NEW YORK CITY OPERA ORCHESTRA
Orchestra Manager: David Titcomb
Assistant to the Orchestra Manager: Martha Mott Gale
Librarian: Michael Martin
Assistant Librarian: James Biddlecome

First Violin
Yevgenia Strenger, Concertmaster
The William Petschek Family Chair
Laura Frautschi, Assistant Concertmaster
Alicia Edelberg, Associate Concertmaster
Claire Chan
Sophia Kessinger
Conway Kuo
Marina Markov
Nancy McAlhany
Junko Ota Pecht
Richard Rood
Sander Strenger
Deborah Wong
Second Violin
Ellen Payne, Principal
Martha Mott Gale, Assistant Principal
Anne Fryer Eddis
Susan Gellert
Yana Goichman
Kate Light
Sarah Pratt
Alisa Regelin
Viola
Ah-Ling Neu, Principal
David Creswell, Assistant Principal
Claire Bergman
Donald Dal Maso
Judy Witmer
Cello
Mark Shuman, Principal
Elizabeth Anderson, Assistant Principal
Robert LaRue
Charles Moss
Bruce Rogers
Bass
Lewis Paer, Principal
Gail Kruvand, Assistant Principal
Jaime Austria
Joseph Bongiorno
Flute
Bart Feller, Principal
Janet Arms
Oboe
Randall Wolfgang, Principal
Livio Caroli
Richard Dalessio
Doris Goltzer
Clarinet
Laura Flax, Principal
Steven D. Hartman
Mitchell Kriegler
Saxophone
Lino Gomez
Bassoon
Frank Morelli, Principal
Cyrus Segal
Bernadette Zirkuli
Horn
Scott Temple, Principal
Nancy Billman
Anthony Cecere
Angela Cordell
Katie Dennis
Trumpet
Donald Batchelder, Principal
Jerry Bryant
Thomas Hoyt
Trombone
Thomas Hutchinson, Principal
Brian Mahany
Bass Trombone
David Titcomb
Tuba
Stephen Johns
Harp
June Han, Principal
Grace Paradise
Timpani
Paul Fein
Percussion
Michael Osrowitz, Principal
Lynn Bernhardt

ARTEK
Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord/organ
Grant Herreid, lute/trumpet/recorder
James Miller, cornetto/trumpet
Ravi Rajan, cornetto/trumpet
Daniel Swenberg, theorbo
Charles Weaver, guitar/theorbo/field drum
Christa Patton, harp/recorder
Dana Maiben, violin
Vita Wallace, violin
Marie Dalby, viola da gamba
Holly Mentzer, viola da gamba
Lisa Terry, violone
Director: Gwendolyn Toth
Choreography: Dorothy Olsson
Costumes: Carol Sherry
Stage direction & historical gesture: Gwendolyn Toth
Translations and score preparation: Grant Herreid

Encompass New Opera Theatre
Artistic Director: Nancy Rhodes
John Yaffé, Conductor and Musical Director

American Opera Projects
Steven Osgood, Conductor
Woman of the River: Diana Solomon Glover
Marlow: Robert Hoyt
Fiancée: Jessica Miller
Chief Accountant: John Bernard
Doctor/Boilermaker: Charles Temkey
Director on Thames Boat: Michael Zegarski
Kelly Horsted, keyboard
Orchestra, in collaboration with the Manhattan School of Music
Roslyn Huang, violin I
Yi-Chun Lin, violin II
Kevin Fagen, viola
Robert Nicholson, cello
Luke Sutherland, bass
Jesse Schiffman, flute
Tessa Gross, oboe
Kevin Simpson, clarinet
Adam Havrilla, bassoon
Michael Rosenberger, horn
Sean Kleve, percussion
Kristina Rostad, harp
Orchestra Manager: Kathryn Shirilla

Music-Theatre Group
Producing Director: Diane Wondisford
Managing Director: Lisa Phillips
Derek Bermel, Conductor and Music Director
Adela: Marvel Allen
Charisse: Carly Hughes
Henry: Kingsley Leggs
Terry: Griffin Matthews
Buddy: Milton Craig Nealy
John DiPinto, Vocal Director and piano
Mike McGinnis, tenor sax/clarinet
Jenny Hill, alto sax/flute
Josh Frank, trumpet
Brad Schmidt, trombone
Sebastian Noelle, guitar
Francesca Anderegg, violin
Lynn Bechold, violin
Artie Dibble, viola
Rose Bellini, cello
Stefan Held, bass
Joe Mowatt, percussion
Development and Strategic Planning: Meg Fagan
Company Manager: Mark Runion

Symphony Space’s free Wall to Wall marathons have been our annual “gift to the city” (New York Times) since 1978.  In the Spring of 2007, Wall to Wall Opera explored the world of Western opera over the past 400 years, from Baroque to contemporary. Highlights of the day included a Master Class in bel canto with legendary soprano, Renata Scotto; the “Opera Matinee” featuring the New York City Opera Orchestra conducted by Gerald Steichen; performances by members of the Metropolitan Opera’s Young Artists Program; scenes from American operas performed by Encompass New Opera Theatre, new operas performed by Center for Contemporary Opera, Music-Theatre Group and American Opera Projects; and much more.

Excerpts from this 13-hour marathon have been grouped into two programs. Program 2, “400 Years,” features Artek, performing the first opera, Orfeo,  the New York City Opera Orchestra performing Grand Opera Classics; and a sampler of new and recent opera excerpts, including Richard Danielpour’s acclaimed Margaret Garner.

Performance playlist:

1. Introduction by Isaiah Sheffer, Symphony Space Artistic Director
2. Richard Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (1843), Overture
   New York City Opera Orchestra
   Gerald Steichen, conductor
3. Claudio Monteverdi, Orfeo (1607), Act V, Finale
   Artek
   Gwendolyn Toth, director
4. Bel Canto Singing Master Class with Renata Scotto
   Brenda Rae, soprano
   Timothy Fallon, tenor
   In Sun Suh, piano
   Juilliard Opera
5. Aaron Copland, The Tender Land (1954), Act I, “The Promise of Living”
   Laurie: Julianne Borg
   Ma Moss: Jennifer Roderer
   Martin: Robert Mack
   Top: Scott Guinn
   Grandpa: Eric Jordan
   New York City Opera Orchestra
   Gerald Steichen, conductor
6. “V.I.P. Chorus” from The Mother of Us All (Gertrude Stein/Virgil Thomson)
   David Chase, Dominic Inferrera, Michael Lofton, Lauren Skuce
   Encompass New Opera Theatre
   John Yaffé, conductor
7. “Rain Quartet” from Regina(Marc Blitzstein)
   Rachel Watkins, Lauren Skuce, Laurie Seely, Michael Lofton
   Encompass New Opera Theatre
   John Yaffé, conductor
8. “The Central Station,” Heart of Darkness, Music by Tarik O’Regan, Libretto by Tom Phillips
   Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad
   American Opera Projects
   Steven Osgood, Conductor
9. “New York Lights” from A View From the Bridge (Arnold Weinstein/Arthur Miller/William Bolcom)
   David Chase
   Encompass New Opera Theatre
   John Yaffé, conductor
10. “The Bottom Line”, “Lucky Number”, Golden Motors, Music by Derek Bermel, Book and Lyrics by Wendy S. Walters
    Music-Theatre Group
    Derek Bermel, conductor
11. Richard Danielpour, Margaret Garner (2005), Act I, Scene 2, “Sad things, far away”
    Margaret Garner: Krysty Swann
    New York City Opera Orchestra
    Gerald Steichen, conductor
12. “When Sue Wears Red” from Only Heaven (Langston Hughes/Ricky Ian Gordon)
    Michael Lofton
    Encompass New Opera Theatre
    John Yaffé, conductor
13. Georges Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles (1863), Act I, “Au fond du temple saint”
    Nadir: Raúl Melo
    Zurga: Michael Corvino
    New York City Opera Orchestra
    Gerald Steichen, conductor