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Faust StephenCostello ACT I, SCENE1 M6phistoph6lds GreerGrimsley Faust'slaboratory Valentin JoshuaHopkins- ACT I, SCENE2 Wagner Scott Sikon The Kermesse Si6bel SarahCastle lntermission Marguerite Ailyn P6rez - 2O Minute - lVartheSchwerlein Jane Bunnell ACT II Marguerite'sgarden Conductor Karen Keltner Director David Gately - 2O Minute lntermission - Qnonic l-)ocinnor RobertPerdziola ACT III,SCENE 1 CostumeDesigner RobertPerdziola A mill LightingDesigner MichaelWhitfield ACT III,SCENE 2 Wig and MakeupDesigner StevenW. Bryant A church ActingChorus lVaster Walter Huff ACT III,SCENE 3 PrincipalPianist DorothyRandall A street Choreographer JavierVelasco- ACT III,SCENE 4 FightDirector DaleAnthony Girard A prison Q.r rnarfiiloc CharlesArthur DictionCoach KarenKeltner . Therunning time is approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, includingtwo 20-minuteintermissions. 5anurego upera ueOul . Thisproduction of Faustis owned by the LyricOpera of Chicagoand was made possible by the Port, Washlo and P]{ n fr{.}tr l'4&.i".; * il *,i:. l{* ErrantFamilies. . Originalproduction staged by FrankCorsaro. Saturday April23, 2011 7pm . Tuesday April26,2011 7pm Setsconstructed by SanDiego Opera Scenic Studio. . Friday April 29, 2011 8pm Costumesconstructed by MarianneKrostyne for LyricOpera of Chicago.Uniforms by Col. Craig Nannos Hats Sunday May 1,2011 2pm and byLynn Mackie. . Thisproduction oI Faustwill be broadcaston Librettoby MichelCa116 and Jules Barbier after Carr6's Fausl Saturday.June 1'1 at 7:OOpmon KPBSRadio 89.5 FM, et Marguerrteand Goethe'sFaust Part 1. Bg l FVlLa Jolla and 97.7FM lmperial Valley. . Firstperformance was in Paris.France on March19, 1859. . Orchestralmaterial by agreement with G. Schirmer on behall Specialthanks to CongregationBeth lsraeland of EditionsChoudens. owner and copyright holder. St. James By-The-SeaEpiscopal Church, our 2011 . Cas- sr rhiee- tn .hr.qe. Community Conversationpartners for Faust.

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.JANE BUNNELL STEPHEN COSTELLO, Faust Marthe Schwerlein "Faustis a great role and I rn happyto do itfor "I arn delighted to return to the scene of rny thefrst time in San Diego,'saysAmerican frstFaust - (as Siibel) - and enjoy a play date tenor StephenCostello. He made his San with the Deuil (as Martbe)! I was ltonored DiegoOpera debut last season as Romeo to be a part 0f the cast(Furlanetto, Souiero, in Romeoand Juliet and, earlier this season, Leech) 24 years ago and I am honored to be a sangthe role of the ltalianSinger in Der -- parr oJrots casr(uflmsreJ,I'erez, Losteuo).1hts Rosenkavaller.He made his Metrooolitan opera is one of myfauorites - I neuer tire of it orfailed to be moued Operadebut as Arturoin Lucradl Lammermoorand returned bltit," says American mezzo soprano Jane Bunnell. She made to sing the role of Edgardolater that season.Other perfor- her San DiegoOpera debut in 1988 as Inezin ll trovatore, mancesinclude the roleof Greenhorn(lshmael) in The Dallas returningthe sameyear as Siebel in Faust,and again in 1999 Opera'sworld-premiere production of Jake Heggie'sMoby- as Hanselin Hanseland Gretel.Recent engagements include Dick. relurningthere for his role debut as Lord Percyin a new Gertrudein Romeoand Juhetfor The DallasOpera. Mamma productionof Anna Bolena,his debutat RoyalOpera Covent Luciain Cavallerlarustlcana at the MetropolitanOpera and Gardenas Carloin Donizetti'sLlnda di Chamounix,a return her LyricOpera of Chicagodebut as MartheSchwerlein. She to the SalzburgFestival as Romeoin Gounod'sRomeo and hasenjoyed a long relationshipwith the MetropolitanOpera Jullet,which he alsosang with OperaCompany of Philadelphia. where her variedroles include Annio in La clemenzadl Tito. Rodolfoin La bohdmefor ViennaState Opera and gave his Cherubinoin The Marrlage of Figaro,Dorabella in Cosi fan firstsolo recitalin the U.S.in KansasCity's Harriman-Jewell fufte.Rosina in TheBarber of Seville,Nicklausse in TheTales of series.In 2O09.Costello won the prestigiousRichard Tucker Hoffmann.Suzuki in Madama Butterfly,Meg Pagein Falstaff, Awardand alsowon first prizein the 20OO GeorgeLondon Ascagnioin Les Troyens.Dryad in Arladne auf Naxos,Emilia in Foundationfor SingersCompetition, as well as FirstPrize and Otello,Stephano in Romeoand Julietand Si6belin Fausr.She AudiencePrize in the GiargiariCompetition, and FirstPrize in hasperformed with HoustonGrand Opera, The DallasOpera, the LiciaAlbanese Puccini Foundation Competition. Upcoming New York City Opera,Florida Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, performancesinclude his debut at the GlyndebourneFestival ViennaVolksoper, Oper der StadtKoln and the LvricOpera of as Nemorino in The Ellxir of Love and the role of percy KansasCity. among others. in Donizetti'sAnna Bolena for the MetropolitanOpera.

SARAH CASTLE, Si4bel GREER GRIMSLry, M'phistoph'tds "For much of the time, Faust is a dark, rnls- "Thejoy ofgetting to singMipbistopbila is that terious, deuilish drama! One of the things I the Deuil bas no litnits. Society'sidea of buil' loaeabout the role 0f Sidbelis tbat he brings always seemsto change,so tltere is a rrytriad a welcometouch of lightnessand charm to the of cboicesabout the characterM1 cltaracteris scenesin which he appearl He is infatuated the manifestationof what Faust or Marguerite with Marguerite, and that giues his music a thir?kthe deuilto be,"savs American bass- passionand an elegance abich is a joy to sing" baritoneGreer Grimslev. He madehis San saysNew Zealand mezzo soprano SarahCastle. She made her DiegoOpera debut in Lohengrlnin 2000, returnedIor Fidelio SanDiego Opera debut in 2OO1as Cherubinoin TheMarriage in 2003. Samsonand Delllah in 2OOl andas Scarpia in Tosca of Figaro,returned in 2008 as Lolain Cavalleia rusticanaand in 2009. He madehis MetropolitanOpera debut as Captain lastseason as St6phanoin Romeoand Jullet. Recentengage- Balstrodein PeterGrimes and has returnedas Escamilloin mentsinclude Dido ln Dido and Aeneas for L'Op6rade Vichy Carmen,Jokanaan in Salome,Scarpia in Tosca,Telramund and Op6rade Lausanne,the title role in Tan Dun'sMarco in Lohengrlnand Amfortas in Parslfal.Recent engagements Polofor the NetherlandsOpera, Cherubino in The Marriageof includeTelramund in Lohengrlnfor LyricOpera of Chicago, FigaroIor SeattleOpera, Fox in The Cunnlng Llttle Vixenfor the Wandererin Siegfriedfor Cologne Opera,Wotan in lsraeliOpera, Nicklausse in LesContes D'Hoffmann for Teatro Dle Walktire and Das Rhelngold for Cologne Opera and Real.Hansel in Hanseland Greteland Ruggiero in Alcina for SeattleOpera's Ring Cycle, Don Pizarroin Fldeliowith Opera OperaAustralia and PrinceOrlovsky in Die Fledermauswith Companyof Philadelphia,Portland Opera and the portuguese OperaCompany of Philadelphia.She has sungMademoiselle NationalOpera, Kurwenal in Trlstanund lsolde at LyricOpera Dangevillein AdrianaLecouvreur, Herodias, page in Salome, of Chicago,Jokanaan in Salomewith operasof Santa Fe. Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos,Siegrune in Dle Walktire and Vancouverand San Franciscoand Scarpiain losca with Tisbe in Cinderellafor Covent Garden, Oberto in Alcina Ior L'Op6rade Montr6al,Deutsche Oper Berlin. Opera Colorado SanFrancisco Opera and StaatsoperStuttgart, Olgain Eugene and LyricOpera of Kansas.Other roles include the tltle role Onegin at Th66treRoyal de la Monnaie and in Auckland, tn TheFlylng Dutchman in Lithuaniaand with SeattleOpera, Flosshildeln both Das Rheingold and Gotterdammerung the title roleoI Macberhwith VancouverOpera, Amonasro in and Grimgerdein Dle Walkurewith BayreutherFestpiele and Aida with PortlandOpera and Mephistoph6ldsin Fausrwith Carmenfor bothOpernhaus Zurich and NewZealand Opera.

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NewOrleans Opera. A frequentsinger in Europe.Grimsley has Hoffmannwlth OperaTheatre of St.Louis and Susannain lhe performedleading roles at TeatroComunale di Bologna,Royal Marriageof Frgarowith MichiganOpera Theatre. Boston Lyric DanishOpera, Prague National Theatre. Aarhus-Den Jyske Operaas well with the SalzburgFestival on a tour of Japan. Operain Denmark.the ScottishOpera and the Stadttheater Othernotable performances include Violetta in La traviatawith Baselin Switzerland,amonq others. OperaTheatre of St. Louisand ViennaStaatsoper. Juliet in Romeoand Julletfor OperaCompany of Philadelphia.Pamlna .JOSHUA HOPKINS, Valentin in TheMagic Flute Ior DeutscheOper Under der LindenBerlin, "This role has hll the aduenture antl drarna Zerlinain Don Glovannifor The DallasOpera. Amor in the world premiereof Conclertopara Mendez that a baritone could want: the willingness with Los Angeles Operaand Gildain Rrgolettofor OperaCarolina. She hasalso to fght and dle for his homeland, a thrilling touredthe United States and Mexico with Andrea Bocelli. Other sword-f.ght and a juicy death scene. tr4/hile rolesin repertoirelnclude the title role oI Lucradl Lammermoor. Valentin's opening aria, 'Auant de quitter ces Adina in TheEllxlr of Love,Suzel in L'amlcoFritz, l,Aim\ in La lieux' , is most widely known, what I relish is bohdmeand Anna in Le villi.She was Ihe 2OO1wlnner of the the rare opportunit! to sing a lengthy death ShoshanaFoundation Career Grant. sceneduring whichI spewuenomous hate towards mlt sister,the uer\ personI wastrllng t0protect. It doesn'tget ?noreoperatic tban tltat," SCOTT SIKON, Wagner saysCanadian baritone Joshua Hopkins, making his San Diego "Im Operadebut. He madehis Metropolitan Opera debut as Ping uerl excitedto be a part of this pro- in Turandot.Other recentengagements include Junior in ,4 duction of Faust, both becauseof the truly OuietPlace for New YorkCity Opera.Merculio in Romeo and world-classcaliber of the cast and the always Jullet Ior The DallasOpera, Papagenoin TheMagrc Flutefor lnnouatiuedirection of Dauitl Gately." says OperaLyra Ottawa, Santa Fe Opera and Arizona Opera, Olivier Americanbass-baritone Scott Sikon. Since in Capicdo at PacificOpera Victoria.Figaro in The Barber his San DiegoOpera debut in 1991 as of Sevilleat ArizonaOpera, Sid in Albert Herrlngat Santa Fe SuperintendentBudd in AlbertHerring. he Opera.Guglielmo in Coslfan tutte at IVadisonOpera and the hassung more than twenty roles here including Schaunard inla VerbierFesitval, Valentin at CalgaryOpera. Junius in TheRape boheme. Dikoiin KatyaKabanora, Steve Hubble in A Streetcar of Lucretiawith CentralCity Opera and Marcellotn La boheme Named Deslre,Montano in Otello,Morales in Carmen,Curio with HoustonGrand Opera. Other notable performances have in Julus Caesarln Egypt,the SecondPhilistine in Samson includedappearances tn Pagliacciwith OperaCarolina, Don and Delilah,the FirstJourneyman in Wozzeck.Antonio in lhe Glovannland La clemenzadi Titoat L'Op6rade Montr6aland Marriage of Flgaro,Reinmar von Zweter in Tannhduserand Carmenat the CanadianOpera Company. A formermember of Sacristanin Tosca,Count Monteronein Rlgolettoand The the HoustonGrand Opera Studio. he hasappeared in numer- Bonzein MadamaButterfly He hasperformed throughout the ous productionswith the Company.He is an acrrveconcert UnitedStates with UtahOpera. Arizona Opera. Houston Grand soloistand recitalistand hasgiven performances at Carnegie Opera.San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, The Dallas Hall.He is a prizewinner at theARD Musikwettbewerb, Pl6cido Opera,Hawaii Opera Theatre. Cincinnati Opera and Cleveland Domingo'sOperalia Competition in Madridand first place win- Opera.His European debut was at theVienna Volksoper in the nerin theJuli6n Gayarre International Singing Competition. premiereoI TheNumber // Bus.An activeconcert artist. Sikon hasperformed with the SpoletoFestival USA, the SanAntonio AILYN PinfZ, Marguerite Symphonyand the Arkansas Symphony. "I arn really lookingforward to returning to ****** San Diegofor such a specialrole debut with perfect tirning! Marguerite is a cornerstoneln STEVEN W. BRYANT the lyric szprano repertoire.A role whosesing- Wig 8 Makeup Designer ing history is as great as its iconlcopera and Americanwig andmakeup designer Steven literature bistoryt.I know alreadywhat great W. Bryant'swork has encompassedover challengesand beauty it possessesand I hope 5OOdifferent productions in opera,region- to bringit to life in a unirluewa!." saysAmerican soprano Ailyn al theater,Broadway and film. He made P6rez.She madeher SanDiego Opera debut last season as his San Diego debut in 2006 and has Julietin Romeoand Juliet. She made her professional debut at designedevery production since. Currently PalmBeach Opera where she sang Zerlina in Don Giovannland he isthe wig designerfor McCarter Theatre SoeurConstance in Draloguesof the Carmelites.She recently and the Fort Worth Opera Festival.Other creditsinclude debutedwith the RoyalOpera Covent Garden as Violettarn la SantaFe Opera,Opera Theatre of St. Louis,Cleveland Opera, traviataon tour in Japan.sang Amelia in SlmonBoccanegra New YorkCity Opera.The DallasOpera and TeatroCol6n in forMilan's La Scala and for Opernhaus Zirich. performed Juliet Argentina.He hasworked on severalnotable world premieres with the SalzburgFestival, the FourHeroines in The Talesof includingLeonard Bernstein's,4 Ouiet Place and Carlisle Floyd's

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WlllieStark at HoustonGrand Opera. Stewart Copeland's Holy ultv of the Universitvof North CarolinaSchool of the Arts as BloodaI ClevelandOpera. Pasatieri's Frau Margot and Martin's Directorof StageCombat Studies. BeforeNrght Fallsat Fort Worth Opera.His Broadwaycredits includeJulie Tavmor's production of Gozzi'sGreen Blrd and WALTER HUFF Styne'sGentlemen Prefer Blondes. Acting ChorusMaster "I belieue that there are choral scenes DAVf D GATELY Stage Director four in Faust that can rnake an irutnediate and "Tbis k a uery exciting productionfor rne as I dramatic impression upon the audience, and get to work witb four dear friends. Greer and. they all are quite dffirent in ruusical con- I baue known each other for ouer tbirty years. tent and style: 1) the Kermessescene --a true Conductor Karen Kebner and I go backf.fieen. opera chorus 'crowd scene'with rapld text and And I directed Ailyn and Stephen when they busl textures2) the louely waltz 'Ainsi que la brise legere'with were students at the Acaderryt of Vocal Arts" its eleganceand lilt 3) Tbe Soldier'sChorus --a cltorusthat the says American stage director David Gately. audienceresponds to immediatebupon hearing with its 'hit-tune' He madehis San DiegoOpera debut in 2OO2duecling Don melod.1,and masculinestrength 4) and thef.nal paga of 'Christ Pasqualein the "WildWest" production. which returns in 2012. est ressuscite!'-- I belieue,rny fauorite offstage chorus, with its production Kentucky a also seen at Opera.Opera Colorado, purelyspiritual impact." Making his San Diego Opera debut, CalgaryOpera, Chautauqua Opera, Virginia Opera, Dayton WalterHuff has been Chorus Master for TheAtlanta Opera for Opera.Canadian Opera Company. Opera Omaha. Edmonton twenty-twoyears in over70 productions.He hasdegrees from Opera and Fort Worth Opera.Recent productions of note Oberlinand Peabodyconservatories and hasbeen a coachfor includeLlttle Women andHansel and Gretelfor Salt LakeCity PeabodyOpera Theater, Washington National Opera, Baltimore Arabel/afor PhiladelphiaAcademy Opera, of Vocal ArIs,The Operaand TanglewoodMusic Festival.He has performedin Elixlrof Lovewith The DallasOpera and Atlanta Madama Opera. masterclasses presented by singerssuch as Sir PeterPears, Butterflvwith La SeattleOoera, bohdmewith FloridaGrand LiciaAlbanese, Eileen Farrell, and EllyAmeling. He hasserved Operaand Atlanta Opera, Carmen with New OrleansOpera, The on the facultyof GeorgiaState University as coachand con- Talesof Hoffmann wilh EdmontonOpera, The Magic Flute with ductor.Huff receivedthe first LoridansArts Award,honoring Operaand Vancouver Cincinnati Opera,A MldsummerNlght's exceptionalcontributions to the artsin Atlanta.In 2008. the Dreamwith FlorentlneOpera and GlimmerglassOpera. Falstaff AtlantaOpera Chorus sang acclaimed performances oI Porgy with OperaOmaha and Rlgoletto with UtahOpera. recent Other and Bessat Paris'Opera-Comique and in Spain.Normandy, productionsinclude The Barber of Sevrllewith Washington and Luxembouro. NationalOpera. Opera Colorado and ManitobaOpera, Srmon Boccanegrafor L'Op6ra Montr6al de and Before Night Falls KAREN KELTNER, Conductor with FortWorth Operawhere he alsodirected acclaimed pro- ductionsoI Dead Man Walklngand Crnderella,among others. "Blessed with the color and cbaracter palette that Gounod createswith his Faast----played DALE ANTHOI{Y GIFIARD out in glittering arias, soaring melodies, thrill- Fight Director ing choruses,and beautful soli ensembles-- ---all that rnusic in its myriad forrns, sung 2s a f.gbt director, what is captiuating about in a language I loue-----abat rnore can I Faust zi that tbe music that accornpaniesthe ask?" says San Diego Opera's Residenl" acts of ui.olenceis as clear and speciflcas that ConductolKaren Keltner. She has beenassociated with the which expressesjoy, loue and sorrow. You can- companysince 1980 and hasconducted a broadrepertoire not belp but seeandfeel wbat is happening, and includinglast season'sLa bohdme.Romeo and Juhet,and that is tbe artistry of Gounod and tbe magtc of unexpectedly.the openingnight of La travrata.Among the thisopera." Canadian Dale Anthony Girardmade his SanDiego other productionswhich she has conductedfor San Diego Operadebut in 2O1O wilh Romeoand Julietand is an award- Operaare Don Ouixote.The Pearl Fishers, Samson and Delilah, winningFight Director. Choreographerand author of the stage Wozzeck.Carmen, The Conquistador,Cos) fan tutte, Thdrese combatmanual Actors On Guard.He isa SecondDegree Black Raquln, The Flylng Dutchman, The Lighthouse. Cold Sassy Beltin Taekwondo/Hopkido.a founding memberof the North Tree,A StreetcarNamed Desrreand Rrgoletto.Guest engage- CarolinaStuntmen's Associationand one of onlyfifteen rec- mentshave been with the WashingtonNational Opera, New ognizedFight Masters in the U.S by the Societyof American York City Opera,Pittsburgh Opera, the Opera Companyof FightDirectors. Recent credits include the l\letropolitanOpera, Philadelphia.Winnipeg and VancouverOperas (Canada), and The FolgerTheatre. OperaCarolina, Arden Theater. Piedmont I'Op6raNational du Rhin(France). among many others. 2O'l 1 Opera.Pioneer Theatre, Arena Studio Theatre.and Chautauqua marksher 15th seasonas conductorwith the UtahFestival Opera Film creditsinclude Eyeborgs, The Key Man, The Trlal Operawhere in additionto conductingopera and concerts, and the criticallyacclaimed Junebug. He serveson the fac- she also indulgesher passionfor the Americanmusical by

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conductingeach summerproductions which haveincluded MICHAEL WHTTFIELD South Paclfic,Carousel, Guys and Dolls, TheMost Happy Fella, Lighting Designer /776, TheSound of Muslc, Man of La Mancha. and / Do, I Dol, amonqothers. "The Fawt set designer, Robert Perdziola, has prouidetl us with essentially a unit set to abich carefully chosen elentents ROBERT PERDZIOTA are added for each scene.I arn seekingwith Set and Costume Designer my ligbting to selectiue- ly lllurninate certain aspectsofthe set to suggest SanDiego Opera debut.American designer rather tbanfully present tbe d,etailsof the scene. RobertPerdziola originally designed this This approachrnay help conuey the sensetbat weare in a sbadowy productionfor the LyricOpera of Chicago world that isfull of deception,manipulation and transforrnations, where he recentlydesigned the setsand but it rnay also leaueroorn audiencerrternbers to out each costumesfor Cosl fan tutte and the cos- for fll pictureusing their irnaginations."Canadian N/ichael Whitfield tumes for Carmen.He has also designed made his companydebut in 2006 designingThe Barber of productionsoI Faust for the Hannover Seville, returning tn 2OO7 for Cavallerlarustlcana/Pagliacci. Staatstheaterand OperaTheatre of St. Louis.He debutedat in 2009 for Rlgoletto,in 201O for La bohdme and Nabucco the MetropolitanOpera with ll prrataand returnedto design and earlierthis seasonfor Turandotand Der Rosenkavalier.Ne sets for Caprrccrofor the opening-nightgala. Other work hasdesigned for L'Op6rade Montr6al.San FranciscoOpera, includesL'lncoronazione de Poppea,Hamlet andAriadne auf HoustonGrand Opera, The DallasOpera and Los Angeles NaxosIor San FranciscoOpera, Arabel/a for SantaFe Opera, Opera.He has designedlighting for over 7O productionsat and Coslfan tutte for MilwaukeeSkylight Theater as wel as the CanadianOpera Company since "l 97 9. including Madama The DallasOpera. His OperaAustralia production oI Arabella Butterfly. TheCunnlng Little Vlxenand Death in Venice. Dulng receivedfive HelpmannAwards. He hasan ongoingassocia- hisover 25 yearsas ResldentLighting Director for the Stratford tion with Washington'sShakespeare Theatre Company where ShakespeareFestival of Canadahe lit over 100 productions his work includesDeslgn for Livlngas well as Don Carlos,The including The Trojan Women, Fuente Ovejuna.King Lear, Country Wlfe and Krng John for which he won three Helen Othelloand TheMrkado (including the Hayesawards for costume desiqn. 1984 engagementat London'sThe Old Vic). He hasalso designed tor numerous theatres.ballet companies and for the Canadian .JAVIER VELASCO, Choreographer Broadcastinq Corporation. 7s tbe director of a ballet company,I am hau- ing a bit of fun wlth tbe knowledgetbat my frst choreographicouting in opera is with a piecethat oncecontained afull lengthballet in Itsfna/ act. As sucb,d.uring the dancesin the Kermessescene, if onewere to lookhard enough, one mightfnd a few choreograpbicechoes of the Walpurgisnacbtballet trying to worrn its way back into the opera."San Diego Opera debut. Choreographer Javier Velasco hassupplied dances for LaJolla Playhouse. Old Globe Theatre and SanDiego Repertory Theatre, where he hasdirected and choreographedA ChristmasCarol, Cabaret and Suds.among others.He currentlyserves as Artistic Director of the SanDiego Balletcreating over 50 originalpieces and hisballet has been set to the poems of KennethFearing, "Love: 20 Centsthe FirstOuarter-Mile." He receivedBest Choreography by the San DiegoDance Alliance and enjoyedcreative relationships with LuisValdez on the 2oth Anniversaryproduction of Zoot Suit, Bandldo. and Corridos.with composerSteve Gundersonon the premieresof Dixie Hlghway,Back to Bacharachand David, and with lhe The Brontes: Secret Pleasures,Secret Tears and with DougJacobs, founding artistic director of the SanDiego Rep.Velasco serves on the Boardof Advocatesfor the San DiegoPerforming Arts League,is a consultantfor the School for Creativeand PerformingArts in ChulaVista and was listed amongpeople to watchin the art and theaterscene by San DiegoMagazine.

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s0pRA!"{0* StephenCostello *tlN$ueroRs F"IGHTDNRECTORS RachelCopeland- John Duykers KarenKeltner DaleAnthony Girard PatriziaCiofi- SimeonEsper EdoardoMuller Mike Mahaffey. PritiGandhi JosephFrank ChristofPerick ErmonelaJaho JosephHu COSTUME DESIGNERS AnishkaLee-Skorepa SalvatoreLicitra. AIRECT*RS SusanMemmott Allred LiseLindstrom. ManuelPaz Castillo SonjaFrisell ThierryBosquet Ailyn P6rez Joel Sorensen DavidGately lan Falconer TwylaRobinson. CarloVentre LotfiMansouri RobertPerdziola. TaliseTrevigne. Q+anhrnio \A/oicc* mARtTSt\in$ A.ris $CENERY OESIGNERS LIGHTlNG DESIGNERS B.AS*-SA"F?tT{)Fr{:S ThierryBosquet GaryMarder MCUZ{i-S{:}pRp.ilt{:S Andrew Greenan John Conklin MichaelWhitfield Jane Bunnell JoshuaHopkins. DavidHockney .San TiffanyCarmel Hans-JoachimKetelsen- RobertPerdziola- DiegoOpera debut SarahCastle Jeff Mattsey Nino Surguladze. Scott Sikon p;,4h{t5T5 AnkeVondung- WayneTigges PaulHarris RitaKaufmann. c{)hi-rR4LT* m.&,sscs JaniePrim (Ballet) HeleneSchneiderman- Anthony Ballard DorothyRandall MichaelBlinco 'rnN0Rs GreerGrimsley *H0Rre)sRAp!-inRg Reinhard Andrew Bennett Hagen KristinaCobarrubia StephenBranch KevinLangan JavierVelasco.

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Musiciansfor thisproduction are members of the SanDiego Symphony Orchestra s&r"*ntn** syMph{th}y*rech{f,syffiA Jahja Ling.Music Director

VIOLIN Wanda Law ENGLISH HORN TUBA Jeff Thayer(D. Pate OingLiang AndreaOverturf Matthew Garbutt,Pinupal and J. ForrestChair). ThomasMorgan Concertmaster LindaPiatts CLARINET HARP Nick Grant,Prlnclpal DorothyZeavin Sheryl Renk.Prlncipal Julie Ann Smith,Prlncipal ^',-|| Assocla te Concertma ster baretnzenngutL TheresaTunnicliff JisunYang. Associate FrankRenk TIMPANI CELLO Princrpal I Ryan DiLisi.Prlnclpal Yao Zhao, Prtnclpal AlexanderPalamidis, BASS CLARINET AndrewWatkins. Assistant Chia-LingChien, Associate Principal ll FrankRenk Principal Jeff Zehngut,Associate Prlncipal Princlpal ll lVarciaBookstein BASSOON PERCUSSION RandallBrinton GlenCampbell ValentinMartchev. Prlndpa I GregoryCohen. Prlndpal YumiChoL MichaelDeatherage RyanSimmons JamesPlank HernanConstantino KarlaHolland-Moritz LeylaZamora Andrew Watkins AliciaEngley RichardLevine otto Feld RonaldRobboy CONTRA BASSOON PIANO/CELESTE/ORGAN PatFrancis Mary OdaSzanto LeylaZamora lVaryBarranger KathrynHatmaker AngelaHomnick BASS HORN lVei-ChrngHuang Jeremy Kurtz,Prrnclpal PERSONNEL MANAGER Benjamin LaurenceLeeland SusanWulff, Assoclate Jaber,Prlncipa I MagdalenaO'Neill Wei-Ping LenoraLeggatts Princrpal Chous.Asslsta nt Principal/Utility MarthaNilsen W. GregoryBerton PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Warren lgorPandurski SamuelHager Gref NancyFisch Tricia JuliaPautz Jory Herman Skye DouglasHall SusanRobboy lVargaretJohnston+ ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN ShigekoSasaki AllanRickmeier CourtneyCohen EdmundStein MichaelWais TRUMPET John Stubbs CalvinC. Price,Prrnclpal PIANO TECHNICIAN Pei-ChunTsai FLUTE John MacFerranWilds Bud Fisher Mark Bedell JingYan DemarreMcGill. Princlpal JoanZelickman SarahTuck ASSISTANT PERSONNEL lvlrngzhaoLhour ElizabethAshmead TROMBONE MANAGER Kyle R. Covington.Principal DouglasHall VIOLA PtccoLo GeorgeJohnston L Che-YenChen (Karen I ElizabethAshmead RichardGordon+ on Leave s WarrenKessler Chair), MichaelPriddy SubstituteMusician ' StalTupera lvlusrctan Princlpal OBOE BASS TROMBONE NancyLochn er, Assocrate SarahSkuster, Prrnclpal Principal BetsySpear MichaelPriddy RebekahCampbell AndreaOverturf Chi-YuanChen

The muslc.lansemployed by the San Diego Symphony are members of the Musicians'Association of San Dlego Counry, Local 325. Amerlcan Federatlon of Muslcrans. AFL-CIO.

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