1.
Bon Appetit
by Lee Hoiby
April 6, 2010 - 8pm
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring

Julia Child: Nancy Caudill
The Worthless Assistant: Shane Mitchell

Production

Stage Director: Erin Dagon-Mitchell
Production Manager: Lauren Miller

Setting

Time: 1950’s
Place: Julia Child’s kitchen

Synopsis

Music set to the words and gestures of Julia Child, this light- hearted piece tells the listener how to make a chocolate cake, in a roundabout way.

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November 10, 2009

The Audition
by Martin Kalmanoff
November 10, 2009 - 8pm
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring Bel Canto Alaska

Hedwig Faber, Mary Olsen, Martin Eldred, Gunnar Knapp, Annie Nilsson, Liz Millikan, Laura Albright, Carolyn Morris, Dorothy Hight, Nancy Guiley, Katie Stevenson with special guest artist, John Fraser

Production

Artistic Director: Andrew Sweeney
Production Manager: Lauren Miller

Setting

Time: The present
Place: Bare stage

Synopsis

The plot concerns a number of applicants auditioning for a position with an opera workshop. Each attempts to outdo the other by avoiding the familiar audition arias and by substituting arias from previously “undiscovered” operas by well known composers. Against his better judgment, the director decides to engage all of them.

Edited synopsis from Operas in One Act by W. Franklin Summers

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The Dark Night
February 9, 2010
This Dark Night includes three performances.

1.
A Hand of Bridge
by Samuel Barber
February 9, 2010 - 8pm
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring

David, a businessman: Karl Hageman
Geraldine, his middle-aged wife: Stephanie Williamson
Bill, a lawyer:Tim Fosket
Sally, his wife:Lisa Willis

Production

Artistic Director: Andrew Sweeney
Production Manager: Lauren Miller

Setting

Time: The present
Place: An American riving room, evening

Synopsis

Two married couples meet for a regular evening of bridge. During the course of the evening each individual, bored with his or her lifestyle and spouse, indulges in a personal expression of fantasy and hidden desires.

Edited synopsis from Operas in One Act by W. Franklin Summers

2.
Malady of Love (A Sham in One Act)
by Lehman Engel
February 9, 2010 - 8pm
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring

Dr. Stanley Barlow: Jack Klauschie
Emily Brown: Lauren Green

Production

Directors: Andrew Sweeney and Jack Klauschie
Production Manager: Lauren Miller

Setting

Time: The Present
Place: A Psychoanalyst’s Office

Synopsis

Dr. Stanley Barlow, a psychoanalyst, is awaiting the arrival of his next patient. Something is bothering him but he can’t identify it. Emily Brown, a vivacious young girl enters and reminds Barlow that they once met at a cocktail party. The session begins and Barlow has her lie down, asking her about unusual dreams she has had while he takes notes. Brown begins explaining her dream which includes a party at which all the glasses transform into men; she is a neon sign; she is nude and the doctor is a serpent offering her an apple; another party at which all the men become ice cubes. Following Brown’s narrative, Barlow confesses he has also been having problems. They both confess their love for one another and the curtain closes.

Edited synopsis from Operas in One Act by W. Franklin Summers

3.
Famous Arias
by Various Composers
February 9, 2010 - 8pm
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring
Margit Jensen, soprano