Organization

Conductor

Antony Walker

Stage director

Daniel Rigazzi

Assistant Conductor

Glenn Lewis

Chorus master

Mark Trawka

Singer

Bass

Ashraf Sewailam

Ferrando

Mezzo-soprano

Marianne Cornetti

Azucena

Soprano

Alexandra Loutsion

Leonora

Baritone

Lester Lynch

The Count of Luna

Lighting designer

Cindy Limauro

Pianist

James Lesniak

Assistant Stage Director

Haley Stamats

Tenor

Daniel O'Hearn

Ruiz

Jonathan Burton

Manrico

Emily Richter

Ines

Set designer

G Alan Rusnak

Costume designer

Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Pittsburgh Opera

Others

Pittsburgh Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra

Italian

Il trovatore -  (The Troubadour)

Pittsburgh

United States

Benedum Center

Il trovatore Verdi

Public

The Troubadour

English

Approved

Ferrando (Ashraf Sewailam) tells his troops the tragic story of Garza, the Count's brother. 
Pittsburgh Opera presents
IL TROVATORE
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano

Benedum Center for the Performing Arts
March 25, 28, 31 and April 2, 2023

CAST (in order of appearance):
Ferrando                            Ashraf Sewailam
Ines                                     Emily Richter*
Leonora                              Alexandra Loutsion**
Count di Luna                   Lester Lynch
Manrico                              Jonathan Burton
Azucena                             Marianne Cornetti**
Ruiz                                     Daniel O’Hearn*
Old Romani                       Jesse Davis
Messenger                         David Scoville

THE ARTISTIC TEAM:
Conductor                         Antony Walker
Stage Director                  Daniel Rigazzi
Set Designer                      G. Alan Rusnak
Costume Designer           Howard Tsvi Kaplan
Lighting Designer             Cindy Limauro
Wig & Make-up Designer James Geier
Stage Manager                 Cindy Knight
Fight Director                   Tonya R. Lynn+
Assistant Fight Director Ann Rematt+
Assistant Conductor        Glenn Lewis
Chorus Master                  Mark Trawka
Associate Coach/Pianist/Supertitles James Lesniak
Assistant Stage Director Haley Stamats*
Assistant Lighting Designer Todd Nonn
Assistant Stage Manager Hannah Nathan
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Grand

+ Pittsburgh Opera debut
* Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist
** Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist alumna

Set provided by the New Orleans Opera Association
Costumes provided by Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.

PITTSBURGH OPERA ORCHESTRA
 
VIOLIN I
Charles Stegeman, Concertmaster
Rachel Stegeman, Assistant Concertmaster
Kate M. Black
MaryBeth Schotting
Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez
Joshua Huang
Gabrielle Faetini
Sara Schaft
Rochelle Agnew
Jesse Thompson

VIOLIN II
Jennifer Madge, Acting Principal Second
Anne Moskal, Acting Assistant Principal
Jami Bale
Luis Rojas
Hector Marchant
Danielle Barbosa
Ashley Freeburn

VIOLA
Jennifer Gerhard, Principal
Louise Farbman, Assistant Principal
Rebecca Rothermel
John McCarthy
Maija Anstine
Katerina Istomin

CELLO
Kathleen Melucci, Principal
Jonathan Tortolano, Assistant Principal
Paula Tuttle
Joseph Bishkoff, Jr.
Freya Samuels
Katya Janpoladyan

BASS
Jeffrey T. Mangone, Sr., Principal
Andrew Kohn, Assistant Principal
Robert J. Skavronski
J. Michael Priester

FLUTE
Barbara O’Brien, Principal

PICCOLO
Emilio Rutllant-Perez

OBOE
Robert Driscoll, Jr., Principal
Cynthia Anderson

CLARINET
Mary Beth Skaggs Malek, Principal
Alix Reinhardt

BASSOON
Linda Morton Fisher, Principal
Don Hollis

HORN
Evan Geiger, Principal
Kyle Morelock
Jason Allison
Andrew Symington

TRUMPET
Christopher Wilson, Principal
Karen Lee Sloneker

TROMBONE 
John Sebastian Vera, Principal
Taylor Jones
Glenn Wayland

CIMBASSO
Philip VanOuse, Principal Tuba

TIMPANI
John DiIanni, Principal

PERCUSSION
Jan Fung, Principal
Dylan Moffitt

HARP
Nuiko Wadden, Principal

ORGAN
Glenn Lewis

LIBRARIAN
Eleanor Cameron

PERSONNEL MANAGER
Sarah Schultz

The Musicians of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.


CHORUS 

SOPRANO 
Stacey Brett Davern 
Charlene Canty 
Adrianna Cleveland 
Betsy D’Emidio 
Judith Robb Jenkins 
Gail Novak Mosites 
Anastasia Robinson 
Katy Shackleton-Williams 

ALTO 
Kathryn Ambrose Sereno 
Loghan Bazan 
Lisa Brovey Kovach 
Lori Carrau de Santo 
Thespina Christulides 
Barbara McDonough 
Veronika Schmidt 
Denise Sheffey-Powell 
Jenifer Weber 

TENOR 
Andrew Bloomgarden 
Nathan Boersma 
William Buchanan 
Jeffrey Gross 
Eric Haines 
David Knouse 
Jeffrey Link 
Richard Mikol 
George Milosh 
David Scoville 
Rich Williams 

BASS 
Peter Bianchi 
Jesse Davis 
Brian Doherty 
Sean Donaldson 
Nicholas Kochanov 
Christopher Laret 
Tim Marquette 
J. Patrick McGill 
Franklin Mosley 
Joshua Mulkey 
Daniel Reese 
Jordan Rininger 

The Principal Artists, Choristers, and Production Staff employed in this production are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists. 

SUPERNUMERARIES 
 
Brian Aker 
Charlie Anderson 
Sam Bartley 
Ryan Bergman, Fight Captain* 
Eric Barvinchak* 
Mason Dowd* 
JR Graff 
Andy Hickly* 
Jed Reifer 
Roy Simmons 
Janet Squires 
*Stage combatant

IN MEMORIAM 
Steven Gogarty 
A Local #3 Stagehand for 35 years, Steven served as Pittsburgh Opera’s head electrician for nearly three decades.

These performances are sponsored in part by the Gailliot Fund.
Season Sponsor: PNC
Tuesday Night Sponsor: Ambridge Regional Distribution & Manufacturing Center
Season Media Sponsor: Classical WQED-FM 89.3
Additional support from the Allegheny Regional Asset District and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Video by RLG Creations

Verdi’s Il Trovatore is an epic tale of love and sacrifice, deception and revenge.

Manrico and the Count di Luna, on opposite sides of a civil war in 1400s Spain, don’t know they are actually brothers. Both are in love with Leonora; she loves Manrico and spurns the Count’s advances. 

Azucena is the tormented woman who raised Manrico. Years ago, the Count’s father killed Azucena’s mother. Azucena swore to avenge her mother’s death, and will do whatever it takes to punish the Count and his family.

After the Count captures Azucena, Manrico attempts to rescue her. When Manrico himself is then captured, Leonora tells the Count she will give herself to him in exchange for Manrico’s freedom. But Leonora and Azucena each have deadly tricks up their sleeves, and are determined to have the last laughs.

Pittsburgh Opera is proud to present Verdi’s sweeping, majestic opera Il Trovatore for the first time since 1999.

The Troubadour by Verdi, From (2023/2023), Directed by Daniel Rigazzi,, Conductor Antony Walker, Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, United States

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