CARMEN to Open Wilmington Concert Opera's Fall Season in Delaware and Pennsylvania

Wilmington Concert Opera, the minority and women run opera company of Delaware, is continuing their tenth anniversary season Strong Women, following the successful production of Loksi' Shaali', which was a featured opera at the 2026 Opera America Conference.

WCO has announced a collaboration with the Philadelphia based company Opera Fresca for their Fall 2026 opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet, with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. 

One of the most popular operas in the canon, Wilmington Concert Opera and Opera Fresca will be performing this work in the original French with sung recitative and English supertitles.

These performances will be semi-staged and will have two weekends of performances, the first in Delaware, and the second in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

The cast is as follows:

Carmen – Kirsten C. Kunkle

                 Rebecca Sacks (Cover)

Don José – Chris Lorge

                   Michael A. Lienhard (Cover)

Escamillo – Kevin Patrick

                   Braedon O'Hara (Cover)

Micaëla – Bethann Dilione

                  Amber Johnson (Cover)

Zuniga – John T.K. Scherch

               Michael Spaziani (Cover)

Le Dancaïre – Kyle Chastulik

                      James Baker (Cover)

Le Remendado – Noah Donahue

                            Matt Mangus (Cover)

Mercédès – Kaitlyn Beth Tierney

                    Christa Schimitsch (Cover)

Frasquita – Marisa Robinson

                   Elizabeth Oliver (Cover)

Moralès – Dante Doganiero

      Michael Spaziani (Cover)

Chorus: James Baker, Kyle Chastulik, Dante Doganiero, Noah Donahue, Amber Johnson, Matt Mangus, Braedon O'Hara, Elizabeth Oliver, Natalie Pica, Mary Reppy, Christa Schimitsch, Michael Spaziani

Music Director, Pianist, & Chorus Master – Connor Fluharty

Stage Director – Kevin Patrick

WCO Stage Manager – Mikey Reppy

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