The Centralia Opera, founded in October 2024, performed its first full opera, The Magic Flute, last Friday and Saturday at the Centralia Cultural Society. A total of 47 people made up the cast, orchestra and crew, including several professional vocalists. The production was led by stage director Caden Cole, conductor Elijah Buerk, and design coordinator Coley Zralka.
Full cast bios and more details about the opera can be found on the Centralia Opera website.
CAST
Tamino – Will Johnson
Papageno – Caden Cole
Pamina – Ashley Brewer
Queen of the Night – Cameron Kidd
Sarastro – KC Boatright
Monostatos – Mason Kurtz
First Lady – Sarah Collins
Second Lady / Papagena – Chloe Beal
Third Lady – Isabella Daltoso
First Spirit – Grace Hummel
Second Spirit – Lyra Shook
Third Spirit – Grace Edler
Guard 1 (Bass) – Noah Williams
Guard 2 (Tenor) – Carsten Paulson
Guard 3 (Bass) – Yavyair Maines-May
Guard 4 (Tenor) – Tommy Farmer
Chorus – McKenna Paulson
Chorus – Graci Peters
ORCHESTRA
Flute1 – April Klamm
Flute 2/ Piccolo – Brittany McFall
Flute 2 – Sophia Pennington
Clarinet 1 – Mike Loomis
Clarinet 2 – Amy Koch
Oboe 1 – Cynthia Spencer
Oboe 2 – Mike Musick
Bassoon 1 – Andrea Francis
Bassoon 2 – Jami Jacobs
Horn 1 – AJ Bernal
Horn 2 – Elizabeth Shuler
Trumpet 1 – Bill Denton
Trumpet 2 – Tom Baker
Trombone 1 – William Reynolds
Trombone 2 – Cesar Guardian
Bass Trombone – Dan Reynolds
Timpani – Jake Nollman
Violin I – Philip Tinge, Gary Loss
Violin II – DeAna Manns, Hannah Harmon Viola – Anna Tetreault, Andrew Martin Cello – Mike Trinklein, Wei Liu
Bass- – Elizabeth Hartman
CREW
Rylee McIntosh & Corley Zralka
Photos of the performance below by Pat Hodges:
