"A Selection of Opera Scenes, Part 2" program

CSUF SCHOOL OF MUSIC presents

Cosi fan tutti, 2018

A Selection of Opera Scenes Performed by Students in the CSUF Opera Theatre Program, Fall 2020 Mark Salters and Vera Calabria, directors Grant Rohr and Mark Salters, piano April 10, 2021

California State University, Fullerton

UNIVERSITY CREDITS Framroze Virjee, President, California State University, Fullerton Carolyn Thomas Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Danny C. Kim, Vice President, Administration and Finance/CFO David Forgues, Vice President, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion Amir H. Dabirian, Vice President, Information Technology Tonantzin Oseguera, Vice President, Student Affairs Gregory J. Saks, Vice President, University Advancement

C OL L E G E O F T H E AR T S Dale A. Merrill, Dean Arnold Holland, Associate Dean Maricela Alvarado, Assistant Dean Christopher Johnson, Budget Coordinator Heather Guzman, Assistant to the Deans Jade Jewett, Chair, Department of Visual Arts Dave Mickey, Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance Katherine Powers, Director, School of Music Jennifer Frias, Director, Nicholas & Lee Begovich Gallery John Spiak, Director, Grand Central Art Center - Santa Ana Lara Farhadi, Senior Director of Development Ann Steichen, Director of Development Alaidrian Clark, Support Group Coordinator Julie Bussell, Director, Marketing & Patron Services Stephanie Tancredi, Box Office Manager Heather Richards-Siddons Marketing & Communications Specialist Alvin Chiu, Graphic Designer Jason Pano Social Media Strategist

WELCOME Hello, and welcome to the School of Music’s latest streaming presentation. We are so excited to share this performance with you! First, I want to thank all of the students, faculty, and staff who have worked tirelessly to make this possible. As

our college continues to rise to the challenges of these times, our performing arts students thrive, delivering some of the most heartfelt and thought-provoking performances of their academic careers. We are demonstrating one thing loud and clear: the arts are active, vibrant, and resilient here at Cal State Fullerton.

Just as the arts continue to adapt and evolve, so are our students. These Titans of the Arts – unwavering in their passion and commitment to their craft – are the reason we do what we do as educators, administrators, and staff. I look forward to seeing theatre, dance, and music students rehearsing throughout the performing arts building, and visual arts students creating in the breezeways and art courtyard once again. It’s so quiet here without them! Until we see each other again face-toface, stay safe and stay strong. We hope you enjoy the show!

Sincerely,

Dale A. Merrill Dean, College of the Arts

Dr. Katherine Powers - School of Music director Bongshin Ko - School of Music assistant director FULL-TIME FACULTY

Theory and Composition Dr. Pamela Madsen - composition, theory Dr. Ken Walicki* - composition, theory

Conducting Kimo Furumoto - instrumental Dr. Robert Istad - choral Dr. Dustin Barr - instrumental Jazz and Commercial Music Bill Cunliffe* - jazz piano; arranging; Fullerton Jazz Orchestra, Fullerton Big Band and combo director Piano, Organ, Piano Pedagogy Ning An - piano Bill Cunliffe - jazz piano Alison Edwards* - piano, piano pedagogy, class piano Dr. Robert Watson - piano Music Education, Teacher Training , and Teaching Credential Dr. Christopher Peterson - choral Dr. Dennis Siebenaler* - general Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore - instrumental

Vocal, Choral, and Opera Dr. Mark Goodrich* - voice, academic voice courses Dr. Robert Istad - University Singers Dr. Christopher Peterson - CSUF Concert Choir and Men’s Chorus conductor Patricia Prunty - voice, academic voice courses Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion Dr. Dustin Barr - Director of Wind Band Studies; University Wind Symphony Jean Ferrandis - flute Sycil Mathai* - trumpet Håkan Rosengren* - clarinet Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore Symphonic Winds conductor

SCHOOL OF MUSIC STAFF

Music in General Education Dr. Nicole Baker Dr. John Koegel* Katherine Reed

Michael August - Production Manager Eric Dries - Music Librarian

Jeff Lewis - Audio Engineer

Music History and Literature Dr. Nicole Baker - musicology Dr. John Koegel* - musicology Dr. Katherine Reed - musicology

Chris Searight - Musical Instrument Services Paul Shirts - Administrative Assistant Elizabeth Williams - Accountant

Strings Kimo Furumoto - Director of Orchestral Studies Bongshin Ko - cello Dr. Ernest Salem* - violin

Sue Winston - Office Coordinator

* denotes Area Coordinator

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CSUF Opera Theatre presents

A Selection of Opera Scenes performed by students in the Opera Theatre Program Fall 2020

Mark Salters and Vera Lúcia Calábria, artistic directors Grant Rohr and Mark Salters, piano featuring

Adrian Banuelos, Alexandria Burdick, Emilio Lopez Felix, Herman Hope, Aaron Leppke, Lorea Laverty Iturriria, Mai Saito, Joshua Wing, and Leeza Yorke

PROGRAM

“I am so proud” (from The Mikado)

W.S. GILBERT (1836-1911) & ARTHUR SULLIVAN (1842-1900) Pish Tush .............................. Adrian Banuelos Ko Ko .................................... Emilio Lopez Felix Pooh Bah .............................. Joshua Wing

“Quando l’heure sonnera” (from Dinorah)

GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864) Corentin ................................ Herman Hope Hoël ...................................... Aaron Leppke

“Più amabile beltà” (from Giulio Cesare)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) Cleopatra .............................. Mai Sato Cesare................................... Lorea Laverty Iturriria Nireno ................................... Haocheng Sun

“Aber der richtige” (from Arabella)

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Arabella ................................. Leeza Yorke Zdenka .................................. Alexandria Burdick

ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRE CTORS

MARK SALTERS Mark Salters is Opera co-director, vocal coach, and pianist at California State University, Fullerton. Originally from New York, he served on the coaching staff of the Opera Department at the University of Michigan under Gustav Meier. Prior to that, he was on the faculty of the Yale University graduate opera program headed by noted director Tito Capobianco.

Salters has accompanied master classes by many well-known singers and coaches, including Frederica Von Stade, Roberta Alexander, Vladamir Chernov, Carlo Bergonzi, Sherill Milnes, Madame Régine Crespin, Richard Bonynge, Rodney Gilfry, George Shirley, Carol Neblett, Horst Günther, Marni Nixon, Paul Sperry, Richard Pearlman, Lili Chookasian, as well as many others. In addition, he has worked with conductors and directors from Los Angeles Opera, New York City Opera, Frankfurt Opera, St. Louis Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. He has also served on the music staffs of the University of Connecticut, Opera Theater of Connecticut, and the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut.

Currently, Salters regularly accompanies the National Association of Teachers of Singing symposiums in Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as the Classical Singers Association classes and concerts. He has also worked for Opera Pacific, Opera Ala Carte, Cal State Long Beach, Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony, Riverside Opera, Southland Opera, and the Intimate Opera Company. He also serves as Director of Music and Principal Organist at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church in Irvine.

As an active freelance accompanist, Salters regularly accompanies many of the finest young vocal artists of the Los Angeles area in recitals and competitions.

ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRE CTORS

VERA LÚCIA CALÁBRIA Stage director, dramatic coach, and arts administrator Vera Lúcia Calábria has over 30 years of experience in opera and classical music.

Born in Brazil, she began at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich and later at San Francisco Opera as assistant to Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Productions staged for San Francisco Opera include Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci, La forza del Destino, Der fliegende Holländer, and Falstaff.

Other credits include Madama Butterfly in Strasbourg and Cologne, Manon in Vienna, Munich, and at the Metropolitan Opera, Parsifal in Barcelona, Falstaff in Chicago, Tosca in Montpellier, Tannhäuser in Honolulu, and Carmen in Zurich, Cologne, Chicago, and Tel Aviv.

Calábria now divides her time between stage productions and work with young singers as director and dramatic coach. Productions include La Finta Giardinera and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges/L’Heure Espagnole at UCLA, Der fliegende Holländer, Idomeneo and Aida at Los Angeles Opera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia at San Francisco Opera Center, and Cavalleria/ Pagliacci at San Francisco Opera, The Queen of Spades at the Teatro Real, Madrid (Spain), Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Indianapolis, La Canterina, Gigantes y Cabezudos, The Pirates of Penzance, The Magic Flute, and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges at CSULA, L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and Così fan tutte at CSUF, and Der Rosenkavalier at Israeli Opera, Bluebeard’s Castle / L’Heure Espagnole, The Bear / La Navarraise, and The Rape of Lucretia at Yale University, Le Nozze di Figaro at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, and all three of Mozart's da Ponte Operas at Rice University.

ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Besides her work as stage director, Calábria has conducted master classes and workshops on Commedia dell’Arte in opera at CSULA, UC Santa Barbara, and UCLA among others. Her work as dramatic coach on role interpretation took her to Israeli Opera and the Staatsoper Berlin’s Young Artist Program, to Pepperdine University’s Songfest, the Wagner Theatre Program in New York, to LA Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, and the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindeman Young Artist Development Program. In 2014 she started working with a private studio focused on High School age singers, and these students have begun to excel in competitions. She is also a member of the CSU Fullerton faculty, teaching Performance Technique and directing.

Calábria has collaborated on several video productions with Brian Large (II Trittico, Andrea Chenier and Nabucco from Milan's La Scala; Der fliegende Holländer from Bayreuth, Lear from Munich), and Derek Bailey (Aida and Madama Butterfly from La Scala).

Calábria speaks Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian, French, and English.

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DONOR APPLAUSE

The College of the Arts extends its heartfelt gratitude to the following patrons who have supported our students and programs this past year through a generous gift of $1,000 or more to the College, the School of Music, Department of Theatre & Dance, and/or the Department of Visual Arts.** $50,000+ Anonymous Lori & John Loftus MAMM Alliance Music Associates Dwight Richard Odle Estate Orange County Community Foundation $25,000+ Art Alliance Lee C. Begovich Johnny Carson Foundation Leo Freedman Foundation Mary A. Lyons Alan A. Mannason Estate Terri & Bob Niccum Frank J. & Jean Raymond Andrea J. & Jeffrey E. Sward $10,000+ Affordable Housing Access Inc. Anonymous Brite Ideas, Inc. California Bank & Trust Marilyn Carlson Darryl Curran Friends of Jazz, Inc Michael Horn Isabel G. James Robin & Steve Kalota Morningside of Fullerton Eleanore & James L. Monroe Ann & Douglas Myles Dr. Katherine S. Powers & Håkan O. Rosengren Christine A. Rhoades Mary & William Sampson Ann & Thad Sandford Donna L. & Ernest W. Schroeder Sue & Dr. Edward A. Sullivan Dr. Marc R. Dickey $5,000+ Daniel Barsky Terry D. Ching Jones Edward

MaryLouise & Ed Hlavac Ellen M. & William A. Groves Karen & Todd Miller Nancy J. & Robert F. Rennie Jeanie Stockwell OC Alumni Assoc Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia $1,000+ Barbara Arms Drs. Voiza & Joseph Arnold Judy Atwell Lois Austin Katherine M. & David J. Baab Tanya Michnevich Bracco Janet & Allan Bridgford Jane & Vincent Buck Julia A. Christy Harriet & William S. Cornyn Wanda Lau & William H. Cunliffe Jane Deming Fund Susan & Richard Dolnick Lisa M. Draskovich-Long Lucetta A. Dunn Shawna & Greg Ellis Desiree Engel John R. Fisher Jacquelyn Garrabrant Annette L. & Leon J. Gilbert Dr. Mark J. Goodrich Barbara Gregory Jill & Christopher Gwaltney Theresa Harvey Bruce A. Healey James L. Henriques Dr. Dean W. Hess Patricia J. Hicks Frank A. Hinojoz Adleane & Dr. Jerome Hunter Beth & Robert Jahncke Catherine Jeckovich Michelle Jordan Sandy & Norm Johnson Joven Orozco Gretchen Kanne Gladys M. Kares Ray Kawase Barbara Kingsbury

Meredith Kleinman Eugene Laroff Marilyn Little John M. Martelli & Paul Coluzzi Karen & George Mast Irene & Mac McCormick Thelma & Earl Mellott Patricia & Carl Miller Mary E. Moore Norma Morris Lucina Moses Music Teachers’ Association of California Ujinobu Niwa Debra L. Noble Jill Kurti Norman Deanna & Arie Passchier Geoffrey S. Payne Kerry and John Phelps Phi Mu Alpha SinfoniaOmicron Pi Chapter The Presser Foundation Sharon & Dr. Anil K. Puri Mary & Jerry Reinhart Robin Riggle Dr. Stephen M. Rochford Sandra Rhone Cassandra Sanders-Holly Ann & Thad Sandford Jim & Lahoma Schulze D. Barry Schmitt Merle Sepel-Wagner Louise Shamblen Martha & Bill Shaver John Short Ingrid R. Shutkin Janet L. Smith Dodo V. Standring Douglas G. Stewart Elizabeth G. Stiles Dale Raoul & Raymond L. Thompson Tom & Carolyn Toby Tam T. Tran John Van Wey Verne Wagner Debra Winters Abel A. Zeballos Dr. Wayne Zemke

Very special care has been given to the preparation of this donor listing.

Please contact Ann Steichen at (657) 278-7124 with questions or concerns. **Gifts received from July 1, 2019 through October 2020

ONTIVEROS SOCIETY The Ontiveros Society includes individuals who have provided a gift for Cal State Fullerton through their estate plan. Our deep appreciation is extended to the following Ontiveros Society members, whose gifts will benefit the students and mission of the College of the Arts: Anonymous Lee & Dr. Nicholas A. Begovich* Gail & Michael Cochran Marc R. Dickey Betty Everett Carol J. Geisbauer & John Geisbauer* Sophia & Charles Gray MaryLouise & Ed Hlavac Gretchen Kanne

Dr. Burton L. Karson Anne L. Kruzic* Loreen & John Loftus Alan A. Mannason* William J. McGarvey* Dr. Sallie Mitchell Eleanore P. & James L. Monroe Lynn & Robert Myers Dwight Richard Odle*

Sherry & Dr. Gordon Paine Dr. June Pollak & Mr. George Pollak* Mary K. & William Sampson Douglas G. Stewart Andrea J. & Jeffrey E. Sward Richard J. Taylor Verne Wagner Richard Wulff Dr. James D. & Dottie Young*

The College of the Arts Proudly Recognizes the 300+ Members of Our

VOLUNTEER SUPPORT GROUPS

ART ALLIANCE: Art Alliance promotes excellence and enjoyment in the visual arts, and their fundraising efforts contribute to student scholarship, gallery exhibitions, opening receptions and sculpture acquisition on campus.

Special support and event underwriting Fay Colmar & Vincent Preece* John DeLoof

Joann Driggers & Steve Collier Loraine Walkington

MAMM ALLIANCE: The MAMM Alliance for the Performing Arts unites like-minded members who enjoy fun and fellowship, while benefiting the students through underwriting visiting artists, special theatre, dance and music performances, and other unique experiences.

Special support and event underwriting Judy Atwell Drs. Voiza & Joe Arnold Ebell Club of Fullerton

Dr. Margaret Faulwell Gordon Norma Morris Richard Odle Estate

Kerry & John Phelps Jeanie Stockwell Verne Wagner

MUSIC ASSOCIATES: Music Associates maintains a tradition of active involvement and community support, and raises scholarship funds for School of Music students through annual fundraising events and membership dues.

Special support and event underwriting Marilyn & Jack Carlson* Evelyn K. Francuz Sandy & Norm Johnson Marti & Bill Kurschat Karen & George Mast

Thelma & Earl Mellott Bettina Murphy Grace & Ujinobu Niwa Kerry & John Phelps Mary & Jerry Reinhart

Ann & Thad Sandford Dodo V. Standring Carolyn & Tom Toby John Van Wey

MORE INFORMATION: Ann Steichen • 657-278-7124 There are many ways to support the College of the Arts, the School of Music, Department of Theatre and Dance, and Department of Visual Arts: Student Scholarships Unrestricted Gifts Designated Gifts

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INSPIRING TITANS TO REACH FORWARD The College of the Arts creates a unique learning environment, encouraging individual achievement and artistic expression in 2,700+ student artists, performers, and scholars.

As a college, we inspire our students to reach not only higher but forward as they take steps toward realizing their full potential as artists and innovators through a rich variety of artistic opportunities. This takes exceptional faculty members, state of the art facilities, and support from community members like you.

The Dean’s Fund for Excellence provides resources for students to engage with leading artists through masterclasses and artists’ residencies; travel to competitions and workshops; and the practical application of industry-standard technology and equipment in the classroom, all of which have a huge impact on the educational experience of our students.

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Sav e t he Dat e!

This spring, we invite you to join us for Awakening: A Celebration of Music – the School of Music’s annual Collage Concert and Scholarship Benefit, presented by Morningside of Fullerton. Filled with inspiring performances and unforgettable musical moments, this yearly event provides much-needed scholarship funds for School of Music students, making their bright futures possibile today.

Revel in the sound as individual performances from School of Music students are woven into one continuous musical tapestry for you to experience from home. From the harmonic voices of the University Singers to the swinging sounds of the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra; from the resonant strains of the University Symphony Orchestra to the intimacy of a solo pianist, Awakening represents the full breadth of the School of Music’s exceptional student ensembles and performers, under the Artistic Direction of Kimo Furumoto.

Lose yourself in the music on May 1!

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