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I. A BernsteIn CeleBrAtIon Daniel Rowland, violin Meghan Picerno, soprano Saturday September 29 8pm or Sunday September 30 4pm
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including music from West Side Story and Candide
II. Beethoven PIAno ConCertos Marcelo Lehninger, guest conductor Inon Barnatan, piano Saturday October 27 8pm or Sunday October 28 4pm
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The complete concerto cycle in two days
III. rAChel BArton PIne plays Paganini Rachel Barton Pine, violin Sunday November 18 4pm Works by Janáček, Paganini, and STraVinSky
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Iv. Beethoven’s FIFth EDWARD T. CONE CONCERT Dominic Cheli, piano Saturday February 2 8pm or Sunday February 3 4pm
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Plus, BrahmS' Piano Concerto no. 1
v. Dvořák & lIeBermAnn Chelsea Knox, flute Saturday March 23 8pm or Sunday March 24 4pm
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Works by missy mazzoli, lowell lieBermann, and DVořák
vI. Derek Bermel’s mango suite Griset Damas-Roche, flamenco dancer Sunday May 19 4pm
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Works by Derek Bermel and manuel de Falla
princetonsymphony.org or 609/ 497-0020 richardson auditorium on the Princeton University campus. Programs, artists, dates, and times subject to change.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the new Jersey State Council on the arts.
Table of Contents Jazz |
Peter and Will Anderson Quintet............................................... 5
BAROQUE |
Princeton Festival Baroque Chamber Ensemble................. 6
BAROQUE |
Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra................................. 7
BAROQUE |
Princeton Festival Baroque Chorus and Orchestra............. 8
Chamber Music | Musical | OPERA |
Concordia Chamber Players..................................... 9
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum......10 –13
Madama Butterfly............................................................14 –18
Piano Competition......................................................................20 – 22 Education and COMMUNITY Engagement...................................24 – 26 Artist profiles.............................................................................29 – 35
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Welcome A message from the Chair and the Executive & Artistic Director “Music is the most ethereal of the arts, it exists only as it is being performed and thereafter only in the memory of the listener.”
— Aaron Copland
This quote from the quintessential American composer Aaron Copland gives us food for thought. We often refer to the score as the music, but the score is merely a representation of the sounds that make up music. With music, a performer can make an emotional connection with a complete stranger in the audience. Isn’t that remarkable? All of us who are passionate about music understand the unspoken, profound, and intimate connection we share when experiencing live performances. Our lives are so enriched with this incredible art form. There is an abundance to choose from this season: opera, musical theater, jazz, Baroque orchestra, choral concert, chamber music, and the perennial piano competition. We hope you will be enticed to sample several of our offerings. We are also pleased to present an extensive series of free lectures at several venues in the Princeton area, together with education initiatives for underserved communities. Over the past fourteen years The Princeton Festival has grown in stature and recognition. Every May and June over 250 professional artists and production staff arrive in Princeton to work for the Festival. Their residency ranges from a few days to six weeks depending on their roles, and many of our artists stay with private local hosts who enjoy being at the center of the Festival’s creative team. None of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of our Board of Trustees, our donors, and you, our patrons. The Princeton Festival thanks all who have supported us in enriching the greater Princeton community over the past fourteen years. If you would like to join our team of dedicated donors and volunteers, or just to tell us what you think, please write us at info@princetonfestival.org or call 609.759.0379. With a warm welcome to our 2018 season, Costa Papastephanou Richard Tang Yuk Chair, Board of Trustees Executive & Artistic Director THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL | 3
EXECUTIVE & Artistic Director
Advisory Council
Richard Tang Yuk
Joseph Flummerfelt
Board of Trustees
Costa Papastephanou, Chair Deborah Herman, Vice Chair Jane DeLung, Treasurer Marcia Atcheson, Secretary
C O N C O R D I A P L AY E R S . O R G • 2 1 5 . 8 16 . 0 2 2 7
Marcia Bossart Pamela Bristol David H. Brown Helene Kulsrud Thomas V. Lento Anastasia Marty Debbie Modzelewski Markell Shriver Gabriel Stelian Elizabeth Sweetser Richard Tang Yuk Benedikt von Schroder
Artistic Director, Spoleto Festival USA Founder & Conductor of the New York Choral Artists Conductor Emeritus, Westminster Choir and Westminster Symphonic Choir
Nigel Redden
General Director, Spoleto Festival USA
Mark Steinberg
Violinist, Brentano String Quartet
Carol Vaness
International Soprano, Voice Faculty, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
2018-19 CONCERT SEASON .,
ChamberFest 2018: September 14-15, 2018 Kol Nidre for string quartet — John Zorn White Man Sleeps for string quartet — Kevin Volans Fratres for string quartet — Arvo Pärt Five World Dances for guitar and string quartet — Sergio Assad Alexi Kenney, Tien Hsin Cindy Wu - violins, Mark Holloway - viola, Michelle Djokic - cello, Hao Yang - guitar
Subscription Concert I: November 11, 2018 Phantasy Quartet for oboe and string trio, Opus 2 — Benjamin Britten Out of Time for string quartet — Jonathan Dove Piacevole, in E minor, Opus 83 — Sir Edward Elgar Quartet for English horn and string trio — Jean Françaix Yoojin Jang, Emily Daggett-Smith - violins, Richard O’Neill - viola, Michelle Djokic - cello, Kemp Jernigan - oboe/english horn
Subscription Concert II: February 17, 2019 Piano Quintet — Ellen Taaffe Zwillich Trio in A minor, Opus 150 — Amy Beach Piano Quintet No. 1, Opus 30 — Louise Farrenc John Novacek - piano, Miho Saeguso - violin, Ayane Kozasa - viola, Michelle Djokic - cello, Anthony Manzo - bass
Subscription Concert III: April 28, 2019 “21” for cello and marimba — Andy Akiho String quartet no. 2 “Kabardinian” — Sergei Prokofiev LIgNEouS for marimba and string quartet — Andy Akiho Artistic Director, Michelle Djokic
Ian Rosenbaum - marimba, Kristin Lee, Tien Hsin Cindy Wu - violins, Dimitri Murrath - viola, Michelle Djokic - cello
Jazz
Peter and Will Anderson Quintet
“Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone.” — New York Times Saturday, June 23, 8 pm Berlind Theatre McCarter Theatre Center 91 University Place Princeton Peter & Will Anderson, horns Jeb Patton, piano Neal Miner, bass Phil Stewart, drums
Led by two astonishing virtuoso brothers on saxophone and clarinet, the Peter and Will Anderson Quintet has recently taken the jazz world by storm with their tighter-than-tight postbop rhythms and vivid improvisations. They regularly headline the nation’s top jazz clubs, and this will be the quintet’s first Princeton appearance. This program will end at approximately 9:20 pm.
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Princeton Festival Baroque Chamber Ensemble Saturday, June 23, 5 pm Princeton Abbey 75 Mapleton Road Princeton Concertmaster Juan Carlos Zamudio leads select members of The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra in this intimate afternoon featuring rare gems of the Baroque chamber repertoire.
Program The Annunciation from the Rosary Sonatas Heinrich Biber (1644 –1704) Trio Sonata in A minor, Op. 4, No. 6 Franz Xaver Richter (1709 –1789) Suite in E minor Johann Bernhard Bach (1676 –1749) Ballo detto Pollicio Tarquinio Merula (1595 –1665) Folias Andrea Falconieri (1586 –1656) The Princeton Festival BAROQUE ORCHESTRA Violin & viola
Juan Carlos Zamudio, concertmaster Maria Romero Reynaldo Patino Alice Culin-Ellison Stephanie Raby Toma Iliev Sarah Cranor Violoncello
Anna Steinhoff, principal
Oboe
Caroline Giassi, principal David Dickey Theorbo
Arash Noori Harpsichord
Stanley Fink (June 30) Gregory Geehern (June 23) Richard Tang Yuk (June 27)
Violone
Eric Fisher, principal This program will end at approximately 6 pm.
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Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 pm Miller Chapel Princeton Theological Seminary 64 Mercer Street Princeton Now in its fourth year, The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra and concertmaster Juan Carlos Zamudio return to Miller Chapel to present a concert in full orchestral glory. Come hear them bring the Baroque legacy to life in a rich and varied program.
Program “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,” from Solomon, HWV 67
George Frideric Handel (1685 –1759)
Concerto for Viola & Continuo Georg Philipp Telemann in G major, Twv 51:g9 (1681 –1767) Symphony No. 5 in F major Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c.1690 –1758) Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, RV 580 Il giardino armonico
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 –1741)
Suite from Alcyone (1706) Marin Marais (1656 –1728)
This program will end at approximately 8:40 pm.
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Princeton Festival Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Gregory Geehern, Conductor Saturday, June 30, 7 pm Miller Chapel Princeton Theological Seminary 64 Mercer Street Princeton Conductor Gregory Geehern leads The Princeton Festival Baroque Chorus and Orchestra in Johann Sebastian Bach’s tuneful and elegant wedding cantata Der Herr denket an uns and George Frideric Handel’s prodigious, virtuosic Dixit Dominus in Miller Chapel’s vibrant acoustic.
Program Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 George Frideric Handel (1685 –1759) This program will end at approximately 8 pm. Please join us immediately afterwards for a free “Meet the Artists” reception.
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Chamber Music
Concordia Chamber Players Michelle Djokic, Artistic Director Saturday, June 9, 7:30 pm Miller Chapel Princeton Theological Seminary 64 Mercer Street Princeton A perennial favorite with our Festival audience, the Concordia Chamber Players kick off this season with flare. Carmit Zori, violin Daniel Kim, violin Michelle Djokic, cello Michael Brown, piano
Program Intermezzo for String Trio Zoltán Kodály (1882 –1967) Trio élégiaque No. 1 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 –1943) Suite in A major, JS 186 Jean Sibelius (1865 –1957) Intermission Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87 Antonín Dvořák (1841 –1904) This program is underwritten with generous support from This program will end at approximately 9 pm. Please join us immediately afterwards for a free “Meet the Artists” reception.
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Musical
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Princeton University Matthews Acting Studio 185 Nassau Street Princeton
June 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 at 8 pm June 10, 17, 24, July 1 at 4 pm Michael Dean Morgan, Director Corey Everly, Music Director Nate Golden, Associate Director & Choreographer Wesley Cornwell, Scenic & Lighting Design Megan Berry, Scenic & Lighting Design Associate Marie Miller, Costume Design Maddy Roberts, Production Stage Manager This performance will run approximately 2 hrs 15 min., including one intermission.
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Originally Produced on Broadway by Harold S. Prince
Cast Pseudolus Michael Caizzi Senex Patrick James Domina Roxy York Hysterium Michael Bartkiewicz Philia Stephanie Meadowcroft Hero Maxwell Carmel Lycus Jordan Bunshaft Miles Gloriosus Matthew Mucha Erronius Jordan Bunshaft Protean Caitlin Ablaza Protean Jenna Pinchbeck Protean Erin Ulman
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum MUSICAL NUMBERS Act I 1 Overture....................................................................... Orchestra
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Comedy Tonight.........................................Pseudolus, Company
3 Love, I Hear..........................................................................Hero
4 Free....................................................................Pseudolus, Hero
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The House of Marcus Lycus................................. Lycus, Proteans
6 Lovely........................................................................ Philia, Hero
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Everybody Ought to Have a Maid..................Senex, Pseudolus, Hysterium, Lycus
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I’m Calm.......................................................................Hysterium
9 Impossible................................................................ Senex, Hero
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Bring Me My Bride................. Miles, Proteans, Pseudolus, Lycus
Intermission Act II
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That Dirty Old Man......................................................... Domina
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That’ll Show Him................................................................. Philia
13 Lovely (Reprise)......................................... Pseudolus, Hysterium
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Funeral Sequence...............................................Miles, Company
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Finale Ultimo................................................................ Company
Band Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone— Chris Welte Trumpet—Tom Bouton Double Bass— Dan Hudson Percussion—Travis Goffredo Keyboard —Corey Everly 12 | THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL
DIRECTOR’S NOTES If you’re laughing, it must be true. Forum was the best musical of 1962 and is based on the plays of Plautus written in the 90’s—that would be the 190’s... BC. Fast forward to the 21st century, and laughter and the truth of Forum still resonates. However, as times change, so does the need to look at “tradition” through a new lens. Our production breaks several traditional conventions of the show. We have distilled the set and properties into the essential ingredients rather than the often used cartoon-like setting. Our cast has been strategically reduced and roles looked at in a new way. Forum was originally conceived with three male Proteans, who can do and be anything, and six female courtesans whose only contribution was their dancing and physical beauty. Gender roles that are a closer reflection of society in 190 BC rather than 1990 AD or today. Our creative team, along with our skilled cast, explored how to produce a Forum so that it maintains its light and hilarious nature while still being relevant to today’s audiences. One solution, c asting three skilled and versatile women to play both Proteans and Courtesans has made this fast paced show even more breathtaking. It has been an artistic joy to explore Forum with such a talented creative team and cast. We are proud and honored to share with you OUR “comedy tonight!” — Michael Dean Morgan
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Opera
Madama Butterfly
Butterfly so airy unable to bear the burden of knowing Poem by Mari Kashiwagi, Translation by Takako Lento
Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Saturday, June 16, 7:30 pm Sunday, June 24, 3 pm Sunday, July 1, 3 pm Matthews Theatre McCarter Theatre Center 91 University Place Princeton, NJ Richard Tang Yuk, Conductor Steven LaCosse, Director Wally Coberg, Set Design Norman Coates, Lighting Design Marie Miller, Costumes Carissa Thorlakson, Wig & Make-up Design Gregory Geehern, Assistant Conductor/Chorus Master Stanley Fink, Répétiteur/Coach Zachary Jenkins, Production Stage Manager 14 | THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL
Cast
Cio-Cio-san (Madama Butterfly) Yulia Lysenko Suzuki Janara Kellerman B.F. Pinkerton Matthew White Sharpless Paul La Rosa Goro Anthony Webb Prince Yamadori Chad Armstrong The Bonze Wei Wu Kate Pinkerton Kathleen Monson Trouble Spencer Brown Trouble Lionel Burton Registrar Brett Algaier Imperial Commissioner Chad Armstrong Cousin Kimberly Lloyd Mother Rebecca Roy Aunt Amanda Lee Uncle Yakasude Scott Lee With The Princeton Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Covers Cio-Cio-san Amanda Lee Kimberly Lloyd Suzuki Stephanie Newman
This performance will run approximately 2 hrs 40 min., including one intermission. Please join us immediately afterwards for a free “Meet the Artists� reception on Opening Night, June 16.
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The Princeton Festival ORCHESTRA Flute
Trombone
Viola
Kim Reighley, principal Frances Tate
Mark Brochinsky, principal Matt Melore James Rogers
Julie DiGaetani, principal Jackie Watson Amy Leonard Michael Davis
Oboe
Jason Sudduth, principal Erin Gustafson
Timpani
Bill Wozniak
Violoncello
Clarinet
Percussion
Rie Suzuki, principal Robert Huebner
Phillip O’Banion
Glenn Fischbach, principal Elizabeth Thompson Naomi Gray
Violin
Bassoon
Blake Espy, concertmaster Dan McDougall, principal Peggy Banks Brent Edmundson Carlos Rubio Elena Chernova-Davis Alexandra Cutler-Fetkewicz
Bass
Edward Burns, principal Horn
Todd Williams, principal Lyndsie Wilson Karen Schubert Ryan Stewart Trumpet
Brian Kuszyk, principal Steve Heitzer Frank Ferraro
Violin II
Gared Crawford, principal David Marks Anne Ku Samantha Crawford Chi Park
The Princeton Festival OPERA CHORUS Gregory Geehern, Chorus Master Akiko Hosaki, Accompanist Emmanuel Acosta Brett Algaier Kirsten Anderson Kirsten Brown Christian Burleson Gwen Cartwright Sean Clancy Katie Elliott Blake Gates Meagan Lee Hodson Scott Lee Amanda Lee * Kimberly Lloyd *
Rachel Martin Kathleen Monson Christopher Nappa Stephanie Newman * Jinqiu Pei Brian Pember Courtney Pendleton Rebecca Roy Edward Wang Micah White Michael Wisnosky Elizabeth Wojtowicz * cover artist
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Opera Synopsis Act 1 Time: Late 19th/early 20th century. Place: Nagasaki, Japan. B.F. Pinkerton, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, inspects a house that he is acquiring through Goro, a marriage broker and local Mr. Fix-it. Goro has also arranged for Pinkerton to take the charming geisha Butterfly (Cio-Cio-san) as a wife of convenience until he can marry a properly American woman. Goro introduces three servants, including Butterfly’s personal servant Suzuki, and describes the relatives and officials who will be present at the signing of the marriage contract. Sharpless, the American consul, arrives for the ceremony, and Pinkerton tells him how an American seafarer may freely roam the world making conquests on his own terms. Goro bustles in again and offers to find the consul a bride, too. The consul then warns Pinkerton not to take this marriage lightly, but the lieutenant is so enchanted with Butterfly’s fragile beauty that he is determined to have her. When Sharpless warns he may bring sorrow to a trusting and innocent heart, Pinkerton responds by proposing a toast to his future American wife. Butterfly and her companions enter. She answers questions about her family, then reveals to their astonishment that she is only 15 years old. The guests arrive and Goro takes charge. In an aside to Pinkerton, Butterfly asks if she can keep some of her treasures. Among them is a knife that the Emperor sent her father for killing himself in a ritual act of hara-kiri. Butterfly discards figurines representing her ancestors and reveals that she has secretly converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, Butterfly’s uninvited uncle the Bonze (a Buddhist monk) comes to the house, curses her for converting, and orders the guests to leave. They renounce her and Pinkerton comforts Butterfly. The newlyweds sing a love duet and prepare to spend their first night together. Intermission THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL | 17
Opera Synopsis, cont. Act 2 Time: Three years later. Place: The house. Pinkerton is gone, having left soon after the wedding. He promised to return when the robins nest in spring, but three springs have passed. The household is desperately short of money. Butterfly has given birth to his son, and faithfully awaits her husband’s return, though her servant Suzuki asserts he is not coming back. In the famous aria “Un bel di” Butterfly describes the joy she will feel when Pinkerton returns. Goro arrives with Sharpless, who has received a letter from Pinkerton saying he is returning to Japan with an American wife and that his marriage to Butterfly is over. Before Sharpless can read it to Butterfly, Prince Yamadori arrives to pay suit to her. (Goro, having heard Pinkerton has abandoned her, is trying to arrange another marriage.) After Goro and Yamadori leave, Sharpless tells Butterfly of Pinkerton’s letter. She asks him to tell her husband that their beautiful child awaits his arrival. The baby’s name is Trouble, she says, but when Pinkerton returns it shall be Joy. From the house on the hill, Butterfly sees Pinkerton’s ship sail into the harbor below. Suzuki and the child fall asleep, but Butterfly stays up all night waiting to greet him. Act 3 Suzuki wakes in the morning and Butterfly retires to her room to rest. Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton’s American wife Kate. They have come because Kate has agreed to raise the child, but when Pinkerton sees how Butterfly has decorated the house for his return, he realizes he has made a huge mistake. He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless, and Kate to break the news. As Suzuki and Kate enter from the garden, Butterfly appears, looking for Pinkerton. Kate begs her forgiveness. Agreeing to give up her child if Pinkerton himself comes to see her, Butterfly then prays to statues of her ancestral gods, says goodbye to her son, and blindfolds him. She places a small American flag in his hands and goes behind a screen to cut her throat with her father’s hara-kiri knife. Pinkerton rushes in too late and Butterfly dies. 18 | THE PRINCETON FESTIVAL
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2018 Piano Competition for Young Performers Clark Music Center The Lawrenceville School 2500 Main Street Lawrenceville, NJ Adjudicators Charles Abramovic Eunhae Grace Yun Masters of Ceremonies Lois Laverty Glenn Smith
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
Saturday, June 9, 10 am–2 pm Sunday, June 10, 9 am–2 pm Free and open to the public
FINAL ROUND
Sunday, June 17, 3 pm Tickets required
Contestants must choose one piece specified for their age category.
Elementary Artists (ages 6–9) Bach: Overture in F, BWV 820, Bourrée (with repeats) Haydn: Divertimento-Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI/G1, Allegro (no repeats) Prokofiev: Music for Children, Op. 65, No. 4, A Tarantelle
E1 Elisa Lee E2 Maxim Krueger E3 Iris Yan E4 Hannah Zou E5 Averie Wu E6 Sarah Popescu E7 Clara Chen E8 Dennis Ji E9 Caiden Mooney
E10 Rebecca Swartz E11 Andrew Khislavskiy E12 Elie Kuan E13 Chloe Li E14 Kathrine Wang E15 Kiran Joshi E16 Emily Zhang E17 Diane Allain-Tereshchenko
Piano Competition Finals: This program will end at approximately 6 pm on June 17. Please join us immediately afterwards for a free “Meet the Artists” reception.
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Intermediate Artists (ages 10–12) Mozart: Sonata in C major, K.545, Rondo Grieg: Lyric Suite, Book X, Op. 71, No. 3, Puck Bartók: Sonatina, Sz. 55, first movement
I19 Sharon Lee I20 Emily Razenkov I21 Clara Shin I22 Bryce Bandin I23 Michael Liu I24 Chukwudubem Echezona I25 Brianna Campbell I26 Shieun Koo I27 Ryan Mou I28 Anton Zelov I29 Jonathan Ji I30 Jack Fan I31 Joie Kuan I32 Devon Jiang
I33 Sue Nishida I34 Raymond Xu I35 Jane Atkinson I36 Kira Grushow I37 Eric Wang I38 James McConkey I39 Lili Masoudi I40 Andrew Yu I41 Amogh Joshi I42 Andrew Gao I43 Petrina Steimel I44 Kaleb Zhao I45 Maggie Zhu I46 Avery Regan
Junior Artists (ages 13–15) Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Presque lent —dans un sentiment intime Lavallée: Le Papillon, Op. 18 Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, No. 4, Intermezzo
J47 Phoebe Lee J48 Jeffrey Han J49 Andrew Wan J50 Bryan Chan J51 Kenechukwu Echezona J52 Ellie Shin J53 Michael Zhang J54 David Pan J55 Rachel Wang J56 Adam Dalkilic
J57 Sarah Reisler J58 Christopher Pan J59 Giovanna Consiglio J60 Theresa Zhang J61 Liam Umbs J62 Linda Xu J63 Victoria Coey J64 Madeleine Miller J65 Jiakun Huang J66 Sophie Zhang
Senior Artists (ages 16–18) Medtner: Three Arabesques, Op. 7, Idyll No. 1 Chopin: Polonaise in D minor, Op. 71, No. 1 Albéniz: Iberia, Book 2, Triana
S73 Raymond Chang S74 Vishal Raman S75 Vishal Shankar S76 Chukwuemekalum Echezona
S77 Saumya Bhandarkar S78 Emma Noyelle S79 Matthew Oboh
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Piano Four-Hands (under the age of 25) Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor Debussy: Petite Suite, En Bateau Massenet: Première Suite, Op. 11, No. 1, Andante
F70 Ellie & Clara Shin
Open Class (under the age of 25)
The contestant must choose one solo work of under 10 minutes from the list of composers below. Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Ginastera, Kabalevsky, Liszt, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, or an original composition (not an arrangement) by any contemporary composer.
O81 Michael Zhang O82 William Ge O83 Denzel Garrick O84 AnnaLotte Smith O85 Adam Moszczynski O86 Michael Varshavskiy O87 Sarah Popescu O88 Annie Wei O89 Brooklyn McLaury
O90 Jeffrey Zhang O91 Shai Zohar-Natanel O92 Shuyi Chen O93 Alyssa Gabrilovich O94 Yenchun Kuo O95 Max Wang O96 Catherine Chu O97 Sherwin Pan O98 Christine Chang
This program is generously underwritten by Jacobs Music.
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The Princeton Festival Guild is dedicated to supporting all aspects of The Princeton Festival, playing a critical role in its success. Celebrate the performing arts with us as we commit time and energy to educational and community enrichment programs, assisting at Festival events, organizing fundraisers, and providing cast hospitality. Learn more and become a member at princetonfestival.org/guild
The Princeton Festival Guild Executive Committee Judith Adler Pamela Bristol Jean Brown Sue Cotter Bobette Lister
Christiane Ludescher-Furth Janet Perkins Kerry Perretta Patricia Virga Carol Wojciechowicz
Visit princetonfestival.org/ticket-info for group discounts, subscriptions, family packages for the opera, and ticket office hours.
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Education and Community Engagement Except where noted otherwise, all events are free and open to the public, and located in the town of Princeton, NJ. Learn more at princetonfestival.org. Exhibit | A-TEAM Collaboration Peruse music-inspired paintings by A-TEAM artists, affiliated with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) and ArtSpace Artists of HomeFront. May 1–31 June 16, 24, July 1
Thomas Sweet Café, Skillman * Receptions on May 15 & 23. Matthews Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center * Open to ticket-holders attending the opera performance.
Musical Theater Workshop | Making
of a Musical
Gail Blache-Gill, Teaching Artist Aspiring stars of the musical stage gain insight and career guidance on how to navigate the business. Limited to high school and college students. Free, pre-registration required. May 19 June 3 June 9 Discussion | Artists’
Workshop Tech Rehearsal & Discussion with Director and Cast of A Funny Thing Final Dress Rehearsal of A Funny Thing
Round Table
Marian Burleigh-Motley, Moderator Panelists including Madama Butterfly director Steven LaCosse discuss the pleasures and perils faced on stage and off as they bring the opera to life.
May 30 at 6:30 pm The Erdman Center, Princeton Theological Seminary
Lecture | Musical Comedy in Ancient Rome: The Genius of Titus Maccius Plautus
Denis Feeney, Giger Professor of Latin, Princeton University Discover how Plautus’ works from the 2nd century BC anticipated modern musical comedy, and how his signature combination of slap-stick farce with dazzling verbal wit inspired Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
May 31 at 7 pm
Princeton Public Library
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Education and Community Engagement Lecture | Madama
Butterfly: Beauty in Betrayal
Timothy Urban, Professor of Music, Rider University From the haunting humming chorus to the incomparable “Un bel di,” Puccini lavished some of his most sublime music on the tragic betrayal of Madama Butterfly. Come explore the music behind Butterfly’s heart-rending pathos. June 2 at 2 pm West Windsor Library, Princeton Junction June 14 at 7 pm Princeton Public Library Opera Workshop | Bringing Opera to the Stage Get the inside scoop and a behind-the-scenes view of a working rehearsal. June 3 at 6:30 pm Opera Staging Rehearsal with Q&A Trinity Church June 14 at 5:30 pm Backstage Tour & Final Dress Rehearsal Matthews Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center Lecture | An
Opera Composer’s Approach to Storytelling
Andrew Lovett, Composer and Research Specialist, Princeton University What kind of story can music tell? And how do we turn that kind of story into a convincing combination of music and theater? Composer Andrew Lovett discusses how opera’s unique combination of vocal and instrumental music structures and deepens a story. June 5 at 7 pm Princeton Public Library
Opera Workshop | Music
That Tells a Story
Rochelle Ellis and Kyle Masson, Teaching Artists This intergenerational program offers an immersive, interactive introduction to Madama Butterfly and the world of opera. Free, pre-registration required. June 6 at 6:30 pm Princeton Public Library June 9 at 10 am Turning Point United Methodist Church, Trenton June 12 at 6:30 pm Lawrence Library, Lawrenceville Backstage Tour & Final Dress Rehearsal
June 14 at 5:30 pm
Matthews Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center
Season Preview
Singers perform excerpts from the opera and musical this season, and directors discuss what happens behind the scenes.
June 7 at 7 pm
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Education and Community Engagement Lecture | Madama Butterfly Goes to Paris; Isabella Stewart Gardner Goes to Japan
Marianne Grey, Princeton University Art Museum Docent Travel with the likes of Henry Adams, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Lafcadio Hearn, and Isabella Bird as they explore Japan, and learn about the great wave of Western enthusiasm for Japanese culture that swept across all areas of artistic creation in the decades preceding Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. June 12 at 7 pm Princeton Public Library June 28 at 7 pm Lawrence Library, Lawrenceville Discussion | Cross-Cultural Challenges in Opera Panelists will discuss the issues that arise when staging operas from a different culture. June 18 at 7 pm Princeton Public Library Poetry Reading | Butterfly
Poetic World
and Cio-Cio-san in Mari Kashiwagi’s
Mari Kashiwagi, Poet and Takako Lento, Translator A reading by award-winning Japanese poet Mari Kashiwagi of her ‘Butterfly’ poems written for The Princeton Festival, plus a discussion with her translator, Takako Lento. June 17 at 11:30 am Lecture | More
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About What’s BAROQUE About Baroque Music?
John Burkhalter, Independent Scholar, Musician, Artistic Director of The Practitioners of Musick Early Music specialist John Burkhalter discusses Baroque music and instruments, with a focus on the Festival’s offerings this season. June 21 at 7 pm Princeton Public Library
Lecture | Before Butterfly: 17th-Century Dutch & Japanese Music
John Burkhalter, Independent Scholar, Musician, Artistic Director of The Practitioners of Musick Glenn Shōyū Swann, Shakuhachi Player and Teacher Hear with your own ears how the exchange of ideas between Japan and the West encompassed the world of music, with live performances of music from when the Dutch East India Company (VOC) established its foothold in Japan, and straight from the Tokugawa shogunate court itself. June 25 at 7 pm Mary Jacobs Memorial Library, Rocky Hill
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Education and Community Engagement Programs The Princeton Festival and its Guild welcome you to our Education and Community Engagement programs. Free lectures, workshops, promotional events and a visual art exhibit with distinguished experts and artists, presented by the Festival and our partner organizations, promote a deeper appreciation of the Festival’s 2018 performances. An entire listing of our events can be found at princetonfestival.org If you would like to join our dynamic education team, please write to education@princetonfestival.org
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Announcing the 2018–2019 Season! Sunday November 18th, 2018 4pm
Autumn concert Sunday March 3rd, 2019 4pm
Haydn: Mass in D minor (Lord Nelson Mass) Sunday May 5th, 2019 4pm
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Artist Profiles Caitlin Ablaza (Protean Forum) Credits include Little Red Riding Hood in Into The Woods and Dunyasha in The Cherry Orchard. This fall, she will appear in a Samuel Beckett Festival at Philadelphia Fringe and Provincetown Theatre Festival under Barrymore Award winner Lane Savadove. Love to Dad, Mom, Neil, and Jon.
Michael Bartkiewicz (Hysterium, Forum) has appeared Off Broadway in The Skin of Our Teeth (TFANA) and The Berenstain Bears Live! Other credits include Eurydice, Urinetown, Hairspray, The Diviners, and The Underpants. He is a graduate of AMDA and making his Princeton Festival debut!
Charles Abramovic (Adjudicator, Piano Competition) is Professor of Keyboard Studies at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music. He is a core member of the Dolce Suono Ensemble in Philadelphia. He has performed often with artists such as Midori, Sarah Chang, Viktoria Mullova, Jeffrey Khaner, and Mimi Stillman.
Megan Berry (Scenic & Lighting Design Associate, Forum) is thrilled to be joining the creative team of The Princeton Festival. Recent credits include Picnic at Hanging Rock (Princeton University), Etched in Skin (Princeton University), and The Flick (Theatre Intime). Currently, Berry is designing for Princeton Summer Theater’s 2018 season.
The Anderson Quintet is made up of Peter Anderson (sax), Will Anderson (sax), Jeb Patton (piano), Neal Miner (bass), and Philip Stewart (drums). They have performed with the likes of Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and regularly play at Smalls in NYC.
Gail Blache-Gill (Teaching Artist, Musical Workshop), a native of Trinidad, has toured internationally as a soprano soloist in productions of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and performed for Nelson Mandela’s 1991 visit to New York. She prepares musicals for the Kidz 2 Camp, and directed musicals while teaching at BYU-Hawaii.
Chad Armstrong (Yamadori, Butterfly), is hailed as a distinct performer in productions throughout the USA and Europe. Mr. Armstrong triumphed in the title-role Rigoletto (Annapolis Opera), Il Prigioniero (Teatro Comunale di Bologna), and as John Donne in Marco Tutino’s Vita (National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Ostrava, Czech Republic).
Jordan Bunshaft (Lycus/Erronius, Forum) is delighted to be back after playing Sancho Panza in last summer’s Man of La Mancha. Other credits include Off Broadway’s awardwinning That Physics Show, Nicely in Guys and Dolls, Feldzieg in The Drowsy Chaperone, Edna in Hairspray, and Barfée in ...Spelling Bee.
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Artist Profiles John Burkhalter (Lecturer) studied the performance of early music at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston under Daniel Pinkham and the performance of Baroque music at Harvard University under Dutch recorder virtuoso, scholar and conductor Frans Bruggen.
Norman Coates (Lighting Designer, Butterfly) marks his 11th year with the Festival. His design work includes over 300 productions On and Off Broadway regional theaters and with Opera Omaha, Fort Worth Opera, Piedmont Opera, and Opera Pacific. Public art works can be seen at www.lightproject.org.
Marian Burleigh-Motley (Moderator, Artists’ Round Table) holds a Ph.D. in Art History from NYU. She has served as Head of Academic Programs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Director of Municipal Gallery of Modern Art Museum in Dublin. She currently lectures for the Wagner Society of New York.
Wesley Cornwell (Scenic & Lighting Designer, Forum) is a New York based theater designer. Recent scenic designs include Lost and Guided (UNDER St. Marks), The White Dress (American Theater of Actors), Man of La Mancha (Princeton Festival), and Gruesome Playground Injuries (Theaterlab). See more at wfcornwell.com
Michael Caizzi (Pseudolus, Forum) is thrilled to make his Princeton Festival debut this summer. Past credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye) and The Producers (Max). This is Michael’s second time playing Pseudolus, one of his favorite roles. He is a BFA Graduate of Hofstra University. michaelcaizzi.com
Michelle Djokic (Artistic Director and Cello, Concordia Chamber Players) Her greatest passion is chamber music collaborations with her colleagues and sharing in the development of young musicians, along with thoughtful and adventurous programming as Artistic Director of Concordia Chamber Players.
Maxwell Carmel (Hero, Rochelle Ellis (Opera Forum), originally from NH, Workshop Director) is graduated from The Hartt a Lecturer of Voice at School with his BFA in Princeton University Music Theatre. Favorite and an Adjunct Associate credits include: Anastasia Professor of Voice at (Hartford Stage), Only Westminster Choir Anne (Goodspeed College. She has Musicals), Grease (Royal distinguished herself Caribbean Productions), in a broad repertoire A Little Night Music, Forever Plaid (NLB that extends from Bach to Gershwin. Playhouse), and Titanic (The Hartt School).
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Artist Profiles Corey Everly (Musical Director, Forum) is a collaborative pianist, coach, and conductor. He is currently pursuing a DMA in Choral Conducting at Northwestern, previously earning a Master’s degree from Westminster Choir College in Piano Accompanying and Coaching and a Bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance.
Nate Golden (Associate Director & Choreographer, Forum) is grateful to make his Princeton Festival Debut debut alongside the exceptional Michael Dean Morgan. As a Director/Choreographer, Actor, and Teaching Artist in Philadelphia, Golden’s clients include Walnut Street Theatre, PCS Theatre, Prince Theatre, and Arcadia University. More on www.nategolden.com
Denis C. Feeney (Lecturer) is Professor of Classics and Latin at Princeton University. His works include the influential The Gods in Epic, on the interaction between Roman literature and religion, and the more recent Caesar’s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History.
Marianne C. Grey (Lecturer) has spent her career in scholarly publishing advocating the inclusion of great art in social science textbooks and monographs. Grey, a perennial festival favorite, is currently a docent at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Stanley Fink (Répétiteur, Butterfly): Fidelio, Peter Grimes, Le Nozze di Figaro, Porgy and Bess, Der Fliegende Holländer, Gianni Schicchi, Francesca da Rimini, The Rake’s Progress, The Princeton Festival. Accompanist, Conducting Master Class. Ph.D. student, FSU.
Patrick James (Senex, Forum) returns for his 9th season with The Princeton Festival as Senex in Forum. Past festival performances include Man of La Mancha, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Boy Friend, The Fantasticks, and The 3 Penny Opera.
Gregory Jon Geehern (Assistant Conductor/ Chorus Master, Butterfly, Conductor, Baroque Chorus): Assistant Conductor, Fidelio, Peter Grimes, Der fliegende Holländer, Porgy and Bess, Le nozze di Figaro. Chorus Master, Fidelio, Peter Grimes, Der fliegende Holländer. Co-Founder, Kosmologia. Dr. Geehern is also a tenor/pianist.
Zachary Jenkins (Production Stage Manager, Forum) Off Broadway: Twelfth Night, The Odyssey, Under the Radar Festival (The Public Theater), Figaro! 90210 (The Duke on 42nd), Regional: A Little Night Music (Princeton Festival), The Tempest (Dallas Theater Center), Götterdämmerung (Houston Grand Opera).
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In Memoriam Marion Azzoni O’Connor, (1923–2018 Founding trustee of The Princeton Festival, Mrs. Marion A. O’Connor, recently passed away on March 14th, 2018, age 94. Mrs. O’Connor was part of a small seminal group of music lovers that designed, created and launched the Festival in the Fall of 2004, and her wisdom and diplomacy were an inspiration to all. Mrs. O’Connor was born and raised in New York City and attended school at Hunter College and Columbia University. She later worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories, Princeton University’s Office of Population Research, the Woodrow Wilson School, and the United Nations Population Fund, where she ultimately retired as Chief of the Programme Planning and Statistics Branch. Mrs. O’Connor was a long-time Princeton resident. She loved classical music, and her generosity as a philanthropist to The Princeton Festival and previously to the Opera Festival of New Jersey, as well as other local music organizations, was well known. She will live on in our memories for her intelligence, graciousness, and generosity.
Leonard “Opa” E. Baum, (1940–2018)
Leonard Baum was gifted with a uniquely creative mind and a kind and gentle soul with a love of music and the arts. He was a humble and brilliant teacher to anyone fortunate enough to learn from him, and his own mathematical contributions launched major advances in fields as diverse as genomics, weather p rediction, image recognition, and medical diagnosis, as well as formed the basis of all voice r ecognition systems in use today. He may have called himself a p essimist, but to all who knew him, he was the most positive and optimistic of men. He was a lifelong patron of the arts whose generosity extended to The Princeton Festival, and was particularly fond of violin and string quartets.
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Artist Profiles Mari Kashiwagi’s poetry has won the prestigious Gendaishi-Techo Prize. Her books include Music, of Days (2000), Nectar’s root as far as its Resonance reaches (2008), and a book of poems for children. She lives in Tokyo and works as Curator at Idemitsu Fine Art Museum.
Steven LaCosse (Stage Director, Butterfly): Thrilled to be returning to the Princeton Festival for a 13th Season. Recent: Ariadne auf Naxos, Tosca, Little Women: The Musical. Upcoming: The Mikado. Managing Director, Fletcher Opera Institute at the UNCSA School of Music.
Janara Kellerman’s (Suzuki, Butterfly) expansive repertoire includes Dalilah, Verdi heroines, and Rossini’s heroic mezzo roles, while also gaining critical attention for her portrayal of Carmen. This season included performances of Beethoven’s 9, Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, Vaughn Williams Serenade to Music, Albert Herring, and a concert of Wagner excerpts.
Andrew Lovett (Lecturer) recently moved from the UK to live in Princeton, joining the Department of Music at Princeton University as a Professional Specialist. He composes small-scale operas, chamber music, and electro-acoustic works.
Harold Kuskin (Lecturer) has been an opera lover, student of opera, and a Metropolitan Opera subscriber for over 40 years. He was a backstage tour guide at the M etropolitan Opera House for 15 years. He is an alumnus of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Yulia Lysenko (Cio-Cio-san, Butterfly) possesses a clear and resonant soprano with beautiful, soft timbre, impressive high register, and abundant charisma. Renown for her ability to fall into her role and to reach down into the deepest corners of the hearts of her audience like no one has before.
American baritone Paul La Rosa (Sharpless, Butterfly) has gained recognition for his vocal appeal and theatrical charisma. A cherished colleague of the late Maestro Lorin Maazel, Mr. La Rosa has recently performed with such companies as San Diego Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Stephanie Meadowcroft (Philia, Forum) is thrilled to be making her Princeton Festival debut! She graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU Steinhardt, and her favorite credits include My Fair Lady and Merrily We Roll Along. Many thanks to CTG and her family for their love and support.
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Artist Profiles Marie Miller (Costume Coordinator, Butterfly; Costume Designer, Forum) has kept The Festival in stitches since 2005. Other opera-tunities: Opera Festival of NJ, Curtis Inst. of Music. Favorite fabrications: The Boys Next Door (McCarter world premiere), creation/construction of a 90-ft. long “70-Pede” for the PU alumni P-rade.
Maddy Roberts (Production Stage Manager, Forum) is thrilled to be working on her first show with the festival! She is currently a theatre major at Rowan University. Many thanks to her family, friends, Shawn, and Michael Dean Morgan for their support!
Michael Dean Morgan (Director, Forum), director of last year’s Man of La Mancha. Broadway and Tours: Amazing Grace, The Lion King, and Mary Poppins; Professor of Theater/Dance at Rowan University. MFA UC-Irvine. Thank You Shana, Dean, & Avery! MichaelDeanMorgan.com
Glenn Swann began shakuhachi study in 1994, receiving Shihan Certification in 2011 along with the name Shōyū 笙友. In addition to shakuhachi, Mr. Swann teaches Taijiquan and Omotesenke School Japanese Tea Ceremony in the Princeton area and in New York City.
Matthew Mucha (Miles Gloriosus, Forum) is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College’s BFA. Recent credits include Franklin Shephard in Merrily We Roll Along, Fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate, and Ralph Clark in Our Country’s Good. He wants to thank his endlessly supportive family and friends.
Richard Tang Yuk (General and Artistic Director/Conductor, Butterfly) is at the heart of the artistic programming and vision for The Festival since its inception. Previous credits include operas of Puccini, Bizet, Britten, Mozart, Stravinsky, Wagner.
Jenna Pinchbeck (Protean, Forum) Recent credits include Jane (Jane Eyre), Amy (Company), and Hope Cladwell (Urinetown). Regional productions include Anna (King and I), Kate (Ave. Q), Wicked Witch (Wizard of Oz), and Estelle in Philadelphia’s newest and somehow oldest comedy duo Ruth & Estelle. www.jennapinchbeck.com
Erin Ulman (Protean, Forum) is thrilled to be joining The Princeton Festival family! In New York, she’s played Siren’s Den (U/S Remy), and regional credits include Rent (Maureen), Into The Woods (The Witch), and Peter Pan (U/S Wendy). Love to Hudson Artists and Andrew! @erinulman
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Artist Profiles Timothy Urban (Lecturer) holds a M.M. degree in voice and recorder performance; a M.F.A. degree in early music performance practice; a M.A. degree in music theory and history; and a Ph.D. in musicology, specializing in music of the Italian seicento.
Roxy York (Domina, Forum) is a graduate from The Boston Conservatory and a Long Island native, and has been to every state in the country while on national tours of Beauty and the Beast (Madame de la Grande Bouche), Annie (Mrs.Pugh), and Flashdance (Ms.Wilde). Love to Mom, Dad and Joey!
Anthony Webb (Goro, Butterfly) Previous: Goro (Madama Butterfly), Opera Idaho; Flute/Snout (A Midsummer Nights Dream), Israeli Opera Tel Aviv-Yaffo; Tenor Soloist (Carmina Burana), Omaha Symphony Orchestra; Enoch Snow (Carousel), Union Avenue Opera. Upcoming: Monostatos (The Magic Flute), Vashon Opera.
Eunhae Grace Yun (Adjudicator, Piano Competition), a piano pedagogue and music educator, instructs collegiate-level piano majors and non-majors in both studio and classroom settings at Temple University, Philadelphia, and at West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Matthew White (Pinkerton, Butterfly) has been heard in Lucia di Lammermoor, Werther, and Gianni Schicchi, among many others. He has been featured with the Metropolitan Opera National Council, the Ocean City Pops, New Jersey Festival Orchestra, Palm Beach Opera, Vero Beach Opera, and PORTopera.
Juan Carlos Zamudio (Concertmaster, Baroque Orchestra), violinist and choral conductor, has gained a reputation for his expertise leading vocal and instrumental ensembles that specialize in music of the 17th and 18th centuries. He is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University.
Wei Wu (Bonze, Butterfly) returns this season to Washington National Opera as Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and appears with the West Virginia Symphony for Verdi’s Requiem. Last season included his debut with Santa Fe Opera as Kobun in the premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.
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John Adams’s Nixon in China A poetic and philosophical view of international relations and politics
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Carol Baron* PatG and TomG Bates Stefi Baum and Eric Baum2 JeanG and DavidG Brown VictoryG and Theodore Chase Susan Hoover and Dennis Connaughton Judith Brodsky and Michael Curtis Terese and Christopher Geehern Madolyn GreveG Lyn Ransom and Kenneth Guilmartin Hamilton Jewelers Janet Haring Cynthia and Robert Hendrickson DeborahG and David Herman Carol and James Herring Catherine and James Hirsch Jacobs Music Maxine Lampert2,5 Julia and James B. Laughlin BobetteG and DanG Lister Marlene LucchesiG Patricia and Russell Marks Ronica Bregenzer and William Milinowicz Christine O’Connor6 Scott Odening Kerry PerrettaG George Pitcher Ann Poole Candace and Marvin Preston Princeton Friends of Opera Sarah RingerG Louise Robichaud Margaret and John Ruttenberg Tracy and Scott Sipprelle Judith and GabrielG Stelian Colleen and Ed Swiderski Richard Tang YukG Jeffrey Tener Barbara Piquet Villafranco7 Joan and Ralph Widner
MAESTRO GOLD Marcia Atcheson6 Lanny Harris New Jersey State Council on the Arts Park Lento Charitable Fund The Princeton Festival Guild John Schmidt Markell Shriver 6, G Marilyn and James Simon2
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May 11, 2017 through May 10, 2018 CONTRIBUTOR Willo Carey and Peter Benoliel Peg Bowers Courtney Colletti Hope and Kevin Cotter Frank Decker Kirsten and Jens Glysing-Jensen Norman Harvey Grace Johnston JoanG and HaroldG Kuskin Barbara Lipani Connie and Ken McIndoe Irene AmarelG and David MillerG Fran Neville Courtney Odening and John Fallon Patricia VirgaG and Tom OrsulakG Caroline and John Pallat Angelyn MacWilliams and Ralph Petricone Marcia Renney Wanda and Charles Stansbury Elizabeth Sweetser Karen Dandurand and Robert Teweles
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Richard Tang Yuk CJ Ru, Director of Operations Andrew Hungate, Assistant Director of Marketing & Technology Karol Black, Guest Services Associate Jennifer Harford, Administrative Assistant Eli Hollock, Bookkeeper DEVELOPMENT
Anastasia Marty, Chair Marcia Atcheson Pamela Bristol David H. Brown Jean Brown Helene Kulsrud Costa Papastephanou Markell Shriver Benedikt von Schrรถder MARKETING & PUBLICITY
Thomas Lento, Chair Marcia Atcheson Deborah Herman Peter Lyneborg Costa Papastephanou Gabriel Stelian
EDUCATION
MUSIC DIRECTORS
Marcia Bossart, Chair Jean Brown Susan Cotter Helene Kulsrud Maxine Lampert Takako Lento Celia Lidz Janet Perkins Kerry Perretta Paula Rossi
Michelle Djokic (Concordia) Corey Everly (Forum) Juan Carlos Zamudio (Baroque Orchestra)
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Norman Coates (Butterfly) Wesley Cornwell (Forum)
Bobette Lister Anastasia Marty Susan Rhoda-Hansen Carol Wojciechowicz WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA
CONDUCTORS
Gregory Geehern Richard Tang Yuk LIGHTING DESIGN
SCENIC DESIGN
Wesley Cornwell (Forum) Wally Coberg (Butterfly)
Deborah Herman Thomas Lento Debbie Modzelewski
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RECEPTIONS
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Pamela Bristol INTERNS
Marie Miller Sadae Hori, Assistant Carissa Thorlakson (Butterfly)
Anna Kralik William Shadle
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Richard Tang Yuk ASSISTANT TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Gregory Geehern STAGE DIRECTORS
Steven LaCosse (Butterfly) Michael Dean Morgan (Forum)
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The Princeton Festival Gala April 21, 2018
Cobblestone Creek Country Club
Board Chair Costa Papastephanou, NJ Governor Phil Murphy, Board Pianist Harry Fini entertains Member Benedikt von Schroder, during cocktails Executive & Artistic Director Richard Tang Yuk
Dancing into the night! Board member Thomas Lento and Education Co-Chair Takako Lento
Gala Co-ChairsMarcia Marcia Bossart, Bossart, Susan Gala Co-Chairs SusanRhoda-Hansen, Rhoda-Hansen, AnastasiaMarty Marty, and and Helene Anastasia HeleneKulsrud Kulsrud
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Volunteers The Princeton Festival thanks the following for their generous assistance with our 2018 season. Judith Adler Charles Alden Irene Amarel Christopher Arneson Carol Baron Mary Bova Jean Brown Marian Burleigh-Motley Victory Chase Richard Christian Jillian Corn Sue Cotter Jim Cotter Kevin Cotter Randy Danglade John Fallon Harry Fini Nancy Geiger Erich Goebel Madolyn Greve Marianne Grey Mark Happel
Janie Hermann Susan Hoover Akiko Hosaki Steve Howe Bob Jacobson Claire Jacobus Sue Kandziolka Gail Kohn Harold Kuskin Takako Lento Maxine Lampert Lois Laverty Matt Lembo Celia Lidz Bobette Lister Anita Loerke David Loerke Marlene Lucchesi Christiane Ludescher-Furth Brandi McLeod Courtney Odening Gerald Odening
Scott Odening David Osenberg Caroline Pallat Janet Perkins Kerry Perretta Paula Rossi Cheryl Ryan Jenny Lazar-Santilli Paula Salvant James Sargent Lorraine Seabrook Leila Shahbender Glenn Smith Judith Stelian Meredith Schuler Glenn Smith Jeffrey Tener Elizabeth Thompson Alexandra Venizelos Dagmar Venizelos Patricia Virga Barbara Wright Carol Wojciechowicz
Sponsors This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Princeton Festival also gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of the Edward T. Cone Foundation. Additional support is provided by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, along with other foundations, corporations and individuals.
Public Access The Princeton Festival strives to provide an inclusive environment for all a  ttendees. Whenever possible, we select venues that offer such Âaccommodations as wheelchair ramps, barrier-free entry, and accessible bathrooms. For information call 609.759.0379.
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