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New York and Oregon, as well as the festival choir and opera program of Idyllwild Arts. She has performed in the chorus of productions of The Merry Widow, L'enfant et les sortilèges and L'elisir d'amore and has sung the role of Yum- Yum in The Mikado. HELEN MATTISON WYATT (soprano) is a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan. Her onstage roles include Suzanne in Charpentier's Louise in CIM’s Fall 2007 THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC opera scenes, Lily Craven in The Secret Garden, Maria in West Side Story and Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music. In 2005, she attended the Interlochen OPERA THEATER Summer Advanced Vocal Program where she performed as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro for the program's opera scenes. She has also performed as the presents soprano soloist for The Whiting Auditorium's Christmas production of Handel's Messiah in Flint, Michigan. Ms. Wyatt is a student of Mary Schiller. Acknowledgements Béatrice et Bénédict The expansion of the CIM Opera Theater Program to two major productions per year has been made possible in part by generous gifts from the Words and Music by NORTHERN OHIO OPERA LEAGUE and DR. FRANCIS R. GROSS and DR. JANE SEMBRIC. HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803 - 1869) Additional financial support of the CIM Opera Theater came from: Mr. Raymond Abe, Ms. Shelley S. Anderson, Mr. & Mrs. Gary V. Bombei, Mrs. Marvin Evenchik, Mr. James D. Graham, Dr. Kathleen S. Grieser & Mr. John Chipka, Ms. inspired by William Shakespeare’s Marietta Gullia, Mr. & Mrs. Clive Hamlin, Mr. James L. Harkins, Mrs. Frank E. Joseph, Jr., Ms. Jodi Kanter & Mr. Steven Szilagyi, Mr. & Mrs. S. Lee Kohrman, Barbara & Much Ado About Nothing Ronald Leirvik, Sheldon & Marilyn MacLeod, John P. Murphy Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Samir Nasr, Mr. Peter A. Paslawski & Mrs. Paula Forma-Paslawski, Ms. Sonja C. Reynolds, Dr. Michael J. Salkind & Dr. Carol T. Gill, Mr. Larry J. Santon, Mr. Donald P. Schneider, Dr. Gerard Seltzer & Phyllis Seltzer, Mr. Robert Shelden, Mr. Bert Siegal, Ms. DAVID BAMBERGER, Director Ruth Ellen Toth, Ms. Annette M. Wright, Mr. & Mrs. William J. Zoltowicz HARRY DAVIDSON, Conductor CIM Opera Theater gratefully acknowledges the assistance of: DAVE BROOKS, Set & Lighting Designer Sean Garrigan & CIM Security, The Concert/Events Staff, Eric Hosemann & the CIM Maintenance Staff, Janet Winzenburger, Opera Cleveland, The Cleveland Botanical Garden MOLLY WALTER, Costume Designer The efforts of the following CIM faculty are appreciated: ALISON GARRIGAN, Wigs & Makeup Designer Kathryn Brown, Vocal Coach; Linda Jones, Vocal Coach; Anita Pontremoli, Head, Collaborative Piano; Carl Topilow, Director, Orchestral Program Kulas Hall Upcoming CIM Opera Theater Productions February 25 - 28 at 8:00 p.m. November 12 - 15, 2008 New this year! A SECOND fully-staged production and it’s a double bill! First, a delightful comedy by Haydn, The Apothecary, followed by Puccini’s gorgeous and inspiring Suor Angelica. The CIM Opera Program is supported in part by a generous April 17 & 18 at 8:00 p.m., April 19 at 3:00 p.m. grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation. Fully-staged and costumed Scenes Production, with piano accompaniment by music director John Simmons. roles of La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Arsena (The Gypsy Baron) and Suor Director’s Notes Dolcina (Suor Angelica) with Duquesne University where she received her Bachelor of Music degree. Ms. Thorpe has been a featured soloist with the “Speak low, if you speak love.” North Georgia Oratorical Society on multiple occasions in her native Gainesville, Georgia. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - Much Ado About Nothing ELIZABETH MARIE TREDENT (mezzo-soprano) is a sophomore studying with It is difficult for us to imagine the effect that Shakespeare had on the Mary Schiller. During the summer of 2008, she participated in the Crittenden Romantics of the early 19th century. Although his plays were already two Opera Workshop in Washington D.C. There, she had the opportunity to per- centuries old, they somehow seemed to be a new revelation. They became a form various opera scenes, including Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Charlotte in guide by which young rebels could liberate themselves from the classicism Werther and Augusta in The Ballad of Baby Doe. She performed the roles of favored by the aristocrats who had ruled Europe prior to the French Gertrude in Charpentier’s Louise and Mercedes in Carmen in CIM’s 2007 Revolution. opera scenes program. She was the 2008 Regional NATS winner, the 2007 Regional Classical Singer magazine winner, and has had the honor of per- Hector Berlioz was among those who were overwhelmed by the works of forming with the Ashtabula Orchestra. the Bard of Avon. The composer based a large scale choral symphony on LAURA ANNE VALLES (soprano) is in her first year of the Master of Music pro- Romeo and Juliet and found inspiration for other works in Shakespeare’s gram, studying with Mary Schiller. Ms. Valles, originally from Texas, began Hamlet, The Tempest and King Lear. performing at the age of 14. She studied with Jacqueline Barlow-Ware at Berlioz was one of many Romantics who tried to view the realities of life Capital University Conservatory of Music in Columbus, were she obtained through the passion they brought to art. A beautiful British actress playing her Bachelor of Music degree. She was heard at Capital University as Katisha Juliet and Ophelia so dazzled him that he wooed her wildly, writing his in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, the First Lady in Mozart's The Magic famous Symphonie fantastique as a way to attract her attention! This approach Flute, and participated in several master classes. Ms. Valles placed first at the was surprisingly successful. Alas, the composer missed the Shakespearean 2007 Regional NATS competition in the Senior College Women category. message that unbridled passion often results in tragedy. His marriage to the actress was a disaster. MARK WANICH (baritone) is a Professional Studies student, currently study- ing with Clifford Billions. He is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State Nevertheless, it is not surprising that for his last work he returned to University (Master of Arts) and Georgia Southern University (Bachelor of Shakespeare for inspiration. What is surprising is that, after writing many Music), both in vocal performance. Mr. Wanich’s recent roles include works of truly colossal proportions, Berlioz chose as his model a relatively Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Paris (Roméo et Juliette), Demetrius (A Midsummer small-scale comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Furthermore, in his libretto he Night's Dream) and Marquis/Jailer (Dialogues of the Carmelites). He was a discarded all of the play's villains and fools, adding his genial satire of fel- member of Nashville Opera's Fellowship program for 2006-2007, where he low musicians in the character of Somarone (whose name means "donkey"!) sang in outreach programs and performed in mainstage productions. He In doing so, he closed his creative life with a work that is filled with sunshine attended the AIMS in Graz program and the Harrower Summer Opera and joy, and which, in many ways pays, homage to the classicism which he Workshop. had spent his career rejecting. JOHN GRAY WATSON (baritone) is a senior in the Bachelor of Music program Berlioz, like Shakespeare, set his story against a background of heroes at CIM. He studies in the voice studio of Clifford Billions. Mr. Watson has returning from battle. Because the military image has no effect on the opera, sung in Austria, Italy and Slovakia. He has attended the American Institute I have chosen to portray these men as football heroes whose battles are of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. In the U.S., he has sung Antonio in Le fought on a field of 100 yards. The time is 1960, when colleges and universi- nozze di Figaro with the Duke Symphony Orchestra. His roles at CIM include ties, unaware that they would soon be changed by the drama of the ensuing Papageno in last spring’s production of The Magic Flute and the role of Poeta decade, were rather idyllic. in Salieri’s Prima la musica poi le parole. I hope that, regardless of how your birth year relates to that date, you will KELSEY WOOD (mezzo-soprano) is a freshman studying with Clifford find that this setting adds to your enjoyment of the operatic love letter which Billions. She placed first in the Intimate Opera Competition and Village Hector Berlioz created as his final gift to us. Voices Chorale Scholarship Competition, both in California, her home state. -- DB She has attended high school division Young Artist programs in Florida, Music Degree. Ms. Ryu received first prizes in major competitions in Korea, including the Classic Korea, Anyang University and Suwon Women's college Cast competitions. She spent summers between 2003 and 2006 in Europe, America (in order of appearence) and Korea, attending and performing at Summer Camp at the Saarbrucken Musik Hochschule in Germany, Oregon Bach Festival, the University of C LAUDIO Robert Pierce* Oregon School of Music and the Yea-ul Music Camp in Korea. At CIM, she star quarterback Mark Wanich# was recently heard as the Queen of the Night and Lakmé. B ENEDICT Hee Chang Shin* another football star HEE CHANG SHIN (tenor), a native of Korea, is in his first year of the Artist Jermaine Jackson# Diploma program, studying with Clifford Billions. After graduation from B EATRICE Chelsea Coyne* Chugye University in Korea, Mr. Shin came to the United States and trained student with other interests Ji Eun Park# at the Peabody Conservatory with Stanley Cornett as a Graduate Performance Diploma student. He has performed Alfredo in La Traviata, H ERO Ann Coffman* Rodolfo in La Bohème, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Bardolfo in Falstaff and Hoffmann student, Claudio’s biggest fan Tamara Ryan# in Les Contes d'Hoffmann.