Britten’s operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre present
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM opera in three acts by
BENJAMIN BRITTEN libretto by
PETER PEARS AND THE COMPOSER adapted from the play by William Shakespeare
William Lumpkin, Conductor Tara Faircloth, Stage Director Ghazal Hassani, Scenic Design Chelsea Kerl, Costume Design Kelly Martin, Lighting Design Brittney Page, Stage Manager John Kontogiannis, Production Manager Allison Voth, Principal Coach & Chorus Master Matthew Larson, Repetiteur & Coach Jeffrey Stevens, Associate Coach Melinda Sullivan, Movement Coach Oshin Gregorian, Producer There will be two 15-minute intermissions.
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CAST Oberon.........................................................................*Bryan Pollock, +Wee-Kiat Chia Tytania............................................................................ *Ruby White, +Maya Kherani Cover: Regina Morgan Puck...........................................................................................................Elizabeth Valenti Cobweb.......................................................................................................Erika Anderson Mustardseed.................................................................................................Denise Ward Moth.................................................................................................................Marissa Plati Peaseblossom.....................................................................Alexandra Selawsky-Group Lysander...........................................................*John David Nevergall, +Jesse Darden Demetrius....................................................*Benjamin C. Taylor, +John Allen Nelson Hermia..................................................................*Emily Spencer, +Alexandra Rodrick Helena..........................................................................*Helen Hassinger, +Tara Deieso Theseus.................................................................................................................Isaac Kim Hippolyta...........................................................................................*Kylee Slee, +Te Hu Bottom...........................................................*Erik Van Heyningen, +Joseph Hubbard Quince.............................................................................................JorgeandrĂŠs Camargo Cover: Eric Ritter Flute ................................................................................................................Joshuah Rotz Snug ..................................................................................*Franklin Mosley, +Eric Ritter Snout ..............................................................................*Timothy Gorka, +Tom Petrino Starveling ..............................................................*Mitch FitzDaniel, +Darrick Speller
* denotes Thursday/Saturday performance + denotes Friday/Sunday performance
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CHILDREN’S CHORUS Grace Baas Sabrina Bergin Mira Donahue Jade Blais-Ellis Veronika Kirsanova Chloe Locke
Margaret Pirozzolo Ella Sakura Rosenthal Louisa Rossano Agnes Shales Rayee Wang Lilly Waters
Appearing by special arrangement with VOICES BOSTON. Steven Lipsitt, Artistic Director | Kathryn DiMara, Executive Director BOSTON UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA William Lumpkin, Conductor
Violin I Grace Kwon Eunji Park JannyJoo Daniele Wilson Violin II Peige Li Subaiou Zhang Viola Mu-Tao Chang Yizi Chen
Flute/Piccolo Yoonjung Huh Melissa Cheng Oboe/E.H. Jared Chapman Clarinet Tanya Mewongukote Katharine Hurd Bassoon Daniel Snedeker
Cello Joohyeok Lee Benjamin Adams
Horn Yuan Tian Nathaniel Klause
Bass Christian Gray Russell Thompson
Trumpet Jingyuan Wang
Timpani Mattijs van Maaren Percussion Chang Chun Tsai Celeste/Harpsichord Hyeri Choi Harp Szu Ning Tai Maria Ren Assistant Conductor & Personnel Manager Matthew Scinto
Trombone Michael Tybursky
TIME & SETTING Scene: Athens. On the night of the Duke’s wedding, four misguided lovers are lost in a magical wood. Along with a ragtag band of working men who are secretly rehearsing a play, they find themselves square in the middle of a fairy war.
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DESIGN & PRODUCTION TEAMS Supertitles: Allison Voth Recorder Coach: Sarah Lennertz Assistant Production Manager: Marisa Brink Assistant Stage Manager: LucĂa Ruppert Production Assistant: Taire McCobb House Manager: *Brian Dudley, *Daniel Morris Assistant Scenic Designer: Andrew Kolifrath, Mary Sader Technical Director: *Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director: *Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director: Ben Frechette, *Dan Olesky Shop Foreman: *Todd Burgun Scenery Mechanic: *Jesse Washburn Master Carpenter: Larry Dersch Carpenters: *Andrew Cancellieri, *Milosz Gassan, *Nick Hernon, *Christian Lambrecht Stage Carpenter: *Chris Largent Run Crew: Kate Buttitta, Hannah Beebe, Aida Neitenbach, Jasmine Brooks, Oreine Robinson, Ryan Huemmer, Jules Tanner, Jack Lavey Assistant Costume Designer: Brittany Meehan Costume Director: *Nancy Hamann Assistant Costume Director: *Virginia V. Emerson Costume Design Assistant: *Mary Lauve Head Draper: *Anita Canzian Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer: *Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs Draper: *Caitlin Menotti First Hand: *Rebecca Hylton Wardrobe Coordinator: *Christine Marr Wig & Make-up Design: Rachel Padula Shufelt Wig & Make-up Run: Emily Damron, Theona White Wardrobe Crew: Rosalind Bevan, Michelle Moriarty, Amanda Figueroa, Benjamin Swimmer, Christian Scales Assistant Lighting Designer: *Shannon Clarke Master Electrician: *Katherine Herzig Assistant Master Electrician: Evey Connerty-Marin, *Alisa Hartle Electrics Assistant: *Kevin Zabrecky Light Board Operator: Emma Cooney Follow Spot Operators: Jeremy Oshins, Anna Bortnick, Thomas Mitsock Properties Master: *Kristine Holmes Assistant Properties Master: *Justin Seward Properties Artisan: *Ian Thorsell Properties Run: *Andrew Deshazo Charge Scenic Artist: *Kristin Krause Lead Scenic Artist: *Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist: *Liv Joyce Sound Supervisor: Ben Emerson Sound Engineer: *J Jumbelic Sound Board Operator: Kyle Chua Sound Assistant: *Chris Talbot * Denotes Huntington Theatre Company personnel 4
REPERTOIRE NOTE In August 1959, Britten decided to compose a full-evening opera for the reopening of the refurbished Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh in June 1960. As this left no time for a libretto to be prepared anew, he chose to adapt with Peter Pears Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, though as he admitted at the time, he had always admired the original play and was excited by the various levels of action between the different groups of characters. As with The Turn of the Screw, these groups are characterised by strongly differentiated colours: the bright, percussive sounds of harps, keyboards, and percussion for the fairy world, warm strings and wind for the the pairs of lovers, and lower woodwind and brass for the mechanicals. The opera is completely faithful to the spirit of the original and must be counted as one of the most successful operatic adaptations of a Shakespeare play. It is possibly the most beguiling and enchanting of all Britten’s operas, a work with a spellbinding atmosphere that inhabits a truly unique dreamlike world. —Reproduced by kind permission of the Britten-Pears Library. STAGE DIRECTOR’S NOTE “The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact.” Like all good comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is full of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and not a few trouble-makers. We are warned very early on that “the course of true love never did run smooth.” In his magical score, Britten explores the many aspects of romantic love (both human and fairy!) and how its pursuit makes fools of us all. More than almost any other opera, the piece offers a study in contrasts: fairy/human, royal/peasant, castle/woods, color/monochrome, stillness/flow, real/unreal, known/unknown. Our production seeks to highlight these contrasts, transporting the humans from a recognizable, traditional space into a world that is stripped of familiar color and shape; a slightly dangerous place that is created from the stuff of dreams. In this case, quite literally: the woods spring up when a group of fairies discovers the private journal of soon-to-be-wed Duke Theseus. Our players learn that when they choose to discard the familiar and travel into the unknown, they are changed. No matter who they are when they go into the woods, they lose a bit of innocence on the way. They begin to learn who they are, and have the chance to make wiser choices because of it. Which is not to say, of course, that success in love is a product of wisdom! As the Bard himself notes: “...To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.” Royal or peasant, fairy or human, all are caught up in this topsy-turvy night, and ultimately find peace and reconciliation. —Tara Faircloth
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April 26, 8:00pm Symphony Hall
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April 13 – May 8, 2016 Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge
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A MID SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by William Shakespeare | Directed by Adam Sanders Featuring the CSC2 cast of early-career actors
Friday, May 6 at 8pm & Saturday, May 7 at 3pm Tickets: $20 Babson College’s Sorenson Center for the Arts (Wellesley, MA) Recommended for ages 12 and up
www.commshakes.org
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Jeffrey Stevens In honor of his 19 years of dedication and service to the Opera Institute at Boston University and in recognition of his retirement at the end of this academic year, the faculty and students from the School of Music express their deepest gratitude, respect, and appreciation.
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOGRAPHIES William Lumpkin, Associate Professor of Music, is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Opera Institute at Boston University where he conducts Opera and Chamber Orchestra performances. He has conducted Boston Lyric Opera productions of Cosí fan tutte and Dove’s Flight and conducted the premiere of Flight and Hansel and Gretel with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. In 2002, Lumpkin led performances of Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s New Wave Festival. Mr. Lumpkin was Assistant to the Music Director at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis where he made his company debut conducting performances of La bohème, followed by Magic Flute and Lucia di Lammermoor. He has appeared as guest conductor at Indiana University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other professional credits include Wolf Trap Opera Company, Boston Lyric Opera, Aspen Opera Theatre Center, Chicago Opera Theater, and the Los Angeles Opera. Mr. Lumpkin holds a BM from the Eastman School of Music and a DMA in Collaborative Piano from the University of Southern California. Stage director Tara Faircloth’s work has been seen in opera houses around the nation. Critics hailed her Le nozze di Figaro, claiming, “Faircloth made her Atlanta Opera debut this night with distinction, creating an unstoppable momentum of manipulation and misunderstandings. This production was so fresh that it had the ability to bridge yet another gap, entertaining the amateur and the opera aficionado alike” (Opera News). She has directed two world premieres with the Houston Grand Opera’s East+West series (The Bricklayer and Her Name Means The Sea) and has a thriving career in regional houses such as Wolf Trap Opera, Utah Opera, Arizona Opera, Atlanta Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Opera Colorado (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto, Die Zauberflöte, Hänsel & Gretel, etc.). The baroque repertoire is of special interest to Ms. Faircloth, who made her directorial debut with Ars Lyrica Houston’s production of Cain: Il primo omicidio in 2003, and has since designed and directed a number of shows for the company, including Charpentier’s Actéon and La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers. In the 2015–16 season, Ms. Faircloth is at the helm of several new productions: Madama Butterfly with Wolf Trap Opera, L’enfant et les sortileges with Utah Opera & Symphony, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Boston University, and a reconfiguration of her 2014 Wolf Trap Carmen for Arizona Opera. Following last year’s season, which included new productions of Il Ritorno d’Ulisse, Eugene Onegin, and Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ms. Faircloth is clearly in demand as an interpreter both for familiar works and those that are more obscure. Ms. Faircloth has worked extensively on directing staff at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and Central City Opera. She has a private coaching studio in Houston, Texas, and regularly works with the talented singers in the Houston Grand Opera Studio and Rice University. Oshin Gregorian is the Managing Director and Producer for the Boston University Opera Institute. Previous positions include Director of Operations with the ProArte Chamber Orchestra, and General Manager for Collage New Music. Mr. Gregorian holds a BM in Vocal Performance from Boston University, a MM in Vocal Performance from Manhattan School of Music, and is a graduate of the Opera Institute with honors. With the Opera Institute, he has been seen as Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Il Podesta in La finta giardiniera, and Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, among others. He has performed in numerous concerts and oratorio works with ensembles such as the Tanglewood Festival Chorus/Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Newburyport Choral Society, and 9
Boston Youth Symphony, among others. Mr. Gregorian made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2005 under the auspices of Music Armenia. John Kontogiannis is the Production Manager for the Boston University Theatre Complex and Boston Center for American Performance. He received his BFA from Boston University, and previously taught theatre at Ithaca College and worked as a production manager and stagehand on Broadway; favorites include: Hairspray, The Color Purple, Bombay Dreams, 42nd Street, Anna in the Tropics, Enchanted April, and Into The Woods. Matthew Larson received his Doctorate in Collaborative Piano from Arizona State University in 2001 under the tutelage of Eckart Sellheim. An accomplished recitalist, Dr. Larson has played over 700 performances in the US and Europe. He has worked with such varied artists as Metropolitan Opera stars Carol Vaness, Maria Spacagna, Eric Owens, and Lawrence Brownlee; Academy of Ancient Music director Christopher Hogwood; vocal pedagogy pioneer Richard Miller; and the eminent collaborative artist Dalton Baldwin, with whom he was invited to study in New York. Past positions include Assistant Conductor for Boston Lyric Opera; Music Director for the University of Connecticut Opera Program; Staff Pianist for Yale University Opera; Vocal Coach at Brown University; Staff Pianist for The American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria; Music Director of Opera Providence; Vocal Coach at Walnut Hill School for the Arts; Pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Music Director for Cape Cod Opera; and Vocal Coach for Tanglewood Institute’s Young Artist Vocal Program. Currently, Dr. Larson is on Faculty at Boston University; and Minister of Music at First Congregational Church of Milton, Massachusetts. Jeffrey Stevens has been an active vocal coach and accompanist in the Boston area for over 30 years. Twice a recipient of a Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Fellowship in vocal accompanying, Stevens has worked for the Central City Opera Association (Colorado), Wolf Trap Opera Company (Washington, DC), and Boston Lyric Opera. In the field of opera pedagogy he has been a vocal coach for the Opera Department of the Boston Conservatory and New England Conservatory, Associate Music Director of the Boston Conservatory Opera Studio, Director of Opera at the Southeastern Music Center in Columbus, Georgia, and Music Director for the Opera Lab, a critically acclaimed dramatic training program for singing actors in Boston. He has also served as an adjudicator for the MENC Regional Piano Competition, the NATS Song Festival, and for the Peter Elvins Vocal Competition of the Powers Music School. Currently, Stevens is a full-time lecturer at Boston University, where he is Repertory Coach for the Opera Institute and Music Director of Opera Workshop. Melinda Sullivan has been working with singers for more than 25 years. She created a unique training program that incorporates body fundamentals, improvisation, and dance styles to develop grace, balance, and stage presence. Sullivan teaches at the Boston University Opera Institute and New England Conservatory. She is also ballet mistress for the Boston Early Music Festival and resident choreographer/movement coach at Central City Opera, Colorado. Sullivan recently retired from the stage after a 30 year career as a dynamic performer in the modern dance and opera worlds. She also coaches, choreographs, and reconstructs baroque dance and gesture. Recent choreographies include The Magic Flute, Dido and Aeneas, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Ariadne auf Naxos. 10
Allison Voth is an Associate Professor of Music at Boston University and Principal Coach at BU’s Opera Institute. A well-known coach with a specialty in diction, she has worked with such companies and festivals as Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, Chautauqua Opera, Opera North, Opera Unlimited, The Florence Voice Seminar, and the Athens Music Festival. Also a recognized supertitlist, her titles have been used nationwide, including at Washington Opera and the Chicago Symphony, and, internationally, at the Barbican Festival in London. As a specialist in the music of Paul Bowles, in 1992, she produced and performed in a multimedia performance piece entitled Paul Bowles: One Man, Two Voices at Merkin Hall in New York, and in 1995, she premiered a set of piano preludes in the EOS Ensemble’s Bowles Festival. Voth is also the Music Director of the Cantata Singers’ Chamber Series and can be heard on CRI recordings. VOICES BOSTON, formally PALS Children’s Chorus, is a nationally recognized after-school performing arts program based in Brookline. Johanna Hill Simpson founded the program in 1990 for students at W.H. Lincoln to train them in choral singing, dance, and drama. From 1996–2003, Hill Simpson continued to guide the ensemble, building relationships with leading arts organizations including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, and Boston Early Music Festival. After Simpson’s retirement, Alysoun Kegel built on the strong legacy and extended participation to children beyond the Lincoln School, growing the membership in diversity and size. In spring 2011, the board recruited Andy Icochea Icochea, who led VOICES BOSTON on their first national and international tours and expanded the training choirs. To reflect its broader reach and subsequent national and international collaborations, PALS was renamed VOICES BOSTON in 2014. In late 2015, the acclaimed Brooklinebased conductor Steven Lipsitt became the Artistic Director, and has already led VOICES BOSTON to successful collaborations with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. With singing at its core and training in dance and drama, VOICES BOSTON changes the lives of its children, building confidence, discipline, leadership, and a love of music that will last a lifetime. Ghazal Hassani is a scenic designer finishing her 3rd year of MFA at Boston University. She received a BFA in Russian literature and Interior Design from University of Tehran in Iran, where she is originally from. Her Boston University credits for design include: columbinus by PJ Paparelli and Stephen Karam (nominated for Best Set Design by ArtsImpulse for shows in the Boston area), Wit by Margaret Edson, The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca, The Tall Girls by Meg Miroshnik, Water By The Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes, and assistant set designer for Back Bog Beast Bait by Sam Shepherd, Angels in America by Eötvös, A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen, and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Hassani was also the production designer of Julius Caesar and 1984 for New Repertory Company’s Classic Repertory Company during the summer of 2015. Chelsea Kerl is so pleased to return to the Boston University Theatre, having graduated from BU in May 2014 with her MFA in Costume Design. Kerl previously attended the University of Maryland, where she earned degrees in both Theatre and English. She currently works as a freelance designer throughout the Boston area, including at Stoneham Theatre, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Brown Box Theatre Project, Gloucester Stage, and New Repertory Theatre, among others. Recent design credits include House of Blue 11
Leaves at Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Luna Gale at Stoneham Theatre where she also teaches design and construction classes, and Gloucester Blue at Gloucester Stage. Kerl also works as the Costume Shop Manager and Costume Designer at Wellesley College, and teaches costume there as well. Kelly Martin is a senior Lighting Design undergraduate from San Diego. His time at BU has given him experience in lighting dance, theatre, and opera. He recently created his thesis, Axis, A Light and Movement Thesis in Studio 210. Previously, he has designed Aurora Borealis, Delirium, Gross Indecency, Changes of Heart, and Women of Henry VIII at BU. Martin has been on the staff at the BU Dance Theater for three years working with many of the dance groups around Boston. After graduation, he plans to move to New York. Brittney Page is a senior in the School of Theatre studying Stage Management and Lighting Production. Previous Boston University stage management credits include: For Colored Girls, Later the Same Evening, Aurora Borealis: A Festival of Light and Dance, and A Taste of Honey. Previous master electrician credits include: Big Love, The Dumb Waiter, Krapp’s Last Tape, and The Hothouse. After graduation, Page plans to build her résumé in live event production and hopes to eventually manage concerts and award shows. PERFORMER BIOGRAPHIES Erika Grace Anderson, soprano, is a native of Springfield, VT, finishing her senior year at Boston University studying under Dr. Lynn Eustis. Anderson covered the title role in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in 2013 with the BU Opera Institute, and also appeared in their 2015 production of Cendrillon as an ensemble member and servant. In summer of 2014 Anderson attended Up North Vocal Institute in Boyne City, Michigan. She is a recipient of the 2015 Ellalou Dimmock Memorial Award. Jorgeandrés Camargo, bass, is a native of Houston, Texas. He received a BM from the Eastman School of Music and an MM from Boston University, and is currently working with Dr. Jerrold Pope while in his second year with the BU Opera Institute. This past February Camargo was Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Così fan tutte; last season he was Roy Cohn in Angels in America and Pandolph in Massenet’s Cendrillon. Other roles include Prophet/King in Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters, Capitán in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Betto in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Bartolo & Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro, Geronimo in Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, and Kecal in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride. Wee-Kiat Chia, countertenor, has participated in events in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Austria, Australia, and United States. He has sung leading roles in operas including Monteverdi’s Poppea, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Purcell’s King Arthur, excerpts from Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and Mozart’s Mitridate. Chia has also sung as soloist in Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Bach’s Magnificat and Saint John Passion. Prizes he has won include the 2011 and 2012 Singers’ Award and Singers’ Album Award from the Salzburg Voice Festival (Austria); and in 2013, first prize in the 8th Yin-Qi Singing Competition (Malaysia). Chia is currently pursuing his Doctor in Musical Arts (DMA) at Boston University School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Lynn Eustis. 12
Jesse Darden, tenor, is in his second year with the Boston University Opera Institute studying with Penelope Bitzas. Darden spent his 2012 and 2013 summers as a Studio Artist with Chautauqua Opera, where he received the Chautauqua Opera Studio Artist award and returned in 2014 as an Apprentice Artist. He was also a 2015 Regional Finalist with the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and won Third Prize in the 2015 Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition. Darden spent his 2015 summer as a Young Artist with Opera North, singing Martin in The Tender Land and covering Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio. Tara Deieso, soprano, holds a BM from Boston University, where she was awarded the Ellalou Dimmock Honors Award for Vocal Excellence. She went on to receive an MM at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, where she performed the role of First Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Deieso was also a member of the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center where she sang the role of Lola in Robert Aldridge’s Sister Carrie. Deieso is in her first year at the Opera Institute, where her roles have included Elton John’s Trainer in David Little’s Vinkensport. Mitch FitzDaniel, baritone, is a first year graduate student currently pursuing a master’s degree in vocal performance at Boston University under the tutelage of James Demler, after a long hiatus from singing. FitzDaniel has previously appeared as Claude in the musical Hair and as a gentleman of Japan in The Mikado. At BU, he has appeared in the 2015 David Kneuss Project, and as a member of the ensemble in this past February’s production of Così fan tutte. Timothy Gorka, baritone, is a first-year master’s student at Boston University under the tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. An active member of Opera Theater, Gorka has appeared in scenes from Albert Herring, Three Decembers, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Do I Hear a Waltz?, and Gypsy Love. More recently, he has been seen in the operas of Later the Same Evening, as Joe Harland, and in Gallantry, as Donald Hopewell. To extend his education, Gorka attended Up North Vocal Institute last summer and has previously attended the University of Miami Frost School of Music at Salzburg program. Helen Hassinger, soprano, has performed with Theater Latté Da, Bloomington Civic Theatre, and the Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company. A second-year master’s student of Dr. Lynn Eustis, Ms. Hassinger recently appeared as Fiordiligi in Boston University’s Così fan tutte and also sang the role of St. Francis’s Trainer in the Boston University Fringe Festival production of Vinkensport, or the Finch Opera. Previous roles include the Angel in BU’s Angels in America. Hassinger frequently appears as a soloist with the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale, the Lirica Chamber Ensemble, and the Rochester Aria Group. Also a classically trained violinist, she has performed with the St. Olaf Orchestra at Lincoln Center, with Minnesota Public Radio, and as a member of the Metamorphosis Opera Theater Orchestra. She received her BA in music from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Joseph Hubbard, bass, is a first-year member of the Opera Institute, and is a student of Penelope Bitzas. He received an MM from Northwestern University, and a BM from University of North Texas. Recent operatic credits include Mother in Seven Deadly Sins with the Opera Institute; Colline in La bohème and Orazio in Faccio’s Amleto with Opera Southwest; Seneca and Littore in L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Aldeburgh Festival; and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte at the Aspen Music Festival. Recent solo engagements include 13
Fauvel in Le Roman de Fauvel with Newberry Consort; Roman sacred music with the Duke Vespers Ensemble at BEMF; a debut at The Morgan Library and Museum with Schola Antiqua Chicago; Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with Orpheus and Ars Lyrica Houston; and Bach’s B Minor Mass with American Bach Soloists and Academy. Te Hu, contralto, is a first-year Performance Diploma student at Boston University studying vocal performance under the tutelage of Sharon Daniels. She received her BA from Capital Normal University (Beijing) and her MM from Longy School of Music of Bard College. At Longy, Hu participated in the operas The Saint of Bleecker Street and Down in the Valley. She was given an honorable mention in the NATS competition in 2014, and spent her 2015 summer as an Apprentice Artist with Ash Lawn Opera, performing the role of Aunt and in the ensembles of Madame Butterfly and My Fair Lady. In the Opera Institute’s 2016 season, she appeared in Così fan tutte and sings Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This coming summer Hu will participate in the prestigious young artist program of ISING—International Young Artist Festival in China. Maya Kherani, coloratura soprano, is currently in her second year at the Opera Institute, studying with Penelope Bitzas. Last summer, Kherani sang the lead role of Altisidore in Boismortier’s Don Quixote at Central City Opera, where she received the McGlone Award. In 2014, Kherani made her Houston Grand Opera (HGOco) debut as Meera in the world premiere of River of Light. Recent roles include Savitri (Savitri), Meera (River of Light) with Festival Opera, La Fée (Cendrillon), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Eurydice (Orfée aux enfers), and Marie (La fille du régiment). Upcoming roles include Gilda (Rigoletto) with the Pocket Opera and The Water (The Little Prince) with Opera Parallèle. Prior to her singing career, Kherani graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Isaac Kim, bass, graduated from USC Thornton School of Music with a Graduate Certificate in Vocal Arts. He received the Ben DeBolt Memorial Award at The Henry & Maria Holt Memorial Scholarship Competition and the Opera Award at USC Thornton School of Music 2014 Honors Convocation. This past February Kim performed the role of Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte with Boston University. He has also performed the role of Frére Laurent in Roméo et Juliette and the role of Zuniga in Carmen with the Aspen Music Festival and School, has sung Il Comendatore in Don Giovanni and Sparafucile in Rigoletto, and performed as a soloist with the DMZ International Music Festival. Future performances include a return to the Aspen Music Festival and School, where Kim will sing Don Pedro in Béatrice et Bénédict. Kim is currently a Master of Music degree candidate in Voice Performance at BU under the tutelage of Dr. Jerrold Pope. Franklin Mosley, bass-baritone, is a second-year master’s student in the College of Fine Arts in the voice studio of Dr. Jerrold Pope. In collaboration with the Opera Institute, Mosley has enjoyed playing such roles as Ronaldo Cabral in Later the Same Evening, Joe Pitt in Angels in America, and Prince Gabriel III’s trainer’s son in Vinkensport. A graduate of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, past roles include Usher in Trial by Jury, Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, and Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, among others. John Allen Nelson, baritone, is in his second year at the Opera Institute, and is a student of Dr. Jerrold Pope. With the Opera Institute he has sung Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen, Prior Walter in Angels in America, and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. He has also performed the title role in Don Giovanni, Belcore in L’elisir 14
d’amore, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Trio in Trouble in Tahiti, Father in Hansel and Gretel, Zuniga in Carmen, and Marcello in La bohème. With Minnesota Opera, he performed the Mandarin in Turandot, Schaunard in La bohème, and Zimmerkellner in Arabella. This fall Nelson sang Morales in Carmen with St. Petersburg Opera in Florida, and this summer he will sing Dandini in La Cenerentola with NEMPAC Opera, and Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath with Sugar Creek Opera. Young artist programs include Des Moines Metro Opera and Opera Colorado. Awards include: Society of Singers Scholarship winner and Schubert Club Honorable Mention award. John David Nevergall, tenor, is currently in his second year of study at the Boston University Opera Institute, where he is a student of Dr. Jerrold Pope. After beginning his formal music training as a percussionist, pursuing graduate studies in historical musicology, and working as a bus driver, Nevergall completed a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at Ohio State University in 2011. His professional credits include Rodolfo in La bohème, Don José in Carmen, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and the Tenor Soloist for Verdi’s Messa da Requiem. Nevergall has previously worked as an apprentice artist with Central City Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera. Tom Petrino, tenor, is pursuing his MM in Vocal Performance at Boston University where he studies with Dr. Jerrold Pope. Petrino graduated in 2013 from Eastman School of Music with a BM in Vocal Performance and studied with Dr. Robert McIver. In the Fall of 2014, he portrayed Jimmy in John Musto’s Later the Same Evening, at Boston University’s Fringe Festival. Past operatic experience has included portraying Daniel Buchanan in Street Scene, as well as participating in various opera scenes at BU and Eastman School of Music. Marissa Plati, mezzo-soprano, is a third-year Vocal Performance Bachelor’s candidate at Boston University College of Fine Arts studying with Phyllis Hoffman. She has participated in the Opera Project and Opera Workshop programs at BU for the past two years, performing as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, and Fidalma in Il matriomonio segreto. This summer she will be attending the OperaWorks program in Los Angeles as an Emerging Artist. Bryan Pollock, countertenor, has performed in over 17 fully-staged operatic productions with lead roles as Refugee from Dove’s Flight, Giulio Cesare from Händel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Oberon from Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Orfeo from Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. His recent performances include the role of Arsamene from Händel’s Serse with the Mallarmé Chamber Players in Chapel Hill, NC, and The Spirit from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Opera Saratoga. His upcoming roles include Cardinal 1/Oracle 1 from Glass’ Galileo Galilei as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera and Truman Capote from Eric Sawyer’s The Scarlet Professor in Amherst, MA. He is in his second year of attendance at Boston University working towards a DMA in voice performance under the vocal direction of Dr. Lynn Eustis. Eric Ritter, baritone, is a senior undergraduate in Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, studying voice with James Demler. He recently appeared as Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress with Harvard College Opera. Last year Eric played Zuniga in The BU Fringe Festival production of La tragédie de Carmen and Le Roi in Cendrillon. In 2013 Ritter sang in the chorus of the BU Opera Institute’s mainstage productions of Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, and Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Ritter has sung David in Barber’s Hand 15
of Bridge and Papageno in Mozart’s lock quintet from The Magic Flute with BU opera workshop. Alexandra Rodrick, mezzo-soprano, is in her second year with the Opera Institute at Boston University, where she studies with Penelope Bitzas. This season, Rodrick has appeared as Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Anna in Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins. She has also appeared in the Opera Institute’s productions of Cendrillon, as Le Prince Charmant, and in La tragédie de Carmen as the title character. Other recent engagements include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Tijuana, Mercedes in Carmen with Aspen Opera Theatre Company, and Flora in La Traviata with Wolf Trap Opera Company. This summer, Rodrick joins the Des Moines Metro Opera in their roster of Apprentice Artists, where she will be covering the role of Orphée in Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice. Joshuah Rotz, tenor, is in his second year at Boston University pursuing his MM degree in vocal performance studying under Professor Sharon Daniels. Rotz received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from University of New Hampshire. He recently performed in the BU’s annual Fringe Festival performances of Later the Same Evening (2014) as Jimmy O’Keefe and Vinkensport (2015) as Hans Sach’s Trainer. He also appeared in The Opera Institute’s Mainstage productions of Massenet’s Cendrillon (2015) and Così fan tutte (2016). This spring he will perform as an apprentice artist for the 2016 Nahant Music Festival as the tenor in the vocal trio of Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti. Alex Selawsky-Group, mezzo-soprano, is a senior majoring in Vocal Performance at Boston University, studying with Professor Phyllis Hoffman. Selawsky-Group has participated in BU’s Opera Workshop’s recent performances from Il matrimonio segreto and Hansel and Gretel, as well as in the chorus of BU’s production of Cendrillon. She has participated in such programs as The Coaching Divas with Sondra Kelly and Michelle Alexander, Westminster CoOPERAtive, and OperaWorks, and also appears frequently in choral concerts with the BU Symphonic Chorus and the BU Singers. She plans to attend Opera in the Ozarks this coming summer and is looking forward to beginning her Masters’ degree in Vocal Performance this fall. Kylee Slee, contralto, is a second-year master’s student, studying with Sharon Daniels. She graduated magna cum laude with her BA in Music from Pepperdine University, and has appeared as the alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Handel’s Messiah. She will be making her Boston Symphony Hall debut later this month as the alto soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the BU Symphony Orchestra. Her operatic roles include Hannah Pitt in Angels in America and Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief (Boston University), the Countess in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame (Lowell House Opera), and Carabosse in the world premiere of Sleeping Beauty (Nahant Music Festival). Upcoming engagements include a debut as Mercedes in Carmen with Opera Las Vegas. Darrick Speller, baritone, is a native Washingtonian and second-year graduate student in the Master of Music program at Boston University where he studies voice under the tutelage of Dr. Jerrold Pope. A graduate of George Mason University, Speller’s past roles include: Le Premier Ministre in Cendrillon, Joein Angels in America, Gus in Later the Same Evening, Doctor Gregg in Gallantry, King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. 16
Pinafore, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, and Henry Davis and Harry East in Street Scene. Speller has also traveled to Europe singing various roles, from Le nozze di Figaro as Bartolo and Antonio, Gianni Schicchi as Marco, and The Magic Flute as Papagano. Emily Spencer, mezzo-soprano, is a first year-member of the Opera Institute studying with Penelope Bitzas. Spencer holds both a BM (2011) and an MM (2013) in voice from Northwestern University, where she studied with Karen Brunssen. Recent credits include Anna I/II in Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, Ma Joad in Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath, Mum in Britten’s Albert Herring, and Countess Charlotte Malcolm in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Spencer was a 2013 studio artist with Chautauqua Opera, and will join Opera Saratoga this summer as an apprentice artist, singing the roles of The Maid in Glass’ The Witches of Venice and Donna Rosa in Catán’s Il Postino. Benjamin C. Taylor, baritone, is in his final year of Boston University’s Opera Institute where he studies with Penelope Bitzas. Taylor received a BA from Morgan State University and an MM from BU, and was a District winner and Regional Finalist in the New England Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition. His recent performances include Prior Walter in Angels in America, Pandolfe in Cendrillon, Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen with the BU Opera Institute; Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos as a Resident Artist at Opera Theater of Pittsburgh; Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with OTSL’s Opera on the GO! program. This summer he returns to OTSL to perform Cowardly Giant in the world premiere of Shalimar the Clown by Jack Perla, covering the Music Teacher in Ariadne auf Naxos and Marcello in La bohème, as well as performing Marcello with Crested Butte. Next season, Taylor will be a young artist with Florida Grand Opera. Elizabeth Valenti, is extremely excited to be a part of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Opera Institute at Boston University. She is currently a sophomore pursuing a BFA in Acting. Recent credits include Caucasian Chalk Circle (Shauwa) and the School of Theatre’s Sophomore Acting Project: A Shayna Maidel (Lusia). Erik Van Heyningen, bass-baritone, is a first year member of the Boston University Opera Institute. In 2015, Van Heyningen joined the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for a second year as a Gerdine Young Artist, where he was seenas Crébillon in La rondine, Simon Fenton in Emmeline, and covered Berardo in the American premiere of Handel’s Riccardo Primo. This summer, he will join the Opera Theatre of St. Louis as a Richard Gaddes Festival Artist where he will appear as Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos, and cover Colline in La bohème and Doctor in Macbeth. This May, he will also cover the role of Ernesto in Donizetti’s Parisina d’Este with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Lincoln Center under Eve Queler. Denise Ward, soprano, is a Senior Vocal Performance major, studying with Phyllis Hoffman at Boston University. Originally from Houston, TX, Ward attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she was a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts’ Young Arts Classical Voice Merit winner, Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio Member, and NAACP Classical Voice National Medalist, as well as a Houston Symphony Young Artist Competition winner. While at BU, Ward has performed in scenes from Haddon Hall, Hansel and Gretel, Patience, and Fables. She recently 17
portrayed Susanna in scenes from Le nozze di Figaro and Geraldine in Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, and was previously seen on this stage last spring as a servant in Cendrillon. A performer with a passion for social justice and equality, Ward is the Founder and President of the Black Artists Alliance at BU. Ruby White, soprano, is a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, and received her BM from the University of Utah. She is also a recent Boston University graduate, and earned an MM in the spring of 2014. In 2010 White made her international debut as Zerlina from Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Novafeltria, Italy, with La Musica Lirica, under the baton of Mæstro Joseph Rescigno, and played the role a second time at BU in 2014. She has also sung with Brevard Music Festival where she premiered the role of Epiphany Proudfoot in Falling Angel this past summer, as well as Ohio Light Opera, Repertory Dance Company, Utopia Baroque Ensemble, and Utah Lyric Opera. White is currently in her second year of the BU Opera Institute where she studies with Dr. Lynn Eustis.
Through the generosity of late President Emeritus Dr. John Silber and in honor of our founder, Metropolitan Opera Soprano and CFA Dean Emerita Phyllis Curtin, the following singers have been named
Opera Institute Phyllis Curtin Artists for 2015-2016 .................................................................................. Joseph Hubbard Alexandra Rodrick Ms. Rodrick and Mr. Hubbard both demonstrate the qualities of professionalism, artistry, diligent study, and collegiality consistent with both the Opera Institute’s mission and Dean Curtin’s example.
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Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music STRINGS Steven Ansell viola * Edwin Barker double bass * Heather Braun violin Lynn Chang violin Wesley Collins viola Daniel Doña viola* Carolyn Davis Fryer double bass Franziska Huhn harp Mihail Jojatu cello Hyun-ji Kwon cello Bayla Keyes violin * Michelle LaCourse viola * Warren Levenson guitar Benjamin Levy double bass Lucia Lin violin * Malcolm Lowe violin Dana Mazurkevich violin Yuri Mazurkevich violin * Ikuko Mizuno violin Richard Nangle guitar George Neikrug cello ++ James Orleans double bass Michael Reynolds cello * Rhonda Rider cello Karen Ritscher viola Todd Seeber double bass Klaudia Szlachta violin Lawrence Wolfe double bass Michael Zaretsky viola Peter Zazofsky violin * Jessica Zhou harp WOODWINDS, BRASS, and PERCUSSION Ken Amis tuba Jennifer Bill saxophone Kyle Brightwell percussion Geralyn Coticone flute Adam Ebert clarinet Terry Everson trumpet * John Ferrillo oboe Timothy Genis percussion Nancy Goeres bassoon Ian Greitzer clarinet Bruce Hall trumpet Ronald Haroutunian bassoon John Heiss flute Ona Jonaityte flute Renee Krimsier flute Gabriel Langfur bass trombone Don Lucas trombone * David Martins clarinet Mark McEwen oboe Toby Oft trombone
Margaret Phillips bassoon Andrew Price oboe Ken Radnofsky saxophone Thomas Rolfs trumpet Mike Roylance tuba Eric Ruske horn * Robert Sheena english horn Thomas Siders trumpet Ethan Sloane clarinet * Jason Snider horn Samuel Solomon percussion James Sommerville horn Richard Stoltzman clarinet Linda Toote flute *
Robinson Pyle natural trumpet Marc Schachman, Baroque oboe Aaron Sheehan HP voice Jane Starkman Baroque violin, viola Peter Sykes harpsichord *
CONDUCTING Stefan Asbury Tiffany Chang David Hoose * Ann Howard Jones ++ Scott Allen Jarrett * David Martins Jameson Marvin
VOICE Michelle Alexander * Michael Beattie Penelope Bitzas * Sharon Daniels * James Demler * Lynn Eustis * Damien Francoeur-Kryzek Phyllis Hoffman * Matthew Larson Jerrold Pope *
OPERA INSTITUTE MUSICOLOGY Phyllis Curtin ++ Marié Abe * Michael Birenbaum Quintero * Gary Durham Daniela Fagnani Paula Bishop Melinda Sullivan-Friedman Victor Coelho * Matthew Larson Brita Heimarck * William Lumpkin * Miki Kaneda* Jim Petosa (Theatre) Lewis Lockwood Emily Ranii Joshua Rifkin * Jeffrey Stevens * David Schulenberg Andrew Shenton * STH/SOM Nathan Troup Allison Voth * Jacquelyn Sholes* Jeremy Yudkin * STAFF PIANISTS Michelle Beaton COMPOSITION Anna Carr AND THEORY Siu Yan Luk Vartan Aghababian Brendon Shapiro Martin Amlin * Lorena Tecu Deborah Burton * Noriko Yasuda Justin Casinghino Richard Cornell * Joshua Fineberg * Samuel Headrick * Davide Ianni David Kopp * Mary Montgomery Koppel Rodney Lister * Alex Mincek Ketty Nez * Janet Schmalfeldt Andrew Smith John H. Wallace * Steven Weigt * Jason Yust *
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE Aldo Abreu recorder Sarah Freiberg Ellison cello Greg Ingles sackbut Laura Jeppesen viola da gamba Christopher Krueger Baroque flute Catherine Liddell lute Douglas Lundeen natural horn Martin Pearlman Baroque ensembles *
MUSIC EDUCATION Richard Bunbury * Mary Cicconetti Susan Conkling * Diana Dansereau * André de Quadros * Jay Dorfman * Andrew Goodrich * Karin Hendricks * Lee Higgins * Ron Kos * Sandra Nicolucci ++ Kinh Vu *
PIANO Victor Cayres * Gila Goldstein * Linda Jiorle-Nagy Michael Lewin Pavel Nersesiyan * Konstantinos Papadakis Boaz Sharon * COLLABORATIVE PIANO Shiela Kibbe * Melinda Lee Masur Robert Merfeld ORGAN Peter Sykes *
ADMINISTRATIVE Richard Cornell Director ad Interim Shiela Kibbe Associate Director Lynn Eustis Director of Graduate Studies Terry Everson Director of Undergraduate Studies Michelle LaCourse Chair of Applied and Performance Studies Oshin Gregorian Managing Director, Opera Institute and Opera Programs Jill Pearson Business Manager Beth Barefoot Administrative Assistant to the Director Robert Flynn Administrative Coordinator, Music Performance, Applied, and Composition & Theory Melissa Riesgo Administrative Coordinator, Music Education, Musicology, and Ethnomusicology
Department Chairs represented in bold * Full-time faculty ++ Emeritus
PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE Christopher Dempsey, Assistant Director, Production & Performance Alix Saba Manager of Ensembles Diane McLean Stage Manager Meredith Gangler Librarian, Music Curriculum Library Shane McMahon Manager, Media Production Studio Brandon Cardwell Multimedia Engineer, Media Production Studio Michael Barsano Manager of University-Wide Ensembles Aaron Goldberg Director of Athletic Bands Martin Snow Senior Piano Technician/Restorer Xiodan Liu Piano Technician Daniel Vozzolo Administrative Coordinator ADMISSIONS AND STUDENT SERVICES Shaun Ramsay Assistant Director, Admissions & Student Affairs Barbara Raney Student Services Manager Margaret Rowley Admissions Coordinator Brittany Costa Senior Staff Assistant
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Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre Jim Petosa McCaela Donovan Liz Mazar Phillips Johnny Kontogiannis Adam Kassim Jon Savage Mark Stanley Karen Martakos Paul Mayer Emily Ranii Brian Dudley Renee E. Yancey
Director Assistant Director Business Manager BU Theatre Complex Production Manager 855 Production Manager Design & Production BFA Programs Head Design & Production MFA Programs Head Costume Shop Supervisor Scene Shop Supervisor BUSTI Co-Program Head – Academic Senior Staff Assistant – Performance; BUSTI Co-Program Head – Administration Senior Staff Assistant – Design & Production
DESIGN & PRODUCTION FACULTY: Shawn Boyle, Joel Brandwine*, Ben Emerson*, Diane Fargo, Adam Godbout, Nancy Leary*, Michael Maso, James McCartney, Seághan McKay, Roger Meeker*, James Noone*, Lisa Polito, Jon Savage, Leslie Sears*, Mark Stanley*, Cristina Todesco, Mariann Verheyen*, Denise Wallace-Spriggs, and Jesse Washburn. PERFORMANCE FACULTY: Tamala Bakkensen, Adrienne Boris, Judy Braha*, Ilana M. Brownstein*, Mary Buck, Mark Cohen, Paolo DiFabio, McCaela Donovan, Sidney Friedman, Kirsten Greenidge, Christine Hamel, Michael Hammond, Clay Hopper, Angie Jepson, Michael Kaye*, Paula Langton*, Charles Linshaw, Maurice Parent, Jim Petosa, Betsy Polatin, Micki Taylor-Pinney, and Elaine Vaan Hogue*. * Denotes Program Head
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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY Peter DuBois Michael Maso Norma Jean Calderwood Managing Director Artistic Director ADMINISTRATION General Manager Sondra R. Katz Associate General Manager Justin D. Haslett Company Manager/Management Assistant Shelby Brown Assistant to the Managing Director Caroline Fonesca B.U. THEATRE B.U. Theatre House Manager Daniel Morris Assistant House Manager Brian Dudley Front of House Staff Eva Bond, Adelaide Burich, Meaghan Collins, Alexia Chiclana, Tammi Jean-Fedestein, Tim Green, Ben Livingston, Eileen Moran, Neil Novello, Brianna Randolph, Alex Waterman Maintenance Ronald Belmonte, Robel D. Hail, Tony Resendes, Gary Santos, Tony Sousa CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA Calderwood Pavilion Manager Joey Riddle Calderwood Pavillion Rental Coordinator Katie Most Calderwood Pavilion House Manager Katrina Alix House Electrician Mercedes Roman-Manson House Sound Operator Jesse McKenzie House Carpenter Ryan Spruck Wardrobe Run Barbara Crowther Pavilion Management Assistant Gabe Hughes Assistant House Managers Bryce Avery, Gabe Hughes, John J. King, James McCloskey Front of House Staff Shannen Adamites, Jake Alexander, Edikan Brown, Mia Buchsbaum, Robert Caplis, Talia Curtin, Paul Fox, Madeleine Gibbons, Ryan Impagliazzo, Ksenia Lanin, Freya Levett, Elizabeth MacLachlan, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Michael Morris, Jr., Maura Neff, LaQuandra Seymore, Allison Smith, Ciera-Dawn Washington Custodians Alex Hipolito, Mark Slavin Security Coordinator Greg Haugh ARTISTIC Producing Director Christopher Wigle Director of New Work Lisa Timmel Associate Producer M. Bevin O’Gara Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy Charles Haugland Assistant to the Artistic Director Stephanie LeBolt Playwright-In-Residence Melinda Lopez Literary Apprentice Phaedra Scott Producing Apprentice Tonasia Jones Huntington Playwriting Fellows Mia Chung, John J King, Lila Rose Kaplan, Sam Marks, Lenelle Moise, Walt McGough, Nina Louise Morrison BU Graduate Directors Adrienne Boris, Bryn Boice, Kelly Galvin, Thomas Martin, Jonathan Solavi, Tim Spears, Daniel Takacs DEVELOPMENT Director of Major Gifts Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer Celina Valadao Special Events Manager Catherine Halpin Institutional Giving Manager Diana Jacobs-Komisar Annual Fund and Research Coordinator Annalise Baird Development Database Coordinator Lisa McColgan Development Associate Elizabeth MacLachlan Development Apprentice Elizabeth Benway Development Intern Maddy Fuller EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY Director of Education Donna Glick Manager of Education Operations Meg O’Brien Manager of Curriculum & Instruction Alexandra Truppi Education Associate Marisa Jones Education Interns Deva Brown, Marian Eiben, Avinash Rampersad, Chrissie Sugg Teaching Artists Alissa Cordeiro, Adobuere Ebiama, Danielle Kellerman, Keith Mascoll, Vincent Ernest Siders FINANCE Director of Financial Management Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager June Zaidan Accounting Associate Laura Casavant Accountants Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA HUMAN RESOURCES Director of Human Resources Peggy J. Novello Human Resources Coordinator Michael Comey Payroll & Reporting Specialist April Swiniuch Administrative Support Assistant Kendrick Terrell Evans EXTERNAL RELATIONS Senior Director of External Relations David Dalena INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT Director Scott Poole IT Specialist Jevon Foster
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MARKETING Director of Marketing Temple Gill Associate Director of Marketing Meredith Mastroianni Communications Manager Desiree Barry Database Coordinator Tiffany Evans Creative Services Coordinator Dan Pecci Web & New Media Coordinator Carolyn MacLeod Comm. Membership Coordinator Candelaria Silva-Collins Marketing Associate Cristina Dones Marketing Interns Sabrina Katz, Renee Sewell SUBSCRIPTION AND BOX OFFICE Audience Services Manager Jon Slater Assistant Audience Services Manager Katie Catano B.U. Theatre Box Office Coordinator Victoria Swindle Pavilion Box Office Coordinator Noah Ingle Subscriptions Coordinator Amy Klesert BU Theatre Box Office Associate Victoria Swindle Pavilion Box Office Associate Kyle Lamp Full-Time Customer Service Representatives Ben Carroll, Brent Thurston, Regine Vital Customer Service Representatives Barbara Alfonso, Ashley Close, Emily Knecht, Katelyn Reinert, Yurika Watanabe EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Director of Education Donna Glick Manager of Education Operations Meg O’Brien Manager of Curriculum & Instruction Alexandra Truppi Education & Community Associate Pascale Florestal Education Associate Marisa Jones Education Interns Deva Brown, Marian Eiben, Avinash Rampersad Teaching Artists Alissa Cordeiro, Adobuere Ebiama, Danielle Kellerman, Keith Mascoll, Vincent Ernest Siders PRODUCTION Production Manager Todd D. Williams Associate Production Manager Bethany Ford Stage Management Apprentice Skylar Burks SCENERY Technical Director Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director Dan Oleksy Shop Foreman Todd Burgun Scenery Mechanic Jesse Washburn Master Carpenter Larry Dersch Carpenters Andrew Cancellieri, Milosz Gassan, Nick Hernon, Christian Lambrecht Stage Carpenter Chris Largent Scenery Apprentice Jessica Pizzuti PROPERTIES Properties Master Assistant Properties Master Properties Artisan Properties Run Graduate Assistant PAINTS Charge Scenic Artist Lead Scenic Artist Scenic Artist BU Certificate Interns
Kristine Holmes Justin Seward Ian Thorsell Andrew Deshazo Liz Panneton
Kristin Krause Romina Diaz-Brarda Liv Joyce Jessica Atanas, Courtney Licata
COSTUMES Costume Director Assistant Costume Director Costume Design Assistant Head Draper Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer Draper First Hand Wardrobe Coordinator Hair and Wig Run Costume Assistant
Nancy Hamann Virginia V. Emerson Mary Lauve Anita Canzian Denise M. Wallace Caitlin Menotti Rebecca Hylton Christine Marr Susie Moncousky Emma Connelly
LIGHTING Master Electrician Assistant Master Electrician Electrics Assistant
Katherine Herzig Alisa Hartle Kevin Zabrecky
SOUND Sound Supervisor Sound Engineer Sound Assistant Graduate Assistants
Ben Emerson J Jumbelic Chris Talbot Jennifer Timms, Ed Young
B.U. THEATRE PRODUCTION CENTER Theatre Complex Production Manager John Kontogiannis Sr. Staff Assistant, Design & Production Renee Yancey Scene Shop Supervisor Paul Mayer Costume Shop Supervisor Karen Martakos
BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Established in 1954, Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) is a top-tier fine arts institution. Comprised of the School of Music, School of Theatre, and School of Visual Arts, CFA offers professional training in the arts in conservatory-style environments for undergraduate and graduate students, complemented by a liberal arts curriculum for undergraduate students. BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC Founded in 1872, the School of Music combines the intimacy and intensity of conservatory training with a broad-based, traditional liberal arts education at the undergraduate level and intense coursework at the graduate level. The school offers degrees in performance, conducting, composition and theory, musicology, music education, collaborative piano, and historical performance, as well as a certificate program in its Opera Institute, and artist and performance diplomas. BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC: OPERA INSTITUTE The Opera Institute at the School of Music at the College is an intensive, highly selective two-year performance-based training program for emerging operatic artists. A professional faculty and renowned guest artists provide personal support and training in all areas pertinent to a career in opera—voice, acting, languages, movement styles, and business strategies. In addition, the Opera Institute also selects singers from the School of Music who demonstrate true operatic potential and have mastered an intermediate integration of acting, vocal, and movement skills for the Opera Theater, Opera Workshop, and Opera Project programs. BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEATRE The School of Theatre in the College of Fine Arts at Boston University is a leading conservatory for the study of acting, stage management, design, production, and all aspects of the theatrical profession. These programs of study are enriched by the School’s access to the greater liberal arts programs at Boston University. The School of Theatre values the notion of “the new conservatory” and seeks to provide students with opportunities for artistic growth through a rigorous curriculum, professional connections, and an emphasis on collaboration and new work. COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ADMINISTRATION Lynne Allen, Dean ad interim Richard Cornell, Director ad interim, School of Music Jim Petosa, Director, School of Theatre Jeannette Guillemin, Director ad interim, School of Visual Arts Hilary Field Respass, Executive Director, Boston University Tanglewood Institute
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COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD
Jason Alexander, ’81, Hon.’95 Actor, Director, Writer
David Kneuss, ’70 Executive Stage Director Metropolitan Opera
Laurie Beckelman, CAS’72 Associate Director Culture Shed
Stewart F. Lane, ’73 President & CEO Stewart F. Lane Productions
Fred A. Bronstein, ’78 Dean Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Nancy Livingston, COM’69 Chairman of the Board American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)
Michael Chiklis, ’85 Actor, Director, Producer
Jane Musky, ’76 Production Designer
Saul Cohen President Hammond Residential Real Estate David Delmar, ’06 Founder, Executive Director Resilient Coders
Jane Pappalardo, ’65 Philanthropist Trustee, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Board Member, Rose Kennedy Greenway
Chester Douglass Professor & Department Chair Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Penny Peters, ’71 Communications Strategist & Management Consultant
Frank Ginsberg, ’65 Chairman, CEO Avrett Free Ginsberg
Nina Tassler, ’79 Advisor & former Chairman CBS Entertainment
SungEun Han-Andersen, ’85 President Andersen Family Foundation
Gael Towey, ’75 Creative Director Gael Towey & Co. Short Films
John Harrington, ’85 Founder and Chief Mission Officer Advanced Practice Strategies
Gregg Ward, ’82 President Orlando-Ward Associates
Lindsey Humes, ’79 Corporate Vice President CCS Fund Raising
Luo Yan, ’90 President Silver Dream Productions 24
FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS We are grateful to the generous donors who support our gifted students in music, theatre, and visual arts, and to our CFA alumni who donate to Boston University. These gifts drive important capital initiatives, scholarships, educational outreach, performances, and exhibitions all of which directly benefit students across campus. For more information about how you can join our growing list of supporters, please contact us at 617-353-5544 or make a donation online at www.bu.edu/giving. We would love to welcome you into our donor community! * James A. Manganello (GRS’70, STH’70, SED’77) and Rosemarie B. Manganello (’11) ◊ Arthur D. Sanders (Questrom’74) and Pamela Sanders ◊n William H. Trayes (DGE’48) and Roswitha Trayes ◊∂
$1M - $4.9M Mark Mobius (’58, COM’59) p Hugo X. Shong (COM’87, GRS’92) and Luo Yan (’90) ∂ $250,000 - $499,999 Andrew R. Lack (’68) ◊∂ The Estate of Margaret M. Martin p Jane M. Pappalardo (’65) and A. Neil Pappalardo ∂ The Estate of Bernard G. Schwartz
$100,000 - $249,999 Stewart F. Lane (’73) and Bonnie Comley ◊n $25,000 - $49,999 SungEun Han-Andersen (’85) and G. Chris Andersen ◊∂ Steven M. Karbank (CAS’79) and Jeannette O. Karbank ◊n∂ Mary Ann Milano-Picardi (’66) and Angelo Picardi ◊n∂ The Estate of Philip C. Pascucci ◊p
$2,500 - $4,999 Beverly W. Abegg (’64, GRS’68) and Gerald L. Abegg ◊n∂ Earl R. Beane (CAS’63, STH’67, ‘68) and Mildred B. Beane (’64, ’84, SED’95) ◊n∂ Janet M. Burzyk p John A. Carey ◊n∂ Jasmine Chobanian o and Aram V. Chobanian ◊n∂ John F. Harrington (’85) and Kerry E. Harrington ◊∂ Lindsey V. Humes (’79) ◊∂ Scott Allen Jarrett (’99, ’08) ◊] Dr. Ann Howard Jones ◊]∂ Robert E. Krivi (’70) and Gwen G. Krivi ◊∂ Michael W. Merrill (LAW’76) ◊∂ Leila Joy Rosenthal (’64, ’65, SDM’79) ◊]∂ The Estate of Helen M. Waluk ◊p
$10,000 - $24,999 Betsey Brown Philip T. Chaplin ◊∂ Christopher di Bonaventura and Ellen di Bonaventura p Peter di Bonaventura (CGS’78) Chet and Joy Douglass ◊∂ Margo I. Friedman (SED’96) and Sidney J. Friedman ◊] AZ di Bonaventura Greene Nancy Livingston (COM’69) and Fred M. Levin, The Shenson Foundation ◊∂ Nina C. Tassler (’79) and Gerald S. Levine (’79) The Estate of Virginia E. Withey
$1,000 - $2,499 Joan Adams (’65) ◊ Apostolos A Aliapoulios (’61, ’70) and Mary J. Aliapoulios ◊∂ David Bernard ◊ Barbara E. Braun (’72) and Anthony Braun ◊∂ Richard D. Carmel Charitable Remainder Trust ◊∂ Mitchell E. Cohen ◊∂ Frank A. D’Accone (’52, ’53) ◊∂ Edna L Davis (’64) ◊∂ David W. Dove (Questrom’74) and Pamela K. Dove (’72) ◊ p John S. Fawcett (’61) and Jacqueline M. Fawcett (SON’64) ∂ Karla K. Ferrara Airas ◊ $5,000 - $9,999 Arthur Fertman (SDM’64) and Richard F. Balsam ◊∂ Cynthia K. Fertman (’65) ◊∂ Edward S. W. Boesel (ENG’70) ◊∂ Judith M. Flynn ∂ Carol L. Carriuolo ∂ Doris R. Franklin o and Saul B. Cohen and Naomi R. Cohen Cynthia K. Curme (’76, ’80) and Oliver D. Curme ◊n Richard W. Ekdahl (’51, GRS’54) ◊∂ Mark M. Friedman ◊ p Thomas M. Daniel and Maria H. Daniel ◊p Richard S. Friedman and Linda N. Friedman ◊ Peter Eliopoulos and Maria Allen ◊∂ Glenn Garlick ◊ p David L. Feigenbaum and Maureen I. Meister ◊∂ Richard I. Grausman and Susan Grausman ◊∂ Wilbur D. Fullbright (GRS’60) and Mercia M. Harrison ∂ Lorraine B. Fullbright (SED’60, ’61) ◊ Nancy M. Hartman (’52) ◊∂ Gordon P. Getty and Ann G. Getty ◊∂ Judith P. Hessel and Paul Hessel ◊n∂ Frank C. Ginsberg (’65) and Joan Ginsberg ◊ Phyllis Elhady Hoffman (’61, ’67) and Tony Goldwyn and Jane Musky (’76) ◊∂ Sidney J. Hurwitz (’59) and Penelope Jencks (’58) n Robert J. Hoffman ◊]∂ Fritz C. Howser ◊ Seth Johnson ◊p Jimmie L. Jackson (’73, ’76) ◊∂ David Carlton Kneuss (’70) ◊∂ Shail Jain and Mary C. Jain ◊np
◊-Annual Fund Leadership Giving Society ]-Faculty/Staff Member
Renate S. Jeffries (’64) and John W. Jeffries ◊∂ Sandra J. Kendall (’55) ◊∂ Glen E. Kraemer and Natalie C. Ziontz ◊np June K. Lewin (’61) ◊∂ William R. Lyman (’71) and Anastasia S. Lyman (’72) ◊n∂ Joan B. Malick (’65, SED’70) ◊∂ Joy L. McIntyre ◊] Michaela Mohammadi (’02) ◊ Andrea Okamura (’82) and Jeffrey T. Chambers ◊∂ F. Taylor Pape (’70) and Haddon Hufford ∂ Dennis S. Poe and Milja R. Poe ◊n∂ Hilary F. Respass ◊]p Sandra Lee Rowsell (’60) and Arthur P. Rowsell ∂ Roberta S. Steiner (’65) and Don Steiner ◊ Nancy R. Stone (’74) ◊∂ Tetsuo Tamanaha (’04) ◊∂ Richard E. Van Deusen (’60) and Carol Van Deusen ◊∂ Edward P. Wimberly (STH’68, ’71, GRS’76) and Anne E. Wimberly (’65) ◊ Ellen and John Yates ◊∂ Linda N. Yee (’68) and Robert D. Yee ◊n Corporations & Foundations $100,000 – $249,999 Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley Foundation $50,000 – $99,999 Anonymous $25,000 – $49,999 The C. George Van Kampen Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund National Endowment for the Arts $10,000 – $24,999 Anonymous Clovelly Charitable Trust Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines Margaret S. Lindsay Foundation Montgomery Symphony Association National Philanthropic Trust The San Francisco Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Carriuolo Family Foundation, Inc. Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Lost & Foundation Inc. The Pamela And Arthur Sanders Family Foundation Inc. Renaissance Musical Arts, Ltd.
o-Deceased
∂ -Three-yearConsecutive Giving
n-Parent
p-First-time Donor
*This list reflects donations made between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. If you believe your name has been omitted from this list, please contact us at 617-353-5544 so that we can correct our records. For a complete list of donors, visit bu.edu/cfa/alumni/givingback.
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