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Palm Beach Opera Orchestra insidewhat’s 2018-2019 SEASON Letter from Chairman 9 Artists 34 Board of Directors 10 Creative Team 39 General Director’s Welcome 11 Production Staff 41 Co-Producer Society & Palm Beach Opera Chorus 42 Program Sponsors 12 Palm Beach Opera Orchestra 44 La traviata 27 Benenson Young Artists 46 Cast of Characters 28 Apprentice Artists 47 Director’s Notes 29 Orpheus Legacy Society 54 Synopsis 30 Supporters 56 Production Team 32 Palm Beach Opera Staff 62 ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of Onstage Publications, Inc. Contents © 2019. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. PALM BEACH OPERA 5 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN DEAR PALM BEACH OPERA PATRONS, On behalf of the Palm Beach Opera Board of Directors, welcome to our first opera weekend of the 2019 Season. Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata is rightfully one of the world’s most beloved operas and I’m confident you will enjoy this performance! Those of you who were at our A night of…Rising Stars & Classic Melodies concert in December were surely impressed with the performance of our Benenson Young Artists. These extraordinary emerging artists along with star mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra conducted by Greg Ritchey brought the house down! This season, we have 8 Young Artists and 10 Apprentice Artists…the largest group ever. Palm Beach Opera and the Board of Directors are committed to continuing our focus on being a leader in Young Artist training, and we are all deeply grateful to Gladys Benenson and The Edward H. Benenson Foundation for renewing their generous $1 million dollar gift to ensure the Benenson Young Artist Program continues for the next few years. We have a memorable season planned for you and I hope you will join us again for our film noir inspired production of Don Giovanni in February, as well as the delightful Die Fledermaus in March. Another not-to-be-missed event will be our Gala showcasing the accomplished American tenor Matthew Polenzani. The last two Galas were sold out, so I encourage you to reserve your seat early! Our main objective has always been to create a sustainable Opera Company. I’m happy to report that thanks to your attendance, patronage and generous support, Palm Beach Opera ended last season once again with a small surplus. This allowed us to start a Board Designated Reserve Fund, which we hope to grow over the next few years to create even more solid financial reserves. Our future programming has been designed to continue growing our subscriber base, to provide exciting sponsorship opportunities, and to build community support for the Opera Company in Palm Beach and the surrounding neighborhoods. My personal objective has been to have our season completely funded prior to our first production. We have been close to this and with your continued support, I am confident we can reach this goal! Another key objective is to continuously focus on growing membership on our various leadership groups. To accomplish this goal, we rely on your participation. We welcome fresh ideas. I invite you to get more involved and take an active role in shaping the future of Palm Beach Opera by joining our Board, our Guild, our Co-Producer Society, or our Young Friends. Thank you very much for your ongoing enthusiasm and support and for joining us this weekend at the Opera. Enjoy the performance, I look forward to seeing you again at Don Giovanni. Dennis K. Williams Chairman PAST CHAIRS Marc S. Solomon (2008-2012) William D. Chalek (1977-1979) James W. Beasley, Jr. (2005-2008) Dr. Warner Earle Fusselle (1976) Robert M. Montgomery (1986-2005) James Nemec (1973-1975) Shannon Ginn (1984-1985) Mrs. Carleton R. Dodge (1973) Herb Benn (1982-1983) William K. de Veer (1972) Dr. Elwood Groves (1977-1979) PALM BEACH OPERA 9 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS DIRECTORS EMERITI Dennis K. Williams Sanford M. Baklor Hans D. Baumann Chairman Dr. Robert Biscup Dr. Elizabeth Bowden Nathan Leventhal David Brodsky Claire Chasanoff* President Annette Y. Friedland Rita Denerstein Ann Fromer John Domenico Jeffrey H. Alderton Paul A. Goldner Leon Fassler* Vice President Ronnie Isenberg Arlette Gordon Gladys Benenson Florence Kaufman Chuck Hardwick Vice President John J. Pohanka Dr. David I. Kosowsky* William G. Brown Marc Solomon Howard Lester* Vice President Ed Streim Virginia Longo Marc E. Wise Charlotte Miller Sanford Fisher Sunny Miller Vice President LEGAL COUNSEL Robert M. Montgomery* David Genser Jeffrey I. Pheterson Helen K. Persson* Vice President M. Mac Schwebel* Muriel Shapiro* Charles Gottesman Vice President Reneé Silvester* Dr. John Strasswimmer Dr. Marsha Laufer Barbara Weimer Vice President Sy Ziv* Ari Rifkin Vice President Peter A. Hoffman Secretary & Treasurer *In Memoriam LIFETIME GIVING CONTRIBUTORS With special thanks to the following individuals who have made cumulative contributions to Palm Beach Opera of $1,000,000 or more. Anonymous Mrs. Lorraine Friedman Palm Beach Opera Guild Mrs. Cornelia T. Bailey*, Mr. Eugene* & Mrs. Helen K. Persson* The Cornelia T. Bailey Mrs. Ronnie Isenberg Mrs. Lois B. Pope Charitable Trust Mr. Robert* & Mr. M. Mac Schwebel* Mrs. Gladys Benenson, Mrs. Mary Montgomery The Edward H. Benenson Foundation *In Memoriam PALM BEACH OPERA 10 GENERAL DIRECTOR’S WELCOME GREETINGS, DEAR PALM BEACH OPERA FRIENDS! A most happy, healthy, and joyful New Year to all of you. I’m delighted to welcome you to our Season Opening production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, and I thank you for having decided to experience live opera today. I’d like to especially welcome you if you are joining us for the first time, and look forward to getting you know you better throughout the season. Providing Community Engagement and Education Programs as well as Artist Training are two of the three pillars of our mission. Since arriving at the beginning of November, our Apprentice have already performed over 40 Concerts in the Classroom, ANIMA programs, Story Time Series programs, as well as Community Concerts such as the one at the Boca Museum of Art. Our Benenson Young Artists in turn have sung at the Tangerine Theater in Hobe Sound, and were most recently featured in our one-time only A night of…Rising Stars & Classic Melodies concert at the Kravis Center. Alumni of the Benenson Young Artist Program now sing at many major opera houses in the world, including at the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Vienna State Opera, Berlin Deutsche Oper, and National Dutch Opera in Amsterdam. We are most grateful that thanks to the ongoing support from The Edward H. Benenson Foundation, Inc., the Program is assured for the next five years and will continuously enable us to train future opera stars. The third, or really first pillar, of the mission of course are our fully staged opera productions. I hope all of you will join us again in February for our much anticipated film noir inspired production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni, conducted by our Chief Conductor David Stern. Mo. Stern leads an ensemble of accomplished Mozart singers, including Andrei Bondarenko as Don Giovanni, Caitlin Lynch (last season’s Countess in Le nozze di Figaro) as Donna Anna, and Joshua Bloom as Leporello. Kristine McIntyre’s production has been called “a stunning success, capturing the essence of this opera’s power and moral struggle” (Sarah Young – KC Metropolis). It transports the action to the 1950’s and lives from unified black-white color design with wonderful shadow play, and an urban environment. An ideal way to explore the morally corrupt Don Juan and his (un)-doing. Your continued support is making all our impact in the community possible, and we are most grateful to you for your generosity! We would be thrilled if you decided to get more involved, joined our Palm Beach Opera Guild, our Board, or our Young Friends, and we’re happy to hear your ideas about how to continuously improve and strengthen Palm Beach Opera. For today, I thank you again for having joined us, and wish you a emotional performance experience. Daniel Biaggi, General Director PALM BEACH OPERA 11 CO-PRODUCER Palm Beach Opera acknowledges with gratitude and appreciation the generous Co-Producers whose designated contributions underwrite production costs, and are instrumental in making this season’s productions possible. Contributions to the 2019 season, current as of 1/11/2019 SOCIETY PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER THE CORNELIA T. BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST, IN LOVING MEMORY OF CORNELIA T. BAILEY La traviata Palm Beach Opera most gratefully acknowledges Cornelia Bailey’s immense support to Palm Beach Opera’s productions and programs. Mrs. Bailey’s keen interest in productions, her love for a broad variety of repertoire, and her appreciation of beautiful scenery and costumes led her to become an Executive Producer. Last year, Palm Beach Opera mourned the loss of this dear friend and gracious supporter. Her legacy as a Palm Beach Opera patron and supporter will continue every time the curtain rises on another mainstage opera production. PALM BEACH OPERA 12 EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MR. & MRS. WILLIAM G. BROWN Die Fledermaus MRS. RONNIE ISENBERG, IN LOVING MEMORY OF EUGENE ISENBERG Don Giovanni Palm Beach Opera is deeply grateful to Ronnie Isenberg for her magnanimous support in memory of Gene. Ronnie and Gene have alternately been on the Board of Directors for the past 20 years, and have always been among the leaders of Palm Beach Opera.
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