
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre
RUSALKA
Performances April 24, 25, 26, and 27, 2025
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RUSALKA
Performances April 24, 25, 26, and 27, 2025
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ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Performances: July 12, 16m, 18m, 20m, 23m, 26, 27m, 29m, August 1m, 2m, 2025
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MEROLA GRAND FINALE
Performance: August 16, 2025, 7:30pm
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SEASON PREMIERE: COPLAND AND BIZET
Performances October 18 & 19, 2025
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STRAVINSKY: THE AMERICAN DREAM
Performances November 15 & 16, 2025
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BARBER: AMERICAN VOICES
Performances February 28 & March 1, 2026
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TEVYE'S DAUGHTERS
Orchestra Workshop Performance: November 20, 2024
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SHE WHO DARED
Orchestra Workshop Performance: October 29, 2024
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ELIZABETH CREE
Performances: July 28(m), August 3, 10(m), 12(m), 16, 20(m), 2024
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TO THE WOODS
Performance: April 13, 2024
Ericsson Hatfield: God’s World
Gregory Spears: Walden
Lisa Neher: No One Saves the Earth From Us But Us
Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo-soprano
Brandon Bell, baritone
Elizabeth Avery, piano
Kelly Kuo, piano
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WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS
Workshop performance: April 12, 2024
Macbeth: Ethan Vincent
Lady Macbeth: Meghan Kasanders
Florinda: Anna Laurenzo
Madame Alice: Jennifer Zetlan
Macduff: Dane Suarez
Witch 1: Karen Vuong
Witch 2: Kimberly Sogioka
Witch 3/Banquo: Wayne Tigges
Conductor: Kelly Kuo
Pianist: Jason Wirth
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BREATHE
Performance: March 23, 2024
Simon: Breathe
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K.364 (Alice Blankenship, violin; Arnaud Ghillebaert, viola)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90, “Italian”
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SMALL BUT MIGHTY
Performances: March 16 & 17, 2024
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 (Chelsea Guo, piano)
Mahler (arr. Simon): Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Chelsea Guo, soprano)
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THE PIGEON KEEPER
Orchestra workshop performance: March 10, 2024
The Pigeon Keeper/Widow/Schoolteacher: Bernard Holcomb
Orsia: Laura Soto-Bayomi
Thalasso: Aubrey Alicock
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THE OLD STYLE
Performances: February 17 & 18, 2024
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances No. 3
Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto (Jennifer Corning Lucio, oboe)
Wallen: Concerto Grosso
Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1
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LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT (in concert)
Performance: February 3, 2024
Marie: Lynette Tapia
Tonio: John Osborne
Kelly Kuo, conductor
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BREAKING EXPECTATIONS
Performance: January 24, 2024
Mason: Toast of the Town overture
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 (Nathan Chan, cello)
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Metropolitan Laffont Competition
Indiana district
Christel de Haan Fine Arts Center
The University of Indianapolis
Judges:
David Neely
Angela Brown
Kelly Kuo
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CANDLELIGHT - SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
Performances: December 1 & 2, 2023
Schiassi: Christmas Symphony in D Major, “Pastorale per il Ss Natale di nostro Jesu”
Charpentier: Noël sur les instruments, H.534 (Rodrigo Gonzales Jacob, conductor)
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299, II. Andantino (Jill Pauls, flute; Jane Allen, harp)
Geminiani (arr. Wiancko): La Folia Variations
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THE STORIES WE TELL
Performances: November 18 & 19, 2023
Lau: Artemis
Shaw: The Mountain that loved a Bird (Sara Aldana, conductor)
Rossini: Excerpts from La cenerentola (Megan Moore, mezzo—soprano; David Portillo, tenor)
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Performance: November 2, 2023 at 2pm
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
InsightALT presents a workshop of Tevye’s Daughters, an opera in development by composer Alex Weiser and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann. Inspired by the darker, grittier stories by Sholem Aleichem not included in Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye’s Daughters centers on the tale of the beloved milkman’s younger daughter Shprintze, who falls in love with a young man above her station.
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ALEGRÍA
Performances: October 7 & 8, 2023
Carreño: Serenade for String Orchestra
Ponce: Concierto del sur (Mak Grgic, guitar)
Arriaga: Symphony in D Major
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HANSEL AND GRETEL
Performances: September 29, October 1 & 3, 2023
Hansel: Naomi Louisa O’Connell
Gretel: Ashley Emerson
Witch: Stephanie Sanchez
Mother: Angelique Clay
Father: Chad Sloan
Stage Director: Brenna Corner
Kelly Kuo, conductor
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A triumphant end to a transformative season, the Merola Grand Finale features all the young artists of the summer program in a dazzling array of opera’s most brilliant works. Conducted by Maestro Kelly Kuo and directed by 2023 Merola Stage Director Tania Arazi-Coambs, this evening showcases the extraordinary talent of the next generation of opera artists.
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CARMEN
Performances: June 30, July 2, 7, 11, 13, 15, 23, 2023
Carmen: Taylor Raven
Don José: Matthew Cairns
Micaela: Yunuet Laguna
Escamillo: Christian Pursell
Stage Director: Brenna Corner
Kelly Kuo, conductor
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Shakespeare meets Monty Python in WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS, a riotous look behind the tragedy we think we all know. After three witches prophesize the downfall of Macbeth, Florinda – Lady Macbeth’s Lady-in-Waiting – is determined to fight fate and give the Macbeths the happy ending they deserve. Can destiny be changed, or is the play doomed to repeat itself? ALT’s Associate Artistic Director Kelly Kuo conducts a cast featuring Daniel Belcher, David Blalock, Kara Dugan, Aundi Marie Moore, Laura Soto-Bayomi, Kimberly Sogioka, and Jennifer Zetlan; with pianist Justina Lee.
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THE BRILLIANT MIND
Schumann/Ravel: Carnaval, op. 9 (3 excerpts)
Poulenc: Sinfonietta
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor (Jon Kimura Parker, piano)
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