Die Fledermaus Komishce Operette in three acts by Johann Strauss II to a libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy’s Le réveillon. By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner. First Performance: Vienna, Theater an der Wien, April 5, 1874.

Die Fledermaus runs approximately 3 hours including two intermissions and is performed in English with English and German titles. Principal Cast (In order of vocal appearance) Alfred Gordon Gietz * Sponsored by Dr. Michael and Ginger Frost Adele Anna Christy * Sponsored by Mr. Edward P. Milbank Rosalinde Kelly Kaduce Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elsberry Eisenstein Liam Bonner * Sponsored by Bonnie and Clifford Illig Dr. Blind Scott Wichael Dr. Falke Paul LaRosa * Frank John Stephens Sally Samantha Gossard ~ Sponsored by Ann King Dickinson Prince Orlofsky Joyce Castle Ivan (speaking) Robert Gibby Brand Frosch (speaking) Gary Neal Johnson

* Lyric Debut, ~ UMKC Apprentice

2013-14 Season Sponsored by:

RICHARD J. STERN A

Die Fledermaus is underwritten by: The Lyric Opera Circle through proceeds from the Lyric Opera Ball

Additional thank you to: Metropolitan Performing Arts Fund for underwritting the sets Artistic Staff Conductor Ward Holmquist Director Tomer Zvulun * Sponsored by Mrs. Beth Ingram Dance Choreographer Devon Carney * Set Designer R. Keith Brumley Costume Designer Zack Brown Lighting Designer Marie Barrett * Wig and Make-up Designer Alison Hanks Chorus Master Mark Ferrell Rehearsal Accompanist Mark Ferrell Music Librarian Elena Lence Talley Props Master Deborah Morgan Costume Coordinator Mary Traylor Wig and Make-up Assistant Lisa Rokicki Wig and Make-up Crew Colleen May, Georgianna Buchanan Assistant Lighting Designer Nate Wheatley Figaro System Operator Sarah Zsohar Stage Manager Jennifer Rimmer Assistant Stage Managers Sadie DeSantis, Adam M. Fulmer Assistant Director Matt Haney Stage Management Intern Emily Duffin Head Scenic Artist Gen Goering Scenic Artist Regina Weller Steward/Master Carpenter James Corcoran Head Carpenter Harold “Ben” Julius Head Propsman Stephen Cochran Head Electrician Dan Pfitzner Head Flyman James Vinzant Head Sound Engineer Phil Rebel Wardrobe Supervisor Jan Toombs Wardrobe Assistant Desiree Baird Story * Lyric Opera Debut Special Credits: Costumes provided by Washington National Opera Dialogue by Tomer Zvulun English titles edited by Sarah Zsohar. Stage crew provided by IATSE Local 31 Wardrobe crew provided by The Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 810 Chorus Soprano Mezzo Emily M. Bennett Rebecca Allen Lindsey Bush Katie Bieber Melissa L. Faltermeier Tara Cooper+ Etta Fung @ Sponsored by Don & Pat Dagenais LaTeesha McDonald Jackson Elaine Fox Sarah LaBarr Kaitlin Galetti Kristin Newbegin Kristee Haney Kathryn Long

Tenors Bass/Baritone Benjamin Cleveland @ Matthew Black Matthew Foerschler Elliott Harrison Brown ~ Alexander B. Goering Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. William Petrie Michael Colman + Trent Green Sponsored by Jody Tillotson Scott Guerrero Dominic Johnson + Brandon Russell Sponsored by Lyric Opera of Kansas City Foundation — Norman Polsky Fund Clark Weyrauch + Sponsored by Ann King Dickinson Josh Markley Will Perry Matthew Scrivner

+ KU Apprentice, ~ UMKC Apprentice @ Former Lyric Opera Apprentice

Supernumeraries

Beau Crowder Dale Rahn Lee Greif Ernesto Suarez

Dancers

Caroline Arnold Mona Meng Sarah Chun Logan Pachciarz Taryn Mejia

Dancers are members of the Kansas City Ballet The Kansas City Symphony First Violins Oboes Dorris Dai Janssen Kristina Fulton Gregory Sandomirsky Kenneth Lawrence Alex Shum Vladimir Rykov Clarinets Anne-Marie Brown Raymond Santos Jessica Wakefield Hao Tzu-Ying Huang Anthony DeMarco Andrea Oh Bassoons Will Haapaniemi Ann Bilderback Marita Abner Second Violins Tamamo Someya Gibbs Horns Kristin Velicer David Sullivan Kevin Hao Elizabeth Schellhase Gray Sara Hurst David Gamble Chiafei Lin Stephen Multer Francesca Manheim Lisa Jackson Trumpets Philip Clark Violas Brian Rood Jenifer Richison Matthew Rombaum Marvin Gruenbaum Trombones Kent Brauninger Roger Oyster Sean Brumble Porter Wyatt Henderson David Becker Cellos Alexander East Bass Trombone Rung Lee David Becker Ho Anthony Ahn Timpani Double Basses Timothy Jepson Nancy Newman Louis Newman Percussion Joseph Petrasek Flutes Lee Vinson Michael Gordon Matthew Henderson Diane Schick Harp Piccolo Deborah Wells Clark Diane Schick Liam Bonner (Baritone) – Eisenstein Sponsored by Bonne and Clifford Illig Recently: La bohème, New Orleans Opera , Peter Grimes, Saint Louis Symphony Die Fledermaus, Houston Grand Opera

Upcoming: Dido and Aeneas, Los Angeles Opera Silent Night, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Kelly Kaduce (Soprano) – Rosalinde Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elsberry Recently: Silent Night, Opera Philadelphia Die Passagierin, Houston Grand Opera Turandot, Utah Opera Manon Lescaut, Minnesota Opera

Upcoming: Dialogue of the Carmelites, Opera Theatre of St. Louis , Canadian Opera Company Anna Christy (Soprano) – Adele Sponsored by Mr. Edward P. Milbank Recently: , Canadian Opera Company Our Town, Central City Opera La Rondine, Rigoletto,

Upcoming: Le nozze di Figaro, Central City Opera , Tanglewood Festival (Boston Symphony Orchestra) Joyce Castle (Mezzo-Soprano) – Prince Orlofsky Recently: Fille du Regiment, Seattle Opera Elektra, Des Moines Metro Opera A Little Night Music, Houston Grand Opera

Upcoming: Candide, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (Brazil) William Bolcom’s The Hawthorn Tree (written for Joyce Castle’s 40th anniversary), Americus Records The Daughter of the Regiment, Pittsburgh Opera Gordon Gietz (Tenor) – Alfred Sponsored by Dr. Michael and Ginger Frost Recently: La Damnation de Faust, Festival Opéra de Québec The Rape of Lucretia, Teatro Goldoni (Florence, Italy) Mozart’s Requiem, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Upcoming: The Gambler, Netherlands Opera Die Fledermaus, Edmonton Opera Paul LaRosa (Baritone) – Dr. Falke Recently: La fanciulla del West, Castleton Festival Oklahoma!, Lyric Opera of Chicago Die Zauberflöte, Lyric Opera of Chicago Billy Budd, Los Angeles Opera

Upcoming: Candide, Tanglewood Festival (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

John Stephens (Baritone) – Frank Recently: Così fan tutte, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Billy Budd, Santa Fe Opera Il Trovatore, New Orleans Opera Stage Director, Faust, Winter Opera St. Louis

Scott Wichael (Tenor) – Dr. Blind Recently: Hansel and Gretel, Opera Omaha Turandot, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Die Zauberflöte, Asheville Lyric Opera Susannah, St. Petersburg Opera

Upcoming: , Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Samantha Gossard (Mezzo-Soprano) – Sally Sponsored by Ann King Dickinson Recently: Cendrillon, Cleveland Institute of Music Die Zauberflöte, Aspen Music Festival Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Cleveland Institute of Music

Upcoming: The Cunning Little Vixen, Cleveland Orchestra The Sound of Music, Central City Opera

Gary Neal Johnson – Frosch Recently: Death of a Salesman, A Christmas Carol, The Foreigner, , Kansas City Repertory Theatre The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Utah Shakespeare Festival Robert Gibby Brand – Ivan Recently: The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Light in the Piazza, Metropolitan Ensemble A Christmas Carol, Kansas City Repertory Theatre Richard III, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival

Ward Holmquist – Conductor Recently: The Capulets and the Montagues, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, The Flying Dutchman, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Tosca, Fort Worth Opera La bohème, Atlanta Opera Company

Tomer Zvulun – Director Sponsored by Mrs. Beth Ingram Recently: Tosca, Atlanta Opera La bohème, Seattle Opera Falstaff, Wolf Trap Opera Rigoletto, Boston Lyric Opera La bohème, Pittsburgh Opera

Upcoming: Tosca, Semperoper Dresden Devon Carney – Dance Choreographer Recently: Opus 1, Kansas City Ballet Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, Boot it Up, Cincinnati Ballet La Traviata, Cincinnati Opera

Upcoming: Giselle, Kansas City Ballet Master Classes with Boca Ballet

R. Keith Brumley – Set Designer Recently: Elektra, Peter Grimes, Des Moines Metro Opera The Mikado, The Flying Dutchman, Turandot, , Tosca, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Marie Barrett – Lighting Designer Recently: Don Quichotte, San Diego Opera Faust, Atlanta Opera Turandot, Dallas Opera

Upcoming: The Magic Flute, Jaco School of Music Tannhauser, San Diego Opera

Alison Hanks – Wig & Make-up Designer Recently: The Flying Dutchman, The Mikado, Lyric Opera of Kansas City Central City Opera (2004-2009) Cleveland Opera (2005-2010)

Mark Ferrell – Chorus Master Recently: Music Director, KU Opera, New Theatre Restaurant Music Director, A Christmas Carol, KC Repertory Theatre Music Staff, Dallas Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Conductor, The Mikado, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Bel Canto Society Die Fledermaus Artist Sponsorships

Mrs. Beth Ingram sponsoring Tomer Zvulun (Director)

Bonne and Clifford Illig sponsoring Liam Bonner (Eisenstein)

Mr. Edward P. Milbank sponsoring Anna Christy (Adele)

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elsberry sponsoring Kelly Kaduce (Rosalinde)

Dr. Michael and Ginger Frost sponsoring Gordon Gietz (Alfred)