Valley Opera & Performing Arts, in collaboration with Opera San Luis Obispo and Mission Opera, is excited to bring you this virtual production of Puccini’s heart-wrenching opera, “Suor Angelica”, performed with The VOPA Orchestra, under the baton of Brian Asher Alhadeff.

GROUND-BREAKING VIRTUAL PRODUCTION!
This historic production is the first opera video to be produced entirely virtually, from start to finish, with orchestra, and with no rehearsal taking place whatsoever (virtually or live).

Free Viewing Of The Full Opera Available To All!

We are offering this content at no charge to the viewer, so we are relying on donations in order to pay our production costs.

This production provided much needed income to 13 singers, 15 instrumentalists, a conductor, an audio engineer, and a video editor during a time when all work had been taken away from these artists due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Please help us continue providing work to incredible artists like these, and bringing you the exceptional content you’ve come to expect by…

DONATING HERE

Please Donate To Help Support This Project!
CLICK HERE TO DONATE

CAST
Shira Renee Thomas (Suor Angelica)
Cindy Sadler (La Zia Principessa)
Jennifer Lindsay (Suor Genovieffa)
Karin Wilcox (La Badessa)
Linda Baird (La Suora Zelatrice)
Hannah Headland (La Maestra delle Novizie)
Trisha Rivera (La Sorella Infermiera)
Tiffany Ho (1st La Suora Cercatrice)
Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez (2nd La Suora Cercatrice)
Audrey Yoder (Una Novizia)
Christina Kushnick (Suor Dolcina)
Sarah Salazar (1st Conversa)
Kristina Horacek (2nd Conversa)
LilyAnn Thomas (Child)

The VOPA Orchestra
Brian Asher Alhadeff, Conductor

Steve Huber (Violin I)
Tamsen Beseke (Violin I)
Elizabeth Dickenson (Violin II)
Stefan Krut (Violin II)
Matthew Witmer (Viola)
Mark Bassett (Cello)
Jay Rubottom (Bass)
Amy Tatum (Flute, Piccolo)
Ryan Glass (Clarinet I)
Shelby Huber (Clarinet II)
April Cap (Oboe)
Charles Fernandez (Bassoon)
Marianna Pallas (Horn)
Gena Laird (Percussion, Timpani)
Paul Woodring (Organ, Keyboard)

Audio Triage and Assembly
Geoffrey Pope Music
Geoffrey Pope, Mixing Engineer

Highlight Media
Christina Bearce, Video Editor

This project is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.