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Rigoletto Todd Thomas*

Gilda Duke of Mantua Joshua Wheeker*

Sparafucile Morris Robinson* Allegra De Vita*

Count Monterone/Chorus Kevin Thompson* Marullo/Chorus Andrew René†*

Matteo Borsa/Chorus Chris Mosz†* Count Ceprano/Chorus Elliott Wulff†*

Giovanna Julia Laird†*

Conductor Steven White* Director James Robinson*

Video Director Frank Zamacona Properties Master & Artisan Bryan Johnson Sound Designer & Mix Engineer Steve Colby Costume Designer Maegan Swick Production Stage Manager Nan Luchini

Principal Pianist Lyndon Meyer Assistant Director James Blaszko Announcer Kirk McAnany

Supertitle Caller Aaron Beck Supertitle Translation and Preparation Aaron Beck

*Indicates Tulsa debut † Indicates member of the Filstrup Resident Artist Program

The Tulsa Opera Orchestra operates under an agreement with the American Federation of Musicians Local 94. Stage and Wardrobe labor provided under agreement with IATSE local 354 and IATSE local 904.

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Todd Thomas Recognized by opera Joshua Wheeker Joshua companies and critics alike as one of Wheeker is a graduate of the the true Verdi gracing stages Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist today, Todd Thomas continues his program of LA Opera. His tenure as one of America’s most appearances with LA Opera include sought-after artists. In the title role of Tamino in The Magic , Malcolm , depicted his in Macbeth, Cacambo in , performance as “warm and centered in Abdallo in and Borsa in his tone with subtle phrasing that , as well as the cover of Tito emphasized the introspective, almost in . Last Summer, poetic quality of the tormented king.” At Joshua appeared at Opera Theatre of ’s season Saint Louis in his role debut as the opening performance of Verdi’s , Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. He is Mr. Thomas heroically stepped in for an engaged to sing Narraboth from indisposed colleague at the top of the Salome with Hawaii Opera Theatre second act. The thrilling performance at this April, The Duke of Mantua with The Lyric “earned him deservedly the largest ovation at the end of Tulsa Opera in the fall, and Don Ottavio with Dayton Opera next the night from the glittery opening night audience.” (The Chicago winter. Joshua has also appeared with, Opera Iowa, Aspen Music Classical). Engagements have also included returns to the Lyric Festival, Kentucky Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera. Joshua Opera of Chicago as Monterone in Rigoletto, the title role of Verdi’s is the recipient of the following awards: Winner of the Western Falstaff with , Sharpless in Region MONC competition 2019, 1st place in the Pasadena and Renato in with Florida Grand Opera, the Opera Guild Competition 2017, in March of 2019 Joshua title role in Rigoletto with Opera, Scarpia competed as a Semi-finalist in the MONC competition in New in and Rolando in La Battaglia di Legnano with Sarasota York on the Met stage. He is from Dayton Ohio and received his Opera, Germont in La traviata with Des Moines Metro Opera, Bachelor of Music from University of Cincinnati College Alberich in Das Rheingold with in Canada, Conservatory of Music. and Iago in Otello with Arizona Opera. Mr. Thomas’ made his début as Dr. Metivier in and Morris Robinson Morris Robinson is subsequently returned for Roméo et Juliette. Other engagements considered one the most interesting and have included Count di Luna in and Falstaff with the sought-after basses performing today. ; title role in Rigoletto at Michigan Opera Theatre, Mr. Robinson regularly appears at the Opera Birmingham, Manitoba Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Atlanta Metropolitan Opera, where he is a Opera, and Austin Lyric Opera; Scarpia in Tosca at New York City graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Lyra , Michigan Opera Program. He debuted there in a Theatre, Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, Orlando Philharmonic, and production of Fidelio and has since Opera Carolina; the title role in Falstaff with Opera Santa Barbara; appeared as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte Tonio/Alfio in / with Arizona Opera (both in the original production and in and Opera Omaha; Count di Luna in Il trovatore at the Manitoba the children’s English version), Opera and Indianapolis Opera; Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Ferrando in Il Trovatore, the King in Opera Carolina, Opera Omaha, and Florida Grand Opera; and , and in roles in Nabucco, Amonasro in Aïda with Opera Carolina and North Carolina Tannhäuser, and the new productions Opera. Mr. Thomas can be heard on the Naxos recording of of and Salome. He has Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. He also recorded a solo also appeared at the disc, Crown Him Lord of All, with Jon Spong, organist. Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dallas Opera, , Boston Lyric Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Philadelph- Sarah Coburn American Sarah ia, Seattle Opera, , , Boston Coburn is captivating international Lyric Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Teatro alla Scala, audiences with her “precision placement, Volksoper Wien, , and the Aix-en-Provence mercury speed, and a gorgeous liquid Festival. His many roles include the title role in , gold tone, gilded by a thrilling top and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem bottom register” (The Globe and Mail). Serail, Ramfis in Aida, Zaccaria in Nabucco, Sparafucile in Following her performances as Lucie de Rigoletto , Commendatore in , Grand Inquisitor in Lammermoor at Glimmerglass Opera, , Timur in , the Bonze in Madama Butterfly, the New York Observer noted “she turns Padre Guardiano in , Ferrando in out to have qualities that have made Il Trovatore, and Fasolt in Das Rheingold. Mr. Robinson’s solo legends out of so many of her album, Going Home, was released on the Decca label. He also predecessors, from Adelina Patti to appears as Joe in the DVD of the : stage charisma, a thrilling production of , and in the DVDs of the Metropolitan upper register and, crucially, a Opera’s production of Salome and the Aix-en-Provence Festival’s fearlessness about abandoning herself production of Mozart’s Zaide. An Atlanta native, Mr. Robinson is a to opera’s most abandoned heroine … graduate of The Citadel and received his musical training from this is a palpably exciting voice … Ms. Coburn is a budding prima the Boston University Opera Institute. He was recently named donna of exceptional promise.” Ms. Coburn’s 2019-2020 season Artistic Advisor to the Cincinnati Opera. included her return to Tulsa to sing Strauss’s Four Last Songs with Allegra De Vita American mezzo- the Tulsa Symphony, and a reprisal of the role of Lucia in Lucia di soprano Allegra De Vita, whom The Lammermoor with the Tivoli Festival and with Lyric Opera Kansas Georgetowner described as making “a City. She was also originally scheduled to return to Opera Santa moving, steadying impact whenever Barbara to perform Juliette in their production of Roméo et Juliette she’s on stage” returns to Tulsa Opera before the COVID-19 shortened 2019-2020 season. Ms. Coburn to reprise the role of Maddalena in created the role of Kitty in the world premiere of Anna Karenina at Rigoletto, joins Maryland Lyric Opera Florida Grand Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She has as the title role in Pélleas et Melisande sung Adele in with both Seattle Opera and and Meg Page in Falstaff, and in Michigan Opera Theatre, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera with Opera concert, joins the Fort Wayne Philhar- Company of Philadelphia, Florida Grand Opera, and Cincinnati monic for a concert of Baroque pieces, Opera, Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Sophie in Der and with the New Haven Symphony, Rosenkavalier with Cincinnati Opera, Norina in , Handel’s Messiah. Recently, Allegra Sandrina in La finta giardiniera and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro De Vita performed Siebel in Faust with with Florida Grand Opera. Ms. Coburn has received awards from Washington National Opera, the George London Foundation, The Foundation, Maddalena with Austin Opera, the title The Jensen Foundation, The Liederkranz Foundation, Opera Index, role in Rinaldo with the Glimmerglass Festival, Angelina in La and was a National Grand Finalist in the 2001 Metropolitan Opera Cenerentola at Dayton Opera and Boston Midsummer Opera, the National Council Auditions. title role in Carmen in a semi-staged production with the Fort Wayne Chris Mosz Chris Mosz is a Tenor from Philharmonic. Ms. De Vita is a 2018 graduate from the Washington Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Chris was living National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artist Program. Ms. De Vita spent in the United Kingdom before the three summers at the Glimmerglass Festival performing the roles of pandemic hit. He is taking courses from Pippo in La Gazza Ladra, Fulvio in the American premiere of Cato in the Royal College of Music in London, Utica, and Arsamenes in Xerxes. Ms. De Vita was a 2015 Metropoli- and is currently a Circolo Award Holder, tan Opera National Council Auditions Grand Finalist and a 2nd prize and supported by the Joan Weller and winner with the Jensen Foundation Vocal Compeition. She was a Jesse Sumner Scholarship. More resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, PA, recently he has been seen on stage as where she performed the role of Charlotte in Werther and Zerlina the Young Collector at Tulsa Opera in in Don Giovanni. Ms. De Vita holds a master’s degree in voice from Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Rice studying with Dr. Stephen King, and a BA magna cum laude in for the past two summers has been biology with a neuroscience concentration from Sacred Heart working with Central City Opera where University. he played the role of Damon in Handel’s Acis and Galatea and covered both Kevin Thompson The American , Novice and Squeak in Britten’s Billy Kevin Thompson, possesses a voice with Bud. He feels honored to be a Filstrup Resident Artist during such a extraordinary range, depth, color trying time and hopes he can spread joy through his performance. combined with a commanding stage presence. “A mountain of a voice, with Elliott Wulff A native of San Diego, resonance from the Escorial of Philip II, California, Elliott Wulff holds a Masters the throne of Boris Godunov, and the of Music in Opera Performance from majestic court of Sarastro. Thompson Arizona State University and is a current delivered all the goods...” (San Francisco student of Peter Strummer. He holds Classical Voice). Kevin began the 2014- two Bachelor of Music Degrees in Vocal 2015 season singing the role of Ahmed Performance and Keyboard Sumani in the world premiere of Qadar at Collaborative Arts from Chapman the Kennedy Center; a return engage- University, where he graduated summa ment with Opera Santa Barbara as cum laude. He moved to Tulsa in June Sparafucile in Rigoletto; Beethoven’s of 2018, and is currently singing with the Missa Solemnis, also at the Kennedy Tulsa Opera Chorus and Tulsa Chorale. Center and with the Washington Chorus; and his debut as Osmin in Additionally, he teaches voice lessons at Die Entfuhrung as dem Serail and the role of Mephistopheles in Tulsa Community College where he Faust with West Bay Opera. This current season he debuted Opera holds an adjunct faculty position. His Carolina as Zemfira’s father in , joined Opera Santa Barbara roles have included Speaker in Die as Commendatore in Don Giovanni, performed Verdi’s Zauberflöte, Polyphemus in Acis and Galatea, Kecal in Bartered with the National Chorale at Avery Fisher Hall, Wagner’s Rienzi at Bride, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’Amore, Captain Corcoran in HMS the Kennedy Center, joined the National Philharmonic for Handel’s Pinafore, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, and the title role in Gianni Messiah. This summer he performed Osmin in Die Entfuhrung as Schicchi. Elliott has also appeared with Heartland Opera Theater in dem Serail at the Walnut Creek Festival, and the role of Captain in Puccini’s La Boheme in the roles of Benoît and Alcindoro. Daniel Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas with the New York City Julia Laird Delaware native Julia Swan Opera. Future engagements include the Mozart Requiem with Laird recently graduated from Arizona Maestro David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony, Verdi’s State University (ASU) with a Master of Requiem with Tallahassee Symphony, and Basilio in the Barber of Music degree in Opera Performance. Seville with Opera Hong Kong. As a permanent part of the Smith- While at ASU's Music Theatre and sonian Institute's Hirschorn Gallery in Washington, D.C., Mr. Opera program, Julia performed such Thompson is featured singing “Old Man River” in occurring audio roles as Romilda in Serse, Titania in The walk artwork exhibit entitled “Words Drawn in Water” by artist Janet Fairy Queen, and the title role in Les Cardiff. He is a graduate of Juilliard, AIMS Graz (American Institute Mamelles de Tirésias. She is an alumna of Musical Studies) and Aspen Music Festival. He has studied with of the Accademia della Lirica Italiana in (Institute for Dramatic Young Voices), Catherine Mal- Bari, Italy, and the Fairbanks Summer fitano (Act-Sing), and is currently with studying Bill Schuman in New Arts Festival Opera Studio. Equally at York. Mr. Thompson is the recipient of numerous awards including home in the concert hall, Julia was a those from the National Symphony Competition, the Don Giovanni featured soloist for the American Insti- International Competition, the Meistersinger Competition, Marian tute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Anderson Scholar, the Paul Robeson Competition, and the Rosa Austria and performed excerpts from Ponselle Competition. and Rigoletto with the AIMS Festival Orchestra. Andrew René Andrew René, , Winterthur Museum featured Julia’s recital, “The Female Perspec- has participated in vocal competitions tive: A Libby Larsen Recital,” as the opening event for its 2020 and professional engagements, including Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration. Julia was a Resident performances with the Virginia Opera Artist with the Mount Desert Summer Chorale in Bar Harbor, Maine, Association, the Bay View Association, where she performed at their 50th Anniversary Gala and was a Opera Raw, Piedmont Opera, the A. J. soloist for Mendelssohn's Elijah. Julia has been a soprano soloist Fletcher Opera Institute, the Charlotte with the St. Joseph on the Brandywine Choir and Chamber Ensem- Symphony Orchestra, and the Princeton ble in Delaware and the Choral Society of Durham and Pro Canto- Festival. During the summer of 2018 he res Orchestra in North Carolina. Julia placed fourth in the 2019 performed the role of Don Magnifico in AIMS Meistersinger Competition and placed third in the 2019 with the Brevard Music American International Czech and Slovak Competition in Green Center. He recently won first place in the Bay, Wisconsin. She has been a finalist with the Saltworks Opera Heafner-Williams Vocal Competition, the Competition and the first-place winner at Arizona NATS, Opera Guild of Charlotte Competition, Cal-Western Regional NATS, and North Carolina NATS. and the Rosen-Schaffel Young Artist Competition. In 2018, he played the Tulsa Opera has Celebrant in Bernstein’s Mass and in 2019 played Albert in Werther and Garibaldo in Rodelinda, all produced by the A. J. Fletcher placed vocal music Opera Institute, and the role of Marcello in La bohème with Opera Wilmington. Mr. René received his undergraduate degree from education back into Capital University where he studied with Élise DesChamps and Brian Banion, and, recently, his Master of Music degree from the A. schools that had their J. Fletcher Institute of Opera of the University of North Carolina programs cut due to School of the Arts where he studied with Dr. Marilyn Taylor and Robert Overman. state budget cuts. Steven White, Conductor: James Robinson, Director: Praised by Opera News as a conductor American stage director James who “squeezes every drop of excitement Robinson is Artistic Director at the Opera and pathos from the score,” Steven Theatre of St. Louis where he has White is one of North America’s mounted productions including premiere operatic and symphonic Blitzstein’s Regina, the world premieres conductors. He made his acclaimed of Jack Perla’s Shalimar the , Blanchard’s Champion and Fire Shut Up Metropolitan Opera debut in 2010, in My Bones, Adams’ The Death of conducting performances of La traviata Klinghoffer and Gordon’s The Grapes of starring . Since then Wrath. Elsewhere, Robinson has he has conducted a number of directed new productions for the Santa Metropolitan Opera performances of La Fe Opera (Vanessa, Dr Sun Yat Sen, traviata, with such stars as Natalie Cosi fan tutte, Capriccio, The Rake’s Dessay, Hei-Kyung Hong, Plácido Progress), Houston Grand Opera (Lucia Domingo, , Dmitri di Lammermoor, Nixon in China, Hvorostovksy and Matthew Polenzani. In the past several seasons Abduction from the Seraglio), San Francisco Opera (Dolores he has returned to the Met to participate in critically fêted Clairborne, , L’elisir d’amore, ), productions of Don Carlo, , The Rake’s Progress and (La bohème, Hansel and Gretel and Il viaggio a Reims), the Elektra. With a vibrant repertoire of over sixty-five titles, Maestro Wexford Festival (The Ghosts of Versailles) and Seattle Opera White’s extensive operatic engagements have included (Carmen). His work has also been seen at Opera Australia, Royal performances with New York City Opera, L’Opera de Montréal, Swedish Opera, Washington National Opera and many others. He directed Bernstein’s Mass for the London Symphony Orchestra with Opera, Opera Colorado, Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Marin Alsop and Shaffer’s Amadeus with the Los Angeles Opera Theater, Baltimore Opera, New Orleans Opera, and many Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. In the 2020-21 season he others. In recent seasons he has conducted Rigoletto with San directs Rigoletto for Tulsa Opera and Pagliacci, La bohème and Die Diego Opera, Otello with Austin Opera, La traviata with Utah Opera, Zauberflöte for Palm Beach Opera. Other recent engagements and a world premiere staged production of a brand-new Bärenreiter include a new production of Porgy and Bess (English National edition of Gounod’s Faust with Opera Omaha. In 2020 the COVID- Opera, Dutch National Opera, Metropolitan Opera) and new 19 pandemic necessitated the cancellation of his eleventh productions for Houston Grand Opera (Giulio Cesare and The production at Arizona Opera, Ariadne auf Naxos, as well as the House Without A Christmas Tree) and the premiere of ’s A Streetcar Named Desire at Company (Norma, Elektra and Nixon in China). Robinson directed Opera Roanoke. Music critics are effusive in their praise of conduc- the critically acclaimed world première of Champion by jazz and film tor Steven White’s ability to elicit inspired music-making from composer Terence Blanchard for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis: orchestras. Of his 2016 performances with the Omaha “Stage director James Robinson keeps it relentlessly interesting to Symphony, the Omaha World-Herald asserts that, “it would be hard watch throughout.” (Denver Post) to imagine a more complete performance of the Symphonie Fantastique. Highly nuanced, tightly controlled, and crisp, Steven Lyndon Meyer, Principal Pianist: White asked everything from orchestra members, and they were Lyndon has served as chorusmaster, flawless. He led them out of serene beauty into disturbing assistant conductor, principal pianist, dissonance and even to the terrifying point of musical madness and vocal coach for the Tulsa Opera since 2014. As a vocal coach, he has without ever losing control. It was insanely good.” Opera News held positions at the University of declares, “White is amazing: he consistently demands and gets the Oklahoma, Michigan State University, absolute best playing from the orchestra. Among the many orches- and the Eastern School of Music, as tras Maestro White has conducted are the Metropolitan Opera well as at the Florida Grand Opera. In Orchestra, the Philharmonic, the Orchestre Métropolitain February 2019, he made his du Grand Montréal, the Mozarteum und Salzburg Kulturvereinigung professional conducting debut for Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the New World Heartland Opera’s production of La Symphony Orchestra, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, the Colorado bohème. In the world of music theatre, Symphony, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus he has directed numerous productions Symphony Orchestra, the Charleston Symphony, the Florida around the country, and serves as Philharmonic, the Fort Worth Symphony and London’s staff accompanist for the annual Lotte for a CHANDOS recording of Lenya competition. Mr. Meyer also appears as a recitalist and featuring his wife, soprano Elizabeth Futral. In 2019 he made chamber musician throughout the region. In Tulsa, Mr. Meyer debuts with the San Diego Symphony, the Utah Symphony holds the post of Director of Music at the Church of Saint Mary Orchestra and the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra. Maestro (Tulsa) and appears as a guest choral conductor and clinician, in addition to maintaining an active coaching studio. He is a White is a passionate and dedicated educator. He has served graduate of the University of Arkansas (BM) and the Eastman multiple artistic residencies and led productions at such institutions School (MM). as the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Indiana University, the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, the University of Miami Frost School of Music Program in Salzburg, Kennesaw State University and Virginia Tech University. In the summer of 2019, he served as an artist in residence at the Shang- hai Conservatory in China and in 2020 he led a critically acclaimed production of La clemenza di Tito for the North Carolina School of the Arts Fletcher Opera Institute. He is in constant demand as an adjudicator of the most prestigious music and vocal competitions, including numerous auditions for the Metropolitan Opera National Council and the Jensen Foundation. Steven White proudly makes his home in Virginia, where he serves as Artistic Director of Opera Roanoke, a company with which he has been associated for two decades. Maestro White has conducted dozens of productions in Roanoke, including performances of Das Lied von der Erde, Der fliegende Holländer, Fidelio, Falstaff, Otello, Macbeth, Aida, Hänsel und Gretel and many others. In recognition of his contributions to the civic, cultural and artistic life of Southwest Virginia, Roanoke College conferred on Maestro White an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in May 2013. VIOLIN I CELLO Gina Davis, Concertmaster Kari Caldwell, Principal

VIOLIN II BASS Sheri Scales-Neubauer, Marc Facci, Principal and Principal Orchestra Librarian

VIOLA PIANO Jeff Cowen, Principal Lyndon Meyer

Julia Laird Andrew René Chris Mosz Elliott Wulff

Ethan Vincent: Rigoletto Cover Sam Briggs: Marullo Cover/Chorus Jana McIntyre: Gilda Cover Daniel Price: Matteo Borsa Cover/Chorus* Matthew White: Duke of Mantua Cover Christopher Jenkins: Count Ceprano Cover/Chorus* Kyle Albertson: Sparafucile Cover* Tristan Rais-Sherman: Conductor Cover* Deborah Nansteel: Maddalena Cover* Joe Fitzgerald: Pianist Cover* Christian Pursell: Count Monterone Cover/Chorus* *Indicates Tulsa Opera debut

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Rich ard Koenig 1964 — 2020

Support Music Education: TULSAOPERA.COM/RICHARD 61ST ANNUAL RICHARD KOENIG TULSA OPERA BALL

The 61st Annual Richard Koenig Tulsa Opera Ball will be held Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Southern Hills Country Club.

Tulsa Opera annually hosts the Opera Ball to celebrate achievement and transition for a special group of high school seniors. Debutantes, Squires, and their families participating, make lasting memories together on a magical evening to further the unique cultural mission of Tulsa Opera.

For more information, please contact Meredith Miers at [email protected] or 918-582-4035, Ext. 105.

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