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Michigan Opera Theatre Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre R E' A N (f1 PER A: I 9 8 I I 9 8 2 c · (iJ , R M E ·d 0 s T H E ~ K ADOCopyright 2010, ·PO Michigan Opera RTheatre G Y ~ E=--= ------- --- Music, art and literature. Drama, film, and dance , These are the creative , La musique, la peinture, la sculpture, Ie theAtre et forces which fonn the Canadian ladanse. Tellessontlesforces creatric;esquiilnnent Mosaic, and which both shaPe and reflect la mosaique canadietme, et qui ~onnent et refletent notre our cultural identity. The CBCapplauds the , identiteculturelle. LaSocieteRadio·Canadareconnaft significant contribution made by the skills and talents of la contribution marquante ,la competence et Ie talent de nos the members of Canada's artistic community. Arid, in our artistes. 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Editor . ..................... R. Edward Townley Assistant editor / Advertising manager . Mimi Mayer Advertising & editorial assistant . ... Gordon Ostrowski Public relations Intern . Suzanne Acton Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre As Michigan Opera Theatre embarks upon the first season of its second decade, the company's contributions to the quality of life in Michigan continue to grow. The opera season in Detroit's Music Hall has expanded to five productions, with more performances and a wider variety than ever before. And MOT's unique Opera-in-'Residence program will offer local residents across the state a week-long involvement in work­ shops, rehearsals and special programs, culminating in fully­ staged performances of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly." Michigan Opera Theatre is a vital and important cultural force in the State of Michigan. I am pleased to extend to Dr. David DiChiera and the entire company my best wishes for this season and for many more to come. Sincerely, ~')::J.~ WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN Governor is rl lag: tio' inc W1 gr s)tr c: n y 1 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre ....__ ...... _ .. _-_.... ... _.. _ ......... _--.. __ .... __ . Mr. Roger johnson, President, Office Systems Group, Burroughs Corporation. "Easy to start with, work with, and grow with. That's the whole idea behind Burroughs systems approach to offlCe automation?' "Office automation. The need it means immediate increased pro­ is real. Spiraling overhead costs and ductivity for your highly valued lagging productivity tell you so. managers and professionals. They "The need to manage infonna­ can spend time making decisions, tion more efficiently is a powerful instead of searching for infonnation. incentive to begin automating now. They can create and revise doc­ "But you don't have to start uments quickly and economically. with expedient solutions that can't Speed their work with electronic grow with you. 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BurroughsCopyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 5 f>, I­ r ~ I Performances daily... , STEE,L an LTV company Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Detroit District Sales Office 3001 West Big Beaver Road Troy, MI 48084 313/649-1110 fII!II!II Olht! y L T V w mpanies are Vought Corporation, Ly ke$ B ros. SUllmshil' Co .• Inc., YIiI Continental EmKo Company. Ke,,'rtm rmancuional, Inc.; The LTV Corporation, Dallas. Term. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 6 As Michigan Opera Theatre enters its eleventh season in the Music Hall, it reflects more clearly than ever the extraordinary cultural richness and diversity of the City of Detroit. This year, in addition to popular works by Italian, French, and English composers, the Com­ pany is offering Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" - a great musical of special significance to Black Americans - and the first profes­ sional performances in the Free World of "Anoush," a much-loved masterpiece from the great Armenian people. By bringing national attention to the many cultural strands that make up our great City, Dr. David DiChiera brings great credit to Michigan Opera Theatre, and to the City of Detroit as well. It is my pleasure to welcome the Company and its patrons at the outset of this important and exciting season. ~~& COLEMAN A. YOUNG /Lfi7 Mayor / Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre 7 8 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre This is an important season for Michigan Opera Theatre - a season of renewed traditions and new commitments. I am delighted you have chosen to be a part of it. The first new commitment is to an enlarged, five-production season at the Music Hall, in addition to tour and outreach activities. It is your support and enthusiasm that have encouraged us to expand both the number of performances and the scope of the overall season. It is also in response to your preferences that we have partially restored the MOT tradition of a season spread out as much as possible throughout the fall and winter. This season renews two of the most iinportant traditions we have established at MOT: a commitment to opera in English and a dedication to the American musical theatre. We are also continuing our newer project of offering several per­ formances in the original language to those of you who prefer it. And finally , we are launching an exciting new exploration of the opera repertoire beyond the Italian, French and German mainstreams, to discover works that deserve to be better known outside their own cultures. Anoush, an Armenian opera by Armen Tigranian, is the first in what we hope will be an ongoing series of new discoveries . We are pleased to be offering this beautiful work in its American premiere, and in a new English translation created especially for MOT. It cannot be a surprise to any of you that this growth and renewal becomes more expensive each year. Our support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan Council for the Arts is essential and appreciated; it is also increasingly threatened in these times of fiscal austerity. We are also grateful to a number of foundations who are supporting several of our most important activities this season: The Ruth R. Mott Fund for educational projects, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music , Inc ., for our Artist Intern Program, and both the McGregor Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for operational support. In addition, we are pleased to be the recipient of a $40,000 grant from the Eloise and Richard Webber Foundation to allow us to undertake a much-needed strategiC planning process to plot our future course with more assurance. These are but a few of many such grants that provide impor­ tant support as well as proof that our purpose and goals seem strong. While both corporate and individual donations have also risen encouragingly, more must be found in these two vital communities if MOT is to continue to prosper. The Anoush project provided a fine example of what can be done; the Armenian community raised more than $40,000 to offset the extraordinary costs involved in creating an entirely new production, and the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Milliken Foundation and the Michigan Council for the Humanities provided further support. It is , then, a time of concern for the problems ahead and pride in our accomplishments to date.
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