WORLD PREMIERE

A Minnesota New Works Initiative Production

2011 – 2012 SEASON

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5 | SILENT NIGHT 6 | MINNESOTA OPERA mnopera.org chalet, excitedchalet, that reunited be hewill Sørensen. Nikolaus departs forthe of the Kronprinz, with oneAnna along ordered tosingbeen at the nearby chalet receives adirective that Nikolaus has the Kronprinz. Lieutenant Horstmayer arrived –andlittle Christmas trees from In the German bunker, crates have Scene three –December 24,morning Anna. about war toanimagined bunker, Nikolaus despair his reveals Alonein tosleep. the Germanbegin in no-man’s the land, soldiers slowly As itstarts tosnow, covering the corpses a sentiment ofthe by soldiers. all echoed sleep, He ofneeding not yetseen. sings Madeleine andtheir whomhehas child casualties in the battle, last missing while de-camp, Ponchel. the Alone,hetallies loss wife’s ofhis aide- tohis photograph leavesGeneral andAudebert laments the reprimand forsurrendering. him Th discovers the French waiting General to French bunker, Lieutenant Audebert Palmer off assesses the casualties Father while the bunker, Scottish Lieutenant Gordon Scene two–December 23,evening todie. behind shot, Jonathan must leave brother his the three bunkers. When is William pile up in no-man’s landbetween and the French corpses andScottish: A skirmish the Germans between Scene one –December aft 23,late French border, before Christmas In andaround abattlefi act i the men prepare forwar. nationalistic in the background, songs pregnant with their fi her husband forleaving she’s while Madeleineit angers whoexcoriates Parisian apartment ofthe Audeberts, Palmer, helplessly In looks on. the brother Jonathan their as priest, Father it inspires toenlist with William his InSprink. church, asmall Scottish Annasingers Sørensen andNikolaus disrupts the ofinternational lives opera a Berlin opera house, the announcement summer,Late 1914 prologue synopsis ers solacetoJonathan. In the War At isdeclared. rst With child. eld, near theeld, ernoon ernoon e In In • menacingly in the distance. explode bombs to“gourged in peace;” When the mass isfi brother’shis andvows revenge. body mass forthe men, Jonathan while fi the soldiers are awed. Father Palmer holds photos, their names. Anna appears and other. Th slowly andcautiously move toward each but forChristmas only Eve. Th fl white Eventually, the three lieutenants, waving a moves tothe center ofno-man’s land. bunkerssoldiers from all stand. Nikolaus the protestations oftheir superiors, the tree a gesture as offriendship. Against atop the bunker aChristmas raising Nikolaus Emboldened, him. stands toaccompany begins the bagpiper rousing midway through, Christmas song; Annaseeing Nikolaus with him. a sings withhim andamazement cheers at Nikolaus fellow arrives;soldiers greet his men in the other bunkers hearthe song. Palmer asentimental sings Th ballad. another unit has sent them, Father as that drink whiskey andplay abagpipe onto no-man’s land.Th infi French bunker, Gueusselin volunteers to Scene fi back tothe battlefi eld. spirit. Shevows toaccompany him byis saddened Nikolaus’ broken moments onaterrace outside. Anna Aftperform. At the chalet, Anna andNikolaus Scene four –December 24,early evening not mentioning brother’s his death. Jonathan writes aletter mother, tohis bunker, crates ofwhiskey have arrived. to remind ofit.In him the Scottish battle) at ten rings o’clock morning every in fromthe him abullet last shielded hecarriesclock (which next heart tohis an hour away Th onfoot. only wholives his morning, mother every reminisces about having coff by trade, cuts Audebert’s hair and Ponchel,of wine andfood. abarber Th apart. with aft Anna again ltrate the German bunker andsidles ve – December 24,night ag of truce, agree toacease-fi oftruce, agree ag eFrench soldiers receive crates ey share ey their provisions, their intermission erwards, they stealafew they erwards, er many months nished the mennished are e Scottish soldiers soldiers eScottish ee with e alarm e soldiers • In the the In e re re … nds empty. Snow begins to fall again. empty. again. tofall Snow begins boxcar. Th Pomerania. Th German soldiers deployed to are tobe Kronprinz announces angrily that the thesurvive war forthe child’s sake. Th infant Henri. sonnamed Th father –that hehas hehas learned an informs the French –his General punishmentas forthe truce. Audebert that transferred be hewill toVerdun Th man. orders Jonathan him killed. the shoots crossingseen the battlefi front When lines. aGerman soldier is that transferred be will they tothe soldiers forthe truce andannounces Th Scene fi forAnnaasylum andhimself. bunker unharmed, Nikolaus demands the men Reaching Frenchhis toshoot. no-man’s Horstmayer landas orders Nikolaus’ hand across andleadshim takes forinsubordination.him Anna to the Fatherland; Horstmayer arrests Horstmayerridicules allegiance forhis When the truce isover, Nikolaus Scene four –December 25,evening soldiers fortheir betrayal. that declare General punish will the they Major, the Kronprinz andthe French headquarters,reached andthe British the meantime, ofthe news cease-fi Scene three –December 25,allday notsuffhe will onwith Nikolauslooks andpromises that away.bearing ofbodies the wagon Anna rites, andthe soldiers form aprocessional early aft Scene two–December morning, 25,late thatdecide the extended. truce be will the dead.Th thatproposes of itmay all time be tobury intervene. Looking on,Horstmayer Father Palmer andLieutenant Gordon sentries are when him about toshoot brother.tries his tobury Two German Scene one –December 25,dawn act ii eBritish Major berates the Scottish eFrench Audebert tells General ve –December morning 26,late ernoon e battlefi ethree lieutenants and meet e soldiers are taken off er the samefate. Father Palmer delivers last eld isnow completely eld, theeld, Major ey vow to ey Jonathan Jonathan re re has ❚ In In in a a in e Music by Kevin Puts by Mark Campbell based on the screenplay by Christian Carion for the motion picture produced by Nord-Ouest Production commissioned by Minnesota Opera a Minnesota Opera New Works Initiative Production World Premiere November 12, 15, 17, 19 and 20, 2011 Ordway, Saint Paul Sung in English, French, German, Italian and Latin with English translations cast the german side the french side Nikolaus Sprink Lieutenant Audebert Liam Bonner Anna Sørensen Karin Wolverton Ponchel, Lieutenant Horstmayer Craig Irvin his aide-de-camp Andrew Wilkowske Kronprinz, French General Ben Wager son of Kaiser Wilhelm ii A. J. Glueckert Madeleine Audebert, Lt. Audebert’s wife Angela Mortellaro the scottish side Gueusselin, Jonathan Dale John Robert Lindsey a soldier Ben Johnson William Dale, his brother Michael Nyby ensemble soldiers Father Palmer Troy Cook Brad Benoit, Ben Crickenberger, Thomas Glass, Lieutenant Gordon Gabriel Preisser Brian Haase, Richard Joseph, Jonathan Kimple, British Major Joseph Beutel Chandler Molbert, Rodolfo Nieto, Daniel Weinstein creative team Conductor Michael Christie Wig and Makeup Designers Jason Allen and Ronell Oliveri Stage Director and Dramaturg Assistant Director Octavio Cardenas Set Designer Francis O’Connor Assistant Conductor Clinton Smith Costume Designer Kärin Kopischke Fight Choreographer Doug Scholz-Carlson Lighting Designer Marcus Dilliard Stage Manager Alexander Farino Projection Designer Andrzej Goulding Translation Assistance Anne Renucci, Jens Schäfer, Sound Designer C. Andrew Mayer Roberto Scarella Perino

Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell dedicate the score and libretto of Silent Night to Dale Johnson, whose idea it was to turn the movie Joyeux Noël into an opera and who nurtured it every step of the way.

Silent Night, based on the screenplay Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion for the motion picture produced by Nord-Ouest Production © 2005 – Nord-Ouest Production – Senator Film Produktion – Joyeux Noël Ltd. – Artemis Productions – Media Pro Pictures – tf1 Films Production – Les Productions de la Guéville

Silent Night is underwritten by Silent Night is supported in part by The Minnesota Opera season is sponsored by Margaret and Angus Wurtele 7 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation background notes by David Sander

France and Britain. Nonetheless, an eventual alliance was made between the three unlikely comrades who now feared a newly unifi ed Germany’s menacing power. Britain, in particular, was drawn out of historical isolationism aft er seeing World War i and the arranging royal matches for her litter of Russia’s disastrous defeat in the Russo- Christmas Truce of 1914 children, chose Wilhelm’s son, the Crown Japanese war in 1905, knowing France Prince Frederick, for her oldest daughter would need at least one functional ally. ow approaching its centenary, “Vicky.” Sadly, the heirs apparent would For all his bluster, Wilhelm ii was World War i scarcely receives only enjoy a short time in the spotlight terrified of the shift in balance of Nthe same attention as its more as Frederick died in the fi rst year of power, for his only treaty was with atrocious and deadlier younger sibling. his reign, leaving the empire to his son Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph, a Yet the conflict’s position in history Wilhelm ii. Th rough other dynastic relationship that had been tested by his reveals a horrific change in modern marriages, the new Kaiser found himself grandfather in the 1866 war between warfare tactics that must have shocked fi rst cousins to George v of England, the two countries. In an unexpected and overwhelmed its participants. Nicholas ii of Russia and various heads tactical move, when the young Kaiser Previously, Western Europe had of state as Victoria’s other children would inherited his empire, he foolishly enjoyed an unprecedented 43-year make similar matches. Danish King dismissed the new Reich’s architect, period of relative peace. Th e last major Christian ix likewise became “father-in- Otto von Bismarck. Th rough duplicity, clash had been between France and law” to Europe through the marriages or diplomacy and guile, the former Prussia in 1870–71, instigated by the successions of his four children. Th is close chancellor had carefully engineered former, but provoked by the latter over bloodline would cast an uneasy pale over the map of Europe to Germany’s the succession of the Spanish crown the Great War that was to come. advantage. Wilhelm preferred a more to a Hohenzollern heir. Since the Following the Franco-Prussian War, direct approach and embraced the Napoleonic wars, the Germans had politics on the Continent continued “Schlieff en Plan,” a remarkably detailed been engaged in a massive land-grab, to sour. France, Austria and Denmark and audacious top-secret preparation to acquiring Schleswig-Holstein in 1864; would never get over their strategic invade France through Belgium and the Hesse, Hanover and Mecklenburg in and territorial losses. Austria found Alsace-Lorraine (to be fair, France had 1867; Bavaria in 1871; and the Alsace and some solace in assimilating the Balkan a similar Plan xvii designed to retake Lorraine districts following the French nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an its conquered provinces). Th e army defeat. It was at this point Wilhelm i action supported by the diplomatically could be sustained by Germany’s vastly appointed himself Emperor of the sympathetic Germans, while angering superior and government-controlled Second Reich. the other Balkan nations, Serbia in railway system, giving the initiative Th e Kaiser’s rise in prominence particular. Russia had the recent enough manpower and artillery to attracted the attention of England’s unpleasant memory of losing a war in the capture Paris in 39 days. Attention could Queen Victoria, who in the process of Crimea (1853–56) fought against Turkey, then be shift ed to the east, as it would take the third entente member, Russia, at least that long to marshal its forces, thereby avoiding a war on two fronts. Wilhelm found his opportunity when the heir to the Austrian Empire, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife were fatally shot on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, by a member of the Serbian radical group, the Black Hand (the anarchists had already successfully murdered the king and queen of Serbia in 1903). He privately urged the archduke’s uncle, Franz Joseph, to take decisive action. When a list of unrealistic demands to investigate the matter was rejected (actually the Serbian government agreed to all but a few points), Austria recalled its ambassador and declared war within the month. Th e resulting Christmas Truce (Q 70075) 8 Imperial War Museum (London, England) background notes confl ict in the remote Balkans was hardly a concern for greater Europe, but all the treaties were triggered into action. Russia was honor-bound to defend Serbia and entered the war on its behalf. Wilhelm was obligated to fi ght on Austria’s side, and to justify the protection of Germany’s own borders in East Prussia, he seized the opportunity to initiate the Schlieff en Plan against Russia and its allies. On August 4, 1914, the Germans invaded Belgium and headed toward France. As this action was a violation of Belgian neutrality, Britain was obliged to enter the war, against strong opposition. Trench Christmas Th e Schlieff en Plan was largely an photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images intellectual exercise and didn’t account for a fair amount of Belgian resistance small armistices during the course of a between the trenches to actual cease- or British involvement. Nonetheless, war (for meals and to bury the dead), and fires with both sides meeting on in a few months the Germans found fraternization with the enemy, though the battlefi eld, sharing a smoke and themselves entrenched on the French discouraged, had occurred as recently as exchanging rations. One had to be border. A war that was supposed to the Crimean, Civil and Franco-Prussian careful not to get too close to enemy be over in six weeks had stalemated by wars. “Tommy” and “Fritz” could put territory, for some soldiers were taken December. Part of the problem was aside obligatory nationalism to see prisoner if they gained any knowledge the increased lethality of industrialized their opponents as regular guys forced of positions or weaponry. Many of the nations. Nineteenth-century warfare into combat by ambitious superiors. British were perplexed by the appearance had been a gentlemanly undertaking, Given Britain’s strong German ties, of the candle-lit trees over the makeshift where major battles would be decided many soldiers had actually worked in bunkers and the kind spirits of the in just a few days. In the four-decade gap England and spoke English. Saxons and Germans – these were, aft er all, the since the last skirmish, both sides had Anglo-Saxons had a shared ancestry, same people who had brutally invaded signifi cantly developed the velocity and and most of the other Germans were Belgium with little regard for civilian life range of artillery, which now included Bavarian, Hessian and Westphalian or property. Nonetheless, if they kept the bolt action rifl es, Howitzers, machine reservists rather than soldiers of the conversation light and didn’t discuss the guns and tanks. Cavalry, cannons and Prussian elite – those were sent to the war, conviviality could be maintained. bayonet runs were replaced by large, eastern front to defend their native Once part of the proud Napoleonic black, ear-splitting siege guns (christened lands. It was not uncommon for Grande Armée until La Débâcle (their “Black Berthas,” aft er the Krupp bomb lower-grade offi cers to also participate defeat to the Prussians), the French manufacturing heiress) that yielded in these proceedings, though some soldiers were a little more hesitant to nitrate incendiary devices, capable of shrewdly left it to the enlisted men, be cordial, given Germany’s aggressive killing more soldiers with greater force, believing the casual exchange might history toward their country, with its as did the subsequent introduction lead to useful intelligence from the siege and land seizure just 40 years of unpredictable, toxic chlorine gas. other side of No Man’s Land. earlier, and at present at the edge of In trenches that ran from the English Still, an official Christmas truce France with the intent to recapture Channel to Switzerland, both sides in 1914 was out-of-the-question, Paris. With the spirit of revanche, their dug in their heals for a subterranean yet contrary to popular belief, there camaraderie was not nearly on the same war of attrition and endured hideous were many of them up and down the scale as the British. As one recorded, conditions – cold, moisture, mud, lines. Th e British had received care “You would not fi nd the French and vermin, barbed wire, bombs and bullets packages from King George’s daughter, Germans exchanging cigarettes, I think, – as well as a range of new illnesses Princess Mary, containing tobacco and even if it were the morning of Judgment coined “shellshock” and “trench foot.” chocolate, and the Germans were given Day.” (In contrast, one rather ungrateful By December, Pope Benedict xv cigars, beer and Tannenbäume from French soldier remarked to a German, called for a cessation of hostilities for the 32-year-old Kronprinz Wilhelm (who “Beat those Britishers. We have no use holiday season, and both sides were ready actually commanded the Fift h Army in for them.”) Th ough there were short for a break in the unanticipated carnage. the Argonne). Interactions varied from agreements to lay down arms in order to Acceptable military code allowed for singing holiday songs back-and-forth take care of the dead (many of whom had 9

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His summer of2010 with Marin Alsopconducting the Cabrillo the work himself, fi Investment Mr. Puts program. performing has since begun piano concerto commissioned through the laco’s Sound ChamberAngeles Orchestra the gave premiere of Inconcertos. April 2008, Jeff for orchestra, includes four which andseveral symphonies of three major orchestral works: by Marin Alsop. byperformed the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, conducted Mission Juan San sawalso the premiere ofMr. Puts’ by the New York Philharmonic. Th commissioned the fanfare Nakura, andthe National Symphony Orchestra, which co-commissioned Vermont Symphony which andEnsemble (Japan), Kobe his from the New York Youth Symphony, premiered which Music Director. Other important early commissions came invitation Jekowsky, ofBarry the orchestra’s Founder and Concert Artists, Inc., andthe California Symphony at the was Composer-in-Residence named ofboth Young honors andawards forcomposition. Mr. Puts many has received oftoday’s most prestigious performed byperformed Yo-Yo Ma in honorof David Zinman’s Vision for the Minnesota concerto, and acello Orchestra; Concertante Symphony, premiered by Evelyn Glennie; County’sfor Orange Pacifi c Symphony and the Utah Since then, Mr. Puts has created ofworks asizeablebody Mr. Puts’ 2005–2006 the included premieres season An early boost to his career camein tohis An 1996 early boost when Mr. Puts rey Kahane in 2009.rey Asthe Composer-in-Residence Concerto for Everyone , commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and forfi solo ve instruments andorchestra , commissioned by Howard Hansen and Marimba Concerto Two Mountain Scenes rst appearing soloist during as the Clarinet Concerto, at Carnegie Hall in 1999, the Continuo rey Kahane andtherey Los colored musicalcolored voice, distinctivehis andrichly the Far Known East. for EuropeAmerica, and soloists throughout North orchestras, ensembles and byperformed leading commissioned andbeen music of and compelling,” the Times by Described Symphony No. 4:From Percussion Concerto esummer of2007 for brass andorgan. forbrass as “exhilaratingas featuring Makoto

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delphia in Kevin Puts’ opera new nesota Opera andOpera Company ofPhila- and with Cleveland Orchestra in Villains in Villains pany debuts with Wolf Trap the Opera as the Over summer andduring the 2011– 2012 Mr. season, Irvin makes role andcom- ulla del West Sam in men assignmentshis have in Zuniga included Lyric Opera ofChicago’s Ryan Opera Center, in in Mr. Irvin recently sang the Imperial Commissioner in Ashby in Nashville Opera reprisal in his ofthe role of Additional include upcoming engagements in in Eurydice Amore as in seen son, shewas Pinkerton in of day cast inSophie Il barbiere di Siviglia in Lyric Basilio Don andas Opera ofChicago Angelotti in as heappeared season, Aida Doctor/Professor in Penzance Edith in Opera; and Sarasota Hansel andGretel Die Fledermaus Sister Genovieff a Chautauqua Opera Apprentice and Artist; University ofWisconsin. versity andaBachelorof Music at the degree Ms. Mortellaro has a Master ofMusic performance in vocal fromdegree RiceUni- Figaro and internationally Susanna as in Opera Th Clorinda as appeared forAspen also tola La traviata Così fan tutte , Th with Pensacola In Opera. the 2009–2010 for Orlando Opera Company. Th forOperafestival Roma. di eseus in A Masked Ball eatre Frasquita as well as in , Clorinda in andAnna in Gomez La fanciulla del West Werther Les contes d’Hoff mann Lucia di Lammermoor . . Other roles include Gretel in Madame Butterfl Madame a L. Stringer Endowment Fund forthe andClorinda in a in a A Midsummer Night’s Dream , Madeleine in Madama Butterfl , the title role in the Sun- Recently in residence with to eachrole heportrays. commitment tocharacter avibrantbrings sound and Bass-baritone Craig Irvin lieutenant horstmayer Craig Irvin ing the roles ofDespina sing- season, for asecond Resident Artist program to the Minnesota Opera’s returns Mortellaro Angela madeleine audebert Angela Mortellaro with both PORTOpera PORTOpera both with at Knoxville Opera. the artists the Lulu Suor Angelica andAshby in Cinderella as well as Ramfi . Th Th y Silent Night Orpheus and Orpheus andAnnina e Consul ePirates of La Ceneren- La Silent Night , with Min- with , . Last sea- . Last Le nozze diLe nozze andKate y , Sally in , Sally La fanci- andthe Carmen Tosca Salome Car- s in at at as e , . ,

13 | SILENT NIGHT 14 | MINNESOTA OPERA mnopera.org Opera. Other directingOpera. credits include ward toFiorello in amoor’s mance the as shepherd Leuthold” in Car- New York Times andwas recently outseason in singled for Minnesota Opera during the 2010–2011 sang the in role ofLord Cecil Opera Young Artist Coaching Intensive. He Resident Artist Program andthe Vancouver Apprentice Program, the Minnesota Opera opment the such Santa as programs Fe Opera Siviglia mances ofFigaro in Rossini’s whereOpera in hesang Schools, perfor- 138 was amember ofthe 2007–2008 Vancouver Opera andDuluth Festival Mr. Opera. Nyby ver BachChoir, Santa Fe Minnesota Opera, withperformed Vancouver Vancou- Opera, He has Lyric Opera. Burnaby with 2007 in the artists the tions at Th plays forSteppenwolf Th numerous Opera andCarnegieburgh Hall; Grapes ofWrath he will also be featured be in also he will Vancouver Opera’s 2011–1012 where season, Th kee Primary Rep, in New Stages York, Court tion) and Award), Golden Age ofNorman Corwin the documentaries Director. His fi sixTonyand received Awards including Best of Seattle andSanJose Rep His Rep. production Kennedy Center, Th City tion). Playwriting include credits onhbo(Emmy aired ofwhich all Nomina- Honest ly (recently onBroadway), of Steppenwolf Th eatre in Chicago, l.a. Th eatre l.a. in Chicago, , Th Work S ong ong S Work eSong ofJacob Zulu and . He has in participated artist devel- Guillaume Tell On Tiptoe Studs Terkel: Listening to America e Huntington Th Fake and thensnap this tag. get.neoreader.com on your smartphone at mnopera.org/season orgo to about theseartists, For morebiographical information (co-written with Jeff(co-written lm directing credits include . Mr. Simonson isamember eatre in Chicago. at Minnesota Pitts- Opera, for his “standout forhis perfor- (Academy Award nomina- dian professionaldian Company Cana- andhis Ithaca Opera with 2002 made operatic his debut in Baritone Michael Nyby william dale Michael Nyby Rusalka Minnesota Opera and ed Simonson recently direct- Writer Eric anddirector stage director Eric Simonson A Note ofTriumph: Th Il barbiere di Siviglia Wuthering Heights . Mr. Nyby for- looks Bang the Drum Slow- eater in Pittsburgh, played on Broadway eatre; andproduc- eatre; Roméo etJuliette. eatre Works, Th forColorado eatre, Milwau- visit ourwebsite Il barbiere di Hatcher), (Academy Lombardi debut for for Th Th e e e e ,

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Opera. HeOpera. reprised the role ofNoah in Ian Gordon’s elFlorencia en Amazonas in suchRiolobo ton, heperformed roles as At the Moores Opera Center in Hous- da. fromhails the small town Flori- ofApopka, of Mr. Wilkowske recently sang the title productionrole in the critically acclaimed Madame Butterfl Madame returns toMinnesota Sharpless Opera as in in Hakenbock anddebuts the role ofBelcore Kirke Mechem’s Opera Th to Skylight Opera News and was a“lusty-voiced fellow,” according to accordingthe tothe show” Opera, JasonOpera, from in berfl öte with Pensacola Papageno Opera, in John Brooke in Mark di Siviglia biere Adamo’s Preisser sung has also the title role of Opera’s production of sungfor abeautifully Yamadori in Kentucky try role ofboth man in chio Dove’sJonathan in Geppetto he has recently as seen been the world premiere in Minnesota, where at Carnegierale Hall, arole hecreated for Grapes ofWrath and Danilo in with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Fly American premiere ofHoward Shore’s Mr. Wilkowske in the performed North also Albert in Minnesota sing Opera hewill this season, in Don Giovanni Th . Recently, L’elisir d’amore at Los Angeles Opera. Angeles at Los Der FreischützDer andHenry Kissinger in eEmperor ofAtlantis with Intermezzo, Prince Ottokar Th Werther e Cradle Will Rock . Th Don Giovanni Th is season, the isseason, baritone returns Th eGrapes ofWrath Opera News e Merry Widow eMerry with Owensboro Symphony, y Th with Cho- the Collegiate andYamadori in with Utah Opera. He also at Utah Festival For Opera. e Rivals with Moines Des Metro . Th Gabriel Preisser originally Chronicle ton and anactorby the presence asinger both as Praised power forhis and lieutenant gordon Gabriel Preisser Th today. His Papageno in performers onthe stage one ofthe most versatile Andrew Wilkowske is ponchel Andrew Wilkowske Grand Night for Singing eatre forthe premiere of e Adventures ofPinoc- Flutee Magic Madame Butterfl Madame , Tom Joad in Ricky with Boston Lyric with Boston to play Baronvon toplay and applauded him Washington Post Nixon inChina andthe title Little WomenLittle and Masetto , Larry Fore-, Larry Elmer Gan- Elmer , baritone Butterfl Die Zau- “stole Il bar- y Hous- . Mr. Th Th y e e . , .

Minnesota Orchestra in Italia!,”“Viva sang the role ofPamina with the performance ton Philharmonic of forits gala formed Donnaformed Anna in Anna in in Anna roles Recent include Musetta in ny No. 2 Nielsen’s Hall debut with the Minnesota Orchestra in Future include engagements her Carnegie Symphony No. 9 Opera Omaha andwas featured in Beethoven’s d’ Hoff d’ Th in Mimì Antonia in Micaëla in Ms. Wolvertonin Nicaragua. as seen been has La bohème Figarodi thePittsburgh Countess Opera, in reprisal ofher role in Ordway McKnight Theatre, St. Paul, MN St. Paul, Theatre, McKnight Ordway e Rake’s Progress With MET judge and Executive Director Director Executive and judge MET With All Metropolitan Opera National Council Events Events Council National Opera Metropolitan All Margaret Houlton at 952-939-6908 at Houlton Margaret Judges are Carol Kirkpatrick, Emily Emily Kirkpatrick, Carol are Judges mann moncuppermidwest.org or call Gayletha Nichols, Eric Weimer Weimer Eric Nichols, Gayletha UPPER MIDWEST REGION REGION MIDWEST UPPER with the Valley Chippewa Symphony. Don Giovanni For more information visit visit information more For with Piedmont Opera andMimì in Symphony No. 3 MINNESOTA DISTRICT are free and open to the public. the to open and free are December 3, 2011, 10am 2011, 3, December La bohème February 4, 2012, 12pm 2012, 4, February Pulley and Joel Revzen Joel and Pulley with Teatro Nacional deManagua Carmen Ordway Main Stage, Stage, Main Ordway Les contes d’Hoff with Moines Des Metro Opera. and Bruce Stasyna. Bruce and AUDITIONS AUDITIONS St. Paul, MN Paul, St. with the Phoenix Symphony. andAntonia in as well as Anne wellas as Trulove in Wolverton the Day- joined watch.” In 2010–2011, Ms. “aas young soprano to described bydescribed Karin Wolverton hasbeen anna sørensen Karin Wolverton with Pensacola a Opera, Th eGrapes ofWrath with Minnesota Opera, andMahler’s Die Zauberfl Don Giovanni mann Opera News and Donna La bohème Les contes Les contes Le nozze Le nozze öte Sympho- with with , per- with with ,

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