Showcase

December 11 and 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM

Tickets for December 11    Tickets for December 12

Listen to the artists perform scenes from Showcase on KUHF's The Front Row

An inspired and inspiring evening of music theater featuring exciting young studio artists. Enjoy wide-ranging scenes from a variety of operas performed in an intimate setting on the stage at Jones Hall on the campus of University of St. Thomas. The event will be followed by a reception with the artists,
which is included in the $35 ticket price.
For more information or tickets, call 713-228-OPERA or click Tickets for December 11    Tickets for December 12

This year's performance will be directed by Sam Helfrich, fresh from critical success with his production of The Consul for Glimmerglass Opera. The New York Times said "I can't imagine a better production than Mr Helfrich's".

University of St. Thomas, Jones Theater, 3910 Yoakum Blvd., Houston, TX 77006
(Campus entrance - Yoakum Blvd. and SulRoss St.)
Free street parking is available, and on-campus parking is available for $2 in the parking structure at Graustark and Sul Ross streets.

STUDIO SHOWCASE 2009

From TURANDOT                                                                             Puccini
“Ola Pang! Ola Pong!...Ho una casa nell’Honan”

Ping: Michael Sumuel
Pang: Brendan Tuohy
Pong: Nathaniel Peake
Pianist: David Hanlon

From XERXES                                                                                   Handel
“ Crude furie degl’orridi abissi”

Xerxes: Catherine Martin
Pianist: Stephen Hopkins

From WOZZECK                                                                               Berg
“Soldaten, Soldaten...Madel, was fangst du jetzt an?”

Marie: Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Wozzeck: Adam Cioffari
Margret: Catherine Martin
Pianist: David Hanlon

From LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR                                                   Donizetti
“Ov’e Lucia?...Chi mi frena in tal momento?”

Lucia: Kiri Dyan Deonarine
Alisa: Catherine Martin
Edgardo: Nathaniel Peake
Enrico: Octavio Moreno
Arturo: Brendan Tuohy
Raimondo: Michael Sumuel
Pianist: David Hanlon

From IL TROVATORE                                                                      Verdi
“Tace la notte…Ah, dalle tenebre tratto in error”

Il Conte di Luna: Octavio Moreno
Manrico: Nathaniel Peake
Leonora: Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Pianist: Stephanie Rhodes

From OF MICE AND MEN                                                               Floyd
“Lenny, I tell you what…Someday soon we’ll save up enough”

Lenny: Brendan Tuohy
George: Adam Cioffari
Pianist: Stephanie Rhodes

From COSI FAN TUTTE                                                                  Mozart
Act One Finale

Fiordiligi: Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Dorabella: Catherine Martin
Despina: Kiri Dyan Deonarine
Ferrando: Brendan Tuohy
Guglielmo: Adam Cioffari
Alfonso: Michael Sumuel
Pianist: Stephen Hopkins