2007 FESTIVAL OPERATIC CENTERPIECE
Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Libretto by Thomas Corneille (1625-1709)
June 12, 13, 15, and 16, 2007
Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
June 22, 23, and 24, 2007
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lucy Graham, Choreographer
Caleb Wertenbaker, Set Designer
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer & Supervisor
Lenore Doxsee, Lighting Designer
Ellen Hargis, Vocal & Gesture Coach
Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer
Melinda Sullivan, Assistant Choreographer & Ballet Mistress
Abbie H. Katz, Associate Producer
John S. Powell, Musicological Advisor
Cast
Carolyn Sampson |
Psyché |
Karina Gauvin |
Venus |
Aaron Sheehan |
L’Amour & Apollon |
Frederick Metzger and Jake Wilder-Smith |
Young L’Amour |
Yulia Van Doren |
Une Femme Affligée, Troisième Nymphe & Melpomène |
Teresa Wakim |
Flore & Deuxième Nymphe |
Amanda Forsythe |
Aglaure, Première Nymphe & Urania |
Mireille Lebel |
Cidippe, Deuxième Nymphe de l’Acheron & Thalie |
Brenna Wells |
Première Nymphe de l’Acheron & Une Déesse |
Erica Schuller |
La Guerre |
Ricard Bordas |
Bacchus & Premier Homme Affligé |
José Lemos |
Silène |
Jason McStoots |
Vertumne, Zephire & Une Furie |
Colin Balzer |
Vulcain & Mercure |
Zachary Wilder |
Un Zephir, Une Furie & Un Satyre |
Matthew Shaw |
Palemon & Jupiter |
Michael Barrett |
Un Dieu |
Aaron Engebreth |
Lychas & Mome |
Olivier Laquerre |
Le Roy, Mars & Une Furie |
Sumner Thompson |
Le Fleuve & Second Satyre |
Douglas Williams |
Deuxième Homme Affligé & Un Satyre |
Julien Patenaude |
Un Dieu |
Dancers
Melinda Sullivan, Tina Cassidy, Caroline Copeland, Tim Kasper, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Jonathan Phelps, Gilles Poirier & Kaj Sylegård
Commedia Artists
James Banta & Aaron Santos
Members of PALS Children’s Chorus
Eleanor Bragg, Sylvie Florman, Eliza Fox, Emy Metzger, Frederick Metgzer & Jake Wilder-Smith
Jennifer Kane, Artistic Director
Orchestra
Robert Mealy, leader
Julie Andrijeski*, Miloš Valent, Cynthia Roberts, Dagmar Valentová,
dessus de violins (violin I)
Daniel Elyar*, Karina Schmitz, haute-contre (viola)
David Douglass*, Patrick Jordan, taille (viola)
Laura Jeppesen, Jennifer Stirling, quinte (viola)
Phoebe Carrai*, Sarah Freiberg, Brent Wissick, David Morris,
basse de violin (bass violin)
Héloïse Degrugillier, Justin Godoy, Tom Zajac, recorder
Gonzalo X. Ruiz*, Washington McClain, Kathryn Montoya,
oboe & recorder
Debra Nagy, taille d’hautbois & recorder
Marilyn Boenau*, Dominic Teresi, bassoon
John Thiessen*, Alexander Bonus, Norman Engel, Paul Perfetti,
trumpet
Marie-Ange Petit, timpani & percussion
Tom Zajac, percussion
Paul O’Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Catherine Liddell,
theorbo & Baroque guitar
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Erin Headley, viola da gamba
