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Melina Jaharis

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as La Madre Madama Butterfly.

Christopher Bozeka

Tenor

Performed as Florville Il signor Bruschino.

Caitlin Crabill

Soprano

Was Apprentice Artist in Apprentice Artist.

JoAnna Pope

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Marquise de Berkenfeld La Fille du Régiment.

David Walker

Worked here as Associate Director of Development / Interim Department Head.

Jessé Martins

Piano

Was Youth Opera Music Director ....

Alexandra Batsios

Soprano

Performed as Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte.

Sara Kennedy

Was Apprentice Artist in Winter Season.

Caitlin Bolden

Worked here as Assistant to the Director of Artistic Administration.

Emily Misch

Soprano

Performed as Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte.

Abla Hamza

Was Giselda in I Lombardi alla prima Crociata.

Peter Scott Drackley

Tenor

Performed as Avito L’amore dei Tre Re.

Christopher Oglesby

Tenor

Performed as B.F. Pinkerton Madama Butterfly.

Xavier Prado

Tenor

Was Studio Artist in Don Pasquale, L'italiana in....

Bryn Holdsworth

Soprano

Performed as Lucilla La scala di seta.

Allison DeFrancesco

Flute, Piccolo

Performed as Flute Thérèse.

Abigail Raiford

Soprano

Was Apprentice Artist; Resident....

Michael Colman

Was Studio Artist in Studio Artist.

Amal El-Shrafi

Soprano, Zwischenfach

Was Apprentice Artist.

Kaylee Nichols

Mezzo-Soprano

Studied here for Apprentice Artist.

Maria Miller

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Lucilla in La scala di seta.

SarahAnn Duffy

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Studio Artist / Kate Pinker... in Madama Butterfly / Don Giov....

Evan K. Brown

Tenor

Was Apprentice Artist in L'elisir d'Amore, La Bohème....

Chelsea Laggan

Mezzo-Soprano

Is Cover- Suzuki in Madama Butterfly.

Steele Fitzwater

Bass-Baritone

Is Apprentice Artist in Winter Festival 2023.

Chelsea Lehnea

Soprano

Performed as Frasquita Carmen.

Laurel Semerdjian

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Flora- La traviata, Suzuki-....

Theresa Kesser

Soprano

Performed as Miller Luisa Miller.

Ashley Milanese

Soprano

Performed as Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor.

Jake Stamatis

Performed as Clem The Little Sweep.

Dane Suarez

Tenor

Performed as Flaminio L’amore dei Tre Re.

Geoffrey Loff

Piano, Violin

Performed as Conductor Dido and Aeneas.

Lindsay Woodward

Piano

Performed as Repetiteur Il matrimonio segreto.

Emily Blair

Soprano

Was Donna Elvira Cover in Don Giovanni.

Ashlee Lamar

Soprano

Performed as Leonora Il trovatore.

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Celebrating Verdi

Performer - Elizabeth Novella

Luisa Miller

Wurm - Paul Hill
Miller - Theresa Kesser

Carmen

Frasquita - Theresa Kesser , Chelsea Lehnea
Carmen - Chelsea Laggan
Mercédès - Kimberly Hann

February 17, 2024 to 11 more

February 17, 2024
February 20, 2024
February 22, 2024
February 25, 2024
February 28, 2024 March 02, 2024
March 05, 2024
March 08, 2024
March 13, 2024
March 17, 2024 March 19, 2024
March 22, 2024

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L'infedeltà delusa

Vespina - Hanna Brammer

Lucia dì Lammermoor

Conductor - Jessé Martins

Lucia di Lammermoor

Enrico - Jake Stamatis
Lucia - Ashley Milanese
Raimondo - Paul Hill

Madama Butterfly

The Imperial Commissioner - Paul Hill
La Madre - Melina Jaharis
Chorus Director/Master - Lindsay Woodward

Don Giovanni

Cover Conductor - Jessé Martins
Flute - Allison DeFrancesco
Chorus - Mary Burke Barber

Thérèse

Thérèse - Chelsea Laggan
Chorus Director/Master - Lindsay Woodward
Flute - Allison DeFrancesco

Young Artist Program

Young Artist - Melina Jaharis

Ernani

Flute - Allison DeFrancesco
Giovanna - Elizabeth Novella
Chorus - Mary Burke Barber

Festa Napoletana Concert

Pianist - Jessé Martins

Don Giovanni

Chorus Director - Lindsay Woodward

The Little Sweep

Conductor - Jessé Martins
Big Bob - Paul Hill
Clem - Jake Stamatis

The Music of Giacomo Puccini

Soloist - Hanna Brammer
Cover Conductor - Jessé Martins

La Fille du Régiment

Conductor - Jessé Martins
Chorus Director/Master - Lindsay Woodward
The Duchess of Krakenthorp - Abigail Raiford

Tosca

Floria Tosca - Caitlin Crabill
Shepherd Boy - Abigail Raiford
Sciarrone - Michael Colman

Les Pêcheurs des Perles

Zurga - Jake Stamatis
Nourabad - David Weigel
Chorus Director/Master - Lindsay Woodward

Voices of Sarasota Opera

Conductor - Jessé Martins

Voices of Sarasota Opera Orchestra Concert

Soprano Soloist - Caitlin Crabill

Apprentice Artist

Apprentice Artist - Abigail Raiford
Winter Season - JoAnna Pope
Mezzo-Soprano - Ashlyn Brown

2022 Season

Apprentice Artist - Kaylee Nichols

I Pagliacci

Nedda - Ashlee Lamar

Il trovatore

Leonora - Ashlee Lamar

Attila

Chorus Director/Master - Lindsay Woodward

Il matrimonio segreto

Conte Robinson - Jake Stamatis
Repetiteur - Lindsay Woodward
Conductor - Jessé Martins

The Secret World of Og

Conductor - Jessé Martins
Conductor (U.S. premiere) - Jessé Martins

2022-2023 Season

Studio Artists' Director - Jessé Martins

Dido and Aeneas

Second Witch - Abigail Raiford , JoAnna Pope
Sorceress - Annie Chester
Second Witch - JoAnna Pope

Il signor Bruschino

Performer - Lindsay Woodward
Bruschino junior - Geoffrey Loff
Gaudenzio - Laurel Semerdjian

La scala di seta

Performer - Lindsay Woodward
Lucilla - Maria Miller Bryn Holdsworth
Blansac - Jake Stamatis

L'inganno felice

Duca Bertrando - Christopher Bozeka
Isabella - Hanna Brammer

La serva padrona

Serpina - Anna Mandina
Conductor - Jessé Martins

La Wally

Performer - Traci Clapper , Madison Montambault
Performer - Madison Montambault
Cover conductor - Jessé Martins

Fall Concert Series

Soprano Soloist - Caitlin Crabill
Artist - Anna Mandina
Guest Artist - Hanna Brammer

La bohème

Performer - Madison Montambault
Mimì - Alyssa Dessoye Anna Mandina
Musetta - Elizabeth Novella

Roméo et Juliette

Juliette - Hanna Brammer
Frère Jean - Madison Montambault

L'elisir d'amore

Giannetta - Elizabeth Novella
Director of the Apprentice Artists & Chorus Master - Jessé Martins
Performer - Madison Montambault

Apprentice Artist

Winter Season - JoAnna Pope
Apprentice Artist - Abigail Raiford
Mezzo-Soprano - Ashlyn Brown

Die Zauberflöte

Pamina - Adelaide Boedecker , Adelaide Boedecker
Pamina - Adelaide Boedecker
Queen of the Night - Emily Misch Alexandra Batsios

Brundibar

Conductor - Jessé Martins

Event Information

Brundibar

November 15, 2019 - November 16, 2019

Description

A brother and sister, Little Joe and Annette, need to buy milk for their sick mother but have no money. They see the organ-grinder, Brundibár, playing his hurdy-gurdy on the street corner and collecting money from the townspeople. The children decide that they too will sing and collect money, but they are laughed at and chased away by Brundibár.

As night approaches, a group of animals encourage the children to stand up to the organ-grinder. The next morning, with the help of the neighborhood children, they sing a charming lullaby which earns them money from the townspeople. Brundibár tires to steal their money, but after a brief chase he is caught and the children sing a song of victory.

Raise Up Your Voice

by Martha Collins (stage director) and Jesse Martins (Youth Opera Music Director)

When we first learned about Brundibár, we were profoundly moved by the history surrounding the work - that of it having been performed by children in the Terezín camp-ghetto. As we delved more into the lives and writings of these children, most of whom were murdered under the Nazi regime, we became deeply inspired and humbled by these young people who strove to stay artistically alive under such prohibitive conditions. It became important to us that the companion piece we created to go with Brundibár should not use words and stories created by us, but rather the actual words of young people. The search led us to the diaries and letters of children throughout the world written while they were living through the challenges of intolerance in its many forms.

In 1948, Winston Churchill said "Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it". It is important that we remember the stories of these children. We found wisdom in the words of these inspiring young people who were questioning the world that adults had created; these children who were able to see the world through a lens of what life could be when not limited by politics, hatred or indoctrination.

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Jessé Martins

Conductor

Nov 15, 2019

Dates

Nov, 19

Turandot

Liù - Anna Mandina
Princess Turandot - Caitlin Crabill

Rigoletto

Maddelena - Annie Chester

Carmen

Mercédès - Kimberly Hann
Carmen - Chelsea Laggan
Frasquita - Chelsea Lehnea Theresa Kesser

Tiefland

Cover Conductor - Jessé Martins

Rootabaga Country by Rachel J. Peters

Conductor (world premiere) - Jessé Martins

L’amore dei Tre Re

Flaminio - Dane Suarez
Avito - Peter Scott Drackley

L’italiana in Algeri

Conductor - Jessé Martins

The Secret World of Og

Conductor (U.S. premiere) - Jessé Martins
Conductor - Jessé Martins

Lucia di Lammermoor

Stage Director - Ira Siff
Lucia - Ashley Milanese
Raimondo - Paul Hill

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