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TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the General Director Message from the Board President La Traviata The Cast The Plot A Note from the Director

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Timeline: The History of La Traviata at Portland Opera Biographies Production Staff Orchestra Chorus and Dancers Portland Opera Staff and Board Opera in Your Community 2018/19 Season Donors Up Next: As One For Our Audiences

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FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTOR

Welcome to the first production of our 18/19 season.

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This year we will celebrate the beauty and breadth of opera with timeless classics, and will be inspired by new voices and stories.

We’ll experience beautiful and powerful music, and fall in love with the characters of these worlds.

We begin this season with a deeply human love story, and Verdi at his greatest.

La Traviata was set specifically in Verdi’s contemporary society, and was based on a best-selling novel and popular play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. Both men were rather qualified to share the story of affairs with famous courtesans, and were certainly informed by their own experiences (Verdi with Giuseppina Strepponi and Dumas with Marie Duplessis, neither of whom were strangers to the opera house). The censors were not pleased, but Verdi’s opera would continue to illuminate the hypocrisy and sexual politics of its day.

Tonight we see a peek into Verdi and Strepponi’s Paris, in the 1850s, and I believe that this La Traviata will continue to resonate with us today.

This is a story that we know too well: one where a condemned and objectified woman (a prostitute in this case) cannot possibly be anything else; where the cruelty of public humiliation can destroy us; where moral judgment is too often based in hypocrisy. These are narratives that society continues to grapple with: you cannot escape your past, women should be ashamed of their sexual decisions, your love is not acceptable to the powers that be, and not all lives are of the same value.

There are other cornerstones of this story that transcend time and adaptation. At the heart of what makes La Traviata enduring is our heroine, Violetta. Singing this role is like walking a tight rope musically and emotionally. From a purely vocal standpoint, the soprano must comb the depths of despair, reveal the innermost tenderness of the human heart in her love for Alfredo, and outshine all others as the sparkling life of the party. Verdi captures all of this in the opera’s prelude—the first music we hear is the theme associated with Violetta’s ill health and despair, followed by the melody sung to the words “Amami Alfredo, amami quant’io t’amo” (Love

me, Alfredo, as much as I love you)—one of the most searing outpourings of love in all opera. This leads immediately to the breathless introduction to the Act I party and the artificial gaiety of Parisian high society—where Violetta reigns supreme. Thus, we’ve been “introduced” to Violetta before she appears on stage.

It is a privilege to share this opera with you. May the sweeping melodies and timeless passion of it inspire you, and may Violetta and Alfredo’s love remind us of the transformative powers that we each hold in our hearts.

Thank you for taking this journey with us. We hope to see you in March at the Newmark for As One, as we share the story of our next heroine, Hannah, and celebrate her strength of spirit.

Christopher Mattaliano General Director, Portland Opera

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FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD

Dear Friends,

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Welcome to Portland Opera’s 54th Season with our opening performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata!

As the incoming President of the Portland Opera Board of Directors, I am honored to celebrate the beginning of our 2018–2019 season with you, our patrons.

I am especially excited that we have returned to a performance of a grand opera during our colorful fall.

The return of a fall production is the result of us pausing and listening to you, our beloved audience. The performers, musicians, staff, and members of the Board of Directors want you to know that we are truly committed to honoring and responding to your feedback and opinions. The timing of this production is a response to audience surveys and feedback. We are grateful that you shared your opinion with us, and we promise to continue to listen.

This classic production of La Traviata promises to be a delightful fall experience.

We are excited to welcome Romanian soprano Aurelia Florian for her Portland Opera debut. She has been mesmerizing audiences around the globe with her heartbreaking performance as Violetta Valéry.

We also welcome back tenor Jonathan Boyd to Portland. Jonathan was last seen as the title character in our John Frame-designed production of Faust from last season. Jonathan now appears as Alfredo, the other half of La Traviata’s tragic couple.

We have quite a season in store for you—from grand productions to intimate chamber operas, from classic Mozart to contemporary Philip Glass, and everything in between. I look forward to personally sharing each unique opera with you as we experience the great variety that this art form allows and seek connections to modern societal themes, issues, and ills.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank you for your support, and for your passion. You allow us to nurture and advance this exceptional art form. You are the reason that Portland Opera exists, and I thank you for playing such an important role in our organization.

Warmest regards,

Curtis T. Thompson, MD President, Portland Opera Board of Directors

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Giuseppe Verdi’s

LA TRAVIATA In Three Acts

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave | Performed in Italian with projected English surtitles

Premiere: March 6, 1853, at Teatro La Fenice, Venice Portland Opera Premiere: January, 1968

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Elise Sandell STAGE DIRECTOR 13

Christine A. Richardson COSTUME DESIGNER

Mark Stanley* LIGHTING DESIGNER

Nicholas Fox CHORUS MASTER

Jon Wangsgard PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Joel Ayau PRINCIPAL ACCOMPANIST

*Portland Opera Debut

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Projected English surtitles by Cori Ellison.

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There will be two intermissions.

Total running time is approximately 2 hours, 45 minutes.

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Portland Opera is grateful for the ongoing support of the Arts Impact Fund, The Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Arts Commission, and Regional Arts & Culture Council.

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Geoffrey Schellenberg *+ Marquis D’Obigny

André Flynn A messenger

Daniel Mobbs Baron Douphol, rival of Alfredo

Weston Hurt Giorgio Germont, father of Alfredo

Damien Geter Doctor Grenvil

Erik Hundtoft Flora’s servant

David Warner Gastone, Count of Letorières

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Aurelia Florian * Violetta Valéry, a courtesan

THE PLOT

ACT I

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In her Paris salon, the courtesan1 Violetta Valéry greets party guests, including Flora Bervoix, the Marquis d’Obigny, Baron Douphol, and Gastone, who introduces a new admirer, Alfredo Germont. This young man, having adored Violetta from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra is heard in the next room, but as guests move there to dance, Violetta suffers a fainting spell, sends the guests on ahead, and stays in her parlor to recover. Alfredo comes in, and since they are alone, confesses his love. At first Violetta protests that love means nothing to her. Something about the young man’s sincerity touches her, however, and she promises to meet him the next day. After the guests have gone, Violetta wonders if Alfredo could actually be the man she could love. She decides she wants freedom, though Alfredo’s voice, heard outside, argues in favor of romance.

ACT II Some months later Alfredo and Violetta are living in a country house near Paris, where he relishes their contentment.

When the maid, Annina, reveals that Violetta has pawned her jewels to keep

the house, Alfredo leaves for the city to settle matters at his own cost. Violetta comes looking for him and finds an invitation from Flora to a party that night. Violetta has no intention of going back to her old life, but trouble intrudes with the appearance of Alfredo’s father. Though impressed by Violetta’s ladylike manners, he demands she renounce his son: the scandal of Alfredo’s affair with her has threatened his daughter’s engagement. Violetta says she cannot, but Germont eventually convinces her. Alone, the desolate woman sends a message of acceptance to Flora and begins a farewell note to Alfredo. He enters suddenly, surprising her, and she can barely control herself as she reminds him of how deeply she loves him before rushing out. Now a servant hands Alfredo her farewell note as Germont returns to console his son with reminders of family life in Provence.

But Alfredo, seeing Flora’s invitation, suspects Violetta has thrown him over for another lover. Furious, he determines to confront her at the party.

At her soirée that evening, Flora learns from the Marquis that Violetta and Alfredo have parted, then clears the floor for the entertainment. Soon Alfredo strides in, making bitter comments about love and gambling recklessly at cards. Violetta has arrived with Baron Douphol, who challenges Alfredo to a game and loses a small

1. A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele.—Merriam-Webster

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fortune to him. Everyone goes in to supper, but Violetta has asked Alfredo to see her alone. Fearful of the Baron’s anger, she wants Alfredo to leave, but he misunderstands her apprehension and demands that she admit she loves Douphol. Crushed, she pretends she does. Now Alfredo calls in the others, denounces his former love and hurls his winnings at her feet. Germont enters in time to see this and denounces his son’s behavior. The guests rebuke Alfredo and Douphol challenges him to a duel.

ACT III In Violetta’s bedroom six months later, Dr. Grenvil tells Annina that her mistress has not long to live: tuberculosis has claimed her. Alone, Violetta rereads a letter from Germont saying the Baron was only wounded in his duel with Alfredo, who knows all and is on his way to beg her pardon. But Violetta senses it is too late. Paris is celebrating Mardi Gras and, after revelers pass outside, Annina rushes in to announce Alfredo. The lovers ecstatically plan to leave Paris forever. Germont enters with the doctor before Violetta is seized with a last resurgence of strength. Feeling life return, she staggers and falls dead at her lover’s feet.

—Courtesy of Opera News

A Note from the Director

by Elise Sandell

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At the center of La Traviata, one of the best-known and best-loved operas of all time, is Violetta Valéry, whose story opera-goers love to live out over and over again.

It’s incredibly important to build a living world around Violetta for this opera to be successful. Without understanding her life up to the beginning of the opera, her relationships, and her situation, we can’t understand the depth of her love and the sacrifices she makes.

I’m fascinated by the history behind Violetta. By now you may know that La Traviata is based on the novel La Dame aux Camélias of Alexandre Dumas, fils. You may have heard that his heroine, Marguerite, is based on a real-life courtesan, whom he himself knew, named Marie Duplessis. (She was also known as the “Lady of the Camellias.”) The most important thing to know about Marie is that she was a total celebrity, and everyone in Paris knew who she was. She and her friends spent and flaunted their money like it was going out of style; in today’s world they’d deserve a celebrity-based reality TV series. Wow, did they know how to party!

The courtesans of the 19th century demimonde were a fascinating breed. They lived fast and hard, and Violetta, dying of consumption, is no exception. These women moved in the most interesting society, mixing with artists, poets, and politicians. Many were artists themselves and appeared on the stage. Women like Cora Pearl, La Castiglione, Lola Montez, Mademoiselle Maximum, and Alice Ozy innovated and influenced fashion, media, the arts, decoration, transportation, and even world events. Marie Duplessis, Violetta’s counterpart, was one of the first, and the classiest. The world she created around her was equal parts sophisticated, fun, and irresistibly hedonistic.

You’ll see this world in Violetta’s party, and her friend Flora’s party…creatively frenetic romps of pleasure with little depth.

In contrast, we have Violetta’s relationship with Alfredo: beautiful true love. She makes a risky sacrifice in giving up her notoriety and income to be with him. Inevitably, her past catches

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up with her; there’s no getting around the truth of a courtesan, even a former one. She sold her body and company to the pleasure of men for lots and lots of money. The point that changes the reality show into the highest form of art comes in the famous scene between Violetta and Alfredo’s father, Germont: she gives up a life of happiness with her true love for his own good. While Marie Duplessis’ life was mesmerizing, this sacrifice is only found in the novel, and further elevated in the opera by Verdi’s music.

La Traviata takes place in a time when women had limited power in a conventional sense, but Violetta holds magnificent power over us…the kind that lasts for centuries. We as an audience surrender to it and are transformed by it every time we gather to relive her story on the operatic stage.

Elise Sandell is the stage director for this production of La Traviata. She was last seen at Portland Opera as the Associate Stage Director for Faust.

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A History: La Traviata “THEN IT WAS A FIASCO; NOW IT IS CREATING AN UPROAR!” — Verdi crowing about La Traviata’s second run success in 1854 to a friend

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When La Traviata premiered in March of 1853, it had been significantly altered

by Venetian censors. Rather than Verdi’s vision of a chamber opera set in the glittering night-life of the 19th century Parisian demimonde, La Traviata was re-set in the safely remote, politically safe court of Louis XIV. This concession chafed Verdi’s sense of artistry and the immediacy of the piece. The composer’s frustration is palpable in his letters at the time—and not just because of the anachronistic costuming.

Verdi based La Traviata on the 1848 play and novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady with the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas fils, whose father wrote The Three Musketeers. Verdi’s La Traviata immortalized Dumas’ fils character of the “unhappy prostitute” and raised his semi-autobiographical novel to high art.

Dumas fils based his heroine, Marguerite Gautier (later renamed Violetta Valéry for the opera), on a woman from his own life—the great courtesan, Marie Duplessis.

Marie was the daughter of an alcoholic peddler, Marin Plessis. Her mother was the impoverished heiress to a family of petit nobility who died when Marie was only six years old. By her twelfth birthday, Marin Plessis began to peddle not only his regular inventory, but Marie as well.

Eventually, her drunken father sold her to “gypsies,” who brought her to Paris in 1838. Disentangling herself somehow from the caravan, the young girl found her Parisian relatives and lived with them while working in a grocery and flirting with various and sundry young men on the weekends. Albert Vandam, an

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Englishman circulating in the same Parisian salons as Marie, described her “marvelously beautiful face” and “matchless figure” in 1843. She soon attracted the attention of a wealthy older man who made her his mistress and “introduced” her to her new career as the toast of Parisian nightlife (and the money and affections of many other lovers). After a very public affair with an important man, she was recognized as one of the most celebrated courtesans of her day. She was sixteen years old.

Wealthy men pursued her with desperation, and when she tired of them, they were often no longer wealthy.

Marie had expensive tastes. In 1844, Marie met Alexandre Dumas fils and had an 11 month affair, which appears to have been exclusive; however, her desire for luxury led her back to Paris and her rich lovers. Her last affair was with the famous

pianist and composer Franz Liszt, for whom she seems to have genuinely cared.

By now she had advanced tuberculosis and was pursued by creditors. She died in 1847 at the age of twenty-three. At the auction of her fashionable possessions, Parisian ladies fought to purchase her jewelry and hair combs.

At the time of Marie’s death, Alexandre Dumas fils owed creditors 50,000 francs, which he was determined to pay back.

His dissolute Parisian life had begun to tire him—he had never truly approved of the endless parade of mistresses and the decadent life to which his father had introduced him. When Marie died 14 months after their affair, he decided to work through his grief and/or cash in on his relationship with the notorious lady, depending on one’s cynicism. He wrote the novel quickly, and the endless prurient fascination with Marie Duplessis made

Portrait of Marie Duplessis by Édouard Viénot. Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giacomo Brogi.

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the book a best seller.

In 1852, Dumas’ play of the same name was doing well at the box office, and on a visit to Paris, Giuseppe Verdi saw it. The story spoke clearly and directly to the composer, for whom the subject had significant resonance. His own love affair with the married Giuseppina Strepponi (later his wife) was a current outrage of his hometown, Busetto. La Traviata became an opera very dear to him.

In January of 1853, Verdi expressed his intent to use the play as the basis for his next opera libretto—a gutsy move, considering that up to this point no one had used a “contemporary” subject for a serious opera. Add to that the scandalous subject matter, and the composer was courting disaster. Verdi, however, was thrilled at the prospect of such a “ripped from the headlines” topic, as one can see from a letter he wrote to his friend: “A subject from our own time.

Another person would perhaps not have composed it because of the costumes, because of the period, because of a thousand other foolish objections, but I am delighted with the idea.”

Verdi collaborated on the opera with an old colleague, librettist Francesco Maria Piave. The libretto follows the play closely—but Piave improved the dramatic impact and flow. By tightening the dialogue and intensifying the focus on the primary relationship between Alfredo and Violetta, Piave created what many feel to be his most effective libretto.

La Traviata premiered in Venice in March of 1853, and in Verdi’s words— “It was a complete and utter fiasco.” The production had been plagued at all levels from casting to rehearsals. The prima donna contracted to play Violetta was Fanny Salvini-Donatelli, thirty-eight years old and in the full flower of her voice, if not her beauty. Varesi, a baritone that had created the role of Macbeth for Verdi, wrote that the role of Violetta was “very unsuited to Salvini-Donatelli’s figure.”

Salvini-Donatelli was at this time, a stout middle-aged woman, not a fragile flower

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of consumptive beauty. Varesi himself was upset by his role as Alfredo’s father Germont, which he felt to be beneath him after a bravura turn as Macbeth.

At the opening, Salvini-Donatelli, sang beautifully, and received good notices from the critics, but was laughed at by the rowdy Venetians whose credulity had been stretched by the diva’s shape. The tension between casting a singer who fits a specific standard of beauty physically, versus one who can sing the role is age-old, and was most recently seen in full technicolor scandal when the world-renowned soprano, Deborah Voigt, was fired in 2003 for not fitting a stage director’s ideal of Ariadne. Interestingly, Luciano Pavoratti, another portly singer, was never fired for being fat. Voigt went on to lose 100 pounds after gastric bypass surgery, but at the cost of developing a drinking problem and finding herself in rehab.

This seems a high price to pay to fit into someone else’s vision. It would be interesting to know what Maestro Verdi would have preferred at the less than stellar premiere of La Traviata, given that Salvini-Donatelli’s silvery, emotional performance was in sharp contrast to the rest of the cast, who sang poorly with little feeling for the material.

Verdi was disappointed in the first production (despite the fact that it was not a failure at the box office), but he believed La Traviata would stand the test of time. When it opened again a year later in Venice, these same laughing audiences greeted La Traviata with “an uproar of indescribable applause.”

But even this celebrated opening was not Verdi’s original vision—in fact it was not until 1906 that La Traviata was set in the mid-nineteenth century as Verdi had hoped.

La Traviata is a masterwork, beloved by audiences, not only for its scintillating, sparkling tunes, but its remarkable depth of feeling and clarity of characterization. The audience finds itself swept into the universal longing for true love to triumph—for Violetta to find happiness and health in Alfredo’s arms—even as we know the challenges that real relationships

Alphonse Mucha’s poster for a performance of the theatrical version of La Dame aux Camélias (1896).

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face. There is always some life circumstance looking to sweep fairytale endings away.

As we weep for Violetta and Alfredo, we weep for ourselves. We mourn our own lost loves, our own innocence. That is the remarkable power of Verdi’s opera.

It captures the exhilaration and joy of young love and the calamity of its demise, while snatching our breath with virtuosic singing, glorious orchestrations, and compelling dramatic truth.

Alexis Hamilton is the Manager of Education and Outreach for Portland Opera

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The History of La Traviata at Portland Opera “Violetta’s agonising ability to touch us is still vividly realised at every performance of the opera, which you can hear somewhere in the world pretty much every night of the year.” —The Guardian

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Despite an unsuccessful opening night at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice in 1853, Verdi’s La Traviata has become one of the world’s most beloved and often-performed operas.

In 1968, Portland Opera staged its first production of La Traviata at the Oriental Theatre (now a parking lot on SE Grand Avenue). The cast featured the esteemed soprano Anna Moffo as Violetta.

Well known for her interpretation of the role, Moffo sang Violetta with the Metropolitan Opera over 75 times, including numerous performances as part of the Met’s annual tours across the United States.

Top: Our first Violetta, Anna Moffo, 1968; Left: Portland’s Oriental Theatre in 1969.

The company’s second production of La Traviata took place in 1975 at the Keller Auditorium (then called the Civic Auditorium) where it has graced the staged ever since.

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Venue: Oriental Theatre

Venue: Civic Auditorium

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Violetta: Karan Armstrong

Violetta: Barbara Daniels

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Violetta: Maureen O’Flynn

Violetta: Andrea Trebnik

Violetta: Maria Kanyova

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BIOS Jonathan Boyd (Tenor)

Pronouns: He/Him/His Hometown: Corning, NY Role: Alfredo Germont Portland Opera Debut:

Street Scene (2005) Recently: Alfredo, La Traviata, Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole; Faust, Faust, Portland Opera; Roméo, Roméo et Juliette, Teatro Colón; Lensky, Eugene Onegin, Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole; Narraboth, Salome, Pittsburgh Opera, Upcoming: Faust, Faust, Opera San Antonio

Aurelia Florian (Soprano)

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Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Hometown: Brașov, Romania Role: Violetta Portland Opera Debut Recently: Leonora, Il Trovatore, Aalto Theater; Violetta, La Traviata, San Francisco Opera; Marguérite, Faust, Israeli Opera; Mimi, La Bohème, New National Theatre, Tokyo; Violetta, La Traviata, Bavarian State Opera; Amalia, I Masnadieri, Desdemona, Otello, Teatro Regio di Parma Upcoming: Nedda, I Pagliacci, Roksane, Krol Roger, Oper Graz; Amelia, Simon Boccanegra, Israeli Opera

Damien Geter (Bass-baritone)

Pronouns: He/Him/His Hometown: Chesterfield County, VA Role: Doctor Grenvil Portland Opera Debut:

La Bohème (2017) Recently: Baritone soloist, Faure Requiem, Northwest Sinfonietta; Colline, La Bohème, Vashon Opera; Undertaker, Porgy and Bess, Seattle Opera; Four Villains, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Pacific Northwest Opera; Soloist, Little Match Girl Passion, Bass Slave, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, Alcindoro, La Bohème, Portland Opera Upcoming: King, The Little Prince, Opera Theatre Oregon

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Seth Hoff

Pronouns: He/Him/His Hometown: Madison, WI Role: Choreographer/ Assistant Director Portland Opera Debut: Assistant Director, Rigoletto (2009) Recently: La Cenerentola, Portland Opera; Sweeney Todd, The Atlanta Opera; Carmen, Opera Philadelphia Upcoming: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera Philadelphia; Carmen, Seattle Opera; The Barber of Seville, Portland Opera

Helen Zhibing Huang (Soprano)

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Hometown: Beijing, China Role: Annina Portland Opera Debut:

Rigoletto (2018) Recently: Clorinda, La Cenerentola; Amor, Orfeo ed Euridice, Portland Opera; Baby Doe, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Central City Opera; La Fée, Cendrillon, Poppea, Agrippina, New England Conservatory Upcoming: Serpetta, La Finta Giardiniera, Singa Loh, I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams, White Snake Projects

Weston Hurt (Baritone)

Pronouns: He/Him/His Hometown: Houston, TX Role: Giorgio Germont Portland Opera Debut: Hansel and Gretel (2010) Recently: Germont, La Traviata, Opera San Antonio; Sharpless, Madama Butterfly, Seattle Opera; Scarpia, Tosca, Nashville Opera; Creon, Medea, Opera Omaha; John Peerybingle, I Grillo del Focolare, Teatro Grattacielo Upcoming: Rigoletto, Rigoletto, New Orleans Opera

Christopher Larkin

Pronouns: He/Him/His Hometown: Montclair, NJ Role: Conductor Portland Opera Debut: The Journey To Reims (2004) Recently: Don Giovanni, Edmonton Opera; La rondine, Opera San Jose; Don Giovanni, Utah Opera; Little Women, McGill University School of Music, Hydrogen Jukebox, Acis and Galatea, Carnegie Mellon University; Cendrillon, The Turn of the Screw, Oberlin Opera Theater Upcoming: Dialogues des Carmelites, Oberlin Opera Theater

Daniel Mobbs (Bass-baritone)

Pronouns: He/Him/His Hometown: Louisville, KY Role: Baron Douphol Portland Opera Debut: The Journey to Reims (2004) Recently: Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte, Portland Opera; Kromow, The Merry Widow, Metropolitan Opera; Music Master, Ariadne auf Naxos, Kentucky Opera; Assur, Semiramide, Opera Delaware / Baltimore Concert Opera; Orbazzano, Tancredi, Opera Philadelphia

Christine A. Richardson

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Hometown: Vancouver, WA Role: Costume Designer Portland Opera Debut: Hansel & Gretel, Portland Opera To Go (2016) Recently: Songs of Love and War, Portland Opera; Juno and the Paycock, Skiing on Broken Glass, Uncle Vanya, An Illiad, Embers, Time Stands Still, Arsenic and Old Lace, Edge of Our Bodies, Faith Healer, Happy Days, The Caretaker, Pen, Guthrie Theater; Pure Confidence, Hijab Tube, Love Person, The Clean House, Messy Utopia, Point of Revue, Vestibular Sense, Dance on Widows Row, Mixed Blood Theatre. Also, Costume Design for Stages Theater, TigerLion Arts, Mu Performing Arts, Theater Latte Da, Dark and Stormy, Mu Daiko, Cantus, Commonweal Theatre, BodyVox, et al.

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Pronouns: He/Him/His Hometown: Saint Paul, MN Role: Marchese D’Obigny Portland Opera Debut Recently: Morales, Carmen, Opera Kelowna; Sergeant, The Barber of Seville, Captain, Eugene Onegin, Sciarrone, Tosca, Calgary Opera; Belcore, L’elisir d’amore, Music Academy of the West; Marcello, La Bohème, White Rock Concerts; Sharpless, Madama Butterfly, Belcore, L’elisir d’amore, Peter, Hansel and Gretel, Burnaby Lyric Opera Upcoming: Baritone soloist, A Sea Symphony, Vancouver Bach Choir / West Coast Symphony; Fiorello, The Barber of Seville, Nardo, La Finta Giardiniera, Portland Opera

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Hometown: Petaluma, CA Role: Flora Bervoix Portland Opera Debut Recently: Housekeeper, Man of La Mancha, Suzuki, Madama Butterfly, María, María de Buenos Aires, Pensacola Opera; Komponist, Ariadne auf Naxos, Berlin Opera Academy; Jean, Le Portrait de Manon, The Neighbor, Mavra, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Upcoming: Ramiro, La Finta Giardiniera, Portland Opera; Stéphano, Roméo et Juliette, Pensacola Opera

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Pronouns In Our Biographies This season, we have offered our artists and creative team members the option to include gender pronouns with their biographies. We make this change as a way of letting people know how our community members refer to themselves, and hope that this can also be a reminder about the assumptions that we make regarding the gender identity of others.

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Jonathan “Bearclaw” Hart, Technical Director Cindy Felice, Prop Master Jaison Stagg, Production Carpenter Carl Faber, Assistant Lighting Designer Mark James, Production Electrician Jona Stagg, Warehouse Supervisor Rachel Schmerge, Properties Liaison Kathy Andrews, Sean Casey, Valerie Clatworthy, Kerris Cockrell, Janet Cadmus, Daniel Wilson, Properties Assistants Gina Fagnani, Pre-Production Electrician

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Margaret Bichteler, Concertmaster James McLennan, Asst. Concertmaster Linda Vasey, Principal Second Violin Lucia Atkinson Robin Baldino Mitchell Drury Janet Groh Dubay Jennifer Estrin Irene Gadeholt Janet George Karen Hilley Marya Kazmierski Hae-Jin Kim Nelly Kovalev Heather Mastel-Lipson Elizabeth Peyton Peter V. Piazza Nic Price Eva Richey Sarah Roth

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“As One is everything that we hope for in contemporary opera: topical, poignant, daring, and beautifully written.”—New York Classical Review In this brave and beautiful coming-of-age story, two voices—a mezzo-soprano and a baritone— share the role of our transgender heroine Hannah as she endeavors to resolve the discord between herself and the outside world. Celebrated as “the hottest new American opera of the decade” by the Chicago Tribune, Hannah’s story sheds light on universal truths of self-love and identity.

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About our production: This chamber opera incorporates film, directed and created by Kimberly Reed. Former Portland Opera Resident Artists Hannah Penn and Alexander Elliott sing the role of Hannah. Conductor, director, and designer Andreas Mitisek makes his Portland Opera debut with this production.

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Rossini

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE June 7–15 | Keller Auditorium

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