
Ellen Chickering, Director
PORTopera’s Young Artists Program Performance History
The Secret Marriage
by Domenico Cimarosa
Too Many Sopranos,
by Edwin Penhorwood.
La Canterina (The Diva), by Joseph Haydn.
and Lo Specialize (The Apothecary), by Joseph Haydn.
L’Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo),
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Dr. Miracle
by Georges Bizet.
Gianni Schicchi
by Giacomo Puccini.
The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti,
and Rita by Gaetano Donizetti.
Dr. Miracle
by Georges Bizet.
All productions directed by Ellen Chickering,
University of Southern Maine School of Music



Carmen (Kate Aldrich) and Don Jose (Richard Troxell) in PORTopera's production of "Carmen," 2005.
2005's "Carmen" (Kate Aldrich) and Don Jose (Richard Troxell).
Rosina (Lauren McNeese) and her maid (Emily Marvosh) in 2007's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia."
PORTopera's first-rate chorus in the chaotic end of Act 1, "Il Barbiere di
Siviglia," 2007. Russ Burleigh Photo.