Thomas Harper directs students from the Voice program in scenes from Macbeth, Suor Angelica, and The Merry Widow.
CAST
Macbeth G. Verdi Scene 1
Macbeth: Ben Kramer
Banco: Chris Kouldukis
Messageri: Zach Buker, Joshua Lutman, Nic Varela, Joseph To, Trevor Ainge
Witches: Denna Good-Mojab, Amy Kuefler, Christine Oshiki, Addie Francis, Carolina Botero, Yoojeong Cho, Katie Kelley, Dakota Miller, Gül Evren, Kristina Terwilliger, Zhou Yanyan
The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar Scenes 6, 9, and 13
Sonia/Anna Glaari: Katie Kelley
Danilo and Chorus: Joshua Lutman
Cascada and Chorus: Jacob Caspe
St. Brioche and Chorus: Zach Buker
Popoff and Chorus: Nic Varela
Khadja and Chorus: Joseph To
Novikovich and Chorus: Trevor Ainge
Lolo: Denna Good-Mojab
Dodo: Kristina Terwilliger
Jou-jou: Emily Callan
Clo-clo: Gül Evren
Frou-frou: Zhou Yanyan
Margot: Carolina Botero
Suor Angelica by G. Puccini
Angelica: Emeral Lessley
Principessa: Dakota Miller
Badessa: Christine Oshiki
Zelatrice: Christine Oshiki
Maestra delle Novizie: Carolina Botero
Genovieffa: Amy Kuefler
Suora Infermiera: Katie Kelley
Osmina: Addie Frances
Dolcina: Denna Good-Mojab
Prima Sorella Cercatrie: Gül Evren
Seconda Sorella Cercatrice: Zhou Yanyan
Una Novizia: Kristina Terwilliger
Due Converse: Denna Good-Mojab and Addie Frances
Chorus of Nuns: Denna Good-Mojab, Addie Frances, Christine Oshiki, Amy Kuefler, Katie Kelley, Gül Evren, Carolina Botero, Emily Callan, Kristina Terwilliger, Zhou Yanyan
DIRECTOR BIO
Thomas Harper
Thomas Harper is Associate Professor of Voice and Director of the Opera Theater at the University of Washington. In addition to voice instruction and direction of opera productions, he holds classes in Diction, Vocal Pedagogy, and Art-Song Repertoire.
He has performed for three decades in opera houses and concert halls in Europe and the Americas, including Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Grand Théâtre de Genève, RAI Torino, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Dallas Opera, Seattle Opera, Téatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile, and many others. He has amassed a wide and varied repertoire of over fifty roles including the “Duke” in Rigoletto, “Rodolfo” in La Bohème, “Radames” in Aida, “Canio” in I Pagliacci, “Eléazar” in La Juive, “Florestan” in Fidelio, “Erik” in Der Fliegende Holländer, “Parsifal” in Parsifal, “Alwa” in Alban Berg’s Lulu, “Gregor” in Leoš Janá?ek’s Makropoulos Affair and “Mime” in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, which he also recorded on the Arte Nova label. He has won enthusiastic praise for the role of “Fritz” on the Naxos recording of Franz Schreker’s opera Der Ferne Klang and for his definitive interpretation of “Mime” in Der Ring des Nibelungen in numerous European and American opera houses. He may also be heard on the Naxos label singing Famous Tenor Arias from the Italian repertoire as well as Gustav Mahler’s Lied von der Erde with the Irish National Orchestra.