Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Opera Theatre has been named a National Finalist in The American Prize in Opera Performance – College/University (Smaller Program) Division for its 2024 production of L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi.
This internationally collaborative production combined historically informed performance with state-of-the-art multimedia, featuring AI-generated visuals, Extended Reality (XR) design, and Virtual Studio Technology (VST) audio. It was presented on February 10, 2024, as part of the “Italy in Transit” VIII International Symposium and was co-funded by Erasmus+ and supported by Project Horizon Europe Action Marie Curie, CAPHE, and more.
Production Leadership
- Director – Mitchell Hutchings
- Conductor / Music Director – Federico Bardazzi
- Project Coordinator (Europe) / Direction of Video Scenography – Alessandra Montali
- Chorus Master – Jennifer Sutton
- Assistant Conductor / Midi Harp, Percussion – Dimitri Betti
- Répetiteurs – Aaron Orin, Yu-Chieh Yen
- Choreography – Nicole Perry
- Sound Engineer – Guido Paolo Longo
- Lighting Design / Light Board Operation – Ardean Landhuis
- Supertitles, 360° Video Experimentation, Technical Realization – David Tozzi
- Costume Design – Dawn Shamburger, Nicole Perry, Mitchell Hutchings
- “Italy in Transit” VIII Symposium Organizer – Ilaria Serra
- Videography – Mitchell Hutchings
Cast of Characters
- Orfeo – Leonardo De Lisi
- Euridice – Jamile Evaristo
- La Musica / Ninfa / Proserpina – Junchan Zhao
- La Messaggera / La Speranza – Linda Zweig
- Caronte / Plutone / Spirito Infernale – Christopher Berrios
- Apollo / Pastore II – Sean Christopher Stork
- Pastore I – Daniel Romero
- Alto Pastore – Jane Djajaputra
- Eco / Un Spirito del Coro – Matthew Escobar
- Orfeo Doppelgänger – Ava Weber
- Euridice Doppelgänger – Carrie Teagarden
- La Musica, La Messaggera, Caronte Doppelgängers – Kalin Basford
- Wedding Attendant, Nymph, Silvia Doppelgänger – Kara Cooper
- Wedding Attendant, Wood Nymph – Rosie Montoya
Chorus: Christopher Berrios, Eliana Chan, Jane Djajaputra, Elionia Dufrene, Matthew Escobar, Jamile Evaristo, Briana Fernandez, Benjamin Helbling, Olga Lomakina, Jennifer Sutton,
Junchan Zhao, Linda Zweig…