August 2015 programs on LA Opera on the Air

Don't miss The Ghosts of Versailles on August 15th.

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The the final four operas in the LA Opera season include:

8/1       Rossini:  The Barber of Seville

CAST:

Figaro  Rodion Pogossov 

Count Almaviva René Barbera

Rosina    Elizabeth DeShong

Doctor Bartolo   Alessandro Corbelli

Don Basilio  Kristinn Sigmundsson

Berta   Lucy Schaufer

Fiorello  Jonathan Michie

8/8       Mozart:  The Marriage of Figaro

CAST:

Figaro   Roberto Tagliavini

Susanna  Pretty Yende

Count Almaviva Ryan McKinny

Countess Almaviva   Guanqun Yu 

Cherubino   Renée Rapier

Doctor Bartolo   Kristinn Sigmundsson

Marcellina  Lucy Schaufer

Barbarina  So Young Park

Antonio Philip Cokorinos

Don Basilio  Robert Brubaker 

Don Curzio   Joel Sorensen

8/15      Corigliano:  The Ghosts of Versailles

CAST:

Marie Antoinette    Patricia Racette

Beaumarchais   Christopher Maltman

Louis XVI   Kristinn Sigmundsson

Figaro   Lucas Meachem

Bégearss   Robert Brubaker

Rosina (Countess Almaviva)   Guanqun Yu 

Susanna    Lucy Schaufer

Count Almaviva Joshua Guerrero 

Cherubino   Renée Rapier

Florestine  Stacey Tappan

Leon     Brenton Ryan 

Marquis    Scotty Scully 

Woman with Hat    Victoria Livengood

Wilhelm    Joel Sorensen

Suleyman Pasha     Philip Cokorinos

Samira  Patti LuPone

8/22      Massenet:  Thaïs

CAST:

Thaïs    Nino Machaidze

Athanael     Plácido Domingo

Nicias   Paul Groves

Palemon    Valentin Anikin 

Albine    Milena Kitic

Crobyle    Hae Ji Chang

Myrtale     Rebecca Nathanson

Servant     Kihun Yoon