2015 Cincinnati Opera Program Book

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The 2015 Program Synopses and Notes Il Trovatore .............................10 Morning Star ......................... 16 Don Pasquale .........................22 Turandot ................................ 28 Board of Trustees ......................... 6 Season Artists ........................... 36 Orchestra and Chorus ............... 50 Donors ..................................... 52 Cincinnati Opera Guild ............. 78 Celebrations and Honorariums ... 80 Remembrances ......................... 86 Society of Angels ...................... 88 General Information .................. 96 PRODUCED BY Publisher Ivy Bayer Carew Tower, 441 Vine Street, Suite 200, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Phone: (513) 421-4300 Fax: (513) 562-2788 www.cincinnatimagazine.com

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elcome to Cincinnati Opera’s 2015 season, our 95th summer of grand opera.

In this Summer Festival, we present beloved classics from the composing giants of opera’s past: Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi and Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, the latter in a dazzling new production. And, we play with tradition by offering a novel take on Donizetti’s bel canto comedy Don Pasquale, reimagined in a 1950s Hollywood setting.

We are perhaps most excited to bring you a brand-new work, our first solelycommissioned mainstage world premiere since 1929: Morning Star by Ricky Ian Gordon and William M. Hoffman. We are proud to have fostered the evolution of this work, which we discovered through the Opera Fusion: New Works program, our groundbreaking collaboration with the University of Cincinnati’s CollegeConservatory of Music.

Cincinnati Opera moved from its original home at Cincinnati Zoo to Music Hall in 1972, and the beauty and elegance of the building has since become an essential part of the opera-going experience. Crystal chandeliers sparkling overhead, the hubbub of the crowd at intermission in the gilded lobby, and the pop of champagne bottles echoing off the marble floors—this is how we like our opera in Cincinnati!

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Il Trovatore Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano Sung in the original Italian Based on the 1836 play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez World premiere: January 19, 1853, at the Teatro Apollo in Rome, Italy Cincinnati Opera premiere: July 24, 1921, at Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion June 18 and 20, 2015, at Cincinnati Music Hall 87th and 88th company performances of Il Trovatore

Cristian Ma˘celaru* Jose Maria Condemi ORIGINAL SCENIC & COSTUME DESIGNER John Conklin LIGHTING DESIGNER Thomas C. Hase HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER James Geier CHORUS MASTER Henri Venanzi FIGHT DIRECTOR Gina Cerimele-Mechley SUPERTITLES AUTHOR Jonathan Dean, Seattle Opera PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Whitney McAnally CONDUCTOR

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Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Morris Robinson INEZ, companion of Leonora Kathryn Leemhuis* LEONORA, lady-in-waiting at an Aragonese court Julianna Di Giacomo* COUNT DI LUNA, Aragonese nobleman Stephen Powell MANRICO, troubadour, officer to the count of Biscay Russell Thomas AZUCENA, Gypsy woman Jamie Barton* OLD GYPSY Samuel Smith* MESSENGER Thomas J. Capobianco* RUIZ, Manrico’s aide Brandon Scott Russell*+ FERRANDO,captain of Aragonese palace guard

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Costumes owned and constructed by Seattle Opera.

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Synopsis The performance will last approximately 3 hours.

There will be 1 intermission.

ACT I Ferrando keeps Count di Luna’s soldiers awake by telling the story of the Count’s younger brother, Garzia. Nearly 20 years ago, a Gypsy was found by his crib, and the boy quickly fell ill.

Believing the Gypsy had cursed him, she was burned at the stake. The boy vanished; when a small charred skeleton was found, it was feared the Gypsy’s daughter had taken her revenge. The old Count believed that his younger son was still alive, and he urged his other son to keep looking for his brother and for the Gypsy’s daughter.

In the palace gardens, Leonora waits, hoping the mysterious troubadour will appear. They first met at a tournament, and he has since visited her, serenading outside her window. Inez urges caution, but Leonora is hopelessly in love. Count di Luna lurks in the gardens, planning to declare his passion for Leonora, but hesitates when Manrico’s voice is heard singing a love song. In the darkness, Leonora mistakes the Count for the troubadour. Di Luna recognizes his rival as Manrico, a follower of the rebellious Count Urgel, and the two men prepare to duel.

ACT II As day breaks in the mountains, the Gypsies return to work at their anvils. Azucena tells the tale of her mother’s horrific burning and her dying cry for vengeance. To avenge her, Azucena stole the old Count’s baby and brought him to the fire, along with her own infant son. Obsessed by her mother’s last request, she threw the child in the fire—but when she returned to her senses, Azucena realized to her horror that she had killed the wrong boy. Manrico is confused, as he believes himself to be her son.

Azucena quickly covers her tracks, and recalls how she nursed him back to health after serious injuries in battle. Manrico relives the mêlée, during which the Count’s forces nearly killed him; but after the duel, with di Luna at his mercy, Manrico could not deliver the fatal blow—an inexplicable power had held him back. Manrico learns that Leonora, believing him dead, intends to take the veil, and he rushes to stop her. At the cloister, the Count and his men lie in wait, intending to abduct Leonora before she can take holy orders. As they advance upon the cloister, Manrico and his followers intercept and disarm di Luna’s forces. Manrico spirits Leonora away.

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ACT III When Azucena is captured and brought in for interrogation, Ferrando recognizes her as the Gypsy’s daughter. In her agitated state, Azucena reveals that Manrico is her son, and di Luna realizes he has a valuable hostage. Just before Manrico and Leonora can take their vows, Ruiz brings news of Azucena’s capture and imminent execution. Leaving Leonora’s side, Manrico hurries to save his mother.

ACT IV Ruiz guides Leonora to Manrico’s prison. As monks chant a mass for the condemned man, Leonora contemplates her plan: she will offer her hand to di Luna in exchange for Manrico’s freedom, then take the poison hidden in her ring. The Count falls for the ruse, and Leonora secretly drinks the deadly draught. Inside the prison, Azucena dwells on her upcoming death, and Manrico tries to comfort her. Leonora enters and reveals her bargain with the Count. Manrico refuses to escape without her, but the poison takes effect sooner than expected. Di Luna enters; seeing Leonora’s body, he orders Manrico’s swift execution. Azucena is dragged to the window to witness his beheading. Just as the deed is done, the Gypsy reveals that Manrico was the Count’s brother; her mother has been avenged.

—Courtesy of Minnesota Opera, provided by OPERA America

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All or Nothing: The Vocal Challenges of Il Trovatore

by Roger Pines

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o sing Verdi, mere beautiful sound isn’t enough. You need substantial power, huge range, technical mastery, and exceptional musicality. Especially formidable vocally is Il Trovatore, in which the principals must go for broke, filling the lines with emotion and giving each powerfully dramatic scene everything they’ve got.

Hailed as America’s greatest tenor, Richard Tucker starred as Manrico in Cincinnati Opera’s 1968 production of Il Trovatore. In this informal backstage photo, he’s dressed for Carmen, but his Gypsy garb would have been much the same for his role with us. American opera’s most prestigious honor, given annually to a young singer, is named after him; the 2015 Richard Tucker Award winner, Jamie Barton, makes her role debut as Azucena in our production. Photo courtesy of The Richard Tucker Music Foundation.

In 1853, when Trovatore premiered, most Verdi operas began with a chorus, followed by a big solo scene for tenor or baritone. This opera, surprisingly, starts with a brief a cappella declaration—“All’erta!” (Wake up!)—from the bass, Ferrando, head of Count di Luna’s guards.

He’s vital to us, his listeners, since he tells his colleagues the backstory we need in order to understand everything that follows. Unusually for a Verdi bass, Ferrando needs near-Rossinian flexibility. It’s impressive to hear a bass combine the lightness for this music with the intensity and variety needed for his storytelling.

In the garden scene we meet Leonora, the very embodiment of the spinto soprano (poised halfway between lyric and dramatic). This scene is a typical example of an operatic scena: Recitative: Brief conversation (Leonora speaks to her friend Inez).

Cavatina: A graceful, legato aria (Leonora gives details of how she came to love Manrico).

Recitative: Another brief conversation, more vigorous than before (Inez attempts to talk Leonora out of loving the troubadour).

Cabaletta: Lively second aria, with major opportunities for vocal display (Leonora proclaims her devotion to Manrico).

Within seconds of Leonora’s exit we meet Count di Luna (baritone), then Manrico (tenor). Verdi’s music for both characters brings true machismo to the score. The trio with Leonora concluding the act glorifies the human voice in spectacularly invigorating style.

In Act II—once the chorus finishes pounding those famous anvils!—Verdi gives us the Gypsy Azucena’s arias, in which she relives her mother’s execution. The tone and weight of

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Azucena’s music confirm Verdi as virtually the creator of the dramatic mezzo-soprano.

Highlighting the convent scene which follows is the Count’s soliloquy apostrophizing Leonora’s smile (“Il balen del suo sorriso”).

Composers hadn’t tested baritones’ high notes so severely before Trovatore. If the ease is there, as well as the flowing legato, the Count can stop the show here. The aria also humanizes a character who would otherwise seem a “standard” operatic villain.

Riveting drama opens Act III, with the Count interrogating Azucena. Both need tremendous bite in putting the text across, and the Gypsy goes from velvet smoothness and deep melancholy (remembering happier days with her son) to explosive rhythmic drive (when the Count learns that his enemy Manrico is that son and his men take Azucena prisoner).

The next scena is Manrico’s—music every tenor dreams of performing. First, he soothes the apprehensive Leonora in an aria requiring the noble sweetness typical of Verdi heroes.

When he hears that Azucena is about to be burned at the stake, he bursts into his cabaletta, a hair-raising call to arms (“Di quella pira”). By the way, the concluding high C wasn’t composed by Verdi! One of the earliest dramatic tenors, Enrico Tamberlik, is generally acknowledged as the first to give the aria that big finish.

Verdi’s first scene in Act IV consists of four numbers involving the heroine. Hitherto Leonora has been fairly passive, but at di Luna’s castle she’s in proactive mode. She gets an intimate and somber cavatina, highlighted by shimmering phrases colored by her love for Manrico. The “bridge” to the cabaletta is a full-scale number on its own: the Miserere, in which Leonora hears Manrico’s voice in the tower asking her not to forget him, as the offstage monks pray for

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the dying. Verdi juxtaposes these elements brilliantly, although Leonora dominates—first in anguished plunges into her bottom range, and then repeated jumps to top notes. Her cabaletta may not be absolutely first-class Verdi, but its breathless excitement and passion communicate real determination.

Leonora then stands her ground opposite the Count in their duet, which seems almost hyperactive in its vitality.

Foreboding pervades the opening of the final scene. Initially, Azucena’s frantic ravings take center stage, moving from one extreme of range and dynamic to another. Manrico’s attempt to soothe her leads into the nostalgic duet that is the opera’s quietest music. With a dulcet blend of vocal timbres, the music can prove almost painfully touching.

An agitated style returns as Manrico confronts the quickly-weakening Leonora, now feeling the poison’s effect. Thinking she’s betrayed him with the Count, Manrico erupts in vehement, vocally grandiose phrases. She responds with a moment of classically Verdian eloquence: “Prima che d’altri vivere, io volli tua morir” (Rather than live belonging to another, I wanted to be yours in death). Here she forces us to suspend disbelief: at death’s door, she still boasts endless breath to manage this very long, floating line.

Once the Count sends Manrico to his death, Azucena gets the last word: “He was your brother! You are avenged, Mother!”

Her triumphant high B-flat puts the seal on an opera offering listeners boundless pleasure. Trovatore’s demands are superhuman, but when all goes well, it sets the opera house ablaze.

Roger Pines, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s dramaturg, writes frequently for major opera publications and recording companies internationally.

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Morning Star Music by Ricky Ian Gordon Libretto by William M. Hoffman Based on the 1940 play by Sylvia Regan Sung in English A Cincinnati Opera World Premiere June 30, July 2, 8, 10, 12, 17, and 19, 2015, at Corbett Theater, School for Creative and Performing Arts CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR SCENIC DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER PROJECTION DESIGNER HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Christopher Allen* Ron Daniels* Riccardo Hernandez* Emily Rebholz* Thomas C. Hase Wendall K. Harrington* James Geier Megan Bennett

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Kenneth Shaw Spencer Viator* Twyla Robinson Jennifer Zetlan* Elizabeth Zharoff * Elizabeth Pojanowski Jeanine De Bique* Adria Caffaro Leah de Gruyl* Owen Gunderman* Morgan Smith* Larry D. Hylton Andrew Bidlack* Andrew Lovato Owen Gunderman

RABBI ENGEL, grandfather of Harry, a Polish-Jewish immigrant HYMIE FELDERMAN, 18, a soldier, Becky’s son BECKY FELDERMAN, a Latvian-Jewish immigrant FANNY FELDERMAN, Becky’s middle daughter ESTHER FELDERMAN, Becky’s youngest daughter SADIE FELDERMAN, Becky’s eldest daughter PEARL, an immigrant from the rural South MARY O’FALLIN, a teenaged Irish immigrant KATHLEEN O’FALLIN, Mary’s mother HYMIE FELDERMAN, 13, Becky’s son AARON GREENSPAN, a Latvian-Jewish immigrant PRINCE, Pearl’s husband, a fish peddler IRVING TASHMAN, an aspiring songwriter HARRY ENGEL, an educated young man HYMIE TASHMAN, 13, Becky’s grandson

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Synopsis The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.

There will be 1 intermission.

PROLOGUE April 5, 1911. Mourners wait in the rain for the arrival of hearses bearing the bodies of the young men and women who died in the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

ACT I A Sunday morning in the summer of 1910. In a tenement building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Becky Felderman, her daughters Sadie, Esther, and Fanny, and her son Hymie wait for the arrival of Harry Engel, who is helping Becky pass her citizenship examination. Aaron, their tenant, sleeps on the couch, while out on the street, Pearl and Prince sell fish from their stall. Irving Tashman is introduced to the family, and much to everyone’s delight, he sings a song he has composed especially for Fanny. The women dream of what they would like to do with their lives instead of working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

When Harry arrives, Becky takes Sadie into another room so that Esther, who is in love with Harry, can be alone with him. Sadie is also in love with Harry, and Becky consoles her. The men ponder their own lives; Aaron decides that it is time to make something of himself.

It is now March 25, 1911. Fanny and Irving are married, but they’re living in Becky’s apartment. Fanny dreams of becoming a professional singer, much to Irving’s dismay. It is Esther and Harry’s wedding day, but the owner of the Triangle has told Esther she has to go to work or she will lose her job. Both Esther and her friend Mary have discovered that they’re pregnant and are at a loss as to what to do, since they are both unmarried. Becky is horrified to discover that Esther is going to have a baby, and she reveals that her own life as a young singer back in Riga was destroyed when she became pregnant. Still, she has to admit that all babies are kosher. Sadie thinks that Esther became pregnant on purpose, in order to trap Harry into marrying her. She tells her sister that she will never forgive her. In despair, Becky tries to prevent her family from falling apart.

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ACT II Twenty-one years later. At the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected in a great Democratic victory. Aaron, who is now the owner of a successful hat-making business, returns to the tenement apartment and proposes marriage to Becky. As the two of them sit and remember days gone by, the ghosts of Esther, who died on her wedding day in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and Hymie, who was killed on the battlefield in WWI, appear to them. The figures of Sadie and Harry also appear, and Sadie confesses how hard it has been to become a successful businesswoman. Aaron is appalled at Sadie’s blindness, and exclaims that the hard-hearted avarice that caused the fire which killed her sister now burns within her.

In the street outside, Pearl laments the greyness of the city and dreams of the colors of her childhood in New Orleans. Irving has been unfaithful to Fanny once again and she threatens divorce, but Becky makes him promise to be faithful and make a new start in California. Sadie arrives with Harry, and it is clear that he is very ill. Harry finally finds the courage to tell Sadie that he’s had enough of their loveless marriage, and leaves.

Sadie wants her mother to convince Aaron to help break the workers’ union, which is threatening to go on a strike that will ruin Sadie. Though Becky struggles with the decision, she refuses. Her family broken apart and her world in ruins, Becky finally accepts Aaron’s proposal. They make a toast to everyone they have loved.

EPILOGUE March 25, 1911. As a rabbi sings the Kaddish and fire rages through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, Esther and her friend Mary, trapped by the locked doors of the sweatshop, leap to their death.

–Courtesy of Ron Daniels

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On April 5, 1911, a silent procession of 100,000 mourners marched in the rain past a crowd of 300,000 gathered to honor the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. On March 25, 1911, the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City caused the deaths of 146 garment workers; most were Jewish or Italian immigrant women between the ages of 16 and 23. Photo courtesy of the Kheel Center, Cornell University, trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu.

The Birth of Morning Star

by Ricky Ian Gordon

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believe it was in the late 1990s that Lyric Opera of Chicago was interested in collaborating with The Goodman Theatre for a shared production. A kind of music theatre was being written that required singers who could easily bridge the worlds of musical theatre and opera, and this kind of hybrid work was what I believe the Lyric had in mind. I spoke to them about a piece I was writing about my family, which seemed perfect.

Then, something happened which aimed us down another street: a friend saw Sylvia Regan’s play Morning Star at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre. He called me, saying that rather than start from scratch with my own family’s story, I could adapt Morning Star and it would feel like I was writing about my family. I got into a big bubble bath (that is where I do my best reading) and read the play. I was sobbing by the end.

I called librettist Bill Hoffman—we had been talking about doing something together for some time, and this seemed perfect: Bill and me, two Jews, and a Jewish story!

Immediately, what moved me so deeply about Morning Star were the corollaries with my own story. The Felderman family has three daughters followed by a son; I am the youngest, and I had three older sisters growing up. The Feldermans have recently arrived from Russia; my parents were the children of Russian and Polish immigrants, and my mother’s first language was Yiddish. Bill’s family came from Latvia; when he adapted the play into the libretto, he changed the Feldermans’ hometown to Riga, inserting a bit of his own family history into the opera as a tribute to their journey.

The central tragedy of Regan’s play is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911. My grandmother—my mother’s mother, Rebecca Lieberman—worked at the Triangle.

On the day of the fire she was home sick, and her mother dragged her there to see her friends and co-workers flying out the window in flames.

I believe this is why she suffered from lifelong crippling depression. And the mother in the play is even named Rebecca—Becky Felderman.

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Ricky Ian Gordon’s grandmother, Rebecca Lieberman, was a young Russian immigrant who worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

Absent from work due to illness on the day of the fire, she was forever haunted by the memory of watching her friends perish. Her experience inspired Gordon’s portrayal of the tragedy and its aftermath in the opera Morning Star.

My mother Eve, before she got married and had kids, was a singer and comedian in the Borscht Belt, the summer resorts in the Catskill Mountains that were popular vacation spots for New York City Jews from the 1920s to the 1970s. When she was fifteen, growing up in Harlem, there was a singing contest in Central Park. Her brother Buddy dragged her there against her will, but she sang “Indian Love Call,” and won. Jenny Grossinger, of the most famous Borscht Belt hotel, Grossinger’s, took my mother under her wing and made her a star.

My father was not comfortable with his wife having a career other than raising his children and serving his every need. And Fanny, the middle Felderman daughter, is a singer whose husband will not allow her to sing publicly once she is his wife and the mother of his child.

Hymie is the little mischief-making Bar Mitzvah boy…that’s me. Esther is the youngest Felderman daughter, dreaming of marriage (my sister Sheila), and Sadie, the oldest daughter,

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dreams of a glory that will later turn out to be revenge (my sister Susan). My middle sister Lorraine is sewn into every character because she was such a strange and wonderful amalgamation of all of us.

There are almost uncomfortable parallels. It is very intimate for me. Even the atmosphere of a Jewish household…all the kibitzing and tragedy co-existing at once. The brutal past hanging over everything like a black umbrella.

A morbidity we children couldn’t grasp pervaded every crevice.

Bill and I wrote a version of the opera and presented it in a workshop in 2000 to a cheering audience. But something happened between the Lyric and the Goodman…a rift formed, the collaboration between the two companies disintegrated, and Bill and I were suddenly out in the cold with our opera. Bill and I became busy with other things, and Morning Star had to be shelved.

Fast forward to 2012, when Robin Guarino and Marcus Küchle approached me about workshopping something for the Opera Fusion: New Works program. I told them that I didn’t want to workshop something that was already scheduled and on the boards—I wanted to workshop a piece that I felt had not had an appropriate and useful second look. They said yes. Following the successful Opera Fusion: New Works presentations, Cincinnati Opera had enough faith in us to give us yet another workshop; and now, finally, Morning Star will have its world premiere. There is an alchemy now that has to happen, between the audience and the stage, but I so hope we have done well by the Feldermans and by Sylvia Regan’s beautiful play, and that Morning Star can now live in the repertoire. Fingers crossed.

Ricky Ian Gordon is the award-winning composer of the operas The Grapes of Wrath, 27, and A Coffin in Egypt.

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Don Pasquale Music by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini Sung in the original Italian World premiere: January 3, 1843, at the Théâtre Italien in Paris, France Cincinnati Opera premiere: July 25, 1920, at Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion July 9 and 11, 2015, at Cincinnati Music Hall 20th and 21st company performances of Don Pasquale CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR SCENIC DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER PROJECTION DESIGNER HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER CHORUS MASTER SUPERTITLES PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Richard Buckley Chuck Hudson* Peter Nolle* Kathleen Trott* Thomas C. Hase Doug Provost* James Geier Henri Venanzi Arizona Opera Constance Dubinski Grubbs

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Burak Bilgili Alexey Lavrov* Ji-Min Park* Eglise Gutiérrez Paul Scholten*

DON PASQUALE, an old film star from the silent movie era DR. MALATESTA, a family friend ERNESTO, Don Pasquale’s nephew and ward NORINA, a popular Hollywood starlet A NOTARY

* Cincinnati Opera debut

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Synopsis The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.

There will be 1 intermission.

Hollywood, California: the 1950s

ACT I Don Pasquale is an old film star from the silent movie era, as famous as the great Norma Desmond. He lives in an old mansion on Sunset Boulevard that is as devoid of color as his old blackand-white films. His ward and nephew, Ernesto, has refused an arranged marriage, proclaiming his love for Norina, a popular Hollywood starlet. Don Pasquale, outraged, decides to disinherit the boy and beget his own heirs. To do this he needs a wife, and he has called on a family friend, Dr. Malatesta, to help him find one. Malatesta, siding with Ernesto and Norina, makes a plan to teach the headstrong Pasquale a lesson. Malatesta glowingly describes to him his beautiful and completely imaginary sister and tells him that the girl is in love with him. Before long, the old bachelor is convinced he loves the girl and expresses his desire to marry her with Technicolor enthusiasm. Furthermore, he is prepared to cut Ernesto out of his will. Unaware that Dr. Malatesta has a plot afoot to help him, Ernesto grows bitter at this apparent betrayal by his good friend.

Shooting a scene from her next movie on a Hollywood soundstage, Norina’s screen persona boasts about knowing all the tricks to win a man’s love. Malatesta arrives and reveals to Norina his plans for fooling Don Pasquale: Norina is to enact the role of Malatesta’s sister, wed the old bachelor in a fake ceremony, and then drive him so crazy with her whims and demands that he will be eager to find a way out of the unpleasant staged marriage. Malatesta hires local stage hands to help out, but there is no time to tell Ernesto.

ACT II Realizing that he will never be able to marry Norina without his inheritance, Ernesto laments his situation as passionately as any of his uncle’s silent films. When he leaves, Malatesta arrives with Don Pasquale’s “bride” and introduces her to Pasquale, who is outlandishly dressed in an old costume worthy of Rudolph Valentino. Without further delay, a ceremony takes place, during which Ernesto returns and is forced to witness the contract, and he is finally told what is afoot. As soon as the mock ceremony ends, Norina turns into a fiery shrew who torments Don Pasquale with her nasty short temper and extravagant ways.

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ACT III Having turned Don Pasquale’s mansion into a kind of Hearst Castle, Norina invites the elite of the Hollywood film world to cavort at Don Pasquale’s expense. Exquisitely gowned, Norina brazenly leaves the house to attend a late-night concert, and as part of the plan, she drops a letter where Don Pasquale will find it. It is a love letter from Ernesto, inviting her to a rendezvous in the garden of the Hollywood Bowl. Don Pasquale realizes that he cannot endure the situation any longer. Furious, he calls Malatesta, who promises to fix everything.

In the garden of the Hollywood Bowl, Ernesto is disguised as a Hollywood crooner and sings a love song to Norina, who responds fervently for Don Pasquale’s eavesdropping ears. Don Pasquale springs upon the conspirators, who then happily reveal their plot. Immensely relieved to discover that his marriage has been like scenes from a popular Hollywood comedy, Don Pasquale forgives everyone involved and happily gives Norina to Ernesto.

–Courtesy of Chuck Hudson

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The legendary Marcel Marceau, whose career spanned six decades, was inspired to become a mime when he saw a Charlie Chaplin film at age five. He is seen here portraying his most famous mime character, Bip the Clown, at the Gymnase concert hall in Paris. © Sergio Gaudenti/ Kipa/Corbis

Notes from the Director

by Chuck Hudson

W

ith Don Pasquale, Donizetti gives us champagne for music, so the comedic style in the acting must match this excellence or it would be like mixing bubbly with beer!

I had the privilege of working with a master of comedy, Marcel Marceau. At his school in Paris, Marceau had us study the various styles of comedy from the Italian commedia dell’arte to his own comic inspirations: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and other actors of le cinéma muet (silent film). It was their virtuosity, their “musicality” in style that struck Marceau. Their comic dignity represented the champagne of comedy as opposed to the stylistic beer of slapstick or vaudeville. Marceau

also drilled us in the details of his own comic masterpieces, working the specificity, style, and that elusive skill, comic timing. Highlights of touring with Marceau came on the off-nights in a studio improvising together. He’d put me on stage and toss out a theme, and I would “play.” He gave me specific stylistic directions: “Make the same action tragic, now comic, now dark comedy, now Baroque comedy, now melodrama…” To increase the subtlety he would say, “Now find the tragic in the comic” or “Find the comic in the tragic.” I learned that I could change the context or even the meaning simply by changing where and when to “take” to the audience. These silent asides

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would make or break the comedy and could generate cascades of laughter. I love honoring his influence by inserting flowers from his bouquet into a show now and then, so we have inserted a few into this production—riffing on Marceau’s pantomimes “Bip Commits Suicide,” “The Mask Maker,” and “The Pickpocket’s Nightmare.”

We wanted to create an environment that would allow the comic virtuosity to work hand in hand with the vocal virtuosity of opera.

When the design team and I settled on Sunset Boulevard as the inspiration for this production, the collaboration and creativity flowed. Having singers play Hollywood actors who are playing roles opened up a world of comic possibilities.

I have always been amazed with the “theatre magic” of the costume changes during a Japanese Kabuki performance—a samurai warrior turns into a fox right before your eyes, which is not only part of the fun, it is a playful way for us to portray in a theatre the special effects we expect in a movie. Like a Busby Berkeley chorus becoming a kaleidoscope of human action, even our set transforms one large element into a completely different object in another scene.

One of the trickiest things about this opera is that there is only one female character, Norina. When we meet her, we are introduced not to a girl but to a woman. She is neither innocent of the ways of men nor innocent of the ways of the world. In her introductory aria, Norina revisits the fairytale romance that she and all young girls are taught to believe, and she knows from experience that this is not what real love is. In our own post-Romantic world where Disney princesses have more chutzpah than their Barbie doll predecessors, Norina is an intelligent and educated young woman who has experienced life, and yet is not so jaded by her experience that she no longer believes in love.

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Similar to the relationship between Rosina and Figaro in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Dr. Malatesta never tells Norina what to do.

Like Figaro, he is Socratic in his instruction.

He values and supports the cleverness and intelligence of his protégée, leading Norina to discover her own solutions by thinking them out logically. He even trusts her to improvise her own text and actions while she is disguised as the shrewish Sofronia.

If Norina is the only woman, she must therefore represent Everywoman. If the real Norina is in any way shrewish, then she is not in disguise as the shrew Sofronia, and what a two-dimensional stereotype of women that would be. No, Norina is written as a threedimensional woman, possessing flaws as well as talents. We may not agree with some of her choices—restoring our faith in a woman who has just slapped an old man to the ground is quite a challenge! Perhaps Norina goes too far, and she must recognize this, too. Restoring the comedy from that dark situation is a pivotal moment in the show.

On the first day of rehearsal I presented the singers with Marceau’s Comic Timing Exercise—a specific and yet simple sequence of movements that allows comedy to flourish.

Armed with this technique, we got to work!

Although he is no longer with us, Marceau’s style and his love of style live on in those of us who worked with him directly. I am privileged to pass it along to the next generation of performers, including actors, movement artists, and opera singers. As with all of them, so with you, I share the eulogy for Chuckles the Clown on The Mary Tyler Moore Show: “A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.”

Chuck Hudson is a New York-based director of opera, theatre, and musicals. Chuck was an actor and gymnast, and worked directly with French mime artist Marcel Marceau for six years.

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Turandot Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni Final scene completed by Franco Alfano Sung in the original Italian Based on the 1762 play by Carlo Gozzi World premiere: April 25, 1926, at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy Cincinnati Opera premiere: July 27, 1955, at Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion July 25, 29, and 31, 2015, at Cincinnati Music Hall 20th, 21st, and 22nd company performances of Turandot CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER SCENIC & COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGNER CHORUS MASTER CINCINNATI BOYCHOIR DIRECTOR SUPERTITLES AUTHOR PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Ramón Tebar Renaud Doucet* André Barbe* Guy Simard* James Geier Henri Venanzi Christopher Eanes Renaud Doucet Whitney McAnally

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) A MANDARIN LIÙ, a servant girl TIMUR, exiled King of Tartary CALÀF, an unknown prince PRINCE OF PERSIA PING, Chancellor of China PANG, Lord of Provisions PONG, Lord of the Imperial Kitchen EMPEROR ALTOUM PRINCESS TURANDOT HANDMAIDENS

Norman Garrett Norah Amsellem* Andrea Mastroni* Stuart Neill* Brandon Scott Russell+ Jonathan Beyer* Julius Ahn* Joseph Hu* Chris Merritt* Marcy Stonikas* Danielle Messina* Megan Ann Slack*

* Cincinnati Opera debut + Cincinnati Opera Young Artist

A co-production of Cincinnati Opera, Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Utah Opera, and Seattle Opera.

Scenery and costumes constructed at Minnesota Opera.

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Synopsis The performance will last approximately 3 hours.

There will be 2 intermissions.

ACT I Turandot, daughter of Emperor Altoum, has decreed that she will only marry if a suitor of noble blood can answer three riddles. If he cannot, the price shall be his head. Her most recent suitor, the Prince of Persia, is to be executed at the moon’s rising. In the commotion outside the palace a blind man falls to the ground, and his companion, Liù, asks for help. They are aided by Calàf, who recognizes the man as his long-lost father, Timur, the banished ruler of his land. Calàf, like his father, is running from enemies and concealing his identity, and is known only as the Unknown Prince. Liù continues to aid Timur even in exile because years before, as she explains, Calàf bestowed a smile upon her.

The people impatiently await the beheading. As the Prince of Persia enters, the crowd is suddenly moved and pleads with the princess to pardon him. Turandot appears and dispassionately confirms the prince’s sentence with a silent gesture. Calàf immediately is entranced by her beauty. Timur and Liù try to convince the smitten Calàf that he must leave with them, but he breaks away and attempts to announce himself as a suitor. The three ministers of the Imperial Household, Ping, Pang, and Pong, warn him of his folly, to no avail. Liù begs him to listen, but Calàf ignores her entreaties and ceremoniously rings the gong, signifying his challenge for Turandot’s hand.

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ACT II Ping, Pang, and Pong prepare for the eventuality of a wedding or a funeral. They discuss their misery since Turandot reached marriageable age, numbering the many noble suitors who have met a deadly fate and reminiscing about life in their native provinces. Is there truly a man whose passion can melt Turandot’s icy heart? Their hopes are guarded.

A crowd assembles for the Trial of the Three Enigmas. Turandot devised this system to avenge her ancestress, Lou-Ling, who was captured, raped, and put to death by marauding invaders. She offers Calàf one last chance to withdraw, but he stands firm. The first question is offered: “What is born each night and dies each dawn?” Calàf correctly answers “Hope.” Slightly taken aback, Turandot poses the next riddle: “What flares warm like a flame, yet it is no flame?” Calàf hesitates, then answers perfectly “Blood.” Visibly shaken, Turandot asks the final question: “The ice that gives you fire, what can it be?”

Calàf tarries, then triumphantly cries “Turandot!” The people celebrate his victory, but Turandot pleads with the emperor not to be given to this Unknown Prince. Seeing her distress, Calàf offers a riddle of his own: “If before morning you can discover the name I bear, I shall forfeit my life.”

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ACT III It is decreed that none shall sleep, under penalty of death, until the name of the Unknown Prince is discovered. Calàf expresses his conviction that he alone will reveal the secret. Ping, Pang, and Pong offer any prize, including his safe escape, if he tells them his name. Timur and Liù are captured, and at Turandot’s request Timur is to be tortured until he reveals the truth. Liù steps forward and says that she knows the prince’s name but will keep it as her eternal secret. Calàf reproaches the princess for her cruelty. Turandot’s strength and desire for revenge leave her, and she weeps for the first time.

Calàf reveals his true identity, thereby putting his life in Turandot’s hands. Trumpets announce the arrival of dawn and the assembly of the court. Turandot addresses the emperor and the people: “I have discovered the stranger’s name—it is Love!”

—Courtesy of Minnesota Opera, provided by OPERA America

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All for Love

by Suzanne Martinucci

I

n considering the operas of Giacomo Puccini, one might argue that if they contain

premiere of his Trittico at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918) and a domestic tragedy (the

one overarching tenet, it’s the law of love. In

Doria Manfredi scandal) that nearly derailed

Puccini’s world, the call of love must be obeyed.

his already troubled marriage and brought him

Often outcasts from conventional society, his

close to a nervous breakdown. He suffered

protagonists commit murder (Tosca), suicide

from diabetes and bouts of depression. Then,

(Madame Butterfly, Suor Angelica), fraud

in 1923 he began to experience some nagging

(Gianni Schicchi ), and theft (La Fanciulla del

throat discomfort. First thought to be the result

West). Nevertheless, the ones whose actions

of his lifelong cigarette smoking, this symptom

spring from love have their creator’s heart, and

would later prove to be the first manifestations

his sympathy.

of a fatal throat cancer.

Given this, it’s fascinating, almost perverse, that with Turandot, Puccini attempted to enliven a woman so phobic to love that she concocts a trial of three riddles for all men who dare to approach her in its name, executing those who fail. But as Puccini wrote to his librettists, Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, he wished to “tentar vie non battute” (strike out on new paths). In March of 1920, Puccini wrote them that he had read the version of the 1762 play by Carlo Gozzi provided by Simoni and was raring to go. He urged the librettists to “above all heighten the amorous passion of Turandot that has for so long smoldered beneath the ashes of her great pride…it must be a Turandot by way of the modern mind.”

In one way though, he was making a return—to the exotic East. In Madame Butterfly Puccini had created an unforgettable portrait of a young Japanese woman who strove—and failed—to overcome her past and her culture in order to change her life. But Puccini, now in his 60s, was a different man from the one who rebounded so triumphantly from Butterfly’s disastrous premiere. He had of course aged, but by this time had also weathered a world war (which prevented him from attending the

One of the last portraits of composer Giacomo Puccini, taken by a German photographer in 1922, while he was composing Turandot. Puccini died two years later, leaving his final opera incomplete. © SZ Photo / Bridgeman Images

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It may be all the more telling, then, that Puccini did not live to complete Turandot. Did he ultimately find the challenge of humanizing the cruel princess beyond him? In the nearly 90 years since Turandot’s premiere, much has been written by numerous scholars on this question, as well as of the circumstances surrounding the opera’s subsequent completion

by Franco Alfano, based on Puccini’s sketches.

Puccini labored on Turandot longer than any other of his completed works, and his letters detail painful periods of self-doubt, fear, delay, and despair. The crucial moment in the drama that had at first so fascinated Puccini—Turandot’s awakening to love—finally proved insurmountable.

But what we do have of Turandot—Puccini’s two completed acts and the portion of Act III culminating in the slave girl Liù’s suicide— contains much to marvel at. For one, Puccini’s powers as an orchestrator remain formidable, even groundbreaking. The percussion section alone calls for tympani, cymbals, gong, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tam-tam, glockenspiel, xylophone, bass xylophone, tubular bells, tuned Chinese gongs (constructed to Puccini’s specifications by the Tronci family, an Italian firm renowned for making cymbals), celesta, and organ. Onstage, the additional instrumentation includes six trumpets, three trombones, a bass trombone, two alto saxophones, a wood block, and a large gong.

Using these instruments in new and daring combinations, not to mention adventurous harmonies, Puccini’s orchestra creates effects

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both stunning and subtle, ranging from the eerie to the maniacally savage.

Also undiminished is Puccini’s ability to construct an effective theatrical climax. There are few moments in opera as thrilling as the sound of Turandot in full cry in Act II, soaring to successive high Cs above the combined chorus and orchestra, as she asks the victorious Prince whether he truly wants to claim her as his bride, full of hate as she is. Furthermore, Puccini’s use of the chorus as a dramatic character surpasses anything he had achieved in any of his previous operas.

Then, there is Puccini the melodist.

Always one of his special gifts, in Turandot the composer demonstrates once again his skill in integrating authentic melodies of the culture he is portraying, weaving them into a musical fabric that is at once evocative and characterful. One of these Chinese melodies forms the basis of “Signore, ascolta,” the Act I aria sung by the gentle, steadfastly loving Liù.

It is one of the opera’s exquisite ironies that it is with the death of Liù—who, when Turandot asks her who has put such strength in her heart, answers “Princess, it is love!”—the composer put down his pen for the last time.

With the death of his last true heroine, the one who obeyed the law of love, Puccini followed, leaving us with his greatest enigma unsolved.

Suzanne Martinucci is a New York-based writer and lecturer on opera. She is a regular panelist on the Metropolitan Opera Quiz during the Toll Brothers Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts.

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Julius Ahn, tenor (Seoul, South Korea) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Pang, Turandot Elsewhere: Goro, Madame Butterfly (Canadian Opera Company; Michigan Opera Theatre; Royal Albert Hall, UK) Upcoming: Monostatos, Magic Flute (Hawaii Opera Theatre; Michigan Opera Theatre); Goro, Madame Butterfly (Vancouver Opera)

Christopher Allen, conductor (Los Angeles, California) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: John L. Magro Resident Conductor, Morning Star Elsewhere: Hercules vs. Vampires; Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera); Rigoletto (Opera Santa Barbara) Upcoming: Barber of Seville (English National Opera); Madame Butterfly (LA Opera)

Norah Amsellem, soprano (Paris, France) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Liù, Turandot Elsewhere: Micaela, Carmen (Deutsche Oper Berlin); Marguerite, Faust (Opera Las Palmas, Spain); Debussy L’Enfant Prodigue; Ravel Shéhérazade (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam); Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, Stella, Tales of Hoffmann (Opéra Royal de Versailles; Seattle Opera); Mimì, La Bohème (New Orleans Opera); Amelia, Amelia al Ballo (Opéra de Monte-Carlo)

Barbe & Doucet André Barbe, scenic & costume designer Renaud Doucet, stage director & choreographer (Montreal, Canada) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Turandot Elsewhere: Arabella (Oper Köln, Germany); Tales of Hoffmann (Theater Bonn Opernhaus, Germany); La Belle Hélène (Hamburgische Staatsoper); Thaïs (Florida Grand Opera); Don Pasquale (Scottish Opera); Manon (Malmö Opera, Sweden); Thérèse; La Navarraise (Wexford Festival Opera); Die Feen (Bayreuther Festspiele, Germany; Oper Leipzig, Germany) Upcoming: Don Pasquale (Florida Grand Opera); The Sound of Music; Tales of Hoffmann (Volksoper Vienna); Turandot (Opera Philadelphia); La Bohème (Scottish Opera); La Belle Hélène (Oper Köln, Germany)

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Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano (Rome, Georgia) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Azucena, Il Trovatore Elsewhere: Fricka, Die Walküre (Houston Grand Opera); Giovanna Seymour, Anna Bolena (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Adalgisa, Norma (San Francisco Opera) Upcoming: Fenena, Nabucco (Seattle Opera; Royal Opera House, UK); Adalgisa, Norma (LA Opera); Cornelia, Giulio Cesare (Oper Frankfurt)

Jonathan Beyer, baritone (Orland Park, Illinois) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Ping, Turandot Elsewhere: Figaro, Barber of Seville (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Opera Philadelphia); Marcello, La Bohème (Dallas Opera); Guglielmo, Così Fan Tutte (Florida Grand Opera); Sharpless, Madame Butterfly (Anchorage Opera); Escamillo, Carmen (Opera Philadelphia) Upcoming: Marcello, La Bohème (Boston Lyric Opera); Figaro, Barber of Seville (Pittsburgh Opera); Falke, Die Fledermaus (Florentine Opera Company)

Andrew Bidlack, tenor (Baltimore, Maryland) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Irving Tashman, Morning Star Elsewhere: Rob Hall, Everest; Count Albert, Die Tote Stadt (Dallas Opera); Tonio, Daughter of the Regiment (Palm Beach Opera); Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola (Intermountain Opera, Montana); Prince Karl Franz, The Student Prince; Anatol, Vanessa (Utah Festival Opera) Upcoming: Count Almaviva, Barber of Seville (Opera Omaha); Arcadio, Florencia en el Amazonas (Arizona Opera); Private John Ball, In Parenthesis (Welsh National Opera)

Burak Bilgili, bass (Istanbul, Turkey) 2015: Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale Cincinnati: Leporello, Don Giovanni (2013); Capitán, Florencia en el Amazonas (2008); Ramfis, Aida (2007); Colline, La Bohème (2005) Elsewhere: Nourabad, Pearl Fishers (Florida Grand Opera); Don Basilio, Barber of Seville (Dallas Opera); Mustafà, L’Italiana in Algeri (Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Spain); Daland, Flying Dutchman (Michigan Opera Theatre); Nilakantha, Lakmé (Opéra de Montréal) Upcoming: Figaro, Marriage of Figaro (Teatro Solís, Uruguay); Oroveso, Norma (Florida Grand Opera); Frère Laurent, Romeo and Juliet (Atlanta Opera); Count Walter, Luisa Miller (Hamburgische Staatsoper); Messiah (National Symphony Orchestra)

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Richard Buckley, conductor (New York, New York) 2015: Don Pasquale Cincinnati: Pagliacci/Gianni Schicchi (2012); Don Carlo (2009); Aida (2007) Elsewhere: Don Giovanni; Romeo and Juliet; A Masked Ball (Austin Opera) Upcoming: Aida; Of Mice and Men; Barber of Seville (Austin Opera)

Adria Caffaro, mezzo-soprano (Omaha, Nebraska) 2015: Mary O’Fallin, Morning Star Cincinnati: Madeleine Audebert, Silent Night; Kate Pinkerton, Madame Butterfly (2014) Elsewhere: Dorabella, Così Fan Tutte; Hansel, Hansel and Gretel; Aloès, L’Étoile (UC College-Conservatory of Music); Mary Johnson, Fellow Travelers workshop (Opera Fusion: New Works)

Thomas J. Capobianco, tenor (Scranton, Pennsylvania) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Messenger, Il Trovatore Elsewhere: Albert Herring, Albert Herring; Rinuccio cover, Gianni Schicchi (Temple University Opera Theater); Beany, Meet John Doe workshop (Opera Fusion: New Works); Donald, Gallantry (Poor Richard’s Opera, Philadelphia) Upcoming: Messiah (Knox Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati)

Gina Cerimele-Mechley, fight director (Cincinnati, Ohio) 2015: Il Trovatore Cincinnati: Silent Night (2014); Rigoletto (2011) Elsewhere: Camelot; Peter Pan; Romeo and Juliet (Cincinnati Ballet); Safehouse (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Romeo and Juliet (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis) Upcoming: Suburbia; Abby, The Mercy Seat (Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy)

Jose Maria Condemi, stage director (San Francisco, California) 2015: Il Trovatore Cincinnati: La Traviata; María de Buenos Aires (2012); Ainadamar (2009); Don Giovanni (2004) Elsewhere: Frida (Michigan Opera Theatre); A Masked Ball; Tosca (San Francisco Opera); Tosca (Seattle Opera); Aida (Houston Grand Opera); Barber of Seville (Atlanta Opera); A Streetcar Named Desire (Kentucky Opera); María de Buenos Aires (Florida Grand Opera); Elixir of Love (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis) Upcoming: Carmen (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Don Giovanni (Arizona Opera); Dead Man Walking (Indiana University Opera & Ballet Theater)

John Conklin, scenic & costume designer (New York, New York) 2015: Il Trovatore Cincinnati: Lucia di Lammermoor (2008); Barber of Seville (2005); Norma (2003); Carmen (1997) Elsewhere: Magic Flute; Rigoletto (Boston Lyric Opera); L’Orfeo (Orvieto Opera) Upcoming: Catone in Utica (Glimmerglass Opera); La Bohème; Werther (Boston Lyric Opera)

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Ron Daniels, stage director (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Morning Star Elsewhere: Il Postino (LA Opera; Theater an der Wien; Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris; Teatro Real, Madrid; Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Festival Internacional Cervantino, Mexico); Il Tabarro/Pagliacci (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Sweeney Todd (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Virginia Opera); Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD (Opera Philadelphia) Upcoming: Macbeth; Measure for Measure (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Othello (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.); La Bohème (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Don Giovanni; Lucia di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera)

Jeanine De Bique, soprano (New York, New York) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Pearl, Morning Star Elsewhere: Sister Rose, Dead Man Walking (Central City Opera); Climene, Fetonte (Theater und Orchester Heidelberg); Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (St. Petersburg Opera Company); Messiah; Bach Christmas Oratorio (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Clara, Porgy and Bess (Royal Danish Opera); Mozart Exsultate, jubilate (Sinfonia Rotterdam at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam) Upcoming: Consuelo, I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma); Messiah (Boston Baroque); Mozart Mass in C Minor (Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra)

Leah de Gruyl, mezzo-soprano (Sutton, West Virginia) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Kathleen O’Fallin, Morning Star Elsewhere: Duruflé Requiem (Carnegie Hall); Princess Eboli cover, Don Carlo (Sarasota Opera); Gertrude Stein cover, 27 (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Carmen, Carmen Redux (Cincinnati Opera Outbound Touring Program) Upcoming: Juno, Orpheus in the Underworld (Virginia Opera)

Julianna Di Giacomo, soprano (Los Angeles, California) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Leonora, Il Trovatore Elsewhere: Amelia, A Masked Ball (San Francisco Opera); Luisa Miller, Luisa Miller (Teatro di San Carlo, Italy); Nedda, Pagliacci (Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl) Upcoming: Leonora, Il Trovatore (Bayerische Staatsoper); Desdemona, Otello (Teatro de la Maestranza, Spain); Amelia, A Masked Ball (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)

Norman Garrett, baritone (Lubbock, Texas) 2015: A Mandarin, Turandot Cincinnati: Sergeant, La Bohème (2010) Elsewhere: Jake, Porgy and Bess (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Riolobo, Florencia en el Amazonas; Papageno, Magic Flute; Captain Gardiner, Moby-Dick; Steersman, Tristan und Isolde; The Elk, The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me (Washington National Opera); Escamillo, Carmen; Son Ami, Le Pauvre Matelot (Wolf Trap Opera); Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (National Philharmonic) Upcoming: Koanga, Koanga (Wexford Festival Opera)

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Ricky Ian Gordon, composer (New York, New York) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Morning Star Elsewhere: operas: The Grapes of Wrath; 27; A Coffin in Egypt; The Garden of the Finzi-Continis; Rappahannock County; Orpheus and Euridice; Green Sneakers; Only Heaven; The Tibetan Book of the Dead; Autumn Valentine; musicals: My Life with Albertine; Sycamore Trees; Dream True; States of Independence; Stonewall/Night Variations Upcoming: Intimate Apparel (Metropolitan Opera); new musical (Goodman Theatre, Chicago); The House Without A Christmas Tree (Houston Grand Opera); new two-act production of The Grapes of Wrath (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis)

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Owen Gunderman, actor (Cincinnati, Ohio) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Hymie Felderman, Hymie Tashman, Morning Star Elsewhere: Young Galileo supernumerary, Galileo Galilei (Cincinnati Opera); Nathaniel, The Sandman; Theo, Pippin (The Carnegie, Covington); Winthrop Paroo, The Music Man (Showboat Majestic); Skunk, Disney’s Peter Pan JR. (The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati); Fritz, The Nutcracker (Cincinnati Ballet); Tiny Tim, A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park)

Eglise Gutiérrez, soprano (Holguín, Cuba) 2015: Norina, Don Pasquale Cincinnati: Violetta, La Traviata (2008) Elsewhere: Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, Muse of Poetry, Tales of Hoffmann; La Fée, Cendrillon (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona); Thaïs, Thaïs (Florida Grand Opera); Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor (Opéra de Marseille, France) Upcoming: Gilda, Rigoletto (Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, Mexico)

Wendall K. Harrington, projection designer (New York, New York) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Morning Star Elsewhere: Werther (Metropolitan Opera); Grapes of Wrath (Minnesota Opera); Nixon in China (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); A View from the Bridge (Lyric Opera of Chicago); The Photographer (Brooklyn Academy of Music); Magic Flute (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence); Firebird; Othello (American Ballet Theatre); Anna Karenina (Royal Danish Ballet); Serata Ratmansky (Teatro alla Scala); The Who’s Tommy; All the Way; Grey Gardens; Ragtime; Company; Driving Miss Daisy; The Will Rogers Follies; The Heidi Chronicles; They’re Playing Our Song (Broadway)

Thomas C. Hase, lighting designer (Madison, Wisconsin) 2015: Resident Lighting Designer and Lighting Director Cincinnati: 1997-2014 seasons Elsewhere: Doctor Zhivago (Malmö Opera, Sweden); Don Carlo (Opera Philadelphia); Iolanta (Dallas Opera); The Color Purple (Milwaukee Repertory Theater) Upcoming: La Finta Giardiniera (Santa Fe Opera); Dreamgirls (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); The Rake’s Progress (Finnish National Opera); The Golden Cockerel (Deutsche Oper am Rhein)

Riccardo Hernandez, set designer (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Morning Star Elsewhere: Porgy and Bess; Caroline, or Change; Topdog/ Underdog; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Parade; The Tempest (Broadway); Grounded (Public Theater); King Lear (Theatre for a New Audience); La Traviata; Amistad (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD (Opera Philadelphia); Il Postino (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris; Theater an der Wien); Appomattox (San Francisco Opera); A Coffin in Egypt; Carmen (Houston Grand Opera); Il Tabarro/Pagliacci; Sweeney Todd (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Abduction from the Seraglio (Opéra de Nice) Upcoming: Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera); Faculty (Yale School of Drama); Lecturer (Princeton University)

William M. Hoffman, librettist (New York, New York) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Morning Star Elsewhere: As Is (Broadway); Ghosts of Versailles (Metropolitan Opera; Lyric Opera of Chicago; LA Opera); The Cows of Apollo, or The Invention of Music; Cornbury: The Queen’s Governor; A Book of Etiquette; Children’s Crusade; From Fool to Hanged Man; Gilles De Rais; Good Night, I Love You; Gulliver’s Travels; Incantation; Luna; A Quick Nutbread to Make Your Mouth Water; Saturday Night at the Movies; Thank You, Miss Victoria; xxx Upcoming: Ghosts of Versailles (Wolf Trap Opera); The Cows of Apollo, or The Invention of Music (Aspen Music Festival); As Is (London Festival Opera; Edinburgh International Festival); Memoirs of an Ex-Boy

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Joseph Hu, tenor

Larry D. Hylton, tenor

(Taipei, Taiwan) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Pong, Turandot Elsewhere: First Jew, Salome (Dallas Opera); Tanzmeister, Brighella, Ariadne auf Naxos (Taipei Symphony Orchestra); Pong, Turandot (Opera Carolina) Upcoming: Goro, Madame Butterfly (Toledo Opera; San Diego Opera); Mime, Das Rheingold (National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan)

(Martinsville, Virginia) 2015: Prince, Morning Star Cincinnati: Robbins, Porgy and Bess (2012) Elsewhere: Robbins, Porgy and Bess (Opéra de Montréal); Chorus, Parsifal (Metropolitan Opera); Ensemble (New York Harlem Singers tour, Shanghai and Seoul) Upcoming: Libra Tenors in Concert (Washington, D.C.); Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)

Chuck Hudson, stage director (New York, New York) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Don Pasquale Elsewhere: Don Pasquale (Arizona Opera; Wolf Trap Opera; San Francisco Opera); Marriage of Figaro (Cape Town Opera; Austin Opera); Rigoletto (Florida Grand Opera; Sacramento Opera); La Traviata; Barber of Seville; The Merry Widow (Minnesota Opera); La Bohème (Sacramento Opera; UC CollegeConservatory of Music); Così Fan Tutte (Opera Santa Barbara); Ainadamar (Lexington Philharmonic) Upcoming: Into the Woods (Hawaii Performing Arts Festival); La Bohème (Hawaii Opera Theatre); Falstaff (Arizona Opera); productions (Auditorio de Tenerife, Spain; Victorian Opera, Australia)

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Alexey Lavrov, baritone (Komi Republic, Russia) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Dr. Malatesta, Don Pasquale Elsewhere: Silvio, Pagliacci (Metropolitan Opera); Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet (Festival Internacional de Ópera Alejandro Granda, Peru); Schaunard, La Bohème (Metropolitan Opera) Upcoming: Silvio, Pagliacci (Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile; Metropolitan Opera); Dr. Malatesta, Don Pasquale (Metropolitan Opera); Aleko, Aleko (Opera Carolina)

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Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano (Columbus, Ohio) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Inez, Il Trovatore Elsewhere: Dorabella, Così Fan Tutte (Fort Worth Opera); Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Paquette, Candide (Boston Symphony Orchestra); Florence Pike, Albert Herring (Florentine Opera Company); Amaltea, Moses in Egypt (Chicago Opera Theater) Upcoming: Javotte, Manon (Dallas Opera); Dorabella, Così Fan Tutte (DuPage Opera)

Andrew Lovato, baritone (Waukesha, Wisconsin) 2015: Harry Engel, Morning Star Cincinnati: Official Registrar, Madame Butterfly (2014) Elsewhere: Young Raymond, The Manchurian Candidate; Sonora, La Fanciulla del West; El Dancairo, Carmen (Minnesota Opera); Schaunard, La Bohème (Central City Opera); Masetto, Don Giovanni (UC College-Conservatory of Music) Upcoming: Harlequin, Ariadne auf Naxos (Minnesota Opera)

Cristian M˘acelaru, conductor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Il Trovatore Elsewhere: Madame Butterfly (Houston Grand Opera); Turning Point (Tanglewood Music Festival); international tour (Danish National Symphony Orchestra); debuts (Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Houston Symphony) Upcoming: New York Philharmonic; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Andrea Mastroni, bass (Milan, Italy) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Timur, Turandot Elsewhere: Banquo, Macbeth (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées); Sparafucile, Rigoletto; Ramfis, Aida (Arena di Verona; Opernhaus Zürich; Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Italy); Dr. Grenvil, La Traviata (Teatro alla Scala); Ashby, La Fanciulla del West (Opéra National de Paris); Colline, La Bohème (Teatro La Fenice, Venice); Caronte, L’Orfeo (Bayerische Staatsoper); Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Opéra de Monte-Carlo) Upcoming: Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Opéra National de Paris; Metropolitan Opera; Teatro Real, Madrid; Hamburgische Staatsoper); Seneca, L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Opernhaus Zürich)

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Chris Merritt, tenor

Stuart Neill, tenor

(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Emperor Altoum, Turandot Elsewhere: Eléazar, La Juive (L’Opéra Bastille; Staatsoper Stuttgart); Piet the Pot, Le Grand Macabre (Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels; Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires); Aron, Moses und Aron (Salzburg Festival; Deutsche Oper Berlin); Herod, Salome (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa; Hong Kong Philharmonic); Aegisth, Elektra (Teatro Real, Madrid); Tichon, Kát’a Kabanová (Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, UK; Glyndebourne Festival); Mephistopheles, Doktor Faust (San Francisco Opera) Upcoming: Herod, Salome (Palacio de la Ópera de La Coruña; Detroit Symphony Orchestra)

Danielle Messina, soprano (Poughkeepsie, New York) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Handmaiden, Turandot Elsewhere: Margarita Xirgu, Ainadamar (Lexington Philharmonic); Konstanze, Abduction from the Seraglio (Queen City Chamber Opera); Lizzy Holmes, A Woman in Morocco (Kentucky Opera); Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Opera Western Reserve); Nella, Gianni Schicchi (Opera Carolina); Musetta, La Bohème (Kentucky Opera run-out performances) Upcoming: Emerging Artist Program; Juliet cover, Romeo and Juliet (Virginia Opera)

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Calàf, Turandot Elsewhere: Cavaradossi, Tosca; Manrico, Il Trovatore; Otello, Otello; Radamès, Aida (Teatro Municipal de São Paolo); Turiddu, Cavalleria Rusticana (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples) Upcoming: Radamès, Aida (Arena di Verona); Canio, Pagliacci (Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile); Manrico, Il Trovatore (Magyar Állami Operaház, Budapest)

Peter Nolle, scenic designer (Hamburg, Germany) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Don Pasquale Elsewhere: La Finta Giardiniera; Das Herz bebt im Stillen (Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland); Technical Director (Arizona Opera)

Ji-Min Park, tenor (Milan, Italy) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Ernesto, Don Pasquale Elsewhere: Rodolfo, La Bohème (Royal Opera House, UK; Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse; New National Theatre, Tokyo; Opera North; Opera Australia); Alfredo, La Traviata (Opera North; Opera Australia; Teatro La Fenice, Venice); Nemorino, Elixir of Love; Ernesto, Don Pasquale (Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile); Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi; Iopas, Les Troyens (Royal Opera House, UK) Upcoming: Rodolfo, La Bohème; Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi (Opera Australia); Alfredo, La Traviata (Korean National Opera)

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Elizabeth Pojanowski, mezzo-soprano (New York, New York) 2015: Sadie, Morning Star Cincinnati: Mercédès, Carmen (2014); Tebaldo, Don Carlo; Ensemble, Ainadamar (2009); Secretary to Mao, Nixon in China (2007) Elsewhere: Dorabella, Così Fan Tutte (Annapolis Opera); Tisbe, La Cenerentola (Opera Omaha); Ernestina, L’Occasione Fa Il Ladro (Little Opera Theatre of NY); Shelley, Anna Nicole (New York City Opera); Stéphano, Romeo and Juliet (San Antonio Opera) Upcoming: Cherubino, Marriage of Figaro (Seattle Opera)

Stephen Powell, baritone (West Chester, Pennsylvania) 2015: Count di Luna, Il Trovatore Cincinnati: Rigoletto, Rigoletto (2011); Dandini, La Cenerentola (2000) Elsewhere: Scarpia, Tosca (Colorado Symphony Orchestra); Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor (LA Opera); Tonio, Pagliacci (San Diego Opera); Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd; Falstaff, Falstaff (Virginia Opera); Amonasro, Aida (Boston Symphony Orchestra); Britten War Requiem (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Carmina Burana (Cleveland Orchestra) Upcoming: Alphonse, La Favorite (Caramoor Summer Music Festival, New York); Sharpless, Madame Butterfly; Scarpia, Tosca (Minnesota Opera); Germont, La Traviata (Opera Philadelphia); Macbeth, Macbeth (Michigan Opera Theatre)

Doug Provost, projection designer (Phoenix, Arizona) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Don Pasquale Elsewhere: Daughter of the Regiment; Magic Flute; Eugene Onegin; Rigoletto; Don Pasquale; La Traviata; La Bohème (Arizona Opera); Phantom of the Opera (Ballet Tucson); Faust (Toledo Opera); Barber of Seville (Nashville Opera) Upcoming: Magic Flute (Hawaii Opera); Arizona Lady; Florencia en el Amazonas; Carmen; Don Giovanni; Falstaff (Arizona Opera)

Emily Rebholz, costume designer (Memphis, Tennessee) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Morning Star Elsewhere: Sweeney Todd; Il Tabarro/Pagliacci (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); If/Then; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; The Tempest; The Way We Get By; The Substance of Fire; Our Lady of Kibeho (Broadway); Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD (Opera Philadelphia) Upcoming: If/Then (Tour); Dear Evan Hansen (Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.); Indecent (Yale Repertory Theatre; La Jolla Playhouse, California; Vineyard Theatre, New York); La Bohème (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera)

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Sylvia Regan, playwright Born in New York City in 1908, Sylvia Regan’s first Broadway play, Morning Star, was produced in 1940; she saw greater success with her 1953 play The Fifth Season, a long-running hit. Regan wrote the libretto for The Golem, an opera composed by her husband, Abraham Ellstein, which premiered at New York City Opera under the baton of music director Julius Rudel in 1962. Regan and Ellstein also collaborated on the Broadway musical Great To Be Alive! Regan’s plays include Every Day But Friday, A Hundred Million Nickels, Safe Harbor, 44 West, The Twelfth Hour, and Zelda. She died in 2003.

Morris Robinson, bass (Atlanta, Georgia) 2015: Ferrando, Il Trovatore Cincinnati: Ramfis, Aida (2013); Night Watchman, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2010); Grand Inquisitor, Don Carlo (2009) Elsewhere: Grand Inquisitor, Don Carlo (Opera Philadelphia); Sarastro, Magic Flute (Houston Grand Opera); Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Atlanta Opera); Joe, Show Boat (San Francisco Opera) Upcoming: Ramfis, Aida (Aspen Music Festival); Oroveso, Norma (LA Opera); Joe, Show Boat (Dallas Opera)

Twyla Robinson, soprano (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 2015: Becky Felderman, Morning Star Cincinnati: Marschallin, Der Rosenkavalier (2013); Eva, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2010) Elsewhere: Countess Almaviva, Marriage of Figaro (New Orleans Opera); Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra); Messiah (Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra); Strauss Vier letzte Lieder; Verdi Requiem (Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symphony); Dvorˇák Te Deum (Dallas Symphony Orchestra)

Brandon Scott Russell, tenor (Springfield, Missouri) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Ruiz, Il Trovatore; Prince of Persia, Turandot Elsewhere: John Doe, Meet John Doe workshop (Opera Fusion: New Works); Billy, Baden-Baden 1927 (UC College-Conservatory of Music); Giuseppe, La Traviata (Wolf Trap Opera); Don José, The Tragedy of Carmen; Camille, The Merry Widow (UMKC Conservatory Opera)

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Paul Scholten, baritone (Muskegon, Michigan) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Notary, Don Pasquale Elsewhere: Guglielmo, Così Fan Tutte (Fort Worth Opera Festival); Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin (Opera Company of Middlebury); Macduff, Macbeth (Chicago Opera Theater); Sharpless, Madame Butterfly (DuPage Opera); El Dancairo, Carmen (Lyric Opera of Chicago) Upcoming: Guglielmo, Così Fan Tutte (DuPage Opera)

Kenneth Shaw, bass-baritone (Newnan, Georgia) 2015: Rabbi Engel, Morning Star Cincinnati: French General, Silent Night (2014); Betto di Signa, Gianni Schicchi; Marquis d’Obigny, La Traviata (2012); Monterone, Rigoletto (2005) Elsewhere: Mozart Requiem (Cincinnati Ballet); Nourabad, Pearl Fishers (Dayton Opera) Upcoming: Jochanaan, Salome (UC College-Conservatory of Music)

Guy Simard, lighting designer (Montreal, Canada) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Turandot Elsewhere: Lucia di Lammermoor (Pacific Opera Victoria, Canada); Tales of Hoffmann (Theater Bonn Opernhaus, Germany); Arabella (Oper Köln, Germany) Upcoming: Otello (Pacific Opera Victoria, Canada; Opéra de Montréal); Don Pasquale (Florida Grand Opera); Turandot (Opera Philadelphia)

Megan Ann Slack, soprano (Atlanta, Georgia) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Handmaiden, Turandot Elsewhere: Mattie, Meet John Doe workshop (Opera Fusion: New Works); Gretel, Hansel and Gretel; Giannetta, Elixir of Love; Princess Laoula, L’Étoile; Thibault, Don Carlo; Stravinsky Les Noces (UC College-Conservatory of Music)

Morgan Smith, baritone (Seattle, Washington) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Aaron Greenspan, Morning Star Elsewhere: Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Austin Opera); Escamillo, Carmen (Pittsburgh Opera; Vancouver Opera); Marcello, La Bohème (San Diego Opera); Tadeusz, The Passenger (Houston Grand Opera); Lt. Audebert, Silent Night (Fort Worth Opera); Fritz, Die Tote Stadt (Dallas Opera) Upcoming: Jim, An American Dream (Seattle Opera); Sharpless, Madame Butterfly (Opéra de Montréal); Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Arizona Opera); Starbuck, Moby-Dick (LA Opera); Count Almaviva, Marriage of Figaro (Seattle Opera); Four Villains, Tales of Hoffmann (Madison Opera)

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Samuel Smith, bass (New Richmond, Ohio) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Old Gypsy, Il Trovatore Elsewhere: Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale (Anchorage Opera); Don Basilio, Barber of Seville (Opera Saratoga); King of Egypt, Aida (Palm Beach Opera); Emile de Becque, South Pacific (Sacramento Music Circus)

Marcy Stonikas, soprano (Auburn, Washington) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Turandot, Turandot Elsewhere: Leonore, Fidelio (Volksoper Vienna); Turandot, Turandot; Ariadne, Ariadne auf Naxos; Magda Sorel, The Consul (Seattle Opera); Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (West Australian Symphony Orchestra); Tosca, Tosca (Opera Santa Barbara); Salome, Salome (Utah Opera) Upcoming: Gerhilde, Die Walküre; Third Norn, Götterdämmerung (Washington National Opera); Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (San Antonio Symphony); Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Opera Santa Barbara)

Ramón Tebar, conductor (Valencia, Spain) 2015: Turandot Cincinnati: Madame Butterfly (2014); assistant conductor and accompanist (2008) Elsewhere: Nabucco; La Bohème; Mourning Becomes Electra; La Sonnambula; La Rondine; Madame Butterfly; Così Fan Tutte (Florida Grand Opera); La Bohème; Così Fan Tutte; María de Buenos Aires; Carmen (Opera Naples); Lucia di Lammermoor; La Traviata (Festival de Ópera de A Coruña, Spain); Carmen (Teatro Municipal de São Paolo); L’Italiana in Algeri; Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Torino, Italy) Upcoming: Barber of Seville; Don Pasquale (Florida Grand Opera); upcoming productions (Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Spain)

Russell Thomas, tenor (Miami, Florida) 2015: Manrico, Il Trovatore Cincinnati: Prince, A Flowering Tree (2011); Cassio, Otello (2010) Elsewhere: Faust, Faust (Michigan Opera Theatre); Pollione, Norma (Palau de la Música, Valencia; San Francisco Opera); Lazarus, The Gospel According to the Other Mary (English National Opera) Upcoming: Ismaele, Nabucco (Seattle Opera); Turiddu, Cavalleria Rusticana (Deutsche Oper Berlin); Pollione, Norma (LA Opera); Stiffelio, Stiffelio (Oper Frankfurt); Don José, Carmen (Canadian Opera Company)

Kathleen Trott, costume designer (Phoenix, Arizona) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Don Pasquale Elsewhere: Daughter of the Regiment; Don Pasquale (Arizona Opera); Pirates of Penzance (Opera San Luis Obispo, California); Dido and Aeneas (Central City Opera) Upcoming: Arizona Lady; Don Giovanni (Arizona Opera)

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Henri Venanzi, chorus master (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 2015: Resident Chorus Master Cincinnati: 1990–2014 seasons Elsewhere: Accompanist for Martina Arroyo, Kathleen Battle, Jerry Hadley, and Nathan Stark; Hollywood Bowl galas; Music Advisor and Performing Artist (Christ Cathedral, California); Chorus Master, Head of Marion Roose Pullin Studio Artist Program (Arizona Opera); Recital, Liszt Competition Winner (New York, Los Angeles); Featured Pianist, Ned Rorem Air Music (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra); U.S. Artist in Residence (Xi’an, China) Upcoming: Recital (Austin Peay State University); French Grand Opera concert (Christ Cathedral, California)

Spencer Viator, baritone (Cincinnati, Ohio) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Soldier Hymie Felderman, Morning Star Elsewhere: Liverotto, Lucrezia Borgia (LoftOpera); Frederic, Pirates of Penzance; First Priest, Magic Flute; Streznik, The Kiss (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola; King Ouf I, L’Étoile (UC College-Conservatory of Music) Upcoming: Ernesto, Don Pasquale; Scaramuccio, Ariadne auf Naxos (Palm Beach Opera)

Jennifer Zetlan, soprano (Wilmington, Delaware) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Fanny, Morning Star Elsewhere: Ligeti Requiem (American Symphony Orchestra); Carmina Burana; Bernstein Chichester Psalms; Mozart Requiem (Oratorio Society of New York); Donna Anna, The Classical Style (Carnegie Hall); The Tempest Songbook (Gotham Chamber Opera); Rebecca, Two Boys (Metropolitan Opera); Gilda, Rigoletto (Seattle Opera); Golijov Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra); Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Lexington Philharmonic) Upcoming: Eurydice, Orpheus in the Underworld (Virginia Opera); Mabel, Pirates of Penzance (Atlanta Opera)

Elizabeth Zharoff, soprano (Sunnyvale, California) Cincinnati Opera Debut 2015: Esther, Morning Star Elsewhere: Violetta, La Traviata (English National Opera; Semperoper Dresden); Paolina, Poliuto (West Edge Opera); Marguerite, Faust (West Bay Opera); Giunia, Lucio Silla (Opéra National de Bordeaux); Pamina, Magic Flute (Semperoper Dresden; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Opera Philadelphia); Konstanze, Abduction from the Seraglio (Opera Philadelphia) Upcoming: Leila, Pearl Fishers (Seattle Opera)

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Cincinnati Opera 2015 CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Violins I Timothy Lees Rebecca Culnan Kathryn Woolley Anna Reider Eric Bates Sylvia Samis Minyoung Baik Mauricio Aguiar James Braid Janet Carpenter Michelle Edgar Dugan Rebecca Kruger Fryxell Gerald Itzkoff Lois Reid Johnson Sylvia Mitchell Luo-Jia Wu Violins II Gabriel Pegis Scott Mozlin Kun Dong Cheryl Benedict Drake Crittenden Ash Harold Byers Chiun-Teng Cheng Chika Kinderman Paige Kossuth Hye-Sun Park Paul Patterson Sung Hee Shin Stacey Woolley

Violas Christian Colberg Paul Frankenfeld Julian Wilkison Marna Street Rebecca Barnes Belinda Burge Stephen Fryxell Gi Yeon Koh Denisse RodriguezRivera Steven Rosen Joanne Wojtowicz

Basses Owen Lee James Lambert Matthew Zory, Jr. Wayne Anderson Boris Astafiev Ronald Bozicevich Rick Vizachero Harp Gillian Benet Sella Flutes Randolph Bowman Amy Taylor Henrik Heide

Cellos Ilya Finkelshteyn Daniel Culnan Norman Johns Matthew Lad Susan MarshallPetersen Hiro Matsuo Theodore Nelson Alan Rafferty Charles Snavely

Piccolo Joan Voorhees Oboes Dwight Parry Richard Johnson Lon Bussell English Horn Christopher Philpotts Clarinets Jonathan Gunn Ixi Chen Benjamin Freimuth

Bass Clarinet Ronald Aufmann

Bass Trombone Peter Norton

Bassoons William Winstead Hugh Michie Martin Garcia

Tuba Carson McTeer

Contrabassoon Jennifer Monroe French Horns Elizabeth Freimuth Thomas Sherwood Elizabeth Porter Lisa Conway Duane Dugger Charles Bell Trumpets Matthew Ernst Douglas Lindsay Steven Pride Christopher Kiradjieff

Timpani Patrick Schleker Richard Jensen Percussion David Fishlock Richard Jensen Pedro Fernandez Keyboards Michael Chertock Orchestra Personnel Walter Zeschin Nathan Lutz

Trombones Cristian Ganicenco Richard Harris

Librarians Mary Judge Christina Eaton Matthew Gray

CINCINNATI OPERA CHORUS Pedro A. Arroyo-Ojeda Caleb C. Ashby Tony Beck Joy Burdette Tony Burdette Adria Caffaro Thomas J. Capobianco Tatiana Davis Eric P. DeForest Stefan Erik Egerstrom LaTanya M. Foster

Paola González Ellen Graham Hillary Grobe Andrew Hall Stephen Michael Hanna Melissa Harvey Summer Hassan Errik M. Hood John Humphrey Ernest C. Jackson, Jr. Maximillian Jansen Kari Jensen M. Andrew Jones

Grace Kahl Alexandra Kassouf Erin Keesy Jacob Kincaide Jaclyn Kleier Blake Lampton Wesley Lawrence Andrew G. Manea Lauren McAllister Todd McNeel, Jr. Julia Mendelsohn Danielle Messina Christopher Brandon Morales

Mary Paxitzis Nicolae Pop Dana PundtBarbosa Markel Reed Will Reed James Rootring José Rubio Gabriella H. Sam Stacey Sands Marcus Shields Jessie Shulman Megan Ann Slack Samuel Smith

Robert Stahley Kevin Truax Matt Tschimperle Will Tvrdik Debra VanEngen Audrey Walstrom Abigail Rose Whittle Pedro WillisBarbosa Michael Young

CINCINNATI BALLET Courtney Connor Jones

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CINCINNATI BOYCHOIR Mary Bond Assistant Conductor

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Support for Artistic Excellence Cincinnati Opera gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for strengthening the Opera’s ability to create productions of the highest quality.

Support for artistic excellence fosters the growth of the company.

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR

SEASON SPONSORS CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OPERA SEASON SPONSOR

EVANS MIRAGEAS, THE HARRY T. WILKS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SPONSOR

The Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund

The Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation

CO2 SPONSOR

SUPERTITLES SPONSOR

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

Macy’s

OPERA FUSION SPONSOR

The Corbett Foundation OPERA FUSION: NEW WORKS SPONSOR

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation BACK TO THE ZOO CONCERT SPONSOR

The Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation OPERA IN THE PARK CONCERT SPONSOR

Western & Southern Financial Group AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPONSORS

The Estate of Patricia A. Corbett Huntington Bank PREFERRED HEALTHCARE PROVIDER

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/ UC Health OPERA GOES TO CHURCH/ OPERA GOES TO TEMPLE SPONSOR

COMMUNITY OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL SPONSORS

Anonymous The Alpaugh Foundation Paycor The Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation U.S. Bank CONCERT:NOVA & CINCINNATI OPERA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SPONSORS

The William O. Purdy, Jr. Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Murray Sinclaire, Jr., and Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC OFFICIAL PIANO PROVIDER

Seta Music CENTER STAGE SPONSORS

LPK Macy’s

The Estate of Patricia A. Corbett EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SUPPORTERS 1919 Investment Counsel

The Jewish Hospital—Mercy Health

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Macy’s

Crosset Family Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Estate of Margaret Ohanian

The Charles H. Dater Foundation Frost Brown Todd LLC The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati

OPERA America The P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

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OPENING WEEKEND SPONSOR

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Ohio National Financial Services

SUPPORT FOR MAESTRO CRISTIAN MA˘ CELARU

THE APPEARANCE OF RUSSELL THOMAS

Robert and Susan Walker

Robert and Carol Olson

THE APPEARANCE OF JULIANNA DI GIACOMO

THE APPEARANCE OF STEPHEN POWELL

Anne and Allen Zaring III

Jeannine and John Winkelmann, M.D.

THE APPEARANCE OF MORRIS ROBINSON THE APPEARANCE OF JAMIE BARTON

Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford

Milly and Gary “Doc” Huffman

SUPPORT FOR JOSE MARIA CONDEMI, DIRECTOR

Cincinnati Opera Staff

D ON PAS QU AL E PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

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

Chavez Properties Elizabeth M. Stites and Kevin C. Randall

SUPPORT FOR MAESTRO RICHARD BUCKLEY

THE APPEARANCE OF JI-MIN PARK

Geraldine V. Chavez

Pamela Spangler Reis and Richard Reis

THE APPEARANCE OF EGLISE GUTIÉRREZ

THE APPEARANCE OF ALEXEY LAVROV

John and Mary Ann Boorn

Art Design Consultants/Litsa Spanos

THE APPEARANCE OF BURAK BILGILI

SUPPORT FOR CHUCK HUDSON, DIRECTOR

Dr. Margaret M. LeMasters

Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Merritt TU R AN D OT

PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

Larry and Beth Uhlenbrock

The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. The Alpaugh Foundation, Vicki and Peter Alpaugh

SUPPORT FOR MAESTRO RAMÓN TEBAR

THE APPEARANCE OF ANDREA MASTRONI

Nydia C. Tranter

Mary and Joe Brinkmeyer

THE APPEARANCE OF MARCY STONIKAS

THE APPEARANCE OF NORMAN GARRETT

Susan and Joe Pichler

Donna Hoffman Young Artist Scholarship Fund

THE APPEARANCE OF STUART NEILL

SUPPORT FOR RENAUD DOUCET, DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER

Harry and Linda Fath THE APPEARANCE OF NORAH AMSELLEM

Sheila and Christopher Cole

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ARTISTIC SPONSORS M O R N I N G S TA R W OR L D P R E M I E R E S U P P ORT PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER

COMMISSIONING, PRODUCTION, AND EDUCATION SPONSORS

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

Ann and Harry Santen, in support of contemporary opera in Cincinnati

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

The National Endowment for the Arts

UNDERWRITER

The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati

The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati The Jewish Hospital—Mercy Health OPERA America Mr. Richard A. Weiland

MORNING STAR AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPONSOR

THE APPEARANCE OF ELIZABETH POJANOWSKI

The Estate of Patricia A. Corbett

Marilyn Z. Ott

MORNING STAR DOCUMENTARY PROJECT SUPPORT

THE APPEARANCE OF JENNIFER ZETLAN

The National Endowment for the Arts, Media

Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel

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

THE APPEARANCE OF ELIZABETH ZHAROFF

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

Cathy and Tom Crain, in memory of Jean B. Tolles

Drs. Elaine and David Billmire THE APPEARANCE OF MORGAN SMITH

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine

The Blatt Family, in honor of Dabby Blatt’s 80th birthday

THE APPEARANCE OF ANDREW BIDLACK

FRCH Design Worldwide

The Estate of Dr. Stanley M. Kaplan

Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Cincinnati Opera Guild Barbara Gould Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl SUPPORT FOR RICKY IAN GORDON, COMPOSER

The Ferring Family Foundation Anni Macht Gibson Mr. David I. Grindler The Ted and Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund

THE APPEARANCE OF ANDREW LOVATO

James Stapleton and Elizabeth Shaughnessy, M.D. THE APPEARANCE OF KENNETH SHAW

Nancy and Edward Rosenthal THE APPEARANCE OF ADRIA CAFFARO

The Charles Kuntz IV, M.D. Artist Scholarship Fund THE APPEARANCE OF LEAH DE GRUYL

Mrs. Phyllis J. Weston

Arthur B. Casper

SUPPORT FOR MAESTRO CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

SUPPORT FOR RON DANIELS, DIRECTOR

The John L. Magro Artist Development Fund

BGD Law, PLLC

THE APPEARANCE OF TWYLA ROBINSON

Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn

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Fath Properties

Macy’s

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Since 2008

Hixson Architecture Engineering Interiors

Frost Brown Todd LLC

Ohio National Financial Services

Johnson Investment Counsel

Seta Music

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LPK

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1919 Investment Counsel

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P&G

Chavez Properties

Thompson Hine LLP

Western & Southern Financial Group

Since 1991 Since 1994

U.S. Bank

Since 2006

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Paycor EY

The Kroger Co. Since 2012

University of Cincinnati Medical Center/UC Health Since 2012

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ARTSWAVE PARTNERS Cincinnati Opera acknowledges the thousands of individuals who generously participate in the ArtsWave Campaign at the following Partner Companies. Your support helps make our community vibrant and connects people all across our region through the arts. Thank you!

P&G

American Modern Insurance Group

Ohio National Financial Services

Fifth Third Bank

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

PNC

Macy’s, Inc.

Convergys Corporation

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

Cincinnati Bell

Duke Energy

The Cincinnati Insurance Companies

The Kroger Co.

Enquirer Media

Western & Southern Financial Group

Frisch’s Restaurants

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

GE Aviation

American Financial Group

Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee

U.S. Bank UC and UC Health

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or 95 years, Cincinnati Opera has brought beautiful, magical, and thrilling opera to our community, changing lives through the power of music. In anticipation of Cincinnati Opera’s 100th anniversary in 2020, we are embarking on a campaign to fund major artistic projects, build capacity for the company, and grow the endowment.

The New Century Campaign will launch the next phase of Cincinnati Opera by focusing on the following key areas: The Great Works, continuing our commitment to the masterworks of the operatic canon; The New Works, expanding the canon by creating and presenting contemporary American opera; The Convener in the Community, broadening our reach within the community; The Beyond, exploring innovative ways of connecting audiences with opera.

Opera has a way of transforming people on an individual level. It can move you to tears, make you laugh, cause you to think, or change your perspective, which can change your life. With your help, we can effect this change throughout our community. Together, we’ll further grow an already world-class company, taking it places it’s never been, and bringing the power of opera to everyone.

New Century Campaign Team Campaign Co-Chairs Cathy Crain Gary T. “Doc” Huffman John M. Tew, Jr. Campaign COO Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Next Generation Campaign Co-Chairs Mark J. Busher Julia B. Meister

Campaign Cabinet Boris Auerbach G. Gibson Carey Harry Fath Kingston Fletcher Donald E. Hoffman Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Robert W. Olson Harry H. Santen Ellen G. van der Horst

Campaign Branding Partners

Chris Andruss Liz Grubow Meredith Post Mark Westbrook Ronny Young

New Century Campaign Lead Gifts Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel

Donald E. Hoffman

Patricia K. and James D. Beggs

Gary “Doc” and Milly Huffman

A.K. and G. Gibson Carey

LPK

The Corbett Foundation Cathy and Tom Crain

The Estate of Louise Dieterle Nippert

Murray and Robin Sinclaire

Harry and Linda Fath

Robert and Carol Olson

Susan and John Tew

The Estate of Eleanor Hazelton

Ann and Harry Santen

The Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation

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Individual and Foundation Contributions Cincinnati Opera acknowledges with deep appreciation the leadership and generosity of the many individuals and family foundations who have supported the Opera with contributions to the 2015 Annual Fund.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000 and above)

Vicki and Peter Alpaugh, The Alpaugh Foundation The Corbett Foundation The Patricia A. Corbett Trust Cathy and Tom Crain

Ann and Harry Santen Murray and Robin Sinclaire Larry and Beth Uhlenbrock The Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation

Elizabeth Kathman Grubow and Jerry Kathman Elma M. Lapp Foundation The Estate of Louise Dieterle Nippert

INNER CIRCLE

($12,000 to $24,999) Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Dorothy Anne Blatt The Blatt Family John and Mary Ann Boorn The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Thomas Busse Charitable Trust Geraldine V. Chavez Ms. Melanie M. Chavez and Mr. Jeremy S. Campbell Michael L. Cioffi and Rachael A. Rowe Sheila and Christopher Cole Harry and Linda Fath Matt and Jill Garretson Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation

Barbara Gould Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Mr. and Mrs. Gary “Doc” Huffman Dr. Margaret M. LeMasters Margaret Ohanian Trust The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation Kathy and Jon McCann Mr. Evans J. Mirageas and Mr. Thomas M. Dreeze Robert and Carol Olson Joseph A. and Susan Pichler Fund* The Saenger Family Foundation The Selnick Charitable Remainder Trust

Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Miss Genevieve H. Smith Elizabeth M. Stites and Kevin C. Randall Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. Nydia C. Tranter Ellen and Ray van der Horst Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Walker Mr. Richard A. Weiland The Stephen H. Wilder Foundation Jeannine Winkelmann and John Winkelmann, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Zaring III

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

Anonymous Frank and Janet Andress Family Fund* Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel Christopher and Annie Baucom Mary M. Bergstein Drs. David and Elaine Billmire Drs. Thomas and Barbara Boat The Estate of Katherine Ellis Bond Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Brinkmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Busher Arthur B. Casper Mrs. Nancy R. Clagett Mr. Robert Couglin Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford

Contributions from May 13, 2014 to May 15, 2015

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Eric and Jennifer Dauer Benjamin and Julie Dusing Mr. and Mrs. John Earls Dr. James D. Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald The Fullgraf Foundation Dr. Cynthia J. Goodman Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon The Estate of Eleanor Hazelton Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Heidt, Jr. David C. Herriman Ms. Lisa M. Hillenbrand Don Hoffman Mr. Gordon Hullar and Ms. Doris Holzheimer Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Jones

The Estate of Dr. Stanley M. Kaplan Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine Dr. Sid Khosla and Mrs. Heather Vogt-Khosla Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kimmel Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kuntz Mr. Karl Kusturok Mr. Roger H. LaGreca Richard and Susan Lauf Adele and Thomas Lippert Fund* Joanie and Bill Lotts Sherie Marek Markstein Family Fund Michael A. Marrero and Candyse L. Jeffries, D.M.D.

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Mayberry Foundation Ms. Julia B. Meister Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Merritt Ryan L. Messer and James A. Musuraca-Messer Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch Monica L. Newby, D.D.S. Marilyn Z. Ott The William O. Purdy, Jr. Fund* Mr. and Mrs. David Reichert Mrs. George Rieveschl, Jr.

Litsa and Van Spanos Peter Stambrook and Mary Piper James Stapleton and Dr. Elizabeth Shaughnessy Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D., and Robert Toltzis, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Jon H. Votel Ginger and David Warner Mrs. Phyllis J. Weston Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis Shelby O. Wood Dr. and Mrs. Mario Zuccarello

Dr. G. James and Ruthann Sammarco The Robert C. & Adele R. Schiff Foundation Ann Gallagher Schoen and Jerry Schoen Kathy and Michael Selker Mr. and Mrs. Blake Selnick The Ted and Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund Ms. Pamela Spangler Reis and Mr. Richard D. Reis

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

Mrs. Martha Anness Mr. Ronald T. Bates Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bavaria Mr. Allen Bernard Chris and Karen Bowman Mrs. Abraham S. Braude Jim Bridgeland Charlin and Peter Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Canarie A.K. and Gibby Carey Chris and Vivienne Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Castleberry Miss Norma L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Evan Corbett Dr. Peter G. Courlas Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cover

Crosset Family Fund* Mr. Daniel B. and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham Mrs. Vivian A. Dobur Mrs. Robert C. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edelman Ms. Ann Ellison Ferring Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Graham Mr. David I. Grindler Mrs. Frederick Haffner Dr. and Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Irmgard and Horst Hehmann Ms. Edita Hoffman Mr. Thomas Kellerman and Mrs. Barbara Hummel Kathleen Laurin-Martin and Joseph C. Martin

Al and Mary J. López The John L. Magro Artist Development Fund Dr. and Mrs. James J. Nordlund Keely Paul Cass and Glenn Plott Edward and Nancy Rosenthal Mr. John Sawyer Gerald and Sarah Skidmore Mr. and Mrs. William A. Starr Dr. Judith K. Stein and Mr. Steven N. Stein Mr. and Mrs. Charles Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Weinberg The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation

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

Anonymous (2) Dr. and Mrs. Khosrow Alamin Rosemary and Frank Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Dierckes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Dolfini Mr. Kevin Downy Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Giannella Anni Macht Gibson The Gumbleton Family Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Heard Mrs. Anne P. Heldman Mr. Roger D. Hickman Ms. Karlee L. Hilliard Mr. and Mrs. David C. Horn

Mr. and Mrs. W.M. James Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Jennings Mrs. Zizi Khodadad Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kief Sarajane and Richard King Mr. Patrick M. Korb Dr. Renu Kotwal and Mr. Rajbir Minhas Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Alan L. Margulies and Gale D. Snoddy Don and Marji Mendelsohn Mrs. Marianne Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Issam Minkarah Sally A. More

Mueller Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John T. Osterman Mr. Robert E. Reid Mr. Jack and Dr. Morleen Rouse James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger Dr. and Mrs. Carl M. Sedacca Mr. and Mrs. Irwin B. Simon Mr. and Mrs. William Steenken Mr. Brett Stover Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stradling, Jr. The Summerhouse Fund Mr. and Mrs. Chris Virgulak Gene M. and Anne Warrington Wilson

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($750 to $1,499) Anonymous Mr. Tony Alper Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Anderson Mr. Michael R. Bachmann and Ms. Mary Combs Gay Bain Aine Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bardes Adam and Jennifer Bellin Kathy and Steve Biedenbach Mr. Mark S. Campbell Ms. Margaret M. Conner Mr. Randy Cook Mr. Louis M. Dauner Dr. Alexander Donath Mrs. Dianne Dunkelman and Mr. Peter Schwartz Mr. Christopher D. Edwards and Mr. Scott Atkinson Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry Kenneth J. Furrier Mr. and Mrs. Park W. Gast Mrs. Philip O. Geier Shannon M. Glass Megan Hammann Julia and Stephen Hightower II Mr. David Huberfield Dr. and Mrs. Richard Jolson The Honorable Nathaniel Jones Bo-Kyung and Kevin Kirby Ms. Donna Krummen

Mr. Klaus Kunze and Ms. Aysecan Frey Mr. and Mrs. John T. LaMacchia Evelyn and Fred Lang Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lawrence III John T. Lawrence IV Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Lechleiter Janice Liebenberg and Andy Holzhauser Terry and Elizabeth Lilly Ashley and Tee Maguire Mandare Foundation Jenny and Kevin McManus Chris and Molly Milligan William L. Montague and Kelly L. Wittich Mary Lou Motl Mrs. Malcolm Myers Mary Newman Dr. and Mrs. John A. Parlin III Dr. and Mrs. Myles Pensak John and Francie Pepper Mr. James W. Rauth Melody Sawyer Richardson Sandra L. Riegler, M.D. Mrs. Barbara L. Robb David Sanders, Jr. Megan Selnick Dr. Wallace Sergent and Mrs. Laura Parsons-Sergent Mr. Dale L. Shafer

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Shifman Ms. Louise Shouse Mr. Christopher Smith, CFRE Dr. Roger and Margaret Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ethan B. Stanley II Dr. and Mrs. Howard Starnbach Mr. Nicholas Steinert Amy Stier and Jef Brown Ms. Tricia Suit and Mr. Eric Appleby Ms. Mary Reis Sullivan Carol Talbot and John Battistone Dr. and Mrs. Tom Tami Dr. John Tan Mr. Brian L. Tiffany and Mr. Jerry Ewers Sneja and Raffi Tomassian Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Torre Mrs. Marcella G. Trice Dick and Jane Tuten Mike and Patti Veroni Lindsay Wagner Dr. Robert Warden and Dr. Antoinette Pragalos Ms. Helene R. Warrener Stephan Weigle and Carol Turni Ms. Nettie Weithe Mr. and Mrs. Curt Wilhelm Mrs. Andrea K. Wiot Candice Young

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Anonymous Mrs. Robert B. Adams Business Information Solutions, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Alexander, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rodger N. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Allen Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Andrews, Jr. Arlene Aranzamendez and Wolfgang Kreutzer Anne S. Arenstein and Richard Sarason Dr. Diane Babcock Dr. and Mrs. John Babcock Mr. John F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Bailey Mr. Terence M. Barron

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Mr. Robert Bartz Mr. and Mrs. William D. Baskett III Mr. Donald Beck and Lawrence E. Eynon, M.D. Helene Sullivan Bentley Dan Binford and Associates Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Bird Mr. Gifford Blaylock and Ms. Anne Reed Ms. Martha Bolognini Mr. David Brashear Lois and Joseph Brenner Mr. Charles B. Bretz, Jr. Drs. Diann and Phillip Bridenbaugh Ms. Betsi Brockmeier Mr. Daniel Brown and Mr. Mark Haggard

Dr. Elizabeth H. Brown and Dr. Dwight Kulwin Mrs. Rebecca S. Brown Dr. Walter Bruyninckx and Dr. Anne-Marie B. Blancquaert Donald L. and Kathleen F. Burns Sen. Gary Cates Mr. and Mrs. David Centers Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Chabut Mrs. Carole Charleville Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chellgren Mr. Terrence M. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. George Croog Bev and Bob Croskery Mrs. Jodelle S. Crosset Ms. Lucy Davis Mr. Stephen DeHoff

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Ms. Michelle Devine and Mr. Brian Mahany Mr. and Mrs. Jay Dickinson Ms. Anne Elkins Didrichsen Ms. Joanna Doerner Dr. Olga G. Duarte Darin S. Dugan Ren and Cristina Egbert Ms. Joyce Elkus Dr. Edward and Susan Ewing Dr. and Mrs. William J. Faulkner Mr. Don L. Fernandez Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Ferrari Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Fink Dr. Todd Florin and Mrs. Kemper Florin Mr. and Mrs. Ashley L. Ford Dr. Sheila C. Gelman and Dr. David Greenblatt Dr. Thomas Geracioti Mr. Edwin Gerth Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Goetz Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Gordon Judge and Mrs. Robert H. Gorman Alan and Bette Griffith

Mr. and Mrs. Denny Grimm Mr. Thomas L. Guidugli, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Hamilton Mr. Kurt Hanscom Mr. Jeff Harris Mrs. Robert F. Hartkemeier Ms. Sara R. Heckscher Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson Ms. Emily M. Hodges Mr. Stuart Holman Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Holzwarth Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Horne Mr. and Mrs. Tom Horwitz Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hughes Mrs. Thomas Huheey John and Mary Ellyn Hutton Ms. Spencer Ingerson Dr. Murray S. Jaffe Mr. and Mrs. Thadeus Jaroszewicz Dr. Jay Johannigman and Dr. Cindy Dellinger Mrs. James C. Johnson Ms. Manisha S. Kaura Mr. Arthur Kerr, Jr. Rachel Kirley and Joseph Laquette

Mr. Peter E. Koenig Ms. Adrianne Korczynski Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Kreider Ms. Kate Kreimer Ms. Carol L. Kruse Marcus M. Küchle and Annalisa Pappano Elizabeth and Ken Kuresman Mr. Bruce A. Lafferre Dean Peter Landgren and Mrs. Judith Schonbach Landgren Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lanni Mr. Richard Lesueur Levin Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Levin Mr. and Mrs. David C. Lundgren Ms. Allison Luntz Rev. and Mrs. Damon Lynch, Jr. Mr. Rick Maddux Ms. Vicky Mary Raymond and Madelynn Matlock Ms. Taylor McCallum Dr. Janet P. McDaniel Jack W. McKee Ms. Megan K. Meyer

AUGUST 22 | SCPA REINHOLD GLIÈRE

Concerto for Coloratura Soprano

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Vocalise

AUGUST 23 | MERCANTILE SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

Vocalise How fair this spot, Op. 21, No. 7 The Spring Waters, Op. 14, No. 11 Oh, never sing to me again, Op. 4, No. 4

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Jim and Linda Miller Mrs. James Monroe Ms. Janet Moore and Mr. Neil W. Tollas Mr. and Mrs. Ahid Nashif Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Nason Dr. and Mrs. Ashraf Nassef Mr. and Mrs. Andre Neidich Mr. and Mrs. James Neumeister Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Neyer, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Nishiyama Mr. Phil Nuxhall Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Otero Mrs. Beverly Oyler Nicholas Payne and Cynthia Heinrich Drs. Karin and Frank Pendle Ms. Marilyn W. Peters Mr. Harley Piltingsrud Mr. and Mrs. Michael Porte Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Pray Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rahe Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Randolph Mr. Gerald D. Rape Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Ray III Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Rhoad Ms. Gale Z. Roberts Rev. Joseph A. Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Robinson Mr. John R. Romano Mr. and Mrs. Marshall D. Ruchman Solveiga Rush Mr. and Mrs. Kent Savage Mr. George P. Schober Mrs. Zell J. Schulman Jeffrey Seaman Mrs. Kurt Seybold Dr. Ted Shlechter and Rae Shlechter Dr. and Mrs. George T. Shybut Matt and Ellie Singleton Mr. Richard I. Sininger Mr. Thomas S. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Glen D. Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. Sparkes Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Spencer Matthew J. Spiro and Phyllis Shepherd-Spiro, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Sprigg Mrs. Susan Stanton Dr. Susan Strick Dr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Striker Mr. and Mrs. William Strubbe Katie and Jeff Syroney Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Szarwark Dr. Alan and Shelley Tarshis

Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor Dr. Sally Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Carlos R. Teran Mr. Garry Terrell and Ms. Rebecca Terrell Mr. and Mrs. G. Adrian Thompson Dr. Raymond J. Timmerman Ashley Tongret Beverly Tonkens-VanGrov and Sherman VanGrov Daniel Tonozzi, Ph.D. Mr. Edward Trach Joyce VanWye Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Ward Mr. George H. Warrington and Ms. H. Drewry Gores Robert J. Watkins and Helen P. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard Westheimer Mrs. Alice F. Weston Ms. Nettie Wiethe Dr. Randall K. Wolf Mr. Mark Zummo

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

We’ve done our best to share accurate information in the listings below, but we acknowledge that our record-keeping has been imperfect over our 95-year history. If you are listed here but in an incorrect category— or, if your name should be listed but is missing—please accept our sincere apologies, and let us know. You can send us an email anytime to subscribers@cincinnatiopera.org, or call us at (513) 768-5520. Thank you.

50 OR MORE YEARS Mr. and Mrs. James R. Adams Barbara and Dick Allen Mary M. Bergstein Glenda and Malcolm Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. John T. Clark, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Colker The Corbett Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ashley L. Ford Dr. Roger G. Giesel

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

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

45 TO 49 YEARS Mrs. Abraham S. Braude Ms. Evelyn Brod Donald L. and Kathleen F. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Dierckes, Jr. Mrs. Vivian A. Dobur Mr. and Mrs. David Donnett

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald Mr. Douglas Kennedy Drs. Lawrence and Joan Linder Mr. Carl G. Marquette, Jr. The Meister Family Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch

Ms. Mary Ellen O’Connor Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Dr. and Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. Mrs. Joanne W. Veith

40 TO 44 YEARS Mrs. Martha G. Anness Mr. Michael A. Battersby Dorothy Anne Blatt Mr. David Brashear Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. Mr. and Mrs. John Cornwell Dr. Peter G. Courlas Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Cox Mrs. Sue B. Doan Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Drill Mrs. Robert C. Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Philip Edlin Ms. Ann Ellison Ms. Gael T. Fischer Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III Kenneth J. Furrier Mr. Louis F. Gastright, Jr. Mr. William R. Geiler, Jr., and Mrs. Nancy Geiler

Ms. Lois Ann Gribler Mr. William Hackman Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Dr. Henry J. Heimlich Mr. William A. Herring Mr. and Mrs. Marshall C. Hunt, Jr. Dr. Murray S. Jaffe Mrs. James C. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David C. Lundgren Mr. William S. Magnus Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Neyer, Sr. Marilyn Z. Ott Mrs. George Rieveschl, Jr. Erich and Rita Ringel Dr. G. James and Ruthann Sammarco Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Santen Mrs. Charles Schulenberg

Ms. Mary Auer Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel Ms. Mary Lou Aufmann Mr. Michael R. Bachmann and Ms. Mary Combs

Dr. and Mrs. James P. Baden Ms. Henrietta Barlag Mr. Donald Beck and Lawrence E. Eynon, M.D. Drs. David and Elaine Billmire

Mrs. Zell J. Schulman Ms. Janet Schultz Mr. Richard I. Sininger Mr. Robert J. Spitznagel Mrs. Lois Staubitz Mr. and Mrs. Phillip A. Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Susskind Mr. Robert Patton Swaim Mrs. Carol S. Thaman Mrs. N. Beverley Tucker Dick and Jane Tuten Mr. Wayne E. Vincent Mr. Michael L. Walton Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward Mrs. Andrea K. Wiot Dr. and Mrs. Foster Wygant

35 TO 39 YEARS

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Mr. Vincent Bolling, Jr. Mr. Neil Bortz Mr. and Mrs. James J. Brady Jim Bridgeland Mrs. Albert Brinn

35 TO 39 YEARS CONT’D A.K. and Gibby Carey Mr. Arthur B. Casper Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Cavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Chabut Ms. Diane Danemayer Ms. Anne Elkins Didrichsen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dyson Dr. and Mrs. William J. Faulkner Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Fudge Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Giannella Dr. George I. Colombel and William J. Hahn Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Hamilton The Honorable and Mrs. Dennis S. Helmick Mr. William Kredentser Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Kreider Mr. Barry Lapidus Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Larkin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Laskey Mrs. John T. Lawrence, Jr.

Ms. Dolly Levine Mrs. Marion F. Levy Mr. Kenneth E. Mayer Ms. Catherine A. McGraw Mr. and Mrs. John J. McLaughlin Ms. Marianne Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Issam Minkarah Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Moravec Ms. Suzanne Morrissey Dr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Nishiyama Ms. Rosemary Novelli Ms. Lilian Pagani Dr. and Mrs. John A. Parlin III Mr. Charles Perin Mr. Robert W. Peterson and Mr. William S. Filbrun Ms. Janet W. Prewitt Dr. Joan F. Reckseit Mr. and Mrs. David Reichert Mr. Robert E. Reid Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rice, Jr. Edward and Nancy Rosenthal

Ms. Jeanette Rost James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger Mr. Richard M. Sacksteder and Mr. Victor J. Canfield Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Saenger, Jr. Jeffrey Seaman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Segal Mrs. Kurt Seybold Mrs. Elaine Spagnolo Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Stradling, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Strubbe Dr. Sally Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Thomas, Jr. Miss Arlene A. Thorwarth Nydia C. Tranter Nancy F. Walker Ms. Karen Webb Dr. Scottie Weiss Mr. Charles L. Wilhelm

30 TO 34 YEARS Paule S. Asch, Ph.D. Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Lois and Joseph Brenner Mr. and Mrs. William Chang Mrs. Carole Charleville Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chartock Mr. and Mrs. John Cover Dr. and Mrs. Paul Esposito Ms. Dorothy Ann Feldis Mr. Kingston Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Park W. Gast Mrs. Kenneth M. Gettelman Ms. Deborah R. Grayson Irmgard and Horst Hehmann

Mr. Robert Roesbery and Ms. Nancy Helwig Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Holzwarth John and Mary Ellyn Hutton Mr. Isaiah Hyman, Jr. Mrs. Patricia L. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kuntz Mr. and Mrs. David Lemmon Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lichtenberger Ms. Vicky Mary Dr. and Mrs. James J. Nordlund Ms. Mary L. Reardon Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Rolf Ms. Susan S. Schmidt

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Schwab Mr. and Mrs. William T. Sena, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. John C. Sherman Mr. Andrew D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ethan B. Stanley II Mr. Norman J. Thomas Mrs. J.S. Thornton Mrs. Marcella G. Trice Mrs. John R. VanWye Mr. Arnold Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Wellington Jim and Esther Wright Ms. Susan Wulsin Mr. and Mrs. John M. Zoller

25 TO 29 YEARS Barbara Aberlin Emmit F. Ackdoe, M.D. Mr. John F. Baer Mr. and Mrs. St. John Bain Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bavaria Dr. Alfred J. Berger Charlin and Peter Briggs Mrs. Cherylann D. Brinkman Mrs. Rebecca S. Brown Mr. J. Robert Chambers Geraldine V. Chavez Mr. Nicholas P. Ciafardini Cincinnati Financial Corp.

Mrs. Nancy R. Clagett Sheila and Christopher Cole Mr. and Mrs. George Croog

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Dolfini Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dudero Ms. Phyllis Tattershall England Dr. David and Mrs. Jill Fankhauser Ms. Alice Fegelman and Dr. Leo H. Munick Ms. Donna Foust Mr. Ewin Gaby Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Gehrig Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gerson Dr. Donald W. Good Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Goodman Judge and Mrs. Robert H. Gorman Mr. Gerald S. Greenberg and Ms. Pamela Meyers

Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn Mrs. Robert F. Hartkemeier Don Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Horne Mrs. James Hsu Mr. and Mrs. W.M. James Dr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Johnson Ms. Brenda Jones Mr. and Mrs. Alex Keller Mr. and Mrs. William G. Kief Mr. Daryl E. Koebcke Mr. Patrick M. Korb Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Kupferle Richard and Susan Lauf Dr. and Mrs. Howard Leftwich Mrs. Linda Linker

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25 TO 29 YEARS CONT’D Eric D. Louden Mrs. Jane Master Mr. and Mrs. Don Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. James E. McCue Mr. George E. Menges Jim and Linda Miller Mr. and Mrs. William P. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mystkowski Robert and Carol Olson Dr. and Mrs. Alter G. Peerless Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Pichler Mr. and Mrs. Philip Remmel

Mr. William Renwick Dr. Elaine Y. Rosin Mr. Joseph Schoettmer Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. David Schwieterman Dr. and Mrs. George T. Shybut Mr. Michael Slupski and Dr. Barbara Grajewski Sandra and Henry Spitz Dr. and Mrs. Howard Starnbach Dr. Judith K. Stein and Mr. Steven N. Stein Dr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Striker

Ms. Bernadette Tallarico Dr. Raymond J. Timmerman Beverly Tonkens-VanGrov and Sherman VanGrov Ellen and Ray van der Horst Robert J. Watkins and Helen P. Watkins Fr. Barry Windholtz Mrs. Henry R. Winkler Mr. Edward Jay Wohlgemuth Judge and Mrs. William H. Wolff, Jr. Mr. John M. Yacher Mrs. Karen Zollett

20 TO 24 YEARS Ms. Sandy Adams Dr. and Mrs. Khosrow Alamin Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Andrews, Jr. Mr. Gary J. Anglin William and Eve Appleton Reverend Christopher R. Armstrong Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Bankston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baumann Drs. Thomas and Barbara Boat Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Boden Mr. and Mrs. David Brewer Dr. Walter Bruyninckx and Dr. Anne-Marie B. Blancquaert Mr. James D. Carr and Ms. Jane Wakerman Miss Norma L. Clark Cathy and Tom Crain Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford Mrs. Jodelle S. Crosset Ms. Patricia Culley Mr. Daniel B. and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham Mr. Stephen Dana Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker Leslie R. Dye, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edelman Harry and Linda Fath Dr. James D. Faulkner Mr. Carl R. Fiora Mr. Richard Freudenberger Mr. Richard D. Gegner Janelle and Michael Gelfand Dr. Sheila C. Gelman and Dr. David Greenblatt Dr. Fredrick Gensler Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Good Mr. R. McDonald Gray Dr. Ralph A. Gruppo Mrs. Frederick Haffner Ms. Kathleen M. Hammons

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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harcourt Ms. Betty Harris Dr. and Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Heard Mr. Roger D. Hickman Mr. and Mrs. David C. Horn Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Johnston The Honorable Nathaniel Jones Ms. Marlene Kessler Mrs. Mary Anne Kingery Mr. Peter E. Koenig Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Kreider Evelyn and Fred Lang Mr. and Mrs. Jesse P. Lang Mrs. Gail Lennig Adele and Thomas Lippert Dr. Jennifer M.H. Loggie Al and Mary J. López Joanie and Bill Lotts Luke and Neta Lovell Ms. Kathryn Maier Mr. Brent Manley Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Marks Dr. William J. Martin III and Mrs. Joyce Martin, J.D. Raymond and Madelynn Matlock Dr. and Mrs. Frank McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Lon Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. R. William Mischler Mrs. Ivan S. Misrach Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Morton Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mouch Ms. Valerie Newell and Mr. Timothy Smith Northlich Mr. and Mrs. Fred Norton Mr. and Mrs. John T. Osterman Mr. Charles Parsons Mr. John T. Price Ms. Maria Ransdell Mr. Joseph Raterman Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Reid

Mrs. Melody Sawyer Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Jim Robinson Reverend David Robisch Ms. Sandra Sayers Ms. Lauren Scharf Ann and Jerry Schoen Mr. Kenneth C. Schonberg and Ms. Deborah Schultz Mr. John T. Schreiber and Ms. Claire E. Fessler Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Schulhoff Dr. and Mrs. Carl M. Sedacca Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Sheakley Ms. Sarah Shell Mr. Arthur Shone Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Murray Sinclaire, Jr. Gerald and Sarah Skidmore Dr. Roger and Margaret Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Sommerfield Ms. Lois C. Spahn James Stapleton and Dr. Elizabeth Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. William Steenken Mr. Brett Stover Mr. and Mrs. John Striker Mrs. Paul A. Succop Mrs. Robert D. Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Szucs Mr. Garry Terrell and Ms. Rebecca Terrell Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Uhlenbrock Ginger and David Warner Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Weinberg Ms. Anne M. Werner Mrs. Phyllis J. Weston Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Whitlatch Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis Shelby O. Wood Dr. Richard Young

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by These Established Artists and Rising Stars:

Claire Huangci, Piano Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 11 a.m.

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The Tempest Trio: Ilya Kaler, Violin;

Amit Peled, Cello; Alon Goldstein, Piano Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 11 a.m.

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Corbett Opera Fusion and Opera Fusion: New Works

The Opera Fusion: New Works program workshopped Morning Star by Ricky Ian Gordon (center, in hat) and William M. Hoffman (second from left) in 2012. Here, the cast and creative team celebrate following a public performance at Memorial Hall.

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incinnati Opera is extremely grateful to The Corbett Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for helping us create new American operatic repertoire and develop the next generation of talented artists through Corbett Opera Fusion and Opera Fusion: New Works.

These two collaborative programs between Cincinnati Opera and the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati are nationally recognized for advancing the repertoire, preparing the next generation of opera artists, and serving as a prime example of a successful joint venture between an educational institution and a professional opera company.

More importantly, Corbett Opera Fusion and Opera Fusion: New Works have become foundation blocks of Cincinnati Opera’s future. Recently, Cincinnati Opera received a lead gift for our New Century Campaign from The Corbett Foundation, which invested in underwriting Corbett Opera Fusion in perpetuity. In addition, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s generous support of Opera Fusion: New Works has enabled Cincinnati Opera and the students at CCM to become an integral part in the development of six new American operas: Doubt, Champion, Morning Star, Fellow Travelers, Great Scott, and Meet John Doe.

2014–2015 Corbett Opera Fusion and Opera Fusion: New Works Participants Tyler Alessi Christopher Allen Pedro Arroyo Omer Ben-Seadia Joe Beumer Nicolette Book Cody Bowers Timothy Bruno Adria Caffaro Thomas J. Capobianco

Alec Carlson Stephen Carroll Rebecca Clayborn Adam Crowell Leah de Gruyl Paola González Hillary Grobe Melanie Guinto Levi Hammer Stephen Hanna

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Kelsey Hayes Hannah Holthaus John Humphrey Hayley Hunt Kari Jensen Grace Kahl Erin Keesy Elena Kholodova Jacob Kincaide Blake Lampton

Joseph Lattanzi Ben Lee Kathryn Leemhuis Andrew Lovato Andrew G. Manea Conor McDonald Alyssa Narum Elizabeth Pojanowski Cody Quattlebaum Brandon Russell

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From the Guild President A warm Cincinnati Opera Guild welcome for the 95th Anniversary Season! For more than 55 years, Guild members have enthusiastically provided volunteer support and served as community ambassadors for Cincinnati Opera.

Guild members enjoy monthly meetings featuring speakers and programs about the upcoming season and the arts in Cincinnati. During the season we welcome each new production’s artists and crew with our famous “Meet and Greet” brunches. The Guild Sarajane King provides volunteer support at Opera Raps and Outbound community programs. In fact, at almost any of Cincinnati Opera’s events you will find Guild members volunteering in some way. We also gather socially for happy hours, fundraising events, and more.

We invite you to join us as a member of the Cincinnati Opera family and meet others who share your passion for grand opera! Guild information is available on the Cincinnati Opera website, or call Kemper Florin at (513) 768-5513 to learn more.

Enjoy the season!

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Officers President Sarajane King+ Chairman Eleanor C. Minkarah*

Social and Fundraising Co-Chairs Hengameh Nassef Beverly Oyler

President-Elect Virginia K. Cover+

Outbound Co-Chairs Jack McKee Marilyn Z. Ott+

Secretary Katja Lundgren Carol Turni

Membership Co-Chairs Julie Alamin+ Marlene Johnson+

Meetings Co-Chairs Lois Brenner+ Virginia K. Cover+ Meet and Greet Co-Chairs Adele Lippert Eleanor C. Minkarah*

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Honorary Chair Suzanne Hasl (H)*+°

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

Robert Hasl° Julie Grady Heard (H)*+ Karlee Hilliard Emily M. Hodges Edita Hoffman Marlene Johnson+ Magdalena Kerschner Mel Hofmann Keumpel (H)*+ Zizi Khodadad Sarajane King+ Jennifer Kinnen (H) Bo-Kyung Kirby Betty Klinedinst Patrick Korb*+° Renu Kotwal Elizabeth Kuresman*+ Bruce Lafferre Lorrie Laskey (H)* Rich Lauf (H)*+ Adele Lippert Erin Lombardi Al López Joanie Lotts (H)+ Sally Lund Katja Lundgren Vicky Mary Taylor McCallum Louise McDermott

(H) Honorary Member

Ruth McDevitt (H)*+ Mary Alice° and Sherwood W. McIntire° Jack McKee Eleanor C. Minkarah* Patty Misrach Linda° and Joseph J. Moravec° Sue A. Mouch (H) Lawrence Mouch (H) Hengameh Nassef Christine Neyer (H)+ Tom Osterman*+ Marilyn Z. Ott+ Marchelle° and O’Dell M. Owens° Beverly Oyler Lilian Pagani° Isabelle Paul° Daniel C. Rebhun (H)*+ Aileen B. Reinstatler (H)* Ed Requardt Gale Roberts Carol A. Rogers (H) Solveiga Rush+ Lois P. Rust Ellen Saenger Ruthann (H)*+° and G. James Sammarco°

*former Guild Board President

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Schmidt° Norma Schoenberger° Charles R. Schuler° Martha S. Seaman (H)* Trudie Seybold (H) Dale Shafer+ Joseph B. Shirley° Richard Sininger Margaret Smith+ Eric Söderlund Nancy° and Jeffrey Stambough° Barbara° and Joseph Stegmaier° Kim Strubbe Janet° and Paul A. Stuhlreyer III° Judy Thompson Janet Todd° Beverly Tonkens-VanGrov+ Nydia Tranter+ Carol Turni Nancy Virgulak Jeannine Winkelmann (H)* Elizabeth Wohlgemuth° Catherine Wolters Shelby Wood+

+member of 15 years or more

°Lifetime member

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

In honor of Anne S. Arenstein Richard Sarason In honor of Christopher and Annie Baucom Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kalagayan In honor of Patty Beggs’s 30th Anniversary at Cincinnati Opera Dr. and Mrs. Khosrow Alamin Anne S. Arenstein and Richard Sarason Paule S. Asch, Ph.D. Boris Auerbach and Kathy Patchel Lauren Bailey Christopher and Annie Baucom Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bavaria Helene and John A. Bentley Julie and Matt Bergantino Drs. David and Elaine Billmire Dorothy Anne Blatt Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Boden John and Mary Ann Boorn Lois and Joseph Brenner Charlin and Peter Briggs Joe and Toria Carlo Arthur B. Casper Ms. Melanie M. Chavez and Mr. Jeremy S. Campbell Cincinnati Opera Staff Mrs. Nancy R. Clagett Mr. and Mrs. Evan Corbett Dr. Peter G. Courlas Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cover Cathy and Tom Crain Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Dauer Ms. Michelle Devine and Mr. Brian Mahany Mrs. Vivian A. Dobur Mr. Christopher D. Edwards and Mr. Scott Atkinson Shari L. Einsel and Patrick M. Korb Ms. Joyce Elkus Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald

Kemper Florin Lissa Urriquia Gapultos and Dante Gapultos Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Good Dr. Cynthia J. Goodman Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon Barbara Gould Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Graham Elizabeth Kathman Grubow and Jerry Kathman Teddy Gumbleton Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn Dr. and Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Heard Lori Hiltenbeitel Don Hoffman Kelly Holterhoff Mr. Thomas Kellerman and Mrs. Barbara Hummel Ms. Emilie Johnson Mrs. James C. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kimmel Sarajane and Richard King Dr. Renu Kotwal and Mr. Rajbir Minhas Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Adele and Tom Lippert Joanie and Bill Lotts Jenny and Jocko Magro Aimee Martini Ms. Vicky Mary Kathy and Jon McCann Ms. Julia B. Meister Chris and Molly Milligan Mr. and Mrs. Issam Minkarah Mr. Evans J. Mirageas and Mr. Thomas M. Dreeze Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Neyer, Sr. Robert and Carol Olson Mr. and Mrs. John T. Osterman Marilyn Z. Ott Mr. and Mrs. David Reichert Mrs. Lois P. Rust

Mrs. Zell J. Schulman Mrs. Kurt Seybold Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Murray and Robin Sinclaire Carolann Slouffman Litsa and Van Spanos Mr. and Mrs. William Strubbe Katie and Jeff Syroney Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D., and Robert Toltzis, M.D. Sneja and Raffi Tomassian Ashley Tongret Ellen and Ray van der Horst Mike and Patti Veroni Mr. and Mrs. Chris Virgulak Mr. and Mrs. Jon H. Votel Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Walker Claire Calder Willingham Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis Scott Youger and Andrea Shell Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Zaring III Darlene Zoz In honor of Dabby Blatt’s 80th birthday Patricia K. and James D. Beggs The Blatt Family In honor of Dr. Alvin and Jean Crawford for their recognition

by Lighthouse Youth Services Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis In honor of Dr. Olga Duarte The Heidt Family Foundation In honor of Suzanne Hasl’s 75th birthday Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Sneja H. Tomassian In honor of Dr. Jay Johannigman and Dr. Cindy Dellinger Mr. Daniel B. Cunningham and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham

Contributions from May 13, 2014 to May 15, 2015

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At the cast party for the 1996 Flying Dutchman. (L-R) Artistic Director James DeBlasis, Patty Beggs, and bass-baritone James Morris.

30 Two Patricias in the Music Hall Ballroom—Patty with Patricia Corbett.

En garde! Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott poses in his bullfighter costume with Louise Nippert and Patty in 2004.

Then-Board President Harry Fath, his wife Linda, tenor Richard Leech, and Patty following a performance of the 2004 Carmen. Patty holds a photo of herself with Leech from 1991.

YEARS

W

e often find ourselves repeating the quip, “Life is short, but opera is long.” Indeed time does seem to stand still at Cincinnati Opera—performances from years past are just as vivid in memory as those from last season. So, it’s hard for anyone to believe that Patty Beggs is celebrating 30 years with the company. She began in 1985 as the company’s marketing director and in 2004 was named General Director & CEO. We salute her along with Tracy Wilson, the Opera’s sunny community relations director, and Philip Groshong, our tireless company photographer, who are also marking 30 years with Cincinnati Opera. Bravi a tutti!

Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu, Tracy Wilson, and soprano Adrienne Danrich following a joy-filled 2012 Opera Goes to Church concert at Allen Temple A.M.E.

Company photographer Phil Groshong never appears in his photos—except when it’s a test shot like this. Say cheese!

In honor of Mark Kallick and David Moore for receiving the key to the city Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis In honor of all the men and women who have served our country Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hordes Mr. Thomas Lake

In honor of Tracy Wilson’s 30th Anniversary at Cincinnati Opera Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cover Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford Aimee Martini Chris Milligan Katie and Jeff Syroney Ashley Tongret

In honor of Nicholas S. Payne Ms. Cynthia Heinrich In honor of Dr. Harel Rachovitsky The Heidt Family Foundation In honor of Daniel L. Robb Mrs. Barbara L. Robb In honor of Dr. John M. Tew, Jr.’s birthday Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Sneja H. Tomassian

In honor of Dr. Joseph Moravec’s retirement Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl In honor of Ohio National’s Board Members and CEO Group Gary “Doc” and Milly Huffman

In honor of Jeannine and John Winkelmann’s 35th Anniversary Ms. Julia B. Meister

In appreciation of Mike Veroni’s presentation to the Loveland Woman’s Club Loveland Woman’s Club

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

In memory of Frances C. Batsakis Elaine Apostle and family Jim and Ellen Batsakis and family Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Dr. Peter G. Courlas Diane and Randy Humbert and family Constance Mirageas Deborah Mirageas Mr. Evans J. Mirageas and Mr. Thomas M. Dreeze Peter Mirageas and family Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis In memory of Floyd and Margaret Beattie Dr. Margaret M. LeMasters In memory of Mirjama Bibb Foxwood Homeowners Association In memory of Helen Brown Mr. and Mrs. David D. Hoguet In memory of Dr. Mark Carroll Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl In memory of Terry Crilley Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Mike and Patti Veroni In memory of Charlotte Deupree Vicki and Peter Alpaugh Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Mr. Patrick M. Korb Mr. and Mrs. G. Adrian Thompson In memory of Faith Golder Mr. Patrick M. Korb

In memory of Dr. Charles Kuntz IV, in support of the Artist Scholarship Fund Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Julie and Matt Bergantino Cathy and Tom Crain Mr. Daniel B. Cunningham and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham Teddy Gumbleton Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Jennings Dr. Sid Khosla and Mrs. Heather Vogt-Khosla Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kuntz The Mayfield Clinic Mr. Evans J. Mirageas and Mr. Thomas M. Dreeze Murray and Robin Sinclaire Cindy and Bill Starr Sneja H. Tomassian Ashley Tongret Mike and Patti Veroni Dr. and Mrs. Mario Zuccarello In memory of Len Marek Dr. and Mrs. Khosrow Alamin Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Brinkmeyer Ms. Joyce Elkus Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Mr. Patrick M. Korb Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis

In memory of Styrk Orwoll Patricia K. and James D. Beggs In memory of Maurice Oshry Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Shannon and Lee Carter Chris Milligan Ashley Tongret In memory of Dr. William B. Selnick Dr. and Mrs. Khosrow Alamin Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bloch Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan III Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Grace Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Mrs. Jean Mathis The Honorable Ronald A. Panioto Rod and Chris Ray Dr. and Mrs. G. James Sammarco In memory of Hulon Wesner Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wesner

In memory of William Motto, for the Morning Star Fund Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Dorothy Anne Blatt Dr. and Mrs. Jack A. Hahn Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Dr. and Mrs. James B. Willis

Contributions from May 13, 2014 to May 15, 2015

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Supporting the Cincinnati Opera with quality pianos during the 2015 Season.

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

MIRJAMA BIBB

WILLIAM J. MOTTO

Cincinnati Opera staff member • Guild Coordinator 1987

Along with his wife, Opera Board Member Barbara Gould, was a longtime supporter of the Opera’s inclusion efforts including Margaret Garner, as well as sponsorships of Tosca, Norma, Elektra, solo artists, and lighting and prop activities • Memorial donations support the world premiere of Morning Star

TERRY CRILLEY Member of Opera Association Board 2002–2014, representing former Season Sponsor U.S. Bank • Served in key roles on Investment and Finance Committees

CHARLOTTE DEUPREE Member of Cincinnati Opera’s Women’s Committee 1973–1974 • Member of Opera Guild 1985–2014

ORPHA A. GATCH Sponsor of 2007 Così Fan Tutte and 2008 Madame Butterfly productions

DR. CHARLES KUNTZ IV Member of Opera Association Board 2009–2015 • Assisted with WWI Symposium “Lessons from the Trenches” for Silent Night • Helped forge a partnership between UCMC and the Opera that promotes healing through music with performances at UCMC for patients and staff • Memorial donations support The Charles Kuntz IV, M.D. Artist Scholarship Fund

LEONARD J. MAREK Along with his wife, Opera Board Member Sherie, sponsored several Opera Balls with table sponsorships and provided ongoing support for the Opera’s operational activities

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CHRIS NANCE Conductor • Debuted in 1986 with La Fanciulla del West • Conducted productions in 1988–1995 summer festivals, including Romeo and Juliet with Richard Leech in 1989 and the company premiere of Werther for 75th Anniversary Season in 1995

JULIUS RUDEL Conductor • Debuted with the company in 1959 with Susannah • Led the Opera’s first production in Music Hall, 1972’s Mefistofele starring Norman Treigle • Conducted Roberto Devereux with Beverly Sills in 1974 • Graced the podium every decade until his last appearance with Faust (2007)

DR. WILLIAM B. SELNICK Member of Opera Association Board • Co-Chair of various fundraisers throughout the decades with his late wife, fellow Opera and Guild Board Member Anna Jo Selnick • Hosted numerous Opera events • Co-sponsor of the portrait of former Artistic Director James de Blasis that hangs in Music Hall

MICHAEL SHARP Dancer and visual artist • Performed in 1985 and 1988 Summer Festivals

Sarah Hairston

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April 29-30, 2016

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

New Members

Lois and Joseph Brenner Eleanor and Sam Minkarah Members

Anonymous (4) Frank and Janet Andress Scott Atkinson and Christopher D. Edwards Mr. Boris Auerbach Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Baker Ms. Henrietta Barlag Mr. Albert M. Bary Christopher Baucom Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bavaria Patricia K. and James D. Beggs Dorothy Anne Blatt Marlene and Robert Boden Charlin and Peter Briggs Mary and Joe Brinkmeyer A.K. and Gibby Carey Arthur B. Casper Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III Norma L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Colker Jane Copper-Short and John Short Virginia K. Cover Cathy and Tom Crain Dr. Alvin H. and Alva Jean Crawford Mr. Daniel B. and Dr. Margaret G. Cunningham Mr. Harrison R.T. Davis Harry and Linda Fath Mr. Kingston Fletcher Dr. Donald W. Good Madeleine H. Gordon Marlesa A. Gray Barbara and Jack Hahn, D.D.S. Kevin D. Brady and The David G. Hakes Charitable Trust Dr. and Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hasl Janet and Cornelius Hauck Hon. and Mrs. Dennis S. Helmick Don and Donna* Hoffman Julia M.F.B. Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kerstine

Sarajane and Richard King Patrick M. Korb Roberta and Jeffrey P. Huhn Elizabeth and Ken Kuresman Marjorie and Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr. Richard and Susan Lauf Anne and John* Lawrence, Jr. Gail Lennig and Gene Santoro* Adele and Thomas Lippert Joanie D. and William H. Lotts Mr. and Mrs. William F. Lyon Susan Sterrit Meyer Gloria and Arnold Morelli Norbert and Linnea Nadel Robert and Carol Olson Marge and Tom Osterman Marilyn Z. Ott Dr. and Mrs. John A. Parlin III Mr. Charles Parsons Nicholas Payne and Cynthia Heinrich Ms. Marilyn W. Peters Doug Ignatius and Bruce Preston Mr. Thomas F. Rehme Ellen and George* Rieveschl Edward and Nancy Rosenthal Solveiga Rush Emalee Schavel Kenneth C. Schonberg and Deborah Schultz Zell Schulman Trudie and Kurt* Seybold Edward B. Silberstein, M.D., and Jacqueline M. Mack Thomas S. Smith Frank Stewart Brett Stover Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Stuhlreyer III Nydia C. Tranter Dick and Jane Tuten Barbara and Irwin Weinberg Anne M. Werner Jeannine Winkelmann and John Winkelmann, M.D. Harris W. Wright Dr. Atsuko Yatani

Estates

Estate of Mary Elizabeth Andrews Trust Estate of Thomas F. Buck Estate of Ellen K. Burroughs Estate of Thomas W. Busse Estate of Wm. Rowell Chase Estate of Mrs. Marno Christensen Estate of Patricia A. Corbett Estate of Wilma B. Cowley Estate of Virginia Curry Estate of Miss Emilie T. Curry Estate of Mary E. Day Estate of Luba Matiuk Dorman Estate of Ed P. Dundon Estate of Helen T. Ehlers Estate of Miss Natalie Feld Estate of Katherine H. Groll Estate of Mrs. Eleanor Hazelton Estate of Mrs. Jean L. Hermann Estate of Anita Mae Imholt Estate of Rosemary R. Longano Estate of Dr. Stanley Kaplan Estate of Ruth Koehl Estate of Tailitha P. Kluver Estate of Linda and Samuel Kramer, M.D. Estate of Elizabeth W. Kyte Estate of Elma Lapp Estate of Rosemary R. Longano Estate of Mrs. Richardson McKinney Estate of Bill Nimmo Estate of Margaret Ohanian Estate of Maurice E. Oshry The Pearlman Charitable Remainder Unitrust Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roder Estate of Marilyn A. Russley Estate of Joanne T. Santangelo Estate of Anna Jo and William Selnick Estate of Miss Charlotte L. Shockley Estate of Charlotte E. Smith Estate of Carolyn and Fred Strebel Estate of Mrs. Italo Tajo Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson Estate of Lura Carnes Wine

*Deceased

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Opera Lovers “Suzanne and ‘Dr. Bob,’ as he’s affectionately known, are an opera power couple who represent all that is good about opera—they are passionate, collaborative, insightful, generous, and full of joy and humor. These are the people you call in the middle of the night when you have a problem, and they not only take your call, they spring into action. Believe me, I’ve done it!”

Photo: Philip Groshong

—Patty Beggs, Cincinnati Opera General Director & CEO

Dr. Robert and Suzanne Hasl

B

ob and Suzanne Hasl both grew up in Cincinnati in music-loving families, so it naturally followed that when they became teenage sweethearts, they attended opera performances at the Zoo. Suzanne was the first to become directly involved with Cincinnati Opera when she joined the Opera Guild, and in 1985 she served as president of the Guild.

She also worked extensively with Opera

Volunteers International, and was honored with its Volunteer of the Year award in 2005. Dr. Bob attended conferences with Suzanne, where he was further exposed to opera and surrounded by opera lovers. He met Marc Scorca, president of OPERA America, and became involved with the opera industry’s national service organization. Suzanne joined the Cincinnati Opera board of trustees in 1986, and Bob followed in 1992.

Bob and Suzanne have been extraordinary in their support for Cincinnati Opera, and have sponsored many performances and artists over the years. They travel the world to attend opera performances, and they love sharing their enthusiasm with others. It’s not unusual for them to bring family and friends to Music Hall, particularly their 15 grandchildren. They’re always busy inspiring the next generation of opera lovers.

The Hasls became members of the Society of Angels in 1995, thus ensuring that their support will continue for many, many years to come.

In Bob’s words, “We are proud of our Opera family; we love it, and we want to keep it going in perpetuity.”

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Acknowledgments Cincinnati Opera wishes to thank those who donated services and assistance to make our 2015 season a success.

Artist Housing: Garfield Suites Hotel (Mick Douthat, Laura Lucas, and staff ); Bridgestreet Worldwide Corporate Housing (Ron Haley); Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (AJ Ford); Grandin Properties; Cincinnati Ballet (Dena D’Andrea); Oakwood Worldwide (Darrin Kirby); V-Suites (Louise Jaffe); Evans Mirageas and Thomas Dreeze; Matthew Swanson; Barbara and Jack Hahn; Aveling Hansen; Daniel Tonozzi, Ph.D.; Naomi Lewin Artist Services & Donations: Victoria Travel (Carolann Mary, Vicky Mary, and staff ); Transportation Connection (Karen Salmon); Airport Executive Shuttle; Mike Albert Leasing (Rick Sheidler); Ron Bates, 1919 Investment Counsel; Melanie Chavez, Chavez Properties; Harry Fath, Fath Properties; Kevin C. Jones, The Huntington National Bank; Murray Sinclaire, Jr., Ross, Sinclaire & Associates; Jim Stapleton, FRCH Design Worldwide Banking Services: PNC Bank Gifts-In-Kind: Bertke Electric Company; The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation; The Cake Rack Bakery; Vivian A. Dobur; eat well, LLC; FRCH Design Worldwide; Funky’s Catering; Goodwin Lighting Services; Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza; Stuart Holman; James Free Jewelers; The Kroger Co.; LPK; Mercedes-Benz of Cincinnati; Joe Rigotti/Accent on Cincinnati; Tony Tiemeyer Studio; Vintner Select Green Room Hospitality: Nick Ciafardini Investment Managers: Johnson Investment Counsel; PNC Institutional Investments; U.S. Bank Institutional Trust & Custody; Fort Washington Capital Partners Group Legal Assistance: Boris Auerbach; Lawrence H. Kyte, Jr., Robert W. Olson, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP; Julia B. Meister, Mark J. Stepaniak, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP; Ann Schoen, Frost Brown Todd LLP Matching Gift Companies: American Express Foundation; GE Aviation; Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies; Macy’s; PNC Bank; U.S. Bank

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Cincinnati Opera Staff Patricia K. Beggs General Director & CEO Administration & Finance Christopher Milligan Managing Director & CMO Michael J. Veroni Chief Financial Officer Amy Stier Director of Human Resources & Administration Kelly Holterhoff Executive Assistant Matt Singleton Information Technology Manager

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Artistic Evans Mirageas The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director

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Henri Venanzi Chorus Master

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Starr Fish Virginia Fryman Wardrobe Technicians

Nicole Pagano Hair & Make-up Artist James Carey Hayley Hunt Laura Stenger Stage Management Interns Joe Beumer Mary Shabatura Lighting Interns

Sondra Kusse Hair & Make-up Intern Bram Sheckels Rehearsal Department Intern Oleksandra Lykova Turandot Design Intern Malaysia Bell Alexandra Groth Gabriel Horan Victoria Roe Jacob Schirmer SCPA Professional Trainees Technical Gary Kidney Technical Director Robert Lay Master Carpenter John Wesley-Chevalier Construction Carpenter Kevin Eviston David Hall Carpenter Second Hands

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Allan Bird Board Operator

Jennifer Rhodus Scenic Charge Artist

Sara Lozo Scenic Artist Intern

Valerie Pool Supertitles Coordinator

E.J. Mechley Electric Second Hand

Chris Walters Title Operator

Andrew Nienaber Kathleen Stakenas Assistant Directors Laura Sabo Super Captain

Paul Stafford Master Electrician

Stephanie L. Boyd Hannah Holthaus Jennifer Picone Liam Roche Sydney R. Smith Michael Vitale Assistant Stage Managers

Melanie Guinto Jay Depenbrock Scenic & Properties Intern

Kate Brockmeier Production Operations Manager

Amy Hildebrand Marketing Associate

Megan Bennett Constance Dubinski Grubbs Whitney McAnally Production Stage Managers

Levi Hammer Assistant Conductor

Ashley Tongret Director of Public Relations

Kemper Florin Opera Outbound Manager

Adam Crowell Technical Assistant

Todd Cummins Flyman

Cherl Beyersdoerfer Costumer Carol Poe Assistant Costumer

Phil Sheridan Performance Engineer Hase & Associates, Ltd. Lighting Consultant Pebble Creek Group Projection & Video Consultant Brad Gerard Kathy Magistrelli Jeff New George Smith SCPA Technical Staff House Staff Evan DiTullio Neilly Fletcher Danielle Osbun Zach Quortrup Matthew Ramler Krista Weiss Customer Service Representatives Amy Lewis House Manager Mark DeWitt Nathan Ruggles Mike Snyder Audio Description Sue Sommer SCPA Head Usher Music Hall Scott M. Santangelo Director of Operations Joshua L. Wilson Volunteer and House Services Manager

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General Information Please Note...

• Latecomers will be admitted to the auditorium at the discretion of management.

• Please do not place coats or other objects on the balcony railings.

• Please turn off all mobile devices and signal watches during performances.

• Please refrain from talking, texting, and tweeting during performances.

• Music Hall and SCPA are smoke-free buildings.

• Eating and drinking are strictly forbidden inside the auditorium with the exception of bottled water.

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

Opera Insights An overview of each opera is presented one hour prior to curtain. Locations are Corbett Tower, Music Hall Ballroom (June 20 only), and Mayerson Theater (all SCPA performances).

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Assistive Listening System At Music Hall, a wireless FM transmitter for the hearing impaired is available upon request with event personnel.

Audio Description At Music Hall, live

descriptions of stage action for the visually impaired are presented by trained describers at select performances. Please inquire with event personnel.

Accessible Seating Wheelchair access and assistance with other mobility issues are available.

Please request locations or assistance when ordering tickets, and please reserve early.

Taxi Service Taxi service may be reserved by

placing a request before the show or during intermission. At Music Hall, please inquire with the coatroom attendant. At SCPA, please inquire with event personnel.

Amenities Music Hall: Restrooms are located on

the first and second floors in the north and south corridors, and in the north corridor on the Gallery level. Accessible restrooms are on the first floor in the south corridor, west of the concession stand, and backstage; on the second floor via the door facing the escalators; and in the north corridor on the third floor. An ATM is located on the balcony level. SCPA: Restrooms are located on the first and second floors in the main corridors, and accessible restrooms are located near the west entrance to Corbett Theater.

Broadcasts Cincinnati Opera’s 2015 season will be aired on WGUC 90.9 FM. Contributions Gifts of all sizes are welcome and important to the Opera. To make a donation or to inquire about donor benefits, honor or memorial gifts, or acknowledgments, please contact Michelle Devine, Individual Giving Manager, at (513) 768-5565 or mdevine@cincinnatiopera.org.

Merchandise To purchase merchandise, contact Kelly Holterhoff at (513) 768-5511 or kholterhoff@ cincinnatiopera.org.

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

Elevators Passenger elevators are located in Music

Hall’s North Lobby and near the east entrance to SCPA’s Corbett Theater.

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