La Wally
by Alfredo Catalani

Friday, June 9, 2017
7:30pm

Cross of Christ Lutheran Church
411 156th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA

Admission $20, cash or check

Featuring beautiful Italian verismo music, La Wally takes place in the Austrian Tyrol where the free-spirited but vulnerable Wally is in love with the handsome Giuseppe Hagenbach, the son of her father's implacable enemy. This leads to the inevitable disastrous conclusion. Best known for its aria “Ebben? Ne andro lontana” ("Well, then? I’ll go far away"; sung when she decides to leave her home forever), it features a memorable operatic death in which the heroine throws herself into an avalanche.

Sung in Italian with supertitles in English and Italian, La Wally will be performed concert style with a full cast of soloists, chorus and a 10 piece chamber orchestra.

Cast and Characters

Wally
Regina Thomas
Giuseppe Hagenbach
Tim Janecke
Vincenzo Gellner
Misha Myznikov
Afra
Rachelle Moss
Walter
Serena Eduljee
Strominger / Il Pedone
Michael Drumheller

Chorus

Soprano
Jessi Clayton, Leslie Keenan,
Katie Malik, Melody Mertens,
Bronwyn Scott
Alto
Greta Birkby, Emily Robinson,
Wendy Woolery
Tenor
Ron Dorband, Cary Lee,
Brian Minnick, Glen Nielson
Bass
Renwick Hester, Keith Hughes

Orchestra

Violin
Candice Chin
Greg Dziekonski
Viola
Jennifer Shoval
Cello
Janice Lee
Bass
Ericka Kendall
Flute
Jenna Calixto
Clarinet
Leslie Edwards
Oboe
John Dimond
Bassoon
Gary Claunch
French Horn
Amy Fergusen
Chorus Master
John Burkhardt
Arranger/Conductor
Bernard Kwiram
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