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Saturday, February 8, 2014 7:30pm – Rabobank Theater
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the President & CEO........................6 Letter from the Music Director...........................7 BSO Circle of Supporters.....................................12 Season Sponsor......................................................13 Generous Supporters...........................................16 Concert Sponsor.....................................................18 Concert Program............................................. 19-20 Conductor's Biography........................................21 Orchestra Roster.................................................... 22 Program Notes................................................. 24-31 THEATER INFORMATION Photography & Recording - Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theater. Latecomers - As a courtesy to all patrons, latecomers will be asked to sit in an empty seat upstairs until intermission. At intermission, latecomers can move to their assigned seats. Quiet, Please - Please avoid unnecessary noise during the concert. If you have a paging device, phone, or electronic watch, please turn it to the "Silent" position during the performance.
Lost & Found - During events, any recovered items can be picked up at guest services at the main doors. Post event, Lost and Found is at Rabobank’s security desk located at the loading dock entrance on the south side of Rabobank Arena. You can contact security directly at 661-852-7391. Rest Rooms - Women's and Men's rest rooms are located in the main lobby as well as upstairs on the second level. Drinking Fountains - Drinking fountains are located in the main lobby near the rest rooms. Patrons with Disabilities - There are a number of facilities for our patrons with disabilities. Wheelchair seating may be reserved at the time of ticket purchase. Lobby Entertainment - Local art and music are on display for your enjoyment before the concert and during intermission. If you would like to highlight your group, art, or non-profit, please contact the BSO's Business Operations Manager, Kari Heilman at 661-323-7928.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Bell, Chair Patrick Paggi, Treasurer Ira Cohen, Secretary Joe MacIlvaine, Advisor Hon. Jon Stuebbe, Advisor Jerome Kleinsasser, Ph.D., Advisor
CONTACT THE BSO 1328 34th Street, Ste. A Bakersfield, CA 93301 Phone: 661-323-7928 Email: info@BSOnow.org ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF John Farrer, Music Director M. Bryan Burrow, President & CEO Kari Heilman, Business Operations Manager Mary Moore, Orchestra Operations Manager eMedia, Graphic Artist Jerome Kleinsasser, Artist Consultant, Program Notes & Concert Preview Darlan Moore, Stage Guard Jim Mueller, Recording Engineer
Teresa Adamo Bradford Anderson, M.D. Holly Arnold Bernard C. Barmann, Jr., Esq. Alexandra Batey W. Michael Chertok Morgan Clayton Chris Hamilton, Esq. Eleanor Heiskell J. Nile Kinney, Esq. Elaine LeCain Matthew Malerich, M.D. Marci Maynard Nancy Oehler, Esq. Steve Sanders Dee Slade Rick Stevens Jay Tamsi Neil Walker Kai Wong, M.D. Honorary Life Members James Collier C.L. Clark Donald R. Lindsay Milt Younger, Esq. Contributions to the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra are tax-deductible for both Federal and State purposes.
ORCHESTRA OFFICERS Marci Maynard, President Mike Raney, Vice President Elaine LeCain, Orchestra Representative Elvira Arambula, Secretary
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BSO Affiliated Organizations BAKERSFIELD YOUTH SYMPHONY The Bakersfield Youth Symphony seeks to serve the accomplished young musicians of the community, as well as providing another source of musical enjoyment for those who are interested in fine music. For information about the BYSO call Rita Gomez at (661) 301-3390 or contact Board Member Regina Pryor at rpryor@bak.rr.com. Visit www.bysorocks.org. Rita Gomez, President / Regina Pryor, Vice President / Lynn Eid, Secretary / Helen Hess, Treasurer /Alex Navarro, Manager / Marci Maynard, Librarian / Maxim Eshkenazy, Conductor
BAKERSFIELD MASTER CHORALE The Bakersfield Master Chorale is a choral society of adult voices directed by Dr. Robert Provencio. During its concert season, the Chorale seeks to enrich community musical awareness by presenting performances of major choral literature, secular and sacred, from all musical eras. For more information, please call Dave Waterman at (661) 348-4678 or email info@bakersfieldmasterchorale.org. Visit www. bakersfieldmasterchorale.org. Judy Houston, President / David Waterman, First Vice President / Susan Guerard, Second Vice President / Bruce Wade, Secretary / Jerry Buzzell, Treasurer / Robert Provencio, Director / Liz Cervantes, Accompanist
BEALE PARK BAND Today, the Beale Park Band is a 40 piece military styled band, directed by Douglas Kelley, that plays summer concerts in Bakersfield’s Beale Park on Sunday evenings during June of each year. The repertoire revolves around Marches, Overtures, Musicals, Show Tunes, Waltz’s and Polkas, concluding with a Sousa March. Concerts are from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm beginning on the second Sunday in June culminating with a Patriotic program on the Sunday before the Fourth of July. Douglas Kelley, Director / Cyndi Hicks, Manager
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A standing ovation goes to our Partners in Music Education whose participation helps to enrich the lives of thousands of local children who benefit from the various Music Education programs that the BSO offers the community. Thank you! For information about becoming a Partner in Music Education, contact the BSO at 661-323-7928.
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Corporate Sponsors The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous support of foundations, corporations and businesses whose gifts have helped ensure the continuation of the BSO's many outstanding programs.
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Letter from the President & CEO We are excited to bring to Bakersfield one of the most well-known operas, Don Giovanni. Our February concert is one of our more popular concerts since we have very talented opera soloists each year. For this program, we have eight soloists who bring to life the story of Don Giovanni. Mozart’s opera has enticed audiences beginning in the mid 1700’s. We trust you will enjoy tonight’s performance and invite you to join us again for the remainder of our classic concerts this season. The BSO’s mission is comprised of great concerts and music education. For 82 seasons we have lived this mission through our wonderful musicians and community supporters. In the near future we will expand our services in these two areas so we can have a greater impact in our community. Since education is a critical element within our society, the BSO is dedicated to enhance music programs within our local schools. Kern County has gifted music teachers who are at the very core of helping our children achieve greater success and learn the value of a good work ethic. The BSO’s Young People’s Concerts host approximately 12,000 elementary school children over 8 concerts. These concerts showcase the variety of musical instruments used in an orchestra as well as playing music young people recognize, such as theme music from Star Wars or Harry Potter. This type of program provides a meaningful field trip and hopefully inspires students to pursue music and the arts. Our concerts and music education programs are made possible by the generous donations of our patrons and community members. Ticket sales only provide one third of our revenue so the balance of our funding comes from sponsorships and donations. As a 501(c)3, all donations to the BSO are tax deductible. Your donation can support us as an anchor institution within the Arts community so we can continue bringing culture and great music to Bakersfield. Additional information is available at the BSO table in the lobby. Enjoy tonight’s program.
M. Bryan Burrow President & CEO
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Letter from the Music Director It is a pleasure to present Mozart’s Don Giovanni in a concert performance tonight. This is one of Mozart’s greatest works, filled with drama and some of his most beautiful music. Each of the singing roles requires exceptional skill and talent. In addition to fine singing, each soloist must project the character of his/her role with authority and conviction. Playing the score for an opera requires exceptional flexibility from an orchestra, primarily to allow the singers to breathe at appropriate places. There are also times when the tempo must be adjusted to accommodate especially difficult vocal technical passages. The flexibility acquired by an orchestra performing opera transfers to the symphonic repertoire in a very positive way. I hope you enjoy this evenings performance of one of Mozart’s masterpieces. Musically Yours,
John Farrer Music Director
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We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, businesses and foundations for their generous support. This listing includes contributions received January 24, 2014.
CONCERTMASTER $2,500 and above Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation David and Ardath Albizo Bakersfield Magazine Twilla Klassen Target Tejon Ranch Carl and Avanelle Woody Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young VIRTUOSO $1000 and above Barber Acura Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Barmann, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bell W. Michael and Dona Chertok Lois Chaney Peggy Darling Dr. and Mrs. Doug Davis Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Deats Mr. and Mrs. Stan Eschner Eleanor Heiskell Roger and Helen Hess Barbara Johnson Nile and Elizabeth Kinney Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kirschenman Jerome Kleinsasser and Jeanne Harrie Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Larwood Irma Laughlin-Kolstad Mr. and Mrs. Steve Layton Donald and Paula Lindsay Dr. and Mrs. Mark Miller George and Charlotte Pinheiro James and Thelma Royer-Cartwright James Ross and Linda Fiddler Helen T. Rummelsburg
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Saturday, February 8, 2014 – 7:30pm – Rabobank Theater
A CLASSIC OF COMEDY AND TRAGEDY! 6:30 pm Concert Preview presented by Jerome Kleinsasser, Professor of Music, Emeritus, California State University, Bakersfield Lobby Displays Highlight Visual Arts Organizations in Kern County
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Don Giovanni Concert version K.527 (1787) (1756-1791) Act One Overture Scene 1 – The garden of the Commendatore Introduction:
Notte e giorno faticar (Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Commendatore)
Scene 2 – A public square outside Don Giovanni’s palace Aria: Ah, chI mi dice mai (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Aria:
Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Leporello)
Duet:
Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
Quartet:
Non ti fidar, o misera (Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni)
Aria:
Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Zerlina)
Scene 3 – Finale: Ballroom
Finale:
Riposate, vezzose ragazze! (ensemble, minus Commendatore) - INTERMISSION -
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Act Two
Scene 1 – Outside Donna Elvira’s house
Trio:
Ah! Taci, ingiusto core (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Giovanni)
Scene 2 – A dark courtyard
Canzonetta:
Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)
Sextet:
Sola, sola, in buio loco (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Ottavio Donna Anna, Zerlina, Masetto)
Il mio tesoro (Don Ottavio)
Aria:
Scene 3 – A graveyard with the statue of the Commendatore
Duet: O statua gentilissma (Leporello, Don Giovanni, Commendatore)
Scene 4 – Donna Anna’s room
Aria:
Non mi dir, bell’idol mio (Donna Anna)
Scene 5 – Don Giovanni’s chambers
Finale:
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m’invitasti (Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Ensemble:
Ah, dov’è il perfido…Questo è il fin (ensemble, minus Commendatore)
- CAST Roberto Perlas Gomez, baritone (Don Giovanni) E. Scott Levin, baritone (Leporello) Susan Mohini Kane, soprano (Donna Anna) Robert MacNeil, tenor (Don Ottavio) Samantha Geraci-Yee, soprano (Donna Elvira) Jinyoung Jang, bass-baritone (Commendatore) Jennifer Lindsay, soprano (Zerlina) Babatunde Akinbobye, baritone (Masetto) Kristof Van Grysperre, Opera Director Tanya Kane-Parry, Stage Director Sophie Goldstein, Stage Manager
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John Farrer, Music Director John Farrer is now in his thirty-ninth season as the music director of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. In that time, Maestro Farrer has conducted over 400 works on the Orchestra’s subscription programs and has collaborated with some of the world’s finest soloists. He is also Music Director of the Roswell Symphony Orchestra and the Santa Maria Philharmonic and is a frequent guest conductor with orchestras in England. As senior guest conductor of the English Sinfonia, he has toured with the orchestra throughout England and northern France. His nine recordings with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, and English Sinfonia have received high praise from critics around the world. Mr. Farrer is recording the four symphonies of Johannes Brahms with the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra of London. In March 2006 Maestro Farrer served as Music Mentor of Singapore. In this capacity, he conducted several orchestras including a concert of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. This program was attended by S. R. Nathan, president of Singapore. In May, 2006, Maestro Farrer conducted the New Queens Hall Orchestra of London in a special program benefiting the National Osteoporosis Society of Britain. This concert was attended by the orchestra’s patron, Camilla, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall. Mr. Farrer was associated with the San Francisco Symphony for five seasons as a cover conductor for the Orchestra's subscription concerts. He was a speaker in the San Francisco Symphony's series of Inside Music talks, led the Orchestra in Concerts for Kids, and conducted a program at Stern Grove which attracted 20,000 listeners. John Farrer is director of the California Conducting Institute, an international training program held in Bakersfield. Mr. Farrer is also director of the London Conducting Workshop at the Royal Academy of Music and the director of a conducting master class held in Paris each January. Mr. Farrer is a member of the music advisory committee of the Young Musicians Foundation of Los Angeles, a board member of the Chamber Orchestra of New York, and a national trustee of the National Symphony Orchestra of the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Mr. Farrer is President elect of the Conductors Guild, the international organization representing the interests of conductors. Maestro Farrer is an advisor to the graduate conducting programs of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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BAKERSFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JOHN FARRER, MUSIC DIRECTOR VIOLIN I Julia L. Haney, Concertmaster Dorothy Nobles Chair Lee Smith Elizabeth Kinney Donna Fraser Tim Swanson Lisa Fritz Jeff Fritz Sharon Cooper Christine Snipes Debbie Ellis Lynne Garrett Rudolfina Sjostrand Matthias Rykert Marissa McCloud Sally Berman Anna Papipkyan Cosima Luther VIOLIN II Amy McGuire, Principal Deborah Perkins Norman Olsen Mary Mansfield Marcia Maynard Elvira Arambula Elaine LeCain Andrea von Schriltz Nicole Barnett Peter Marcos Kay Sanderson Jason Garcia Tracy Fessia VIOLA Paulette Shires, Principal Stan Holcombe Elizabeth Ferrier Alex Navarro 22
Helen Crosby Tom Meyer Sandra Caudel Lauren Ellridge Isabel Thiroux Kim Wilkins Hugh Neely Matthew Witmer Nina Manchorova CELLO Diane Malecki, Principal Carl & Avanelle Woody Chair Alex Wilson Aaron Connor Anna McCoy Mary Eckart Caroline Bordinarro Madlin Sarkissian Erin Esses Aniela Perry Beth Park Pam DeAlmeida Kristin Garbeff BASS Barry Newton, Principal Peter Scaffidi, Co-Principal John Hester Igor Stebaev Jay Rubottom Whitney Herbst Harvey Newmark Gabriel Golden Mark Breitenbach Carla Capolupo Manuel Quintero
Janet Davis Andrew Flores FLUTE Nancy Wallace, Principal Audrey Boyle Rhonda Martin Mary Cervantes PICCOLO Jeanne Johnson OBOE Brett Clausen, Principal Aaron Miller Julie Calvo ENGLISH HORN Paula Dublinski CLARINET Mary Moore, Principal Marc Tipton Patricia Jensen E-FLAT CLARINET Jeff Dundas BASS CLARINET Sandra Garcia SAXOPHONE Sheri Tipton Ben Horton BASSOON Amy Gillick, Co-Principal Melissa Frey, Co-Principal Michael Kreiner
CONTRA BASSOON Steve Thiroux HORN Brian Smith, Principal Peggy Copp Lucy Adams Martin Goni Tim McFadden Susan Helfter Kristin Morrison Andrea Allen TRUMPET Michael C. Raney, Principal Steve O’Connor Sal Panelli Dan Boyle Brad Pickett Kris Tiner Leo Sakomoto TROMBONE Ron Christian*, Principal Jay Jarrett, Acting Principal Marisa Aoki Norm Campbell Caroline Hayes Martha Redstone Fred Chynoweth Dennis Herbst TUBA Glenn Bowles, Principal Eric Farrenkopf David Pitzer Adam Clements
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TIMPANI Ernie Cervantes, Principal Claire O'Connor Frisch Chair PERCUSSION Cyndi Hicks Ray Ayala Matt Bornong Robert Cervantes Rebecca Spickler Deanna Hudgins Michael Downing Kelly Weaver Amanda Posey Simon Carroll Michael Deutsch Beverly Dorsey Chris Bishop Joe Muskat Zanne Zarow HARP Laura Porter, Co-Principal Kathleen Moon, Co-Principal Jennifer Farrenkopf Andrea Puente Elaine Litster Jennifer Duke KEYBOARDS Bonnie Farrer, Principal Elizabeth Cervantes
______________________ CONCERTMASTER EMERITA Rebecca Brooks *LEAVE OF ABSENCE The BSO is grateful for the endowed chairs established in honor or memory of loved ones by family and friends.
Don Giovanni, Il dissoluto punito (The Libertine Punished) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) The origins of the Don Juan myth are buried deep in the tombs of historical allegory, dating back at least to the Middle Ages. Later, in 17th-century Spain, an appetite for its dramatization seems to have arisen as multiple plays appeared in various locales over a period of decades. Within a century composers such as Antonio Caldara and Christoph Willibald Gluck tried their hand in fashioning musical settings. Flushed with the success of their collaboration in The Marriage of Figaro, it took little for librettist Lorenzo da Ponte to convince Mozart they should accept an invitation to create a new opera to be Ezio Pinza as Don Giovanni. premiered in Prague in 1787. That city’s more open spirit seemed preferable for introducing this type of plot than in uptight Vienna. Typically, Mozart’s economic fortunes at the time were precarious as he was a profligate spender, living mainly on loans from wealthy patrons. His letters to benefactors reflect continual pleading for extensions on debt repayment while simultaneously requesting even more support. He undertook the task and worked rapidly, but was repeatedly distracted by requests from various individuals for small occasional pieces. His father’s sudden demise in May of that year threatened to collapse the entire project. With the loss of his most important teacher and mentor, Mozart was suddenly cast adrift. Though the two had been recently estranged, the shock threw the bereaved Mozart into despair that, on top of his own precarious health and continuing financial difficulties, only intensified his feeling of loss. Most of Don Giovanni was composed in the summer of 1787 in Vienna. Mozart traveled to Prague in October to complete it as the premier was scheduled there for the 14th in an entertainment to honor visiting royalty. Further difficulties arose when cast members badgered him to provide more and lengthier arias, so the opening was rescheduled for the 29th of the month.
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Last minute changes and additions were typical of his work routine. The overture was written the day of the final dress rehearsal, though it was customary for him to formulate its themes and structure mentally in advance. There were no manuscript sketches as it was merely a matter of his applying it to paper, most of which was completed the day before the premiere. Copyists finished orchestra parts the day of the first performance, thus the players were literally sight-reading from parts on which the ink was still fresh. Multiple dualities mark the entire work, perhaps best exemplified by the overture itself. Mozart labeled his opera a “dramma giocoso” – implying a format both tragic and comic. This is first revealed in the overture’s D-minor/D-major contrasts. The thundering opening chords in an andante D-minor (which, comically, in our time have been appropriated in pseudo-dramatic film scores and television commercials) conflict dynamically with a hushed, intrepid rhythmic idea in the strings that seems to be softly stalking something.
The violins’ opening eight bars (forte then piano) Impetuous outbursts in unsettling harmonies follow, pursued in turn by combined flute and violins in an arcane series of scales, minor and major, rising and falling, and raising further harmonic questions.
Flute and first violin voice rising and falling scales Soon “tragic” D-minor gives way to a sunny moderato “giocoso” D-major section that carries to the overture’s end, very much resembling the first movement in a joyous Mozart symphony.
“giocoso” D-major theme
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The human personalities we encounter offer the duality of class distinction aristocrat-peasant. The title character, indeed, any person whose name is prefaced by either “Don” or “Donna,” is an aristocrat to whom Mozart assigned music of a rather stiff, formal, virtuosic style of wide vocal range and static emotion. The rustics, on the other hand, feature music of moderate range with shorter phrases, more linear melodies, - simpler music in effect, by contrast with that of the aristocrats. There is consensus among respected writers on opera that no composer exceeded Mozart in the ability to clothe individual characters in his operas with music that defines them as fully as does the libretto. The first figure we come upon is Don Giovanni’s bumbling servant Leporello. His furtive acts are implied by tiptoeing eighth notes separated by rests, and forte-piano contrasts of the introduction to his first moment on stage.
Leporello’s comic personality is implied in his introduction The stiff orchestral introduction to the aristocratic Donna Elvira captures her anger and agitation in spacious melodic leaps.
Stiffly formal intro for the jilted Donna Elvira It is in the collective ensembles that conclude many scenes and each act where this composer’s gifts are most evident, as the musical identity each individual maintains is directly attributable to the Mozart genius. The opera’s final line: De’ perfidi la morte alla vita è sempre ugual. “The death of wicked men is always just like their life.”
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Roberto Perlas Gomez, soloist With over ninety roles to his credit, baritone Roberto Perlas Gomez has performed extensively throughout the United States. He has performed supporting roles with Michigan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, and San Francisco Opera. He has done multiple leading roles with most of the regional companies in California. As an Opera San Jose resident artist, Mr. Gomez performed lead roles in Carmen, La Traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and created the role of the Drosselmeier in The Tale of the Nutcracker. He has further performed what has become his signature role of Figaro with Nevada Opera, Santa Barbara Opera, Accorde Opera in Mexico, Sacramento Opera, and Opera Idaho. In 2008, Mr. Gomez made his Italian and European debut for the Arena di Verona Foundation as the Chinese Prime Minister, Chou en-lai in the Italian premiere of John Adams’ Nixon in China, a role he reprised with Long Beach Opera.
E. Scott Levin, soloist Baritone, E. Scott Levin earned his Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis and graduate certificate from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Since 2002, he has sung over twenty productions with Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis. Between 2003 and 2006, he served as the Liturgical Soloist at Temple Shaare Emeth and as the Baritone Young Artist with the Bach Society of Saint Louis. He has sung lyric roles in Mozart’s Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, and Marriage of Figaro, Verdi’s Traviata, Puccini’s Tosca and Boheme, Rossini’s Cenerentola, and Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment. The many companies with which he has performed include Los Angeles Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Long Beach Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Lyric Opera of LA, and Orange County Opera, and he has been several times a featured soloist with the Los Angeles Bach Festival.
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Susan Mohini Kane, soloist American soprano, Susan Mohini Kane's "crystal-clear voice and impeccable technique" (LA Culture Spot Magazine) has captured audiences in performances of opera, oratorio, art song, and classical cabaret. Kane's solo CD recording: A MOMENT OF JOY, released in 2010 inspired these reviews: “This series of art songs and arias brings phrase after phrase of artful music." (McKinney) Music Web International hails Kane's CD as "a truly inspirational disc." Susan Mohini Kane and pianist, Kristof Van Grysperre debuted their classical cabaret show in Ghent, Belgium. Their LA debut was at The Gardenia in Hollywood “where it stunned those in attendance through the sheer musical command of these two performers.” (Cabaret West Newsletter) Please visit www.kristofandkane.com for information about this duo. Kane maintains a blog on singing, a performing schedule and a private studio as well as being a full professor at CSULA where she teaches voice and directs the opera. Her book, The 21st Century Singer: Bridging the Gap Between the University and the World is due to be published by Oxford University Press in July 2014. Please see her website: www.smkane.com.
Robert MacNeil, soloist Tenor Robert MacNeil has been praised by the Los Angeles Times for possessing a voice that is “clarion” and “clear”. After making his San Francisco Opera debut as the High Priest of Neptune in Mozart’s Idomeneo, he returned to perform in productions of Salome, Le Nozze di Figaro and in Werther, for which Opera News said Robert MacNeil “sang with panache.” Mr. MacNeil most recently performed with LA Opera in Lohengrin, after previous appearances including The Stigmatized, Fidelio, Il Trovatore, Der Rosenkavalier, Festival Play of Daniel, Tannhäuser, La Bohème and Il Tabarro. The tenor made his debut with the famed Ojai Festival under Kent Nagano in Orff’s Die Kluge and recorded the role of Martin in Copland’s opera The Tender Land, which was released on the Koch International Label. The tenor, a National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, has his B.M. from Chapman University and M.M. from the University of Southern California. At the University of Southern California, he was a Marilyn Horne Scholar and was named Most Outstanding Graduate Student from the Thornton School of Music. Mr. MacNeil is currently on the voice faculty of California State University, Los Angeles and was on the faculties of Citrus College and Irvine Valley College.
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Samantha Geraci-Yee, Soprano Described as being “silver-voiced,” soprano Samantha Geraci-Yee recently relocated to Los Angeles, where she is on the roster for LA Opera’s Education and Community Programs, and a regular soloist with Opera on Tap – Los Angeles. Her role as Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro) marked her professional debut at the Stocker Arts Center in Lorain, Ohio in 2006. Most recently, Ms. Geraci-Yee appeared in The Mikado with Pacific Opera Project. Ms. Geraci-Yee has also performed roles in Die Zauberflöte, Suor Angelica, Eugene Onegin, The Cunning Little Vixen, and A Little Night Music. She performed in the inaugural performance of Vineyard Touring Opera’s new Script to Score series throughout Southern California. Ms. GeraciYee also created the role of Clio the Singer in the world premiere of Charles L. Mee’s Orestes 3.0: Inferno with City Garage Theatre in Santa Monica, CA. Other professional engagements include appearances with ConcertOPERA – Philadelphia, Independent Opera Company, Pacific Opera Encore Performances, and Poor Richard's Opera. Additional performance credits include American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, Janiec Opera Company at Brevard Music Center, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, Emerald City Opera, Russian Opera Workshop, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and OperaWorks. Ms. Geraci-Yee completed her Bachelor of Music Degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music and her Master of Music Degree from Temple University.
Jinyoung Jang, soloist Bass Jinyoung Jang is pleased to come back to join with Bakersfield Symphony in this season. In performances, he was featured in Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, Faure's Requiem, Rocco in Fidelio and the Prologue to Boito's Mefistofele. He was a resident artist with Los Angeles Opera Company (Artistic Director: Placido Domingo) where he performed numerous operas including La Boheme as Colline, Carmen as Zuniga, La Traviata as Dr. Grenvil and among others. He had a solo recital sponsored by Bakersfield Symphony in 2006. He has performed with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Santa Monica Symphony, and Pasadena Symphony. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree at Seoul National University, Artist Certificate at Southern Methodist University, Master’s Degree at University of Tennessee and Advanced Studies Certificate at University of Southern California. He is now a faculty member at Antelope Valley College and Moorpark College and a music director at All Nations Church.
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Jennifer Lindsay, soloist Jennifer Lindsay is an award-winning classically trained singer and violinist. At age 11 she was a founding member of the Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, and at 14 she was the guest youth soloist for the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition at Ambassador Auditorium. Since those early years, Jennifer has gone on to perform at a number of high-profile events, including a guest solo at the Essence Awards in New York City and multiple performances at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA, including the world-wide televised Christmas Eve services. She has received a number of accolades for her vocal talents, including 3rd place at the National Association of Negro Musicians’ National Vocal Competition, and 1st place at the Redlands Young Artist Awards. Jennifer has studied with vocal faculty at Pomona College, Manhattan School of Music, and The Peabody Conservatory, and she is thrilled to be making her debut with the Bakersfield Symphony in the role of Zerlina.
Babatunde Akinboboye, soloist Equally at home in opera and in musical theater, Nigerian American Baritone, Babatunde Akinboboye has sung the roles of Guglielmo (Così fan Tutte), Horace Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Henry Davis (Street Scene), Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Elijah (Mendelsson’s Elijah), Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro) and the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince (Into the Woods) with the California State University, Northridge Opera Theatre. Upcoming engagements include singing the role of Escamillo in Pacific Opera Project’s Carmen. As an advocate for the performance of art song and operatic works written by African American composers, Mr. Akinboboye has been a featured performer at both the National Association of Negro Musicians Annual Conference as well as the most recent African American Art Song Alliance Conference. Babatunde was named Western Regional Finalist in the 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. His honors also include first place winner in the American Educators of Italian Origin United Opera Scholarship Competition, winner of the New Century Singers of Whittier Competition, finalist in the International Eisteddfod Vocal Solo Competition in Llangollen, Wales, Village Voices Chorale scholarship recipient, two time recipient of the CSUN Kurt Allen scholarship, and winner of the CSUN concerto competition. Babatunde is an Alumnus of the OperaWorks Emerging Artist Program and the CoOPERAtive Program of Westminster Choir College. Babatunde received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance at California State University, Northridge. He is currently under the instruction of Vladimir Chernov and vocal coach Douglas Sumi.
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Kristof Van Grysperre, Opera Director Kristof Van Grysperre, a native of Belgium, has an international career as a pianist, chamber musician, vocal coach, and as a conductor. The Orange County Register has hailed him as “gifted and stylistically impeccable” and described him as a conductor “with pugilistic power and sensitivity.” After a three year intermezzo in Belgium, Van Grysperre returned to Southern California and currently serves as associate conductor, chorus master and artistic administrator at Long Beach Opera, where he recently conducted King Gesar. With a strong vocal background and a repertoire of over forty operas Van Grysperre conducted performances for Opera Pacific, Baltimore Opera Studio, Intimate Opera Company, SongFest and USC Opera. As a vocal coach, he was engaged by the Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Program, the Aspen Opera Center and the Bakersfield Symphony. He established flourishing studios in Pasadena and Long Beach. As a pianist Van Grysperre collaborated with leading instrumentalists and singers such as Maria Newman, Philip Webb, Juliana Gondek and Susan Mohini Kane, and recorded for the René Gailly and Phaedra labels, the Flemish and Suisse Radio and Television and K-Mozart. Van Grysperre taught at the California Conducting Workshop, SongFest and the University of Southern California, where he also served as interim music director of the USC Thornton Opera. He has been honored with numerous awards and fellowships, including the prestigious Fulbright Grant. At the USC Thornton School of Music, he completed a Doctorate and two Master of Music degrees, all with highest honors, with major fields in keyboard collaborative arts and orchestral conducting.
Tanya Kane-Parry, Stage Director Tanya Kane-Parry’s directing credits include: Carmen (Pacific Repertory Opera), The Coronation of Poppea (CSULA), The Medium (CSULA) and the avant-garde multimedia opera The Wall, based on the Sartre short story, composed by John M. Kennedy (CSULA). At Long Beach Opera she choreographed The Man from Atlantis, The Clever One and Moscow, Cherry Town. At Los Angeles Opera she was the Assistant Director on Madama Butterfly, The Barber of Seville, Carmen, The Broken Jug, The Dwarf and The Merry Widow. At Houston Grand Opera she assisted Joan Font on the premiere of his The Barber of Seville, which she then re-mounted at the Houston Miller Outdoor Theatre, and assisted on the remount at L’Opera National de Bordeaux. She then assisted Mr. Font on L’Italiana in Algers at Houston Grand Opera, then Cinderella at Los Angeles Opera. She will be the Associate Director on the production of Cinderella at Opera Omaha this April 2014, followed by The Barber of Seville at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in October, and then Cinderella at Washington National Opera in 2015. Tanya is the Artistic Director of the physical-based theatre company, Opera del Espacio, and is a professor in the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at Cal State L.A.
Sophie Goldstein, Stage Manager Sophie Goldstein is an LA native who graduated from CSULA with a BA in Theatre Arts and Dance. While at Cal State, she participated in many productions and was an Irene Ryan nominee for her performance in the Cave Dwellers directed by Steve Rothman and once again for Love and Marriage directed by Theresa Larkin. In her last year at Cal State she directed Harold Pinter’s The Lover and was a member of Los Angeles’ theatre company Opera Del Espacio. After graduating from CSULA in 2010, she continued to work with Opera Del Espacio and after some time decided to apply for an MFA and was accepted into the Acccademia Dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Her final thesis performance was entitled Este Es Un Sombrero and was an exploration of object manipulation in storytelling. Now back in LA, she has recently performed in a new work directed by Tanya Kane-Parry with music composed by Dr. John Kennedy, called The Wall: A Musical Misdeed based on the short story by Jean Paul Sartre set during the Spanish Civil War. Starting March 15th she’ll be performing at the LA Opera as a lady’s maid in Lucia di Lammermoor.
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