Ottone in Villa

Ottone: Isabelle Hoyou 
Ottone: Allen Adair he/him 
Cleonilla: Nicole Khouzami Cleonilla: Zoë Chessa 
Caio Sillo: Ricky Owens 
Caio Sillo: Aliyah Quill 
Decio: Solomon Onyukwu
Decio: Logan Williams
Tullia: Abby Cunningham 
Tullia: Helen Peppler
Peasants: Wallis Lucas and 
Holly Romanelli

Presented February 2-February 4, 2024
Carnegie Mellon University
Phillip Chosky Theater, Pittsbugh, PA 

Director: kt shorb
Conductor: Christine Brandes 
Scenic Designer Michael Mehler
Costume Designer: Yinxue Wang 
Lighting Designer Allison McSwain
Props Manager: Jon Ward
Stage Manager: Gaby Fonseca Luna 

Photo credit: Errich Petersen

Ottone in villa (Otho at his villa, RV 729) is an opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi to an Italian libretto by Domenico Lalli (the pseudonym of Sebastiano Biancardi). It was Vivaldi’s first opera and premiered on 17 May 1713 at the Teatro delle Garzerie [it] in Vicenza.