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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATED June 3, 2013 April 30, 2013 Contact: Katherine E. Johnson (212) 875-5718; [email protected]

AN ENCHANTED EVENING WITH PAULO SZOT June 4, 2013

Tony Award–Winning PAULO SZOT To Perform Brazilian, Broadway, and Concert Songs with the PHILHARMONIC

Featuring Special Guests MEGAN HILTY and

Conducted and Directed by

The will present An Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot, a one-night- only performance in which Tony Award winner and Metropolitan artist Paulo Szot and divas from Broadway and television team up in a diverse program of Brazilian, Broadway, and concert songs. Paulo Szot and the Orchestra will be joined by Broadway and television star Megan Hilty and Broadway star Marin Mazzie for songs and duets by Ibert and Jobim; selections from theatrical hits by Lerner & Loewe, including highlights from Gigi and ; and the evening’s title song, “Some Enchanted Evening” from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s . Ted Sperling will conduct and direct, and will perform on piano, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at 7:30 p.m.

“I am thrilled to return to the New York Philharmonic with this very special concert,” said Paulo Szot. “We have planned an evening of some of my favorite music from many different genres: from Broadway to Brazilian to classical. I hope you will enjoy this music as much as I know I will enjoy performing it for you.”

“At auditions for South Pacific, Paulo read the role of Emile opposite several different actresses auditioning to play Nellie, and I was struck by how beautifully he took care of each lady, making each one of them feel like the most beautiful woman in the world,” said Ted Sperling. “This New York Philharmonic program was inspired by Paulo’s gallantry, his natural ability to be ‘the knight in shining armor.’ He introduced me to a beautiful and charming suite of Ibert songs for Don Quixote, and that naturally led us to add songs from and Camelot. Megan Hilty and Marin Mazzie will be wonderful partners with Paulo. It will be a varied, fun, and romantic evening!”

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Paulo Szot made his New York Philharmonic debut in the April 2009 Spring Gala, performing alongside , Joel Grey, Kelli O’Hara, and others in New York Moments, a concert featuring iconic musical moments from Broadway and film, conducted and hosted by . Megan Hilty will be returning for the first time since appearing on One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, the nationally televised New Year’s Eve concert on December 31, 2012. Marin Mazzie made her Philharmonic debut in May 2008 as Guenevere in the semi-staged, nationally broadcast production of Camelot, and returned for the March 2010 Spring Gala SONDHEIM: The Birthday Concert!, conducted by .

This one-evening event is the New York Philharmonic’s Spring Gala benefit. The Gala is presented by BNY Mellon. For information about the Gala, which includes a pre-concert champagne reception, concert, and post-concert seated dinner with the artists, please contact Jennifer Levine at [email protected], or call her at (212) 875-5757. The 90-minute concert will be performed without an intermission.

Artists Baritone Paulo Szot starred as Emile De Becque in the Broadway revival of South Pacific at Theater, for which he won the 2008 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Born in , Brazil, he has appeared with major opera companies throughout the world, including The , Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opéra, Rome Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Barcelona’s The Teatro Liceu, among others.

In the 2012–13 season Mr. Szot made his debuts at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in Alexander Raskatov’s A Dog’s Heart and at the Rome Opera in Shostakovich’s The Nose. He also appeared at Washington National Opera in the title role of Mozart’s . In the 2011–12 season Mr. Szot made his debuts at the Festival de Aix-en-Provence, as Count Almaviva in Mozart’s , at the San Francisco Opera, in Bizet’s , and returned to The Met for Massenet’s . In 2010–11 Mr. Szot made his highly acclaimed Met debut in a new production of The Nose conducted by Valery Gergiev, and made his debut with the New York Pops Orchestra. That same season Paulo Szot made his debut at Dallas Opera, in the title role of Don Giovanni, and his Paris Opéra debut, as Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, and returned to The Met as Escamillo in Carmen. Paulo Szot made his U.S. opera debut in 2003 as Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen at Opera, and made his European opera debut in Marseille in 2004 as Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Mr. Szot returns to The Metropolitan Opera next season for a revival of The Nose and to perform the role of Falke in a new production of Die Fledermaus. he made his New York Philharmonic debut in 2009 alongside Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Kelli O’Hara, and others in a concert conducted by Marvin Hamlisch.

Ted Sperling is a conductor, music director, arranger, singer, pianist, and violinist. He was music director and conductor of the first Broadway revival of South Pacific, which won seven 2008 and played to sold-out houses at Lincoln Center Theater. In 2005 Mr. Sperling won Tony and Drama Desk Awards (with and ) for his orchestrations of The Light in the Piazza, for which he was also music director. (more) An Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot / 3

Mr. Sperling was music director and conductor of the 2009 Tony Award–nominated revival of . Other Broadway credits as music director/conductor/pianist include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, , How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Angels in America, My Favorite Year, Falsettos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Les Misérables, Roza, and Sunday in the Park with George. Mr. Sperling was an original cast member of the Broadway musical . His Off Broadway credits as music director include A Man of No Importance, Wise Guys, A New Brain, Saturn Returns, , Falsettoland, and Romance in Hard Times.

Ted Sperling’s work as a stage director includes the world premieres of four musicals — , V-Day, Charlotte: Life? or Theater?, and Striking 12 — as well as a revival of Lady in the Dark. He conducted the scores for the films The Manchurian Candidate and Everything Is Illuminated and directed the short film Love , starring Tonya Pinkins, which has been shown in five international festivals. He was a recipient of the 2006 Ted Shen Family Foundation Award for leadership in musical theater and is the director of the Music Theater Initiative at as well as creative director of 24-Hour Musicals.

Mr. Sperling maintains an active concert career. His performances include two sold-out programs with the New York Philharmonic, ’s 80th Birthday Celebration and the Gala New Year’s Eve Concert with Audra McDonald; The Mikado and The Grapes of Wrath at Carnegie Hall with The Collegiate Chorale; Brooklyn Village with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus; a tribute for ; and concerts with the Symphony, , National Opera Orchestra, Alabama Symphony, and Westchester Philharmonic. Artists with whom he has performed include Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, , Deborah Voigt, Paulo Szot, Idina Menzel, Patti LuPone, , and Michael Bublé. Ted Sperling will conduct the New York Philharmonic at Bravo! Vail in July 2013 for the program Broadway Night with the Philharmonic.

Megan Hilty stars in NBC’s musical drama as Ivy Lynn. She recently signed to Sony Music in a partnership between Sony Masterworks and Columbia Records, and her new album will be released next spring. Ms. Hilty most recently appeared as Lorelei Lee in the Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at . A native of Seattle, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and made her Broadway debut as Glinda in , and reprised the role in both the national tour and in Los Angeles. After receiving rave reviews for her portrayal of Doralee Rhodes in Broadway’s : The Musical, Ms. Hilty was honored with nominations for Lead Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, the Drama League Awards, and L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. She starred in Two by Two as part of the Reprise Series in Los Angeles opposite , Steven Weber, and . Megan Hilty has also performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and at Feinstein’s in New York City. Her voice has been featured on Disney’s The Secret Life of Magic Gourd, Phineas & Ferb, Glenn Martin DDS, American Dad, Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games, Robot & Monster, and as Snow White in Shrek the Third. Her voice will also be heard as Rosetta in Disney’s Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings. Ms. Hilty is currently in production on Summertime Entertainment’s animated film Dorothy of Oz with (more) An Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot / 4

Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Dancy, and Lea Michele. Her television credits include guest-starring roles in Melissa & Joey, Bones, The Closer, , CSI, Shark, , Eli Stone, and The Suite Life of Zach & Cody. Megan Hilty made her New York Philharmonic debut in December 2012 in One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, a special New Year’s Eve concert saluting the late composer-conductor.

Marin Mazzie recently co-starred in the Off Broadway revival of : The Musical based on the novel. Before that she starred in opposite her husband, (who played Enoch Snow in the Philharmonic’s recent presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ). Ms. Mazzie received Tony and Drama Desk nominations and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Lilli/Katharine in 1999’s hit Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate, and later received an Olivier Award nomination when she made her West End debut in the show. Other Broadway credits include Enron (Drama League nomination), Monty Python’s , (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), and (Tony nomination). Off Broadway appearances have included The Vagina Monologues, The Trojan Women: A Love Story, and The World Goes Round. Regional theaters in which she has played include Barrington Stage , The Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, The Denver Center, , and Pasadena Playhouse.

Ms. Mazzie’s concert career has included engagements at Carnegie Hall, the Bowl, and elsewhere under the batons of , Marvin Hamlisch, Skitch Henderson, Keith Lockhart, Paul Gemignani, and Doc Severinson. She has been seen with the New York Philharmonic in two recent PBS specials: SONDHEIM: The Birthday Concert! and the production of Camelot, as Guenevere. Other television appearances include the following PBS programs: Passion, My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies, and My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, all available on DVD, and the long- running PBS series An Evening with the Pops. Ms. Mazzie and Mr. Danieley have performed their joint cabaret shows at Cafe Carlyle, Feinstein’s at the Regency, and Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series. Ms. Mazzie is a graduate of Western Michigan University, which awarded her an honorary doctorate and has a musical theater scholarship in her name.

Billy Stritch is a well-known pianist and singer on the New York and national jazz and cabaret scene. His most recent Broadway credit was as musical supervisor and pianist for the Tony Award–winning Liza’s at the Palace, with Liza Minnelli, for which he reconceived the vocal of Kay Thompson and The Williams Brothers. In addition to his 22-year association with Ms. Minnelli, he accompanies and arranges for , Marilyn Maye, and Paulo Szot. He originated the role of Oscar, the rehearsal pianist, in the 2001 Broadway revival of , appearing in 488 performances. He also performed in and created the arrangements for The Best Is Yet to Come — The Music of at New York’s Theater in 2011. His numerous recordings include Jazz Live, Water of March — the Brazilian Album, Sunday in New York with , Dreaming of a Song — the Music of Hoagy Carmichael with Klea Blackhurst, and his latest release, Billy Stritch Sings Mel Tormé. Mr. Stritch also coproduced and arranged Linda Lavin’s debut CD, Possibilities. He is currently performing at the Carlyle Hotel’s Bemelman’s Bar, with frequent collaborator Jim Caruso. (more) An Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot / 5

* * * Credit Suisse is the Global Sponsor of the New York Philharmonic.

* * * Programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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New York Philharmonic

An Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot

Avery Fisher Hall

Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

Ted Sperling, conductor and director Paulo Szot, vocalist Megan Hilty, vocalist Marin Mazzie, vocalist Billy Stritch, piano

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN Overture and “Some Enchanted Evening,” from South Pacific IBERT Songs of Don Quixote LEIGH & DARION/arr. L. Blank “I Am I, Don Quixote” and “The Impossible Dream,” from Man of La Mancha “Too Many Mornings,” from ARLEN & GERSHWIN “The Man That Got Away,” from A Star Is Born ROMBERG “Lover Come Back to Me,” from The New Moon JOBIM Medley (“Triste,” “Wave,” and “Desafinado”) VELÁZQUEZ/arr. L. Hochman “Bésame Mucho” LERNER & LOEWE/arr. D. Rose “The Night They Invented Champagne” and “Gigi,” from Gigi LANE & HARBURG/arr. L. Hochman “Old Devil Moon,” from Finian’s Rainbow PORTER/arr. P. Mansfield “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” from Leave It to Me PORTER/arr. “So in Love” from Kiss Me, Kate LERNER & LOEWE/ “How to Handle a Woman” and arr. Robert Russell Bennett “If Ever I Would Leave You,” from Camelot

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