PAST Performances
2019-2020 Season
Passion at the Pendry “French Fantasies”
February 14 & 16, 2020
The Sagamore Pendry Baltimore
Program
Thaïs – Act 2, Scene 1
Samson et Dalila – Aria “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix”
Manon – Act 3, Scene 2 (St. Sulpice Scene)
Esclarmonde – Finale of Act 1 (Incantation Scene)
Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Act 3 (The Venetian Act)
Cast
Alexandra Batsios – Thaïs, Esclarmonde
Jason Lee Berger – Nicias, Pittichinaccio
Won Whi Choi – Le Chevalier des Grieux, Hoffmann
Inna Dukach – Manon, Giulietta
Jeffrey Grayson Gates - Schlemil
Katelyn Jackman – Dalila, Parséïs, Nicklausse
Mark Walters – Athanaël, Dappertutto
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Viva Verismo
November 22 & 24, 2019
The Cambridge School
Program
Cavalleria Rusticana
- Intermezzo
- Santuzza/Turridu Duet “Tu qui, Santuzza?”
Tosca – Act 2
Pagliacci
- Prologue
- Finale of Act 1 (The “Ballatella” through “Vesti la giubba”)
L’Arlesiana – Lamento di Federico
Adriana Lecouvreur – Acerba voluttà
Andrea Chénier – Nemico della patria; Final Duet “Vicino a te”
Cast
Colleen Daly - Nedda
Peter Scott Drackley – Turiddu, Canio
Stephen Gaertner – Baron Vitellio Scarpia, Tonio, Gerard
Grace Hebeisen – Lola
Hakeem Henderson – Spoletta, Beppe
Katelyn Jackman – Santuzza, The Princess de Bouillon
Amy Shoremount-Obra – Floria Tosca, Maddalena de Coigny
Dane Suarez – Mario Cavaradossi, Federico, Andrea Chénier
James Wright – Sciarrone, Silvio
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2018-2019 Season
Puccini at the Pendry
April 7, 2019
The Sagamore Pendry Baltimore
Program
La Bohème
- Act 1 finale
- Act 2 Quando m'en vo
- Act 3 from "Mimì"
Tosca
- Recondita Armonia and duet
- Vissi d'arte
- Act 3 opening Shepherd's Song
- Act 3 finale
Edgar - Questo amor
Turandot – In questa reggia; Nessun dorma
Cast
Elizabeth Caballero - Mimì
Colleen Daly - Musetta
Kirk Dougherty - Rodolfo, Calaf
Samual Keeler - Spoletta
John Allen Nelson - Marcello, Angelotti, Sciarrone, Frank
Amy Shoremount-Obra - Tosca, Turandot
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Verdi in the Valley
February 3, 2019
Inscape Theatre at Stevenson University
Program
La traviata – Act 1 - Brindisi; Un dì felice;
È strano...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera
Rigoletto – Act 3 complete
Otello – Act 1 Love Duet; Act 2 – Sì, pel ciel; Act 4 complete
Nabucco – Va, pensiero
Cast
Jennifer Forni - Violetta, Desdemona
Rachele Gilmore - Gilda
Kate Jackman - Maddalena, Emilia
Samual Keeler - Cassio
Kenneth Kellogg - Sparafucile, Montano
Limmie Pulliam - Otello
Todd Thomas - Rigoletto, Iago
Dinyar Vania - Alfredo, The Duke of Mantua
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In keeping with Maryland Opera's commitment to the health and safety of our patrons and in accordance with state mandated closures, we were forced to postpone our season finale production, "Bravissimo Bel Canto," originally scheduled for April 26.
We still look forward to presenting this glorious program featuring selections from Italian operas including Norma, Lucia di Lammermoor, and I Puritani. This inspiring program will be rescheduled when state and local officials and prevailing health conditions make it safe to welcome our audiences back. We will communicate that here, as well as via our email list and Facebook page. (Not sure if you're on our email list? contact and we'll be happy to add you!)
In the meantime, click below to see video from past performance, our education outreach programs, and virtual selections presented right from our singers' homes.
Please check back here for updates as we'll soon be announcing the exciting and innovative presentations we are preparing to bring the glory of opera to those who long for it and all led by Maryland Opera's famed Artistic Director James Harp!