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Hi ppolyte et Aricie Les Arts Florissants
BAM 1997 Spring Season and !35th Anniversary Season are sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc.
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BAM Theater, Opera and Dance The Steward of Christendom Additional support provided by supporters: Major corporate sponsor: France Telecom North America The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mr. Socrates Nicholas and Mr. Gerard Bell The Harold and Mimi Steinberg TIME WARNER Fribourg Foundation, Inc. Charitable Trust American Friends of the Paris The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Additional support provided by Opera & Ballet Foundation, Inc. European American Bank The Norman and Rosita Winston British Airways-Official Airline Special support for Les Arts Florissants: Foundation, Inc. @; Ffonco Telo
; -\ , .... _ , The Brooklyn Academy of Music Bruce C. Ra tner Chairman of the Board
Harvey Lichtenstein President & Executive Producer
presents Hi ppolyte et Aricie Jean-Philippe Rameau
BAM Opera House May 7, 9 & 10, 1997 at 7:30pm May 11 at 3pm
Running time: libretto by Abbe Simon-Joseph Pellegrin approximately three hours and fifty Featuring Les Arts Florissants minutes, including Conducted by William Christie intermissions Directed by Jean-Marie Villegier Set design by Nicolas de Lajartre Costumes by Patrice Cauchetier Choreography by Ana Yepes with Les Fragments Reunis Dance Ensemble
Co-produced by Brooklyn Academy of Music, Opera National de Paris, Opera de Nice, Opera de Montpellier and Theatre de Caen
Leadership support has been provided by The French Ministry of Foreign Affai rs through Association Fran\;aise d'Action Artistique r:l ::f.i.Y.i] and the Cul tural Services of the French Embassy in New York
The Florence Gould Foundation ~ ~ fronco Tolo Additional support provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Fund for Opera and Theater; Banque Nationale de Pa ris; The lsak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc.; Forbes, Inc.; Cosmair, Inc.; and The American Friends of Les Arts Florissants. Les Arts Florissants is funded by the French Ministry of Culture, the Town of Caen and the Conseil Regional de Basse-Normandie. q Pechiney has sponsored Les Arts Florissants since 1990. May 7 & 10 May 9 & 11 Soloists Hippolytus Mark Padmore Paul Agnew Aricia Anna Maria Panzarella Annick Massis Phaedra Lorraine Hunt Isabelle Vernet Theseus Laurent Naouri Nathan Berg Diana Eirian James Eirian James The High Priestess Mireille Delunsch Mireille Delunsch A Huntress Mireille Delunsch Mireille Delunsch Cupid Patricia Petibon Gaelle Mechaly A Sailor Girl Gaelle Mechaly Patricia Petibon A Shepherdess Patricia Petibon Gaelle Mechaly A Priestess Gaelle Mechaly Patricia Petibon Oenone Katalin Karolyi Katalin Karolyi Pluto, Jupiter, Neptune Harry van der Kamp Harry van der Kamp Areas Yann Beuron Yann Beuron Mercury Yann Beuron Yann Beuron A Follower of Cupid Christopher Josey Christopher Josey First Fate Christopher Josey Christopher Josey Second Fate Matthieu Lecroart Matthieu Lecroart Third Fate Bertrand Bontoux Bertrand Bontoux Tisiphone Frant;ois Piolino Frant;ois Piolino A Hunter David Le Monnier David Le Monnier Technical Staff Ughting- Bruno Boyer Wigs- Daniel Blanc Make-up- Suzanne Pisteur Assistants to the director- Jean-Charles Di Zazzo, Emmanuelle Bastet Second assistant-Jonathan Duverger Design assistant- Pasca le Cazales Costume assistant- Jean-Frant;ois Gobert Assistant to the choreographer- Frant;oise Denieau Lighting assistant- Jean-Philippe Corrigou Music assistants- Frant;ois Bazola, Emmanuelle Harm English titles by Frank Rizzo forma tted and projected by Michael Panayos Hippolyte et Aricie was first presented in Paris on October 1, 1733 Edition scientifique etablie par Sylvie Bouissou, Editions Billaudot MY MOM AND HER LAPTOP The business of motherhood demands hands-on experience and long hours. This Mother's Day, show her its We've got plenty, from emeralds to Eternity.* Prologue One of Theseus' companions, Areas, appears. Cupid dares to intrude on Diana's domain, the He has been accompanying the king on his heroic forest of Erymanthus, where young people of both adventures and has seen hirn disappear across sexes live under the laws of the chaste goddess. the somber shores from which no one returns into Diana reminds Cupid of her rights, but he will not Hades, the Underworld. accept that this peaceable place should escape Oenone drags Phaedra from her despair. his turbulence. Jupiter, in the name of Destiny, As queen and widow, her love for Hippolytus adjudicates. Nobody can elude Cupid's power, it is becomes legitimate. She determines to offer him decided, and virtuous love, the love that marriage her crown and her hand. illuminates, wins the day. Greatly vexed, Diana withdraws and flies to the Act II aid of Hippolytus, who has been devoted to her Peirithous, bound to Theseus by an unshakable since chi ldhood. Cupid celebrates his triumph. friendship, has attempted to abduct Pluto's wife, Persephone. Having failed, Peirithous has been Act I engulfed into the land of the dead, where Pluto Theseus has massacred the Pallantids, his mortal holds him captive. Theseus has ventured after enemies. The last of their line, Aricia, is held him seeking to return him to the land of the living. captive at his court, condemned by Theseus to Tisiphone, one of the Furies, bars his descent, take vows of chastity. Though suffering from her explaining that there there is no hope, no end to hopeless love for his son, Hippolytus, Aricia suffering in the Underworld. Theseus offers himself prepares to enter the service of Diana. Hippolytus in exchange for Peirithous, but no exchange can be meets Aricia near the temple of Diana where she made in this place where there are never enough is to take her vows, he cannot keep his secret; he victims for the cruelty of its torturers. is in love with Aricia. This love, though shared, In the presence of Pluto and his court, Theseus remains impossible as it runs counter to the will pleads his cause and that of his friend. He lists of the king. his exploits, which, he argues, should merit Diana's priestesses lead Aricia into the sanctu him indulgence. Unconvinced, Pluto exhorts the ary. In the absence of Theseus, of whom there has infernal divinities to have their tortures ready to been no news for a long time, it is his queen, punish the intruders. Phaedra, who will attend the taking of the veil. Having failed to obtain mercy, Theseus asks to Aricia, in a sudden burst of revolt, dares to pro share the sufferings of his brother-in-arms. Again cla im that they are doing violence to her heart by he meets with refusal, only death can unite them. dedicating her to the cult of the goddess. Phaedra But when he asks for death, it is refused him by enters in a fury, guessing at the guilty love which the Fates, who obey only Destiny, unique master has produced this rebellion, but is met with of the day and the hour. Theseus is left living defiance from the priestesses: among the dead. In order to penetrate the eternal night, Theseus No, no, a heart compelled is not worthy had invoked Neptune, his father, who promised of the Gods to aid him three times in his misfortune. Now Its sacrifice is a crime. Theseus calls upon him a second time to find day once more. Neptune sends Mercury who Phaed ra threatens to order the destruction of pleads for Theseus and manages to convince the temple if she is not obeyed. As the high Pluto to release him. The hero is freed, but only priestess appeals to the gods, a storm breaks out after hearing the terrible prediction of the Fates: heralding the appearance of Diana. She denounces the sacrilege and forces Phaedra to withdraw. Tremble, shudder with dread! Alone with her confidant, Oenone, Phaedra You leave the infernal Empire gives rein to her jealousy and declares that she is To find Hell at home! in love with her stepson Hippolytus. Her dignity scorned, Phaedra is possessed by her rnad passion and swears vengeance. \-- Act Ill Their oaths have only just been exchanged Venus, having been offended by Pasiphae (wife when a hunting party appears. Mocking love's of Minos, King of Crete), punished her by inspir delights, which presage so much suffering, they try ing a monstrous love, of which th e Minotaur to persuade Hippolytus and Aricia to join them . was the offspring. Phaedra, the daughter of this Nothing can separate the lovers, but danger unfortunate woman, is of a line onto which the threatens. Neptune will keep his promise and goddess pours ou t her hatred. The queen recog Theseus' vow will be accomplished. Borne by a ni zes in her passion for Hippolytus the work of storm, a horrible monster appears. Hippolytus, an outraged Venus. She asks to see the young who alone dares confront it, disappears into thick man and is at first flustered by his appearance, clouds. When the storm abates, the hero is lifeless. but then endeavors to soften him. Her feelings Aricia loses consciousness. are not those of a stepmother, she claims, for she This awful spectacle fills Phaedra with remorse. hates him not and offers him, "throne, son and Hell seems to open beneath her feet. She consents mother." Unaware of what she is really offering, to be its victim as she proclaims to Theseus the Hippolytus is moved by this new gentleness and innocence of his son. swea rs fidelity to his father's widow. Phaedra has had a son by Theseus, and Hippolytus renounces 0 superfluous remorse! the throne in favor of this child (his half-brother) Hippolytus is no more. whom he offers support. Nothing matters to Hlppolytus except his desire to be united with Act V Aricia, the object of his vows. From the dying Phaed ra , Theseus has learned Her dreams crumbling, the queen reveals her the truth. Horrified, he decides to take his life. secret love and from the depths of her shame, Neptune stops him, for other exploits await asks for death . The you ng man is overwhelmed him and the world has need of his courage. with horror. Pha edra takes his sword to deliver Further, Destiny is opposed to Hippolytus' death justice to herself. At that moment Theseus appears and the young man shall live. Unfortunately, it haunted by the prediction of the Fates. Both wife will be on foreign soil , far from his father, who and son evade his questions leaving him prey to must resign himself to never seeing his son again. horrible doubts. In order to save her mistress, Ari cia recovers her senses, but has been Oenone diverts his suspicions. Hippolytus, she tra nsported to an enchanting place. Shepherds suggests, has tried to violate Phaed ra . and faithful subjects of Diana surround Aricia Meanwhil e, Theseus' subjects celebrate the implori ng their sovereign. The goddess appears return of the hero they believed dead. While and announces that she has chosen a hero to jubilation reigns, the king hides his pain. Then, marry Aricia and reign in her name in this having recourse to Neptune one last time, he ca lls happy place. up his anger on the guilty Hippolytus: This husband and king proclaimed by Diana is Hippolytus, brought back to life. Blood may shout out, I no longer hear its voice. Neptune will keep faith with me: Let all be happy under the laws The Gods avenge the Kings. of the king Diana gives you! Let all applaud my choice! Act IV It is virtue which crowns him. Hippolytus, cu rsed by his father, takes the road to exile. Aricia, fearing a separa tion which will leave her without defense, tries to retain him. Hippolytus hints at the dreadful secret of Phaed ra's guilty - Jean-Marie V i lh~gier passion which filial respect forbids him to reveal. Swearing eternal fidelity, Hippolytus and Aricia decide to flee together. They take Diana as their witness and the goddess of the forest does not condemn their tenderness. 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Lee Ill Trust The Zeitl Foundation James & Anna Fantaci Anna & Jonathan Lehman Breeze National Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Federated Department Mr. David I. Leigh Mr. Joseph A. Rosalie Zimmerman Stores Foundation Ms. Edwina B. LeMalslre & Marvin & Elsa Ross Grei fi nger Franny & Dick Zorn G. Marten Fell Mr. Brian F. Watson Susan Rowland & Tony Sifton Anonymous Dr. Michael B. First & Jean M. Leo S & C Products Corp. Susan B. Babkes Mr. Fran~ois Letaconnoux Dr. & Mrs. Martin Salwen Listing Complete as or Mr. Louis D. Fontana Robert Levey MD Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. January 17, 1997 :13 BAM Board of Trustees Arnold J. Eckel man* Arthur Shapiro BAM Endowment Trust Mallory Factor Mlkkl Shepard Board of Trustees Chairman Ronald E. Feiner, Esq. Paul Smith, D.M1n. Bruce C. Ratner* Alan H. Fishman * Lawrence J. Toal Chairman fhomas A. Florio Nora Ann Wallace Richard B. Fisher President Susan Foote Vaughn C. Wrlhams, Esq Harvey L r ch tenste~n* Robert L. Forbes Members Michael Fuchs Honorary Trustees Anthony T. Dean Chairman Garrett w. Groscup Seth Farson Alan II Fishman .. of the Executive Committee Charles J. Hamm Leonard Garment, Esq. Charles J. Hamm Wilham I Campbell' Srdney Kantor Paul Lepercq Jeffrey C. Keil Stanley H. Kaplan Harvey Lichtenstein Vice Chairmen Andrew K. Klink Ex·Oificlo James H. Ottaway, Jr. Nell D. Chrisman* Edgar A. Lampert* lion. Rudolph Giuliani Steven C. Parrish Rita Hillman* John Lipsky Robert B. Catell, The Mayor's Dennis A. Suskind I. Stanley Kriegel* Eugene H. Luntey Representative Franklin R. Weissberg* Laurie Mallet lion. Howard Golden ..Chairman, Martin F Mertz Hon. Herbert E. Berman The Campaign for BAM Members John Morning l ion. Schuyler G. Chapin James T. Anderson Jonathan Newcomb* Norman J. Buchan Evelyn Ortner BAM Archive Chairmen Henry Christensen, Ill Steven C. Parrish Barbara B. llaws, C. A. Robert A. Cohen David L. Ramsay, M.D., M.Ed. Wrlllam Josephson Beth Rudin DeWoody* Jonathan F. P Rose Charles M. Olker Robert C. Rosenberg• Brendan J. Dugan Samuel II. Scripps • Executive Committee Executive and Program Staff Building Operations lsmael Colon Margucrrlc Allen Jack Dobson Lucas Dcmctrlous Office AssiSianl Harvey Lichtenstein Director of Building Operations Donald La11ow Shelly Marshall President Kevin R Pauerson Rawn Randall Office Assistant and Executive Producer Office Manager Lavelle Saunderson Karen Brooks Hopkins Collie Dean Rawlc Scott General Management/Production Exocutrvc VIce f'Tesrdent SocurrtY Operations Manager Leslie Stevens General Managemen/ Joseph v. Melillo Daniel J. Drer Lionel Stevens Patrrck Scully PToductng Duector BUIIdrng Servrces Assrstant Jason Taylor Associate General Manager Alice Bernstein Altmease Frederick Mary E. Reilly General Manager Adrn1nistrat1ve Assrstant Capital Projects D11ector of ArtiSt Services Tambra Dillon Mark London Tammy Lee Vice President lor Marketing Maintenance/Security Capital Projects Manager Artist Services Rcprcscntatrvc and Promotion Damon Armstrong Ken Rinker Nancy Kramer Arthur J. Shaw Ben McDonald Construction Coordinator Assistant General Manager Vrce Presrdcnt tor Finance Roberto Soils Robin M Ford and Admlnlstratron Supervisors Education and Humanities AdmlniStratrvc Assrstant Jayme Koszyn Kenneth Agurllera Sharon M DeMark Derrdre lovell Othen Drroctor of Educallon Calvrn Brackett Assocrate Drrector Rentals Manager and Human1trcs Terrence Calderra Mary Jo Zrescl HarOld Heath Program Manager Theater Management Administration Mlthelle Hunlcr Josh Moyse Bob Rrordan Elizabelh A. Sharp Matthew James Program Assistant Theater Manager Director of Personnel Egerton Kelly Aaron Lorenl Chrlstino Gruder Diana Frazier Shirley Phillips Educittion Assistant As$0Ciate Theater Manager Receptionist and Ron Rathan Sarah Jencks, Intern Patrick Conlon Admlnlstralive AssiSiant Dwight Richardson Jacqueline David Carmen J GonLalez Everton Smith Finance John Jones Assistant to the VICe Presrdent Wrnston Smith Judith L Stevens Bernadrne Thomas and Personnel Haskell Walker Director of Accounting Theater Staff Supervrsors and Finance Box Office HVAC and Repa" ServiCes Peler Gee Pr0ducf10n Ellen 0 Anderson La11aro Curate Budget Manager Colman Rupp Treasurer HVAC Supervrsor Cynthia Smith Production Manager Fred Dorso Courtney llarrls Payroll Manager Lauren MacKenney first Assistant Treasurer Bernard Lawrence Tonya Cobb Senior Production Coordinator John Chappell Michael O'Hara Fiscal Coordinator Patrick Heydenburg Marsha Rosenberg Anlhony Shields Claudette Grrffrth Don Coleman William Sheehan Accountrng Manager Peter Arbour Assistant Treasurers MajeStiC Tllea/er Donna Abraham Productron Coordrnators Barry Jackson Accounts Rocervable/Cash Peg Schuler Burldrng Services Supervrsor Receipts Supervisor Productron OffiCe Manager 3~ Crew Cl>lef Community Relations and Brian W. Grundstrom BAM Archive Thomas Paulucci Audience Development Flscal Manager Sherry Hunter Pamela Mosley Usa Rodriguez Kei Andersen Crew Community Relations Manager Executive Assistant/ Henry Beckman Stephen P. Millikin Ollicc Manager President's Office Utility Man Audience Development Richard Serrano Umor Tomer Chris Bulls Manager Resca rch Associa to Director or Lepercq Space Head Electrician. Lepercq Space Dewonnle Frederick Barbara Olsen Kathe Rogerson Rein James D'Adamo Community Aftalrs Assistant Development Associate Execu tive Secretary Head Electrician, Opera House and Bazaar Coordinator Robert Boyd Lawrence C. Henry Blll llorton, Jr. Special Projects Special Assistant to the Head Electrician, Playhouse Dcsl11n Jennifer Baker President James Kehoe Rafael Well Campaign I Membership Head Carpenter, Playhouse Director of Design Coordinator Programming Howard Larson and Publications Lauren Wlnarsky Scou A. Watson Master of Properties Matthew Lan7a Campaign Associate Assistant to the Carl Wurzbach Publications Manager P.amela Gill Producing Director Sound Engineer Jason Ri ng Bookkeeper Lewis Resnick Designer Lycla Jeffrey Accountants Electrician, Opera I louse Office Assistant Lull and Carr Peter Shuskewitch Advertising Jens KOh ler, Intern Campaign Consultant Flyman, Opera House Jan Wlnarsky HF Welssensteln & Co. Inc. Cyrus Simllly Advert ising Manager Sponsorships & Spocial £vents Design Consultants Head Carpenter, Opera House Lynn M. Stirrup Pentagram Ernest Southerland Publicity & Public Relations Director of Sponsorship House Photographer House Maintenance William Murray and Special Events Daniel Rest Mary Lou Houston Director or Pr ess M. Lourdes Marquez Insurance Wardrobe Supervisor and Public Relations Associate Director of Marsh& Mcl cnnan, Inc. 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Adams Director of Ticket Scott Rogers Medical Con sultant Director of MIS and Customer Services Benefit Manager Jonathan Lorch, MD Stuart Wong Richard Larter Kendra Loll Publications Consultant Systems Manager Te lemarketing Special Events Associate Debbie Millman Larry Rose and Tclefunding Manager Joette Danant Sound Consultant Telecommunications Manager Trevor David Fiscal Coordinator Abe Jacob llya Gurtenbolm Ticket Services Manager Dan Goldberg Video Archivist Programmer I Ana lyst Suzette Briscoe Membership Manager Character Generators Inc., Michael Moore Geneva Davis Kelly Magrnnis Mark Robison PC Support Gloria llodgson Patron Services Manager Ticket Service Associates Robert Bangiola BAMbill produced by: Marketing and Promotions Patron Services Coordinator Mallhew Lanza: Jeffrey Levine; Marketing Planning and Development Sarah Todd Jason Ring; Sophie Robertson; Jeffrey Levine Development P.atron Services Coordinator Rafael Well: Jan Wrnarsky Director of Marketing Denis Alaro Alison Splritl Sophie Robertson Director of Development Special Events Assistant Printed by Direct Advantage Corp. 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These items are available for sale exclusively at the BAMshop, Choir Les Arts Fl ori ssa nts Soprano Haute-Contre Tenor Bass Solange Aiiorga Jean-Xavier Combarieu Alain Brumeau Fa brice Chomienne Marie-Louise Duthoit Richard Duguay Fra n~o i s Piolino Laurent Collobert Patricia Forbes Bruno Renhold Jean-Marie Puissan t J ea n- Fra n ~ois Gay Violaine Lucas Andrew Sinclair Jea n-Yves Ravoux David Le Monnier Victoria Manso Laurent Slaars Matthi eu L!k roart Anne Mopin Michael Smith Christophe Olive Anne Pichard Frits Vanhulle Maryseul t Wieczorek Jeannette Wi lson-Best Choir Master F r a n~o i s Bazola Orchestra Les Arts Fl ori ssa nts Violin I Viola Double Bass Horn Myriam Gevers Galina Zinchenko Jonathan Cable* Denis Maton Peter Van Boxelaere Marcial Morei ras Richard Myron Gilles Rambach Bernadette Charbonnier Michel Renard Roberto Cri safu ll i Jean-Luc Thonnerieux Flute Musette Mihoko Kimu ra An ne Weber Serge Sa'ltta Jea n-Christophe Dario Lu isi Charles Zebley Maillard Susanne Scholz Basse de Violon & Jean-Pi erre Van Hees Isa bel Serrano Cello Oboe Ruth Weber David Simpson* Michel Henry Persussion Ulrike Bruit Geoffrey Burgess Marie-Ange Petit Violin II Brigitte Crepin Taka Kitazato Simon Heyerick Paul Carlioz Machiko Ueno Harpsichord Sophie Gevers- Marion Middenway Emmanuelle Ha'fm* Demoures Alix Verzier Bassoon Catherine Girard Elena Andreyev Claude Wassmer John Wilson Meyer Emmanuel Balssa Philippe Miqueu Martha Moore Eckhardt Lenzing *Continuo Michele Sa uve Basse de viole Jun Harada George Wi llms Anne-Marie Lasla* Katharina Wolff Les Fragments Reu nis Dance Ensemble Sylvie Colas Georges Keraghel Pascal Faber* Adrien Damier* Begoria Del Valle Nick Nguyen Nicolas Hocquenghem* Fra n~o i se Deniea u Paolo Pagni Jorge Valdes* *extra Shona Hammonds Gilles Poi rier Fabrice Chouette* Marc Leclercq Natalie Van Parys Franck Ravail* William Christie (Conductor) was born in Buffalo, National de Strasbourg- TNS), Mr. Vi llegier NY, and began his musical studies with his mother. took up opera with Rossini's La Cerentola at He went on to study the piano, organ and harp the Monnaie in Brussels in 1983. He continued sichord. In 1971, after graduating from Harvard to work in theater as well, directing Cinna at and Yale, he settled in France. In 1979 he founded the Comedie-FranGaise and Tristan !.:Hermite's Les Arts Florissants, and began exploring French, La Marte Seneque. In 1985 he presented Italian and English music of the 17th and 18th L'lncoronazione di Poppea at the Opera de centuries. This ensemble performed in small struc Nancy with conductor Gustav Leonhardt, then ture as well as with soloists, choir and orchestra, Moliere's Oom Juan at the National Theater of and allowed him to contribute to the resurgence of Lisbon, a show which was revived in December interest in vocal technique of the 17th and 18th 1986 at The~tre de I'Europe. Also in December of centuries. Also interested in theater and French 1986, he directed Lully's Atys, which premiered declamation, Mr. Christie directed a number of at Teatro Metastasio de Prato, then performed at French lyric tragedies with Les Arts Florissants with the Sa lle Favart, the Opera de Montpellier and the various stage directors and choreographers. Theatre de Caen. He returned to the TNS's school In 1982 he became the first American pro in 1987 where he worked on Pierre de Larivey fessor at the Conservatoire National Superieur (le Fidelle and les Tromperies). He produced le de Musique de Paris. In this role, he has been Fidelle in December 1989 at the ThMtre National involved in a number of student productions, de Chaillot. After a tour of Atys in New York, he often in collaboration with other institutions. mounted Moliere's Le Maladie lmaginaire at Mr. Christie has made a reappraisal of the Ch~te l et, in collaboration with Christophe Galland. works of Charpentier, and an important part of the He directed Racine's Phedre in Evreux in February discography of Les Arts Florissants is given to this 1991. Revived at TNS, this production went on composer. He has conducted Medee and David tour and completed a total of 125 performances. & Jonathas, as well as the interludes from the In April 1991, he staged Charles Favart's le Malade lmaginaire by Moliere/Charpentier. He has Repetition lnterrompue and Ia Fee Urgele at the recorded all of Rameau's harpsichord works Opera Comique (revived at Caen, 1994). Atys was and conducted Anacreon, Les lndes Galantes, revived in January 1992 at the Opera Comique, Pygmalion, Nelee & Myrthis, Castor & Pollux, and toured to Madrid, Montpellier, Caen and BAM. Les Grands Motets and Hippolyte et Aricie. He was director of the TNS in 1990 and 1991. Les Arts Florissants have been awarded numer His production of Charpentier's Medee featuring ous prizes for their recordings, the most recent of Les Arts Florissants conducted by William Christie which are Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie and was presented at BAM in 1994. Couperin's Let;ons de Tenebres. Future recordings Ana Yepes (Choreographer) was born in Spain, will include Mondonville's Grands Motets and Rameau's Les Fetes d'HeM. and has lived in France for ten years. A graduate Mr. Christie is regu larly invited to conduct other of the Madrid Conservatory, she also studied with Nad ia Boulanger and at the Conservatoire de orchestras; he made his Glyndebourne debut in 1996 in Handel's Th eodora with Peter Sellars. Fontainebleau before specializing in early music at In 1993, Mr. Christie was awarded the French the Hague. She earned an "Early Dance Teacher" diploma at the Guildhall School, and a DEUG Legion d'Honneur and is now a French ci tizen. degree in dance from the Sorbonne. She has Jean-Marie Vilh~g i er (Director) was born in 1937 worked with Shirley Wynne, Francine Lancelot, and took a long detour before dedicating himself to Barbara Sparti and Andrea Francalanci. As the theater. A student at tcole Normale Superieure, choreographer, her work in opera and theater teacher of philosophy, he was appointed to teach includes Semiramide, Comedies madrigalesques, at Nancy in 1965, where he was in charge of the Les lndes galantes, Fous des folies, £1 Gran theater studies department. From 1973 to 1980, Mercado del mundo, The Indian Queen, King he was also one of those responsible for the Centre Arthur and Zarandazas. She has directed and Dramaturgique at the Paris Opera. choreographed for companies including Hemiole, After many successes directing theater pro Le Trio Yepes, Ris & Danceries, Les Arts ductions (including much work with the ThMtre Florissants, the Classical Theater Company of <-; Madrid, Andazas and les Folies Bergere. Her Nathan Berg (Theseus Bass Baritone) was work has been performed throughout Europe, born in Saskatchewan, Canada; his vocal studies in Argentina and Japan. She is the founder of have taken him to the University of Western Les Fragments Reunis. Ontario, The Aspen Theatre Centre in Colorado, the Maitrise National de Versailles in France, the Paul Agnew (Hippolytus- Tenor) was born in Banff School of Fine Arts and the Guildhall School Glasgow in 1964. He read music as a Choral of Music and Drama. He studies with Vera Rozsa. Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, studying Winner of the Gold Medal for Singers at the under Janet Edmonds. Solo engagements include Guildhal l, he has also won prizes in the Roya l Stravinsky's Pulcine/la with Sin fon ietta 21, Over-Seas League, Peter Pears, Kathleen Ferrier, Bach Cantatas with the Orchestra of the Age and Walther Gruner Li eder Competitions. He of Enlightenment and Jason in Charpentier's has given recitals at the Blackheath Concert Medee with Les Arts Florissants (France, Portugal Halls, the Wigmore Hall, the Musee d'Orsay, the and the US). Paul has worked frequently with Harrogate International Festival, the Three Choirs the English Concert; engagements include Festival and for the Canadian Broadcasting arias by Handel and Arne (King's Lynn Festival); Corporation. He toured the UK singing Mahler's fully-staged performances of Fairy Queen, Kindertotenlieder with the Sofia Philharmonic, Dioclesian, Timon of Athens and Bonduca; sung Berlioz' The Damnation of Faust with the concert performances of Purcell's King Arthur London Philharmonic, the St. John Passion and (Germany, Argentina and Finland); and the Handel's Theodore with the RIAS Berlin Chamber 1995 BBC Proms. Recordings include Mozart's Choir, Handel's Acis and Galatea with The Coronation Mass and Bach's Cantatas with the King's Consort, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Ton Koopman Les Arts Florissants and Orfeo with La Double (Erato) and Bach's St. John Passion with the Bande under Rene Jacobs (also recorded for Brandenburg Consort and King's College Choir, Harmonia Mundi). Roles include Figaro in Cambridge. With Les Arts Florissants, he recorded The Marriage of Figaro (Nice and Tourcoing), the title role in Charpentier's La Descente Guglielmo in Cos{ fan tutte (Welsh National d'OrpMe aux Enters and Rameau's Grands Opera), Leporello in Don Giovanni (Tourcoing), Motets (Erato). Recent performances have included Mecurio in L'lncoronazione di Poppea, Schaunard King Arthur with John Eliot Gardiner, Messiah in La Boheme (Canadian Opera) and Masetto in with th e Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Don Giovanni (Netherlands Opera). Recordings Carmina Burana with the City of Birmingham include Messiah and Mozart's Requiem (Harmonia Symphony Orchestra, and Purcell's Dioclesian Mundi) and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, all with with Tafelmusik. Last season he performed Christie; songs by Othmar Schoeck both with the Purcell's Fairy Queen with the Gabrieli Consort, English Chamber Orchestra (Navalis) and Julius Britten's Canticles and Folk Songs with Musique Drake (Jecklin); and Mendelssohn songs and Oblique, and Purcell's Indian Queen with the duets with Sophie Daneman and Eugene Asti Academy of Ancient Music. Paul made his debut (Hyperion). Future appearances include Masetto at the Palais Garnier as Hippolyte in this pro and Leporello in the new Peter Brook production of duction. Future plans include Messiah and St. Don Giovanni, conducted by Claudio Abbado and Matthew Passion (Norway). St. John Passion Daniel Harding. Future concerts include Purcell's with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, King Arthur, Monteverdi's II Combatlimento and Handel's Joshua and Christmas Oratorio with the Rameau's Zoroastre, all with Les Arts Florissants; Academy of Ancient Music, and performances of Schubert Songs with the San Francisco Symphony Bach's 8 Minor Mass and Cantatas on tour with Orchestra under Tilson Thomas; Schubert's th e Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. He makes Mass in A flat at the BBC Proms with the BBC his debut at the Teatro Communale, Florence in Symphony Orchestra under Bela Klavec; Vaughan Alexander's Feast and as Telemaco in the new Williams' Sea Symphony in Vancouver and Luca Ronconi/Trevor Pinnock production of II Handel's Messiah in Germany and France with ritorno d'Uiisse in patria. RIAS Berlin Chamber Choir. Lorraine Hunt (Phaedra- Mczzo-sopranol , a Amsterdam and studied singing with Max van native of Sa n Francisco, began her musical Egmond and later with Herman Wollman, Alfred ca reer as a violist. Her engagements in the Deller and Pierre Bernac. From 197 4 to 1994 current season also include the roles of Charlotte he was a member of the Netherlands Chamber in Werther under Kent Nagano (Opera de Lyon), Choir and from 1980 until 1987 also its artistic Sesto in Giulio Cesare (Paris Opera) and Bach's director. He is internationally know as one of Magnificat with the San Francisco Symphony the most important bass singers in the solo and and Michael Tilson Thomas. Future engagements ensemble repertoire of the Fourteenth to the include the title ro le in Carmen at the Paris Eighteenth centuries. He worked with conductors Opera, Trirakaha in Ashoka's Dream (Santa Fe such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Bach, Mozart, Opera), and the title role of Handel's Xerxes Handel), Hans Vonk (Stravinsky, Weill) Sergiu (New York City Opera). Recent successes include Commissiona (Rossini, Verdi) Gustav Leonhardt Irene in Handel's Theodora with Peter Sellars (Bach, Monteverdi, Biber, Purcell), Ivan Fischer (Gi yndebourne Festival); the title role of (Monteverdi, Zelenka, Schutz), Brono Weill Charpentier's Medee with Wi lliam Christie and (Haydn, Schubert), Frans Bruggen (Bach, Schutz), Les Arts Florissants (Europe, BAM)- also a William Christie (Monteverd i, Handel), Ton recordin g on Erato; the title role of Handel's Koopman (Bach, Monteverdi , Mozart), Reinhart de Ariodante with Nicholas McGegan (Gtittingen Leeuw (Kagel, Milhaud, Hindemith, Schonberg), Festival)- also a Harmonia Mundi recording; Rene Jacobs (Cavalli, Cesti, Monteverdi), Alan the title role in Handel's Xerxes (Los Angeles Curits (Stradella, Bach, Handel); and with ensem Music Center Opera) ; and Haydn's Scena di bles such as the Hilliard Ensemble, Musica Berencie with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Antique Koln, Les Arts Florissants, Tragicomedia, under Jeffrey Tate (Tanglewood Festival); the title The Orchestra of the 18th Century, La Petite role of Handel's Xerxes with the Boston Lyric Bande, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera; performances of Berlioz' Les nuits de ete Tafelmusik and the Huelgas Ensemble. He has with the Philharmonia Baroque and Nicholas been involved in more than 100 recordings on McGegan and of Berlioz' L'enfance du Christ labels including Teldec, Sony, Philips, Harmonia with the Orchestra of St. Luke's and Sir Charles Mundi and Erato. He has been a professor at the Mackerras (Carnegie Hall); a solo recital at the Hochschule fur Kunste in Bremen for several 92nd Street Y; and Krasa's Chamber Symphony years. Next season (1997 1998) he wi ll be a with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Seiji visiting professor at Sibelius Academy in Finland. Ozawa (Boston, Carnegie Hall). Miss Hunt has performed with the Philharmonia Baroque and Annick Massis (Aricia- Soprano) studied music Nicholas McGegan in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in Paris at the Conservatoire Francis Poulenc with with the Orchestra of St. Luke's and Roger professor Isabel Garcisanz, where she won the Norringon in Berlioz' L'enfance du Christ, and with First Prize in singing by unanimous decision. She the Boston Lyric Opera in the title role of Carmen. made her stage debut at Capitole de Toulouse With the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Roger in 1991, and gained recognition later that year Norrington she sang Berlioz' Les nuits d'ete at the in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera . Performances ThMtre des Champs-Eiysees. Her most recent include: L'Enlevement au Serail; Les Noces de recording (nominated for a Grammy Award for Figaro (Paris Opera- Bastille); Philine in Mignon; Best Voca l Performance) is Britten's Phaedra with Ophelie in Hamlet; Cunegonde in Leonard the Halle Orchestra and Kent Nagano for Erato. Bernstein's Candide; Anna in Les Joyeuxes On Harmonia Mundi she has recorded Handel's Commeres de Windsor, Rosane in Le Barbier de Susanna, Theodora, Glori, Tirsi e Fileno; Messiah Seville and Micaela in Carmen (Opera Comique); and Arias for Durastanli; and Bach's Anna Caroli na in II Matrimonio Segreto (Opera de Magdalena's Notebook. Nantes); Aricie in Hippolyte et Aricie (Paris Opera- Palais Garnier); Ia Comtesse in LeComte Harry van der Kamp (Pluto, Jupiter, Neptune Ory (Opera Comlque a Paris); and Lucia in Lucia Bass) was born in Kampen, the Netherlands in di Lammermoor (ThMtre des Arts de Rauen). 194 7. He studied law and psychology in Concerts and recitals include performances with I ...II !'Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, I'Orchestre National Theseus in this production of Hippolyte et Aricie; du Capitole de Toulouse, I'Orchestre National de and Hidraot in Lully's Armide (Nice). Future plans France, I'Orchestre National de Lyon, !'Ensemble include Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and des lntercontemporain, les Musiciens du Louvre. She Grieux in Massenet's Manon (both at the Opera has performed, among others: Lans Grande Messe Bastille); the title role of Eugene Onegin (Nancy), en ut mineur, Exultale Jubilate an d Mozart's Les Contes d'Hoffman (Grand Theatre de Tours), Requiem, and has had recitals at the Theatre du and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Opera de Chatelet (Pa ris), La Scala (Milan), the Halle Lyon). He gives frequent recital and oratorio Festival and Ia Salle Gaveau (Paris). In 1998 performances, particu larly at the Theatre du she wi ll sing Poul enc's Gloria in Anvers. Chatelet in Paris and at Aix-en-Provence Festival. Recordings include Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie His recordings for Erato include Protee in Lully's and Anacreum, Handel's Resurrection (DGG), Phaeton; for Deutsche Grammophon: Jupiter and Rossini's L'inganno felice (Erato) and Boieldieu's La Pluto in Hippolyte et Aricie and Lucifer in Handel's Dame Blanche (EMil. Projects for 1997 include La Resurrezione. Ia Comtesse in Le Comte Ory (Giyndebourne Festival) and Eurydice in Orphee (G rand Theatre Mark Padmore (Hippolytus Tenor) was born in de Geneve). In 1998: Marie in La Fille du London . He gained a choral scholarship to King's Regiment (Grand Thea tre de Geneve); Ia College, Cambridge and graduated with an honors Comtesse in Le Comte Ory (Maggio Musicale degree in music in 1982. Operatic appearances in Florence, Glyndebourne Festival); Leda in include Jason in Charpentier's Medee (Strasbourg, Les Pecheurs de Perirs (Theatre du Capitole de Caen, Paris, Lisbon and New York); Arnalta in Toulouse). In 1999: Ia Comtesse in LeComte L'lncoronazione di Poppea (Teatro Communale, Ory (Corum Opera Berlioz de Montpellier). Florence); Vitaliano in Handel's Giustino (Gottingen Festival); Bajaret in Handel's Tamerlano (Covent Laurent Naouri (Theseus- Baritone) began his Garden Festiva l); Purcell's King Arthur (Theatre musical studies in 1988. While he was still du Chiltelet, Paris ; Royal Opera House, Covent studying, the CNIPAL in Marseille gave him the Garden); and Admete in Gluck's Alceste (Scottish chance to perform the role of Guglielmo in Cos! Opera, Opera de Nice). He made his debut with fan tutte. These performances led to a number the Paris Opera (Palais Garnier) as Hippolytus in of concerts and recordings, including the Radio this production. As a concert artist, he has per France and Montpel lier Festivals. He completed formed at festivals including Aix-en-Provence, his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Edinburgh , BBC Proms, Ludwigsburg, Salzburg, Drama where he sang several roles including the Ravinia, Tanglewood and Mostly Mozart. He Theater Director in Les Marnelles de Tiresies, Ford has recorded with conductors including Christie in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Ferdinand (Messiah, Medee, King Arthur, Hippolyte et in Les Fiencail/es eu Couvent for Rostropovich. Aricie), Norrington (Fairy Queen), Hickox (Haydn His professional career began properly in 1992 in Masses), Christophers (Handel's Esther), the title role of Milhaud's Christopher Columbus at Ossonce (Chabrier's Briseis) and Herreweghe the opening of the Imperial Theater in Compiegne. (Schutz and Bach). Recent engagemen ts He has since performed in France, Italy, Holland, include Beethoven's Missa Solemnis (Paris, Belgium and Spain with a wide repertoire ranging Vienna, Aix and Caen); Bach's St. John Passion from Monteverdi to contemporary works and (King's College, Cambridge and the Royal including the ti tle roles in Eugene Onegine Festival Hall, London); Mozart's Requiem with (Nantes) and Lully's Roland (Montpellier), Tarquin Richard Hickox (Gloucester Ca thedral); Bach in The Rape of Lucretia (Tourcoing) and Bottom in Cantatas, 8 Minor Mass and St. John Passion Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lyon); and wi th Collegium Vocale conducted by Philippe such conductors as Maurizione Benini, William Herreweghe and Messiah with the Northern Christie, Rene Jacobs, Marc Minkowski and Kent Sinfonia and Th e Sixteen. Engagements th is Nagano. Other notable appearances include the season include Schubert's La;arus with the four leading roles in Offenbach's Les Conies Hanover Band and the BBC Singers, Tippett's d'Hoffman (Metz); his Pa lais Garnier debut as The Tempest Suite with the Nash Ensemble, L,o a tour of Belgium and France with Herreweghe by John Lubbock. Future plans include Gianni and Collegium Voca le in C.P.E. Bach's Die Schicchi (Brussels), Adele in Le Comte Ory Letzien Leiden des Erl6ses and a tour of Spain con ducted by lvor Bolton (Giyndebourne Touring with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort as Opera), Despina in Cosf fan tutte (Paris Opera Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. He Bastille), Rameau's Zoroastre with Les Arts will also appear as Thespis/Mecure in Rameau's Florissants, Zerl ina conducted by Armin Jordan Platee and Hot Biscuit Slim in Paul Bunyan (Grand Theatre de Geneve), Balkis in 1.:/ncontro with the Royal Opera. lmprovviso (Bordeaux Opera) . Erato recordings include the Mozart Requiem, Die Zauberflote Anna Maria Panzarella (Aricia Soprano) was and Hippolyte et Aricie. born in Grenoble, France in 1968. She studied at the Grenoble Conservatoire, Conservatoire Isabelle Vernet (Phaedra-Soprano) studied Superieur de Musique de Geneve, under Graziella under Regine Crespin. She was named a "Cardiff Sciutti at the Royal Co llege of Music, and at the Singer of the World" in 1991. Max Loppert, National Opera Studio, London. Her professional critic for the Financial Times described her as debut was as Frasqui ta in Bizet's Carmen at the "the French voice the world has been waiting Grand Theatre du G6neve; this was followed by for." She made her US debu t in a Chicago Opera a Francesca Za mbello production of Puccini's La production of Massenet's Le Cid in 1991 with Rondine and Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen (Opera Placido Domingo (concert version); and with the North). The 1994-1995 season included Lisette Pari s Opera (Bastille) in 1994, in the title role of in La Rondine (Ludwigshafen Festival); Stephana Gluck's Alceste. Other roles include Leitmetzerin in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette conducted by Sir in Der Rosenkavalier directed by Lori n Maazel at Charles Mackerras (Royal Opera House, Covent the Salzburg Festival, the tile role in Faure's Garden); Frasquita in Coven t Garden's production Penelope at the Opera de Nantes, Donna Elvira of Carmen conducted by Emmanuel Joel (I srael in Don Giovanni at Opera de Lyon, lphigenie in Festival); First Lady in Robert Carsen's production Gluck's lphigenie en Tauride at the Frankfurt of Die Zauberflote conducted by William Christie Opera, Ariadne in R. Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos (Aix-en-Provence Festival also recorded by Erato); with the Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (La Monnaie in Mada me Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmelites Brussels). She recorded the Mozart Requiem with with the Grand ThMtre de Bordeaux, the tile role Les Arts Florissants for Erato and gave a recital in Gluck's Alceste for the Scottish Opera and at the Ai x-en-Provence Festiva l. Last season Opera de Nice. Concert performances include included Amore in Goehr's Arianna conducted by SMMrazade at tho French Radio and lvor Bolton and produced by Francesca Zambello, Montpellier Festivals; Les Nuit d'ete by Berlioz and Thibault in Don Carlos in a production by under the direction of Sylvai n Cambreling, Luc Bondy conducted by Bernard Haitink (Roya l Michel Plasson, Donald Runnicles and Armin Opera House, Covent Garden); First Lady in Die Jordan; and Didon in Berlioz' Les Troyens under Zauberflote (Opera de Lyon); Donna Elvira in the direction of Michel Plasson; Mers et Vita by Don Giovanni (Opera Zuid, Maastricht). She also Gounod under the direction of Emmanuel Krivine; sang severa l concerts with Les Arts Florissants, Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust; and Le Poeme including th e Moza rt Requiem (Theatre des de /'Amour et de Ia Mer by Chausson. Reci tals Champs-Eiysees). 1996- 1997 includes include Wigmore Hall (London), Paris Opera Poussette in a new production of Massenet's (Bastille and Salle Gaveau), Aix-en-Provence and Manon (Paris Opera- Bastille), Balkis in Haydn's Edinburgh Festivals. Upcoming projects include L'lncontro lmprovviso (Lausanne), and lsmene Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni (Grand Theatre de in Traetta's Antigona (Festival de Baune--recorded Bordeaux); Vittelia in La Clemenza di Tito under for Decca). Concerts this season include Mahler's the direction of Sir Charles Mackerras (Welsh 4th with the Orchestre Phi lharmonique de National Opera); Gutrune and Third Norn in Luxembourg and the Saint-Saens Christmas Gotterdammerung (Theatro Colon in Buenos Oratorio and Mozart's Exultate Jubilate with the Aires); and lphigenie in lphigenie en Tauride Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square conducted (Opera de Marseille). \..I 7.hrou!Jhoullhe!/.ears, we've always en;oyedwalchin!J our inveslmenls perform. At John Nuveen and Company, some of our best investments are those that enrich the cultural spirit of the communities in which we live and work. That's why we're proud to sponsor the BAM/Pari Opera co-production of Hippolyte et Aricie by Jean-Phillippe Rameau. NUVEEN Quality Investments Sin ce 1898. The Good Life. "Forbes FYI is the magazine that GQ and Esquire want to be." · USA TODAY ...!i 0 0 "'E ~ .E .!! il E 1" 0 E Y3 STRICTLY 9ENTEEL In Stores ;\l,l\ 10 Jf "C ia ssic;a l .. 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