2005 FESTIVAL OPERATIC CENTERPIECE
Music and libretto by Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)
June 14, 16, 18, and 19, 2005
Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
June 24 and 25, 2005
Tanglewood Summer Music Festival
Lenox, Massachusetts
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Lucy Graham and Nils Niemann, Stage Co-Directors
David Cockayne, Set Designer
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer and Supervisor
Lenore Doxsee, Lighting Designer
Lucy Graham, Choreographer
Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Abbie H. Katz, Associate Producer
Cast
Vadim Kravets |
Boris Goudenow |
Ellen Hargis |
Irina |
Nell Snaidas |
Olga |
Catherine Webster |
Axiana |
Olivier Laquerre |
Theodorus Ivanowitz |
Colin Balzer |
Gavust |
Julian Podger |
Josennah |
William Hite |
Bodga |
Marek Rzepka |
Fedro |
Aaron Sheehan |
Ivan |
Chorus
Michela Macfarlane, Jayne Tankersley,
Teresa Wakim & Brenna J. Wells, soprano
Michael Barrett, Thomas A. Gregg, William D. Hudson,
Jason McStoots & Mark Sprinkle, tenor
Alexander Prokhorov, Sumner Thompson & Douglas Williams, bass
Dancers
Melinda Sullivan, Assistant Choreographer & Ballet Mistress
Tina Cassidy, Carlos Fittante, Tim Kaspar, Kaj Sylegård & Linda J. Tomko
Members of PALS Children’s Chorus directed by Johanna Hill Simpson
Orchestra
Robert Mealy, concertmaster
Andrey Reshetin, Milos Valent, Peter Spissky & Heidi Powell, violin I
Maria Krestinskaya, Julie Andrijeski, Cynthia Roberts
& Dagmar Valentová, violin II
Patrick Jordan, David Douglass & Laura Jeppesen, viola
Phoebe Carrai, Sarah Frieberg, Brent Wissick & Alice Robbins,’cello
Jay Elfenbein, violone
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, lute
Maxine Eilander, harp
Erin Headley, viola da gamba
Kristian Bezuidenhout & Jörg Jacobi, harpsichord
Washington McClain, Geoffrey Burgess & Kathryn Montoya,
oboe & recorder
Marilyn Boenau & Mathieu Lussier, bassoon
John Thiessen & Alexander Bonus, trumpet
Todd Manley, percussion
* principal
