The Marriage of Figaro Cast & Artistic Staff

Cast

Andrew Gangestad (Bass) - Figaro
Lyric Debut: Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, 2007
Recently:
Aida, Bergenz Festival
Le nozze di Figaro, Macao International Music Festival
La bohème, Arizona Opera
Upcoming:
Don Giovanni, Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Les pêcheurs de perles, Pittsburgh Opera
Aida, Hawaii Opera Theatre

Sari Gruber (Soprano) - Susanna
Lyric Debut: Anne Trulove, The Rake's Progress, 2001
Recently:
Le nozze di Figaro, Pittsburgh Opera
La bohème, Opera Colorado
La bohème, Austin Lyric Opera
Don Giovanni, Arizona Opera
Upcoming:
Les pêcheurs de perles, Hawaii Opera Theatre

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

Thomas Hammons (Bass-Baritone) - Dr. Bartolo
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
Nixon in China, Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, and Opera Colorado
Lulu, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera
L'Elisir D'Amore, Billy Budd, Sante Fe Opera
Upcoming:
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Vancouver Opera
Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Colorado

Korby Myrick (Mezzo-Soprano) - Marcellina
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
La vida breve, Opera Carolina
The Pirates of Penzance, Arizona Opera
Eugene Onegin, Tulsa Opera
Il Trovatore, Opera Naples
Bach’s B Minor Mass, Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

Brenda Patterson (Mezzo-Soprano) - Cherubino
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
Rusalka, Metropolitan Opera
Idomeneo, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Così fan tutte, Staatsoper Hamburg
Orlando Paladino, Glimmerglass Opera
Dido and Aeneas, Greenwich Music Festival
Upcoming:
Concert of Bach cantatas, Handel and Haydn Society

Jonathan Thomas (Tenor) - Basilio/Don Curzio
Lyric Debut: Snout, Midsummer Night's Dream, '04
Recently:
Carmen, Rigoletto, Julius Caesar, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Carmen, Otello, Des Moines Metro 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
Don Giovanni, UMKC Apprentice Artist Program
Upcoming:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Aspen Music Festival
Carmen, 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:
Manon, Palau Reina Sofia - Valencia, Spain
Xerxes, Berkeley West Edge Opera
Wagner's Legend of the Ring, Berkeley West Edge Opera
Carmen, Cincinnati Opera
La Traviata, Seattle Opera

Michael Baumgarten - Lighting Designer
Lyric Opera Debut: Lighting Designer La bohème, 1996
Recently:
Opera Carolina, Chautauqua Opera - Director of Production
La Traviata, Opera Carolina
Turandot, Lyric Opera Ottawa
Così fan tutte, Palm Beach Opera
Carmen, Arizona Opera

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
Deborah Morgan - Props Master
Erin Thompson-Janszen - Stage Manager
Victoria Frank - Assistant Stage Manager
Jaclyn Larson - Assistant Stage Manager
Margaret Spare - Assistant Lighting Designer