Glimmerglass FESTIVAL 2023
LA BOHÈME • CANDIDE
THE RIP VAN WINKLES • LOVE & WAR
ROMEO AND JULIET • RINALDO
AN EVENING WITH ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome...........................................................................................................................................3 Leadership........................................................................................................................................4 Our Mission......................................................................................................................................................5 Festival Season Calendar...................................................................................................................................6 La bohème.... .....................................................................................................8 Candide.................... ....12 Getting to Know Rob Ainsley.............................................................................................................................16 Welcome, Rob!................................................................................................................................................18 Romeo and Juliet...... ........................................................................................24 Rinaldo....................................................................................................................................................28 The Rip Van Winkles........................................................................................................................................34 Love & War .......................................................................................................38 An Evening with Anthony Roth Costanzo...........................................................................................................39 The State of the Art.........................................................................................................................................40 Full Circles.....................................................................................................................................................44 Guest Artists..................................................................................................................................................51 Music Staff.....................................................................................................................................................56 Young Artists Program.....................................................................................................................................57 Orchestra.....................................................................................................................................62 Youth Ensemble..............................................................................................................................................63 Administration and Production.........................................................................................................................64 The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival............................................................................................................67 Volunteer Ushers.............................................................................................................................................68 Festival Guild..................................................................................................................................................69 Become a Member of the Goodyear Society.......................................................................................................70 Gifts to Glimmerglass......................................................................................................................................72 Advertising..................................................................................................................................88 Credits..........................................................................................................................................................105 General Information......................................................................................................................................106 Campus Map.................................................................................................................................................107 The 2024 Festival..........................................................................................................................................108
PHOTO: KARLI CADEL
Welcome!
Here at Glimmerglass, we have something for you—no matter who you are, where you come from, or how old you might be.
Growing up, I was exposed to all kinds of music. My earliest memory is sounds of my parents’ favorite bands. I remember performing in the children’s chorus of a production of Carmen. I couldn’t believe one person could play an entire opera—how did they learn it all? I took up the piano to find out. Later, I was astonished that a single instrument could lead an entire cathedral in song—so I studied the organ to try it for myself. As a senior in high school, I was envious that our Music Director got to shape the music through the power of their imagination and personality—so I asked if I could conduct.
This season explores the moments of curiosity and discovery that shape our futures before life’s constraints start to pin us down. This is what moves us about Puccini’s bohemians, Voltaire’s wandering innocent, Shakespeare’s young lovers, and Handel’s heroic knights. We encounter the same spirit of possibility daily; Glimmerglass has been at the forefront of training the next generation of great singers and theater professionals for nearly five decades, and the ongoing dialogue between generations is one of the things that makes this place so special. More recently, we have expanded opportunities for local children to take center stage through our annual youth opera. This is a place where ideas can blossom, and self-expression is encouraged and supported.
Speaking of support and encouragement—we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Robert Nelson, our outgoing Board Chair, for his extraordinary leadership these past six years. Through countless acts of generosity, Robert and his husband Van have been integral to every part of Glimmerglass’s success, helping successfully steer the company through the challenges of the pandemic and the recent leadership transition. While Robert is taking a well-deserved break from his official leadership responsibilities (although remaining a member of the Executive Committee), Robert and Van will always be part of the Glimmerglass family.
Glimmerglass’s secret lies, like opera’s, in its inherent unlikelihood. That our theater should exist here, nestled on this perfect lake, is deliciously improbable. We gather here to celebrate the most complete and perfect of art forms, and we do it in one of the most unspoiled landscapes in the country. Opera demands our every skill and resource to bring it to life; it captures history and makes change for the future. Opera connects us to our collective humanity, touching our souls with its transcendence and power.
Big words. It is also plain fun. Great singing, catchy tunes, gorgeous sets, ravishing costumes, fantastic dancing. Escapism, entertainment, a night out with friends. A show.
Whatever opera means for you, thank you for being here to share in this grand expression of possibility. Thank you to the Glimmerglass Board and Staff for their invaluable support. Thank you to the many foundations, donors, and patrons who make our work possible. Thank you for helping so many follow their dreams. I cannot wait to see what we will dream together.
Rob Ainsley Artistic & General Director
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WELCOME
PHOTO: KARLI CADEL
LEADERSHIP
HONORARY CHAIR
Peter Duchin
OFFICERS
Robert Nelson, Chair
Michael Young, President
Edward L. Turner, Vice-Chair
Jean Stark, Vice-President
Mark Luis Villamar, Treasurer
Erna Morgan McReynolds, Secretary
TRUSTEES
Patricia Chadwick
Anne M. Curtis
Wendy Curtis
Nellie Gipson
Sherwin M. Goldman
Allison Hill-Edgar
Thomas C. Ragan
John Ryland
Michael Sekus
Senator James L. Seward
Thomas Simpson
Ted Snowdon
Kara Unterberg
Debra Valentine
EX-OFFICIO LIAISONS
William Goodenough 1
Sage Mehta 1
Eric Owens 2
Laura Tansey Wetzel 3
HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES
John ^ and Wendy Curtis
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
Andrea K. Fallek ^
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello
Nellie Gipson
Sherwin M. Goldman
Mrs. John H.J. Guth ^
Alfred F. Hubay ^
Mrs. John R. Hupper ^
Dudley D. and Carole H. Johnson
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
Robert B. Schlather ^
Senator James L. Seward
Lady Juliet and Dr. Christopher Tadgell
Eugene V. ^ and Clare E. Thaw ^
NON-TRUSTEE ADVISORS
James Barton
Frank Holozubiec
Gregory Long
Ann McChord
Janet Nelson
Elisabeth A. Sapery
Joan Shkane
ARTISTIC & GENERAL DIRECTOR
Robert Ainsley
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Joseph Colaneri
ARTISTIC ADVISORY BOARD
Eric Owens, Chair
William Burden
Alyson Cambridge
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Rod Gilfry
Christine Goerke
Peter Kazaras
Ryan McKinny
Erie Mills
Patricia Racette
Neil Shicoff
EMERITUS
Paul Kellogg, Artistic Director Emeritus ^
Stewart Robertson, Music Director Emeritus
John Conklin, Associate Artistic Director Emeritus
Hugh Hardy, Architectural Advisor Emeritus ^
Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director Emerita
FOUNDING LEADERSHIP
Peter Macris, Founding Artist Director ^
Charles Schneider, Founding Music Director ^
FOUNDING TRUSTEES
Beekman C. Cannon ^
Ferdinand Ermlich ^
Thomas Goodyear ^
Louis Busch Hager ^
Mrs. Louis C. Jones ^
Dr. Peter Macris ^
Mary-Jo Merk
Mrs. James M. Symington ^
^ deceased
1 Young Glimmerglass Representative
2 Chair, Artistic Advisory Board
3 Guild President
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PHOTOS, FACING PAGE: KARLI CADEL
Produce new, little-known, and familiar operas and musical theater in innovative productions; Provide professional training and performance opportunities for emerging artists and apprentices; Engage important artists who inspire the highest standards of achievement; Inspire dialogue around meaningful issues of the day through song and story; Collaborate with regional organizations, schools, and businesses to enhance life in Central New York.
OUR MISSION
THE PASSION OF MARY CARDWELL DAWSON
THE JUNGLE BOOK
THE SOUND OF MUSIC HOLY
GROUND
THE 2023 FESTIVAL
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JULY GETAWAY WEEKEND GETAWAY WEEKEND 1 Fri, July 07 6:00 PM Pavilion Opening Night Dinner Fri, July 07 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Fri, July 07 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Sat, July 08 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, July 08 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Sun, July 09 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sun, July 09 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Mon, July 10 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Mon, July 10 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Thu, July 13 12:00 PM Christ Church, Cooperstown Free Event: Midday Music Concert Series Fri, July 14 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Fri, July 14 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Sat, July 15 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, July 15 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Romeo and Juliet Sun, July 16 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sun, July 16 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Mon, July 17 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Mon, July 17 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Romeo and Juliet Tue, July 18 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Tue, July 18 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Mon, July 24 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Mon, July 24 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Tue, July 25 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Tue, July 25 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Thu, July 27 12:00 PM The Otesaga Resort Ballroom Free Event: Midday Music Concert Series Thu, July 27 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Thu, July 27 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Fri, July 28 6:00 PM Pavilion Festival Dinner Fri, July 28 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Fri, July 28 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Rinaldo Sat, July 29 11:00 AM Alice Busch Opera Theater Free Event: Backstage Tour Sat, July 29 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, July 29 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Sat, July 29 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, July 29 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Sun, July 30 11:00 AM Pavilion 2024 Preview Brunch Sun, July 30 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sun, July 30 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Romeo and Juliet Mon, July 31 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Mon, July 31 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Rinaldo Tue, August 01 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Tue, August 01 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Thu, August 03 4:00 PM Pavilion Love & War Thu, August 03 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Thu, August 03 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Fri, August 04 6:00 PM Pavilion Festival Dinner Fri, August 04 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Fri, August 04 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Romeo and Juliet Sat, August 05 11:00 AM Alice Busch Opera Theater Free Event: Backstage Tour
THE 2023 FESTIVAL
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GETAWAY WEEKEND 2
WEEKEND 3 Sat, August 05 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, August 05 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Sat, August 05 ~4:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Free Event: Changeover Talk Sat, August 05 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, August 05 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Sun, August 06 11:00 AM Pavilion 2024 Preview Brunch Sun, August 06 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sun, August 06 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Rinaldo Mon, August 07 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Mon, August 07 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Mon, August 07 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater The Rip Van Winkles Tue, August 08 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Tue, August 08 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Thu, August 10 12:00 PM Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium Free Event: Midday Music Concert Series Thu, August 10 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Thu, August 10 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Romeo and Juliet Fri, August 11 4:00 PM Pavilion An Evening with Anthony Roth Costanzo Fri, August 11 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Fri, August 11 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Sat, August 12 11:00 AM Alice Busch Opera Theater Free Event: Backstage Tour Sat, August 12 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, August 12 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Romeo and Juliet Sat, August 12 ~4:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Free Event: Changeover Talk Sat, August 12 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, August 12 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Rinaldo Sun, August 13 11:00 AM Pavilion 2024 Preview Brunch Sun, August 13 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sun, August 13 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Sun, August 13 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater The Rip Van Winkles Mon, August 14 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Mon, August 14 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Mon, August 14 4:00 PM Pavilion An Evening with Anthony Roth Costanzo Tue, August 15 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Tue, August 15 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Thu, August 17 4:00 PM Pavilion Love & War Thu, August 17 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Thu, August 17 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Rinaldo Fri, August 18 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater The Rip Van Winkles Fri, August 18 6:00 PM Pavilion Festival Dinner Fri, August 18 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Fri, August 18 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide Sat, August 19 11:00 AM Alice Busch Opera Theater Free Event: Backstage Tour Sat, August 19 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, August 19 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Romeo and Juliet Sat, August 19 ~4:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Free Event: Changeover Talk Sat, August 19 6:30 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sat, August 19 7:30 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater La bohème Sun, August 20 12:00 PM Preview Tent Free Event: Preview Sun, August 20 1:00 PM Alice Busch Opera Theater Candide
GETAWAY
LA BOHÈME (1896)
Music by GIACOMO PUCCINI
Libretto by LUIGI ILLICA & GIUSEPPE GIACOSA
Sung in Italian with English projected text.
Thirteen performances: July 7, 9m, 14, 18m, 24m, 29; August 1m, 3, 5m, 8m, 11, 14m, 19, 2023
Running time: 2 hours and 18 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission
This production is generously sponsored by Nellie and Robert Gipson.
PAINTING: JASON YEOMANS
Rodolfo Joshua Blue
Mimì Teresa Perrotta
Marcello Darren Lekeith Drone
Musetta Emilie Kealani*
Colline Nan Wang*
Schaunard Justin Burgess*
Benoit/Alcindoro Stefano de Peppo
Parpignol Zachary Rioux*
A Customs Official Grant Jackson*
Sergeant Alex Smith*
Child Soloist Arianne Ajakh, Cordelia Dziuban
Prune Man Henry Benson*
The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra, Chorus, and Youth Chorus
Conductor Nader Abbassi Director E. Loren Meeker
Associate Director Rebecca Herman
Choreographer Eric Sean Fogel
Set Designer Kevin Depinet
Costume Designer Erik Teague
Lighting Designer Robert Wierzel
Hair & Makeup Tom Watson
Projected Titles Kelley Rourke
Chorus Director Katherine Kozak
Youth Chorus Directors Anna Betka and Rob Ainsley
Assistant Director Amanda Testini*
Assistant Conductor Robert Kahn*
Principal Coach J. Bradley Baker
Dance Captain Truman Tinius*
Assistant Coach Yueqi Zhang*
Stage Manager Dustin Z West
*Member of the Young Artists Program
Detailed ensemble casting is available on glimmerglass.org.
Rodolfo, a writer, welcomes two friends—Colline, a philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician—to the garret he shares with Marcello, a painter. When the comrades head to the Latin Quarter Christmas Eve festivities, Rodolfo stays behind, saying he will join them later. A young woman, Mimì, appears at his door; after a series of accidents and minor deceptions, they find themselves hand in hand.
At the Latin Quarter, Rodolfo introduces Mimì to his friends. Musetta, Marcello’s former lover, enters on the arm of the wealthy Alcindoro as Marcello seethes. Although Musetta plays the coquette, she is as drawn to Marcello as he is to her, and the two are eventually reunited.
Marcello and Musetta take up residence in a tavern on the outskirts of town. Mimì appears to tell Marcello that Rodolfo has left her; Marcello replies that Rodolfo is inside and urges her to leave. Rodolfo comes out and confides to Marcello that he fears his meager living conditions are ruining Mimì’s health. Mimì, who has been eavesdropping on their conversation, has a coughing fit; Rodolfo realizes she has heard everything. Marcello goes back to the tavern to join Musetta. Left alone, Mimì and Rodolfo agree to stay together until the spring.
Back in the garret, some time later, Rodolfo tells Marcello that Musetta has taken a wealthy lover; Marcello fires back that Mimì, too, has improved her position. The men attempt to continue their work, but each is lost in thoughts of love. Schaunard and Colline enter. They pretend to enjoy a lavish feast, then clear the room for dancing. Musetta interrupts, having brought Mimì, who is deathly ill, to the garret. The friends go out to sell some of their paltry possessions to buy medicine, leaving Mimì and Rodolfo alone to remember the happiness they once shared. Mimì falls asleep shortly after everyone returns, assuring Rodolfo that she feels better. He is the last to realize that she has died.
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REHEARSING BOHÈME
How our Festival Orchestra and music staff prepare a masterpiece
BY NICK RICHARDSON
There is something enchanting about Puccini, Illica, and Giacosa’s depiction of artist life in Paris’s Latin Quarter that keeps Americans coming back for more. According to data from Opera America, La bohème was the most produced and the most performed opera in the United States for the past three decades, playing for a combined total of 2,431 performances across 499 different productions by Opera America Member Companies. La bohème also holds the distinction of being the only Puccini opera with a recording featuring its original conductor, the famed Arturo Toscanini. The opera’s discography goes back over 100 years and includes some of the most celebrated opera singers ever, such as Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras— and many more.
This rich and deep history presents a challenge for opera companies today: How can we make a familiar and beloved opera feel fresh? Though Puccini’s music remains the same, we will hear it anew this summer thanks to the astounding work of our Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and music staff. Here is an overview of how our musicians move from the page to the stage.
BEFORE THE MUSIC
Preparing the music starts long before the summer. The Festival assembles the creative teams for productions—including the directors, designers, and conductors—at least one year in advance. For this year’s remount of La bohème, Egyptian conductor Nader Abbassi will lead our Festival Orchestra and singers. Our Music Director Joseph Colaneri conducted the Festival’s original production in 2015.
Maestro Colaneri’s process begins with intense study—not just the scores of the operas, but their libretti, source materials, and even
previous versions or drafts of the pieces. “It’s sort of like composing the piece again,” he says. “You look at it and think, ‘Why did the composer make this choice?’” A lecturer on opera, Colaneri will also reference his own previous research.
Production meetings—in which the creative team meets to decide the concept of this specific iteration of the opera—also start the year before. Here, Colaneri works with the director on the music choices for the production, ranging from cuts to make in the score to where to place singers on stage for the best acoustics. After he and the director craft their own “version” of the opera, Colaneri collaborates with our Music Librarian, Kristen Butcher, to source the different instrumental parts, assemble the score, and distribute the score to the musicians. This begins the “nitty gritty” work of our music staff.
“Sometimes there are discrepancies between what might be in the full score and what might be the vocal score. We have to decide how to deal with those. Which one is correct? Which one do we choose?” says Colaneri. But even with those inconsistencies ironed out, the score isn’t quite yet ready for our musicians to perform.
GO WITH THE BOW
The printed music from the publisher tells the musicians what to play, but not necessarily how to physically play it. Bowings are added to the score in order to achieve the desired articulations and to ensure uniformity within each section. This is the job of our Concertmaster, violinist Ruotao Mao, who has played in the Festival Orchestra since 2010. Mao will write all the bowings in the Violin I part, then pass that on to the other principal musicians (the leaders of each string section), who apply his notes to their respective parts. It takes Mao about 10 hours to
bow the complete score. He finishes his work around the end of January. “At that time, I know the pieces pretty well. Then, after a few months, when I look at the music again in May, I have to re-learn it,” he admits.
Many of our orchestra members have other professional obligations outside of the Festival, learning and performing repertoire for other concerts and gigs in addition to the Festival’s program. Mao, for example, serves as concertmaster for three other orchestras in the Mid-Atlantic, leads his own string quartet, and maintains a private studio of violin students. For these busy musicians, bowings help jump-start the rehearsal process, which is crucial on the Festival’s tight schedule.
COME TOGETHER
Our orchestra receives all the music for the season—with bowings—in May. They are expected to know their individual parts by the time they arrive in June. Once the full orchestra comes together, they have only six rehearsals per production to prepare for opening night.
The first two or three rehearsals are solely with the conductor. As Colaneri explains, “The conductor brings a whole new sense of structure to the piece. Architecture in music is defined by tempo, dynamics, and pace—what you’re moving toward and what you’re moving away from. Climax and denouement, for example, in theatrical terms.” He expects Maestro Abbassi will have his own interpretations to help shape the music.
Bringing all of the musicians together—the orchestra, the conductor, and then the singers— is when the music-making truly begins. “When the singers start coming in, suddenly it becomes alive, and then what we do makes more sense,” says Mao. “Sometimes
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we’re accompanying, sometimes we’re supporting, something we’re doubling. Depending on the singer, we adjust our color because we now have first-hand experience with the singer.”
Adding singers also means adding more cooks to the kitchen, and our production of Bohème already has some 40 instrumentalists in the pit alone. “When I’m at the piano studying, the piece goes exactly the way I want it to go. Everybody does it at my tempo, and it’s easily done,” says Colaneri. “But when you get with the forces, especially not only with singers, but also with the orchestra, now you encounter other people that have also been thinking about the music and playing it. You have to come to that point where you communicate your concept to the orchestra to get everyone on the same page. And that’s really the great part of it, that collaboration. A conductor needs to be a communicator, and you need to communicate what the idea of the piece is and how you want to interpret it.”
That’s not to say the conductor makes all the artistic choices alone. The orchestra, singers, and even stage directors bring ideas to the piece that can enhance the storytelling. Colaneri welcomes this variety in the rehearsal room: “If you were to come to my working rehearsals, you will hear two words that I use quite a bit. One is the word
‘imagination.’ I want everybody to play with imagination, to think it’s not just a quarter note, but what that quarter note means in theatrical terms. Is it an exclamation point? Is it a question mark? Is it a reaction of horror? Or is it an exuberant reaction? Or is it a sigh? There are so many ways you can think about one note."
“The other word that I use a lot is the Italian word coraggio. ‘Have courage.’ In a rehearsal, we can do whatever we want. Don’t hold back—use the rehearsal to push the envelope and see how far we can take something. We might discover something that if we were cautious, we might not have discovered. For me, there is always a sense of discovery and imagination in everything, especially in the theater, because without that, why bother?”
Of course, the composer also shares ideas worth heeding. “Puccini was a theatrical genius!” states Colaneri. “He knew how to write curtain up and curtain down music. He actually gives you places in the score where the curtain goes up and where the curtain goes down, or if it should be slow or fast. Even the use of the curtain became a musical entity for Puccini.”
THE FINAL PIECE
Though the artists make the most of their rehearsal time, there is still one unpredictable variable in the mix: the audience. For Colaneri, the
audience is another key player in the production.
“I’m a big believer in removing the proverbial ‘fourth wall’ that separates the audience from the stage,” says Colaneri. “My own impression is that the fourth wall disappears so that we pull the audience in as an element. They participate in a more or less passive way by listening, but nonetheless, their emotions are engaged. They’re going to react with applause, or tears, or something emotional. If we think about the fourth wall as being down, it draws them in. It’s as if we’re all in a big circle, rather than a half circle divided by that wall. I like to think of it as one big sort of performing organism, if you will.”
Though the artists have plenty to coordinate amongst themselves, the audience is still at the forefront of Colaneri’s mind. “Certainly when I’m on the podium, if it’s a piece the audience has heard many times before, I’m thinking, ‘How can I make them hear it as if it were new, as if it were fresh?’” This could mean changing the tempo or even bringing out a countermelody from a specific instrument. “I bring that into the rehearsal process and then into the performance process as well.”
Whether you’re experiencing your first Bohème or revisiting an old friend, we’re sure you’ll hear something exciting from The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra this season.
Background on "Bohemia" and Bohème
Frequent patrons of the Festival might notice a trend in our recent programming. This is our third consecutive opera to reference “Bohemians” or Roma, a nomadic ethnic group originating from India that has faced centuries of persecution. In our 2021 and 2022 seasons, respectively, Il trovatore (Verdi/ Cammarano) and Carmen (Bizet/Meilhac and Halévy) both presented fictionalized Romani communities living on the fringes of society in Spain. Though “La bohème” literally translates to “The Bohemians,” Puccini and his librettists Illica and Giacosa didn’t write a story about the Roma, but about a different kind of Bohemian.
To start, the name “Bohemian” is actually a misnomer.
According to MerriamWebster’s Word History blog, the French named the Romani people “Bohémien” believing they came from the Bohemia region of present-day Czechia rather than India. These Roma lived in the poorer districts of Paris without creature comforts, showed little concern for their appearances, and shared a love of the arts. Their presence attracted attention from the French—both curiosity and scorn. “Bohémien” became a pejorative term for the Roma and for anyone else who embraced their way of life,
including artists living in the Latin Quarter of Paris. French writers of the 19th century romanticized this “starving artist” lifestyle, such as Victor Hugo (The Hunchback of NotreDame), Honoré de Balzac (La Comédie humaine), and Henri Murger, whose Scènes de la vie de bohème directly inspired Puccini, Illica, and Giacosa’s opera.
You won’t hear a Bohemian influence in the music of La bohème (by way of India or Czechia), but the Bohemian lifestyle does come to bear on Puccini’s score. Puccini represents his own personal
experience as a young starving artist by musically citing himself. The opening phrase of La bohème is directly lifted from Puccini’s own Capriccio sinfonico, a piece he composed to graduate from the Milan Conservatory. This musical reference reflects “the joy and exuberance of the discovery of art for the first time,” as Maestro Colaneri puts it. “The ‘bohème’ in La bohème for Puccini is not just the story matter, but also picking up these kinds of themes from these early pieces that represent his young life. It’s autobiographical in many ways.”
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CANDIDE (1956)
Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN Book by HUGH WHEELER, after VOLTAIRE
Lyrics by RICHARD WILBUR, STEPHEN SONDHEIM, JOHN LA TOUCHE, LILLIAN HELLMAN, DOROTHY PARKER, and LEONARD BERNSTEIN
PAINTING: JASON YEOMANS
Presented in English with English projected lyrics.
Twelve performances: July 8, 10m, 16m, 25m, 27, 29m; August 5, 7m, 13m, 15m, 18, 20m, 2023
Running time: 2 hours and 50 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission
This production is generously sponsored by Andrew J. Martin-Weber.
This production is presented by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent for Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, publisher and copyright owner.
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Pangloss/Voltaire Bradley Dean+
Candide Brian Vu
Cunegonde Katrina Galka
Old Lady Meredith Arwady
Maximilian Schyler Vargas*
Martin/James Jonathan Patton*
Cacambo Jonathan Pierce Rhodes*
Grand Inquisitor/Governor Ryan Johnson*
Paquette Lisa Marie Rogali*
Baroness/Vanderdendur Keely Futterer*
Minister’s Wife/Queen of Eldorado Alicia Russell Tagert*
Baron/King of Eldorado Carlos Ahrens*
The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor Joseph Colaneri
Original Director
Director and Choreographer
Francesca Zambello
Eric Sean Fogel
Set Designer James Noone
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Hair & Makeup
Projected Titles
Jennifer Moeller
Mark McCullough
Joel T. Morain
Tom Watson
Kelley Rourke
Chorus Director Katherine Kozak
Assistant Director
Assistant Conductor
Principal Coach
Associate Choreographer
Dance Captain
Assistant Coach
English Diction Coach
Stage Manager
*Member of the Young Artists Program
Mario Pacheco*
Micah Gleason*
Grant Wenaus
Andrea Beasom
Madison Hertel*
Laura Bleakley*
Kathryn LaBouff
Iván Dario Cano
Candide, a youth of obscure origins, lives with the Baron and Baroness of Westphalia and their two children, Maximilian and Cunegonde. When Candide—inspired by the coupling of his tutor, Pangloss, and Paquette, a servant girl—proposes to marry Cunegonde, he is kicked out of the castle and recruited to the Bavarian Army. After taking part in a bloody battle between Bavaria and Westphalia, he travels to Holland, where he is reunited with Pangloss, who informs him that the Baron, Baroness, and Cunegonde have been killed. In reality, Cunegonde has survived and is being shared by two lovers: Don Issacar and the Grand Inquisitor.
Pangloss and Candide travel to Lisbon, arriving just as a terrible earthquake strikes the city. As they philosophize about the event, they are overheard and arrested for blasphemy. Pangloss is sentenced to death, Candide to flogging. An Old Woman takes Candide away and orchestrates a reunion between him and Cunegonde. When Don Issacar surprises the lovers, Candide kills him; the Grand Inquisitor soon suffers the same fate. Candide, Cunegonde, and the Old Woman flee to Spain, where they meet Cacambo, who suggests they travel together to the New World.
In Montevideo, the Governor takes an interest in Cunegonde. With Cacambo, Candide goes to Paraguay and is reunited with Maximilian, who has joined a Jesuit order. When Maximilian objects to Candide’s proposed marriage to Cunegonde, Candide kills him.
+The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Detailed ensemble casting is available on glimmerglass.org.
Candide and Cacambo flee and find themselves in El Dorado, where they lack for nothing—except Cunegonde. Determined to find her, they set off again. Cacambo sails for Montevideo to retrieve Cunegonde; the two friends plan to meet in Venice. Vanderdendur, a slave trader, agrees to take Candide to Venice, but robs him instead. Candide chooses a new traveling companion: Martin. On a Tunisian galley, Candide and Martin meet Pangloss and Maximilian—alive but enslaved—and buy their freedom. In Venice, they are reunited with Paquette, then Cacambo. At a masquerade ball, the Old Woman and Cunegonde approach Candide, looking for money. When Cunegonde’s mask comes off, Candide is startled by what she has become. He closes his Venetian palazzo and, taking the others with him, moves to the mountains, where all put away their old lives and find useful work.
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... TO MAKE SOME SENSE OF LIFE
BY KELLEY ROURKE
How do we make sense of bad things happening to good people? Voltaire’s Candide, ou l’optimisme (1759) plays like an irreverent comic-strip, with no shortage of sex and violence, but at its heart is a serious question. The title character has his faith shaken by one calamity after another, and those who claim moral authority—whether via church, state, or academia—only seem to make matters worse. In such a world, how is an individual to live? Candide was banned shortly after its publication, but despite the controversy it created—which continued well into the 20th century—it was an instant hit and is now considered a classic of Western literature.
Young Candide is brought up in a backwater province and has no reason to doubt his tutor, Pangloss, when he declares it to be “the best of all possible worlds.” After Candide is forced to leave home, he comes face to face with the brutality of man (the Seven Years' War), the savage power of nature (the Lisbon Earthquake), the corruption and hypocrisy of those in positions of moral authority— and worse. Pangloss has a quick explanation for everything, but the explanations seem increasingly ridiculous in light of Candide’s accumulating experience. By the time Candide meets Martin, a pessimist, he is primed to upend his view of the world.
“I think we see ourselves in Candide,” says Francesca Zambello, who originated the Glimmerglass production in 2015. “He wants to do the right thing. He wants to see the world as a place where order and reason and justice prevail. And we want Candide to succeed because we want the same for ourselves.”
The “optimism” referenced in Voltaire’s subtitle is a formal philosophical response to a perennial question: if God is all-powerful and all-good, how could he have created a world in which goodness does not always prevail? Versions of the “optimism” argument were championed by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (we live in the best of all possible worlds) and Alexander Pope (what is, is right), among others.
Candide was not Voltaire’s first literary challenge to philosophical optimism. Four years before the novel’s publication, the Great Lisbon Earthquake had killed tens of thousands of innocent people; Voltaire argued in his 180-line “Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne” (Poem on the Lisbon Disaster) that the catastrophe refuted Leibnizian Optimism once and for all. The Lisbon Earthquake also makes an appearance in Candide:
Some falling stones had wounded Candide. He lay stretched in the street covered with rubbish.
“Alas!” said he to Pangloss, “get me a little wine and oil; I am dying.”
“This concussion of the earth is no new thing,” answered Pangloss. “The city of Lima, in America, experienced the same convulsions last year; the same cause, the same effects; there is certainly a train of sulphur underground from Lima to Lisbon.”
“Nothing more probable,” said Candide; “but for the love of God a little oil and wine.”
Voltaire drops similar moments through Candide’s story like breadcrumbs leading the way to his conclusion: Metaphysico-theologico-cosmologicopanology is all well and good, but each of us has work to do in this imperfect world of ours. Or, in the final words he gives Candide, “We must cultivate our garden.”
Lillian Hellman brought the idea of adapting Candide to Leonard Bernstein in 1953. Like many of her contemporaries, including Bernstein, the playwright had been called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and pressured to “name names” of suspected communist sympathizers. Hellman, who famously declared “I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions,” seized on Candide’s scenes of intolerance and hypocrisy—especially the chapter on the Inquisition—as a means of commenting
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Voltaire’s Candide—and the show it inspired— asks us to set argument aside and get to work.
on the anti-Communist “witch hunts” that were being conducted under the guise of protecting the American way of life.
“It’s so obviously right that I wonder nobody has done it before, or have they?” Hellman wrote to Bernstein. “I think if done right, it could have real style & wit, and great importance.”
While Candide’s topic and tone may have felt obviously right, adapting the story for the stage was no simple task. Candide’s progress plays out in more than 20 land-based locations, with a number of additional events happening at sea. The original production featured 50 characters played by a cast of 22.
Candide opened on Broadway in 1956 to mostly positive reviews, but Richard L. Coe’s musings in the Washington Post proved prophetic: “What does worry me—and, I suspect, its other admirers—is that Candide is too special for popular success.” The first Broadway run closed after only 73 performances, and while the team briefly tinkered with alternative versions, Hellman eventually abandoned the project altogether. Hugh Wheeler created an entirely new book for a fleet, circuslike production in 1973, which eliminated about half the songs and reduced the orchestra to thirteen. The success of that production (it ran for 740 performances) led Bernstein to revisit the piece again and again, with a lengthening list of collaborators, gradually adding more Voltaire—and more Bernstein.
Bernstein described Candide as his “love letter” to European forms—the gavotte, mazurka, polka, schottische, waltz. (That he worked on Candide more or less simultaneously with West Side Story—a score steeped in the Americas—is testament to his wideranging musical facility.) Candide’s adventure is a grim one, but the title character somehow maintains a sunny outlook. The overture gives us an idea of what we’re in for, opening with a bright fanfare before sprinting forward through off-beats and accidentals, sampling a bombastic battle, flirting with peaceful domesticity, and letting loose peals of virtuosic laughter. As the work unfolds, a manically cheerful character predominates, but there are moments of stillness, too, when Candide pauses to search for purpose amidst the chaos with a melodic line that leaps an octave, falls, then tries again.
“The musical and geographical variety packed into Candide makes it an inspiring theatrical playground,” says director/choreographer Eric Sean Fogel, who has been with the production since its premiere. “The challenge is to make sure the characters’ internal transformation doesn’t get lost
in the constant transformation of the space around them. This will be the sixth time we’ve staged this production, and we’re still learning. It’s been a gift to have the opportunity to tend this garden for the past eight years.”
At the end of his travels, Candide rejects both the optimism of Pangloss and the pessimism of Martin, choosing action over argument; his now-familiar melodic reach propels us into Bernstein and Wilbur’s finale:
We’re neither pure nor wise nor good; We’ll do the best we know. We’ll build our house, and chop our wood, And make our garden grow.
“Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists,” writes the essayist, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit . “Optimists think it will all be fine without our involvement; pessimists adopt the opposite position; both excuse themselves from acting. It is the belief that what we do matters even though how and when it may matter, who and what it may impact, are not things we can know beforehand. We may not, in fact, know them afterwards either, but they matter all the same, and history is full of people whose influence was most powerful after they were gone.”
Bernstein was not one to excuse himself from acting. “ I want to conduct,” he told the New York Times. “I want to play the piano. I want to write for Hollywood. I want to write symphonic music. I want to keep on trying to be, in the full sense of that wonderful word, a musician. I also want to teach. I want to write books and poetry. And I think I can still do justice to them all.’’
Bernstein actively tended Candide, that finicky hybrid, for a good portion of his career—perhaps longer than any other single work in his vast hothouse of ideas. The seed was planted early: after he made his New York Philharmonic debut, but before he was named Music Director; after Fancy Free but before West Side Story; after he made his first television appearance but before he launched the enormously popular “Young People’s Concerts.” While Bernstein had little involvement in the first major revival, he rolled up his sleeves and got to work on the many new versions that followed. He conducted and recorded the “final revised version” more than 30 years after the first version broke ground; had he not passed away shortly afterwards, it’s possible he would have kept at it. As it is, Candide is part of an extraordinary body of work that continues to influence and inspire all who would “make some sense of life.”
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GETTING TO KNOW ROB AINSLEY
BY NICK RICHARDSON
Glimmerglass’s new Artistic & General Director Rob Ainsley came to us in September 2022 from Washington National Opera, where he ran the Cafritz Young Artists program and the American Opera Initiative. He has worked as a musician and artistic leader at opera companies across the U.S., including at Portland Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and the Greenwich Music Festival. In his native England, he served as guest Chorus Master with the English National Opera. Rob himself is a graduate of a Young Artist Program (The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program), and he holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and Mannes School of Music.
What drew you to opera? How did you decide to have a career in this field?
Opera tells stories and plumbs the depths of the human psyche in ways that no other art does. I’ve found myself in floods of tears at opera performances, and I don’t do that as often when watching a movie, reading a book, or seeing a painting. There’s something so visceral and immediate. I’m sure that’s because I’m a great lover of music and voices. The human voice is the greatest of all instruments. People always say that, but it truly is. It has more colors, possibilities, and emotional core to it than anything else. Not only can it produce some of the most beautiful sounds you’ll ever hear, but when connected to text and drama, it’s just extraordinary what it can do and what its possibilities are.
When you saw that this job was available, what made you say, “I want to come to Glimmerglass”?
You know, there were very few jobs that could’ve pulled me away. Everything that I’ve done has always been very vocational. But something felt very right about this particular one. I know all of the great summer festivals because it was part of my job to travel to them, scout artists, and see what was happening. I think Glimmerglass combines all of the best bits. It has a focus on emerging artists and fostering their careers, but also has really experienced artists involved. It also has a great theater.
I love the festival atmosphere. I love the fact that we have a balanced slate of offerings and content. I love what it does for young artists, who have always been such a huge part of my life and my career. I’ve known so many artists who have come through Glimmerglass, whose
careers have been made and built by it. This is a dream job.
The Festival has grown so much over the past few years. What more is there for Glimmerglass to do? What new directions can Glimmerglass pursue?
Everything in art and everything in life is about balance. It’s often not a matter of doing more; it’s a matter of how and why. I think there are niches where we can really excel because we have this beautiful theater that’s the right size for opera. I love the fact that we can do something like Aida or Dutchman in this house, but I also think that this is an ideal house for Baroque opera. I love that we do musical theater, and that we do it in a way that acoustically requires great singing. I have several titles in mind that I think will fit the house very beautifully.
This is a festival where you have musical theater performers, dancers, and great
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singers. You have incredible apprentices in every possible discipline. You have a scene shop and a costume shop, and you design all your own productions. It’s an artistic playground! I want to use that combination of talent in innovative and new ways, and let the talent that’s available drive some of the choices. I’d love to see artists having agency in our commissions or in what we program on a concert. For example, Mike Mayes [Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, 2022] not only sings opera, but also sings folk music, and plays guitar. If someone has a special skill, then that should be part of the Festival. We should draw on the talent that we have available to us. Artist-driven content is important to me.
Though you’re not directly in charge of the Apprenticeship Program, do you have any ideas or plans for how to keep it growing in the future?
We’re coming to this point where people can’t afford to spend hours upon hours of their lives for the sake of experience. That’s just changing in society in general. This wonderful matching gift from Denise Littlefield Sobel has let us pay the Apprentices in an equitable way, and we’ve upped the stipends of the Young Artists as well. It’s a hard thing to do in a budget, but it’s the right thing to do, and I’m really proud of that step. We have to find ways to sustain that going forward, and I’ve got to raise as many funds as I possibly can. And that’s something I love doing. I love talking about the music, and the art, and playing piano.
I’m happy to talk to anyone and sell them on the opera gospel.
Too often, Apprentices are kind of behind the scenes (because that’s where they work), but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be given the same kind of developmental resources that anyone on the stage is getting. I think our program is fantastic. It’s the only program I know of that is complete in that way. There aren’t many places where you’ll get to work with people like Abby Rodd [Director of Production], our wonderful technical director Ross Rundell, and Wyatt Nyman [Production Coordinator]. They’ve all come up through that same system. You’re really working with the best in every field.
I feel that even our newest, entry-level employees want to have a say in this company, and I have to believe that’s special to Glimmerglass. It seems like people are really invested in Glimmerglass and want to be part of it in bigger ways.
A huge part of that is the incredible staff here. A lot of them—Andi [Lyons, Executive Director] and Abby—started here as Interns. This company has been their life, and you can really tell. It’s because Glimmerglass is in this kind of community where everything is interwoven and everybody knows everyone. It takes a village, as they say. It takes a few!
It truly does. I think that filters all the way down through the company. Everyone can
feel that we are all working towards the same aim, and everyone’s part is crucial. There are no “small people.” If this person isn’t doing their job, then this prima donna doesn’t get to do theirs. As I said, artist-driven culture and content is definitely something I’m excited about. We have to function that way now. That hierarchical structure in opera doesn’t work anymore. We have to find other ways to do it. And I’m easily overruled. I hope I’m not an autocrat!
Why do we need opera today?
I think it’s a deeper question: Why do we need art in our lives? For me, it’s a no-brainer. We’re humans, and we tell stories about what being on this crazy planet means to us. We do that in any possible way that we can, and the most wild and wonderful way is opera. It’s one of the most ludicrous art forms ever invented, yet it has the most possibilities. People will continue to make opera.
That’s not to say it’s easy. Opera is very expensive because it’s so complex and it involves so many people. And it’s really hard to get right! Actually, that’s what I love most about it —the more things you add that can go wrong, the harder it is to get it right. But striving for when it does go right, even if that’s for a fraction of a second, makes it worth trying. That’s why we keep doing these pieces over and over again.
I’ve seen a billion Carmens, but you’re always striving for the Carmen. It’s an Olympian activity in all ways—not just vocally, but in every way. It’s the greatest of challenges.
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W E LC O M E , RO B !
Congratulations on your running start and great first season, and looking forward to many more to come!
— Michael Young and Debra Raskin
Rob at Glimmerglass is, indeed, the "best of all possible worlds." Cheering you on for a most wonderful summer. The Festival— artists, staff and patrons—is so fortunate to have you as its leader, to help make its —and our—“garden grow.”
— Mariko Ikehara & Jeffrey Cunard
We are thrilled, Rob, that you are in the Director's chair, and thanks to the Board for aiming high and hitting the mark.
— Allen and Judy Brick Freedman
With all best wishes for your success and happiness.
Abby Kreh Gibson
The members of the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra warmly welcome Rob to the Glimmerglass family! We look forward to a harmonious and fruitful relationship with you. Curtain up!
Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra Players Association
Welcome to the Glimmerglass family. Can't wait to see what excitement the future holds.
Dennis Banks
Welcome, Rob! We are thrilled you are here and grateful for your immense talent.
With love, The Hill-Edgar Family
Glimmerglass is so fortunate to have a new leader so inspiring and creative. We welcome you!
Jean and Gene Stark
Welcome, Rob, to Glimmerglass.
Gemma Hall
Welcome, Rob! So glad to have you at Glimmerglass and joining the musical community.
Melinda Hardin and Lou Allstadt
Welcome, Rob. The Guild looks forward to a fantastic season working with you and the Festival!
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival
Rob—Congratulations on your inaugural season as Artistic & General Director of the Glimmerglass Festival! We are so glad that you are here and know that the 2023 season, under your leadership, will be a smashing success!
— Senator Jim and Cindy Seward
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Dear Rob (& Micah), As if we didn’t love our Glimmerglass visits to start with, now having you there makes it even more special. While you shall be sorely missed in D.C., this is one magnificent gain for the Glimmerglass community. We are very excited to see what you have in store for this amazing festival. Best of luck to you & Micah in Cooperstown.
— The Savada-Stevenson Family
Looking forward to all the new and wonderful programs that will follow with you. See you in the summer.
Jackie Metzger
Welcome to the neighborhood, Rob. We’re so looking forward to your first (of many) terrific seasons here at Glimmerglass, the home of magical music on Otsego Lake. Kathleen Mulhern Johnson and Bruce R Johnson
A warm welcome, Rob!
— Jim and Charles Ballowe Rob—we are THRILLED you are here! Blessings abound!!
— Elsie and Thom Rhodes
Dear Rob: Greetings and benvenuto from the Utica community, and especially our youth initiative! We are all so happy you are with us, and are looking forward to a wonderful season full of music and theater! Thanks for all you do for the young people!
— Hon. Joan E. Shkane (ret.)
Rob—We believe in you and in GGF. We look forward to you charting a path toward great artistic successes that demonstrates how valuable opera and music can be in creating meaning and community in today’s ever-changing world.
All the best, Debra Valentine
We are eagerly looking forward to your tenure at Glimmerglass!
Bill Packard and Charles Ihlenfeld
Welcome, Rob! We look forward to many years of enjoying your contribution to the great tradition of Glimmerglass Opera. Anne & Lang Keith
Greetings, Rob, and a warm welcome to the Glimmerglass community. Wishing great success for you and for the Festival in the years to come.
— Tom Simpson
We are thrilled to have you here and so looking forward to your first Glimmerglass season.
— With congratulations and love, Katharine Muir and Ken Witty
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Rob, in a short time, you have become a valued member of this community, and we look forward to years of your spirited and talented leadership of the Festival . . . and your friendship.
— John B. Webb and Nelson Mondaca
Rob, as a proud former Upstate New Yorker, I am thrilled someone of your talent, energy, and vision will be leading Glimmerglass. I hope another 8-year-old who saw her first opera at Glimmerglass will be dazzled again by one of your new productions!
All the best, Molly Wilkinson
Rob—Welcome to Glimmerglass! We are so honored to have you. Thank you for bringing so much to this beautiful opera house. God bless.
Rod Vanderbilt
Rob, looking forward to you making your mark at Glimmerglass!
— Howard Zar and Ray Kurdziel
We are so grateful to have you and Micah as a part of our community. Look forward to this, the first of many grand seasons.
Dr. F. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Go Rob! Your enthusiasm is catching, positivity is everywhere, the future looks bright.
— Janet Nelson
We hope you find as much joy and fulfillment in Central New York as those of us who have chosen this region as our home. May your tenure at Glimmerglass be long and successful, filled with memorable operas and supportive friendships.
Michael and Deborah Zahn
Best wishes for the success we know you will have in your first season at Glimmerglass. You fill well the giant steps that have come before you. Just keep running, as you have been doing so well, don’t forget to breathe, and play on.
— Gib and Lin Vincent
So delighted you are sharing your talent with us. Thanks. We eagerly look forward.
Georgeanne and Jean Rousseau
Welcome, Rob! The community is very fortunate to have you! Looking forward to many wonderful seasons with you.
— The Horvath Family
How fortunate we are to have such a talented and accomplished successor to the role of Artistic & General Director! Welcome to the Glimmerglass and Cooperstown communities!
— Bob & Pat Hanft
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Gifts Made in Honor of Rob Ainsley
Anonymous (2)
Lou Allstadt and Melinda Hardin
Susan Antos and Edward Fallon
Sharin Apostolou and Ryan MacPherson
Edward and Laura Asher
James E. Ballowe Jr.
Dennis N. Banks
Vige Barrie and Jim Frederick
Jim and Nancy Barton
Sidney and Susan Blatt
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Kayellen Button and Bruce Loveys
Karyl Clemens
Jane and Siobhan Cornell
Jeffrey P. Cunard and Mariko Ikehara
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Martha Monteleone Duke
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Abby Kreh Gibson
Glimmerglass Gals
The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra Players Association
Michael Halloran
Robert and Patricia Hanft
Jennifer Potter Hayes
The Hill-Edgar Family
The Horvath Family
Susan Huxtable and Joseph Novitski
Kathleen Mulhern Johnson and Bruce Ray Johnson
Stephen and Pamela Kalista
Anne and Lang Keith
Daniel Kempton
Anne R. Kline and Geoffrey P. Pohanka
Robert S. Lalli
Harry and Ellen Levine
Linda Loomis
Massage Therapy by Kristin Sloth
Carol Ann McKeen and John Dunton
Jackie Metzger
Katharine Muir and Kenneth Witty
Janet Nelson
Michael W. O'Dell, M.D.
Bill Packard and Charles Ihlenfeld
Elsie and Thom Rhodes
Angie Richards
Rotary Club of Cooperstown
Georgeanne and Jean Rousseau
The Savada-Stevenson Family
Margaret Savoie
Sandra Seaton
Senator and Mrs. James L. Seward
Thomas Simpson
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Eugene and Jean Stark
Dov and Tom Treiman
Debra A. Valentine and Jill V. Gardiner
Rod Vanderbilt
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Vincent
Ronald and Bette R. Wagner
Drs. Hueldine Webb and Lester W. Blair
John B. Webb and Nelson Mondaca
Dr. F. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Molly Wilkinson
Michael Young and Debra Raskin
Deborah and Michael Zahn
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PHOTO: MARGARITA CORPORAN
Welcome, Rob!
Congratulations from The Glimmerglass Festival Board and Leadership on your first season. With your expertise, passion, and knowledge, we know that the future of the company is bright.
HONORARY CHAIR
Peter Duchin
OFFICERS
Robert Nelson, CHAIR
Michael Young, PRESIDENT
Edward L. Turner, VICE-CHAIR
Jean Stark, VICE-PRESIDENT
Mark Luis Villamar, TREASURER
Erna Morgan McReynolds, SECRETARY TRUSTEES
Patricia Chadwick
Anne M. Curtis
Wendy Curtis
Nellie Gipson
Sherwin M. Goldman
Allison Hill-Edgar
Thomas C. Ragan
John Ryland
Michael Sekus
Senator James L. Seward
Thomas Simpson
Ted Snowdon
Kara Unterberg
Debra Valentine
EX-OFFICIO LIAISONS
William Goodenough 1
Sage Mehta 1
Eric Owens 2
Laura Tansey Wetzel 3
HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES
John ^ and Wendy Curtis
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
The Family of Andrea K. Fallek ^
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello
Nellie Gipson
Sherwin M. Goldman
The Family of Mrs. John H.J. Guth ^
The Family of Alfred F. Hubay ^
The Family of Mrs. John R. Hupper ^
Dudley D. and Carole H. Johnson
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
The Family of Robert B. Schlather ^
Senator James L. Seward
Lady Juliet and Dr. Christopher Tadgell
The Family of Eugene V. ^ and Clare E. Thaw ^
NON-TRUSTEE ADVISORS
James Barton
Frank Holozubiec
Gregory Long
Ann McChord
Janet Nelson
Elisabeth A. Sapery
Joan Shkane
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1 Young Glimmerglass Representative; 2 Chair, Artistic Advisory Board; 3 Guild President ^ deceased
PHOTO: MARGARITA CORPORAN
ROMEO AND JULIET (1867)
Music by CHARLES GOUNOD
PAINTING: JASON YEOMANS
Sung in French with projected English text.
Seven performances: July 15, 17m, 30m; August 4, 10, 12m, 19m, 2023
Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes , including one 25-minute intermission
This production is generously co-sponsored by Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard and Jacqueline B. Mars.
Co-production with Washington National Opera
Romeo Duke Kim
Juliet Magdalena Kuzma
Mercutio Olivier Zerouali*
Friar Laurence Sergio Martínez*
Count Capulet Stefano de Peppo
Tybalt Hayden Smith*
The Duke John Mburu*
Stéphano Lisa Marie Rogali*
Gertrude Meredith Arwady
Grégorio Darren Lekeith Drone
Paris Jonathan Patton*
Benvolio Will Upham*
The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor Joseph Colaneri
Director
Choreographer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Hair & Makeup
Simon Godwin
Jonathan Goddard
Dan Soule
Loren Shaw
Robert Wierzel
Tom Watson
Projected Titles Kelley Rourke
Chorus Director Katherine Kozak
Assistant Director Joshua R. Horowitz
Assistant Conductor Robert Kahn*
Principal Coach Anna Betka
Fight Director Casey Kaleba
Assistant Coach Laura Bleakley*
Diction Coach Christopher Devlin
Stage Manager Laurel McIntyre
*Member of the Young Artists Program
Detailed ensemble casting is available on glimmerglass.org.
At a masked ball at the Capulet palace, Tybalt points out his cousin, Juliet, to his friend Paris. Although Juliet has been promised to Paris, she claims she is in no rush to marry. But when she encounters Romeo, who has sneaked into the party with his friends, she finds herself powerfully drawn to him. It is only after the two strangers share a tender moment that they realize each other’s identity: Romeo is a Montague, Juliet is a Capulet, and the two families have feuded bitterly for generations.
Later, Romeo steals into the Capulets' garden. When Juliet steps onto her balcony, Romeo declares his love, and she promises to be his wife. Romeo confides in Friar Laurence, who agrees to perform the marriage in secret. Meanwhile, Romeo’s page, Stéphano, taunts the Capulets. A fight breaks out. Romeo pleads for the two families to forget their feud, but Tybalt refuses to listen. When Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, Romeo kills Tybalt.
Romeo returns to Juliet, who forgives him. The next morning, Capulet tells his daughter she will marry Paris that very day. Friar Laurence devises a plan: Juliet will take a potion that will send her into a deathlike sleep; instead of being wed to Paris, she will be laid in the tomb, and eventually reunited with Romeo. Romeo hears of Juliet’s “death” and, before anyone can explain the details of the plan, he goes to her tomb and poisons himself. As her potion wears off and she realizes what he has done, she takes her own life.
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SPACE FOR REFLECTION
A conversation with Simon Godwin
Simon Godwin, Artistic Director of the acclaimed Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.) makes his operatic debut this summer. Before rehearsals began, he spoke with Glimmerglass Dramaturg Kelley Rourke about the Bard’s timeless work—and how he approaches it.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular dramas of all time—not only is it a cornerstone of any classical theater’s repertory, it has also inspired paintings, films, operas, and more. Why does the story of these star-crossed lovers hold such power?
Shakespeare was preoccupied with universal themes. He was drawn to stories everyone could connect to— fathers and children in King Lear; identity and desire in Twelfth Night; falling in love in Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare’s interest in what we all share is reflected in the form— his plays are written in iambic pentameter—which is a rhythm based on the beat of the heart. Recent studies have shown that audience members’ heartbeats synchronize when watching a live theatrical performance. Shakespeare didn’t know this, but he knew it intuitively, and the literary form he chose, that pulse, has a unifying effect on everyone watching.
In Romeo and Juliet, we have two young people discovering love as a way of being free. It’s a different kind of love than the love that they’ve known so far. It begins as a commitment to each other and to building a secret alliance between their feuding families. They hope their love will heal the enmity between the warring Capulets and Montagues. The irony and the tragedy is that their story goes so wrong.
This is your first time directing opera, but certainly not your first time thinking about music as a theatrical device. How do you think about the role of music in plays vs. opera?
Shakespeare was fascinated by music. His plays are full of songs,
and they were originally performed with an onstage band. As the modern stage becomes ever closer to cinema, underscoring has become a very important storytelling tool. In my recent production of King Lear at Shakespeare Theatre Company, there was music (melody and harmony) as well as a frequent sonic underscoring (breath, a military presence, a kind of psychological pulse).
As I embark on my first opera, I need to rethink all these techniques. Here, the music leads everything—tempo, emotion, character. I’m interested, as well, in music’s ability to expand or shrink the visual. In the original play, Shakespeare, for example, uses music to create the party. Yet this scene is always a challenge to direct, since you must keep turning the music down to hear the speech! In opera, it’s seamless. You can keep the music and the party going, while gaining access to both the epic and the intimate. The music becomes a kind of camera allowing us to sweep in and out of this exhilarating and momentous journey.
You lead Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., a company that is at once devoted to work that is centuries old and committed to offering a fresh, modern perspective. What do you think is gained by re-examining classics?
Scholarship has revealed the extent to which Shakespeare’s texts are extremely unstable. There were multiple versions, multiple sources, and many collaborators. The plays, as written, are also longer than the time it would have taken for them to be staged. In the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare describes the “two hours' traffic of our stage,” but, if you do the full printed text,
it’s more like three and a half hours! So that provides some clues about performance practice—these plays were written to be cut. The idea of the perfect, untouchable text is simply inaccurate. You do Shakespeare the best service when you approach him with the kind of mischievous, provocative, and playful approach he himself applied.
Tell us about the approach you and your collaborators have taken for this production of Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare was interested in presenting plays that spoke to his own time and to his audience. Based on the very few pieces of evidence we have, we know the plays were not performed as historical re-enactments. Old stories were remodeled, and the costumes were contemporary.
Like Shakespeare, we’ve started with the present moment. So, the setting is modern. However, Verona is still a parallel plane, as Nabokov once said. It’s both timely and timeless. We’ve sought to deliver the drama and glamor and epic scale that the story needs, while suggesting these people could be our parents, our children, our cousins, our community.
As I venture into opera, into a world with so many new relationships, it felt good to bring some established collaborators with me. Jonathan Goddard, our choreographer, is a fantastic dancer, and over the years he’s helped me bridge the gaps between words and bodies, how actors can physicalize intentions. Jon’s understanding of music will be critical for me as I chart this journey from the spoken to the sung. Dan Soule, who has done the sets, knows how to blend modernity
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with a commitment to spectacle. Loren Shaw has previously created amazing costumes for STC in Washington. At the same time working with the singers, the orchestra and, of course, Maestro Colaneri is a privilege. Gounod’s vision is a bold and glorious one. Finally, his music is going to be my biggest ally in serving Shakespeare, and delivering a huge wave of emotion and excitement. Love sounds like this……!
When we began this conversation, you asked what it meant to put love first, above all else. How does the story of Romeo and Juliet respond to this question?
As they say in Armenia, “every stick has two ends,” and the opposite of love is hate. Quick to love, quick to hate. Before marrying Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence advises them to “love moderately.” But how do
we “love moderately”? Isn’t love, by definition, immoderate? This is why Shakespeare is so rich. He adores all the contradictions and paradoxes that our lives are built around. Shakespeare doesn’t resolve the questions. He invites us to reflect on what it is like being driven by our feelings; he reveals the joy and tragedy of being led by our hearts.
Charles Gounod and “the Artistic Vocation”
“I emerged from the theater thoroughly at variance with the prose of real life, and completely wrapped up in that dream of the idea which had become my atmosphere, my fixed purpose. I did not close my eyes that night! I was beset, possessed! I thought of nothing but of producing—I also—an Othello!” (Charles Gounod, Memoirs)
Eight years after being “possessed” by a performance of Rossini’s Othello, Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was awarded the Prix de Rome. Immersing himself in the storied city, the young composer was deeply moved by both the liturgical music and the sacred paintings he found in its churches. When Gounod returned to Paris, he took a post as a church musician, and even enrolled in seminary for a time. Although he eventually returned to his first vocation—music—his faith remained at the center of his thought and work.
“Man’s sublime function is literally and positively that of a new earthly Creator. His duty is to make all things what they ought to become. Not merely in the matter of the cultivation of the soil of our earth, but also as regards intellectual and moral culture—justice, love, science, arts, trade, and manufactures—no consummation nor true conclusion is possible save through Man, to whom creation was confided that he might till it—”ut operatur terram,” as the old text of the Book of Genesis runs. An artist, then, is not simply a sort of mechanical apparatus which receives or reflects the image of exterior and visible objects; he is a sensitive and living instrument, which wakes to consciousness and vibrates at the touch of Nature. And this vibration it is which at once indicates the artistic vocation, and is the primary cause of any work of art.” (Charles
Gounod, Nature and Art
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Gounod continued to write religious music for the rest of his life; he also made good on his teenage ambition to compose opera. The singer/composer Pauline Viardot, whom Gounod had met in Rome, suggested he compose a work for the Paris Opera with a leading role for her: Sapho premiered in 1851 and was followed by commissions for La nonne sanglante and Ivan le terrible. The latter was never performed, and Gounod moved on to a new theater—and new collaborators. Le médicin malgré lui, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, premiered at the Théâtre-Lyrique, a house established to bring opera to the masses. Barbier and Carré went on to write eight libretti for Gounod, including the wildly popular Faust (1859)—which became one of the most-performed French operas of all time—and Roméo et Juliette (1867).
For their adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Gounod and his librettists zoomed in on the protagonists, making four love duets the pillars of their opera. Gounod’s sensitive and expressive text setting perfectly complements Shakespeare’s poetry, and much of the libretto is taken directly from the play. Shakespeare’s Prologue offered an irresistible opportunity for Gounod, a master of choral writing. Juliette’s “Je veux vivre,” on the other hand, has no Shakespearean equivalent, but the prima donna must have a showy Act One aria! And the opera’s Romeo lives until Juliet awakes, allowing the lovers a final duet and prayer for forgiveness—a move Gounod must have found not only musically but also morally satisfying.
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Kelley Rourke
Sung in Italian with projected English text.
Five performances: July 28, 31m; August 6m,12,17, 2023
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission
This production is generously co-sponsored by Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard and Jacqueline B. Mars.
PAINTING: JASON YEOMANS
Rinaldo Anthony Roth Costanzo
Almirena Jasmine Habersham
Armida Keely Futterer*
Goffredo Kyle Sanchez Tingzon*
Argante Korin Thomas-Smith*
Sorcerer Nicholas Kelliher*
Dancer Madison Hertel*
Dancer Peter Murphy*
Dancer Emma Sucato*
The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
Conductor Emily Senturia
Director Louisa Proske
Choreographer Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson*
Set Designer Matt Saunders
Costume Designer Montana Blanco
Lighting Designer Amith Chandrashaker
Projections Designer Jorge Cousineau
Hair & Makeup Tom Watson
Projected Titles Kelley Rourke
Assistant Director Marinette Gomez*
Assistant Conductor Micah Gleason*
Principal Coach/Ripieno Harpsichord Christopher Devlin
Assistant Coach Yueqi Zhang*
Stage Manager Luci Burdick
*Member of the Young Artists Program
Detailed ensemble casting is available on glimmerglass.org.
In a hospital ward, a boy recovering from an operation distracts himself with stories of knights and their heroic deeds. In the bed beside him, an unconscious girl is fighting for her life. The boy becomes deeply absorbed in the storybook, imagining himself the hero of an unfolding tale.
Rinaldo, encouraged by his King, Goffredo, pledges to join the fight against Argante, their mysterious adversary. Argante requests a temporary truce, which Goffredo grants. Argante consults the sorceress Armida, who reveals that their side will be victorious if they can capture Rinaldo; she pledges to take the knight herself.
Meanwhile, Rinaldo finds himself mesmerized by Goffredo’s daughter, Almirena. Armida, seeing an opportunity, seizes the girl as bait. Rinaldo is paralyzed by grief but then, encouraged by Goffredo, sets off to save her.
In Armida’s enchanted domain, Almirena weeps, Argante considers his next move, and Armida waits for Rinaldo to appear. When Rinaldo attempts to rescue Almirena, the battle is intensified and complicated by Armida’s attraction to Rinaldo. Using magic, she disguises herself as Almirena, and thus succeeds in capturing Rinaldo.
Goffredo learns of Rinaldo’s plight; he and the other knights decide to storm Armida’s castle, despite a sorcerer’s warnings. When their first attempt is unsuccessful, they return to the sorcerer, who arms them with magic, allowing them to rescue both Rinaldo and Almirena.
The heroes are reunited, still reeling from all they have endured. Argante and Armida soon appear and the fighting begins again. Rinaldo’s heroic response brings the war to a definitive conclusion, freeing combatants on both sides to begin a new life.
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BAROQUE OPERA AND THE CASTRATI
BY OLIVIA LERWICK
The year is 1099. The place: the plains outside the great city of Jerusalem. Our protagonist, Rinaldo, fights not only for the glory of his King and his God but for his one true love, the beautiful Almirena. From here, he embarks on his hero’s journey, meeting each new challenge with a purity of heart that leads him like a golden thread through the traps his enemies have laid. And yet, in our 2023 production, we are made to understand that these adventures are real only in the imagination of a young boy trapped by the random cruelty of illness. Unable to leave the hospital, he manifests his longing in his dreams and sallies forth as the hero he knows himself to be.
Baroque opera is uniquely able to relay the emotional complexity of this dream within a dream. Unlike the verismo style, whose straightforward relatability is grounded so heavily in reality, Baroque opera relies on the grandiosity and mythical qualities of its plots to entrance its audience. In order to make the unbelievable believable, however, one must heighten every aspect of the performance. Historically, the sets, costumes, lighting, and, most significantly, the music were meant to inspire awe and evoke the power of heroes and gods. With the stakes so high, one can only wonder, what singer could have assumed such prestige? Who could sing in such a way as to make them godly? The solution at the time—an operation performed on boy sopranos before puberty—created a
singer who combined the thrilling high notes and vocal flexibility of a boy soprano with the heroic (and resonant) physique of an adult male.
Somewhat ironically, the same castrati who played gods on stage were almost always cut “in the name of God.” They were the product of a culture whose misogyny was so entrenched that it would rather emasculate itself than let women sing in church, which would have presumably been even more humiliating. Of course, the practice of castrating talented boy sopranos was never given papal approval, but the increasing complexity of music in the late 16th century, the male falsetto’s general lack of power, and the cost of training sopranos who would soon be lost to puberty led the church into one of its
most bizarre paradoxes. Officially, castration in any of the Papal States was illegal. Unofficially, it became increasingly popular as their astonishing vocal abilities came to light, and an economic downturn forced more and more families to consider giving their children to the church.
The illegality of the practice, alongside the indisputably grotesque nature of the procedure, made for fantastical tales of “accidents,” which often involved being bitten by a malicious pig or falling from a horse in such a way as to lose one’s manhood. In reality, most boys were castrated at home with some alcohol or milk of poppy to numb the effects and possibly took a milk bath beforehand as it was said to soften the skin. If they survived and had either the money or the
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patronage to do so, they would be sent to special schools where their one and only task was to learn how to sing.
These schools, primarily located in the Kingdom of Naples, created many vocal techniques that are still used today, including breathing techniques, scale work designed to increase agility and improve intonation, and, perhaps most importantly, the seamless transition between the very lowest range of the voice to the highest. It should be noted that the castrati’s unusual physiology likely enhanced the desirability of many of these techniques. Without testosterone, the castrati’s vocal folds remained the same as those of a child, and they also usually lacked the hormone which made their growth plates close, meaning that they were often tall and gangly with big barrel chests. The smallness of their voice paired with a huge lung capacity meant that they could sing extremely long phrases without taking a breath (legend has it the great castrato Farinelli could sing continuously for a whole minute) and that they could perform complicated passages with exceptional speed and precision.
The castrato voice was, for many, the literal
embodiment of the unbelievable. The few good enough to make it into opera were idolized by the aristocracy that funded them. They were the original heroes of the stage and brought both vocal ability and vocal music to heights that were previously unthinkable. In a legend that presages our modern obsession with celebrity, one woman was said to have cried out, “One God, one Farinelli!” after one of his performances.
For some of them, perhaps their lives also felt like a dream within a dream. Their power onstage could never truly be reflected in their lives offstage, as they were never given any social status outside of their vocal talents. Even marriage and partnership for a castrato were frowned upon, and they were mocked and criticized for their feminine bodies despite also being desired for them. In the liminal space they were given, they could be gods, but only for a short time.
Audiences today have the chance to hear the gods sing again in the talents of countertenors, biologically unaltered men who sing full voice in their falsetto. Our 2023 Artist-in-Residence, Anthony Roth Costanzo, is
one of the world’s leading countertenors, and plays the lead in our production of Rinaldo. Costanzo has performed at many of the leading opera houses in the world and was Musical America’s Vocalist of the Year in 2019. Perhaps most fittingly, he won a GRAMMY award for his portrayal of the godking Akhnaten in Philip Glass’s opera of the same name and has extensive knowledge of what it means to portray the hero.
It should come as no surprise that the composer of Rinaldo, G.F. Handel (1685-1759), would capitalize on the popularity of the castrati. In fact, the title role of Rinaldo, which premiered in London in 1711, was sung by the great castrato, Nicolò Grimaldi. Between 1711 and 1731, Rinaldo was performed 53 times, the most of any of Handel’s operas, but as his style and the prevalence of castrati waned, his operas fell into obscurity, and Rinaldo was not performed again until 1933. Baroque opera has gained popularity since the mid-20th century. This relatively recent popularity accounts for much of the resurgence of the countertenor, with more and more new works being written for their unique and awe-inspiring voices.
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A Conversation Across Centuries
BY LOUISA PROSKE
The more I delve into the wondrous universe of Handel’s operas, the more I regard Handel as our contemporary. He wrote about corrupting power and political intrigue, about selfobsession, narcissism, celebrity, and self-promotion, about the entanglement of romance, power, and greed, and, always, about the mind-boggling complexities of human psychology. His enigmatic works at once satisfy our craving for glorious spectacle and adventure, taking us outside of our everyday selves, and they lead us deeper into the recesses of our psyche, taking us inside our own hearts and desires. Handel is our friend and our commentator, and he is speaking to us across centuries with his miraculous music and delirious stories.
When do we need opera most? This is a question I always seek, in one way or another, to answer in my productions. Rinaldo is a story about a hero who aborts his mission in order to save his beloved. Its imagination is wild, its proportions epic—it puts on stage an enchanted castle, a magician in a cave, a heroine abducted by a black cloud, a sorceress who shapeshifts, an entrance by dragon-drawn carriage through the sky, and no less than three battles, featuring knights, demons, and special magic wands. The imagination is child-like but the stakes are life or death. That, for me and my team, was the beginning of creating a world for this opera.
The suffering of children has always posed a special problem for philosophy and theology. How could a just God allow innocent beings to suffer and to die? Doctors at children’s clinics confront these questions every day, and they face families whose lives are turned upside down by their child’s sickness. “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick,” writes Susan Sontag. “Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.” I was intrigued by the idea of the story of Rinaldo coming from “that other place"—its strangeness and impulsiveness springing from the fantasy of a young patient trying to make sense of his bewildering experience, and from his childlike desire to rescue another young patient, who not only comes alive in the story, but whose imagination in turn starts to influence it. The Baroque sensibility loves “chiaroscuro,” the sharp contrast of entwining darkness and light to offset and heighten each other. So even though our visual design is far removed in time from Handel’s world, I believe that letting the fanciful joy of invention of Rinaldo spring from quite a dark, existential origin is in keeping with the essential Baroque spirit of embracing opposites—as well as letting Handel speak to us in the here and now.
What is heroic? What is courage? What does it mean to cross a threshold? To face terror? To gain victory? I want to take you on an adventure, and I want to create a space full of urgency, surprises, and complex resonance for these questions and for Handel’s sublime music. Thank you for coming on this journey with us!
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SET MODEL: MATT SAUNDERS
THE RIP VAN WINKLES (2023)
Music by BEN MORRIS
Libretto by LAURA FUENTES
WORLD PREMIERE commissioned by THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL
PAINTING: JASON YEOMANS
Sung in English with projected English text.
Three performances: August 7, 13, and 18m
Running time: 1 hour, no intermission
This production is generously sponsored by the John R. & Joyce McC. Hupper Charitable Fund.
Free youth tickets (12 and under) made possible by the Zambello Gay Tribute Fund.
Audrey
Taylor-Alexis DuPont*
Milo Grant Jackson*
Callista
Frank
Fabiola (Fabi)
Amanda Sheriff*
Hayden Smith*
Lilly Grady
Ivy Elizabeth Eckel
Kyle Elijah Gebers
Maggie Maya LaCoppola
May Gialina Ploutz
Teens
Malena Buttermann, Avery Croft, Caleb J.A. Crowder, Genevieve
DeLanoy, Seton Davis Fralick, Anqi Geng, Julieanna L. Iglesias, Callum D. Torruella
Grandparents
Layla Buttermann, Nadia
Buttermann, Ethan Chen, Anmo
Geng, Kian Grady, Cate Speed
Leinhart, Anais Summers Robbins
Conductor Kamna Gupta
Director
Brenna Corner
Set Designer James F. Rotondo III
Costume Designer
Erik Teague
Lighting Designer Amith Chandrashaker
Sound Designer Joel T. Morain
Hair & Makeup
Projected Titles
Tom Watson
Nick Richardson
Assistant Director Amanda Testini*
Principal Pianist
Assistant Pianist
Stage Manager
*Member of the Young Artists Program
Laura Bleakley*
Yueqi Zhang*
Tess Naval
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RIP VAN WINKLE IN THE RIP VAN WINKLES
BY KIRA DELANOY
Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” was first published in 1819, appearing as part of his collection of essays and short stories (published in multiple installments) titled “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” The story quickly gained popularity, inspiring countless adaptations and retellings, and becoming part of a new nation’s folklore.
Set just before the American Revolution, “Rip Van Winkle” is the story of the amiable and carefree Rip, who seeks solace from the responsibilities of his life by escaping into the forests surrounding his village in the Catskill Mountains of New York. On one of his outings he encounters a peculiar stranger who invites him to join a mysterious group of men playing ninepins (a precursor to modern-day ten-pin bowling) in the mountains. Rip, drawn in by their merriment, drinks a strange beverage offered
to him and soon after falls into a deep sleep. When he awakens, he finds that 20 years have passed.
The Glimmerglass Festival’s 2023 youth opera, The Rip Van Winkles, is set in a secluded upstate town that is suspiciously short on cell reception. It tells the story of Fabi, a New York City transplant learning to adapt to this new town—and unraveling a mystery along the way. “When we were brainstorming ideas for this opera, we knew we didn’t want to retell the exact story of ‘Rip Van Winkle.’ Instead, we wanted to offer a modern take on it—with original characters and an original setting,” shares composer, Ben Morris. Librettist Laura Fuentes adds, “We wanted to follow in the footsteps of past Glimmerglass youth operas and put a new twist on the source material, bringing it closer to the world of the youth performers.”
When Fabi discovers that not only is she physically separated from her friends but can’t connect with them virtually either, she decides to find out why there is no cell reception in her new home. Rallying the town’s teens, they uncover a 20-year-old lie and set off a series of fraught, funny, and touching exchanges between the town’s teens, parents, and grandparents. “Thematically, we were interested in exploring how groups of people deal with conflict and polarization, and how they can find common ground across an ideological divide,” says Laura.
“Rip’s story serves as a running metaphor across our piece. We thought about what it would be like to miss the last 20 years of technology entirely. What if you had fallen asleep and missed the advent of social media and 20 years of cultural references, and then what would it be like
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to have that world sprung upon you all at once,” says Laura. In Irving’s original tale, as Rip tries to reconcile the present reality with his past, he faces the challenges of reintegrating into a society that has transformed politically, socially, and economically. His wife has passed away, and his daughter has grown into a woman with a family of her own. His village, once part of a British colony, is now part of an independent nation.
When Fabi and the town teens confront their parents, it forces the town to grapple with issues that are all too familiar to those who have lived with
cell phones these past 20 years—the positives and negatives of living in a society that is always plugged in, online, and connected. “In this opera, we have choruses of grandparents, young teens, and parents, embodying their generational values through different musical styles: disco, musical theater, and traditional operatic singing. There’s often conflict between these styles and values, but it’s not about choosing one side over another; it’s about addressing differences and growing together as a community,” says Ben, continuing, “it is a plea to listen to other people, to other perspectives.”
Both “Rip Van Winkle” and The Rip Van Winkles are tales of transformation, not only for the protagonists but also for the societies in which they live. Through Rip’s experiences, Irving explores the consequences of neglecting responsibilities and the inevitable march of time. Rip’s amiable nature helps him adapt to his new world. For Fabi and the teens, parents, and grandparents of their town, compromise is ultimately the way forward. Both stories remind their audiences of the difficulties of navigating change and the importance of actively participating in the world.
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SET MODEL: JAMES F. ROTONDO III
LOVE & WAR
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Lamento della Ninfa from the Eighth Book of Madrigals (1638)
Music by CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI, Words by TORQUATO TASSO, OTTAVIO RINUCCINI
Clorinda Jasmine Habersham
Testo Duke Kim
Tancredi Brian Vu
Bass Sergio Martínez*
Dancer Truman Tinius*
Dancer Kailee Brandt*
*Member of the Young Artists Program
^Member of the Apprenticeship Program
Director/Choreographer Eric Sean Fogel
Assistant Director Marinette Gomez*
Set Designer Hayley E Wallenfeldt^
Costume Designer Corey Cochran^
Lighting Designer Rachel Fields^
Projected Titles Olivia Lerwick^
Conductor/Harpsichord Rob Ainsley
Violin Ruotao Mao, Sasha Margolis
Viola Katrina Smith
Baroque Cello Ruth Berry
Theorbo/Baroque Guitar Michael Leopold
Two performances: August 3 and 17
Sung in Italian with projected English text.
Running time: 30 minute performance/ 30 minute panel discussion, no intermission
Generously sponsored by Patricia and John Chadwick.
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PAINTING: ALESSANDRO MAGGIORINO
AN EVENING WITH ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
Join this season’s Artist-in-Residence, GRAMMY-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, and members of the Young Artists Program for the culmination of his residency—an intimate, cabaret-style performance sure to be full of surprises and his signature flair!
Two performances: August 11 and 14
Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission
Generously sponsored by the Zambello Gay Tribute Fund.
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Curator/Producer Anthony Roth Costanzo Assistant Director Mario Pacheco*
IN THE PAVILION
*Member of the Young Artists Program
THE STATE OF THE ART
Artistic & General Director, Rob Ainsley, and 2023 Artist-in-Residence, Anthony Roth Costanzo, discuss the future of opera, the role of the artist in society today, technology in the arts, and much more!
Rob Ainsley (RA): In his 2008 bestseller, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argued that mastery comes only after 10,000 hours of dedicated practice. When I was growing up, everyone studied to be a niche expert. Today it seems that it is breadth, rather than depth, that we prioritize. It is less about the divo or diva status and more about followers and collaboration— about dipping your feet in an awful lot of different pots. It feels like the whole zeitgeist has changed immeasurably.
Anthony Roth Costanzo (ARC): Yes, and I think the key to navigating the change is a word you brought up— collaboration. I appear to have a lot of breadth, but the truth is I have very little breadth. The appearance of breadth and the execution of breadth come from collaboration. I connect with and rely on other people who have dug deeply into their form and understand it well. It is a skill that I've worked on developing and honing as much as my singing—the ability to connect and collaborate with people who have expertise in another
field. This approach means that rather than bucking tradition and going less deep into the artform, I am embroidering the traditions that I spent a lot of time working on.
RA: So you’re saying you can’t skip the 10,000 hours?
ARC: No, I don't think there is any substitute for that. We can never let go of the careful craft that it takes to reach expertise. It is my depth that has grounded me.
RA: Then maybe I’m talking more about branding and marketing. The way we think about creating a personality, an entity, and a brand.
ARC: Yes! I think what you’re talking about is the fact that 10,000 hours— achieving mastery in and of itself— used to be enough. It no longer is. As artists today, we really have to think of ourselves as CEOs of our own companies. That means that the product that
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each company produces has to be the best product. But then there's all the things that go around that product. We have to understand how to connect to institutions, how to leverage social media, or grassroots marketing, or press— whatever it is—to build our image.
RA: Exactly! How is that possible? How do we do that?
ARC: You have to really try different things. I’ll give you an example. Over the pandemic I was very frustrated that there was no live music happening. I spoke to the visionary Deborah Borda, president and chief executive of the New York Philharmonic, and we began brainstorming. I had this idea to take music to the community in a pickup truck and she said, “I love this idea, let's collaborate and do it.” Together we built something called Bandwagon. It was a way for the New York Philharmonic to connect in a different, grassroots way to communities all throughout New York with pop-up music.
RA: And it is amazing how quickly the landscape can change with a new collaboration, a new idea. I think that is partly due to technology—and the pandemic was huge as well.
ARC: Well, I think there are some wonderful aspects to certain types of digital resources but that technology can also be a real red herring. I don’t think anyone is really interested in streaming opera from their home.
RA: That’s very controversial, but I'm with you.
ARC: I genuinely believe it! I think very few people are interested in streaming, but…I do believe that when it can
be used to connect new audiences to our artform or to build a bridge to a live performance, technology is really exciting.
RA: So then, what is the distinction between streaming and these other digital resources?
ARC: I’ll give you an example. When I released my first album I made nine music videos with artists who don’t work in the classical field and have no real relationships to classical music. They interpreted the pieces with no constraints. And because they have a different audience, because there were other outlets interested in what they do, it was a way of disseminating the music in a new form to new people. Recently, I was on a panel at ISPA (the International Society for Performing Arts) and we were talking about digital futures. I said that “the digital” appears to be very sexy to us old-fashioned opera folks. But we experience so much through screens or filters. Even when you go to a rock concert the voice and the music are being filtered through wires and speakers. What’s fantastic about opera is that it is completely direct. Something comes from inside my body and it goes inside yours. And that's the way we should be framing the live opera experience. It is the most intimate, the most exciting—it’s the unprotected sex of the arts! The digital assets we build should be used to get us to the live performance, not replace it.
RA: So when we think about the art that people experience in that live performance, it is exciting to see what we create changing and developing as we move forward.
ARC: Absolutely, I think there is a definite vitality to what’s being created in our time
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and in response to our time. The voices of new composers are so crucial. I think back again to collaboration. Conductors, singers, and musicians are able to find different modalities of emotional expression when they work with these new composers. I’ve certainly been challenged by many of the composers I’ve worked with to think differently about how I use my instrument and how that instrument exists within my emotional landscape and in combination with their vision. The other thing that occurs to me whenever I’m doing contemporary opera is that it is all built, both compositionally and in a performative way, upon traditions that are hundreds of years old. I couldn’t sing Kaija Saariaho, or Joel Thompson, or Nico Muhly, without the vocal technique I’ve developed through Handel. They are writing for a voice that has developed from these traditions. I'm very aware that, in all that we do, we are holding up our lineage and we are taking it to new places.
RA: It has always amazed me that art encapsulates and records culture and the spirit of our times, whether it intends to or not. It is built into the process. There have been huge changes recently—huge steps forward and back—in terms of social justice and where we are going as a society. Art has always been concerned with that but I think particularly so in the last few years. In these terms, the artist has great power to voice many things.
ARC: Yes, I think about it all the time. I have a responsibility. If my main job as an artist is to tell stories that connect
to people, then I have to make sure that I am telling not just my stories or the stories that are close to me, but to figure out how I can effectively tell other people’s stories or provide opportunities for them to tell their stories with the connections or resources that I find myself able to tap into. I’ll give you one example. In the second iteration of Bandwagon, we partnered with the National Black Theater. Instead of going to them saying, “We’ve got these pieces that we’d like to do, how can you make them fit into a week of programming that you curate?” We asked, “Do you want to curate a week of programming? And if so, what do you want to do and how can we make that possible?” Jonathon McCrory, their artistic director, said, “There is this incredible slideshow of images a photographer took during all of the protests and I'd love them to be set to music. I think “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone is the counterpoint that I want to the heaviness of these images.” So with the Philharmonic, we got a brass quintet and a fantastic arranger and this glorious music was played as the images were shown to the audience. That is how the collaboration happened. We told a story that came from him with resources we were providing from the Philharmonic. I’m always thinking about how to do that in the operatic context—in all kinds of contexts.
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RA: And you do it so well. It's so admirable and something we can all strive to do as we navigate this changing landscape.
Artist-in-Residence Anthony Roth Costanzo is generously sponsored by Eugene and Jean Stark.
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FULL CIRCLES
Former Glimmerglass Young Artists and Apprentices return to the Festival in leading roles.
By Nick Richardson
The Glimmerglass Festival not only attracts an international audience for worldclass opera and musical theater, it also attracts the brightest up-and-coming talent working on- and off-stage. The Festival’s Young Artists and Apprenticeship Programs bridge the gap for those looking to gain professional experience in the industry. These promising trainees work alongside seasoned, established artists in every aspect of the company. The Young Artists Program prepares singers, pianists, music coaches, and stage directors, while the Apprenticeship Program supports theatrical technicians, designers, and administrators. Our Young Artists and Apprentices come from all walks of life, and many of them study at the nation’s leading educational institutions. Glimmerglass is particularly committed to making the industry a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.
Beyond training the next generation of opera-makers, Glimmerglass is especially proud to welcome back previous Young Artists and Apprentices (formerly called Interns) to lead the company today. We caught up with only a few of our many returning alumni to see how they’ve grown and find out what they’re looking forward to this summer.
FORMER YOUNG ARTISTS
MEREDITH ARWADY
Then: Young Artist, 2004
Now: Guest Artist (Old Lady in Candide, Gertrude in Romeo and Juliet)
“I’m always very drawn to those companies that invest in people early on and then like to celebrate that investment,” says Meredith Arwady, and Glimmerglass has much to celebrate in her. She is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a GRAMMY Award, with credits at major opera houses worldwide.
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Her season as a Young Artist introduced her to a new way of working. “I had never had a real professional repetitive experience. I had made a professional debut, but not something where you have so many performances. Singing became a job in a way that it had never felt like a job before. And it was a good job! It was fun! You live your life, and you do your job, and then you find a balance. Balance is something we’re still trying to find for the rest of our careers.”
Arwady adds that the Festival’s long performance runs allowed her greater creative freedom. “Every show I felt like it gave the character time and space to grow. When you’re in the sixth or seventh performance, you can try something else. It’s not like it’s opening or the only performance, so it was interesting to see the small changes and to see the joy of live theater—something with enough time where you grow and change as a performer throughout the run.”
Nearly 20 years after her Young Artist season, and with a full career already underway, Arwady still has new experiences to look forward to this summer: making a role debut (Old Lady in Candide) and introducing her son to Cooperstown.
JASMINE HABERSHAM
Then: Young Artist, 2014 and 2015
Now: Guest Artist (Almirena in Rinaldo, Clorinda in Love and War)
This summer marks soprano Jasmine Habersham’s fourth season with the Festival. Last year at Glimmerglass she made star turns in two world premieres: Ken Ludwig’s Tenor Overboard and Holy Ground by Damien Geter and Lila Palmer. She’s excited to spend this season in the world of Baroque opera, which includes her role debut as Almirena in Rinaldo by Handel. A seemingly limitless performer, Habersham has tackled all sorts of opera styles in houses around the world, from Verdi’s Rigoletto at Opera North (UK) to Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at Madison Opera.
She coincidentally prepared for those two operas during her time as a Glimmerglass Young Artist. “I sang ‘Caro nome’ [from Rigoletto] in a masterclass with the legendary Jessye Norman, and I also sang Susanna [Le nozze di Figaro] in a scenes program for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It was in these moments that I got first-hand experience singing these roles,” says Habersham. “It’s wonderful to look back and realize that those moments really came in handy for my future.”
Though she admits that “it’s not every day you get to sing for Jessye Norman and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—and on the same day,” Habersham made even more meaningful connections here at the Festival. “I was surprised by all the supportive relationships that I cultivated,” she says. “From fellow singers to patrons to community members, I have been supported by them all in such positive ways.”
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TERESA PERROTTA
Then: Young Artist, 2019 and 2020
Now: Guest Artist (Mimì in La bohème)
When Teresa Perrotta started at Glimmerglass, she never could have imagined making her international debut with the company. In our 2019 Festival season, she covered the lead role of Marie Antoinette in The Ghosts of Versailles. Glimmerglass then mounted that production at the Royal Opera in Versailles, and Perrotta had to step into Marie’s shoes just three hours before opening night. She sang the role for the entire French run. “People write a whole chapter in their autobiographies about cool moments like this,” says Perrotta.
She credits her time in Glimmerglass’s Young Artist Program for trusting her and preparing her for such a large role. “They kind of took my hand and guided me through it. I had a lot of coachings that summer, almost every day for the first few weeks. They were like, ‘This is how you need to learn something that’s hard. It has to be right. It has to be accurate.’ Glimmerglass set that foundation of how prepared I should be.” This training has served her well, for she has since covered—and performed on short notice—roles at major companies around the country, including Alice in Falstaff at Santa Fe Opera and Fifth Maid in Elektra at Washington National Opera.
Perrotta returns to the Festival fresh off her win at The Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition this spring. “What better place to start this next step of my career?” she asks. “This is my first Puccini role. Bohème is such a staple of the repertoire, something that I’ve watched on YouTube since I was a freshman in undergrad. To be able to do it here, I’m just absolutely spoiled.”
BRIAN VU
Then: Young Artist, 2015 and 2016
Now: Guest Artist (Title role in Candide, Tancredi in Love & War)
Brian Vu’s career keeps circling back to Glimmerglass. After two seasons as a Young Artist, Vu got his first ever guest artist contract singing Riff in Francesca Zambello’s production of West Side Story, which played at the Festival in 2018. He returns this season to make yet another debut of sorts. “I am so pumped to sing my first title role as a tenor,” says Vu. The former baritone made the switch to singing tenor in 2020 after his voice changed in 2019.
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Though his vocal transition didn’t take place at Glimmerglass, the lessons learned here helped Vu navigate the change. “Approaching your production and your colleagues with grace has been my biggest lesson from Glimmerglass. Kindness goes a very long way, especially for yourself. This tenor transition has reminded me of that. I struggled at the beginning, but that doesn’t mean I’m not a good or worthy singer. It’s just a part of life. You’ll trip and fall—and your voice will crack—but then you’ll pick yourself up.”
Candide is more than a role debut or even a voice part debut for Vu. “There are a lot of full circle moments here for me. My first summer as a Young Artist in 2015, I was part of the ensemble and a Spanish Inquisitor in this production of Candide. To revisit the script and the music just takes me back to when we first created the production.” As for this year’s revival, Vu says, “The cast they’ve assembled is the right combination of people to make the story really authentic and truthful.”
FORMER APPRENTICES (INTERNS)
MYKAI EASTMAN
Then: Stage Operations Intern, 2019
Now: Chief Equity Officer
From working backstage, to assistant directing, to now working in administration, Mykai Eastman’s time at Glimmerglass has taken him through nearly all aspects of the company. “What initially drew me in was the chance to push myself to succeed on a scale of technical production I’d never experienced before,” he says. “Being part of the legendary Glimmerglass Ops was an opportunity I will cherish for the rest of my career.”
So far, his career has branched out across multiple artistic disciplines. “Since my internship, I’ve been able to use what I have learned behind the scenes to influence and elevate my career as a theater director. I have gone on to write and direct a number of productions, and I recently made my regional theater debut at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts as Assistant Director for The Color Purple.” In addition to writing and directing, you can find Eastman acting on stages across Denver.
After finishing his undergraduate studies in theater and pre-law, he returned to school to earn a graduate degree in professional communication, which comes in handy in his latest role at the Festival. “When I was offered a permanent position at the Festival as Chief Equity Officer, it was an easy decision to accept,” says Eastman. “Glimmerglass has given me so much in my life, and I am most looking forward to helping the company achieve new heights as leaders in advancing arts equity!”
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SASHA GLINSKI
Then: Scenic Art Intern, 2014 Now: Charge Scenic Artist
For Sasha Glinski, the revival of Candide presents a new challenge for her: restoring a set she helped paint years ago. “It is quite a time warp to pull out Candide,” says Glinski. “Our set has been around the globe—and in many different storage units. We have to figure out how to get it ready to go on stage and make it look even better than it did in 2015. It’s a lot of work, but we have the opportunity to make sure our scenery looks good and still upholds the Glimmerglass name as it travels around the world on rentals.”
Glimmerglass rents out select sets and costumes to other opera companies. “It’s something I love about working here,” says Glinski. “At other theaters, you work around the clock to paint a set, it’s on stage for two weeks, and then it goes in the trash. Here, we get to take our time making something look really nice, and then we can keep it for years and rent it out. It’s also really neat from a waste reduction standpoint.”
Glinski looks forward to sharing this work with her Apprentices. “Having a couple seasons as Scenic Charge under my belt, I feel like I’m able to give the Apprentices a little more attention this season. This year I would like to prioritize Apprenticeship learning within my department. It’s cool to be able to do that 10 years after I was an Intern myself.”
WYATT NYMAN
Then: Stage Operations Intern, 2013 Now: Production Coordinator
Wyatt Nyman has climbed his way up the ladder at Glimmerglass and then some, working first in stage operations for multiple seasons before becoming a full-time carpenter, and later transitioning into his administrative role as Production Coordinator. Of all his jobs, Nyman is perhaps most proud of his efforts in re-envisioning and implementing the Apprenticeship Program. “It’s really neat to have the opportunity to give back,” he says. “As an Intern, I absorbed all this information, and now the way that I can show my thanks is to pass that information down the chain, making sure that the company’s values are passed down to the next generation of technicians, artists, and administrators.”
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One of those values, health and safety, remains a top priority in both how the Festival operates and what the Festival teaches. “As soon as you walk through the door for orientation, we emphasize its importance—not only here, but when you go elsewhere.” Numerous Apprentices, including Nyman, have stories about applying that knowledge at theaters nationwide, shaping the industry for the better.
Looking back on his past 10 seasons at Glimmerglass, Nyman compares the Festival’s growth to his time on the stage operations crew: “The early part of the season was challenging because there were lots of obstacles and challenges in putting the sets together. Changeovers would take four, five, even six hours, and we thought, ‘We’re never going to get this down.’ But then come July and August we hit our stride, and that six-hour changeover all of a sudden took only an hour. I feel like, metaphorically speaking, we are hitting that July-August phase as a theater where we’re finding our stride. It’s a really exciting and rewarding time.”
JAMES F. ROTONDO III
Then: Scenic Design Intern, 2017
Now: Scenic Designer for The Rip Van Winkles
Fresh out of college, James Rotondo arrived at Glimmerglass with one opera design experience under his belt. He finished his summer adding six more shows to his résumé. “Something exciting about the design internship was how many projects there were simultaneously to work on, and the number of people that you work with. Being able to sit in on four professional techs simultaneously, with four different, very well-established designers, was amazing. I also had the opportunity to design two things. To have an opportunity where you are actually working on such large-scale opera is incredible.”
That vast exposure cultivated a continued working relationship with both the Festival and many of its visiting designers and directors. He returned to Glimmerglass as an assistant to designer Peter J. Davison in 2019 (La traviata, Show Boat), helped Davison design the “Glimmerglass on the Grass” stage in 2021, and single-handedly designed last year’s youth opera, The Jungle Book. Outside of Glimmerglass, he has worked on operas with director Brenna Corner every year. “Probably 90% of my work comes back to being an Intern in 2017.”
Returning to the Festival means paying it forward to up-and-coming designers. “When I was an Intern, there were four designers that I looked up to and spent all my summer with. Now I’m back and I’m one of those designers with an Apprentice to mentor, to foster that same relationship that I had with my designers, and to instill that sense of magnitude. This is an opportunity, and you can grow from being here.”
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RETURNING ALUMNI
YOUNG ARTISTS
Meredith Arwady
J. Bradley Baker
Andrea Beasom
Anna Betka
Brenna Corner
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Katrina Galka
Kamna Gupta
Jasmine Habersham
Joshua R. Horowitz
Teresa Perrotta
Brian Vu
FORMER APPRENTICES (INTERNS)
Jade Almsberger
Mahalet Andargachew
Matt Beecher
Peter Burns
Jay E. Condon
Andrew DeCollo
Nicole DeLucia
Mykai Eastman
Sasha Glinski
Aaron Gubler
Cai Hayner
Mikaela Kelarek
Connor Lange
Lisa Lawrence
Olivia Lerwick
Kyle Ludwig
Andrea Lyons
Joel T. Morain
Maki Niikura
M Nottke
Wyatt Nyman
LEX Patchett
Laura Pierson
Nick Richardson
Abby Rodd
Jacob Ian Rodriguez
James F. Rotondo III
Zoey Rubinoff
Chloe Scheel
Charlotte Seidensticker
Emmet Sellars
Christian C. Shaefer
Nick Sheriff
Emery Smith
M. Spear
Sam Spear
Stoli Stolnack
Connor Sullivan
Reanna Valencia
Timothy “ TJ ” Wildow
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PHOTO: KARLI CADEL
NADER ABBASSI Geneva, Switzerland
Glimmerglass 2023: Conductor for La bohème.
Past: Conductor and Composer, Between Dusk & Dawn; Gala concert with Fatma Said, soprano, and United Philharmonic Orchestra; Composer and Music Director, Opening Ceremony of the Sphinx Avenue in Luxor, Egypt; Music Director, Historical Golden Parade.
Future: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Cairo Opera House.
MEREDITH ARWADY Kalamazoo, Michigan
Glimmerglass 2023: Old Lady in Candide; Gertrude in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Kathy Hagen, Champion, Metropolitan Opera; Ruth, The Pirates of Penzance, Utah Opera; Madame Flora, The Medium, Oper Frankfurt; Martha, Sky On Swings, Opera Saratoga.
Future: Kathy Hagen, Champion, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Death, Le Rossignol, The Adelaide Festival; Lucia, Cavalleria Rusticana, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
ANDREA BEASOM New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Associate Choreographer for Candide.
Past: Choreographer, La traviata, Seattle Opera; Associate Director and Choreographer, Rigoletto, Opera San Antonio; Choreographer, The Anonymous Lover, LA Opera; La traviata, Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Assistant Director, Die schweigsame Frau, Bard Summerscape; Associate Director and Choreographer, La traviata, Indiana University.
Future: Director, The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me, Washington National Opera.
REECE BERNARD Utica, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Actor in Romeo and Juliet
Past: Paul, Company, Utica University.
GUEST ARTISTS
JOSHUA BLUE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Rodolfo in La bohème
Past: Loge, Das Rheingold, Virginia Opera; Peter, Porgy and Bess, Metropolitan Opera; The Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto, Opera Philadelphia; Rodolfo, La bohème, Opera Philadelphia.
Future: Wilson, Intelligence, Houston Grand Opera; Tamino, The Magic Flute, Metropolitan Opera; Colin, The Anonymous Lover, Opera Philadelphia. joshuabluetenor.com
AMITH CHANDRASHAKER
New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Lighting Designer for Rinaldo and The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Lighting Designer, The Glimmerglass Festival, The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizon, Signature Theater (NYC), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Omaha, Opera Colorado, Utah Opera. amithld.com
COREY COCHRAN Cincinnati, Ohio
Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for Love & War
Past: Hair/Wig/Makeup Designer, Timber Lake Playhouse; Costume Designer, Orpheus in the Underworld, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Stitcher Apprentice, The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival; Costume Designer, Dido and Aeneas, Gianni Schicci, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Future: Costume Designer, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Costume Designer, The Marriage of Figaro, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. coreyccostumes.wixsite.com/coreyccostumes
JOSEPH COLANERI Milburn, New Jersey
Glimmerglass 2023: Conductor for Candide and Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Music Director, The Glimmerglass Festival (ongoing); Conductor, Rigoletto, Utah Opera; La bohème, Seattle Opera; Macbeth and Falstaff, Maryland Lyric Opera; Mefistofele, Metropolitan Opera; La bohème, Teatro Colón.
MONTANA BLANCO
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for Rinaldo.
Past: White Girl In Danger, Second Stage Theatre and Vineyard Theatre; Create Dangerously, Miami New Drama; Square Dance, Miami City Ballet; A Strange Loop, Barbican West End.
Future: Champion, Lyric Opera of Chicago; El Niño, Metropolitan Opera; Lincoln in the Bardo, LA Opera and Metropolitan Opera.
Future: Conductor, Concert with Lisette Oropesa, New Orleans Philharmonic; Juilliard Opera. josephcolaneri.com
BRENNA CORNER Atlanta, Georgia
Glimmerglass 2023: Stage Director for The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Co-Director, Tenor Overboard, The Glimmerglass Festival; Director, Carmen, Calgary Opera; Il trovatore, Washington National Opera; La Cenerentola, Kentucky Opera; Hansel and Gretel, San Diego Opera.
Future: Director, Lucia di Lammermoor, New Orleans Opera; L’elisir d’amore, Florentine Opera. brennacorner.com
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GUEST ARTISTS
ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Artist-in-Residence and Rinaldo in Rinaldo.
Past: 2022 Grammy Award Winner; Akhnaten, Akhnaten, Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, LA Opera; Artist-in-Residence, The New York Philharmonic; Anthony Roth Costanzo with Justin Vivian Bond, Only an Octave Apart, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Wilton’s Music Hall.
Future: Orfeo, Orfeo ed Eurydice, Metropolitan Opera; Francisco de Avila, The Exterminating Angel, Paris Opera; Solo Recital, The Kennedy Center. anthonyrothcostanzo.com
JORGE COUSINEAU Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Projections Designer for Rinaldo.
Past: Projection Designer, We Shall Not Be Moved, Pittsburgh Opera.
Future: Projection Designer, Titanic, Fulton/Maine State Music State; Projection and Lighting Designer, Infinity, The Coronet Theatre.
BRADLEY DEAN New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Voltaire and Dr. Pangloss in Candide.
Past: Count Carl Magnus, A Little Night Music, Broadway; Monsieur André, Phantom of the Opera, Broadway; Falco, Bat Out of Hell, NYC City Center; Sir Galahad, Monty
Python’s Spamalot, Broadway; Larry, Dear Evan Hansen, Broadway; Tito, A Comedy of Tenors (world premiere), McCarter Theater.
Future: Molykov, Chess, Broadway Spring 2024. bradleydean.net
KEVIN DEPINET Chicago, Illinois
Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for La bohème
Past: Set Designer, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Chicago
Children’s Theatre.
Future: Set Designer, Prince of Egypt, West End; The King’s Speech, North American Tour. Touring Exhibitions
Designer, The Hunger Games: The Exhibition; Jurassic World: The Exhibition.
DARREN LEKEITH DRONE
Sherwood, Arkansas
Glimmerglass 2023: Marcello in La bohème; Grégorio in Romeo and Juliet
Past: Barone Douphol, La traviata, Seattle Opera; Passenger #7/Bilal/Preacher Man (cover), Proximity, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Falstaff, Falstaff, Opera San José; Moralès, Carmen, Santa Fe Opera.
Future: Belcore, L’elisir d’amore, Florentine Opera; Moralès (cover), Carmen, Metropolitan Opera; Adult James/Foreman and Chester (cover), Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Metropolitan Opera. darrenlekeithdrone.com
ERIC SEAN FOGEL New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Director and Choreographer.
Past: Co-Director, The Sound of Music, Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Houston Grand Opera; Revival Director, Norma, Metropolitan Opera; West Side Story, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Lyric Opera of Chicago; Choreographer, Florencia en el Amazonas, Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Future: Director, Songbird, Washington National Opera; Choreographer, Klangwolken. ericseanfogel.com
LAURA FUENTES Fairfax, Virginia
Glimmerglass 2023: Librettist for The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Las Auténticas, Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative; Colorado Sky, Boulder
Opera/Art Song Colorado; The Fall of Man and Other Tales, ATLAS B2 Blackbox; The Pier Point Lobster Race, College Light Opera Company; In the House of Serenity, Boston Opera Collaborative; Do Not Disturb and Brides and Mothers, Victorian Lyric Opera Company/ Forgotten Opera Company.
Future: Hansel and Gretel, Peabody Opera Theatre/ Annapolis Opera.
KATRINA GALKA Portland, Oregon
Glimmerglass 2023: Cunegonde in Candide.
Past: Blonde, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Staatsoper Hamburg; Blonde, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Bayerische Staatsoper.
Future: First Niece, Peter Grimes, Teatro alla Scala; Adele, Die Fledermaus, Staatsoper Hamburg; Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor, New Orleans Opera; Blonde, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Opernhaus Zürich. katrinagalka.com
ELIJAH GEBERS Cazenovia, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Kyle in The Rip Van Winkles; Ensemble in La bohème.
Past: Shere Khan, The Jungle Book, The Glimmerglass Festival; Lumiere, Beauty and the Beast, Cazenovia High School; Deputy, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, CNY Playhouse; Randolph MacAfee, Bye Bye Birdie, Town of Manlius Summer Musical; NYSSMA Conference
All-State Chorus; Alternate, NAFME All-Eastern Choir. Future: Undergraduate, Eastman School of Music, Classical Vocal Performance.
KARA GRADY Cooperstown, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème
Past: Ensemble, The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival.
LILLY GRADY Cooperstown, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Fabiola in The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Mowgli, The Jungle Book, The Glimmerglass Festival; Ensemble, Noah's Flood, The Cunnin g Little Vixen, La bohème, An American Tragedy, The Glimmerglass Festival.
Future: Undergraduate, Montclair State University, Theatre.
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JONATHAN GODDARD London, UK
Glimmerglass 2023: Choreographer for Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Choreographer, Timon of Athens, Shakespeare Theatre Company; Movement Director, The Cherry Orchard, Roundabout Theatre Company; Movement Director/Choreographer, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Strange Interlude, Man and Superman, The Beaux Stratagem, As You Like It, Sunset at the Villa Thalia, National Theatre; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Donmar Warehouse. jonathangoddard.com
SIMON GODWIN The Plains, Virginia
Glimmerglass 2023: Director for Romeo and Juliet. Past: Associate Director, The Royal Court Theatre, London; Artistic Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company (ongoing).
Future: Associate Director, National Theatre.
KAMNA GUPTA New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Conductor for The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Conductor, Suzanne Farrin Portrait, International Contemporary Ensemble; Cover Conductor and Chorus Master, Candide, The Atlanta Opera; Music Director, In Our Daughter’s Eyes, Prototype Festival and LA Opera; La Calisto, Mannes Opera; Conductor, The Pearl Fishers, Vancouver Opera.
Future: Conductor, Number Our Days, Perelman Performing Arts Center; Rocking Horse Winner, Tapestry Opera. kamnagupta.com
JASMINE HABERSHAM Macon, Georgia
Glimmerglass 2023: Almirena in Rinaldo; Clorinda in Love & War
Past: Gilda, Rigoletto, Opera North UK; Cleopatra, Giulio Cesare, Atlanta Opera; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, Madison Opera; Sophie, Werther, Houston Grand Opera.
Future: Frasquita, Carmen, Gran Teatro del Liceu; Pamina, The Magic Flute, Nashville Opera0; Juliette, Roméo et Juliette, Opera San José jasminehabersham.com
REBECCA HERMAN Austin, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Associate Director for La bohème
Past: Associate Director, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Utah Opera and Calgary Opera; Assistant Director, Tosca, San Diego Opera; Director/Producer, Lardo Weeping, LOLA.
Future: Assistant Director, La traviata, Opera Omaha; Director, Undina, Queen City Opera; Assistant Director, Don Giovanni, Opera Colorado.
ALLISON HILL-EDGAR
Cooperstown, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet
GUEST ARTISTS
W. MORGAN HILL-EDGAR Cooperstown, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in Candide.
Past: The Sound of Music, The Jungle Book, Odyssey, Robin Hood, Wilde Tales, The Glimmerglass Festival.
JOSHUA R. HOROWITZ Old Bethpage, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Assistant Director for Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Director, La bohème, Annapolis Opera; Assistant Director, Carmen, Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Associate Director, La traviata, Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Assistant Director, Blue, Washington National Opera; Associate Director, La traviata, Seattle Opera.
Future: Assistant Director, Romeo and Juliet, Washington National Opera; Roméo et Juliette, Lyric Opera of Kansas City. joshuarhorowitz.com
CASEY KALEBA Washington, D.C.
Glimmerglass 2023: Fight Director for Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Fight Director, Il trovatore, Washington National Opera; Hamlet, Guthrie Theater; Kinky Boots, Olney Theatre Company; Susannah and Der Freischütz, Wolf Trap Opera; An Officer and a Gentleman, Work Light Productions. toothandclawcombat.com
DUKE KIM Torrence, California
Glimmerglass 2023: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; Testo in Love & War
Past: Alfredo, La traviata, Seattle Opera; Ferrando, Così fan tutte, Palm Beach Opera; Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, The Atlanta Opera; Roméo, Roméo et Juliette, The Florentine Opera.
Future: Faust, Faust, Irish National Opera; Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Washington National Opera; Alfredo, La traviata, Pittsburgh Opera. dukekimtenor.com
MAGDALENA KUŹMA New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Giannetta, L’elisir d’amore, Metropolitan Opera; Frasquita, Carmen, Santa Fe Opera; Adina, L’elisir d’amore, Yale School of Music.
Future: Yvette, La rondine, Metropolitan Opera; Papagena, The Magic Flute, Metropolitan Opera; Wigmore Hall Recital; Sister Catherine, Dead Man Walking, Metropolitan Opera. magdalenakuzma.com
JOELLE LACHANCE Rochester, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Actor in Romeo and Juliet; Ensemble in Candide.
Past: First Spirit, The Magic Flute, The Glimmerglass Festival; Ensemble, Macbeth, The Glimmerglass Festival; Mrs. Nolan, The Medium, Buffalo Opera Unlimited; Page, Rigoletto, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; Hansel, Hansel and Gretel, Opera Theater of Connecticut; Minnie Fay, Hello, Dolly!, Ohio Light Opera.
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GUEST ARTISTS
HOLLY McCORMACK South Glens Falls, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème.
Past: Suor Osmina, Suor Angelica, Mission Opera; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro; Governess (cover), The Turn of the Screw; Suzel, L’amico Fritz; Papagena, Die Zauberflöte.
MARK McCULLOUGH Charlottesville, Virginia
Glimmerglass 2023: Lighting Designer for Candide
Past: Lighting Designer, The Glimmerglass Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real, Royal Opera House, Opera North, The Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, New York City Opera, Broadway.
E. LOREN MEEKER San Antonio, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Director of La bohème.
Past: General & Artistic Director, OPERA San Antonio (ongoing); Director, Così fan tutte, Arizona Opera; Romeo and Juliet, OPERA San Antonio; Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera Association.
Future: Director, Hansel and Gretel, OPERA San Antonio; Director, La traviatta, Opera Omaha. elorenmeeker.com
JENNIFER MOELLER New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for Candide.
Past: Costume Designer for Broadway: Camelot (Tony nomination); Pictures From Home, Clyde’s (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Sweat. Off-Broadway: Comeuppance, Signature Theatre; The Wrong Man, The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space; Mlima’s Tale (Lucille Lortel nomination); Tiny Beautiful Things, The Public Theatre; Aubergine, Playwrights Horizons, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Shakespeare in the Park. Regional: The Glimmerglass Festival, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theater, The Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter Theatre Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival. TV: Dickinson (Apple TV+). jenmoeller.com
JOEL T. MORAIN Cherry Valley, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Sound Designer for Candide and The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Freelance Stagehand, Minneapolis; Lighting and Sound Technician, Molly Sweeney, Touring Production, Guthrie Theatre; Freelance Stagehand and Designer, Long Wharf, Yale University, Hartford Stage; Technical Director, Hartwick College, Colgate University; Audio Coordinator, The Glimmerglass Festival, Attica Prison, Royal Opera House Muscat, Palace of Versailles; Technical Theatre Advisor, Cooperstown High School, Central Valley Academy, Orpheus Theatre.
BEN MORRIS Chatham, New Jersey
Glimmerglass 2023: Composer for The Rip Van Winkles
Past: Las Auténticas, Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative; Colorado Sky, Boulder Opera/ Art Song Colorado; The Fall of Man and Other Tales, ATLAS B2 Blackbox; Perspective, CU New Opera Workshop (NOW); American River, Montclair Film Festival; Saving the Great Swamp, New Jersey Film Festival.
Future: Longleaf, Loop38 Ensemble.
JAMES NOONE Richfield Springs, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for Candide.
Past: Set Designer, Sunset Boulevard, Broadway; Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Broadway; Jekyll and Hyde, Original Broadway Production; Three Tall Women, Broadway; Canadian Opera Company, English National Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, LA Opera, Washington National Opera, Lincoln Center, Great Performances, American Master’s (PBS and HBO); Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the Scenic Designer and Production Program at Boston University (ongoing).
Future: Scenic Designer, Peter Pan, National Tour.
STEFANO DE PEPPO Brooklyn, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Benoit/Alcindoro in La bohème; Count Capulet in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Leporello, Don Giovanni, Sarasota Opera; Geronimo, Il matrimonio segreto, Sarasota Opera; Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola, Nashville Opera; Sacristan, Tosca, Opera Colorado.
Future: Dulcamara, The Elixir of Love, Minnesota Opera; Leporello, Don Giovanni, Opera Monterrey; Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale, Teatro Falla.
TERESA PERROTTA Washington, D.C.
Glimmerglass 2023: Mimì in La bohème.
Past: Musetta, La bohème, Washington National Opera; 2023 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition; Alice Ford, Falstaff, Santa Fe Opera; Alice Ford, Falstaff, Maryland Lyric Opera; Fifth Maid, Elektra, Washington National Opera.
Future: Guadalena, Songbird, Washington National Opera. teresaperrotta.com
LOUISA PROSKE
Berlin, Germany and Halle, Germany
Glimmerglass 2023: Director for Rinaldo.
Past: Director, Rigoletto, Oper Halle; Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director, Oper Halle (ongoing); Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director, Heartbeat Opera; Director, The Mother of Us All, MetLiveArts/ New York Philharmonic/Juilliard; Le roi Arthus, Bard SummerScape; Serse, International Handel Festival.
Future: Director, Rusalka, Theater Regensburg. louisaproske.com
JOCELYN RAUCH Little Falls, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème.
Past: Don Giovanni, Carmina Burana, and The Flying Dutchman, Syracuse Opera; Music Director, Into the Woods and Freaky Friday, Mohawk Valley Center; Little Falls First Presbyterian Church (ongoing).
JAMES F. ROTONDO III
Boston, Massachusetts
Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Scenic Designer, Taking Up Serpents/Holy Ground, The Jungle Book, The Glimmerglass Festival; Rigoletto, Intermountain Opera Bozeman; The Knock, Cincinnati Opera; Make Way For Ducklings, Wheelock Family Theatre; Fellow Travelers, (Tobin DirectorDesigner Prize).
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GUEST ARTISTS
KELLEY ROURKE
Brooklyn, New York and Roseboom, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Titles Designer.
Past: Librettist, Cinderella, Metropolitan Opera; The Beekeeper, Chicago Opera Theater; Odyssey, Wilde Tales, Robin Hood, The Jungle Book, The Glimmerglass Festival.
Future: Librettist, Macbeth and the Weïrd Sisters, Theater Latté Da; The Emissary, Opera Parallèle; Hansel and Gretel, Royal Opera House; Songbird, Washington National Opera. kelleyrourke.com
MATT SAUNDERS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for Rinaldo.
Past: Set Designer, Daddy, Almeida Theatre (Drama Desk Award); FLEX, Lincoln Center Theater; Stranger Love, LA Philharmonic; Prisoner of the State, NY Philharmonic; We Shall Not Be Moved, Opera Philadelphia; Grace Notes, Spoleto Festival, The Kennedy Center; Le roi Arthus, Bard Summerscape. mattsaundersdesign.net
EMILY SENTURIA San Francisco, California
Glimmerglass 2023: Conductor for Rinaldo.
Past: Conductor, L’amant anonyme, The Atlanta Opera; Rinaldo, Minnesota Opera; Sky on Swings, Opera Saratoga; Fellow Travelers, Florida Grand Opera; Semele, Opera Santa Barbara; Il barbiere di Siviglia, New Orleans Opera.
Future: Conductor, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cavalleria Rusticana, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
LOREN SHAW New York/New Jersey
Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Costume Designer, Tenor Overboard, The Glimmerglass Festival; Peter Pan and Wendy, Shakespeare Theatre Company; A Period of Animate Existence, Pig Iron Theater Co.; Head Over Heels, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; The NY Mysteries, The Flea Theater; Restoration Comedy, The Flea Theater; The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Theatre Company. lorenshaw.myportfolio.com
DANIEL SOULE New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Scenic Designer, King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Amen Corner, Shakespeare Theatre Company; Exhibition & Scenic Designer, Definition, Mercury Store; The Case of the Stranger, Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Future: Scenic Designer, Macbeth in Stride, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theater Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music. danielsouledesign.com
ERIK TEAGUE Alexandria, Virginia
Glimmerglass 2023: Costume Designer for La bohème and The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Costume Designer, The Flying Dutchman, The Glimmerglass Festival; Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera; As One, The Atlanta Opera.
Future: Costume Designer, The Nose, Chicago Opera Theater; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Atlanta Opera; The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me, Washington National Opera; Ragtime, Signature Theatre (D.C.). erikteaguedesign.com
BRIAN VU Los Angeles, California
Glimmerglass 2023: Candide in Candide; Tancredi in Love & War.
Past: Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, Hawaii Opera Theatre; Sergio, Fedora, Metropolitan Opera; Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Sarasota Opera; Riff, West Side Story, Houston Grand Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival; Timothy Laughlin, Fellow Travelers, Opera Columbus; First Place, Lotte Lenya Competition.
Future: Alfredo, La traviata, Opera Omaha.
TOM WATSON New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Hair & Makeup for La bohème, Candide, Romeo and Juliet, Rinaldo, and The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Hair & Makeup, Parade, Broadway; Spamalot, The Kennedy Center; Elektra, Washington National Opera.
Future: Hair & Makeup, Harmony, Broadway.
HAYLEY E WALLENFELDT Chicago, Illinois
Glimmerglass 2023: Set Designer for Love & War
Past: Scenic Designer, Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, University College London, Opera Projects for University Singers; Props Designer, Music Theatre Works; Scenic & Costume Designer, Connective Theatre Company; Scenic & Props Designer, Nothing Without a Company.
ROBERT WIERZEL Branford, Connecticut
Glimmerglass 2023: Lighting Designer for La bohème and Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Lighting Designer, The Lehman Trilogy, Huntington Theatre Company; We Shall Not Be Moved, Pittsburgh Opera.
Future: Lighting Designer, Songbird, Washington National Opera; Die Walküre, The Atlanta Opera. sparkdesigncollaborative.com
YING WU Utica, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème. Past: The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival.
FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
Richfield Springs, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Original Director for Candide
Past: Director, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro alla Scala, Munich State Opera, Paris Opera, Royal Opera House; elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Artistic Director, Washington National Opera (ongoing); General & Artistic Director Emerita, The Glimmerglass Festival.
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MUSIC STAFF
J. BRADLEY BAKER Waco, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Principal Coach for La bohème.
Past: Music Director, Music On Site, Inc. (ongoing); Assistant Conductor, Two Remain, Lyric Opera of Orange County; Conductor, La finta giardiniera, Opera Seme; Guest Coach, Così fan tutte, Opera Arlington; Conductor, Così fan tutte, Music On Site, Inc.
Future: Music Director, Le nozze di Figaro, Landlocked Opera.
ANNA BETKA Toronto, Ontario
Glimmerglass 2023: Youth Chorus Director for La bohème; Principal Coach for Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Assistant Coach, Falstaff, Madama Butterfly, Palm Beach Opera; Principal Coach, Così fan tutte, Palm Beach Opera; Coach, Carmen, Canadian Opera Company; Principal Coach, Tenor Overboard, The Glimmerglass Festival; Youth Chorus Director, The Sound of Music, The Jungle Book, The Glimmerglass Festival.
CHRISTOPHER DEVLIN Montréal, Québec
Glimmerglass 2023: Head of Music; Diction Coach for Romeo and Juliet; Principal Coach/ Ripieno for Rinaldo.
Past: Music Staff/Harpsichordist, Così fan tutte, The Dallas Opera; Music Staff, Rigoletto, The Dallas Opera.
Future: Music Staff, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Elektra, Roméo et Juliette, Tosca, The Dallas Opera.
ANDREA GRANT Toronto, Ontario
Glimmerglass 2023: Director of the Young Artists Program.
Past: Head of Music, Coach, Ein Wintermärchen, Wexford Festival Opera; Coach, La traviata, Canadian Opera Company; Coach, Chorus Master, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, UBC Opera.
Future: Coach, Chorus Master, The Cunning Little Vixen, Cendrillon, Così fan tutte, UBC Opera.
KATHERINE KOZAK Phoenix, Arizona
Glimmerglass 2023: Chorus Director for La bohème, Candide, and Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Head of Music, Chorus Master, Principal Coach of the Pullin Opera Studio, Arizona Opera (ongoing); Chorus Director, The Glimmerglass Festival.
KATHRYN LABOUFF Englewood, New Jersey
Glimmerglass 2023: Diction Coach for Candide.
Past: Diction Coach, The Magic Flute, Cinderella, Hamlet, The Hours, El Niño, Metropolitan Opera; Diction Coach, Sweeney Todd, Showboat, The Cunning Little Vixen, West Side Story, The Crucible, Blue, Silent Night, The Ghosts of Versailles, The Sound of Music, Taking Up Serpents, Holy Ground, The Glimmerglass Festival; Die Fledermaus, Candide, Doctor Atomic, Ariadne auf Naxos, Santa Fe Opera.
GRANT WENAUS New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Principal Coach for Candide.
Past: Principal Coach, The Sound of Music, Songbird, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweeney Todd, Camelot, Candide, The Glimmerglass Festival; Conductor, The Magic Flute, L’enfant et les sortilèges, Dido and Aeneas, Orpheus in the Underworld, The Merry Widow, Ragtime, City of Angels, The Light in the Piazza, NYU Steinhardt; Conductor, Of Thee I Sing, A Little Night Music, Anything Goes, University of Michigan.
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CARLOS AHRENS Cincinnati, Ohio
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Cacambo (cover) in Candide; Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet
Past: Ferrando, Così fan tutte, Vanderbilt Opera Theatre; The Mayor, Albert Herring, Vanderbilt Opera Theatre; Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, Trentino Music Festival; Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; The First Commissioner, Dialogues des Carmélites, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Future: Tenor Soloist, The Creation, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
HENRY BENSON Madison, Wisconsin
Glimmerglass 2023: Minister/Ensemble in Candide; Prune Man/Ensemble and Parpignol (cover) in La bohème
Past: Timothy Laughlin, Fellow Travelers, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Artist-in-Residence, Dayton Opera; Orville/ Wilbur Wright (cover), Finding Wright, Dayton Opera; Cincinnati Opera Chorus, Cincinnati Opera; Fenton, Falstaff, Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music.
LAURA BLEAKLEY Honolulu, Hawaii
Glimmerglass 2023: Pianist/Coach for Candide and Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Gerdine Young Artist, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Resident Artist, Utah Opera; Festival Artist, Opera Saratoga.
Future: Resident Artist, Utah Opera.
KAILEE BRANDT Honolulu, Hawaii
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Dancer in Candide and La bohème; Dancer in Love & War
Past: Mersister/Gull/Ensemble, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Syracuse Stage; Amina, Dance Nation, Syracuse Department of Drama; Cameron Ross, Hawaii Five-O. kaileereganbrandt.com
JUSTIN BURGESS Silver Spring, Maryland
Glimmerglass 2023: Schaunard in La bohème; Martin/James (cover) in Candide; Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Schaunard (Young Artist), La bohème, Washington National Opera; Steuermann, Tristan und Isolde, Santa Fe Opera; Ty, A Thousand Acres (workshop), Des Moines Metro Opera; Cardinal 2/Servant/Oracle 2, Galileo Galilei, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Count Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Fiorello, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Wolf Trap Opera. justinburgessbaritone.com
BRIDGET CAPPEL Dallas, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème; Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet; Rinaldo (cover) in Rinaldo.
Past: Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Shreveport Opera; Flora, La traviata, Shreveport Opera; La Poésie, Les Arts Florissants, The Dallas Bach Society; Toypurina, Zorro, Fort Worth Opera; Soloist, The Magic of Opera, Opera Mississippi/ The Natchez Festival of Music; Mercédès and Carmen (cover), Carmen, Kentucky Opera; Paquette, Candide, Des Moines Metro Opera. bridgetcappel.com
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM
NATHANIAL CATASCA Fort Worth, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Grand Inquisitor/ Governor (cover) in Candide, Ensemble in La bohème and Romeo and Juliet.
Past: King Kaspar, Amahl & The Night Visitors, Fort Worth Opera; Donald Woods/Big Mike, Stand Up, Fort Worth Opera; Dr. Blind, Die Fledermaus, Central City Opera; Nemorino/ Tamino, The Magic Victrola, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Barigoule in Cendrillon (Viardot), The Florentine Opera.
Future: Messenger, Aida, Fort Worth Opera.
MARIA NICOLE DE CONZO
Oradell, New Jersey
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème; Ensemble and Gertrude (cover) in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Alisa, Lucia di Lammermoor, Druid City Opera; Charlotte, Werther, William Jewell College; Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd, Opera Saratoga; Danny (cover), Sky on Swings, Opera Saratoga; Berta (cover), Il barbiere di Siviglia, Opera Saratoga; Elizabeth Cree, Elizabeth Cree, William Jewell College.
Future: Third Lady, The Magic Flute, Nashville Opera.
TAYLOR-ALEXIS DUPONT Orlando, Florida
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème; Ensemble and Stéphano (cover) in Romeo and Juliet; Audrey in The Rip Van Winkles
Past: Phoebe, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, Washington National Opera; Gabriel, Holy Ground, The Glimmerglass Festival; Flora, La traviata, Virginia Opera; Moth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Santa Fe Opera.
Future: Flora, La traviata, Florida Grand Opera; Musetta, La bohème, Florida Grand Opera. taylor-alexis.com
KEELY FUTTERER Dover, Arizona
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Baroness/ Vanderdendur and Cunegonde (cover) in Candide; Armida in Rinaldo.
Past: Armida, Rinaldo, Minnesota Opera; Angostura Iabelle, Tenor Overboard, The Glimmerglass Festival; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Opera Memphis; Maya, The Companion, Opera Memphis; Rose, At the Staute of Venus, Opera Memphis.
Future: Musetta, La bohème, Minnesota Opera; Léontine, The Anonymous Lover, Madison Opera. keelyfutterer.com
MICAH GLEASON Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Assistant Conductor for Candide and Rinaldo.
Past: Assistant Conductor, The Cunning Little Vixen, Bard Vocal Arts Program, Bard College Conservatory of Music; Conducting Fellow, Curtis Institute of Music. Conductor/Music Director, The Final Veil, The Cell Theater; Conductor, Julia Perry’s A Short Piece for Orchestra, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Verizon Hall Kimmel Center. micahgleason.com
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YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM
MARINETTE GOMEZ Jacksonville, Florida
Glimmerglass 2023: Assistant Director for Rinaldo and Love & War.
Past: Stage Director, A Hand of Bridge, UNF Affiliated Project; Assistant Director, La bohème, Jacksonville Symphony; Stage Manager, The Magic Flute, Jacksonville Symphony.
Future: Director, Suor Angelica, Bold City Opera.
EMILY HARMON Barrington, New Hampshire
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Baroness/ Vanderdendur (cover) in Candide; Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Suzuki (cover), Madama Butterfly, Central City Opera; Third Place Winner, Mildred Miller International Voice Competition; Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd, Lowell House Opera; Marcellina, Le nozze di Figaro, Boston Opera Collaborative; Old Lady, Candide, Opera del West; Amastre, Xerxes, Pittsburgh Festival Opera. emily-harmon.com
MADISON HERTEL Traverse City, Michigan
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Dancer/
Dance Captain and Paquette (cover) in Candide; Dancer/Actor in Rinaldo.
Past: Anybodys, West Side Story, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; Associate Choreographer/Sister
Sophia/US Liesl and Louisa, The Sound of Music, Arizona Opera; Principal Dancer, Carmen, Portland Opera; Principal Dancer, Carmen, The Glimmerglass Festival; Nun/Liesl and Louisa (cover), The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival; Bagheera, The Jungle Book, The Glimmerglass Festival; Co-Choreographer, Inherited by Word of Mouth, NYS DanceForce Choreographers Initiative. madisonhertel.com
GRANT JACKSON Columbus, Ohio
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Schaunard (cover) in La bohème; Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet; Milo in The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Don Giovanni (cover), Don Giovanni, Rice University; Pallante, Agrippina, Rice University; Cuno (cover), Der Freischütz, Queen City Opera; Dr. Falke, Die Fledermaus, Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music; Sam, Trouble in Tahiti, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Alidoro (cover), La Cenerentola, Queen City Opera; Mr. Gedge, Albert Herring, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
JORRELL LAWYER-JEFFERSON
Copperas Cove, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Dancer in La bohème and Candide; Choreographer for Rinaldo
Past: Featured Dancer, The Glimmerglass Festival; Choreographer, Aida, Houston Grand Opera; Swing, Carmen, Houston Grand Opera.
Future: Company Member, The Big Muddy Dance Company.
RYAN JOHNSON Muleshoe, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Grand Inquisitor/ Governor in Candide; Ensemble and Tybalt (cover) in Romeo and Juliet
Past: Ira, Sky on Swings, Saratoga Opera; Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Borsa, Rigoletto, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Male Chorus, The Rape of Lucretia, Lyric Theatre; Rodolfo, La bohème, Lyric Theatre; Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Lyric Theatre.
ROBERT KAHN Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Assistant Conductor for La bohème and Romeo and Juliet
Past: Cover Conductor, New York Philharmonic; Assistant Conductor, Tenor Overboard, The Glimmerglass Festival; The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival.
Future: Conductor, Iceland, Overtone Industries; Assistant Conductor, Suor Angellica/Gianni Schicchi, Julliard; Assistant Conductor, Don Giovanni, AVA Philidelphia; Assistant Conductor, Don Pasquale, AVA Philidelphia. robertkahn.com
EMILIE KEALANI San Francisco, California
Glimmerglass 2023: Musetta in La bohème; Almirena (cover) in Rinaldo.
Past: Dalinda in Ariodante, Curtis Opera Theatre, The Kimmel Center; Adina, L’elisir d’amore, Curtis Opera Theatre, Philadelphia Film Center; Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw, Curtis Opera Theatre, Philadelphia Film Center; Opera Chorus, Carmen/Falstaff/M.Butterfly, Santa Fe Opera; Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier, Apprentice Scenes, Santa Fe Opera. emiliekealani.com
NICHOLAS KELLIHER Baldwin, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème; Sorcerer and Goffredo (cover) in Rinaldo
Past: Oberon (cover), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Des Moines Metro Opera; Semifinalist, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition; Cardinal 1, Galileo Galilei, Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music; Man Under the Arch, The Hours, Cincinnati Opera Fusion; Alto Soloist, St. John Passion, Bach Society of Dayton.
HAYLEY MALONEY Covington, Kentucky
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème and Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Sagredo/Marie/Eos, Galileo Galilei, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Miss Hayes/Young Artist, Susannah, Wolf Trap Opera; Laura Gates, Tale for a Deaf Ear, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Florence Pike in Albert Herring, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. hayleymaloney.com
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SERGIO MARTÍNEZ Bogotá D.C., Columbia
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Benoit/ Alcindoro (cover) in La bohème; Friar Laurence and Duke of Verona (cover) in Romeo and Juliet; Bass in Love & War.
Past: Zuniga, Carmen, The Glimmerglass Festival; Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Resonance Works; Gouverneur, Le Comte Ory, Yale Opera; Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte, The Opera Next Door; Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Opera de Colombia; The Bonze, Madama Butterfly, Opera de Colombia. sergiomartinezbass.com
JOHN MBURU Warwick, Rhode Island
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Colline (cover) in La bohème; Duke of Verona and Friar Laurence (cover) in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Pallante in Agrippina, Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music; First Man (cover), Castor and Patience, Cincinnati Opera; Chorus, Aida, Cincinnati Opera; Pope Urban VIII, Galilei Galileo, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Bartolo, Le nozze di Figaro, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
PETER MURPHY Lowell, Massachusetts
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Dancer in Candide; Dancer/Actor in Rinaldo.
Past: Ensemble, Rent, Ithaca College; Robbie Hart, Wedding Singer, Palace Teen Company; Ensemble/Musidorous (cover), Head Over Heels, Ithaca College; Ensemble, Wizard of Oz, Palace Theatres; Billy Lawlor, 42nd Street, Actor’s Incorporated.
MARIO PACHECO Toronto, Ontario
Glimmerglass 2023: Assistant Director for Candide
Past: Assistant Stage Director, The Magic Flute, Tosca, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Falling and The Rising, Arizona Opera; The Magic Flute, Canadian Opera Company.
JONATHAN PATTON Durango, Colorado
Glimmerglass 2023: Marcello (cover) in La bohème; Martin/James in Candide; Paris in Romeo and Juliet
Past: Marcello, La bohème, Washington National Opera; Demon, Bubbie and the Demon, Washington National Opera; Tarquinius, The Rape of Lucretia, University of North Texas; Marco, Gianni Schicchi, Festival Napa Valley. jonathan-patton.com
JONATHAN PIERCE RHODES
Orlando, Florida
Glimmerglass 2023: Cacambo and Candide (cover) in Candide; Ensemble in La bohème.
Past: Frank, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, The Washington National Opera; Cherubiel, Holy Ground, The Glimmerglass Festival; Frank, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, The Glimmerglass Festival. Jonathanpiercerhodes.com
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM
LISA MARIE ROGALI Hawley, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Paquette in Candide; Stéphano in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Mercédès, Carmen, The Glimmerglass Festival; Sister Sophia and Maria (cover), The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival; Princess/Lucy, Edward Tulane, Minnesota Opera; Papagena, The Magic Flute, The Glimmerglass Festival; Tina, Flight, Minnesota Opera.
Future Lapák, The Cunning Little Vixen, Detroit Opera. lisamarierogali.com
ZACHARY RIOUX
Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada
Glimmerglass 2023: Parpignol and Rodolfo (cover) in La bohème; Ensemble and Benvolio (cover) in Romeo and Juliet
Past Rodolfo, La bohème, Academy of Vocal Arts; Lensky, Eugene Onegin, Academy of Vocal Arts; Cavaradossi, Tosca (concert), Toronto City Opera. Future: Tenor Soloist, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Beethovenfest Bonn. zacharyriouxtenor.com
AMANDA SHERIFF Houston, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in Candide and Romeo and Juliet; Callista in The Rip Van Winkles. Past: Miss Jessel, The Turn of the Screw, Opera Baltimore; Despina,Così fan tutte, Opera Delaware; Lotte Lenya First Prize Winner, Kurt Weill Foundation. amandasheriff-soprano.com
ALEX SMITH Kalamazoo, Michigan
Glimmerglass 2023: Sergeant/Ensemble in La bohème; Ensemble and Grégorio/Paris/Duke of Verona (cover) in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Raimbaud, Le Comte Ory, Yale Opera; Junius, The Rape of Lucretia, Yale Opera; Musiklehrer, Ariadne auf Naxos, Yale Opera; Il marito, Amelia al ballo, Oberlin Opera Theater; Tom/John, The Face on the Barroom Floor, Oberlin Opera Theater; Guglielmo, Così fan tutte, Oberlin Opera Theater; Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oberlin Opera Theater.
HAYDEN SMITH Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème; Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Frank in The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Nemorino, L’elisir d’amore, Opera in the Heights; Elder Hayes, Susannah, Wolf Trap Opera; Giuseppe, La traviata, Wolf Trap Opera; Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni, Rice University; Alfred, Die Fledermaus, Temple University; Peter Quint, The Turn of the Screw, Temple University. haydensmithtenor.com
EMMA SUCATO Dallas, Texas
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Dancer in Candide; Ensemble/Dancer in La bohème; Dancer/Actor in Rinaldo
Past: Assistant Choreographer, Sweet Charity, Syracuse University; Ensemble, The Drowsy Chaperone, Mainstage Irving.
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ALICIA RUSSELL TAGERT Richmond, Virginia
Glimmerglass 2023: Minister’s Wife/Queen of Eldorado in Candide; Ensemble and Musetta (cover) in La bohème
Past: Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, Opera Birmingham; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, FargoMoorhead Opera; Willie/Ruthie (cover), Castor and Patience, Cincinnati Opera; Morgan, Fierce, Cincinnati Opera; Berta, The Barber of Seville, Fargo-Moorhead Opera. aliciarussellsoprano.com
AMANDA TESTINI
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Glimmerglass 2023: Assistant Director for La bohème and The Rip Van Winkles
Past: Choreographer/Assistant Director, HMS
Pinafore, Vancouver Opera; Stage Director
Participant, Opera in the 21st Century Program, Banff Centre for the Performing Arts; Movement Consultant and Swing, You Used To Call Me Marie, Savage Society, Alberta and Saskatchewan Tour; Justine Chambers, Love Bomb, Shameless Hussy Productions, Western Canada Tour. amandatestini.com
KORIN THOMAS-SMITH
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Maximilian (cover) in Candide; Argante in Rinaldo.
Past: Tarquinius, The Rape of Lucretia, Yale Opera; Raimbaud, Le Comte Ory, Yale Opera; Dulcamara, L’elisir d’amore, Yale Opera.
Future: Ensemble Studio, Canadian Opera Company.
CATHERINE THORNSLEY
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Mimì (cover) in La bohème; Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet
Past: 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Semifinalist; Rusalka, Rusalka, University of British Columbia; Contessa Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, University of British Columbia; Marta, Pasażerka, University of British Columbia. catherinethornsley.com
KYLE SANCHEZ TINGZON
San Francisco, California
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in Candide; Goffredo in Rinaldo.
Past: Father Hylebos, Tacoma Method, Tacoma Opera; Teseo, Ercole su’l Termodonte, Pacific Opera Project; The Messenger, Harvey Milk, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; First Prize Winner, Handel Aria Competition; San Francisco
District Winner and Los Angeles Regional Encouragement Awardee, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. kylesancheztingzon.com
TRUMAN TINIUS Syracuse, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Dancer/Dance
Captain in La bohème; Ensemble/Dancer in Candide; Dancer in Love and War.
Past: Ensemble/Dancer/Circus Feature, The Little Mermaid, Syracuse Stage; Ensemble/ Dancer, Sweet Charity, Syracuse University; Ensemble, The Sound of Music, The Glimmerglass Festival; Featured Dancer/Ensemble/Fight
Captain, Carmen, The Glimmerglass Festival; Mouse King/Candy Cane (Russian Variation), The Nutcracker, Syracuse City Ballet.
EMILY TRIEBOLD Athens, Wisconsin
Glimmerglass 2023: Old Lady (cover) and Ensemble in Candide; Sorcerer (cover) in Rinaldo.
Past: Soloist, Serenade to Music, MidAmerica Productions, Carnegie Hall; Soloist, Op. 38 (Shostakovich), Brooklyn Art Song Society; Soloist (Mendelssohn) in Midsummer Night’s Dream, New York City Ballet, Saratoga Performing Arts Center; Mrs. Cripps (Buttercup), H.M.S. Pinafore, Pensacola Opera; Baroness, Candide, Des Moines Metro Opera; Mrs. Splinters, The Tender Land, Des Moines Metro Opera. emilytriebold.com
ETHEL TRUJILLO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble and Juliet (cover) in Romeo and Juliet; Ensemble in La bohème.
Past: Musetta (cover), La bohème, Academy of Vocal Arts; Violetta (cover), La traviata, Academy of Vocal Arts; Norina, Don Pasquale, Academy of Vocal Arts.
Future: Adina, L’elisir d’amore, Parapente Productions.
WILL UPHAM Bedford, Indiana
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble in La bohème; Benvolio and Romeo (cover) in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Monostatos, The Magic Flute, Indianapolis Opera; VA Psychiatrist, Veteran Journeys, Indianapolis Opera; Donald Hopewell, Gallantry, Indianapolis Opera; Jimmy and Kay Garrison Student Grand Prize, Orpheus Vocal Competition; Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, La Musica Lirica; Nemorino, The Elixir of Love, The Dallas Opera; The Prince, The True Story of Cinderella, SMU Lyric Theatre; Reverend Samuel Parris, The Crucible, SMU Lyric Theatre.
SCHYLER VARGAS Denver, Colorado
Glimmerglass 2023: Maximilian in Candide; Mercutio (cover) in Romeo and Juliet.
Past: Strephon, Iolanthe, MasterVoices at Carnegie Hall; Papageno, The Magic Flute, Arizona Opera; Harlekin, Ariadne auf Naxos, Arizona Opera; Homecoming Soldier, The Falling and the Rising, Arizona Opera; Moralès, Carmen, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. schylervargas.com
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NAN WANG Handan, Hebei, China
Glimmerglass 2023: Colline in La bohème; Ensemble and Count Capulet (cover) in Romeo and Juliet
Past: Des Grieux, Le portrait de Manon, Manhattan School of Music; Masetto (cover), Don Giovanni, Chautauqua Opera Conservatory; Don Bartolo, Le nozze di Figaro, Manhattan School of Music; Sorcerer, Dido and Aeneas, Central Conservatory of Music; Gang Wu, Flying to the Moon (premiere), Central Conservatory of Music.
Future: Harasta, The Cunning Little Vixen, Manhattan School of Music.
JASON ZACHER Livingston, New Jersey
Glimmerglass 2023: Ensemble/Agent/Señor and Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss (cover) in Candide; Argante (cover) in Rinaldo.
Past: Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Kentucky Opera; Colline, La bohème, Kentucky Opera; Henry, The Gift of the Magi, Kentucky Opera; Jimmy, American Apollo, Des Moines Metro Opera; Bottom/Theseus (cover), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Des Moines Metro Opera. jason-zacher.com
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM
OLIVIER ZEROUALI New York, New York
Glimmerglass 2023: Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet; Ensemble/Agent in Candide.
Past: Melchior, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Purchase Opera; Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro, Purchase Opera; Papageno, Die Zauberflöte, Berlin Opera Academy; Zaretsky/The Captain, Evgeny Onegin, Highland Opera Studio; Papageno, Die Zauberflöte, Purchase Opera.
YUEQI ZHANG Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Glimmerglass 2023: Pianist/Coach for La bohème, Romeo and Juliet, and The Rip Van Winkles.
Past: Vocal Coach/Accompanist, Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory.
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TRAVIATA
PHOTO: KARLI CADEL
ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN
Ruotao Mao, Concertmaster
Heather Wittels*, Associate Concertmaster
Sasha Margolis
Acting Associate Concertmaster
Raymond Zoeckler, Assistant Concertmaster
Benjamin Hart, Acting Principal Second Violin
Michael Cleveland
Elizabeth Silver
Ubaldo Valli
Ann-Marie B. Schwartz
Jennifer Reuning Myers*
Esther McMahon Sanders*
Mialtin Zhezha
Victoria Stewart*
Fritz V. Krakowski
Leona Nadj*
Robyn Quinnett
Jeremiah Blacklow
Maria Kistner Conti
Susan Faux
VIOLA
Katrina Smith, Principal
Megan Newman Dyer
Dee Dee Fancher
Christine Ims
Sandra VandeGeijn
Christine Orio*
CELLO
Janet Nepkie, Principal
Ruth Berry
Susan Ruzow Debronsky
Benjamin Whittenburg
BASS
David Irvin, Principal
Jon Pascolini
LUTE/GUITAR
Michael Leopold, Principal
FLUTE
Yevgeny Faniuk*, Principal
Linda Greene, Acting Principal
Xue Su
PICCOLO
Linda Greene
Xue Su
Jessica Aura Taskov
OBOE
Eileen Whalen, Principal
Nancy Dimock
Karen Hosmer
ENGLISH HORN
Eileen Whalen
Nancy Dimock
CLARINET
Pascal Archer*, Principal
Phillip Solomon, Acting Principal
KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle
John Friedrichs
BASS CLARINET
KeriAnn DiBari-Oberle
John Friedrichs
E-FLAT CLARINET
Phillip Solomon
BASSOON
Spencer F. Phillips, Principal
Mark Timmerman
FRENCH HORN
Daniel Wions*, Principal
Joshua Michal, Acting Principal
Martin Burki*
Gabriel Kovach
Scott Millichamp
Aaron Brask*
Sonja K. Millichamp
TRUMPET
Jerry Bryant, Principal
Ben Aldridge
Donald Batchelder
Mathew Oram
CORNET
Jerry Bryant
Ben Aldridge
PICCOLO TRUMPET
Jerry Bryant
Ben Aldridge
TROMBONE
Greg Spiridopoulos, Principal
Daniel Martin
BASS TROMBONE
Frank Meredith
TUBA
David Saltzman* , Principal
Alexander Lapins, Acting Principal
CIMBASSO
Alexander Lapins
TIMPANI
Matthew Kibort, Principal
PERCUSSION
Matthew McClung, Principal
Jeffrey D. Grubbs
William Manley
HARP
André Tarantiles, Principal
KEYBOARD
Christopher Devlin
RINALDO CONTINUO
HARPSICHORD
Christopher Devlin
BAROQUE CELLO
Ruth Berry
LUTE
Michael Leopold
BASSON
Spencer F. Phillips
* indicates musician on leave
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The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra is generously sponsored by Robert L. Turner.
ARIANNE AJAKH
Cooperstown, New York
Youth Chorus, La bohème
LAYLA BUTTERMANN
Oneonta, New York
Youth Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
MALENA BUTTERMANN
Oneonta, New York
Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
NADIA BUTTERMANN
Oneonta, New York
Youth Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
CARLY RAE CARILLO
Milford, New York
Youth Chorus, La bohème
ETHAN CHEN
New Hartford, New York
Youth Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
NORA CRAIG
Cooperstown, New York
Youth Chorus, La bohème
AVERY CROFT
Cooperstown, New York
Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
CALEB J.A. CROWDER
Utica, New York
Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
GENEVIEVE DELANOY
Oneonta, New York
Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
YOUTH ENSEMBLE
CORDELIA DZIUBAN
Bridgewater, New York
Youth Chorus, La bohème
ELIZABETH ECKEL
Cobleskill, New York Ivy, The Rip Van Winkles
SETON DAVIS FRALICK
Cherry Valley, New York
Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
GUS FREDERICKSON
Jefferson, New York
Youth Chorus, La bohème
TOBY FREDERICKSON
Jefferson, New York
Youth Chorus, La bohème
JOHNNY FORD
Utica, New York Youth Chorus, La bohème
ANMO GENG New Hartford, New York Youth Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
ANQI GENG New Hartford, New York Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
KIAN GRADY
Cooperstown, New York Youth Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
JULIEANNA L. IGLESIAS
Van Deusenville, New York Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
MAYA LACOPPOLA
Palatine Bridge, New York
Maggie, The Rip Van Winkles
CATE SPEED LEINHART
Fly Creek, New York Youth Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
JIERUI LIN
Utica, New York
Youth Chorus, La bohème
YUAN LIN
Utica, New York Youth Chorus, La bohème
ANNIKA MURRAY
Cooperstown, New York Youth Chorus, La bohème
GIALINA PLOUTZ
Oneonta, New York May, The Rip Van Winkles
DANNIELLA N. RIVERA-LITZ
Sauquoit, New York Youth Chorus, La bohème
ANAIS SUMMERS ROBBINS
Austin, Texas Youth Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
CALLUM D. TORRUELLA
Sauquoit, New York Teen Ensemble, The Rip Van Winkles
ELEANOR WALKER
Cooperstown, New York Youth Chorus, La bohème
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ADMINISTRATION AND PRODUCTION
Artistic & General Director
Rob Ainsley
Executive Director
Andrea Lyons
Music Director
Joseph Colaneri
Director of Artistic Administration
Lauren Bailey
Director of Communications
Kira DeLanoy
Director of Company
Management
Rebecca Gill
Director of Development
Caryn Reeves
Director of Finance
Karen Flanagan
Director of Production
Abby Rodd
Director, Young Artists Program
Andrea Grant
Head of Music
Christopher Devlin
Head of Stage Movement & Choreography
Eric Sean Fogel
Dramaturg
Kelley Rourke
ADMINISTRATION/OPERATIONS
Administrative Advisor/Assistant to the Artistic & General Director
Dianne Ciano
Administrative Assistant
Sarah Cohea
Operations Manager
Christian C. Shaefer
Operations Apprentice
Jillian Harvey
Events Apprentices
Lauren Porter
Melody Rutherford
Chief Equity Officer
Mykai Eastman
Concessions Manager & Operations Assistant
Lizzy Mott
Operations & Concessions Staff
Sarah Mancuso
Emma Alicajic
Jill Rockwell
Julia Salamone
Lynzee Bissell
Gift Shop Manager
Jazz Coleman
Gift Shop Associate
Sophia Jones
House Manager
Shannon Migliore
Front of House Apprentice
Ash Neece
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information Technology Manager
Austin Bloomfield
Information Technology
Apprentice
Keisha Modi
FINANCE
Accounting Manager
Fred Fall
Accounting Assistants
Cynthia Staley
Kathryn Wakefield
Finance Apprentice
Maggie Blair
Auditors
Grossman St. Amour, Certified Public Accountants
PLLC
Legal Counsel
M. Anne O’Connell
Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP
Law Office Of Douglas H. Zamelis
DEVELOPMENT
Associate Director of Development
Amy Tompkins
Development Officer and Grants Manager
Mark Conchie
Development Officer and Board Liaison
Alexa Dembiec
Development Assistant
Kathy Buck
Development Apprentices
Shaina Gormley
Sarah Mutegi
Evelyn Sload
ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION
Music Operations Manager
Emmet Sellars
Artistic Operations Coordinator
Jay E. Condon
Music Librarian
Kristen Butcher
Scheduling Manager
Kristen Martin
Orchestra Personnel Manager
Jerry Bryant
Piano Technician
Eric Mazarak
Artistic Administration Apprentices
Whitney Campbell
Edward Sturm
Music Operations Apprentices
Tahric Lofton
Annaliese Ruhs
Music Library Apprentice
Ike Sae-Tang
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Apprentices
Skyler Burnett
Kyra Macomber
Johanna Weeks
Box Office Manager
Liz Diamond
Box Office Supervisor
Connor Lange
Box Office Staff
Quinn Hixson
Kelsey Revere Walker
Box Office Apprentices
Alonna Hall
Kelly Long
Graphic Design
Kate Ehle/Cake & Ale Studio
Marketing Consultant
NeverDark
Social Media
Jennifer Rizzuto
Photography
Evan Zimmerman
Brent DeLanoy
Videography
Korey Rowe/Otsego Media
Website Design Gameflow Interactive
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Assistant Company Manager
Michele Metzger
Housing Coordinator
Jeff Wilcox
Company Management Supervisors
Astrid Bacy
Zoe Branson
Housekeeping Staff
Chelsea Cummings
Nancy Lane
Tammy Pearo
Company Management Apprentices
Taylor Bray
Rey Hankinson
Ty’Mariya Moss
Alyssa Murphy
Corrinthea Washington
FACILITIES
Facilities Supervisor
Leon Roseboom
Facilities Staff
Scott Hull
Sheldon Jacobson
Zachariah O’Connor
John Riavez
Julian Rivera
Connor Scheffler
PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION
Production Coordinator
Wyatt Nyman
Safety Manager
Josh Carroll
Costume Administrator
Kathleen Gardin
Production Administrator
Laura Pierson
Assistant Safety Manager
JBJ
Safety Staff
Jan Herrick
Patricia Pullis
Costume Administration
Apprentice
Natalie Saint-Rossy
Costume Design Apprentice
Corey Cochran
Production Administration Apprentice
Zoe Steenwyk
Scenic Design Apprentice
Hayley E Wallenfeldt
COSTUMES
Costume Director
Lynne Hinman
Costumes Floor Managers
Jayna Fry
LEX Patchett
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ADMINISTRATION AND PRODUCTION
Costume Shopper
Lisa Lawrence
Drapers
Breanna Bayba
Erica Fire
Grace Cochran Keenan
Julia Kosanovich
Elizabeth Polley
Jacqui Pomeranski
Elisabeth Roskos
First Hands
M Cotman
Olivia Dilworth
Jacob Galos
Haley Hutchins
Lily Mateus
Bethany Sassen
Gabi Sitze-Martin
Connor Sullivan
Eileen Thoma
Stitchers
Blake Blanning
Ashton Brunn
Celeste Fenton
Jacob Galos
Corissa Gavin
Becca Hall
Tonya Mixon
Zoey Rubinoff
Stitcher Apprentices
Marcie Coeny
Charli den Hartog
Brenna Kaplan-Keshguerian
Hanh Rioux
Skyler Sandner
Adeline Santello
COSTUME CRAFTS
Crafts Manager
Danielle Jordan
Assistant Crafts Manager
Zandra Siple
Crafts Artisans
Lil Campos Obando
Hunter Riley Lypen
Overhire Crafts Artisan
Molly Doan
Crafts Apprentices
Nato Hermann
Zoe Gilreath
SCENERY
Technical Director
Ross Rundell
Assistant Technical Director of Rigging
Matt Beecher
Assistant Technical Director of Scenery
Kyle Ludwig
Head Scenic Carpenter
Meredith C Wilcox
Scenic Carpenters
Luci Busch
Sandi McDonald
Jacob Ian Rodriguez
Nick Sheriff
Rigging Apprentices
Andrew M. Boone
Owen Zacharias
Scenic Carpentry Apprentices
James Hendricks
Paloma Robles
Technical Direction Apprentice
Joseph Fleck
PROPERTIES
Properties Manager
Emily Tabler
Assistant Properties Manager
Hattie V. Fann
Properties Floor Supervisor
Emery Smith
Properties Head Artisan
Emily Davis
Properties Artisans
Mahalet Andargachew
Cai Hayner
Chloe Scheel
Properties Apprentice
Em Simpson
Properties Paints Apprentice
Anna Camerer
PAINTS
Charge Scenic Artist
Sasha Glinski
Assistant Charge Scenic Artist
Carleigh Wagner
Scenic Artist
Jess Fitzpatrick
Scenic Art Apprentices
Hadley Gilpatrick
Ema Valencia
Overhire Scenic Artists
Melissa Davies
Mikaela Kelarek
LIGHTING
Lighting Director
Stoli Stolnack
Lighting Supervisor
Elijah Kleinberg
Lighting Supervisor
Graham Zellers
Lighting Programmer
Aaron Gubler
Lighting Supervisor Apprentice
Rachel Fields
ELECTRICS
Production Electrician
Megan Mahoney
Electrics Consultant
Josh Taylor
Assistant Production Electricians
Cat Foley
Emily Horton
Electricians
Olivia deBree
Andrew DeCollo
Aaron Kurland
Jasmine Moore
Isaak Olson
Ben Wolfe
Electrics Apprentices
Julie Adams
Wil Martin
Jace Petrovich
India Silverman
HAIR & MAKE-UP
Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Charlotte Seidensticker
Hair & Make-Up Staff Artists
Shannon Dolinar
M Nottke
Angelina Vincenzi
Hair & Make-Up Apprentice
Micah Baumgartner
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Production Stage Manager
Dustin Z West
Stage Managers
Luci Burdick
Iván Dario Cano
Laurel McIntyre
Assistant Stage Managers
Natalie Main
Tess Naval
Úna Rafferty
Meghan Spear
Stage Management Apprentices
Grant Crowson
Abigail Murray-Stark
Lorna Stephens
STAGE OPERATIONS
Assistant Technical Director of Stage Operations
Timothy “TJ” Wildow
Assistant Stage Operations Managers
Sophie Rodriguez
Sam Spear
Stage Operations Fly Captain
Shannon Dodson
Stage Operations Prop Staff
Riley Donelson
Reanna Valencia
Stage Operations Staff
Nga Sze Chan
Emily Hanson
Grant Wendt
Stage Operations Apprentices
Sidney Droz
Elijah Samuel Galvin
James David Maxim
Steven Waggoner
WARDROBE
Wardrobe Manager
Katie Simpson
Assistant Wardrobe Managers
Michael Ciaramitaro
Emily Kemmerer
Wardrobe Staff
Jade Almsberger
Taylor Needleman
Maki Niikura
Lucy Pizzicarola
Tater Williams
Wardrobe Apprentices
Kathleen Carter
Katherine Matos
Jacquelyn Perez-Saenz
Tristen Taylor
AUDIO/VIDEO
A/V Coordinator
Joel T. Morain
A/V Staff
Peter Burns
David Walters
A/V Apprentices
Bailey Bennett
Wesley Martinez
Emily Murray
DRAMATURGY/TITLES
Titles Supervisor & Assistant Dramaturg
Nick Richardson
Dramaturgy/Titles Apprentice
Olivia Lerwick
DESIGN
Assistant Costume Designers
La bohème – R. Clare Parker
Candide – Arthur Wilson
Romeo and Juliet –
Nicole DeLucia
Rinaldo – John Polles
The Rip Van Winkles –Nicole DeLucia
Assistant Lighting Designers
La bohème –
Christopher E Wong
Candide –
Corey Goulden-Naitove
Romeo and Juliet –
Christopher E Wong
Rinaldo – Alex Fetchko
The Rip Van Winkles –
Alex Fetchko
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Staff list as of June 11, 2023
THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES | PHOTO: CONNOR LANGE
THE GUILD
More than 350 members of the Guild of Glimmerglass Festival provide essential volunteer support to The Glimmerglass Festival throughout the year, filling a variety of company needs through hospitality, fundraising, and education programs. This commitment of time, expertise, and energy allows the company to devote more of its resources to Festival performances and events.
In addition to averaging more than 3,500 hours of volunteer service every year, the Guild makes a significant annual financial contribution to help meet both general and specific needs, including the sponsorship of the Doris. P. Shields Artistic Administration Internship.
Through its many programs and initiatives, the Guild inspires conversations about opera and musical theater among its membership and works to encourage an appreciation of the art form within the community.
www.glimmerglassguild.org
“Armies and opera companies march on their bellies. The rank and file at Glimmerglass are well fed and happy thanks to the heroic efforts of our fantastic Guild.”
JOIN US!
Wine Tasting Event
The Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion with a performance by Anthony Roth Costanzo
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Cooperstown Country Club Event with performances by members of the Young Artists Program
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Guild Gala
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Young Artist Performances and Silent Auction
Thursday, August 17, 2023
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– Joel T. Morain, A/V Coordinator and Resident Sound Designer
VOLUNTEER USHERS
Kay Additon
Debra Araniti
Walter Ashley
Sue Beames
Steve Berman
Carolyn Bishop
Walter “Woody” Bishop
Mark Bostick
Jacinta Brennan
Mary Brodzinsky
Mary Ellen Calta
Alison Calvagno
Enid Cardinal
Denise Carnell
Andrew Carnell
Jack Eugene Carr
Laura Cooper
Michael Cooper
Debra Creedon
Margaret Croft
Sharon Davie
Sally Dayger
Patricia De Lorenzo
Daphine deRosa
Joyce Dixon
Louise Doubleday
Peter Dunham
Kathleen Eisele
Caspar Ewig
David Farquhar
Donna Farquhar
Lane Franz
Julie Grant
Robert Grant
Jane Grastorf
Matt Gregory
Vincent Guerra
Marie Guerra
Schatzi Hall
Mary Harvard
Barbara Hein
Patricia Herrmann
Lori Higgins
Glenda Hoffmann
Conny Horne
Douglas Horne
DJ Igelsrud
Betsy Jay
Kate Johnson
Clyde Jones
Susan Jones
Rhonda King
Doris Kirk
Stephen Klingaman
Abby Kreh Gibson
Rachael Kupka
Barbara LaCorte
Susan Larsen
Nancy Lee
Adrienne Lentini
Sarah Livingston
Linda Lofrumento
Linda Mayou
Janet McCarty
Kathy Meeker
Ann Mei
Cindy Merritt
Jamey Minich
Robert Mix
Richard Monroe
Maureen Murray
Roxanne Murray
Flavia Musto
Laura O’Shea
Jacqueline Parry
Audrey Porsche
Marianne Romano
Christine Rudecoff
Jean Schifano
Elizabeth (Betsy) Scoones
Julia Scranton
Lauri Selin
Florence Selin
Kathy Shimberg
James Shults
Maia Silber
Stanley Silber
Ann Skinner
Judith Stein
Anita Sterns
Junius (Jay) Stone
Bruce Testa
Peg Twasutyn
Susan Vilagos
Janet Vinyard
Geri (Geraldine) Wagner
Donald Wagner
Connie Walters
Cynthia Walton-Leavitt
Linda Watkins
Marguerite Webster
Margaret Wehrer
Pamela Wightman
Nancy Young
Courtney Young
Cheryl Zamelis
Volunteer Usher list as of June 3, 2023 TENOR OVERBOARD 2022 |
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FESTIVAL GUILD
2023 FESTIVAL GUILD OFFICERS
Laura Wetzel, President
Abby Kreh Gibson, Vice President
Rhonda King, Secretary
Joanne Tobey, Treasurer
GUILD MEMBERS
Ernest E. Adams, Jr.
Robert Ainsley
Kathryn Allen
Marco Anichini
Walter and Patti Ashley
Carl Adkins and Dianne Balfour
Dr. Dennis Banks
Jim and Nancy Barton
Susan Beames
Nancy Bender
Ruth Bennett
Richard Biviano
Frances Bliven
Jennifer A. Brickley
Mary P. Brodzinsky
Mark Bunce
Mary Ellen Calta
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Patricia Carrier
Maria Camargo
Rhonda Catanzaro
Thomas R. Chase
Lauren Clark
Susan Stetson Clarke
Barbara Crandall
James and Joanne Crum
Ms. Judith Curry
Ellen C. Curtis
Deb and Jim Dalton
Drs. James C. and Caroline W. Dawson
Dominick DeCecco
Barbara Decker
Vincent and Mary Kay Devita
Nicole and Gaylord Dillingham
Susan Drake
Martha Duke
Nancy and Robert Einreinhofer
Kathleen and Dale Eisele
Priscilla Elliott
John Anagnost and Rita Emanuel
Gwendolyn Ermlich
Gerald Evans
Elizabeth Eveillard
Caspar Ewig
Donna Farquhar
Jane Feisthamel
Donald Fenner
Rita Fenstemacher
Fidelity Charitable
Doris Fischer
David M. Frankford
Allen and Judith Brick Freedman
Ms. Martha Frey
Francesca Zambello and Faith Gay
Jane E. Grastorf
William and Cynthia Goertemoeller
Ursula and Chuck Hage
Carla Hall
Charlotte Hall
Gemma Hall
Ms. Melissa Hancock
Patricia and Robert Hanft
Mona Harris
Elizabeth B. Harvey
Christine Heller
Allison and Keyes Hill-Edgar
Susan J. Huxtable
Linda Irenegreene
Thomas A. and Gail Jacobson
Prudence Jackson
Connie and Mike Jastremski
Rev. Betsy Jay
Marianne Bez and Michael Jerome
Kathleen and Bruce Johnson
Sally Jones
Peter Jordan
Marjorie Turrell Julian
Barbara Kajdi
Pooh Kaye
Robert Kent
Marion S. King
Celeste Johns and Chris Kjolhede
Lisa Kressbach
Caralee Carney and Maureen Kuhn
Barbara Lacorte
Renee LaFond
John T. Andrews, Jr., and Elizabeth K. Lambert
Amelia Lane
Pamela Lea
Sandra Ledda
Elizabeth Lemieux
Kathleen Lloyd
Joan Locke
Jean Lyon
Marilyn Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Senzel
Daphne Mason
William McColl
Millie and David McCoy
Linda Lofrumento and Karen McGinnis
Patrick A. McKenna and Dr. Bertine C. McKenna
Tom Morgan and Erna
Morgan McReynolds
Christine McNaughton
Jeanne McNaughton
Fynnette Eaton and James E. Miller
Patricia Wiley and Wendy Miller
John Webb and Nelson Mondaca
Vesna Moynihan
Carol Mulcrone
Barbara Mulhern
Charles and Susan Newman
Dinah Nissen
Elizabeth Novak
Charles E. Pannaci
Sarah and Paul Pattrson
Dorothy and Henry Phillips
Corinne Plummer
Barbara Pope
Janet Potter
Leonard and Rise Press
Donald and Catherine Raddatz
Thomas Ragan
Emily Johnson and Vijay Ramachandran
Robert Nelson and Van Broughton Ramsey
Angelika Manhert
Rashkow
Jerry and Marisabel Raymond
Richard Redmond
Caryn and James Reeves
Wallis and Cornelia Reid
Nancy Reynolds
Angela Richards
Denise Richardson
Dolores Rothwell
Christine Rossi
Sharon Roy
Michael Sekus and Bianca Russo
Ruth Beardsley and Tom Sansone
Margaret Kiss Santos and Lionel Santos
Schwab Charitable
Richard and Pamela Scurry
Lauri Selin
Florence Selin
Jean Seroka
Rosemary Sibbern
Thomas Simpson
Bishop Mark Sisk and Karen Sisk
Museyb Shareef
Dr. Samuel C. Smart
Lona Smith
Katherine Snyder
David and Cynthia Staley
Ms. Barbara Stephenson
Sharon Stuart
Tara Sumner
Elizabeth Susman
Dr. Jephtha Tausig
Paul and Lizabeth Uhrig
Mindy Utay
Debra Valentine
David and Martha Vaules
Donna C. Veeder
Susan Vilagos
Esther Milsted and Mark Luis Villamar
Janet Vinyard
Beth Wade
Karin and Hans de Waal
Sydney Waller
Mary Anne Whelan
Christine and Albert Weiss
Todd Wetzel
M. Anne O'Connell and Robert A. White, Jr.
Bill Oliver and Michael Willis
Mr. Michael Young
James Covey and James Zabawa
Doug and Cheryl Zamelis
Steven Zerby
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Festival Guild list as of May 23, 2023
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOODYEAR SOCIETY Enjoy the Satisfaction of Creating a Legacy at Glimmerglass through an Estate Gift
The Goodyear Society honors individuals and families who have made a gift to Glimmerglass through their will or estate plans to perpetuate the Festival and its programs. If you have already included Glimmerglass in your plans, please let us know so that we may thank you and invite you to become a member of this special group of supporters, which receives Camerata-level donor benefits.
The Society is named after Tom Goodyear, one of our founders, and his mother, Jeannette Bissell Goodyear, both passionate opera fans whose gift of farmland was transformed into the theater and campus we enjoy today.
There are many ways you can help Glimmerglass, now and into the future. In addition to providing invaluable support for productions, special programs, and artists through our annual fund, you can help continue our work and maintain and improve the beautiful Glimmerglass theater and facilities through a designated capital contribution or legacy gift.
Capital and planned gifts can be established in ways that benefit Glimmerglass as well as you, your family, or another charity. Bequests of cash or securities, gifts of real estate, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and making Glimmerglass a beneficiary of your IRA in your will are among the most popular ways to create a legacy at Glimmerglass. Please consult with a financial, tax, or legal advisor about the method of contributing that is best for you.
For more information about how you can support The Glimmerglass Festival through a planned gift, please contact Caryn Reeves, Director of Development, at (607) 547-0700 ext. 238. Bequests can be made to Glimmerglass Opera Theatre, Inc., Taxpayer Identification No. 16-1053970.
We thank and recognize the members of the Goodyear Society.
Anonymous (2)
Margaret Laird Anderson*
Nancy Ayers*
Dennis N. Banks
Jim and Nancy Barton
William Battin*
John Beurket and Georgia Kustas
John B. Black*
Barbara Blaszak
Mr.* and Mrs. Andrew M. Blum
James and Deborah Breznay
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Georg O. Budenbender and Dr. Katherine Elwyn
Larry*, Mary*, and Heidi Budro
Beekman C. Cannon*
Fern Caplan*
Samuel Carabetta and Richard Molinaroli
Mrs. William L. Cary*
Stephen Case and Margaret Ayres
Estate of Doris R. Christiana*
Susan Stetson Clarke
Charles Coffin and Lance Wickens
Charles E. Cole
Jeannine and Donald Cook
Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.*
Mary Cullen*
Dr.* and Mrs. John Curtis
Vittoria S. Demarest*
Martha J. Dodge
Peter Duchin
Estate of Marie J. Eger*
Gwendolyn Ermlich
Andrea K. Fallek*
Drs. Jane A. Feisthamel and Mary Margaret Snyder
Estate of Jessie Flax*
Donald Frazier*
Gretchen Frazier*
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello
William* and Jean B. Gerhartz
Karen A. Gibbs
Mrs. G. McMurtrie Godley
Sherwin M. Goldman
Dr. M. E. Grenander*
Dr. Brett B. Gutsche*
Lewis R.M* and Gemma Hall
The Raymond Han and Paul Kellogg Foundation
Mary E. Harrigan and Andrew P. Tothy
Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio
Barbara and Harry Howell
Clinton R. Howell
Estate of Alfred F. Hubay*
Ellen Jabbur
Clayton C. Kirking and Edward J. Sullivan
Ron and Melissa Komora
Joanne Kornoelje
Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.
Dr. Katharine Lloyd and Dr. William B. Guiney Jr.*
The Estate of Matthew Looram*
Andrew Marlowe and Terri Miller
Donald L. and Jeanette B. Martin Trust
Ann D. McChord
Mr. William McColl
David and Millie McCoy
Barbara McCullough
Drs. Duncan McDowall and Sandra Campbell
Christine McNaughton
Glenda Michailidis
John and Annabel* Muenter
Barbara H. Mulhern
Merlin* and Janet Nelson
M. Anne O’Connell
William Oliver and Michael Willis
Charles “Jud” Pannaci
Mary Buckley Parriott*
Alan and Pamela Patunoff
Dr.* and Mrs. Albert V. Payne
Polly S. Pierson*
Jeanne and Richard Porter
Paul Raeder*
Thomas C. Ragan
Marsha and Neil Remland
Rona C.* and Arthur E. Rosenbaum
Stephen Rosow and Ellen Goldner
Kelley Rourke
Robert* and Karen Schlather
Dr. Raymond* and Hannah H. Schneider*
Michael Sekus and Bianca Russo
Mary E. Sherman*
Patricia M. and H. William* Smith
Estate of Gerard F. Songster*
The Esther W. Spaulding
Charitable Trust*
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Estate of Scott L. Steele*
Estate of Joanna T. Steichen*
Hannah Lee Stokes*
David and Karin Svahn
Richard Sylvester*
Eugene V.* and Clare E.* Thaw
Lloyd L. Thoms, Jr.
Elizabeth Thorpe
Dov and Tom Treiman
Robert F. Van Wormer*
Margo and Anthony Viscusi
Karen Watkins
Andrew Weiss and Marc Osterweil
Carl A. Westerdahl*
Drs. Hannelore Wilfert and Karl Moschner
*deceased
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“I became an ardent supporter of Glimmerglass the first time I saw a production designed by John Conklin back in the 1990s. Glimmerglass became an annual summer activity. For decades I have gathered groups of friends to picnic and attend an opera. I have invited opera buffs from New York City, New Jersey, and Canada to join me, not only for an opera but for special events and concerts. In 2014, I began sponsoring a Young Artist seasonally, and subsequently I added the sponsorship of an Apprentice to my annual gift. I plan to perpetuate this commitment by including Glimmerglass in my estate plans.”
MARSHA AND NEIL REMLAND
“We were fortunate enough to grow up in homes where music was an integral part of our lives. It is our hope that our commitment to Glimmerglass will enable other generations to be exposed to the wonderful music and atmosphere it has to offer. We are currently living in a very volatile society. In some states classic books are being banned and children and their elders are being deprived of sharing the truth about our history. Thanks to The Glimmerglass Festival, and through the magic of music, everyone can be exposed to our history and culture, gaining awareness of the differences that can make America the great society it has the potential to be.”
EDWARD J. SULLIVAN AND CLAYTON C. KIRKING
“We have been coming to and loving Glimmerglass almost as long as we have been together. Clayton moved to New York from his curatorial job at the Phoenix Art Museum in 1995 and our first Glimmerglass season was a year later. We have not missed a single summer since then. The intelligent programming, the new operas as well as the highly provocative stagings of ‘old’ operas, has captured our imagination for decades. As an art historian, curator, and writer based at NYU, Edward is fascinated with the ever-changing attitudes to both historical and contemporary works. We are also very attentive to the staging of the operas—old and new. Rob Ainsley’s vision for the future of Glimmerglass (which he explained to us last summer) is exciting and compelling. We wish to support this endeavor in any way possible, and are deeply concerned with humanitarian endeavors and help as many initiatives as possible. We firmly believe that music, and concretely, opera, is one of the principal ways to enhance the quality of so many lives and energize people to work more forcefully to benefit society at large. Therefore we have made Glimmerglass our highest priority within our very modest philanthropic agenda.”
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LISA LEMIEUX
GIFTS TO THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL
The Glimmerglass experience is made possible through the generosity of donors who share our commitment to the development of emerging talent, imaginative productions, and stimulating cultural and educational programs. We take this opportunity to thank and recognize those individuals who have made gifts of $100 or more to The Glimmerglass Festival during our 2022 fiscal year (October 1, 2021-September 30, 2022) or thus far this year (October 1, 2022-May 20, 2023). Space limitations do not permit us to list contributions under $100, but to these good friends and all of our supporters we extend our most sincere gratitude.
To learn more about privileges and benefits associated with giving to Glimmerglass—as well as designated opportunities, such as sponsoring a production, a principal singer, a second stage program, an education project, an Apprentice or a Young Artist—please call The Glimmerglass Festival Development Department at (607) 547-0700, ext. 238 or ext. 212.
CAMERATA
Like those patrons in 16th-century Florence who helped give birth to opera and whose name we have borrowed, the Glimmerglass Camerata is a circle of generous benefactors whose enthusiasm for our creative vision and dedication to furthering the careers of young talent is expressed through exceptional levels of support. Camerata patrons receive all National Council benefits, are offered special sponsorship opportunities and are invited to exclusive salon-style musical evenings in thanks for their generosity.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
($200,000 and above)
Anonymous
Arete Foundation
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Betsy and Ed Cohen
Chris and Bruce Crawford
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello
Nellie and Robert Gipson
John R. and Joyce McC. Hupper
Charitable Fund
Jacqueline B. Mars
Denise Littlefield Sobel
Estate of Robert F. Van Wormer
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
($100,000 - $199,999)
Wendy Curtis
Andrew J. Martin-Weber and Beejan Land
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Robert L. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Turner III
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
($50,000 - $99,999)
Anonymous (2)
Patricia and John Chadwick
The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
Lindemann Charitable Foundation II Inc.
Thomas C. Ragan
Thomas Simpson
Eugene and Jean Stark
Michael Young and Debra Raskin
Ann Ziff
TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE
($25,000 - $49,999)
Robert Ainsley and Micah Waldstein
Dianne Balfour and Carl Adkins
Dr. Anne McBride Curtis-Fischer
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Sherwin M. Goldman
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival
Gemma Hall
Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
Richard Kane and Gretchen McBeath
Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.
Tom Morgan and Erna Morgan McReynolds
Melanie and David Niemiec
Anne R. Kline and Geoffrey P. Pohanka
John Ryland and Karen Craig Ryland
The Savada-Stevenson Family
Michael Sekus and Bianca Russo
Martin and Dagni Senzel
Grant and Jacqui Smith
Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
Debra A. Valentine and Jill V. Gardiner
ARTISTS’ CIRCLE
($15,000 - $24,999)
Anonymous
Jim and Nancy Barton
Georg O. Budenbender and Dr. Katherine Elwyn
Jane Lipton Cafritz
The Howard and Barbara Farkas Foundation
Barbara Glauber
Marilynn and John Hill
John and Dolores Hunter
James M. Jordan
Constance and H. Roemer McPhee
Kara Unterberg
Bill and Theda White
APPRENTICES’ CIRCLE
($10,000 - $14,999)
Anonymous (2)
Eugenia and David Ames
Bello Electric & Excavating
Jeffrey P. Cunard and Mariko Ikehara
Clover M. Drinkwater
Robert Ellis
Erika Hall
The Raymond Han and Paul Kellogg Foundation
Mary K. Humfeld and Sonia Manganaro
Paul and Karen Isaac
Laurel McKee
William C. and Susan F. Morris
Rona C. and Arthur E. Rosenbaum
Jean Seroka
Claudia Slacik and Susan Davis
Patsy Smith
The Esther W. Spaulding Charitable Trust
Sally Susman and Robin Canter
Sukey Wagner
Drs. Hannelore Wilfert and Karl Moschner
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NATIONAL COUNCIL
The National Council is a group of dedicated donors and Glimmerglass advocates throughout the country who contribute generous financial and ambassadorial support, and in exchange come together between seasons with artists and artistic personnel for behind-the-scenes programs and social gatherings. As ambassadors, they have the opportunity to invite friends and colleagues to off-season events to interest them in the Festival.
PLATINUM
($7,500 - $9,999)
Nicole Alfandre Halbreiner
Barbara Blaszak
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Farquhar
Thomas and Alison Lord
Janet Nelson
GOLD
($5,000 - $7,499)
Anonymous (3)
Lou Allstadt and Melinda Hardin
Cecilia Andersen
Elizabeth August and Thomas Mafrici
James E. Ballowe Jr.
Constance Beaty Charitable Trust, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Thomas and Christine D. Berk
Jacqueline Bradley
Sandra L. Brown
Katrina F.C. Cary and Linn Cary Mehta
Donald Clinton and Karen Wilkin
Martin D’Arce - TMD Concepts, LTD
Paul Decoster
Debórah Dwork and Ken Marek
Drs. Jane A. Feisthamel and Mary Margaret Snyder
Laurie Frenzel
Abby Kreh Gibson
Nimet Habachy
Ellen and Scott Hand
Robert and Patricia Hanft
Mr. and Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn
Andrew and Mary Hendry
Fred P. Hochberg and Tom Healy, The Heyday Foundation
Frank Holozubiec
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton
Gail J. Hupper and William H. Wood
Kathleen Mulhern Johnson and Bruce Ray Johnson
Hon. and Mrs. M. Langhorne Keith
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lerwick
Rosanne and Marty Leshner
Gregory Long and Scott Newman
John May
David and Millie McCoy
Sage Mehta and Michael Robinson
Karen Metcalf
Mary Moran and Jordan Kerber
Susan Morris
Barbara H. Mulhern
Michael Olding and Chris Morrison
Alan and Pamela Patunoff
Hon. Susan Phillips Read
Mary-Margaret Robbins and Matthew Sohns
Mike and Marie Rourke
Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo
Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
Richard and Pam Siegel
James E. Smaltz and Gordon F. Ruckdeschel
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stack
Peter and Judith Stanton
Gerald and Grace Sun
Elizabeth Thorpe
Deborah and Michael Troner MD
Alan and Linda Vincent
Margo and Anthony Viscusi
Caleb Wertenbaker
Dr. F. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Judith Whalen and Paul Goldsmith
Dolores and Clifton Wharton
SILVER
($2,500 - $4,999)
Anonymous (3)
Susanne and Chris Adamski
Kathryn Allen
Edward J. and Laura G. Asher
Ann Beha, Ann Beha Architects
John Beurket and Georgia Kustas
Felicia H. Blum
Michael Bretholz
Christine E. Bulson
Kayellen Button and Bruce Loveys
Jaye Chen and Peter Brown
Thomas and Loren Colbert
Stephanie Cooper Clarke
Carol and Rick Detweiler
Nena Donovan Levine
Mary Flower
William Fogg and Julie North
Noushin and Greg Framke
Ellen Freeman
Drs. Deborah and Michael Goldberg
Carla Hall
Mary E. Harrigan and Andrew P. Tothy
Mona Harris
Dr. Anne Harrison
Shannon Hill
Charles and Patricia Ingraham
Evelyn Kalenscher-Kirschenfeld
Belinda and Stephen Kaye
Laurence Keiser and Susan Accetta
Lee Kern
Clayton C. Kirking and Edward J. Sullivan
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten
Joanne Kornoelje
Arthur Kuckes and Martha Wright, The Community Foundation of Tompkins County, the Vector Magnetics Fund
Gary and Edna Lachmund
Richard and Georgia Lee
Harry and Ellen Levine
Dr. Katharine Lloyd
Jean-Michel Loubeau
Carri Lyon
Marcy Horath Maguire
Debra and Charles McCambridge
Natasha Mehta and Nathan Heller
David and Anne Menotti
Michael and Cory Moffat
Bob and Ami Montstream
Ann and Don Morrison
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Muravchick
Carl R. Nold and Vicky L. Kruckeberg
Nancy and Chip Northrup
Chris and M.E. O’Connor
Janet and David Offensend
Tod Ottman and Kathleen Pakenham
Peggy Parsons
Jerry and Marisabel Raymond
Paul R. Reid and Thomas Hartnett
Betty N. Robinson
Harriet Rogers
Karen Royce
Mrs. Marjorie Russel, The Leo Model Foundation
Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff
Kathleen Schaaf
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco
Tammy and Michael Sload
Robert M. Steiner and Faith Pleasanton
Christine and George Stonbely
Mark Stuart-Smith and Andrew Jorgensen
Richard Tarrant
Dov and Tom Treiman
Helen Wiley and Marian Payson
Molly Wilkinson
Ellen Wood and Michael Durkee
Ken and Dorothy Woodcock
Martha Yager
Mary N. Young
BRONZE
($1,000 - $2,499)
Anonymous (10)
Michael Abate
Stewart and Barbara Agor
Eleanor B. Alter and Dr. Allan M. Lans
Carolyn Anderson and Barbara C. Brenner
Dr. Peter T. Anderson
Woody and Cynthia Andrews
John T. Andrews Jr. and Elizabeth K. Lambert
Norma J. Arnold
Helen-Jean Arthur
Jack and Marion Auspitz
Martin and Krista Babinec
Richard A Backer
Richard J. Balfour
Dennis N. Banks
John Barnhill
Jane Bartrum
Kent and June Barwick
Neil and Carolyn Baum
Pam M. Baxter
Rick and Helaine Beckerman
Carol Beechy and Kathryn Boardman
Ellen Berelson and Larry Franks
Wanda Warren Berry
Bob and Marcy Birch
William Bissell
Drs. Ellen Blum and Kenneth Novak
Molly and Tom Boast
Boss Landscape LLC
Max and Ellen Brantley
John Brewer
Douglas and Beatrice Broadwater
George and Nancy Brodie
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Sarah M. Brown
Charlotte and Charles Buchanan
John Burt
Jim and Terry Byrnes
Paula Campos and Rodrigo Bitar
John Casaly and Louise Parent
Susan Stetson Clarke
Susan Clearwater
Michael Cleveland and Kathy Leach
Linda and Sarah Cohen Fund at the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
J. Patrick Cooney and Karl Buchberg
Chloe and Rod Correll
Mihaela Cosma
James S. Covey and James P. Zabawa
David Craine
The Crawford Foundation
Jonathan Dwight Culler and Cynthia Chase
Mrs. Denise B. Dailey
Deb and Jim Dalton
Anna and Paul D’Ambrosio
Duke Dang and Charles Rosen
Drs. James C. and Caroline W. Dawson
Prof. Christian C. and Mrs. Ann M. Day
Albert De Salvo
David Decima and Evangeline Shih
Vincent and Mary Kay DeVita
Paula DiPerna
Marci Douglas and Lawrence Pollack
Noreen Doyle
Joanne and Jerry Dreher
Arnold Drogen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dunn
Dr. Laure Duval
Cecily Eidelhoch
Charles Eil and Adele Geffen Eil
Elizabeth and Clinton Elliott
Rita Emanuel and John Anagnost
Thomas R. Engel
Equinda Family
David Ernst
Thérèse Esperdy and Robert Neborak
Joan and Peter Faber
Frank Farmer and Frank Kolbert
Tracy and Scott Fauver
Gordon and Sarah Faux
Firestone Family Foundation, Inc.
Jack and Marsha Firestone
Chris and Patty Fox
Gretchen Frazier Fund of the Arizona Community Foundation
Richard Friedberg and Elisabeth Searles
Mary Lou, Suzan and Rebecca Friedlander
Elizabeth Garry and Elizabeth Cahill
James M. Gaughan and Keith C. Lee
Charles and Adelia Geiger
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Glazer
Douglas Glucroft and Anda Stelian Glucroft
Joseph F. Godfrey and Keith Halstead
Steven and Susan Gold
Nancy and Frederic Golden
Margot Golding
Cristina Grajales and Isabelle Kirshner
Amy J. Greer and Mark J. Murphy
Mary Ellen and Michael Guerra
Hector and Lucy Guinness
Jane M. Gullong
Ursula and Charles Hage
Michael Halloran
James Hammond and Edith Van Slyck
Elizabeth Harvey
Kimberly Hastie and Timothy Welch
Christopher R. Hatt
Michael Heaston
Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio
Wylie and Christina Hembree
Jean and Norbert Herzog
Carl Hill
Dr. Marilyn and Bernard Horowitz
Frederick B. Howard
D. Roger Howlett
Beth Humes
Craig and Susan Hupper
Susan Huxtable and Joseph Novitski
Donald Ingram and Eugene Tobey
Linda Irenegreene
Caroline J. Jackson
Jean Jagendorf
Regina Janes and Charles Woolley
Mike and Connie Jastremski
Barbara Jenkins
Helen I. Jessup
Celeste Johns and Chris Kjolhede
Emily Johnson and Vijay Ramachandran
Mark Kachigian and Anne Powrie-Smith
Jenny Kallick and Robert Bezucha
Jeff and Karen Katz
Cathy Kaufman and Thomas Pippert
Shoshana Keller and Deborah Reichler
Patricia A. Kelly
Kate Kemker and Kaaren Fox
Daniel Kempton
Robert Kent
Mark Killingsworth and Michelle Saland
Bradley King
Gail and Ed Kitch
Stephen and Mary Sue Kitchen
The KMC Foundation
Lauralyn and G. Roberts Kolb
Waldron Kraemer and Joan Lovell
Lisa Kressbach
Christiane Kropp
Maureen Kuhn and Caralee Carney
Gloria Kulhawy
Kathryn LaBouff
David Lakari
Richard Lawrence and Laura A. Leach
Brent and Mary Leonard, Carefree Gardens
Isabel Leonard
Bruce and Diane Lercher
Charles M. Liddle III & Nancy H. Liddle
Fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
Rona Lucas
Doris Fischer Malesardi
Peter Manson and Peter Durfee
David Marcus and Brenda Bousfield
Frances Marx
F. X. Matt II Memorial Fund
Sandy and Suzanne Mayer
Timothy McAuliffe
James McCarthy and Joan Pirics
John and Catherine McEnroe
Camilla and Hugh McFadden
Margaret E. McGown
Ned McGuire
Karen McLaughlin and Mark Schubin
Christine McNaughton
Mary P. McPherson
Linda Metzger
Daniel M. Meyers
Alden and Jane Millard
James E. Miller and Fynnette Eaton
Irene R. Miller
William Miller and Talbot Logan
Deborah Mintz
Rachel Moore and Harry Dodson
John Muenter
Katharine Muir and Kenneth Witty
Abigail, Mark, Asa and Honor Nestlehutt
Douglas M. Nevin
Dinah Nissen and Elizabeth Apelles
Wendy and Bill Nolan
Jeannie and Peter Norris
M. Anne O’Connell
Michael W. O’Dell, M.D.
Timothy O’Leary
William Oliver and Michael Willis
Opera Guild of Rochester
Community Foundation of Otsego County
Christopher Owen
Bill Packard and Charles Ihlenfeld
Charles “Jud” Pannaci
Stephanie and Jim Patrick
Bill and Norah Pattison
Timothy and Barbara Pedley
Corinne M. Plummer
David Poppe and Cherie Henderson
Trevor Potter and Dana Westring
Matthew Price and Veerle Daenen
Alexander Purves
A. Putnam
Albert Pylinski and Frank Ferrante
Susan and Kanti Rai
Caryn and Jamie Reeves
Elizabeth and Dennis Regan
Wallis and Cornelia Reid
Marsha and Neil Remland
Elsie and Thom Rhodes
Kathleen Roberts and Howard Clyman
Carl and Anne Rosenberg
David and Nancy Rosenblum
Georgeanne and Jean Rousseau
Sharon Roy
David M. Rubin and Christina Press
Patricia Sanborn
Lisa Sarajian
Pat and Paul Saunders
Carol S. Scheele
Karen Schlather
Carolyn A. Seale and Carol Lee Klose
Margarita Sears
Cecilia Sercan
Senator and Mrs. James L. Seward
Albert H. Shaheen Memorial Fund at The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
Cindy Shmerler and Ford Levy
Mark Silverschotz and Anne Segal
Peter Skaperdas
Julie Skarratt
Susie Snowdon
Ruth A. Solie
Annaliese Soros
Stephen and Monica Spaulding
Valerie Steele and John S. Major
Ken and Carol Steigelman
Richard J., Marisa and Jenna Sternberg
Campbell Steward
James Stewart and Benjamin Weil
Edward A. and Claire G. Stiepleman
Judith Stoikov and Richard Miller
Debra Stone and David Glaser
Dr. and Mrs. William Streck
Richard Sylvester
Thomas Talbot
Eduardo Tamraz
Ann B. Teixeira
Conor and Katie Tochilin
Tom Tompkins and Jill Rowley Tompkins
Richard Tourangeau and Marilyn Miller
Charles F. Tremper
Jack Triplett
James Tucker and Neil Lucchese
E. Brantley Turner Bradley
Gary and Marie Van Graafeiland
Patrick and Candice Van Roey
Emma Vaughn and Ravi Agrawal
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Vincent
John von Briesen Jr. and Sallye Perrin
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Rose Wadsworth
Suzanne J. Ward
Arthur and Madelaine Warren
John B. Webb and Nelson Mondaca
Morton and Corinne Weber
Mr. and Mrs. William Weldon III
Steve and Regan Wesson
PATRONS
Dustin Z West
Dorothy Wexler
Robert White and Anne O’Connell
Lois Widdemer
Amy Wilson and David Flannery
Wittels Family
WSDG, Walters-Storyk Design Group
Deborah and Michael Zahn
Howard Zar and Ray Kurdziel
Patrons are at the heart of our family of contributors, and we would not have grown to achieve international stature without their loyalty and invaluable support.
GUARANTOR
($500 - $999)
Anonymous (3)
David A. Ackerman
Rosalie and Thomas W Anderson
Stuart Anthony
Paul Asman
Kile Baker and Robert Smith
James and Hollis Barickman
Ann-Marie Barker-Schwartz
Brian K. Barlow & Christopher E. Law
Jameson Baxter
Donald Behr
Larry Bell
Travis Blackwell
Elaine C. and Marc Bresee
Kathleen and Paul Browning
Tim and Patty Burch
Michael P. Cannon
Thomas F. Cannon and Joseph Harding
Nancy and John Carver
Eleanor Caulkins
Linda Chesis and John Guiton
Mary Chruscicki and Patricia Baskinger
Joanne and Roger Clapp
William and Anna Clark
Joseph and Susan Colaneri
Ann and Tom Connolly
Stan Corfman
Thomas Cox
Judith Curry
John and Julia Curtis
Mike and Shari Dailey
Marilyn Deutsch
Amy Dickinson and Bruno Schikel
Judith and George W. Diehl
Gaylord and Nicole Dillingham
Beatrice Disman
John Dobkin
Donald Eckert and Terry Foster
Lily Engelhardt
Elizabeth Etoll
James F. Evans III and Mary Selden Evans
Kathy Faber
First Presbyterian Church Cooperstown
Martha and Robert Fisher
P. Jay Fleisher and Judith A. Pachter
Fred Flores and Catherine Lindgren
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Franck
Suzan D. Friedlander & John G. Saphier
The Glimmerglass Festival Production Staff
Christine Goerke
William Goodenough
Roe Goodman
Suzanne Gouvernet - Gouvernet Arts Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation
Karen Greenfield
Paul Grzella and Edward Edwards
Michael Hampton and Carlos Sandoval
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haritatos
Angela Harris and Dick Friedrich
Ron and Rebecca Harris-Warrick
Jim and Betta Hedlund
Dick and Mary Ellen Hibey
Christina M. Hickey
Walter B.D. Hickey Jr.
Ian Hinchliffe and Marjorie Shapiro
Michael & Kathryn Hoffman
Frieda Holober
Joyce Homan
Barbara and Harry Howell
Martin Ihrig
Janice Impey
The Johnson Browning Family Fund
Peter Jordan
Kim and Kathleen Juhase
Marjorie Turrell Julian
Padma Kaimal and Andrew Rotter
Stephen and Pamela Kalista
John A. Kane
Mr. and Mrs. James Kendrick
Rose-Marie Klipstein
Ron and Melissa Komora
Ken and Susan Kramer
Robert Landsman and Sandra Lang Landsman
Joann Langrock
L'Equipe Mont d'Or
David Levinson and Kathy Kirn
Barbara and Jack Lewis
Andrew and Anya Littauer
Frank and Sidney Maas
Martha Maier
Aura Marinescu
Eugene and Pamela McGuire
Adam Meister
John and Susanna Membrino
Marcia Membrino
H. William Michaels
Kathleen Moore and Judith Henningson
Christina Murphy
Nelle Nugent and Jolyon Stern
Thomas C. Nye
Gary and Janaki Patrik
Hugh and Norma Phelps
James Place
Janet L. Potter
Michael Presser
John and Patricia Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Reideler
Peter and Susan Restler
Ken and Susi Ritzenberg
Jim Rogers
Dr. G. Jeremiah and Gail C. Ryan
David and Melanie Samuels
Paul Samuels and Nurit Margulies
Shira Scheindlin
Kathleen M. Scott
Susan Clare Scott
Richard G. and Pamela Scurry
Erik Serrano Berntsen
Candice Shannon
June Sheehan
Michael and Vivien Shelanski
Lisa Sherman and Julie Lichtstein
Margaret Smedes Poyner
Ms. Barbara Somerville
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Stam
David Tatham and Cleota Reed
Philip and Barbara Taurisano
Linda and James Taylor
Bob Timpson
Steve Ucko
Heidi Waleson and Andrew Manshel
Alan Wanzenberg
Stephaine Weiss
Lois and Harold Weitzner
Nathan and Elizabeth Wentworth
William E. and Phyllis C. Whitesell
Marie and John Woodward
Douglas and Cheryl Zamelis
CONTRIBUTOR
($100 - $499)
Anonymous (15)
John Abel
J. Ackerman and J. McCarthy
Martha Ackmann and Ann Romberger
Terry D. Adkins
Jim Aiello, in memory of Pam Johnson
Sara Akel
James Aldrich-Moodie
Lorraine Alexander
Francis Allenza
Joseph Anderer and Virginia Benz
Arthur Anderson
Robert C. Anderson
Thomas I. Anderson
Grace and Jim Arbury
Jean W. Arnold
Peter Aronson and Marie Landry
Richard and Nancy Asthalter
Ellen B. Avril
Debby Bachand
Samuel Badalian
Roger and Whitney Bagnall
Nancy and Scott Bailey
Ruth E. Baines
Vera S. Baker
Sheryl Balcomb
Rabbi Henry and Sheila Bamberger
Ron and Alex Banay
Hank and Anne Bankhead
John and Louisa Barker
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Dr. David Barnert and Julie Raskin
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Barnhorst
Edvige Barrie and James Frederick
Frank W. Barrie
Evalyn and Joseph Basloe
Thomas and Muriel Beattie
Karen Becker
Nan Beer
Howard E. Bell
William Bellerjeau
Bob and Martha Berardino
Adrea and Stuart Berger
Ruth Berry
Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Bischof
Betsy Bishop
Mary Sue and Maurice Bizzarri
Richard and Anne Blabey
Carol Blades and John Softness
David and Cathy Blankenship
Sidney and Susan Blatt
Sharon Bonk
John Booth
Bob and Sue Bowker
Andrea Bracikowski
James and Dukene Brady
Lynn Bradley Leopold
Amy Branch
Eduardo Briceno
Nicholas Brill
Sarah Brodie
Nina Brodsky and Alan Kleinman
Dr. Joan E Brooks and Dr. James I Garrels
George C. Brown and Michael Vasas
Kent Brown and Nat Thomas
Paul G. Brown and Susan B. Loevenguth
Sandra Bruggemann
Greg Buch
Mary Buehler
Tom and Michele Burger
Sharon Burke and Alfred Kelly
Mark A. Bunce
Keith A. Bundy
Daniel Burke
Paul Bursic
Joseph and Meg Cairo
Karina Calabro
Andrea Calarco
Mike Callahan
Susan and Oliver Cameron
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Keitha Capouya
Patricia Carrier
Barbara Carter
Dr. Rand Carter
Charles Casale
Margaret Casey
Susan and David Cathers
Russ and Deborah Cenko
Elizabeth Chakkappan
Fiona Chew
George and Laurel Christie
Dianne K. and Lawrence J. Ciano
Christopher L. Cimijotti
Nancy S. Clayton
Sam and Carolyn Clemence
Karyl Clemens
Judith Coburn
Katie Koch Code
Polly Condit
Bob and Bobbie Constable
Armando Contreras
Jeanette Corcoran Castro
Joanne Corey
Jane and Siobhan Cornell
Marilyn R. Costa
Linda Cowan
Rebecca Craft
Joel and Susanna Craig
John J. Creedon Foundation
Roberto Cremonini
Michael and Kathleen Crowe
Conrad Cummings and Robert Katz
Fr. Mark Cunningham
James Cunningham
Katherine Cunningham and Kurt Kaboth
Connie and Pat Dalton
Sheila Darnborough
Judith and Joseph Darweesh
James and Diana Davies
Dean Davis
Thomas and Jerre Dawson
Ron Decicco and Linda Prospero
Brett Delfino
Barbara D. Deller
Michelle Demko
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes de Waal
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Albin Deysenroth
Dr. Arthur DiNapoli and Allyne Frankel
Carole W. Di Nonno
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Director
Robert Doane
J. Gerard Dollar and Susan Poisson-Dollar
Mary Ann Donnelly
Christian Dorbandt
Elaine Downing
Downtown Music Services
Jeff and Jane Doyle
David Drinkwater and Jonathan Mills
F. Paul Driscoll
Samantha Dubin
Martha Monteleone Duke
Karen Dunlap
Christopher, Deborah and Amanda Dunn
Kenneth East and Timothy Thurlow
Joanne and Douglas Eaton
Mr. Seth Edelman
Daniel Egan and Kate Glasner
Everett and Wynn Egginton
David H. and Linda J. Ehlers
Philip Eisenman
Ann Eldridge and Robert Neer
Susan and Ron Elinoff
Anne and John Elsbree
Rose Else-Mitchell and Gregory Hill
Karen Elting
Jake and Laura Endres
Janet England
Tony and Lucille Esposito
Nancy G. Ewen
Giancarlo Facchi
June Fait and Herbert Coles
Diana and Emory Fanning
Rhoda Fantasia
Mary and Gregory Farmer
Richard and Ellen Farren
Jean Fuller Farrington
George and Cathy Fasanelli
John A. Faust
Ann Feder and Paul Pomerantz
James and Shizuka Feeney
Claire Felix
Corey Fenstemacher
Hannah Fettinger
Cally Field
John and Jean Finch
Michele L. Finin
Robert Fish
Ellen F. Fitzgerald
Ellen Fladger
James Fleming and Dr. Lawrence T. Waite
Stephanie Fontaine
Nancy Shannon Ford
Peter J. Fox
Juergen Fraenznick
Lisa Frazzetta
Robin Frederick
Henry and Helen Freedman
Ruth Freeman
Catherine French
Martin Fried
Will and Barbara Fry
Alice and Gil Fuld
Keith and Terry Fulmer
Camilla Galluzzo
Daniel Galusha and Roxann Buck
Silvina Garcia Rubio
Joseph Garry
Linda Geffner
Mariette Geldenhuys
Ronald Geuther
Mr. & Mrs. Ward Ghory
Robert Giddings
James Ginsburg and Patrice Michaels
Naomi Glass
Ellen Glass Birger, MD
Glimmerglass Gals
The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
Players Association
Beth and Gary Glynn
William and Cynthia Goertemoeller
Daniel Goldhagen
David Goldston
Rose and Jean-Pierre Gombay
James Goode
Barbara Goodman
Dr. Robin and Mr. Henry Goodman
Donna Goodwin
Drs. David and Felice Gordis
Dr. Shimshon Gottesfeld and Marcia Zalbowitz
Carol Gourley
Kara Grady
Pati and Kevin Grady
Jane Grant
Jane Graves
Ellen Greenberg
Henry and Hope Greenberg
Darrell and Gerald Greene
Linda Greenhouse and Eugene R. Fidell
Marjorie F. Grinols
Christine and Bernard Grossman
Jeannine Grossman
Steven and Allan Guggenheim
Jim Guidera and Ed Parran
Susannah Halston
Sandra Handler
Gretchen M. Handwerger
Roy Hansen
Carlie Hanson
Colin and Brittany Harris
Jay Harrison and Jeanne Conroy
Teresa M. Harrison
Leif and Claudia Hartmark
Katie and David Haviland
David and Elizabeth Hayes
Nancy and Jim Hays
Mr. and Mrs. Barry M. Hecht
Jean and Lewis Hecht
Allison Held
Thomas and Sharon Hewner
David R. Hinman
Mary E. Hocken
Pat Hoertdoerfer
Heidi Holder
Neesa and Evan Holland
Suzanne P. Hollist
Joe and JoAnn Holochuck
Rob and Kathy Hood
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Paul and Adrienne Horger
Paul Horowitz and Ruth Jaffe
Jim and Cathy Howarth
David and Susan Howell
Gary and Ackli Howell
Dr. John B. Hudson
John and Lindsey Hundley
John Ianacone and Cynthia D'Ambrosio
Christine Ims
Ellen Jabbur
Arnold Jacobson
Michael Jakubowski
Rohan Jayasena
P. Jewell & C. Nickolaus Wand
Frederic Johnson and Jennifer Johnson-Carr
Jennifer Johnson-Kuhn and Erik Johnson
Carol Johnston
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Jordan
Julie R. Joyce
Dr. and Mrs. George Kafka
Lorraine Kaimal
Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Kalish
Marilyn and Stan Kaltenborn
Herman and Carole Kane
David E. and Constance Kaplan
L. Frederick Kaplan
Luise-Charlotte Kappe
Eric and Eileen Kaufman
Michael and Linda Kehoe
Marilyn J. Keiser
Julianne Kelly
Patricia Kennedy
Teresa A. Kennedy
Cynthia Kesselring
Urling and Hugh Kingery
Robin Kinnel
Margaret Kinosian
Mary Jude Klee
Rudolph and Zita Knific
Victoria Kohl
Nancy Kollisch and Jeff Pressman
M. Suzette Kopecek
Nancy and Robert Kossowsky
Pamela Kostbar-Jarvis
Dr. Beatrice Kovasznay
Patricia Kruglak
Steve and Teri Kruk
Robert W. Kruszyna
Mary Margaret Kuhn
Lars and Marit Kulleseid
Diane Labelle and Norman Girardot
Jill and Barry Lafer
Fred and Nanett Laffan
Sydney Lancaster Waller
Tom Landon
Alison Lankenau
Drs. John and Judith LaRosa
Kathryn Larsen
Maria A. Lasagna
Alfred and Glenda Law
John Lawson
Joanne and Carl Leaman
John Leary
Rheanolte and Annie Marie LeBarbour
Dr. Kerri LeBlanc
The LeCours Family
Joan and Michael Lehman
Dana and Danny Lehrman
Deirdre Leland
J Lentner
Mr. and Mrs. E. Deane Leonard
Barbara Leopold and Fred Kanter
Anne Marie Leschin
Louise Lesh
Bonnie and Joel Lester
Robin Lettis
Ellen Leventhal
Judith Levin
Hon. Howard A. Levine
David Levy and Ellen Levy
Sarah Lewis
Alice Jo and Marshall Lichtman
Bruce & Patti Lieberman
Maggie Lilja
Maurine Linder & Glenn Fletcher
R. Bruce Lindsay III
Julie List and Steve Brier
Janet Little
LJ's Sassy Boutique
Laurence S. Lockridge
Linda Loomis
Peter and Pat Loomis
Sharon & Chuck Loving
Robert Lowe and Sigrid Hackenberg
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Lyon
Andrea Lyons
Ron Lytel and Beth Olearczyk
Ann M. MacDougall
John P. MacKenzie
James MacKillop
Mr. and Mrs. John Maco
Michael and Judy Mael
Amanda Savage Mahoney
Jack Malick
Richard J. Malnati
Dennis Mancl and Susan Aurin
Anthony and Carol Mandour
Dr. Robert and Mary Mansbach
Laurence S Markowitz
Phyllis Martinez
Janis Martinson and Stephen Sagarin
William D. Mattern
Anne Maxwell
Anne and Walter Mayo
Herbert Mayo
Rebecca Mazin
Carolyn McBride
Joan McCarthy
William McClements and Charles McLean III
Kenneth and Donyce McCluskey
Carol Ann McKeen and John Dunton
Patrick and Bertine McKenna
Elizabeth and David McMillan
Jonathan Mead and Naomi Guttman
Kathy and Terry Meadows
Sue Ellen Merry
Jackie Metzger
Robert Meya
Frank and Ellen Michelman
Bill and Jan Miles
Lew and Linda Millenbach
Nancy L. Miller
Lorrie and Bruce Millman
Anne Parker Mills
Debra Milstein
Martin Miner
Kati Mitchell
Mary Ann Mitchell
Gregory Molinari and Tom Capopianco
Al and Sally Molnar
Robert L. and Virginia P. Montgomery
Richard Month
Carolyn Mook
Geoffrey Moore
James C. Moore
Valerie Moore
Irene Morey
Alvin and Lesley Morgan Thompson
Cynthia and Albert, The Morris-Meltons
Kenneth Mortensen Jr.
Paula and Paul Mosher
Heidi J. Muir and Marc Laymon
Dr. Rajat and Kathryn Mukherji
David and Elaine Murray
Francis Murray
Sindhu Nair
Pamela J. Nelson
Bruce and Mary Ellen Nielsen
Katherine Niven
Peggy Noecker
Mr. Richard Norton
Zoë Nousiainen
Gwenne and Kerry Oberg
Alice O'Brien
Mr. Thomas O'Connor
Michael and Deborah O'Hara
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Older
Richard Ollarsaba
C and R Olsen
David Osborne
John S. and Clara M. O'Shea
Carol Ann Pacco-Long
Tom Parrish
Martha Patricof
Frank and Joyce Paxton
Philip Pearle
John and Carolyn Peck
John Cedric Pedersen
Frederick Pereira
Pessel Family
Dale and Lorna Peterson
Susan and Daniel Petrivelli
Chris and Carol Pfister
Alberta Poland
Frederic and Catherine Pollard
Marianne Poon
Jeanne and Richard Porter
Joel Potash and Sandra Hurd
Robert and Peggy Poulson
Brigitte and Lou Priem
Michael and Pauline Putney
Brian Quigley
Erin Quirk
Gary Quirk and Charlotte Haas
Helen Rack and Erwin Guetig
Catherine and Donald Raddatz
Marie and Peter W. Rakov
P. Gibson Ralph
William and Divon Rathgeber
Jane M. Rawoof
Sandra Ray
Michael and Sharon Rebell
Joan Redmond
Angela Reed
Bobbi Reed
Joe and Carrie Regenstein
Rene Reixach
Susan Rettinger
Nancy K. Rice
Angie Richards
Kareosen Richards
M. Catherine Richardson
Wayne and Monica Richter
Dr. and Mrs. William Richtsmeier
Turner Roach
Gary Robinson
Drs. George and Ingrid Robinson
Maurice Rocca
Steven and Janice Rocklin
David Rodda
Joan B. Rogers
Richard and Deborah Rogler
Christian Rogowski
The Rose and Thistle Bed & Breakfast
Audrey and Ned Rosenman
Ian and Sarah Rosenstein
Stephen Rosow and Ellen Goldner
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Dolores J. Rothwell
Mary Royer and Nelson Burdick
Carl A. Rubino
Larry and Robin Rubinstein
Wolfgang Sachse
Stanley and Gillian Sadinsky
Jennifer Safian
Jeanne and Jeff Salinger
Susan E. Saltus
Michael, Elyssa and Lilyann Saltzman
Margaret Sandercock
Margaret Savoie
Donna Sawyer
Leslie Scallet and Maury Lieberman
Robert and Constance Scharf
Linda Schleicher
Schott Music Corporation
Jean Schroeder
David Schuessler
Mr. and Mrs. Jon L. Schumacher
Robert and Gail Schwartz
David Schweizer
Michael and Mary Scollins
Dr. Mariellen Scott
Dr. Susan Scrimshaw and Allan Stern
Paul J. Seidman
Jean Sekel
Stephen and Peg Senturia
Judy and Ken Seslowe
Phyllis and Donald Sharp
Peter W. Shea and Dr. Suzan Smith
Conrad L. Sheck
Richard and Terry Shenton
Jonathan Sherman
Joanne Shevock
David B. Shmoys
James W. Shults
Robert L. Siebel
Nancy Sills and Franklin Moss
David Simmons
Mary Simonson and Jeff Bary
Susan Sigourney Simpson
Jane Singer
Carla H. Skodinski and Michael M. Fieldman
Andrea Small
Mr. Wayne Smiley
Angela Smith
Beverly Smith
Joseph and Carolyn Smith
Joe Sobota
Mi Ryung Song
Caroline Southworth
Hal and Carol Sox
Marianna T. Spain
Linda Sparks
Claire Spinner
Amy and Walter Srebnick
Cynthia and David Staley
Nell Stanton
Nancy Stauffer and Jeffrey Hughes
Margery and Lewis Steinberg
Dr. Bruce and Judy Stewart
The Stoffel Family
Barbara Ann Stolz
Leslie Strauss
Eleanor Stromberg
Harvey and Mary Struthers
Mira Stulman
Diane Stuto
Alexandra Subbarao
David and Karin Svahn
Woody and Gregg Swain
Michael and Bryna Sweedler
Francis Swiacki
Tetsuo Tamanaha
Sidney Tarrow
Tatiana Tassoni
J.S. Edward Tatnall and Daniel N. Colburn II
Joan and James Taylor
John Tewhey
Ellen Tillapaugh and Gary Kuch
Dr. David C. Tinling
L.M. Townsend Catering
Peter and Christina Townsend
Ruth W. Tucker
Jacqueline Turner
Sally Turner
Mike Twichell
Liz and Paul Uhrig
James Vance and Stephanie Pincus
Rod Vanderbilt
Nancy Vang
Susan VanVranken
William W. and Sarah J. Vasse
David and Martha Vaules
Christopher Vecsy and Carol Ann Lorenz
Lorraine Vekens
Jane and David Villa
JoElyn Wakefield-Wright
Clinton Walker
Gail P. and Stephen V. Walker
James W. Walker and Jane A. DeLisa
Honorine Wallack
Sean Walmsley and Sherry Bishko
John and Kathy Walsh
Ben and Eleanor Ware
Drs. Hueldine Webb & Lester Blair
Bette Weidman
Don Weimer
Dawn Stuart Weinraub
Andrew Weiss and Marc Osterweil
Vera Weiss
Ron and Ellen Whipple
Kirk White
Margery and Michael Whiteman
Deni Wicks
Richard and Martha Widdicombe
Michael Wiley
Winnie and Fred Wilhelm
Jeffrey W. Wilkie and Elizabeth L. Thomson
Bill Williams
Mitch and Mary Ellen Williams
Omer S. J. Williams
Russell Wise and Ann Alles
Kat Wisnosky
Judith Woll, M.D. Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Greater Dayton
Daniel Marshall Wood
Elizabeth Woodard
Matthew and Elizabeth Worth
Frances Wright
Huangyu Wu
Melanie Wyler
Gordon Yasinow
Ada Yonenaka
Wesley York and Robert Scrofani
Your Beta Brothers
Joanne J. and Robert H. Yunich
Deborah and Michael Zahn
Steven Zerby and Joanne Tobey
Rosemary and John Zongrone
Kathryn and Howard Zukof
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GOVERNMENT, FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATE
The Glimmerglass Festival is grateful to our institutional partners foundations, businesses, and government agencies which have provided essential support for our 2023 productions, Young Artists Program, theater-arts and administrative apprenticeships, community activities, and operations.
CAMERATA
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
($200,000 and above)
Arete Foundation
The Clark Foundation
The Tianaderrah Foundation
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
($100,000-$199,999)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
($50,000-$99,999)
Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation and Fund at Richland County Foundation
The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
The Fernleigh Foundation
Lindemann Charitable Foundation II Inc.
TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE
($25,000-$49,999)
New York State Council on the Arts
Howard & Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
ARTISTS’ CIRCLE
($15,000-$24,999)
Amica Insurance
The Howard and Barbara Farkas Foundation
James Jordan Associates, Architects PECO Foundation
APPRENTICES’ CIRCLE ($10,000-$14,999)
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Fenimore Asset Management and FAM Funds
The Raymond Han and Paul Kellogg Foundation
NATIONAL COUNCIL
GOLD
($5,000-$7,499)
The Amphion Foundation
Constance Beaty Charitable Trust, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Corning Incorporated Foundation
The Dewar Foundation, Inc.
The Eggleston Foundation
The Heyday Foundation, Fred P. Hochberg and Tom Healy We Energies Foundation
SILVER
($2,500-$4,999)
Ann Beha, Ann Beha Architects
Arthur Kuckes and Martha Wright, The Community Foundation of Tompkins County, the Vector Magnetics Fund Macquarie Foundation
The Leo Model Foundation, Mrs. Marjorie Russel
The Matching Gift Center, Pfizer, Inc. OPERA America
BRONZE
($1,000-$2,499)
Boss Landscape LLC
Carefree Gardens, Brent and Mary Leonard Linda and Sarah Cohen Fund at The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
Community Foundation of Otsego County
The Crawford Foundation
Gretchen Frazier Fund of the Arizona Community Foundation
Firestone Family Foundation, Inc.
Charles M. Liddle III & Nancy H. Liddle Fund of The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
Miller Khoshkish Foundation, Irene Miller PepsiCo Foundation / Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Albert H. Shaheen Memorial Fund at The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
PATRONS
GUARANTOR
($500-$999)
The Bagby Foundation For The Musical Arts, Inc.
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
The AmazonSmile Foundation
Suzanne Gouvernet—Gouvernet Arts Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation
CONTRIBUTOR
($100-$499)
Benevity
John J. Creedon Foundation
ING Financial Services LLC
LJ’s Sassy Boutique
Rotary Club of Cooperstown
The Rose and Thistle Bed & Breakfast
The D. E. Shaw Group
Judith Woll, M.D. Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Greater Dayton
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DESIGNATED SPONSORSHIPS
Among our benefactors are those whose passion for our work is expressed through designated contributions. We recognize these generous friends for their assigned support for this year.
2023 FESTIVAL SEASON SPONSORS
The Clark Foundation
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
Nellie and Robert Gipson
Jacqueline B. Mars
Andrew J. Martin-Weber
Denise Littlefield Sobel
GIFTS IN SUPPORT OF MAINSTAGE AND PAVILION REPERTORY
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
In support of The Rip Van Winkles
Patricia and John Chadwick
Production Sponsors, Love & War
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
Production Co-Sponsors, Rinaldo
Production Co-Sponsors, Romeo and Juliet
National Endowment for the Arts
In support of Rinaldo
Nellie and Robert Gipson
Production Sponsors, La bohème
John R. & Joyce McC. Hupper Charitable Fund
Production Sponsor, The Rip Van Winkles
Jacqueline B. Mars
Production Co-Sponsor, Rinaldo
Production Co-Sponsor, Romeo and Juliet
Andrew J. Martin-Weber
Production Sponsor, Candide
Zambello Gay Tribute Fund
Production Sponsor, An Evening with Anthony Roth Costanzo
La bohème Youth and Community Chorus
PRINCIPAL ARTISTS
SPONSORS:
Dianne Balfour and Carl Adkins Sponsors, Duke Kim
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson Sponsors, Stefano de Peppo
Richard Kane and Gretchen McBeath Sponsors, Meredith Arwady
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant Sponsors, Teresa Perrotta
Anne R. Kline and Geoffrey P. Pohanka Sponsors, Joshua Blue
Lindemann Charitable Foundation II Inc. Sponsor, Brian Vu
Melanie and David Niemiec Sponsors, Jasmine Habersham
Grant and Jacqui Smith
Sponsors, Magdalena Kuźma
Eugene and Jean Stark Sponsors, Anthony Roth Costanzo
Robert L. Turner
Sponsor, The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
Mark Luis Villamar and Esther Milsted Sponsors, Darren Lekeith Drone
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Kurt Weill/Lotte Lenya Artist Sponsor, Katrina Galka
Zambello Gay Tribute Fund Sponsor, Brenna Corner
Ann Ziff
Sponsor, Simon Godwin
SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS:
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson Youth Chorus
Fenimore Asset Management and FAM Funds Intermission Club Sponsor
Selendy Gay Elsberg
Host, Glimmerglass Festival Board of Trustees meetings
Oxalis
Sponsor, Midday Music Concert Series
Denise Littlefield Sobel
In support of the 2023 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
Tianaderrah Foundation
In support of the Young Artists Program
The Guild of The Glimmerglass Festival
For providing changeover meals for staff
Michael Young and Debra Raskin Campus beautification
Zambello Gay Tribute Fund
The Rip Van Winkles Youth Ticket Initiative
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YOUNG ARTIST AND APPRENTICESHIP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SPONSORSHIPS
The renowned Glimmerglass Young Artists and Apprenticeship Programs bring exceptional emerging young singers, dancers, conductors, stage directors, coach/accompanists, production talent, craftspeople, and arts administrators together for three months each season to study and gain professional experience in the creative and demanding atmosphere of the Festival. This year 47 Young Artists and 66 Apprentices were selected from approximately 2,500 applicants, a testimony to the quality and reputation of these programs.
Inspiration for these targeted donations began with endowment gifts from Allen and Judy Freedman, and through the establishment of the Rona Cader Rosenbaum Master Class Fund, which underwrites annual visits from prominent singers and directors who work with Young Artists on a range of skills.
The Glimmerglass Apprenticeship Program—previously known as the Summer Internship Program— has been expanded to include more built-in educational opportunities in addition to the experience Apprentices gain on the job. This expansion was made possible through the generosity of Denise Littlefield Sobel, who provided a multiyear match challenge in support of the program.
Benefactors who designate their annual gifts in support of an individual Young Artist or Apprentice personally get to know the artist or apprentice they are supporting, following their careers, and developing relationships that can often last a lifetime. To learn more about these programs or sponsorships, please contact the Glimmerglass Development office at (607) 547-0700 ext. 238 or 212.
GIFTS DESIGNATED IN SUPPORT OF THE YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM
We thank the following individuals for their generous contributions to underwrite this season’s Young Artists Program or to sponsor an individual Young Artist.
GUARDIAN ANGELS (ENDOWMENT GIFTS)
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Rona Cader Rosenbaum Master Class Fund
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM SUPPORT
The Bagby Foundation For The Musical Arts, Inc.
The Eggleston Foundation
Robert Ellis
The Tianaderrah Foundation
INDIVIDUAL YOUNG ARTIST SPONSORS
Anonymous
Sponsors, Taylor-Alexis DuPont
Jim and Nancy Barton
Sponsors, Emily Triebold
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Sponsors, Lisa Marie Rogali
Georg O. Budenbender and Dr. Katherine Elwyn
Sponsors, Catherine Thornsley
Jane Lipton Cafritz
Sponsor, Justin Burgess
Patricia and John Chadwick
Sponsors, Schyler Vargas
Dr. Anne McBride Curtis-Fischer
Sponsor, Marinette Gomez
Wendy Curtis
Sponsor, Peter Murphy
Sponsor, Olivier Zerouali
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Sponsors, Micah Gleason
Sponsors, Ryan Bryce Johnson
Sponsors, Ethel Trujillo
Nellie and Robert Gipson
Sponsors, Keely Futterer
Sponsors, Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson
Sponsors, John Mburu
Sponsors, Emma Sucato
Sponsors, Will Upham
Barbara Glauber
Sponsor, Robert Kahn
Sherwin M. Goldman
Sponsor, Carlos Ahrens
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Gemma Hall
Sponsor, Korin Thomas-Smith
Marilynn and John Hill Sponsors, Jason Zacher
Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar Sponsors, Jonathan Patton
Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D. Sponsor, Bridget Cappel
Constance and H. Roemer McPhee Sponsors, Truman Tinius
Tom Morgan and Erna Morgan McReynolds Sponsors, Henry Benson
Thomas C. Ragan Sponsor, Kyle Sanchez Tingzon
Rona C.* and Arthur E. Rosenbaum Sponsors, Emily Harmon Sponsors, Yueqi Zhang
John Ryland and Karen Craig Ryland Sponsors, Hayley Maloney
The Savada-Stevenson Family Sponsors, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes Sponsors, Zachary Rioux
Michael Sekus and Bianca Russo Sponsors, Nicholas Kelliher
Martin and Dagni Senzel Sponsors, Sergio Martínez Sponsors, Alex Smith
Thomas Simpson Sponsor, Emilie Kealani
Patsy Smith Sponsor, Grant Jackson
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante Sponsors, Kailee Regan Brandt Sponsors, Mario Pacheco
Eugene and Jean Stark Sponsors, Nathaniel Catasca
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Turner III Sponsors, Nan Wang
Kara Unterberg Sponsor, Amanda Testini
Debra A. Valentine and Jill V. Gardiner Sponsors, Alicia Russell Tagert
Mark Luis Villamar and Esther Milsted
Sponsors, Maria De Conzo
Bill and Theda White, Sponsors, Amanda Sheriff
Michael Young and Debra Raskin Sponsors, Laura Bleakley Sponsors, Hayden Smith
Jean Sincere Zambello Young Artist Sponsor, Madison Hertel
Denise Littlefield Sobel
Sponsor, 2023 Glimmerglass Apprenticeship Program
Amica Insurance
Sponsor, 2023 Communications Apprentice
The John Conklin Internship Fund Sponsor, 2023 Scenic Design Apprentice
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival Sponsor, Doris P. Shields Artistic Administration Apprentice
The May Family Sponsor, Amanda May Production Apprentice
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GLIMMERGLASS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM SPONSORS
We thank the following individuals for their generous contributions to underwrite this season’s Glimmerglass Apprenticeship Program or to sponsor an individual apprentice.
Steven and Susan Gold
Erika Hall
2023 APPRENTICE SPONSORS
Anonymous (2)
James E. Ballowe Jr.
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Jeffrey P. Cunard and Mariko Ikehara
Clover M. Drinkwater
Erika Hall
Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D.
Laurel McKee
Sukey Wagner
Drs. Hannelore Wilfert and Karl Moschner
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
Anonymous
Susanne and Chris Adamski
Nicole Alfandre Halbreiner
Eugenia and David Ames
Richard A Backer
Dennis N. Banks
Jim and Nancy Barton
Betsy Bishop
Molly and Tom Boast
Boss Landscape LLC
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Greg Buch
Georg O. Budenbender and Dr. Katherine Elwyn
Thomas F. Cannon and Joseph Harding
Katrina F.C. Cary and Linn Cary Mehta
Patricia and John Chadwick
Jaye Chen and Peter Brown
Susan Clearwater
Mark Conchie and Kirsten Oehl
Duke Dang and Charles Rosen
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Marci Douglas and Lawrence Pollack
Debórah Dwork and Ken Marek
Donald Eckert and Terry Foster
Thérèse Esperdy and Robert Neborak
Tracy and Scott Fauver
Drs. Jane A. Feisthamel and Mary Margaret Snyder
Michele L. Finin
Fred Flores and Catherine Lindgren
Noushin and Greg Framke
Henry and Helen Freedman
Camilla Galluzzo
Daniel Egan and Kate Glasner
Joseph F. Godfrey and Keith Halstead
William and Cynthia Goertemoeller
Christopher R. Hatt
Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio
Thomas and Virginia Heitz
Allison Held
Wylie and Christina Hembree
Jean and Norbert Herzog
Richard S. Hoffman
Marcy Horath Maguire
Linda Irenegreene
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Anne R. Kline and Geoffrey P. Pohanka
Ken and Susan Kramer
Richard Lee
Thomas and Alison Lord
Laura M. Lynch
Andrew J. Martin-Weber and Beejan Land
Adam Meister
Irene Miller, Miller Khoshkish Foundation
William Miller and Talbot Logan
Susan Morris
Ann and Don Morrison
Chris and M.E. O'Connor
Jeanne and Richard Porter
Michael and Sharon Rebell
Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo
Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff
Thomas Simpson
James E. Smaltz and Gordon F. Ruckdeschel
Patsy Smith
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Susie Snowdon
Mi Ryung Song
Elizabeth Stockton Perkins
Alexandra Subbarao
Woody and Gregg Swain
Dov and Tom Treiman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Turner III
E. Brantley Turner Bradley
Emma Vaughn and Ravi Agrawal
Jane and David Villa
Clinton Walker
Andrew Weiss and Marc Osterweil
Dustin Z West
Dr. F. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Robert White and Anne O'Connell
Margery and Michael Whiteman
Amy Wilson and David Flannery
Michael Young and Debra Raskin
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GALA
We recognize those individuals and corporations who gave in support of our annual spring Gala, which directly benefits our Young Artists, Apprenticeship, and Youth Opera programs.
Anonymous (3)
Susanne and Chris Adamski
Robert Ainsley and Micah Waldstein
Nicole Alfandre Halbreiner
Amica Insurance
A Rose is a Rose
Richard A Backer
Dianne Balfour and Carl Adkins
Jim and Nancy Barton
Betsy Bishop
Steven Blandino
Molly and Tom Boast
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Dwayne Brown
Sarah M. Brown
Georg O. Budenbender and Dr. Katherine Elwyn
Alyson Cambridge
Paula Campos and Rodrigo Bitar
Thomas F. Cannon and Joseph Harding
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Patricia and John Chadwick
Jaye Chen and Peter Brown
Linda Chesis and John Guiton
Susan Clearwater
Donald Clinton and Karen Wilkin
Joseph and Susan Colaneri
Thomas and Loren Colbert
Mark Conchie and Kirsten Oehl
Wendy Curtis
Dr. Anne McBride Curtis-Fischer
Anna and Paul D’Ambrosio
Duke Dang and Charles Rosen
Martin D’Arce - TMD Concepts, LTD
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Albin Deysenroth
Paula DiPerna
Marci Douglas and Lawrence Pollack
Wayne J. du Maine
Taylor-Alexis DuPont
Donald Eckert and Terry Foster
Thérèse Esperdy
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
Tracy and Scott Fauver
Mary Flower
Eric Sean Fogel
Noushin and Greg Framke
Henry and Helen Freedman
Keely Futterer
Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello
Nellie and Robert Gipson
Joseph F. Godfrey and Keith Halstead
Steven and Susan Gold
Sherwin M. Goldman
Robbie Gordy
Andrea Grant
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival
Jane M. Gullong
Jasmine Habersham
Carla Hall
Gemma Hall
The Raymond Han and Paul Kellogg
Foundation
Ellen and Scott Hand
Michael Heaston
Allison Held
Marilynn and John Hill
Shannon Hill
Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
The Image Press
James M. Jordan
Mark Kachigian and Anne Powrie-Smith
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
Hon. and Mrs. M. Langhorne Keith
Duke Kim
Anne R. Kline and Geoffrey P. Pohanka
Ken and Susan Kramer
Magda Kuźma
Richard Lee
Michael Leopold
Harry and Ellen Levine
Thomas and Alison Lord
Andrea Lyons
Marcy Horath Maguire
Jacqueline B. Mars
Sergio Martínez
Andrew J. Martin-Weber and Beejan Land
Rebecca Mazin
Ann McChord
Laurel McKee
Natasha Mehta and Nathan Heller
Sage Mehta and Michael Robinson
Adam Meister
Alden and Jane Millard
William Miller and Talbot Logan
Tom Morgan and Erna Morgan McReynolds
Susan Morris
Ann and Don Morrison
Katharine Muir and Kenneth Witty
Dr. Rajat and Kathryn Mukherji
Janet Nelson
Melanie and David Niemiec
M. Anne O’Connell and Robert A. White, Jr.
Chris and M.E. O’Connor
Jonathan Pierce Rhodes
PJ Green
Matthew Price and Veerle Daenen
Thomas C. Ragan
Maggie Raywood and Travis Peace
Hon. Susan Phillips Read
Michael and Sharon Rebell
Caryn and Jamie Reeves
Elsie and Thom Rhodes
Dr. and Mrs. William Richtsmeier
Maurice Rocca
Kelley Rourke
Karen Royce
Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo
John Ryland and Karen Craig Ryland
Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff
Lisa Sarajian
Margarita Sears
Michael Sekus and Bianca Russo
Martin and Dagni Senzel
Erik Serrano Berntsen
Senator and Mrs. James L. Seward
Thomas Simpson
Grant and Jacqui Smith
Patsy Smith
Susie Snowdon
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Mi Ryung Song
Snyder Printer Inc
Eugene and Jean Stark
Robert M. Steiner and Faith Pleasanton
Mira Stulman
Woody and Gregg Swain
Korin Thomas-Smith
Tristan Lee Designs
S. Katy Tucker
E. Brantley Turner Bradley
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Turner III
Kara Unterberg
Debra A. Valentine and Jill V. Gardiner
Emma Vaughn and Ravi Agrawal
Jane and David Villa
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Vincent
Clinton Walker
John B. Webb and Nelson Mondaca
Nathan and Elizabeth Wentworth
Dustin Z West
Dr. F. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Robert White and Anne O’Connell
Amy Wilson and David Flannery
Olivia Woolley
Michael Young and Debra Raskin
Douglas and Cheryl Zamelis
Hannah Zin
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GIFTS IN-KIND
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, organizations, and businesses who donated goods, time, talent, or services over the past year. Contributions range from furnishings for seasonal staff residences, to books, vehicles, professional services, hosting of staff or artists during business travel, the donation of performances at gatherings, and more.
A Rose is a Rose
Robert Ainsley
Bello Electric & Excavating
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Cabot Creamery Co-operative
Linn Cary Mehta
Cherry Valley Artworks
Christ Church, Cooperstown
Joseph Colaneri
Nancy Connors & Larry McKelvey, Donut Diner, LLC.
Martin D’Arce - TMD Concepts, LTD
Fenimore Art Museum
Mr. Donald M. Fenner
Fynmere Limited Partnership
Robbie Gordy
Norma Meacham of Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP
SPECIAL EVENTS HOSTS AND ARTISTS
Mark Napoletano
M. Anne O’Connell
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Margarita Sears
Sunflower Cafe
Dustin Z West
Law Office of Douglas H. Zamelis
Thank you to the following artists, institutions, and friends who donated services for our Gala or lectures, or performed at or hosted patron events over the past year.
Robert Ainsley
Steven Blandino
Joshua Blue
Michael Bretholz
Maria Alberico Brindisi
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Dwayne Brown
Alyson Cambridge
The Century Club of Syracuse
Patricia and John Chadwick
Joseph Colaneri
Martin D’Arce
Wayne J. du Maine
Taylor-Alexis DuPont
Eric Sean Fogel
YOUNG GLIMMERGLASS
Fort Orange Club, Albany
Keely Futterer
Genesee Valley Club, Rochester
Robbie Gordy
Andrea Grant
Jasmine Habersham
The Raymond Han and Paul Kellogg Foundation
Kimberly Hastie
Ryan Johnson
Emilie Kealani
Duke Kim
Magdalena Kuźma
Michael Leopold
Sergio Martínez
Sage Mehta
Emily Misch
Teresa Perrotta
Jonathan Pierce Rhodes
Lisa Marie Rogali
Kelley Rourke
Elizabeth Sarian
Amanda Sheriff
Hon. Joan E. Shkane (ret.)
Stanley Theatre, Utica
Korin Thomas-Smith
Schyler Vargas
Nan Wang
Jason Zacher
Hannah Zin
Young Glimmerglass (YG) members are the future of the Festival. Their participation, contributions, and enthusiasm ensure the continued success of our mission. Members gather for parties off-season, and enjoy a special ticket price for the Festival’s annual Spring Gala. YG Weekend each summer brings members together for performances and social events. For more information, or to become a member of Young Glimmerglass, please call the Development office at (607) 547-0700 ext. 208.
Sage Mehta, YG Founder
William Goodenough, Co-Chair
Robbie Gordy, Co-Chair
Eduardo Tamraz, Co-Chair
Emma Vaughn, Co-Chair
Ravi Agrawal
Michael Bretholz
Albert Chen
Lizzy Cross
Duke Dang and Charles Rosen
Evan Eklund
Gordon and Sarah Faux
Hannah Fettinger
David S. Flugman and Eugene Shevertalov
Sarah Glaser
Lachlan Glen and Sam Peder-Smith
Hector and Lucy Guinness
Henrietta Paige Hakes
Emily Johnson and Vijay Ramachandran
Christopher Judd
Kristin Kovner
Mitchell Lowenthal
Kristen Oehlrich and Tim Korytko
Francine O’Keeffe
Michael Robinson
Brandon Sherr
Jonathan Smith
Steven Jude Tietjen
Conor and Katie Tochilin
Clinton Walker
Kristin and Will Walker
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THE ZAMBELLO GAY TRIBUTE FUND
In honor of Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello, The Zambello Gay Tribute Fund was established in 2022 and will be used to underwrite Artists-in-Residence (a position created by Francesca during her tenure), along with educational and community programming at The Glimmerglass Festival for seasons to come. To make a gift to this ongoing fund, please contact Caryn Reeves at (607) 547-0700 x238.
Anonymous (2)
Carol Affourtit
Kathryn Allen
Amica Insurance
Dennis Banks
Felicia H. Blum
Boss Landscape LLC
Elaine C. and Marc Bresee
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Patricia Carrier
Patricia and John Chadwick
Linda Chesis and John Guiton
Dianne K. and Lawrence J. Ciano
Joseph and Susan Colaneri
Community Foundation of Otsego County
Wendy Curtis
Deb and Jim Dalton
Anna and Paul D’Ambrosio
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes de Waal
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Albin Deysenroth
Gaylord and Nicole Dillingham
Rita Emanuel and John Anagnost
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
Frank Farmer and Frank Kolbert
Drs. Jane A. Feisthamel and Mary Margaret Snyder
The Fernleigh Foundation
First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown
Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello
The Glimmerglass Festival Production Staff
Nellie and Robert Gipson
Christine Goerke
Pati and Kevin Grady
Robert and Patricia Hanft
Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
Jim and Cathy Howarth
Celeste Johns and Chris Kjolhede
Jeff and Karen Katz
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
Hon. and Mrs. M. Langhorne Keith
Marion King
Maureen Kuhn and Carrie Carney
L.M. Townsend Catering
Brent and Mary Leonard/Carefree Gardens
Gregory Long and Scott Newman
David and Millie McCoy
Sage Mehta and Michael Robinson
Michael and Cory Moffat
Tom Morgan and Erna Morgan McReynolds
Katharine Muir and Kenneth Witty
Janet Nelson
M. Anne O’Connell
Michael Olding and Chris Morrison
Trevor Potter and Dana Westring
Robert and Peggy Poulson
Thomas C. Ragan
Elsie and Thom Rhodes
Dr. and Mrs. William Richtsmeier
Rotary Club of Cooperstown
Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff
Senator and Mrs. James L. Seward
Albert H. Shaheen Memorial Fund at The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties
Dr. Larry R. Shannon II and Mrs. Candice Shannon
Simple Integrity LLC
Patsy Smith
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Ken and Carol Steigelman
Richard Sternberg
Ellen Tillapaugh and Gary Kuch
John B. Webb and Nelson Mondaca
We Energies Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William Weldon III
Dr. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Michael Young and Debra Raskin
Douglas and Cheryl Zamelis
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TRIBUTES
Following are honors received from May 30, 2022 to May 19, 2023.
IN HONOR OF ROB AINSLEY
Anonymous (2)
Lou Allstadt and Melinda Hardin
Susan Antos and Edward Fallon
Sharin Apostolou and Ryan MacPherson
Edward and Laura Asher
James E. Ballowe Jr.
Dennis N. Banks
Vige Barrie and Jim Frederick
Jim and Nancy Barton
Sidney and Susan Blatt
Van Broughton Ramsey and Robert Nelson
Kayellen Button and Bruce Loveys
Karyl Clemens
Jane and Siobhan Cornell
Jeffrey P. Cunard and Mariko Ikehara
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Martha Monteleone Duke
Allen R. and Judy Brick Freedman
Abby Kreh Gibson
Glimmerglass Gals
The Glimmerglass Festival
Orchestra Players Association
William and Cynthia Goertemoeller
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival
Gemma Hall
Michael Halloran
Robert and Patricia Hanft
Jennifer Potter Hayes
The Hill-Edgar Family
The Horvath Family
Susan Huxtable and Joseph Novitski
Kathleen Mulhern Johnson and Bruce Ray Johnson
Stephen and Pamela Kalista
Anne and Lang Keith
Daniel Kempton
Anne R. Kline and Geoffrey P. Pohanka
Robert S. Lalli
Harry and Ellen Levine
Linda Loomis
Massage Therapy by Kristin Sloth
Carol Ann McKeen and John Dunton
Jackie Metzger
Katharine Muir and Kenneth Witty
Janet Nelson
Michael W. O’Dell, M.D.
Bill Packard and Charles Ihlenfeld
Jeanne and Richard Porter
Sharon Rankins-Burd
Elsie and Thom Rhodes
Angie Richards
Rotary Club of Cooperstown
Georgeanne and Jean Rousseau
The Savada-Stevenson Family
Margaret Savoie
Sandra Seaton
Senator and Mrs. James L. Seward
Thomas Simpson
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Eugene and Jean Stark
Dov and Tom Treiman
Debra A. Valentine and Jill V. Gardiner
Rod Vanderbilt
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Vincent
Ronald and Bette R. Wagner
Drs. Hueldine Webb and Lester W. Blair
John B. Webb and Nelson Mondaca
Dr. F. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Molly Wilkinson
Michael Young and Debra Raskin
Deborah and Michael Zahn
Howard Zar and Ray Kurdziel
Steven Zerby and Joanne Tobey
IN HONOR OF LAUREN BAILEY
Nancy and Scott Bailey
IN HONOR OF ‘CESCA, FAITH, JACK, ROME AND REX
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Vincent
IN HONOR OF MAESTRO JOSEPH COLANERI
Eugenia and David Ames
Katherine Cunningham and Kurt Kaboth
Michael Presser
Jerry and Marisabel Raymond
IN HONOR OF WENDY CURTIS
John Dobkin
Belinda and Stephen Kaye
IN HONOR OF NENA DONOVAN LEVINE
Camilla Galluzzo
IN HONOR OF GWEN ERMLICH
Robin Kinnel and Cecily Eidelhoch
IN HONOR OF DON FENNER
Greg Buch
IN HONOR OF ABBY KREH GIBSON
William and Cynthia Goertemoeller
IN HONOR OF THE GLIMMERGLASS ORCHESTRA
Wittels Family
IN HONOR OF THE GLIMMERGLASS STAFF
Elsie and Thom Rhodes
IN HONOR OF THE GLIMMERGLASS VOLUNTEER CHORUS
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Farquhar
IN HONOR OF ALLISON AND KEYES HILL-EDGAR
Richard and Georgia Lee
IN HONOR OF MORGAN HILL-EDGAR
Amy Wilson and David Flannery
IN HONOR OF MARY-HOLLIS HUNDLEY, 2022 PRINCIPAL ARTIST
John and Lindsey Hundley
IN HONOR OF BRITTANY LESAVOY
Linda Loomis
IN HONOR OF GREGORY LONG AND SCOTT NEWMAN
Jake and Laura Endres
IN HONOR OF ANDREA LYONS
Margarita Sears
IN HONOR OF JACQUELINE B. MARS
Janis Martinson and Stephen Sagarin
IN HONOR OF ANDREW J. MARTIN-WEBER
Beatrice Disman
Julie Skarratt
IN HONOR OF SAGE MEHTA
Anonymous
Duke Dang and Charles Rosen
Emma Vaughn and Ravi Agrawal
IN HONOR OF ERNA MORGAN MCREYNOLDS
Mary Jude Klee
IN HONOR OF TOM MORGAN AND ERNA MORGAN MCREYNOLDS
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
W. Anthony and Carol Mandour
IN HONOR OF MAUREEN MURRAY
Yvonne D. Tropp-Epstein
IN HONOR OF ROBERT NELSON
Anonymous
Felicia H. Blum
Van Broughton Ramsey
Linda Chesis and John Guiton
Wendy Curtis
Paul and Anna D’Ambrosio
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Albin Deysenroth
Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard
Tracy and Scott Fauver
Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival
The Raymond Han and Paul Kellogg Foundation
Allison and W. Keyes Hill-Edgar
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
Harry and Ellen Levine
Thomas and Alison Lord
Andrea Lyons
Tom Morgan and Erna Morgan McReynolds
Katharine Muir and Kenneth Witty
M. Anne O’Connell and Robert A. White, Jr.
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Thomas C. Ragan
Caryn and Jamie Reeves
Elsie and Thom Rhodes
Dr. and Mrs. William Richtsmeier
Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff
Senator and Mrs. James L. Seward
Thomas Simpson
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Eugene and Jean Stark
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert T. Vincent
John B. Webb and Nelson Mondaca
Dr. F. Todd and Laura Wetzel
Olivia Woolley
Michael Young and Debra Raskin
Douglas and Cheryl Zamelis
IN HONOR OF ROBERT NELSON AND VAN BROUGHTON RAMSEY
Russ and Deborah Cenko
Martha Patricof
IN HONOR OF BILL OLIVER AND MICHAEL WILLIS
Anonymous
IN HONOR OF MATTHEW PEARCE
Jeffrey P. Cunard and Mariko Ikehara
IN HONOR OF CARYN REEVES
Marilyn J. Keiser
IN HONOR OF MERYL AND STEWART ROBERTSON
Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio
IN HONOR OF KELLEY ROURKE
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
IN HONOR OF PEGGY W. SAVLOV
Daniel M. Meyers
IN HONOR OF EMILY SENTURIA
Stephen and Peg Senturia
IN HONOR OF TED SNOWDON AND DUFFY VIOLANTE
Irene R. Miller
IN HONOR OF MICHAEL YOUNG
Marci Douglas and Lawrence Pollack
Steven and Susan Gold
Frank and Sidney Maas
Dr. Rajat and Kathryn Mukherji
David and Melanie Samuels
Paul Samuels and Nurit Margulies
Michael and Vivien Shelanski
IN HONOR OF MICHAEL YOUNG AND DEBRA RASKIN
Nina Brodsky and Alan Kleinman
Debórah Dwork and Ken Marek
IN HONOR OF FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
Anonymous (2)
Edward J. and Laura G. Asher
Frank W. Barrie
Katrina F.C. Cary and Linn Cary Mehta
Jeffrey P. Cunard and Mariko Ikehara
Mrs. Denise B. Dailey
Jerry G Dollar
Diana and Emory Fanning
Dick and Mary Ellen Hibey
Rev. Betsy Jay
Helen I. Jessup
Marjorie Turrell Julian
Dr. and Mrs. George Kafka
Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant
Belinda and Stephen Kaye
Kathryn LaBouff
Mary P. McPherson
Kati Mitchell
Dinah Nissen and Elizabeth Apelles
Drs. Hueldine Webb and Lester W. Blair
Douglas and Cheryl Zamelis
IN HONOR OF FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO AND FAITH GAY
James E. Ballowe Jr.
Trevor Potter and Dana Westring
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MEMORIALS
Following are memorials received from May 30, 2022 to May 19, 2023.
IN MEMORY OF FAINA AGRANOV
Michael Cleveland and Kathy Leach
IN MEMORY OF HELEN ANBINDER
Paul Anbinder
IN MEMORY OF REGINA ANDERSON
Thomas I. Anderson
IN MEMORY OF DAVID S. BAKER
Vera S. Baker
IN MEMORY OF DR. ERNEST J. BEAUDOIN
James S. Covey and James P. Zabawa
IN MEMORY OF PETER BOUSFIELD
David Marcus and Brenda Bousfield
IN MEMORY OF EMILE CAPOUYA
Keitha Capouya
IN MEMORY OF ALBERT J. CARDINALI
Martin Fried
Lakeside Condominium Association Inc.
IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN CROPPER
Elaine Guinn
Patty and Jeff Mitter
St. Theresa Parish
IN MEMORY OF CAROL SAVAGE DAVIS
Amanda Savage Mahoney
IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND JOAN DIGHTON
H. William Michaels
IN MEMORY OF CHUCK ENGLAND
Janet England
IN MEMORY OF FAMILY MEMBERS TO WHOM WE OWE THE LOVE OF OPERA
Anonymous
IN MEMORY OF MARY ELLEN FENNER
John Ianacone and Cynthia D’Ambrosio
Cynthia and David Staley
IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH FENTON SNYDER
John Cedric Pedersen
IN MEMORY OF JULIA FRANKEL
From family, friends, and colleagues
IN MEMORY OF DR. SHEP FRIEDMAN
Richard J., Marisa, and Jenna Sternberg
IN MEMORY OF TOM GOODYEAR
Charles “Jud” Pannaci
IN MEMORY OF DR. BILL GUINEY
Dr. Katharine Lloyd
IN MEMORY OF BRETT GUTSCHE MD
Joe and JoAnn Holochuck
Karen Kotapka
IN MEMORY OF ALFRED HUBAY
Dr. and Mrs. George Kafka
IN MEMORY OF JOYCE HUPPER
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Craig and Susan Hupper
Gail J. Hupper and William H. Wood
P. Jewell & C. Nickolaus Wand
IN MEMORY OF GISELA C. JAKUBOWSKI
Jakubowski Family
IN MEMORY OF LORRAINE KAIMAL
Padma Kaimal and Andrew Rotter
IN MEMORY OF ESTHER AND LEON KALMUS
Frieda and George Holober
IN MEMORY OF WOLFGANG KAPPE
Luise-Charlotte Kappe
IN MEMORY OF PAUL KELLOGG
Matthew Price and Veerle Daenen
IN MEMORY OF MARTIN KESSELMAN
Linda Irenegreene
IN MEMORY OF HARRIET KRUSZYNA
Robert W. Kruszyna
IN MEMORY OF F. H. KULHAWY
Gloria Kulhawy
IN MEMORY OF HELEN KWAN
Anonymous
IN MEMORY OF GORDON T. LAW JR.
Pam M. Baxter
IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL LEVIN
Christine Ims, Jeanne and Cynthia Levin
In memory of Michael Levin, beloved husband, son and brother, and Concertmaster of The Glimmerglass Opera from 1987-2008.
IN MEMORY ROSLYN AND IRVING LEVINE
Rona Lucas
IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS D. AND MARCELLA A. MORAN
Michael J. Moran
IN MEMORY OF JACK POHANKA
Marcy Horath Maguire
IN MEMORY OF BARRY PORTMAN Anonymous
IN MEMORY OF BETTY REISER
Laura Norwitz
Helen Silver
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT B. SCHLATHER ESQ.
Ruth Berry
Peter and Christina Townsend
IN MEMORY OF CLARE D. SCOTT
Susan Clare Scott
IN MEMORY OF DONALD C. SEIBERT
Charles F. Tremper
IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH SEROKA
Michael Cleveland and Kathy Leach
Rosemarie, Yio, Stephanie D’Arcangelis
Joan Desens and Simon Carr-Ellison
Jann and Jack Ewen
Mr. Donald M. Fenner
Abby Kreh Gibson
Keith and Barbara Lilley
W. John and Elizabeth Marosek
Angie Richards
Marilyn Roderick
Jean Seroka
IN MEMORY OF CONRAD C. SHECK
Conrad L. Sheck
IN MEMORY OF H. WILLIAM SMITH JR.
Tracy and Scott Fauver
IN MEMORY OF DAVID. C. VILLA
Jane and David Villa
IN MEMORY OF JESSIE B. WALKER
Caryn and Jamie Reeves
IN MEMORY OF EDWARD L. “NED” WILKINSON
Molly A. Wilkinson
IN MEMORY OF DR. RUSH WILLIAMS
Michael Heaston
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Irwin & Lane
The village of Cooperstown’s only antique shop
Located at 106 Main Street
Look for the red geraniums in the window box (607) 282-0585
Mondays and Tuesdays by chance or appointment.
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 11am - 6pm or by appointment.
Paintings, antique and vintage furniture, porcelain, tableware and more.
Scenery and Props for the 2023 Festival Season constructed by the Glimmerglass Festival Scene Shop.
Special thanks to Brian Smith of Pacemaker Steel, and Mike George of George Lumber for their support.
Costumes for the 2023 Festival Season were built by The Glimmerglass Festival Costume Shop, Costume Works, Somerville, MA, Lauren McLoughlin, Ed Dawson, and Bret Runyon.
Special thanks to Christian Jesus Velasquez for his help with the Hair & Makeup department.
Special thanks to Debbie at Little Falls Antiques, Jamie Elderkin at Bassett Hospital, and Erik Lindquist for their help with Props.
Lighting equipment for the 2023 Festival Season was provided by 4Wall, New York, NY.
Workplace health and safety training programs provided by Monona Rossol of Arts, Crafts, and Theatre Safety, New York, NY; HealthWorks Occupational Health Services, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY; Otsego County Emergency Services, Cooperstown, NY; Jennifer Schroeder-Tyson; Friends of Recovery of Delaware & Otsego Counties.
Rehearsal facilities have been made available by Herkimer College, Herkimer, NY; St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Cooperstown, NY; Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY; Springfield Center Community Center, Springfield Center, NY; Grace Episcopal Church, Cherry Valley, NY; St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Springfield Center; Christ Church, Cooperstown.
Bernstein’s Candide, Book by Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire. Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, and Leonard Bernstein.
CREDITS
By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent for Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, publisher and copyright owner.
PROGRAM BOOK
Editor: Kira DeLanoy
Contributors/Proofreaders: Rob Ainsley, Lauren Bailey, Whitney Campbell, Mark Conchie, Jay E. Condon, Olivia Lerwick, Andrea Lyons, Wyatt Nyman, Caryn Reeves, Nick Richardson, Abby Rodd, Kelley Rourke, Emmet Sellars, Edward Sturm, Amy Tompkins
Design: Kate Ehle/Cake & Ale Studio
Advertising Coordinator: Connor Lange
"The State of the Art" conversation was transcribed and edited for publication by Kira DeLanoy.
Cover: Digital artwork by Kate Ehle from a photo by Karli Cadel.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The Glimmerglass Festival is committed to the safety and comfort of our guests and company members. Our policies and procedures are based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and regulations from state and local governments, as well as the best practices in the performing arts industry, the recommendations of leading epidemiologists, and our Health & Safety Task Force, which works in collaboration with medical advisors and local public health officials. All policies and procedures regarding the health and safety of our audience members are kept up-to-date at glimmerglass.org/faq.
TICKET KIOSK AND AUDIENCE SERVICES
The Alfred F. Hubay Box Office at the theater opens 90 minutes before performances and closes after intermission. For ticket information, call (607) 547-2255.
The Audience Services Desk, located on the Paul Kellogg Terrace at the front of the theater, opens 90 minutes prior to curtain and remains open through each performance. We welcome your comments and suggestions, and we are happy to answer your questions.
The Marketplace, adjacent to the theater, is open two hours before curtain and during intermission; wine, beer, nonalcoholic beverages, specialty wraps, sandwiches, salads, and desserts are available. The gift shop opens two hours before all performances and remains open through the end of all shows; it is also open between performances on Saturdays.
RESTROOMS
Restrooms are located between the Marketplace and the Pavilion. Gender diversity is welcomed here. All are encouraged to use the bathroom that best reflects their gender identity or expression.
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER
Doctors on call may leave their seat locations and electronic paging devices at the Audience Services Desk. Please leave any active cell phones at the Audience Services Desk.
LOST AND FOUND
Lost and found items should be reported to the Audience Services Desk. Please call the Administrative Office at (607) 547-0700 with inquiries about lost items.
CHILDREN
Everyone must have a ticket to enter the theater. Young children must be accompanied by adults. No babes-inarms or children sitting in the laps of adults.
PETS
Service dogs only, please. Unattended pets are not allowed on the grounds. Please do not leave a pet in or around your vehicle.
SMOKING
Smoking is permitted in select areas, which are at least 100 feet from all rooflines. This policy covers traditional, electronic, and alternative smoking devices.
ACCESSIBILITY
If you have special needs or require assistance, please contact our Box Office at (607) 547-2255 at least 48 hours in advance of your visit to The Glimmerglass Festival. Special parking permits are available upon request.
Assisted listening devices are complimentary and may be picked up at the Audience Services Desk at the front of the theater one hour prior to the performance. Headphones, earbuds, and neck loops are offered to connect to our receivers.
RECYCLING
The Glimmerglass Festival is committed to recycling. Please help us by bringing your program back to subsequent performances. Also, please use the appropriate receptacles located throughout the grounds for disposing of trash and/or recyclable materials.
INSIDE THE THEATER
Smoking, eating, and open beverages are not allowed in the theater; however, audience members are welcome to bring beverages in Glimmerglass “sippy cups” (available in the Marketplace) and water in nonglass bottles inside. The taking of photographs and the use of any audio and/or video recording devices is prohibited by law. Please silence all paging devices and cell phones.
All casting is subject to change.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Emergency exits are clearly marked at the front and rear of the theater. Please note the location of the exits when seated. Patrons are requested to use the exits located near the stage in an emergency only.
In the case of a situation demanding the theater be evacuated, you will be notified. Please follow the direction of the ushers and move in a calm and orderly way to the best exit as indicated by the corresponding shading in the diagram below.
FIRE EXITS
EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN
Orchestra Level
Rows A-H and Lower Boxes: exit via the doors near the stage. Rows J-N, Rows AA-FF, and Special Seating; exit via the main doors at the rear of the theater.
Balcony Level
Rows A-E (Seats 17-31), Rows F-G (Seats 1-15) and Upper Box Right: exit via the door near the stage on the right. Rows A-E (Seats 18-32), Rows F-G (Seats 2-16) and Upper Box Left: exit via the door near the stage on the aisle. Rows A-F (Seats 1-17, 2-18 and 101- 116): exit via the main staircases near the rear of the theater.
Once outside the theater, please move away from the building and await further instructions from the ushers.
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IDENTITY & ILLUSION
THE PIRATES OF
PENZANCE
July 22 - August 19, 2024
Set sail on a delightfully absurd adventure of swashbuckling fun for the whole family.
Cavalli/Faustini LA CALISTO
July 23 - August 17, 2024 Nymphs and satyrs cavort with the gods in this bawdy comedic caper.
Leoncavallo PAGLIACCI
July 27 - August 18, 2024
Immerse yourself in this shocking tale of jealousy and revenge, which blurs the line between art and reality.
Puts/Campbell ELIZABETH CREE
July 28 - August 20, 2024
Music Hall murder mystery becomes modern masterpiece.
Plus, a world premiere youth opera and an exciting new works initiative, Project Pipeline.
RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TODAY!
Mistaken identities, misadventures, murder, mystery, and mayhem—don’t miss a moment of the 2024 season! Stop by or call the Box Office at (607) 547-2255 or visit glimmerglass.org to renew your subscription today. Choose the best seats at the best prices, enjoy subscriber discounts, priority access to events, and more!
New subscriptions on sale October 3, 2023. All tickets on sale January 22, 2024.
Gilbert & Sullivan