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Messages 3 Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 5 The Cast 18 The Story 19 The Composer 20 Indianapolis Opera Chorus and Production Staff 22 Calendar of Upcoming Events 22 Director's Notes 24 Indianapolis Opera Ensemble 27 Education Activities 27 Artists' Profiles 29 Contributors' Benefits 35 Indianapolis Opera Corporate Contributors 37 Indianapolis Opera Individual Contributors 39
COVER "Woman in Black at the Opera," by Mary Cassatt With permission of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
"This is one of the few loge pictures by Mary Cassatt [painted in 1880] which does not incorporate a mirror reflection. Here the occupant of the box is seen from the side with the other loges in the background. In this case a humorous interplay had been created: the woman in the foreground, intently viewing the theater through her opera glasses, is in turn being scrutinized by the man in the background box. The two figures are visually linked by the red velvet arm-rail, which curves through the compostion."
Mary Cassatt, E. John Bullard
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bonnie Reilly, President Tory Callahan Jeffrey Maess Ann M. Stack Robert D. Knapp, Executive Vice Charles W. Culp Alice McKinney Mary M. Sutherland President Patricia D. Curran M. Kathleen McKinney James S. Telfer Michael Barth, Jr., Vice President Sue M. DeMars Susanah M. Mead Norma Winkler Clare Coxey, Vice President Andre Donikian Alan K. Mills Joan Wolf Arnold Hanish, Treasurer Rosalie Ferguson F. Timothy Nagler John W. Wynne Pat Garrett Rooney, Secretary Richard E. Ford Diana B. Nering Robert H. Zeigler Donald Galante Edith Owings Douglas P. Zipes Dorothy Alig Vaughn Hickman F. Bruce Peck, Jr. Sonny Swimley Margaret Bannister Betty Ann Holmes Lortaine Price (Guild Representative) Sarah C. Barney Thomas W. Kincannon James E. Rogers, Jr. Walter S. Blackburn Kyle E. Lanham Marlyne Sexton
ADMINISTRATION
Acting Artistic Director Administrative Assistant Advertising Sales James Caraher Director of Public Relations Marina Hardin Nancy Burris General Director Donna Noblitt Program Editor Ticket Service Durand L Pope Director of Education Patricia Harvey Clowes Memorial Hall Director of Development and Patricia Harvey Playbill Manager Marketing Controller John C. Pickett John C. Pickett Carole Schott
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Sonny Swimley, President Nancy Baetzhold, Second Vice Ruth Beyer, Third Vice President Alice Ross, Corresponding Secretary Sue McTurnan, First Vice President President Juanita Harris, Recording Secretary Barbara Hayford, Treasurer
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Dear Friends of Indianapolis Opera, Welcome to the drama, the tragedy and the romance that is opera. The Board of Directors and the staff of the Indianapolis Opera are pleased to provide you with the opportunity to experience the queen of the arts in our city. This season's repertory is a very popular one which has resulted in the sale of an unprecedented number of season tickets. As you join us, you will take an imaginary journey in time and space from Charleston's Catfish Row to Japan, proceeding to the moors of Scotland and finally ending in eighteenth-century Italy. Gershwin, Puccini, Donizetti and Mozart, along with the Indianapolis Opeta, will do their best to entertain you. We hope you enjoy the excursion.
This year, as we develop a strategic plan for the Opera and undertake the search for a new artistic director, we are continally evaluating our productions and our organization with the intention of improving the quality of both wherever possible. There are exciting times ahead fot the Indianapolis Opera. Your continued attendance and financial support will enable you to patticipate in that future.
Yours very truly,
Bonnie Reilly President, Board of Directors
Indianapolis Opera's 1991-92 season is one of the most popular in recent years, and at the same time, one of the most diverse. George and Ira Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS opens the season. Everyone is familiar with hit tunes like "Summertime," "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," but most listeners will be truly amazed at the grandeur and the complexity of this great American opera.
Next, for our Italian opera lovers in the audience, we offer Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY and Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. BUTTERFLY is an exciting example of the dramatic "veiismo" or realistic school of Italian opera. LUCIA, by contrast, featutes the beautiful melodies and simple accompaniments that define the delightful "bel canto" school of Italian opera.
And finally, in honor of the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death, we conclude our season with his comedy COSI FAN TUTTE, universally agreed to contain some of his most beautiful music. Sevetal familiar artists will be returning throughout the season for various title roles. Among them are Arthut Woodley (last season's Leporello in DON GIOVANNI) as Porgy, Nova Thomas, an Indianapolis Opera favorite, as Buttetfly, and Lisa Saffer, our recent Queen of the Night (THE MAGIC FLUTE), as Lucia. Also singing in the LUCIA cast will be tenor Michael Rees Davis, who sang Tonio in our DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT in 1989 with Miss Saffer.
With this mixture of great operas and guest artists, we promise you a 91-92 season not to be missed! Please join us!
James Caraher Acting Artistic Director
1991-1992 Season We salute all the musicians, actors and dancers who have more artistic talent in one toe than we have in our entire bodies. BANKEONE
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:. ; -a;,.- •; Y MS* Executive Order BRBIMMATON >".'••,.' To ALL To "WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETING: ,-,/ .y \ -, EPS. r-. •- Indianapolis Opera has, for the past 15 seasons, grown, J a-'i. prospered and has contributed substantially to the advancement m V'.'- ••- .^ of the performing arts in the state of Indiana; and f,<- : m Indianapolis Opera, as it begins its 16th season, continues its ZY commitment to provide 'professional opera and musical theatre rv*. y'y';l productions of the highest quality;" and Yy .:;-? rv Indianapolis Opera has developed an education and outreach gg \3 program, embodied in the Indianapolis Opera Ensemble, which : brings performances to schools throughout the state, exposing y : over 25,000 children a year to the joy of opera while providing an opportunity for young professional singers in Indiana to m develop their skills; and XI Y; Indianapolis Opera employs over 250 people each season, ranging %y from singers and musicians to designers, technicians and •••••'--;'' ?Y. administrative staff, operating on an annual budget of over $1 I> million — most of which is reinvested in the state; and ;:y WHEREAS, Indianapolis Opera's presentations of opera and musical theatre >l''--.. ' .V_. will be enjoyed by countless individuals of different ages and •. »„j backgrounds; and
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"INDIANAPOLIS OPERA WEEK"
September 16-22, 1991
WHEREAS; Indianapolis Opera enters its sixteenth season with the mission "to contribute to the quality of life in the City of Indianapolis and throughout the State of Indiana" by providing "the Central Indiana region with professional opera and musical theater ensemble productions of the highest quality;" and
WHEREAS: Creating a strong impact on the Indianapolis economy, Indianapolis Opera employs 250 people and operates on a budget of over $1 million—most of which is put back into the community; and
WHEREAS: The Indianapolis Opera Ensemble exposes children in the public school system to the joy of opera, provides an opportunity for young professional singers in Indiana to develop their skills while earning a wage, and generates larger audiences by exposing new people to a wide range of performances; and
WHEREAS Performing "Porgy and Bess", "Madama Butterfly", "Lucia Di Lammermoor", and "Cosi fan tutte" the Indianapolis Opera's 1991-92 season has broken its all-time season ticket sales record and promises to be the biggest and best season ever:
NOW, THEREFORE; I, William H. Hudnut, III, Mayor of the City of Indianapolis, do hereby proclaim September 16-22, 1991 as
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in Indianapolis, and call upon all citizens to join me in recognizing the important contributions the Indianapolis Opera and the Indianapolis Opera Ensemble provide to our community.
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£#£€£&**? f^4^t4^V^^v V*v frfiA FAIRVIEW 4609 N.CAPITOL AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA CHURCH 46208 (317) 253-5982 Greetings from Greenfield, Home of J.W. Riley's Emporium. J.W, Riley's Emporium 105-111 West Main Greenfield, Indiana 46140 317-462-5268 Take a leisurely drive 15 miles east of Indianapolis on historic U.S.40. We offer you a variety of 60 shoppes of antiques, crafts, and more. Shop us for that unique gift or unusual one-of-a-kind item for which you have been looking. DEVELOPED BY TOM RATUFF 17 1991-1992 Season PORGY AND BESS Friday, September 20, 1991 at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, September 22, 1991 at 2:30 p.m. Music by George Gershwin Libretto by DuBose Heyward Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin Stage Director Jonathan Eaton Music Director James Caraher Chorus Master John A. Schmid Lighting Designer Stuart Duke Scenic Designer James Merrill Stone Costume Designer Zack Brown Choreographer Marshall Jacks With the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Porgy Arthur Woodley Frazier .Richard Todd Payne Cast of Bess Naomi Moody Annie .Sadie Davis Crown Ivan Thomas Lily .Angela M. Brown Characters Serena Marietta Simpson Strawberry Woman, .Sadie Davis Clara Phyllis Ann Lewis Jim .Michael Harper Maria Elvira Green Undertaker James Clardy Jake Gregory Rahming Nelson James Solomon Benn 4 Sporting Life Charles Williams Detective .Reid Roberts Miller Mingo John Wesley Wright Coroner .Howard Baetzhold Robbins Derek Huntsman Policeman #1 AE. Purcifull Peter James Walker Policeman #2 .Michael DeVoe PLACE: Charleston, South Carolina TIME: Circa 1925 ACT I Scene 1: Catfish Row Scene 2: Serena's room (Intermission: 15 minutes) ACT II Scene 1: Catfish Row Scene 2: Kittiwah Island Scene 3: Catfish Row Scene 4: Serena's room (Intermission: 15 minutes) ACT III Catfish Row Arthur Woodley's appearance is made possible by the generous gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Kirk McKinney. William Warfield's appearance as guest speaker for Overture before PORGY AND BESS is made possible by generous gifts from Golden Rule Insurance and Richard Ford. Scenery and costumes provided by Connecticut Opera Association. U/tlC psiEnergy I05FTTI 18 INDIANAPOLIS OPERA ACT I. It is nighttime in Catfish Row, and the curtain opens on singing and dancing. Soon Clara is heard singing a lullaby ("Summertime"); she is trying to rock her baby to sleep. A crap game begins and Clara's husband Jake enters, declaring he knows how to soothe the baby ("A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"). As the game continues, the cripple, Porgy, comes into the court in his goat cart. His friends are pleased to see him and begin to tease him about his obvious affection for Crown's woman, Bess. Porgy begins to lament his lonely state, but is interrupted by Crown's entrance with Bess. Crown calls for drink and goes unsteadily to join the crap game; he has difficulty in reading the dice and eventually is beaten by Robbins. Furious over losing his money, Crown throws Robbins to the ground and kills him with a cotton hook, to the horror of the crowd. Before he runs off he tells Bess that he will be back; in the meantime, she has his permission to take up with another man—but only temporarily. Sporting Life approaches Bess after Crown's departure and offers to take her to New York with him, but she rejects him and instead accepts Porgy's protection, just as police whistles can be heard outside. The scene changes to Serena's room, where Robbins's body lies on the bed with a saucer on his chest to receive donations toward his burial. As the mourners sing, a detective comes in and accuses the inoffensive Peter of murdering Robbins. The others jump to Peter's defense and tell the detective that Crown was the guilty one; nevertheless, Peter is hauled off as a material witness. The wake continues. Serena sings a lament ("My Man's Gone Now"), after which the undertaker comes in to make the burial arrangements. Bess leads the last of the spirituals ("Oh, We're Leavin' for the Promise' Land"). ACT II. It is a month later. Jake and the fishermen are repairing their nets and preparing to put out to sea in spite of the threatening weather ("It Take a Long Pull to Get There"). Porgy appears at his window, laughing and singing a song ("I Got Plenty 'o' Nuttin'"); he has been in wonderful spirits since Bess has been living with him. Sporting Life is sauntering around the court when Maria the cook sees that he has dope. He suggests that they should be friends, but she grabs him by the throat and gives him a piece of her mind, releasing him only when Lawyer Frazier comes in to sell Porgy a "divorce" for Bess. Rejected by Maria, Sporting Life once again tries to persuade Bess to go to New York with him, but she tells him she hates the sight of him and will have nothing more to do with the drugs he is offering her. Porgy sees what is going on and warns Sporting Life to keep away from her. The crowd disperses to prepare for the upcoming picnic on Kittiwah Island, leaving Porgy and Bess alone. She is reluctant to go to the picnic because he cannot, and they sing a tender duet ("Bess, You Is My Woman Now"). When the picnickers return, ready to start on their way, Maria persuades Bess to come along after all, and Porgy is left happily singing by himself. On Kittiwah Island, the picnickers are dancing riotously and Sporting Life treats them to a sermon on the virtues of skepticism ("It Ain't Necessarily So"). Serena comes in, chastises them for their behavior and reminds them that the boat for the mainland is leaving and they must hurry to catch it. They all depart except for Bess. Crown appears, and Bess pleads with him to allow her to remain with Porgy, who has taught her to live decently. Crown laughs at her; he regards her living with Porgy as a temporary arrangement which will end as soon as he comes back. She suggests that Crown find another woman ("Oh, What You Want Wid Bess?"), but her attraction to him is still strong, and when he takes her in his arms she succumbs to his charm. Bess is distraught after her return from Kittiwah Island, but Porgy tells her that even though he knows she has been with Crown it makes no difference to him; he still loves her. She begs Porgy to keep her with him ("I Loves You, Porgy") and he promises he will take care of Crown if he comes back. In the meantime, Clara is anxiously watching the sea, and the hurricane bell can be heard. All Serena's friends are huddled together in her room as the storm rages outside. Crown bursts in and orders Bess to him, throwing down Porgy when he tries to come between them. A fight begins to break out, but stops suddenly when Clara sees Jake's boat floating upside down in the river. She leaves her baby in Bess's arms and rushes out, and Bess urges someone to follow her. Only Crown will venture out into the storm, but he promises Bess he will come back for her. All pray for mercy. ACT III. Back in the courtyard, the inhabitants are mourning Clara, Jake and Crown, all of whom they fear have been lost in the storm. Sporting Life laughs, saying he knows Crown is not dead, and wonders aloud how the rivalry between Crown and Porgy will end. Bess is heard singing Clara's lullaby to the baby and the others drift off to bed, leaving the courtyard empty. Suddenly Crown appears, creeping toward Porgy's door. As he passes the window, the shutter opens silently and Porgy grabs Crown around the neck; he plunges a long knife into Crown's back and then slowly strangles him. The next day, police come to investigate Crown's death. Porgy is brought in to identify Crown's body but refuses to go near him, having been warned by Sporting Life that Crown's wound would begin to bleed the moment the man who had killed him came near him. Because he refuses to cooperate he is dragged away to prison. Bess, left alone, is approached by Sporting Life, who offers her some "happy dust" to help her through this trying time and once again tries to persuade her to run away with him ("There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York"). She tries to resist the temptation to accept the drugs but finally gives in. A week later, life has returned to normal in Catfish Row. Porgy, finally released from jail, comes in with presents for all his friends; he has bought them with money he won in prison shooting craps. He looks for Bess, but she is nowhere to be seen. He sees Serena with Clara's baby, who had been left in Bess's care, and slowly realizes Bess is gone ("Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?"). Undaunted, he drives out of Catfish Row in his goat cart; he is determined to go to New York, find his Bess, wherever she is, and bring her back. 1991-1992 Season George Qersh win by Patricia Harvey (September 26, 1898 - July 9, 1937) George Gershwin was the second of four commissioned the young Gershwin to compose a children born to Russian Jewish immigrants who concerto for piano and orchestra. The Rhapsody in had settled in New York's Lower East Side. His Blue, which Gershwin wrote in less than three father was a skilled leather worker who had little weeks, brought him recognition as a composer of trouble finding employment and eventually serious music and led to further commissions for the acquired a business of his own, with his wife Concerto in Fand An American in Paris. managing the financial side of the operation. As a His fame grew. He was invited to Europe, he was result the two older boys were left on their own written about and interviewed by the media, and he most of the time, while the younger children were was the first composer to make the cover of Time looked after by a maid. This was not a problem magazine, in 1925- Tall, slender, charming and well where Ira, a rather serious, well-behaved youngster, dressed, he was a popular figure at the private was concerned, but George had a more parties of the rich and famous, where he would Early formal portrait of George, rambunctious personality. Hyperactive, wiry and inevitably end up at the piano, usually playing his c.1923 (Gershwin Collection). competitive, he spent most of his time with the boys own tunes. His own house was always filled with From Gershwin: A Biography roller skating in the streets, playing hooky, and in friends, and he often composed in the midst of by Edward Jablonski. Printed general making a nuisance of himself. them, taking refuge in a nearby hotel when he had with the author's permission. His first real exposure to music came at age ten to finish a project. Many women were linked with when he heard a classmate's violin recital. him romantically, although he never married. Captivated by the performance, he decided to Ira Gershwin, in the meantime, had been coming become a pianist, and after teaching himself to play into his own as a lyricist, and the brothers began to at a friend's home, he surprised his family by sitting collaborate. During the 1920s and 30s they wrote a down and playing a popular tune of the day. His series of successful musicals (one of them, Of Thee I mother, sensing that her wayward son's innate Sing, became the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize aptitude might provide him with a means of making in drama) as well as four film scores. Even during some money while keeping him out of trouble, the Depression, a time that was dismal for so many, arranged for him to take lessons; she hoped she George blossomed as a conductor, often had two could then persuade him to take up a serious career hits running simultaneously on Broadway, and such as accounting. But George had other ideas. composed Porgy and Bess. In addition, he took up Despite his lack of experience, he managed to get painting as a hobby and became an avid collector of hired at Remick's, a Tin Pan Alley music publisher, comtemporary art; his collection eventually became as a "piano pounder"—someone to demonstrate one of the most impressive of its kind. songs and push them on vaudeville performers and In mid-1936 the Gershwins moved to dancers—and with his first real job secured, he quit Hollywood to write the score for an RKO Studios high school to pursue his chosen occupation full film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, with time. the promise of more to come. While they waited for Over the next several years he broadened his the movie to progress, George set up a series of experience in the music world by accompanying concerts of his music to be performed in early 1937. singers, playing in nightclubs, and serving as In the second of these he stumbled on an easy rehearsal pianist for Broadway revues. He had also passage in the Concerto, and later reported that he begun to write his own songs and even sold some of had felt dizzy and had been aware of a curious them for use in other composers' shows. His first burning odor. Physical examinations revealed big break came when one of them, "Swanee," was nothing, but his health deteriorated dramatically performed by Al Jolson in his touring production throughout the spring, and finally on July 9 he and became an instant hit. Broadway producers lapsed into a coma. A neurosurgeon was called in began to vie for his services, and Gershwin's career and it was determined that he suffered from an was under way. inoperable malignant brain tumor. He died early in Among his early efforts in musical theater was a the morning without regaining consciousness, one-act vaudeville opera, Blue Monday, which leaving behind a legacy of several hundred songs, a impressed the renowned dance band leader Paul handful of concert works and what many consider Whiteman. Whiteman formulated the idea of to be The Great American Opera. playing a jazz concert in Carnegie Hall and INDIANAPOLIS OPERA - IN THE CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT history of supporting Indianapolis Opera through annual contributions and special ,B>.f: ':- event underwriting. This exciting production of PORGY AND BESS marks PSI's debut as a full-fledged sponsor. James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO, says, "PSI Energy, through the PSI Foundation, is pleased to play a larger role in presenting professional opera in Indiana. This production of PORGY AND BESS is a particularly exciting way to launch the op< season, i nd highlights our special commit to foster ng cultural diversity." Indianapolis Opera salutes PSI Energy important part it is playing in creating a healthy environment for the arts • in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS OPERA CHORUS The Indianapolis Opera Chorus consists of forty choristers from all walks of life who devote hundreds of hours each year to rehearsals which result in outstanding performances. We at Indianapolis Opera are indeed proud to have such a dedicated group of individuals whose vocal excellence and great dramatic conviction are such intrinsic elements in our productions. Horace Arnett Bessie Colvin Raymond Hardy Carolyn Morris Reginald Barney Harold Dalton Michael Harper Robyn Payne Lula Baxter Marshall Davis Nancy Hart Geraldine Pierce James Solomon Benn Sadie Davis Steven Hedrick James Tyson C. Nickerson Bolden Sterling Davis Joyce Johnson James Walker Kathy Bradley Gloria Dozier Kevin Johnson Lexie Webster Angela M. Brown Joe Duff Valerie Jones Karen Williams Melvin Brown Larry Goens Eugene King, Jr. Queen Williams Patricia Harris Brown Eric Goldsmith Vanessa Komara Roosevelt Winston John Campbell Geneva Griffin Barbara Meriweather John Wesley Wright SUPERNUMERARIES Brenda Scott Malone Amanda Reynolds Alaina Arnett Kim Footman Sean Andrew Malone Rashida Walker Rodney Arnett LeToryia Goudy Kylea Quails Raymond Walker PRODUCTION Rehearsal Accompanists Jeff Edwards Sandra Baetzhold Assistant Properties Production Manager Assistant Stage Manager Ruth Baker Stagehands Stephen Goldberg Lisa Jean Lewis Production Assistant Members of IATSE Local 30 Assistant Stage Director Assistant to the Lighting Luther Creek Wardrobe James Schiebler Designer IO Stage Personnel Members of IATSE Local 893 Technical Director Jason Livingston Don McGuire Clowes Stage Personnel Lester D. McGuire Makeup and Wig Coordinator Head Carpenter Haldon Whitehouse Stage Manager Mark Lee Michael Harmeson John Lucas David Dreyfoos Makeup and Wig Assistant Head Electrician Bill Brown Properties Manager Valorie D. Woods Robert Pierpont Alice M. George Head Properties CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday, November 20, 1991 preceded by: 7:15 p.m. Robertson Hall Student Dress Rehearsal A pre-opera dinner Krannert Room, $15.00 per person Program 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Clowes Hall cash bar 7:00 p.m. Johnson Room, and Clowes Memorial Hall Robertson Hall Sunday, November 24, 1991 OVERTURE— a pre-opera Butler Unviersiry Puccini s discussion Friday, November 22, 1991 $20 per person MADAMA BUTTERFLY Dr. Kay Hoke, Puccini's Cocktail buffet 2:30 p.m. 1:45 p.m. MADAMA BUTTERFLY Cash Bar Clowes Memorial Hall Krannert Room, 8:00 p.m. and preceded by: Clowes Hall Clowes Memorial Hall OVERTURE - a pre-opera A pre-opera brunch on the campus of Butler discussion 12:30-2:00 p.m. University Dr. Kay Hoke, Johnson Room, ATTENTION INDIANAPOLIS OPERA SUBSCRIBERS AND DONORS! Have you been receiving Indianapolis Opera's quarterly pre-production newsletter High Notes? This publication contains information to help you further your enjoyment of the Queen of the Arts — professional opera. Please let us know if you did not receive the most recent issue by calling the opera administrative offices (317) 283-3531. GROUP DISCOUNTS are available for ten or more in a party. For information call (317) 283-3470. THANK YOU! INDIANAPOLIS OPERA It's the next best thing to being here. While there's nothing better than the thrill of a live performance, it's nice to know you can have cultural and performing arts in your home each evening. American Cablevision offers you a wonderful choice on Bravo and Arts & Entertainment Network. From classic opera... **^_. to renowned symphonies.. from contemporary theatre... _»«-- The curtain rises: a jazz piano plays low-down Catfish Row. From the first notes of jazz through blues, couples dance, as if hypnotized, to a music the words of the lullaby and the pastimes of the which begins to evoke a time, a culture, perhaps people, Gershwin and Heyward are setting both even a place. Then the piano merges gradually with scene and subject matter; with a collage of sounds the orchestra, and we see a mother singing a lullaby and images they point to the origins and the to her baby, with words full of hope. We shift to a concerns of Porgy and Bess, its culture and its group of men playing a game of craps; they gamble context within a vigorous, tightly-knit community. to the somber lines: "Nobody knows when the Since those sounds and sight were revealed for Lawd is goin' to call...But you got to leave yo' baby the first time on stage in 1935, Porgy and Besshas and yo' home an' all, so roll dem bones, roll..." And become a much performed and much debated gradually, as the orchestra evolves into full classic. As America has struggled over the years with symphonic music, a variety of images and scenes its sharp racial, cultural and economic divisions, build up to reveal a whole community: life in Porgy and Bess has been lauded as the one great popular opera that expresses a proud Black American culture; it has also been decried as a work that perpetuates an antiquated and patronizing view of Black Americans. For audiences today, inside and outside America, how might the opera be perceived and understood? Porgy and Bess, like many other popular works of the musical stage of the early twentieth century, was enormously influenced by jazz and other types of Black American music. However, unlike the majority of these works (Jerome Kern's Showboat, Vernon Duke's Cabin in the Sky, Charles Strouse's Golden Boy, for instance) Gershwin did not borrow songs and spirituals and apply them for sentimental or decorative exotic effect. Every note, from that jazz piano introduction to the last spiritual, Gershwin wrote himself. This helps to make Porgy and Bess a coherent and integrated musical work, true to itself rather than to any previous or external musical idiom or image. By all accounts, however, Gershwin's musical language for Porgy and Bess has strong and authentic connections to the culture he was recreating. Gershwin was fascinated by Black American music ever since his childhood in Harlem, where he spent many hours listening to jazz bands. He studied with "Lucky" Roberts, greatly admired "Fats" Waller and Art Tatum, and one of his earliest works, Blue Monday, was a piece about Black American life. In preparation for Porgy and Bess he visited Heyward many times in South Carolina, seeking inspiration for his music in churches, night clubs, homes and prayer meetings. In 1934 he spent the summer with Heyward on Folly Island just off the coast from Charleston. Heyward recalled that "the most interesting discovery to me, as we sat INDIANAPOLIS OPERA listening to spirituals, or watched a group shuffling before a cabin or country store, was that to George it was more like a homecoming than an exploration...The Gullah Negro prides himself on what he calls 'shouting.' This is a complicated rhythmic pattern beaten out by feet and hands as an accompaniment to the spirituals...I shall never forget the night when, at a Negro meeting on a remote sea-island, George started 'shouting' with them. And eventually to their huge delight stole the show from their champion 'shouter.' I think he is probably the only white man in America who could have done it." Gershwin's connection to the musical spirit of these people was perhaps as close as any outsider's could be. His music has a particular period and cultural flavor, it is powerful and compassionate, exuberant and genuine; it would be hard to hear it as patronizing. and play hard. Porgy starts out reduced by his On the dramatic side, the start of the opera sets a disability. In his first song, he says: "When Gawd clear community context for the story. We are make cripple, he mean him to be lonely." He finds introduced to a particular historical and cultural love with Bess, however, and conquers loneliness. community, whose people are the principal When he sings "I got plenty o' nuttin'" he is characters and whose neighborhood we do not completely happy, with his gal, his song and his leave. The dynamism of passion and the tensions of Lord. He needs no more. He may be a simple, and good and evil that drive the story are all contained initially perhaps an innocent man; but he's no fool. within the community. The significance of any When he buys a "divorce" for Bess, he's not been so relationships to the world outside Catfish Row and much duped by Lawyer Frazier as concerned that the White society is minor. The two White solo Bess should be seen to be respectable and accepted roles have none of the richness of musical and into the community. Porgy is strong enough to kill dramatic characterization lavished on the his rival Crown, and human enough to feel guilt inhabitants of Catfish Row. The primary focus of and terror afterwards. When he emerges from jail at attention is on Porgy, Bess and Crown and the the end of the opera to find Bess has left, he is community they inhabit; it is not a story of Blacks prepared, such is his faith in Bess and commitment and Whites so much as of people and passions. The to love, to set out on a great journey to New York musical stage would have to wait for Weill's Lost in in search of her. the Dark in 1949 for a work that explored directly From the earliest images and sounds of the political and social issues of race. opera, we understand that it deals with individuals Porgy and Bess was written principally by a within a community from a particular time and White American novelist from Charleston and a culture. Issues of pride and dignity are more human White American Jew from New York. To hail the than racial. Porgy is a human being who has to opera either as the pride of a Black American struggle harder than most of us to turn his life to culture or as another betrayal of Black American good account. But he finds the personal resources dignity is perhaps to miss the point: such views take to do so: "God give cripple to understan' many issue more with the origins and trappings of the thing he ain't given strong men." And so, the piece than its content. Porgy and Bess does not set purpose of the story becomes clear: with faith and out to tackle racial conflict or social division. At its commitment, the lonely man can love, the poor center, it deals with the story of an underprivileged man can find all the wealth he needs, and in his man—a cripple—who lives in a close-knit own way, the lame man can walk. community, where the people labor hard, pray hard 1991-1992 Season THE INDIANAPOLIS OPERA ENSEMBLE Linda Larson Colleen McCarthy MANY MOONS by Celius Dougherty A delightful tale of a young princess who gets a tummy ache from eating too many raspberry tarts and decides she must have the moon in order to become well again. Grades K through 8 Design by Nancy Newman Pope GALLANTRY by Douglas Moore A collision of grand opera and soap opera, complete with commercials. ALL MY CHILDREN has nothing on us! High school and adult audiences Available November 11 through December 18, 1991 and from January 9 through April 16, 1992. The Ensemble also performs a variety of programs for adult audiences, including opera and/or Broadway selections for private parties and holiday concerts which may include our musical adaptation of Dylan Thomas's narrative poem, "A Child's Christmas in Wales." The Indianapolis Opera Ensemble is sponsored by I rj I __| ALSO... STUDENT DRESS REHEARSAL PROGRAM Junior and senior high school students are invited to attend the dress rehearsals for Indianapolis Opera's upcoming mainstage productions at Clowes Memorial Hall: MADAMA BUTTERFLY November 20, 1991 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR March 18, 1992 The package includes: • a study guide for the opera • the opportunity to have a cast member speak at registered schools (Indianapolis area only) • "Artistic Career Perspective"—a pre-rehearsal talk given by a member of IO's production team or a guest artist ' attendance at the dress rehearsal and a chance to meet and talk with some of the singers in the opera PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. OVERTURE Our popular pre-opera lecture, given by a noted authority in the field of music 45 minutes prior to each performance in the Krannert Room of Clowes Hall. Admission is free with purchase of a ticket. WHAT'S SO GRAND ABOUT OPERA? Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY will be the vehicle for a study of this enduring art form presented by Indianapolis Opera as part of lUPUI's continuing education series this fall. The course, which will be held at Meridian Music on Monday evenings from October 21 through November 18, will explore set and costume design, voice—the awesome instrument, the genius of Puccini and the history of opera, and will culminate in a performance of MADAMA BUTTERFLY on November 22. For more information and to register using VISA/MasterCard/Discover, call (317) 274-5052. Please call Indianapolis Opera's Education Department, (317) 283-3531, for information on all our programs and to arrange Indianapolis Opera Ensemble performances. 27 1991-1992 Season GREAT ARTS. GREAT TIMES Another stimulating tapestry of the world's finest performing arts. Count on it. A multicultural panorama unfolding before your eyes. Anticipate it. The legendary and the up-and-coming. It's all right here. At Clowes Memorial Hall. Enjoy it. BRANFORD MARSALIS MAGNIFICENT MAZOWSZE jazz saxophone Polish Folk Dance Company September 27,1991 February 25,1992 First International RAMSEY LEWIS GLASNOST BALLET & BILLY TAYLOR, piano jazz October 18,1991 February 28,1992 LES BALLETS AFRICAINS MEL TORME' & from the Republic of Guinea MAUREEN McGOVERN October 24,1991 "The Great American Songbook' March 12,1992 ALICIA DE LARROCHA, piano November 30,1991 ISRAEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA THE CANADIAN BRASS with SHLOMO MINTZ, violin December 20 ,1991 March 29,1992 KODO THE BOYS CHOIR Ceremonial Drummers of Japan OF HARLEM February 6,1992 April 3,1992 THE KRONOS QUARTET DAWN UPSHAW, soprano February 11,1992 with RICHARD GOODE, piano April 20,1992 TICKETS NOW ON SALE Tickets to all Qowes 1991-92 Season Presentations now on sale. Series Packages still available. Charge by phone with Qowes' New TeleCharge Line CLOWES MEMORIAL HALL 921-6444 or i f I y i i ! fl a » i y i A s i i ? 1-800-732-0804 ARTISTS PROFILES HOWARD BAETZHOLD STUART DUKE Coroner (Indianapolis, IN) Lighting Designer (Darien, CT) IO Debut IO Debut Chorus, 1977. Rigoletto, 1987. Recent Recent Balthazar, Amahl and the Night Visitors, IO Chorus; Orfeo ed Euridice and Faust, IO; The Matchmaker, Samuel, The Pirates ofPenzance, Indianapolis Civic The Rothschilds, Broadway jukebox (Off-Broadway); Theatre; Soloist, Verdi Requiem and Rossini Stabat H.M.S. Pinafore, Huntington Theatre Co.; Speed- Mater, Second Presbyterian Church. The-Plow, Indiana Repertory Theatre. Upcoming Upcoming Soloist, Artist Concert Series, Second Presbyterian Golden Boy, Candlewood Playhouse, CT; Conrack, Church; Recital, Fairview Presbyterian Church; Goodspeed Opera House; National Anthems, Northside Travel Club comedy performances. Philadelphia Theatre Co. JAMES SOLOMON BENN JONATHAN EATON Nelson (Indianapolis, IN) Stage Director (London, England) IO Debut IO Debut Recent Don Giovanni, 1990. Jazzin' on Bourbon Street, Walker Ballroom; Thomas Recent "Fats" Waller, Ain'tMisbehavin', Starlight Musicals; Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci and Turandot, New Aida, Indianapolis Opera; Dreamgirls; Guys and Dolls; York Ciry Opera; Don Giovanni, Indianapolis Sweeney Todd. Opera/Opera Memphis; Falstaff, Kentucky Opera; Upcoming Eugene Onegin, Vancouver Opera; The Silverlake Monk 'n'Bud Phoenix Theatre. (British premiere). Abbey Opera, Camden Festival. Upcoming / Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden; Carmen, New York City Opera; The Rape ofLucretia, San Diego Opera. ANGELA M. BROWN ELVIRA GREEN Lily (Indianapolis, IN) Maria (Greensboro, NC) IO Debut IO Debut Recent Recent Indianapolis Civic Theatre: Althea, Raisin; Miss Porgy and Bess, Tokyo; First African, African- Watty, Miss Moffat, Jewel, Best Little Whorehouse in American Summit, Cote d'lvoire, Abidjan; Concert: Texas; Gospel Lady, Bubblin' Brown Sugar, three From Mozart to Monk, New York; Today's Artists Encore Awards, two Civvy Awards; Best Female Concerts by the Sea Festival, Oregon. Gospel Vocalist, Starquest Gospel Competition of Upcoming Indiana Black Expo. Concert, Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco; Upcoming Concert, Alice Tully Hall, New Yotk; Opeta Ebony Participant, Vocal Arts Institute, Israel; Vocal coach, Spiritual Concerts, Finland. Indiana University Soul Revue. JAMES CARAHER MICHAEL J. HARPER Music Director (Binghamton, NY) Jim (Petersburg, VA) IO Debut IO Debut Madama Butterfly, 1982. Recent Recent Benoit, Alcindoro, La Boheme, Cincinnati College- IO Music Director, 1982-present; also Music s'.. -V ^«| Conservatory of Music; The Coronation of Poppea, Director Opera Memphis. In 1991 became Acting CCM; The Cunning Little Vixen, CCM; The Knot Artistic Director of Indianapolis Opera/Opera : : Garden, CCM and James River Chamber Opera; Memphis. Winner Corbett Award, CCM. Upcoming , : , , .. IO/OM productions; Yuletide concerts with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra w % SADIE DAVIS DEREK HUNTSMAN Annie, Strawberry Woman (Oklahoma City, OK) Robbins (Memphis, TN) IO Debut IO Debut Recent Recent Lady Billows, Albert Herring, Cincinnati College- Falun Folk Music Festival, Sweden; Kaos, Gamla Conservatory of Music; Scenes program, CCM. Stan, Stockholm; Kids Kompany, Washington, DC; Young Artists at White House; "Get Right Church," Huntsman Prod. Entertainment; Stairway to the Stars, 1st place winner, CBS Records. Upcoming Robbins, Porgy and Bess, Opera Memphis; Choral Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden; Tenor, Southern Opera Theatre. 1991-1992 Season ARTISTS' PROFILES MARSHALL JACKS A. E. PURCIFULL Choreographer (Memphis, TN) Policeman #1 (Frankfurt, IN) IO Debut IO Debut Recent Counr of Lerma, Don Carlo, 1990. Great Balls of Fire, Universal Pictures; Federal Recent Express National Sales Convention; Whole Lotta Soloist, Mozart Requiem and Verdi Requiem, Shakin ; Shut Up and Dance; Selma (national tour); Indianapolis Symphonic Choir; Count of Lerma, Treemonisha, Houston Grand Opera. Don Carlo, IO; Soloist, Verdi Requiem and Rossini Upcoming StabatMater, Second Presbyterian Church; Soloist, Porgy and Bess, Opera Memphis; World Premiere of Indianapolis Opera Ensemble. Beale Street, American Dance Theatre; Crusade for Character (national tour); Silent Night, Christmas Night, Ms. Black Teenage Tennessee Pageant. PHYLLIS ANN LEWIS GREGORY RAHMING Clara (Jackson, MS) Jake (Miami, FL) IO Debut IO Debut Recent Recent 1991 Recipient of scholarship from "The Baroques," Guglielmo, Cost fan tutte, Greater Miami Opera; Orto Cincinnati Kar, Der Freischiitz, Opera Orch. of NY; Howard, Upcoming Frederick Douglass, NJ State Opera; Dandini, La Clara, Porgy and Bess, Opera Memphis Cenerentola, Piedmont Opera; Masetto, Don Giovanni, Arkansas Opera Theater; Papageno, Sulpice, Ashlawn. Upcoming Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro, Virginia Opera; Papageno, The Magic Flute, Glimmerglass Opera; Sulpice, The Daughter of the Regiment, Piedmont Opera. REID ROBERTS MILLER JOHN A. SCHMID Detective (Indianapolis, IN) Chorus Master (Attica, IN) IO Debut IO Debut Recent IO Chorus Master, 1984. Jim, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Indiana Repertory Recent Theatre; Brad, Rocky Horror Show, Phoenix Theater; Beadle, Sweeney Todd; Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Vernon, They 're Playing Our Song, Warren Dream. Performing Arts Center; Antonio, Tierra Le Fuego: 2; Peter, Cotton Patch Gospel Christian Theological Seminary. Upcoming Pump Boys and Dinettes; IO Chorus; Northside Travel Club comedy performances. NAOMI MOODY MARIETTA SIMPSON Bess (Memphis, TN) Serena (Philadelphia, PA) IO Debut IO Debut Recent Recent Harriet Tubman, Divided We Fall Creative Orlovsky, Die Fledermaus, Pennsylvania Opera Performing Arts Institute; Concert, Royal Danish Theater; Elijah, New York Philharmonic; Mahler Orchestra, Copenhagen; Bess, Porgy and Bess, Symphony No. 8, Atlanta Symphony; Tituba, The London; Bess, Porgy and Bess, Tokyo. Crucible, Chautauqua Opera Festival. Upcoming Upcoming Bess, Porgy and Bess, Opera Memphis; Concerts: Porgy and Bess, Venice; The Messiah, Toronto Nashville, TN, Jackson, MS, Hampton, VA, Symphony; The Messiah, Carnegie Hall, Orch. of St. Langston, OK; Recording: "Great Revival—African- Luke's; Concerts with Robert Shaw: San Diego, American Spirituals." Honolulu, Phoenix, Knoxville, National Symphony. RICHARD TODD PAYNE IVAN THOMAS Frazier (Memphis, TN) Crown (St. Louis, MO) IO Debut IO Debut Governor/Innkeeper, Man of La Mancha, 1990. Recent Recent Crown, Porgy and Bess: Berlin, Japan, Toledo Opera; Ned, Treemonisha, Illinois Opera Theatre; Figaro, Count, Le Nozze di Figaro, Opera Ebony. The Marriage of Figaro, Illinois Opera Theatre; Upcoming Governor/Innkeeper, Man of La Mancha, Opera Crown, Porgy and Bess, Valencia (Spain) Symphony Memphis/IO; Speaker, The Magic Flute, Orchestra and Virginia Opera. Opera Memphis. Upcoming Master of Music, University of Illinois; Marcello, La Boheme, Illinois Opera Theatre. INDIANAPOLIS OPERA ARTISTS PROFILES CHARLES WILLIAMS JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT Sporting Life (Haynesville, LA) Mingo (Rome, GA) IO Debut IO Debut Recent Recent Porgy and Bess: Budapest, Metropolitan Opera, Borsa, Rigoletto, Dayton Opera; Mr. Angel, The Australia, Switzerland; Dr. Sachs, The Man Who Impresario, Southern Opera Theatre; Studio Artist, Mistook His Wife for a Hat and L 'Histoire du Soldat, Chautauqua Opera; National winner, Federation of Mt. Vernon College; One-Man Show; Carnegie Hall Music Clubs Student Artist Competition; 2nd prize, debut, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Miami Opera Guild Competition. Upcoming Upcoming World premiere of Cantata (Frances McKay); Aeneas, Dido and Aeneas, Richmond Symphony; Concerts, Mt. Vernon College and Haynesville, LA.; Soloist, The Messiah, Richmond Symphony. The Me Nobody Knows, Washington, DC; Vocal coach, Sweet Honey in the Rock. ARTHUR WOODLEY Porgy (New York, NY) IO Debut Leporello, Don Giovanni, 1990. Recent Speaker, The Magic Flute, Washington Opera and Atlanta Symphony; St. John Passion, Oregon Bach Festival; Porgy, Porgy and Bess, Rio de Janeiro, Charleston; The Hermit, Der Freischiitz, Opera Orchestra of New York. Upcoming Crespel, The Tales of Hoffmann, Houston Symphony; Porgy and Bess, Opera Company of Mid-Michigan. Memorial This summer Indianapolis Opera lost one of its most enthusiastic and generous friends with the death of Eleanor Evans Stout. Robert Driver, Artistic Director between 1981 and 1991, remembers: / met Mrs. Stout almost immediately upon my arrival because it seemed that crisis had arrived with me. Only two weeks after she had made a contribution to the annual campaign I had to go to her asking for even more to get the curtain up on Pinafore. In the most ladylike way she said, "Well, I didn 't expect to see you again so soon. " Of course, finally she got to expecting me, once responding to a request, "No, that's what I'm going to do now because I know you are going to be back in a very short while. " Happily, over the years her involvement became less motivated by my desperation and more by her growing interest in the company. And happily her interest was supported by her family who took pleasure in her pleasure. We who produce opera enjoy access to many extraordinary individuals. Eleanor Stout—quietly gentle, surprisingly humorous, and always generous— was certainly one of those. Indianapolis Opera audiences have been the beneficiaries of Mrs. Stout's great love of opera in specific ways as well. Over the years many performances were made possible through her sponsorship. Just in the last two years renowned baritones Robert Orth and John Davies, as well as tenors John de Haan and Indiana's own Jeffrey Reynolds, have appeared on the Indianapolis Opera stage under the auspices of Mrs. Stout's notable generosity. Most of all we will miss her charming company at Impresario Circle dinners and seeing her at the right end of row L at Sunday matinees. Indianapolis Opera remembers Eleanor Stout fondly as a friend and as a true patron of our art. 1991-1992 Season Just a note to remind you Professional Opera for Indiana needs everyone's support. Please consider supporting Indianapolis Opera's annual fund drive. 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A tax-deductible contribution makes you Two invitations to a partner in presenting four great the annual Impresario productions a year, as well as insuring Dinner. that children all over Indiana have the Two tickets to an opportunity to experience "the Queen of opera of the the Arts." 1991-92 season. In recognition of our donors' generosity Performance opportunities by the Indianapolis Opera Indianapolis Opera is pleased to offer the Ensemble at the location following special privileges and benefits: of your choice. 35 1991-1992 Season IMAGINE INDIANAPOLIS WITHOUT Columbia Club Kiwanis International Headquarters Meridian Street Methodist Church Indianapolis Colts Training Center 1925 1982 1950 1984 [aBfBMBJBJBlSIBIBlBJBlBMBfBUi] E [_J__MI_M_I____M______E Murat Temple Rush Stadium National Institute for 1930 1923 1931 Fitness & Sport 1988 n =c_g Richard Lugar Tower Indiana Theatre The Monument Jungclaus-Campbell Company 1974 1927 (Restoration, 1990) 1890 OUR BUILDINGS. JUNGCLAUS- CAMPBELL FOUNDED 1875 THE JUNGCLAUS-CAMPBELL C0 M PA NY I N C 0 R P 0 R ATED General Building Contractors Construction Managers Industrial Work Design & Build 825 Massachusetts Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Friends: 1991-92 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting years in Indianapolis Opera history. Season ticket sales have broken all previous records, approaching 1,700 as we go to press. A generous grant from the Lilly Endowment will make it possible to erase a long-standing debt that the company has borne for over ten years. Arts Market Consulting, Inc. has been hired to guide a strategic planning process to chart the course of Indianapolis Opera for the next five to ten years. And you are now enjoying a great performance in one of the most exciting seasons ever presented. While we look enthusiastically to the future, it is appropriate that we pay tribute to those individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies who have joined us to make this all possible. Without our audiences and our contributing friends, we are nothing. It is gratifying to tell all of you who have helped present high quality professional opera in Indianapolis that your investment is paying off and that being a part of Indianapolis Opera is only going to get more exciting in the future. I hope you're looking forward to this evening, the rest of the year and to future seasons with the same sense of pride that we who work to bring you these productions have. It is, indeed, a great moment in the history of this company, and we are delighted that you are sharing it with us. With best regards, X^^^^ CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & Corporate, foundation and organizational support is vital to the ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT growth and success of Indianapolis Opera. Corporate partnerships sustain the high quality of production you have come to expect, and encourage improved and increased educational programming. We are honored to receive gifts from the following companies, foundations and organizations during the period July 1, 1990 through June 30, 1991 and gratefully acknowledge their generosity. THE IMPRESARIO CIRCLE American States Insurance Ernst and Young Barth Electric Company, Inc. Herffjones, Inc. Indianapolis Power and Light Ice, Miller, Donadio and Ryan GUARANTOR Jefferson National Life Insurance Co. Reilly Industries, Inc. Indianapolis Newspapers $5,000 AND ABOVE Lilly Endowment The Kroger Co. Foundation The City of Indianapolis and The Sexton Company PATRON Kulwin Electric Supply, Inc. the Arts Council of Indianapolis National Endowment for the Arts $1,000 TO $ 2,499 Lilly Industrial Coatings Clowes Fund, Inc. Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Allison Transmission/Div. GM Marsh Supermarkets Deloitte Touche Foundation, Inc. American United Life Merchants National Bank Eli Lilly and Company Foundation PSI Energy Foundation Amerkrust National Bank Merrill Lynch The Ford Meter Box Foundation, Inc. USAir The Associated Group The Penrod Society Golden Rule Insurance Beardsley Foundation Service Supply Company GTE SPONSOR Boeringer Mannheim Corp. Tango, Inc. Indiana Arts Commission $2,500 TO $4,999 Bowen Engineering Corp. Vanguard Disbursement Services Indianapolis Opera Guild American Express Cort Furniture Rental WTHR-TV INDIANAPOLIS OPERA SUPPORTERS EHOB, Inc. Irvington Music Study Club George S. Olive & Co. Pak Mail Hampton Enterprises Raleigh Limited, Inc. BENEFACTOR SUSTAINER Handley and Miller Ray L. Dudek & Associates $500 TO $999 $250 TO $499 Hofmeister Jewelers William F. Thompson, Inc. AAA Hoosier Motor Club The Allstate Foundation HP Products Citizens Gas and Coke Utility Gteenwalt, Sponsel & Co., Inc. Indiana Lumberman's Mutual Insurance Co. CORPORATE MATCHING Dow Brands Pentera, Inc. Indianapolis Life Insurance Co. Corporate matching gift programs encourage Glick's Furniture Rentals Rhino Linings Key Life Insurance Co. employee support of the arts and provide an Hubcr, Hunt and Nichols, Inc. Nasser, Smith, Pinkerton Cardiology opportunity to double and even triple your gift Indiana Energy, Inc. DONOR William H. Green and Associates, Inc. to Indianapolis Opera. We gratefully Indiana State Fairgrounds $100 TO $249 Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Indiana acknowledge the following corporations which Indianapolis Water Company A. K. Hurst Co. World Life and Accident matched employee contributions last season: Jungclaus-Campbell Co., Inc. Bindley Western Industries, Inc. CIGNA Mead and Company Business Furniture Corp. CONTRIBUTOR IBM Melvin Simon and Associates, Inc. Calderon Brothers Vending Company $25 TO $99 Indiana Bell Shaw-Burkhart-Brenner Foundation Circle Business Credit, Inc. Atlas Supermarkets Eli Lilly and Company Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. David L. Cross Century 21 Gold Key Realtors, Inc. WRTV-6 (McGraw Hill Broadcasting) Crowe-Chizek & Co. Grain Dealers Mutual Insutance Co. 1991-1992 Season Another plug forth e arts. mcnamara INDIANAPOLIS POWER _ LIGHT COMPANY broad ripple • castleton • carmel JLAvJA J._5L INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL OPERA FOR INDIANA Each year Indianapolis Opera receives essential support in the form of donations made by individuals and families during the Annual Fund Drive. These gifts allow us to maintain productions of high artistic standards and to expand our educational offerings throughout the state. To those of you who participate in our work with your financial support, we extend our most sincere thanks! (The following gifis were received during the period July 1, 1990 through June 30, 1991) THE IMPRESARIO CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. William Curran Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Reilly, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. DeMars Mr. and Mrs. James E. Rogers, Jt. Mr. Richard E. Ford Ms. Pauline K. Selby GUARANTOR SPONSOR Mts. Russell Fortune, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith $5000 AND ABOVE $2,500 TO $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Fox Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smithwick, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. C N. Christensen Sarah Barney Mr. and Mrs. James G. Graham Mr. Charles B. Staff, Jr. Mr. Allen W. Clowes Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Taurel Mrs. Edward W. Harris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Sutherland Mrs. Ruth Lilly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Kincannon Lisa Sutphin Mr. and Mrs. E. Kirk McKinney PATRON Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knapp Mr. and Mrs. James Telfer Dt. and Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. F. Bruce Peck, Jr. $1,000 TO $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Kyle E. Lanham Charles E. Test Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Stack Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Aiken Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Lindseth Mr. and Mrs. King Traub Mrs. Erwin C. Stout Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bannister Ms. M. Kathleen McKinney Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Wolf, Jr. Mrs. Norma Winkler Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bash Mrs. Susanah M. Mead Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Wood Anonymous-2 Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn D. Bryson Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Nering Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Zeigler William L. Burge Mr. and Mrs. Frank Owings Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Zipes Mr. and Mrs. James Cornelius Ms. Sally Reahard Anonymous-2 INDIANAPOLIS OPERA SUPPORTERS DONOR Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Fineberg $100 TO $249 Mrs. Stanley Ford Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Alig Ms. Wendy M. Fortune BENEFACTOR Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Baxter Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Freiberger $500 TO $999 Lori and Dan Efroymson Mrs. John W.Beeler Dr. and Mrs. Austin L. Gardner Ms. Dorothy Stites Alig Ms. Rosalie Ferguson Dr. and Mrs. Paul Benedict Roger F. Geiger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Binford Mr. and Mrs. William J. Garvey Dr. and Mrs. Werner W. Beyer Mr. and Mrs. John F. Geisse Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Broadie Ms. Frances M. Girdwood Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bowen Ms. Rosita Genovese Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Graper Ms. Katherine L. Boyer Mrs. Charles F. Gillespie Mr. Philip P. Capasso Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hanish Dr. and Mrs. TA. Brady Elisabeth Good Sara E. Douglass Dr. and Mrs. Donald Hardman Chris and Janet Brandt Mr. William H. Green Mr. W. A. Dyer, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Lowell D. Hatfield Mrs. Charles S Brignall Mr. and Mrs. J. Allan Hall Mr. and Mrs. Don Earnhart Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hecht Nancy and Jeff Burris Ms. Majorie Hanley Mr. Hugh W. Frey Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Heidenreich Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Carlino Mr. Arthur Hansen John S. Griffin Ronald D. Henriksen Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carr, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hermann E. Happel Mrs. Virginia Gruen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holmes Mrs. Floyd M. Chafee Mr. and Mrs. August Hardee Mr. and Mrs. John Hayford Gary and Pat Jerrell Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Hargadon 11. Bradford Hays Mr. Charles Latham, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Geotge Charbonneau Elizabeth Harris Dr. James and Ann Heger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Mantel Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Christensen Mrs. Harold Hartley Mr. and Mrs. William Holbrook Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Miller III Mrs. Philip Christiansen Mr. and Mrs. Hart N. Hasten Mrs. W. Seymour Holt Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Hazlett III Ms. Carolyn W. Kincannon Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Nagan Mr. and Mrs. James W. Conine Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hefner Dr. and Mrs. James A. Madura F. Timothy and Katherine Nagler Jane Cooling Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Hingtgen Mrs. Walter J. Myers Eldon H. Nyhan Mr. and Mrs. Steven Cooper Mrs. E. G. Hinshaw Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Palmer Mrs. Robert D. Orr Denise and Bruce Cordingley Dr. Redmond P. Hogan, III Susan and Larry Pitts Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Paine Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cortese, Jr. Elsa Hubert Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Culp Mrs. James E. Hughes Paul and Martha Schmidt Ms. Lorraine Price Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Cuppy, Jr. Mr. and Mts. Tom C. Huston Alice Schloss Vernley Rehnstrom Mr. and Mrs. William Davis Mrs. Lester Irons Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Thompson Ms. Patricia Garrett Rooney Harry and Lois Irene Davis Richard A. Jackson Mr. Benjamin Twigg Mr. and Mrs. Hal Schimmelpfennig Mrs. Noble Dean, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jackson Anonyrnous-3 Dr. and Mts. Dale Schulz Mr, and Mrs. Richard Deer Mt. and Mrs. Richard Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Simon Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Delman Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Johnson SUSTAINER Mr. and Mrs. Step Mrs. Herman A. Detrwiler Mr. and Mrs. Gene Jones $250 TO $499 Barbara Stokley Mr. Blake Devitt Mr. Walter G. Justus Dr. and Mrs. Howard G. Baetzhold Mrs. Frederic W. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Stephen DeVoe Mr. Barton Kaufman Dr. Richard F. Bing Mr. and Mrs. Albert Toth, Jr. Katherine Northam Dickson Mt. and Mrs. Kennison Dr. and Mrs. Louis F. Chenette Mr. and Mrs. John J. Weldon Mr. and Mrs. Andre Donikian Mr. James L. Kittle, Sr. Drs. Ray and Lisa Childers Karl and Barbara Zimmer Claudette and Latry Einhom Mr. and Mrs. David Kleiman Mr. and Mrs. Chris J. Chrisry Anonymous-2 Nell and Maurine Ernst Mr. and Mrs. Shubrick T. Kothe Mrs. William B. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Farkas Mr. and Mrs. James Landes Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Daily Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Farlow Lisa McKee Lanham Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Desanto Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Feinberg Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lee 1991-1992 Season INDIANAPOLIS OPERA SUPPORTERS Pat Ellis Jean Long Morris Mr. and Mrs. John Ernstes Mr. and Mrs. James E. Monroe, Jr. Ms. Mary Ellen Evans Mr. and Mrs. John T. Munshower Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lesher Mrs. Richard L. Sharp Dr. and Mrs. William Fechtman Margery E. Newman Mrs. Robert Lively Jack and Karen Shaw Ms. Jan Dearmin Finney Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Nezovich Dr. Daisy Riley Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Shepfer Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery M. Nicholls Dr. and Mrs. J. Theo Luros Francis Sickler Ms, Carol Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Chas. O'Drobinak Mr. Jeffrey Maess Mrs. Ivan Snyder Mrs. Leroy Flint Lidija Odeiko Dr. and Mrs. David Malik Mr. R. Jack Sogard Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Francescon Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Ohleyer Mr. and Mrs. Stan Malless James K. and Michal S. Sommer Ms. Linda L. Fritsch Ms. Ann S. Patten Dr. and Mrs. Michael Manzie Dr. Mary Soper Lisl Fruehman Sylvia Patterson-Scott Mr. and Mrs. E. Michael Marmion Mr. and Mrs. Karl Steegmann Ms. Magdalene Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Paulsen Ms. Editha Masters Margaret Stevenson Mr. Earl W. Furlow Mr. and Mrs. Paul Penn Dr. and Mrs. B. T. Maxam Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Stoneciphet Mr. Mack Furlow, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John N. Pittman Mr. and Mrs. Rolla E. McAdams Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Strickland Mr. and Mrs. W. Patterson Garten Chuck Pizarro Mr. and Mrs. Henry McKinley Mr. J. Patrick Tatum Laura S. Gaus Helen Poor Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Templeton Ms. Dorothy Geisler Mrs. Donnel Power Mr. J. W. McQuiston Dr. and Mrs. Vidyasagar S. Tulmuluri Mr. Joseph W. Haaf Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Purol Dr. and Mrs. George McCord Edna and Guernsey Van Riper Ms. AlbertineJ. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Richard Quinn Mr. and Mrs. John Mead Mr. Richard C. Vonnegut, Sr. John K. Hamcr Dr. and Mrs. George H. Rawls Mr. and Mrs. Boris Meditch Mrs. Harry V. Wade, Sr. Howard and Leavitta Hamilton Dr. Charles H. Redish Mrs. Robert Michaelis Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Walker John Hamilton Mrs. George Reilly James N. Miller Mrs. Weest Julie and Dan Hardt Mrs. Virginia Reilly Dr. and Mrs. Victor Milstein F. Sheldon and Marilyn Wettack Mrs. Hans Harle Mrs. Thomas E. Reilly, Sr. Paul and Phyllis Minott Anonymous-8 Ms. Martha Jean Harvey Mr. and Mrs. George M. Rhoderick Dr. and Mrs. Richard Miyamoto Mrs. William E. Hasen Karen and Darrell Richey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mohlman CONTRIBUTOR Jo and Debbie Hatmaker William R. and Gloria Riggs Dr. and Mrs. Philip Morton $25 TO $99 Mrs. Meade S. Heeter Mr. and Mrs. Leon D. Riggs James Morton Mr. Andre Aerne Ruth C. Herron Lawrence and Doris Rignanese Carol D. Nathan Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aldenderfer Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Risch Mr. and Mrs. Jim O'Neal Mrs. Conlin Alexander Rev. and Mrs. George Hoog Ms. Marie C. Robb Andy M. Palm Dr. and Mrs. Vincent B. Alig Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hoover Todd Robberts Mr. and Mrs. John D. Pasch Ms. Marilyn M. Baldwin Mrs. John R. Hoss Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Roper, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Paul Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Banta Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Huey, Jr. Rozann and Neal Rothman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Barnes Mrs. Alice J. Hume Dr. and Mrs. James A. Scheidler Ms. Gail F. Piltz Mr. and Mrs. Clark J. Barrett Mrs. John H. Jefferson Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Schnell Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Pitz Mrs. Raymond A. Basso Mr. Donald Johnson Ms. Ada C, Shaum Richard R. Plath Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beiman Mrs. Richard Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Harry Siderys Walter Poesse Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Bennett Mr. S. Carroll Kahn Mr. and Mrs. David P. Sims Bruce and Linda Polizotto Mr. and Mrs. George Bixler Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Small Ms. MadoraJ. Pontius Mrs. Forest W. Blanton Eve Kishony and Rachetta Kaseff Mt. and Mrs. Frank Springer Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Pulliam Ms. Betty Boyd Penny Savage Landrigan Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Steele Dr. and Mrs. Carl S. Pruitt Wendy W.Boyle Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Lawton Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Stonehill Tom and Doris Pytynia David and Tracy Brackett Mr. and Mrs. Donald Le Clare Dr. Edmund Strauss Brian and Sabine Quick Mrs. llga M, Brivulis Mr. and Mrs. Alan Levin Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Strong, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Raber Mrs. Morris L. Brown Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sundquist Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rawlings Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Burns Sen. and Mrs. Richard G. Lugar Mr. and Mts. R. S. Swaim, Jr. Mr, and Mrs. Bloor Redding Mr. Clark Byrum Mr. and Mrs. David Malcom Ms. Charleyene Thompson Mr. and Mrs. George RJiodes Judith Cannavo Dr. Karl and Ann Manders Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Thompson Dr. Francis Dobson Rhome Mt. and Mts. Robert Carlton Teresa and Gabe Markisohn Mr. and Mrs. Antons Trokss Mr. and Mrs. John R. Roberts, Jf. Mt. and Mts. William Carr Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Mathias Mr. Steven L. Tuchman Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Alex Carroll Ms. Helen McCarrel and Mr, Erich Wild Mt. and Mrs. William H. Voback Alice Ross Ms. Dorthea Chase Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McDetmond Robert E. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G. Rossebo Mr. and Mrs. Ernest O. Coad Dr. and Mrs. William K. McGarvey Mr. and Mrs. John M. Weisel Mr. and Mrs. Christian Rossebo Mr. and Mrs. James Coukos Mr. and Mrs. Dean McKean Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Wernle Mr. and Mrs. Warren Ruddell Mrs. Lester W. Cox Mr. and Mrs. Mack P. McKinzie Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wm. White Dr. and Mrs. James A. Sabens Mr. and Mrs. James Cunning, Jr. Susan C. McTurnan Ralph and Kathy Wilhelm Dr. and Mrs. Harry M. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cutshall Mrs. William Medlicott Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scheuring Mrs. Stephen P. Davidson Mr. and Mts. Meeker Mr. Frank N. Wintin Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schlegel Ms. Judith Davis Kathryn Merkel Ann C. Wishard Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Schnicke Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dennerline III Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meyer LTC and Mrs. Robert Withington Kathleen Schreiner Mr. and Mrs. James R. East Mrs. Roscoe E. Miller Ann S. Word Dr. and Mrs. Richard Schultheis Mabel and Nelson Easton Mr, William Milligan Mr. Thomas E. Yates Dr. and Mrs. Gene E. Sease Dr. Anne Eliades Mrs. Marvin Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zeager MEMORIALS FOR THE SEASON 1991-92 In memory of Marion Dyer In memory of Virginia Wolfram W.A. 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