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Semiramide

The Participants

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's La follee journée, on Le mariage de Figaro (1784)

World premiere at the Burgtheater, Vienna, May 1, 1786

May 13, 14, 16-21, 2000
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts


Conductor:
  Antony Walker

Stage Director:

  Stephen Terrell
Assistant Conductor
Scott Terrell
Assistant Director
Emily Manhart
Lighting Designer:
Kevin Ramach
Wig Master and Makeup Designer:
  Tom Watson
Stage Manager:
  Alexander Farino
Chorusmaster:
  Joseph Lawson
Set and Costume Designer:
  Michael Olich
English Captions
  Jonathan Dean

 

THE CAST

Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva
Stepehn Morscheck
Susanna, maid to Countess Almaviva
  Robin Blitch Wiper
Count Almaviva
  Richard Byrne
Countess Almaviva
  Cynthia Lawrence
Cherubino, page to Count Almaviva
  Lori-Kaye Miller
Bartolo, a doctor from Seville
  Andrew Gangenstad
Marcellina, the housekeeper
  Kathleen Humphrey
Don Basilio, a music teacher
  Dan Dressen
Don Curzio, a head magistrate
  Larry Hill
Antonio, the gardener; uncle to Susanna
  Gary Haase
Barberina, daughter of Antonio
  Lyndee White
Two peasant girls
  Sarah Campbell, Stephanie Lewis
Villagers, peasants, servants


Setting: Aguas Frescas near Seville during the 18th century



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