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지휘자 김은선 11월 워싱턴국립오페라 마술피리' 데뷔(11/2-23)
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Eun Sun Kim김은선(Eun Sun Kim) 지휘자가 워싱턴 국립오페라의 2019-20 시즌에서 '마술 피리(The Magic Flute, 11/2-23)'로 데뷔한다.
1980년생으로 연세대와 대학원 지휘과 졸업 후 슈투트가르트 음대 재학 중이던 2008년 스페인의 헤수스 로페스 코보스 오페라지휘 콩쿠르에서 우승했다.
2012년 프랑크푸르트 오페라 '라 보엠'으로 시작, 잉글리시 내셔널 오페라, 휴스턴 그랜드오페라, 독일 드레스덴 젬퍼오페라, 뮌헨 바이에른 국립오페라, 로열 대니쉬 시어터, 베를린국립오페라, 취리히 오페라 등지에서 지휘해왔다. 김은선 지휘자는 2017-18 휴스턴그랜드오페라에서 '라 트라비아타'로 데뷔에 성공한 후 다음 시즌부터 수석 게스트 지휘자로 임명됐다. 마에스트라 김은선은 샌프란시스코 오페라 '루살카'(6/16-28)의 지휘봉도 잡을 예정이다. http://www.eunsunkim.com
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA ANNOUNCES EXPANDED MAIN STAGE OFFERINGS
FOR 2019–2020 SEASON:
Otello: In first WNO staging in nearly 20 years,tenor Russell Thomas and baritone George Gagnidze battle it out in psychological thriller
The Magic Flute: Fantastical set designs by beloved children’s author Maurice Sendak, plus the return of a Family Look-In Performance
Don Giovanni:E. Loren Meeker directs Mozart’s masterwork on power, deviance, and sexual politics for a new era
Samson and Delilah: Mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges makes her WNO and role debuts as the temptress Delilah
Blue:A family struggles when a teenager is shot by police in this D.C. Premiere by TonyAward®–winning composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson
Porgy and Bess: Fan-favorite revival production returns with new cast WNO’s new Principal Conductor Evan Rogister leads two productions:Don Giovanni and Porgy and Bess
Soloman Howard to receive the 2019 Marian Anderson Vocal Award
(WASHINGTON)—Washington National Opera (WNO), led by General Director Timothy
O’Leary and Artistic Director Francesca Zambello, announces an expanded line-upwith six main
stage titles in 2019–2020 that feature two new WNO productions,three productions new to
Washington, and theD.C. premiere of a Zambello-commissioned work by Tony Award®–winning
composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson. Internationally acclaimed artists,
including many Americans who have had important starts at WNO, headline a season that
balances Italian and French grand operas, two works by Mozart—his most beloved singspiel and
his most complex work—and the greatness of American artistry from Gershwin to today’s new
composers.
Highlights during 2019–2020 include an audience favorite production directed by Artistic
Director Francesca Zambello, the first productions conducted by new Principal Conductor Evan
Rogister, and WNO debuts from artists including Roberto Aronica, J’Nai Bridges, John Fiore,
George Gagnidze, Eun Sun Kim, Kristin Lewis, Sydney Mancasola, and Vanessa Vasquez.
Returning artists include David Alden, Daniele Callegari, E. Loren Meeker, and Tazewell
Thompson, as well as Janai Brugger, Alyson Cambridge, Leah Crocetto, Denyce Graves, Kathryn
Lewek, Ryan McKinny, Musa Ngqungwana, David Portillo, and Wei Wu.
Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece Otello (October 26–November16, 2019) begins the season,
starring African American tenor Russell Thomas in the title role as the Moorish General. The fall
repertory continues with Mozart’s whimsical fairy tale The Magic Flute (November 2–23, 2019)
featuring vivid sets designed by famed children’s author Maurice Sendak. The mainstage
offerings resume with a spring festival of three productions: Evil determines its own karmic fate
as bass-baritone Ryan McKinny portrays Mozart’s Don Giovanni(February 29–March 22, 2020);
mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges seduces strength in Saint-Saëns’s romantic Samson and Delilah
(March 1–21, 2020); and every parent’s worst fear comes center stage in Tesori and
librettist/director Tazewell Thompson’s newwork Blue (March 15–28, 2020). The season
concludeswith Gershwin’s popular American classic Porgy and Bess (May 9–23, 2020)
featuring a massive cast of both WNO debuts and returning favorites, including hometown
legend Denyce Graves.
The season also features the return of the American Opera Initiative, a Domingo-Cafritz Young
Artist performance of The Magic Flute and a Family Look-in presentation of this opera, plus a
Holiday concert starring the WNO’s Children Chorus. Other exciting events, including the
annual Opera in the Outfield® at Nationals Park and future WNO programming hosted at the
REACH, the first major expansion in Kennedy Center history, will be announced at a later date.
“WNO is pleased to expand its season to six productions, and we are grateful to our family of
supporters for making it possible,” states O’Leary. “Francesca and I have enjoyed a series of
strategic discussions with the WNO board and staff, including options for the design of our
season. This year, we’ll align our resources toward co-producing a seminal new work as part of the
main stage offerings. The place of Bluein our season represents this shift, supporting bold artistic
offerings through a full-length production, in lieu of a one-hour chamber opera, as we have in
years past. Our commitment to nurturing emerging talent and contributing to the canon of
contemporary American opera remains through the American Opera Initiative 20-minute operas
during 2019–2020. Building on WNO’s civic engagement, we also look forward to announcing a
series of events and collaborations, particularly for Blue, linking themes in the operas to today’s
conversations about identity and connection.”
“From Mozart to Verdi to Tesori, our season is diverse with productions across centuries and
languages—whether you prefer the more traditional or the adventurous—all our offerings have
something to say about ourselves and society. Many themes in operawere hot topics in their day
just as they remain now,” adds Zambello. “Discussions of race inOtello, Blue, and Porgy and Bess,
discrimination in Samson and Delilah, and #MeToo in Don Giovanni are relevant conversations
that can begin in the safe space that art presents through thought-provoking productions and
interpretation to provide a better understanding of consequences.”
Washington National Opera 2019–2020 Season Schedule
Performance Dates Theater Production
October 26–Nov. 16, 2019 Opera House Otello
November 2–23, 2019 Opera House The Magic Flute
November 25, 2019 Opera House Marian Anderson Vocal Award Winner
Soloman Howard, bass, in concert
January 10, 2020 Terrace Theater American Opera Initiative Festival:
Three 20-Minute Operas
February 29–Mar. 22, 2020 Opera House Don Giovanni
March 1–21, 2020 Opera House Samson and Delilah
March 15–28, 2020 Eisenhower Theater Blue
May 9–23, 2020 Opera House Porgy and Bess
Otello
WNO’s 2019–2020 season opens with Verdi’s tragic masterpiece Otello—an opera last staged by
WNO nearly 20 years ago—on October 26–November16, 2019 in the Opera House. Coaxed out of
semi-retirement following the success of his Aida, Verdi’s compositional style changed with this
penultimate work based on Shakespeare’s suspicious warrior. As a raging storm breaks on
Cyprus, the governor Otello returns victorious from battle, but there’s another storm br
ago, Otello’s ensign, launches a malicious scheme to lead his chief to believe that his wife
Desdemona is unfaithful. As Iago’s manipulations decay Otello’s trust in those he loves, the great
hero will confront his most fatal enemy: his own jealousy.
Power, drama, and artistry define the trio of leads in Otello. Russell Thomas, whose voice has led
him to the world’s top opera houses, battles foes and personal demons in the title role for WNO.
After a successful concert performancewith Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Thomas “gave notice that he has the making of a compelling Otello” (Los Angeles
Times) and is slated to also perform the role at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Canadian Opera
Company in spring 2019. Recognized as a rising star of her generation, Leah Crocetto stars as
the tragic heroine Desdemona after last captivating WNO audiences as Elisabeth of Valois in
2018’s Don Carlo (with Thomas) and the title role in 2017’s Aida. Making his WNO debut as the
calculating Iago is Georgian-born George Gagnidze, an in-demand Verdi baritone who has sung
title roles at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Opéra National de Paris, and Vienna State Opera,
among others.
The cast also includes American tenor and 2013 Operalia Competition prizewinner Zach
Borichevsky as Cassio, Iago’s innocent foil, along with two graduates of WNO’sDomingoCafritz
Young Artist Program (DCYAP): mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel as Emilia and bass
Wei Wu as Lodovico.
Internationally acclaimed theater and film director David Alden returns to the WNO and helms
this psychological thriller in a lavish and bold production originally staged atthe English National
Opera. Setin Piazza San Marco with 19th-century period costumes, The Times(London) described
this production as “a show bristling with fervor.”
An experienced Verdian, Daniele Callegari has become a prominent conductor of his
generationwith featured appearances at San Francisco Opera and The Bavarian State Opera.
Callegari made his WNO debut in 2010 conducting Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, and has
conducted Otello for Teatro Regio di Parma, The Sempreroper, and more.
The Magic Flute
A mythical adventure for the whole family continues in the Opera House with The Magic Flute,
November 2–23, 2019. Featuring vivid, colorful, and whimsical sets designed by legendary
children’s author Maurice Sendak, Mozart’s beloved fairy tale starts with an unexpected pair:
Tamino, a handsome young prince, and Papageno, his silly bird-catcher sidekick. When the
mysterious Queen of the Night enlists the duo to rescue her kidnapped daughter Pamina, a
fantastic journey follows. With a magic flute and bells, they’re armed for whatever trials they may
face. However, not all is as it seems—and not everyone can be trusted. Rich with colorful
characters, unforgettable vocal acrobatics, and evocative symbols and allegory, Tamino and
Pamina’s quest for love and truth is welcoming entertainment for all ages.
American tenor David Portillo returns to the WNO stage as Tamino, a role he’s performed at
Frankfurt Opera House and Houston Grand Opera. Portillo continues to enjoy an exciting
international career in roles ranging from Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville at the
Metropolitan Opera to Lurcanio in Ariodante at Théâtre des Champs Elysées.In her WNO debut,
Sydney Mancasola, a “radiant and glittering” soprano (Opera News), stars as Pamina, a role she
recently portrayed at the Metropolitan Opera in their 2018–2019 season.
The Magic Flute also features American coloratura soprano Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the
Night, a signature role she has sung with the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and
Wiener Staatsoper, among others. In his fast-growing career, former Domingo-Cafrtiz Young
Artist Wei Wu’s “rich, low bass” (The Washington Post) has taken him to stages across the U.S. He
returned in 2018 to sing Don Basilio for The Barber of Seville and sings Sarastro in The Magic Flute
and the role of Lodovico in Otello during 2019–2020. Appearing as Papageno, baritone Michael
Adams is a familiar face at WNO; as a Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist, Adams performed in Don
Giovanni, Madame Butterfly, Dead Man Walking, and recently as Lieutenant Audebert in Silent
Night. Named a “Top Rising Star” by Opera News, Adams has performed on opera stages from
Seattle to Berlin.
Leading the creative team is Christopher Mattaliano, General Director of Portland Opera,
who brings nuance and familiarity to a production from his own company. Mattalianowas a
longtime friend and collaborator with Sendak, who was an avid opera fan and admirer of Mozart’s
music. Among the first of her U.S. appearances, Eun Sun Kim makes her eagerly awaited WNO
debut. In the last decade, Kim’s career has flourishedwith appearances at major European opera
houses, including Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt, Dresden, and Zurich.
A special Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Performance of The Magic Flutetakes place in the
Opera House on Friday, November 22, 2019, and features singers from the Young Artist program
in principal roles. Complete casting for this performance will be announced in the coming
months.
Presented in English with English surtitles, the fairy tale settings and light-hearted comedy of The
Magic Flute is an opera the whole family will enjoy. A Family Look-in—a special introduction to
this opera designed for families and children—is scheduled for Saturday, November 23. Audience
members will experience excerpts from The Magic Flute along with insight into behind-the-scenes
aspects such as lighting, scene changes, costuming, and many other elements that create stage
magic.
