the little OPERA theatre of ny Announces Cast for Wuthering Heights

The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY) presents Wuthering Heights, an opera by Carlisle Floyd after the novel by Emily Brontë, from November 19-22 at the Loreto Theater, Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, 18 Bleecker St, New York, NY, 10012. Performances take place Thursday-Saturday at 7:30PM and Sunday at 3PM. General admission tickets are $30-60 ($15 student rush available day of the performance with valid ID). For further details and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.lotny.org/wuthering-heights. To reach the Box Office by phone, please call (212) 219-3132.

Wuthering Heights, an opera by Carlisle Floyd after the novel by Emily Brontë, is the iconic story of Cathy and Heathcliff, whose bond in childhood grows into an unbreakable love, set against the raw landscape of the Yorkshire Moors. Their attempt to reform their interior nature and conform to society’s expectations of them ends in tragedy for them and the people around them.

The iconic story of an unbreakable love, set against the raw landscape of the Yorkshire Moors. American composer Carlisle Floyd’s setting of the story has not been seen in NYC since its premiere in 1959, when it was presented by the New York City Opera. Many operas followed including Of Mice and Men (1969), which became one of Floyd’s most performed works throughout the world. Long associated with Houston Grand Opera, they commissioned three of Carlisle Floyd's major operas. In 1999, his most celebrated opera, Susannah finally reached The MET in a production featuring Renée Fleming and Samuel Ramey in the iconic leading roles. 

The cast for Wuthering Heights includes sopranos Vanessa Isiguen and Sara Kennedy double in the role of Cathy, baritones Markel Reed and Wayne Hu as Heathcliff, mezzo-sopranos Janara Kellerman and Margaret Lattimore as Nelly, tenors Charles Styles and  Ryan Allais as Edgar, sopranos Elizabeth Novella and Teresa Castillo as Isabella, tenors Tom Walters and Spencer Hamlin as Hindley, bass Bert K. Johnson as Earnshaw, tenor David Gordon as Joseph and tenor Chad Kranak as Lockwood. The guests at Thrushcross Grange include soprano Alexandra Wiebe, mezzo sopranos Brooke Larimer and Rachel Arky, baritone Jonathan Lawlor, and Bass Andrew Boisvert. Additional guests of the Lintons to be announced.

(For all double-cast roles, the first listed above performs on 11/19 and 11/21, the second listed performs on 11/20 and 11/22.)

The Creative Team includes Conductor Richard Cordova, Director Philip Shneidman, Choreographer Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish, Costume Designer Lara de Bruijn, Scenic Designer Claire Karoff, Projection Designer Alex Basco Koch, Lighting Designer Seth Reiser, Associate Music Director Catherine Miller, Fight Director Brad Lemons, Production Stage Manager Jamil Chokachi and Production Manager Zac Spitzer.

Lead sponsorship by Margo Leavin Foundation. This program is supported, in part, by Public Funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. By arrangement with B&H Music Publishing Inc., d/b/a Boosey & Hawkes, publisher and copyright owner.