French premiere of “The Secret Agent”

mrd — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:49:52 +0000

On April 18 th, The Secret Agent had its French premiere at the

Opéra Théâtre d’Avignon.

A Center for Contemporary Opera production (Jim Schaeffer, Director)

and sponsored by the Armel International Opera Festival and Competition (Ágnes Havas, Director)

Directed by Sam Helfrich

Sara Jobin, Conductor

Set by Laura Jellinek

Costumes by Melissa Schlachtmeyer

Lighting design by Eric Southern

Mary Kathryn Blazek, Stage Manager

The Szeged Symphony Orchestra (Sandor Gyüdi, Artistic Director)

A Center for Contemporary Opera production (Jim Schaeffer, Director)

Nathan Baer (The Professor)

Jonathan Blalock (Stevie)

Jason Detwiller (The Ambassador)

Cherry Duke (Lady Olive)

Matthew Garrett (Ossipon)

Courtney Huffman (Lady Isabel)

Jodi Karem ( Lady Mabel)

Deborah Lifton (Lady Millicent)

Adrienne Miksch (Winnie)

Sarah Miller (Lady Verena)

David Neal (The Commissioner)

Jason Papowitz (Chief Inspector Heat)

Rick Piersall (First Secretary / Liedersinger / Constable)

Nicolas Rigas (Verloc)

Aaron Theno (Michaelis)

Mark Zuckerman (Prime Minister)

with thanks to Jamie Leonard, Laura Kund, Adrienn Barabás

: with cast member Aaron Theno (Michaelis) in front of the Avignon opera house

Michael Dellaira