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Announcing The Marriage of Figaro Wedding Cake Contest!

October 25, 2010 Uncategorized

To celebrate the marriage of Figaro and Susanna, Madison Opera is excited to host a Wedding Cake Contest among the Madison area’s top bakeries! The wedding cakes and cupcake arrangements will be on display in the Overture Hall lobby and the voting will take place on Opening Night of The Marriage of Figaro, November 5th, prior to the performance and during intermission. The winner will be the most attractive and inventive, as determined by YOU, the audience members! Whether you’re planning a wedding and want to scope out local vendors or just love sweets, come view the scrumptious deserts and vote for your favorite! Everyone who votes will also be entered into a raffle to win gift certificates to the participating bakeries. The following bakeries have stepped up to the challenge:

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      Keely Futterer

      Rosina, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: Dover, AR
      Madison Opera Debut: Léontine, The Anonymous Lover (2024)

      Recently: Anna Sørenson, Silent Night (Wolf Trap Opera); Musetta, La Bohème; Armida, Rinaldo; Charlene, Service Provider; Jazz Trio, Trouble in Tahiti (Minnesota Opera);
      Armida, Rinaldo; Vanderdendur, Candide; Angostura, Tenor Overboard (Glimmerglass Festival);
      Rodelinda, Rodelinda (Hudson Hall); Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte (Opera Memphis);

      Upcoming: Marcellina, Leonora (Chicago Opera Theater);
      Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte (Virginia Opera); Verdi Requiem (Erie Philharmonic)


      Weston Hurt

      Baritone, Opera in the Park

      Hometown: Spring, TX
      Madison Opera Debut: Germont, La Traviata (2019)

      Recently: Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Houston Grand Opera, New Orleans Opera);
      Britten's War Requiem (Opera Roanoke); Scarpia, Tosca (Arizona Opera);
      Germont, La Traviata (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Nabucco, Nabucco (Seattle Opera)

      Upcoming: Rigoletto, Rigoletto (English National Opera)

      Joshua Sanders

      Tenor, Opera in the Park

      Hometown: Plain, WI
      Madison Opera Debut: Giuseppe, La Traviata (2011)
      Also at MO: Tobias Ragg, Sweeney Todd; Inmate, Dead Man Walking; Ensemble, Acis and Galatea

      Recently: Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville; Romeo, Romeo and Juliet (Opera San José);
      Tamino, The Magic Flute (Nashville Opera); Sam Clay, The Amazing Adventures of
      Kavalier & Clay       workshop (Metropolitan Opera)

      Upcoming:  Victorin, Die tote Stadt (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

      Sachie Ueshima, wearing black in front of a stone staircase.
      Sachie Ueshima

      Zerlina, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Wakayama City, Japan
      Madison Opera Debut
      Former Madison Opera Studio Artist

      Recently: Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly (Virginia Opera); Violetta, La Traviata;
      Krystyna Zywulska, Two Remain (UW-Madison)

      Upcoming: Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly (Kentucky Opera)


      David Walton

      Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: Twin Cities, MN
      Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2017
      Also at MO: Belmonte, The Abduction from the Seraglio

      Recently: Ferrando, Così fan tutte (Princeton Festival); Ramiro, La Cenerentola (Toledo Opera);
      Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville (North Carolina Opera);
      Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance (Opera San Antonio); Filippo, Deceit Outwitted (Sarasota Opera)

      Upcoming: Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville (Minnesota Opera); Candide, Candide (South Florida Symphony);
      Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (Livermore Valley Opera)

      Emily Fons

      Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
      Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2012
      Also at MO: Opera in the Park 2024; Rosina, The Barber of Seville (2015)

      Recently: Nicklausse, The Tales of Hoffmann (Palm Beach Opera);
      Rosina, The Barber of Seville (Cincinnati Opera, Santa Fe Opera);
      Woman, Ghosts (San Diego Opera); Cherubino, The Marriage of Figaro (Canadian Opera Company);
      Hansel, Hansel and Gretel (New Orleans Opera)

      Upcoming: Princess Irene, Tamerlano (Haymarket Opera)


      Kanopy Dance

      María de Buenos Aires

      Hometown: Madison, WI
      Madison Opera Debut: Acis & Galatea (2013)
      Recently at MO: Florencia en el Amazonas; Trouble in Tahiti / The Seven Deadly Sins


      Lisa Thurrell

      Choreographer, María de Buenos Aires

      Hometown: Madison, WI
      Madison Opera Debut: Florencia en el Amazonas (2018)
      Recently at MO: The Anonymous Lover, Trouble in Tahiti / The Seven Deadly Sins
      Co-Artistic Director of Kanopy Dance

      Recently: Director and Choreographer, Winter Fantasia: Reimagined; Polaris + Revelations;
      The Next Generation;       Confluence: A Prelude; Graham: In Her Voice; Shades of Light (Kanopy Dance);
      Choreographer, Bluebeard's Castle (Des Moines Metro Opera)

      Upcoming: Director and Choreographer, Inner Passages (Kanopy Dance);
      Choreographer, The Cunning Little Vixen (Des Moines Metro Opera)


      Kirstin Chávez

      El Duende, María de Buenos Aires

      Hometown: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Albuquerque, NM
      Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2006

      Recently: Glenda, We Shall Not Be Moved (Pittsburgh Opera); Verdi's Requiem (Pensacola Symphony);
      Carlotta de Obragón, Zorro (Fort Worth Opera); Suzuki, Madama Butterfly (Dallas Opera);
      Mozart's Requiem (Paducah Symphony); Carmen, Carmen (St. Barth's Music Festival)

      Upcoming: Carmen, Carmen (Kentucky Symphony Orchestra); Carmen, Carmen Inside Out (the film)


      Ryan Nash

      Sergeant, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: Longmeadow, MA
      Madison Opera Debut
      Madison Opera Studio Artist

      Recently: Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi (American Gothic Performing Arts Festival); Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance (Madison Savoyards);
      Mercurio, La Calisto; Gastone, La Traviata; Albert Herring, Albert Herring (UW Madison Opera);
      Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi (La Musica Lirica USA); Alfred, Die Fledermaus; Monostatos, The Magic Flute (UMass Opera)

      Upcoming: Tamino, The Magic Flute (Opera for the Young)


      John DeMain

      Conductor: Opera in the Park, The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Youngstown, OH
      Madison Opera Debut: The Magic Flute (1995)
      Recently at MO: Candide, Tosca, Trouble in Tahiti / The Seven Deadly Sins, Salome


      Rebecca Herman

      Stage Director, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: Austin, TX
      Madison Opera Debut

      Recently: Carmen (Austin Opera); Don Giovanni (Opera Colorado, Cincinnati Opera);
      Un Cuento de Luces y Sonmbras       (LOLA); La Bohème (Glimmerglass Opera);
      The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Utah Opera, Calgary Opera)

      Upcoming: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Washington National Opera); New Opera Workshop, We Might be Struck by Lighting (LOLA)


      Fenlon Lamb

      Stage Director, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Princeton, NJ
      Madison Opera Debut:       La Traviata (2019)
      Recently at MO: Lucia di Lammermoor

      Recently: La Fanciulla del West (Central City Opera); The Elixir of Love, Così fan tutte (Palm Beach Opera);
      The Marriage of Figaro       (Portland Opera); Carmen (Opera Santa Barbara);
      Charlie Parker's Yardbird (Dayton Opera); La Bohème (New Orleans Opera); Mozart and Salieri (Opera San Jose)


      Kamna Gupta

      Conductor, María de Buenos Aires

      Hometown: St. Genis-de-Puilly, France
      Madison Opera Debut

      Recently: The Pearl Fishers (Vancouver Opera); In Our Daughter's Eyes (LA Opera / BMP);
      Number Our Days (Perelman Performing Arts Center); Glory Denied (Cleveland Institute of Music);
      Rocking Horse Winner (Tapestry Opera); The Rip Van Winkles (Glimmerglass Festival)

      Upcoming: Ruinous Gods (Spoleto Festival USA)


      Frances Rabalais

      Stage Director, María de Buenos Aires

      Hometown: New Orleans, LA
      Madison Opera Debut: Tosca (2023)

      Recently: Macbeth (Resonance Works); Hansel and Gretel (Opera Birmingham);
      The Magic Flute (North Carolina Opera); The Barber of Seville (Pensacola Opera)


      Charles Eaton

      Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Storrs, CT
      Madison Opera Debut: Moralès, Carmen (2017)
      Recently at MO: Count Malcolm, A Little Night Music

      Recently: Ponchel, Silent Night; Brother, The Seven Deadly Sins (Wolf Trap Opera); Schaunard, La Bohème;
      Sam, Trouble in Tahiti; Masetto, Don Giovanni; Argante, Rinaldo (Minnesota Opera);
      Fedorov, The Christmas Spider (Opéra Louisiane, Marble City Opera);
      English Ambassador, The Ghosts of Versailles (Royal Opera Versailles);
      Marcello, La Bohème (Imperial Symphony Orchestra)

      Upcoming: Mercutio, Romeo & Juliet (Minnesota Opera);
      Silvio, Pagliacci (Pensacola Opera)


      Jeremiah Sanders

      Leporello, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Marian, IN
      Madison Opera Debut

      Recently: Marcello, La Bohème; Beau, Service Provider; Jazz Trio, Trouble in Tahiti;
      Hortensius, The Daughter of the Regiment; Mago, Rinaldo;
      Abilenes's Father / Bryce's Father, Edward Tulane (Minnesota Opera);
      Colline, La Bohème (Lyric Opera of the North); Lackey, Ariadne auf Naxos (Lakes Area Music Festival);
      Charlie, Three Decembers (South Bend Lyric Opera); The Villains, The Tales of Hoffmann (Union Avenue Opera)


      Ashraf Sewailam

      The Commendatore, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Cairo, Egypt / San Francisco, CA
      Madison Opera Debut:       Captain, Florencia en el Amazonas (2018)

      Recently: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (Des Moines Metro Opera, Seattle Opera);
      Dr. Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro (New Orleans Opera); Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Opera San Jose);
      Giove, La Calisto (Opera Memphis)

      Upcoming: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (Lyric Opera of Kansas City);
      Dulcamara, The Elixir of Love (New Orleans Opera)


      Andrew Stenson

      Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Rochester, MN
      Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2021

      Recently: Pong, Turandot (Metropolitan Opera); Bill, Flight; The Steersman, The Flying Dutchman (Dallas Opera);
      Pang, Turandot (Houston Grand Opera); Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (Seattle Opera);
      Nemorino, The Elixir of Love (Seattle Opera, Minnesota Opera, Florentine Opera);
      Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville (Opera Colorado, Garsington Opera);
      Nikolaus Sprink, Silent Night; Tamino, The Magic Flute (Utah Opera);
      Fadinard, The Italian Straw Hat (Minnesota Opera); Danny Chen, An American Soldier (Opera Theatre of St. Louis)

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      Hailey Cohen

      Berta, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: Edgemont, NY
      Madison Opera Debut: Dorothée, The Anonymous Lover (2024)
      Also with MO: Paquette, Candide
      Madison Opera Studio Artist

      Recently: Zita, Gianni Schicchi (Finger Lakes Opera); Hattie, American Gothical (Cedar Rapids Opera);
      Sally, The Boy Who Wanted to be a Robot; K., Would You Eat Me? (Thompson Street Opera)


      Lifan Deng

      Fiorello, The Barber of Seville
      Masetto, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Shenzhen, China
      Madison Opera Debut
      Madison Opera Studio Artist

      Recently: Voce 2, Il Nostro Posto nel Mondo (Thompson Street Opera Company);
      The Police Agent / Mr. Kofner, The Consul (Third Eye Ensemble);
      Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte; Kaiser Overall, Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Northwestern Opera Theater);
      Old Adam Goodheart, Ruddigore; Carpenter's Mate, H.M.S. Pinafore (The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company);
      Olin Brett, The Music Man (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

      Upcoming: Papageno, The Magic Flute (Opera for the Young)


      Laureano Quant

      El Payador, María de Buenos Aires

      Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia
      Madison Opera Debut

      Recently: Schaunard, La Bohème (Wolf Trap Opera); Foreman, Jenufa; Dancaïre, Carmen;
      Count of Lerma, Don Carlo (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Escamillo, Le tragedie de Carmen;
      Guglielmo, Così fan tutte (The Opera Next Door); Betto, Gianni Schicchi (Ópera de Colombia);
      Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Captain / Ragotsky, Candide (Orquestra Filarmónica de Bogotà)

      Upcoming: Belcore, The Elixir of Love (New Orleans Opera);
      Bill, Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt Mahgonny (Staatsoper Stuttgart)


      Kelly Guerra

      María, María de Buenos Aires

      Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
      Madison Opera Debut

      Recently: María, María de Buenos Aires (Kentucky Opera); Lupita, Cruzar la Cara de la Luna;
      Carlotta de Obragón, Zorro (Opera Santa Barbara); Renata, Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (West Edge Opera);
      Rosina, The Barber of Seville (Princeton Festival); Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Scalia/Ginsburg (Chautauqua Opera);
      Luisa Fernanda, Luisa Fernanda (Opera Hispánica, Opera Williamsburg)

      Upcoming: Una Niña, Ainadamar (Metropolitan Opera); Jo, Little Women (Fort Worth Opera);
      Isabella, L'Italiana in Algeri (Opera in the Heights); Mrs. Fox, Fantastic Mr. Fox (Opera Omaha)


      Alex Taylor

      Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: Beloit, WI
      Madison Opera Debut: Mother, The Seven Deadly Sins (2023)

      Recently: Green Shirt Guy, Mel Rides the Bus Alone (Pittsburgh Opera);
      Sarastro, The Magic Flute; Dr. Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro (Carnegie Mellon University)


      Levi Hernandez

      Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: El Paso, TX
      Madison Opera Debut: Papageno, The Magic Flute (2006)
      Recent at MO: Alvaro, Florencia en el Amazonas; Opera in the Park 2018

      Recently: Diego Rivera, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego (Opera Omaha);
      Tonio, Pagliacci (Hawaii Opera Theatre); Dandini, La Cenerentola (Boston Lyric Opera);
      Peter, Hansel and Gretel (Opera San Antonio); Lescaut, Manon Lescaut (North Carolina Opera)

      Upcoming: Lescaut, Manon Lescaut (Washington National Opera); Benoit/Alcindoro, La Bohème (Lyric Opera of Chicago);
      Alvaro, Florencia en el Amazonas (North Carolina Opera)


      Benjamin Taylor

      Figaro, The Barber of Seville

      Hometown: Waldorf, MD
      Madison Opera Debut:       Silvio, Pagliacci (2018)

      Recently: Bello, La Fanciulla del West (Bayerische Staatsoper); Moralès, Carmen (Metropolitan Opera);
      Guglielmo, Così fan tutte (Princeton Symphony); Jan Nyman, Breaking the Waves (Detroit Opera);
      Silvio, Pagliacci (Austin Opera)

      Upcoming: Marcello, La Bohème (Arizona Opera); Jake, Porgy and Bess (Washington National Opera);
      Schaunard, La Bohème (Charleston Opera Theater)


      Katerina Burton

      Donna Anna, Don Giovanni

      Hometown: Ocean City, MD
      Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2024

      Recently: Mimì, La Bohème; Verna/Young Lovely/Evelyn, Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); JFK: The Last Speech
      (National Symphony Orchestra); Britten’s War Requiem (Strathmore Music Center);
      Russian Chamber Art Society; Postclassical Ensemble Concert (The Kennedy Center); Girlfriend 2, Blue;
      Micaëla, Carmen (Washington National Opera); Alice Ford, Falstaff (Aspen Music Festival);