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| Music |
Georg Friedrich Händel |
| Libretto |
Anonymous Libretto adapted from Antoine Houdar de la Motte's Libretto Amadis de Grèce |
| Performing Edition Preparation |
Matthew Halls and Brian Clark |
| Conductor |
Matthew Halls, Christopher Zemliauskas+ |
| Director |
Alessandro Talevi* |
| Scenic & Costume Designer |
Madeleine Boyd* |
| Lighting Designer |
David Martin Jacques |
| Wig/Makeup Designer |
Jason Allen* / Ronell Oliveri* |
Cast in order of vocal appearance
| Amadigi |
Christopher Ainslie* |
| Dardano |
David Trudgen* |
| Melissa |
Kathleen Kim |
| Oriana |
Katherine Manley* |
| Orgando |
Jonathan Matthews |
| Ensemble |
Central City Opera Apprentice and Studio Artists |
* Indicates Central City Opera Mainstage Debut
+ Conducting July 7 and August 4 Family Matinee
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Christopher Ainslie*
Countertenor: Amadigi, Amadigi di Gaula
Recently: Ottone, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Glyndebourne Touring Opera; Tamerlano, Tamerlano, Goettingen Festival Opera; Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes, Classical Opera Company
[Website] |
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Jason Allen*
Wig and Makeup Co-Designer/Supervisor: 2011 Festival
Recently: Maria Stuarda, The Minnesota Opera; After Image/The Emperor of Atlantis, Boston Lyric Opera; Educating Rita, The Huntington Theatre Company |
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Madeleine Boyd*
Scenic and Costume Designer: Amadigi di Gaula
Recently: Set and Costume Designer, The Turn of the Screw, Opera North; Pelléas et Mélisande, Independent Opera, Lillian Bayliss Theatre; La Cenerentola, Malmö Opera
[Website]
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Matthew Halls
Conductor: Amadigi di Gaula
Central City Opera: Madama Butterfly, 2010; Rinaldo, 2009
Recently: Orfeo ed Euridice, Korean National Opera; Arianna, Salzburg State Theatre; Houston Symphony/Colorado Symphony
[North, Central and South American Agent Website] [European Agent Website] |
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David Martin Jacques
Lighting Designer: Resident Lighting Designer 2011 Festival
Central City Opera: Resident Lighting Designer 2007 to 2010, 2000 to 2005
Recently: The Tsar’s Bride, The Royal Opera House; Tosca, English National Opera; Otello, Welsh National Opera
[Website] |
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Kathleen Kim
Soprano: Melissa, Amadigi di Gaula
Central City Opera: Armida, Rinaldo, 2009
Recently: Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos, Metropolitan Opera; Poppea, Agrippina, Boston Lyric Opera; Oscar, Un Ballo in Maschera, Lyric Opera of Chicago
[Website]
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Katherine Manley*
Soprano: Oriana, Amadigi di Gaula
Recently: Lucia, The Rape of Lucretia, Angers/Nantes Opéra (France); Virtu, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Glyndebourne; Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Garsington Opera
[Artist's Website] [Agent's Website] |
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Ronell Oliveri*
Wig and Makeup Co-Designer/Supervisor: 2011 Festival
Recently: Wig and Make-up Designer, Opera Colorado 2006-Present; Wig and Make-up Co-designer, Minnesota Opera, 2007-Present; Primetime Emmy® nominee, Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (non-prosthetic), Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower, 2007
[Website] |
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Alessandro Talevi*
Director: Amadigi di Gaula
Recently: The Turn of the Screw, Opera North; The Barber of Baghdad, Buxton Festival; La Cenerentola, Malmö Opera
[Website] |
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David Trudgen*
Counter-Tenor: Dardano, Amadigi di Gaula
Recently: Mike Teavee, The Golden Ticket, Wexford Festival and Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Nerone, Agrippina, Boston Lyric Opera; Orfeo (cover), Orfeo et Euridice, Canadian Opera Company
[Website] |
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Adam Turner*
Associate Conductor: 2011 Festival; Chorus Master: The Breasts of Tiresias
Recently: Chorus Master/Assistant Conductor, Virginia Opera; Assistant Conductor, Florida Grand Opera; Resident Conductor, Ash Lawn Opera Festival |
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Christopher Zemliauskas
Conductor: Carmen, Amadigi di Gaula; Chorus Master: Carmen
Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Conductor, A Little Night Music, 2009; Chorus Master, Lucia di Lammermoor, 2009; Conductor, Curlew River (apprentice artist production), 2008; Associate Conductor and Chorus Master, 2007-2008
Recently: Assistant Conductor, Susannah, Des Moines Metro Opera; Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor, Susannah, CU Boulder; Pianist, Extasis Tango Quartet, Columbus (GA) Symphony
[Website] |
* Indicates Central City Opera Mainstage Debut
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