Falstaff (2024)

Music by Giuseppe Verdi

Original Libretto by Arrigo Boito

English Translation by Nico Castel

Performed in Italian with supertitles

Agassiz Theatre • Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Music Director … Yizhe Sun ‘25

Stage Director … Eliza Zangerl ‘26

Producer … Dora Woodruff ’24

Performance Dates

Friday, February 2 @ 7:30pm  |  Saturday, February 3 @ 7:30pm  + Opera Gala 

Tuesday, February 6 @ 7:30pm  |  Wednesday, February 7 @ 7:30pm  |  Friday, February 9 @ 7:30pm | Saturday, February 10 @ 3:00pm

CAST

Falstaff … Carl Ho ‘24

Ford … Andrew Lu ’24

Alice Ford … Tara Guetzloe ‘26

Nannetta … Ella Rescigno ‘25

Meg Page … Lara Tan Rui Qi ‘27

Mistress Quickly … Caitlin Paul ’24

Fenton … Andrew Courtney ’24

Dr. Caius … Ari Cheriyan ’25

Bardolfo … Jonas Iskander ’25

Pistola … Saman de Silva ’26

Chorus … Anna Gamburd ‘27, Raymond Huang ‘24, Shreya Nair ‘24, Julia Paolillo (GSC), Moritz von Brescius (CES), Jordan Woods ‘24, Dailan Xu ‘27, Lauren Xu ‘24, Shuheng Zhang ‘25, Lia Zheng ‘27

ORCHESTRA

Concertmaster … Danilo Thurber ’25

Violin I … Cal Alexander ‘27, Harlie Kaligis ‘25

Violin II … Michelle Stern ‘25, Sava Thurber ‘27

Viola … Ethan Chaves ‘26

Cello … Elizabeth Norris ‘27

Double Bass … Catherine Deskur ’24

Flute / Piccolo ... Sasha Hitachi-Kizziah ‘25, Amy Hwang ’26

Oboe / Cor Anglais ... Dora Woodruff ’24

Clarinet … Omar Wahby ’24

Bassoon …  Merle Göben ‘25

Horn … Anselme Dojat (TA), Anna Teunis ’25

Trumpet … Catherine Li ‘27

Percussion … Easton Singer ‘26, William Xu ‘26

Harp / Piano … Felicia He ‘24

STAFF

Music Director … Yizhe Sun ‘25

Stage Director … Eliza Zangerl ‘26

Assistant Music Directors … Raymond Huang ‘24, Enoch Li ‘26

Assistant Director … Anna Gamburd ‘27

Finance Producers … Alex Yin ‘26

Publicity Producer … Michelle Stern ‘25

Technical Producer … Aiman Anuar ‘26

Stage Managers … Hailey Hurd ‘25, Selina Lin ‘26

Assistant Stage Manager … Behruz Mahmundov ‘26

Technical Director … Jonathan Caron (GSD)

Orchestra Manager … Ethan Chaves ‘26

Set Designers … Paris Bezanis (GSD), Fernando Garrido Carreras (GSD), Randy Crandon (GSD)

Costume Designer … Maddy Gates ‘26

Hair/Makeup Designer … Kimberly Baptiste ‘23

Lighting Designer … Gabriel Brock ‘26