Cast, Characters and Artists
Principle Cast
Joyce El-Khoury – Violetta Valery *
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Scott Quinn – Alfredo Germont *
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Anthony Michaels-Moore – Giorgio Germont *
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Clark Weyrauch – Gastone +
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Robert McNichols Jr. – Barone Duophol @
Elliot Harrison Brown – Marchese D’Obigny ~
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Tyler Simpson – Dotter Grenvil @
Kristee Haney – Flora Bervoix @
Ashley Wheat – Annina ~
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Paul Dominic Griggsby – Commissionario
Alexander Goering – Giuseppe
Josh Markley – Domestico di Flora
* Lyric Opera Debut
~ UMKC Apprentice
+ KU Apprentice
@ Former Apprentice
Artistic Staff
Ward Holmquist – Conductor
David Gately – Director
Desmond Heeley – Set Designer *
Desmond Heeley – Costume Designer *
Kendall Smith – Lighting Designer
Joanne Middleton Weaver – Wig and Make-up Designer
Devon Carney – Dance Choreographer
Mark Ferrell – Rehearsal Accompanist
Elena Lence Talley – Music Librarian
Deborah Morgan – Props Master
Mary Traylor – Costume Coordinator
Karen Billingsley – Wig and Make-up Assistant
Colleen May, Charlotte Gillman – Wig and Make-up Crew
Nate Wheatley – Assistant Lighting Designer
Sarah Zsohar – Figaro Simultext System Operator
Jennifer Rimmer – Stage Manager
Sadie DeSantis, Adam Fulmer – Assistant Stage Managers
Olivia West – Stage Management Intern
Gen Goering – Head Scenic Artist
Regina Weller – Scenic Artist
Harold “Ben” Julius – Production Carpenter
Stephen Cochran – Head Propsman
Joshua Topping – Head Electrician
James Vinzant – Head Flyman
Phil Rebel – Head Sound Engineer
Jan Toombs – Wardrobe Supervison
Desiree Baird Story – Desiree Baird Story
* Lyric Opera Debut
Chorus
Soprano
Cassie Banion
Judy Bliss
Lindsey Bush
Melissa Faltermeier
LaTeesha M. Jackson
April Martin ~
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Marci Ziegler @
Mezzo
Rebecca Allen
Tara Curtis @
Elaine Fox @
Kaitlin Galetti
Samantha Gossard ~
Sarah LaBarr
Sarah Lockwood
Tenor
Chard DeMaris
Alexander Goering
Trent Green
David Lancaster
Trevor B. Smith
Jake Thede
Kevin Westring
Bass/Baritone
Matthew Black
Phil Eatherton
Paul D. Griggsby
Josh Markley
Justin G. McCoy
William H. Perry
Matthew Scrivner
~ UMKC Apprentice
@ Former Apprentice
Dancers
Joshua Bodden
Charles Martin
Tempe Ostergren
Dancers are members of the Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City Symphony
First Violins
Dorris Dai Janssen
Gregory Sandomirsky
Anthony DeMarco
Susan Goldenberg
Jessica Wakefield Hao
Lisa Jackson
Chiafei Lin
Vladimir Rykov
Alex Shum
Sarah Saylor
Second Violins
Tamamo Someya Gibbs
Kristin Velicer
Nancy Beckmann
Minhye Helena Choi
Mary Garcia Grant
Kazato Inouye
Francesca Manheim
Yu-Fang Chen
Violas
Christine Grossman
Jessica Nance
Kent Brauninger
Sean Brumble
Marvin Gruenbaum
Jenifer Richison
Cellos
Susie Yang
Matthew Beckmann
Maria Crosby
Rung Lee
Double Basses
Jeffrey Kail
Evan Halloin
Keith Wymer
Flute
Shannon Finney
Diane Schick
Piccolo
Diane Schick
Oboes
Kristina Fulton
Michelle Duskey
Clarinets
Raymond Santos
Gabriel Campos Zamora
Bassoons
Thomas DeWitt
Marita Abner
Horns
Alberto Suarez
Elizabeth Gray
David Gamble
Stephen Multer
Trumpets
Philip Clark
Brian Rood
Trombones
Roger Oyster
Porter Wyatt Henderson
Adam Rainey
Bass Trombone
Adam Rainey
Tuba
Steven Seward
Timpani
Timothy Jepson
Percussion
Christopher McLaurin
Joseph Petrasek
Harp
Deborah Wells Clark
