Organization

Admin

Opera Parallèle

Composer

Stewart Wallace

Librettist

Michael Korie

Blue Shield of California Theater

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Nicole Paiement

Stage director

Stage director (+5)

Brian Staufenbiel

Set designer

Jacquelyn Scott

Costume designer

Alina Bokovikova

Video

Video (+1)

David Murakami

Hairstylist

Hairstylist (+3)

Y. Sharon Peng

Makeup artist

Lighting designer

Mextly Couzin

Baritone (+2)

Michael Kelly

Harvey Milk

Tenor

Henry Benson

Scott Smith

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Catherine Cook

Mama

Bass (+5)

Matt Boehler

George Moscone

Soprano (+1)

Marnie Breckenridge

Dianne Feinstein

Countertenor

Matheus Coura

Messenger

Soprano

Chea Kang

Henrietta Wong

Bradley Kynard

Jack

Tenor (+2)

Christopher Oglesby

Dan White

Gabriela Stoloff-Báez

Anne Kronenberg

Child vocalist

Curtis Resnick

Young Harvey

Phoebe Chee

Choir

Elizabeth Gaitan

Lena Goldstein

Chelsea Hollow

Tenor (+3)

Christabel Nunoo

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Adellyn Geenen

Contralto (+2)

Jordan McCready

Rachel Rush

Carmen Voskuhl

Krista Wigle

Bass (+3)

Michael Mendelsohn

Michael Orlinsky

Tenor (+1)

J Raymond Meyers

Dan Rivard

Cole Stanford

Tony DeLousia

Baritone (+1)

B. Schaubhut

Nathaniel Sullivan

Bass (+1)

Wayne Wong

Bass

Scott Walton

Flautist

Jessie Nucho

Flute

Lance Suzuki

Oboist

Laura Griffiths

Oboe

Clarinettist

Clayton Luckadoo

Clarinet

Peter Josheff

Bass Clarinet

Hornist

Kyle Ko

Horn

Bassoonist

Jamael Smith

Bassoon

Susan Vollmer

Trumpeter

Charles Ryan

Trumpet

Trombonist

Kate Lambert

Trombone

Jason Hebert

Bass Trombone

Tuba Player

Francis Upton IV

Tuba

Pianist

Keisuke Nakagoshi

Keyboard

Percussionist (+1)

Mattijs van Maaren

Percussion and Timpani

Percussionist

Gregory Messa

Violinist

Hrabba Atladottir

Violin I

Bronwyn James

Monika Gruber-Gibbons

Mark Chen

NAtalie Boberg

Violin II

Noah Strick

Vita Yee

Violist

Ellen Ruth Rose

Viola

Daria D’Andrea

Josh Choi

Cellist

Vanessa Ruotolo

Cello

Michelle Kwon

Jo de Mars

Double Bass Player

Michel Taddei

Double Bass

Zachary Iscoff

The powerful and tragic opera celebrates Milk's enduring legacy and contributions to the nascent LGBTQ+ movement, his early life in New York and relocation to San Francisco, later becoming the first openly gay man in 1978 to be elected to public office in California. Milk served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for 11 months before being assassinated, along with then-Mayor George Moscone, at San Francisco City Hall.

Opera Parallèle will present Harvey Milk May 31 to June 7, 2025 at the Blue Shield of California Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, coinciding with what would have been Milk's 95th birthday and marking the start of Pride Month, June 2025. Casting and creative team details along with the on-sale of tickets will be announced by mid-September.

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