L’Orfeo

Music by Claudio Monteverdi

Libretto by Alessandro Striggio

Presented by YBOP on April 18-19, 2008


Cast

Orfeo………………………………..Casey Breves (Fri.)

             ………………………………..Birger Radde (Sat.)

Euridice……………………………Claudio Rosenthal

La Musica……………………….Lucy Fitz Gibbon

Messagiera…………………….Annie Rosen

Speranza…………………………Esther Morgan-Ellis (Fri.)

                    ………………………….Lora Chow (Sat.)

Caronte…………………………..Benjamin Thorburn (Fri.)

                 ……………………………David Leigh (Sat.)

Proserpina……………………..Estelí Gomez

Plutone……………………………Mark Wittman

Apollo………………………………Douglas Williams

Nymphs, Shepherds, and Spirits…………………………. Zachary Bucknoff, Stephanie Chan, Jacob Meyer, Brian Mummert, Jesse Obbink, Alexandra Pulst-Korenberg, Nathan Reiff, John Riley, Corinne Sykes, Gabriella Tortorello, Kent Twardock, Stefan Weijola

Production Team

Stage Director……………………………..Ethan Heard

Music Director…………………………….Robert Mealy

Scenic Designer…………………………..John Sundling

Costume Designer……………………..Elizabeth Bolster

Lighting Designer……………………….Burke Brown

Producers………………………………………Richard Lalli

                      ……………………………………….Douglas Williams

Production Manager…………………Margaret Carl

Associate Producer……………………Angelica Randle

Dance Consultant………………………Melinda Sullivan

Vocal Direction and Prep…………Grant Herreid

                                                      ………….Charles Weaver

                                                      ………….Christa Patton

Dramaturg……………………………………..Lynda Paul

Assistant Stage Directors………Gary Jaffe, Cameron Arens