CHINA NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL
PAINTED SKIN
Hudson HALL &
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ROSE THEATER
October 13 & 15, 2022
Hao Weiya, composer
Wang Yuanfei, libretto
Adapted from the story by Pu Songling
Jindong Cai, conductor
Michael Hofmann, director
Tricia Reed, producer
Hsaio-Fang Lin, stage manager
Anshuman Bhatia, lighting designer
Sage Carter, video/projection designer
Suki Violet Su, motion graphics
Ian Striedter, sound engineer
Marlene Marshall, wardrobe
Kunqu garments created by Crocell Dong
Kristin Gornstein, Professor Wang
Michelle Yang, Demon Gui-yan
Holly Flack, Chen (Wang’s Wife)
Production photography by Jayden Cross (Hudson Hall) and Fadi Kheir (Jazz at Lincoln Center).
More info • Berkshire Eagle preview • Times-Union preview • Millbrook Independent review
FRESH SQUEEZED OPERA
SELF DEFINED CIRCUITS
HERE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DOROTHY B. WILLIAMS THEATER
MAY 3–7, 2022
Jillian Flexner, composer
Orlando Segarra, librettist
Whitney George, music director
Michael Hofmann, stage director
Wells Thorne, scenic designer
Jennifer Burkhardt, lighting designer
Ted Boyce-Smith and Taylor Edelle Stuart, video designers
Corina Chase, costume designer
Sara Lin Yoder, Fembot/Gal
Shane Brown, Pete
Elyse Kakacek, Cora I
Cara Search, Cora II
Ensemble: Sarah Daniels, Stephanie Feigenbaum, Mary Rose Go, Delaney Rosen, Victoria Davis, Rocky Duval
Confined to the basement of her creator, a newly-awakened sex robot embarks on an introspective journey of self-actualization and freedom, with a little help from her predecessor, a Siri-like digital assistant.
Production photography by Jonathan Levin
BARD COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT OPERA WORKSHOP 2020
THEIR SUDDEN TONGUES
Fisher CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
LUMA THEATER
JANUARY 31 – FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Michael Hofmann, stage director
Micah Gleason, Renée Ann Louprette, and David Mascari, conductors
Andrew Hill, lighting designer
Sharon Greene, costume designer
The final performance of Bard College’s Opera Workshop 2020 explored scenes from thirteen different operas, woven together into a single continuous program.
Production photography by Chris Kayden
THE COLONY
an art science performance by Anna Lindemann
STUDIO THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
September 6 – 8, 2019
Script by Anna Lindemann and Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
Music by Anna Lindemann
Michael Hofmann, consulting director
Anna Lindemann, animation art director and “Swarm Raid” codirector
Ryan Glista, “Swarm Raid” codirector
Brittny Meehan, costume designer
Samuel J. Biondolillo, lighting designer
Katie Salerno, sound designer and sound engineer
Anna Lindemann, Mona
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Hennie/Ant Queen/Soprano
Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, Ian/Pianist
A show about sisterhood and the evolution of communication in two of the most social creatures on earth: humans and ants. Learn more at www.thecolony.show
Production photography by Kelly Daigneault
BARD COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT OPERA WORKSHOP 2019
PASTICHE
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
LUMA Theater
February 2 – 3, 2019
Michael Hofmann, stage director
Renée Ann Louprette, music director
Andrew Hill, lighting design
Sharon Greene, costume design
Scenes from opera's history are reimagined in 360 degrees as students of the college's Opera Workshop embark on the program's first in-the-round production. The performance weaves together narrative threads in excerpts of operas by Lully, Mozart, Bernstein, and others for a unique musical and theatrical experience.
THE CHOIR OF ST. LUKE IN THE FIELDS
DAVID SHULER, CONDUCTOR
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA: 'MISSA TU ES PETRUS'
MSR Classics
Soprano Melissa Fogarty, Madeline Healey, Ava Pine, Amanda Sidebottom, Marcia Young
Alto Kit Emory, Catherine Hedberg, Elizabeth Merrill
Tenor David Root, Christopher Preston Thompson
Bass Phillip Cheah, Michael Hofmann, Peter Walker, Christian Waugh
FRESH SQUEEZED OPERA COMPANY
CONSTANTIN BASICA'S
'KNOT AN OPERA!'
Baruch Performing Arts Center
Rose Nagelberg Theater
June 28 – 30, 2018
Michael Hofmann, stage director
Whitney George, music director
Michael Minahan, set design
Jennifer Burkhardt, lighting design
Matthew Wasser, projection design
Corina Louise Chase, costume design
Joanie Brittingham, Coloratura Soprano
Francesca Federico, Lyric Soprano
Cara Search, Mezzo Soprano
Andy Dwan, Baritone
Sarah Dutcher, Performer
THE ORCHESTRA NOW & THE BARD GRADUATE VOCAL ARTS PROGRAM
LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S
'CANDIDE'
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Sosnoff Theater
February 25 – 26, 2017
James Bagwell, conductor
Michael Hofmann, stage director
The Orchestra Now and singers from the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music