2003 FESTIVAL OPERATIC CENTERPIECE
Ariadne
Music by Johann Georg Conradi (?–1699)
Libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel (1658–1705)
June 10, 11, 13, and 14, 2003
Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
June 20 and 21, 2003
Mahaiwe Theatre
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Drew Minter, Stage Director
Robin Linklater, Set & Costume Designer
John Ambrosone, Lighting Designer
Lucy Graham, Choreographer
Anna Watkins, Costume Supervisor
Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Abbie H. Katz, Associate Producer
Cast
Karina Gauvin |
Ariadne |
Dorothee Mields |
Phaedra |
Ian Honeyman |
Theseus |
Jan Kobow |
Pamphilius |
Bernard Deletré |
Minos |
Ellen Hargis |
Pasiphae & Venus |
Matthew White |
Evanthes & Bacchus |
James Ruff |
Pirithous |
Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, Michela Macfarlane, Deborah Rentz-Moore |
Three graces |
Chorus
Kathryn Aaron, Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, Michela Macfarlane
& Deborah Rentz-Moore, soprano
Jessica Hanf, Kirsten Sollek, Kamala Soparkar, alto
Thomas A. Gregg, William Hudson, Mark Sprinkle, tenor
Jamie Kotmair, Alexander Prokhorov, Sumner Thompson
& Douglas Williams, bass
Dancers
Tina Cassidy, Caroline Copeland, Carlos Fittante,
Susan MacNichol Guthro, Melinda Sullivan, Kaj Sylegård
Orchestra
Ingrid Matthews, concertmistress
Robert Mealy, Milos Valent, Christopher Verrette Peter Spissky, violin I
Scott Metcalfe, Julie Andrijeski, David Douglass, Dagmar Valentová,
violin II
Margriet Tindemans, Patrick Jordan, Laura Jeppesen, viola
Emily Walhout, Alice Robbins, John Mark Rozendaal, Brent Wissick, ’cello
Jay Elfenbein, bass
Paul O’Dette, Stephen Stubb, lute
Erin Headley, viola da gamba
Maxine Eilander, harp
Peter Sykes &Alexander Weimann, harpsichord
Washington McClain &Geoffrey Burgess, oboe
Marilyn Boenau, bassoon
John Thiessen & Alex Bonus, trumpet
Todd Manley, percussion
