Diary of a Madman (Записки сумасшедшего), an Original Opera by Dana Kaufman

Diary of a Madman (Записки сумасшедшего), a new opera in English and Russian by composer and librettist Dana Kaufman, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol Premiered January 28, 2012 at Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst College Nathan Olson, Conductor Jeffrey Moro, Stage Director Cast: Aksenty Ivanovich Poprishchin (Madman)....Tom O’Toole Maxey Medji the Moorman Fidele the Cullen Budwey Head of the Ressler Performance Pianist and Rehearsa