Heartbeat Opera Breathing Free featuring excerpts from Beethoven’s Fidelio, Negro Spirituals, and songs by Harry T. Burleigh, Florence Price, Langston Hughes, Anthony Davis, and Thulani Davis

February 20–27, 2021

MONDAVI CENTER MEMBER EVENT Saturday Social: Saturday, February 27 • 4PM Featuring Company Members from Heartbeat Opera HOMESTAGE BREATHING FREE

In 2018, Heartbeat collaborated with 100 incarcerated singers in six prison choirs to create a contemporary American Fidelio told through the lens of Black Lives Matter. In 2020 — the year of George Floyd’s murder, a pandemic which ravages our prison population, and the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth — we curate a song cycle, brought to life in vivid music videos, mingling excerpts from Fidelio with Negro Spirituals and songs by Black composers and lyricists, which together manifest a dream of justice, equity... and breathing free.

Oh what joy, in open air, freely to breathe again! —The Prisoners, Fidelio FROM DIRECTOR ETHAN HEARD Breathing Free began with a series of questions: How do we make Creating this work over the past two months has been humbling. opera that sings and embodies “Black Lives Matter”? What if we Making music and building trust are challenging projects when you’re collaged works by Black composers and lyricists with excerpts from collaborating on Zoom. Not to mention during a pandemic and a Fidelio and called it a virtual-theatrical song cycle? Or, even better, a frightening election. But this community of artists kept showing up, visual album? How do we meld opera-making and film-making? And kept digging deep, kept striving for beauty and truth. during a pandemic? What if there were panel discussions? Breathing Free is our protest. It is the imperfect and often painful work Breathing Free has blossomed out of tough questions and challeng- of taking anti-racist action. It is our artistic fight for survival. And it is ing times. A devoted team of more than 30 artists has come together an offering — a gift — for you. We share this virtual experiment with to ask these questions of each other, of our history, of our art forms, love and with hope that you will find inspiration in these songs, this and about our future. We have wrestled with Zoom, recorded film, these questions and conversations. The work continues. Thank in closets, waited in line for COVID tests…and we have drawn you for joining us. nourishment and purpose from a shared mission: to uplift Black artists and to celebrate opera during dark times. —ETHAN HEARD

4 When we began developing the visual look for this piece, I knew I wanted this performance to offer a cinematic experience, fusing operatic and cinematic styles. In my attempt to subvert conventions of classical arts, I hoped to create a cohesive cinematic landscape FROM FILMMAKER linking all performers through time, FROM CREATIVE space, and genre. Filmed over the course ANAIIS CISCO of four production days, beginning in LA, we took a series of COVID tests, PRODUCER RAS DIA piled up in my car, and continued to film An articulation of Blackness and humanity, Breathing Free is a In preparing for the production of Breathing Free, the approach for throughout Chicago and NYC. Over a dozen film locations later, we reckoning and a grace in the midst of the health and racial crises of filming this piece was unclear. We began strategizing whether we crafted this beautiful visual album. During post-production with just 2020. As I consider the rage and guilt made manifest by a national technical limits of this pandemic, a visual album that is an entry point would send camera kits to performers or film on-location. Filmmaking two weeks to edit a 45min film, I became extremely intimate with the conversation on the “reality” of race, I’m drawn to the working version to the experiences and communities represented in it. while in the midst of a pandemic has totally transformed how music and images, establishing a visual rhythm that compliments of our libretto which is filled with notes on empowering Black folx we produce media. With limited time, resources, and performers the musical composition. While this project would not be possible through the representation of their labor, silence, sensuality, fluidity, The soul of this work is to be an access point, an opportunity to dispersed throughout the country, we were able to go beyond the without the entire team, I am deeply appreciative of Ras Dia (Creative and beautifully radical simplicity. consider something familiar or untold, so I sought to frame each frame of a Zoom meeting, cultivating an intimate and socially distant Producer), Mar Cox (Assistant Director), and Jessica Emmanus (Stage part of our series launch as a different dialogue built around the on-location production experience. Adapting the creative directions Manager) for their intentional and careful insights during rehearsals, As a creative team, we drew from our own skills, hopes, and perspectives of artists, scholars, activists, and community-builders to from movement and music, I prepared a look book and began to feedback on rough cuts, and affirming notes. ignorance, sometimes clumsily, stepping on toes and assumptions, carefully plan each shot with two talented cinematographers, Kathryn unearth larger truths as a mirror to who we are, and who we believe making every effort to voice these realities. And, with every trust in ourselves to be. Boyd-Batstone and Jacob Mallin. —ANAIIS CISCO the transformational vision of our filmmaker Anaiis, we sought to honor the work and spirit of our cast and crew, wielding beyond the —RAS DIA 5 6 FROM CREATIVE PRODUCER RAS DIA An articulation of Blackness and humanity, Breathing Free is a reckoning and a grace in the midst of the health and racial crises of 2020. As I consider the rage and guilt made manifest by a national technical limits of this pandemic, a visual album that is an entry point conversation on the “reality” of race, I’m drawn to the working version to the experiences and communities represented in it. of our libretto which is filled with notes on empowering Black folx through the representation of their labor, silence, sensuality, fluidity, The soul of this work is to be an access point, an opportunity to and beautifully radical simplicity. consider something familiar or untold, so I sought to frame each part of our series launch as a different dialogue built around the As a creative team, we drew from our own skills, hopes, and perspectives of artists, scholars, activists, and community-builders to ignorance, sometimes clumsily, stepping on toes and assumptions, unearth larger truths as a mirror to who we are, and who we believe making every effort to voice these realities. And, with every trust in ourselves to be. the transformational vision of our filmmaker Anaiis, we sought to honor the work and spirit of our cast and crew, wielding beyond the —RAS DIA 6 I would not tell you what I know from X (THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X) Music by Anthony Davis Libretto by Thulani Davis Story by Christopher Davis arr. Sean Mayes Performed by Derrell Acon and the BREATHING FREE Band Copyright © 1987 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) This arrangement © 2020 by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Traditional REPERTOIRE Performed by Kelly Griffin “O welche Lust” (Prisoners’ Chorus from FIDELIO) “Euch werde Lohn” (Act II Trio from FIDELIO) Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner & Georg Friedrich Sonnleithner Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner & Georg Friedrich Sonnleithner arr. Daniel Schlosberg arr. Daniel Schlosberg Performed by Heartbeat Opera’s FIDELIO Chorus & Band (2018) Performed by Curtis Bannister, Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, and the BREATHING FREE Band Song to the Dark Virgin Music by Florence Price Lovely Dark and Lonely One Words by Langston Hughes Music by Harry T. Burleigh Performed by Derrell Acon and Jason Thomas Words by Langston Hughes Performed by Curtis Bannister and Jason Thomas Balm in Gilead Traditional “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” (Leonore’s aria from FIDELIO) arr. Sean Mayes Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Performed by Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, and Curtis Bannister Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner & Georg Friedrich Sonnleithner arr. Daniel Schlosberg Pre- and Post-Show Music: Performed by Kelly Griffin and the BREATHING FREE Band “Gut, Kindchen, gut” (Act I Trio from FIDELIO) “Mir ist so wunderbar” (Act I Quartet from FIDELIO) “Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!” (Florestan’s aria from FIDELIO) Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner & Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Georg Friedrich Sonnleithner Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner & Georg Friedrich Sonnleithner arr. Daniel Schlosberg arr. Daniel Schlosberg Performed by Kelly Griffin, Derrell Acon, Malorie Casimir, and Performed by Curtis Bannister and the BREATHING FREE Band Heartbeat Opera’s FIDELIO Band (2018) 8

Harry T Burleigh (1866-1949) lived a remarkable life breaking racial COMPOSERS barriers in classical music and becoming one of the most celebrated singers in New York. As a student, he was awarded a scholarship to & LYRICISTS the New York Conservatory — but still had to clean the halls at night to pay his way. It was while singing spirituals in the halls that he met FROM CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR JACOB ASHWORTH the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, whose most famous work, The New World Symphony, was based on what Burleigh taught him about In his prolific and powerful career, Black American music. Burleigh went on to have a 50-year career as Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) a star vocalist in New York. He became the first black singer at the wrote only one opera. He wrote it, all-white St. George’s Church, a color line he crossed only when J.P. though, three times: first in 1804 Morgan cast the deciding vote in his favor. He coached both Marian as Leonore, a long-winded love Anderson and Paul Robeson. His Palm Sunday performances were story; then revised in 1805; and broadcast every year on the radio as a popular favorite. finally resurrected as a tight drama of political machinations and the Burleigh’s arrangements of search for justice, complete with spirituals are considered a new title — Fidelio — in 1815. classic, but his catalogue of Beethoven’s genius and his influence art songs is what inspired came not only from his brilliance us when creating this film. with a quill, but from his unflinch- “Lovely, Dark, and Lonely ing dedication to charging his works One” is a jewel. Burleigh with what was at the time a radical, caresses Hughes’ poetry, new concept — liberty and justice for all. The arias and trio from Fidelio giving light and space to featured in this film tell the story of a woman trying to free her husband, each word, packing an who has been disappeared by a corrupt prison warden and plunged into enormous journey into a solitary confinement. Hope is what unites them, even at their moments of brief moment of a song. greatest despair. Then, in the crowning moment of the opera, Beethoven gives the stage over not to this courageous couple, but to the invisible protagonists around them: the incarcerated. Their moment of breathing free — Beethoven’s famous Prisoners’ Chorus — is a thesis statement from a composer who believed in the fight for equality, and inspired us to remake this story as a contemporary account of a Black couple seeking justice.

9 A titan of 20th century poetry, Langston Hughes (1901-1967) music — to create his own vocabulary E minor. Flip to any page of her work and you can see a combination inspired so many Black composers and grammar. But what he speaks is of exquisite skill and a desire to be heard above the fray. “Song to the with his texts and libretti: not only decidedly opera. Dark Virgin” is a terrific example, in miniature, of her style. She takes Harry Burleigh and Florence Price, some of the most devastating words of Langston Hughes and sets but Margaret Bonds, Dorothy Rudd His breakout opera, X (The Life and them with an undulating, billowing piano part and soaring vocal lines. Moore, James P. Johnson, Undine Times of Malcolm X), written with his There is a consciousness to the lofty, classic beauty in both the words Smith Moore, and more. He put cousin and frequent librettist Thulani and music of the song, which makes its images of shattered jewels words to the diverse nature of Black Davis (b. 1949) and premiered by New and annihilated bodies that much more heartbreaking. experiences, meeting the universal York City Opera in 1986, is told on the with the specific, anchoring unspoken epic scale. A huge cast embodies the When we began putting together the program for Breathing Free, emotions to paper. Working on this many voices teeming and swirling our soprano Kelly Griffin told me that as the pandemic crept on, she film, we were in awe at how nearly a around Malcolm and influencing him found herself, somewhat to her own surprise, singing spirituals to hundred years ago he was describing, throughout his life. In the aria in our herself at home. Spirituals offer a unique kind of comfort. They are with arresting accuracy and concision, film, Malcolm has just been arrested, instant gatherers of community, a call that cannot go unanswered. the same battles that exist in Black he lets fly the full force of his rhetorical Even when the texts explicitly form themselves around a Christian bodies today. In “Lovely, Dark, and power for the first time. With soaring vocal lines, obsessive repeated God, there is a universality to the sentiments, the words, and the Lonely One” he conjures a private figures in the band, and cutting words, Anthony and Thulani Davis melodies that have been passed down through the generations. moment full of tenderness and ferocity. “Songs to the Dark Virgin” conjure a Malcolm who is brimming Spirituals are the music of oppressed people. A genre born in the is a wrenching cry that sets up an awful paradox — that the utmost with rage and dignity. fields of this country, by those who were enslaved here. expression of love would be “to annihilate thy body, thou dark one.” In 2018, when the publisher G. This year, Kelly co-founded the Liberation Music Museum, honoring Schirmer announced that they had the extraordinary musical contributions of those who have suffered When Anthony Davis (b. 1951) won the acquired the worldwide publishing extreme oppression (look out for her panel discussion Dec 12th). Pulitzer Prize last year for his Central rights to Florence Price’s catalog and Speaking about what makes these songs so magnetic, Kelly told Park Five (starring, among others, that her music had been re-discov- me, “Spirituals are Verismo” — referring to the full-throated emotion Derrell Acon), it was a high point in a ered, many people felt that they had and drama that opera composers like Puccini gave to realistic, decades-long career of creating some struck the wrong tone. Florence everyday characters a century ago. Whether sung alone or together, of the most important and political- Price (1887-1953) had one of the most in a church, in the fields, or by a professional singer, the words and ly striking operas in the US. His works distinguished careers of any Black melodies of spirituals can give anyone a platform for opera-sized map our greatest social issues onto composer in history, and her works expression. The two spirituals in the film, Sometimes I Feel Like a the grandest of art forms, harnessing were far from forgotten. Price was Motherless Child and Balm in Gilead, balance the feelings of solitude every tool opera has to offer. Davis notable for achieving critical success and despair with the tender hope of a better world to come. mixes every musical style — he is on a larger stage during her lifetime himself a virtuoso pianist comfortable in genres that were, at the time, off-limits to her Black peers; in 1933 in classical, jazz, and non-Western the Chicago Symphony Orchestra premiered her Symphony No. 1 in 10 11 E minor. Flip to any page of her work and you can see a combination of exquisite skill and a desire to be heard above the fray. “Song to the Dark Virgin” is a terrific example, in miniature, of her style. She takes some of the most devastating words of Langston Hughes and sets them with an undulating, billowing piano part and soaring vocal lines. There is a consciousness to the lofty, classic beauty in both the words and music of the song, which makes its images of shattered jewels and annihilated bodies that much more heartbreaking.

When we began putting together the program for Breathing Free, our soprano Kelly Griffin told me that as the pandemic crept on, she found herself, somewhat to her own surprise, singing spirituals to herself at home. Spirituals offer a unique kind of comfort. They are instant gatherers of community, a call that cannot go unanswered. Even when the texts explicitly form themselves around a Christian God, there is a universality to the sentiments, the words, and the melodies that have been passed down through the generations. Spirituals are the music of oppressed people. A genre born in the fields of this country, by those who were enslaved here.

This year, Kelly co-founded the Liberation Music Museum, honoring the extraordinary musical contributions of those who have suffered extreme oppression (look out for her panel discussion Dec 12th). Speaking about what makes these songs so magnetic, Kelly told me, “Spirituals are Verismo” — referring to the full-throated emotion and drama that opera composers like Puccini gave to realistic, everyday characters a century ago. Whether sung alone or together, in a church, in the fields, or by a professional singer, the words and melodies of spirituals can give anyone a platform for opera-sized expression. The two spirituals in the film, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child and Balm in Gilead, balance the feelings of solitude and despair with the tender hope of a better world to come.

11 CAST TEAM VOCALISTS DIRECTOR ETHAN HEARD DERRELL ACON FILMMAKER ANAIIS CISCO CURTIS BANNISTER CREATIVE PRODUCER RAS DIA KELLY GRIFFIN CO-MUSIC DIRECTORS DANIEL SCHLOSBERG & JACOB ASHWORTH MOVEMENT DIRECTOR EMMA JASTER DANCERS NEW ARRANGEMENTS DANIEL SCHLOSBERG & SEAN MAYES RANDY CASTILLO TAMRIN GOLDBERG LOS ANGELES BRIAN HALLOWDREAMZ HENRY DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY KATHRYN BOYD BATSTONE FIRST AC/GAFFER CELINE LAYOUS FEATURING THE VOICES OF MORE THAN 100 INCARCERATED SINGERS AND 70 VOLUNTEERS FROM SIX PRISON CHOIRS: NEW YORK & CHICAGO OAKDALE COMMUNITY CHOIR, KUJI MEN’S CHORUS, UBUNTU DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JACOB MALLIN MEN’S CHORUS, HOPE THRU HARMONY WOMEN’S CHOIR, EAST FIRST AC/GAFFER MATT IACONO HILL SINGERS, AND VOICES OF HOPE COLORIST SAGE VELASTEGUI ASSOCIATE MUSIC DIRECTOR SEAN MAYES ASSOCIATE MOVEMENT DIRECTOR TAMRIN GOLDBERG ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MAR COX STAGE MANAGER JESSICA EMMANUS BAND SOUND EDITOR GLEB KANASEVICH PIANO & CONDUCTOR (Beethoven) DANIEL SCHLOSBERG SOUND MIXER SAM TORRES VIOLIN & CONDUCTOR (Davis) JACOB ASHWORTH MUSIC ASSISTANT & ORCHESTRA MANAGER MONA SEYED-BOLORFOROSH CELLO MARIKA HUGHES HORN KYRA SIMS LIVE SWITCHER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR MAX SILVERMAN PERCUSSION BRITTON-RENÉ COLLINS ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS FOR FIDELIO NICHOLAS BETSON TRUMPETS MIKI SASAKI FILM EDITOR OF PRISONERS CHORUS KATHY WITTMAN GUITARS THOMAS FLIPPIN ORIGINAL SOUND EDITING OF PRISONERS CHORUS KATE MARVIN PIANO (SOLO) JASON THOMAS CINEMATOGRAPHER FOR PRISONERS CHORUS ETHAN HEARD HOPE THROUGH HARMONY VIDEOGRAPHER BECCA SCHALL

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ASHLEY RENÉE WATKINS REPERTOIRE CONSULTANT ANTHONY MCGLAUN

12 UBUNTU Men’s Chorus, London Correctional Institution, Ohio 2018 FIDELIO CHORUS Director: Catherine Roma Tenor I: Brandon Bozeman, Chris Charles, Jeffrey Hodge, Anthony McKinney, Chris Nelloms, Oakdale Community Choir, Iowa Medical and Classification Center Nehemiah Williams Director & Founder: Mary L. Cohen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music Education at the University Tenor II: Zantika Burton, Kevin Coleman, Julian Gorman, Marquell Madaris, Jesse Morrison, Jared of Iowa Moseley, Cory Pickett, Rubin Pratts, Saliq Singleton, Jeff Smith Accompanist: Paul Soderdahl Baritones: Carols Crispin, Gregory Johnson, Eddie Robertson, Ernest Sims, Randy Wallen Assistant Director: Laura Kastens Basses: Doug Elliott, Bennie Humphrey, James Smith, Mark Springer, Jan Tucker Sound Engineer: Peter Nothnagle East Hill Singers, Lansing Correctional Facility, Kansas Inside Singers: a program of Arts in Prison Christopher Anderson, Christopher Atchison, Mitchell Barta, Bertrum Burkett, Sammy Clayton, Conductor: Kirk Carson Joel Conrad, Steven Dahlstrom, Michael Davis-Carson, Tim Dickerson, Brandon Feighner, Executive Director: Leigh A. Lynch Michael Fleming, David Frazier, Daniel Hicks, Wyatt Johnson, Shane Kendrick, Daniel King, Carlos Latorre-Flores, Joshua Lusch, John Lusk, Nathan Matiyabo, Ryan McKelvey, Dallas Miller, Kai Miller, Thanks to the Kansas Department of Corrections Joshua Morales, Ron Nielsen, Tim Parker, Dustin Perry, Bruce Pollard, John Schondelmeyer, William Slack, Daniel Stanton, Christopher Stickfort, Efrain Umana, Richard Winemiller, Shaylan Yeager, Joel (Inside & Outside singers combined) Zamora, James Effler, Rodrigo Estrada, James Hahn, Bill Hildebrand, Nelson Ramirez, Phil Yeoman Greg Baacke, Mike Barnes, Roger Beason, Rick Blinn, Scotty Button, Jeff Campbell, Souksavnh Chamnongchith, Gabe Combs, Robert Coppage, Dylan Day, Gary Duncan, Phil Eatherton, Duane Outside Singers: Graber, Louis Hamel, Mike Hegge, Christopher Herring, Charles Hise, Clif Hostetler, David Jones, Liz Bonnet, Peg Bouska, Richard Bushby, Samuel Cacciatore, Jeanne Cadoret, Chad Clark, Andy David Joslyn, Johnny King, John Kingsley, Duane Krehbiel, Bob LeVeau, Sam Loughmiller, Kenneth Douglas, Steve Dunham, Barbara Eckstein, Simone Frierson, Lynn Gingerich, Nancy Halder, Colleen Mallett, Duane Manis, Jim Marshall, Jay McKell, George Melby, Nathaniel Murken, Cameron Higgins, Laura Kastens, Cinnamon Kleeman, Donneta Knarr, Willis J Knight, Marilyn Knight, Tricia Norwood, Danny Pickerill, Ron Post, Paul Priefert, Daniel Ramos, Ken Ratzlaff, Frank Robertson, Knox, Margaret Koenig, Pete Kollasch, Kevin Kummer, Maria Ortega Kummer, Kirsten Kumpf Baele, Randy Schmidt, Wendell Selzer, Marc Showalter, Darrell Spoon, William Stephens, Larry Swinson, Kayla Lyftogt, Ramona Miller, Morgan Dunham, Anna Mary Mueller, Connie Peterson, Anna Schmall, Tim Thomas, Cliff Van Blarcom, Bob Walsh, Shawn Wyckoff Katie Seybert, Paul Soderdahl, Devin Tracey, Dorothy Whiston, Anna Wilcox, Joseph Wyse, Mitch Yoon Voices of Hope, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Shakopee, Minnesota Conductor: Amanda Weber KUJI Men’s Chorus, Marion Correctional Institution, Ohio Accompanist: Mary Trotter Director: Catherine Roma Inside Singers: Anonymous (20) Outside Singers: Katelyn Belden, Emma Bergman, Siri Caltvedt, Emily Geiger, Bronwyn Tenors: Charles Banks III, Guy Banks, Marcelus Bibbs, Winston Blythe, John Cleggett, Kevin Collier, Redvers-Lee, Rebekah Shuholm, Nancy Swanson, Haruka Yukiokar Roosevelt Gray, Ilyas S. Mumin, Raymel Robinson Basses: Alrenzo Blandin, Kerron Brantley, Ernest Croft, Michael Powell, William F. Strange, Herman Weaver, Al Wertsch HOPE Thru Harmony Women’s Choir, Dayton Correctional Institution, Ohio 2018 FIDELIO BAND Director: Catherine Roma Accompanist: Rachel Kramer PIANO 1 & CONDUCTOR DANIEL SCHLOSBERG PIANO 2 EUNTAEK KIM (Inside & Outside singers combined) HORN 1 LAURA WEINER Soprano I: Danielle Heckathorn, Raylin Holloway, Ashley Jessup, Em Joy, Camilia Terry, Valerie HORN 2 NICOLEE KUESTER Blackwell Truitt CELLO 1 CLARE MONFREDO Soprano II: Dawnetta Cargle, Angie Denov, Maria Kitsinis, Heather Lerch, Andrea Mitchell, Connie CELLO 2 DANIEL HASS Ramirez, Carol Simmons, Jasmyne Tennant, Pandora Zan PERCUSSION BEN CORNAVACA Alto I: Tasha Carr, Denitra Cox, Taniya Froe, Farrin Moss, Diana Porter, Pam Schall, Dorothy Smith Alto II: Barb Brooks, Roxanne Buck, Jonelle Crockett, Kelli Garrett, Linda Koylu, Maggie Morrison, Gwendolyn Shackelford, Donna Tramell 13 LOVELY, DARK, AND LONELY ONE

Lovely, dark, and lonely one, Bare your bosom to the sun. Do not be afraid of light, LIBRETTO You who are a child of night.

EUCH WERDE LOHN Open wide your arms to life, ACT II TRIO FROM FIDELIO Whirl in the wind of pain and strife, Face the wall with the dark closed gate, STAN Beat with bare, brown fists– You will be repaid in a better world. And wait. Heaven sent you to me. Thank you for this relief! I can’t ever repay you. ABSCHEULICHER! WO EILST DU HIN? LEONORE’S ARIA FROM FIDELIO LEAH I pray for your freedom. Monster! Where are you going? What are you planning in your wild fury? ROC The cry of pity … the voice of humanity … Your suffering often moved me, Do they no longer move your predator mind? But I was forbidden to help. While there is a hurricane I hate to see such cruelty. Of rage within your soul … For me a rainbow shines LEAH Above the darkening clouds. This is more than I can bear. It looks down quietly, peacefully, You can still help him! Mirroring the joy of better days. And my blood flows calmly again. STAN Come, Hope, do not let I can’t repay your kindness! the last star of the weary fade. Come, light my goal, LEAH however far it may be … My heart is pounding with joy and pain. Love will get me there. The hour of truth is at hand. Come, Hope … Do not let the last star of the weary fade. ROC Light my goal, Poor man! However far it may be … I hate to see such cruelty. Love will get me there I follow my inner desire, 14 And do not waver. GOTT! WELCH DUNKEL HIER! I draw strength from my husband’s love for me FLORESTAN’S ARIA FROM FIDELIO And my love for my husband. You, for whom I’d do anything … God! Could I but reach the place What darkness. Where hate put you in chains … What horrible stillness. … And bring you comfort! Emptiness surrounds me. You, for whom I’d do anything … Nothing else lives here. Could I but reach the spot Oh, painful trial. Where hate cast you into chains! But God’s will is just! I follow my inner desire, I will not complain: And do not waver. My suffering is in Your hands. I draw strength from my husband’s love for me In the spring of my life, And my love for my husband. Happiness flew away. I dared to speak the truth, And chains are my reward. I endure this pain willingly, And end my life in disgrace. But I have one consolation: I have done my duty! Do I feel a gentle breeze? And is my grave brightening? I see an angel in a golden haze Coming to my side to comfort me … … An angel, so like Leah, my wife, Leading me to freedom... In heaven.

I WOULD NOT TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW FROM X (THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X)

I would not tell you what I know, you wouldn’t hear my truth. You want the story but you don’t want to know. My truth is you’ve been on me, a very long time, longer than I can say. As long as I’ve been living, you’ve had your foot on me, 15 always pressing. My truth is white men, killed my old man, drove my mother mad. My truth is rough, my truth could kill, my truth is fury. They always told me, “You don’t have a chance. You’re a n***** after all. You can jitterbug and prance but you’ll never run the ball.” My truth told me, quit before you start. My truth told me, stayin’ alive is all you’ve got. I’ve shined your shoes, I’ve sold your dope, hauled your bootleg, played with hustler’s hope. But the crime is mine. I’ll do your time so you can sleep. O WELCHE LUST I won’t be out to get you on the street at night, PRISONERS CHORUS FROM FIDELIO but I won’t forget any evil that’s white. My truth is a hammer coming from the back. What joy! In open air It will beat you down when you least expect. We can breathe, we can sing. I would not tell you what I know. You want the truth Here, here is life. You want the truth Prison is a tomb. But you don’t want to know. With God’s help We will grow strong.

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD Hope whispers softly: We will be free, we will find peace. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child O Heaven! Salvation! What joy! Sometimes I feel like a motherless child O Freedom, will you return? Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long ways from home, a long ways from home Speak softly! Be careful! Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone We’re being watched and listened to. Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone What joy! In open air Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone We can breathe, we can sing. And a long, long ways from home, a long ways from home Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Here, here is life. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Speak softly! Be on guard! A long ways from home, a long ways from home We’re being watched and listened to. 16 Go home and tell your neighbor SONG TO THE DARK VIRGIN He died to save us all.

Would There is a balm in Gilead That I were a jewel, To make the wounded whole. A shattered jewel, That all my shining brilliants Are we whole? / Make us whole. / We’ll be whole. Might fall at thy feet, Thou dark one.

Would That I were a garment, A shimmering, silken garment, That all my folds Might wrap about thy body, Absorb thy body, Hold and hide thy body, Thou dark one.

Would That I were a flame, But one sharp, leaping flame To annihilate thy body, Thou dark one.

BALM IN GILEAD

There is a balm in Gilead To make the wounded whole; There is a balm in Gilead To heal the sin-sick soul.

Some times I feel discouraged, And think my work’s in vain, But then the Holy Spirit Revives my soul again.

If you cannot preach like Peter, If you cannot pray like Paul, 17 Leah’s Aria: Leah has just overheard Pizarro plotting to murder Stan. She curses the warden and digs deep for the hope and faith she needs to rescue her husband.

FIDELIO SYNOPSIS Prisoners’ Chorus: Leah arranges for the prisoners, who have been on lockdown, to have 30 minutes of “outdoor rec in the yard.” The In Heartbeat Opera’s adaptation of Fidelio, Stan, a Black Lives Matter incarcerated people yearn for freedom. activist, has been wrongfully incarcerated by a corrupt prison warden, Donnie Pizarro. Leah, Stan’s wife, disguises herself as a correctional Stan’s Aria: In solitary confinement, Stan draws comfort from officer to infiltrate the facility where she believes her husband is being knowing he spoke truth to power. He imagines an angel — his wife held. Roc is the Deputy Major at the prison. Leah — visiting him.

Breathing Free features four excerpts from Fidelio. They are described Stan, Leah, and Roc’s Trio: In Stan’s prison cell for the first time, Leah here in the order in which they appear in the full opera. Breathing Free has just given Stan bread and water. He does not recognize her. Roc features them in a different order. looks on, deeply moved. 18 CAST DERRELL ACON Bass-Baritone CURTIS BANNISTER Tenor Bass-baritone Derrell Acon is a dynamic performer, administrator, and activist. He is a Fulbright scholar, Described by TimeOut Magazine as “radiating with Mellon Foundation grantee, and doctor of 19th-Centu- slowly simmering energy”, Curtis Bannister is establish- ry Opera History and Performance. Dr. Acon’s work in ing himself as one of the most dynamic, multi-genre Blacktivism and Verdian opera has been presented performing artists of his generation. Remaining throughout the country and abroad in Europe and 2020/2021 engagements include Curtis joining the Africa. Prominent operatic roles include Leporello in Don second season of the Apple TV+ program DICKINSON, Giovanni, Escamillo in Carmen, and the title role in Don as Marquis, his return to Chicago Opera Theatre as Cura Bucefalo. He recently made debuts at National Opera in IL POSTINO after debuting the role of Hotel Manager Center in NYC, Kalihu and Palace Theaters on Hawai’i, Semperoper Dresden, in THE TRANSFORMATION OF JANE DOE. Previous Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsches Theater München, Kölner Philharmonie, highlights include two seasons as Reimers on NBC’s CHICAGO FIRE, Ragotski Alte Oper Frankfurt, Tel-Aviv Bronfman Hall, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, and La in Bernstein’s CANDIDE with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Celebrant in Compagnia del BelCanto di Milano. He performed as Antron in the world-pre- Bernstein’s MASS with Marin Alsop, and the title role in Verdi’s Otello for Utah miere of Anthony Davis’ The Central Park Five with Long Beach Opera, and with Festival Opera. www.thecurtisbannister.com, Instagram: @thee_cb, Heartbeat Opera as Roc in Fidelio and Caspar in Der Freischütz. Twitter: @theecb RANDY CASTILLO KELLY GRIFFIN Dancer Soprano Randy Castillo is thrilled to be apart of Breathing Free. Kelly Griffin returned to Heartbeat Opera in 2019 as Previous credits include An American in Paris (National “Leah” in Fidelio, and was the featured soprano in Songs Tour), Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical from the Spirit with MetLiveArts at the Metropolitan (Off-Broadway), and West Side Story (Houston Grand Museum of Art. Ms. Griffin recently had role debuts as Opera). Select regional credits include: In the Heights Leonora in La Forza del Destino with New Amsterdam (Westport Country Playhouse), The Wiz, Guys and Opera and Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera with Opera in Dolls, Oklahoma, Shrek the Musical ,and The Drowsy the Heights. She has also performed the title role of Aida, Chaperone (Broadway at Music Circus). TV: “Dispatches and Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth. Her latest concert from Elsewhere.” Juilliard grad. work includes Rachmaninov’s The Bells and Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer.

21 TAMRIN GOLDBERG Dancer BAND Tamrin Goldberg, originally from Seattle, is a Brooklyn- based performer and choreographer. She is a recipient DANIEL SCHLOSBERG of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstand- Piano/Co-Music Director/Arranger ing Choreography, and was a winner of Opera America’s most recent Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Daniel Schlosberg’s music has been performed by the Showcase. With Heartbeat Opera, Tamrin served as Dover Quartet, Minnesota Orchestra, Choir of Trinity associate movement director of the recent production Wall Street, and Lorelei Ensemble, at venues including of La Susanna. Performance highlights include: Ashley Carnegie Hall, (le) poisson rouge, and David Lynch’s Fure’s Filament at the NY Philharmonic, The First National Festival of Disruption. Daniel received the Charles Ives Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, and productions with Broadway Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Sacramento, Goodspeed Opera House, The Alliance Theatre, and Opera Letters and two ASCAP Morton Gould Awards. Current Carolina. She holds a B.A. in Dance and Philosophy from Barnard College. projects include The Extinctionist, a new opera he is composing for Heartbeat Opera. Daniel has collaborated BRIAN HALLOWDREAMZ HENRY with such luminaries as David Shifrin and the Imani Winds, and last spring, he Dancer was the pianist for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film West Side Story. Daniel’s work has been described as “richly detailed yet delicate” (New York Times) and Brian HallowDreamz Henry, the New York Krump King “ingenious” (Wall Street Journal). www.danschlosberg.com from Bed-Stuy Brooklyn N.Y. known for his Tedx titled “Krump is Language” and playing a major role in building JACOB ASHWORTH the New York Krump community. Founding member of Violin/Co-Music Director the dance trio The Nuu Knynez. He calls his personal Krump style BROOKLYN BUCK. Brian started Krumping Jacob Ashworth is the “impressive Artistic Director” in 2004. Inspired by Mijo and Tight Eyez “The creators”, (New York Times) of Heartbeat’s sister company Cantata Brian has been pushing the Krump movement relentless- Profana, and has been Co-Music Director of Heartbeat ly with great passion. In 2008 Brian joined E.S.K. Opera since the beginning. As a violinist and conductor, (East Street Kingdom) a branch of the group STREET Jacob has gained a reputation from early baroque to KINGDOM founded by Tight Eyez and honed his skills further. Brian has contemporary music as a consummate stylist and taught at EXPG, Broadway Dance Center, PMT, House of Duende, Alvin Ailey, curator of music, receiving the CMA/ASCAP Award for Brick House, Coupe, Joffrey’s Ballet, Layla’s dance and drum, and many more Adventurous Programming in 2016 for his work with studios/locations. Also, with experience in street dance, all style competitions, Cantata Profana. A “lithe and nimble” (NYTimes) baroque Ballet, Modern, contemporary, and African he has become one of the most violinist, an “exacting and sensitive” (Boston Globe) new music player, and sought after krump/dance teachers and performer. Brian has worked with a “richly detailed” (NYTimes) conductor, Jacob has made a specialty with some amazing creatives such as Madonna, Asap Ferg, Bill T Jones, John Grant, Heartbeat of leading operas from the violin, “doing powerful work from the Spike Lee, Oshun, Lous and the Yakuza, and etc. music stand” (Opernwelt).

22 KYRA SIMS upstate New York. With a commitment to a sliding scale fee structure, LGA is Horn democratizing access to the space, time and natural beauty critical to artistic and educational growth. Marika lives in the countryside of Kings County. Kyra Sims is a performing artist and writer living in NYC. She has worked as a backing musician for notable artists BRITTON-RENÉ COLLINS such as Lizzo, Jon Batiste, Carole King, and Frank Ocean, Percussion and has performed the world over as both a soloist and a collaborative musician. She works actively as a Broadway As a young emerging soloist, Toronto-based sub, and has held chairs on the Off-Broadway shows percussionist Britton-René Collins finds passion in Carmen Jones, Superhero, and Soft Power. Sims also the art of contemporary percussion performance. writes, directs, and performs with experimental theatre She is dedicated to contributing to the growth of company The New York Neo-Futurists; her sound design modern percussion repertoire, and her current projects has earned her a nomination for a NY Innovative Theatre Award. include composing and commissioning new works for multi-percussion and marimba. She recently MARIKA HUGHES launched a blog on her website, in which she discusses Cello her experiences in facing challenges as a minority musician. Marika Hughes is a native New Yorker, a cellist, singer, a storyteller on The Moth. She grew up in a musical Career highlights include attending soundSCAPE festival, advancing in the family - Marika’s grandfather was the great cellist 2020 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition, and being selected to appear as a Emanuel Feuermann, and her parents owned a jazz soloist in upcoming concerto performances with symphony orchestras in the club, Burgundy, on the Upper West Side. As children, United States and Canada. she and her younger brother were both regulars on Sesame Street, and attended the beloved Manhattan MIKIO SASAKI Country School. Marika continued her education in the Trumpet double degree program at Barnard College and the Juilliard School, graduating with BAs in political science and cello performance, Mikio Sasaki is a member of Saint Louis Brass and an respectively. adjunct lecturer at Texas Lutheran University. Currently based in Austin, TX, where he is pursuing a doctorate Marika has worked with Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Anthony Braxton, David of musical arts at the University of Texas, Mikio was Byrne, Adele, Henry Threadgill, D’Angelo, Idina Menzel, Nels Cline, Somi and previously in New York City as an active freelance Taylor Mac, among many others. She was a founding member of the Bay musician and adjunct lecturer at Brooklyn College. He Area-based bands 2 Foot Yard (Two Foot Yard, Tzadik 2003 & Borrowed Arms, has performed with a wide range of groups such as Yard Work, 2008) and Red Pocket (Thick, Tzadik 2004). She is a master teacher San Antonio Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Talea and director for Young Arts and a teaching-artist at Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Ensemble, American Composers Orchestra, Paragon Project. She currently holds the cello chair at the Broadway show, Hadestown. Ragtime Orchestra, Chamber Music Northwest, yMusic, and Broadway’s Marika has self-released three albums: The Simplest Thing (2011), Afterlife Matilda. Mikio earned degrees from the Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music Radio (2011) and New York Nostalgia (2016). She happily leads her bands Music with teachers Raymond Mase, Mark Gould, and Allan Dean. Bottom Heavy and The New String Quartet and is the co-founder and co-direc- tor of Looking Glass Arts, an artist residency and youth education program in 23 CREATIVE TEAM THOMAS FLIPPIN Guitar ETHAN HEARD Director/Adaptor Thomas Flippin is a versatile guitarist and advocate for the creation of new works and equality in classical As Founding Co-Artistic Director & Producer of Heartbeat music. His recent album, Night Triptych, featured new Opera, Ethan Heard adapted, directed, and co-wrote works entirely by women composers and was named new English dialogue for Fidelio (“urgent, powerful, one of the Best Classical Music albums of 2018 by both and poignant” -The New York Times). Other Heartbeat All Music and I Care if You Listen. Flippin has performed productions include Lady M (created during quarantine), at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and frequently La Susanna (Kennedy Center and BAM), Butterfly, Dido collaborates with Porgy and Bess national tour star Alicia & Aeneas, Kafka-Fragments, six Drag Extravaganzas, Hall Moran, MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran, and the and the first opera performance on the High Line. Other American Repertory Theater production The Black Clown. He is a graduate of opera includes Truth & Reconciliation (Opera America), the Yale School of Music. Empty the House (Curtis), Sisyphus (Experiments in Opera), L’Orfeo (Yale), and Poppea (Princeton). Musical theater includes Little Shop of Horrors and A JASON THOMAS Little Night Music (Berkshire Theatre Group), Sunday in the Park with George Piano (Yale), and Into the Woods (Princeton); he also served as Resident Director of The Secret in Beijing and Shanghai. He received his BA and MFA from Yale Jason is a New York City-based classical pianist. His and now teaches at Yale School of Drama and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. performances have been televised throughout the world, ethanheard.com including on the 3 Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN). Throughout his career, Jason has received many awards ANAIIS CISCO and prizes. Jason has also had an extensive collaboration Filmmaker career that has led to several recording projects being formed. Anaiis Cisco is a filmmaker and assistant professor of moving image production in film and media studies Jason has a long list of piano teachers, which include at Smith College. She received a Masters of Fine Arts Nina Svetlanova, Emanuel Krasovsky, Erik T. Tawaststjerna, and Lauri Väinmaa. in cinema from San Francisco State University, where Jason has also performed in masterclasses with accomplished musicians she was awarded a 2018 Princess Grace Award (Louis such as Seymour Bernstein and Barry Snyder. Jason is currently finishing his D. Srybnik Film Award) for her graduate thesis film, Drip doctorate studies at Manhattan School of Music. Like Coffee. Cisco’s work focuses on the experiences of underrepresented racial, ethnic, queer, and gendered identities. Her short films have screened at dozens of film festivals such as Outfest, NewFest, and Raindance, while also broadcast- ing on networks like REVOLT TV’s Short & Fresh and KQED’s Film School Shorts programs. Her body of work also includes a series of short videos produced for the 20th Anniversary of Who is Jill Scott World Tour. 24 Cisco teaches digital video production courses as she develops media that JACOB MALLIN explores the emotional and internal journeys of Black characters, confronting Director of Photography (New York & Chicago) intimate moments of violence and trauma in diverse story worlds. Jacob Mallin is a NYC-based cinematographer with a RAS DIA background in narrative and documentary filmmaking. His Creative Producer work has been screened at a variety of film festivals in the US and internationally. More info can be found at www. Ras Dia is an arts administrator who specializes in jacobmallindp.com multi-disciplinary programming. He is the Assistant Producer of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody- and Emmy-award winning Live in HD series, Programming Director of Thresh, and most recently served as Associate Producer for MTT25: An American Icon, a virtual tribute CELINE LAYOUS presented by the San Francisco Symphony. 1st AC/Gaffer (Los Angeles)

He is the former Managing Director of the New York City Celine Layous is a cinematographer from Lebanon. She Master Chorale, and has worked with the National Children’s Chorus, Sadler’s is a graduate of USJ-IESAV Beirut, with a BA in Performing Wells Theatre, Carnegie Hall, and National Sawdust, where he produced the Arts and an MFA graduate of the American Film Institute Artists-in-Residence program, and co-created SAUCE, a community-based Conservatory. Since 2012, she worked as a cinematogra- series of artist sessions. pher and camera operator on various formats in the MENA region. She is now based in Los Angeles and pursues a EMMA JASTER career in the visual arts. Movement Director

Hailed a “splendid mover” (The Washington Post) and SEAN MAYES “a master of her craft” (Baratunde Thurston), Emma Arranger/Associate Music Director has spent her life in the study and practice of physical expression. She works internationally as performer, Sean Mayes is a New York & Toronto based music director. director, choreographer and educator in theater, opera, He is an active member of the Broadway music community film, and other with the purpose of building cross-cultur- as an MD, vocal coach, accompanist and orchestrator-ar- al relationships and cultivating peace. She studied with ranger. As an orchestrator & arranger, Sean’s work has her mime father, Mark Jaster and attended the Lecoq been played by and written for numerous ensembles school for physical theatre in Paris. She is the Founder and performers of multiple musical genres across North and Director of international artist residency @mamaisamaker and Program America and in Europe. Manager at the Lab for Global Performance and Politics. @notapapercrane www.emmajaster.com Additionally, as an author, Sean has published on the role of Black music directors on Broadway (Reframing the Musical, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and the retracing of Black practitioners through musical theatre history (An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre, Bloomsbury, 2021). 25 MAR COX Assistant Director

This is Mar’s first production with Heartbeat Opera. They Dias de musica electroacustica (Portugal), and more. Since 2013, he has been a are thrilled to work alongside the brilliant and talented core member of Heartbeat Opera’s sister ensemble Cantata Profana. In August cast and creative team behind Breathing Free. Mar 2018, he has taken on the duties of the ensemble’s Associate Artistic Director. most recently directed George C Wolfe’s The Colored Museum at Georgetown University in Washington DC. SAM TORRES Current projects include The Black Stories Matter Project, Sound Mixer an ethnographic documentary anthology focused on the perspective of Black Lives Matter protestors during Sam Torres is a Troy, NY based musician and audio May-July 2020. They are also pursuing a certificate engineer. His music has been performed in concert halls through NYU Tisch School of the Arts. They would like to thank Ethan for the and coffee shops from Baltimore to South Africa. Audio opportunity and their partner Cindy for her support. engineering has allowed Sam to work with groups like the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center, Talea Ensemble, JESSICA EMMANUS the World Bank/IMF, Boulanger Initiative, and many others. Stage Manager In 2019, he co-founded the ensemble, concert presenting, and musical-community-building collective called Organ Jessica Emmanus is a New York City freelance stage Colossal with frequent collaborator and pianist Sophia manager. Her credits include: Tina: The Tina Turner Subbayya Vastek. Musical, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Cher Show. Off Broadway: Notes from the Field (Second Stage). NYC: Between the Lines, Love, Loss, and MONA SEYED-BOLORFOROSH What I Wore (92nd Street Y), Protest (Cherry Lane Music Assistant/Orchestra Manager/Copyist Theatre) Regional: Seared, Dangerous House, Buffalo Bill (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Education: MFA, Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh is a Music Director, Conductor Columbia University. Thanks to her parents and her and Pianist working in musical theatre and classical music. friends for always being supportive of the journey. Recent theatre credits include OFF-BROADWAY: Heather Christian’s Oratorio for All Living Things NATIONAL TOUR: GLEB KANASEVICH Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Keys 3), as well as Sound Editor sub credits on a Broadway show. Credits in Opera, Film, and Orchestral music include Heartbeat Opera (Music Gleb is a clarinetist, composer, and noise/drone Assistant) and Harry Potter Soundtrack Orchestra (Former musician. He has been a featured artist at various music director, conductor). She is an alumna of Berklee institutions and festivals, such as Dark Music Days College of Music, where she studied composition and conducting. 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29 LOCATIONS

LOS ANGELES Dorothy Collins Brown Amphitheater

NEW YORK The Africa Center Plaza West 79th Street Boat Basin, Riverside Park Graffiti Hall of Fame, Park Avenue Foley Square, Centre Street Franklin Street Station, Tribeca Church of St. John the Divine Riverside Church General Grant National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service) Sakura Park St. Clair Place / Arches of Harlem West Harlem Piers

CHICAGO Lake View Lutheran Church Lake Michigan at Belmont Harbor

30 Jaye Chen and Peter Achim and Dunja Höfner Daniel Chow Brown Kurt A Howard Val Schaffner SUPPORT JoAnne Chernow Jo-Anne Hyun Jeremy and Cathy Holiday Collins Ella Jolly Schlosberg Dan Cooperman Darren Katz Karen Schlosberg HEARTBEAT OPERA Margaret and Greg Craig Nancie Kennedy Marjorie Schlosberg Meredith Crandell Corey Kinger Betsy Seifter Heartbeat Opera is a community. We rely on your support to create Martina Crocker Thomas Laqueur Anne Seiwerath meaningful, visceral art. If you’re able, please consider making a tax- Lynda Dautenhahn Nicole Lewis Rachel Sheinkin deductible contribution and standing with the ever-growing family of Michelle DeTemple Sandra Liotta and Carl Melanie and Joseph supporters who make our work possible. Patrick Diamond Osterman Shugart Carol Domina Meg Loughran Fay Simpson Visit heartbeatopera.org/support to learn more or contact us at: Heartbeat Taryn Dubois Jennifer Low Howard & Sarah Opera, 37 W. 20th St. #703, New York, NY 10011, or by emailing our Managing Christopher Earl Elizabeth Manchester Solomon Foundation Director Annie Middleton at [email protected]. Heartbeat Opera Thérèse Marie Esperdy Richard Massey Cathy Spencer is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and your contribution is tax deductible to and Robert George Christine McKinnon Raymond and Marie-Mo- the extent that the law allows. Neborak Daniel Mitura nique Steckel Susan Finch Susan Morissey Jill and Bill Steinberg A copy of our most recently filed financial report is available from the Charities Registry on Margaret and Mike Bethany Morrow R Lee Stump the New York State Attorney General’s website (www.charitiesnys.com) or, upon request, by Finnell Brian Mountford Seng Thanakone contacting us at 37 West 20th Street, Suite 703, New York, NY 10011. You also may obtain Bob and Sylvie Alan Muraoka William Thurston information on charitable organizations from the New York State Office of the Attorney Fitzpatrick Tiffany Olson Kenneth White General at www.charitiesnys.com or (212) 416-8816. Fixed Earth Enterprises John O’Neil Robert Wierzel Inc. Miranda Orcutt Ayana Wilson Stephen Foster Thomas Palumbo Shen Yang Michael Friedmann Cynthia Paskos Edward Yim DONORS Maryellen Fullerton Twila Perry Kathleen Yoh (7/1/20-11/24/20) Nora Garry Michael and Laurie Catherine Yu Jane Gay Pollock Anonymous Stanley J. and Jan Sabine Brocher Dorothy Hancock Malaya Press Michael Adams Bahorek Donald Brown Edward Harsh Thomas Proske Nina Adams and Sonja Berggren and Kelly Burdick Lane Heard and Ruth Rainero Moreson Kaplan Patrick Seaver Charles Casler Margaret Bauer Jennifer Rivera Jessica Armstrong Ruthie Birger Theresa Cerezola Peregrine Heard Sue Rooney Page Ashley Ilene Bliwise Hung-Kuan Chen Sophia Herman Jamie Saakvitne and 31 SPECIAL THANKS

Dr. Derrell Acon Curtis Bannister Anthony Davis Dr. Jessie Glover Kelly Griffin Marti Newland Dr. Catherine Roma

Malorie Casimir, Nelson Ebo, Daniel Klein, and other members of the original company of Heartbeat Opera’s FIDELIO

Our family members, roommates, neighbors, and loved ones who accommodated this creative process

The Africa Center www.TheAfricaCenter.org

BREATHING FREE is made possible with generous support from The Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Civil and Political Rights at Columbia University.

Dedicated to the memory of John Cleggett (1998-2020) Former member of KUJI Men’s Chorus, Marion Correctional Institution

32 Thank you to our 2020–21 The Art of Giving Corporate Sponsors

The Mondavi Center is deeply grateful for the generous contributions of our dedicated patrons whose gifts are a testament to the value of the performing arts in our lives.

Annual donations to the Mondavi Center directly support our operating budget and are an essential source of revenue. Please join us in thanking our loyal donors whose philanthropic support ensures our future ability to bring great artists and speakers to our region and to provide nationally recognized arts education programs for students and teachers.

For more information on supporting the Mondavi Center, visit MondaviArts.org or call 530.754.5438.

This list reflects all gifts received for the 2020–2021 Season, up until February 12, 2021 IMPRESARIO CIRCLE COLORATURA CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999 $50,000 and above Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley* James H. Bigelow† John and Lois Crowe* Patti Donlon† Simon and Merrilee Engel Nancy Lawrence† Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Bill and Nancy† Roe* Wanda Lee Graves and Steve Duscha M.A. Morris

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam VIRTUOSO CIRCLE MAESTRO CIRCLE BENEFACTOR CIRCLE $16,500 - $24,999 $11,000 - $16,499 $7,500 - $10,999 Susie and Jim Burton† Dr. Jim P. Back Carla F. Andrews Les and Mary Stephens De Wall Wayne and Jacque Bartholomew Ellie Cobarrubia* Thomas and Phyllis† Farver* Chan Family Fund Richard° and Joy Dorf Nancy McRae Fisher Judith Gabor J. Terry and Susan Eager† Anne Gray† Dean and Karen† Karnopp* Allen and Sandy Enders Mary B. Horton* Hansen Kwok† Charles and Catherine Farman Clarence and Barbara Kado Diane Marie Makley*† Benjamin and Lynette Hart* Darell J. Schregardus, Ph.D. Clifford A. Popejoy† and Garry Maisel† Antonia K.J. Vorster Judith E. Moores in Memory of Grace† and John Rosenquist Eldridge M. Moores Raymond Seamans and Tony and Joan Stone Ruth Elkins Joe Tupin Rosalie Vanderhoef* Elizabeth and Yin Yeh

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam PRODUCER CIRCLE Karen Heald and K.C. McElheney David Rocke and Janine Mozee $3,750 - $7,499 In Memory of Christopher Horsley* Roger and Ann Romani Darren Isom† William Roth Lydia Baskin* Marina Kalugina Khan and Neil and Carrie Schore Cordelia S. Birrell Jahangir Khan of Harbinger, Carol J. Sconyers Jo Anne Boorkman* Kalugina Khan,LLC Kathryn Smith Karen Broido* Teresa Kaneko* Tom and Meg Stallard* Caroline Cabias† Barry and Gail Klein* Tom and Judy Stevenson* California Statewide Certified Brian and Dorothy Landsberg David Studer and Donine Hedrick Development Center Edward and Sally Larkin Brian K. Tarkington and Mike and Betty Chapman Drs. Richard Latchaw and Katrina Boratynski Wendy Chason* Sheri Albers Rosemary and George Tchobanoglous Sandy and Chris Chong* Linda M. Lawrence Ken Verosub and Irina Delusina Michele Clark and Paul Simmons Allan and Claudia Leavitt John D. Walker Michael and Kevin Conn Robert and Betty Liu Patrice White Jolán Friedhoff and Don Roth Debbie Mah*† and Brent Felker Judy Wydick In Memory of Henry (Hank) Gietzen Yvonne L. Marsh† And 3 donors who prefer John C. Gist Family Barbara Moriel to remain anonymous Ed and Bonnie Green* Gerry and Carol Parker Charles and Ann Halsted Misako and John Pearson Judith Hardardt Linda and Larry Raber Dee Hartzog

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam * Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam DIRECTOR CIRCLE Sharna and Mike Hoffman Augustus Morr $1,750 - $3,749 Martin and JoAnn Joye* J. Persin and D. Verbeck Barbara Katz Nancy Petrisko and Don Beckham Elizabeth and Russell Austin Robert and Cathryn Kerr Joanna Regulska and Michael Curry Robert and Susan Benedetti Charlene Ruth Kunitz John and Judith Reitan Donald and Kathryn Bers* Frances° and Arthur Lawyer* Kay Resler* Edwin Bradley Nancy and Bob Lea Marshall and Maureen Rice Richard Breedon, Pat Chirapravati, Bob and Barbara Leidigh Dwight E. and Donna L. Sanders and Rosa Marquez Lin and Peter Lindert Ed and Karen Schelegle Marguerite Callahan Ruth and David Lindgren Janet Shibamoto-Smith and Margaret Chang and Andrew Holz Richard and Kyoko Luna Family Fund David Smith Jim and Kathy Coulter* Natalie and Malcolm MacKenzie* Maril and Patrick Stratton Terry Davison Dennis H. Mangers and Eric and Pat Stromberg* Bruce and Marilyn Dewey* Michael Sestak Rosalind Ramsey Tyson* Joyce Donaldson* Susan Mann Jeanne Hanna Vogel* Matt Donaldson and Steve Kyriakis Betty Masuoka and Robert Ono Dale L. and Jane C. Wierman Noel Dybdal Janet Mayhew Susan and Thomas Willoughby Jane and Jeff Einhorn In Memory of William F. McCoy Paul Wyman Richard Epstein and Sally McKee Verena Leu Young* Gwendolyn Doebbert Mary McKinnon and Greg Krekelberg And 1 donor who prefers Karl Gerdes and Pamela Rohrich Helen and James Moorefield to remain anonymous Dr. Eva G. Hess Katharine and Dan Morgan

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam Augustus Morr J. Persin and D. Verbeck ENCORE CIRCLE Ruth M. Lawrence Roseanna Torretto* Nancy Petrisko and Don Beckham $700 - $1,749 Barbara Levine Henry° and Lynda Trowbridge* Joanna Regulska and Michael Curry Michael and Sheila Lewis* Richard and Shipley Walters Michael and Shirley Auman* John and Judith Reitan Shirley Maus Steven and Andrea Weiss Laura and Murry Baria Kay Resler* Roland and Marilyn Meyer Dan and Ellie Wendin In Memory of Marie Benisek Marshall and Maureen Rice Nancy Michel Kandi Williams and Dr. Frank Jahnke Dotty Dixon* Brian Moores Karl and Lynn Zender Dwight E. and Donna L. Sanders Anne Duffey Ed and Karen Schelegle Robert and Susan Munn Karen Zito Cathie and John Duniway Rebecca Newland Janet Shibamoto-Smith and And 2 donors who prefer Robert and Melanie Ferrando Frank Pajerski David Smith to remain anonymous Mae and David Gundlach James D. and Lori Korleski Maril and Patrick Stratton Robin Hansen and Gordon Ulrey Richardson Eric and Pat Stromberg* Len and Marilyn Herrmann Miriam and Carrie Rocke Rosalind Ramsey Tyson* Ralph Hexter and Manfred Kollmeier Cynthia Jo Ruff* Jeanne Hanna Vogel* Mont Hubbard and Lyn Taylor Elizabeth St. Goar Dale L. and Jane C. Wierman James and Nancy Joye Walt Stone Susan and Thomas Willoughby Joseph Kiskis and Diana Vodrey Karen and Ed Street* Paul Wyman Paul Kramer Virginia and Butch Thresh Verena Leu Young* Paula Kubo And 1 donor who prefers to remain anonymous

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam * Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam ORCHESTRA CIRCLE Paul N. and E.F. 'Pat' Goldstene Joe and Linda Merva $350 - $699 Tom Graham and Lisa Foster G. David Miller and Susan Miller Darrow and Gwen Haagensen William and Nancy Myers Ralph and Teresa Aldredge Don and Sharon Hallberg* Margaret Neu* Ezra and Beulah Amsterdam Marylee Hardie Jill and Warren Pickett Andrew and Ruth Baron Michael and Peggy Hoffman Denise Rocha Paul and Linda Baumann Jan and Herb Hoover Ms. Tracy Rodgers and Dr. Richard Budenz Delee and Jerry Beavers Robert and Marcia Jacobs Sharon and Elliott Rose Carol Benedetti Weldon and Colleen Jordan Patsy Schiff Brooke and Clay Brandow Susan Kauzlarich and Peter Klavins Tony and Beth Tanke Jean Brooks and Dennis Steindorf Ruth Ann Kinsella* Cap and Helen Thomson Meredith Burns Helen L. Krell, M.D. Gayle K. Yamada* and David H. Hosley Bruce and Mary Alice Carswell* Laura and Bill Lacy Iris Yang and G. Richard Brown Peter Caton and Patricia Campbell Allan and Norma Lammers Melanie and Medardo Zavala Simon and Cindy Cherry Ellen J Lange And 3 donors who prefer Dr. Jacqueline Clavo-Hall Sevim Larsen to remain anonymous Mr. and Mrs. David Covin Darnell Lawrence Doug and Joy Daugherty* Randall Lee & Jane Yeun Hetty and Alasdair Dawson Peter Leon-Guerrero Nancy and Don Erman Dr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Levin Tim and Diana Essert Ernest and Mary Ann Lewis Maureen Fitzgerald and Frank DeBernardi Drs. Julin Maloof and Stacey Harmer Elaine A. Franco Bunkie Mangum Joyce and Marvin Golman Robert Medearis

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam Joe and Linda Merva MAINSTAGE CIRCLE Judith Blum Nicholas and Khin Cornes G. David Miller and Susan Miller $125 - $349 Jamie Boston Catherine Coupal* William and Nancy Myers Brooke Bourland* Victor Cozzalio and Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio Matthew and Michelle Agnew Margaret Neu* In Memory of Mary Bowers Tatiana Cullen Penny Anderson Jill and Warren Pickett Sarah A. Bowling Fitz-Roy and Susan Curry Elinor Anklin Carol Boyd* Nita A. Davidson Denise Rocha Anonymous Ms. Tracy Rodgers and Dr. Richard Budenz Melody Boyer and Mark Gidding Relly Davidson Alex and Janice Ardans Kristin and Alf Brandt Eric Davis* Sharon and Elliott Rose Diane and Charlie Bamforth Dan and Mildred Braunstein* Judy and Mike Davis Patsy Schiff George and Marion Barnett Beth Brockhouse Judy and David Day Tony and Beth Tanke Cynthia Bates and Deb Horney Linda C. Brown Ann Denvir* Cap and Helen Thomson Lynn Baysinger Stephen and Margaret Brush Carol Dependahl-Ripperda Gayle K. Yamada* and David H. Hosley Lorna Belden Mike and Marian Burnham Robert Diamond Iris Yang and G. Richard Brown Jenna Bell and Eric Richardson Dr. Margaret Burns and Dr. W Roy Bellhorn Joel and Linda Dobris Melanie and Medardo Zavala Sylvia Bender William and Karolee Bush Marjorie Dolcini* Jane D. Bennett John D. Cain Jerry and Chris Drane And 3 donors who prefer Kristen and Alan Bennett James and Patty Carey Virginia E. and F. Mansel Dunn to remain anonymous Samuel Berns Ping Chan* James Eastman and Fred Deneke Bevowitz Family Carol Christensen* Laura Eisen and Paul Glenn Dr. Robert and Sheila Beyer Linda Clevenger and Seth Brunner Dr. Carol Erickson and David Phillips Elizabeth Bianco James and Linda Cline Robbie and Tony Fanning Robert Biggs and Diane Carlson Biggs Steve and Janet Collins Eleanor E. Farrand* John and Katy Bill David A. Combies Michael and Opehlia Farrell Sharon Billings and Terry Sandbek Richard and Katie Conrad Robin and Jeffrey Fine Dr. Caroline Bledsoe Kari Cooper and Eric Cowgill Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Fred and Mary Bliss

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam * Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam Glenn E. Fortini Clyde Hladky and Donna Odom Karen Lucas* Sonya Foster Steve and Nancy Hopkins Melissa Lyans and Andreas Albrecht, Ph.D Marlene J. Freid* Daniel and Sarah Hrdy Karen Majewski Larry Friedman and Susan Orton Lorraine J Hwang Renee Malaki Edwin and Sevgi Friedrich* Dr. and Mrs. Ron Jensen Dr. Vartan Malian and Nora Gehrmann Kathryn Gianolini and Sonke Mastrup Karen Jetter Mangun-Swaab Family Robert and Pat Gonzalez* Mun Johl Theresa Mann Drs. Michael Goodman and Bonny Neyhart Michelle Johnston Pamela Marrone and Mick Rogers Joyce and Ron Gordon Andrew and Merry Joslin J. A. Martin Karen Governor Stephen and Beth Kaffka Leslie Maulhardt* Paul and Carol Grench David Kalb and Nancy Gelbard Jim and Jane McDevitt Eileen Gueffroy Shari and Tim Karpin Linda and Tim McKenna Abbas Gultekin and Vicky Tibbs Patricia Kelleher* Ron and Kristine Metzker Myrtis Hadden Sharmon and Peter Kenyon Beryl Michaels and John Bach Jen and Bob Hagedorn Leonard Keyes Leslie Michaels and Susan Katt Kitty Hammer Dr. and Mrs. Roger Kingston Colin Miller M. and P. Handley Carol and Kerik Kouklis Lee Miller and Craig Vreeken Jim Hankins C.R. and Elizabeth Kuehner Maureen Miller Jim and Laurie Hanschu Kupcho-Hawksworth Family Elaine and Ken Moody Susan and Robert Hansen Larkin Lapides Hallie Morrow Jacqueline Harris Nancy Lazarus and David Siegel Rita Mt. Joy* Kay Harse Peggy Leander* Bill and Diane Muller Anne and Dave Hawke Bob Lew and Marion Franck Kim T. Nguyen Mary A. Helmich Melvyn Libman Nancy M Nolte and James G Little Rand and Mary Herbert Barbara Linderholm* Jay and Catherine Norvell Calvin Hirsch, MD Christine Lovely Jeri and Cliff Ohmart

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam Jim and Sharon Oltjen Hugh and Kelly Safford Kim and James Waits Andrew and Sharon* Opfell Joy* and Richard Sakai * In memory of Carl Eugene Walden John and Nancy Owen Elia and Glenn Sanjume Vivian and Andrew Walker Jessie Ann Owens Julie and Don Saylor Doug West Carlene Ozonoff Fred and Pauline Schack Robert and Leslie Westergaard* Peter Pascoe Dan Shadoan and Ann Lincoln Nancy and Richard White* Thomas Pavlakovich and Jeanie Sherwood Tom Wilson Kathryn Demakopoulos Leon Schimmel and Annette Cody Suey Wong* Peter Peterson Jennifer Sierras Jean Wu Marjorie Phillips Robert Snider and Jak Jarasjakkrawhal Wesley Yates Pat and Anthony Philipps Jean Snyder Timothy and Vicki Yearnshaw Bonnie A. Plummer Roger and Freda Sornsen Jeffrey and Elaine Yee* John Poon Charlene Steen Dorothy Yerxa and Michael A. Reinhart Olga Raveling Tim and Julie Stephens Phillip and Iva Yoshimura Mary C. Reed Deb and Jeff Stromberg Meghan and Matthew Zavod Fred and Martha Rehrman* Kimi Sue Swaback Marlis and Jack Ziegler Russ and Barbara Ristine Yayoi Takamura and Jeff Erhardt Linda and Lou Ziskind Kenneth Ritt and Pamela Rapp Mike Tentis and Jeff Farley Dr. Mark and Wendy Zlotlow Amy Roark Julie Theriault, PA-C And 16 donors who prefer to remain anonymous Jeep and Heather Roemer Erin and Rob Tocalino Carol and John Rominger Henry and Sally Tollette Richard and Evelyne Rominger Esther and William Tournay Janet F. Roser, MS, PhD Victoria and Robert Tousignant Paul and Ida Ruffin Lynn Upchurch Marie and John Rundle James Vasser

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam * Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam GATEWAY CIRCLE William and Sherry Hamre Catherine Ann Reed $60-$124 Joann Helmus Michael Rios Dr. Bette Hinton and Robert Caulk Kathy and David Robertson Leal Abbott Dean Hodges and Lupe Springer-Hodges Eric Ross Ashley Arax George Huang Charles Shulock Ann Arneill-Py L. K. Iwasa Harriet Steiner and Miles Stern Jane Bauman Petr Janata Mary R. Sternad Ms. Brenda K. Betts Lorin Kalisky Anne Stohrer Kent Bradford and Barbara Zadra Mark Kassenbrock Francie F. Teitelbaum Marion Bray Marsha Lang Nancy Temple Sandra Briggs Diane and Renzo Lardelli Merna and Don Villarejo Betty and Bob Bussey Dr. Bruce and Susan Larock Kathi Wahed Nathaniel Clayton Joel and Jeannette Lerman Cantor & Company, A Law Corporation Robert Daniels Elisabeth B. Leyson Michael D. Weagraff Sharon Dauer Mary Ann Limbos Martha S. West J Davidson Sandra Mansfield Susan and Edward Wheeler Ramon Delaguardia and Maria Niederberger Karen McCluskey* and Harry Roth* Christie and Henry Wyman Esther DeLozier William and Anna Rita Neuman Miss Yang Georgia Demetre Robert Nevraumont and Donna Curley Nevraumont John Yoder Karen Eagan Eleanor Norris Ronald M. Yoshiyama Maizy Enck Ms. Mary Louise Oehler Andee Zetterbaum Brook and Elizabeth Osborne Cheryl and David Felsch And 1 donor who prefers to remain anonymous Randy and Dana Ferris Erin Peltzman David Fortune and Christine Perry Ann Pelzman Sean Galloway Marjorie Phillips Carol Greene Drs. Jeanette and David Pleasure Susan Greenwald Lawrence and Norma Rappaport Ms. Elana Hamovitch Gregg Recanzone

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam Artistic Ventures Fund Legacy Circle We applaud our Artistic Ventures Fund Thank you to our supporters who have remembered the Mondavi Center in members, whose major gift commitments their estate plans. These gifts make a difference for the future of performing support artist engagement fees, innovative arts and we are most grateful. artist commissions, artist residencies, and programs made available free to the public. Wayne and Jacque Bartholomew Yvonne LeMaitre° Karen Broido Jerry and Marguerite Lewis James H. Bigelow† Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley Robert and Betty Liu Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley John and Lois Crowe Don McNary° John and Lois Crowe Dotty Dixon Ruth R. Mehlhaff ° Patti Donlon† Nancy DuBois° Joy Mench and Clive Watson Richard and Joy Dorf Jolán Friedhoff and Don Roth Verne Mendel Nancy McRae Fisher Anne Gray† Kay Resler Wanda Lee Graves and Steve Duscha Benjamin and Lynette Hart* Hal° and Carol Sconyers Anne Gray† L. J. Herrig Estate Joe and Betty° Tupin L. J. Herrig Estate Mary B. Horton Lynn Upchurch Margaret Hoyt Barbara K. Jackson° And 1 donor who prefers to remain Barbara K. Jackson° Roy and Edith Kanoff° anonymous Rosalie Vanderhoef* Roy and Edith Kanoff ° Robert and Barbara Leidigh

If you have already named the Mondavi Center in your own estate plans, we thank you. We would love to hear of your giving plans so that we may express our appreciation. If you are interested in learning about planned giving opportunities, please contact: Nancy Petrisko, Director of Development (530.902.0658 or [email protected]).

* Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam * Friends of Mondavi Center †Mondavi Center Advisory Board Member °In Memoriam