Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This scene begins with Concetta, one of the Prince’s daughters, in a private moment, happy and confident that Tancredi, the Prince’s ward, will soon be proposing to her.
Little does she know that her family’s fortunes are dwindling, and that Calogero, the new mayor and a wealthy opportunist, will soon be arriving for a visit, accompanied by his daughter, Angelica. Threatened by Angelica’s beauty, Concetta is nonetheless sure that Tancredi will be repulsed by Angelica’s vulgarity. The Prince, however, is aware of Calogero’s aspirations to nobility, and views Angelica and her wealth as an opportunity for Tancredi.
THE LEOPARD
Music by Michael Dellaira
Libretto by J. D. McClatchy
Commissioned and developed by American Opera Projects, with funds provided by The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and The Paul Underwood Charitable Trust.
Adapted from “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Courtesy of The Wylie Agency.
This performance is from the world premiere which took place March 5-6, 2022 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Cutler Bay, Florida by the University of Miami’s Frost Opera Theater, Frost School of Music (Shelton Berg, Dean)
Conductor - Gerard Schwarz
Music Director/Vocal Coach - Alan Johnson
Stage Director - Jeffrey Buchman
Concetta - Margarita Parsamyan
Angelica - Yaqi Yang
Princess Stella - Robynne Redmon
Don Fabrizio (the Prince) - Kim Josephson
Don Calogero - Thandolwethu Mamba
Set Designer - Cameron Anderson
Costume Supervisor - Camilla Haith
Lighting Designer - John Cuff
Choreographer - Rosa Mercedes
Hair/Wig/Make-up - Emily Malin
Production Stage Manager - Dustin Z. West
Assistant Stage Managers - Nicole Plummer, Beatriz Menendez
Assistants to the Director - Christina Smiley, Lauren Richards
Costume Coordinator - Courtnay Rigdon
Chorus Master - Scott Aucoin
Rehearsal Pianist - Rina Kharrosova
Costumes provided by - Florida Opera Association, Inc.
Scenic Build by - Infinity Productions
Props provided by - Movie Props Rental
Audio Recording – Soundmirror, Inc.
Videographer - Gonzalo Mejia
Production made possible by the generous support of Frayda B. Lindemann,
Phillip and Patricia Frost, Alan Benaroya, and the Martin Messinger Symphony Orchestra Fund
Music Copyright 2018 Michael Dellaira
Published by American Composers Alliance (BMI) and Music of Virtual North America and for the Rest of the World by BMG Rights Mgt.
Score and parts: composers.com
This scene begins with Concetta, one of the Prince’s daughters, in a private moment, happy and confident that Tancredi, the Prince’s ward, will soon be proposing to her.
Little does she know that her family’s fortunes are dwindling, and that Calogero, the new mayor and a wealthy opportunist, will soon be arriving for a visit, accompanied by his daughter, Angelica. Threatened by Angelica’s beauty, Concetta is nonetheless sure that Tancredi will be repulsed by Angelica’s vulgarity. The Prince, however, is aware of Calogero’s aspirations to nobility, and views Angelica and her wealth as an opportunity for Tancredi.
THE LEOPARD
Music by Michael Dellaira
Libretto by J. D. McClatchy
Commissioned and developed by American Opera Projects, with funds provided by The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and The Paul Underwood Charitable Trust.
Adapted from “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Courtesy of The Wylie Agency.
This performance is from the world premiere which took place March 5-6, 2022 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Cutler Bay, Florida by the University of Miami’s Frost Opera Theater, Frost School of Music (Shelton Berg, Dean)
Conductor - Gerard Schwarz
Music Director/Vocal Coach - Alan Johnson
Stage Director - Jeffrey Buchman
Concetta - Margarita Parsamyan
Angelica - Yaqi Yang
Princess Stella - Robynne Redmon
Don Fabrizio (the Prince) - Kim Josephson
Don Calogero - Thandolwethu Mamba
Set Designer - Cameron Anderson
Costume Supervisor - Camilla Haith
Lighting Designer - John Cuff
Choreographer - Rosa Mercedes
Hair/Wig/Make-up - Emily Malin
Production Stage Manager - Dustin Z. West
Assistant Stage Managers - Nicole Plummer, Beatriz Menendez
Assistants to the Director - Christina Smiley, Lauren Richards
Costume Coordinator - Courtnay Rigdon
Chorus Master - Scott Aucoin
Rehearsal Pianist - Rina Kharrosova
Costumes provided by - Florida Opera Association, Inc.
Scenic Build by - Infinity Productions
Props provided by - Movie Props Rental
Audio Recording – Soundmirror, Inc.
Videographer - Gonzalo Mejia
Production made possible by the generous support of Frayda B. Lindemann,
Phillip and Patricia Frost, Alan Benaroya, and the Martin Messinger Symphony Orchestra Fund
Music Copyright 2018 Michael Dellaira
Published by American Composers Alliance (BMI) and Music of Virtual North America and for the Rest of the World by BMG Rights Mgt.
Score and parts: composers.com
