Carmen
Northwest Indiana Symphony
Kirk Muspratt, conductor

May 19, 2005, Thursday at 7:30pm
Star Plaza Theater
Merrillville, Indiana

Cast
Carmen: Guang Yang
Don Jose: Joseph Kaiser
Escamillo: Quinn Kelsey
Micaela: Erica Strauss
Frasquita: Susannah Phillips
Mercedes: Elisabeth DeShong
Zuniga: Brandon Mayberry
Morales/Dancairo: Levi Hernandez
Remendado: Rodell Rosel

(Narrated by Lauren Curnow)

The Collegiate Chorale - Shakespeare and Verdi
Robert Bass, Music Director
(All Carnegie Hall concerts are conducted by Music Director Robert Bass and feature The Orchestra of St. Luke’s.)

April 20, 2005, Wednesday at 8:00pm
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Pre-concert lecture: An Interview with Renata Scotto, 7:00pm

Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Kallen Esperian, soprano
Mark Delavan, baritone
Lando Bartolini, tenor
Rodell Aure Rosel, tenor

Richard Easton, actor
Dana Ivey, actor
Roger Rees, actor

Written and conceived by Maestro Bass and newly-appointed Artistic Associate Roger Rees. Performances of Shakespearean source material followed by Verdi’s musical response with stars of both opera and theatre. This concert will feature Act I of Verdi’s Otello; “The Witches’ Chorus,” “Lady Macbeth’s Drinking Song,” and Act I Finale from Macbeth; and, Act III Finale of Falstaff. In honor of April 23, Shakespeare’s birthday.

Ticket prices range between $15 and $85. Please call 917-322-2140 to purchase your tickets today.