 | The major roles in the Yale Opera production of "The Marriage of Figaro" are double cast. In the rehearsal photo at right, Christina Martos portrays Countess Almaviva and Leah Wool takes on the role of Cherubino. |
As a Valentine's Day present of sorts, Yale Opera will present "The Marriage of Figaro," Mozart's comic tale of love, lust and infidelity, Feb. 14-16 at the Shubert Theater.
Viennese conductor Andreas Mitisek will conduct singers from the Yale Opera Program accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale in a production developed by British stage director Colin Graham.
"The Marriage of Figaro" continues the story of the "Barber of Seville," in which Figaro helped the Count Almaviva to marry a young heiress, despite the objections of her guardian. When the story opens, three years have passed. The Count and Countess are bored with married life, and Figaro is preparing to marry Susanna, the Countess' maid. When the Count decides to invoke an ancient custom that allows him to sleep with any of his dependents on her wedding night, Figaro tries to distract him from this intent by convincing the Count that his wife is being unfaithful, while also arranging for the Countess to catch her husband in a compromising situation.
Many of the roles in the production have been double-cast. The Yale Opera singers who will be featured are: as Figaro, Evan Bennett and Christian Van Horn; as Count Almaviva, Michael Cavalieri and Lucas Meachem; as Countess Almaviva, Christina Martos and Andrea Edith Moore; as Susanna, Byung-Soon Lee and Sarah Jane McMahon; as Cherubino, Erika Rauer and Leah Wool; as Marcellina, Amanda Ingram; as Basilio, Rolando-Michael Sanz and Jonathan Taylor; as Don Curzio, Caleb Stokes and Peter Miraldo Tantsits; as Bartolo, Steven Timoner; and as Antonio, Michael Scarcelle.
Conductor Andrea Mitisek's career as a concert artist has taken him to nearly every country in Europe. He was, until recently, music director of the Wiener Operntheater, where he earned critical and popular acclaim and elevated the company to the forefront of contemporary Austrian opera.
Director Colin Graham has more than 400 opera, theater and television productions to his credit. Earlier in his career, he worked closely with Benjamin Britten, directing the premieres of all the composer's operas. Currently artistic director of Opera Theater of St. Louis, Britten has worked with Yale Opera on numerous occasions.
There will be three performances of "The Marriage of Figaro": at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16. Tickets are $18-$40. They can be purchased in person at the Shubert Theater box office, 247 College St.; by phone at 1-800-228-6622; or online at www.tickets.com or www.shubert.com.
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