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 Nosferatu Oct 2018 | Cast | Synopsis | YouTube video Dress Rehearsal Photographs by Dennis Kern 
Makeup | Performance | Miscellaneous Study Guide Tabatha Yeatts Blog Post about Nosferatu Opera 101 Classes Tickets for the season go on sale to the public on Saturday, July 14th. Interview with Anton Billings Gazette Review and Photos |
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Based on F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent vampire film--a classic
of German Expressionist cinema-- Nosferatu creates
a poetic version of the Dracula story.
Dana Gioia, previous U.S. poet-laureate, has written the brillant libretto. Composer Alva Henderson’s rich neo-romantic score for Nosferatu is full of soaring melodies, arias, duets and trios, with a thrilling Dies Irae for the chorus. Mr. Henderson’s masterly writing for the voice is without parallel in contemporary music. Premiered in Billings, Montana in 2004, to standing ovations, the opera Nosferatu has been triumphantly showcased around the U.S. and in New York. Henderson and Gioia's thrilling version of the vampire myth tells the story of Nosferatu, "the undead," as seen through the eyes of the heroine, a gifted young woman trapped in a tragedy beyond her control. CAST Anton Belov - Count Andrea Garritano - Ellen Scott Wichael - Eric Jan Michael Kliewer - Dr. Harding Kate Meyer - Marthe Dennis Rupp - Skuller Covers Doug Nagel - Cover for Count Kieran Beebe - Cover for Skuller Kristy Dallas - Cover for Ellen Mandy Taylor - Cover for Marthe ___________________________________________________________________ Beverly Thiele - Assistant Director Janie Sutton - Chorus Master Susan McDaniel - Opera Rehearsal Accompanist, keyboard in pit Richele Sitton- orchestra manager Rebekah Rae - choreographer Daniel Helfgot - Stage Director Barbara Day Turner - Conductor Dodie Rife - Stage Manager Alex Heyneman - Lighting Design Nathan Blanding - Set Design Lorretta Wittmer - Costumes Dan Nickerson - Prosthetic make up Dulais Rhys - Chorus Rehearsal Accompanist Alex Heyneman - Lighting Designer Nathan Blanding - Set Designer Emma King - Supertitle Operator Dennis Kern - Rehearsal Photographer |
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