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The exhilarating soprano Andriana Chuchman returns to Festival Napa Valley to headline L’elisir d’amore, Donizetti’s 1832 comic masterpiece, reprising the role of Adina, with which she made her 2014 Metropolitan Opera debut. The outstanding cast includes tenor Mario Chang as the lovestruck peasant Nemorino, soprano Mikayla Sager as Adina’s friend Giannetta, and singers from the Festival’s Manetti Shrem Summer Conservatory. Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini with video sets by Anouar Brissel, and Gemma New conducting Festival Orchestra Napa.
Manetti Shrem Opera, underwritten by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem
Performers
Sought after for her insightful interpretations and dynamic presence, New Zealand-born Gemma New is Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Sir George Solti Conducting Award.
Jean-Romain Vesperini is a widely acclaimed artistic director and producer of operatic performances on stages from La Scala to Paris, from The Bolshoi to Monte Carlo. A trained baritone, he is deeply connected to music, with a unique awareness of what a score brings to dramaturgy.
Soprano Andriana Chuchman has appeared at countless international opera houses and concert halls. A graduate of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, her many accolades include the Opera Theater of St. Louis’s Mabel Dorn Reeder Award and a Sullivan Foundation Encouragement Award.
Praised for her "pure, lyrical and soaring voice" (Allegri con fuoco), Canadian soprano Mikayla Sager is a rising soprano with an affinity for the grand bel canto repertoire.
Celebrated as “a born bel canto tenor” by the New York Times, Guatemalan tenor Mario Chang has appeared on such renowned stages as the Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera, as well as with acclaimed orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra.
Festival Orchestra Napa is an all-star ensemble that brings together principal players from major international orchestras and faculty from renowned colleges and conservatories, together with participants from the Frost School of Festival Napa Valley's Blackburn Music Academy. Centered around a core of Frost School of Music faculty, the orchestra also includes hand-picked musicians from ensembles such as the San Francisco Symphony, MET Opera Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony, among others.
Venue
Charles Krug Winery
