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Opera Columbus

Columbus Symphony

Conductor

Rossen Milanov

Orchestra

Ohio Theatre

Stage director

Allegra Libonati

Choreographer

Remi Wörtmeyer

Répétiteur

Pianist (+2)

Nate Ben-Horin

Stage Manager

Cynthia Hennon Marino

Props Designer

Set designer (+2)

Lonelle Yoder

Soprano (+3)

Cecilia Violetta López

Maria

Tenor

Jadon Webster

Tony

Baritone (+1)

Isaac Tobler

Bernado

Mezzo-soprano

Jerusha Cavazos

Anita

Actor (+2)

Brian Gray

Krupke

Bass (+3)

Miguel Pedroza

Chino

Baritone (+6)

Brandon Shaw McKnight

Indio

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Cynthia López Olaya

Consuelo

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Anabella Petronsi

Francisca

West Side Story exploded onto Broadway in 1957 in a sensational storm of exuberant dance and wistful romance. It was a phenomenon that never faded, “an incandescent piece of work” (The New York Times). In 2025, this musical masterpiece will come to the Ohio Theatre in an electrifying, larger-than-life staging in a collaboration with Opera Columbus, CAPA, Columbus Symphony and BalletMet. Experience the greatest score ever written, dynamic dance numbers that soar through the open air, and a love story for the ages. It’s war on New York’s Upper West Side, and the Jets and the Sharks are locked in a fierce turf battle. But as the two teen gangs hurtle down a dangerous path, Tony and Maria cross enemy lines, dreaming of a time and place where they can love freely. Leonard Bernstein’s score is punctuated with hits: ‘America’, ‘Tonight’, ‘Maria’, ‘I Feel Pretty’, and the enduring ‘Somewhere’.

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