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Spring Benefit SPRING 20172017 BENEFIT featuring Kelli O’Hara & Ted Sperling with special guest Jason Danieley BENEFIT COMMITTEE CONT. SPECIAL THANKS BENEFIT CO-CHAIRS Elaine Petschek Sybil Pollet Auction Donors: Susan Baker & Michael Lynch Deb Poppel Lori Cohen & Christopher Rothko Lois Conway Susan and Peter Restler Matthew D. Hoffman & Donald R. Crawshaw Jerry Richman Susan Baker & Michael Lynch Ellen F. Marcus Laurie Rios Ted Sperling, Lauren Ellen B. Nenner Jack Roche Worsham, & Bryce Pinkham Bruce Patrick Ernst & Nancy Rothe Deborah Stiles Lisa Rubin & Dr. Carl Mankowitz Erin Baiano, photographer Christie C. Salomon Adèle K. & John Talty Stephen & Dane Twining Scanniello Christopher Judd, event Elizabeth Tunick Sylvia Schnur coordinator Marilyn Schotz Kim & Andy Wiley-Schwartz Paul Slattery, fl orist Susan Shine Students of the Side-by-Side Margo & Dmitry Schulman HONOREES program, Heidi Best, direction Frank & Mary Skillern At this event we honor several beloved artists and donors Judith & Morton Sloan MasterVoices Special Events who have been invaluable contributors to our institutional Betsey Steeger Committee life over many years: Deborah F. Stiles Virginia Stowe Morton Williams Supermarkets Martina Arroyo for their generous donation Susan Porter Tall Harolyn Blackwell Adèle K. & John Talty Robert Howley, Director of Lauren Flanigan Julie & David M. Tobey Special Events, Metropolitan Karen & Kevin Kennedy Elizabeth Tunick Club Elaine Petschek Svetlana & Herbert Wachtell Daisy Soros Richard Wallgren & Martin Rook Sue Ann Weinberg Tinny Weintraub Frederick Wertheim & Angelo Chan BENEFIT COMMITTEE Antonia & Jack Grumach VENT IMING Curtis & Lorraine Anastasio Kenneth H. & Yvonne S. Hannan E T Geoffrey Hanowitz Louise Arias 6pm Cocktail Reception Carol Atkinson Matthew D. Hoffman & Donald R. Crawshaw 7pm Seated Dinner Rima Ayas Bruce Horten & Aaron Lieber Introductions & Honoree Recognition Caroline Bacon Kelly & André Hunter Susan Baker & Michael Lynch 8pm Performance & Live Auction Fern Hurst & Peter Rubin Karin & Henry Barkhorn Deborah Innes At evening’s end, we will close with a special number Kit Smyth Basquin Nancy Jennings guaranteed to send you off with a song in your heart and a Arlene Berrol Bruce C. Johnson smile on your face! Jewelle & Nathaniel Bickford Emily Jones Sarah Billinghurst Solomon & Howard Solomon Sandra & David Joys Ana Maria Birlescu Robert Jurgrau & Marc Gollub André Bishop Nancy Karch Marcy Boyle Priscilla Kauff Carol & Gershon Kekst Gerilyn Brewer & Henry Mueller MENU Susan & David Brownwood Barbara Landau Noreen & Kenneth Buckfi re Sahra Lese Entrée Juliana Chen Miriam Levy Char-Grilled Black Angus Filet Mignon Ida Cole Cara Lown Balsamic Braised Cipollini Onions, Wilted Spinach, Jan Constantine Ellen F. Marcus Blue Cheese Smashed Potatoes Lois Conway Paolo Martino Dessert Richard & Carol Miller Al Daniel Chocolate Decadence (Gluten Free): Flourless Chocolate Elizabeth Engel Kenneth Moore Cake with Chocolate Mousse & Chocolate Cremeaux, Barbara & Bradford Evans Morton Williams Supermarkets Blueberries, Dark Chocolate Sauce, Whipped Cream Judy & Tony Evnin Ricki B. Nenner Anna May & Timothy Feige Richard Norton Cathy Friedman & Thomas Feyer Marta & Fernando Nottebohm Chardonnay Ardèche, Louis Latour Côtes du Rhônes, E. Guigal Judith Gallent Bruce Patrick Philip & Julie Geier Liz & Jeffrey Peek Lynda Gould BIOGRAPHIES | Honorees MARTINA ARROYO BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL American soprano Martina Arroyo was born and raised in New York City and went on to conquer the opera world, from The Metropolitan Opera to the world’s foremost opera houses and Juliana Chen & Deborah F. André Bishop concert halls. The New York Times once heralded her voice as Stiles, Co-Chairs “among the most glorious in the world.” Christopher Clark Arroyo has received numerous awards and accolades during her Ellen F. Marcus, Vice Chair Victoria Clark longstanding and illustrious career. She received the 2010 Opera Honors Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and Susan Shine, Vice Chair Rick Elice became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2013. She continues to make invaluable contributions to Elizabeth Tunick, Secretary Martin Engstroem the art form through her teaching and mentoring of young artists. In 2003, Arroyo established her own non-profi t cultural organization. The Martina Arroyo Robert Jurgrau, Treasurer Nathan Gunn Foundation provides new generations of emerging young artists with tools to pursue careers in opera, by means of intensive programs of study, coaching, and performance Martina Arroyo Steve Novick that focus on immersive preparation of complete operatic roles. Susan L. Baker Kelli O’Hara Arroyo has served on the Board of MasterVoices since 2000, and has appeared between 1966 & 1992 with MasterVoices in Verdi Requiem (1966), Dvořák Dimitri, Verdi Requiem Lois Conway Alan Pierson (1985), and MasterVoices’ 50th Anniversary Gala. HAROLYN BLACKWELL Susan H. Dramm Bruce Pomahac Soprano Harolyn Blackwell is recognized for her expressive and exuberant performances, with a career that has spanned opera, Kenneth H. Hannan, Jr. Matthew Principe concert and recital stages around the world. Following college, the Washington, D.C., native began her career on Broadway in Matthew D. Hoffman Bartlett Sher Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. Shortly afterwards, she was selected as a fi nalist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Ellen B. Nenner Ira Siff Auditions, and her career path changed from musical theatre to opera. Since then, she has performed with many of the major Bruce Patrick Sarah Billinghurst Solomon national and international opera companies, and at festivals around Daisy Soros the world, including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Glyndebourne Festival, Elaine Petschek Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires, Seattle Opera, Opera de Nice, Miami Opera, Canadian Bernard Telsey Opera Company, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Opera Orchestra of New York and New York’s Lisa Rubin Mostly Mozart Festival. She has appeared in several productions at the Metropolitan Opera, including Un Ballo in Maschera, Le Nozze di Figaro, Manon, Die Fledermaus, Deborah Voigt Werther and La Fille du Régiment. Ms. Blackwell starred as Cunegonde in the Broadway Adèle K. Talty revival of Candide. An accomplished recitalist, she has performed in several acclaimed Kim Wiley-Schwartz concert series, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The Morgan Library, The Library of Congress, The San Francisco Performances Series at the DIRECTORS EMERITI Judy Francis Zankel Herbst Hall , The Kennedy Center’s Fortas Chamber Series. She has also appeared in a number of nationally televised concerts such as The Grammy Awards, The Kennedy Center Honors, and many high profi le concerts on PBS, to name a few. Anna Mann Ms. Blackwell has appeared between 1990 & 2007 with MasterVoices in Pavarotti Plus William H. Mann Evening, Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem, MasterVoices’ 50th Anniversary Gala, Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, and “May! We Sing!” About MasterVoices LAUREN FLANIGAN Soprano Lauren Flanigan has enjoyed a 30-year career that includes MasterVoices (formerly The Collegiate Chorale) is a New York City-based performances at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Glyndebourne, performing arts organization that celebrates singing and the art of musical Lyric Opera of Chicago, and New York City Opera. She has been storytelling. Founded as The Collegiate Chorale 75 years ago by legendary featured in ten world premieres, eleven CDs, fi ve Live from Lincoln conductor Robert Shaw, and now under the artistic direction of Ted Sperling, Center telecasts, one major motion picture, and has received 10 awards for her musical and humanitarian work. In 2009 she was the company presents varied programming, with emphasis in three areas: choral diagnosed with Sensorineural Hearing Loss, a neuro-processing masterpieces, operas-in-concert, and musical theater. MasterVoices has performed disorder severely affecting her balance and limiting her singing in prominent NYC concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, New York City Center, career. In 2010 she founded Music and Mentoring House, a New and Geffen Hall, as well as abroad, with world-class soloists, top orchestras, and York State not-for-profi t providing professional guidance, coaching esteemed conductors. MasterVoices considers education and outreach to be and full board to students studying the arts in New York City. Now in its 7th year and important facets of its work, and engages young singers and community members more than 160 students later, its mission is hands-on mentoring through an example of in four initiatives: Side-by-Side, the Complimentary Ticket Program, the Faith Geier leadership, musical opportunity, education and community service. She is the founder Artist Initiative, and Bridges – Connecting Communities Through Music. For more of Comfort Ye… an annual musical event to raise food and awareness for New York’s information, visit mastervoices.org. Connect with MasterVoices on Facebook, homeless. www.musicandmentoringhouse.com Twitter and Instagram (@mastervoicesny). Flanigan has appeared between 1991 & 2008 with MasterVoices in Schubert Fierrabras, th Verdi Nabucco, Weber Oberon, “Songs of Sass and Seduction” Benefi t, and “The Hills are The 75 Anniversary Season continues with: Alive!” Benefi t. Babes in Toyland KAREN AND KEVIN KENNEDY Music by Victor Herbert and libretto by Glen MacDonough Featuring Kelli O’Hara, Bill Irwin, Lauren Worsham, Christopher Fitzgerald, Karen and Kevin Kennedy are accomplished
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