Arizona Opera 2015-16 season brochure

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“A star-studded cast for Arizona Opera” Arizona Daily Star

“…grand and gripping and entertaining and very much worth seeing.”

“This group continues to inspire with every performance, developing into a world-class ensemble.”

Arizona Daily Star

Broadway World

“Great masterpieces, and Arizonans are lucky to be able to enjoy it at home.”

Opera Today

“Traer esta obra bilingüe es parte de una nueva campaña de Arizona Opera para mostrar más obras que sean relevantes a las vivencias de varias comunidades arizonense.”

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La Voz

Translation: “Bringing this bilingual work is part of a new campaign of Arizona Opera that shows more works that are relevant to the experiences of many Arizona communities.”

“And the cast of Arizona Opera’s new production delivers in full.”

The Arizona Republic

“merits attention from other regional companies” Opera News

“The opera has come roaring back” The Arizona Republic

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Luck be an Arizona Lady tonight.

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Angela Fout

Lona Farrell

“Blonde and vivacious, Angela Fout has a soaring spinto voice that takes a high C easily, trills beautifully, and handles coloratura like a dream.” Post and Courier

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rizona Opera becomes the first major U.S. opera company to premiere Emmerich Kálmán’s musical treasure. Written in 1953 as a love letter to the Southwest, the hopes & dreams of leading lady Lona Farrell ride on the back of one horse, “Arizona Lady”, winning the Kentucky Derby. Reminiscent of the greatest Golden-age Hollywood musical comedies, Arizona Lady is full of lively, upbeat music, cheerful, soaring arias, and a wacky libretto, sure to make you smile as bright as the Arizona sun. Performed in German, English and Spanish with English supertitles.

Robert Orth

Sheriff Harry Sullivan

Sarah Tucker

Nelly Nettleton

Octavio Moreno

Lopez Ibanez

Rediscovered Voices Sept 14 – Oct 18

Tucson Music Hall

October 10 at 7:30 pm October 11 at 2:00 pm Phoenix Symphony Hall

October 16 & 17 at 7:30 pm October 18 at 2:00 pm S u b s c r i b e a t w w w. a z o p e r a . o r g

A month-long festival celebrating the lives of composers and artists—like Emmerich Kálmán, composer of Arizona Lady—who overcame unsurmountable obstacles during WWII. Film screenings, recitals, operas, lectures, and more.

Looking for love in all the wrong places.

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“López sang with...power and passion...with a rounded, full voice that delivered at the big moments. ”

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Sandra Lopez

Florencia

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nspired by the magical realism of celebrated author Gabriel García Márquez, Florencia en el Amazonas is a journey through the physical and mystical worlds of love, desire, and the mighty Amazon River. Florencia Grimaldi is traveling through the enchanted rainforest and hopes to find her long lost lover, a butterfly hunter who disappeared in the jungle many years ago. Wracked by storms and a cholera outbreak, she and her fellow passengers are drawn deeper into the Amazon where fantasy and reality intertwine and their hopes and dreams are tested. Written by the late Mexican composer Daniel Catán, Florencia en el Amazonas was the first Spanish-language opera commissioned in the U.S. and has become a smash sensation around the globe ever since its premiere.

Sung in Spanish with English supertitles.

Andrew Bidlack

Arcadio

Luis Alejandro Orozco

Riolobo

Michael Corvino

Alvaro

Latin American Cultural Festival Nov 1 – 22

Phoenix Symphony Hall

November 13 & 14 at 7:30 pm November 15 at 2:00 pm Tucson Music Hall

November 21 at 7:30 pm November 22 at 2:00 pm S u b s c r i b e a t w w w. a z o p e r a . o r g

Inspired by our presentation of Florencia en el Amazonas, this festival celebrates the incredible art traditions, rhythms, colors, and sounds unique to Latin America. Concerts, films, book clubs, lectures, and more.

Cat fights and Bull fights.

Georges Bizet

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“a voice of supple warmth.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Keitaro Harada

Conductor

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armen, the most famous Gypsy seductress in all of opera, ensnares countless men throughout Spain.

When the dutiful soldier Don José falls prey to her charms, all hell breaks loose in this classic story of adoration and jealousy, pageantry and rage. Set against the backdrop of preFranco Spain, San Francisco Opera star mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack brings the fiery and fierce Carmen to life with “a voice of supple warmth.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sung in French with English supertitles.

Daniela Mack

Carmen

Adam Diegel

Don Jose

Tucson Music Hall

January 30 at 7:30 pm January 31 at 2:00 pm Phoenix Symphony Hall

February 5 & 6 at 7:30 pm February 7 at 2:00 pm S u b s c r i b e a t w w w. a z o p e r a . o r g

Ryan Kuster

Escamillo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Hide your kids, Hide your wife!

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“Smith gives an electrifying performance as Giovanni, radiating saturnine power, dark magnetism and cruel charm.

His ample, cognacsmooth voice has just enough snarl to give it bite.” The Bellingham Herald

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Morgan Smith

Don Giovanni

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on Giovanni: the man, the myth and the legend. He can’t resist women and women can’t resist him. With so many conquests, his servant Leporello can barely keep track of them all! Giovanni’s attention comes in the form of harassment and lies, and rages unchecked until the father of the beautiful Donna Anna arrives to put him in his place. So beware, this lecherous lothario is “climbing in your windows and snatching your people up!“ Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Melinda Whittington

Donna Anna

Jennifer Johnson Cano

Donna Elvira

Phoenix Symphony Hall

February 26 & 27 at 7:30 pm February 28 at 2:00 pm Tucson Music Hall

March 5 at 7:30 pm March 6 at 2:00 pm S u b s c r i b e a t w w w. a z o p e r a . o r g

Andrew Stenson

Don Ottavio

Giuseppe Verdi

He’s a glutton… for punishment.

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“…a multi-faceted musical and comical character with an overwhelming sense of fun.” Washington Post

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ever before seen on the Arizona Opera stage, Verdi’s masterful interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic Elizabethan buffoon comes to life in this new production opening April Fool’s Day. Irascible, randy and boastful, John Falstaff concocts a scheme to seduce the wealthy Wives of Windsor and nab their riches. His plot quickly unravels in a series of elaborate pranks as the clever women enlist everyone to outwit the old rascal. Bass-baritone Craig Colclough (Don Pasquale ‘13) returns to Arizona Opera with his interpretation of Falstaff, “creating a multi-faceted musical and comical character with an overwhelming sense of fun.” – Washington Post Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

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Craig Colclough

Falstaff

David Adam Moore

John Ford

Karen Slack

Alice Ford Phoenix Symphony Hall

April 1 & 2 at 7:30 pm April 3 at 2:00 pm Tucson Music Hall

April 9 at 7:30 pm April 10 at 2:00 pm S u b s c r i b e a t w w w. a z o p e r a . o r g

Joélle Harvey

Nannetta

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