The Rape of Lucretia: week 2 - week 1
L'enfant et les sortilèges & Gianni Schicchi: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Turandot: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
The Italian Girl in Algiers: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Fidelio: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1

L'enfant et les sortilèges/Gianni Schicchi - Week Three

Behind-the-Scenes Rehearsal Photos by Katharine Elliott.

Mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese makes her Opera Company debut as the title role in L’enfant.  Here, the Child wanders out into the garden where a tree, a dragonfly, and frogs are some of the many things to come to life and admonish the child for his bad behavior.

Among the victims of the Child’s tantrum are his teapot and Chinese cup.  Mezzo-soprano Margaret Gawrysiak makes her Opera Company debut as the Chinese cup, who fans herself with the broken chip that has fallen off of her.  Tenor David Portillo makes his Opera Company debut as the Teapot, who comes to life ready to fight the Child, with teabags and all!

Baritone Mark Stone is the cunning Gianni Schicchi, who disguises himself as the deceased Buoso Donati in order to rewrite his will.

Maestro Spinelloccio the doctor, baritone Chris Hodges, arrives to check on the ailing Donati.

Baritone Jeremy Milner make his Opera Company debut as Simone, Donati’s elderly brother who requires a bit of help to hear what’s going on.

After the family ransacks the house looking for Donati’s will, Rinuccio (tenor Stephen Costello) finally finds it and holds it up victoriously!