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Following the critical acclaim of February’s trio of monodramas themed Women on the Verge, Opera Manhattan is proud to announce its 2012 Opera Festival. Three riveting operas and a special performance of arias and ensembles presented by Opera Manhattan’s Artist Development Program will be presented from May 17 – 21 at the historic Theatre at St. Clement’s, at 423 W. 46th St. in Manhattan.
Opera Manhattan will reprise Poulenc’s monodrama La Voix Humaine. Based on a 1930 play by Jean Cocteau, the one act opera follows the agonizing phone conversation between a young woman and her former lover as she desperately tries to win back his love. First presented by Opera Manhattan as part of Women on the Verge, La Voix Humaine will return featuring the original cast in alternate performances. Kala Maxym, whose performance “had a fearful kind of dignity, even at her most frantic. The warmth of Maxym’s soprano conveyed a tenderness more terrifying than fury"; and Roza Tulyaganova, who "gave a pointed, convincing portrait of this young woman’s breakdown, from the desperate pleas to her lover to evocations of their tender past."
The idea for Menotti’s opera The Medium was first conjured up during a séance the composer attended with friends in 1936. A psychologically complex tale of a fraudulent medium Flora, portrayed by Caroline Tye and Elizabeth Moulton in alternate performances. The deception and hysterics of Madame Flora are boldly contrasted by the innocence of Monica, played by Opera Manhattan veterans Megan Candio and Mary Langston.
Suor Angelica is the moving story of a young woman from a noble family who becomes a cloistered nun. Her aunt, the Principessa, played alternately by Sahoko Sato and Anna Yelizarova, visits her after seven years of silence, and brings Angelica a shocking and life altering revelation. Featured in alternate performances in the title role is Jun’ Watanabe, who last appeared as Mimi in Opera Manhattan’s groundbreaking production of La Boheme, and Kristi Bulot in her Opera Manhattan debut.
Tristan Cano is Music Director for Suor Angelica and La Voix Humaine. Sarah Fraser is Stage Director for both. Kathryn Olander is Music Director for The Medum. John Schenkel is Stage Director.
Venue address: Theatre at St. Clements, 423 W. 46th St., NYC 10036
Event dates and times :
May 17:
6:30 La Voix Humaine
8:00 The Medium
9:30 Suor Angelica
May 18:
6:30 La Voix Humaine
8:00 Suor Angelica
9:30 The Medium
May 19:
5:00 La Voix Humaine
6:30 The Medium
8:00 Suor Angelica
May 20:
4:00 La Voix Humaine
5:30 Suor Angelica
7:00 The Medium
May 21:
8:00 The Medium
9:30 Suor Angelica
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