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Theresa Kesser

Soprano

Performed as Miller Luisa Miller.

Christopher Bozeka

Tenor

Performed as Florville Il signor Bruschino.

Tessa Fackelmann

Performed as Performer The Marriage of Figaro.

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

Performed as Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte.

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.

Christopher Oglesby

Tenor

Performed as B.F. Pinkerton Madama Butterfly.

Dane Suarez

Performed as Flaminio L’amore dei Tre Re.

Maria Miller

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Lucilla in La scala di seta.

Steele Fitzwater

Bass-Baritone

Is Apprentice Artist in Winter Festival 2023.

Sara Kennedy

Was Apprentice Artist in Winter Season.

Allison DeFrancesco

Flute, Piccolo

Performed as Flute Thérèse.

Peter Scott Drackley

Performed as Avito L’amore dei Tre Re.

Michael Colman

Was Studio Artist in Studio Artist.

Melina Jaharis

Performed as La Madre Madama Butterfly.

Amal El-Shrafi

Soprano, Zwischenfach

Was Apprentice Artist.

Emily Blair

Was Donna Elvira Cover in Don Giovanni.

SarahAnn Duffy

Mezzo-Soprano

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

2023

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2023 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Anna Kelly

Mezzo-Soprano

Worked here as Carmen, Carmen (cover) .

Evan K. Brown

Tenor

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

Victoria McGrath

Performed as Performer Apprentice Artist .

Ashley Milanese

Soprano

Performed as Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor.

Abigail Raiford

Soprano

Was Apprentice Artist; Resident....

Lisa Marie Rogali

Performed as Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia.

Geoffrey Loff

Piano, Violin

Performed as Conductor Dido and Aeneas.

Chelsea Laggan

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Cover- Suzuki in Madama Butterfly.

Lindsay Woodward

Piano

Performed as Repetiteur Il matrimonio segreto.

Laurel Semerdjian

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Gaudenzio Il signor Bruschino.

Ashlee Lamar

Soprano

Performed as Leonora Il trovatore.

Bryn Holdsworth

Soprano

Performed as Lucilla La scala di seta.

Xavier Prado

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

Jake Stamatis

Performed as Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rosina - Lisa Marie Rogali

Le nozze di Figaro

Count Almaviva - Jake Stamatis

The Marriage of Figaro

Performer - Tessa Fackelmann

Cavalleria rusticana

Lola - Sara Kennedy

Stiffelio

Performer - Sara Kennedy

Apprentice Artist

Performer - Victoria McGrath

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rosina - Lisa Marie Rogali

Celebrating Verdi

Performer - Elizabeth Novella

Luisa Miller

Wurm - Paul Hill
Miller - Theresa Kesser

Carmen

Micaëla - Mary Burke Barber
Carmen - Chelsea Laggan
Frasquita - Theresa Kesser

Lucia di Lammermoor

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

L'infedeltà delusa

Vespina - Hanna Brammer

L’infedelta delusa

Performer - Mary Burke Barber

Lucia dì Lammermoor

Conductor - Jessé Martins

The Music of Giuseppe Verdi

Performer - Jake Stamatis

Madama Butterfly

The Imperial Commissioner - Paul Hill
B.F. Pinkerton - Christopher Oglesby
Chorus - Mary Burke Barber

Don Giovanni

Cover Conductor - Jessé Martins
Donna Anna - Elizabeth Novella
Donna Elvira - Caitlin Crabill

Thérèse

Thérèse - Chelsea Laggan
Chorus Director/Master - Lindsay Woodward
Cover Conductor - Jessé Martins

Young Artist Program

Young Artist - Melina Jaharis

Ernani

Flute - Allison DeFrancesco
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva - Paul Hill
Giovanna - Elizabeth Novella

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
Marie - Jessica Sandidge Elizabeth Novella
The Duchess of Krakenthorp - Abigail Raiford

Tosca

Floria Tosca - Caitlin Crabill
Baron Scarpia - Stephen Gaertner
Mario Cavaradossi - Ben Gulley

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
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
Carolina - Hanna Brammer
Repetiteur - Lindsay Woodward

The Secret World of Og

Conductor - Jessé Martins

2022-2023 Season

Studio Artists' Director - Jessé Martins

Dido and Aeneas

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

Il signor Bruschino

Performer - Lindsay Woodward
Sofia - Hanna Brammer
Florville - Christopher Bozeka

La scala di seta

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

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
Musetta - Elizabeth Novella
Mimì - Alyssa Dessoye Anna Mandina

Roméo et Juliette

Juliette - Hanna Brammer
Frère Jean - Madison Montambault

L'elisir d'amore

Giannetta - Elizabeth Novella
Performer - Madison Montambault
Adina - Adelaide Boedecker

Apprentice Artist

Winter Season - JoAnna Pope

Die Zauberflöte

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

Brundibar

Conductor - Jessé Martins

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Brundibar

November 15, 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.

Contributors

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
Frasquita - Chelsea Lehnea

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

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