Administration

CENTRAL CITY OPERA | ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PELHAM G.

PEARCE, JR. was selected in 1996 as Managing Director of Central City Opera and named General/Artistic Director in 1998. During his 25-year tenure, Mr. Pearce set forth the company’s current artistic mission of balancing traditional and progressive works. Nationally, he has served as Chairman of the Grants Review Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, as a juror for the Rosa Ponselle International Voice Competition and Regional Met Auditions and as a Board Member for OPERA America. In May of 2013, Mr. Pearce received the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Award for the Arts and Humanities.

Pelham G. Pearce, Jr., General/Artistic Director John Baril, Music Director John Moriarty, Artistic Director Emeritus Michael Baitzer, Director/Administrator, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Sara Blackwelder, Controller and Director of Human Resources Ana Carrera, Accounting Clerk Wanda M. Larson, Office Administrator/Gift Shop Buyer

BOX OFFICE Deb Mountain, Sales Operations Manager Tanner Buffy, Patron Services Associate

DEVELOPMENT Katherine Nicholson, Director of Development Michael Walker, Annual Giving Manager Jeremy Schwartz, Development Operations and Events Manager Elisabeth Boyce, Development Administrative Coordinator Shira Zimmerman, Grants Officer Sam Moody, Grants Coordinator HISTORIC PROPERTIES Eric Chinn, Director of Historic Properties Sam Carrington, Historic Property Maintenance

MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Gail Bransteitter, Director of Marketing and Communications Erin Osovets, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Margaret Siegrist, Marketing Content Manager Teila Theisen, Audience Development Manager Melissa Rick, Art Direction and Graphic Design

EDUCATION Emily Murdock, Director of Education Margaret Ozaki Graves, Education Coordinator

TOURING ARTISTS Steven Aguiló-Arbues, Piano Roger Ames, Resident Teaching Artist and Composer* Jason Baldwin, Tenor* Miguel Ángel Ortega Bañales, Tenor Sarah Barber, Mezzo-Soprano* James Baumgardner, Tenor Adam Buer, Classical Guitar Ruth L. Carver, Soprano and Yoga Instructor* Judeth Shay Comstock, Soprano* Christie Conover, Soprano Armando Contreras, Baritone Brian Cook, Teaching Artist* Jennifer DeDominici, Mezzo-Soprano* Kira Dills-DeSurra, Mezzo-Soprano Phoenix Gayles, Soprano Daniela Guzmán-Égüez, Soprano Erin Hackel, Soprano* Michael Hoffman, Tenor Jenee Luquette James, Soprano Emily Murdock, Soprano* Margaret Ozaki Graves, Soprano* Sara Parkinson, Piano Amanda Raddatz, Soprano Marcia Ragonetti, Mezzo-Soprano Chad Reagan, Baritone Jeremy Reger, Piano Leslie Remmert Soich, Mezzo-Soprano Rebecca Robinson, Mezzo-Soprano Pablo Romero, Tenor Deborah Schmit-Lobis, Piano, Composer/Arranger* John Seesholtz, Baritone Margaret Siegrist, Mezzo-Soprano Erin Joy Swank, Stage Manager*

Steven Taylor, Baritone Bradley Thompson, Baritone* Michelle Diggs Thompson, Soprano Malcolm Ulbrick, Baritone Michael Wymore, Stage Manager Travis Yamamoto, Piano

* Indicates a Teaching Artist

MUSIC AND COACHING STAFF John Baril, Music Director and Principal Conductor, Rigoletto Christopher Zemliauskas, Conductor, Carousel Brandon M. Eldredge, Associate Conductor/Chorus Master/ Conductor, Dido and Aeneas Michael Baitzer, Director/Administrator, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program and Principal Coach/Diction Coach Brian Cook, Orchestra Personnel Co-Manager Angela Dombrowski, Assistant to the Music Director, Orchestra Personnel Co-Manager and Music Librarian Thomas Getty, Assistant Conductor Ah Young Kim, Assistant Conductor Michael Sherman, Assistant Conductor Erick Vaughn Wolfe, Stage Combat Instructor/Resident Fight Choreographer Melinda Sullivan, Movement Coach/Resident Choreographer

PRODUCTION STAFF Karen T. Federing, Director of Production Kerry M. Cripe, Technical Director Lisa Marie Lange, Stage Manager, Carousel Angela Turner, Stage Manager, Rigoletto Emilia Covault, Assistant Stage Manager, Carousel and Rigoletto Dan Wallace Miller, Assistant Director, Carousel Gregory Boyle, Assistant Director, Rigoletto Eric Nathan Brady, Production Scheduler Teila Vochatzer, Properties Master Shay Dite, Assistant Properties Master Stacie Logue, Costume Shop Manager Ruth A. Fink, Wardrobe Head/Assistant Costume Shop Manager Colleen T. Armstrong, Stitcher/Dresser Jason Allen, Resident Wig/Makeup Designer and Supervisor Linnea Jean Soderberg, 1st Wig/Makeup Assistant Tiffany Lynn Zellner, 2nd Wig/Makeup Assistant Erick Vaughn Wolfe, Stage Combat Instructor/Resident Fight Choreographer Melinda Sullivan, Movement Coach/Resident Choreographer Phillip W. Powers, Assistant Lighting Designer DIRECTORS/DESIGNERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS/ SUPERTITLES Ken Cazan, Director, Carousel Jose Maria Condemi, Director, Rigoletto Dan Wallace Miller, Director, Dido and Aeneas David Martin Jacques, Set Designer, Carousel Edina Hiser, Costume Designer, Carousel and Rigoletto Sonia Ninette Mendez, Assistant Costume Designer,

Carousel and Rigoletto Steven C. Kemp, Set Designer, Rigoletto Stacie Logue, Costume Designer, Dido and Aeneas Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer, Carousel David Martin Jacques, Resident Lighting Designer Jason Allen, Resident Wig/Makeup Designer and Supervisor Jason Ducat, Sound Designer, Carousel and Rigoletto Thomas Getty, Supertitles, Rigoletto

FESTIVAL SERVICES Natalie Love, House/Festival Services Manager

FESTIVAL INTERNS Morgan Brochu, House/Company Management Assistant, Texas Olivia L. Darling, Stage Management Production Assistant,

Rigoletto, Ohio Savanna Genskow, Props Assistant, Iowa Chris Griswold, Stage Management Production Assistant, Carousel, Texas Jessica Kroupa, Office/Music Library/Events Assistant, Colorado Natalie Main, Stage Management Production Assistant,

Dido and Aeneas, Georgia Lauren Mehling, Wig/Makeup Assistant, New York Isabelle Nelson, Costume/Wardrobe Assistant, Kansas Julie Padovan, Wig/Makeup Assistant, Pennsylvania Anna Kate Reynolds, Costume/Wardrobe Assistant, Texas Hailee Selby, Props Assistant, South Carolina

IATSE/STAGE CREW HEADS Mariah Becerra, Head Props Brian O'Reilly, Assistant Props Keven Soll, Assistant Props Michael Boswell, Head Carpenter Cindy Maupin, Assistant Carpenter Stephen D. Mazzeno, Master Electrician and Union Steward William Loving, Board Operator Jeff Riedel, Head Flyman Greg Killpack, Assistant Flyman James Gralian, Head Sound Jason Begin, Assistant Sound Massimo Cerasoli, Assistant Sound