Sarasota Opera 2022 Fall Season Program

Victor DeRenzi, Artistic Director Richard Russell, General Director

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• English translations are shown above the stage so you can follow along, even when the opera is in a foreign language.

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SIGNATURE EVENTS presents

MOONLIGHT & MELODIES DINNER SERIES

2023 WINTER OPERA FESTIVAL

Sarasota Opera welcomes our community into the Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Courtyard for an immersive themed dinner series that highlights composers from the season and their contemporaries. As we come together to share our awe for the exquisite art these composers created, enjoy curated cocktails and food prepared by the best of Sarasota’s chefs in a setting that will transport you to a different location each evening. Make your reservations now so you don’t miss out on this exciting event!

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On stage a singer’s voice is commanding. Imagine how you will feel hearing it just feet away from your table. Join us and celebrate the outstanding Sarasota Opera Apprentice and Studio Artists who will be honored in 2023. Enjoy a gourmet lunch while you experience performances by the awardees. The awards are presented through the generosity of visionary individuals as well as the Sarasota and Manatee Opera Guilds.

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The festivities begin with a Grand Reception where the Sarasota Opera community comes together to toast another fabulous season. You’ll then enter the William E. Schmidt Opera Theatre for a Celebration Concert featuring some of your favorite Sarasota Opera artists. Following the concert is a lavish Gala Dinner under the tent on Pineapple Avenue.

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In this scene from William Hogarth’s series of paintings Marriage à-la-Mode, a merchant and an aristocrat plot to marry off their mis-matched children. This painting inspired a play by David Garrick and George Colman, and, later, the opera Il matrimonio segreto, by Domenico Cimarosa.

Il matrimonio segreto OCTOB ER 28, 30M | N OV EM B ER 8, 10 , 1 2 M

Dramma giocoso for music in two acts, sung in Italian.

Music by Domenico Cimarosa • Poetry by Giovanni Bertati CONDUCTOR

Victor DeRenzi

STAGE DIRECTOR

Stephanie Sundine

COSTUME DESIGNER

Howard Tsvi Kaplan

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Ken Yunker

HAIR AND MAKE-UP DESIGNER

Kellen Eason

ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

Jesse Martins, Lindsay Woodward, Arthur Bosarge*

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CAST IL SIGNOR GERONIMO, rich merchant

Stefano de Peppo

ELISETTA, his daughter

Brenna Markey*

CAROLINA, his daughter

Hanna Brammer

FIDALMA, Signor Geronimo’s sister, a rich widow

Lisa Chavez

COUNT ROBINSON

Filippo Fontana

PAOLINO, Signor Geronimo’s young assistant

Levi Hamlin

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ACT I The home of Geronimo, a well-to-do merchant, who lives in Italy with his two daughters, Elisetta and Carolina, and his sister Fidalma.

Paolino is secretly married to Carolina, the younger of Geronimo’s two daughters. As the opera begins, Paolino assures Carolina that he has arranged for her sister Elisetta to marry his friend and patron Count Robinson. Once Elisetta and the Count are married, the couple will finally be able to reveal their secret. Geronimo receives a letter from the Count asking for his daughter Elisetta in marriage, and is delighted that his daughter will marry a nobleman, as is Elisetta herself. Meanwhile, in a quiet moment, Fidalma, the girls’ aunt, reveals to Elisetta that she too plans to get married. (In an aside, she names the man she loves, none other than Paolino, who is completely unaware of her feelings.) The Count arrives and realizes he has a strong preference for the younger sister, Carolina.

He tells Paolino that she is the one he intends to marry, even if it means receiving a smaller dowry. Count Robinson declares his love to Carolina, but she, without revealing her secret, tells him she has neither the manners nor the desire to become a noblewoman.

Elisetta, seeing them together, accuses Carolina of trying to steal the Count for herself. The household gathers, and, in the finale to the first act, each character expresses his or her confusion at the state of affairs.

ACT II

Meanwhile, Count Robinson, determined to convince Elisetta to release him, lists his many flaws, from gluttony to skirt-chasing.

When she refuses to believe him, he confesses the truth, that she simply does not appeal to him. After he leaves, Fidalma arrives. She and the distraught Elisetta hatch a plot to have Carolina sent to a convent, leaving the path open for both of them to marry. They convince Geronimo that this is the best course of action. Carolina, finding herself alone with the Count, is about to confide her secret to him when the two are caught speaking in private. Geronimo, even more determined to send Carolina to a convent the following day, announces he is going to bed. Paolino and Carolina attempt their escape. Elisetta, hearing a noise, and suspecting that the Count is in Carolina’s room, wakes up Elisetta, Fidalma, and her father to accuse the Count of plotting to escape with her sister. When the Count emerges from his own bedroom, Geronimo, Fidalma, and Elisetta realize their error and apologize for suspecting him.

Still, Elisetta continues to insist she has heard a noise coming from Carolina’s room. Carolina and Paolino emerge and finally reveal to all that they have been secretly married for the last two months. Geronimo threatens to cast them out, but the Count counsels him to forgive them instead, and promises to makes things right by marrying Elisetta after all. Carolina, Paolino, Elisetta, and the Count look forward to celebrating their marriages.

Later the same day.

Count Robinson explains to Geronimo that he intends to marry Carolina, not Elisetta, and that he is willing to accept a smaller dowry. Geronimo, pleased by the idea of saving money, accepts the deal, on the condition that Elisetta too agrees. Paolino, seeing the turn things have taken, resolves to ask the girls’ aunt Fidalma to help him. Fidalma enters the room and, delighted to find Paolino alone, mistakenly assumes he is about to ask for her hand, and declares her love. The distraught Paolino faints. Carolina arrives, and Fidalma explains to her that Paolino has fainted because he was overcome by his feelings for her. Fidalma departs. As soon as Paolino comes to, Carolina confronts him, but, after explaining what has just happened, he suggests that they run away together before dawn. She agrees.

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Marina Harss is a journalist and critic based in New York City and Sarasota writing on all aspects of dance and the arts. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian and other publications.

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Students in the library of the Naples Conservatory, sitting in the central Sala Rossini are surrounded by thirty-eight bas relief portraits of the most important and influential composers of the so called “Neapolitan school.”

Out of all thirty-eight, only one is instantly recognizable on the opera stage today: Vincenzo Bellini. The rest of the names run the gamut from mildly familiar (Giovanni Pergolesi, Niccolò Jomelli) to extremely obscure (Carlo Coccia, Fedele Fenaroli). But even the most obscure of those composers were giants in the field of opera during their time. The Neapolitan school was almost single-handedly responsible for the invention of comic opera, and its most famous member, Giovanni Pergolesi, wrote his most famous work, La serva padrona, at the age of twenty-three, almost as an afterthought, as a comic intermezzo to be performed in between the acts of a larger opera seria. Sarasota Opera audiences were treated to Pergolesi’s delightful comedy in the winter of 2021, where the stock characters and dramatic situations were distilled to their most compact essence.

The comic intermezzi of the 18th century eventually grew to have a life of their own, usually reflecting local audience tastes. For example, many comic operas that had their premiere in Naples utilized the Neapolitan language in dialog for one or more characters. These pieces are found in a variety of structures from one-act farces to two, three, and sometimes even four-act works. Throughout the late 18th and 19th century though, the two-act format was the norm.

Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) is another example of the Neapolitan school. Born in Aversa near Naples in 1749, Cimarosa was able to take advantage of the excellent musical education afforded him by the Naples Conservatory system. He went on to write operas, or commedie in musica (comedies in music) for all the major Italian theaters in Naples, Rome, Venice, and Milan. All told, he wrote nearly one hundred operas (and possibly more), the overwhelming majority of which were comic. After a stint in St. Petersburg, Russia he landed in Vienna where his great masterpiece Il matrimonio segreto premiered in 1792 (the

year of Rossini’s birth). So popular was its first performance that the Austrian Emperor Leopold II ordered a private and immediate encore of the entire opera the very same night of the premiere.

Although Cimarosa’s fame today predominantly rests on Il matrimonio segreto, it is hard to overestimate the influence he held over Italian music in the years before Rossini’s ascendance.

After being fêted in the major international capitals of Russia and Austria, Cimarosa returned to his roots in Naples, ending his career by revising some earlier works and composing new ones. His career was tragically cut short when he was arrested for his political views by the repressive Bourbon regime governing Naples at that time. He was eventually able to escape, exiled, to Venice, by which time he was gravely ill. He died in Venice a few years later in 1801.

But his legacy would live on. In 1812, immediately following the premiere of Rossini’s L’inganno felice (another treasure of 18thcentury Italian music, that Sarasota audiences heard in 2020), the impresario Antonio Cera wrote to Rossini’s mother: “I tell you, with all sincerity, that it is glorious that you have given birth to a man who, in a few years’ time, will be the ornament of all Italy, and it will be said that Cimarosa is not dead, but that his inspiration has passed on to Rossini.”

Even after his death, the name Cimarosa would ring through Italian history as an example of musical and dramatic perfection.

Anthony Barrese is a freelance composer and conductor. He has led several productions with Sarasota Opera and with Opera Southwest where he is Artistic Director and Principal Conductor.

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N OV EM B ER 5, 5:00 PM | N OV EM B ER 6, 1 2 : 0 0 P M Music and Libretto by Dean Burry Based on the children's novel of the same name by Pierre Berton Sung in English with English surtitles

Production created by Sarasota Opera

CONDUCTOR

STAGE DIRECTOR Martha Collins

SCENIC DESIGNERS

Donna and Mark Buckalter

COSTUME DESIGNER Allison White

COSTUME COORDINATOR Howard Tsvi Kaplan

LIGHTING DESIGNER Ken Yunker

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HAIR AND MAKE-UP DESIGNER Kellen Eason

Illustrations by Pierre Berton’s daughter, Patsy Berton

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Jesse Martins

ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

Gloria Yin*

Arthur Bosarge

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PENNY Jade Rojas

SHERIFF Ursula Kushner

PAMELA Sophia Scheck

SHERIFF’S DEPUTY Yulia Nesterova

PATSY Nikolina Šupe

HOOK Caelyn Curry

PETER Nadya Smirnova

SMEE Jack Christie

PAUL (POLLYWOG) Mia Trainor

MERCHANT Ovid Rawlins

YUKIE, the dog Perla Pelegrin-Santos

CHIEF Zane Hancock

EARLESS, the cat Cristina Peterson

TRANSLATOR Aria Tillman

BUTCHER Nicholas Brion

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The opera tells the coming-of-age story of a group of children who find their own courage and confidence to deal with a world unknown to them—that of the Ogs!

The girls’ brothers, Peter and Pollywog, and Earless (the cat) and Yukie (the dog) come to play dress up. Without them noticing, the green creature reappears and takes Pollywog and Earless down through the trapdoor. When Pamela describes what she saw earlier, the siblings and Yukie decide to go save them.

Back in the tunnel, Pamela realizes that with Penny gone, she now must be the courageous, big sister. She comes up with a plan to use Patsy’s tube of green paint to disguise Peter as an Og. In the cavern, Peter plays the part of an ‘Og’ and manages to free Earless, but when the Ogs see the paint on his arms rubs off, they try to capture him. Two ‘pirate’ Ogs named Hook and Smee learn his name is Peter, and they assume he is the famous ‘Peter Pan’ and challenge him to defend himself. Peter gets the idea to pretend that Earless is Tick-Tock, the crocodile from the tale of Peter Pan, and is amazed to see the Ogs flee in terror.

At the jail, Penny is freed when Pollywog sneaks the keys out of the Sheriff’s pocket while he is sleeping. Penny realizes the Sheriff’s gun is only a toy and that the Ogs are just playing pretend. Penny plays along and now captures the Sheriff.

Peter and Earless run into the jail, and Penny writes a note to the family in the tunnel. Earless sets off to deliver the note, and the others head to the cavern.

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COMPOSER /LIBR ETTIST

Composer and librettist Dean Burry has become one of the world’s leading composers of children’s opera, his works receiving performances across Canada, the United States, Europe, China and Brazil. At over 600 performances, his opera The Brothers Grimm is one of the most produced operas of the twenty-first century and his operatic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit recently received its European premiere to sold-out houses in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2018, Burry accepted a professorship at the Dan School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University in Kingston and is the founding Artistic Director of the Watershed Festival - Reimagining Music Theatre.

As the opera starts, Penny and Pamela are reading in their playhouse, while their younger sister, Patsy, banished for painting the windows green, sits outside with her pet snake.

Pamela sees a strange, green creature enter through a trap door in the floor who steals toys and books but, doubting the others will believe her, says nothing.

In the tunnel to the Og’s underworld, Penny hopes for confidence and tells the others to hide while she investigates. She enters a cavern with mushroom houses inhabited by green beings that seem to only say “OG”. Everywhere she sees things she had noticed missing from the playhouse. Though Yukie tries to be brave and protect her, she is taken off to jail by Ogs dressed as cowboys. On the way she spots Earless who has been captured, but is powerless to help. When they arrive at the jail, Penny is relieved to be reunited with Pollywog. She is surprised to hear the Sheriff speak English to her and even more so when he says he is the Wyatt Earp of cowboy legend!

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Dean Burry

Back in the tunnel, a group of ‘spy’ Ogs intercept Earless and read the note. They begin to search for enemy spies, but when Patsy’s snake escapes from her pocket they run away in terror.

In the cavern Peter, Penny, and Pollywog arrive with their hostage, the Sheriff, and demand to know what is going on. In the form of a pageant, the Ogs explain that originally the only word they had was “OG”. After discovering the wonder of a book, they realized how dull their lives were. They stole more books and toys from the playhouse and learned to talk and act like the characters in the stories. They explain their only fear is the Snake People who live up the river.

The children say they must return home, but the Ogs worry they will tell others of their existence. Meanwhile, more Ogs arrive with news of Patsy’s snake, Snavely, who they think is a dreaded Snake Person. Realizing how to get the upper hand, the siblings tell the Ogs they have a ‘secret weapon’ to defeat the Snake People. However, they will only use it to help if they are released, and the Ogs stop using the tunnel beneath their playhouse. The Ogs agree, and the crisis is averted. As the children say good-bye, they sing that while make-believe can be fun, the real adventure is living life as yourself!!

Martha Collins is the Director of Education for Sarasota Opera where she has been a Stage Director since 2004. She is the director of this production of The Secret World of Og.

Burry has composed seventeen operas, including The Hobbit and The Secret World of Og for the Canadian Children’s Opera Company and Sarasota Opera, The Scorpions’ Sting for the Canadian Opera Company, The Mummers’ Masque for Toronto Masque Theatre, and the CBC serial radio opera Baby Kintyre (released on the Centredisc and Naxos labels in September, 2014). His most recent compositions include Tempest in a Teacup, which premiered in Guiyang, China, The Bells of Baddeck, Shanawdithit (Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon), Sea Variations, a song cycle for Canadian Art Song Project and tenor Michael Colvin, and String Quartet No.1 (New Orford String Quartet/Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival). The opera Shawnadithit was awarded the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Opera.

Burry was the 2011 recipient of the Ontario Arts Foundation’s Louis Applebaum Composers Award for excellence in the field of music for young people. He is currently working on the operas Il Giudizio di Pigmalione and Tracing Colville: works that will premiere with Opera McGill and the Kingston Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2022.

PIERRE BERTON AUTHOR Pierre Berton was one of Canada’s most popular and prolific authors. His works include books of narrative histories and popular culture, coffee table books, stories for children, and historical works for youth. Many of his fifty books are Canadian classics.

Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor at any Canadian daily. He wrote columns for and was editor of

Maclean’s magazine, appeared on CBC’s public affairs program “Close-Up” and was a permanent fixture on “Front Page Challenge” for 39 years. He was a columnist and editor for the Toronto Star and was a writer and host of a series of CBC programs.

Pierre Berton received over 30 literary awards including the Governor-General’s Award for Creative Non-Fiction (three times), the Stephen Leacock Medal of Humour, and the Gabrielle Leger National Heritage Award. He received two Nellies for his work in broadcasting, two National Newspaper awards, and the National History Society’s first award for “distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history.” For his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history, he was awarded more than a dozen honorary degrees. He is a member of the Newsman’s Hall of Fame, as well as a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Pierre Berton died in Toronto on November 30, 2004.

ABOUT THE SECRET WORLD OF OG

BY DEA N BUR RY I first entered Berton’s Og-world back in 2000 when Ann Cooper Gay (then Artistic Director of the Canadian Children’s Opera Company) asked me to find the subject for a new children’s opera.

The Secret World of Og was one of about a hundred books I scoured that summer but that search ended in an extended vacation to Tolkien’s Middle Earth (The Hobbit). However, I vowed to return to that subterranean domain of little green Ogs. I’ll never forget the day back in late November 2004 when I officially requested permission from Elsa Franklin, Berton’s agent. In the morning I sent the request and returned home for supper to a phone message from my parents informing me that Berton had passed away. I was sure that approval would be indefinitely delayed, but the next day, I was invited to Elsa’s house for champagne to celebrate the life of an incredible Canadian storyteller. Permission was granted and my underground adventure was OG...I mean off.

It has been a fun and varied trip. Many musical works for the stage are criticized for being too much of a pastiche, stealing their material from too many sources and therefore not achieving unity. I had to snicker when I realized the culture of the Ogs is ALL pastiche, stolen from above: pirate shanties, cowboy hoe-downs and jazzy spy themes all have their place in a world where everything is pretend. It feels like a journey back to my own childhood and the power of pretending.

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Hanna Brammer

Lisa Chavez

Assistant Conductor • Fairhope, AL ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Il matrimonio segreto Sarasota Opera Debut

Soprano • Traverse City, MI CAROLINA Il matrimonio segreto

Soprano • Oakland, CA FIDALMA Il matrimonio segreto

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

SARASOTA OPERA (partial list)

Leïla The Pearl Fishers (2022) Giulia La scala di seta (2021) Sofia Il signor Bruschino (2020) Debut: Apprentice Artist (2016)

SARASOTA OPERA (partial list)

Touch, Opera Birmingham The Werewolf, Opera Southwest Carmen, Man of La Mancha, Utah Festival Opera

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

Violetta La traviata, Opera Columbus Nedda Pagliacci, St. Petersburg Opera Micaëla Carmen, Wichita Grand Opera Lauretta Gianni Schicchi, Opera Tampa

Jordan Costa

Tenor • Ridgefield, CT STUDIO ARTIST Sarasota Opera Debut

SARASOTA OPERA Studio Artist (2022)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS Remendado Carmen, Glimmerglass Festival Nemorino L’elisir d’amore, Opera in Williamsburg

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Bass • Milan, Italy GERONIMO Il matrimonio segreto

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Uberto La serva padrona (2021) Gaudenzio Il signor Bruschino (2021) Dr. Dulcamara L’elisir d’amore (2020) Debut: Bartolo Il barbiere di Sivigla (2008)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

Don Giovanni Don Giovanni, Teatro Bicentennial/Mexico Don Magnifico La Cenerentola, Nashville Opera Leporello Don Giovanni, Finnish National Opera

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Martha Collins

Stage Director • Ottawa, Canada The Secret World of Og Sarasota Opera Director of Education

La Marquise de Berkenfield La Fille du régiment (2022) Dido Dido and Aeneas (2021) Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia (2018) Carmen Carmen (2018) Debut: Madame de Croissy Dialogues des Carmélites (2017)

SARASOTA OPERA (partial list)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

Maggie Bell Stonewall, New York City Opera Isabella L’Italiana in Algeri, Opera San José Suzuki Madama Butterfly, Shreveport Opera, Knoxville Opera

Victor DeRenzi

Conductor • New York, NY CONDUCTOR Il matrimonio segreto Artistic Director and Principal Conductor since 1982

SARASOTA OPERA (partial list) Tosca (2022) Attila (2022) La scala di seta (2021) La Wally (2020) Debut: Orphée aux enfers (1982)

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Kellen Eason

Resident Hair and Make-Up Designer • Portland, OR

SARASOTA OPERA Debut: Winter (2021)

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Faust Tri-Cities Opera/New York Ariadne auf Naxos, Land of Enchantment Opera/ New Mexico Die Zauberflöte, New York University

SarahAnn Duffy

Mezzo-Soprano • Cortlandt Manor, NY STUDIO ARTIST

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Debut: 2022 Winter Apprentice Artist

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Howard Tsvi Kaplan

Costume Designer • Oceanside, NY RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER

SARASOTA OPERA Debut: 1998

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Filippo Fontana

Levi Hamlin

Helen Hendricks

Baritone • Udine, Italy COUNT ROBINSON Il matrimonio segreto

Tenor • Battle Creek, MI PAOLINO Il matrimonio segreto

Soprano • Phoenix, AZ STUDIO ARTIST Sarasota Opera Debut

SARASOTA OPERA (partial list) Marcello in La bohème (2020) Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia (2018) Debut: Lescaut Manon Lescaut (2018)

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Soprano • Philadelphia, PA ELISETTA Il matrimonio segreto

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Debut: Studio Artist (2022)

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Spoletta Tosca (2022) Studio Artist (2020) Apprentice Artist (2019) Debut: Apprentice Artist (2018)

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Macduff Macbeth, Opera North Don Ottavio Don Giovanni, Northwestern University

Jesse Martins

Conductor • Sapiranga, Brazil CONDUCTOR The Secret World of Og ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Il matrimonio segreto Sarasota Opera Music Administrator and Youth Opera Music Director

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Queen of the Night (cover) Die Zauberflöte Chicago Summer Opera Stepmother Cinderella, Arizona Opera The Dew Fairy Hänsel und Gretel, Arizona State University

Joylyn Rushing

Soprano • Philadelphia, PA STUDIO ARTIST

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Debut: 2020 Winter Apprentice Artist

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YO U TH O PE RA CH O RUS The Secret World of OG. Photo by Rod Millington

Andrew Simpson

Jake Stamatis

Bass-Baritone • Dallas, TX STUDIO ARTIST Sarasota Opera Debut

Baritone • Tunkhannock, PA STUDIO ARTIST

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Hortensius, La Fille du régiment (2022) Debut: Resident Artist (2021)

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Lindsay Woodward

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SARASOTA OPERA

Stage Director • Moline, IL STAGE DIRECTOR Il matrimonio segreto

Tosca (2022) Il signor Bruschino (2021) La Wally (2020) Turandot (2019) Debut: Tatiana Eugene Onegin (1984)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS

Turandot, Des Moines Metro Opera La fanciulla del West, Utah Opera Les Pêcheurs de perles, Madison Opera, Atlanta Opera, Opera Carolina

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Assistant Conductor • Salt Lake City, UT ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Il matrimonio segreto Director of the Apprentice Artists Program (2022) Assistant Conductor (2021) Assistant Conductor (2020) Debut: Assistant Conductor (2019)

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Mixed Chorus MATEO ARISTIZABAL FINLAY BELLANCA NICO BRION ANJOU BURKMIER DOMINIQUE CECCHETTI* SARAH CECCHETTI* JACK CHRISTIE CHASE CHRISTIE AUKÁN COLIGUANTE- RIVERO ISABELLE COOKE CORBIN CRAIG CAELYN CURRY ZANE HANCOCK YARIK HAWLEY ALIE HERMAN ADREANNA HERNANDEZ-CARRANZA

*Returning SYO Alumni

Lighting Designer • Seattle, WA RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER

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arold Ronson grew up in Brooklyn. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17 and served the Pacific during World War II including at Okinawa, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima. Following his service, he enrolled at the Philadelphia Textile Institute (now Thomas Jefferson University), earning a degree in chemistry and dyeing. Following graduation, he worked at the textile manufacturer W. Lowenthal Co. as a plant chemist, remaining with the company for more than 35 years. He rose through the ranks to become vice president, and in 1962, he and a group of stockholders bought W. Lowenthal. Mr. Ronson was appointed president, becoming the sole owner in the 1970s. In 1986, he sold the company to Hanes and retired.

We gratefully acknowledge two anonymous Season Producers

He and his late wife Kay were married in 1955, and had two daughters, Norma Jean and Joanne. Mrs. Ronson died in 2012.

Max Eisenbarth Trust

A long-time resident of Longboat Key and New York City, philanthropy has always been important to Harold. He has been active in many community and philanthropic efforts including the Senior Friendship Center, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, and his alma mater where the Kay and Harold Ronson Health and Applied Science Center isDON in RACHAEL their honor.

AND WORTHINGTON 22 Paul andnamed Sharon Steinwachs 15

Don and Rachael Worthington 21

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Harold has a great love of opera and has been a patron of the Metropolitan Opera. He has been active at Sarasota Opera for many years and recently stepped down from its Board of Trustees after 17 years of service. He is now a Trustee Emeritus and evidence of his generous support is the Harold and Kay Ronson Grand Atrium as you enter the Sarasota Opera House.

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enjoyed 29 years of these wonderful moments and look forward to many

Max Eisenbarth Trust

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE ONE ANONYMOUS SEASON PRODUCER.

more years of pure enjoyment.”

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or both Ed and Jane, their love of opera began in their youth. Jane was raised in Greenville, Mississippi, and she and her family went to opera and operetta performances in Memphis – the nearest large city. As for Ed, “The first music I heard was most probably 1920’s vintage recordings of opera arias sung by the famous voices of that era, as well as listening to my Italian-born mother singing portions of the more well-known arias.”

Ed then participated in a musical group known as the Roseto Italian Boys Band as a clarinetist. The only music the group played was marches, opera arias, and opera overtures!

The Bavarias spent most of their adult lives living abroad or in Cincinnati.

Their enthusiasm for opera became a passion when living in London in the early 1980’s, then in Cincinnati where Ed was a member of the Cincinnati Opera and Symphony boards. They also were involved with Opera Pacific while living in California in the mid-90’s.

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w York City to become General Counsel, and man, of the Phillip Morris companies. Shortly t and married Kay, a native New Yorker who was CNN. While in New York, they both were active al organizations. Murray was a member of the ty Opera, the Whitney Museum of Art, the NYU uild Hall Museum and Theatre in East Hampton.

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a few years ago, they were delighted to discover yediately Rudges Dean Scarborough and Maureen and became active in and supportive of “this MURRAY BRING AND KAY DELANEY 15 Murray Sarasota Opera’s was Chairman of mory joined of Stan Katz 5 Board in 2011 and Janice Bini 5 the Board of Trustees from 2017-2018.

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nvolved in other aspects of Sarasota’s rich cultural environment. Kay served on the Board of the Sarasota Il matrimonio Madama Butterfly, Ernani matrimonio segreto, Don Giovanni, Ernani du régiment, Tosca, Il Les Pêcheurs de perles Tosca, Les Pêcheurs de perles La segreto, Fille du régiment, Attila d until recently, Murray was a member of the Board of the new Sarasota Museum of Art. They also support rmances of the Orchestra, the Asolo, the Florida Studio Theatre, and the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. eurs de perles

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Ed joined Sarasota Opera’s board in 1998. “I’ve been joyfully immersed in La scala di seta, our opera company ever since.”

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2022 WINT ER O P ERA F E ST I VAL CO - P R O D U C E RS We thank the following Co-Producers of the 2022-23 Season who are supporting operas in the 2023 Winter Festival.

Quadruple Co-Producers

Single Co-Producers

Anonymous Ellen V. Piers Fund of Community Foundation of Sarasota County 9

Anonymous Stan and Alma Abshier 21 S

Triple Co-Producers Anonymous, in loving memory of my mother, Mercy Eileen Mennell Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation 8 Brad and Lynda Blaylock 3 Jerry Cohn S 4 Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Kaufman 11 Mrs. Margaret Renner, in memory of Ernst Renner 76 Jan Schmidt 15 Janet Stern Solomon and Lewis D. Solomon 3 Robert and Camille Thinnes 3 Michal and Jim Wadsworth 8

Double Co-Producers Anonymous Ms. Peggy C. Allen and Mr. Steven C. Dixon 7 Rocco and Elizabeth Aversa 3 M Ms. Katherine Benoit and Mr. John Brooks 9 Even T. and Malama Collinsworth Fund Of Community Foundation of Sarasota County 12 Philip and Suzanne Conover 6 Anne Terry Brennan Davis 3 S, M Eleanor Faber, in loving memory of Barry Faber 11 S Frances D. Fergusson and John Bradbury 10 Dr. Robert L. Fowler and Ms. Susan E. Gilbert 4 Dr. Paul Frederick and Mrs. M. Rosengarden Frederick 8 Dorothy and Charles Jenkins 15 Mrs. Elayne Kalberman 28 S, M Roger and Kristin Kaufman 9 Ruth B. Kreindler 18 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kreit 5 S James and Lorna Mack 1 James and Ann Magee 7 Martha Murphy 18 Helen Panoyan 7 S Judy Rudges, in memory of Stan Katz 6 Dean Scarborough and Janice Bini 5 John J Schultz and Gary L Hill 3 Peter and Louise Shimkin 7 Thomas and Maureen Steiner 8 Joe and Nora Stephan 17 John Suhre and Carla Koeffler 9 John G. and Anna Maria Troiano Foundation, Inc. 22 Elton and Gordie White 14

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Henry F. Anthony and Carol R. Geiger 3 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur 9 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ashman 2 Ruth A. Barker 5 S Carl A. and Susan Hinko Batlin 1 Eva and Joshua Benaim 8 David Bialosky and Carolyn Christen 1 Mark and Ruth Brus 1 A. Scott Bushey 23 Elisabeth Ault-Meyers Cameron 3 James and Lois Champy 1 Dr. and Ms. Octavio Choy 6 Andre and Isabelle Christen 10 S

Lou and Marianne Cohen 5 Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen 2 Karl Copas 2 Forrest S. Crawford, in loving memory of Sally H. Foote 12 Neil and Sandra DeFeo 4 Alan and Celeste Denton 3 David Derr, in loving memory of Louise Derr 3 Meriwether and Stephen Eisenhard 2 Jim Ericson, in loving memory of Pati Ericson 17 Betty G. Ewing 5 William C. and Joyce K. Fletcher 4 Diane Taylor Foxman 5 Barbara and Tony Franke 7 Herman and Sharon Frankel 13 Joey Frye, in memoriam 23 M Flora Garsten, in loving memory of her husband, Irwin Garsten 4 Felicia and Andrew Hall 4 Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin, M.D. 4 Donna Lynn Hecker 11 Doug and Carolyn Ann Holder 11 Richard Johnson, in loving memory of Marsha Johnson 12 Patricia Jones, in loving memory of Tom Jones 14 Elaine Keating, in loving memory of Sidney Katz 10 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Kenny 3 Mr. Alan Kesten 5 Alden and Ginny Keyser 5 Dr. Marsha Kindall-Smith and Dr. Hugh Smith 1 Marlene Kitchell 3 Beverly L. Koski 14 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kreit 5S Peter E. Kretzmer 4

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Helene Lebleu, in loving memory of Alain Lebleu 5 Christopher and Margo Light 5 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lombardo 3 Richard A. Macken 6 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mallof 8 Martin Martel and Bonny F. Heet 15 Drs. Louis and Rosanne Martorella 8 S Joan Mathews 11 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. McCue, III 5 Amy McGowan 1 Lydia and Patrick McKenzie 16 Mary J. Mitchell 7 Keith F. Nelson and Judith K. Marquis 1 Patrick and Kim Nettles 11 Sue and Doug Neumann 1 Warren C. Olanow 1 Charlotte and Charles Perret 12 Mary S. Riebold 14 Gretchen Rimmer 2 Piero and Rachele Rivolta-Barbieri 14 Esther Rose, in loving memory of Rabbi Herbert Rose 7 Gail and Skip Sack 13 Mr. Ralph Scheffert and Mrs. Jinny Scheffert 6 William E. Schmidt, in memoriam 15 Arnold J. Simonsen Family Charitable Foundation 2 David and Barbara Smith 8 Amanda and Dick Smoot 3 Peter and Sarah Solmssen 1 Zona Spray Starks 3 Skip Stearns 8 Ms. Susan K. Straus 11 Melliss K. Swenson, in loving memory of Curt Swenson 2 Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation 2 Fredricka Taubitz and Dennis Mtn. Griffin 8 S Mr. Ky L. Thompson and Ms. Margaret E. Melun 2 M Karen and Bill Watt 9 Eve and Michael Williams-Jones 6 Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Wiltshire 20 Dr. Richard Wires 18 Charles O. Wood, III and Miriam M. Wood Foundation 17 Joan H. Wood 30 Mary A. Zabin 8 M Dr. Robert G. Zadylak and James C. Kemmerer 2

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ErnieKretzmer and Alisa Kretzmer Legacy listed Society members listed below The ErnieThe and Alisa Legacy Society members below are opera patrons are opera patrons who have committed a future planned gift to Sarasota Opera.

We who have committed a future planned gift to Sarasota Opera. We are grateful to have are grateful to have the opportunity to recognize and thank these generous individuals the opportunity to recognize and thank these generous individuals for their philanthropy for their philanthropy and love of this organization. and love of this organization.

Ernie and Alisa Kretzmer had the wisdom and interest to ensure that Sarasota Opera, an organization that played an important role in their own lives, is supported now and Ernie andfor Alisa Kretzmer had the wisdom and interest to ensure that Sarasota Opera, an future generations.

They encourage all of our opera patrons to reflect on what organization that Opera playedmeans an important roletointhe their own Sarasota lives, is supported Sarasota to them and greater community.now and for

future generations.

They all of ourtoopera patrons to reflect on what Planned gifts areencourage a wonderful way ensure a legacy of great operaSarasota for future Opera means to themWe and to the Sarasota community. generations. hope yougreater will consider joining in support of the future vision of Sarasota Opera. If you are interested in exploring a legacy gift opportunity, please contact Donor Relations Planned gifts are a wonderful way to ensure a legacy of great opera for future generations.

Officer Stacy Ridenour at (941) 366-8450, ext. 246 or at We hope you will consider joining insridenour@sarasotaopera.org. support of the future vision of Sarasota Opera. If

you are interested in exploring a legacy gift opportunity, please contact Donor Relations Officer Stacy Ridenour at (941) 366-8450, ext. 246 or sridenour@sarasotaopera.org. This list is current as of September 16, 2022. Legacy commitments received after this date will appear in the 2023 Winter Program Book.

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ENDOWMENT AND L EGACY GIFT S Sarasota Opera recognizes and thanks the generous individuals who have made an endowment gift to Sarasota Opera. We also honor those who made a legacy provision that has been realized. To learn more about how you can support Sarasota Opera’s endowment now or with a planned gift, please contact Donor Relations Officer Stacy Ridenour at (941) 366-8450, ext. 246 or sridenour@sarasotaopera.org.

Edward Alley Carl Patton Anderson Dr. Leonard Apfelbach Harry and Harriet Bernbaum Joseph and Sheila Berner Joseph and Sylvia Bloom Bradenton Opera Guild Les and Carol Brualdi Raymond L. and Marlynn Buczynski Inge Burg and George Maltenfort Richard Cameron Glenn R. and Jean Carley John W. Carrier David and Edith Chaifetz Bonnie and William Chapman Sylvia Cohodas Even T. Collinsworth Bert and Mary Ellen Criste Forrest S. Crawford and Sally H. Foote Syble Di Girolamo Danuta Dorozynski Kathryn Dunlap Max Eisenbarth Joel and Ellen Fedder Lois Flagg for Brandenton Opera Guild Jean Lucille Frank Joey Frye Joseph and Martha Glass Herbert and Rita Gold Mr. and Mrs. Mike Groninger

Madama Butterfly, 2012 Sarasota Opera production.

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We gratefully acknowledge these individuals who supported Sarasota Youth Opera through The Giving Challenge in April 2022, made possible by Community Foundation of Sarasota County with further support provided by The Patterson Foundation. This year Sarasota Opera partnered with Child Protection Center to "Be the One... To Give Our Children a Voice." These supporters are part of the community that helps us to continue sharing the value of opera with youth in our region. To learn more about supporting this important program, contact Individual Giving Officer Brenda Tamm at (941) 366-8450, ext. 250 or btamm@sarasotaopera.org.

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