Alessandro Scarlatti's Tigrane
Libretto by Domenico Lalli
- Friday Night Performance
- Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 16
- Location: Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
- Tickets $20 General Admission, $15 Students/Seniors
- Paige Whitley-Bauguess interviewed by George Walker
- Sunday Matinee Performance
- Time: 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 18
- Location: Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
- Tickets $20 General Admission, $15 Students/Seniors
- Paige Whitley-Bauguess interviewed by George Walker
Stage Director Paige Whitley-Bauguess joins Music Director Stanley Ritchie in this production of Alessandro Scarlatti's masterpiece of opera seria from 1715, Tigrane. Featuring a large cast and chorus, period costumes, dance and gesture, and an ingenious tranformation of the Bsukirk-Chumley Theatre, this is BLEMF's most ambitious opera production to date and will be sure to please you.
Paige Whitley-Bauguess, photo by Kouichi Miura
Loosely based on Herodotus' story of Queen Thomyris' revenge on the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great, the story line satisfied the European taste for Classical themes, exotic locations, and tangled plot lines.
Scarlatti combines tuneful melodies with unusual instruments such as the viola d'amore, characters from the Comedia dell'arte tradition, and dances pirated from popular French operas to create the complete Baroque opera seria experience.
Cast List
| Soloists | Role |
| Daniel Bubeck | Tigrane |
| Peter Thoresen | Tigrane (educational performance) |
| Sean McCarther | Policare |
| Sherezade Panthaki | Meroe |
| Thea Smith | Tomiri |
| Elise Figa | Tomiri/Meroe (educational performance) |
| Bill Hudson | Doraspe |
| Clara Nieman | Dorilla |
| Antonio Santos Garcia | Orcone |
| Dominic Lim | Oronte |
| Chorus | |
| Arween Myers | Soprano |
| Mary Ann Roosma | Soprano |
| Elise Figa | Soprano |
| Loralee Culbert | Soprano/Alto |
| Lauren Elizabeth Walker | Alto |
| Sarah Kaisers | Soprano/Alto |
| Tim Chenett | Tenor |
| Micah Lamb | Tenor |
| Mihcael Oriatti | Tenor |
| Mark Davies | Bass |
| Christopher Goodbeer | Bass |
| Dancers |
| Paige Whitley-Bauguess (lead dancer) |
| Dominic Lim |
| Mary Beth Roska |
| Jay Ladin |
