The Demon (Ethan Simpson)
Tamara (JoAna Rusche)
The Demon (Ethan Simpson) tempts Tamara (JoAna Rusche)
Tamara's (JoAna Rusche) soul is saved by The Angels (Claire de Monteil, Alejandra Gomez and Meryl Dominguez)

The Demon

Anton Rubinstein

Music Director and Pianist: Ghenady Meirson

December 10–15, 2016


Presented “in concert” in Russian with English supertitles

Anton Rubinstein’s 1875 opera tells the gripping story of a Demon’s pursuit of Tamara, betrothed to Prince Sinodahl.

A piano virtuoso, Anton Rubinstein was also a prolific composer who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and taught composition to Tchaikovsky. Melodic motifs from The Demon inspired comparable motifs in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Mussogorsky’s Khovanshchina.

The opera had its first Philadelphia performance on April 29, 1922 at the Forrest Theater in a Russian Grand Opera Company production. It was produced again in 1928 and then was not performed in Philadelphia until the Russian Opera Workshop produced a concert version in 2015.

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Cast

Prince Gudal – Nathan Milholin (10 & 13), Daniel Noyola (15)

Tamara, his daughter – JoAna Rusche (10), Rebecca Gulinello (13 & 15)

Prince Sinodal, Tamara’s betrothed – Marco Cammarota (10), John Matthew Myers (13 & 15)

Old Servant, Sinodal’s servant – André Courville

Tamara’s Nurse – Hannah Ludwig

Angel – Alejandra Gomez

Demon – Ethan Simpson (10), Timothy Renner (13), Christopher Kenney (15)

Courier – Matthew White (10), Piotr Buszewski (13 & 15)

Maidens – Claire de Monteil, Alexandra Nowakowski, Vanessa Vasquez

Angel Ensemble – Claire de Monteil, Meryl Dominguez, Karen Barraza

Sinodal’s Caravan – Alasdair Kent, Mackenzie Gotcher, Jorge Espino, Nathan Milholin (15), Daniel Noyola (10 & 13)
Bandits – Jared Bybee, Anthony Whitson-Martini, Abraham Bretón, Matthew White (13 & 15), Piotr Buszewski (10)

Nuns Ensemble – Vanessa Vasquez, Claire de Monteil, Alexandra Nowakowski, Meryl Dominguez, Karen Barraza, Alejandra Gomez, Hannah Ludwig, JoAna Rusche, Rebecca Gulinello

Meet the Artists
Nathan Milholin ’18
bass-baritone
Prince Gudal
Daniel Noyola ’18
bass-baritone
Prince Gudal
Rebecca Gulinello ’20
soprano
Tamara, Nuns Ensemble
Marco Cammarota ’18
tenor
Prince Sinodal
John Matthew Myers ’19
tenor
Prince Sinodal
André Courville ’17
bass-baritone
Old Servant
Hannah Ludwig ’18
mezzo-soprano
Tamara's Nurse, Nuns Ensemble
Ethan Vincent ’19
baritone
Demon
Timothy Renner ’20
baritone
Demon
Matthew White ’19
tenor
Courier, Bandit
Piotr Buszewski ’19
tenor
Courier, Bandit
Claire de Monteil ’20
soprano
Maiden, Angel Ensemble, Nuns Ensemble
Alexandra Nowakowski ’18
soprano
Maiden, Nuns Ensemble
Vanessa Vasquez ’18
soprano
Maiden, Nuns Ensemble
Meryl Dominguez ’19
soprano
Angel Ensemble, Nuns Ensemble
Karen Barraza ’17
soprano
Angel Ensemble, Nuns Ensemble
Mackenzie Gotcher ’20
tenor
Sinodal's Caravan
Jorge Espino ’17
baritone
Sinodal's Caravan
Nathan Milholin ’18
bass-baritone
Sinodal's Caravan
Daniel Noyola ’18
bass-baritone
Sinodal's Caravan
Jared Bybee ’17
baritone
Bandit
Anthony Whitson-Martini ’19
baritone
Bandit
Abraham Bretón ’20
tenor
Bandit
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