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Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra

2022 SEASON
FIRST VIOLINS

*Charles Stegeman, Concertmaster

     Drs. Eduardo and Lina

     Plantilla Chair

*Mitsuko Suzuki, Assistant

     Concertmaster

Susan Heerema

Yu-Wei Hsiao

Deborah Katz

Johnny Weizenecker

SECOND VIOLINS

*Tobias Chisnall, Principal

     Patricia Begrowicz Chair

Gregory Tompkins

Gabrielle Faetini

Eunmin Woo

MANDOLIN

J.J. Johnson

VIOLAS

Orlando Wells, Principal

     Carla Craig and Stuart Freedman

     Chair

J.J. Johnson

Maija Anstine

Gretchen Frazier

CELLOS

*Hikaru Tamaki, Principal

     Mark and Claudia Teitelbaum Chair

Jonathan Tortolano

Richard Mickey

BASSES

*Patrick O'Connell, Principal

Joshua DePoint

FLUTE

*Karen Bogardus, Principal

     Sari Scheer and Sam Kopel Chair

OBOE

*Paul Lueders, Principal

     Donald Usher Chair

ENGLISH HORN

**Paul Lueders

CLARINETS

**Diego Vásquez, Principal

Daniel Giacobbe, Acting Principal

Tyler Bourque

BASS CLARINET

**Diego Vásquez

SOPRANO &
ALTO SAXOPHONE

**Chris Hemingway

BASSOON

Zachary Feingold, Principal

     Paul Clark and Carol Parrish

     Chair

HORNS

Eva Conti, Principal

William Hughes

TRUMPET

Eric Berlin, Principal

TROMBONE

Brian Diehl, Principal

TIMPANI

Deane Prouty, Principal

     Richard and Carol Seltzer Chair

PERCUSSION

**Joseph Tompkins, Acting Principal

PIANO

**Noah Palmer

**Lynn Baker

KEYBOARD CONTINUO

Brian Garman

PERSONNEL MANAGER

*Deane Prouty

All musicians are performing in Don Giovanni unless otherwise indicated.


* indicates Don Giovanni and Three Decembers

** indicates Three Decembers only

Berkshire Opera Festival Chorus

DON GIOVANNI
SOPRANOS

Kalia Kellogg

Teryn Kuzma

Schauntice Shepard

ALTOS

Rachel Abrams

Marija Bosnar

Lisa Woods

TENORS

Leo Goodman

Thomas Gruenthal

Kevin Ruby

BARITONES/BASSES

Siddharth Dubey

Brian Hailes

Jermaine Woodard Jr.

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