April 28 & 30, 2022 | 7:00 PM
| Director of UVU Opera |
Isaac Hurtado |
| Assistant Director |
Anthony Buck |
| Stage Manager |
Jessica Herron |
| Assistant Stage Managers |
Andrea Church |
| Musical Coaching |
Ashley Vasquez |
| Lighting Design |
Brittany Thorson |
| Supertitle Operator | Hannah Jenson |
Please be advised that tonight’s performance makes use of a strobe lighting effect.
Directed by
Isaac Hurtado and Anthony Buck
Ashley Vazquez
piano
Die Fledermaus
Act 2 opening chorus
Johann Strauss II (1825-1999)
Full Company
English words by Anthony Buck
Cosi fan tutte
Act 1 quintet
"Sento dio...di scrivermi"
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Plot: After betting Don Alfonso that their girlfriends would be ever faithful, Ferrando and Guglielmo pretend to have been called to war and bid farewell to their sweethearts. Fiordiligi and Dorabella react strongly to the news.
|
Fiordiligi |
Andrea Church |
|
Dorabella |
Marlie Root (4/28) |
|
Ferrando |
Anthony Ruiz |
|
Guglielmo |
Travis Lunt |
|
Don Alfonso |
Joshua Scribner |
Cosi fan tutte
Act 1 finale
“Si mora, si, si mora...ecco vi il medico”
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Plot: Now in disguise as Albanians, Ferrando and Guglielmo put the moves on each other’s sweethearts. After an initial rejection the boys drink poison to gain their sympathy. Despina finds a creative way to revive them and the wooing continues.
|
Fiordiligi |
Talia Diaz (4/28) |
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Dorabella |
Alice Packard (4/28) |
|
Despina |
Linnea Miner Mott (4/28) |
|
Ferrando |
Anthony Ruiz |
|
Guglielmo |
Kade Bennett |
|
Don Alfonso |
Joshua Scribner |
Joshua Scribner, Brittney Stradling, Kade Bennett, Alice Packard, Linnea Miner Mott, Travis Lunt
Sydney Pexton, Taci Miner, Maddy Barazoto, Amy Shafer-Larsen
Little Women
Final Quartet
Mark Adamo (1962-present)
Plot: One of four sisters, Jo reflects back on her life and the lives of Meg, Beth, and Amy. She mourns her loss of youth, but is comforted by the memory of their lives together and all they’ve learned.
|
Amy |
Amy Shafer-Larsen |
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Beth |
Mallory Keele (4/28) |
|
Jo |
Brittney Stradling |
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Meg |
Maddy Barazoto |
Florencia en el Amazonas
Act 2 duet
Daniel Catán (1949-2011)
Plot: Rosalba has been resisting her attraction for Arcadio, but finally gives in after realizing that it is love from which one draws life’s inspiration.
|
Arcadio |
Joshua Hooker (4/28) |
|
Rosalba |
Cristina Villalobos (4/28) |
Joshua Hooker, Cambrielle Wright, Talia Diaz, Christian Holden
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
“Ah qual colpo…zitti, zitti”
Act 2 trio
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Plot: Late at night, Figaro and Almaviva sneak into Rosina’s home where Almaviva finally reveals his true identity. He is not a student, but a wealthy count proposing marriage! Bursting with joy, the lovers try to contain their excitement and escape via the balcony before waking Rosina’s jealous guardian.
|
Figaro |
Kade Bennett |
|
Count Almaviva |
Joshua Hooker |
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Rosina |
Alice Packard (4/28) |
La fille du régiment
"Tous les trois réunis"
Act 2 trio
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Plot: After a long separation, lovers Tonio and Marie are finally reunited. Their old friend, Sergeant Sulpice, enters and mistakes their joy for each other as enthusiasm for his friendship. He inserts himself as a third wheel. The lovers eventually ask him to speak for them to obtain permission to marry.
| Tonio |
Anthony Ruiz |
|
Marie |
Courtney Brewster (4/28) |
|
Sulpice |
Travis Lunt |
[INTERMISSION]
Linnea Miner Mott, Daniel Perez, Emily Cheney, Mallory Keele
Christian Holden, Daniel Perez, Joshua Hooker, Anthony Ruiz, Kade Bennett
L’Incoronazione di Poppea
“Pur ti miro”
Act 3 duet
Claudio Montiverdi (1567-1643)
Plot: Emperor Nerone of Rome and his lover Poppea have plotted how to get together for months. After all obstacles have been removed, Poppea is finally crowned empress, and they rejoice in this rapturous love duet.
|
Nerone |
Cambrielle Wright (4/28) |
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Poppea |
Amy Shafer-Larsen (4/28) |
Tamerlano
“Vivo in te”
Act 3 duet
G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Plot: Asteria, an outsider in Tamerlano’s kingdom is on her way to prison as a punishment for not yielding to Tamerlano’s romantic advances. She and her lover Andronico declare their love for one another and wish for a way to be together.
|
Asteria |
Sydney Pexton (4/28) |
|
Andronico |
Maddy Barazoto |
Alice Packard, Taci Miner, Mallory Keele, Bryan Weatherston
I Pagliacci
Final scene
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Plot: Players in a traveling Commedia dell’arte performing group are performing in a small town. During the show, things take a very dark turn. Canio has discovered Nedda’s infidelity and things spiral downhill from there.
|
Nedda |
Talia Diaz (4/28) |
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Canio |
Bryan Weatherston (4/28) |
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Tonio |
Josh Scribner |
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Beppe |
Anthony Ruiz |
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Chorus |
Full company |
Tosca
“Ah, franchigia a Floria Tosca”
Act 3 final scene
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Plot: Atop castel Sant’Angelo, Cavaradossi has been sentenced to death by firing squad. Tosca enters and explains that she has killed the evil Scarpia and secured safe passage for both of them to leave the country in freedom. The only catch is that Cavaradossi must participate in a fake execution first. The guns will fire blanks only. The lovers soon learn that Scarpia has double-crossed them.
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Tosca |
Cristina Villalobos (4/28) |
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Cavaradossi |
Daniel Perez (4/28) |
The Tender Land
“The Promise of Living”
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Full Company
|
Martin |
Josh Hooker |
|
Laurie |
Linnea Miner-Mott |
|
Grandpa |
Josh Scribner |
|
Top |
Christian Holden |
|
Ma |
Mallory Keele (4/28) |
Utah Valley University acknowledges that we gather on land sacred to all Indigenous people who came before us in this vast crossroads region. The University is committed to working in partnership—as enacted through education and community activities—with Utah’s Native Nations comprising: the San Juan Southern Paiute, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Uintah & Ouray Reservation of the Northern Ute, Skull Valley Goshute, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute-White Mesa Community, and urban Indian communities. We recognize these Native Nations and their continued connections with traditional homelands, mountains, rivers, and lakes as well as their sovereign relationships with state and federal governments. We honor their collective memory and continued physical and spiritual presence. We revere their resilience and example in preserving their connections to the Creator and to all their relations, now and in the future.
With this statement comes responsibility and accountability. We resolve to follow up with actionable items to make the School of the Arts at UVU and The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts an inclusive, equitable, and just space for all. There is much work to be done, and we are committed to putting these words into practice.
Department Chair
JEFFREY O'FLYNN
Administrative Assistant
CHRIS GINES
Chamber Choir/Deep Green
REED CRIDDLE
Emerald Singers
CHERILYN WORTHEN
Concert Choir
DEMAREE BROWN
Opera Coordinator
ISAAC HURTADO
Voice Coordinator
MELISSA HEATH
Private Voice Instructors
AUBREY ADAMS-MACMILLAN
CECILY BILLS
ADRIENNE BRAUN
DEMAREE BROWN
ANTHONY BUCK
REED CRIDDLE
MELISSA HEATH
CHRISTOPHER HOLMES
ISAAC HURTADO
CONSTANCE JENSEN
SERENA KANIG BENISH
EMILY MERRELL
JOSEPH MOORE
