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FALL 2018 DANCE SEASON B R AVO Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company OCTOBER 27, 2018 BALLETMET The Nutcracker NOVEMBER 24-25, 2018 Too Hot to Handel DECEMBER 1, 2018 The 2018–2019 Dance Season is made possible by the Lear Corporation ENGAGED IN THE ARTS. COMMITTED TO CULTURE. IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY. The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan proudly supports the Michigan Opera Theatre as part of our mission to assist organizations creating a lasting, positive impact on our region. CFSEM.org 313-961-6675 Fall 2018 BRAVO Contents Dance Season ON STAGE The Official Magazine of Michigan Opera Theatre FEATURE STORY: ‘Tis the Season for Holiday Performances ......... 6 Profiles from the Pit: All About that Bass ............................................... 7 Erica Hobbs, Editor Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ............................................................ 8 Jocelyn Aptowitz, Contributor BalletMet’s The Nutcracker ........................................................................14 Publisher: Too Hot To Handel .........................................................................................20 Echo Publications, Inc. Royal Oak, Michigan www.echopublications.com MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE Tom Putters, President Boards of Directors and Trustees .............................................................. 4 Physicians’ services provided by Welcome ............................................................................................................. 5 Henry Ford Medical Center. MOTCC: A Winter Fantasy ..........................................................................19 Steinway is the official piano of the Administration and Staff .............................................................................24 Detroit Opera House and Michigan Michigan Opera Theatre Contributors ..................................................25 Opera Theatre. Steinway pianos are General Information .....................................................................................29 provided by Steinway Piano Gallery of Detroit, exclusive representative for Steinway and Sons in Michigan. Comet Interactive is the official media production company of the Detroit Opera House. Michigan Opera Theatre is a nonprofit cultural organization, whose activities are supported in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other individuals, corporations, and foundations. Michigan Opera Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Michigan Opera Theatre www.MichiganOpera.org BRAVO • Fall 2018 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-2019 July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 R. Jamison Williams Margaret Allesee Marianne Endicott Nora Moroun DIRECTORS EMERITUS Chairman Pernilla Ammann Paul E. Ewing Peter Oleksiak Shelly Cooper Lee Barthel Jennifer Fischer Charlotte Podowski Marjorie M. Fisher Wayne S. Brown Richard A. Brodie Barbara Frankel Sara Pozzi Jennifer Nasser President and CEO Elizabeth Brooks Herman Frankel Paul Ragheb Audrey Rose Enrico Digirolamo Robert Brown Dean Friedman Ruth Rattner William Sandy Chair, Finance James Ciroli Richard G. Goetz Bernard Rubin Richard Webb Committee Françoise Colpron John P. Hale Ankur Rungta Joanne Danto Devon Hoover Terry Shea Cameron B. Duncan Julia Donovan Darlow Danialle Karmanos Matthew Simoncini Treasurer Ethan Davidson Barbara Kratchman Richard Sonenklar Kevin Dennis Thomas M. Krikorian Lorna Thomas C. Thomas Toppin Shauna Ryder Diggs Alphonse S. Lucarelli Jesse Venegas Secretary Sonal Dubey Donald Manvel Ellen Hill Zeringue Michael Einheuser Ali Moiin BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2018-2019 July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 Kenn and Liz Allen Douglass Diggs and George Johnson Daniel and Margaret Christopher and Susan Robert and Margaret Shauna Ryder Diggs Jill Johnson Pehrson Wilhelm Allesee Enrico and Kathleen Ellen Kahn Brock and Katherine R. Jamison and Karen Sarah Allison Digirolamo Peter and Danialle Plumb Williams Daniel and Pernilla John and Debbie Dingell Karmanos Charles and Charlotte Joan Young and Thomas Ammann Mary Jane Doerr Stephanie Germack Kerzic Podowski L. Schellenberg Lourdes V. Andaya Dilip and Sonal Dubey Michael and Barbara Sara Pozzi Mary Lou Zieve Harold Mitchell Arrington Cameron B. Duncan Kratchman Waltraud Prechter Ellen Hill Zeringue Beverly Avadenka Michael Einheuser Thomas and Deborah Paul and Amy Ragheb Lee and Floy Barthel Kenneth and Frances Krikorian John and Terry Rakolta TRUSTEES EMERITI Mark and Caprice Baun Eisenberg Melvin A. Lester Ruth F. Rattner Marcia Applebaum Ginny Berberian Marianne Endicott Linda Dresner Levy and Roy and Maureen Roberts Agustin Arbulu Debra Bernstein-Siegel Alex Erdeljan Edward Levy Patricia H. Rodzik Marvin A. Frenkel Joseph and Barbra Bloch Fern R. Espino and Mado Lie David and Jacqueline Preston and Mary Happel John and Marlene Boll Thomas Short Arthur and Nancy Liebler Roessler E. Jan and Pat Hartmann Gene P. Bowen Paul and Mary Sue Ewing Stephan and Marian Audrey Rose Robert and Wally Klein Richard and Gwen Bowlby Margo Cohen Feinberg Loginsky Dulcie Rosenfeld William and Marjorie Betty J. Bright and Robert Feinberg Mary Alice Lomason Carolyn L. Ross Sandy Richard and Joanne Oscar and Dede Feldman James and Marion LoPrete Bernard and Donna Rubin Roberta Starkweather Brodie David and Jennifer Fischer Alphonse S. Lucarelli Anthony and Sabrina Paul and Janet Victor Elizabeth Brooks Marjorie M. Fisher Denise Lutz Rugiero Amelia H. Wilhelm Robert and Geraldine Ford Carl and Mary Ann Donald Manvel Ankur Rungta and Brown Fontana Florine Mark Mayssoun Bydon FOUNDING MEMBERS Wayne S. Brown and Elaine Fontana Ronald and Zvezdana Hershel and Dorothy Mr.† & Mrs.† Lynn A. Brenda Kee Barbara Frankel and Ron Martella Sandberg Townsend, Founding Charles D. Bullock Michalak Jack Martin and Bettye Donald and Kim Schmidt Chairman Thomas and Vicki Celani Herman and Sharon Arrington-Martin Alan Schwartz Mr. & Mrs.† Avern L. Cohn Michael and Mary Chirco Frankel Florence McBrien Mark and Lois Shaevsky Dr. & Mrs. John H. DeCarlo James and Elizabeth Ciroli Dean and Aviva Friedman Benjamin Meeker and Arlene Shaler Dr. † & Mrs. David DiChiera Gloria Clark Barbara Garavaglia Meredith Korneffel Terry Shea Mr.† & Mrs.† Aaron H. Avern and Lois Cohn Yousif and Mara Ghafari Eugene and Lois Miller Matthew and Mona Gershenson Thomas Cohn Richard and Aurora Goetz Phillip D. and Dawn Minch Simoncini Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Françoise Colpron Carolyn Gordon Monica Moffat Sheila Sloan Graves † † William and Kelly Connell Reva Grace Ali Moiin and William William H. Smith Mr. & Mrs. John C. Griffin Peter and Shelly Cooper Samuel and Toby Kupsky Phyllis F. Snow Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Jones † † Joanne Danto and Arnold Haberman Donald and Antoinette Anthony L. Soave The Hon. & Mrs. Wade H. Weingarden Alice Berberian Haidostian Morelock Richard A. Sonenklar and McCree, Jr. Helen Daoud John and Kristan Hale Manuel and Nora Moroun Gregory Haynes Mr. Harry J. Nederlander † Julia D. Darlow and John Eugene and Donna E. Michael and Dolores Mary Anne Stella Mr. E. Harwood Rydholm C. O’Meara Hartwig Mutchler Ronald F. Switzer and Jim Mr. & Mrs. Neil Snow Jerry and Maureen Doreen Hermelin Allan and Joy Nachman F. McClure Mr. & Mrs. Richard D’Avanzo Derek and Karen Hodgson Irving Barbara Nusbaum Lorna Thomas Strichartz Lawrence and Dodie Devon Hoover Juliette Okotie-Eboh C. Thomas and Bernie Mr.† & Mrs.† Robert C. David Alan and Eleanor Israel Peter Oleksiak Toppin VanderKloot Ethan and Gretchen Una Jackman Linda Orlans James G. Vella Dr.† & Mrs.† Sam B. Williams Davidson Don Jensen and Leo Graham and Sally Orley Jesse and Yesenia Mr.† & Mrs.† Theodore O. Kevin Dennis and Jeremy Dovelle Richard and Debra Venegas Yntema Zeltzer Kent and Amy Jidov Partrich Marilyn Victor Karen V. DiChiera Gary and Gwenn Johnson Spencer and Myrna Inge Vincent Partrich 4 BRAVO • Fall 2018 www.MichiganOpera.org † Deceased Michigan Opera Theatre WELCOME his season marks our first without our beloved ichigan Opera Theatre has been presenting founder David DiChiera, whose passing in September some of the world’s best dance companies Tmarked the end of a distinguished and notable era for Mfor decades. And, like opera, we strive to offer Michigan Opera Theatre (MOT). Among his many visionary a balance between exciting new works and beloved acts, he determined in the mid-1990s that the newly- classics. This fall, we are excited to present two formed Detroit Opera House would also serve as a venue productions that do just that: The Bill T. Jones/Arnie for dance. Since that time, numerous Zane Company and BalletMet’s dance presentations have taken The Nutcracker. place in Detroit under the auspices of While founded in the early MOT, making it one of the few opera 1980s, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie companies in the nation to also offer a Zane Company makes its Detroit dance program. Opera House debut in October. For more than 25 years, the The company, known for pushing MOT dance program has grown boundaries, will present A Letter dramatically, including presentations to My Nephew, a powerful, by companies such as American multimedia performance about Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Jones’ nephew Lance T. Briggs, Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, Joffrey Ballet, Dance who struggled with illness and addiction. Theatre of Harlem and numerous others. For the past three On a personal level, I have known Bill since 1992 years, our organization has partnered with the University when I hired him to make his stage directing debut Musical Society (UMS) with an expressed goal of working
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    DOWNTOWN This self-guided tour is a great intro to downtown! Be sure to join us on one of our public tours or contact DETROIT us to a create a customized experience that fits your schedule. DOWNTOWN DETROIT SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR SECOND C H E R R Y P L U M Midtown M O N T C A L M J N O E L I Z A B E T H H N GRAND RIVER AVE C P L U M C O L U M B I A L WOODWARD AVE C H U R C H O MICHIGAN AVE THIRD D TRUMBULL G E L I Z A B E T H E E L I Z A B E T H COMERICA PARK BRUSH FORD FIELD ADAMS TENTH B E E C H C L FORD FIELD I P SECOND F A Corktown F R F O F I R S T O K U R P L A Z A R A BEAUBIEN B A G L E Y T D V EIGHTH H E M BROOKLYN A R D 13 11 I S N O N 12 H O B A G L E Y J GRATIOT AVE L A B R O S S E RANDOLPH 12 BROADWAY M U L L E T MICHIGAN AVE 1 TIMES SQUARE 10 P O R T E R WASHINGTON BLVD E A V DETROIT EXPERIENCE C L I N T O N E R G R A N D R I V LIBRARY9 FACTORY Lafayette Park A B B O T T A B B O T T STATE S T A N T O I N E M A C O M B PA R K P L A C E GRISWOLD 11 2 F A H O W A R D WASHINGTON BLVD R M O N R O E 8 TENTH BROOKLYN 10 M 10 375 E R FIFTH TRUMBULL E LAFAYETTE W LAFAYETTE BLVD W LAFAYETTE BLVD SHELBY SIXTH EIGHT 1 BRUSH 3 C A S S AV E S F O R T E RANDOLPH WOODWARD AVE F O R T 9 F O R T T PEOPLE MOVER A (ELEVATED MONORAIL) B BEAUBIEN E C O N G R E S S E C O N G R E S S W C O N G R E S S W J E F F E R S O N A V E 4 2 E L A R N E D RIVARD 6 3 4 7 COBO CENTER E JEFFERSON AVE W JEFFERSON AVE 5 7 5 8 RivertownW O O D B R I D G E W O O D B R I D G E RIOPELLE JOE LOUIS ARENA S T A U B I N O R L E A N S F R A N K L I N D U B O I S C I V I C C E N T E R AT W AT E R RIVARD PLAZA Detroit River 6 AT W AT E R AT W AT E R MILLIKEN STATE PARK DETROIT RIVER People Mover Tour Stops MAP LEGEND DXF Welcome Center Stations DXF creates experiences that are enlightening, entertaining and led by Detroiters.