Highlights from the 2006 Performance Season

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• Orpheus
• Le Comte Ory
• Roméo et Juliette In Concert
• Le nozze di Figaro
• Instant Opera!

Orpheus

Georg Philipp Telemann
The Barns at Wolf Trap

Conductor: Guido Rumstadt
Director: Lawrence Edelson
Scenic Design: Martin Lopez
Costume Design: Martin Lopez
Lighting Design: Joshua Epstein
Hair & Makeup Design: Elsen Associates

Cast:
Orpheus: Alex Tall, baritone
Orasia: Bronwen Forbay, soprano
Eurydice: Fiona Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Eurimides: Jeremy Little, tenor
Cephisa: Evelyn Pollock, soprano
Ismene: Maureen McKay, soprano
Pluto: Matt Boehler, bass
Ascalax: Ronnita Nicole Miller, mezzo-soprano

Bronwen Forbay as Orasia

Photo Credit: Carol Pratt








Evelyn Pollock as Cephisa
Jeremy Little as Eurimedes

Photo Credit: Carol Pratt







Fiona Murphy as Eurydice
Alex Tall as Orpheus

Photo Credit: Carol Pratt

Le Comte Ory

Gioacchino Rossini
The Barns at Wolf Trap

Conductor: Robert Wood
Director: Chuck Hudson
Scenic Design: Robert J. Martin
Costume Design: Daniel James Cole
Lighting Design: John Demous
Hair Design: Jon Aitchison
Makeup Design: Sara Landbeck

Cast:
Comte Ory: Javier Abreu, tenor
Isolier: Lauren McNeese, mezzo-soprano
Raimbaud: Museop Kim, baritone
Alice: Faith Sherman, mezzo-soprano
Comtesse Adele: Heidi Stober, soprano
Gouverneur: Ryan McKinny, bass
Ragonde: Ronnita Nicole Miller, mezzo-soprano
Chorephée: Jason Ferrante, tenor

Lauren McNeese as Isolier
Ryan McKinney as Gouverneur

Photo Credit: Carol Pratt






Javier Abreu as Comte Ory
Heidi Stober as Comtesse Adele

Photo Credit: Carol Pratt















Ensemble
Faith Sherman (far left) as Alice
Heidi Stober (with unicorn) as Comtesse Adele

Photo Credit: Carol Pratt

Roméo et Juliette in Concert

with the National Symphony Orchestra
Charles Gounod
Filene Center

Conductor: Stephen Lord
Director: Ellen Douglas Schlaefer

Cast:
Roméo: Chad Freeburg, tenor
Juliette: Ailyn Pérez, soprano
Mercutio: Alexander Tall, baritone
Tybalt: Jason Ferrante, tenor
Frère Laurent/Le Duc: Matt Boehler, bass
Stephano: Fiona Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Capulet: Museop Kim, baritone
Gertrude: Faith Sherman, mezzo-soprano
Paris/Gregorio: Weston Hurt, baritone
Benvolio: Jeremy Little, tenor

Le nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Filene Cener

Conductor: Ari Pelto
Director: Robin Guarino
Scenic Design: Donald Eastman
Costume Design: Gabriel Berry
Lighting Design: Robert Wierzel
Hair Design: Jon Aitchison

Cast:
Figaro: Ryan McKinny, bass
Susanna: Maureen McKay, soprano
Bartolo: Matt Boehler, bass
Marcellina: Ronnita Nicole Miller, mezzo-soprano
Cherubino: Faith Sherman, mezzo-soprano
Don Basilio: Chad Freeburg, tenor
Count Almaviva: Weston Hurt, baritone
Countess Almaviva: Ailyn Pérez, soprano
Antonio: Museop Kim, baritone
Don Curzio: Javier Abreu, tenor
Barbarina: Heidi Stober, soprano

Maureen McKay as Susanna
Weston Hurt as Count Almaviva
 
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Ryan McKinny as Figaro
Faith Sherman as Cherubino

Photo Credit: Stan Barouh














Ryan McKinny as Figaro
Maureen McKay as Susanna
Matt Boehler as Bartolo
Ronnita Nicole Miller as Marcellina

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Ensemble
Weston Hurt as Count Almaviva
Matt Boehler as Bartolo

Photo Credit: Stan Barouh

Instant Opera!

Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods

Cast:
Maureen McKay, soprano
Fiona Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Faith Sherman, mezzo-soprano
Jason Ferrante, tenor
Jeremy Little, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

From left: Matt Boehler
Jason Ferrante
Faith Sherman
Maureen McKay

Photo Credit: Jessica Goodyear