SCENARIO 1994 Fall Season

ASeason of Masterpieces

MADAME BUTTERFLY THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIME NT

David DiChiera , General Director

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Michigan Canada prima ballerina Margaret Illman as the Swan Queen. Opera Theatre's 24th season - aptly named a "Season of Just as we open our season with a Puccini classic, so too will Masterpieces." MOTs productions of these masterpieces we conclude with one - the beloved Tasca. Russian Soprano by master composers - Puccini, Donizetti, Mozart and Maria Guleghina has triumphed as Tosca in major opera Tchaikovsky - feature performances by some of the world's houses around the world, including a recent Met broadcast. most talented, established and Met bass-baritone and MOT rising artists. During our veteran Richard Cowan will play 1994-95 season MOT is the villianous Baron Scarpia. extremely pleased to present Cohen, along with Kevin such a collection of musical Anderson (one of the Tonios from genius, along with a caliber of our fall season) is a product of artistic talent that is truly MOT's Young Appren~ice remarkable. . Program. The fall opera season I am sure all of you share with commences with Puccini's me a sense of excitement and Madame Butterfly, the anticipation for MOTs new home, inspiration for the current the Detroit Opera House. The Broadway sensation Miss inaugural season in the opera Saigon. Our tragic house, the spring of 1996, will be Cio-Cio-San is beautiful the fulfillment of this company's Karen Notare whose star has long-term goal to control its own been rising quickly in the u.s. performance facility, one which and Europe alternating with allows us to serve the community Chinese-born Guiping Deng. fully, and which is comparable in I'm pleased to present a function, size and aesthetics with company premiere of opera houses around the world. Donizetti's The Daughter of the Many corporations, foundations Regiment, not seen by Detroit and individuals have generously audiences for more than 22 years. This delightful comedy demonstrated their support toward this goal, to them we are features one of the world's most sought after coloratura most grateful. For a complete listing of these contributors, sopranos Tracy Dahl alternating with an exciting new artist, and for an update on the Detroit Opera House, please refer to Anna Vikre. pages 10 and 11 . Our spring season opens with Mozart's timeless favorite, Finally, I would like to extend my deepest thanks to our Don Giovanni. This dramatic comedy will be greatly corporate and foundation contributors, government agencies enhanced by a stellar cast including Metropolitan Opera stars and private individuals who have supported the company's Jeffrey Wells as the Don, bass-baritone Philip Cokorinos, as extensive activities throughout the year, and, of course, to his side-kick Leporello, and exciting soprano Martile you our audience. Rowland as Donna Anna. This opulent Goya-inspired It is truly in the spirit of celebration that we embark on production was premiered by Michigan Opera Theatre in this 1994-95 season. Enjoy "A Season of Masterpieces! " 1989, deSigned by English theatre artist John Pascoe. Next, we present Tchaikovsky's beloved Swan Lake, arguably the most popular ballet of all time. Choreographed by Detroit's own Iacob Lascu, Swan Lake features National Ballet of

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ACT I On a flowering terrace above Nagasaki harbor, u.s. Navy lieutenant B.F Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased from a marriage broker, Goro, who has procured him three servants and a geisha wife known as Madame Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San). To the American consul Sharpless, who arrives breathless from climbing the hill, Pinkerton describes his philosophy of a navy man roaming the world in search of pleasure Amore 0 grillo. For the moment, he is enchanted with the fragile Cio-Cio-San and intends to undergo a marriage ceremony with her - for ninety-nine years, but subject to monthly renewal. When Sharpless warns that the girl may not take her vows so lightly, the lieutenant brushes aside such scruples, adding that he will one day take a "real" American wife. At that moment Cio-Cio-San is heard in the distance joyously singing of her wedding day Spira sui mare. After she has entered, surrounded by her friends , she tells Pinkerton how, when her family fell on hard times, she had to earn her living as a geisha. Soon her relatives arrive and noisily express their opinions on the marriage. In a quiet moment, Cio-Cio-San shows her bridegroom her few earthly treasures, telling him her intention of embracing his Christian faith. With pomp the Imperial Commissioner performs the wedding ceremony, after which the guests toast the couple. Suddenly Cio-Cio-San's uncle, a Buddhist priest, bursts upon the scene, cursing the girl for having renounced her ancestors' religion. Pinkerton angrily orders priest and family to leave. Alone with his bride, he dries her tears and reminds her that night is falling. Helped by her maid Suzuki into a pure-~hite nuptial kimono, Cio-Cio-San joins the ardent Pinkerton in the moonlit garden, where they sing of their love Viene la sera.

ACT II

Three yea~s later, Cio-Cio-San still waits for her husband's return. As Suzuki prays to her gods for aid E Izaghei ed Izanami , her mistress stands by the doorway, her eyes fixed on the harbor. The maid shows Cio-Cio-San how little money is left but is told to have faith: one fine day Pinkerton's ship will appear on the horizon Un bel di, vedremo. Sharpless comes in with a letter from the lieutenant, but before he can read it to Cio-Cio-San, Goro, who has been lurking outside, brings in the latest of a long line of suitors for her hand. The girl dismisses both him and the wealthy Prince Yamadori, insisting that her American husband has not deserted her. When they are alone, Sharpless again starts to read her the letter and suggests as tactfully as he can that Pinkerton may never return Amico cercherete. Cio-Cio-San proudly carries forth their child, insisting that as soon as Pinkerton knows of his son he will surely come back Che tue madre dovra prenderti. Moved by her devotion and lacking the heart to tell her of the lieutenant's remarriage, Sharpless leaves. Cio-Cio-San, in the point of despair, hears a cannon report; seizing a spyglass, she discovers Pinkerton's ship entering the harbor. Delirious with joy, she orders Suzuki to help her strew the house with flower petals, which they gather in the garden. Then, as night falls , she begins her vigil.

ACT III As dawn breaks, Suzuki insists that Cio-Cio-San rest. Humming a lullaby to her child, she carries him to another room Dormi amor mio. Before long, Sharpless, Pinkerton and then Kate, his new wife, enter. When Suzuki realizes who the American woman is, she collapses in despair; out of consideration for his mistress, however, she agrees to aid in breaking the news to her. Pinkerton , overcome with remorse, bids an angUished farewell to the scene of his former happiness Addio fiorito asil , then rushes away. No sooner is he gone than Cio-Cio-San comes forth , expecting to find him but finding Kate instead. She takes a moment to·guess the truth. Leaning on Suzuki for support, she agrees to give up her child if the father will return for him. Then, sending even Suzuki away, she takes forth the dagger with which her father committed suicide and bows before a statue of Buddha, choosing to die with honor rather than live in disgrace. Just as she raises the blade, Suzuki pushes the child into the room. Tearfully sobbing a farewell , Iu, piccolo Iddio! , Cio-Cio-San crouches behind a screen and stabs herself as Pinkerton is heard calling her name. Copyright 2010,-Courtes Michigany of OPERA Opera NEWS Theatre lJ ~ Madama Butterfly & Miss Saigon

EAST MEETS WEST IN A STUDY OF CONTRASTS (EXCERPTED) by Paula Citron

A flash point that triggers creative genius can happen when one is least expecting it. For Giacomo Puccini, inspiration for his opera Madama Butterfly began with a one-act play he saw in london in 1900. It was by the American writer David Belasco and was called Madama Butterfly. Belasco, a showman in the grand style, was better known for the scenic effects he created than for the pot-boiler melodramas he churned out. His Madama Butterfly, making the most of the state-of-the-art lighting of the time, contained an extended scene in which a young Japanese woman, Cio-Cio-San, with her young child, waits in vain from twilight to dawn for her wayward American lover to arrive. Although Puccini did not speak one word of English, he could follow the sense of the action and was profoundly moved by the pathos of the play, most particularly the "waiting scene." With tears still in his eyes, he rushed backstage after the curtain fell to ask Belasco for the performarce rights. He was already composing the music in his mind for the beautiful off-stage 'Humming Chorus' to underscore Cio-Cio-San's hopeless vigil for the lover who had abandoned her. For Claude-Michel Schoenberg and Alain Boublil, the inspiration for their musical Miss Saigon came from a photo in a French magazine Schoenberg was idly perusing in 1985. Taken in Saigon, the heart-breaking picture shows a Vietnamese woman, her faced etched in stoic resignation, clasping the hand of her crying, bewildered child, who is about to board a plane to the United States to meet her unknown American father. months later the opera was heard again in Brescia, and this time it "I was so appalled by the image of this deliberate ripping apart that was a triumph. I had to sit down and catch my breath," Schoenberg has written. "Was Miss Saigon did not share its predecessor's faulty start. It was an that not the most moving, the most staggering example of 'The instant hit, opening to the largest advance box-office sales ever in Ultimate Sacrifice' as undergone by Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, London's West End. giving her life for her child? This photograph was for Alain and me like the opera, the musical's score contains elements from the the start of everything .... " oriental tradition. One third of the orchestra pit is taken up with The opera Madama Butterfly, which premiered in 1904, and the exotic percussion instruments, with wooden Asian flute speCialists musical Miss Saigon, which opened in 1989, contain many similar being key members of the ensemble. In retrospect, it can be seen threads. Both are about star-crossed love affairs between American that for both Puccini and Schoenberg (and his orchestrator, William military men and Asian women, one Japanese, one Vietnamese. In D. Brohn), the story line necessitated that both Madama Butterfly each case, the woman is abandoned and, unbeknownst to the man, has and Miss Saigon be musical children of both East and West. a child. In the end each woman allows her child to join their Parallels in the music can be drawn from both the opera and the American father and his American wife. Having lost their children, musical. "I Still Believe" is a duet sung by Kim and Ellen, Chris's both women commit suicide. American wife. Ellen hopes Chris will forget his former love; Kim As hard as it is to believe, Madama Butterfly, arguably Puccini's declares she will wait for Chris to come back to her. It is similar to best-loved opera, was a failure at its La Scala premiere in 1904. In Cio-Cio-San's famous aria "un bel di," in which the young geisha particular, the "overly exotic musical score filled with oriental declares that her Pinkerton will return to her one fine day. The two influences" was not to Italian tastes. first-act duets between Kim and Chris, "Sun And Moon" and " The Puccini, his faith in his work undiminished, extensively re-worked Last Night Of The World," can be equated to the extended love duet the opera, eliminating the more objectionable exotic vocal passages "Viene la sera" that Puccini wrote for his lovers to bring his first act while keeping oriental harmonic and instrumental sounds. Three to a close. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 14 ~ Since the inspiration for Miss Saigon was a woman's sacrifice for While Cio-Cio-San has many offers of marriage during her child, it is not surprising to learn that Kim's heartfelt ''I'll Give Pinkerton's three-year absence, including one from rich Prince My Life For You, " sung to her child, Tam, was the first song Boublil Yamadori, Schoenberg and Boublil give Kim a suitor with dangerous and Schoenberg composed for the musical. political overtones. Thuy, Kim's cousin, joined the Viet Cong, "As long as you can have becoming a powerful your chance I swear, I'll give communist official after the my life for you. fall of Saigon. He was The opera Madama promised by Kim's father Butterfly also contains a that they would one day be poignant aria, "Tu ,tu , wed. The Engineer leads piccolo Iddio! ," sung by a Thuy to Kim, with tragic sorrowful mother to a child results. Thuy threatens to she is sending away. In kill her son because his translation the text says: father is an American. If "Butterfly must die, so Kim were to marry Thuy, the that you can go beyond child would dishonor him. the sea ... When Kim kills Thuy to save While there are her son, forces are set in similarities in the music, motion that ultimately place :3 the historical back-drops ,.g the young woman in the "- for the works are quite Engineer's snare. different. Yoko Watanabe as Cio-Cio-San in MOPs 1990 production Perhaps the most political Madame Butterfly. _Belasco based his play on of element in Miss Saigon an 1898 short st

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ACT I

While a group of peasants prepare for a battle with the French, women pray for protection; the Marquise of Berkenfield, who has come near the advancing army by mistake, almost faints with terror. Her steward, Hortensius, urges her to control herself, but the Marquise deplores the state of the world in which Napoleon's army ignores the nobility ("Pour une femme de mon nom"). Sergeant Sulpice and his men appear from behind the rocks. The voice of the French regiment'S drum majorette, Marie, heralds her appearance, and she and Sulpice glory in their love of war and patriotism, reminiscing over the stroke of luck that brought the orphaned Marie to the regiment ("Quel beau jour, quand la providence"). Since then, she has been like a daughter to all the men, her singing and beauty enlivening their martial life. As Sulpice questions the girl about a young Tyrolean she has been seen with, soldiers drag in Tonio, the youth in question, who has been found near the camp. The soldiers want to kill him until Marie relates how he saved her from falling off a precipice. Rejoicing in the men's acceptance of Tonio, she sings the regimental song ("Chacun Ie sait"). The men are ordered to roll call, taking Tonio with them, but he rushes back to declare his love to Marie. The two fall into each other's arms and go off together. Sulpice, Hortensius and the Marquise arrive, and the Marquise tells Sulpice that her late sister had a child by a Captain Robert of Sulpice's regiment. Informed that Marie is that child, she insists on taking the girl away to prepare her for her rightful station in life. Marie enters gaily, only to be told she will soon depart with her newfound aunt. After the four leave, the soldiers usher in a new recruit - Tonio, who hails the day that brought him the girl he loves ("Ah! mes amis, que! jour de fete! "). The soldiers are jealous when they realize Tonio loves Marie, but they accept fate graciously. Tonio's rhapsody on his delight ("Pour mon arne") is ended abruptly by Sulpice's announcement of Marie's departure. Sadly, the girl resigns herself to her new future (II faut partir"). Tonio, Sulpice and the soldiers bemoan their loss as the Marquise drags Marie off, and Tonio vows to follow her.

ACT II

In a salon in her chateau the Marquise receives Sulpice, asking him to convince Marie that the rich German prince she has found will be a good husband. When the girl comes in, the Marquise asks her to sing an air she has learned as part of her training in the social graces ("Le jour maissait dans Ie bacage"). Sulpice interjects fragments of the regimental tune until Marie, after trying a few measures of both, launches into the latter, with the Marquise and Sui pice singing along. Ho.rrified at herself, the Marquise sweeps out, but she cannot help exclaiming at Marie's charm. As Sulpice follows her out, Marie muses sadly upon her upcoming marriage. The strains of a march inform her that the soldiers have arrived, and she salutes them ("Ah! salut ala France! "). Tonio, Marie and Sulpice delight in their reunion ("Tous les trois reunis"), but the Marquise, interrupting, is unmoved by Tonio's expressions of devotion. The lovers go off in opposite directions, and when the Marquise confides to Sulpice that Marie is her own daughter and begs him to help her in the alliance she has set up, he agrees. The Duchess of Krakentorp, mother of the prospective groom, arrives unexpectedly with other wedding guests asking to meet Marie. Having learned the Marquise's secret, the soldiers, led by Tonio, burst in and reveal Marie's rough-and ready upbringing. Marie still is willing to proceed, but the Marquise tells her to take the man she loves. All except the outraged Duchess praise Marie, Tonio and France.

"It is so merry, with so Unlike his distinguished much of the real soldier's life predecessor, Gioacchino in it. They call it bad, but it Rossini, Donizetti never is surprising how easily one settled in Paris. But the .' can become used to 'bad' French capital was the music! " center of the musical world Thus commented Felix in those days, and several Mendelssohn on Donizetti's of his works received their La Fille du Regiment in 1847, first productions there seven years after its premiere while others were in Paris. Mendelssohn was translated into French. no friend to frivolity, in music Within two years of or elsewhere, but he knew a Donizetti's first trip to gay, melodic, and . France in 1838 he had had well-crafted opera when he four operas performed at heard one, and he admired different theaters, the man who could write it. ~ producing a state of mutiny ~ Gaetano Donizetti 8 among French composers. composed sixty-seven operas ~ In fact, when La Fille du in his fifty years, most of ~ Regiment received its them serious, dramatic and ~ premiere at the highly charged emotionally. Opera-Comique some of Of these only one, Lucia di those composers seem to Lammermoor, can really be have organized a hostile called part of the standard reception which was soon repertory, although the bel :;

SUZANNE ACTON KEVIN ANDE RSON DENNIS BERGEVIN ROBERT BRUBAKER CONDUCTOR, CHORUS MASTER TENOR (ILLINOIS) JEFFREY FRANK TENOR (PENNSYLVANIA) 1 (MICHIGAN) MOT Credits CO- DIRECTOR S MOTDmul , MOT Credits Manin, The Tender Land ELSEN ASSOCIATES (NEW YORK) 1994 faIl Season Chorus Master/Assistant Music Director since 1981 1994 fall Season MOT Credits Pinkenon, Madama Buuerjly 1994 faIl Suson Tonio, Daughter of the Regiment Resident Hair and Make-Up Designers, since 19BB Metropolitan Opera dem Serai/, Die Conductor, The Daughter of the Regiment Entfuhrung aus Chorus Master, Madama Butterjly New York City Opera, Aliule Nighl Music broadcast on 1994 fall Season Meistersinger, Ariadne auf Nuxos; New York City Opera, PBS "live [rom lincoln Center,' Sireel Scene, l1feu re Resident Hair and Make-Up, Madama Buuerjly, La Bohtme, Lucia di Lammerm oor, Madama Buuerjly, Die Conductor, Michigan Opera Thealer, The Barber of Espagnole; lyric Opera o[ Chicago, Six Characters in The Daughter of the Regimenl Fledermaus; Opera Orchestra o[ New York ,jenufa; New Seville, The Music Man, The Pirates of Penza nee; Search of an AUlhor; San Francisco Opera, lear, fAfricaine York City Opera Touring Company, La Traviala, Tasca ; Dayton Opera, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The broadcast on PBS "Great Performances;" Chicago Opera New York Shakespeare Festival; Radio City Music Hall; Canadian Opera, ateI/o, La Rondine; [Opera de Piratts of Penzanee; Coach, Opera Theater o[ 51. louis, Theater, The Merry Wives of Windsor; English National Washington Opera; Philadelphia Opera; Greater Miami Montreal, Portrait of Manon; Greater Miami Opera, San Diego Opera; Visiting Assistant Professor o[ Music, Opera, Sireet Scene; Scottish National Opera, Cosi fan lutte; Opera; Pittsburgh Opera; Dallas Opera; Spoleto Manon leseaul, Macbelh, The Passion oflonathan Wade Oakland University BBC broadcast o[ I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in Festival; USA, Italy, Australia; Edinburgh Festival; America; PBS broadcast o[ an all-star salute to Stephen Merchanl of Venice, Broadway; PBS and HBO Sondheim [rom Carnegie Hall o[ "Great Performances"

THEODORE CARLSON KEN CAZAN TRACY DAHL DOROTHY DANNER BARITONE (M ICHIGAN) DIRECTOR (OHIO) COLORATURA SOPRANO (CANADA) DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAP HER MOT Del1ul MOT Credits MOT Credits (M ISSOURI) 1994 fall Season Director, Fa ust 1994 Euridice, Orpheus in Ihe Underworld 1986 MOT Credits Sharpless, Madama Buuerjly 1994 fall Season 1994 fall Season Director, The Merry Widow 1993; Director, 1991 ; Director, Director, Madama Buuerjly Marie, The Daughter of the Regiment Candide Mikado 1982 National Theater o[ Mannheim, Pagliacci; Kre[eld , 1994 faIl Suson German y, Zar und Zimmermann; Benelux, La Boheme, Canadian Opera Company, Werther, Suor Angelica; Melropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Washington Director, The Daughla of Ihe Regimenl Tosea, le Nozze di Figaro, lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Pacific, Greater Miami Opera, Concen Opera, Ariadne auf Naxo s; Washington Concen La Traviata, Die Tote Stadt , Don Giovanni , Gianni Fausl; Boston lyric Opera, Atlanta Opera, Carmen; Opera , Lahml; Wol[Trap, Manitoba Opera,le Nozze di Boston Pops Orthcstra, PBS broadcast of' An Evening with Schicchi; Munich Biennial Festival [or WDR Television, Sante Fe Opera, Inl ermezzo; Seattle Opera, Academy o[ Figaro; Wol[ Trap, San Francisco ,les Conies D' Hoffmann; Gilbert and Sullivan"; Chicago Opera Theater, La Traviata; Manioba Opera, New Orleans Opera, Sy ra cuse Opera, Orlando The Mother of Three Sons; Schwetzinger Fiestval, Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, La Boheme; Opera Theater Washington Opera, Cendrillon, Cosi fan Tuite, Die Opera, The Daughter o{the Regiment; Pennsylvania Opera The Game of love and Chanee o[ SI. louis, Mitridate, II Turco in /talia, Seattle Opera; Fledermaus ; Canadian Opera Company, Die Fledermaus; los Thea ter, Tasca, La Granat DuchfSSl de Gemlstein; New York's Madama Buuerjly, Die Zauberjlote; Opera Hamilton Angeles Music Center Opera , 01eo and Euridi((; los Angeles ( emer for Contemporary Opera, Postcard from Morocco; Cunis broadcast on CBC, Fausl; Opera Omaha, Rigoleuo Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Orpheus in the Underworld; Institute, POSlca rd from Morocco, Th , Tender Land; Opera San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Un Ballo in Carolina, HMS Pinafort, Oil ZauiJerjlill'; The Minnesota Opera, Maschera; National Ans Center, Don Giovanni; Manitoba The Pira!es of Penzance; Glimmerglass Opera , The Mikwlo, Albert Herring; Central City Opera, The Student Prin ce; Opera Opera, Th e Doughier of Ihe Regiment Pacific, The Men)' Widow; Portland Opera, Man of La Mancha

1 I GUlPING DENG LAWRENCE F. FORMOSA THOMAS HAMMONS PAUL HARTFIELD SOPRANO (CH INA) BARITONE (M ICHIGAN) BASS-BARITONE (OKLAHOMA) TENOR (MICHIGAN) MOT Dwul MOT Credits MOT Credits MOT Dwul Fiorello, The Barber of Seville 1993; Messenger, Aida BenoitiAlcindoro,La Boheme 1992 1994 fallSuson 1992; Chorus, Candide 1991 ; Marullo, Rigoleuo 1990; 1994 faIl Suson Madama Butterfly, Madama Buuerjly Paris, Romeo el julieue 1990; Marquis , La Traviala 1990 1994 fallSuson Pinkenon, Madama Buuerjly Sulpice, Daughter of the Regiment Opera Theater o[ SI. louis, Madama BUUerjly, Don 1994 faIl Suson New York City Opera, La Boheme, Madama Butterjly, Giovanni; Houston Grand Opera, Madama BuUerjly; YarnadorilCommissioner, Madama Buuerjly New York City Opera, Martha; New York City Rigoleuo, Anna Bolena, Lucia di Lammermoor, lyric Opera Opera Delaware, Boston lyric Opera, los Angeles, La National Company, La Boheme; San Francisco Opera, o[ Chicago, La Boheme; San Diego Opera, Baltimore Boheme, Salisbury lyric Opera le nozze di Figaro; 0rra Dayton Opera, The Imp resario, First The Music, Brooklyn Academy, The Dealh of Klingho{{er; Austin Opera, The Daughter of the Regiment; Cincinnati Opera, New England, La Cenerentola; soloist [or Centra Then The Words; Opera Omaha, Manon, Rigoleuo; lyric Opera, Don Giovann i, La CenerenlOla; Houston Rigoletto; Greater Mianti Opera, Seattle Opera, Cosi fan Broadcasting Company in China Santa Fe Opera,La Bohtme, Ariadne auf Nuxos, judith, Grand Opera, Frankfun Opera, Paris, los Angeles tutte; Houston Grand Opera, Der Rosenkavalier, La Calista, A Nighl At The Chinese Opera; Music Center Opera, Nixon in China; Atlanta Opera, La Boheme, Madama Butterjly, Lucia di Lammermoor; Huron Civic Theater, Evila rElisir d'A more; Teatro liceu, Atlanta Opera, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Der Rosenkavalier; Copyright 2010, Michiganle Nozze Opera di Figaro; Opera Theatre Pacific, Tosea Royal Opera de Wallonie, Rigoleuo 20 ~ Fall Season Artist Profiles ~

DONALD CONRAD AARON HUNT MITCHELL KRIEGER DANA LENTINI HARTMANN TENOR (MICHIGAN) CONDUCTOR (NEW YORK) SOPRANO (CALIFORNIA) BASS-BARITONE (NORTH CAROLINA) MOT Credits MOT Credits MOTCret!its PrilSChilSCh, The Merry Widow 1993; Chorus: Tosca, Conductor, The Barber of Sevi lle 1993; Chorus, Samson et Delilah 1992; MOTCret!its Ca rmen, Haunt ed Castle, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Conductor, Candide 1991 Chorus, La Boh!:me 1993 Wagner, Faust 1994; Marriage of Figaro, La Traviata , Die Zauberfl6te, Th e 1994 1994 fall Season 1994 fall Season Mandarin , Turandot Barber of Seville,Falstalf, La Boh /m, Conductor, Madama Butterfly Kate Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly 1994 fall Season 1994 fall S£ason Bonze, Madama Butterfly Hortensius, Daughter of the Regiment MOT Director of Artistic Resources, 1990 to Opera Theatre at Wildwood, Little R.R. Hood; present; Cleveland Opera, HMS Pinafore, My Fair Toledo Opera, !Elisir D'Amore, Sid and the Opera Delaware, Aida, La Traviata, 51. Matthew Prince Street Players, Alice in Wonderland; Dayton Lady, Madama Butterfly; Universty of Michigan Serpent, Hansel and Gretel; Rochester Sym phony Passion, Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Opera, Kismet; 1010 Players, H.M.5. Pinafore; Michigan Musical Theater, Lave Life; NYC Opera National Orchestra, Livonia Symphony Orchestra, Symphony, Messiah; Staduheater Regensberg, Lyric Opera, Marriage of Figaro; Marquis Productions, Tour; La Boh/me, Carmen, Conducting Staff, fea tured soloist; Grosse Pointe United Church, Toledo Opera, Opera!Lenewee, Greensboro Annie; Nancy Gurwin Productions, Once Upo n A NYC Opera; Santa Fe Opera, Virginia Opera, soloist; Detroit Concert Choir; Temple Israel, Opera, Virginia Opera Mattress; Theatre of the Ans, little Mary Sunshine, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Pacific soloist; Opera Theatre at Wildwood, Godspell, Celebration, Luv, 1Do! 1Do!; Crossroads Young Artist Apprentice Productions, Fa ntasticks, Wi za rd of Oz, Hansel and Gretel; Downriver Children's Theater, Aladdin

JEFFREY LENTZ IRINA KAREN NOTARE SCOTT PIPER TENOR (PENNSYLVANIA) MISHURAmHTMAN SOPRANO (NEW JERSEY) TENOR (COSTA RICA) MOT Credits MEZZO SOPRANO (RUSSIA) MOT Deblll MOTDeblll Nanki-Poo, Mikado 1991 MOT Deblll 1994 fall Season 1994 fall Season 1994 fall Season Madama Butterlly, Madama Butterfly Goro, Madama Butterfly Tonia, The Daughter of the Regiment 1994 fall Season Suzuki, Madama Butterfly New Yo rk City Opera National Company, 1995 Spring Season Toronto, Phantom of the Opera; Minneso ta Rockfo rd Symphony Orchestra, Madama spofetta , Tosca Opera, The Pirates of Penzance; Connecticut Moldavian State Opera, Faust, 11 Trovatore, Un Butterfly; Opera de Nice, La Boheme; Wexford Grand Opera, Barbe Bleu; National Public Ballo in Maschera , Don Ca rlo, Norma, La forza International Opera Festival, Zaza, 11 Piccolo Rackham Society, Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Radio broadcast and recording with the del Destino, Marriage of Figaro, Barber of Sevi lle, Marat; Hong Kong Opera Company, Otello; Messiah; Detroit Oratorio Society, Part's Te Deum; Cavalleria Rusticana, Werther, Boris Godunov; Pittsburgh Symphony, "An Evening of Italian University of Michigan, Die Za uberflote, Falstalf, Stamfo rd Master Singers, The Flight of Sai nt of Bleecker Street, Vanessa , Messe in d-dur, Lindbergh; Pittsburgh Opera, Mefistofele , Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Snow Maiden; Opera"; Cincinnati Symphony, La Vida Breve; Cont es d'Ho((mann , Sa lom e; Muhlenberg Music Toledo Opera, Faust Orquestra do Porto, Verdi's Requiem; Kalamazoo Gabet; Ann Arbor Civic Theater, West Side Story; Festival , the Red Hill , HMS Pinafore, Kismet; Symphon y, Tosca; Three-time winner of the Northeastern Missouri University, Lincoronazione Yale University, Don Giovanni Puccini Foundation Award; Winner of the di Poppea, The Barber of Seville, Gianni Schicchi, Cosi fan tuU e; University of Michigan Gilbert Puccini International Vocal CompetiLion and Sullivan, Patience

MARION PRATNICKI KENDALL SMITH DINA SORESI-WINTER ANNA VIKRE MEZZO SOPRANO (NEW YORK) LIGHTING DESIGNER (MICHIGAN) MEZZO SOPRANO SOPRANO (SACRAMENTO) MOT Credits MOT Credits (M ICHIGAN) MOTDeblil Marthe SchwiUen, Faust 1983; Annina, Lighting Consultant 1989--94 MOT Debut 1994 fall Season La Traviata 1983; Zita, Gianni Schieci 1985 1994 fall Season 1994 fall S£ason Marie, Daughter of the Regiment 1994 fall Season Lighting Designer, Madama Butterfly, Th e Duchess, The Daughter of the Regiment Marquise, The Daughter of the Regi ment Daughter of the Regiment Palm Beach Opera, Aspen Music Festival , Italy, Cavalleria Rusticana; Compagnia dell' Opera Greater Miami Opera, Die Zauberfl6te; Finalist in Cleveland Opera, The Barber of Seville, The Ba llad Opera Pacific, Tosca ; Dayton Opera, Madama Italiana, Norma, Aida, Pagliacci; Teatro Donizeui Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, of Baby Doe, The Sound of Music, Yeo man of the Butterfly; Malibu American Stage Festival, di Bergamo, Maria Stuarda; Staats theater, Tosca winner of Loren L. Zachary Society National Guard; Chautauqua Opera, Orlando Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar; MOT, Madama Butterfly, Vocal Competition, The Boca Raton Vocal The Da ughter of the Regiment; Glimmerglass Ariadne auf Naxos, Candide, Mikado; Pioneer Competition, and The Newberger Award in the Opera, Turn of the Screw, Iolanth e; Kentucky Thea tre, UT, A Penny for a Song; Attic Theatre, Palm Beach Opera Competition Opera, Turn of the Screw; Opera at Wildwood, Teibele and Her Demon Pirates of Penzance; Dallas Opera, }enufa, Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre La Trav iata; Liule Rock, The Mikado 21 ~ • • ee tn a nt ue o r

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CREATE-AN-OPERA Karen VanderKloot DiChiera is chair of the OFY WITH ORCHARDS proceedings, November 8-9. The OA portion, November CHILDREN SERVICES 9-12 is being chaired by Steven Henrikson, Head of the Voice Area of the Music Depamnent of the University ofWmdsor, The squeals of relay race runners; jump rope chants; the frequent MOT perfonner, and perfonner and vocal coach for sounds of xylophones, drums, tambourines and the sing-song the Toronto production of Phantom oj the Opera. of childrens voices greeted one when walking upstairs into the Some of the weeks offerings include presentations by the ope~ offices during the last three weeks of August The two Canadian Opera Company and the Canadian Children:s Opera large rehearsal rooms became elementary and middle school Chorus. Aeso~ Fables, the newly commissioned Community classrooms for twenty-five youngsters. Sponsored by the Programs childrens opera is one of only four new operas Orchards Childrens Services, a three week Create- an-Opera chosen for a live read-through. Donald Hartmann (Sacrastan arts camp was directed by Karen VanderKloot DiChiera and in MOTs Tosca ) brings his opera workshop students from Irina Lekhtman & Jonathan Swift the Depamnent of Community Programs. Eastern Michigan University to perfonn. John Leberg is pan of Community Programs artists, and Depamnent Assistant an NOA panel and Dr. Jonathon Swift, host of MOT,s Time Director, Mark Vondrak along with soprano Kristin Donahue, Out Jor Opera with Bloomfield Community TV participates in TIME-OUT FOR OPERA Kevin Cannon (Falah Salam) of the Bonstelle Theatre, and a panel on education and TV The popular television series Time-Out Jor Opera, recently Rennell Rice, music teacher with the Detroit Public Schools nominated internationally for a cable award in the Arts Series worked daily with the children. Coordinating the program for AESOP'SFABLES Category, has taped thineen new programs with Bloomfield Orchan:ls Childrens SeIVices was Community Planning The depamnentS newly commissioned a new childrens Community Television, Naydene Maynard, General Manager. Coordinator, Kimberly Bunon, whose son Alexis was also a opera, Aesops Fables by award-winning composer Uiwrence Brainchild of Dr.Jonathan Swift, series host, it is co-hosted camper. Singer and noted librettist Douglas Bravenrtan is currently and produced by Karen VanderKloot DiChiera, directed by The arts camp grew from meetings between Marilyn being booked throughout Michigan and neighboring states. Tun Pamplin, and features many personalities well-known to Wheaton, Director of Concerned Otizens for the Arts in Uiurie jensen--Russsell, teacher at Garfield Elementary MOT audiences including Dr. David DiChiera,John Leberg, Michigan;Jerry Levin, CEO of Orchards Childrens SeIVices; School in The Flint Community School District, Mitchell Krieger, Dr. Wallace Peace, and singers Frances joan Binkow, of Orchards' Board of Directors; Marianne is creating the animal costumes. Ms. Russe\ls thin! grade class Brockington, Candace De Uittre, Irina Lekhtrnan, Eamestine Endicott, of MOTs Board of Directors; and Bernie Quinlan of participated in a Create-an-Opera project for which she Nimmons, Donald Hartmann, Steve Henrikson, Scott Piper, MOTs Volunteer Association. executed the costumes in spring of 1994. Karl Schmidt and other artists of Community Programs. Family, friends, and staff members of both MOT and The programs will air throughout the 1994-95 season to Orchards Childrens Services enjoyed the joyful, REVUE A HIT! residents of Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township on standing-room-only closure perfonrtance in the opera lnjuly 1994, the channelll. rehearsal rooms on August 27th. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts (William HARRY KARENVANDERKLOOT DICHIERA CHAIRS Biddle, Executive Due to popular demand, the Depamnent will extend its OPERA CONVENTION IN TORONTO: Director; Uirry Carrico, unique anti-5moking show, The Night Hany Stopped Smoking November 8-12, 1994 is opera convention week in Toronto, Technical Director) through 1995 in Michigan and neighboring states. "Harry," Ontario, Canada. sponsored twelve written by Ross Dabrusin and john Davies, promotes an anti Opera For Youth (OFY) is an international organization enthUSiastically received smoking message to young audiences. State perfOnrtances are promoting operas for and by young people, perfonned by perfOnrtances of the sponsored by the American Lung Association of Michigan. adults and/or children. The National Opera Association Karl Schmidt, Depamnents revue, From (NOA) is an international organization comprised of opera Mark Vondrak, Betsy Broodway to Hollywood. Bronson, Maria companies and colleges, universities, and conservatories It was accompanied by For infonnation on all of the DepamnentS activities, contact Cimarelli which have opera depamnents and workshops. Kevin Bylsma (musical Dolores Tobis, Marketing Manager, (313)874-7894. These two organizations traditionally hold their annual arranger) andjim Hohmeyer and choreographed by Annette conventions together. Bergasse. Our thanks to all who made this possible! Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 26 ~ LET ThE SHOW

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Our nearly quarter century of activity has only been possible through the Volunteer Association Members Receive: efforts of many dedicated individuals contributing their time and resources in support of Michigan Opera Theatre's mission. • BRAVO, MOT's informative news magazine This dedicated support has been through a variety of forma and has • Volunteer Association Membership Card encompassed individuals and corporations participating on the Board of • Inclusion in the Volunteer Association Invitation Directory Directors, operating the Opera Boutique, providing hospitality to visiting artists, and hosting a cavalcade of social • Invitation to attend a Dress Rehearsal of a MOT fundraising events. production The Board of Directors of Michigan opera Theatre • Special Volunteer Events has recognized the impact volunteer participation and leadership has on developing the company for our Your $25 annual membership in the Volunteer growth into the Detroit Opera House. On June 8, 1993 Association helps to support the ongoing activities the Board created a standing committee to revitalize and and programs of Michigan Opera Theatre, and is fully encourage volunteerism within the organization, combining tax-deductible as a contribution to a 50lCc)3 organization. innovative responses to our changing volunteer community The Michigan Opera Theatre Volunteer Association is with the success of the past. an exciting initiative whose purpose is to promote a solid base of volunteer This committee, the Volunteer Association Committee, has launched the support for Michigan Opera Theatre. To receive information on how you Volunteer Association this season by identifying the common interests of can participate as an MOT volunteer, please contact the MOT Volunteer volunteers and encouraging participation at all levels of the company. Under Association Coordinator at 6519 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202; or call the leadership of Gloria A. Clark, a dedicated group of 27 enthusiastic (313) 874-7850 to receive a membership brochure. individuals stepped forward to form a volunteer structure that can be responsive to all volunteers. We encourage you to join us and help to We are always looking for new groups! If you have an idea for a new continue to be the most vital part in the growth of Michigan Opera Theatre. group, please call us!

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SIGNAL FELLOWS DONORS IBM Corporation ].c. Penney Company, Inc. BENEFACTORS $10,000 - $14,999 $1,000 - $2,499 JWK &: Associates, Inc. $50,000+ AlliedSignal Automotive 3M1Detroit Sales Center Johnson Controls, Inc. Ameritech ANR Pipeline Co. ABB Paint Finishing Kelly Services Inc. Chrysler Corporation Fund Lear Seating Corporation Alcoa Fujikura, LTD. Kerry Steel, Inc. Ford Motor Company Saks Fifth Avenue B.A.E. Lobdell-Emery General Motors BASF Corp. Manufacturing Co. Corporation Bozell Worldwide, Inc. Magna International (America) SUSTAINERS (Detroit North) Metropolitan Life Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Chrysler &: Plymouth Michelin Tire Corp. Dealers Advertising Michigan Plastic Products MAJOR Alcoa Foundation Cold Heading Company Monroe Auto Equipment Co.! Atoma International BENEFACTORS Coopers &: Lybrand Tenneco Auto. Blue Cross-Blue Shield $25,000 - $49,999 Douglas &: Lomason Company NYX Plymouth, Inc. of Michigan and Divisions Ogilvy &: Mather Hudson's Department Deloitte and Touche Dow Chemical Company Regan Productions Store Co. Target Durr Industries, Inc. Rockwell International Kmart Corporation Woodbridge Form Elsa Corporation Schlegel North American Corporation Ernst and Young Automotive Oper. BENEFACTORS Findlay Industries, Inc. Shell Oil Company Foundation PATRONS GKN Automotive Inc. Inc. $15,000 - $24,999 Gencorp Automotive Textron Inc. Cadillac Motor Carl $2,500 - $4,999 General Electric Company Thyssen Steel Company General Motors Corp. AAA Michigan General Tire, Inc. Tri-County D.A.NCrestwood Comerica, Inc. Dickinson Wright Moon Goldman Sachs Money Dodge Consumers Power VanDusen &: Freeman Markets, L.P. Trico Products Corporation Foundation George P. Johnson Company Goodyear Tire &: Rubber Co. u.s. Manufacturing Detroit Edison Foundation Masco Tech, Inc. Greater Detroit Jeep Eagle Corporation Michigan National Corp. Michigan Consolidated Dealers Virtual Engineering NBDBank Gas Company Handleman Charitable Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc. Foundation White General Contractors Howell Industries, Inc. Yarema Die &: Engineering Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre CONTRIBUTORS A P Parts Manufacturing Co. Mattar Financial Corp. A.]. Etkin Construction Co. Me~er Inc. Foundation & $500 - $999 ASC Inc. Mu tifastener Corporation Ambrose, Inc. Airtech Corporation NTH Consultants, Ltd. Government American Fibrit, Inc. Albert Kahn Assoc., Inc. Newcor, Inc. Arvin North American American Bumper &. Mfg.Co . North Brothers Ford, Inc. Support Automotive American Glass &. Metals Ogihara America Cor~oration Augat Wiring ~stems , Inc. Armstrong Buick-Isuzu PPG Industries Foun ation Automotive In us trial Sales B &. W Cartage Compan Pepper, Hamilton &. Scheetz GOVERNMENT Inc. Barris, Sott, Denn &. Dri ker Perini Building Company Michigan Council for Arts &. Automotive Moulding Co. Becker Group, Inc. Plastomer Corporation Cultural Affairs Barton-Malow Company Bierlein Companies Presto lite Wire Corp. National Endowment for the Arts CSX Transportation Broad, Vogt &. Conant, Inc. Price Waterhouse Compuware Corp. C.A. Muer Corporation Robertson UDI SIGNAL BENEFACTORS Daikin Clutch Corporation C.j. Edwards Company Rochester Gear, Inc. Davis Industries, Inc. CUNA Mutual Insurance Schreiber Corporation $50,000+ Delta Dental Fund Group Smith, Hinchman &. Grylls The Skillman Foundation Donnelly Corporation Car-Tee, Inc. Associates Inc. Dura Mechanical Components, Cochrane Supply &. The Taubman ComEany Inc. MAIOR BENEFACTORS Inc. Enyineering, Inc. The Structured Sett ements $25,000 - $49,999 Dykema Gossett Conk in Benham Ducey Company Hudson-Webber Foundation E &. l Transport Co. listman &. Chuhran The W W Group, Inc. Eaton Corp. Conwal MacKenzie &. Tokico (USA) , Inc. Eaton Corp. - Engine Dun eavy, Inc. Travel Unlimited, Inc. BENEFACTORS Components Division DeMaria Building Company Tuesday Musicale $15,000 - $24,999 Fabricated Steel Products Inc. Weir Manuel Synder &. Ranke DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Failure Analysis Associates Dearborn Federal Savings Bank Knight Foundation Foster, Swift, Collins and Delaco Steel Corporation Matilda R. Wilson Fund Smith, Pc. Detroit Free Press 1994 IN KIND DONORS McGregor Fund Giddings and lewis, Inc. Detroit Headin~ C'J. Inc. ANR Pipeline Company Golden Valley Dairy Dold, Spath an McKelvie, Pc. Campbell &. Company FELLOWS Harmony House Records Dominion Tool &. Die Co. Inc. Chrysler Corporation Fund $10,000 - $14,999 &. Tapes' Dryden, MarrIes, Coopers &. lybrand, l.l.P Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Hawthorne Metal Products Schimanec , et aI. Deloitte &. Touche James &. lynelle Holden Fund Company Duane Smelser Roofing Ford Motor Company ITW Deltar Company General Motors Corporation The Samuell. Westerman ITW Shakeproof E.]. Bonner Hudson's Department Store Co Foundation J. Walter Thompson USA Ferguson Electric Co . Parkhill &. Company David M. Whitney Fund JKC USA Corporation First American Title Insurance The Ritz-Carlton Kawasaki Robotics (USA) , Inc. Company Saks Fifth Avenue SUSTAINERS Kenmar CO~K Flavin Associates, Inc. The Somerset Collection $5,000 - $9,999 Kenwal Pro ucts Corporation Four Way Asphalt Paving, Inc. C. Thomas Toppin &. Mary Thompson Foundation Lamb Technicon Corporation Geor~e W Auch Co. Associates libralter Plastics, Inc. Giffe s Associates, Inc. The Townsend Hotel PATRONS lintas: Campbell-Ewald Grunwell-Cashero Company United American Healthcare loomis Sayles &. Co. Inc. Inc. Corp. $2,500 - 4,999 Masland Industries Hall Engineering CO. WQRS-FM 105 Japanese Society of Detroit M.5.!. Warren Stamping Harley Ellington Pierce Yee The Westin Hotel Foundation NGK -locke, Incorporated Assoc. NGK Spark Plugs (USA) , Inc. Health Enrichment Center, Inc. DONORS Northern Engraving Hi-Stat Manufacturing Co. Inc. 1224 OPERA BALL $1,000 - $2,499 Corhoration Hovinga Business Systems Inc. IN KIND DONORS PVS C emicals Inc. Huntington Banks of Michigan Drusilla Farwell Foundation Plunkett &. Cooney Pc. Huron, Inc. Tracy Dahl Young Woman's Home Association Prince Corporation Iafrate Construction Company Donald E. McNabb Carpet CO Robert Bosch Corporation ].D.5. Piping, Inc. DuMouchelle Art Galleries CONTRIBUTORS Siegel-Robert Inc. Janet Varner Inc. JPRA Architects and Planners $500 - $999 Simpson Industries Inc. John E. Green Co. Michael Killian The Budd Company Kaul Glove &. Manufacturing Neiman-Marcus Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation The Standard Products Co. Company Pegasus lighting Meyer and Anna Prentis Family The Torrington Company Kazul &. Associates walbridge-Aldin~er Fdn. Inc. Thompson-McCully Co. Kelvyn Ventour Promotions Washington Clot iers The Clarence and Jack Himmel Toledo Stamping Inc. Foundation Toyo Seat USA Corp. Kenneth Neumann/Joel Smith Village Women's Club Foundation Versacom, Inc. &. Associates 1224 OPERA BALL Weldmation Inc. Kela Plastics, Inc. . AUCTION DONORS Beginning with the 1993-94 season, Evola ZF Industries, Inc. La ayette Steel &. Processing Music has graciously agreed to provide and Zenith Industrial Corp. leroy Industries Inc. DuMouchelle Art Galleries service Baldwin pianos Jor Michigan Opera lou laRiche Chevrolet Geo Evola Music Centers Theatre's rehearsal and perJormance needs. SUPPORTERS MTD Products Inc. Ford Motor Company We are grateJul to Ben Evola and his associates Maddin, Hauser, Wartell &. Greenstone's Jewelers Jor their enthusiastic cooperation, and look $100 - $499 Roth Grunwell-Cashero Company, Jorward to greatly enhanced musical A &. E Communications Masco Tech Sintered Inc. satisJaction with the addition oj these pianos to the opera company's artistic process. Corporation Components, Inc. Opus One Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre JI ~ IMPRESARIO CIRCLE FELLOWS SUSTAINERS $1,000 - $1,499 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klein $10,000+ $1,500 - $2,499 Dr. &: Mrs. Alfred M. Kreindler Mr. &: Mrs. Philip E. Benton,]r. Dr. Lourdes V Andaya Anonymous Mr. &: Mrs. David W Krupp Mr. &: Mrs. Robert E. Dewar Mrs. Robyn J. Arrington, Sr. Mrs. Judson B. Alford Mr. and Mrs. William Ku Dr. &: Mrs. Sam B. Williams Drs. John and Marilyn Mr. &: Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Mr. and Mrs. Gary W Laehn Belamaric Mr. &: Mrs. David Aronow Mrs. Leonard 1. Lewis MAJOR BENEFACTORS Mr. Charles A. Bishop Mr. &: Mrs. Donald]. Atwood Dr. &: Mrs. Kim K. Lie $5,000 - $9,999 Mr. David Chivas The Honorable &: Mrs. Edward Dr. &: Mrs. Robert P Lisak Anonymous The Honorable &: Avadenka Mr. &: Mrs. Harry A. Lomason Mr. &: Mrs. ]. Addison Bartush Mrs. Avern L. Cohn Mr. &: Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Louise Mr. &: Mrs. Donald]. Bortz,Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Rodkey Craighead Dr. &: Mrs. John G. Bielawski Mr. &: Mrs. Alphonse S. Estate of Allen B. Christman, Mr. &: Mrs. Richard E. Cregar Dr. &: Mrs. David Bloom Lucarelli at the request of Katherine J. Mr. &: Mrs. Ernest S. Curtis Mr. &: Mrs. Douglas Borden Dr. &: Mrs. Henry W Maicki Gustafsson Julia Donovan Darlow and Dr. Mark I. Burnstein Mrs. Wade H. McCree, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Irving Rose John O'Meara Dr. Barbara D. Chapman and Mr. &: Mrs. Eugene Miller Mr. Frank Andrews Mr. &: Mrs. Carl Mitseff Mr. &: Mrs. George Strumbos Lady Jane Easton Mr. &: Mrs. Frederick H. Clark Mr. &: Mrs. Fred Morganroth Mr. &: Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mr. Michael]. Connolly Mr. &: Mrs. E. Clarence Mr. &: Mrs. R. Jamison Mrs. Benson Ford,]r. Dr. Mary Carol Conroy Mularoni Williams, Sr. Mrs. Barbara Frankel &: Mr. &: Mrs. Peter Cooper Mr. &: Mrs. E. Michael Mutchler Mr. Mrs. R. Alexander Mr. &: Mrs. Edward P Frohlich Mr. and Mrs. Lawerence David Mr. &: Mrs. James Pamel Wrigley &: Mr. Mrs. Larry Garberding Mr. &: Mrs. Lawrence H. Dr. Robert E. L. Perkins BENEFACTORS Mr. &: Mrs. John C. Griffin Dickelmann, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Brock E. Plumb $2,500 - $4,999 Mrs. Robert M. Hamady Ms. Hilda R. Ettenheimer Mr. and Mrs. David Pollack Mr. &: Mrs. E. J. Hartmann Anonymous Mr. &: Mrs. Paul E. Ewing Mr. &: Mrs. Robert R. Reilly Mrs. Roger W Hull Mr. &: Mrs. Terence Adderley Mr. &: Mrs. Lloyd C. Fell Mr. &: Mrs. Richard H. Rogel Mr. &: Mrs. MaxwellJospey Dr. &: Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Mr. &: Mrs. Charles 1. Fisher, III Mr. &: Mrs. Hans Rogind Mr. &: Mrs. Thomas G. Kirby Dr. &: Mrs. Agustin Arbulu Mr. &: Mrs. Louis P Fontana Dr. &: Mrs. Norman R. Schakne Mr. &: Mrs. Eugene L. Klein Dr. &: Mrs. Donald C. Austin Mr. Brian Fossee The Honorable Joan Young and Mr. &: Mrs. Mark Alan Baun Th.: Honorable Jack Martin and Mr. and Mrs. David M. Fried Mr. Thomas Schellenberg Mr. &: Mrs. W Victor Benjamin Dr. Bettye Arrington-Martin Mrs. Roy Fruehauf Dr. &: Mrs. Arthur H. Schultz Mr. &: Mrs. Gerald Bright Mr. &: Mrs. William 1. Mr. &: Mrs. Frank A. Mr. Joseph Schwartz Mrs. Martin L. Butzel McCormick,Jr. Gerrnack, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Roger E Sherman The Honorable Dominick R. Mr. &: Mrs. Daniel Medow Mr. &: Mrs. Keith E. Gifford Mr. &: Mrs. Richard Sloan Carnovale Mr. &: Mrs. Morkus Mitrius Mr. &: Mrs. Alan L. Gornick Mr. &: Mrs. Norman Sloman Mr. Thomas Cohn Mr. Edwin Lee Morrell In memory of Mr. &: Mrs. Richard D. Mr. &: Mrs. Cameron B. Duncan Mr. &: Mrs. Marco Nobili Dr. Berj H. Haidostian - Mrs. Starkweather Mr. &: Mrs. Max M. Fisher Mr. &: Mrs. Eino Nurme Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. &: Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman &: I. &: Mr. &: Mrs. Samuel Frankel Dr. &: Mrs. Moon]. Pak Dr. Mrs. Joel Hamburger Dr. Mrs. Lawrence Usher Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson Mr. &: Mrs. Jules Pallone Mr. &: Mrs. Frederic H. Hayes Mrs. C. Theron Van Dusen &: Mr. &: Mrs. Preston B. Happel Mr. John E. Perry Mr. Mrs. David H. Hill Dr. Estelle P Wachtel-Torres Ms. Mary Ann Hollars Mr. &: Mrs. Gary L. Wasserman Mr. &: Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart Mr. &: Mrs. John B. Renick Mr. and Mrs. Keith Honhart Mr. Mrs. Gary L. White Mr. &: Mrs. David B. Herrnelin Mr. &: Mrs. Louis R. Ross &: Miss H. Barbara Johnston Mr. &: Mrs. James E. Wilkes Mr. &: Mrs. Verne G. Istock Mr. &: Mrs. Fred C. Mrs. William E. Johnston Mr. &: Mrs. Eric A. Wiltshire Dr. &: Mrs. Richard W Kulis Schneidewind Mr. Martin and Ms. Geneva Dr. Kathryn]. Wimbish Mrs. Ruth Mott Mr. &: Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Maisel Kellman Dr. &: Mrs. Clyde Wu Mr. &: Mrs. Kenneth A. Pickl, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Frank C. Shaler Dr. &: Mrs. Charles Kessler Ms. Lucia Zurkowski Mr. &: Mrs. David P Ruwart Mr. &: Mrs. William H. Smith Mr. &: Mrs. Donald E. Mrs. Mark Stevens Schwendemann Dr. &: Mrs. L. Murray Thomas Mr. &: Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith,]r. Mr. &: Mrs. C. Thomas Toppin Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar Mr. &: Mrs. Robert C. Mr. &: Mrs. James]. Trebilcott VanderKloot Mrs. Richard Van Dusen Mr. &: Mrs. Walter Wilkie Mr. &: Mrs. George C. Vincent Dr. Marilyn L. Williamson Mr. &: Mrs. Richard C. 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Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre J2 ~ Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeBear Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Place Mr. Robert A. Barnhart ORCHESTRA CIRCLE Mr. Richard A. Dearment Mr. Abraham L. Raimi Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel $500 - $999 Ms. Constance Dehosse Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Reilly Mr. Eliezer Basse Mrs. Louise W. Deutch Mr. & Mrs.JohnJ. Riccardo Mr. Percy Bates Ms. Louise Hodgson Mr. James P. Diamond Mr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Robelli Mr. & Mrs. William Beach Dr. Harold Mitche ll Arrington Mrs. Bonnie Dickens Dr. & Mrs. Roger Robinson Mr. Alan Beale Dr. RobynJ . Arrington,Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Dreffs Mr. & Mrs. HoraceJ. Rodgers Mr. Theodore Beard,Jr. Dr. Joseph L. Cahalan Mr. & Mrs. George P. DuenSing Ms. Alice L. Rodriguez Dr. & Mrs. Jacques Beaudoin Mr. & Mrs. Steve Djelebian Drs. Paula and Michael Duffy Mr. Peter Ronan Mr. Donald Becker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fair,Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter P. Dusina,Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Rudner Mrs. Jack Beckwith Mr. Albert Febbo Ms. Anne Edsall Mr. & Mrs. DavidJ. 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ACT I

While a group of peasants prepare for a battle with the French, women pray for protection; the Marquise of Berkenfield, who has come near the advancing army by mistake, almost faints with terror. Her steward, Hortensius, urges her to control herself, but the Marquise deplores the state of the world in which Napoleon's army ignores the nobility (Upour une femme de mon nom"). Sergeant Sulpice and his men appear from behind the rocks. The voice of the French regiment's drum majorette, Marie, heralds her appearance, and she and Sui pice glory in their love of war and patriotism, reminiscing over the stroke of luck that brought the orphaned Marie to the regiment (uQuel beau jour, quand la providence"). Since then, she has been like a daughter to all the men, her singing and beauty enlivening their martial life. As Sulpice questions the girl about a young Tyrolean she has been seen with, soldiers drag in Tonio, the youth in question, who has been found near the camp. The soldiers want to kill him until Marie relates how he saved her from falling off a precipice. Rejoicing in the men's acceptance of Tonio, she sings the regimental song (UChacun Ie sait"). The men are ordered to roll call, taking Tonio with them, but he rushes back to declare his love to Marie. The two fall into each other's arms and go off together. Sulpice, Hortensius and the Marquise arrive, and the Marquise tells Sui pice that her late sister had a child by a Captain Robert of Sulpice's regiment. Informed that Marie is that child, she insists on taking the girl away to prepare her for her rightful station in life. Marie enters gaily, only to be told she will soon depart with her newfound aunt. After the four leave, the soldiers usher in a new recruit - Tonio, who hails the day that brought him the girl he loves (UAh! mes amis, quel jour de fete! "). The soldiers are jealous when they realize Tonio loves Marie, but they accept fate graciously. Tonio's rhapsody on his delight (Upour mon ame") is ended abruptly by Sulpice's announcement of Marie's departure. Sadly, the girl resigns herself to her new future (ll faut partir"). Tonio, Sulpice and the soldiers bemoan their loss as the Marquise drags Marie off, and Tonio vows to follow her.

ACT II

In a salon in her chateau the Marquise receives Sui pice , asking him to convince Marie that the rich German prince she has found will be a good husband. When the girl comes in, the Marquise asks her to sing an air she has learned as part of her training in the social graces (ULe jour maissait dans Ie bacage"). Sulpice interjects fragments of the regimental tune until Marie, after trying a few measures of both, launches into the latter, with the Marquise and Sulpice singing along. Horrified at herself, the Marquise sweeps out, but she cannot help exclaiming at Marie's charm. As Sulpice follows her out, Marie muses sadly upon her upcoming marriage. The strains of a march inform her that the soldiers have arrived, and she salutes them (UAh! salut a la France! "). Tonio, Marie and Sulpice delight in their reunion (UTous les trois reunis"), but the Marquise, interrupting, is unmoved by Tonio's expressions of devotion. The lovers go off in opposite directions, and when the Marquise confides to Sulpice that Marie is her own daughter and begs him to help her in the alliance she has set up, he agrees. The Duchess of Krakentorp, mother of the prospective groom, arrives unexpectedly with other wedding guests asking to meet Marie. Having learned the Marquise's secret, the soldiers, led by Topio, burst in and reveal Marie's rough- and- ready upbringing. Marie still is willing to proceed, but the Marquise tells her to take the man she loves. All except the outraged Duchess praise Marie, Tonio and France.

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