Turiddu (Rafael Davila) leads his adulterous lover Lola (Audrey Welsh) in a toast with the villagers (Pittsburgh Opera Chorus)

Pittsburgh Opera presents "Cavalleria Rusticana" & "Pagliacci" Music by Pietro Mascagni, libretto by Guido Menasci & Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Cav) Music & libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo (Pag)

Cast: "Cavalleria Rusticana"

Turiddu- Rafael Davila

Santuzza- Eve Gigliotti

Mamma Lucia- Marianne Cornetti

Alfio- Sebastian Catana

Lola- Audrey Welsh

Artistic Team:

Conductor- Antony Walker

Stage Director- Daniel Rigazzi

Scenic Designer -Steven C. Kemp

Costume Designer- Edward Kotanen

Wig and Make-up Designer- James Geier

Lighting Designer- Cindy Limauro

Stage Manager- Cindy Knight

Assistant Conductor- Glenn Lewis

Chorus Master- Mark Trawka

Associate Coach/Pianist- James Lesniak

Resident Artist Pianist- Maeve Berry

Assistant Stage Director- Dana Kinney

Assistant Stage Managers- Bee Anderson, Tess Naval

Original production by Shawna Lucey

Costumes provided by Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.

Scenery and Props constructed by Lyric Opera of Kansas City

PITTSBURGH OPERA ORCHESTRA

VIOLIN I

Charles Stegeman, Concertmaster

Rachel Stegeman, Assistant Concertmaster

Maureen Conlon Gutierrez

MaryBeth Schotting

Sara Schaft

Juan Jaramillo

Kate Massagli Black

Sean Elliott

Kerry Broker

Anne Victoria Nasevich

VIOLIN II

Anne Jackovic Moskal, Principal

Jennifer Madge, Acting Assistant Principal

Rochelle Agnew

Claire Gallagher

Abril Nunez

Richard Palermo

Jonathan R Moser

Josef Muller

VIOLA

Jennifer Gerhard Mangone, Principal

Louise Farbman, Assistant Principal

Rebecca Rothermel

John McCarthy

Stephen Weiss

Maija Anstine

CELLO

Kathleen Melucci, Principal

Jonathan Tortolano, Assistant Principal

Paula Tuttle

Joseph Bishkoff, Jr.

Elisa Kohanski

Freya Samuels

BASS

Jeffrey T. Mangone, Sr., Principal

Andrew Kohn, Assistant Principal

Robert J. Skavronski

J. Michael Priester

FLUTE

Barbara O’Brien, Principal

Julie McGough

Josie Kost

PICCOLO

Josie Kost

Alexandra McGuire

OBOE

Robert Driscoll, Jr., Principal

Cynthia Anderson

ENGLISH HORN

Cynthia Warren

CLARINET

Mark Kleine, Acting Principal

Alix Reinhardt

BASS CLARINET

Ryan Leonard

BASSOON

Linda Morton Fisher, Principal

Don Hollis

Joseph Merchant

HORN

Joy Hodges, Acting Principal

Sheryl Hadeka

Molly Flanagan

Emerson Miller

TRUMPET

Christopher Wilson, Principal

Karen Lee Sloneker

Dave Anderson

TROMBONE

John Sebastian Vera, Principal

Taylor Jones

Glenn L. Wayland, Sr.

TUBA

Philip VanOuse, Principal

TIMPANI

Dylan Moffitt, Acting Principal

PERCUSSION

Jan Fung, Principal

Tom Milchick

HARP

Nuiko Wadden, Principal

Natalie Moss

BANDA

Cynthia Warren - Oboe

Natalie Moss - Harp

LIBRARIAN

Eleanor Cameron

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Kristen Martin

The Musicians of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.