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Tenor

Scott Quinn

Don José

Baritone

Michael Todd Simpson

Escamillo

Soprano

Danielle Pastin

Michaela

Spoken

Bob Rak

Lillas Pastia

Stage director

Garnett Bruce

Set designer

R  Keith Brumley

Costume designer

Malabar

Lighting designer

Andrew Ostrowski

Chorus master

Mark Trawka

Asst Stage Director

Kaley Karis Smith

Associate Coach/Pianist

James Lesniak

Asst Conductor

Glenn Lewis

Mezzo-soprano

Zanda Švēde

Carmen

Leah Heater

Mercedes

Bass

Jeremy Harr

Zuniga

Yazid Gray

Dancaire

Andrew Turner

Remendado

Véronique Filloux

Frasquita

Daniel Teadt

Morales

Conductor

Antony Walker

Makeup artist

James Geier

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Pittsburgh Opera

Pittsburgh

United States

Benedum Center

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Carmen (Zanda Švēde) coyly convinces Don José (Scott Quinn) to release her after her arrest.

Pittsburgh Opera presents Carmen
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Critical edition by Robert Didion

Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian Agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, publisher and copyright owner

CAST (in order of appearance):
Moralès                              Daniel Teadt**
Micaëla                              Danielle Pastin**
Lieutenant Zuniga            Jeremy Harr*
Don José                            Scott Quinn+
Carmen                              Zanda Švēde+
Frasquita                            Véronique Filloux*
Mercédès                           Leah Heater**
Lillas Pastia/Guide           Bob Rak+
Escamillo                            Michael Todd Simpson
Dancaïro                            Yazid Gray*
Remendado                      Andrew Turner*

THE ARTISTIC TEAM:
Conductor                         Antony Walker
Stage Director                  Garnett Bruce
Set Designer                      R. Keith Brumley
Costume Designer           Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.
Lighting Designer             Andrew Ostrowski
Choreography                   Attack Theatre
Wig and Make-up Designer James Geier
Stage Manager                 Cindy Knight
Assistant Stage Manager Philip Gold
Assistant Stage Manager Hannah Nathan
Assistant Conductor        Glenn Lewis
Chorus Master                  Mark Trawka
Associate Coach/Pianist James Lesniak
Assistant Stage Director Kaley Karis Smith*
Assistant Wig and Make-up Designer Nicole Pagano

+ Pittsburgh Opera debut
* Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist
** Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist alumni

Scenery and Props for this production constructed by Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
Costumes provided by Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.
Supertitles by Christopher Bergen

Season Sponsor: PNC
Tuesday Night Sponsor: Ambridge Regional Distribution & Manufacturing Center

PITTSBURGH OPERA ORCHESTRA 
Violin I
Charles Stegeman
Concertmaster
Rachel Stegeman
Assistant Concertmaster
Tobias Chisnall
Joshua Huang
Mary Beth Schotting
Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez
Sara Schaft
Gabrielle Faetini
Sarah Gudbaur
 
Violin II
Jennifer Madge
Acting Principal Second
Anne Moskal
Rochelle Agnew
Jesse Thompson
Hector Marchant
Lan Cen
 
Viola
Jennifer Gerhard
Principal
Louise Farbman
Rebecca Rothermel
Derek Smith
John McCarthy
 
Cello
Kathleen Melucci
Principal
Paula Tuttle
Elisa Kohanski
Joseph Bishkoff, Jr.
Paige Riggs
Katya Janpoladyan
 
Bass
Jeffrey T. Mangone, Sr.
Principal
Andrew Kohn
Robert J. Skavronski
J. Michael Priester
 
Piccolo
Barbara O’Brien
Emilio Rutllant Perez
 
Flute
Barbara O’Brien
Principal
Emilio Rutllant Perez
 
Oboe
Robert Driscoll, Jr.
Principal
Cynthia Anderson
 
English Horn
Cynthia Anderson
 
Clarinet
Mary Beth Skaggs Malek
Principal
Alix Reinhardt
 
Bassoon
Linda Morton Fisher
Principal
Don Hollis
 
Horn
Evan Geiger
Principal
Jon Carroll
Jason Allison
David Lintz
 
Trumpet
Christopher Wilson
Principal
David Anderson
 
Trombone 
John Sebastian Vera
Principal
Taylor Jones
Glenn Wayland
 
Timpani
John DiIanni
Principal
 
Percussion 
Jan Fung
Principal
Dylan Moffitt
George Willis
 
Harp
Nuiko Wadden
Principal
 
Banda
Jay Villella
Micah Holt
Noah Harstad
Taylor Fong
Philip VanOuse
Principal Tuba
 
Librarian
Eleanor Cameron
 
Personnel Manager
Sarah Schultz
 
The orchestra musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

CHORUS & SUPERNUMERARIES 
 
SOPRANO 
Lilly Abreu 
Charlene Canty 
Adrianna Cleveland 
Betsy D'Emidio 
Katie Dufendach 
Judith Jenkins 
Gail Novak Mosites 
Sasha Piastro-Tedford 
Anastasia Robinson 
Katy Shackleton-Williams 
ALTO 
Kathryn Ambrose Sereno 
Loghan Bazan 
Lori Carrau de Santo 
Kimberly Anne Laret 
Christina McCann 
Thespina Christulides 
Veronika Schmidt 
Denise Sheffey-Powell 
Jenifer Weber 
TENOR 
Andrew Bloomgarden 
William Buchanan 
Jeffrey Gross 
Eric Haines 
David Knouse 
Jeffrey Link 
Richard Mikol 
George Milosh 
John Sereno 
Rich Williams 
BASS 
Peter Bianchi 
Jesse Davis 
Brian Doherty 
Eric Garber 
Hayden Keefer 
Nicholas Kochanov 
J. Patrick McGill 
Jordan Rininger 
Corey Nile Wingard 
Zachary Wood 
SUPERNUMERARIES 
Charlie Anderson 
Josh Baringer 
Sam Bartley 
Ray Beard 
David Bennett 
Mike Feretti 
JR Graff 
Anne Christianson 
Emma Rogers 
MaryCatherine Malek 
DANCERS 
Courtesy of Attack Theatre 
Peter Kope 
Sarah Zielinski 
The Principal Artists, Choristers, and Production Staff employed in this production are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists. 

PITTSBURGH YOUTH CHORUS 
Featured Singers:
Aashna Banerjee 
Ava Chismar 
Noah Eaton 
Jordan Fowler 
Mia Greiner 
Sam Greiner 
McKenna Jones 
Evelyn Maiman 
Cecily Marsh 
Valeria Origoni 
Bryn Riehle 
Lindsay Saffer 
Avery Sechler 
Evangeline Sereno 
Robert Shiner 
Avani Venkat 
Delaney Zagger

Pittsburgh Opera: Carmen - “Seguidilla (excerpt)”

Set in 1830 Seville, Spain, Carmen is a roller-coaster of lust, deception, and murder. Fiery free-spirit Carmen, who lives her life to the fullest, can have any man she wants. But when she seduces naïve Corporal Don José, she gets more than she bargains for.

Carmen works in a cigarette factory. When a knife fight with another employee leads to her arrest, she charms Corporal Don José into letting her escape. Like a moth drawn to a flame, Don José forsakes his military career and the innocent peasant girl Micaëla for a life on the lam with Carmen and a band of smugglers. Never one to settle down, the passionate Carmen gets bored with Don José and becomes involved with the glamourous, testosterone-filled bullfighter Escamillo. Left with nothing, Don José decides that if he can’t have Carmen, no one can.

Full of magnetic melodies, colorful costumes, and tragic twists, you’ll fall in love with George Bizet’s one-and-only Carmen.

English

Carmen by Bizet, From (2022/2022), Directed by Garnett Bruce,, Conductor Antony Walker, Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, United States

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