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Download your FREE 274 Pu‘uhale Road, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96819 QR code 808.847.5310 | H1SourceMarketing.com reader for your mobile phone at hagadoneprinting.com/ market/qr ad_hot.indd 1 1/6/11 8:17 AM LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR 2011 HOT Cast Artistic Team SPONSORS Season Sponsors Nancy Allen Lundy Michael Ching Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Conductor Lucia National Endowment for the Arts Gregory Gerbrandt Karen Tiller Orchestra Director Enrico Atherton Family Foundation The Cades Foundation Jorge Lopez-Yañez Peter Dean Beck Cooke Foundation, Limited Edgardo Scenic & Lighting Designer McInerny Foundation Set Transportation Helen E. Rodgers Jeremy Blossey Horizon Lines Costume Designer Arturo Costume Transportation Air Canada Cargo Mary Dibbern Valerian Ruminski Supertitles Musical Preparation Raimondo A&B Foundation Phil Hidalgo Official Airline Sarah Billington Continental Airlines Stevens Associate Chorus Director Hotel Alisa Sue Sittko Schaefer Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki Aston Hotels & Resorts Wig & Make-up Designer Erik D. Haines Opera For Everyone Normanno Kelly Luft Hawaii Hotel and Lodging Stage Manager Association Opera Express Leahi Swim School Hospitality Honolulu Club Lanai Lectures First Insurance Company of Hawaii Ltd. VIP Intermission Dessert The Kahala Hotel & Resort Wine MEDIA SPONSORS The Wine Stop LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR SPONSORS HAWAII OPERA THEATRE Hawaii Opera Plaza Conductor 848 South Beretania Street Lawyers for Opera Suite 301 Costumes Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Chapman Family Foundation HOT OFFICE 808.596.7372 & Lee Alden Johnson Meet the Stars Party www.hawaiiopera.org SSI Investment Management FAUST '%&& 3 18 20 CONTENTS LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR'%&&q;:6IJG:H 9>G:8IDGÉHCDI:H HNCDEH>H DE:G6>CH><=IH BEAUTIFULLY6 LUCIA8 DI 16A STAINED TRAGIC LAMMERMOOR LOVE STORY I have been describing Lucia In a feud between the In the wake of Rossini’s di Lammermoor this season Scottish families of retirement and Bellini’s as the Scottish version of Ravenswood and death only three days Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo Lammermoor, Enrico before its premiere, Lucia and Juliet…. It is a simplistic (Lord Henry Ashton of di Lammermoor is the work but useful description for Lammermoor) has gained that catapulted Donizetti’s someone who doesn’t know the upper hand over Edgardo international recognition the plot of the opera, or (Edgar of Ravenswood), killing as a composer of first rank. that of Sir Walter Scott’s The his kinsmen and taking over Quickly staged in Vienna, Bride of Lammermoor, the his estates. By the time of the Madrid... inspiration... opera’s action,... 11 CASTqAjX^VY^AVbbZgbddg 13 ARTISTIC TEAM qAjX^VY^AVbbZgbddg 18 BRAVO! q:kZci 19 EDUCATION AT THE OPERA qEgd\gVbh 20 OPERA BALL q:kZci 21 2011 SCHEDULE q:kZci 21 GENEROSITY BEHIND THE SCENES q7jh^cZhhZh!IgjhihVcY;djcYVi^dch 21 HOT LEADING PLAYERS OFFSTAGE q7dVgYd[9^gZXidgh 22 TO THOSE WE HONOR AND REMEMBER qBZbdg^VahVcY=dcdgVg^jbh 23 OUR MOVERS AND SHAKERS qI]ZVigZHiV[[VcYKdajciZZgh 24 INSTRUMENTS OF JOYqDgX]ZhigV 25 THANKING THOSE WHO GIVE q9dcdgh 29 AIDAq'%&' 30 WE’RE HONORED BY THEIR KINDNESSqHeZX^VaI]Vc`h 31 DESERVING A STANDING OVATIONqHedchdgh Life keeps getting better. K¯ahala Nui’s active lifestyle appeals to Hawaii’s independent seniors, 62 and older. Life Care, a lifestyle and health care program, is designed to promote mental, intellectual, physical, and spiritual wellness throughout life. Life Care members have the freedom to live as they choose, engaging in various interests, refi ning talents, pursuing ideas, and forging new friendships. This freedom comes with the security of a 90% refundable deposit and the peace of mind knowing that the fi nest quality care, if ever needed, will be provided on the same campus. This is what successful senior living is all about. Bringing the Spirit of ‘Ohana to Retirement Living We invite you to call 218-7200 for future reservations or more information. -ALIA3TREET (ONOLULU (AWAIIsWWWKAHALANUICOM DIRECTOR’S NOTES @6G:CI>AA:G BEAUTIFULLY TRAGIC have been describing Lucia di Lammermoor this season as the In many ways the story of Lucia and Edgardo is much darker than Scottish version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet…. their Shakespearean counterparts… and I find that fitting to the I It is a simplistic but useful description for someone who stormy setting of the Scottish moors. There is a darkness that doesn’t know the plot of the opera, or that of Sir Walter Scott’s The pervades the place and the period, to which the two lovers seem Bride of Lammermoor, the inspiration for the work. There are many destined to succumb. They allow the deceit and machinations of similarities: two young people fall in love despite family grudges, others to call into question their fidelity… a darkness that saps the families of both young women arrange a wedding for political away the color of their love. It is the loss of faith in Lucia that purposes, the brothers in both stories plan to stoke the fires of destroys Edgardo, and it is his rejection of her that drives Lucia to discord between the families and ultimately each challenge the insanity. Both die, not together in a tomb, a kiss upon warm lips, love interest to a duel, the lovers die - destroyed by the myopia of but alone and without any solace… one of raging madness and those around them. It makes for interesting opera in both cases… the other by his own hand among the tombs of his ancestors. but I believe, in some ways, the lovers’ tale of Lucia di Lammermoor is more tragic. Both Lucia and Edgardo believe the other has been If there is hope to be found it is in the final chorus, a prayer that unfaithful, trickery visited upon them by Enrico. They are forced God will pardon the errors of man. There are many of those in this apart most cruelly and their last words to each other are borne opera; from beginning to bitter end we see greed and jealousy tear of anger and pain… gone is the wedding night, the call of the down each of our characters until we are only left with a sad and cautionary tale… which of course, makes for great opera. Enjoy! I]ZgZ^hVYVg`cZhhi]Vi eZgkVYZhi]ZeaVXZVcY i]ZeZg^dY!idl]^X]i]Z @VgZcI^aaZg ildadkZghhZZbYZhi^cZY idhjXXjbW# nightingale and the lark. There is no moment for them alone to celebrate their love, not even a fleeting one. 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    20+ productions in the first three years A one act comic opera, SPEED DATING TONIGHT! is one of the first operas to feature flexible casting. Most of the dater arias and duets are in high, medium, and low keys. Most aren’t even gender specific, allowing you to cast who you have. Even the order of the show is up to you. Because of the equality of the parts, SPEED DATING TONIGHT! is a great show to build camaraderie and collaboration. Musical styles are deliberately varied as are the difficulty levels. Although a comic opera, SPEED DATING TONIGHT! is often intimate and heart-felt. Bartender Baritone Video Samples Waitress M or S Premiere at Brevard Dating Coordinator M or S http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrU- Bus Boy Non singing eM_phUU Daters Up to 25 Talkative Girl http://youtu.be/JF5wAuB6uSg Daters include: Fragile Heart Duet Cat lover http://youtu.be/aqqBUbefiFM Car man Lives at home Productions and agreements to date include: OSD (Obsessive Screen Disorder) Janiec Opera at Brevard (premiere) 2013 Origamist Southern Utah University Steampunk girl Amarillo Opera Pathological liar Ithaca College And many more University of Central Florida 2014 Microscopic Opera, Pittsburgh Piano accompaniment, or optional Poor Richard’s Opera, Philadelphia Fringe orchestration commissioned by Microscopic Opera on Tap Seattle, Seattle Fringe Opera (2014) for a minimum of four players: Winter Opera St. Louis Texas State University Clarinet in Bb doubling Flute Intimate Opera, Indianapolis 2015 Piano Tri Cities Opera Upright bass University of Memphis Drum set doubling vibes George Washington University University of Texas at Austin Missouri State University McGill University Vanderbilt University 2016 University of South Carolina University of Texas, El Paso Arkansas State University How does it work? SPEED DATING TONIGHT! is administered directly by composer Michael Ching.
  • Lucia Di Lammermoor

    Lucia Di Lammermoor

    July 30, 2020 – Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor “Lammermoor lass goes mad, stabs fiancée to death” is the headline that might have appeared in The Scotsman following the premiere of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, which is featured on this week’s Thursday Night Opera House. Loosely based on Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor, the opera benefitted greatly from a European interest in the history and culture of Scotland: the perceived romance of its violent wars and feuds, as well as its folklore and mythology, intrigued nineteenth-century readers and audiences. Lucia premiered on September 26, 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. It has always been the best-known of Donizetti's tragic operas and has never fallen out of the standard repertory. In seventeenth-century Scotland, Lucia (soprano Andrea Rost) loves Edgardo (tenor Bruce Ford), the dispossessed master of Ravenswood and an enemy of her family. The couple exchange rings and vows before Edgardo leaves the country on a mission, and Lucia’s brother Enrico (baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore), learning of this, is outraged. He wants his sister to make a politically advantageous marriage to Lord Arturo Bucklaw (tenor Paul Charles Clark) and shows her a forged letter supposedly written by Edgardo that “proves” his infidelity. In the light of this and persuaded by the chaplain Raimondo (bass Alastair Miles), Lucia reluctantly agrees to the marriage. Months later Edgardo returns, interrupts the wedding celebration, curses Lucia and flings her ring at her, provoking Enrico to challenge him to a duel in the Ravenswood cemetery.