Studio Showcase

HGO Digital productions are available for 30 days. Streaming for this production is no longer available.

Spend an evening with tomorrow’s opera stars—the wonderful young artists who, after intense competition, have been selected to train in the prestigious HGO Studio—as they perform a variety of scenes from history’s most beloved operas at their new home, the Wortham Theater Center.

Cast and Creative

Bizet: Carmen – Act II – ”Nous avons un tête une affaire”

            Frasquita: Raven McMillon
            Carmen: Sun-Ly Pierce
            Mercedes: Lindsay Kate Brown
            Remendado: Ricardo Garcia
            Dancaire: Blake Denson

            Pianist: Bin Yu Sanford

Massenet: Werther 
            Act III – “Bonjour, grande sœur… Va! laisse couler mes larmes”

            Sophie: Elena Villalón
            Charlotte: Lindsay Kate Brown

            Pianist: Alex Munger

Massenet: Don Quichotte – Act II – “C’est vers ton amour…”

            Sancho: Nicholas Newton
            Don Quichotte: Cory McGee

            Pianist: Kevin Miller

Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore – Act I Duet
            Act I – “Caro elisir!... Chi è mai quel matto?”

            Adina: Raven McMillon
            Nemorino: Ricardo Garcia

            Pianist: Kevin Miller

Donizetti: Anna Bolena – Act I Duet
            Act I – “Oh! qual parlar fu il suo!... Tremate voi?”

            Giovanna: Lindsay Kate Brown
            Enrico: William Guanbo Su

            Pianist: Alex Munger


Mozart: Don Giovanni – Act II Finale
            Act II Finale - “Già la mensa è preparata”

            Donna Elvira: Lindsay Kate Brown
            Giovanni: Blake Denson
            Leporello: Nicholas Newton
            Commendatore: William Guanbo Su

            Pianist: Bin Yu Sanford


Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea – Act II
            Act III - “Pur ti miro”

            Poppea: Elena Villalón
            Nerone: Sun-Ly Pierce

            Pianist: Kevin Miller

Ravel: L’heure espagnole – Scenes 9-13 – “Evidemment, elle me congédie”

            Conception: Sun-Ly Pierce
            Ramiro: Blake Denson
            Don Inigo: Cory McGee

            Pianist: Bin Yu Sanford


Berg: Lulu – Act I
            Act I – “Gnädige Frau… Machen Sie auf!... Auf einmal springt er auf…”

            Lulu: Elena Villalón
            Der Maler: Ricardo Garcia
            Der Medizinalrat: Nicholas Newton

            Pianist: Alex Munger

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