{wffire-&:}Li{rj'sAN Dtr** r- WolfgangAmadeus Mozart DONGIOVANNI SanDiego Civic Theatre February14, 17,20, 22,2015 CAST: SETTING: (in order of vocal appearance) 1Bth-century Seville, Spain Leporello AshrafSewailam Act I Don Giovanni Ildebrando D'Arcangelo* TheCommendatore's Fortress Donna Anna EllieDehn A villagesquare Don Giovanni'sPalace Commendatore ReinhardHagen Don Ottavio PaulAppelby* 20 Minute /ntermission Donna Elvira MyrtdPapatanasiu* Act ll Zerlina EmilyFons* A dark alley,after hours A crypt Masetto Kristopherlrmiter A cemetery Conductor DanieleCallegari Director NicholasMuni* The runningtime is approximatelythree hours and Spf Dpcinner Nicholas Muni fifteenminutes, including one intermission. CostumeDesigner DavidBurdick I ihreftn hrr I nrcn2g Da Ponte. Lighting Designer ThomasC. Hase Productionprovided by CincinnatiOpera. Wig & MakeupDesigner StevenW. Bryant Firstperformance at the Teatrodi Praga(now the Fci:+oc Tha:+ral ChorusMaster CharlesPrestinari ^h October 29, 1787. PrincipalPianist DorothyRandall ProductionStage Manager MaryYankee Peters Supertlt/es NicholasMuni Diction Coach EmanuelaPatroncini * SanDiego Opera Debut Thisproduction of Don Giovanniis is dedicatedto a specialconsortium of generousdonors and an anonymousgift SanDiego Opera is pleasedto recognizeUCSD Health, Northern Trustand Union Bankas our CorporateProducing Partners for Don Giovanni. Sincerethanks also go to SycuanCasino, Phone Etiquette Sponsor, and Point Loma NazareneUniversity, Supertitles Sponsor. r-rcrcrrhiaatt^'h"rge.Il DissolutoPunitoossalilDonGiovannlbyWolfgangAmadeusMozart. EditedbyLorenzodaPonte.Usedby arrangementwith EuropeanAmerican Music Distributors LLC, sole U.S. and Canadianagent for Baerenreiter,publisher and copyrightowner Microphonesare used for a radiore-broadcast on February21 at 8:OOpmon KPBS89.5FM, 89.1FM La Jolla, 97.7FM lmperial Valley or at www.kpbs.org. P8PERFORMANCES I'IAGAZII{E :-, i, ARTISTS PAULAPPLEBY REINHARDHAGEN (Tenor)Ottavio (Bass)Cornm endatore Company debut. Recent:David, Die Company appearances: Heinrich, M i estersingerVon N iJrnberg(Metropolitan Lohengrin,2000, Rocco, Fidelio,Raimondo, Opera), Fritz, The Grand Duchessof Luctadi Lammermoor,Landgraff Hermann, Gerlostein (SantaFe Opera), Brian, Two Tannhduser,fal6ot, Mary, Oueen of Scots, Boys;Chevalier de la Force,Dialogues Ramfis,Aida, Timur, Turandot.Recent: King of the Carmelites;Hylas, LesTroyens; Marke, Iristan und lsolde (Greek National Demetrius,The EnchantedIsland; Brighella, Opera) Huding, Die Walklire,Fasholt, Das Ariadne auf Naxos(Metropolitan Opera), Rheingold,Narbal, Lestroyens,Sarastro, The Ferrando,Cosi fan tutte (CanadianOpera Magic Flute, Daland, The Flying Dutchman Company,Oper Frankfurt,Boston Lyric Opera); Tamino, The Magic (DeutscheOper Berlin),Sarastro, The Magic F/ute (Metropolitan F/uteflNashington National Opera). paulapplebytenor.com Opera, L'Operade Montreal,Gran Opera Paris,Bastille, Los AngelesOpera, Gran Teatro Liceu, Hamburgische Staatsoper; ILDEBRANDOD'ARCANGELO BayerischeStaatsoper). www.reinhardhagen.de (Bass-baritone)Don Giovanni KRISTOPHERIRMITER Company Debut. Recent:Don Giovanni, (Bass-baritone)Masetro Don Giovanni(Deutsche Oper Berlin, VlennaStaatsoper, La Scala,Arena di Company Appearances: Ned Keene, Peter Verona,Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Grimes, 2009, Dr. Grenvil, La traviata, 5Ih LosAngeles Opera, SalzburgFestival), Jew, Salome, 2nd Priest,Murder in the Escamillo,Carmen (Los Angeles Opera), Cathedral. Recent: Durvenal, Tristanund /so/de(Greek Alidoro, La Cenerentola;Guglielmo, Cosi NationalOpera), Daland, (Opera fan tutte (ViennaStaatsoper), Selim, // The Flying Dutchman Carolina), Turco in /talia (BayerischeStaatsoper, Royal The Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman (Michigan Opera Covent Garden), Mustafa,L'ltaliana in Algeri(Op6ra Opera Theatre,Utah Festival Nationalde Paris),M6phistoph6l ds, La Damnationde Faust Opera),Scarpia, Tosca (Arizona Opera), (DeutscheOper Berlin). M6phistoph6lds,Faust (Lyric Opera Baltimore),Don Giovanni,Don Giovanni;Raimondo, Lucia di Lammermoor(Opera Carolina). Escamillo, (San ELLIEDEHN Carmen FranciscoOpera). kristopherirmiter.com (Soprano) Donna Anna MYRTO PAPATANASIU Company Appearances:Mimi, La bohdme, (Soprano)E/vira 2010. Recent:Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tulte Company Debut. Recent:Alcina, A/cina; (TeatroLirlco di Cagliari),Musetta, La Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte (Op6ra National bohdme (SanFrancisco Opera, Palm Beach de Paris),Violetta, La traviata(Vienna Opera, LyricOpera of Kansas),Antonia, Staatsoper,The DallasOpera, Op6ra de The Talesof Hoffmann(La Scala), Donna Montreal,Grand Th66tre de Gendve,ll Elvira,Don Giovanni;Musetta, La bohdme teatrode Macerata,Teatro dell'Opera (MetropolitanOpera), Countess Almaviva, de Roma,Welsh NationalOpera, Opera The Marriage of Figaro (Houston Grand de Oviedo),Donna Anna, Don Giovanni Opera, San FranciscoOpera, TulsaOpera), Donna Anna, Don ffh6Stre des Champs Elys6esde Paris, Giovanni(Ravinia Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera Colorado, ViennaStaatsoper, PORTOpera. www.elliedehn.com De NederlandseOpera, Teatro delle Muse,ll teatrode Macerata,Teatro Carlo Felice, Greek National Opera), Musetta, La bohdme (MetropolitanOpera). mydopapatanasiu.com EMILYFONS (Mezzo soprano) Zerl i n a ASHRAFSEWAILAM Company Debut. Recent:Cherubino, (Bass-Baritone) Leporello The Marriage of Figaro (The DallasOpera, Company Appearances:Cappadocian, SantaFe Opera),Sidbel, Faust (Atlanta Salom e, 2012; Third Tempter/Th ird Knight, Opera),Prince Orlovsky, Die Fledermaus; Murder in the Cathedral;King, Aida; Count Nicklausse,The Talesof Hoffmann (Lyric Horn, A Masked Bal/.Recent: Leoorello. Don Opera of Chicago), Sesto, Julius Caesarin Giovanni(Seattle Opera, Opera Colorado); Egypt (Michigan Opera Theatre),Fyodol Sparafucile,Rigoletto (New Zealand Opera); Bor'isGodnuov; M6rcddes, Carmen; peeo Mandrin,Turandot (Seattle Opera); Colline, Bo, Ihe Mikado (LyricOpera of Chicagoj. La boh,)me (SeattleOpera, LakeGeorge emilyfons.com Opera, Mobile Opera,The ChattanoogaSymphony and Opera); Alidoro, Cinderella(Brisbane Opera, ChautauquaOpera); Ferrando, ll trovatore(Virginia Opera, Mobile Opera, ChautauquaOpera). PERFORMAI{CESI'IAGAZIllE P9 ARTISTS STEVENW. BRYANT THOMASC. HASE Wig & MakeupDesigner LightingDesigner San Diego Opera: 1985 PeterGrimes, Company Appearances:.La bohdme, debuq 2006 - current,Wig and Makeup 2015; Recent:Prima Donna (Sadlers Designer. Recent:Santa Fe Opera, Opera Wells,New YorkCity Opera, The Theatre of Saint Louis, New York City LuminatoFestival), Los Angeles Opera, Opera, The DallasOpera, TeatroColon, New York City Opera, BAM Next Wave, RoyalOpera (Oman). World Premieres: SeattleOpera, The MinnesotaOPera, LeonardBernstein s A Ouiet P/ace,Tobias The DallasOpera, FloridaGrand Opera, Picker'sEmmeline, Tom Pasatieri'sFrau The PortlandOpera, New OrleansOpera, Margot (costumedesign). Broadway: Julie BostonLyric Opera, CanadianOpera Company,Opera de Taymor'sGreen Bird and Styne'sGentlemen Prefer Blondes. Marseille,Baverische Staatsoper, Vancouver Opera. haseltd.com DAVIDBURDICK NICHOLASMUNI CostumeDesigner Director/SetDesigner Company Debut. Recent:Twelfth Night, Danceof the Holy Ghosts: Company Debut. Recent:Former A Playon Memory, The Mountaintop, The Completely Fictional- ArtisticDirector of TulsaOpera and lJtterly True - FinalStrange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe, An Enemy of CincinnatiOpera. II trovatore(Seattle the People,The Whipping Man, A Sku//in Connemara,The Rivals, Opera, San FranciscoOpera, Houston Snow Falling on Cedars, Working lt Out, Cyrano, The Santaland Grand Opera, TulsaOpera, Vancouver Draries,Hearts, Things of Dry Hours, Elmina'sKitchen, A.M. Sunday, Opera, MelbourneOpera, Canadian and Crumbs from the Tableof Joy for Maryland'sCenterstage Opera Company),Norma (Seattle Theatre,August: Osage Counly, PrivateLtves, All My Sons,and The Opera, HoustonGrand Opera, Los Mystery of lrma Vep for EverymanTheatre. AngelesOpera, CincinnatiOpera, Palm BeachOpera), Jackie O (HoustonGrand Opera, BanffCenter), Rigoletto (Canadian DANIELECALLEGARI Opera Company,Edmonton Opera, Tulsa Opera, Ottawa Opera, Conductor MinnesotaOoera). nicmuni.com Company Appearances: Aida,2013 Recent: CHARLESF. PRESTINARI (Bayensche Il trova- Rigo/etto Staatsoper), ChorusMaster tore (Metropolitan Opera), Iosca (Opera du Rhin),The Elixir of Love, Madama Buftertly San Diego Opera: The PearlFishers (GranTeatro del Liceu),Falstaff(Opera (Acting Chorus Master, 20OB);Turandot de Montrdal),A MaskedBall (New lsraeli (ActingChorus Master, 2011);2012 - Opera), Madama Butterfly (ParisOpera current,Chorus Master. Bastille),Ernani (Opera de Montecarlo), Recent: 2004'2007,Assistant Chorus Master Tosca(Teatro la Fenice),Don Giovanni (TurinMozart Festival),Don (New York City Opera); 2007-2012, Chorus Pasquale(China National Center for PerformingArts), La bohdme Master (New York City Opera) (PalmBeach Opera). danielecallegari.com PIO PERFORMANCESI.IAGAZIl'|T a.:,, ,,' .. 't,. ': l ,:.... - ::, ARTISTS #*rx ffirerv#i*fl!;*H#ffi *S SOPRANOS ALTOS TENORS BASSES EricaAustin LauraBueno James boyoston! ' AnthonyBallard+ ReneeCalvo SandraCamarena* vr rou I tts9u9 BernardoBermudez LisaAustin Frisque TiffanyCarmel* GarrettHarris+ JosephGrienenberger# + LneryrynLarson' Ava BakerLiss+ NickMunson* DavidMarshman+ AnishkaE. Lee-Skorepa LynseySwiderski TimothySimpson HaroldSkelly+ PatriciaMcAfee+ ElenaVizuet+ EnriqueToral ChristopherJames Stephens+ Hasappeared in 25 or moreproductions with SanDiego Opera Chorus Artists and Production Staff are members of the + American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO, the Hasappeared