody
out of the bar except for Carmen and her two friends in preparation for the
arrival of the smugglers Dancaïre and Remendado. They have a big operation for
which they need female assistance. (“Nous avons en tête une affaire”). Carmen
refuses to join them until later since she is convinced Don José will shortly join
her. As if on cue, José’s voice is heard, and the smugglers and their girlfriends
leave Carmen alone with José with the instructions that she must convince her
soldier friend to join them on the operation. José proclaims his love for Carmen
as she dances seductively for him. (“Je vais danser en votre honneur”). Just as
their love is finally to be consummated, the company bugle is heard, and José
tries to return to base. Furious, Carmen says he doesn’t love her at all, and he
demonstrates his devotion by showing her the flower which he has treasured
throughout his imprisonment. (“La fleur que tu m’avais jetée”). Carmen says that
the only way to prove his love is by deserting the army and joining her in the
mountains with the smugglers. He resists and is starting to leave when Zuniga
bursts in, and José attacks him in a jealous rage. The smugglers return and hold
Zuniga prisoner. Don José now has no choice but to join them.
Act III. In a dark, cold mountain pass, the smuggling operation is underway. While Dancaïre and Remendado reconnoiter the path ahead, it becomes
obvious that Carmen’s passion for the overly insistent José has cooled considerably. He gazes longingly at the valley where his mother lives; Carmen tells him
to join her. To amuse themselves, Frasquita and Mercédès read their Tarot cards,
but Carmen takes it much more seriously. When she draws the Death Card, she
is convinced that Fate has determined that José will kill her and that there is no
escape. Dancaïre returns and moves the crew forward, appealing to Carmen,
Frasquita and Mercédès to use their feminine charms on the border guards to let
them pass. A jealous José is left behind to guard the rear. Unexpectedly, Micaëla
appears. She has followed José in order to rescue him from his life of crime.
From a distance, José mistakes her for a poacher and fires at her, almost hitting
Escamillo instead. While Micaëla hides, Escamillo reveals to José that he loves a
gypsy girl who has tired of her lover. José realizes that he is that soldier, and he
and Escamillo fight. The band of smugglers runs back in time to separate the two
of them, and while José is being restrained, Escamillo courts Carmen in front of
him before leaving. Micaëla is discovered, and begs José to return with her. He
only relents when Micaëla tell him that his Mother is dying. As he reluctantly
abandons the gypsy smugglers, Escamillo voice is heard in the distance, and it is
obvious that Carmen has found her new lover.
Act IV. Time has passed, and it is now the day of the big bullfight in
Seville. With rising excitement, the crowd watches the procession which culminates with the arrival of Escamillo who now has Carmen on his arm. As everyone
goes into the stadium, Frasquita and Mercédès pull Carmen aside to warn her
that Don José has been sighted. She tries to calm their fears, but knows it is true.
Alone, she turns to find herself trapped by Don José. He frantically appeals to
Carmen and begs her to flee with him. His life has been ruined by her and only
her love will redeem him. She coldly says she does not love him any more, and
that ‘free she was born, and free she will die.” Carmen tries to enter the bull-ring,
but José stabs her and she dies, leaving José alone with his guilt.
Carmen Characters:
CARMEN, a Gypsy-Girl
Mary Bowen, Pavlina Horáková, Elena McEntire,
Elizabeth Mondragon, Margaret O’Connell, Joan Peitscher
DON JOSÉ, Corporal of the Dragoons
Maurizio Casa, Mark Franko-Filipasic, Adam Juran,
Benjamin Sloman, Mauricio Trejo
ESCAMILLO, a Famous Toreador
Raymond Diaz, Isaac Grier, Thomas Gunther,
Djoré Nance, Charles Sanford
MICAËLA, Don Jose’s village sweetheart
Maryam Amatullah-Wali, Iris Karlin, Michelle Pretto,
Mia Riker-Norrie, Alea Vorillas, Cheryl Warfield, Victoria Wefer
ZUNIGA, New Captain of the Dragoons in Seville
Richard Cassell, Jay Gould, Jonathan Kahn, Dominique Rosoff
MORALÈS, Corporal of the Dragoons in Seville
Ari Amir, Rashard Deleston, Gene Howard,
Jonathan Powers, Matthew Walters-Bowens (MWB)
FRASQUITA, Gypsy-Girl and friend of Carmen
Samantha Guevrekian, Laura Puzio, Sheena Ramirez,
Courtenay Schowalter, Elizabeth Treat
MERCÉDÈS, Gypsy-Girl and friend of Carmen
Alison Cheeseman, Emily Geller, Melissa Gerstein,
Sarah Nordin, Anna Petrie, Katie Stevenson
DANCAÏRO, The Smuggler Chief
Jonathan Powers, Alan Smulen,
William Remmers, David Tillistrand
REMENDADO, a Smuggler
Georgios Argyratos, Mark Bentley, Chad Kranak, Victor Ziccardi
LILLAS PASTIA, Innkeeper & Smuggler Collaborator
William Remmers, Trey Sanduski, Stu Whalen, Nyah Williams
MANUELA, a Cigarette Girl
Allegra Durante, Megan Marod, Marissa Pepple, Loralee Tyson
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William Remmers, Trey Sanduski, Alan Smulen, Stu Whalen
DRAGOONS, GYPSIES, SMUGGLERS, CIGARETTE GIRLS,
STREET URCHINS AND TOWNSPEOPLE
Place: In and around Seville, Spain
Time: Early 1840s
Act I - Square in Seville by the Cigarette Factory
-- Intermission -Act II - Lillias Pastia’s Inn outside of Seville
-- Intermission -Act III - A Wild and Deserted Rocky Place at Night
-- A Pause -Act IV - A Square Outside the Bullfight Arena in Seville
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Meet the Artists and Staff
Richard Owen
Conductor
Richard is celebrating his 10th season as Music Director of Camerata
New York Orchestra. For the past three seasons, Maestro Owen was a
cover conductor at the New York Philharmonic. From 2005-7, Maestro
Owen was a staff conductor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Mr. Owen
was also a visiting conducting associate at the San Francisco Opera. He
has conducted the Duisburg Symphony, the Duesseldorf Symphony,
the Staatskapelle Symphony Weimar, the Europa Symphony, the
Monterrey Symphony, the Rzeszow Philharmonic, the Silesian Philharmonic, the Baltic Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Jacksonville
Symphony and the Belgrade Philharmonic. Owen graduated from
Dartmouth College, the Manhattan School of Music and studied at the
University for Music in Vienna, Austria. An accomplished pianist, Mr.
Owen gives recitals with his wife, a professional cellist, and resides in
Brewster, New York with their three sons. In the Fall, 2009, Mr Owen
conducted the Amore Opera’s debut production, La Boheme.
Nathan Hull
Director
Maryam Amatullah-Wali
Micaëla
Nathan has directed shows for many companies including Amato
Opera, Village Light Opera, and Actors Opera, and was the director for
Amore Opera’s inaugural season, La Bohéme, Merry Widow and The
Magic Flute. His production of A Sullivan Trilogy was recently presented at the International G&S Festival in England to great acclaim.
Nathan has also sung a wide repertoire including Dr. Bartolo in The
Barber of Seville at the Bronx Opera, Barnaby in Babes in Toyland at
Avery Fisher Hall with the Little Orchestra Society, and Marcello, both
Figaros, Papageno and many others with the Amato Opera. Nathan
has also directed and sung in most of the Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire,
and regularly lectures on opera and operetta.
Maryam has performed in Faust and Don Giovanni with Regina
Opera Company. In the spring of 2010, she played Micaëla in Regina
Opera Company’s production of Carmen. In June 2010, Maryam was
chosen to be 1 of 30 people across the United States to participate in the
Advanced Artists Program at Opera Works in Los Angeles, California.
Just recently she covered the role of Yum-Yum in The Mikado (Regina
Opera Company), and in the spring of 2011 she will play Antonia in
Les contes d’Hoffmann (Regina Opera Company). This is Maryam’s
first production with Amore Opera; she is thrilled to play Micaëla
again!
Ari Amir Moralès
Ari is excited to make his debut performance with Amore Opera! An
avid New Yorker, Ari has performed around town as Count Almaviva
in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Dr. Falke in J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Mercutio in Gounod’s Romeo et Julliet, Silvio in Leoncavallo’s
Pagliacci, and El Dancaïro in Bizet’s Carmen. This is his NYC debut
as Morales. During the week you can find Ari at the NYU NordoffRobbins Center for Music Therapy.
Georgios Argyratos
Remendado
Mark W. Bentley
Remendado
Georgios is a Greek tenor whose voice was called “rich and colorful”
by the Athens News. After acquiring his BA in opera performance from
the Hellenic conservatory of Athens, he moved to NYC to continue his
operatic career. Georgios has performed in the NY area as a SEP member of Opera Manhattan and he also sings with Regina Opera, Dell’Arte
Opera Ensemble and Amore Opera. He has also held many leading
roles throughout his career. Gastone in La Traviata, El Remendado in
Carmen, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Nemorino in L’Elisir D’amore, Rodolfo
in La Boheme, Faust in Gounod’s Faust, Duke of Mandua in Rigoletto,
Macheath in The Beggar’s Opera.
Mark performed many roles at The Amato Opera and frequently
served as Maestro Amato’s assistant director and stage manager. Prior
to The Amato Opera, Mark performed with The Metro-Lyric Opera and
The Monmouth Civic Chorus, both in New Jersey, as well as for The
New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, for which he performed the tenor
solo in the NY premiere of Daniel Pinkham’s Fanfares at Carnegie Hall.
Mark is an enthusiastic supporter of Amore Opera and serves on its
board of directors.
Adam Bishop
Technical Director
Adam is a recent graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown,
Pennsylvania with a BA in Theater. He currently hold positions as a
freelance technician and lives on Long Island.
Mary Bowen Carmen
Mary is a Mezzo Soprano with Opera Ireland – Dorabella, Così fan
tutte; New York City Opera – The Second Lady, The Magic Flute; Flora,
La Traviata; Sister Mathilde, Dialogues of the Carmelites; Opera di
Zapopan (Guadalajara, Mexico) – Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni; Dayton
Opera – Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus; Venice Baroque Orchestra
at BAM – Siroe (Cover), Siroe; Des Moines Metro Opera – L’Enfant,
L’Enfant et les Sortilèges; Opera Southwest – Flora, La Traviata; Other
roles: Der Komponist, Ariadne auf Naxos; Carmen, Carmen; Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro; Concert Soloist: Carnegie Hall – Beethoven’s
Mass in C; Trinity Church, NYC – Concerts at One series; Lima Symphony Orchestra – Mahler’s 2nd Symphony.
Maurizio Casa Don Jose
Maurizio, a tenor, attended the Mannes School of Music in New York.
He has performed Rodolfo (La Boheme) in Theater Nordhausen in
Germany, Alfredo (La Traviata) with Teatro Capranica in Rome as well
as the Duke (Rigoletto). Also in Germany, he performed the Duke with
the Orpheus Ensemble, Tamino (Die Zauberflöute) with the Frankfurt
Opera, Contino (Crispino and Contino) in Maxlrain, Germany. He has
also performed Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte) in Tel Aviv at the IVAI festival.
Oratorio soloist credits include Mozart ‘s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah (Amadeus Orchestra in Italy) and the tenor solo in the Messe von
Cimerosa with the Vatican Chorus.
Richard Cassell
Zuniga
Acclaimed by the New York Times as “vocally robust, with ample
charisma and self-possession,” a Dramatic Baritone, Richard created
the role of the Magician in Francis Thorne’s Mario and the Magician, in
NYC. The award-winning recording was released on Albany Records.
The Juilliard-trained baritone has a repertoire of over 50 roles, from
Amonasro to Baron Zeta. He has appeared with many major US companies, including New York City Opera, Cleveland Opera, San Antonio
Opera, Los Angeles Lyric Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Aspen
Opera Theatre and the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, and
Amore. Additionally, he has extensive professional credits in Europe
and Asia.
Richard Cerullo
Scenic Designer
Richard was scenic designer for the Amato Opera for over 38 years
and it is his collective work of over thirty productions which have
been presented to the Amore by the Amato Opera. For this current
production, Richard has redesigned his original conception. Richard
got his early training at the Manhattan School of Art and Design, but
first became interested in designing for the stage at the Jean Cocteau
Repertory Company on the Bowery. His designs for the Amato Opera
were regularly greeted with high praise by the press.
Alison Taylor Cheeseman
Mercédès
Allen Cooper
Ensemble
Alison has sung in opera, theater, orchestral and dance performances
in NYC and points north, with organizations including Pocket Opera
of New York, Amato Opera, Liederkranz Opera Theatre, dell’Arte Opera, Yard Arts! Opera, Human Company, New York State Early Music
Association, and the Christopher Caines Dance Company. Favorite
roles include Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), alto soloist in Pergolesi’s
Stabat Mater, and the Voice of Orpheus in Human Company’s Orpheus
and Eurydice. She is delighted to perform with Amore Opera again
after having such a grand time as Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus)
this past winter.
Allen has sung in the Amato Opera and then with the Amore Opera
for the last 17 years. He graduated from NYU with an M.A. in Music
Education. He also plays chamber music (piano) with a group at the
92nd st Y. He sings with the St. Ceeilia Chorus. He is glad to be back
once again, singing with Amore.
Rashard Deleston Moralès
Rashard, baritone, has sung roles including, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Peter (Father) in Hansel and Gretel, Escamillo and Morales
in Carmen, Figaro in Barber of Seville, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas,
Marullo in Rigoletto, Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicchi, Yamadori in
Madame Butterfly, Idomeneo as Idomeneo, and Fenton in Falstaff. He
earned his BM from DePaul University. He graduated with a MM from
the Manhattan School of Music. Since graduating he has performed
with Bleeker Street Opera, Amore Opera, Opera Company of Brooklyn, and New York Lyric Opera Theater. He currently studies with the
legendary Mignon Dunn.
Raymond Diaz
Escamillo
Allegra Durante
Manuela
Mark Franko-Filipasic Don Jose
Emily Geller
Mercédès
Melissa Gerstein
Mercédès
Raymond studied at S.U.N.Y. Purchase College. He sang the title
role in their production of Don Giovanni, for which he received rave
reviews from Opera News. The same publication found him, again,
worthy of praise for his portrayal of Bottom in Pittsburgh Opera’s
production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mr. Diaz has been
selected as an award winner of the Heinz Rehfuss Competition, the
Mario Lanza Competition, the Sullivan Foundation, the Licia Albanese
Puccini Foundation, and was selected as a regional finalist of the Met
Opera competition. Mr. Diaz has performed with NYC Opera, and
many other companies throughout the US.
Allegra first performed with Amore in this season’s Die Fledermaus.
Experience includes work with New Jersey Verismo Opera (the Page,
Rigoletto; chorus, Aida); concerts of Lucia di Lammermoor, Linda de
Chamounix, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah; acting in the 2010 NY Fringe
Festival; and seven years with home-school theatre groups in New
York. In addition to ongoing voice training with Evelyn LaQuaif, Allegra is a student at the Lucy Moses School, a dancer, and an alumna of
HB Studio.
Mark is delighted to perform in another production at the Amore Opera, this time as Don Jose in Carmen. He has performed a wide range
of lyric and dramatic tenor roles with companies including Amato
Opera, Island Lyric Opera, Family Opera of New Jersey, Opera Music
Theater Institute, Suncoast Opera, The Lyric Theatre, Houston Grand
Opera, St. Petersburg Grand Opera, Tampa Bay Opera, Opera North
and Connecticut Grand Opera.
Emily is happily returning to Amore after performing 3rd Lady in The
Magic Flute. Recent roles: Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites),
Katisha (The Mikado), La maestra delle novizie (Suor Angelica), Miss.
Todd (Old Maid and the Thief) and Mrs. Herring (Albert Herring). She
has performed with One World Symphony, NY Lyric Opera Theater,
VLOG, Intermezzo Opera, CLOC, Harvard-Radcliffe G&S Players, and
BU’s Tanglewood Vocal Program. Ms. Geller graduated with a B.M.
in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory. This June she
will be singing Voice of Antonia’s Mother in Les Contes d’Hoffmann
with Regina Opera.
A New York Sun review of her performance from Cosi fan tutte from
the famed Amato Opera stated: “Melissa Gerstein was a versatile
Dorabella, putting her all into “Smanie implacabili,” an aria just a little
too tragic for us not to hear the cackle of Mozart in the background.”
She trained and performed with the American Singers’ Opera Project
in NYC, Académie Internationale d’Eté de Nice, University of Miami’s
Summer in Salzburg and the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium in Italy.
Operatic credits include, Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Siebel (Romeo et Juliette), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro),
Annio (La Clemenza di Tito), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Auntie
(Peter Grimes).
Jay Gould
Zuniga
Jay celebrates his tenth role with Amore: Baron Zeta in Merry Widow,
Sarastro and Speaker in Magic Flute, Scarpia and Sacristan in Tosca
Frank and Falke in Die Fledermaus, Dick Deadeye in HMS Pinaforwand Peter in Hänsel und Gretel. He has played Music Master in Ariadne with Brooklyn Repertory Opera, with whom he has also played
Rocco (Fidelio), Alfio (Cavalleria), Renato (Balla) and Bartolo (Marriage
of Figaro). Jay has been soloist in Messiah at Avery Fisher Hall with
Masterwork Chorus, and bass soloist in Beethoven’s 9TH Symphony in
Carnegie Hall.
Isaac Grier
Escamillo
Samantha Guevrekian
Frasquita
Thomas Gunther
Escamillo
Isaac, a Bass-Baritone, is native of Flint, Michigan, has sung with Opera
North (New Hampshire), New Orleans Opera, The Martina Arroyo
Foundation, dell’Arte Opera Ensemble (NYC) and recently with Regina
Opera. In 2010, Grier was the featured soloist with the Flint Symphony
Orchestra. He also appeared as Rochefort in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena,
in Lucia di Lammermoor with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble and Angelotti in Tosca with Regina Opera. Grier received his Bachelor of Music
from Xavier University in New Orleans and his Master of Music at the
Manhattan School of Music.
Versatile American Soprano, a 2011 Resident Artist of The Martha Cardona Theater, the recipient of several prestigious awards, most recently
receiving an Encouragement Prize from the Gerda Lissner International
Voice Competition. Her roles have included Belinda in Dido & Aeneas,
Despina in Così Fan Tutte, Nedda in Pagliacci, Norina in Don Pasquale,
Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, and Blanche
in Dialogues of the Carmelites. Ms. Guevrekian holds a B.M. in Vocal
Performance and Music Business from Northwestern University and a
M.M. in Vocal Performance from Stony Brook University.
This is Thomas’ second show with Amore having sung the role of Dr.
Falke in Die Fledermaus. Recently he performed Figaro in Il Barbierie
di Sivilgla and Le Marie in Poulenc’s Mammelles de Tiresias. Other
performances have been, Marcello in La Bohème, Joseph DeRocher
in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Cosí an
Tutte, King Melchior in Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night
Visitors, Dr. Falke in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Thomas Putnam in
Robert Ward’s The Crucible, and Shamrayeff in Thomas Pasatieri’s The
Seagull. As Starveling in Britten’s “A Midsummer Nights Dream” for
Des Moines Metro Opera he was he was mentioned in Opera News as
one of the summer’s “standout performers.” A winner of the Nebraska
District Met Auditions and finalist in the Upper Midwest Region twice.
Michèle Halpern
French Language Coach
Michèle was born and raised in Lausanne, Switzerland. A native
French speaker, she also had thorough education in German, English
and Latin. She graduated from the Université de Lausanne with an
MD, and pursued post-graduate training in Boston and New York
where she currently practices and lives with her husband and two
daughters. She studied voice privately in Geneva, Boston and New
York, and sang for about 10 years with the Amato Opera Company
where she performed roles such as Dorabella, Carmen, Meg, Suzuki,
Thérèse, Madalena, Giulietta, Hansel, Cherubino, Siebel and Prince Orlofsky. She also has given several recitals in New York and Switzerland.
Pavlina Horáková
Carmen
Gene Howard
Moralès
Pavlína most recently performed two solo concerts in New York City
and appeared as Eurynome at Manhattan School of Music in the
production of Penelope by G. Faure. She won the Czech National Vocal Competition and a Czech televised Competition “Caruso Show”.
As a teaching artist in the outreach program at MSM she wrote and
performed her solo one woman show Why do I love Opera? for public
schools students in NYC. In addition to a classical repertoire Pavlína
sang with the Czech rock band Checkpoint and appeared on a CD
release Ruzný světy.
Gene is a native New Yorker from Harlem has performed the roles
of Nicholas in Vanessa, Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin, Bartley in Riders
to the Sea, Der Pfleger in Electra, Usher in Trial by Jury, Le Goelier in
Dialogues des Carmilites, Lawyer Frazier and The Undertaker in Porgy
& Bess, with One World Symphony Orchestra, Utah festival Opera
and Harlem Opera Theater. Other roles in his repertoire are Fleville
in Andrea Chenier, Silvano in Un Ballo in Maschera, Il Commissario
Imperiale in Madama Butterfly and Amantio in Gianni Schicchi.
Janet Johnson Associate Producer, Ensemble
Janet played clarinet with Amato Opera for twenty years. After Amato’s closing, she became involved with forming Amore. She has been
one of the producers for three main stage productions and the Family
Opera’s in Brief. She developed a passion for opera as a clarinet
student and at Manhattan School of Music, studied with the principal
clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera. She has performed with many
local opera companies. She is excited to make her debut as a chorister,
as well as playing clarinet
Adam Juran Don Jose
Adam’s musical training began at Cornell University where he initially
studied physics and engineering. He recently sang Alfred in the Amore
Opera production of Fledermaus. Other recent engagements include
the roles of Raoul St. Brioche with Opera Camerata of Washington and
Lenski in Eugene Onegin with Opera Manhattan. In 2009, he debuted
as a tenor singing First Armored Man with Anne Arundel Community
Opera. As the Tamino cover he stepped in for his ailing colleague for
the fourth performance and saved the day. Upcoming plans include a
summer with Watershed Opera in Seattle, WA and an audition tour in
Germany next fall.
Jonathan Kahn
Zuniga
Jonathan (originally from Washington DC) is making his debut with
Amore Opera.- Mr. Kahn. Having appeared on radio and television,
He has performed with New York Opera, Amato Opera, One World
Symphony, and Regina Opera. Formerly a Young Artist with DiCapo
Opera, Mr. Kahn has been featured in many well-known roles such as:
Sparafucile (Rigoletto) Sarastro (Magic Flute), Commendatore (Don
Giovanni) Ramfis(AIDA). Having appeared in Opera Summer festival
in both Eastern and Western Europe, Jonathan has trained with the late
great Wesley Balk.
Iris Karlin Micaëla
Iris is a native Israeli internationally acclaimed soprano singer, musician & actress, who is also an IDF officer in reserve. Her personal
charm & sensational voice made her one of the leading singers in
Israel, and after singing with the Israeli Opera and the International Vocal Arts Institute, she moved to the states to follow her career. Singing
opera, operetta & musical theater, she performed with NY Lyric Opera,
Light Opera of NY, Metropolis Opera, Amore Opera, Williamsburg
Opera, NJ Baroque Orchestra, Cleveland Pop Orchestra, and debuted
in Carnegie Hall with Pacific Opera.
Chad Kranak
Remendado
Chad has performed with Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, and
Colorado Light Opera. He holds a Master’s in Music from the University of Colorado Boulder. He has performed such roles as Albert Herring (Albert Herring), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Sam Kaplan (Street
Scene), and Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni). He was most recently seen in
Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortileges with Pocket Opera New York and will
be performing the role of Nathanael in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with
Regina Opera in June.
Hai Ly
Assistant Conductor
Megan Marod
Manuela, Ensemble
Hai is excited to make his conducting debut with the Amore Opera. He
has performed with Amore in past productions of Tosca and Die Fledermaus as a cellist. In addition, he has extensive orchestral experience
as an oboist and has performed with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic,
Bronx Arts Ensemble, Fort Worth Symphony, American Sinfonietta,
and Baton Rouge Symphony. Ly currently studies conducting with
Gregory Buchalter.
Megan is thrilled to be making her opera debut with Amore opera!
She has performed with the Village Light Opera Group in Iolanthe
(Iolanthe) Fiddler on the Roof (Tzeitel) and HMS Pinafore. She has
a B.A. in history from the University of Michigan, an undying love of
Shakespeare, and is a firm believer in happily ever after!
Elena McEntire
Carmen
Elena’s opera engagements include the title role of Bizet’s Carmen in
New York, Houston, and Bulgaria, Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, Der
Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Erika in Vanessa, Adalgisa in Norma,
Siebel in Faust, Sesto and Cesare in Giulio Cesare, the title role of Xerxes, Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus, Charlotte in Werther, and Madame
de la Haltiere in Cendrillon with companies including One World
Symphony, the New York City Opera and the Aspen Music Festival,
as well as Madame Chow in Baz Luhrmann’s Broadway Production of
Puccini’s La Boheme.
Maria Michaels
Ensemble
Elizabeth Mondragon
Carmen
Djoré Nance Escamillo
Sarah Nordin
Mercédès
Maria is excited to be making her debut with Amore! This season
she also appears in New Rochelle Opera’s Die Fledermaus chorus.
Recently, Maria was chosen by the Metropolitan Opera to learn the solo
roles of Vision Dancer and Oriental Dancer in Thais. She studies voice
privately with Ira Siff and holds a B.A. in Musical Theater/Dance from
Rhode Island College and an M.F.A. in Dance Performance/Choreography from N.Y.U.’s Tisch School. Maria has many film, theater and
dance credits, most recently appearing as a featured performer in Sex
and the City 2.
Elizabeth’s operatic roles include Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Dido
(Dido and Aeneas), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mercedes (Carmen), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Giulio Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto),
Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors) and Pitti-Sing (The Mikado).
At home in concert and recital, as well as on the operatic stage, she has
been a featured soloist in performances of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor,
Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Rossini’s Petite
Messe Solenelle, and has performed and premiered new works by local
composers, including Erin Rogers, Lawrence Rush and David Sisco.
Bass-Baritone Djoré is a prolific competitior and has been an award
winner from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, The Giulio Gari Foundation, the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, a finalist in the Young
Artist competitions at the Palm Beach and Florida Grand Opera companies, and a national winner of the Leontyne Price Vocal Arts Competition. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Opera Orchestra of
New York as Malyuta in The Tsar’s Bride. Subsequently he performed
with OONY as the Grand Inquisitor in L’Africaine. Djoré studied at the
esteemed Juilliard School.
Hailed for a voice with “clear beauty that resounds effortlessly,” Sarah
is a fine mezzo-soprano who was praised in Opera News, for her
performance of Lola in Cavalleria Rusticanna, for her ability to “hold
her own with the big guns.” Most recently, Sarah was seen in The
Metropolitan Opera’s production of Boris Godunov. Sarah’s recent role
debuts include Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Inez in Il Trovatore, Dorabella
in Cosi fan tutte and Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus. Sarah earned her
Master of Music degree from the University of Tennessee.
Margaret O’Connell Carmen
Margaret was called a “superb mezzo” by Fanfare Magazine for Traveling West w/North-South Records (Max Lifchitz). Upcoming: Nicklausse (Hoffmann) - Regina Opera. Premieres: Judgment of Midas
(American Opera Projects); Agamemnon (La Mama); Ashley (Best
Friends - w/Lauren Flanigan) Wendy Wasserstein’s libretto. Maddalena; Adalgisa; Dido; Mercedes; Dorabella; Florence (Albert Herring);
Maman (L’Enfant); Cathleen (Riders to the Sea); Berta (Il Barbiere di
Siviglia). Theater: Young Jennie (Portrait of Jennie – w/Brent Barrett); Fiddler Jones (Spoon River). Recordings: Lady Thiang, Aldonza
(Stage-Stars); Mermaid (Bernstein’s Peter Pan) - Koch International.
MM Voice, McGill University; BM Violin, Oberlin Conservatory.
David Owen
Ensemble
Eva Parr
Ensemble
David returns to opera after a 25 years break. As a boy in the 1980’s,
David performed featured roles for children with numerous companies, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Santa Fe Opera. After
retiring from singing, he attended Dartmouth College and Fordham
Law School and is now a partner with the law firm Cahill, Gordon and
Reindel. He lives with his family on the Upper West Side. He hopes
to pass on his love of opera to his boys and his son James is making his
stage debut in this production of Carmen.
Originally from East Texas, Eva moved to New York City in 2008 to further her vocal studies after receiving a Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance
from Oklahoma City University. She most recently appeared in “Le
Nozze di Figaro” as “Barbarina” with the Romefestival Opera in Italy,
as well as in a debut performance of Mascagni’s “Il Piccolo Marat” as
an ensemble member at Avery Fisher Hall. Eva is continuing to study
voice privately in Manhattan, and is excited to be making her first appearance with Amore Opera!
Marissa Pepple
Manuela, Ensemble
Marissa is making her third appearance with the Amore Opera Company. She is making her second go around as a Nibelung in the Metropolitan Opera’s production Das Rheingold. She has a B.F.A. in musical
theatre from Elon University. She is a proud member of AFTRA and
SAG. She has appeared in several NYC based television shows including Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, All Law and Orders. She enjoys
traveling up and down the east coast for work. Love and thanks to her
family and friends for their support.
Anna Petrie
Mercédès
Joan Peitscher
Carmen
A Wisconsin native Mezzo-Soprano, Anna studies with Lenora Eve, a
disciple of the revolutionary pedagogue Cornelius Reid. Opera credits
include: Meg Page (Falstaff), Hansel (Hansel & Gretel), Juno (Semele),
Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), A Lay Sister, Novice, Prima Sorella
Cercatrice (Suor Angelica). Upcoming engagements include: Olga (Eugene Onegin) with the Delaware Valley Opera (DVO) as part of their
Professional Artist Development Program and an appearance with the
Fond du Lac Symphonic Band. She has been a Studio Artist with Opera
New Jersey and is thrilled to be working with Amore Opera.
An American born mezzo soprano, Joan has been heard on stages in
NYC as well as abroad. She was recently acclaimed for singing a “rich
and moving” portrayal as Suzuki in Bleeker St Opera’s production of
Madama Butterfly. Notable highlights and repertoire include; Suzuki,
Gertrude in Hänsel und Gretel, Alma March in Little Women (Tel Aviv,
Israel), Hansel (Chiari Italy), Third Lady in Magic Flute, among others.
This June, Joan will sing the title role in Carmen at the Arbor Opera
Theater in Ann Arbor MI. This Fall, she will once again portray Suzuki
at the Mississippi Opera. This performance marks her debut with the
Amore Opera.
Jonathan Powers
Moralès, Dancaïro
Jonathan is in his third season with the Amore having previously sung
Papageno in Magic Flute, St. Brioche/Montague in Merry Widow, and
with the ensemble in La Boheme. At his alma mater of SUNY Oswego
he performed as a chorus member in La Traviata, Carousel, and The
Fairy Queen. He has also sung Corporal Morales (Carmen) and Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf (Into the Woods). He has had great fun singing
with the Amore and plans on participating in future productions.
Michelle Pretto
Micaëla
Laura Puzio
Frasquita
Sheena Ramirez
Frasquita
William Remmers
Dancaïro
Michelle, a soprano, is from New York City. Most recently she
performed the title role in Tosca and the role of Rosalinda from Die
Fledermaus with Amore opera. This summer she will be performing in
Austria with the AIMS music program based out of Graz. Some roles
performed my Ms. Pretto: Turandot with Lowell House Opera at Harvard, Violetta (La Traviata) with Prelude to Performance in NYC. She
won 3rd Place in the Meistersingerkonzert vocal competition and was
a finalist in the Lakes Region Opera Company Vocal Competition. She
has sung everywhere from the White House to the subway to a sushi
restaurant in between.
Laura is thrilled to make her Amore Opera debut as Frasquita this season. She has performed as a mainstage artist with the New York Lyric
Opera Theatre, Opera Company of Brooklyn, and the International
Vocal Arts Institute, and as a Young Artist with the Saint Louis Opera
Theatre, and the New Israeli Opera Studio. Operatic roles include:
Adele (Die Fledermaus), Susanna (Marriage of Figaro), Polissena (Radamisto), Chocholka (Cunning Little Vixen), Papagena (Magic Flute),
Nightingale (The Nightingale). She will make her debut with The
Martina Arroyo Foundation this summer, as Yvette in La Rondine.
Sheena has appeared in numerous operas and song recitals. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Sheena was assistant to voice
pedagogue Richard Miller at the Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center.
She did graduate study at New England Conservatory where she
performed in a master class for Renée Fleming. Other operatic credits
include Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Blanche (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Frau Fluth (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Fanny (La Cambiale
di Matrimonio), Casilda (The Gondolierers), Patience (Patience). This
April she made her New York City debut in the role of Josephine (HMS
Pinafore) with the Blue Hill Troupe. Frasquita marks her first role with
Amore Opera.
William has had roles in every Amore show since their first production including Ko-Ko and Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), Niejus (The Merry
Widow), Frosch (Die Fledermaus), and Sciarrone/Jailer (Tosca). He codirected the brief version of The Magic Flute this past October. Other
group affiliations include Regina Opera, G&S Society of NY, and Opera
Performance Series (recently appearing as Hortensius in La Fille du
Régiment). He has created and directed a G&S revue performed here
in NY, and to be performed again at the Gettysburg G&S Festival this
summer. William also serves as Amore’s videographer.
Mia Riker-Norrie Micaëla
Amore Opera’s NY Times review of La Bohème said “Mia RikerNorrie played Musetta with sterling control and brassiness worthy of
Ethel Merman.” In Amato Opera’s La Traviata, The Villager said she
“inspired confidence from the moment she took the stage. Her Violetta
was exciting…with artfully spontaneous diminuendos and descending
phrases that draped themselves with silken fluidity.” About her Gilda
(Rigoletto), The Sun said she “consistently hit the high notes in the
score (not something that happens on a regular basis uptown).” Mia is
Director of Montclair Voice Studio in New Jersey.
Dominique Rosoff Zuniga
Dominique has performed with Amato, Amore, PORT Opera, Opera
New Hampshire, Opera Manhattan, and The Opera Project, among
others. Roles include Colline, Benoit, Alcindoro and Sergeant in La Boheme, Sarastro, Speaker, Second Armored Man and First Priest in The
Magic Flute, Bartolo and Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro, Tom in Un
Ballo in Maschera, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Collatinus in The Rape of
Lucretia, Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors and Truffeldino in
Ariadne auf Naxos, among others. Dominique also performs as a bass
soloist for concerts and oratorio.
Pedro Sanchez
Ensemble
Pedro was born in Valencia, Venezuela, and was interested in classical
music since he was a kid. but it’s not until 2002, when he came to The
United States when started to get more deeply involved with music,
taking private guitar lessons and music theory. Although singing was a
number one passion, what motivated him to take “bel canto lessons”in
the summer of 2008. Participated in the recital “the songs we love to
sing” at St Joseph church in November 2010.
Trey Sandusky
Lillas Pastia, Ensemble
Joining Amore last May as the Bosun in HMS Pinafore, Trey returned
for this fall’s production of Tosca (Sciarrone/Jailer), and again for the
papa of Hänsel und Gretel in December. In November, Trey appeared
in the Village Light Opera Group’s production of Iolanthe. As a Bronx
prosecutor for the past 14 years, Trey has handled all kinds of crimes at
every conceivable phase of prosecution. An avid roller derby fan, Trey
frequently travels great distances to see top-ranked teams bout, and
occasionally to sing the national anthem. Love to Mom.
Charles Sanford
Escamillo
Charles made his debut with Amore Opera in the inaugural season as
Marcello in La Boheme. He has performed with the New Jersey Opera
Festival, the Sarasota Opera, Orlando Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland,
and Central City Opera among others and has sung many of the great
baritone roles for New York audiences including Scarpia in Tosca,
Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Germont in La Traviata and Il Conte
di Luna in Il Trovatore. Other recent highlights have included Count
Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale and the
title roles in Rigoletto and Gianni Schicchi.
Norah Scheinman Stage Manager
Norah is from Weston, Connecticut. Norah will receive her MFA in Stage
Management from Rutgers University next spring. As a member of the
Rutgers Theater Company she has worked on: The Last Days of Judas
Iscariot, Dying City, Laundry and Bourbon, Egyptology, and Triumph of
Love. Her thesis production will be Spring Awakening directed by Anders Cato. In the past, she has had the honor of working with FringeNYC,
13th St. Repertory Company, The Atlantic Theater Company and The
Santa Fe Opera.
Courtenay Schowalter
Frasquita, Associate Producer
Courtenay, a soprano, has performed with The Voices of Women, The
Musica Bella Orchestra of New York, The Opera Project, Bacchanalia
Baroque Ensemble, Brooklyn Repertory Opera, the Hillyer Festival
Orchestra and Opera Boston. Ms. Schowalter is part of the Art Song Preservation Society of New York, the Voices of Women recital group, and she
is delighted to join Amore Opera this year. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, and
studies voice with Margaret Lattimore.
Petr Shikin
Ensemble
Benjamin Sloman
Don Jose
Alan Smulen
Dancaïro
Baritone Petr made his debut in 2002 as Paris in “Romeo et Juliette”. A
complete artist, Petr has a huge repertoire that includes opera arias in different languages, art songs, russian folk songs, popular songs, duets etc.
Since 2009 Mr.Shikin has been a member of Inna Leytush’s studio in NYC
where he has been coached on operatic standard repertoire. His recent
appearances include King Melchior in The Amahl and the night visitors
and Lockit in The Beggar’s opera. He performs with “Allegro singers” on
a regular basis bringing the beauty of music to people
An Australian tenor, Benjamin has performed internationally on opera
stages and as soloist in recitals and concerts. Hailed as “a voice of staggering power and technical excellence ... sophisticated and stylish” and
“a first rate tenor with a golden sound”. He recently sang Cavarodossi
(Tosca) with the Amore Opera. Other recent performances include, Riccardo (Un Ballo), Pollione (Norma), Duca (Rigoletto), Pinkerton (Madama
Butterfly), Don Jose (Carmen), Avito (L’Amore dei Tre Re), Siegmund (Die
Walküre), Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana), and Canio (Pagliacci) for companies such as the NJ Verismo Opera, Sydney Lyric Opera, Verdi Society
of America and Regina Opera.
Alan is a baritone from Bayonne, New Jersey and has been seen performing in the New York Metro area for many years. Locally, he has performed with New Jersey State Repertory Opera, Amato Opera Theater,
Hudson Opera Theater, Verismo Opera of Northern Jersey and The Little
Opera Company of New Jersey. As a original member of Amore Opera,
he appeared in all the six productions appearing in the roles of Schaunard in La Boheme, Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow and Papageno in
The Magic Flute, the Sacristan in Tosca and Frosch in Die Fledermaus.
Katie Stevenson
Mercédès
Linda Tagliaferro
Ensemble
David Tillistrand
Dancaïro
Elizabeth Treat
Frasquita
Mauricio Trejo
Don Jose
Katie’s performance experience includes the role of Dorabella in Cosi
fan tutte with American Singers Opera Project, 2nd Touriere in Suor
Angelica with Anchorage Opera, Mercedes (cover) in Carmen with
Anchorage Opera, and The Secretary in The Consul with Halifax
Summer Opera Workshop. Ms. Stevenson performed in Anchorage
Opera’s Dark Night Series, and was a Studio Artist with the company
for the 2009 season. She has performed concerts with Bel Canto Singers
of Alaska, appeared as soloist in the Messiah with Anchorage Concert
Chorus, and has performed solo recitals in Alaska and Oregon.
Linda is a coloratura soprano who has taken classes at The Juilliard
School and many opera workshops at Mannes College. She has studied
with Joyce McLean, Marion Thompson, Debra Surdi, Katya Kortny,
Linda Larson, Rebecca Hinkle and others. She has performed scenes as
the Queen of the Night, Lucia di Lammermoor, Violetta, Gilda and others. She sang and danced in the Footlight Players production of Verdi’s
La Traviata in Rockville Centre. She is performing for the first time
with Amore Opera in the chorus of Carmen
A singer, actor and musician, David frequently sings with Regina Opera: The Mikado (Koko); Carmen (Dancaïro), Tosca (Sacristan), Gianni
Schicchi (Betto); Faust (Valentin-cover). In theatre, nominated for Best
Actor by the IT Awards - Singapore Mikado (Pooh-Bah) at Theater
1010, received an OOBR Award for best production - Medea (Jason)
and had a beer bottle thrown at him in King Lear (Edmund) - Shakespeare In A Parking Lot. A saxophonist and bassist, he writes, arranges
and collaborates with his wife, Lisa, on traditional eastern music with a
twist and raising Anya Rose, 3.
Elizabeth returns to Amore as Frasquita, having performed Queen
of the Night in The Magic Flute and Adele in Die Fledermaus in the
previous two seasons. Elizabeth has appeared with New York Lyric
Opera Theatre, Intermezzo Festivals in Belgium and Connecticut,
V.O.I.C.Experience at Disneyworld and the Players Club in NYC, New
York Opera Studio, AIMS in Austria, and Opera New York. Elizabeth
earned a BA cum laude in piano and voice from Augustana College
and an MM summa cum laude in voice from Westminster Choir College.
Mauricio has sung dozens of principal tenor roles in the US and abroad
in venues including Sarasota Opera, New York Grand Opera, Teatro
Lirico d’Europa, and Milan’s International Vocal Arts Institute. Recently he sang the role of Carvaradossi in the Amore Opera production of
Tosca. Favorite roles include Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Don José
in Carmen, Rodolfo in La Bohème and Ricardo Martin in the zarazuela
El Barbero De Sevilla. Recodings include The American Tenors with
Sony Classical (aired nationwide on PBS); and his solo CD, La Voz Del
Amor, a compilation of Mexican songs in tribute to his beloved country.
Loralee Tyson
Manuela/Ensemble
Loralee, a Mezzo-Soprano, is excited to participate in her second opera
with Amore. NYC credits include The Voice in Where Did All the Bees Go
(American Globe Short Play Festival), The Queen in Rumplewho? and
Nowhere Near Broadway (13th Street Repertory). Other favorite roles
include Diaphanta in The Changeling, Anna in The King and I and Aphrodite in Metamorphoses. Loralee is a proud graduate of Drew University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts Shakespeare
intensive. Huge thanks to her family and friends for their support!
Allan Vail
Ensemble
Angel Vail
Ensemble
Allan has performed in many operas over the years, mainly at Amato
Opera and recently at the Amore. He is proud to boast over 43 years with
the Amato Opera Theatre! His favorite roles performed were Papageno in
The Magic Flute; Marcello, Schaunard & Alcindoro in La Boheme.He has
also performed in some stage plays, most notably in Murry Schisgall’s
two-character play, The Tiger and as Arnie in Herb Gardner’s A Thousand Clowns. He performed the role of Alcindoro in Amore’s inaugural
production of La Boheme and Lars Gustaffson in The Merry Widow.
Angel is happy to once again be a part of Carmen, one of her favorite
operas. The first time she performed in Carmen she was five years old
singing through a toy trumpet in the children’s chorus at Amato Opera.
You last saw Angel with many more feathers as Papagena in The Magic
Flute last season. Some of her favorite experiences have been flying to
Australia to sing the role of Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, and singing
Barbarina opposite her father’s Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro.
Angel has also performed in Carnegie Hall, Cami Hall, Avery Fisher Hall,
and the Metropolitan Opera children’s chorus.
Alea Vorillas
Micaëla
Matthew Walters-Bowens (MWB)
Moralès
Alea has been performing with Amore since its 2009/2010 inaugural
season, with performances as Mimi, Valencienne, Pamina and Adele.
She was also featured as Yum-Yum and Gretel in the “Opera-in-Brief”
productions of The Mikado and Hänsel und Gretel. She is delighted to
return as Micaela in Carmen. She would like to thank her wonderful
parents and husband for all their support. WINNING!
Matthew, Baritone, is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, and
student of Thomas Faracco has sung operatically for the Bronx Opera
Company, and the Westminster Opera Theater: doing productions of
Auber’s “Fra Diavolo”, Debussy’s “Pelleas et Meslisande” and Mozart’s
“Don Giovanni.” This is MWB first performance with Amore Opera.
MWB has toured with the Westminster Jubilee Singers, opening concert
for esteemed gospel artist CeCe Winans. Also, MWB is proud to have
sung for the Missionaries of the Poor as well in order to raise money for
an orphanage built in Uganda April of 2010.
Cheryl Warfield
Micaëla/Children’s Chorus Master
Cheryl has performed in opera and concert throughout the US and
Europe. She opened Amore Opera’s 2010-2011 season as Tosca. Last
season, Cheryl debuted with One World Symphony as Lisa in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame and sang for the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremonies. She received critical approbation as Strawberry
Woman in Chicago Lyric’s “Porgy and Bess” in 2008. Cheryl performed
in Hal Prince’s SHOWBOAT on Broadway and appeared on CBS’ The
Good Wife and the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast DVDs of the
MET’s productions Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Fidelio.
Victoria Wefer
Micaëla
Victoria is delighted to return to the Amore Opera stage to sing “Micaëla” in Georges Bizet’s Carmen. Following her successful string of
performances with the company as “Pamina” in W.A. Mozart’s The
Magic Flute, Miss Wefer has been invited to sing in a multitude of
concerts along the eastern seaboard culminating with her most recent
invitation by the Deputy General of the Philippine Consulate (NYC) to
sing “Raya” in Carmela Sinco’s Raya & Sag-In (a role she created and
premiered in NYC, June 2009).
Stuart Whalen Mountain Guide, Program Editor
Stu is thrilled to be part of this production. He recently sang Angelotti
in the Amore Opera production of Tosca and Lord Montague in Die
Fledermaus. Currently he singing the role of Captain in the Amore
Opera production of HMS Pinafore. Shout outs to the choir of the
Episcopal church in Rockville Centre, and special thanks to Dr. Zoe
Goldberg, Nancy Kemeny, Chris McCarthy, and the staff of MSK who
made this time possible.
Daniel Winters
Lighting Designer
Daniel graduated from the Masters lighting design program at Ohio
University, where he designed Knock Me a Kiss and Tempest. As an
exchange student with the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing
Arts he designed 2 pieces in a dance concert called Topology. In NYC
he has designed four world premieres including The Brokenhearteds,
The New Guignol, and Adaptations for the Stage. He has designed for
the Burning Coal Theater Company in Raleigh NC, Xavier University
and the Falcon Theater in Cincinnati Ohio, Ohio Valley Summer Theater, and assisted at the Cincinnati Opera.
Marlene E. Williams
Executive Producer, Box Office Manager
Marlene is an accomplished actress and has been active in the New
York theatre scene, most recently she was seen at Symphony Space’s
Thalia Theatre in Lisa Morgan’s Black Mother Funny, and in the awardwinning short film, Tanisha’s Choice. She was also seen recently in
commercials for Mediacom, the 2010 Census, the New York Times,
NatGEO and Johnson & Johnson; and in print, for Merck pharmaceuticals. Marlene is glad to be back in her producer’s hat, after successfully producing The Merry Widow, The Magic Flute, Tosca and Die
Fledermaus.
Victor Ziccardi
Remendado
Victor is a New York City native and eleven-year veteran of the Amato
Opera. This is his second year with Amore. Roles performed include
Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte), Camille (Merry Widow), Eisenstein (Die
Fledermaus), Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Fenton/ Dr. Caius/ Bardolfo
(Falstaff), Nanki-Poo (Mikado), Ralph Rackstraw (HMS Pinafore), Beppe
/ Harlequin (Pagliacci), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Basilio/ Curzio
(Marriage of Figaro), Monostatos (Magic Flute), Spoletta (Tosca), Ruiz
(Trovatore) Borsa (Rigoletto), Trabuco (La Forza del Destino), and Frantz/
Cochenille/Spalanzani (Hoffman). Victor is a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania, where he sang with the Penn Glee Club.
Children’s Chorus
Ekaterina Balsan
This is Ekaterina’s second performance with the Amore Opera company.
She is very excited to have been invited to participate in Carmen.
George Brilliant
George is 8 years old and enjoys singing, playing guitar and soccer. Love
to Mom, Dad family and friends
Peter Brilliant
Peter is 8 years old and appeared in Amore Opera’s performance of
Hänsel und Gretel at his school earlier this year. He thanks Mr. Argyratos
for the opportunity to participate in Carmen. Love to Mom, Dad family
and friends
Raina Cagiao
Raina is a 14 year old actress, singer, comedian and guitarist. She has
been in three off- Broadway plays, as well as The Merry Widow, La Boheme, Hänsel und Gretel all with the Amore Opera. She wants to pursue
her singing and acting career in the future and possibly become a successful performer. She also enjoys dancing, reading, writing and being with
good friends & people.
Evangeline Cassidy Evangeline is 8 years old, an avid reader and enjoys Greek dancing and
playing Irish traditional music on the fiddle. She is proud to be a member
of the Archdiocesan Metropolitan Youth Choir and is grateful for the opportunity to participate in Amore Opera’s production of Carmen.
Gino Diminich
Gino is in a dual-language 2nd Grade program in NYC, an avid Andrea
Bocelli fan, as well as a Lego enthusiast.
IsabelLa Diminich
Isabella is in a dual-language 2nd Grade program in NYC, made her
professional debut in a non speaking role as a ballerina in Morning Glory,
she is an amateur at-home performer of The Phantom of the Opera, as
well as a voracious book reader.
Gabrielle Brittany Flores
Gabrielle is a bubbly talented eight-year-old, who loves singing and
dancing. She lives in Haledon, NJ, where she is a honor roll student at the
Haledon Public School. “Carmen” is Gabrielle’s very first performance
professionally. She did her first appearance in public in December of
2010, making an impressive mark by singing the song “Tomorrow” from
the very famous play and movie “Annie”.
Alexander Garfin
Alexander is 7 years old and in the 2nd grade at Manhattan New
School, PS 290 on New York’s Upper Eastside. Alex has been acting
since he was 3 and has done several commercials, an episode of Law
and Order, and several on air demonstrations for Nick Jr. He also
played a principal role in the movie “Salt,” starring Angelina Jolie.
Alex loves to sing, dance, act and play the piano.
Maximilian Garfin
Maximilian is 9 years old and in the 4th grade at Manhattan New
School, PS 290 on New York’s Upper Eastside. Max has been acting
since he was 3 and has worked on several movies including “Salt,”
starring Angelina Jolie and “The Nanny Diaries,” starring Scarlet
Johansson. Max is an actor and music lover who plays the trumpet,
drums and the piano. He also loved basketball and baseball.
Ariana Gibb
Ariana has enjoyed performing in several Amore productions including Merry Widow and The Magic Flute, performed with the NYC
Opera’s children chorus in Where the Wild Things Are, and recently
toured with the Broadway production of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Thank you to Nathan and Cheryl!
Grace Goldstein
Grace has appeared in La Boheme and The Saint of Bleecker St. at
DiCapo Opera, Annie at Marymount Drama Camp, and Britten’s
Noye’s Fludde at Church of the Transfiguration, where she is in the
Girls’ Choir. Grace is in 3rd grade at P.S. 4O, and loves animals and the
outdoors.
Violet Lu
Violet loves to be on stage. She is 6 years old and is taking gymnastics
and flamenco classes. She likes singing, dancing, swimming, movies,
computer games (unfortunately), and everything that is fun! She has
been in Amore Opera’s Tosca, Die Fledermaus, and Hänsel und Gretel.
Lily Lu-Lerner
Lily performed at Amato when she was 8 years old, she is now 13.
She likes reading, drawing/painting, singing, travelling, and acting.
She loves Broadway musicals, especially Wicked and Mama Mia.
Iona Neritani
Iona is a 5th grader at PS158. She loves singing, acting, dancing and
laughing. She is enjoying being around people of the Carmen cast and
already is making plans for the future.
Christopher Owen
Christopher made his operatic debut with the Amore Opera in La
Boheme (Puccini) and Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdink) in 2009. He
played ‘Trouble’ in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with the Bleecker
Street Opera in NY in 2010. He loves to sing and he is a member of the
third grade chorus at Garden Street School in Brewster, NY. Christopher also plays soccer with the Brewster United Soccer Club. He comes
from a musical background. His father is a conductor and his mother
is a cellist. Christopher plays the piano and also speaks Polish. He likes
reading, jogging, basketball, swimming and tennis.
James Owen
James, 8, lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his parents
and younger brother. When he is not practicing piano or violin, or tormenting his brother, he loves to play soccer and tennis and go sailing.
This production of Carmen marks his stage debut.
Richard Owen III
Richard was born into a musical family. His father is a conductor and
his mother is a cellist. He made his operatic debut in La Boheme (Puccini) and Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdink) with the Amore Opera in
2009. He plays the piano and trumpet. Richard is a member of the fifth
grade brass band at CVStarr School in Brewster, NY. He plays soccer
with the Brewster United Soccer Club. He likes swimming, skiing and
tennis. In his free time he enjoys drawing and playing DS games. Richard speaks Polish and is very interested in foreign affairs.
Brendon Samide
Age 12, is thrilled to return to Amore Opera. Last spring he made his
debut performance at Amore Opera with the role of Sprit III in The
Magic Flute. He recently played Tinman in Journey to Oz at Dream
Makers Performing Arts. This year, he has also performed in school
shows Oliver and The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners. Brendon performs in his school’s Vocal Jazz and Chorus groups. He would
like to thank Cheryl and Nathan for this opportunity and his family for
their constant support and encouragement!
Jillian Smith
Jillian is so excited to perform again with Amore Opera. Jillian’s
passion is to sing and to be on the stage. In addition to her love of
performing opera, Jillian also enjoys musical theater. Favorite roles
include Annie (Annie), Dorothy (Wizard of Oz), Sour Kangaroo (Seusical) Sebastian (Little Mermaid) Thank you to Cheryl and to Nathan for
this fantastic opportunity.
Marina Tsimisiris
Marina is a second grader currently living and attending school in
Queens. In addition to singing, Marina loves dancing, playing the violin, drawing, and reading. Her debut performance was one of the gingerbread children in Amoreopera’s production of Hänsel und Gretel.
Nina Worley
Nina is 7 years old. She is in first grade and lives in Manhattan with
her family. She has performed in school plays and concerts. Carmen is
her first Opera.
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