TONY-AWARD NOMINEES BETH MALONE AND
TOM McGOWAN, AND AWARD-WINNING STAGE AND
SCREEN ACTOR PETER MacNICOL AMONG THE CAST
AND SINGERS CONFIRMED FOR THE LA PHIL’S
PRESENTATION OF THE TEMPEST, CONDUCTED BY
SUSANNA MÄLKKI AND DIRECTED BY
BARRY EDELSTEIN AT
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
The Fully Staged Production Is a Collaboration with The Old Globe
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AND 9, 2018, AT 8PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018, AT 2PM
Los Angeles, CA (October 11, 2018) – The cast of actors, singers, and dancers performing in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s presentation of The Tempest, led by LA Phil Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki and directed by The Old Globe’s Barry Edelstein, has been confirmed and will include Israeli stage and screen actor Lior Ashkenazi as Prospero, and stage and screen actress and Los Angeles native Audrey Corsa as Miranda. The collaboration between the LA Phil and The Old Globe takes place at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Thursday and Friday, November 8 and 9, at 8PM, as well as Saturday, November 10, at 2PM.
The fully staged production combines Sibelius’ rarely performed incidental music and Shakespeare’s tale of a shipwreck on a magical island. Additional cast and singers include Grantham Coleman as Ferdinand, Michael Genet as Alonso, Ruy Iskandar as Sebastian, Beth Malone and mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as Ariel, Peter MacNicol and baritone Jarett Ott as Stephano, Tom McGowan and baritone Timothy Mix as Caliban, Mark Pinter as Gonzalo, and Cornell Womack as Antonio.
Program Details:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
The Old Globe
Barry Edelstein, Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director
Mark Wendland, set designer
Judith Dolan, costume designer
Japhy Weideman, lighting designer
Jeff Sugg, video and projection designer
Jonathan Burke, sound designer
Patrick McCollum, choreographer
Joshua Pilote, production stage manager
Cast:
Lior Ashkenazi, Prospero
Kevin Cahoon, Trinculo
Grantham Coleman, Ferdinand
Audrey Corsa, Miranda
Michael Genet, Alonso
Ruy Iskander, Sebastian
Zarif Kabier, Francisco & Boatswain
Beth Malone, Ariel
Tom McGowan, Caliban
Peter MacNicol, Stephano
Mark Pinter, Gonzalo
Cornell Womack, Antonio
Elizabeth DeShong, Ariel (mezzo-soprano)
Ying Fang, Juno (soprano)
Timothy Mix, Caliban (baritone)
Jarett Ott, Stephano (baritone)
Joshua Wheeker, Trinculo (tenor)
Jessica Gadzinski, dancer
Courtney Ozovek, dancer
Dani Maloney, dancer
Carolina Beachwood, dancer/Goddess
Nichol Mason, dancer/Goddess
Kar Will, dancer
Derek Schiesel, dancer
Bradford Chin, dancer
Spencer Jensen, dancer
Anthony Gabriel, dancer
For full artists’ biographies, please visit: laphil.com
Tickets for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2018/19 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall are currently available. To purchase, please visit laphil.com or the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office. For more information, please call 323 850 2000.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, presents an inspiring array of music from all genres – orchestral, chamber and Baroque music, organ and celebrity recitals, new music, jazz, world music, and pop – at two of L.A.’s iconic venues, Walt Disney Concert Hall (laphil.com) and the Hollywood Bowl (hollywoodbowl.com). The LA Phil’s season at Walt Disney Concert Hall extends from September through June, and throughout the summer at the Hollywood Bowl. With the preeminent Los Angeles Philharmonic at the foundation of its offerings, the LA Phil aims to enrich and transform lives through music, with a robust mix of artistic, education and community programs.
The Old Globe
The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional regional theaters and has stood as San Diego’s flagship arts institution for over 80 years. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 15 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages: the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the 600-seat Old Globe Theatre and the 250-seat Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, both part of The Old Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, and the 605-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, home of its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people attend Globe productions annually and participate in the theater’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Numerous world premieres such as A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (the 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical), Meteor Shower, Bright Star, Allegiance, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and the annual holiday musical Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to enjoy highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theaters across the country.