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LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Sarasota Opera 2006

OPERA BUFFA IN FOUR ACTS

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Based on the play La Folle journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

First performed: May 1, 1786 at the Vienna Burgtheater

CONDUCTOR - Anthony Barrese
STAGE DIRECTOR - Pat Diamond
SCENIC DESIGNER - J. Michael Wingfield
COSTUME DESIGNER - Howard Tsvi Kaplan
LIGHTING DESIGNER - James Leitner
WIGS AND MAKE-UP DESIGNER - Georgianna Eberhard
CHORUS MASTER - Roger L. Bingaman
ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS - Tyson Deaton, Greg Ritchey
SURTITLE SUPPLIER - Words for Music
SURTITLE TRANSLATOR - Victor DeRenzi

New production created by Sarasota Opera

CAST

THE COUNT ALMAVIVA - Constantinos Yiannoudes
THE COUNTESS ALMAVIVA - Adrienne Danrich
SUSANNA, Figaro's fiancée - Serena Benedetti
FIGARO - Bojan Knezevic
CHERUBINO, the Count's page - Layna Chianakas
MARCELLINA - Amanda Ingram
BARTOLO, a doctor of Seville - Jeffrey Tucker
BASILIO, a music master - Rolando Sanz
DON CURZIO, a judge - Andrew Bidlack
BARBARINA, Antonio's daughter - Adelaide Boedecker
ANTONIO, the Count's gardener and Susanna's uncle - Darren K. Stokes
PEASANT GIRLS - Arlene Alvarado, Julia Benzinger

Sarasota Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artists


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