Semele
by George Frederick Handel
Libretto by William Congreve
Directed by Peter James Cook '05
Conducted by Ilya Gidalevich '06
Produced by Manuel Gonzales-Luna '08
February 9, 10, 11, 2006
The Whitney Theater
An Opera Theatre of Yale College Production &
A Senior Project in Theatre Studies for Megan Stern
promo
cast
Semele: Lauren Lipaw '09
Eris: Elizabeth Picker '09
Juno: Annie Rosen '08
Ino: Megan Stern '06
Jupiter: Peter Park '06
Somnus: Noah Bassel '06
Athamus: Ian Howell '06
Cadmus: David McIntosh '07
Apollo: Nathan Reiff '07
Priest: Jacob Siegel '08
Chorus: Margarett Plouffe '09, Marianna Schuck '09, Rachel Cohen '09, Alexandra Pulst-Korenberg '08, Erin Hays '08, Miya Cain '08, Veronique Greenwood '08, Kirsten Cartowski '07, Joel Pattison '09, Adam Metzger '08, Nathan Reiff, Drew Westphal '09, Jacob Siegel, Zach Bucknoff '08
Statues: Nathaniel Drake '06, Jocelyn Ranne '07
production staff
Assistant Director: Alexander Dominitz '09
Set Designer: Chelsea Garunay '06
Technical Director: Marcus Hammond '08
Costumes (Gods): C. Graeme Kalb
Costumes (Humans): Melody Chang '08
Costume Staff: Brock Forsblom '07
Makeup Artist: Leonore Ma '08
Lighting Designer: Katie Reynolds '07
Master Electrician: Christopher Malizia '06
Lighting Crew: Valerie Cervantes '08, Reed Abrahamson '08, Dan Swett '07
orchestra
Ryan McFarlane
Emily Moore
Britta Kelley
Neon Leon
Gwendolyn Bradford
Hermes Huang
Carolina Malagon
Daniel Jordan
Timothy Orr
Kathryn Swisher
Meaghan Burke
Dan Lewis
Kevin Davis
Elizabeth Sebesky
Lydia Whitlock
Stephen Fraser