Nathanael Udell, horn

South Plainfield, NJ

Director of Orchestra Operations

Sarafim Smigelskiy

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

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-25

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

Jennifer Morsches, cello

Putney, UK

Photo by James Johnstone

Instrument:
Atelier L. Mougenot Jacquet Gand, Mirecourt 1895

Bow:
Atelier Dominique Peccatte, 1840

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2025

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

Hilary Metzger, cello

Paris

Director of Research

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:
2018-25

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

Yvonne Smith, viola

Houston, TX

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

Bow:
Ralph Ashmead, 2016

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2025

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