Charles Calomiris: Gethsemane, Opera in 1 Act

Erzsi Gódor, also known as Erzsébet Gódor, is a Hungarian cimbalom player born in Budapest in 1991. She graduated with distinction from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2016. Her work encompasses solo performance, orchestral playing and teaching, with appearances across Europe and in Asia and South America.

Ginevra Petrucci: Hailed by the press as “one of the most interesting talents of her generation”, Ginevra Petrucci has performed at Carnegie Hall (New York), Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), Salle Cortot (Paris), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Villa Medici (Rome), Ohji Hall (Tokyo), as well as throughout China, South America and the Middle East.
As a soloist, she has appeared in concert with I Pomeriggi Musicali, I Virtuosi Italiani and the Chamber Orchestra of New York, and has released the first recordings of Edouard Dupuy and Ferdinand Buchner’s Concertos. Her chamber music experience has brought her to appear alongside pianists Bruno Canino and Boris Berman, and to a long-standing collaboration with the Kodály Quartet, with whom she has released the highly acclaimed recording of the complete Flute Quintets by Friedrich Kuhlau. Her recording of Robert Muczynski’s Sonata has been praised as “oozing with lifeblood and zest … enthralling and rousing”. In 2017 she has rediscovered and recorded Wilhelm Kempff’s Quartet for flute, strings and piano and toured Italy with its premiere performances.
Ginevra devotes much of her artistic endeavors to contemporary music. At Yale University she has collaborated with George Crumb, Steve Reich, Betsy Jolas and Kaija Saariaho, performing the American premiere of Terrestre. She commissioned Jean-Michel Damase’s last composition, 15 Rubayat d’Omar Khayyam for voice, flute and harp, and she has appeared at the Venice Biennale Contemporary Music Festival with a commissioning project dedicated to Witold Lutosławski. In 2018 she has founded the Flauto d’Amore Project, a large-spanning commission endeavor aimed to the creation of a new music repertoire for the modern flauto d’amore.
She has curated the edition of over twenty musical editions, including Briccialdi Concertos for Ricordi/Hal Leonard and first editions of works by Mercadante, Jommelli, Morlacchi, Busoni and De Lorenzo. Her scholarly articles appear in the Flutist Quarterly, as well as in the leading flute magazines in Italy and France.
She has studied at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in her native Rome with her father, and then pursued her education at the École Normale in Paris. She holds a Master and Artist Diploma from Yale University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University.
She is Principal Flute at Chamber Orchestra of New York.

Alex Bender is an American trumpeter whose career encompasses orchestral performance, chamber music, Broadway and teaching. He has performed with the American Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit, New Jersey and Princeton symphony orchestras, and served as principal trumpet of Symphony in C from 2010 to 2013. His training includes degrees from James Madison University and the Manhattan School of Music.

Anthony Bracewell is a Canadian violinist and violist active in orchestral, chamber and solo performance. A native of Southern Ontario, he studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Rice University and the Juilliard School with teachers including Paul Kantor, Jaime Laredo, James Dunham and Paul Neubauer. His work includes leadership roles with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and Fort Greene Orchestra.

Arnold Livingston Geis received his Master of Music from USC and was a graduate of the Cafritz Young Artist Program. Mr. Geis has performed a diverse repertoire of operatic and other works around the world, including with the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center Theater, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Phoenix Symphony, The Kennedy Center, and the Shangai Philharmonic. He has been an Apprentice Artist or Young Artist with several opera companies. He also records solo vocals for many television programs and films, including The Jungle Book and Star Wars.

The Cathedral Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is based in New York. Its work is rooted in the musical life of the Greek Orthodox Church. Directed by Costas Tsourakis, the choir appears in the angelic chorus Blessed in Charles Calomiris's Gethsemane.

Chelsea Lane is an American harpist from Pittsburgh, active as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She studied with Anne-Marguerite Michaud and Gretchen Van Hoesen, and graduated from Yale University in 2014, where she studied with June Han. She subsequently pursued further studies at Carnegie Mellon University and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Cort Roberts is an American horn player and educator. He studied at the University of Colorado Boulder and earned his master's degree at the Juilliard School in 2019. His work includes a Carnegie Hall Ensemble Connect fellowship and membership of The Brass Project, an ensemble devoted to commissioning new brass chamber music.

Costas Tsourakis is a bass-baritone, music educator and choral director associated with the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York. His work includes opera, concert and Greek Orthodox church music. He directs the Cathedral Choir in Charles Calomiris's Gethsemane.

Grace Ho is a Taiwanese-American cellist active as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States and Asia. A founding member of the Ulysses Quartet, she received her master's degree and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music, following undergraduate studies at the University of North Texas. Her teachers include David Geber, Clive Greensmith and Eugene Osadchy.

Kai Hirayama is a clarinettist, improviser and recording musician devoted to contemporary music. Based in the New York area, he collaborates with composers on new solo and chamber works and performs with orchestras and theatrical productions. He completed his doctoral studies at Stony Brook University with Alan Kay and is also active as a teacher.

Kyle Hoyt is an American horn player and educator based in New York. His work encompasses orchestral and chamber performance, Broadway and recording. Formerly associate principal horn of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, he studied at the University of Michigan and the Manhattan School of Music and has taught at Montclair State University since 2014.

Ljova, also known as Lev Zhurbin, is a composer, violist, fadolín player and arranger. Born in Moscow, he moved to New York in 1990. His work bridges concert music, contemporary dance, film, jazz and folk traditions. He leads Ljova and the Kontraband and performs with Trio Fadolín, alongside commissions and arrangements for orchestras and chamber ensembles.

Luke Krafka is a cellist active in solo, chamber and orchestral performance. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in cello performance at the Boston Conservatory and a further certificate at the Aaron Copland School of Music. He founded the Halcyon Chamber Series, bringing chamber performances to audiences and spaces beyond conventional concert venues.

Matthew Curran is an American bass active in opera, concert music and recordings. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he studied at Loyola University New Orleans and Indiana University. His repertoire encompasses major dramatic and comic bass roles, sacred music and contemporary opera. He sings James on track 3 of Gethsemane.

Michelle Farah is a New York-based oboist active in orchestral and chamber music. Her collaborators include the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's and leading contemporary ensembles. A member of Wavefield Ensemble, she holds degrees from the Yale School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, where her teachers included Stephen Taylor and Joseph Robinson.

Nick Nesbitt is a tenor and voice educator. He earned his Master of Music and Doctor of Music in voice performance at Indiana University, following undergraduate studies at DePauw University. His operatic repertoire includes Tonio, Almaviva, Tamino and Nemorino. He sings John in Charles Calomiris's Gethsemane.

Oliver Xu is a percussionist based in New York whose work focuses on contemporary music, new commissions and education. A Carnegie Hall Ensemble Connect fellow from 2023 to 2025, he co-founded Coriolis Duo for flute and percussion. He earned his master's degree at the Juilliard School, studying with Daniel Druckman.

Rocky Sellers is an American bass and bass-baritone from Memphis, Tennessee. He trained at the University of Tennessee and pursued further studies at the Manhattan School of Music. His career includes work with the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera and other American companies. He sings James on track 2 of Gethsemane.

Sophie Delphis is a Franco-American mezzo-soprano known for her diverse operatic roles, including Cherubino in "Le nozze di Figaro" and Carmen in "Carmen." She's also an accomplished recitalist, performing extensively in the US and China. Sophie's repertoire includes works by Ravel, Saariaho, Bolcom, Schoenberg, and Messiaen. She's featured on the Grammy-nominated Naxos recording of Milhaud’s Oresteia trilogy. Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in voice performance in New York City.

Suchan Kim, a native of Busan, South Korea, has performed a wide variety of baritone, and sometimes bass, roles in opera companies throughout the world. His role credits include major roles in a wide range of operas, and he has received numerous awards in competitions. Mr. Kim holds degrees from Korea National University of Arts, Mannes College, and the New School for Music.

Tylor Thomas is an American bassoonist from Anchorage, Alaska. He studied at the Boston Conservatory and the Mannes School of Music and is a founding member of the Nu Quintet. His work combines contemporary chamber performance, orchestral playing and music education, including projects with the Orchestra of St. Luke's.