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Opera Scenes

2014 Marriage of Figaro, Act I No. 5-8

Scenes presented at Hall Auditorium on the campus of the Bay VIew Association, Bay View, MI.

Extended scene from Act I of Marriage of Figaro. All but one of the singers are undergraduates. Scenes prepared in a week and a half. With Julie Strauser (Susanna), Dana Hart (Cherubino), Mimi Lanseur (Marcellina),Sam Raiche (Basilio), Andrew Hall (Count).

2014 Abduction from the Seraglio

Osmin/Belmonte Duet, Act I, Sc. 1

Scenes presented at Hall Auditorium on the campus of the Bay VIew Association, Bay View, MI.

Duet from Act I of Abduction from the Seraglio featuring Josh Vander Plaats, bass, as Osmin and Aaren Rivard, tenor, as Belmonte.

2013 Così fan tutte, Act I,

"Ah guarda sorella"

Scenes presented at Hall Auditorium on the campus of the Bay VIew Association, Bay View, MI.

Duet from Act I of Così fan tutte featuring Alexandra Nowakowski as Fiordiligi and Rachel Wolfe as Dorabella. The recit was left in at the end of the duet to give the students the experience of the flow of Mozart recitative.

Mainstage Opera

Così fan tutte, 2014 Bay View Music Festival

Fully staged, costumed and orchestrated. Performed on August 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Featuring students from Indiana University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Kentucky, University of Illinois, and Capital University among others. Conducted by William Boggs, directed by Sarah Stone. Show was double-cast.

Falstaff, 2013 Bay View Music Festival

Fully staged, costumed and orchestrated. Performed on August 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Featuring students from Indiana University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Kentucky, University of Illinois, and Capital University among others. Conducted by Kelly Crandell, directed by Sarah Stone. Show was double-cast.

Musical Theatre

Titanic, the Musical (2012)

Performed in Hall Auditorium at the Bay View Association in Bay VIew, MI. Featuring a cast of 75 people, mostly Association and community members. The stage has no wings or backstage throw space, as well as being extremely shallow. The only way to move set pieces around effectively was to stage it as part of the actors business.

Act I, 1:21:37 (click here to open)

Act II, 59:47 (click here to open)

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Sarah Stone is a resident stage director at the Bay View Music Festival in Bay View, MI. Below are images from the Opera à la carte opera scenes program offered in 2013. Scenes included Porgy & Bess, Don Pasquale, Arabella, Midsummer Night's Dream, Giulio Cesare, Così fan tutte, Elisir d'amore and Madama Butterfly. Also included are video clips from opera scenes form both 2013 and 2014. The 2014 program included scenes from Marriage of Figaro, Abduction from the Seraglio, L'Elisir d'amore, The Rake's Prgress, Susannah, Little Women, Carmen, Merry Wives of Windsor, Orpheus in the Underwolrd, The Magic Flute and Rape of Lucretia.