2005, Tanglewood

Saturday, July 16, at 8:30 THE LEONARD BERNSTEIN MEMORIAL CONCERT TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA JAMES LEVINE conducting

Please note that the roles of Hunding in "Die Walkiire," Act I, and Hagen in "Gotterdammerung," Act III, are being sung in this concert by Stephen Milling and John Cheek, respectively, replacing Kristinn Sigmundsson, who was originally scheduled for both those roles but has withdrawn because of illness.

Stephen Milling Making his Tanglewood debut this evening, Danish Stephen Milling was born in Copenhagen and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. In 1991 he was admitted to the Academy; upon graduation in 1994 he became a member of the Royal Danish Opera. He spent several seasons in Copenhagen, where his roles

1 included King Marke in Tristan una Isolde, Daland in Derfliegende Hollander, and Philip in Don Carlo. His early international appearances included Brander in La Damnation de Faust and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Concertgebouw under Sir , Timur in Turandot for his Italian debut at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, and the Landgraf in Tannhauser for his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He made his La Scala debut in 1999-2000 as Don Fernando in Fidelio conducted by ; his North American operatic debut came that same season, as Fasolt in and Hunding in Die Walkure in the 's new Ring cycle, directed by Stephen Wadsworth. He made his debut as Sparafucile in , later singing Met performances as Hunding under . Mr. Milling made his Brussels debut as the Landgraf in Tannhauser and his San Francisco Symphony debut under Michael Tilson Thomas. He made his San Francisco Opera debut as Philip in Don Carlo, returned to Seattle Opera as Gurnemanz in , and made his UK debut in the London Symphony Orchestra's Berlioz festival, singing Narbal in under Sir Colin Davis. In Copenhagen he collaborated with conductor Christoph Eschenbach in Verdi's Requiem. His Houston Grand Opera debut was as the Landgraf; his Chicago Symphony debut was as Narbal in Les Troyens under ; he made his role debut as Rocco in Fidelio in Antwerp, his debut at Madrid's Teatro Real as Fasolt, and his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut under Esa-Pekka Salonen in concert performances of . He is scheduled for debuts at the as Gurnemanz (with Sir Simon Rattle), at House, Covent Garden, as Hunding (with Antonio Pappano), and at the Chatelet in Paris, again as Hunding (with Christoph Eschenbach).

John Cheek John Cheek made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1977 and has been a member of that company ever since, singing leading bass-baritone roles in La boheme, Le nozze di Figaro, Cost fan tutte, Aida, Pelleas et Melisande, Faust, and La clemenza di Tito. Highlights of recent seasons with the Metropolitan Opera have included Rostov in War and Peace, the Doctor in Wozzeck, and roles in Don Giovanni and . His repertoire includes such roles as Lodovico in Otello, Mozart's Figaro, the title role of The Flying Dutchman, King Philip in Don Carlo, Mephistopheles in Faust, and Friar Lawrence in Romeo et Juliette, among many

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