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MADAMA BUTTERFLY by GiacomoPuccini

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CAST: SETTING (n ordefor vocalappeamnce) Early'l90Os, Nagasaki, Japan B.F.Pinkerton The place Goro JosephHu operatakes in Nagasakiin the office of the AmericanConsul and at Butterflysnome. Suzuk SuzannaGuzm6n Sharpess MalcolmMacKenzie ACT I CioCio San - 20 MinuteIntermission - mperiaCommlssioner ,a,cTtl Regstrar Tom Oberiat ACTltl TheBonze Scott Sikon JasonDetwiler' ' Thetunninq l me s approxirna€ly2 hoursand 45 mifules n CrystalJarrell d!Eion, nciudinqone inrermission. . MadamaButtetfly s ac}producron of SanDiego Opera. Conductor EdoardoMiiller HoustonGrand OpeE.lhe Da as Opera.and crand Theatre de Genav-" Productionconceived by FrancescaZambello . Sceneryconstrlcred and buir by S.n DiegoScenrc Srudio D rector GarnettBruce r L brelioby Gluseppecia.os. and Lug flica. ScenicDes gner MichaelYeargan . Base.lan the play Madane Buuefly by Davi.l Be asca. CostumeDes gner . Firstperformance ar Tearro€ a Scala,Mitan on LightingDesigner Alan Burrett Wigand llakeLp Deslgner PERFORMANCE DATES ChorusN/laster TimothyTodd Simmons Saturday [4ay 9, 2009 7pm DorothyS. Randall Tuesday May12, 2009 7pm Supertites Scott Heumann Friday May15,2009 8pm Sunday [/]ay tZ 2009 2pm D ct on Coach EmanuelaPatroncini WednesdayL/lay 20, 2009 7pm

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P! PERFONANCES IlICAIIIII ARTIST PROFILES

JASON DETWILER ln TheMaffiage af Figaroand earier th s seasonSpoletta in Tascaa.d Bo-Satn Rigoleto. Amongother companies with San Dieso Operadebut. BaritoneJason wh ch he hassung are The Dalas Opera, C ncinnat Opera. Detlvilerhas sung N/larcelo in La bohene KenluckyOpera. Nashvile Opera, Fort Worth Opera.Dayton lor Operu daho.the title role of Eugene Operaand lsrael Opera. Oneginlor VirginlaOpera. Jack Rance n la Fanciulladel West with RimrockOpera. the CRYSTAL JARRELL, KAIE P.NKEIION ttle rcle in Pi/grimb Progless with Trlnity American mezzosoprano Crystal Jarrel LyrlcOpera. tite rce in Macbeth and \e elskyin Pikovaya madeher Companydebut earier this sea- ge ,ama for WestBay Opera. and BlllyB ow n Carauselw th son as countessceprano and a page perfomed ShreveportOpera. He has with OperaSan Jos6. in Rigaletto. She recently performed Apollo Sera Opera.Sacramento Opera. West Bay Opera. Kate Pinkerton n Madana Butterfly Operaldaho Festiva Walnut and Operaof Creekin rclessuch and Stephanolr Ronea and Juliet wth as Valentin in Far.sr.S lvia n Pagliacci.Allio in Caval/enarus- Nashvile Opera,Olga in TheMerry Widow ,bara. llo i^ Escam Camen. Matcela 1nLa bohene. Jahn with ndianapolisOpera and The Malhet I Anahl and the Proctorln fre Crucible. in Getmant La traylaraand the tit e Night Wsttarswth San AntonioOpera Otherroles incude rc es ln Don Giovanni.The Maffiage af Figarc and TheFlying Cherubinoin TheMaffiage afFigara.a ga I EugeneAnegin, Dutchman, arhe6 ar'.,ong Emiy in fre Balladaf Baby Doe, Mary Siane I TheDevil and Daniel Webster and Tita in Gtanni Schiccrl: She has SUZANNA GUZMAN, SUzUKl performedn concertwth the ndianapollsArts Chorae and BloomlngtonSymphony Orchestfa. Jarrel is an alumna ofthe Ameicanmezzo soprano Suzanna Guzm6n youngarllst programs of Nashvlle Opera.Utah Festiva Opera made her operatcdebut at San Dego and Indanapo is Operaand was a WesternBegiona fina ist Opercin 1986 as Emlla in Orel/oand in the MetropolilanOpera Audit ons n 2007 and 2008. She returnedin 2006 as Cornela in Jur;rs is clrrentya secondyear member of the SanDiego Opera Caesarin Egypt Other appearanceshere Ensemble include N/laddelenaI Bigalettain 1987. 1994 and 2OO2,Eunice Hubble /r,4 Streetcat Named Desie in 2OOO,Atbftky in Die Fledemaus MALCOLM MACKENZIE,Sharyless n T991 and the Third Lady in rhe Magic Flute i\ 2AA1 Amerlcanbaritone Malcolm MacKenz e first Recentengagements lnc de Ahisky in Die Fledemausand performedwth SanDiego Opera as lvlarulo N/larcelina in TheManiage af Figarcwith The Dalas Opera. in Risoletrrin 2002, returnedin 2005 as N/larianain lulsa Fernanda,rhe Molhet in Amahl and The Escamiloin Carm€r,2OO8 as Zurgaln Night Vsnors ard the ttle roe of Carmenwth Washingron rhe PearlFshers and earllerlh s season NationaOpera (a roe a so sungwith Holston GrandOpera) as Matulo I RigalettaHe was a f nallstln Contempora ry perlormances ncludeappearances in Fant€sfu P6cdo Domingo'sOpera ia compettion, Mr For for LosAngeesOpera. Goya n Spoleto.tayandFour and a winner of lhe MetropoltanOpera Western Regiona Scenesin ThreeActs with HoustonGrand Opera She has Auditions.I\lacKenzie began hs professionacareer in 1994 appearedwilh the l,4etropol]tanOpera, Op6ra N/lontpelier as Harlequn I ArEdne auf Naxasat G immerglassOpera GrandTh6atre de Gendve.Th6etre de l'Operade Nice and and has snce performedwith WashingtonNalional Opera. DresdenMusikfestsplele. MadisonOpera, IOp6ra Naliona de Paris.Los Ange es Opera. [,4ichiganOpera Theatre,Sacramento Opera and Opera Pacific.His rolesinclude Donald in Bi y Budd.Masetto and JOSEPH HU, Golo the Illle tale al Dan Grcvanni,Flga.o i. TheBarbet of Seville. Talwanesetenor Joseph Hu madeh s San Marcelo and Schaunardin La bohbme.Albetl I Werthel Dlego Operadebut as Arturo in lucla d/ and Sharplessln MadamaButtei/y Ne has aso appeared Lammermaarin 1995. Hs many pefor wth the San DlegoSymphony, Los Angeles N/laster Chorale. mances here incude Gorc in Madama LosAngeles lvlozart Orchestra, Pacfic Chorale and Savannah Butteily. the Sleetsman I The Flying Symphony Dutchman. Radetga I Otelo, Parg in Turandat. Ber\a ia in Rameo and Juliet. CountLerma.in Don Carla.the N/lessengerin Samsanand Delilah, Rriz ard the N/lessengerin ll trovatore,Don Cutzia

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PATRICIA RACETTE, Cio.Cio-San ScottSikon has performed with the SpoletoFestval LISA. the Anrericansoprano Patricia Racette made SanAnton o Symphonyand the ArkansasSymphony. her San DiegoOpera debut in 1995 as Mim:t I La bohbne. returnedin 2001 as CARLO VENTRE, P/rkerto, LoveSim pson in Cold ,Sassyfree (a rc e she Uruguayantenor Carlo Ventre made his createdfor the wodd premiereal Houston San DiegoOpera debut as Gabrleleln Grand Opera),and in 2004 for the title SimanBoccanegra in 2OO5and returned tae ol Katya Kabaroya Racetterecently last seasonas Radamesn,4/ita a roe he performedthe roe of Cio4:tGsanin MadamaButterfly al lhe sangwith DeutscheOper Berlinand Oper lvlet,wh ch was a pa.t of TheMet: Livein HD seriesbroad- Lelpzig. For his La Scaladebut, he sang castin move theatreswordw de. She hasdeveloped strong the Dukein,4/golerlo and alsoappeared as relatonships.not onlywith the N/letropoitan Opera.but also lsmaelein /Vabacco.Appearances lnclude his Deutsche Oper SanFrancisco Opera. Lyfic Opera of Chicago.Houston Grand Berln debutand Arenadi Veronadebut as Radamesin /4/da. Opera,Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera and fr ddu in CavallerErusticana lot Lyric Operaof Chicago. SantaFe Opefa Seen regularlyat these holses, her many Andrea ChenierIot Liceu Barceona.Lt)ig in ll Tabarrclal rolesinclude Violetta tn La tawata, N/limland N/lusettain la OperFrankfuri. the roleof Cavaradossin /oscafor New York bohene, Magtla I La Rondinethe Ii e rc e in Jenufa.CiJ,Cio Ctr' Opera.Tokyo New NationaTheatre and The Dallas Opera San I Madama Butterfly. Desdemonain Orel/o.th-6 titl-. role and rolesfor Welsh Nationa Operainclud ng Rodofo n 1€ ol KatyaKabanava. N/larguerite in FausLfatyana in Eugene lror-dmeand DonJos6 in Cal,?e, Otherro es includeAlfredo Anegn, Eller Adotd I Peter Grimes, Micaea I Carmen, in La ravata. Pinkeftan in Madama Butteily a^d Poltone in the tit e role in LuisaMilea Leonorain // Trcvatarc.l\meia Nama in aperahouses in Rome.San Francisco.Vienna, Sr. in Simon Boccanegrc. Antonia n fre kles af Haftnann, Petersburg.Verona, Chicago, Amsterdam and Th6etreRoyal Ellsabellatn Don Carlo.Marhi de in Guillaune Tel. Marchetira in Ballas Mefistafele.and Fosca n Passionamang many ot ers Racettehas also appeared at rhe RoyalOpera ltouse, CoventGaden, Vienna Staatsoper,La Scala n N/lian,rhe GARNETTBRUCE, D'eclol Welsh Nationa Opera.l'Opera Nationa de Paris.the Saito Amerlcan DirectorGarnett Bruce returns KlnenFestival and lhe GrandTh6atre de cenBveA supporter allet diecring Aida ln 2008 and L/aressa ol new works by todays leadng conrposers,she created in 2OO5,among other productions. He has the tite role in TobiasPicker's Emmeline, appearcd in the beenrespons ble for FrancescaZambe los MetropoltanOpera s world Wemiercol An AmericanTragedy ptoductianafMadama Butterflysin e 1IIa, and.in July of thjs year createsthe role of Lesle Crosbieln includng pfoductons in Dallas,Pittsburgh, the wor d premiereof Pau N/loravecs The Lettet wth Sanl2 Cincnnat. Houstonand previouslyat San FeOpera Diego Opera.Last season.he remountedLa trcviata ard DactorAtamic al LyticApera of Chicago,and this year staged SCOTr SIKON, fre Eorze his first Olel/oin LoLisvlle.and La CenercntolaIat Otando S ncehis San Diego Opera debur in 1991 and Austn. which was televisedby KLRUthroLghout Texas as Superntendent Budd in Albett Hefting. Otherrecent productions lnc de La ClemenzadiTitalotWol Amercanbassbaritone Scott Sikonhas Trap.fosca for Houstonand Denver,/a bordme for Omaha. sungmore than twenty roies here includ ng Dalas and KansasC !y, Turandotfot C )cago.Ceve ard and Sch€unardin La baheme, Manrercnen Lousvi e, and Jeruf, at Dalasand SanFrancsco He serues Rigaletta. Dikoi in Katya Kabanova,Sle\le on the lacuties at PeabodyConservatory in Batimoreand Hubbe in 4 Strcetcat Named Desie. AspenN/lus c Festivaland School.and ls Art sticAdv ser and Montano n Oael/o,lvlorales I Carmen,Cu o I Julius Caesar pflncipastage dlrector for OperaOmaha. /, Fgypl the SecondPhi istrcin Samsanand Detitah,Ihe Fist Journeyrnanin Wozzeck.Anlania n The Marnage of Figarc. STEVEN W BRYANT, Reinmarvon Zwe\et in Tannha;userand ear er trrs season Wig I Makeup Designer Sacristanin /oscaand CounrMonterone in R/Ooleao.He has Americanwig and makeupdesigner Steven performed thrcughoutthe LJniredStates wrh Houstoncrand W. Bryant'swork has encompassedover Opera,San Franclsco Opera, New York Cty Opera,The Datas 5OOdiffurent productions in opera,rcgional Opera,Hawai OperaTheatre, CincinnatiOpera and Ceveand theater. Broadwayand film. His hair and Opera.H s Europeandebut was at the V ennaVolksop-.r n makeupdesigns were seen in all of our premiere the of fr€ /Vumber// Bus An activeconcert artist, 2006.2OO7 and 2OOBSeason ploduc-

P]OPENTORNAiCES IIAGIIIIit tions. Currentlyhe is lhe wig designerior MccarterTheatre N4ICHAELYEARGAN, Set DesigneT and VifginiaOpera. Othercredits include Santa Fe Opera. AmericanScen c DesignerN/ichaelYeargan OperaTheatre oi St. Louis.Cleveland Opera. New YorkCity madeh s debutwth SanDieso Opera with premieres Ope€ andTeatroCol6n in Argentina.Notableworld a productionof,4/da first seen in 1996 and include Leonafd Bernsteins A Auiet Place and c2jlisle Floyd's repeatedin2001 and 2008. ForSan D ego Mra ,S&/*at HoustonGrand Opera and StewartCopeland's Operahe alsodes gned Madama Butterfly HolyBlaod at ClevelandOperc. Bryant desig ned costu m es lor in 1998 and 2OA3.A StreetcatNamed ODeraOmaha s DroductionaI Turnof the Scrcw andiat the Destretn 2OOO.Cald SassyTree in 2AA1 May 2OO7premiere of Pasarlets Frcu Margat Ft.Wafth at and Carmen in 2006. Yearganhas won t\,voTony Awards@' Ooera. for BestScenic Designfot TheLisht in the Piazzah 2OO5 and South Pactncin 2OOA He ls a professorof stage design atthe ALAN BURRETI,l/grting Designer Ya e School of Drama and the resdent designer for the Yale EngllshL ght ng DesignerAlan Burrett made RepefloryThearre, where he has designedmore than 5O pro his San Diego Aperc debur in Madana ductions. Flisopera credits inc ude set design for Harb son s Butterflvtr 1994 and returned n 2003 The Great Gatsby fat Metropolltan Apeta, BoLo.r, s A View He began hls careeras resdent designer fron the Bridge fot tyt c Opera of Chicago and both Sr?o, with Bejartballet in Brusselsdesigning sets. Boceanegraard Dead Man l4la/k?gfor Sa. FranclscoOpera. costumesand lghts and was also Technical He has also designed producl ons for the Foya Opera House. Directorfor the BalletOpera of Lyon.Ne CoventGarden, We sh NationalOpera.FranHurtOpera, Opera hasdesigned lor the RoyaShakespeare Company. The Royal Auslrala and the Scott sh Opera. Naliona Theatet RoyalOpera Covent Garden.The Parls Opera.and lvlunichOpera. lit arenaproductions of Came, and losca n London.Germany. Australia and Japanand the ANnA YAVICH, Costume Designer compete works of BeckettfortheGateTheatre in Dubln.New ChineseCostume Designer Anta Yavich Yorkand London.He hasserved as the headof I ght ng at the madeher San Dieqo Opera debut design' Engish NationalOpera and becameLos Ange es Opera'sfirst ing costumeslot Madama Butbnly I residentighting designer design ng twentyjlveproductions 1998. Otherdeslgns for operainclude Otherprolects ncludethe 300th Anniversaryof Mo idre at Cylaroat M lan'sLa Sca a. the Metropolltan the Com6dieFrangaise. productlons for the ParisOpera Ba let Operaand FoyaOpera. Covent Garden.les and Frenchte ev sion.the T992 Word s FairSpan sh Pavilion f/oyersfor the N/letropoitan Opera. Osva do and I ght ng for the U.S.touf ol DuranDuran. Burrett is a so GalijclJ'sAtnadamar fat Iang ewaad. The Gamblet lat Ope'€ a Professorand headof the LightingDesign program at the Zuid, Hildegard,A Measurc of Jay lat Chantcleer ThreeTales Unvers ty of CalforniaSan Diego JorVienna Festiva and nternationaltour F/i?elia.Die Walktire an.lDas Rheingoldtot Washlngton Natonal Opera.,4rsace // EDOARDO MULLER, Conductol at SanFrancisco Opera, Madama Butterfly al Haus1or&and Operaand Grand Thdatre de Gend\e.The Flying Dutchman aI Itaian conductorEdoardo l\ln lef. has led SpoletoFestval and TheSilver River aI Spoeto and Lincon rnorethan 30 productionsin San D ego. CenterFestiva. She has des gned costumeslor oroductrons at beginningin 1980 wi\h GiavannadArco. Seatte Rep,C ass c Stage.Phiade phia Theate I Corn pa ny, The Lastseason he conductedMaty. Aueenof S gnalure,The Pubic. BalletHispanico and was the puppet Scots (Mana Stuarda) aft Cavallertarus and costumedesigner fot TheSound of Musicat Salzhtlrcel Ucana/Pagliacciand he conducted fosc€ N/larionettenTheater and internatonal tour and Rigolettoear ier th s season.Known wordwidefor his masteryof the llallanopefatc repertoire. he has enjoyeda long associaton with the Teatroa la Scalaln N/lianwhere he conductedAtda, I due Foscari.ll trovatote,I masnadier| La farza deldestino, Ernani, TheBafuer of Seville andAnna Balena, a.rlong others H s careerhas taken him ta the MetropolitanOp-.ra. Teatro Municpal n Santiago.Teatro Col6nin BuenosAires, Seatt e Opera,Lydc Opera ol Chicago, TheDallas Opem, C ncinnali Opera as we I as companiesin Paris.Rome and Tokyo.

PERFORMAIICE'I]AOIIIIII PI I 2OO9 ARTISTS

SOPRANOS

W Ear Spanheimer' CHOREOGRAPHERS CONDUCTORS

BARITONES AND COSTUME DESIGNERS RayDiffen BASS.BAR ITONES DIRECTORS MEZZO-SOPRANOS

JudithChrlstin RodG try PrtiGandhl

LIGHTING DESIGNERS PIANISTS

scortSikon Nataya Penchenko',aaler pr?J,/s. JatrrePim, Baterpianisr TENORS

BASSES SCENERY DESIGNERS 'San D ego Operadeblt GiuseppeGipali' AnlhonyDean Gr lley JohnDelCar o i

: Madama Butterflv SUPERNUMERARIES

N/lichaelCu len Sh ow Hwa Lin CassidyWang Robins CampbellBarnes JavierEverall-Savoy RubyRolhman LizBu JenniferGreenf e d SteveSato BernardoCampos RachelGreenfield SeanMcSherry B ly Tempie JulYuanChang lreneChen ErikaHiramatsu AnneSandan Padre SarahYune KeithChen EveyltYeruuldelger N/layChen GinaPotter JoshLraYeruu de ger InaChu S sca Latil

PERFORIi{AI{CE5IlAGAII{I P ] ORCHESTRA

N,4usiciansforthis production are membefs of the SanDiego Symphony Orchestra SAN DIEGO SYMPHONYORCHESTRA JahjaLing, Music Director

VIOLIN CELLO BASSCLARINET TIMPANI Jelf Ihayet, Concertm as ter Yao Zhaa,Ptincipal JasanG ftet. Pincipal N ck Gtan|,Pincipal Ny'arciaBookstein Assoctate Conce ft master Gen Campbell BASSOON PERCUSSION JisunYang,,4ssoc/irae Michae Deaiherage Va enlin Matlchev,Principal Gtegoty Cohen.Ptin cipa I KarlaHoland N/lortz RyanS mmons AlexanderPalam dis. RichardLevine LeylaZamora JonathanSzanlos

JeflZehrgd, Assaciate N/laryOda Szanto CONTRABASSOON PIANO,/CELESTE/ORGAN LeylaZamora N/laryBarranger RandaI Brinton BASS Yum Cho JercmyKuttz, Principal HORN PERSONNELI\4ANAGER HernanConstant no SusanWu ff,,4ssoc/ate Jahn tatgeL, Ptincipal MagdaO Nei I AliciaEng eyL Benjamn Jabers,Acr;?g otto Fed Dougas Basyes PRINCIPALLIBRARIAN W. GfegBerton Wei p ng Chous,, s.s/srarr KathrynHatmaker TravisGoreL Principal/ Utility AngelaHomnick SamuelHager ASSISTANTLIBRARIAN MargaretJohnston+ TriciaSkye SusanStephan DouglasHall LenoraLeggatF M chaeWais PIANOTECHNICIAN MarihaN lsen TRUMPET BudFisher lgorPandurskl FLUTE CdvinC.ft ce.Ptineipal SusanRobboy Dena e M.c ll, Principal John N,4acFeffanWids ASSISTANTPERSONNEL Shgeko Sasaki SarahTuck N/larkBede I MANAGER EdmundStein ElizabethAshmead DouglasHall JohnStubbs TROMBONE PeichunTsai PrccoLo foby Olrt, Pincipal L On Leave JrngYan E izabethAshmead T nrothySm ths.,4crrg s Substitutelvlusician JoanZelickman + StaffOpera l\,,lusiclan OBOE GeorgeJohnston VIOLA Chis\aphet caudi. Ptincipa I lvlichaeFelllnger Che-YenChen. Principa I BetsySpear Bichardcordon+ NancyLochnet /4ssoc/bte MarcGordons BASSTROMBONE N,4ichaelFel inger BebekahCampbell ENGLISHHORN Chi-YuanChen l\/larcGordons TUBA Matthew catbulr. Ptinc ipa / Ong Liang CLARINEI ThomasMorgan Shetyl Re^k,Pinclpal HANP YokoOkayasuL ThefesaTunn cliff )ulie Snlilh. Ptincpd DorothyZeavin GarethZehngut

Themusicians employedbv the san Diego synphony arc members of the A4usiciansAssociation of san Diego county, ' Loca/325, American Federction ol Musicians.AFLC\O.

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