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Zarzuela on the Avenue

October 31-November 8, 2009
at GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square

Directed by
Rick Davis and José Cáceres
Original English Dialogue by Bari Biern.

Adriana Balzán, Richard Tappen and Chris Herman

Chris Herman, Richard Tappen, Randa Rouweyha
David Kozisek, Adriana Balzán and Sandra Niño

Adriana Balzán and Richard Tappen



Jacques O ffenbach's
Orpheus in the Underworld
January 17-25, 2009
at The Atlas Center's Lang Theatre

Opera buffa in 2 acts and 4 tableaux (1858)
Original libretto by H. Crémieux and L. Halévy

Directed by Rick Davis and Joel Lazar
English book and lyrics Kelley Rourke

Photos by JPLImagery

Randa Rouweyha as Eurydice quarrels with musician husband Orpheus (Philip Bender) in Act I of the In Series full production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at the Atlas Center for the Arts

Randa Rouweyha as Eurydice realizes that she has swallowed poisoned capuccino while her lover Aristeus (Rick Novak) rejoices as he will now take her to the Underworld. Act I of the In Series full production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at the Atlas Center for the Arts


A delighted Public Opinion and her press corps command a reluctant Orpheus (Philip Bender) to go rescue his wife. Finale of First Tableau of the In Series full production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at the Atlas Center for the Arts

At Olympus Corporate Headquarters young gods (from left) Minos (Marcos Rivera), Iris (Catherine Carlin), Minerva (Beth Rubens) and Mars (Sean Pflueger) are not having fun. Second Tableau of  the In Series full production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at the Atlas Center for the Arts.

A severe Public Opinion (Grace Gori) leads Orpheus (Philip Bender) on the quest to retrieve his wife, while cameramen Marcos Rivera records the moment and a spying Mercury (David Kozisek) takes stock. Finale of First Tableau of the In Series full production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at the Atlas Center for the Arts



Fall[en] Angels
October 11 - 19 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center

Staged by Septime Webre and David Palmer
Music selected by Carla Hübner
Music Direction & piano performance by Gerald Coleman and Carla Hübner
Choreography by Septime Webre, David Palmer and Jared Nelson

A breathtaking dance, cabaret and art-song collaboration with The Washington Ballet Studio Co. Wagner’s Wesendonck Songs, Brahms Love Waltzes and cabaret from pre-World War II Germany

Photos by JPLImagery

(from left) Richard Tappen, Stanley Webber and Michelle Rice listen to the Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife as sung by Laura Lewis (center) and danced by Jasmin Dwyer.
Mary Saludares and Andileh Ndlovu dance The Angel for and with singers (from left) Richard Tappen, Stanley Webber, Laura Lewis and Michelle Rice.
Mary Saludares and Andileh Ndlovu dance The Angel for and with singers (from left) Richard Tappen, Stanley Webber, Laura Lewis and Michelle Rice.


Mozart's Men
September 21 - 29 at Source

Directed by Colin Hovde
Music Director & Pianist Alice Mikolajewski
Book by Charlotte Stoudt
English lyrics for Act II by Nick Olcott and Bari Biern

An “opera-musical”that imagines what happens if the villains Don Giovanni and Count Almaviva are paroled from their indefinite stay in
Hell and visit today’s world and its women.

Photos by Colin Hovde
Will Heim and Bryan Jackson

Bryan Jackson and Randa Rouweyha

Will Heim, Richard Tappen and Bryan Jackson



Combat & Redemption: An Opera Triptych
January 19-27, 2008 at the Lant Theater of the ATLAS Performing Arts Center

Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Claudio Monteverdi, 1624
Peter Burroughs as the Narrator of Monteverdi’s dramatic “Combattimento” flanked by the warriors Tancredi (Stephen Clapp) and Clorinda (Laura Schandelmeier). In the background Ethan Wathermeier and Randa Rouweyha are the singing ”doubles” of the combatants. Photo by Melissa Blackall

The Impresario
Mozart, 1786
New English adaptation by Callie Kimball
(From left) Randa Rouweyha, Peter Burroughs, Ethan Wathermeier and Kate Vetter Cain are the hilarious characters of Mozart’s farce “The Impresario.” Photo by Melissa Blackall

Savitri
Gustav Holst Op.25, 1908

Savitri (Michelle Rice) mourns the death of her husband Satyavan (Peter Burroughs, in foreground) as the shadow of Death (Bryan Jackson) turns away, his mission accomplished. Photo by Melissa Blackall


Noël & Cole
November 9-18, 2007 at GALA Theatre-Tivoli





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