Evento

Luisa Miller: an opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Berkeley Chamber Opera presents
Luisa Miller
An opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Sunday November 12th 2pm
Saturday November 18th 7pm

Berkeley Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St., Berkeley CA

Performed in Italian with chamber orchestra and supertitles.

Based on the revolutionary play Love and Intrigue by Friedrich von Schiller (who wrote the famous Ode to Joy), this intimate story makes a case for true love while questioning the legitimacy of societal hierarchy. Regarded as the first of Verdis middle period operas, this work defies compositional conventions and elevates the needs of the drama in the musical form. The opera introduces material later made famous in masterpieces such as Rigoletto, Traviata and Trovatore.

Review of a previous BCO production:
"In every aspect - singing, orchestra, staging, costumes, acting this production demonstrated what great things a small opera company can do."

-James MacBean, Berkeley Daily Planet

Conductor: Jonathan Khuner
Director: Ellen St. Thomas

Cast:
Luisa Miller: Eliza O'Malley
Miller: Geoffrey Di Giorgio
Rodolfo: Salvatore Atti
Walter: Paul Thompson
Wurm: J.T. Williams
Federica: Liliane Cromer
Laura: Jessica Winn

Chorus:
Arden Agos, Elena Avila, Jonathan Bartlett, Deirdre Burke, Elizabeth Butler, Allyson Flores, Liberty Franks, Jeremy Green, Dee Hoover, Mike O'Malley, Khris Sanchez, Joe Tang, Taylor Thompson, Birgit Urmson, John Urmson