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 Artistic Director of Opera Studies Stephen Lord and his faculty as they prepare student singers for performing careers through NEC's comprehensive training program.

The Program:

Shakespeare: “O, for a muse of Fire” from Henry V
Chorus: Leroy Davis

Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Gretel: Annie Simon
Hansel: Tami Papagiannopoulos
Music Direction: Michael Strauss

Shakespeare: “Lo, she is one of this confederacy” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Helena: Asha Carroll

Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Valeto: Jennifer Wilson
Damigella: Eun Young Park
Music Direction: Tim Steele

Shakespeare: “What a damned Epicurean rascal” from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Master Ford: Daniel Brevik

Menotti: The Consul
Secretary: Jessica Harika
Magda: Synthia Pullum
Vera: Ksenia Berestovskaya
Foreign Woman: Jihee Han
Magician: Eduardo Ramos-Suarez
Mr. Kofner: David Lee
Anna Gomez: Jennifer Wilson
Music Direction: Dan Wyneken

Shakespeare: “Alas, how love can trifle” from The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Julia: Susanna Su

Shakespeare: “I do affect the very ground” from Love’s Labour’s Lost
Armado: Christopher Weigel

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Susanna: Clara Reitz
Count Almaviva: Junhan Choi
Basilio: James Danner
Cherubino: Tami Papagiannopoulos
Music Direction: Dan Wyneken

Shakespeare: “And why, I pray you” from As You Like It
Rosalind: Bridget Haile

Shakespeare: “My mistress with a monster is in love” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Puck: David Charles Tay

Offenbach: The Lantern Marriage
Fanchette: Rebekah Holland
Catherine: Eun Young Park
Music Direction: Tim Steele

Shakespeare: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends” from Henry V
Henry: Mark Williams

Mozart: Così fan tutte
Despina: Rebekah Holland
Fiordiligi: Danielle Barger
Dorabella: Ksenia Berestovskaya
Music Direction: Tim Steele

Shakespeare: “And I, forsooth, in love” from Love’s Labour’s Lost
Berowne: Eduardo Ramos

Shakespeare: “This bauble shall henceforth” from The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Julia: Jennifer Fijal

Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore
Adina: Suzanne Grogan*
Nemorino: Eduardo Ramos-Suarez*
Music Direction: Tim Steele

Shakespeare: “What, have I scaped love letters” from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Page: Amal El-Shrafi

Shakespeare: “How happy some o’er other some can be” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Helena: Emily Tweedy

Mechem: Tartuffe
Marianne: Yujin Kim
Dorine: Annie Simon
Valere: James Danner
Music Direction: Michael Strauss

Shakespeare: “O, she misused me past the endurance” from Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick: Jason Ryan

Gounod: Faust
Marguerite:Patricia Goble
Faust: Marco Batista
Music Direction: Michael Strauss

Shakespeare: “It is not the fashion” from As You Like It
Rosalind: Emily Jensen

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