She is the 2016 third place winner in Fort Worth Opera’s McCammon Voice Competition, 2015 first place winner of the Opera Birmingham competition, a 2013 semi-finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, winner of the Charlotte Opera Guild Competition, and an encouragement award winner in the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition. Last season, she returned to Arizona Opera for the title role of Rusalka in addition to joining Utah Opera as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Greensboro Opera as Micaëla in Carmen, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago for its production of Eugene Onegin. She makes role debuts as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Opera Birmingham and as the title role of Arabella with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, sings further performances of the Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Grand Rapids, and returns to Wolf Trap for a birthday concert celebration honoring composer John Corigliano. The Salt Lake Tribune praises Melinda Whittington for her “performances of emotional resonance along with their powerhouse vocals.” In her home state, she makes her debut with North Carolina Opera as Ada in Higdon’s Cold Mountain and sings the Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Carolina in the 2017-18 season. To read the full Opera synopsis please click here. Romeo & Juliet is one of the best operas in the French lyrical repertoire and the most accurate operatic adaptation of the tragedy of the lovers of Verona.Ī plague on both your houses. | If you are a fan of the classics, this timeless story of passion and forbidden love marries Shakespeare’s eternal drama beautifully with Gounod’s romantic music. Everything that could have been is lost as they die tragically in each other’s arms.įatal destiny, blind passion. Secretly, they marry - but Shakespeare’s famed young couple is ultimately doomed. Yet when Romeo meets Juliet, they fall instantly and passionately in love. | He’s a Montague and she’s a Capulet - families who have hated each other for centuries. These violent delights have violent ends. And don’t worry – we won’t be issuing any pop quizzes after the performance! Witness our historic take on the story, enhancing the true stars of this opera: Gounod’s beautiful, sweeping melodies and the talented voices of the production’s soloists. Pensacola Opera’s rendition perfectly blends grand opera and the two ill-fated lovers in a spectacle that will captivate audiences from start to finish without ever having to turn a page. Her favorite directorial credits include Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Lysistrata, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Even if you think you know the story, you haven’t heard Romeo & Juliet like this. Recent stage credits include Taking Stock (Kat O’Gara PLT), Night Watch (Blanch PLT), and A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche Dubois PSC). She graduated with her BA in theatre from UWF in 2010. Now, Come! Crush a cup of wine! About the directorĪshley started acting at the age of 13 and has been acting and volunteering in the Pensacola area since 2017. The cast and crew have been lovely to work with, and I am stunned at every performance by their immense talents. The process has been challenging but beautiful, and a whole year in the making. But I am so glad I was entrusted with this project. I initially brought the idea to the theatre one year ago after last year's Foo Foo Festival, never thinking that it would ever be a thing I would be in charge of any time soon. I could have never imagined that one day I would be able to see it like this. The play has been near and dear to my heart ever since, and I have always wanted to be a part of a production of the Bard's most beloved love story. If you're in your 30s, I know you feel me. That was also the year I was fated to see Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes, and I was forever changed. That year the flowery language and teenage angst hit me like a ton of bricks as we read the play in my English class. I fell in love with Romeo and Juliet when I was 13.
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