The Marriage of Figaro Cast & Artistic Staff

Cast

Andrew Gangestad (Bass) - Figaro
Lyric Debut: Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, 2007
Recently:
La bohème, Arizona Opera
Le nozze di Figaro, Macao International Music Festival
La Damnation de Faust, Metropolitan Opera
Upcoming:
Aida, Bergenz Festival

Sari Gruber (Soprano) - Susanna
Lyric Debut: Anne Trulove, The Rake's Progress, 2001
Recently:
La bohème, Austin Lyric Opera
La bohème, Opera East Texas
Don Giovanni, Arizona Opera
Upcoming:
Le nozze di Figaro, Pittsburg Opera

Troy Cook (Baritone) - Count Almaviva
Lyric Debut: Demetrius, Midsummer Night's Dream, '04
Recently:
Così fan tutte, Royal Opera House - Covent Garden
Madama Butterfly, Opera Company of Philadelphia
La bohème, Florida Grand Opera
Upcoming:
La bohème, Hamburgische Staatsoper
Falstaff, Hamburgische Staatsoper

Katie Von Kooten (Soprano) - Countess Almaviva
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
La Rondine, Metropolitan Opera
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Houston Grand Opera
La Rondine, Die Zauberflöte, La bohème, Faust,
Royal Opera House - Covent Garden

Thomas Hammons (Bass) - Dr. Bartolo
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
Nixon in China, Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera
Le nozze di Figaro, Cincinnati Opera
L'Elisir D'Amore, Sante Fe Opera, Dayton Opera
Upcoming:
Lulu, Metropolitan Opera

Korby Myrick (Mezzo-Soprano) - Marcellina
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
La vida breve, Opera Carolina
Susannah, La Cenerentola, Arizona Opera
Der fliegende Holländer, Opera Theater of Connecticut
Eugene Onegin, Tulsa Opera
Upcoming:
The Mikado, Indianapolis Opera

Stephen Fish (Baritone) - Antonio
Lyric Opera Debut: Sciarrone, Tosca, 2009
Recently:
Rigoletto, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Salome, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Tosca, Des Moines Metro Opera

Heather Phillips (Soprano) - Barbarina
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
L'Italiana in Algeri, Opera Southwest (New Mexico)
La bohème, Crested Butte Music Festival
Le Nozze di Figaro, Cincinnati Opera
La Traviata, Hänsel und Gretel, Kentucky Opera

Chorus

* UMKC Apprentice, ** KU Apprentice, ^ Kaplan Apprentice

Artistic Staff

Ward Holmquist - Conductor
Lyric Opera Debut: The Marriage of Figaro, 1996
Recently:
Tosca, Rigoletto, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Tosca, Fort Worth Opera
La bohème, Atlanta Opera Company
Susannah, Palm Beach Opera

Mark Streshinsky - Stage Director
Lyric Opera Debut: Stage Director, Julius Caesar, 2008
Recently:
Don Giovanni, Berkley Opera
La Traviata, Seattle Opera
La bohème, Dallas Opera
Carmen, Cincinnati Opera

Michael Baumgarten - Lighting Designer
Lyric Opera Debut: Lighting Designer La bohème, 1996
Recently:
Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Carolina
Romeo and Juliet, Chautauqua Opera
Falstaff, Opera Omaha

R. Keith Brumley - Set Designer
Lyric Opera Debut: Candide, 1984
Recently:
The Barber of Seville, Des Moines Metro Opera
The End of the Affair, Tosca, John Brown,
La bohème, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Additional Staff
Mark Ferrell - Chorus Master, Rehearsal Accompanist & Coach
Mary Traylor - Costume Coordinator
Jan Delovage - Wig and Makeup Designer
Deborah Morgan - Props Master
Erin Thompson - Stage Manager
Victoria Frank - Assistant Stage Manager
Margaret Spare - Assistant Lighting Designer