2001 FESTIVAL OPERATIC CENTERPIECE
Thésée
Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Libretto by Philippe Quinault (1635–1688)
June 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16, 2001
Copley Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
June 2001
Tanglewood Summer Music Festival
Lenox, Massachusetts
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lucy Graham, Choreographer
Robin Linklater, Designer
Steven Rosen, Lighting Designer
Anna Watkins, Costume Supervisor
Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Joseph Levendusky, Associate Producer
Cast
Aaron Engebreth |
Un plaisir |
Mark Sprinkle |
Un autre plaisir |
Gerald Thomas Gray |
Un des Jeux |
Ann Monoyios |
Vénus |
Paul Guttry |
Mars & Un Combatant |
Jayne Tankersley |
Cerés |
Marc Molomot |
Bachus |
Ellen Hargis |
Æglé |
Suzie LeBlanc |
Cléone |
Olivier Laquerre |
Arcas |
Kendra Colton |
La Grand Prestresse de Minerve & Minerve |
Bernard Deletré |
Ægée |
Laura Pudwell |
Medée |
Howard Crook |
Thésée |
Chorus
Michela Macfarlane, Allison Mondel, Megan Sharp
& Jayne Tankersley, soprano
Jessica Adda Hanf, Deborah Rentz-Moore & Kamala Soparkar, alto
Marc Molomot & Mark Sprinkle, tenor
Aaron Engebreth, Gerald Thomas Gray & Paul Guttry, bass
Dancers
Tina Cassidy, Caroline Copeland, Carlos Fittante, Georges Keraghel,
Marc Leclercq, Susan MacNichol, Melinda Sullivan & Kaj Sylegård
Orchestra
Ingrid Matthews, concertmistress
Scott Metcalfe*, Robert Mealy, Julie Andrijeski & Christopher Verrette,
violin
David Douglass, Daniel Elyar, Laura Jeppesen, Patrick Jordan,
Margriet Tindemans & Miloš Valent, viola
Emily Walhout*, Alice Robbins, John Mark Rozendaal & Brent Wissick,
basse de violons
Erin Headley, viola da gamba
Paul O’Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Catherine Liddell & Lucas Harris,
theorbo & Baroque guitar
Peter Sykes & Alexander Weimann, harpsichord
Bruce Haynes, haute-contre d’hautbois
Geoffrey Burgess & Lani Spahr, Baroque oboe
Michael Dupree, taille d’hautbois
Marilyn Boenau* & Mathieu Lussier, bassoon
Michael Lynn & Alison Melville, recorder & Baroque flute
Shelley Gruskin, Jean-Pierre van Hees & Jean-Christophe Maillard,
musette
John Thiessen & Alex Bonus, trumpet
Marie-Ange Petit, percussion
* principal
