Who’s Who ARTURO CHACÓN-CRUZ (MEXICO) TENOR
HGO Studio alumnus Arturo Chacón-Cruz, first prize and Audience
Choice Award winner in HGO’s 2003 Eleanor
McCollum Competition Concert of Arias, returns to HGO after last
appearing here as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto (2020). He was
slated to perform the title role in Werther for HGO during the
2020–21 season, but the production was canceled due to COVID-19.
Other credits at HGO include Edmondo/Lamplighter in Manon Lescaut
(2006); Pinkerton in performances of Madame Butterfly (2004–05);
and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Alpheus in Lysistrata, High Priest
of Neptune in Idomeneo, and Ruiz in Il trovatore (all in 2005). The
2019–20 season saw him performing the role of Ismaele in Nabucco
with Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, and Don José in Carmen with the
Tampere Opera. His recent roles include Faust in La damnation de
Faust with Teatro Colón; Rafael Ruiz in El gato montés with LA
Opera; Rodolfo in Luisa Miller with Gran Teatre del Liceu in
Barcelona; the title role of The Tales of Hoffmann at Teatro Regio
di Torino; Alfredo Germont in La traviata with the Arena di Verona,
the Royal Opera House Muscat, Bolshoi Opera, Teatro dell’Opera di
Roma, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, and Bavarian State
Opera; and The Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto with Hamburg State
Opera, the Budapest Summer Festival, Teatro di San Carlo, LA Opera,
and Arena di Verona. Recent collaborations with star directors
Sofia Coppola (La traviata) and Woody Allen (Gianni Schicchi)
resulted in inter-national acclaim and sold-out performances in Los
Angeles, Valencia, and Rome. Chacón-Cruz has a new Christmas album,
A Christmas Wonderland, and recently announced a new mariachi
album, De mi casa a tu casa.
KIRILL KUZMIN (RUSSIA)PIANO
HGO Studio alumnus Kirill Kuzmin is currently principal coach at
HGO and a music staff member at The Glimmerglass Festival. In the
2019–20 season, Kuzmin served on HGO’s
music staff for productions of Saul and Aida. Previous HGO
credits include Eugene Onegin (also as diction coach), Le nozze di
Figaro, Faust, Giulio Cesare (also as continuo player), and West
Side Story, as well as two of Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle
operas, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. He also served as principal
coach for HGO’s world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce
Vavrek’s The House Without a Christmas Tree and was involved in the
world premiere of David Hanlon and Stephanie Fleischmann’s After
the Storm. In the summer of 2020, he had been engaged to serve as
principal coach for the production of Die Feen at the Glimmerglass
Festival, but it was canceled due to COVID-19.
Credits Ben Doyle Video Director Molly Dill Producing Director
Daniel James Video Producer Michael James Clark Lighting Designer
Kristen Burke Stage Manager Jeremy Johnson English Subtitles Dotti
Staker Hair & Makeup
Program Caruso
Parlami d’amore, Mariù
Musica proibita
What a Wonderful World
Hallelujah
Bésame mucho
Júrame
El triste from Four Songs, Op. 1
No puede ser from La tabernera del puerto
Del cabello más sutil
Pourquoi me réveiller from Werther
Cielo e mar from La gioconda
Nessun dorma from Turandot
Lucio Dalla (1943-2012)
Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896-1978)
Stanislao Gastaldon (1861-1939)
Bob Thiele (1922-1996)
and George David Weiss (1921-2010)
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Consuelo Velázquez (1916-2005)
María Grever (1885-1951)
Roberto Cantoral (1935-2010)
Pablo Sorozábal (1897-1988)
Fernando Jaumandreu Obradors (1897-1945)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Video Production Streaming Partner Produced in association with
Austin Opera
Performing artists, stage directors, and choreographers are
represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, the union for
opera professionals in the United States.
Stage crew personnel provided by IATSE, Local #51.
Wardrobe personnel provided by Theatrical Wardrobe Union, Local
#896.
The entire staff of HGO contributed to the success of this
production. For a full listing of the company’s staff, please visit
HGO.org/about-us/people.
