2010 Season



April 10 & 11, 2010 - Madama Butterfly
Marin Showcase Theatre, Marin Center









Butterfly photos ©2010 Elliot Karlan

Embrace the intimacy- Puccini's most passionate music. Golden Gate Opera's Emerging Artist Program and first "Town Hall Opera".

General Director: Roberta Wain-Becker
Music Director/Conductor: Geoffrey Gallegos
Stage Director: Edna Garabedian
Costume Designer: Tracy Bell Redig
Set Designer: Richard Adamson
Make-up Designer: Andrea Pino
Pianist: Jerome Queron

Featuring:
Miwako Isano, Cio-cio San
Zachary Sheely, Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Jennifer Kosharsky, Suzuki, Servant
Limuel Forgey, Sharpless, The American Consul
José Hernández, Goro, The Marriage Broker
Monti Zanetti, The Imperial Commissioner
Ben Liupaogo, The Imperial Registrar
Sergei Zadvorny, The Bonze
Rafael  Mollina, Prince Yamadori
Rebecca Krouner, Kate Pinkerton
Joel Edwards, Uncle Yakuside
Felicia Chan, The Cousin
Alexandra Sessler, The Aunt
Katy Daniel, The Mother
Sophie Anne Loder, Butterfly's child

Geisha Dancers:
Monique Tajiri-Goldwater, Kazue Watanabe, Yoko Iwado

Family and Friends:
Anna Sophia Boyd, Chavela Forgey, Megan Forgey, Laura Holter, Rachel Larson, Madelyn Menon, Kit Murphy, Elenka Proulx, Stephanie Salcedo

Servants:
Michael Amara, Brian Harris

2009 Season / Opera Events



February 15, 2009 - Love Scenes at Ondine's



August 23, 2009 - Arias in the Afternoon

Golden Gate Opera peformed at Sausalito's Gabrielson Park Sunday August 23. Wowing the crowd  were Olga Chernisheva, Benjamin Bongers, Jennifer Kosharsky, Jillian Boyes, Daniel Cilli, and boy soprano Ryan Nelson— all accompanied by award winning Russian pianist Anastassia Ivanova. Madama Butterfly, Carmen, La Traviata, La Bohème, Marriage of Figaro and Rigoletto, La Cenerentola, My Fair Lady, Oaklahoma were part of this popular program, receiving a standing ovation.





August 21, 2009 - Summer Twilight

The Ruff's lovely home celebrated an evening with music and songs from La Bohème, Carmen, Madama Butterfly. It featured Olga Chernisheva - soprano, Jennifer Koscharsky - mezzo, Benjamin Bongers - tenor, plus surprises, savory hors d'oeuvres, wines and deliziosi desserts.



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2007-2008 Season / Opera Events



October 2008 - Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
Produced by Teatro Lirico d'Europa



Feb 29 & March 1, 2008 - Breastplates to Pocketwatches
A Gala Concert of Austrian and German Operetta and Opera. Marin Center, The Showcase Theatre featuring Tenor Roy Stevens and Soprano Annalisa Winberg, with Marin Symphony Youth Chorus, Jenny Bent conductor and Hadly McCarroll, pianist



October 2007 - Opera Café
Belrose theatre with Sasha joggerst, Olga Chernisheva, Bryn Jiminez, and Galina Umanskaya, pianist



May 11, 2007 - Opera's Greatest Hits
With Olga Chernisheva, John Minagro, Anja Strauss, Zachary Sheely, pianist with Danny Yee assistant pianist, Geoffrey Gallegos conducting

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2005-2006 Season / Opera Events



May 11 & 12, 2006 - Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi
Starring Olga Chernisheva (Suor Angelica), Lisa Houston (Zia Principessa) Paul Cheak (Gianni Schicchi), Charlotte Nytzen (Lauretta), Zachary Sheely (Rinuccio) Name name ( Zita) John Minagro (Simone).

Suor Angelica
Setting: The courtyard of a convent in Italy in the late 17th century
Premiere: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 1918
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

Gianni Schicchi
Setting: Florence, Italian home of the wealthy and dying Buoso Donati, 1299
Premiere: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 1918
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano



September 24 and 25, 2005 - Carmen
Starring Carla Lopez Speziale (Carmen), Roy Stevens (Don Jose), Florenzia Tinoco (Micaela), Alex (Escamillo) with I Ragazzi Boys chorus, and Golden Gate Opera Children's chorus, Paul Cheak (Zuniga)



April 24 and 25, 2005 - Madama Butterfly
Featuring: Juilienne Jeong and Olga Chernisheva (Cio-Cio San), Yukiko Kato (Suzuki), Pinkerton, John Minagro (Sharpless)

View Madama Butterfly clip, GGO 2005, Marin Center

Hear Olga Singing "Un bel di"

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2004 Season / Opera Events



October 2004 - Gianni Schicchi & The Telephone



December 2004 - Hansel and Gretel
With Anja Strauss and Yukiko Kato, Marin Children's Chorus, Vallejo Ballet School

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