VERDI’S AIDA
CINDERELLA
NEAL GITTLEMAN’S 30TH SEASON
THREE ART FORMS. ONE FREQUENCY.
Winter 2024 / Spring 2025
December
The Nutcracker
December 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22
Handel’s Messiah
December 18
The Nutcracker: Sensory Friendly
December 20
January
The Motortown All-Stars
January 4
Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto
January 10 & 11
Country Hits: Songs from Nashville
January 25
The Music of Tony Bennett
January 31 & February 1
February
Three Tenors, Encore!
February 2
Cinderella February 14, 15 & 16
Magic Carpet Concerts: BUGS!!
February 25, 26, 27
Hollywood Hits
February 22
March
Twist & Shout: The Music of the Beatles
March 8
Requiem March 14 & 15
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: It’s a World of Dance
March 16
Dayton Philharmonic Junior Strings & Youth Strings Spring Concert
March 23
April
Verdi’s Aida April 4 & 6
Beethoven
April 13
Dear Friends From the Leadership
Asthe winter season unfolds, we’re reminded of how much the arts ground and uplift us. In times of uncertainty and change, music, dance, and storytelling performances offer us chances to reflect, to dream, to connect, and to feel deeply together.
At the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, we believe the arts are not just entertainment; they’re a vital thread in the fabric of our community. They remind us of our shared humanity, spark joy in the everyday, and provide solace in moments of challenge.
Our upcoming winter performances celebrate the power of the arts to illuminate the human experience, with stories that resonate across time and melodies that linger long after the curtain falls. Whether you find
yourself moved by the grace of a ballet, the drama of an opera, or the soaring beauty of an orchestral piece, we hope you leave feeling enriched and renewed.
Now, more than ever, we need the arts— and DPAA needs you. Your presence, enthusiasm, and support fuel everything we do.
Thank you for being part of this journey. We look forward to sharing more magical moments with you this winter season.
With warmth and gratitude,
Patrick J. Nugent President and CEO
Joseph Zehenny DPAA Board Chair
Company Dancer Belle Urben wows in Coppélia
First Timers’ Guide
Is this your first time at a DPAA event? If so, welcome! To ensure your visit is meaningful and enjoyable, we offer the following resources.
Box Office
The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance proudly partners with Dayton Live for its box office services. Contact the box office at (937) 228-3630 or visit the office in the Schuster Wintergarden.
Restrooms / Family Restrooms
Restrooms are available on each level of the Schuster Center and Victoria Theatre.
Accessibility
DPAA is committed to providing easy access to the arts. If you have accessibility needs or questions, please contact the box office.
Audio description is available upon request for patrons who have vision loss. Describers provide a live, objective, descriptive delivery of the visual elements of a performance in between the dialogue and/or music via a small receiver. Requests must be received two weeks prior to an event and are subject to the availability of the Describer. Please call the box office to make arrangements.
Assistive listening devices are available for all performances. Check out a device from the guest services kiosk or from a house manager in the lobby.
DPAA provides sign language interpretation upon request for performances at the Schuster Center and Victoria Theatre. Requests for sign language interpretation must be received two weeks prior to the event and are subject to the availability of the Interpreter. Please call the Box Office to make arrangements.
Age Recommendation
Our events are recommended for age 6 and up.
Military Appreciation and Discount Programs
In addition to our standard military discount, DPAA offers a Military Appreciation Program for active-duty military members, retired veterans with ID cards, and WPAFB government civilian employees in the region. Each household may
receive four free tickets annually. Contact the box office to redeem.
Group Sales
Bring a group of 10 or more; share a one-of-akind experience; and save up to 30% on tickets! Contact our Engagement & Patron Services Manager, Kate LaFollette, at (937) 535-5443.
Local Dining
Make it a night on the town! We recommend the following dining options: Blind Bob’s, Figlio Wood Fired Pizza, Jay’s Seafood, Joui, Lily’s, Manna Uptown, Meadowlark Restaurant, Mudlick Tap House, Salar Restaurant and Lounge, Spaghetti Warehouse, Table 33, The Caroline, and Troll Pub at the Wheelhouse.
Lost and Found / Security
In the event you lose an item at a performance or require assistance from the security team, call (937) 637-7366. For the safety of those in the audience, behind the scenes, and on stage, everyone who enters the performance space is required to pass through metal detectors.
Questions?
For additional ticket questions or information, contact our Engagement & Patron Services Manager, Kate LaFollette at (937) 535-5443.
Artistic Directors
Neal Gittleman
Artistic Director, Philharmonic
The 2024–2025 season is my 30th on the DPO podium, following founder Paul Katz, Charles Wendelken-Wilson, and Isaiah Jackson. Next year Keitaro Harada takes over. Until then, I’ll be surrounded by fabulous musicians and fabulous music. Favorite pieces by favorite composers. A world premiere and a U.S. premiere. A ballet I’ve conducted more than a hundred times (The Nutcracker) and one I’ve never conducted before (Cinderella). One of my favorite operas (Amahl and the Night Visitors). And my first-ever concert of country music! But what keeps popping into my head again and again as I think about this last year as your conductor? Song titles by my favorite band, The Beatles: “The Long and Winding Road,” “Come Together,” “We Can Work It Out.” And again and again, these lines: “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” Except for me, it’s “… equal to the music you make.” And of course, “P.S. I Love You!”
Kathleen Clawson,
Artistic Director, Opera; Dr. Ron Anderson and Robb Sloan-Anderson Chair
Kathleen Clawson begins her fifth season as Dayton Opera Artistic Director and Dr. Ron Anderson and Robb Sloan-Anderson Chair. Clawson began directing for the Opera in 2009 and has directed 19 productions since, including serving as dramaturg and stage director for the world premiere of Finding Wright
An acclaimed opera director, she directed The Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere of Shoes for the Santo Niño (2011) and was stage director and dramaturg for their world premiere of UnShakeable (2016).
A mezzo-soprano, Clawson’s credits include soloist with the Dayton Philharmonic, productions with The Santa Fe Opera and Dallas Opera, recording de Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” for Maria Benitez’ Teatro Flamenco tour, and singing “Mother Abbess” in Debby Boone’s international tour of The Sound of Music.
Brandon Ragland
Artistic Director, Ballet; Sponsored by Dr. Troy Tyner and Dr. Ingrid Brown
Brandon Ragland has more than a decade of professional experience as a dancer, choreographer, and educator. He trained in Birmingham, AL, and has a bachelor’s degree in Dance-Arts Administration from Butler University. After graduation, Ragland danced with Alabama Ballet, followed by Louisville Ballet in 2010, spending 13 years as a leading artist. A respected choreographer, Ragland choreographed works for Louisville Ballet, Alabama Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, AROVA Contemporary Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Sedona Chamber Ballet, and The Perla Ballet. In 2017, Ragland was honored to perform with the Black Iris Project at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as part of the Kennedy Center’s Dance Across America Program. He has received numerous awards, including “Best Artist” in Louisville Magazine and The Lift a Life Foundation’s “Emerging Leader in the Arts Award” from The Fund for the Arts.
Keitaro Harada
Music and Artistic Director Designate, Philharmonic; Sponsored by Barbara O’Hara
Named Music and Artistic Director Designate for Dayton Philharmonic for the 2024–25 season, Keitaro Harada will begin a five-year tenure as Music and Artistic Director with the 2025–26 season. As Music and Artistic Director of the Savannah Philharmonic since the 2020–21 season, Harada has transformed the orchestra and energized its audiences throughout the community with his imaginative programs and charismatic presence.
Harada is a recipient of the 2023 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. In 2024, he was named Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Partner for the Aichi Chamber Orchestra. Harada was Associate Conductor for four years at the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, where he regularly assisted Music Director Louis Langrée and collaborated with James Conlon and Juanjo Mena at the orchestra’s annual May Festival.
Dayton Ballet Company Dancers
Dayton
Artists-In-Residence
Connor Barak Claire Bergman Nicolas Bierwagen Erin Blair Harrison Broadbent
Tomasin Corrente Emma Duncan
Alyssa Eyster Hailey Flanagan Jasmine Getz
Katy Gilliam Isaac Jones
Patrick Lennon
Tarique Logan Kyan Park
Lukas Pringle Francisco Rivera Belle Urben Catherine Voorhees
Jalen Williams
Opera
Gabrielle Flannery
Isabel Randall Carl Rosenthal
Randell McGee Clara Passmore
Dayton Ballet Studio Company
Xochitl Atienza Sara Beth Austin
Daniela Bennetti Analiese Capponi
Amber Huggett
Ryan Norman Elizabeth Sabol
Three Tenors, Encore!
February 2, 2025 • Schuster Center
Kathleen Clawson, Dayton Opera Artistic Director
ARTISTS
Moisés Salazar, tenor
Robert Stahley, tenor
Matthew White, tenor
Howard Watkins, piano
PROGRAM
Francesco Cilea
Giacomo Puccini
Franz Lehár
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Francesco Paolo Tosti
Salvatore Cardillo
Ernesto De Curtis
Pablo Sorozábal
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Giacomo Puccini
Giuseppe Verdi
Gioachino Rossini
“É la solita storia del pastore” from L’arlesiana
Moisés Salazar
“Recondita armonia” from Tosca
Matthew White
“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns
Robert Stahley
“Ô paradis” from L’Africaine
Matthew White
“Ideale”
Moisés Salazar
“Core ‘ngrato”
Robert Stahley
“Torna a Surriento”
Matthew White
“No puede ser” from La tabernera del puerto
Moisés Salazar
“Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci
Robert Stahley
“E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca
Matthew White
“La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto
Moisés Salazar
“La danza”
Tutti
Agustín Lara
Georges Bizet
Pietro Mascagni
Gaetano Donizetti
Giacomo Puccini
Medley:
Leonard Bernstein
“Granada”
Moisés Salazar
“La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Carmen
Robert Stahley
“Addio alla madre” from Cavalleria rusticana
Matthew White
“Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore
Moisés Salazar
“Nessun dorma” from Turandot
Robert Stahley
“Maria” & “Tonight” from West Side Story Quirino Mendoza y Cortés “Cielito Lindo”
Medley:
Sigmund Romberg
“Serenade” from The Student Prince Frederic Weatherly “Danny Boy”
Sammy Cahn & “Be My Love”
Nicholas Brodszky
Medley:
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Rudolf Sieczyński
Eduardo di Capua
“Mattinata”
“Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume”
“O sole mio”
About the Artists
Matthew White
Tenor
In the 2024–2025 season, American tenor Matthew White, whom The New York Times said has an “attractive, healthy voice” and the Houston Chronicle exclaimed “… makes an undeniably attractive romantic lead,” will sing the title role in a new production of Verdi’s Don Carlo with the Royal Danish Opera, Prince Vassily in a new production by Simon McBurney of Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Salzburg Easter Festival, and sing his
first performances as Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca with Cincinnati Opera and the New Mexico Philharmonic. Concert highlights include performances of Aaron Zigman’s Émigré with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Hong Kong Philharmonic, a gala with Gulfshore Opera.
In the 2023–2024 season Matthew White performed Don José in Carmen with Vancouver Opera, and a series of Christmas concerts with the Dallas Opera. He also made his New York Philharmonic debut performing in Aaron Zigman’s Émigré which he reprised and recorded under the Deutsche Grammophon label with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
Engagements of recent seasons included role and house debuts including Don José with Santa Fe Opera and Arizona Opera, Rodolfo in La bohème with Detroit Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, and Opera Naples, as well as the Florida Orchestra as the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah. White also made debuts as Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juiliette with Cincinnati Opera, the Duca in Rigoletto with Edmonton Opera, Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with the Princeton Festival, Lancelot in Chausson’s Le roi Arthus with Bard SummerScape, and the title role in Faust et Hélène with the Houston Symphony.
A favorite of competitions, White was awarded the Grand Prize of the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, First Place in the Deborah Voigt International Vocal Competition, the Grand Prize in the Mario Lanza Vocal Competition, and is the recipient of the Alfonso Cavaliere Award.
Robert Stahley
Tenor
American dramatic tenor Robert Stahley returns to Dayton Opera having appeared as a tenor soloist in Epic Opera in 2022. Known for “bringing vociferous ring to the tenor line,” (South Florida Classical Review), he appears in the 2024–2025 season as Canio in I Pagliacci; makes his Metropolitan Opera debut singing the 1st Armed Man in The Magic Flute and covering the Messenger in Aida; and appears as The Voice of a Young Man in Die Frau ohne Schatten and the Third Jew in Salome. In the 2023–2024 season, Robert Stahley sang Canio with Glimmerglass Opera, a Wagner highlights concert as Siegmund with
Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West with North Carolina Opera, and in concert, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Colorado Symphony.
Previous engagements include Erik in Der fliegende Holländer with Utah Opera, which he also covered with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cavaradossi in Tosca with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Froh in Das Rheingold with The Dallas Opera, Siegmund in Jonathan Dove’s reduction of Die Walküre with Opera Santa Barbara, Jupiter in Semele with Opera Santa Barbara, The Captain in John Corigliano’s The Lord of Cries with Santa Fe Opera, Melot and the Young Sailor in Tristan und Isolde with the LA Philharmonic, Leukippos in Daphne with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and Narraboth in Salome with the Bard Festival. A graduate of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at LA Opera, he performed Walther in Tannhäuser, Le Berger in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, Valcour in L’Amant Anonyme, and the First Armored Man in Barrie Kosky’s Die Zauberflöte.
Previous concert engagements include Verdi’s Requiem with the Bakersfield Symphony and Quad-City Symphony, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Dayton Philharmonic and Lynn Philharmonia, and Indianapolis Symphony singing arias from Tosca and Die Zauberflöte.
Stahley won first prize in the 2019 Wagner Society of New York Competition; was a third prize winner in the 2018 Gerda Lissner Vocal Competition; placed first in the 2017 Piccolo Vocal Competition; and was a finalist in the 2018 Mildred Miller Competition. He completed his Artist Diploma and Masters at the College Conservatory of Music.
Moisés Salazar
Tenor
Moisés Salazar is a Mexican-American tenor born and raised in the state of California. He began his music journey performing in various venues in his family’s mariachi band, Trio Los Salazar, which is still active today. Salazar graduated with a Bachelor’s in Music from the University of Toledo in 2018. For his 2021 season, Salazar joined Opera Theater of St. Louis (OTSL) as a Gerdine Young Artist where he covered the roles of Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi and Buckley in Damien Sneed’s new work The Tongue and the Lash. Prior to OTSL, Salazar joined Palm Beach Opera (PBO) as a Benenson Young Artist where he covered the roles of Rodolfo in La bohème and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and performed the roles of The First Priest and First Armored Man. For PBO’s “Discovery Series,” Salazar performed the role of Tebaldo in their production of I capuleti e i montecchi. His previous roles include Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Señor Alcalde in Sonenberg’s The Summer King, Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, Borsa in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.
A native of Dayton, Ohio, pianist Howard Watkins regularly performs with the world’s leading musicians, both in concert and as an assistant conductor at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. He has performed throughout
America, Europe, Asia, Russia, and Israel, including with Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee, Diana Damrau, Thomas Hampson, Kathleen Battle, Grace Bumbry, Mariusz Kwiecien, Anna Netrebko, and Matthew Polenzani in venues such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Spivey Hall, the Kennedy Center, the U.S. Supreme Court, Alice Tully Hall, the three stages of Carnegie Hall, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, and Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater.
He has taught at the Juilliard School, Bard College Conservatory of Music, Merola Opera Program, Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program, Yale School of Music as Visiting Presidential Fellow, Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, Mannes School of Music, International Vocal Arts Institute (Israel, Japan and China), IIVA in Italy, Brancaleoni Music Festival in Piobbico, Italy, Tokyo International Vocal Arts Academy (TIVAA) as a founding member and VOICExperience in Orlando, Tampa, and Savannah.
Watkins holds a doctorate in accompaniment and chamber music from the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the University of Michigan’s Paul C. Boylan Award for contributions to the field of music, the University of Dayton National Alumni Association’s Special Achievement Award, and the 2019 recipient of the National Opera Association’s Lift Every Voice Legacy Award.
Howard Watkins
Musical Director & Piano
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Musicians
Kirstin Greenlaw, Acting Concertmaster1
Aurelian Oprea Associate Concertmaster2
Youjin Na, Acting Assistant Concertmaster3
Elizabeth Hofeldt
David Goist Mikhail Baranovsky Louis Proske Sean Klopfenstein John Lardinois
Philip Enzweiler* Janet George
Kara Camfield, Acting Principal4
Ann Linn Baer, Acting Assistant Principal
VIOLIN I
Scott Moore Gloria Fiore Maggie Niekamp Nick Naegele* Lynn Rohr*
Yoshiko Kunimitsu Bill Slusser Yein Jin*
Sheridan Currie, Principal5
VIOLIN II
VIOLA
OBOE AND ENGLISH HORN
Colleen Braid, Assistant Principal Karen Johnson6
Scott Schilling Lori LaMattina Mark D. Reis
Molly Castrucci8 Lucas Song9
Mark Hofeldt Nadine Monchecourt Oleg Babkov
Stephen Ullery Christopher Roberts
James Faulkner Bleda Elibal
Rebecca Andres, Principal11 Jennifer Northcut
Janet van Graas
Eileen Whalen, Principal12
Leslie Dragan Belinda Burge
Jonathan Lee, Principal Christina Coletta, Assistant Principal7
CELLO
Zoë Moskalew
Deborah Taylor, Principal10
Jon Pascolini, Assistant Principal
Donald Compton In Memoriam
FLUTE AND PICCOLO
BASS
CLARINET
TROMBONE
Robyn Dixon Costa
John Kurokawa, Principal13 Rachael Young, Principal14
Kristen Smith15
Aaron Brant, Principal16
Lotti Ropert
Todd Fitter
BASSOON
HORN
Amy Lassiter Sean Vore, Assistant Principal
Charles Pagnard, Principal17 Alan Siebert
TRUMPET
Eric Knorr
Tyler Bentley, Acting Principal18
Richard Begel
Chad Arnow19
Timothy Northcut, Principal20
Gerald Noble, Acting Principal21
Michael LaMattina, Principal22 Davi Martinelli de Lira23
Leslie Stratton, Principal24
KEYBOARD
Joshua Nemith25
* Denotes leave of absence
1 J. Ralph Corbett Chair
2 Huffy Foundation Chair
3 Sherman Standard Register Foundation Chair
4 Jesse Philips Chair
5 F. Dean Schnacke Chair
6 Grace Counts Finch Chair
7 Edward L. Kohnle Chair in Memory of Andra Lunde Padrichelli, Principal Cellist 2003–2018
8 Gilbert and Patricia Templeton Chair
9 Paul and Susanne Weaver Chair
10 Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association/C. David Horine Memorial Chair
11 Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association Chair
12 Catharine French Bieser Chair
13 Rhea Beerman Peal Chair
14 Robert and Elaine Stein Chair
15 David and Lois Gribler Chair
16 Frank M. Tait Memorial Chair
17 John W. Berry Family Chair
18 John Reger Memorial Chair
19 Bill and Wanda Lukens Chair
20 Zachary, Rachel and Natalie Denka Chair
21 Rosenthal Family Chair in Memory of Miriam Rosenthal, In Honor of Donald Donnett, Principal Timpani 1966–2023
22 Miriam Rosenthal Chair
23 Richard A. and Mary T. Whitney Chair
24 Daisy Talbott Green Chair
25 Demirjian Family Chair
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The Kettering Family Foundation
Virginia W. Kettering Foundation
Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts
Schiewetz Foundation
Harry A. Toulmin, Jr. and Virginia B. Toulmin Fund of the Dayton Foundation
VIRTUOSO
The Berry Family Foundation
Dayton Freight
The Mary H. Kittredge Fund of The Dayton Foundation
Bill and Jackie Lockwood Fund to Support Opera
LEGATO
AES Ohio
All The Best Delicatessen
Cox First Media
Dayton Aerospace
The Eleanor and John Kautz Fund of the Dayton Foundation
Kettering Health
Marriott University of Dayton
The Shubert Foundation
The Troy Foundation
The Nick and Edna Weller Charities, Inc.
CONCERTO
10 Wilmington Place
Arts Consulting Group
Bob Ross Auto Group
Discover Classical 88.1 WDPR/89.1 WUSO/ 89.9 WDPG
iHeart Radio
Mathile Family Foundation
ARIA
The Iddings Foundation
Lockwood Family Foundation
Victory Wholesale Group and the Kantor Family
SONATA
Centerville-Washington Foundation
The Dayton Hydraulic Co.
Enterprise Roofing
Heidelberg Distributing Company
Johnson Investment Counsel
The Charles F. Kettering Foundation
The Kuntz Foundation
Levin Family Foundation
LION
Nova Creative
NPS Cares Foundation
PNC
INTERMEZZO
Coolidge Wall
Harlamert Foundation
Sam Levin Foundation
Pickrel, Schaeffer, and Ebeling
OVERTURE
Barnes Dennig
Houser Asphalt and Concrete
Requarth Lumber Company
The Rubi Girls
Voss Auto Network
ADDITIONAL MAJOR SUPPORT BY:
Culture Works
Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Arts Council
Board of Trustees and Staff
OFFICERS
Joseph Zehenny, Chair
Patricia McDonald, Vice Chair
Dr. Ed Tomme, Chair Emeritus
Tom Burkhardt, Treasurer
Timothy Riordan, Assistant Treasurer
Rev. Joshua Ward, Secretary
Rodney Veal, Assistant Secretary
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. Ron Anderson
Libby Ballengee
Dr. Zachary Beck
Ashley Bethard
Jim Butler
Christopher Coombs
Allyson Danis
Courtney Ditmer
Dr. Samuel Dorf
Deborah Gross
Col. Mary-Kathryn Haddad
Michael Howard
Xavier Johnson
Dr. G. Scott Jones
Robyn Lightcap
Patrick Martin
Peggie McQuiston
Shannon Joyce Neal
Barbara O’Hara
Todd Press
Burt Saidel
Dori Spaulding
John Tate
Rick Thie
Abbie Trittschuh
Katie Wahl
Dr. Daniel Zehringer
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Thomas Bankston, Opera
ADMINISTRATION
Patrick J. Nugent, President and CEO
Teri Warwick, Chief Financial Officer
Michael Sieveking, Vice President for Information and Analytics
Sue Martin, Accounting Manager
ARTISTIC
Kathleen Clawson, Artistic Director, Opera
Neal Gittleman, Artistic Director and Conductor, Philharmonic
Brandon Ragland, Artistic Director, Ballet
Patrick Reynolds, Associate Conductor, Philharmonic; Conductor, Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Steven Hankle, Director, Philharmonic Chorus
Carolyn Sweezy, Manager, Philharmonic Chorus
Maureen Hickey Haitch, Conductor, Philharmonic Youth Strings
Michelle Mastin, Conductor, Philharmonic Junior Strings
Jeffrey Powell, Chorus Master, Opera Chorus
Sharon Neumeister, Company Teacher and Rehearsal Assistant
Rachel Cahayla Wynne, Rehearsal Director and Dayton Ballet Studio Company Manager
DEVELOPMENT
Bill Perry, Vice President for Philanthropy
Lynnette Ivey, Director of Institutional Giving
Allie Haines, Membership Manager
Anne O’Hara, Development Operations Manager
LEARNING
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Jeaunita Ìféwándé Château Olówè, Vice President for Learning and Community Engagement
Jacqueline Griffin, Learning Programs Manager
Melissa McCoy, Engagement Programs Manager
Megan Forney, Dayton Ballet School Education Manager; Co-Director of Dayton Ballet School Ensemble
Gabrielle Sharp, Co-Director of Dayton Ballet School Ensemble
Elizabeth Sabol, Ballet School Registrar
Vicky Archibald, Ballet School Receptionist
MARKETING
Brittany Laughlin, Vice President for Marketing and Audience Development
Olivia Budde, Marketing Coordinator
James Mikolajewski, Marketing and Patron Acquisition Manager
Kate LaFollette, Engagement and Patron Services Manager
OPERATIONS
Theodore Nelson, Vice President for Operations and Artistic Planning
Milena Treer, Director of Production
Tim Crommes, Company Manager
Chris Brislin, Director of Theater Operations
Sean Vore, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Lyn Baudendistel, Wardrobe Supervisor
Eric Knorr, Orchestra Librarian
Kelly DeLisle, Resident Stage Manager
Lloyd Bryant, Recording Engineer
The stagehands of IATSE Local 66
The wardrobe members of IATSE Local 886
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY
HARRY A. TOULMIN JR. AND VIRGINIA B. TOULMIN FUND OF THE DAYTON FOUNDATION BILL AND JACKIE LOCKWOOD FUND TO SUPPORT OPERA THE MARY H. KITTREDGE FUND OF THE DAYTON FOUNDATION
ADDITIONAL MAJOR SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
