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Drama & Delight: Opera Conservatory joins MSFO for ‘L’Enfant Prodigue’ and ‘Les Mamelles de Tiresias’

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Photos by SAM HUFFMAN

Chautauqua Opera Conservatory artists and Music School Festival Orchestra musicians take a bow concluding the double-bill performance of L’Enfant Prodigue and Les Mamelles de Tirésias Monday in the Amphitheater.
Opera Conservatory artists Anna Maria Vacca, mezzo-soprano, in the role of Marchande de Journeaux, Dominic Townsend, baritone, in the role of Mari, Haley Guerra, soprano, in the role of Tirésias and Brendon Rapushaj, baritone, in the role of Gendarme perform Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
From left, Opera Conservatory artists Jaydon Beleford, tenor, in the role of Azaël, Victoria McGrath, soprano, in the role of Lia, and Ethan Neal, baritone, in the role of Simeon, perform L’Enfant Prodigue in the Amp. 
Members of the Conservatory perform Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Conservatory artists Haley Guerra, as Tirésias, and Dominic Townsend, as Mari, perform during the MSFO and the Opera Conservatory’s production of Les Mamelles de Tirésias Monday in the Amphitheater.
Conservatory artists Victoria McGrath, soprano, in the role of Lia, and Ethan Neal, baritone, in the role of Simeon, perform during the production of L’Enfant Prodigue.
Townsend, baritone, performs role as Mari during the performance of Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Conservatory artists perform Les Mamelles de Tirésias perform from the house.
MSFO Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt conducts the MSFO during their performance in collaboration with the Opera Conservatory of L’Enfant Prodigue Monday in the Amp.
Opera Conservatory Artists Jaydon Beleford, tenor, playing the part of Azaël and Victoria McGrath, soprano, playing the part of Lia, performs during the production of L’Enfant Prodigue.
Opera Conservatory artists Dean Tarriff, baritone, in the role of Monsieur Presto, and Jaydon Beleford, tenor, in the role of Monsieur LaCouf, perform during Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Conservatory artist Haley Guerra brings School of Music Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt to the stage to take a bow after the production.
Conservatory artists Dominic Townsend, barirone, playing the part of Mari, and Haley Guerra, soprano, playing the part of Tirésias, perform Les Mamelles de Tirésias Monday in the Amp.
McGrath performs in her role as Lia during the production of L’Enfant Prodigue.
Opera Conservatory artist Luis Vega-Torres, bass / baritone, playing the part of Theater Director, performs during the production of Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
Tags : AmphitheaterChautauqua Music School Festival OrchestraChautauqua Opera ConservatoryMSFOMusic School FestivalMusic School Festival OrchestraoperaOpera Conservatory
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The author Sam Huffman

Sam Huffman is a visual journalist born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a photography intern for The Chautauquan Daily’s 2026 summer season and is a current senior visual journalism and photography major at Western Kentucky University. He is interested in a variety of topics, including community stories, art and culture, politics and human rights. He is always seeking new experiences and opportunities to document everyday people and to share their stories with the wider public. As a current staff photographer for WKU’s College Heights Herald, he has been lead to political protests, demolition derbies, Kentucky Supreme Court hearings and even the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. When he is not on the streets taking photos, you can find him out reading in the park, taking long evening walks, listening to CDs in his car or sorting through his never-ending watchlist of Hong Kong action movies. If you manage to track him down, feel free to give him some movie recommendations and talk his ear off on any topics you are passionate about, for he is always eager to learn new things. 

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