{"id":503263,"date":"2010-04-01T21:17:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T01:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=26770"},"modified":"2010-04-01T21:17:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T01:17:29","slug":"chicago-opera-theater-presents-francesco-cavalli%e2%80%99s-jason-giasone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/503263","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Opera Theater Presents Francesco Cavalli\u2019s JASON (Giasone)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Contact<\/strong>: Colleen Flanigan Director of Marketing and Public Relations \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 312.704.8420, x225 cflanigan@chicagooperatheater.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/span><\/p>\n

\nCHICAGO OPERA THEATER PRESENTS<\/span> <\/strong>Francesco Cavalli JASON<\/span> (Giasone)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe Second Production of the 2010 Spring Festival Season!<\/strong> April 24, 28, 30, May 2, 2010<\/strong> at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nCHICAGO, IL (March 16, 2010) \u2014 Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presents the second production of their 2010 Spring Festival Season \u2013 Cavalli’s Jason<\/em> (Giasone<\/em>) <\/strong>on April 24, 28, 30 and May 2 at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nThis will mark the first time a Cavalli opera has been performed by a professional company in Chicago.<\/strong><\/p>\n“Many people in Chicago are going to make a miraculous discovery after they have seen Giasone<\/em>, and they’ll wonder how it is possible that Cavalli was overlooked \u00a0in this city for so many years,” said COT General Director Brian Dickie<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jason<\/em><\/strong> is the first opera in Chicago Opera Theater’s presentation of three baroque masterpieces in the next three seasons.\u00a0 This baroque “trilogy” will be devoted to the exploration of three operas with Medea as a central character.\u00a0 In addition to Jason<\/em><\/strong>, COT will present Medea<\/em> (M\u00e9d\u00e9e<\/em>)<\/strong> by Marc-Antoine Charpentier in 2011, and Teseo<\/em> <\/strong>by George Frideric Handel in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jason <\/em>also anchors the first Chicago Early Music Festival.<\/strong>\u00a0 Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Office of Tourism, this unprecedented collaboration amongst the City of Chicago and some of Chicago’s leading Early Music ensembles and organizations also features University of Chicago Presents<\/strong>, Baroque Band<\/strong>, International Music Foundation<\/strong>, and the Newberry Consort<\/strong>. <\/span><\/div>\n

This will mark the first collaboration between Chicago Opera Theater <\/strong>and Baroque Band<\/strong>, the orchestra for Jason<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Founded in 2007 by British baroque violinist Garry Clarke<\/strong>, Baroque Band has rapidly established itself as an important member of Chicago\u2019s musical community. As Chicago’s period-instrument orchestra, it has been hailed by critics and audiences and has gained a reputation as one of the most exciting period-instrument ensembles in the United States.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n“Baroque Band is delighted to be working with COT on this exciting project,” said Mr. Clarke.\u00a0 “Using period instruments adds a vitality and articulation that can be lacking using modern equivalents. Whilst Cavalli, Bach, and Handel would undoubtedly have written very differently if they were alive today we must remember we are bringing the piece to an audience many of whom will be hearing it for the very first time.”<\/p>\nThis comic opera cleverly mixes the myth of “Jason and the Argonauts” with bawdy humor centered around the love triangle of Jason, Medea and Isifile.\u00a0 The look of the production will be inspired by the classic James Bond films of the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Jason<\/em> will be led by conductor Christian Curnyn, a rising star in the field of early music.\u00a0 Mr. Curnyn founded the Early Opera Company, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of baroque opera using period instruments.\u00a0 In the fall of 2008 he made his English National Opera debut conducting a new production of Handel’s Partenope<\/em>\u2014which won the Olivier Award (UK) for Best New Opera Production.\u00a0 In April of last year, he conducted performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas<\/em>, also at the English National Opera.<\/em> \u00a0Mr. Curnyn makes his New York City Opera debut on April 3 with Partenope<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDirecting Jason <\/em><\/strong>is Justin Way<\/strong>.\u00a0 This will be his third production with Chicago Opera Theater after his triumphant Orlando<\/em><\/strong> in 2008 and the audience favorite Abduction from the Seraglio<\/em><\/strong> in 2006.\u00a0 Mr. Way just finished a run of La boh\u00e8me<\/em> at the Minnesota Opera and earlier this year directed Carmen<\/em> at the Canadian Opera Company.\u00a0 He works regularly at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opera Australia, Center City Opera, and Pinchgut Opera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The set designer is Anka Lupes<\/strong>, who will make her Chicago Opera Theater debut with the first opera of the 2010 Season, Moses in Egypt<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The costume designer is Kimm Kovac<\/strong>, who has worked with Justin Way on both Orlando<\/em><\/strong> and Abduction from the Seraglio<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Returning to Chicago Opera Theater from 2009 is lighting designer Keith Parham<\/strong>.\u00a0 He is a company member of TUTA Theatre, and has worked at The Public Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, and the Writers’ Theatre, among many others.<\/p>\n

Cavalli’s Jason <\/em><\/strong>stars Franco Fagioli<\/strong> (countertenor) making his North American debut in the title role. General Director Brian Dickie<\/strong> discovered Fagioli when traveling to Argentina during auditions of the Bertelsmann Foundation’s Neue Stimmen Competition<\/strong>. It marked the first time a countertenor made the finals of this prestigious singing contest, and Mr. Fagioli went on to win the top prize. Since then, he has begun an international career, most notably at the Bonn Opera, Teatro Colon, and Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es, as well as in the title role in Handel’s Giulio Cesare<\/em> in Zurich, Oslo and Karlsruhe.<\/p>\nSinging the role of Medea is Sasha Cooke<\/strong> (mezzo-soprano).\u00a0 Ms. Cooke starred as Kitty Oppenheimer in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic<\/em>, and sang this past November in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em> at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.\u00a0 Grazia Doronzio<\/strong> (soprano), who sings Isifile, made her Metropolitan Opera debut last season as Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto<\/em>, and recently sang with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Mozart Requiem<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Cooke and Ms. Doronzio are recent graduates of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Program.\u00a0\u00a0 The role of Egeo will be sung by Vale Rideout<\/strong> (tenor), whose engagements in 2010 included Boston Lyric Opera (Turn of the Screw<\/em>), Nashville Opera (The Fall of the House of Usher<\/em>) and the upcoming Elmer Gantry<\/em> at the Florentine Opera.<\/p>\n

Returning to Chicago Opera Theater this season is Andriana Chuchman<\/strong> (soprano) as Alinda and Andrew Funk<\/strong> (bass) as Besso.\u00a0 Ms. Chuchman sang Dorinda in COT’s 2008 production of Orlando<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The Chicago Tribune<\/em> said she “sang with winning freshness, sparkle and charm; you didn’t want to take your eyes off her.” Mr. Funk returns to COT after singing Commendatore in COT\u2019s 2008 production of Don Giovanni<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 His previous COT appearances were in Noah\u2019s Flood<\/em><\/strong> (2002) and Orfeo<\/em><\/strong> (2000), which went on to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2003.<\/p>\n

Julius Ahn<\/strong> (tenor, Demo), Evan Boyer<\/strong> (bass, Oreste) and Tyler Nelson<\/strong> (tenor, Delfa) complete the cast.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Jason<\/em> runs for four performances only on April 24, 28, 30, and May 2, 2010 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, 205 East Randolph Drive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\nSeason Subscriptions for the 2010 Spring Festival Season range from $90-$345 and include a ticket to Jason <\/em>(Giasone<\/em>), as well as Rossini\u2019s Moses in Egypt<\/em> and Jake Heggie\u2019s Three Decembers<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0Single tickets are also on sale, and range from $30-$120.\u00a0 COT also offers a half-off discounted student rate in most sections.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nTickets may be purchased at Chicago Opera Theater: ChicagoOperaTheater.org<\/a> or 312.704.8414.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Tickets may also be purchased at the Harris Theater:\u00a0 HarrisTheaterChicago.org<\/a> or 312.334.7777.<\/span><\/p>\nJason <\/em>is generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation<\/strong> and Suzanne L. Wagner<\/strong>.<\/p>\nFrancesco Cavalli<\/p>\n

JASON (Giasone) <\/span><\/p>\nApril 24, 28, 30 at 7:30pm; May 2 at 3pm<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\nConductor:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\nCHRISTIAN CURNYN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDirector:<\/td>\nJUSTIN WAY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSet Designer:\u00a0<\/td>\nANKA LUPES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCostume Designer:\u00a0<\/td>\nKIMM KOVAC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLighting Designer:<\/td>\nKEITH PARHAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\nCAST (Alphabetical)<\/span>:<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\nDemo<\/td>\nJULIUS AHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOreste<\/td>\nEVAN BOYER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAlinda<\/td>\nANDRIANA CHUCHMAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMedea<\/td>\nSASHA COOKE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIsifile\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\nGRAZIA DORONZIO\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGiasone\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\nFRANCO FAGIOLI\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBesso\u00a0<\/td>\nANDREW FUNK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDelfa\u00a0<\/td>\nTYLER NELSON<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEgeo<\/td>\nVALE RIDEOUT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\nSung in Italian with English supertitles.<\/em><\/p>\n###<\/p>\n

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