Opera Scenes
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
March 2, 2024
Schoenberg Auditorium
8:00pm
Rakefet Hak, conductor
Peter Kazaras, stage director
Sky Lee, pianist
Personnel
Repertoire
FALSTAFF
G. Verdi
Act 1, Scene 2
Alice - Virginia Douglas
Nannetta - Leela Subramaniam
Meg - Katya Lynch
Mistress Quickly - I-Chin Feinblatt
Fenton - Romeo Lopez
Bardolfo - Kevin Corrigan
Dr. Cajus - Christopher Shayota
Ford - Leland Smith
Pistola - Dominic Delzompo (guest artist)
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
W.A. Mozart
Act 1 No. 5 Quintet
First Lady - Rachel Hahn
Second Lady - Amanda Ballinger
Third Lady - Pearl Vaynman
Tamino - Christopher Shayota
Papageno - Joshua Valdes
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
W.A. Mozart
Act 1 No. 7 Duet
Pamina - Habin Kim
Papageno - Leland Smith
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
G. Rossini
Act 2 No. 18 Recitative and Trio
Rosina - Pearl Vaynman
Count Almaviva - Andres Delgado
Figaro - Leland Smith
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
W.A. Mozart
Act 1 Scene VI and VII Recitatives and no. 7 Terzetto
Susanna - Habin Kim
Cherubino - Olivia Salazar
Don Basilio - Andres Delgado
Count Almaviva - Leland Smith
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
W.A. Mozart
Act 3 Scene V, No. 19 Sextet
Susanna - Rachel Hahn
Marcellina - I-Chin Feinblatt
Don Curzio - Andres Delgado
Count Almaviva - Leland Smith
Figaro - Joshua Valdes
Bartolo - Dominic Delzompo (guest artist)
MANON
J. Massenet
Act 3 Scene 2 Aria and Duet
Manon - Leela Subramaniam
Des Grieux - Romeo Lopez
Le porteur - Gina Han
INTERMISSION
DON GIOVANNI
W.A. Mozart
Act 1, Scene 3 Recitative and No. 2 Accompanied Recitative and Duet
Donna Anna - Virginia Douglas
Don Ottavio - Kevin Corrigan
CARMEN
G. Bizet
Act 2 No. 14 Quintet
Carmen - I-Chin Feinblatt
Frasquita - Krystal Mao
Mercedes - Pearl Vaynman
Remendado - Kevin Corrigan
Dancairo - Joshua Valdes
CARMEN
G. Bizet
Act 3 No. 20 Trio
Carmen - I-Chin Feinblatt
Frasquita - Lilia Salido Rico
Mercedes - Olivia Salazar
CARMEN
G. Bizet
Act 4 No. 27 Duet
Carmen - I-Chin Feinblatt
Don José - Romeo Lopez
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES
F. Poulenc
Final Two Scenes
Mère Marie - Katya Lynch
L’aumonier - Christopher Shayota
La prieure - Amanda Ballinger
Blanche de la Force - Rachel Hahn
Soeur Constance - Habin Kim
Mère Jeanne - Pearl Vaynman
Soeur Mathilde - Olivia Salazar
Carmelite Nuns
Sofia Dell’Agostino
Virginia Douglas
I-Chin Feinblatt
Gina Han
Olivia Lewinski
Krystal Mao
Milla Moretti
Phaedra Panagiotidis
Lilia Salido Rico
Leela Subramaniam
Hannah Verduzco
Chorus
Kevin Corrigan
Andres Delgado
Dominic Delzompo (guest artist)
Romeo Lopez
Christopher Shayota
Leland Smith
Sam Song
Joshua Valdes
Kyle Xu
Program Notes
Opera UCLA is designed to provide students in the Voice and Opera Area with the tools they will need to succeed in opera performance. Students participate in fully-staged productions, experimental performances, and Opera Workshop training in movement, dance, and scene work. Our alumni have appeared at all the major opera houses of the world, including The Metropolitan Opera, La Scala Milan, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, Covent Garden and LA Opera. Our location in Los Angeles, a creative epicenter for new opera production in this country, enables our students to experience new work constantly. Our program, while committed to teaching skills necessary to succeed professionally in performing the standard opera repertoire, also provides exciting opportunities to engage with living composers and librettists, and the new works they create. The small size of the undergraduate and graduate student body enables one-on-one interaction with our experienced and dedicated faculty. Voice and Opera faculty coordinate their efforts in order to ensure the best possible training and preparation for students.
Please join us for the world premiere production of Richard Danielpour’s THE GRAND HOTEL TARTARUS at Freud Playhouse on May 17, 19, 21, and 23, all performances at 8pm. This will be a co-production with the UCLA Department of Theater at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Admission is free.
Special thanks to Sifu Ed Monaghan, Professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, for his invaluable assistance.
art by Olivia Lewinski
