2022-23 Butler Opera Center Season
Shakespeare Gala
Works by: Verdi, Britten, Bellini, Gounod, Thomas
DOUGLAS KINNEY FROST, Conductor
GARNETT BRUCE, HELEN SOHYUN PARK, AZALEA LAREDO, Directors
Director, Producer and Principal Coach: DR. TAMAR SANIKIDZE
Musical Preparation: JAMES MAVERICK, ANA MOISEEVA, ANDREY IVANOV, NYLE MATSUOKA
Lighting Designer: ARI JAMIESON
Media Designer: SYDNEY SOUZA
Costume Coordinator: AARON KUBACAK
Stage Manager: EZRA ROSE
Assistant Directors: ALEXANDER SAULSBURY, ELIO BUCKY
In Italian, French and English with English surtitles
“Music oft hath such a charm / To make bad good, and good provoke to harm” wrote William Shakespeare in his 1623 Measure for Measure. Join the Butler Opera Center in their fall Gala celebrating the stories from the pen of The Bard, transformed by giants of the operatic stage. From Hamlet to Otello, and from Bellini to Britten, this Shakespeare smorgasbord features the rising talent at BOC portraying iconic characters: the good, the good-turned-bad, the star-crossed, and even some fairies.
TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY!
October 19/21, 7:30p
McCullough Theatre
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BUTLER OPERA CENTER: SONG REIMAGINED
TAMAR SANIKIDZE, Producer/Music Director
HELEN SOHYUN PARK, Director
EVAN BROWN, TENOR
HAYAN KIM, SOPRANO
ELISABETA RACOLTA, MEZZO SOPRANO
JINNI SHEN, SOPRANO
LILI JUYEON YOO, SOPRANO
Lighting Designer: ARI JAMIESON
Media Designer: HEEKYUNG KIM
Costume Coordinator: AARON KUBACAK
Russian Diction/Coach: ANA MOISEEVA
Production Manager/Stage Manager: ELIO BUCKY
Robert Schumann Franz Liszt Richard Strauss Dmitri Shostakovich
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Tre sonetti di Petrarca Sechs Lieder, Op. 68 (Brentano) From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op 79
Pearls of the vocal chamber repertory are reimagined in this new collaborative recital series between the Butler School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance. Fusing text and music with creative multimedia and lighting, the series bursts with colorful artistry and a stellar cast.
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY!
November 17, 7:30p
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PROVING UP
BY MISSY MAZZOLI
DOUGLAS KINNEY FROST, CONDUCTOR
WITH NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
HELEN SOHYUN PARK, DIRECTOR
Director, Producer and Principal Coach: DR. TAMAR SANIKIDZE
Musical Preparation: JAMES MAVERICK, ANDREY IVANOV
Scenic Designer: ALEX ROCKEY
Lighting Designer: ARI JAMIESON
Costume Designer: AARON KUBACAK
Stage Manager: TORI SALAZAR
Assistant Director: ELIO BUCKY
In English with English surtitles
The Zegner family has moved from Pennsylvania to Nebraska to settle their new parcel of land promised to them by the 1862 Homestead Act. The family single-mindedly seeks to achieve the American dream of a better life through hard work. But first, they must make specific improvements to the land before the government awards them the deed: they must prove up. Battling the forces of fate, human nature, and a hint of surrealism, Proving Up shares an under-told aspect of the Western frontier: failure. Premiered in 2018, The Washington Post called this latest collaboration between Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
“harrowing…powerful…a true opera of our time.”
February 16/18, 7:30p February 19, 4:00p
McCullough Theatre
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LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
BY JACQUES OFFENBACH
DOUGLAS KINNEY FROST, CONDUCTOR
GARNETT BRUCE, DIRECTOR
Director, Producer, and Principal Coach: DR TAMAR SANIKIDZE
Musical Preparation: JAMES MAVERICK, ANA MOISEEVA, ANDREY IVANOV
Scenic Designer: INJI HA
Lighting Designer: ARI JAMIESON
Media Designer : HEEKYUNG KIM
Costume Designer: KATIE MILLER
Stage Manager: ADAM SORNAT
Assistant Director: ELIO BUCKY
In French with English surtitles
Follow the love-drunk poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, as he finds himself on a journey through his own fated love stories. Guided by his muse disguised as confidant Nicklausse, Hoffmann becomes the protagonist pursuing the love of women he has already written about: a mechanical doll, a critically ill opera singer, and a Venetian courtesan. Offenbach’s evocative score — the pinnacle of 19th-century French opera — weaves unforgettable melodies along the way. Will Hoffmann find love with real-life opera singer Stella? Or will he again find himself using personal heartbreak to fuel his art?
April 14/21, 7:30p April 16/23, 4:00p
McCullough Theatre
