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 Rossini’s The Barber of Seville in September 2015.
2016-2017 Orchestra Roster
Violin 1
Dayna Anderson, Concertmaster
Igor Szwec, Assistant Concertmaster
Diane Barnett
Donna Grantham
Elizabeth Kaderabek
Meichen Liao-Barnes
Charles Parker
Yan C. Simmons
Violin II
Emma Kummrow, Principal
Karen Banos
Sarah Dubois
Henry Flory
Luigi Mazzocchi
Heather Zimmerman Messe
Paul Reiser
Viola
Jonathan Kim, Principal
Carol Briselli, Assistant Principal
Julie DiGaetani
Elizabeth Jaffe
Zoë Martin-Doike
Ellen Trainer
Cello
Priscilla Lee, Principal
Vivian Barton Dozor, Assistant Principal
Dane Anderson
Brooke Beazley
Jennie Lorenzo
David Moulton
Contrabass
Miles B. Davis, Principal
James Freeman, Assistant Principal
Anne Peterson
Flute
Adeline Tomasone, Principal
Eileen Grycky
Kimberly Trolier
Oboe
Geoffrey Deemer, Principal
Dorothy Freeman
Clarinet
Joseph A. Smith, Principal
Allison Herz
Bass Clarinet
Doris J. Hall-Gulati
Bassoon
Norman Spielberg, Principal
Wade Coufal
French Horn
John David Smith, Principal
Angela Bilger
Karen Schubert
Ryan Stewart
Trumpet
Brian D. Kuszyk, Principal
Steven Heitzer
Frank Ferraro
Trombone
Robert Gale, Principal
Edward Cascarella
Philip 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.