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n I ad r B alian , t I eatre! r Call 408.437.4450 h o T r o t c arden as . e B it operasj.org s i v n e season willculminate with , conducted Opera by San hrbaugh, and featuring o General Dire h d o T claimed Stage Director, ati . R c m r A r an , a family classic welcome to the e fo d Falstaff n ene Dalis Competition, Vocal scheduled in r u d I o Don Giovanni conducted George by Cleve, , F an s s ket p lways, we selectlways, we that are the suited to c vember, Operavember, San José presents Humperdinck’s r ti s a o o r I ene Dali Mozart’s founder and music director the of Midsummer Mozart Festival. For our 30th anniversary will celebrate we Verdi’s 200th birthday, present a wonderful holiday opera, bring back the stage to a most beloved and showcase one the of world’s seducers— favorite the best opera of repertoire and a fairytale classic! artists in our resident and company, these operas are a perfect fit.Following these productions theis 8th annual for May 10, 2014—thrilling for the audience and rewardingfor the artists. lookWe forward seeing to for you the 30th anniversary season at the California former resident artist, Scott A opens 2013 September Verdi’s with Saturday, 7, masterpiece, era San José’s 30th anniversary season José’s founding music director and principal conductor, David N Hansel & Gretel holiday season. Dalton returns in 2014 direct to Puccini’s bittersweet Madama Butterfly F welcome

Sara Rubinstein tale of greed. A travesty of stymied desires. An old knight’s ridiculous ch ri s hunger to recapture his youth and gain riches through sexual liaisons is ayer

challenged when he meets his match in the form of two wily married women. s

This is the setting for ’s operatic commedia lirica, Falstaff. Based pho t on Shakespeare’s comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor, this insightful opera is a o humorous celebration of love and life that can be enjoyed by all. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Giup sep e Verdi, Composer Adapted by from Arrigo Boito, Librettist Shakespeare’s plays The Merry Wives David Rohrbaugh, Conductor of Windsor and Henry IV José Maria Condemi, Stage Director

4 For tickets and information visit operasj.org or Call 408.437.4450 For tickets and information visit operasj.org or Call 408.437.4450 5 mystical forest. A tempting gingerbread house. Two imaginative ch ri s siblings embark on a precarious adventure to find something to eat when their ayer

fortunes turn for the worst. This enduring fairytale of lost children, candy sweets s

and an evil witch comes to life in an enchanting holiday production of Engelbert pho t Humperdinck’s, Hansel & Gretel—a nineteeth-century opera admired for its fun o and folk-music-inspired themes, including the famous, “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.” Sung in English with English supertitles.

E ngelbert Humperdinck, Composer Based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale, Adelheid Wette, Librettist Hansel and Gretel Andrew Whitfield, Conductor Layna Chianakas, Stage Director

6 For tickets and information visit operasj.org or Call 408.437.4450 For tickets and information visit operasj.org or Call 408.437.4450 7 heartbreaking love story. A tragic betrayal. An American naval officer ch ri s marries a young Japanese girl for convenience only to leave her while she ayer

faithfully awaits his return. Set in 1890s Japan, ’s devastating s

saga of devotion, tradition and sacrifice is among the most beloved operas of pho t all time. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. o

Giaomoc Puccini, Composer Based on the short story “Madame Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettists Butterfly” by John Luther Long David Rohrbaugh, Conductor Brad Dalton, Stage Director

8 For tickets and information visit operasj.org or Call 408.437.4450 For tickets and information visit operasj.org or Call 408.437.4450 9 dark comedy. A dangerous game of seduction. An arrogant nobleman ch ri s seduces every woman he meets until he encounters something he cannot kill, ayer

beat up, dodge, or outwit. Mozart’s dramatic genius pervades in Don Giovanni as s

he weaves humor, melodrama and supernatural elements into a powerful musical pho t masterpiece. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. o

Wgn olf a g Amadeus Mozart, Composer Based on the legends of Don Juan Lorenzo Da Ponte ,Librettist George Cleve, Conductor Daniel Witzke, Stage Director

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ZACHARY ALTMAN MATTHEW ANCHEL DAVID ROHRBAUGH JOSÉ MARIA CONDEMI | PENNSYLVANIA | NEW YORK CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR Opera San José (Resident): Opera San José (Resident): D r. Rohrbaugh, founding O pera San José: , , , Die Il trovatore; Opera Leipzig; LA Music Director and Principal Die Zauberflöte, L’Elisir d’Amore, Fledermaus, The Pearl Fishers; Opera: Domingo-Thornton Young Conductor, has conducted more Don Pasquale, ; San Los Angeles Philharmonic; Music Artist Program; Disney Concert than 60 productions and 600 Francisco Opera; Opera Chicago; Academy of the West; Castleton Hall; Intermezzo Opera Festival; performances for Opera San José ; Seattle Festival; Chautauqua Institute; New York Lyric Opera Theatre; including company premieres of Opera; Atlanta Opera; Minnesota Fort Worth Opera Young Artist Chorale Bel Canto; New York Lyric Il trovatore, Die Fledermaus, La Opera; Teatro Colon, Buenos Program; Sarasota Opera Young Opera Theatre rondine, Der fliegende Holländer, Aires; Austin Lyric Opera; Lake Artist Program , and Werther George Opera; Festival Opera

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NICOLE BIRKLAND JAMES CALLON ANDREW WHITFIELD LAYNA CHIANAKAS MEZZO- | IOWA | CALIFORNIA CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR Opera San José (Resident); Opera San José (Resident): O pera San José: Suor Angelica O pera San José: La voix humaine, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi, Il trovatore, Die and Gianni Schicchi, Il trovatore, former resident 1995-97; appeared Il trovatore, Die Fledermaus; San Fledermaus, The Pearl Fishers; Die Fledermaus, The Pearl in performances for: Opera Francisco Opera; Wichita Grand Tulsa Opera; Los Angeles Opera; Fishers, Idomeneo, La voix Santa Barbara; Fremont Opera; Opera, Opera Cleveland; New Rogue Opera; 1st Place 2004 humaine, Pagliacci; Amato Charlottesville Symphony; Treasure Opera Saint Louis; Philippine N.A.T.S. Young Artist Auditions Opera, over 190 Coast Opera Society; San José Philharmonic Orchestra of Manila; Apprentice Division; 2nd Place performances; Amore Opera; Chamber Orchestra; Greensboro Bach Chorale Singers; Institute for 2008 N.A.T.S Career Division; Monterey Opera; San Francisco Opera; Dayton Opera; Master Young Dramatic Voices; Merola Opera Buffs Grant Recipient 2011 Opera; Festival Opera Sinfornia Chamber Orchestra Program; Sarasota Opera MADAMA BUTTERFLY

MELODY KING CECILIA VIOLETTA LóPEZ DAVID ROHRBAUGH Brad Dalton SOPRANO | CALIFORNIA SOPRANO | IDAHO CONDUCTOR S tage Director Opera San José (Resident): Opera San José (Resident): S ee Falstaff biography O pera San José: Il trovatore, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Faust, Idomeneo, Anna Karenina, Il trovatore, Die Fledermaus, The Il trovatore, Die Fledermaus, The Così fan tutte, Madama Butterfly; Pearl Fishers, La rondine; Livermore Pearl Fishers; Opera Las Vegas, , San Opera; Harvard Lowell House Opera San Luis Obispo; UNLV Francisco Opera, State Opera of Opera; Harvard Pforzheimer House Opera Theatre; Hawaii Performing South Australia; Pittsburgh Opera; Music Society; Chorus Boston; Arts Festival; UNLV Chamber Opera Boston; Washington Opera; Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus; Orchestra; American Institute of San Diego Opera; Austin Lyric N.A.T.S. Boston Chapter Song and Musical Studies, Graz, Austria; Opera; Barbican Centre (London) Aria Competition N.A.T.S Competition DON GIOVANNI “ Opera San José is the only opera company in the U.S. that provides full-time GEORGE CLEVE DANIEL WITZKE work for professional opera singers in residence. It gives the opportunity for CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR O pera San José: Idomeneo; R esident Assistant Director performing multiple principal roles with acclaimed conductors and stage San Francisco Opera; Boston Seattle Opera; Associate Director: directors over a period of years.” Symphony; Singapore Symphony; Wiener Staatsoper; Hamburgische ABC Symphonies of Australia; Staatsoper; Spoleto Festival; Ksras en Karagiozov, Former Resident Artist, 2008-2012 New Zealand Symphony; Bregenz Festival; Director: San Mozarteum Orchestra; Vienna Luis Obispo Little Theatre; owns Symphony; Royal Philharmonic; Hamburg-based, Big Fish Theatre ; English Productions, in which he has Chamber Orchestra; the Swedish directed and produced a number Radio Orchestra of acclaimed production

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