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Home , Five Anniversaries, Fritz Holt, George Forrest (author), Jack Bradford, Lucio Fernandez, Suite of Dances (ballet)

CONTENTS

A MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTOR ...... 2

COMING EVENTS ...... 3

BUILDING ON A DREAM ...... 4

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ...... "...... 6

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS ...... 7

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ...... 10

MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE CONTRIBUTORS ...... 12

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ...... 22

HOUSE POLICIES, GENERAL INFORMATION ...... 24

CARMEN ...... 26

WEST SIDE STORY ...... 30

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ...... 40

ORCHESTRA/CHORUS ROSTER ...... 42

On behalf of Michigan Opera Theatre, welcome to your opera house. I am delighted that you could join us, and hope that this will be one of many visits to the Detroit Opera House - the latest addition to Detroit's celebrated Theatre District. Although the Detroit Opera House remams a masterpiece m progress, I invite you to experience the grandeur of this classic American theater in its nearlY'completed state. From the grand staircase, adorned by a stunning 3,000 piece crystal chandelier, to the hand-crafted proscenium arch, much of the original 1922 elaborate interior design has been lovingly and faithfully restored to its former splendor. The newly constructed 75,000 square foot stage (among the largest in North America), state-of-the-art orchestra pit (large enough to

~ccommodate nearly 100 musicians), and rich acoustical and visual properties make this grand old theater one of the most exciting and coveted in the world. The grand opening of the Detroit Opera House last April was the realization of a twenty-five year dream to provide our community with a world-class facility ideally suited for grand opera and ballet. We are pleased that this magnificent theatre can also play host to the most spectacular national touring productions available. In years to come, hundreds of productions will grace our stage. Through its diversity and uniqueness of programming, the Detroit Opera House will greatly enhance the cultural fabric of our city and Southeastern Michigan. This glorious theater would not be possible if it were not for the support of hundreds of individuals, like yourself, committed to the dream of a world-class opera house for Detroit. While the Detroit Opera House is now functioning, or operable, the fund-raising process

continues. Ther~ are many ways to get involved! Whether you underwrite a seat, buy a brick or make a contribution (please see page 11), you are ensuring the completion of your opera house, a place to enjoy the best in opera, dance, musical theater, variety programming and special events. I hope you enjoy your visit at the Detroit Opera House, and look forward to hosting you in years to come . . David DiChiera, General Director Enjoy the show!

2 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre ( Sl ill December 23, 1996 - January 5, 1997 Nutcracker Ballet December 5-22, 1996 JERRY LEWIS IN DAIYIN American Ballet Theatre ~ 7wa/b~a~ February 11 - March 9, 1997 February 4-9, 1997 Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre Cleveland Ballet

f(~~ April 5-13, 1997 April 15-20, 1997 Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre '!he Marriage of$,garo May 3-11, 1997 Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN May 31 - June 8,1997 Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre

For tickets and information, please call (313) 874-SING or to charge by phone call (810) 645-6666. *Shows and times subject to change.

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It these walls could only talk ... in the Grand Circus Park area in the For nearly eight decades this grand 1920's. Designed by renowned Detroit old palace . has enriched the lives of architect C. Howard Crane, whose our great city and surrounding communities. genius for theater design took him ro Born in the midst of Detroit's most splendid cities around the nation, the building period, this grand palace has survived world was constructed with superb acoustics wars, economic booms and recessions, social and in the style of the grand European turmoil and the renaissance of our cultural opera houses. Crane also designed such institutions. And, in the midst of it all, she Detroit landmarks as the Fox Theatre, has flourished and faded, been loved and Gem Theatre and the acoustically per neglected, deteriorated and been lovingly fect Orchestra Hall. resrored. The Capi tol Theater was Historically, Michigan Opera Theatre's resplendently decorated in the Italian new home is Detroit's fifth opera house. Renaissance style with lavish Tiffany Previous venues intended for staging opera chandeliers, frescoes, brass fixtures, in Detroit included a "Detroit Opera marble stairways and drinking fountains. House" from 1869-1963 at Kennedy Rich rose-red Italian damask was used Square; "Whitney Grand Opera House" for the main stage curtain and from 1875-1897 located at Fort Street and draperies throughout the house. Many Shelby; "The New c.]. Whitney Opera of these features are present today in House" (renamed Garrick Theater) located the Detroit Opera House. on Griswold and Michigan- Avenues; and In the fall of 1929, the Capitol the "New Detroit Opera House" from Theater became the Paramount The Capitol Theater 1922. 1886-1928 located at Randolph and Theater and, in 1934, was renamed Monroe streets. the Broadway Capitol Theater. Within Here is the story of your Detroit the first few decades, the grand theater Theatre closed its doors in 1978, and Opera House: hosted the likes of Will Rogers, Louis reopened under the same name in 1981. Armstrong, Betty Hutron, Guy Lombardo From 1981 to 1985, the theater ran intermit- SETTING THE SCENE and Duke Ellington; and later Gale Storm, tently, presenting a myriad of entertainment, Located on the corners of Broadway and Sal Mineo and many of the rock and roll stars from such mainstream artists as Ray Charles Madison at Grand Circus Park, the theater of the 1950's. and Roy Orbison to an alternative rock series was originally opened January 12, 1922 as After several years of near decay, the theater entitled "Grand Circus Live." The 1922 the Capitol Theater. At the time of its gala underwent a minor restoration in 1960. The palace closed its doors for the last time in premiere, the 4,250-seat theater was claimed renamed and reconfigured 3,367 -seat Grand November of 1985, after a small fire. The ro be the fifth largest in the world. The Circus Theater became a movie house and theater would be tragically neglected for theater was the first in a series of palatial cinema; live entertainment was no longer three years, until the nomadic Michigan vaudeville and moving picture houses built presented on her stage. The Grand Circus Opera Theatre met its destiny. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 4 for sale, only rent. While in the making performances by Luciano Pavarotti midst of these discussions, the and a srar-studded cast of world-renowned Grand Circus Theater became artists. All eyes were on Detroit, as the available for purchase. David city celebrated the opening of it's very own DiChiera considered the magnifi opera house - a world-class theater for the cent structure ideal for its "opera entertainment of generations to come. house" style interior and the possi bilities for building a new stage TO BE CONTINUED house. He brought in facilities With the completion of Phase I (the experts to substantiate its structural completion of the auditorium and patron soundness, acoustical excellence service areas) scheduled for late fall of 1996, and technical capabilities when the construction and fund raising process updated. On December 31 of continues. Future phases of the project 1987, the ball got rolling as the include the construction and completion of Grand Circus Theater prior to renovation, May 1995. company secured the first parcel in an educational resource center, an expanded the Grand Circus Theater block as glass-enclosed lobby and an outdoor plaza. ENTER MICHIGAN the company's future performance site. Adjoining office rowers are undergoing OPERA THEATRE In 1990, the capital campaign to raise adaptive reuse into dressing rooms, patron Michigan Opera Theatre, cited by funds for the project began. With the service areas and offices fot Michigan Opera the Detroit media as "one of the city's cultural support of several prominent business Theatre's administration, production and jewels," is the State of Michigan's premiere leaders Michigan Opera Theatre ran a community outreach departments. opera company serving as a state-wide cultural successful campaign ro name the private In June of 1996 David DiChiera resource committed to producing the very grand tier boxes, enabling the Company to announced that the Detroit Opera House, best professional" productions from the acquire the remaining parcels of the Grand under the management of Michigan Opera grand opera, operetta, musical theater and Circus Theater block (this included three Theatre, would, in addition to grand opera ballm repertory. Founded and directed by parking lots, the theater proper and the and ballet, play host to musical theater, internationally recognized impresario Dr. Roberrs Fur Building). In the fall of 1991 variety programming and special events. In a David DiChiera, Michigan Opera Theatre during a pre-concert press conference in the unique co llaboration between Michigan is now recognized as one' of the nation's Grand Circus Theater, Luciano Pavarotri Opera Theatre, the Nederlander Family and most 'successful opera companies. made his memorable promise to rerum to Michael and Marian Ilitch's Olympia Since its inception in 1971, Michigan open the Detroit Opera House, bringing Entertainment, the Detroit Opera House Opera Theatre has called three different the building project to the attention of the will serve all sectors of the community with theaters "home" prior to the opening of the public at large. more than two hundred performances in Detroit Opera House. In 1971 the Company In the Spring of 1993, the wrecking ball its first full season. It is estimated that the became the catalyst for the revitalization of came down on the Roberts Fur Building on entertainment population for the Detroit Detroit's celebrated Theater District, as it the Grand Circus Theater block, making way Opera House exceeds 9 million households. re-opened the Music Hall Center for the for a new 75,000 square foot stage house. Michigan Opera Theatre has lovingly Performing Arts. Music Hall was home until With the $1.25 million Kresge Challenge dubbed the 1996-1997 season at the Detroit 1985. In 1985, the company, in an effort grant, the acquisition of the last of the six Opera House "Building On A Dream." It is to accommodate its growing audience and parcels in the Grand Circus Theater block, our sincere hope that you, your families and increased production needs, began performing and the 1994 Opera Ball inside the unre generations to come enjoy the Detroit Opera the fall season in the Fisher Theatre (ptimarily stored auditorium before a crowd of many House, and we encourage you to help us a Broadway style house seating 2,100), and who had never before seen the interior, the build on the dream. the spring season in the 4,000 seat Masonic project gained incredible momentum. Temple Theatre. While the move to the Construction began in earnest on the stage ENJOY! Fisher and Masonic Temple Theatres achieved house that same summer. The monumental a temporary solution to the Company's task before Michigan Opera need for greater technical resources, seating Theatre, the renovation of the capacity and audience amenities, it became Detroit Opera House, has been clear that the future of Michigan Opera considered a key component for Theatre as a permanent resource for the economic, culrural and CIVIC the city and state would be jeopardized revitalization of Detroit. if the company could not control its own destiny. Michigan Opera Theatre, under AN OPERA the leadership of David DiChiera and the HOUSE FOR DETROIT Board of Directors, set out to find a On April .21 of 1996, a building ideally suited for grand opera and date that coincided with the ballet productions. Company's twenty-fifth season, In the late 1980's the company seriously David DiChiera's dream became a considered renovating the State Theater reality as the Detroit Opera located next to the newly renovated Fox House was declared "open and Theatre, though this arrangement was not ready for music" with an inaugural Detroit Opera House after it wa s innaugurated by Michigan Opera considered ideal because the facility was not gala concert, fearuring history Theatre. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 5 Michigan Opera Theatre invites you to ...

~ild on a dream -

THE DETROIT OPERA HOUSE

On April 21, 1996, the doors to the beautifully restored Detroit Opera House were open to the public for the Inaugural Gala. Luciano Pavarotti and a host of other operatic luminaries performed in a Grand Concert to celebrate the occasion. Glorious music filled the theater and delighted the 2,700 people in attendance. It was truly a magnificent moment in Michigan. Opera Theatre's twenty-five year history of excellence in the metropolitan Detroit community. Finally, MOT has its own home - and it is a wonderful home. , Dr. David DiChiera, General Director, always knew that to make MOT a permanent resource for the city and state, the opera company would need to have a world-class facility to accommodate all of its activities. In 1989, MOT acquired the Grand Circus Theatre, and seven years later the dream became a reality. More than 1,500 donors have contributed $20 million to help open the doors - individuals, corporations and foundations. They have underwritten all of the grand tier boxes and some of the lobbies, chandeliers, individual seats and bricks. However, more work needs to be done and there are many more naming opportunities. We need to raise an additional $13 million to complete the first phase of this project which includes finishing the elevator tower, lobbies and public lounge. To help raise these funds, we have a lofty goal, but an achievable one - to name every seat in the theater. We invite you to help us build on our dream and put your name on a seat. If you look around the theater, you will notice that some seats have gold ribbons on them designating the seat underwriters. One day we hope to have permanent brass name plaques on every seat. Seats can be named from $500 to $25,000 and gifts of $1,000 or more can be fulfilled up to a five year period. So, please join us in the campaign to complete the restoration of the Detroit Opera House. For more information on how you can get involved, call the Development Department at 313-874-7850.

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SIGNAL BENEFACTOR Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Robinson Mrs. Martin L. Butzel Dr. Barbara Chapman & $2,000,000 VanDusen & F [eernan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rogel Mr. David Chivas Frank Andrews The Kresge Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, Jr. Diane & Morton Scholnick Mr. & Mrs. Rodkey Craighead Mrs. Eleanor A. Christie Mr. & Mrs. Max M. Fisher Mr. Joseph Schwartz Cheri II & Richard Cregar Mrs. Adelina C. Colby GRAND BENEFACTORS Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. & Family Coopers & Lybrand $1,000,000 Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Gornick Standard Federal Bank Mr. & Mrs. George Dean Dr. & Mrs. Victor Curatolo Chrysler Corporation Mr. & Mrs. John C. Griffin Mrs. Mark C. Stevens Mr. Don Francis Duggan Mr. & Mrs. Donald Cutler Ford Motor Company Fund Mr. & Mrs. Preston B. Happel Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Toppin Mr. & Mrs. Louis Fontana Mr. & Mrs. David Denn General Motors Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Verne G . Istock Mr. & Mrs. Art VanElslander Mr. Brian Fossee Ms. Mary Jane Doerr The Skillman Foundation Masco Corp Consuela S. & H enry E. Wenger Mrs. Roy Fruehauf Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence F. N eiman Marcus Henry Penn Wenger Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Gifford DuMouchelle MAJOR BENEFACTOR Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Petersen The Samuel L. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hagopian Mr. & Mrs. Alex Erdeljan $500,000 Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Poling Westerman Foundation Mr. David Handleman Hilda R. Ettenheimer The John S. & J ames L. Mr. & Mrs. David Pollack Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. White Howell Industries, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. H erbert Feldstein Knig ht Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Irving Rose Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Mrs. David Jacknow Mr. Herbert Fisher Saturn Electronics Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Jadach Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Foster LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Diane W. & Charles L. Wilson, Jr. Mrs. William E. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. George E. Frost $250,000 TO $499,999 Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Worsley JPRA!Peterhansrea Architects Dr. & Mrs. Juan Ganum Ameritech Schwendemann Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu Mrs. Lillian Kuschinsky Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Garberding Anonymous Mrs. Rosemary Skupny Mrs. Paul Zuckerman Honorable Mitchell I. Kafarski Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Gerbi Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Benton Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar and Zofia Drozdowska Kafarski , M.D. Mr. Michael Gerstenberger Mr. Maurice Cohen Thyssen Inc., North America SILVER CIRCLE with sons Erik M. Kafarski & Mr. & Mrs. Carson C. Grunewald Dayton Hudson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend $15,000 TO $24,999 Konrad C. Kafarski Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Gualtieri on behalf of Hudson's Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Tyner Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Borrz Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Gunderson Detroit Edison Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Tarik S. Daoud Kasle & Family Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Hartwig Mr. & M~s. Robert E. Dewar Dr. & Mrs. Sam B. Williams David & Karen DiChiera Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G . Kirby Sonia & Chuck Jacobs Ghafari Associates, Inc. Eaton Corporation Mr. & Mrs. John A. Kirlin Mr. & Mrs. Richard Janes Hudson-Webber Foundation TRUSTEE CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. John R. Edman Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Klein Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kline Kmart Corporation $25,000 TO $49,999 Farbman Group Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kojaian Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Kreindler Lear Corporation Anonymous Mr. Kenneth H. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Krikorian La-Z-Boy Chair Company McGregor Fund Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Edward P Frohlich Mollie & Bruno Leonelli Mr. & Mrs. Lee E. Landes NBD Bank Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Mr. Allan D. Gilmour Mr. Charles Marks Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Larson Ralph L. & Winifred E. Polk Mr. & Mrs. Gebran S. Anton Mr. & Mrs. Andy Giancanilli Mr. & Mrs. E. R. Milner Dr. & Mrs. Murray B. Levin Charitable Annuity Trust Dr. & Mrs. Agustin Arbulu Great Lakes Exteriors Marsha & Jeffrey H. Miro Ms. Mary Sirotkin Lewis Mr. & Mrs. George Strum bas Dr. & Mrs. Robyn Arrington, Sr. Guardian Industries- Sally & Harry Nosanchuk Lewis & Thompson Agency TRW Foundation Dr. & Mrs. John V. Balian Glass Division Mr. Michael W. Pease Dr. & Mrs. Kim K. Lie Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Mr. & Mrs. J. Addison Bartush Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart Dr. Robert E. L. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Liebler Williams, Sr. Caprice W & Mark Alan Baun Mr. & Mrs. John Kaplan Plunkett & Cooney, Pc. Mr. & Mrs. Mark McCartin Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Mr. & Mrs. David Baker Lewis Mr. & Mrs. David P. Ruwart Mexican Industries BENEFACTORS Mr. & Mrs. John Boll Mr. & Mrs. WaltOn A. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Moon $100,000 TO $249,999 Mr. Thomas Cohn Lobdell-Emery Marilyn & Norman Schakne Mr. & Mrs. Fred Morganroth Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Complete Business Solutions Manufacturing Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Schwartz Mr. Edwin Lee Morrell ANR Pipeline Company Conswners Power Foundation Louise Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sloan Mr. & Mrs. Joel Morris Blue Cross! Julie Darlow Donovan & Meyer & Anna Prentis Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Smirh Mr. & Mrs. E. Clarence Mularoni Blue Shield of Michigan John C. O'Meara Family Foundarion Mr. & Mr. Richard D. Mr. David C. Mulligan Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Deloitte & Touche Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Starkweather Mr. & Mrs. E. Michael Mutchler Comerica, Inc. DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Graham A. Orley Mr. Andrew P Teitel Mr. & Mrs. Eino Nurme Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Cameron B. Duncan Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Partrich Dr. & Mrs. L. Murray Thomas Ms. Penny Oglesby Mr. & Mrs. David B. H ermelin Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mr. John E. Perry Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Vallee, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Orley Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Jaques Ernst & Young Phillips Service Industries, Inc Mr. & Mrs. Steven I. Victor Mr. & Mrs. Jules Pallone Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Lomason,II Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Ewing Mr. Mickey Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. James Pamel Michigan National Corporation Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson Mr. & Mrs. William H . Smith Mrs. Beryl Winkelman Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Papisra Oliver Dewy Marcks Foundation Mr. & Mrs. E. Jan Hartmann Mr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Zegouras Mr. & Mrs. David P. Parr Omnicare H ealth Plan Holden Fund Vander Brug Perlmutter & Freiwald Mr. & Mrs. Louis R. Ross Honorable & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. SUSTAINERS Progressive Tool Mr. Raymond C. Smith Joseph Impastato VanderKloot $5,000 TO $9,999 PVS Chemicals, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Anrhony L. Soave Kaufman Memorial Trust Mr. Clune Walsh Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Quinlin United Technologies Mr. & Mrs. Robert Klein Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas & Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ronan Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Knechtel Mr. & Mrs. Keith Weber Sarah Allison Mr. Richard Rouchon GOLD CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Lamparter Dr. Maril;m L. Williamson Ms. Helen Arnoldi Dr. Hershel & Lois Sandberg $50,000 TO $99,999 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Liggett World Heritage Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Ingida Asfaw Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Schlirters Dr. & Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Honorable Jack Martin & Barris, Sott, Denn, & Driker Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Bettye Arrington-Martin DIAMOND CIRCLE Ms. Mary Bartush-Jones Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Shaler Allied-Signal Foundation, Inc. Matilda R. Wilson Fund $10,000 TO $14,999 Mr. & Mrs. W George Bihler Mr. Robert Sievers Mr. & Mrs. David Aronow Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs Chester Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Borden Mr. Frank D. Stella Dr. & Mrs. Donald C. Ausrin William T McCormick,Jr. Atlas Tool, Inc Ms. Susan Borninski Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Webb Honorable & Mrs. Avern Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. O'Connell Mrs. Donald J. Atwood Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Cahalin Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Wiltshire Mr. & Mrs. Marvin I. Danto Dr. & Mrs. Moon J . 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Rozycki Mr. & Mrs. William Duling Bill and Carol Libby Mr. William Turnbull Mr. & Mrs. Zoltan J. Janosi Mr, & Mrs. Charles Russo Dr. & Mrs. James R. Duncan Ms. Barbara Linthorst-Homan Dr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Ursu Mr, William T. Jeanes Sandy Family Foundation Durr Industries Mr. & Mrs. A. T. Liu Mr. Kelly VanHeest Mr. Richard Jonson Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Sherman Mr. Jerry Earles Mr. & Mrs. Stephan J. Loginsky Mr. Steve Veresh Ms. Susan L. Kelly Dr. Michael Short Lady Jane Easron Mr. & Mrs. John Lore Mr. Coleman Verona Mr. Arthur Kirsch Siemens Automotive Mr. Robert Eckerman Ms. Joan Lovell Dr. & Mrs. Ignatios Voudoukis Miss Phyllis Korn Ms. Phylis Funk Snow Dr. Rupert Edwards Mr. Ivan Ludingron, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Arnold B. Wallace Miss Selma Korn Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Sokol Ms. Ingrid Eidnes Mrs. Ruth MacRea Walter Ford Foundation Mr. Daniel Korte Drs. Wm. P. & Mr. & Mrs. Robert Elsey Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Major Mr. & Mrs. William B. Warner Lamb Technicon Corporation Frances L. Sosnowsky Dr. Raina Ernsroff & Dr. & Mrs. Saul Z. Margules Mr. James L. Waterbury Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Lauer Geri & Murray Spilman Sandy Hansell Mrs. Mary V. Marling De. & Mrs. Samuel P. Weiner Mr. & Mrs. Norman LePage Mr. & Mrs. William P. Vieiroe Dr. & Mrs. Jalil Farah Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Marra Herman and Trudy Weinreich Mr. Charles Lewis De. & Mrs. J ohn G. Weg Mr. William G. Finlayson Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Martin Jane & Wes Westley Dr. & Mrs. Morris Lipnik Leon & Josephine Ms. Phyllis W. Foster G. A. Mazur Dr. & Mrs. Chrisropher D. Mr. John Lowry Winkelman Foundation Mr. Earl A. Foucher Mrs. Wade H. McCree Wilhelm Mr. Timothy Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Winkelman Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Frank Mr. Donald E. McIntosh Me. Richard G. Wilkes Mr. & Mrs. J oseph Maniscalco Freinds of Polish Art Me. & Mrs. Donald R. McNair Mr. & Mrs. Roy Wilson, Sr. Mr. Anthony Mattar FRIENDS Dr. Yvonne Friday Mr. Robert S. Messinar Ms. Pamela A. Wong Michcon Foundation $1,000 TO $2,499 Gencorp Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William Michaluk Mrs. Wilford C. Wood Roy G. Michell Anonymous George Williams Interiors, Ltd. Ms. Lori Mikwee Dr. & Mrs. Jose E. Yanez Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Abbott Dr. & Mrs. Byron P. Georgeson Ms. Helen N. Millen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Yates Mr. Frank E. Miller Ms. Eileen Aboulafia Dr...-&: Mrs. Peter E. Georgeson Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Miller Dr. Yoeh Ming Ting Yee Mr. & Mrs. E. Alan Moorhouse Mr. & Mrs. Felix T. Adams Mr. Thomas M. Gervasi Ms. Virginia Miller Mr. Lawrence Youhanaian M r. & Mrs. Adolph J. Neeme Roger and Ellen Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. William N. Me. & Mrs. Michael Minasian Dr. & Mrs. Eldred G. Zobl Ms. Kathy O'Connor Albert Kahn & Associates Gilmore , Jr. Cynthia & Phillip Minch Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Zweig Ms. Athena J. Pappas James Hartway & Kerstin Allvin Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg & Dr. & Mrs. Jay & Wanda Moon Mrs. Margot C. Parker Mr. Charles Antal Dr. Bonnie Sowa Mr. Robert Morency DONORS Mr. Robert Piazza AVIS Ford Lynne Girard-Dewey Ms . Jane H. Morgan $750 TO $999 Mr. Robert T. Quail Bal Polonais of Detroit Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Glusac A. A. Moroun Mr. Richard Abrams Robert Bosch Corporation Ms. Andrea Z. Balcerski Dr. & Mrs. Alegro J. Godley Mr. Ronald K. Morrison Ms. Patricia B. Capalbo Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Schiff Mrs. Alvin E. Balmes Mrs. Rhonda Goers Mr. & Mrs. Eddie R. Munson Mr. & Mrs. Harold Doremus Mr. & Mrs. Michael Schwartz Joseph A. Bartush Dr. & Mrs. Joel Golberg Mrs. Reva Muss Ms. Rosa Ernstein Ms. Elsa M. Shamis Batten, Barton, Ms. Annie Green Mr. & Mrs. Alan Nachman Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Ethington Simmons & Clark Jewelers Durnsrein & Osborn Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Green Mr. & Mrs. Lester.A. Nelson Ms. Dorothy L. Fisher Ms. Leslie Smith Ms. Linda Beeckman Dr. Priscilla Greenberg Mr. Roman T. Nestorowicz Mr. John Fleming Mr. & Mrs. Jack Solomon Mr. & Mrs. Ara Berberian Mrs. Claire L. Grosberg Rev. Rollin B. Norris Mr. Sam Formicola Trienere Steinberg Mr. Marvin S. Bernstein Dr. & Mrs. Michael Hagan Ms. Den ise Nouhan Mr. Larry Glowczewski Ms. Kathleen Stibich Mr. Roland L. Bessette Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Me. & Mrs. Daniel H. Olson Mr. & Mrs. James W. Goss Mr. John Stimac Mr. & Mrs. John Bielawski Mrs. Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. Reginald Olson Mr. Harvey H . Hoffman Ms. Anita Terry Mrs. Judith Biggs Mr. David Hall Ms. Corinne Opiteck Mr. Philip Leon Mr. Joseph Turek Dr. Leonard Birndorf Mrs. Betty Ann Hall Opus One Dr. & Mrs. Stan Majewski Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Me. Milan Blaha Mr. George V. Hamlin Mr. David W. Osborne Ms. Mary C. Mazure Vander Molen Me. & Mrs. Art Blair Mrs. Hala Harb Mr. & Mrs. James O 'Connor Mrs. Joyce J. Mourik Mr. Thomas Wade Me. & Mrs. G. Peter Blom Sherry & David H arfst Mr. Leo Papp Mr. & Mrs. Bernd E. Mueller Mrs. Lawrence Williams 8 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Mrs. Antoinette Work Ms. Jeanine Head Miller Sharon & Peter Silveri Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wittrop Mr. & Mrs. Henry Yakima Ms. Stephani Lynn Miller Mrs. Lorena Skewes Mr. David Woodward Mr. Giuliano Zuccaro Mrs. Earl A. Mossner Mr. Tom Smith Mr. Richard Woods Mr. Joseph Muglia Mr. Daniel Snower Mrs . Teruko Yamasaki SUPPORTER S Ms. Barbara Natuta Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sparvero Mr. & Mrs. John E. Young, Jr. $250 - $499 Mr. Robert A. N itschke Mrs. John Spencer Ms. Patricia Young Mr. & Mrs. William J. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Oswant Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Stern Mr. & Mrs. Chris]. Yuhn American Speedy Printing Centers Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Pawlaczyk Dr. Anjanette M. StOltz Mr. Neal Zalenko Mr. & Mrs. Jerome W. Mrs. Jeanette V Pawlaczyk Ms. Beverly StOne Arasim & Family Gerardo Pecchio Dr. Barbara C. Tilley Attica Hydraulic Ms. Kathryn Penix Mr. Gary Trenchard Exchange Corporarion Mr. & Mrs. David Porter Mr. & Mrs. R. S. Trotter We would like to extend our deepest Ms. MarYI Anne Barczak Jennifer Raybourn and Mr. & Mrs. Marvin G. Webb appreciation to the 900 donors who Mr. & Mrs. Brett Batterson Robert Sergent Mr. & Mrs. Ted Wedephol inscribed bricks and made contributions Mrs. Elizaberh BeatOn Ms. Margaret Rees Mrs. David Weikal Mr. Harry Belcasrro & Mr. & Mrs. ChristOpher Richardson Mr. Stanley Weingarden to the general restoration of the Detroit Dr. Andrew H. Berty Ms. Beverly Roberts Mr. Howard K. Weiner Opera H ouse. Ms. Kanta Bhambhani Drs. Albert and Rhoda Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Wemhoff We regret that we could not list any Mr. & Mrs. Art Blair Dr. & Mrs. A. William Scafer Ms. Amy Wi llens donations made after August 23, 1996. Mr. & Mrs. William Bowen Mr. & Mrs. Claus F. Schaefer Mr. Paul Windisch Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Boyll Mr. & Mrs . Russell Schulz Ms. Hildegard Wintergerst All contributions made after this date Mr. & Mrs. Bob Brazell Ms. Ellen Sharp Mr. Joseph Wisne will be acknowledged in future programs. Ms. Martha 1. Brown Ms. Lynne Carpenter CBS Television Nerwork Mr. Anthony Cho Conway Mackenzie & Dunleavy, Inc. THE Mr. Douglas Cornelson Mr. & Mrs. George A. Coury JACOBSON'S Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Courure Mr. Chris Cullen EXPERIENCE Ms. Mattie L. Cunningham Mr. Richard J. Cunningh~m Ms. Joyce Damschroder Mrs. Linda M. Demers Mr. & Mrs. Armando Delicato Derroit Int'l Bridge Co. _ Divine Interiors Ms. Barbara Donoghue Ms. Patticia Drabik Mr.· & Mrs. Joseph R. Dudley Mr. Howard Emmer Ms. Carol F. Fletcher Ms. Pennylyn Franz Miss Jane Fu Herbert ,and Margor Gardner Harriet and Allan Gelfand Grand Aire Express Mr. & Mrs. Grovenor Grimes Mr. Henry M. Grix Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Halperin Miss Heather M. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. James G. Hartrick Dr. & Mrs. George Hedayat Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Heffelfinger Ms. Anne H. Helfman Mr. Bruce A. Herbert Mr. & Mrs. Luther K. Hertler Mrs. Marilyn Hogan Dr. & Mrs. Norman Hogikyan Mr. Michael Holtz Mr. & Mrs. Alan Israel Ms. Jane Johnson Mr. Chois Jones Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kaplan Mrs. Eugene S. Karpus Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Kavesky Kemp, Klein, Umphrey, Endelman, PC Lenore & Robert Kendell Dr. & Mrs. Gary Keoleian Ms. Klair H . Kissel Ms. Lisa Kochnowski Mrs. Harold R. KostOff Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski Mr. & Mrs. Marc Lakin Mrs. Laura Larson Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Lazzerin, Jr. Ms. Li nda Learned Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Liebler Mr. & Mrs. John Lowe Dr. Magnus Wilson Ms. Barbara Ann Maher Mr. Charles S. Mason Mr. Matthew J. Mason Jacobson's Mr. Michael Mason A nn A rbor 3 1 3 -769-76 0 0 . Birm ing h a m 8 10-644-6 900 Mr. & Mrs. Richard McBrien D earborn 3 13-585-950 0 • G rosse Po inte 3 13-88 2 -7000 Mr. John McMullin Mr. Tullio Meconi Livonia 313-59 1-7696 • Rochest e r 8 10- 651 - 6 000 Ms. Ann Marie Mervenne Ms. Anita L. 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OFFICERS Mr. J. Addison Bartush Mr. Kenneth E. Hart Mrs. Irving Rose Mr. Philip E. Benton, Jr. Mr. Eugene Hartwig Mr. Louis R. Ross Mr. Robert E. Dewar Mr. Richard A. Brodie Mrs. Verne Istock Mrs. David Ruwart Chairman Mrs. William C. Brooks Mr. Leonard C. Jaques Mr. Alan E. Schwartz Dr. David DiChiera Mrs. Frederick Clark Mrs. William E. Johnston Mrs. Roger F. Sherman President Mr. Jeff Connelly Mrs. Charles Kessler Mr. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Mr. Cameron B. Duncan Mrs. Peter Cooper Mrs. Robert Klein Mr. Frank Stella Treasurer Julia Donovan Darlow Mr. Gerald A. Knechtel Mrs. George Strumbos Mr. C. Thomas Toppin Mr. Lawrence N . David Richard W. Kulis D.D.S. Mr. Robert C. VanderKloot Secretary Mr. Ronald Dobbins Mr. David Baker Lewis Mr. Gary Wasserman Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mr. A. C. Liebler Mr. Richard C. Webb Mrs. Robert Allesee" Mr. Herman Frankel Mr. Harry A. Lomason Mrs. R. Alexander Wrigley Mrs. David Aronow Mrs. Lawrence Garberding Mr. Alphonse Lucarelli Mr. Morton Zieve Mrs. Donald C. Austin Mr. John C. Griffin Mr. Jules 1. Pallone

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., I Mr. Robert E. Dewar, Chairman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Karen VanderKloot DiChiera Mr. & Mrs. Yousif Ghafari Mr. & Mrs. William C. Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Dobbins Mr. & Mrs. Andy Giancamilli Dr. & Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. Clarence G. Catallo Mr. & Mrs. Cameron B. Duncan Mr. & Mrs. Vico P. Gioia Mr. & Mrs. Roger Ajluni,Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Clark Lady Jane Eascon Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Gormley Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Ms. Virginia Clementi Mrs. Charles M. Endicort Mr. & Mrs. Alan 1. Gornick Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Hon. & Mrs. Avern 1. Cohn Mrs. Hilda Eccenheimer Mr. & Mrs. H . James Gram Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Angocc Mr. Thomas Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Ewing Mrs. Katherine Gribbs Mr. & Mrs. Robert 1. Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Connelly Mr. Stephen Ewing Mr. & Mrs. John C. Griffin Dr. & Mrs. Agustin Arbulu Mr. & Mrs. Michael ]. Connolly Mr. & Mrs. Alfred]. Fisher, Jr. Mrs. Berj H . Haidostian Mr. & Mrs. David Aronow Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Alfred]. Fisher, III Mrs. Robert M. Hamady Mrs. Donald Arwood Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cregar Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Fisher III Mr. David Handleman Dr. & Mrs. Donald Austin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Cucler Mr. & Mrs. Louis P. Fontana Mr. & Mrs. Prescon Happel Hon. & Mrs. Edward Avadenka Julia Donovan Dar/ow Mr. & Mrs. Narhan Forbes Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Harris Mrs. James Merriam Barnes & John Corbett O'Meara Mr. & Mrs. Herman Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart Mr. & Mrs. ]. Addison Bartush Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence N. David Mr. & Mrs. Marvin A. Frenkel Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. Mark Alan Baun Mr. & Mrs. John W. Day Mrs. Roy Fruehauf Mr. & Mrs. E. Jan Hartmann Mr. & Mrs. W. Viccor Benjamin Mr. & Mrs. David Denn Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Garberding Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Benton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Derderian Dr. & Mrs. Robert Gerisch Mr. & Mrs. Keith Honhart Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Borden Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Dewar Mr. & Mrs. Frank Germack, Jr. Hon. & Mrs. Joseph Impastaco Mr. & Mrs. Donald]. Bortz Dr. David DiChiera Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson Mr. & Mrs. Verne Istock Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 10 Mrs. David Jacknow Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lisak Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Robelli Mr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Jaques Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Lomason Mr. & Mrs. Hans Rogind Mr. & Mrs. James J. Trebilcott Miss H. BarbaraJohnston Mr. & Mrs. James H. LoPrete Mr. & Mrs. Irving Rose Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. VanderKloot Mrs. William E. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse S. Lucarelli Mr. & Mrs. Louis Ross Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell Jospey Mrs. Jessie B. Mann Mr. & Mrs. David Ruwarr Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell 1. Kafarski Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Marra Mr. & Mrs. William Sandy Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Way Mr. & Mrs. John Kaplan Honorable Jack & Dr. & Mrs. Norman Schakne Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Webb Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Karnowsky Dr. Bettye Arrington-Marrin Mr. & Mrs. Fred Schneidewind Mr. & Mrs. Gary 1. White Dr. & Mrs. Charles Kessler Mr. & Mrs. William T. McCormick Mr. & Mrs. Arrhur Schultz Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Mr. & Mrs. Eugene 1. Klein Mrs. Wade H . McCree, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwarrz Dr. & Mrs. Sam B. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert Klein Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Miller Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schwendeman Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Wiltshire Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Knechtel Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Monolidis Mr. & Mrs. Frank Shaler Mr. & Mrs. Donald Worsley Mr. & Mrs. Semon E. Knudsen Mr. & Mrs. E. Clarence Mularoni Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Sherman Mr. & Mrs. R. Alexander Wrigley Mr. & Mrs. William Ku Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Munson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sloan Hon. Joan E. Young & Mr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Kughn Mrs. Reva Muss Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Thomas 1. Schellenberg Dr. & Mrs. Richard W. Kulis Mr. & Mrs. E. Michael Mutchler Ms. Phyllis D. Snow Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zegouras Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Lamparter Mr. & Mrs. Julius 1. Pallone Mr. Richard Sonenklar Mr. & Mrs. Morton Zieve Dr. & Mrs. Robert Levine Mr. & Mrs. James Pamel Mr. & Mrs. Richard Starkweather Mrs. Paul Zuckerman Mr. & Mrs. David B. Lewis Dr. Roberr E. 1. Perkins Ms. Mary Anne Stella Ms. Lucia Zurkowski Mrs. Leonard T. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Brock E. Plumb Mr. Frank D. Stella Mr. Roy Zurkowski Mrs. Walton A. Lewis Mrs. Ralph Polk Mrs. Mark Stevens Dr.& Mrs. Kim K. Lie Mrs. David Pollack Mr. & Mrs. George Strumbos Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Liebler Mr. & Mrs. John Rakolta Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Toppin

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson Honorable and Mrs. Wade Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Foun'ding Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Graves McCree, Jr. VanderKloot Honorable and Mrs. Roman S. Mr. Harry J. Nederlander Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Avern 1. Cohn Gribbs Mr. E. Harwood Rydholm Mr. and Mrs. Theodore O. Yntema Mr. and Mrs. John DeCarlo Mr. and Mrs. John C. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Neil Snow Dr. arid Mrs. David DiChiera Mr. and Mrs. Harry 1. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strichartz

Michigan Opera Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous corporate, foundation and individual donors whose contributions were made between July 1, 1995 and June 30, 1996. Their generosity plays an integral part in the Company's financial stability, necessary for producing quality grand opera, musical theatre, and classical ballet. In addition ro enjoying outstanding entertainment on the stage MOT contriburors are offered a number of opportunities which allow them to observe the many phases of opera production, meet the artists, and experience other"behind the scenes" activities. For more information on becoming involved in these exclusive and exciting donor benefits and services, contact our offices at (3 13)874-7850.

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GRAND BENEFACTORS BENEFACTORS FEllOWS $200,000 AND ABOVE $15,000 - $24,999 $10,000 - $14,999 CONTRIBUTORS FordMotOr Company ANR Pipeline Co. Consumets Power Foundation $500 - $999 General MotOrs Corp~rat ion AlliedSignal Foundation, Inc. Borg Watner Auromotive, Inc. Chrysler Corporation Fund DONORS Farbman GtOup MAJOR BENEFACTORS Come rica, Inc. $1,000 - $2,499 PPG Industries Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Douglas & Lomason Amerisure Michigan Ameritech Company and Divisions Mutual Insurance Co. SUPPORTERS Detroit Edison Foundation Kmart Corporation Howell Industries $100 - $499 Hudson's Department StOre Co. NBD Bank Kenwal Products Corporation Carharrr, Inc. Metropolitan Life Foundation John E. Green Co.

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GOVERNMENT BENEFACTORS SUSTAINERS DONORS Michigan Council for $15,000 - $24,999 $5,000 - $9,999 $1,000 - $2,499 Arts and Cultural Affairs Hudson-Webber Foundation DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Drusilla Farwell Foundation National Endowment for the Arts David M. Whitney Fund The Mary Thompson Foundation Earl-Beth Foundation Matilda R. Wilson Fund Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation SIGNAL BENEFACTORS PATRONS The Village Woman's $50,000 AND ABOVE FEllOWS $2,500 - $4,999 Club Foundation The John S. and $10,000 - $14,999 Japanese Society of Detroit Young Woman's Home Association James 1. Knight Foundation Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Foundation The Skillman Foundation James and Lynelle Holden Fund CONTRIBUTORS The Samuel 1. $500 - $999 Westerman Foundation The Clarence and Jack Himmel Foundation CONTRIBUTORS

IMPRESARIO Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd C. Fell Honorable & Mrs. Edward Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Duncan Mr. Edwin Lee Morrell $10,000 AND ABOVE Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar Avadenka Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mrs. Ruth Mott Mr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend Dr. & Mrs. John V Balian Mr. & Mrs. Max M. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. E. Michael Mutchler Mrs. Richard Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Balim Mr. & Mrs. Herman H . Frankel Dr. & Mrs. Moon]. Pak Mr. & Mrs. J. Addison Bartush Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Pickl, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Bemon, Jr. Williams,Sr. Mrs. Ca rl O. Barton Mr. & Mrs. Larry Garberding Mr. & Mrs. David P. Ruwart Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Dewar Dr. & Mrs. Sam B. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Mark Alan Baun Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson Ms. Laurie Sail & Mr. & Mrs. Irving Rose Mr. & Mrs. W. Victor Benjamin Mr. & Mrs. Andy Giancamilli Dr. Bradley Sewick Mr. Charles A. Bishop Mr. & Mrs. Preston B. Happel Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Bright Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. BENEFACTOR SUSTAINER $2,500 - $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. Bernard T. Brodsky Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hermelin Schwendemann $5,000 - $9,999 Ms. Marilyn Chernoff Mrs. Roger W. Hull Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Shaler Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock Mrs. Rosemary Skupny Mr. & Mrs. Terence Adderley Anonymous Mr. Maurice Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Kirby Mr. and Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee & & Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Sparvero Dr. Lourdes V Andaya Honorable Mrs. Avern L. Cohn Dr. Mrs. Richard W. Kulis Dr. & Mrs. Agusrin Arbulu Dr. & Mrs. L. Murray Thomas Mrs . Donald]. Atwood Mr. Thomas Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lehtinen Mr. & Mrs. David Aronow Mr. & Mrs. Sreve Djelebian Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Lomason Mr. & Mrs. J ames ]. Trebilcott Dr. & Mrs. Donald C. Ausrin Mr. David Chivas Mr. & Mrs. Cameron B. Duncan Dr. & Mrs. Henry W. Maicki Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 12 Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Webb Mr. & Mrs. Srephen D. Kasle David Kinsella and Joyce Urba Mr. & Mrs. John A. Kirlin Mrs. Mary Rita Cuddohy Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Dr. & Mrs. Charles Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Knapp Mrs. Eva Curry Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Klein Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Wasserman Mr. Kurt Kovalchik Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeBear Mrs. Beryl Winkelman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Klein Dr. Marilyn L. Williamson Father Ralph E. Kowalski Mr. David Disend Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Worsley Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kline Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Wilrshire Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. LaMont Miss Rurh G. Doberenz Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Knechtel Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Dr. & Mrs. Paul Lessem Mr. & Mrs. Frank Dronsejko DONORS Ms. Marirza Sabbagh Kozara W irkowski Dr. & Mrs. Robert Lisak Mr. George P. Duensing $1,500 - $2,499 Dr. & Mrs. Alfred M. Kreindler Dr. & Mrs. J ose E. Yanez Mr. & Mrs. George Mallos Mr. & Mrs. Howard Emmer Mr. & Mrs. William Ku Mr. & Mrs. Morton Zieve Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. McDonald Mr. Jack H . Fader Mrs. J udson B. Alford Dr. & Mrs. Melvin A. Lesrer Mrs. Paul Zuckerman Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Meininger Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fair, Jr. Mrs. E. David Auer Dr. Frank R. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Anrhony B. Michaels Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Feinman Mr.John Baja Mrs. Leonard T. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Van C. Momon, J r. Mr. Marco Fiandre' and Mrs. Irene M. Barbour Dr. & Mrs. Kim K. Lie CAMARATA CLUB Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Moon Mr. Roger Loeb Mrs. James Merriam Barnes Honorable Jack Martin & $1,000 - $1,499 Dr. & Mrs. Hugo Lopez Negrete Judge Sharon Tevis Finch Drs. John and Marilyn Belamaric Dr. Bertye Arrington-Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Neeme Mr. J ohn Fleming Mr. L. Gene Stohler Mr. & Mrs. Brock E. Plumb Mr. & Mrs. Anrhony C. Fortunski Mr. & Mrs. Ara Berberian Mr. & Mrs. Chester Arnold Dr. Robert Matthews Mr. Abraham L. Raimi Dr. & Mrs. By ton P. Georgeson Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beebe Mr. & Mrs. William T. Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Michael M . Glusac Dr. & M rs. John G. Bielawski M rs. Mary E. Blocker McCormick , Jr. Mr. & Mrs. c.L. Rieckhoff Ms. Jane Adele Graf Mr. & Mrs. G. Peter Blom Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Campbell Mrs. Wade H. M cCree, Jr. Dr. & M rs. Roger Robinson Dr. & Mrs. Donald Green Dr. & Mrs. David Bloom Drs. Margarer & John Casey J. Mr. & Mrs. Stanley C. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Ross Mr. Philip Haddad Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Borden Mr. & Mrs. Granr C. Chave Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Medow Dr. Robert F. Schirmer Mr. & Mrs. Hugh G. Harness Mr. & Mrs. Donald J, Bortz Dr. Mary Carol Conroy Dr. & Mrs. Paul Mentag Mr. & Mrs. R. J. Schlitters Mr. Russell Herschler Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Cahalan Barbara & Gerald S. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Miller Dr. Michael Short Mr. Art Hug Honorable Dominick R. Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Drs. Orlando and Dororhy Miller Mr. & Mrs. William Stone & Carnovale Czamanske, J r. Mr. Mrs. Archie N. Irwi n Dr. & Mrs. Harvey Minkin & & Mr. & Mrs. Cla;ence G. Carallo Mr. & Mrs. William DeBiasi Mr. Mrs. Norman J. Tabor, Jr. Mr. Mrs. Alan Israel Mr. & Mrs. Markus Mirrius Mrs. C. Theron Van Dusen Ms. Rosemary Joliat Dr. & Mrs. Victor J. Cervenak Mrs. Bonnie Li gon Dickens Mr. & Mrs. Carl Mirseff Mr. Steve Veresh Mr. Leslie Klauka Dr. Barbara D. Chapman & Drs. Paula and Michael Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Monolidis Mr. Frank Andrews Mr. Don F. Duggan Dr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Mr. M ike Kojaian Mr. & Mrs. Fred Morganroth Wilhelm Mr. James F. Korzenowski Ms. Virginia Clementi Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Elliott Mr. Michael J. Mortison Dr. & Mrs. J oel M. Kriegel Mr. David Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Ensign Mr. W illiam A. Mortow Mr. & Mrs. Lee E. Landes Mrs. Adelina C. Colby Adrienne & Robert Feldsrein Mr. & Mrs. E. Clarence Mularoni Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Mangold Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Connolly Dr. & Mrs. Lionel E. 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OPERA IN FOUR ACTS

Music composed by Georges Bizet Libretto in French by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halevy after the novel by Prosper Merimee

First Performances: Opera Comique, Paris, France 3 March 1875 Academy of Music, New York City, USA 23 Ocrober 1878

Conductor - John DeMain (Oct. 19,20,23 & Nov. 1,2) Mark D. Flint (Oct. 25,26,27) Director - Mario Corradi * Choreographer - Lili Del Castillo* Set Design - Hugh Lester Costume Design - Jane Greenwood Lighting Design - Kendall Smith Chorus Master - Suzanne Acton Make-up & Hair Design THE CAST - Elsen Associates Stage Manager - John Kennelly CARMEN ESCAMILLO Irina Mishura Robert McFarland (October 19, 23 & 26) * Michigan Opera Theatre debut MORALES • MOT Young Artist Apprentice Sharon Graham * Michael Sergio There will be intermissions following (October 20m, 25, 27m, Kavalhuna* Act I, Act II & Act III November 1 & 2) FRASQUITA Sets provided by the New Orleans Opera Association DON JOSE Samia Bahu*. Richard di Renzi_ Costumes designed and provided by Malabar,Ltd. (October 19, 23, 26, MERCEDES This production sponsored by: November 1 & 2) Barbara Scherrer. ~ .

Eduardo Villa* LE DANCAIRO Steinway is the official Piano of the Detroit (October 20m, 25 & 27m) Scott Cheffer Opera House and Michigan Opera Theatre. Steinway pianos are provided and serviced by Hammell Music, exclusive representative of MICAELA LE REMENDADO Steinway and Sons. Stella Zambalis Thomas R. Trotter* Supertitle Translation by Christopher Bergen ZUNIGA Supertitles are owned by the J ames Patterson San Francisco Opera Association Opening night is presented in conjunction Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatrewith WQRS FM 105.1 26 ACT I and he pauses to show her the flower she threw at In a square in Seville, townspeople and soldiers him, telling what it meant to him in prison ("Le fleur relax in the sun. A pretty country girl, Micaela, que tu m'avais jetee". She invites him to join her wild comes in looking for her sweetheart, Corporal Don mountain life, but he refuses. Suddenly Zuniga Jose; an officer, Morales, tells her Jose will be there breaks in, provoking an attack by Jose. Carmen calls later, and she leaves. As the guard is changed, a band the gypsies who seize Zuniga. Jose is now forced to of -children parade around, imitating the soldiers join the outlaws. ("Avec la grande montante"), whose number now ACT III includes Jose. To the sound of the noon bell, girls from the nearby cigarette factory wander in to smoke In their mountain hideout, the smugglers congratulate themselves on their successful career and chat, as passers-by look on in fascination ("Dans but Jose is unhappy in their midst. Carmen finds l'air"). Carmen enters last, flirting, joking and hi~ homesickness tiresome and busies herself with her explaining her philosophy of life; love is a wild bird that cannpt be tamed (Habanera: "L'amour est un friends in telling their fortunes at cards. Frasquita sees an ardent lover, Mercedes a wealthy husband, oisea!, rebelle"). Jose sits apart, sullen and distracted; Carmen only death ("En vain pour eviter"). The drawn by his indifference, Carmen tosses him a flower as the work bell calls the girls back. The gypsies leave, and Micaela enters in search of Jose ("]e dis que rien ne m'empouvante"). A shot rings out, square grows quiet, and Micaela returns to give Jose news of his mother ("Parle-moi de ma mere"). No and she flees. It was Jose's gun, aimed at Escamillo, sooner has she left than a disturbance is heard in the who has come looking for Carmen. The two start factory; Carmen is involved in a fight, and the girls to fight with knives and are separated by the run out arguing over who started it. Captain Zuniga gypsies, Escamillo invites them all to his next orders Jose to arrest Carmen, but she resists their bullfight and leaves after insulting Jose, whose questions with brazen nonchalance. Her wrists jealousy is reaching dangerous bounds. Remendado bound, she sings "to herself' about Lillas Pastia's in brings in Micaela, and she begs Jose to return home. and the rendezvous she might arrange with Jose Carmen, tired as she is of him, agrees, but he knows what's in her mind and vows to find her after he has (Seguidilla: "Pres des ramparts de Seville"). Falling under her spell, he loosens her bonds. The crowd seen his mother. returns to see Carmen led to prison, roaring with ACT IV delight when she escapes; Jose is arrested for letting In Seville's Plaza de Toros the crowd gathers for the her get away. bullfight, hailing Escamillo. Carmen is with him ACT II and assures him of her love; she waits in the square, A month later at Pastia's inn, Carmen joins her though her girlfriends warn that Jose has been seen prowling around, looking desperate. Carmen ·is a companions in a gypsy song ("Les tringles des sistres tintaient") and exerts her charms on the matador fatalist; she knows she must face Jose eventually. Sure enough, he enters ("C'est toi?" "C'est moi!"), Escamillo, who boasts of his exploits in the arena demanding that she give up Escamillo. But she and ("Votre toast"). When the inn closes, Carmen tells four friends - Frasquita, Mercedes, Daincaire, Jose are finished, she says, tossing his ring in his face as the crowd is heard cheering for Escamillo. When Remendado - that love for Jose keeps her from going Carmen tries to rl!n past Jose into the arena, he stabs along on their next smuggling trip (quintet: "Nous her, falling in despair by her body. avons en tete"). They laugh at her, then hide as Jose is heard approaching. Carmen sings and dances for him, but a bugle is heard sounding the retreat, and Courtesy of Opera News he starts to return to his barracks. This angers her,

Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 27 SUZANNE ACTON DENNIS BERGEVIN SAMIABAHU SCOTT CHEFFER CONDUCTOR, CHORUS MASTER (MICHIGAN) JEFFREY FRANK SOPRANO OERUSALEM) BARITONE (IllINOIS) MOT Credits Co-Directors, Elsen Associates (PENNSYLVANIA) MOT Debttt MOT Credits Chorus Master/Assistant Music Director since 1981 MOT Credt·ts 1996 Fall Season Baron Douphol, La Traviata 1996 1996 Fall Season Resident H air and Make-Up Frasquita, Carmen 1996 Fall Season Chorus Master, Carmen Designers since 1988 Le Dancai·ro, Carmen 1996 Fall Season The Juilliard School, The Beggar's Opera, The Conductor, Michigan Opera Theatre, The Daughter 0/ Resident H air and Make-Up, Carmen Marriage of Figa ro, SU{iY Angelica; Peabody Opera Hawaii Opera, Carmen; light Opera Works, The the Regiment, The Barber 0/ Seville, The Music Man, The Theater, The MediuJll, Die Zauberfliite, The Marriage Golden Apple, Bittersweet; Skylight Opera Theatre, Opera companies of Washington D.C., Pirates of Penzance; Conductor, Dayton Opera, La 0/ Figaro; The Seagle Colony, Die Zauberfliite. Candide; Yale Opera Theatre, The Rape 0/ Lflcretia; Pittsburgh, Denver, San Juan, Milwaukee, Traviata, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Illinois Opera Theatre, Romeo et juliette, La BoHeme, The Pirates of Penzance; Coach, Opera Theatre Sarasota and Cincinatti; Festivals of Edinburgh, A Little Night Music. of Saine Louis, San Diego. J erusalem and Spoletto (U.S.A., Italy, Australia). Siegfried and Roy Show; PBS and HBO

MICHAEL SERGIO KAVALHUNA JOHN DEMAIN MARK D. FLINT SHARON GRAHAM BARITONE, (MICHIGAN) CONDUCTOR, (OHlO) Conductor (WEST VIRGINIA) MEZZO SOPRANO (MICHIGAN) MOT Debut MOT Credits MOT Credits: MOT Debut 1996 Fall Seaso1l Conductor, Salome 1996 Fallstaff 1987 1996 Fall Season Morales, Carmen Conductor, La Boheme 1988, 1996 The Barber of Seville 1987 Carmen, Cannen Conductor, Porgy and Bm 1987 The Ballad of Baby Doe 1988 Ash Lawn Opera Company, The Barber of Seville; Conductor, Orpheus in the Underworld 1986 La Traviata 1990 Carmen, New York City Opera, lyric Opera of Chicago; Tannhililser, La Forza de! Destino, Aspen Music Festival, La Bohbne; University of Conduccof, Of Mice and Men 1980 Rigoietto 1990 Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Falstaff, 1996 Fall Seas011 1996 Fall Season: La Gioconda, lyric Opera of Chicago; Don Car/o, Don Giwanni, Susannah, The Tender Land; Conductor, Carmen Conductor, Carmen Samson et Dalila, Opera Colorado; Don Carlo, Madame Butterjly, Scbwanda the Bagpiper, Cincinnati Inspiration Point Fine Arts Camp, La Cenerentola, Music Director of Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, 1'Opera de Montreal, Opera; La Straniera, Spoletro Festival U .S .A.; The Crucible; Temple University, Cos; fan tutte, A 1979-1994; Music Director of Madison Symphony Opera Pacific, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Cavalleria Rusticana (Telecast uLive From Lincoln Midsummer Night's Dream, Gianni Schicchi. Orchestra and Madison Opera; Alilla, Opera de Nice; Hawaii Opera Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Center"), lyric Opera of Chicago. La Cenerentola, Tosca, Falstaff, Australia; Aida, Tosca, Carmen, Opera Augusta Opera, Dayton Opera, Opera Theatre Washingron Opera, Anchorage Opera; La Gazza Pacific; Mejistofele, Washington Opera; The Tales of of Sr. louis, Fort Worth Opera, San Francisco Ladra, Opera Company of Philadelphia; Hoffmann, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Turandot, Spring Opera, Central City Opera; Don Giovanni, Nabucco, Narional Grand Opera. Porgy and Bess, Housron Grand Opera; 1978 Grammy Opera Company of Philadelphia; La Boheme, Award winner for Porgy and Bess recording. The Daughter of the Regiment, The Student Prince, Orphee Aux Enfers, l' Opera de MontreaL

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Book By Music By Lyrics By ARTHUR lAURENTS LEONARD BERNSTEIN STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Entire Original Production Directed and Choreographed By JEROME ROBBINS

with BEN SAYPOL SHAREN CAMILLE CHRISTIAN BORLE KEVIN ALBERT

and BERNIE PASSELTINER BRENT SEXTON JONATHAN MILLER NEAL HEMPHILL DIANA LAURENSON CHARLIE BRUMBLY LUCIO FERNANDEZ LEE CHERRY and NATASCIA A. DIAZ

as Anita

Scenery By Costumes By lighting By

CAMPBElL BAIRD IRENE SHARAFF NATASHA KATZ

Sound By Costumes Supervised By OTTS MUNDERLOH BARBARA MATERA

Orchestrations By Original Co·Choreographer LEONARD BERNSTEIN wifh SID RAMIN PETER GENNARO and IRWIN KOSTAL

Musical Direction Musical Coordinator Assistant to Mr. Johnson DONALD CHAN JOHN MONACO KEVIN BACKSTROM

Casting By Product[on Stage Manager General Press Representative STUART HOWARD and AMY SCHEGER JOHN McNAMARA BROWNE ZUKOW & ASSOCIATES

Direction and Choreography Reproduced By ALAN JOHNSON

THE JETS Riff, The Leader ...... CHRISTIAN BORLE Tony, His Friend ...... BEN SAYPOL Action ...... CHARLIE BRUMBLY A-Rab ...... LEE CHERRY Baby John ...... JOSHUA BERGASSE Snowboy ...... JAMY WOODBURY Big Deal ...... ANDREW PALERMO Diesel ...... BOB RICHARD Gee-Tar ...... STEVEN PASQUALE Graziella ...... SUSAN LAMONTAGNE Velma - ...... KIMBERELY KIMBLE Minnie ...... ALICE RIETVELD Clarice ...... ; ...... DORE MANASEVIT Anybodys ...... DIANA LAURENSON

THE SHARKS Bernardo, The Leader ...... KEVIN ALBERT Maria, His Sister ...... sHAREN CAMILLE Anita, His Girl ...... NATASCIA A. DIAZ Chino, His Frie~d ...... LUCIO FERNANDEZ Pepe ...... MICHAEL MARTINO Indio ...... JASON DOUGHERTY Luis ...... BRYAN CRAWFORD Toro ...... SHANE JACOBSEN .. .. Anxious ...... BYRON EASLEY Nibbles ...... GARY D. FERGUSON Rosalia ...... NATASHA HARPER Consuelo ...... MICHELLE DeJEAN Teresita ...... GRETA MARTIN Francisca ...... EILEEN KADEN Estella ...... LISA DAHMIN

THE ADULTS Doc ...... BERNIE PASSELTINER Lt. Schrank ...... BRENT SEXTON Officer Krupke ...... NEAL HEMPHILL Glad Hand ...... JONATHAN MILLER

Swings BETSY ALLEN, TIMOTHY GLEASON, MICHAEL GRAYMAN, SAM SINNS, KIRSTIE TICE

Understudies Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

For Tony - STEVEN PASQUALE; Maria - NATASHA HARPER; for Anita - MICHELLE DeJEAN; for Bernardo - MICHAEL MARTINO; for Riff - CHARLIE BRUMBLY; for Schrank - NEAL HEMPHILL; for Doc - JONATHAN MILLER; for Gladhand - BOB RICHARD; for Krupke - BOB RICHARD; for Anybodys DORE MANASEVIT; for Action LEE CHERRY; for Chino - SHANE JACOBSEN; for A-Rab - SHANE JACOBSEN; for Baby John - MICHAEL GRAYMAN; for Snowboy and Big Deal - SAM SINNS.

The action takes place on the West Side of New York City during the last days of summer 1957.

ACT ONE ACT TWO

PROLOGUE: 9:15 P.M., A Bedroom 10:00 P.M., Another Alley THE MONTHS BEFORE 11:30 P.M., The Bedroom 5:00 P.M., The Street 11:40 P.M., The Drugstore 5:30 P.M., A Back Yard 11 :50 P.M., The Cellar 6:00 P.M., A Bridal Shop Midnight, The Street 10:00 P.M., The Gym 11:00 P.M., A Back Alley Midnight, The Drugstore

THE NEXT DAY 5:30 P.M., The Bridal Shop 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. The Neighborhood 9:00 P.M., Under the Highway

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONE PROLOGUE ...... Danced by Jets and Sharks JET SONG ...... Riff and Jets "SOMETHING'S COMING" ...... Tony THE DANCE AT THE GYM ...... jets and Sharks "MARIA" ...... Tony "TONIGHT" ...... Tony and Maria "AMERICA" ...... Anita , Rosalia , and Shark Girls "COOL" ...... Riff and the Jets "ONE HAND, ONE HEART" ...... Tony and Maria "TONIGHT" ...... (Quintet and Chorus), Company THE RUMBLE ...... Riff, Bernardo, Jets and Sharks

ACT TWO "I FEEL PRETTY" ...... Maria, Rosalia, Consuelo, Francisca "SOMEWHERE" - ...... Danced by Company; Sung by Tony' "GEE, OFFICER KRUPKE" ...... Action, Snow boy , and Jets "A BOY LIKE THAT" ...... Anita and Maria "I HAVE A LOVE" ...... ' ..Anita and Maria TAUNTING ...... Anita and the Jets FINALE ...... Company

THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION

TRAVELING ORCHESTRA

Musical Director/Conductor ...... '.' ...... Donald Chan Assistant Conductor ...... Mark Goodman Drums ...... Cubby O'Brien Trumpet I ...... Michael Meza Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 32 WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

BEN SAYPOL (Tony) originally from Rockville, Maryland, Ben "Billis," South Pacific. Brent was also featured as "Manny" in the film graduated from Northwestern University where he majored in The Specialist. American History and was a member of the Musical Theatre Certificate Program. Chicago credits include: "Herman" in The Most JONATHAN MILLER (Gladhand) has appeared on Broadway and Happy Fella at Drury Lane Oakbrook and "Danny" in Baby at the on tour in Amadeus. During three seasons with the Old Globe Appl~ tree Theatre. He also played "Brother Lee Love" in the world Theatre, he appeared in Lone Star, The $orrows of Stephen and premi'er of Monky Business at Galveston Outdoor Musicals. Ben will Misalliance. He spent two summers at Cape Cod's Monomoy Theatre be appearing as "Timmy Morelli" the teen idol in Joe Esterhas' and played Edmund in Vienna's International Theatre's Long Day's upcoming film Telling Lies in America, starring Kevin Bacon. Ben loves Journey Into Night. his friends and family especially, Mom, Oscar, Josh and Dad, who are always there for him. Thank you. DIANA LAURENSON (Anybodys) appeared in the role througout Europe and at Papermill Playhouse, N.]. Broadway: Gypsy, Sweet SHAREN CAMILLE (Maria) joins West Side Story after residing in Charity, Big Deal, Dangerous Games, and Les Miserables (assistant elec Los Angeles for the past three years. Off Broadway: "Louisa" in The trician). Tours: Anything Goes, Bob Fosse's Dancin' (USA/Europe). Fantasticks.Tours & Regional include: "Ellie" in Showboat, "Louise" in Regional: 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer), A Chorus Line (KristineNal), Carousel, "Mistress" in Evita, "Katie" in Plain & Fancy, and Cinderella Chicago (Liz) . For Mom and Dad, with Love. with Zsa Zsa Gabor. Sharen was a regional finalist in the MacAllister Voice competition and has appeared with the Orlando Opera, Opera NEAL HEMPHILL (Officer Krupke) New York City: Waiting for at Florham Park, and the Belleville Philharmonic Film & T. V. Godot - "Pozzo"; The Fever - Solo piece; The War in Heaven/Tongues - include: Psycho N,.My Girl, Death Benefit, Dave's World, and Stop the "Angel"/Speaker. Regional: Of Mice and Men - "Lennie"; Someone World, I Want To Get Off. She would like to thank and send much Who'll Watch Over Me - "Edward"; Macbeth - "Macduff" B.A. Theatre lov~ tei all of her family and friends for their everlasting support and - Penn State. Thanks to H.P. _ encouragement. CHARLIE BRUMBLY (Action) is happy to be doing this show for NATASCIA A. DIAZ (Anita), born into the theater family of the third time. An alumni of Tisch School of the Arts at N.Y.U. and renowned opera singer Justino Diaz and mother, ballerina Anna The School for Creative and Performing Arts, Charlie has performed Aragno, Natascia has performed professionally since she was nine. in several national commercials and tours. He would like to thank his Initially trained at The School of American Ballet, she received her parents for their continuing support. Peace. BFA with Honors from Carnegie Mellon and has performed regional ly, on television, in the Tony Award-winning Carousel; off-Broadway LUCIO FERNANDEZ (Chino). Broadway National tour of Guys in The Little Prince; and her dream role, "Anita," in Europe and at and Dolls; "Chino," West Side Story (European tour); "Simon" Jesus Lincoln Center. Christ Superstar (European tour); "Paul" A Chorus Line (everywhere!). Off-Broadway: Wonderful Town, Heart Beat, Luisa Fernanda, and CHRISTIAN BORLE (Riff). Most recently performed the role of Tonight Harlem. He has appeared in numerous TV shows and com Pinball lad 1 in the German production of The Who's Tommy. Other mercials. Always in my heart - Mima and Lucienne. favorite roles include Huck Finn (Big River), Trofimov (The Cherry Orchard) and The Hobgoblin (The Illusion). Christian is a graduate of LEE CHERRY (A-rab) was last seen as "Daniel," Seven Brides for Carnegie Mellon University. Seven Brothers at the North Carolina Theatre. Credits include: "Baby John," West Side Story in Europe; "Gorilla," Cabaret; Pochahantas pre BERNIE PASSELTINER (Doc) Broadway: Cafe Crown, Goodbye mier in Central Park; and The Lion King Summer Spectacular at Radio Fidel, Yend, The Office. Tours: Grand Hotel, West Side Story (Paris '81- City. Lee would like to thank his family for their support. 82), Cyrano deBergerac. Off-Broadway: 16 shows including: Isn't It Romantic, Buck, Kaddish. Regional: The Williamstown Theatre JOSHUA BERGASSE (Baby John / Dance Captain) is from Oak Festival, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Loretto-Hilton Centre, Great Park, MI where he was trained in dance by his mother since age four. Lakes Theatre Festival, etc. Film: Tootsie, 84 Charing Cross Road, Films: I'll Do Anything and Warlock II. This is Joshua's first profession Television: "Kojak," "Law & Order," etc. al stage production.

KEVIN ALBERT (Bernardo) is excited to join West Side Story after ANDREW PALERMO (Big Deal). Broadway: How to Succeed in spending time with the show in Europe. He is a graduate of The Business Without Really Trying. Regional: On the Town, West Side Story, Boston Conservatory where his favorite roles were "Guido" in Nine Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , oth and "Lawrence" in Home Free. Other credits include: The Secret ers. BFA, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM). Garden, Man of La Mancha, and My Fair Lady with Richard Chamberlain. Kevin dedicates each performance to his grandmother, JAMY WOODBURY (Snowboy). A Taos native now residing in whom he loves dearly. L.A. Formal dance training with Cleo Parke Robinson Dance Ensemble, Denver, and a year with Boston Ballet. Credits include BRENT SEXTON (Schrank). Favorites: "Dr. Treves," The Elephant ShowGirls, Salsa, the Oscars, American Music Awards, and work with Man; "Wykowski," Biloxi Blues; "Lenny," The Homecoming; "Ellard," Twyla Tharp, Debbie Allen, Prince to name a few. The Foreigner; "Guil (Ros?)," Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 33 WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST BETSY ALLEN (Swing). Previous tours include The Who 's Tommy GARY D. FERGUSON (Nibbles) . His favorite shows include 1st National Tour, West Side Story European Tour and Disney's 20th A Chorus Line, Cats, and Grease and he thanks his mom Anniversary U.S. and Canadian Tour. Many Thanks to her family. for all her love and support.

BRYAN CRAWFORD (Luis), from Kenosha, WI, has received TIMOTHY GLEASON (Swing) . Tim joins the company after 2-1/2 a dance scholarship, performed in industrials, videos, televised years of performing West Side Story in Europe. Regional credits pageants, and dance conventions. Thanks God, family, and friends include: The Fantastiks, Evita, The Music Man, Cinderella, Namia, for continued support. and Snoopy!

LISA DAHMIN (Estella) National & International Tours: Jesus MICHAEL GRAYMAN (Swing) National: The King arul I (Prince Christ Super Star (Mary Magdalene), Evita and Hair. Much love to her Chululongkorn). Other credits include: Joseph ... , Oliver and Anything family and David. Goes. BFA Boston Conservatory, 1995.

MICHELLE De JEAN (Consuelo) National Tours: Mame, NATASHA HARPER (Rosalia). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks Jesus Christ Super Star. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, La (Luisa). Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, Dallas Summer Musicals, North Cage aux Folies, Evita and Jekyll & Hyde. Mark Bove - my love, Shore Music Theatre. BFA - Acting, Southern Methodist University. my light. Thank you. SHANE JACOBSEN (Toro) , from New Orleans, has appeared in JASON DOUGHERTY (Irulio) , from Rochester, NY, performed in shows at Merv Griffin Resorts and commercials for British Knights, the Frank Hatchett Sh,?wcase and Star Search. At 18, he is honored Popeye's and WDSU-NBC. to be with West Side Story. Thanks God, Mom, Lisa, and Eric. EILEEN KADEN (Francisca). National tour: "Mary" understudy, BYRON EASLEY (Anxious). Broadway: Tap Dance Kid, Oh, Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional: A Chorus Line, Company, and Peter Kay!, Midsummer (NY / SF). Tours: My One arul Only, Bob Fosse's Pan. To my family and E.]. - I Love You. Dancin' (Europe / Japan) . Regional: Hello , Dolly! (Barnaby) and On the Toum (Chip). KIMBERELY KIMBLE (Velma). Tours: Joseph arul the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Harlem Suite, Satchmo, West Side Story (Europe). Other: Requiem Variations; Star Search winner.

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THE DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB 29880 Groesbeck Hwy., Roseville, Michigan 48066 241 MADISON AVENUE (313) 778-3570 FAX : (313) 778-3931 DETROIT, MI 48226 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 34 WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST SUSAN LAMONTAGNE (Graziella). Cats (Demeter) National SAM SINNS (Swing). Native of Orlando, FL. Credits: Some Tour & Europe; Starlight Express Las Vegas/Germany (Ashley), A commercials, a bad horror flick, and too many theme parks. Thanks Chorus Line, 42nd Street. Love to Chris. Mom and Dad!

GRETA MARTIN (Teresita) . Broadway credits: Guys and Dolls, KIRSTIE TICE (Swing) From New Orleans. Bachelor's degree from Oh, Kay! and Jerome Robbins' Broadway. West Side Story is a dream NCSA. National: Victoria, Cats . Europe: West Side Story, and Rodeo come 'true! staged by Agnes DeMille. Thanks, family and Shane.

DORE MANASEVIT (Clarice) Credits: Juba, Evita, Mame, Damn JEROME ROBBINS (Original Director/ Choreographer) is world Yankees, Bye Bye Birdie. Dore is thrilled to be a part of West Side Story. renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as director and choreographer in theater, movies and television. MICHAEL MARTINO (Pepe), from South Florida, received dance Ballets created for New York City Ballet include Afternoon of a Faun, training at Ballet Florida under Marie Hale. This is Michael's sixth The Concert, Les Noces, Dances at a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, production of WSS. In 1994, he won the Carbinell Award (South Other Dances, Glass Pieces and Ives Songs which are in the repertories Florida Tony) for his portrayal of Bernardo. of major dance companies throughout the world. Recent ballets include A Suite of Dances with Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2 & 3 STEVEN PASQUALE (Gee-Tar). Steve is pleased to be making his Part Inventions and West Side Story Suite. His Broadway shows include professional debut with the National Tour of West Side Story. Love On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, and thanks to Mom, Dad, Caren, Michael, Maris, and Amanda. The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, Fidd~r on the Roof and Jerome Robbins' Broadway. In addition to two ALICE RIETVELD (Minnie), from the Netherlands. Graduated Academy Awards for West Side Story, awards include four Tony from the Rotterdam Dance Academy in 1994. She is thrilled to be Awards, five Donaldson Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Screen making her debut with West Side Story. Directors' Guild Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Mr. Robbins is a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and BOB RICHARD (Diesel), from Fargo, ND, is enjoying the country was most recently awarded the French Chevalier dans l'Ordre and the world. He loves his job and daughter Karli. National de la Legion d'Honneur.

ARTHUR LAURENTS (Author) is the award-winning author of plays such as Home of the Brave, The Time of the Cuckoo, A Clearing in the Woods, Invitation to a March, The Enclave and Jolson Sings Again; musical plays such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Anyone can Whistle, Do I Hear A Waltz ?, and Hallelujah, Baby!; screenplays such as The Snake Pit, Rope, Caught, Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were and The Turning Point. He has also directed plays and musicals for the the atre, among them I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Gypsy (with Angela Lansbury and, more recently, Tyne Daly), Birds of Paradise and La Cage aux Foiles . Mr. Laurents is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame and an emeritus member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. His newest play, The Radical Mystique, recently premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN (Composer) was a world renowned musician throughout his entire adult life. He was music director of the New York Philharmonic and conducted the world's major orchestras. His books and the televised Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic established him as a leading educator. His compositions include Jeremiah, The Age of Anxiety, Kaddish, Serenade, Five Anniversaries, Mass: Chichester Psalms, Slava!, Songfest, Divertimento for Orchestra, Missa Brevis, Arias and Barcarolles, Concerto for Orchestra and A Quiet Place. Bernstein composed for the Broadway musical stage, including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide and the immensely popular, West Side Story . In addition to the West Side Story collaboration, Mr. Bernstein worked with choreographer Jerome Robbins on three major ballets, Fancy Free, Facsimile and Dybbuk. Mr. Bernstein was the recipient of many honors, including eleven Emmy awards, the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award and the Kennedy Center Honors. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 35 WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Lyricist) wrote the scores for Passion, ALAN JOHNSON (Director/ Choreographer) has, in the past 30 Assassins, Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We years, recreated numerous productions of West Side Story all over the Roll Along, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, The Frogs, A Little Night world. He has had a long association with Mel Brooks beginning with Music, Follies, Company, Anyone Can Whistle, and A Funny Thing the famous "Springtime for Hitler" number in The Producers, continu Happened on the Way To The Forum, as well as the lyrics for West Side ing with Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, History of Story, GYNY, Do I Hear a Waltz? and additional lyrics for Candide. For The World, Part I, and the latest Brooks' film, Dracula, Dead and Loving films, he c'omposed the scores of Stavisky and Reds , wrote songs for It. He also directed the film To Be or Not To Be, starring Mel Brooks Dick Tracy and co-authored the film The Last of Sheila. He composed and Anne Bancroft. He has directed and staged Shirley MacLaine's incidental music for The Girls of Summer, Invitation To A March, Twigs live appearances for the past twenty years. He has also staged shows and the score for television's "Evening Primrose." He won Tony for Ann-Margret, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Bernadette Peters and Awards for Best Score for a Musical for Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, Peter Allen. His many television specials have earned him three A Little Night Music, Follies, Company and Passion and received a Emmy Awards and five nominations. He received a Tony nomination Pulitzer Prize for Sunday In The Park With George. for his work in Legs Diamond on Broadway. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

CAMPBELL BAIRD (Scenic Design) credits Providing include The Nutcracker (Oregon Ballet Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (American Repertory Theatre), you a The Singing Child (World premiere, Spoleto, U.S.A.), Billboards (Joffrey Ballet), and Romeo & diversified Juliet for director Terry Williams. Principal assis Fine Art and Select Artwork tant and associate designer to the late Oliver selection '0/ Smith on numerous productions, including West Side art in a warm / Story revivals, Peccadillo, Jerome Robbins Broadway, The Nutcracker (Joffrey Ballet). He and appealing Gallery Hours: Mon. - Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thurs. 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 29911 Northwestern Hwy, Applegate Square, Southfield, MI 48034 teaches at NYU-TSOA. Resident Designer for Theatre Three, Port Jefferson, NY. Design setting 810-352-3340 Supervisor for Joffrey Ballet.

IRENE SHARAFF (Costume Design) is the only costume designer to have worked equally on Broadway, in Hollywood and for the ballet. Before her death in 1993, her prodigious output We commend the Michigan Opera Theatre for its steadfast included over 60 Broadway shows, 28 Hollywood films and 17 ballets for the leading U.S. compa commitment to excellence in the performing arts. nies. Winner of five Oscars for An American in Paris, The King and I, West Side Story, Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ms. Scharaff also won the Donaldson and Antoinette Perry awards for her designs. Her other shows and films include A Star is Bom, Brigadoon, Guys and Dolls, Hallelujah Baby, Sweet Charity and Funny Girl.

NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) was nomi nated for a Tony Award last year for her work on Beauty and the Bedst. Other Broadway designs include Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Aren't We All, Shogun, and Breaking The Code. Other designs: Die Soldaten at the New York City Opera, Peter and the Wolf for the American Ballet Theatre, concert acts for Shirley MacLaine, Tommy Tune and Ann-Margret, and the original production of The Normal Heart. She designed _KELLY the lighting for the HBO Television specials ANNIVERSARY 1 9 .. 6 - I 996 SERVICES Mambo Mouth and Spic-O-Rama and most EFX!, An Equal Opportunity Employer 0 1996 ""y""k ... loe. recently designed starring Michael Crawford at the MGM Grand Hotel. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 36 WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST OTTS MUNDERLOH (Sound Design) Representative credits: this international hit. For the Tyne Daly production of Gypsy he was Broadway: Passion, Jelly's Last Jam, CrazY for You, Secret Garden, accorded his second Tony. In addition to his thriving theatrical Mandy Patinkin - Dress Casual, Grand Hotel, Jerome Robbins' career, Mr. Brown has produced countless benefits around the world Broadway, Dangerous Games, Stepping Out, Barnum, Ain't Misbehavin', for a host of charities. His benefits for the fight against AIDS have My One and Only, Whoopi Goldberg, Sophisticated Ladies, Hurlyburly, raised an estimated $12 million thus far. Dreamgirls, The Rink, Big River. Off-Broadway: Dog Opera, Camping with Henry and Tom, Oil City Symphony, Little Shop of Horrors. MARVIN A. KRAUSS (Producer / General Manager) won a Tony Concerts: Patty Lupone Live!, Follies in Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, Award as Executive Producer of La Cage aux Foiles. He co-produced Sondheim, A Celebration at Carnegie HalL Grand Hotel as well as Death of a Salesman starring Dustin Hoffman, Merlin, Teibele and Her Demon, Legs Diamond, The Poison Tree, the BARBARA MATERA (Costume Supervision) and her husband touring company of Elvis and co-produced the tours of Dreamgirls and Arthur have owned and operated Barbara Matera Ltd since 1967, and Little Shop of Horrors. He has managed many Broadway productions is best known as one of America's foremost costume makers. Among and tours, including Dreamgirls, Woman of The Year, Dancin', The the many designers with whom she has collaborated, Ms Matera was Magic Show, Godspell, Beatlemania, Gypsy, The Will Rogers Follies, honored to work with Irene Sharaff for more than thirty years begin Camelot, and Passion. Presently, he is the General Manager for ning with Funny Girl in 1964 through Ms Sharaff's last project,Jerome Indiscretions, starring Kathleen Turner. Robbins' Broadway in 1988. IRVING SIDERS (Producer) has an unusual background as a band DONALD CHAN (Musical Direction / Conductor) conducted boy with Fats Waller, booking agent for outstanding jazz and variety the world premieres of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Napoleon; artists, Manager of Verve Records and entertainment director of the national and international companies of Phantom, Pirates Playboy Clubs. Co-producer of The Poison Tree, Magic Show, Prisoner of Penzance and La Cage; and the New York and Broadway revivals of Second Avenue, The Sunshine Boys, California Suite, The Same Time, of WestSide Story and Cabaret. He performed the West Coast Next Year, Ain't Misbehavin', Children of a Lesser God, 'Master Harold', premiere of Bernstein's second symphony for Piano and Orchestra, Little Shop of Horrors, Dreamgirls, Me and My Girl, Peter Pan starring The Age of Anxiety, and composed the music for the award-winning Cathy Rigby, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown starring Debbie documentary, March of the Living. Reynolds. In 1992 he was chosen "Man of the Year" by the National Touring Theatre CounciL Most recent tours are Grand Hotel, Camelot JOHN MONACO (Musical Coordinator) is a veteran of the with Robert Goulet and the Tony Award winner The Will Rogers musical theatre. He has been Music Coordinator for over 100 Follies. Currently touring Dial 'M' for Murder and Fiddler on the Roof. Broadway musicals and has performed in over 40 Broadway shows. Mr. Monaco has had the privilege of working with Richard Rodgers, THE PRODUCING OFFICE (Producers). Under the leadership of John Kander, Jule Styne, Elmer Bernstein, Harvey Schmidt, Kevin McCollum and Jeffrey Seller, The Producing Office produced Philip Springer, George Forrest, Robert Wright, Richard the 1996 Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Sherman and Robert Sherman. Rent. McCollum and Seller are also proud of their productions of the 1996-97 national tour of Robert Goulet in Man of La Mancha and the STUART HOWARD and AMY SCHECTER (Casting Directors) 1995-96 season tours of Crazy For You and Rodgers and most recently on Broadway: the Tommy Tune production of Grease!, Hammerstein's Cinderella. Additional producing credits include the the Circle in the Square production of The Rose Tattoo starring Moscow engagement of Hello Broadway - a musical revue of Broadway Mercedes Ruehl, and Off-Broadway: Death Defying Acts by Woody hits, and Dirt Starring Ralph Waite. John Corker and Katie Mussio Allen, Elaine May and David Mamet. Touring: Neil Simon's Laughter round out the Producing Office team. on the 23rd Floor and Buskers starring Tommy Tune. EAGLE EYE ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Producers) , headquar JOHN C. McNAMARA (Production Stage Manager) was Production tered in Toronto was recently founded by Ronald Andrew. Stage Manager for th~Broadway production of Blood Brothers. For Mr Andrew in association with Michael Cohl and Bill Ballard two years he was on Broadway and on tour with Robert Goulet in established Concert Productions International's theatrical Camelot. Also on broadway: Shimada, Welcome to the Club, Teddy & division in 1984. Through his tenure at cpr Ronald presented and Alice. In London, he coordinated the transfer and American premiere produced Broadway shows in over 50 North American cities. His of the West-End hit Woman in Black. co-producing credits include the national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, starring the late Rudolf Nureyev, BARRY BROWN (Producer) is a two-time Tony Award winner. His the national tour of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight first show, produced with his late partner, Fritz Holt, was the smash Express and the Grand Hotel national tour, directed and revival of Gypsy, which earned its star Angela Lansbury a Tony. choreographed by Tommy Tune, Ronald pioneered projects such as Together, Mr. Brown and Mr. Holt went on to produce more than ten the 1992 25-city arena tour of Cats and the development of the Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-winning revival of Hawaiian and Alaskan markets with the Canadian company Kaufman & Ferber's The Royal Family, Bette Midler's Clams on the of Les Miserables which was presented in association with Half-Shell, Franco Zeffirelli's Saturday Sunday Monday, and one of Ed and David Mirvish. This year Eagle Eye Entertainment is Broadway's longest running musical successes, La Cage Aux Foiles, for presenting Miss Saigon in Vancouver and Les Miserables in Honolulu which Mr. Brown won his first Tony Award, one of six garnered by in association with Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 37 WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

ALBERT NOCCIOLINO (Producer) is pleased to be currently co Detroit Opera House Gives producing the National Tour of West Side Story as well as the las Vegas productions of The Radio City Music Hall Spectacular and Forever Special Thanks to ... Plaid at the Flamingo Hilton. He was a producer of the national tours of Jelly's Last Jam, A Chorus Line, Six Degrees of Separation, and The Piano Lesson. Off-Broadway productions include Lies and Legends and Holly Near: Fire In The Rain. Also he has presented over 250 shows each year for the past 20 years throughout the Northeast. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the league of American Theaters and Producers and a founding member and chairman of the National Touring Theatre Council. His greatest achievements are his fourfavorite productions: Nina, Jenna, Gabrielle and Joey from a joint venture with his wife, Peggy. lJaetJ C!tJJlteactlJlfJ C!tJ"'PIZIIIII gJlc. P.O. BOX 26008 FRASER, MICHIGAN 48026·6008 (313) 792·0831 FAX (313) 792·1175 PACE THEATRICAL GROUP, INC. (PTG) (Producers) operates theaters and Broadway subscription series in 25 U.S. cities, and has recently produced The Who's Tommy (winner of five Tony Awards). Current PTG productions include, on Broadway: Hello, Dolly!, Grease! and Tommy Tune's Buskers; in Toronto: The Who's Tommy; and on tour: Damn Yankees starring Jerry lewis, Ain't Misbehavin' starring the Pointer Sisters, Jekyll & Hyde, and The Magic of David Copperfield. PTG, under the direction of principals Allen Becker, Brian Becker, Miles Wilkin and Scott Zeiger, is a

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26600 John R Tour. Thanks to my family and friends everywhere. Madison Heights, Michigan 48071 MARTIN GOLD (Production Stage Manager). Among his Broadway credits are: Having Our Say,The Red Shoes, Camelot, Fiddler on the Roof, Fences, Pygmalion,The Odd Couple ,Sophisticated Ladies, A Chorus Line, Molly,Story Theatre,Les Blancs, The Chinese Dr, Fish, Buck White, Jimmy Shine, Blues For Mr, Charlie, Stop The World I Want To Get Off.

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COMPANY MANAGER ...... KEN MYERS CREDITS Associate C~mpany Manager ...... Jennifer R. Graves Scenery Constructed and Painted by Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc.; PRODUOION STAGE MANAGER ...... JOHN McNAMARA lighting Equipment by Four Star lighting Inc.; Sound Equipment Stage Manager ...... Kevin Backstrom by Prom ix, Inc.; Costumes executed by Barbara Matera, ltd.; Assistant Stage Manager ...... Michail Haynes Coffee Urns courtesy of Farberware. Crepe paper streamers sup Associate Press Representative ...... Shannon Raffetto plied by Cindus Corp. Towels PACE Marketing Representative ...... Susan Krasja courtesy of Martex. Assistant to Mr. Johnson ...... Kevin Backstrom Dance Captain ...... Joshua Bergasse Special thanks to the Arkansas Motion Picture - Production Carpenter ...... Larry Morley Development Office. Moster Carpenter ...... Ty Knotts Flyman ,...... David G. Robie ,, "~~ THE AGORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN Production Electrician ...... Steve Cochrane • THIS PRODUOION ARE MEMBERS OF AGORS' EQUITY Master Electrician ...... Mark "Zero" Stinner ~ ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL AGORS Front light Operator ...... Johnny Hart AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES. Sound Engineer ...... ,...... Jeff Curtis Assistant Sound Engineer ...... Christopher Anderson ~ Backstage and Front of the House Employeees are rep Production Property Master ...... Lynda Wittwer W resented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Property Master ...... :...... Nicholas Rouse Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.l. Assistant Property Master ...... Larry Clark Production Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Alyce Gilbert z "'i United Scenic Artists represents the designers and Wardrobe Supervisor ...... James M. Kabel 0,,, < scenic painters for the American Theatre. Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ...... linda C. Shultz Production Hair Supervisor ...... Robin Maginsky Day Scenic Design Assistant ...... Stephen Cowles Costume Design Assistant ...... Jeff Fender The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparationists and Special Assistant to Ms.b\atera ...... Jared Olswegan librarians employed in this production are members lighting Design Assistant ...... Jeff Whitsett of the American Federation of Musicians of the United Sound Design Assistant ...... Geoffrey Fishburn States and Canada. New Orchestration ...... Bruce Coughlin Synthesizer Programmer ... lionel Productions, Andrew Barrett Management Associates ...... Mary Witte, L.A. Glassburn FISHER AND MASONIC THEATRES DIREaOR OF THEATRE OPERATIONS ...... •...... AlAN N. LICHTENSTEIN Outside Props ...... James Keane ASST. DlREaOR OF THEATRE OPERATIONS ...... •...... MARC ROlAND Casting Associate ...... Howard Meltzer • PRESS & PUBLIC RElATIONS ...... •.. .•...... • ... .. SHIRL HARRIS Casting Assistant ...... Stephanie Laffin Los Angeles Casting ...... Steven Fertig Additional L.A. Casting ...... David Bloch Casting Attorney ...... Levine, Thall, Plotkin & Menin; Loren Plotkin Accountant ...... Alan Honig Associates Inc., Aurora Padua Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 39 -- MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Karen VanderKloot DiChiera, Director

Petosky, and we hope to soon offer it in the Harry Stopped Smoking and add rehearsal toom in the Dettoit Opera House. Nanabush, The Great Lakes Indian Hero, Karen VanderKloot DiChiera is available featuring music by Karen VanderKloot to give workshops on improvisation to stu DiChiera and libretto by William dents, teachers and other interested adults. Kirk. Originally created for the state's Please contact the Department of sesquicentennial, Native American Indians Community Programs at (313) 874-7850. from Michigan, Minnesota and Ontario, Canada served as advisors on the RAVE REVIEWS FOR MICHIGAN stories, instruments, costumes and musical OPERA THEATRE ARTISTS ON TOUR scales and structure. Karen V. DiChiera, Jonathan Swift and David DiChiera on the set of Time Out For Opera. Fourth of July Weekend saw To book these or any other offerings Community Programs artists Betsy of the Department of Community TIME OUT FOR OPERA Bronson, Maria Cimarelli, Karl Schmidt, Programs, please contact Doloris Tobis Our award-winning opera series with Mark Vondrak and Kevin Bylsma open at (313) 874-7850. Bloomfield Community Television has the prestigious Blue Lake Fine Arts eight m0re segments taped. The Program Camp summer theater sertes In ARTS CENTERED EDUCATION received further kudos by being chosen as a Whitehall, Michigan. (A.C.E.) summer series ,which aired throughout According to Muskegon Chronicle After Months of planning, summer , Southeast Michigan from Jurie through critic, Charles E. school teaching and experimenting, A.C.E. Labor D~y on Flint's WFUM-TV. The Lehnert, " ... the act is ready to ease into the curriculum of program is produced and co-hosted by was an appropriate Murray Wright High School, Edmonson Dr. Jonathan Swift and Karen VanderKloot offering for a Elementary School and the Detroit Day DiChiera' and directed by Timothy summer's evening: School for the Deaf. These schools are part Pamplin. Nadine Maynard, BCTV Station it was a light of a partnership between Michigan Opera Manager, is Executive Producer. If you live hearted romp Theatre, The Center for Creative Studies, in Bloomfield Hills or Bloomfield down American the detroit Public Library and Your Township, you can see Time Out For Opera musical theaters' Heritage House Museum. Funded by each week on channel 11, cable TV. memory lane. the Arts Education Funders Collaborative The performance Maria Cimarelii. Betsy (A partnership among major foundations CREATE OPERA demonstrated the Bronson. Karl Schmidt Et and corporate Funders), the grant is Mark Vondrak The Department of Community versatili ty of the for integrating the arts into the core Programs' Create Opera Curriculum is MOT company" Lehnert continued, "It curriculum of the Detroit Public Schools. becoming so popular that (to quote an old, was indeed a delight to hear four ptofes Ninth graders entering Murray Write and familiar song) "Everybody's Doin' It!" sional voices offer so many best-loved first graders attending Edmonson Teachers and students from the Music Broadway hits." Elementary school had classes with Karen Department of Eastern Michigan Congratulations to all of Michigan VanderKloot DiChiera in July. The story University, the Detroit and Bloomfield Opera Theatre's gifted artists for their line developed with the ninth graders will Hills School Districts and students from the beautiful performances around the state! be completed and performed as an indepen Lamphere Center for the Mentally For the 1996-1997 season, the dent studies course offering this semester. Impaired, the Detroit School for the Deaf, Department of Community Programs will the Flint Institute of Music and Oxbow continue to offer these popular Broadway COMMUNITY WEEK AT THE Elementary School in the Huron Valley Revue, along with "The Music of Andrew DETROIT OPERA HOUSE School District have all been creating Lloyd Webber," which, if done in junior or Thanks to the Knight Foundation, songs, dances, skits, plays senior high school, performers (both professional and students) stories, musicals and can incorporate ten are performing on the Detroit Opera House operas. People learn a lot students in a chorus stage for audiences young, old and and have fun doing it. As for the final perfor in-between. Watch for information on this Christopher from the mance. very special week. Lamphere Center said, "I For elementary thought this would be students and young For more information on Michigan Opera great and it was! " families, we will con Theatre's Department of Community This program will tinue to offer the Programs please call Michigan Opera expand next summer to Create Opera Program at Lamphere Center timely The Night Theatre at (313) 874-7850. 40 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Our Michigan Opera Theatre. Contributing to the cultural vitality and rebirth of our city. Building on a dream.

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Supernumeraries Larry Balcom Richard Hill Joe 1Urinsky Bernard Bateman Jim Hooker Henry Wojcik Mark Boynton Jordan Johnston Mandie Woollcott Louis Colosimo Bill Kupsky Bob Yost Scot Comins Jerry McDonnel lbdd Zachary Henry Coucke Neil Mackinnon Ramona Dandridge Ali Moiin Pat Dillon Ron Morris Bud Esslinger GaryMoy Jim Floreck David Piotrowski Jody Florkowski Pete Prouty Peter Gough Mick Schlega Ed Grallam Phil Seizinger David. Grubbs Gary Sekerak Pete'Gumina Art Thitt Mary Harkless Chris Thoms

Please visit the Michigan Opera Theatre Boutique located in the Broadway Lobby. The Boutique, featuring the latest and finest recordings, apparel and Michigan Opera Theatre/Detroit Opera House memorabilia, is open before and after the performance and during intermissions.

Michigan Opera Theatre, a non-profit organization, is supported in part by the State of Michigan through the Michigan COuncil for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Jeremy Koch (Tony) is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut in one of his favorite roles. A recent graduate of Boston Conservatory, his credits include Phantom and Evita at The PapeTMm Playnouse; "JackH- m tifto the Woods, "Hero"-in· .. Forum and "Sparky" in Forever Plaid. Jeremy owes his success to the support of friends and family. Special thanks to Mom, Don, Dad, Dave, Carole Davis at Alliance Talent and Barry Brown for this wonderful opportunity. Deepest thanks to Denene who is "every thought I'll ever know."