Opera Cleveland, Don Giovanni and Alumni

Opera Cleveland's production of Don Giovanni had quite a successful run (if I do say so myself!). The final performance had a nearing capacity crowd - so perhaps opera isn't dead after all!


It was my first opera with Opera Cleveland, and I had a blast. It was also great getting to know other Obies involved in the production, including Alyson Cambridge '01, who gorgeously sang (and acted) the role of Donna Elvira; Charles Griffith '60, plying his trade in the pit on cello; Patrick Wickliffe '05, who helped the chorus get into note-perfect shape; and Christian Behrens '09 (not pictured), who also joined us in the pit as a harbinger of death on trombone. (Did you know that whenever trombones are heard, it usually signals impending death, at least in operas written before 1810?)