Organization

Singer

Jesse Blumberg

Figaro

Jeni Houser

Susanna

Soprano

David Blalock

The Count

Camille Zamora

Countess

Melissa Wimbish

Cherubino

Margaret Lattimore

Marcellina

Ryan Kuster

Don Basilio

David Langan

Dr Bartolo

Antoine Hodge

Antonio

Ginny Weant

Cecchina

Gusmano

Conductor

Geoffrey McDonald

Stage director

Eric Einhorn

Lighting designer

Shawn K Kaufman

Costume designer

Haley Lieberman

Hair and Make-up

Gabrielle Vincent

Space Consultant/Prop Designer

Cameron Anderson

Producer

Jessica Kiger

Arranger

José Luis Iglésias

Dmitry Glivinskiy

Score Editor

David Cranmer

On Site Opera

The New School

Il matrimonio di Figaro -  (The Marriage of Figaro)

New York City

United States

632 on Hudson

Public

Private

The Marriage of Figaro

Approved

Il matrimonio di Figaro Portugal

Highlights from On Site Opera's 2016 production of Marcos Portugal’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at 632 on Hudson

more information: osopera.org/figaro

FIGARO, Jesse Blumberg, baritone
SUSANNA, Jeni Houser, soprano
MARCELLINA, Margaret Lattimore, mezzo-soprano
DON BARTOLO, David Langan, bass-baritone
COUNT ALMAVIVA, David Blalock, tenor
DON BASILIO, Ryan Kuster, bass-baritone
COUNTESS, Camille Zamora, soprano
ANTONIO/GUSMANO, Antoine Hodge, bass-baritone

MUSIC DIRECTOR, Geoffrey McDonald
STAGE DIRECTOR, Eric Einhorn
SPACE CONSULTANT/PROP DESIGNER, Cameron Anderson
COSTUME DESIGNER, Haley Lieberman
LIGHTING DESIGNER, Shawn Kaufman
HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGNER, Gabrielle Vincent
PRODUCER, Jessica Kiger

Video: Geoff Shelton, Hank Films
Production Logo Design: Derek Bishop

With Figaro’s help, Count Almaviva and Rosina were happily married at the conclusion of The Barber of Seville. We rejoin their story several years later on the eve of Figaro’s wedding. For the second installment of its critically-acclaimed Figaro Project, On Site Opera presented the North American premiere of Marcos Portugal’s telling of The Marriage of Figaro.

Portuguese composer Marcos Portugal’s (1762-1830) prolific catalog of over 70 dramatic works – including 40 operas, and more than 140 sacred works – earned him international success in 18th-century Europe. He secured a special place in Portuguese musical history by composing the first official national anthems of Portugal and Brazil. Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro, with a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, was written for Carnival season of 1800 at the Teatro San Benedetto – just 13 years after Mozart’s Figaro. OSO’s North American premiere production gives New York audiences a rare opportunity to hear Portugal’s vibrant music in a re-orchestration by guitarist José Luis Iglésias and OSO’s Geoffrey McDonald, based on the new critical edition of the score edited by David Cranmer. Sung in English in a translation by Gilly French and Jeremy Gray, with dialogue adapted by Joan Holden.

Presented in partnership with The New School’s Mannes College of Music and The Portuguese Consulate in New York.

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