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Little Women Kathryn Smith, General Director | John DeMain, Artistic Director
after the novel by Louisa May Alcott Premiered March 13, 1998, at Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Texas
Madison Opera’s production of
Little Women
Characters in order of vocal appearance
is made possible through the generous support of
Millie & Marshall Osborn
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
Music and Libretto by Mark Adamo
Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundation
Charles Snowdon & Ann Lindsey
Artist Underwriting Provided by
The Peter Wallach Fund for Tenors
Quartet
Jo Laurie
Cassandra Koob* Marie McManama*+ Laura Muller Kelsey Park*+ Heather Johnson Eric Neuville*
Amy
Jeni Houser
Beth
Chelsea Morris Shephard
Meg
Courtney Miller*
Alma March
Elizabeth Hagedorn*
John Brooke
Alexander Elliott*
Gideon March
Rick Henslin
Cecilia March
Brenda Harris
Mr. Dashwood
Nathaniel Hill+
Friedrich Bhaer
Craig Verm*
Madison Opera’s Education Programs are made possible through the generous support of Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation
Jennifer & Jim Lattis
The Kathryn Elwers Fund for the Student Matinee
Sally & Mike Miley
with additional funds from the Evjue Foundation and Endres Mfg. Company Foundation
Herbert H. Kohl Charities
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Conductor Stage Director / Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Projection & Video Designer Costume Designer
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Wig and Make-up Designer
* Madison Opera debut Madison Opera Studio Artist
Kyle Knox* Candace Evans Todd Hensley* Matthew Haber* Karen Brown-Larimore Jan Ross
The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one intermission. 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 Marketing Manager..........................................................................................................Steffanie Berg Patron Services Manager..........................................................................................Amalia Goldberg Artistic Manager......................................................................................................Salvatore S. Vasta III Director of Production.............................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director and Warehouse Coordinator.....................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager..................................................................................................Jill Krynicki BOARD OF TRUSTEES President..................................................................................................................................Phil Certain* Chairman.............................................................................................................................Thomas Terry* Vice President..........................................................................................................................Patti Lucas* Vice President................................................................................................................Franck Meunier* Treasurer................................................................................................................................Joyce Hirsch* Secretary......................................................................................................................Charles Snowdon* Immediate Past President...................................................................................................Sally Miley* Elliott Abramson Carla J. Alvarado Martin Barrett* Gary Bennett Leanne Cordisco Gina Gialamas Brandon Hayes Stephen Hurley
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Hello Fellow Opera Goers, Welcome to the second production of Madison Opera’s 2015-16 season, Little Women by Mark Adamo. Based on the classic book by Louisa May Alcott, this opera has been termed a masterpiece, a classic of contemporary opera. It has been performed by companies around the world since its premiere at Houston Grand Opera in 1998. We hope to see you again for The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, which will round out our season of mainstage productions on April 15 and 17. The activities of our company are not limited to our performances in the Overture Center for the Arts, however. Most familiar is our free community concert, Opera in the Park, which traditionally attracts over 14,000 people each year. I hope to see you at Garner Park on July 23. We also offer a myriad of programs for adults, including Opera Novice, Opera Up Close, pre-show lectures, and previews in libraries and retirement communities. For youth, we offer student matinees, a High School Apprenticeship Program, a partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters, and more. To find out more about any of these, please visit madisonopera.org/education or just call the Madison Opera office. We are able to offer these opportunities only because of the generosity of our friends and supporters. We hope to number you among this group. If you are not yet a donor, it is easy to join: simply go to madisonopera.org and click the “Contribute Online” button. Please enjoy Little Women!
Karen Walsh Helen Wineke
Phil Certain President, Madison Opera Board of Trustees Connie Maxwell Thomas Terry
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Dear Friends, “Things change, Jo.”
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Like most women, I read Little Women as a child. I remember the paintings that illustrated my book as much as the text itself, and find that random phrases are embedded in my memory. Revisiting this story as an adult, I am struck by how Mark Adamo’s brilliant distillation gets to the grown-up core of the novel. While many of us identified with Jo (a smart, independent woman making a living as a writer), adult eyes show that the arc of her story is not struggle, but change. As you will see in the opera, adapting to change, and even embracing it, is something we all face as we grow up. Ultimately we may reach the same conclusion as Jo in this opera: “Now is all there is.”
by Jacques Offenbach
April 15 & 17, 2016 Over ture Hal l
Sung in French with projected English translations
Mark your calendar for these related events! Opera Novice: Opera Unfinished
Friday, March 18, 2016, 6-7pm | The Margaret C. Winston Madison Opera Center
Little Women requires a large number of strong performers, as each sister, suitor, and family member is vividly drawn, with sophisticated music and a real emotional journey. I am very proud of this cast, and it has been a pleasure to see these fifteen singers come together as an ensemble, a testament to the depth and talent of American opera singers. I am likewise delighted to have Kyle Knox conduct his first full opera wtih us, after assisting on Dead Man Walking a few years ago, and to welcome back stage director Candace Evans, a Madison native who was last here for Eugene Onegin. This production, and indeed all we do, could not happen without the support of all of our donors. Ticket sales pay for only a third of the cost of putting opera on the stage, and our myriad of engagement programs would not be possible if generous supporters did not believe in the importance of music in our world. I am very grateful to them.
Preview at Capitol Lakes Retirement Community Friday, April 1, 2016, 7-8pm
Thank you for joining us today in 1870s New England, as characters you may have known since childhood come to vivid musical life. I look forwarding to seeing you in April for The Tales of Hoffmann and in July for Opera in the Park!
The Tales of Hoffmann at Cinematheque
Cheers,
A showing of the breathtaking 1951 film by Powell and Pressburger Saturday, April 2, 2016, 7pm
A Hoffmann Dinner at Cento Ristorante
A multi-course meal inspired by the opera, with performances by Madison Opera’s Studio Artists. Sunday, April 3, 2016
Opera Up Close: The Tales of Hoffmann Preview
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 1-3pm | The Margaret C. Winston Madison Opera Center
Kathryn Smith General Director Madison Opera • 8
THE STORY OF THE OPERA Concord, Massachusetts, 1870s Prologue: The attic of the March home. Jo greets her old friend Laurie. He has just married Jo’s youngest sister Amy, but Jo wonders if he only married Amy to stay near Jo herself. Laurie says that he adores Amy, and that his friendship with Jo had been perfect as it was. The opera spirals back in time as Jo wonders whether she could have kept everything as it was. Act I, Scene 1: The attic, three years earlier. Jo and her sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy make games of their chores, including their neighbor Laurie in their game. Laurie tauntingly tells Jo that his tutor, John Brooke, has kept Meg’s glove because he loves her. When everyone goes down to supper, Jo stays up in the attic to work on a story, and denies to herself the possibility that Meg might be in love with Brooke. Scene 2: In front of the March home, weeks later. Brooke courts Meg, using a story about a knight and a fair maiden. Jo overhears and urges Meg and the family to reject him. Cecilia, the girls’ wealthy aunt, also scorns Brooke, telling Meg she will disinherit her. Such attacks make Meg resolve to accept Brooke’s proposal. Her family celebrates, but Jo accuses Meg of abandoning her, to which Meg responds, “Things change, Jo.” Scene 3: The March parlor and garden, the following summer. Meg and Brooke adapt her parents’ wedding vows to use as their own. A feverish Laurie asks Jo to marry him. She spurns him, horrified at the thought anything need change between them; stung, he flees. Beth, who is ill, collapses. Intermission
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THE STORY OF THE OPERA Act II, Scene 1: New York City, one year later. A triumphant Jo sells a story to The Weekly Volcano, a fiction tabloid. Back at her boarding house, she exchanges letters with her family: Meg, who has just given birth to twins; her mother, who is caring for an increasingly weak Beth; and her father, telling him that a new acquaintance, Friedrich Bhaer, has invited her to the opera. Amy, who is touring Europe with Aunt Cecilia, writes to Laurie, who is at Oxford. Scene 2: Jo’s boarding house; the March home; an Oxford room. Jo and Bhaer engage in flirtatious debate about opera and the importance of art. In Oxford, Amy tests Laurie’s feelings for Jo while drawing a sketch of him. At home, Beth rages at the piano. To prove what he means by true art, Bhaer recites Goethe’s “Kennst du das Land” to Jo. They are interrupted by a desperate telegram from Alma summoning Jo home: Beth’s fever has gotten much worse. Scene 3: The March home, three sleepless nights later. Beth dozes as her family keeps vigil. Jo bursts in and Beth asks everyone else to leave. While Jo frantically tries to make plans to improve Beth’s health, Beth urges Jo to accept her impending death. When Beth dies, Jo sees Meg turn to Brooke for comfort, and realizes she has lost all of her sisters. Scene 4: The garden of the March home, the following spring. Cecilia baits Jo with a letter from Amy about her happiness with Laurie. Jo admits that she has not heard from Bhaer. Cecilia tells Jo that she is leaving her entire estate to her, urging Jo to choose a safe life of solitude over people. Refusing her aunt’s vision of luxurious seclusion, Jo retreats to the attic. Scene 5: The attic. As in the beginning, Jo is alone. Laurie again appears and reminisces, but now Jo rejects the past. Her sisters appear as memories. Jo, in an emotional exorcism, celebrates and releases them. Bhaer appears at the attic door, asking, “Is now the good moment?” Jo smiles and says, “Now is all there is.“
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PRODUCTION PERSONNEL
MEET THE COMPOSER
Production Manager....................................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director..................................................................................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager.....................................................................................................Jill Krynicki Assistant Stage Managers...................................................................Sean Corcoran, Delaney Egan Production Assistant.....................................................................................................Elizabeth Purnell Coach / Accompanist.............................................................................................................Scott Gendel Costume Designer...............................................................................................Karen Brown-Larimore Costume Crew........................................................Virginia Bessert, Laurie Everitt, Brenna Farmer,
Maddy Walaszek, Janine Wardale, Sharon White
Wig and Make-up Designer..........................................................................................................Jan Ross Wig and Make-up Crew....................................................Leslie Frank-Taylor, Liz Rathke, Bob Ross Properties Master............................................................................................................Jennifer Childers Properties Coordinator.........................................................................................................Susan Rathke Properties Crew................................................................................Katherine Dutcher, Paolo Desiati, Seth Harrop, Elaine Staley Scenic Decorator...........................................................................................................................Liz Rathke Supertitles Cue Master..............................................................................................................Aileen Wall Preview Artists..........................................................Kelsey Park, Joseph Ross, Mark Wurzelbacher Master Carpenter.........................................................................................................................Greg Silver Assistant Lighting Designer.............................................................................................Spencer Lyons Overture Hall Technical Director.................................................................................Steve Schroeder House Carpenter..........................................................................................................................John Sarris Head Electrician...................................................................................................................Brian Weinkauf Theater Technicians...........................................Brian Anderson, John Frautschy, John Penisten, Davin Pickell, Jim Scaeher, Frank Schneeberger Production Stage Crew.........................................................................Members of IATSE 251
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Photographer.................................................................................................................................James Gill Videographer............................................................................................Jim Hoffmann, Video Memories
American composer-librettist Mark Adamo is working on post-production of the upcoming DVD of his fourth and latest opera, Becoming Santa Claus, commissioned and introduced by Dallas Opera in December 2015. Recent work includes the premiere of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene for San Francisco Opera in June 2013; Fort Worth Opera’s new production of his second opera, Lysistrata, in May 2012; the Constella Festival’s premiere with August Music, for flute duo and string quartet, commissioned by Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway: The Racer’s Widow, a cycle of five American poems for mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano in December, introduced by Sasha Cooke and the New York Festival of Song in December 2013; and the premiere in April 2013 by baritone Thomas Hampson and the Jupiter String Quartet of Aristotle, after the poem by Billy Collins, in concerts at the Mondavi Center in Davis, California before continuing to Boston and New York under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Adamo first attracted national attention with his uniquely celebrated debut opera, Little Women, after the Alcott novel. Introduced by Houston Grand Opera in 1998 and revived there in 2000, Little Women is one of the most frequently performed American operas of the last twenty years; it is being given in 9 separate professional and academic engagements in the 15-16 season alone and has had over 90 national and international engagements in cities ranging from New York to Minneapolis, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Adelaide, Mexico City, Brugges, Banff, Calgary, and Tokyo, where it served as the official U.S. cultural entrant to the 2005 World Expo. The Houston Grand Opera revival (2000) was telecast by PBS/WNET on Great Performances in 2001 and released on CD by Ondine that same year; in 2010, Naxos released this performance on DVD and on Bluray. (Little Women was the first American opera recorded in high-definition television.) Comparable enthusiasm greeted the debut of the larger-scaled Lysistrata, Adamo’s second opera, adapted from Aristophanes’ comedy but also including elements from Sophocles’ Antigone. Lysistrata was commissioned by Houston Grand Opera for its 50th anniversary and introduced in March 2005: its New York City Opera debut in March 2006 led to concert performances by Washington National Opera (May 2006) and Music at the Modern by the Van Cliburn Foundation (May 2007) before the staging of the work at Fort Worth Opera, which was included on the bestof-2012 lists of both D Magazine and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. While Adamo’s principal work continues to be for the opera house, over the past 5 years he has ventured not only into chamber music but also into symphonic and choral composition. Adamo’s first concerto, Four Angels, for harp and orchestra, was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and debuted in June 2007: the Utah Symphony, led by their Keith Lockhart, presented Four Angels in January 2011. In May 2007, Washington’s Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, for which Adamo served as its first composer-in-residence, performed the revised version of Adamo’s Late Victorians, a cantata for singing voice, speaking voice, and orchestra: Naxos released Late Victorians in 2009 on Eclipse’s all-Adamo CD, which also included “Alcott Music,” from Little Women, for strings, harp, celesta, and percussion; “Regina Coeli,” an arrangement of the slow movement of Four Angels for harp and strings alone; and the Overture to Lysistrata. In April 2010, Harold Rosenbaum’s New York Virtuoso Singers paired six of Adamo’s newly-published choral scores with the complete chamber-choral work of John Corigliano. This concert featured the New York premieres of Cantate Domino (after Psalm 91), Pied Beauty and God’s Grandeur (Gerard Manley Hopkins; commissioned by the Gregg Smith Singers), Matewan Music (Appalachian folk-tune variations), Supreme Virtue (Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao te Ching), and The Poet Speaks of Praising (Rilke: commissioned and introduced by Chanticleer). Composer-in-residence at New York City Opera from 2001 through 2006, where he led the VOX: Showcasing American Composers program, Adamo also served as Master Artist at Atlantic Center for the Arts in May 2003. Since 2007, he has served as the principal teacher of American Lyric Theatre’s Composer-Librettist Development Program in New York, in which he coaches teams of composers and librettists in developing their work for the stage. Adamo began his education in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where, as a freshman in the Dramatic Writing Program, he received the Paulette Goddard Remarque Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate achievement in playwriting. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Music Degree cum laude in composition in 1990 from the Catholic University of America. His music is published exclusively by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA John DeMain, Music Director
VIOLIN I
Music, the food of love…
Cynthia Cameron-Fix
HORN
Linda Kimball
Christopher Dozoryst Katrin Talbot
TIMPANI / PERCUSSION
CELLO
PERCUSSION
Nicholas Bonaccio Greg Hinz
HARP
BASS
Karen Beth Atz
Fredrick Schrank
KEYBOARDS
FLUTE / PICCOLO / ALTO
Scott Gendel
Stephanie Jutt
Alina Ibragimova, Violin Daniel Hege, Guest Conductor
Violin Concerto
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BASSOON / CONTRABASSOON
Karl Lavine Lindsey Crabb
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Nancy Mackenzie
VIOLA
Love’s attractions and dilemmas infuse this Valentine’s weekend concert, and a great Russian violinist debuts!
Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
CLARINET / BASS CLARINET
Beth Larson Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Olga Draguieva
OVERTURE HALL
MAURICE RAVEL
Marc Fink
VIOLIN II
Feb. 12, 13, 14
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
OBOE / ENGLISH HORN
Suzanne Beia— Concertmaster Neil Gopal Tim Kamps
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mark Adamo Maytee Aspuro Children’s Theater of Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club
David and Susan Flanders Naha Greenholtz Overture Center for the Arts Conrad St. Clair
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MAJOR FUNDING PROVIDED BY: Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation, Inc. • Johnson Bank • Cyrena and Lee Pondrom ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY: Madison Community Foundation • Gary and Lynn Mecklenburg • Wisconsin Arts Board
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MEET THE ARTISTS
MEET THE ARTISTS Alexander Elliott
Brenda Harris
Nathaniel Hill
Heather Johnson
Madison Opera Debut
Madison Opera Debut: Die Fledermaus
Madison Opera Debut: La Bohème
Madison Opera Debut: Madama Butterfly
John Brooke
Recently: Marcello, La Bohème; Count Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro (Tulsa Opera); Belcore, L’Elisir d’Amore; Dancaïre, Carmen; Frank, Die Fledermaus; Samuel, The Pirates of Penzance; Shoe Salesman, Postcard from Morocco (Portland Opera) Upcoming: Anthony, Sweeney Todd; Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin (Portland Opera Festival)
Cecilia March
Recently: Kostelnička Buryjovka, Jenůfa; Elektra, Elektra; Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Des Moines Metro Opera); Eleanor Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate; June Mathis, The Dream of Valentino; Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (Minnesota Opera); Abigaille, Nabucco (Opera Carolina, Minnesota Opera); Turandot, Turandot (Sarasota Opera) Upcoming: Eleanor Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate (Austin Lyric Opera)
Elizabeth Hagedorn
Alma March Madison Opera Debut Recently: Marie, Wozzeck; Leonore, Fidelio; Chrysothemis, Elektra; Leonora, Il Trovatore; Senta, Der Fliegende Holländer (State Opera Meiningen); Chrysothemis, Elektra (Catania, Italy); Ellen Orford, Peter Grimes (State Opera Mainz) Upcoming: Soloist, Wesendonck Lieder (UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra); Soloist, Il Tramonto (Pro Arte String Quartet)
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Mr. Dashwood
Recently: Papageno, The Magic Flute (Opera for the Young); Gregorio, Roméo et Juliette; Butler, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Aspen Music Festival); Owen Hart, Dead Man Walking; Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte; John Brooke, Little Women (Northwestern Univ.); Bogdanowitsch, The Merry Widow (Bay View Festival) Upcoming: Hermann, The Tales of Hoffmann (Madison Opera); Breedley, A Wedding (Aspen Music Festival)
Jo
Recently: Jessie, The Long Walk (Opera Saratoga, American Lyric Theater); Page, Salome (Dallas Opera); Flowermaiden, Parsifal (Metropolitan Opera); Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden (Boston Lyric Opera, Tanglewood Festival) Upcoming: Soloist, Yizkor Requiem (State College Choral Society); concert with Ars Antiqua; Tancredi, Tancredi (Opera Southwest); Baba the Turk, The Rake’s Progress (Boston Lyric Opera)
Rick Henslin
Jeni Houser
Cassandra Koob
Madison Opera Debut: The Threepenny Opera
Madison Opera Debut: Acis and Galatea
Madison Opera Debut
Gideon March
Recently: Chorus, Sweeney Todd, Tosca, Carmen (Madison Opera); Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd (The Armory); Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Les Misérables (Four Seasons Theatre)
Amy
Recently with MO: Sweeney Todd Recently: The Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte; Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos (Minnesota Opera); Frasquita, Carmen (Virginia Opera); Josephine, H.M.S. Pinafore (Opera Saratoga); Najade, Ariadne auf Naxos (Fort Worth Opera, Glimmerglass Festival) Upcoming: Soloist, Carmina Burana (Madison Symphony Orchestra); Mrs. Grady, The Shining (Minnesota Opera); Johanna, Sweeney Todd (Mill City Summer Opera)
Quartet
Recently: Ivette, La Rondine (Skylark Opera); Vixen, The Cunning Little Vixen; Tytania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Minnesota University Opera); Chorus, Minnesota Opera; Chorus, La Bohème, Fidelio (Madison Opera) Upcoming: Chorus, The Tales of Hoffmann (Madison Opera); Ensemble, Sweeney Todd (Mill City Summer Opera)
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MEET MEET THE THEARTISTS ARTISTS
MEET THE ARTISTS Courtney Miller Meg
Madison Opera Debut Recently: Hannah, The Passenger (Michigan Opera Theatre); Mrs. Ford, Sir John in Love (Odyssey Opera); Flora, La Traviata; Page, Salome; Cousin Hebe, H.M.S. Pinafore; Mercédès, Carmen (Virginia Opera)
Chelsea Morris Shephard Beth
Madison Opera Debut: The Barber of Seville
Upcoming: Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro; The Wind, The Witches of Venice (Opera Saratoga)
Recently: Dorine, Séméle (American Bach Soloists); La Statue, Pygmalion (Madison Bach Musicians); Clori, Gli Equivoci nel Sembiante (Haymarket Opera Company); Clorinda, La Cenerentola (Green Mountain Opera Festival); Lisa, The Land of Smiles (Chicago Folks Operetta); Pamina, Die Zauberflöte (Candid Concert Opera)
Marie McManama Quartet
Upcoming: Amour, Orpheus and Eurydice (Opera Grand Rapids); Calisto, La Calisto (Haymarket Opera Company)
Madison Opera Debut Recently: The Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute (Opera for the Young); Chorus, La Bohème, Fidelio (Madison Opera); Julie, Carousel; Kristine, A Chorus Line (Middleton Players Theatre); Juno, Orpheus in the Underworld (Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music); Chorus, Cincinnati Opera Upcoming: Antonia/Stella (cover), The Tales of Hoffmann (Madison Opera)
Craig Verm
Madison Opera Debut
Madison Opera Debut
Recently: Abdallo, Nabucco; Scaramuccio, Ariadne auf Naxos (Seattle Opera); Ulysses, Pénélope (Vespertine Opera); Prince, Rumpelstiltskin (Opera Fairbanks); Don José, La Tragédie de Carmen (Washington Idaho Symphony); Soloist, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Seattle Symphony) Upcoming: Soloist, Carmina Burana (Tucson Symphony Orchestra); Soloist, Mozart’s Requiem (Seattle Symphony); Le Comte Ory (Seattle Opera); Soloist, Handel’s Messiah (Waupaca Community Chorus); Soloist, Muehleisen’s Pietà (St. Olaf Choir & Magnum Chorum)
Laura Muller Quartet
Kelsey Park
Madison Opera Debut: The Marriage of Figaro
Madison Opera Debut
Recently: Chorus, Sweeney Todd, Fidelio, Dead Man Walking, La Fille du Régiment, Tosca (Madison Opera); Kate Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly (Dubuque Symphony Orchestra); Chorus, Minnesota Opera Upcoming: Chorus, The Tales of Hoffmann (Madison Opera)
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Eric Neuville Laurie
Friedrich Bhaer
Recently: George, Of Mice and Men (Tulsa Opera); Elmer Gantry, Elmer Gantry (Florentine Opera); Douglas Hansen, Everest (Dallas Opera); Albert, Werther (Chicago Lyric Opera); Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin (Aspen Opera Theater); Count Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro (Ongaku-Juku Festival, Japan); Papageno, The Magic Flute (Pittsburgh Opera) Upcoming: Belcore, L’Elisir d’Amore (Opera Philadelphia); Der Graf, Capriccio; Sonora, La Fanciulla del West (Santa Fe Opera)
Quartet
Recently: Sister Helen, Dead Man Walking; Dorabella, Cosi fan tutte; Jo, Little Women (Northwestern University) Upcoming: Soloist, Elijah (Elmhurst Symphony, Apollo Chorus); Antonia’s Mother, The Tales of Hoffmann (Madison Opera)
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MEET THE ARTISTS Candace Evans Stage Director & Scenic Designer
Madison Opera Debut: Carmen
Nature Shop
Madison Opera’s
Little Women
Recently with MO: Eugene Onegin Recently: La Wally (Dallas Opera); Il Matrimonio Segreto (Teatro Petrarca); Salome (Opera San Antonio); The Merry Widow (Teatro Colón); Gianni Schicchi (Oberlin in Italy); La Bohème (Arizona Opera); Werther (Indiana University) Upcoming: Hansel and Gretel (Knoxville Opera); Florencia en el Amazonas; Lucia di Lammermoor
Kyle Knox Conductor
Madison Opera Debut
Can You Name Them All?
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Recently: Albert Herring (University Opera); Carousel (Middleton Players Theatre); Assistant Conductor at UWMadison; New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria); UW Symphony Orchestra Upcoming: Transformations (University Opera); The Gondoliers (Madison Savoyards); Sunday in the Park with George (Middleton Players Theatre); Wisconsin Music Clinic Honors Orchestra
MEET THE ARTISTS Karen BrownLarimore
Costume Designer Madison Opera Debut: The Elixir of Love MO Costume Coordinator since 1997 Recently: Opera for the Young; Madison Ballet; Skylight Music Theater; Madison Savoyards; Northern Skies Theater; UWMadison Opera and Theater; Children’s Theater of Madison; Madison Repertory Theatre
Jennifer Childers Properties Master Madison Opera Debut: The Flying Dutchman MO Properties Master since 2012 Recently: Theatre LILA; Children’s Theater of Madison
Matthew Haber
Production & Video Designer Madison Opera Debut Recently: Rock ‘n Roll Refugee (Royal Family, NY); Beaches (Drury Lane); Girlstar, Soon (Signature Theatre); TEDx Metropolitan Museum of Art; Walking Dead Experience Tour Upcoming: Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (PBS American Masters)
Todd Hensley
Lighting Designer Madison Opera Debut Recently: The Tale of Lady Ti Kinh, Akhnaten (Indiana University); Boris Godunov (San Diego Opera); Sense and Sensibility (Northlight Theatre); Theatre Consultant with Schuler Shook Theatre Planners for new Ryan Center for Music (Northwestern University) Upcoming: Florencia en el Amazonas; Consultant with Schuler Shook for new theatre; Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Jill Krynicki
Production Stage Manager Madison Opera Debut: Thunder of Horses MO Stage Manager since 2002 Recently: Washington National Opera; New Orleans Opera; Opera Grand Rapids; Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Bard Summerscape; Opera Idaho; Houston Symphony Orchestra
Jan Ross
Wig & Make-up Designer Madison Opera Debut: La Bohème MO Wig & Make-up Designer since 1992 Recently: Indianapolis Opera; Four Seasons Theatre; Children’s Theater of Madison; UWMadison Band Show; Broadway at Overture Madison Opera • 20
Play Your Part! Since 1961, Madison Opera has brought the beauty and power of professional opera to the stage. Won’t you help us continue the tradition? Eight Great Reasons to Give to Madison Opera 1. Support a world-class team of artists who create the performances you love, from beloved classics to provocative new works.
2. Give a deeper experience. We bring opera into our community via our education and
engagement programs that are largely free to attend, such as Opera Novice, Opera Up Close, previews in libraries and senior centers, and more. Our Student Matinees bring thousands of middle and high school students from across our state to a fully-staged opera, while our High School Apprenticeship program opens the doors to the world of opera both on the stage and off to a select group of students.
3. Opera in the Park. Our annual free concert, which celebrates its 15th year this summer, was attended by over 16,000 people last July, giving us the highest per capita attendance of any such event in the country!
4. Training for the next generation of artists. Our Studio Artists, young singers in
the transitional period between university and their professional careers, gain valuable experience and exposure, while serving as Madison Opera’s artistic ambassadors to our community.
5. We are a not-for-profit company. Without our generous donors, there would be
no Madison Opera, as ticket income pays for only one-third of the cost of bringing our operas to the stage.
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 15, 2015 and January 15, 2016. Thank you for your support!
GRAND CIRCLE ($25,000 +) An Anonymous Friend Richard B. Anderson Family Foundation Martin and Kay Barrett Berbeewalsh Foundation/ Karen Walsh and James Berbee CUNA Mutual Group
Full Compass Systems/ Susan and Jonathan Lipp J. Marshall and Millie Osborn John & Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation Inc. Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation Wallach Foundation/Toby Wallach
STANKE PLATINUM CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) Bert and Diane Adams Carla and Fernando Alvarado Charles and Mary Anderson BMO Harris Bank Bea and Lau Christensen W. Jerome Frautschi Kennedy Gilchrist and Heidi Wilde Stephen Hurley A. Paul Jones Charitable Trust/Marlee Jones Estate of Miriam Kerndt Fran Klos Irving & Dorothy Levy Family Foundation
Marvin Levy Patricia and Stephen Lucas Sally and Mike Miley Tom and Nancy Mohs National Endowment for the Arts Arline R. Paunack Ann Stanke Fund for Madison Opera Thomas E. Terry Thompson Investment Management University Research Park Helen L. Wineke Wisconsin Arts Board
6. Gifts of ALL sizes make a difference. Your donation, no matter the amount, is the driving force that helps to support our performances and community programs.
7. All gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. 8. Exclusive access to premium services. Each level of giving brings with it special
benefits, including complimentary reserved parking for productions, exclusive donor events, and more.
Thank you! Donations may be made at madisonopera.org, by mail, or simply call 608-238-8085.
JOHNSON GOLD CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999)
The Alexander Company American Family Insurance Capitol Lakes Retirement Community Colony Brands, Inc. E. David Cronon Trust/Jean Cronon Dane Arts Kathryn Elwers Fund for the Student Matinee Evjue Foundation David Flanders and Susan Ecroyd Walter A. and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Unitrust
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Chun C. Lin Madison Gas & Electric Foundation Stephen D. Morton Jim and Carol Ruhly Irving Shain Charles Snowdon and Ann Lindsey Steinhauer Charitable Trust Carl and Sharyn Stumpf Katherine Voight
SILVER CIRCLE ($2,500 - $4,999)
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Craig Argall Helen Baldwin Marian and Jack Bolz Patricia Brady and Robert Smith Martha and Charles Casey John J. Frautschi Family Foundation John Henderson and Pamela Ploetz Janus Galleries/Peter and Jill Lundberg Paul and Aileen Jensen
Myrna Larson Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation Nicholas and Elaine Mischler National Guardian Life Insurance Rajesh Rajaraman and Deepika Rajesh Henry Siegel J. Ashley Taylor Wisconsin Bank and Trust Madison Opera • 22
ANNUAL FUND DONORS
ANNUAL FUND DONORS
BRONZE CIRCLE ($1,250 - $2,499) Suzanne Beia Phillip and Melinda Certain Kathy Condit Stephen and Shirley Crocker John Erickson and Annabelle Lee Elizabeth Evanson Charles Ford and Sharon James Werner and Jean Frank W. Emy Gartzke Tyrone and Janet Greive Edward and Betty Hasselkus Curtis and Dawn Hastings Brandon Hayes R. Roth and Lynne Judd Connie Kinsella and Marc Eisen Bill and Fern Lawrence
John Lemke and Pamela Oliver Renate Madsen Connie E. Maxwell Charles and Mary Mueller Rick and Gail Nordheim Cyrena and Lee Pondrom Joseph and Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner Georgia Shambes Kathryn Smith James and Jean Spilburg Jane Taves Burton and Georgia Wagner William J. Wartmann Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation Dale and Al Wortley
ENTHUSIAST ($250 - $499) Anonymous Friend Tom & Nancy Baillies Charles & Elizabeth Barnhill Janneke & Richard Baske Ellis & Sue Bauman Jerry & Caroline Benser Niles & Linda Berman Linda Bochert Inge & Francis Bretherton Thomas Buchhauser & John Ely Dennis & Lynn Christensen Hanna Cook-Wallace Kathryn Curtis Ted DeDee John & Deidre Dunn
BENEFACTOR ($500 - $1,249) Richard and Helen Ahn Nancy Marshall Bauer Nancy Becknell Hugh and Joyce Bell Klaus and Doris Berghahn Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears Anne W. Bolz Paul and Clio Bushland Dianne Christensen Craig and Karen Christianson David Cloninger and Mary Gillham James and Michela Cobb Dan and Pat Cornwell Peter and Joy Dohr Marilyn and James Ebben Jane M. Eisner Maureen Hart and Peyton Engel Mary Gallagher Linda Garrity Gina Gialamas Lynn Gilchrist Robert and Linda Graebner Lori Grapentine and John Benton Terry L. Haller
Marc and Alice Hansen Patricia Hansen Susan Harris Forrest Hartmann Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Rosemary Johnson Sue and Norm Johnson Jill and Andrew Jung Larry and Clare Keen Herbert H. Kohl Charities, Inc Donald and Maureen Kind Lois Krunnfusz Jennifer and James Lattis Richard and Joan Leffler William F. Long Kathy Lyne Michael and Clare McArdle Patricia McQuiddy Greta and David Menke Franck Meunier and John Strasser Sonja and Paul Micksch Jim and Pat Moore Lawrence T. Nash Marilyn T. Oberst Ian O’Donnell and Robert Rosenbluth
Kato Perlman Joan Daniels Pedro Reynold V. Peterson Darren and Therese Powers Jan and Bob Ross Eric and Meg Rothstein James Samsal Dean and Orange Schroeder Charles and Anne Scott Marcus and Blanche Singer Elliott and Norma Sober Phillip and Jane Stark Maryann Sumi and Carl Sinderbrand W. Stuart and Elizabeth Sykes Nick and Judith Topitzes Pat and Deb Turski Ellis and Catharine Waller Virginia Ward Frank and Mariana Weinhold Frances Weinstein Kenneth West and Lisa Vogel West David Westring George Willett Richard and Katie Yde
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Charles & Bonnie Dykman Edward & Rosanne Ehrlich Michael & Anne Faulhaber Luis & Sandra Fernandez John & Fanny Garver Nancy Baillies & Kevin Gould Alice & Bruce Green Ei Terasawa-Grilley Harry & Lynn Halme Kathleen Harker James & Kathleen Herman Deborah Hoffman & Mark Hazelbaker
Ted Iltis Lee & Rosemary Jones Scott & Mary Kolar Laurie & Paul Lata Franzo Law David & Joan Martin Robert & Ruth Martin Amy & Jerry Nickles Leonard Nosal & Gretchen Macht Daniel O’Brien Julie A. Ottum & David Runstrom Constance Palmer & Chuck Smalley Betty Pope Elizabeth Rathke Nancy & Roger Rathke Don & Carol Reeder
David & Marilyn Rice Reeves Smith & Glenna Carter SRI Design, Inc. Elaine M. Staley Dawn Stucki Millard & Barbara Susman John & Carol Toussaint John & Lisa Unertl Daniel & Selma Van Eyck Ann Wallace Urban Wemmerlöv & Mary Beth Schmalz Ernst & Connie Wiegeshaus
PARTNERS (UP TO $249) Anonymous Friends (6) Julius & Hilde Adler Tom Akagi John & Carol Ames Joann Anderson Roger & Jennifer Anderson Mary Anglim Gary Antoniewicz & Martha Taylor Leon & Rita Applebaum Priscilla Arsove Douglas Batty Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith Frances Bicknell Mary Bowman Dorothy Brar Caryl Bremer Waltraud Brinkmann Carol Briscoe Daniel & Joyce Bromley Alan Brown Margaret Brown Tim Buhl Sandra Burrus Ruth & George Calden Ann Campbell Elizabeth Campbell Charlotte Carey Robert Cates Daniel & Mary Caulfield Evonna Cheetham Mark & Janice Cis
Bernard & Toby Cohen Lawrence & Rebecca Cohen Janet M. Cooper Louis Cornelius & Priscilla Boroniec Edward & Victoria Cothroll Edward Cranley John Daane Anthony D’Alessandro & Alison TenBruggencate Michael & Mary Ann Damm Sue Dauberman Joan Deming & Don Schultz Bea & Gene Dewey Richard Dexter Claire Dick Robert & Paula Dinndorf Joanne Dischler Steve & Cari DiTullio Rosemary M. Dorney Warren & Ruth Downs Timothy Drexler Richard & Doris Dubielzig Kerman Eckes Irvin & Vivian Ehrlich Susan Eichhorn Betty Elsas John Englesby Phyllis Ermer David Falk & Joanne Robbins
Janet Faulhaber Mary H. Hartkopf Thomas & Bonnie Paula Haseman Fitzgerald Galen & Grace Hasler Steven & Mary Ann Fix Davin & Ivy Hatsengate Evelyn Fox Don & Cheryl Heiliger Virginia Francis Rosemary T. Heitkemper John & Mary Frantz Phyllis Helmer Perry & Carolyn Frey A. Henry & Cornelia Gordon Glenn & Martha Fuguitt Hempe James & Barbara Furstenberg Walter & Barbara Herrod Mary Galneder Diane Highsmith Rosalee Gander Helen & Thomas Hill Raymond & Dorothy William & Sara Lee Hinckley Lovrine Garcia Joyce & Thomas Hirsch Mary Gargano & Bruce Hoffmann Kate Sanford Les & Susan Hoffman Vito & Barb Gervasi Amit & Aron Hose Megan Gier Allan & Isabel Hubbard Robert Gillie Hickory Hurie Michael G. Goldsberry Linda & Jeffrey Huttenburg Michael J. Gorman Irene Ilgen James Goulding Margaret & Paul Irwin John Grace & Joan Raducha Catherine & Mark Isenberg Carl & Nancy Graf Juris Jaunkalnietis Paula Graf Kathleen Jeffords Herbert & Virginia Graff Clark Johnson & Katie Graham Nona Hill Jane Hamblen & Robert Frances R. Johnson Lemanske Mary Johnson Camille Haney Stan & Nancy Johnson Don & Mary Harkness Joan Johnston Seth Harrop Jonathan Kane & Arlene P. Hart Janet Mertz
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ANNUAL FUND DONORS
GIVE VOICE TO YOUR LEGACY 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. Madison Opera’s 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. We are proud to recognize you as an Encore Society member! Contact the Madison Opera Development Office at (608) 238-8085 for more information.
Encore Society Members An Anonymous Friend Carla and Fernando Alvarado Craig Argall Helen Baldwin Martin and Kay Barrett Charles and Martha Casey George and Ann Croal Jean Cronon John and Barbara DeMain Robert and Paula Dinndorf Marilyn and Jim Ebben Kennedy Gilchrist and Heidi Wilde Fran Klos
Thomas Kuczmarski Bobbie Kunin Pete and Jill Lundberg Sally and Mike Miley Nancy and Roger Rathke Jan and Bob Ross Charles Snowdon and Ann Lindsey Gamber Tegtmeyer Thomas Terry Nick and Judy Topitzes Terry and Jan Von Haden Helen Wineke
Opera holds a very special place in the arts and is essential to our vital community. We proudly support Madison Opera as it carries on that tradition into the future. Carla and Fernando Alvarado, Madison, WI
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Elizabeth & Jeffrey Kanne Amy Kindschi Noël Marie & Steven Klapper Larry Kneeland Ivan & Miki Knezevic Anthony & Margaret Koblinski Philip Koenig Gary Koppelberger Diane Kostecke & Nancy Ciezki Debbie Kretchmar Karen J. & David Kretschmann James Krikelas John & Ginny Moore Kruse Charles Kulp & Marie Duquette David & Hilda Kuter Harlan & Daun Larson Susan & Donald Lauffer Constance Lavine & Fred Holtzman David Lawver Anna Lee Thomas & Yvonne Lee Mil Lieberthal Arthur & Susan Lloyd Helen C. Lodge Cynthia Lord Joan Lundin Janet C. MacDonald Mary & Eileen Maher Clare Manion Robert March Sarah Marty Donald Mash Curtis & Marilyn Mason Adrienne Massel Jean McConochie Terrance & Barbara McCormick Kevin McKown & Nancy Fuller Sharifa Merchant Fred & Judy Middleton Gary Miller Linda Miller
Linda Mintener & Robert Jones Terry & Hans Moen Kenneth Mohr Merle & Paula Moore Stefanie Moritz & Vince Jenkins Sara & Gary Moses Pasupati & Mina Mukerjee Tess Mulrooney Lynn H. Najem Russell & Delores Nelson Donna Nosek Casey & Eric Oelkers Vince O’Hern & Linda Baldwin Martha Olsen Norman & Darlene Olson James Ostrander David R. Paolone Kathleen Park William Peden & Chelcy Bowles Greggar & Joan Petersen Doreen Peterson Roger & Linda Pettersen Sandra Pfahler Evan & Jane Pizer Julie Plass-Smith & Robert Smith Carol & Nicholas Pollis Stephen Pudloski & Elizabeth Ament Alyssa Rader Arthur & Ursula Rathburn Renee Ravetta Nancy & Daniel Rebholz Glenn Reinl & Sara Krebsbach Cliff & Carol Reithel Kurt Riegel & Jocelyn DeWitt Jeanette Riggert Joan & Kenneth Riggs John Rinehart & Barbara Conley Matthew & Kara Ripley John & Irene Ronzia Ellen Rosner & Barry Perkel
Richard & Lois Rossmiller Michael Rothschild Louise M. Rusch Barbara Ryder Jane Sadusky Barb & Don Sanford Nora Cate Schaeffer Don & Joanne Schalch Willa Schmidt Steven Schreier Mary V. Schroeder Edward & Lynn Schten Alvin Schubert Diane Schuck Mary Ann Schulte Joseph Screnock Magdolna Sebestyen Louise Seitz Donna Sereda Joan Shands Edwin & Ruth Sheldon Lawrence & Linda Shriberg Mark Shults & Nancy Vedder-Shults Karen Sielaff Nan Sievert Glen & Marie Siferd Richard & Cheryl Silvestrini Laura J. Simon Teresa Sizer & Mark Miller Neil Skinner Lise Skofronick Curt & Jane Smith Daniel & Marcia Smith Everett & Tricia Smith Marilyn Smith Randy Smith & Sharon Metcalf Louise & Florian Smoczynski Mary Ellen Spoerke Jennifer Stark Crescentia Stegner-Freitag Scott Stephen Patricia Stocking Mikhail Stolyarov & Irina Shpigelman Elaine Strassburg Julie Swedarsky Howard Sweet Bob & Jeanne Tabachnick
Jean Taffs Rayla Temin Kathleen Tessmer John & Jean Tews Elizabeth Theisen Betty Thomas Don & Joanna Thompson Constance Threinen Roxana & Alex Tomovici Robert Toomey Elizabeth Tuttle Frederic & Gail Tyszka Judith Utevsky Andree & John Valley Jeffrey Van Fleet Charles Vetzner & Arleen Wolek Edward & Jan Vidruk Michael & Sarah Jane Voichick Jan & Terry Von Haden Liz Vowles Douglas & Janet Wadsworth Greg Wagner Peg & Ron Wallace Janine & John Wardale Mona Wasow & Richard Brualdi Anita Waterbury Julie Weiskircher Joyce Wells Fred & Eleanor Wertz Faye Whitaker Eve Wilkie Elyn Williams Mary Williamson Scott & Donna Wilson Rose Mary Wise Curtis Wittwer Janet Wood Charlotte Woods Nancy Woods Yvonne Young Phyllis Young William Zarwell & Robin Chapman Dianne Zimmerman Judith Zvara Steve & Ardis Zwicky
GIFTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN MEMORY OF Lois Dick Bill Frost Eileen Garrett Roland Johnson
Miriam Kerndt Bobbie Kunin Hannah Pickett Barbara Shikora
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THE MARGARET C. WINSTON MADISON OPERA CENTER The Margaret C. Winston Madison Opera Center is now two years old. Located at 335 W. Mifflin Street, our new home encompasses our administrative offices, rehearsal hall, costume shop, music library, and much more. We thank the following individuals who have made leading gifts to the Building Fund as of January 30, 2016. Thank you for helping us to literally build for our future – and that of the arts in our community.
OPUS 1961 ($25,000+) An Anonymous Friend Bert and Diane Adams Kay and Martin Barrett Lau and Bea Christensen
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Stephen Hurley Patti and Steve Lucas
Carla and Fernando Alvarado Marian and Jack Bolz George and Ann Croal
W. Jerome Frautschi Connie Maxwell Mary and Charles Mueller
OPUS 6 ($5,000-$9,999)
Nancy Marshall Bauer Robert and Paula Dinndorf Gina Gialamas
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Robert and Pam McDonald The Berbeewalsh Foundation
Carol and James Ruhly Fred and Eleanor Wertz Helen Wineke
OPUS 5 ($2,500-$4,999)
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Fran Klos and Family Susan and Jonathan Lipp Peter and Jill Lundberg Madison Community Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Graebner Johnson Bank
Kathryn Smith Jan and Terry Von Haden
OPUS 4 ($1,000-$2,499) An Anonymous Friend Elizabeth A. Conklin J. Robert and Kathryn Curtis Dane Arts Alexandra and William Dove Marilyn and Jim Ebben Charles Ford and Sharon James Heidi Wilde and Kennedy Gilchrist
Aileen and Paul Jensen In Memory of Edward W. Kuenzi - Viola Kuenzi Joan Lundin Michael and Clare McArdle Stephen D. Morton In Memory of Bill Owen - David Newby and Kathleen McElroy
Reynold V. Peterson Charles Snowdon and Ann Lindsey Elaine Staley Carl and Sharyn Stumpf Bette Theisen Nick and Judith Topitzes Suzanne and Thomas Wilkinson
The Campaign is not yet complete. If you would like to make a donation or discuss naming opportunities, please contact Beth Tolles at 608-238-8085 or tolles@madisonopera.org.
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Looking for event space? The Margaret C. Winston Madison Opera Center can be rented for a variety of events, such as rehearsals, receptions, and meetings. Located at 335 W. Mifflin Street, one block from Overture Center, the Center’s 4,600 square feet of open space boasts large windows and a beautiful wood floor. Visit madisonopera.org for more information or contact us at 608.238.8085
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In the weeks leading up to performances, the MadOpera Blog features interviews with cast members about everything from their hometown to their favorite post-show meal. We asked each Little Women artist what book they most loved as a child. Here are their collected answers:
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Black Beauty
Jurassic Park
The Wizard of Oz
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The Boxcar Children
Nancy Drew mysteries
A Wrinkle in Time
Charlotte’s Web
The Pet of the Met
Any mystery novel
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Dune
Polgara the Sorceress
Plays by Noel Coward
Harry Potter (chosen by three artists)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Anything by Stephen King
Jade
Where the Red Fern Grows
Anything by Tolkien
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In 2002, Madison Opera took a risk on a free concert in Garner Park. 4,000 people attended and a new tradition was born. In 2016, Madison Opera will celebrate the 15th year of this magical performance, which has quadrupled in attendance and now has the highest per-capita attendance of any such event in the country. Mark July 23 on your calendar, invite your friends, start planning your picnic, and help us make the 15th Opera in the Park a true celebration of Madison Opera and our community.
Thank you to our 2016 Opera in the Park Sponsors:
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Adamo Beethoven Bellini Bernstein Bizet Boito Borodin Brock Brodzky Copland Delibes Donizetti Dvořák Flaherty
Floyd Gershwin Gimenez Giordano Glinka Gounod Hagan Handel Heggie Herman Kern Lara Lehár Leigh
Leoncavallo Loesser Loewe Mascagni Merrill Moore Mozart Offenbach Porter Puccini Rodgers Romberg Rossini Saint-Saëns
Schoenberg Sondheim Sousa J. Strauss R. Strauss Sullivan Tchaikovsky Ulvaeus Verdi Wagner Weill Wilson
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Flapper’s Feast A Roaring 20s party To Benefit Opera in the Park and Madison Opera’s Education Programs From jazz and martinis to silent and live auctions, delicious food, dancing, and perhaps a surprise or two, this will be a party to remember!
Friday, March 4, 2016 Blackhawk Country Club
For more information, visit madisonopera.org, or call 608-238-8085