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WELCOME TO OUR 69TH SEASON From the Director... Which is more important in an opera, the music or the story? In 1781, Mozart wrote in a letter to his father: I would say that in an opera the poetry must be altogether the obedient daughter of the music. ..The music reigns supreme, and when one listens to it all else is forgotten. An opera is sure of success when the plot is well worked out, the words written solely for the music and not shoved in here and there to suit some miserable rhyme ... The best thing of all is when a good composer, who understands the stage and is talented enough to make sound suggestions, meets an able poet. However, the persistence of these stories suggests that it’s the story that comes first. The Abduction from the Seraglio was written in 1781 by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner as the libretto for music composed by Johann Andre. This effort was part of a project of the Emperor Joseph II of Austria to
support the creation of works in German. Mozart and his librettist, Gottlieb Stephanie, stole the story from Bretzner and made numerous amendments to suit Mozart’s music. La bohème was originally a series of stories about unconventional artistic life written by Henri Murger. The stories were turned into a play before Puccini (1896) and Leoncavallo (1897) used that as the basis for an opera. At least half a dozen movies, a zarzuela, and most recently, a Broadway show, Rent, have been derived from the story. At Opera in the Ozarks, you can be part of the stories of young musicians’ lives by providing a scholarship, by sponsoring an opera performance, by volunteering, by sharing your personal stories with our young artists. We want the story of Opera in the Ozarks to be told for generations to come. Maybe there’s an opera in OUR story?
Nancy Preis General Director
Nancy J. Preis joined Opera in the Ozarks in 2015 as General Director. She has had a varied career: from associate professor at Columbia University to investment banker to manufacturing CEO to opera company management. She was the chief financial officer and marketing manager of St. Petersburg Opera for ten seasons. She holds a PhD in business from the University of Michigan, and an MBA and BA from The University of Toledo and is living proof of the value of a liberal arts education.
From the President... Welcome once again to Opera in the Ozarks! After the cold rain and snow of winter, we are so excited to finally get to the time of year when Opera in the Ozarks can thrill us with another season of amazing operas. This summer’s operas have something special for everyone — comedy, drama, love, you name it — it’s all there. We’re happy that you have decided to spend this evening here with us, high atop Rock Candy Mountain. As you know, you can almost see the world from here. Our facilities are spruced up and looking good, and this year we know you’ll feel right at home and comfortable with us. Our young singers love to meet you when they talk about the evening’s opera out on the patio. It’s such fun to hear about their experiences at OIO and about their hopes and dreams for their futures. Most exciting of all however, is when our excellent orchestra begins to play and the opera begins...where else can you have such a thrill?
Each opera this summer is someone’s “favorite,” but I simply can’t choose because they’re all really great shows. Little Women is a true American classic, La bohème is filled with passion and young joy, and The Abduction from the Seraglio is of course another Mozart “charmer.” I hope you’ll get to see them all. In fact, if possible, even try to see the special community outreach opera Monkey See, Monkey Do. It’s fun for everyone! OIO has lots of other fun evenings this summer, too. I’m looking forward to the exciting Broadway Cabaret, which was such a success last summer. Perhaps Chamber Music is more your favorite thing, if so, check the OIO schedule, it’s there. But, if you’re looking for an elegant evening filled with beautiful music and delicious food and drink, you’ll surely want to experience the A Taste of Opera. I don’t know about you, but I want to do all of those things, so...hope to see you there.
Carole Langley Governing Board President Opera in the Ozarks at IPFAC 2019 Season Program / Opera in the Ozarks / 5
IPFAC GOVERNING BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Carole Langley, President Lavonna Whitesell, Vice President Duane D. Langley, Treasurer Jean Moffatt, Recording Secretary Lynn McNew, Corresponding Secretary Lisa Whitesell, Parliamentarian Don Dagenais, Newsletter Editor
BOARD MEMBERS Lois Armor, Sue Breuer, Vicki Carr, Tim Danielson, Mary Dixon, Richard Drapeau, Dr. J. Edwin Henson, Melba Maechtlen, Lynn McNew, Janet Parsch, Dr. John C. Schmidt, Dr. Gene Vollen, Linda Vollen, Joan Wells, Bill Yick
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Texas: Lee Meyer, Chairman Arkansas: Judy Rownak Kansas: Carolann Martin Missouri: Alice Conway
COMMITTEE MEMBERS David Bell, Connie Craig, Gloria Grilk, Carla Johnson, Pam Jones, Ouida Keck, Lorraine Long, Kevin McBeth, Elise Roenigk, Carol Saari, Judy Sorrell, Chris Vitt, Julie Watson
NATIONAL COUNCIL Joel Burcham, Francis Christmann, Linda Di Fiore, Carroll Freeman, Ken Futterer, Ann Lacy, David Malis, Elizabeth Paris, W. Stephen Smith, Robert Swedberg
Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point 16311 Hwy. 62 West Eureka Springs, AR 72632 (479) 253-8595
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ADMINISTRATION
Nancy Preis, General Director Patricia Smith, Administrative Assistant, Box Office Yvonne Creanga, Auditions Coordinator, Box Office Emily Kaliski, Marketing intern Terrance Smith, Head of Maintenance Alison Miller, Groundskeeper Mark Williams, Maintenance, Campus Carpenter Garrett Dinyer, Head Chef Bonnie Dinyer, Cook Monica Williams, Cook Dallas Carpenter, Prep Cook Kolby Harp, Dishwasher, Prep Cook Audra Plumley, Head of Housekeeping Rebecca Hurley, Housekeeper Jacob Burrough, Housekeeper
ARTISTIC STAFF
Thomas Cockrell, Artistic Director, Music Director and Conductor La bohème and Abduction from the Seraglio Caleb Harris, Music Director and Conductor, Little Women Robert Swedberg, Stage Director, Abduction from the Seraglio and Little Women David Ward, Stage Director, La bohème, Monkey See, Monkey Do, Broadway Cabaret Cory Battey, Senior Coach Louis Menendez, Senior Coach, Music Director Pre-Season Outreach and Monkey See, Monkey Do Joel Burcham, Voice Instructor Rebecca Sherburn, Voice Instructor Andrew Voelker, Coach/Accompanist Robby Baine, Coach/Accompanist Richard Dunham, Director of Production, Lighting Designer Jaye Beetem, Scenic Designer, Technical Director Thomas Jennings, Assistant Technical Director James McNeil, Master Carpenter Quinn Schuster, Lighting Intern, Production Assistant Kim Welborn, Costume Designer, Shop Manager Minah Smith-Tucker, Cutter/Draper, Assistant Shop Manager Alexandra Wilegus, Assistant Costumer Sydney Lokant, Assistant Costumer Carol Brian, Production Stage Manager Rachel Walrath, Stage Manager Allison Cash, Assistant Stage Manager, Props Assistant Alice Martinson, Props Assistant
TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Artistic Staff Bios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Opera in the Ozarks Staff / Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Artist Bios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Welcome to Eureka Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Scholarship Donors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Inspiration Point History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Orchestra Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
NFMC State Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
IPFAC Life Members (1950-2019). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Building for the Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
IPFAC Patrons (1950-2019). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
2019 Season Calendar of Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2019 IPFAC Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Artistic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2019 Annual Fund & Building Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Little Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2019 Corporate & Foundation Contributors. . . . . . . . . . 64
La bohème. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opera in the Ozarks Repertoire (1950-2019). . . . . . . . . 65
The Abduction from the Seraglio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Advertiser Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Monkey See, Monkey Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Opera Production Underwriters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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EUREKA SPRINGS
WELCOME TO EUREKA SPRINGS! WELCOME to the 69th season of Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point located in Arkansas’ favorite arts community – full of Victorian-style architecture, stunning natural beauty, culture and history! Besides being home to Opera in the Ozarks, Eureka Springs is a unique getaway and aptly touted as an “extraordinary escape.” It’s been named one of the
unique shopping, spas,
“Coolest Towns in America” by national media, and
night spots, distinctive attractions and tons
the National Trust for Historic Preservation has
of outdoor activities, you’ll never have a dull moment
recognized the city as one of “America’s Dozen
during your visit to Eureka Springs!
Distinctive Destinations.” If you’d like more information please visit From the picturesque historic downtown, to the streams,
eurekasprings.org or drop by the Visitors Center located
lakes and trails there is a plethora of things to enjoy.
at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum, 95 S. Main St.
With fine art around every corner, a variety of music,
Additional visitors info for the entire Northwest Arkansas
exceptional dining, rustic to luxurious lodging options,
region can be found at NorthwestArkansas.org.
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Bravo! Congratulations to
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Opera in the Ozarks
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HISTORY OF INSPIRATION POINT FINE ARTS COLONY
THE BEGINNING In 1928, a German-born architectural engineer, Charles Mowers, purchased the land overlooking the White River valley and began construction of a castle patterned after those of the Rhine River valley. In 1932, the unfinished castle and the grounds were purchased by Rev. Charles Scoville, a Christian missionary and evangelist, who completed the castle and gave it its name, Inspiration Point. When he died in 1938, his wife gave the estate to Phillips University in Enid, OK. For more than a decade the property was a white elephant. In 1950, Dr. Henry Hobart, Dean of Fine Arts at Phillips University, was asked to start a summer music camp at Inspiration Point. Dr. Hobart had founded a summer opera program in Enid and
Inspiration Point, poetically described as “a mountainous place not too many
welcomed the opportunity. With the support of Gertrude Stockard, Director of Music at Eureka Springs High School, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony (IPFAC) came into being
miles from heaven,� is located northwest
in the summer of 1950, with a little of everything in vocal
of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and
and instrumental music and dramatic art. There were about
overlooks the White River valley some
Mrs. Hobart decided to make Inspiration Point Fine Arts
as many staff members as there were students. Dr. and
600 feet below. To create an idyllic
Colony into an opera or music drama summer workshop,
scene, the lowlands merge into the
for talented college, high school, and junior high school
incomparably beautiful Ozark Mountains.
conducted under the highest professional standards students. All opera roles would be performed entirely by the students; no lead singers would be brought in to sing
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the principal roles. The theme of Inspiration Point Fine Arts
In 1959, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony obtained
Colony would be, “The students are the stars.”
a 99-year lease from Phillips University on all of the Inspiration Point property. In the early 1970s, Dr. Vernon
For the first two years or so, a major portion of the funds
Baker purchased the Inspiration Point property from
needed for operating expenses and capital expenditures
Phillips University, subject to the 99-year lease. Dr. Baker
were provided by Dr. and Mrs. Hobart personally or by
donated all of the land south of the highway, about 66
loans obtained from Phillips University. Some construction
acres together with the buildings thereon, to the Fine Arts
materials were donated by Eureka Springs businesses
Colony. In return, the Fine Arts Colony gave up its lease on
and Dr. Hobart frequented government war surplus
all the property north of the highway.
warehouses. Practice pianos and furniture were obtained as gifts from churches, schools, and individuals, but the financial needs were greater than the Hobarts and a handful of loyal supporters could continue to meet.
Dr. and Mrs. Hobart moved from Enid to Inspiration Point in 1964 and lived in the castle until Dr. Hobart’s death in early 1966. Mrs. Hobart lived there alone until 1973 when she moved into Eureka Springs. During most of those years she
THE FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS JOINS THE TEAM Dr. Hobart had been state opera chairman for the Oklahoma State Federation of Music Clubs. He suggested to the federation president that the state federation sponsor the youth opera workshop. The state federations of Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri were invited to become co-sponsors of the project. Arkansas became active in 1952. Kansas became active in 1953, and Missouri joined in 1954. The Illinois State Federation became a cosponsor in 1974, the Texas State Federation joined in 1989, and Iowa State Federation in 1993.
was the only person living on the Inspiration Point grounds during the fall and winter months
GROWTH
From the ramshackle buildings that Dr. Hobart began with, the campus has required continual improvements to adapt to changing standards. Indoor plumbing, hot water, and air conditioning were not part of the original campus but are necessary to the comfort of modern day students and audiences. An enclosed stage pavilion with stage lighting was not built at Inspiration Point until the late 1960s. Prior to its completion, night opera performances on the IPFAC campus were not possible. Most of the opera 2019 Season Program / Opera in the Ozarks / 13
IPFAC HISTORY
performances up to that time were given at the city
was conductor of opera companies in Chicago, St. Louis,
auditorium in downtown Eureka Springs with some operas
Cleveland, and elsewhere. Dr. Van Grove was the artistic
being staged in nearby communities and universities.
director at Inspiration Point for 25 years, up to his death
For the past 50+ years, most performances have been
in 1979 at the age of 86. For twenty years, up to her death
held at the IPFAC campus. Air conditioning was added in
in 1976, Joan Woodruff, wife of Dr. Van Grove and an
2014. IPFAC remains committed to improving its facilities
internationally known choreographer and ballet instructor,
and recognizes that this will continue to require
taught advanced ballet, stage action, and stylized dance
a substantial investment.
forms at Inspiration Point.
ONLY THE BEST
Dr. Hobart and Dr. Van Grove’s legacies have been upheld throughout the years by other distinguished faculty.
Dr. Hobart’s philosophy with regard to the faculty was to
Musical and theatrical staff are drawn from the nation’s
try to get only the best. As a result, a number of eminent
best music and theater schools and from professional
artists at the top of their professions have been associated
opera companies and theaters.
with Inspiration Point. The most outstanding of these was Dr. Isaac Van Grove. His accomplishments as an opera composer, conductor of leading opera companies, vocal coach, and accompanist for several world famous singers qualified him as an opera director of the highest order. At 18, he was a nationally known concert pianist. He served as accompanist and vocal coach for famous artists such as Enrico Caruso, Lauritz Melchior, Mary Garden, and Grace Moore. He composed several operas specifically for use with the young singers at Inspiration Point, and IPFAC was given the publishing rights to these operas. He
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Until 1986, orchestra training was an important facet of IPFAC. In addition to accompanying the operas, the orchestra presented concerts featuring symphonic music. Orchestra students received instruction in their respective instruments from professional teachers who also played in the orchestra. The opera students gained invaluable training and experience in performing with a full orchestra, a feature not provided at many opera programs. Orchestral training was discontinued in 1986, but in 1990 a small
professional level orchestra was hired to accompany the
are thriving in non-musical careers. The friendships that
opera performances, a practice which continues.
develop at The Point last a lifetime.
As the level of opera training in universities has risen, so
GOVERNANCE
have the ages of IPFAC students. The objective in recent
Guiding and overseeing the development and activities
years has been to become a career preparation center.
of Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony is the responsibility
Accordingly, the artist ages have risen from college age
and function of its board of directors. The Governing
up to 35. The nature of the repertoire has also gradually
Board consists of 21 regular members – two from each
changed. In earlier years the operas generally were light and relatively easy to learn. All were in the English language. In recent years the trend has been to perform major operas in the original language. Thus, the challenge to learn and perform has grown with the artists’ increasing abilities. The length of the summer session has been increased to eight weeks. The effectiveness of training received at Inspiration Point is demonstrated by the success of its alumni. Several are internationally famous. Many have performed with the Metropolitan Opera and companies in Chicago, New York
of the sponsoring states with additional members-atlarge. The Governing Board is responsible for the overall planning, development, and activities of IPFAC. The members of the Associate Boards are involved in the handling of matters affecting their respective individual states, such as recruiting and publicity, and in providing advice and counsel to the Governing Board. A Board of Trustees administers the IPFAC Endowment Fund and has responsibility for matters involving land and buildings. In July of each year, the South Central Region of the National Federation of Music Clubs holds its annual Federation Days in Eureka Springs and at Inspiration Point.
City, San Francisco, Houston, and internationally. Students who do not go on to become opera stars are successful academics, church musicians, private music teachers, or
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Celebrating 65 Years
Symphony of Northwest Arkansas Paul Haas, Music Director
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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS ARKANSAS
Dr. Mia Hynes
Vickie Carr, President Mary Dixon
Carole Langley
Shirley Foust
Duane Langley
Ernest Grilk
Ida Ruth Locarni
Gloria Grilk
Lorraine Long
Helen Hammond
Annette Mayhew
Pam Jones
Elaine Minden
Dr. George Keck
Helen Reed
Dr. Ouida Keck Dr. Alice Martinson Betty Pierce
Martha Rosenbaum Judy Rownak Mary Schambarger Chris Thompson
Alice Conway Connie Craig Don Dagenais
KANSAS Melba Maechtien, President Gay Dill
Julie Watson, President
Barb Carlisle
Joan Wells
Dr. Kenneth Burkhard
MISSOURI
Marilyn Caldwell
Marianne Szydlowski Betty Watson
Byron Reeves
Terry Blair
Betty Jane Ruckman Chris Vitt
Audrey Reeves
Starla Blair
Donna Kinslow Doug Kinslow
John Drum
Anita Blackmon
Lorraine Kesling
Dr. Rodney Dill Anne Haflich Beth Harrison Roger Lemmons Dr. Carolann Martin Betty Meyer Judy Sorrell Gene Vollen Linda Vollen
South Central Region State Boards
OKLAHOMA
Peggy Jones
Kathryn Hickman, President Larry Baldwin
Mary Cox McKay Lynn McNew Lee Clements Meyer
Natlynn Hayes
Jean Moffatt
Ann Lacy
Maria Putter
Chris Lawson
Connie Randall
Kent Ryals
Carolyn Reid
Janice Semrad Ellen Jayne Wheeler Doris Whinery
Patricia Retzlaff Glenda Reynolds Linda Royals
Lavonna Whitesell
John Schmidt
Leon Whitesell
Barbara & Don Shinn
Lisa Whitesell
Cletis Williamson
TEXAS
Bill Yick
Lois Armor, President Dorene Allen Virginia Babb Ronald Bennett Sue M. Breuer Lora Lynn Christensen Francis Christmann Carolyn Copeland Tim Danielson Richard Drapeau Marcia Edwards Carol Gessner Annette Griesbach Nancy Herring Carla & Phil Johnson
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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, supported by memberships, gifts from friends and student tuition.
ENDOWMENT FUND The Endowment Fund provides a continuing income source as we spend only the earnings from this fund. Each $1,000 life membership goes into the Endowment Fund. You can play a role in increasing this fund – it is one of the best investments you can possibly make to ensure an excellent experience and fine training for young and aspiring opera singers, musicians, directors, designers and technicians.
AMAZON SMILE AND MATCHING GIFTS We are also registered with Amazon Smile to receive donations as a percentage of your purchases on Amazon.com. And, we encourage you to consult your employer for matching gift programs. We receive matchings gifts from a number of corporations which are very much appreciated.
TRIBUTE FUNDS You can take part in helping Inspiration Point by creating a tribute for a member of your family or a friend — living or deceased — or you can donate to memorials that have been set up in honor of the
BEQUESTS, TRUSTS, LIFE INSURANCE, IRA DISTRIBUTIONS
following individuals who have been a big part of
IPFAC welcomes bequests from charitable trusts or
Johnson, Mrs. Henry Hobart, JoAnn Carlson, Rowland
estates. You can make IPFAC the beneficiary of life
Davis, Melvin Placke, Dr. Bill Bonner, Louise Bonner, Pat
insurance, IRAs or 401K plans. And, the U.S. Congress
Patchell and Frank Meyer.
Inspiration Point over the last 60 years: Dr. Henry Hobart, Dr. Isaac Van Grove, Joan Van Grove, Lena
has finally made permanent the tax break for donations of required minimum distributions from IRAs for certain
We rely on our many generous and caring friends. Our
individuals. Instruments may be made to insure your
work is important and your gifts make it possible.
gifts in perpetuity or may be directed to any of the needs of IPFAC.
For more information, please write or call:
SECURITIES
Nancy Preis, General Director, Opera in the Ozarks
IPFAC welcomes gifts of securities. Consult your
P.O. Box 127
tax advisor about the tax advantages of donating
Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632
appreciated securities. Information about how to
(479) 253-8595
donate securities can be obtained by calling the General Director.
CASH FOR CLUNKERS We have made arrangements with CARS Inc. to accept donations of cars, trucks, RVs, boats and other vehicles. The donor gets a tax deduction and CARS Inc. sends the proceeds from the sale of the vehicles to IPFAC. Details are on our website, opera.org.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS MONDAY
SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
FRIDAY JUNE 21
Curtain 7:30PM at IPFAC Theatre unless otherwise noted All seats reserved / (479) 253-8595 or visit opera.org JUNE 23
JUNE 24
JUNE 25 La bohème
JUNE 30
JULY 1
JUNE 26
JUNE 27
Little Women
The Abduction from the Seraglio
JULY 3
JULY 4
JULY 2
JUNE 22
Opening Night Little Women
The Abduction from the Seraglio
JUNE 28 La bohème
JUNE 29 Little Women
JULY 5
JULY 6
Ice Cream Sunday La bohème 2:30PM
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Little Women
JULY 8
JULY 9
JULY 7
Ice Cream Sunday Little Women 2:30PM
The Abduction from the Seraglio
La bohème
NEW! JULY 10
JULY 11
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Broadway Cabaret The Abduction 7:30PM from the Seraglio
La bohème
JULY 17
JULY 18
A Taste of Opera 5PM Chamber Music Chamber Music Broadway Cabaret The Abduction 2PM 7:30PM 7:30PM from the Seraglio
Little Women
JULY 15
JULY 16
Basin Park Hotel, Eureka Springs
Eureka Springs Auditorium
Special pricing for residents of Carroll, Benton, Washington and Madison counties.
Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs
JULY 13
Little Women
JULY 19
La bohème
La bohème
Visit Website for Ticketing Info and Special Promotions
Special pricing available for children and students under 18, and for purchases of all three shows.
OPERA OUTREACH
Community Performances of Monkey See, Monkey Do Botanical Garden of the Ozarks June 4, 7 p.m.
Eureka Springs Auditorium July 6, 2 p.m.
Rogers Public Library June 5, 2 p.m.
Bella Vista Public Library July 10, 2 p.m.
Berryville Public Library June 6, 10 a.m.
Springdale Public Library July 11, 11 a.m.
Fayetteville Public Library June 12, 1 p.m. & 2 p.m.
Cassville Public Library July 11, 3:30 p.m.
Walton Life Fitness Center June 13, 2 p.m.
Bentonville Public Library July 13, 2 p.m.
Eureka Springs Public Library July 1, 3 p.m.
Green Forest Public Library July 16, 10 a.m.
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JULY 12
Fayetteville Town Center
NEW! JULY 14
Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, Bella Vista
La bohème
MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
Broadway Cabaret Shows Fayetteville Town Center, July 10 Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs, July 16 Two evenings of wonderful music, light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar Chamber Music Concerts Cooper Chapel in Bella Vista, July 14 Eureka Springs Auditorium, July 15 A Taste of Opera Historic 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs July 17 Delectable food, drink and outstanding entertainment Federation Days July 18 National Federation of Music Clubs South Central Region Convention at the Inn of the Ozarks
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR THOMAS COCKRELL Welcome to our 69th season of opera at Inspiration Point! This year we welcome 38 talented young vocalists who are nurtured by a dedicated artistic staff and accompanied passionately by the OIO orchestra. We present Mozart’s comedy Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) for the first time on the OIO stage. Mark Adamo’s Little Women is already considered a contemporary American classic and Puccini’s La bohème is one of the world’s favorites. Our studio artists will present performances throughout Northwest Arkansas of Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s charming telling of a traditional Mexican tale for children, Monkey See, Monkey Do. The season unifies under the theme “Changes of Heart.” Mark Adamo’s moving score and masterful adaption of Louisa May Alcott’s novel is set traditionally in Civil War-era Massachusetts. Two operas have been boldly transported from the settings originally intended by the composers. Whereas director David Ward preserves the Parisian setting of Puccini’s beloved La bohème, he brings the emotional drama forward in time from the mid-19th century to our own day and confronts contemporary issues. For Mozart’s opera, director Robert Swedberg retains the late 18th century time period but absconds with the drama’s original setting in a Turkish harem, and sets it as a pirate tale in the New World. Enjoy our young artists this evening in the intimacy of our theater. Return to experience all three of these magnificent musical dramas!
Conductor Thomas Cockrell was appointed artistic director of Opera in the Ozarks in October 2010 after having previously served as the company’s music director for the 2003-2005 seasons. Under his leadership the company has mounted bold productions, incorporating projections and novel productions of standard works. In recent seasons several operas have been performed for the first time on the Inspiration Point stage, including Il tabarro, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and The Ballad of Baby Doe. Building upon nearly seventy years of tradition at The Point, Opera in the Ozarks is increasingly recognized as one of the nation’s top training programs for aspiring opera talent and artists from across the country and increasingly from around the globe. Cockrell’s professional opera credits include Il barbiere di Siviglia, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Die Zauberflöte, Pagliacci and Gianni Schicchi for Opera Theatre of the Rockies; La bohème and Don Giovanni for Dayton Opera; La Cenerentola, Albert Herring, Il tabarro, and Lucia di Lammermoor for the Opera Colorado Artist Center; and Les Contes d’Hoffmann for Washington, D.C.’s Summer Opera Theatre. For the Spoleto festivals in Italy and South Carolina he has conducted symphonic, chamber and contemporary music concerts while serving as assistant to the music director for productions of Parsifal, Elektra and Salome. In Charleston, Cockrell made his professional debut as a Featured Young Artist conducting the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Following that success, Gian Carlo Menotti invited him to conduct his Maria Golovin at Spoleto Festival USA. Cockrell has served as associate conductor for Cincinnati Opera, Opera Colorado, the Colorado Symphony and the Spoleto festivals. Equally committed to the symphonic repertoire, he has conducted the professional symphony
orchestras of Dallas, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Tucson, Louisville and Boulder, as well as several in Italy, Romania, Mexico and South Korea. A dedicated educator and mentor, Cockrell is in demand as a teacher of emerging conductors, frequently leading master classes in Europe, Asia and Mexico, as well as in the U.S. He has served as conductor of the Phoenix Youth Symphony and Denver Young Artists Orchestra and on the conducting faculty of the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He has conducted Mexico City’s Orquesta Juvenil Carlos Chávez and recently was a guest professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he coached opera students and conductors and led the Orquesta Stanislau Mejía in concert. Since 2000, Cockrell has served as director of orchestral activities at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music in Tucson, where he is professor of music and holds the Nelson Riddle Endowed Chair in Music. As music director of the University of Arizona Opera Theater, he has conducted productions of The Crucible, Postcard from Morocco, L’Enfant et les sortilèges, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Cendrillon, and The Rape of Lucretia, as well as works from the traditional repertoire. Cockrell is a graduate of Yale University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, from where he received his Doctor of Musical Arts. He is one of the last students of the legendary Franco Ferrara with whom he studied in Rome while serving as a founding director of La Camerata Operistica Romana. He holds conducting diplomas from L’Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and the Conservatoire Américain in Fontainebleau, France. He subsequently pursued further studies at Aspen and Tanglewood. 2019 Season Program / Opera in the Ozarks / 21
Libretto and Music by Mark Adamo June 21, 26, 29 / July 2, 7, 12, 18
SYNOPSIS PROLOGUE The opera begins in the March family attic in Concord, Mass., in the 1870s. The 21-year-old Jo is alone, writing, when
Before they leave, however, Brooke asks permission to speak with Meg’s father.
Laurie, a young man now married to Jo’s sister Amy, arrives. They make awkward conversation, as they reflect on their
Beth sings a hymn she has composed as Jo teases Meg,
own past relationship. When Laurie tells Jo that he is glad
who says that she will refuse Brooke if he proposes, since
that things are going back to the way they used to be, Jo
her father thinks she is too young to marry. But when he
becomes upset, and begins the flashbacks that make up the
appears, she hesitates, but with Jo prompting her from
rest of the opera (“Couldn’t I unbake the breads?”).
behind the curtains, she refuses him.
SCENE 1
The girls’ wealthy Aunt Cecilia arrives, and as Brooke talks
Three years earlier, in the same attic, the four March sisters
to Meg’s parents, Cecilia warns Meg not to throw herself
and Laurie are holding a meeting of the Barristers’ Club,
away on a poor man and hints that Brooke is only interested
with much mock ceremony. Jo is protective of Beth, who
in Meg because of Cecilia’s money. When Meg responds
has been ill. After a game, they ask each other questions in a
that she will only marry for love, Cecilia storms off, telling
game of “Truth or Fabrication.”
Meg she will be written out of her will. Meg accepts Brooke, then tries in vain to get Jo to accept her decision (“Things
After the others have left, Laurie stays behind to talk to Jo, telling her that the glove Meg says she has lost has actually
change, Jo”).
been given to Laurie’s tutor, Brooke. Jo is annoyed at the
SCENE 3
thought of marriage breaking up their family; after Laurie
On Meg and Brooke’s wedding morning, the March parents
leaves, it distracts her from the story she is writing (“Perfect
repeat their own wedding vows for the family, as Meg has
as we are”).
asked to use them for her wedding. Meanwhile, Laurie takes
SCENE 2
Jo aside, and though she tries to forestall him, he proposes. Jo refuses, telling him that they could never be happy
A few weeks later at the March home, Jo and Laurie see Meg
together. Laurie runs off, crushed. Amy, who has feelings for
and Brooke together; Brooke is telling Meg a story hinting
Laurie herself, has overheard; she upbraids Jo for her cruelty
at his love (“There was a knight, once”), which Jo interrupts.
to Laurie. As they argue, Beth, who has been ill, collapses and the entire family rushes to help her as the act ends.
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Music Director / Conductor – Caleb Harris Stage Director – Robert Swedberg Director of Production – Richard Dunham Scenic Designer – Jaye Beetem Lighting Designer – Richard Dunham Costume Designer – Kim Welborn Stage Manager – Carol Brian Accompanist – Robby Baine
CAST
Jo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Abbate, Julia Powers Meg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Reppenhagen, Erin Shafranek Beth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoë Spangler, Yasmine Swanson Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanisha Feliciano, Melanie Holm
Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Powers, Erin Shafranek Cecilia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Abbate, Erin Reppenhagen Laurie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Hartfield, Neal Long John Brooke . . . . . . . . . . Fernando Grimaldo, Taehwan Kim Gideon / Dashwood . . . . Simon Faddoul, Winston Sullivan Friedrich Bhaer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Patton, Jin Yü
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ACT II SCENE 1 A year later, Jo has come to New York City in the hopes that
peace, Jo”). Beth asks if she can sleep for a minute, and as
Laurie will forget her and things will go back to the way they
the chorus sings her chorale, she dies peacefully. Jo turns to
were. She sells a story to a magazine; through the letters she
Meg for comfort, but Brooke is comforting her; Jo exclaims,
writes and receives, we learn that Laurie is now a sophomore
“I’ve lost you all.”
at Oxford; that Brooke and Meg are the parents of twins; that Amy is on a tour of England, at Cecilia’s expense; and that
SCENE 4
Beth is not improving.
The following spring, Jo and Cecilia discuss Amy’s latest letter; she and Laurie are finally in love. Jo admits that Bhaer
Friedrich Bhaer, another resident of Jo’s boarding house,
has not written to her. Cecilia praises Jo’s strength and tells
arrives to take her to the opera, but Jo tells her parents not
Jo that she has left her fortune to her, since only she, with
to worry, as he is 39.
her solitary, unchanging ways, will appreciate it, isolated
SCENE 2 At the boarding house that night, Jo and Bhaer discuss the opera, art and love; at the same time, in England, Amy
as she is from fickle lovers or friends (duet: “You, alone”). Jo, faced with this vision of her future, finally realizes that change is a necessary part of life.
and Laurie talk about Jo, and Beth tries to compose a
SCENE 5
finale for a chorale. To convince Jo that there is more to
Back in the attic, Jo wonders with all of this change, what
art than the sensational stories she has been writing, Bhaer
endures? Laurie arrives, and the scene from the Prologue is
sings a setting of Goethe, first in German (“Kennst du das
repeated, but this time, Jo tells Laurie that things can never
Land”), then in English (“Do You Know the Land”). They are
be as they were, but that they can remain friends despite the
interrupted by a telegram from Jo’s mother, telling Jo that
changes. Jo remembers her sisters together, and says her
Beth is worse and asking Jo to come at once.
goodbyes to those days (quartet: “Let me look at you”).
SCENE 3
As the memory of her childhood fades, Bhaer arrives. He
Beth is asleep in her bedroom, ill with scarlet fever, but she
asks her if now is a good moment, and she replies, “Now is all
wakes up when Jo arrives. Jo is frantic, but Beth is calm and
there is.”
resigned, and tries to teach her sister to be the same (“Have
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES
Robert Swedberg, Little Women
The Lousia May Alcott novel Little Women was not one of my favorites. It was required reading for me in middle, or high school, and as a young, male, Californian, I remember having difficulty relating to the lives of these four 19th century sisters living in Concord, Massachusetts. I’m sure I just wasn’t reading it the right way then, and perhaps I have become more sensitive over time, but it was a wonderful surprise to discover Mark Adamo’s operatic setting, which treats the relationships of the sisters lovingly, but also draws more focus to other parts of the novel that have great appeal to a broader audience. It is easy to see the appeal. The opera Little Women is about relationships – and how they inevitably change. That the young March sisters had vibrant bonds of sisterhood is important background, but change is the theme here. Adamo has put the eight scenes in the opera together going back in time after the prologue, first cleverly re-winding time by three years, and then working forward to the same point, but with the inevitability of change (and knowledge of what had happened) guiding the action. This dramatic
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Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica June 25, 28, 30 / July 3, 6, 9, 13, 19
SYNOPSIS ACT I A loft in Paris, December 24, 2018
“Your tiny hand is frozen,” says Rodolfo and tells her that he is a poet who loves life. Mimi then says that her real name is Lucia and that she does not know why everybody calls her Mimi. She tells him that she embroiders flowers for a living. The three Bohemians downstairs call to Rodolfo, urging him to hurry. He sends them off,
In their shabby Bohemian loft, the painter Marcello and
intending to spend the evening with Mimi. But she begs
the poet Rodolfo complain of the cold. In order to light a
him to go and join his friends. Rodolfo offers his arm to
fire Rodolfo decides to sacrifice one of his manuscripts.
Mimi and they leave together, enraptured with each other.
Colline, their philosopher roommate, arrives having failed
to sell some books. Then the musician Schaunard arrives
ACT II
triumphantly with wood, food, wine and money. He
The Cafe Momus in the Latin Quarter, later that evening
tries to tell his friends how he obtained this unexpected windfall, but the other three are not interested and set
It is Christmas Eve and Cafe Momus is crowded with
the table for a long-awaited meal. Schaunard decrees
holiday revelers. Rodolfo introduces Mimi to his friends
they will eat out on Christmas Eve. Benoit, their landlord,
who plan to celebrate in style. Musetta, Marcello’s old
appears asking for the overdue rent. Offered wine, he
flame, enters the cafe on the arm of wealthy Alcindoro.
tells them about his amorous adventures. And then in the
Musetta demands a table close to Marcello, trying to
name of virtue they throw the married landlord out and
attract his attention. She misbehaves while Marcello
escape paying the rent one more time. Rodolfo decides
tries to ignore her. Musetta does not give up and makes
to stay behind in order to finish a newspaper article while
herself the center of attention. Sensing that Marcello may
his friends promise to wait downstairs. A knock is heard
succumb to her charms yet again, she pretends that one
and the neighbor Mimi enters asking Rodolfo to help with
of her shoes is pinching her foot and she sends Alcindoro
her broken flashlight. She is very weak and faints. As
to get a new one. As she and Marcello reunite, a waiter
she revives Rodolfo fixes her flashlight and she starts to
brings their bill, but the four Bohemians have no money
go, but she’s lost her key. She asks Rodolfo to help her
left. Musetta adds their bill to hers and instructs the
find it and when he does he conceals it in his pocket and
waiter to give the bills to her date, Alcindoro.
continues searching until his hand touches Mimi’s hand.
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CAST
Music Director / Conductor – Thomas Cockrell Stage Director – David Ward
Mimì . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monika Beauvais, Blythe Reed
Director of Production – Richard Dunham
Musetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Dirks, Jennifer Kreider
Scenic Designer – Jaye Beetem
Rodolfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dongwhi Baek, Perry Chacón Jr.
Lighting Designer – Richard Dunham
Marcello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taehwan Kim, Jin Yü
Costume Designer – Kim Welborn
Colline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Faddoul, Winston Sullivan
Stage Manager – Rachel Walrath
Schaunard . . . . . . . . . Fernando Grimaldo, Jonathan Patton
Chorus Master – Caleb Harris
Benoit / Alcindoro . . . . . . . Jack Merucci, Jonathan Patton
Accompanist – Andrew Voelker
Parpignol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Sepulveda, Jeremy Sivitz
Sergente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Benafield Doganiere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Goodrich This Production Generously Underwritten By:
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ACT III
ACT IV
Outside a tavern by the Paris Metro, a month later
The loft, later that winter
Workers are passing through the Metro Station, Musetta’s
Marcello and Rodolfo are trying to work, but without any
voice is heard from the nearby tavern where she and
success. Both are alone, having split with their girlfriends,
Marcello are now working. Mimi approaches looking
and while pretending to be happy neither can forget
for Marcello. She begs him to intervene on her behalf
them. Colline and Schaunard come in with some food,
with Rodolfo as his jealousy has made their life together
but this time only bread and herring. They improvise a
impossible. She hides when Rodolfo comes out of the
meal, pretend to be at a ball and even fight a mock duel,
tavern. He tells Marcello that he has had enough of
when Musetta bursts in telling them that Mimi is outside
Mimi and that he cannot stand her flirtations. But then
and very ill. Rodolfo brings Mimi in, and Musetta says she
he reveals the real truth: Mimi is very ill and his life of
searched for her all over Paris. When she finally found her,
poverty will kill her, which is why they must part. Mimi,
Mimi expressed one wish only, to come to and die near
overhears their conversation and for the first time actually
Rodolfo. To make her last moments easier everyone tries
realizes that her illness is indeed fatal. Rodolfo hears her
to satisfy Mimi’s last wishes. Musetta gives her earrings to
coughing, but having heard Rodolfo’s decision to part,
Marcello and asks him to buy Mimi a warm muff. Colline
she bids him adieu. But since they cannot bear to part
goes to pawn his coat and bring a doctor. Alone with
immediately they agree to stay together until spring.
Rodolfo, Mimi recalls their first meeting, their short spell
Marcello and Musetta quarrel, Musetta arguing that she
of happiness, their dreams and their love. She thanks her
cannot stand his jealousy and that she hates lovers who
friends as they return and closes her eyes. As Musetta
behave like husbands. The bickering of the two lovers
prays for Mimi’s health, Mimi dies while Marcello tries in
accompanies Rodolfo and Mimi who leave hand in hand.
vain to comfort Rodolfo.
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Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by C.F. Bretzner and J.G. Stephanie June 22, 27 / July 1, 5, 8, 11, 17
SYNOPSIS
of rescuing his beloved Konstanze; but Osmin, (Gaspar’s
Place: Captiva Island, Florida Gulf Coast
furious at Pedrillo, whom he considers to be a
Time: 1780s
treacherous blackguard.
The entire opera takes place on the beachhead outside an
Pedrillo informs his master that Konstanze is now Gaspar’s
old Spanish fortress used by the pirate José Gaspar to house
favorite and that she has thus far steadfastly rebuffed his
his female captives.
advances. But Blonde is being harassed by Osmin, to whom
chief henchman) blocks his every effort. Osmin is particularly
she has been given as a slave. Belmonte is all for carrying
ACT I
off the ladies at once to his ship, moored on the other side
Having been seized by Gaspar, Donna Konstanze (a
of the island; but Pedrillo, ever cautious, suggests another
noblewoman engaged to Don Belmonte); Blonde
ruse instead: knowing of Gaspar’s desire to build a palace for
(Konstanze’s English maid); and Pedrillo (Belmonte’s
Konstanze, Pedrillo passes Belmonte off to Gaspar as
servant) are being held for possible ransom. Belmonte has
an architect.
made his way from Spain, searching the Gulf Coast in hopes
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CAST
Music Director / Conductor – Thomas Cockrell Stage Director – Robert Swedberg
Konstanze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Kennedy, Krista Pape
Director of Production – Richard Dunham
Blonde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanisha Feliciano, Melanie Holm
Scenic Designer – Jaye Beetem
Belmonte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Hartfield, Mark Sepulveda
Lighting Designer – Richard Dunham
Pedrillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neal Long, Jeremy Sivitz
Costume Designer – Kim Welborn
Osmin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Ward
Stage Manager – Carol Brian
Gaspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Merucci
Chorus Master – Cory Battey
Accompanist – Robby Baine
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Blonde upbraids Osmin for his high-handed manner toward
Gaspar appears, and Osmin tells him of the plot to abduct
her. Unless his bullying ceases, she threatens to have
the ladies. Now aware that Belmonte is no architect, Gaspar
Konstanze ask Gaspar to punish him. Meanwhile, Gaspar
discovers instead that Belmonte is really Lostados, son of the
pressures Konstanze to declare her love for him on pain of
Governor of Valencia.
agonizing torture, but Konstanze remains defiant.
ACT II
At this revelation Gaspar cries out in mingled triumph and fury, for it seems that the Governor is his most bitter enemy
Belmonte and Pedrillo have concocted a plan to abduct the
and the reason that he left Spain and became a pirate. The
women this very night and take them to Belmonte’s ship.
surprising ending of the opera is a poignant reminder of one
The first hurdle is overcome when Pedrillo succeeds in plying
of the reasons why the late 18th century has become known
Osmin with enough wine to reduce him to a helpless stupor.
as the “age of enlightenment.”
As Pedrillo sings a serenade, the ladies escape from the fortress. Konstanze is reunited with Belmonte, Blonde with Pedrillo, and the four are about to leave the island when Osmin (with super-human fortitude) awakens and brings the other pirates to apprehend and drag them back to the fortress.
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES
David Ward, La bohème Robert Swedberg, The Abduction from the Seraglio
LA BOHÈME
THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO
La bohème is undoubtedly one of the best-loved operas. In
If you have previously seen this opera or searched for a plot
2017-18 it saw over 600 performances worldwide. Destined
synopsis, you might have discovered that it was originally set
for greatness, it premiered at Torino’s esteemed Teatro
in Turkey in a place called a seraglio (or harem), Mozart’s nod
Regio in 1896 under the baton of Arturo Toscanini, still in his
to the late 18th century’s interest in the exotic East. But I was
20s, three years after Puccini’s smashing success with Manon
on vacation on the Florida Gulf Coast a few years back,
Lescaut. Toscanini would be forever connected to Puccini,
where I happened upon a book about the legend of José
conducting many of his premieres in Italy and New York.
Gaspar — a pirate who was thought to have plied the Gulf
Puccini composed most of La bohème at his lakeside villa
Coast in the 1780s — about the time that Mozart wrote this
in Torre del Lago, not far from Pisa or his hometown, Lucca,
opera. Gaspar had captured a galleon filled with Spanish
in the Tuscan countryside. Luigi Illica, who collaborated on
ladies traveling from Mexico – headed for a wedding in
Puccini’s four most popular operas, and Giuseppe Giacosa
Spain. He brought them to an Island just south of Sarasota
crafted the libretto for the demanding composer under the
where he held them for ransom, in effect creating his own
supervision of Giulio Ricordi and his House of Ricordi, the
harem. This island became known as Captiva! So, our
distinguished Italian publisher. Inspired by the novel by Henri
production has been transformed from a Turkish setting to
Murger, serialized in a French periodical, La Vie de Bohème
the exotic and romantic Gulf Coast. José Gaspar takes on
provided vignettes and stories of Bohemian life in Paris’ Left
the persona of the Pasha Selim from the original, but all the
Bank. The timeless nature of La bohème inspired the 1996
other characters remain the same. Imagine Belmonte hearing
Broadway production of Rent by Jonathan Larsen, winning
that his beloved Konstanze has been taken prisoner on an
numerous Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize, as well as the
island in the Gulf of Mexico, and coming half way around the
2002 Baz Luhrmann presentation of the opera in Italian at
world to save her!
the Broadway Theater in New York. Today La bohème is the most-often performed opera in the Metropolitan Opera’s
The happenings at the end of the opera may be a bit hard to
repertoire, having seen over 1,340 performances since its
imagine today, where forgiveness and magnanimity seem to
New York premiere in 1900.
be in short supply; but they form a wonderful reflection on the philosophical and political foundations of enlightened
La bohème is simply a story about young, artistic people
governance in the late 18th century that also helped mold
falling in love, not unlike our Emerging Artists and Studio
our country. One final thought: Please suspend your disbelief
Artists this summer. The production was set in present day
as you hear these Hispanic pirates sing in German while
Paris so that we could work as naturally as possible, with as
sometimes speaking in English. (Ah… the wonder of opera…)
little operatic artifice as possible. Opera is an unnatural art form in a world demanding greater realism. Our challenge is to train young artists to perform realistically while utilizing their vocal gifts. This opera is the perfect vehicle for such training. About half of our singers have never seen La bohème in an opera house, while I have lost count of how many times I’ve seen it, including a production in Zagreb in Serbo-Croatian. I have no doubt they will return to it again and again, both as singers and as audience members, having decided to spend a few hours with a very dear friend. —David Ward
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—Robert Swedberg
Monkey See, Monkey Do Music by Robert Xavier Rodríguez Words by Mary Duren Medrick June 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 / July 1, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 Stage Director David Ward Music Director Louis Menendez Pianist Andrew Voelker Scenic Designer Jaye Beetem Costume Designer Kim Welborn Stage Manager Rachel Walrath
CAST A
CAST B
CAST C
Maria
Gwen Paker
Jordan Knapick
Jordan Knapick / Gwen Paker
Diana (#1)
Sophia Masterson
Alison Gillespie
Sophia Masterson
Elena (#2)
Kaitlyn Landers
Elizabeth Langley
Kaitlyn Landers
Pedrito
John Faubert
Cooper Creal
Jeremy Lopez
Antonio
Cameron Benafield
Jack Merucci
Benjamin Goodrich
Monkey #1
Cooper Creal
Jeremy Lopez
John Faubert
Monkey #2
Elizabeth Langley
Kaitlyn Landers
Alison Gillespie
Monkey #3
Jack Merucci
Sophia Masterson
Cameron Benafield
Villager
Alison Gillespie
Benjamin Goodrich
Jordan Knapick / Gwen Paker
Villager
Jordan Knapick
Gwen Paker
Elizabeth Langley
Villager
Jeremy Lopez
Cameron Benafield
Cooper Creal
Villager
Benjamin Goodrich
John Faubert
Jack Merucci
This Production Generously Underwritten By: Lois Armor
SYNOPSIS
now with another monkey. Antonio’s monkey steals the top sombrero, the girl monkey steals the next sombrero and the third monkey takes the remaining sombreros. One by
A Mexican village square. Antonio frantically searches for his
one the three monkeys disappear into the branches of the
missing monkey. Maria and sympathetic villagers listen and
tree. Pedrito awakens and is alarmed to see the monkeys
try to help. Pedrito enters, wearing many sombreros piled
wearing his sombrero. Maria, Antonio and the villagers hear
upon his head. He tries to sell the sombreros, but the town
the commotion and enter only to add to the confusion.
people, more interested in Antonio’s plight, rebuff him. Only
Pedrito waves his arms about in frustration, whereupon the
Maria listens to Pedrito, and the two exchange tender words.
monkeys imitate him behind his back.
The villagers leave to look for the monkey. Maria and Pedrito ask Antonio’s permission to marry. Antonio refuses, calling
When Pedrito realizes that the monkeys are copying him,
Pedrito a failure. The organ grinder storms off to continue
he leads them in an imitation pantomime, culminating in
looking for the monkey. As Pedrito and Maria console
his throwing his own sombrero on the ground. Instantly the
each other, Antonio’s monkey appears, this time with a girl
monkeys follow suit, and hats fly as Pedrito’s sombreros
monkey.
come sailing down from the tree. Antonio rushes to congratulate Pedrito. As the two embrace, the monkeys
Unaware of the monkeys, Pedrito and Maria sing an
join them on the ground, imitating the happy scene. The
affectionate duet. The monkeys imitate their phrases as
delighted villagers eagerly buy up the sombreros of the
well as their gestures, then rush off. Maria leaves to appeal
clever Pedrito. Antonio, now the proud owner of three
once more to her father. Alone, Pedrito muses on his
monkeys, gives his blessing to Pedrito and Maria. The
predicament and, still wearing his stack of sombreros, rests
audience joins the cast in a Mexican celebration, clapping
under a tree. As Pedrito dozes, the two monkeys reappear,
and singing.
By arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
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OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTIC STAFF ROBBY BAINE
Coach / Accompanist Robby Baine is a native of Greenwood, MS, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Mississippi College, as well as a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from the University of Michigan. After being the rehearsal pianist for Young Frankenstein during his year abroad in Mainz, Germany, Baine began to pursue a career in collaborative piano. He has participated in the Collaborative Piano Institute in Faribault, Minnesota, the Franco American Vocal Academy in Angers, France, and the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. This is his first summer at Opera in the Ozarks.
CORY BATTEY
Senior Vocal Coach Cory Battey hails from the Pacific Northwest, where he studied music at the University of Oregon. In September of 2017, he joined the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music as Vocal Coach and répétiteur. Prior to this, he was a music staff member at Palm Beach Opera, where he served as Vocal Coach for the young artist program, accompanied productions, and led educational outreach programs throughout the region. Battey has recent collaborations with Portland Opera, Opera Omaha and Wichita Grand Opera, preceded by his work with several major opera companies, including Sarasota Opera, Nashville Opera, Kentucky Opera, Mill City Summer Opera and Shreveport Opera. This will be Battey’s sixth season with Opera in the Ozarks, and his third as Senior Vocal Coach. He has also worked with aspiring singers at the University of Memphis, Brevard Music Center, Seagle Music Colony and the Astoria Music Festival training programs. In addition to continuing his work with the Manhattan School of Music, he returns this fall to the music staff of the National Children’s Chorus and maintains a private coaching studio in Manhattan.
JAYE BEETEM
Technical Director / Scenic Designer This is Jaye Beetem’s fourth season at Opera in the Ozarks. During the rest of the year, she is the Technical Director and Designer for The Green Center at DePauw University, where she designs a variety of events and productions including the School of Music operas, which recently included Cendrillon. Prior to Opera in the Ozarks, Beetem served as the long time TD/Designer for The Public Education Foundation’s awarding-winning summer musical program in Southern Indiana. She has taught at a number of college and university programs including Northampton Community College, Valdosta State University, California State Universities: Chico and Bakersfield, and Lycoming College of Pennsylvania. She holds degrees from the
University of Utah, Louisiana State University at Monroe, and Wayne State University in Detroit. She is a proud member of both IATSE Local #636 and Actor’s Equity as a Stage Manager.
CAROL BRIAN
Production Stage Manager Carol Brian graduated from Wright State University and served an internship at The Juilliard School in New York City. Life has never been boring for Brian who has been busy stage managing from New Hampshire to Florida and from Boston to Kansas City. She has worked on shows of all sizes including at Disney World, for Norwegian Cruise Line and on national tour shows of all kinds. Most recently she completed seven seasons with Opera Tampa as Production Stage Manager. This is her fourth season at Opera in the Ozarks. She lives outside of Nashville, TN, with her husband, Gene, and a 115-pound Alaskan Malamute named Jeremy.
JOEL BURCHAM Vocal Instructor
American tenor Joel Burcham is known for his dominant stage presence as demonstrated through sensitive acting and “effortless command of his voice,” further described by Chris Shull of the Wichita Eagle as a tenor voice of “clarion tone and operatic power.” “Burcham’s soft voice,” declared Jim Edwards of the Chicago Tribune, “was lyrical and smooth as silk but when he opened up his voice, beautiful loud steely notes poured forth.” This versatile tenor voice has appropriately enabled Burcham to command leading roles with several of North America’s top companies. He has sung 35 principal tenor roles with companies such as Utah Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Omaha, Madison Opera, Opera Fort Collins, Opera Theatre of the Rockies and Painted Sky Opera. Some of his strongest roles include Alfredo, Don José, Pinkerton, Cavaradossi and Faust. An active concert soloist, Burcham has sung with Hawaii Symphony, Colorado International Mahler Festival, South Bend Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Madison Symphony, and the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, in works including Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Missa Solemnis, Haydn’s Creation and The Seasons, Verdi’s Missa Di Requiem, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and Handel’s Messiah. Burcham has degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (DMA), the University of Arkansas (MM), and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (BM). He is Associate Professor of Voice and Voice Area Chair at the University of Oklahoma.
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OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTIC STAFF ALLISON CASH
Assistant Stage Manager / Props Assistant Allison Cash is in her final year at Columbus State University where she is working towards a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology with a focus in Stage Management. While at CSU she has performed multiple roles, such as Sound Designer for Check, Please! and Children of Eden, Lighting Designer for The Marvelous Wonderettes ‘58 and Wiley and the Hairy Man, as well as Fly Captain for Guys & Dolls. She has been the Stage Manager for The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Spring Awakening, for both of which she received a KC-ACTF Region IV nomination. Other shows that she has stage managed while at CSU include Old Dry Frye, James and the Giant Peach, Once On This Island and Mud. She has also been the Stage Manager for The Nutcracker with Columbus Ballet.
RICHARD DUNHAM
Lighting Designer / Director of Production Rich Dunham is pleased to be returning to Opera in the Ozarks for his sixth season. He earned his MFA (dual emphasis in Lighting and Scenic Design) from The Ohio State University and resides in Athens, GA. He currently serves as Professor of Scene and Lighting Design/Head of Design in the Theatre and Film Studies Department at the University of Georgia. He is a national leader with The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and is a fellow of the institute. He continues to design regularly within the entertainment industry as well as in the architectural/landscaping lighting markets. His professional credits include over thirty years of design experience and numerous regional and stock productions throughout the East Coast and Midwest. Notable credits include: Brunswick Music Theatre (Maine State Music Theatre), the Disney Institute, Music Theatre North, The Springer Opera House, and the Atlanta Lyric Theatre. He has also designed for a number of New York regional and Off and Off-Off Broadway theaters including the Circle Repertory Theatre, Theatre Three, Broadhollow Productions, the Jean Cocteau Rep, and the Directors’ Theatre. His designs have won various press awards while two of his articles have won national publications awards. He’s also author of the well-received lighting text, Stage Lighting: Fundamentals and Applications, which appeared in its second edition this past November and a second book, Stage Lighting: Design Applications and More that was released in December.
CALEB HARRIS
Conductor / Music Director for Little Women Caleb Harris enjoys an active career as a conductor, pianist, chamber musician and vocal coach. He is equally at home at the keyboard and on the podium. Harris has 34 / www.opera.org
appeared throughout the United States, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Scotland, Slovenia and Asia at many prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, and the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Harris has been involved in the preparation and performance of approximately 40 operas; recent productions include Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, Puccini’s Turandot, Verdi’s La traviata, Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Stravinsky’s Renard, and Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges. He has guest conducted many orchestras including the Frankfurt Symphony, Dubrovnik Symphony, Utah Symphony, Southwest Michigan Symphony, and the Brevard Festival Orchestra. Harris has recorded professionally in a wide variety of genres for Summit Records, Navona Records, Potenza Music and Acis Productions. Currently an adjunct associate professor at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, Harris formerly held positions at the University of Northern Colorado, the University of Utah, and Utah Symphony/ Utah Opera. Recent concerto performances include Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D minor, Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds, Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto and Triple Concerto, Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto, and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. He received multiple degrees from the Eastman School of Music and also held fellowships at the Tanglewood Music Center.
THOMAS JENNINGS
Assistant Technical Director This is Jennings’ first season with Opera in the Ozarks. He has a BFA in Acting and is currently working on his MFA in Set Design at Utah State University in Logan, UT. Jennings stumbled into technical theater as a carpentry intern in 2008 at Utah Festival Opera Company and knew he had to work in theaters for the rest of his life. He has spent the last eleven years studying and working professionally in the theater. Whether he is acting, building, painting or designing, he loves the collaborative process of making art come to life.
EMILY KALISKI
Marketing Intern Emi Kaliski is currently studying Music and Management Studies at St. Olaf College and will be a senior in the fall. Performing has always been a passion of hers, and she spends a lot of time in the music building and in St. Olaf Choir rehearsals. While she loves to perform, she is eager to learn more about what it takes to run a successful music organization, and she hopes to work in the field of arts administration in the future.
SYDNEY LOKANT
Assistant Costumer This is Sydney Lokant’s first season at Opera in the Ozarks. She has never worked in opera before and is ecstatic about the opportunity to broaden her horizons. Lokant hails from Winston Salem, NC, via Athens, OH. She earned a BA in Theatre in 2018 at Greensboro College and is a 2021 MFA Costume Technology candidate at Ohio University. Last summer, she worked at Tent Theatre in Springfield, MO, for its 55th season. She has worked on over 50 regional, educational and community productions but her favorites are Cabaret, Sugar, Mary Poppins and Spamalot.
ALICE MARTINSON Props Assistant
Alice Martinson is a retired orthopedic surgeon who practiced in Berryville, AR, for nearly 30 years. She is a graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine, a retired captain in the U.S. Navy, and the first woman to have a command position in the Navy Medical Department. A supporter of Opera in the Ozarks for more than 30 years and a member of the governing board for 20 years, she is extremely happy to be able to participate in the process of creating this magnificent art form.
JAMES MCNEIL
Master Carpenter James McNeil received a BS in Technical Theater from Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He is originally from Louisiana and worked an apprenticeship in Bentonville at Trike Theatre. This is his second year at Opera in the Ozarks. Aside from his skills as a craftsman in the areas of carpentry and metal fabrication, he is a sleight of hand artist, juggler, and experienced family event magician. He’s also a collector of curiosities who fell in love with the thrift shops of Northwest Arkansas after recognizing the wealth of oddities in this area.
LOUIS MENENDEZ
Senior Vocal Coach / Music Director for Outreach and Monkey See, Monkey Do Currently a member of the Opera Department at the University of Central Arkansas, Louis Menendez has been active in the world of opera for more than 30 years as a vocal coach, conductor, pianist and educator. His first faculty appointment was at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 1988. In 1989, Academy of Vocal Arts appointed him Vocal Coach and Assistant Conductor. Over the last three decades he has assisted over 150 opera productions and conducted nearly 40
productions with companies throughout the U.S. and Europe. Menendez has assisted in master classes and private sessions for such artists as Sherrill Milnes, Birgit Nilsson, Renata Scotto, Regina Resnick, Régine Crespin, Alfredo Kraus, Mignon Dunn, Luciano Pavarotti, Evelyn Lear, Jennifer Larmore, Carol Vaness, Fabrizio Melano, Martina Arroyo, Joan Dorneman, Tito Capobianco, Nico Castel and Bruno Rigacci. He counts among his most memorable experiences recitals with singers Louis Quilico, Jerome Hines, Stephanie Blythe, Nico Castel, Elizabeth Futral, Suzanne Mentzer and Allan Glassman. Summer programs where he has taught, conducted or coached include: the Israel Vocal Arts Institute, Tel Aviv; the International Institute of Vocal Arts, Chiari Italy; Spoleto Festival, Spoleto Italy; Sarasota Opera; Opera in the Ozarks; California Music Festival, San Francisco; University of Minnesota Duluth Opera Training Program; Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, New York City; Sherill Milnes VOICE Experience, Tampa; Lingua e Canto, Sant Angelo in Vado, Italy; and The New York Opera Studio, Vassar College.
QUINN SCHUSTER
Lighting and Production Intern This is Quinn Schuster’s first summer at Inspiration Point as a lighting and production intern. Currently based out of San Diego, CA, he is a BA candidate at San Diego State University in the Theatre Design and Technology program, class of 2020. Schuster serves as the resident Lighting Designer at the House of Blues concert venue in downtown San Diego. He also works as a freelance lighting designer and electrician for live events throughout the Southern California region including The Old Globe, Cygnet Theatre and the Redlands Bowl. Currently, he is working on his next design Just Like Us at the SDSU Experimental Theatre, opening in September 2019. Other notable lighting designs he has accomplished include Our Town at Clock Auditorium, The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the California Theatre, and Wild Oats at the Blackstone Theatre.
REBECCA SHERBURN Vocal Instructor
Dr. Rebecca Sherburn is the Director of Vocal Studies and Associate Professor of Voice at Chapman University in Southern California. She received her undergraduate degree from California State University, Los Angeles, and her MM and DMA from the University of Southern California. Sherburn has taught at Inspiration Point a number of times over the years and is delighted to be in residence as a voice teacher this summer. International performances include operatic roles sung with Zürich Opera, Berliner Festwochen, and the Neue Flora Theater Hamburg as well as other German State Theaters in 2019 Season Program / Opera in the Ozarks / 35
OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTIC STAFF Oberhausen, Gütersloh, Osnabrück and Aachen. Her national engagements include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, New York New Music Ensemble, newEar of Kansas City, Los Angeles Master Chorale, South Florida Master Chorale, William Hall Chorale, Los Angeles Concert Opera, Santa Barbara Light Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, Virginia Opera, Flagstaff Symphony, NewWest Symphony, Kansas City Symphony and Kansas City Ballet. As a concert artist, she has premiered several works that were written specifically for her voice, and she has built a reputation for performing rarely heard contemporary chamber works. She has two recordings of American chamber music available through Albany Records, “Paul Creston Songs” and “Love, the Fair Day.”
MINAH SMITH-TUCKER
Cutter / Draper and Assistant Costume Shop Manager Minah Smith-Tucker is in her first year with Opera in the Ozarks. Her work has been seen in several Northwest Arkansas theaters including her most recent work on The Legend of Georgia McBride at TheatreSquared and A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream with the Northwest Arkansas Shakespeare company. She attended Oklahoma City University for a BFA in Theatrical Design and Production with a focus in Costume Design and Technology. She has worked as a shop assistant, a member of the wardrobe crew and a stitcher for TheatreSquared. Her costume design journey began in her junior year of high school when she designed Fayetteville High School’s production of The Glass Menagerie. She won a talent scholarship with her design for a New Threshold Theatre production of Into the Woods. While at OCU, her design, stitching and craft work was seen onstage in TheatreOCU’s A Clown Bar, House of Atreus, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Hairspray, Rent, Don Pasquale, Dark Sisters, and Peter and the Starcatcher.
ROBERT SWEDBERG
Stage Director The Abduction from the Seraglio and Little Women Robert Swedberg recently retired as Associate Professor of Music and Opera Director at the University of Michigan, where he also taught the Business of Music and Yoga for Performers. For the past several years at U-M he produced ‘Green Opera’ productions on campus, making the University of Michigan the first in the U.S. to create eco-friendly opera. From 1990 through 2007, he was the General Director of Orlando Opera. Prior to that, he held positions as General Director of Syracuse Opera; Manager/Artistic Director of Opera Carolina; and Director of Educational Projects and Assistant Stage Director of
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the Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Wagner Festival. Previous productions directed at Opera in the Ozarks include: Susannah (1981), Die Zauberflöte, La bohème, (2012), Madama Butterfly, L’elisir d’amore (2013), La traviata, Les Contes d’Hoffmann (2015), Don Giovanni, Albert Herring (2016), Carmen, Susannah (2017), and Die Fledermaus, Ballad of Baby Doe (2018). Working on the international stage, Swedberg has directed productions in Macau and Beijing, China; Mallorca, Spain; Ischia, Italy; and for Hof, Bamberg, Pforzheim and Bayreuth, Germany. Swedberg has degrees in Music and Theater from California State University, Northridge, where he was a student of Elisabeth Parham and Dr. David Scott. He also earned an MBA degree from the University of Central Florida. He was on the Board of Directors of OPERA America from 2002-2007. He is a certified yoga instructor and the author of the book, Yoga for Performers.
ANDREW VOELKER
Coach / Accompanist for Monkey See, Monkey Do and La bohème Andrew Voelker lives in Bloomington, IL, where he is an adjunct collaborative pianist and opera coach at Illinois Wesleyan University. Voelker holds bachelor’s degrees in Piano and Voice from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree in Collaborative Piano from the Cleveland Institute of Music. His teachers have included Anita Pontremoli, Linda Jones, William Koehler and Dana Brown. He has coached and performed at the Aspen Opera Center, Great Lakes Light Opera, Chicago Summer Opera, Prairie Fire Theatre, and at Interlochen Arts Camp. He has collaborated with students at Illinois State University, Case Western Reserve University and Ursuline College. This fall, he will begin Doctor of Music study in Collaborative Piano Program at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, under the guidance of Kevin Murphy and Anne Epperson.
RACHEL WALRATH Stage Manager
Rachel Walrath returns to the Ozarks for her fourth summer. She was last seen at Inspiration Point as Stage Manager for Susannah in 2017. She earned her Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice from the University of Houston, where she found her love of the backstage and a talent for coordinating it. She went on to become Production Stage Manager at Opera in the Heights, managing shows such as Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Candide, and Maria de Buenos Aires. She works throughout Houston for Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Ballet, and Theatre Under the Stars, where she had the pleasure of working with Tony Awardnominated director Marcia Milgram Dodge on Ragtime.
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OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTIC STAFF DAVID WARD
Stage Director for La bohème, Monkey See, Monkey Do, Broadway Cabaret; Osmin in Abduction from the Seraglio After 25 years performing internationally as a basso buffo, David Ward recently served as the Director of the Crane School of Music’s Opera Ensemble at SUNY Potsdam where he directed Gianni Schicchi and its contemporary sequel Buoso’s Ghost and The Pirates of Penzance. Previously, Ward served as the Opera Director at the University of North Texas where he staged Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Mother of Us All, L’incoronazione di Poppea, A Little Night Music, and The Dialogues of the Carmelites. He was the Director of the University of Arizona Opera Theater in Tucson where he directed An Evening of Intermezzi: Haydn’s La canterina, Gluck’s L’Ivrogne corrigé and Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor, a Menotti double-bill of The Medium and The Old Maid and the Thief, Die Fledermaus and The Magic Flute. Ward received his Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance/Pedagogy and Opera Directing at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. There, he sang the title role in Falstaff, Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier and directed Kirke Mechem’s Tartuffe and Le nozze di Figaro. He first came to Inspiration Point in 2012 to co-direct the Scenes Program, assistant direct and appear as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music. Since then he’s directed Opera in the Ozarks’ The Pirates of Penzance, La Cenerentola, Così fan tutte, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and this summer’s La bohème. For the Studio Artist Program he created and directed a family version of Cinderella and The Opera Games: May the Music be Ever in Your Favor. He directed critically acclaimed productions of La Cenerentola, Così fan tutte and Falstaff for Houston’s Opera in the Heights as well as Madama Butterfly and Il barbiere di Siviglia for Little Rock’s Opera in the Rock. He’s directed Don Giovanni for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and La finta giardiniera for Portland State University in Oregon. A longtime member of the directing staff at College Light Opera Company on Cape Cod, Ward has directed H.M.S. Pinafore, Hello, Dolly!, The Gondoliers, The Desert Song, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Merry Widow, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Music Man, Iolanthe and this summer, Ruddigore. He will sing his acclaimed Dr. Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro for Opera Orlando and join the faculty at Hunter College CUNY. Ward lives in New York City and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and the American Guild of Musical Artists where he serves on the national Board of Governors.
KIM WELBORN
Costume Designer This is Kim Welborn’s first season at Opera in the Ozarks. She regularly designs for Opera Orlando; and recent productions included Pagliacci/Pulcinella, Hansel & Gretel, 38 / www.opera.org
Tales of Hoffman, and Abduction from the Seraglio. She has designed multiple productions of Don Pasquale, La bohème and Amahl. In addition to opera, Welborn has designed over 50 musicals and straight plays. Her favorites include Hello, Dolly; Evita; The Producers; Paint Your Wagon; South Pacific; Spamalot; the Diary of Anne Frank and Blithe Spirit. She has also enjoyed doing children’s theater including Willie Wonka, The Jungle Book, and Peter and the Wolf, and has worked with several dance companies and productions. One of her first professional jobs was at Horn in the West, so she is excited about being part of another summer program. Upcoming projects include the Savannah Voice Festival and a 1910 staging of The Marriage of Figaro. In addition to theatrical design she produces accurate period clothing and presentations for reenactments and historic events, including Florida’s Quincentennial and the anniversary of the National Park Service, and performance gowns for clients including Wendy Bryn Harmer of the Metropolitan Opera. She is a world native, having lived in eight countries before graduating from high school and moving to Florida for college. She is a master herbalist and developed an extensive natural health consulting practice before returning to her love of fashion and the arts. Her family includes her husband, David, four wonderfully supportive children and four grandchildren.
ALEXANDRA WILEGUS Assistant Costumer
Alexandra Wilegus is from Southaven, MS, and is currently a senior at Bethel University in McKenzie, TN. She is pursuing a double major in Theatre and Biology: Pre-Professional Health. She was the recipient of the Distinguished Theatre Student Award in 2019 and the Costume Design and Technology Award in 2018. At Bethel University, she has been First Hand for Boeing Boeing, as well as Head Stitcher for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Next to Normal, Romeo and Juliet, The Odd Couple (male and female version), and Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. She has been Costume Designer for Next to Normal and Spinning into Butter and Assistant Costume Designer at Opera in the Ozarks for Cinderella and The Ballad of Baby Doe. She served as Head of Wardrobe, Hair and Makeup for Die Fledermaus and Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opera in the Ozarks. Wilegus has also been a Stage Manager for These Shining Lives, Assistant Stage Manager and worked in props for The Odd Couple (male and female versions), as well as A Raisin in the Sun. In addition to being involved backstage, she has been seen onstage as Rona Lisa Peretti in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2018), Irene Adler in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (2017), Gloria in Boeing Boeing (2018), Dean Sarah Daniels in Spinning into Butter (2016), Rosie in Cabaret (2016), and as Ms. Smythe/ Ballerina in Mary Poppins (2016). This is her second year at Inspiration Point.
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2019 OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTS RACHEL ABBATE
DONGWHI BAEK
Mezzo-Soprano New Orleans, LA
Tenor Busan, South Korea
Education: MM, Rice University; BM, Louisiana State University. Studied with Julie Simson, Dr. Lori Bade, Bonnie Knowles Roles Performed: Giulio Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Jo March (Little Women), Alma March (Little Women), Ruggiero (Alcina), Carole/Natalia (Anya17), Mercédès (Carmen), the Angel (The Demon), Eva (Veselohra na mostě), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti) Awards: National Federation of Music Clubs First Place Winner in Collegiate Women’s Voice 2017; National Semifinalist in Classical Singer Magazine Vocal Competition 2014, 2015 Previous Experience: Red River Lyric Opera, Harrower Opera Workshop, Rice University Opera, Angels Vocal Art, University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music Summer Opera Bootcamp, Russian Opera Workshop, Louisiana State University Opera
Education: Pursuing Performance Certificate at the Opera Institute, Boston University; MM, University of Cincinnati–College Conservatory of Music; BM, Chapman University. Studied with Patrick Goeser, William McGraw, Sharon Daniels Roles Performed: Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Arbace (Idomeneo), Alfredo (La traviata Act 3), Detective Thibadeau (Dolores Claiborne), Schoolmaster (The Cunning Little Vixen) Awards: Mu Phi Scholarship, NATS Previous Experience: Bach Cantata No. 150 with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Bach B Minor Mass with CCM Philharmonia, Central City Opera, Taos Opera Institute Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: National Federation of Music Clubs
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PERRY CHACON JR.
Soprano Chandler, AZ
Tenor Chula Vista, CA
Education: MM, Mannes School of Music; BM, Northern Arizona University. Studied with Carole FitzPatrick, Elizabeth Hynes, Beth Roberts-Sebek, Deborah Raymond
Education: Pursuing DMA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; MM and BM, Arizona State University. Studied with Alfonse Anderson, Gordon Hawkins, Judy May
Roles Performed: Stella (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Perneatha Evans (The Long Walk), Susannah (Susannah), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Anne (The Rake’s Progress), Micaëla (Carmen), Sister Rose (Dead Man Walking), Ilia (Idomeneo), Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw), Javotte (Manon), Gilda (Rigoletto), Gerhilde (Die Walküre), June (Chicago), Despina (Così fan tutte), Musetta (La bohème), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Frasquita (Carmen), La Conversa Una (Suor Angelica), Gherardino (Gianni Schicchi), Cis (Albert Herring)
Roles Performed: Chevalier de la Force (Dialogues of the Carmelites), 1st Armored Man (Die Zauberflöte), 1st Sailor (Dido and Aeneas), Piragua Guy (In the Heights), Luke (Anything Goes)
Awards: Extraordinary Talent Fellowship for Voice from the Richard and Deborah Felder Foundation (2018); Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Encouragement Award (2013/2016); Bev Sellers Memorial Scholarship (2015); Edgar Stone Vocal Scholarship (2013)
Awards: First Place NATS Arizona Classical 2016; Third Place NATS Arizona 2014 Previous Experience: UNLV Opera Theatre, ASU Music Theatre and Opera, AIMS in Graz, Desert Foothills Theatre, OperaWorks, Study Cover Program, Arizona Opera Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Alice Martinson and Carole Sturgis
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Previous Experience: Northern Arizona University Opera, Flagstaff in Fidenza, Mannes Opera, Aspen Music Festival
Tenor Lincoln, NE
Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Benjamin Lundy Award (Al and Pat Walden), Helen S. Boylan Foundation, South Central Region, NFMC
Education: Pursuing BM, University of Nebraska. Studied with William Shomos, Donna Harler-Smith
CAMERON BENAFIELD Baritone Conway, AR Education: Pursuing BM, University of Central Arkansas. Studying with Wolfgang Oeste, John Garst. Awards: University of Central Arkansas Vocal Music Scholarship.
Roles Performed: Virgil (Violet), Martin (The Tender Land), Telemachus (The Return of Ulysses), Washington Dandy (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Chorus (Don Pasquale) Awards: Leesa Crnogorac Scholarship Recipient (20192020); Marvella W. Burmester Scholarship Recipient (20182019); Curtiss C. Grove Scholarship Recipient (2016-2020); Jennifer L. Dorsey-Howley Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient (2016-2020); Hixson-Lied Scholarship Recipient (2016-2017) Previous Experience: UNL Opera
Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs
Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Texas Federation of Music Clubs in Honor of Doreen Allen
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2019 OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTS EMILY DIRKS Soprano Monticello, IA Education: Pursuing MM, Louisiana State University, Turner-Fischer Center for Opera at LSU; BA, Luther College. Studied with Lori Bade, Beth Ray-Westlund, Kristen Eby Roles Performed: Thérèse/La Cartomacienne (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Gianetta (The Gondoliers), Hanna (The Merry Widow) Awards: First Place, Louisiana State NATS (2019); First Place, Brudos Prize in Opera Performance (2017); Lucille Stansberry Rosholt Scholarship in Music, Jenson Music Scholarship, Njus-Sanderson Music Scholarship (20162018); Finalist, Luther College Concerto Competition (2017); Second Place, Central Region NATS (2016) Previous Experience: Turner-Fischer Center for Opera at LSU, La Musica Lirica, Luther College Opera Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Colleen and Steve Shogren
SIMON FADDOUL Bass-Baritone Glendale, AZ Education: BM, University of Arizona. Studied with Andrew Stuckey, Hugo Vera, Jennifer McNeal Roles Performed: Third German Soldier (Silent Night), Alidoro (Cinderella by Ward), Frosch (Die Fledermaus), Dandy (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Mars (Orpheus in the Underworld), Ali Ben Ali (The Desert Song), Second Commissioner (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Don Pasquale (Don Pasquale), L’Arbre (L’Enfant et les sortilèges), Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) Awards: Summa Cum Laude graduate with Honors; 2019 Quest for the Best Honorable Mention; 2018 Second Prize Finalist Larry Day Memorial Voice Competition; 2018 Opera Guild of Southern Arizona Program Grant Recipient; Wildcat Excellence Scholarship Recipient (2015-18); Honorable Mention from National Association of Teachers of Singing (2017-2018); 2016 Honors Travel Student Award, 2017 Highest Voice Area Academic Distinction Award Previous Experience: University of Arizona Voice and Opera Theatre, Arizona Opera, The College Light Opera Company, Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Opera in the Ozarks Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Mary Chop Trust
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ALISON GILLESPIE
Tenor Walled Lake, MI
Soprano Peculiar, MO
Education: Pursuing BM, University of Michigan. Studied with Jessica Fielder, Stephen West, Carmen Pelton
Education: Pursuing BM, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Studied with Kevin Hanrahan, Kate Butler, Victoria Sofia Botero, Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins
Roles Performed: Chorus (Le nozze di Figaro), Chorus (Alcina)
Roles Performed: Laurie (cover) (The Tender Land), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Pasquale’s Maid (Don Pasquale)
Awards: Rizlov Scholarship Recipient (2017-21)
Soprano Quakertown, PA
Awards: University of Nebraska Lincoln Undergraduate Concerto Competition Winner (2018); First Prize Nebraska State NATS (2018); National NATS Semifinalist (2017, 2018); Kansas City Blue Star Award: Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role (2016)
Education: MM, University of Houston; BM, Westminster Choir College. Studied with Melanie Sonnenberg, Nova Thomas
Previous Experience: University of Nebraska Lincoln Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City High School Honors Artists, National High School Musical Theatre Awards
KANISHA FELICIANO
Roles Performed: Kitty Packard (Dinner at Eight), Norina (Don Pasquale), Baby Doe (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Elvira (L’italiana in Algieri), Mrs. Candour (The School for Scandal), Phyllis (Iolanthe), Esmeralda (The Bartered Bride) Awards: Gilbert and Sullivan Society Scholarship Recipient (2018-2019); 2018 Second Prize from The Mondavi Center Young Artist Competition; Hirsch Endowment Scholarship Recipient (2017-2019) Previous Experience: SongFest, Le Chiavi di Bel Canto
Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Beulah Walwerk Endowment, Aleeta Mae Riney Endowment
BENJAMIN GOODRICH Baritone Bristow, VA Education: BA, Florida State University. Studied with David Okerlund Roles Performed: Frid (A Little Night Music), It (Cupboard Love)
Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Martha M. Mack Award Previous Experience: FSU Opera, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: James and Janice Swiggart Endowment
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MELANIE HOLM
Bass-Baritone Houston, TX
Soprano Omaha, NE
Education: Pursuing MM, University of Michigan; BA, Pepperdine University. Studied with Stephen Lusmann, Stanford Olsen, Henry Price
Education: Pursuing DMA, Arizona State University; MM, Arizona State University; BM, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Studied with Stephanie Weiss, Anne Elgar Kopta, Karen Peeler
Roles Performed: Priest #2 (Die Zauberflöte), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance), Melisso (Alcina), Maximillian (Candide) Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Maria de Waal Putter Endowment
ROBERT HARTFIELD Tenor Overland Park, KS Education: BM, University of Oklahoma. Studied with Kim Josephson Roles Performed: Alfredo (La traviata), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor) Awards: National Association of Teachers of Singing, Texoma Region Competition Winner (2016, 2017, 2018), National Association of Teachers of Singing Oklahoma Competition Winner (2016, 2017, 2019), Marilyn Horne Scholarship Winner
Roles Performed: Silvia (Behold the Man), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Lynn (The Halloween Tree), Galatea (Acis and Galatea), Lillie (Babe), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Mrs. Julian (Owen Wingrave), Arsena (Der Zigeunerbaron), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Amore (The Coronation of Poppea) Awards: ASU Music Theatre and Opera Guild Grant Recipient (2019); Arizona State University Scholarship Recipient, (2013-2019); Phoenix Opera Southwest Vocal Competition Semifinalist, (2015 & 2017); MONC Auditions District Encouragement Award Winner (2012); UNL Friends of Opera Scholarship Winner (2008) Previous Experience: Arizona Opera, Mittelsächsisches Theater-Freiberg, National Women’s Music Festival, American Institute of Musical Studies, Arizona State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs, Christa Van Zant, Mark and Mary Dexter-Miller, Alastair Longley-Cook, and Lyric Opera Theater Guild of Phoenix
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TAEHWAN KIM
Soprano Austin, TX
Baritone Seoul, South Korea
Education: Pursuing Graduate Artist Certificate, University of North Texas; MM, BM, University of North Texas. Studied with Molly Fillmore, Katie Jo Ross, Bruce Douglas Roles Performed: Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Fox (The Cunning Little Vixen), First Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Anne Egerman (A Little Night Music), Princess Fiona (Shrek: The Musical), Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods) Previous Experience: UNT Opera Theatre, Chicago Summer Opera Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Sigma Alpha Iota, Texas Federation of Music Clubs in Honor of Lee Meyer
Education: Pursuing a DMA, Butler School of Music; Graduate Diploma, New England Conservatory; MM, Peabody Institute; BM, Seoul National University. Studied with Donnie Ray Albert, Bradley Williams, Stanley Cornett, Phillip Kang Roles Performed: Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni, upcoming), Eugene Onegin (Eugene Onegin), Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Ronaldo (Later The Same Evening), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Gugliemo (Così fan tutte, scene), Siméon (L’Enfant prodigue), Clock/Black Cat (L’Enfant et les sortilèges), Escamillo (Carmen), Pandolfe (Cendrillon), Barone (La traviata), Yakuside (Madama Butterfly), 6 Deputati (Don Carlo) Awards: 2019 Finalist Award from Saengerbund Awards (German Singing Competition); Butler Centennial Endowed Presidential Scholarship (2018-2021); Willa Stewart Setseck Scholarship (2018-2021); NEC Scholarship (2016-2018); John Ness Memorial Scholarship (2016); George Woodhead Prize in Voice (2016); 2015 Finalist from S. Livingston Mather Competition; Peabody Degree Scholarship (2014-2016); SNU Scholarship (2008,2010) Previous Experience: Male Vocal Quartet Klang, Austin Korean Presbyterian Church, Korean Church of Boston, Berlin Opera Academy, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Art Center, Korean National Opera, Seoul Metropolitan Opera Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Helen S. Boylan Foundation
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2019 OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTS JORDAN KNAPICK Soprano Rockford, IL Education: Pursuing BM, Oklahoma City University. Studied with Jeffrey Picón, Martha Dahlberg Roles Performed: Cendrillon (Cendrillon), Chorus (Le nozze di Figaro) Awards: 2018 Texoma NATS Junior Semifinalist, 2016 Texoma NATS Freshman Third Place Winner Previous Experience: OCU Bass School of Music Opera and Music Theater
JENNIFER KREIDER Soprano Morgantown, WV Education: Pursuing Performance Diploma, Indiana University; MM, Rice University; BM, Westminster Choir College. Studied with Jane Dutton, Barbara Clark, Laura Brooks Rice Roles Performed: Monica (The Medium), Ramiro (La finta giardiniera), La Fée (Cendrillon), Linfea (La Calisto), Iolanthe (Iolanthe), Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel) Awards: Clifton Emerging Young Artist Award Winner (2016); First Place in Division at the Sarasota Concert Series National Voice Competition (2016); National NATS Competition First Place division Winner (2015) Previous Experience: Princeton Festival, Westminster Choir College Opera Theater, Rice University Shepherd School of Music Opera Theater, CoOPERAtive Program, Franz Schubert Institute Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Maria de Waal Putter
KAITLYN LANDERS Mezzo-Soprano Columbia, MO Education: Pursuing BM, Columbia College of Missouri. Studied with Amy Johns, Nollie Moore, Darrell Jordan Roles Performed: Soloist (Considering Matthew Shepard), the Witch (Into the Woods), Chorus (Secret Garden), Chorus (An Antique Carol) Awards: John Francis Dillingham Family Showcase Award (2019); Jane Froman Scholarship (2019); Midwest National Association of Teachers of Singing poster presenter (The Diva) (2019); Marylin Henderson-R (2018); Midwest National Association of Teachers of Singing Semifinalist (2018); Marylin Henderson Robinson Scholarship (2018) Previous Experience: Columbia College Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Corinne Mayfield Endowment
ELIZABETH LANGLEY Soprano Bay Saint Louis, MS Education: Pursuing BM, Southeastern Louisiana University. Studied with Jennifer Mouldedous, Sidney Joy Ratliff Roles Performed: Rose Maybud (Ruddigore), Ersilia Drei (Works of Mercy), Anne Page (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Cinderella’s Mother (Into the Woods), Mrs. Segstrom (A Little Night Music) Awards: Southeastern Louisiana University Vice President’s Award (2019); NATS Southern Region Semifinalist (2018); Southeastern Louisiana University Green S Award (2018); Second Prize Artist of the Year – Great Composer’s Competition (2016-2017); First Prize Best Bach Performance – Great Composer’s Competition (2016-2017); Joyce Paul Perrin Vocal Majors Travel Scholarship (2017); Southeastern Louisiana University Vocal Scholarship (2015) Previous Experience: Southeastern Louisiana University Opera and Musical Theater Workshop Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Moberly Endowment, Delta Omicron 2019 Dorothy Mazzulla Clark Memorial Scholarship
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SOPHIA MASTERSON
Tenor Lawrence, KS
Soprano Sarasota, FL
Education: Pursuing a DMA, University of Kansas; MM, University of Kansas; BM, University of Nevada, Reno. Studied with Dr. Genaro Méndez
Education: Pursuing BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. Studied with Carol Sparrow, Mildred Miller Posvar, Sari Gruber
Roles Performed: Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Nemorino (L‘elisir d’amore), Candide (Candide), the Defendant (Trial by Jury), Donald (Gallantry), King Kaspar (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Gastone (La traviata) Previous Experience: University of Kansas Opera, The Meadowlark Project, Landlocked Opera, Lawrence Opera Theatre, Opera Workshop in the Flint Hills, Nevada Opera Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Burkhard Endowment, Carolann Martin Endowment
JEREMY LOPEZ Tenor Hicksville, NY Education: Pursuing BM, Eastman School of Music. Studied with Kathryn Cowdrick, Ronald Land Roles Performed: Le petit vieillard and La rainette (L’enfant et les sortilèges), Sir Galahad (Spamalot), Teen Angel (Grease) Awards: Second Place Prize at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Competition (2017, 2018); Anne T. Cummins Voice Scholarship (2016-2019) Previous Experience: Eastman Opera Theater, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Adah Hesselgrave Foundation
Roles Performed: Clara (The Light in the Piazza), Flora (The Turn of the Screw), Herself (The Proposal), Lisbe (Zemire et Azor), Christine (Phantom) Previous Experience: Opera Steamboat, Sarasota Festival of Vocal Arts, Sarasota Youth Opera, Sarasota Opera, Manatee Performing Arts Center Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Richard Arthur Drapeau, Tim Danielson Endowment
JACK MERUCCI Baritone Marshall, MI Education: Pursuing BM, University of Michigan. Studied with Stephen West, Kenneth Prewitt Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Alice Martinson and Carole Sturgis
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2019 OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTS GWEN PAKER
JONATHAN PATTON
Soprano Madison, WI
Baritone Albuquerque, NM
Education: Pursuing BM, Eastman School of Music. Studied with Robert Swensen, Carol Webber, Connie Haas, Jamie VanEyck, Rachel Edie Warrick
Education: Pursuing MM, University of New Mexico; BM, Fort Lewis College. Studied with Dr. Michael Hix, Dr. Kerry Ginger, Dr. Charissa Chiaravalloti
Roles Performed: Le Chauve-Souris (L’enfant et les sortilèges), Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Second Spirit (Die Zauberflöte), Cercatrice (Sour Angelica)
Roles Performed: Pirate King (The Pirates of Penzance), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Tony Lujan (Mabel’s Call), Schroeder (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown)
Awards: Eastman Dean’s Scholarship Recipient (20162020); 2019 Eastman Concerto Competition Winner; 2019 Semifinalist and National Qualifier in NATS Eastern Region; 2016 Outstanding Supporting Performer from The Jerry Awards; 2015 Third Place in Schmidt Vocal Competition
Awards: New Mexico Vocal Artistry Finalist (2019); UNM Graduate Assistantship (2019); First Place NATS Rio Grande Men’s Classical (2018); First Place NATS Colorado/Wyoming Men’s Classical and Musical Theatre (2017); Durango Choral Society Scholarship Vocalist
Previous Experience: Eastman Opera Theatre, German Vocal Arts Institute, Oberlin in Italy, Madison Opera Apprenticeship Program
Previous Experience: UNM Opera Theatre, Fort Lewis College Music Theatre, ASU Winter Vocal Academy, Durango Arts Center
Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Illinois Federation of Music Clubs: Golden Lyre Foundation
Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Bill Yick Endowment, Elsie Wright Endowment
KRISTA RENÉE PAPE Soprano Rockport, TX Education: Pursuing MM, University of Houston; BM, University of Houston. Studied with Melanie Sonnenberg. Roles Performed: Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Kitty Packard (Dinner at Eight), Sarah (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Caterina (L’amico Fritz) Awards: Moores School of Music Graduate Vocal Scholarship (2018-2020); Moores School of Music Undergraduate Vocal Scholarship (2014-2018); University of Houston Academic Excellence Scholarship (2014-2018) Previous Experience: Le Chiavi di Bel Canto: The Institute of Bel Canto Studies, Texas Music Festival Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Maria de Waal Putter
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BLYTHE REED
Mezzo-Soprano Austin, TX
Soprano New Orleans, LA
Education: MM, Baylor University; BM, Stephen F. Austin State University. Studied with Jamie Van Eyck, Deborah Dalton
Education: Pursuing MM, Florida State University; BM, Loyola University New Orleans. Studied with David Okerlund, Dreux Montegut
Roles Performed: Rinaldo (Rinaldo), Cornelia (Giulio Cesare), Oreste (Oreste), Desirée (A Little Night Music), Little Buttercup (H.M.S. Pinafore), Ramiro (La finta giardiniera), Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas), Mae Jones (Street Scene) Awards: Southwest Voices Competition Finalist (2018); Outstanding Graduate in Voice at Baylor University (2018); Baylor Semper Pro Musica Solo Competition Finalist in Voice (2018); Full Tuition Scholarship and Graduate Assistantship at Baylor University, (2016-2018)
Roles Performed: Mimí (La bohème), Mrs. Schrodinger (Quantum Mechanic), Wanda (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein), Mrs. Gleaton (Susannah) Awards: Beaulieu Competition Winner (2018- 2019); Concerto Aria Competition Finalist (2011-2012) Previous Experience: Florida State Opera, New Orleans Opera, Loyola Opera Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Maria de Waal Putter
Previous Experience: Chicago Summer Opera, Red River Lyric Opera, Baylor Opera Theater, Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin, Stephen F. Austin State University Opera Theatre Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Mu Phi Epsilon, Dorothy Ellis Endowment
ERIN REPPENHAGEN Mezzo-Soprano Tully, NY Education: MM, Manhattan School of Music; BM and Certificate in Performance, Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Studied with Shirley Close, Dawn Pierce, Donald George
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Roles Performed: Mrs. Bass (Emmeline), the Monitor (Suor Angelica), La Madre di Mariuccia (I due timidi), Witch (Hänsel und Gretel), Betty Parris (The Crucible), Jack’s Mother (Into the Woods), Little Buttercup (H.M.S. Pinafore), Fortuna/Mercurio (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Second Lady in MSM’s Outreach Production of The Magic Flute, and Carmen in an Opera Outreach Production of Carmen Previous Experience: Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, Chicago Summer Opera, Manhattan Opera Studio, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, College Light Opera Company Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Colleen and Steve Shogren
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2019 OPERA IN THE OZARKS ARTISTS MARK SEPULVEDA Tenor Los Angeles, CA Education: Performers Certificate, The University Of Missouri Kansas City; BFA, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles. Studied with Vinson Cole, Julian Fielder Roles Performed: Jo the Loiterer (The Mother of Us All), Enoch Snow (Carousel), Alfred cover/Dr. Blind (Die Fledermaus), Hans (The Emperor’s New Clothes), Pastor/Humbert (Blood on the Dining Room Floor), Joseph Novak (Friedl), Lt. Cable (South Pacific), Jean Valjean/ Bishop (Les Miserables), Padre (Man of La Mancha) Awards: John Raitt Award Nominee (2011); Terpsichore Award/ Napa Music Festival (2015); Carol Channing Scholarship (2013-17) Previous Experience: Los Angeles Opera, Opera UCLA, UMKC Opera, AMDA Los Angeles, Napa Music Festival. Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Missouri Federation of Music Clubs
ERIN SHAFRANEK Mezzo-Soprano Houston, TX Education: Pursuing MM, University of Houston; BM, Oklahoma State University. Studied with Cynthia Clayton, Dr. AnnéMarie Condacse, Mary Stucky Roles Performed: Lucy Talbot (Dinner at Eight), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Effie (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Monitor and Abbess (Suor Angelica), Zita (Gianni Schicchi), Chorus (L’enfant et les sortilèges) Awards: Wesley Endowment Scholarship Recipient (2018-19); OSU Music Scholarship Recipient (2014-17); Undergraduate Voice Scholarship Winner, Third Place (2015); Friends of CCM Scholarship Recipient (2013-14) Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Texas Federation of Music Clubs 50 / www.opera.org
JEREMY SIVITZ Tenor Anchorage, AK Education: BM, Westminster Choir College. Studied with Robin Leigh Massie, Nancy Caudill Roles Performed: Francis Flute (Midsummer Night’s Dream), El Dancaïro (Carmen), Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte), Frank (Die Fledermaus), Dr. Blind (Die Fledermaus), Ali (Zémire et Azor) Previous Experience: Westminster Opera Theatre, Anchorage Opera, Princeton Opera Company, Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, Respiro Opera, Westminster Symphonic Choir Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Texas Federation of Music Clubs in Honor of Jean Moffat, Texas Federation of Music Clubs in Honor of Lois Armor
ZOË SPANGLER Soprano Salem, OR Education: Pursuing MM, University of Denver, Lamont School of Music; BM, Loyola University New Orleans. Studied with Betsy Uschkrat, Hannah Penn, Sara Bardill Roles Performed: Madame Silberklang (Der Schauspieldirektor), Young Lover (Il tabarro), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Beth (Little Women) Awards: Third Place Winner (IPAI Aria Competition); Opera Fellowship (IPAI) Previous Experience: Loyola Opera Theatre, International Performing Arts Institute (Germany), Lamont Opera Theatre Sponsor/Scholarship/Benefactor: Pam Jones Endowment, Richard Arthur Drapeau
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JIN YU
Bass-Baritone Lawrence, KS
Baritone Harbin, China
Education: Pursuing PhD, University of Kansas; MM, West Virginia University, BM, Maryville College. Studied with Dr. John Stephens, Gina Galati, Dr. William Koehler
Education: DMA, University of Oklahoma; MM, Oklahoma City University; BM, Shenyang Conservatory of Music. Studied with Mark McCrory, Brian Banion, William Christensen, Frank Ragsdale, Haijing Fu
Roles Performed: Peter Quince (Midsummer Night’s Dream), Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Horace (Regina), Pangloss (Candide), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Montano (Otello), Hanezo (L’amico Fritz), the Old Man (The Wise Women), Dater #22 (Speed Dating Tonight), Zuniga (Carmen), the Judge (Trial by Jury) Previous Experience: KU Opera Theater, Winter Opera Saint Louis Resident Artist, Union Avenue Opera, West Virginia University Opera Theater, Knox Opera Chorus Sponsor/Scholarship/Benefactor: Kansas Federation of Music Clubs, Gary and Ann Marie Ardes
YASMINE SWANSON Soprano Cranbury, NJ Education: MM, Westminster Choir College; BA, Tufts University. Studied with Nova Thomas, Carol Mastrodomenico, Sylvia Koncza, Danielle Sinclair
Roles Performed: Escamillo (La Tragédie de Carmen), Bertarido and Garibaldo (Rodelinda), Bluebeard (Bluebeard’s Castle), Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Peter (Hänsel und Gretel), Sciarrone (Tosca), Escamillo & Zuniga (Carmen), Ling (Anything Goes), Priest 1 and Armored Man 2 (Die Zauberflöte), Rambaldo (La Rondine), Gianni Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi), Germont (La traviata), Sparafucile (Rigoletto) Awards: First Prize in the New Contest Vocal Competition in China; First Prize in Opera & Vocal, National Art Colleges Previous Experience: Carnegie Hall, National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), Civic Center Music Hall, Xinghai Music Hall (China), Marc Scorca Hall at National Opera Center, The Great Lakes Performing Arts Center, Freede Little Theatre, OU Reynolds Performing Arts Center, OCU Kirkpatrick Auditorium Sponsor/Scholarship Benefactor: Rowland Davis Endowment, Richard Hill Endowment
Roles Performed: Sœur Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), Papagena/Second Spirit (Die Zauberflöte), Helen (Three Sisters who are not Sisters), Blue Hose (The Knave of Hearts), Catherine (The Lantern Marriage) Awards: 2018 National Semifinalist NATS Competition Advanced College Women Category; 2017 Fifth Place Westminster Choir College Voice Scholarship Competition First Year Graduate Division; 2015 First Prize from Tufts University Tishler Competition for Music Performance Previous Experience: Westminster Opera Theatre, CoOPERAtive Program, Le Chiavi di Bel Canto, Tufts Opera Ensemble, Lotte Lehmann Woche, Oberlin in Italy Sponsor/Scholarship/Benefactor: Luke and Janet Parsch
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2019 OPERA IN THE OZARKS ORCHESTRA DR. IMMANUEL T. ABRAHAM
HANNAH CARTWRIGHT
DAVID BEYTAS
PIN-WEN CHEN
Assistant Concertmaster Immanuel Abraham is a concert violinist and composer from Chicago. He has performed in seven countries and been featured by PBS, The Detroit News, BuzzFeed, Blue Lake Public Radio, Stamp.fm Music Awards, the Arizona Daily Star front page, and many other outlets. He has earned numerous awards in performance and composition, and is the author of “J.S. Bach’s Chaconne: The Compositional Approach.” He is currently an ambassador of Southwest Strings, founder of The Violin Guild, and a guest artist at institutions around the country.
Principal Viola David Beytas is based in the greater Chicago area. He recently completed the first year of his master’s degree studies at DePaul University where he is a full-scholarship student of Wei-Ting Kuo. His past teachers include Roland Vamos and Lembi Veskimets. Beytas maintains an active teaching and freelance career and currently teaches at MUSIC Inc Chicago. He has played with orchestras, string quartets, and contemporary music ensembles all around Chicago, the greater Midwest and internationally. When he is not performing or teaching, he enjoys composing music, as well as biking, long distance running and baking.
Principal Second Violin A native of Wichita, KS, Hannah Cartwright began studying violin at age 3. In 2017, she completed her Masters of Music at DePaul University where she studied with Janet Sung. She has a Bachelor’s of Music from New York University where she studied with Gregory Fulkerson. This fall, Cartwright will begin her third year with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She has attended Bowdoin Music Festival, Round Top Festival, The Castleman Quartet Program, Eastern Music Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra.
Section Violin Pin-Wen Chen currently plays in the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Amarillo Symphony and Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Born in Taiwan, Tainan, she began studying violin at the age of 8. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Degree at the National Kaohsiung Normal University, and a MM at the University of Oklahoma. Her teachers have included Dr. Gregory Lee, Dr. Meng-Ping Wu, Jing-Ying Chen, Jhao-Ying Wong and DeFong Chen.
JASON CHILSON
Section Violin A St. Louis native, Fiona Brickey received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she studied with John McGrosso and members of the Arianna String Quartet. She holds both her master’s degree and Performer’s Certificate from Northern Illinois University, where she studied with Mathias Tacke. This is her first season playing at Opera in the Ozarks.
Second Horn Born and raised in Idaho, Jason Chilson began playing the horn when he was 13. He received his bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Idaho, and his master’s degree from Indiana University. He has performed with several professional organizations, including The Quad City Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, and the Boise Philharmonic. Currently, he is pursuing a doctorate in Horn Performance at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
DALLAS CARPENTER
KATHLEEN CRABTREE
FIONA BRICKEY
Principal Bass Dallas Carpenter, from Tucson, AZ, made his career debut in 2010 as a bassist with the Tucson Pops Orchestra. He performed Domenico Dragonetti’s Concerto for Double Bass. That same year he also competed in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s high school solo competition, in which he received first prize for his performance of Carl Ditters Von Dittersdorf’s Concerto No. 1. Most recently, Carpenter has earned a BA in String Bass Performance from the University of Arizona. He has completed one year of graduate school at the University of Arizona and is moving to Ohio State University.
Assistant Principal Viola Based in Denton, TX, violist Kathleen Crabtree is pursuing a DMA at the University of North Texas. She previously attended the Cleveland Institute of Music (MM) and Eastman School of Music (BM). At Eastman, she won the concerto competition and a subsequent solo performance at the International Viola Congress. Previous summers were spent at Meadowmount, the Quartet Program, Chautauqua and Colorado College. A fan of pop music, she recently performed with Josh Groban, Lindsay Stirling and Michael Bublé.
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2019 OPERA IN THE OZARKS ORCHESTRA YVONNE CREANGA
Section Violin Romanian-born violin/violist Yvonne Creanga enjoys a varied career as a chamber musician, orchestral player and teacher. She has performed at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Charleston, SC, and Spoleto, Italy, the Settimane Musicale Senese, Siena, Italy, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Her ensembles have won prizes at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, the Accademia Chigiana, the Conservatoire Américain and in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Throughout her career Yvonne has been a member of many orchestras, and is currently a member of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
RYAN DONOHUE
Principal Cello Ryan Donohue is a rising American cellist who is currently serving as the 14th fellow of the prestigious Montgomery Symphony Cello Fellowship. Donohue received his bachelor’s degree in Cello Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where he studied with Alan Rafferty. He has performed across the United States, Japan and Europe in orchestral, solo, and chamber music settings in renowned music festivals, such as the Pacific Music Festival, Kent/Blossom Music Festival — a partnership with the Cleveland Orchestra — and Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival. Donohue has played with the Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony since early 2017.
STEPHANIE GINNINGS
Principal Horn Originally from Texas, Stephanie Ginnings is a freelance musician based in Los Angeles. She received her BM from the University of Texas-Austin, her MM from the University of Southern California, and is currently pursuing a DMA in Horn Performance at USC. She was appointed Adjunct Horn Professor at Concordia University, Irvine, in August 2018. She is passionate about education and works with middle school students in a college readiness program. This is her third summer at Opera in the Ozarks.
TIMOTHY HANLEY
Assistant Principal Clarinet Timothy Hanley is a clarinetist and music educator from Houston, TX. Some highlights of his performing career include touring a wind quintet across Italy and performing with the PRISMA festival orchestra in summer 2018. He is also a founding artist for The Acoustic Frontier – a new music initiative started in 2018. Timothy holds a BM from the University of Houston, and is pursuing a MM at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee studying with Michael Norsworthy.
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HUGH HARBISON
Principal Trombone Born in Shanghai, China, Hugh Harbison lives in Lighthouse Point, FL. He holds a BM from Eastman School as well as an MM and a DMA from the Frost School of Music, where he also was a member of the artist faculty. He was bass trombonist of the Miami Philharmonic for 34 years, which was later renamed Florida Philharmonic. Hundreds of performances, including opera, ballet, pops, early music, chamber brass and Broadway show tour ensembles, augment his career. He keeps a busy schedule with the Miami Ballet, Palm Beach Opera, and Symphony of the Americas. This is his tenth year performing with Opera in the Ozarks.
PHILIP HILL
Principal Bassoon Philip Hill is Principal Bassoon of the Midland-Odessa Symphony and bassoonist with West Texas Winds. He holds degrees from East Carolina University and the University of Arizona, and his teachers include Chris Ulffers and William Dietz. Hill has also been a member of the Bay View Chamber Music Festival and Prague Summer Nights Festival. He has performed with the North Carolina Symphony and was recently an artist resident at the University of Idaho. He resides in Midland, TX, where he is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and maintains a large bassoon studio.
ASHLEY HUNTER
Second Flute Flutist Ashley Hunter is enjoying her fourth season with Opera in the Ozarks. She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from Manhattan School of Music and MM from Northwestern University. Her teachers include John Thorne, Michael Parloff and Stephanie Mortimore. She has performed with orchestras including the Houston Symphony as a soloist, and has been a prize winner in various solo and chamber competitions. Past summer engagements include Siena Music Festival in Italy, Orford and Domaine Forget.
LISA MEYERHOFER
Principal Flute Lisa Meyerhofer is a freelancer and flute instructor from Lancaster, NY. She received a BM from Ithaca College and a MM from Northwestern University. She has performed with the Lexington Philharmonic and Canton Symphony, competed in the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, and won Fourth Prize in the Chicago Flute Club’s 2017 Kujala International Piccolo Competition. She changes things up by tutoring high school math and science. Meyerhofer is happy to mark this as her sixth season at Opera in the Ozarks.
MICHAEL MOORE
Section Viola Michael Moore, a native of Tulsa, OK, is currently a private instructor and freelance violist in the Dallas/Fort Worth area along with his wife, Kathleen Crabtree. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University (BM) and a master’s in Viola Performance from the University of North Texas (MM), he has performed with many symphonies including the Tulsa Symphony and Fort Smith Symphony, and has been the Principal Violist for the Sherman Symphony Orchestra.
RACHEL PETERS
Concertmaster Rachel Peters currently resides in Chicago, IL, as a section violin in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She has performed solo and orchestral concerts across the United States, Cambridge, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. She frequently performs with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, The Northbrook Symphony, and the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra. She is also an active instructor and teaches violin, viola, and piano privately. She has obtained degrees from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (BM) and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music (MM).
MICHAEL PRATT
Principal Percussion / Timpani Michael Timothy Pratt, of Tucson, AZ, is a DMA candidate at the University of Arizona. This is his first season with Opera in the Ozarks. Pratt has performed with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, the San Juan Symphony, Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Southwest Civic Winds. As a soloist, he has performed with the Fort Lewis Wind Ensemble, Arizona Symphony Orchestra, and Northern Arizona University percussion ensemble.
ALBERTO RACANATI
Co-Principal Trumpet Originally from Bari, Italy, Alberto Racanati is a DMA candidate at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Besides his activity as a private teacher and a clinician, Racanati is the first trumpet for the Northland Symphony Orchestra and a freelance player in the Kansas City area. In 2016, he was the national finalist for the young artist division in the MTNA competition. Before UMKC he studied at the Conservatorio di Musica “N. Piccinni,” the Akademia Muzyczna w Gdansku “S. Moniuszko” and Western Illinois University.
DR. CHRISTINE SALLAS
Oboe and English Horn Currently based in the Denver and Boulder metro areas of Colorado, oboist Christine Sallas performs on English horn and oboe with the Omaha Symphony in Nebraska, and serves as Adjunct Professor of Oboe at Colorado Christian University. An active performer and teacher, Sallas was awarded a DMA in Oboe Performance from the University of Kentucky in August of 2017, and served on the faculty there from August of 2017 until May 2018. She has also performed with the Bluegrass Opera Company and the Lexington Chamber Singers in Kentucky, and currently serves as Principal Oboe with the Lexington Chamber Orchestra. She holds a master’s degree from The Boston Conservatory in Massachusetts, and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Georgia. This is her fourth season with Opera in the Ozarks.
ORLANDO SCALIA
Principal Clarinet A native of Argentina, Orlando Scalia is an active performer based in Miami, FL. He holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Miami. Scalia serves as Bass Clarinetist with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, and has recently been heard with the Wichita Symphony, Greenville Symphony and throughout South Florida. When not musically engaged, he enjoys epicurean pursuits, collecting vinyl and pogonotrophy. He gleefully returns to Inspiration Point for his seventh year as Principal Clarinetist.
CHASE TEAGUE
Principal Trumpet Chase Teague, from Frisco, TX, has earned his Bachelor’s of Music Education Degree from Texas Christian University and his Master of Music Degree and Graduate Performance Certificate from the University of Arkansas. While studying at the U of A, he won two scholarships from the ITG Scholarship Competitions. Teague has had the pleasure of performing with the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith Symphony, Opera of the Ozarks, Ozark Family Opera Company and the Arkansas Brassworks. This will be his third summer at Opera in the Ozarks.
CHARLOTTE ULLMAN
Section Cello Based in New York, Charlotte Ullman is pursuing an advanced certificate in Cello Performance at Bard College Conservatory, where she performs with the Bard Conservatory Orchestra and The Orchestra Now. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and a MM from Southern Methodist University. Ullman has appeared in summer festivals including Texas Music Festival, Wintergreen Summer Music Academy, and Meadowmount School of Music. 2019 Season Program / Opera in the Ozarks / 57
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($5,000 – $9,999) Gary & Ann-Marie Ardes Arkansas Community Foundation Lois Armor Marilyn Caldwell Charles Christmann Emil Cross, Jr. John & Lois* Drum Ellen Thomas Trust June & Gilbert Fite Dr. Jess Green Ben & Rebecca Bird Haley Ed & Catherine Henson Mrs. Robert Ingram Wilmot Irish Hattie Janek Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Peggy Jones Beulah Hale McHaney* Frank* and Lee Clements Meyer Ruth Michaels Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs William & Etta Moore Trust Morning Etude Music Club, St. Louis, MO National Endowment for the Arts Elizabeth Paris Luke & Janet Parsch Marie Scheel* Mary J. Shambarger Gloria Thrasher* Leo* and Doris Whinery
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Baker, Oteeka Betts, Jane Brown, Carol A. Culp, Joe & Nancy Gorrell, LeRoy & Sally Hayward, Jacob & Michelle Hearn, Danna Hearn, Ronn Heintz, Jonathan & Connie Helwig, James A. & Patricia Johnson, Bill and Joan Jones, Marquis and Diane Lawhon, Lynn Lieber, Michael & Eileen Lynde Jr., Lowell F. Marx, Patricia Olson, Fred & Maxine Reeve, John H. & Eva M. Rosenbaum, Martha Simpson, Ed & Judy Werbitzky, Nancy Williams, Kathy Zientek, Carol
KANSAS
ARIZONA
Miller, Mark
Beller, Thomas & Darlene Haflich, Anne Kansas FMC Maechtlen, Melba
FLORIDA
MISSOURI
Turner, Ralph V. Ullrich, Roy & Jackie
MISSOURI
Craig, Connie Dagenais, Don F. Federated Teachers of Music Long, Lorraine Missouri FMC O’Neal, Thomas & Gretchen Orr, Alan Stuart, Linda M. Sutton, Randy
OKLAHOMA
Myers, Stacey Ryals, Kent Wager, M R
TEXAS
Chamness, Sandra Dyar, Ruth M. Etude Music Club
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Bishoff, Julie & Murray Kansas City Music Club Kinslow, Doug & Donna Morning Etude Music Club Simmons, Jerry & Nancy Springfield Music Club Szydlowski, Marianne Vitt, Chris Watson, Julie Wednesday Music Club Zey, Robert & Janet
OHIO
Pilcher, George R.
OKLAHOMA
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TEXAS
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FLORIDA
Luehrs, Dick & Susan Watson, Suzette
KANSAS
Arkansas City Music and Dramatic Atwood Music and Drama Club Brill, Elizabeth Civic Music Club of Topeka Edwards, Tim O. & Marthetta M. Goodland Federated Music Club Independence Monday Music Club Lawrence Music Club
2019 ANNUAL FUND & BUILDING CAMPAIGN Matinee Musical Music Study Club of Topeka Roach, Ellen L. Thomas, Sherry Treble Clef Club, Newton Treble Clef Club, Pittsburg Whitmer, Kathleen
Patrons – $10,000 and Above
LOUISANA
Founders – $5,000 to $9,999
Haley, Ben & Rebecca Bird
MISSOURI
Capital City Music Club Carlisle, Barbara Carthage Musical Devotees Classical Kids Music Club Evening Etude Music Club Interstate Virtuosos Music Club Jones, Marcia Melody Makers Minden, Elaine Perry Musique Club Rubinstein Music Club Thomas, Andrew Walden, Al & Patsy K. Watson, Betty
NORTH CAROLINA
Raley, Megan Reissner, Zollene
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota FMC
OKLAHOMA
Hyechka Music Club Ponca City Music Club Schubert Music Club
TEXAS
Allen, Dorene Babb, Virginia Bennett, Ronald Bridges, Mary Ann Collier, Mary H. Fort Worth Euterpean Music Club Gessner, Carol Jean Griesbach, Annette Herring, Nancy Hoffman, Susan B. Hudson, Judy Hudson, L.A. & Dorothy McNew, Tom Midland Musicians Club New Braunfels Music Study Randall, Connie Retzlaff, Patricia Rex, Lloyd Reynolds, Glenda Rinn, Donnie Robertson, James Ross, Mary Frances Texas FMC
Friends – $50 to $149
Glenn and Lorie Bear Alice E. Conway Carolann Martin Maria Putter
Nita Herrick Colpits in Memory of Maurice Colpits Don F. Dagenais Carole and Duane Langley Alice M. Martinson, M.D.
Composers – $2,500 to $4,999 Richard A. Drapeau Linda and Gene Vollen
Fellows – $1,000 to $2,499
Ann Lacy Foundation, Oklahoma Lois Armor Tim Danielson Edwin and Catherine Henson Gloria Matyszyk and J. Richard Caldwell Luke and Janet Parsch John and Jacqueline Schmidt
Soloists – $500 to $999
Marilyn Caldwell Ben and Rebecca Bird Haley Melba Maechtlen Tom and Lynn McNew Lee Clements Meyer Morning Etude Music Club, St. Louis Joan B. Wells
Performers – $150 to $499 Louis and Ann Averitt Sue M. Breuer Bennie and Linda Clark Larry and Connie Craig Etude Music Club, San Antonio Rita Garcia DT and Shannon Hayes Charles & Marilyn Janzen Peggy C. Jones William Pendergrass Barbara Rondelli Perry Mary Shambarger Ralph V. Turner Leon and Lavonna Whitesell Lisa Whitesell Bill Yick
Diane Allen James and Camille Anderson Arkansas City Music and Dramatic, Kansas Oteeka Baker Thomas and Darlene Beller Jane Betts Arlene and Jerry Biebesheimer Anita Blackmon Bob and Patsy Boynton Carol A. Brown Anita Buswell Barbara Carlisle Carthage Music Club, Texas Mary M. Chase Carolyn Copeland Mary Dolce Rich Dunham Tom and Dana Dykman Ron Eby LeRoy and Sally Gorrell David and Connie Heintz L. A. and Dorothy Hudson Charles and Sue Kimberlin Cynthia Kresse Michael and Eileen Lieber Margit Loser in honor of Alice Martinson Dick and Susan Luehrs Lowell F. Lynde, Jr Lawhon Lynn Mary Lou Martin Stacey Myers Sara A. North Tom and Gretchen O’Neal Alan Orr George R. Pilcher Stephen and Heather Robideaux Elise Roenigk Judy Rownak Pamela Schmitt Bob and Kay Sherrill St. Cecilia Federated Music Club, Oklahoma Darryl Strouse Roy and Jackie Ulrich M. R. Wager Brooke and Linda West Kathleen Whitmer
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2019 Corporate & Foundation Contributors Arkansas Arts Council Arkansas Community Foundation
CARROLL COUNTY
Arkansas Community Foundation, Ron and Ruth Morrison Endowment Arkansas Community Foundation (YAC)
Kansas Federation of Music Clubs
Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs
Duane and Carole Langley Endowment
Benevity Foundation (Matching)
Carolann Martin Endowment
Helen S. Boylan Foundation
Alpha Corrine Mayfield Endowment
Bob Campbell Endowment
Missouri Federation of Music Clubs
Kenneth and Maxine Burkhard Endowment
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Mary Anna Chop Trust
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Francis Christmann Endowment
National Federation of Music Clubs
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Maria de Waal Putter Endowment
Tim Danielson Endowment
Aleeta Mae Riney Endowment
Rowland Davis Endowment
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South Central Region Endowment
Dorothy L. Ellis Endowment
James and Janice Swiggart Endowment
ExxonMobil Foundation (Matching)
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
Golden Lyre Foundation
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Marvin and Lois Hall Endowment
Beulah Walwark-Frances Bloss Endowment
Richard Hill Endowment
Walton Family Foundation
Adah Hesselgrave Endowment
Elsie Wright Endowment
Pamela Jones Endowment
Bill Yick Endowment
2019 Giving Tuesday & NWA Gives Contributors Founders ($5,000 to $9,999) Alice Martinson
Fellows – $1,000 to $2,499 Ann Lacy Foundation Ann-Marie Ardes Janet Burgess Elizabeth Harrison Polk Stanley Wilcox Maria de Waal Putter
Soloists – $500 to $999 Earl Babbie Rebecca Bird Haley Jean Moffatt
Performers – $150 to $499
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Herta Gemaehlich Duane and Carole Langley Lynn and Timothy McNew Mark Miller Trisha Moore Morning Etude Music Club, St. Louis Alan Orr Barbara Perry Patricia Reece John Schmidt Joan Wells
Friends – $50 to $149 Jane Betts Martha Boden Sue Breuer Sherry Bryan Carolyn Copeland Deborah Doerr Marcia Edwards J. Mark Flippin
R. Gahbauer Carol Gessner Ronn and Danna Hearn Mary Heib Pamela Jones Kenneth Leonard Joan Lipsmeyer Alastair Longley-Cook Christine Mayo Mary Cox McKay Thomas W O’Neal Betty L. Pierce Carolyn S. Reid Sheila Rice Judy Rownak John Schmidt John Seeligson James and Janice Swiggart Chrstine Vitt Gene and Linda Vollen Lisa Whitesell Patricia Wiken
OPERA IN THE OZARKS REPERTOIRE (1950-2019) Opera
Composer
Opera
Little Women
Adamo, Mark
Postcard from Morocco
Argento, Dominick
A Hand of Bridge
Barber, Samuel
The Old Man Who Loved Cheese
Barnes, Edward
Carmen
Bizet, Georges
The Abduction from the Seraglio Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Bastien and Bastienne Così fan tutte Don Giovanni The Impresario The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di figaro) The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
Composer
Albert Herring A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Turn of the Screw
Britten, Benjamin
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Nicolai, Otto Offenbach, Jacques
Pickwick
Burnand and Solomon
Shanewis The Willow Tree A Witch of Salem
Cadman, Charles Wakefield
Marriage by Lantern Light Orpheus in the Underworld La Périchole The Tales of Hoffmann Signor Deluso
Pasatieri, Thomas
Pinocchio, The Opera Jack and the Beanstalk
Davies, John
The Village Singer
Paulus, Stephen Pergolesi, Giovanni
The Prodigal Son
Debussy, Claude
The Music Master La serva padrona
Lakmé
Delibes, Léo
The Game of Love
Petit, Pierre
Laundry Romance
Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Poulenc, Francis
Don Pasquale L’elisir d’amore Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti, Gaetano
Captain Lovelock
Duke, John
Martha
Flotow, Frederich von
Bluebeard Susannah
Floyd, Carlisle
The Gondoliers The Mikado The Pirates of Penzance Trial by Jury
Gilbert and Sullivan
Faust The Frantic Physician
Gounod, Charles
Robin and Marion
de la Halle, Adam
Sunday Costs 5 Pesos
Haubiel, Charles
The Proposal
La bohème Puccini, Giacomo Gianni Schicchi Madama Butterfly Suor Angelica Il Tabarro Tosca Dido and Aeneas
Purcell, Henry
The House of the Sun (Auringon talo) Rautavaara, Einojuhani Cindy
Reiners, Anne
Il barbiere di Siviglia La Cenerentola
Rossini, Gioacchino
The Bartered Bride
Smetana, Bedrich
The Gooseherd and the Goblin
Smith, Julia
Into the Woods A Little Night Music
Sondheim, Stephen
Humel, Gerald
Die Fledermaus The Gypsy Baron
Strauss, Johann, Jr.
Hansel and Gretel
Humperdinck, Engelbert
Ariadne auf Naxos
Strauss, Richard
Smoky Mountain
Hunkins, Eusebia
Von Suppé, Franz von
Green Eggs and Ham
Kapilow, Robert
The Beautiful Galathea Ten Girls and No Man
Draagenfut Girl
Kupferman, Meyer
Mignon
Thomas, Ambroise
Pagliacci
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Solomon and Balkis
Thompson, Randall
The Merry Widow
Lehár, Franz
What Men Live By
Martinü, Bohuslav
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mascagni, Pietro
Don Quichotte The Juggler of Notre Dame Cinderella Manon Werther
Massenet, Jules
Miracles of Our Lady Van Grove, Isaac Noe’s Fludde The Other Wise Man The Prodigal – His Wandering Years Ruth The Shining Chalice
Amahl and the Night Visitors The Medium The Old Maid and the Thief The Telephone
Menotti, Gian Carlo
The Ballad of Baby Doe The Face on the Barroom Floor
Riders to the Sea
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Falstaff Un ballo in maschera Rigoletto La traviata
Verdi, Giuseppe
The Crucible
Ward, Robert
Douglas Moore
Down in the Valley Street Scene
Weill, Kurt
Mollicone, Henry
Sunday Excursion
Wilder, Alec
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McNeal Chiropractic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Alice Martinson, MD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Missouri Federation of Music Clubs . . . . . . . . . 44
Andante Music Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mud Street Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Aquarius Taqueria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Nelson Funeral Home / Thinking of You . . . . . . 58
Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs . . . . . . . . . 28
Nelsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Bare & Swett Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . . . . . . 53
Beaver Lake Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Northwest Arkansas Tourism Association . . . . . . 7
Ben E. Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs . . . . . . . . 24
Best Western Inn of the Ozarks . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ozark Fried Chicken & Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Blue Spring Heritage Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ozark Mountain Ziplines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Brashears Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Peachtree Village at Holiday Island . . . . . . . . 49
Brews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rockin’ Pig Saloon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Butterfield Trail Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Scarlett’s Lingerie & Curiosities . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Carroll County Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) . . . . . 16
Carroll Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sparky’s Roadhouse Café . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Coldwell Banker K-C Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
St. Francis Veterintary Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cornerstone Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
State Farm Insurance Jo Ann Clark . . . . . . . . . 67
David Ward, Stage Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sweet ‘n Savory Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DeVito’s of Eureka Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Teigen Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Equity Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Texas Federation of Music Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Ermilio’s Italian Home Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Great Passion Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Eureka Clothing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Thurman & Flanagin Attorneys at Law . . . . . . . 45
Eureka Daily Roast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Treehouse Gift Shop & Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EureKan Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge . . . . . . . . . . 67
Eureka Springs Opera Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Windle & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Eureka Springs School of the Arts . . . . . . . . . . 54
Wonderland Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Vantage Point Communications . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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