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CONTENTS WELCOME FROM 6 ACHRISTOPHER KOELSCH FORCES, 8 CONFLICTING ECHOING THEMES

Music Director James Conlon shows how the major ideas in Tannhäuser return throughout Wagner's operatic output.

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THE TANNHÄUSER UNDERWRITING CONSORTIUM Meet the generous board members who came together to make today's production possible.

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COMPARING SCORES Composer Richard Wagner created three different versions of Tannhäuser. Here's what you're hearing today (and why).

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TODAY’S PERFORMANCE Meet the cast and creative team of Tannhäuser.

Clockwise from top: Tannhäuser returns for the first time since 2007; tenor Issachah Savage makes a highly anticipated role debut in the title role; Act 3 set design by Max Brückner for the opera's first production at the Bayreuth Festival in 1891.

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A NOTE FROM CHRISTOPHER KOELSCH

Welcome to LA Opera Dear Friends: Throughout LA Opera’s 2021/22 season, we are celebrating our long-awaited return to the stage with some of the grandest and most magnificent works of the operatic repertoire. Wagner’s affective Tannhäuser, heard here only for the second time in the company’s history, is not only one of the most enthralling, soul-stirring works of the canon, its technical challenges test the mettle and ambition of every opera company that undertakes it. I am supremely confident that the outstanding members of the LA Opera Orchestra and Chorus and the cast of internationally renowned soloists are exceptionally well equipped to meet that challenge. I am also delighted to revisit our critically acclaimed 2007 production, dynamically renewed this season with stage direction by Louisa Muller, choreography by Aszure Barton and designs by Gottfried Pilz.

It has been eight years since we last presented any of Wagner’s music dramas on our stage, and it is always thrilling to hear these glorious works under the baton of Music Director James Conlon, who has conducted no less than eight of the composer’s operas with LA Opera. I am elated that James will continue to cement his indelible legacy in Los Angeles for many years to come, as he has extended his contract with the company through the end of the 2024/25 season.

On a bittersweet note, Grant Gershon, our Chorus Director since 2007 and Resident Conductor since 2012, has decided to step down from both of those roles at the end of the season so that he can devote more time to the Los Angeles Master Chorale and to his busy conducting career. We are indebted to Grant for his many years of dedication to the company and for his singular gifts as a musician. These have been in ample display through hundreds of distinguished choral performances as well as in his command on the podium of a wide variety of repertoire. Thankfully, we will have the opportunity to admire his extraordinary work with the LA Opera Chorus throughout the remainder of the season.

Our remarkable cast is led by Issachah Savage in his highly anticipated role debut as Tannhäuser. He made his house debut in 2017 as Narraboth in Salome and has rapidly come to international recognition with his rare combination of vocal power and beauty. He is joined by two artists whom we welcome in their house debuts: soprano Sara Jakubiak, making her role debut as Elisabeth after winning acclaim in other roles in the Wagner and Strauss repertoire, and Yulia Matochkina, one of Russia’s foremost mezzo-sopranos, who sings the role of Venus. We also welcome back to our stage several LA Opera audience favorites, including Lucas Meachem as Wolfram and Morris Robinson as Hermann.

Productions of this magnitude would simply not be possible without the generosity of our most devoted supporters.

I extend my heartfelt gratitude to an anonymous donor who provided exceptional support to produce this work. I am also grateful to a dedicated group of LA Opera board members who joined together in underwriting this production: Leslie Dorman, Peter and Diane Gray, Keith Leonard, Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, Linda Shaheen, Heinrich Schelbert, Marc Stern and Chris Walker. Finally, a generous gift from The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award is underwriting the appearance of Issachah Savage on our stage.

It is with great sadness that LA Opera mourns the loss of a number of its beloved board members, including two of our most monumental leaders, Paul Musco and Warner Henry. LA Opera is dedicating the 2021/22 season to the memory of Paul and Warner and the many others who have passed away during this challenging time.

On behalf of the entire company, I extend our grateful appreciation to all of you, our audience, who believe in the power of opera to rejuvenate and strengthen the human spirit.

Sincerely,

Christopher Koelsch SEBASTIAN PAUL AND MARYBELLE MUSCO PRESIDENT AND CEO

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CONFLICTING FORCES, ECHOING THEMES

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A NOTE ON TANNHÄUSER FROM MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES CONLON

“There is an optimistic version of romanticism in which what the romantics feel is that by going forward, by expanding our nature, by destroying the obstacles in our path…we are liberating ourselves…and allowing our infinite nature to soar to…greater heights and to become wider, deeper, freer, more vital, more like the divinity towards which it strives. But there is another, more pessimistic version of this…a notion that although we individuals seek to liberate ourselves…there is something in the dark depths of the unconscious or of history… which frustrates our dearest wishes.” (Isaiah Berlin, The Roots of Romanticism)

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TANNHÄUSER continued from pg. 8

Act Two of Tannhäuser culminates in a song contest; Wagner's later Die Meistersinger revolves around a similar contest.

Dichotomy and inner struggle fueled the muses of the 19th century. Richard Wagner harnessed those muses and changed the artistic world. His music dramas thrived on those contradictions and struggles and left us with an artistic legacy that provoked and engendered other polemics and conflicts.

Musicians, poets, artists, critics and opera audiences have adored, detested, deified, condemned, admired and rejected Wagner, his music and his prose. His person, and the sometimes-violent reactions his works provoke, are extensions of those conflicting versions of romanticism to which Berlin refers. The vast cosmic canvas upon which his works were conceived is mirrored by the tremors these very works caused.

And yet, though this composer wrote more about the theory and practice of his art than any other in our history— and has perhaps been written about more than any other composer—his actual dramatic material is remarkably simple. I mean this not in the sense that it isn’t complex, but that, through the repeated use of archetypes and themes, he revisits several issues over the course of ten operas.

The Male Protagonist Wagner viewed himself as a misunderstood genius who, due to his superior gifts, was a hero; as such, he was also an outsider. Each of Wagner’s male protagonists is an outsider in his own way. Each comes from a different place from the world in which he finds himself.

Some dare, like Adam, to eat forbidden fruit or tempt the gods: Tannhäuser embraces the pagan revelations of Venusberg; the Dutchman makes a pact with the devil; Lohengrin literally comes from another (spiritual) world.

Tannhäuser lives a Faustian struggle. Unable to integrate spiritual and sensual love, he ventures out of his society to Venusberg, where he feels that he experiences

erotic love in a way none of his acquaintances have.

Imbued now with a message, he feels simultaneously superior and rejected when he returns to society. When he sings his song of praise of Venus, he is an artist revealing a “new unheard-of music” He is now outsider, artist and genius. He is a projection of Wagner’s image of himself.

So is Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, another young hero who brings new music to the world. Unlike Tannhäuser, who defies an opposing father figure to do so (represented by Landgrave Hermann and, more distantly, the Pope), Walther is adopted by a “good” father figure in the form of Hans Sachs.

The Female Protagonist Wagner’s heroines embody the concept of the “self-sacrificing eternal feminine”—a masculine projection. They are usually the bearer of the composer’s most potent cosmic force, Redemptive Love, and they almost always prove their love by dying for their men. (The notable exception is Eva in Die Meistersinger, a comedy.) All are virginal at the beginning of the opera and most remain so (excepting Brünnhilde and, perhaps, Isolde).

Venus, on the other hand, represents the absolute triumph of eroticism. The splitting of the feminine principle into competing sensual and spiritual components—represented by Venus and Elisabeth—is emblematic of the 19th century’s inability or unwillingness to harmonize these seemingly conflicting forces. Wagner later revisited this idea in Parsifal, not with two characters but by incorporating them both, in unreconciled form, in the person of Kundry.

Recurring Ideas A medieval singing contest is at the center of both Tannhäuser and Die Meistersinger, operas whose subjects are continued on pg. 27

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THE TANNHÄUSER UNDERWRITING CONSORTIUM

LA Opera thanks the generous board members who joined together to make this season's production of Tannhäuser possible.

Leslie and John Dorman Leslie and John Dorman have generously supported numerous programs at LA Opera over many years, including the Domingo and 20th Anniversary Angels campaigns, LA Opera’s 2006 production of Tannhäuser, the company’s Ring cycle, and many education programs. Leslie has been an active LA Opera board member since 1999, leading the Development and Campaign Committees, and as a member of the Budget and Finance and Executive Committees.

Peter and Diane Gray Peter and Diane Gray have the distinction of both serving on LA Opera’s board of directors, alternating terms over the past 17 years.

Involved throughout the company, Diane has also served as president of the Opera League of Los Angeles. Together they have chaired the Patrons program, are 30th Anniversary Angels, supported the 2007 production of Tannhäuser, and were major supporters of LA Opera’s Ring cycle.

Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, MD, PhD, joined the LA Opera board in 2017. Raised in Germany, she grew up in an opera loving family, and continues her family’s tradition of commitment to the arts. Since she became a patron at LA Opera, she has provided support for the company’s general operations as well as other special initiatives, including LA Opera’s opening night celebrations and this production of Tannhäuser.

Nanette and Keith Leonard LA Opera is honored to have Keith Leonard as LA Opera’s new board chairman, elected in June 2021. Keith was introduced to opera by his father and his passion for the art form grew when he moved to Southern California. He and his wife Nanette became LA Opera patrons in 2005 and he has served on the board since 2015. They have recently deepened their involvement in the company, underwriting last season’s postponed production of The Marriage of Figaro, as well as recently becoming 30th Anniversary Angels.

Heinz and Barbara Schelbert Heinrich (Heinz) and Barbara Schelbert have been active volunteers and supporters of LA Opera over many years. Heinz joined LA Opera’s board in 2016 and his wife Barbara has been a volunteer with the Opera League of Los Angeles, and together they have provided support to LA Opera’s Ring cycle and special production campaigns. As professor emeritus at UCLA’s Geffen School of Medicine, Heinz recently helped bring music’s healing power to patients and medical professionals through LA Opera’s programs.

David and Linda Shaheen David and Linda Shaheen are committed to the nurturing of emerging artists and providing access to education and the arts for students across Los Angeles. Their philanthropy has generously supported LA Opera’s music education programs, Angels campaigns, and most recently The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Awards. A Northern California native, Linda joined the board in 2018.

Marc and Eva Stern Marc and Eva Stern are two of LA Opera’s most extraordinary benefactors, bringing over 15 productions to the stage (including the 2007 Tannhäuser), contributing to and leading nearly every Angels campaign, and providing leadership support to bring the world’s greatest artists to LA Opera through The Eva and Marc Stern Principal Artists Fund and The Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award. Marc’s commitment to LA Opera is unsurpassed through his over 30 years of board service to date and 20 years as LA Opera’s board chairman. In June 2021 he stepped down as chair and was named to the newly created position of honorary chairman.

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Christopher Walker Christopher Walker has a long history of supporting arts and education organizations nationwide and added to his commitment when he joined LA Opera’s board in 2017. He has been a major contributor to many of LA Opera’s most important initiatives, including LA Opera’s Ring cycle, and the 20th, 25th and 30th Anniversary Angels.

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The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award Piera Barbaglia Shaheen had a passion for opera and cared deeply about the welfare of young people beginning their careers. Her generosity of spirit is honored in a fund created by a generous gift from Linda and David Shaheen. The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award supports rising performers appearing at LA Opera, for whom a principal role at a prominent company can be a major career breakthrough.

Issachah Savage’s highly anticipated role debut as Tannhäuser in this production is made possible through the Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award. The program previously supported the standout performances of Sean Panikkar as Issachah Savage Gandhi in Satyagraha, Lisette Oropesa as Eurydice in Orpheus and Eurydice and J’Nai Bridges as Nefertiti in Akhnaten.

Named for Mr. Shaheen’s mother, the program promotes the ideals of this successful woman who was a strong proponent of education, built and ran a multinational business and was the center of a home infused with classical music and opera. Piera was born in America to Italian immigrants. Due to widespread discrimination against foreigners, her mother moved the family back to Italy when Piera was only two years old.

Instilled with her mother’s strong work ethic and commitment to education, she earned her degree in economics from a top university in northern Italy.

As World War II raged around her, she joined the resistance efforts of the American underground to battle the fascists. After the war, she returned to America, furthering her education, marrying, raising a family, building her business, and becoming a generous contributor to her community.

She deeply believed in the power of education as a principal force for change, says David Shaheen, and through her generosity she provided college scholarships for over 2,000 children of her employees. She passed these ideals onto her son and daughter-in-law, who created The David & Linda Shaheen Foundation, supporting LA Opera’s education programming, scholarships for inner-city youth, as well as numerous arts, education and reproductive health programs. The legacy of Piera is also honored through the recent naming by Linda and David of the Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy.

LA Opera extends its gratitude to Linda and David Shaheen for honoring such a remarkable woman and bringing the next generation of artists to the LA Opera stage.

Comparing Scores: What You're Hearing Today Every time Tannhäuser is produced, a choice must be made between competing versions of the opera, all of them legitimate, in my opinion. The Dresden version (which is actually two essentially similar versions from 1845 and 1847) features a formal closed overture that is well known to concertgoers. The 1861 Paris version vastly expands the scene in Venusberg and the role of Venus, and adds the ballet (Bacchanale), which flows directly from the shortened overture. The 1875 Vienna version restores the original Dresden overture, recomposes the beginning of Act One, then continues on the same as the Paris version.

There are two sides to the discussion of the Paris version. It gives greater weight to the role of Venus. On

the other hand, Wagner’s musical language had developed during the 15 years that separate the Dresden and Paris versions and the stylistic break is evident. Some feel that this is advantageous, arguing that the enhanced chromatic harmony of the Paris version better represents the magically erotic world of Venusberg.

For the 1961 Bayreuth Festival, the composer’s grandson Wieland Wagner began Tannhäuser with the Paris version, continuing through the end of the Bacchanale; he then reverted to the Dresden version. This solution has met with a great deal of critical favor and ultimately, with small differences, this is what we have adopted on this occasion. —Music Director James Conlon

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GIUSEPPE VERDI

September 18 – October 10, 2021 Production made possible with generous support from the Tarasenka Pankiv Fund (Tara Colburn); Alfred and Claude Mann Fund; Jane and Peter Hemmings Production Fund, a gift from the Flora L. Thornton Trust; and The Blue Ribbon. Special additional support from The Orden Family in memory of their beloved patriarch and matriarch, Ted and Hedy; and Raffaella and John Belanich for James Conlon's conducting.

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October 16 – November 6, 2021 Production made possible with generous support from an Anonymous Donor and a Consortium of LA Opera Board Members. Issachah Savage’s appearance is generously underwritten by a gift from The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award.

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March 19, 2022, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Production made possible with a generous grant from the Dan Murphy Foundation. Special support also received from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs; Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Saunders.

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Off Grand productions are supported by a consortium of generous donors to LA Opera’s Contemporary Opera Initiative, chaired by Barry and Nancy Sanders.

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MARC STERN, CHAIR

We celebrate our 30th Anniversary Angels who build on the inspiring legacy of the company’s Founding Angels and the many generous Angels who followed them. (See pages 38 and 39.) They have provided the necessary foundational support for world-class opera in Los Angeles.

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco Marc and Eva Stern Foundation GRoW @ Annenberg The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation County of Los Angeles Dunard Fund USA Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation The Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund Carol and Warner Henry Terri and Jerry Kohl Claude Mann and Alfred E. Mann Estate Ronus Foundation The Seaver Family Marilyn Ziering Mr. Harold Alden and Dr. Geraldine Alden The Blue Ribbon Ana and Robert Cook Mark Houston Dalzell and James Dao-Dalzell Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman The Alexander Furlotti Foundation Max H. Gluck Foundation Peter and Diane Gray The Green Foundation Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation Nanette and Keith Leonard LGHG Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dan Murphy Foundation The Okun Family, in memory of Milton Okun Linda and Alvaro Pascotto Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Ariane and Lionel Sauvage The David and Linda Shaheen Foundation Eugene and Marilyn Stein Barbara Augusta Teichert Emanuel Treitel Trust Christopher V. Walker Richard and Lenore Wayne Ann Ziff Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

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PROGRAM

CHRISTOPHER KOELSCH, SEBASTIAN PAUL AND MARYBELLE MUSCO PRESIDENT AND CEO JAMES CONLON, RICHARD SEAVER MUSIC DIRECTOR PRESENTS

Tannhäuser RICHARD WAGNER

Libretto by the composer CREATIVE TEAM CONDUCTOR

James Conlon

CAST TANNHÄUSER

PRODUCTION NOTES

Issachah Savage

ELISABETH

Sara Jakubiak*

Louisa Muller

VENUS

Yulia Matochkina*

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH

Lucas Meachem

LANDGRAVE HERMANN

Morris Robinson

Gottfried Pilz

BITEROLF

Philip Cokorinos

ADDITIONAL COSTUMES BY

WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE

Robert Stahley†

HEINRICH DER SCHREIBER

Anthony Ciaramitaro†

Marcus Doshi*

REINMAR VON ZWETER

Patrick Blackwell

CHORUS DIRECTOR

VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD

Erica Petrocelli‡

FOUR NOBLE PAGES

Elizabeth Anderson Ayana Haviv Janet Todd* Melissa Treinkman

DIRECTOR

Ian Judge

SCENERY AND COSTUMES

Misty Ayres LIGHTING

Grant Gershon

CHOREOGRAPHER

Aszure Barton*

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Lisa Kable-Blanchard STAGE MANAGER

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

PROMPTER

Production made possible with generous support from an

Anonymous Donor and a

Aaron Breid

Consortium of LA Opera Board Members.

MUSICAL PREPARATION

Issachah Savage’s appearance is generously underwritten by a gift from

Jeremy Frank Glenn Lewis Nate Raskin Nicholas Roehler †

Supertitles written by Christopher Bergen.

An original LA Opera production Scenery originally constructed by the Salzburg Festival; adaptation, new construction and painting by San Diego Opera Scenic Studios.

Costumes created by the LA Opera Costume Shop. Additional costumes

by Siam Costumes Company, Ltd. Wigs created by the LA Opera Wig and Make-Up Department.

LA Opera partnered with G8 Check to develop and implement COVID protocols in full compliance with LA County and other local guidelines. * LA Opera debut

SUPPORT

Erin Thompson-Janszen Louis Lohraseb ‡

The running time is approximately four hours, including two intermissions.

† Member of the Domingo-ColburnStein Young Artist Program ‡ Alumnus of the Domingo-ColburnStein Young Artist Program ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award.

LA Opera Orchestra generously underwritten by

Terri and Jerry Kohl.

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PHOTOS BY ROBERT MILLARD

SYNOPSIS

Act Two of Tannhäuser

ACT ONE

ACT THREE

In the Venusberg, magical abode of Venus, the minnesinger Tannhäuser halfheartedly praises the goddess of beauty, who for more than a year has bestowed her love upon him. Venus promises greater revels when Tannhäuser asks for his freedom, but she curses his hopes of salvation when he longs for the simple pleasures and pains of earthly life. In response he calls on the Virgin Mary, and the Venusberg vanishes.

Tannhäuser finds himself near the castle of the Wartburg, where passing pilgrims inspire him to laud the wonders of God. Horns announce the Landgrave Hermann and his knights, who recognize their long-lost comrade and invite him to the castle. One of them, Wolfram von Eschenbach, reminds Tannhäuser that in the past his singing won the love of Elisabeth, the landgrave’s beautiful niece. On hearing her name, Tannhäuser embraces and joins his companions.

Several months later, Wolfram discovers Elisabeth at evening prayer before a shrine in the Wartburg valley. She searches among approaching pilgrims for Tannhäuser, but in vain. Broken, she prays to the Virgin to receive her soul in heaven. Wolfram, alone, asks the evening star to guide her on her way. Tannhäuser now staggers in wearily to relate that despite his abject penitence, the Pope decreed he could as soon be forgiven as the papal staff could break into flower. The desperate man calls to Venus, but she vanishes when Tannhäuser is reminded again by Wolfram of Elisabeth, whose funeral procession now nears. Tannhäuser collapses, dying, by her bier. A chorus of pilgrims enters, recounting a miracle: the Pope’s staff, which they bear forward, has blossomed.

Synopsis by John W. Freeman, reprinted courtesy of Opera News.

ACT TWO In the Hall of Song in the Wartburg, Elisabeth hails the place where she first heard Tannhäuser’s voice. Wolfram reunites the happy pair, who sings God’s praises. As guests arrive, the landgrave promises Elisabeth’s hand to the winner of a contest of love songs. Wolfram delivers an idealized tribute to Elisabeth, whom he too has loved. Tannhäuser, his soul still possessed by Venus, counters with a frenzied hymn to the pleasures of worldly love. Everyone is shocked, but Elisabeth protects Tannhäuser from harm, securing her uncle’s pardon for her beloved on the condition that he make a pilgrimage to Rome to seek absolution.

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• Please maintain social distancing (minimum of six feet) in all outdoor lines, escalators, stairs, elevators and lobbies.

• Hand sanitizer stations have been placed inside the theater and across The Music Center campus.

In fond memory of Tara Colburn, supertitles are underwritten by Dunard Fund USA.

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MEET THE ARTISTS

Louisa Muller

CONDUCTOR

DIRECTOR

From: New York City, New York.

LA Opera: La Traviata (2006, debut); 63 different operas and over 400 performances to date.

He has been Richard Seaver Music Director since 2006. Later this season, he will conduct St. Matthew Passion, Aida and The Three Women of Jerusalem.

Career highlights: He has led virtually every major North American and European orchestra and over 270 performances at the Metropolitan Opera. He is Artistic Advisor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He has been Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of the RAI in Torino (2016-20), Music Director of the Ravinia Festival (2005-2015), Principal Conductor of the Paris National Opera (1995-2004), General Music Director of the City of Cologne (1989-2002), Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic (1983-91) and Music Director of the Cincinnati May Festival (19792016). He has won three Grammys and he was awarded France’s Légion d’Honneur. (JamesConlon.com)

From: Westerly, Rhode Island.

LA Opera: Don Carlo (2018, debut).

Career highlights: This season she directs Tosca with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Opera Colorado and a new production of The Rake’s Progress for the Juilliard School.

Future engagements include new productions for Houston Grand Opera, Pinchgut Opera and Garsington Opera. Her Garsington Opera production of The Turn of the Screw won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award and was named one of The Guardian’s top ten classical music events. She directed Ariadne auf Naxos at the Edinburgh Festival, Das Rheingold for the New York Philharmonic (New York Times list of the year’s best classical music events), Madama Butterfly at Lyric Opera of Chicago and La Traviata at Minnesota Opera.

As a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s directing staff, she has helmed revivals of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci and L'Elisir d'Amore. Her numerous Wolf Trap Opera productions include The Ghosts of Versailles, The Rape of Lucretia, Tosca and Roméo et Juliette. (LouisaMuller.com)

PHOTO BY SIMON PAULY

James Conlon

Gottfried Pilz

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

SCENERY AND COSTUMES

From: Southport, England.

LA Opera: Tosca (1989, debut; revived five times); Madama Butterfly (1991; revived three times); The Marriage of Figaro (2004, revived three times); Roméo et Juliette (2005, 2011); Don Carlo (2006, 2018); Tannhäuser (2007); The Stigmatized (2010). Career highlights: His productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company include The Wizard of Oz, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Carol, The Relapse, Troilus and Cressida and The Merry Wives of Windsor. His theatrical credits include productions for the Old Vic, Shaw Festival in Canada, Sydney Theatre Company and Chichester Festival Theatre. He directed the first production in nearly 50 years of Sir John in Love at the English National Opera and his work in opera also includes productions at Covent Garden, the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, and in Houston, Toronto, Madrid, Buenos Aires and Chicago. (IanJudge.com)

From: Salzburg, Austria.

LA Opera: The Queen of Spades (2001, debut); Bluebeard’s Castle (2002); Gianni Schicchi (2002); Tannhäuser (2007).

Career highlights: His production of Peter Grimes will be seen at the Vienna State Opera this season. He has also designed for the opera houses of Berlin, Dresden, London, New York and Moscow, collaborating with directors including John Dew (Les Huguenots at the Deutsche Oper Berlin) and Götz Friedrich (the Ring cycle at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki). In 1993 he made his directorial debut with The Queen of Spades at LA Opera.

Subsequent productions include the German premiere of Saint François d’Assise at the Leipzig Opera, Die Walküre in St. Petersburg and In hora mortis / The Book with Seven Seals at the Bielefeld Theater. Other engagements have taken him to the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and Teatro Real in Madrid.

PHOTO BY ROBERT MILLARD

Ian Judge

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MEET THE ARTISTS

Misty Ayres

Grant Gershon

ADDITIONAL COSTUME DESIGN

CHORUS DIRECTOR

From: Virginia Beach, Virginia.

LA Opera: The Anonymous Lover (2020, debut).

Career highlights: As an undergraduate at the University of Cameron, she was selected to design the shows Private Eyes and Medea, prompting a lifelong passion of integrating her artistic skills and sharp business mind. Her Los Angeles design credits include The World Goes 'Round for Chance Theater and Son of Semele for The Tower, to name a few. For more than 16 years, she has called LA Opera her artistic home. As Costume Design Manager for the company’s Costume Shop, she is frequently hand-selected by world renowned costume designers for her ability to fabricate their creative visions for stage life. She feels equally zealous in her development of designs for the company’s educational and engagement programming, with work that has included LA Opera Connects productions of Opera Tales, Figaro’s American Adventure, Brundibar and The Prospector.

From: Alhambra, California.

LA Opera: Resident Conductor since 2012, he made his LAO conducting debut with La Traviata (2009). He has conducted 15 productions to date including, most recently, The Magic Flute (2019).

Career highlights: He conducted San Francisco Opera’s 2017 world premiere of John Adams’ Girls of the Golden West, which he also conducted for the Dutch National Opera.

He has conducted Rigoletto, Tosca, La Bohème, La Traviata, Carmen and Madama Butterfly at Wolf Trap Opera with the National Symphony Orchestra; John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary at the San Francisco Symphony and Ravinia Festival; Vivaldi’s Griselda at Santa Fe Opera; and many concerts with the LA Philharmonic. He is the Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director of the LA Master Chorale, where he is celebrating his 20th anniversary season. His discography includes recordings with LAMC as well as DVDs of Il Postino and Gianni Schicchi from LA Opera.

Marcus Doshi

Aszure Barton

LIGHTING DESIGNER

CHOREOGRAPHER

From: Waterbury, Connecticut.

LA Opera: debut.

Career highlights: Marcus Doshi designs lighting and sets for theater, opera, and dance, and collaborates with artists and architects on a wide array of non-performance-based work.

He is a frequent collaborator with New York’s Theatre for a New Audience and Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Broadway credits include Linda Vista (2019) and Pass Over (2021). His work in opera includes La Traviata (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera Company, Minnesota Opera, Houston Grand Opera); Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Aldeburgh Music, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; La Monnaie in Brussels, Dutch National Opera, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia); Giulio Cesare (Houston Grand Opera); Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera); and Elektra (Seattle Opera), among many others. He teaches design in the MFA programs of Northwestern University, where he is associate chair of the department. (MarcusDoshi.com)

From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

LA Opera: debut.

Career highlights: She has been creating work for over 25 years and has collaborated with performers and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Misty Copeland, Cyndi Lauper, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Martha Graham Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, English National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater and Teatro alla Scala, among others. She is a 2020 Bessie Award Honoree and has received accolades including Canada’s prestigious Arts & Letters Award. She founded Aszure Barton & Artists in the early 2000s in order to create an autonomous, collaborative platform for process-centered creation. Choreography credits include The Threepenny Opera on Broadway and international outreach activities such as Kenya’s Earth Project: Healing the Rift at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy. Her choreography has been featured in numerous television projects, including the Sundance Channel’s Iconoclasts. (AszureBarton.com)

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MEET THE ARTISTS

Issachah Savage

Sara Jakubiak

From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

LA Opera: Narraboth in Salome (2017, debut).

Career highlights: Recent milestones include Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos at Seattle Opera, his Metropolitan Opera debut as Don Riccardo in Ernani and Siegmund in Die Walküre at the Canadian Opera Company. Concert engagements this season include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the National Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and LA Philharmonic.

He made his Houston Grand Opera debut as Radames in Aida and has performed both Radames and the title role of Otello with Austin Lyric Opera. In the 2018/19 season, he made major European debuts as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Siegmund in Die Walküre with Opéra National de Bordeaux and the High Priest of Neptune in Idomeneo at the Salzburg Festival. In 2014, he swept Seattle Opera’s International Wagner Competition, taking the first prize, audience prize and orchestra favorite awards. (IssachahSavage.com)

Yulia Matochkina VENUS

ELISABETH PHOTO BY ASHLEY PLANTE

TENOR

SOPRANO

From: Bay CIty, Michigan.

LA Opera: debut.

Career highlights: She won the 2020 Opus Klassik Award for her performance as Heliane in Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane at Deutsche Oper Berlin (Naxos DVD). Recent highlights include Francesca di Rimini at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chrysothemis in Elektra in Valencia, Eva in Die Meistersinger in Munich and Dresden, and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin in Frankfurt and Santa Fe. Other appearances include the title role of Daphne with Hamburg State Opera, Polina in The Gambler at Dutch National Opera and Frankfurt Oper, Elsa in Lohengrin at Vienna State Opera, and Marietta in Die tote Stadt in four productions: Hamburg State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Berlin’s Komische Opera and the Bard Festival. Discography includes Erwartung and a Grammy-nominated Glagolitic Mass with Edward Gardner, a DVD of Der Freischutz with Christian Thielemann and the Dresden Semperoper and an upcoming DVD of Francesca da Rimini. (SaraJakubiak.com)

Lucas Meachem MEZZO-SOPRANO

From: Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

LA Opera: debut.

Career highlights: Her next appearances include debuts at the Metropolitan Opera as Maddalena in Rigoletto, at La Scala and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, at Dutch National Opera in Verdi’s Requiem, Eboli in Don Carlo at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Azucena in Il Trovatore at Opernhaus Zürich, and Federica in Luisa Miller at Staatsoper Hamburg. She is a leading soloist at Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater, where her many roles include Amneris in Aida, Eboli in Don Carlo, Princess de Bouillon in Adriana Lecouvreur, Didon in Les Troyens, Dalila in Samson et Dalila, Venus in Tannhäuser, Kundry in Parsifal and Clara d’Almanza in Betrothal in a Monastery. Other recent appearances include Carmen, Polina in The Queen of Spades and Lyubasha in The Tsar’s Bride at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Federica in Luisa Miller at the Salzburg Festival, and Carmen at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

WOLFRAM PHOTO BY SIMON PAULY

TANNHÄUSER

BARITONE

From: Raleigh, North Carolina.

LA Opera: Figaro in The Barber of Seville (2009, debut); Figaro in The Ghosts of Versailles (2015).

Career highlights: Earlier this year, he returned to the stage for his signature role of Figaro in San Francisco Opera’s innovative drive-in presentation of The Barber of Seville. He then filmed Silvio in Pagliacci with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, set within that opera house, and performed the title role of Eugene Onegin at Santa Fe Opera and the title role of Gianni Schicchi at Festival Napa Valley. During the 2021/22 season, he will appear with Munich’s Bavarian State Opera as Escamillo in Carmen, with both the Metropolitan Opera and the Teatro Real in Madrid as Marcello in La Bohème, with the Dallas Opera as Figaro in The Barber of Seville, and with the Royal Opera House in London as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. In September, he released his first solo album, Shall We Gather, with pianist Irina Meachem.

(LucasMeachem.com) PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7

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MEET THE ARTISTS

Morris Robinson

Philip Cokorinos BASS

From: Atlanta, Georgia.

LA Opera: Sarastro in The Magic Flute (2009, debut); Fasolt in Das Rheingold (2009, 2010); Oroveso in Norma (2015); Osmin in The Abduction from the Seraglio (2017); Zaccaria in Nabucco (2017); Sparafucile in Rigoletto (2018); Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo (2018); Parsi Rustomji in Satyagraha (2018); Tiresias in Oedipus Rex (2021); Ferrando in Il Trovatore. Upcoming: Ramfis in Aida.

Career highlights: He is the Artistic Advisor at Cincinnati Opera. He regularly performs leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and Seattle Opera, among many others. He has appeared in concert with the New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (2015/16 Artist in Residence). Upcoming appearances include Sarastro at the Met and Nourabad in The Pearl Fishers in Dallas. (MorrisRobinson.com)

Robert Stahley WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE

BITEROLF PHOTO BY SARAH SHATZ

HERMANN

BASS-BARITONE

From: New York City.

LA Opera: Benoit/Alcindoro in La Bohème (2007, debut; 2012; 2016); 18 productions to date including the Sacristan in Tosca (2013; 2017); Suleyman Pasha in The Ghosts of Versailles (2015); Bartolo in The Barber of Seville (2015); Zuniga in Carmen (2017).

Career highlights: He has sung over 400 performances of 40 different operas at the Metropolitan Opera— including appearances there most recently as the Sacristan in Tosca and Ser Amantio in Gianni Schicchi— and he has been seen in several Met Live in HD broadcasts including The Marriage of Figaro, Manon, The Girl of the Golden West, The Nose and Werther. Earlier this year, he performed the Sacristan with Austin Opera. Recent engagements elsewhere include roles in Salome with Spoleto Festival USA and for the Atlanta Opera, the Sacristan with Opera San Antonio, and the Grandfather in the U.S. premiere of Martinů’s Julietta with American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

Anthony Ciaramitaro TENOR

From: Groveland, Massachusetts.

LA Opera: Parpignol in La Bohème (2019, debut); First Armored Man in The Magic Flute (2019); Apollo/Fileno in The Death of Orpheus (2020); Valcour in The Anonymous Lover (2020); Shepherd in Oedipus Rex (2021).

He has been a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program since 2019.

Career highlights: During the summer, he returned to the Santa Fe Opera as a second-year apprentice, where he created the role of the Captain in the world premiere of John Corigliano’s The Lord of Cries and was featured in concert with soprano Angel Blue. In 2020, he was the tenor soloist for the Verdi Requiem with the Quad City Symphony. Operatic appearances elsewhere include the title role in The Tales of Hoffmann with Arbor Opera Theater, William Marshall in Blitzstein’s Regina with Opera Theater of Saint Louis, and Trajan in a workshop of Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian with Canadian Opera Company.

HEINRICH DER SCHREIBER

TENOR

From: Coral Springs, Florida.

LA Opera: Lord Cecil in Roberto Devereux (2020, mainstage debut); Orpheus in The Death of Orpheus (2020); Ruiz in Il Trovatore (2021).

He has been a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program since 2019.

Career highlights: A 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions national semifinalist and a 2021 Tenor Viñas Contest finalist, he performed Tamino in The Magic Flute at the Aspen Musical Festival this summer. In 2018 and 2019, he was an apprentice artist with the Santa Fe Opera, where he performed Toke in the world premiere of Poul Ruders’ The Thirteenth Child. He previously was an apprentice artist at Palm Beach Opera and a Studio Artist with Arizona Opera, where his roles included Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville and the Governor and Vanderdendur in Candide. In 2017, he performed Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola as a member of the prestigious Merola Opera Program. He has been a studio artist with Chautauqua Opera and Wolf Trap Opera.

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MEET THE ARTISTS

COMPANY NEWS

Patrick Blackwell REINMAR

BASS-BARITONE

From: New York, New York.

LA Opera: Eight roles to date including Lt. Ratcliffe in Billy Budd (2014, debut); Aye in Akhnaten (2016); Noah in Noah’s Flood (2017; Lord Krishna in Satyagraha (2018); Alcindoro in La Bohème (2019).

Career highlights: Later this season, he performs Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro with Intermountain Ópera (Bozeman, Montana). Recent appearances include his debut with the Opéra National du Rhin (Strasbourg) in Mahagonny Songspiel and The Seven Deadly Sins. Other recent appearances include Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro with Utah Opera, Ferrando in Il Trovatore at Knoxville Opera and Scarpia in Tosca and Father Truelove in The Rake’s Progress with Pacific Opera Project. He has performed Porgy in Porgy and Bess with the Munich Philharmonic, Castleton Festival, Boston Symphony Orchestra and on tour throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared with Lyric Opera of Chicago and New York City Opera in such roles as Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata and Colline in La Bohème.

Erica Petrocelli VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD

SOPRANO

From: East Greenwich, Rhode Island. LA Opera: Mrs. Naidoo in Satyagraha (2018, debut); Annina in La Traviata (2019); Musetta in La Bohème (2019); First Lady in The Magic Flute (2019); Thetis/ Breeze/Eurydice in The Death of Orpheus (2020); title role in Eurydice (2020). She was a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program from 2018-2020). Career highlights: In the 2020/21 season, she joined the International Opera Studio at the Zürich Opera House. Her roles there this season include Zerlina in Don Giovanni and two roles in Wolfgang Mitterer’s The Brave Little Tailor. Previous engagements include performing songs by Korngold and Schreke at the Bard Music Festival and her role debut as Pamina in The Magic Flute with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. In 2018, she was an Apprentice Singer at Santa Fe Opera. She has appeared in The Maid of Orleans, Jeanne d’arc au bûcher and The Dwarf with Odyssey Opera in Boston.

Lina González-Granados will debut as Resident Conductor Next season, audiences will get to meet a deeply talented and fast-rising young conductor who will bring a vibrant new voice and vision to the company: Lina GonzálezGranados, who will make her company debut as Resident Conductor in 2022. In that role, she’ll conduct one mainstage production annually, as well as additional performances on the company’s Off Grand, On Now and Connects stages.

Born and raised in Cali, Colombia, she has distinguished herself nationally and internationally as a conductor of symphonic and operatic repertoire.

She was the 2019 winner of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition and is now the Solti Conducting Apprentice with that orchestra, under the guidance of Riccardo Muti. She has also been a Conducting Fellow of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Seattle Symphony. She is an active and fervent proponent for the inclusion and development of new works for chamber and large orchestra, especially music from Latin-American composers. This season, her many engagements include The Barber of Seville with Dallas Opera and concerts with the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra and Barcelona Symphony.

“It is my honor and pleasure to join the team at LA Opera,” she said. “I feel so fortunate to become part of an organization with an incredible institutional legacy for artistic quality and community engagement, and to belong to a city that welcomes such an esteemed roster of conductors. I am especially thrilled to collaborate with James and the extraordinary musicians of the LA Opera Orchestra. I am so looking forward to bringing opera to the greater Los Angeles community, as well as helping to build the next generation of incredible, talented young opera singers.”

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ARTISTIC PERSONNEL

LA OPERA CHORUS

LA OPERA ORCHESTRA

generously underwritten

by Terri and Jerry Kohl

SOPRANO

FIRST VIOLIN

BASS

TROMBONE

Roberto Cani

Nathan Farrington

William Booth

Frances Liu Wu

Alvin Veeh Terry Cravens, bass trombone

Christina Borgioli* Katy Compton Lisa Crave* Ayana Haviv Terri Hill* Stephanie Jones

Elizabeth Lee Renee Sousa** Lori Stinson* Courtney Taylor Janet Todd Rebecca Tomlinson**

Armen Anassian

A SSOCIATE CONCERTMA STER

Lisa Sutton

A SSISTANT CONCERTMA STER

ALTO Elizabeth Anderson Natalie Beck** Danielle Marcelle Bond Aleta Braxton*** Sara Campbell* Veronica Christenson** Clara Chung

STUART CANIN CONCERTMA STER

Kelly Krantz Adriana Manfredi Adrien Raynier** Bonnie Snell Schindler Melissa Treinkman Jennifer Wallace**

Margaret Wooten Olivia Tsui Lucinda Chiu Radu Pieptea Kathleen Sloan Loránd Lokuszta Heather Powell Adam Milstein Ishani Bhoola

PRINCIPAL

A SSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Don Ferrone Tim Eckert Evan Hillis Aaron Blick

PRINCIPAL

TUBA James Self

FLUTE

PRINCIPAL

Heather Clark

HARP

Angela Wiegand Sarah Weisz, piccolo

JoAnn Turovsky

PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL

TENOR Daniel C. Babcock James Callon Christopher Craig Omar Crook* Adam Faruqi William Grundler Sung Bong Kim Charles Lane**

Joseph Lopez Francis Lucaric** Sal Malaki** Robert Norman George Sterne*** Todd Strange Daniel Suk Patrick Tsoi

BASS Paul An Mark Beasom*** Reid Bruton** Gregg Geiger* Abdiel Gonzalez* James Hayden Robert Hovencamp** Jared Jones

Mark Kelley** David Kress* E. Scott Levin Gabriel Manro Steve Pence* James Martin Schaefer Tim Smith** David Williams

OBOE

TIMPANI

Ana Landauer

Leslie Reed

Gregory Goodall

PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL

Ina Veli

Jennifer Cullinan, English horn

SECOND VIOLIN

A SSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Florence Titmus Leslie Katz Irina Voloshina Elizabeth Hedman Nina Evtuhov Susan Rishik Rafael Rishik Ashoka Thiarajagan

DANCERS Kayla Aguila Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry Jeffrey Docimo (swing) Jennifer Florentino Ardyn Flynt

James Gregg Nicholas Korkos Natalie Leibert (swing) Nadia Maryam Melody Morrow Samuel Lee Roberts

CLARINET Donald Foster PRINCIPAL

Laura Stoutenborough, bass clarinet

BASSOON

Shawn Mann

William May

Andrew Picken

Judith Farmer

Dmitri Bovaird Kate Vincent Alma Fernandez Carolyn Riley Aaron Oltman Diana Wade

HORN

PRINCIPAL

A SSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Steven Becknell PRINCIPAL

Daniel Kelley Jenny Kim

A SSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

CELLO

James Atkinson

Rowena Hammill

Adam Wolf

PRINCIPAL

A SSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Dane Little

A SSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Michael Kaufman Nadine Hall Trevor Handy Evan Kahn Ye Lin (Stella) Cho Sarah Kim

PERCUSSION Theresa Dimond

VIOLA PRINCIPAL

* Has appeared in 50 or more productions ** Has appeared in 100 or more productions *** Has appeared in 150 or more productions

PRINCIPAL

TRUMPET

PRINCIPAL

John Wakefield Scott Higgins David Riccobono

BANDA Jennifer Marotta, trumpet Rob Frear, trumpet Jonah Levy, trumpet Allen Fogel, horn Preston Shepherd, horn Melia Badalian, horn Aija Mattson-Jove, horn Brady Steel

ORCHESTR A PERSONNEL MANAGER

Melisandra Dunker MUSIC LIBR ARIAN

Stuart Canin Concertmaster Chair made possible by a deeply appreciated gift from Dunard Fund USA.

Ryan Darke PRINCIPAL

David Washburn

A SSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Steve O'Connor

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PRODUCTION STAFF A SSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER

Azra King-Abadi A SSOCIATE CHORUS DIRECTOR

Jeremy Frank DANCE CAPTAIN

Ardyn Flynt SUPERTITLES PREPAR ATION/CUER

Linda Zoolalian A SSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Melanie Bacaling Nikki Hyde Julie Renfro

Mary Basile Loretta Bussen Charlyn Trenier

WARDROBE A SSISTANTS

Wendell Carmichael Shelley Graves-Jimenez Mary Lehman Glen Moore Danyele Thomas SE A SONAL DRESSERS

WIGS AND MAKE-UP Raquel Bianchini WIGMA STER

MUSICAL A SSISTANT TO JAMES CONLON

Ignazio Terrasi

Danielle Richter

A SSOCIATE WIGMA STER

Brandi Strona

COSTUME SHOP Maria De La Mora Ademir Serrano CUT TER/DR APERS

Lindsey Myers Haley Williams FIRST HANDS

DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR & CREW FOREMAN

Nicole Rodrigues

SENIOR WIG & MAKE-UP ARTIST

Kelso Millet Morgan Sellers Lilia Villasenor

WIG & MAKE-UP ARTISTS

Alexandra Babec Blanca Miranda Luz Carmen Muñoz Hortencia Santos Adle Smithson Clara Weidman Anna Wong

STAGE CREW OPER A CARPENTER

Robert Colby Klein OPER A ELECTRICIAN

David Salas

SE AMSTERS

Wing Cheung

Alerton Perez

HE AD OF TAILORING

A SSISTANT ELECTRICIAN

Robbie Monsod

Scott Shepherd

CUT TER/ TAILOR

OPER A PROPERT Y MA STER

Rafael Avila

Heather Orozco

CHIEF TAILOR

OPER A HE AD AUDIO

Manuel Dominguez Manuel Medina

Kelly Richard Travis

Meredith Miller

CR AF TSPERSON

Nikki Anderson-Joy Julie Carr

PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS

Haley Silver

COSTUME A SSISTANT

Miranda Orellana

PRODUCTION A SSISTANT – WAREHOUSE

Remy Beland

Brad Cobb

OPER A AUDIO ENGINEER

MEZZO-SOPR ANO

Alaysha Fox SOPR ANO

Michael J. Hawk BARITONE

Jacob Ingbar

COUNTERTENOR

Nicholas Roehler PIANIST/COACH

Robert Stahley TENOR

Tiffany Townsend SOPR ANO

Susan Graham

ARTISTIC ADVISOR HE AD OF VOCAL INSTRUCTION

DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION HOUSE STAFF Timothy L. Conroy

MA STER CARPENTER

Ryan Lebetsamer

HOUSE HE AD ELECTRICIAN

Dennis Holbrook

MA STER OF PROPERTIES

Todd Reynolds

Bryan Lopez Jonathan Stone

Robert Devis

HOUSE HE AD AUDIO HOUSE MANAGER

Demetra Willis HE AD USHER

WARDROBE

TENOR

Stephen King

PRODUCTION A SSISTANT – BUYER/SHOPPER

JANITORS

2021/22 PARTICIPANTS

OPER A HE AD VIDEO

HE AD OF CR AF TS

Bryant Villasana

The Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program is generously underwritten by the Colburn Foundation and Eugene and Marilyn Stein. Special support for young artist stipends is graciously provided by The Lenore and Richard Wayne Young Artist Fellowship.

Additional gifts from donors to the Young Artist Circle. The program was created with funding from the Flora L. Thornton Foundation.

Gabriela Flores Scott Papez

OPER A A SSISTANT CARPENTER

TAILORS

The Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program supports the future of opera by discovering and developing the talents of highly gifted young artists to become the stars of tomorrow. Since the company’s inception, LA Opera has been committed to nurturing a resident ensemble of young singers who would benefit from long-term professional development. The Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program, which builds on the success of the company’s earlier, highly respected Resident Artist Program, has the goal of developing the talents of exceptionally gifted young artists to become performers of potentially international stature, whose first loyalty would be to LA Opera.

Anthony Ciaramitaro

Lark Arrowood SECOND HAND

THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM

Carolyn Van Brunt

VICE PRESIDENT OF GUEST SERVICES

Lee Smilek

HE AD OF WARDROBE

VARI-LITE AUTOMATED LIGHTING PROVIDED BY

Paul Curran

HE AD OF DR AMATIC INSTRUCTION

Special thanks to the staff of the Music Center.

Directors, singers, choreographers, stage managers, ensemble members and assistant directors in this production are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists. Orchestra musicians are represented by the American Federation of Musicians, Local 47.

The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC,: Stage Crew, Local 33; Treasurers and Ticket Sellers, Local 857; Wardrobe Crew, Local 768 ; Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists, Local 706. Interns in the Technical Department are students at California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California). All editorial materials copyright Los Angeles Opera, 2021. The opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Los Angeles Opera.

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LA OPERA Christopher Koelsch

SEBA STIAN PAUL AND MARYBELLE MUSCO PRESIDENT AND CEO

James Conlon

RICHARD SE AVER MUSIC DIRECTOR

John P. Nuckols

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF STR ATEGIC OFFICER

Diane Rhodes Bergman, APR VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Jill Boyd

VICE PRESIDENT, L ABOR REL ATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Rupert Hemmings

VICE PRESIDENT, ARTISTIC PL ANNING

Kathleen Ruiz

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Russell Thomas

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Susan Graham

ARTISTIC ADVISOR, YOUNG ARTIST PROGR AM

Grant Gershon

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

Lina González-Granados

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR DESIGNATE

Claire Pegram

PROGR AM A SSOCIATE / EXECUTIVE A SSISTANT TO MUSIC DIRECTOR

Tate Shoebridge

EDUCATION A SSISTANT

Kyla McLaughlin

EDUCATION COORDINATOR

Leslie Lopez

COMMUNIT Y ENGAGEMENT A SSOCIATE

Natalie Ramirez

OPER ATIONS A SSOCIATE

Kirsten Anderson

SENIOR DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT

Joshua Winograde

SENIOR DIRECTOR, ARTISTIC PROGRAMS

Eric Bornemann

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

BOX OFFICE Shane K. Morton

BOX OFFICE TRE A SURER

Shawnet Sweets

FIRST A SSISTANT TRE A SURER

Michael Meyer Brenda Roman Andrew Tomasulo Marlow Wyatt

SECOND A SSISTANT TRE A SURERS

Joseph Howells Susan Wong

THIRD A SSISTANT TRE A SURERS

Jennifer Higdon Dale Bridges Johannsen Liz Mancia Andy Phu Joseph Selway TICKET SELLERS

RESIDENT STAGE DIRECTOR

OPER ATIONS & DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER

CONTROLLER

Raymond Bribiesca PAYROLL MANAGER

Daisy Lopez

INTER ACTIVE & GR APHIC DESIGNER

Yesenia Vargas

MARKETING STR ATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Victoria Rey

MARKETING A SSISTANT

Rachel Steinke

MARKETING INTERN

FINANCE A SSOCIATE

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT

HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTR ATOR

Jeff Kleeman

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Carolina Angulo DESIGN MANAGER

MUSIC ADMINISTRATION

Margie Schnibbe

Jeannique Prospere

Melisandra Dunker

James Pomichter

Brady Steel

Lisa Coto

Ignazio Terrasi

Damon Schindler

Andrealisse Lopez-Vidal

Nino Sanikidze, DMA

Chris Carey

Manuel Garcia

Jeremy Frank

John Musselman

Caroline Boyce

COSTUME DIRECTOR

Gregory White

COSTUME DEPARTMENT MANAGER

Corrine Roache

PRODUCTION, STOCK & RENTAL COORDINATOR

WAREHOUSE MANAGER ADMINISTR ATIVE A SSISTANT

Neal Anderson

MAINTENANCE A SSISTANT

MUSIC LIBR ARIAN

ORCHESTR A PERSONNEL MANAGER MUSICAL ASSISTANT TO JAMES CONLON HE AD COACH, YOUNG ARTIST PROGR AM A SSOCIATE CHORUS MA STER A SSISTANT LIBR ARIAN

PRODUCTION

TECHNICAL ADMINISTR ATOR PRODUCTION MEDIA MANAGER PROPERTIES COORDINATOR RESIDENT LE AD SCENIC ARTIST TECHNICAL PAYROLL OFFICER

Stephanie Lopez

TECHNICAL MANAGER

Katelan Braymer

LIGHTING A SSISTANT

Maile Varian

WALLY RUSSELL FOUNDATION LIGHTING INTERN

DEVELOPMENT

Michelle Magaldi

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Marlinda Menashe

Nicki Harper

Michael Masuda

Melissa Ruge

Tommy Mam

Josh Harrold

Alanna Swovelin

Tom Nguyen

Robin Green

Zoë Melcher

ACADEMY INTERNS

Chandler Johnson

Scarleth Arias Kassandra Arroyo Bene’t Benton Daniel Calderon Diego Castro Abraham Flores Victoria Mestas Maya Ordonez Cristian Venegas

DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL GIVING & GOVERNMENT REL ATIONS

Janneke Straub

DIRECTOR, LE ADERSHIP GIF TS DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT OPER ATIONS EXECUTIVE A SSISTANT

Grace Piper

DATA ANALYST

Caroline Kagan BOARD LIAISON

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC OPER ATIONS MANAGER OF CHORUS, DANCERS AND SUPERS INTERIM MANAGER OF CHORUS, DANCERS AND SUPERS COMPANY MANAGER ARTISTIC PROGR AMS COORDINATOR

Whitney McAnally

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Zade Dardari

ANNUAL FUND A SSISTANT

INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Tracy Reich

SENIOR MA JOR GIF TS OFFICER

PUBLIC RELATIONS Vanessa Flores Waite

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Mark Lyons

NET WORK MANAGER NET WORK AND SYSTEMS ADMINISTR ATOR APPLICATIONS ADMINISTR ATOR

Christian Johnsten Katherine Miranda

A SSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLICATIONS

CONSULTANTS

Melanie Broussalian

Evangeline Santos

DIGITAL MEDIA AND VIDEO MANAGER

Will Ragland and Leonard Samuels (Zayde Creative)

INDIVIDUAL GIVING COORDINATOR

Jasna Gara

Ani Iknoyan

SENIOR SALES & DATA ANALYST

COSTUMES

Haley Spielberg

CONTENT SPECIALIST

DIRECTOR OF CONNECTS

COMMUNIT Y ENGAGEMENT PROGR AM MANAGER

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Sepanta Fotovat

Andrea Fuentes

Adam LeBow

Denice Behdad

Eli Villanueva

CONNECTS

A SSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

Terrance Ellis

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGER

HUMAN RESOURCES

SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER

MA JOR GIF TS OFFICERS

Matthew Schroeder

Jeannie Jones

Carmen Recker

Chul Park

SENIOR DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Amber Jackson

COMMUNICATIONS A SSOCIATE

A SSISTANT PRODUCTION, STOCK & RENTAL COORDINATOR

Patricia McLeod

FINANCE

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

Meredith Ernstberger

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING OFFICER/ GR ANT WRITER

Melanie Katz

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING A SSISTANT

SALES AND MARKETING Elizabeth Galvan

KE Y ART DESIGN

Stephen King

HE AD OF VOCAL INSTRUCTION DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGR AM

Studio Fuse

GR APHIC DESIGN

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING, PARTNERSHIPS & ENGAGEMENT

Keith J. Rainville SPECIAL EVENTS

A SSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, BR AND & DESIGN

Caitlin Benya

SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR

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LA OPERA CONNECTS

Composer Carla Lucero and The Three Women of Jerusalem Carla Lucero is breaking boundaries. The world premiere of her opera The Three Women of Jerusalem (Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén), LA Opera’s 2022 community opera production at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, will mark several firsts. It’s the first opera by a female composer (she’s also the librettist) and the first Spanishlanguage opera to be commissioned for the Cathedral.

The family-friendly opera will premiere on March 19, 2022, with James Conlon conducting hundreds of amateur singers, dancers and instrumentalists of all ages, along with LA Opera’s professional soloists and musicians. Singers from around the world will also sing along (virtually) with the congregational hymns. These global performances will be shown inside the Cathedral, bringing everyone together.

The opera depicts the moment when Jesus pauses to comfort weeping women along the way to the crucifixion.

(This event is commemorated in Roman Catholic services as the Eighth Station of the Cross.) Ultimately it’s all about hope and compassion, something we all need after the past year. And it’s suitable for audiences of any faith (or none at all); its themes of compassion and community are universal. We asked the composer to talk about her new opera.

The Bible only has one sentence about these women.

How did you fill out the story?

Yes, there is little information about them. They weep for Jesus when they witness His pain and understand, on some level, that there has been no crime committed that could justify such torture and humiliation. Jesus understands their weeping as an acknowledgement of their own human frailty. In essence, the tears they shed are tears of grief for the darker side of human nature, something that we all carry inside of ourselves to varying degrees.

I introduce the women at the beginning of the opera, as they shop in the marketplace. This gives the audience a bit of backstory on their individual characters. I also give them names. I don’t want to give too much away

about the main characters, but let’s just say that they end up living up to these names: Sacrifice, Love and Purpose.

What do you hope that audiences will take away from the opera?

I hope that audiences identify with the tests of faith and conscience that the three women in the opera face. In the end, following our conscience is having faith in the goodness within us and acting accordingly. This is a universal concept to me, and not specific to any religious belief. Through empathy comes tangible goodness and change for the better, if we put away our fears. The Passion can be uplifting and motivating. I really hope this comes through in The Three Women.

Could you talk a bit about having the piece performed in Spanish?

It’s a passionate and beautiful language that I am proud to have as part of my heritage. I have written operas in both Spanish and English, and honestly, both languages work wonderfully when they are set to music. Spanish is softer on the tongue and on the ear with rich and round vowel sounds. Spanish is not my first language, so I enlisted the assistance of an amazing poet and translator, Dr. Rita Urquijo-Ruiz, who is also a theater artist. She translated my original libretto from English to Spanish very carefully, so that it would register culturally and poetically with the audience. I hope that the Spanish speaking communities of Los Angeles and beyond will accept this as a love letter from me to them.

Learn more at LAOpera.org/CommunityOpera.

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SUPPORTERS

25th Anniversary Angels

MARC STERN, CHAIR

LA Opera recognizes and thanks those who made extraordinary leadership commitments in honor of the 25th Anniversary Season, ensuring the company’s continued artistic excellence and prominence in the worldwide cultural community.

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco

The Seaver Family

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation County of Los Angeles

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Carol and Warner Henry Alfred and Claude Mann

Flora L. Thornton Marilyn Ziering

Mr. Harold Alden and Dr. Geraldine Alden Annenberg Foundation Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter The Blue Ribbon Alex Bouzari Robert Day Dunard Fund USA Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb The Green Foundation Bernard and Lenore Greenberg, in honor of Leonard Green LGHG Foundation Rosemary and Milton Okun The Milan Panic Family Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer

Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Ronus Foundation Eugene and Marilyn Stein Christopher V. Walker Richard and Lenore Wayne Ziering Family Foundation Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

20th Anniversary Angels

MARC STERN, CHAIR

LA Opera wishes to honor those individuals who have made an extraordinary leadership commitment to the company.

Building upon the remarkable foundation created by the Founding and Domingo’s Angels, the outstanding support of the 20th Anniversary Angels has helped ensure an artistically vibrant and financially secure future for LA Opera.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation County of Los Angeles

Carol and Warner Henry Alfred and Claude Mann Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco Richard Seaver and Sara Jayne Kimm

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation Flora L. Thornton Marilyn Ziering

Mr. Harold Alden and Dr. Geraldine Alden Annenberg Foundation Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter Yuki and Alex Bouzari Nancy Daly Edgar Foster Daniels Kelly and Robert Day Leslie and John Dorman Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb The Green Foundation Bernard and Lenore Greenberg, in honor of Leonard Green Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation LGHG Foundation Beatrix F. Padway, in honor of Nathaniel W. Finston Mr. and Mrs. Milan Panic

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Tarasenka Pankiv Fund (Tara Colburn) Barbara Augusta Teichert The Joop van den Ende Foundation Christopher V. Walker Richard and Lenore Wayne Ziering Family Foundation Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

Domingo’s Angels

MARC STERN, CHAIR MARY HAYLEY, CO-CHAIR WARNER HENRY, CO-CHAIR

Domingo’s Angels are individuals who made a leadership commitment to fulfilling the artistic initiatives of the Domingo Seasons, 2001-2005. Their remarkable generosity provided a new threshold from which the artistic professionals associated with LA Opera created and produced opera that thrilled and inspired Los Angeles audiences and the world.

Robert V. Adams and Barbara Abercrombie Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter Colburn Foundation Kelly and Robert Day Marta and Plácido Domingo Leslie and John Dorman

The Green Foundation Lenore and Bernard Greenberg Carol and Warner Henry Walter Lantz Foundation / Edward A. Landry, Trustee Rosemary and Milton Okun Mr. and Mrs. Milan Panic

Richard Seaver and Sara Jayne Kimm Marc and Eva Stern Foundation The Skirball Foundation Flora L. Thornton Foundation Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

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SUPPORTERS

Founding Angels

WARNER HENRY, CHAIR

LA Opera is grateful for the vision, boldness and extraordinary generosity of the Founding Angels, whose commitment to the company in its early years helped ensure the future of opera in Los Angeles.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Ash Dorothy Collins Brown Mr. Richard D. Colburn The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation Forman Family Foundation

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation The Emese and Leonard Green Foundation Carol and Warner Henry Opera League of Los Angeles

Richard Seaver The Skirball Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Straus Flora L. Thornton Foundation

Artistic Excellence Circle LA Opera recognizes the dedicated individuals whose annual support ensures that it can feature the leading singers, conductors, directors and designers who make a season memorable. To learn more, call John Nuckols at 213.972.7256.

PREMIER DIAMOND PATRON ($500,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous The Ahmanson Foundation GRoW @ Annenberg The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation Cosgrove Family Trust County of Los Angeles Mark H. Dalzell and James Dao-Dalzell Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman / Pacific Theatres Foundation Dunard Fund USA Penelope Foley Valerie Franklin Estate Gemini Industries, Inc. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation

Bernard and Lenore Greenberg Opera Fund Carol and Warner Henry Terri and Jerry M. Kohl Nanette and Keith Leonard Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Sheila Kuehl Supervisor Hilda Solis Claude Mann and Alfred E. Mann Estate Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco Music Center Foundation The Okun Family; in memory of Milton Okun The Tarasenka Pankiv Fund (Tara Colburn)

Linda and Alvaro Pascotto Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Ronus Foundation Ariane and Lionel Sauvage The Richard Seaver Trust for the Opera Eugene and Marilyn Stein Marc and Eva Stern Foundation Emanuel Treitel Trust US Small Business Administration Gregory and Regina Weingarten Marilyn Ziering Ann Ziff Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

Max H. Gluck Foundation Peter and Diane Gray The Green Foundation Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, M.D. Latham & Watkins, LLP Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation LGHG Foundation The Opera League of Los Angeles

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP The David and Linda Shaheen Foundation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP Ms. Barbara Augusta Teichert Christopher V. Walker

DIAMOND PATRON ($250,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous Mr. Harold Alden and Dr. Geraldine Alden Patricia Artigas and Lucas Etchegaray Ana and Robert Cook Leslie and John Dorman The Fund for the Performing Arts Mr. Alex Furlotti Nancy Geller Trust

PREMIER PLATINUM PATRON ($150,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous (3) Stanley Black; in memory of Joyce Black The Blue Ribbon The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation Patty and Ken McKenna

James Mulally Dan Murphy Foundation Michele and Dudley Rauch / The Rauch Family Foundation Wally Russell Foundation

David Sanders Living Trust Laura and Carlton Seaver Herbert Simon Family Foundation Alyce and Warren Williamson

PLATINUM PATRON ($100,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous Dr. Robert Adler and Alexis Deutsch-Adler The Armenian Consortium Karen Beecher Trust The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Joyce and Aubrey Chernick Edward E. and Alicia Garcia Clark Estate of Edgar Foster Daniels

Robert Day Hispanics for Los Angeles Opera Joan H. Hotchkis Richard Kendall and Lisa See Freya and Mark Ivener Marylyn and Chuck Klaus Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture L.L. Foundation for Youth

OPERA America: Innovation Grants The Orden Family; in loving memory of Ted and Hedy Linda Pierce Suzanne Rheinstein; in memory of Fred Rheinstein Dr. Heinrich and Barbara Schelbert James and Ellen Strauss Ellen and Arnold Zetcher PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P15

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SUPPORTERS

THE OPERA COUNCIL

Chaired by Paul and Catherine Tosetti

The dedicated support of the Opera Council enables LA Opera to achieve its artistic goals. This program offers exclusive privileges and behind-the-scenes opportunities to those individuals, foundations and corporations who make annual gifts of $25,000 or more.

For information, please call 213.972.3160.

GRAND GOLD PATRON ($75,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous (2) Lynn A. Booth and Kent Kresa The Otis Booth Foundation

Barbara Burtin Stephen M. Erhart Kiki and David Gindler

Stephen A. Kanter Estate Barry and Nancy Sanders Susan R. Shapiro

“You are all magicians. When I come to LA Opera, I enter a world of beauty.

You always lift me to heights I’d never reach on my own.” —Lisa (donor) GRAND GOLD PATRON ($50,000 & ABOVE) Mr. James Asperger and Ms. Christine Adams Mr. Haig S. Bagerdjian Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter Raffaella and John Belanich Beatrice and Paul F. Bennett Paul and Marie-France Bloch Fund at The Miami Foundation Maynard and Linda Brittan California Arts Council Janet and Nicholas Ciriello City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs In memory of Nancy M. Daly for her extraordinary legacy of support

Kathleen and Jerrold Eberhardt Michael and Jane Eisner Geoff Emery Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Betty L. Hall Trust Travis and Thomas Kranz LLWW Foundation Susan Lord and Scott Richard Lord Sean and Stephanie Madnani The Rafael and Luisa de Marchena-Huyke Foundation Lori and Michael Milken National Endowment for the Arts The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Michelle Rohé Wendy and Ken Ruby Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Seidel Eric L. Small Dr. Vina Spiehler Jay and Deanie Stein Jacob and Sandra Terner Paul and Catherine Tosetti Brigitta B. Troy John and Gill Wagner Richard and Lenore Wayne M. Faye Wilson Andrew Xu and Timothy Iverson

In memory of Morris A. Hazan Mrs. Maria Antonia Horne Hub International Limited Mr. and Mrs. David K. Ingalls Tim Johnson and Jean Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Jones James P. Kelley and Joseph W. Lund Lawrence A. Kern Drs. Anu and Ali Leemann June and Simon K.C. Li Mr. and Mrs. David B. Lippman Renee and Meyer Luskin Merrill Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Mollura, Sr. The Music Man Foundation Anthony and Olivia Neece Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Malley Dr. Leslie A. Pam and Dr. Ann Christie Petersen / Esper A. Petersen Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Parker The Louis and Harold Price Foundation Mrs. Rita Coveney Pudenz Barbara and Jay Rasulo Mr. Jess Ravich Penny and Harold B. Ray Courtney Reum The SahanDaywi Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Saunders Natalie K. and Marvin S. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Stein Carol and James Sterling Dwight Stuart Youth Fund Richard and Cynthia Troop US Bank Foundation Donna Wagner Zev Yaroslavsky Esther and Abe Zarem

GOLD PATRON ($25,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous (4) Maria Altmann; in memory of Fritz Altmann Shirley Barasch Family Trust Thomas and Judith Beckmen Hans and Dianne Bozler Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bragg, Jr. Drs. Maryam and Iman H. Brivanlou Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cannon Marlene and Victor Chávez Ginger Conrad Mrs. Alice S. Coulombe Mr. Robert Finnerty and Mr. Richard Cullen Geller Advisors LLC Sally and Irwin Goldstein Thomas and Thea Gottschalk Em Green Gary Gugelchuk Nicolas Hamatake

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The Nutcracker

Apollo • Ghosts • Bloom

The Sleeping Beauty

2021/2022 season Get Tickets losangelesballet.org

Los Angeles Ballet Thordal Christensen & Colleen Neary Artistic Directors

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SUPPORTERS

PATRONS OF LA OPERA

Chaired by Dr. Elizabeth Short and Dr. Michael Friedman

Patrons of LA Opera, who contribute gifts of $3,500 or more, enjoy exclusive ticket services, benefits and activities to enhance their opera experience. For more information, please call 213.972.7655.

GRAND SILVER BENEFACTOR ($20,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous Barbara Abercrombie Bank of America Foundation The Sirpuhe and John Conte Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Eisenberg J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman Lenny and David Kelton William and Priscilla Kennedy

Eduard Morf The Stephen Philibosian Foundation Terry and Dennis Stanfill Libby Wilson, M.D.

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PREMIER SILVER BENEFACTOR ($15,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous (2) Kay Anderle Stephanie Barron and Max Rifkind-Barron Stuart and Rebecca Bowne Warren Breslow and Gail Buchalter Susan and L. David Cole Laura Donnelley and the Good Works Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Elmore Mr. Robert Estrin, in memory of Mary Lloyd Estrin David and Maggi Gordon Monica Gutierrez-Roper and Trevor Roper

Diane Henderson Keller Anderle LLP Jennifer L. Keller Micheal and Stephanie Landes Sherry Lansing and William Friedkin Mr. Paul Lombardi and Mr. Jeffrey B. Soref Anita Lorber Emily and Sam Mann David Drew Neer, M.D., J.D. Mei-Lee Ney The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

Jerome and Toby Rapport Foundation The Reis Foundation, Inc. Schlinger Chrisman Foundation Evy and Fred Scholder Family Dr. Bertrand and Joan Shapiro Tina Siegel Karen and William Timberlake Tourist Office of Spain Ms. Gail Werner

Bruce and Adele Gainsley Jessie and Steven Galson Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Gramling Mr. John Grissom Beverly and Felix Grossman Jessica Harper Betty Hayman Robert and Denise Hayman Catherine and Mark Helm Freddi and Dr. Kenneth D. Hill Allen Briskin and Gerry Hinkley Elizabeth Hofert-Dailey Trust Dr. Judith Hyman Stuart and Simone Isen Stella Jeong and Randall Lee Rian Johnson Tagney Jones Family Fund at The Seattle Foundation Michelle Kezirian and Charles J. Janigian Mr. David Kobrin Elaine F. Kramer Renee Kumetz The George and Ann Leal Family Leonard M. Lipman Charitable Fund Sam Losh and Judith Lovely MacArthur Foundation Hon. Nora M. Manella Judy and Steve McDonald Adele Gray McGinnis Diane Hickingbotham McNabb Marlane Meyer Mr. and Mrs. David Mgrublian The Mink Family Cindy Miscikowski Judith S. Mishkin Paul Montrone Nancy-Gene Morrison

Moss Foundation Fred Muhs; in memory of Warner Henry Ann Mulally Harry and Cheryl Nadjarian Barbara and Norman S. Namerow Gregory Nava and Barbara Martinez Jitner Chris and Dick Newman / C and R Family Foundation Michael Nohaile and Kristin Yarema Carolyn R. Novin Thomas Patrick and Stephen Rulo Gary and Arsine Phillips Carol Swanson Price Jack and Joelle Rimokh Rodrigo J. Rocha, M.D.; in memory of my beloved parents Lars Roos and Dr. Estelita Calica Roos Mrs. Barbara C. Rosenthal Mimi Rotter Matthew and Jennifer Rowland Barbara Sadoff; in honor of Armin Sadoff Sakana Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Sawchuk Malcolm Schneer and Cathy Liu Dr. Sharron L. Seal and Mr. Lawrence Seal Dr. Donald Seligman and Dr. Jon Zimmermann Mr. Allen E. Shay Mr. Burnie Sparks; in memory of Warner Henry Tracy Stone and Allen Anderson Michael and Suzanne Tennenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Andy Torosyan Elinor and Rubin Turner US Bank Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ulman Drs. Francine Bartfield and Martin Wasserman Aviva Weiner and Paulino Fontes Doris Weitz and Alexander Williams Susan Zolla; in memory of Edward M. Zolla

Larry Hawley and Barbara Aran Dr. Ronald Hopkins In loving memory of Chester O. Houston, Jr. Nancy Katayama Rosalie Kornblau Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Landry Mrs. Isabel Markovits-Rosenberg James and Grace McAdams Olga Moretti Mr. Greg K. Odom William and Carol Ouchi Ms. Gay Phinny

Drs. Michael and Marion Quinn Cliff and Toni Reston Bill and Dinah Ruch Family Foundation Bette I. Tatge Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Techentin Kyle Thorpe The Wally Russell Foundation James and Robin Walther Barbara and Ken Warner Michael Weber and Frances Spivy-Weber

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PATRONS OF LA OPERA PREMIER BENEFACTOR ($5,000 AND ABOVE) Anonymous (5) The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Act 1 Tours Ahsan Aijaz The Amphion Foundation, Inc. Anne Andrews and John Thornton Shirley Ashkenas; in memory of Irving Ashkenas Randall C. Bassett Dr. Peter and Mrs. Helen Bing Bonnie Brae Gary and Johanna Brown Mrs. Michele Brustin Ms. Marion A. Cameron Mr. Frederick Chau Diana and Marc Chazaud Laura K. Christa Howard and Rhoda Coleman Ms. Joanne Dallas Davis/Dauray Family Fund Jack and Barbara Dawson David Elgin Dodge David A. Drummond W. Allan Edmiston, Jr., M.D. Ms. Gail Eichenthal Gail and Jim Ellis; in honor of Carol and Warner Henry Mr. Craig A. Emanuel Mr. Walt Fidler Theodore Finney Hill Mr. and Mrs. Don Erik Franzen Mahin and Fariba Ghaffari The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Dr. Patricia Goldring Charles and Marian Goldsmith Peter and Elizabeth Goulds Manuel R. Gutierrez Alma Guzman and Susan Stamberger Dr. Jon Fellows and Judith Hemenway

Claire and Robert Heron Dr. Ann M. Hirsch and Dr. Stefan J. Kirchanski David L. and Susan H. Hirsch Chase Hodge-Brokenbur Linda Joyce Hodge Cameron Hotchkis Ms. Marsha Hymanson Paul and Missy Jennings George and Eleanor Kalman Mr. Howard B. Klein Ellen and Harvey Knell Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald Larry Layne and Sheelagh Boyd Margo Leavin Christine and Jay Lee Marilyn Lightner Kevin and Elisabeth Lilly Fong Liu Mr. Mark Loewen Dr. Liana Lucaric Boghossian Mr. Nigel Lythgoe The Maurice Amado Foundation Ginny Mancini John and Jill Manly Janis B. McEldowney Barbara Merkle Carolyn L. Miller Carol Mitchell Mr. Shannon J. Morton The Recording Industries’ Music Performance Trust Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bengt Muthen Dr. and Mrs. Steven Nagelberg Robert and Sally Neely Barbara and Lawrence Nevens Liza and Thomas Newbauer Mrs. Inna Ockelmann

Christine M. Ofiesh and Arthur L. Zussman Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Oppenheimer Park Bixby Tower, Inc. Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts Mary E. Petit and Eleanor Torres Frank and Betty Pinkerton Peggy and Peter Preuss Ernest and Anne Prokopovych Eileen and Charles Read The Riordan Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Rountree Ms. Allison Sampson; in memory of Warner Henry Elizabeth Loucks Samson Brad Schlei and Jamie Price-Schlei Richard and Ellyn Semler Marilyn Shapiro Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Sherman Ruth Simon Joyce and Al Sommer Philip Starr and Michael Simental John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation Yvonne Stevens and Paul Schickler Dr. Roger D. Stewart Dr. Julie Stindt Ms. Katherine Sung Ms. Joanne L. Dallas and Mr. Frank A. Traficante Linda and Sorrell Trope Ms. Barbara A. Van Postman Larry Verdugo Cynthia Walk Dennis Wasser and Ruth Roberts Acorn Paper Products Robert E. Willett William Blair David and Michele Wilson Mrs. Joan A. Winchell; in memory of Verne Winchell Martin and Rosalind Zane

Rosette V. Delug Mr. and Mrs. R. Stephen Doan Dan and Carol Donlan Dranow Family Foundation Larry and Jan Duitsman Linda L. Duttenhaver Dr. Faye Eggerding Margaret Epstein Helen Funai Erickson Dr. Randall T. Espinoza John Farrell and Corey Spivey Joyce and Mal Fienberg Mrs. Frances R. Flanagan John Fleming and Kris Maine David F. Freedman Mr. and Mrs. Henning Freybe Dr. Jerry and Jean Friedman Scott and Elizabeth Frost Ronald Frydman Dr. E. Peter and Thea Gabor Arthur and Helen Geoffrion Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Goldberg Mr. Ronald Goldman Nora Gordon and Brent Bryan Grace on Earth Foundation Wanda Lee Graves and Stephen Duscha Christine Gregory Charles F. Hanes Dr. and Mrs. Irwin Harris Susan and Bruce Heard Marie O. Hedlund Jeff and Yolanda Heller C. Terry Hendrix; in memory of Gracia Alkema Marcia and Dr. Paul Herman Larry and Lilia Hershenson Margaret M. Hess

Mrs. Phoebe Ann Heywood Gary Ho and Aihua Gan Richard Holland Trust Barbara Holman Jim and Bev Lyons Adel F. Jabour, M.D. Mr. Daniel J. Jaffe Jerome J. Glaser / International Curtain Call Dr. Thomas D. Johnson, Ph.D. Gary and Denise Kading Jee Sung and Hun Ku Kang Gloria Kaplan Gayle Kirschbaum and Scott D. Baskin Phyllis H. Klein, M.D. Christopher Koelsch and Todd Bentjen Mr. Joel and Mrs. Sharon Koppelman Ronald and Joann Kramar Dr. Paul E. LeMal Irwin and Rachel Levin Mr. Leonard Levine and Dr. Mateo Ledezma Gerrie Maloof Michael and Claudia Margolis Dr. Marguerite Marsh Ms. Faydell P. Martin Robert Mendow Bryan Mershon Mr. Richard J. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Miller Mrs. Synne Hansen Miller Jane Gray Morrison Lorenzo Murguia, M.D. The Muriel Pollia Foundation Mr. Emory Ron Myrick Mary Ruth and Jeff Newman Sheila Newmark Ms. Heidi Novaes

BENEFACTOR ($3,500 AND ABOVE) Anonymous (5) In memory of Dr. Yoshio Akiyama Honey Amado Mr. Robert C. Anderson Nancy and Greg Annick Ron and Perky Apperson Ruth Bachofner Ms. Sunny Baey Howard Barmazel Shelley and Rick Bayer Christine Benchay John R. Benfield and Mary Ann Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bennion Dr. Dietmar P. Berger Lanie Diamond Bernhard; in memory of Margot and Henry Bamberger Mr. Christopher Bickel Leigh Lindsey and Andrew Blaine Mr. Alan J. Bloch and Ms. Nancy M. Berman Judith F. Blumenthal William Bracken and Mary Jo Markey Langley B. Brandt Barbara and Richard Braun Dr. Martin J. Brickman Patsy Burke Todd L. Calvin Dr. and Mrs. David S. Cannom Juan Carrillo and Dominique Mielle Drs. Carol and David Cass Evelyn and Stephen Cederbaum Mr. Joseph Cochran Nancybell Coe and William Burke, in honor of James Conlon Nancy J. Colletti In loving memory of David G. Covell, M.D. Donald and Joan Damask

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PATRONS OF LA OPERA BENEFACTOR

($3,500 AND ABOVE) Holly and John Nuckols Doerthe Obert Jason Oclaray Jerry and Elaine Offstein Pamela Oland Dr. Edward O’Neill Dr. Sophia Y. Pak, M.D. Alex W. Papalexis Mrs. Hoyt S. Pardee Dr. and Mrs. Nissan Pardo Diane and David Paul Ms. Karen A. Pederson Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Porter, Jr. Kai-Li and Hal Quigley Madeline and Bruce Ramer Fen Rhodes and Nancy Corby Craig and Janis Risch Charleen Rohde Rikki Rosen Judge Marvin D. and Carol L. Rowen Paula and Allan Rudnick Dr. Michael Rudolph Laurie Samitaur Smith Kenneth Sanson Mary Lou Schanche Mr. and Mrs. Neal Schmale Gail Schroeder Robert Segal; in loving memory of Jeanne Segal Ruth Popkin Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Margy and David Sievers Mr. and Mrs. John B. (Jack) Simon Dr. Joan E. Smiles Judith L. Smith Robert and Linda Smith Debra Vilinsky and Michael Sopher Charles P. Souw; in memory of Bill Maldonado Shirley Earlise Starke-Wallace Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Stone Francine Swain and Robert Murdock Mr. Eliazar Talamantez Eve C. Van Rennes Ms. Carol Vernon and Mr. Robert Turbin Martin and Susan Washton Mark A. Weaver Marty, Sara and Samantha Widzer Ms. Sara Widzer Diane S. Lake Tina H. Wilson Jan and Steve Winston Dr. Judith G. Wolf Sharon and Fillmore Wood David L. Paul and Leyla V. Woods David A. Workman Clemence Yi Mr. Rudolf Ziesenhenne

ARTISTS CIRCLE

($2,000 AND ABOVE) Anonymous (2) Mr. Ty M. Agens and Ms. Gloria J. Quinn Karon Altman Patrick Anderson and Lester Olson Frank and Beverly Arnstein Rachel and Meir Bartur Ms. Ellen K. Bergeron Mr. and Mrs. James Burrows Mr. Fredrick M Chapel Mr. Seth Chazanoff Dr. Joanna Chikwe and Mr. Phillipe Brewstep

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PATRONS OF LA OPERA ARTISTS CIRCLE ($2,000 AND ABOVE) Dr. Timothy Ching Nancy Clavin NancyBell Coe and William Burke Ms. Roberta A. Conroy Dr. Malcolm and Gay Cosgrove Dr. Earle E. Crandall Claus Dieckell Ronald H. Dolkart and Margaret E. Rose; in memory of our beloved niece, Coco Ogburn Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Durow Ms. Esther P. Edber Irwin Field and Helgard Lion Harriet Finebaum Ms. Catherine Fines-Wenzler Mr. Joshua Furman Dr. and Mrs. Joaquin M. Fuster Ms. Jane Galbraith Mrs. Constance T. Gavin Jay and Trudy Goldberg Mr. and Ms. Cassandra F. Grant Harvey and Carolyn Gurman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Hammond Norma A. Harris and Frank Packard III Claudia Henry Ms. Nancy H. Hensel Phil and Gage Hewes Shelley Hill In Sook Hong Mr. and Mrs. Gary N. Jacobs Bruce Johansen Sharon Louise Johnson Roz and Jerry J. Joseph

Elizabeth & Nicandro Juarez Ms. Melissa Karpel Jim and Jean Keatley Mr. K. Gregory Keever Mrs. Patricia H. Ketchum Vera King; in memory of James King Mr. Charles C Knill KPMG LLP Carol Krause Ms. Janet Levin and Mr. Frank Gruber Dr. Cheryl D. Lew, M.D. Agnes Lew Randall and Janell Lewis Ethan and Joanne Lipsig Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Long Ms. Blanca Lucero and Mr. Charles Romero Mr. Joseph H. MacDonald Melissa Machin Mazur Jorge H. Mestman Maurice F. Meysenburg Mr. Eben Mishkin Mrs. Heather L. Mobarak Luc and Courtenay Moritz Dr. and Mrs. G. Arnold Mulder Mr. & Mrs. David L. Newman Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Nijjar Mr. and Mrs. John G. Niles Conan and Liza O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Overr II Dr. Michael and Susan Patzakis Janet Petersen Michael and Beverly Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Pircher

The Randazzo Family Mr. Christopher A. Reed Erika and Ken Riley Ms. Carol Roberts and Mr. Michael Hiscocks Mr. William Robinson Ms. Carli V. Rogers Michael Rogerson Mrs. Jutta H. Romero aul and Suzanne Rubenstein Ms. Keitha Russell; in memory of Maggie Russell Mrs. Joanne Saltman John and Patricia Schwarz Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Sepe Rita Shamban and Richard Hahn Stephen A. Shectman, Ph.D. Mr. Lynn Foster Sipe Dr. Anya Snow Mr. and Mrs. William Sollfrey Carmelo Spinella Linda Stafford Burrows Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stapleton Ms. Sheila Tishler and Dr. Paul Ashkenaz Mary Ann Twitty Sheila and Wally Weisman Carole and Robert Wesson Mrs. Angela E. Whitaker Leslie White and Jamie Schwartzman Brian Wong Mr. Hiroshi F. Yamamoto Yoshi and Michael Yamamoto Mr. Marco J. Zonni

BELLA VOCE PATRONS (IRREVOCABLE ESTATE GIFTS) LA Opera is grateful for the generosity and foresight of opera lovers who have established future gifts to the company in their estate plans.

Natsuko Akiyama, in memory of Yoshio Akiyama Dr. & Mrs. Julio Aljure Gracia Alkema & C. Terry Hendrix Karen Alpert Trust Dr. & Mrs. Harlan C. Amstutz Mr. Marvin Antonowsky Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ash Shirley Ashkenas Shirley Lee Barasch Ms. Angela Bardowell Estate of Margaret and David N. Barry III Ambassador Frank & Kathy Baxter Karen M. Beecher Anne Boundy The Samuel M. Brainin Trust Carol & Normand Brewer Jacqueline Briskin Maynard & Linda Brittan The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Christine Brodie Richard & Norma Camp T. Robert Chapman Trust David Chierichetti Edward E. & Alicia Garcia Clark Richard D. & Lisa K. Colburn The Tarasenka Pankiv Fund (Tara Colburn) Nancy Cook Cosgrove Family Trust Michele McGarry Crahan Estate of Nancy Daly Janet & Roger DeBard Teresa DeCrescenzo Estate of Phyllis & Donal Dreifus The George A.V. Dunning Fund/ California Community Foundation Allan & Diane Eisenman

Gerald Faris Adell Fink Theodore Hill Finney Claudia & Mark Foster Herbert O. and Jean Fox Kara Kass Fox Estate of Valerie Franklin Allen B. Freitag Trust Ronald Frydman Gerri Lee Frye Roger Gallizzi and James Willey Nancy Gentry Geller Trust Gwynne M. Gloege Estate of Barbara Goldenberg Eric A. Gordon Leonard Green Bernard and Lenore Greenberg Susan R. Greer Joyce and Joelle Grinker Estate of Walter O. Halden Roy Hamilton The Jerome G. Handelsman Trust Hildegard Harris Lee & David Hayutin Anne Heineman Estate of Harvey B. Heller Warner & Carol Henry Yvonne & Gordon Hessler Joan & John Hotchkis Drs. Herbert and Judith Hyman Mr. & Mrs. David K. Ingalls Robert Jesberg and Michael J. Carmody Estate of H. Kirkland Jones Sylvia & Vernon D. Jones Estate of Stephen A. Kanter Lawrence A. Kern

Joyce and Kent Kresa Helen LammIvan and Hilda Layda / Layda Family Trust The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine Dr. Paul E. LeMal Raymond A. Lieberman Trust Robert & Marguerite Marsh In memory of Terry Roberta Matthies Linda May Suzar Dr. Michael McGuire Paula Kent Meehan Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Miller The Jane Moore Family Trust Diane and Leon Morton Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco Anthony & Olivia Neece Joan Harding Newman Mei-Lee Ney Estate of Beatrix F. Padway Mr. Milan Panic Chloe Pollock-Mieczkowski Mrs. Jean Powell Nan Rae Christine P. Ries The L. Franc Scheuer Trust The Malcolm Schneer LAOC Trust The Richard Seaver Trust for the Opera Archie Sharp Milton Singer Mr. & Mrs. William Smollen Ellen & Harry Sondheim, in memory of Betty & Felix Leibholz Estate of Mr. Arthur Spitzer Marilyn & Eugene Stein/ Capital Group Companies Marc & Eva Stern

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BELLA VOCE PATRONS (IRREVOCABLE ESTATE GIFTS) Estate of Gaby K. Tanas Flora L. Thornton & Eric L. Small Estate of C. Dickson Titus III Emanuel Treitel Trust

Ms. Carol Vernon and Mr. Robert Turbin Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow Richard and Lenore Wayne Mark A. Weaver

Douglas B. Wood Sharon and Fillmore Wood

BELLA VOCE PATRONS (FUTURE GIFTS) Anonymous (9) Doris Alexander Helen Mae Almas John Altschul Robert C. Anderson Sharon Baranoff James C. Bassett, Ph.D. Randall C. Bassett Nancy Griffith Baxter James M. Bell Herbert M. Berk Lorna D. Blancaflor Dr. Judith F. Blumenthal Rebecca Bowne Hans and Dianne Bozler Ms. Dale Bridges Johannsen Mrs. Michele Brustin Elizabeth B. & Elwood S. Buffa Jacqueline & Henry Cahn Todd Calvin Dr. Alisa Cone Camberlan Leigh Robinson Cartwright Drs. Carol & David Cass Julia Cherry Cecelia R. Cole Bernice Colman

Ginger Conrad Hilary Crahan Keith Crasnick Family Trust Drs. Nazareth & Ani Darakjian Lawrence E. Deutsch Amy Lyn DeZwart and George Betar Leslie & John Dorman Mary Kathryn Dunn Gerald Elijah/Octaveous Starr Maureen Engelhard Daniel Fink, M.D. Richard Cullen and Robert Finnerty David F. Freedman Dr. Michael A. Friedman and Dr. Elizabeth M. Short Mr. & Mrs. John Garvey Estate of Suzanne Gemmell James Gelb and Diane Morton Dr. Melinda Gilmore Jerome J. Glaser Joyce & Eric Goldman Rebecca Gomez Marielle Gottlieb Ms. Nancy A. Grant Donna & Greg Griffith Alma Guzman and Susan Stamberger Betty Hall Trust

Susan D. Heard Laura C. Hecht Ms. Nita Heimbaugh Bonnie Helms Dr. Jon Fellows and Judith Hemenway Malcolm T. Henderson Marcia and Dr. Paul Herman Freddi and Dr. Kenneth D. Hill Judge Judith O. & Dr. Glen L. Hollinger Dr. Ronald Hopkins Sharon & Donald Jackley Norman W. & Rose M. Jaffe Bruce Johansen Dr. Barbara Johnston Dr. & Mrs. William Kern Dr. Stephen Knafel Linda L. R. Knight Richard P. & Meredith B. Kramer Victoria and Douglas Lane Larry Layne Robert M. Lea Elaine Otter Leventhal Mr. and Mrs. Lou D. Liuzzi Gloria Lothrop Mr. Jeff MacKey Gerrie Maloof

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BELLA VOCE PATRONS (FUTURE GIFTS) Hon. Nora M. Manella Sam I. Matsumoto/ Gordon J. Geever Trust Melissa Machin Mazur Edward McCann McCone Grand Opera Fund Steven D. McGinty Cynthia McWhirt The Minturn Family Charitable Foundation Michael and Lorraine Mohill Nancy-Gene Morrison Barbara and Maury Mortensen Mary Jane Myers Gordon & Rosie Ornelas Olson Dr. Sophia Park Lenore and Carl Pearlston Janet Petersen Cat Jagger Pollon Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Prusan Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pudenz Jeanne E. Roerig Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Rogers Mimi Rotter Lawrence Rubenstein, Ph.D. Frank D. Rubin Dr. Jeanne W. Ruderman Maged Salib Elizabeth Loucks Samson Kenneth Sanson

Melody & Warren Schubert Mr. & Mrs. Christof E. Schwab Dr. Donald Seligman and Dr. Jon Zimmermann Richard and Ellyn Semler Olga Sevilla John Jacob Shaak Marilyn Shapiro Lynn Foster Sipe Audre Slater Terry & Dennis Stanfill R. Rhoads Stephenson Donna Stillo James and Ellen Strauss Ms. Amanda F. Susskind Elisabeth Tamari Iris & Robert Teragawa Dr. Elaine Totten and Mr. Barclay Totten Mrs. Ella Upsher Dr. Michael Upsher Rose Vardanian Larry Verdugo Barbara and Ken Warner Michael Weber & Frances Spivy-Weber Linda & Robert E. Willett Wesley and Rachel Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Lorin H. Wilson

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TANNHÄUSER

continued from pg. 10 art and love. The young heroes of those operas usher in a new age of art, though their fates are different. Parsifal will relive the erotic/spiritual struggle as Tannhäuser does, though he will encounter and resolve them in a different way.

Redemptive Love may be the proposed panacea for the universe, but we, and the world, have to endure suffering first. Renunciation is, perhaps, the antidote to that other ubiquitous force: desire.

Tannhäuser must journey to Rome to atone for his sinful embrace of pagan delights. In Tristan und Isolde, it is desire— not hope—that springs eternal. It can only be satisfied through death. If the Ring has any protagonist at all, it is not a person nor a god, but a cosmology that demonstrates that desire, in the form of lust for power, drives human (and godly) actions and leads inevitably to universal cataclysm.

It is only through the renunciation of this desire that redemption, rebirth and the restoration of the world’s natural order can occur.

Big themes, one and all.

Dated? Perhaps. Politically incorrect in our day? Possibly.

Irrelevant? Not in the slightest.

Tannhäuser, second in the series of ten great Wagnerian music dramas, encompasses everything Berlin describes in his “pessimistic” version of Romanticism: Tannhäuser never triumphs, Elisabeth dies.

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Welcome to The Music Center!

We are so glad to have you back! Safety is our number one priority, and we promise to provide you the best, safest experience possible on our campus. We are working with both the State of California and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and have embraced the highest standards of safety, sanitation and security. Visit musiccenter.org/safety for more information.

No matter the state of our world, we know the arts add joy to our lives and offer opportunities for self-expression and connection to one another. We are honored you have chosen to experience the arts at The Music Center. #WeBelieveinArts @musiccenterla General Information (213) 972-7211 | musiccenter.org Support The Music Center (213) 972-3333 | musiccenter.org/support

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2021/2022 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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GENERAL COUNSEL

Cindy Miscikowski Chair

Rollin A. Ransom

Robert J. Abernethy Vice Chair

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Darrell R. Brown Vice Chair Rachel S. Moore President & CEO Diane G. Medina Secretary Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Charles F. Adams William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill C. Baldauf Susan E. Baumgarten Phoebe Beasley Thomas L. Beckmen Kimaada M. Brown Dannielle Campos Greg T. Geyer Lisa Gilford Jeffrey M. Hill Maria Rosario Jackson Carl Jordan Stefanie Kane Terri M. Kohl Kent Kresa Cary J. Lefton Keith R. Leonard, Jr. David B. Lippman Richard Lynn Martinez Mattie McFaddenLawson Elizabeth Michelson Darrell D. Miller Shelby Notkin Michael J. Pagano Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt Joseph J. Rice Melissa Romain Beverly P. Ryder Maria S. Salinas Lisa See Mimi Song Matthew J. Spence Johnese Spisso Philip A. Swan Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Jennifer M. Walske Alyce de Roulet Williamson Jay S. Wintrob

Peter K. Barker Judith L. Beckmen Ronald W. Burkle John B. Emerson ** Richard M. Ferry Brindell Gottlieb Bernard A. Greenberg Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Glen A. Holden Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Richard K. Roeder Claire L. Rothman Joni J. Smith Lisa Specht ** Cynthia A. Telles James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp ** Thomas R. Weinberger Rosalind W. Wyman ** Chair Emeritus Current as of July 1, 2021

Photos: John McCoy for The Music Center; right photo: ABT’s Katherine Williams and Blaine Hoven perform the pas de deux in A Time There Was at The Music Center.

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

Hilda L. Solis Chair, First District

Janice Hahn Supervisor, Fourth District

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Holly J. Mitchell Chair Pro Tem, Second District

Sheila Kuehl Supervisor, Third District

Kathryn Barger Supervisor, Fifth District

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Live at The Music Center SUN 03 OCT / 2:00 p.m.

II Trovatore LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 10/10/2021

SUN 31 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Halloween Organ, Film & Music: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SAT 20 NOV / 2:00 p.m.

Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/21/2021

SAT 09 OCT / 7:00 p.m.

Homecoming: A Special Concert & Fundraiser LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUES 2 NOV / 7:30 p.m.

Alcina LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 11/5/2021

SAT 20 NOV / 7:30 p.m.

Cinderella LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 12/12/2021

THU 14 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Dudamel Conducts Strauss LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/17/2021

SAT 6 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Reich, Adams, and Rachmaninoff LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/7/2021

SAT 20 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Reel Change 2 LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SAT 16 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Tannhauser LA OPERA @ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 11/6/2021

WEDS 10 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

RY X with the LA Phil LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 21 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Mahler, Montgomery, and Mackey with Dudamel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/24/2021

FRI 12 NOV / 11:00 a.m.

Mozart and Ravel LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/14/2021

FRI 29 OCT / 8:00 p.m.

Tchaikovsky and Saariaho with Mälkki LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/31/2021

FRI 19 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Reel Change 1 LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events. @musiccenterla

TUES 23 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Chamber Music — November LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall FRI 26 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Brahms and Korngold LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 11/28/2021 SAT 27 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Flamenco! Fiesta de la Bulería Jerez LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

OCT/NOV

SUN 17 OCT / 7:30 p.m.

Cameron Carpenter LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 11 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

Colburn Celebrity Recital: Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SUN 21 NOV / 2:00 p.m.

Reel Change 3 LA PHIL @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUES 30 NOV / 8:00 p.m.

A Christmas Carol CENTER THEATRE GROUP @ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 1/1/2022

Photo: Will T. Yang for The Music Center

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To learn more, be inspired and support our vision, visit:

musiccenter.org @musiccenterla

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PARTIN G TH O U G H T

reprogra mmed!

Performances Magazine unveils new platform for shows and concerts. by caleb wachs

DROP DOWN MENU Table of app contents.

SEARCH Find whatever it is you want to know—easily.

REGISTER Stay arts-engaged, access past programs.

SIGN IN Link to your performing-arts companies and venues.

THE ESSENTIALS Acts, scenes, synopses, repertory and notes.

THE PLAYERS Bios and background for cast, crew and creators.

CONTRIBUTORS Donors and sponsors who make it all possible—you!

NO RUSTLING PAGES, no killing trees.... Of all the innovations to have come out of the pandemic, the new Performances program platform, accessed on any digital device, may be least likely to disappear in the foreseeable future.

Not only has its time come—it was long overdue.

Performances provides the programs for 20 SoCal performingarts organizations, from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Ahmanson to San Diego Opera, where the app made its debut.

WHAT’S ON What’s coming at a glance with ticket information.

The touchless platform provides cast and player bios, donor and season updates and arts-centric features. Audiences receive a link and code word that instantly activate the app; QR codes are posted, too.

Screens go dark when curtains rise and return with the house lights.

Updates—repertory changes, understudy substitutions, significant donations—can be made right up to showtime, no inserts necessary.

Other features include video and audio streams, translations and expanded biographies.

For those who consider printed programs keepsakes, a limited number, as well as commemorative issues for special events, will continue to be produced. Collectibles!

Meanwhile, there will be less deforestation, consumption of petroleum inks and programs headed for landfills. For the ecologically minded, the platform gets a standing ovation.

Theaters and concert halls are reopening after a year-long intermission. The stage is set, excitement is mounting. Activate your link and enjoy the shows.

30 PERFORMANCES SPRING 2021

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