presents
A Ballet by John Neumeier
Music By JOHANN Sebastian Bach
Libretto by Christian Friedrich Henrici,
with text from the Gospel of Matthew
The Hamburg Ballet
LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Los Angeles Children's Chorus
VOCAL SOLOISTS
Evangelist JOSHUA BLUE*
Jesus Michael Sumuel*
Soprano Tamara Wilson
Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham
Tenor Ben Bliss ‡
Bass (3/12-17) Kristin Sigmundsson
Baritone (3/20) MICHAEl J. Hawk †
BAritone (3/23-27) JAMES MARTIN SCHAEFER
CREATIVE TEAM
CONDUCTOR JAMES CONLON
Choreography, Staging, sets & Costumes John Neumeier
CHORUS DIRECTOR GRANT GERSHON
Artistic Director, Los Angeles Children's Chorus Fernando Malvar-Ruiz
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Andreas Heinzmann
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Erik Friedman
STAGE MANAGER Whitney McAnally
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR LOUIS LOHRASEB ‡
MUSICAL PREPARATION
Bryndon Hassman
NICHOLAS ROEHLER †
Peter Walsh ‡
Production made possible with generous support from
GRoW @ Annenberg
David and Linda Shaheen
and
Ceil and Michael Pulitzer
With special appreciation to
Gregory and Régina Annenberg Weingarten
Susan Graham’s appearance made possible
by generous support from
The Eva and Marc Stern Principal Artists Fund
Special support for the LA Opera Chorus from
the National Endowment for the Arts
LA Opera Orchestra generously underwritten by Terri and Jerry Kohl.
PRODUCTION NOTES
The running time is approximately three hours and 55 minutes, including one intermission.
Supertitles written by Christopher Bergen
Production from the Hamburg Ballet
LA Opera partners with G8 Check to develop and implement COVID protocols in full compliance with LA County and other local guidelines.
* LA OPERA DEBUT
† DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST
‡ DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST ALUMNUS
ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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