Le Donne di Giacomo Puccini

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Original Text adapted by: Chuck Hudson

Stage Director: Chuck Hudson                      Conductor: Cal Stewart Kellogg

Opera Santa Barbara 2005

Presented in collaboration with The Puccini Festival Foundation and the Province of Lucca, Italy


Tenor Carlo Scibelli, and sopranos Olga Chernisheva, Barbara Divis, Robin Follman, Susan Foster and Shu-Ying Li.

"The first-rate production featured...a terrifically strong cast of five sopranos performing, well, Puccini's greatest hits. Under the able baton of Cal Stewart Kellogg and stage director Chuck Hudson, singers and orchestra indulged in the high drama, emotional power and unforgettable melodies that are the hallmarks of this composer."        --Peter Frisch, News-Press Correspondent

 

 Brian Zimmer and Chuck Hudson at the Puccini Festival Foundation Gala