A Little Night Music 2024 Cast
Fredrik Egerman - Daniel Narducci
Daniel Narducci has appeared across the globe on opera, concert, and musical theatre stages from New York’s Lincoln Center to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Mr. Narducci has performed with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and the Detroit Symphony. He portrayed Lancelot on two national tours of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, most notably opposite Robert Goulet’s Arthur. Daniel’s role debut as Arthur in Camelot was in Indianapolis Opera’s production of Camelot for which he was awarded Best Actor in a Musical by the BroadwayWorld Indianapolis Awards. Other roles with the Indianapolis Opera include Marcello in La Bohème and Escamillo in Carmen. He has appeared in principal operatic roles with the Washington National Opera, New Orleans Opera, Central City Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Kentucky Opera, Nashville Opera, and Opera Santa Barbara. Daniel co-starred with Frederica von Stade and the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra in a program broadcast internationally by PBS entitled Pops at the Phil: A Century of Broadway. Mr. Narducci created the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere complete recording of Leonard Bernstein’s Peter Pan, co-starring Linda Eder. He was featured on the BBC television documentary Kurt Weill in America: I’m a Stranger Here Myself. Daniel received his Doctor of Music in voice from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and is a member of the voice faculty at the Ball State University. www.danielnarducci.com |
Desiree Armfeldt - Heather Hertling Narducci
Heather Hertling Narducci has spent her life using music as a performer, teacher, and therapeutic musician. Born and raised in Bloomington, IN she was lucky to have been exposed to various art forms that shaped her career on the operatic, concert, musical theatre and dramatic theatre stages across our country. Heather holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In recent years, Heather has worked with the Indiana Summer Festival Theatre as Mrs. Paroo in their production of The Music Man, as Mama in Moses Man, and was seen with Cardinal Stage as Sue Bayliss in the play All My Sons. With the Bloomington Playwrights Project, Heather portrayed Ethel in the new musical production Tuning In. On the concert stage, Heather has appeared as soloist with the New Jersey Pops, Bloomington Pops, Evansville Philharmonic, and the Waterbury Symphony. Heather and her husband, Daniel can be heard on two recording projects they created together: Christmas Once More & Our Broadway Romance. Heather is an active volunteer with groups here in Indiana and beyond. She is involved with the Miss America Opportunity and has judged on the national, state, and local levels. She represented the state of New Jersey in the Miss America Pageant in 1992 and was a double talent winner in Atlantic City for her operatic performance. Heather is proud to be part of the Singing Hoosiers Alumni Council and as a volunteer for the USA International Harp Competition. |
Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm - H. Conor Angell
Born and reared in Ireland, Dr. Conor Angell is chair of the Music, Theatre, and Dance department at Taylor University. Previously, he taught at Houghton College and Wabash College. As stage director and music director, his credits include Cosi fan tutte, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, The Light in the Piazza, She Loves Me, Little Women, White Christmas, Oklahoma!, Gianni Schicchi, Dido and Aeneas, Into the Woods, Annie, Mary Poppins, Working, I Love a Piano, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and more. His productions have been recognized by awards from the National Opera Association. As a baritone, Angell has won awards in the Chicago Oratorio Competition, American Prize in Vocal Performance, and Heafner-Williams Vocal Competition, among others. While completing his doctorate degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, he appeared in performances of A View from the Bridge, Il barbiere di Siviglia, The Tale of Lady Thi Kinh and Gianni Schicchi. Before his studies at IU, Angell was a studio artist at Kentucky Opera, singing roles in Werther, Pirates of Penzance, Verdi’s Otello, Telemann's Don Quichotte and Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta. Other credits include roles in Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, La bohème, Rigoletto, Susannah, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Madama Butterfly, La vida breve, Candide, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, Camelot, and The Gondoliers. Angell has sung at the Opera North and Brevard Music Center summer festivals, and as a recitalist and concert soloist throughout the eastern and midwestern US. |