The Modern Music Ensemble (Inverted Space), the University of Washington’s contemporary music ensemble, presents three on-campus concerts a year, performing both the “classics” of the modern era and hot-off-the-presses works from the best of today’s composers, including our own University of Washington faculty and students. In their final campus performance of the 2014-15 season, the group performs Italian composer Bruno Maderna’s 1962 experimental opera Don Perlimplín, based on “The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden (Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín”), a play by the 20th-century Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca.
Cast
Don Perlimplin: Daria Binkowski, flute
Belisa (speaking)/Elf 2: Mimi Santos
Belisa (singing) Emerald Lessley
Marcolfa/Elf 1: Barbara Burgio
Narrator: Chris Fratini
Mother-in-law: Brendan McGovern, Kevin Baldwin, Bryan Van Pelt, Steve Tressler, Greg Sinibaldi, saxophones
Conductor: Marcin Pączkowski
Ensemble
Clarinet: Alex Tu
Bassoon: Jamael Smith
Horn: Trevor Cosby
Trumpet: Ray Larsen; Betsy Solon; David Sloan
Trombone: Tyler Evans; Ryan Narby; Elizabeth McDaniel
Violin: Luke Fitzpatrick; Sol Im
Viola: Gwen Franz
Cello: Sonja Myklebust
Bass: Tyler Cigich; Ramon Salumbides
Mandolin: Jeff Bowen
Harp: Monica Schley
Piano: Brooks Tran
Electric Guitar: Gregg Belisle-Chin
Marimba: Declan Sullivan
Vibraphone: Isaac Anderson
Percussion: Tai Taitano
Sound: Jacob Sundstrom
Supertitles: Ania Stachurska