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ALEA III and the Boston University Opera Theater

May 1 and 2, 1987, 8:00 PM
855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

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Concert Program

 

Theodore Antoniou, conductor
John Haber, 
setting design
Adam Rogers,
lighting design

 

Works:

Gustav Holst (1874-1934) - Savitiri
   Libretto by the composer adapted from an episode from the Mahabharata
     Will Graham, director
     Soo-Jung Bae 
as Sãvitiri
     Alicia Cordell 
as Sãvitiri* 
     Drew Abbott
 as Satyavãn
     Donald Hallcom
 as Death
     Gui-Ping Deng, 
chorus
     Karin Foglesong-Ross, chorus
   
 Susan Herrmann, chorus
     
Nan Hughes, chorus
     
Julia Koniuto, chorus
     
Carrie Nafziger, chorus
   
 
Shinobu Takagi, chorus
     
Angela Shulz, chorus

  Instrumental Ensemble from the Boston University Contemporary Collegium:

     Diane Caliri, flute
     Kate Hoffman, 
flute
     Disa English,
English horn
     John Daverio, 
violin (principal)
     Philip Baldwin, 
violin
     Charlotte Bobilin, 
violin
     Maximiliano Martinez, violin
     Cherokee Randolph, 
viola
     Kristin Van Kirk, 
viola
     Leslie Nash, 
violoncello
     Margaret Gay, 
violoncello
   
 Guy Tyler, double bass 


Michael Torke - The Directions (Boston Premiere)
   Libretto by the composer
     John Haber, director
     Leonard McKenzie 
as Man
     Paul Kirby 
as Man* 
     Kimberly McCullough
 as Woman
     Gina Teague
 as Woman*
     Kimberly Davidson 
as Passerby
     Carrie Nafziger as Passerby*
   
 Timothy Alexander, chorus
     
Charles Bach, chorus
     
David Kegler, chorus
     
David Schubert, chorus

  Instrumental Ensemble from ALEA III:

     Michelle Sahm, flute
     James Bulger, 
oboe
     Diane Heffner,
clarinet
     Ellen Michaud Martins,
clarinet
     Betsy Plummer, 
piano
     Richard Flanagan, 
percussion
     Tison Street, violin
     Anne Black, 
viola
     Hilary Brown, 
violoncello
   
 Michael Gorman, double bass 


John Goodman - The Garden of Flowers (World Premiere)
   Libretto by the composer adapted from "The Story of a Mother" by Hans Christian Andersen
     John Haber, director
     William Michals 
as The Spectre of Death
     Zoe Germain 
as A Mother
     Mary Niederkorn
 as The Maiden
     Perrin Allen
 as The Gate Keeper

  Instrumental Ensemble from the Boston University Contemporary Collegium:

     Diane Caliri, flute
     Kate Hofmann, 
flute
     Disa English,
English horn
     Nancy Ackerman, 
clarinet
     Emilian Badea,
bassoon
     Chris Cooper, 
horn 
     Eric Moore, 
horn
     Lynn Deichert, 
trumpet
     Joseph Zaporski, trombone
     Dan Burdick, 
tuba
     Adam Levenson, 
percussion
     Susan Robinson, 
harp
     Carolyn Horn, 
piano
   
 Alex Kalogeras, Kurzweil
     John Daverio, 
violin (principal)
     Philip Baldwin, 
violin
     Cherokee Randolph, 
viola
     Kristin Van Kirk, 
viola
     Leslie Nash, 
violoncello
     Margaret Gay, 
violoncello
   
 Guy Tyler, double bass 

 

*Saturday performance

 
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