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Opera Scenes & Arias Trial by Jury The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater presents Opera Scenes & Arias followed by a complete performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial By Jury David Bamberger, Director John Simmons, Music Director & Accompanist Alison Garrigan, Costume, Wig & Makeup Designer Paul & Kathleen Zweifel, Supertitles Kulas Hall April 15 & 16, 2011 8:00 p.m. April 17, 2011 3:00 p.m. The CIM Opera Program is supported in part by a generous grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation 2 Scenes *Friday/Sunday +Saturday THE BARTERED BRIDE (1866) Music by Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) Libretto by Karel Sabina English version by Marion Farquhar “Marie Warns Vašek” Introduced by Margaret Kazan Vašek David Fair * Michael John Talerico + Marie April Martin * Agostina Migoni + MIGNON (1866) Music by Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Libretto by Michael Carré and Jules Barbier “Connais-tu le pays” Introduced by Kellie Rumba Mignon Elizabeth Frey * Alicia Bousner + GIUDITTA (1934) Music by Franz Lehár (1870-1948) Libretto by Paul Knepler and Fritz Löhner “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss” Introduced by Jacquelyn Mouritsen Giuditta Jilda Farias The Gypsies Troy Bruchwalski, Armando Contreras, Raymond James Irwin, Adam Matonic (more) 3 COSI FAN TUTTE (1790) Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Trio: “Soave sia il vento” Introduced by Kevin Simmons Fiordiligi Catheryne Shuman * Laura Anne Valles + Dorabella Stacey Van Vossen * Stephanie Kreutz + Don Alfonso Ryan Downey * Andrew G. Manea + FIDELIO (1805) Music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Libretto Joseph Sonnleithner “O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint” Introduced by Pamela Torrey Marzelline Alexandra Schiano ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (1867) Music by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré “The Poison Aria” Introduced by Raymond James Irwin Juliet Marilyn Reid Smith RUSALKA (1901) Music by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil “The Hymn to the Moon” Introduced by Alyssa Hensel Rusalka Helen Wyatt (more) 4 DON PASQUALE (1843) Music by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini Staged by Ms. Hamm “Quel guardo, il cavaliere...So anch'io la virtù magica” Introduced by Kathleen Raab Norina Megan Hamm IL TROVATORE (1853) Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano “Stride la vampa” Introduced by Veronica Ward Azucena Rebecca Skirpan FALSTAFF (1893) Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Arrigo Boito “The Merry Wives Receive a Letter” (Act I, Scene 2) Introduced by Alexandra Schiano Mrs. Meg Page Kjira Robinson * April Martin + Mrs. Alice Ford Laura Anne Cotney * Marilyn Reid Smith + Nannetta (Anne Ford) Kellie Rumba * Anjin Stewart-Funai + Dame Quickly Alicia Bousner * Elizabeth Frey + Fenton Kevin Simmons * David Fair + ~ INTERMISSION ~ (more) 5 TRIAL BY JURY (1875) Words by William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) Music by Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) Introduced by Marilyn Reid Smith The Usher Andrew G. Manea * Ryan Downey + Edwin, The Defendant Jake Andricks * David Fair + The Learned Judge Mark Wanich * John Gray Watson + Counsel for the Plaintiff Marisa Buchheit * Jacquelyn Mouritsen + Angelina, The Plaintiff Sarah Mossman * Ashley R. Close + Foreman of the Jury Troy Bruchwalski * Armando Contreras + Other members of the Jury Javier Enrique Ferrer, Raymond James Irwin, Joseph Lenehan, Adam Matonic, Kevin Simmons, Michael Talerico, Reid Taylor Ladies of London Laura Ann Cotney, Jilda Farias, Alyssa Hensel, Hillary Huebler, Margaret Kazan, Erica Koch, Stephanie Kreutz, Agostina Migoni, Kathleen Raab, Nicole Rodriguez, Jessika Roy, Pamela Torrey, Veronica Ward, Helen Wyatt, Rebecca Zaner Chorus of Bridesmaids Carson Dorsey, Stephanie Klock, Kathryn Middleman, Annie Reilly, Gillian Terminiello, Stacey Van Vossen 6 Voice Department Mary Schiller, Head Clifford Billions Vinson Cole Jung Eun Oh Opera Theater Artistic Director. David Bamberger Music Director & Conductor. Harry Davidson Opera Coach & Chorus Master. John Simmons Opera Theater Administrator . Claire Connelly Production Manager . Sarah Stewart Production Staff Stage Managers…Catheryne Shuman, Reid Taylor, Laura Anne Valles Assistant Stage Managers …Kellie Rumba, Elizabeth Tredent Production Manager/Properties Mistress … Sarah Stewart Costume Designer …Alison Garrigan Wig/Makeup Assistant … Krista Tomorowitz Wardrobe Assistants …Kathleen Raab, Jan Wolf Supertitles … Paul & Kathleen Zweifel About the Staff David Bamberger (Artistic Director) has staged some 200 productions on three continents in styles from grand opera to musicals. A founder of Cleve- land Opera, he was the company’s General Director from 1976 to 2004, build- ing it into one of America's major regional opera companies. He secured The Three Tenors in Concert to celebrate its 25th anniversary. At the insistence of Jerome Robbins, Mr. Bamberger staged the dialogue scenes for West Side Story, thus gaining permission for Cleveland Opera to be the only opera company in the Western hemisphere permitted to re-create Robbins’ original choreography. Mr. Bamberger’s work from coast to coast ranges from The Barber of Seville at Lincoln Center (New York City Opera) to The Ballad of Baby Doe (Los Angeles Music Center), with such stars as Roberta Peters, Bev- erly Sills and Sherrill Milnes. For Santiago, Chile, he staged Rigoletto and Lu- cia di Lammermoor and, for the Israel Vocal Arts Institute, La Bohème and La Cenerentola. In 1990, he represented the opera industry before Congress, testi- fying in a successful effort to garner support for the National Endowment for 7 the Arts. He has served on the Board of Directors of OPERA America and of the National Alliance for Musical Theater, of which he was a founder. At home on the non-musical stage, Mr. Bamberger directed the first major New York production of Sophocles’ classic tragedy Oedipus at Colonus and a national tour of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. His writings include several articles for Opera News and best-selling textbooks for religious schools. His two-volume history of the Jews based on Abba Eban’s My People, banned in the former Soviet Union, has been used in Russian translation in both Russia and Israel. Mr. Bamberger’s many honors include the Ohio Gover- nor’s Award for Arts Administration and honorary doctorates from Swarth- more College (his alma mater), Cleveland State University and CIM. John Simmons (Music Director) has appeared in numerous recitals in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy and in the U.S. at Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall in New York City. A student of Yoheved Kaplinsky, he received a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Peabody Con- servatory. He also holds a diploma in piano performance from the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria, where he studied with Paul Badura-Skoda. Mr. Simmons has coached, taught and performed at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Centro Studi Italiani, the Amalfi Coast Festival, the Shaker Mountain Festival and the Lincoln Center Festival. He was on the coaching faculty at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University, was appointed mu- sic director of the Elysium Festival in Bernried, Germany in 2004, and was in residence at Rutgers University as guest professor of collaborative piano for 2004-2005. Mr. Simmons was music director and pianist for New York Opera Project’s production of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa in spring 2004. He has col- laborated in recital with tenor John Aler, and has performed with the London Symphony Chorus, the Westminster Choir, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and was featured as a soloist with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. He was on the coaching faculty of Juilliard Opera Center and worked with tenors John Aler and Jonas Kaufmann. Alison Garrigan is now enjoying her fifth year working with CIM Opera Theater. Aside from designing numerous scene programs here (The Orient Expressly was her first) her work may be remembered from Die Fledermaus, Ariadne auf Naxos and Xerxes. Elsewhere, she is the resident designer at Cleveland Public Theater, where her designs include Boom, Pulp, Our Town, A Bright Room Called Day, The Rocky Horror Show and Hedwig and The Angry Inch. She also designs at such venues as Theatre Ninjas (Anna Bella Eema), Cleveland State University (The Alchemist, The Oresteia), CSU Summer Stages (The Shadow Box, Chekhov In Yalta, Return To Forbidden Planet), Beck Center (Little Shop Of Horrors,The Diary Of Anne Frank, Jekyll and Hyde The Musical, The Seagull, Hamlet), Dobama (Trestle At Pope Lick Creek, Fuddy Meers), Great Lakes Theater Festival/CMSD (Guys and Dolls, Hot Mikado, South Pacific) and most other area theatres. 8 Sarah Stewart (Production Manager) joined the CIM Opera Theater staff three seasons ago after five years at Playhouse Square Center, where she worked as Line Producer and Production Stage Manager for seven long- running musicals in the Hanna Theatre (including Love, Janis and Forbidden Broadway). Previously, she completed a 20-year tenure at Cleveland Opera as Director of Production and Artistic Administrator, while also serving as a member of Opera America's Production/Technical Committee for eight years. Local credits also include work at The Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Ohio Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Dance Cleveland, and Cain Park, as well as other special projects such as the Tall Ships Festival, the Police Memorial Tatoo, and live broadcasts from the Hanna Theatre. Ms. Stewart has been proud to be a member of Actor's Equity for over 25 years. About the Cast Jake Andricks (tenor) is a second-year master’s student studying with Vinson Cole. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Voice and Church Music at Indiana Wesleyan University in 2009, where his performances in- cluded Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. In December 2009, Mr. Andricks was in- vited to return to his alma mater to perform the tenor arias from Handel’s Mes- siah. In his first year at CIM, Mr. Andricks appeared as Max in Der Freis- chütz and Ferrando in Così fan tutte in the opera scenes productions, and as Scaramouche in the Cleveland premiere of the complete Ariadne auf Naxos.
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