june, 2016
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Event Details
Marcos Portugal’s
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
June 14-16 at 7:30pm & June 17 at 6:30pm & 9:00pm
632 on Hudson | 632 Hudson Street, NY, NY 10014 (between Horatio & Jane)
Tickets are on sale April 1st $50 at: osopera.org/figaro or 866.811.4111
Sung in English in a translation by Gilly French and Jeremy Gray,
Sung in English in a translation by Gilly French and Jeremy Gray, with dialogue adapted by Joan Holden.
Running time is approximately 100 minutes.
Cast & Creative Team
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Cast
- Jesse Blumberg
(Figaro) - Ashley Emerson
(Susanna) - David Blalock
(Count Almaviva) - Camille Zamora
(Countess) - Melissa Wimbish
(Cherubino) - Margaret Lattimore
(Marcellina ) - Ryan Kuster
(Don Basilio) - David Langan
(Don Bartolo) - Ginny Weant
(Cecchina) - Antoine Hodge
(Antonio/Gusmano)
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Creative Team
- Geoffrey McDonald
(Music Director) - Eric Einhorn
(Stage Director) - Haley Lieberman
(Costume Designer) - Shawn Kaufman
(Lighting Designer) - Jessica Kiger
(Producer) - José Luis Iglésias
(Arranger & Guitar) - Dmitry Glivinskiy
(Asst. Conductor) - David Cranmer
(Score Editor)
About the Production
The Figaro Project continues in June 2016 with the North American premiere of
Marcos Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro.
With Figaro’s help, Count Almaviva and Rosina were happily married at the conclusion of The Barber of Seville. We rejoin their story several years later on the eve of Figaro’s wedding. Join us in the West Village at the stunning 632 on Hudson for this next installment of On Site Opera’s critically-acclaimed Figaro Project!
Portuguese composer Marcos Portugal’s (1762-1830) prolific catalog of over 70 dramatic works – including 40 operas, and more than 140 sacred works – earned him international success in 18th-century Europe. He secured a special place in Portuguese musical history by composing the first official national anthems of Portugal and Brazil. Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro, with a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, was written for Carnival season of 1800 at the Teatro San Benedetto – just 13 years after Mozart’s Figaro. OSO’s North American premiere production gives New York audiences a rare opportunity to hear Portugal’s vibrant music – with its beautiful melodies, buoyant comedy and moving pathos – in a fado-inspired re-orchestration by guitarist José Luis Iglésias and OSO’s Geoffrey McDonald, based on the new critical edition of the score edited by David Cranmer. The Marriage of Figaro, presented in partnership with The New School’s Mannes School of Music and The Portuguese Consulate in New York, will take place at 632 on Hudson, a stunning triplex in the West Village that will serve as Count Almaviva’s summer palace. From the moment the doors open, audience members will be surrounded by the world and characters of the opera. Before the opera begins, patrons can visit the many rooms of the triplex to see the world of the opera already in progress.
Upcoming productions:
Mozart’s
THE SECRET GARDENER
Spring 2017
On Site Opera, in partnership with The Atlanta Opera’s Discoveries Series, brings Mozart’s The Secret Gardener (La finta giardiniera) to life in a new site-specific co-production
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