Maestro
Corrado Rovaris
The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra
The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra is comprised of musicians from the greater Philadelphia region, many of whom also play with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pennsylvania Ballet, and The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Under the baton of Maestro Corrado Rovaris, the Jack Mulroney Music Director, the Orchestra plays a wide range of demanding repertoire from Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini to Puts, Adés and Golijov.
The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Corrado Rovaris performs the Overture to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Interested in auditioning?
2022-2023 Orchestra Roster
Violin 1
Diane Barnett
Natasha Colkett
Donna Grantham
Elizabeth Kaderabek
Meichen Liao-Barnes
Robyn Quinnett
Violin II
Tess Varley, Assistant Principal
Karen Banos
Sarah DuBois
Luigi Mazzocchi
Heather Zimmerman Messé
Paul Reiser
Maya Shiraishi
Viola
Jonathan Kim, Principal
Julia DiGaetani
Elizabeth Jaffe
Yoshihiko Nakano
Ellen Trainer
Cello
Branson Yeast, Principal
Vivian Barton Dozor, Assistant Principal
Brooke Beazley
Jennie Lorenzo
David Moulton
Jasmine Pai
Contrabass
Alexander Bickard, Principal
Anne Peterson
Flute
Brendan Dooley, Principal
Eileen Grycky
Kimberly Trolier
Oboe
Geoffrey Deemer, Principal
Clarinet
John Diodati, Principal
Allison Herz
Bass Clarinet
Doris J. Hall-Gulati
Bassoon
Norman Spielberg, Principal
French Horn
John David Smith, Principal
Angela Cordell Bilger
Karen Schubert
Ryan J. Stewart
Trumpet
Brian Kuszyk, Principal
Steven Heitzer
Frank Ferraro
Trombone
Robert Gale, Principal
Edward Cascarella
Phil McClelland
Tuba
Paul Erion, Principal
Timpani
Martha Hitchins, Principal
Harp
Sophie Bruno Labiner, Principal
Percussion
Ralph Sorrentino, Principal
Bradley Loudis
* Rotating members of the string sections are listed alphabetically.