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The 2017 Program Synopses and Notes La BohĂ¨me ............................. 10 Frida .....................................16 The Magic Flute ..................... 22 Song from the Uproar ............ 28 Board of Trustees ....................... 8 Season Artists ........................... 34 Orchestra and Chorus ............... 48 Donors ..................................... 62 Society of Angels ...................... 72 Cincinnati Opera Guild ............. 82 Celebrations and Honorariums ... 84 Remembrances ......................... 88 General Information .................. 96 PRODUCED BY Publisher Ivy Bayer Carew Tower, 441 Vine Street, Suite 200, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Phone: (513) 421-4300 Fax: (513) 562-2788 www.cincinnatimagazine.com

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Patricia K. Beggs The Harry Fath General Director & CEO 2 | 2017 Summer Festival

MISSION To enrich and connect our community through diverse opera experiences.

VISION A community that is transformed and inspired by the power and beauty of opera.

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From the General Director and Artistic Director

ne of the great moments of La Bohème takes place in the final act. Mimì and Rodolfo are back together. Mimì is frail, but her mind is clear. She sings to Rodolfo, “I’ve so many things to tell you, or rather only one, but that one huge as the ocean, as deep and infinite as the sea: You are my love and my whole life.” It’s a breathtaking moment every time, and a reminder of the power of our art form. We at Cincinnati Opera seek to produce extraordinary opera Patricia K. Beggs Evans Mirageas experiences for our community. Every summer we present some of the best opera productions the world has to offer. Our 2017 season is a great example of this with two productions from Europe. From London we have our Bohème, a co-production with English National Opera, with sets and costumes inspired by the iconic black-and-white photos of Paris in the 1930s. And from Berlin comes a fanciful and spectacular new production of The Magic Flute. We are proud to share both of these with you. Between the two large-theater productions, we present a pair of operas about 20th-century women who defied convention. With Frida we explore the life and passions of the Mexican painter and activist Frida Kahlo. With Song from the Uproar we offer a profile of the adventurer and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss woman who moved to Algeria, traveled alone dressed as a man, converted to Sufism, and died at a young age. Song from the Uproar is notable for another reason: it’s the first opera in our history that was composed by a woman. Over the years, we have presented several women conductors, stage directors, and even a librettist—American novelist Toni Morrison wrote the libretto for our 2005 Margaret Garner. But Missy Mazzoli, one of the leading lights of today’s opera scene, is the first woman whose music we’ll present, and we’re delighted to do so. In a letter like this, we have so many things to say, but as with Mimì, there’s one thing that transcends all else. It’s a simple thought that appears in our 2021 Vision and captures the essence of our work at Cincinnati Opera: Who can love opera? Anyone. Who should get the chance? Everyone. We look forward to seeing you this summer and welcoming you back to Music Hall next year.

Patricia K. Beggs The Harry Fath General Director & CEO

Evans Mirageas The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director

Note: While we watch the transformation of Music Hall, we invite you to become a part of the process. Please visit the Cincinnati Opera website to find information on the revitalization plan or to learn more about contributing to the fundraising effort. cincinnatiopera.org/music-hall-revitalization

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Greetings from the Board President

hank you for joining us for Cincinnati Opera’s 2017 season. We are pleased to welcome you back to the Aronoff Center, our temporary home while Music Hall undergoes a once-in-a-generation renovation. These are exciting times for Cincinnati Opera. Last season won rave reviews from our audience—especially for a knockout new production of Tosca and the world premiere of Fellow Travelers, a new opera that received praise from music critics writing for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. With next season comes our return to Music Hall and the U.S. premiere of Another Brick in the Wall. (I saw it myself in Montreal and found it to be visually and musically thrilling.)

Gary T. “Doc” Huffman

We’ve spent the past several months looking forward to Cincinnati Opera’s future. And I’m pleased to report that on March 15, the Opera’s Board of Trustees approved a new vision that will carry us through our 100th anniversary season in 2020 and beyond. This vision affirms our belief that the performing arts play a fundamental role in making Cincinnati a world-class city, and that Cincinnati Opera’s unique contribution to our city’s cultural life is an international opera festival, presented in the summer and centered in one of the greatest historic venues for classical music in the world, Cincinnati Music Hall, with additional performances and programs presented in neighboring venues. We also affirmed our commitment to presenting a broad range of appealing repertoire—from masterworks to new works to projects presented in partnership with other arts and cultural organizations. Through this programming, Cincinnati Opera produces experiences that are entertaining, moving, thought-provoking, inclusive, and beautiful. They bring people together, and they bring acclaim to our community. We are excited about our future, and I salute the Opera Team who will make it all possible—the Board, the Guild, the Center Stage Board Associates, and the staff, as well as our many patrons and partners, including ArtsWave, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the School for Creative and Performing Arts, concert:nova, Catacoustic Consort, ROKCincy, and Cincinnati Arts Association. Thanks to the commitment and engagement of these organizations and individuals, Cincinnati Opera is already looking ahead to its second century of grand opera for Cincinnati. For now, we are pleased to present a season of favorites and new discoveries. Welcome to Cincinnati Opera. Enjoy the show.

Gary T. “Doc” Huffman President

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Board of Trustees Officers President Gary T. “Doc” Huffman Chairman Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Treasurer Timothy Kimmel Secretary Alva Jean Crawford

Vice-Presidents Boris Auerbach Dorothy Anne Blatt Charlin Briggs Joseph E. Brinkmeyer Mark J. Busher Cathy Crain John G. Earls James T. Fitzgerald Liz Kathman Grubow Barbara Hahn

Donald E. Hoffman Kevin C. Jones Richard I. Lauf, Ph.D. Jonathan McCann Julia B. Meister David Motch Robert W. Olson Edward B. Silberstein, M.D. John M. Tew, Jr., M.D. Ronna K. Willis

Ex-Officio Patricia K. Beggs, The Harry Fath General Director & CEO

James T. Fitzgerald Matt Garretson Ralph Giannella, M.D. Madeleine H. Gordon Peter Graham Liz Kathman Grubow Barbara Hahn Julie Grady Heard Gary T. “Doc” Huffman Gordon Hullar Barbara Hummel, M.Ed. Doug Ignatius Kevin C. Jones Mona Kerstine Sid Khosla, M.D. Timothy Kimmel Renu Kotwal, M.D.

Nanci Wilks Lanni Richard I. Lauf, Ph.D. Margaret M. LeMasters, M.D. George Mandybur, M.D. Peggy Ann Markstein Michael Marrero Jonathan McCann Julia B. Meister Ryan L. Messer David Motch Ran Mullins Robert W. Olson Penny Pensak Beatriz Porras, M.D. Pamela Spangler Reis Denise Revely Harry H. Santen

Kathy Selker Russell Shelton Edward B. Silberstein, M.D. Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Litsa Spanos Peter Stambrook, Ph.D. James Stapleton Cynthia Starr John M. Tew, Jr., M.D. Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D. Nydia Tranter Jane Votel Ronna K. Willis Jeannine Winkelmann Shelby O. Wood Mario Zuccarello, M.D.

Vivian A. Dobur Harry Fath Frederick R. Good Morton L. Harshman, M.D. Suzanne Hasl Theresa Henderson Donald E. Hoffman Edita Hoffman Roger Henry LaGreca Joanie Lotts Eric D. Louden

Jenny Magro Sherie Marek Donald S. Mendelsohn Monica Newby, D.D.S. Wendell O’Neal, Ph.D. Joseph A. Pichler David Reichert Melody Sawyer Richardson Susan Robinson Nancy Rosenthal Eugene L. Saenger, Jr.

G. James Sammarco, M.D. Ann Gallagher Schoen Elizabeth M. Stites Brett Stover Marcella G. Trice Ray van der Horst Carla D. Walker Anne M. Zaring

Virginia Cover, Opera Guild President Aine Baldwin, Chair, Center Stage Board Associates

Regular Members Vicki Alpaugh Boris Auerbach Christopher Baucom Jennifer Bellin Dorothy Anne Blatt Thomas F. Boat, M.D. Charlin Briggs Joseph E. Brinkmeyer Mark J. Busher Vivienne Carlson Melanie M. Chavez Candace Cioffi Michael L. Cioffi Sheila Cole Cathy Crain Alva Jean Crawford John G. Earls Advisory Members Ronald T. Bates Edward C. Bavaria Elaine Billmire, M.D. Robert W. Boden Mary Ann Boorn Christopher J. Canarie Arthur B. Casper Evan Corbett Peter George Courlas Daniel B. Cunningham Eric Dauer Presidents’ Council

Ex-Officio Members

Honorary Members

Center Stage Board Associates

Boris Auerbach G. Gibson Carey Cathy Crain Harry Fath Kingston Fletcher Donald E. Hoffman John S. Hopple Gary T. “Doc” Huffman Lawrence H. Kyte Robert W. Olson Harry H. Santen Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Ellen G. van der Horst

Kelly Adamson Patricia K. Beggs Virginia Cover The Honorable John Cranley Peter Koenig Bruce McClung Eileen L. Strempel Angela Powell Walker

Courtis Fuller Patrick Korb Sue Alexander Mouch Zell Schulman Trudie Seybold Paul A. “Gus” Stuhlreyer III Nancy Walker

Asif Alikhan Aine Baldwin, Chair Jessica David Kristy Davis Michael Dean Stephen Eadicicco Cristina Ferrari Jack Fisher Shannon M. Glass Megan Hammann Sebastien Hue John T. Lawrence IV

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Production Underwriter Anonymous Evening Sponsors Family and Friends, in memory of Dr. Charlie Kuntz IV Mueller Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation

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La Bohème Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica Sung in the original Italian Based on the 1851 novel Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger World premiere: February 1, 1896, at Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy Cincinnati Opera premiere: July 6, 1924, at Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion June 15, 17, 22, and 24, 2017, at Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts 98th, 99th, 100th, and 101st company performances of La Bohème

Louis Langrée* Jonathan Miller Natascha Metherell Isabella Bywater Thomas C. Hase James Geier Henri Venanzi Christopher Eanes Megan Bennett

CONDUCTOR ORIGINAL PRODUCTION STAGE DIRECTOR SCENIC & COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER WIG & MAKE-UP DESIGNER CHORUS MASTER CINCINNATI BOYCHOIR DIRECTOR PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) MARCELLO, a painter

Rodion Pogossov* Sean Panikkar* Nathan Stark Edward Nelson* Marco Nisticò* Nicole Cabell Brandon Scott Russell+ Jessica Rivera Marco Nisticò Abby Dreith*, Mischa Sella* Sola Fadiran*+ Samuel Smith

RODOLFO, a poet COLLINE, a philosopher SCHAUNARD, a musician BENOIT, their landlord MIMÌ, a seamstress PARPIGNOL, a toy vendor MUSETTA, a singer ALCINDORO, Musetta’s paramour YOUNG BOY CUSTOMS OFFICER SERGEANT

* Cincinnati Opera debut + Cincinnati Opera Young Artist

A co-production with English National Opera.

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Synopsis The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. There will be 1 intermission. The action is set in Paris during the early 1930s.

ACT I It is Christmas Eve. Marcello, a painter, is trying to create a monotype in the extreme cold of a studio he shares with Rodolfo, a writer; Rodolfo volunteers to warm them both up by burning the manuscript of his play. Their friends arrive: Colline, despondent that he has failed to sell any books, and Schaunard, triumphant with money and food and wine. He proposes that they celebrate at the Café Momus. Just as they are about to leave, the landlord arrives with a demand for rent. They manage to avoid paying and set off, leaving Rodolfo behind to finish an article. There is a knock at the door. It is Mimì, a neighbor, who is so weak that she faints. Rodolfo revives her and helps her to look for the key she has dropped; in the darkness, their hands touch. From the street below, Rodolfo’s friends call out for him to hurry up; he promises to join them with Mimì.

ACT II Outside Café Momus, last-minute Christmas shopping is in progress. Rodolfo introduces Mimì to his friends. Marcello loses his temper when his old flame, Musetta, walks by with Alcindoro, her companion; his upper-class impatience drives her to make an outrageous scene. Finally, she dispatches Alcindoro to buy her a pair of shoes and throws herself into Marcello’s arms. The waiter arrives with the bill. As a military band passes by, Musetta instructs the Bohemians to add their bill to hers: Alcindoro can settle them both. INTERMISSION

ACT III On a cold February dawn, people enter the district looking for work. Mimì asks Marcello to speak to Rodolfo for her because his jealousy has made their life together impossible. She overhears the men talking about her: Rodolfo believes she is so ill that her only chance of recovery is to leave him and his life of poverty. Marcello and Musetta quarrel while Rodolfo and Mimì confront the necessity of separation.

ACT IV It is spring. Marcello and Rodolfo are alone again, trying to work, though their thoughts stray to their absent lovers. Schaunard and Colline bring some meager food and the four friends pretend that they are enjoying a fine dinner party with dancing. They are interrupted when Musetta bursts in to say that Mimì is dying. She wants to be with Rodolfo. The friends do what they can but it is too late to save her.

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—Courtesy of English National Opera

Our production is inspired by the evocative black-and-white photographs of Paris in the 1930s by such artists as Brassaï, Cartier-Bresson, and Doisneau. This photo from our 2010 presentation features Ailyn Pérez as Mimì and Stephen Costello as Rodolfo in the final moments of Act III. Photo by Philip Groshong.

We’ll Always Have La Bohème by Fred Plotkin

n the classic film Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick Blaine says to Ilsa Lund (played by Ingrid Bergman), “We’ll always have Paris,” and the whole audience swoons. Bogie is referring to a brief affair they had, but the line has taken on a larger meaning. Paris, more than almost any city in the world apart from New York, is a collection of pictures and emotions that reside in the imaginations of people everywhere, including those who have never set foot in the Ville-Lumière (City of Light). There are the landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, and the iconic Opéra Garnier, the gargantuan theater that is the home of the Paris Opera. But there is also the intangible Paris, the one that connotes romance, freedom, nostalgia, and doing things you can’t back home. Paris is the city of the acceptably loose morals known as la vie bohème, which is as much

a lifestyle as a life. When attending Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème, we have a soft spot for the struggling writer Rodolfo and his pal Marcello, an aspiring painter, as well as the young women they love. Mimì is a seamstress, while Musetta is a carefree party girl who does what she wants with whomever she wants without acknowledging that she often breaks the hearts she has stolen. Opera audiences the world over love these characters, but would not necessarily want their own children to emulate them. Puccini’s opera (with a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica that is poetically plainspoken and heart-felt rather than in formal verse) is based on a collection of autobiographical stories by Henri Murger (1822–1861) published in 1851 called Scènes de la vie de bohème (Scenes from the Bohemian Life). The setting is the 1830s, a time when political upheaval meant

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that artists lost the financial support they had received from the church and the aristocracy. In its place, they sought the patronage of the rising bourgeoisie while disdaining traditional values. The concept of Bohemianism in France dates to the time of Murger’s book. Iconoclastic, impoverished artists moved to neighborhoods frequented by Gypsies, who were thought (mistakenly) to have arrived from Bohemia, a Central European region in what is now the Czech Republic. Bohemianism—the notion of living outside of convention as might a Gypsy— became a commonly accepted term, so much so that the Gypsy Carmen is referred to as a Bohémienne in Bizet’s opera. There seems to have been a Bohemian life for every generation. This has to do with the fact that the values of young people finding their way often stand in contrast to the people who came before them. The Jonathan Miller production of La Bohème being presented by Cincinnati Opera is set in the interwar period of the 20th century, some hundred years later than the Mimì and Rodolfo we know. And yet the transition makes sense. The 1930s were a time of uncertainty, in which memories of war and privation merged with fears of what was to come. We know much of this era through the black-and-white photography that inspired the production you are about to see. One photographer was Brassaï (born in Hungary in 1899 as Gyula Halász). He took his name from Brassó, his hometown. He moved to Paris at the age of 25 and made some 35,000 images before his death in 1984. Most of his negatives, contact sheets, and prints are stored in the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His black-andwhite photographs depicted life in the French capital between the two World Wars as a period of social tension, economic fragility, existential philosophy, artistic daring, and all sorts of romantic couplings. People lived for today

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because they were unsure of tomorrow. The Paris of Brassaï and colleagues such as Eugène Atget, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, and André Kertész was one of light and darkness, fog and shadow. The imagery we see in their photographs evokes the city they depicted. Painters, whether famous like Picasso or unknown, are at work in their studios. Writers sit at café tables in a cloud of cigarette smoke, a half-filled glass of vin de table at their side as they face the challenge of the empty page before them. Children in knee socks lean toward sailboats in a pond, unaware of the world around them. Young women stand in half-lit doorways by night under an electric sign that says “Hotel.” A couple engages in a passionate embrace in the corner booth of a bar, their faces reflected in mirrors behind them. We see interracial couples, same-sex couples, and people who live beyond the edge of convention, whether by choice or by circumstance. Lest you think that this opera has been beloved from the start, many of the critics at the Turin premiere in 1896 found its theme repugnant. Following its Metropolitan Opera premiere on December 26, 1900, Henry Krehbiel wrote in the New York Tribune: “La Bohème is foul in subject, and fulminant but futile in its music. Its heroine is a twin sister of the woman of the camellias but Mimì is fouler than Camille, alias Violetta, and Puccini has not been able to administer the palliative which lies in Verdi’s music.” And yet time and experience are wonderful teachers. Some Bohemians (and Puccini could be counted among them) are simply ahead of their time. So, thankfully, we will always have Paris. And we will always have La Bohème. Fred Plotkin, author of Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera, writes for Operavore at wqxr.org and lectures for major opera companies worldwide.

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Frida Music by Robert Xavier Rodríguez Libretto by Hilary Blecher and Migdalia Cruz Sung in the original English and Spanish Based on the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo World premiere: April 7, 1991, at Plays and Players Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A Cincinnati Opera premiere June 23, 25, 27, 29, July 1, 6, and 8, 2017, at Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts

Andrés Cladera* Jose Maria Condemi Marco Pelle* Moníka Essen* Thomas C. Hase James Geier Constance Dubinski Grubbs

CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR ASSISTANT STAGE DIRECTOR PRODUCTION DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER WIG & MAKE-UP DESIGNER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Catalina Cuervo ALEJANDRO/LEON TROTSKY Benjamin Lee*+ CRISTINA KAHLO Jennifer Cherest* DIMAS’S MOTHER/LUPE MARÍN Reilly Nelson*+ PETATE VENDOR/MR. KAHLO/MR. ROCKEFELLER Thomas Dreeze DIEGO RIVERA Ricardo Herrera* MR. FORD Pedro André Arroyo*+ MRS. ROCKEFELLER Emma Sorenson*+ MRS. FORD/NATALIA TROTSKY Erin Keesy*+ CALAVERAS Melissa Harvey+, Paulina Villarreal*+, John Overholt*+ EDWARD G. ROBINSON Samson McCrady*+ FRIDA KAHLO

* Cincinnati Opera debut + Cincinnati Opera Young Artist

Production from Michigan Opera Theatre.

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Synopsis

The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. There will be 1 intermission. SCENE 1 Mexico City, 1923. The Cachuchas gang, led by the young Frida Kahlo and her boyfriend Alejandro, accosts a group of schoolgirls. Frida and her sister Cristina watch a mother whose child has died beg a vendor for a mat to bury her son. Moved by such poverty, they witness a celebration of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and are inspired by the revolution.

SCENE 2 Frida’s room in Coyoacan, 1925. Experiencing her first menstruation, Frida tells Cristina of her expectations of life upon coming of age. SCENE 3 A street/Frida’s room, 1925. Frida and Alejandro board a bus headed for school, which is then struck by a tram. In the accident, Frida is severely injured but she resolves to live and begin painting. SCENE 4 Mexico City, 1928–1929. Diego Rivera paints a mural at the Preparatory School while his wife Lupe attempts to get his attention. Frida pays Diego a visit and Lupe becomes jealous of the young visitor. Frida shows Diego her portfolio; he encourages her to pursue a career as an artist and begins to court her. Diego asks Frida’s father for her hand in marriage. Lupe makes a scene at the wedding ceremony. SCENE 5 Diego’s studio, 1930–1931. Frida critiques Diego’s work as he paints a portrait of Emiliano Zapata. They are interrupted by revolutionary Communists who denounce Diego. Frida and Diego resolve to try their luck in the U.S.A. SCENE 6 New York City, 1931–1933. Frida and Diego attend a dinner party hosted by the Fords and the Rockefellers. Diego enjoys the adulation while Frida ridicules the rich. Rockefeller commissions a mural from Diego, and Frida gives a spirited interview to the press. SCENE 7 New York City, 1933–1934. Diego works on his commission, “Man at the Crossroads.” Rockefeller berates Diego for displaying his Communist sympathies by portraying Lenin in the painting. The mural is destroyed and Frida miscarries. She persuades Diego to return to Mexico. INTERMISSION

SCENE 1 San Angel, Mexico, 1934–1935. Frida and Diego move to adjacent blue and pink homes. She is overjoyed at being back in their homeland, while he is miserable. Frida chooses to ignore the parade of lovers that go through Diego’s house but she is horrified to discover her sister Cristina among them. SCENE 2 San Angel, Mexico, 1937. Leon Trotsky and his wife Natalia visit the Riveras in Mexico. Diego and Natalia confront Frida and Trotsky over their undeniable mutual affection. Cristina expresses regret for betraying Frida. Diego and Frida come to the realization that their differences cannot be reconciled. SCENE 3 Frida retreats to the seclusion of her home and takes comfort in male and female lovers. SCENE 4 An art gallery in New York, 1938. Diego resolves to promote Frida’s work in the U.S.A. and meets actor Edward G. Robinson, who purchases several of Frida’s paintings. Diego urges Frida to pursue her own career without him. Frida takes photographer Nicholas Murray as her lover. Frida and Diego decide to divorce. SCENE 5 Frida’s imagination. Haunted by physical and emotional pain, Frida continues to paint while imagery from her seminal works “The Broken Column,” “The Wounded Deer,” and “Self Portrait with Monkeys” come alive in her mind. SCENE 6 Hospital room, 1954. In a delirium, Frida relives episodes of her life, including the assassination of Trotsky, of which she and Diego were accused. Diego returns and sings to entertain Frida, finishing with a proposal to marry her again. Frida agrees and a joyful celebration ensues as she departs life with a cry of “Viva la vida, alegria, y Diego” (Long live life, joy, and Diego).

–Courtesy of Michigan Opera Theatre

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Looking Into Frida’s Mirror by Suzanne Martinucci

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facet of being a musician.” That Rodríguez should compose, in 1991, an opera on the life of Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) perhaps isn’t as remarkable as the fact that no one else had done it before he did. Kahlo’s brief life was rife with the kind of elements that cry out for operatic treatment—personal catastrophe, sexual passion, soul-searing betrayal, violent confrontation, and the kind of indomitable spirit whose expression transcends human speech. Opera is intrinsically suited to the diverse facets of Kahlo’s life. There is the inspiration of her paintings, which often mixed elements of fantasy, folklore, politics, and autobiography. In addition, though Frida’s life was often filled with excruciating and debilitating physical pain, she was a warm and humorous woman who loved to dance. Her ornate, colorful style of dress, especially in the years following her marriage to muralist Diego Rivera, reflected the traditional and indigenous Mexican culture she extolled. The run of Frida this summer at Cincinnati Opera coincides with the 110th anniversary of Kahlo’s birth, with the performance on July 6 marking the occasion exactly. Over 60 years after her death, Frida Kahlo continues

Frida Kahlo at home in Mexico around 1940, photographed by Bernard G. Silberstein. An engineer by trade and Cincinnati resident, Silberstein taught himself photography as a weekend pastime. His work appeared in Life and National Geographic, and he taught photography courses at the University of Cincinnati and on WLWT Channel 5. While visiting Mexico, mutual friends introduced Silberstein and his wife to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, resulting in a portfolio of iconic photos. Many thanks to the photographer’s son, Opera Board member Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., for permission to use the photo.

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Rivera once described her work to Pablo Picasso this way: “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.” “She was scandalous for her radical behavior as an invalid,” said writer Carlos Monsivåis in Amy Stechler’s 2005 documentary The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo. “One doesn’t expect such an explosion of vitality from someone who is ill. That was Frida’s great scandal—not what she said or who she slept with. But rather,” he said, “[to live as] a sick person who refuses to . . . be covered with the veil of pity.” Without a doubt, Frida Kahlo suffered setbacks that would have annihilated a lesser soul. Uncommonly intelligent and independent, Frida overcame childhood polio to become one of the first female students at Mexico’s National Preparatory School. Her aim was a career in medicine, but the events of September 17, 1925, put an end to that dream. The wooden trolley Frida was riding crashed into a streetcar. A metal handrail pierced her pelvis, breaking it in three places. Her collarbone, both legs, and several ribs were also fractured, and three vertebrae displaced. She spent most of the next two years bedridden, at times practically immobile due to the plaster corsets that encased her torso. Eventually, Frida recovered. But she would be plagued thereafter with pain and complications from her injuries. She could never bear children. It was while she was so confined that Frida began to paint. Her mother had a mirror installed above the bed so that Frida

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could paint self-portraits. Still, Frida did not aspire to become an artist. Her idea of a serious painter was Diego Rivera. Rivera was at once the love of her life and—as she said herself—the second and “worst” of the “two grave accidents” in her life. Their complex, volatile relationship would span decades and endure multiple infidelities by both parties. One of Rivera’s lovers was Frida’s own sister. One of hers was Diego’s idol, the Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Musically, composer Rodríguez places his opera “in the Gershwin, Sondheim, Kurt Weill tradition of dissolving the barriers and extending the common ground between opera and musical theater.” Other than the characters of Frida and Diego, the singing cast consists of three women and three men in a variety of guises—sometimes as real people in the drama, at other times masked, and still others as twoor three-dimensional puppets. Perhaps reflecting its subject’s penchant for mixing fantasy with realism, the score incorporates authentic Mexican folk songs and dances into Rodríguez’s own music. To illustrate Frida’s singularity and apartness, her vocal line is set often in three-quarter time while the orchestra or the rest of the cast “lives” in duple meter. “Frida sings as she lived,” Rodríguez has said. “[She’s] against the tide from the very first note.” Suzanne Martinucci is a New York-based writer and lecturer on opera. She is a regular panelist on the Metropolitan Opera Quiz during the Toll Brothers Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts.

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Die Zauberflöte The Magic Flute

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder Sung in the original German World premiere: September 30, 1791, at Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria Cincinnati Opera premiere: July 5, 1932, at Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion July 15, 20, 22, and 23, 2017, at Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th company performances of Die Zauberflöte

Christopher Allen Levi Hammer* STAGE DIRECTOR Daniel Ellis* PRODUCTION Suzanne Andrade* & Barrie Kosky* ANIMATION Paul Barritt* CONCEPTION “1927” (Suzanne Andrade & Paul Barritt) & Barrie Kosky STAGE DESIGN & COSTUMES Esther Bialas* LIGHTING DESIGNER Thomas C. Hase WIG & MAKE-UP DESIGNER James Geier CHORUS MASTER Henri Venanzi SUPERTITLES AUTHOR Floyd Anderson PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Liam Roche CONDUCTOR

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Aaron Blake Alexandra Schoeny SECOND LADY TO THE QUEEN Cassandra Zoé Velasco* THIRD LADY TO THE QUEEN Amber Fasquelle* PAPAGENO, a birdcatcher Rodion Pogossov QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Jeni Houser* MONOSTATOS, servant of Sarastro John Robert Lindsey* PAMINA, daughter of the Queen Kim-Lillian Strebel* SPIRITS Ashley Fabian*, Abigail Hoyt*, Paulina Villarreal+ SARASTRO, high priest of Isis and Osiris Tom McNichols* PAPAGENA, a bird-woman Jasmine Habersham* MEN IN ARMOR Brandon Scott Russell+, Jacob Kincaide* TAMINO, a prince

FIRST LADY TO THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

* Cincinnati Opera debut

+ Cincinnati Opera Young Artist

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Synopsis The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes. There will be 1 intermission.

ACT I Pursued by a serpent, Prince Tamino falls faint from exhaustion. Three Ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night slay the monster, then admire Tamino’s beauty. They argue, each wanting to stay with him while the others fetch the Queen; they cannot agree, and all three depart. Tamino revives and meets Papageno, who claims he killed the serpent; the Three Ladies return and seal his mouth for lying. They show Tamino a portrait of the Queen’s daughter, Pamina, and Tamino immediately falls in love. The Queen of the Night appears and asks him to rescue Pamina from the tyrant Sarastro, offering her daughter’s hand as reward. Tamino agrees enthusiastically, and he is given a magic flute for protection. Restoring Papageno’s power of speech, the ladies order him to accompany Tamino, and he receives a set of magic bells. Three Spirits will guide their journey. At Sarastro’s temple, Monostatos guards Pamina, whom he treats harshly. Papageno enters and frightens Monostatos. Papageno recognizes Pamina and tells her of the young prince coming to her rescue. She is happy at the prospect of love, and Papageno too pines for his perfect mate. Tamino discovers the inner sanctuary, but is denied entrance. He is told that he has been deceived— Sarastro is not evil. Back in Monostatos’s lair, Pamina and Papageno face recapture, but the magic bells secure their escape. Sarastro enters; Pamina admits her attempt to flee in order to escape Monostatos’s amorous advance. She misses her mother, but Sarastro proclaims there is still much for her to learn from his tutelage. Tamino and Pamina finally meet, while Monostatos is punished. INTERMISSION

ACT II Sarastro announces Tamino’s wish to enter the inner sanctuary and undergo the trials of initiation. Papageno hesitates, but is promised a pretty wife, Papagena, as his reward. The first test is one of silence, complicated by the appearance of the Three Ladies. Monostatos admits his continued lust for Pamina. The Queen berates her daughter. She says that power rests with the all-powerful Circle of the Sun, which was wrongly taken from her and given to Sarastro. Pamina must kill him and retrieve the Circle, or her mother will disown her. Sarastro appears and forgives Pamina’s inclusion in the Queen’s wicked plot. Tamino and Papageno continue their oath of silence, augmented by thirst and fasting. The Three Spirits visit and offer refreshments. Pamina is distressed by Tamino’s silence. She fears his love has vanished and considers taking her own life. Papageno is denied entry to the inner temple. A beautiful woman, Papagena, briefly appears, but is whisked away—Papageno is not yet worthy. Despairing, Pamina wanders aimlessly. The Spirits take her to Tamino, who is about to undergo the trials of water and fire. Pamina and Tamino reaffirm their love and undergo the final trial together. Missing Papagena terribly, Papageno is about to hang himself, but is saved by the Spirits. Papagena is restored to him, and they rejoice in a future together. Monostatos leads the Queen and her ladies in one last attempt against Sarastro, but all are vanquished. Tamino and Pamina usher in a new era of truth, beauty, and wisdom.

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–Courtesy of David Sander/Minnesota Opera

Our fanciful production of The Magic Flute takes significant inspiration from silent films. Pamina (top left) resembles American actress Louise Brooks, a star of the flapper era who popularized the bobbed haircut. Monostatos (bottom right) bears a striking resemblance to the vampire portrayed by Max Schreck in F.W. Murnau’s 1922 horror film Nosferatu. Photo by Dan Norman/Minnesota Opera.

A Magical Storybook A Q&A with the creative team of The Magic Flute by Ulrich Lenz

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF STAGING THE MAGIC FLUTE WITH 1927? BARRIE KOSKY stage director; Intendant

of the plot and the characters, as well as the mix of fantasy, surrealism, magic, and deeply touching human emotions. Some years ago I attended a performance

and Artistic Director of Berlin’s Komische Oper :

of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,

The Magic Flute is the most frequently

the first show created by the British theater

performed German-language opera, one of

company known as 1927. From the moment

the top ten operas in the world. Everyone

the show started, there was this fascinating mix

knows the story; everybody knows the music;

of live performance with animation, creating

everyone knows the characters. On top of

its own aesthetic world. Within minutes, this

that, it is an “ageless” opera, meaning that

strange mixture of silent film and music hall

an eight-year-old can enjoy it as much as an

had convinced me that these people had to do

octogenarian can. So you start out with some

The Magic Flute with me in Berlin! It seemed to

pressure when you undertake a staging of

me quite an advantage that Paul and Suzanne

this opera. I think the challenge is to embrace

would be venturing into opera for the first

the heterogeneous nature of this opera. Any

time, because they were completely free of any

attempt to interpret the piece in only one

preconceptions about it, unlike me.

way is bound to fail. You almost have to celebrate the contradictions and inconsistencies

The result was a very unique Magic Flute. Although Suzanne and Paul were working

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in Berlin for the first time, they had a natural

work only the influence of the 1920s and silent

feel for the city’s artistic ambiance, especially

film. We take our visual inspiration from many

the Berlin of the 1920s, when it was such an

eras, from the copper engravings of the 18th

important creative center for painting, cabaret,

century as well as the comics of today. There

silent film, and animated film. Suzanne, Paul,

is no preconceived aesthetic setting in our

and I share a love for revue, vaudeville, music

mind when we work on a show. The important

hall, and similar forms of theater, and, of course,

thing is that the image fits. A good example is

for silent film. So our Papageno is suggestive of

Papageno’s aria “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”

Buster Keaton, Monostatos is a bit Nosferatu,

(A girl or a little wife). In the libretto, he is

and Pamina perhaps a bit reminiscent of Louise

served a glass of wine in the dialogue before his

Brooks. But it’s more than an homage to silent

aria. We let him have a drink, but it isn’t wine.

film—there are far too many influences from other areas. But the world of silent film gives us a certain vocabulary that we can then use in any way that we like. IS YOUR LOVE OF SILENT FILM THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE NAME “1927”? SUZANNE ANDRADE stage director/writer/

performer; co-creator of 1927: 1927 was the year of the first sound film, The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson, an absolute sensation at

It’s a pink cocktail from a giant cocktail glass, and Suzanne had the idea that he would start to see pink elephants flying around him. Of course, the most famous of all flying elephants was Dumbo—from the 1940s—but the actual year isn’t important as long as everything comes together visually. SUZANNE ANDRADE: Our Magic Flute is a

journey through different worlds of fantasy. But as in all of our shows, there is a connecting style that ensures that the whole thing doesn’t fall

the time. Curiously, however, no one believed

apart aesthetically.

at that time that the talkies would prevail over

BARRIE KOSKY: This is also helped by 1927’s

silent films. We found this aspect especially

very special feeling for rhythm. The rhythm

exciting. We work with a mixture of live

of the music and the text has an enormous

performance and animation, which makes

influence on the animation. As we worked

it a completely new art form in many ways.

together on The Magic Flute, the timing always

Many others have used film in theater, but

came from the music, even—especially—in

1927 integrates film in a very new way. We

the dialogues, which we condensed and

don’t do a theater piece with added movies.

transformed into silent film intertitles with piano

Nor do we make a movie and then combine it

accompaniment. However, we use an 18th-

with acting elements. Everything goes hand in

century fortepiano, and the accompanying music

hand. Our shows evoke the world of dreams

is by Mozart, from his two fantasias for piano,

and nightmares, with aesthetics that hearken

K. 475 in C minor and K. 397 in D minor. This

back to the world of silent film.

not only gives the whole piece a consistent style,

PAUL BARRITT filmmaker; co-creator of 1927:

but also a consistent rhythm. It’s a silent film by

And yet it would be wrong to see in our

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, so to speak!

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Song from the Uproar The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt Music by Missy Mazzoli Libretto by Royce Vavrek Sung in the original English Based on the life and journals of Isabelle Eberhardt World premiere: February 24, 2012, at The Kitchen in New York, New York A Cincinnati Opera premiere July 17, 18, 19, and 21, 2017, at Fifth Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts

Keitaro Harada* Michael Ciavaglia* Marco Pelle Rebecca Senske Thomas C. Hase James Geier Ixi Chen Jennifer Picone

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Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Abigail Fischer* Melissa Harvey+ Emma Sorenson+ Benjamin Lee+ Grace Newberry*+ Sola Fadiran+

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Synopsis The performance will last approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes. There will be no intermission.

sabelle Eberhardt was born in 1877 in Geneva, Switzerland. At age 21, after the death of her father, mother, and brother in quick succession, she travelled alone to Algeria. She dressed as a man, converted to Islam, and joined a Sufi order, roamed the desert on horseback, and fell in love with an Algerian soldier. After surviving an attempted assassination and a failed suicide pact with her lover, Isabelle drowned in a desert flash flood at age 27. Her journals were salvaged from the wreckage. This is her song.

Isabelle Eberhardt in Arabian costume. The photo was taken by an unknown photographer around the year 1897, when Isabelle first moved to Algeria. ÂŠ Tallandier/Bridgeman Images

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Composer Missy Mazzoli. Photo by Marylene Mey.

Composer’s Note by Missy Mazzoli

“On days when I have no money I am a vagabond on the road, enjoying the reflections of gold and scarlet sunset on the white dunes. The grave alone can rob me of such wealth, not man. If I am allowed the time it takes to write the odd fragment of a description, it may even survive in the minds of some.” —Isabelle Eberhardt, 1901

n 2004, I picked up a copy of Isabelle Eberhardt’s journals in a Boston bookstore

and opened it at random to the above passage.

The fearlessness in these words (all the more bold coming from a Swiss woman in the

fragmented—an evocation of her dreams and thoughts rather than a straightforward narrative. I began to imagine what was left unwritten in her journals, how it felt to wander alone through the desert dressed as a man, how it felt to be one of the only Europeans to witness Sufi religious ceremonies, and how it felt to fall deeply in love but struggle to maintain a fiercely independent lifestyle. I came to believe that a woman as progressive as Isabelle Eberhardt deserved a story unmoored from any specific period in history, a world where distorted guitars, stuttering

Victorian era), the utter strangeness of the

electronic voices, and abstract films could find a

journals as a whole, and the raw candor of

home in her fantasies and dreams.

Isabelle’s voice captivated me that day, and went on to haunt me for years. Our understanding of Isabelle Eberhardt’s

Without a role model, Isabelle Eberhardt forged a life unlike anyone else’s, and remained true to herself under unimaginably difficult

life will always be incomplete, cobbled together

circumstances. She has been alternately

from fragments of a journal pulled out of a flood,

demonized and lionized in the 112 years that

sporadic recollections from people who knew

have passed since her death, but I feel that as

her or pretended to have known her, and the

a 21st-century audience we are finally equipped

few articles and short stories she published. I felt

to understand the complexity and weight of

that an opera about her life should be similarly

her story.

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ARTISTIC SPONSORS LA B O H È M E

PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER

EVENING SPONSORS

Anonymous

Family and Friends, in memory of Dr. Charlie Kuntz IV Mueller Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation

SUPPORT FOR MAESTRO LOUIS LANGRÉE

THE APPEARANCE OF RODION POGOSSOV

Harry and Ann Santen, in honor of his first appearance with Cincinnati Opera

Mrs. Beryl Merritt, in memory of Beryl Merritt THE APPEARANCE OF NATHAN STARK

Drs. David and Elaine Billmire

THE APPEARANCE OF NICOLE CABELL

Mary Ann and John Boorn THE APPEARANCE OF EDWARD NELSON

Chris and Vivienne Carlson

THE APPEARANCE OF JESSICA RIVERA

Harry and Linda Fath THE APPEARANCE OF MARCO NISTICÒ

Art Design Consultants/Litsa Spanos

THE APPEARANCE OF SEAN PANIKKAR

Susan and Joe Pichler SUPPORT FOR NATASCHA METHERELL, STAGE DIRECTOR

Mary M. Bergstein FRIDA CO2 UNDERWRITER

EVENING SPONSORS

The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./ U.S. Bank Foundation

Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack

PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER

Nydia C. Tranter, in memory of Jack Tranter

Cincinnati Opera Guild The Hasl Family, in memory of Dr. Robert J. Hasl Christopher D. Edwards, in memory of Scott Atkinson Ginger and David Warner Edward Jay Wohlgemuth Edward and Nancy Rosenthal

SUPPORT FOR MAESTRO ANDRÉS CLADERA

THE APPEARANCE OF JENNIFER CHEREST

Marilyn Z. Ott

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine

THE APPEARANCE OF CATALINA CUERVO

SUPPORT FOR JOSE MARIA CONDEMI, STAGE DIRECTOR

Drs. Tom and Barbara Boat

Rev. Susan Pfeil

THE APPEARANCE OF RICARDO HERRERA

SUPPORT FOR MARCO PELLE, ASSISTANT STAGE DIRECTOR

Jane and Jon Votel

Ronna and Dr. James Willis

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ARTISTIC SPONSORS T HE M A GIC F L U TE PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER

EVENING SPONSORS

Murray Sinclaire, Jr., and Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC

Chavez Properties The Corbett Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Robert and Carol Olson

The National Endowment for the Arts

The Alpaugh Foundation, Vicki and Peter Alpaugh

SUPPORT FOR MAESTRO CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

THE APPEARANCE OF ALEXANDRA SCHOENY

The John L. Magro Artist Development Fund

Donna Hoffman Young Artist Scholarship Fund

THE APPEARANCE OF KIM-LILLIAN STREBEL

THE APPEARANCE OF CASSANDRA ZOÉ VELASCO

Robert and Carol Olson

Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn

THE APPEARANCE OF JENI HOUSER

THE APPEARANCE OF AMBER FASQUELLE

Mary and Joe Brinkmeyer

Arthur B. Casper

THE APPEARANCE OF AARON BLAKE

THE APPEARANCE OF JASMINE HABERSHAM

Sheila and Christopher Cole

Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford

THE APPEARANCE OF TOM McNICHOLS

THE APPEARANCE OF JOHN ROBERT LINDSEY

Mr. and Mrs. Gary “Doc” Huffman

William A. Starr Young Artist Fund

THE APPEARANCE OF RODION POGOSSOV

SUPPORT FOR DANIEL ELLIS, STAGE DIRECTOR

Mrs. Beryl Merritt, in memory of Beryl Merritt

Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel

S O N G F R O M TH E U P R OAR

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EVENING SPONSORS

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Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D., and Robert Toltzis, M.D.

SUPPORT FOR MISSY MAZZOLI, COMPOSER

SUPPORT FOR MARCO PELLE, STAGE DIRECTOR

Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell

Ronna and Dr. James Willis

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Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC is a proud sponsor of the Cincinnati Opera! RSA is a full-service investment banking, securities brokerage and asset management firm dedicated to providing long-term superior results for our clients. Municipal Finance • Corporate Finance Asset Management • Alternative Investments Retail Brokerage Services • Tax Credits Institutional Sales & Trading

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PNC supports those who make the world a more beautiful place. That’s why we’re proud to sponsor the Cincinnati Opera. Because we CORPORATE, GOVERNMENT, AND FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTIONS know that achievement is an art form allcorporations, its own. We are grateful to the following foundations, and government agencies for their generous support of Cincinnati Opera’s 2017 mainstage productions and community programs. Visit us online at pnc.com

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LOYAL CORPORATE PARTNERS Cincinnati Opera recognizes the following companies for their ongoing philanthropic leadership. PNC

Fath Properties

Since 1982

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Macy’s

FRCH Design Worldwide

Since 1985

Frost Brown Todd LLC Since 1990

Johnson Investment Counsel Since 1990

1919 Investment Counsel Since 1991

P&G Since 1991

Thompson Hine LLP Since 1994

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Ohio National Financial Services Since 2001

Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC Since 2010

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U.S. Bank

Western & Southern Financial Group

Huntington Bank

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ARTSWAVE PARTNERS Cincinnati Opera acknowledges the following Partner Companies, Foundations, and their employees who generously participate in the Annual ArtsWave Community Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Your support helps make our community vibrant and connects people all across our region through the arts. Thank you! P&G Fifth Third Bank GE Macy’s

Western & Southern Financial Group

Ohio National Financial Services

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he New Century Campaign continues to successfully build capacity for Cincinnati Opera and fund significant projects in four key areas: The Great Works, continuing our commitment to the masterworks of the operatic canon; The New Works, expanding the canon by creating and presenting new American opera; The Convener in the Community, broadening our reach within the community; and The Beyond, exploring innovative ways of connecting audiences with opera. Our presentation of Frida this summer was funded by several gifts to one of the New Century Campaign key areas, The New Works. Frida, by composer Robert Xavier Rodríguez, premiered in 1991 and since then has been presented around the country. Frida continues Cincinnati Opera’s relationship with the Hispanic community, a commitment that began in 2004 with the bilingual opera How Nanita Learned to Make Flan and continued with Florencia en el Amazonas in 2008, Ainadamar in 2009, and María de Buenos Aires in 2012. Your gift to the New Century Campaign will help us grow an already world-class company, taking it places it has never been, and bringing the power of opera to everyone. To make a gift to the New Century Campaign, please contact Sneja H. Tomassian at (513) 768-5527. Catalina Cuervo (center) and Ricardo Herrera (center left) as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s Frida. Photo of the Michigan Opera Theatre production, courtesy of Thank you for your support. Moníka Essen. New Century Campaign Donors Dr. G. James and Ruthann Sammarco

Frank and Janet Andress

David C. Herriman

Boris Auerbach* and Kathy Patchel

Donald E. Hoffman*

Ann and Harry Santen

Patricia K. and James D. Beggs

Gary “Doc”* and Milly Huffman

The Estate of Katherine and Nelson Bond

Marjorie and Lawrence* H. Kyte, Jr.

The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee

A.K. and Gibby Carey*

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Chris and Vivienne Carlson

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Michael L. Cioffi and Rachael A. Rowe

Estate of Mary and William Meyer

The Corbett Foundation

David and Vicky Motch

Dr. Peter G. Courlas

The Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust

Cathy* and Tom Crain

Robert* and Carol Olson

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Joseph and Susan Pichler

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The Estate of Eleanor Hazelton

The Saenger Family Foundation

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The Selnick Charitable Remainder Trust The Louise Taft Semple Foundation Murray* and Robin Sinclaire Mrs. Cynthia Starr Nancy Steman Susan and John M. Tew, Jr., M.D. Nydia C. Tranter The Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation The Estate of Gene M. Wilson Anne and Allen Zaring III *Denotes a member of Cincinnati Opera’s Presidents’ Council

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Individual and Foundation Contributions Cincinnati Opera acknowledges with deep appreciation the leadership and generosity of the many individuals and family foundations who have supported the Opera with contributions to the 2017 Annual Fund.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000 and above)

Vicki and Peter Alpaugh, The Alpaugh Foundation Michael L. Cioffi and Rachael A. Rowe The Corbett Foundation The Patricia A. Corbett Trust Cathy and Tom Crain Harry and Linda Fath Elizabeth Kathman Grubow and Jerry Kathman

Mr. and Mrs. Gary “Doc” Huffman Nanci Wilks Lanni and Nick Lanni Elma M. Lapp Foundation Estate of William and Mary Meyer The Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust Robert and Carol Olson and Dinsmore & Shohl LLP The Estate of James T. Peeler Joseph A. and Susan Pichler Fund* Harry and Ann Santen

Murray and Robin Sinclaire Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. Nydia C. Tranter Larry and Beth Uhlenbrock Barbara Wilks The Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation Anne, Suzy, and Rachel Wilson Edward Jay Wohlgemuth

INNER CIRCLE

($12,000 to $24,999) Patricia K. and James D. Beggs John and Mary Ann Boorn Mary and Joe Brinkmeyer Thomas Busse Charitable Trust Ms. Melanie M. Chavez and Mr. Jeremy S. Campbell Chris and Vivienne Carlson Sheila and Christopher Cole Dr. James D. Faulkner

The Gale Family Foundation Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Barbara and Jack Hahn, D.D.S. Mrs. Robert J. Hasl The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation Mrs. Beryl Merritt Mueller Family Foundation Marilyn Z. Ott

Dr. Beatriz Porras and Dr. Alvaro A. Ryes Edward and Nancy Rosenthal Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Litsa and Van Spanos Mr. and Mrs. Jon H. Votel Ginger and David Warner The Stephen H. Wilder Foundation

CORBETT SOCIETY ($6,000 to $11,999)

Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel Christopher and Annie Baucom Mary M. Bergstein David Billmire and Elaine Billmire Dorothy Anne Blatt Drs. Thomas and Barbara Boat Mrs. Abraham S. Braude Jim Bridgeland Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Busher Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Canarie Arthur B. Casper Geraldine V. Chavez Ms. Candace Cioffi Dr. Peter G. Courlas Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford Eric and Jennifer Dauer Mr. and Mrs. John Earls Mr. Christopher D. Edwards

Contributions from May 16, 2016 to May 15, 2017

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Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald The Fullgraf Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Matt Garretson Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Giannella Madeleine H. Gordon Donald E. Hoffman Mr. Gordon Hullar and Ms. Doris Holzheimer Doug Ignatius and Bruce Preston Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Jones Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine Dr. Sid Khosla and Mrs. Heather Vogt-Khosla Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kimmel Renu Kotwal, M.D., and Rajbir Minhas, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kuntz Richard and Susan Lauf The LeBlond Foundation

Dr. Margaret M. LeMasters Adele and Thomas Lippert Fund* Drs. Lina and George Mandybur Peggy Ann Markstein Mr. Michael A. Marrero and Dr. Candyse Jeffries, D.M.D. Mayberry Foundation Kathy and Jon McCann Ms. Julia B. Meister Ryan L. Messer and James A. Musuraca-Messer Evans Mirageas and Thomas Dreeze Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch Mr. Ran Mullins Rev. Susan Pfeil Mr. and Mrs. David Reichert Mrs. George Rieveschl, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Saenger, Jr.

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CORBETT SOCIETY CONTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D ($6,000 to $11,999)

Dr. G. James and Ruthann Sammarco The Robert C. and Adele R. Schiff Foundation Ann Gallagher Schoen and Jerry Schoen Mr. and Mrs. Blake Selnick Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Shelton

Nancy F. Walker Ronna and Dr. James Willis Jeannine Winkelmann and John Winkelmann, M.D. Shelby O. Wood Anne and Allen Zaring III Dr. and Mrs. Mario Zuccarello

Ms. Pamela S. Spangler Reis and Mr. Richard D. Reis Peter Stambrook and Mary Piper James Stapleton and Dr. Elizabeth Shaughnessy Mrs. Cynthia Starr Brett Stover Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D., and Robert Toltzis, M.D.

AMBASSADORS SOCIETY ($3,000 to $5,999)

Mrs. Martha G. Anness Ronald T. Bates Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bavaria Mr. Allen Bernard Chris and Karen Bowman Diann Bridenbaugh, M.D. Charlin and Peter Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan III A.K. and Gibby Carey Miss Norma L. Clark Ginny and Jack Cover Crosset Family Fund* Mrs. Jodelle S. Crosset Mr. Daniel B. and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Meyer The Newburgh Institute for the Arts and Ideas Marge and Tom Osterman Cass and Glenn Plott Kitty Strauss Rosenthal and Dick Rosenthal James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger Kathy and Michael Selker Gerald and Sarah Skidmore Elizabeth M. Stites and Kevin C. Randall Ellen and Ray van der Horst

Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker Ann Ellison Dr. and Mrs. William J. Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Graham The Gumbleton Family Mrs. Frederick Haffner Mr. and Mrs. David C. Horn Mr. Thomas Kellerman and Mrs. Barbara Hummel Mr. Peter E. Koenig and Ms. Lucy Hodgson Kathleen Laurin-Martin and Joseph C. Martin Mr. Robert Lombardo Joanie and Bill Lotts

ADVOCATES SOCIETY ($1,500 to $2,999)

Anonymous (2) Dr. and Mrs. Khosrow Alamin Mr. Anatole Alper Adam and Jennifer Bellin Dr. Sherry L. Blake Dr. Walter Bruyninckx and Dr. Anne-Marie B. Blancquaert Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III Mr. and Mrs. Evan Corbett Mr. Bob Coughlin Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Dierckes, Jr. Mrs. Vivian A. Dobur Mr. Stephen Eadicicco and Mr. Bradley Higginbotham Mrs. Susanne Geier The Harmony Fund Emma Hartkemeier Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Heard Irmgard and Horst Hehmann

Contributions from May 16, 2016 to May 15, 2017

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Mrs. Anne P. Heldman Neil Hoover and Shawn Scott Mr. and Mrs. W.M. James Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Roger H. LaGreca John T. Lawrence IV Mr. David Lazarus Terry and Elizabeth Lilly Sherie Marek Mr. Timothy Matthews Don and Marji Mendelsohn Eleanor and Sam Minkarah Dr. and Mrs. Myles Pensak Nicholas W. Puncer Ms. Mary Reitter The August A. Rendigs, Jr. Foundation

Mr. Oliver Rhine Sandra L. Riegler, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. John Rootring Dr. and Mrs. Carl M. Sedacca Mr. and Mrs. William Steenken Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stradling, Jr. Dr. Susan Strick Dr. John Tan Mrs. Carol S. Thaman Mr. and Mrs. G. Adrian Thompson Sneja and Raffi Tomassian Mr. and Mrs. Michael Veroni Mr. and Mrs. Chris Virgulak Stephan Weigle and Carol Turni Barbara and Irwin Weinberg Fund* Julia Wesselkamper and Julie Johnson Mrs. Andrea K. Wiot

*Denotes a fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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PATRON

($750 to $1,499) Paul and Margie Anderson Gay Bain Aine Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bardes Mr. Donald Beck and Lawrence E. Eynon, M.D. Marlene and Robert Boden John Castaldi and Terry Bazeley Mr. Terrence M. Crawford Ms. Jessica David Kristy Davis and Michael Howard II Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dean Dr. Joseph R. Dennison Mr. and Mrs. Andrew DeWitt Mr. John Eberhart Ms. Genine Fallon Ms. Janice Flanagan and Mr. Robert E. Amott, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry Dr. Thomas Geracioti and Ms. Amanda Eisenlohr Shannon M. Glass and Dan Fisher Ms. Megan Hammann Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Heidt, Jr. Mr. Roger D. Hickman Ms. Karlee L. Hilliard Martha Huheey Mr. and Mrs. Thadeus Jaroszewicz Dr. and Mrs. Richard Jolson Joseph R. Daly Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Kalnow

Dr. Magdalena and William Kerschner Sarajane and Richard King Bo-Kyung and Kevin Kirby Dr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Kirk Rachel Kirley and Joseph Jaquette Mr. Bruce A. Lafferre Lamacchia Family Foundation Evelyn and Fred Lang Ms. Janice Liebenberg and Mr. Andy Holzhauser Dr. and Dr. Lynn Lin Al and Mary J. Lรณpez Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ludwig Ms. Ariel Lusco Ms. Katherine Lutes Mr. Rick Maddux Ms. Ashley Burnside Maguire Mandare Foundation Alan L. Margulies and Gale D. Snoddy Drs. Arti and Scott Masturzo Dr. Janet P. McDaniel Chris and Molly Milligan Francis Mondimore, M.D. William L. Montague and Kelly L. Wittich Ms. Janet Moore and Mr. Neil W. Tollas Mary Lou Motl Ms. Mary Newman

Dr. and Mrs. James J. Nordlund Mr. Phil Nuxhall Marta Pisarska, M.D., and Michael Maloney, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rahe Mr. Robert Reid Ms. Aliya Riddle Mr. Jack and Dr. Morleen Rouse Solveiga Rush Dr. James and Maris Ryan Mr. James E. Ryan David Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Randy Sandler George Palmer Schober Ms. Megan Selnick Rebecca and George Shybut, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin B. Simon Mr. Richard I. Sininger Roger and Margaret Smith Amy Stier and Jef Brown Mr. and Mrs. William Strubbe Ms. Tricia Suit and Mr. Eric Appleby Ms. Mary Reis Sullivan Mr. Charles Tighe Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell Mr. Richard A. Weiland Mr. and Mrs. Curt Wilhelm Mr. Tedd S. Wood Ms. Candice Young

DEVELOPER ($300 to $749)

Anonymous Mrs. Robert B. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Alexander, Jr. Mirza Alikhan and Sara Flores Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Andrews, Jr. Mrs. Norita D. Aplin and Mr. Stanley H. Ragle Dr. Barry Applegate Dr. Richard S. Sarason and Anne S. Arenstein Dr. Diane Babcock Mr. Michael R. Bachmann and Ms. Mary Combs Ms. Nancy Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Bankston Mr. and Mrs. William D. Baskett III Helene Sullivan Bentley

Contributions from May 16, 2016 to May 15, 2017

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Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Berliant Mr. John Boggess Mr. Gary Booth Mr. and Mrs. James J. Brady Mr. David Brashear Lois and Joseph Brenner Mr. Charles G. Bretz, Jr. Ms. Betsi Brockmeier Dr. Frederick Brockmeier and Dr. April Laskey Mark Haggard and Daniel Brown Dr. Elizabeth H. Brown and Dr. Dwight Kulwin Donald L. and Kathleen F. Burns Dr. Onassis Caneris Mrs. Carole Charleville Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chellgren

Mr. Richard Chizmadia and Mr. Richard Hobson Dr. Elizabeth Clark Mr. Kevin Clark John Cobey and Jan Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Connelly Mr. Randy Cook Mr. Michael Crandall Mr. Louis M. Dauner Ms. Judith De Luce Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dehner Mr. Stephen DeHoff Mr. and Mrs. William O. DeWitt, Jr. Olga G. Duarte, M.D. Mrs. Dianne Dunkelman Mr. David C. Fannin John A. Fette

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DEVELOPER CONT’D ($300 to $749)

James and Mary Day Fewlass Dr. Todd Florin and Mrs. Kemper Florin Mr. and Mrs. Ashley L. Ford Jerry Freed, Spiros Sarakatsannis, and J. Alex Smith Dr. Sheila C. Gelman and Dr. David Greenblatt Mr. L. Timothy Giglio Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Goetz Lynne Meyers Gordon Judge Robert H. Gorman Teddy Gumbleton Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Hamilton Ms. Kathleen M. Hammons Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harcourt Dr. and Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson Ms. Emily M. Hodges Amy and Larry Hughes Mr. Dale Jenkins Marlene Johnson The Honorable Nathaniel Jones Frank Jordan Ms. Cassondra Joseph Dr. James Kaya and Debra Gräuel Mr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Kearns Mr. and Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar Ms. Arleene Keller Mr. Arthur Kerr, Jr. Mrs. Zizi Khodadad Ms. Beverly Kinney Mr. Daniel Milton Kininmonth Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Kreider Ms. Kate Kreimer Ms. Carol L. Kruse Marcus M. Küchle and Annalisa Pappano Elizabeth and Ken Kuresman Mr. and Mrs. David J. Lahey Dr. Joe Law Ms. Sara Lawellin

Ms. Mary Anne Lee Ms. Kristan Lenning Mr. Richard Lesueur Mr. Robert D. Lindner Paul and Elizabeth Listerman Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Long Mr. and Mrs. David C. Lundgren Rev. and Mrs. Damon Lynch, Jr. David L. Martin Raymond and Madelynn Matlock Ms. Taylor McCallum Ms. Lindsay McCarren Dr. Braden Mechley Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Michel Mr. Richard Millbourn Jim and Linda Miller Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Minevich Mr. and Mrs. R. William Mischler Mr. Steven I. Monder Ms. Kathy Nardiello Mr. and Mrs. Andre Neidich Mr. and Mrs. James Neumeister Dr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Nishiyama Beverly Oyler Dr. Richard and Diane Park Dr. and Mrs. John A. Parlin III Nicholas Payne and Cynthia Heinrich Jo Anne and Poul Pedersen Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Pray Mr. Peter Quinnan and Mr. Mark Boire Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Randolph Mr. Max C. Reif Betsy Resler Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Rhoad Ms. Adrianna Richey Dr. and Mrs. Donald K. Riker Mrs. Barbara W. Robb Ms. Gale Z. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Jim Robinson Mr. and Mrs. J. David Rosenberg

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Contributions from May 16, 2016 to May 15, 2017

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Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rosenberg Mrs. Lois Poe Rust Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ryan Ms. Cindy Scheets Mr. Peter Schwartz Jeffrey Seaman Mrs. William R. Seaman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Segal Ms. Louise Shouse Mr. Ivan Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Silvers Mr. and Mrs. Matt Singleton Thomas S. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. Sparkes Sandra and Henry Spitz Mr. and Mrs. James L. Stephenson Ms. Sandra Stratton Eileen L. Strempel, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Striker Summerhouse Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Syroney Ms. Donna Talerico Dr. Sally Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Scott Telford Mr. and Mrs. Carlos R. Teran Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Torre Mr. Edward Trach Marcella G. Trice Mrs. N. Beverley Tucker Dick and Jane Tuten Dr. Mia Unson, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Julian van Winkle The Voice of Your Customer Mr. George H. Warrington and Ms. H. Drewry Gores Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Williams Mrs. Susan Windgassen Mr. Jeff Wolk Mr. Christopher Wood Mr. Anthony Woodward John M. Yacher

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NEW DONORS

Cincinnati Opera extends a special thank-you to donors who made first-time gifts this season. Steven S. Adkins Mr. Andre Affatato Mirza Alikhan and Sara Flores Mrs. Ellen Appel Ms. Rosemary Bacon Ms. Doreen Beatrice Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beck Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Bell Mr. Jon Berger Ms. Bonnie Beverage Mr. Barry D. Blair Giancarlo Bonutti Mr. John M. Boozan Ms. Laura Bouch-Raasch Mr. Maurice Bowden Mr. Lawrence Bracht Mr. and Mrs. Steven Britton Ms. Cheryl Brown Ms. Mary T. Bussell Mr. Ronald Butler Ms. Tracy Butts Ms. Susan Carlson Mrs. Mary Ann Cheevers Ms. Candace Cioffi Ms. Brenda C. Clark Ms. Judy C. Conrad Mrs. Karen Corsmeier Ms. Linda Cunningham Ms. Kristy Davis Patrick Deville Mr. Andrew S. Dielman Ms. Shannon Disbennett Nancy Dudero Matt Fagundes Ms. Sharon Fiscus Mr. and Mrs. Joe Friedl Kayra Fuster Ms. Sharon Gastright Doe Gavin Ms. Carol George-Rucker Ms. Colleen Gerwe Ms. Helenne Gettenberg Mr. Nicholas Gonzales

Mr. Louis Griffin Dr. Ralph A. Gruppo Peter Hames Mr. Jack Harrison Toby Hazen Mr. and Mrs. David Hentz Ms. Catherine Herring Ms. Bee Herz Ms. Linda G. Hicks Ms. Donna Hill Amy and Larry Hughes Mr. Michael Hurst Ms. Jean Janszen Julie Jaspers Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson Mrs. Lillian Jones Carl Kalnow K.S. Kant Ms. Allison Kendall Ms. Amber Kershaw Ms. Patricia King Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kitei Mr. Martin B. Klaus Maestro David B. Kline Mr. and Mrs. David Klocke Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Klocke Ms. Barbara M. Kriz Ms. Kathy Kugler Mr. James Lee Ms. Linda H. Linker John Louden Mr. Denny Lynch Mr. Mulford Martin Charles McCarthy Mr. Bradley McLaughlin Mrs. Rosamund L. Merrill Ms. Karen Meyers Mr. Dominic Mileti Ms. Lois Milligan Mr. John N. Muller Mr. Ran Mullins Ms. Mary Neater Mr. and Mrs. Brett Nichols

Ms. Nancy Overman Julie Palermo Ms. Linda L. Patak Mr. Daniel Pfahl Mr. Michael Puckett Ms. Mary Ray Naomi Redmon Mr. David Reed Ms. Kathleen Roberts Ms. Rachel Robinson Mr. Blake Robison Mr. Mario A. Rodriguez Mrs. Nora Rubinoff Dr. James and Maris Ryan Mr. Wayne Sampson Alton Sanders Martin J. Schirmer Mr. Robert Schroer Laura Schuster Rabbi Julie S. Schwartz Ms. Mary D. Schweitzer Mr. Marvin Settle Mr. Joseph A. Shierling Suzanne Sifri Mr. and Mrs. John Simpkinson Leo Simpson Stephanie Smith Steven Smith Mr. Stephen Smookler Mr. Scott Soutar Eileen L. Strempel, Ph.D. Ms. Lavern V. Sutton Tedd Swormstedt Dr. Mia Unson, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wietholter Ms. Deborah M. Williams Mr. Lothar F. Witt, Jr. Ms. Terri J. Wood Ms. Arlene Wrase Mary Jo Wuestefeld Dr. Nozomi Yamaguchi

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Society of Angels THANK YOU Cincinnati Opera acknowledges with deep gratitude the generosity of the following donors who have notified the company of their planned gifts. These legacy gifts ensure Cincinnati Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future excellence and are a lasting tribute to the foresight of the distinguished members of Cincinnati Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Society of Angels. New Members

David and Vicky Motch Nancy Steman Members

Anonymous (3) Frank and Janet Andress Scott Atkinson* and Christopher D. Edwards Mr. Boris Auerbach Dr. Diane Babcock Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Baker Ms. Henrietta Barlag Mr. Albert M. Bary Christopher Baucom Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bavaria Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Dorothy Anne Blatt Marlene and Robert Boden Lois and Joseph Brenner Charlin and Peter Briggs Mary and Joe Brinkmeyer A.K. and Gibby Carey Arthur B. Casper Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III Norma L. Clark Jane Copper-Short and John Short Virginia K. Cover Cathy and Tom Crain Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford Mr. Daniel B. and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham Mr. Harrison R.T. Davis Harry and Linda Fath Mr. Kingston Fletcher Dr. Donald W. Good Madeleine H. Gordon Barbara Gould Marlesa A. Gray Barbara and Jack Hahn, D.D.S. Dr. and Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Suzanne and Robert* Hasl, M.D. Janet and Cornelius Hauck Hon. and Mrs. Dennis S. Helmick Don and Donna* Hoffman Doug Ignatius and Bruce Preston Julia M.F.B. Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine Sarajane and Richard King Patrick M. Korb Roberta and Jeffrey P. Kuhn Elizabeth and Ken Kuresman

Marjorie and Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Richard and Susan Lauf Anne and John* Lawrence, Jr. Gail Lennig and Gene Santoro* Adele and Thomas Lippert Joanie D. and William H. Lotts Mr. and Mrs. William F. Lyon Susan Sterrit Meyer Eleanor and Sam Minkarah Evans Mirageas and Thomas Dreeze Gloria and Arnold Morelli Norbert and Linnea Nadel Robert and Carol Olson Marge and Tom Osterman Marilyn Z. Ott Dr. and Mrs. John A. Parlin III Mr. Charles Parsons Nicholas Payne and Cynthia Heinrich Ms. Marilyn W. Peters Joseph and Susan Pichler Mr. Thomas F. Rehme Ellen and George* Rieveschl Edward and Nancy Rosenthal Solveiga Rush Dr. G. James and Ruthann Sammarco Emalee Schavel Kenneth C. Schonberg and Deborah Schultz Zell Schulman Trudie and Kurt* Seybold Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Thomas S. Smith Cynthia and William* Starr Frank Stewart Brett Stover Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Stuhlreyer III Nydia C. Tranter Dick and Jane Tuten Barbara and Irwin Weinberg Anne M. Werner Jeannine Winkelmann and John Winkelmann, M.D. Dr. Atsuko Yatani Anne and Allen Zaring III Estates

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Keeping the Opera Magic Alive summer memorable not only for them, but for those around them. The next year, they found the perfect seats, only to discover that the person next to them always brought the music of that opera and sang—not just her soprano part, but all parts! Even this contributed to the opera magic that continues to keep them engaged. Vicky became a member of the Opera Guild, and then the Board of Trustees, quite a few years before David joined the Board. At that time, James de Blasis was General Director and John Hopple was President. While the Motches were involved with Cincinnati Opera, they also introduced their children to opera, just as they had been introduced at a young age. Now their children, as well as their six grandchildren, love opera. Vicky and David hope that when their grandchildren become subscribers, they will

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be able to hear the same quality opera that is

icky and David Motch were introduced to opera at a young age. And despite the

presented today. To make this possible, Vicky and David are supporting the New Century

fact that they often disagree on certain opera

Campaign through a planned gift. “All four

productions, their love for opera has continued

pillars of the New Century Campaign are

through the years.

important,” says David. “I can’t separate one

Their first date was at the Metropolitan

as most significant. Whether it’s New Works,

Opera. Upon returning to Cincinnati, Vicky

The Great Works, community development,

and David became subscribers to Cincinnati

or exploring innovative ways to enjoy opera

Opera at the Zoo, sharing a box with friends.

in the future, continuing to grow Cincinnati

Sitting in a raised box in almost the middle of

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the orchestra with a group of young, overly

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enthusiastic opera lovers made their first

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Long-Term Subscribers Cincinnati Opera is thrilled to recognize the following individuals who have been subscribers with us for many years.

We’ve done our best to share accurate information in the listings below, but we acknowledge that our record-keeping has been imperfect over our 97-year history. If you are listed here but in an incorrect category— or, if your name should be listed but is missing—please accept our sincere apologies, and let us know. You can send us an email anytime to subscribers@cincinnatiopera.org, or call us at (513) 768-5520. Thank you. 50 OR MORE YEARS Mr. and Mrs. James R. Adams Barbara and Dick Allen Mary M. Bergstein Glenda and Malcolm Bernstein The Brigham Family Mr. and Mrs. John T. Clark, Jr. The Corbett Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ashley L. Ford Dr. Roger G. Giesel

Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius W. Hauck Mel and John Kuempel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laufman Mr. J. Michael Meretta Ms. Herta L. Moore Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch Mr. and Mrs. Michael Porte Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Randolph Sandra L. Riegler, M.D.

Mrs. Lois P. Rust Mrs. Dorothy J. Sciarra Mrs. William R. Seaman Mrs. James A. Sexton Mr. and Mrs. William Sontag Maria K. Tuskan, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Dieter van der Bent

45 TO 49 YEARS Mr. Michael A. Battersby Mrs. Abraham S. Braude Ms. Evelyn Brod Donald L. and Kathleen F. Burns Dr. Peter G. Courlas Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Dierckes, Jr. Mrs. Vivian A. Dobur Mr. and Mrs. David Donnett Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Drill

Dr. and Mrs. Philip Edlin Ms. Gael T. Fischer Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald Ms. Lois Ann Gribler Mr. William Hackman Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Mr. and Mrs. Marshall C. Hunt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kennedy Drs. Lawrence and Joan Linder Mr. and Mrs. David C. Lundgren

Mr. Carl G. Marquette, Jr. The Meister Family Ms. Mary Ellen O’Connor Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Mr. Robert J. Spitznagel Mr. Robert Patton Swaim Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. Mrs. Joanne W. Veith Mrs. Andrea K. Wiot

40 TO 44 YEARS Mrs. Martha G. Anness Ms. Mary Lou Aufmann Ms. Henrietta Barlag Dorothy Anne Blatt Mr. David Brashear Jim Bridgeland Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. Mr. and Mrs. John Cornwell Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Cox Mrs. Sue B. Doan Mrs. Betty M. Duncan Ann Ellison Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III Mr. William R. Geiler, Jr., and Mrs. Nancy Geiler Mr. William J. Hahn and Dr. George I. Colombel Mr. William A. Herring

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Dr. Murray S. Jaffe Ms. Marlene Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Mr. Barry Lapidus Mr. and Mrs. Richard Laskey Mrs. John T. Lawrence, Jr. Mr. William S. Magnus Mrs. Kenneth E. Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Issam Minkarah Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Neyer, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Nishiyama Marilyn Z. Ott Mr. Charles Perin Mr. Robert W. Peterson and Mr. William S. Filbrun Mr. Robert Reid Mrs. George Rieveschl, Jr. Erich and Rita Ringel

Dr. and Mrs. G. James Sammarco Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Santen Mrs. Charles Schulenberg Mrs. Zell J. Schulman Ms. Janet Schultz Jeffrey Seaman Mr. Richard I. Sininger Mrs. Elaine Spagnolo Mr. and Mrs. Phillip A. Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stradling, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Susskind Mrs. Carol S. Thaman Mrs. N. Beverley Tucker Dick and Jane Tuten Mr. Wayne E. Vincent Mr. Michael L. Walton Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward Dr. and Mrs. Foster Wygant

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35 TO 39 YEARS Paule S. Asch, Ph.D. Ms. Mary Auer Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel Mr. Michael R. Bachmann and Ms. Mary Combs Dr. and Mrs. James P. Baden Mr. Donald Beck and Lawrence E. Eynon, M.D. Drs. David and Elaine Billmire Mr. Vincent Bolling, Jr. Mr. Neil Bortz Mr. and Mrs. James J. Brady Mrs. Albert Brinn Mr. and Mrs. G. Gibson Carey IV Mr. Arthur B. Casper Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Cavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Chabut Mr. and Mrs. William Chang Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cover Ms. Diane Danemayer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dyson Dr. and Mrs. Paul Esposito Dr. and Mrs. William J. Faulkner Ms. Dorothy Ann Feldis

Mr. Kingston Fletcher Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Fudge Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Giannella Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Hamilton Hon. and Mrs. Dennis S. Helmick Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Holzwarth Mr. William Kredentser Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Kreider Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kuntz Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Larkin Ms. Dolly Levine Mrs. Marion F. Levy Ms. Catherine A. McGraw Mr. and Mrs. John J. McLaughlin Ms. Marianne Meyers Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Moravec Ms. Suzanne Morrissey Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Neergaard Ms. Rosemary Novelli Dr. and Mrs. John A. Parlin III Ms. Janet W. Prewitt Ms. Mary L. Reardon Dr. Joan F. Reckseit

Mr. and Mrs. David Reichert Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rice, Jr. Edward and Nancy Rosenthal Ms. Jeanette Rost James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger Mr. Richard M. Sacksteder and Mr. Victor J. Canfield Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Saenger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Segal Mrs. Kurt Seybold Dr. and Mrs. John C. Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Ethan B. Stanley II Mr. and Mrs. William Strubbe Dr. Sally Taylor Mr. Charles L. Thomas, Jr. Miss Arlene A. Thorwarth Nydia C. Tranter Nancy F. Walker Ms. Karen Webb Dr. Scottie Weiss Mr. Charles L. Wilhelm Jim and Esther Wright Mr. and Mrs. John M. Zoller

30 TO 34 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bavaria Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Lois and Joseph Brenner Mr. J. Robert Chambers Mrs. Carole Charleville Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chartock Geraldine V. Chavez Cincinnati Financial Corp. Mrs. Nancy R. Clagett Ms. Phyllis Tattershall England Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Park W. Gast Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gerson Mrs. Kenneth M. Gettelman Dr. Donald W. Good Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Goodman Ms. Deborah R. Grayson

Mrs. Robert F. Hartkemeier Irmgard and Horst Hehmann Mr. Robert Roesbery and Ms. Nancy Helwig Mrs. John J. Hutton Mr. Isaiah Hyman, Jr. Mrs. Patricia L. Jones Mr. Daryl E. Koebcke Mr. and Mrs. David Lemmon Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lichtenberger Ms. Vicky Mary Mrs. Jane Master Dr. and Mrs. James J. Nordlund Mrs. Lilián Estévez de Pagani Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Rolf Dr. Elaine Y. Rosin Mr. and Mrs. James E. Schwab

Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. William T. Sena, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Shulman Mr. Michael Slupski and Dr. Barbara Grajewski Mr. Andrew D. Smith Sandra and Henry Spitz Mr. Norman J. Thomas Mrs. J.S. Thornton Dr. Raymond J. Timmerman Mrs. Marcella G. Trice Ellen and Ray van der Horst Mr. Arnold Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Wellington Mrs. Henry R. Winkler Mr. Edward Jay Wohlgemuth Ms. Susan Wulsin

25 TO 29 YEARS Barbara Aberlin Emmit F. Ackdoe, M.D. Ms. Sandy Adams Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Andrews, Jr. Mr. Gary J. Anglin Mr. John F. Baer Gay Bain Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Baker Dr. Alfred J. Berger Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Boden Charlin and Peter Briggs

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Mrs. Cherylann D. Brinkman Mrs. Rebecca S. Brown Mr. Nicholas P. Ciafardini Sheila and Christopher Cole Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford Mr. and Mrs. George Croog Ms. Patricia Culley Mr. Daniel B. Cunningham and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham Mr. Stephen Dana

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Dolfini Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dudero Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edelman Dr. David and Mrs. Jill Fankhauser Harry and Linda Fath Dr. James D. Faulkner Ms. Alice Fegelman and Dr. Leo H. Munick Mr. Carl R. Fiora Ms. Donna Foust Mr. Ewin Gaby

William Kentridge:

More Sweetly Play the Dance Nowâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;November 5

Free Admission This exhibition is lead sponsored by: With additional support from:

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25 TO 29 YEARS CONT’D Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Gehrig Dr. Sheila C. Gelman and Dr. David Greenblatt Dr. Fredrick Gensler Valeria and Frederick R. Good Judge Robert H. Gorman Mr. Gerald S. Greenberg and Ms. Pamela Meyers Dr. Ralph A. Gruppo Mrs. Frederick Haffner Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn Ms. Kathleen M. Hammons Ms. Betty Harris Dr. and Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Mr. Roger D. Hickman Donald E. Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. David C. Horn Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Horne Mrs. James Hsu Mr. and Mrs. W.M. James Dr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Johnston Ms. Brenda Jones Mr. and Mrs. Alex Keller Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kief Mrs. Mary Anne Kingery Patrick M. Korb Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Kreider Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Kupferle

Evelyn and Fred Lang Richard and Susan Lauf Dr. and Mrs. Howard Leftwich Mrs. Linda Linker Adele and Thomas Lippert Eric D. Louden Ms. Kathryn Maier Mr. Brent Manley Mr. and Mrs. Don Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. James E. McCue Dr. and Mrs. Frank McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Lon Mendelsohn Mr. George E. Menges Jim and Linda Miller Mr. and Mrs. R. William Mischler Mr. and Mrs. William P. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Morton Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mouch Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mystkowski Ms. Valerie Newell and Mr. Timothy Smith Robert and Carol Olson Mr. and Mrs. John T. Osterman Dr. and Mrs. Alter G. Peerless Joseph and Susan Pichler Mr. John T. Price Mr. and Mrs. Philip Remmel Mr. William Renwick

Reverend David Robisch Mr. Joseph Schoettmer Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Schulhoff Mrs. David Schwieterman Mr. Arthur Shone Dr. and Mrs. George T. Shybut Mr. and Mrs. Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Gerald and Sarah Skidmore Dr. and Mrs. Howard Starnbach Dr. Judith K. Stein and Mr. Steven N. Stein Brett Stover Mr. and Mrs. John Striker Dr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Striker Ms. Bernadette Tallarico Mr. Garry Terrell and Ms. Rebecca Terrell Beverly Tonkens-VanGrov and Sherman VanGrov Larry and Beth Uhlenbrock Ginger and David Warner Robert J. Watkins and Helen P. Watkins Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Whitlatch Fr. Barry Windholtz Judge and Mrs. William H. Wolff, Jr. John M. Yacher Mrs. Karen Zollett

20 TO 24 YEARS Dr. and Mrs. Khosrow Alamin William and Eve Appleton Reverend Christopher R. Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Bankston Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bardes Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baumann Drs. Thomas and Barbara Boat Mr. and Mrs. David Brewer Dr. Walter Bruyninckx and Dr. Anne-Marie B. Blancquaert Mr. James D. Carr and Ms. Jane Wakerman Miss Norma L. Clark Cathy and Tom Crain Mrs. Jodelle S. Crosset Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker Dr. Leslie and Mr. Brian Dye Mr. Richard Freudenberger Mr. Richard D. Gegner Mrs. Janelle Gelfand Don Gray Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harcourt Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Heard The Honorable Nathaniel Jones

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Ms. Marlene Kessler Mr. Peter E. Koenig and Ms. Lucy Hodgson Mr. and Mrs. Jesse P. Lang Gail Lennig Dr. Jennifer M.H. Loggie Al and Mary J. López Joanie and Bill Lotts Luke and Neta Lovell Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Marks Dr. William J. Martin III and Mrs. Joyce Martin, J.D. Raymond and Madelynn Matlock Mrs. Ivan S. Misrach Northlich Mr. and Mrs. Fred Norton Mr. and Mrs. Neil O’Connor Mr. Charles Parsons Ms. Maria Ransdell Mr. Joseph Raterman Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Reid Mrs. Melody Sawyer Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Donald K. Riker Mr. and Mrs. Jim Robinson Ms. Sandra Sayers

Ms. Lauren Scharf Ann Gallagher Schoen and Jerry Schoen Kenneth C. Schonberg and Deborah Schultz Mr. John T. Schreiber and Ms. Claire E. Fessler Dr. and Mrs. Carl M. Sedacca Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Sheakley Ms. Sarah Shell Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Silverman Roger and Margaret Smith Mrs. Wilma Sommerfield Ms. Lois C. Spahn James Stapleton and Dr. Elizabeth Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. William Steenken Mrs. Paul A. Succop Mrs. Robert D. Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Szucs Barbara and Irwin Weinberg Anne M. Werner Ronna and Dr. James Willis Shelby O. Wood Dr. Richard Young

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Corbett Opera Fusion and Opera Fusion: New Works Photo by Philip Groshong

The Development of New Works

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage speaks to the audience during the public presentation of excerpts from Intimate Apparel at The Cincinnati Club in November 2016.

his year marks the 10th anniversary of Opera Fusion and the 6th anniversary of Opera Fusion: New Works. Funded by The Corbett Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, these collaborative programs between Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music have become nationally recognized for creating new American operatic repertoire and developing the next generation of talented artists. Cincinnati Opera is extremely grateful to both foundations for underwriting these groundbreaking programs. In June 2016, Cincinnati Opera premiered Fellow Travelers, an opera developed through Opera Fusion: New Works, to huge national and

international success. Glowing reviews from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Opera News were amplified around the world, telling a compelling story not only about Fellow Travelers and Cincinnati Opera, but also about Cincinnati. Since then, Opera Fusion: New Works has workshopped Some Light Emerges by Laura Kaminsky and partnered with The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater on Intimate Apparel, composed by Ricky Ian Gordon with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. This fall, Opera Fusion: New Works will develop its first international project: Hadrian, a piece by Rufus Wainwright, commissioned by the Canadian Opera Company.

2016–2017 Corbett Opera Fusion and Opera Fusion: New Works Participants Pedro André Arroyo Darren Benton Nicolette Book Dara Brown Thomas J. Capobianco Rebecca Clancy Skye Cone Wallace Craig Desiree Dawson

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From the Guild President

elcome to Cincinnati Opera’s 2017 Season! I would like to introduce you to the Cincinnati Opera Guild.

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Guild members are volunteers and Cincinnati Opera Ambassadors. Among our most important activities are the “Meet and Greets,” which kick off each opera’s rehearsal period, providing food and fellowship for the cast, crew, staff, and interns. It is a wonderful way to meet the opera stars! Our “Meet and Greets” were recently honored by Opera Volunteers International as a Project of Special Merit, recognizing the Cincinnati Opera Guild’s leadership and volunteer efforts in creating and sustaining this worthy project.

We will mark the end of another successful summer season with “It’s a Wrap,” a casual BBQ event. And, in early February 2018, we will host our 5th annual “Opera Lovers’ Feast” at Jean-Robert’s Table, with fabulous food and beautiful entertainment. Proceeds raise funds to support Opera Outbound programs and sponsorship of one opera each season. Please consider joining the Guild. We would love to include you as a member!

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Cincinnati Opera Guild Board The Cincinnati Opera Guild is an organization of committed volunteers who are dedicated to supporting the Opera. For over half a century, their activities have promoted awareness, generated public interest in the company, and deepened understanding of the art form. They bring many forms of expertise to advance the organization, especially education and engagement. Their support is essential to a vast array of ongoing activities and events, and they are among the Opera’s most enthusiastic ambassadors in Greater Cincinnati. Officers

President Virginia K. Cover+ Chairman Sarajane King*+ Secretary Betsi Brockmeier Karlee Hilliard

Honorary Chair Suzanne Hasl (H)*+° Eleanor C. Minkarah (H)* Patrick Korb (H)*+°

Meetings Chairs Lois Brenner+ Andrea Wiot

Social and Fundraising Chairs Beverly Oyler Hengameh Nassef

Meet and Greet Chairs Marlene Johnson+ Ellen Saenger

Outbound Chairs Marilyn Z. Ott+ Katja Lundgren Membership Chairs Julie Alamin+ Barbara Bardes

Member at Large Shelby Wood

On the Road Al López Mary López

Newsletter Editor Janet McDaniel

Mary Alice˚ and Sherwood W. McIntire˚ Eleanor C. Minkarah (H)* Patty Misrach Sue A. Mouch (H) Lawrence Mouch (H) Hengameh Nassef Christine Neyer+ Tom Osterman (H)*+ Marilyn Ott+ Marchelle° and O’Dell M. Owens° Beverly Oyler Lilian Pagani° Isabelle Paul° Daniel C. Rebhun (H)*+ Aileen B. Reinstatler (H)* Ed Requardt Gale Roberts Carol A. Rogers (H) Solveiga Rush+ Lois P. Rust Ellen Saenger Ruthann (H)*+° and G. James Sammarco° Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Schmidt° Normal Schoenberger°

Charles R. Schuler° Martha S. Seaman (H)* Trudie Seybold (H) Dale Shafer+ Joseph B. Shirley° Richard Sininger Margaret Smith+ Nancy° and Jeffrey Stambough° Barbara° and Joseph Stegmaier° Kim Strubbe Janet° and Paul A. Stuhlreyer III° Judy Thompson Janet Todd° Beverly Tonkens-VanGrov (H)+ Nydia Tranter+ Carol Turni Nancy Virgulak Jeannine Winkelmann (H)* Elizabeth Wohlgemuth° Andrea Wiot Shelby Wood+ Sylvia Yorke

Members

Julie Alamin+ Jennifer M. Allen* Anne Arenstein Paule Asch Barbara Bardes Helene Sullivan Bentley Mr. Alfred Berger, Jr.° Mary M. Bergstein (H) Carol Berliant Lois Brenner+ Charles Bretz Cherylann Brinkman* Betsi Brockmeier Nicholas P. Ciafardini (H)+° Nancy Clagett Virginia K. Cover+ Sonia Daoud James de Blasis˚ Claire E. Dierckes (H)* Joanna Doerner Jocelyn C. Dunphy (H)*+ Christopher E. Edwards (H)+ Marlesa A. Gray (H)* Barbara S. Hahn (H)+ Barbara Harshman+ Suzanne Hasl (H)*+° Julie Grady Heard (H)*+

Karlee Hilliard Emily M. Hodges Edita Hoffman Marlene Johnson+ Magdalena Kerschner Mel Hofmann Keumpel (H)*+ Zizi Khodadad Jennifer Kinnen (H) Sarajane King*+ Bo-Kyung Kirby Betty Klinedinst Patrick Korb (H)*+° Renu Kotwal Elizabeth Kuresman (H)*+ Bruce Lafferre Lorrie Laskey (H)* Richard Lauf (H)* Adele Lippert Erin Lombardi Al and Mary López Joanie Lotts (H)+ Carol Ludwig Katja Lundgren Taylor McCallum Kelly McConnell Janet McDaniel Ruth McDevitt (H)*+ (H) Honorary Member

*former Guild Board President

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°Lifetime member

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Celebrations and Honorariums During the last year, many individuals have made contributions to Cincinnati Opera in honor or in celebration of friends and family members. Cincinnati Opera is grateful for these thoughtful gifts.

In honor of Patty Beggs Marilyn Z. Ott Ellen and Gene Saenger In honor of Patty Beggs and Evans Mirageas Nancy Clagett In honor of Patty Beggs’s and Evans Mirageas’s contract extensions Anonymous In honor of Ginny Cover’s birthday and Guild presidency From her family In honor of Dan Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Brett Nichols In honor of Vivian Dobur Beatrice Lampkin In honor of Olga Duarte Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Heidt, Jr. In honor of Thomas and Amanda Geracioti Ms. Tracy Butts In honor of Thomas and Amanda Geracioti’s wedding Sneja and Raffi Tomassian

Contributions from May 16, 2016 to May 15, 2017

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In honor of Don Hoffman Susan and Tom Osha

In honor of Lois Rust Ginny and Jack Cover

In honor of Gary “Doc” Huffman Lovelace & Associates, Inc.

In honor of Ken Segal’s 80th birthday Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baron

In honor of Doug Ignatius’s birthday Ms. Janet Ignatius

In honor of Amy Stier’s 25 years with the company Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Ginny and Jack Cover Barbara and Jack Hahn, D.D.S.

In honor of Doug Kennedy and Jessica Winters’s wedding Ms. Laura Bouch-Raasch Mr. and Mrs. Steven Britton Patrick Deville Nancy Dudero Ms. Barbara M. Kriz Mr. Michael Puckett Mr. and Mrs. James R. Tarbell In honor of Evans Mirageas and Thomas Dreeze John Boggess and Ryan Steffen In honor of Ohio National’s Board Members and CEO Group Gary “Doc” and Milly Huffman

In honor of Dr. John and Susan Tew’s 50th wedding anniversary Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Cathy and Tom Crain Gary “Doc” and Milly Huffman Mr. Peter Schwartz Sneja and Raffi Tomassian In honor of Anne and Allen Zaring’s 50th wedding anniversary Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack

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In Memoriam During the last year, many individuals have made contributions to Cincinnati Opera in memory of friends and family members. Cincinnati Opera is grateful for these thoughtful gifts.

In memory of Scott Atkinson Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Christopher D. Edwards In memory of Denise Colbert Ms. Gayle Trump In memory of Betty Colker Anonymous Mr. Gordon Bogdan Ms. Barbara A. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson Mr. Stephen Smookler

Ms. Deb Jackson Richard and Susan Lauf Margaret LeMasters, M.D. Zell Schulman Scripps Howard Foundation

In memory of Glenn LaRue Plott Ms. Deb Jackson

In memory of David C. Herriman Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Dorothy Anne Blatt Tom Levine

In memory of Susan Schmidt Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel The Franchot L. Ballinger Trust Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Mr. Jon Berger Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan III Ginny and Jack Cover Mr. and Mrs. Joe Friedl Ms. Colleen Gerwe Jerome S. Glazer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kitei Ms. Mary Neater Marilyn Z. Ott Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Syroney Mrs. Andrea K. Wiot

In memory of Donna Hoffman Donald E. Hoffman

In memory of Susan Crittenden J. Patrick Tatum

In memory of Dr. Robert Karp Dr. Onassis Caneris

In memory of Linda Fantetti-Eisele Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gumbleton

In memory of William Keating, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gumbleton

In memory of Louis Gastright, Jr. Ms. Rosemary Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beck Ms. Bonnie Beverage Ms. Cheryl Brown Mrs. Mary Ann Cheevers Ms. Linda Cunningham Ms. Sharon Gastright Mr. and Mrs. David Hentz Mr. and Mrs. David Klocke Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Klocke Charles McCarthy Ms. Nancy Overman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wietholter Ms. Deborah M. Williams Mary Jo Wuestefeld

In memory of Barbara Kley Marilyn Z. Ott

In memory of Marian Gumbleton Patricia K. and James D. Beggs In memory of Dr. Robert Hasl Anonymous Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel Ms. Helenne Gettenberg Marlesa A. Gray The Hasl Family Ms. Emily M. Hodges

Contributions from May 16, 2016 to May 15, 2017

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In memory of Dr. Charlie Kuntz IV Anonymous Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Cathy and Tom Crain Mr. Michael Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Jennings Marilyn and Charles Kuntz, M.D. Mayfield Brain and Spine Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. Gabriella and Mario Zuccarello, M.D. In memory of Herbert Kuppin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gumbleton In memory of Jack McKee Kemper Florin Chris Milligan Ashley Tongret and Matthew Jent In memory of Beryl Merritt Mrs. Beryl Merritt In memory of Katherine Orwoll Mr. Joseph Greco

In memory of Daniel James Robb Mrs. Barbara W. Robb

In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Stewart Silvermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister Ms. Joyce Elkus In memory of Jack Tranter Nydia C. Tranter In memory of Joyce VanWye Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Ginny and Jack Cover In memory of Phyllis J. Weston, in support of Song from the Uproar Patricia K. and James D. Beggs John Cobey and Jan Frankel Cathy and Tom Crain Elizabeth Kathman Grubow and Jerry Kathman Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell In memory of Gene M. Wilson Anne, Suzy, and Rachel Wilson

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Remembrances As we pause to reflect on the loss of several important members of the Opera family, we invite you to join us in celebrating the many contributions of these extraordinary individuals.

SCOTT ATKINSON

NORMA PETERSEN

A creative spirit who expressed his artistic vision in the medium of floral creations, to the benefit of Cincinnati Opera, May Festival, Cincinnati Art Museum, Taft Museum of Art, and a myriad of weddings and parties throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The July 1 performance of Frida is dedicated to his memory.

An Over-the-Rhine advocate long before it was fashionable, she was a founding trustee and later the President of the Society for the Preservation of Music Hall. An arts education advocate, she partnered with Erich Kunzel in championing Elm Street for the new location of the School for Creative and Performing Arts.

LOUISE BROOKS

SUSAN SCHMIDT

Longtime Music Hall Usher and Greeter whose statuesque form, purple scarf, and brilliant, welcoming smile will be missed by all.

Devoted opera fan and co-chair of Zoo Opera Days, a weekend of family-friendly activities and operas performed by children at the Cincinnati Zoo to celebrate Cincinnati Opera’s 75th Anniversary.

HERBERT COLKER He and his late wife, Betty, met at a Cincinnati Opera performance at the Zoo over 70 years ago. They became Cincinnati Opera subscribers, donors, and members of the Society of Angels, and coordinated annual bus trips from West Virginia to attend Cincinnati Opera performances.

DR. HENRY HEIMLICH An icon known for his life-saving maneuver, this Cincinnati doctor was an Opera subscriber and donor, underwriting artists including Shu-Ying Li in 2008’s Madame Butterfly, William Burden in the 2009 production of Carmen, and Maestro Robert Spano for Otello in 2010.

DAVID C. HERRIMAN An always elegant gentleman whose activities ranged from Covington’s Riverfront development to a passion for the arts. He was a tireless community activist and a Cincinnati Opera patron, subscriber, and donor. A significant funder of Cincinnati Opera’s 2016 world premiere, Fellow Travelers, he was honored at the Opera’s 2015 Pride Night Celebration for his work in the LGBT community.

WILLIAM M. HOFFMAN Librettist for Cincinnati Opera’s 2015 world premiere Morning Star and The Metropolitan Opera’s The Ghosts of Versailles. A Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee, he won a Drama Desk Award for his play As Is.

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JOYCE VANWYE Joyce was an 18-year employee of Cincinnati Opera as Subscription Manager and an Honorary Opera Trustee since 1997. While working within Music Hall for the Opera, she co-founded the Society for the Preservation of Music Hall and became its President, and later a Director Emeritus. She was a passionate musician and worked for the musicians’ union, founded the Cincinnati Community Orchestra, and was recognized in 1969 as an Enquirer Woman of the Year for bringing music to Terrace Park, Ohio.

GENE MERRILL WILSON A long-term donor to Cincinnati Opera, Gene and his wife Anne Warrington Wilson supported the Opera consistently over the past 15 years. After his passing in February 2016, his family made a generous gift in Gene’s memory to support New Works at Cincinnati Opera. Our 2017 production of Song from the Uproar, the first opera by a female composer presented by Cincinnati Opera, is dedicated to Gene’s memory.

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Acknowledgments Cincinnati Opera wishes to thank those who donated services and assistance to make our 2017 season a success.

Artist Housing: AHI Corporate Housing (Lauryn Zanone); Thomas Cochill and Jack Emery; Jon Gibson and Eric Peguero; Barbara and Jack Hahn, D.D.S.; Lisa Hasson; Naomi Lewin; Evans Mirageas and Thomas Dreeze; Kitty Strauss Rosenthal and Dick Rosenthal; Marcus Shields; Matthew Swanson Artist Services & Donations: Ronald T. Bates, 1919 Investment Counsel; Cincinnati Baila!, for providing dancers for Frida; Maestro Mark Gibson, for his generous assistance with La Bohème; Kevin Jones, Huntington Bank; David Reichert, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur; Murray Sinclaire, Jr., Ross, Sinclaire & Associates; Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Virgulak Banking Services: PNC Bank; Huntington Bank Gifts-In-Kind: A Catered Affair; Michael Bambino & Co.; Charlin and Peter Briggs; Cincinnati Art Galleries; Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel/Jean-Robert’s Table; Vivian Dobur; eat well, LLC; Frida 602; Funky’s Catering Events; Goodwin Lighting Services; Barbara and Jack Hahn, D.D.S.; Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza; Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine; The Kroger Company; Linette and Daniel Kuy; LPK; Ryan L. Messer and James Musuraca-Messer; David and Vicky Motch; Kathy Nardiello; Nicholson’s & the Backstage Event Center; Robert Olson, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP; Opening Minds Entertainment/DJ Vikas; Dr. Beatriz Porras and Dr. Alvaro A. Ryes; Prime Cincinnati; Joe Rigotti/Accent on Cincinnati; Murray Sinclaire, Jr.; Litsa Spanos/Art Design Consultants; Cheryl and Carlin Stamm; Brett Stover; Donna Talerico; Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D., and Robert Toltzis, M.D.; Vintner Select/Gordon Hullar and Doris Holzheimer; Vonderhaar’s Catering, Inc.; Wellmann’s Brands; Ronna and James Willis, M.D.; Anne and Allen Zaring III; Zula

Schoen, Jeffrey S. Shoskin, Douglas D. Thomson, Frost Brown Todd LLP Matching Gift Companies: AK Steel Foundation; Bank of America Charitable Foundation; GE Foundation; Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies; Macy’s; PNC Bank; Scripps Howard Foundation; U.S. Bank Media Partners: CET; Cincinnati Business Courier; WGUC-FM; WVXU-FM Official Piano Technician: Russell McNamara, Piano Perfect Opera Goes to Church/Temple Partners: Courtis Fuller, host Allen Temple A.M.E. Church: Alphonse Allen, Sr. Pastor; Jasmine Habersham, soprano; Phillip Bullock, baritone; The Michael Cruse Quartet; The Allen Temple A.M.E. Church Combined Choir, Marcellene Winfrey, Minister of Music, director Church of Our Saviour/La Iglesia de Nuestro Salvador: Paula M. Jackson, Senior Pastor/ host; Catalina Cuervo, soprano; Jasmine Habersham, soprano; La’Shelle Allen, contralto; Pedro André Arroyo, tenor; Ricardo Herrera, baritone; Jamiquel West, soloist; Josiah West, rapper and drummer; Shayonna West, soloist; Jonathan Tan, Ph.D., Musician in Residence; Eric Drury, Music Scholar; Bishop Todd O’Neal, Vocal Coach

Investment Managers: PNC Institutional Investments; Johnson Investment Counsel; 1919 Investment Counsel; Fort Washington Capital Partners Group

Opera Outbound Partners: ABCArts (Riverview East Academy); Aronoff Center for the Arts; Cincinnati Art Museum; Cincinnati State Technical and Community College; Cottingham Retirement Community; Fitton Center for Creative Arts; IKEA; Kroger; Mallard Cove Senior Living; MariElders; Marjorie P. Lee Retirement Community; The Mercantile Library (Amy Hunter); Middletown Arts Center; Fred Plotkin; Taft Museum of Art; University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Professor Emma Griffin); UC Health Performance and Professional Voice Center; Whole Foods; The Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati; Xavier University (Rich Schnipke, Thomas Dreeze)

Legal Assistance: Boris Auerbach; Robert W. Olson, Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr., Charles E. Baverman III, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP; Sarah Clay Leyshock, Julia B. Meister, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP; Ann

Production Partners & In-Kind: AJG Risk Management; Arnold’s Bar & Grill; Cincinnati Arts Association; Cincinnati Ballet; Cincinnati Music Hall; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Cincinnati

Green Room Hospitality: Nick Ciafardini

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Shakespeare Company; Cincinnati Stage Employees Local 5 IATSE; Cincinnati Wardrobe Union Local 864 IATSE; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden; Goodwin Lighting Services; Hands-On Rigging; Hase & Associates, Ltd.; Paul H. Lippe, Inc.; Pebble Creek Group; School for Creative and Performing Arts; SEKO Logistics CVG; University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Production Departments Program Book: Produced by Cincinnati Magazine: Publisher Ivy Bayer; Director of Editorial Operations Amanda Boyd Walters; Art Director Danielle Johnson. Opera Editorial Assistance by Matthew Jent. Special Event Hosts: Cincinnati Art Galleries; Elizabeth Kathman Grubow and Jerry Kathman; Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine; Linette and Daniel Kuy; Mr. Ryan L. Messer and Mr. James A. MusuracaMesser; David and Vicky Motch; Dr. Beatriz Porras and Dr. Alvaro A. Ryes; Cheryl and Carlin Stamm; Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D., and Robert Toltzis, M.D.; Anne and Allen Zaring III Special thanks to our in-kind donors: All those who generously donated items for the 2016 Online Auction.

Strategic Partners: Catacoustic Consort; concert:nova; ROKCincy Underwriters of the School for Creative and Performing Arts Professional Trainee Program:

Cincinnati Opera is a proud member of: ArtsWave; Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau; Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber; Downtown Cincinnati, Inc.; Greater Cincinnati Alliance for Arts Education; Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce; Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA; Ohio Alliance for Arts Education; Ohio Citizens for the Arts; OPERA America; Opera Volunteers International; Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce; Society for the Preservation of Music Hall Cincinnati Opera would like to acknowledge the continuing support of the leadership team of the Cincinnati Arts Association, including Steve Loftin, Todd Duesing, and Brenda Carter. They, their staff, and crew heads have been invaluable throughout our time at our temporary home at the Aronoff Center for the Arts.

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Cincinnati Opera Staff Patricia K. Beggs The Harry Fath General Director & CEO Administration & Finance Christopher Milligan Managing Director & CMO Michael J. Veroni Chief Financial Officer Amy Stier Director of Human Resources & Administration Kelly Holterhoff Executive Assistant Matt Singleton Information Technology Manager Darlene Zoz Controller Marsha Munafo Finance Assistant Ashley Haines Administrative Intern Development Sneja H. Tomassian Director of Development Lissa Urriquia Gapultos Director of Corporate & Foundation Giving Teddy Gumbleton Individual Giving Manager Melanie Schmid Event Logistics & Revenue Manager Joe Carlo Database & Shared Services Associate Deborah Stevens Development Intern Marketing & Public Relations Ashley Tongret Director of Public Relations Tracy L. Wilson Director of Community Relations

Scott Youger Ticketing System Manager

James Geier Wig & Make-up Designer

Todd Dignan-Cummins Flyman

Jemannie Luong Opera Outbound & Community Relations Associate

Shannon Hutchins Amy Whitaker Wig & Make-up Artists

E.J. Mechley Production Electrician

Andrea Davies Public Relations Intern

Megan Bennett Constance Dubinski Grubbs Liam Roche Jennifer Picone Production Stage Managers

Andrew Dielman Marketing Intern Philip J. Groshong Company Photographer Artistic Evans Mirageas The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director Marcus KĂźchle Director of Artistic Operations Amanda Carmen Pursell Artistic Services Manager Henri Venanzi Chorus Master Michael Ciavaglia Assistant Chorus Master Levi Hammer Elena Kholodova Marie-France Lefebvre Valerie Pool Carol Walker Pianists Andrew Nienaber Marco Pelle Assistant Directors

Rebecca Clancy Technical Assistant Wallace Craig Pauline Humbert Imani Robinson Stage Management Interns Marcella Barbeau Jessica Drayton Lighting Interns Manika Gupta Design Intern Bethany Windham Rehearsal Department Intern Olivia Leigh Scenic Artist Intern

Laura Sabo Super Captain

Levi Kiess Properties Intern

Valerie Pool Supertitles Coordinator

Gabby Barta Malaysia Bell Olivia Dunn Kailyn Durrett Briana Green Iris Harmon Robert Hill-Guarino Sam Kerns Emily Muench Aliea Ray Monica Walker Professional Trainees

Darren Benton Margaret Schierberg Artistic Interns Production Glenn Plott Director of Production Kate Brockmeier Production Operations Manager Sarah Clark Production Administrator

Amy Hildebrand Marketing Manager

Thomas C. Hase Lighting Director

Huangyu (Kelly) Ju Data Analyst

Bailey Costa Associate Lighting Director

Aimee Sposito Martini Senior Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Rebecca Senske Costume Manager

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Ruth Wartman Scenic & Prop Charge Artist

Chiara Perrone Directing Intern

Kemper Florin Opera Outbound Manager

Lori L. Hiltenbeitel Ticketing Operations Manager

Julie Chin Skye Cone Hannah Holthaus Hayley Hunt Jennifer Picone Brooke Redler Caroline Walker Assistant Stage Managers

Chad Phillips Assistant Costume Manager

Technical Gary Kidney Technical Director Robert Lay Master Carpenter Jon Chevalier Construction Carpenter Kevin Eviston David Hall Carpenter Second Hands

John Parr Electric Second Hand Allan Bird Board Operator Kevin Barth Master of Properties Tim Fowler Property Second Hand Cedric Collier Head Sound Technician Cherl Beyersdoerfer Costumer Pat Hanlon Assistant Costumer Jackie Andrews Elizabeth Kline Noelle Wedig Wardrobe Technicians Aronoff Center Technical Staff Robert Haas Technical Director Terry Sheridan Head Carpenter Thomas Lane Head Electrician Thomas Dignan, Jr. Head Audio Engineer Steve Schofield Production Technician House Staff Nancy Bailey Jill Jantzen Josh Levin Will Meriwether Zach Quortrop Matthew Ramler Customer Service Representatives Mark DeWitt Gordon Graham Mike Snyder Linda Vaccariello Audio Description Candace LoFrumento Aronoff Events Manager Chuck Beatty Aronoff House Manager

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General Information Please Note... • Latecomers will be admitted to the auditorium at the discretion of management. • Please do not place coats or other objects on the balcony railings. • Please turn off all mobile devices and signal watches during performances. • Please refrain from talking, texting, and tweeting during performances. • Aronoff Center for the Arts is a smoke-free building. • Eating and drinking are strictly forbidden inside the auditorium with the exception of bottled water. •

Due to the adult subject matter and in consideration for all patrons we require that children be at least 7 years of age to be admitted to mainstage productions.

Opera Insights An overview of each opera is presented one hour prior to curtain. Locations are the Jarson-Kaplan Theater for Procter & Gamble Hall performances, the Procter & Gamble Orchestra Lobby for Jarson-Kaplan Theater performances, and the Rehearsal Hall beneath the Fifth Third Bank Theater for performances in the Fifth Third Bank Theater. Free to all ticket holders. Meet the Artists Patrons may meet performers outside the stage door on Seventh Street. Assistive Listening System An infra-red wireless

receiver for the hearing impaired is available upon request at the Guest Services Desk in the Procter & Gamble Hall lobby and the coat room of the Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Audio Description Live descriptions of stage

action for the visually impaired are presented by trained describers at all Procter & Gamble Hall performances. Please inquire with event personnel. Accessible Seating Wheelchair access and

assistance with other mobility issues are available. Please request locations or assistance when ordering tickets, and please reserve early. A courtesy wheelchair is available upon request on a first-come, first-served basis for patrons needing assistance from the curb or lobby to their seats. Patrons can ask any usher for assistance. Elevators All theaters and meeting spaces within

the Aronoff Center are accessible to patrons with physical disabilities. Once inside the building, all levels are accessible by elevator. For the Procter & Gamble Hall, two elevators are available for patron use, one in the Weston Art Gallery and one near the Aronoff Center Box Office. The Jarson-Kaplan Theater elevator is to the left of the theater entrance.

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Accessible Doors For the Procter & Gamble Hall, automatic accessible doors are located at the Weston Art Gallery entrance on the plaza near Seventh and Walnut Streets. For the Jarson-Kaplan Theater, automatic accessible doors are located on the south end of the building near Sixth and Walnut Streets. For the Fifth Third Bank Theater, there is a ramp to the entrance, but no automatic door. Restrooms All restrooms in the Aronoff Center

are accessible to people with disabilities. Restrooms for the Procter & Gamble Hall are located in the side corridors on both sides of the lobbies, except on the Balcony level, where restrooms are located on the north side of the lobby only. Restrooms for the Jarson-Kaplan Theater are one level below the theater and are accessible by elevator. Restrooms for the Fifth Third Bank Theater are one level below the theater entrance, accessible by stairs or elevator.

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Taxi Service Taxi service may be requested by

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Broadcasts Cincinnati Opera’s 2017 season will be aired on WGUC 90.9 FM. Contributions Gifts of all sizes are welcome and important to the Opera. To make a donation or to inquire about donor benefits, honor or memorial gifts, or acknowledgments, please contact Teddy Gumbleton, Individual Giving Manager, at (513) 768-5520 or tgumbleton@cincinnatiopera.org. Merchandise To purchase merchandise, contact Kelly Holterhoff at (513) 768-5511 or kholterhoff@ cincinnatiopera.org. Program Advertising Cincinnati Opera does

not necessarily endorse the views, products, or services presented by program advertisers. For information about advertising in the program book, contact Ashley Tongret at (513) 768-5526 or atongret@cincinnatiopera.org.

Box Office Hours Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays on which there are performances from 12 noon through the first intermission.

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