Chautauqua Opera Festival — 9 Jul-8 Aug

Historic Amphitheater, Chautauqua
Part of a summer-long festival of music, dance and visual arts for the mind and body

The Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2016 season, the first under Steven Osgood as general/artistic director, mixes traditional repertoire with new multi-year initiatives.

The Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2016 season will include Verdi’s  La Traviata in the Amphitheater (July 9), directed by Keturah Stickann, and Gilbert and Sullivan’s comedic gem The Mikado in Norton Hall (July 29 and August 1), directed by Ned Canty.

In addition, Chautauqua Opera will introduce two new initiatives this season: a Composer in Residence Program and a series of outdoor mini-operatic events titled “Pocket Parks Opera Invasion.”

The 2016 season will conclude in Week Six with “Young Artist Week,” shining the spotlight on the work of the talented Chautauqua Opera Young Artists.

The final performance of the season will be a concert performance of Missy Mazzoli’s Song From the Uproar, the Chautauqua Opera Company’s first-ever collaboration with the Logan Chamber Music Series (August 8).

La traviata Verdi. Caitlin Lynch (Violetta), Dominic Armstrong (Alfredo), Todd Thomas (Germont), Rachael Braunstein (Flora), Dennis Shuman (Gastone), Brian James Myer (Marchese), Hans Tashjian (Doctor Grenvil), Heath Martin (Barone), Abigail Rethwisch (Annina), C Steven Osgood, D Keturah Stickann. Chautauqua, Historic Amphitheater: Sat 9 Jul

The Mikado Sullivan. Kevin Burdette (Ko-Ko), Daniel Belcher (Pooh-Bah), Chelsea Miller (Yum-Yum), Deanna Pauletto (Katisha), Quinn Bernegger (Nanki-Poo), Hans Tashjian (The Mikado), Brian James Myer (Pish-tush), Rachael Braunstein (Pitti-Sing), Laura Soto-Bayomi (Peep-Bo), C Steven Osgood, D Ned Canty. Chautauqua, Norton Hall: Fri 29 Jul, Mon 1 Aug

Song from the Uproar Mazzoli. Chamber opera, 75′. Libretto: Royce Vavrek and Missy Mazzoli, after the life of the 19th-century Swiss adventuress Isabelle Eberhardt. Abigail Fischer (Isabelle), Chautauqua, Norton Hall: Mon 8c Aug

Web site: ciweb.org/opera

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(Photo courtesy of Roger Coda)

Posted by Nadia Kovarskaya