Buoso Donati's family (Jorge Espino, Alexandra Schenck, Daniel Noyola, Allegra De Vita, Meryl Dominguez and Matthew White)
Gianni Schicchi (Nathan Milholin) and Lauretta (Karen Barraza) -
Nella (Meryl Dominguez), La Ciesa (Alexandra Schenck) and Zita (Allegra De Vita) conspire with Gianni Schicchi (Nathan Milholin)
Michele (Jared Bybee)
Giorgetta (Vanessa Vasquez) and Michele (Jared Bybee)

An Evening of Puccini: Gianni Schicchi & Il tabarro

Puccini

with the AVA Opera Orchestra
Sung in Italian with English supertitles

April 13 – May 14, 2016


FREE OPERA PREVIEW – April 13, 5:30pm at AVA – reserve here

STUDENTS
$10 student tickets are available for Haverford.
Students are FREE at Central Bucks South.

Gianni Schicchi

Conductor: Richard Raub
Stage Director:
Tito Capobianco

Briefly mentioned in Dante’s Inferno, title character Gianni Schicchi plays upon the avarice of a dead man’s family to take for himself the large part of their inheritance.

Debuting in Philadelphia in 1918, Philly audiences have seen Nelson Eddy and Licia Albanese perform roles. The 2009 Opera Company of Philadelphia production featured AVAlumni Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello as Lauretta and Rinuccio.

Il tabarro

Conductor: Christofer Macatsoris
Stage Director: Tito Capobianco

Il tabarro (“The cloak”) was originally conceived as a companion piece for Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s Il trittico (along with Suor Angelica). It is the second-most frequently performed of the Triptych and is often paired with Gianni Schicchi. Presented in the style of verismo (“realism”) opera, the story revolves around a love triangle of a barge owner, his wife and a stevedore.
The cloak that once warmed the barge owner’s young bride now hides a chilling secret for her…

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Cast

Il tabarro

Michele – Jared Bybee

Luigi – Marco Cammarota

Tinca – Piotr Buszewski

Talpa – Anthony Schneider

Giorgetta – Vanessa Vasquez, JoAna Rusche

Frugola – Hannah Ludwig

Scaricatori – Ethan Simpson, Daniel Noyola, Jorge Espino, Anthony Whitson-Martini, Matthew White

Venditore di canzonette – Matthew White

Minionettes – Alexandra Schenck, Alexandra Nowakowski

Voce di soprano – Alexandra Nowakowski

Voce di tenorino – Matthew White

Lovers – Alexandra Nowakowski, Matthew White

Gianni Schicchi 

Gianni Schicchi – Nathan Milholin*
* Mr. Milholin has been forced to take a medical leave; Ethan Simpson will perform the role of Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta – Karen Barraza

Zita – Allegra De Vita

Rinuccio – Alasdair Kent

Gherardo – Matthew White

Nella – Meryl Dominguez

Betto di Signa – Daniel Noyola

Simone – Anthony Schneider

La Ciesca – Alexandra Schenck

Marco – Jorge Espino

Gherardino – Aidan Barrow

Spinellochio– Anthony Martini-Whitson

Ser Amantio di Nicolao – Anthony Martini-Whitson

Pinellino – Ethan Simpson
* Piotr Buszewski will combine the roles of Pinellino and Guccio while Mr. Simpson sings Gianni Schicchi

Guccio – Piotr Buszewski

Buoso Donati – Bob Kravitz

Meet the Artists
Jared Bybee ’17
baritone
Michele
Marco Cammarota ’18
tenor
Luigi
Piotr Buszewski ’19
tenor
Tinca,Guccio
Anthony Robin Schneider ’17
bass
Talpa, Simone
Vanessa Vasquez ’18
soprano
Giorgetta
Hannah Ludwig ’18
mezzo-soprano
Frugola
Ethan Vincent ’19
baritone
Scaricatori, Pinellino
Daniel Noyola ’18
bass-baritone
Scaricatori
Jorge Espino ’17
baritone
Scaricatori, Marco
Anthony Whitson-Martini ’19
baritone
Scaricatori, Spinellochio, Ser Amantio di Nicolao
Matthew White ’19
tenor
Scaricatori, Venditore di canzonette, Voce di tenorino, Lover, Gherardo
Alexandra Schenck ’16
mezzo-soprano
Minionette,La Ciesca
Alexandra Nowakowski ’18
soprano
Minionette, Voce di soprano, Lover
Nathan Milholin ’18
bass-baritone
Gianni Schicchi
Karen Barraza ’17
soprano
Lauretta
Allegra De Vita ’16
mezzo-soprano
Zita
Alasdair Kent ’17
tenor
Rinuccio
Meryl Dominguez ’19
soprano
Nella
Daniel Noyola ’18
bass-baritone
Betto di Signa