Le Nozze di Figaro (2017)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Performed in Italian with English supertitles
Agassiz Theatre • Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Keeping in mind the fact that the Harvard Opera Company exists as a completely undergraduate organization, from pit to singers to crew, the production constituted a monumental undertaking and a solid success. ”
Cast
Figaro … Hunter York
Susanna … Arianna Paz
Count Almaviva … James Lesu'i
Countess Almaviva … Christina Bianco
Cherubino … Maddie Studt
Marcellina … Rachel Slusky
Bartolo … Matthew Vegari
Don Basilio … Samuel Rosner
Don Curzio … Andy Troska
Barbarina … Madeleine Snow (Susanna cover)
Antonio … Matthew Vegari
Chorus … Isabella Kopits, Julia Kornick, Duncan Saum, Gillian Hess, Lee Hittner-Cunningham, Hannah Contreras, Caleb Shelburne, Alyse Brown, Elba Alonso Monsalve, Jake Corvino, Gregory Lipson, Austin Lentsch, Ryan Song, Daniel Shen, Oliver Berliner, Bo Choi, George Baxter
staff
Music Director … Sasha Scolnik-Brower
Stage Director … Joule Voelz
Producers … Asia Stewart, Camille Bélanger, & Carla Troconis
Stage Manager … Beckett Mullen
Orchestra Manager … Rachel Clemens
Assistant Music Director … Auburn Lee
Rehearsal Pianist ... Lloyd Chen
Set Design … Trevor Mullin
Light Design … Kathleen Zhou
Technical Director … Liam Keohane
Charge Paint … Elizabeth Pattyn
Costume Design … Lorena Benitez & Julia Thomas
Props Design ... Casey Goggin
Hair & Makeup ... Shannon Beattie & Nuria Saifulina
Assistant Light Design ... Casey Goggin & Aaron Olkin
Assistant Costume Design ... Sabrina Richert, Shannon Beattie, Nuriya Saifulina
Assistant Stage Manager … Spencer Glesby
Technical Assistants ... Mona Miao, Sabrina Richert, Shannon Beattie
orchestra
Violin
Emma Frucht
John Lim
Clare Cruscione
Angela Tang
Diana Wang
May Wang
NaYoung Yang
Viola
Henry Schreffler
Mikhail Grinwald
Flute
Dominique Kim
Anya Zhang
Oboe
Harrison Besser
Rachel Clemens
Clarinet
Eric Zhou
Sasha Barish
Bassoon
Reuben Stern
Steven Eckert
Horn
Anton Gillespie
Anna Peng
Trumpet
George Goodwin
Patrick Sanguinetti