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Welcome
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Boards of Directors and Trustees
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019-2020 July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020 Ethan Davidson CHAIR
Michigan Opera Theatre Studio
Joanne Danto VICE-CHAIR
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Peter Oleksiak VICE-CHAIR
A Sequel 78 Years in the Making: A Q&A with Buoso’s Ghost Composer Michael Ching
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Gianni Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost
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Artist Profiles
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MOT Orchestra
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Education & Community Programs
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Administration and Staff
Michigan Opera Theatre 1526 Broadway Detroit, MI 48226 Box Office: 313.237.7464 Administration: 313.961.3500 michiganopera.org
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Ankur Rungta VICE-CHAIR Wayne S. Brown PRESIDENT/CEO Gene P. Bowen SECRETARY Enrico Digirolamo TREASURER R. Jamison Williams IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Margaret Allesee Pernilla Ammann Lee Barthel Richard A. Brodie Elizabeth Brooks Robert Brown James Ciroli Françoise Colpron Julia Donovan Darlow Kevin Dennis Shauna Ryder Diggs Sonal Dubey Cameron Duncan Michael Einheuser Marianne Endicott Paul E. Ewing Barbara Frankel Herman Frankel Dean Friedman Richard G. Goetz
John P. Hale Devon Hoover Danialle Karmanos Barbara Kratchman Thomas M. Krikorian Alphonse S. Lucarelli Donald Manvel Ali Moiin Donald Morelock Sara Pozzi Paul Ragheb Ruth Rattner Terry Shea Matthew Simoncini Richard Sonenklar Lorna Thomas C. Thomas Toppin Jesse Venegas Ellen Hill Zeringue
DIRECTORS EMERITUS Shelly Cooper Marjorie M. Fisher Jennifer Nasser Audrey Rose William Sandy Richard Webb MichiganOpera.org