Alissa
Goretsky
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Cover - Helmwige
Alissa Goretsky
Helmwige
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Gretchen Krupp
Waltraute, Fricka
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Alexis Seminario
Ortlinde
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Gripping drama, heartfelt emotion, and clever comedy: Il trittico comes to HGO in the company’s first-ever full presentation of Puccini’s masterful trio of one-act operas. Led by acclaimed director James Robinson, the evening begins with Il tabarro, a tale of passion and betrayal set on the Seine, where the lives of a barge captain, his young wife, and her lover intertwine in a tragic crescendo.
Next, Suor Angelica delves into the desperation of a cloistered nun with a haunted past, whose story—reset by Robinson in a children’s hospital—culminates in heartrending redemption. The night concludes with the director’s stylish, Felliniesque take on the brilliantly witty Gianni Schicchi, the tale of a cunning conman who turns a family’s greed into a delightful farce, featuring what is perhaps Puccini’s best-loved aria, “O mio babbino caro.”
This production boasts a powerhouse lead cast that will take on multiple roles across the three operas: soprano Corinne Winters in her company debut, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, bass-baritone Ryan McKinny, and tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz. Maestro Patrick Summers conducts.
Alissa Goretsky
Young Lover
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Gripping drama, heartfelt emotion, and clever comedy: Il trittico comes to HGO in the company’s first-ever full presentation of Puccini’s masterful trio of one-act operas. Led by acclaimed director James Robinson, the evening begins with Il tabarro, a tale of passion and betrayal set on the Seine, where the lives of a barge captain, his young wife, and her lover intertwine in a tragic crescendo.
Next, Suor Angelica delves into the desperation of a cloistered nun with a haunted past, whose story—reset by Robinson in a children’s hospital—culminates in heartrending redemption. The night concludes with the director’s stylish, Felliniesque take on the brilliantly witty Gianni Schicchi, the tale of a cunning conman who turns a family’s greed into a delightful farce, featuring what is perhaps Puccini’s best-loved aria, “O mio babbino caro.”
This production boasts a powerhouse lead cast that will take on multiple roles across the three operas: soprano Corinne Winters in her company debut, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, bass-baritone Ryan McKinny, and tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz. Maestro Patrick Summers conducts.
Alissa Goretsky
Lauretta
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Emily Treigle
La Ciesca
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Gripping drama, heartfelt emotion, and clever comedy: Il trittico comes to HGO in the company’s first-ever full presentation of Puccini’s masterful trio of one-act operas. Led by acclaimed director James Robinson, the evening begins with Il tabarro, a tale of passion and betrayal set on the Seine, where the lives of a barge captain, his young wife, and her lover intertwine in a tragic crescendo.
Next, Suor Angelica delves into the desperation of a cloistered nun with a haunted past, whose story—reset by Robinson in a children’s hospital—culminates in heartrending redemption. The night concludes with the director’s stylish, Felliniesque take on the brilliantly witty Gianni Schicchi, the tale of a cunning conman who turns a family’s greed into a delightful farce, featuring what is perhaps Puccini’s best-loved aria, “O mio babbino caro.”
This production boasts a powerhouse lead cast that will take on multiple roles across the three operas: soprano Corinne Winters in her company debut, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, bass-baritone Ryan McKinny, and tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz. Maestro Patrick Summers conducts.
Alissa Goretsky
The Nursing Sister
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Emily Treigle
The Monitress
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Step through the forest and into the enchanting world of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, a timeless adaptation of the Brothers Grimm tale that will captivate audiences of all ages. Brought to life by director/designer Antony McDonald in his company debut, this family-friendly production unfolds in a German romantic setting, full of dirndls, Alpine hats, and misty clouds. The composer’s whimsical, sophisticated melodies, derived from German nursery songs, will hold audiences spellbound as they join Hansel and Gretel on their dangerous journey to the realm where the Witch reigns from her house of cake, topped with a shining red cherry.
Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke as Hansel and soprano Mané Galoyan as Gretel lead the opera’s stellar cast, with mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton making a star turn as the Witch who, outsmarted by the children, takes a dive into a bubbling cauldron. Andreas Ottensamer, artistic director of the Bürgenstock Festival in Switzerland, makes his anticipated HGO debut at the podium.
Alissa Goretsky
Dew Fairy
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Biography
Alissa Goretsky is a 2025 Metropolitan Opera Laffont National Winner, recently won third place in the 2024 Houston Grand Opera Concert of Arias and was the winner of the 2023 San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition, the first and grand prize winner of the 2022 Palm Spring Opera Guild Competition, a finalist in the 2022 Orpheus Competition, and a finalist in the 2021 Burbank Philharmonic Young Artist Competition.
She made her operatic debut as Gismonda in Handel’s Ottone with San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Baroque Ensemble, and her recent roles have also included the Foreign Woman in Menotti’s The Consul, Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Emilia in Handel’s Flavio, as well as covering Sister Alice and Sister Catherine in Dialogues des Carmélites at San Francisco Opera.
She is currently an Ernest and Sarah Butler Young Artist at Houston Grand Opera, where she made her house debut as Clorinda in La Cenerentola and covered Mimì in La Bohème in the the 2024-2025 Season. This past summer, she had the honor of being an apprentice singer at the Santa Fe Opera, covering Helmwige in Die Walküre and Mimì.
This coming season, in her second year as a Butler Young Artist, Ms. Goretsky will make several role debuts in the 2025-2026 season such as Young lover, Suora Infermiera, and covering Lauretta in Il Tabarro, Taumännchen in Hänsel und Gretel, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Curly’s Wife in Of Mice and Men, and Berta in Barber of Seville.
