PROGRAM
notes Marin Alsop For Marin Alsop’s bio, please see p. 10.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 8 p.m. Friday, November 18, 2011 8 p.m.
James Robinson Stage director James Robinson is regarded as one of America’s most inventive and sought-after directors and is considered the most widely performed director of opera in North America. In 2000, Mr. Robinson was named Artistic Director of Opera Colorado in Denver and oversaw its successful move into its new home, the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, in 2005.The company continues to gain wide recognition for its adventurous programming and artistic excellence. Since then he has taken up the post of Artistic Director of Opera Theatre of St. Louis. His first production there was a landmark version of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles (a co-production with the Wexford Festival in Ireland). Past productions include Die Entführung aus dem Serail and La Bohème for the Houston Grand Opera, Káta Kabanová and Eugene Onegin for Opera Ireland, Handel’s Rinaldo for Opera Australia and a widely seen production of Nixon in China for Opera Colorado. Mr. Robinson has also directed numerous new productions for the New York City Opera.
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARIN ALSOP MUSIC DIRECTOR • HARVEY M. AND LYN P. MEYERHOFF CHAIR
Joan of Arc at the Stake Marin Alsop Conductor James Robinson Stage Director Caroline Dhavernas Actress (Joan of Arc) Ronald Guttman Actor (Brother Dominic) Tamara Wilson Soprano Hae Ji Chang Soprano Kelley O’Connor Mezzo-soprano Timothy Fallon Tenor Morris Robinson Bass Cynthia Millar Ondes Martenot Morgan State University Choir, Dr. Eric Conway Director Peabody-Hopkins Chorus, Edward Polochick Director Peabody Children’s Chorus, Doreen Falby Director Concert Artists of Baltimore, Edward Polochick Artistic Director
Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher [Joan of Arc at the Stake]
By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Sole Agent in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for Editions Salabert, a Universal Music Publishing Group company, publisher and copyright owner.
There will be no intermission at this performance. The concert will end at approximately 9:35 p.m.
Support for this program is generously provided by
Support of the appearance of guest artists is provided by the Willard and Lillian Heckerman Guest Artists Fund.
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Overture
Caroline Dhavernas COURTESY OF THE BSO
Arthur Honegger
Actress Caroline Dhavernas is the recipient of two Genie Award nominations. Last year she starred in ABC’s television series, Off the Map, a medical drama. In Fall 2010, she appeared in the Universal Pictures supernatural thriller, Devil. Recently, Ms. Dhavernas appeared in Mandate Pictures’ romantic comedy film, The Switch with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. She also starred as Vera Keller in The Pacific, an epic 10-part miniseries event that debuted on HBO in March 2010.The program received eight Emmy Awards this year, including Outstanding Miniseries. In 2008, she starred in the widely acclaimed Canadian feature Passchendaele, which won the 2009 Genie Award for Best