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Mozart Don Giovanni May 1 – 10 | 2015 MOZART DON GIOVANNI MAY 1 – 10 | 2015 ESTHER NELSON, STANFORD CALDERWood general & ARTISTIC DIRECTor | DAVID ANGUS, MUSIC DIRECTor | JOHN CONKLIN, ARTISTIC ADVISOR BLO.ORG A THANK YOU TO Boston Lyric Opera is proud to announce a $5 million gift from The Calderwood Charitable THE CALDERWOOD Foundation. This, the largest single institutional gift in Boston Lyric Opera’s 39-year history, will endow CHARITABLE FOUNDATION our General & Artistic Director position, currently FROM THE BOARD held by Esther Nelson, and be commemorated by AND STAFF OF its naming as the Stanford Calderwood General & Artistic Director. BOSTON LYRIC OPERA We are honored to be counted among the organizations that have benefitted from the tremendous legacy of Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood and extremely thankful to Foundation Trustees John Cornish and William Lowell, who have worked tirelessly to realize the Calderwoods’ vision of a strong, collaborative cultural community in Boston. “ I am honored to be the first to hold the title of Stanford Calderwood General & Artistic Director at Boston Lyric Opera and humbled by the challenge of keeping our Company an innovative, driving force in Boston and throughout the opera world. I trust that this gift will inspire others to support our efforts and, at the same time, compel all of BLO’s future leaders to push the art form forward.” Esther Nelson Stanford Calderwood General & Artistic Director WELCOME I open this final letter of the Season with a truly special message. For many years, BLO has counted itself among the organizations supported by the good work of The Calderwood Charitable Foundation. With the leadership of its Trustees, John Cornish and William Lowell, and our own Board Chair Steven Akin, the Foundation gave BLO a challenge to inspire the Company’s donors to help grow the endowment. The resulting grant is a transformative gift to the endowment, building on its foundation and setting the course for a strong future for BLO. I am profoundly grateful to these gentlemen for their vision and dedication, and to The Calderwood Charitable Foundation. Stanford Calderwood and his wife Norma Jean were longtime patrons of the arts in Boston. I believe they would both be proud to see all the benefits that their legacy has created in our community. And going forward, I am honored to bear the title that reflects and perpetuates their good work. I also welcome you to the final opera of our Season, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, which has impassioned audiences and artists alike throughout its history. G.B. Shaw called it “the opera of operas.” Tchaikovsky, after seeing a performance, wrote, “I could cry out and weep under the overwhelming stress of the emotional impression.” The French novelist Stendhal in The Life of Henry Brulard wrote, “I would walk ten miles through the mud, the thing I hate most in the world, to hear a good performance of Don Giovanni.” What is the lasting allure of this opera? Most of Mozart’s operas have waxed and waned in popularity throughout the centuries, but Don Giovanni has enjoyed constant audience success. Some attribute it to the opera’s easy blend of the comic and serious. Mozart called the opera a dramma giocoso, a comic or jocular drama. Both Mozart and his librettist Da Ponte, with whom he also collaborated on The Marriage of Figaro Sketch by Costume Designer Tilly Grimes for Don Giovanni and Così Fan Tutte, were keen observers of human behavior with a sharp sense of humor. The Don Giovanni plot pits men against women, nobles against commoners, individuals against society. I ascribe the opera’s popularity to the charismatic, magnetic, and complex title character: rake, blasphemer, upper class playboy, an irresistibly sexy, destructive narcissist. He holds up a mirror (and promise) to our own unfulfilled PROGRAM fantasies. The 18th-century Giovanni also represented the quintessential old order, demanding absolute privilege, against which the Enlightenment rose. On the other COntents hand, he also embodies the autonomous subject, rebelling against the old order, which was the cornerstone of the Enlightenment. He has no doubts of his own irrevocable Welcome 1 damnation and wins our reluctant admiration by his courageous refusal to be anything but his true self. Board of Directors 3 During my conversations with our stage director, Emma Griffin, we discussed how the Don Giovanni Background 5 allure of the Don Juan idea continues to persist today. But how do we present the idea and Interpretations of divine punishment or fateful intervention for today’s audiences, and diverse cultures? BLO's 2015/16 Season 6 Our fear of — or hope for — such retribution and justice is as real as it was in the 18th century, but it is manifested in many different ways. Emma brings Don Giovanni up Meet the Artists 8 close and turns him into a man, and an idea, of our time. His dangerously attractive BLO's Version of 13 qualities are also not, I dare suggest, limited to men. (Maybe we’ll find a new opera, Don Giovanni a female version: Lady Joanna?) Opera tells emotional truths on many levels. Production Staff & 14 I hope that you enjoy Don Giovanni and that you will join us once again next Season for Acknowledgments all-new BLO productions of both popular classics and works not often seen in Boston, all with a distinct French flavor. I look forward to seeing you at intermission. BLO Staff & Volunteers 15 Donors 18 Esther Nelson Stanford Calderwood General & Artistic Director Cover: Jennifer Johnson Cano photo by Matthu Placek pera, with its full forces of principal singers, O chorus, orchestra, production and more, requires a tremendous investment. Ticket sales traditionally cover only a small percentage of those costs. We rely on the passion and support of our community to produce truly great opera, to develop this generation’s talented Emerging Artists, and to bring opera to a wider audience through community engagement. At this time of year-end giving, please consider making PHOTOGRAPHY a gift to help us reach new heights next Season. GEBO BEN GET INVOLVED WITH BLO MICHAEL After the curtain comes down, there are BLANCHARD still lots of ways to get your opera fix! PHOTOGRAPHY PRIMA FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS— MEMBERSHIP IS FREE! Be in the know with regular news updates, exclusive invitations to events, behind-the-scenes access, opportunities to meet BLO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS artists, and special PRIMA rates for the best available seats at any BLO is making music happen far beyond the opera house with performance. Members reap all these benefits with no commitment engaging events this summer and throughout the year, produced or fee! Join Boston’s young arts lovers at blo.org/prima, 617.542.6772, alongside partners from renowned institutions like the Boston Public or [email protected]. Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to organizations at the heart of our community. Whatever your opera background, you’re sure JOIN BLO’S ORFEO SOCIETY to be informed and inspired by our Season of diverse programs and Orfeo members provide critical support to the Company. As our special events. For more information, sign up for the BLO email list, thanks, we give you the red carpet treatment: the opportunity to meet visit blo.org/events, or email [email protected]. other opera lovers in congenial settings—like our hospitality wine & cheese lounge prior to each performance—and insight to the art form MUSIC! WORDS! OPERA! through engagement with stage directors, artists, and the creative Every year, hundreds of students experience live opera in their team behind each production. Plus, join Orfeo for the Season- classrooms through BLO’s school outreach program, Music! Words! culminating special performance and celebration (coming up in Opera!. Students create and perform their own classroom operas, and June—it’s a “don’t miss”). Orfeo members view performances from the teachers receive professional development training as they implement best seats in the house and have access to concierge ticketing. Patrons this interactive curriculum in their classrooms with the support of BLO donating $3,000 or more to BLO’s Annual Fund are welcomed into singers and teaching artists. Bring this thriving, free arts program to the Orfeo Society. Learn more at blo.org/support/orfeo-society or your community by encouraging your neighborhood teachers and contact Sarah B. Blume at 617.542.4912 x228. schools to get involved at blo.org/learn/music-words-opera. BECOME A SUBSCRIBER INTERESTED IN BOARD SERVICE Subscribers get priority access to the best seats at the best prices, OR BECOMING A VOLUNTEER? flexible exchanges, personal service—all with no fees, replacement Become an integral part of the Company by giving your time as a tickets if you lose them, insider knowledge before the general public, volunteer or by assuming a leadership role in the future of BLO through and more. Find out more at blo.org/subscribe or call 617.542.6772. Board service. Contact Sarah B. Blume at 617.542.4912 x228 to inquire. STAYING CONNECTED WITH US PAYS OFF — RECEIVE EARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS, Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps SPECIAL OFFERS, AND MORE VIA OUR EMAIL LIST AND BLOG! Buy tickets, learn more about these events and others, check out our restaurant partners, and peek behind the scenes at blo.org. 2 | BOSTON LYRIC OPERA DON GIOVANNI 2015 ABOUT BOSTON A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR LYRIC OPERA Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood were passionate and generous supporters of both the arts and their community Both locally and beyond, Boston Lyric during their lifetimes through their personal giving and their Opera leads the way in celebrating encouragement of philanthropy in others.
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