Brian Garman To Conduct Seattle Opera, Makes Debut With Verdi's TRAVIATA in October
By: Yosi Merves Sep. 08, 2009
Maestro Brian Garman to Conduct Verdi's Traviata
Music Director of Young Artists Program Makes His Mainstage Company Debut Seattle-Maestro Brian Garman will make his debut on Seattle Opera's mainstage conducting Verdi's Traviata in October. Garman steps in for previously announced conductor Vjekoslav Sutej, who has withdrawn due to illness. Brian Garman was appointed music director of Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program last season. He has conducted the Young Artists' productions of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Ravel's Enfant et les sortilèges, and Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream. Garman has conducted for such companies as New York City Opera and Wolf Trap Opera. As resident conductor at Pittsburgh Opera, he led productions of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Verdi's Rigoletto, Mozart's Zauberflöte, and Massenet's Werther, among others. Garman served as music director of the Pittsburgh Opera Center, where he conducted such productions as Johann Strauss Jr.'s Fledermaus and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.In Italian with English CaptionsMarion Oliver McCaw Hall
9 Performances: October 17, 18m, 21, 23, 24, 25m, 28, 30, 31, 2009.Approximate Running Time: 3 hours and 15 minutes, including two intermissions
Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m.; matinees begin at 2:00 p.m.Premiere: Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy, March 6, 1853
Previous Seattle Opera Presentations: 1967 (MET tour), 1973, 1980, 1988, 1996
Artists
Violetta Valéry: Nuccia Focile/Eglise Gutiérrez*
Alfredo Germont: Dimitri Pittas†/Francesco Demuro† *
Giorgio Germont: Charles Taylor/Weston Hurt†*
Flora Bervoix: Sarah Heltzel
Baron Douphol: Barry Johnson
Gastone: Leodigario del Rosario
Marquis d'Obigny: Jonathan Silvia
Dr. Grenvil: Byron Ellis
Annina: Emily ClubbConductor: Brian Garman†
Stage Director: Mark Streshinsky†
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: David Walker†
Lighting Designer: Connie Yun
Choreographer: Sara de Luis
English Captions: Jonathan Dean Sets and Costumes: San Francisco Opera†Company Debut
* On October 18, 23, 25, and 30 onlySarah Heltzel and Leodigario del Rosario are former Seattle Opera Young Artists.
About Seattle Opera Founded in 1963, Seattle Opera is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. The company is recognized internationally for its theatrically compelling and musically accomplished performances, especially the Opera's interpretations of the works of Richard Wagner. Since 1975, Seattle Opera has presented 38 cycles of the Ring (three different productions), in addition to acclaimed productions of all the other major operas in the Wagner canon. Seattle Opera has achieved the highest per capita attendance of any major opera company in the United States, and draws operagoers from four continents and fifty states.
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