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Carmen
(Georges Bizet)
Edna Garabedian, Stage Director * Maestro Jonathan Khuner *
Anne Cartwright & Carla Lopez, Choreography
Carmen, Xiao Hua "Song" *
Don Jose, Zachary Sheely
Escamillo, John Minagro * Micaela, Elizabeth Gentner
* 2007-2008 Ensemble, Youth & Supporting Artists *
Yeodo Children’s Orchestra of Korea
Edna Garabedian, Artistic Director * Chang Chae Hwa, Orchestra Director
* Ko Jae Hyung, Yeosu Principal * IlSook Dahlin, Coordinator
Hansel and Gretel
(Engelbert Humperdinck)
Stage Director, Edna Garabedian * Maestro Leonard Ingrande
Anne Cartwright, Choreography *
Production Manager, Millie Herrera
Technical-Lighting by Steve & Jeremy Wall * Sets by Ken Girardi
Make-Up, Juan Salcedo of Reflections * Costuming, Nancy Wade
Narrators -Paul and Cindy Martzen * Storyteller -Jon Kohr
Hansel - Kathryn Miller, Monserrat Verdugo * Gretel - Jennifer Myers, Ayelet Cohen
The Witch- Zachary Sheely * Father - Dr. Harvey Edmonds * Mother - Liz King
Dew Fairy- Ayelet Cohen, Graciela Esquivel *
Sandman-Kimberly Rincon, Tasha Nasrollahi
Featuring Prima Ballerina Amanda Edwards
* 2007-2008 Ensemble, Youth & Supporting Artists *
La Divina
(Thomas Pasatieri)
Leanna Sterios-Primiani, Conductor
Steve Wall, Stage Direction & Lighting
Madame Altina, DeAnne Reeder
Cecily, Bryn Jimenez
Haemon, Bill Tull
A Young Conductor, Zachary Sheely
The Telephone
(Gian Carlo Menotti)
Leanna Sterios-Primiani, Conductor
Steve Wall, Stage Direction & Lighting
Ben, Bill Tull
Lucy, Jennifer Myers
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Gaetano Donezetti)
Maestro Jonathan Khuner
Supertitle Projection by Terry Estabrook * Lighting by Steve Wall
Lucia, Soprano Jamie Bonetto * Enrico Ashton, Lucia's Brother, Baritone John Minagro
Edgardo, Tenor Fred Winthrop * Arturo Bucklaw, Bridegroom, Tenor Zachary Sheely
Raimondo, Bass-baritone Roger Smith * Alisa, Mezzo-soprano Xiao Hua/Bryn Jimenez
Normanno, Tenor Larson Mcloud * 2007-2008 Ensemble, Youth & Supporting Artists *
CALIFORNIA OPERA ARTS & EDUCATION
SUMMER FESTIVAL WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES
LOTUS DANCE TAI CHI TRAINING FOR VOCAL ARTISTS
Mickey Emannuel with Grace Leu and Jamie Shih
FACULTY MASTERCLASS PRESENTATIONS
Director Edna Garabedian, Maestro Jonathan Khuner, Roy Stevens, Phil Kimble
* 2007-2008 Ensemble, Youth & Faculty Supporting Artists *
Principal Opera Orchestra Members: Aarne Kela (Piano) Chen Lu Woo (Piano), Boris Nixon (Cello), John Morrice (Violin I), Cynthia Stuart (Violin II), Claudia Shiuh (Viola), Heidi Frankliln (Bass), Ron Franklin (Trumpet), Elisha Wilson (Horn/Brass) Pam Ellzey (Flute/Winds), Larry Honda (Clarinet/Winds), Fred Mora (Oboe/Winds), Sarah Basiletti (Percussion), Ioanna Sfekas-Karvelas, Roy & Annalisa Stevens, Jill Prince, Gerry Anne Prody, Paul Raheb, Ayelet Cohen, Deidre Byers, Caleb Cook, Kirk Cruz , Zaroohi Nixon, Karnik and Aubriel Soghomonian, Tyler, Trenton & Tripp Pafford, Cassie Andrade, Kellie Jensen, Patrick Martzen, Monserrat Verdugo, Galina Umanskaya, Michelle Maruyama, Julian Woodruff, Bonnie Lockett, Max Hollander, Asher Davison, Claire Cantwell, Monte Torres, Sam Scheiber, Kelsey Barsamian, Clarkia Cobb, Autumn Day, Marissa Dunlop, Chrysanthe, Evangelia & Constantine Pappas, Robert Rennicks, Bill Tull, Will Tvrdik, Debra Walker, Xiao Yan Wang, Mary Ware, Yong Chun Duan, Ying Wu, John Jewel, Courtney Melvin, Ruth Dyer, Anne Cartwright, Hannah Ozeron, Paul & Cindy Martzen, Boris & Diane Nixon, Edward Nixon, Alexandra Edmonds, Larry Barber, Natalia Malcom, James & Donna Pappas, Lane Baxter, Peter Kraemer, Ryan Walker, Aubree Cliff, Katherine Bourne, Chu-Chun Chang, Yin-Han Chen, Ahlberg Dean, Graciela Esquivel, Sandra Gostanian, Chia-ling Ho, Yi-Sheng Hsu, Fang Rei Hsu,Yu-Ting Huang, Hsiao Huang, Tzu-Ham Hung, April Koyejo, Natalia Malcolm, Melissa Lee Marsh, Nanette Miginess, Steve Ohlin, Rebecca & Victoria Ketner, Antonia Espinosa, Tanya & Tasha Nasrollahi, Sine Chan-Golstone, Jazmine Salinas, A.J. Ramirez, Sharon Rogers, Elise Thompson, Jhih-Yuan Tseng, Jill Wagoner, Ellen Yeung, Hannah Ozeran, Grace Leu, Jamie Shih, Bryn Jimenez, Elizabeth Gentner, Larson McLoud, Danielle Banuelos and Susana Esquivel
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