Organization

Singer

Yazid Gray

Woodcutter

Madeline Ehlinger

Young Woman

Chuanyuan Liu

Priest

The Outlaw

Old Woman

Medium

Stage director

Mary Birnbaum

Conductor

Antony Walker

Set designer

Mimi Lien

Costume designer

Oana Botez

Lighting designer

Yuki Nakase Link

Andrew Turner

Policeman

The Man

Leona Raines / Leona’s Mother

Assistant Stage Director

Kaley Karis Smith

LA Opera

Pittsburgh Opera

Orchestra

Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra

Αγγλικά

In a Grove

Pittsburgh

United States

Bitz Opera Factory

Pittsburgh Opera presents: In a Grove

CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS
Prelude (0:00)
The Woodcutter (2:10)
The Priest (4:45)
The Mother & the Policeman (7:31)
Interlude (12:11)
The Outlaw (13:50)
Interlude (24:45)
The Missing Woman (26:46)
The Murdered Man, Channeled by a Medium (41:50)

Music by Christopher Cerrone
Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
Based on the short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Co-Production with Pittsburgh Opera and LA Opera 

IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE:
The Woodcutter / The Outlaw (Luther Harlow) Yazid Gray*
The Priest / The Medium Chuanyuan Liu+
The Policeman / The Settler (Ambrose Raines) Andrew Turner*
Leona Raines / Leona’s Mother Madeline Ehlinger* 

THE ARTISTIC TEAM:
Conductor Antony Walker
Stage Director Mary Birnbaum+
Assistant Stage Director Kaley Karis Smith*
Set Designer Mimi Lien+
Costume Designer Oana Botez+
Lighting Designer Yuki Nakase+
Wig and Makeup Supervisor Travis Klingler
Stage Manager Alex W. Seidel
Assistant Stage Manager Hannah Nathan 

+ Pittsburgh Opera debut
* Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist
 

PITTSBURGH OPERA ORCHESTRA:
VIOLIN
Charles Stegeman, Concertmaster
CELLO
Kathleen Melucci, Principal
FLUTE/ALTO FLUTE
Barbara O’Brien, Principal
CLARINET/BASS CLARINET
Mary Beth Skaggs Malek, Principal
HORN
David Lintz, Acting Principal
PERCUSSION
John DiIanni, Principal Timpani
Dylan Moffitt, Acting Principal
HARP
Nuiko Wadden, Principal
PIANO/KEYBOARD
Mark Trawka
ELECTRONICS
Glenn Lewis
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.

Scenery, props, and costumes constructed by Pittsburgh Opera

Select Costume Built by Colin Davis Jones Studios

In a Grove was commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera with additional support from Pittsburgh Opera, Raulee Marcus and Stephen Block, Metropolis Ensemble,  the Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman Venture Fund for Opera, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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