or The Slave of Duty - Opera Guild of Rochester

M E R C U R Y O P E R A R O C H E S T E R P R E S E N T S G I L B E R T & S U L L I VA N ’ S
The
Pirates
of Penzance
or The Slave of Duty
Penfield High School
September 24 & 26, 2010

B THE
L O O D
COUNTESS
MAY 2011

Welcome to our 6th Season!
If your idea of great grand opera involved a heroine stabbing herself,
immolating herself, jumping off a building, or expiring from consumption,
you’re out of luck this season… although one of our leading ladies
(Cunegonde in Candide) does die multiple times.
Mercury Opera Rochester’s sixth season offers a much different operatic
experience. In the weekend’s production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s brilliant and
tuneful The Pirates of Penzance, no one will die, but the audience may
leave the theatre with sore tummies from laughing so hard!
No one had ever written an opera so perfectly as Mozart until Verdi wrote
his final masterpiece, Falstaff. No one has come even close to that
perfection since. Our production of Falstaff in January will be a feast for the
eyes and ears with a stellar cast from the great stages of the world, including
the Metropolitan Opera.
Leonard Bernstein’s ever popular Candide rounds out the season and is
bound to leave the audience humming and whistling its infectious tunes.
Our very successful new education program continues this year with another
of John Davies’ short children’s adaptations, Little Red’s Most Unusual
Day. The portable production will be touring to local elementary schools in
addition to its public performances in November.
Finally, our first artistic collaboration with Geva Theatre Center, Salieri’s
Kleine Harlekinade, has a few remaining performances before closing in
October.
We are very excited about this season, but we need your help to keep
Mercury Opera Rochester hale and hearty. Opera is all about passion –
extravagant love, patriotism, jealousy, and rage. We need YOU to be passionate
about supporting our endeavors to create a magical theatrical experience.
Your ticket price covers about half of the cost of a production. Please help us
make up the difference by donating generously. Thank you for joining us at the
opera and for your continuing support!
Benton Hess
Artistic Director
Kristen Kessler
Executive Director

Blackfriars Theatre
795 E. Main Street, Rochester
(585) 454-1260
Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh
September 18 – October 2
Gorey Stories October 23 – 31
Shakespeare in Hollywood
November 20 – December 11
The Santaland Diaries Dec. 17 – 23
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living
in Paris Dec. 31 – Jan. 22
The Glass Menagerie Feb. 26 – Mar. 19
The Who’s Tommy April 23 – May 14
www.blackfriars.org
Bristol Valley Theater
151 South Main Street, Naples
(585) 374-6318
Fiddlers of the Genesee October 9
SUPERHERO! October 16
Paulsen Baker & Garvey Oct. 16
The Dady Brothers October 23
Nightmare on Main Street Oct. 30
www.bristolvalleytheater.org
Downstairs Cabaret Theatre
20 Windsor St, 172 W Main St,
540 E Main St, Rochester
(585) 325-4370
6 Guitars
www.DownstairsCabaret.com
Geomantics Dance Theater
(585) 957-1480
www.projectivekinetics.org
Geva Theatre Center
75 Woodbury Boulevard, Rochester
(585) 232-4382
Amadeus Sept. 7 – Oct. 3
Carry It On Oct. 12 – Nov. 14
A Christmas Carol Nov. 26 – Dec. 26
I’ll Be Geneseeing You Jan. 4 – 30
Over the Tavern Feb. 14 – Mar. 13
Radio Golf Mar. 22 – Apr. 17
The Music Man Apr. 27 – June 5
www.gevatheatre.org
Greater Rochester Repertory Companies
@ MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave., Roch.
(585) 234-1254
Arsenic & Old Lace Dec 2 – 5
Bermuda Ave. Triangle Mar.17 – 20
An Actor’s Nightmare June 23 – 26
www.muCCC.org
JCC CenterStage
1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester
(585) 461-2000 ext 235
Rose October 9 – 24
My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish
Wiccan Wedding Dec 4 – 19
Groucho January 1&2
Love, Luck and Laughter
January 29 – February 6
The Triangle Factory Fire Project
March 5 – 20
Mel Brooks’ The Producers May 7 – 22
www.jccrochester.org
Check out the amazing variety of theatre in the Rochester area.
TheatreROCS
Fall Showcase
October 25 at Geva
www.theatrerocs.org
Kalidas
India Community Ctr., Macedon
(585) 381-1541
Broken Images @ Macedon Sept. 26
@ Geva Oct. 7 – 17
www.kalidastheater.org
Mercury Opera Rochester
1600 North Clinton Ave, Rochester
(585) 473-6567
A Grand Night Out @ Geva Sept. 13
The Pirates of Penzance
@ Penfield HS Sept. 24 & 26
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
Nov. 6 & 7
Falstaff @ Eastman Jan. 15 & 17
Candide @ Hochstein May Apr. 15 6 & 817
www.mercuryoperarochester.org
Method Machine
@ MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave., Roch.
(585) 319-7427
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
September 9 – 26
Lieutenant of Inishmore Feb 17 – Mar 6
Something Cloud, Something Clear
May 5 – 22
www.methodmachine.org
Off-Monroe Players
Salem United Church, 60 Bittner St., Roch.
(585) 234-0500
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Grand Duke
November 5 – 14
www.off-monroeplayers.org
Out of Pocket Productions
(585) 269-4673
Sylvia Sep. 2 – 5
Separation Jan. 27 – 30 & Feb. 3 – 6
Stop Kiss March 10 – 13 & 17 – 19
The Penfield Players
1985 Baird Road, Penfield
(585) 340-8655
The Sunshine Boys Nov. 5 – 20
All This and Moonlight March 4 – 19
Horse-Scents May 6 – 21
www.penfieldplayers.org
Pittsford Musicals
Pittsford Mendon High School
(585) 586-1500
Annie November 13 – 20
Company June 2011
www.pittsfordmusicals.org
PUSH Physical Theatre
(585) 415-7874
www.pushtheatre.org
RAPA East End Theatre
727 E. Main Street, Rochester
(585) 325-3366
Celebration of the Performing Arts Oct 1
Jitney October 22 – 3O
Christmas Carol Nov. 27 – Dec. 5
Snow White 7 Dwarfs January 21 – 30
Dreamgirls February 24 – March 6
Newsies April 1 – 30
Spelling Bee May 13 – 22
www.rapaonline.us
Rochester’s Black Sheep Theatre
Village Gate Square
274 N. Goodman Street, Rochester
(585) 414-3927
www.blacksheeptheatre.org
Rochester Children’s Theatre
Nazareth College Arts Center
4245 East Avenue, Rochester
(585) 385-0510
Hansel & Gretel December 11 – 19
Disney’s Aladdin Feburary 12 – 20
Alice in Wonderland April 30 – May 1
www.rochesterchildrenstheatre.org
Rochester Community Players
(585) 234-7840
Macbeth at MuCCC Oct. 29 – Nov. 13
www.rochestercommunityplayers.org
TYKEs, Theatre Young Kids Enjoy
JCC, 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester
(585) 461-2000 ext 235
The Tortoise and the Hare Nov. 6
Seussical, the Musical Jan. 15 – 23
Fancy Nancy, Duck for President
and Other Story Books Feb 11 – 13
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Mar 26 – Apr 3
www.TykesTheatre.org
Unleashed! IMPROV at the JCC
1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester
(585) 461-2000, ext. 235
Middle School Open House Interactive
Theatre Event October 9 & 16
Improv Shows Nov.13, Dec. 11, Jan. 8,
Feb. 12, March 12, April 9, May 14,
www.unleashedimprov.com
Village Idiots at Village Gate Square
274 N. Goodman Street, Rochester
(585) 797-9086
Fridays and Saturdays
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presents
The Pirates of Penzance
or
The Slave of Duty
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Book by William Schenk Gilbert
World Premiere:
Fifth Avenue Theater, New York – December 31, 1879
Gerard Floriano – Conductor
Bill Fabris – Stage Director & Choreographer
Scenery originally designed by Peter Dean Beck
for Chautauqua Opera
Lighting Design by Nic Minetor
Costumes supplied by
A.T. Jones and Sons, Inc., Baltimore
and the Mercury Opera Rochester collection
There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Synopsis
Act I:
England - February 29, 1879. Frederic has just completed his pirate apprenticeship and is being
hailed as a fully-fledged member of the gang. Unfortunately, Frederic must refuse; his apprenticeship
had been a mistake to begin with (his hard-of-hearing nurse, Ruth, had taken him to a “pirate”
rather than a “pilot”), and Frederic only stayed because he was duty-bound to do so. Now that he
is free, the young man feels morally obligated to hunt down and exterminate his former comrades.
The pirates are heartbroken, but understand Frederic’s predicament, and leave him on the beach
with Ruth. The middle-aged Ruth offers herself to Frederic; however, the sound of approaching
voices spells doom for Ruth’s plans - it is a bevy of beautiful maidens, who have come to the rocky
cove for a picnic. Frederic steps forward to ask if any of the maidens would stoop so low as to
accept the hand and heart of a pirate. Only one of them, Mabel, is ready to take him for what
he is. Of course, they fall in love at once. They are interrupted by the untimely return of the
pirate gang, who claim the girls for their own. Luckily for the girls, their guardian, Major-General
Stanley, has caught up with them. Although an open-minded man, the “very model of a modern
major-general” objects to pirates as sons-in-law. Fortunately the Major-General has heard of the
Penzance pirates before; they are notorious for their sympathy toward orphans (being orphans
themselves). He declares that he too is “an orphan boy,” and the tender-hearted pirates surrender
the girls and make the Major-General an honorary member of their band.
~ 15-Minute Intermission ~
Act II:
Weeping in the ancestral tomb of his (newly acquired) estate, Major-General Stanley is wracked
by guilt over his lie to the pirates. Frederic is to lead an expedition against the pirates, accompanied
by a squad of loyal (but rather timid) policemen. However, before he can depart on his
mission, the Pirate King and Ruth appear with a curious paradox: Frederic was apprenticed to
them until his 21st birthday – which is significant because, having been born in a Leap Year on
February 29th, he has technically had only five birthdays and thus is still a Pirate. Ever the slave of
duty, Frederic reluctantly agrees to return to the gang. He feels bound to reveal that the Major-
General is not, in fact, an orphan. The furious Pirate King vows a terrible vengeance and rushes off
with Ruth to prepare the attack. Frederic lingers to say a teary farewell to Mabel, who promises
to stay faithful. The policemen return in time to hide, for a series of roars and crashes herald the
pirates’ imminent “sneak attack.” Soon, Major-General Stanley, his daughters, and the policemen
are overcome and held at sword-point. The police sergeant calls upon the ruffians to surrender
in the name of the Queen. The command acts like magic. Loyally the pirates kneel to their captives,
for it transpires that they are all, in fact, noblemen who have gone wrong. Major-General
Stanley bids them rise and promises that if they return to their duties in the House of Lords, all
will be forgiven. Frederic and Mabel are re-united, and the pirates and other daughters pair off
for a very large wedding.

Dramatis Personae
(in order of appearance)
Thomas, The Pirate King ...................................................................Duane McDevitt
Samuel (his lieutenant)......................................................................Andrew Gilchrist
Frederic (the pirate apprentice)..............................................Brandon McReynolds
Ruth (a pirate maid-of-all-work) ...................................................Kathryn Cowdrick
James (an accountant)............................................................................ Brian Ziemann
Major-General Stanley’s Daughters:
Mabel....................................................................................................... Sarah Callinan
Edith.............................................................................................................. Jessica Best
Kate..................................................................................Angela Libertella Calabrese
Isabel ....................................................................................................Michelle Geisler
Major-General Stanley .........................................................................John Davies
Edward, Sergeant of Police............................................................................Jimi James
Women’s Chorus of Major General Stanley’s Wards:
Sheila Sullivan Buck, Madeline Cain, Holly Corcoran, Denise Kelly,
Helana Koch, Julia Natoli, Kerri Lynn Slominski
Men’s Chorus of Pirates and Policemen:
Devon Borowski, Jorgeandrés Camargo, Michael Floriano, Jeffrey Greene,
Robert Holmes, David Keyes, Aaron Netsky, Michael Radi, Dennis Rosenbaum,
Matthew Swensen, Alexander Turpin, Brian Ziemann
Violin
Wilfredo Deglans,
concertmaster
Ellen Rathjen
Bill Hunt
Margaret Leenhouts
John Sullivan
Nancy Hunt
Viola
Olita Povero
David Hult
Cello
Kathleen Murphy Kemp
Joan Kinsella
Orchestra
Bass
Michael Griffin
Flute
Rebecca Gilbert
Joanna Bassett
Piccolo
Joanna Bassett
Oboe
Judith Ricker
Clarinet
Margaret Quackenbush
Ramon Ricker
Bass Clarinet
Ramon Ricker
Horn
Mary Hunt
Trumpet
Wes Nance
Timpani/Percussion
Jim Tiller
Orchestra Manager
Ramon Ricker
Librarian
Judith Ricker

Artistic & Production Staff
Conductor..................................................................................................................... Gerard Floriano
Stage Director & Choreographer..........................................................................................Bill Fabris
Production Stage Manager ..................................................................................................... Joel Atella
Production Manager/Technical Director.....................................................................Jim McMurtrie
Assistant Conductor & Pianist......................................................................................Lyndon Meyer
Set Designer......................................................................Peter Dean Beck for Chautauqua Opera
Lighting Designer..................................................................................................................Nic Minetor
Costume Coordinators .........................................................................Bekah Carey & Becky Holtz
Props Manager........................................................................................................................Lynn Zicari
Dance Captain...................................................................................................................... Michael Radi
Assistant Stage Manager................................................................................................Lindsay Chassé
Assistant Lighting Designer..........................................................................................Dan O’Donnell
Master Electrician/Lightboard Operator.................................................................. Jenny Kleinhens
Scenery Provided by .............................................................................................. Chautauqua Opera
Costumes Provided by................A.T. Jones and Sons & Mercury Opera Rochester Collection
Hair Dressers........................................................................... Sue Harrison & Danielle Letourneau
Costume Assistant ................................................................................................. Claudette Hercules
Ticket Service................................................................................................................ RPO Box Office
House Manager....................................................................................................................David Meyer
Technical Theater Manager..........................................................................................Jason E. Fleming
Many thanks to the Guild of Mercury Opera Rochester and to the many volunteers
who enable us to produce the finest, world-class opera in Rochester.
Directors
Artistic Director
Benton Hess
Artistic Advisor
Gerard Floriano
Officers
Thomas Smith, President
Judith Ricker, Vice President
Maureen Rutecki, Treasurer
Anne Wells, Secretary
Executive Director
Kristen Kessler
Operations Manager
Lynn Zicari
Board of Directors
Agneta Borgstedt
Sarah Collins
Peter Durant
Ronald Fondiller
David Friedman
F. Paul Greene
Jack Langerak
Craig Larson
Deborah Lattime
Frances Lennie
Douglas Lowry
Mary Menzie
Joy Ryen Plotnick
Nellie Rosenberg
Justin Runke
Stephanie Samuel
Alexa Scott-Flaherty
Friederike Seligman
C. Gavin Strakosh
Lois Taubman
Greg Weber
Founder’s Circle
Art Axelrod
Sunny Rosenberg
Helga Strasser

Musical Numbers
Overture
ACT I: A rocky seashore on the coast of Cornwall, February 29, 1879.
Pour, O Pour The Pirate Sherry........................................................................................Pirates & Samuel
When Frederic Was A Little Lad.............................................................................................................Ruth
Oh, Better Far To Live And Die.................................................................................Pirate King & Pirates
Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me!......................................................................... Frederic & Ruth
Climbing Over Rocky Mountain........................................................................Edith, Kate, Isabel & Girls
Stop, Ladies, Pray......................................................................................... Frederic, Edith, Kate & Girls
Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast.................................................................Frederic, Mabel & Girls
Poor Wandering One!..............................................................................................................Mabel & Girls
What Ought We To Do................................................................................................ Edith, Kate & Girls
How Beautifully Blue The Sky..............................................................................Girls, Mabel & Frederic
Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses................................................................ Frederic, Girls & Pirates
Hold, Monsters!...........................................................Mabel, Samuel, Major-General, Girls & Pirates
I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General .......................... Major-General, Girls & Pirates
Finale of Act I - Oh, Men Of Dark And Dismal Fate .................................................................Ensemble
Intermission
ACT II: A ruined chapel in the moonlight, a few days later.
Oh, Dry The Glistening Tear .................................................................................................Girls & Mabel
Then, Frederic, Let Your Escort Lion-Hearted...............................................Major-General & Frederic
When The Foeman Bares His Steel ..............Sergeant, Mabel, Kate, Major-General, Police & Girls
Now For The Pirates’ Lair!.......................................................................... Frederic, Pirate King & Ruth
When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold......................................................... Ruth, Frederic & Pirate King
Away, Away! My Heart’s On Fire............................................................... Ruth, Pirate King & Frederic
All Is Prepared.................................................................................................................... Mabel & Frederic
Stay, Frederic, Stay!........................................................................................................... Mabel & Frederic
No, I Am Brave!...................................................................................................Mabel, Sergeant & Police
When A Felon’s Not Engaged In His Employment......................................................Sergeant & Police
A Rollicking Band Of Pirates We..................................................................... Pirates, Sergeant & Police
With Cat-Like Tread, Upon Our Prey We Steel.............................................. Pirates, Police & Samuel
Hush, Hush! Not A Word...................................................Frederic, Pirates, Police & Major-General
Sighing Softly To The River........................................................................... Major-General & Ensemble
Finale of Act II...................................................................................................................................Ensemble

Glossary
Acrostics - Game in which competitors solve clues by guessing answers whose initial letters
in turn spell out the final answer.
Animalculous - An animalcule is a small or microscopic animal.
Aristophanes - Greek dramatist (c. 445-385 BC). The Frogs is one of his best known plays.
The croaking chorus goes: ‘Berkekekex, koax, koax...’
Astronomer Royal - Originally, the title of the director of the Royal Observatory at
Greenwich, England, appointed by the monarch. Since 1972, an honorary title given to an
outstanding astronomer.
Babylonic cuneiform - Wedge-shaped characters used in writing by the ancient Babylonians
and others.
Binomial theorem - The law of the formation of any power of a binomial, i.e. an expression of
two terms connected by the signs plus or minus, first expounded by Sir Isaac Newton.
Breakers - Waves that break over rocks or shore. Steering towards them would lead to a
shipwreck.
Bumper - A well-filled glass or mug.
Caradoc, Sir - A Knight of King Arthur’s Round Table.
Caractacus - Latin name for the British chieftain, Caradoc, who fought the Romans wearing
nothing but body paint.
Caravanserai - Stopping place for caravans in the nature of an unfurnished inn or enclosed
courtyard.
Central Criminal Court - The Old Baily, built in 1539 on Cheapside in the City of London, was
used for many celebrated criminal trials.
Centrebit - Tool for drilling cylindrical holes, which a burglar might use to open a locked door.
Commissariat - The department of an army responsible for supplies.
Conics - The geometry of cones and figures (conic sections) made by the intersection of a
plan with a conic solid, including circles, ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas.
Coster - Costermonger; a hawker of fruit and other foods from a street cart or stand.
Cutting out - To cut out is to capture or destroy one ship by separating it from the rest.
Dark Lantern - Lantern with sliding panel that can shield the light within.
Dimity - Stripped cotton fabric, traditionally used for bedroom hangings.
Elegaics - Classical verse form used to write elegies.
Emollient - Something that softens or relaxes.
Emeutes - French term for riots or brawls.

Escutcheon - Shield forming part of a family’s coat of arms.
Gerard Dow - The Dutch portraitist Gerard Dou (1613-1675), a pupil of Rembrandt.
Handspike - Short wooden stick used as a lever to turn a ship’s capstan or windlass to haul up a
chain or other heavy weight.
Heliogabalus - Dissolute Roman emperor from 218 to 222 A.D., killed by his own guards.
Indentures - Contract, particularly one by which an apprentice (called an indentured servant) was
bound to the service of a master.
Leap-year - The time taken for the earth to complete its orbit round the sun is 365.2421988 days
(or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds.) To make up the odd quarter day, which is
‘lost’ every year by having only 365 days, an extra calendar day is added every four years at the
end of February.
Life-preserver - A weighted stick or bludgeon, so named for its usefulness in self-defense (or
perhaps being less than lethal).
Mamelon - A rounded hill or mound, as might be useful to conceal an ambush or a sniper.
Marathon - Site of battle of 490 B.C. in which Greeks defeated the Persians. The modern
marathon race is named to commemorate a messenger’s 22-mile run from Marathon to Athens
with news of victory. (The runner died upon his arrival.)
Mauser rifle - One of a series of German rifles named for their inventor. In the original production,
“Chassepot rifle” was used, but Gilbert later changed this to the better-known weapon.
Parabalous - Pertaining to the parabola (see “Conics”); the usual term is “parabolic.”
Raphael - Name by which the Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) is best known.
Ravelin - A detached part of a fortification lying outside the main ditch.
Roundelay - A song with a refrain. The original meaning is a ring-dance.
Sat-a-gee - Rode a horse. In Britain, “gee” is used in commands given to a horse (e.g., “gee up,”
meaning “go faster”). “Gee-gee” is a children’s word for a horse.
Silent matches - Type of match lit by being dipped into a liquid chemical rather than by being
scratched across a rough surface.
Sooth - Truth; reality
Unshiven, unannealed - Neither confessed and absolved nor having received the “last rites” of
extreme unction - i.e., not prepared for death.
Waterloo - Site, just south of Brussels, Belgium, of battle at which Napoleon was defeated by the
Duke of Wellington in 1815.
Zoffany - Johann Zoffany (1725-1810), German-born British portraitist, a founder member of the
Royal Academy of Arts.

Biographies
Gerard Floriano, Conductor
Dr. Gerard Floriano is a regular guest conductor in Europe, directing
productions in Krakow, Warsaw, Prague, Barcelona, Florence, Rome, Vienna,
Salzburg and Leipzig. His expertise ranges from opera to American Musical
Theatre, including performances of over 35 full length operas including
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, Die Fledermaus, La Boheme, Il Tritico, Don Pasquale,
L’Elisir d’Amore, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Die Zauberflöte and The Tender
Land as well as Amahl and the Night Visitors, Show Boat, and Candide. In
addition, Dr. Floriano was invited to write an article on Jerome Kern for an
upcoming edition of the Encyclopedia of Broadway and American Culture. As an accomplished
orchestral conductor who has worked extensively with singers, he possesses a keen understanding
of the instrumental challenges and vocal demands of opera, enabling him to get exceptional results
from the performers. Writing about a recent production, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle music
critic John Pitcher wrote “Floriano proved to be nothing less than a virtuoso conductor… He led
his fine orchestra with color, precision and a welcome degree of sweep... ushering in a “New Age of
Opera” in Western New York. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Gerard Floriano began
his career as Director of Choral Activities at Memphis State University, and is currently Professor
of Conducting and Director of Choral Activities at the State University of New York at Geneseo
where he received the coveted SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and
Creative Activity. His conducting positions have included fellowships at the Aspen Summer Music
Festival and the Oregon Bach Festival, Resident Conductor at the Brevard Music Center, and Artistic
Director of the Rochester Opera Factory. Since 2005, he has been conductor for Mercury Opera
Rochester, NY. He is also Director of the Conductor’s Institute at Opera Viva in Verona, Italy.
Bill Fabris, Stage Director & Choreographer
Bill Fabris is a stage director with a national reputation for excellent,
innovative and entertaining productions. Equally at home in the worlds of
opera and musical theatre, he recently directed Le nozze di Figaro and Carousel
for Shreveport Opera. His production of Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame
won critical acclaim at Opera Boston where he returned to direct Candide.
A regular at Chautauqua Opera, he has directed The Gondoliers, H.M.S.
Pinafore, The Mikado and The Barber of Seville. His work regularly appears
throughout the US: Opera Columbus: The Threepenny Opera; OperaDelaware:
Der fliegende Holländer, Carmen, Cavelleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Opera Carolina: The Pirates of
Penzance and Die Fledermaus; Mobile Opera: The Tender Land, Rigoletto and The Merry Widow; Opera
Colorado Artist Center: Roméo et Juliette; Eugene Opera: Die Fledermaus and The Mikado; Natchez
Festival of Music: Falstaff, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and The Magic Flute; Cedar Rapids Opera
Theater: L’elisir d’amore and Aida; Ash Lawn-Highland Festival: Oklahoma!, Kiss Me, Kate and The
Wizard of Oz; Lyric Opera of San Antonio: Don Pasquale and La Cenerentola; Anchorage Opera:
Trouble In Tahiti, Don Pasquale and Il barbiere di Siviglia; Amarillo Opera: Tosca and Così fan tutte;
Opera East Texas: La Bohème; Indianapolis Opera: The Pirates of Penzance. New York credits of Bill
Fabris include The Desert Song, The Merry Widow, Countess Maritza and the recent critically acclaimed
City Center productions of The Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. Off-Broadway: Montgomery
Clift - Rarest of Birds and Boy Meets Boy. Internationally, he directed Nine in Brugge, Belgium, A Little
Sondheim Music and The Music of Leonard Bernstein at the Liceu in Barcelona, as well as the European
tours of Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair. He also choreographed the award-winning short film Boot
Camp, which has been a featured selection in numerous international festivals including Sundance.

Jessica Ann Best, Edith
Jessica Ann Best is a fiery mezzo-soprano with powerful stage presence and
range of characters. The St. Petersburg Times notes “... Best casts a haunting
soliloquy (“Don’t trust in love”) over the Act 2 nightclub scene” during her
recent portrayal of Lolette in Opera Tampa’s production of La Rondine.
Ms. Best recently debuted the role of Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring with
the Intermezzo Music Festival under the baton of Metropolitan Opera
Conductor, Maestro J. David Jackson. Jessica made her mainstage debut with
The Santa Fe Opera in 2008, covering the role of Marcellina in Le Nozze di
Figaro and performing in the season’s ensembles. Ms. Best was a Resident Artist with Opera Tampa
from 2009-2010 and an OTAP with Opera Tampa from 2007-2009: singing Nella in Gianni Schicchi
and La Maestra in Suor Angelica. Upcoming engagements include Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s 9th
Symphony and Opera Tampa’s A Night of Stars Gala. Ms. Best holds a M.M. in Vocal Performance
from Northwestern University and a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Nazareth College. She is a
member of AGMA and studies with bass-baritone Mark Schnaible. She is thrilled to perform with
Mercury Opera under the wonderful baton of Maestro Gerard Floriano.
Angela Libertella Calabrese, Kate
Angela Libertella Calabrese appeared most recently at the Smith Opera
House in Geneva as Angelina in the American Landmarks Festivals production
of Trial by Jury. Her other operatic roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni with
Binghamton’s Tri-Cities Opera, Papagena in Die Zauberflote, Despina in Cosi
fan Tutte, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Ida in Die Fledermaus, Kate Pinkerton
in Madama Butterfly and Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica. Calabrese holds
a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance and pedagogy and piano
studies from Nazareth College and a Master of Music degree in vocal
performance and literature from Northwestern University. A first prize winner in the Chicago
Italian Cultural Center Voice Competition, Calabrese was a finalist in the Friends of Austria Lieder
Competition, Chicago Bel Canto Competition, and she received an Honorable Mention from the
American Society of Musicians. She also participated in the Tri-Cities Opera Touring Educational
Program, the V.O.I.C.E. Experience festival for young professionals (Chicago and Orlando), and the
Brevard Music Festival. Ms. Calabrese is currently a voice instructor at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges and resides in Geneva with her husband, percussionist Anthony Calabrese.
Sarah Callinan, Mabel
Soprano Sarah Callinan, a 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council
Audition Regional Finalist, is on the brink of a budding career. In the 2009-
2010 season Ms. Callinan sang the title role in Lakmé with Connecticut
Concert Opera; Adele (Die Fledermaus) with both Mississippi and Salt Marsh
Opera; Mabel (Pirates of Penzance) with Festival South; Valencienne (The
Merry Widow) with Cape Cod Opera, as well as Frasquita (Carmen) with
Opera New Jersey. Future engagements include a return to Connecticut
Concert Opera as Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte) with
Opera Carolina and Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) with Arizona Opera. Other recent noted
engagements include Monica/Girl in a double bill of The Medium/Trouble in Tahiti with Connecticut
Concert Opera; Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute) with Boston Lyric Opera New England Tour;
Frasquita (Carmen) with Michigan Opera Theater; Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) with Mississippi
Opera, Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) with Opera Theatre of Connecticut, Frasquita (Carmen), Gianetta
(L’elisir d’amore), Elvira (L’Italiana in Algeri), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte), Blonde
(Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni) all with Connecticut Opera. Ms. Callinan,
a native of Worcester, MA, attended the Hartt School of Music and graduated Magna cum laude
from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music and a Performer’s
Certificate in Voice.

Kathryn Cowdrick, Ruth
Kathryn Cowdrick, a graduate of Penn State and Columbia University with
degrees in speech and voice pathology, began her career when awarded an
Adler Fellowship with the San Francisco Opera. Well known for her Rossini
coloratura mezzo roles, she now is in demand as a singing actress having
recently sung roles that include Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) for the Princeton
Festival, Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro) for Utah Opera, Katisha (The Mikado)
for Opera New Jersey, the Marquise (Daughter of the Regiment) for Kentucky
Opera, Ruth (Pirates of Penzance) for Chautauqua Opera and in the title
role of Orfeo for Opera Memphis and Ballet. She sang the role of Julia Child in Hoiby’s opera Bon
Appetit for Child’s induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2007 as well as for Mercury
Opera Rochester last spring, and the title role in The Medium with Eastman Opera Theatre. She
has appeared with international and regional opera companies that include Nederlandse, Lyon,
Marseilles, Vancouver, Wexford Festival, Scottish Opera, New York City Opera, Ottowa, and
Washington. Ms. Cowdrick can be heard on the 1984 Grammy award winning album of Anthony
and Cleopatra recorded live at the Spoleto Festival. With her husband, Robert Swensen, she is a
member of the Eastman voice faculty. They live in Penfield with their son Matthew who is a senior
at PHS and a pirate.
John Davies, Major-General Stanley
John Davies is a frequent contributor to the Rochester opera scene in several
capacities. He has performed onstage as Dr. Grenville in Mercury Opera
Rochester’s production of La Traviata, as the Jailer and Sacristan in Tosca,
and in his debut with the company as Leporello in Don Giovanni. He has
also participated extensively “behind the scenes,” first as the Stage Director
for Mercury Opera’s production of The Barber of Seville. Mr. Davies also
directed the company’s recent children’s opera, The Three Little Pigs, for
which he also designed the set and costumes, and he will be directing this
season’s educational production of Little Red’s Most Unusual Day which will tour elementary schools
in October and November. As a singer, Mr. Davies is esteemed for his insightful and individual
interpretations of the basso buffo roles of Donizetti, Mozart and Rossini and his accomplished
characterizations in the operettas of Strauss and Sullivan, as well as his remarkable forays into
the more dramatic works of Beethoven, Menotti and Floyd. Highlights of recent seasons include
his return to Indianapolis Opera directing Die Zauberflöte, performing as Baron Zeta in Syracuse
Opera’s production of The Merry Widow, in the title role in Syracuse Opera’s production of Don
Pasquale on only one week’s notice, and Captain Kadd in Peter Schickele’s The Abduction of Figaro in
a rare concert performance with the New York Chamber Orchestra. Intrigued by the backstage
production aspects of this medium, Mr. Davies first exercised his talents for imparting his visions
to cast and public as Artistic Director of the Empire Opera Theater which he founded in 1997 and
made his mainstream directing début with Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the Opera Theatre at Wildwood
in 2003.
Michelle Geisler, Isabel
Michelle Geisler, a senior Musical Theatre Major at SUNY Geneseo, is
thrilled to be making her debut with Mercury Opera in this wonderful
production. Michelle has been a frequent performer around the capital
district of New York, including appearances with both Park Playhouse and
the New York State Theatre Institute. Favorite past roles include Mabel (The
Pirates of Penzance), Dorothy (Wizard of Oz), Silvia (Two Gentlemen of Verona
the Musical), and Susie (Babes in Arms). She will be appearing as Luisa in The
Fantasticks as a part of her Honors Thesis Project this upcoming January, and
she could not be more excited. Michelle would like to thank her family and friends from near and
far who have come out to see the show. She would also like to send a very special thank you to
Dr. Gerard Floriano for providing her with such an amazing opportunity and whose knowledge and
support will always be remembered.

Andrew Gilchrist, Samuel
Andrew Gilchrist is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts in vocal
performance at the Eastman School of Music. He completed his Masters of
Music at the University of Tennessee Knoxville where he was a member
of the Knoxville Opera studio and performed Count Ceprano in Knoxville
Operas performance of Rigoletto. With the University of Tennessee Opera
Theatre his roles included: Leporello (Don Giovanni), Reverend Hale (The
Crucible), Simone (Gianni Schicchi), and George Jones (Street Scene). He is a
graduate of Brigham Young University Idaho where he appeared on stage
in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Ephigenie en Tauride, and Fiddler on the Roof. He participated in the
Oberlin in Italy program and received the Encouragement Award at the Eastern Washington, Idaho,
and Montana district Metropolitan Opera auditions. He has a beautiful wife and son who both love
to sing.
Jimi James, Edward, Sergeant of Police
Jimi James has enjoyed an active performance schedule since his last
appearance with Mercury Opera. Praised by critics for “his strong, inherently
dramatic vocal resources” and “dynamic acting”, the artist also boasts a
unique skill for an operatic actor: stilt walking. He has twice presented his
9-foot tall Papageno on 4-foot stilts. Mr. James’ now adds to his artistic
arsenal the role of director and artistic designer; he designed and directed
Amahl and the Night Visitors for Music Arts Alive in 2009. Highlights of Mr.
James’ recent season included recitals in New York and New Hampshire,
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
with Baltimore Concert Opera, Cosi fan tutte with American Landmark Festivals and appearances
with Oswego Opera, Nashua Symphony Orchestra, and Young Victorian Theater. Among the
baritone’s wide variety of staged roles are portrayals of Germont, Escamillo, Dr. Bartolo, Figaro,
Alfio, Tonio, Schaunard, Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto, Enrico, Masetto, Mustafa, Emile de Becque, Billy
Bigelow, The Pirate King, Giuseppe and Lord Mountararat with such companies as Opera Memphis,
Tri Cities Opera, Opera Vivente, Annapolis Opera, Mercury Opera, Granite State Opera and
Connecticut Concert Opera. His concert appearances include Carmina Burana, Rutter’s Mass of
the Children, the requiem settings of Brahms, Fauré, Mozart and Verdi, and Vaughan Williams’ Songs
of Travel, among many others. A frequent featured soloist with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra,
Mr. James also performs with Springfield Symphony in Missouri, West Virginia Symphony, Finger
Lakes Choral Festival, Long Island Masterworks, and Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. He was a
finalist in the Chester Ludgin Verdi Competition in New York, NY, and winner of the JDAF Vocal
Competition in New York, NY. Mr. James’ upcoming schedule includes Scarpia in Tosca with
Springfield Symphony, concerts with American Landmark Festivals and Messiah with Syracuse
Symphony. Visit Mr. James at www.JimiJamesBaritone.com.
Duane McDevitt, Thomas, The Pirate King
A native of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Duane McDevitt has had an amazingly
varied career with credits in Opera, Operetta, and Musical Theatre. Opera
News called Mr. McDevitt “a mellifluous Anthony” (Sweeney Todd) and
the New York Times hailed him “a big-hearted Pirate King” (Pirates of
Penzance). His casting in the title role in Britten’s Owen Wingrave was called
“a stroke of theatrical genius.” Some of Mr. McDevitt’s signature operatic
roles include Papageno in The Magic Flute, Count Almaviva in The Marriage
of Figaro, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Gregorio in Romeo et Juliette, and
Baron Douphol in La Traviata. He has performed across the United States with San Diego Opera,
Tulsa Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Opera Pacific, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Delaware, San
Diego Lyric Opera, and Connecticut Grand Opera. He also made his solo Carnegie Hall debut
in Bach’s Magnificat and Festival of Carols by Vaughan Williams. Equally at home in Crossover and
Musical Theatre repertoire, Mr. McDevitt performed Lionel in the National Tour of Camelot with
Robert Goulet, Gaylord Ravenal in Showboat at Allenberry Playhouse, and the Stevedore in William

Bolcom’s Casino Paradise at Prince Music Theatre. He is much sought after as a Gilbert and Sullivan
artist singing the roles of the Pirate King, Colonel Calverley, Pooh-Bah, the Mikado, Dick Deadeye,
Boatswain, the Learned Judge, and the Major General. Mr. McDevitt has traveled to over 100
countries with his wife Michele McConnell, performing their duo act Opera on the High Seas and the
acclaimed On a Classical Note aboard the ships of Regent Seven Seas and singing for two seasons
at the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel in Interlaken, Switzerland. Mr. McDevitt holds degrees from
West Chester University and a Master’s in Opera Performance from Florida State University. He is
currently an adjunct faculty member at New Jersey City University.
Brandon McReynolds, Frederic
“Handsome” and one who “delivers considerable thrills” are some of
the phrases that critics use to describe young, American tenor Brandon
McReynolds. The Sweetwater, Texas native has most recently been seen as
Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with Opera East Texas and Alfredo
in Verdi’s La Traviata with Volkstheater Rostock in Germany. Other roles
include Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Oklahoma University
Opera, Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with Chelsea Opera, Rodolfo in
Puccini’s La Bohéme with Florida Grand Opera’s In School Opera Program,
Pilade in Handel’s Oreste with The Spoleto Festival in Italy and Alfred in Die Fledermaus with Lyric
Opera Cleveland as well as appearances with Sarasota Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Music
Academy of the West, Central City Opera and The Liederkranz Foundation. While a member of
The Juilliard Opera Center, he sang the roles of The Fisherman in Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol, The
Shepherd in Oedipus Rex, and Little Bat in Floyd’s Susannah. In concert Brandon has performed
with the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Ashland Symphony Orchestra, and Norddeutsche
Philharmonie Rostock. Brandon McReynolds is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships,
among them the Daniel R. Mandelker & Marlene N. Harris Fund Award, Caruso Memorial
Scholarship and the Loretta Lewis Award in Voice. He has been honored with a Lucrezia Bori
Grant for foreign study from Juilliard as well as a tuition scholarship for the Centro Studi Italiano
in Urbania, Italy. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Rice University and a Master of Music
degree and Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School.
Joel Atella, Stage Manager
Joel Atella is a native of Fort Collins, Colorado who graduated in 2009 from the Eastman School
of Music with a Bachelor of Music with distinction in Vocal Performance. Joel has been involved in
theatrical productions since 1996, flying sky high as Michael Darling in Peter Pan. He followed this
with numerous theatrical experiences, both onstage and behind the scenes, building on his keen
interest in performing, technical theatre, and direction. In 2005, Joel was named a Presidential
Scholar in the Arts. In addition to appearing onstage with Eastman Opera Theatre as Toby in
The Medium, Monsieur Lacouf in Les Mamelles de Tirésias, and Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro,
Joel pursued additional studies in Stage Directing and was the Assistant Director for their 2009
production of Le nozze di Figaro. His interest in pursuing directing has continued, as Joel worked as
Stage Manager/Assistant Director for Syracuse Opera’s productions of La Boheme and Der Fliegende
Holländer, and for Mercury Opera’s outreach program of Three Little Pigs. He has continued to work
on Eastman Opera Theatre’s productions, including as Assistant Production Stage Manager for their
2010 Scenes Gala. Joel is excited to be calling his first main stage production for Mercury Opera’s
Pirates of Penzance, and next month will be returning to Syracuse Opera as AD/SM for their Mikado.
He thanks his loving parents for their support and encouragement.
Bekah Carey, Costume Coordinator
Bekah Carey is pleased to be joining Mercury Opera for her 1st season. Most recently she has
been working at Geva Theatre Center creating and styling the wigs for Geva’s production of
Amadeus, as well as coordinating costumes and hair for Mercury’s curtain-opener at Geva, Salieri’s
Kleine Harlekinade. Bekah has worked backstage as Costume Designer, Wardrobe Supervisor, or
Wig Master for a number of theatre, opera, and dance companies across the country, including
National Pastime Theatre, Fredonia Dance Ensemble, Summer Opera Theatre Company, Utah

Shakespearean Festival, Studio Arena Theatre, Moving Dock Theatre Company, Porchlight Music
Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, and Eastman Opera Theatre. She has a BFA in Production and
Design/Costume Design from SUNY Fredonia.
Becky Holtz, Costume Coordinator
Becky Holtz is working with Mercury Opera Rochester for the first time. She has been employed
as both a costumer and actress. Her specialties are period costumes and interactive theatre, and
she has appeared as a Lady in Waiting at the Sterling Renaissance Festival. Becky has also been
wardrobe supervisor/designer for Garth Fagan Dance, dresser and stitcher for Geva Theatre
Center, Cortland Repertory Theatre, and Fort Salem Theatre. She has a BA in theatre arts from
Nazareth College.
Lyndon Meyer, Assistant Conductor & Pianist
Lyndon Meyer is heavily sought after as pianist, vocal coach, and conductor. Musical direction
credits include The Secret Garden at Eastman (assistant); Forever Plaid and Little Women as well as
his stage debut in Plaid Tidings (Smudge) for Westside Theater; Menotti’s The Telephone; and Kleine
Harlekinade at Geva Theatre. Upcoming productions include The Grand Duke for Off-Monroe
Players and Little Red’s Most Unusual Day for Mercury Opera Rochester. Lyndon holds the position
of Staff Accompanist at the Eastman School of Music, and is Music Director and Organist for St.
Thomas More Church in Brighton. He has performed in venues such as the Kennedy Center in
Washington, DC and has earned numerous awards for accompanying.
Nic Minetor, Lighting Design
Nic Minetor is a full-time lighting designer/director for theatre, film and TV. For Mercury Opera
Rochester he has designed L’Amico Fritz, The Elixir of Love, Madama Butterfly, Norma, Show Boat,
The Tender Land, The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, La Boheme, Tosca, La Traviata, and The Pirates
of Penzance. For Eastman Opera Theatre he has been resident designer for more than 40
productions, including Candide, La Boheme, The Medium, The Consul, Postcards from Morocco, Dialogue
of the Carmelites, Suor Angelica, The Breasts of Tiresias, The Rape of Lucretia, Falstaff, Passion, The
Marriage of Figaro, Turn of the Screw, Patience, Albert Herring, L’Elisir D’amore, Tartuffe, Cosi Fan Tutte,
Sweeney Todd, She Loves Me, Trouble in Tahiti, La Rondine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Suzannah,
Tartuffe, The Turk in Italy, Capuleti, Assassins, Cabaret, The Merry Widow, A Little Night Music, and The
Secret Garden. For Geva Theatre Center he designed Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee, The Mystery of
Irma Vep, I’m Not Rappaport, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, and six years of A Christmas Carol. For
Blackfriars he designed Aspects of Love, Baby, Cinderella, Epic Proportions, Godspell, Great Expectations,
May God Strike Me Dead…, Party to a Murder, Nickel and Dimed, Little Women, The Grapes of Wrath,
Tea At 5, Frog and Toad, Misery, Wild Party, Our Leading Lady, Zorba, Shipwrecked, and Crimes of the
Heart. He has just completed the seventh season of Second Opinion for WXXI, which can be seen
on over 240 PBS stations across the country. He has also designed lighting for more than 30 shows
for NITD Performing Arts.
Jim McMurtrie, Production Manager/Technical Director
Jim McMurtrie joined Mercury Opera last season for La Traviata. Prior work includes the Stage
Manager and Technical Director for the Urban Bushwoman Dance Company, Technical Director/
Lighting Designer with the Pittsburgh Children’s Theatre Festival, and the Production Stage Manager
with the Hartford Ballet. He has toured nationally and internationally with various dance and
theatrical organizations. More recently, he has been spending his time in the alternative energy
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Continuing:
Antonio Salieri’s
Kleine Harlekinade
Tuesday, September 28 at 7 PM &
Friday October 1 at 7:30 PM
(only 2 shows left!)
Geva Theatre Center
A “curtain-raiser” beginning ½ hour
before Amadeus
No separate ticket necessary -
included with your ticket to Amadeus
Up Next:
Little Red’s
Most Unusual Day
For children, adapted by John Davies
Music by Jacques Offenbach and
Giocchino Rossini
Saturday & Sunday,
November 6 & 7 at 2 PM
The Harley School
Verdi’s Falstaff
with the RPO
Friday, January 14 at 8 PM &
Sunday, January 16 at 2 PM
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Great
there’s
nothing like a
performance to keep us
young at heart
Bernstein’s Candide (semi-staged)
Friday, May 6 at 8 PM &
Sunday, May 8 at 2 PM
Hochstein Performance Hall
Tickets for all three productions:
RPO Box Office, 108 East Ave,
Rochester 14604, www.rpo.org,
585-454-2100, and at all
Rochester-area Wegmans
www.elderwood.com

off-monroe players
rochester’s Gilbert and sullivan company
present
A most ingenious
pair o’ shows!
The
Grand
duke
or
The
Statutory
Duel
November 5, 6, 12, 13
at 8 p.m.
November 7, 14 at 2 p.m.
And fying in for May 2011 . . . Iolanthe Or, The Peer and the Peri
Free perFormances
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www.off-monroeplayers.org
585-234-0500
A “source of innocent merriment” since 1977
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