2019 Festival Program | Dead Man Walking | Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury

IN OPERA WE TRUST

2019 FESTIVAL | APRIL 27– MAY4

DEAD MAN WALKING

Music by Jake Heggie Libretto by Terrence McNally Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean

SCALIA/GINSBURG An opera by Derrick Wang

& TRIAL BY JURY Gilbert & Sullivan

plus LEADING LADIES OFFSTAGE

OFFICIAL PROGRAM

WELCOME FROM OUR

GENERAL DIRECTOR Dear Friends, When we decided to offer two contemporary operas for this spring’s Festival, Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking and Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg, in addition to Gilbert & Sullivan’s classic Trial by Jury, we did not know that the U.S. Supreme Court and its Justices would soon dominate news headlines.

Nor that Ruth Bader Ginsburg would hit peak pop-culture-icon status thanks to two films, a health scare, and a certain “Super Diva!” shirt. I suppose those in the all-publicity-is-good-publicity camp would call it serendipity. I call it an opportunity.

Choosing to present contemporary opera can be risky. But we chose these works—works that explore themes of law, redemption, and unlikely friendships in a divided world—to establish deeper connections with our community. And to remind them that, in the words of OperaDelaware’s founders, opera is for everyone. In an area full of legal professionals, where the “Delaware Way” (a philosophy that Delawareans will generally put aside our differences, both political and personal, for the greater good of the state) is revered, it made sense. After all, the defining moment of Scalia/Ginsburg is the bipartisan anthem, “We are different. We are one.”

THE LOPER TRADITION Paintings by Edward Loper, Sr. and Edward Loper, Jr. THROUGH AUGUST 4, 2019 2301 Kentmere Parkway Wilmington, DE 19806 302.571.9590 | delart.org

Research for this exhibition has been undertaken by Dr. Leslie Wingard through the support of the Alfred Appel, Jr. Curatorial Fellowship. | Left to right: Elfreth’s Alley (detail), 1948. Edward Loper, Sr. (1916–2011). Oil on canvas, 29 5/8 x 24 5/8 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 2017. © Estate of Edward Loper Sr. | Elfreth’s Alley (detail),1973. Edward Loper, Jr. (born 1934). Oil on canvas, 35 × 32 inches. Collection of Marianne Moore Viceconte. © Edward Loper, Jr.

Yet, it doesn’t matter where you fall on the political spectrum. These works will resonate with and challenge you. They’re timely, provocative, and passionate. It is not our job to tell you how to think or feel about some of the tough issues tackled in these pieces, but that’s the power of great art, especially opera. As Dead Man Walking author, Sister Helen Prejean, muses (see pgs. 8-9), “A true work of art is one that brings people to a deeper level of reflection."

The music in these extraordinary pieces allows the listener to feel meaning and emotion long enough to consider rather than immediately react. This music forces us to sit with subtext, amplifies emotion, and elicits a response that the spoken word alone cannot. In a time when we can curate our own news feeds to ensure that what we see agrees with our own viewpoints, this is critical. Opera is an analog balm for a weary digital soul.

When producing contemporary opera, one might as well embrace the most contemporary of publicity tools: the hashtag. Ours? #InOperaWeTrust. We trust in opera to have the magical gift of being timely—and becoming timeless. We trust in opera buffs to enjoy the “operatic precedent” of Handel, Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini in Scalia/Ginsburg. We trust first-timers to be transfixed by the raw power of Dead Man Walking. Finally, we trust in opera's gift for telling stories like no other art form.

Thank you for trusting us to take you on this journey.

Brendan Cooke

1

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

invites you to attend

THE TENNESSEE WALTZ A brutal and hilarious musical perversion of the works of Tennessee Williams, portrayed by a bunch of legal professionals Tickets and sponsorships will be available in the summer

DEAD MAN WALKING Music by Jake Heggie

November 15, 2019 Wilmington November 16, 2019 Wilmington November 17, 2019 Dover

Libretto by Terrence McNally Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. First performed at the War Memorial Opera House by the San Francisco Opera on October 7, 2000

Visit www.ProfundoBono.org for tickets and more information Profundo Bono is a non-profit, non-political theater company comprised of judges, lawyers, and others in the legal industry dedicated to improving our legal system and ensuring access to legal services for the indigent. Proceeds go to Combined Campaign for Justice.

Jerome Shannon

CONDUCTOR

Octavio Cardenas

DIRECTOR SET DESIGN

Jefferson Ridenour

COSTUME DESIGN

Glenn Avery Breed

COSTUMES PROVIDED BY

Tláloc López-Watermann

LIGHTING DESIGN

Highmark Delaware Proudly Supports Opera Delaware You rehearse. You perform. You inspire.

Wardrobe Witchery Aurelien Eulert

CHORUS MASTER

Brittany V. A. Rappise

MAKE-UP & WIG DESIGN

Laura R. Krause

STAGE MANAGER

Robert Parker

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Estimated running time is 2 hours 55 minutes with one intermission.

This opera was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera; By arrangement with Bent Pen Music. Sole Agent: Bill Holab Supertitles courtesy of Baltimore Concert Opera Dead Man Walking will be sung in English with English supertitles.

highmarkbcbs.com Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

DEAD MAN WALKING | CAST

SUPERNUMERARIES Timothy Mix*

JOSEPH DE ROCHER

Aleks Romano

SISTER HELEN PREJEAN

Adrienne Danrich

SISTER ROSE MRS. PATRICK DE ROCHER

Jenni Bank

GEORGE BENTON

Ben Wager Wesley Morgan

HOWARD BOUCHER

Chelsea Duval-Major

JADE BOUCHER

Ben Lowe

OWEN HART

Dana MacIntosh

KITTY HART

Orin Strunk

FATHER GRENVILLE

Garrett Obrycki

MOTORCYCLE COP/PRISON GUARD # 1 PRISON GUARD # 2

Cody Müller

OLDER BROTHER

Colin Doyle◊ Gus Cooke

YOUNGER BROTHER

Samantha Lax

SISTER CATHERINE

Rebecca Roy

SISTER LILLIANNE

Raffaella Lo Castro

FIRST MOTHER

Kaitlyn Waterson

MRS. CHARLTON

Jason Berger JaVonn Bright◊ George Christie Ashley Colabella Kevin Durkin Timothy Faulkner

Kate Habegger Donald Hunt Laura Kosar Samantha Lax Rafaella LoCastro Marcelle McGuirk

Anaïs NaharroMurphy James Ofalt◊ Douglas Rowland◊ Rebecca Roy Andrew Shaw

Michael Spaziani◊ Shigeshi Stewart◊ Elizabeth Walton Kaitlyn Waterson ◊

Solo inmates

CHILDREN’S CHORUS | MEMBERS OF THE WILMINGTON CHILDREN’S CHORUS Brieann Ackerman Emmeline Bragg Cadence Chijioke Jordan Cipolla Augustus Clarke

Katrina Costas José Cruz Logan Dinkins Josephine Hearn Malti John

Allison Mahotiere Lauren Mahotiere Franziska Meyer Adeline Laster Hannah Lazenby

Kimberly Doucette, Artistic Director | Philip Doucette, Associate Director

4

operaDE.org

Bridget McNamara Isaura Ortega Dawlat Refaie

Ann M. Kashishian (Paralegal/Nurse) Tom Beman (Hitchhiker)

ORCHESTRA VIOLIN

Eliezer Gutman, Concertmaster Lisa Vaupel, Associate Concertmaster Irina Schuck Emily Nicholl Juliette Javaheri Silva Boletini Shapiro Catherine Kei Fukuda, Principal Second Violin Walter Choi Audrey Kress Alexandra VandeGeijn Martin Beech

VIOLA

*Mr. Mix’s appearance is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Bonny Anderson.

CHORUS

Jeremy T. Cohen (Teenage Boy) Chelsea Cylinder (Teenage Girl) Timothy Sheriden (Anthony De Rocher)

Nina Cottman, Principal Catherine Frey Ruth Frazier Petula Perdikis

CELLO

Naomi Gray, Principal Mark Ward Paul Eves

BASS

CLARINET

Charles Salinger, Principal Joshua Kovach, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

BASSOON

Jon Gaarder, Principal Darryl Hartshorne, Bassoon/Contrabassoon

HORN

Kathryn Mehrtens, Principal Ben Mulholland

TRUMPET

Robert Skoniczin, Principal Steve Skahill

TROMBONE

Richard Linn, Principal Jonathan Schubert, Bass Trombone

TIMPANI

Robert Jenkin, Principal

PERCUSSION

Greg Herron, Principal Phillip O'Banion

Douglas Mapp, Principal Daniel McDougall

HARP

FLUTE

PIANO

Kimberly Reighley, Principal Frances Tate, Flute/Piccolo

Rong Tan, Principal Aurelien Eulert, Principal

OBOE

Lloyd Shorter, Principal Meredith Hite, Oboe/English Horn

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

5

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

DEAD MAN WALKING | SYNOPSIS PLACE & TIME: Louisiana in the 1980s

PROLOGUE: Two teenagers are brutally murdered by Joseph and Anthony De Rocher.

ACT I In a poor New Orleans school, Sister Helen and Sister Rose teach a hymn to a group of children. Helen is distracted as she thinks about her plan to visit Angola State Penitentiary where her new pen pal, a death row inmate named Joseph De Rocher, has asked her to visit. Against Rose’s advice, Helen makes the long drive to Angola and ponders the momentous step she is taking. A motorcycle cop stops her for speeding, but lets her off with a warning, asking her to pray for his sick mother. As she resumes her journey, she prays for guidance.

When she arrives, Helen is greeted by the prison chaplain, Father Grenville. On the way to his office, they see inmates engaged in a rough game of basketball. Helen and Grenville then have a tense meeting in which the chaplain angrily warns her that she is wasting her time, as Joseph is beyond anyone’s help. The prison warden arrives and tells her Joseph is likely to ask her to become his spiritual advisor to help prepare him for his execution. As she walks to the death row section of the prison, Helen is taunted by the inmates.

Joseph and Helen have an awkward first meeting. Hiding his fear with bravado, he tests her tolerance by recalling the pleasures he has known with women. Helen calls his bluff and Joseph admits his fear.

He requests she be his spiritual advisor and both acknowledge they “can’t do it alone.” Joseph asks her to accompany his mother to the Pardon Board hearing and Helen agrees.

In a courtroom setting, the frightened Mrs. De Rocher does her best to plead for her son’s life: she is a small woman in the face of enormous hostility. During her testimony, Owen Hart, the father of the murdered teenage girl, explodes with anger and recounts the grisly details of his daughter’s murder. In anguish, Joseph’s mother responds that another killing cannot undo what has been done.

After the hearing, Joseph’s family and the murder victims’ families wait for a verdict outside the courtroom. Helen introduces herself to the parents and they express their grief at never seeing their children again. News arrives that the appeal has been turned down: Joseph will be executed.

Back in the visiting room, Helen tells Joseph that an appeal has been made to the governor. Angered by his selfishness, she urges him to acknowledge his guilt and seek forgiveness, but he sees no hope and blames his brother for the murders. The warden suddenly appears and insists she leave. Helen has had no time to eat and becomes faint from hunger, stress, and exhaustion. As she looks for change at a vending machine, a jumble of conflicting voices clutter her mind. The warden tells her the governor has turned down the appeal: “Joseph De Rocher is a dead man.” The voices in her head grow louder, and Helen faints.

6

operaDE.org

ACT II Joseph is counting pushups when the warden comes to tell him his execution date has been set: August 4, midnight. Alone, Joseph voices feelings about his impending death, Sister Helen, and his murder victims.

Helen awakens from a nightmare about Joseph and the murdered teenagers. Rose comforts her and helps her admit she still has to find the strength to forgive Joseph herself, just as mothers forgive their children’s failings.

On the night of Joseph’s execution, Helen tells him about seeing Elvis Presley in person when she was a girl. Somehow, their shared love of Elvis opens a door between them and they are able to laugh as friends.

She once more urges Joseph to admit his guilt and find forgiveness. The warden announces that Joseph’s family has come to see him for the last time.

Joseph has a tearful farewell with his mother and two younger brothers. He begs his mother to forgive him, but she says she believes what he has always told her: that he is innocent and there is nothing to forgive. Mrs. De Rocher seeks comfort in her recollections of Joseph’s innocent childhood. When he is led away, his mother falls apart, consoled by Helen with assurances that there is good in her son and that God’s love is not denied him. Left alone, Helen panics for a moment as she contemplates the harrowing task she faces that night.

The parents of the murder victims have arrived to witness the execution. They upbraid Helen for siding with the murderer, rejecting her words of consolation. Only Owen Hart voices doubts about the value of the execution. Helen offers him friendship and promises to visit.

After the guards prepare Joseph for execution, Helen is alone with him one last time. In the few moments remaining, Helen begs him to tell the truth. She reveals that she has visited the crime scene and asks him to relive that night. Reluctantly, Joseph tells her the whole story and, breaking down in sobs, admits his guilt. Helen assures him of forgiveness: not only hers, but God’s as well. She tells him she will be the face of love for him when he dies.

The warden calls out, “Dead man walking.” As he escorts Joseph to the execution chamber, Father Grenville intones the Lord’s Prayer, echoed by the voices of inmates, nuns, guards, and parents. Helen remains close to Joseph, reading to him from the Bible. She is allowed this one time to touch him, and she puts her hand reassuringly on his back. When they reach the chamber, she is barred from going any further. Joseph and Helen exchange an emotional good-bye. She reminds him to look for her as she takes her place with the others in the viewing room. After being strapped to the execution table, Joseph asks the parents’ forgiveness. In silence, with only his heartbeat audible, the lethal injection is administered. In his final moment, Joseph says to Sister Helen: “I love you.” After his death, the witnesses leave and Helen is alone with Joseph. One last time, she sings her hymn: “He will gather us around.”

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

7

STILL

ON THE

JOURNEY

BY SISTER HELEN PREJEAN

Thursday, January 28, 1999. I’m at Swarthmore college in Pennsylvania, watching the audience file into the auditorium for my lecture. Someone touches my arm and says there is a man wanting to meet me. I turn and see a young man with a skimpy goatee and I immediately think, “He’s an ex-prisoner.” Happens all the time in my line of work. He comes toward me, his hand extended, and introduces himself as John Packard. “I’m auditioning for the opera Dead Man Walking,” he tells me, and I smile. I know immediately that he will be perfect fo the role of Joseph De Rocher.

That is how the whole opera version of my book Dead Man Walking came together—the pieces just falling into place one by one. The key people getting involved as if drawn in by some force. Not just a force to make a successful modern opera, but a force strong enough to actually take people on a journey. The music and the words are so powerful that audiences find themselves walking down the path taken by my character—and that path travels through both the brightest and the darkest aspects of our humanity. It’s a difficult path to take, I know, and there are moments of discomfort, heartache, and outrage along the way. But it’s an important path to travel. I look forward to being with the people of Wilmington as they take this journey.

Originally, as the opera was coming together, Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally shared the libretto and snippets of the music with me. I told them from the outset that as long as they captured the theme of redemption, I would be satisfied. In the end, I was more than satisfied. They captured the feel and the struggle of my own spiritual journey and at the same time gave us a glimpse at the lives of death row inmates and murder victims’ families. It is so much more than an opera about redemption; it is a window to a whole new world for most people, and it shows all sides of the issue. The savage and heinous crime is not ignored, but fully revealed. The emotional pain experienced by the family members of the victims is explored. Dead Man Walking is an artistic reflection on what happens behind the scenes, away from the public eye, when we as a society condemn and execute a person.

A true work of art is one that brings people to a deeper level of reflection. William Faulkner, when he received the Nobel Prize for literature, said that the only thing worth writing about is the conflict

8

operaDE.org

in the human heart. True art brings you to both sides of a conflict. Through Dead Man Walking, I see audience members going to a deeper place within themselves. We see a murder, and then we see an execution. Are they essentially the same thing, or are they different? Is that the only way to respond as a society, or are there alternatives? The opera shows us we can look at different options in regards to using the death penalty. Art helps us explore alternatives, allows us to make new choices, and brings us to a deeper place where all this reflection can happen. This opera is particularly helpful as audiences navigate the moral dilemmas that surround capital punishment.

WORK OF ART IS ONE THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO "AATRUE DEEPER LEVEL OF REFLECTION...TRUE ART BRINGS YOU TO BOTH SIDES OF A CONFLICT. THROUGH DEAD MAN WALKING, I SEE AUDIENCE MEMBERS GOING TO A DEEPER PLACE WITHIN THEMSELVES.

"

To reach out to people, you have to tell stories. This is one of the reasons I think Dead Man Walking in all its forms touched so many people, because in my stories I allowed people to see how it was for me, and for the inmate, and for the families involved. Though it sounds unlikely, this opera was the next logical step in the unfolding of my story. If you have seen the movie Dead Man Walking, you know that music is an integral part of the story. Most of the music was written specifically for certain scenes. It’s a very powerful part of the film. And why not? We know that music can change consciousness and music can open up parts of our hearts we don’t even know we have. Music also brings about healing and connectedness among human beings. Jake Heggie was incredibly aware of this fact. In the opera, “You Don’t Know What It’s Like” is an ensemble sung by both victims’ and death row families and it demonstrates the common unifying experience of suffering and loss. His sensitivity to the issues and emotions involved make it a stronger and truer production, and I am so proud of him and his work.

These days, I’m still on the journey. There are many roads taken as I travel the world, giving talks to help people see the system for what it really is, and offering alternatives if they’re ready to change things. It’s a journey. I thank the people of Wilmington for joining me on it.

A version of this article was first published in the program for New York City Opera’s 2002 production of Dead Man Walking.

Sister Helen Prejean is known around the world for her tireless work against the death penalty. Her third book, River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey, will be published by Random House in August, 2019. For more about Sister Helen and her work with the Ministry Against the Death Penalty, see sisterhelen.org.

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

9

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

Tria l

B y J ur y Music by Arthur Sullivan

Scalia/ Ginsburg

Libretto by W. S. Gilbert

An opera by Derrick Wang

First performed at London's Royalty Theatre on March 25, 1875

World Premiere at Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival on July 11, 2015

Sara Jobin

CONDUCTOR DIRECTOR (TRIAL BY JURY)

Cynthia du Pont Tobias Fenlon Lamb

DIRECTOR (SCALIA/GINSBURG)

Congrats to our 2018/19

YOUNG ARTISTS

Jefferson Ridenour

SET DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN

A. T. Jones

LIGHTING DESIGN

Tláloc López-Watermann Aurelien Eulert

CHORUS MASTER MAKE-UP & WIG DESIGN

Brittany V. A. Rappise

STAGE MANAGER TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Monica Cook Robert Parker

Estimated running time is 2 hours with one intermission.

Scalia/Ginsburg supertitles courtesy of Derrick Wang Trial by Jury will be sung in English with English supertitles.

The Young Artists Program has been underwritten, in part, by the generosity of Carol Denson.

Ms. Duval-Major’s appearance is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Evelyn Williams.

The Young Artists: Make a Scene performances were made possible, in part, by a grant from the Louis L. Stott Foundation.

Ms. Naharro-Murphy’s appearance is made possible, in part, through the generosity of John and Debra Roberts.

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

11

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

TRIAL BY JURY | CAST ANGELINA, the plaintiff

ORCHESTRA Anaïs Naharro-Murphy

EDWIN, the defendant

Colin Doyle

THE LEARNED JUDGE

Ben Lowe Orin Strunk

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF USHER

Cody Müller

FOREMAN OF THE JURY

Daniel Rosen

CHORUS Jason Berger Erin Brittain George Christie Chelsea Duval-Major Donald Hunt Dana MacIntosh

VIOLIN

Eliezer Gutman, Concertmaster Lisa Vaupel, Associate Concertmaster Walter Choi Emily Nicholl Irina Schuck, Principal Second Violin Juliette Javaheri Martin Beech Audrey Kress

VIOLA

Nina Cottman, Principal Alexandra VandeGeijn Ruth Frazier

Thomas McCarthy Rachel Pomeranz Daniel Rosen Douglas Rowland Rebecca Shimer Barbara-Jo Vanderkraats

CELLO

Mark Ward, Principal Naomi Gray

BASS

Daniel McDougall, Principal

SCALIA/GINSBURG | CAST JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA THE COMMENTATOR

FLUTE

Jennifer Zetlan Brian Cheney Ben Wager

CLARINET

Charles Salinger, Principal Joshua Kovach, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

BASSOON

Jon Gaarder, Principal

HORN

Kathryn Mehrtens, Principal Ben Mulholland

TRUMPET

Robert Skoniczin, Principal Steve Skahill

TROMBONE

Richard Linn, Principal Jonathan Schubert, Bass Trombone

TIMPANI/ PERCUSSION Robert Jenkins, Principal

KEYBOARD John Elam

Kimberly Reighley, Principal Frances Tate, Flute/Piccolo

OBOE

Lloyd Shorter, Principal

SUPERNUMERARIES Cody Müller Anaïs Naharro-Murphy Orin Strunk

12

operaDE.org

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

13

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

ND IECE IZE A STERP R P A R GM ITZE PUL -WINNIN RD AWA Y N TO

TRIAL BY JURY | SYNOPSIS At the Court of the Exchequer, the court’s Usher urges the Jury members to decide the imminent case free from any sort of bias, and he describes the Plaintiff (Angelina) and Defendant (Edwin) in this Breach of Promise of Marriage. The Defendant arrives and presents an informal defense of his actions. The Learned Judge is greeted formally by all and describes his background, which includes jilting a rich but ugly woman. After the Jury is sworn in, the Plaintiff is called, and all the men find her attractive. Her Counsel presents her case forcefully, creating great sympathy, and the Defendant argues his own case more frantically. The women in the court are sympathetic to the Plantiff.

The Judge notes that the Defendant’s offer to marry both his old and new loves is a reasonable proposition, but the Counsel submits that such an act is “burglary,” and cites precedent from earlier times. Everyone considers this “nice dilemma.” The Plaintiff demonstrates her continuing love to prove what a loss she would have, while the Defendant argues that he smokes and drinks too much and would probably thrash and kick her. The Jury considers how this would affect the award amount.

Angered at the waste of his time, the Judge starts to close the session, but then offers a solution—he will marry the Plaintiff himself. All approve and sing, “Oh, joy unbounded!”

GLOSSARY

Your evil star’s in the ascendant: your astrological timing couldn’t be worse

The powerful play about family, loyalty and forgiveness that inspired the major motion picture starring Viola Davis and Denzel Washington.

FENCES

BY AUGUST WILSON DIRECTED BY WALTER DALLAS

APRIL 25 - MAY 12

ROSELLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS | NEWARK, DE (302) 831-2204 | WWW.REP.UDEL.EDU

Supported in part by:

An incubus then I thought her: a nightmarish oppressor

Tink-a-tank: onomatopoeic sound of a guitar (or ukulele)

I threw over that rich attorney’s elderly ugly daughter: abandoned, jilted

Love unchanged will cloy: become too much, or too sweet, for pleasure

It is patent to the mob: obvious to everyone

Never be reversed in banc: overturned by a superior court I was… an impecunious party: one who is short of money A brief which I’d bought of a booby: papers summarizing a court case; a fool In Westminster Hall I danced a dance like a semi-despondent fury: the site of the High Court of Justice from 1755 to 1884; in mythology, furies were female avenging spirits At the Bailey and Middlesex Sessions: the names of courts in London

My being made a nob was affected by a job: a nob is a person of wealth or distinction; a job means a dirty trick or stringpulling O’er the season vernal time may cast a shade: springtime; metaphorically, youth Camberwell became a bower, Peckham an Arcadian vale: prosaic, working-class suburbs of London

For the maid had bought her trousseau: bride’s collection of clothing, linens, etc.

To tackle the mutton: “mutton dressed as lamb” is a derogatory metaphor for an older woman A nice dilemma: demanding great precision and delicacy I’m not prepossessing, as you may be guessing: attractive If, when in liquor, he would kick her, that is an abatement: something which subtracts from the value (here, the damages to be awarded for the loss of such a fiancé) I’ll reward him from my fob: small waistband pocket (the reward is presumably small)

Breathing concentrated otto: from attar of roses, i.e., perfume made of rose petals An existence à la Watteau: JeanAntoine Watteau (1684-1721), French artist who painted idyllic scenes in the Rococo style

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

15

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

Delaware Today magazine – Your source for events, dining, retail, entertainment and more!

SCALIA/GINSBURG | SYNOPSIS 1. In the plot of this comic opera, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is visited by The Commentator, an otherworldly figure who: a. Confronts Justice Scalia (as in Don Giovanni). b. Seals Justice Scalia in a chamber (as in Aïda). c. Compels Justice Scalia to undergo three trials (as in The Magic Flute). d. All of the above.

DelawareToday.com/Subscribe | 302.504.1326 Sales@DelawareToday.com

2. When Justice Ginsburg arrives to assist Justice Scalia, she:

RE 2018 A W A L E D BEST OF

a. Comforts Justice Scalia (in the style of Bellini). b. Debates Justice Scalia (in the style of Verdi and Mozart). c. Explains her view of the evolving Constitution (in evolving musical styles). d. All of the above.

4. If the Justices pass the trials, they will receive: a. Their freedom from the sealed chamber. b. Access to another realm. c. A special talent. d. All of the above.

5. In the opera Scalia/Ginsburg, Justices Ginsburg and Scalia are described as: a. [U.S.] Supreme Court Justices. b. Different. c. One. d. All of the above.

3. The trials undergone by the Justices include: a. An inquisition (in which the Commentator directly questions the Justices). b. A trial of silence (in which the Justices must not say anything). c. A mystery. d. All of the above.

Candy Salons Wine Seafood Brew Pub Tiramisu View Tattoos Antiques Beach Bar And, of course, Burgers

Happy Hour Crab Cakes Home Decor Cocktails Steaks Coffee Desserts Sushi Pizza Boutiques Ramen Camping

MUSICAL NUMBERS “THE JUSTICES ARE BLIND!” “DISSENT!”

Ginsburg, Scalia

“ALWAYS ‘LIBERAL’” “YOU ARE SEARCHING IN VAIN (FOR A BRIGHT-LINE SOLUTION)”

Scalia, Ginsburg

“YOU, SIR, ARE WRONG HERE”

KEVIN REILLY LP WANTS TO HE 8.indd 1

-DT-July-1

000-Cover

INSIDE INCYTE

, G WEDDINGS TWO STUNNNINING STYLES TWO STUN

“WITHDRAWN!” “WE ARE DIFFERENT, WE ARE ONE” 6/8/18

9:14 AM

Commentator

“OH, NINO”

“HE BUILT STAIRS” ness from Delicious t 55 Restauran

Scalia

FINALE

Ginsburg Scalia Ginsburg Commentator Ginsburg, Scalia Commentator, Ginsburg, Scalia

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

17

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

NOTE FROM THE COMPOSER-LIBRETTIST Who are we to judge and be judged? For me, this is the question at the heart of Scalia/

Ginsburg——an opera inspired by the dueling opinions of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. Since the world premiere production of Scalia/Ginsburg at Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival in 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States has seen significant change.

Nevertheless, if Scalia/Ginsburg continues to connect with audiences in these changing times——in a world where we increasingly find ourselves judging and being judged——it is a testament to the exemplary friendship of these two Justices, whose ideological disagreements were transcended by a strong bond of mutual respect and a shared devotion to their Court and country.

As a composer-librettist who also has practiced and now teaches law, it is a particular pleasure to debut this new orchestral version of Scalia/Ginsburg at a legally-themed opera festival. For this, I thank the OperaDelaware community for its support; my family, friends, and colleagues for their encouragement; Susan S. Myerberg for her wise advice; and all of you who have joined in this journey from the Supreme Court to the operatic stage. Above all, I thank Justice Ginsburg and Justice Scalia, whose words and friendship continue to inspire.

—Derrick Wang

BIOGRAPHY | DERRICK WANG Derrick Wang is a composer, writer, and thinker unlocking value in unlikely places. He currently serves as Founding Advisor at Arsapio, LLC, a creative consultancy for polymathic growth.

He is the creator of the opera Scalia/Ginsburg, “a perfect…jewel” (Opera Today) that was launched at the Supreme Court of the United States in 2013, ushering in the current era of Supreme Court-themed books, films, and art. The Los Angeles Times wrote: “Could we please make it a constitutional requirement that no one can be sworn into office in the White House or Congress without first having seen Scalia/Ginsburg?” An early version of his libretto was published in the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, with prefaces by Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia themselves. The opera is also featured in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s book My Own Words as its own chapter, the audiobook version of which is narrated by the composer from New York’s Steinway Hall.

Originally premiered by Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival (2015), Scalia/Ginsburg has also been produced by the Glimmerglass Festival (2017) and Opera North (2018).

As a composer, Derrick Wang has received awards from musical organizations including ASCAP and BMI. His compositions, presented by artists ranging from the American Modern Ensemble to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, have been heard in venues from New York to Shanghai, and his orchestrations have been performed at Carnegie Hall and Juilliard. His work is published by Consequent Music.

As a librettist and lyricist, his words, set to his own music, have been performed at venues including the Library of Congress, York Theatre, Ars Nova Theater, Joe’s Pub at the New York Public Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Harvard University, and Yale University. He has also served as a Resident Artist (Composer & Librettist) at American Lyric Theater.

As a scholar, he serves on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, where he creates and teaches interdisciplinary courses in music and law.

As a speaker, he addresses select audiences and organizations in the United States and abroad, including TEDxBroadway, the Second Circuit Judicial Conference, National Constitution Center, Stanford Arts Institute & Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

Formerly an attorney in private practice, he has served as counsel advising creative clients across industries in the launch, operation, and growth of their ventures, and was named to Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers® Maryland Rising Stars list for his work in intellectual property law. He has also spent time at premier Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, where he shadowed a group of over 100 startups while researching the creativity of tech entrepreneurship.

He is a graduate of Harvard University (AB magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), the Yale School of Music (MM Composition), and the University of Maryland Carey School of Law (JD). For more information, visit www.derrickwang.com.

Copyright © 2017–2019 Derrick Wang. All rights reserved.

18

operaDE.org

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

19

SEASON

1920 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

BY STEVEN CANNY & JOHN NICHOLSON FROM THE SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE NOVEL DIRECTED BY MATT PFEIFFER

SEPTEMBER 11 – 29, 2019

STARRING HARRY HAMLIN & STEFANIE POWERS

ONE NOVEMBER YANKEE

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JOSHUA RAVETCH

OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 10, 2019

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

BY CHARLES DICKENS ADAPTATION BY PATRICK BARLOW DIRECTED BY BUD MARTIN

DECEMBER 4 – 29, 2019 Left to Right: Sarah Marie Jenkins, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Melessie Clark. Photos by Matt Urban, NüPOINT Marketing.

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

LEADING LADIES OFFSTAGE CONCERT AT THE OPERADELAWARE STUDIOS Aleks Romano, mezzo-soprano

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR

Jennifer Zetlan, soprano

BY JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY DIRECTED BY BUD MARTIN

FEBRUARY 12 – MARCH 1, 2020

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET BOOK BY COLIN ESCOTT & FLOYD MUTRUX

ORIGINAL CONCEPT & DIRECTION BY FLOYD MUTRUX INSPIRED BY ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, JERRY LEE LEWIS, & CARL PERKINS DIRECTED BY BUD MARTIN

APRIL 15–MAY 10, 2020

SUBSCRIBE NOW!

VIOLIN

Eliezer Gutman

VIOLIN

Irina Schuck

VIOLA

Nina Cottman

CELLO

Lavena Johanson

PIANO

Aurelien Eulert

Estimated running time is 1 hour and 15 minutes with one intermission.

Performed in English with English supertitles.

Join the only theatre in Delaware developing new shows for Broadway, and lock in your seats today.

SUBSCRIBERS SAVE UP TO 20% AND ENJOY THE BEST BENEFITS including priority seating, free ticket exchanges, restaurant discounts, and more!

DELAWARETHEATRE.ORG / 302.594.1100 20

operaDE.org

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

21

74th Season 2018-2019 Brendan Cooke, General Director • Anthony Barrese, Music Director

PROGRAM Selections from Too Few the Mornings Be (2009) Ricky Ian Gordon (b.1956) Too Few the Mornings Be Bee! I’m Expecting You! Poor Little Heart!

Estranged from Beauty Will There Really Be a Morning?

Camille Claudel: Into the Fire (2012)

Jake Heggie (b.1961)

Prelude: Awakening 1. Rodin 2. La Valse 3. Shakuntala 4. La petite châtelaine 5. The Gossips 6. L’age mûr 7. Epilogue: Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claudel, Montdevergues Asylum, 1929

– INTERMISSION –

Far Away Songs (2012) Nico Muhly (b.1981) Part I: Sweet Voices Part II: Hours of Melancholy Part III: Voices

Selections from I Hate Music! (1943) Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) My Name Is Barbara Jupiter Has Seven Moons I’m a Person Too

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

23

ARTISTS BIOS JENNI BANK Role/ Festival Performance: Mrs. Patrick De Rocher / Dead Man Walking OperaDelaware Debut Hometown: Born Johannesburg, South Africa / Binghamton, NY

Recent Highlights: Mrs. Twist, Brokeback Mountain, New York City Opera; Third Lady, Die Zauberflöte, Seattle Opera; Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd, Baltimore Concert Opera

Upcoming Engagements: Marcellina, Le nozze di Figaro, Florentine Opera; Marcellina, Le nozze di Figaro, Hawaii Opera Theatre

OCTAVIO CARDENAS Role/ Festival Performance: Director / Dead Man Walking OperaDelaware Debut Hometown: Guadalajara, Mexico

Recent Highlights: Director, La rondine, Minnesota Opera; Director, Maria de Buenos Aires, Opera SouthWest; Director, Pagliacci, Opera Orlando

Upcoming Engagements: Director, La bohème, Des Moines Metro Opera; Director, Frida, Opera Cultura

Wilmington University proudly supports OperaDelaware

BRIAN CHENEY Role/ Festival Performance: Justice Antonin Scalia / Scalia/Ginsburg Past OD productions: Werther / Werther Hometown: Lyme, CT

Recent Highlights: Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Unison Media; Tenor Soloist, Bernstein's Mass, National Philharmonic; Canio, Pagliacci, Opera Orlando Upcoming Engagements: Manrico, Il trovatore, Southern Illinois Music Festival

ADRIENNE DANRICH Role/ Festival Performance: Sister Rose / Dead Man Walking

Past OD productions: This Little Light of Mine: The Stories of Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price Hometown: St. Louis, MO

For information about Wilmington University’s undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs, visit wilmu.edu.

Recent Highlights: Mrs. Dickson, Intimate Apparel, Met/Lincoln Center Theater; Leonora (cover), Il trovatore, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Plotina (cover), Hadrian, Canadian Opera Company Upcoming Engagements: Annina, Looking at You, H.E.R.E.; Soloist, Verdi Requiem, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra; Soloist, Thirty Thursdays, Baltimore Concert Opera

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

25

ARTISTS BIOS continued COLIN DOYLE

BEN LOWE

Role/ Festival Performance: Edwin (The Defendant) / Trial by Jury; Older brother / Dead Man Walking

Role/ Festival Performance: Owen Hart / Dead Man Walking; The Learned Judge / Trial by Jury OD Young Artist, 2018/19

OD Young Artist, 2018/19

Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene Hometown: El Segundo, CA Recent Highlights: Schubert Recital, LA Opera; OPERAtunity, Palm Springs Opera Guild; La Boheme, Pacific Opera Project

Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene Hometown: Boulder, CO

Recent Highlights: Ira Cover, Sky on Swings, Opera Philadelphia; Chorus, Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Philadelphia; Chorus, Carmen, Opera Philadelphia Upcoming Engagements: Evangelist, St. John Passion, Vox Ama Deus; Israelite Man, Judas Maccabeus, Vox Ama Deus

Upcoming Engagements: Opera in the Schools, Palm Springs Opera Guild; Alice in Wonderland the Opera, Center Stage Opera

DANA MACINTOSH CHELSEA DUVAL-MAJOR

Role/ Festival Performance: Jade Boucher / Dead Man Walking; Bridesmaid / Trial by Jury OD Young Artist, 2018/19 Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene, Opera Uncorked Arias, Ambers, IPAs Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Recent Highlights: Ariodante, Ariodante, CCM at the University of Cincinnati; Mrs. Grose, Turn of the Screw, CCM at the University of Cincinnati; Hansel, Hänsel und Gretel, Oregon Symphony

Role/ Festival Performance: Kitty Hart / Dead Man Walking; Bridesmaid / Trial by Jury OD Young Artist, 2018/19 Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene; Gianni Schicchi, Buoso's Ghost; Suor Angelica;The Three Little Pigs Hometown: Harleysville, PA Recent Highlights: Erste Dame, Die Zauberflöte, Potomac Vocal Institute; Marguerite, Faust, Delaware Valley Opera Company

Upcoming Engagements: Dejanira, Hercules, Oratorio Society of Richmond

TIMOTHY MIX SARA JOBIN

Role/ Festival Performance: Conductor / Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury OperaDelaware Debut Hometown: Foxboro, MA Recent Highlights: Guest Conductor, Bryce Dessner/ Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation world premiere, LA Phil Green Umbrella Series; Artistic Director, Center for Contemporary Opera, New York. Former Resident Conductor, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Ohio Upcoming Engagements: Artistic Director, Center for Contemporary Opera; Conductor for Spring Festival

FENLON LAMB

Role/ Festival Performance: Stage Director, Scalia/Ginsburg OperaDelaware Debut Hometown: Princeton, NJ Recent Highlights: Director, Carmen, Annapolis Opera; Director, Carmen, North Carolina Opera; Director, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, Arizona Opera Upcoming Engagements: Director, La traviata, Madison Opera; Stage Director, Hänsel und Gretel, Palm Beach Opera in a Papermoon Production; Director, Riders of the Purple Sage, Arizona Opera

Role/ Festival Performance: Joseph De Rocher / Dead Man Walking Past OD productions: A Flight of Puccini, Amleto, Spring Sings Hometown: Baltimore, MD Recent Highlights: Jack Hubbard, Dr. Atomic, Santa Fe Opera; Milcolm Negley, The Last American Hammer, Urban Arias; Albert, Werther, Bergen National Opera (Norway)

WESLEY MORGAN

Role/ Festival Performance: Howard Boucher / Dead Man Walking

Past OD productions: Il Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost Hometown: Sarasota, FL

Recent Highlights: Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, Lakeland Opera; Federico, L'Amico Fritz, Baltimore Concert Opera; Lionetto, Gloria, Teatro Grattacielo

CODY MÜLLER

Role/ Festival Performance: Prison Guard #2 / Dead Man Walking; chorus / Trial by Jury; Scalia/ Ginsburg OD Young Artist, 2018/19 Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene

Hometown: Nashville, TN

Recent Highlights: Hanezò, L'amico Fritz, Baltimore Concert Opera; Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville, Opera Iowa; Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Montclair Opera Theatre Upcoming Engagements: Zuniga, Carmen, Bar Harbor Music Festival

26

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

27

ARTISTS BIOS continued ANAÏS NAHARRO-MURPHY

ORIN STRUNK

OD Young Artist, 2018/19 Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene, Suor Angelica, Petite messe solennelle, Falstaff

OD Young Artist, 2018/19

Role/ Festival Performance: Angelina (The Plaintiff) / Trial by Jury / Chorus / Dead Man Walking

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Recent Highlights: Film Director and Pierrot Lunaire, The Propaganda Machine Show and Chasing the Moon, ENAensemble; Soloist, American Stories–I Believe and Feast of Carols, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia; Soloist, Faure Requiem, St. Paul's Music

Role/ Festival Performance: Father Grenville / Dead Man Walking; Counsel for the Plaintiff, Trial

by Jury Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost, Werther; Semiramide, La Cenerentola Hometown: Boyertown, PA

Recent Highlights: Steuermann, Der fliegende Holländer, Baltimore Concert Opera; Sancho Panza, Man Of La Mancha, Pensacola Opera; Beadle Bamford, Sweeney Todd, Baltimore Concert Opera

GARRETT OBRYCKI

Role/ Festival Performance: Motorcycle Cop/Prison Guard # 1 / Dead Man Walking Past OD productions: Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost

CYNTHIA DU PONT TOBIAS

Recent Highlights: Atticus Finch's Trainer, Vinkensport, Opera Saratoga; Hamlet, Hamlet, Opera Ithaca; Sprecher, Die Zauberflöte, Sarasota Opera

Past OD productions: La Tragédie de Carmen, Macbeth, Porgy and Bess, Merry Widow, Tosca

Hometown: Ham Lake, MN

Role/ Festival Performance: Director / Trial by Jury

Upcoming Engagements: Soloist, Evening of Operetta, Artist Series of Sarasota; Young Artist, Central City Opera; Arthur Jones, Billy Buddy, Central City Opera

Hometown: Chadds Ford, PA

ALEKS ROMANO

Role/ Festival Performance: Sister Helen Prejean / Dead Man Walking; Leading Ladies Offstage Past OD productions: Opera Uncorked: Cabernets and Cabalettas; Semiramide Hometown: Greenville, NC

Recent Highlights: Tancredi, Tancredi rifatto, Teatro Nuovo; Paquette, Candide, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Carmen, Carmen, North Carolina Opera

Upcoming Engagements: Big Night Concert, Portland Opera; Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Portland Opera; Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Chautauqua Opera; Samira, Ghosts of Versailles, Chautauqua Opera

BEN WAGER

Role/ Festival Performance: George Benton / Dead Man Walking; The Commentator / Scalia/Ginsburg Past OD productions: Devils, Drunks and Dastardly Dudes, Amleto, Macbeth Hometown: Havertown, PA

Recent Highlights: Zuniga, Carmen, Dallas Opera; Gremin, Eugene Onegin, Russian Workshop Upcoming Engagements: Farfarello, Love for Three Oranges, Opera Philadelphia

JENNIFER ZETLAN Role/ Festival Performance: Conductor / Dead Man Walking

Role/ Festival Performance: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Scalia/Ginsburg; Leading Ladies Offstage

Hometown: Pensacola, FL

Hometown: Wilmington, DE

Upcoming Engagements: Conductor, Turandot, Shreveport Opera; Conductor; Il trovatore, Pensacola Opera; Conductor, Man of La Mancha, Shreveport Opera

Upcoming Engagements: Ellen, Ellen West, Opera Saratoga/Beth Morrison Projects

JEROME SHANNON

28

operaDE.org

Past OD productions: L’elisir d’amore

Past OD productions: A Wrinkle in Time, Wind in the Willows, The Legend of Redwall Abbey

Recent Highlights: Conductor, Roméo et Juliette, Pensacola Opera; Conductor, Rigoletto, Dayton Opera; Conductor, Beauty and the Beast, Shreveport Opera

Recent Highlights: Fanny, Morning Star, On Site Opera/Cincinnati Opera; Rhoda, Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt, On Site Opera; Rebecca, Two Boys, Metropolitan Opera

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

29

PRODUCTION STAFF BIOS

OPERA TO

DELAWARE FOR BRINGING MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL BEAUTY TO DELAWARE. OPERA IS A PINNACLE ART FORM OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

MONICA COOK

MATT KNIGHT

Role/ Festival Performance: Stage Manager / Scalia/ Ginsburg & Trial by Jury

Role/ Festival Performance: Assistant Stage Manager / Dead Man Walking OperaDelaware Debut

Hometown: Chattanooga, TN

Hometown: Omaha, NE

Past OD productions: Suor Angelica, Il Tabarro

Recent highlights: SM Intern, Baltimore Center Stage 2018/19 Season; ASM, Vinkensport/Rocking Horse Winner, Opera Saratoga; ASM, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Atlanta Lyric Theater

Role/ Festival Performance: Rehearsal Pianist / Scalia/ Ginsburg & Trial by Jury OperaDelaware Debut Hometown: Cleburne, TX

Recent highlights: Pianist/Assistant Chorus Master, HMS Pinafore, Opera Memphis; Pianist/Coach, It’s A Wonderful Life, San Francisco Opera; Pianist/Coach, Pagliacci/ Cavaleria Rusticana, San Francisco Opera

Role/ Festival Performance: Pianist / Leading Ladies Offstage; Chorus Master / Dead Man Walking and Trial by Jury; Rehearsal and Orchestra Pianist / Dead Man Walking

Past OD productions: Young Artists: Make a Scene, Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, A Flight of Puccini; Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost, Semiramide, Falstaff, Sunday Artist Spotlight Hometown: Strasbourg, France

“

Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.

-Roger Scruton, Author, Music as an Art

For tickets, please contact Allyssa Schulz-Fricker at aschulz@isi.org or 302-524-6144

For more info, visit

gwc.isi.org

Upcoming Engagements: Stage Manager, Ellen West, Opera Saratoga

JOHN ELAM

AURELIEN EULERT

Please join the Intercollegiate Studies Institute for this fall's Gala for Western Civilization on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing featuring honoree, Sir Roger Scruton.

Recent highlights: Stage Manager, Norma and L'Italiana in Algery, Winter Opera St. Louis; Assistant Stage Manager, Aida, Opera Naples

Recent highlights: Assistant Conductor, Le nozze di Figaro, Charlottesville Opera; Assistant Conductor, Into the Woods, Charlottesville Opera

MAXIMO GRANO DE ORO Role/ Festival Performance: Associate Lighting Designer / Dead Man Walking, Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury Past OD productions: Lighting Designer / Young Artists: Make a Scene; Associate Lighting Designer / Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost Hometown: Kearney, NJ

Recent highlights: Lighting Designer, Bitter Greens, Station 26 Productions; Assistant Lighting Designer, Recent Alien Abductions,The Play Company; Lighting Designer, Albert Herring, Opera at Rutgers

LAURA R. KRAUSE Role/ Festival Performance: Stage Manager / Dead Man Walking OperaDelaware Debut Hometown: Albany, NY

Recent highlights: Stage Manager, Washington National Opera, 1999-2019 Upcoming Engagements: Stage Manager, Washington National Opera 2019-2020

TLÁLOC LÓPEZ-WATERMANN Role/ Festival Performance: Lighting Designer / Dead Man Walking, Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury Past OD productions: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost Hometown: Galisteo, NM

Recent Highlights: Lighting Designer,The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Theatrezone; Lighting Designer, Gothic Thriller, Green Wood Cemetery

Upcoming Engagements: Lighting Designer, Norma, Utah Opera

ANYA LOVERDI Role/ Festival Performance: Wardrobe Supervisor / Dead Man Walking, Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury Past OD productions: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost, Semiramide, La Cenerentola Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Upcoming Engagements: Lighting Designer, Goyescas, Hub City Opera

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

31

PRODUCTION STAFF BIOS continued

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF

JO-ANN MCINTYRE

JEFFERSON RIDENOUR

Role/ Festival Performance: Assistant Stage Manager / Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury

Role/ Festival Performance: Scenic Designer / Dead Man Walking, Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury OperaDelaware Debut

Past OD productions: Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost, La Cenerentola, La tragédie de Carmen, L’elisir d’amore, Macbeth, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci Hometown: Bear, DE

Recent Highlights: President/Organizer/Producer, SisterSpace Weekend Festival

Hometown: New York, NY

Recent highlights: Scenic Designer, Party Face, NY City Center; Scenic Designer, Die Fledermaus, Finger Lakes Opera; Scenic Designer, Carmen, Annapolis Opera

Upcoming Engagements: Scenic Designer, Hänsel und Gretel, Papermoon Opera Productions, Palm Beach Opera

ROBERT PARKER Role/ Festival Performance: Technical Director / Dead Man Walking, Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury Past OD productions: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost, Semiramide, La Cenerentola, Amleto, Falstaff, L’elisir d’amore, Macbeth, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci, Porgy & Bess, The Magic Flute, The Merry Widow, La traviata, Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro Hometown: Bear, DE

Current Engagements: Technical Director for The Grand and Contemporary Stage Company

MARGARET SACKMAN Role/ Festival Performance: Wig and Make-up Assistant / Dead Man Walking, Scalia/Ginsburg, Trial by Jury Past OD productions: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost, Semiramide, La Cenerentola, Amleto, Falstaff Hometown: La Plata, MD

Assistant Stage Manager (Dead Man Walking)

Matt Knight

Assistant Stage Manager (Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury)

Jo-Ann McIntyre

Associate Lighting Designer

Maximo Grano de Oro

Wig and Make-up Assistant

Margaret Sackman

Set Painters

Cynthia du Pont Tobias, Peter Tupitza, Erica Harney, Tessa Meier

Props Master

Mark Williams

Assistant Props Manager

Jo-Ann McIntyre

Rehearsal pianist (Dead Man Walking)

Aurelien Eulert

Rehearsal pianist (Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury)

John Elam

Supertitle Operators (Dead Man Walking) Supertitle Operators (Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury)

Sharin Apostolou Margaret Ann Butterfield

Wardrobe Supervisor

Anya Loverdi

Stitcher

Roberta Smith

Dresser

Dan Foran

BRITTANY V. A. RAPPISE

SUPPORTING OUR FRIENDS

Role/ Festival Performance: Wig and Make-up Designer / Dead Man Walking, Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury Past OD productions: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost, Semiramide, La Cenerentola, Amleto, Falstaff Hometown: Totowa, NJ 610 | 742-2419

@

AT

PeacefulMassage@verizon.net Peaceful Massage By Judith

HOT STONE | PRENATAL - POSTPARTUM RELAXATION | THERAPEUTIC SPORTS | MYOFASCIAL RELEASE CHAIR/ON-SITE MASSAGE INFANT MASSAGE INSTRUCTION

32

operaDE.org

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

33

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2018/19

ADVISORY BOARD

E. Andrew DiSabatino, Jr., President

Betty Garrett

Peter D. Gordon

Michael Hoffman

Cynthia du Pont Tobias, Vice President

Carole D. Pitcher, Treasurer

Neal Howard

Chad E. G. Kifer

Nina Worthington, Secretary Jerry Bilton

Roberts W. Brokaw, III Marilyn Bromels

Francesca DiGuglielmo

Samuel L. Moultrie Samuel L. Nolen

Anne North Reed John Roberts

Evelyn L. Williams

Sharon Gaudino

Harry S. Glaze

Robert Grenfell, Jr.

Robert A. Moyer, M.D. Jenness Parker

OperaDelaware would like to acknowledge Roberts W. Brokaw, III, Cynthia du Pont Tobias, and Nina Wo rthington for their exemplary service on OperaDelaware's Board of Directors for the past four terms (the maxim um allowed by our Board by-laws). A heartfelt tha nk you for your dedicati on and support!

VOLUNTEERS OperaDelaware could not survive without our volunteers. This special group of people tend bar, usher, work the box office, run the elevator during performances, input and run supertitles, hand out marketing materials, help in the office, work on our website, help with auditions, assist with costumes, and much, much more.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to our wonderful volunteers: Bonny Anderson Sharin Apostolou Barbara Beal Paul Beckman Jerry Bilton Adrian Burston Debbie Burston Margaret Anne Butterfield Suzanne Cline Gus Cooke Julia Cooke Rex Cooke Chris Cooper Annemarie Crawford

Paul Crawford Carol Denson Paul Desmond Kelsey Eulert Brenda Fitzgerald Sharon Gaudino Martha Gessler Kate Gordon Peter Gordon Kate Habegger Charlie Harvey Janet Hurd James Isabella Judith Isabella

Barbara James Emily Locke Jill Marcus Kate McNeilly Lewis Milwee Bob Parker Molly Peeples Barry Polish Patty Rambo Anne North Reed Sergio Ricardi Debra Roberts John Roberts Diane Shomper

Ted Speck Kris Stott Cindy Tobias Anne Turner Barbara Vanderkraats Alice Vandever Chris Wallett LeeAnn Wallett Susan Warzel Evelyn Williams Beverly Wright

Interested in volunteering for OperaDelaware? Contact us at operade.org/volunteer!

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

35

A Quartet of Tragic Heroines

2019

CORPORATE DONORS & IN-KIND SUPPORT

2020

Millennium Sponsors ($50,000+) Delaware Division of the Arts The Grand The Presser Foundation

Impresarios ($10,000 - $49,999) Capano Management Chichester duPont Foundation DCANet Delaware Humanities EDiS Louis L. Stott Foundation Maurice Amado Foundation National Endowment for the Arts/NEA Artworks

Benefactors ($5,000 - $9,999) AWARE Foundation* DuPont Bank of America Sheraton Suites Wilmington Downtown Today Media WRTI

Other Corporate/ Foundation Supporters First & Central Presbyterian Church FMC Corporation Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Opera America PNC Foundation (PNC Bank) Red Clay Education Foundation Salesianum School, Inc Tarabicos Grosso, LLP The Glenmede Trust The Kenny Family Foundation

*Aurelien Eulert’s position of Principal Pianist and Chorus Master, is underwritten, in part, ​ through a generous donation from the AWARE Foundation, in memory of Margery Hamilton Hill Bauer.

2019 Festival Media Partners

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THIS SEASON’S HOUSING HOSTS:

Discover our up-close concert opera format in the gilded ballroom of the historic Garrett-Jacobs Mansion in Baltimore!

Jerry and Michel Bilton

David and Lucy Pollack

Charisse and David Ellsworth

Kris and Barry Stott

Natalie and Paul Crawford

Mike and Annie Gallagher

Sharon and Steve Gaudino

Dan Holloway and Cynthia Hewitt Valerie Lee

Spectacular singers, piano, and projected English translations

BaltimoreConcertOpera.com 443.445.0226 11 West Mount Vernon Pl, Baltimore, MD 21201

Anne and John Reed Tre Sullivan

Marguerite and Maurice Thew Cindy and Terry Tobias Anne Zwick Turner

These individuals generated over $91,000 in financial impact by opening their homes to our artists. Special thanks to our housing coordinator, Kristine Stott, for organizing this effort! Interested in becoming an OperaDelaware Housing Host? Contact us at info@operade.org.

Complimentary membership for our guest artists generously provided by YMCA Delaware, Wilmington locations.

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

37

DONORS (Since January 1, 2018) *Indicates Artist Sponsorship for 2018/19 Season IMPRESARIO CIRCLE PRODUCER ($10,000+)

Anonymous (2)* Peter and Catherine Gordon Cynthia and Terrence Tobias Fredrick C. and Helen Zumsteg

CO-PRODUCER ($6,000 - $9,999)

Bonny Anderson* Mr. and Mrs. Roberts W. Brokaw III Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moyer Evelyn L. Williams* Richard A. Yates

DIRECTOR

($3,500 - $5,999)

Jay and Patricia Anderson Dr. John R. Bolig and Dr. Darlene J. Bolig Marilyn H. Bromels Brendan and Julia Cooke Cathy and Andy DiSabatino Veronica and Raymond Eid Harry and Lynn Glaze Michael Hoffman Mr. John Reed and Mrs. Anne North Reed John and Debra Roberts* Nina Worthington

CAMERATA CIRCLE COMPOSER ($1,500 - $3,499)

Christa Andersen Joan F. Appleby Aldos and Susan Barefoot Jerry and Michel Bilton George Christensen George and Laurel Christie Dr. Robert Collat Delaware Chamber Music Festival

38

operaDE.org

Grace duPont Engbring Shannon and Paul Fioravanti Betty B. Garrett Sharon and Steve Gaudino Robert and MaryAnne Grenfell Sally and Aaron Hamburger Jim McClelland Fund for the Performing Arts at the Philadelphia Foundation Mattie Moore Samuel A. and Gail M. Nolen Brian and Linda O'Connor Carole Pitcher Dr. Virginia T. Pond Zora R. Stevens Curtis and Kathy Tompkins Alice Vandever Anne D. Wattman Wayne C. Wilson

SUSTAINER ($750 - $1,499)

Anonymous Evan Bush Marcia B. Cooke Francesca and James DiGuglielmo Dr. Lanny and Micki Edelsohn Jean W. Faddis Thomas A. Ford Ralph and Gwen Fuller Carla and Walter Grot Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Hart Michael L. Hershey Chad and Stephanie Kifer Estate of Eric W. Kjellmark, Jr. Victoria and Anthony Marino George W. Martin Virginia S. Mayforth Trevor and Kate McNeilly Barbara Noseworthy Lorraine S. Przywara and Dick D. Baumbarger

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Roe Barbara R. Trent Anne D. Wattman Rodelle and Stanley Weintraub

DONOR ($350 - $749) Anonymous (4) Zeke Barbour Gregory and Sally Barclay Josephine M. Betz Reita D. Bewley Richard and Barbara Cooch Paul and Natalie Crawford The Honorable Barbara D. Crowell Ed Dean David and Christina DeVoll Philip and Nancy Ebert Mrs. William H. Frederick, Jr. John Greer Karl and Shirley Grieshaber Jonnie and Jim Holzman Mr. and Mrs. Neal J. Howard Alan and Joan Irwin Nancy H. James Janet F. Smith Lynne and Ted Kaufman Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Knapp Austina and Harvey Maclary Ryan MacPherson and Sharin Apostolou Sylvia Massa Carole P. Maximo Dr. Elinor Miller Robert Misbin Ludwig Mosberg, Ph.D. Joan and Dave Neikirk Richard and Marie Nye Walt Osborne and Walt Graham Alan Palmer Zoë Pappas Richard and Eunice Pryor Mrs. Marion A. Simeral

Robert and Judith Stoddard Evelyn Swensson John and Margaret Vidumsky Gary and Sarah Willoughby Beverly S. Wright Patricia Zaharko

PATRONS ($125 - $349)

Anonymous (6) Karen Ahramjian Sandra and Eugene Anderson Kathryn M. Andrews Sandra and Robert Bauers Paul and Mary Beckman Martin Beech Ronald R. Burnett Adrian and Debbie Burston David and Heather Cadogan Daniel P. Cannizzo Capano Management Maria and Constantine Caras Robert and Sheila Cassels Andrew Cassey Paul and Suzanne Cline Jeff and Holly Clouser Rev. Michael J. Cook Dr. Anthony Cucuzzella Bob and Penny Davies Mary Wolcott Davis Paul Desmond David Devan Paul A. Dunphy Philip and Nancy Ebert Aurelien and Kelsey Eulert Nancy Goyne Evans Karen and Peter Flint Marjorie Forster Rebecca G. Frederick and Trina J. Tjersland

Friends of OperaDelaware Richard and Lorraine Gilmore Priscilla Goldsmith Jackson K. Grimes Cathy and Jerry Habegger Linda Heckert D. E. Heiser Mary D. Herr Sarah and Peter Hillyer George E. Hooper III Katherine and David Hoopes Patricia and Jonathan Jeffery Alan and Karen Jordan Jeffrey R. Jowett Melissa Pavone and Jonathan Justice Berta Borgenicht Kerr Dr. Lazarus and Helen Kirifides Bill and Hazel Kirk Garry A. Kramer Patricia Kvochak David and Beth Laucius Meryl and Gary Littman Mrs. Robert S. Lovett II Virginia Sue Lunger Christina and Brian MacMillan Karen and Kathryn Marshall Tom McCarthy Tom and Eileen Meyers Sandra Seaton Michel Benjamin F. Minick Bruce and Elizabeth Monroe Donald and Neuza Morgan Richard Morgante and Edward McHale Diane and Joseph Pearce Ciro Poppiti, Delaware Italian American Leadership John A. Quintus Linnea Raffaele

Anne C. Reese and Anne C. Carlton Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Rowland Ernest F. Ruppe Charles P. Schutt, Jr. Joan Sciorra Renée and Leo Sears Diane Shomper Mary Ellen Stachnik John and Susan Stafford Martin and Beth Stanell Michelle and David Stradley Jack Swanson Judy and Greg Tigani Leonard and Barbara Togman Anne Zwick Turner Eugene and Mary Kate Ventura Michael Vest and Marianne San Antonio Mary Jo Wagandt Dr. Bonnie Walker Mary Wilcosky Grant Youngblood and David Schelat

AMICI (up to $124) Anonymous (2) Alvera and Monte Aronson Margie Balick Joan and Paul Basile Jim and Kathy Berg James C.P. Berry G. Biliunas Claire Birney Suzanne Blair Pamela Bobbs Susan Bogan Charles T. Brodigan Rosalie Bryant John E Calvert Peter Campbell

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

39 35

DONORS DONORScontinued cont.

BEYOND WORDS

Photo: Joe del Tufo, Moonloop Photography

Classics Series - with brilliant guest artists Fridays at 7:30, The Grand Opera House

David Amado, conductor

Photo by Joe del Tufo, Moonloop Photography

Announcing the 2019-2020 DSO Season

September 27, Tessa Lark, violin November 15, Michael Brown, piano David Amado January 17, Camille Thomas, cello March 27, Anthony McGill, clarinet May 15, UD Symphonic Choir (in Beethoven’s Choral Symphony) Exciting major works of Dvořák, Barber, Ravel, Beethoven, Nielson, Borodin, Elgar, Rachmaninoff, Weber, Mozart, Holst, and Brahms, plus new music of Missy Mazzoli.

Chamber Series - spotlighting DSO performers Tuesdays at 7:30, Gold Ballroom, Hotel du Pont with champagne reception at intermission!

October 22, Chamber Orchestra December 10, Violin, Horn, and Piano February 18, An Evening of Strings with the Mendelssohns April 21, Quartets Plus Details and Tickets: delawaresymphony.org | 302-656-7442 Subscribe NOW through June 30. Single tickets on sale July 1.

This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.

Efrem Capers June and Roger Cason Bob Parker and Marianne Caven Yetta Chaiken Joan and Charles Cochran Mr. James R. Coffey Joseph Tatnall and Daniel Colburn Stuart and Lucy Comstock-Gay Mr. Stephen Cordano and Ms. Lorraine Sitler Marietta K. Darden Evelyn Diggs David and Megan Dimmock Maryanne Dolan Dianne Douglas Laneita Dunphy Ruth Durbin EDiS Construction Managers Al and Marilyn Eelman E. Erskine and Mary Jo Hopkins Evangelos Falaris and Elizabeth Dubravcic Catherine Fieber Bernard and Dolores Fiegel Phil and Joan Fredricks Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Gainey Ken and Peggy Germain Michael Harris Pamela and Graham Harrison Charlie Harvey and Angie Maximo Edward Haughney Brian Hennessey Richard Hoffheins Jimi Honochick Peter and Susan Horty Nancy Hough John Howker and Barbara Schaefer Dorothy R. Jacobson Sibylle and Raymond Jefferis Jan Jessup Lee M. Kallos Carol Kemmerer

Paul and Frances Kende Vicky Kleinman Ursula Kroll JoAnn Kulesza Dr. Jane Lamb James and Judith Larson Kristin Liersch Charlotte Lister Leslie Mahtani Vincent and Mary Ann Marinelli Steven and Carol Marino Robin Massie and Steven Condy Kathleen Matthews William and Phyllis Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Dwight McCawley Raymond A. McClure Sarah Milbury-Steen Antonis and Soula Mistras John Moore Randall E. Moore Claire R. Morse Cindy Nelson Pamela Nelson Andrew Pappas and Richard Kitson Diana and Frank Patille John Pcsolar L. Sterling Phipps John Pickle Johanna Ray John Reddington Joanne Reilly Dr. and Mrs. Carl Renner Jennifer Revill Charles Richards Marisa Robinson Ruth Ganister and Tony Rosenthal Jeff Santoro Susan Scartozzi W. Brad Schlegel James Shanahan Thaddeus Siemasko Mandy Skomorucha

Leah and Norman Solat Sheldon and Penny Solomon Jon and Kristin Sommers Colin and Thomas Soukup Paul and Judith Stoffer John Strange Kit and Mike Sullivan Janice and Matthew Sullivan John Tenaglia Patricia Thomas Sue and Larry Thompson Monika and Al Thornton Maureen Tucker Jameson and Meredith Tweedie Barbara-Jo Vanderkraats Sandra Vermeychuk Margaret Walker Pat and Peter Wells Sarah B. Wolff Dr. Charles Wright

JEFFREY MILLER SECTION LEADER FUND Friends of OperaDelaware Robert and MaryAnne Grenfell Jonnie and Jim Holzman E. Erskine and Mary Jo Hopkins

HONORARY GIFTS Gifts in Honor of Marilyn Bromels

Reita D. Bewley

In Honor of Brendan Cooke

Anne Zwick Turner

Gifts in Honor of Gwen and Ralph Fuller

Aurelien and Kelsey Eulert Ryan MacPherson and Sharin Apostolou Gifts in Honor of Gordon Hawkins

Lee M. Kallos

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

37 41

DONORS DONORScontinued cont.

Personal Service.

Exceptional Results.

The Delaware Law Firm for Your Commercial Real Estate Needs Serving the business, real estate, zoning and land development needs of property owners, real estate developers, builders and investors in Delaware

· Land Use Approvals · Property Development · Zoning · Condemnation · Real Estate Transactions · Real Estate Financing · Leasing · Business Entities

Gifts in Honor of Beverly Wright

Dianne Douglas Leslie Mahtani Dr. Charles Wright

MEMORIAL GIFTS Gifts in Memory of Costel Denson

Joan and Charles Cochran Richard and Eunice Pryor

Gifts in Honor of 2018 Festival Singers

Veronica and Raymond Eid

Gifts in Memory of Frank B. Dilley

Vicky Kleinman

Gifts in Memory of Mack Emmert

Evan Bush

and the surrounding region.

Tarabicos Grosso, LLP One Corporate Commons, 100 West Commons Blvd, Suite 415

Every effort has been made to ensure that the list of donors is correct. If your name is misspelled or omitted, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us at info@operade.org or 302-442-7807.

Gifts in Memory of Nickander Damaskos

Rosalie Bryant John E Calvert Capano Management EDiS Construction Managers Brian Hennessey Sibylle and Raymond Jefferis Carol Kemmerer Dr. Jane Lamb Diana and Frank Patille Jennifer Revill Thaddeus Siemasko Patricia Thomas

New Castle, DE 19720 · 302-757-7800 www.tarabicosgrosso.com

HERITAGE CLUB The following people have either made a planned gift or have stated their intention to leave funds in their wills to OperaDelaware.

Jay Martin Anderson Olga Crowther Harry and Lynn Glaze

Linda H. O’Connor Ethel L. Sayre

For information about OperaDelaware’s Heritage Club, contact Brendan Cooke at 302-442-7805 or bcooke@operade.org

DIAMOND CAMPAIGN

75

th

Anniversary

2019/2020

SEASON

Season announcement coming soon!

Join our mailing lists to be first to know about performances, ticket on sale dates & more! Visit OperaDE.org/mailinglist and sign up today!

38

The year 2020 marks OperaDelaware's 75th anniversary. The following donors are the first to support our special Diamond Campaign designed to ensure artistic vibrancy and vitality in our 75th anniversary and beyond. Their support has already brought us to nearly 50% of our $750,000 goal. Our future success in bringing bold and meaningful opera to our community for another 75 years depends on individuals like you. Add your name to this list today!

Anonymous (2) Jerry & Michel Bilton Roberts & Allison Brokaw Marilyn H. Bromels Brendan & Julia Cooke

James & Francesca DiGuglielmo Cathy and Andy DiSabatino Shannon & Paul Fioravanti Peter & Catherine Gordon Neal J. & Lisa Howard

Robert and Mary Joan Moyer Louis L. Stott Foundation Cindy & Terry Tobias Evelyn Williams

2019 | OD | Opera Festival

43 37

OPERADELAWARE STAFF Brendan Cooke

General Director

Ryan MacPherson

Development Associate

Jordan Barrett

Administrator and Database Manager

Mary Wilcosky

Events Management

Angie Maximo Harvey

Staff Support

Anthony Barrese Aurelien Eulert

FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE!

Music Director Chorus Master and Principal Pianist

Kimberly Doucette

Director of Education

Consultants Accountant – Santora CPA Group • Graphic Design – Elisa Watson • Website – James Isabella

OperaDelaware Studios 4 South Poplar Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Main number: 302-658-8063 Box office: 302-442-7807

Performance Venue The Grand 818 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Administrative offices: 302-658-7897

House Manager

Audience Code of Etiquette

If you are expecting emergency calls, please leave your name and seat location with the House Manager.

Lost & Found Articles

Items should be reported or turned in to The Grand Ushers or by calling 302-658-7897

Cell phones, beepers and watch alarms should be turned off upon entering the theater. Please cease talking once the performance begins.

Photography and/or Recording of any performance without written permission are prohibited by law.

Offenders may be ejected from the theater and are liable for damages and other lawful remedies.

This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.

44

operaDE.org

capanoresidential.com

A round of applause for the performers and everyone responsible for making OperaDelaware so special to all of us.

WS F SB A NK . CO M / 1.888.WS F S BANK

©2019 WSFS Bank Member FDIC | NMLS #417673