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THE NEW SCHOOL
Joel Towers, President and University Professor
COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS
Stephen Brown-Fried, Executive Dean
William Gustafson, Dean, Mannes School of Music
MANNES OPERA
Emma Griffin, Managing Artistic Director
Cris Frisco, Music Director
PRESENT
THE SILENT SERENADE
(Die stumme Serenade)
Composed by
Erich Wolfgang Kongold
Libretto by
Victor Clement
A collaboration between Mannes Opera & Mannes Orchestra
conductor - Cris Frisco
director - Emma Griffin
scenic designer - Amy Rubin
costume designer - Terese Wadden
hair and makeup designer - Anais McCaskie
lighting designer - Masha Tsimring
choreographer - Camden Gonzales
production stage manager - Sarah Blue Herdrich
production manager - Olivia Ragan
assistant director - Gabrielle Giacomo
Performances:
Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14 at 7:00 pm
The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
524 West 59th Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues), New York, N.Y.

THE NEW SCHOOL Joel Towers, President and University Professor COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS Stephen Brown-Fried, Executive Dean William Gustafson, Dean, Mannes School of Music MANNES OPERA Emma Griffin, Managing Artistic Director Cris Frisco, Music Director PRESENT THE SILENT SERENADE (Die stumme Serenade) Composed by Erich Wolfgang Kongold Libretto by Victor Clement A collaboration between Mannes Opera & Mannes Orchestra conductor - Cris Frisco director - Emma Griffin scenic designer - Amy Rubin costume designer - Terese Wadden hair and makeup designer - Anais McCaskie lighting designer - Masha Tsimring choreographer - Camden Gonzales production stage manager - Sarah Blue Herdrich production manager - Olivia Ragan assistant director - Gabrielle Giacomo Performances: Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14 at 7:00 pm The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College 524 West 59th Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues), New York, N.Y.

CAST
SYLVIA LOMBARDI, famous actress..
LOUISE, head model
LAURA, proprietress of Salon Neapolitan.......
ANDREA COCLÉ, head designer Salon Neapolitana..
CARETTO, Chief of Police
TONY BORZA, reporter...
LUGARINI, Prime Minister of Naples...
MODEL 1...
MODEL 2
MODEL 3 .........
CARLO MARCELLINI, Revolutionist.
COVER CAST/Ensemble
Dasha Tereshchenko
Gaeun Song
Megan Barker
Sean Cha
Enes Pektas
Thomasluke Flórez-Mansi
Dima Mironov
Elise Martinez
Mia Farinelli
Zoe Brooks
Jack Gustafson
Daniella Brancato
Anthea Yang
Sam Morton Morris
Theodore Chang
Zak Ketcham
Weiting Xu
Celene Totry
Christina Draper
ORCHESTRA
Violin 1
Emily Andriano
Mikayla Chan#
Violin 2
Jouchun Chu
Flute
Alexi Lin
Clarinet/Tenor
Sax
Kyle Glasgow
Trumpet
Elias Doyle
Percussion
Matthew Magocsi
Zhihuiying Guo
Piano 1/celesta
Jason Wirth#
Piano 2
Manuel Arellano

CAST SYLVIA LOMBARDI, famous actress.. LOUISE, head model LAURA, proprietress of Salon Neapolitan....... ANDREA COCLÉ, head designer Salon Neapolitana.. CARETTO, Chief of Police TONY BORZA, reporter... LUGARINI, Prime Minister of Naples... MODEL 1... MODEL 2 MODEL 3 ......... CARLO MARCELLINI, Revolutionist. COVER CAST/Ensemble Dasha Tereshchenko Gaeun Song Megan Barker Sean Cha Enes Pektas Thomasluke Flórez-Mansi Dima Mironov Elise Martinez Mia Farinelli Zoe Brooks Jack Gustafson Daniella Brancato Anthea Yang Sam Morton Morris Theodore Chang Zak Ketcham Weiting Xu Celene Totry Christina Draper ORCHESTRA Violin 1 Emily Andriano Mikayla Chan# Violin 2 Jouchun Chu Flute Alexi Lin Clarinet/Tenor Sax Kyle Glasgow Trumpet Elias Doyle Percussion Matthew Magocsi Zhihuiying Guo Piano 1/celesta Jason Wirth# Piano 2 Manuel Arellano

Tonight the talented students of Mannes Opera and Orchestra present the US premiere of Korngold's operetta The Silent Serenade

#music #opera #Mannes #GeraldLynchTheater

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PROTOTYPE
9-11, 14
JANUARY
2026
BETH
MORRISON
PROJECTS

PROTOTYPE 9-11, 14 JANUARY 2026 BETH MORRISON PROJECTS

NYC PREMIERE
HILDEGARD
SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER, COMPOSER AND LIBRETTIST

CREATIVE & DESIGN TEAM
COMPOSER & LIBRETTIST - SARAH KIRKLAND
SNIDER
DIRECTOR - ELKHANAH PULITZER
MUSIC DIRECTOR - GABRIEL CROUCH
CREATIVE PRODUCER - BETH MORRISON
ARTWORK & PROJECTIONS DESIGNER -
DEBORAH JOHNSON
SCENIC DESIGNER - MARSHA GINSBERG
COSTUME DESIGNER - MOLLY IRELAN
LIGHTING DESIGNER - PABLO SANTIAGO
SOUND DESIGNER - DREW SENSUE-
WEINSTEIN
DRAMATURG - ANNIE JIN WANG
MOVEMENT - LAUREL JENKINS
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION - RODERICK
MURRAY
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - CORI MATOS
AGUILERA
CAST & NOVUS ENSEMBLE
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN - NOLA RICHARDSON
RICHARDIS VON STADE - MIKAELA BENNETT
ABBOT CUNO - DAVID ADAM MOORE
VOLMAR - ROY HAGE
CLEMENTIA / MARGRAVINE VON STADE /
ANGEL 2 - BLYTHE GAISSERT
GERTA / ANGEL 1 - RAHA MIRZADEGAN
MECHTILD - PATRICK BESSENBACHER
OTTO - PAUL CHWE MINCHULAN
FACELESS WOMAN - CHLOË ENGEL
SUPERNUMERARIES - SAM KANN, MAIA SAUER
HARP - TOMINA PARVANOVA LYDEN
BASSOON - SHELLEY MONROE
CLARINET - EILEEN MACK
FLUTE - MELISSA BAKER
VIOLIN 1 - KATIE HYUN
VIOLIN 2 - MIHO SAEGUSA
VIOLA - HANNAH BURNETT
CELLO - TITILAYO AYAGANDE
BASS - WEN YANG

NYC PREMIERE HILDEGARD SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER, COMPOSER AND LIBRETTIST CREATIVE & DESIGN TEAM COMPOSER & LIBRETTIST - SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER DIRECTOR - ELKHANAH PULITZER MUSIC DIRECTOR - GABRIEL CROUCH CREATIVE PRODUCER - BETH MORRISON ARTWORK & PROJECTIONS DESIGNER - DEBORAH JOHNSON SCENIC DESIGNER - MARSHA GINSBERG COSTUME DESIGNER - MOLLY IRELAN LIGHTING DESIGNER - PABLO SANTIAGO SOUND DESIGNER - DREW SENSUE- WEINSTEIN DRAMATURG - ANNIE JIN WANG MOVEMENT - LAUREL JENKINS DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION - RODERICK MURRAY ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - CORI MATOS AGUILERA CAST & NOVUS ENSEMBLE HILDEGARD VON BINGEN - NOLA RICHARDSON RICHARDIS VON STADE - MIKAELA BENNETT ABBOT CUNO - DAVID ADAM MOORE VOLMAR - ROY HAGE CLEMENTIA / MARGRAVINE VON STADE / ANGEL 2 - BLYTHE GAISSERT GERTA / ANGEL 1 - RAHA MIRZADEGAN MECHTILD - PATRICK BESSENBACHER OTTO - PAUL CHWE MINCHULAN FACELESS WOMAN - CHLOË ENGEL SUPERNUMERARIES - SAM KANN, MAIA SAUER HARP - TOMINA PARVANOVA LYDEN BASSOON - SHELLEY MONROE CLARINET - EILEEN MACK FLUTE - MELISSA BAKER VIOLIN 1 - KATIE HYUN VIOLIN 2 - MIHO SAEGUSA VIOLA - HANNAH BURNETT CELLO - TITILAYO AYAGANDE BASS - WEN YANG

Tonight is my first show of this year's Prototype Festival, Sarah Kirkland Snider's Hildegard

#music #opera #PrototypeFestival #GeraldLynchTheater

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