Don Pasquale, A Live Drive-In Opera - Program

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GAETANO DONIZETTI

DON PASQUALE A LIVE DRIVE-IN OPERA

CAST DONALD J. PASQUALE........................ANDREW POTTER NORINA...................................................JANA MCINTYRE ERNESTO...............................................MATTHEW GRILLS MALATESTA..................................................EFRAÍN SOLÍS NOTARY.....................................MATTHEW GREENBLATT

PRODUCTION CONDUCTOR

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

KOSTIS PROTOPAPAS

TODD JARED

STAGE DIRECTOR & SCENIC DESIGN

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

JOSH SHAW

ZACH MENDEZ

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

COVID COMPLIANCE OFFICER

KOURTNI DALE-NOLL MITCHINER

BETSY CRAIG

COSTUME DESIGN

PRINCIPAL PIANIST

STACIE LOGUE

TIMOTHY ACCURSO

PROPS MASTER

COSTUME ASSISTANT

T. THERESA SCARANO

ROSEL WEEDN

SPONSORS PRODUCTION SPONSOR George H. and Olive J. Griffiths Charitable Foundation ORCHESTRA SPONSOR Bella Domani DIRECTOR SPONSOR Nancy & Fred Golden CONDUCTOR SPONSOR Dan & Romy Reicker ARTIST SPONSORS THE OPERATIVES (James Benham, Nicholas Burlett, Donovan McKelvey, David Mason, and Dylan Vrana)

Omega Financial Group Bob Weinman New Audience engagement support Walter J. & Holly O. Thomson Foundation

SHOW INFORMATION RUN TIME: 100 MINUTES. There will be no intermission.

SYNOPSIS ACT I Donald J. Pasquale, once the King of the Silent Movies, with his Flying A Studios, has seen his glory days come and go with the advent of talking pictures. The elderly bachelor, sitting in his Santa Barbara home, awaits his friend Dr. Malatesta, who has arranged a marriage for him.

The bride, Malatesta tells him, is beautiful and innocent, and happens to be Malatesta’s sister.

Pasquale reminds his nephew Ernesto that he has offered to wed him to a wealthy lady on pain of disinheritance if he refuses. Ernesto refuses again; he intends to marry the up-and-coming, but thus far penniless actress, Norina Niles Nelson.

Filming a bit part on location at the beach, Norina mocks the latest script sent her way.

Malatesta arrives and tells her of the scheme he has hatched to help her and Ernesto marry.

Norina will be introduced to Pasquale as Malatesta’s sister Sofronia, fresh from the Poor Clares Convent. After they are ‘married’ by a false notary, Pasquale will be at their mercy.

ACT II Disowned by Pasquale, Ernesto feels he cannot ask Norina to share his poverty and vows to leave town.

Malatesta arrives at Pasquale’s house with ‘Sofronia’, apparently shy and afraid of men.

Pasquale proposes and she accepts. Malatesta’s fake notary draws up the contract, making Sofronia mistress of the house and owner of half of Pasquale’s assets. The ceremony done, Sofronia instantly transforms into a domineering, spendthrift shrew and appoints Ernesto her escort.

ACT III Pasquale, his home completely overtaken by Norina/Sofronia, examines the bills with horror.

Norina enters, dressed up to go to the theatre. Pasquale tries to stop her, but ‘Sofronia’ treats him harshly. As she leaves, she deliberately drops a piece of paper. Pasquale discovers that it is a note from Sofronia’s lover arranging a tryst in the garden that evening. Pasquale sends for Malatesta and shows him the note. They agree to confront the lovers in the garden that night.

Later, in the garden, Ernesto serenades Norina, and they sing of their love. Pasquale and Malatesta spy on them and then ambush them, but Ernesto escapes unrecognized. ‘Sofronia’ denies her guilt and refuses to leave, but Malatesta persuades her that she cannot stay, as Norina is to arrive tomorrow as Ernesto’s bride. Pasquale is thus forced to accept Ernesto’s chosen wife in order to get rid of his own. When the truth is finally revealed, Pasquale forgives the youngsters and all are reconciled.

Words: George Hall via Glyndebourne, updates by Josh Shaw

SUPERTITLES BY JOSH SHAW

ORCHESTRA VIOLIN SAMUEL FISCHER, CONCERTMASTER VIOLIN

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

COLLEEN COOMBER, PRINCIPAL

CATHERINE DEL RUSSO, PRINCIPAL

VIOLA

CLARINET

KAREN GOULDING-LONG, PRINCIPAL LAWRENCE HUGHES, PRINCIPAL CELLO

BASSOON

CHRISTOPHER AHN, PRINCIPAL

DUNCAN MASSEY, PRINCIPAL

BASS

HORN

THOMAS HARTE, PRINCIPAL

KATIE FARAUDO, PRINCIPAL

FLUTE

KEYBOARD

GARY WOODWARD, PRINCIPAL

TIMOTHY ACCURSO, PRINCIPAL

MUSIC STAFF CONDUCTOR

ORCHESTRA MANAGER

KOSTIS PROTOPAPAS

SUSAN ANDERSON, ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION MANAGER,

PRINCIPAL PIANIST

SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY

TIMOTHY ACCURSO SUPERTITLE OPERATOR BROOKLYN SNOW

ARTISTS KOSTIS PROTOPAPAS

CONDUCTOR

Kostis Protopapas was named General Director of Opera Santa Barbara in December 2017, after two-and-a-half seasons as Artistic Director. During his time as Artistic Director and principal conductor, Kostis brought a unified vision to OSB’s musical and production values, strengthening the orchestra and chorus, engaging some of the country’s most promising young directors and singers, building a high-performing production team, and increasing focus on contemporary American opera. The result was productions of both familiar and new repertoire that are counted among the finest in the company’s history. As General Director, Kostis grew the company’s staff from three to seven, assembling an enthusiastic group of overachievers sharing an appetite for innovation and the desire to strengthen the company’s bond with the community. During 2018-19, the company’s 25th anniversary season, Kostis oversaw the sold-out Santa Barbara premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and a production of The Crucible that the Santa Barbara Independent hailed as “one of the season’s most exciting performances of any kind in Santa Barbara”; a 25th anniversary gala concert; and the company’s first-ever student matinee performance as well as its first ever Youth camp. Under Kostis’ leadership Opera Santa Barbara saw the creation of the Santa Barbara Youth Opera, a program providing educational and performance opportunities for school-age children; the expansion of the company’s Chrisman Studio program to a season-long residency for emerging artists; an impressive growth in the company’s community engagement and educational activities throughout the Central Coast; and the runaway success of Operacurious, a new program that brings Young Professionals in Santa Barbara in contact with opera and its artists. 2016 saw the end of Kostis' 15-year association with Tulsa Opera, during which he conducted 30 productions of a diverse repertoire extending from popular classics to contemporary American works. About his 2011 Barber of Seville performances, Alex Ross of The New Yorker wrote, “Most impressive was the fluid idiomatic playing of the orchestra… In any city, it’s rare to find a conductor that sets the right tempo so consistently that you stop noticing he's there.”Kostis has been an Assistant Conductor for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera and Santa Fe Opera. At the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he also served as Assistant Chorus Master under Donald Palumbo for two seasons. Born in Athens, Greece, Kostis Protopapas studied Archaeology and History of Art at the University of Athens before coming to the United States in 1993, on an Onassis Foundation scholarship, to study piano at The Boston Conservatory and conducting at Boston University. He became an American citizen in 2011. He loves living in Santa Barbara, and enjoys downtown restaurants, the Funk Zone’s tasting rooms, and sailing on the Santa Barbara Channel.

JOSH SHAW

STAGE DIRECTOR

One of Musical America’s Top 30 Innovators in Classical Music in 2016, Josh Shaw is the Executive and Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Project (POP), a Los Angeles based company dedicated to presenting accessible, affordable, and ENTERTAINING opera. Over the past nine seasons, he has directed over 30 productions at POP including The Rake’s Progress, Ariadne auf Naxos, La calisto, Tosca: A Moving Production, and La boheme: AKA “The Hipsters”. Mr. Shaw’s reimagining of Die Entführung aus dem Serail as an episode of Star Trek has gained national attention and has been produced by eight companies selling out houses with record-breaking numbers. Since turning his attention to directing in 2011, he has directed over 70 productions at companies including New Orleans Opera, Intermountain Opera, The Southern Illinois Music Festival, Opera Neo, Alamo City Opera, Queen City Opera, Opera Orlando, and Salt Marsh Opera. He directed Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Santa Barbara last season. Other recent projects include productions of Don Giovanni, La gazzetta (Rossini), La traviata, Guillaume Tell, Carmen, and Tabasco: A Burlesque Opera, a newly rediscovered operetta by G. W. Chadwick, last performed in 1894. Mr. Shaw also wrote a new book and additional lyrics for the project that celebrated the McIlhenney Company’s 150th anniversary. In addition to the rewrite of Tabasco and the new book and lyrics for Abduction from the Seraglio, Mr. Shaw has written several English version librettos for operas including a Wild West setting of Die Lustige Witwe, a contemporary setting of Die Schauspieldirektor, and most recently a hit production of Die Zauberflüte set in the world of 1980s video games. Past projects have also included a groundbreaking production of Madama Butterfly sung in Japanese and English, a co-production of POP and Opera in Heights (Houston). Other upcoming projects include Il trovatore at The Southern Illinois Music Festival, Gianni Schicchi at Opera Columbus, and I pagiliacci at Salt Marsh Opera. More details at joshshaw.org.

ANDREW POTTER

DONALD J. PASQUALE

Andrew Potter, bass has garnered increasing demand across the country for his larger than life stage presence and voice to match.

Of his performance in L’elisir d’amore, Opera Today hailed, “With his huge, all-encompassing bass voice and precise comic timing he nearly stole the show.” Last season, he performed as Prince Gremen in Eugene Onegin with Livermore Valley Opera, Poo Bah in Mikado withOpera Grand Rapids, Sulpice in Daughter of the Regiment with Winter Opera St. Louis, and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Fallen Giant with American Lyric Opera. Other 2020 and 2021 engagements were to include Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Indianapolis Opera, 2nd Soldier in Salome with the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Pastor Avery in Tobias Picker’s Emmeline with Tulsa Opera, Ramfis in Aïda with Raylynmor Opera, Fafner and Hagen in a Siegfried Act I and Gotterdammerung Act II with Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra, Daland in The Flying Dutchman with Lakes Area Music Festival, and Awakenings with Tulsa Opera. Mr. Potter has performed across the country demonstrating the vocal power to sing such roles as Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, the range and physicality to perform buffo roles, and the agility to sing Handelian roles.

JANA MCINTYRE

NORINA

Jana McIntyre has been praised for her “dancer’s grace, mercurial wit, and vibrant soprano tone” (Opera News). This season, Ms. McIntyre appears at Opera Santa Barbara as Norina in Don Pasquale. She joins the casts of Palm Beach Opera’s The Magic Flute and Tulsa Opera’s Rigoletto to cover the roles of The Queen of the Night and Gilda. Last season Ms. McIntyre made her debut with Heartbeat Opera in New York City singing Ännchen (role debut) in a new production of Weber’s Der Freischütz. She also debuted with Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera singing selections from Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro as Despina and Susanna. During the 20182019 season, Ms. McIntyre reprised the role of The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with Toledo Opera and Opera Grand Rapids. She also made company debuts with Arizona Opera in Le nozze di Figaro, The Santa Fe Opera in Jenůfa, and with Tulsa Opera singing the roles of Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Water in Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince. In addition, she covered La Fée in Laurent Pelly’s iconic production of Cendrillon at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Ms. McIntyre was a national finalist in the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

MATTHEW GRILLS ERNESTO Opera News exclaims that in San Francisco Opera’s Sweeney Todd, “Tenor Matthew Grills made the strongest impression, delivering Tobias’s ‘Not While I’m Around’ with touching tenderness.” This season he returns to the roles of Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Opera Santa Barbara and Ramiro in La cenerentola with Nashville Opera. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut last season in Der Rosenkavalier. His other recent performances include Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Ramiro in La cenerentola (Seattle Opera), Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd (San Francisco Opera), Idreno in Semiramide (Opéra national de Lorraine), Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore (Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra and Portland Opera), and Ernesto in Don Pasquale (Berkshire Opera Festival). He has sung Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Opera San Jose) as well as Pedrillo in the same opera (Bayerische Staatsoper, Atlanta Opera, New Orleans Opera). He is a former member of the ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper at which, in addition to Pedrillo, he sang a host of roles that include Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos as well as Kedril in From the House of the Dead, and Vierter Knappe in Parsifal, and Don Gaspard in La favorite.

EFRAÍN SOLÍS DR. MALATESTA Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle for his “theatrical charisma and musical bravado,” baritone Efraín Solís returns to Opera Santa Barbara for this role debut of Malatesta in Don Pasquale. Earlier this season, he joined Opera San José in as Charlie in the company’s hit digital production of Three Decembers and Il segreto di Susanna and made his company debut with a reprisal of his critically-acclaimed performance of Charlie. Next up, he returns to Utah Opera as Escamillo in La tragedie de Carmen. Solís is a recent graduate of the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship and, while with the company, sang Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Dandini in La cenerentola, Schaunard in La bohème, Silvano in Un ballo in maschera, Sciarrone in Tosca, and Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly. Other performances include Lieutenant Audeberet in Puts’ Silent Night (Utah Opera), Mark in Martinez’s Cruzar la cara de la luna (Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, El Paso Opera), Mercutio in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (Utah Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera), Figaro in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Memphis, Livermore Valley Opera), and El Payador in Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires (Opera Southwest).

MATTHEW GREENBLATT A NOTARY A native of Port Washington, New York, Tenor Matthew Greenblatt is thrilled to be joining Opera Santa Barbara this season for Don Pasquale. Mr. Greenblatt is also a member of this season’s Chrisman Studio Artist Program.

Prior to joining OSB, Mr. Greenblatt was a featured Tenor soloist in Eugene Opera’s New Year’s Eve Virtual Gala Concert. Earlier in the 2020 season, Matthew returned to DuPage Opera, playing the role of St. Brioche in the Merry Widow. He also recently made his role debut as the Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites with Saltworks Opera. From 2017-2019, Mr. Greenblatt was an apprentice artist with Palm Beach Opera. Mr. Greenblatt has been selected as a finalist in the New York International Vocal Competition, and Semi-finalist in the Opera Index Competition.

In the summer of 2022, Mr. Greenblatt will be performing the role of Nemorino with the Southern Illinois Music Festival. He will also be performing as the Tenor soloist in a concert series with the New Philharmonic Orchestra in the Chicago area.

Mr. Greenblatt earned his Bachelors of Music from the University of Michigan, and his Masters of Music from Mannes in New York.

KOURTNI DALE-NOLL MITCHINER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER KOURTNI DALE-NOLL MITCHINER, a Texas native, received her Bachelors in Music from Baylor University and her Masters in Music Performance from Loyola University, New Orleans. She has previously sung with the Plano Civic Chorus, the Cornish American Song Institute, New Orleans Opera Association, New Fangled Opera, the Mediterranean Opera Studio, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Santa Barbara Symphony, and Opera Santa Barbara. She has managed the social media profiles for Friday Artists Management, INC and has helped coordinate the Cornish-American Song Institute's summer program. In early 2014, she made the switch to stage management and loves it! She has had the honor of stage managing with Echo Theater Company, California Opera Association, Ojai Youth Opera, the Santa Barbara Choral Society, the Santa Barbara Symphony, Pacific Opera Project, Opera San José, Arizona Opera, and Opera Santa Barbara.

TIMOTHY ACCURSO PRINCIPAL PIANIST Tim joined the Opera Santa Barbara team in September 2018. He has been on music staff with Palm Beach Opera, Opera Saratoga, and the Seagle Music Colony. Originally from Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, he completed his undergraduate studies at Susquehanna University in vocal and piano performance. To further his studies in opera, Tim received a Masters of Music in vocal coaching and accompanying from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, where he studied with Dr. Julie Jordan Gunn. Following his studies, Tim became a resident artist with Utah Opera for two seasons. This summer he will join the music staff at Opera Las Vegas for their production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Tim spends his time coaching the Chrisman Studio artists, engaging in the education initiatives of Opera Santa Barbara, playing mainstage rehearsals, and performing throughout the community in recitals and company events.

STACIE LOGUE COSTUME DESIGNER FROM: Southern California RESIDES: Ventura, CA

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: Costume Manager OSB 19/20 Season Il Postino, OSB, 2020 Carmen, A Live Drive-In Opera, 2020 Costume Shop Manager & Designer: Billy Budd, Madama Butterfly & Double Bill, Central City Opera Festival "I am often asked which opera was my favorite which is a hard question to answer. I have loved them all and hated them all for one reason or another. I am happy to be part of this artform and proud of all that we have achieved together at Opera Santa Barbara."

T. THERESA SCARANO PROPS MASTER Teresa’s multi-faceted career of 25 years spans theatre and dance in varying capacities including technical direction, prop design, and set design and construction.

Theresa has been Stage Manager for California Ballet, Kairos Dancers, and Dancing Images Dance Company. She served as both Scenery Warehouse Manager and Prop Master at San Bernardino Civic Light Opera and was Rental Manager of Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera (later The Set Company), where she was Director of Operations. Theresa wrote and directed adolescents in various performances, including those for Juvenile Court Judges in Riverside County. Her work includes prop design and set dressing for Theatre 150, Cabrillo Music Theatre, Ensemble Theatre Company, CLO of South Bay Cities, the Welk Resort, Music Academy of the West, Universal Studios, Phoenix Rising Productions, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company and Rubicon Theatre Company where she is Resident Prop Designer.

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