Wolf Trap Opera 2008 Staff and Volunteers

Conductors

BRIAN GARMAN (King for a Day) – New York City Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, NYCO VOX Series

TIMOTHY LONG (Ariadne auf Naxos) – Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Stony Brook Opera, The Juilliard School, Yale Opera, Aspen Music Festival

ERIC MELEAR (Alcina) – Houston Grand Opera, Opera Theatre of Oregon, San Francisco Opera, Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award Winner

Directors

ERIC EINHORN (Alcina) – Glimmerglass Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Center, Metropolitan Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre

KRISTINE MCINTYRE (King for a Day) – Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Portland Opera, Arizona Opera, Skylight Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Center

THADDEUS STRASSBERGER (Ariadne auf Naxos) – Arizona Opera, Theater Augsburg, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Rossini in Wildbad, Opera Ireland, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Designers

CAROL BAILEY, Costume Design (King for a Day) – Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Skylight Opera Theater, L'Opèra Français de New York, Spoleto USA Festival

ELSEN ASSOCIATES / JEFFREY FRANK, Hair & Makeup Design – Central City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Sarasota Opera,  The Washington National Opera

ROBERT H. GRIMES, Lighting Design – Wolf Trap Opera / The Barns at Wolf Trap, Maryland Public Television; WWF Titan Sports

ERHARD ROM, Scenic Design – Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Virginia Opera, Minnesota Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, New Orleans Opera

MATTIE ULRICH, Costume Design (Alcina & Ariadne auf Naxos) – Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Opera Ireland, Opera Colorado, The Vineyard Theater, Playwrights Horizons

Production Staff

SEAN CORCORAN, Production Stage Manager (King for a Day) Maryland Opera Studio, Keegan Theatre, Gotham Chamber Opera, Theater of the First Amendment

JEANETTE GAGER, Production Stage Manager (Ariadne auf Naxos) Maryland Opera Studio, Baltimore Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange

PAUL SIEVEKING, Production Stage Manager (Alcina) – Washington National Opera, Kentucky Opera, Peabody Conservatory, Chattanooga Opera, Opera Vivente, Studio Theatre

RICH CHING, Assistant Stage Manager – Washington National Opera, Washington Concert Opera, American University Greenberg Theatre, Very Special Arts

Music Staff

JEREMY FRANK, Pianist/Coach – Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera Center, Utah Symphony and Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland

FRANCA GORRAZ, Italian Coach – Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Opera, Washington National Opera, Notre Dame College of Maryland, Towson University

MIAH IM, Pianist/Coach – University of Maryland Opera Studio (Director), Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Houston Grand Opera, Aspen Music Festival and School

JUSTINA LEE, Pianist/Coach – The Metropolitan Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Opera, Centro Studi Italiani, Aspen Music Festival

THOMAS LAUSMANN, Guest Coach – Bayreuth Festival, Staatsoper Hamburg, New York City Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic

ERIC MELEAR, Chorusmaster & Wolf Trap Opera Studio Music Director – Houston Grand Opera, Opera Theatre of Oregon, San Francisco Opera, Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award Winner

EVAN ROGISTER, Assistant Conductor – Houston Grand Opera, Haddonfield Symphony, EuroArts

Fellows

TAMARA SANIKIDZE, Coaching Fellow - Washington National Opera, Music Academy of the West, Opera Cleveland, Virginia Opera, Aspen Opera Theatre

GRANT LOEHNIG, Coaching Fellow – Houston Grand Opera, American Opera Projects, Merola Opera Program, Music Academy of the West

GEORGE CEDERQUIST, Directing Fellow – Lyric Opera of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago Opera Theatre,

Interns

LESLIE COOK, Costumes - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

ANDREW DAVIS, Administration - Yale University

COURTNEY DAVIS, Scenic Painting - Virginia Commonwealth University

ANTHONY McDONALD, Stage Management - Howard University

ADAM RESSA, Technical Theatre - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

STEPHANIE SELTMAN, Stage Management - George Mason University

TJ SPENSIERI, Technical Theater - Radford University

BETH WHITE, Technical Theater - Mary Washington University

JENNIFER WILLIAMS, Directing - Cornell University

Administrative Staff

KIM PENSINGER WITMAN, Director, Wolf Trap Opera & Classical Programming

LEE ANNE MYSLEWSKI, Administrative Director, Wolf Trap Opera & Classical Programming

SUSAN WEINSHEIMER, Assistant & Housing Host Coordinator, Wolf Trap Opera & Classical Programming

JOSHUA WINOGRADE, Head of Wolf Trap Opera Studio

JUDY BENNETT, Company Manager

Housing Hosts and Volunteers for Summer 2008

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Mary Astley
Rebecca Bowerman & Donn Milton
Hugh & Shirley Dwelley
Wayne & Michelle Edwards
Joe Fleig & Mary Ellen Saville
Tom & Suzi Fogarty
Malcolm & Sarah Garrow
John & Sally Guilfoyle
Monica & Chris Harmison
Hank & Shelley Hatch
Katharine Hunter
Grace Jones
Linda Kauss & Clark Hoyt
Elizabeth & Richard Klass
Anna Lueje & Bill Wagner
William Malone
Leslie & Thomas Ossim
Judy & Bill Penniman
Anne & Al Phillips
Blair Reischer & Martha Bozman
Sandra Saydah
Ed & Andy Smith
Karen Sorenson & Peter Gaus
Sarah & Randy Spicer
Wendell & Karen Van Lare
Stephanie & Fernando van Reigersberg
Ron & Judy Wilgenbusch