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Michigan Opera Theatre wou ld like to thank Harmony House Reco rds for sponsorin g MOT/DOH tick et envelopes and donating season recordings and videos.

Michi ga n Opera Th ea tre 's 1999/ 2000 subscription and sing le tickets have be en grac ious ly spo nso red by Hunter Hous e, Harmonie Park

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Michi ga n Opera The atre is a non-profit cultural organization whose activities are su pported in part by th e Michigan Counci l for Arts and Cu ltural Affairs , the National Endowment for the Arts , and other individuals, co rporations and foundations Michigan Opera Theatre is an equa l opportunity emp loyer.

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DaimlerChrysler is proud to support the Detroit Opera House, a world-class venue for opera, dance, musical theater and concerts. May this season's wide variety of shows at the home of Michigan Opera Theatre touch th e lives of many.

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Michigan Opera Theatre's 1998-99 Season was an undeniable success Our quest for artistic ex cellence reached yet another level resulting in stellar productions , critical accolades and sold-out houses. In some cases, we needed to increase the number of performances to accommodate our growing audience As if all this momentum weren 't enough , along came Jose , Placido and Luciano .

The Three Tenors concert launched MOT's New Century Fund, a fund-raising campaign that will enable us to complete the Detroit Opera House by funding the renovation of the Broadway tower, retire the construction debt so that the opera company may focus its funds artistically and educationally, and establish an endowment for future growth and stability. When completed , the Broadway tower will serve as an educational resource center with studios , classrooms, a media center, and an intimate theater for young artists. This renovation equips the Opera House for the ne xt century. The goal set for the New Century Fund is $25 million. We are proud to report that The Three Tenors concert , made possible by Ford Motor Company, provided the opportunity to raise the first $14 million With your help we will reach our very attainable goal I encourage you to get involved

Thank you for being with us for the 1999 Fall Season. Michigan Opera Theatre makes history as it brings opera's brightest stars as well as a group of young and exciting artists to the stage of the Detroit Opera House. Among the five great masterpieces that make up the season are three works that hive never been seen on MOT's stage. Massenet's Werther takes center stage for the first time in October. The stars, Andrea Bocelli and Denyce Graves , make their MOT debuts and Mr. Bocelli's appearance will be his North American debut in an opera.

look forward to seeing you in the spring as MOT continues its exciting journey presenting two incredib le operas never before seen on our stage - Der Rasenka valier and Peter Grimes. Puccini's powerful and moving Tasca rounds out the spring season with sopranos Sylvie Valayre and Amy Johnson singing the role of Tosca and the return of MOT favorites Marcello Giordani and Ian DeNolfo alternating in the role of Cavaradossi.

In addition to such a grand opera season, audiences certainly won 't want to miss the spectacular dance season at the Detroit Opera House. In November, Ballet Hispanico comes to Detroit for the first time and brings a sexy, latin flavor to our stage The famous Stuttgart Ballet makes its Detroit debut in January, and American Ballet Theatre returns to its midwest home in March bringing with it a new production of Sw an La ke

We would like to applaud the 1999-2000 season sponsors. Generous underwriting by Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation make the fall and spring seasons possible. DaimlerChrys ler renewed their loyal support of our Dance Series. Many thanks also go to the corporations, foundations, government agencies and individuals who make our productions possible

As Michigan Opera Theatre brings opera and dance into the twenty -first century, it is satisfying for us to reflect on how these art forms have touched so many generations We hope that the Detroit Opera House will be an ongoing source of pleasure and enrichment for you and your children for decades to come.

Thank you for joining us on this exciting journey, and enjoy your season!

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Inlstratlon & staff

Finance/Computer Services

William T. Sdi ulz

Controller

D av id Di C hi era

Ge nera l Di rector

Brett Ba tt erson Ch ief Op era ting Officer

Karen VanderKloot DiChiera

Director 0/ Co mmunity Pro grams

Toh n Ecks t rom Director 0/ Administration

Steve Havia r as Director 0/ Marketing

Roberto Mauro

Artis tic Administrator

D avid W. Osborne Director 0/ Production

Mary Parkhill Director a/Development

Marci Sch ra m m

Director 0/ Public R elations

ADMINISTRATION

Frank Castria

Assistant to the General Director

Lind a DeMers

Board Secretary/Executive A ssistant

Beve rly A. Moore

R eceptionist

Community Program s

Gary Moy

ASSIstant to the Director

Dolores Tobis

Office and Marketing Manager

Mark Vondrak

Associate Director Development

Holl y B Barr

Assistant Director o/Development

Bradle y L. Stroud Director 0/ Dance Developmen t

Kathleen M. McNamara

Corporate Ca mpaign Manager

Stephani Miller Yates

New Century Fu nd Campaign Coordinator

Elisabeth Flemin g

Volunteer Coordinator

Roberta Starkweather

Bo utique Sales Coordinator

Do nna Cra b tree

Develop men t Asso czate, Foundation and Government Grants

Tane Wes tl ey

D evelopment Associate, General Director's Circle

Tanet Vukovic

"Mem bership Man ager

Lara Schaaf

Accountant

Kimbe rley Burgess-Rivers

Accountant

Mary E Pihajlich

Systems Manager

Al Wisnieski

Finance Vo lunteer

Marketing/Public Relation s

Sco tt Camybell

Assistant Director 0/ Public R elations

Mitchell Ca r ter

Publica tio ns Manager

Susan Fazzini

Assistant Director 0/ Marketing

Dolores Tobis

Group Sales

Mark]. Mancinelli

DOH1MOT Photogra pher

Teanette Pawlac zyk

"Public R elations Assistant

Ticket Office

Kimbe rl y Mogielski

Ticket Services Manager

Kimberl y Gray

Ticket Servzces Assistant Ma nager

Tane Coe

Ticket Services Assistant Manager

PRODUCTION

Arti stic Administration

Dee Dorsey

Production Coordinator

Monica Lee Tackson

Assistant to Director 0/ Pro duction

Antonia Ciaravino

Artist Servzces Coordinator

Tohn Grant Stokes

Brett Finl ey

Paolo Besana

Assistant Directors

Pat Lewellen

Audition Volunteer

Music Del!artment

Dr David DiChiera

Mus ic Director

Suzanne Mallare Acton

Assistant Music Director, Chorus Master

Diane Bredesen

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Lawrence Picard

Daniell e Orlando

R epe liteurs

Lawrence P icard

Rehearsal Accompanist

Stage Management

Tohn KennelIy

"Productio n Sta ge Manager

Tennifer Cook

ihomas Mehan

Assistant Stage Manage rs

Technical Staff

Vladimir Vukovic

Technical Director

Mon ika Ess en

Prop erty Mast er

Kendall Smith

Lighting Coordinator

Ro bert Lott

Assistant Lighting Designer

Tames Reid

T echnica l Assistant

Lawrence Picard

Dee Dorsey

Surtitle Operators

Tohn Kinsora

H ead Carpenter

Robert Mesinar

H ead Electrician

Alan

Head at Properties

Robert Martin

Head Flyman

Steve Kemp'

Head Sounaman

Mary Ell en Shindel

Heail 0/ Wardrobe

IATSE Local #38

Stagehands

IATSE Local #786

Wardrobe

Costum es

Ull a Hettinger

Cost ume Supervisor

Alice Moss

Wardrobe Mis tress

Deanne lovan

Ros e Mirjah

Gen ev ieve Palczynski

Carol Scott

Stit chers

Make-up & Hair

Cind y Ludwi/S.

Kath y Was zkelewicz

Toanne Weave r

D esigners for Elsen Associates

Deanne lovan

Cr ew Coordinator

DETROIT

OPERA HOUSE

Tennifer Turner Director 0/ Events

Vladimir Vukovic

Technical Director

Sand y Muczinski

Ho use Manager

Calvin Williams

Maintenance Supervisor

Rock Monroe Director 0/ Security

Melvin Lowe

Stage Door Security

Demetri us Barnes

1esse Carter

Clyde Surell

Building Engineers

Mauric e Rivers

Concessions Manag er

New CenfiQ JtuoI

Aml1be Gunpletion Of The .,troit Bouse

throughout the Detroit Opera and the apital Campaign donors will remain in perpetuity the Donor Wall in the lobby. But, now we have a e New Century Fund.

ego 0 ew Century Fund is to raise a minimum of $25,000,000 in cas edges payable over a three to five year period. The New Century Fund will:

• Complete construction of the Detroit Opera House including the Broadway building facade.

• Develop a new Educational Resource Center in the Broadway building.

• Build an endowment which will allow Michigan Opera Theatre to expand and constandy improve its programming.

• Retire the debt from the previous construction costs.

The Three Tenors landmark performance at Tiger Stadium on July 17, 1999, officially launched the $25 million capital fund drive. A "quiet phase," which focUsed mainly on leadership gifts, was conducted for 20 weeks prior to the concert. The first phase was extremely successful, raising nearly $14 million from 273 donors.

Call for aJrivate tour!

We invite you to walk through the undeveloped space and Imagine ... World class professionals rehearsing for main stage performances; aspiring local artists preparing to be tomorrow's stars; college students utilizing classrooms; children interviewing celebrity performers; and dance instructors and students watching videos, listening to CDs and accessing the Internet.

The EdumtionallWsonroo Center will have:

• a dance and opera resource center

• a media studio

• community performance space

• classrooms equipped for the study of the performing arts

• a costume shop.

Please consider a gift to The New Century Fund. Significant benefits and naming opportunities are available. Call 313/237-3433 for information. Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre

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AVANTI SOCIETY

Michigan Opera Theatre is pleased to announce the creation of a very special membership group-The Avanti Society. This unique group is for people who have included Michigan Opera Theatre in their estate plan.

To become a member of The Avanti Society, our only request is that you name Michigan Opera Theatre in your estate plan . This may be done as a designation in your will, trust, or insurance plan, for example. Through this gift, your generosity can create a personal legacy and give future generations the wonderful experience 9f world-class opera and dance in

a historically restored facility. In addition , careful estate planning can increase the amount that you can give to loved ones or other charitable organizations because of reduced estate taxes. You can

Trustees Annual Meeting.

annual Avanti Society dinner attended by world -class artists' The Avanti Society Newsletter, special informational events and invitation privileges to the Board of also increase your income through a tax advantaged life income gift.

Within the first year of this initiative, donors will be included in the "The Avanti Society" founders section of the donor wall in the Grand Lobby at the Detroit Opera House Other benefits will include an

If you have included Michigan Opera Theatre in your estate plan, or would like to do so, please contact Holly B. Barr, Assistant Director of Development, at (313) 237-3268, for more information.

The arts enrich our lives in ways that go beyond the spoken word or musica l note They make us laugh. They make us cry. They l ift our spirits and bring enjoyment to our lives. The arts and cultural opportunities so vital to this community are al so important to us. That 's why (omerica supports the arts. And we applaud those who join us in making investments that enrich peop l es l ives.

We support the arts with more than just applause.

Named Gifts

We exte nd o ur gratitude to t he fo ll ow in g donors who ha ve un derwritten designated areas i n the Detroit Opera House

Dr & Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Grand Staircase

Mr & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Allesee Dance Patron Lounge

Allesee Dance & Opera Resource Library

Anonymous Donor Grand Lobby

Anonymous Donor .............. Broadway Facade

Dr. & Mrs. Donald C. Austin Grand Central Chandelier

BASF Corporation Media Studio Classroom

Comerica Charitable Foundation ... Grand Dome

Mr. & Mrs. Tarik S. Daoud Grand Drape

Detroit Edison Foundation Mezzanine Level in Opera Hall

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Dewar Trustee Circle Madison Lobby

Ford Motor Company Backstage Renovation

Broadway Lobby

Her.man and Barbara Frankel General Director's Circle Lounge

General Motors Corporation Madison Lounge

Robert & Alice Gustafson Third Floor Lobby Alcove , Madison

Mr. & Mrs. E.]. Hartmann Staircase, Broadway Entrance

Richard .& Mary Lou Janes ........ Third Floor Lobby Alcove , Broadway

Chaim , Fanny, Louis , Benjamin and Anne Florence Kaufman

Memorial Trust

Grand Side Chandelier

Wallis & Robert M. Klein Grand Staircase Mirror

Dolores and Paul Lavins ... . . . . .. .... Grand Side Chan delier

Grand Staircase Mirror

Lear Corporation Trustee Circle Level in Opera Hall

The Lomason Family

The William K. & Neva Lomason Opera Lounge

Oliver Dewey Marcks Fowldation ...... Third Floor Promenade

MichCon Foundation ................ Balcon y Level in Opera Hall

The Karen & Drew Peslar Foundation Co-Star Dressing Room

Mr. & Mrs . Irving Rose .. . . ... ........ Patron Elevator in Lobby Tower

Mrs. Carolyn L. Ross Grand Staircase Mirror

Mr. & Mrs Lynn Townsend Trustee Circle Broadway Lobby

Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Madison Lobby

Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Wassemlan Box Level Promenade

World Heritage Foundation Conductor's Dressing Room

Several named gift opportunities are available in tbe Detroit Opera House. For more infor.mation , please call tbe Development Department at 313 / 237-3433.

Detroit Concert Choir

Gordon N elson, Artistic Director Glorious Gospel!

Soul-stirri ng music that rouses your spirits!

Sat, October 30,1999,4:00 & 7:30 pm

Bethesda Christian Performing Arts Center

14000 Metro Parkway, Sterling Heights

* Magnificent Bach & Handel!

J.S Bach's joyo us "Magnificat" & popular se lec ti ons from G.F. Handel's "Messiah".

Sat, Nove mber 27,1999,8:00 pm

SI. C lare of Montefalco

1401 Whi ttie r at Mack, Grosse Pointe Park

* Star of Wonder!

Classical gems and festive international carols.

Sat, December 11, 1999,8:00 pm

St. Hugo of the Hills

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October 2-10

THE CAST

In order of vocal appearance

Fiorello/Sergeant

H Woodrow Bynum

Count AImaviva

* BRUCE FOWLER (Octobe r 2,6, 9)

+ LORENZO MARROCCU (October 3m, 8, 10m)

Figaro

* EARLE PATRIARCO (October 2, 6 and 9)

* MARIAN POP (Oc tob e r 3 m, 8, 10m)

Doctor Bartolo + DONATO 01 STEFANO

Rosina

* VIVICA GENAUX (Oc tob e r 2,6,9)

* ZHENG CAO (Octobe r 3 m , 8, 10m)

Berta

MARY CA LL AG HAN LYN CH

Basilio

* MICHELE BIANCHINI

Opera in two acts

Presented b y M ichigan Opera Theatre

Music by Gioacchino Rossini

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Base d on the play b y Pierre-Augus tin Caron de Beaumarchais and Giuseppe Petrosellini's libretto for Giovanni Paisiello

Wo rld Premiere: February 20 , 1816, Rom e

STEWART ROBERTSON Conductor

DOROTHY DANNER Director

JO HN STODDART Set Design

MALABAR COSTUMES LTD Costume Design

TODD H ENS LEY Lighting Design

ELSEN ASSOCIATES Make-up and Hair Design

SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON Chorus Master

JO HN KENNELLY Stage Manager

Surtitles provided by arrangement with San Francisco Opera Assoc iation English translation by Chri s Bergen Scenery for this production is owned by The Canadian Opera Company

Harpsichord provided by Thomas Ciul

* MOT debut + U.S. opera debut t Artist Apprentice

The 1999 Fall Season is made possible by Ford Motor Compan y

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Th e October 2 performance is sponsored by Ameritech,

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ACT I At dawn in Seville, Count Almaviva serenades th e b eautz/ul Rosina.

When Rosina fails to appear at her window, he pays the musicians, who, delighted by his generosity, make an enormous racket before departing, Figaro, the barber, approaches ; he loves his profession, which opens every door in the city to hin1. He recognizes the count, but the latter wants his identity hidden, for he has followed Rosina secretly Figaro says she is the ward of old Dr. Bartolo , who wishes to marry her himself. Bartolo appears , locks Rosina in, and hurries off to organize the wedding. The count , not wanting Rosina to marry him for his title , pretends to be " Lindoro , " a poor student. As Rosina starts to respond the shutters are firmly closed. Promised gold for his assistance, Figaro concocts a plan: the count will enter Bartolo's house disguised as a drunken soldier and claim lodgings. Inside the house , Rosina has written a letter to "Lindoro ." Figaro appears , prompt1y followed by Bartolo. Don Basilio , music master and friend of Bartolo , brings word that Count Almaviva , attracted by Rosina's beauty, has arrived in Seville . He suggests they spread malicious rumors about the count. Bartolo prefers to marry that day, and they go off to draft the contract. Having overheard the conversation , Figaro warns Rosina. Assuring him she can handle the situation , Rosina inquires about the handsome youth she has just seen with Figaro He tells her it was his impoverished cousin , madly in love with Rosina. Though feigning surprise when Figaro suggests she write to "Lindoro ," Rosina produces her finished letter and Figaro goes to deliver it. The suspicious Bartolo accuses Rosina of having written to her lover and threatens to lock her up. The disguised count arrives noisily. He tells Bartolo he seeks lodging. When Rosina appears the count manages to reveal that he is "Lindoro." Bartolo produces an exemption from billeting , but the count dismisses it. In the uproar, he slips Rosina a letter, which she

promptly exchanges with a laundry list as the servant Berta and Don Basilio enter. Figaro soon reappears reporting that their noise can be heard throughout the city. Soldiers knock at the door. All the characters try to explain the situation , creating even more chaos The officer arrests the count , who shows a document and is promptly set free. Bartolo explodes in anger, and everyone expresses total confusion.

ACT II Another knock at the door announces the count , disguised as a music master, "Don Alonso. " He claims to be a student of Don Basilio, sent because his master is ill. To gain Bartolo's confidence, he tells him he has stolen from Almaviva a note written by Rosina. With this evidence, he will try to convince Rosina that the count merely plays with her affections. Tricked, Bartolo goes to fetch his ward for her lesson. Rosina performs a "Rondo " from a new opera , The Useless Preca ution and , as Bartolo dozes, she and "Lindoro " expresses their mutual affection Bartolo awakens, bored by this "contemporary music , " and sings "some music of m y time ." Figaro comes to shave Bartolo, who sends the barber to get shaving materials. Figaro grabs the opportunity to obtain the balcony key, then drops crockery, forcing Bartolo to come after him. Rosina and "Lindoro " again swear their love. As Figaro begins to shave Bartolo , Don Basilio arrives for Rosina 's lesson. The lovers and Figaro convince Basilio that he is ill-an illness that is accelerated by the full purse that Almaviva slips him-and by this method get rid of him. Figaro continues to shave Bartolo while the lovers plan their midnight elopement. Bartolo overhears the count speak of his disguise and breaks into a rage. Alon e , Berta , Dr. Bartolo's housekeeper, comments on the foolishness of old men who wou ld marry young women. Basilio admits to Bartolo he does not know ' Don Alonso '-perhaps it was the count himself. Bartolo instructs Basilio to fetch the notary immediately. Producing Rosina's letter to "Lindoro," Bartolo tells her he obtained it from Count Almaviva and persuades her to agree to marry him. A storm rages outside As Figaro and the count enter through the balcony, Rosina accuses "Lindoro" of intending to sell her to that vile Count Almaviva. The count throws himself at her feet and admits his true identity. The lovers express their joy, while Figaro urges them to escape . By the time they are ready, their l adder has disappeared. Basilio enters with the notary. Figaro has him marry the count and Rosina. Offered the choice between a valuable ring and two bullets in the head, Basilio agrees to act as witness Bartolo , too late , arrives with soldiers Count Almaviva reveals his identity and announces that Rosina is his wife. With no choice remaining , Bartolo blesses the marriage All wish the happy couple love and eternal fidelity.

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about the handsome youth she has just seen.

forty years-from the early days of the Detroit Grand Opera Association until today-this signature work has marked portant historical milestones. Rossini 's perennial favorite as served as a Detroit platform for established stars and a springboard for opera singers of the future.

Michigan Opera Theatre is bom

In 1970 MOT (still calling itself Overture to Opera) mounts its first full -length opera , Th e Barber 0/ Seville. Renowned director !talo Tajo stages the fledgling opera company's nine performances throughout the metro area. The primary performance is at the

1963

In the spring of 1963 the Detroit Grand Opera Association perfonns scenes from The Barber 0/ Seville to prepare local opera goers for the Metropolitan Opera tour. Recent UCLA graduate David DiChiera is invited to join the panel discussion that follows the perfonnance. The following year he directs the loosely formed outreach arm of the DGOA called Overture to Opera.

Snippets from Past Productions of The Barber of Seville

International Presence

In the spring of 1987

Metropolitan Opera baritone

Pablo Elvira brin gs his famous interpretation of Figaro to MOT. Another legendary Met singer, Ara Berberian, helps round out the cast. The very day Berberian arrives to begin rehearsal, Charles Long , Scarpia in MOT's Tosca , loses his voice. That evening at Music Hall, Ara lends his voice to Long, singing from the wings.

Met star Pablo Elvira (left) makes his first visit to MOT in 1987. Canadian baritone Pierre Charbonneau is under the shaving cream

1987

Detroit Opera House Opens

At the gala opening of the Detroit Opera House, Pablo Elvira sings the first a h eard on its stage, " Largo al Factotum, " from Barber.

David DiChiera and Pablo Elvira, backstage after the Gala opening of the Detroit Opera House.

1996

In 1993 Pablo Elvira reprises his Figaro opposi te Janet Williams' fir st Rosina. J oyce Campan a and LeRoy Villanueva ar e also cast as Rosina and F igaro.

Janet Williams as Rosina, Pablo Elvira as Figaro, in 1993.

1999

Th e Barber o/Seville opens MOT's final season of the century. Vivica Genaux brings her celebrated interpretation of Rosina to her Opera House debut.

Joyce Campana as Rosina and LeRoy '- Villanueva as Figaro in MOT's 1993 production.

Pablo Elvira reprises his famous Figaro in 1993

IDe OorOer of fel "rtlst ra I es

DOROTHY DANNER

Michigan Opera Theatre is proud to present the fo ll owing artists

St. Louis native Doroth y Danner (director ) turned to stage directing in 1979 after appearing in numerou s Broadwa y productions as a dancer and actress She has since staged more than on e hundred -fifty productions of operas, op e retta s and musicals throughout North America, including five MOT productions (most recently The Magic Flut e '97 ). Sh e ha s directed at Opera Pacific , Glirnmerglass Opera , and the opera companies in Atlanta, Portland, Orlando and other cities. Recent successes include the world premiere of Richard Wargo 's Ballymore at Skylight Opera Theatre , Milwaukee

SUZANNE

MALLARE ACTON

Suzanne Acton

(Choru s Mast er ) has b een MOT's Assistant Mu sic Directo r and Chorus Master since the 198 1/82 seaso n. She h as co ndu cted seve ral productions durin g h er tenure, including The Barber 0/ Seville and The Daughter 0/ the Regiment For Dayton Op e ra , sh e ha s conducted West Side Story, My Fair Lady and The Pirates o/ Penzanee. M s Acton ha s served as coach and acco mp anist for the opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego, and is Music Director of Rackham Symp hon y Choir.

MICHElE BIANCHINI

Bass Michele Bianchini

(Don Basilio) , b orn in Bologn a, made hi s No rth

Amer ican debut in 1997 at Portland Opera as Don Giovanni , a rol e h e has also sung opposite Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 's Donna Elvira. That same season h e made appearances in Pisa, Livorno , Lu cca, Sien a and Mantova befo re returning to make other company d eb uts in North America: as Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutti for Opera Pa cific, as Sc arpia in To sea at Glirnmerglass Opera, as Leporello in Don Giovanni at C incinatti Opera, and th e current produ ction at MOT. Thi s spring h e will sin g his first Banquo in Verdi 's Macb eth in Catania.

ZHENGCAO

Vers atil e mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao (Ro sina) has sung a va riet y of roles in her young career, includin g Cherubino in The Marrzage 0/ Fzgaro, Varvara in Katya Kabanova, Nicklausse in Th e Tales o/Hoffmann , and roles in Die Walkiire, R usalka, Cenerentola and Mont eve rdi 's R itorno d'Ulisse in Patrza. Ms. Cao was a member of New York City Opera's 1994 National Tour, and a 1996 Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Op era. Sh e ha s also sun g with San Di ego Opera , th e Grand T ea t re in G eneva, Washington Opera , and at the O lympic Games in Japan , und er the baton of Seiji Ozawa.

WOODROW BYNUM

Arkansas-native Woodrow Bynwn (Fiorello and th e Sergeant) rece ived much of his mu sical training in Michigan-first studying at Interlochen Arts Academy, thC'ln at th e University of Michigan. Just 23, th e baritone 's rep e rtoire includes The Elixir 0/ Lo ve, Gzanni Schicci, A Midsummer Nzght 's Dream, Gui se ppi in The Gondoliers and Shaunard in La Boheme He has app eared with Ohio Light Opera , and seve ral times w ith the Illinois Symphony, in concert production s of Ravel 's 1.:enfant et les Sortzieges, Beethoven 's Ninth, and Copland 's Old American Songs.

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DONATO DI STEFANO

Italian bas s Donato

Stefano (Don Bartolo ), now making his U.S. debut , is a prolific competition winner with a vast repertoire that includes Norma (Oroveso) , Die Zauberflote (Sarastro), La Boheme (Colline) , Gzanni Schiechi (Simon e), It turco in Italza (Selim), L'italzana in Algeri (M ustafa ), I quattro rusteghi (Lunardo), L e Comte Ory (Tute ur ), Rigoletto (Sparafucile ) and man y more Mr Stefano sang the title role in th e world premiere of Ha njo, b y Marcello Panni. His discography includes The Marrzage 0/ Fzgaro for Naxos and La Serva Pedrona for the Accent label.

MARY CA LLAGHAN LYNCH

Soprano Mary Callaghan Lynch (Berta ) began as an Artist Intern with Michigan Opera Theatre in 1980. Since then she has appeared with Dayton Op era , Toledo Opera and Glirnmerglass Opera , and more than a dozen times with MOT: As Kate in Madame Butterfly, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Mu setta in La Boh eme, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Franchon in Naughty Marietta, Ywn-Ywn in The Mikado and Mabel in The Pirates 0/ Penzance. She created the role of Jogger in MOT's world premiere of Summersnow This is Ms. Lynch 's first portra yal of Berta.

BRUCE FOWLER

Bru ce Fowle r (Alm aviva) h as sun g num ero us bel can to roles at New Yo rk

Ci t)' Op era , Ca rn egie

H all , Ly ri c O p e ra of C hi cago, and comp anies thro u gh out Can a d a an d E uro p e. L ast season , th e teno r sang Barber at Wes t A ust rali an Ope ra , Tea tro Comun ale in Bo logna , and th e D resden M usic Festival ; Cenerentola at Opera d e Nice, Falstaff at San Dieg o Opera, and Lucia at C on nec ti cut Grand Op er a. Th e previo u s seaso n he sa n g Cosi jan tutti in Palm Beach , Cenerentola in Minn esota an d Barber in Seville. His di scograph y includ es reco rdin gs for five lab els

V I V ICA GEN A U X Al though h avin g made her p rofessio nal d ebut onl y fi ve seas on s ago , Vivica Genaux (Rosin a) is already one of th e fo rem os t mezzosop ranos in th e wo rld

In 1997 sh e wo n an ARIA Award an d two yea r s later was n am e d " 1999 Artist of th e Year " at th e Dres d en Mu sic Fes ti val Thu s fa r, th e Fairb ank s-bo rn sin ge r h as sun g he r s ign at ure ro le , Ros in a , more th an an y o th e r, perfo rmin g it at th e Me t ropoli tan O pera, San Diego O p era, Wes t Au st ralian Op e ra, and severa l com p anies th ro ugh out North Ame rica. Sh e recen tl y ass um e d th e role o f H assem in D oru zet ti 's recentl y redi scove red Alohor in Granata, for p erforman ces and a recor din g in Sevill e.

LO RE N ZO M A RROCC U

As a ch ild , Loren zo Marro cc u (Almaviva) jo in e d th e pres ti gio us ch o rus of treb le voices a t La Scala in Mil an , and his oper atic role d ebut ca me in 1993 , as Tebal do in Bellini 's Capulet e Montecchi in P alermo. His rep ertoire and t ravel s includ e Don Giovanni, Cosi Ian tutti, Cenerentola, and D o ru zettti 's Lucrezia Borgia an d Olivo e Pasquale, whi ch h e h as sung in] ap an , So uth Africa, N amibia , Mon treal and O tt awa. T h e t eno r 's interpreta tion of A1m aviva is well kn own th ro ugh o ut his n ati ve Italy; h e h as sun g it in Pis a, Ra venn a, Lu cca, Sien a, Livo rn o, Mant ova an d oth er cities. This is hi s U.S. opera tic de bu t.

PATRI A RCO

EARLE

Over th e pas t seve r al season s, b arito n e Ea rle P atr iar co (ti tle role) h as mad e several import an t d ebuts: at b oth th e Me trop oli t an Oper a and Chic ago Lyric Op e ra as Pin g in Turandot, at th e Stuttga rt St aa tso p e r as M ar cell o in La

Bobeme, at th e Ba still e Ope ra as Val en tin in Faust, an d at th e Wels h Na tio n al Op era as th e b arb er Th e so uth ern C alifo rnian h as also sun g th e role of Ross ini 's Fi ga ro at th e Metropo li ta n O p era and at San Francisco Opera. F utu re debu ts in clud e en gagem ents at th e Munich St aa t so p er, H o u sto n Grand Opera, an d th e Sea ttl e O p e ra

M A RI A N POP

After joinin g th e Vienn a St aa tso p e r an d Volksope r en semb le in the 1995 seaso n , b ar ito ne Ma ri an Pop (title role) h as p e rfo rm ed a wid e va r iety of roles,

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Stewa rt Ro bin so n (condu cto r ) is M usic

Directo r and P rincip al Con du ctor of th e Florid a Gran d Opera, Glimm erglas s O p e ra, an d th e Sa n Be rn adino inclu din g Ma rcello in La Boheme, in hi s n ati ve Cluj , Ru mani a; D an dini in La Cen eren tola, Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus, Valentin in Faust, an d P ing in Turandot.

H e recen tl y made his No rth Ame ri can and So uth American d ebuts with th e P or tlan d O pe r a in Don Pasquale as Mal at esta, an d Carmina BU/'ana with th e Tea tro M unicipal in Chile. Thi s is Mr P op's Mi chigan O pe ra Th ea t re d eb ut

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THE CAST

In order of vocal appearance

Bailiff

STEVEN HENRIKSON

Johann JAMES PATIERSON

Schmidt

H PATRICK MARQUES

Sophie

* YING HUANG

Werther

+ ANDREA BOCELLI

Charlotte

* DENYCE GRAVES

Albert

* CHRISTOPHER SCHALDANBRAND

CHILDREN

October 29November 14

Hans Matthew Daigler

Gretel

Jennifer Sc hmi dt

Karl

* Michael Doni ga n

Opera in three acts

Presented by Michigan Opera The atre

Music by Jules Massenet

Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann, after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers

World Premiere: February 16 , 1892 , Vienna

STEVEN MERCURIO Conductor

MARIO CORRADI Director

ALLEN CHARLES KLEIN Set Design

MARTIN PAKLEDINAZ Costume Design

KENDALL SMITH Lighting Design

SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON Chorus Master

JOHN KENNELLY Stage Manager

Surtitles owned b y The San Francisco Opera English translation by Chris Bergen

Cost um es executed by Seattle Opera Costume Shop

Scenery designed for San Di ego Opera , and execu ted b y San Diego Opera Scenic Studio.

Clara

Mary Malaney

Max

* D ennis Stra ch

Fritz

* Dennison Dors ey

*MOT debut + U.S. opera debut

t Joyce H. Cohn Artist Apprentice

ACT 1 Th e Garden outside the Magistrate's House, July

On the terrace of his house the magistrate is rehearsing his six small children in a Christmas carol. A widower, he is cared for by his elder daughters, Charlotte (20) and Sophie (15). His two friends Johann and Schmidt arrive and discuss a ball to be given that evening in Wetzlar, the possibility that Werther (a melancholy young man of 23) may be sent away as an ambassador, and the imminent arrival of Charlotte's fiance, Albert. They leave, and soon Werther appears, entranced by the beauty of nature and by the chil-

dren's singing within the house He watches as Charlotte comes out of the house and busies herself with the children The magistrate gree ts Werther and introduces Charlotte. Ali, including a number of other guests , go off to the ball, leaving Sophie to care for the children. Albert then arrives, anxious to have news of Charlotte and goes into the house As darkness falls, Charlotte and Werther return, arm and arm. Werther '1 becomes increasingly amorous until the magistrate 's voice is heard telling Charlotte th at Albert is back. When she tells Werther she is to marry Albert, as her dying mother made her promise, Werther, in despair, tells her to fulfill her promise.

ACT II The Church Square at Wetzlar

Charlotte and Albert, now married, arrive for church, blessing their happiness Werther appears, cursing the happiness he has missed. When Albert comes out of th e church he offers Werther consolation for any regrets he may feel at their marriage and suggests Sophie as an alternate brid e. Left alone, Werther realizes he must leave Charlotte emerges from the church and begs him to go, conceding that they may meet again at Christmas. After she has gone, Werther thinks at once of suicide and leaves, telling Sophie that he will not be back. Charlotte, he aring this from Sophie , is clearly distraught and Albert reali zes that Werther is still in love with Charlotte.

ACT III Christmas Eve, Albert's house

Charlotte re-reads Werther's letters , which stir her deeply. Sophie tries , but fails, to cheer her up . Left alone, Charlotte breaks into a passionate prayer for spiritual aid, then Werther appears at the door. She confesses her feelings to him and finds herself in his arms. Overcome with guilt and remorse, she rushes from the room. Werther leaves. Albert enters, calling for Charlotte, who appears , obviously distraught. A servant brings a message for Albert from Werther: "I am going on a long journey Would you lend me your pistols?" Albert orders Charlotte to fetch the pistols. As soon as Albert has go ne, she rushes out, praying that she is not too late.

ACT III, Scene two Werther's study

Werther lies mortally wounded, the pistols at his side Charlotte rushes in , finds him, and att empts to revive him. She confesses she loves him and the y kiss for the first time. As Werther dies, he hears the children singing "Noel" and imagines he hears angels promising forgiveness. Copyright 2010, Michigan

"I am gOing on a long Journey. Would you lend me your pistols?"

SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON

Suzanne Acton (Choru s Maste r ) ha s been MOT's Assistant Mu sic Director and C horu s Master since th e 198 1182 season. She has conducted several productions during her tenure , includin g The Barber 0/ Seville and Th e Daughter 0/ the R eg imen t. For Dayton Opera , she has conducted West Side Story , My Fair Lady and The Pira tes o/Pen zance Ms. Acton has served as coach and accompanist for th e opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego, and is Music Director of Ra ckham Symphon y Choir.

weltll ist Profi les

M ic hi ga n O p era Th eat re i s p ro ud to p rese nt t he fo ll ow in g art ist s.

ANDREA BOCELLI

Tenor Andrea Bocelli (title role) was born in Tuscan y and began formal mu sical studies at age 6, but did not pursue a singing career until age 35. In 1992 he rose from piano bar performer to int ernational s uperstar while b lending , th e worlds of classical and popul a r music. His concert audiences ha ve been as large as 500,000, televi sion audiences have numbered in the ten s of millions , and h is total record sales ha ve, so' far , exceeded twenty -five million. Th ey include the gol d record Arta: The Op era Album. In 1998 People Magazine named him one the 50 Most Beautiful P eop le. This is Mr Bocelli 's second staged opera , his first in North Amer ica.

MARIO CORRADI

I talian born M ario Corradi (direc tor ) mad e his debut in 1982 with It Matrimonio Segreto in Palermo. Since th en h e h as staged op e ra worldwide : La sonnamula in Dallas , Don Giova nni and Or/eo ed Euridice in Madrid, Menotti's A melia at Ballo in Monte Carlo and Ma dama Butterfly in Spoleto. Hi s work is well known in St. G allen , Frankfurt , Athens and Tokyo His MOT credits incl u de Carmen , The Elixir 0/ Love, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Madame Butterfly. He recently directed Spontini 's It teseo ricono sciuto--its first p e rformance this century Mr Corradi return s to MOT to direct Tasca next spring

DENYCE GRAVE S

Mezz o-soprano Denyce Graves (Charlotte) uses rich vocalism and elegant stage presence to pursue a wid e brea dth of operatic portrayals on fo u r continents Sh e is particularly well-known as Delilah and Carmen. Th ese signature roles have brought h er to the Me tropolitan Opera , Vienna Staatsoper, Ro yal Opera-Covent Garden , San Francisco Opera, Op era Nationale de Paris , Baye rische Staatsoper, Arena di Verona , Deutsche Op er Berlin and numerous other companies. The Washin gton , D.C. , native was featured on the Emmy Awardwinning BBC special "Th e Royal Opera House ", and was the su bject of an Emmy Award -winnin g 60 Minutes profile.

STEVEN HENRIK SON

Bass-bari t one Steven Henrikson (Bailiff) last sang with MOT as the Sacri stan in Tasca. Be fore that h e was Grandpa Moss in the Community Program 's TheTenderland. Oth e r local appearances includ e thos e with th e DSO , and at Meadowbrook Summer Festival. Hi s re pertoire includes th e roles of Bartolo, Don Pa squ ale, Falstaff and Figaro, which he has sung at Canadian Op e ra Company, Vancouver Op e ra, Manitob a Op e ra Association, and co mp anies throughout Europe. At the Bayr euth F es t ival he created Friedr ich in Wagner 's Das Liebesverbot.

YING HU ANG

Shanghai -born soprano Ying Huang (Sop hie) emb a rked on an intern atio nal operatic career after cap turin g the world's attention in the 1995 film version of Madame Butterfly In 1997 she created the role of Du Lin iang for th e world premier of Tan Dun's Peony Pavilion , in Vienna. She repeated th e ro le in London , Pari s and California. Last yea r sh e return e d to China to inaugurate th e Shan gh ai Grand Theatre , singing a gala concert with Jo se Carreras. Ms. Huang, a favorite amon g Chinese a udiences, is a reg ular soloist with the Shanghai Philharmoni c Orch es tra.

STEVEN MERCURIO

New York -born Steven Mercurio (conductor}

h as conducted the opera companies of Rome , San Fr ancisco , Brussels , London, Seattle, Costa M esa, Washington , Dallas and Pittsburgh , among others H e was Music Direc tor of th e Spole to Festival (Italy), Principal Conductor of the Op era Company of Philadelphia and Associate Conductor o f the Brooklyn Philharmonic H e is featured on man y Son y Classical Label reco rdings and videos and has several film credits. The J uilliard alwnnus is both a champion of contemporaty music and himself a prolific composer. Maestro Mercurio will also conduct MOT's Tasca n ex t spring.

l AMES PATIERSON

Since beginning his career as an Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera in 1983 , bass Jam es Patterson (Johann ) has given more than 150 performances with that company includin g Sparafucile in Rigoletto, and Fafoer in the compan y's widely ac claime d Ring cycl e. H e has also sung with Ch icago Lyri c Opera (Tasca and The Fo rce a/Destiny, amon g others) , and extensively in Canada. This is Mr. Patterson 's eleventh appearance with MOT; h e most recently sang the part of th e o ld Hebrew in Samson and Delilah

CHRISTOPHER SHALDANBRAND

Since \vinning th e Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions in 1992 , Detro it native Chr istopher Schaldanbrand (Albert ) has sun g more than 150 with the Met, most re centl y appearing as Schaun ard in La Boh eme His wide repe rtoire includes roles in Les Troyens, R usalka, Death in Venice , Th e Barber 0/ Seville, Idomeneo, Pelteas at Melisande, Carmen , Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Otello This season Mr Schaldenbrand will create the rol e of Cla yto n in the premiere of Carlisle Flo yd's Cold Sassy Tree at Hous ton Grand Opera.

PATRICK MARQUES

Last season at Santa Fe Opera, t enor Patrick Marqu es (Schmidt) sang th e title role in Peter Grimes and the High Priest in Idomeneo

During a two-year residency at P hil adelphia 's Academy of Vocal Arts, h e app ea red in th e title roles of both Albert Herring and Idomeneo, as the Male Chorus in the Rape 0/ Lucretia and as Nerone in The Coronation oj Po ppea His repertoire also includes Ftdelio and Otello. Mr Marqu es has been tenor soloist in peformances of Leonard Bernstein 's Chichester Psalms at Carnegie Hall and also in Handel's Creation. T h is is his MOT de bu t.

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fankenstein,s monster thinks kindly of Werther His borrowed h ea rt l earns from that swooning yo uth the miseries of unrequit ed love He , a nameless wretch without family, history, or education , feels for the pallid young man Ugly, lonel y, different , the monster pays close attention to Werther 's opinions , to his "lofty sentiments and feelings, " to " the disquisitions upon death and suicide" fueled by the gloomy flights of his " ima gi nations " : " I did not pretend to enter into the merits of the case, " h e says , "yet I inclined towards the opinions of the hero , whose ex tinction I wept , without precisely understanding it. "

But the monster is not the only one whose life is altered by Th e Sorro w s 0/ Youn g W erther. This is , after all , the book that Mary Shelle y's parents , William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, read on the morning of her

birth ; the t ale of idle agony that , soon after its publication in 1774 , stirs an unprecedented suicide craze among the yo uths of Europe Humbled b y the experience , Goethe prefaces the 1775 edition with cautionary verse"

You lament , you love him , oh dear soul,! And rescue from disgrace his memory.lLook , his spirit signals you from h ell:lBe a man , and do not follow me "only to revise the manuscript complete ly in 1787.

The revisions do not cast the story in a different mold , but merel y tr y to suggest that Werther 's suicide is prompted b y something more than misguided passion Youn g and reasonabl y well-to-do, Werther travels to the small village of Wallheim where he indulges in lon g and ex haustin g hours of reverie . To put it simply, Werther leaves home to find out who (or why)

he is. Years later, under the spell of The Sorrows , Frankenstein ' s creature echoes the same concerns: " Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? " But Werther finds quick answers to his questions. He is a poet silenced by the marvels of the universe. He is an artist swep t off his feet by the beauty of his surroundings,

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too exalted in his perceptions to . actually sketch a landscape He is a keen observer of human nature , an isol a ted and sensitive yo un g man , a delicate bourgeois flower

"My whole being is filled with a m arvelous gaiety, like the sweet spring mornings that I enjoy with all my heart. I am alone and glad to be alive in surroundings such as these , which were created for a soul like mine. I am so happy, best of friends , and so utterly absorbed by the sensations of a peaceful existence that my work suffers from it I don 't know whether deceptive spirits haunt these parts or whether it is the glowing fantasies of my heart that make everything around me seem so blissful. "

O K. So Werther is a wimp . It's easy to be anguished when you don ' t have to work for a livin g and can spend your mornings watching young girl s fetch water from the nearby spring. The skies are blue , and the air is filled with the laughter of children , and you don ' t have a care in the world except the world itself. Enter Lotte . Sweet , innocent Lotte who takes care of her six siblings while keeping house for her widowed father ; lill y-white Lotte , the porcelain doll with tin y voice and strict morals , betrothed to another. It is the end of Werther and the beginning of love « sun, moon , and stars can do what the y will-I haven ' t th e faintest notion whether it is day or night. The wo rld around me has van ished. "

Let us not beat around the critical bush: it's difficult to sit through Werther 's pathetic lamentations, as he records them dutifully in long and weepy letters to his friend Wilhelm. It's difficult not to question his judgment, his perception of suicide as the only way to exit a Romantic triangle. In his last letter to Lotte, Werther calls it " self-sacrifice." " I want to die. I have come to a conclusion not of despair but of certainty. I sacrifice myself to you " Werther sees suicide as a noble act . Lotte's fiance, Albert, has no time for such foolish digressions. Provincial and dull, this petty ancestor of Charles Bovary considers suicide an act , of cowardice. "Oh you sensible people!" Werther argues , "Passion. Inebriatiol) Madness You respectable ones stand there so calmly, without any sense of participation : . I have been drunk more than once and my passion often borders on madness, and I regret neither. Because , in my own way, I have learned to understand that all ex ceptional people who created something great, something that seemed impossible, have to be decried as drunkards or madmen. "

Should Werther be admired or despised for his gratuitous act?

One of the book 's subplotsthe story of a crime of passionappears to support his actions: better to harm yourself than others. Goethe 's ambivalent attitude toward his character, however, reinforces the dilemma: Does Werther depict a case study, or the "normal" evolution of genius?

Despite this ambiguity, Werther is an instant bestseller. Tired of the lively exploits of the adventure novel modeled after Defoe 's Crusoe, but still far from the days of the great realistic/ psychological novel, audiences discover-via Rousseau and Richardson-the joys of the epistolary novel: the novel in letter form , an intimate fiction posing as " the truth "

Goethe both follows and breaks the rules of the genre: the obligatory (fictional) editor vouching for the authenticity of the letters does exist , but all the letters are written by Werther. In other words , the novel's form supports its content Claustrophobic as it may be , Goethe's decision to omit Wilhelm's letters emphasizes

Werther's isolation , his deficient relationship with the outside world "One thing is certain : nothing justifies a man's existence like being 19ved." Far from this conviction as we may be at the end of another violent century, we may still find comfort in Werther's words , a warm , nostalgic feeling we thought we ' d lost forever.

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To be creative means to see things in new ways. To imagine what is not.

To understand each experiment as another step closer to discovery.

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urteen years after M assenet's death, H enry Prunieres, French mu sicologist and edito r of La R evue M usica le sk etched this intimate portra it.

Massenet was the embo dim ent of the will to please. The idee-fixe of his whole life was to charm Unlik e Gabriel Faure , his was not an unconscious seduction He applied himself passionatel y to conquer all hearts and minds . He was amiabilit y it self, full of little attentions , of refined politeness; he never left a letter unanswered , a favorable criticism wit h out thanks. Accomplished man of the world , h e wanted his music to be ornamented with all the graces of the society lad y. His music had

freshness ; he powdered it , painted , perfumed and dressed it , turned it into a coquette of somewhat equivocal behavior. Under this aspect , if his music lost some friends , it conquered the favor of the multitude Massenet cared little for the approval of the elite and a grea t d eal for l arge bo x-office receipts , app lause and the incense that salons , both aristocratic and bourgeois , burned in hi s honor. Very few ar tists knew better th an he what h e wanted.

His physiognomy expressed intelli ge nce and will. A sharp profile, pointed nose and chin , sloping forehead, quick eye and small mustache proclaimed him no dreamer, but a man of action H e wished to please and he succeeded. Bi zet and he were devoured b y the same ambition . Bi ze t had shown himself willin g to make every sacrifice to meet the wishes of the great public , but for a long time without success . Massenet succeeded at once , apparently without effort He understood that the French wanted melodies easy to remember , graceful , caressing, and as littl e music as possible in an opera His pupils , who saw him tre a tin g a fugue with the sure hand of a master, never doubted that h e could h ave written anot her kind of music h a d he so desired . This composer, whose studies at the Conservatoire were negligible , had the courage to l earn his job thorou ghl y Guided b y Savard , whose lessons he paid for b y the hardest sacrifices , and depriv ed of everything, playing the triangle in mis erable little orchestras , he finally succeeded in obtaining

th e Fugue prize and the Grand Pr ix de Rome To learn the technic of his art had been a difficult thing, but he possessed it perfectly at an age when his fellow-students were still groping.

Massenet had no desire to remain in obscurit y like Cesar Franck or Lalo; he wanted to arrive quickly and, realizing how dangero us it was to be labeled a high-brow musician, he strenuously avo id ed writing chamber music and directed his aim toward the theater. The Pri x de Rome gave him three years of respite and allowed him time for reflection and to form his plan of action. He was in a hur ry to arrive, as he had become engaged to a charming young girl whom he had met in the course of hi s frequent visi ts to the h ouse of th e Abbe Liszt, at Monte Mario . After the hard years that he had passed in Paris, and in view of th e efforts h e would h ave to make himself known , Massenet fully appreciated the tranquil existence at the Villa Medici. "It was in Rome " he wrote l ater, "that I began to li ve. It was there , during th e jo yous excursions with m y musical comrades, painters , sculptors , in our conversations under the oaks of the Villa Borghese , or bene ath the pines of the Villa Pamphili, that I felt the first stirrings of admiration for nature and for art What delightful hours we spent in the museums of Naples and Florence ; what emotions those dark , m ys terious churches of Siena and Assisi aroused in me ! Ho w quickl y one forgot the Paris theater, its nois y crowd and its feverish life."

Did he really forget all that ? How could he obtain the applause of that noisy crowd despised , to which he was going to sacrifice his most precious gifts? On his return to Paris he had to stru ggle against want and the indifference of the public He became a kettle drummer in an orchest ra, and this son of a bankrupt ironmaster, with the recollections of a rich childhood , suffered from the degradation. In Rome , he had composed an Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre

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orchestral suite, Pompeia . He could only have it played by a Casino orchestra. He composed melodies, Po eme de Souvenir, Po eme d'Avril, in which could be traced the sinuous lin e, the supple and caressing inflexion that appeared later in the sensual phrases that characterized his later style. At the theater where he made his debut, in 1872, with Do n Ces ar de Ba zan , he experimented very little, because the next year he found the formula which he was to exploit for the remainder of his life with unheard-of success. The success of Ma rie MagJeleine was extraordinary Its carnal mysticism

basis to his immense popularity Abroad he was to be the representative of French dramatic music

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er 's den , he would stand in ecstasies before his parrot , exclaiming, "Oh, the beautiful bird. "

All this glory changed his manner very little ; he remained affable , courteous , full of amiability. At the dress rehearsal his one thought was to make everyone forget the criticisms he had permitted himself in the hours of work and preparation . He would compliment the artist , the stage manager, the ballet master, the prompter, the machinists. Everything was lovely, everything was admirab le Showering praises on all sides , he would descend the staircase , and reaching the stage doorkeep. enchanted the crowd. It was not highbrow music , like the Redemption, which had just been given amid general indifference.

Massenet's success was so ' great that Bizet was alarmed. "The devil," he wrote to his comrade, "I am getting frightfully worried over you." In the race for

popularity, Massenet and Bizet ran neck and neck. Death soon delivered Massenet from the only rival he had to fear. Le Roi de Lahore, where the young composer had skillfully combined all that could assure him the sympathies of the opera public, was another triumph. Still at the prodigal age, he spent with full hands those melodic ideas of which he was later to show himself so parsimonious. The music flowed abundantly, and what charming effects he drew from a classic orchestra by the simplest harmonic processes! The fluid, vaporous music exhaled an intoxicating perfume which exercised a strong empire over the senses Massenet had reached his goal. He was offered the post of Harmony Professor at the Conservatoire , to replace Bazin , who had once considered him a black sheep. Massenet was decorated and , at 36, elected a member of the Institute. He was now about to begin his reign over the theaters , which were to compete for his works, good or bad. Manon , Werther, were to give a solid

He had infinite wit and a spice of malice and excelled in hiding the sharpness of his point under an armful of flowers It was necessary to weigh one's

words carefully before giving him thanks. H e enjoyed his worldly success and his popularity, but on the other hand he suffered excruciatingly from the least epigram. He loathed criticism. One disagreeable word about his operas in some obscure paper gave him insomnia. He fled from the general dress rehearsals and preferred to leave Paris on the eve of the first night. At 70 he was slim, alert and smiling, not in the least a morose old man. He continued to receive the incense of aJulation as in his best years Achieving glory in his youth, he did not suffer the grief of surviving it. When he died , Manon , Werth er, Th ais, L e Jongleur de Notre Dame , all held their place on the billboards of the theaters. He never seems to have felt any regrets at the way he his exceptional gifts On earth, he had all the advantages that he had coveted. What more could he desire? Reprinted

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BALLET HISPANICO

Artistic Director

TINA RAMIREZ

The Company

PEDRO RUIZ

ALESSANDRA CORONA

HE CTOR MONTERO

MARIA BERMAN GLiMCHER

ERIC RIVERA

WARREN ADAMS

ARLEANE LOPEZ

ROCHELLE AYTES

JAE-MAN JOO

SHILA TIRABASSI

FERNANDO CARRILLO

SILVIA VRSKOVA

Rehearsal D irector

GINA BUGATII

Executive Director

VERDERY ROOSEVELT

Metropolitan Life Foundation is the official sponsor of Ballet Hispanico's 1999 National Tour.

Ballet Hi spa ni co sa lutes Jody and Jo hn Arnhold for th e ir leaders hip through the A rnh o ld C hall enge.

Primeros Pasos, Ballet H ispa ni co's p ubli c schoo l in iti ative , is made poss ibl e, in part, by a g rant from the GE Fund.

Ballet Hispanico exp resses it s deepest grat itud e to the National Endowment fo r the Arts, New York State Counci l on the Arts and New York City Department of Cu ltur al Affa ir s for their contin ued support

INEl Ballet Hispanico ' s Detroit Opera House appeara n ce i s fu nd ed - in part by the National Dance Project of the New En gl and fa Foundation for the Arts, w ith lead fund in g from t he N at ion al Endowment for the Arts and the Doris Duke C haritab le Foundation. Add iti o n al f undin g prov id ed by the A ndrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Phillip Morris Compa ni es In c.

1999 - 2000 Dance Series spo nsored by the DaimlerChrysler Co rporati on Fund

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ABOUT BALLET HISPANICO

Now celebra tin g its 30th year under the leadership of Artistic Director Tina Ramirez, Ballet Hispanico has forged a reputation as a world-class company, an award-winning school and a leader in arts education through Primeros Pasos, its nationwide public school program.

Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike , The Ballet Hispanico Company has performed for nearly two million people in 43 states, Europe and South America . Distinguished choreographers , including Tony Award winners Ann Reinking and George Faison, modern innovator David Rousseve and Spain 's brightest talent Ramon Oller, have created 70 new works expressly for the dancers' innovative repertory, which fuses contemporary American dance and Hispanic culture

The company has appeared in major venues throughout the United States , including The John F. Kennedy Center, The Joyce Theater in New York City, the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia , Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale and BankBoston Celebrity Series, and will be seen at UCLA's Royce Hall and the Auditorium Theater in Chicago during the 1999/ 00 season. The company has also performed at Wolf Trap and in major dance festivals, including the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. This past June, the company was featured in a gala birthday celebration honoring President and Mrs. Bush at the Houston Astroarena.

Ballet Hispanico's international appearances included a tour of Spain in July 1998, where the company was featured for two weeks at Festival Grec in Barcelona and performed at the Conde Duque Theater in Madrid. In 1993 , the company toured in South America, visiting Panama , Venezuela , Argentina and Uruguay. While in Buenos Aires, they were the guests at a private reception with President Carlos Menem . Ballet Hispanico represented the United States at Expo ' 92 in Seville, Spain where they were featured at a special Independence Day Celebration at the invitation of the United States Pavilion.

Begun with an enrollment of75 students, The Ballet Hispanico School of Dance currently provides over 600 young people with a unique regimen of rigorous professional training in classical ballet , traditional Spanish dance and modern dance . A pioneer in the field of arts education, Ballet Hispanico also sponsors an innovative educational initiative, Primeros Pasos ("First Steps") , which last year brought Ballet Hispanico's singular blend of dance and Hispanic culture to over 30 ,000 public school students and teachers across the nation.

Ballet Hispanico is headquartered on Manhattan's Upper West Side in its own $2 million facility, renovated especially for dance.

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The innovative company has inspired distinguished to create more than 70 new works.

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• Sheltering the Homeless

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enriches our co mmunity. It begins as a moment that embraces th e so ul an d lives on as a memory that beautifies life.

Compuware app l a ud s th e performers, musicians a nd all who s up port the Michigan Op e r a Theatre.

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We depend on tax-deductible contributions to make possible the work of the Ballet Hispanico Company, the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance and Primeros Pasos Although available space limits the following list to donors at the Fundador level and above, the Board of Directors extends its deepest gratitude to the entire Ballet Hispanico family of supporters. For further information about giving opportunities , please contact Jill Hellman at (212) 362-6710.

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Citigroup Foundation

The Clark Foundation

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

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National Endowment for the Arts

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The Shubert Foundation

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TINA RAMIREZ has combined her incomparable artistic vision with years of performance and teaching experience to create and sustain the nation's preeminent HispanicAmerican dance institution, Ballet Hispanico. Born in Venezuela , the daughter of a Mexican bullfighter and a Puerto Rican educator, Ms. Ramirez came at the age of seven to the United States, where she studied dance under New York's grande dame of Spanish dance, Lola Bravo, as well as with such noted teachers as Alexandra Danilova and Anna Sokolow Her first professional performing experience took her on a tour of North America and Cuba with the Federico Rey Dance Company. Subsequent appearances included extensive touring in Spain, Spoleto's Festival of Two Worlds with John Butler 's company, the Broadway productions of Kismet and Lute Song and the television adaptation of Man 0/ La Mancha. In 1963 , Ms. Ramirez returned to New York to fulfill a promise to take over Lola Bravo 's studio upon her retirement. In 1967, Ms Ramirez conceived and directed Operation High Hopes , a professional dance training program for inner-city children. In addition to teaching, she arranged performances for her young students as the Tina Ramirez Dancers. Encouraged by the skill of her pupils and increasing requests for performances , Ms. Ramirez formally established Ballet Hispanico in 1970. Today, Ballet Hispanico is a nationally acclaimed company, an award-winning school of dance and a leader in the field of arts education through Primeros Pasos ("First Steps"), its nationwide public school program. In June 1987 , Governor Mario Cuomo presented Ms. Ramirez with a coveted Governor's Arts Award in recognition of Ballet Hispanico's outstanding contribution to the quality of New York 's cultural life. Among her numerous other achievements are the Mayor's Award of Honor for Arts and Culture (1983) and the Mayor's Ethnic New Yorker Award (1986), both presented by Mayor Edward I. Koch, and the Manhattan Borough President's Award (1988), presented by David N Dinkins. She received citations of honor at the 1995 New York Dance and Performance Awards (the "Bessies") and at the 1992 Capezio Dance Awards and, in 1997 , was the recipient of the GEMS Woman of the Year Award from the international GEMS Television Network. This year, Ms . Ramirez was honored at a gala celebration at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where she was presented with a Hispanic Heritage Award for Education. Ms. Ramirez currently serves on the board of The New 42nd Street, Inc. She has also served on the NYC Advisory Commission for Cultural Affairs , numerous panels for NEA and NYSCA , the selection panel for The Rockefeller Foundation's Choreographers Awards and the board of the Association of Hispanic Arts.

PEDRO RUIZ received a 1998 "Bessie" Award for sustained achievement in his career with Ballet Hispanico In his fourteen years with the company, he has created principal roles in over 20 ballets, and has performed for the President in Washington, DC and President Carlos Menem in Buenos Aires. This year, Mr. Ruiz choreographed his first commissioned work for the Ballet Hispanico Company, Guajira. In addition to his work with Ballet Hispanico, he has been a guest artist at the Nice Dance Festival, with n Piccolo

Teatro dell'Opera , the Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico 's 10th Anniversary Gala and the international gala "Notte di Stelle" in Italy. He is on the faculty of the Westchester Y in Westchester, NY and is the Artistic Director for the Longwood Performing Arts Center in Longwood , P A. He trained in his native Cuba and in Venezuela.

ALES SANDRA CORONA has danced with Ballet Hispanico for eight years, and has created lead roles for the company in twelve works, including this season's premieres. She performs annually at the international gala "Notte di Stelle" in her native Italy and has been a guest artist with Michael Mao Dance in New York. She has toured throughout the world as a principal dancer with Renato Greco Dance Company and Vittorio Biagi's company and performed for one year on the Italian National TV (Rai-l) program Gran Premia directed by Gino Landi. She trained at the National Ballet School in Rome.

HECTOR MONTERO joined Ballet Hispanico in 1996 after a ten-year career in Venezuela, where he danced as a principal dancer with Ballet Nuevo Mundo and Ballet Teresa Carrefio. He has created roles in ballets by Ann Reinking, Ramon Oller, Elisa Monte, Ulysses Dove, Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey, John Butler, Dennis Nahat, David Rousseve and Marfa Rovira, among others, and has performed with the Cleveland Ballet, Minnesota Dance Theater and Ballet Arena de Verona. He trained at the Nina Nikanorova School in his native Venezuela.

MARIA BERMAN GLIMCHER, graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with a BFA in dance. In 1995, she won 2nd place in the National Society of Arts and letters Modern Dance Competition, which awarded her a Scholarship to train at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York. Prior to joining Ballet Hispanico this year, Maria danced with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company for three years, where she toured nationally and internationally and performed works by Ulysses Dove , Dwight Rhoden, Talley Beatty, and Donald McKayle. Originally from Baku , Azerbaijan, Maria grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio

ERIC RIVERA , a native of Puerto Rico, is in his second season with Ballet Hispanieo He has performed with Minnesota Ballet, Ballet Theater of Pennsylvania, Ballet Teatro Municipal de San Juan , and the Purchase Corp , where he performed in works by Mark Morris, Jose Limon , Kenneth McMillan and George Balanchine. Prior to joining Ballet Hispanico in 1998 , he performed in a production of Carousel and a European tour ofJerome Robbins' West Stde Story. He earned a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase.

WARREN ADAMS was born in Port Elizabeth , South Africa and trained at the Toynbee Dance School. In 1994 , he won a scholarship to study at the Rambert Ballet School in London and in the following year received the Rudolph Nureyev award. After graduating, he joined the Phoenix Dance Company in Leeds , England, where he performed for two years. He was a guest artist for South Africa's Vusa

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Dance Company's 1998 Australian Tour and, prior to joining Ballet Hispanico , he danced in New York with Donald Byrd/The Group.

ARLEANE LOPEZ was born and rais ed in San Juan , Puerto Rico. She began her dance training in 1983 at the Julian E. Blanco Ballet School , where she later earned her High School diploma. She was a member of Ballet Teatro Municipal of San Juan and also danced and toured with Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico She joined Ballet Hispanico in 1998 , after completing a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase.

ROCHELLE AYTES , a native New Yorker, trained at La Guardia High School for the P e rforming Arts, Harlem School of the Arts and Alvin Aile y American Dance Center. She has performed in numerous productions , includin g West Szde Story and The Nutcracker. She earned a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase.

JAE-MAN JOO graduated from Dankook Uni ve rsity in his native Seoul, Korea He performed with The Korean Contemporary Dance Company for four years. Before moving to New York City in 1996 , he won the individual dance awa rd in the Ba gnolet International Choreographers Competition in Paris. He has p e rformed in New York with Compl exions and Neo Labos Dance Theater.

SHILA TIRABASSI received the Martha Hill Award at th e American Dance Festival in 1998. She has performed with The Juilliard Dance Ensemble, Florida West Ballet and at the New Arts Festival. This past Ma y, she gra duated from The J uilliard School in New York. This is her first yea r with Ballet Hispanico.

FERNANDO CARRILLO trained at th e Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York and at California State University in Los Angeles. He danced with the Los Angeles Mexican Dance Company for two ye ars. He has also performed with Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble and Footprints Dance Company and has taught master classes at Connecticut Dance Theater and Cal State This is his first season with Ballet Hispanico.

SILVIA VRSKOVA was born in Bratislava in the Slovak Republic. She studied dance for seven years at th e Professional Dance Academy in Slovakia and later trained in Detroit , Michigan at the American Dance Studio and the Brighton Dance School. In 1997 , she was awarded a scholarship to study in New York at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Her performance credits include work with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the national tour of Th e King and 1. She also performed and toured with Het Internacional Danz Theatre of the Netherlands for two years.

REGINA MIRANDA (choreographer) is the founder and Artistic Director of the Re gina Miranda Actors and Dancers Company. Based in Rio d e Janeiro , the troupe has toured Bra zil regularl y since its founding in 1979 Several of the awards she has received during her career include the Allarde Award (1987) and a Fiat Award (1989 ); In 1997 , Ms. Miranda created Coun terattack for th e Corps de Balle t of the Municipal Th ea ter of Rio de Janeiro , where she also opened Blu ebeard with her own company Ms. Miranda

studied ballet in Brazil with Tatiana Leskova and Angel and Klaus Viana , and studied interpretation and theater direction with Maria Clara Machado. She was a guest student of Anna Sokolow at J uilliard , and is a certified movement analyst.

RAMON OLLER (Choreographer) is the founder and artistic director of Metros Dansa Contemporania in Barcelona , Spain. Already an actor at the age of seven, he trained as a dancer in Barcelona , Paris and London He has choreographed numerous works for his own company and others throughout Europe, including Compania Nacional de Danza under the direction of Nacho Duato , Ballet Nacional de Espana, Ballet de Cristina Hoyos, Introdans , Festival Aix -en -Provence and Festival Avignon. He has taught at th e Instituto del Teatro de Barcelona , and has been a guest teacher throughout Europe

ANN REINKING (Choreographer), now represented on Broadway by Fosse, is best known for her work in Dancin', Sw eet Charity and as Roxie Hart in Chicago, which garnered her th e 1996 Tony Award for Best Choreographer. She performed on television for the American Musical Awards and Kennedy Center Honors George Burns and, among other films , in All That Jazz and Annie Choreography credits include works for Joffre y Ballet Chicago, Spectrum Dance The ate r of Seattle, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Chicago's Goodman Theater (for which she won a Jefferson Award) and ABC-TV 's Bye, By e, Birdie, among many others.

DAVID ROUSSEVE (Choreographer) founded the dance / theater company REALITY in 1988, which has since performed to overwhelming critical acclaim in venues throu ghout the U.S. and Europe , including the Brooklyn Academy of Music 's Next Wave Festival (1992, 1995 ) He has written, choreographed and directed for film, television and stage, and has created dance commissions for the Dance Alloy, Atlanta Ballet, Zenon Dance Co. and the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. Currently on the faculty of UCLA's World Arts and Cultures Dept. , Rousseve has received seven NEA fellowships.

PHILIP HAMILTON (Composer), currently touring with the Pat Metheny Group, has composed for dance, theater and film and has collaborated with such choreographers as Ann Reinking , Kevin Wynn , Dwight Rhoden , Patrick Widrig , Danny Burachezki and South Africa 's Vincent Mantose. His work can be heard in the movie Harriet the Spy and PBS 's Emmy Award-winning series Say Brother. He premiered a solo work, Vocalscapes, at Dance Theater Workshop in February 1999.

EDDIE PALMIERI (Composer) made his classical debut at Carnegie Hall at age 11 before joining the Latin music field, first as a pianist , then as leader of his own renowned Latin orchestra. He is acclaimed for his fusion of such diverse influences as Afro-Caribbean traditions and avantgarde jazz He has made more than 27 recordings and received numerous awards, including five Grammys and the Eubie Blake Award. His mances have been recorded and documented by Smithsonian Institution.

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TOBIAS RALPH (Composer) has composed dance scores for Ann Reinkin g, Nicholas Leichter and Aleta Hayes. He currently plays with Dripping Goss , Rachid , Dave Fiuczynski and Defunkt , and has played in studio sessions with Steve Thompson and Bruce Hornsb y. In 1996 , he toured with Duncan Sheik. Tobias performed in David Dorfman 's Gone Right Back during the 1998 Joyce season of David Dorfman Dance.

MARINA ROSSELL (Vocals) began her singing career in 1974 , and has performed throughout Europe, South America and USSR. She has recorded over 10 a1bwns , the most recent being Marina, which explores the rich traditions of the "havanera."

MAURICI VILLAVECCHIA (Composer) received his masters in music from the New England Conservatory He has created works for film , television and dance in his native Spain , where he is also th e founder of "Vox Populi. "

TONI·LESLIE JAMES (Costume Designer) has created costwnes for such Broadway shows as Foot/oose, Angels in America, Jelly's Last Jam (for which she rece ived Tony and Drama Desk nominations and an American Theater Win g Award), Chronicle 0/ a Death Foretold and The Temp est. In addition to her theater work, Ms. James has d es igned for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

WILLA KIM (Cost ume Des igner) has received Ton y Awards for Soph isticated Ladies and the Will Rogers Follies, an Emmy for San Francisco Ballet's Th e Tempest , Drama Desk Awards for Promenade, The Scre en s and Operation Sidewinder and an Obie for The Old Glory Ms. Kim h as also designed for San Francisco Opera , Chicago Lyric Opera and Lincoln Center Theater, and for Jiri Kylian, Robert Joffre y, Glen Tetl ey, Michael Smuin and Eliot Feld , among others

SUSAN RUDDlE (Costu me Designer) has created costwnes for Gra nd Duo, Bedtime, Ho me and Spell for th e Mark Morris Dance Group ; and, for Gina Ginbey D ance, Landings and Incidence 0/ Light. Other projects include the Metropolitan Opera Guild's Barber 0/ Seville and a segment of "America 's Most Wanted."

CHRISTOPHER BARRECA (Set Designer) h as designed extensively on Broadway, in opera and with regional theaters , working regularly with such directors as Graciela Daniele, George Faison , Richard Hamburger, Mark Lamos and Travis Pre sto n. He is currently on th e faculty of Southern Methodist University

EUGENE LEE (Set Designer) is the recipient of man y awards , includin g the Ton y Award, The American Theatre Win g D esign Award, The Drama Desk and The Outer Critics Circle Award. He has

a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, and an MFA from Yale. He holds Honorary PhD 's from DePaul Univers ity and Rhode Island Coll ege He is currently represented on Broadway by Ragtime .

ROGER MORGAN (Lighting Des igner) is the Tony Award-winning designer of over 200 plays on and off Broadway and in resident theaters. He is co-author of Space for Da nce, commissioned by the NEA. Theatre design projects of hi s consulting firm include the $100 million renovation of the John F. Kennedy Center; Broadway 's newest theatre, the Ford Center for the Performing Arts on 42nd Street; and the restoration of the Oriental Theatre in Chicago.

JEFF SEGAL (Lighting Designer) created the lighting for Ballet Hispanico's Ritmo y RUldo, Poema Infi,'nito, Una Mujer Llorando, Crossing Borders and Ginga. He has also worked with Straight Jacket Dance Company, Eli sa Monte Dance and Creach and Koester Dance Company. His theatre credits include Macbeth , Titus Andronicus, The Cherry Orchard , In th e B()om Boom Roo m, A Shayna Maidel and Burnin g Bright, among others.

GINA BUGATTI (Rehearsal Director) danced with the Harkness Ballet of New York for three years and was a principal dancer for Ballet Internacional de Caracas. Later, she was principal dancer for Ballet Nuevo Mundo for 15 years, where she rose to become Ballet Mistress , Regisseur and Assistant Artistic Director. She has performed around the world and has assisted numerous major choreographers.

MICHELE CARREIRO (Company Manager) h as managed the company 's administrative and touring activities for the past seven years. Prior to joining Ballet Hispanico , she worked at the Sydney Opera House in Australia , and also wo rked for five years at Symphony Space in New York. She earned an MBA , specializing in arts management, from Binghamton University.

WILLIAM SCHAFFNER (Production Stage Manager) has been touring with performers and dance companies for over twenty years. He was formerly Production Manager for Nikolais and Murray Louis Dan ce Company, wh ere he supervised the production of Ho mage a' Nlkolais at the Opera Garnier de Paris and the video series The World 0/ Alwin Nlkolais.

VERDERY ROOSEVELT (Executive Directo r) has overseen the growth of the institution since 1978, as Ballet Hispanico has attained international starure. She is a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Dance/USA and is a guest speaker at seminars and arts administration programs , including the University of Wisconsin/Madison , where she earned her master 's degree .

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"We ha ve been bombarded b y phone call s, letters and e -mail about the course at the D etroit Opera House ," reported Dr. Ronald Prim ea u , Director of th e Masters in Humanities Programs at Central Michigan University

_ For five Saturdays from 9:00 a m. until 4:00 p.m . durin g th e 1999 MOT Sprin g season , 35 students from Ce ntral Michigan University attended a class on opera t aught b y Professor M ary Keesgan with help from Karen DiChier a, MOT Direc tor of Community Programs

" The students in th e Masters Humanities program are educ ate d , professional people," according to Dr Prim ea u , " the y are teachers , artists, musicians and writers acquiring their master's degree s throu gh this uniqu e program at CMU. "

All th e students attended Eugene Onegin and Samson & Delilah. Guest lec tur e rs and MOT Production personnel who visite d the class included Evgeny Dmitriev, title ro le in Eu gene Onegin; Steven Mercurio , conductor ; D avid Osborne , Direc tor of Production ; John Kennelly, Stage Manager ; Irin a Mishura, title role in Samson & Delilah; Gregg Baker, High Priest in Samson & Delilah; Donald H ar tmann , Abimelech in Samson & Delilah; and Gary Moy, MOT Veteran Supernumerary

" The students we re exc it e d to ge t this behind-the-s ce n es lesson," continued Prim ea u , " It was an eye opener for th ese new opera -goe rs ."

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II Peace on Opera " is a popular four-lecture series by Dr. Wallace Peace (right).

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Marygrove College Collaborates with Learning @ The Opera House

In its third summer, Learning @ The Opera House ' 99 was abl e to offer Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for teachers who cr ea ted and performed in the program 's first presentation of Crea te Opera! for Adults Th e class, based on Karen DiChiera 's concept of group creativity applied to the teaching of musical and plot composition, waS- specially d es igned for teachers with movement instruction by D e troit Danc e Coll ective Instructor Melissa Polio Adults and yo un gs ters who completed this workshop received a Certificate of Comp leti on

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from Maryg rove College. Other classes recognized b y Mar ygrove included Create Opera! , Musical Theatre Workshop: The Mik ado abridged, Rappera!, Vocal Wisdom, and Opera Workshop. " We see this as just the beginning of an exciting collaboration between MOT's Departm ent of Community Programs and Maryg rove College," said Victoria Bigelow, of Maryg ro ve Academic Affairs " We lo ok forward to offering college credit for man y of the courses offered in this innovative summer learnin g pro gram ."

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TOURS ARE ALL OVER MICHIGAN

During the 1999-2000 School Year. We'd love to sing for your community!

ELEMENTARY SC HOOLS

The Department of Community Programs honors composer Seymour Barab (also known as " the Dean of Children's Opera Composers") on his 80th birthday this year by headlining its , tour program with Little R ed Riding Hood. Based on the Grimm'siairy tale , Little Red Riding Hood was composed by Mr. Barab in 1%5 and teaches children not to go with strangers.

Little Red Riding Hood is noted as being one of the world's most produced operas, outdistancing such familiar war horses as Madama Butte rfly and Carmen in number of performances each year.

Community Programs will also tour Barab's Fair Mea ns or Foul (commissioned by MOT 21 years ago). Fair Means or Foul is a story of a princess who wants to

Fran Dent's "Rappera" worshop students create and perform their own work

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lead the Royal Army while her brother, the prince, wants to lead the Royal Ballet. A scheming Prime Minister, a fli ghty fairy godmother, and a dopey governess round out this zany tale that breaks gender stereotypes. Also available for elementary school age children are Nanabush: The Great Lakes I ndian Hero, b y Karen DiChiera and William Kirk, and The Night Harry Stopped Smoking, by Ross Dabrusin and John Davies.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS & HIGH SCHOOLS

The Department of Community Programs offers a variety of inschool performances ranging from singular visits to weekly Theater In-Residence programs for music and theater students of all levels Curriculum guides

are design ed in compliance with the Michigan Curriculum Frameworks standards.

Schools may tailor their lesson plans for interactive performances: Students who've learned the chorus parts of familiar musical theatre works such as Jos eph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story , or Les Miserables. are invited , during the performance , to join our singers on stage!

Matinee performances of selected Operas are offered throughout the school year at discounted group rates. Pre-performance Opera Talks and classroom Curriculum Guides enhance the students' experience. It is also possible to arrange visits with members of the cast. Call for details.

LECIURES

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offers lectures and performances at community centers, churches, libraries, and senior living centers. Your group can learn about musical theater, opera, and classical music. E xpert speakers can discuss specific composers or works, or the history of a genre

SHARE THE VISIT

The Department of Community Programs tours and performs annually throughout the state of Michigan, the Midwest, and some parts of Ontario, Canada. Neighboring communities who book tours together can reap substantial savings. If you 've booked a visit by Community Programs , don't forget to mention it to your sister communities; "sharing the visit" saves money

Please call Delores Tobis at (313-237-3429) for details

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Mi chigan Ope r a T h ea t re gratefu ll y acknowle dges th e gen erous corpora t e d onors wh ose con tri butions were made between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999. Their ge n e r osit y pl ays an integral part in th e Company's financial st ab ility, nec essary for prod u cing quali t y gran d opera, m usical th ea t re and cl assical b allet In ad dition t o en joying outstan din g en tert ainmen t on st age , MO T con t ri b u t ors are offered a n umb er of opportu n ities wh ich allow them to o b se r ve th e many phases of opera produc tion , meet the ar t is ts, and experie n ce o th er " b eh in d t h e scenes " ac t ivities.

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GRAND BENEFACTOR

$200,000 +

Ford Motor Compan y Fund

1998 Fall Season Sponsor

1998 Opera Ball Spo nsor

General Operating Support

General Motors Foundat ion

1999 Spring Season Sponsor

Madame Butterfl y Opening Night Festivities

General Operating Support

SIGNAL BENEFACTOR

$50,000 to $199,000

DaimlerC hrysler Corporation

1998/99 Dance Series Sponsor

H udson 's

Madame Butterfl y Co-Production Sponsor

MAJOR BENEFACTOR

$25,000 to $49,000

Ameritech Turandot , Opening Night Sponsor

BENEFACTOR

$15,000 TO $24,999

ANR Pipeline Co.

Madam e Butterfly

Performance Sponsor

Bank One

Mada me Butterfly

Performance Sponsor

Comerica Incorporated

Sam so n & Delilah

Performance Sponsor

Consumers Energy Fou ndation

Community Programs Touring Sponsor

Detroit Edison Foundation

Sa mso n & Delilah

P erformance Sponsor

Kmart Corporatio n

Student Matinees Sponsor

Lear Corporation

Euge ne On egin

Performance Sponsor

Michigan National Corp

Madame Butterfly

Performance Sponsor

FELLOW

$10 , 000 TO $14 , 999

Northern Trust Bank

Eugene Oneg in Openin g Night Sponsor

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$5,000 TO $9,999

Thyss en Inc., N.A.

PATRON

$2,500 TO $4,999

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Eaton Corporation

Michiga n Consoli dated Gas Co

DONOR

$1,000 TO $2 , 499

AAA Michigan

Alcoa Foundation

Kenwal Steel Corp.

Mattar Financial Corporation

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PHICO Group

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Royal & SunAll iance Financial Services

Tex tron Automotive Company

The Quaker Ch emical Foundation

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$500 to $999

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CSX Transportation

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PPG Ind ustries Foun dation

The Budd Company

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$100 TO $499

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Aldoa Company

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Bolton & Company

CBS Television Network

Dearborn Federal Savings Bank

Detroit Heading Company Inc.

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Meijer, Inc.

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The Tuesday Musicale

Veens t ra Insurance Agency

Willis Corroon Corporation of Michigan

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Mich igan Council for Ar ts and Cul tur al Affairs

SIGNAL BENEFACTOR

$100 , 000 and above

McGregor Fund

The Skillman Foundation

MAJOR BENEFACTOR

$15 , 000 - $99,999

Matil da R. Wilson Fund

BENEFACTOR

$15,000 - $24,999

James and Lynell e Holden Foundat ion

Hudson-Webber Founda tion

John S and James L. Kn ight Foundation

D avid M Whitney Fund

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Samu el L. Westerman Founda tion

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$5,000 - $9,999

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Ea rl -Beth Foundation

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Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation

Ralph L. and Winifred E . Polk Fou nd atio n

The Mary Thompson Founda tion

PATRON

$ 2,500 - $4,999

Japan Business Soc iet y of Detroit Foundation

The Karen and Drew Peslar Foundation

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To $2,499

Dru sill a Farwell Foundation

Clarence and Jack Himm el Fo un dation

Kalamazoo Foundation

The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik

Foun dation

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World Heritage Foun dation

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Th e n ew addition to the magnificent White Ch apel mausoleum is di stingui sh ed by th e ri chness of it s m ar bl e c rypts and fl oors. T hi s handsome addition' contain s over 3 00 crypts and 2 00 ni ch es now rea dy for selecti o n fo r individual or fa mily entombment. A White C h apel staff memb er will be h a ppy to ass ist you w ith furth er info rm ati o n Pl eas e call (24 8 ) 362-7 6 7 0

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rmation

PHOTOGRAPH YAND RECORDING DE VICE S Unau thorized cameras and recording devices are not allowed inside the theater at any time. The taking of photographs of the theater or any performance is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to our guests, we ask that all paging devices , cell phones and alarm watches be switched to a silent mode prior to the start of a perfonnance.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Doctors and parents are advised to leave their seat location (located on ticket ) and our emergency number, 313/237-3257, with th e service or sitter in case of an emergency. Please observe the lighted exit signs located throughout the theater In the event of fire or similar emergency, please remain calm and walk - do not run - to the nearest exit. Our ushers are trained to lead you out of the building safely. A trained Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is on site during most events. Please see an usher or staff mem ber to contact the EMT.

RE STROOMS Ladies ' restrooms are located off the Ford Lobby (Broadway side), down the stairs and also on the third floor (Madison side) . Please press 3R on the elevator. Gentlemen's restrooms are located under the Grand Theatre staircase, down the stairs and also on the third floor (Broadway side) Please press 3 on the elevator. Please note: All third floor restrooms are wheelchair accessible.

NO SMOKING Detroit Opera House is a smoke-free facility. Ash receptacles are provided on the exterior of all entry doors for those who wish to smoke

USHERS Ushers are stationed at the top of each aisle. If you have a question or concern, please inform an usher, and they will contact management. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer usher, please call the usher hotline at 313/237-3253.

LATE SEATING POLICY Latecomers will be seated only during an appropriate pause in the program, and will be asked to view the program on closed-circuit television monitors located in the lobbies until an appropriate program pause occurs. Late seating policy is at the discretion of the production, not opera house management.

LOST AND FOUND Lost and Found is located in the Security Department. Please see an usher if you have misp laced an article , or call 313 /9 61 -3500 if you have already left the theater. Items will be held in Lost and Found for thirty da ys.

PARKI NG Parking is available for all events in the Opera House Parking Lot and the Opera House Garage, located directly across John R. from Detroit Opera House on Broadway Pre-paid parking is availab le throug h the bo x office Please call 248 / 645-6666 for parking information.

ACCESSIBILITY Acc ess ibl e sea tin g locations for patrons in wheelchairs are located in all price ranges on the orchestra level. When inqu iring abou t tickets, please ask about these locations if you require special accommodations. Ass isted Lis ten ing Devi ces are availab le on a first -come , first -serve

basis. Please see an usher or Ticket Office representative to request this service Although this is a complimentary service, we will request to hold a piece of personal identification while you are using the device. If you desire other special consideration, please inform the ticket office when purchasing your ticket.

CHILDREN Children are welcome, however, all guests are required to hold a ticket, regardless of age We kindly ask that parental discretion be exercised for certain programs , and that all guests remember that during a program such as opera or ballet, the ability of all audience members to hear the music is a prerequisite to enjoyment of the performance. In all cases, babes in arms are not permitted.

SERVICES Conce ss ion stand s are located on all levels. Please note: Food and drinks are not allowed in the auditorium at any time. Coat Check is located in the Madison lobby The cost is $1.00 per coat. Please note that Detroit Opera House does not accept responsibility for any personal articles that are not checked at the Coat Check. Drinking fountains are located in the lobbies on floors 1 and 3. Public pay phones are located in the vestibule of the Ford Lobby and in the restrooms Patrons in wheelchairs can access pay phones through the Broadway storm lobby.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Detroit Opera House is available for rent by your organization . Please call Jennifer Turner, Directo r of Events , at 313 / 961-3500 to receive rental information. Tours are ava il ab le for individuals at predetermined times throughout the year and for gro ups by appointment. Please call 313 / 961-3500 to inquire about our tour sched ules and prices.

TICKET INFORMATION

Detroit Opera House Ticket Office hours are: Non-performance weeks: Monday thro ugh Friday, 10 :00 a m. to 5:30 p m. Performance days: 10 :00 a m. through the first intermission of the evening's performance, except Saturdays and Sundays when the Ticke t Office will open two hours prior to curtain. Tickets for all public events held at Detroit Opera House are also availab le through all TicketMaster phone and retail outlets.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

EMERGENCIES: 313/237 -3257

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General Information : 313/961-3500

Lost & Found: 313 /9 61-3500

Ticket Office: .313/237 -SING

Usher Hotline: ............................ ... .................... .313/237 -3253

Theater Rental Information: : .313 / 961 -3500

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Press and Media Relations : 313/237 -3416

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In "t, You can discov" the deepeSt re ac hes of a community'S soul.

suPPOning anistic eXp'<"io n in all i" 10"ns is i"'ponaor to Ford Moto t Company. Our long history of in vol ve"'ent With th eans '<ache, bck to the FOtd fa",ily's founding 01 the Detroit InstitUte of A ns , the fifth l"gest fine "" "'useu'" in the United States tOda y.

In this sa"'e spirit , We'te ptoud to sUPPOrt the work of these and similar Their "Pte"io n , provide a "'Ote inSPiting commUnity for Us alI.

The Barber of Seville Casting Information

Supers (Men)

Chester Kosulinski

Tony Lynch

David Peckens

Jonathan Schneider

Supers (Women)

Jennifer Secord

Thank You

Antiques courtesy of Adam ' s Antiques

St. Clair Shores , MI

Garden Fountains courtesy of Gardenviews

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Northville, MI

Bass courtesy of Wilson Fine Violins

Birmingham, MI

Werther

Tonight's performance is being taped. The microphones you see are exclusively for the purposes of recording.

Casting Information

Woodrow Bynum will sing the role of Briihlmann

Andrea Leap will sing the role of Kahtchen

Understudies for children's roles

Scarlett Brady

Jordan Fantauzzo

Supers

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Danny Bradley

James "Clancy" Clarahan

Ramsay Coronado

Henry Coucke

Bill Kupsky

Ali Moiin

Carolyn Moss

Debra Mullins

David Odenbach

Genevieve Palczynski

David Piotrowski

Tarina Pouncy

Jan Renard

Karla Roberson

Local Wig and Makeup Crew

Mary Elizabeth Corbett

Corinne Fine

Violetta Kapayo

Parker Plague

Terese Shmina

Bill Ross

Andres Sceglio

Jennifer Secord

Paul Snyder

Andrea Sumpter

Chris Thoms

Mandie W oolleott

Gary Gilmore, Production Electrician

Horse provided by Renaissance Farms Arabians

Cara Christine Barker, trainer

Thank You

1999 Fall Season made possible by Ford Motor Company

Opening Night is sponsored by Anthony L. & Darlene Soave

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