2025 FESTIVAL SEASON PROMO IMAGES
DOLORES
DAVID & JONATHAN
WOZZECK
2024 Festival Season
Legend of the Ring
Richard Wagner/David Seaman
Director: Sam Helfrich
Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Brunnhilde/Wellgunde: Tracy Cox
Wotan/Gunther: Philip Skinner
Froh/Siegmund/Siegfried: Alex Boyer
Woglinde/Freia/Sieglinde/Forest Bird/Gutrune: Mary Evelyn
Fricka/Flosshilde: Stephanie Sanchez
Loge/Mime: Sergio González
Alberich/Fasolt: Peter Morgan
Fafner/Hunding/Hagen: Matthew Lovell
Bulrusher
Composer: Nathaniel Stookey
Librettist: Eisa Davis
Director:NJ Agwuna
Conductor: Emily Senturia
Bulrusher: Shawnette Sulker
Madame: Rebecca Cuddy
Logger : Kenneth Kellogg
Vera: Briana Hunter
Schoolch: Matt Boehler
Boy: Chad Somers
Ensemble (S1): Julia Hathaway
Ensemble (S2): Phoebe Dinga
Ensemble (Mezzo):Lily Bogas
Ensemble (Tenor): Carmello Tringali
Ensemble (Bass): Michael Kuo
Jacqueline
Composer: Luna Pearl Wolf
Librettist: Royce Vavek
Jacqueline du Pré: Marnie Breckenridge
Cello: Matt Haimovitz
2023 Festival Season
The Coronation of Poppea
Claudio Monteverdi
Music Director and Conductor: Adam Pearl
Stage Director: NJ Agwuna
Poppea: Shawnette Sulker
Nero: Sarah Coit
Ottone: Michael Skarke
Seneca: Philip Skinner
Octavia: Sara Coudon
Arnalta: Samuel Faustine
Drusilla: Rayna Mia Campbell
Nirena: Jasmine Johnson
Cruzar la Cara de la Luna
José “Pepe” Martínez and Leonard Foglia
Music Director and Conductor: Sixto Montesinos
Stage Director: Karina Gutiérrez
Laurentino: Efrain Solis
Laurentino: Kelly Guerra
Diana: Alexa Anderson
Mark: Bernardo Bermudez
Rafael: Sergio Gonzalez
Lupita: Alissa Aguilar
Chucho: Moises Salazar
Victor: Daniel Duque-Estrada
Mariachi: Mariachi Azteca
Nightingale / Ewartung
Igor Stravinsky / Arnold Schoenberg
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Giselle Ty
NIGHTINGALE
The Nightingale: Helen Zhibing Huang
Death: Alice Chung
The Cook: Kristen Choi
Emperor: Patrick Scully
Chamberlain: Chung-Wai Soong
Fisherman: Kevin Gino
Bonze: Wayne Wong
ERWARTUNG
The Woman: Mary Evelyn Hangley
Dancers: Roseann Baker
Arvejon Jones
Felipe Leon
Elana Martins
Marcos Vedovetto
Juliann Witt
2022 Festival Season
Julius Caesar
George Frideric Handel
Music Director and Conductor: Christine Brandes
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Julius Caesar: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Cleopatra: Shawnette Sulker
Ptolemy: Cenk Karaferya
Cornelia: Katherine Pracht
Sesto: Sarah Coit
Achilla: Michael Parham
Curio: Glenn Healy
Nirena: Jasmine Johnson
Ariane & Bluebeard
Paul Dukas
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Alison Pogorelc
Arianne: René Rapier
Nurse: Sara Couden
Bluebeard: Phil Skinner
Sélysette: Sylvie Jensen
Mélisande: Aléxa Anderson
Ygraine: Candance Johnson
Bellangère: Taylor See
Alladine: Sharon Shao
Old Peasant: Chung-Wait Soong
Second Peasant: Douglas Mandell
Third Peasant: Wilford Kelly
Coraline
Mark Anthony Turnage
Music Director and Conductor: John Kennedy
Stage Director: Tara Branham
Coraline: Kendra Broom
Mother/Other Mother: Stephanie Sanchez
Father/Other Father: Efraín Solís
Mr. Bobo/Ghost Child 2: Joseph Meyer
Miss Spink: Krista Wigle
Miss Forcible/Ghost Child 1: Jazmine Olwalia
Ghost Child 3: Ryan Bradford
2021 Festival Season
Katya Kabanova
Leoš Janáček and Vincenc Červinka
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Indre Viskontas
The company debut of Indre Viskontas was partially supported by OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors, generously funded by the Marineau Family Foundation.
Katya: Carrie Hennessey
Kabanicha: Kristin Clayton
Boris: Christopher Oglesby
Tichon: Alex Boyer
Kudrjaš: Chad Somers
Varvara: Sarah Coit
Dikój: Philip Skinner
Elizabeth Cree
Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell
Music Director and Conductor: Robert Mollicone
Stage Director: Sam Helfrich
Elizabeth Cree: Katherine Pracht
John Cree: Keith Phares
Dan Leno: Samuel Faustine
Inspector Kildare: Simon Barrad
Aveline Mortimer: Leslie Katter
Uncle: Christopher Job
Doris: Ashley Dixon
Victor Farrell: J. Raymond Meyers
Ensemble:
Glenn Healy, Linda Baird,
Solas Burke-Lalgee, Andrew Green
Eliogabalo
Francesco Cavalli
Music Director and Conductor: Adam Pearl
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Eliogabalo: Randall Scotting
Alessandro: Derek Chester
Gemmira: Nikki Einfeld
Guiliano: Matheus Coura
Eritea: Aura Veruni
Lenia: Jean-Paul Jones
Nerbulone: Nathan Stark
Atilia: Shawnette Sulker
Zotico: Jonathan Smucker
2019 Festival Season
Breaking the Waves
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Bess McNeill: Sara LeMesh
Jan Nyman: Robert Wesley Mason
Dodo McNeill: Kindra Scharich
Dr. Richardson: Alex Boyer
Mrs. McNeill: Kristin Clayton
Terry: Brandon Bell
The Three Penny Opera
Kurt Weil and Bertold Brecht
Music Director and Conductor: David Möschler
Stage Director: Elkhanah Pulitzer
Macheath: Derek Chester
Polly Peachum: Maya Kherani
Jenny Diver: Sarah Coit
Mr. Peachum: Jonathan Spencer
Mrs. Peachum: Catherine Cook
Tiger Brown: Robert Stafford
Lucy Brown: Erin O'Meally
Orfeo & Euridice
C.W. Gluck
Music Director and Conductor: Christine Brandes
Stage Director: KJ Dahlaw
Orfeo: Nikola Printz
Euridice: Maria Valdes
Amore: Shawnette Sulker
2018 Festival Season
Pelléas & Mélisande
Claude Debussy
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Keturah Stickann
Pelléas: David Blalock
Mélisande: Kendra Broom
Golaud: Efrain Solis
Geneviéve: Malin Fritz
King Arkel: Philip Skinner
Mata Hari
Matt Marx and Paul Peers
Music Director and Conductor: Emily Senturia
Stage Director: Paul Peers
Mata Hari: Tina Mitchell
Sister Leonide: Molly Mahoney
Vadime/Norman: Jean-Paul Jones
Captain Ladoux: Daniel Cilli
Devignes/Macleod: Michael Grammer
Captain Bouchardon: Nikolas Nackley
Von Kalle: Daniel Yoder
Quartett
Luca Francesconi
Music Director and Conductor: John Kennedy
Stage Director: Elkhanah Pulitzer
Marquise de Merteuil: Heather Buck
Vicomte de Valmont: Hadleigh Adams
2017 Festival Season
Frankenstein
Libby Larsen
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Matthew Ozawa
Viktor Frankenstein: Samuel Levine
Elizabeth: Chelsea Hollow
Frankenstein: Gary Morgan
Captain Walton: Josh Quinn
Frankenstein on the ship: Daniel Curran
Henry: Ryan Bradford
Justine: Veronica Jensen
The Chastity Tree
Vicente Martin y Soler and Lorenzo da Ponte
Music Director and Conductor: Robert Mollicone
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Choreographed: Sarah Berges
Diana: Nikki Einfeld
Cupid: Christine Brandes
Britomarte: Maya Kherani
Clizia: Molly Mahoney
Endimione: Kyle Stegall
Chloe: Kathleen Moss
Silvio: Jacob Thompson
Doristo: Malte Roesner
Hamlet
Ambroise Thomas
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Aria Umezawa
Hamlet: Edward Nelson
Ophélie: Emma McNairy
Gertrude: Susanne Mentzer
Polonius: Paul Cheak
Claudius:
Laërte: Daniel Curran
Ghost: Kenneth Kellogg
2016 Festival Season
The Cunning Little Vixen
Leoš Janáček
Musical Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Patrick Diamond
Orchestral Arrangment: Jonathan Dove
Collaboration with: Volti Chorus and Piedmont Children's Chorus
The Vixen: Amy Foote
The Forester: Philip Skinner
The Fox: Nikola Printz
The Schoolmaster: Joseph Meyers
The Parson: Nikolas Nackley
Harasta: Carl King
Agrippina
G.F. Handel
Music Director/Conductor/Harpsichord: Jory Vinikour
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Agrippina: Sarah Gartshore
Nero: Celine Ricci
Poppea: Hannah Stephens
Ottone: Ryan Belongie
Claudio: Carl King
Powder Her Face
Thomas Adès
Music Director and Conductor: Mary Chun
Stage Director: Elkhanah Pulitzer
Collaboration with: Ear Play New Chamber
Music Ensemble
The Duchess: Laura Bohn
The Maid: Emma McNairy
The Duke: Hadleigh Adams
The Electrician: Jonathan Blalock
2015 Festival Season
Ulysses
Claudio Monteverdi
Music Director and Conductor: Gilbert Martinez
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Ulisse: Nikolas Nackley
Penelope: Sara Couden
Menerva: Kindra Scharich
Telemaco: Johanna Bronk
Eumete: Michael Desnoyers
Iro: Ted Zoldan
Antinoo /Neptune: Aaron Sorensen
Anfinomo: Jonathan Smucker
Pisandro /Jupiter: Gary Ruschman
LuLu
Alban Berg
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Elkhanah Pulitzer
Lulu: Emma McNairy
Dr. Schoen: Philip Skinner
Alwa: Alex Boyer
Countess Geschwitz: Buffy Baggott
Ward. Asst/Schoolboy/Groom: Erin Neff
Schigolsch: Bojan Knezovic
Athlete: Zachary Altman
As One
Laura Kaminsky/Mark Campbell/Kim Reed
Music Director and Conductor: Bryan Nies
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Hannah Before: Dan Kempson
Hannah After: Brenda Patterson
2014 Festival Season
La Bohème
Giacomo Puccini
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Rodolfo: James Callon
Mimi: Alexandra Sessler
Marcello: V. Savoy McIlwain
Musetta: Christine Capsuto
Schaunard: Jordan Eldreged
Colline: Brandon Keith Biggs
Benoit/Alcindoro: Jason Sarten
Parpignol: George Arana
Hydrogen Jukebox
Philip Glass
Music Director and Conductor: David Möschler
Stage Director: Elkhanah Pulitzer
Jonathan Blalock
Nicole Takesono
Kenneth Kellogg
Molly Mahoney
Sara Duchovnay
Efrain Solis
The End of the Affair
Jake Heggie
Music Director and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Sarah Miles: Carrie
Maurice Bendrix: Keith Phares
Henry Miles: Philip Skinner
Mrs. Bertram: Donna Olson
Mr. Parkis: Mark
Richard Smythe: Michael Jankosky
Lance: Ben Miller
2013 Festival Season
The Coronation of Poppea
Claudio Monteverdi
Music Director and
Conductor: Gilbert Martine
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Nerone: Christine Brandes
Poppea: Emma McNairy
Ottone: Ryan Belongie
Drusilla: Tonia D'Amelio
Ottavia: Erin Neff
Arnalta: Brian Thorsett
Seneca: Paul Thompson
Bonjour M. Gauguin
Fabrizio Carlone
Music Director
and Conductor: Mary Chun
Stage Director: Yannis Adoniou
Co-Director: Mark Streshinsky
Paul Gauguin: Anders Froehlich
Inner Voice: Shawnette Sulker
Narrator #1: Keith Perry
Narrator #2: Paul Murray
Narrator #3: Nicole Takesono
Clovis Gauguin: Schuyler Wijsen
The Turn of the Screw
Benjamin Britten and Myfanwy Piper
Music Director
and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Prologue/Peter Quint: Daniel Curran
Governess: Laura Bohn
Miles 1: Arman Asgari
Miles 2: Milo Best
Flora 1: Larkin Barnard-Bahn
Flora 2: Amelia Meachum
Mrs. Grose: Jillian Khuner
Miss Jessel: Buffy Baggott
Vanessa
Samuel Barber and Giancarlo Menotti
Music Director
and Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky
Vanessa: Marie Plette
Erika: Nikola Printz
Anatol: Jonathan Boyd
Doctor: Phillip Skinner
Baroness: Malin Fritz
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2012
Ariadne auf Naxos - Richard Strauss
The Manga Flute - David Scott Marley adaptation of The Magic Flute)
City of Sin - Mahagonny Songspiel and Vera of Las Vegas2011
Xerxes
The Carmen Fixation
Caliban Dreams2010
Don Giovanni
The Tender Land
Legend of the Ring (David Seaman adaptation of Der Ring des Nibelungen)2009
The Tales of Hoffmann (David Scott Marley adaptation)
30th Anniversary Concert
The Ballad of Baby Doe2008
L'Elisir d'Amore
Bluebeard's Castle and
L'Enfant et Les Sortilèges
Tosca2007
The Seraglio (adaptation of Mozart's Abduction From the Seraglio)
Romeo and Juliet
Aïda2006
Verdi's Falstaff
Chrysalis (world premiere commissioned by Berkeley Opera)
The Girlof the Golden West (David Scott Marley adaptation)2005
Il Trittico — Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi
Macbeth
Die Meis tersinger von Nürnberg2004
Legend of the Ring (David Seaman adaptation of Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Acis and Galatea
Bat Out of Hell (David Scott Marley adaptation of Die Fledermaus)2003
The Great Melodists
Eugene Onegin
Potpourri Concert
Gounod's Faust2002
Cherchez la Femme!
Così Fan Tutte
The Women in the Garden
The Riot Grrrl on Mars (David Scott Marley adaptation of L'italiana in Algeri)2001
Opera Uncensored!
The Marriage of Figaro, or The Crazy Day
Gala Concert
Carmen (David Scott Marley adaptation)2000
Shakespeare at the Opera
Otello
Gala Concert
Beatrice and Benedick (David Scott Marley adaptation)1999
The E.T.A. Hoffmann Season
Don Giovanni
Undine (first North American production)
Serpentina
The Tale s of Hoffmann (David Scott Marley adaptation)1998
The Revolutionary Season
Luisa Miller
The Dialogues of the Carmelites
Daughter of the Cabinet (David Scott Marley adaptation of La fille de Madame Angot)1997
Manon Lescaut
Leonore
The R iot Grrrl on Mars (David Scott Marley adaptation of L'italiana in Algeri)1996
The Magic Flute
Pénélope (first western U.S.production)
Bat O ut of Hell (David Scott Marley adaptation of Die Fledermaus)1995
La Traviata
Beatrice and Benedick (David Scott Marley adaptation)
Rusalka
The Elixir of Love1994
The Fall of the House of Usher (first western U.S. production)
Bluebeard's Castle
I Quattro Rusteghi
Madama Butterfly1993
The Immortal Hour
The Secret Marriage
Carmen1992
The Barber of Seville
L'Amico Fritz
Der Wildschütz1991
Hansel and Gretel
Martha
Don Pasquale
The Haunted Manor (first western U.S. production)1990
The Bear
Amelia Goes to the Ball
La Bohème
Così Fan Tutte1989
Don Giovanni
La Rondine
Falstaff1988
The Marriage of Figaro
Kate and the Devil (first western U.S. production)
The Czar's Disguise1987
Leonore (first western U.S. production)
Il Tabarro
Gianni Schicchi
The Barber of Seville1986
Luisa Miller
Of Mice and Men
Don Pasquale1984-85
Albert Herring
Vanessa1983-84
The Elixir of Love
Sir John in Love1983
Il Tabarro
Angélique
The Magic Flute1982
Don Pasquale
1980-81
The Old Maid and the Thief
The Bear
The Barber of Seville1980
The Bear
Amelia Goes to the Ball