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Before I share my next season of performances, I need to take a VERY OVERDUE minute to honor what an incredible team I worked with last November on La Traviata with Kentucky Opera! @kyopera 🪩✨ How lucky am I to have worked with this team of hardworking, thoughtful, insanely talented creatives (led by an ALL-FEMALE directorial team, which is badass!).

Oh my dear Flora, I can’t wait to step into your shoes again soon! You were an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish, and I loved it all. Major props to Sable Strout (@sablestrout), who took a character that can be performed similarly across productions and challenged us to think deeper, bigger, and funnier with her beautiful vision for this show. 🥂

Every time I get to work with this great company, I leave feeling transformed and so fulfilled. I can’t wait for the next time!! ❤️

Thank you again to ALL of these amazing people below (and our wonderful chorus, who I didn’t have space to name here!! 🎶), and to Katie Scoone and Andrew Kung Group LLC for these magnificent photos! 📸

Conductor | Emily Senturia
Director | Sable Strout
Head of Music | Taylor Burkhardt
Production Stage Manager | Hailli Ridsdale
Assistant Stage Manager | Sienna Siciliano
Props Coordinator | Bitzie Cole Cooley
Scenic Designer | Lauren M Nichols
Lighting Designer | Jesse Alford
Costume Designer and Crew | Holly Jenkins-Evans, Charles Highchew, Jesse Crull, and Nancy Hansen (thank you for these beautiful dresses!)
Hair & Make-Up Designer | Cass Brake
Associate Hair and Make-Up Designer | Thomas Venditelli
Hair and Makeup Assistant | Larry Coe
Audio Engineer | Chris Kincaid
Photography | Andrew Kung Group LLC and Katie Scoone

Violetta Valery | Abigail Rethwisch
Alfredo Germont | Victor Ryan Robertson
Giorgio Germont | Robert Kerr
Flora Bervoix | ❤️
Gastone de Letorieres | Dylon Crain
Baron Douphol | Brandon Whitish
Marchese D’Obigny & Dr. Grenville | Christopher Burchett
Annina | Rebecca Bortz Hardin
Giuseppe & Flora’s Servant | Drew Pungratz

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We can't wait to present The Barber of Seville (with, ahem, *this* cast)!

Rosina: Lisa Marie Rogali
Almaviva: Minghao Liu
Figaro: Charles H. Eaton
Bartolo: Dennis Jesse
Basilio: Brian Kontes
Berta: Amanda Batista
Fiorello: Brandon Whitish

Conductor: Emily Senturia
Director: Ben Robinson

Don't have your tickets yet? Come join the fun on October 9 and 11!

*Minghao Liu will portray Count Almaviva

#KentuckyOpera #CompanyAnnouncement #LouisvilleArts

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Maine photodump 🦞

Great weather, great people, great food and great music!

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Roméo et Juliette: TWO performances only!

Thursday, July 23 7:30pm
Sunday, July 26 2:30pm

Get tickets while you still can: https://porttix.com/whats-on/romeo-et-juliette/

Tickets are free for ages 21 and under, and veterans and first responders through VetTix and 1stTix

#operamaine #portlandmaine #romeoetjuliette #romeoandjuliet

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Experience the drama and action of Roméo et Juliette this Thursday at 7:30pm in Merrill Auditorium.

Get tickets while you can: https://porttix.com/whats-on/romeo-et-juliette/

Tickets are free for ages 21 and under, and veterans and first responders through VetTix and 1stTix

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I’ve been meaning to write this for a while. Looking back, I’m incredibly grateful for this experience and for everyone who made it so meaningful.

Having the opportunity to bring Diane to life was both a joy and a valuable learning experience, and I’m so thankful for everything this role taught me.

Thank you to Opera Maine for this opportunity, to Director Richard and Conductor Lance for your guidance and encouragement, to Pianist Brendon for your beautiful musicianship and support, to my teachers for always believing in me, and to Composer Huang Ruo for so generously sharing your music and guide us. It was a privilege to learn from you.

To my castmates and everyone behind the scenes — Stacey, CeCe, thank you for making this such a joyful and welcoming experience. And a special thank you to Vanessa for your kindness and for always looking out for me.

Finally, thank you to everyone who came to see Bound. I’m so grateful for everything I learned, the wonderful people I met, and the memories I’ll carry with me.

🩵🐚💙🌊🤍🌅

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Stanley in BOUND with @operamaine by @huang.ruo

Toi toi toi to this stellar cast and team 😊

COMPOSED BY: HUANG RUO
LIBRETTO BY: BAO-LONG CHU

Diane Tran: Xinran Du
Khan: Esther Jo
Stanley / Judge Moriarty: Micah Schroeder / Brandon Whitish

Director: Richard Gammon
Conductor: Lance Inouye
Orchestra: Brendon Shapiro, Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ
Stage Manager: Stacey Solatto-Cristobal
Lighting: Seif Cristobal

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TOMMORROW, 7:30 PM: Join us at Mainstage Theater at Portland Stage for our OPENING NIGHT of Bound.

Get tickets while they last: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bound

Photos by: @abbylemieux_art

#boundopera #operamaine #portlandmaine #portlandstage

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La traviata
April 25 + 26, 2026
Ohio Theatre
@opera.columbus
@columbussymphony
@capacolumbus

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NEW OPERA-ISMS 🤩

Join us as we chat with John Bellemer (Alfredo) and Brandon Whitish (Baron Douphol) 🎶🌹

Spotify link in bio!

#traviataOC #operacbus #makeityours #artmakescbus #columbusohio @brandonwhitish @jgbtenor

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Opera Maine is proud to introduce our 2026 Studio Artists. Our Studio Artist Production is BOUND, composed by Huang Ruo with libretto by Bao-Long Chu. Join us for BOUND on June 26 & 28 at Portland Stage

For tickets and more information, visit: https://www.operamaine.org/bound/

CAST:
Xinran Du as Diane Tran (@duxinransoprano)
Esther Jo as Khanh (@joesther)
Brandon Whitish as Stanley (@brandonwhitish)
Micah Schroeder as Judge Moriarty (@mj.penguino)

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Now that things have (sort of) settled down, I’m gonna post about this show and all the lovely people I was blessed to work with! I am grateful for the chance to be a part of telling this beautiful and poignant story during these present times. From my colleagues whom I was given the pleasure to perform alongside, to our director Sarah Meyers, to everyone on the creative team, and the crew! What lovely, wonderful, and inspiring human beings.

Let’s not forget Mark Campbell and Paul Moravec for their dedication to telling the stories of the people in such a beautiful way. I am forever grateful to have been a part of this World Premiere of A Nation of Others.

Thank you Kentucky. Thank you all.

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