PAGLIACCI
Friday, April 7, 2006
Sunday, April 9, 2006

Academy of Fine Arts
Warehouse Theater
Historic Downtown
Lynchburg, Virginia

The company’s first fully-staged production was Leoncavallo’s tragic Italian opera, Pagliacci. The two-act opera was sung in Italian, with English supertitles, and was stage directed by company artistic director, Craig Fields. Maestro Markand Thakar, music director of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, conducted the ensemble of players from the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra and a cast of recognized singers from all over the country.

The cast included tenor Drew Slatton as Canio, baritone William Andrew Stuckey as Tonio, baritone Robert Garner as Silvio, tenor Colyn Tvete as Beppe, and Lynchburg soprano Marcia Jones Thom as Nedda.

The opera chorus was prepared and conducted by Dr. Jong Kim, associate professor of music and director of choral activities at Lynchburg College. Thirteen Lynchburg College students (students of Dr. Kim) and members of the Lynchburg community performed in the opera chorus. Dorothy Smith of Charlottesville designed the costumes and former Mill Mountain Theater set designer John Sailer of Roanoke designed and constructed the sets.