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SIGNATURE SERIES | SOUNDS OF THE CITY MAY 4 | 1:00 - 2:30PM "Hofball in Wien" by Wilhelm Gause In partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MFA Boston | Remis Auditorium SIGNATURE SERIES | RECREATING MAXIM’S: A WALTZ THROUGH THE MERRY WIDOW Part of the course, “The City: 10 Forces that Shaped History” APR 20 | 6:30 - 8:00PM Individual sessions: $28 members | $35 non-members In partnership with the Boston Athenæum Investigate how cities have been central characters in $20 BLO subscribers/Athenæum members operatic repertoire and the impact that opera and music $30 general public halls had in the development of major cities. MFA.org The legendary nightclub Maxim’s comes alive as you explore the intersection of dance and operetta in The Merry Widow. Reception with wine and light bites KEEP UP TO DATE WITH EVERYTHING B included. | BOSTON bostonathenaeum.org LYRIC OPERA WERTHER 2016 HAPPENING AT BLO.ORG!

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BOARD OF Andrew Eisenberg, Esq. BOARD OF Russell Lopez PROGRAM TRUSTEES Thomas D. Gill, Jr. OVERSEERS Anita Loscalzo Barbara Winter Glauber M. Lynne Markus CHAIR CO-CHAIRS Mimi Hewlett Shari Noe CONTENTS Michael J. Puzo Willa Bodman Horace H. Irvine II Jane Pisciottoli Papa L. Joseph LoDato VICE-CHAIR Amelia Welt Katzen Barbara Goodwin Lawrence St. Clair About BLO 1 Wayne Davis Maria J. Krokidas Papesch James Ackerman VICE-CHAIR & Stephen T. Kunian Samuel Parkinson Sarah Ashby Board of Directors 2 TREASURER Lois A. Lampson Susanne Potts Elizabeth Barker Frank Wisneski Jeff rey Marshall Carl Rosenberg View from Backstage 4 Abigail B. Mason Ann Beha Allison Ryder CLERK A. Neil Pappalardo Edward Bell Jonathan Saxton Every Man Has His Angel 5 Susan W. Jacobs E. Lee Perry Debra Taylor Blair Wendy Shattuck Fact & Fiction in Werther 7 STANFORD Irving H. Plotkin Richard M. Burnes, Jr. Sandra A. Urie CALDERWOOD William Pounds Ellen Cabot Mark Volpe Cast & Synopsis 8 GENERAL & Alicia Cooney Quigley Carol Deane Robert Walsh ARTISTIC David W. Scudder Nicholas DiMauro Lydia Walsh Meet the Artists 10 DIRECTOR Susan R. Shapiro Jessica Donohue Peter J. Wender Esther Nelson, David Shukis Catherine E. Grein Bertram Zarins Production Staff & 13 Ex Offi cio Ray Stata Joseph Glenmullen Tania Zouikin Acknowledgments Wynne Szeto Amy Hunter Linda Cabot Black Christopher Tadgell William Hunter EMERITI BLO Staff & Volunteers 14 Miguel de Bragança Lady Juliet Tadgell Louise Johnson Steven P. Akin Alan Dynner Wat Tyler Ellen Kaplan J.P. Barger Donors 15 Susan D. Eastman Pam Kunkemueller Sherif A. Nada

THE VIEW FROM BACKSTAGE: MUSINGS FROM THE CREATIVE TEAM

Massenet’s brilliant Werther has been with me since There is so much in Werther that I look forward to I was a teenager. Upon listening to Charlotte’s letter sharing with you tonight. As with all great opera aria, I was struck by the deep, melancholic soundworld , Massenet writes vocal lines that reveal the combined with a sense of fear and repression. As an emotions of the singers, whilst still presenting the story adult the same elements of Massenet’s composition in a natural fl ow of language and gesture. Add the aff ect and inspire me to understand the deep psychology rich subtext in the orchestra, and we are carried on a of Werther and Charlotte. I discovered that in the fi rst passionate journey with the singers that will leave you half of the opera the listener clearly senses only Werther’s emotionally captivated by the end. anxiety, stemming from unrequited love, while Charlotte hides behind her sense of duty. Suddenly in the opera’s Massenet is a wonderful orchestrator, with exquisite second half one sees Charlotte’s profound anguish and touches throughout the score. One unusual sound realizes that it in fact comes close to matching Werther’s. in Werther is the use of the saxophone as a featured This structure has inspired an unconventional view of solo instrument in many places, particularly in the very portraying the opera on stage. popular aria for Charlotte, “Va, laisse couler mes larmes” in Act III. Listen out for this powerful and unusual color, Werther is an unreliable narrator whose suff ering is which brings an exotic touch to the soundworld. depicted through memory and constant thoughts of suicide. Are his memories accurate? Are his portrayals I know that this will be an exciting and provocative of others truthful depictions of their sentiments? Is theatrical presentation for you. Werther is a major league Charlotte’s image a product of his fantasy, or do we, opera that isn’t performed enough, and I hope you will and Werther, see her as she truly is? These are all agree with me that it deserves to be right up there with questions that are meant to enhance your theatrical the other great Romantic operas that we all love. experience so that you can make your own judgments. David Angus As the psychology of Werther is complex, so should Conductor, BLO Music Director your reaction be… as equally sympathetic and suff ering human beings with your own anxieties and anguish. Crystal Manich Stage Director

“ The great thing about lights—and projections are, essentially, lights—is that they are fl uid. That’s why I have given them [Emetaz and Paul Hackenmueller, the production lighting designer] a kind of frozen canvas in the set. They can move as fast as dreams.” – John Conklin, Set Designer 4 | BOSTON LYRIC OPERA WERTHER 2016 When we sat down to write this program note, we were struck by Werther’s own eloquence in the original novel by Goethe. A poet and a dreamer, Werther’s passion spirals into obsession when he cannot have his beloved Charlotte—and yet his anguish speaks to all of us. The following has been extracted from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe, translated by David Constantine, Oxford World’s Classics. – Crystal Manich, Stage Director, and John Conklin, Set Designer

Dear Reader, It has seemed to many that the life of a man is only a a work of his own feelings. His equable demeanor dream, and I am myself always accompanied by that contrasts very sharply with the always-obvious feeling. restlessness of my own character. I’ve never felt so light-footed. I was more than human. Without a doubt, there’s no better person than Albert The sweet girl in my arms and whirling around with her under the sun. I had a strange scene with him yesterday. like the stormwind till all about us lapsed away and— I came to say goodbye, having suddenly felt like riding Reader, in all honesty I must tell you I swore that, cost into the mountains, from where indeed I am now what it might, no girl I loved and had any claim on writing to you, and as I was pacing up and down in the should ever waltz with anyone but me. room I caught sight of his pistols.—‘Lend me your An angel! Bah! Every man has his angel, does he not? pistols, will you,’ I said, ‘for my journey.’ And yet I am not in a state to tell you in what ways To lift the curtain and step behind it—that is all! And she is perfect and why she is perfect, only that she has why the hesitating and the apprehension? Because we do seized hold of all my thoughts and feelings. Three not know how things look behind that curtain? Because times I have begun Lotte’s portrait and three times there is no return? And because it is the nature of our the result was a disgrace. In her black eyes I read a real minds to suspect confusion and darkness wherever we sympathy for me and for my fate. can’t know anything defi nite. My passions were never far from madness. Nature can fi nd no exit out of the labyrinth of tangled Albert has come and I shall leave... And he is so and contradictory forces, and the person must die. honorable and has not once kissed Lotte in my presence. God reward him for that. I am bound to love him for the respect he shows the girl. He wishes me well, which I suppose to be Lotte’s doing more than

Left, a rendering of John Conklin’s set design for Werther, featuring projections by designer Greg Emetaz. Above, costume sketch for the character of Charlotte by Newhall, designer.

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KARL JERUSALEM Fact & Fiction Jerusalem was a friend of Kestner and an acquaintance of Goethe. In 1772, Jerusalem (who was in Werther in love with a married woman) As a young man, Johann Wolfgang von borrowed Kestner’s pistol and Goethe moved to the town of Wetzlar, committed suicide. Goethe used several details from this real-life Germany, to establish his own legal tragedy, including the borrowing practice. Two years later, in 1774, he took of the pistols and Kestner’s note the literary and cultural world by storm with that “No priest attended him,” the publication of his novel, The Sorrows of in his novel. Young Werther. Only 25 years old at the time, GOETHE/WERTHER Goethe instantly became an international The character of Werther is celebrity, and the work helped launch the largely autobiographical. While Romantic Era of literature, music, and poetry. in Wetzlar, Goethe fell in love with Charlotte “Lotte” Buff — What happened during those two years that inspired the fi ancée of his friend. this seminal work? Goethe’s own experiences with the heartache and jealousy of thwarted love gave rise to LOTTE/CHARLOTTE the work’s central character, who would later inspire The real Charlotte, Lotte Buff , Massenet’s opera. To the right are the connections liked and respected Goethe, but did not return his ardent aff ection. between Goethe’s life and the story of Werther. In Massenet’s opera, the mezzo- The Sorrows of Young Werther’s tale of passion and soprano Charlotte does harbor a angst, idealization and sacrifi ce, inspired a generation, secret passion for Werther—which of course, only heightens the and beyond. Werther memorabilia proliferated, music’s drama. fashionable young men donned blue coats and yellow vests as described in the book, and the archetypal KESTNER/ALBERT Romantic hero—sensitive, artistic, uncompromising, and In both fi ction and fact, the stormily passionate—was born. Goethe’s life was never relations between Goethe/ the same; transformed overnight into a celebrity, he Werther and Charlotte’s fi ancé spent his later years distancing himself from the novel. are friendly. In the opera, Reports circulated that some troubled youths were Albert’s music is more staid moved to take their own lives after reading the novel, a than Werther’s, an indication of his propriety and (perhaps) misinterpretation, Goethe said, of his true intentions. dull respectability. The real-life Whatever the truth, it is clear that Goethe’s account Kestner was close with Goethe— of adolescent, wild, impossible passion and its until the publication of the novel. It ruined their friendship, aftermath struck a chord deep within anyone who had and Kestner wrote bitterly that experienced young love—including a married, middle- Goethe’s work “prostituted the aged, highly successful named Massenet, real persons whose features you who found himself moved to tears while reading the borrow.” novel in Wetzlar, more than a century later.

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MUSIC DIRECTOR DAVID ANGUS 2015/16 Season Sponsor, Linda Cabot Black

MUSIC BY JULES MASSENET CONDUCTOR DAVID ANGUS Sponsored by Linda Cabot Black LIBRETTO BY ÉDOUARD BLAU, PAUL MILLIET, AND GEORGES STAGE DIRECTOR CRYSTAL MANICH HARTMANN

Sung in French, with projected SET DESIGNER JOHN CONKLIN English translation COSTUME DESIGNER DEBORAH NEWHALL

PERFORMANCES: LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL HACKENMUELLER FRIDAY, MARCH 11 AT 7:30 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 13 AT 3 PM VIDEO DESIGNER GREG EMETAZ* WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 AT WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNER JASON ALLEN 7:30 PM FRIDAY, MARCH 18 AT 7:30 PM SUPERTITLE ADAPTATION JOHN CONKLIN & ALLISON VOTH SUNDAY, MARCH 20 AT 3 PM

Performed in four acts with one intermission after Act II. Performance BOSTON LYRIC OPERA running time approximately 2 hours ORCHESTRA SANDRA KOTT Concertmaster and 30 minutes.

VOICES BOSTON STEVEN LIPSITT Artistic Director CITI PERFORMING ARTS CENTERSM ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS MICHELLE ALEXANDER SHUBERT THEATRE BRUCE STASYNA† 265 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON REHEARSAL COACH/ ACCOMPANIST BRETT HODGDON‡ Co-sponsored by Rusty Rolland and The Schick Fund

* Boston Lyric Opera Debut FRENCH LANGUAGE COACH SOPHIE MICHAUX* † BLO Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artist ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GISELLE TY* ‡ BLO Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artist Alumnus PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER CHELSEA ANTRIM DENNIS CAST & SYNOPSIS

CAST IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

LE BAILLI JAMES DEMLER WERTHER ALEX RICHARDSON* Sponsored by Wayne Davis JOHANN DAVID MCFERRIN‡ and Ann Merrifi eld Sponsored by Willa and Taylor Bodman CHARLOTTE SANDRA PIQUES EDDY SCHMIDT JON JURGENS† Sponsored by Suki and Miguel de Bragança Sponsored by The Susan A. Babson Opera Fund for Emerging Artists, Part of the BRÜHLMANN OMAR NAJMI† Paul and Edith Babson Foundation KÄTCHEN HEATHER GALLAGHER† SOPHIE RACHELE GILMORE Sponsored by Susan W. Jacobs ALBERT JOHN HANCOCK* Sponsored by Ms. Abigail Mason

SYNOPSIS A gunshot…a life sacrifi ced…a love destroyed by memory, passion, and duty. – An outlying arrondissement of Paris in the late 1920s.

Werther, a poet, becomes obsessed with Charlotte, and she returns his love ecstatically. But she is forced to reject him when she learns that Albert—the man she had promised her dying mother she would marry—has returned. Their wedding proceeds and Werther is consumed with jealousy, although Albert off ers understanding. Even as Werther contemplates suicide, he cannot bring himself to leave. Charlotte begs him to go, only conceding that they may meet again in a few months, at Christmas. In the interim, Werther’s passionate letters cause Charlotte anguish and bitter remorse. She is forced to admit to herself that in spite of her struggles to forget, she loves him still. On Christmas Eve Werther returns, and she almost gives in to him but, overcome with guilt, rushes away. Werther despairingly leaves. Albert is suspicious of a visibly nervous Charlotte, and when he receives a message from Werther asking him for the loan of his pistol, as he is leaving “for a distant country,” Albert orders Charlotte to fetch the gun so he can send it with a servant. She realizes what is implied in the request, and once Albert departs she rushes to Werther, praying she will not be too late. She confesses her love as the sounds of children singing “Noel” echo outside.

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DAVID ANGUS Conductor JOHN CONKLIN Set Designer David Angus has just extended his contract John Conklin has designed sets on and off - for a third time as the Music Director of Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, and for Boston Lyric Opera, where he conducts the opera companies around the world, including majority of the productions each year and the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of oversees all musical matters. He is also the Chicago, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Honorary Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, Opera, Bastille Opera in Paris, The Royal Opera and the opera following several years as its Principal Conductor, when he played houses of Munich, , and Bologna, among others. a major part in establishing it as Belgium’s most exciting and Locally, his work has been seen in Boston Lyric Opera’s I Puritani successful new orchestra. Previously he was the Music Director (2014), The Magic Flute (2013), Madama Butterfl y (2012), and of Glimmerglass Opera. Mr. Angus conducts concerts and opera Macbeth (2011), as well as at the American Repertory Theater throughout Europe, and broadcasts frequently on BBC Radio and Boston Ballet. He also designed BLO's 1997 production of 3 and abroad in Austria, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, Italy, and Werther. Additionally, Mr. Conklin develops lecture series and Belgium. Plans for this season, apart from his work at BLO, include community events for BLO that enrich the audience experience choral music by Elgar and MacMillan with the Huddersfi eld Choral and strengthen the presence of opera in Boston’s arts community. Society and the BBC Philharmonic, two CD recordings (with the He is on the faculty at New York University’s Tisch School of the London Philharmonic and with the orchestra of Opera North) Arts and was a recipient of the 2011 NEA Opera Honors. and concerts in the USA, the UK, Sweden and Italy. DEBORAH NEWHALL Costume Designer CRYSTAL MANICH Stage Director Returning to BLO for Werther, Deborah Crystal Manich returns to Boston Lyric Newhall’s costumes have been seen on the Opera following a successful production stages of Merrimack Repertory Theatre (The of I Puritani in 2014. She has been hailed by Outgoing Tide), 59E59 Theater’s Love Song, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal as well as on screen for David O. Russell’s and other major publications for “lively” and American Hustle, PBS’ The American Experience: The Abolitionists, “imaginative staging.” Later in 2016 she will direct Haydn’s Josh Radnor’s Liberal Arts, Actors Theater of Louisville, The Public Armida for her debut at Pinchgut Opera in Sydney, Australia, Theater, Goodspeed Opera House, Studio Arena, Trinity Rep, in addition to making a return to Buenos Aires Lírica, Argentina, Radio City Rockettes, Boston Ballet, and at WGBH- ZOOM, for with Verdi’s Ernani. She will direct Handel’s for New which she has received two Emmy nominations. She previously England Conservatory in April, and Saint-Saëns’ et Dalila designed costumes for several BLO productions, including Regina, at Tulsa Opera. As a practitioner of presenting baroque works in Lost in the Stars, Wuthering Heights, and La Bohème. non-traditional performance spaces, she directed productions of The Coronation of Poppea, Giasone and The Return of Ulysses with Opera Omnia, a New York City-based company she co- founded. Her past credits include more than 30 productions at Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Columbus, American Opera Projects, Center for Contemporary Opera, Utah Opera, North Carolina Opera, Opera Roanoke, Ash Lawn Opera, Bay View Festival, St. Petersburg Opera, and Lyric Opera Baltimore. She also served as assistant artistic director of Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam in Brazil. Ms. Manich is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

10 | BOSTON LYRIC OPERA WERTHER 2016 PAUL HACKENMUELLER ALEX RICHARDSON Tenor Lighting Designer Making his BLO debut, Alex Richardson Lighting designer Paul Hackenmeuller returns is known to Boston audiences through to Boston Lyric Opera having previously Tanglewood and Emmanuel Music where worked on several BLO productions, he sang the role of Tom Buchanan in The including I Puritani and To s c a . His broad Great Gatsby, and the Boston Symphony range of work includes lighting musical artists such as Katy Perry, Orchestra, where he has soloed on numerous occasions. Upcoming Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Tony Bennett, and Justin Timberlake as engagements include a return to The Princeton Festival this well as consulting to corporate clients including Target, Carlson summer in the title role of Peter Grimes; Tamino in Die Zauberfl öte Companies, and Wells Fargo. In addition to work with many with the Philharmonic; and the Beethoven Missa Solemnis regional theaters and more than ten Broadway productions, Mr. in Carnegie Hall with the Cecilia Chorus. In addition, he makes Hackenmueller’s recent and upcoming opera work includes The his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2016/17 season. Recent Dallas Opera, Rome Opera, Bucharest National, Minnesota career highlights include: the role of Alwa (cover) in Lulu at The Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and Opera Colorado. Metropolitan Opera; Váňa Kudrjaš in Káťa Kabanová at Spoleto Festival USA; Verdi Requiem with the Oratorio Society of New York; Sam in Floyd’s Susannah with Toledo Opera; Molqi in The GREG EMETAZ Video Designer Death of Klinghoff er with Long Beach Opera; Steuermann in Der Making his BLO debut, Greg Emetaz’s work Fliegende Holländer and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi with The as a video designer for the stage includes Princeton Festival; a debut with the in a Dolores Claiborne (world premiere) at San work by Dutch composer, ; and the title role in the Francisco Opera, Champion (world premiere), U.S. premiere of Amleto by Franco Faccio with Opera Southwest. Bel Canto at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland (American premiere), The Death of Klinghoff er and The Golden Ticket (world premiere) at Opera SANDRA PIQUES EDDY Mezzo-soprano Theatre of Saint Louis, Ajax at American Repertory Theater and A resident of Dedham, Massachusetts, Sandra Wallace Shawn’s The Music Teacher. He created the behind-the- Piques Eddy was last seen at BLO as Varvara scenes documentary of Julie Taymor’s feature fi lm The Tempest, in the 2015 production of Kátya Kabanová and as well as promotional documentaries for the Broadway musical also appeared as Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and numerous productions at New Idamante in Idomeneo, and Kate Pinkerton in York City Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Madama Butterfl y. Recent successes include Carmen at Portland Opera, Opera Colorado and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and JASON ALLEN Wig and Makeup Designer Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Omaha, Nashville Opera, and Vancouver Opera. Ms. Eddy enjoys an artistic collaboration Jason Allen has been BLO’s Resident Wig and Makeup Designer with Tim Albery at Opera North UK, where she recently sang the since 2003. A fi xture of the Boston performing arts community, he title roles in Carmen and The Coronation of Poppea. Ms. Eddy is also works with Huntington Theatre Company, Boston Ballet and on the Metropolitan Opera’s roster this year and has sung more many other organizations in Boston and throughout the country. than 100 performances there, including the role of Fiona in the U.S. premiere production of Nico Muhly’s Two Boys, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mercédès in Carmen (broadcast nationally on PBS, and theatrically live in HD and on DVD), Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Rosette in Manon.

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA WERTHER 2016 | 11 RACHELE GILMORE Soprano Assassin in Macbeth. Mr. Demler has been heard as soloist with the Houston Symphony, Orchestra of St. Lukes, The National Rachele Gilmore has established herself as one of America’s most sought after coloratura Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, Opera Orchestra of New sopranos. A regular performer in America, York, and The Boston Pops. He has presented solo recitals at the Europe, and Asia, she is consistently praised Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Princeton University, Pepperdine for being “the vocal standout” and a dynamic University, and at Boston University, where he has been a full-time actress. She recently appeared as Blondchen in Die Entführung aus member of the voice faculty since 2005. dem Serail (Theâtre Champs-Elysées), Alice in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland (Los Angeles Philharmonic and BBC Symphony DAVID MCFERRIN Baritone Orchestra) and Gilda in Rigoletto (Opera Omaha). Ms. Gilmore David McFerrin is a BLO Jane & Steven made her BLO debut in 2010 as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. Akin Emerging Artist alumnus who has She has already performed with distinguished companies such as appeared in numerous Company productions, the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, The Bavarian including Opera Annex productions The State Opera in Munich, La Monnaie in Brussels, Opera Colorado, Love Potion, Lizzie Borden, and Clemency, Grand Théâtre de Geneve, and Florida Grand Opera among and at the Shubert Theatre in Madama Butterfly, Kátya others. She is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and received her Kabanová and Agrippina. This Season, he appeared with BLO Bachelor of Music from Indiana University and continued with as the Offi cer in Philip Glass’ In the Penal Colony and will appear graduate studies at Boston University. next month as Cascada in Lehár’s The Merry Widow. His other opera credits include Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida JOHN HANCOCK Baritone Grand Opera, and the Rossini Festival in Wildbad, Germany. As Acclaimed for his refi ned vocalism and a concert soloist, Mr. McFerrin has sung with theatrical versatility, baritone John Hancock and the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, with the early music makes his BLO debut as Albert in Werther. ensemble TENET at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and with His past credits include Count Almaviva in the Boston Pops. This season’s concert highlights include debuts Le Nozze di Figaro, Falke in Die Fledermaus, with the Vermont Symphony and chamber orchestra A Far Cry Albert in Werther, Brétigny in Manon, Capulet in Roméo et and solo appearances with the Handel and Haydn Society during Juliette, both Marcello and Schaunard in La Bohème (Metropolitan its bicentennial season. Opera), Sharpless in Madama Butterfl y, Yeletsky in Queen of Spades, and Lescaut in Manon Lescaut (San Francisco Opera). He JON JURGENS Tenor has also sung leading roles with companies including Washington National Opera, New Israeli Opera, Opéra du Rhin, Théâtre Jon Jurgens is a Jane and Steven Akin des Champs-Elysées, and Cincinnati Opera. Mr. Hancock is a Emerging Artist who has established himself graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center, where he was winner of as a versatile young talent with a wide range the Richard F. Gold Grant presented by the Shoshana Foundation. of repertoire. Most recently, he performed the He also is the recipient of grants and prizes from the Metropolitan title role in The Picture of Dorian Gray (Opera Opera National Council, the Loren L. Zachary Society and the Fayetteville) and the roles of Rodolfo in La Bohème (Opera Sullivan Foundation. Raw) and Don Jose in Carmen (Opera Neo). As a studio artist with Sarasota Opera, he has also sung the roles of Curley in Of Mice and Men, Borsa in Rigoletto and has covered Edoardo in JAMES DEMLER Baritone Un Giorno di Regno and the Duke in Rigoletto. Mr. Jurgens was Baritone James Demler is known for his highly acclaimed as Tristan in BLO’s 2014 production of The versatile range of repertory, spanning the Love Potion, and earlier that year he made his Company debut operatic, oratorio, concert, and popular music as Gastone, while covering Alfredo, in La Traviata. Mr. Jurgens genres. He has received critical acclaim for completed his graduate work at The Ohio State University, where his roles as Peter in Hansel and Gretel and he performed the title role in the American stage premiere of De Bretigny in Manon (Houston Grand Opera), Sharpless in Handel’s . Madama Butterfl y (Edmonton Opera), Danilo in The Merry Widow (Palm Beach Opera) and Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Arizona Opera). His BLO credits include Dikoy in Kátya Kabanová, as soloist with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and

12 | BOSTON LYRIC OPERA WERTHER 2016 PERFORMANCE & BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA VENUE INFORMATION VIOLIN I ALTO SAXOPHONE LATE SEATING At the request of our patrons, Boston Sandra Kott, Concertmaster Kenneth Radnofsky Lyric Opera observes the national opera standard of a Annie Rabbat, Solos BASSOON no-late seating policy. While we understand that traffi c Jodi Hagen conditions, public transportation, weather, and other fac- Natalie Favaloro Elah Grandel, Acting Principal Sally Merriman tors can have unexpected eff ects on your arrival, we wish Gerald Mordis to minimize disruptions for our seated patrons and for Stacey Alden FRENCH HORN our artists on stage. Latecomers will be asked to wait in Roksana Sudol Kevin Owen, Principal the lobby until the earliest possible break in the perfor- Peter Hanly Dirk Hillyer mance, which in some cases may be intermission. Should Cynthia Cummings Whitacre Hill you arrive late, the Company provides a video monitor Sasha Callahan Iris Rosenstein in the lobby where you may view the performance until VIOLIN II you are seated. TRUMPET Colin Davis, Acting Principal Jesse Levine, Acting Principal AS A COURTESY to the artists and for the comfort Heidi Braun-Hill Mary-Lynne Bohn of those around you, please turn off all mobile phones, Tera Gorsett pagers, watch alarms, and any other device with audible Robert Curtis TROMBONE signals prior to the start of the performance. Patrons who Heather Braun John Faieta, Acting Principal leave the theatre during the performance may not be Rohan Gregory Brian Diehl seated again until intermission. Melanie Auclair-Fortier Donald Robinson Susan Carrai THE USE OF CAMERAS or recording devices in the Rose Drucker TUBA theatre is strictly prohibited. Taka Hagiwara, Acting Principal CHILDREN UNDER SIX will not be admitted, in con- VIOLA sideration of Boston Lyric Opera patrons, Kenneth Stalberg, Principal TIMPANI David Feltner John Tanzer, Acting Principal CITI PERFORMING ARTS CENTERSM SHUBERT THEATRE is not entirely wheelchair-accessible. For pa- Abigail Cross PERCUSSION Don Krishnaswami trons with disabilities, wheelchair-accessible and compan- Craig McNutt, Acting Principal Joan Ellersick ion seating, as well as removable-arm chairs, are available Willine Thoe HARP in a variety of locations and prices on the Orchestra level. Ina Zdorovetchi, Principal There is no elevator in the Shubert Theatre; staircases CELLO are available for access to the Mezzanine and Balcony Loewi Lin, Principal CELESTE level seating areas. A wheelchair-accessible restroom Rafael Popper-Keizer Brett Hodgdon and concession station are located off the main lobby. Melanie Dyball A wheelchair-accessible telephone is located in the box Aron Zelkowicz VOICES BOSTON offi ce lobby. The Shubert Theatre is equipped with an Jan Pfeiff er-Rios Steven Lipsitt, Artistic Director FM assistive listening device for patrons with hearing im- BASS Armaan Bhojwani pairments; headsets are available free of charge at the Robert Lynam, Principal Mira Donahue Head Usher’s desk. A pay-TTY device for deaf patrons Barry Boettger Hugo Harington is located in the box offi ce lobby. Patrons requiring as- Kevin Green Marlyn Li sistance should contact Citi Performing Arts CenterSM in Anthony D’Amico Chloe Locke advance of their visit. Please call 617.482.9393 or (TTY) FLUTE Miles Luther 617.482.5757. Patrons who are deaf are encouraged to Linda Toote, Principal Ethan O'Gara use the Massachusetts Relay Service at 800.439.2370 for Ona Jonaityte Amita Polumbaum purchasing tickets to BLO productions. Please direct in- quiries and requests for ADA guidelines to: Access Ser- OBOE Cecilia Viana vices Administrator, Citi Performing Arts CenterSM, 270 Nancy Dimock, Principal Francisco Viana Tremont St., Boston, MA 02116. Lynda Jacquin TICKET INFORMATION For information on Boston CLARINET SUPERNUMERARIES Lyric Opera productions, subscriptions and tickets, visit Jan Halloran, Principal Milling Kinard blo.org, call BLO Audience Services at 617.542.6772, Steven Jackson Domenico Mastrototaro or visit the Shubert Theatre box offi ce, open Tuesday BOSTON LYRIC OPERA WERTHER 2016 | 13 through Saturday, noon to 6:00 p.m., also available by telephone at 866.348.9738 or (TTY) 888.889.8587. PRODUCTION & ARTISTIC STAFF

Bailey Costa Lighting Director/Assistant Lighting Designer James McCartney Head of Production Audio Rachel Arditi Assistant Stage Manager Dianna Reardon Wardrobe Supervisor Anderson Nunnelley Assistant Stage Manager Gail Buckley Costume Supervisor Anthony Schiavo Production Assistant Ryan Goodwin Costume Design Assistant Jeremy Smith Head Production Carpenter Melinda Abreu Wig-Makeup Artist Bryan Salmon First Assistant Production Carpenter Maur Sela Wig-Makeup Artist Joseph St. Croix Second Assistant Production Carpenter Seághan McKay Video Programmer Marco Caceres Head Production Electrician Allison Voth Surtitle Operator Mike Wellman First Assistant Production Electrician Chris Largent Draftsman Whitney Brinton First Assistant Production Electrician David Orlando Lighting Assistant Mignel Caravajal Second Assistant Production Electrician Kate Ellingson Music Librarian Patrick Glynn Head of Production Properties Maynard Goldman Orchestra Personnel Manager Emily Picot Second Assistant of Production Properties

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BLO extends its gratitude to the Elderhostel, Inc./Road Scholar Quality Graphics, Inc. following individuals and organizations Eric Antoniou Photography The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common for their extraordinary courtesy in T. Charles Erickson Robert Silman Associates Structural making our productions possible: Fessenden & Sykes Engineers | Michael Auren and Acentech, Inc. | Carl Rosenberg and Films Around the World, Inc. | Ben Rosenberg Ben Markham Alexander W. Kogan, Jr. Ryder Transportation Advanced Lighting and Production Four Seasons Hotel Boston Santander Services | Jim DeVeer Goodman Media International, Inc. Sebastians AKA Haute History Starburst Printing | Jason Grondin Alexander Aronson Finning Mark Howard Tessitura Beacon Hill Seminars HUM Properties | Casey Smith United Staging & Rigging | Susan Bennett, M.D., Company IATSE Local #11 JACET | Eric Frishman Physician Consultant, Associate Colleen Glynn VOICES Boston | Kathryn DiMaria, Physician, Massachusetts General Intersection | Steve McCarthy Executive Director, Steven Lipsitt, Hospital IRN Internet Services | Jay Williston Artistic Director, and Nina Pelligra, Boston Center for Adult Education Leapfrog Arts | Program Manager Boston Center for the Arts Melissa Wagner-O’Malley WBUR Boston Public Library Massachusetts Bay Transportation WGBH/WCRB Caff é Nero Authority Wheelock Family Theatre Catherine Truman Architects | mindSHIFT Technologies Inc. Winston Flowers Catherine Truman Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Chandler Inn Myles Standish Business Condominiums Scenery constructed by American Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, NEPS Primary Freight Repertory Theatre and BLO LLP | Andrew Eisenberg and New England Professional Systems | Lighting Equipment provided by Will Krasnow Bill Miller Advanced Lighting & Production Costume Works, Inc. | Liz Perlman Pierce Harman Photography Services, Inc. Amy Holland Crafton Production Advantage Costumes supervised by Costume Denka Trucking | Dick Butler ProPrint Boston Works, Inc., Somerville, MA

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Esther Nelson Stanford Calderwood General & Artistic Director Sharon Barry Terri Mazzulli David Angus Music Director Katie Baner Diane McGary John Conklin Artistic Advisor Lynn Bregman Patti McGovern Jane Cammack Anne McGuire ARTISTIC Jeannie Ackerman Curhan Amy Molloy Nicholas G. Russell Director of Artistic Operations Ann D’Angelo Meg Morton Nancy McDonald Artistic Manager Karla De Greef Katherine Nash Zachary Calhoun Artistic Associate Marsha de Poo Kameel Nasr PRODUCTION Mary DePoto Amy O’Connell Bradley Vernatter Director of Production Frances Driscoll Cosmo Papa Anna B. Labykina Technical Director Marian Ead Jane Papa Jessica Johnson Brock Production Operations Manager Susan Eastman Barbara Papesch Julia Noulin-Mérat Associate Producer Hugh Fitzgerald Jutta Scott Lily Kaufman Properties Master & Technical Assistant Audley Fuller Alexandra Sherman Lindsay Conrad Production Administration Assistant Ralph Gioncardi Barbara Trachtenberg FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Mencken Graham Jessica Tybursky Karen T. Frost Director of Finance and Administration Bruce Houston Amy Walba Kristin Dwyer Assistant to the General & Artistic Director Eva Karger Gerry Weisenberg David J. Cullen Accounting Manager Milling Kinard Debbie Wiess Reingard Heller Finance Manager Nicholas Kopp Alfred Williams Caitlin Hayes Finance & HR Associate Esther Lable Joe Williams Samantha Ferello, Offi ce Associate Nancy Lynn Lynn Williams Domenico Mastrototaro Sybil Williams EXTERNAL RELATIONS Eileen Nugent Williston Director of External Relations Riley Cameron External Relations Assistant Sarah B. Blume Director of Major Gifts Erin Coff ey Associate Director of Major Gifts Cathy Emmons Director of Institutional Gifts Danielle Schmidt Special Events Manager Bailey Kerr Patron Services Associate Carrie Phillips Marketing & Communications Manager Derrick A. Martin Audience Services Manager Rebecca Kittredge Audience Services Coordinator

Lacey Upton Director of Community Engagement The Artists and Stage Managers employed on this production Rebecca Kirk Manager of Education Programs are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists. Brendan Buckley Resident Teaching Artist All musicians are members of the American Federation of Heather Gallagher Resident Teaching Artist Musicians of the United States and Canada. Julia Propp Director of Operations The scenic, costume, and lighting designers are members Andrew J. Moreau Analytics and Projects Manager of United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. Robin Schweikart Database Administrator Stagehands are represented by Local #11 of the International Goodman Media International, Inc. Public Relations Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. IRN Internet Services Website Boston Lyric Opera is a member of OPERA America, the Leapfrog Arts Graphic Design national service organization for opera in the U.S. and Canada.

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