Isabella (Hannah Ludwig)
Mustafa (André Courville) makes a grand entrance
Haly (Jorge Espino) lectures Elvira (Anush Avetisyan) and Zulma (Julia Dawson)
Isabella (Hannah Ludwig) rallies the masses
Isabella (Hannah Ludwig) talking her way past the pirates

L’italiana in Algeri

Rossini

Conductor: Richard A. Raub
Stage Director: Dorothy Danner

November 8–22, 2015


This was the first-ever AVA production of L’italiana In Algeri.

Blurring the line between blatant sentimentality and utter lunacy, emotions and tensions flare in Rossini’s jovial operatic drama of an Italian beauty shipwrecked and captured by the Bey of Algiers.  And that’s just the beginning of the story, as Isabella turns out to be far more than the Bey can handle!

Read reviews of AVA’s L’italiana in Algeri here and here!

Read about “The Two Isabellas” here.
Read about “The Mistress of the Mezzaluna” here.

Cast

Isabella: Kristina Nicole Lewis, Hannah Ludwig*
Lindoro: Alasdair Kent*, Jonas Hacker
Taddeo: Michael Adams*, Hunter Enoch
Mustafa: André Courville*, Daniel Noyola
Elvira: Anush Avetisyan*, Karen Barraza
Zulma: Julia Dawson*, Alexandra Schenck
Haly: Jorge Espino*, Nathan Milholin
Also featuring: Marina Costa-Jackson, Huanhuan Ma, Alexandra Nowakowski, Vanessa Vasquez, Galeano Salas, Diego Silva, Mackenzie Whitney, Jared Bybee, Anthony Schneider

* opening night

Production Staff

Set Designer: Peter Harrison
Costume Designer:
Val Starr
Lighting Designer:
Allen G. Doak, Jr.

Meet the Artists
Hannah Ludwig
mezzo-soprano
Isabella
Alasdair Kent ’17
tenor
Lindoro
Jonas Hacker ’17
tenor
Lindoro
André Courville ’17
bass-baritone
Mustafa
Daniel Noyola ’18
bass-baritone
Mustafa
Karen Barraza ’17
soprano
Elvira
Alexandra Schenck ’16
mezzo-soprano
Zulma
Jorge Espino ’17
baritone
Haly
Nathan Milholin ’18
bass-baritone
Haly
Marina Costa-Jackson ’16
soprano
Ensemble
Huanhuan Ma ’16
soprano
Ensemble
Alexandra Nowakowski ’18
soprano
Ensemble
Vanessa Vasquez ’18
soprano
Ensemble
Galeano Salas ’16
tenor
Ensemble
Mackenzie Whitney ’16
tenor
Ensemble
Jared Bybee ’17
baritone
Ensemble
Anthony Robin Schneider ’17
bass
Ensemble