Juilliard Opera Presents W.A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Featuring Juilliard Singers and the Juilliard Orchestra Conducted by David Stern and Directed by Mary Birnbaum; 3 Performances: Tuesday, April 19 and Thursday, April 21, at 7:30pm; Saturday, April 23, at 2pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Tickets for Juilliard Opera productions are $30, available at events.juilliard.edu or at the Juilliard Box Office. Free tickets are available for Juilliard students; non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15.

The cast of Die Zauberflöte, in order of vocal appearance, includes:Miles Mykkanen (Tamino); Alexandra Razskazoff (1^st Lady); Caitlin Redding (2^nd Lady); Avery Amereau (3^rd Lady); Theo Hoffman (Papageno); Liv Redpath (Queen of the Night); Alexander McKissick (Monostatos); Christine Taylor Price (Pamina); Christine Oh (1^st Spirit); Sophia Kaminski (2^nd Spirit); Kelsey Lauritano (3^rd Spirit); Thesele Kemane (Speaker); Fan Jia (1^st Priest); Önay Köse (Sarastro); Matthew Swensen (2^nd Priest); Kara Sainz (Old Woman/Papagena); and Samuel Levine (Armed Man).

Scenic design is by Grace Laubacher; costume design is by Moria Sine Clinton; and lighting design is by Anshuman Bhatia. Adam Cates and Sean McKnight are co-choreographers.

This performance is part of Juilliard Opera, a program dedicated to the education and training of future generations of singers at Juilliard. Juilliard Opera is supported by the vision and generous lead funding of the International Foundation for Arts and Culture and its Chairman, Dr. Haruhisa Handa.

Juilliard’s Evening Division will offer a seminar, Decoding the Magic Flute, on Saturday, April 23 at 10am, prior to the 2pm performance. Seminar participants will include members of Juilliard Production’s creative team. Boxed lunch and tickets to the performance are included in the cost of the course. More information is available at juilliard.edu/flutedecoder or (212) 799-5000, ext. 273.

David Stern is a born communicator. Whether conducting a major symphony orchestra, Baroque opera, teaching vocal master classes or defending cultural activities, Mr. Stern keeps his musicians, students and audiences riveted by sharing his strong musical convictions. He is the founder and director of the Paris-based opera studio and period-instrument ensemble Opera Fuoco, as well as adviser of the Shanghai Baroque Festival and director of opera at the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado. In 2015, he was appointed chief conductor of Palm Beach Opera. Highlights of the 2015-16 season are opera productions with Palm Beach Opera, Drottningholm Opera Festival and Crested Butte Music Festival. With the Opera Fuoco ensemble, Mr. Stern will lead opera projects at the Shanghai Baroque Festival, Telemann Festival Magdeburg and at the Philharmonie in Paris.

Nominated for “Best Newcomer” at the 2015 International Opera Awards, Mary Birnbaum is an opera and theater director whose credits include the world premiere of Jeremy Denk and Steven Stucky’s The Classical Style (Carnegie Hall and the Ojai Festival), The Rape of Lucretia and Eugene Onegin (with conductor Matthew Aucoin) at Juilliard, Barber of Seville and Hansel and Gretel (Houston), L’elisir d’amore (Teatro Nacional, Costa Rica), plays by Lauren Yee and Joe Tracz at New World Symphony, and assisting Stephen Wadsworth on King Roger (Santa Fe Opera) and the Ring (Seattle Opera). Upcoming, she directs La Traviata (Columbus and Ashlawn), Le Villi/La Navarraise (Bard), and Kristin Kuster/Megan Levad world premiere (Virginia Arts Festival). She teaches acting for singers at Juilliard and is associate director of the Artist Diploma in Opera Studies program.

One of America’s most prestigious programs for educating singers, The Juilliard School’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts offers young artists programs tailored to their talents and needs. From bachelor and master of music degrees to an advanced Artist Diploma in Opera Studies, Juilliard provides frequent performance opportunities, featuring singers in its own recital halls, on Lincoln Center’s stages, and around New York City. Juilliard Opera has presented numerous premieres of new operas as well as works from the standard repertoire.

Juilliard graduates may be heard in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world; diverse alumni artists include well-known performers such as Simon Estes, Renée Fleming, Leontyne Price, Risë Stevens, Tatiana Troyanos, and Shirley Verrett. Recent alumni include Paul Appleby, Sasha Cooke, Isabel Leonard, Erin Morley, and Susanna Phillips.

Pianist Brian Zeger has built a distinguished international performance career in addition to appearing as artistic administrator, educator, and radio broadcaster. In a career spanning more than two decades, Mr. Zeger has enjoyed collaborations with many of the world’s top artists and enjoys an active career as a chamber musician. Currently he is artistic director of the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School and the executive director of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

David Stern, conductor

Mary Birnbaum, director

Featuring Juilliard Singers and the Juilliard Orchestra

Scenic Designer: Grace Laubacher

Costume Designer: Moria Sine Clinton

Lighting Designer: Anshuman Bhatia

Co-Choreographers: Adam Cates and Sean McKnight

The Cast (in order of vocal appearance):

Tamino: Miles Mykkanen

1^st Lady: Alexandra Razskazoff

2^nd Lady: Caitlin Redding

3^rd Lady: Avery Amereau

Papageno: Theo Hoffman

Queen of the Night: Liv Redpath

Monostatos: Alexander McKissick

Pamina: Christine Taylor Price

1^st Spirit: Christine Oh

2^ndSpirit: Sophia Kaminski

3^rdSpirit: Kelsey Lauritano

Speaker: Thesele Kemane

1^st Priest: Fan Jia

Sarastro: Önay Köse

2^nd Priest: Matthew Swensen

Old Woman/Papagena: Kara Sainz

Armed Man: Samuel Levine