ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> <Title>ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO</Title></HEAD> <BODY><br><br><FONT face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=2> <DIV align=center> <CENTER> <TABLE border="0" cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0 width=600> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align="left" valign="middle" colSpan=2 height=50><FONT color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=6>ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO</A><BR><FONT color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=3><I>W.A. Mozart</I><BR><FONT color=#2E02B1 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=5><B>International Institute of Vocal Arts:<br>Tel Aviv</B><br><FONT color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=3>July 2006<br><br><TR><TD colspan=2><img src="img/abdtitle.jpg"><br><br></td></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border="0" cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0 width=600> <TBODY> <TR><TD><I>Director</I></TD><TD>Thaddeus Strassberger</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Conductor</I></TD><TD>Laurent Wagner</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Scenic & Costume Design</I></TD><TD>Thaddeus Strassberger</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Pianist</I></TD><TD>Rolando Garza</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I><br></I></TD><TD><br></TD></TR> </TABLE> <TABLE border="0" cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0 width=600> <TBODY> <TR><TD><I>Konstanze</I></TD><TD>Mari Moriya</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Belmonte</I></TD><TD>Antonio Figueroa</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Blonde</I></TD><TD>Sivan Goldman</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Pedrillo</I></TD><TD>Eleazar Rodriguez</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Osmin</I></TD><TD>Christopher Job</TD></TR> <TR><TD><I>Pashsa Selim</I></TD><TD>Amit Friedman</TD></TR> </TABLE> <TABLE border="0" width=700> <TBODY> <TR><TD colspan="2" align="left"><br><FONT color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=3> <B>Setting:</B>Turkey. 1940's film noir. <br><br></TD></TR> </TABLE> <TABLE border="0" height=280 width=700> <TBODY> <TR><TD colspan="2"> <font color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="5"><B>Production Photos <font size="2">by Ariel Besor</B></TD></TR></font> <TR><TD><img src="img/abdshower.jpg"></td><td valign="bottom"><font color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="3">Blonde helps Osmin in take a shower</td></tr> <TR><TD><img src="img/abdquartet.jpg"></td><td valign="bottom"><font color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="3">Konstanze, Belmonte, Pedrillo, and Blonde make sure Osmin is asleep</td></tr> <TR><TD><img src="img/abdmassage.jpg"></td><td valign="bottom"><font color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="3">Blonde massages Osmin</td></tr> <TR><TD><img src="img/abdkon.jpg"></td><td valign="bottom"><font color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="3">Konstanze rejects the Pasha</td></tr> <TR><TD><img src="img/abdescape.jpg"></td><td valign="bottom"><font color=#000000 face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"size="3">They finally escape the seraglio</td></tr> <TR><TD><br><br></td></tr> </table> </CENTER></DIV></BODY></HTML>