DON GIOVANNI LYRIC THEATRE @ ILLINOIS Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Filippo Ciabatti, conductor | Nathan Gunn, director and featured artist Thursday-Saturday, February 22-24, 2018, at 7:30pm Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 3pm Tryon Festival Theatre THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS This production of Don Giovanni has been sponsored in part by the following generous gifts: THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS CLINE MICHAEL AND SUSAN HANEY THE ACT OF GIVING OF ACT THE A. MARK NEUMAN IN HONOR OF SERGEANT SHAWNA M. MORRISON (1978-2004), THE FIRST FEMALE STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN TO FALL IN COMBAT SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 2 WELCOME We are delighted to welcome you to the 2017-18 February brings Mozart’s Don Giovanni to the Lyric Theatre @ Illinois season! We are showcasing Tryon Festival Theatre, directed and sung by a wide range of sung theatre this year, from Nathan Gunn in his directorial debut! classical masterpieces to children’s stories to edgy March, two workshops of new operas, written by off-Broadway titles to absurdist political satire. women for women, in cooperation with American September brought us [title of show], a co- Opera Projects and the Prototype Festival. production with Allerton Park, Jeff Bowen and And finally,She Loves Me, Harnick and Bock’s Hunter Bell’s hilarious and moving exploration of charming musical about a pair of perfume shop the lives of young creative minds in today’s New clerks—is the tension between them secretly love? York City. In November, Hansel and Gretel by the Now in our fourth year, Lyric Theatre continues Brothers Grimm, with a breathtakingly beautiful to grow rapidly. At clinics and masterclasses score by Engelbert Humperdinck. Gingerbread around North America, Europe, and Asia we houses, dew fairies, witches, and angels ushered are being recognized as leaders in the 21st- in the holidays for every age. century development of performers, pedagogy, In December, we explored Russia and the production, and new works. We’re excited to Revolution of 1917 with Tschaikovsky, Borodin, share our community here at Krannert Center for and Prokofiev scenes surrounding the workshop the Performing Arts with the world. of Black Square, a new opera by a creative team Yours, that has recently been at the center of artistic and Julie and Nathan Gunn political events at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. DIRECTORS, LYRIC THEATRE @ ILLINOIS 3 PROGRAM DON GIOVANNI LYRIC THEATRE @ ILLINOIS Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Filippo Ciabatti, conductor Nathan Gunn, director and featured artist Thursday-Saturday, February 22-24, 2018, at 7:30pm Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 3pm Tryon Festival Theatre ACT I 20-minute intermission ACT II This production includes gun shots, smoke, haze, strobe effects, and mature content. Lyric Theatre @ Illinois is produced by the University of Illinois School of Music (Jeffrey Magee, director). 4 DON GIOVANNI CONDUCTOR MEDIA DESIGNER Filippo Ciabatti Anja Hose DIRECTOR PROPERTIES MASTER Nathan Gunn Kyra Lyon CHORUS MASTER/ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR HAIR/MAKEUP COORDINATOR Fernando Malvar-Ruiz Samantha C. Jones CONTINUO MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR Alex Munger Michael Tilley ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR COACHING STAFF/ACCOMPANISTS Sarah Wigley Jaime Cohen Jeeson Eun FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER Alphonsus Kiu Zev Steinberg Cadis Ying-Jie Lee SCENIC DESIGNER Alex Munger José Manuel Díaz-Soto STAGE MANAGER COSTUME DESIGNER Cathy Fazio Nicole Zausmer TECHNICAL DIRECTOR LIGHTING DESIGNER Dylan Kind Eric Van Tassell ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/SUPERTITLES SOUND DESIGNER Nole F. Jones Matt Powell 5 CAST DON GIOVANNI CHORUS Nathan Gunn^ Corey James Barlow Euigun Lee# Colleen Bruton Kevin Lucas (Cover) Grant Stephen Pierce Ebert Elizabeth Gartman DONNA ANNA Olivia Candace Gronenthal † Anna Kristine Phillips Caitlin Elizabeth Hennessy Yunji Shim* Scott Christian Knier DONNA ELVIRA Nic Koch Gabrielle LaBare* Wes Litten Kimberly Ann Ouellette† Jessica Rose Ragsdale Jessica Rose Ragsdale (Cover) Geoffrey Schmelzer Maggie Wolfe LEPORELLO Jonathan Michael Cortez† PARTY MUSICIANS Dean Perry Moore, II* Terence Lo Grant Stephen Pierce Ebert (Cover) Kayla Schoeny Alyssa Tong ZERLINA Laura Schachner† ^February 22, 23, 24 Loucine Brigitte Topouzian* *February 22, 24 Maggie Wolfe (Cover) †February 23, 25 #February 25 MASETTO Kevin Lucas† Xiaoyi Zha* DON OTTAVIO Ryan Bryce Johnson* Andrew Turner† Corey James Barlow (Cover) COMMENDATORE Philip Phillips DONNA ELVIRA’S WOMAN Caitlin Elizabeth Hennessy 6 ORCHESTRA VIOLIN OBOE Connie Bao Matthew Harms Noah Larson Erin Mathewson Gaeun Kim Edyta Krejner CLARINET Claudia Kubarycz-Hoszowska Dasom Nam Daniel Ostrow Jacey Schick Lina Saleh BASSOON Trevor Thompson Alex Brake Alyssa Tong Megan Braunschweig Hannah Woo FRENCH HORN VIOLA Molly Frederick Natalie Briggs Clark Stevens Elsie Han Jacqueline Scavetta TRUMPET Nicole Gillotti CELLO Saori Kataoka Nikita Annenkov Masha Begacheva TROMBONE Terence Lo Walter Cook Kayla Schoeny Matt Granger Nick Wurl BASS James Jaeger TIMPANI Justin Slater Sebastian Nassar Guilherme Ehrat Zils KEYBOARD FLUTE Jamie Cohen Zach Osinski Cadis Lee Sammy White 7 SYNOPSIS ACT ONE Capitol has acquired and then pillaged to feed Libertine Capitol Building, Manhattan, NY, Elvira’s sexual jealousy by describing these minutes before the close of trading ”belle” as if they were women. Elvira does drugs An office bustling with energy and activity. The to drown her misery. Commendatore attempts to see Don Giovanni about the attempted takeover of his company, The main office Sebastian Shipping. A group of workers from the company arrive to set up for a party. Zerlina has been charged with Leporello stands sentinel outside Giovanni’s getting the party ready for Libertine Capitol. office, complaining about his lot in life and his Masetto’s food truck is catering the event so he desire for power and wealth. Don Giovanni is there working. The staff are goofing around is inside, aggressively taking over Sebastian pretending to be the guests. Masetto and Zerlina Shipping. Donna Anna, his childhood friend and play the guests of honor in a mock wedding. heiress to the family company, is panicking. He Leporello arrives with Giovanni who sets his sight has secretly hacked into her computer and can on Zerlina. see her through her computer camera. Giovanni decides to have an impromptu party The Commendatore has discovered Giovanni’s at his office. Leporello is ordered to distract scheme and bursts in, wishing to fight. Giovanni Masetto. Giovanni and Zerlina are left alone. shoves him out of the door. The Commendatore dies on the stairs. Libertine Capitol lobby Giovanni woos Zerlina, who is intrigued by the Giovanni is under the impression that he killed attention from her employer. Elvira has regained Anna’s father. Leporello considers his master’s consciousness just in time to save the ”miserable takeover of Sebastian Shipping as ”rape” and the innocent” from Giovanni’s clutches. death of the Commendatore ”murder.” Giovanni wants to celebrate after his huge victory Anna asks Ottavio for help in saving her father’s over Sebastian Shipping. Ottavio enters with company. He pledges to spill his own blood in Anna seeking Giovanni’s help. He promises to order to do so. help in every way he can. Elvira enters and attacks Giovanni. He has her escorted out of the building. Leporello upbraids Giovanni for his sins. Giovanni He returns to Anna and Ottavio to apologize and responds angrily, but he is interrupted by the say that he must leave them in order to be sure arrival of his wife, Donna Elvira. The Don tries to Elvira gets home safely. His words gives his true calm Elvira and reassure her that he does love her. nature away: he calls her ”bellissima” (one of his She wants none of it, so he asks Leporello to tell ”belle”). Anna suddenly recognizes him as the her what he has been up to . Leporello begins man who attacked her (Sebastian Shipping) and to weave his web of deceit. then killed her father. He realizes that Elvira is vulnerable. He knows Anna retells the story of Giovanni attacking her exactly how he can begin bringing Giovanni down. (the company) as she was helpless and alone in He uses the list of companies that Libertine her office. Her story is meant to raise jealousy Leporello returns with Elvira, sees the light from in Ottavio. She asks him to avenge her and her the corner where Masetto and Zerlina are, and father. He is determined to help her. decides to investigate. Leporello enters complaining about Giovanni Don Ottavio then enters, having been sent by again. Giovanni sees Leporello and asks him how Donna Anna to avenge her father’s murder. everything is going. Leporello has done all that They all individually want to punish him. Masetto he asked in order to prepare for the party and suggests that all three of them do it. They seize Zerlina has arrived. Finally, things seem to be Leporello, still disguised as Giovanni. going well and a big celebration for his conquest can finally happen. Leporello begs for forgiveness from the four of them and claims that he is also a victim. He Giovanni sings in celebration. escapes to Giovanni’s secret room. Libertine Capitol lobby Ottavio is convinced that there is no doubt Masetto and Zerlina find themselves early for Giovanni is the killer. He goes to the back of the party. In order to make peace with Masetto, the office to get online to spread the news of Zerlina suggests he beat her. Masetto skulks off Giovanni being a ”rapist and murderer.” Masetto to the protest of Zerlina. The party begins. Anna, does the same on his mobile. Elvira also joins the Ottavio, and Elvira arrive in disguise and join the social media attack. festivities. An imbroglio ensues. Leporello has come out of hiding. He is in ACT TWO Giovanni’s office. We see the breaking news of the Commendatore’s death.