Falstaff

By Giuseppe Verdi

March 7, 2014 7:30 pmMarch 9, 2014 2:30 pm

This elegant yet forceful production was directed by OSB’s Jose Maria Condemi and featured a beautiful, nearly surreal production design that originated with Steven Kemp at Opera San Jose. The set, which changed interiors multiple times over the course of Friday evening, placed all of the action within what appeared to be a giant wine cask, a context that was fitting both for Falstaff, that notorious drunkard, and for wine-mad Santa Barbara, circa 2014.Verdi and Shakespeare: the perfect pair!
– Charles Donelon / Santa Barbara Independent

Opera Santa Barbara gave a rousing repertory premiere of the work last weekend at the Granada Theatre, and made clear it is an opera company on the move, with high professional ambitions.
– Dan Kepl / CASA Magazine

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The Granada Theatre1214 State StSanta Barbara, CA 93105

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Hair & Makeup Designer:

Heather Sterling

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Sir John Falstaff:

Todd Thomas

Alice Ford:

Melody Moore

Ford:

Lee Poulis

Lee Poulis is “virile and heroic in both appearance and vocalism” (Opera News) and has been praised for his “dark baritone, rich in color.” Twice named Best Young Singer by Die Welt, Mr. Poulis has performed at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden of Berlin, Teatro Real of Madrid, the Opera of Bilbao, and the Teatro Municipal of Santiago. He performed the title role in the national premieres of Doctor Atomic in Germany and at the Finnish National Opera. In the 2017-18 season, he appeared in Handel's Messiah with the Florida Orchestra, Carmina Burana with Long Beach Camerata, Bach's Mass in B Minor with the New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, and Cantata #82, "Ich habe genug" with the Jacksonville Symphony. Career highlights include Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles with Fort Worth Opera and Sarasota Opera, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Dayton Opera and the Belleayre Festival Opera, Marcello in La bohème with Toledo Opera and Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Valentin in Faust with Lyric Opera Baltimore and Theater Chemnitz (Germany), the title role of Don Giovanni with Sarasota Opera, and Heathcliff in Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights with Minnesota Opera. He was a member of the ensemble at Theater Bonn, where he performed roles including Wolfram in Tannhäuser, Pantalon in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges, Germont in La traviata, Yeletsky in Pique Dame, Renato in Un ballo in maschera, and Michonnet in Adriana Lecouvreur. His frequent appearances at Washington National Opera include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Dandini in La Cenerentola, and Senator Raitcliffe in the world premiere of Scott Wheeler’s Democracy. He has also been on the roster of San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. He made his his Opera Santa Barbara debut as Ford in Falstaff in 2014. Mr. Poulis’ concert engagements include baritone soloist in Handel's Messiah, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and in the Mozart, Fauré, and Brahms Requiem settings with organizations such as the Masterworks Chorale, Kansas City Symphony, American Youth Symphony, Waltham Philharmonic, the Atlantic Union College and the Gemini Youth Orchestra. Mr. Poulis has also appeared in recital with the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Carnegie’s Weill Hall as well as in Washington D.C. with the Washington Vocal Arts Society. Lee Poulis won first prize in the 2008 Liederkranz Foundation Vocal Competition, the 2008 Francisco Viñas International Voice Competition, and the 2007 Chester Ludgin International Verdi Baritone Competition, as well as an Encouragement Award recipient in the 2008 George London Foundation Awards competition. He is an alumnus of Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, and Music Academy of the West. Mr. Poulis is a graduate of Harvard University.

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Fenton:

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Bardolfo:

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Francesco Milioto

Conductor / Falstaff

Conductor / Don Pasquale

Jose Maria Condemi

Director / Falstaff

Director / Tosca

Director / Don Pasquale

Director / Orfeo ed Euridice

Director / La traviata

Artistic Director

Steven C. Kemp

Scenic Designer / A Streetcar Named Desire

Scenic Designer / Rigoletto

Scenic Designer / Falstaff

Christopher Maravich

Lighting Designer / Falstaff

Heather Sterling

Hair & Makeup Designer / Tosca

Todd Thomas

Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff

Scarpia / Tosca

Melody Moore

Alice Ford / Falstaff

Lee Poulis

Rebecca Nathanson

Nanetta / Falstaff

Studio Artist

Joshua Kohl

Fenton / Falstaff

Catherine Cook

Dame Quickly / Falstaff

Courtney McKeown

Meg Page / Falstaff

Studio Artist

Tyler Thompson

Bardolfo / Falstaff

Daniel Scofield

Pistola / Falstaff

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Juan José de León

Doctor Caius / Falstaff

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