UNT Opera - Spring Semester - 2019

Music by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano (1884-1970)

Stage Director..............................................................Jonathan Eaton
Assistant Stage Director (Schicchi)..................Derrick Robert Brown
Music Director/Conductor.................................. Robert Frankenberry
Scenic Designer.......................................................... Donna Marquet
Lighting Designer......................................................................Jon Felt
Costumier.......................Michael Robinson/Dallas Costume Shoppe
Captions......................Christopher Charles Curcuruto

Cast
(in order of appearance)

Buoso, Schicchi's dead friend.................................................Max Ary
Zita, Buoso's cousin.................................................Autumn Cappocci
Rinuccio, Zita's nephew........................................Steven Keen Hyland
Gherardo, Buoso's nephew.........................................Alexander Poole
Nella, Gherardo's wife.................................................Catherine Raible
Gherardino, Gherardo's son...........................................Natalie Merrell
Betto, Buoso's brother-in-law............................................Jack Derleth
Simone, Buoso's older cousin...............................T. Hastings Reeves
Marco, Simone's son..........................................................Jake Tipoff
La Ciesca, Marco's wife..............................................Kristen Williams
Gianni Schicchi...................................Christopher Charles Curcuruto
Lauretta, Schicchi's daughter...........................................Victoria Kerr
Spinelloccio, a doctor.........................................Mario Antonio Porras
Amantio di Nicolao, a notary..............................Natasha Wroblewski
Guccio, a dyer.....................................................Carolyn Aubrey Meek
Pinellino, a cobbler............................................................Deirdre Wolf