Perkin Opera Scenes

NEC: Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre | Directions

255 St. Botolph St.
Boston, MA
United States

Enjoy an evening of scenes in the intimate setting of NEC's Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre. These concerts display the work that goes on daily in NEC's opera program, as faculty prepare student singers for performing careers.

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

* Friday cast

  1. Ralph Vaughan Williams | Sir John in Love

    Ms. Ford: Anneke Stern
    Ms. Quickly: Maklyn Baley
    Ms. Page: Shiyu Zhuo, *Alexandra Henderson

    Director: Joshua Major
    Piano: Timothy Steele

  2. Otto Nicolai | Merry Wives of Windsor

    Ms. Ford: Danielle Tobin
    Ms. Page: Hua Chien Yin, *Wooyoung Kim
                   
    Director: Joshua Major
    Piano: Timothy Steele         

  3. Giuseppe Verdi | Falstaff

    Alice: Josie Larsen, *Alexandra Wiebe
    Ms. Quickly: Alesandra Collins
    Meg: Sara Mitnik, *Maklyn Baley
    Nanetta: Xijin Chen, *Jooyeon Park
                                   
    Director: Joshua Major        
    Piano:
    Brett Hodgdon         

  4. Gaetano Donizetti | La Fille du Régiment

    Marie: Emma Ujifusa, *Elizabeth Camele
    Tonio: Dong Eun Yoon
                                                                                   
    Director: Joshua Major
    Piano: Michael Banwarth

  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Idomeneo

    Ilia: Megan Hull, *Shiyu Zhuo
    Idamante: Olivia Sheehy, * Hua Chien Yin         
                                                                  
    Director: Steven Goldstein
    Piano: Ji Yung Lee

  6. Gaetano Donizetti | Don Pasquale

    Norina: Lila Dunn, *Xijin Chen
    Maletesta: Carlos Arcos, *Wenxin Sha
                                   
    Director: Margot Wegman
    Piano: Michael Banwarth

  7. – Short Entr’acte –

  8. Music by George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi | The Enchanted Island

    Ariel : Audrey Daum, *Megan Hull
    Prospero : Matthew Shifrin

    Director: Steven Goldstein
    Piano: Ji Yung Lee

  9. Benjamin Britten | Rape of Lucretia

    Lucia : Mara Riley, *Margaret Stone
    Bianca: Maklyn Baley
    Lucretia: Alesandra Collins
    Female Chorus: Alexandra Wiebe, *Margot Wegman        
                           
    Director: Steven Goldstein
    Piano: Brett Hodgdon

  10. Francis Poulenc | Dialogues des Carmélites

    Blanche: Jie Lee, *Justine Boonstra
    Constance: Zhengying Yan, Kristina Costello
                                                                                                   
    Director: Steven Goldstein
    Piano: Ga-Young Park

  11. Gaetano Donizetti | L’elisir d’amore

    Adina: Sara Cox, *Jingyue Jiang
    Dulcamara: JaWoon Koo
                                                                                                   
    Director: Steven Goldstein
    Piano: Joel Ayau

  12. Charles Gounod | Roméo et Juliette

    Juliette: Jie Lee, *Zhengying Yan
    Roméo: Dong Eun Yoon
                                                                                                   
    Director: Steven Goldstein
    Piano: Ga-Young Park

  13. Domenico Cimarosa | Il matrimonio segreto

    Carolina: Mara Riley, *Margaret Stone
    Elisetta: Sara Cox, *Magdalyn Chauby
    Fidalma: Olivia Sheehy, *Anneke Stern
                                                                                                   
    Director: Steven Goldstein
    Piano: Joel Ayau