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The world premieres of three pieces by then 13-year-old composer Julian Raheb:
Eternal Red (April 2019), The Desert (October 2018), and
The Heat (April 2018).
Dmitry Glivinskiy - piano
Richard Paratley - flute
Mikhail Parkhomovsky - violin
Galina Ivannikova
- mezzo-soprano
Barry Kornhauser - cello
Featuring operatic favorites and the world
premiere
of a quartet by 14-year-old composer Julian Raheb.
Concert program with summaries of vocal pieces
Featuring Regina Opera soloists singing operatic favorites.
Concert program with summaries of vocal pieces
Featuring Regina Opera soloists singing operatic favorites.
Concert program with summaries of vocal pieces
Featuring Regina Opera soloists singing operatic favorites,
and 15-year-old piano prodigy Julian Villanueva Raheb
playing works by Chopin and Beethoven.
Concert program with summaries of vocal pieces
Featuring Jennifer Gliere - soprano; Carami Hilaire - soprano; Paolo Buffagni - tenor; José Cuartas - baritone; Julian Villanueva Raheb - pianist; Richard Paratley - flutist; Mikhail Parkhomovsky - violinist; Martha Siegel - cellist; Dmitry Glivinskiy - pianist.
Concert program with summaries of vocal pieces
Featuring Lisa Bryce, soprano; Lara Tillotson, mezzo; Josh LeRose, tenor; Samuel Flores, baritone; Mikhail Parkhomovsky, violinist; Richard Paratley, flutist; and Catherine Miller, piano accompanist
Concert program with summaries of vocal pieces
Ring in the New Year as we celebrate Regina Opera’s 50th Anniversary with five of our stellar solosts, who sing your favorite opera selections and Italian songs in a newly recorded concert.
Taerra Pence Chiba - soprano
Kimberly Lloyd - soprano
Dilara Unsal - soprano
Lara Michole Tillotson - mezzo-soprano
Paolo Buffagni - tenor
Dmitry Glivinskiy - pianist
1) O sole mio - di Capua - Paolo Buffagni
2) Core ’ngrato - Cartillo - Paolo Buffagni
3) Dew Fairy’s aria - Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck - Taerra Pence Chiba
4) Deh vieni, non tardar - The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart - Taerra Pence Chiba
5) Voi lo sapete, o mamma - Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni - Lara Michole Tillotson
6) Condotta ell’era in ceppi - Il Trovatore - Verdi - Lara Michole Tillotson
7) Tacea la notte placida - Il Trovatore - Verdi - Dilara Unsal
8) D’amor sull’ali rosee - Il Trovatore - Verdi - Dilara Unsal
9) Senza mamma - Suor Angelica - Puccini - Kimberly Lloyd
10) La donna è mobile - Rigoletto - Verdi - Paolo Buffagni
Concert program with summaries
1) Sola, perduta, abbandonata - Manon
Lescaut - Puccini - Kimberly Lloyd
2) Vesti la giubba - I Pagliacci -
Leoncavallo - Paolo Buffagni
3) Ch’ella mi creda - La Fanciulla del West - Puccini - Paolo Buffagni
4) Sempre libera - La Traviata - Verdi -
Taerra Pence Chiba
5) Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix - Samson et Dalila - Saint-Saëns - Lara
Michole Tillotson
6) Veil Song - Don Carlos - Verdi - Lara Michole Tillotson
7) Vissi d’arte - Tosca - Puccini - Kimberly
Lloyd
8) Ritorna vincitor - Aida - Verdi - Dilara
Unsal
9) O patria mia - Aida - Verdi - Dilara Unsal
10) Torna a Surriento - De Curtis - Paolo Buffagni
Concert program with summaries
Concert Program with summaries of vocal pieces
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
The High Priest Ramfis has heard that Ethiopia is threatening Egypt’s borders, and hints that the goddess Isis has chosen Radames to command the Egyptian forces. Radames is thrilled at the idea that he might lead the great army and return triumphant — to his beloved Aida (“Celeste Aida”). Amneris, the King’s daughter, arrives and notices that Radames is ecstatic. He explains that he is anticipating the glory of leading the army. When Amneris flirtatiously hints that some more tender feeling might be affecting him, he wonders if she has found out his secret love for Aida, her own slave, and she jealously wonders if he is in love with someone else. Aida enters, and Amneris, noticing Radames’s reaction, suspects that Aida is her rival. Amneris asks Aida why she is weeping. Aida replies that she is upset about the coming war between her country and Egypt. Secretly, Aida’s tears are really for her hopeless love.
Aida - Dilara Unsal
Radames - Paolo Buffagni
Amneris - Erica Koehring
Ramfis - Hyong Sik Jo
Aida, the enslaved daughter of the Ethiopian king, fears that she will never see her homeland again.
Dilara Unsal, Aida
The High Priest Ramfis hints that Isis has chosen Radames to command the Egyptian forces in a war against Ethiopia. Radames is thrilled at the idea that he might return triumphant – to his beloved Aida.
José Heredia, Radames
Hyong Sik Jo, Ramfis
Aida, the enslaved daughter of the Ethiopian king, fears that she will never see her homeland again.
Carami Hilaire, Aida
Radames assures Aida of his love and promises that, once the invasion of Ethiopia is over, he will be able to marry her.
Dilara Unsal, Aida
Paolo Buffagni, Radames
Amneris - Lara Tillotson
Ramfis - Antoine Hodge
Aida - Carami Hilaire
Amonasro - Peter Hakjoon Kim
Radames - José Heredia
Amneris offers to save Radames if he gives up Aida. He refuses and is led away to trial.
Lara Tillotson, Amneris
José Heredia, Radames
Antoine Hodges, Ramfis
Regina Opera’s regular opera productions are fully staged with full orchestra. For every production, we also present a free-admission “sneak-peek” performance, fully staged with piano accompaniment, featuring a mix of understudies/covers and regular cast members. This recording is the complete sneak-peek performance of our 2018 Aida.
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Aida: Kimberly Lloyd
Radames: Lindell O. Carter
Amneris: Hannah Kramer
Amonasro: David Robinson
King: David Tillistrand
Ramfis: Hyong Sik Jo
Messenger: Justin Scott Randolph
High Priestess: Arina Ayzen
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Elizabeth Hastings, Conductor and Stage Director
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Mimi seeks Marcello’s help because Rodolfo has left her out of jealousy, as she believes. But Rodolfo confesses to Marcello that he actually left because he fears his poverty will make her illness worse. Mimi sadly bids Rodolfo farewell, but they decide to stay together until Spring as Marcello and Musetta bicker.
Christina Rohm, Mimi
Hyunho Cho, Rodolfo
Scott Lefurgy, Marcello
Carami Hilaire, Musetta
The dying Mimi reaffirms her love for Rodolfo, then passes away among her friends.
Christina Rohm, Mimi
Hyunho Cho, Rodolfo
Scott Lefurgy, Marcello
Carami Hilaire, Musetta
José Cuartas, Schaunard
Geeseop Kim, Colline
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
The toreador Escamillo recounts his triumphs in the corrida.
Nobuki Momma, Escamillo
Caroline Tye, Carmen
Cate Webber, Frasquita
Charlotte Merz, Mercedes
Gennadiy Vysotskiy, Zuniga
Carmen, Frasquita, and Mercedes meet with El Dancaïro and El Remendado to plan a smuggling venture.
Caroline Tye, Carmen
Cate Webber, Frasquita
Charlotte Merz, Mercedes
Kevin Rockower, Dancaïro
Joshua LeRose, Remendado
Don José declares his passion for Carmen.
Caroline Tye, Carmen
Peter Hakjoon Kim, Don José
Regina Opera’s regular opera productions are fully staged with full orchestra. For every production, we also present a free-admission “sneak-peek” performance, fully staged with piano accompaniment, featuring a mix of understudies/covers and regular cast members. This recording is the complete sneak-peek performance of our 2019 Carmen.
Felipe Tristan, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Carmen: Caroline Tye
Don José: Christopher Trapani
Micaëla: Jennifer Gliere*
Escamillo: Nobuki Momma
Zuniga: Geeseop Kim
Morales: Brian Ballard
Frasquita: Kaori Iwasaki*
Mercedes: Katherine Doe*
Dancaïro: David Tillistrand
Remendado: Adam Goldstein*
Guide: Thomas Geib
Lillas Pastia: Roger Ohlsen
*cover
Sara Beth Pearson, soprano
Scott Jackson Wiley, Conductor
Sabrina Palladino, Stage Director
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Leporello waits for his master Don Giovanni outside Donna Anna’s house. Giovanni and Anna appear, struggling. Her father challenges Giovanni to a duel and is killed. Leporello and Giovanni escape. Anna makes her betrothed, Don Ottavio, swear to avenge her father’s death.
Nathan Matticks, Don Giovanni
Luis Alvarado, Leporello
Christina Rohm, Donna Anna
Christopher Nelson, Don Ottavio
Antoine Hodge, Commendatore
Donna Elvira, one of Don Giovanni’s victims, warns the newlywed peasant Zerlina to stay away from him.
Zhanna Alkhazova, Donna Elvira
Nathan Matticks, Don Giovanni
Hannah Stone, Zerlina
Donna Anna, recognizing Don Giovanni as the man who attacked her, tells Don Ottavio about Giovanni’s rape attempt and again begs him to seek vengeance.
Nathan Matticks, Don Giovanni
Christina Rohm, Donna Anna
Christopher Nelson, Don Ottavio
At his ball, Don Giovanni drags Zerlina away. Her husband Masetto, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, and Donna Elvira threaten Giovanni. Using Leporello as a shield, Giovanni escapes.
Zhanna Alkhazova, Donna Elvira
Christina Rohm, Donna Anna
Luis Alvarado, Leporello
Christopher Nelson, Don Ottavio
Hannah Stone, Zerlina
Jonathan Hare, Masetto
Leporello, disguised as Don Giovanni, is trying to find a way to escape from Donna Elvira, but is confronted and unmasked by Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, Zerlina, and Masetto.
Zhanna Alkhazova, Donna Elvira
Christina Rohm, Donna Anna
Luis Alvarado, Leporello
Christopher Nelson, Don Ottavio
Hannah Stone, Zerlina
Jonathan Hare, Masetto
Donna Elvira laments Don Giovanni’s betrayal.
Zhanna Alkhazova, Donna Elvira
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Adina tells Nemorino that she has bought back his commission so he won’t have to join the army, finally admitting that she loves him.
Sarah Moulton Faux, Adina
Heejae Kim, Nemorino
Conducted by Elizabeth Hastings
Directed by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Gregory Ortega
Concert program with summaries
Bass Antoine Hodge sings “Ella giammai m’amò” from Verdi’s Don Carlo, in which the elderly King Philip laments that his young wife, whom he married for political reasons, never loved him.
Conducted by José Alejandro Guzmán
Directed by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Dmitry Glivinskiy
Directed by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley
Directed by Sabrina Palladino
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Conducted by José Alejandro Guzmán
Directed by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Gregory Ortega
Directed by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley
Directed by Sabrina Palladino
Conducted by Gregory Ortega
Directed by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley
Directed by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Gregory Ortega
Staged by Linda Lehr
Conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley
Directed by Linda Lehr
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Gregory Ortega, Conductor
Linda Lehr, Stage Director
Leonora tells Ines of a mysterious troubador who serenaded her one night.
Dilara Unsal, Leonora
Aida Carducci, Ines
The troubador Manrico is serenading Leonora when the jealous Count di Luna attacks him.
Gerardo Gaytan, Manrico
Dilara Unsal, Leonora
Robert Garner, Count di Luna
Leonora implores the wind to take her sighs of love to the imprisoned Manrico.
Alexis Cregger, Leonora
Leonora offers herself to the Count if he will spare Manrico. He agrees, but she secretly drinks poison concealed in her ring.
Nathan Matticks, Count di Luna
Alexis Cregger, Leonora
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Concert program with summaries
Conducted by Gregory Ortega
Directed by Linda Lehr
The Cast and Story of L’Elisir d’Amore
Featuring Regina Opera soloists and orchestra with selections
from The Marriage of Figaro, Fidelio, Otello,
Don Giovanni, Manon Lescaut, and Cavalleria Rusticana.
Concert program with summaries of vocal pieces
Cameron Pieper, piano
Mikhail Parkhomovsky, violin
Richard Paratley, flute
Featuring selections by Enrico Toselli, Jules Massenet, J.S. Bach, Sergei Rachmaninov, Georges Bizet, Frederic Chopin, Vittorio Monti, and Abraham Goldfaden.
In celebration of World Opera Day, October 25, 2024, we are
posting this video of soprano Sara Beth Pearson
singing “Sola, perduta, abbandonata” from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut,
recorded at our All-Puccini Concert on October 6, 2024.
Regina Opera programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Major support is provided by New York City Council Members Alexa Avilés and Justin Brannan. The Regina Opera Company’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Regina Opera thanks all its donors.