Directed by Isaac Hurtado and Jamie Baer Peterson
Musical Preparation by Ashley Vasquez and Peter Blackham
Pianists: Ashley Vasquez and Peter Blackham
April 12 & 13, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss)
“What a Joy to Be Here”
(Full company)
Roméo et Juliette (Charles Gounod)
“Ange adorable”
Roméo: Anthony Ruiz
Juliette: Sierra Bean*/Courtney Brewster^
Gregorio: Joseph Blomberg
Gertrude: Courtney Brewster*/Sierra Bean^
West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein)
“Tonight quintet”
Tony: Kegan Bjornn*/Brian Southwick^
Maria: Taci Miner*/Megan Hahn^
Anita: Hannah Rigby
Bernardo: Benjamin Brown*/Scott Schilling^
Riff: Joseph Blomberg*/Jamen Zohner^
Jets and Sharks: Ensemble
I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini)
Act 1 duet
Romeo: Vanessa Melena*/Marlie Krogh^
Giulietta: Bethany Rasmussen*/Madison O'Brien^
Candide (Leonard Bernstein)
“O Happy We”
Candide: Kegan Bjornn*/Travis Lunt^
Cunegonde: Tami Rasmussen*/Charlee Sorensen^
The Merry Widow (Franz Lehar)
“Girls, Girls, Girls”
Danilo: Kade Bennett
Zeta: Benjamin Brown
Brioche: Brian Southwick
Cascada: Jamen Zohner
Kromoz: Scott Schilling
Bogdanovitch: Joseph Blomberg
Pritchitch: Kegan Bjornn
Ensemble: Travis Lunt
Candide (Leonard Bernstein)
“We are Women”
Old Woman: Vanessa Melena*/Marlie Krogh^
Cunegonde: Charlee Sorensen*/Tami Rasmussen^
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Act 2 Duet
Giorgio Germont: Kade Bennett
Violetta: Madison O’Brien*/Katherine Cox^
Marriage of Figaro (W. A. Mozart)
Sull’aria
Countess: Katherine Bobo*/Courtney Brewster^
Susanna: Amy Schafer*/Alia Rampton^
Merry Wives of Windsor (Otto Nicolai)
“Letter duet”
Alice Ford: Samantha Castleton*/Taci Miner^
Meg Page: Vanessa Melena* /Marlie Krogh^
Don Giovanni (W. A. Mozart)
“Là ci darem la mano”
Don Giovani: Kade Bennett*/Jamen Zohner^
Zerlina: Sierra Bean */Katherine Bobo^
Werther (Jules Massenet)
Act 2 Selections
Sophie: Charlee Sorensen*/Bethany Rasmussen^
Charlotte: Marlie Krogh*/Vanessa Melena^
Albert: Jamen Zohner*/Kade Bennett^
Werther: Anthony Ruiz
Johann: Joseph Blomberg*/Scott Schilling^
Schmidt:Travis Lunt*/Brian Southwick^
Serse (G.F. Handel)
"Troppo inganni la mia fede”
Romilda: Megan Hahn*/Katherine Cox^
Arsamene: Hannah Rigby
The Merry Widow (Franz Léhar)
Lippen Schweigen
Danilo: Kegan Bjornn*/Travis Lunt^
Hannah: Samantha Castleton*/Amy Schafer^
Candide (Leonard Bernstein)
Make our Garden Grow
Candide: Anthony Ruiz
Cunegonde: Taci Miner
Paquette: Tami Rasmussen
Old Lady: Vanessa Melena
Governor:Kegan Bjornn
Maximilian: Kade Bennett
Pangloss: Jamen Zohner
Ensemble: All
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.
Artwork by Shane Walking Eagle (Sisseton Dakota).
Our mission is to produce and present artistic excellence, which would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We thank them and express our deep gratitude to all patrons, supporters, and friends of The Noorda.
The arts possess the unparalleled power to inspire, educate, liberate, and transform. They elevate moments, mark milestones, soften edges, and generate profound meaning. Experience the beauty and wonder of the arts with us this season at The Noorda and begin at once to live!
Courtney R. Davis, J.D., M.A.
Dean, School of the Arts
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
