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Friar Bonaventura (Steven Anthony Jones) warns Giovanni (Michael Hayden) about Giovanni's incestuous passion for his sister, Annabella. |
Vasques (Anthony Fusco, left), servant to one of Annabella's many suitors, picks a fight with Grimaldi (Jud Williford, center), as Bergetto (Gregory Wallace, right) looks on. |
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Giovanni (Michael Hayden) confesses his love to Annabella (René Augesen). |
Bergetto (Gregory Wallace, left) makes a grand entrance with his servant Poggio (Stephen Barker Turner, center)—only to dismay Donado (Warren David Keith, right) further with their foolishness. |
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The beautiful set designed by Walt Spangler highlights punk cellist Bonfire Madigan Shive, who looks on from her angelic perch as Giovanni (Michael Hayden) and Annabella (René Augesen) admit their ill-fated love for each other. |
Giovanni (Michael Hayden) and Annabella (René Augesen) admit their love and consummate their relationship. |
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Annabella (René Augesen) and Giovanni (Michael Hayden) confess their love and embrace. |
As Putana (Sharon Lockwood) looks on, Florio (Robert Sicular) introduces Richardetto (James Carpenter), who is disguised as a doctor, and Richardetto's niece, Philotis (Kelsey Venter), to Annabella (René Augesen). |
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Soranzo (Michael Earle Fajardo) rejects and berates his former mistress, the widow Hippolita (Susan Gibney). |
Hippolita (Susan Gibney) enlists the help of Vasques (Anthony Fusco) in her plan for revenge against his master, Soranzo. |
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'Tis Pity She's a Whore is set to the virtuosic, edgy stylings of cellist-singer Bonfire Madigan Shive. |
The Cardinal (Jack Willis) pardons Grimaldi (Jud Williford) for committing murder, declaring that he is a nobleman and protected by the Church. |
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Friar Bonaventura (Steven Anthony Jones) betroths a repentant Annabella (René Augesen) to Soranzo (Michael Earle Fajardo). |
After performing a deceptively celebratory wedding dance, Hippolita (Susan Gibney, center) toasts the newlyweds (René Augesen, left, and Michael Earle Fajardo, right). |
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Vasques (Anthony Fusco) switches cups to poison Hippolita (Susan Gibney) instead of Soranzo. As she dies, Hippolita curses Soranzo and his marriage. |
After discovering that Annabella (René Augesen), his new wife, is pregnant by another man, Soranzo (Michael Earle Fajardo) demands that Annabella tell him the name of her lover, calling her "strumpet" and "whore." |
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Vasques (Anthony Fusco) convinces Putana (Sharon Lockwood) to reveal the name of Annabella's lover. |
Wielding dynamic vocals and innovative, self-styled cello virtuosity, Bonfire Madigan Shive ignites the stage with a pulsating blend of soul-art-string sounds to accompany Tis Pity She's a Whore. |
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