ffiH"A FAUST bv CharlesGounod Our 201'1Season Sponsor isTheViterbi Family.This production of Faustisdedicated to TitleCo-Sponsors Anonymous and Periand Peg Urvek,Producers' Circle Sponsors ln Memory of HarleMontgomery. Moses Urbanoand Sheryland HarveyWhite. San DiegoOpera is pleasedto recognizeGoodwin Procter LLP as our CorporateProducing Partner e'*'S-I: u1;ff, (in orderof vocalappearance) Faust StephenCostello ACT I, SCENE1 M6phistoph6lds GreerGrimsley Faust'slaboratory Valentin JoshuaHopkins- ACT I, SCENE2 Wagner Scott Sikon The Kermesse Si6bel SarahCastle lntermission Marguerite Ailyn P6rez - 2O Minute - lVartheSchwerlein Jane Bunnell ACT II Marguerite'sgarden Conductor Karen Keltner Director David Gately - 2O Minute lntermission - Qnonic l-)ocinnor RobertPerdziola ACT III,SCENE 1 CostumeDesigner RobertPerdziola A mill LightingDesigner MichaelWhitfield ACT III,SCENE 2 Wig and MakeupDesigner StevenW. Bryant A church ActingChorus lVaster Walter Huff ACT III,SCENE 3 PrincipalPianist DorothyRandall A street Choreographer Javier Velasco- ACT III,SCENE 4 FightDirector DaleAnthony Girard A prison Q.r rnarfiiloc CharlesArthur DictionCoach KarenKeltner . Therunning time is approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, includingtwo 20-minuteintermissions. 5anurego upera ueOul . Thisproduction of Faustis owned by the LyricOpera of Chicagoand was made possible by the Port, Washlo and P]{ n fr{.}tr l'4&.i".; * il *,i:. l{* ErrantFamilies. Originalproduction staged by FrankCorsaro. Saturday April 23, 2011 7pm . Tuesday April26,2011 7pm Setsconstructed by SanDiego Opera Scenic Studio. Friday April 29, 2011 8pm Costumesconstructed by MarianneKrostyne for LyricOpera of Chicago.Uniforms by Col. Craig Nannos Hats Sunday May 1,2011 2pm and byLynn Mackie. Thisproduction oI Faustwill be broadcaston Librettoby MichelCa116 and Jules Barbier after Carr6's Fausl Saturday.June 1'1 at 7:OOpmon KPBSRadio 89.5 FM, et Marguerrteand Goethe'sFaust Part 1. Bg l FVlLa Jolla and 97.7FM lmperial Valley. Firstperformance was in Paris.France on March19, 1859. Orchestralmaterial by agreement with G. Schirmer on behall Specialthanks to CongregationBeth lsraeland of EditionsChoudens. owner and copyright holder. St. James By-The-SeaEpiscopal Church, our 2011 . Cas- sr rhiee- tn .hr.qe. Community Conversationpartners for Faust. P8 PERFORMANCESI,IAGAZIl'lE ARTIST P RO FILES GT"Rh .JANE BUNNELL STEPHEN COSTELLO, Faust Marthe Schwerlein "Faustis a great role and I rn happyto do itfor "I arn delighted to return to the scene of rny thefrst time in San Diego,'saysAmerican frstFaust - (as Siibel) - and enjoy a play date tenor StephenCostello. He made his San with the Deuil (as Martbe)! I was ltonored DiegoOpera debut last season as Romeo to be a part 0f the cast(Furlanetto, Souiero, in Romeoand Juliet and, earlier this season, Leech) 24 years ago and I am honored to be a sangthe role of the ltalianSinger in Der -- parr oJrots casr(uflmsreJ,I'erez, Losteuo).1hts Rosenkavaller.He made his Metrooolitan opera is one of myfauorites - I neuer tire of it orfailed to be moued Operadebut as Arturoin Lucradl Lammermoorand returned bltit," says American mezzo soprano Jane Bunnell. She made to sing the role of Edgardolater that season.Other perfor- her San DiegoOpera debut in 1988 as Inezin ll trovatore, mancesinclude the roleof Greenhorn(lshmael) in The Dallas returningthe sameyear as Siebel in Faust,and again in 1999 Opera'sworld-premiere production of Jake Heggie'sMoby- as Hanselin Hanseland Gretel.Recent engagements include Dick. relurningthere for his role debut as Lord Percyin a new Gertrudein Romeoand Juhetfor The DallasOpera. Mamma productionof Anna Bolena,his debutat RoyalOpera Covent Luciain Cavallerlarustlcana at the MetropolitanOpera and Gardenas Carloin Donizetti'sLlnda di Chamounix,a return her LyricOpera of Chicagodebut as MartheSchwerlein. She to the SalzburgFestival as Romeoin Gounod'sRomeo and hasenjoyed a long relationshipwith the MetropolitanOpera Jullet,which he alsosang with OperaCompany of Philadelphia. where her variedroles include Annio in La clemenzadl Tito. Rodolfoin La bohdmefor ViennaState Opera and gave his Cherubinoin The Marrlage of Figaro,Dorabella in Cosi fan firstsolo recitalin the U.S.in KansasCity's Harriman-Jewell fufte.Rosina in TheBarber of Seville,Nicklausse in TheTales of series.In 2O09.Costello won the prestigiousRichard Tucker Hoffmann.Suzuki in Madama Butterfly,Meg Pagein Falstaff, Awardand alsowon first prizein the 20OO GeorgeLondon Ascagnioin Les Troyens.Dryad in Arladne auf Naxos,Emilia in Foundationfor SingersCompetition, as well as FirstPrize and Otello,Stephano in Romeoand Julietand Si6belin Fausr.She AudiencePrize in the GiargiariCompetition, and FirstPrize in hasperformed with HoustonGrand Opera, The DallasOpera, the LiciaAlbanese Puccini Foundation Competition. Upcoming New York City Opera,Florida Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, performancesinclude his debut at the GlyndebourneFestival ViennaVolksoper, Oper der StadtKoln and the LvricOpera of as Nemorino in The Ellxir of Love and the role of percy KansasCity. among others. in Donizetti'sAnna Bolena for the MetropolitanOpera. SARAH CASTLE, Si4bel GREER GRIMSLry, M'phistoph'tds "For much of the time, Faust is a dark, rnls- "Thejoy ofgetting to singMipbistopbila is that terious, deuilish drama! One of the things I the Deuil bas no litnits. Society'sidea of buil' loaeabout the role 0f Sidbelis tbat he brings always seemsto change,so tltere is a rrytriad a welcometouch of lightnessand charm to the of cboicesabout the characterM1 cltaracteris scenesin which he appearl He is infatuated the manifestationof what Faust or Marguerite with Marguerite, and that giues his music a thir?kthe deuilto be,"savs American bass- passionand an elegance abich is a joy to sing" baritoneGreer Grimslev. He madehis San saysNew Zealandmezzo soprano SarahCastle. She made her DiegoOpera debut in Lohengrlnin 2000, returnedIor Fidelio SanDiego Opera debut in 2OO1as Cherubinoin TheMarriage in 2003. Samsonand Delllah in 2OOl andas Scarpia in Tosca of Figaro,returned in 2008 as Lolain Cavalleia rusticanaand in 2009. He madehis MetropolitanOpera debut as Captain lastseason as St6phanoin Romeoand Jullet. Recentengage- Balstrodein PeterGrimes and has returnedas Escamilloin mentsinclude Dido ln Dido and Aeneas for L'Op6rade Vichy Carmen,Jokanaan in Salome,Scarpia in Tosca,Telramund and Op6rade Lausanne,the title role in Tan Dun'sMarco in Lohengrlnand Amfortas in Parslfal.Recent engagements Polofor the NetherlandsOpera, Cherubino in The Marriageof includeTelramund in Lohengrlnfor LyricOpera of Chicago, FigaroIor SeattleOpera, Fox in The Cunnlng Llttle Vixenfor the Wandererin Siegfriedfor Cologne Opera,Wotan in lsraeliOpera, Nicklausse in LesContes D'Hoffmann for Teatro Dle Walktire and Das Rhelngold for Cologne Opera and Real.Hansel in Hanseland Greteland Ruggiero in Alcina for SeattleOpera's Ring Cycle, Don Pizarroin Fldeliowith Opera OperaAustralia and PrinceOrlovsky in Die Fledermauswith Companyof Philadelphia,Portland Opera and the portuguese OperaCompany of Philadelphia.She has sungMademoiselle NationalOpera, Kurwenal in Trlstanund lsolde at LyricOpera Dangevillein AdrianaLecouvreur, Herodias, page in Salome, of Chicago,Jokanaan in Salomewith operasof Santa Fe. Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos,Siegrune in Dle Walktire and Vancouverand San Franciscoand Scarpiain losca with Tisbe in Cinderellafor Covent Garden, Oberto in Alcina Ior L'Op6rade Montr6al,Deutsche Oper Berlin. Opera Colorado SanFrancisco Opera and StaatsoperStuttgart, Olgain Eugene and LyricOpera of Kansas.Other roles include the tltle role Onegin at Th66treRoyal de la Monnaie and in Auckland, tn TheFlylng Dutchman in Lithuaniaand with SeattleOpera, Flosshildeln both Das Rheingold and Gotterdammerung the title roleoI Macberhwith VancouverOpera, Amonasro in and Grimgerdein Dle Walkurewith BayreutherFestpiele and Aida with PortlandOpera and Mephistoph6ldsin Fausrwith Carmenfor bothOpernhaus Zurich and NewZealand Opera. PI O PERFORMANCESI.IAGAZII{I GT"fiX NewOrleans Opera. A frequentsinger in Europe.Grimsley has Hoffmannwlth OperaTheatre of St.Louis and Susannain lhe performedleading roles at TeatroComunale di Bologna,Royal Marriageof Frgarowith MichiganOpera Theatre. Boston Lyric DanishOpera, Prague National Theatre. Aarhus-Den Jyske Operaas well with the SalzburgFestival on a tour of Japan. Operain Denmark.the ScottishOpera and the Stadttheater Othernotable performances include Violetta in La traviatawith Baselin Switzerland,amonq others. OperaTheatre of St. Louisand ViennaStaatsoper. Juliet in Romeoand Julletfor OperaCompany of Philadelphia.Pamlna .JOSHUA HOPKINS, Valentin in TheMagic Flute Ior DeutscheOper Under der LindenBerlin, "This role has hll the aduenture antl drarna Zerlinain Don Glovannifor The DallasOpera. Amor in the world premiereof Conclertopara Mendez that a baritone could want: the willingness with Los Angeles Operaand Gildain Rrgolettofor OperaCarolina. She hasalso to fght and dle for his homeland, a thrilling touredthe United States and Mexico with Andrea Bocelli. Other sword-f.ght and a juicy death scene. tr4/hile rolesin repertoirelnclude the title role oI Lucradl Lammermoor. Valentin's opening aria, 'Auant de quitter ces Adina in TheEllxlr of Love,Suzel in L'amlcoFritz, l,Aim\ in La lieux' , is most widely known, what I relish is bohdmeand Anna in Le villi.She was Ihe 2OO1wlnner of the the rare opportunit! to sing a lengthy death ShoshanaFoundation Career Grant. sceneduring whichI spewuenomous hate towards mlt sister,the uer\ personI wastrllng