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Thisproduction of Ardais dedicatedto DiamondProducers' Circle Sponsors lris and Matthew Strauss, TitleCo-Sponsors Gillian and Tony Thornley, and Producers' Circle Sponsors Jennifer and RichardGreenfield, Lyndaand RichardKerr, Barbara Kjos, John Rebeloand SarahB. Marsh-Rebeloand Friendsof Pam Slater-Price. SanDiego is pleasedto recognizeNorthern Trust as our CorporateProducing Partner for Aida. Sincerethanks also go to AmericanAirlines. OfficialAirline of SanDiego Opera, SycuanCasino, Phone Etiquette Sponsor, and PointLoma Nazarene University, Supertitles Sponsor.

ilA$T: $ilTTit*t: (in orderof vocalappearance) Setting:The periodof the Pharaoh'spower. Memphisand Thebes Ramfis ReinhardHagen Radames Walter Fraccaro. ACT I Amneris Jill Grove. Scene1 : A Hallin the Palacein Memphis Aida LatoniaMoore" Scene2. lnsidethe Templeof Vulcan Kingof Ashraf Sewailam ACT II Messenger Greg Fedderly Scene'l : Amneris'apartments in Thebes Priestess PritiGandhi Scene2; The Gatesof Thebes Amonasro Mark S. Doss - 2O Minute lntermission - Conductor DanieleCallegari- ACT Director Andrew Sinclair III TheTemple of lsison the Banksof the Nile Choreographer Kennethvon Heidecke ScenicDesigner ZandraRhodes ACT IV Cncfr rma Dacinnar ZandraRhodes TheJudgment Hall and SubterraneanTomb LrghtingDesigner ChristopherMaravich Wig and MakeupDesigner Steven Bryant . ChorusMaster CharlesF. Prestinari Therunning time is approximately 3 hours, tncluding one intermission. Supertitles ChristopherBergen . Byarrangement with Hendon Music, lnc.. SupertitleCoordinators CharlesArthur a Boosey& Hawkescompany, Sole Agent in the U.S. Canaoa ano Marian Porter Mexicofor Casa Ricordi/Universal Music Pubiishing Ricordi PrincipalPianist DorothyRandall S.R.L..publisher and copyright owner. ItalianDiction Coach EmanuelaPatroncini . Firstpeformance at CairoOpera House on Dec.24, 1871. 5anutego upera uebut , Aidais a co-productionof Houston Grand Opera Association, EnglishNational Opera, Norwegian National Opera and San trilffir*ffiM;,aruilffi*_&Til$ FranciscoOpera . OriginalProduction, Jo Davies SaturdayApril 20,2013 7pm . OriginaiLighting Designer, TuesdayApril23, 2013 7pm ChrisDavey. r Cecf crrhian+ t^ .h.n^ Friday April26,20137pm '- -,,-,,Je' Sunday April28,2013 Zpm

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PIOPERFORMANCES IIAGAZII'IE 2413 ARTISTS

iriniiiliil;; StephenCostello Scott Sikon LesleyKoenig COSTUMEDESIGNERS VanessaCerda-Alonzo. GregFedderly EmilioSagi. DenitsaBiiznakova- PritiGandhi CliftonForbis BASSES Andrew Sinclair JulioGa16n. LatoniaMoore. WalterFraccaro- KevinBurdette. CesarGalindo' SusanNeves. AllanGlassman FerruccioFurlanetto SCENERYDESIGNERS ZandraRhodes CarolVaness DavidGuzman. ReinhardHagen RalphFunicello CarrieRobbins L'ubicaVargicov6 DougJones KevinLangan JulioGalSn- BrittanyWheeler. Juan Mejia. GregoryReinhart. ZandraRhodes LIGHTINGDESIGNERS Joel Sorensen AshrafSewailam l-lnrrnlec Qnhmir"lt Marie Barrett MEZZO-SOPRANOSEnriqueToral- MikhailSvetlov Alan Burrett CeciliaDuarte. PIANISTS ChrisMaravich JillGrove. BARITONES CONDUCTORS DorothyBandall GaryMarder NadiaKrasteva. MalcolmMacKenzie YvesAbel. KristinRoach BrianNason. HeleneSchneiderman OctavioMoreno' DanieleCallegari. EmilyJarrell Urbanek- BrianShircliffe- KarenKeltner JaniePrim (ballet) 'San DiegoOpera debut CONTRALTO DonatoRenzetti. Ewa Podle5 -BARITONES CHOREOGRAPHERS Mark S. Doss DIRECTORS KeturahStrckann TENORS AnooshahGolesorkhi- lan D. Campbell Kennethvon Heidecke SaulAIvalos. Kristopherlrmiter LeonardFoglia

Aida SAN DIEGOOPERACHORUS AidaDANCERS SOPRANOS LoisMyers. John PaulLumetta RichardLaFetra Jacob Brooks EricaAustin LynseyPereira NickMunson Kent Lasater. CarloDi Dio LisaAustin ElenaVizuet- Tom Oberjat. DavidMarshman- Noel Dilworth Ren6eCalvo JenniferWallace KrishanOberoi VincentMartin. DavidGombert April Fisher KarinWilcox ManuelPaz Castillo WilliamNolan- JenniferGoodman MaleshaJessie BenjaminPlach6 Scott Rambo RandyHerrera CherylynLarson- TENORS EnriqueToral JamesSchindler JosephHochschild AnichLa laa-Qlznranr AleksandrAgamirzov- JoshuaSteven Vincent JeffreyShipman# SarahNyfield NatalieMann RolfBarnick. GeraldWhitney# HaroldSkelly- KelseyOttley MeloniMathius Andrew Bennett DennisWilliams RichardStanford GregSample PatriciaMcAfee. JamesBoydston. ChristopherStephens- KellyAnn Sloan MarenSevertson StephenBranch BASSES LeeVahlsing PrestonSwovelin RebeccaSteinke BradFox AnthonyBallard. John Wagner LarissaTanis ChadFrisque BernardoBermudez AndVWatson BernadetteTorres ALTOS ErnestPinamonti PatrickBlackwell SusanVishmid KatherineAltobello Grimm Herv6Blanquart s BrentWhitney SandraCamarena. DanielHall MichaelStephen Blinco TiffanyCarmel- GarrettHarris- PhillipDannels RitaCantos Cartwrightt lldooKim JosephGrienenberger# CarrieReading Castells Jeong-KwonKim RonHilley Ruth Kiefer JinMingLiao EdwardHollingsworth' Artistsand ProdunionStaff are membersof the American Guild Ava BakerLiss. GregoryLong. John of CraigJohnson MusicalAnists, AFL-C10, rhelabor unl0n . thatrepresents musical anists Hasappeared in25 or more productions wirhSan Diego Opera Chorus in opera,conceft, and dance in the UnitedSures. # Hasappeared in1 00 or more productions withSan 0iego 0pera Chorus

Aida AUXILIARYCHORUS Aida SUPERNUMERARIES AlexisAlfaro KaceyKurpinsky MartinAstl GerardoGaytan MargieOmafray LukeAndreen MeiissaRachele Magafra JamesBourdon ChrisGetsla HubertPilloud KianaBell DavidNaranjo DlckBridy MelanieGilbert NeilPodvin BriannaMarie Benyard DaniellePerrault JoshCallington SarahGonzales AnthonyOuirk JaneneDavis AllisonSanders KeithChen RobertoGonzalez-Rubio lgnacioRamos SheltonFlournoy DianaVillwock MarnieCheney ValerieHall Dan Reed JonathanGonzales DuaneWilliams MichelleChristiansen StephenHon Fredter Veer RaymondHarris JenniferWu NormanCullen MichaelKaye RichardTrujillo Jade-LinHornbaker FrankCummins LaneLee MosesUrbano AngelaMontague Kanish BennettDear StevenMcDonald PeggyYamamoto Ji-HeeKim Dan Denison Tim Morioka AnthonyD Lullo Anita Norton PERFORMANCESI.IAGAZIIIE PI 5 ARTIST PROFILES

DANIELE CALLEGARI. Conductor GREGFEDDERLY, Messenger Operadebut. ltalian conduc- Americantenor Greg Fedderly made his tor DanieleCallegari was the Principal debut as Bob Boles Directorof the WexfordOpera Festival and in Peter Grimesin 2009 and was seen the ChiefConductor of the RoyalFlanders earlier this season as the Philistines Philharmonic Orchestra in AntwerD. Messengerin Samsonand Delllah and the Notable recent engagementsinclude First Priestin A Murder n the Cathedral. performancesat the MetropolitanOpera. Roleswith LosAngeles Opera include the CarnegieHall of New York. Canadian title role of Albert Herrins,Rodolfo in la Opera Company,Washington National Opera, Bayerische bohdme.Der Junglingtn Dle Frauohne Schatten.Pinkerton Staatsoper,Deutsche Oper Berlin,Staatsoper Unter den tn ,Janek in TheMakropulos Case, Alfredo Linden. Staatsoper, Carlo Felice di Genova,Comunale and Gastonein La travlata,Fenton in ,Ernesto in Don di Bologna,Dresden Musik Festspiele. Frankfurt Oper. Pasquale,Jacquino in Fidello, Beppe in Pagllacci,Bardolfo of Barcelona.Macerata Opera. Massimo di .Massimo in Falstaff, Valzacchi in Der Rosenkavaller.Raoul in The Bellinidi Catania,Munchner Rundfunk Orchester, National Merry Widow, Brighellain Ariadne auf Naxos,Four Servants SymphonyOrchestra of lreland,Op6ra Marseille, Orchestra in , Goro in Madama Butterfly and Regionaledella Toscana,Orquestra Sinfonica de Madrid. Basilioin TheMarrlage of Flgaro.Other rolesinclude Goro, Philarmoniquede MonteCarlo, Regio di Parma,Sao Carlos Four Servants.Valzacchi, Bob Bolesand Monostatoswith in Lisbon,Th6atre de La Monnaie.Teatro dell'Operadi the MetropolitanOpera. Ping in ,Don Basilioand Roma, di Trieste.Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai lVonostatosin TheMaglc Flutefor San Francisco,Arcadio in and AccademiaNazionale di SantaCecilia di Roma.Recent Florenciaen el Amazonasat OperaColorado and Brighellaat operashe hasconducted include . La bohdme.Les WashingtonNational Opera. Huguenots. Falstaff. Cosi fan tutte. I due Foscarl. Turandot, Pagliaccl. Cavallerrarustrcana. A Masked Ball. La travlata, La WALTER FRACCARO, Radames forza del destino, Alda. Slmon Boccanegra, TheElixir of Love. San Diego Opera debut. ltaliantenor Madama Butterfly and Carmen,among many others. Walter Fraccarois well known for his portrayalof Radameshaving performed MARI( S. DOSS. Amonasro it at Teatro dell'Operain Rome.Arena Canadian-Americanbass-baritone Mark S. di Verona.Teatro del Maggio Musicale 'l Dossmade his Companydebut in gg2 Fiorentinoin Florence,La Scalain Milan. in the bass roles of Collatinusin The TeatroLirico di Cagliari.Staatsoper Unter Rape of Lucretia and appearedlater that den Lindenin Berlin.Teatro Verdi Trieste. seasonas Zuniga in Carmen,returned Op6rade Marseille, diTorino, Vienna Staatsoper, as Nourabad in The Pearl Fishers. Ihe and DeutscheOper Berlin.Other notable performances 'l Water Sprite in Rusalkaand in 998 includePinkerton in MadamaButterfly for Operade Nice, as Friar Laurencein Romeo and Jullet. the title role in ,Don Alvaroin La forzadel destino, Notableperformances in hispresent bass-baritone repertoire and Manricoin ll trovatorein Tokyo.Calaf jn Turandotat San includethe title role in TheFlying Dutchman in Naples,at FranciscoOpera, Teatro Massimo in Palermoand Teatrola TeatroRegio and Teatro Comunale di Bologna,Amonasro at Fenicein Venice.Manrico for RoyalOpera, Covent Garden. the ViennaStaatsoper. the RoyalOpera, Covent Garden and Op6rade Nice.Op6ra de Oviedoand TeatroCarlo Felice in Milan'sLa Scala.Escamillo in Carmenat ,the Lyric Genoa,des Grieuxin ManonLescaut for TeatroFilarmonico Operaof Chicagoand the Arenadi Verona,Jochanaan in in Verona.Teatro Comunale in Ferrara.as well as at the Salomeat La Scala,the DeutscheStaatsoper Berlin. Teatro housesof Piacenza.Modena. Venice and Cagliari.Faust in del MaggiolVusicale in Florence.Madrid's Teatro Real and Mefistofeleat Teatrodell'Opera in Romeand Teatro Massimo Bologna'sTeatro Comunale, lV6phistophelds in Fausrwith in Palermo.among many others. OperFrankfurt and the SantaFe Opera,Balstrode tn peter GrlmeswithTeatro Regio Torino. Thoas in lphigenieen Tauride PRITI GANDHI. Pz'esfess with the CanadianOpera Companyand , Indian-bornsoprano Priti Gandhi made her the title rolein prus Meflstofelewith OperFrankfurt, Jaroslav San DiegoOpera debut as the Mexican in The Makropulos Case and Argante in Rinaldoboth at La Woman in A StreetcarNamed Deslre in Scalaand the Four Villainsin The Talesof Hoffmann with 2000, returningas SecondLady in The OperaTokvo. Maglc Flute, Emilia in Otello, Yarvarain Katya Kabanova, lnez in ll trovatore. the High Priestessin Aida,the SecondNiece in Peter Grlmes,Musetta in La bohdme. Anna in and Merc6ddsin Carmen Aooearances ncludeCarmen /or NewYork City Opera, Lakme and The Fox

PERFORMANCESI'IAGAZINT PII ARTIST PROFILES

in TheLittle Prince for TulsaOpera, Countess Almaviva in Ihe LATONIA MOORE. Aida Qan F)ionn Onare nlahr rt Ro.ant narf^r- Marrlageof Frgarofor SanAntonio Opera. the HighPriestess vs, I e,vvv with SeattleOpera. Waltraute in Die WalkArewith mances by Americansoprano Latonia Chat6ldt,Rossweise tn Dre Walktire with SanFrancisco Opera, Mooreinclude Aida at the RovalOpera, Dorabellain Coslfan tutte with AustinLvric Opera, Echo in CoventGarden, the MetropolitanOpera, Ariadneauf Naxosfor SeattleOpera and ToledoOpera, the The DallasOpera, Staatsoper Hamburg title roleof La Cenerenrolaat DaytonOpera, her LosAngeles and at New NationalTheatre in Tokyo. Operadebut in Rlseand Fallof the Cityof Mahagonny,Rosina Cio-Cio-Sanin Madama Butterflv aI in TheBarber of Sevlllewith CaramoorMusic Festival and her StaatsoperHamburg, West Palm Beach NewYork Philharmonic debut in Elektraat LincolnCenter. Operaand SemperoperDresden, the title roleoI Susannah in Bilbao,Lucrezia Contarini in I due Foscariat TeatroVerdi JILL GROVE, Amneris in Triesteand in Bilbao.Desdemona in Otello at Opera San Diego Operadebut. Recent perfor- Carolina,Amelia in A MaskedBall aI StaatsoperHamburg, mancesby Americanmezzo soprano Jill Lit tn Turandorfor the RovalOpera. Covent Garden. Teatro Grove include Ulrica in A Masked Ball Verdiand SemperoperDresden. Amelia Grimaldi in Srmon at New OrleansOpera, Amneris at the Boccanegraat StaatsoperHamburg, and Micaelain Carmen

lrrrin Onarr v,nf Chicen6v,,,vuv and Canadian at Bilbao. Opera and The Dallas Opera. She is a Opera Company,Erda in Siegfrledand recipientof a RichardTucker Foundation Grant and a winner First Norn in Gcitterdammeruns wilh of the MetrooolitanOpera's National Auditions. MunichStaatsoper. Notable performanc- es include Erda in Gotterddmmerungand Das Rherngold, ASHRAF SEWAILAM, King Magdalene in Dle Mersterslnger von Ntlrnberg. Madelon Egyptianbass-baritone Ashraf Sewailan Anh' lrc' in Andrea Chdnier,Pantalis in Meflstofele. Emilia in Otello, |medo | roua |hic ilo uqrQen I urgvul-)ionn Onarrvpvro uguu 'tL roJl Mary in TheFlVing Dutchman, Auntie in Peter Grlmes,Aithra seasonas Caooadoctanin Salome and in Dle Agyptlsche Helena and Corneliain Julius Caesarin aooearedearlier this seasonas the Third Egyptat The MetropolitanOpera, Erda in Gotterdammerung, Tempter/Thirdl(night in A Murder ln the CountessGeschwitz tn Lulu and the Nursein Die Frauohne CathedralFoles include Leporello in Don Schattenfor the LyricOpera of Chicago,Jenny Reefer in Ihe Glovannlfor OperaColorado and Seattle Mother of Us All at San FranciscoOpera, Dame Ouicklyin Opera,Sparafucile in Rrgolettowith New Falstaff,Omniscient Sea-Shell in Die AgyptrscheHelena and ZealandOoera. the Mandarinin Turandotand Collinein la Ursulain Bdatrlceet Bdnddlctwith SantaFe Opera,and Erda bohdmewith SeattleOpera, Colline for LakeGeorge Opera, in Sregfned,Ottavia's nurse in L'incoronazianedl Poppea and lVobileOpera and The ChattanoogaSymphony and Opera, Zita in GianniScht'cchifor Los Anqeles Ooera. Ferranoir, ll trovatorefor VirginiaOpera and MobileOpera, Mustafain Theltallan Grrlrn Algrerswith Opera Southwest, REINHARDHAGEN. Ramfis Basilioin The Barberof Sevllleand the PirateKing in Ihe Germanbass ReinhardHagen made Plratesof Penzancewith LyricOpera San Diego.Bonze in

his Sen Dicnn C)noravvv,v vclebut in 2OOO as Madama Butterflywith VirginiaOpera, and Sparafucilewith Heinrichin Lohengrinand returnedas FresnoGrand Opera where he alsosang Alidoro in Clnderella. Rocco in Fldelro,as Raimondoin Lucla and Ferrandoand the SecretPolice Aqent in TheConsul with di Lammermoor,as LandgrafHermann ChautauouaOoera. in Tannhduseras Talbot in Mary, aueen of Scots.Ramfis in Aida and as Timurin ANDREW SINCLAIR. Director Turandot.Hagen was a member of the Australianstage director Andrew Sinclair DeutscheOper Berlin debuting in Tannhduserand otherroles made his San Diego Opera debut in includedHunding in Dle Walkure,Fasholt in Das Rhelngold, 2OOOwith Lohengrrnfollowed by Arda tn Narbal in , Sarastro in The Maglc Flute, and 2OO1and the highlysuccessful The Pearl Dalandin TheFlyrng Dutchman, among others. He made his Fishers.a oroductionhe hasalso directed MetropolitanOpera debut as Sarastro in TheMaglc Flure. a role for New York Citv Opera.San Francisco he hassung with l'Op6rade Montr6al,Opera Bastille Paris, Los Opera,Washington National Opera, Opera AngelesOpera. Gran Teatro Liceu and Hamburgand Munich de Montr6al,Florida Grand Opera, Opera State Other appearancesinclude Gurnemanz in Colorado,Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera and Michigan Parsifalat MalmoOpera. the Commendatorein Don Grovannr OperaTheatre. He returnedto stageLucra di Lammermoor, for the RoyalOpera. Covent Garden. Rocco in Fldeliowith The Mary. Oueen of Scots, and La travrata.He is a Staff DallasOpera and Th66tre du ChAtelet.Konig in Lohengrinwith Directorwith CoventGarden where he hasworked on many HamburgState Opera.Seneca in L'incoronazionedi Poppea productionsincluding Der Rosenkavalierand both Lohengrln in LosAngeles and Fasolt,Hunding, the Commendatoreand and Der Rrng des Nrbelungenwith Gotz Friedrich. He was Titurelin ParsifalIor SanFrancisco Opera. alsoat the BayreuthFestival with LohengrrnAndrew Sinclair PI2PERFORMANCES IIAGAZINT 'l beganhis associationwith OperaAustralia in 981. direct- accompanistpositions with the BrevardSummer Music ing new stagings ol La bohdme and The Bartered Bride, Festival,the CarmelBach Festival. the San AntonioOpera, '1 and from 983 to 1985 was PrincipalResident Director of the New JerseyState Opera. and the NationalChorale in that company.He hassince returned for many productions New YorkCity, and hasserved as guestchorus master at the including Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci, Peter Grlmes and ManhattanSchool of Music. Lohengrin. Other engagementsinclude Madama Butterfly in Perth, for San FranciscoOpera and La bohdmefor ZANDRARHODES OperaColorado. Set and CostumeDesign Britishfashion designer Zandra Rhodes STEVENW. BRYANT madeher SanDiego Opera debut design- Wig & Makeup Designer ing costumesfor TheMagic Flute in 2O01 and returnedto designsets and costumes American wig and makeup designer for The Pearl Ftshers in 2OO4 which Steven W. Bryant'swork over the last was then seen in San Francisco.New thirty yearshas encompassedover 600 York,Miami. Denver and WashingtonDC, differentproductions in opera, regional amongother cities. ln 2006, she designedthis production theatre.Broadwav and film He made his of Aida for HoustonGrand Opera which was then seen in San DiegoOpera debut in 'l985 and has SanFrancisco and London.She attended Medway College of designedevery productionsince 2006. Art and the RoyalCollege of Art in London.An international Othercredits include , Opera Theatre of Saint fashionand textiledesigner, Zandra founded the Fashion Louis,New YorkCity Opera, The DallasOpera, Teatro Colon and TextileMuseum in London.was RoyalDesigner for (Argentina),and recently Royal Opera in Oman.Notable world Industryin the UK(conferred by PrincePhilip) and was made premieresinclude Leonard Bernstein's A OuietPlace. Tobias a Commanderof the BritishEmpire by OueenElizabeth in PickersEmmellne and Tom Pasatieri'sFrau Margot (cos- 1997. Shedesigned for the late Princess Diana and continues tumedesign). Broadway credits include Julie Taymor's Green to designfor the richand famousaround the world.Rhodes Bird, and Styne'sGentlemen Prefer Blondes. Future projects has had manyacademic and professionalhonors bestowed includecostume design for the premiereof LibbyLarson's uponher including six doctorates. new opera A Wrrnkleln Trme.and the launch of St. Eve's Formal,a new men'sformal wear accessory line of clothing. I(ENNETHVON HEIDECKE CHRIS MARAVICH, Lighting Designer Choreographer American ChoreographerKenneth von Americanlighting designer Chris Maravich made his San Heideckemade his San Diego Opera debut Diego Opera debut last seasonliqhtino Salome. He has in Romeoand Julietin '1998. returning servedas San FranciscoOpera's Lighting Director since to choreographArrodante in 200 1, 2006 and has createdlighting for productionsof Turandot. Samson and Delilahin 2OO1and earlierthis Cyrano de Bergerac, The Marriage of Figaro. Alda. Salome. sea- son.and Aida in 2008. Considered ll Trlttico, Tosca. ldomeneo: Klng of Crete. and Slmon to be the prot6g6of PrimaBallerina Boccanegra.He hasserved as Associate Designer Ior Doktor Assoluta, MariaTallchief. he has choreographedover 40 Faustin Stuttgart,Tannhduser for The GreekNational Opera balletsand 40 operathroughout Europe and the U.S.including and The Girl of the Golden West. The Makropulos Case. at .Edinburgh Festival. The Dallas The Daughter of the Regiment, ll Trovatore.Die tote Stadt. Opera,La Scala,Rome Opera, San FranciscoBallet and LyricOpera Arlodante.Samson and Delilah, and all with San of Chicago.Opera performances include Eugene FranciscoOpera. He hasalso worked with OperaColorado, Onegln,La tra- vtata,,Rlgoletto and Carmen, PortlandOpera, Opera Santa Barbara and OperaSan Jose. among others. He foundedthe Von HeideckeSchool of Balletand the Von CHARLESF. PRESTINARI HeideckeChicago Festival Ballet. ChorusMaster CharlesF. Prestinarimade his San Diego Opera debut as Acting Chorus lVaster in 2OO8's ThePearl Fishers, returned in 2011 for Turandot,and was aooointed ChorusN/laster in 2O12. From 2OO4- 2012, he worked on over 50 produc- tions with New York Citv Opera,first as assrstantchorus master, and from 2008, as chorusmaster. Whileobtaining graduate degrees in choralconducting from lndianaUniversity, he was chorusmaster and operacoach for the IndianaUniversitv Opera Theater. He hasalso held PERFORMANCESI4AGATINE PI]