Richard Wagner's
ISABELLA
Ashley Becker
CAST
MARIANNE
Anne-Marie Iacoviello
CLAUDIO
Tim Ayres-Kerr
DORELLA
Marina Harris
PONTIO PILATO
Grant Yosenick
ANTONIA
Jeannette Lee
LUZIO
Chris Eaglin
DANIELI
RaShaun Campbell
ANGELO
Max Rydqvist
BRIGHELLA
Thaddeus Bell
FRIEDRICH
Junhan Choi
Forbidden Love
POSTPONED UNTIL May 21-23, 2021
Warehouse XI, Union Square, Somerville, MA
“Forbidden Love” is an operatic gem that even Wagner’s devoted followers know little about. Young Wagner, at 23, wrote it in the style of rousing, exuberant 19th century Italian comic opera, before he became “𝖂𝖆𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖗”! Composed in 1836 and based on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, “Forbidden Love” explores the traditional clash between puritanical, restrained sexuality and all too human self-abandoned eroticism. Come and thrill to great arias and ensembles, rousing music, and hints of the Wagner to come.
COVERS/CHORUS
MARIANNE
Elizabeth Clutts
ISABELLA
Letitia Stevens
DORELLA
Angelica Grau
CHORUS
Keiko Nakagawa
CHORUS
Sam Pilato
DANIELI
Allyn McCourt
ANGELO
Keith Brinkley
CLAUDIO
Michael Gonzalez
CHORUS
Gray Leiper
BRIGHELLA
Jacob O'Shea
CHORUS
Drew Maidment
Forbidden Love
STREAMING JUNE, 2021
“Forbidden Love” is an operatic gem that even Wagner’s devoted followers know little about. Young Wagner, at 23, wrote it in the style of rousing, exuberant 19th century Italian comic opera, before he became “𝖂𝖆𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖗”! Composed in 1836 and based on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, “Forbidden Love” explores the traditional clash between puritanical, restrained sexuality and all too human self-abandoned eroticism. Come and thrill to great arias and ensembles, rousing music, and hints of the Wagner to come.
ISABELLA
Ashley Becker
CAST
MARIANNE
Anne-Marie Iacoviello
CLAUDIO
Tim Ayres-Kerr
DORELLA
Marina Harris
PONTIO PILATO
Grant Yosenick
ANTONIA
Jeannette Lee
LUZIO
Chris Eaglin
ANGELO
Max Rydqvist
BRIGHELLA
Thaddeus Bell
FRIEDRICH
Junhan Choi
DANIELI
Jacob O'Shea
CREATIVE TEAM
STAGE DIRECTOR
J. Deschene
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Juliet Cunningham
PRODUCER
Martha Birnbaum
Instrumental Ensemble
Juliet Cunningham, piano
Jane Ye Hua, piano