Perkin Opera Scenes

There is a wide range of operas that may never see their way to a full production at NEC, but that can be sampled in the intimate, showcase setting of an opera scenes evening. These scenes display the work that goes on daily under NEC Director of Opera Studies Stephen Lord and his faculty as they prepare student singers for performing careers through NEC's comprehensive training program.

The complete program:

Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo: Tai Oney
Euridice: Emily Tweedy
Music Director: Jean Anderson Collier
Stage Director: Greg Smucker

Carlisle Floyd: Of Mice and Men
Lennie: Christopher Culpepper
Curley’s Wife: Emily Brand
Music Director: Michael Strauss
Stage Director: Steve Maler

Jules Massenet: Manon
Manon: Bridget Haile, Melody Jenkins
Des Grieux: Josh Collier
Music Director: Michael Strauss
Stage Director: Greg Smucker

Francis Poulenc: The Dialogues of the Carmelites
Blanche: Stephanie Barnes
Constance: Susanna Su
Music Director: Michael Strauss
Stage Director: Greg Smucker

Thomas Pasatieri: The Goose Girl
Queen: Elena Jarlson
Princess: Asha Carroll
Music Director: Jean Anderson Collier
Stage Director: Steve Maler

Perkin Opera Scenes at NEC appear under the generous sponsorship of longtime NEC supporter Winifred Perkin Gray and the Perkin Fund.