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DETROIT OPERA HOUSE • HOME OF MIC U N PERA TH ~AT~ April 9-17, 2005 May 7-22, ,2005 June 4-12, 2005 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre WHERE MEMORY LIVES IN BEAUTY. Nestled within White Chapel's pastoral splendor, one will discover the magnificent new Guardian Angel Niches. Providing permanent inurnment, they are the latest in a full range of options White Chapel offers, including mausoleum crypts and niches, traditional cemetery burial and cremation, all with interest-free terms. Let us assist you in pre-planning and selection. Call (248) 362-7670 NON-SECTARIAN West Long Lake Road at Crooks in Troy Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Renew your passion 2005 The Official MagaZine of tlte Detroit Opera House BRAVO IS A MICHIGAN O PERA T HEATRE P UBLICATION Spring C ONTRIB UTORS Dr. David DiChiera Laura Wyss Karen Vande rKloot DiChiera Roberto Mauro Michigan Opera Theatre Staff WELCOME Dave Blackburn, Editor Letter from David DiChiera ........... .. .. .. ..... 4 P UBLISHER Live PUblishing Company ON STAGE Frank Cucciarre, Design and Art Direction Blink Concept &: Design, Inc. Production TOSCA . .. .. ............. .. ......... ... ... 5 Chuck Rosenberg, Copy Editor Setting ... .... ... ... ..... .... .. .... 6 Toby Faber, Director oj Advertising Sales The Director's Cut. .. ......... .. .. .... .... .... 8 Physicians' service provided by Henry Ford Medical Center. MARGARET GARNER . .. ... ... .... 9 Pepsi-Cola is the official soft drink and juice THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. ... ... .. ... 11 provider for the Detroit Opera House. Setting .. ...... .... ...... ............ ..... 12 Cadillac Coffee is the official coffee of th Detroit Opera House Donizetti and The Daughter of the Regiment. .... 13 Steinway is the official piano of the Detroit Opera House and Michigan Opera Theatre. Artist Profiles . ......... ..... ........ ...... 15 Steinway pianos are provided by Hammel Young Artist Apprentices .. .. .. .... .. ... .. ... 18 Music, exclusive representative for Steinway and Sons in Michigan. Chorus and Orchestra .... .. .... .. .... 19 President Tuxedo is the official provider of formal wear for the Detroit Opera House. MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE Michigan Opera Theatre is a nonprofit cultural Administration and Staff. .. ... ....... ... 20 organization, whose activities are supported Avanti Society . .. .. .. ....... .. ........ ..... 22 in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for Board of Directors and Trustees ... ........ .. .... 23 the Arts, and other individuals, corporations and foundations. Michigan Opera Theatre is CONTRIBUTORS an Equal Opportunity Employer. Campaign to Restore the Detroit Opera House . ........... 24 Michigan Opera Theatre Contributors ..... ............. 26 IN MEMORIAM Ara Berberian . 27 Josephine Harreld Love .. ... ....... .. ..... .. 28 City of Detroit Cultural Affoirs Department NA T ION A L EN D OW M ENT MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE fOR THE ARTS Community Programs ... .. .. .... .............. ... 32 1I.bdt poSSible wnh the :'l.1PJXll1 of thl.' Midlig.an Coundl ror Arts ;lnd Cuhtlml Aff~l!rs, a p..1Jl llel' agenq of the National Endowlllent Volunteers . .... ..... ... ... ..... ... 33 for the Am General Information ..... .... .. ... .. ....... 34 Copyright 2010,www. MicMichiganhiganOpera.org Opera Theatre BRAVO 3 Renew your passion ~ Welcome to Michigan Opera Theatres Spring Season! Dear Friends, Theatre, the Margo V Cohen Center for I take great pleasure in welcoming you Dance, the Marion and David Handleman to the Detroit Opera House for Michigan Media Studio, the Lee and Floy Barthel Opera Theatres 2005 spring opera season. Costume Shop, the Allesee Dance &: Opera Resource library, and a new We have assembled a wonderfully street-level retail space for an expanded diverse season for you, with three boutique. The learning center will also phenomenal operas. provide a new home for our award-win Tosca is undoubtedly one of the greatest . ning Learning at the Opera House series, theatrical dramas of all time-a tale of love allowing us to expand our programming and deceit, with a breathtaking score by and present educational opportunities Puccini. year-round. May 7th, after six years of preparation, we Looking ahead to the fall, we've planned will host the world premiere of Margaret a spectacular season to commemorate never been happy to rest on our laurels. Gamer. Our first world premiere to be Michigan Opera Theatres 35th anniversary The recent completion of our final capital staged at the Detroit Opera House, Margaret The 2005/2006 season will feature produc campaign, the Crowning Achievement, has Gamer is an incredible American opera by tions of Bellinis bel canto masterpiece, allowed us to take on two projects that will Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison. Norma, a revival of the ever-loved La transform Broadway into a more vibrant, Michigan Opera Theatre has a long history Boheme by Puccini, our first main-stage pedestrian-friendly corridor and provide of encouraging and presenting relevant production of Rossinis Cinderella, and the valuable resources to the community as new works, and I'm very proud to con return of the controversial, and exception a whole. tinue this legacy; as we raise the curtain ally powerful, Salome by Richard Strauss. on one of the most Significant new We've demolished our outdated Opera In April, we'll commemorate the 10th operas of our time. House Garage to make way for a new, anniversary of the Detroit Opera House's state-of-the-art facility; complete with We'll close the season on a high note, opening with a lavish new production of parking for 800 cars, and 20,000 square with a delightful comic opera by Donizetti, Verdis Aida. feet of prime retail space. The new struc The Daughter of the Regiment. We are very The Detroit Opera House continues ture will be well lit, safe and attractive, excited to present this li ghthearted tale of to be the only venue in Southeastern with improved entrances and exits on love for the first time in over a decade. Michigan to present the major dance John R. and Grand River, and a fa<;:ade companies of the world. The 2005/2006 2005 has been a benchmark year for that will complement the Opera House DaimlerChrysler Dance Series is perfect Michigan Opera Theatre, and while you've and surrounding buildings. While this evidence of this, as our grand stage will come to see the excitement on stage, I hope construction has created a temporary by graced by Alvin Ailey American Dance you'll join us in celebrating a number of inconvenience, I know that you will Theatre, the Kirov Ballet, the Joffrey other milestones. appreciate our new facility, which will be Ballet, Savion Glover and Les Grands In the same week as Margaret Gamer, open in time for our fall opera season. Ballets Canadiens de Montreal. 1 hope Thank you for your patience and under Michigan Opera Theatre and the city of you'll Join us for these unforgettable standing, as we work to improve and Detroit will host OPERA AmeJicas Opera experiences. Conference 2005: Diverse Voices. We're ensure parking for your theatre-going very excited to welcome colleagues experience. Thank you, and enjoy the show I world-wide to our magnificent Opera Equally exciting is our crown jewel, House, and to share with them the many the Ford Center for Arts and Learning. treasures of our great city Construction crews have taken over the While the 1996 opening of the Detroit Broadway side of the Detroit Opera House, David DiChiera Opera House has long been viewed as the working diligently to renovate the six-story Founder and General Director catalyst for the revitalization of Detroits tower. The Ford Center for Arts and Michigan Opera Theatre sports and entertainment district, we've Learning will include the DaimlerChrysler 4 BRAVO Copyright 2010,www.MichiganOpera.org Michigan Opera Theatre Detroit Opera House World Premiere: Rome, january 14,1900 Sung in Italian with English surtitle translation Running time approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including intermissions 3.1;J,J' rt~.#. ~ 2005 Spring Season is made possible by Cadillac. www.Mi chiga nOpera.org BRAVO 5 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre ON STAGE Setting: Rome in the time of Napoleon ACT I the entrance of Baron Scarpia, chief of him off, she protests her fate to God, Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political the secret police, in search of Angelotti. having dedicated her life to art and love prisoner, runs into the church of When Tosca returns looking for Mario, ("Vissi d'arte") Spoletta interrupts; faced Sant'Andrea della Valle to hide in the Scarpia shows her the Attavanti crest on a with capture, Angelotti has killed him family chapel. At the sound of the fan he has found. Thinking Mario faithless, self. Tosca accepts Scarpia's proposition. Angelus, the Sacristan enters to pray, Tosca tearfully vows vengeance and leaves, The baron pretends to order a mock exe interrupted by the painter Mario as the church resounds with Te Deum. cution, and Spoletta leaves. Scarpia pre Cavaradossi, who has come to work on Scarpia has the diva trailed, scheming to pares a document of safe conduct for the his portrait of Mary Magdalene-inspired get her in his power ("Va Tosca l"). lovers. When he embraces her, Tosca by the Marchesa Attavanti, Angelottis stabs him with a knife from the table, wrenches the document from his hand sister. Mario contrasts the beauty of the ACT II blond Marchesa with that of his lover, and, plaCing a crucifix on his chest, slips In the Farnese Palace, Scarpia antici the raven-haired singer Floria Tosca out. pates the pleasure of bending Tosca to ("Recondita armonia"). Angelotti ventures his will ("Ha pili forte sapore") . The spy out and is recognized by Mario, who Spoletta arrives; having failed to find ACT III gives him food and hurries him back into Angelotti, he placates the baron by bring A Shepherd is heard singing, as church the chapel as Tosca is heard outside. She ing in Mario, who is interrogated while bells toll the dawn. Mario is led to the jealously questions Mario, then prays and Tosca is heard singing at a royal gala roof of Castel Sant'Angelo to await execu reminds him of their rendezvous that downstairs.