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SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE Music by by after ’s play LucrèceBorgia Critical Edition by Roger Parker. By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, sole agent in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for Casa Ricordi/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.R.I. publisher and copyright owner. (Sung in Italian with English supertitles)

Conductor * CAST (in order of appearance) DirectorandProductionDesigner John Pascoe ApostoloGazella Austin Kness LightingDesigner AscanioPetrucci Ao Li*† Jeff Bruckerhoff* MaffioOrsini elizabeth DeShong ChorusDirector JeppoLiverotto Christopher Jackson Ian Robertson OlofernoVitellozzo Brian Jagde† Choreographer Gubetta Igor Vieira Lawrence Pech Gennaro * FightDirector LucreziaBorgia Renée Fleming Jonathan Rider DukeAlfonso AssistantConductor Rustighello Daniel Montenegro† Dennis Doubin Astolfo Ryan Kuster† MusicalPreparation PrincessNegroni Blanche Hampton Lydia Brown, Jonathan Kelly, LadiesoftheCourt Mary Finch, Claire Kelm Bryndon Hassman, Gerald Moore, Sally Mouzon, Sally Munro Hadley McCarroll, Fabrizio Corona AVoice Jere Torkelsen Prompter Jonathan Khuner Warriors,courtiers Supertitles Philip Kuttner * debut †Current Adler Fellow AssistantStageDirector Roy Rallo TIME AND PLACE: Renaissance , a time of male domination StageManager Rachel C. Henneberry ACT I CostumeSupervisor The Grimani Palace in Venice Christopher Verdosci —InTeRMISSIOn— WigandMakeupDesigner Gerd Mairandres ACT II ProductionSuperCaptain Scene 1: A square in near the Este castle Paul Szczesiul Scene 2: The dungeons of Este castle

Washington National Opera production —InTeRMISSIOn— First performance: , December 26, 1833 ACT III Scene 1: A square FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 AT 8 PM Scene 2: A party at Princess Negroni’s castle in Ferrara MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 7:30 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AT 7:30 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 2 PM Latecomerswillnotbeseatedduringtheperformanceafterthelightshavedimmed. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 7:30 PM Theuseofcameras, cellular phones andanykindofrecordingequipmentisstrictly forbidden. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 8 PM PLeASe TURn OFF AnD ReFRAIn FROM USInG ALL eLeCTROnIC DeVICeS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 8 PM Theperformancewilllastapproximatelytwohours,forty-fiveminutes.

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