Kako Boga, violin

Tokyo, Japan

Photo by Elle Woods

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2023~24

Laura Lutzke, violin

New York, NY

Photo by JaritaHui

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2021~24

Augusta McKay Lodge, violin

Paris, France

Photo by Lauren Desberg

Instrument:
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, 1867

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018~19

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Beethoven Symphony «Pastoral », Concertmaster, Les Arts Florissants

• Beethoven Romance, Soloist, Oregon Bach Festival

• Biber & Schmelzer, Solo Violin Récital, Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi Festival

Website:
augustamckaylodge.com

Ian Jones, violin

Smyrna, GA

Sophie Bier

Teatro Nuovo debut

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Juilliard415, The Juilliard Historical Performance Program

• ARTEK Early Music Ensemble

• Kollective366

• Artist Apprentice (2022-2024), Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado

Stephen Goist, viola

New York, NY

Titilayo Ayangade

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-24

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Viola, San Francisco Opera Orchestra

• Principal Viola, Handel and Haydn Society

• Principal Viola, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Elise Bonhivert, clarinet

Sea Bright, NJ

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-24

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Principal Clarinet, Oregon Bach Festival

• Principal Clarinet, La Grande Bande

• Clarinet, Philharmonie Austin

• Clarinet, Music of the Regiment and Tempesta di Mare

• Clarinet, Bach Collegium San Diego

Jennifer Schiller, violin

Brooklyn NY

Instrument:
Violin by Jean Laurent Clément made in 1807

Teatro Nuovo debut

Engagements/Affiliations:

• La Damnation de Faust at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées with Jakob Lehmann and Les Siècles in October, 2025

• Bachfest Leipzig 2025 with David Stern and Opera Fuoco

Website:
jenniferschiller.com

Nathanael Udell, horn

South Plainfield, NJ

Sarafim Smigelskiy

Instrument:
Courtois neveu Aîné rue de Prouvaires A Paris c. 1802

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-24

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Reinhard Keiser - Octavia, Baroque Horn, Boston Early Music Festival

• Second Horn, Handel and Haydn Society

• Edmond Dédé - Morgaine, Fourth Horn, Opera Lafayette

• George Frederich Handel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Baroque Horn, Ruckus

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Idomeneo, Second Horn, Boston Baroque (25/26 season)

Website:
nateudellhorn.com

Caroline Nicolas, cello

New York, NY

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2023-24

Website:
carolinenicolas.com

David Dickey, Oboe

Washington, D.C.

Photo by Vlad Nabat

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-24

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

• Boston Baroque

• The Handel and Haydn Society

• The English Concert

• Mercury Chamber Orchestra

Jennifer Morsches, cello

Putney, UK

Photo by James Johnstone

Instrument:
Atelier L. Mougenot Jacquet Gand, Mirecourt 1895

Bow:
Atelier Dominique Peccatte, 1840

Teatro Nuovo debut

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Sarasa Ensemble, Co-artistic Director, Cellist

• Florilegium, UK Wigmore Hall

• Florilegium, UK Royal Festival Hall

• Florilegium, UK Bath Bach Festival

• Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra

Website:
jennifermorsches.com

Bodie Pfost, trombone

Arcata, CA

Instrument:
Maino & Orsi 19th-century valve trombone

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2022-23

Engagements/Associations:

• Staff Singer, Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, RI

• Principal Trombone, Austin Philharmonie

Ryan Cheng, violin

New York, NY

Photo by Mei stone

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2024

David Ross, flute

New York, NY

Photo by Jonathan Slade

Instruments:
Louis Lot (1876 original) in cocuswood based on Boehm's 1832 conical ring-key design

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-19

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Flutist, Mercury

• Flutist, Sebastians

• Flutist, New York Baroque Incorporated

• Flutist, Washington National Cathedral

• Flutist, Washington Bach Consort

Website:
mrdavidLross.com

Maryse Legault, clarinet

Montreal, QC

Photo by Richmond Lam

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2023-24

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Handel & Haydn Society

• Les Siècles

• Tafelmusik

• Solo performance at BEMF 2025

• Recital Bourgie Hall

Website:
maryselegault.com

Hilary Metzger, cello

Paris

Photo by Richmond Lam

Instrument:
Anonymous northern Italian or Southern German instrument from the late 18th century, remodelled in the 19th century

Bow:
Copy of early 19th century Viennese model by Marion Middenway, FR

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-24

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Rotating principal cellist with Anima Eterna Brugge and with Opéra Fuoco

• Marie Slowdowska Curie’ post-doctoral researcher, European Commission/Newcastle University/Guildhall School of Music & Drama

• Member, L’Orchestre des Champs Elysées

Website:
hilarymetzger.com

Steven Marquardt, trumpet

New York, NY

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2024

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Trumpet, Handel + Haydn Society

• Trumpet & Horn, Trinity Church Wall Street

• Trumpet, Apollo's Fire

• Trumpet, American Classical Orchestra

• Trumpet, Boston Early Music Festival

Website:
stevenmarquardt.com

Matt Zucker, cello

New York, NY

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-24

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Cellist, Boston Baroque

• Cellist, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra

• Bach St. Matthew Passion, viola da gamba, New York Philharmonic

• Handel Tra le fiamme, viola da gamba, Handel + Haydn Society

• Cello and viola da gamba, House of Time

Yvonne Smith, viola

Houston, TX

Instrument:
Timothy Johnson, Plainfield, Connecticut, 2017; after Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, Italy, circa 1676

Bow:
Ralph Ashmead, 2016

Teatro Nuovo debut

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Director/Violist, La Speranza

• Viola, American Bach Soloists

• Viola, Lyra Baroque

• Viola, Ars Lyrica Houston

• Contracted Substitute Viola, Houston Symphony

Website:
yvonnesmithviola.com

Mike Williams, percussion

Boston, MA

Teatro Nuovo debut

Engagements/Affiliations:

• Percussion, The Boston Pops

• Percussion, Boston Modern Orchestra Project

• Percussion, Guerilla Opera

• Percussion, Sound Icon