Orphée et Eurydice: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
La Traviata: week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Tea: A Mirror of Soul: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Madama Butterfly: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1

Tea: A Mirror of Soul - Week One

Tenor Roger Honeywell returns to the Academy of Music stage once more this season after his performance as Lieutenant Pinkerton in this fall’s Madama Butterfly.  In Tea, he sings the role of the Prince, a role he first sang at the opera’s American Premiere in 2007 with Santa Fe Opera.

Director Amon Miyamoto (center) goes through the score with tenor Roger Honeywell and Assistant Director Eriko Ogawa.

A look at director Amon Miyamoto’s score to Tan Dun’s Tea: A Mirror of the Soul.

Tenor Roger Honeywell takes a brief break from rehearsal to share a quick laugh with conductor David Hayes  and rehearsal accompanist Lisa Keller.

Soprano Kelly Kaduce, who last appeared with OCP as Caroline Gaines in the East Coast Premiere of Margaret Garner in 2006, returns to Philadelphia for another East Coast Premiere, this time as the Princess Lan.

Director Amon Miyamoto (right) walks through staging with tenor Roger Honeywell and soprano Kelly Kaduce as Assistant Director Eriko Ogawa(left) looks on.

Baritone Haijing Fu makes his long-awaited return to Philadelphia as Seikyo, a role he created for the opera's World Premiere in Tokyo in 2002 and, among other appearances, again in Santa Fe for the American Premiere in 2007. Here Seikyo battles with the Prince, tenor Roger Honeywell, over the Book of Tea.

Soprano Kelly Kaduce discusses some of her staging and hand movements with Director Amon Miyamoto and Assistant Director Eriko Ogawa.

Bass Kirk Eichelberger sings the role of the Emperor in Tea.  Audiences will remember him as the Bonze in October’s production of Madama Butterfly.  Here he discusses his staging with Director Amon Miyamoto.