CCM's streaming series continues with Spring Opera Gala concerts
Opera/Voice majors take the stage with the CCM Philharmonia to perform excerpts from iconic operas
CCM's "stars of tomorrow" are back on stage, and you get the best seats in the house!
The UC College-Conservatory of Music's virtual performance series continues with a pair of Spring Opera Gala concerts. Originally broadcast on June 17 and 18, both concerts are now available for on-demand viewing. Watch an excerpt from the second gala concert below.
CCM's Spring Opera Gala is a double-cast production: the same repertoire is performed during both broadcasts, but each features a different cast of singers performing arias and duets from such classic Italian operas as Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, Gioacchino Rossini’s Otello and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.
Each concert stream also begins with a spirited performance of the Overture to Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri by the CCM Philharmonia and concludes with a rousing rendition of the “Sola, sola in buio loco” sextet from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
CCM Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Studies Mark Gibson conducts both performances, with musical preparation by Associate Professor of Opera Kathleen Kelly along with Professor of Opera/Voice Coaching and J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair of Opera Marie-France Lefebvre (preparation for the Don Giovanni sextet). See below for complete program and cast information for both broadcasts.
All episodes of CCMONSTAGE Online can be digitally streamed for free. After the premiere broadcast, each installment in this ongoing series will remain available for on-demand viewing on CCM’s website, YouTube channel and Facebook page.
CCM’s Spring Opera Gala was recorded live in CCM’s Corbett Auditorium on March 26 and 28, 2021. Both performances observed all of the COVID Careful protocols that were required at the time of recording. Video production by MasseyGreenAVP, LLC. Audio production by Joel Crawford Recording. This digital performance series is made possible by support from CCMONSTAGE Online Broadcast Sponsors CCMpower and ArtsWave, and CCMONSTAGE Online Production Sponsors Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer.
Streaming Premieres
- Spring Opera Gala 1: 7:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 17, 2021
- Spring Opera Gala 2: 7:30 p.m. EDT Friday, June 18, 2021
Performance Details
Spring Opera Gala 1 (recorded on Friday, March 26, 2021)
Featuring CCM Opera and Voice Majors and the CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Kathleen Kelly, musical preparation
Marie-France Lefebvre, musical preparation for the Don Giovanni Sextet
Repertoire and Featured Singers
Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini
Aria: “Ah! Per sempre” from I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini
Antonio Cruz: Riccardo
Duet: “Esulti pur la barbara” from L'Elisir d’Amore by Gaetano Donizetti
Mishael Eusebio: Nemorino
Rachel Ballitch: Adina
Aria: “Eccomi in lieta vesta … O quante volte” from I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini
Andrea Tulipana: Giulietta
Duet: “Non m’inganni,” from Otello by Gioacchino Rossini
Henry Benson: Otello
Mishael Eusebio: Iago
Duet: “Verranno a te” from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Yewon Yoon: Lucia
Manfred Anaya: Edgardo
Duet: “Silvio, a quest’ora” from Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Brittany Olivia Logan: Nedda
Antonio Cruz: Silvio
Sextet: “Sola, sola in buio loco” from Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart
Brittany Olivia Logan: Donna Elvira
David Guzmán: Leporello
Victor Cardamone: Don Ottavio
Amber Monroe: Donna Anna
Alexander Kapp: Masetto
Georgia Jacobson: Zerlina
CCM Philharmonia Orchestra Roster
Strings after principal stands are listed alphabetically
Violin I
Magdiell Antequera, concertmaster
Grace Brown, assistant concertmaster
Liam Gibb
Skylar Hansen
Jungeun Noh
Tiffany Steinweg
Alayne Wegner
Violin II
Maggie Niekamp, principal
Lauren Greene
Brittany Hausmann
Amelia Korbitz
Rafael Roig-Francoli
Viola (First Half)
Cristian Diaz, principal
Nathaniel Sendi
Yiming Shao
Nicholas Wilbur
Viola (Second Half)
Julius Adams, principal
Yu Ting Huang
Javier Otalora
Jordan Watt
Cello
Max Oppeltz, principal
Marcel Bobe Melendez
Denielle Wilson
Double Bass (First Half)
Kaleb Collins, principal
Caleb Edwards
Double Bass (Second Half)
Peter Kim, principal
Anna Mears
Flute
Julianna Eidle, principal
Vincenzo Volpe
Oboe
Daniel Outlaw, principal
Zachary Walker
Clarinet
Cameron De Luca, principal
Ken Chen
Bassoon
Zach Elmore, principal
Zoe SirLouis
Horn
Szymon Rywalski, principal
Catherine Dowd
Emma Van Zuyle
Tony Padilla
Trumpet
Andrew Jeng, principal
Reynolds Martin
Trombone
James Smith, principal
Timpani
TJ Stroth
Harp
Ashley Lim
Graduate Conducting Assistants
Xiao Geng
Kara Piatt
Shimon Ohi
Sophie Mok
Kin Szeto
Caleb Glickman
Librarians
Rebecca Flank
Kristin Welke
Spring Opera Gala 2 (recorded on Sunday, March 28, 2021)
Featuring CCM Opera and Voice Majors and the CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Kathleen Kelly, musical preparation
Marie-France Lefebvre, musical preparation for the Don Giovanni Sextet
Repertoire and Featured Singers
Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini
Aria: “Ah! Per sempre” from I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini
John Siarris: Riccardo
Duet: “Esulti pur la barbara” from L'Elisir d'Amore by Gaetano Donizetti
Henry Benson: Nemorino
Victoria Okafor: Adina
Aria: “Eccomi in lieta vesta … O quante volte” from I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini
Anna Mosoriak: Giulietta
Duet: “Non m’inganni,” from Otello by Gioacchino Rossini
Victor Cardamone: Otello
Tyler Johnson: Iago
Duet: “Verranno a te” from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Yuchen Luo: Lucia
Haksung Lee: Edgardo
Duet: “Silvio, a quest’ora” from Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Teresa Perrotta: Nedda
Justin Burgess: Silvio
Sextet: “Sola, sola in buio loco” from Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart
Brittany Olivia Logan: Donna Elvira
Johan Hartman: Leporello
Tyler Johnson: Don Ottavio
Teresa Perrotta: Donna Anna
Justin Burgess: Masetto
Christina Hazen: Zerlina
CCM Philharmonia Orchestra Roster
Strings after principal stands are listed alphabetically
Violin I
Magdiell Antequera, concertmaster
Grace Brown, assistant concertmaster
Liam Gibb
Skylar Hansen
Jungeun Noh
Tiffany Steinweg
Alayne Wegner
Violin II
Maggie Niekamp, principal
Maalik Glover
Lauren Greene
Brittany Hausmann
Amelia Korbitz
Rafael Roig-Francoli
Viola (First Half)
Cristian Diaz, principal
Nathaniel Sendi
Yiming Shao
Nicholas Wilbur
Viola (Second Half)
Julius Adams, principal
Yu Ting Huang
Javier Otalora
Jordan Watt
Cello
Max Oppeltz, principal
Marcel Bobe Melendez
Denielle Wilson
Double Bass (First Half)
Kaleb Collins, principal
Caleb Edwards
Double Bass (Second Half)
Peter Kim, principal
Anna Mears
Flute
Julianna Eidle, principal
Vincenzo Volpe
Oboe
Daniel Outlaw, principal
Zachary Walker
Clarinet
Cameron De Luca, principal
Ken Chen
Bassoon
Zach Elmore, principal
Zoe SirLouis
Horn
Szymon Rywalski, principal
Catherine Dowd
Emma Van Zuyle
Tony Padilla
Trumpet
Andrew Jeng, principal
Reynolds Martin
Trombone
James Smith, principal
Timpani
TJ Stroth
Harp
Ashley Lim
Graduate Conducting Assistants
Xiao Geng
Kara Piatt
Shimon Ohi
Sophie Mok
Kin Szeto
Caleb Glickman
Librarians
Rebecca Flank
Kristin Welke
Video Production
MasseyGreenAVP, llc
Director: John Massey
Producer: Matt Green
Camera Operators
John Tapogna
Glenn Hartong
Matt Green
John Massey
Editor/Assistant Producer
Austin Maynard
Production Assistant
Derek Sims
Audio Engineer
Joel Crawford
www.joelcrawfordrecording.com
Senior Director of Performance Operations
Rayburn Dobson
CCMONSTAGE Online Series Concept Developed and Managed by
Curt Whitacre
CCM Digital Content Team
Kenneth D. Allen
Clarence M. Brown
Kevin Burke
Rebecca Butts
Rayburn Dobson
Mikki Graff
Melissa Neeley-Nicolini
Jeanne Rose
Simón Sotelo
Stephanie Temeles
Curt Whitacre
CCM Dean | Thomas James Kelly Professor of Music
Stanley E. Romanstein, PhD
UC Alumni Association Executive Director
Jennifer L. Heisey
UC Foundation President
Peter E. Landgren
UC President
Neville G. Pinto, PhD
- Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust
- Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
- The Corbett Endowment at CCM
- Dance Department Sponsor
- All-Steinway School Sponsor
- Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc.
- Community Partners
- The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel
- Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Sponsor
- CCMpower: Friends and Alumni Fueling the Future of the Arts
The Strader Fund at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation - CCM Digital Sponsors
- Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer
Greg Mathein
Gary & Barb Cummins
Jim & Linda Miller
George & Carroll Roden - Musical Theatre Department Sponsors
- Genevieve Smith
- Opera Production Sponsor
- Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
- Opera D’Arte Sponsor
- An Anonymous Donor
- Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
- Mrs. William A. Friedlander
- Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
- Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
- Elizabeth C.B. Sittenfeld
- Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
- Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
- Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
- Ariel Quartet Sponsors
- Jan Rogers
- Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
- Choral Studies Sponsors
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Anonymous
Classical Guitar Sponsor
- Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
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- Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
- Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor
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- Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
- Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
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Louis and Susan Meisel - Piano Department Sponsors
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Wind Studies Sponsor
- Edward Donovan and Cheryl Carter
- Jeff Thomas Catering
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Featured image at top: CCM singers Tyler Johnson, Teresa Perrotta, Johan Hartman, Brittany Olivia Logan, Christina Hazen and Justin Burgess take the stage with the Philharmonia Orchestra to perform the “Sola, sola in buio loco” sextet from from W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni in the second installment of CCM's Spring Opera Gala. Photo/MasseyGreenAVP
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