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Michigan Opera Theatre's 2000-2001 Season is lovingly dedicated to the memory of Lynn A. Townsend and Robert E. Dewar

BRAVO IS A MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE PUBLICATION Dr. David DiChiera, General Director Laura Wyss, Editor Kristen L. Shank, Associate Editor

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ON THE COVER Celebrating 30 years of great performances. Photos courtesy of Michigan Opera Theatre. Design by Frank Cucciarre, Blink Concept &. Design. Michigan Opera Theatre would like to thank Harmony House Records for donating season recordings and videos. Michigan Opera Theatre's 2000-2001 subscription and single tickets have been graciously sponsored by Hunter House, Harmonie Park. Physicians' service provided by Henry Ford Medical Center.

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MESSAGE From the General Director ...... 7 IN MEMORIAM Lynn A. Townsend &: Robert E. Dewar ...... 8 Jane Leszynski Walker Easton &: Clara Knudsen VanderKloot . . . . . 9 30TH ANNIVERSARY...... 10

ON STAGE La Traviata...... 13 Story of La Traviata ...... 14 Falstaff...... 21 Story of Falstaff ...... 22 The Tal es of Hoffmann ...... 29 Story of The Tales of Hoffmann ...... 30 The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago ...... 38 ORCHESTRA Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra and Chorus ...... 36 MICI-IIGAN OPERA THEATRE Board of Directors and Trustees ...... 40 OUTREACH & EDUCATION Community Programs ...... 44 CONTRIBUTORS Avanti Society ...... 46 New Century Fund ...... 48 Named Gifts ...... 49 Michigan Opera Theatre Contributors ...... 50 MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE Administration and Staff.' ...... 53 General Information ...... 54

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It is my great pleasure to welcome you Corporation for sponsoring our spring to Michigan Opera Theatre's Thirtieth opera season and to DaimlerChrysler Anniversary Spring Season. Fund for making possible the 2000-2001 Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. As you DaimlerChrysler Dance Series, continuing view pages 10 and 11 in this book, I the solid and longtime support Michigan hope that the names of the artists and Opera Theatre has received over the past productions bring back a flood of those thirty years from the major automotive bUf!1ished memories of unforgettable corporations in the Detroit area. Our emotional heights. Regardless of how long thanks also to Hudsons, which is soon to become Marshall Field's, for sponsoring you have b~en attending Michigan Opera Theatre performances, you .should feel a our production of La Traviata. great sense of pride in this Companys Michigan Opera Theatre has thrived accomplishments. " during its three decades due to the g enthusiasm, talent and support of many, It is true, Michigan Opera Theatre has, ~ in relative terms, quickly risen to rank many people. I am extremely proud of <:; our accomplishments to date and look among the top ten opera companies o in the nation. The triumphs we have f forward with renewed excitement to the achieved together are certainly a point the Armenian national opera Anoush, challenges that lie ahead. You will be of pride and warrant warm reflection. which received its American premiere on hearing much in the coming months However, the continued success of this the Michigan Opera Theatre stage in about our future plans. Meanwhile, I Company is greatly due to our ability 1982. Next, we will present two works thank you for being a part of this very to look forward. new to our repertoire, Verdi's dramatic special anniversary season and for Otello and Leo Delibes' enchanting Lahme, continuing to provide the love, support An important part of the maturation which has never before been seen in and enthusiasm that have allowed process for any opera company of nation Detroit. Michigan Opera Theatre to reach this al and international repute is the combi very significant milestone. Your presence Still to come, however, is a most excit nation of mounting new works and intro next season in this theater will ensure ing spring season, which begins Saturday, ducing new repertoire to its audiences. many more anniversaries to come. We hope you will enjoy the voyage of April 2l-a date that coincides preCisely exploration into the lar-ger body of superb with the fifth anniversary of the grand It is truly a speCial occasion to share opera works not yet seen on the Michigan opening of the Detroit Opera House.That with you our thirtieth season. Opera Theatre stage. Our next season, night, we will continue our year-long commemoration of the 100th anniversary which we recently announced, is certainly Enjoy the performance! proof of our commitment to artistic of the death of Giuseppe Verdi with La growth. In 2001-2002, we will present Traviata , one of his most famous operas. our most challenging and, we hope, That will be followed in May with fascinating season to date. First, the Falstaff, Verdi's final opera The spring Company will mount new productions of season concludes ·in June with The Tales of three beloved favorites: Carmen, starring Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach. David DiChiera Detroits own Irina Mishura; Mozarts I wish to extend my most sincere Founder and General Director incomparable The Maniage of Figaro; and appreciation to General Motors Michigan Opera Theatre

ROBERTE."DEWAR 1923-2000 While Michigan Opera Theatre marks its 30th season since the On September 7, 2000, Michigan Opera Theatre was deeply sad launching of its first season in 1971 , the activities of the preceding dened by the passing of Robert (Bob) E. Dewar, Chairman of the Board decade provided the foundation for the establishment of the Opera of Directors and TlUstees. Company Like Lynn and Ruth Townsend, Robert and Nancy tlUly loved opera In 1963, the Detroit Grand Opera Association invited David and joined the Michigan Opera Theatre Board of TlUstees in 1973, two DiChiera, then a newly anived professor of music at Oakland years after the Company was founded. He joined the Board of Directors University, to take over an educational initiative called "Overture to in 1975 . In 1980, when Lynn Townsend stepped down, there was no Opera." He quickly expanded the program to fully produced scenes doubt in anyone's mind that Robert Dewar was the logical successor. from the operas presented in Detroit by the Metropolitan Opera His love for opera, together with his stature in the community as Company Ruth Townsend, our Chairman of the Overture to Opera Chailman of the Board of Kmart and his community-wide esteem as a Committee, organized a network of volunteers representing each of man of integrity and commitment, made him the natural choice . the communities where the perfOlmances of Overture to Opera took David DiChiera talked about Mr. Dewar's contribution in his program place. Ruth's early leadership was nurtured further by her husband dedication from the Gala Opening of the Detroit Opera House (1996): Lynn ; CEO and Chainnan of Chrysler Corporation. Together "vith "How lucky we were that Bob was in the wings, ready to take up the their committee vol unteers, they dedicated themselves to the success mantle, and how lucky I have been - blessed by the continuity of his of Overture to Opera. leadership and unswerving loyalty to the vision of an opera company Ruth and Lynn also helped galvanize the community's greater with no parameters to its potential as a cultural force. For the past [20] interest in establishing a fu ll-time , profeSSional opera company for years, Robert Dewar has provided the stability and affection for MOT, the state of Michigan. which has allowed this institution to realize its potential. " This quest became a reality in 1970 with the formation of Dewar's passion for the opera permeated his life and activities. Not Michigan Opera Theatre's Founding Committee and their appoint only was he a generous benefactor, but his commitment took him ment as chairpersons. They would oversee the Company's inaugural above and beyond what most would consider doing. DiChiera recalls season one year later and the reopening of the Music Hall (after those years leading up to the opening of the Detroit Opera House: "Bob years of neglect) as the opera company's first home. gave of himself tirelessly, and during those years of frantic fund-raising, In 1973, this group was reorganized and enlarged into a Board of the Detroit Athletic Club became his second office. I can't count the Directors and TlUstees, and Mr. Townsend became the chai rman of breakfasts and luncheons that preceded a tour with prospective and both boards. In 1980, he was succeeded by Robert Dewar as Chair incredulous 'prospects. ' In the dead of winter, or in the blistering sum man of its Board of Directors. Lynn remained Chairman of the Board mer heat, he would don his hard-hat and sell the vision of a beautiful of TlUstees until 1987, when he was named Chairman Emeritus. opera house, while walking through a building in complete shambles." David DiChiera talked about Mr. Townsend's contribution in his His commitment was so great that, when the constlUction teams threat dedication in the program from the Gala Opening of the Detroit ened to walk out because the mortgage had not yet been approved, Bob Opera House (1996) "The evolution of Michigan Opera Theatre put his own finances on the line - the bank tlUsted him, and his found refuge under the dedicated leadership of Ruth and Lynn actions allowed the opera house to open in time for its sold-out gala. Townsend, who brought together a group of founding members to provide financial support and lOving care for a fragile and young enterprise. It was Lynn whose considerable influence as Chailman of the Board of Chrysler Corporation opened the doors in the community to pay attention to what he affectionately called 'David's Michigan Opera Theatre Project. ' " Following Mr. Townsend's passing on August 17, 2000, DiChiera is pleased to announce the establishment of reflected, "I have so many wonderful memories of the years Lynn The Robert E. Dewar Memorial Endowment Fund and I worked together in building this opera company The cama to provide funding for young artists. raderie we enj oyed has set the tone for our MOT family to this very To the family of Robert E. Dewar, we offer our deepest day My only regret is that Lynn's illness never allowed him to see the gratitude and appreciation for your extraordinary Detroit Opera House , the world-class home for the opera company he was so instlUmental in blinging into existence. He would have philanthropy and support. been so proud."

With the passing oOane Walker Easton on February 10, 2001, Although Michigan Opera Theatre's beginning is said to be 1971, Michigan Opera Theatre lost a gracious and loyal fIiend who was the 1960s were a flurry of activity, including tour performances, l.ong active in shapirg the cultural character of the Detroit area. educational programs, meetings and parties. One of the most familiar Her first husband was William M. Walker, Jr. , a General Motors spots for get-togethers to plan for Detroits own opera company was executive. They had two children. After Mr. Walker's death, she the rambling home of Clara and Robert VanderKloot. 'Tuttie" - a nick married the former Btitish consulate to Detroit, Sir James Easton. name given to Clara by her Danish father, William S. Knudsen - was Her new title, "Lady," fit Mrs. Easton, for she was always the picture the ultimate "Hostess with the Mostest." A meeting at the VanderKloot of charm and grace. Her love of the arts was as natural to her as home included pads of paper and pencils for all, water, coffee and was her love' of her family, friends and nature. tea at the meeting tables, as well as plates piled high with nonstop One of Lady Easton's other loves was grand opera. During the chocolate-chip cookies and access to a photocopy machine - a rarity 1950s and 1960s, she worked countless hours fo r the Detroit Grand at the time. Meetings were followed by bountiful, legendary meals, Opera Association , which sponsored the yearly touring performances served with Tutties usual fl ourish. of New Yorks Metropolitan Opera at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Through the years, her dedication continued. With her pride for Detroit. Her devotion to having opera in Detroit resulted in her the work accomplished by her daughter Karen VanderKloot DiChiera appointment to the coveted and demanding position of General (Founder and Director of Michigan Opera Theatre's Department of Chairman of the 1967 season. Community Programs) and by son-in-law David DiChiera, Tuttie After the Metropolitan Opera discontinued its national touring might well be called "the original model for todays networker," to program, she became a devoted supporter of Michigan Opera quote a statement about her from Northwood Universitys Nancy Theatre. She and William Walker became Trustees of the Company Barker. Tuttie knew EVERYBODY, and her contacts and initiative in After Mr. Walker's death, her new husband, Sir James Easton, was introduCing them to "David and Karen's Project" resulted in patrons also named a Trustee. and donors who were and are the backbone of Michigan Opera Mrs. Easton was a pioneer in what she believed Detroit Theatre. could and should have, its own opera company She paved With her passing on January 9,2001, Michigan Opera Theatre has the way for Michigan Opera Theatre and then loyally lost one of its most colorful supporters. To again quote Nancy Barker; supported it. "Those of us privileged to know Tuttie have always understood that we've been blessed with the friendship of a singular, stimulating and intellectually creative woman with an enOlmous heart" Her belief in Michigan Opera Theatre has helped the company become what it is.

Michigan Opera Theatre is pleased to announce the establishment of The Clara VanderKloot Memorial Endowment Fund to provide funding for education and outreach programs. To the family of Clara VanderKloot, we offer our deepest gratitude and appreciation for your extraordinary philanthropy and support.

s we celebrate our thirtieth armiversary, it is impossible not to recognize the remarkable artists whose contributions A have helped the Michigan Opera Theatre achieve this landmark. Our gratitude to these artists and all the other singers, H · t h· t conductors, directors, designers, dancers and musicians who have ono nng I r y participated in Michigan Opera Theatre productions

SOPRANOS Stephanie Sundine Salvador Novoa BROADWAY Jan Albright Joan Sutherland Luciano Pavarotti Edie Adams Pamela Armstrong Ruth Ann Swenson Scott Piper Peabo Bryson Martina Arroyo Darina Takova Vladimir Popov Imogene Coca Ainhoa Aneta Maryanne Telese Neil Shicoff David Cryer Carmen Balthrop Nova Thomas Rico Serbo Nancy Dussault Kathleen Battle Benita Valente George Shirley Judy Kaye Gwendolyn Bradley Ealynn Voss Richard Versalle Kim Krisswell Mary Ca ll aghan-L~ch Yoko Watanabe Jon Villars Cleo Lane Fiorenza Cedolins Janet Williams Jon Frederic West Rebecca Luker Marianna Christos Stella Zambalis Jianyi Zhang Roddy McDowall Patricia Craig Juliet Prowse Phyllis Curtin MEZZO-SOPRANOS BASSES &: BARITONES Woody Romoff Tracy Dahl Frances Bible Gregg Baker Gary Sandy Doralene DaVis Elaine Bonazzi Ara Berberian Mariena Devia Brenda Boozer Richard Bernstein CONDUCTORS Joan Diener Dianne Curry John Cheek Suzanne Acton Ghena Dimitrova Mignon Dunn Richard Cowan Raffi Armenian Helen Donath Judith Forst Matteo De Monti Christian Badea Jenny 'nrivala Susan Graham Mark Delavan Richard Bonyge Jane Eaglen Denyce Graves Justino Diaz William Byrd Kallen Esperian Eugenie Greenawald James Dietsch Aaron Copland Maria Ewing Muriel Greenspan Brent Ellis John DeMain Wilhelmenia Fernandez Susan Marsee Pablo Elvira Klaus Donath Stephanie Friede Irina Mishura Andrew Foldi Antal Dorati Christina Gallardo-Domas Ludmilla Schemtshuk Richard Fredricks Mark Flint Barbara Gibson Kathleen Segar Haijing Fu Henry Holt Sheri Greenawald Jake Gardener Jacek Kasprzyk Maria Guleghina COUNTERTENORS George Gaynes Kurt Klippstatter Brenda Harris David Daniels Frank Guarrera Tania Leon Karen Hunt Thomas Hammons James Levine SumiJo TENORS Gordon Hawkins John Mauceri Camellia Johnson Fabio Arrniliato Jerome Hines Randolph Maudlin Marquita Lister Antonio Barasorda Charles Long Steven Mercurio Daniella Longhi Lando Bartolini Forrest Lorey Willie Anthony Waters Emily Magee Tito Beltran Robert Macfarland Catherine Malfitano Rockwell Blake George Massey DIRECTORS &: DESIGNERS Alessandra Marc Andrea Bocelli James Morris Christopher Alden Mary Mills Robert Brubaker Timothy Noble David Alden Leona Mitchell Jose Carreras Louis Otey Zack Brown Leigh Monroe Vinson Cole James Patterson Ken Cazan Pamela Myers Ian DeNolfo Andreas Poulimenos Mario Corradi Carol Neblet Tonio Di Paolo John Reardon Dorothy Danner Earnestine Nimmons Placido Domingo Mark Rucker Carlisle Floyd Maureen O'Flynn John Fowler Henk Smit Lou Galterio Elizabeth Parcells Marcello Giordani Andrew Smith Rhoda Levine Kyu-Do Park Allan Glasmann ltalo Tajo Santo Loquasto Cheryl Parrish Ben Heppner Giorgio Tozzi Loth Mansouri Roma Riddell Cesar Hernandez Victor Von Halem Sal Mineo Nancy Shade Kristj an Johannson Jeffrey Wells Maralyn Rennegal Pamela South John Keyes Kendall Smith Diana Soviero Richard Margison Roman Terleckyj Maria Spacagna James McCracken Bernard Uzan 10 BRAVO Copyright 2010,www.Michig MichiganaIlOpera.or Operag Theatre Detroit Opera House seasons of artistry

Productions 1971-2001 Beethoven Flotow Kern Moniuszko Puccini (cant.) Sondheim (cant .) Fidelio Martha Show Boat The Haunted Castle Tosca Swee ney Todd 198 1 1985 1978, 1990 1982 1972 , 198 1, 1987, 1984 * Bellini Floyd Lehar Am erican Premiere 1995 , 2000 Szymanowski Nom1a Of Mice and Men The Meny Widow Mozart Turandot King Roge r 1989 1980 1974, 1984 Cosl fan Tu tte 1986, 1994, 1998 1992 1972,2000 ' American Premiere Bernstein Leigh Rodgers &: Forrest &: Wright Don Giovanni Man of La Mancha Hammerstein Tchaikovsky Candide Kismet 1980 , 1990, 1995 199 1 1987 1987 The Sound of Music Eugene Onegin The Marriage of 1983 1999 West Side St01Y Leoncavallo Gershwin Figaro joan of Arc 1985 I Pagliacci Romberg Porgy & Bess 1983 , 1997 1979 Bizet 1975, 1982,1987, 1979, 1985 The Magic Flute The Student Prince 1977 Tigranian Carmen 1997 Lerner &: Loewe 1977, 1991, 1997 1977 , 198 1, 1989, Rossini Anoush Gilbert &: My Fair Lady Mussorgsky 1996 The Barber of Sev ille 198 1 Sullivan 1986 Boris Godunov The Pearl Fishers " American Premiere The Mikado 1974 1976, 1987, 1994, 1978, 1980 Lloyd Webber 1999 1982, 1991 joseph & the Offenbach Verdi Blitzstein Pirates of Penzance Amazing Technicolor Orpheus in the Saint-Saens Aida Regina 1988 Dreamcoat Underworld Samson and Delilah 1985, 1993, 1997, 1977 1986 1992 , 1999 2000 - in concert Gounod 1971 The Tales of Falstaff Britten Strauss, ]. Faust Loesser Hoffmann 1987,2001 Peter Glimes Die Flede rmacls 1978, 1983, 1994 The Most Happy 200 1 RigoletLo 2000 Romeo & juliette Fella 1975, 1980, 1988 Pasatieri 1973 , 1980, 1990, Copland _ 1990 1979 Washington Square Strauss, R. 1997 The Tender Land Gruenberg Massenet 1976 Aliadne acif Naxos La Ii'aviata 1979 Emperor jones Manon " World Premiere 199 1 1974, 1978, 1983 , 1998 Der Rosenkavalier Donizetti 1979 Puccini 1990, 1996, 200 1 Werther 2000 Anna Bolena Herbert La Boheme II Ii'ovatore 1999 Salome 1984 1975 , 1988, 1993 , 1979, 1988 Naughty Marietta 1996 The Elixir of Love 1977 Menotti 1996, 2000 Wagner 1975, 1998 Amahl & the Night La Rondine Sondheim Humperdinck The Fly ing The Daughter of the Vis itors 1972 A Little Night MLlsic Hansel & Gretel Dutchman Regiment 1977 Gianni Schicchi 1983 1989 1997 1994 The Medium 1985 Fo llies Lucia di Lammermoor Joplin 1972 Madama Butterfly 1988 Willson 1976, 1982 , 1992, Treemonisha The Telephone 1974, 1976, 1979, Side by Side The Music Man 1998 1982 1972 1986, 199 1, 1994, 1992 1992 1999 Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010,www Michigan.MichiganOpera.o Operarg Theatre BRAVO 11

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THE CAST (In order oj appearance) VIOLETTA Susan Patterson (April 21, 25, 28) Nicolle Foland (Ap lil .22m, 27, 29m) FLORA Mary Callaghan Lynch Opera in Three Acts MARCHESE Lorenzo Formosa Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre BARON DOUPHOL Music by Giuseppe Verdi Matthew Carroll Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave DOCTOR GRENVIL Salvador Ginori Based on the n ovel La Dame awe Camelias By Alexandre Dumas the Younger GASTONE World Premiere: Venice, March 6, 1853 Matthew Tuell ALFREDO Conductor Giuliano Carella* Misha Didyk (ApliI21, 25, 28) Director Harry Silverstein Theodore Green CApril22m, 27, 29m) Chorus Master Suzanne Mallare Acton ANN INA Set and Costume Design Desmond Heeley Alaina Brown Lighting Design Christine Binder GIUSEPPE Wig & Makeup Design Elsen Associates Lawrence Stotsberry Choreography Joanne Cusmano GERMONT Stage Manager Leslie Halla Christopher Robertson Oliginal production staged by Frank Galati COMMISSARIO This production oj La Traviata is owned by the Lyric Opera oj Chicago and is a generous Christopher Vaught and deeply appreciated gift oj the Gramma Fisher Foundation oj Marshalltown, Iowa. Scenety constructed by Messmore & Damon, Inc., New York * u.s. debut Costumes executed by Grace Costumes Ltd. , New York MillinelY by Arnold S. Levine Violetta's costumes executed by Lyric Opera oj Chicago CostLlme Department Masks by Ken Dubblestyn e, Stratfo rd Festival, Ontario Intermission Sponsor English Translation by Ch ri stopher Bergen Productions Ofcourstit's , Surtitles Jor thi s production are owned by Christopher Bergen Prodcutions Carrr Michigan Opera Theatre's production of La Traviata is sponsored by Carr's Crackers & Cookies Hudson's Project Imagine

H U 0 SON '5 . 4 / Ii$11 )· IS becoming I ~£( 1tt1(fi BANK=ONE-- The April 28th- performance is II' General Motors. sponsored by Bank One Michi gan Opera Theatre's 2001 Spring Season is made possible by General MOlO rs Corporation

Setting: Paris

ACT I In her Paris salon, the courtesan Violetta Valery greets party guests, including Flora Bervoix, the Marquis d'Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces a new admirer, Alfredo Germont. This young man, having adored Violetta fron;l afar, addresses her with a drinking song (Brindisi: "Libiamo") ; she joins in the salute to pleasure. An orchestra is heard in the next room, but as guests move there to dance, Violetta suffers an attack of faint ness. Concerned, Alfredo comes back and, since they are alone, confesses his love ("Un di felice") At first, Violetta protests that love means nothing to her. Something about the young mans sincerity touches her, however, and she promises to meet him the next day After the guests have gone home, Violetta wonders if Alfredo could actually be the man to fulfill her in love ("Ah, fors e lui"). But she decides she wants freedom ("Sempre libera"), though Alfredo's voice, heard out side, argues in favor of romance. ACT II, Scene 1 Alfredo has per from Flora to a party that late woman sends a message of accep suaded Violetta and night. Violetta has no tance to Flora and begins a farewell note is living with her in intention of going back to to Alfredo. He enters suddenly, surpris a villa near Paris, her old life, but trouble ing her, and she can barely control her where he praises intrudes with the appear self as she reminds him of how deeply their contentment ance of Alfredo's father. she loves him ("Amami, Alfredo") before ("De' miei bollen- Though impressed by rushing out. Now a servant hands ti spiriti"). But Violettas ladylike manners, he Alfredo her farewell note, as Germont when the maid, demands she renounce his son; returns to console his son with Annina, reveals the scandal of Alfredo's affair reminders of family life in Provence ("Di that Violetta has with her has threatened his Provenza il mar"). But Alfredo, seeing . pawned her Jewels to keep the daughter's engagement ("Pura sic Floras invitation, suspects Violetta has villa, Alfredo leaves for the city to settle come un angelo"). Violetta says she can thrown him over for another lover. matters at his own cost. Violetta comes not, but Germont eventually convinces Furious, he determines to confront her looking for him and finds an invitation her ("Dite alla giovine"). Alone, the deso- at the party

Scene 2 Creativity. It's the un expected combination At her soiree that evening, Flora learns of unlike ideas. A combination that can solve a from the Marquis that Violetta and problem. Pen a sym phony. Or even advance Alfredo have parted, then clears the floor a civilization. for hired entertainers- a band of fo r To be creative means to see things in tunetelling Gypsies and some matadors, new ways. To im agi ne what is not. who sing of Piquillo and his coy sweet- To understand each experiment as . heart ("E Piquillo un bel gagliardo"). another step closer to di scovery. Soon Alfredo strides in, making bitter At Bayer, we help automakers discover comments about love and gambling reck creative new ways to use our lessly at cards. Violetta has arrived with thermoplastics, polyu rethanes, rubber Baron Douphol, who challenges Alfredo and coatings raw materials to make to a game 'and loses a small fortune to yo ur designs more efficient, economical, him. Everyone goes in to supper, but and exciting. Violetta has asked Alfredo to see her. The result is innovative technologies Fearful of the Baron's anger, she wants for automotive engineering that go beyo nd Alfredo to leave, but he misunderstands mere necessity. It allows automa kers the her apprehension and demands that she lu xury to be truly crea tive in anticipating admit she loves DouphoL Crushed, she the desires and tastes of tomorrow's car buyers. pretends she does. Now Alfredo calls in others, denounces his former love and hurls his winnings at her feet. As the guests rebuke him and Douphol chal lenges him to a duel, Germont enters to Inn ovat ive technologies for denounce his son's behavior. automot i ve eng in eer ing.

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The F allen Woman

Fact, fiction and the demimonde men everywhere to beware their empty ter resembled Marie. When his daughter collide and commingle in the glorious wiles, their avaricious, licentious and died, the baron, hoping to save her life, world of Giuseppe Verdis La Traviata vain nature. A theatrical exception, set Marie up in a Paris apartment with (The Fallen Woman). Verdi's heroine, Dumas' 1852 drama presented an income, on the proviso that she aban Violetta, draws her ve racity from two Marguerite as a tragic and intelligent don prostitution. Though some believe courtesans, the fictional Marguerite heroine, admirable for a code of honor that Compte Edoard de Perregaux, to Gautier and a real woman whose name and personal virtue never previously whom Marie was briefly married, was was Alphonsine (later Marie) Plessis ascribed to such a fallen woman. the model fo r La Dame aLIX cam elias hero (later Duplessis) . Based upon his 1848 novel La Dame Armand Duval, it is more commonly Marguerite is the pleasure-loving aLIX Camelias was a very long time believed that Dumas, whose initials are demimondaine of Alexandre Dumas fils' reaching the stage, due to censorship. identical, was Armands prototype. 1848 novel, La Dame aLix camelias. Her It concerns a ravishingly beautiful but Dumas met Marie at the Theatre Royale story is drawn from the life of Marie consumptive young courtesan named and is said to have shared her bed the - Gautier (1824-1847), a courtesan with Marguerite Gautier. Marguerite is the very same night. The operas hero, whom Dumas had a youthful affair. fictional version of AlphonSine (later Alfredo, must be more patient. He is Through a series of permutations, the Marie) Plessis (later DupleSSiS), a canny invited to return only when the flower two courtesans reach their apex in country girl who became a sought- given to him by Violetta has wilted. Violetta Valery after courtesan, prior to her death of "Domani?" he sings hopefully "Domani," The word demimonde is applied to a tuberculosis at age 23. Jules Janin she replies. In the summer of 1845, class of women who have lost (or never described Marie in the preface to the Dumas took Marie from the heat of the gained) their place in respectable society, novels second edition as "tall, very city to St. Germain-en-Laye, which lies due to their indiscreet behavior or sexual slight, with black hair, and a pink and just a few miles from the estate of his promiscuity The 19th-century equiva white complexion." Her head was small, novelist father, author of The Three lent of today's call girls, the best, most her eyes sparkling and alert, "her lips Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. glamorous and most successful of these ruddier than the cherry, her teeth the Some say the elder Dumas did not women were called courtesans because prettiest in the world." approve of his son's liaison, and Marie they consorted with men of great wealth In truth, Marie played passable was asked to leave. In truth, she grew and power. As Marguerite says, "We have Meyerbeer on the piano in her salon, bored with country life and returned no friends. We have selfish lovers who which was attended by the glitterati of to Paris. spend their fortunes, not on us, as they the age, including Dumas pere . One In the novel, Marguerite makes the say, but on their own vanity For these source reports that she was a pupil of noble sacrifice asked by Armands father, people, we have to be merry We are not Franz Liszt, who upon her death told a returning to Paris and allowing him to allowed to have hearts. We no longer friend she was the first woman he had believe shes returned to her former life belong to ourselves. Weare no longer ever loved. At the height of her success, and lover. In the opera libretto, Violetta, beings, but things. We stand first in their Marie rose at 11 a.m., read the newspa who truly loves Alfredo, is secretly self- esteem, last in their esteem." pers and practiced the piano for fifteen underwriting the expense of their sum At the time of the opera's premiere, minutes. Then, like so many demimon mer idyll through sale of her jewelry She such women, frequently seen at the des, she drove and walked in the Bois, is persuaded by Alfredo's father Georgio theater on the arms of their benefactors, returned home and received visitors. to leave him in order to restore the fami were not represented on the stage. Nights were spent at the theater or the ly's tarnished honor, which imperils the Society did not dare to consider them opera, where she never missed an open impending good marriage of Alfredo's real women with real feelings , who ing night. pure and virginal sister. might love truly or be moved to make a By the time she was twenty, Marie had Librettist Francesco Maria Piave based sacrifice too noble for their base nature. contracted tuberculosis. She went to Spa his honor-bound Germont pere on the Such women lived in the half-world, and to recuperate and there met a man old fictional papa Duval, but many believe when represented on stage, they must be enough to be her father, Ba,on de that Verdi's troubled relationship with his objects of scorn and a warning to young Stackelberg, whose consumptive daugh- own father colored and deepened the

www.MichiganOpera.org Detroit Opera House 16 BRAVO Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre character of the elder Germont and the emotional poignancy of his music. Lo ng thought fictio n and still contest ed is early Verdi biographer Arthur Pougins report that Verdi attended Dumas' play when he was in Paris on business in 1852. Some say there is nothing to support this pleasant fiction, likely generated when Pougin noticed the confluence of dates. In her 1993 book Verdi, biographer Mary Jane Phmips-Matz writes that the composer and his mistress, Giuseppina Strepponi, did go to the theater while in Paris, and I GET T H E BE S T 0 F BOT H W 0 R L D S I When it comes to your that Verdi told his daughter, Filomena, that he began to compose La ·haviata financial plan or investment portfo li o, you immediately after seeing La Dame aux don't have to compromise. Nati onal City's Camelias According to Phillips-Matz, the Private C li ent Group provides the bes t of Ve rd i famil y tradition is that the compos er sent for a copy of the play, received in both worlds in our industry - independent, the late summer o ~ fa ll of 1852. personalized solutions and se rVice, At the time of the play's premiere, a combined with the financial strength and memoir writer named Comte Horace de Viel-Castel, described in The Courtesans resources of National C ity Corporation. as a vigilant collector of contemporary Together, we deliver a complete ra nge of scandal, wrote, "La Dame aux Came/ias is wealth- building solutions based on yo ur shameful for the epoch which allows it, the government which tolerates it, the needs today and your vision for the future. public which applauds it , [and is] in fact It's a team approach, delivered to you a full cscale public scandal. Such turpi thro ugh a dedicated Relationship Manager. tude is not to be analysed. " Other long-perpetuated Traviata myths The Private Client Group: The Best of insist that the operas premiere was a fail Both Worlds. Call Newton Ki mberly, Senior ure, that its performance in then-con Vice President and M arket Executive, temporary costumes was responsible, and that many in the audience were offended by the sympathetic treatment of a courtesan. Acco rding to David Ewen, II author of Opera, more recent research P R I VATE shows that the premiere, performed in P RI VATI:. I NV E "T ~I ENT AnVI SO R.' eL I EN T the style of Louis XlV, was praised by the GROUP critics and hailed by the audience. It is no fiction that Paris in 1850 was Natiol1al City" pia.national.city.cont . tl.!II(MI. ;": ... ".".,1 \ ", ,, ("fl""" """ filthy, yet gilded with a fabulous fa <;ade. The fa<;ade may have promised gaiety, joy, freedom and pleasure, yet it covered the reality of a city that was pestilence ridden and rife with poverty While cour Curious About Cremation? tesans commanded homes, jewels and Call the preferred Cremation Society in the area for answers to allowances, common prostitutes starved. your questions and to receive a free brochure on our services. Tuberculosis, typhoid and cholera were diseases du jour. From this milieu of fact "We are committed to and fiction, fa<;ade and stark reality offering simple, dignified ,~. Cremation Society of sprang an opera so lovely and affecting service at a low cost." that an almost forgotten and unfortunate ... Thomas FRost. President _ Michigan woman named Marie Duplessis has Serving all of Michigan become immortal in Violetta Valery (313) 839-4100 · Toll Free (SaO) 241-3131 - Charlene Baldridge

Artist Profiles

ALAINA BROWN Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking. Ms. Foland will During the 2000-01 season, Me Green will perf01111 Annina return to MOT next season as Micaela in Michi Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermaar with the Seattle Michigan Opera Theatre debut gan Opera Theatres new production of Carmen. Opera, Rodolfo in La Boheme with the Des Moines Porgy & Bess, 1998 Metro Opera, Nemorino in ITlisir d'Amare with the Soprano Alaina Brown returns r---= ,.,.....--. MISHA DIDYK Knoxville Opera and Tonio in La Fille du Regiment to Detroit after making her suc Alfredo (April 21, 25, 28) with Boston Lyric Opera. cessful European debut as Mary Michigan Opera Theatre debut Stone in Douglas Moore's The Misha Didyk is the leading CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON Devil and Daniel Webster, in tenor of the National Opera of Germont Palem10, Italy. Ms. Brown is a native of Oak Park, the Ukraine in Kiev He has Michigan Opera Theatre debut Michigan, and earned her Bachelor of Music degree performed the leading tenor Christopher Robertson has from the Eastman School of Music in New York. Ms. roles in La Ii-aviata, Rigaletta and emerged as one of the most Brown's most recent appearance with MOT was in Eugene Onegin among others important young baritones on the 2000 spring production of Der Rosenkavalier. with his home company. Recent engagements the opera scene, having already include Rigaletta with the New Israeli Opera, Opera appeared with companies MARY CALLAGHAN LYNCH Company of Philadelphia and New York City Opera, including the Metropoli tan Flora and Werther in Philadelphia. Future engagements Opera, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Rome Opera Michigan Opera Theatre debut include Dan Carlo in Genoa, Madama BLltteljly in and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. Recent Madama Buttelly, 1976 Philadelphia, Macbeth in Marseilles and La Boheme engagements include Kurwenal in Tristan L!I1d Isalde Soprano Mary Callaghan Lynch with Opera Pacific. with the Houston Opera , Werther at the Metropoli has distinguished herself as a tan Opera, Rigoletta in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and versatile performer She has LORENZO FORMOSA San Francisco, and Jochanaan in Salam e with the performed with the Dayton Marchese Boston Lyric Opera. After his appearance in Detroit, Opera, Toledo Opera and Mi chigan Opera Theatre debut Mr. Robertson will immediately travel to San Gli mmerglass Opera among others. Ms. Callaghan Orpheus in the Underwarld, Francisco to reprise his interpretation of Germont in Lynch has also appeared in numerous roles at the 1986 La Ii-aviata. Michigan Opera Theatre, including Musetta in La Bmitone Lorenzo Formosa has Boheme and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Last season, distinguished himself as an MAnHEW TUELL she appeared as Bertha in II Barbiere di Siviglia and up-and-coming young artist. Gastone the second niece in Peter Grimes. Next season, Ms. Recent engagements include II Barbiere di Siviglia Michigan Opera Theatre debut Callaghan Lynch will perform the role of the second with the Eugene Opera, La Boheme with the Tenor Matthew Tuell most niece in Peter Grimes for [ Opera de Montreal. Madison Opera Theater, Ford in FalstajJ with the recently performed the role of Pine Mountain Music Theater, and the under.study Edgardo in Arbor Opera MAnHEW CARROLL of Figaro in II Barbiere di Sivigli a with the Lyric Theatre's production of Lucia Baron Douphol Opera of Chicago. Upcoming engagements include di Lammermoor. Mr. Tuell has Michigan Opera Theatre debut a pops concert ,vith the Arkansas Symphony also performed with the Utah Eugene Onegil1 , 1999 Orchestra and Hagens Shining Brow with the Festival Opera Company, the Natchez Opera Festival Bass-baritone Matthew Canoll Southern Nevada Opera Association. and Sarasota Opera. Mr Tuell \vill also perform the recently appeared in the title role of Bardolfo in Michigan Opera Theatre's role of FalstajJ with the SALVADOR GINORI production of FalstajJlater this spring. University of Michigan and as Grenvil the Marquis in La Ii'aviata and Mi chigan Opera Theatre debut HARRY SILVERSTEIN Thierry in us Dialogues des Ca rmelites with the Mexican bass Salvador Ginori Stage Director Central City Opera. After his appearance with MOT, received a diploma in vocal Michigan Opera Theatre debut Mr. Carroll re turns to Central City Opera to perform performance from the Tasca, 1995 the role of Dashwood in Uttle Women and cover Conservatorio de las Rosas in Hany Silverstein has excelled Colline in La Boheme. Mr. Carroll holds a masters Morelia. Recent engagements in productions of both contem degree from the University oLMichigan , where he I include the Mozart Requiem and porary and standard repenoire. studied with Lorna Haywood. Beethovens Ninth Sy mphony with the International He has collaborated ,vith com Festival of the Organ. Mr. Ginol-i is also a member L~IIlIi••• poser Philip Glass on Akhnaten NICOLLE FOLAND of the Enrico Camso Lyric Ensemble, which recently at the English National Opera and the New York Violetta (April 22m, 27, 29m) performed scenes from Don Giovan/1i, LElisir d'Amare, City Opera. Other career highlights include La Michigan Opera Theatre debut Rigaletta and 00/1 Carla on tour throughout Mexico. Ii-aviata for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand A winner of the prestigious Mr. Ginori is currently studying with Metropolitan Opera, and Dallas Opera, Idomeneo for Opera 1997 ARIA award, soprano Opera bass Ara Berberian. Ireland and Madama Butterfly for both Victorian Nicolle Fo land is quickly State Opera in Australia and Auckland Opera in establishing herself as a lead THEODORE GREEN New Zealand. ASSignments for the 2000-01 season ing soprano throughout the Alfredo (A pri l 22m, 27, 29m) include Casi Jan Tuite for Houston Grand Opera, US and Europe. Previous Michigan Opera Theatre debut Rigoletto for Dallas Opera and Kurkas Th e Good career highlights include La Ii-aviata in Chicago Alaa in Concert , 2000 Saldier Schweik for Chicago Opera Theater. Mr. and Houston and Le Nozze di Figaro in Phila Equally at h0111e on the operatic, Silve rstein is also associate professor of music at delphia, Boston and Minnesota. Ms. Foland also concert and recital stage , DePaul University in Chicago. has a longstanding relationship with the San American tenor Theodore Green Francisco Opera, where she has performed in is gaining a reputation as one of Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Boh eme and the most eXCiting up-and-coming Carmen among others. Ms . Foland also created l)'lic tenors of his generation. last season, Me Green the role of Kitty Hart in the world premiere of was fea tured in the 1999 Richard Tucker Opera Gala.

18 BRAVO www,Mi chiga Il Opera.org Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON Chorus Master Michigan Opera Theatre debutMi /wdo, 1982 Suzanne Mallare Acton has been MOTs Assistant Music Director and Chorus Master since the 198 1/82 season. She has conducted several pro ductions during her tenure, including The Barber oj Seville and The Daughter oj the Regiment. For Dayton Opera, she conducted West Side StOlY, My Fair uldy and Th e Pirates oj Penzance. Ms. Acton has served as coach and accompanist for the opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego, and is Music Director of Rackham Symphony Choir.

GIULIANO CARELLA Conductor Michigan Opera Theatre debut Italian conductor Giuliano Carella has previously held the position of l11usic director at the Puccini festival in Torre del Lago , Italy. Recent engage ments include Ltl Tiaviata at l'Arena di Verona, Riga/etta in Tel Aviv, Otello and FalslaJf in Hamburg and I Lombardi in Marseille. After his appearance in Detroit, Maestro Carella ,vill travel to Verona [or Aida, Macbeth in Dijon and Del" Fliegende Hollander in Mallorca. Maestro Carella is also fea tured on sev eral recprdings on the Nuova Era label. This appearance l11arks Maestro Carellas US debut. ELSEN ASSOCIATES We've been conducting Wigs and Makeup Michigan Opera Theatre debut business for over 50 years and Currently hair and makeup designers [or more than twenty we like the sound of that opera companies in the US and Canada, including Opera Colorado, Glimmerglass Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Sarasota Opera, Washington Opera and Florentine Opera. The company has participated in the festivals of Edinburgh, Jerusalem and Spoleto. On Broadway, their work has been seen in TIle Merchant oj Venice, Two Ii"aillS Running, and The Wild Party among oth ers. Elsen Associates has educational affiliations with Yale University, the University of Maryland, the Kennedy Center Education Department and Carnegie-Mellon University. __

CHRISTINE SOLGER BINDER Lighting Des igner Michigan Opera Theatre debut La Ii-aviata, 1996 Principal assistant lighting designer for the Lyric Opera o[ Chicago since 1989, the Illinois native deSigned the Lyric Opera Centers 1997 world premiere of Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk). Christine Solger Binder is cUlTently resi dent lighting deSigner for Chicago's Redmoon and Drury Lane theaters. Recent projects include HARMONY HOUSE Wlaaaical Redmoon's Rankenstein and TIl e Ballad oj Frankie and )0/111 ny, which won Jefferson Award citati ons. 29732 Woodward & 12 1/2 Mile in Royal Oak • 248-398-0422 For Michigan Opera Theatre, she has designed lighting for the 1996 production of La TI-aviata, the www.harmonyhouse.com 1999 Eugclle Ol1egin and last season's Peter Grim es.

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Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 20 BRAVO www.MichiganOpera.org Detro it Opera House THE CAST (in order oj appearance) DR. CAIUS Patrick Marques FALSTAFF John Del Carlo (May12, 16, 19) Mauro Buda* (May 13m, 18, 20m) BARDOLFO Matthew Tuell PISTOLA James Patterson MEG PAGE Opera in Three Acts Kate Aldrich Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre ALICE Madelyn Monti Music by Guiseppe Verdi QUICKLY Libretto by Arrigo Bolto Mariana Karpatova Based on The Merry Wives of Windsor and NANETTA Nicole Heaston King Henry IV by Shakespeare World Premiere: Milan, Teatro aHa Scala, February 9, 1893 FORD Gary Lehman Conductor Maurizio Barbacini Lighting Design Kendall Smith FENTON Massimo Giordano* Director Mario Corradi Wig &: Makeup Design Elsen Associates Chorus Master Suzanne Mallare Acton English Translation by Paul Moor 'US. debut Set Design Peter Dean Beck Stage Manager Noah Spiegel Costumes by Malabar Ltd. The opening night performance is sponsored by This production was created for the Florida Grand Opera. SAGE FOUNDATION ScenelY deSign ed by Peter Dean Beci<. Surtitles Ja r this production are owned by The San Francis co Opera Association The May 19th performance is sponsored by Intermission Sponsor /_•• I"$;!W\ Carr! The student/senior performance Carrs CraCKers &: Cookies of Falstaff is sponsored by • . General Motors. Michigan Opera Theatres 2001 Spring Season is made possible by General Motors Corporation

Setting: 11 r , vvlndEl SOY, ng an d , in the time of Henry IV

dezvous between Alice and Falstaff. Ford, too, has devised a plan: Under a false name, he will call himself Falstaff in an effort to learn how his dastardly plans are progressing. The women and men all join in an ensemble, which ends the act, as Mistress QUickly sets out for the Garter Inn.

Act II Mistress QUickly arrives at the Garter with messages from both Alice and Meg. Alice sends word that her husband is out each afternoon from two o'clock until three. Meg, on the contrary, sends word that her husband is almost never absent. Falstaff crosses Quickly's palm and assures her the young woman will not be disap pointed. Mistress Quickly leaves. Then Ford is announced, under the name of Brook (Fontana, in Italian). He asks letters to the two women, but they Act I Falstaffs help in his courtship of Nannetta refuse; it's against their honor. Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is dining at the Garter (and gives Falstaff a bag of gold to hands the letters to a page and turns on Inn. Dr. Caius enters and accuses Falstaff encourage him). The fat knight assures Bardolph and Pistol with an ironic of having broken into his house and him that he himself has a rendezvous monologue about Honor. beating his servants. Falstaff ignores the with Mistress Ford within the hour and Doctor, but finally admits that he has The scene changes to the garden of will arrange everything. He hurries off to done all that Caius accuses him of and Ford's house. The letters have arrived, dress in his finest, while Ford remains and Meg and Alice, comparing them, advises him not to try to do anything behind to denounce the faithlessness find them identical except for their about it. Falstaffs two h~nchmen, Bardolph of women in a violent soliloquy names. Alice's daughter Nannetta and and Pistol, are also attacked by Caius, Mistress QUickly join them in a plan to The scene moves to Ford's house. The who charges that on the previous night trick Falstaff. They go out, and Ford wives are ready for Falstaff. Servants come they had gotten him drunk and robbed enters, together with Bardolph, Pistol, Dr. in with a huge basket of soiled clothes him. Falstaff, with mock solemnity, hears Caius and Fenton. They besiege Ford "When I call you," Alice tells the servants, the case and gives his decision: Caius' with the tale of Falstaff's plan of seducing "empty the basket into the gutter." Falstaff case is unfounded. Then he reprimands his wife. Ford vows to keep careful arrives and begins his impetuous courtship his two henchmen, not for their offense, watch. All the others leave, while of Alice, but Meg enters to say that Ford but for having committed it clumsily Nannetta (whose father wants her to is coming home. Falstaff hides behind a After a brief scene with the innkeeper, marry the elderly Dr. Caius) stays behind screen when he sees Ford storm in, Falstaff tells Bardolph and Pistol that he with her real love, Fenton, to exchange together with Dr. Caius, Bardolph and is the object of the affections of two kisses. The wives meanwhile have per Pistol. When the men scatter to search young wives of Windsor- Alice Ford fected their plans: Mistress QUickly will the house, the women squeeze Falstaff's and Meg Page. He orders them to carry be the go-between in arranging a ren- huge bulk into the basket, covering him

22 BRAVO Copyright 2010,www.MichiganOpera.org Michigan Opera Theatre Detroit Opera House \vith dirty clothes. Ford returns and hears the loud smack of a kiss from "TuHo nel mondo e burla - behind the screen, only to find his daughter and Fenton, whom he has the whole world is but a jest." forbi c;lden her to see. When the men rush out again, Alice summons the of Dr. Caius and the embarrassment of blesses the two happy lovers. The opera servants and orders them to dump the Ford, the latter discovers he has married ends \'lith a brilliant fugue by voices and laundry into the gutter. Alice takes her his daughter to Fenton. But he now orchestra. Its theme: "Tutto nel mondo e husband by the hand and leads him to relents in his opposition to Fenton and burla - the whole world is but a joke " the window.

Act III We find Falstaff again at the Garter, sad and weary after his experience at Fords, calling for mull ed \'line. Mistress QUickly arrives \'lith a letter from Alice, setting a midnight rendezvous. Falstaff falls into the trap: He is to go to Windsor Park, disguised as the Black Huntsman, and wait for Alice at Hernes Oak. The two go off to discuss the plan, while all the others enter and talk over the details of their new pnink against Falstaff. Ford also promises Dr. Caius that when the fun is over, he shall man;y Nannetta. The closing scene at Hernes Oak finds the young lovers together. H A R 0 W 0 R K • Nannetta is disguised as the Fairy Queen, and Fenton is instructed to wear RIC H REWARDS a black cloak. They go out as the clock strikes twelve, and Falstaff enters to meet Bank One applauds the hard work and dedication of all Alice . Falstaff begins his eager courtship, artists and benefactors who enrich our lives through the arts. but is interrupted by the arrival of Meg, who cries that the fairies are coming. Falstaff falls to the ground, terrified, It takes talent and discipline to orchestrat e and deliver a quality and hi des his face, since to see the fairies performance. It is this same level of dedication and attention to detail means death. The whole band enters, that enables us to effectively manage your wealth. disguised as fairies , imps and witches. Falling upon Sir John, they belabor him \'lith blows and pi nCR-him until he begs For more information please call Andrew Camden at 800.487.7801. for mercy and promises to mend his ways. He catches onto the joke only Reward yourself And spend more time enjoying the arts. when he recognizes Bardolph, whose mask falls down. Meanwhile, the women, intriguing to help Nannetta BANK=ONE-- and Fenton, have confused the men - by mixing up the different disguises. Thus we find Bardolph dressed as the Fairy Queen, hand in hand \'lith Dr. PRIVATECLIENTSERVICES Caius; Nannetta, now disguised as a nymph, enters \'lith Fenton in his black UNBIASED ADVICE UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY I UNPARALLELED ACCESS cloak. Ford unites the two couples in ©2000 Bank One Corporation marriage, and all unmask. To the horror

A Tribute I rtf to Fa staJJ

By Roberto Mauro There is little argument Giuseppe Verdi's operas constitute the worlds most popu lar and frequently performed works. During the mid-nineteenth century, Verdi was undoubtedly the king of opera. However, the second half of the nine teenth century brought the onset of a significant operatic evolution, with the prerr:ieres of Gounod's Faust (1857) and _ Romeo etJuliette (1867), which reintro duced the su,blimities Of French opera, and Bizet's Carmen (1875), which intro duced the fiery passions of verisme. In addition, Wagners musical dramas, Die Walkure (1856) and Tristan und Isolde (1859), reinvented opera as it was known. At this time, Verdis public accused him of being out of touch and passe. Taking the cue, Verdi, who had already begun to slow down after the successful premiere of Aida in 1871, fully expected to with draw from composing to settle down on his farm in Sant'Agata Fortunately, the master did no such thing. Instead, he completed and premiered his ReqUiem (1874) as tribute to the great Italian such a complete disaster that, for a traditional Verdi aria occurs in Act Ill. patriot Alessandro Manzoni, and further while, Verdi contemplated never There are also monologues like Falstaff's surprised the world by collaborating with composing again. Nevertheless, Boito musings on honor and Ford's outburst of the poet/composer Arrigo BOlto in setting and Verdi's publisher convinced the jealousy, but it is the work of the entire Shakespeares Othello tQ.nlusic. master to write a comic opera based ensemble that sets Falstaff apart. The final fugue is truly a mind-blowing FollOwing the triumphant premiere of on Shakespeares character Falstaff. achievement that provides one of the Otello in 1887, Verdi was rich and revered Verdi was reluctant initially and claimed that the whole exercise was most spectacular musical finales in opera. and wanted to offiCially retire. Again, the Falstaff is also a for the public was pleasantly surprised, upon not a pleasurable way for him to live tour de force out his remaining years. In fact, Verdi orchestra. After a career of over sixty reading an 1890 article which announced insisted on a separation clause, which years, Verdi was an adept orchestrator, that the 77-year-old composer was already would allow him to withhold the and the complex, intricate score radiates well advanced in the composition of a new comic opera. opera from the public if it was not to warmth and gusto. his liking. was premiered on February 9, Throughout his career, Verdis work Falstaff 1893, at La Scala in Milan, and was a had primarily focused on serious sub MUSically, Falstaff is unlike any of resounding success both critically and jects. In fact, his one and only comic Verdi's other operas. There are very few opera, Un Giorno di Regno (1840), was full-scale arias. In fact, the closest to a publicly

24 BRAVO www.M ichiganOpera.org Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Other events in 1893: Henry Ford builds his first car. Tchaikovsky premieres Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique"), op. 74. Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel premieres in Weimar. Puccini's Manon Lescaut premieres in Turin.

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KATE ALDRICH of Claudio Abbado, Werther in Zurich, La Rondine Recent engagements include Walther in Tannhduser Meg Page in Rome, and Romeo etJuliette in Parma. Future with Tulsa Opera, Narraboth in Salome with the Michigan Opera Theatre debut engagements include FalstaJJ at the Salzburg Milwaukee Symphony, and the Narrator in Berlioz's Mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich, Festival, 1 Lombardi in Cremona, rElisir d'Amore in rEnJance du Chlist with the Santa Fe Symphony who hails from Maine, returns Reggio Emilia and La Traviata in Tokyo. This After his appearance in Detroit, Mr. Marques will to the United States after a suc appearance marks Mr. Giordanos American debut. perform with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra cessful debut as Amneris in a in Mozarts Die Entful1mg aus dem Serail and in the production of Aida in Busetto NICOLE HEASTON Houston Grand Operas production of Tannhduser. directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Nanetta Mr. Marques' last appearance with Michigan Opera Ms. Aldrich was the winner of the Palm Beach Michigan Opera Theatre debut Theatre was in Der Rosenkavalier in the spling Opera Vocal competition and a two-time semi-final American soprano Nicole of 2000. ist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Heaston is quickly coming to Auditions. Ms. Aldrich has also performed the role the attention of opera companies MADELYN MONTI of Maddalena in Rigoletto with the Glimmerglass and orchestras around the world. Alice Ford Opera, Cherubino with Central City Opera, and She is the recipient of a 1999 Michigan Opera Theatre debut Preziosilla in La Forza del Destino at l'Arena di career grant from the Richard American soprano, Madelyn Monti studied at the Verona. Futute engagements include a return to Tucker Foundation. Career highlights include Un Juilliard School of Music in New York, and is now l'Arena di Verona as Fenena in Nabucco, Rigoletto in Ballo in Maschera in San Francisco and Dallas, rElisir based in Milan. She made her professional debut in Cleveland, Camlen in Genoa, and a debut as d'Amore, Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni in 1980 as Mimi to the Rodolfo of Luciano Pavarotti in Dillcinee in bon Quixotle at the Vienna Festival. Houston, La Boheme with the New York City Opera San Diego, and has since appeared in some of the and Drusilla in l'incoranazione di Poppea in Aix-en worlds most prestigious theatres, including: The MAURO BUDA Provence. This summer, Ms. Heaston will perform Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Vienna Staatsoper, Falstaff (May 13m, 18, 20m) Susanna in a new production of Le Nozze di Figaro Sydney and Paris. Recently, Ms. Monti has appeared as Michigan Opera Theatre debut with the Glimmerglass Opera. Alice Ford in Panna and Torino. She has also concen Italian barirone Mauro Buda, trated on the title role of Tosca, which she has sung in whose repertory, ranging from MARIANA KARPATOVA Livorno, Lucca, Mantova, Cosenza, and most recendy the 18'" to the 20'" centu ry, has Mistress QUickly in Ascoli Piceno placed him in demand in some Michigan Opera Theatre debut of Europe's most important This Bulgarian mezzo-soprano JAMES PAnERSON houses. Recent engagements is a winner of the prestigious Pistola include Macbeth in Novara and Modena, Otello in Sullivan Foundation Award Michigan Opera Theatre debut Ferrara', Modena and Reggio Emila, Les Dialogues des and the Licia Albanese Puccini La Boheme, 1993 Carmelites in Cagliari and II Trovatore in Toulon. Foundation Competition. Ms. Michigan Opera Theatre favorite After his appearance in Detroit, Mr. Buda will travel Karpatova has appeared in James Patterson has established to Trieste for Stiffelio and AttHa, and La Forza del Elektra at the Metropolitan Opera, Hansel and Gretel himself as a versatile artist. His Destino in Toulon. This appearance in Detroit marks with the Sarasota Opera, Eugene Onegin with the versatility has seen him appear Mr. Buda's American debut. Baltimore Opera and Suor Angelica and Gianni with numerous companies in Schicchi at the Spoleto Festival. This season, Ms. North America, including New York City Opera, JOHN DEL CARLO Karpatova adds the role of Azucena in 1l Trovatore to San Diego Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Falstaff (May 12, 16, 19) her repertoire, when she performs the role in Sofia. Opera, Canadian Opera Company and [Opera de Michigan Opera Theatre debut Ms. Karpatova will also return to the Sarasota Opera Montreal, to name a few. Recent engagements American bass-baritone John to perform Cuniza in Verdi's first opera, Oberto, include the King in Michigan Opera Theatres con Del Carlo has established him Conte de San Bonifacio cert performance of Aida, Rocco in Fidelio with self as a leading artist with the Triangle Opera in Durham, North Carolina, and finest opera houses throughout GARY LEHMAN Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with [Opera de the world. Since his debut with Ford Montreal. Next season, Mr. Patterson returns to the Metropolitan Opera in 1993, Michigan Opera Theatre debut Montreal to sing Swallow in Peter Glimes. Mr. Del Carlo has appeared as Dr. Bartolo in II Audiences and critics through Barbiere dt Siviglia, Frank in Die Fledermaus and out the United States have MAnHEW TUELL Baron Zeta in The Meny Widow among others. praised American baritone Gary Bardoifo Recent engagements include rElisir d'Amour in San Lehmans performances. Mr. Michigan Opera Theatre debut Francisco, nBarbiere di Siviglia with the Lyric Opera Lehman is a graduate of the La Traviata, 2001 of Chicago and his debut at the Royal Opera House, Lyric Opera Center for Tenor Matthew Tuell most Covent Garden as Kelbar in Verdis comedy Un American Artists and has appeared in more than recently performed the role Giorno di Regno. Mr. Del Carlo will repeat the role of ninety performances with the Lyric Opera of of Edgardo in Arbor Opera Falstaff with the San Francisco Opera next season. Chicago. Recent engagements include Ford in Theatres production of Lucia di Mr. Del Carlo can be heard on the Teldec recording Falstaff with Utah Opera and Pittsburgh Opera, Lammermoor. Mr. Tuell has also of LItaliana in Algeli , La Cenerentola on Philips Taddeo in rItaliana in Algeli in Philadelphia, performed with the Utah Festival Opera Company, Classics and La Gioconda on the LondonlDecca label. Sharpless in Maclama Butterfly in Kansas City and the Natchez Opera Festival and Sarasota Opera. both Silvio and baritone soloist in Opera Omaha's MASSIMO GIORDANO double bill of PagliaccilCarmina Burana. - SUZANNE ACTON Fenton Chorus Master Michigan Opera Theatre debut PATRICK MARQUES Michigan Opera Theatre debut Italian tenor Massimo Giordano D,:-Caius Mikado, 1982 is rapidly emerging as one the Michigan Opera Theatre debut Suzanne Mallare Acton has worlds best young tenors. My. Werther, 1999 been MOT's Assistant Music Giordano has earned high praise American tenor Patrick Marques Director and Chorus Master for his portrayals of Werther, made his professional debut since the 1981/82 season. She Candide and Rodolfo in La with the Santa Fe Opera as the has conducted several produc Boheme . Recent engagements include Falstaff in High Priest alongside JetTy tions dUling her tenure, including The Barber oj Modena, Reggio Emilia and Berlin under the baton Hadley in Idomeneo in 1999. Seville and The Daughter oj the Regiment. For Dayton

26 BRAVO www.MichiganOpera.org Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Opera, she conducted West Side StD/y, My Fair Lady and The Pi rates of Penzance. Ms. Acton has served as coach and accompanist for the opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego, and is Music Di rector At Franklin Ban of Rackham Symphony Choir.

MAURIZIO BARBACINI Conductor Michigan Opera Theatre debut We Keep Italian conductor Maurizio Barbacini has worked at The Metropoli tan Opera, San Francisco and Royal Opera in Stockholm among others, and Small Businesses has gained a reputation as one of todays most sought -after conductors. Recent engagements include tHisir d'Amo re in San Francisco and Toronto, Falstaff in Torino and I In the Spotlight Capu/etti 1 Montecchi in Catania. Maestro Barbacini is currently also the principal conductor for the Opera Company of Philadelphia, where he has conducted Falstaff, Rigoletto, Tasca and Werther. Maestro Barbacini is also the conductor of Denyce Grave's debut recital on the BMG label.

MARIO CORRADI Stage Di rector Franklin Michigan Opera Theatre debut Carmen, 1996 (248) 358 .. 5170 Since his debut in 1982, Italian Bank stage director Mario Corradis N.A. The New Thinking In Banking For Business. work has been seen throughout Southfield · Birmingham' Grosse Pointe V\Qods the world. Mr. Corradi has staged FDIC Insured La Sonnambula in Dallas, Madama Butterfly in Spoleto and Amelia al Ballo in Monte Carlo among others. Recent engagements include Aida in Cincinnati and Marseilles, Simon Boccanegra in Rio de Janeiro, and Gianni Schicchi in Palermo. Mr. Conadi's Michigan Opera credits include Tasca, Werthel; Madama ButteJjly, Lucia di Lammermoor and rElisir d'Amore amongst others.

ELSEN ASSOCIATES Wigs and Mahwp Michigan Opera Theatre debut enriches our Currently hair and makeup ~rt designers for more than twenty opera companies in the U.S. community. It begins as and Canada, including Opera Colorado, Glimmerglass Opera, a moment that embraces Pittsburgh Opera, Sarasota Opera, Washington Opera and Florentine Opera. the soul and lives on The company has partiCipated in the festivals of Edinburgh, Jerusalem and Spoleto. On Broadway, their work has been seen in The Me rchant of Venice, as a memory that Two Ji'ains Running, and The Wild Party among others. Elsen Associates has educational affiliations beautifi es life. with Yale University, the University of Maryland, the Kennedy Center Education Department and Cameg;e-Melion University, Compuware applauds

KENDALL SMITH the performers, Qighdng Designer) This marks Ken Smiths thir teenth season with the Michigan musicians and all who Opera Theatre, designing over 25 productions for the company support the Michigan Other opera companies include San Diego Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Theatre. Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Pacific, Boston Lyric, and Eugene Opera. Theatre credits include Pioneer Theatre in Salt lake City, Nonh Shore Music Theatre, StageWest, Merrimack Repenoty Theatre, Sharon Stage, Studio COMPOWARE. ~ Theatre DC, Connecticut Repenory Theatre, Baner -""iiI';;' Theatre, Brunswick Musical Theatre, and the American Stage Festival in New Hampshire. Currently he is working on a new production of Macbeth for Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Detroit Opera House www.MichiganOpera.org BRAVO 27 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre THE CAST HOFFMANN Vinson Cole (June 2, 6, 9) Antonio Nagore (June 3m, 8, 10m)

OLYMPIA, A DOL~ Elizabeth Parcells ANTONIA, A YOUNG SINGER Cassandra Riddle GIULIETTA Cannella Jones LINDORF Richard Bernstein (June 2, 6, 9) COPPELIUS-, AN OPTICIAN Mark S. Doss (June 3m, 8, 10m) DR. MIRACLE DAPPERTUTTO, A MAGICIAN MUSE OF POETRY Jennifer Anne Cooper NICIQAUSSE, HOFFMANN'S FRIEND ANDRES Pierre Lefebvre COCHENILLEI FRANTZ PITICHINACCIO NATHANAEL, A STUDENT Matthew Tuell SPALANZANI, A SCIENTIST LUTHER, PROPRIETOR OF THE TAVERN Donald Hartmann CRESPEL, ANTONIA'S FATHER SCHLEMIEL HERMANN THE VOICE OF ANTONIA'S MOTHER To be announced Conductor Mark D. Flint Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre Director Bernard Uzan Music by Jacques Offenbach Chorus Master Suzanne Ma l/are Acton Libretto in French by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, Set Design Michael Eagan based on the stories of ETA. Hoffmann. Costumes by Malabar Ltd. First performed, Paris, France February 11, 1881 Lighting Design Guy Simard Wig &: Makeup Design Elsen Associates Intermission Sponsor English Translation by Roberto Mauro Carrr Surtitles for this production are owned Carr's Crackers & Cookies by Michigan Opera Theatre Stage Manager Khalid Ali ml" General Motors. Michigan Opera Theatre's 2001 Spring Season Set originally ueated for [Opera de MOl1treal is made possible by General Motors Corporation

Prologue Hoffmann arrives nism, Hoffmann is enchanted. When the In Luthers tavern, a chorus of spirits first and, discover others go to dinner, the poet pours out of wine and beer is heard, while at the ing the doll, falls his heart to Olympia. But when he grabs adjoining opera house, Don Giovanni is in love with her hand, she whirls out of the room. being performed. Guests are expected to her ("Ahl Coppelius returns, eager for arrive later, among them the poet Vivre revenge for the worthless l l Hoffmann and the opera singer Stella, deux "). bank draft ("Voleur but it is Hoffmanns Muse who first Brigandi") . The guests appears. Knowing that fate decrees return to dance, joined by Hoffmann and Ho ff~ann must choose this evening between his love for the Muse and his Olympia, who whirl faster and faster until love for S t ell ~, the Muse calls upon the spirits for help. Then she disappears Hoffmann falls and breaks to asSUme the guise of Nicklausse, his magic glasses. Seizing his Hoffmann's friend. Councilor chance, Coppelius grabs the doll Lindorf bribes Andres, a and tears it apart. servant of Stella, to intercept a note she ACT II has written, The musician Crespel has fled with inviting the his daughter, Antonia, to end her love poet to meet affair with Hoffmann. Sitting at the harp her after the sichord, Antonia is exhausted after performance. singing ("Elle a fui , la tourterelle") . Her Lindorf him- father demands she not sing, since it will self will keep endanger her life, and orders his deaf ser that appoint- vant Frantz to allow no one into the ment ("Dans les roles house. Hoffmann arrives and, ignoring d'amoureux") . Students fill Nicklausse's advice, swears eternal love to the tavern ("Drig, drig, drig"), Nicklausse Antonia, who joins him in a love song. among them Hoffmann. The students teases him Hoffmann hides when Crespel returns. urge him to drink and sing, which he ("Voyez-la sous The latter is alarmed by the arrival of Dr. does with the ballad ofa dwarf named son eventail") . Miracle, who treated Crespels wife the Kleinzach ("II etait une foi s"). When Coppelius, day she died. The evil doctor inquires teased about Stella, he begins the stories Spalanzanis partner, after Antonia. The charlatan begins to of three past loves ... sells the poet a pair of magic glasses, through which he sees Olympia as human. "examine" the absent girl, then com Spalanzani and Coppelius haggle over mands her to sing - and her voice is ACT I the doll, and Spalanzani agrees to pay heard. Miracle offers medicines to save Awaiting his guests, the inventor 500 ducats for Coppelius' share by a her. The father, knowing this means Spalanzani is aided by his servant, check drawn against the firm of Elias. death, throws Miracle out. Hoffmann Cochenille, in finishing a mechanical Other guests arrive, and Olympia capti begs her not to sing and leaves. The doll, Olympia. With her he hopes to vates them with a dazzling aria ("Les doctor reappears, taunting Antonia with recoup the fortune he lost with the oiseaux dans la charmille") . Oblivious to prospects of glory ('Tu ne chanteras collapse of the banking house of Elias. the periodic running down of the mecha- plus?"). The girl invokes the memory of her mother, a famous mezzo, to aid

30 BRAVO www.MichiganOpera.org Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre against temptation. Miracle makes the magician Dapertutto declares he will trap Epilogue mothers portrait come to life, and she Hoffmam1 by bribing the courtesan with a When Hoffmann has finished his implores Antonia to sing ("Chere enfant glittering diamond ("Scintille, diamant"); tales, Nicklausse reveals that each story que j'appelle"). As Miracle plays his already she has obtained Schlemiels described a different aspect of one woman, violin wildly, Antonia sings until she shadow (or soul) for Dapertutto. The Stella. Arriving at the tavern, the opera collapses and is found dead by Hoffmann. poet capitulates to her ("0 Dieu, de singer finds the drunken poet confused quelle ivresse"), and the guests view the and sneering; she leaves with the tri obsession of love (ensemble: "Helas, ACT III umphant Lindorf. Only the Muse mon coeur s'egare"). Schlemiel, refusing remains behind with Hoffmann, who At a palace on the Grand Canal, Giuhetta Hoffmann the key to Giuliettas apart belongs to her at last. and ,Nicklausse join in a barcarolle ("Belle ment, is killed by the poet in a duel. nuit"). Giulietta toasts Hoffmann, to the Hoffmann takes the key and rushes to annoyance of her lover Schlemiel. Giulietta's room, only to find it empty Hoffmann drinks to pleasure ("Amis, Nicklausse urges him to flee before the l'amour tendre et reveur"). The sinister police arrive ..

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By Pascal Blanchet, with contributions respectable to the sacred. One of his a composer, Offenbach also became an from Roberto Mauro greatest achievements was his opera impresario. For a period, Offenbach was It is ironic that the composer most boujJe, Orpheus in the Underworld (1858) , the owner of the Theatre de la Gaile. associated with "French music" was in that contains the famous can-can music. Unfortunately, his taste for grand, lavish fact born in Germany, the archenemy of The great Italian composer, Rossini, productions resulted in bankruptcy In nineteenth century France. Jacob himself known for his comedies, chris fact, to assuage his financial problems, Offenbach (1819-1880) was born in tened Offenbach 'The Mozart of the he was obliged to accept a tour of Cologne, Germany, but later went to Champs-Elysees. " In fa ct, Gilbert and America. Paris, where he became a French citizen , Sullivan would use Offenbachs style as a By 1879, Offenbach had made enough achi~ving his most significant successes model for their own successful operettas. progress to hold a private workshop of _ with his satirical operettas, known as However, not everyone appreciated the main numbers of the score at his resi bouffes. H o~eve r , Offenbachs last and Offenbachs talents. Although he later dence. Among the guests were Carvalho, most serious stage work, Les Contes changed his opinion, Richard Wagner, the new director of l'Opera-Comique, d'Hoffmann, is widely considered to be who at that time was living in Paris, con and J auner, the director of the Rings his crowning achievement. demned Offenbach's music as "the warmth theater in Vienna. In 1879, the opera's of the dung-heap." Nevertheless, certain four heroines were to be sung by a "lyric Offenbachs father was a music teacher stage works that are still performed fre soprano," and the role of Hoffmann was and cantor at the synagogue in Cologne, quently include La Belle Helene (1864), La intended for a baritone. The workshop and all of the Offenbach children displayed Vie Parisienne (1866), La Grande-Duchesse was such an enormous success that an affinity for music. At age fourteen, de Geralstein (1867) and La Perichole Carvalho wanted the opera to premiere Offenbach was taken to Paris, where he (1868) in his theater. However, Carvalho had changed his name to continue his studies members of his company in mind for at the Paris Conservatory In fact, his tal Letters between one of the librettists, several of the roles and requested numer ents were so apparent that the rule bar Jules Barbier, and the composer confirm ous changes to the score . He requested ring foreigners was waived for young that Offenbach began work on the opera that Offenbach rewrite the role of Jacques. Nevertheless, after only one around 1873. Initially, it was a play with Hoffmann for a tenor and that a coloratu year, Jacques left the conservatory and the same name in five acts, by Barbier and Carre, which was premiered in 1853. ra sing the four women. Though f-ighting found a position in the orchestra of the illness, Offenbach worked hard to accom Opera-Comique. A question that has puzzled generations modate Carvalhos requests. Rehearsals of mUSicologists is why Les Contes Offenbach began composing at an began in September of 1880. Unfor d'HojJmann was not premiered until early age and eventually began perform tunately, the composer passed away on 1881 , six months after his death. Some ing some of his compositions in October 5, 1880. Recent discoveries have have reasoned that during his last years, the salons of Paris, where he became confirmed that, at that point, the piano although very ill, Offenbach was still an known as "the Paganini of the cello" and vocal score was completed. Although the extremely busy man. He continued to also became acquainted with Anton orchestration was well advanced, we do compose new works and revise his Rubinstein and Franz liszt. Evolving not know to exactly what extent. earlier operas, which were still popular from the composition of chamber (a revised version of Orpheus was com After Offenbach's death, Carvalho gave works, Offenbach began to write large pleted in 1874) Offenbach was also a the composer Ernest Guiraud the task of scale pieces for the stage, composing composer who scrutinized revivals of his completing the work. Fortunately, Guiraud twenty-five works for the Choiseul works. He was often present to supervise had accomplished a similar task on Theater within a three-year period. productions that would take place in Carmen after the death of the composer Offenbach's early period is highlighted other cities. Perhaps the most important Georges Bizet. Guiraud was given full by his satires and parodies. His works reason fo r the delay of the completion of access to all of Offenbachs manuscripts, would parody everything from the Hoffmann was that, in addition to being with assistance from the composer's son,

32 BRAVO www.MichiganOpera.org Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Auguste. It is acknowledged that but in a new and shortened version. Due to Offenbachs premature death, Guiraud's contributions are extremely Like Carvalho, another impresario, Raoul we will never know exactly what close to what Offenbach had intended. Gunsbourg, also left his mark on Les Contes HoJfmann would have been, had the The difficulties with the work, however, d'HoJfmann. Gunsbourg, the director of composer lived to see it performed. continued. The work was still too long, l'Opera de Monte-Carlo from 1893-1951, However, we do know that Les Contes and the imperious Carvalho demanded was accustomed to transforming the d'HoJfmann is an outstanding serious significant cuts. The last days of rehearsal works he produced. Producing Les Contes opera, proof that Offenbach was indeed were catastrophic. In spite of all the cuts, d'HoJfmann in 1904, he tried to improve capable of composing more that just light there was still too much music, and "l'acte de Venise." Among other changes, he music. Les Contes d'HoJfmann has become Carvalho made the decision to cut composed the famous septet to words by a unique masterpiece and one of the completely "l'acte de Venise," which at Pierre Barbier, son of the original librettist, most popular French operas. that time consisted of three tableaux of Jules This version, published by Producing Les Contes dHoJfmann today more elaborate action than what we know Chouders in 1907, became the version involves a unique challenge for any opera today In spite of all the problems, the used for most of the twentieth centUlY company, as there are myriad different premiere at the Opera-Comique on Production of this opera was further versions that are currently performed. February 10, 1881, was a tremendous complicated in 1970, when Antonio de For the Michigan Opera Theatre's 2001 success. Almeida discovered 1,250 pages of man production, Music Director Dr. David Since that day, ope can almost say that uscript at various stages of composition. DiChiera engaged in lengthy discussions there have never been two mUSically sim German mUSicologist Fritz Oeser includ with the stage director Bernard Uzan and ilar productions of Les Contes d'Hoffmann. ed parts of these discoveries in his new conductor Mark Flint regarding what After' the success in Paris, Guiraud, still edition of Les Contes. Furthermore, in version to use. They reached the conclu assisted by Auguste Offenbach , was 1984 almost another 300 pages were dis sion that performing a combination of asked to write a version with sung recita covered in a house once owned by the Chouders and Oeser versions would tives for the Ringstheater in Vienna. The Gunsbourg. These discoveries were maximize the dramatic and musical duo decided to reinsert ''l'acte de Venise," included in the Michael Kaye edition. potential of the piece.

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RICHARD BERNSTEIN Cincinnati and Minneapolis, to name a few. Recent Turandot with the Minnesota Opera and Opera Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr. Mimde, engagements include Carmen at Lyric Opera of Colorado, Tosca in Berlin and a new production of Dappertutto (June 2, 6, 9) Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, [ Pagliacci and Mefistofele in MontreaL Future engagements include Michigan Opera Theatre debut Cavallelia RLlsticana at Hawaii Opera Theatre and Cavallelia Rusticana and Madama Buttufly in The Marriage of Figaro, 1997 Mustafa in rItaliana in Aigeri at the Teatro Regio in Seattle, Carmen in Utah and Tosca in Vienna. Me American bass-baritone Richard Torino. Future engagements include a return to Nagore is also scheduled to make his San Francisco Bernstein is one of the most Cincinnati as Zaccal1a in Nabucco and a return to Opera debut in the 2002-03 season. acclaimed artists of his gener Lyric Opera of Chicago, ation, Recent engagements ELIZABETH PARCELLS include his famous interpretation of the title role in DONALD HARTMANN Olympia the Le Nozze di Figam in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Luthel; CI'espei & Schlemiel Michigan Opera Theatre Bayerisch Staatsoper in Munich, and the Metropolitan Michigan Opera Theatre debut debut The Magic Flute, 1991 Opera; La Cenerentola at the Los Angeles Opera; Tasca, 1996 Detroit native Elizabeth Parcells' and La Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera. After his Bass-baritone Donald Hartmann career has taken her to concert, appearance in Detroit, Mr. Bernstein will travel to is a distinguished performer recital and opera stages Finland for his Finnish debut in another of his cele who has appeared in numerous throughout the world . Ms . brated Mozart roles, Leporello in Don Giovanni. operatic productions. Mr. Parcells has garnered both Hartmann's 2000-01 season critical and public acclaim for her interpretations VINSON COLE includes perfonnances as The Bonze in Madama of the Queen of the Night at the Washington Hoffmann (June 2, 6, 9) Butterfly and Raimondo in Lllcia eli Lammermoor Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre among others, Michigan Opera Theatre debut with the Toledo Opera, Benoiti Alcindoro in La Ms. Parcells is also noted for her interpretation of Faust, 1983 Boheme with Madison Opera and Pooh-bah [or Olymp13 in Les Contes d'Hoffmw1I1, which she has American tenor Vinson Cole is Nashville Opera's Mikado . In addition to his per sung in a new production in Hamburg. Detroit internationally recognized as forming career, Mr. Hartmann is currently a full audiences will recall her mesmerizing rendition one of the leading artists of professor of music at Eastern Michigan University of Olympia's aria at the gala opening of the Detroit his generation. His career has Opera House, taken him to the leading opera CARMELLA JONES houses across the globe, including the Metropolitan Giuli.etta CASSANDRA RIDDLE Opera, Opera National de Paris, Teatro alia Scala, Michigan Opera Theatre debut Antonia San Francisco Opera, Australian Opera and many Gifted with an extraordinary Michigan Opera Theatre debut others, 'Mr. Cole has collaborated with such emi vocal range that enables her to Turandot, 1998 nent maestri as James Levine, Sir Georg Solti and tackle roles of both the sopra Soprano Cassandra Riddle has Claudio Abbado. Mr. Cole also had a close working no and mezzo-soprano reper earned national attention by relationship with the late Herbert von Karajan, who toire' Carmella Jones has her stunning perfornunce as brought the artist to the Salzburg Festival and also performed with Arizona Opera, Mimi in the 1997 nationally led recordings of Der Rosenkavalier, Verdi's Requiem Minnesota Opera, and the Washington Opera. telecast New York City Opera and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis . Some of Mr. Cole's Recent engagements include her debut as Amneris production of La Boheme. Other career highlights recent engagements include Hoffmann with Opera in Aida with the San Jose Symphony and covering include a concert tour of Sicily with tenor Marcello Pacific, Tasca in Seattle and La Clemenza di Tito with Denyce Graves in Massenet's Don QuicilOtte at the Giordani and Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Don Giovanni the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. After his appear Washington Opera, After her appearance in Detroit, and Carl11en with the New York City Opera. The ance in Deu'Oit, Mr. Cole will repeat his celebrated Ms. Jones ,vill debut with the Cincinnati Opera as 2000-01 season takes Ms. Riddle to Geneva [or the interpretation of Hoffmann for Opera Australia. Fenena in Nabllcco . title role in Beatrix Cenci , Hamburg for La Jj-aviata and Portland for La Boheme. Next season, Ms. JENNIFER ANNE COOPER PIERRE LEFEBVRE Riddle is slated to perform her first Leila in Portland NicklausseiThe Muse Anelres, Chochenille, Opera's new production of The Pearl Fishers. Michigan Opera Theatre debut Frantz, Pitichinaccio Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Anne Michigan Opera Theatre debut MATTHEW TUELL Cooper is a former member One of the world's leading Nathanael, Spalanzani of the Florida Grand Opera's character tenors, Pierre Michigan Opera Theatre debut Young Artist Studio. Career Lefebvre has been heard at La Traviata, 2001 highlights include a 1999 the Metropolitan Opera in Tenor Matthew Tuell most GlimmeTglass Opera Debut as Madama Butterfly, Falstaff and recently performed the role of Me lina and the au pair in the world premiere of Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Me Lefebvre has also per Edgardo in Arbor Opera Centml Park, which was televised nationally on fonned at La Scala in Milan, Washington Opera, Theatre's production of Lucia PBS, as well as appearances at Opera North. Recent l'Arena di Verona and Maggio Musicale in Florence eli Lammerl1100r Me Tuell has engagements include a return to Florida Grand to name only a few. Mr. Lefebvre also possesses an also perfOlmed \vith the Utah Festival Opera Opera as Rosina in nBarbiere di Siviglia and Les extensive discography, which includes Lucia eli Company, the Natchez Opera Festival and Sarasota Contes el'Hoffmann for Opera Delaware. Lal11memlOor with Zubin Mehta, Falstaff \vith Sir Opera. Me Tuell also performed the role of Bardolfo Georg Solti for Decca and Anelrea Cheniel' in Michigan Opera Theatre's production of Falstaff MARK S. DOSS earlier this spring Linelorf, Coppelius, Dr Miracle, ANTONIO NAGORE Dapertl.ltto (June 3m, 8, 10m) Hoffmann (June 3m, 8, 10m) SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON Michigan Opera Theatre debut Michigan Opera Theatre debut Grorus Master Bass-baritone Mark S. Doss has American tenor Antonio Michigan Opera Theatre debut established himself as one of Nagore is quickly becoming Mikaelo, 1982 the world's most diversified one of the world's most Suzanne Mallare Acton has been artists in the areas of opera and sought-after tenors. Recent MOT's Assistant Music Director concert repertoire. Mr. Doss' engagements include Tasca and Choms Master since the career has seen him perform with the opera compa at the Royal Opera, Covent 1981/82 season, She has con nies in San Diego, San Francisco, Brussels, Garden, [ Pagliacci for the Houston Grand Opera, ducted several productions dur-

34 BRAVO www.MichiganOpera.org Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre ing her tenure, including The Barber oj Seville and The Ddughter oj the Regiment. For Dayton Opera, she conducted West Side StOlY, My Fair Lady and The Pirates oj Penzance. Ms. Acton has served as coach and accompanist for the opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego, and is Music Director of Rackham Symphony Choir.

ELSEN ASSOCIATES Wigs and Makeup Michigan Opera Theatre debut La ]i-aviata, 2001 Currently hair and makeup designers for more than twenty opera companies in the U.s. and Canada, including Opera Colorado, Glimmerglass Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Sarasota Opera, Washington Opera and Florentine Opera. The com pany has participated in the festivals of Edinburgh, Jerusalem and :Spoleto. On Broadway, their work has been seen in The Merchant oj Venice, Two ]i'ains Running, and The Wild Party among others. Elsen Associates has educational affiliations with Yale University, the University of Maryland, the Kennedy Center Education Department and Carnegie-MeLlon University.

MARK D. FLINT Conductor Michigan Opera Theatre debut Carmen, 1977 BIRMINGHAM 248-644-1919 NOVI 248-348-0090 Ameriqn conductor Mark D. 690 OLD S. WOODWARD 48700 GRAND RIVER Flint has conducted in the ljflllf(1e LIVONIA 734·522·9200 OPENING SOON IN majority of the leading opera 29500 W. 6 MILE RD . SHELBY TOWNSHIP houses in the United States TOLL FREE and Canada. Recent highlights 1· 888· 560·.JIMS Please call for store hours. include CW'men in Orlando, Don Giovanni in Nashville, Regina in Augusta, Les Contes d'HoJJmann ~ in Haw~ii and The Rape oj Lucretia for the DiCapo Opera Theatre in New York. Future engagements include The Rape oj Lucretia in Montreal, The Pead Fishers in NashviLle and The Tales oj Hoffmann in Orlando. Technological GUY SIMARD Lighting Designer Michigan Opera Theatre debut A native and resident of Montreal, Guy Simard Craftsmanship has a wealth of experience as a lighting designer, theater consultant and technical director, partici pating in over 350 productions with opera and the ater companies throughout the world. Mr. Simard is the resident lighting designer for l'Opera de Montreal, where he has lit more than 40 pro ductions since 1987. Mr. Simard has also lit pro ductions for the Florida Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh Opera and the Opera de Monte Carlo among others.

BERNARD UZAN Stage Dilutor Michigan Opera Theatre debut Faust, 1983 . French native Bernard Uzans productions have been seen throughout the world. Mr. Uzans production of Romeo et Juliette has been seen in over twenty companies worldwide. Recent engagements include a new production of Katya Kabanova at the Florida Grand Opera , MeJistoJele at [Opera de Montreal, Tosca at the Seattle Opera and Don Carlo in Arizona. Next season, Mr. Uzan will direct Faust at the Florida Grand Opera, Peter Glimes for [Opera de Montreal and Tosca for the Baltimore Opera. Mr. Uzan holds Ph .D.s in literature and phi losophy from the University of Paris. Me Uzan 29880 Groesbeck Hwy., Rosev ille, Michigan 48066 currently serves as Artistic Director for tOpera de Montreal. (313) 778-3570 FAX: (313) 778-3931

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LIGHT RAIN LYRIC DISCOURSE SECRET PLACES Choreography by Gerald Arpino Choreograpl1ed by Tony Powell Choreography by Gerald Arpino Music by Douglas Adams and Russ Music by Tony Powell Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gauthier Costumes by Rebecca Shouse Set by Ming Cho Lee Costumes b)' A. Christina Giannini Lighting Design by Kevin Dreyer Lighting by Thomas Skelton Lighting by Kevin Dreyer after the origi Secret Places is a duet choreographed nal Thomas Skelton design. The title Lylic Discourse is inspired by a quote from the book Copland Since by Gerald Arpino to Mozart's Piano A company ballet in three movements, 1943, by Aaron Copland and Vivian Concerto, K. 467, Second Movement, it has an original score by Douglas Perlis. In it, Copland describes the hori (the Elvira Madigan theme). It soon Adams and Russ Gauthier, contemporary zontal tone rows in his piece Connota became a staple of the company's composers from San Francisco who tions as supplying him with "various repertory perform with their group, Light Rain. versions of a more lyrical discourse." The ballet is dedicated in living memory to Adams and Gauthier employ Eastern Lorraine Sqcradron. rhythms in their composition. The music The musical score I have composed is for the ballet, called "Dream Dancer," is in no way constructed to imitate Aaron World Premiere: The joffrey Ballet, scored for an unusual combination of Copland. Instead, it is an homage to Februmy 20, 1968, City Center Theatre, instruments: banjo, violin, mandolin, Copland's musical heritage, the New York, NY bass, toumbec (clay drum), finger cym American sound and its influence on bals; tambourine, claves (South America choreographers. Through my own musi SUITE SAINT~AENS cal score and choreography, I am seeking wood sticks), maraca and bamboo flute. Choreography by Gerald Arpino The sound has been described as "East to encompass the passion and energy of Music by Camille Saint-Saens* West fusion." contemporary America, combined with the joy of being alive at the beginning of Costumes by A. Christina Giannini Gerald Arpino chose to create this the twenty-first century work for The Joffrey Ballet's Silver Arranged by Elliot Kaplan Dedicated to Gerald Arpino. Thank you for Anniversary to showcase the new young Lighting by Kevin Dreyer after the origi believing in me. dancers of the company "It is my gift to nal Thomas Skelton design these talented youngsters, who are the - Tony Powell Suite Saint-Saens, a company ballet in artists of the Eighties. I am inspired by Lylic Discourse was made possible in part neoclassical style, is made up of four their modes and rituals, their passions," through a generous gift from the Lisa movements: Caprice Valse, Serenade, commented Mr. Arpino, when asked to Dershin Creative Dance Fund, in memory Minuet, and Pas Redouble. The ballet describe his new ballet. Light Rain, with of Lisa Dershin, who was a dancer and blends classical technique with the its accent on youth, its American artists, loved dance as much as life itself distinctly American exuberance of and its original music,~on tinu es the the Joffrey dancers Joffrey traditions begun in 1956. World Premiere by The joffrey Ballet, World Premiere by The joffrey Ballet, ApJi119, 1978, New York, NY November 4, 1981, New York, NY *Introduction by Elliot Kaplan: Wedding Cake Serenade, Op. 15 duet for flute and cello; Minuet from Septet, Op. 65; Pas Redouble piano duet.

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38 BRAVO Copyright 2010,www.MichiganOpcra.org Michigan Opera Theatre Detroit Opera House GERALD ARPINO, Honors include an honorary doctorate ARTISTIC DIRECTOR from Wagner College; the Bravo Award Gerald Arpino established The Joffrey from the San Antonio PerfOrming Arts Ballet of Chicago in 1995 to carryon Association; the American Express the traditions and legacy of The Joffrey Ammy Award; the Distinguished Ballet, which he co-founded with Robert Achievement Award from the National Joffrey in 1956 and for which he served Organization of Italian-American as associate director for many years. Women; a 1989 Tiffany Award from Upon Joffrey's death in 1988, Arpino the International Society for Performing succeeded him as Artistic Director. Arts Administrators; an award for out standing artistic achievement from the . A leading dancer with the company Staten Island Council on the Arts in in its early years, Arpino choreographed BERESH JEWELERS 1990; an honorary lifetime membership Parklane Twin Towers his f\rst works for The Joffrey, Ropes and in the Chicago Dance Coalition; the Hubbard Dr. & Southfield Fwy. Partitafor Four , in 1961. Shortly there National Arts Club Citation of Merit; the Dearborn, MI 48126 after, he becqme The joffrey's resident 1994 Harkness Distinguished Artist in 800.551.1250 choreographer and, to date,- has created the Dance at Adelphi University; the more than one third of the company's We appraise and set diamonds University Medallion from Frostburg purchased over the internet. original repertoire State University, Maryland, the site of Arpino's choreography can be seen The Joffrey's first performance on in such J offrey signature works as Sea October 2, 1956 (in which Arpino Aesthetic Plastic Shadow, Incubus, Viva Vivaldi, OlympiCS, danced); the Vaslav Nijinsky Medal in Nightwings, The Clowns, Iiinity, Confetti, recognition of his reconstruction of the Surgery and Kettentanz, Sacred Grove on Mount works of Nijinsky; and the Chicago Laser Center Tamalpais, Suite Saint-Saens, Epode, Academy for the Arts 1996 Celebration, Round of Angels, Light Rain Distinguished Service Award for the Mic helle Hardawa y, MoO " P.e. and Italian Suite. Arts. In both 1996 and 1997, Arpino Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Arpino is the first choreographer was honored by the Chicago Tribune as ... Cosm etic Surgery commissioned to create a ballet to honor one of the "Chicagoans of the year" for ... E yelid Surgery the Office of the American Presidency: his important contributors to the arts in ... F ace Lift The Pantages and the Palace Present Two Chicago. In addition, Arpino is the only ... Laser Surgery a-Day. He was the first American com choreographer to have had four of his ... Forehe ad/Brow Lift missioned by a city, San Antonio, to do ballets performed at the White House. ... Laser H air Removal a ballet, Jamboree His 1986 Birthday Arpino ballets, sought after world ... Skin Care VaJiations was commissioned by Becky wide, are in repertoires of the National ... Rhinoplasty D'Angelo of Chicago as a birthday gift to Ballet of Canada, Ottawa Ballet, the (Nose surgery) her husband, Dino D'Angelo. In 1993, Vienna State Opera Ballet and the ... M icrodermabrasion Arpino produced America's first full Australian, Ohio, Oakland, Princeton , ... Tumm y Tuck evening rock ballet, Billboards , set to the Milwaukee and Columbus ballet ... Liposuction music of the artist formerly known as companies. ... Breast Lift Prince. In 1996, he brought together an ... Breast Augm.entation (Enlargement) all-female roster of exciting young choreographers to produce Lege nds, a 29355 Northwestern Highway ballet by women and about women. (Carson Centre) "" Suite 100 This work was shortly follo wed by Southfield, MI 48034 Legends II, another Gerald Arpino PHONE FAX production 248.208.0550 248.205.5558 www.michellehardawaymd.com

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Michigan Opera Theatre 's Above: Arthur from PBS blings a reading lesson popular and successful to Detroit's Poe Developmental School. Community Outreach Program has been lauded for bringing Right: Gilbert and Sulli van students participate in a makeup workshop. opera to comm':Jnities through out the Midwest. Through partrerships, performances, . lectures, demonstrations, workshops-and master-classes, the Opera Company's "All Star Create an Opera" to kick off Department of Community Programs reaches more than summer learning series! 200,000 adults and children Thanks to a generous grant from arts, which will add important new the Widman Fund of the Community annually. dimensions to the program and serve as Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, a catalyst for future development. Here is a sample of some of Michigan Opera Theatre's Department of The Community Foundation for the programs and services Community Programs will be hosting a Southeastern Michigan, founded in 1984, offered by Michigan Opera very special camp the week of June 25th. is a permanent community endowment Theatre 's Department of This "Create Operal Camp" has been built by gifts from hundreds of individuals Community Programs: designed specifically for folks with devel and organizations committed to the future opmental disabilities. The program will of southeast Michigan. The Foundation focus on people's gifts and talents, rather works to improve the quality of life in than their challenges. Karen DiChiera southeast Michigan by supporting a wide and her staff will work with individuals variety of activities benefitting education, who have been identified as having spe arts and culture, health, human services, cific artistic talent or experience in the community development and civic affairs.

"Tribute to Verdi" a success This being the centenial of the death of Verdi, MOTs Department of Community Programs organized a four-month-long series of lectures for the public and Central Michigan University Master's of Humanities students. Lectures commenced both at the Opera House and at Detroit's Fort Street Presbyterian Church. Diverse lecture topics included "Black Singers of Verdi Operas," "Verdi Heroines" and an "Overview of Verdi Operas. " Our distinguished roster of lecturers included John Zaretti, Dr. Wallace Peace, Dr. David DiChiera, Roberto Mauro and Dr. Martin Herman. A speCial panel and performances were sponsored by the Italian Heritage Society at Wayne State University Our enormously popular "Opera Talks" with Dr. Wallace Peace return for the spring season. Look for a series of speCial "Anoush" lectures next fall at the Opera House.

"Learning at the Create Operal instrumentalists pelf01111. Opera House" begins 5th season "Learners" from all corners of south eastern Michigan and Ontario are eagerly The Cadillacs and their Great Lakes awaiting the start of MOT's fifth year of adventure summer programming. Over 1,500 attendees will converge on the Detroit The Community Foundation of With a performance time of about Opera House from July 9 to August 26 Southeastern Michigan has also funded a forty-five minutes, the opera will present for seven weeks of the most diverse class new opera in celebration of Detroit's a wonderful living-history lesson. The offerings to be found under one roofl 300th birthday The new children's work composers are Karen VanderKloot Over fifty offerings are on this will tour schools and other venues in DiChiera and Lawrence Singer. Librettist summer's calendar, including perennial southeast Michigan with the Touring is award-winning writer Bonnie Lee favorites such as the Opera Camp, Opera Artists of Michigan Opera Theatre's Moss Rattner. Harriet Berg, founder and Workshop, our unique Rapperal series, Department of Community Programs. director of the Madame Cadillac Dance lectures, field trips, poetry, history, archi The opera is about the Cadillacs and Theatre, served as consultant. tecture and dance I Our eagerly awaited their Italian friends, the Tontis. The two Governed by a board of fifty communi "Oral Histories" series promises to feature men set off to represent King Louis XIV ty leaders, the foundation makes grants to a number of famous local luminaries in the building of Fort Pontchartrain, outstanding charitable projects in Wayne, (including a few surprises!), and we are where Detroit now stands. One month Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, introducing a new "Renaissance in Detroit" after the men's departure, Mme. Cadillac St. Clair and Livingston counties. The series, highlighting the African American decides to hire enough men and canoes Foundation has assets of more than $200 experience in Detroit. to transport her, Mme. Tonti and their million and, since its inception, has dis Additionally, while celebrating Detroit's children down Lake Ontario, portage tributed more than $65 million through 300th birthday this July, you will want around Niagara F~lls, cross Lake Erie more than 9,700 grants to nonprofit to stop by your Opera House to view and join their startled husbands. Mmes. organizations. The foundation is pleased several very special exhibits, including Cadillac and Tonti were the first to be working with the more than eighty "100 Years of Dance in Detroit" and a Caucasian women to cross the nonprofit organizations bUilding endow tribute to Detroit's own Jerome Remick Great Lakes. ment funds with the foundation. Music Publishing Company

De troit Opera House www.M ichi ganOpera.org BRAVO 45 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre - LAST CHANCE TO BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER Now UNTIL JUNE 30, 2001 TheA vantl· 5OClety · ver the past three years, invited to participate in this campaign Michigan Opera Theatre has and to be eligible for matching gifts and Obeen forming The Avanti Society, operating grants. Please call the number a very special donor group. below to determine if your gift can be a part of Touch the Future and generate To become a member of The Avanti even more income for MOT SOCiety, our only request is that you name Michigan Opera Theatre in your Untiljune 30,2001, new members estate plan, and that you share this of The Avanti Society will be listed as wonderful news with our development Founding Members in a special section department. Through this type of of the donor wall in the Detroit Opera giving, your generosity can create a House. personal legacy and give future genera Other benefits for Avanti Society tions the experience of world-class opera members will include an annual dinner and dance in a beautifully restored exclusively for Avanti Society members, historic facility attended by world-class performing In addition, careful estate planning artists and hosted by the General can actually increase the amount that Director; a seasonal Avanti Society you are able give to your loved ones and newsletter and invitations to speCial the charitable organization because of events and previews. reduced taxes. During your lifetime, If you have included Michigan Opera you can also increase your own income Theatre in your estate plan or would through a life income gift. like to do so, please contact Jane Bequests and other estate plans that Fanning, Associate Director of Two/ Part are set up to include MOT between the Development, at 313/237-3268; write dates of April 1999 and March 31, 2004 to her at Michigan Opera Theatre, Harlllony may also qualify for matching funds 1526 Broadway, Detroit, MI 48226 or from the Community Foundation for [email protected]. Any news §~ Southeastern Michigan through the about estate plans that you have already Touch the Future campaign. MOT is set up, or plan to do in the future, will [7A one of only thirteen local organizations be gratefully received.

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FOUNDING MEMBERS Mr. Jonathan Swift & Mrs. John E. Amennan Mr. Thomas A. St. Charles Dr. Lourdes Andaya Mr. Ronald F Switzer Mr. & Mrs. Agustin Arbulu Mary Ellen Tappan Mr. & Mrs. Brett Batterson Donald & Margaret Thurber Mr. & Mrs. Art Blair Mr. Edward D. Tusset Roy E. & Ilse Calcagno Mr. Donald Jensen Mr. & Mrs. George Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Tarik Daoud Ms . Phyllis Korn Mrs. Amelia Wilhelm Karen VanderKloot DiChiera Mrs. Wade H. McCree Mrs. Elizabeth B. Work Mr. & Mrs. Charles Duncan Ms. Jane McKee Mr. & Mrs. George M. Zeltzer Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mr. Ronald K. Monison Barbara Frankel Mr. Dale L. Pagonis BEQUESTS Mr. Hennan Frankel Mr. Richard M. Raisin Ms. Marjorie Adele DeVlieg Dr. Priscilla Greenberg Ms. Susan Schooner Priscilla A. B. Goodell Mr. Lawrence W Hall Drs. Heinz & Mr. Carl J Huss Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart Alice Platt Schwarz Mr. Gordon V Hoialmen Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Hartwig Ms. PhylliS Funk Snow Ms. Helen Barbara J olinston Dr. Cindy Hung Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mrs. Ella M. Montroy Christine Jaramillo Starkweather Ruth Rawlings Matt

46 BRAVO Copyright 2010,www.MichiganOpera.org Michigan Opera Theatre Detroit Opera House There is no better reflection of your desire to make great things possible than a gift to the endowment of your favorite charity. It's a way to touch the future. And it will make you feel pretty good about yourself, here and now. Find out more by contacting the Michigan Opera Theatre at 313-237-3268 or the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan at 1-888-WE-ENDOW or www.cfsem.org. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre CONTRIBUTORS

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MEDICI CIRCLE UNDERWRITERS PARTNERS Mr and Mrs. Louis R. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Gregory ). Dr and Mrs. Anthony S. $2,000,000 and Above $250,000 to $499,999 $100,000 to $249,999 Sandy Family Foune!ation Schwartz DeLuca Ford Motor Company Arbor DrugslCVS PhannaC)\ Inc. Mr &: Mrs. Lee Barthel Alan and Marianne Schwanz Simmons and Clark jewelers Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 0 Bank One Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mr Mickey Shapiro Mrs. Rosemary Skupny Demery VISIONARIES Mr and Mrs. Don Barden MichiganIBlue Care Mr. and Mrs. S. Kmnie Smith, Jr. Mr. Frank D. Stella Dickinson Wright PLLC $1,000,000 to BASF Corporation Network William H. and Patricia M Ronald and Eileen Weiser Da,od K. Diskin, M.D. and $1,999,999 Comerica Charitable Mr and Mrs. Richard A Brodie Smith Mr..). Ernest Wilde Dorothy Diskin Anonymous FoundaLion Mr and Mrs. Samuel Frankel Venture IndustJies Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Earl Mr and Mrs. Raben A. Allesee Detroit Edison Foundation Wallis and Roben M. Klein Mr and Mrs. George C Vincent DEVOTEES Mr and Mrs. George R. Ehlert General Motors Corporation Mr and Mrs. Raben E. Dewar Kmart Corporation $5,000 to $9,999 Inna Elder, Jaguar of Troy DaimlerChrysler Corporation Herman &: Barbara Frankel Dolores and Paul Lavins CONNOISSEURS Anonymous (2) Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Fund Raben &: Alice Gustafson MichCon Foundation $15,000 to $24,999 The Randolph). and judith A. Mr Richard Engel John S &: James L Knight Michigan National Bank Alcan Aluminum Corporation Agley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Francis GUARANTORS Founclalion National City Bank of Mr and Mrs. Douglas F Allison The Airasian Family Engelhardt $500,000 to $999,999 ' Richard &: Mary Lou Janes Michiganllllinois Mrs. Loris G. Birnkrant Dr and Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Dr.. Fern Espino and Mr Tom Lear Corporation The Lomason Family Mr and Mrs. Irving Rose Manon and Betty Danto Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. Short Progressive Tool and McGregor Fund Mrs. Carolyn L Ross Herbert and Betty Fisher Mrs. John E. AmennanlMrs Dr Haifa Fakhouri, ACC Indust~es Co. linden D. Nelson Foundation Mr and Mrs. Anthony Soave The Gilmo~r Fund Arthur). Rooks, Jr Mr Davie! Fischer Mrs. Shirley K. Schlafer Mr &: Mrs. Roger Penske Walblidge-Aldinger Company Mr Gordon A. Hoialmen Mr and Mrs. Assad Amine Dr Ma~orie M. Fisher State of Michigan Raymond C Smith World Helitage Foundation Mr and Mrs. Maxwell Jospey Dr Lourdes V Andaya Mrs. Rema Frankel Foundation Fund of the Mr and Mrs. George M. Zeltzer Nancy and Bud LIebler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V Angott Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Community Foundation for Ann &: William McColmick, Jr Mr and Mrs. Robert L Garberding Southeastern Michigan SPONSORS Mr and Mrs. Joseph Orley Anthony Mrs. Stephanie Gennack Mr and Mrs. R Jamison $50,000 to $99,999 Mr. ane! Mrs. E. Steven Joseph E. and Kathleen A. Mr Joseph A Giacalone Williams Han. and Mrs. Avern L Cohn Robmson &: Family Antonini Foundation Dr and Mrs. Thomas Mr and Mrs. Tarik S. Daoud Mr Richard Sanders A &: S Supply Company Giancarlo Deloitte &: Touche LLP Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Sloan Atlas Tool, Inc. Keith and Eileen GrlTord The GM Card St. John Health System Mrs. Donald). Atwood Mr and Mrs . Vito P Gioia Johnson Controls Foundation Mr and Mrs. C Thomas Dr Donald and Dale Austin Mrs. John C Griffin Mr and Mrs. Mike Kojaian Toppin Andrea and james Balcerski Charles and Elaine Gunderson Oliver Dewey Marcks TRW Foundation James Balk]] and Shirley A. Mrs. Alice Berberian Foundation Mrs. Barbara Van Dusen Balk Haidostian The Karen and Drew Peslar The Samuel L Westennan Mr and Mrs. Gerald Barefoot Mr Da,od Hall Foundation Foundation Brian and Heidi Bartes Mr Lawrence W Hall Standard Federal Bank The Y &: R Group Dr John and Anne Bielawski Mr David Handleman Mrs. Ruth Rattner/Ann f Katz Mr. and Mrs. Da,od Blfd Mary and Preston Happel and Nonnan D. Katz AFICIONADOS Mr. and Mrs. G. Peter Blom Mr Monon E. Hams $10,000 to $14,999 Mr and Mrs. John Boll Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hartman ASSOCIATE SPONSORS Ms. Irene M. Barbour Mr and Mrs. Chester Borck Donna and Eugene Hamvig $25,000 to $49,999 Mr &: Mrs. Mandell L Bennan Mr and Mrs. Gerald Bnght Frank and Nancy Hoag The Wayne Booker Charitable Mr Charles A. Bishop Louis and Carolyn Bruno Derek and Karen Hodgson Foundation Bill and Betty Brooks Tracey and Mark L Burnstein Mrs. Donna Holycross The Budd Company Sheldon and Barbara Cohn Dr and Mrs. joseph L Cahalan Mr and Mrs. Martin Inglis Mr Thomas Cohn Community Counseling Campbell &: Co. Collette and Darnell Jackson Consumers Energy Service Co. , Inc. Sally Carlson Don Jensen/Marge Slezak Foundation David and Joanne Denn Mrs. Maria M. Chirco Ms. Rosemary Joliat Crain Communications, Inc. David and Karen DiChiera Mr David Chivas Da,od G. Judge and L1ura A. Decision Consultants, Inc. Mrs. Robert Hamilton Mrs. Eleanor A. Christie Tchorzynski Detroit International Bridge Mr and Mrs. Kenneth E. Han Mr and Mrs. Frederick H. The Kater Foundation Company Judith Hicks and Eric Clark KDS International Rosanne and Sandy Duncan Hespenheide Mr. Wilham G. Clark Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kessler Eaton Corporation Miss Mary A Hester Dr Mary Carol Conroy Dr and Mrs. Young M. Kim Mr &: Mrs. Paul E. Ewing Mario and Jane Iacobelli Me. John A Conti Mr Arthur H. Kirsh Mr Edward P Frohli ch Mr and Mrs. Verne G. Istock Shelly and Peter Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kline Andrew and Wanda Ms. Elizabeth Judson Johnson Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Cotter Barbara and Michael Giancamilli Mary Banush Jones Foundation MalY and Sal Craparotta Kralchman Mr &: Mrs. Joel!. Hamburger Mr &: Mrs. Robert C Larson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cummings Dr Richard and Victona Kulis Hartmann Foundalion Mr and Mrs. Lance Leonelli Barbara and Paul Czamanske Mr Raymond A. Lehtinen Kenwal Steel Corporation Mr and Mrs. E. Michael Julia D. DariowandJohn Dr and Mrs. Alden M. Leib Carol and jerry Knechtel Mutchler Corbett O'Meara Christine and Elmore Leonard Mr &: Mrs. Thomas Krikorian Me. and Mrs. Eino Nunne Shelley and Richard Dalley Bruno and Mollie Leonelli Maria and Alphonse S. Mr and Mrs. Michael O'Brien Mr &: Mrs. Jerry P D'Avanzo Dr and Mrs. john M. Lesesne Lucarelli Me. and Mrs. Jules Pallone Dr Harvey Day and Ms. Mr and Mrs. Charles E. Letrs,Jr Magna International, Inc. Mr and Mrs. Wilham R. Lindsay Roth Mr Dana Locniskar Mr and Mrs. Eugene Miller Roberts Lawrence N. and Doris C. Jodi and Ivan Ludington, Jr Mr and Mrs. James Nicholson Hon. Joan E. Young and Mr David Bernard L Maas Foundation Frances H Parcells Memorial Thomas Schellenberg George and Vivian Dean Mrs. Ruth MacRae

48 BRAVO Copyright w2010,ww.Mic higMichigananOpera.or gOpera Theatre Detroit Opera House Mr. Donald W Maine Thomas and Tracey Vasilj and Denise Markovich Thompson Mrs. Mary C. Mazure Michael and Nancy Timmis Mr. and Mrs. George D. Dr. Roberta Toll and Mr. Mihdrag Sheldon Toll Rita and Markus Mitrius Lynn A. and Ruth Mr. ane) Mrs. Theodore L.Townsend Monohdis Ms. Violette Tuck Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Mr. George C. Turek Moon Universal Forest Products, Mr. Ronald K. !\1onison Inc. \\ilrs. Joan M. Mossner Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C M ETAL RESTORATION A. Sandy Munro Vande rBmg Sandra and Jeanne Naysmith Mr. and Mrs. Art VanElslander Dent and scratch removal Patricia and Henry ickol Dr. and Mrs. Leonard E Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Reuss Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. VanRaaphorst Re-attachment Nos.1nchuk Suzanne and Roben L. Rewey Schwendemann joseph and Rosalie Vicari Dorothy I. and George W Glenn RitcheylHall-Ritchey September Moon Production Victory ReSteei Inc. Sterling, brass, copper, bronze, and plate Nouhan - Management Co. Network, Inc john and jo Vincenti Mr. Da\~d Nowakowski and Concena & Gerald Ross Dr. Bradley G. Se\vick and Sue and Bill Vittloe Mr. Martin Lappe Martin and Constance Laurie A. Sail Mr. and Mrs. john Vrana Ben WearIey, silversmith Dr. Malie C. Nowosrelski Ross/Mervyn and Lesl ie Ms. Cindy Sha lTran & Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ward Graham A. and Sally Orley Sternberg Gary Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wassenman (248) 549-3016 Penna Family El1Iico and Denise Rosselli Arlene and Frank C. Shaler MT. and Mrs. Gary L Dr. Robert E. L. Perkins/Ms. Mr. Thomas E Rost Mr. Michael R. Shaw Wasserman Wearley Studio Gallery Nancy Wilson Mr. and Mrs. jelTrey Roth Ms. Elham jabiru-Shayota Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Webb Mr. Charles and Dr. Charlo'ne Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Roth and Ms. Nedda N. Shayota Keith and Christine Weber 1719 West Fourteen Mile Road Podowski Mr. Anthony Rugiero Sandy and Michael Shon, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. William Royal Oab Mrs. David PollacklMrs. Dr. Hershel and Lois Dr. Sheldon and Sydelle Widmeyer 1'arilyn RobinsonlMrs. Sandberg Sonkin Mrs. Beryl Winkelman (East of Woodward Ave. , at Crooks Rei ., Linda Scharer Mr. & Mrs. Lee C. Ms. Anne Markley Spivak Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. next to the sw corner) Pricewat erhouseCoopers LLP Saperstein Ms. Mary Anne Stella Wisne Mr. Richard Raisin Mr. and Mr.s. Mark Schmidt Mrs. Mark C. Stevens Mrs. Barbara Wrigley Open Tuesday through S aturday Mr. Anthony Rea Mr. Laurence S. Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevenson Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Wu Mark and Sa ll y Schwartz Strategic Staffing Solutions Darrel ~nd Dawn Reece MT. Todd A. Wyeu References available upon request Drs. Roberl and Patllcia Reed Benjam in Schwegman and Chnstine and George Ms. Shaio Fong Yin-Tuinman Randall Reher, M.D Judith Tappero Stmmbos Ms. Gayle M. Zech Mr. and Mrs. john B. Renick Schwegman Joel and Shelley Tauber Mrs. Helen Zuckenman The Pine Mountain Named Gifts Music Festival 2001 World Pre:miere Opera We extend our gratitude Mr. &: Mrs. Tarik s. Wallis &: Roben M. Raymond C Smith The Children of the Keweenaw to the following donors, Daoud- Klein - Foundation Fund of the who have unden\1ti tten Grand Drape Grand Staircase Community Foundation July 11 , 14, 17, 20 deSignated areas in the Detroit Edison Mirror for Southeastern Paul Seitz , corpposer Detro it Opera House: Foundation - Dolores &: Paul Lavins - Michigan - Kathleen Masterson,.: librettist Mezzan ine Level in Grand Side Chandelier Raymond C Smith '"':;;':1 Dr &: Mrs. Ope ra Hall Grand Staircase Lobby A Doubl ~ \ B ~ill ~, Roger. M. Ajluni - Mr. &: Mrs. Robert E. Mirror Mr. &: Mrs. Lynn Grand Staircase Dewar - Lear Corporation - Townsend - Cavalleria Rusticanal Gianni Schicchi Mr &: Mrs. Trustee Circle Trustee Circle Level Trustee Circle Broadway June 28, 30 Robert A Allesee - Madison Lobby in Opera Hall Lobby Donald Schleicher, Gonductor Laura Deming, Artisi ic Director Allesee Dance Patron Ford Motor Company - The Lomason Family - Mr. &: Mrs. George ' Lounge Backstage Renovation The William K &: Neva Vincent - I j All esee Dance &: Oper.a Broadway Lobby Lomason Opera Lounge Madison Lobby And Much More Resour.ce Library -Herman and Barbara Olive r Dewey Marcks Mr &: Mrs. Alvin I William Bolcom, p i ano ,~ and Anonymous Donor - Frankel - Foundation - Wasserman - Joan Morris, 8 Grand Lobby General Directors Ci rcle Third Floor Promenade Box Level Promenade soprae~.) u l y Anonymous Donor - Lounge Staircase World Heritage nd others Broadway Facade General Motors Lobby to 2nd Floor, Foundation - 2000 production of Dr &: Mrs. Donald C. Corporati on - Madison Conductors ------I Austi n - Madison Lounge MichCon Foundation - Dressing Room Grand Central Robert &: Alice Lobby Boutique Chandelier Gustafson - The Karen &: Drew Several named gift BAsF Corporation - Third Floor Lobby Peslar Foundation opportunities are Media Studio Classroom Alcove, Mad ison Co-Star Dressing Room available in the Detroit Comelica Charitable Richard &: Mary Lou Mr &: Mrs. Irving Rose: Opera House. For more Foundation - Janes - Patron Elevator in Lobby information, please call Grand Dome Third Floor Lobby Tower the Development DaimlerChrysler Alcove, Broadway Mrs. Carolyn L. Ross - Depanment at Corporati on - Chaim , Fanny, Louis, Grand Staircase Mirror 3131237-3433. Community Perfonnance Benjamin and Ann Theater Florence Kaufman Memorial Trust - Grand Side Chandelier Detroit Opera House Copyright 2010,www.M MichiganichiganOpera.org Opera Theatre BRAVO 49 CONTRI BUTORS Michigan Opera Theatre I Michigan Opera Theatre gratefully acknowledges the gener- In addition to enjoying outstanding entertainment on stage, ous corporate, foundation, government and individual donors MOT contributors are offered a number of opportunities that whose contributions were made between July 1, 1999, and allow them to observe the many phases of opera and dance June 30, 2000. Their generosity plays an integral part in the production, meet the artists and experience other "behind-the Companys financial stability, necessary for producing quality scenes" activities. grand opera, musical theater and dance. CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS MJC Homes FELLOW Mr. Ernest G. Ludy Mr. Gerald Knechtel Mr. David Chivas GRAND BENEFACTOR Moceri Development $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. 1St Mrs. Mark Mehall Dr. & Mrs. Richard W Kulis Mr. 1St Mrs. Leonard Ciokajlo $200,000 + Corporation Sage Foundation Monica Moffat 1St Patrick Ford Motor Company Fund Mr. 1St Mrs. Paul Lavins Mr. Dan Clancy Novara, Tesija, Michela, Priehs The Mary Thompson 2000 Fall Season Sponsor McGuire Mr. Raymond Lehtinen Mr. 1St Mrs. Frederick H. Clark Real Estate Intema tional Foundation Ms. Vi rginia Clementi 2000 Opera Ball Sponsor Mr. 1St Mrs. E. Michael Dr. 1St Mrs. Melvin A. Lester se\;lle Homes, Inc. Samuel L. Westerman Mutchler Mr. 1St Mrs. David Cohn General Operating Support Mr. 1St Mrs. Harry A. Lomason Villa Penna Foundati on General Motors Foundation Dr. 1St Mrs. Drew Peslar Mr. 1St Mrs. Kevin Lomason Mrs. Adelina C Colby XL Color Inc. Robert and Sharon Pew Mr. 1St Mrs. Alphonse S. Lucarelli Vivian 1St Jerry Cole 2001 Spring Season SUSTAINER In-kind Sponsor $S,OOO - $9,999 Drs. Irvin 1St Pamela Trotman Dr. 1St Mrs. Henry W Maicki . Mr. 1St Mrs. Michael j. Connolly Tasca Open ing Night Earl-&th Foundation Reid Mr. 1St Mrs. William T. Dr. Mary Carol Conroy PATRON Mrs. Carolyn L. Ross McConmick,jr. Mrs. Ellen R. Cooper Festivities $2,SOO to $4,999 Ann and Gordon Getty Ms. Susan Schooner Mr. 1St Mrs. Jeffrey H. Miro Shelly 1St Peter Coope r General Operating Support· Eaton Corporation Foundation Alan E. 1St Marianne Schwanz Mr. Ed\vin Lee Morrell Rosalind Coopenman 1St DaimlerChrysler Corporation MichCon Foundation Alice Kales Hartwick Fund Foundation Mrs. Rosemary skupny Mr. Charles Nave Woody Robertson 2000/2001 Dance Season DONOR The Polk Family Mr. 1St Mrs. William H. Smith Mr. 1St Mrs. Marco NobHi Mrs. Mary Rita Cuddohy Sponsor $1,000 to $2,499 Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar Mr. & Mrs. John R. O'Green,Jr. Dr. 1St Mrs. Victor Curatolo stuttgal1 Ballet Production AAA Michigan PATRON Professor Calvin L. Stevens Mr. Charles A. Parcells, J r. Mr. 1St Mrs. Ma,,;n I. Danto $2,500 - $4,999 Sponsor Alcoa Foundation Dr. 1St Mrs. Gerald H. stollman Mr. Charles & Dr. Charlotte Mr. 1St Mrs. Tarik Daoud Meyer 1St Anna Prentis Family Stuttgart Ballet Opening Kenwal Steel Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn A. Podowski Mrs. Barbara Darin Foundation Night Festivities MenlO r Automotive, lne. Townsend Mrs. David Pollack Julia Donovan Darlo\\' 1St John Real Estate One Inc. Trustees: Barbara P Frenkel, Mrs. Richard Van Dusen Ms. Patricia Preston O'Meara A. SIGNAL BENEFACTOR The Quaker Chemical Marvin Frenkel, Janet 1St Paul Victor Dr. & Mrs. Roben E. Reid Mr. 1St Mrs. Lawrence N. Da\;d $50,000 to $199,999 Foundation Dale P Frenkel, Mr. 1St Mrs. George e Dr. & Mrs. John H. Roberts Mr. 1St Mrs. Williamj. Da\;s Anthony L. and Darlene Soave Ronald P Frenkel, Vincent Mr. 1St Mrs. Roy Roberts Mr. 1St Mrs. William j. DeBiasi Gala &nefit Concen CONTR IBUTOR Denise L. Brown, Dr. 1St Mrs. Sam B. Williams Hon. Joan E. Young 1St Mr. Mr. Jeffrey W Dell Sponsor $500 to $999 Cindy Frenkel Kante r, Walter P 1St Elizabeth B. Work Thomas L. Schellenberg Mr. & Mrs. David Denn W",hcr Opening Night Alben Kahn Associates, Inc. elson P Lande Mr. Wayne j. Ruchgy Dr. Fernando Diaz Sponsor BridgestonelFirestone Trust Fund 51. Denys Foundation SUSTAINER Mr. 1St Mrs. Arnold Schafer Ted and Bonnie Dickens IATsE Local 38 Young Womans Home $2,500-$4,999 Dr. Roben F Schinmer Mr. Da\;d Disend MAJOR BENEFACTOR PPG Industries Foundation Association of Detroit Mr. 1St Mrs. Terence Adderley Drs. Paula and Michael Duffy $25,000 to $49,999 Dr. 1St Mrs. Karl Schroeder The W W Group, Inc. Mr. 1St Mrs. Douglas E Allison Mr. Don F Duggan Alitalia Airlmes Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. DONOR Dr. Lourdes V Andaya Mrs. Charles M. Endicott In-kind To $2,499 Schwendemann SUPPORTER Mr. 1St Mrs. Thomas Anderson Mr. 1St Mrs. Francis A. Ameritech $100 to $499 Clarence and Jack Himmel Mr. 1St Mrs. Ef\vin S. Simon Mrs. Donald j. Atwood Englehardt The Barber oj Seville Bolton 1St Company Foundation Mr. 1St Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Dr. 1St Mrs. Donald e Austin William 1St Barbara Eversman Opening Night Sponsor FeS. Industries, Inc. Kalamazoo Founda tion Dr. 1St Mrs. Robert j. Sokol Hon. 1St Mrs. Edward Avadenka Dr. Haifa Fakhouri Bank One John E. Green Company The Sigmund and Sophie Dr. 1St Mrs. Sheldon Sonkin Mr. 1St Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. 1St Mrs. Oscar Feldman Werther Perfonnance Mu Phi Epsilon Detroit Rohlik Foundation Mr. 1St Mrs. George Strumbos Mr. 1St Mrs. Mark Alan Baun Adrienne 1St Roben Z. Feldstein Sponsor Alumni Chapter Village Womans Club Dr. 1St Mrs. L. MUlTay Thomas Mr. 1St Mrs. W Victor Benjamin Mr 1St Mrs. Alfred j. Hudsons Plastomer Corporation Foundation Mr. & Dr. Sheldon Toll Mr. 1St Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Fisher,jr. Del' Rosenhavalier Ash Stevens, Inc. Valerie 1St Francis Ward Mrs. Loris G. Bimkrant Dr. Ma~orie M. Fisher Production Sponsor The Binmingham Musicale GENERAL DIRECTOR 'S Mr. 1St Mrs. Alvin Wassenman CIRCLE Mr. Charles A. Bishop Mrs. Elaine Fontana Michigan National Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Wassenman IMPRESARIO Mrs. Margaret Borden Mr. 1St Mrs. Mitchell B. Foste r W",her Perfornlance FOUNDATION AND $10,000+ Mr. 1St Mrs. Richard e Webb GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Mr. 1St Mrs. Gerald Bright Mr. 1St Mrs. Harvey Freeman Sponsor Mr. 1St Mrs. Roben A. Allesee Dr. Marilyn L. Williamson Michigan Council for Arts and Mr. 1St Mrs. Bernard T. Brodsky Hon. Hilda R. Gage Mr. 1St Mrs. Roy E. Calcagno Mrs. &ryl Winkelman Cultural Affairs Mr. 1St Mrs. Alfred Mrs. Stephanie Germack BENEFACTOR Mr. 1St Mrs. Robert E. Dewar Mrs. Paul Zuckennan $15,000 to $24,999 National Endowment for the Arts Cheesebrough III Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson Mr. 1St Mrs. Irving Rose ANR Pipeline Co. City of Detroit Cultural Affairs Hon. 1St Mrs. Avern L. Cohn Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Giancarlo Peter Climes Performance Department BENEFACTOR Mr. 1St Mrs. Jerry D'Avanzo DONORS Mr. 1St Mrs. Keith E. Gifford Sponsor $5,000-$9,999 Dr. 1St Mrs. John M. Dee $1,500-$2,499 Mr. Allan D. Gilmour Comerica Incorporated SIGNAL BENEFACTOR Mr. 1St Mrs. Richard Allen Dr. David DiChiera Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Ms. Sharon Gioia Tasca Perfonmance Sponsor $100,000+ Dr. 1St Mrs. Agustin Arbu lu Mr. 1St Mrs. Keith Dodsworth Mr. 1St Mrs. Harold Arnoldi Dr. Priscilla Greenberg Detroit Edison Foundation McGregor Fu nd Mr. Thomas Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Cameron B. Duncan Dr. Harold Mitchell Arrington Mr. 1St Mrs. Charles G. Tasca Perfonmance Sponsor The Skillman Foundation Barbara Frankel Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Duncan Dr. 1St Mrs. Ingida Asfaw Gunderson Mr. Hennan Frankel Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mrs. Annette Balian Mr. 1St Mrs. Stephen Hagopian Kmart Corporation MAJOR BENEFACTOR Student/Senior Matinees $25,000 - $99,999 Meyer & Anna Prentis Fam ily Mr. 1St Mrs. Paul E. Ewing Ms. Irene M. Barbour Mrs. Alice &rberian Haidostian Sponsor The Entenainment Industry Foundation Mr. Stephen Ewing Ms. Ilene Barron Mr. Lawrence Hall Lear Corporation Foundation Trustees: Barbara P Frenkel, Mr. 1St Mrs. Lloyd e Fell Mr. 1St Mrs. Ara Berberian Dr. 1St Mrs. Joel I. Hamburger Del' Rosen/lOvalier Matilda R. Wilson Fund Ma,,;n A. Frenkel, Mr. 1St Mrs. Max M. Fisher Mrs. Margareta &rker Mr. David Handleman Perfonnance Sponsor Dale P Frenkel, Ms. Rema Frankel Dr. 1St Mrs. John G. Bielawski Ms. Mary e Hanms BENEFACTOR Ronald P Frenkel, Mr. 1St Mrs. Samuel Frankel Mr. 1St Mrs. Maurice S. Binkow Ms. Maria Harris FELLOW $15,000 - $24,999 Denise L. Brown, Mr. 1St Mrs. Larry Garberding Mr. 1St Mrs. G. Peter Blom Mr. 1St Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart $10,000 to $14,999 Community Foundation of Cindy Frenkel Kanter, Mrs. John e Griffin Dr. 1St Mrs. Da\;d Bloom Dr. 1St Mrs. Jack H. Hertzler Consumers Energy Foundation Greater Flint Nelson P Lande Pres 1St Mary Happel Mr. 1St Mrs. William e Brooks Miss Mary A. Hester Community Programs James and Lynelle Holden Mr. 1St Mrs. Richard Helppie Mr. 1St Mrs. Eugene Hart";g Ms. Patricia Hill Burnett 1St Mr. Roben M. Holland Touring Sponsor Foundation Edward and Paula Hughes Mr. 1St Mrs. David B. Henmelin Robert L. Siler Ms. Mary Ann Hollars Hudson-Webber Foundation SUSTAINER Mrs. Roger W Hull Mr. & Mrs. Da\;d H. Hill Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Cahalan Han. & Mrs. Joseph N. Dewe)1 $5,000 to $9,999 Oliver Marcks Mr. 1St Mrs. Verne G. Istock Mr. 1St Mrs. Anthony Hopp Mr. & Mrs. George Callas Impastato Gannett FOllndmion, Inc. Foundation Mr. 1St Mrs. Richard Janes Mr. 1St Mrs. Thomas G. Kirby Drs. Margaret 1St John Casey Alan 1St Eleanor Israel John Carlo Inc. Da\;d M. Whitney Fund Mr. Don Jensen Mr. 1St Mrs. Robert Klein Mr. Harry T. Cendrowski Ms. Amy Jidov Lanzo Constmction Co. 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Susan Patterson (Violetta, April 21, 25, 28): Michigan Opera Theatre debut.

Miss Patterson's highly successful recent portrayals of Margarita/Helen in Boito's Mejistojele, Dvorak's Rusalka, and Violetta with the English National Opera have given her the spotlight as one of the world's new leading lirico-spinto sopranos. La Traviata has been a dominant opera in Miss Patterson's career and she has perfonned it_at the San Francisco Opera, the New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Palm Beach Opera, Baltimore Opera and in Vancouver and Montreal.

Supernumeraries Jeff Kirsch David Piotrowski Paul Plamondon Matthew Rhulig

Wig and Makeup Crew Elsen Associates; Joan'ne Weaver Parker Plague Alison Mizerski Marta Sawczuk DarrenBrim Tre Shmina Caroline D' Ambrosio Marta ,Stefaniuk Corinne Fine Mira Stefaniuk Mark Gravame Deldon Treece Deanne lovan Christine Wolfe

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H U 0 SON' S' A, / H'1.'l(j. Is becoming I ~ 11111,4 Correction/Clarification; The dates for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago on page 38 of BRA va are listed incorrectly, it should read June 23 and June 24, 2001.

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The role of Fenton will be sung by American tenor Andrew Richards, who has enjoyed great success over the past two seasons as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with New York City Opera. Recently, Mr. Richards sang Macduff in Macbeth with Opera Pacific, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Cleveland Opera and Opera Delaware, Alfredo in LaTraviata with Opera Pacific, as well as the Verdi "Requiem" with the Vancouver Bach Choir and Vancouver Symphony. In February of 1998, he made his debut with San Diego Opera where he took part in a new production of Strauss' Salome. Mr. Richards returned to G1immerglass Opera where he performed the role of Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff Upcoming engagements include a return to Opera Pacific as the Duke in Rigoletto and Nemorino L 'Elisir d'amore, Tamino in Die ZauberjlOte with the Cincinnati Opera. Supernumeraries Fairies Devils Servants Tabetha Dickerson Alexander Acton Devan Anderson Tamara Edwards Denny Dorsey Bruce Davis Paige Hardie . Christopher Ferriole Jim Slowik Laura Jakowenko Paul Ferriole Rick Tepper Kaitlin Kehrer Aaron Folbe Madeline Merritt Corey Garff Robin the Page Stephanie Ruper David Hardie Dennis Strach Megan Tallman Zachary Hardie Innkeeper Nurses David DiChiera Margaret Bronder Ali Moiin Genevieve Palczynski Wig and Makeup Crew Elsen Associates: Vi Kapayo Lee Ann Scheboth Parker Plague Heather Hambrecht Marta Sawczuk MOT Crew: Tre Slunina Darren Brim Marta Stefaniuk Caroline D' Ambrosio Mira Stefaniuk Corinne Fine Deldon Treece Mark Gravame Christine Wolfe Deanne lovan

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Correction/Clarification: The dates for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago on page 38 of BRAVO are listed incorrectly, it should read June 23 and June 24, 2001.

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Cast Update

Lyne Fortin, Antonia (Canada) Lyne Fo~ made her' Michigan Opera Theatre debut as Fiordiligi in the Fall 2000 production of Cosi fan tutte. One of Canada's leading sopranos, she has performed major roles with L'Opera de Montreal, Vancouver Opera, Opera Saskatchewan, Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera Hamilton and Opera de Quebec, In the United States, she has appeared with the Baltimore Opera, Seattle Opera, Connecticut Opera, Opera Pacific, New Jersey State Opera and Portland Opera. Last season, Ms. Fortin sang Violetta in Ottawa, Hamilton and Quebec, and for the San Antonio Symphony. Recent engagements include appearances with Edmonton Opera and the Scottish Opera,

Emily Wood Toronto, Antonia's Mother (USA) Mezzo-soprano Emily Wood Toronto most recently performed the role of Marcellina in the Michigan Opera Works production of The Marriage ofFi garo. Throughout her career, she has sung the roles of Madalena in Rigoletto, the Third Lady in Th e Magic Flute and Larina in Eugene Onegin. In the fall of 200 1, Toronto will perform the role of the Mother in Menotti' s Th e Counsul with the University of Michigan.

Tyler T. Oliphant, Hermann (USA) Tyler Oliphant, bass-baritone, just completed his Masters Degree in Voice Performance at the University of Michigan, as a student of Lorna Haywood. Opera credits (University of Michigan) include the title role in Falstaff, Sulpice in The Daughter ofthe Regiment, Papageno in The Magic Flute and Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte. This summer, he will perform Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Bay View Music Festival in Northern Michigan and Acis & Galatea with Detroit Oratorio Society,

Supernumeraries Servants Sidekick Devan Anderson Kelly Bradbury Louis Farris Shane Terpening Luther 's Wife & Courtesan Paul Plamondon Karla Roberson Paul Plamondon Courtesans Gondolier Christy Hicks David Piotrowski Carolyn Moss

LindorfDoubles Stella Steve LaGrassa Paula Tutman Leslie Hill

Wig and Makeup Crew For Elsen Associates Alison Mizerski Sondra Nottingham

For Michigan Opera Th eatre -Darren Brim Marta Sawczuk Corinne Fine Tre Shrnina Michael Gravame Marta Stefaniuk Vi Kapayo Mira Stefaniuk Ann MacDonald Deldon Treece Parker Plague Staff Lawrence Picard, Repetiteur Jean Schneider-Claytor, Rehearsal Pianist Dee Dorsey, Surtitle Operator

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