Reno Chamber Orchestra
DREAMING BIG
Performance: May 19, 2024
Herbert: Serenade
Winners of the Reno Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, TBD
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, op. 55
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DREAMING BIG
Performance: May 19, 2024
Herbert: Serenade
Winners of the Reno Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, TBD
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, op. 55
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ELIZABETH CREE
Performances: July 28(m), August 3, 10(m), 12(m), 16, 20(m), 2024
Elizabeth Cree: Tara Erraught
Dan Leno: Christian Mark Gibbs
John Cree: John Chest
Aveline Mortimer: Elizabeth Sutphen
Conductor: Kelly Kuo
Director: Alison Moritz
Set Designer: Edward Morris
Costume Designer: Amanda Seymour
Lighting Designer: Kate Ashton
Hair & Makeup: Tom Watson
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A PLACE FOR US
Performances: Octobder 19 & 20, 2024
Arnold: Serenade for Small Orchestra
Bartok: Divertimento for Strings, 1st and 3rd mvt
Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7
Simon: Breathe
Elfman: Suite for Chamber Orchestra
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TWENTY-SOMETHINGS
Performances November 9 & 10, 2024
Debussy (arr. Mouton): Suite Bergamasque
Schubert (arr. Tabakova): Arpeggione Sonata (Clive Greensmith, cello)
Shostakovich: Hamlet, Suite from the Theatre Music, op.32a
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THE SNOWY DAY
Performances February 8, 13, 15, 16, 2025
Peter: Flora Hawk
Amy: Zulimar López-Hernández
Mama: Karen Slack
Daddy/Tim: John Mrubu
Jasper/Papí: Ángel Vargas
Billy: Benjamin Sieverding
Ensemble: Roland Hawkins II
Conductor: Kelly Kuo
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AMERICAN DANCE PARTY
Performances March 1 & 2, 2025
Joplin (arr. TJ Anderson): Overture to Treemonisha
Bernstein (arr. Garth Sunderland): Fancy Free (Eve Allen Garza, choreographer)
Abels: Delights and Dances
Ellington (arr. Prustman) Three Songs of Duke Ellington for Chamber Orchestra
Gershwin (arr. Farrington): I Got Rhythm variations (James Winn, piano)
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LATIN BRIDGES
Performances April 5 & 6, 2025
Gershwin (arr. Javier Diaz): Cuban Overture
Piazzolla: Sinfonietta
Handel: Easter excerpts from El Mesías: Messiah for a New World
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LEGACY
Performance: May 11, 2024
Featuring winners of OMP’s 2024 Young Soloist Competition
Ngwenyama: Primal Message
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64, 3rd mvt (Sawa Yamaguchi, violin; winner, Junior Division)
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, Allegro aperto (Leo Trajano, violin; winner, Senior Division)
Mozart
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 (Dean Kramer, piano)
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CENDRILLON
Performances: May 3, 4, & 5, 2024
Cendrillon: Flora Hawk
Stage Director: Dean Anthony
Conductor: Kelly Kuo
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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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THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Rossini: Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Asher Lewis, violin)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Allegro moderato (Hanu Nahm, violin)
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, Allegro (Noah Carr, violin)
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, “Prague”
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BACH AND BEYOND
Frederick Magle: The Fairest of Roses
Telemann: Don Quichotte suite
Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets, RV 537 (Paul Lenz and Jef Derderian, trumpets)
Wiancko “La Folia” Variations
Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
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RUSALKA (The Little Mermaid)
Friday, April 21, 2023, 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 23, 2023, 2:30 PM
Rusalka: Cecilia Violetta López
Prince: Chaz’men Williams-Ali
Jezibaba: Tahanee Aluwihare
Vodník: Zachary Altman
Stage Director: Kaley Karis Smith
Conductor: Kelly Kuo
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OUT OF THIS WORLD
Williams: Star Wars (Main Theme)
Debussy: Clair de lune
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Kelly Kuo and Andrew Brownell, pianos
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THE MISADVENTURES OF CASANOVA
Performances March 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2023
Oregon Mozart Players
Kelly Kuo, conductor
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PRIMAL VOICES
Milhaud: La creation du monde, op. 81
Piazzolla: Aconcagua (Hanzhi Wang, accordion)
Juhi Bansal: Songs from the Deep
Debussy (arr. Farrington): La mer
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LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT (The Daughter of the Regiment)
Performances: February 4, 9, 11, 12, 2023
Marie: Vanessa Becerra
Tonio: David Portillo
Sergeant Sulpice: Andrew Wilkowski
La Marquise de Berkenfield: Margaret Gawrysiak
Duchess of Krakenthorp: Monét X Change
John de los Santos, director
Kelly Kuo, conductor
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CANDLELIGHT CONCERT
Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" from Cantata 147
Bach (arr. Eric Nathan): Dancing with J.S. Bach II (Cheryl Wefler, oboe)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Leopold Mozart: Sinfonia pastorella (Lydia van Dreel, alphorn)
Anderson: O Little Town of Bethlehem and Away in a Manger (from Suite of Carols)
Anderson/Story: A Christmas Festival
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IT’S ABOUT TIME!
Marianna Martines: Sinfonia in C Major
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107 (Christine Lamprea, cello)
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, “Clock”
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The Living Libretto
Public readings and discussions of librettos for three new opera commissions with the creative artists.
SHE WHO DARED
Composer: Jasmine Barnes
Librettist: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
WORKING FOR THE MACBETHS
Composer: Johanny Navarro
Librettist: Marcus Yi
TEVYE’S DAUGHTERS
Composer: Alex Weiser
Librettist: Stephanie Fleischmann