2017-2018 season program

Cecilia Violetta López as Adina in L’elisir d’amore

2017-2018 SEASON

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(as of Sept 10, 2017) Andrew J. Owczarek, President Monica Revoczi, Vice-President W. Bret Amideo, Treasurer Yvonne McCoy, Secretary Phoebe J. Boelter Steven D. Brown Richard C. Ellinger Leslie Garrett Sharon Hubler Thomas J. Katsilometes Effie Kaufman Mandy Kayler Vicki Kreimeyer Jean McCabe Christopher H. Meyer Carol Nie Jodi Reynolds Christopher Salove Pamela Thomas Michael Treinen Michael Wetherell Janny Wing Mark Junkert, Ex-Officio Esther Simplot, Emeritus Doug Zimmerman, Emeritus Advisory Council (as of Sept 10, 2017) Anita Kay Hardy Don Hendrickson Christopher Huntley Carol MacGregor, PhD Lori Otter, First Lady of Idaho Rob Perez Dan Popkey Jeffrey L. Smith Anita Weissberg

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The entire Opera Idaho team - among them performers & production associates, other participants, staff, volunteers at all levels, and contributors – welcomes you to enjoy the many varied performances of our 2017-2018 Season.

Those performances now range from children’s chorus/ vocal education and extensive school performance outreach, through mainstage productions, Operatini concerts, summer musicals, Auction of Arias, and much more shown elsewhere in this program – with more to come in the future.

We measure our achieving our mission by the growing attendance and participation of people like yourselves in the communities we serve – reaching over 40,000 exposures across the breadth of Idaho including Pocatello, Sun Valley, Meridian, McCall, and continuously striving to reach new areas. We are particularly proud of our expanded and growing presence in our schools, and our upcoming young singers initiative. Having said that, we are also especially proud that the entire range of support we have gotten from across the state: volunteer hours too large to count and growing financial support across all demographics and all income levels have allowed us to be fiscally strong so we can in fact undertake the expansions of our mission to better serve all the citizens of Idaho … and the Northwest. I am privileged to be able to thank you all for your collective engagement with us.

Believing that you enjoy what you experience with us, we would ask you to consider being a more active member of our 40,000+ community across Idaho by further supporting and participating in our programs. Our participants tell us there is considerable satisfaction in helping us to create these programs. Support and participation can come through a variety of ways: becoming a member of a working committee, volunteering to assist our performance schedule, hosting visiting artists, being a performer, financial contributor, through becoming a Board member and/or Opera Idaho ambassador across the state. If you have further interest in any of these ways to help us improve the breadth and quality of what we do please reach out to any existing volunteer/ supporter or go through our web site, www.OperaIdaho.org.

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Opera Idaho General Director In this, my tenth season at the helm of Opera Idaho, we bring you a season of “love in its many manifestations,” as our 201718 season marketing tagline suggests. With only four operas, we can’t come close to covering all the aspects of love. But, we can give it a try!

Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, starring Rupert, Idaho native Cecilia Violetta López as Adina, returns to the Opera Idaho stage for the first time since 2008. It is courtship of a traditional sort … boy loves girl, girl plays hard to get by involving another man, there’s a love potion (red wine), it looks like the two lovers will never get together … but, it all works out in the end. And no one dies! López, a soprano who has previously appeared for Opera Idaho as Violetta in La Traviata (2016) and Gilda in Rigoletto (2014), is a rising star in the operatic world and made her European debut this summer in Belgium in Donizetti’s other well-known comedy, Don Pasquale. One of opera’s most endearing comedies, L’elisir also features tenor Thomas Glenn (Magic Flute, 2015) as the country-bumpkin Nemorino, Christopher Job (Susannah, 2013) as the slippery Dulcamara, and Boise baritone Jason Detwiler (most recently Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, 2016) as the braggadocious Belcore.

Opera Idaho’s production of Gian-Carlo Menotti’s one-act opera Amahl & the Night Visitors returns to The Egyptian Theatre for two holiday performances. The opera was commissioned by NBC and first performed by the NBC Opera Theatre on December 24, 1951, in New York City at NBC studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, the same studio where it was broadcast live on television from that venue as the debut production of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It has since become a holiday staple for families, the single mostperformed American opera, and one of the most performed of all operas. The story tells of the night when Three Kings, following the star of Bethlehem, stop for shelter at the home of Amahl, a poor shepherd boy with a disability who lives with his widowed mother. Through their encounters with the Three Kings and a magic star, Amahl and his mother learn how unselfish love and good deeds can work miracles.

Opera Idaho’s production, which I have conceived, was first performed in 2010.

One of the most popular operas of all time, Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is near the top of the list of operas performed by Opera Idaho in its 44-year history with five productions. Last performed in 2011 at The Egyptian Theatre, this production returns to The Morrison Center, made possible by funding from The Morrison Center Endowment Foundation. The opera tells the story of CioCio-San, the trusting and innocent young geisha of the title, who disastrously falls in love with American Navy lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, only to be abandoned by him. Sharpless, the sympathetic American consul, and Cio-Cio-San’s loyal servant Suzuki do all they can but are unable to avert tragedy.

The mainstage season closes with the first production ever in Idaho of André Previn’s 1995 opera A Streetcar Named Desire, based on Tennessee Williams’ 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. The production brings to Boise Conductor Alasdair Neale, Sun Valley Summer Symphony Music Director, for his Opera Idaho debut. Love as a blinding light, love confused with animal passion, the consequences of not being loved … this opera gives us these dimensions as it takes us out of comfort zones to explore love. In her Opera Idaho debut, soprano Julie Adams stars as Blanche, the deeply insecure, aging Southern belle who lives in a state of perpetual panic about her fading beauty. Adams is a former Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera and this summer took the lead female role of Mimi in that company’s mainstage production of Puccini’s La bohème. Baritone Gregory Gerbrandt is Blanche’s nemesis Stanley Kowalski, most famously portrayed by Marlon Brando in the play’s initial Broadway performance as well as the 1951 film adaptation.

Gregory makes his fifth Opera Idaho appearance, previously appearing in leading roles in Glory Denied (2016), Evgeny Onegin (2015), L’elisir d’amore (2008) and The Mikado (2006).

The production is a “Made in the USA,” opera, reviving a series of American operas begun in 2010.

As you may know I’ve agreed to remain as General Director through June 2022. Since I arrived in 2008 our budget has more than doubled from $450,000 to now just shy of $1 million; we are performing more operas in more venues; non-mainstage offerings like Operatinis, this season’s Winterreise Project, Children’s Choruses, Critical Mass and art song concerts have increased; our special fundraising events have grown in number and, more importantly, in money raised; and, our education outreach has expanded and for the first time this season includes a Young Artist Program with national artists. By the time you read this, Opera Idaho will have plotted out a new five-year Strategic Plan, Vision 2023, a course of exciting new programs and initiatives to take us even further down the road to being a premier arts organization in Boise and throughout Idaho, with a little bit of national recognition added to the profile. It will be a period of continued growth.

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Contributions to the General Fund received September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017 (includes Auction of Arias, Black & White Gala and all special events) Dress Circle- $10,000+ Phoebe & Fred Boelter Leslie & Marshall Garrett Dr. Carol MacGregor, Philanthropic Gift Fund Susan May & Andrew Owczarek The Pauline Becker and Dorothy Simplot Memorial Endowment Fund Jodi Reynolds Esther Simplot Patricia, Jo-Anne & Jeffrey Smith President’s Circle- $5,000- $9,999 Elizabeth & Robert Bracco Sue & Stan Fornander Kay Hardy & Gregory Kaslo Iris & Don Hendrickson Effie & Ray Kaufman Katherine Mathews & Thomas J. Katsilometes Melinda & Phil Sander Anita Weissberg

Director’s Circle- $2,500-$4,999 Nicole & Bret Amideo Marilyn Hickman & Doug Zimmerman Mark Junkert Kelly Kingsford & Rich Ellinger Mary & Boyd Leavitt Yvonne McCoy & Garry Wenske Linda & Lee Miller Carol Nie James Quinn Evelyn Schlosser LifeBlood- $1,000-$2,499 Stephanie & Ryan Anderson Phyllis & Brad Barker Caroline & Willis Brook Blakeslee Daniel Bonaminio Laurie & Allan Britten Neshia & Steven Brown Merri & Willis Carr Jacqueline Cooney Vicki Gowler Jacqueline Groves Beverly & George Harad Sharon Hubler Teresa & Tom Killingsworth Martha Lane & Doug Peterson Vicke & Walt Lee Kevin McCusker Ellen McKinney Caroline Morris Marni Odermann Maureen O’Leary Bob Pitts Wanda & Bill Previty

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Sustainer- $500-$999 Doris Adams Lori Anderson Trudy & Don Anderson Sara & Justin Astorquia Rose-Marie & Max Bearden Elena & Solon Carlson Susan & Claude Connelly James Cruzen Vickie & Mark Daly Arlene & Peter Davidson Nancy Davidson Sandra Evans Patricia & Robert Fulwyler Margaret & Willy Gorrissen Anne & Bob Hay Kenneth Howell Mandy Kayler Vicki Kreimeyer Jan Lassetter & Mike Mead Patricia & Gary Machacek Lynne & John Mattison Jean McCabe & Kevin Wilson Mona Morrison & Mike Winter Wendy & Jacob Neufeld Doug Oppenheimer Esther & Skip Oppenheimer MaryAnn & Rob Perez Cathy Silak & Nick Miller Lynda & Jay Smithman Carol & Steve Trott Brian Wolff Gisela Zechmeister & Michael Faison

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Stephen Waarts, violin

Cecilia Violetta Lopez, soprano

September 29 & 30

Carmina Burana

October 20 & 21

Symphonie Fantastique

November 11 & 12

2017 Grammy Winner Zuill Bailey, cello

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Star of Broadway Doug LaBrecque

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December 8 & 9

Holiday Pops

January 26 & 27

Beethoven’s Seventh

Please welcome New Music Director Eric Garcia!

February 23 & 24

Romeo(s) & Juliet(s)

March 10

Broadway Pops

April 13 & 14

Tales of Hemingway

May 5 & 6 Andrew Tyson, piano

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Susanne Cunningham Dale Dunn Edith Easterbrook Shirley Ewing Karen Louise Falk Wanda & Bob Firman Mary Getchell Stephanie Goodman Bob & Kay Goyden Raquel & Kjeld Guglielmetti Betsy Hall Nikki Hyer Kristen & Mark Jackson Nancy & Ed Johnson Vicki Johnson Evelyn Kirby Regina Montenegro Sharon Morrow Karen & Harold Orien Mary Ottoson Jennifer & Riccardo Palagi Anthony Park Diana Parker Kerstin I.M. Peterson Sally Pinckard Muimuivale Puaauli Claire Rice Margaret Schiff Janice & Charles Squier Paula & Daniel Stern Norma Stevlingson Kelly & Joanne Temple Stephanie & Mark Thompson Ustick Apple Blossom Club Margo Walter Danette Williams Janell Zuckerman

Idaho Community Foundation The Pauline Becker and Dorothy Simplot Memorial Endowment Fund Dr. Carol MacGregor, Philanthropic Gift Fund Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation Leslie Garrett Margaret Gorrissen Debbie Johnson Vicki Kreimeyer Jodi Reynolds Esther Simplot In Memory of Jacqueline Cooney Debbie & Kjell Knutsen Margaret Schiff Ustick Apple Blossom Club In Memory of Charlene Curry Leslie & Marshall Garrett

In Memory of Linda Berg Bonnie & Robert Salewski

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In Honor of Susan May & Andrew Owczarek Sally Pinckard Mary Ottoson In-Kind Contributions Alavita Amaru Confections a’Tavola Gourmet Marketplace Atkinson’s Market Ballet Idaho Barbacoa Bardenay The Basque Market Bella Kitchen Bella Aquila Debbie & Gerry Bloom Bistro 45 Phoebe & Fred Boelter Bogus Basin Boise Brewing Boise Contemporary Theater Boise Creative Center Boise Philharmonic Cakes by Blythe Century Link Arena Ceramica Boise Marybeth & Rex Chandler Chateau des Fleurs The Chocolat Bar Cinder Wines City Peanut Shop The Club at Spurwing Cottonwood Grille Crane Creek Country Club Crave Catering Cristina’s Restaurant daVinci’s Discovery Center of Idaho Edwards Greenhouse Elements Bown Crossing Epi’s Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy Carla & Jeff Fromm Fuel for the Soul Leslie & Marshall Garrett Gino’s Italian Ristorante Amy Gordon Chef Mike Gradian Gravity Sports Greenwoods Ski Haus The Grove Hotel Heidi Lane Esthetics Rachael Hettinger

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Opera Idaho is taking steps to ensure that Idaho can continue to experience the beauty of opera long into the future.

Inspired by Esther Simplot’s endowment gift, we have established an Opera Idaho Endowment Fund with a goal to raise $1 Million for the fund by 2019. Consider making a gift to the Endowment which will ensure Opera Idaho an everlasting vehicle of support. As we look toward the future, also consider including Opera Idaho in your estate planning. A planned gift is a way to leave your mark on the community and allow future generations the opportunity to experience the art-form you cherish. Planned giving is easy, there is no minimum commitment, and your gift will live on and provide the gift of music for future generations in Idaho. Please contact our Director of Development, Stephanie Derentz, for questions about Opera Idaho’s Endowment, information on planned giving opportunities or to let us know if you have decided to include Opera Idaho in your estate planning.

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Education Outreach

Volunteer of the Year

Touring Opera to the Schools

Opera Idaho would not be able to do everything it accomplishes without the help of people in the community willing to donate their time to help with everything from making phone calls, data entry, to ushering for many of our productions. Once a year the staff chooses a volunteer who goes above and beyond to help wherever needed. Our Volunteer of the Year Award for the 2016-2017 season went to Susan Jones.

In an effort to introduce our younger generations to the world of opera, for the past few years Opera Idaho has toured our local schools with a program geared towards students in grades K-6. This season, in October 2017, we will tour with an abridged version of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love to thirty elementary schools throughout the Treasure Valley.

School Tour, 2017

Opera Idaho Children’s Choruses

The Opera Idaho Children’s Choruses provide a fun opportunity for children to perform vocally and to learn about music, harmony and following a conductor. It is led by Anna Brannigan. Split into two groups, the Angelus Chorus is for children in 2nd-5th grades and the Children’s Chorus is for 6th-10th grades.

Past Volunteers of the Year

2016-2017 Susan Jones 2015-2016 Ivana Gigante 2014-2015 Regina Montenegro 2013-2014 Rose-Marie & Max Bearden and Alize Norman 2012-2013 Vicke Lee 2011-2012 Mike Stanton 2010-2011 Trish Ebsworth and Marvin Hansen 2009-2010 Dan Monasterio and Eric Jones 2008-2009 Jimsi Kuborn and Stan Fornander 2007-2008 Bernadette Bonaminio 2006-2007 Leslie Garrett

Planned performances include The Festival of Trees in November, Voices of Angels Holiday Concert on December 2, The Nutcracker with Ballet Idaho and Boise Philharmonic on December 15, 16 & 17, 2017, closing the season with a Spring Concert on April 28, 2018.

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Opera Idaho Summer Opera Camp

The Opera Camp offers a basic introduction to the elements of singing. The week-long camp culminates in a performance by the students, often an abridged production of an opera. For students aged 10-18.

For more information on any of the above programs, performances, or Angelus and Children’s Choruses auditions, please call Fernando 345-3531 ext. 3.

Become a part of the magic! Opera Idaho is looking for Opera lovers who want to work behind the scenes and volunteer to help bring the Opera to life! As an Opera Idaho volunteer, you will have the opportunity to participate in committees, attend volunteer socials, attend and assist at Opera Idaho special events, plan signature events and fundraisers, assist with various office tasks, meet international opera stars, set and achieve goals for the opera.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please fill out the Volunteer Information Form at the information table during the performance or online at Operaidaho.org.

AT T H E R I V E R S I D E H OT E L

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Every opera deserves to be celebrated, and what better way to do so than with a finely crafted martini? This is your chance to experience opera in a relaxed setting while enjoying great food and a specially designed martini based on each Operatini’s theme. Due to the overwhelming success of our Operatinis, not only are we going to have more of them this coming season, we will also be offering two performances of each, one at 5:30pm and one at 8:15pm.

opportunity to hob-nob with some of Idaho’s opera elite, but you also get a chance to meet and talk with the director and conductor of each production.

Pre-Performance dinner: $75 per Person For tickets call Merri at 345-3531 ext 2.

Coffee & Conversation

Come for an informative talk over coffee and treats, as Mark Junkert, our General Director, gives an informative preperformance talk on topics specially chosen for all Met Live in HD performance broadcasts.

Saturdays, October 7 & 14, 2017 Saturday, November 18, 2017 Saturday, January 27, 2018 Saturdays, February 10 & 24, 2018 Saturdays, March 10 & 31, 2018 Saturdays, April 14 & 28, 2018

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Concert: Living Opera

Join us as we explore arias and art songs showcasing the diversity of works by living composers.

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November 16, 2017 -”Cocktails & Cabaret” February 8, 2018 -“One Fine Day” March 29, 2018 -”I Want Magic” May 10, 2018 -“Great American Songbook” The Sapphire Room at The Riverside Hotel 2900 E Chinden Boulevard, Garden City

$30 Preferred seats; $22 regular seats Tickets available at the door, by calling 208-331-4930 or online at OperaIdaho.org

Celebration at Chandi

Keep the party going on opening night to celebrate our first opera of the season, Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, at a special benefit event for Opera Idaho. Enjoy desserts, wine, and an intimate performance by members of the cast.

Tickets: $50 per person Friday, October 6, 2017 • 10:30 PM until 12:30 AM Chandi Lighting Studio 1110 W Jefferson St, Boise

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Pre-Performance Dinner

A few hours before the opening performance of Madama Butterfly and A Streetcar Named Desire, Board and LifeBlood members and patrons of Opera Idaho get together for cocktails and a specially prepared meal. Not only is it a great

Friday, November 10, 2017 • 7:30pm Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room 516 S 9th St, upstairs, Boise

Sunday, November 12, 2017 • 6:00pm McCall Community Congregational Church 901 N 1st St, McCall

Critical Mass Vocal Artists

Critical Mass Vocal Artists is a semi-professional choral ensemble consisting of trained singers in the Treasure Valley that produces excellent choral music focusing on contemporary octavo literature of a high caliber along with educational outreach.

Thursday, September 21, 2017 • 7:30pm Saturday, February 24, 2018 • 7:30pm Saturday, June 2, 2018 • 7:30pm Critical Mass, May 2017

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Other Events - continued L’elisir d’amore in Pocatello

Join us as we visit south-central Idaho for a special presentation of L’elisir d’amore.

Friday, November 3, 2017 • 7:30pm Stephen’s Performing Arts Center 1002 Sam Nixon Avenue, Pocatello Tickets at OperaIdaho.org

Madama Butterfly in Sun Valley

Join us as we visit south-central Idaho for a special semistaged presentation of Madama Butterfly.

Saturday, February 10, 2018 • 6:30pm Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood 100 Saddle Rd, Ketchum Tickets at OperaIdaho.org

Black & White Gala, 2017

Black and White Gala

Escape the winter blues and join us for our biggest and best fundraising party of the season! It’s a great opportunity to rub elbows with some of Boise’s greatest fans of opera.

Come enjoy delectable wines donated by Cinder wines, a delicious meal, beautiful singing by cast members from our upcoming production of Madama Butterfly, and dancing to your heart’s content with live music.

Saturday, February 3, 2018 • 6:00 pm Boise Centre 850 W Front St, Boise Cost: $200 per person - Full Event $50 per person • Wine, Dessert & Dancing only For tickets call Merri 208-345-3531 ext. 2.

In Good Taste Art Song Recital, May 2017

Art Song Recitals

Join Opera Idaho’s Resident Company singers in this series of recitals dedicated to the beautiful form of music called art songs. These non-staged songs often incorporate well-known poems and seasonal themes with complex music and piano.

Sunday, April 15, 2018 • 2:30pm Sunday, May 6, 2018 • 2:30pm Sunday, June 3, 2018 • 2:30pm

Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room 516 South 9th Street, upstairs, Boise

Fundraisers Auction of Arias

Join us for an evening of vocal and culinary delights, Enjoy fine wine from Cinder, delight in a gourmet meal, and bid on an aria or duet sung by artists from the production of L’elisir d’amore. The artists will sing your favorite selections from the canons of opera and Broadway.

This year’s event was September 23, 2017 at The Arid Club

Stay tuned for next season’s date.

Our summer benefit event celebrating the finer things in life.

Enjoy a gourmet dinner with wine pairings from Cinder along with a specially chosen operatic performance. In summer of 2018, we will be offering two night of this event due to popular demand.

June 13 & 15, 2018 • 6:30pm Cost: $135 per person Cinder Wines 107 E 44th St, Garden City

For tickets call Merri 208-345-3531 ext. 2.

Bon Appétit, 2017

17-18 Calendar of Events October 2017 Sat 14 Coffee and Conversation 10:15am

Preceding Met Live in HD, Die Zauberflöte

Edwards 21 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise Sat 28 School Tour: The Elixir of Love

Public performance

Ballet Idaho Annex Auditorium

10:30am & 1:00pm

November 2017 Fri 3

Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore 7:30pm Stephens Peforming Arts Center, ISU, 1002 Sam Nixon Avenue, Pocatello

The Barber of Seville, 2015 Susannah, 2013

Fri 10 Concert: Living Opera* 7:30pm

Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room Sun 12 Concert: Living Opera* 6:00pm

Community Congregational church

901 N 1st St, McCall

Thu 16 Operatini: Cocktails & Cabaret 5:30pm & 8:15pm

The Sapphire Room at The Riverside Hotel Sat 18 Coffee and Conversation 10:15am

Preceding Met Live in HD, The Exterminating Angel

Edwards 21 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise

December 2017 Fri 1

Sat 2

Menotti’s Amahl & the Night Visitors 7:30pm The Egyptian Theatre

Children’s Holiday Concert 4:00pm Location TBA

Sun 3 Menotti’s Amahl & the Night Visitors 2:30pm

The Egyptian Theatre

Fri 15 Children’s Choruses performance 7:30pm

at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Sat 16 Children’s Choruses performance 2:00pm & 7:30pm

at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Sun 17 Children’s Choruses performance 12:00pm & 4:00pm

at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

January 2018

Fri 19 The Winterreise Project: Revisited 7:30pm

Location TBA Sat 21 The Winterreise Project: Revisited 2:30pm

Location TBA * Free event

Rigoletto, 2014 The Marriage of Figaro, 2013

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17-18 Calendar of Events - continued Sat 27 Coffee and Conversation 10:15am

Preceding Met Live in HD, Tosca

Edwards 22 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise

February 2018 Sat 3

Black & White Gala 6:00pm Boise Centre

Thu 8 Operatini: One Fine Day 5:30pm & 8:15pm

The Sapphire Room at The Riverside Hotel Sat 10 Coffee and Conversation 9:15am

Preceding Met Live in HD, L’elisir d’amore

Edwards 22 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise Sat 10 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly 7:30pm

Semi-Staged, Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood

100 Saddle Rd, Ketchum, sung in Italian Fri 16 Pre-Performance Dinner 4:30pm

Location TBA

Fri 6 Pre-Performance Dinner 4:30pm Emilio’s Fri 6

André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire 7:30pm The Egyptian Theatre

Sun 8 André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire 2:30pm

The Egyptian Theatre Sat 14 Coffee and Conversation 9:45am

Preceding Met Live in HD, Luisa Miller

Edwards 22 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise

Sun 15 Art Song Recital #1* 2:30pm

Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room Sat 28 Coffee and Conversation 9:45am

Preceding Met Live in HD, Cendrillion

Edwards 22 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise

May 2018

Fri 16 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly 7:30pm

The Morrison Center, sung in Italian

Sun 6 Art Song Recital #2* 2:30pm

Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room

Sat 24 Coffee and Conversation 9:45am

Preceding Met Live in HD, La bohème

Edwards 22 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise

June 2018

Sun 18 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly 2:30pm

The Morrison Center, sung in Italian

Sat 24 Critical Mass Vocal Artists Concert 7:30pm

Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room

March 2018

Sat 10 Coffee and Conversation 9:45am

Preceding Met Live in HD, Semiramide

Edwards 22 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise

Thu 22 Lecture: 6:00pm

“Streetcar: From Play to Movie to Opera”*

The Community Library

415 Spruce Ave, Ketchum Sat 22 Lecture: 11:00am

“Streetcar: From Play to Movie to Opera”*

Opera Idaho Studio

Thu 29 Operatini: I Want Magic 5:30pm & 8:15pm

The Sapphire Room at The Riverside Hotel Sat 31 Coffee and Conversation 10:15am

Preceding Met Live in HD, Così fan tutte

Edwards 22 Theatres, W Overland Rd, Boise

April 2018 * Free event

Thu 10 Operatini: American Songbook 5:30pm & 8:15pm

The Sapphire Room at The Riverside Hotel Sat 2

Critical Mass Vocal Artists Concert 7:30pm Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room

Sun 3 Art Song Recital #3* 2:30pm

Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room

Wed 13 In Good Taste: Summer Fundraiser 6:30pm

Cinder Wines

107 E 44th St, Garden City Fri 15 In Good Taste: Summer Fundraiser 6:30pm

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107 E 44th St, Garden City Madama Butterfly, 2011

Resident Company As of September 9, 2017

Opera Idaho’s mission for its Resident Company is to promote opera in general by providing training and performance opportunities for the many talented singers in the Boise area. Comprised of vocational and professional singers, the Resident Company attempts to challenge even the highest level of singing artists while remaining accessible to both younger and less-experienced performers.

Soprano

Victoria Arriero Debbie Baerlocher Melissa Bagwell Heather Ballantyne Kathleen Beynun Caitlin Carlberg Jena Carpenter Merri Carr Jessica Carroll Elaina Crenshaw Megan Croft Darcee Cuillard Kristen Dittman Amanda Gardner-Porter Rachael Nolana Griffith Emily Hansen Gayle Dawn Hill Haley Hill Kendra Hillier Dena Holland Vicki Kreimeyer Alyse M. Krieger Crystal Lovato Leanne Macdonnell Lindsay Macias Leslie Mauldin Yvonne McCoy Jessica Meyers Michiko Miller Krista Niswander Cherylanne North Kristine Nunes Leanne Oien Nicole O’Toole Rebecca Pearce Laura Rushing-Raynes Bonnie Salewski Nadamayí Shanti Shannon Smolar Nancylee Summervill Sarah Worthington Janell Zuckerman

Mezzo-soprano

Krista Blaine Shelby Ann Boice Jennifer Burke Tiffany Calás Erin Case Michele Detwiler Suzanne Hansen Chris Hatch Lisa Hecht Kristen Jackson Kelly Kaye Vicke Lee Anna Majernikova Ruth Manthey Ellen McKinney Angela Tracy Miller Kelly Moylan Marianne Saunders Patty Wainwright

Carmen, 2014

Tenor

David Czerepinski Adam Wade Duncan Steve Hatch Jonathan Hill Tim Judy David Noland Scott Noland Andrew Peck Maxwell Reinhardt Kyle Schlagel Wally Tuck

Amahl & the Night Visitors, 2011 The Ballad of Baby Doe, 2012

Baritone/Bass

Brandon Atkins Willis Carr Jason Detwiler Nik Dumas Michal Jarolimek David Le Casey Lebold Luis Macias Fernando Menéndez Sergiu Moraru Jim Poston Douglas Rowland Bob Wallace

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Performance History Aug 2017 Oklahoma! in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein May 2017 Werther, Massenet Feb 2017 Tosca, Puccini Nov2016 Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss Jr. Aug 2016 South Pacific in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein Apr 2016 Glory Denied, Cipullo Apr 2016 The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan

by The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Jan 2016 La Traviata, Verdi Dec 2015 Amahl & the Night Visitors, Menotti Oct 2015 The Magic Flute, Mozart Aug 2015 The Music Man in Concert, Meredith Willson May 2015 The Barber of Seville, Rossini Feb 2015 Evgeny Onegin, Tchaikovsky Nov 2014 Rigoletto, Verdi Aug 2014 The King and I in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein Apr 2014 Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein &

Gianni Schicchi, Puccini Feb 2014 Carmen, Bizet Nov 2013 The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart

Jul 2013 The Sound of Music in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein May 2013 Susannah, Carlisle Floyd Mar 2013 I Pagliacci, Leoncavallo & Pulcinella Suite, Stravinsky Feb 2013 The Winterreise Project Dec 2012 Hansel & Gretel, Humperdinck Oct 2012 Falstaff, Verdi

Jul 2012 Oklahoma! in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein Apr 2012 The Ballad of Baby Doe, Douglas Moore Feb 2012 La bohème, Puccini Dec 2011 Amahl & the Night Visitors, Menotti Oct 2011 The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan

Jul 2011 Carousel in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein May 2011 La Fille du Régiment, Donizetti Feb 2011 Madama Butterfly, Puccini Dec 2010 Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti Oct 2010 Our Town, Rorem

Jul 2010 South Pacific in Concert, Rodgers & Hammerstein Feb 2010 La Cenerentola, Rossini Dec 2009 Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti Oct 2009 Faust, Gounod Jun 2009 Opera Under the Stars Mar 2009 Così fan tutte, Mozart Dec 2008 Opera Idaho Sings Christmas Nov 2008 Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti Jun 2008 Opera Under the Stars Mar 2008 Elixir of Love, Donizetti Dec 2007 Opera Idaho Sings Christmas Oct 2007 La bohème, Puccini Aug 2007 Opera Under the Stars Apr 2007 Opera’s Most Romantic Spring 2007 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well, and Living in Paris Dec 2006 Opera Idaho Sings Christmas Nov 2006 The Barber of Seville, Rossini Aug 2006 Opera Under the Stars Mar 2006 The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Oct 2005 La traviata, Verdi Feb 2005 Carmen, Bizet 1 World Premiere

Oklahoma! in Concert, 2017 Werther, 2017

Tosca, 2017 Die Fledermaus, 2016

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Performance History - continued Nov 2004 Nosferatu 1, Henderson Feb 2004 The Merry Widow, Lehár Fall 2003 Tosca, Puccini Feb 2003 Madama Butterfly, Puccini Oct 2002 Porgy and Bess, Gershwin Feb 2002 Don Pasquale, Donizetti Nov 2001 La bohème, Puccini Oct 2000 The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart May 2000 La Casa Verdi Feb 2000 Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss II Nov 1999 The Magic Flute, Mozart Apr 1999 Opera Under the Stars Feb 1999 Don Giovanni, Mozart Nov 1998 The Barber of Seville, Rossini May 1998 The Words and the Music:

The Barber of Seville, Rossini Feb 1998 Carmen, Bizet Nov 1997 Don Pasquale, Donizetti - first production of Opera Idaho Jan 1997 La bohème, Puccini Nov 1996 L’Elisir d’Amore, Donizetti May 1996 The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Feb 1996 La traviata, Verdi Apr 1995 The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan Feb 1995 Tosca, Puccini Oct 1994 Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck May 1994 H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan Feb 1994 Madama Butterfly, Puccini Mar 1993 Rigoletto, Verdi Jan 1992 Carmen, Bizet 1991 South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein Jan 1991 La bohème, Puccini 1990 Daughter of the Regiment, Donizetti,

The Telephone, Menotti,

Face on the Barroom Floor, Mollicone,

La Serva Pedrona 2, Pergolesi May 1990 A Night at the Opera Idaho Jan 1990 A Season of Sorrows 3, Bratt Oct 1989 The Merry Widow, Lehár 1989 Così fan tutte, Mozart,

Il Turco in Italia, Rossini,

Ormindo 2, Cavalli Mar 1989 The Magic Flute, Mozart Oct 1988 Tosca, Puccini Mar 1988 Operatic Highlights Oct 1987 Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck Spring 1987 La traviata, Verdi Fall 1986 Don Pasquale, Donizetti Apr 1986 Sherrill Milnes in Concert Mar 1986 I Pagliacci, Leoncavallo Mar 1985 Madama Butterfly, Puccini Dec 1984 Marilyn Horne in Concert Oct 1984 Divas of the Golden West Sep 1983 Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti - first production of Boise Opera Oct 1982 Tosca, Puccini May 1982 Così fan tutte, Mozart Fall 1981 Rigoletto, Verdi

1 World Premiere 2 Ashlawn/Highland Tour 3 Revival of work by C. Griffith Bratt, given world premiere in Boise in 1962

South Pacific, 2016

Glory Denied, 2016

La Traviata, 2016

Madama Butterfly 2011

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Performance History - continued Spring 1980 Apr 1979 Winter 1979 Sep 1978 Mar 1978 Fall 1977 Apr 1977 Feb 1977 Oct 1976 Apr 1976 Nov 1975 Mar 1975 Winter 1973

Oct 1972 June 1971

The Ballad of Baby Doe, Moore Cinderella, Western Opera Theatre Tour Gianni Schicchi, Puccini Faust, Gounod La bohème, Puccini La traviata, Verdi Bits ‘N Pieces The Medium and The Telephone, Menotti The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart Bits ‘N Pieces Carmen, Bizet Bits ‘N Pieces Street Scene, Weill - first production of Boise Civic Opera Rachel 1, Bratt Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni - first production by Boise Opera Workshop

The Mikado 2006 La Traviata, 2005

1 World Premiere

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