The Difficulty of
Crossing a Field
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THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD
* Nashville Opera debut
Mrs. Williamson
JENNIFER RIVERA
mezzo-soprano
Nashville Opera: Elmer Gantry
Teatro Regio di Torino, Berlin Staatsoper, Innsbruck Early Music Festival, Central City Opera
Williamson Girl
REBECCA SJöWALL*
soprano
Arizona Opera, Riverside Lyric Opera, Festival Opera
Boy Sam
ROBERT ANTHONY MACK*
tenor
New York City Opera, Martina Arroyo Foundation, Opera Carolina, Houston Grand Opera
Magistrate/Mr. Williamson
BRIAN RUSSELL*
Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, American Stage, Studio Tenn
Armour Wren/Andrew
ERIC PASTO-CROSBY
Nashville Opera: Romeo and Juliet
Tennessee Repertory Theatre,
Nashville Children’s Theatre, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Studio Tenn
AMY TATE WILLIAMS
Chorusmaster/Accompanist
Nashville Opera, 1998-present
Opera Director, Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, 2003-present
DEAN WILLIAMSON
Conductor
Nashville Opera: Samson and Delilah, Romeo and Juliet, The Girl of the
Golden West
Opera Cleveland, Opera Colorado, Seattle Opera, Boston Lyric Opera
JOHN HOOMES
Director
Artistic Director, Nashville Opera
1995 - present
Opera New Jersey, Opera Carolina, Arizona Opera, Nashville Symphony, Florentine Opera, Baltimore Lyric Opera
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