Table of CONTENTS
04 Board of Directors 21 Chorus 05 From the Board Chairman 22 The Picture of Giving 07 Welcome from The General 24 Leadership Giving Director & President 28 Annual Giving 09 La bohème 33 Planned Giving 11 Cast 34 Administration 12 Synopsis 35 Up Next: The Love for 14 Program Note Three Oranges 16 Artists 36 2019-2020 Season 20 Orchestra 37 O19
Davide Livermore’s production of Puccini’s La bohème returns to the Academy of Music for the first time since 2012. Photo by Kelly & Massa.
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3 Board of DIRECTORS
OFFICERS Peter Leone Chairman of the Board Charles C. Freyer Vice Chair Caroline J. MacKenzie Kennedy Vice Chair Dr. Eugene E. Stark, Jr. Secretary Thomas Mahoney Treasurer David B. Devan* President
MEMBERS Benjamin Alexander Sandra K. Baldino Willo Carey Katherine Christiano Don Cooney Ady L. Djerassi, M.D. Carol S. Eicher Mikael Eliasen Allen R. Freedman Charles C. Freyer Alexander Hankin Frederick P. Huff Caroline J. MacKenzie Kennedy Beverly Lange, M.D. Peter Leone Thomas Mahoney Sarah Marshall Daniel K. Meyer, M.D. Immediate Past Chairman Agnes Mulroney Carolyn Horn Seidle Jonathan H. Sprogell Dr. Eugene E. Stark, Jr. Barbara Augusta Teichert Maria Trafton Donna Wechsler Kelley Wolfington
HONORARY Dennis Alter MEMBERS H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest † Stephen A. Madva, Esq. Chairman Emeritus Alan B. Miller *Ex officio Alice W. Strine, Esq. † Deceased 4 Charlotte Watts List as of April 2019 From the BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dear Friends,
I want to brag on Opera Philadelphia’s upcoming 2019-2020 season. But first, let me acknowledge the debts our production of La bohème owes to other Philadelphia cultural institutions and to the people who make them run.
This production of La bohème, which originated here in 2012 and has since been presented in five different cities in the United States and Europe, evokes the Paris of 1896 using paintings that, when Puccini composed the opera, were regarded as beyond avant-garde. Because Dr. Albert Barnes and other Philadelphia collectors were early adopters of impressionism and post-impressionism, and because the staffs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Barnes Foundation, then led by Timothy Rub (PMA) and Derek Gillman (Barnes), worked hard to obtain for Opera Philadelphia the rights to use images of the works, many of the images featured in the production come from those two museums. As we revisit the production, we salute Mr. Rub and PMA’s Board Chair, Leslie Anne Miller; Executive Director Thom Collins of the Barnes and Joseph Neubauer, its Chair; along with the many others who drive these organizations forward.
Bryan Hymel, Rodolfo in the 2012 production, and 2012 cast member Jeremy Milner trained at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts—as did Vanessa Vasquez, our 2019 Mimì. Evan LeRoy Johnson, our Rodolfo this time, and Ashley Marie Robillard (Musetta) trained at the Curtis Institute of Music. They could do that because of AVA founder Helen Corning Warden and Curtis founder Mary Louise Curtis Bok, and because teachers and administrators grew and sustained these world-renowned voice programs. Thanks to President K. James McDowell and Music Director Christofer Macatsoris at AVA and its chair Rick Pitcairn, President & CEO Roberto Díaz at Curtis, and Curtis Board Chair Mark Rubenstein. My heartfelt congratulations go to Mikael Eliasen, who, after leading Curtis’ vocal studies program for so many years, is taking on increased responsibility as an artistic adviser to Opera Philadelphia. As Danielle Orlando and Eric Owens take over from Mikael, and as Bryan Hymel settles into his role as AVA Vice President, we look forward to seeing many more representatives of these schools on our stages.
Finally, we’re sitting in the Academy of Music thanks to the leadership of President & CEO Anne Ewers and Kimmel Center Board Chair Teresa Bryce Bazemore, who were supporters of this season’s Festival O18 and continue to be tremendous partners.
All those kudos leave only a little room to highlight Opera Philadelphia’s 2019-2020 season, which is Maestro Corrado Rovaris’ twentieth with the company. So, I will direct you to pages 35-37 of this program, where our upcoming season is detailed. Of course all of this—the extraordinary season that comes to an end with La bohème and the can’t-wait-for-it season that starts in September—is designed and built by Opera Philadelphia’s own inimitable staff and is brought to you by our many donors, without whom our stage would go dark. I hope you will join them and me in supporting your opera company, and I thank you for your continued enthusiasm and patronage of Opera Philadelphia.
Peter Leone Chairman 5 6 From the GENERAL DIRECTOR
Dear Friends,
It is so fitting to conclude this momentous 2018-2019 Season with a beloved revival of Puccini’s La bohème. The artistic leadership at Opera Philadelphia, featuring myself and Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris along with Vice President of Artistic Operations David Levy, Artistic Administrator Michael Eberhard, New Works Administrator Sarah Williams, and artistic advisors Mikael Eliasen and Lawrence Brownlee, have a great love and respect for the operatic canon. At this time last season, we all gathered for a new production of Bizet’s Carmen that brought a fresh vitality to the Academy stage through director Paul Curran’s vision and an important company debut of tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson as Don José.
That excitement for “the classics” is again evident in Davide Livermore’s production of La bohème, which first graced our stage in 2012 and has since enjoyed an international tour and become a staple of the Palau de les Arts “Reina Sofía” in Valencia, Spain. The incredible collections from the Barnes Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art provide a rich patina that combines with the lush melodies of Puccini to create new interactions with both art forms.
Evan is back with us as Rodolfo opposite the marvelous soprano Vanessa Vasquez in her company debut as Mimì. While the set and costume designs show off the treasured artworks of the museums, these two talented young singers show off two other Philadelphia institutions, the Curtis Institute of Music (where Evan trained) and the Academy of Vocal Arts, where Vanessa recently completed a four- year residency. They are joined by an amazing cast of singers including Troy Cook as Marcello, Opera Philadelphia Emerging Artist Ashley Marie Robillard as Musetta, Will Liverman as Schaunard and Peixin Chen as Colline, and Kevin Burdette in the roles of of Benoit and Alcindoro.
It is truly an honor to bring these artists together with the creative talents of the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus and the Philadelphia Boys and Girls Choirs, in a production that celebrates this incredible art form and our city.
Thank all of you for joining us for this performance and for your continued support of opera in Philadelphia.
David B. Devan General Director & President @DDEVAN 7
LA BOHÈME
Production of the Palau de les Arts “Reina Sofía” in Valencia, Spain, in 2012
Music / Giacomo Puccini Libretto / Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Conductor / Corrado Rovaris Director / Davide Livermore Revival Director / Alessandra Premoli* Set & Costume Design / Davide Livermore Lighting Design / Drew Billiau Original Costume Design / Palau de les Arts Audiovisual / D-Wok Chorus Master / Elizabeth Braden Wig &Make-up Design / David Zimmerman Stage Manager / Lisa Anderson
*Opera Philadelphia debut
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10 CAST
Rodolfo / Evan LeRoy Johnson
Mimí / Vanessa Vasquez*
Marcello / Troy Cook
Musetta / Ashley Marie Robillard
Schaunard / Will Liverman
Colline / Peixin Chen
Benoit & Alcindoro / Kevin Burdette
Parpignol / Toffer Mihalka
Customs House Officer / Jackson Williams
Sergeant / Matthew Fleisher
Prune Man / George Somerville
Child / Chase Shatzman*
*Opera Philadelphia debut La bohème SYNOPSIS
Act I together. He tells her about himself In a Latin Quarter garret on and his dreams and Mimì replies Christmas Eve, Rodolfo, a poet, with the story of her own modest and Marcello, a painter, burn pages life as a seamstress. The two realize from Rodolfo’s latest manuscript their love for one another and leave to stay warm. Soon they are joined to join his friends. by Colline, a philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician, who brings Pause (6 minutes) food and money earned from his recent brief employment. Their Act II landlord, Benoit, knocks on the door Rodolfo introduces Mimì to his asking for the overdue rent. They friends at the Café Momus and they invite him in for a drink and, made all sit down to dinner. Marcello’s garrulous by the wine, Benoit boasts former girlfriend, Musetta, of his many conquests. The four appears with the wealthy and friends feign indignation over the older Alcindoro. Despite Musetta’s exploits of a married man and throw and Marcello’s attempt to appear him out. indifferent to each other’s presence, it is plain that they are not. In order Marcello, Colline, and Schaunard to gain his attention, Musetta sings leave for Café Momus, while a song boasting about her popularity. Rodolfo stays behind to finish Complaining that her shoe is writing, promising to join them hurting her, she sends Alcindoro shortly. There is a knock at the door off to the cobbler’s. She then is and Rodolfo opens it to the young free to join her old friends, leaving seamstress Mimì, who asks for a Alcindoro to pay everyone’s bill light for her candle. Seeing that she when he returns. is weak, Rodolfo ushers her to a chair and offers her wine. As she is Intermission (20 minutes) leaving, Mimì tells Rodolfo she has lost her key and they search for it 12 Photo by Patrick Berger
Act III commiserate over their loneliness. Several weeks later, the ailing Mimì Colline and Schaunard enter, seeks out Marcello at the tavern breaking the mood and offering a where he is now employed as a mural small meal. They are interrupted painter. She tells him that she is when Musetta arrives with the news afraid Rodolfo’s jealousy will drive that Mimì is outside, very ill, and them apart. As she starts to leave, has asked to be brought to Rodolfo. Rodolfo comes out of the tavern and While Rodolfo helps Mimì lie Mimì quickly hides. After some down, Musetta gives her earrings prodding from Marcello, Rodolfo to Marcello, telling him to go buy admits that his jealous fits hide his medicine and send for a doctor. She real feelings of despair over Mimì’s runs out to buy a muff for Mimì’s increasingly serious illness. A cold hands and Colline leaves to sell coughing fit reveals Mimì’s presence his coat to get more money. Left just as Marcello, hearing Musetta’s alone, Rodolfo and Mimì reminisce raucous laughter, rushes back into about their first meeting and the the tavern to investigate. Mimì tells love that they shared. Soon the Rodolfo that they should separate others return, bearing medicine and and the lovers exchange memories a muff to warm Mimì’s hands. As of their happiness. Marcello and Mimì succumbs to her illness, it is Musetta come out of the tavern in obvious to everyone but Rodolfo the midst of a heated argument. that the help has come too late. He The two exchange insults and part is the last to realize that Mimì has angrily, while Rodolfo and Mimì died and he falls on her lifeless body agree to stay together until spring. calling her name.
Intermission (20 minutes) The running time of La bohème is approximately 2 hours and Act IV 45 minutes including two Several months later back in their 20-minute intermissions. garret, Rodolfo and Marcello 13 La bohème PROGRAM NOTE
As the orchestra plays the first notes of La bohème, the painting of a seascape on a wall of the set emerges into full blue-green color. Suddenly the wave crashes, tossing a spray of white brushstrokes to the swell of the music.
When director and designer Davide Livermore conceived of this production in 2012, he chose to set the opera in the time it was written. The Impressionist art of Levy worked with Livermore the time became the inspiration for and Director of Design and the sets and costumes of La bohème. Technology Drew Billiau to select Rather than a garret, the bohemians the paintings, including some from would inhabit an abandoned art the Barnes and the Philadelphia salon. The paintings on the walls – Museum of Art. Then D-Wok, an masterworks by Van Gogh, Renoir, entertainment design group out of Pissarro – become the work of Italy, transformed the paintings into Marcello, a starving artist who compelling scenery, complete with happens to be creating some of the smoking chimneys and twinkling most popular paintings of all time in starts, by breaking down high- front of a live audience through the resolution photos and replicating the magic of video animation. brushstrokes to create movement.
“In this world that Davide created, the “What I really liked about a lot of paintings become a character unto this imagery is all the animation is themselves,” said David Levy, Vice still the style of the art,” Billiau said. President of Artistic Operations. “In a sense, it’s as if the artist had that tool available to them, this is what it would have looked like.”
14 Photos by Kelly & Massa
The dedication to detail took time, One standout moment is when Van and all of the pieces didn’t come Gogh’s Sunflowers appear on the together until opening night. “It wall, painted in black and white. took forever to download,” Levy “The moment Mimì and Rodolfo said, as it took a dedicated computer kiss, all the sudden it blossoms into to transmit all the files from across color,” Levy said. “It’s simple, but the Atlantic. incredibly effective.”
“We’d be down to the last minute, waiting for a piece of artwork, and you wouldn’t see it at the final rehearsal,” Billiau said.
But “it all came together,” Billiau said. “It’s just amazing to watch these pieces that you see in static imagery blown up this big and moving and interacting with the singers. There’s just this magic about it that’s really amazing.”
15 La bohème ARTISTS
Drew Billiau 2018 Dito & Aeneas lighting designer (Rockford, Illinois) 2017 Dito & Aeneas recent: Lighting Designer, Measure for Measure, Lantern Theater; 2012 The Magic Flute Lighting Designer, Samsung CES, Fine Design Associates; (partial listing) Lighting Designer, Desert Botanical Gardens, Klip Collective next: Lighting Designer, Inflatable Space, Edinburg Fringe Festival
Elizabeth Braden 2019 A Midsummer chorus master (Easton, Pennsylvania) Night’s Dream recent: Conductor, The Wake World, Opera Philadelphia; 2018 Carmen Chorus Master, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera Philadelphia; 2017 The Wake World Chorus Master, Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Philadelphia (partial listing) next: Chorus Master, The Love for Three Oranges, Opera Philadelphia
Kevin Burdette / Benoit & Alcindoro 2016 The Elixir of Love bass (Atlanta, Georgia) 2016 Cold Mountain recent: George Benton, Dead Man Walking, Atlanta Opera; 2014 The Barber of Seville Voltaire/Pangloss/Martin/Cacambo, Candide, Gran Teatre de (partial listing) Liceu; Senor Russel, The Exterminating Angel, Metropolitan Opera next: Claggart, Billy Budd, Central City Opera
Peixin Chen / Colline 2017 The Magic Flute bass (Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia, China) recent: Sarastro, The Magic Flute, Metropolitan Opera; Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Don Bartolo, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Houston Grand Opera next: Alaska Joe, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Festival D'Aix-en-Provence
Troy Cook / Marcello 2018 Lucia di baritone (Eminence, Kentucky) Lammermoor recent: Father Palmer, Silent Night, Minnesota Opera; 2017 Elizabeth Cree Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Philadelphia; Rodrigo, 2015 Don Carlo Don Carlo, Washington National Opera (partial listing) next: Sharpless, Madama Butterfly, Central City Opera
16 Evan LeRoy Johnson / Rodolfo 2018 Carmen tenor (Pine Island, Minnesota) recent: Don José, Carmen, Frankfurt Opera; Cassio, Otello, Bayerische Staatsoper; Narraboth, Salome, Zurich Opera next: Prince, Rusalka, Glyndebourne Festival
Will Liverman / Schaunard 2015 Char lie Parker’s baritone (Chicago, Illinois) YARDBIRD recent: Schaunard, La bohème, Dallas Opera; Malcolm Fleet, Marnie, Metropolitan Opera; Papageno, The Magic Flute, Central City Opera next: Schaunard, La bohème, Santa Fe Opera
Davide Livermore 2012 La bohème original stage direction, scenery, and costume design 2006 La cenerentola (Valencia, Spain) recent: Director and Set Designer, Un ballo in maschera, Bolshoi Theatre; Director and Set Designer, Attila, Teatro alla Scala; Director, Lakmé, Royal Opera House Muscat next: Director, Anna Bolena, Sydney Opera
Alessandra Premoli Opera revival director (Varese, Italy) Philadelphia debut recent: Director, Lucio Silla, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia; Director, Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne, Innsbrucker Festwochen; Assistant Director, Lakmé, Royal Opera House Muscat next: Stage Revival Director, Demetrio e Polibio, Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro)
Ashley Marie Robillard / Musetta 2017 The Magic Flute soprano (Norton, Massachusetts) recent: Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Curtis Opera Theatre; Papagena, The Magic Flute, Opera Philadelphia; Tatyana, Eugene Onegin, Curtis Opera Theatre next: Echo, Ariadne auf Naxos, Wolf Trap Opera
17 La bohème ARTISTS cont.
Corrado Rovaris 2019 A Midsummer conductor (Bergamo, Italy) Night’s Dream recent: Conductor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera 2018 Lucia di Philadelphia; Conductor, Glass Handel, Opera Philadelphia, Lammermoor Conductor, Anna Bolena, Canadian Opera Company 2018 Glass Handel next: Conductor, The Love for Three Oranges, (partial lising) Opera Philadelphia
Vanessa Vasquez / Mimì Opera soprano (Scottsdale, Arizona) Philadelphia debut recent: Violetta, La traviata, Arizona Opera Company; Liù, Turandot, Des Moines Metro Opera; Soprano, Beethoven Choral Fantasy, New York Philharmonic next: Mimì, La bohème, Santa Fe Opera
David Zimmerman 2019 A Midsummer wig & make-up designer (Mt. Pleasant, Texas) Night's Dream recent: Wig and Make-up Designer, Aida, Washington 2018 Lucia di National Opera; Wig & Make-up Designer, The Shining, Lammermoor Minnesota Opera; Wig and Make-up Designer, Madame 2018 Carmen Butterfly, Lyric Opera of Kansas City (partial listing) next: Wig and Make-up Designer, La traviata, Minnesota Opera
18 ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION STAFF
Assistant Director...... Gregory Boyle Principal Pianist...... Grant Loehnig Chorus Pianist...... Annie Brooks Assistant Stage Managers...... Jen Shaw, Megan Coutts Watchout Programmer...... Peter Vincent Ackens Supertitles Author...... Christopher Bergen Supertitles Operator...... Jack Schmieg Assistant Librarian...... Nathan Lofton Assistant Chorus Master...... Emily May Sung Props Supervision...... Avista Custom Theatrical Assistant Lighting Designer...... Chris Frey Wardrobe Supervisor...... Elisa Murphy Wigs & Make-up Staff...... Monique Gaffney Head Props...... Paul Lodes Head Electrician...... Terry Smith Assistant Electrician...... Ali Blair Barwick Flyman...... Michael Ruffo Cutter/Drapers...... Mark Mariani, Kara Morsaco, Suzie Morris, Althea Unrath First Hands...... Susie Benitez, Patrick Mulhall, Joy Rampulla Stichers...... Morgan Porter, members of IATSE Local 799 Supernumeraries...... Felicia Capece, Sarah Brower, Chelsea Marlowe, Brianna Lopez, Kristerpher Henderson, Cris Welti, Lesley Berkowitz-Zak, Bronwyn Sims, Kristin Bailey, Lauren Raske Child Wrangler and Super Captain...... Bobb Hawkey
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19 ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN 1 Jennie Lorenzo TROMBONE Dayna Hepler, Brooke Beazley Bradley Ward, Principal Concertmaster David Moulton Edward Cascarella Igor Szwec, Assistant Dane Anderson Philip McClelland Concertmaster Meichen Liao-Barnes BASS TUBA Charles Parker Miles B. Davis, Principal Paul Erion, Principal Diane Barnett James Freeman, Assistant Elizabeth Kaderabek Principal HARP Donna Grantham Anne Peterson Sophie Bruno Labiner, Natasha Colkett Stephen Groat Principal Gared Crawford Guillaume Combet FLUTE TIMPANI Samantha Crawford Adeline Tomasone, Principal Martha Hitchins, Principal Eileen Grycky VIOLIN 2 Kimberly Trolier PERCUSSION Emma Kummrow, Principal Ralph Sorrentino, Principal Sarah DuBois OBOE Bradley Loudis Karen Banos Geoffrey Deemer, Principal Christopher Hanning Luigi Mazzocchi Dorothy Freeman Yu-Hui Tamae Lee Steven Labiner BANDA: Rebecca Ansel TRUMPET Tess Varley CLARINET Steven Heitzer Kristof Richter Doris Hall-Gulati, Principal Frank Ferraro Jennifer Lee Allison Herz Andrew Kissling Robert Huebner Darin Kelly VIOLA Diana Wensley Jonathan Kim, Principal BASSOON Lawrence Wright Carol Briselli, Assistant Erik Höltje, Principal Principal Emeline Chong PICCOLO Julia DiGaetani Thomas Meany Ellen Trainer FRENCH HORN Eve Friedman Elizabeth Jaffe John David Smith, Principal Kathleen Foster Angela Cordell Bilger PERCUSSION Steven Heitlinger Karen Schubert Harvey Price Ryan Stewart Brent Behrenshausen CELLO Branson Yeast, Principal TRUMPET Vivian Barton Dozor, Brian Kuszyk, Principal Assistant Principal Thomas Cook Eric Schweingruber 20 CHORUS
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$7,500–$9,999 Mr. Jay H. Tolson Anonymous (2) Victory Foundation Mr. John Aglialoro and Ms. Joan Carter Laura A. Williamson Tom and Jody O'Rourke Mr. Robert Zimet Virginia Brown Martin Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation $3,500–$4,999 Suzanne and Robert Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bohn Joan and Frederick Cohen $5,000–$7,499 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Graham, IV Anonymous (2) Bruce and Robin Herndon Mrs. Carolyn Aller Ian Kirschemann and Leslie Jones Alpin J. and Alpin W. Cameron Memorial Fund Terri and Thomas Klein Ms. Robin Angly and Mr. Miles Smith Anne Silvers Lee and Wynn Lee Drs. Jean and Robert Belasco Laurie Wagman In memory of Irvin J. Borowsky Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bergen Carol A. Westfall Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Brodsky Robert Bryan and Julie J. Bryan $2,500-$3,499 Mark and Peggy Curchack Anonymous Deluxe Corporation Foundation Drs. Ronald D. and Marcia Abraham Director’s Grant Program of The Barra Foundation Brett and Nan Altman Dr. Lamberto and Barbara Donnelly Bentivoglio Lydia Alvarez In memory of Isabelle Ferguson Drs. Bruce and Toby Eisenstein Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anderson Dr. Frank F. Furstenberg and Ms. Nina Segre Eileen Baird Ms. Mariko Ikehara and Mr. Jeffrey P. Cunard Beaty Bock and Jonathan Miller Robert and Elizabeth Legnini Mr. Michael F. Cade and Mr. Mayron Lizardo Liddy and John Lindsay Lopez Ruiz Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Love Drs. Judith and Jeffrey Carpenter Dr. Stanley Muravchick and Ms. Arlene Olson Dr. Frank Craparo Mr. and Mrs. R. Anderson Pew Ms. Joan DeJean Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Tobey and Mark Dichter Drs. Richard and Rhonda Soricelli Mark Duckett and Stan Gaddy Jill and William Steinberg Ellis A. Gimbel Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. James B. Straw Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Fanelli, Jr.
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Mr. Arthur F. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Curtis E. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. W. Don Gillen, Jr. David Schellenberg Stanley Goldfarb, MD Dr. and Mrs. Richard N. Taxin Joan and William Goldstein Mr. Kim D. Tomlinson and Dr. Laura Stanton Pauline Gray and Edward Barnes Mr. Vince Tseng and Mr. Geoffrey Mainland Ms. Carolyn L. Green and Mr. Michael T. Blakeney The Rev. and Mrs. Richard L. Ullman Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Greenwood and Peter J. Wender Ms. Marilyn Greenwood Dr. Leah Whipple David and Ann Harrison, Esqs. Mr. Thomas E. Wiener Ms. Rhoda K. Herrold Robert and Christine Winn Dr. and Mrs. Leonid Hrebien Edward and Patricia Hymson † Deceased Ms. Lisa R. Jacobs Dr. and Mrs. Peter M. Joseph List as of April 2019 Mr. Matthew Karstetter and Ms. Ellen Rosenberg Mr. Kenneth Klothen and Ms. Eve Biskind Abelardo Lechter and Lynne Lechter, Esq. Maribeth and Steven Lerner Fran and Leon L. Levy Harriet and Shelly Margolis † Mr. and Mrs. Norman M. McCausland Susan and Graham McDonald Leonard Mellman and Deborah Glass Ms. Katherine L. Niven Denise and Volker Oakey Dr. Alessandro Pocai Dr. David J. Richards Dr. Joel Rosenbloom Mr. David Sacker and Ms. Darcy Hayes Joyce Seewald Sando
For more information, contact Rebecca Ackerman, Director of Individual Giving and Advancement Services, at 215.893.5904 or [email protected]. Even when every seat in the house sells out, this dazzling blend of theatrical, orchestral, and vocal splendor requires considerable support from within our community.
Play an active role in bringing great opera to Philadelphia while enjoying exclusive benefits that enhance your opera experience when you make a membership gift of $100 or more.
MEMBERS ENJOY: • Early access and savings on ticket purchases • Invitations to member-only recitals and lectures • Behind-the-scenes events like dress rehearsals and backstage tours • And much more!
Membership
$1,000–$2,499 Georgyn G. Fest Drs. Joseph and Jane McGowan Anonymous (5) Stephanie French Mr. Joseph A. McNally and Mr. Thomas Heckman and Jim and Kay Gately Ms. Christine Lindstrom Mrs. Mary Jo Ashenfelter Mr. Andrew R. Gelber Dr. and Mrs. Michael Naidoff Heckman In memory of Sylvia Gelber Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Nishikawa Mimi Asplundh Ms. Phyllis S. Gitlin Mr. and Mrs. Mario Palumbi Ms. Susan Asplundh Eduardo Glandt and George Ritchie Ms. Jane G. Pepper Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Bazelon Deborah E. Glass Helen E. Pettit Eugene and Virginia Beier Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Glauber Ms. Jane DiRenzo Pigott Ms. Ellen S. Berelson, Ph.D. and Mr. Donald A. Hamme, III and Dr. Maya Ponte Mr. Lawrence Franks Dr. Christina Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Bert Redgrave Alexandra Storm and Eileen Kennedy and Robert Heim Eileen Rosenau John Bisignano Ms. Susan Henry Lori Laitman and Bruce Rosenblum Drs. Deidre and Michael Blank Drs. Christina L. and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rubenstein Mr. Michael Bolton and Richard J. Herring The Rev. Canon Dr. Alan K. Salmon Mr. Peter Keleher Cheryl Lawson and Jennifer Higdon Nancy and Barry Sanders Nancy and George Brodie Mr. Joseph J. Leube, Jr. Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Elizabeth A. R. and Ralph S. Laura and Bernard Jacobson Susan and Paul Shaman Brown, Jr. Gene Kaufman and Terry Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith Mrs. Elaine Camarda Eder-Kaufman Lise Suino William B. Carey Dr. Richard B. Kent Penelope and Thomas Watkins Christian R. and Mary F. Dr. Judith M. LaLonde and Mr. Thomas C. Woodward Lindback Foundation Mr. Peter V. Bodine Ana-Maria Zaugg and Mr. Mark Cornish Mr. and Mrs. David Levy David Anstice Maureen Craig and Glenn Goldberg Louis N. Cassett Foundation Dr. Richard Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lukens List as of April 2019 Anna Marie DeVito Dr. Colin F. MacKay Mrs. Ineke M. Dikland Jeremiah and Leslie Marks Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Edward and Roberta Martin Robert and Monica Driver Mr. John Mastrobattista Dave R. Eder Dwight and Christina McCawley
For more information, contact Guest Services at 215.732.8400 or [email protected]. CORPORATE COUNCIL
The Corporate Council generously supports Opera Philadelphia’s artistic and educational programming through contributions and in-kind donations.
2018–2019 SEASON SPONSORS
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The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and Opera Philadelphia are collaborative partners in delivering the highest quality opera programs in world class venues for the benefit of regional audiences, international artists, and the broader community.
EITC APPROVED The Opera is a recognized Educational Improvement Organization, eligible for EITC
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, EITC contributions, or to join Opera Philadelphia’s Corporate Council, contact Derren A. Mangum, Director of Institutional Giving, at 215.893.5924 or [email protected]. HOW WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED?
There are many ways you can help Opera Philadelphia now and in the future. If the Opera has played a significant role in your life, we encourage you to ensure our future by making a gift to Opera Philadelphia in your will or estate plan and joining our Legato Society. Informing us of your intentions allows us to recognize your generosity today as well as plan for the future.
LEGATO SOCIETY Charles C. Freyer, Chair
Anonymous (4) Mr. Tom Laporta Lorraine and Ben Alexander Anne and Wynn Lee Eleanor M. Allen† Gabriele Lee Mr. Kenneth H. Barr Marguerite and Gerry† Lenfest Myron and Sheila S. Bassman Mrs. Renee T. Levin† Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bergen Karen and Michael Lewis Ms. Jane A. Berryman Carol and Howard Lidz Dr. Claire Boasi Mr. William A. Loeb Dr. Rita B. Bocher Sonja E. Lopatynskyj† Mrs. Sheila Buckley Mr. Larry Thomas Mahoney Constance G. Burton† Drs. Joseph and Jane McGowan Dr. and Mrs. Elaine Cassalia† Eugene C. Menegon† Dr. Maria Elisa Ciavarelli† Mrs. Lois Meyers Miss Lucy Clemens Mrs. Ellen Cole Miller† Joan and Frederick Cohen Mr. Siddhartha Misra Dianne and Don Cooney Constance C. Moore Mr.† and Mrs. Arthur Covello Msgr. Felix M. O'Neill† Ms. Ginny L. Coyle Helen Pettit Mr. W. Kenneth Cressman and Mr. Lloyd Christy Mr. William Reily† Ms. Joan DeJean Dr. Scott F. Richard Ms. Virginia Del Sordo† Mr. Laurence T. Robbins† Robert and Monica Driver Dr. Renée Rollin Eddie and Rachel Eitches Jeffrey and Kendell Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Fanelli, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Morton F. Steelman† Ms. Joanne D. Fidler† Ms. Lee Steinberg Aron and Joan Fisher† Ms. Ellen Steiner Ms. Harriet Forman† Mr. Kenneth R. Swimm Judith Durkin Freyer and Charles C. Freyer Charlotte Watts Mr. Timothy V. Gardocki Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Wechsler Ms. Sylvia Green† Ester C. Weil† Dr. Mark H. Haller† Mr. George P. White† Mrs. Dorrance H. Hamilton† Drs. Anne and Jim Williamson Gail Hauptfuhrer Richard and Kelley Wolfington Stephen T. Janick Jeffrey R. Jowett Mrs. Sheila Kessler † Deceased Mr. Michael Knight List as of April 2019
To join or to receive more information, contact Rebecca Ackerman, Director of Individual Giving and Advancement Services, at 215.893.5904 or [email protected]. PLANNED GIVING SPOTLIGHT
DON & DIANNE COONEY
A few years ago, Dianne and I, along with our son, Bryce, saw John Adams conduct his opera Nixon in China. Since its 1987 premiere, “Nixon” has been one of my favorites, in a pantheon of works by composers ranging from Monteverdi to Mozart to Mazzoli. We three, however, do not favor the same operas or composers: at that “Nixon” performance, I loved the production, Dianne loved the dancing, and Bryce was “grateful for the experience.”
Will our grandchildren enjoy the works of John Adams? I don’t know. But I don’t care to worry about it. The history of opera is littered with Don and Dianne Cooney with soprano and Opera forgotten works praised at their premiere and Philadelphia Emerging Artist Ashley Marie Robillard others belittled at their birthing which are now (Dave DiRentis for Opera Philadelphia) critically acclaimed box office bonanzas.
What I do care about is that our children and grandchildren have a choice of operas to love for their beauty and power, or for their dancing—or just for the experience. That requires supporting the creation and production of opera both now and in the future, to ensure this art form is continuously enriched with a blending of the old and new, the traditional and iconoclastic, the comfortable and discomfiting. This is what Opera Philadelphia does so well—and the reason Dianne and I support it with our giving now and include the company in our estate plans.
All operas share in common the fact that not one of them would be seen or heard if they were funded only by ticket sales. We are very grateful to everyone who joins us in giving to make opera a reality right here in Philadelphia. And for the experiences your generosity makes possible—for all of us now, and later for all of our grandchildren.
Don Cooney Opera Philadelphia Board of Directors and Legato Society Member
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PROKOFIEV THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES September 20-29, 2019 | Academy of Music
A longtime favorite of Jack Mulroney The cast features a wonderful blend of Music Director Corrado Rovaris, this returning favorites and debuting singers. musical gem is rarely performed in the The “agile, fresh-voiced tenor” (Opera United States even though it originally News) Jonathan Johnson makes his premiered in Chicago in 1921. It’s a fun, company debut as the melancholy prince, fantastical farce, combining opulent stage with soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer, design, a kingdom of colorful characters, who is featured in the Metropolitan and some of composer Sergei Prokofiev's Opera’s DVD recordings of The Magic most energetic, accessible music. Flute and Ring cycle, as Fata Morgana, the witch who curses him. Bass Scott The Love for Three Oranges, a seriously funny Conner brings “sonorous command” opera about a melancholic prince and his (Cleveland Plain-Dealer) to the King of cursed quest for love, makes its Opera Clubs, the prince’s father; tenor Barry Philadelphia premiere as part of Festival Banks, who boasts “the same combination O19 in a “masterful new production” of tonal sweetness and pinging clarity that (Opera News) by South African made Pavarotti famous” (Telegraph, UK), director Alessandro Talevi. portrays Truffaldino, the court jester.
Based on a play by Carlos Gozzi, Prokofiev’s Returning are bass-baritone Zachary opera is best known for its iconic “March.” Altman and bass Brent Michael Smith, Thanks to its playful satire and a “score who delighted as two of the Mechanicals [that] bubbles with invention and high in February’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, spirits” (Gramophone), the opera has been a while baritone Will Liverman, currently European staple for almost a century. on stage as Schaunard in La bohème, comes back to the Academy as Pantalone, Talevi’s production “turned out to be the the king’s trusted advisor. real highlight” (Opera News) of Florence’s Maggio Musicale, where it debuted in Prokofiev is perhaps best known for Peter 2014. Featuring an elaborate, trompe l’oeil and the Wolf and his ballet Romeo and proscenium arch and oranges reminiscent Juliet. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to of Fabergé eggs, in Talevi’s hands experience the composer’s operatic triumph. Prokofiev’s comic gem becomes grand opera with a Russian twist.
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