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hat a pleasure it is to welcome you to Opera Colorado’s 100th production in our 34-year history. It is only fitting that we celebrate with a truly grand production of Donizetti’s gothic opera Lucia di Lammermoor. Sir Walter Scott’s famous novel The Bride of Lammermoor published in 1819, was soon translated into numerous languages, and quickly became one of the most popular novels of its time.

16 years later, Donizetti extracted the most dramatic elements from the novel to create his masterpiece.

Romance, horror, death and the presence of the supernatural are all hallmarks of Gothic Literature and Donizetti ensured that all of these elements were incorporated into this tale of family rivalry, manipulation, romance and murder – all of the features that make for a thrilling opera.

Looking forward to next season, we have an exciting line up of sensational opera performances at The Ellie. Puccini’s iconic La bohème is perhaps the most performed opera in the United States and around the world. Lush, romantic music coupled with one of the great love stories (think of Rent or Moulin Rouge) always makes for a memorable evening of musical drama, with a few tears shed along the way. It has been a few seasons since we presented a comic opera and 29 years since we last produced Verdi’s tour de force Falstaff.

Based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV and The Merry

Wives of Windsor, Verdi pays homage to one of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters, a fat, vain, cowardly knight who spends most of his time drinking among petty criminals, and living on borrowed or stolen money.

We are also excited to continue our commitment to presenting new chamber operas in intimate performance venues throughout the Denver Metro Region. In January of 2018, we will present our second world premiere, Gerald Cohen and Deborah Brevoort’s Steal A Pencil For Me in collaboration with the Mizel Arts and Cultural Center. Set in the midst of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp at the end of World War II, Steal A Pencil For Me is the true story of Jaap Polak, his estranged wife Manja and his budding romance with Ina Soep, as they manage to survive the horrors of concentration camp life. Along with a stellar cast singing the main roles of Jaap, Manja, and Ina, each of our 2017/2018 Young Artists will play a major role in this production, furthering our commitment to developing the talent of the next generation of opera singers.

There is truly something for everyone next season, whether you are a die-hard opera fan or just becoming acquainted with this amazing art form. We thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you throughout the 2017/2018 Season.

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LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR MAY 6 | 9 | 12 | 14, 2017 ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE Opera in Three Acts

By Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano There will be two 20 minute intermissions, one between each act.

CAST I N OR D E R OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

Normanno Enrico Raimondo Lucia Alisa Edgardo Arturo

Omar Najmi^ Timothy Mix Matthew Treviño Anna Christy* Marcia Ragonetti Eric Barry* Brett Sprague

Opera Colorado Orchestra Opera Colorado Chorus Conductor Stage Director Associate Conductor Lighting Design Wig and Makeup Design

Ari Pelto Keturah Stickann Andres Cladera Lucas Krech Ronell Oliveri

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*Opera Colorado Debut ^Opera Colorado Young Artist

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SPONSORS This production of Lucia di Lammermoor is sponsored by the Avenir Foundation 2016-2017 SEASON SPONSORED BY ELLIE CAULKINS Music Director Ari Pelto is sponsored by Mike and Julie Bock The Opera Colorado Young Artists Program is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Barrow

Opera Colorado Young Artists Sponsors Allison Nicholas is sponsored by Patrick Spieles and Carol McMurry.

Danielle Lombardi is sponsored by Dr. Stephen L. Dilts.

Omar Najmi is sponsored by Patrick Spieles and Carol McMurry.

Ryan Bradford is sponsored by Peyton and Suzanne Bucy and David & Elizabeth Budd.

Charles Eaton is sponsored by Marlis & Shirley* Smith and Dirk & Joyce deRoos.

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DONIZETTI LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR I

n a tragic coincidence of history, the composer of the best-known scene of operatic insanity himself ended his days in an asylum.

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) was far from the only great composer to cause an operatic character to fall into insanity; Handel and Mozart had gotten there long before Donizetti, and neither ever found himself in the madhouse. However, it is Donizetti’s troubled Lucia who becomes most famously unhinged, and it is Donizetti’s music for her that has come to epitomize operatic mad scenes and the vocal extravagance that such situations apparently demand.

Depending on how one counts the operas that Donizetti revised and then re-premiered under new titles, Lucia di Lammermoor stands roughly 60 percent of the way through a total of 70 Donizetti operas. The tale derives from The Bride of Lammermoor, published in 1819 by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Donizetti’s operatic version came to the stage three years after Scott’s passing, which may have been for the best, as the opera and the novel are only passingly related. Both have a Scottish setting, and both have, as a title character, a young lady driven into madness by her manipulative family. Beyond that point, the opera is a unique creation.

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Admittedly, no literary work comes entirely intact to the stage.

Streamlining is always necessary: digressive description is discarded and singable scenes may need to be created. However, Scott would likely have been startled to find the politics entirely gone, the bridegroom murdered (rather than maimed), the romantic lead dying by his own hand (rather than lost in a marsh), and the principal controlling force in Lucia’s life transformed from her mother to her brother. In the novel, Lucia’s brother Henry is a most harmless youth; Donizetti’s librettist, Salvatore Cammarano (1801-1852), decided that a baritone would make a better bad guy.

Lucia di Lammermoor premiered September 26, 1835, at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples. Two years later, the opera reached Paris. 1838 found Lucia in London; it reached New York in 1845. Any opera composer today would have been thrilled for a new work to reach such widely-flung audiences in only a few years. For Donizetti, it was only the latest in a long string of successes. In Lucia, listeners again reveled in the splendors of bel canto at its best.

Literally meaning “beautiful singing,” bel canto is a vocal

style identified with Italian composers of Donizetti’s generation.

Characterized by flamboyant singing, it is nowhere better represented than in Lucia’s famed Act Three Mad Scene.

Donizetti devotes twenty minutes to it, calling upon the soprano to alternately maintain long flowing lines and the most rapid runs and trills imaginable. The larger ensemble comments in horror upon developments, though Lucia herself is lost in her own world.

At times, she trades phrases with the flute; Donizetti had wanted a glass harmonica, but didn’t get one. That the plot has stopped in its tracks for all this time is, perhaps, representative of the fact that Lucia, too, is remote from events. It is singing for the sake of vocal display, and its complexities were specifically designed for the soprano who filled the role at the Naples premiere, and again in Paris and London. Any soprano whose voice falls short of Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani’s must look elsewhere for repertoire.

One might puzzle that an opera about a mad murderess would stay so long in the spotlight. However, poor Lucia is as much a victim of circumstance as her ill-fated bridegroom. Depending on the director’s approach, one can come away feeling that her brother Enrico all but held her hand through the deed, pushing her over the edge. Whatever one’s opinion of the title character, the fact remains that her part is one of the most challenging in the soprano repertoire, and when ideally cast, is sure to impress listeners. Donizetti’s craftsmanship also rewards other members of the cast. All major characters have their own arias; the duets and ensembles – especially the Act Two sextet, as Edgardo, Lucia’s true beloved, appears unexpectedly at her wedding to Arturo – are among the finest ever written. With good reason, Lucia di Lammermoor is still one of the most frequently performed of early 19th century operas.

SYNOPSIS LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR CHARACTERS

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Normanno, Ashton family retainer and follower of Enrico – tenor Lord Enrico Ashton of Lammermoor, head of the family – baritone Raimondo, chaplain of Lammermoor – bass Lucia Ashton, Enrico’s sister; beloved by Edgardo – soprano Alisa, Lucia’s companion – mezzo-soprano Edgardo, Master of Ravenswood, scion of a rival family; beloved by Lucia – tenor Lord Arturo Bucklaw, the man Lucia is ordered by Enrico to marry – tenor Act One: In Scotland, the Ashton family of Ravenswood Castle is in disarray. Enrico, head of the family, is infuriated that his sister Lucia refuses to marry the man whom family politics and finances dictate she must accept, Lord Arturo Bucklaw. The chaplain Raimondo tries to defend the girl, suggesting that she still mourns their dead mother. Normanno, captain of the guard, reveals another motivation: that Lucia has been trysting with a stranger in the park. The stranger is revealed as Edgardo, son of the former Lord of Ravenswood, who had been stripped of his title and usurped by the Ashton family. Enrico is further enraged by this revelation.

Meanwhile, Lucia, accompanied by her companion Alisa, is waiting for Edgardo near a fountain on the castle grounds.

She is fretful because of a ghostly spirit which has warned her that she will face a terrible fate if she persists in the romance.

Edgardo arrives with word that he must depart on a diplomatic mission, but expresses his wish that their families could mend the rift so that he and Lucia could marry. The sweethearts bid farewell, sure that they will be together again.

Act Two: Enrico presents to his sister a forged letter falsely claiming that Edgardo has been unfaithful to her. Crushed by the revelation, she reluctantly gives in to her brother’s demands

that she marry Arturo, whose fortune will save the Ashton family. Festivities begin all too promptly, and even as Lucia is signing the marriage contract, Edgardo, having returned from his mission, rushes in to claim her. Only Raimondo can stop the enemies from attacking each other, and Lucia faints as she realizes the error she has made and that Edgardo believes she has abandoned him.

Act Three: Back in Ravenswood Castle, the bride and groom are upstairs in their chambers, as the guests continue in revelry.

The chaplain Raimondo brings the news that Lucia has gone mad and murdered Arturo. Soon, the distraught young woman enters, imagining that all is well and that she has married her beloved Edgardo. Overwhelmed by the torment of events, she collapses.

Afterward, in the Ravenswood family cemetery, Edgardo bitterly reflects on what he views as Lucia’s betrayal. He sees wedding guests leaving Ravenswood Castle followed by Raimondo, who tells him that Lucia’s madness has caused her death. Realizing that Lucia’s love for him had not wavered, Edgardo takes his own life, intending to join her in heaven.

Notes and synopsis by Betsy Schwarm, author of the Classical Music Insights series

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THE ARTISTS ERIC BARRY* | Edgardo Spanish-American tenor Eric Barry is “making an impressive mark” on opera and concert stages “with a clear timbre, evenness of projection and exceptional sensitivity” (Opera News).

Operatic highlights included Rodolfo La bohème for Pittsburgh Opera, Teatro Comunale di Sulmona, North Carolina Opera and Opera Memphis, Nemorino L’elisir d’amore for Boston Midsummer Opera and Shreveport Opera, Macduff Macbeth for Opera San Antonio, Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo La bohème and The Duke of Mantua Rigoletto for Amarillo Opera, Arbace Ciro in Babilonia at the Caramoor Music Festival, Eginhard Fierrabras for Bard Summerscape, Anthony Hope Sweeney Todd and Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress for Wolf Trap Opera. Mr. Barry is equally comfortable on the concert stage having performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony, Utah Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Poznan Philharmonic, Polish Radio Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and many others. His recording portfolio includes seven commercial opera albums, two of which having been nominated as ICMA’s Opera Album of the Year. He is the subject of the feature PBS documentary Eric Barry: Home for Christmas, Eric Barry holds a Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the School of Music at Yale University. For more information please visit www.eric-barry.com.

ANNA CHRISTY* | Lucia Praised by the New York Times as “nimble of voice, body and spirit,” soprano Anna Christy continues to delight audiences with an extraordinary blend of sparkling voice and powerful stage presence. In the 2016-2017 season, Anna Christy was seen as Sophie in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Werther.

She returned to Japan for performances of L’enfant et les sortilèges with Seiji Ozawa and sang Carmina burana with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony. She also debuted at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Constance in Dialogues des

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Carmélites and returned to Central City Opera as Baby Doe in the 60th Anniversary production of The Ballad of Baby Doe. This summer she will reprise her performances of Morgana in David Alden’s production of Alcina at Santa Fe Opera, a role she sang to great acclaim at Teatro Real in Madrid and Opéra National de Bordeaux.

ANDRES CLADERA Associate Conductor Uruguayan conductor Andres Cladera, recently named Associate Conductor with Opera Colorado and Artistic Director of Opera Steamboat, is a versatile and cultivated artist in both the operatic and symphonic worlds.

He has prior conducting experience with Opera San Antonio, Opera Colorado, Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Edgewood Symphony, Opera Steamboat, Chatham Baroque and San Antonio Symphony. Maestro Cladera holds a Masters of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University and Bachelors of Fine Arts degrees in Piano and Voice Performance from College of Charleston. Cladera was awarded the Outstanding Young Conductor of the year by the Association of Choral Directors of America, and first place in several international piano competitions including: Luis Troccoli International Piano Competition and Luis Cluzeau Mortet Piano Competition. He conducted Opera Colorado’s production of As One in March. Upcoming engagements include his debut with Cincinatti Opera.

LUCAS KRECH | Lighting Design A multi-media artist working in light, video projection and code, Lucas Krech’s work has been seen across the US, Romania and the UK. He has received multiple nominations for NYIT and BATCC awards, and won Broadway World, SF “Best Lighting Design” 2011. He received the Lighting Artist in Dance grant from The Dancers Group for collaboration on new multi-media work in 2013. His opera designs include Opera Santa Barbara,

THE ARTISTS Opera Colorado, West Edge Opera, West Bay Opera, First Look Sonoma, Yale Arts & Ideas Festival, LPR and Berkeley Opera. His theater credits span Off-Broadway & regional including The Magic, Barter Theater, Marin Theater Company, Shotgun Players, Center Rep, Gotham Stages, Friendly Fire, Immigrant’s Theater and NYMF. Dance collaborators include Nicolo Fonte, Matthew Neenan, Sean Curran, Amy Seiwert, Adam Houghland, Johannes Weiland, Emery LeCrone, Peter Quantz, Erika Tsimbrovsky, Derek Hough, Andrea Schermoly and Marcello Gomes. Design work has been featured in American Theater Magazine. His writing appears in Stage Directions, On Stage Lighting, Parabasis Blog, Brooklyn Rail, and PLSN magazines. He has been a guest artist at UC Berkeley, Williams College and USF. Installation work shown at SOMArts, Studio Gracia, Outside/Input and Black Rock City. He holds a MFA in design from NYU. TIMOTHY MIX | Enrico Recipient of a 2008 Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant, FinnishAmerican baritone Tim Mix is recognized for the beauty of his voice and his compelling stage presence. Mr. Mix received critical acclaim for his portrayal of the pivotal role of Edward Gaines in the New York premiere of Richard Danielpour and Toni Morrison’s Margaret Garner, a new production by Tazewell Thompson, for which he received New York City Opera’s 2008 Christopher Keene Award. Last season saw a debut with the Santa Fe Opera as Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Amonasro in Aida in a return to Opera Southwest, and the role of Claudio in Faccio’s Amleto with Opera Delaware. This season Tim debuts with the Finnish National Opera as Escamillo in Carmen, returns to the Santa Fe Opera for their production of The Golden Cockerel, and returns to the San Francisco Opera to perform De Brétigny in Manon. Other career highlights include performances with Washington National Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Lyric Opera Baltimore, Opera Grand Rapids, Palm Beach Opera, The Dallas Opera, The Oregon Symphony, The Baltimore Symphony, and the LA Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel, among others.

OMAR NAJMI^ | Normanno Originally from Boston, MA, Omar has spent three seasons as an Emerging Artist with the Boston Lyric Opera. His roles there have included Vanya Kudrjas in Katya Kabanova, Reverend Harrington in Lizzie Borden, Bruno in I Puritani, Borsa in Rigoletto and 1st Armored-Man in The Magic Flute. An avid performer of contemporary music, Omar has appeared as El Gobernador in La Reina with the American Lyric Theater, Bill in Flight and Laurie in Little Women – both with Opera Fayetteville. Recent credits include Aufidio in Lucio Silla, with Odyssey Opera, and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, with Opera NEO. As an Opera Colorado Young Artist this season, his role with Opera Colorado’s touring productions include Almaviva in The Barber of Seville and Nemorino in The Elixir of Love. In addition to this role in Lucia di Lammermoor, he appeared as Joe in La Fanciulla del West in the fall, and Edgardo in the Student Matinee of Lucia di Lammermoor.

ARI PELTO Opera Colorado Music Director and Conductor Ari Pelto, music director of Opera Colorado, is widely known for performances, which have been called poetic, earthy, vigorous and highly individual. He is in demand in opera houses and with symphony orchestras throughout the United States. At the age of 24 Pelto was appointed Assistant Conductor at the Spoleto Festival and has gone on to conduct on stages worldwide. His international appearances include symphonic performances with the Bochumer Philharmoniker, productions of Le Nozze di Figaro and Falstaff at New National Theatre of Tokyo, and Faust at the Teatro Nacional Sucre in Quito, Ecuador. In 2004 he made his highly-praised debut with New York City Opera conducting La Traviata, after which he became a regular guest conductor, returning for productions of Madama Butterfly, La Bohème and Carmen. In 2015, Pelto was named Opera Colorado’s first ever Music Director, where he has conducted acclaimed performances of Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Aida and the world premiere of Lori Laitman’s

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THE ARTISTS The Scarlet Letter, a recording of which will be released in fall 2017 on the Naxos label. In addition to this production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Pelto lead a production of La Fanciulla del West last fall, and will lead La Bohème, Steal a Pencil for Me and Falstaff in the 2017-2018 season.

ANN PIANO | Lucia Nightgown Costume Design Ann Piano is pleased to be designing for Opera Colorado’s mainstage. For the past 14 years, she has run the costume department and designed costumes for the Young Artist’s touring productions. In 2012, she won a True West “Best Costume Design” Award for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at The Curious Theatre Company in Denver, Colorado. In 2009, she was nominated for a Henry Award for Enchanted April at Miner’s Alley Playhouse, Golden, Colorado. Piano received a BFA in Fashion Design from Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri.

MARCIA RAGONETTI | Alisa Esteemed mezzo-soprano Marcia Ragonetti is an Opera Colorado veteran with a rich 35-year history with company, having performed more than 20 roles including Cherubino, Rosina, Angelina, Mercedes, Meg Page, Siebel, Tisbe, Third Lady and others. A career highlight was helping to inaugurate “The Ellie” in 2005 in its gala concert and celebrated production of Carmen. She has also performed with Central City Opera, Opera Fort Collins, Opera Theatre of the Rockies as well as multiple guest appearances with the Colorado Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Utah and San Antonio orchestras among others. Her international debut in Italy was in a touring production of Sweeney Todd as the Beggar Woman, a role she first performed with Opera Colorado. She received her second Henry Award nomination for “Best Actress” in 2016 as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard; her first was in 2012 for her virtuosic portrayal of Maria Callas in Master Class which also earned her a “Best

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Diva” award from Westword. She continues to create cabaret shows based on The Great American Songbook composers Gershwin, Kern and Porter among others. Marcia is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University.

BRETT SPRAGUE | Arturo American tenor Brett Sprague has been praised for his vocal and dramatic quality on stages across the United States. Past professional credits include Herb Shuttle Happy Birthday Wanda June – World Premiere and Henry Crawford Mansfield Park with Indianapolis Opera, Laurie Little Women with Eugene Opera and the Astoria Music Festival, Tenor Soloist Carmina Burana with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Sonora, Antinoüs Pénélope with Vespertine Opera, Don José and Remendado Carmen, Tamino and First Man in Armor Die Zauberflöte, Borsa Rigoletto, and the Registrar Madama Butterfly with Opera Colorado, Almaviva The Barber of Seville, The Witch Hansel & Gretel, and Romeo in Romeo & Juliet with Opera Colorado’s touring productions, Malcolm Macbeth and Rector Adams Peter Grimes with Chautauqua Opera, Little Bat Susannah and Mordcha Fiddler on the Roof with Ash Lawn Opera, Ernesto Don Pasquale with Amore Opera, Tenor Swing The Most Happy Fella with Dicapo Opera, among others. He has performed as a soloist in concerts across North America in venues such as the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, The Ellie Caulkins Opera House, The Festival Internacional Alfonso Ortiz Tirado and the Historic Amphitheatre at the Chautauqua Institution. Originally from Tacoma, WA, he holds degrees from Chapman University and Manhattan School of Music.

THE ARTISTS KETURAH STICKANN | Director Keturah Stickann’s directing and choreography has been seen on five continents, as well as on television through PBS’ Great Performances.

Recent credits include Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice (Vermont Opera Project and the National Gallery), Seven Deadly Sins/Pagliacci (Virginia Opera), L’elisir d’amore (Opera Birmingham), La traviata (Chautauqua Opera), Tosca (Knoxville Opera), Macbeth (Kentucky Opera), Don Quichotte (San Diego Opera), Flight (Opera Fayetteville), Rigoletto (Opera Memphis, San Diego Opera), La clemenza di Tito (Opera in the Heights), The Tales of Hoffman (Knoxville Opera), Manon (Knoxville Opera), and Madama Butterfly (Opera Colorado). Ms Stickann is a frequent collaborator with director, Leonard Foglia, most recently as choreographer for the world premiere production of Heggie/Scheer’s It’s A Wonderful Life at Houston Grand Opera. She was his choreographer and movement director for the world premiere of Heggie/Scheer’s Moby-Dick at Dallas Opera in 2010, choreographer for Cruzar la Cara de la Luna with Mariachi Vargas, and Ricky Ian Gordon’s A Coffin in Egypt, both in Houston, and his assistant director for the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain at Santa Fe, and for the national tour of Anna Deavere Smith’s Let Me Down Easy.

MATTHEW TREVIÑO | Raimondo Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a bass of rare talent” and by Opera News as singing “impressively, with velvety legato,” Matthew Treviño is proving to be one of today’s most soughtafter basses. His celebrated portrayal of Dr P in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat with the Nashville Opera was recently released by Naxos recordings to high critical acclaim. Recent engagements include Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Vancouver Opera, English National Opera and Hawaii Opera Theatre, Colline in La bohème with Florentine Opera and the Colorado

Symphony, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Santa Fe Symphony, Leporello in Don Giovanni with Opera Colorado, the title role in the world premiere of The Canterville Ghost

by Gordon Getty with Opera Leipzig, and a debut with the Saint Louis Symphony (Messiah) under Christopher WarrenGreen. Future engagements include the world premiere of Three Way with the Nashville Opera and American Opera Projects in New York City, Zuniga in Carmen with Hawaii Opera Theater, and the Doctor in La Traviata with the Austin Opera.

ENGLISH OR SPANISH SUBTITLES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS OPERATING THE SUBTITLES FOLLOW THESE EASY STEPS

 Prior to the performance, the screen will display a

sponsored message automatically.

(You cannot turn it off.)  When the singing begins, briefly press the red button.  Press once for English titles and twice for Spanish titles.  Press three times to turn the system off.  Repeat these steps after intermission(s).

Pressing the button too many times or holding the button down will result in system failure. Titles are only broadcast when singing occurs on the stage.

If you experience difficulty with the system, please contact an usher for assistance. Opera Colorado does not offer refunds or exchanges in the event of subtitle system failure. A synopsis of the opera is available in this program.

All Sunday matinee performances offer audio description for the visually impaired. Headsets are available at the coat check.

English subtitles written by Jeremy Sortore for Opera Colorado. Spanish translation by TranslatingSpanish.com

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LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR ORCHESTRA

VIOLIN I Margaret Gutierrez, concertmaster Angela Dombrowski Debra Holland Robyn Julyan Chris Jusell Regan Kane Cyndi Mancinelli Leah Mohling Robyn Sosa Takanori Sugishita

CELLO Jeff Watson, principal Cedra Kuehn Charles Lee David Short Elle Wells Carole Whitney BASS David Crowe, principal Jeremy Nicholas Matthew Pennington James Vaughn

VIOLIN II René Knetsch, principal Lynne Glaeske Susie Peek Ingrid Peoria Gyongyver Petheo Veronica Sawarynski Leslie Sawyer Christine Short

FLUTE Susan Townsend, principal Elizabeth Sadilek

VIOLA Matthew Dane, principal Michael Brook Brian Cook Mary Harrison Sarah Richardson Lora Stevens

CLARINET Michelle Orman, principal Heidi Mendenhall

PRODUCTION STAFF MUSIC STAFF Andres Cladera, Associate Conductor Keun-A Lee, Coach/Accompanist Kim Peoria, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ingrid Peoria, Orchestra Librarian PRODUCTION STAFF Katie Preissner, Director of Production & Stage Manager Jordan Lee Braun, Assistant Director Amelia Nordin, Assistant Stage Manager Madeline Levy, Assistant Stage Manager Jeremy Sortore, Title Coordinator Beth Nielsen, Title Operator Brian Greffe, MD, Company Physician Buzz Reifman, NPPA, Company Otolaryngologist 8

PICCOLO Olga Shilaeva OBOE Sarah Bierhaus, principal Max Soto

BASSOON Charles Hansen, principal Kim Peoria

TECHNICAL STAFF Erin Turner, Technical Director Ed Saindon, Head Carpenter Mike Boswell, Shop/Production Carpenter Greg Killpack, Assistant Carpenter Jeff Reidel, Head Flyman Chris Green, Head Electrician Stephen Mazzeno, Light Board Operator Susan Osborn, Assistant Electrician Patrick Howard, Assistant Lighting Designer Maria Hedrick, Head Props Terry Gulley, Assistant Props Charles Polich, Head Sound ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE CREW Randy Mitchell, House Carpenter James Gralian, House Sound Tanya Rist, House Props Dave Wilson, House Electrician

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HORN Michael Yopp, principal Lauren Varley Devon Park Marian Hesse TRUMPET Colin Oldberg, principal Ken Aikin TROMBONE Bron Wright, principal Andy Wolfe Jeremy Van Hoy TUBA Michael Allen, principal TIMPANI Peter Cooper, principal PERCUSSION Carl Dixon, acting principal Nena Lorenz Wright

OPERA COLORADO CHORUS Soprano Emily Gradowski Margaret Ozaki Graves Ji Hee Kim Allison Nicholas^ Susan Rahmsdorff Kristen Smith Sally Swallow Alexandra Trosper

COSTUMES Ann Piano, Costume Director Alison Milan, Shop Manager and Wardrobe Head DRAPER Kevin Brainerd SHOP ASSISTANTS Barbara Piano Elizabeth Woods VOLUNTEER STITCHER Julie Parker DRESSERS Kevin Brainerd Alie Holden Tom Holmes Annabel Reader Elizabeth Woods VOLUNTEER DRESSERS Valerie Kreck Amburn Leslie Cady Kathy Heider Jan Heimer Pat Smith

Mezzo- Soprano Janet Braccio Teleri Gee Jennifer Harpel Christina Hazen Claire Leborgne Danielle Lombardi^ Katherine Snyder Tenor Matt Cantwell Nathan Crowder Brian Harris Luke Johnson Leo Kaufman Omar Najmi^ Norman Spivy Ron Stauffer Joey Taczak Anthony Varner Keith Williamson Bass/Baritone John Adams Ryan Bradford^ Robert Charlock Bradley Gibbons Shane Delavan Charles Eaton^ Kasey Nahlovsky Zeky Nadji Luke North Todd Resseguie ^Opera Colorado Young Artist

WIGS AND MAKEUP Sarah Opstad, Associate Wigs and Makeup Coordinator Angela Norris, Wigs and Make-Up Assistant Devanie Blake, Wigs and Make-Up Assistant ARTIST HOSTS Host Chairmen: Merrill Shields Katy Burley Brian Crane Robert Kahn Cherity Koepke Heather MacKinnon Kevin O’Connor Astrid Stocks SUPERNUMERARY Kristen Smith, Fountain Ghost

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The following list acknowledges individual donors, corporations and foundations who made gifts to Opera Colorado’s Annual Fund as of March 30, 2017. *indicates donor is deceased

INDIVIDUALS

PRESIDENT CIRCLE $20,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Barrow Mike and Julie Bock Dave and Pam Duke Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Martin Jeff Baldwin and Debra J. Perry Marcia and Dick Robinson Jeremy and Susan Shamos Patrick Spieles and Carol McMurry DIRECTOR CIRCLE $10,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Bruce G. Allen Al and Rebecca Bates Linda Bjelland Peyton and Suzanne D. Bucy Ellie Caulkins Noël and Thomas Congdon Mary and Tom Conroy Mr. Robert Damrauer Mr. and Mrs. John Dye Dr. and Mrs. Larry S. Fisher Mr. Ray J. Groves Harley and Lorraine Higbie Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy F. Kinney The Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth Laff Tracy McCarthy Ms. Muffy Moore and Mr. Al Minier Kevin O’Connor and Janet Ellen Raasch Ann and Gerald Saul Merrill Shields and M. Ray Thomasson Marlis and Shirley* Smith Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Thompson Martha and Will Tracey Mr. and Mrs. Byron S. Watson

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weil Anonymous MAESTRO CIRCLE $5,000+ Wendy and Steven Cohen Margaret N. Dillon Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Karen Fukutaki Robert S. Graham Celeste and Jack Grynberg Cy and Lyndia Harvey Dr. Jan Kennaugh and Mr. Chip Horne Frank and Virginia Leitz Dr. and Mrs. William N. Maniatis Mrs. Rhea J. Miller Robert R. Montgomery and Nancy Hawkins Zondra Rae Pluss The Ponzio Family Dr. Barbara Reed Mrs. Carol C. Whitley Maradith and Rusty Wilkins Herbert Wittow Larry and Brigitte Zimmer DIVA CIRCLE $2,500+ Mrs. Pamela D. Beardsley Mr. James L. Berggren Mr. Charles E. Berry and Mrs. Maria Garcia Berry Sheila Bisenius Robin E. Black Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Bock Eric Coomer Mr. and Mrs. Dirk de Roos Mr. Mike Hurdle Ms. Judy Johnston Veronica A. McCaffrey and Barbara A. Frank Ms. Rochelle Mulhern Ralph & Trish Nagel Christine and Harry Phillips Bruce Polkowsky and Bill Powell Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Helen Scott Santilli Jane Halle Schultz-Burnett Vicki and Harry Sterling Lindsay and George Sugden Jerry and Debi Tepper Ms. Erin Wenzel COMPRIMARIO CIRCLE $1,000+ Mr. Hartman Axley Janice Baucum Brian Bennett and Bev Daniels Chris and Heather Bennett Dr. Bill and Betty Buchanan Leslie Cady

Mrs. Sue M. Cannon Mr. Gregory A. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. George P. Caulkins, III Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Caulkins Mr. David J. Chavolla Ms. Kathryn Codo Catherine Cole Donna and Ted Connolly G. Kevin and Virginia Conwick Ms. Heather Dahlgren Ze and Dick Deane Ms. Marian O. Dines Marcus & Wendy Divita Max and Joyce Douglas Ms. Mary Ann Downs Laurie and Ben Duke III Elizabeth & Matthew Dyer George and Sissy Gibson Dr. and Mrs. Burton Golub Susan and John Gowen Stephen and Dorothy Gregory Mark Groshek MD and Carl Clark MD Sally Haas Mr. J. Lawrence Hamil Deborah Hayes and James L. Martin III Drs. Kathryn Hobbs* and Marc Cohen Mr. William T. Hoffman Christine Hollander and Michael McGee Marcia C. Holt and John S. Holt Ruth Hopfenbeck and George Hopfenbeck Jr. Ms. Karen Howland and Mr. J. Gregory Mudge Craig Johnson and Alicia McCommons Gary and Judith Judd John N. Kabalin, MD. Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Kafadar Joe and Francine Kelso Dr. Lawrence Kim and Nhung Van Diana and Mike Kinsey Richard Koseff Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Lazarus Cheryl McGinnis and Edward Woolman V.W. McKnab and Margaret Jurado Dave and Miza McReynolds Dr. Monica I. Minkoff and Mr. Harry M. Siegfried

Jerri Lynn Modrall and Eric E. Doering Mr. William R. Moninger Lynnette Morrison Dr. and Mrs. Calvern E. Narcisi Drs. Harold and Sarah Nelson Bob Nelson Mr. Steven Okuley Bonnie M. Orkow Dorothy Pearson Bonnie Perkins Rick Poppe and Jana Edwards Mr. Thomas J. Powers Jr. Alexander and Cynthia Read T. R. Reid Mr. Kent A. Rice and Ms. Ann M. Corrigan Steven and Joan Ringel Ayliffe and Fred Ris Daniel L. Ritchie Juan and Alicia Rodriguez Mr. Paul Ruotolo Ms. Ruth E. Schoening Mr. and Mrs. George G. Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith Mr. Robert Swift Ms. Kathleen R. Tower Drs. Kathy Kennedy and Ben Vernon Mary and Ken Willis Anonymous RED DOT PATRON $500+ Dr. Richard J. Agee Marilyn and Jules Amer Mr. and Mrs. William D. Armstrong Dr. and Mrs. Sol Bassow Nancy Battan Peter Batty and Paula Kechichian Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Benedict III Mr. Gerald Boutwell Brewster and Helen Boyd Dr. Lucinda and Mr. Edward Bryant Sandy and Rogene Buchholz Gordon and Ron Butz Marjorie and Doug Carriger Mark and Margaret Carson Charles Case and Phillip St. Cloud Barbara and Roger Chamberlain Prof. Gerald Chapman Mr. David Clark Everett B. Clark Ms. Nancy Cochran Wendy Wilkins Cogdal Alan and In Hye Como Bob and Georgi Contiguglia Steve and Pat Corder $500 donors continue on page 23

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Mr. John Coubrough, Jr. Tom and Cheryl Cox Mr. Jim Craig Brian D. Crane Mr. and Ms. James D. Crapo Nancy Crow and Mark Skrotzki Ms. Cheryl M. Cruickshank Ms. Joan Daniels Manley Houlton Carolyn E. Daniels George and Yonnie Dikeou Timothy James Donahue Lois N. Eckhoff Carl and Nan Eklund Evan and Kim Ela Mr. and Mrs. James Espy Ms. Donna G. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Frey Deborah Friedman Alan and Sally Gass Ms. Linda Goldstein Dr. Daniel J. Greenholz Mrs. Carol and Dr. Fred Grover Mr. Frank Guerra and Ms. Jo Ellen Graybill Mr. Steven Gulevich Gina Guy Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Hansen Jerry and Patty Hauptman Beverlee B. Henry and The Honorable Robert P. Fullerton Lee and Margaret Henry Mr. Richard Hilty Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hollis Sarah Hopfenbeck and Susan Corle Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Steve and Chryse Hutchins Kendor and Paulette Jones Mishele Kieffer Roberta and Mel Klein Ann and James Leh Deanna Rose Leino Jim and Patience Linfield Mrs. Patricia A. Livingston Patty Lorie Mr. & Mrs. Ginnie and Tom Maes Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Y. Marchand Mrs. Martha Anne Marquis Marian E. Matheson Pam and Mo Mathews Mr. and Mrs. William Mathews Sandy Mazarakis and Neil Burris Dr. and Mrs. James McElhinney Pamela Merrill Frend John Miner and Jeffrey L. Lawhead Henry B. Mohr Sue and Bill Mohrman Jack Finlaw and Gregory Movesian

John and Margaret Moyer Mary Kenny Moynihan and Michael Moynihan Mr. Mark A. Nachtigal Dr. and Mrs. David A. Norris Kelli O’Brien and Michael Kolotylo Nancy and Paul Oberman Mr. Michael Ogborn Ronald Y. Otsuka Mr. Charles Patterson Dr. and Mrs. David S. Pearlman Mr. and Mrs. Perry Peine Andrew R. Pleszkun Robert and Mary Quillin Charles and Reta Ralph Karyn K. Rieb Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roberts Mr. Joe Ronnenberg Mr. Joseph C. Rook Mr Doug Rooney Mr. Allan S. and Judith Rosenbaum Ms. Carol L. Rust Karen and Mark Sather Raymond N. Satter Mr. Henry R. Schmoll Fern B. Seltzer and Andrew Heymsfield Dr. Douglas and Mrs. Antoinette Shaller Ms. Jo B. Shannon Mr. John Shott Ms. Nancy Siegel Ms. Jennifer Sobanet Lars and Jane Soderberg Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Sparks Ms. Judith Zee Steinberg Larry D. Stephens Bill and Shirley Stout Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Drs. Morris and Ellen Susman Jim and Sue Swanson Carson Taylor Ms. Janice Tilden John and Sharon Trefny Mr. and Mrs. Lee Van Arsdale Mr. Peter Van Etten Francisco Varela and Timothy Wilson Dr. Donald Vawter Normie and Paul Voilleque Samuel Wagonfeld, M.D. Ed and Patty Wahtera Ms. Tina Walls Dr. Valerie M. Wassill, MD Marie Belew Wheatley Scott and Karen Yarberry Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Yost Dr. Jack and Mrs. Barbara Zable Ken and Charlotte Ziebarth Anonymous

CHORISTER $250+ Tucker and Dan Adams Catherine H. Anderson Ellen & Donald Bauder Barbara Benedict Charles Berberich and Marilyn Munsterman Drs. Tomas and Diane Berl Ms. Earline A. Bohling Lynn Peyton and Richard Bottjer E. Candace Boyle and Thomas R. Salas Ms. Jay Breen Ms. Carol Brewer Ms. Karen M. Bruggenthies Mr. and Mrs. Dean Burton Edwin T Callahan George M. and Carol G. Canon Hebert Cantor Mr. Brad Case and Mr. William McMechen Jim and Sara Culhane Michael and Bonnie Dalke Ronald L. Deal Deedee and Peter Decker Greg Diamond Peter and Marian Downs Dave and Mary Driscoll Philippe and Cynthia Dunoyer Matt and Reine Erzinger Mr. Dan Fead Amy Feaster David and Debra Flitter L. Richard and Sigrid Halvorson Freese Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Garfein Alan and Sally Gass Rev. and Mrs. B. J. George Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Gottlieb Ms. Renee Gross Ms. Linda Harmon Alfred and Dori Harrell Mr. Timothy Harris Richard and Sandra Hilt Mr. James S. Hoch Carol Ann Hoffman Barbara and John Hughes Ms. Jane A. Hultin John Dennis Hynes and Virginia Medelman Mr. Daniel Isaman Mrs. Philip Isely James and Jean Johnston Mr. Howard Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Kidder Margie Kinslow Mr. and Mrs. Loring Knoblauch Rex Kramer and Cindy Crater John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Mr. Richard S. Leaman

Ms. Carole Leight Paul and Nancy Levitt Penny Lewis Robert and Gloria Lilly-Cohen Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macfarlane Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Y. Marchand Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips Pat Mcshane Bob and Mereth Meade Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Metzger Mrs. Susan Mostow John and Mary Muth Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson Kent and Ruth Obee Linda Plaut Rich and Kim Plumridge Mrs. Kathryn L. Pride Ann and John Prosser Ms. Tracy Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Gene Richards Ms. Deborah M. H. Rohan Ms. Joann Rose Mary Ann Ross Paul Rubner and Vicki Jensen Mrs. Barbara Rumsey Jane Russell Sherry and Frank Sargent, MD. John and Patricia Schmitter Ms. Andrea Shpall Mr. and Mrs. Gary Siegel Mrs. Marlene P. Siegel Mr. Norman Spivy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Straub Mrs. Mary Symonton Prof. and Mrs. Joseph S. Szyliowicz Mr. Glenn Takimoto and Mrs. Janet Stephens Lloyd and Barbara Timblin, Jr. Dr. and Ms. James Kennedy Todd Robert C. Tripp Gretchen Vanderwerf and Gordon Jones Ms. Cia A. Wenzel Mr. and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Ms. Marilyn L. Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zoellner Anonymous FRIEND $100+ Mr. and Mrs. Norman O. Aarestad Tucker and Dan Adams Ms. Jeanne Adkins Paul and Susan Ahlquist Danica Anderson Ms. Jane Anderson Alice and Lee Anneberg Mr. Donald K. Bain $100 donors continue on page 25

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Mr. John P. Bardeen Dr. Dennis Barrett Kirk and Patti Bateman Ms. Jennifer N. Bater Ms. Barbara Bell Ms. Mariette H. Bell Kathleen Benegar Ms. Vera Berglund Kate Bermingham Dr. and Mrs. Dell Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. John R. Binder Ms. Murri Bishop Mr. John Blair Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blaney Mr. Howard L. Boigon Ms. Sandra Bonetti Mr. Kent H. Borges and Ms. Stephanie B. Dicenzo Mrs. Virginia P. Boucher Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bowers Donald K. Braden Jon and Becky Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Brauchli Ms. Janet C. Bruchmann David and Elizabeth Budd Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Budy Ms. Katy Burley Ms. Clare R. Cavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Chilcoat Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cirelli Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Close Ms. Ethel K. Clow Ms. Carol Coe Mr. Terry R. Collings Mr. and Mrs. Michael Collins Mr. Alexander J. Conley and Ms. Alysia D. Marino Mr. David A. Connell Kathleen M Cook Dr. David J. Cooper and Evelyn W. Cooper Vicki Cowart and Chris Hayes Ms. Barbara Cravens Ms. Louise Crosby Matthew Dane John Danio Helen Shreves Ms. Eva Denst Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Eidson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Elinoff Don Elliott Rose Enyeart and Bill Stoner Ted and Vivian Sheldon Epstein Ms. Judith H. Fahrenkrog Ms. Kathryn Finley Ms. Elizabeth A. Fischer and Mr. Don Elliott Dr. Stacy Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Fisher Ms. Ingrid Fretheim

Ms. Cynthia Gaertner Mr. and Mrs. Karl Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Caleb F. Gates, Jr. Mr. James Gehres Jennifer Ruth Gentry Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gilbert Ms. Rebecca Givens Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo Goncalves Ms. Liz Goodman and Mr. Robert Nauman Dr. Brian Greffe and Dr. Mark Donovan Ronald and Elnore Grow Ms. Susan Guillory Mrs. Lynn E. Harrington Mr. Richard H. Hart Ms. Doris Hass Mr. Richard A. Haynes Mr. Richard W. Healy Ms. Kathryn Heider Ginny Hersch Ms. Cynthia Hinds Sarah C. Hite Don and Mary Hoagland Ms. Mary Ellen Holmes Mr. William Hurlbut Paul W. Husted Roberta Hyman Dr. Jerry Jacobson Marilyn Jensen Kendor and Paulette Jones Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn Mrs. Kerstin Karloev Dr. Ross and Vicki Kazer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keatinge John T. Kelly Ms. Patricia C. Kelly and Mr. Thomas E. Dufficy Mr. Allen Kemp Mr. Sandford Kern Eileen and Walter Kintsch Bonnie Kipple Ken Kirkland Mr. Tom Kirkpatrick and Ms. Djuana Strauch Leonard Koch Mr. and Mrs. William W. Koch Elmer and Doris Koneman Dr. and Mrs. Alex Kotch Sheila Kowal and Blake Chambliss Mr. William L. Kowalski, Jr. Kay Lawrence Bernard V. Leason and Frieda Sanidas Leason Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Lee Peggy Lehmann Judy and Dan Lichtin Sarita List Mr. Randall M. Livingston Mr. Lester Lockspeiser

Mrs. R. T. Lyford Jr. Mr. Henry Mahlman Mrs. Caroline E. Malde Ms. Melissa Malde Marian E. Matheson Mary McClanahan Janice McClary and Jan McNally Mr. Stephen D. McGavran Virginia McGehee Dr. Mark Merrill Ms. Veatrice Monroe Ms. Janet Mordecai Warren Morrow Ms. Constance L. Mortell Mr. Lawrence Moskow Dr. and Mrs. Misac Nabighian Mr. Michael Newman Richard L. Nielsen Mr. Larry O’Donnell and Mr. Kermit Cain Kent & Ruth Obee Mr. Kurt M. Olender and Ms. Kam C. Wong Kent and Elaine Olson Stephanie and Roger Oram Mr. Chris Owen Lynn Parry, MD Ms. Barbra Pehrson Mr. and Mrs. David Pessel Dennis G. Peterson James Tait and Dr. Robin Post Irene M. Ibarra and Armando Quiroz Dr. and Mrs. Pablo Ramos Ms. Elisabeth Rebman Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Ms. Jennie Ridgley Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Ridgway Ms. Janet Roberts Paula Roney Ms. Linda F. Rosales Yanita Rowan Dr. Tom Russell Ms. Suzanne B. Ryan Jack and Ruth Salter Morris and Karen Sandstead Youlon D. Savage Kathleen Sawada Ms. Leslie Sawyer Mr. Rick Scalpello Ms. Gayla Scheid Gary D. Schrenk Betsy Schwarm and Rick Glesner Mr. Richard Scott Mr. Carl Shushan and Ms. Sandi Hill Ms. Phyllis Shushan and Mr. Carl Shushan Mrs. Andra Slavasky Mr. and Mrs. Michael Snow Ms. Camille Spaccavento

James B. Steed Mr. Gordon Stenger Mr. and Mrs. William E. Stiles Mr. Michael J. Stockton Jenene and James Stookesberry Ms. Diane Strong Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Sullivan Clé Symons William Bradford and Chin Tan Mr. Bentley C. Tate Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Tate Ms. Barbara Thorngren Mr. Michael M. Tinetti Ms. Susan Tower Mr. John B. Trueblood Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Van Bogaert Ms. Donna Van Hook Harry and Terri Vogler Bernd and Marta Wachter Mrs. Jennifer Wagner Turner Mrs. Kimberly S. Wagner Norma and George Wagoner Ms. Sarah Wallace Mr. Wilson W. Wampler Ms. Carley Warren Ann and Marlin Weaver Ms. Robin Stewart and Mr. Kirk Weber Ms. Ann Fails Westerberg Evan and Caroline Williams Ms. Lois K. Williams Ms. Jane Wingle Mr. David Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert and Jacklyn Writz Gene and Linda Young Ms. Pamela Zadigian Judith Graham and Jeff Zax Randall Zisler, Ph.D. and Joan Zisler Ms. Dale Zitek Anonymous

FOUNDATIONS & CORPORATIONS

President Circle $20,000+ The Anschutz Foundation Avenir Foundation Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Caulkins Family Foundation Community First Foundation Sidney E. Frank Foundation Virginia W. Hill Foundation PB & K Family Foundation Rassman Design Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation

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ANNUAL FUND CONTRIBUTORS Continued from page 25

Director $10,000+ Bucy Family Fund Chambers Family Fund Colorado Creative Industries The Crawley Family Foundation The Denver Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Jess & Rose Kortz and Pearl Rae Foundation Tulsa Community Foundation The Melvin and Elaine Wolf Foundation Maestro $5,000+ The Chotin Foundation Denver Lyric Opera Guild Denver Post Community Foundation Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Heider Family Foundation Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust Jeanne Land Foundation Out Front Colorado Leonard and Alice Perlmutter Charitable Foundation Tepper Family Foundation Wittow Foundation Diva $2,500+ David B. and Gretchen W. Black Family Foundation ECA Foundation Brooks Brothers Group Fine Arts Foundation Nagel Foundation United Way of Greater Kansas City Von Reckers Wealth Management Comprimario $1,000+ Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust The Dobbins Foundation Enstrom Candies Kinder Morgan Foundation Liberty Global, Inc. William D. Radichel Foundation The Schramm Foundation Schwab Charitable Sopra Communities Chorister $500+ IBM International Foundation Linfield Family Fund Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Pizza Republica Vanguard Charitable Western Union Foundation

Friend $100+ Anonymous American Endowment Foundation Bright Funds Foundation Bouquets C.H. Garwood Trust The GE Foundation Gill Foundation Ingrid Fretheim Interiors Jay’s Valet Parking Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico Aggie Kelley Kendra Scott Lin Lee & Associates Carole Q. Leight Revocable Trust Nelson Family Foundation The Elmer F. Pierson Foundation Rose Community Foundation Wednesday Music Party

SPONSORS

Artistic, Education, Inside OC, Stage Technology and Young Artists 4 Corner Business Services AXA Foundation Anonymous Avenir Foundation Kenneth and Donna Barrow Mike and Julie Bock Boettcher Foundation Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Peyton and Suzanne D. Bucy David and Elizabeth Budd Ellie Caulkins Wendy and Steven Cohen The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County Dirk and Joyce de Roos Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Fairfield & Woods, PC Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts C/o Goelet, Llc Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation Jamie Kraus Photography Jared Polis Foundation Fund PB & K Family Foundation Marlis and Shirley* Smith Patrick Spieles and Carol McMurry Javier and Jennifer Tafoya

TRIBUTES

In honor of Julie and Mike Bock, recognizing their extraordinary commitment to Opera Colorado Mark and Kristin McKissick In honor of Mike Bock Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Martin In honor of Suzanne Bucy Mrs. Nancy Huston Schulein In honor of Leslie Cady Mr. Francis Seibert In honor of Ellie Caulkins Margaret N. Dillon Mr. Joe Michaud Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland In honor of Darrel Curtice Steve and Pat Corder In honor of Sigrid Freese Anonymous In honor of Mike Hughes Arleen and Barry Hirschfeld In honor of the work of Cherity Koepke Ms. Marcia Ragonetti In honor of Ken and Barbara Laff Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Rodgers In honor of Linda Levin Donna C. Kornfeld In honor of Sharon Randall Ms. Jeanne Adkins In honor of Marcia Robinson Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld In honor of Patricia Smith Ms. Kathryn Works In honor of Nathan Van Arsdale Mr. and Mrs. Lee Van Arsdale In honor of Carol Whitley Mrs. Nancy Huston Schulein In memory of Cindy Bryant Ms. Michelle Nathan

In memory of Robert and Stasia Davison Peyton and Suzanne Bucy In memory of Dr. John Denst Ms. Patricia Barnwell Ms. Eva Denst In memory of Maud Duke Laurie and Ben Duke III In memory of Victor Fabrizio Dirk and Joyce de Roos In memory of Kathryn Lynn Franklin Mr. Glenn Takimoto and Mrs. Janet Stephens In memory of Jacqueline Frischknecht Mr. Chuck Lawhead and Mr. Ronald Broome In memory of Lillian Glennor Ms. Patricia Jones Ms. Ann Lastowski In memory of Dr. Jim List Dr. Daniel J. Greenholz In memory of Hugh and Peggy McGee Sarah Hopfenbeck and Susan Corle In memory of Nathaniel Merrill Pamela Merrill In memory of Robert Peterson Mr. John Peterson In memory of William “Bill” Russell Mrs. Sylvia K. Brown Mr. and Mrs. George Crouter Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler E. Grey The Gyro Club of Denver Mrs. Nancy Huston Schulein Ms. Joyce Sempson Ms. Jessica Teselle Mr. and Mrs. Charles L Warren Mr. and Mrs. Chris Williams In memory of Ethel Slawsby Sheila Kowal and Blake Chambliss

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In memory of Shirley Smith Mrs. Susan Adams Sherrye Berger Dr. and Mrs. Barry P. Berlin MD Sheila Bisenius Ms. Margaret Brownlie Mr. Gregory A. Carpenter Ellie Caulkins The Chotin Foundation Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Mrs. Allison Dodge Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Fox Sheldon and Ellen Friedman Alan and Sally Gass Mr. and Mrs. William W. Grant Ms. Colleen Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Peter Holst Ms. Suzanne Kinney Sarita List Dick and Mary Pat McCormick Lynnette Morrison Mrs. Julia Scheele Mr. Gerald Schissler Katie and Scott Schoelzel Jeremy and Susan Shamos Ms. Camille Spaccavento Jenene and James Stookesberry

Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Thompson Mr. Huntington Walker Gene and Linda Young Ms. Barbara Zarlengo In memory of John Calvin Stump Anonymous

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The following people have made arrangements to include Opera Colorado in their Estate Plan.

Sheila Bisenius Ellie Caulkins Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Miss B. I. Garlinghouse Ms. Donna E. Hamilton Ms. Lisa R. James Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Kafadar Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn Deanna Rose Leino Mrs. Lee Roberts Mary Ann Rose Mr. Stephen Seifert Jenene and James Stookesberry Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vanbuskirk Mrs. Carol C. Whitley

STAFF CORNER Getting to Know Opera Colorado

MANAGING DIRECTOR PAUL DECKARD

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his month, Paul Deckard joins the senior management team at Opera Colorado as Managing Director. Paul Deckard brings a diverse set of experiences as both a leader and an artist. His international exposure and artistic background have enabled him to create innovative and collaborative solutions for arts organizations.

Paul has a deep passion for opera.

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2015-2016 VOLUNTEERS (January 2015 November 2016) Eric Bard Laurel Barsa Devanie Blake Barbara Bower Marilyn Brock Carol Brown Jeff Brown Katy Burley Carole Cheley Joyce deRoos Ketje deRoos Steve Dilts Sigrid Freese Tom Gaffney Robert Kahn Stormy Knight Paull Kupler Sally Lammers Susi Landers Melinda Leach Janette Lucero Heather MacKinnon Tracy McCarthy David Mejia Maggie Mejia

He began his career in opera working in a variety of artistic and production roles at regional companies in the US and Europe. After gaining experience in the creative side of the arts Paul began focusing on providing business strategy and financial consultation for arts organizations.

He has worked as a CFO and management consultant focusing on financial sustainability and strategic planning. Paul has been widely recognized as an influential leader with a successful track record. Most recently he was responsible for the financial turnaround at The Atlanta Opera, where he developed and implemented strategies to eliminate a $1.1M deficit over two years and double the number of operas and education programs produced per season. “I am excited to join the team

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Marilyn Olen Frank Parce David Pessel Eva Phibbs Miki Reddy Maura Rice Donna Ries Ellie Roberts Therese Schoen Ruth Schoening Astrid Stocks Liz Walker Wendy Wenkstern Marie Belew Wheatley Christel Woody Randy Wren Frank Zoske Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our donor list. However, if your name is incorrectly listed, please accept our sincere apologies and contact Erin Wenzel at 303.468.2040. Although space limitations only allow us to list donors whose gifts were $100 and above, we are deeply grateful for the support of all our dedicated contributors.

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