Photos/Video: Ryan McCartan and Shereen Pimentel in WEST SIDE STORY at the Washington National Opera
Performances will take place at the Lyric Baltimore on May 8, 9, 10; and at the Music Center at Strathmore, May 14, 15.
All new photos and video have been released featuring a preview of Washington National Opera's production of West Side Story. Ryan McCartan and Shereen Pimentel will lead the cast of this upcoming production at the Lyric Baltimore on May 8, 9, 10; and at the Music Center at Strathmore, May 14, 15. Check out the photos below and video above!
West Side Story will be conducted by Bernstein protégé Marin Alsop (May 8, 9, 15) and Grammy Award-nominated conductor James Lowe (May 10 and 14).
In the leading roles, Tony will be played by Ryan McCartan, whose star turns on Broadway include Hans in Disney's Frozen, Fiyero in the long-running Wicked, and most recently Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby. Shereen Pimentel will perform the role of Maria—a role she performed both in the 2020 Broadway revival of West Side Story, earning an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, and last season in Houston Grand Opera's production.
West Side Story reimagines Romeo and Juliet as mid-century New York City residents who navigate between their love and their neighborhood’s ethnic rivalries. The work was created in 1956, the year WNO was established. The production will get the big orchestra treatment that only an opera company can deliver, with Robbins’ original choreography, and will be conducted by Bernstein protégé Marin Alsop and James Lowe.
Photo Credit: Elman Studio
Shereen Pimentel and Ryan McCartan
Jets dance
Sharks ladies
Sharks and Jets with Shereen Pimentel and Ryan McCartan
Shereen Pimentel and Ryan McCartan
Marin Alsop and Washington National Opera Orchestra
Shereen Pimentel and Sharks ladies
Shereen Pimentel and Ryan McCartan
Sharks and Jets with Ryan McCartan, Amanda Castro, and Shereen Pimentel
Jets dance scene
Ryan McCartan and Washington National Opera Orchestra
Amanda Castro and Sharks ladies
Amanda Castro, Yurel Echezarreta, Shereen Pimentel, Julio Catano-Yee
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