FULL LA CALISTO (Cavalli) Montclair NJ 2025
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Calisto
- Composer: Cavalli Francesco
- Libretto: Giovanni Faustini Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall at Cali School of Music, Montclair, New Jersey
- Recorded: February 1 & 2, 2025
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: see program below
- Conductor: Rebecca Jo Loeb
- Orchestra: Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra
- Choreographer: : Donna Scro Samori
- Stage Director: Kyle Ritenauer
- Stage Designer: Tyler Herald
- Costume Designer: Matsy Stinson
- Lighting Designer: Stacey Boggs
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall at Cali School of Music
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: DVD
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Cavalli’s poignant and ruckus opera begins in the heavens when we learn that a young, beautiful nymph, Calisto, has the chance to become immortalized as a constellation among the stars. Her story of being pursued by Zeus himself, devastated by the Goddess Diana, and finding herself in the middle of the follies and heartbreaks of an amusing cast of mythological creatures and star crossed lovers leads her down a path of ultimate humiliation and destruction. Will she find her way to the stars, or will she be cursed to live among the vengeful Gods in a beastly form?
PROGRAM
Total running time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with one intermission
CHARACTER SATURDAY CAST SUNDAY CAST
Child Sydney Bias Sydney Bias
La Natura/Furia/Echo Maria Jo Phelps Maria Jo Phelps
(cover) Gabrielle Guida
L’Eternità/Furia/Echo Brianna Coppolino Brianna Coppolino
(cover) Sydney Swearengin
Il Destino/Furia/Echo Maya Henry Jenna Fererra
(cover) Thalia Suleymanov
Giove Deiniol McGovern Clinton Garrison
Mercurio Thalia Suleymanov Hannah Bogard
Calisto Sonia Fortezza Caitlin Caulfield
Endimione Gabrielle Guida Maria Jo Phelps
Diana/Giove as Diana Clara Luz Iranzo S o Yeon Kim
Linfea Sydney Swearengin Sarah Sweeney
Satirino Hannah Bogard Maya Henry
Pane Ben Silvesti Alan Pinzon
Silvano Tyler Kriney Marcello Fois
Giunone Victoria Mango Jacklynn Wick