Norma Cast & Artistic Staff

Cast

Luiz-Ottavio Faria (Bass) - Oroveso
Lyric Opera Debut: Ramfis, Aida, 2007
Recently:
Macbeth, La Scala (Milan)
Rigoletto, Teatro Communale di Bologna
The Pearl Fishers, Opera Carolina

Rafael Dàvila (Tenor) - Pollione
Lyric Opera Debut: Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca, 2009
Recently:
Carmen, La Traviata, New Zealand Opera
La Traviata, Teatro Lirico D'Europa
Upcoming:
I Lombardi, Sarasota Opera
Nabucco, Palm Beach Opera

Laura Vlasak Nolen (Soprano) - Adalgisa
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Metropolitan Opera
Ghost of Versailles, Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland)
Upcoming:
Maria Padilla, Opera Boston
Elijah, Phoeniz Symphony

Brenda Harris (Soprano) - Norma
Lyric Opera Debut: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, 2010
Recently:
Robert Devereux, Minnesota Opera
Owen Wingrave, Chicago Opera Theatre
Macbeth, Opera Lyra Ottawa
Der Freischutz, Des Moines Metro Opera

Benjamin Gulley (Tenor) - Flavio
Lyric Opera Debut: Priest, The Magic Flute, 2008
Recently:
Cavalleria Rusticana, Kansas Concert Opera
Rigoletto, Don Giovanni, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Carmina burana, Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Albert Herring, University of Missoui-Kansas City

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

Kristine McIntyre - Stage Director
Lyric Opera Debut: Turn of the Screw, 2005
Recently:
Tancredi, Opera Boston
A Little Might Music, Mock's Crest
Rigoletto, Tulsa Opera
Le nozze di Figaro, Pittsburgh Opera

Marcus Dillard - Lighting Designer
Lyric Opera Debut: John Brown, 2008
Recently:
Figaro, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Yankee Doodle, The Ordway Music Theatre
The Diary of Anne Frank, Intiman Theatre (Seattle)
Italian Girl in Algiers, Minnesota Opera

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
Kathryn Snyder - Assistant Stage Manager
Margaret Spare - Assistant Lighting Designer