COMING SOON: Editorial commentary on the Opera Scenes show by the USC Thornton Opera Program at the Newman Recital Hall on USC’s University Park Campus will be added in the near future. For now, this entry documents my attendance (2/6/2026) and basic information.
Scenes were from:
- Cosi fan Tutte (Women Are Like That) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti
- Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) by Charles Gounod
- I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) by Vincenzo Bellini
- Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
- L’elisir D’amore (The Elixir of Love) by Gaetano Donizetti
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Full Cast & Context
The student performers included:
- Bingkai Meng
- Christopher Renfro
- William Jacobson
- Ashleigh Conner
- Jason Torres
- David Roitberg
- Diego Delgado
- Yuxuan Lin
- Trinity del Regno
- Kaitlyn Son
- Karah Rhoades
- Citlali Garcia
The pianists:
- Ange Yang
- Carl Pantle
- Abby Wong
The conductor was Brent McMunn, and the stage director was Ken Cazan.
