Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni Mozart

April 26 & 28, 2013 Overture Hall

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Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 8 p.m. | Garner Park rain date: Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Free admission!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Opera in the Park features familiar opera hits, selections from Broadway, and highlights from the upcoming Madison Opera season. With the outstanding talents of the Madison Opera Chorus, the Madison Symphony Orchestra, and some of opera’s brightest stars, Opera in the Park is a FREE community event perfect for audiences of ALL ages!

Garner Park opens at 7 a.m. the day of the concert. Blankets, chairs, food and beverages are permitted.

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Kathryn Smith, General Director | John DeMain, Artistic Director

Madison Opera’s production of

Don Giovanni is made possible through the generous support of

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with additional funds from the Evjue Foundation, Inc., the charitable arm of the Capital Times

with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts

Artist Underwriting Provided by E. David Cronon Trust Bolz Family Endowment Fund The Madison Opera High School Apprenticeship Program is made possible with contributions from: The Arline & Roland Johnson Scholarship Fund

The Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation Madison Opera is proud to be a member of

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Don Giovanni

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Premiered October 29, 1787 at the Teatro di Praga in Prague, Czech Republic Third production at Madison Opera Sung in Italian with English supertitles

Characters in order of vocal appearance Leporello Donna Anna Don Giovanni Il Commendatore

Matt Boehler Elizabeth Caballero Kelly Markgraf* Nathan Stark*

Don Ottavio

Wesley Rogers*

Donna Elvira

Caitlin Lynch

Zerlina Masetto

Angela Mannino* John Arnold+ +

Conductor Stage Director Fight Director Chorus Master Scenic Designer

* Madison Opera debut Madison Opera Studio Artist

Joseph Mechavich* Elise Sandell* Jeff Skubal Anthony Cao Erhard Rom

Costume Designer

John Pascoe

Lighting Designer

Ben Zamora*

Wig and Make-up Designer

Jan Ross

The performance will last approximately 3 hours, including one intermission.

Scenery is provided courtesy of Virginia Opera.

The costumes for this production are designed by John Pascoe, originally created for Michigan Opera Theatre and made possible by a generous grant from the Ford Motor Company.

Supertitles by Cori Ellison Madison Opera • 4

MADISON OPERA STAFF AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES General Director...............................................................................................................Kathryn Smith Artistic Director....................................................................................................................John DeMain Director of Development.............................................................................................Lizabeth Tolles Director of Finance.......................................................................................................Jennifer Fenster Manager of Marketing and Community Engagement.........................................Ronia Holmes Patron Services Manager..........................................................................................Amalia Goldberg Artistic Manager......................................................................................................Salvatore S. Vasta III Development Associate................................................................................................Marcella Dover Director of Production.............................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director and Warehouse Coordinator.....................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager..................................................................................................Jill Krynicki BOARD OF TRUSTEES President.........................................................................................................................Stephen Hurley* Chairman.............................................................................................................................Thomas Terry* Vice President...................................................................................................................Phillip Certain* Vice President......................................................................................................................Charles Ford* Treasurer................................................................................................................................Joyce Hirsch* Secretary...................................................................................................................................Sally Miley* Elliott Abramson Carla J. Alvarado Martin Barrett* George Croal Robert Dinndorf James Ebben Gina Gialamas* Jim Greer*

David A. Hart Fran Klos* Rhonda Lanford Susan Lipp Patti Lucas Peter Lundberg* Michael McArdle Connie Maxwell

Sonja Micksch Charles Mueller John Ronzia Jim Ruhly Sean Sennott Sharyn Stumpf Jan Von Haden Tom Wilkinson* *Executive Committee

LIFE TRUSTEES Lois Dick Aileen Jensen

Joanna Overn Margaret Winston

ADVISORS Bert Adams Marian Bolz Kennedy Gilchrist Theodore Iltis

Karen Kretschmann Fern Lawrence J. Marshall Osborn* Elaine Staley

MADISON OPERA FOUNDATION Martin Barrett, President Joyce Hirsch Marian Bolz Stephen Hurley

Karen Walsh Helen Wineke

Connie Maxwell Thomas Terry

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Dear Friends, Don Giovanni’s journey from homicide to hell in Mozart’s take on Don Juan ends our “Season of Temptation.” This performance will be as much fun to watch as it is to hear.

The cast and chorus are in glorious voice, the maestro nonpareil, the orchestra is skilled and exuberant. The music is deservedly legendary. It is the kind of performance which we hope you’ve come to expect of us. Though Don Giovanni is our final mainstage production this season, we’ve still more to give: Opera in the Park, this year on July 13; and in the fall, the opening of the Madison Opera Center.

When our staff and trustees get together with our counterparts from other opera companies, we’re always asked about Opera in the Park and the questioners don’t attempt to hide their envy. It is, as Kathryn Smith has oft said, one of our most important performances of the year. We host 14,000 Madisonians and their neighbors in a joyful celebration of and with the community which has been so generous to us. Those who enjoy opera find the venue enchanting; and those who’ve never experienced opera leave with a sense of what they’ve missed, and all have a memorable time. Of course, it’s the ambiance and the music which make it so enjoyable, but in equal part it’s the sense of community which the event brings to us. 14,000 people and yet it feels intimate.

We have succeeded through the years because you attend the performances and we have succeeded because you support us. Your gifts small and large have sustained us and have made us better. Those gifts have also allowed us to realize our dream of a permanent home. We’ve now broken ground on the Madison Opera Center to which we’ll move later this year. It will house our offices and music library, provide us rehearsal, costume and meeting space and it will be easily accessible to you. Through this increased presence downtown, near Overture Center, we hope to contribute even more to the thriving Madison arts community. So, thank you for your generosity. Please don’t stop.

I’ll see you at Opera in the Park, and when we open the doors of the Opera Center this fall, stop in. We’ll have a cup of coffee for you.

Stephen Hurley, President, Madison Opera Board of Trustees

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2013/14 | John DeMain’s 20th Anniversary Season

Tosca Giacomo Puccini

November 1 & 3, 2013 | Overture Hall Sung in Italian with projected English translation

A traditional classic. Puccini’s taut masterpiece thrills both musically and dramatically,interweaving intense passion and murderous jealousy with soaring music.

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Gaetano Donizetti

February 7 & 9, 2014 | Capitol Theater at Overture Center

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Sung in French with projected English translation Opera

Entertainment, pure and simple. Donizetti’s sweet boy-meets-girl, boy-gets-girl story, laced with comedy and vocal pyrotechnics, will delight audiences of all ages.

Man Walking

Jake Heggie

April 25 & 27, 2014 | Overture Hall Sung in English with projected text

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Parental advisory: This opera contains nudity, graphic violence, and explicit language, and is not recommended for anyone under age 18.

Madiso

One of the greatest operas ever written.

Its shattering story begins with a violent crime and ends in silence, leaving no one who encounters it unchanged.

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Dear Friends,

production to life.

When people ask me what I love about my job, I sometimes say that it’s having Mozart as a co-worker.

It’s a cliché to talk about his genius, and yet it says something that his operas are still as vital and important now as when they were composed. Don Giovanni is a stunning piece, but not a simple one. We have a vibrant young cast – many in their Madison Opera debuts or role debuts – and it’s been a true pleasure to bring this

This spring has also seen the start of construction of the Madison Opera Center.

As I write this, the concrete has been poured, plumbing pipes are installed, and my desk is littered with paint samples. Hopefully by the time you’re reading this, walls will have gone up and the shape of the space is coming into view. We will be moving into our new home this summer, and I look forward to inviting you all into the space next year.

It is a distinct pleasure to announce our 2013/14 season, which is John DeMain’s 20th anniversary with Madison Opera. We open in Overture Hall with Tosca, Puccini’s dramatically thrilling masterpiece. We return to the Capitol Theater for the first time in five years with the Madison Opera premiere of Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment, a boy-meet-girl, boy-gets-girl comedy that is pure entertainment. The season closes in Overture Hall with Dead Man Walking, a modern masterpiece by Jake Heggie that one critic says has “the most concentrated impact of any piece of American music theatre since West Side Story.” Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean and the movie of the same name, the story of the relationship between Sister Helen and a convict on death row is incredibly powerful, and I cannot wait to share it with our community.

Enjoy tonight’s show – and I’ll see you on July 13 in Garner Park for Opera in the Park!

Cheers,

Kathryn Smith General Director

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THE STORY OF THE OPERA Spain, 1780s

Don Giovanni

ACT I Leporello, servant to the nobleman Don Giovanni, keeps watch outside the Commendatore’s home at night. Suddenly, the Commendatore’s daughter, Donna Anna, rushes out, struggling with the masked Giovanni and followed by her father. The Commendatore challenges Giovanni to a duel and is killed. Giovanni and Leporello escape. Anna asks her fiancé, Don Ottavio, to avenge her father’s death.

Giovanni and Leporello encounter one of Giovanni’s former conquests, Donna Elvira, who is devastated by his betrayal.

Leporello tells her she is neither the first nor the last woman to fall victim to Giovanni and shows her his catalogue with the names of every woman Giovanni has seduced.

Peasants celebrate the marriage of Masetto and Zerlina. Giovanni flirts with the bride, telling her she is destined for a better life, but Elvira tells Zerlina to flee from him.

She also warns Anna, who is still unaware of the identity of her father’s murderer and has asked Giovanni for help in finding the man. Giovanni, for his part, insists that Elvira is mad, and Anna and Ottavio wonder what to believe. As Giovanni leaves, Anna suddenly recognizes his voice as that of the murderer. Devastated but determined, she once more asks Ottavio to avenge her.

Giovanni, who has invited the entire wedding party to his palace, looks forward to an evening of drinking and carousing.

Outside Giovanni’s home, Zerlina asks Masetto to forgive her. Giovanni enters and leads them both inside. Anna, Elvira, and

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Ottavio appear masked and are invited in by Leporello. In the ballroom, Giovanni flirts with Zerlina, then drags her into the adjoining room. When she cries for help, Giovanni blames Leporello. Anna, Elvira, and Ottavio take off their masks and, along with Zerlina and Masetto, accuse Giovanni, who is momentarily surprised but manages to slip away.

INTERMISSION ACT II Having exchanged clothes with Giovanni, Leporello takes Elvira on a nighttime walk, leaving his master free to serenade her maid. When Masetto arrives with friends to hunt down Giovanni, the disguised Don beats up Masetto. Zerlina finds her bruised fiancé and comforts him. Later that night, Leporello—still believed by Elvira to be Giovanni—is surprised by Anna, Ottavio, Zerlina, and Masetto, who all denounce the supposed Don. Fearing for his life, Leporello reveals his true identity before making his escape. Ottavio proclaims that he will take revenge on Giovanni and asks the others to look after Anna. Elvira thinks about Giovanni, whom she still loves in spite of everything.

In a cemetery, Giovanni and Leporello meet the statue of the Commendatore, who warns Giovanni that by morning he will laugh no longer. Giovanni forces the terrified Leporello to invite the statue to dinner. The statue accepts.

Once again, Ottavio asks Anna to marry him, but she replies that she will not until her father’s death has been avenged. Elvira arrives at Giovanni’s palace and makes a last desperate attempt to persuade him to change his life, but he only laughs at her. The spirit of the Commendatore enters and insists Giovanni repent. When he boldly refuses, he is consumed by flames. Elvira, Anna, Ottavio, Zerlina, Masetto, and Leporello contemplate their futures and the fate of an immoral man.

- Courtesy of Opera News

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PRODUCTION PERSONNEL Production Manager..........................................................................................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director.............................................................................................................................................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager..............................................................................................................................................................Jill Krynicki Assistant Stage Managers.............................................................................................................Sean Corcoran, Kate Goodall Production Assistant....................................................................................................................................................................Fiona Findlater Rehearsal Pianist...............................................................................................................................................................................Scott Gendel Assistant Director........................................................................................................................................................................Maureen Janson Chorus Pianist...........................................................................................................................................................................................Joy Bauman Costume Supervisor...................................................................................................................................................Karen Brown-Larimore Assistant Costume Supervisor..............................................................................................................................Jenni Schwaner-Ladd Costume Crew........................................................................................................................................Virginia Bessert, Brenna Farmer,

Laurie Leveritt, Janine Wardale, Sharon White

Wig and Make-Up Designer................................................................................................................................................................Jan Ross Wig and Make-Up Crew..........................................................................................Leslie Frank-Taylor, Liz Rathke, Bob Ross Props Master...................................................................................................................................................................................Jennifer Childers Props Coordinator...........................................................................................................................................................................Susan Rathke Props Crew...........................................................................................................................................Katherine Dutcher, Paolo Desiati,

Rosemary Johnson, Elaine Stanley

Supertitles Cue Master......................................................................................................................................................................Aileen Wall Preview Artists...........................................................................................................................................Kirstin Ihde, Jessica Lee Timman Master Carpenter.....................................................................................................................................................................................John Elliott House Carpenter................................................................................................................................................................David Gerschbach Scenic Decorator......................................................................................................................................................................................Liz Rathke Assistant Lighting Designer.....................................................................................................................................................Spencer Lyons House Electrician................................................................................................................................................................................Gary Cleven Overture Hall Technical Director................................................................................................................................Steve Schroeder Theater Technicians................................................................................................................................John Frautschy, Davin Pickell,

Jim Schaefer, Frank Schneeberger

Production Stage Crew.................................................................................................................Members of IATSE 251

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Photographer.................................................................................................................................................................................................James Gill Videographer.............................................................................................................................................Jim Hoffmann, Video Memories

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MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA John DeMain, Music Director VIOLIN I Suzanne Beia— Concertmaster Naha Greenholtz Leanne Kelso League Huy Luu Olga Pomolova Alice Bartsch Eleanor Bartsch Deanndra Deblack

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MEET THE ARTISTS John Arnold Masetto

Madison Opera debut: Galileo Galilei Recently with Madison Opera: Acis and Galatea, Un Ballo in Maschera Recently: Joseph De Rocher, Dead Man Walking (Boston Opera Collaborative); Angelotti, Tosca and The Father, The Prodigal Son (Kentucky Opera); Bob Beckett, H.M.S. Pinafore (Opera New Jersey); Leporello, Don Giovanni and Schaunard, La Bohème (UW-Madison) Upcoming: Colline, La Bohème, Count Capulet, Roméo et Juliette, Pietro, Simon Boccanegra, and Pierre Monteux, Danse Russe (Kentucky Opera); Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro (Merola Opera Program)

Matt Boehler Leporello

Madison Opera debut: Opera in the Park 2012 Recently: Hotel Manager, Powder Her Face (New York City Opera); Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (Theater St. Gallen); Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Minnesota Orchestra and Theater St. Gallen); Bass Soloist, Kepler (Spoleto Festival USA); Fyodor Drebednov, Moscow Cheryomushki (Chicago Opera Theater); Nourabad, The Pearl Fishers (Hawaii Opera)

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Upcoming: Leporello, Don Giovanni, Pope, Attila, and Daland, Der fliegende Holländer (Theater St. Gallen); Sir Walter Raleigh, Roberto Devereux (Canadian Opera Company); Ensemble Bass, The Nose (Metropolitan Opera); Bass Soloist, Messiah (Jacksonville Symphony)

Elizabeth Caballero

Kelly Markgraf

Madison Opera debut: Carmen

Madison Opera debut

Donna Anna

Recently with Madison Opera: La Traviata, Opera in the Park 2010 Recently: Mimì, La Bohème (Seattle Opera and Central City Opera); Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly (Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Berlin State Opera); Liù, Turandot (Austin Lyric Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Magda, La Rondine (Florida Grand Opera); Nedda, Pagliacci (Nashville Opera) Upcoming: Alice, Falstaff (Virginia Opera); Violetta, La Traviata (Florentine Opera); Anne Trulove, The Rake’s Progress (Brazilian Symphony Orchestra); Nedda, Pagliacci (Hawaii Opera Theater)

Caitlin Lynch Donna Elvira

Madison Opera debut: Opera in the Park 2012 Recently: Biancafiore, Francesca da Rimini (Metropolitan Opera); Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Pittsburgh Opera); First Lady, Die Zauberflöte (Dallas Opera); Countess, Le Nozze di Figaro (Lyric Opera Baltimore); Eliza, world premiere of Dark Sisters (Gotham Chamber Opera); Micaëla, Carmen (Seattle Opera); Konstanze, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Arizona Opera)

Don Giovanni

Recently: 2nd Japanese Envoy, Le Rossignol (Boston Symphony Orchestra); The Count, Le Nozze di Figaro (Kentucky Opera); Malatesta, Don Pasquale (Hawaii Opera); Papageno, Die Zauberflöte (Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra) Upcoming: Soloist, Bach Cantata BWV 60 (Los Angeles Philharmonic); Ned Keene, Peter Grimes (Aspen Music Festival); Ping, Turandot (Hawaii Opera Theatre)

Angela Mannino Zerlina

Madison Opera debut Recently: Garsenda, Francesca di Remini and Yvette cover, La Rondine (Metropolitan Opera); Fairy Godmother, Cendrillion (Kentucky Opera); Papagena, The Magic Flute (Dallas Opera); Oscar, Un Ballo in Maschera (New Orleans Opera); Juliette, Roméo et Juliette (Bar Harbor Music Festival) Upcoming: 1st Esquire/Flowermaiden, Parsifal (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro (Bar Harbor Music Festival)

Upcoming: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Green Mountain Opera Festival); Farewell, Auschwitz (Music of Remembrance); Cynthia, Two Boys (Metropolitan Opera)

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MEET MEET THE THE ARTISTS ARTISTS Wesley Rogers

Joseph Mechavich

Madison Opera debut

Madison Opera debut

Don Ottavio

Recently: Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (National Theatre Opera Prague); Tamino, Die Zauberflöte (Crested Butte Music Festival), Belmonte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Semperoper Dresden) Upcoming: Belmonte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (L’Opéra National de Montpellier, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, and Opéra de Liège, Belgium); Ferrando, Così fan tutte (L’Opéra National de Montpellier)

Conductor

Recently: Lucia di Lammermoor (Dayton Opera); Moby Dick (Calgary Opera and San Diego Opera); Le Nozze di Figaro, Tosca, Don Giovanni (Kentucky Opera); Così fan tutte (Pine Mountain Music Festival); Pagliacci (Mill City Opera); Roméo et Juliette (Florida Grand Opera); Susannah (Florentine Opera) Upcoming: Roméo et Juliette (Intermountain Opera); Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Saratoga ); La Bohème (Kentucky Opera)

Nathan Stark

Elise Sandell

Madison Opera debut

Madison Opera debut

Il Commendatore

Recently: Leporello, Don Giovanni (Opera Grand Rapids); Nourabad, The Pearl Fishers (Virginia Opera); The King, Aida (Virginia Opera); Friar Laurence, Roméo et Juliette (Dayton Opera); The Bonze, Madama Butterfly (Arizona Opera), The Speaker, Die Zauberflöte (Cincinnati Opera); Hunding, Die Walküre (Dayton Opera)

Stage Director

Recently: Associate Director for Aida, Carmen, Elektra, Don Pasquale, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Lyric Opera of Chicago); New Arrivals (Houston Grand Opera); Così fan tutte (Portland Opera) Upcoming: Susannah (Opera Idaho); Le nozze di Figaro (Tulsa Opera)

Upcoming: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni and Pope, Barberini, & Simplicio, Galileo Galilei (Cincinnati Opera); The One-Armed Brother, Die Frau ohne Schatten (Metropolitan Opera)

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MEET THE ARTISTS Karen Brown-Larimore

Costume Coordinator

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Recently with Madison Opera: Acis and Galatea, A Masked Ball, La Cenerentola, Galileo Galilei, Eugene Onegin, La Traviata, The Threepenny Opera, The Marriage of Figaro Recently: Dracula (Madison Ballet); Cinderella (Opera for the Young) Upcoming: Windjammers (World PremiereAmerican Folklore Theatre), The Barber of Seville (Opera for the Young)

Anthony Cao Chorus Master

Recently with Madison Opera: A Masked Ball, La Cenerentola, Eugene Onegin, La Traviata, Le Nozze di Figaro

Eastern Bluebird

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Jill Krynicki

Production Stage Manager

Recently with Madison Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera, Acis and Galatea, La Cenerentola, Galileo Galilei, Eugene Onegin Recently: Manon Lescaut (Washington National Opera); The Barber of Seville (New Orleans Opera); Siegfried, Il Trovatore, Salome (New Orleans Opera); Elixir of Love, Il Pagliacci, Porgy & Bess (Opera Grand Rapids) Upcoming: Tosca, The Daughter of the Regiment, Dead Man Walking (Madison Opera)

Jan Ross

(Raven Software); Theater: Singing in the Rain (West Madison HS); West Side Story (Edgewood HS)

Recently with Madison Opera: A Masked Ball, Acis and Galatea

Upcoming: Unnamed Feature (Barking Shadows Productions); Current Activision Title (Raven Software); Oliver (Oregon Straw Hat Players); Summer and Smoke (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Wig & Make-up Designer

Recently: Augusta Opera; Four Seasons Theater; Children’s Theater of Madison; UW Madison Band Show; Madison Savoyards; Madison Ballet.

Upcoming: The Flying Dutchman (Indianapolis Opera); Les Miserables (Four Seasons Theatre); Wicked (Broadway at Overture)

Jeff Skubal

Fight Director

Recently with Madison Opera: The Flying Dutchman, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor

Ben Zamora

Lighting Designer

Madison Opera debut Recently: Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg; Lincoln Center, New York; Royal Festival Hall, London: Lucerne Festival, Switzerland; Walt Disney Concert Hall; Intiman Theatre, Seattle; ACT Seattle; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art

Recently: As film actor and fight director: Dead of The Night and The Plan (Barking Shadows Production); As video game voice actor: X-men Origins: Wolverine, Singularity, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

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EUGENIE MAYER BOLZ FAMILY SPRING CONCERTS Saturday, May 18, 2013

1:30pm – Percussion Ensemble and Harp Ensemble 4:00pm – Sinfonietta and Concert Orchestra

Sunday, May 19, 2013

“Enriching lives by providing transformational musical experiences and opportunities”

1:30pm – Youth Orchestra 4:00pm – Philharmonia Orchestra * *Tom Buchhauser’s Final WYSO Concert

Mills Concert Hall – UW Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St. Admission $10 adults/$5 youth age 3-18

608.263.3320 • wyso.music.wisc.edu Special thanks to our generous sponsors: The Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family, Goldstein & Associates, Dane Arts, and Wisconsin Arts Board

Photo Credit: Cheng-Wei Wu

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THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE MADISON OPERA CENTER Madison Opera is in the midst of building our new home, the Madison Opera Center.

Located at 335 W. Mifflin Street, the completed Opera Center will house the company’s administrative offices, a rehearsal hall, a costume shop, a music library, and much more.

It will be a cost-effective way to consolidate our operations, while meeting future artistic needs and reaffirming our commitment to participating in the development and vitality of downtown Madison and the thriving Madison arts community.

We thank the following individuals who have made gifts to the Madison Opera Center Building Fund as of April 1, 2013. Thank you for helping us to literally build for our future – and that of the arts in our community.

Madison Opera makes every effort to be as accurate as possible in our donor lists. However, if you should find a discrepancy in these listings or have a question, please contact the Development office at 608-238-8085.

An Anonymous Friend Martin and Kay Barrett Bea and Laurits Christensen Fran Klos Susan and Jonathan Lipp

Phillip and Melinda Certain Terry L. Haller Joyce and Thomas Hirsch

OPUS 1961 ($25,000+) Peter and Jill Lundberg Sally and Mike Miley Millie and Marshall Osborn Thomas E. Terry

OPUS 7 ($10,000-$24,999) Stephen Hurley Patti and Steve Lucas Robert and Pam McDonald

OPUS 6 ($5,000-$9,999) Carla and Fernando Alvarado Jim and Carol Ruhly George and Ann Croal Fred and Eleanor Wertz Charles and Mary Mueller Helen Wineke

Bert and Diane Adams Nancy Marshall Bauer

OPUS 5 ($2,500-$4,999) Robert and Paula Dinndorf Jan and Terry Von Haden

OPUS 4 ($1,000-$2,499) Alexandra and William Dove Michael and Clare McArdle Marilyn and James Ebben David Newby and Kathleen McElroy Charles Ford and Sharon James Elaine Staley Gina Gialamas Sharyn and Carl Stumpf Kennedy Gilchrist and Heidi Wilde Bette Theisen Aileen and Paul Jensen Tom and Suzanne Wilkinson 25 • Madison Opera

Suzanne Beia Rosemary Johnson Larry and Clare Keen Sonja and Paul Micksch Evan and Jane Pizer

OPUS 3 ($500-$999) Sylvia and Larry Poppelbaum Norma and Elliott Sober John and Carol Toussaint Pat and Deb Turski

OPUS 2 ($250-$499) Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears Jean Taffs Adam and Wanda Bincer Jane and Tom Taves Bob and Diane Bless Ann Wallace Marc Eisen and Connie Kinsella Bobbi Wolfe and Bob Haveman Don and Mary Harkness OPUS 1 (UP TO $249) George R. Adams Luella Allen Ron and Sharon Anderson Gary Antoniewicz and Martha Taylor Livia Siroky Asher Nancy C. Bach Sally Garten Balkin Leonard and Norma Berkowitz Virginia Bessert Frances Bicknell Ann Campbell W. Wallace Cleland Michael and Mary Ann Minar Damm Frederick Davis Richard and Doris Dubielzig Jane Eisner Betty Elsas Ronald Engerman and Beverly Richgels Michael Faulhaber Evelyn Fox Hanna Franke Joan Fudala and Richard Dike

Michael G. Goldsberry Lori Grapentine and John Benton Frank and Catherine Greer Suzanne Hodgman William and Kathryn Hoyt Jeff and Linda Huttenburg Irene Ilgen Dave and Jean Johnsen Frances R. Johnson Janice L. Johnson Maureen Kind Steven and Noël Marie Klapper James and Joan Krikelas Fern and Bill Lawrence Helen C. Lodge Joan Lundin Bruce and Ruth Marion Dr. Donald J. Mash Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Sharifa Merchant Elizabeth Middleton Tess Mulrooney Gary and Patricia Nicholson Norman and Darlene Olson

Joan and Greggar Petersen Dee Dee Remeika Kurt Riegel and Jocelyn DeWitt Michael Ross and Kirsten Fruit Mark Saltzman and Diane Kravetz Don and JoAnne Schalch Peg and Toby Sherry Nan Sievert Tricia and Everett Smith David O. Staats Shirley Sundquist Betty Thomas Bill and Barbara Vogelsang Douglas and Janet Wadsworth John and Janine Wardale Mona Wasow and Richard Brualdi Julie K. Weiskircher Russ and Liz Whitesel Eva and Robert Wright Shirley Ziegelmaier Ardis Zwicky

The Challenge Grant for the Madison Opera Center

An extraordinary gift has been offered to Madison Opera by longtime friends who will match dollar-for-dollar any gifts to the Madison Opera Center Building Fund, up to $200,000, that are received by July 1, 2013. Won’t you please help us meet the Challenge, finish the building process, and open the doors of the Madison Opera Center to our community? All donations are taxdeductible and very much appreciated.

For more information, please visit madisonopera.org or call the Development office at 608-238-8085.

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ANNUAL FUND DONORS We thank the following individuals, corporations, foundations, and organizations for their generous gifts and contributions to the Madison Opera Annual Fund. This list includes gifts received between January 5, 2012 and April 5, 2013.

Madison Opera makes every effort to be as accurate as possible in our donor lists. However, if you should find a discrepancy in these listings or have a question, please contact the Development office at 608-238-8085.

Thank you for your support!

GRAND CIRCLE ($25,000 +) An Anonymous Friend OPERA America Martin and Kay Barrett John & Carolyn Peterson CUNA Mutual Group Charitable Foundation, Inc. Full Compass Systems/ Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation Susan and Jonathan Lipp STANKE PLATINUM CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) BMO Harris Bank Fran Klos The Burish Group of UBS Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Fund Financial Services, Inc. Marvin Levy Dane Arts Patricia and Stephen Lucas Dorothy Dittmer National Endowment for the Arts Evjue Foundation J. Marshall and Millie Osborn W. Jerome Frautschi Charitable Arline R. Paunack Lead Unitrust Ann Stanke Fund for Madison Opera Johnson Bank Thomas E. Terry A. Paul Jones Charitable Trust/ Thompson Investment Management Marlee Jones Helen L. Wineke JOHNSON GOLD CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999) An Anonymous Friend Dr. Chun C. Lin Carla and Fernando Alvarado Madison Gas & Electric Co. American Family Insurance Sally and Charles Miley Capitol Lakes Retirement Community Steinhauer Charitable Trust E. David Cronon Trust/Jean Cronon SVA Plumb Financial Kathryn Elwers Fund for Swiss Colony/Pat and Shirley Kubly the Student Matinee University Research Park Walter A. and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Katherine Voight Charitable Unitrust Karen Walsh and James Berbee Stephen Hurley Wisconsin Arts Board Janus Galleries/Pete and Jill Lundberg SILVER CIRCLE ($1,500 - $4,999) Bert and Diane Adams Elizabeth Evanson Charles and Mary Anderson Gregory Flessas and Thanasis Flessas Suzanne Beia Charles Ford and Sharon James Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bolz Werner and Jean Frank Phillip and Melinda Certain John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Coventry Village Cate Furay and Jim Sweet Marilyn and James Ebben Kennedy Gilchrist and Heidi Wilde Madison Opera • 28

ANNUAL ANNUALFUND FUNDDONORS DONORS James and Elizabeth Greer Group Health Cooperative Hazelbaker & Associates, S.C. Joyce and Thomas Hirsch Ted and Helen Iltis Mr. and Mrs. A. Paul Jensen Paul and Renate Madsen Connie E. Maxwell Michael and Clare McArdle Stephen D. Morton Charles and Mary Mueller Rick and Gail Nordheim Roberta Preston

Nancy and Roger Rathke Phillip Rowin Jim and Carol Ruhly Georgia Shambes Henry Siegel Charles Snowdon and Ann Lindsey James and Jean Spilburg Phillip and Jane Stark W. Stuart and Elizabeth Sykes J. Ashley Taylor Peter and Toby Wallach Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation, Inc. Wisconsin Bank & Trust

BRONZE CIRCLE ($1,000 - $1,499) Craig Argall Bill and Fern Lawrence Helen Baldwin Geraldine Mayer Hugh and Joyce Bell Greta and David Menke Anne Bolz Sonja and Paul Micksch Patricia Brady and Robert Smith Nicholas and Elaine Mischler Dennis and Lynn Christensen Tom and Nancy Mohs Robert Cole Joan Daniels Pedro Dan and Pat Cornwell Cyrena and Lee Pondrom Robert and Paula Dinndorf Maurice and Arlene Reese Gina Gialamas Harry and Karen Roth Tyrone and Janet Greive Jim and Judy Sloan Foundation/ Terry L. Haller Jennifer and James Lattis Edward and Betty Hasselkus Audrey and Gamber Tegtmeyer Brandon Hayes Jan and Terry Von Haden John Henderson and Pamela Ploetz John Wall Stanley and Shirley Inhorn William J. Wartmann R. Roth and Lynne Judd Frances Weinstein Karen J. and David Kretschmann David Westring Rhonda Lanford and Judith Davidoff Thomas and Suzanne Wilkinson BENEFACTOR ($500 - $999) Peyton Engel and Maureen Hart Alliant Energy Foundation, Inc. Aris Gialamas Betty Amundson Marc and Alice Hansen Chuck Bauer and Chuck Beckwith Forrest Hartmann Larry Bechler and Patty Struck Carl Johnson and Barbara Westfall Klaus and Doris Berghahn Sue and Norm Johnson Anna and Mark Burish Lee and Rosemary Jones Martha and Charles Casey Larry and Clare Keen Bea and Laurits Christensen Miriam E. Kerndt Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Crocker Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc Frederick Davis 29 • Madison Opera

ANNUAL FUND DONORS Margaret Lacy Marilyn Laurion John Lemke and Pamela Oliver Madison Arts Commission Donald Mash Peder and Jeanne Moren Marilyn T. Oberst William and Patricia Paul Darren and Therese Powers Thomas and Margaret Pyle Eric and Meg Rothstein Karl and Joan Schmidt Dean and Carol Schroeder Charles and Anne Scott

Meg and Neil Skinner Lori E. Smith Elliott and Norma Sober Elaine M. Staley Jacob Stockinger and Judy Schwaemle Barbara Swan and Royden Tull Tom and Jane Taves Nick and Judith Topitzes Burton and Georgia Wagner Judith and David Ward Kenneth West and Lisa Vogel George Willett Richard and Katie Yde

ENTHUSIAST ($250 - $499) Patrick and Barbara Finley An Anonymous Friend Mary Gallagher Roger and Jennifer Anderson Linda Garrity Paula and Eric Apfelbach John and Fanny Garver Allan Attie Albert Goldstein Tom and Sally Basting Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Graebner Ellis and Sue Bauman Edna Gunther Joel and Kathryn Belaire Thomas and Barbara Haig Leonard and Norma Berkowitz Jane Hamblen and Robert Lemanske Drs. Inge and Francis Bretherton Beatrice Harris Thomas Buchhauser and John Ely Paul and Patricia Heiser Roger Buffett Hickory Hurie Pascale Carayon Themis Kourakis Dianne Christensen Peter Livingston and Sharon Stark W. Wallace Cleland William F. Long Edward and Victoria Cothroll Meghan and Kim Christopher Mackey Evan Cretney Robert March George and Ann Croal Gary and Lynn Mecklenburg Susan Cunningham Julie A. Ottum and David Runstrom Seth Dailey and Iris Kurman Constance Palmer and Chuck Smalley Dr. Anthony D’Alessandro and Reynold V. Peterson Alison TenBruggencate Betty Pope Daniel and Barbara Danahy Frances Rademaekers Ted and Gail DeDee Don and Carol Reeder John DeLamater and Janet Hyde Vince and Maria Ritacca Lavonne Dettmers Gabrielle and Brandon Rocque John and Deidre Dunn John and Irene Ronzia Edward and Rosanne Ehrlich Jan and Bob Ross William and Lynne Eich Roy and Beverly Runstrom Marc Eisen and Connie Kinsella James Samsal Michael and Anne Faulhaber Madison Opera • 30

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Jean Taffs Patrick and Deborah Turski John and Lisa Unertl Daniel and Selma Van Eyck Marc Vitale and Darci Kind Bill and Barbara Vogelsang Ann Wallace Edward and Anita Waterbury Urban Wemmerlรถv and Mary Beth Schmalz Elizabeth Wegener Ernst and Connie Wiegeshaus Dale and C. Allen Wortley Ida and Robert Wrenn

PARTNERS (UP TO $249) An Anonymous Friend (3) Julius and Hilde Adler Eleanor Albert Luella S. Allen Joann Anderson Emy Andrew Mary Anglim Leon and Rita Applebaum Rene Augustin Paul Baker and Denise Lamb Sally Balkin Daniela Bano William Barnes Janneke and Richard Baske Douglas Batty James Bendtsen Robert Bennicoff George and Joanne Berg Niles and Linda Berman Virginia Bessert Frances Bicknell Ave Bie Marianne Boyd A. Thomas Bozzo and Suzanne M. Lee Jack and Sylvia Brakarsh Patricia Brennan Ed and Lois Brick Maurice Brown Nicola and Robert Burton Nancy Caldwell Ann Campbell Elizabeth Campbell Evonna and Robert Cheetham Bernard and Toby Cohen

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David Falk and Joanne Robbins Timothy and Renee Farley Janet Faulhaber William and Colleen Feist David and Kimberly Feller Thomas and Bonnie Fitzgerald Steven and Mary Ann Fix George and Virginia Francis John and Mary Frantz Perry and Carolyn Frey Sara and Gary Frings Joan Fudala and Richard Dike James and Barbara Furstenberg Raymond and Dorothy Garcia Karen Godshall Daniel Golden and Rebecca Carlson Michael G. Goldsberry John Grace and Joan Raducha Carl and Nancy Graf Herbert and Virginia Graff Lori Grapentine and John Benton Alice and Bruce Green Nadia Greenidge Ei Terasawa Grilley Jon and Kaaren Guenther Henry and Magdalene Hagedorn Don and Mary Harkness Susan Harris Arlene P. Hart Paul and Jacqueline Hass Don and Cheryl Heiliger R.T. Heitkemper Madison Opera โ ข 32

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G ive V oice to Y our L egacy Since 1961, Madison Opera has been sharing the excitement of opera with the citizens

of Madison, Dane County and beyond. Planned giving through your estate will help ensure this tradition of artistic excellence for future generations, both on stage and through our education and outreach programs. Your gift will touch thousands of people in meaningful ways, for years to come.

Taking the first step is easy...

Just include Madison Opera as part of your estate plan. Here is some simple language for an unrestricted bequest: “I hereby give $____ or a percentage of my residual estate (or specific assets) to Madison Opera Inc. to be used at the discretion of the Madison Opera management and/or Board of Trustees.”

Please contact your attorney or financial advisor to discuss how you can include Madison Opera in your estate plan. Madison Opera is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our Encore Society honors individuals who have expressed their support of the Opera through a bequest or other planned gifts.

If you plan to include or have already included Madison Opera in your estate plan, please let us know. When updating your plans, please be sure we are referenced as Madison Opera Inc. We are proud to recognize you as an Encore Society member!

“I believe that there are many ways of contributing to something you believe in. I have been a member of the Opera’s Encore Legacy Society since the beginning because Madison Opera is important to me. Contributing to the arts is an investment in the health and well being of the community, benefiting adults and children alike. For today and tomorrow, I am proud to include Madison Opera in my estate plans.”

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