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DIRECTOR We humans tend to spend our lives dealing in certainties, and this quality applies equally to the way that we view a live perfor- mance. Regardless of how disturbing the events of a play, film or opera might be, we like to know how things start and how they end. With that as a basis, we can then reflect on the events we have just witnessed, assign a significance or meaning to them, perhaps apply that meaning to our own lives, and hopefully to be richer for the overall experience. One of the most fascinating and defining aspects of The Turn of the Screw, however, is its complete lack of certainty. Ever since 1898 when Henry James first published his novella on which the opera is based, readers and critics have argued over what exactly happens in the story,

© RICK DAHMS and therefore the work’s true meaning. Are the ghosts real or are they a figment of the fevered imagination of the work’s central character, the Governess? Literary critics and psychoanalysts have had a field day debating the Governess’s sanity, and more than a century later there is no sign of the debate waning.

Turned into an opera, inevitably some aspects become more concrete—on the whole, ghosts are not known for their singing!—but crucially, Britten still maintains the ambiguity that is inherent in the work, and it is precisely this ambiguity that makes The Turn of the Screw so unsettling. In this opera there are no certainties, only doubts. By remaining open and never offering an answer to the mystery, Britten opens up the minds of the audience to all possibilities. The horror that the Governess feels for the events of the past is shared by the audience, even though these events are never specified. Our imaginations are left free to run wild. For those of you planning to attend a post-performance talkback, I am especially looking forward to hearing your interpretations of what you will have seen!

Steering us through such difficult territory requires an experienced hand, and so it is a particular pleasure to welcome back our director, Peter Kazaras. He has a long association with the work. Not only has he previously directed it, he has also sung the role of Peter Quint in five different productions, including here at Seattle Opera. It is also my great pleasure to introduce our con- ductor Constantin Trinks who will be making his US opera debut with this production. Maestro Trinks is one of the most sought-after young conductors in the world today, and we are very proud that he will be debuting with us here in Seattle.

On a slightly different note, many of you may have heard that this season will be my last at the helm of Seattle Opera, as I will be heading back to the UK at the end of June. But that is still some way off, and there are many wonderful nights of opera between now and then, and, of course, the opening of our new Opera Center next door. I hope to see you there!

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© Philip Newton THE TURN OF THE SCREW Music by Benjamin Britten Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after a story by Henry James

Premiere: Venice, Teatro la Fenice, September 14, 1954 CONDUCTOR LIGHTING DESIGNER Constantin Trinks† Connie Yun Seattle Opera Premiere: March 12, 1994 STAGE DIRECTOR PROJECTION DESIGNER Peter Kazaras Adam Larsen† Performed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall: October 13, 14m, 17, 20, 24, 26, and 27, 2018. SCENIC DESIGNER ENGLISH CAPTIONS Robert Dahlstrom Jonathan Dean

In English with captions. COSTUME DESIGNER Deborah Trout Evening performances begin at 7:30 pm. Matinee begins at 2:00 pm. Latecomers and those who leave during the performance will not be seated once the music begins. CAST (in order of vocal appearance)

Act I: 54 minutes. Act II: 54 minutes. FLORA NARRATOR/PETER QUINT There will be one 30-minute intermission. Benjamin Bliss Soraya Mafi† MISS JESSEL GOVERNESS Elizabeth Caballero Marcy Stonikas

MRS. GROSE † Seattle Opera debut Maria Zifchak

By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., MILES publisher and copyright owner. Rafi Bellamy Plaice†

Scenery construction by Seattle Opera Scenic (October 13, 17, 24, 27) Studios. Costumes provided by Seattle Opera Forrest Wu Costume Shop. (October 14, 20, 26)

English captions by Jonathan Dean © Seattle Opera 2018. ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR MUSICAL PREPARATION Special thanks for furniture on loan to Seattle Philip A. Kelsey Philip A. Kelsey, David McDade, Opera for this production from Janice Lee and Jay Rozendaal North Bend Premium Outlets. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Dan Wallace Miller STAGE MANAGER Opera presentation and production Yasmine Kiss © Seattle Opera 2018.

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The Turn of the Screw 13 THE STORY ACT I ACT II Prologue Scene 1: Colloquy and Soliloquy The narrator introduces the audience to the Governess’s story. The As the Governess dozes fitfully, she senses the presence of Quint and handsome guardian uncle of young Flora and Miles has hired the Miss Jessel. Jessel cries out to Quint, who rebuffs her. He is interested young Governess to take care of the children at Bly, the country in another kind of companion. Jessel also seeks a living being with house where they live with the housekeeper Mrs. Grose. Always whom she can be linked. Together they proclaim, “The ceremony of involved with his own affairs, the guardian has asked the Governess innocence is drowned.” The Governess despairs. not to contact him about the children, not even in writing. Eager to please the guardian, the Governess accepts his strange condition. Scene 2: The Bells In the churchyard, the children begin to sing a hymn of praise. Mrs. Scene 1: The Journey Grose finds their play sweet; the Governess finds it horrifying. She The Governess, traveling to Bly, wonders about the children. What tells the housekeeper that the children are not with them but are will they be like? How will she manage on her own? How will she under the power of Quint and Jessel. Mrs. Grose urges her to write make decisions? She chooses to be brave, remembering her promise to their uncle, but the Governess says that she was ordered not to to their guardian. write. Mrs. Grose takes Flora into the church and Miles challenges the Governess, asking if his uncle shares her suspicions. Stunned by Scene 2: The Welcome Miles’s challenge, the Governess resolves to leave Bly. Mrs. Grose tries to calm the excited Flora and Miles as they wait Scene 3: Miss Jessel to meet their new governess. When the Governess arrives, she is surprised by the splendor of the house and park. The housekeeper In the schoolroom, the Governess finds Miss Jessel. The Governess, tells her how lovely and good the children are. Miles and Flora want enraged, now determines to fight for the children. She decides to to show her all around Bly. stay and write to their uncle.

Scene 3: The Letter Scene 4: The Bedroom A letter arrives from Miles’s school saying he has been dismissed. The Governess tells Miles that she has written the letter and begins The Governess and Mrs. Grose are shocked; they can’t believe Miles questioning him gently about what happened in the past. Miles does could be bad. They decide it is a wicked lie and will not even discuss not answer. Quint calls to him. The child shrieks. it with Miles. Scene 5: Quint Scene 4: The Tower Urged by Quint, Miles takes the letter the Governess has written. The Governess realizes that the doubts caused by the letter have passed. She wishes she could see the young guardian again to show Scene 6: The Piano him how well she is doing. She sees a man on the tower and mistakes Watched by the Governess, Miles plays the piano. Mrs. Grose falls him for her employer. He disappears. asleep, and Flora slips away. The Governess takes Mrs. Grose to find the child, leaving Miles behind. She thinks that Miles has distracted Scene 5: The Window her on purpose and is already with Quint, beyond their saving. In the hall where the children have been playing, the Governess sees the same man at the window. She describes him to Mrs. Grose, Scene 7: Flora who recognizes the description as that of Peter Quint, who used to The Governess and Mrs. Grose find Flora by the lake. Even though the be the valet of the master of the house. When she adds that Quint Governess sees Miss Jessel, Mrs. Grose says she herself cannot. Flora died some time ago, the Governess is horrified. She resolves to cries that she also sees nothing and that she hates the Governess. protect the children. When Flora leaves with the housekeeper, Miss Jessel disappears. The Governess despairs that Flora is lost. Scene 6: The Lesson In the schoolroom, Miles recites his Latin lesson for the Governess, Scene 8: Miles while Flora competes for her attention. Miles recites an odd poem, After a night spent listening to Flora raving in her sleep, Mrs. Grose and the Governess wonders who taught it to him. decides that she must take the child away from Bly. The Governess is left alone with Miles, who eventually admits that he took the letter. Scene 7: The Lake When the Governess asks who made him take it, Quint warns Miles By the lake on the estate grounds, the Governess and Flora talk not to betray them. The Governess demands a response from Miles. about seas and oceans. Flora sings a haunting lullaby to her The boy, distraught, eventually gives her the answer for which she little doll. A woman appears beside the lake, watching them. The has been waiting. Governess realizes this must be Miss Jessel, the children’s former governess, also dead. She hurries Flora away.

Scene 8: At Night Peter Quint calls to Miles, urging the child to join him. Miles, transfixed, listens intently. Miss Jessel calls to Flora, who also responds. The Governess senses something is wrong, and enters abruptly with Mrs. Grose, shattering the communion of ghosts and children. She confronts Miles.

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RAFI BELLAMY PLAICE ROBERT DAHLSTROM Miles Set Designer (Billings, MT) Treble (Brighton, UK) Seattle Opera Debut: The Ballad of Baby Doe Seattle Opera Debut (’84) Rafi is the current BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister Previously at Seattle Opera: The Magic Flute of the Year, and he has been touring the UK and (’17); Ariadne auf Naxos (’15) abroad as soloist in radio, concert, and television. Recently: Fidelio (Cincinnati Opera); Bloomsday He recently performed the treble solo in (ACT Theatre) Chichester Psalms at Tanglewood with Boston Upcoming: Rigoletto (L’Opéra de Montréal) Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons. He was a chorister at Chichester Cathedral Choir for six years, during which he sang seven services weekly, and toured in Germany, France, and Holland. He was made Head Chorister in his final year. Following his engagement with Seattle Opera, he returns to PETER KAZARAS England to resume his studies as a choral scholar at Lancing College. Director (New York, NY) Seattle Opera Directing Debut: Norma (’03) Previously at Seattle Opera: An American BEN BLISS Dream (’15 and ’17); The Consul (’14); Falstaff (’10) Peter Quint Recently: The Barber of Seville (Washington Tenor (Prairie Village, KS) National Opera); The Thieving Magpie Seattle Opera Debut: Ferrando, Così fan tutte (Glimmerglass Festival); Der Ring des Polykrates (’18) (Dallas Opera) Recently: Ferrando, Così fan tutte (Oper Upcoming: The Ghosts of Versailles Frankfurt, Metropolitan Opera); Robert Wilson, (Chautauqua Opera); Lost Childhood (World Doctor Atomic (Santa Fe Opera); Camille de Premiere at UCLA) Rosillon, The Merry Widow (Gran Teatre del Liceu) Upcoming: Tamino, The Magic Flute ADAM LARSEN (Metropolitan Opera); Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni Projection Designer (Asheville, NC) (Houston Grand Opera) Seattle Opera Debut Recently: Director and Designer, John Adams’s ELIZABETH CABALLERO The Dharma at Big Sur (Opera Omaha One Governess Festival); Projection Designer, Boris Godunov Soprano (Miami, FL) (San Francisco Symphony); Production Designer Seattle Opera Debut: Susanna, Le nozze di Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (Mostly Mozart Figaro (’09) Festival); Previously at Seattle Opera: Donna Elvira, Upcoming: Projection Designer, SoundBox, 5th Don Giovanni (’15); Mimì, La bohème (’13) Season (San Francisco Symphony); Projection Recently: Florencia, Florencia en el Amazonas Designer, David Lang’s Prisoner of the State (Madison Opera); Mimì, La bohème (Metropolitan (New York Philharmonic) Opera); Violetta, La traviata (Compañía Lírica Nacional de Costa Rica) Upcoming: Florencia, Florencia en el Amazonas (Pensacola Opera); SORAYA MAFI Mimì, La bohème (Austin Opera); Violetta, La traviata (Opera Grand Flora Rapids) Soprano (Manchester, UK) Seattle Opera Debut Recently: Tytania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (English National Opera); Suor Genoveva, Suor Angelica (Opera North); Nannetta, Falstaff (Garsington Opera) Upcoming: Cintia , La divisione del mondo (Òpera national du Rhin); Gretel, Hansel and Gretal (Grange Park Opera); Yum-Yum, The Mikado (English National Opera)

16 Seattle Opera 2018/19 Season MARCY STONIKAS CONNIE YUN Miss Jessel Lighting Designer (East Lansing, MI) Soprano (Elmhurst, IL) Seattle Opera Debut: Die Fledermaus (’06) Seattle Opera Debut: Second Lady, The Magic Previously at Seattle Opera: Beatrice and Flute (’11) Benedict (’18); An American Dream (’17 and ’15); Previously at Seattle Opera: High Priestess, As One (’16); Tosca (’15) Aida (‘18); Mother, Hansel and Gretel (’17); Recently: La Cenerentola and Orfeo ed Eurydice Prima Donna/Ariadne, Ariadne auf Naxos (’15) (Portland Opera); Skylight (ACT Theatre) Recently: Senta, The Flying Dutchman Upcoming: The Magic Flute (Kentucky Opera); (Cincinatti Opera); Tosca, Tosca (Arizona Opera); Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (Madison Opera); Ariadne/Prima Donna, Ariadne auf Naxos (Berkshire Festival Opera); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Upcoming: Tosca, Tosca (Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse); (Seattle Children’s Theatre) Mother, Hansel and Gretel (San Diego Opera)

CONSTANTIN TRINKS MARIA ZIFCHAK Conductor (Karlsruhe, Germany) Mrs. Grose Seattle Opera Debut Mezzo Soprano (Bronx, NY) Recently: Così fan tutte and Arabella Seattle Opera Debut: Dorabella, Così fan tutte (Bayerische Staatsoper); The Ring Cycle (’06) (Theater an der Wien); Tristan und Isolde Previously at Seattle Opera: Ragonde, Count (Staatstheater Kassel) Ory (’16) Upcoming: Lohengrin (Prague National Theatre); Recently: Mrs. De Rocher, Dead Man Walking Euryanthe (Theater an der Wien); The Abduction (Teatro Real de Madrid and Barbican); Gertrude, from the Seraglio (Bayerische Staatsoper) Roméo et Juliette (Metropolitan Opera); Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd (Atlanta Opera) Upcoming: Annina, La traviata (Metropolitan Opera); Mrs. De Rocher, DEBORAH TROUT Dead Man Walking (Atlanta Opera); Serena Joy, The Handmaid’s Tale Costume Designer (Seattle, WA) (Boston Lyric Opera) Seattle Opera Debut: The Marriage of Figaro (’09) SUPERNUMERARIES Previously at Seattle Opera: Beatrice and Callan Barth Benedict (’18); An American Dream (’15); Lucia di Sebastian Weigel Lammermoor (’10) Recently: The Crucible and Mr. Burns – A Post Electric Play (ACT Theatre); The Hound of ORCHESTRA the Baskervilles (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Violin I Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Cyrano (Portland Center Stage) Simon James, Concertmaster Eric Jacobs, Principal

FORREST WU Violin II Bassoon Miles Michael Miropolsky, Principal Seth Krimsky, Principal Treble (Seattle, WA) Viola Horn Seattle Opera Debut Mara Gearman, Principal Mark Robbins, Principal Forrest began singing with the Northwest Boychoir when he was six years old. With Cello Timpani/Percussion the Boychoir he has performed numerous Meeka Quan DiLorenzo, Matthew Decker, Principal Principal times with the Seattle Symphony, including Piano/Celesta Orff’s Carmina burana, Ravel’s L’enfant et Bass John Keene, Principal les sortiléges, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Jordan Anderson, Principal Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms. Forrest has also participated Personnel Manager in several professional recording projects, including soundtracks Flute/Alto Flute/Piccolo Scott Wilson for Cirque du Soleil’s Volta and the videogame Golem. He can also DeMarre McGill, Principal Assistant Personnel Manager be heard on the Seattle Symphony’s recording of Messiaen’s Trois Oboe/English Horn Keith Higgins petites liturgies de la presence divine. Forrest made his non-singing Ben Hausmann, Principal appearance on Seattle Opera’s mainstage as a Boy Soldier in Aida earlier this year and, when not singing, enjoys playing both violin and The Orchestra is composed of members of the Seattle Symphony viola in the Washington Middle School orchestra. Orchestra.

The Turn of the Screw 17 performers cast as the Three Spirits, had black cat, Lancelot, sat in his lap. “And I’m through his younger sister, Stella. As a previously participated in Seattle Opera’s definitely a cat person.” supernumerary, she played a non-singing role as one of Papageno’s little chicks. youth programs, another channel the In contrast, Forrest Wu’s path to company uses to discover young singers. Watching his sister from backstage, Wu THEBy Samantha Newland MILES FILES performing was unexpected. For one, noticed that some of the opera singers For Plaice, son of mezzo-soprano Marcia the teen was extremely shy as a young were children not much older than himself. Bellamy, classical music is genetic. As a child. His mom, Gloria Chen, remembers baby, he matched his mother’s pitch with a preschool event where the kids were “I saw the Three Spirits and I was like ‘Oh, When a storyteller adds coos and squeaks as she sang to him in his supposed to sing together. “Forrest was that’s awesome.’ So then I auditioned to be a plot twist to create crib. Now as a young teen, he recently won too afraid to even utter one note,” she a boy soldier in Aida, which was really fun tension, this can be the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the says. because there were lots of other kids,” he said. Year and released a debut album, Refiner’s Somehow, the timid boy got involved referred to as a “turn of Fire. Not bad for someone who’s not even with Northwest Boychoir in first grade, After Aida, Wu wasn’t looking for any big the screw.” In the case of old enough to drive. While Seattle Opera and his confidence grew. Since then, he’s auditions. But then his family received tonight’s opera, the piece was gearing up for its production of Porgy performed at Benaroya Hall with the an email about auditions for The Turn of and Bess, Plaice traveled to the United Seattle Symphony and recorded for the the Screw. He tried out. Now, he’s doing is already eerie by virtue States, where he performed Leonard soundtrack of “Golem,” an upcoming something that usually only adults get to of being a ghost story. Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with Boston PlayStation 4 video game. Ironically, it’s do—making a Seattle Opera debut. Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood his mom who now gets nervous before his Miles is a big part in terms of stage time. But two ghosts? A turn Festival. shows. But it also presents a significant challenge of the screw. And they Despite the responsibility of a burgeoning The Turn of the Screw marks the considering the opera’s disturbing themes. torment children? A turn international career, the singer finds time mainstage role debuts for both young The plot and ending are intentionally of the screw. And the to be 13. “I enjoy Legos and swimming and men. However, Wu is actually no stranger ambiguous, so the audience has to imagine history. I love Egyptology. I think I would to the McCaw Hall stage. During Seattle their own conclusion about the horrors that audience must witness like to be an Egyptologist when I grow up,” Opera’s 2017 The Magic Flute, the singer Miles and his sister experienced at the hands an innocent boy embody Plaice said during a FaceTime call while his got his first taste of performing in an opera of their caretakers when they were alive. this story? Tighter, and tighter the screw turns— © Philip Newton eliciting our fears and Forest Wu (left) and Domonic Bennet (right), cast as Miles, enjoy singing together in Northwest Boychoir. anxieties; creating As Seattle Opera crafts this terrifying (and it’s a tradition that continues, thanks to exhilarating!) tale on stage, it will be in Britten and others who nurture up-and- nightmares for us to a large part thanks to two 13-year-olds: coming artists. Aren Der Hacopian, Seattle contend with long after Rafi Bellamy Plaice and Forrest Wu, boy Opera’s Director of Artistic Administration we leave the theater. sopranos who alternate as the haunted and Planning, is one of those people. lad, Miles. Der Hacopian played a crucial role in the former Young Artist Program, and It’s rare to see leads this young in opera. continues to bolster the next generation Even the characters Hansel and Gretel of singers through mainstage casting. are sung by adult singers, and the other Der Hacopian describes casting a child as child character in The Turn of the Screw, similar to casting an adult. “Can they be Miles’s sister Flora, is also typically sung expressive? Can they sing in a 3,000-seat by an adult—soprano Soraya Mafi. Unlike house? Can they take direction?” in ballet or theater, in Seattle Opera's production opera singers in their 20s In other ways, it’s different. Children and 30s are still considered to be at the process things differently than adults, Der beginning of their careers. So it was Hacopian says. “Their parents need to be unusual that composer Benjamin Britten considered. And, oh yeah—there’s also created roles for significantly younger something called school.” voices. Another challenge to casting Miles, or Born in Suffolk, England in 1913, Britten the Three Spirits in The Magic Flute, is grew up immersed in Anglican culture with that it can be challenging to find gifted its rich tradition of youth choral groups. young singers. Prior to Seattle Opera’s Inspired by the ethereal qualities of the The Turn of the Screw, the company sent adolescent voice, Britten's operas such out an international casting call for Miles. as The Turn of the Screw, A Midsummer Performers from near and far responded, Night's Dream, and The Little Sweep and the two young men selected were Rafi

gave children opportunities to sing just Bellamy Plaice of England and Forrest Wu © Philip Newton as much as their adult co-stars. Today, of Seattle. Wu, along with many of the Rafi Bellamy Plaice rehearsing with Elizabeth Caballero. 1816 Seattle Opera 2018/19 Season The Turn of the Screw 17

SOP018 Turn of the Screw_v1.indd 16 10/4/18 10:13 AM SOP018 Turn of the Screw_v1.indd 17 10/4/18 10:13 AM performers cast as the Three Spirits, had black cat, Lancelot, sat in his lap. “And I’m through his younger sister, Stella. As a previously participated in Seattle Opera’s definitely a cat person.” supernumerary, she played a non-singing role as one of Papageno’s little chicks. youth programs, another channel the In contrast, Forrest Wu’s path to Watching his sister from backstage, Wu company uses to discover young singers. performing was unexpected. For one, noticed that some of the opera singers For Plaice, son of mezzo-soprano Marcia the teen was extremely shy as a young were children not much older than himself. Bellamy, classical music is genetic. As a child. His mom, Gloria Chen, remembers baby, he matched his mother’s pitch with a preschool event where the kids were “I saw the Three Spirits and I was like ‘Oh, coos and squeaks as she sang to him in his supposed to sing together. “Forrest was that’s awesome.’ So then I auditioned to be crib. Now as a young teen, he recently won too afraid to even utter one note,” she a boy soldier in Aida, which was really fun the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the says. because there were lots of other kids,” he said. Year and released a debut album, Refiner’s Somehow, the timid boy got involved Fire. Not bad for someone who’s not even with Northwest Boychoir in first grade, After Aida, Wu wasn’t looking for any big old enough to drive. While Seattle Opera and his confidence grew. Since then, he’s auditions. But then his family received was gearing up for its production of Porgy performed at Benaroya Hall with the an email about auditions for The Turn of and Bess, Plaice traveled to the United Seattle Symphony and recorded for the the Screw. He tried out. Now, he’s doing States, where he performed Leonard soundtrack of “Golem,” an upcoming something that usually only adults get to Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with Boston PlayStation 4 video game. Ironically, it’s do—making a Seattle Opera debut. Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood his mom who now gets nervous before his Miles is a big part in terms of stage time. Festival. shows. But it also presents a significant challenge Despite the responsibility of a burgeoning The Turn of the Screw marks the considering the opera’s disturbing themes. international career, the singer finds time mainstage role debuts for both young The plot and ending are intentionally to be 13. “I enjoy Legos and swimming and men. However, Wu is actually no stranger ambiguous, so the audience has to imagine history. I love Egyptology. I think I would to the McCaw Hall stage. During Seattle their own conclusion about the horrors that like to be an Egyptologist when I grow up,” Opera’s 2017 The Magic Flute, the singer Miles and his sister experienced at the hands Plaice said during a FaceTime call while his got his first taste of performing in an opera of their caretakers when they were alive. © Philip Newton

Rafi Bellamy Plaice rehearsing with Elizabeth Caballero. The Turn of the Screw 1719

SOP018 Turn of the Screw_v1.indd 17 10/4/18 10:13 AM “Miles is the primary battleground for the Governess verses the ghosts,” says Jonathan Dean, Seattle Opera Dramaturg. “He has a lot of center-stage moments, for example when he sings ‘Malo, malo' and you wonder, 'What happened to this child?'" Both boys have found different ways of coping with Miles’s traumatic experiences. Plaice (who’s also sung the title role in Oliver) has connected with his character over their shared interest in Latin. And Wu looks at Miles through the lens of a fantasy connoisseur. “I find the storyline creepy and complex,” says Wu, an avid reader currently making his way through John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down. “You have to know all the background information about the characters in order to really understand what’s going on and act the part. If you are just watching the opera, it could be hard to understand him. But with the background, it all gets pieced together.” In this production, Miles is the only role that’s double-cast, a necessary move for VERDI’S the young performers’ schedules, and a necessary precaution considering the inherent risk in their voices changing. REVENGE “Puberty waits for no one, not even opera singers. Boy sopranos have a very limited number of years in which they can STORY perform,” says Der Hacopian, the opera’s Director of Artistic Administration and Planning. “Once they near puberty, it’s Il trovatore dangerous. At the same time, this also happens to be when their voices sound the best.” The “danger” of imminent voice-change has interrupted previous The Turn of the SWEEPING EMOTIONAL THRILLER JANUARY 12–26 Screw productions at Seattle Opera. One In Italian with English subtitles. Heat up your winter with a high-stakes year, a Miles’s voice began cracking a week Evenings 7:30 PM before opening, and another young singer classic by the great Giuseppe Verdi (Aida, Sundays 2:00 PM Rigoletto). During a time of civil war, a had to be brought in from Vancouver, B.C. mother’s love awakens a dark secret from Featuring the Seattle Opera This time, Seattle Opera isn’t able to have Chorus and members of Seattle the past as two rival soldiers feud for the a cadre of Miles singers on standby (if Symphony Orchestra. favor of a pure-hearted noblewoman Der Hacopian had his way, there would be destined for tragedy. Packed with rousing MCCAW HALL six young men waiting in the wings, just choruses, impressive arias, and familiar 206.389.7676 in case). However, accomplished young melodies, the intensely operatic artist Dominic Bennett, who sings in the 2018/19 SEASON SPONSOR: Northwest Boychoir with Wu, has also masterpiece had audiences shouting “Viva LENORE M. HANAUER been cast as Miles. Bennett will jump into Verdi!” after its premiere. PRODUCTION SPONSORS: SEATTLE OPERA FOUNDATION today’s performance if either of the other SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/TROVATORE ANN P. WYCKOFF two singers experience vocal cracking.

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BRITTEN’SBy Jonathan Dean SCREW

After a recent Seattle performance of Porgy and Bess, soprano Angel Blue delighted local opera fans when she called Seattle Opera her “artistic home.” Another vital member of our Seattle Opera family is Peter Kazaras, who has called our stage home for over three decades. The artistic © Bill Mohn contributions Kazaras Peter Kazaras directing a staging rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw in 2006 for Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program. has made to Seattle In Seattle, Kazaras has sung everything Seattle Opera’s tradition of post-show from Faust to Tamino to Pierre in War and talk back. “Honestly, Speight [Jenkins, then Opera are many, ever Peace to his definitive Loge in the Ring, General Director] figured the talk back since his 1985 debut as and has directed both crowd-pleasers (The would help people process this show. It’s Marriage of Figaro and Madame Butterfly) not the kind of opera where you can just the handsome but and less familar operas (including The relax and let it wash over you. There’s worthless playboy Števa Consul and the world premiere of An no ‘transfiguration by love’ at the end! I American Dream). As a teacher, he has think Speight hoped to save himself a lot in Janáček’s Jenůfa. trained an entire generation of opera of letter-writing by talking with patrons artists, both in Seattle and in his other immediately after each performance.” life as Director of Opera UCLA, where he directed Angel Blue in her first performance of Suor Angelica during her masters training. The Seattle arts scene has also benefited from Kazaras’s affinity for the operas of Benjamin Britten. Not only was Kazaras unforgettable as the tormented Captain Vere in Billy Budd; he directed ingenious productions of several Britten works for Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program, making the riches of these complicated and challenging operas available for both performers and audiences. Seattle Opera has not presented Britten as often as some would like. Kazaras played

the ghost of Peter Quint in our first Turn of Eastman © Greg the Screw, back in 1994, and he remembers Peter Kazaras as Peter Quint in Seattle Opera’s 1994 how that intensely dramatic show inspired production of The Turn of the Screw.

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SOP018 Turn of the Screw_v1.indd 20 10/4/18 10:21 AM But what makes The Turn of the Screw so challenging for the audience? Certainly the opera’s ambiguity can make people uncomfortable, particularly those who like everything spelled out and explained. People tend to read all sorts of horrors into the backstory of trauma and repression at the country estate of Bly, even though neither the original Henry James novella nor Britten’s operatic transformation ever explicitly answer the question of what happened there. James

even makes a dig, in his preface, at readers © Philip Newton frustrated by such a lack of explanation: “‘The story won’t tell...not in any literal, Peter Kazaras working with Rafi Bellamy Plaice during a staging rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw in 2018. vulgar way.’” their guardian says, ‘Never contact me.’ essence of fear is the unknown. We hide Kazaras thinks Britten’s music Isn’t that horrible enough?” our faces behind our fingers, not when we actually intensifies this effect. “It’s the see something scary, but when we’re afraid Kazaras’s goal, as director, is to create a construction. This opera is not just tight; we’ll see something scary. That’s what The theater piece that makes your hair stand it’s obsessively, perfectly constructed. Turn of the Screw is built on. The scariest up on end. “When we did The Turn of the If you really listen to it, by the time you monsters are the ones that live inside us. Screw in Bellevue, in 2006, I was very get to that final scene you are tormented The scariest thoughts are the ones WE happy when a patron said to me, ‘I had by the clash of keys associated with the have. As Henry James put it: ‘Only make stopped breathing by the end...how did you Governess and Quint. Britten leads you the reader’s general vision of evil intense do that?’” down the garden path of tonality in a enough...and his own experience, his own musical analogue to what James meant by Clearly, the opera tells the story of imagination, his own sympathy (with the ‘turning the screw,’ which was actually a something that goes terribly, terribly children) and horror (of their false friends) real-world torture device. People are able wrong. But beyond that, Kazaras wants to will supply him quite sufficiently with all to withstand a certain amount of pressure; leave room for everyone in the audience the particulars.’” but if you take them to that level, and then to complete the story. “A good production So there’s the challenge for Kazaras and intensify it, one little thing is enough to of this opera must preserve the ambiguity. his creative team: to invite you to join push you over the edge.” If you depict the Governess as an inmate them on this journey to the beautiful in a mental asylum, for instance, you spoil According to Kazaras, “it is clear that country house of Bly, and then give you the opportunity for dramatic crescendo neither Britten nor his librettist Myfanwy room to supply your own terrors to fill across the course of the opera. It should Piper intended a definitive answer to the in the gaps in the Governess’s story. “We be slightly surreal, to knock people out of question of whether the ghost ‘really’ start with a wall, upon which we can their comfort zone; but it should get more exist. Merely creating singing characters project both reality and dreams; quite and more intense as the Governess feels was not an absolute answer to that literally, projections of what’s going on she’s losing control, as the situation gets question. Do the ghosts really exist? Good in the characters’ psyches. But it starts increasingly out of hand. Britten’s musical question! I like how Henry James answered to shape-shift. You thought it was flat? construction accomplishes this brilliantly. that, with another question: ‘Do the Suddenly you realize it isn’t flat. Slowly it Follow his lead and you will get precisely ghosts exist? I don’t know, do you believe starts to morph, and to reveal things about where you need to get—to a place of in ghosts?’ There are all sorts of ways to itself. But nothing is certain. Ambiguity is utmost anxiety, and eventually to tragedy.” understand and/or explain the Governess the heart of The Turn of the Screw. and her fears,” Kazaras continued. “But And the audience must be seduced into even before all you get to that, here we dismantling their defenses and coming have two kids who are orphaned and along for the ride, explains Kazaras. “It neglected. Their parents have died, as have doesn’t work if they come in thinking the two other key figures in their life, and they already know what’s going on. The

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LEADERSHIP CIRCLE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE Through a multi-year Annual Fund (NEW!) commitment of $100,000 or more, Seattle The Producer’s Circle recognizes Opera’s most visionary supporters help realize donors who have made a three- an unbounded vision for Seattle Opera’s future. year Annual Fund commitment of Leadership Circle membership gives you $60,000–$99,999. This new tier premium recognition, provides personalized of customized giving brings more access to your opera company, and allows you possibilities than ever before to to create a lasting impact on the art you love. ensure the present and future of your opera company. Make your pledge We give profound thanks to the following today and enjoy memorable behind- Leadership Circle members (as of August 28, the-scenes experiences with Seattle 2018): Opera! Toby Bright and Nancy Ward We are so grateful for the following Eric Hawley and Gwen Lowery Producer’s Circle members (as of Gary and Parul Houlahan August 28, 2018): Carol Maione and Brian Marks Nesholm Family Foundation Marshall and Jane Brown James and Sherry Raisbeck Christopher and Carolyn Eagan Eugene and Jean Stark Jeff and Martha Sherman Maryanne Tagney and David Jones Sally Anne West True-Brown Foundation Jay and Susanne Wakefield Gail and William Weyerhaeuser Ann P. Wyckoff

The Turn of the Screw 27 STAFF CHAT: JAY ROZENDAAL By Samantha Newland

TALK TO ME ABOUT BEING A COACH ACCOMPANIST. First of all, a lot of people don’t even know we exist—including people who love opera! But we’re involved throughout the entire process. Before rehearsals with the orchestra begin, we accompanists are the orchestra. In addition, we work with singers one-on-one to polish their singing. Once the orchestra is in the pit, we act as © Paul Gibbons © Paul the ears for the singers. We make sure the sound is balanced in the theater, making sure the singers can be heard. And we YOU ARE ALSO A VOCAL INSTRUCTOR AT friend gifted me and my brother one of her listen for any last-minute adjustments the WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. opera recordings one Christmas. I wore singers may need to make. Seattle Opera TELL ME ABOUT THAT GIG. that thing out. Right around the same has two to four coach accompanists I like working with students, because time, my dad took me to a little production working on operas throughout the year. they’re all undergraduates and I’m there at of Amahl and the Night Visitors. I just lit the ground level. They all have different up. I lived in a bunch of tiny towns growing YOU’RE ALSO THE ORCHESTRA aspirations. It’s engaging to work with up, but when I was in high school, we drove LIBRARIAN—SOUNDS LIKE A BIG JOB! singers as they’re figuring out what they to the city to see one opera a year. I made I prepare the printed music that the want to do and how they’re going to get sure we went. We saw Carmen, and I orchestra will play. This means preparing there. In the big picture, we’re involved in thought I’d died and gone to heaven. At the orchestral parts we’ve rented or creating the next generation of artists. time, I didn’t know jobs like this existed purchased. This entails erasing old More and more, society values artists who and for about a year, after graduate school, markings that aren’t useful, marking cuts, think deeply about how their work relates I pursued a career as a solo pianist. But I and even making corrections—you would to the social issues of our time. We was alone all the time. I missed working be surprised how many mistakes are in encourage our artists to think deeply with other people and I loved working with printed music. For Porgy and Bess, there about that. And we hope to be part of the singers. That’s when I made the conscious were 40 [instrumental] parts to go pipeline of diversity and getting a more decision that this is what I want to do. through. Our production had 48 separate diverse generation of performers onto the musical cuts (from Gershwin’s 4½ opera stage. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OPERA? hour-original), so you can do the math. Arabella. For a long time when people Being an orchestra librarian requires a SPEAKING OF DIVERSITY, YOU’RE A asked this question I just wouldn’t answer, detailed eye. The conductor relies on me MEMBER OF SEATTLE OPERA’S EQUITY but over time this one has stayed at the to catch problems, so I need to have a bit TEAM. WHY IS EQUITY IMPORTANT top. I love almost anything Strauss. It’s a of a conductor’s brain for this job. TO YOU? terribly romantic story, which suits me. We live in a world where the arts have to Arabella’s parents are trying to marry her YOU HELPED THE BOY SOPRANOS IN THE do more than just be fun. We need art to to a rich man and she doesn’t love any of TURN OF THE SCREW PREPARE TO SING make us think and, hopefully, make us the proposed suitors. She just imagines her MILES. HOW DID WORKING WITH better people. To do that, what we put on idea of a perfect man. One day she thinks 13-YEAR-OLDS DIFFER FROM YOUR the stage needs to reflect the world we she sees him. It turns out it’s the man her WORK WITH ADULTS? live in. Onstage diversity is one part of parents actually want her to marry. It’s a There are two answers to that. First, I working toward equity in opera. Further- dream come true. Then it all goes south— started working with them as soon as the more, we need to figure out how to be for a while! It does have a happy ending. show was cast. I helped the boys learn the welcoming to people of different races and The wonderful thing about Arabella is that music, which doesn’t usually happen with backgrounds. Being involved with the she’s a strong woman. She doesn’t fade adult professionals who begin rehearsals equity team is just the right thing to do. away and let men fix things for her. She knowing their parts. Second, it wasn’t as says, “No, you can’t talk to me like that. I’m different as I expected it to be. They’re HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INVOLVED yours but you have to take me as I am.” already well-educated and well-trained WITH THE OPERA WORLD? There is no negotiating on that. And the singers. So that has made it a lot of fun. It started when I was 8 years old. I music is exquisite. remember experiencing opera on TV, and it just grabbed my attention. Then a family

28 Seattle Opera 2018/19 Season SEATTLE OPERA STAFF AIDAN LANG, GENERAL DIRECTOR

Alejandra Valarino Boyer Kristina Murti Jane Repensek Director of Programs Director of Marketing and Chief Financial Officer/ and Partnerships Communications Chief Operations Officer Aren Der Hacopian Doug Provost Nancy Del Villar Vivé Director of Artistic Director of Production Director of Human Resources Administration and Planning Allison Rabbitt Director of Development

ADMINISTRATION Tosha Mayo SALES AND SERVICES HAIR AND MAKEUP PROGRAMS AND Development Coordinator Dominica Myers Michelle M. Carrasquillo Liesl Alice Gatcheco PARTNERSHIPS Associate Director of Erica McIntyre Associate Director of Marketing, Hair and Makeup Manager Development Operations Manager Rachelle Adams Administration Sales and Services Ashlee Naegle Operations Manager Catherine Merlo Gregory Schell Wig Master Sr. Individual Giving Officer T.J. Callahan ARTISTIC Ticket Operations Manager Eva Robins Community Programs Coordinator Kim Ositis Mary Brazeau Kristin McCarthy Lead Principal Hair and Makeup Courtney Clark Artistic Administration Manager Development Research and Audience Services Manager Artist Database Manager School Programs Manager Meggie Watson Corrie Yadon Ashlee Naegle, Julia Wing-Kraft Liz Frazer Associate Director of Artistic Ahana Sen Patron Experience Manager Principal Hair and Makeup Artists Stewardship and Events Associate Teen Vocal Studio Program Manager Planning Debra McKinney Josh Hill David Silverstein Lokela Alexander Minami Jonathan Dean Group Sales Coordinator Hair and Makeup Assistant Community Engagement Manager Dramaturg Institutional Giving Associate Katrina Deininger, Antonio Portela STAGE CREW Britney Schroeder Paula Podemski Caroline Webb Audience Services Leads Stewardship and Events Manager Charles T. Buck Production Manager, Community Company Manager Alexander Hawker, Zeapoe Matalda, Master Stage Carpenter Projects Anne Szeliski, Emma Wahl Emmy Ulmer Justin Loyd Ryan Bede, Julia Benzinger, Jennifer Audience Services Representatives Titlist FINANCE Head Flyman Bromagen, Becca Cantrell, Ben Marissa Betz-Zall MUSIC DIRECT SALES Chris Balducci, Jason Balter, Dallas Cleveland, John Coons, Katrina Associate Director of Finance Deininger, Serena Eduljee, Andrew John Keene Ed Boyd, Duell, Ian Gardner, Adam Lantz, Kate Joyce Etherington, Karen Early Evans, Jon Head of Music Staff and Direct Sales Manager Matthew Lint, Robert Millard Senior Financial Analyst Jason Wagoner Farmer, Alexander Gallo, Glenn Guhr, Chorusmaster Mary Hobbs, Albert Sanders Michael Heitmann, Li-Tan Hsu, Tim Randee Byrd Assistant Stage Carpenters Philip A. Kelsey Senior Account Representatives Janecke, Nerys Jones, Darrell Jordan, Payroll Manager Assistant Conductor Erin Hart, Virginia Jackson, Dorothea Jim Nash Kay Yeh, Kelly Kitchens, Yeonji Trevor Torres Master Electrician David McDade Kopta, Gail Sage, Noel Walker, Toni Lee, Cheryse McLeod Lewis, John Payroll Assistant Head of Coach-Accompanists Zeigler Martin Cunningham Marzano, Jessica Milanese, Ibidunni Lindsey O’Connor Account Representatives Assistant Master Electrician Ojikutu, Dawn Padula, Melissa Jay Rozendaal Staff Accountant Molly Brindley, Chris Dimoff, Plagemann, Allison Pohl, Marcus Coach-Accompanist/Orchestra Shelton, Greg Smith, Meg Stohlmann, Librarian FACILITIES PRODUCTION Jim Gable Assistant Electricians Revere Taylor, Shelly Traverse, Ta Wei Emily Cabaniss Todd Clark Alicia Moriarty Tsai, Annie Walters, Lucy Weber, Erin Music Assistant/Company Librarian Facilities Manager Assistant Production Director Chris Reay White, Lyndee White A/V Supervisor Stephen Wall Mark Nebel Amber Parker Teaching Artists Chorus Personnel Coordinator Facilities Assistant Assistant Lighting Designer Petrude W. Olds Jr. Properties Master Beth Kirchhoff INFORMATION SYSTEMS COSTUMES Principals, stage directors, choristers, Chorusmaster Emeritus Sandy Burke stage managers, assistant stage Iain Quigley Susan I. Davis Assistant Properties Master managers, and assistant directors STAGE MANAGEMENT Desktop User Support Technician Costume Director Ariana Donofrio employed in this production are Yasmine Kiss Stuart McLeod Heidi Zamora Assistant Properties members of the American Guild of Production Stage Manager Software Systems Administrator Costume Show Manager Candy Solie Musical Artists AFL-CIO. Julianna Brei-Crawley, Madeline Levy Ieva Ohaks Lightboard Operator The musicians are represented by Assistant Stage Managers Costume Rental-Stock Coordinator MARKETING AND Jack Burke the Seattle Symphony and Opera Alex Wommack COMMUNICATIONS Hannah Tyo Master Sound Technician/Designer Players’ Organization, a Chapter of Production Assistant Costume Assistant the International Guild of Symphony, Brittany Rall Opera, and Ballet Musicians. Associate Director of Marketing Denise Barry Lead Cutter Scenery construction and stage crew DEVELOPMENT Hailey Burt work is performed by employees Miriam Goodman-Miller Tracy Reich Digital Marketing Specialist represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local #15. Associate Director of Development Crafts Supervisor Kelly Hamilton Colglazier Costume and wardrobe work is Shanna Sincell Chris Burkett Graphic Designer performed by employees represented Cutter Individual Giving Officer Gabrielle Nomura Gainor by I.A.T.S.E., Local #887. Cynthia Abbott, Laura Mé Smith, Julia Curns-Welch Media Relations Manager Scenic artists and hair/makeup First Hands Institutional Giving Officer Glenn Hare work is performed by employees Caitlyn Davis Senior Communications Manager Kate Hartman, Shellie Moomey, represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local #488. Yoko Niendorf, Stewardship and Events Associate Ed Hawkins Stitchers Matt Lider Marketing Manager/Copywriter Kellie Dunn Individual Giving Officer Erika Norris Craftsperson Stephanie Matsunaga Web Producer Ron Erickson Development Operations Meg Stoltz Wardrobe Head Coordinator Digital Marketing Manager Christy Kazimour Assistant Wardrobe Head

The Turn of the Screw 29 SEATTLE OPERA INDIVIDUAL DONORS Seattle Opera is incredibly grateful for your donor support—as an investor in our season of programs, you make our community a better place to live, work, learn, and enjoy. Thank you!

The list below reflects Annual Fund donors at the Amethyst level and higher ($500 and more) beginning July 1, 2017 through August 27, 2018.

JADE $1,500–$2,999 Anonymous (18) † ^ • John Abrams and Karl Compton • Kit and Asja Adams • Robert and Ali Alexander • Paul and Karin Allen • Susan Allen • Corrie Anderson, MD and Virginia E. WIlliams II • Dr. J. Martin Anderson and Ms. Lynn Gabriel • Leslie Anneliese • Jere L. Bacharach and Barbara Fudge • Phillip Baldwin and Layne Goldsmith • Redmond J. and Suzanne Wilson Barnett • Evelyn and Richard Bateman • Douglas and Maria Bayer † • Alan and Sherry Bennett • Robert Bergman • Janice Berlin ³ • Verle M. Bleese • Joseph Borden and Sara Marks • Christopher and Linda Borland • Mr. Alan Boyd • Sandra Boyd † ^ • John Brazel • Bonita and David Brewer • Julia Buck • Lydia Budak and Bruce Kincy • Carl Bunje and Patricia Costello • R K Burk and Meg Murch • Kent R. Burnham H • Corinne A. Campbell ^ • Irene Campbell • Joe and Dorothy Canavan • Cynthia Carlson • Gayle and Michael Charlesworth † ³ • Drs. Sterling and Sandra Clarren • Bruce and Mary- Louise Colwell • Clyde Crawford • Rachel Crum • Robert Cumbow • John Cusick and Christi McGinley • Bob and Wendy Darby • Corey Darlington • The late Jane and David R. Davis • Thomas DeBoer and Durga Doriasamy • Mary Desjardins • Clinton Diener and Diane Lasko † • Blair and Laura Dillaway • Corinne Dixon • Johanna and Bill Dock H • Patricia Dubrow † ^ ³ • Glenn and Bertha Eades H • Lewis and Susan Edelheit • Julie Elliott • Russell Elliott † H • William and Erin Ellis • Harold Ellner • Barbara Feasey and Bill Bryant • Victor and Patricia Feltin • Robert Fisher • Gerald B. Folland • Stockton and Janice “I would not have been able to do all that I have Forrest ^ • Dean and Mary Fournier • Jim Fridley and Elaine Scott • Carole Fuller and Evan Schwab ^ done and I would not have been able to continue • Joyce Ferm ³ • Ms. Patricia Gelles • Dirk Giseburt and Marilyn Stall • Steven Given and Gloria Reeg • the things that I am doing as an artist were it not for Adam Goldin • Dr. Jeffrey Norman Golub • Claire and Michael Gordon ^ • Janet M. Graeber ³ • Margaret the donors that gave to the programs that helped Griffiths H • Karlie and Christopher Gross • Laura Haas • Richard and Diane Haelsig • Kristi Hafner • Mr. me get my start. You’re planting a seed with every and Mrs. W.D. Pete Hale • Catherine Haley • Steven T. Haney • Wolfram and Linda Hansis • William donation. That’s so important. We can’t thank you Harleston and Coral Hanevold • Dr. Geraldine A Hashisaki † • Kenneth and Susan Hassenmiller • enough.” Mary Elizabeth Williams, Soprano Gerald K. Hauge • Janice Hayes H • Mr. and Mrs. Jahn R. Hedberg • Fred Herzberg and Jeanne Large • Alan and Judy Hodson • Dr. Cynthia C. Holdren James P. McGough • Ernie and Melissa McIntyre late Lawrence R. Ross • Marguerite Russell † • Jesse and Mr. Robert A. Gold • Jana C. Hollingsworth H • Kelly A. Meagher • Anne Meeker • Gunda and S. H • Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Salzer • Jean Sanders ³ • William Hoppin ^ • Rick and Carole Horwitz • Uwe Meissner • John and Martha Melcher • James • Irwin and the late Barbara Sarason ^ • James L. Gerald and Gladys Hoshijo • Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. and Karen Mhyre • Ann H. Milam ^ ³ • Bruce and Schindler ^ • Mrs. Chella Schmidt • Garry and Ruth Houston III • Pamela Hughes and Robert Munoz • Elizabeth Miller † • Peter O. Mueller • James W. and Schneider • Albert Schroeder • Jean E. Schweitzer Janet and Steve Hunter • Bruce and Judy Hutchison Pamela Murray • Eunice Nakao and Roy Tribelhorn • Virginia Senear and the late Allen Senear ^ • • Donald Immerwahr • Ms. Anne Janes-Waller and ^ ³ • Kirsten Nesholm • Bill and Sally Neukom • Doug and Lisa Shaeffer • Dr. Anita Shaffer • Craig Mr. Fletch Waller • Dr. Robert Janes and Jonna Marilyn W. Newland • Dariel and Gary Norris • Lois Sheppard • Craig and Nancy Shumate • Bernard and Kaplan • Warren and Mary Jane Jessop • Clarence H. North • Pamela A. Okano ^ • Mark and Leslie Susan Silbernagel • Susan Simons • Douglas Smith and Rosa Johnson • Dave and Stephanie Twigg • Olson • John W. O’Meara • Joan Ostendorff • Soo and Stephanie Ellis-Smith • Evelyn and Leroy Smith Jeaneen C. Jones • Ken and Karen Jones • Michael Park and Jeff Rosenfeld ³ • Nancy Peacock † • • Yana Solovyeva and Igor Zverev • Sarah Soutter • and Nancy Kappelman • Donna Gabriel Kaufman Kathryn A. Pearson • Dr. Mary Lee Peters • Kathleen Carlyn Kaiser Stark • Alan and Bonnie Steele • Mr. • Marlyn and Gordon Keating • Daniel Kerlee and Pierce • Mary Pigott • Mr. Donald Pogoloff • Vicki and Mrs. John W. Stephanus • Lisa and John Stewart Carol Wollenberg • Dong Kim and Rebecca Banset • L. Pogorelc • Lynda and Dan Porter H • Stephen • Paula Stewart • Howard and Vivienne Strickler • Nancy J. King • Joyce and Roger Kirk • Michael Klein Porter • Suzanne Powell • Ken Powers • Jack Kristina Susser • M. and H. Sussman • Jane Sylvester • David Knutson • Albert and Elizabeth Kobayashi and Carolynn Prelutsky • Carol Ann and Thomas • Jim Talbot • James Tanner • Pamela and Ronald • Richard Koch • Christopher Kodama • Robert H. Quinsey • Fred Rasp • Buddy Ratner and Cheryl Taylor • Joe N. Terteling • Marvin Theimer • Tamlyn Koehler • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kremers • Kathy Kreps Cromer-Ratner • Russell and Julia Reid • Steven P. Thomas H • Ian L. Thompson, M.D. ^ • Mary Anne • Melissa Lattimore • Joan Lawler • M. Adler and M. and Fredrica Rice • Jan Richards • Barri Rind Donor Thorbeck • Patricia Thorpe • Nanette Toyoshima Lebas • Margaret Leiberton and Dr. R. Venkatesan • Advised Fund at the Seattle Jewish Community • John and Anne Trench H • Edith Ulatoski H • Mr. Thomas Edwin Long • Robert Mack • Claire Madsen • Endowment Fund, Jewish Federation of Greater and Mrs. Stanley W. Vail • Alice and Bill Van Pelt H Edith Maffeo • Jean Manwaring • Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Seattle • Nancy Ritzenthaler and Albert Odmark Jr. • David Wachter • Betty L. Wagner ^ • Cynthia Walk K. Marcuse • Fowler Martin and Barbara Warren • Richard Robbins • Paul A. and Mary Ann Roberts • John G. Wallace • Jost Wanden • Raleigh Watts ^ • Michael and Rosemary Mayo • D. P. M. McCann • Robert Roemer • Angela Roesler-Lombardi † • • Mark and Judy Wittlinger H • Frank and Virginia • Diane McDade • Dr. and Mrs. John McFatridge • Roman Rogalski • The late Frances and the late Fred Wyland • Albert and Angelina Yen • Nancy and Lesley McGalliard and Rich Layman • Mr. and Mrs. Rogers • The late Arnold and Rosalyn Rom • The Stanley Zeitz • Christian and Joyce Zobel

30 Seattle Opera 2018/19 Season RUBY $3,000–$4,999 Louise McAllister Mike Gigante Anonymous (9) † H ³ Dorothy E. McBride Ben Goetter and Kathryn Hinsch Richard R. and Constance Albrecht Steven McCarty Phyllis Golden Carlton C. Anderson Sarah McCoy and Jim Buchanan H Merrie Good Martha K. Bargren Greg Meldahl ^ ³ Brian and Lynn Grant Dr. Aaron Barnes Dolly and Dave Milkowski Mary Hale Jillian Barron and Jonas Simonis Paul and the late Patricia Mitchell Paul and Becky Haley Kathryn Bartholomew Susan and Furman Moseley Jenny Hartley ^ ³ Barbara G. Bedell Andrew Murphy and Michelle Duffy Catherine W. Hayes Mr. Arnold and Mrs. Judith Bendich Diana Neely Terrill and Jennifer Hendrickson J. Cleve and Judith Borth Sharon L. Nelson Peter Hiatt Molly Bostic Susan and Gary Neumann Bernard Evans and the late Martha Himber Thomas and Virginia Brewer Lev and Isabella Novik Linda L. James Alec and Maddy Brindle Ralph and Wanda Nuxoll ^ Marshall and Kelly Johnson Dr. Boyce Burdick Shane and Janet Peterson Jeanne Kanach Melanie A. Burton Jocelyn Phillips and Warren Bakken ³ Gilla Kaplan Lisa Bury and John R. Taylor † ^ Peggy Phillips H. David Kaplan † ^ Betty R. Carter ^ Julie C. Pifer Keith Keyt Heinke Clark ^ Edward A. and Eleonore Pottenger Jon and Eva LaFollette Doug and Conni Clarke Megan and Greg Pursell H ^ ³ John and Joyce O’Connell Adelle and Monte Clements Catherine Ramsey and Thomas Ball Andrea C. Lewis Dr. Allen Colic Chris Randall Carla and Don Lewis Collett Cox Dennis Reichenbach, MD Anamaria Lloyd James Crouse and Lee Oatey-Crouse Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert Kathleen Lofstedt and Susan Lofstedt Greg and Regina Crumbaker Braiden Rex-Johnson and Spencer A. Johnson ^ Kerry Lowery The late Norma Cugini Richard and Nancy Robblee Rebecca and Laird Malamed † Gavin Cullen and David Jamieson Paul L. Rowe and R. Michael Sereno Paul and Yaffa Maritz Peter DeLuca Kevin Ruddell and Heather Kroll E. Ann and Richard E. Marks Steve and Sandy Driscoll Ron and Susan Runyon William B. Maschmeier and Patricia Haggerty ^ Duane and Laura Eichelberger James T. and Barbara Russell ^ Peter A. Mathisen Michael Emanuel Joanna Ryan and Rebecca Ross † David Mattson ^ Laura and Robert Emmerichs Eckhard Schipull Terry McCarthy John Erickson Lynn Albert and Kathryn Olson Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. McManus † Jack and Marsha Firestone ^ Adam Sheldon Jerry Meyer and Nina Zingale Peggy O’Brien Fogliano Jane and John Simpson Donald and Linda Miller Steve and Susan Ford Susanne Snortland Stafford and Louise Miller ³ Gregory and Kathleen Fowler l Christopher and Cameron Snow Richard Mills and Karen Covington ³ Jim Fox Ronald and Dawnelle Spaulding Karen Rose Mitchell Ruth Gerberding Kathleen Stamm ³ Egon and the late Laina Molbak Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gibbons ^ Jane and Alec Stevens ^ Jens Molbak Glen Gould and Bunny Laden ^ Ann and Daniel Streissguth Joseph and Danielle Monaghan Kristopher K. Gould Donald and Gloria Swisher ^ Sue Montgomery Patricia Grogan Dennis Tierney and Grace Grant Christopher L. Myers and Judith Schoenecker ^ Richard H. Haase Julie Trautmann Beth Naczkowski Kristina Haight H Manijeh Vail John W. Nemanich, M.D. and Ellendee Pepper, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. David Haley Barbara and John Ward Diana C. and Angela C. Oberti Richard M. Halffman Katherine and Rob Watson Gordon H. Orians Dr. M. Elizabeth Halloran l Jerry and Nancy Worsham Drs. Lester and Keiko Permut Samuel and Catherine Hardy Barbara B. Peterson Dr. H. Hasche-Kluender and H. Shahri EMERALD $5,000–$6,999 Carolyn J. Purnell and Wes C. Uhlman Dr. and Mrs. Fred I. Hasegawa Anonymous (4) ^ Dana Rasmussen ^ Drs. Raquel and Russell Hicks Kim A. Anderson Mary Lou Reed Andrew & Delney Hilen Joshua and Megan Barnard Nicholas Roberts and Yvonne Chang B. Lane Hill Peter and Jane Barrett Joy Rogers and Bob Parker Terry and Jane Hipolito H Ralph and Catherine Bauman Cornelius and Penny Rosse † ^ ³ Michael R. Huber and Danielle E. LaVilla ^ Lynly Beard ³ Ivan and Helen Rouzanov Dr. Gary and Janice Hudak Dr. Ronald J. and Ruth Beck Peggy Savlov John and Annick Impert Ellen Bierman H Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Scheetz Robert C. Jenkins ^ Neil M. and Kathleen Bogue ^ Janet Sears H ^ ³ Martha Noerr and T. Jeffrey Keane John and the late Joyce Bozeat Janet Stanton and the late Arthur Hurd Travis and Suzanne Keeler Stephen Brenner Carolann and Gary Steinhoff Ed Kim Gary Bromberg H Charles and Delphine Stevens Dan and Pat Kinney Brian Bross and Bonnie Daniels R. Patton Swaim W. M. Kleinenbroich Cy and Kathleen Butler Jennifer Thill Alyssa Kreider Karen Carlson-Iffert and Jena Marie Myers Thomas and Lisa Tocher Eric and Janice Lamers ^ Theodore and Patricia Collins Evelyn M. Troughton ^ Don and Kristi Larson Gerry & Fran Conley Ev Trout Frank Lawley Joan and Frank Conlon Terrence Turner ³ Jeanne Marie and the late Rhoady Lee Dow Constantine and Shirley Carlson Joan Underwood Henry Li David and Linda Cornfield Vilma Vojta Mark P. Lutz Jan and Jack Creighton In Memory of Frank and Mary Iaconetti Jon Magnussen Marc and Maud Daudon Dr. and Mrs. Mike Waring Christopher Maley John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes ^ ³ Bill and Carol Warren ^ Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Mandelkorn Suzanne DeWitt and Ari Steinberg Ruth and Todd Warren Steve and Estela Martinez David and Helén Dichek † Norman Weeks Barbara J. Mauer Tom and Diane Dickinson Jerry and Carol Whitfield Michael G. Dryfoos and Ilga Jansons ^ Stephen Whyte Lois Gamble Duncan and George Rolfe Julie Wieringa ^ † = Education & Community Engagement Donor Kristina M. Erickson Kathryn Williams H= Opera Star Monthly Donor Marc D. and Maria Erlitz Mary A. and David L. Williams Adam and Emily Fountain Jeff Wood and Diane Summerhays ^ = Encore Society Member Ernest and Elizabeth Frankenberg ^ l= SOWING Circle Member Donald and Ann Frothingham ³= Wagner and More Member Diana Gale and Jerry Hillis ^

The Turn of the Screw 31 INDIVIDUAL DONORS CONT.

SAPPHIRE $7,500–$9,999 Anonymous (2) ^ ³ John Bates and Carolyn Corvi Jay and Carol Bowditch Steven and Judith Clifford Laurie and William Daniel ^ Kenneth Duncan and Tanya Parish Carol and Philip Fortuna Dennis Gibb Drs. Mary and Marvin Hoffert John and Pamela Jolley Aidan Lang and Linda Kitchen Lex Lindsey and Lynn Manley Mary and D. Pat Patterson Alice and Dick Rapasky Janet and Thomas Seery Mr. and Mrs. James Solimano Beryl A. Thompson ^ Hans H. van der Velden David and Romayne Watt Scott and Jenny Wyatt l

DIAMOND $10,000–$14,999 Anonymous (2) ^ ³ The late Ronald L. Barclay Paula Begoun Retire better here. Milkana and Colin Brace Jonathan Caves and Patricia Blaise-Caves Drs. Darlene and Gregory Chan ^ Life at Mirabella means being Heidi Charleson Charles and Sandra Cossé ^ surrounded by the best the city Stuart and Joanne Depina Tim Dreyling has to offer. With easy access to The late Muriel Eisen † Leslie Giblett ^ such cultural venues as the Seattle Lyn and Jerry Grinstein Dave and Cheryl Hadley Art Museum, Benaroya Hall, and Margaret Haggerty † Hylton and Lawrence Hard Seattle Center, you’ll experience Ann and Glen Hiner Adrian and Jane Hobden stylish, worry-free retirement living Connie and Dan Hungate Michael and Zhenya Hyman at its finest. Bruce E.H. Johnson and Sandra E. Davis Frances J. Kwapil ^ Dr. Brian A. LaMacchia Tour our exceptional Gavin Lambie Winnie and Ven T. Lee community today: Dale and Shirley Martin Sarah Navarre ^ Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy ^ 206-254-1441 Stella and Christopher Ray mirabellaliving.com/seattle Jonathan Rosoff and Kristin Winkel Paul and Terri Schaake Eulalie Schneider Mirabella Seattle is a Pacific Retirement Services Matthew Segal and Corrie Greene community and an equal housing opportunity. Rose M. Southall ^ ³ John Starbard ^ Russell F. and Sarah M. Tousley ^ Judy Tsou and David Carlson † Jim and Camille Uhlir Moya Vazquez ^ ³ Sally Anne West Judith A. Whetzel ^ Virginia and the late Bagley Wright

PLATINUM CIRCLE BRONZE $15,000–$24,999 Anonymous ^ Mr. and Mrs. Willie C. Aikens † Linda and Tom Allen ^ Jack and Connie Bloxom ^

† = Education & Community Engagement Donor H= Opera Star Monthly Donor ^ = Encore Society Member l= SOWING Circle Member ³= Wagner and More Member

32 Seattle Opera 2018/19 Season Marshall and Jane Brown † ^ Brenda Bruns, M.D. and Richard Deininger William B. and Ann S. Burstiner † ^ ³ Susan Buske † ³ l AMUSEMENTS Janice C. Condit ^ Gifts of Artistic Expression James and Wendy Cullen ^ Sandra B. Dunn William S. Etnyre ^ ³ Located on the Kreielsheimer Promenade Level of McCaw Hall. Open two and a Robert Fries and Debra Dahlen John Goodfellow half hours prior to curtain. Paul Goodrich and Shannon Sperry Dr. Martin L. Greene and Kathleen Wright Jeffrey and Rosario Hanna ^ THE TURN OF THE SCREW CD Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen Take home the haunting music of Britten’s eerie Victoria Ivarsson Darrell and the late Ruth Jackson masterpiece with this complete opera recording from Jay and Linda Lapin Naxos. Featuring Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Sam Erika Nesholm Steven C. Phelps ^ Pay, Eileen Hulse, and the Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble. Tom and Gretchen Puentes Conducted by Maestro Steuart Bedford. 2 CDs. $34.95 Anne M. Redman ^ Dr. Lupe Salazar and Barry Bolding Dr. Jay D. Sprenger with Stephen A. Sprenger ^ ³ Susan Winokur and Paul Leach THE TURN OF THE SCREW DVD Katie Mitchell’s evocative 2005 film adaptation returns to SILVER $25,000–$49,999 Anonymous (3) ^ the late 19th Century setting of the original Henry James Chap and Eve Alvord story: Fulbeck Hall in Linconshire, with visual inspiration Warren and Anne Anderson from the photographic works of Julia Margaret Cameron, Eileen M. Birge ³ Dr. Susan E. Detweiler and the late Dr. Alexander Munch, and Strindberg. The result: a world where the Clowes ^ boundaries between the living and the dead are chillingly Robert and Loretta Comfort † Christopher and Carolyn Eagan † blurred. Featuring Mark Padmore, Lisa Milne, Catrin Wyn Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle ^ ³ Davies, Diana Montague, Nicholas Kirkby Johnson, and Natalie Gendler † ^ ³ Eric Hawley and Gwen Lowery Caroline Wise. Richard Hickox conducts the City of London Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth ^ Sinfonia. Released by BBC Worldwide. $32.95 Ron Hosogi and Marla Beck Geraldine Lindsey and Don Froomer ^ Mr. Everil Loyd, Jr. ^ THE TURN OF THE SCREW AND OTHER STORIES BOOK Susan MacGregor Coughlin and John Lauber † Oxford World Classics 1992 anthology brings the original Bruce R. McCaw Brendan Murphy unabridged novel together with three additional, rarely John F. and Laurel Nesholm ^ reprinted ghost stories from the 1890s: “Sir Edmond Orme,” James and Sherry Raisbeck ^ “Owen Wingrave,” and “The Friends of the Friends,” as well Jeff and Martha Sherman John Sullivan and Paula Stokes as relevant extracts from James’s notebooks and journals. Joan and the late Craig Watjen Introduction, notes on the texts, and further reading are

GOLD $50,000–$99,999 also featured. 328 pages, paperback. $6.95 Toby Bright and Nancy Ward ^ Gary and Parul Houlahan Laura Lundgren Gene and Jean Stark Jay and Susanne Wakefield ^

GENERAL DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $100,000–$249,999 EXCLUSIVE ARTWORK THE TURN OF THE Anonymous ^ SCREW T-SHIRTS Brian Marks and Carol Maione Designer Kitty Kough has created this Barbara Stephanus Tagney Jones Family Fund at Seattle Foundation l ominous optical illusion image for our October presentation of Britten’s ghostly $250,000–$499,999 chiller. Beneath a full moon, a picture window Ann P. Wyckoff frames a gnarled tree’s bare branches – or $500,000+ perhaps a specter’s eerie stare? White, cream, Lenore Hanauer black and midnight blue design on maroon background. Available in men’s and women’s long sleeve. Prices vary. SHOP AMUSEMENTS ONLINE AT SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/SHOP

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We are on the cusp of a monumental transition at Seattle Opera, as we prepare to move into our new home right next door to McCaw Hall on the Seattle Center campus. Our new building will be a place for you to get closer to the art form you love. Street level windows will let you see behind the curtain as we create the fabulous costumes and sets, rehearse the amazing music, and bring the stories you love to life. Our glass- box theater and classroom spaces will let us bring more opera to more people, with concerts, lectures, and learning opportunities for all ages.

We need your help to open the doors. Our dream of a community based space for opera is about to become a reality, but we are still $1.5 million dollars away from our goal. Make a gift today for more opera in your community! DONORS OF $5,000 OR MORE WILL RECEIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION INSIDE THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH AN INVITATION TO OUR HOUSEWARMING CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9TH!

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34 Seattle Opera 2018/19 Season THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING DONORS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY CONTRIBUTED $1,000 OR MORE TO SEATTLE OPERA AT THE CENTER BETWEEN JULY 1, 2005, AND AUGUST 29, 2018.

CORNERSTONE CIRCLE Thomas Seery · Matthew Segal and Corrie Greene · Virginia · Douglas and Lisa Shaeffer · Lynn Albert and Kathryn Olson ($100,000 AND MORE) Senear and the late Allen Senear · Martha and Jeff Sherman Sharp · Joan Snelson · Alan and Bonnie Steele · Aggie and Anonymous (4) · 4Culture and King County, Building For · Bernard Silbernagel · Rose M. Southall · Shannon Sperry Chick Sweeney · Donald and Gloria Swisher · Christine Culture · Richard R. and Constance Albrecht · Chap and Eve and Paul Goodrich · Stephen A. Sprenger · John F. Starbard A. Szabadi · Carla Tachau Lawrence, in memory of Frank Alvord · Apex Foundation · John Bates and Carolyn Corvi · · Barbara Stephanus · John and Evelina Stephanus · Charles and Paula Tachau · Beryl Thompson · Gertrud Tobiason · Jack and Connie Bloxom · John and the late Joyce Bozeat and Delphine Stevens · Duane and Barbara Swank · Russell F. Michael Tobiason · Terrence Turner · Kelly Tweeddale · Joan · Milkana and Colin Brace · Toby Bright and Nancy Ward and Sarah M. Tousley · Judy Tsou and David Carlson · James M. Underwood · James and Karen Unkefer · Hans and Joan · Marshall and Jane Brown · The Chisholm Foundation · R. Uhlir and Camille M. Uhlir · Moya Vazquez · Wagner and van der Velden · Annie Walters · Dr. and Mrs. William Judith Robert and Loretta Comfort · Sandra and the late William More · Jay and Susanne Wakefield · David and Romayne Watt Waring · Bill and Carol Warren · Joan and the late Craig Dunn · Chris and Carolyn Eagan · William S. Etnyre · The · Sally West · Jennifer and Scott Wyatt · The Peg and Rick Watjen · Eugene Webb and Marilyn Domoto Webb · Dorothy Foster Foundation · Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle · Young Foundation Wendler · Julie and Doug Wieringa · Dr. Antoinette Wills · Natalie Gendler · John Goodfellow and Barbara Peterson · Carolyn and Vincent Wirkman · Jerry and Nancy Worsham · COMMUNITY CIRCLE Lenore M. Hanauer · Adrian and Jane Hobden · Dr. Kennan Virginia Wright · Glen and Cathy Wyatt · Albert and Angelina ($1,000–$9,999) H. Hollingsworth · Ron Hosogi and Marla Beck · The Hot Yen · Joanne Young · David Zapolsky and Lynn Hubbard · Kay Anonymous (7) · John Abrams and Karl Compton · Lena Chocolate Fund · Gary and Parul Houlahan · John Graham Zatine Perelman · Virginia Anderson · Kathy Andeway · Irene Foundation · Joshua Green Foundation · Janet Wright Aronoff · Kris Barker · Redmond and Suzanne Wilson Barnett Ketcham Foundation · Kreielsheimer Remainder Foundation · Tim and Tony Barrick · Jillian Barron and Jonas Simonis · · Seattle Opera Guild in Memory of Marian E. Lackovich IN-KIND Janice Berlin in honor of Beatrice and Arlene Berlin · Earl and Captain Louis J. Lackovich · Everil Loyd Jr. and Joanne Cossé International Securities and Paula Black · Marilyn J. Braarud · The late Dr. Jerry DelBene · Laura Lundgren · M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Pacifica Law Group Braunstein · Beverly Brazeau · Thomas and Virginia Brewer · Marks Family Foundation · Susan and Furman Moseley · Collins Group, a division of Campbell & Company · Gary Bromberg · Lydia Budak and Bruce Kincy · Boyce Nesholm Family Foundation · The Neukom Family · Norcliffe Heartland Burdick · Melanie A. Burton · Lisa Bury and John R. Taylor Foundation · Peach Foundation · James and Sherry Raisbeck NBBJ in honor of Tom and Linda Allen · Ellen Cafferty · Corinne · Margaret and Eric Rothchild · Gladys Rubinstein · Eulalie Campbell · Jeanne and Jon Cantalini · Karen Carlson-Iffert · Schneider · Judith Schoenecker and Christopher L. Myers Joyce Castle · Allen and Janice Clark · Frank and Joan Conlon · Gene and Jean Stark · Paula Stokes and John Sullivan · Seattle Opera at the Center has made great progress · Carl and Carol Corbin · Barbara and James Crutcher · James Sunderland Foundation · Tagney Jones Family Fund at thanks to our volunteer leadership and project team: and Wendy Cullen · Marc and Maud Daudon · Daniel and Seattle Foundation · Thurston Charitable Foundation · Carol De Matteis · Mary Dickinson · Clinton Diener and Diane True-Brown Foundation · WA State Dept. of Commerce · The Steering Committee Chair Lasko · John Donnelly · Zander and Hilary Doroski · Patricia Walker Family Foundation · The Jonathan F. Whetzel Family Maryanne Tagney Dubrow · Abby, Christine, and Dallas Duell · Charisse Dwyer CENTER CIRCLE and Dwyer Family Trust in honor of John and Elizabeth D. · Steering Committee Members ($10,000–$99,999) Glenn and Bertha Eades · Joan Eklof · Sally and John Endriz · Thomas H. Allen Anonymous (9) · Abe & Sidney Block Foundation · Mr. and Virginia Eschbach · Judith Z. Feigin and Colin Faulkner · Gerry Susan MacGregor Coughlin Mrs. Willie C. Aikens · Thomas H. and Linda L. Allen · Kim and Betsy Finkel · Kathleen Fischer and Thomas Hart · Adam Janet Sears A. Anderson · Warren and Anne Anderson · Lynly Beard · and Emily Fountain · Alan and Linda Freyd · Betty Friedman Moya Vazquez Paula Begoun · Neil M. and Kathleen Bogue · Rebecca Boyd · Maureen Frisch · Bryant Fujimoto · Gail J. Gazda · Ruth William T. Weyerhaeuser · Chrissie Breedlove · Gary Bromberg · Brenda Bruns, M.D. Gerberding · Genevra Gerhart · Dennis Gibb · Deborah Giles Scott Wyatt and Richard Deininger · Dr. Joseph and Barbara Buchman and Charles Simrell · Dennis and Evette Glouber · Janet M. · William B. and Ann S. Burstiner · Susan Buske · Betty R. Graeber · Richard and Diane Haelsig · Lawrence and Hylton Community Phase Task Force Carter · Jonathan Caves and Patricia Blaise-Caves · Drs. Hard · David and Carole Hardy · Jenny Hartley · Geraldine Elana Aleksandrova Gregory and Darlene Chan · Steven and Judith Clifford · Hashisaki · Nels and Dannielle Haugen · H. Lee Holcomb · Jan Berlin Patricia and Ted Collins · Janice C. Condit · Charles and Diana Holland · Jana C. Hollingsworth · Gerald and Gladys Carla Lawrence Sandra Cossé · Crissa Cugini · Laurie and William Daniel · Hoshijo · Nyssa Houzenga · Barbara Lynne Jamison and Keith Richard Mills John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes · Dr. Susan E. Detweiler and Logan · Paul and Pat Kaald · Gilla Kaplan · Grace King and the late Dr. Alexander Clowes · David and Helen Dichek · Virginia King · Albert and Elizabeth Kobayashi · Dorothea Project Team Jesse and Lenora Diller · Michael G. Dryfoos and Ilga Jansons Kopta · Brian Kreger and Peggy Martin Kreger · Anne Kroeker Architect: NBBJ · Ken Duncan and Tanya Parish · Lois Gamble Duncan and and Richard Leeds · Jean Krynicki · Gavin Lambie · Marjorie Project Manager: Shiels Obletz Johnsen George Rolfe · Ellen Ferguson · Jack M. and Marsha S. Levar · Carla and Don Lewis · Dr. Donald and Alice Jean Lewis General Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis Firestone · Robert Fries and Debra Dahlen · Diana H. Gale and · Henry Y. Li · Matthew and Betty Lider · Gerald Lim and Bruce Jerry Hillis · Grousemont Foundation · Paul and Becky Haley Gross · Kate Lindsey · Kerry Lowery · Ellen Mack and Edward · M. Elizabeth Halloran · Jeffrey and Rosario Hanna · Eric Gomez · Edith J. Maffeo · Jon Magnussen · Alice M. Mailloux Hawley and Gwen Lowery · Ann and Glen Hiner · Michael and · Jean Manwaring · Sara Marks · William B. Maschmeier Zhenya Hyman · Robert C. Jenkins · Bruce E.H. Johnson and and Patricia Haggerty · Leslie and David Mattson · Barbara Sandra E. Davis · John and Pamela Jolley · H. David Kaplan · J. Mauer · Louise McAllister · Judith McBroom · Mark N. & Mr. Dong Kim and Ms. Rebecca Banset · Martha Kongsgaard Lillian C. McDermott · Ernest McIntyre · Renate McVittie · and Peter Goldman · The Firoz and Najma Lalji Foundation Uwe and Gunda Meissner · Catherine G. Merlo · Jerry Meyer · Dr. Brian A. LaMacchia · Aidan Lang and Linda Kitchen · Jay and Nina Zingale · Prof. Ann H. Milam · Dave and Dolly and Linda Lapin · Lease Crutcher Lewis · Jeanne Marie Lee Milkowski · Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Miller Jr. · Jim and Barbara · Ven and Winnie Lee · Andrea C. Lewis · Susan MacGregor Miller · Ronald Miller and Murl Barker · Mary E. Montgomery · Coughlin and John Lauber · Fowler W. Martin · D.V. and Ida Lois North · Amy Norton · Carol Nygren · Kim and Ryan Ositis J. McEachern Charitable Trust · Karen and Rick McMichael · Melinne Owen and Paul Giguere · Soo Hyun Park and Jeff · Greg Meldahl · James and Lora Melhorn · Stafford and Rosenfeld · Parker, Smith & Feek, Inc. · D. and Mary Patterson Louise Miller · Richard Mills and Karen Covington · Heidi · Gayle Peach and Kevin Ceder · Kathryn Pearson · Ralph Munzinger and John Shott, in honor of Linda and Tom Allen Wendelle Peoples · Tomas Perez · Kathleen Pierce · Lori and · Brendan Murphy · Sarah Navarre · Wanda and Ralph Nuxoll Bill Price · The Rabbitt Dorman Family · Catherine Ramsey · Rosemary Peterson to honor the late Richard H. Peterson · and Thomas Ball · Chris and Stella Ray · Nancy Ritzenthaler Steven C. Phelps · Jocelyn Phillips and Warren Bakken · Tom and Al Odmark · Paul and Mary Ann Roberts · Joshua and and Gretchen Puentes · Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy · Megan and Michelle Rodriguez · Joy Rogers and Bob Parker · Judy and Greg Pursell · Anne M. Redman · Janey Repensek · Cornelius Lellius Rose · Jonathan Rosoff and Kristin Winkel · The late and Penny Rosse · Ron and Susan Runyon · Lupe Salazar Lawrence R. Ross · Mrs. Faye Sarkowsky · Eric B. Schmidt and Barry Bolding · Charles and Maria Schweizer · Janet and and Kristin A. Henderson · Rachel R. Schneider · Thea Seese

The Turn of the Screw 35 INSTITUTIONAL DONORS VOLUNTEER FUNDRAISING Seattle Opera is exceedingly grateful for the following donations of $500 $25,000 and more and more made between July 1, 2017, and August 29, 2018. The impact of The SOWING Circle these organizations and individuals keeps opera and the arts thriving in Gemperle Holiday Soiree our community. $5,000–$7,499 $1,000,000 and more Seattle Opera Guild—Amici Preview Group Seattle Opera Foundation Seattle Opera Guild—Magnolia/Queen Anne Preview Group Wagner and More—New York City Trip $250,000–$499,999 $3,000–$4,999 Nesholm Family Seattle Opera Guild—Lakeside Preview Foundation Group

$100,000–$249,999 $1,500–$2,999 Seattle Opera Guild—Allegro Preview C.E. Stuart Anonymous Group Charitable Trust Seattle Opera Guild—Bellini Preview Group Seattle Opera Guild—Mercer Island Preview Group

Tagney Jones True-Brown $1,000–$1,499 Family Fund Foundation Seattle Opera Guild—Parties and Previews Seattle Opera Guild—Vivace Preview $50,000–$99,999 Group

John Graham Foundation $500–$999 Opera Plus—Horizon House $25,000–$49,999

Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Ned and Kayla Trimble MATCHING GIFTS Tateuchi Foundation Skinner Arts Fund Aetna • Alaska Airlines • Apple Inc. • AT&T • Bank Enrichment Fund of America • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • BlackRock, Inc. • Boeing Employee Credit Union (BECU) • Cambria Health Foundation • Costco Wholesale • Expedia Inc. • ExxonMobil • Frontstream • General Electric • Google, Inc. $15,000–$24,999 $1,000–$1,499 • IBM • Intel Corporation • Johnson & Johnson Costco Wholesale • Janet Wright Ketcham Colymbus Foundation • Educational Legacy • King County Employee Giving Program • Foundation • Seattle Opera Guild Fund • NBBJ • The Reed McClure Firm • The Microsoft • Morgan Stanley • Network for Good Seattle Foundation: Poncho Legacy Fund • • • Northern Trust • Oracle Corporation • Quaker Sky Opera at Skyline $10,000–$14,999 Hill Foundation • Royal Dutch Shell • City of Ackerly Excellence Fund • The Dabney Point Seattle: Seattle Shares • Starbucks • Texas Fund • Envestnet | Tamarac • The Foster $500–$999 Instruments • The Boeing Company • The Coca- Foundation • The Hot Chocolate Fund • Casson Family Fund • Leathercare, Inc. • Pride Cola Company • The Polyclinic • T-Mobile USA, Nuckols-Keefe Family Foundation Foundation • RBC Wealth Management Inc. • UnitedHealth Group • Verity Solutions • $5,000–$9,999 Washington State Combined Fund Drive Anonymous • Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. • Creelman Foundation • Lease Crutcher Lewis • DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Northwest Bank • Tucker Family Foundation • The following organizations provide funding OFFICIAL IN-KIND PARTNERS U.S. Bank • The Peg and Rick Young Foundation through Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) • Wyman Youth Trust between July 1, 2017 and July 10, 2018: $3,000–$4,999 Ayco Charitable Foundation • BNY Mellon ArtsWA • Fales Foundation Trust • Ryan Charitable Gift Fund • Community Foundation Swanson of Utah • Edward Jones • Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund • Fiduciary Charitable Foundation • $1,500–$2,999 Inland Northwest Community Foundation • ArtsLEAF • Peter F. Donnelly Merit Fund • Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle • Saint

Madden Associates • D.V. and Ida J. McEachern Paul Foundation • Schwab Charitable Fund Charitable Trust • Richard B. and Barbara B. • The Dallas Foundation • The Saratoga Odlin Foundation • Charles Maxfield and Gloria Charitable Foundation • The Seattle IN-KIND DONORS Cossé International Securities • Davis Wright F. Parrish Foundation Foundation • TIAA Charitable • U.S. Charitable Gift Trust • United Way of King County • Tremaine • Freestone Capital Management • Vanguard Charitable KUOW 94.9 FM • M.A.C Cosmetics • Perkins Coie • Red Carpet Valet • Talking Rain

36 Seattle Opera 2018/19 Season Seattle Opera is honored to recognize the following legacy donors who are helping secure the future of opera by including Seattle Opera, or the Endowment for Seattle Opera, as a charitable beneficiary through a Will or Trust. (List as of August 28, 2018)

ENCORE SOCIETY MEMBERS Anonymous (37) · Charles and Barbara Ackerman · Gary N. Ackerman and Robin Dearling · John Akamatsu · Reverend and Mrs. John M. Allen · Linda and Tom Allen · Margaret Almen · Ernesto Alorda and Jonathan David Gerson · Robert L. and Rosemarie Anderson · Ms. Laura Arpiainen · David W. Barker · Mary L. Bass · Marla Beck · Dr. Janet Beckmann and the late Dr. George Beckmann · In honor of Minnie Bergman · Jean Berry · Rachael Black and the late Ronald Barensten · Jack and Connie Bloxom · Neil M. and Kathleen Bogue · Patricia L. Bostrom · Sandra Boyd · Joseph Brancucci and William Carley · F. H. Braymer · Toby Bright · Marshall and Jane Brown · Lynn Buell · Sarah H. Burdell · William B. and Ann S. Burstiner · Lisa Bury · Betty R. Carter · Drs. Gregory and Darlene Chan · Carolyn Chawla · Jean Cho and David Mankoff · Mrs. Heinke Clark · Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Clarkson · Janice C. Condit · Carol Veatch Corbin · Anonymous · Norma B. Croco · Tavia Crowder · James and Wendy Cullen · William and Laurie Daniel · Nancy Davies · Lorraine del Prado and Thomas Donohue · John Delo and the late Carmen Delo · Sharon Demuth · Dr. Susan E. Detweiler and the late Dr. Alexander Clowes · Marjorie Dougherty · Fred and Adele Drummond · Michael G. Dryfoos and Ilga Jansons · Pat Dubrow · Ann R. Eddy · Patricia Edwards · Karl and Carol Ege · Anna F. Egidy · In memory of H. Wendell Endicott · William Etnyre and David Claus · Jane and Thomas Fadden · A. H. Feige, Jr. · Lyn and Paul Fenton · Jack and Dorothy Fidler · Susan and Thomas Fife · Jack and Marsha

Firestone · Russell and Nancy Fosmire · Ernest and Elizabeth © Shane Welch Frankenberg · David F. Freedman · Carole Fuller and Evan Schwab · Gloria Gagne · Diana H. Gale · Donna Gathany · Gail J. Gazda · Natalie Gendler · Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Gibbons Romm · Florence Rose-Thompson · Martha Lou Allan Faulstich · David B. Felch · Captain Paul C. Fournier · George · Leslie Giblett · Rebecca C. Gillette · Dr. Ulf G. and Inger A. Sampson · Irwin and the late Barbara Sarason · Dr. Carolyn A. Franz · Margery Friedlander · Richard Fuller · Dr. Lena Goranson · Claire and Michael Gordon · Mark J. Gralia · John Scheve · James L. Schindler · Christopher Myers and Judith Furgeri · Sharon Galbraith · William Gallacci · Pauline Garnder Andrew Hackley · Jeffrey and Rosario Hanna · Larry Hanna · Schoenecker · Mrs. Lucia Schubert and the late Mr. Kenneth · Marion Oliver McCaw Garrison · Max Gellert · Edward Christine R. Hansen and Peter T. Hurd · Karen Hansen · Gini L. Schubert, Jr. · Virginia Senear and the late Allen Senear P. Goodrich · Hartmut B. Gottschau · Dr. C. Benjamin and Harmon · Mr. Derik Harper · Jenny Hartley · Roger Henderson · Barbara Sherer · Evelyn E. Simpson · Joan Snelson · Rose Pearl R. Graham · Margaret Rose Gray · Everett G. Griggs III · · Sylvia H. Hobbs · Ron and the late Geraldine Hoefer · Southall and the late John Southall · Stephen A. Sprenger Marie Louise Gummersheimer · Mary Alice Hill Hammond · Mr. Paul Hoglund · Frank and Katie Holland · Dr. Kennan · Margaret T. Stanley · John Starbard · W. Dyanne Stepanek Roy Harsh · Mary Scott Helmick · Frances Stillman Hodges Hollingsworth and the late Dr. Phyllis Bagdi · Marilyn Holstad · Dr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Stevens · Duane and Barbara · Julia Livingston Hodson · Ruth H. Hoffman · Edith Anne · Barbara Howell · Michael R. Huber and Danielle E. LaVilla · Swank · Maureen Swanson · Donald and Gloria Swisher · Holmes · Horace and Lois Hopkins · Helen M. Hostetter · Erik Jacobsen · Jan Jarvis · Robert C. Jenkins · Speight Jenkins Christine A. Szabadi · Delma Tayer · Beryl A. Thompson · Cathryn M. Johnson · Esther Jane Johnson · Dr. W. Vance · Julia G. Johansen · Ginger R. Johnson · Paul and Janell Ian L. Thompson, M.D. · Russell F. and Sarah M. Tousley · Johnson · Nancy Keefe · Suzanne Dressler Kellar · Marian E. Johnson · Braiden Rex-Johnson and Spencer A. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Trafton · Evelyn M. Troughton · Rae Lackovich · George H. Lancaster · Evelyn B. Langlie · Karen S. · Vincent M. Jolivet · Robert D. Julien · H. David Kaplan · Tufts · James and Karen Unkefer · Muriel A. Van Housen · Larson · Dale Lehrman in memory of Paul Beckley · Patricia Frances J. Kwapil · Sandra and John Labadie · Jan Lamers and Sharon F. Van Valin · Moya Vazquez · Jean B. Viereck and Lott · Margaret Lovelady · Margaret MacLachlan · Mary the late Eric Lamers · Consuelo F. Larrabee · Gary M. Law · Robert S. Leventhal · Betty L. Wagner · Jay S. Wakefield and Maddox · Charlotte Malone · Amoret B. Mayberry · Norma Rosemary Leong-Miller and Robert Miller · Marjorie J. Levar · Susanne M. Wakefield, Ph.D. · Nicholas A. Walls · Bill and A. McLaughlin · Carroll C. McMasters · Colonel Norman D. Lady M. Boswell Lindal · Geraldine Lindsey and Don Froomer Carol Warren · Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers · Karola Miller · Roy F. Miller · Shirley Callison Miner · Lucy Van B. · Thomas D. Loftus · Mr. Everil E. Loyd, Jr. and the late Mrs. Watson · Raleigh Watts · Scott Webster · Douglas Weisfield Mitchell · Miriam Morgan · Robert Morton · Ruth Naimy · Vesta Loyd · Cheryl L. Lundgren · William B. Maschmeier · Robert D. Welden and Jeffrey A. Watts · Dorothy Wendler Clifford Nyberg · Beatrice Olson · Elizabeth Parke · Ralph and Patricia Haggerty · Kim and Stephen Mats Mats · David · Drs. William and Gail Weyerhaeuser · Judith A. Whetzel Wendelle Peoples · Dr. C. Wight Reade · Harold E. and Jeanne Mattson · James C. Mattson · Dr. David W. McClure and Dr. · Julie Wieringa · James and Felicity Wornast · Carolynne D. Ridgway · Constance Roberts · Delorez Rossell · In memory Cheryl L. Maslen · Elisabeth McKee · Greg Meldahl · James and Phil Wright · Jim Yancy · Shirley Zaic and Eric Johnson · of Clyde D. Rowett · Gladys and Sam Rubinstein · Ruth M. and Lora Melhorn · Prof. Ann H. Milam · Carolyn and Roger N. Charles A. Zaragoza Rystogi · Doris L. Sather · Cecilia Schultz Music Foundation Miller · Robert C. Milnor · Rosalie B. Minier · Randa Minkarah · Amy Sidell · Mrs. Kayla L. Skinner · Elaine H. Skone · Col. and Scott Mullins · Richard Munsen, MD · Lin Murphy · Nadine ESTATE GIFTS Dana Slack and Camilla Slack · Lenore A. Smith · Geraldine and John Murray · Nancy P. Narraway · Bruce W. Novark M.D., Anonymous (5) · Elizabeth H. Anderson · Catherine Sorrentino-Hoefer · Mary L. Sparling · Jack L. and Gertrude D.D.S. · Wanda and Ralph Nuxoll · Peggy O'Brien-Murphy Anzovino · Henriette Baum · Egon Baumann · Jane K. E. Sprenger · Mary F. Stowe · George Wood Swain · Frances · Pamela A. Okano · Richard Q. Opler · Sarah M. Ovens · Beamish · John C. Bigelow · C. Keith Birkenfeld · Diana M. Du Bois Swift · Elizabeth Thomas · Dr. Robert A. Wallace Dolores J. Palomo · Patricia S. Parrent · William and Carol Blackmore · Jack Blalock · Ruth A. Blum · Mary T. Bossi · · Melvin S. Weil · The Lawrence W. Wells Trust · Elizabeth Parsons · Marty and Sue Peterson · Steve C. Phelps · Sarah Marjorie O. Bovee · Edward S. Brignall · Ralph E. Bruno · A. Wheelwright in memory of Ruth Wheelwright · James Kern Potter · Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy · Megan Pursell · Louis Burzycki · Doris H. Caka · Sophie C. Caplan · Arnold Whitaker · Howard D. Wigle · James T. Williams · Eleanor Hale Dennis and Margaret Purvine · Rabbitt Dorman Family · H. Chin · S. Merle Christensen · Douglas Everett Colin · Wilson · Patricia A. Wilson · Hans Wolf · Maureen Woodman James and Sherry Raisbeck · Erica Rayner-Horn · Anne M. Kenneth A. Connelly · Archie A. Drake · Betty Dunhaver · Herta Zahn Redman · Eloise and Glen Rice · Paula A. Rimmer · Joyce C. · Norma Durst · Evelyn S. Egtvedt · Dr. Peggy Elder · and Saul Rivkin · John and Charlotte Robins · Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellrich · Julia Hodson · Shirley M. Farley · Gretchen N. Stewart Rogers · Michael and Cheryl Rolland · Sharon

The Turn of the Screw 37 SEATTLE OPERA AT THE CENTER GRAND OPENING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 2:00–5:00 PM FREE FOR EVERYONE © NBBJ, Rendering by MOTYW by Rendering © NBBJ,

Join us for the Grand Opening of Seattle Opera at the Center, our civic home next to McCaw Hall that is more than twenty years in the making. Come explore this beautiful new space which will transform how our community connects with opera. Enjoy: · PERFORMANCE BY SEATTLE OPERA CHORUS · LEARN ABOUT COSTUMES, HAIR AND MAKEUP, & STAGE MANAGEMENT · SELF-GUIDED BUILDING TOURS · A WORKING REHEARSAL · AND MUCH MORE! RSVP AT SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/GRANDOPENING OR CALL 206.389.7676

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LASER OPERA IL TROVATORE SPOTLIGHT DINNER BRAVO! February 9, 2019 | Pacific Science Center January 10, 2019 | McCaw Hall BRAVO! NIGHTS Opera takes over the Pacific Science Receive a unique perspective on the Under 40? Join BRAVO! and enjoy Center Laser Dome for one night only! production from General Director Aidan complimentary wine and coffee in the This annual BRAVO! tradition features Lang as he interviews a special artistic BRAVO! Lounges during intermission. a live laser show choreographed to a guest before the dress rehearsal. Dinner SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/BRAVO soundtrack of operatic favorites. cost is $95 per person. (Annual Fund SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/BRAVO Donors of $250 and more) BRAVO! NEW MEMBER BACKSTAGE TOUR AND RECEPTION IL TROVATORE DRESS REHEARSAL October 20, 2018 | McCaw Hall & SOLO Bar FOR DONORS January 10, 2019 | McCaw Hall New BRAVO! members can get to know WAGNER & MORE ANNUAL MEETING Watch the final details come together other fellow opera lovers in an exclusive November 14, 2018 | Woodland Park Zoo at the rehearsal prior to opening night. tour of McCaw Hall’s backstage, followed Wagner and More’s Annual Social Hour (Annual Fund donors of $250 and more) by a chance to mingle at a post-tour will be held at the Woodland Park Zoo’s reception. renowned Carousel Room. Enjoy light 2019 SEATTLE OPERA GALA SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/BRAVO refreshments, curated opera discussion, May 10, 2019 | Seattle Opera at and of course, a ride on the hand-crafted the Center & McCaw Hall HALLOWEEN BACKSTAGE PARTY vintage carousel. Activity fee is $25. Enjoy a thrilling evening celebrating opera, October 27, 2018 | McCaw Hall featuring fine dining, a live auction, and BRAVO! hosts an evening of spooky fun SEATTLE OPERA AT THE CENTER exceptional entertainment! Questions? and dancing backstage at McCaw Hall. Join GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION Contact Donor Services at rsvp@ us following a performance of Turn of the December 15, 2018 | Seattle Opera seattleopera.org or 206.389.7669. Screw for all the festivities! Costumes and at the Center SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/DONATE encouraged, but not required. Save the date for the Grand Opening of our new home at Seattle Center.

HALLOWEEN PARTY BACKSTAGE AT MCCAW HALL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 10:00PM © Clem Onojeghuo © Clem

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