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3 presents

Friday, October 16, 2009, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPhy Consistent with the independent attitude that , and In Your Room – The Bangles pervaded the 1980s, THE BANGLES was one of the first dominated Billboard charts throughout much of the 1980s. female vocal bands to record and release its own , The group’s signature song, the No. One hit Walk Like an to great acclaim. The New York Times highlighted this Egyptian, hailed from the double-Platinum Different accomplishment, hailing: “The Bangles forged a link between Light, which became Billboard’s top record of 1986. Walk women’s history in Pop and their future, showing how a girl Like an Egyptian became an international success, gaining group could take charge and become not just a girl band but the group widespread airplay on radio and MTV. The album a Rock band, no gender appellations needed.” also showcased the No. Two hit , which was Emerging from the Los Angeles-based Paisley written by Prince especially for The Bangles. The band was Underground scene, which featured groups that played 1960s inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000. Folk-Rock with a Punk undertone, The Bangles later traded The Bangles released in 2003, an album its garage-band roots for an engaging Pop blend. The band’s true to the group’s legendary “jangling guitars; full, sweet undeniable chemistry and scrappy command of the ’60s Rock harmonies; and earnest, emotional lead vocals,” observed sound quickly set The Bangles apart from other Rock-Pop Billboard. The magazine noted in particular the ballad Ask groups of the ’80s. It became one of the most successful Me No Questions and the Folk-Rock tune Ride the Ride. The musical outfits of that era and ignited a firestorm of hits and album was followed with a successful worldwide tour. The international sold-out concerts. Washington Post cheered the group’s back-to-basics approach: With an infectious musical formula that The New “Even though they bring the glitz, their hearts are still in the York Times describes as “Folk-Rock with flashes of the garage.” The Boston Globe exalted: “Musically impeccable!” Beatles” – evident in the tunes If She Knew What She Wants, “Still in harmony, witty and winsome.” n

4 presents YAMATO The Drummers of Japan Matsuri – Fiesta!

Artistic Director MASA OGAWA

Drummers MASA OGAWA, AKIKO OGAWA, MIKA MIYAZAKI, TAKERU MATSUSHITA, SATOMI IKEDA, MIDORI TAMAI, TETSURO OKUBO, TOMOKO KAWAUCHI, SAORI HIGASHI, TAKAOKI MASUI, MARIKA NITO, GEN HIDAKA, and TAKAHIRO MON

Company Managers CHISAKO NINOMIYA and SATOMI IKEDA

Producer ATMO PRODUCTIONS, INC.

President Assistant URIEL G. LUFT NICHOLAS MINNS

Technical Coordinator Light Engineer JEAN-MICHEL SAVIGNAC ERIK DIONNE

Sound Engineer Stage Manager Truck Driver SERGE LACASSE EMILY PRO ULX-BONNEA U EUGENE CLARK

U.S. Tour Agent Arts Management Group, 36 West 26th Street, Suite 403, New York, NY 10010 (212) 337-0838

Director Associate Director BILL CAPONE and Business Manager KEVIN BOTHWELL

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

5 Festivals and Drums The word Matsuri (traditional Japanese festival) comes from Matsuru, which means “praying to the higher spirits.” The festival ritual – from giving thanks for a bountiful harvest to praying for good health and peace – was called Matsuri. At the heart of every Matsuri gathering was the traditional Japanese drum called the Wadaiko. The Wadaiko is a primitive instrument made of animal skin and ancient trees (several hundred years old) created entirely from once-living creatures. Its presence is more commanding than other instruments because of its loud, deep sound. A drummer strikes the cattleskin hide with a long, heavy stick called Bachi. When the drum and drummer become one, the sound becomes Oto-dama, which means “the soul of sound.” The sound of the drum unifies people with the universe.

PROGRAM

Ucho-Ten This term is comprised of three kanji characters meaning “being, top, and sky.” They form an expression that describes someone who is so happy that he is slightly out of his mind or “high in the sky.” Forget about the world and let your body go with the rhythm. Release your everyday tensions, and we’ll scale the heights together.

To-ne This word is made up of two kanji characters meaning “distant and sound.” This combination is read as to-ne, which resembles the English word “tone.” It is a distant sound from the past that lives quietly in your memory.

Rekka Rekka means “fierce fire.” As quick as lightning and with thorough care, a man and a woman compete with each other through the beat of the Taiko.

Zoku This is the first cover version of a Wadaiko music classic composed by Leonard Eto of Kodo, the pioneering Taiko ensemble. Kodo and Yamato appeared together at the 10th anniversary of the Wadaiko festival Tenkyo-sai, an annual event in Asuka Village.

6 INTERMISSION

Rakuda The first kanji character in this term means “happy” and the second means “strike,” but when read together as Rakuda, it means “camel.” This is a trademark piece that starts with the powerful yell Ikimasse, which translates “let’s go.”

Oto-dama Oto means “sound” and dama means “soul.” The ancient Japanese thought that, when properly nurtured, the soul will develop a voice called Koto-dama. We want to create a new soul and coined the word Oto-dama. The word dama can also mean “ball,” which can be used to describe Wadaiko music as a series of balls. Numerous balls are kept in the air and all of them have a soul.

Hanabi Hanabi refers to fireworks that spread across the night sky at the end of a festival. Hanabi is spelled in a way that means gorgeous and glittering – a way of celebrating the beauty found in everyone.

BIOGRAPHy Founded in 1993 in Nara, regarded as the birthplace world. The drummers’ physically challenging performances of Japanese culture, the high-energy performance troupe and athleticism mesmerized critics and fans, attracting the YAMATO has mesmerized more than 2 million fans with attention of producers who promptly recruited the award- its mastery of Japanese drums. “If you’re looking for inspiring winning ensemble for European tours. drumming and infectious dance rhythms, you’ll be disap- Since 1999, Yamato has been a familiar presence in pointed. This is much, much more,” exalted The Guardian Europe, enthusiastically embraced by standing-room-only newspaper of the United Kingdom. crowds in Holland, England, , , , With astounding state-of-the-art special effects, theatri- Belgium, , and . From impromptu street perfor- cal panache, and the revered ancient traditions of Japanese mances to packed concert halls and overseas tours in Asia, drumming, Yamato makes Wadaiko drumming accessible to South America, Europe, and North America, Yamato has all ages, stirring the hearts of people everywhere. The band’s raised awareness and appreciation for Japanese heritage and performances enforce its core belief – that the drumbeat, like traditions. The troupe travels with a distinctive variety of the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life. versatile instruments, including an Odaiko drum, which is In 1998, Yamato was invited to play at the prestigious made from a 400-year-old tree. n Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest arts celebration in the

7 presents SPHINX CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DAMON GUPTON, CONDUCTOR

With the HARLEM QUARTET

Saturday, October 24, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation.

As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance.

The Sphinx National Chamber Orchestra tour is made possible through the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Target Corporation.

8 Sphinx Chamber Orchestra Roster Violin I Jessie Montgomery** Luisa Barroso Mariana Green-Hill Stephanie Matthews Monica Davis Isabel Escalante

Violin II Shelby Harris* (Plays on a William Whedbee from David Kerr) Amyr Joyner Elizabeth Ramos Vivian Crosby

Viola Kaila Potts* (Plays on a William Harris Lee-Chicago by Bronek Cosin) Whittney Thomas Dorothy White Andrew Gonzalez

Cello Tony Rymer* (Plays on a Domenico Degani made in 1862 on loan from the Gradoux-Matt Rare Violins LLC) Karlos Rodriguez Ryan Murphy Victor Sotelo

Bass Patricia Aparecida da Silva* Keith Miller

** Concert Master * Principal Player

Harlem Quartet Ilmar Gavilan, violin Melissa White, violin Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola Desmond Neysmith, cello

9 PROGRAM

Divertimento for Strings in F Major, K. 138 Allegro (1756-1791) Andante Presto

Autumn in (Otoño Porteño) Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Elena Urioste, violin

Mi Menor Conga Arranged by Guido Gavilán (b. 1944) for the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra

Serenade for Strings Pezzo in Forma di Sonatina (1840-1893)

From At the Octoroon Balls, Hellbound Highball Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961)

INTERMISSION

Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra in d minor Johann Sebastian Bach Vivace (1685-1750) Largo ma non tanto Allegro Elena Urioste, violin Melissa White, violin

Delights and Dances for String Quartet and Orchestra Michael Abels (b. 1962)

Harlem Quartet and Sphinx Chamber Orchestra

10 BIOGRAPHies Founded in 1996, the Sphinx Organization has grown ELENA URIOSTE (Violin), a first-place laureate in from an annual competition for young black and Latino the junior and senior division of the Sphinx Competition, string players into a national arts and youth development made her Carnegie Hall soloist debut in 2004. She has col- organization that serves more than 55,000 students annu- laborated with Cristopher O’Riley, Keith Lockhart, Shlomo ally. Dedicated to promoting diversity in , the Mintz, and Cho-Liang Lin. In 2007, Urioste was first-prize group works to promote the participation of young blacks winner of the Sion International Violin Competition. She and Latinos in this realm. Sphinx has been the subject of two graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music and is pursuing PBS documentaries and has been featured on CNN, NBC’s graduate studies at The Juilliard School. Today Show, and NPR. MELISSA WHITE (Violin) was a first-place laureate The SPHINX CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’s 2004 at the Fourth Annual Junior Division Sphinx Organization debut at Carnegie Hall compelled The New York Times to call Competition in 2001. She has been a guest of many leading it “first-rate in every way.” The Chicago Sun-Times hailed the orchestras and is an active Chamber musician and a member orchestra as a “top-notch ensemble,” noting in particular its of the Ritz Chamber Players and Jupiter Symphony Chamber zest and versatility. Musicians. At age 14, White made her recording debut with Members of the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra studied at the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. She is a gradu- The Juilliard School, The Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman ate of The Curtis Institute of Music and the New England School of Music, Peabody Institute, Harvard University, and Conservatory of Music. n the . Several musicians hold orches- tral positions and have been named laureates of international competitions. On Stage Since its celebrated 2006 debut at Carnegie Hall, the HARLEM QUARTET has been lavished with praise and Advertising Opportunity acclaim. The New York Times cheered, “The Harlem Quartet played with panache.” The group’s members, all first-place The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts laureates of the Sphinx Competition, are accomplished (CCPA) is now accepting advertising space Chamber musicians and seasoned soloists who have per- reservations for the On Stage program. formed with the New York Philharmonic and The Boston Each issue of the program is distributed to Pops. approximately 15,000 patrons. Placing an The ensemble, which has appeared on WNBC, CNN, advertisement in On Stage for the entire season provides an opportunity to reach more than and NBC’s Today show, strives to advance diversity in Clas- 135,000 theater patrons. sical music while engaging young and new audiences with a varied repertoire that highlights works by minority composers. The CCPA attracts patrons from throughout Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties. DAMON GUPTON (Conductor) was assistant Patrons have the discretionary income to enjoy conductor of the City Symphony for two years. He dining and shopping excursions before and after received his bachelor of music degree from the University of attending performances. Michigan and earned a diploma from The Juilliard School’s For more information about advertising in drama division. He studied conducting with David Zinman, On Stage, please call Account Executive Anna Murry Sidlin, and and has made several Jones at (562) 916-8510, extension 2520. appearances with orchestras across the country. Gupton’s awards include the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and The Aspen Conducting Prize. Gupton also received the inau- gural Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michi- gan School of Music and Alumni Society.

11 presents PACIFIC SYMPHONY Carl St.Clair, music director HALLOWEEN FAMILY CONCERT Conductor MAXIM ESHKENAZY

Special Guest MICHAEL IRISH

Sunday, October 25, 2009, 3:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

12 PROGRAM HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR (Music will be chosen from the following)

Overture to (1813-1901)

Funeral March of a Marionette (1818-1893)

Peter and the Wolf (Selections) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Baba Yaga From Pictures at an Exhibition (1839-1881)

Prelude From Vertigo Bernard Herrmann (1922-1975)

Main theme From Jaws John Williams (b. 1932)

BIOGRAPHIES Founded in 1978, PACIFIC SYMPHONY has made symphony musicians and instructors. great strides nationally and internationally, earning praise Pacific Symphony’s renowned Family Musical Con- and awards for its main-stage concerts, an acclaimed Pops certs series introduces the fundamentals of orchestral music series, Chamber music programs, and its family-oriented through a broad range of musical styles. The popular Musical concerts, which include the HALLOWEEN FAMILY Carnival typically offers hands-on activities, an instrument CONCERT. From its humble beginnings in Orange County, petting zoo, and movement and acting workshops. California, the orchestra attained international status with a MAXIM ESHKENAZY has been described as a highly acclaimed 2006 European tour that encompassed nine musician of “vigor and intelligence” who conducts with cities, including Munich, Germany; , Austria; and “complete assuredness and insight.” The Los Angeles Times Lucerne, . calls him “charismatic and exciting.” Eshkenazy’s conduct- Under the guidance of music director Carl St.Clair, ing appointments have included music director of the who celebrates his 20th anniversary with the group this sea- Bakersfield Youth Orchestra and assistant conductor at the son, the symphony offers moving musical experiences with Colburn School in Los Angeles. He was also music director a repertoire ranging from the great orchestral masterworks of the Pasadena Youth Symphony and the Music of Changes to pieces from today’s most prominent composers. The Wall Chamber Orchestra, assistant conductor of the American Street Journal credited St.Clair with successfully advancing Youth Symphony, and assistant conductor of the Herbert “not only the orchestra’s skills but also the audience’s trust Zipper Chamber Orchestra. Eshkenazy has shared the stage and musical sophistication.” The Los Angeles Times called with violinist Shlomo Mintz in celebration of the State of St.Clair “a significant musical leader” and cited his “bold Israel’s Independence Day. He made his conducting debut orchestra-building, his growing mastery of the repertory and with the Varna -Philharmonic Society Orchestra and his expanding astuteness at the art of programming.” then moved to the Bourgas Opera-Philharmonic Society Pacific Symphony presents more than 100 concerts a and Classic FM Orchestra. Eshkenazy received his early year and offers a rich array of educational programs designed musical training at the Conservatory before moving to to promote its presence and integrate its music into local the United States to pursue double master of music degrees communities. With these programs, the group is able to reach in conducting and violin performance at the University of about 50,000 local residents yearly, fostering interaction with Southern California. n

13 presents Performance Partner Program PACIFICO DANCE COMPANY

Friday, October 30, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPhy Known for incorporating Mexican folklore, customs, well as developing original and innovative choreography that and religion into its pieces, PACIFICO DANCE tests the boundaries of Folk dance. COMPANY debuts its latest work at the Cerritos Center Pacifico Dance Company has performed throughout the for the Performing Arts: Calacas Clandestinas, which pays United States, North Korea, and . The first Folklorico homage to El Día De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). troupe to tour Asia, the ensemble has been hailed by the Los Also featured in this performance are the elaborately Angeles Times for its “elegant, beautifully costumed dancers” depicted Danza de Quetzales and colorful dances from and its uncanny ability to successfully deliver “visual and Guerrero, Chihuahua, and Jalisco. aural entertainment.” LA Weekly praises the entourage’s Thrilling audiences since its 1992 inception, “engaging theatrical elements and dynamic choreography.” California’s premier Mexican dance ensemble has brought The ensemble’s artistic director is Adriana Astorga- color, vigor, and skilled movement to theaters nationwide Gainey, who began her dance training at age 7 in Mexico and overseas with an inimitable cast of more than 30 City at the National Ballet Folklórico School. She has accomplished dancers and accompanying musicians. Widely worked with numerous dance legends, including Mexican celebrated for its vibrant repertoire merging Classical Ballet Ballet choreographer Amalia Hernández; Modern dance techniques with the Folkloric roots of traditional Mexican masters Karen McDonald and Davinci Burks; Latin dance, Pacifico Dance Company’s mission is to promote American choreographer Rudy Pérez; Ballet masters Don awareness and appreciation of Mexico’s rich history and Hewitt and Stephan Wenta; and yoga teacher Annie legacy. The company focuses on preserving age-old works as Carpenter. n

14 presents KEOLA AND MOANA BEAMER With

RAIATEA HELM

Saturday, October 31, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHies Hawaii’s first couple of music and dance, slack-key with contemporary forms of music. guitarist KEOLA BEAMER and Hula dancer MOANA Hula dancer extraordinaire Moana Beamer began BEAMER, brings the islands’ traditions and customs to the her training at age 4 and is now one of the most dynamic stage in a musical showcase featuring native instruments and Hawaiian performers. Experienced in nearly 272 documented island folklore. Together the husband-and-wife team presents styles of the Hula, Moana Beamer is known for her stories a complete sensory experience of Hawaiian music, chant, and on stage, often providing an educational tone to many of her dance. dances and musical pieces. Keola Beamer established himself early as a leader of Adding a vibrant edge to the show is RAIATEA contemporary Hawaiian music when he wrote the all-time HELM, who at age 17 won two Na Hoku Hanohano Awards best-selling classic song Honolulu City Lights, which Honolulu for her debut album Far Away Heaven. The CD earned the Magazine selected as one of the “50 Greatest Songs of Hawaii.” songstress “Female Vocalist of the Year” and “Most Promising Wooden Boat, Keola Beamer’s first release on George Winston’s Artist” awards from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Artists Dancing Cat label, was a Top 15 hit on Billboard’s World Music (HARA). Helm’s second album, Sweet & Lovely, garnered a chart. His other Top 15 tunes include Moéuhane Kīkā – Tales Grammy nomination and praise from The New York Times, From the Dream Guitar; Mauna Kea – White Mountain Journal; which called the recording “poised and utterly elegant.” Kolonahe – From the Gentle Wind; and Soliloquy – Ka Leo o Loko Honored as “Female Vocalist of the Year” in 2003 and (The Voice Within). A recipient of the Na Hoku Hanohano 2005 by HARA, Helm is the only female musician who has Awards, Hawaii’s equivalent of the Grammys, Keola Beamer received Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in both the Hawaiian is one of the first Hawaiian musicians to integrate chants and and Jazz music categories. n instruments – like the tiny gourd whistle and the nose flute –

15 presents SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS SUSAN McMANE, CONDUCTOR Transcendent Voices: Music inspired by Prophetic Words and Mystical Visions

Sunday, November 1, 2009, 3:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

PROGRAM

O Pastor Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

Blagri (Beatitudes) Damijian Močnik (b. 1967)

Psalm 23 (1797-1828)

Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, No. 3 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Hymn to the Dawn Hymn to the Waters Hymn to Vena Hymn to the Travelers

INTERMISSION

16 Three Fiord Sketches Olli Kortekangas (b. 1955) (Based on I Ching – Book of Changes) Two Images Sun and Moon Balance

From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez Abbie Betinis (b. 1980) We Have Come Suffer No Grief Closer to the Fire Boatpeople We Have Come (Reprise)

Three Traditional Spirituals Heaven Bound Train Arranged by Stephen Hatfield Deep River Arranged by Donald Patriquin John Saw Duh Numbuh Arranged by André J. Thomas

The San Francisco Girls Chorus is exclusively represented in North America by California Artists Management www.CalArtists.com

BIOGRAPHies Founded in 1978, the SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS praise with the San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Sym- CHORUS has performed around the world, setting an phony, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. international standard of excellence for vocal music perfor- Under the direction of acclaimed conductor mance. Prominent conductor Michael Tilson Thomas called SUSAN McMANE, who was named “Music Educator of the group “a treasure, whose training, musicality and vibrant the Year” by the St. Louis Chapter of the American Guild spirit are evident.” of Organists, the choir sang at President Barack Obama’s One of the world’s most respected vocal ensembles, the inauguration ceremony, the World Symposium on Choral organization has become a regional center for Choral music Music in Japan, the World Vision Children’s Choir Festival education and presentation for girls and women ages 7 to 18. in South Korea, and the Gateway to Music Festival in China. The San Francisco Girls Chorus School offers a program of McMane also led the girls on international tours in , unparalleled excellence, designed to take young girls from , and . With her guidance, the ensemble “has their first introduction to the art of Choral singing through a developed both show-biz panache and professional disci- full course of Choral and vocal instruction. pline,” hailed the San Francisco Classical Voice. In addition to its trio of Grammys, the San Francisco The San Francisco Girls Chorus’ discography includes Girls Chorus received the prestigious Margaret Hillis Award 2006’s Voices of Hope and Peace; 2003’s Christmas, which for “Choral Excellence” and a Chorus America Award from featured a collection of holiday standards; 2000’s Crossroads, the National Endowment for the Arts. The group also was a selection of world Folk music; and 1998’s Music From the bestowed with the “Adventurous Programming Award” in Venetian Ospedali, an Italian Baroque recording that prompt- 1999 and 2004 by the American Society of Composers, ed The New Yorker to deem the group “tremendously accom- Authors and Publishers. The girls have performed to much plished.” n

17 presents JIM BRICKMAN

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

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18 presents MOZART FESTIVAL OPERA WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

Artistic and Stage Director GIORGIO LALOV

Conductor KRASSIMIR TOPOLOV

Harpsichord IVAYLO IVANOV

Sets and Costumes Lighting Designer VALENTIN TOPENCHAROV GUEORGUI BOYUKLIEV

Friday, November 6, 2009, 8:00 PM Saturday, November 7, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

19 CAST (subject to change without notice) Don Giovanni...... VYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITIS A young, licentious nobleman

Leporello...... STEFANO DE PEPPO and HRISTO SARAFOV The Don’s servant

Donna Anna...... MELLIANGEE PEREZ and LAURA REY A noblewoman, daughter of the Commendatore

Donna Elvira...... ELENA RAZGYLYAEVA and EDELINA KANEVA A noblewoman from Burgos, abandoned by Don Giovanni

Don Ottavio...... BENJAMIN BRECHER Betrothed to Donna Anna

Zerlina...... VIARA ZHELEZOVA and SNEJANA DRAMCHEVA A peasant girl

Masetto...... HRISTO SARAFOV A peasant man, the fiancé of Zerlina

Commendatore...... MIKHAIL KOLELISHVILI Father of Donna Anna

Chorus of Peasants and Servants

20 SYNOPSIS

ACT I Spain, 1600s

At night, outside the Commendatore’s palace, Leporello grumbles about his duties as servant to Don Giovanni, a dissolute nobleman. Soon the masked Giovanni appears and tries to seduce Donna Anna, the Commendatore’s daughter. When the Commendatore answers Anna’s cries, he is killed by Giovanni in a duel. Anna returns with her fiancé, Don Ottavio. Finding her father dead, she makes Ottavio swear vengeance on the assassin. At dawn, Giovanni flirts with a high-strung traveler outside a tavern. She is Donna Elvira, a woman he once seduced in Burgos who is on his trail. Giovanni escapes while Leporello distracts Elvira by reciting his master’s long catalog of conquests. Peasants arrive, celebrating the nuptials of their friends Zerlina and Masetto. When Giovanni joins in, he pursues the bride, angering the groom, and is then removed by Leporello. Alone with Zerlina, Giovanni applies his charm, but Elvira interrupts and protectively whisks the girl away. When Elvira returns to denounce him as a seducer, Giovanni is stymied further while greeting Ottavio and Anna, who is in mourning. Declaring Elvira mad, Giovanni leads her away. Having recognized his voice, Anna realizes Giovanni was her attacker. Dressing for the wedding feast he has planned for the peasants, Giovanni drinks champagne exuberantly. Outside the palace, Zerlina begs Masetto to forgive her apparent infidelity. Masetto hides when Giovanni appears, emerging from the shadows as he corners Zerlina. The three enter the palace together. Elvira, Anna, and Ottavio arrive in dominoes and masks and are invited to the feast by Leporello. During the festivities, Leporello entices Masetto into a dance as Giovanni draws Zerlina out of the room. When Zerlina’s cry for help puts Giovanni on the spot, he tries to blame Leporello, but no one is con- vinced. Elvira, Anna, and Ottavio remove their masks and confront Giovanni as he barely escapes Ottavio’s drawn sword.

INTERMISSION

ACT II

Under Elvira’s balcony, Leporello exchanges cloaks with Giovanni to woo the lady in his master’s stead. Leporello leads Elvira away, leaving Giovanni free to serenade Elvira’s maid. Masetto passes with a band of armed peasants who want to punish Giovanni. Zerlina arrives and tenderly consoles her betrothed. In a passageway, Elvira and Leporello are surprised by Anna, Ottavio, Zerlina, and Masetto, who mistake servant for master, threatening Leporello. Frightened, Leporello removes his mask and escapes. As Anna departs, Ottavio affirms his love. Elvira voices her rage with Giovanni’s second betrayal to her. Leporello finds his master in a cemetery, where a voice warns Giovanni of his doom. This is the statue of the Commendatore. Giovanni proposes that Leporello invite it to dinner. In her home, Anna is still in mourning. She refuses Ottavio’s offer of marriage until her father is avenged. Leporello is serving Giovanni’s dinner when Elvira rushes in, begging Giovanni, whom she still loves, to reform. But he waves her out contemptuously. At the door, her screams announce the presence of the Commendatore’s statue. Giovanni boldly refuses warn- ings to repent in the face of . Flames engulf his house and the sinner is dragged to hell. Among the castle ruins, the others plan their future and recite the moral: Such is the fate of a wrongdoer.

21 BIOGRAPHies VYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITIS (Don Giovanni, Bari- Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Don Giovanni at Teatro Argen- tone) graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and tina in Rome with Renato Bruson as Don Giovanni, and Theatre in 1989. He has been a principal soloist with the with LA Opera. De Peppo has appeared with Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre since 1990. the BBC at Royal Festival Hall in London and the National He studied at the European Centre for Opera and Vocal Art Symphonic Orchestras of Mexico and . He sang in Belgium and with Marlena Malas in New York. In 1992, the role of Annibale Pistacchio in Il Campanello and made Juozapaitis became a laureate of the Competition of Young his debut with the Washington National Opera in Gianni Singers of and a finalist at the International Lu- Schicchi. De Peppo has performed as Leporello in , ciano Pavarotti Competition in the United States. His other , Mexico, and Guatamala and Papageno in The Magic achievements include the Christopher Prize awarded by the Flute in Mexico, Italy, and the United States with the Mozart Lithuanian Theatre Association, the Beacons of Opera prize Festival Opera. for “Best Opera Soloist of the Year,” the “Order for Merits to HRISTO SARAFOV (Leporello and Masetto, Bari- Lithuania,” and the Lithuanian National Award. He was also tone) has been active as an actor and a soloist in awarded the Golden Disk Prize of the Lithuanian Musicians and Opera. Sarafov graduated from the National Academy Association and the Kipras Prize for “Best Singer of the Year of Music in Sofia and was immediately engaged by the Sofia 2003 of Lithuania.” In 2006, Juozapaitis was awarded the National Opera for the role of Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. “Golden Cross of the Stage” by the Lithuanian ministry of He has performed worldwide with Teatro Lirico D’Europa culture. His repertoire includes the principal roles since 1990. in by Guiseppe Verdi, Giocomo Puccini, Wolfgang MELLIANGEE PEREZ (Donna Anna, Soprano) Amadeus Mozart, and Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky. Juozapai- graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, tis’ festival credits include the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, where she studied with -baritone Justino Diaz. Perez won the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Festival of Oratory Music in the Puerto Rico District Metropolitan Opera National Coun- Wroclaw at the Salzburg Festival, the New and Old Ways cil Auditions while attending college. In 2005 and 2008, she to India Festival in Spain, the Vilnius International Music was a semifinalist at the International Singing Contest in Festival, and the Dalhalla Opera Festival in . His , Spain. Perez has taken master classes with Renata collaborations include performances with the Kaunas State Scotto, , Jennifer Larmore, Benton Hess, Sherill , Klaipeda State Musical Theatre, Czech Milnes, Joan Dornemann, Diana Soviero, Charles Riecker, Opera, and Opera Vielka. Ruth Falcon, Teresa Berganza, and Frank Corsaro. Perez has STEFANO DE PEPPO (Leporello, Bass-Baritone) performed in concerts, galas, and recitals as a soloist around began as a soloist with the children’s chorus of the Teatro the world in roles including Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, alla Scala. He continued his training at the Civic School of the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Lauretta in Gianni Schic- Music in Milan, Italy. He opened the 1997-1998 Palacio de chi, and Euridice in Orfeo Ed Euridice. In 2008, Perez received Bellas Artes season as Leporello in Don Giovanni. In 1998, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Orga- De Peppo made his Canadian debut as Mustafa in L’Italiana nization Award for “Soprano of the Year.” She will sing the in Algeri with Opera Hamilton and sang the role of Osmin in role of Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira in Don The Abduction From the Serail in Spain. He returned to the Giovanni, Mimi in La Bohème, and Micaela in this United States in 2000 to perform in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with season with Teatro Lirico D’Europa. the Palm Beach Opera, La Cenerentola at for LAURA REY (Donna Anna, Soprano) sang with the Performing Arts, Il Barbiere di Siviglia with The Min- Marcello Giordani last season and was invited to sing nesota Opera, Les Huguenots with The Opera Orchestra of Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. In 2008, New York, Cosi Fan Tutte with Connecticut Grand Opera Rey sang The Empty Hours during the United Nations Lan- and Orchestra, and Le Nozze di Figaro with Portland Opera guage Festival in . She performed as a soloist Repertory Theatre. De Peppo’s other credits include for in ’s with the Puerto Rico

22 Symphony Orchestra for its 50th-anniversary celebration. In Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Skylight Opera Theatre, the 2007-2008, Rey was an artist-in-residence at the Bavarian Glimmerglass Opera, the Aspen Opera Theatre, and the State , where she sang many roles and concerts Ohio Light Opera. Since 1997, Brecher has performed more conducted by Maestro Kent Nagano. During Rey’s residency, than 10 roles with The in Il Viaggio A she was featured in a documentary film as one of the main Reims, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Die Zauberflöte, and Carmen. His singers. This season, she has been invited to sing the role of other credits include , I Capuleti E I Montecchi, Musetta in La Bohème and share the stage with Ana Maria and with The Opera Orchestra of New York. Brecher Martinez as Mimi. Rey has sung throughout Puerto Rico, has performed a wide range of repertoire with orchestras Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and in Chicago, Mexico City, Rome, Budapest, Cincinnati, St. the United States. She earned a bachelor of music degree Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Vir- from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a master ginia, Seattle, Florida, Jacksonville, Detroit, Toledo, Omaha, of music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music. She is Baltimore, Seattle, Portland, Buffalo, Toronto, Edmonton, devoted to Opera and popular music and has worked with Milwaukee, and Columbus. He has also recorded Il Barbiere di Paul Simon, José Feliciano, and Jon Lucien. Latino perform- Siviglia with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. This season, ers such as Marc Anthony have recorded her songs. Rey was Brecher will perform the world premiere of Steve Swartz’s awarded “Best Latin Music Songwriter of the Year 2000” by Opera Seance in Santa Barbara, the Serenade the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for tenor, Horn and Strings in Wisconsin, Ernesto in Don and is a faculty member with the Puerto Rico Conservatory Pasquale at the Belle Isle Festival in , and in concerts of Music. with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. Brecher sang the ELENA RAZGYLYAEVA (Donna Elvira, Soprano) National Anthem at Camden Yards on opening day. He is a is a principal soloist of Opera Rostov-on-Don, , where graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center, New England Con- she performs leading soprano roles. She earned critical ac- servatory of Music, and Bowling Green State University. He claim in her U.S. debut in 2006 with Teatro Lirico D’Europa teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where as Mimi in La Bohème. Razgylyaeva returned to the United he lives with his family. States for the 2006-2007 season with Teatro Lirico D’Europa VIARA ZHELEZOVA (Zerlina, Mezzo-Soprano) as Mimi in La Bohème, Cio-cio-san in , and graduated from the Bulgarian National Conservatory of Mu- Liu in . The following season, Razgylyaeva sang the sic in 1985 and joined the Bulgarian National Opera, where title roles in Tosca and Madama Butterfly. In 2008, she per- she has performed leading mezzo-soprano roles with Ghena formed the title role in and La Bohème and other roles Dimitrova, Nicolai Giuselev, and Anna Tomova Sintov. in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Zhelezova has appeared as a guest singer with Opera compa- EDELINA KANEVA (Donna Elvira, Soprano) nies throughout Western and and has been a received her musical education at the National Conservatory principal soloist with Teatro Lirico D’Europa since 1992. She of Music in Sofia. She is currently a principal soloist with the will sing the role of Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the National Opera and Ballet Sofia and has performed as a guest Baltimore Opera. soloist in Eastern Europe and Germany. She has performed SNEJANA DRAMCHEVA (Zerlina, Soprano) was the role of Leonore in Il Trovatore and the title role in Tosca born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and graduated from the Dobrin with Teatro Lirico D’Europa in the United States on previ- Petkov School of Music (Plovdiv), where she studied voice ous tours. She has performed the role of Donna Anna in Don with Ivanka Michaylova. Dramcheva also graduated from Giovanni at the Summer Music Festival in Varna, Bulgaria. Music Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, where BENJAMIN BRECHER (Don Ottavio, Tenor) has she studied with Professor Karnobatlova-Dobreva. Dramcheva performed with New York City Opera, Opera de Montreal, made her debut in 1984 with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Central City Opera, Chau- Orchestra, conducted by Dobrin Petkov. In 1990, Dram- tauqua Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Lyric Opera of cheva made her first appearance in Die Entführung aus dem , the Harrisburg Opera, Toledo Opera, the Santa Serail with the National Opera and Ballet Sofia. From 1991 Fe Opera, Berkshire Opera, Arizona Opera, Anchorage to 1993, she completed several European tours as Gilda in

23 Rigoletto, Violetta in , and Musetta in La Bohéme. cepted to an elite boarding school in Bulgaria, where all the Dramcheva’s achievements include the second-place prize at lessons were taught in French. When he graduated from high the Francesco Vignas Competition in Barcelona, Spain; the school in 1976, he was fluent in French and English. That Grand-Prix in Pamplona, Spain; the first prize in Pavia, Italy; year, he entered the Bulgarian National Academy of Music and the Audience-Grand-Prix at the Giuseppe Verdi Com- and went on tour throughout Italy with a choir from the uni- petition in Parma, Italy. She was a finalist in the Belvedere versity. While in Milan, he auditioned for the famous inter- International Opera Competition in Vienna, Austria. Dram- national School for Young Opera Singers at . He was cheva has made recordings for Bulgarian National Radio and accepted and went on to make his Operatic debut at La Scala has been a frequent guest singer in Milan, Barcelona, Bilbao, at age 25. After living in Italy for a short time, Lalov be- Lille, , Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Valencia, came fluent in Italian. In 1986 while on tour with an Opera and Zurich. Last season, she performed the role of Valen- company in France, he met his future business partner, Yves cienne in The Merry Widow with Czech Opera Prague and Josse, a former Ballet dancer who was booking Opera and Violetta in La Traviata with Teatro Lirico D’Europa through- Ballet tours. The two decided to collaborate. By 1988 Josse out the United States. This season, she will sing the role of and Lalov were working on what was to become the most Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Musetta in La Bohéme with Mozart successful Opera touring company in Europe. At the time of Festival Opera, and Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana with Teatro Josse’s death in 1995, Teatro Lirico D’Europa was averaging Lirico D’Europa. more than 250 performances a season throughout Europe. In MIKHAIL KOLELISHVILI (Commendatore, Bass) 1990, Lalov established the Sofia Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Kirov Opera. He was born in Moscow and Chorus. In 2000, Teatro Lirico D’Europa embarked on its first graduated from the V. Saradzhishvili State Conservatory of major U.S. tour. Tbilisi, Georgia, with a master of vocal performance degree. KRASSIMIR TOPOLOV (Conductor) was educated In 1997, Kolelishvili became a soloist with the Tbilisi State in Vienna, Austria. In addition to conducting hundreds of Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. Two years later, he performances for Teatro Lirico D’Europa on tour in central became a laureate of the Georgia-Tbilisi Republic Vocal Europe and the United States, he is a frequent guest con- Competition. The following year, he joined the Young Opera ductor with Opera companies in Bulgaria and other Eastern Singers’ Academy of the Mariinsky Theatre. He won first European countries. prize at the Rimski-Korsakov Fifth International Competi- MOZART FESTIVAL OPERA, the sister company tion for Young Opera Singers in 2002 and was a top prize of Teatro Lirico D’Europa, made its U.S. debut in 2003 with winner in the Third International E. Obraztsova Competi- Don Giovanni. Since then, the company has toured the tion for Young Opera Singers in 2003. In 2004, he won the United States every year with Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Monyushko Competition in Warsaw, , and the Adamo Figaro, and Die Zauberflöte. This is the company’s sixth season Didur Prize for Bass. The following year, Kolelishvili was a of major U.S. tours. Hailed by many as the greatest of all finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competi- Operas, Don Giovanni is based on the true-life escapades of tion in the United Kingdom. His repertoire includes the bass of Seville, an aristocratic serial rapist who lived roles in the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi during the 1600s. n Operas as well as Khan Koncha in , King Rene in Iolanta, and the Tsar in The Tale of Tsar Saltan. GIORGIO LALOV (Artistic and Stage Director) is THE CITY OF CERRITOS AND the co-founder of Mozart Festival Opera and Teatro Lirico THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE D’Europa. He also serves as stage director for Mozart Festi- PERFORMING ARTS ARE PROUD TO val Opera. Lalov was born in Telesh, Bulgaria, in 1958. His CELEBRATE CALIFORNIA ARTS DAY father Lalo, a doctor, and his mother Stoiyanka, an elemen- AND NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES tary-school teacher and Bulgarian Folk singer, were educated patrons of the arts. When his father died, Lalov was only 9 MONTH IN OCTOBER. years old. Because he was an excellent student, he was ac-

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