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The season concludes with one of the pillars of Italian opera and one of the most passionate dramas of all times, I pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Sung in Italian, Pagliacci follows the story of a troupe of actors led by Canio and his unfaithful wife Nedda. Love triangles, heartbreaks, betrayal and violent verismo vendettas erupt on stage, where art imitates life in this tragic masterpiece.
Join Oliver Camacho, host of WFMT’s Listening to Singers, for a pre-performance talk on the evolution of Italian opera — from a showcase of technical feats of the human voice to a provocative spectacle that turned a mirror on the audience.
Starring:
- Michelle Allie Drever | Nedda
- Jonathan Burton | Canio
- Franco Pomponi | Tonio
- Jerek Fernández | Peppe
- Jonathan Wilson | Silvio
Chorus:
Soprano
- Floriana Bivona
- Lizzie Broeker
- Angela De Venuto
- Theresa Egan
- Cece Hastreiter
- Lauren Ingebrigtsen
- Marlina Karimi
- Alexis Langlois
- Ally Lewkowski
- Margaret Meierhenry
- Gisella Milla
- Sierra Shoemaker
- Diana Stoic
Soprano II/Alto
- Melanie Budreck
- Jorie Clark
- Brooke Craig
- Jade Dasha
- Katrina Dubbs
- Samantha McGonigal
- Lauryn Nelson
- Jenni Parr
- Pamela Spann
- Meg Thomas-Cary
- Carmen Vizin
Tenor
- Sebastian Armendariz
- Benjamin Burney
- Ryan Daly
- David Greene
- Cameo Humes
- Brian Pember
- Dominic Martin Reyes
- Eric Wassenaar
Baritone/Bass
- Jess Koehn
- Leo Radosavljevic
- Daniel Uglunts
- Vince Wallace
- Kevin Wheatle
Children’s Chorus
- Leah Born
- Rachel Born
- Rae Hill
- Eliza Hinton
- Ella McCarty
- Willow McQueen
- Delia Milla
- Sophia Milla
- Shannon O’Connell
- Riley Tone
Crew
Conductor: Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi
Director: Sasha Gerritson
Chorus Master: Richard Robbins
Assistant Conductor: Catherine O’Shaunessy
Production Manager: Darren Brown
Technical Director: TBA
Costume Designer: Bill Morey
Costumes Supervisor: Erzebet Schneider
Set Designer: Shane Cinal
Lighting Designer: Mike Goebel
Recording Engineer: Mary Mazurek
Hair & Wigs Designer: Melanie Saso
Makeup Designer: Errin Austin
Supertitle design: Sasha Gerritson
Assistant to the Director: Gisella Milla
Supertitle Operator: TBA
Master Electrician: Sebastian Medina
Assistant Lighting Designer: Hannah Wein
Stage Manager: Kaitlyn Meine
House Manager: Lorenzo Formosa
Publicity Director: James Juliano (SHOUT!)
Production Assistant: Jacob Little
Orchestra Manager: Luis Viva
Chorus Accompanist: Leo Radosavljevich