Norma Cast & Artistic Staff

Cast

Luiz-Ottavio Faria (Bass) - Oroveso
Lyric Opera Debut: Ramfis, Aida, 2007
Recently:
Macbeth, Teatro Alla Scala (Milan)
Turandot, Arena di Verona (Verona)
Nabucco, Teatro Carlo Felice (Genova)

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

Laura Vlasak Nolen (Soprano) - Adalgisa
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Metropolitan Opera
La donna del lago, New York City Opera
Ghost of Versailles, Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland)
Upcoming:
Nabucco, Palm Beach Opera
Maria Padilla, Opera Boston

Brenda Harris (Soprano) - Norma
Lyric Opera Debut: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, 2010
Recently:
Robert Devereux, Minnesota Opera
Macbeth, Opera Lyra (Ottawa), Des Moines Metro Opera
Vitellia, Metropolitan Opera
Agrippina, New York City Opera

Adam Wade Duncan (Tenor) - Flavio
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
Pagliacci, Civic Opera Theatre of Kansas City
Our Town, Civic Opera Theatre of Kansas City
Upcoming:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, New Dinner Theatre

Kristee Haney (Mezzo-Soprano) - Clotilde
Lyric Opera Debut
Recently:
A Little Night Music, St. Petersburg Opera
The Rake's Progress, The University of Kansas
Sweeney Todd, Mobile Opera
Upcoming:
Riders to the Sea, The University of Kansas
Idomeneo, Civic Opera Theatre of 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
Rigoletto, Tulsa Opera
Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci, Kentucky Opera
Le nozze di Figaro, Pittsburgh Opera

Marcus Dillard - Lighting Designer
Lyric Opera Debut: John Brown, 2008
Recently:
An Ideal Husband, Great Lakes Theater Festival
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, The Children's Theatre Company
Madama Butterfly, The Guthrie Theater
La bohème, Minnesota Opera

Additional Staff
Roberto Oswald - Set Designer
Anibal Lapiz - Costume Designer
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
Jaclyn Larson - Production Assistant
Margaret Spare - Assistant Lighting Designer
Matt Haney - Directing Intern