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Scenes from the Final Dress Rehearsal of L'enfant et les sortilèges and Gianni Schicchi
04-24-2009

Final Dress Photos on this page by Kelly and Massa Photography (KM) and Sofia Negron (SN).


Mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese sings the
title role in L'ENFANT. (KM)

 

 

 

 

 

 


A scene from the new production of L'ENFANT,
which employs cutting-edge video animation to
bring a fantasy world to life. (SN)


Bass Jeremy Milner and mezzo-
soprano Tammy Coil
are the Armchair
and the Sidechair come to life.   (KM)
 
 

Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine gives
new meaning to heat as The Fire, flanked
by members of the Miro Dance Theatre
as they menace the Child in L'enfant.  (KM)
  

 

 Baritone Marian Pop is the
angry and abused Grandfather
Clock - brought to life in one of
Richard St. Clair's original
costume designs. (KM)
Mezzo-soprano Margaret Gawrysiak is The Chinese Cup
as she clowns with her partner in crime The Teapot,
sung by tenor David Portillo.  (KM)
 
 

 

Tenor David Portillo then returns as The Little Old Man to teach
the Child a math lesson - with members of the Pennsylvania
Girlchoir getting into the action. (SN) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members of the Miro Dance Theatre are the Tree Frogs against
a lush, larger-than-life garden in L'enfant.  The opera features
choreography throughout by Miro's Amanda Miller. (SN) 

 

 Soprano Ailyn Pérez and tenor Stephen
Costello
are Lauretta and Rinuccio in the Opera
Company's new production of Gianni Schicchi.  Pérez
sings the famed aria, "O mio babbino caro"
in the show.   (KM)

 

Baritone Mark Stone is the cunning title character in Gianni Schicchi,
pictured here with mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese as Ciesca,
a member of the unscrupulous Donati family.  (KM)

 

 

 

 

 

A star ensemble cast fills the stage surrounding the title character,
sung by Mark Stone, in Puccini's Schicchi.  (KM)

 Checking for a pulse:  Greedy relatives, sung by Stephanos
Tsirakoglou, Stephen Costello, Margaret Gawrysiak,
Jamie-Rose Guarrine and David Portillo, can't wait to
pounce on the will of the recently departed.  (KM)