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Messalina
D: Céline Ricci
C: Jory Vinikour
Cast: Aura Veruni, Deborah Rosengaus, Kevin Kyle Gino, Shawnette Sulker, Kindra Scharich, Patrick Hagen, Zachary Gordin, Marcus J Paige
An “Anti-Fidelio” Opera from 17th-Century Venice

Thus, between the wealth of physical comedy of dalliance and Pallavicino’s abundance of engaging music, the duration of the entire program proceeded at a spirited clip, resulting in an audience leaving the ODC Theater in high spirits.

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20 November 2021therehearsalstudio.blogspot.comStephen Smoliar
Ars Minerva Undrapes a Lusty Messalina

Ars Minerva’s Messalina was steamy, tuneful, and above all imaginative

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22 November 2021www.sfcv.orgNicholas Jones
Ermelinda
D: Céline Ricci
C: Jory Vinikour
Cast: Nikola Printz, Kindra Scharich, Sara Couden, Justin Montigne, Deborah Rosengaus
ERMELINDA: Ars Minerva’s Latest Opera Revival

Delightful Ars Minerva production

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29 November 2019www.berkeleydailyplanet.comJames Roy MacBean
Favorites of 2019: Live performances

My idea of heaven is a Baroque opera where all the leading roles call for voices in the mezzo-soprano or contralto range; watching Ermelinda I was in a state of sheer bliss. The latest discovery of Ars Minerva director Céline Ricci, Ermelinda may have been the group's best production yet. [...] Ermelinda was a triumph.

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