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EA$Y: $KTT*NG: (in orderof vocalappearance) A Villagein Calabria,ltaly Tonio StephenPowell in the Early2Otn Century Canio Frank Porretta ACT I Beppe Joel Sorensen INTERMEZZO Nedda Adina Nitescu- ACTII Silvio DavidAdam Moore

. The runningtime is approximately Conductor Yves Abel t hourand 1B minutes.with no intermission. Director Andrew Sinclair . This production(sets) constructed and owned by San Qnonin l-.)ocinnor John Coyne DiegoOpera. Cnctr rmo l-.)acinnor Ed Kotanen . Costumessupplied by MalabarLimited. Toronto. linhtinn l-)ocinnor . premiered *'v, , ', , MichaelWhitfield Pagliaccl at the Teatrodal Verme,Milan on Wig and MakeupDesigner StevenW. Bryant May 21, 1892. . f-tcl crhiant t^.- Choruslvlaster CharlesF. Prestinari ',,-,^h.n/ 'Je' PrincipalPianist DorothyRandall DictionCoach EmanuelaPatroncini San DiegoOpera thanks our CommunityConversations partnersfor Pagllacci'.Media Arts CenterSan Diego Digital Supertitles lan D. Campbell Gym. Horriblelmaginings Film Festivaland CinemaJunkie. SupertitleCoordinators CharlesArthur San DiegoOpera thanks our Tasteof Operapartners Marian Porter for Pagliaccl.Great Newsl Cookware I Cooking School 5an urego upera retlut and Caff6 Bella ltalia.

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WES ABEL.Conductor DAVID ADAM MOORE. S/yio Franco-Canadianconductor Yves Abel Americanbaritone David Adam Moore made his Companv debut last sea- made his Companvdebut as Mercutio son conducting The Daughter of the rn 201O'sRomeo and Juliet.He recent- Reglment.He has been principalguest ly performed Stanley Kowalski in ,4 conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin StreetcarNamed Deslrewith LvricOoera since 2005 where he has conducted of Chicagoand VirginiaOpera, Mercutio performancesof ,Slmon with Arizona . and Silvio with Boccanegra, The Marrlage of Frgaro.La traviata, Dialogues New OrleansOpera. Other notableperformances include of the Carm6lites, Tiefland, and . Demetriusin A Midsummer Nlght's Dream, Maximilianin He isa regularguest at the ViennaStaatsoper where he has ,and Cascadain The Merry Wldow for Teatro alla led performancesof The Ellxrrof Love, , Scala,Jud Fry in Oklahoma!wilh LyricOpera of Chicago, , A Masked Ball, The Daughter of the Figaro in The Barber of Sevllle,Zurga in The Pearl Flshers, Regiment and Carmen.A frequentguest with the world's and Guglielmoin Cosl fan tutte with .the great opera companies.he has conductedperformances title role of Billv Budd and Ned Keene in Peter Grlmes for at the RoyalOpera. Covent Garden. lVilan's La Scala.the New lsraeliOpera. Prior Walter in Angels ln America wilh MetropolitanOpera. ,San Francisco LA Phil,BBC Symphony, and FortWorth Opera.papageno Opera,Seattle Opera, Glyndebourne Festival. Bayerische in The Maglc Flute wilh , Carmina Staatsoper.L'Opera National de Paris,Netherlands Opera, Buranafor St. LouisSymphony and at CarnegieHall with Grand The6trede G6ndve,Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Orchestraof St. Luke's,Mercutio for OperaTheatre of St. Teatro Comunaledi Bologna.New NationalTheatre in Louis.Utah Opera. and PalmBeach Opera, and the Countin Tokyo, and OperaNorth. In 2OOghe TheMarriage of Frgarowith OperaGrand Rapids, Figaro in was awardedthe title oI Chevallerde l'Ordredes Arts et des TheBarber of Sevrllefor StaatsoperHannover and the title Lettresby the FrenchGovernment. roleof Don Glovannr,a role he also performedfor the Oper Kieland NationaltheaterMannheim. STEPHEN POWELL, Tonio Americanbaritone Stephen Powell made ADINA NITESCU. Nedda his Companydebut as Ping in Turandot San DiegoOpera debut. Romanian soprano Adina Nitescu in 'l 997 and was heardthat sameyear recentlyperformed the title role of losca with the Opera as FelipeN0nez in the world premiere Companyof Philadelphia,a role she also sang in Dusseldorf. oI The Conquistadorand as Dancaire Duisburg.Naples and Tokyo.Other notableroles include in Carmen.He returnedas Guglielmo Cio-CioSanin Madama Butterflywith the CanadianOpera in Cosl fan tutte, Slim in Of Mlce and Company.The DallasOpera. Opernhaus Men, ClaylonMcAllister in Cold SassyTree, and Sharpless Zirich, Opera de Toulon.Semperoper in Madama Butterfly.Recent engagementsinclude the title Dresden,Opera Colorado, Berlin's Unter roleof Falstaffwith Virginia Opera,Giorgio Germonr rn La den Linden and at the Saito Kinen travlatawith lVichigan pittsburgh Opera Theatre, Opera, Festivalin Japan,Maddalena in Andrea and MinneapolisOpera, the titie roleoI Rigolero with Lyric Chdnler for Op6ra de Gendve,Nedda Opera Baltimoreand Cincinnati Opera.Rodrigo in Don with Teatro La Fenice,the title role of Carloswith the Caramoor Festivaland Enricoin Lucla dt Manon Lescaut at Palermo, Catania, Lammermoorwith Atlanta Opera.a role he sings laterthis ViennaStaatsoper and DeutscheOper Berlin and Elizabeth seasonwith Los Angeles Opera.Other recent highlights in Mary. Oueenof Scotsat The DallasOpera. She maoe ner includethe title role of Slmon Boccanegrawith Warsaw's MetropolitanOpera debut as DonnaElvira in Don Glovannl. Ludwig van BeethovenAssociation, CarmlnaBurana wilh She has appearedin many of the world's opera houses the ClevelandOrchestra and Peer Gynt wilh Leipzig's includingthe L'Op6raNational de Paris.lVilan's La Scala, MDR Sinfonieorchester. He has been heard at the Lyric TeatroCarlo Felicedi Genova.Maggio MusicaleFirenze, Operaof Chicago.L'Opera de Montr6al,Opera Company of Teatro La Fenice.Teatro Regio Torino, Glynoeoourne Philadelphia.Florida Grand Opera, ArizonaOpera. Kentucky Festival.Leipzig Opera. Cologne Opera, Hamburg State Opera.and PortlandOoera. Opera,State Opera Bucharest. Houston Grand Opera, Los AngelesOpera. and TeatroMunicipal de Santiagode Chrle. She has alsoappeared in concertat the ParmaFestival di Verdiand the RavjniaFestival in Chicago,under the baton of ChristophEschenbach.

PI2 PERFORMANCESI,IAGAZINE FRANK PORRETTA, Canio JOEL SORENSEN, Beppe Americantenor FrankPorretta made his Americantenor Joel Sorensenmade his San DiegoOpera debut in 2OO2 as the San DiegoOpera debut as Curleyin Of Duke in Rlgoletto.Recent appearances Mice and Men in 1999, returningas includehis debut at the NCPAin Chinaas Camp Williams in Cold Sassy Tree,as the title role in Otello. Canio in Pagllaccr Andres in Wozzeck,Rodriguez in Don at CincinnatiOpera. Cavaradossi in Tosca Ouixote, Tybalt in Romeo and Juhet, at WashingtonNational Opera, Caldf in as Pang in Turandotand Valzacchiin Turandotfor Austin LyricOpera, Otello Ior DeutscheOper Der Rosenkavallerand last season as the First Tempter/ Berlinand at the TeatroMaestranza in Seville.He has also First Knight in Murder in the Cathedral. He made his appearedat the StaatsoperBerlin. Staatsoper Hamburg, MetropolitanOpera debut in Samson and Delilah,return- Semperoper Dresden, BayerischeStaatsoper, Wiener ing for Sly, Madama Butterfly, Der Rosenkavalier, War and StaatsoperL'Op6ra National de Paris,L'Op6ra de Nice. Peace, The Barber of Sevllle. Tosca and The Maglc Flute. Le L'Op6rade Montpellier.Teatro Real (Madrid). Teatro Regio made his debut with New YorkCity Operaas lVonostatos di Torino,Teatro Massimo in Palermoand OperaAustralia. in The Maglc Flute, relurning in Madama Butterfly, Falstaff, In North America.he has appearedwith the Metropolitan Turandot, The Marrrage of Flgaro, Prince lgor, La rondlne, Opera.. Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh TheSeven Deadly Srnsand Margaret Garner.Other appear- Opera,at the CaramoorFestival and the HollywoodBowl. ances includeMr. Peasein the world oremiereoI Dolores Porretta'srepertoire includes the title rolesin Don Carloand Claiborneand Dr.Caius in Falstafftor San FranciscoOpera, Andrea Chenier,Manrico in ll trovatore. Don Alvaro in La Iosca with LosAngeles Opera, King Herodin Salomewith Forza del Destino, Radamesin Alda, Riccardoin A Masked FlorentineOpera, Pedrillo in Entftihrung aus dem Serall tor Bal/. Samson tn Samson and Delilah, Pollione in Norma, AtlantaOpera and Mime in Slegfnedfor OperaTheatre of Dick Johnson tn La Fanclulladel West. Luigi in ll tabarro, Pittsburghand LongboroughFestival. Other companies Turiddu in Cavalleriarustrcana, and Don Jos6 in Carmen. with which he has sung include San FranciscoOpera, SeattleOpera. Opera Companyof Philadelphia.Portland ANDREWSINCLAIR. Director Operaand PalmBeach Opera. Australianstage director Andrew Sinclair made his San Diego Opera debut in 2OOO with Lohengrln followed bv Aida STEVENW BRYANT in 2001. the highlysuccessful The Pearl Wig 8 Makeup Designer Fishersin 2OO4and 2008. a oroduction American wig and makeup designer he has also directedfor New York City Steven W. Bryant'swork over the last Opera.. Washington thirty yearshas encompassedover 600 NationalOpera. Op6ra de Montr6al,Florida Grand Opera. differentproductions in opera,regional Opera Colorado,Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera and theatre.Broadway and film.He made his MichiganOpera Theatre. He returnedin 2006 to stage San DiegoOpera debut in 1985 and has Lucia dl Lammermoor, in 2OOB for Mary. Oueen of Scots, designedevery productionsince 2006. in 2OO9 for Tosca.in 2O1O for La travtata,and directed Othercredits include Santa Fe Opera. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.New Aida lastseason. He is a StaffDirector with CoventGarden YorkCity Opera.The DallasOpera, Teatro Colon (Argentina).and recently Royal where he has worked on many productionsincluding Operain Oman.Notable world premieresinclude Leonard Bernstein's A auiet Place. Der Rosenkavalier and both Lohengrin and Der Ring Tobias Picker'sEmmellne and Tom Pasatieri's Frau Margot (costume des Nibelungen wilh Gotz Friedrich. He was also at the design).Broadway credits include Julie Taymor's Green Bird Bayreuth Festival with Lohengrln. Sinclair began his and Jule Styne'sGentlemen Prefer Blondes. Future projects associationwith Opera Australiain 1981 directingnew includecostume design for the premiereof LibbyLarson's stagings oI La bohdme and The Bartered Brlde, and from 'l new opera A Wnnkleln Time,and the launch of St. Eve's 1983 to 985 was PrincipalResident Director of that com- Formal,a new men'sformal wear accessory line of clothing. pany.He hassince returned for manyproductions including Cavalleriarustlcana / Pagliaccr,Peter Grimes and Lohengrin. Other UnitedStates engagements include Norma for San FranciscoOpera and La bohdme for OperaColorado. Likeus on Facebook facebook.com/San Diegoopera

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JOHN COYNE, Scenic Designer at LincolnCenter. From 2OO4-2O12, he workedon over50 Americanset designer John Coyne made productionswith New YorkCity Opera, first as assistantcho- his Comoanvdebut in 2OO5with Simon rusmaster, and from 2008, asChorus Master. While obtain- Boccanegra.A graduateof YaleSchool of ing graduatedegrees in choral conductingfrom Indiana Drama,he has designedproductions of University.he was ChorusMaster and OperaCoach for the Die Melsterslnger von NArnberg, Arshak IndianaUniversitv Opera Theater. He has alsoheld accom- panistpositions ll, The Ballad of Babv Doe and The Elixir with the BrevardSummer Music Festival. the of Lovefor San FranciscoOpera. Also at CarmelBach Festival, the SanAntonio Opera, the NewJersey StateOpera, National home designingfor theatrehe hasdesigned The Front Page and the Choralein New YorkCity, and hasserved as guestchorus master at the ManhattanSchool and Tartuffefor DallasTheatre Center and Off-Broadway. of Music. Hamletfor The PublicTheatre. MICHAELWHITFIELD ED I(OTANEN,Costume Designer Lighting Designer Americancostume designer Ed Kotanen CanadianMichael Whitfield, made his made his Companvdebut in 2OO8with companydebut in 2OOOdesigning The Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana. He Barber of Sevllle,returning tn 2OOf Ior is a set and costume designerwho has Cavallerlarusticana/Pagllacci. in 2009 for created productions over 150 across Rigolettoand in 2010 for La bohdme and Canadaand the USA overa long career . He hasdesigned for L'Operade forcompanies such as The Charlottetown Montr6al,San FranciscoOpera. Houston Festival,The VancouverPlayhouse. and The WalnutStreet GrandOpera. The DallasOpera and LosAngeles Opera. He Theatrein Phrladelphia.He has coordinatedthe costumes hasdesigned lighting for over 7O productionsat the Canadian for about 30 productionsat OperaOntario. His work for Opera Companysince 1979, includingMadama Butterfly. lValabarLimited includesDle Fledermaus,which debuted The CunningLittle Vlxen and Death rn Venrce. During his in Winnipegin 2006. He makeshis home in Toronroano rs over 25 yearsas ResidentLighting Director for the Stratford a memberof AssociatedDesiqners of Canada. ShakespeareFestival of Canadahe has lit over '10O produc- tions includingThe Trojan Women, Fuente Ovejuna, King Lear, CHARLES F. PRESTINARI Othelloand TheMikado (including the 1984 engagementat Chorus Master London'sThe Old Vic). He hasalso designed for numerous CharlesF. Prestinarimade his San Diego theatres,ballet companies and for the CanadianBroadcasting Opera debut as Acting Chorus Master Corporation. in 2008's The Pearl Fishers,returned in 2011 for Turandot,and was aooointed ChorusMaster in 2012. Recentlyhe led the NationalChorale in CarminaBurana

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