PROGRAM: Bravo 2001 Fall Opera and Dance

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Building on Our Successes

Dea r Fri ends ,

On b ehalf of Michigan Opera Theatre, it is my grea t p leasure to we lc ome yo u back to the Detroit Opera Hou se. We hope yo u have enjoyed your summer, and we look forward to sh a ring wi th you an other extrao rdina ry season of wo rldclass opera and dance produ cti ons.

Whi le th e summer months provide d a brief rest to the action on stage, the Detroit Opera Hous e bu s tled with the awa rd -winnin g Le arning a t th e Opera H ou se progra m and a va ri e ty o f yo uthbase d programs, including American Ballet Thea tres summer d ance intensive, whi ch was attended b y stu d ents fro m aro und the nation.

The past few months hav e also allowed u s to continu e th e ongoing restoration of th e Detroit Opera Hou se. Specifically, you wi ll notice impro veme nts to th e Broadway facade, which we ant icip a te will b e co mp leted b y the h olid ays. I hope you will take a moment to revel in th e ex qui site architectural b eaut y o f this portion of a magnificent theater.

Th e large lounge, l ocat e d near th e Madison Str ee t entrance, will b e closed th rougho ut the fa ll and w int er seasons, an d wi ll reo p en as the General Motors O p era Cafe in time for our spring seaso n . Thi s new faCilit y w ill allo w our gues ts to enjoy li ght far e b efo re

and aft er performances. I am also very pleased that , as part of this restoration, we will be able to provide a fully accessible restroom fa Cility on our main floor.

The 1996 opening of th e De troit Ope r a Hous e became the cata lys t for the revit aliza tion of the sports and entertainment dis tric t tha t surrounds Grand Circus Park and Harm onie Park. Whil e we remain inordinately proud of our role in the trem end ous d evelo pment of this area and enjoy th e su ccess of the new businesses , res taurant s and the beautiful Comerica Park , we h ave become painfully aware that this grow th h as its price . We share the concern th at many of yo u ha ve about the in creased difficult y in parking; we have thu s b een working with many of our n eighbors and the City o f De troi t to

d evelop a so lution to this evergrowing ch all enge .

In 1999 , we lau n ch ed the New Centu ry Fund wit h the historic Thr ee Ten ors Conce rt While we ha ve mad e grea t strid es in our fund -raising efforts, we still h ave a long way to go. The suc cess ful co mple tion of this campaign will ensure that Michigan Opera Thea tre and all its cultural and educational activities at the Detroit Opera H ouse will remain a vi tal force for our co mmunity in thi s new ce ntu ry: At the top of our prio riti es is th e co m p letion o f the Educat ion Reso urce Center, the retirement of our construction d eb t and the establishment of a Significant en d owment.

In addition to all these initiati ves, we have planned an ex traordinary season of opera and dance for y our p leasure . Our fa ll opera seaso n will feature two completely n ew produ ctions of Carmen and Anoush, wi th a ho s t of exciting artists to bring th em to life. As always, I truly appreciate yo ur support and hop e that yo u will enjoy yo ur experiences at the Opera Hou se

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Detro it Opera Ho use

Davi d DiChiera

THE CAST

By order of voca l appearance

MORAL ES

Terence Mu rp hy

MICAELA

N ico lle F o land

DON]OSE .1

Hu gh Smith *

(Oc tober 13, 1 7 & 2 0)

Gera r d P owe r s*

(October 14m, 19 & 21m)

ZUNIGA

Salva d or Gino ri

CARMEN

Iri n a Mis hura

(Oc tober 13, 17,1 9 & 21m)

Ka te Ald ri ch

(Octobe r 14m & 20)

FRASQUITA Va lerieYova

MERCEDES

Eliza W am er *+

ES C AMILLO

,Ky le Ketelsen

LE DANCAIRO

Terence Murphy

LE REMENDADO

Mat thew Tu ell+

* Michigan Opera Theatre Debut + Michigan Opera Th eat re Young Artist Apprentice

Conducto r John DeMain

Direc tor Ron Daniels *

Chorus Mas ter Suzanne Mallare Acton

Se t Design Riccardo Hernandez*

Cos tum e Des ign Constance Hoffman

Lighti ng Design James Ingalls *

Cho reograp her Lili del Castillo

Ma keup & Hair Design

Elsen Associates

Stage Manager Kenneth

Surtitle translation Christopher Bergen

Surtitles Jar this production oj Carmen are owned by Christopher Be rgen

Carmen is a Co-Production of Mi ch igan Opera

Thea tre, Opera Pacific and Ho u ston Grand Opera.

By arrangement with Baerenreiter Music Corporation for Alkor-Edition, publisher and copyright owner.

The October 17th per formance is sponsored by the Ida & Conrad H. Smith Fu nd, which was established by the Raymond C. Smith Foundation Fund of th e Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan.

cts I & II will each be follo we d by a 20 minute intermi ssion

Setting: 'II S · SCVI C, paIn

ACTI

In a square in Sevill e, town sp eo ple and so ldiers relax in the sun. A pretty coun tr y gi rl , Mica ela , co m es in looking for h er swe e theart, Corporal Don Jos e ; an officer, Morales, tells h e r Jos e will b e the re later, and sh e leaves. As the guard is change d , a band of children parade around , imit ating the so ldiers ("Avec la grand e m ontante "), whose number no w includes J ose. To the sound o f the noon b ell , girl s from the n earby cigarette fa c_ tory wa nd er in to smoke and chat , as passersb y look on in fasc ination ("Dans l'air"). enters la s t , flirting, joking and exp lainin g h er philo sop h y of life: Lo ve is a wi ld bird that cannot be tamed (Haban era: "I:a mour est un oiseau rebelle ") J ose sits apart , sullen and distra cted. Drawn by hi s indifference , Ca rmen tosses him a flow e r as the work be ll ca lls the girls back. Th e square grows qui e t , and Micael a returns to give Jo se news o f his moth er ("Parl e-moi d e rn a mere" ). No soo n er ha s sh e left than a disturbance is heard in th e fac to ry; Ca rm en is in vo lved in a fig ht , and th e girl s run out arg uing over who started it. Captain Zuniga orders Jo se to arrest Carme n , but sh e res is ts th ei r questions with brazen nonchalance H er wrists bound, sh e sings "to her self ' abo ut th e ren d ezvo u s she might arran ge with Jos e (Sequidill a: "Pres des ram p a rts d e Sevi lle") Falling under h er sp ell , he loosens h er b onds. Th e crowd return s to see Carmen led to prison , roari n g with delight when she escapes; J ose is arrested for let ting her ge t away

ACT II

A month later, a t Pastia 's Inn, Carmen j oins h er co mpanions in a gypsy so n g ("Les tringles des sistr es tintaient ") and exerts h er ch arms on th e matador Escamillo , wh o boasts of hi s ex ploits in

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the arena ("Vo tre toast ") When the inn closes, Carmen tells four fri endsFrasqu ita , Mercedes, Dancairo, Remendado - that love for Jo se keeps her from go in g along on th eir n ex t smuggling trip (quint et : "No u s avons en tete "). They laugh at h er, th en hid e as J ose is h ea rd approac hin g. Ca rm en sings and danc es for him , but a bugl e is heard so unding th e retreat, and h e s tart s to return to hi s barra c ks. Thi s an gers her, and he pauses to show h e r the fl ower sh e thre w at h im , telling wh a t it m eant to him in pri so n ("Le fl eur qu e tu m'ava is j etee"). Sh e invites him to join h er wild m ounta in life , but h e refu ses Suddenl y, Zuniga breaks in , provoking an attack b y J ose. Carmen calls the gypsies, who seize Zuniga J ose is now forced to join the ou tlaws.

ACT III

In their mountain hideout , th e smugglers congratulat e themselv es on their su ccessful ca reer, but Jo se is unhappy in their midst. Carme n find s his h omesickness tireso m e and bu sies h ersel f with h er friends in tellin g their fortun es a t ca rds Frasqu ita sees an ardent lover, Mercedes a wealthy hu sband and Carmen on ly death ("En vain pour evi ter"). Th e gypsies leave, an d Micaela ent ers in sea rch o f Jose ('J e dis que rien n e m 'empou -

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vante"). A shot rin gs out, and sh e fl ees. It was Jo ses gun , aimed at Escamillo , who has come looking for Carmen. The two start to fi ght with knives and are se parated by th e gypsies; Escamill o invites them all to his next bullfi ght and leaves after insulting Jo se, who se j ea lou sy is reaching dangerous bounds. Remen dado brings in Micaela , and sh e begs Jo se to return home. Carm en , tired as she is of him , agrees, but h e kn ows w h a ts on h er mind and vows to find h er after he has see n hi s mother.

ACT IV

In Sevi ll e's Plaz a de Toro s, the crow d ga th ers for th e bullfight, hailing Escamillo. Carmen is with him and assures him of h er lo ve; she waits in th e s quare , thou gh h er girlfriend s warn that Jo se has b een seen prowlin g aro un d , l ooking despera te. Carmen is a fatalist; she knows she mu st face Jo se even tually Sure eno ugh , h e enters ("C'est toi 7" "C' es t moil" ), demanding that sh e give up Escamill o. But she and J ose a re finish ed , she says tossing his ring in his face, as the crowd is heard cheering for Escamillo. When Ca rmen tries to run p ast J ose into th e arena , he stabs h e r, falling in d es pair by her body OJ

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Mitchell Krieger talks to Director Ron Daniels about

Carmen

Mitchell Krieger is the Director of Operations for Opera Pacific

When asked to do Carmen, what were your first tho ughts?

I was tremendously excited, of course. Not too long before yo u phoned, I had i:mended a concet t p er formance of Carmen in the Berkshires, so I cou ld st ill vividly remembe r the vo luptu ous music, its exubera n ce as weII as its delicacy I felt at once that this was a perfect opera for me to work on - a strong narrative and passionate, even violent characters; a story of love, obsession and murder. I coulfin 't wai t to get started But I felt a touch of panic, too. Never having seen the ope r a perfo rme d o n stage, this wou ld really be a voyage of discovery

Where did your research take you?

First of all, I listened to severa l recordings - Bernstein, Pretre, Lombard - over and over again , tr yi ng to ge t a deeper fee ling for the music, to und ers tand its r ichness and eclecticis m. I studied th e sco r e in detail, comparing it to the various recordings, noting the possible cuts and the different choices to be made I read the history of the opera and o f the operacomique, and earlier evalu ation s. also looked a t va r ious contempo rary studies of opera, among them Suzan McClary's Ca rmen and Catherine Cle m ents Opera or the UndOing of Women. And by th en , the no vel by Merimee had become ob liga to ry r ead ing, every time I rode th e sub way in New York l

Can you te ll us something about th e discussions you had with set des igner Riccardo Hernandez and costume d es igner Constance Hoffman that led to th e visual concept?

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I had worked with both Riccardo and Con stance severa l times before; I have a tremend ous admiration for their work and great trust in their instincts By the time I met with Riccardo, I already had this n otion of the "fantasy of the South": th e ima ge of all these men (Merimee among th em ) from the co ld north of Europe, tra veling to sun- dren ch ed Spain to watch the women from the cigare tt e factory as they made their way down to the Guada lquivir to bathe - men yearning for a fr eedom impossib le for them in their northern homes. Riccardo and I , both of us having b een b o rn in wa rmer climes and n ow living in th e cold northern h emisphere, always dreaming of faroff southern h omes, discussed this "fantas y" with some degree of whimsy and wondered w h at "th e South " could pOSSibly mean to the peop le of sou thern Ca lifornia. Mexico, perhaps? When Riccardo returned from our secon d meeting, he brought with him some b eautiful sketch es Startling yellow su nlit wa lls , rose- pink fl oors , white stucco buildings .. these drawings b ecame a point of d eparture and an inspiration for our www.M ichi ga nOpera.org

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We also discussed how the o p era is clearly divided into mu sical numbers - almost like a Broadway musical - separated by spoken dialogue. By then, we already knew that we wanted to use the opera-comique version and not the la ter recitatives. Each o f these numb ers has its own separate and some times conflicting musica l identity, defining each of the characters with a stylis tiC boldness tha t is quite breathtaking. How could we create a framework th at wou ld embrace this daring eclecticism? Realistic, but also theatrical?

Why did you pick the 1940s and 1950s as th e setting for this version of Carmen? When Constance and I m et, it had become more clear than ever that gender - the dangerous struggle between the genders - was crucial to the opera. Don J ose is a man from an ancient land owning famil y, a man of vio lent temper who has run away from his home country b eca u se he killed a man aft er a game of b ou les. Though he was intended for the priesthood, his violent and obsessive nature had already turned him into a murderer (in the Merimee, he also murd ers Carmens Romany husband). Carmen , on the o ther h and, is a free sp irit and a gypsy - an outsider who warns th at "love is a bird that cannot be tamed." Sexually lib erated as any man, ch oos ing her own partners according to h er own desire, sh e was born free and refuses to be possessed by anyone Constance and I p oured over books on period costume, and it soon struck us th at a silho u e tte w hi ch we felt portrayed an utterly u ninhibi ted and almost defiant female sensua lity was that of the Fifties - Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren. Spain in the Fortie s and Fifties

then b ecame our choice o f period - a period not too fa r removed from our own, but su ffi ciently di stant from us [or thi s not to be a "m odem -d ress" produ ct ion tha t might lose so me sense of fantasy

You've talk ed about the sout hern (i e., Spanish) sensib ility filtered through the eyes of the northerners (M erimee, Bizet). That's a reversal of yo ur own history, isn 't it? How did yo ur Brazilian upbringing and your resid ence in London contribute to your p erceptions and directorial approaches?

In one sense, yes, it is a reve rsal of my own hi story, tho ugh aft er so many years away from So uth America, I too now dream of Braz il as thi s su n -dren ch ed beautiful landsca p e. - which is utterly untrue, by the way I spent three months in Sao Paulo this year; it was bitterly co ld , 'th ere was no h eating anyw here , - a nd I su ffered terribl y from the po lluted city air 1

I cann ot rea ll y te ll you how being South

Am eri can, ha ving matured artisticall y in Europ e and n ow living in No rth Am erica, co ntributes to m y wo rk. My hope is that , in being a kind of wo rld gypsy, partaking both of the passionat e an d turbul ent "Sou th ," where my roots are, and of th e more rational and dis ciplin ed "N orth ," wh ere I have li ve d for many yea rs - an ine vitab le syn theSiS will em e rge in everything I do.

When you and yo ur design ers first presented the set mode l to us , we were blown away by the striking colors. Were thos e difficult choices?

Not at all Our job is to crea te imaginary wo rlds As far as I am c;g ncerned, the brighter a nd th e bolder these world s, the better.

Is it confining or liberating to be asked to direc t pieces as w e ll-known as Carmen?

I am quit e us ed to both th e p erils and pleasure s of direc ting we ll -known pie ces, having directe d so many Shakespearean production s. Up to a point , tradition h as to be tak en into account and res pected , o therwise ex p ec tations will not b e m e tan d everyone h as fa vorit e moments

that the y wo u ld like to see , whether in Hamlet or Carmen. But at the same t ime we each ha ve to find our own way into the se ma s terpi eces, alm ost as if we were p ioneers; to fo ll ow our own lines of thought, our instincts - ind eed, our sense of who we are and the wo rl d we live in, as we emb race these great works Otherwise, they will b ecome museum pieces , d ead as the legendary dodo. I believe th ey have to speak to us, h ere and no w. What I hope to do is infuse tradition with fres h new thinking - wi th a sense of urgency an d p assion that will hel p b ring these mas terp ieces to life.

W h at I oft en say to my co ll aborators, deS igners, actors and singers is "Let us tr y to imagine thi s work h as never been performed before. Let us cons ider ourselves immensely fortuna te that this great mas terpi ece h as just arrived throug h th e mailbo x Le t u s pretend th at we are discover ing it for th e first tim e, asto nished and thrill ed th a t it h as b ee n writt en and compose d espeC ially for u s !"

Can you tell us some of what you want to accomplish with Carmen's characters? Much the same as in Butt eJjly, I think. However reson ant the narrative, wh a tever its large r impli cations, th e po int of d eparture must, in my op inion , b e th e human si tuation. Thi s is wha t interests me: the s to ries o f p eop le who a re c h OOSing their lives and in ve nting themselves eve nt b y eve nt , moment by moment - and who are continu all y changing.

In Butterfly, the co re drama stemme d from a cla sh of cultures , East and West, bu t this clash is deep ly imb edd ed in their personalities o f Cio·-cio- san, yo ung P inkerton , Sh arp less, Suzuki and the rest. It seems to me tha t , in Carme n, the core d rama ste m s from an equa ll y broad ce ntra l id ea: th e tragic and seemingly

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in evi tab le clash b etw een m en and women wh o refu se to be po ssessed an d co ntrolled. Women who reco gniz e that li fe and love are in co ntinu al flu x. This abs tract notion is given real f1 esh and b lood by th e li ves of the chara cters in the opera - and ultimatel y, also by their deaths.

You 've now don e three operas How is it different from and how is it similar to "stra ight" th eater?

Well, it is obviou s to say so, but in thea te r there is n o mus ic to gu ide you. In opera, musi c is th e impe rat ive, an d th ere can be no que stion abou t that. The tex t of any "s trai ght " play is a map , wh ich directors and actors ha ve to learn how to read , much as any tra ve ler h as to learn th e map of a n ew lan d scap e. This map can be read in a numbe r of ways, o f co ur se . But in opera, the mu sic rema ins th e deter mining factor, outlining the e motional dynamiC as we ll as the impo rtant narrative mom ents of each scen e. Th e great deli ght is in trying to understa nd this dynamic, in accepting th e gU idance of the music an d fulfillin g the n ecessity of the sco re, an d in findi n g freedom within th ese ca refull y defined parameters.

Music also all ows, indeed d emand s, broader so luti on s. The behavi or of characters on an y s tage always h as to be within the bounds o f cred ib i lity Otherwise, the audience will not recognize and engage with the story But the musical infra st ru cture in opera often makes oth er d em ands, an d so metimes cred ib ilit y h as to be se t aside. Or ra ther, so m etimes an ad ditional susp en sion of disbe li ef is called for. For in sta n ce , it is late a t night at Lilla s Pastia's tavern Everything is s till and qu iet. Sudd enly the stage is full of smugglers, more than six ty o f them, s in ging about th e gypsys yearning for fre edo m. Where hav e they sudde nly sprouted fro m? In many ways it is simply n ot b eli evable. The logic h ere is not rea lly worth exa mining. In "straight " t h ea te r, too man y questions wou ld be asked. But somehow, in the opera, the fina le of Ac t II makes a de eper emotional a nd g ratifying se n se. It is a brave and bold ges ture , a mp ly support ed by mu sic.

Our job is to create imaginary worlds. As far as I am concerned, the brighter and the bolder these worlds, the better.

Do you have any preference?

I consider myself a storyteller who works with different forms - I have also just completed m y first film. Each of the forms has its own language, of course. Film is primariLy about visual narrative: The image is what counts. Whereas comp lex ideas can best be discussed in the theater; p erhap s here , the word is what matters. In opera, it is the music that makes our h earts beat faster. It is music that gives it its overwhelming emotional sweep. But this is only a matter of emphasis, as these boundaries are constantly overlapping theater and opera' also require their visual component, and so on.

Are you planning to do more opera?

I very much hope so.

One of your recent successes was King Lear (the play) in Brazil, in Portuguese. what is it like dealing with Shakespeare in translation?

I am fluent in Portugu ese, so I translated the text myself. And I think I was able to

find the exact "tone" I was looking for. The tradition in Brazilian thea ter for Shakespearean performance is grandiloquent and archaic style, imitating English recordings of the Forties and Fifties - the voice beautiful. I was looking for something natural , contemporary and very Brazilian - in fact, as if the play had been written in Portugu ese. I invited m y actors and m y audience to pretend Shake sp eare was Brazilian What pleased me enormously is that it seemed as if the audience was astonished to realize that they could understand every word of the text. And because of this , the text became a real point of access into Shakespeares characters and them es. So Lear was no longer an alien , imp orted "cultural" event, but a narrative that spoke about their own lives and a world they could recognize They seemed to b e discovering the p lay for the first time.

If I were a young person aspiring to direct, what skills and training would you advise me to get?

I never had any training - I dropp ed out of sc hool and became a professional actor a t seventeen. Everything I learned , I learne d through experience and hard work. So first, m y advice to anyone wanting to co m e into the business is: Don't unless you rea lly, really ha ve to l The pleasure and the joys are enormous, but unless you are really lucky (and, fortunately, I h ave been), the disappointment can also be grea t. If that advice is not going to b e taken , I'd say it is important to acquire the broadest pos sible education ; to rea d everything yo u can lay your hands on : th eory, biographies, novels , anything. But remember that doing it yoursel f is more important than any reading : Act, direct, conduct w hatever you can. Learn at leas t one foreign language. If possible, two. Tra vel. Go to the theater and the opera , to museums while abroad. Open yo ur mind Be respectful o f the past but also hunger for what is fresh and new. Learn to be patient, very p atient. And , to quote Polonius in Hamlet: "To thine own se lf be true. " m

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Artist Profiles

KATE ALDRICH

Carmen

(October 14m, 20)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Falstaff 200 l.

Mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich, who hails from Maine, returns to the United States after a successful debut as Amneris in a production of Aida in Busetto, directed by Franco Ze ffirelli. Ms. Aldrich was the winner of the Palm Beach Opera Vocal competition and a two-time semifinalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Ms. Aldrich has also performed Maddalena in Riga/etta with the Glimmerglass Op era, Cherubino with Central City Opera, and Preziosilla in La Forza del DesUno and Fennena in Nabucc (J at l'arena di Verona . Future engagements include Rigo/etto in Cleveland, Carl11C11 in Genova , - Norma in Palm Beach and a debut as Dulcinee in Don at the Vienna Festival.

NICOLLE FOLAND

Micaela (all performances )

Michigan Opera Theatre debut La Ti'aviata 200l.

A winner of the prestigious 1997 ARIA award , Nicolle

Foland is quickly establishing herself as a leading soprano throughout the U.S. and Europe. Previous career highlights include La Traviata in Chicago and Houston , and TIle Maniage oj Figaro in Philadelphia, Boston and Minnesota. Ms. Foland also has a longstanding relationship with the San Francisco Opera, where she has perfonned in Don Gio vanni , The Maniage oj Figaro , La Boheme and the world premiere of j ake Heggies Dead Man Wa/l1ing Later this season, Ms Foland will travel to Boston and Minneapolis for La Boheme and will also reprise her Micaela at the San Francisco Opera and the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile.

SALVADOR GINORI

Zuniga (all performances)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

La li'aviaJg 200 l.

Mexican bass-baritone Salvador

Ginori received a diploma in vocal perfonnance from the ConservatOlio de las

Rosas in Morelia. Recent engagements include the Mozart Requiem and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the International Festi val of the Organ Mr Ginori is also a member of the Enrico Caruso Lyric Ensemble , which recently performed scenes from Don Giovanni, Tile Elixir oj Love, Rigolello and Don Carlo on tour throughout Mexico. Mr. Ginori is currently studying with Metropolitan Opera bass Ara Berberian

KYLE KETELSEN

Escamilla (all perfornnnces)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

La Boheme 2000

Bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen is originally from Clinton, Iowa. The twenty-nine-year-old singer performed graduate work at I ndiana University, where he studied with the now-retired Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone , Giorgio Tozzi. Career highlights include Carmen at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Orlando Opera and Dayton Opera, La Boheme at Opera Theatre of St. Louis and La Fanciulla del West at the Canadian Opera Company Future engagements include Tile Tales oj HoJJmann and Carl11en with the Washington Opera, Don Giovanni with the Madison Opera and Opera Pacific, and The Barber oj Seville at Greensboro Opera

IRINA MISHURA

Carmen

(October 13, 17, 19, 21m)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Madama BLLLte/fly 1992.

In a short period, Russian-born mezzo-soprano hina Mishura has established herself as one of the most exciting performers on the opera and concert scene. Ms Mishura completed her musical studies at the prestigious Gnesinikh Music Institute, where she earned a doctorate in vocal arts Her earliest performances on the operatic stage were with the Moldavian State Opera, where she sang Carmen, Amneris, Azucena, Adalgisa and Princess Eboli in Don Carlo, to name only a few In 1992, Irina Mishura immigrated to the United States and was soon engaged by David DiChiera. Since her auspicious debut, Ms. Mishura has performed in MOT productions of Aida, Carl11 en, Samson et Dalila and at the gala opening of the Detroit Opera House in 1996. Irina Mishura began the 2000-01 season with her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Dalila in Sal11son et Dalila, opposite Placido Domingo She later returned to the Metropolitan Opera for performances of the title role in Cannen and as Azucena in the new production of nli'ovatore The role of Azucena was also the vehicle for Ms Mishura 's debut with The Washington Opera, in performances conducted by Placido Domingo Later this season , the mezzo-soprano returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Maddalena in Rigaletto, repeats her portrayal as Cannen in Santiago and debuts in Geneva in n Ti -ovatore. Ms Mishura is also a regular on the leading stages of the world, notably the Vienna Staatsoper, Dallas Opera, Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon and the San Francisco Opera.

TERENCE MURPHY

MorctieslEI Dancairo

(all performances)

Michigan Opera Theatre

debut La Boh eme 2000

Baritone Terence Murphy hails from Missouri and holds a master of music from the University of Missouri, Kansas

City Recent career highlights include The Barbet' oj Sevill e at [Opera de Montreal, The Ballad oj Baby Doe and Tosca at New York City Opera and Les HlJguenots with Opera Orchestra of New York. Future engagements include a return to Opera Orchestra of New York for Ad/iana Lecouvreur and Marilla Falino and LItaliana in Algeri for [ Opera de Montreal.

GERARD POWERS

Don}ose (October 14m, 19, 21m)

Michigan Ope ra Theatre debut. AmClican Gerard Powers is one of todays most promising tenors Career highlights include La Boheme and La Traviata at New York City Opera, Carl11en at Opera Festival of New jersey and Houston Grand Opera , The Tales oj Hoffl11 ann in Antwerp and Ghent , and La Boheme at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Mr. Powers also recently performed the role of Gasta Berling in Zandonai's rarely performed I Cavalieri di EllebCL Future engagements include Tosca at the New York City Opera and a return to Detroit next spring as Gerald in Lahme.

HUGH SMITH

Don Jose (October 13, 17,20)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut. Hugh Smith is one of Americas most important young tenors. Since winning the 1995 Luciano Pavarotti International Competition, Mr. Smith has appeared \vith the San Francisco Opera and Houston Grand Opera in Madama Butte/fly, Lyric Opera of Chicago in La Traviata, JenuJa and Attila , as well as other opera and concert performances throughout Europe and North America. Recently, Mr. Smith sang the role of Enee in Les Tl'Oyens at the Edinburgh Festival and Pollione in Nanna in Berlin Future engagements include Arabella and the title role in Benvenuto Cellini in Paris, MallOl1 LescmLt in Munich and Katya Kabanova in Geneva

MATTHEW TUELL

Le Remendado (all performances)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut La Traviata 200l.

Tenor Matthew Tuell, recently perforn1ed the role of Edgardo in Arbor Opera Theatres produc tion of Lucia di Laml11erl11oOl; as well as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi at the Pine Mountain Music Festival. Mr. Tuell has also performed ,vith the Utah Festival Opera Company, the Natchez Opera Festival and Sarasota Opera Mr Tuell was recently named the joyce H Cohn Apprentice for the 2001-02 season and will appear in each Michigan Opera Theatre production this season.

ELIZA WARNER

Mercedes (all performances)

Mich igan Opera Theatre debut. Mezzo -so p rano Eliza Warner holds a master of music in vocal performance from the University of Michi gan.

Previou s credits include the ro le of Mrs. Mc Lean in the Toledo Opera production of Susan/wlr, Olga in Eugene Onegin with Opera San Jose and roles for the Santa Fe Opera. Ms Warner will also appear in the Michigan Opera Theatre production of Anoush this fall. She will return to Michigan Opera Theatre next spring as Rose in Lakme.

VALERIE YOVA

Frasquita (all performances)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Rigoletto 1990 Soprano Valerie Yova is a national wi n ner of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Auditions as well as a finalist for the Frederich Schorr and Loren Zachary Society Auditions. Previous appearances include performances with New York City Opera, Pittsburg h Opera Theatre and the Toledo Opera. Ms. Yovas extensive oratorio experience includes appearances with the Grosse Pointe, Plymouth, Dearborn and -Birmingham -Bloomfield symphonies.

JOHN DEMAIN

Conductor (all performances)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

OJ Mice and Men 1980.

J ohn DeMain has estab li shed himself as one of the preeminent maestri of his gene ration. In addi tio n to his duties as music director of the Madison Symphony and artistic di rector of Opera Pacific, he is also a sought-after guest conductor of orchestras and opera companies around the world Recent highlights are Susannah at th e Washington Opera, Porgy and Bess for the New York City Opera, The GlassbIowers at the Glimmerglass Opera and Carmen and Der Rosenhavalier at Opera Pacific Future plans include The Merry Widow for the Los Angeles Opera, a return to Glimmerglass to conduct Little Women and Rigoletto, Don Giovanni and Dead Man Walking for Opera Pacific.

RON DANIELS

Stage Director

Michigan Opera Theatre debut.

Born in Braz il and currently resid ing in New York, Ron Danie ls curren tly holds the title of honorary associate director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, having directed over thirty productions for that company. Recent credits include: II Re Pastore for the Boston Lyric Opera, Madama BLitte rfly for the San Francisco Opera and Opera Pacific, King Lear in Sao Pau lo, Brazil, and Anthony and Cleopatra at the Shakespeare Theat re in Washington, D.C. Mr. Daniels is also the executive producer of Naomi Wall aces film Lawn Dogs and earli er this year directed a short film tit led Sana Que Sana. He is currently in pre -production for The War Boys , which will begin shooting later this fall.

LILI DEL CASTILLO Choreogmplrer

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

Carmen 1996

Lili del Castillos dramatic style has graced stages throughout the U.s. She trained in Spain, where she was a member of the Antonio Alonso Troupe. She has perfOlmed o r choreographed Cannen in Orlando , New Orleans, H ouston , Costa Mesa and Milwaukee. She has been the choreographer, dance and movement coach, and a performer in La Ji-aviata for both Atlanta Opera and Opera Pacific.

JAMES INGALLS

Lighting DeSigner

Michigan Opera Theatre debut.

The work of J ames Ingalls has been seen th roughout the world. Career highlights include the 1987 world premiere of Nixon in China, a production that won an Emmy Award. Mr. Ingalls has designed for the Kirov Opera, the Metropolitan Opera an d the Nethe rlands Opera.

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ANOUSH

Hasmik Papian* Nov 10,14,17

Aline Kutan* Nov 11m, 16, 18m

SARO

Yeghishe Manucharyan* Nov 10 , 14 ,17

Sarkis Barsernian* Nov 11m, 16 , 18m

MOSSY

Yuri Nechae v*

ANOUSH'S MOTHER (p lease see insert)

SARO'S MOTHER

Edna Garabed ian *

OHAN

Matthew Tuell+

VILLAGE ELDER

Karekin Odabashian *

NIGHT WATCHMAN Vaught *

FIRST GIRL

Karla Hughes*+ ,

SECOND GIRL

Eliza Warrier

THIRD GIRL

Heidi Bowen *

FOURTH GIRL

Katherine Schmidt*

FIFTH GIRL

Tamara Whitty

BEST MAN

Rubi ck Maihan*

* Michigan Opera Theatre Debut + Michigan Opera Theatre Young Artist

Apprentice

Conductor Raffi Armenian

Director Gerald Papasian

Clwrus Master Suzanne Mallare Acton

Choreographer Eldar Aliev

Set Design Franco Colavec<;bia

Costume Design Melissa Bruning *

Lighting Des ign Kendall Smith

Mak eup & Hair Design

Elsen Associates

Stage Manager Kenneth Saltzman

Surtitle Translation Christopher Bergen

Surtitles Jar thi s production oj Anoush owned by

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Opera in Three Acts

Music by Armen Tigranian

Libretto by G. Ya. Burkovich

Revise d orchestration arranged b y Julian Miran

Based on a poem by Hovhannes Toumanian

World Premiere: Alexandropol , Peoples City Hall , August 17 , 1912

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Setting: S · · ; pnngtlme, in the mountains of Armenia

ACT I

Anoush is set in th e Arm en ian mountain village of Lori and is rooted in the traditions of the people who inhabit that h arsh and beautifu l land.

The young girl Ano u sh lives with her mother and bro ther, Mossy As the opera opens, it is sp ring, and Anoush is feeling a restless longing she scarcely understands. From a distance can be h eard th e vo ice _ of the young she pherd who is Mossy's best friend, singing abo ut the beauty of Ano1".tsh.

As Alloush's worrie d mother orders h er to go insiqe and ignore the you n g boy, Saro appears to continue his seren ade in person. When h e leaves, Ano u sh describes to her mother the heartache and sa dness she often feels, for no apparent reason. Hoping to cheer h ersel f, sh e decides to take the empty wate r jugs down th e hill to the spring, where th e village maidens are gathering.

At the fountain by the banks of the River Debet, An ou sh ar rives as the yo ung girls sing a song to the river, asking if it p asse d their future loves in its wanderings through the mountain s. Th ey fill their water jugs and then sit by the fount ain, happily singing rhymed co upl e ts abo ut sad and unrequ ited love. +he worried voice of Anoushs mother sounds a coun terpoint , calling her daughter to come home.

Anoushs premonit ions o f misfortune are intensifi ed at th e v illa ge fe s ti val celebrating Ascensio n Day The villagers dance and sing, and then undertake traditional wres tli ng matc h es - all of which, according to strict c u stom, must end in draws, so that no on e is humiliated by l osi n g in front o f hi s friends. The villagers wa nt Saro and Mossy to wrestle, but Mossy declines.

After the men have left , the young girls begin th eir traditional holiday fortunetelling. Ano u sh 's fortun e indicates th at h er lo ver will die, shot through the heart; despite the othe r maidens ' efforts to ca lm h er, sh e ex cl aims that a curse laid on her as a child h as been con firm ed

ACT II

The village gath ers for a we dding. Carried away by the genera l merriment, Saro and Mossy agree to entertain the gu es ts with a wrestlin g m a tch Saro, ho wever, caught up in th e exci tement o f the m atch and sh Owing off to his b eloved Ano u sh, forgets the traditional rules and defeats Mossy, thus humiliating him in front of the entire village. Enr aged, Mossy vows revenge, as his terrified sister loo k s on helpless ly

ACT III

Mossy angrily refuses to forgive Saro for the accidental insu lt. Saro an d An oush, realizing th at they will never b e allowed to marry and will , in fac t , be forbidden to see each o th er, run off together into the mountains.

So m e months later, Anoush goes into the villa ge, hoping to effect a reconcili ation, whil e Saro, knOwing that Mossy is still seeking to kill him, waits in the hills above the village. Mossy finds Saro and kills him with a b u lle t throu gh th e h eart, co nfirmin g th e prop h ecy of Act One. When his body is discovered , Anoush goes mad wi th grief -and flin gs herself to her d eath from a high cliff m

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David DiChiera discusses Anoush

By Dr: David D iChiera

Any mu sic lo ve r has th e opportunity to h ear major works of the western Europ ean operatic rep ertoire on recordings, and thos e fortunate enough to live in or travel to a city with a th riving cu ltural clima te may also have the opportunity to see the m performed. Ho weve r, there are equally musica l, drama t ic and passionat e works that , b y accid ent of language or nation al origin, stand outside the mainstream o f It alian , French and German opera. Dedica ted op era buffs may kno w their names, but chances are the y have ne ver actually heard th em. The performan ce of any genera lly unfamiliar therefo re is a not ewo rth y event. If the opera in question is also a fin e represe ntative of a di s tin ctive culture an d its traditions , the produ ction is doubl y significant.

I feel particularly pri vilege d to ha ve been invo lve d in bringing the first English-language produ cti on of Anoush, the most important work of the Armenian composer Armen Tigranian, to the Ame ri ca n s

ta ge, wh en Michigan Op era

The a tre produced it at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts in 1981. Twenty yea rs later, it is with an even greater se n se of prid e and nostalgia that I prese nt th e first western, original-language produ ction of Anoush, now with se ts d eSigned and built sp eC ifically fo r the expansive stage of th e m ag nificent Detroit Opera Hous e For a long time , I ha ve b elieve d that Detro it, give n its genero u s mixture of n at ionali ties and an enthu siast ic musical co mmunity, is a natural lo ca tion for Mi chigan Opera Theatre to mount a series o f major nationali stic operas. Th e very nature of opera en ables the audience to exp e rien ce a p anorama of the cu ltural ele ments that

distinguish one nationality from another. Anoush provides a stimu lating and mo ving introdu c tion to the danc es, music , visua l arts, lit era ture and cu s toms that constitut e the Armenian h erita ge, and in this way, Anoush bridges the gap between the culture of the Armenian homeland and the music al and cu ltural co nventions better known to most American audiences.

Armen Tigranian himself was co nscious of his role as a continuator and a co nservator of music and cu s toms. As a profeSSional co mpos er, h e knew that th e foundations o f his c raft we re laid both in Armenian folk so n g and in the various ge nres of art music. By the la st qua rter of th e nineteenth century, Armenian composers had written an impressive va rie ty of Europ ean- influenced works and had d on e a grea t deal to collect an d prese r ve n ative folk mu sic.

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When Tigranian began to compose Ano ush in 1908, h e was on his way to crea ti n g an enduringly popular nationa l opera, rooted in both sources. He had received hi s forma l training at the co ns ervatory in Tbili si, wh ere h e stud ied the theory of composition und er Niko lay Se m yonovich Klenovsky, who had himsel f studied und er Tchaiko vsky After gradua ting in 1901 , Tigranian began a caree r as a ch oral director and teacher. The inspiration for Anoush and th e circ ums tanc es o f it s first p erformanc e are desc ri b ed in a memoir Tigranian wro te in 1948.

I read Ho vhann es Toumanian 's [poem] "A noush " for the first time in 1907, and from that tim e on the great po et beca me dear to me. I decided to wlite the opera Ano u sh I corresponded with the poet until I fina lly met him personally in 1913. In 1912 we had peljonned the opera with loca l BRAVO

talent in Alexandropol [present-day Leninakan). ... The performance brought about great interest ... which was understandable , since the poem enjoyed such great popularity. I felt the artistic success of the great poet, and that day became a holiday for me .... Almost all of Hovhannes Toumanian's works can be put to music, because they are so inspiring and sonorous.

In 1933, fifteen years ago, the great poet's lyre became silent, but his writings remain. Today our new generation has every opportunity to use Toumanian's works, to study them and to create new works and new talents for our homeland

What Tigranian modestly did not say was that the popularity of his opera stems in great part from the lyrical and dramatic qualities of his own music. Combining the forms of western opera with the melodic and modal traditions of Armenian music, and making skillful use of his background in choral directing, he gave the worla a unique masterpiece.

In preparing our original-language

Great ;Oet.

Anoush, I have made some large-scale changes to the original with the intention of making it more readily understandable to modern-day audiences. The central dramatic si.tuation - the story of lovers who are trapped and destroyed by the conflicting demands of rigid social codes and their own passions - is immediately affecting to any group. On the other hand, it must seem somewhat strange to a contemporary audience that the lovers must die because a young man forgot the rules of a wrestling match. Furthermore, while Tigranian could assume that his audience knew and sympathized with

the extreme importance of family and community approval of an individual's behavior, we might find it hard to understand why Anoush and Saro (who even get married in the origina l poem) cannot go away and live together happily ever after. In our versi.on, the two are not married when they run to the mountains, and Mossy's desire for vengeance can be linked to his concern for his sister's honor as well as to his own humiliation and outraged traditionalism. In other words , the broad outlines of family honor, community codes and a strongly patriarchal system are represented in the original libretto. We must be able to look beyond the actual incidents and contemplate their reflections of deeply felt Armenian fo lk morality and pride.

Certain other changes have been made for purely dramatic and theatrical reasons. When Tigranian divided Toumanians poem into five acts, he seems to have been as much interested in presenting different aspects of peasant life as he was in developing a sustained dramatic progression and theatrical climax. I felt that a sense of continuity would be better served if Acts I and II were combined to set up the dramatic situation. The original Act III thus became a presentation of a wedding scene - though not that of Anoush and Saro - with its dances and customs climaxed by the fateful wrestling match Tigranians Acts IV and V have become our Act III, enabling the audience to experience the death of Saro and Anoush's descent from despair into suicide as an increaSingly intense emotional progression.

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Present and future audiences will make the final judgment on the success of Anoush in its new dress, but I know that all those who have worked to present it share my gratification at bringing an Armenian national classic onto another stage. As we present Anoush in commemoration of the adoption of Christianity in Armenia 1,700 years ago, I would also like to express my immense gratitude specifically to the "Armenians for Anoush" committee and to the broader Armenian community for their extraordinary commitment and support for this project. m

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The central dramatic situation - the story of lovers who are trapped and destroyed by the conflicting demands of rigid social codes and their own passions

Artist Profiles

SARKIS BARSEMIAN

Sara (Nov 11m, 16, 18m)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut. Recent career highlights for young Canadian tenor Sarkis Barsemian includ e performances in an exciting co -production of Carl Orffs Carmina Bumna between the Edmonton and Calgary symphonies, Bachs Magnificat with the C ho eu r Classique in Ottawa, and Ariadne mif Naxos at the Orforu Festival. Other operatic appearances include Fenton in Falstaff, Count Almaviva in the Barber oj Seville and Armand de Clavat in Massenets Therese Mr. Barsemian holds a bachelor of music d egree fro m McGill University This appearance marks Mr. Barsemian's U.s. debut.

ALINE KUTAN

Anoush (Nov 11m, 16, 18m)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut.

Canadian soprano Aline

Kutan is a past winner of the Metropolitan Opera Nationa l Council Auditions. Career highlights include performances in The Magic Flute at the New York C ity Opera, tOpera de Tours , Avignon and Massy in France, Aliadne auJ Naxos in Naples, The Rake's Progress at tOpera de Metz and The Tales oj Hoffmann in Liege and Massy Future engage m e nts include The Magic Flute at tOpera de Montreal and tOp era de Vic h y an d her first Kostanze in Die Enifuhrung auJ del11 Serail with the Orcheste Metropolitan in Montreal. Ms. Kutan will return later this season to sing the title role in Lakme, a role she has already sung at the Arizona Opera, tOpera d e Montreal, tOpera d'Avignon and tOpera de Toulon in France.

YEGHISHE MANUCHARYAN

Sara ( ov 10, 14 , 17)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

A native of Yeravan, Armenia, tenor ¥eghis he Manucharyan graduated from the Tchaikovsky Central Music School in 1988.

In 1995, h e was engaged b y the Armenian National Opera Th eate r as pJincipal artist and sang leading roles in Anoush, n y,'ovato re and La Cenerentola amo ng others. During the 2000-01 season, he perfol1Tled extensively in recital, debuted with Boston Lyri c Opera in Salome and performed in Verdis Messa da ReqUiem and Otello at New Yorks Caramoor Music Festival. Future engagements include a debut ,vith th e Baltimore Ope ra as Tamino in The Magic Flute , appearances in Bethovens Symp h ony NO.9 and Choral Fantasy with the Westchester Oratorio Society and a return to the Caramoor Music Festival.

RAFFI ARMENIAN Conductor

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

Anoush 1981

One of Canadas most prominent conductors, Raffi Armenian was music director of the KitchenerWaterloo symp hony for twentytwo years. Maestro Armenian has conducted produ ct ion s at companies such as t Opera de Montreal, Opera Hamilton, Canadian Opera Company and Opera Columbus. Maestro Armenians legacy is secured by his highly acclaimed interpretation of Parsifal, in w hich legendary tenor Jon Vickers made his final public appearance in 1989. Recent engagements include II Trovatore and Rigoletto at the Fresno International Grand Opera. Maestro Armenian is also currently the director of orchestral studies at the Uni versity of Toronto and Montreals Conservatoire de Musique.

GERALD PAPAS IAN

Stage Di rector

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

AnoLlsh 1981

Gerald Papasian studied theater in Armenia for five years, whe re he received h is masters degree in fine arts from th e Dramatic Insti tute of Yerevan State Univers ity Driven by a passion to introduce major Armenian poets to a broader audience, Gerald Papasian staged a theatrical performance, Sojourn at Aramt, based on poems in English translation. The production won international acclaim in the U.S, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. As a professor, Papasian has lectured on Armenian theater at the American Armenian International College, La Verne, Cali forn ia. He currently lecture s at the University of Venice. As director of the Dikran Tchounadjian research Center in Paris, Papasian co-publishe d a cri ti ca l edition of th e original version of T. Chouhadjians opera Arshak II , which ,viII be performed this season at the San Francisco Opera.

YURINECHAEV

Mossy (all performances)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut.

Born in the Ukraine, bali tone Yuri Nechaev graduated from the Moscow Conserva toire and went on to become a soloist of the Bolshoi Th ea ter in Moscow, where he perforn1ed roles suc h as the title role in Eugene Onegin, Conte di Luna in TI Tl'Ovatore and Dunois in The Maid oj Odeans. Career highlights include the tile role in Mazeppa at La Scala, Rigoletto for both Ope r St. GalJtn and Opera Bonn, and his Canadian debut in TI Tabano and Cavalletia RLlsticana. Future engagements include a return to La Scala in Pique Dame. This appearance m arks Mr. Nechaevs American debut.

HASMIK PAPIAN

Anoush November 10, 14 , 17

Michigan Opera Theatre debut. Of Armenian origin , Hasmik Papian studied violin and singing at the conservatory in the Armenian capita l of Yerevan. She made her professional debut with the Yerevan opera as Mimi in La Boheme, where she also perforn1ed the role of Rosina in nBarbiere di Siviglia and Micaela in Carmel1. Recent career highlights include the tit le role of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, Don Cado at the Choregies d'Orange, Desdemona in Otello at tOpera de Montpellier and the role of Olympia in Arshak II at the San Francisco Opera. Future perform ances include Aida in Berlin , Don Giovanni in Munich and the title role of Norma at the Teatro Regio in Torino, Italy.

KAREKIN ODABASHIAN Village Eldel' (all performanc es)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut. Born in Turkey of Armenian heritage, baritone Karekin Odabashian studied at the Colleggio Armeno Moo rat Raphael in Venice. After appearing as prinCipal so loi st in various churches , 1997 marked the yea r of his stage debut when he was in vi ted to give a solo recital at the State Opera H ouse in Yerevan. The success of this recital garnered Mr. Odabashian the prestigious Kohar Kasparian Best New Talent Award. Other career highlights include the role of Germont in La Y,-aviata in Casal maggiore, Italy, the title role in Gianni Schicchi with proVoce Studios in Toronto, and Madal11a Butte/fly with Opera Mississauga. This appearance marks Mr. Odabash ian 's American debut.

FRANCO COLAVECCHIA Set Designer

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Regina 1977.

One of America 's most •• eminent set designers, Franco Colavecch ia's has created productions that have been seen on stages throughout the world. Recent productions include The Tales oj HoJJmann [or Toledo Opera, Faust for Lyric Opera of Chicago and Los Angeles Opera, and The Dialogues oj the Carmelites for the Juilliard Opera. Mr. Colavecchia has designed more than twenty productions [or the Opera Company of Philadelphia, including La Boheme, starring Luciano Pavarotti. Mr. Co lavecchias international caree r includes designs for Monte Carlo Opera, Opera New Zealand and the Wexford Opera Festival in Ireland, am ong othe rs.

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EDNA GARABEDIAN

Saros Mother (all performances)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut. Of Armenian descent, mezzosoprano Edna Garabedian has performed to critical and popular acclaim throughout the United States and Europe. Career highli ghts includ e Santuzza in Cavalle ,ia Rusticana at the Munich Opera, Aida at t he Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Ka rl sruhe Opera, and 11 'Ii'ovatore and Ii-istan WId Isold e at the Nurnberg Opera In North America, she has appeared wi th the San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Houston Opera, New Yo r k City Opera, Edmonton Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago among others.

Eldar Aliev

Choreographer

Artistic Directo r, Ballet Internationale.

Using his creativity and connec tions in the dance world, Eldar Aliev has quickl y transformed Indiana 's only profes\ sional ballet company into an internationally acclaimed ensemble. In just seven seasons, Eldar has recruited many outs tandin g dancers, expanded the repertoire to include the finest in classica l and contempo rary ballet, and created a number of remarkable productions that have garne red acclaim [roIll international d ance critics, such as A Thousand and One Nights, The NLltcracher an d The Firebird.

KENDALL SMITH

Lighting Desigl1er

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

TI1e Ballad oj Baby Doe, 1988. Ove r th e course of his association wi th Michigan Opera Theatre, Kendall Smith has designed over twenty-five productions for the company. Other opera companies incl ude San Diego Opera, Virginia Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Pacific, Eugene Opera and The Boston Lyric Opera. Theater cred its include Pioneer Theatre in Salt Lake City, Nort h Shore Music Theatre, StageWest, Merrimack Repertory Theatre and the Amelican Stage Festival in New Hampshire. Future plans include a new production of Macbeth for Lyri c Ope ra of Kansas City and Don Pasquale for Florida Grand Opera.

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Cu rrently hair and m akeup designers for more than twenty opera companies in the U.s. and Canada, including Opera Colorado, Glimmerglass Opera, Pi ttsburgh Opera, Sarasota Opera, Washington Ope ra and Florentine Opera. The company has participated in the festivals of Edinburgh, Jerusalem and Spole to. On Broadway, their work has been seen in The Merchanl oj Venice , Two TI'ains Running, and The Wild Party alllong o thers. Elsen Associates has educational affiliations with Yale University, the University of Maryland, the Kennedy Center Education Department and Carnegie-Mellon Universi ty.

Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra

VIOLIN I VIOLA

'Charlott e Merkerson, *J ohn Madison, Plincipal

Concertmaster

*Caro l Evans

*Velda Kelly

Kevin Filewych

Eliza beth Rowin

Jame s Greer, Acting

PJin cipal, Anoush

*Sco tt Stefa nko

*Ka thleen Grimes

*Barbara Zmich

James Kujawski Barbara Sto lberg

Ewa Uziel

Julianne Zinn

Janet Su llin s Katherin e Franklin

Dani el Stac hyra

AndrewWu

Mary Sto lb erg

Jason Bendler

VIOLIN II

CELLO

*Nadine Deleury, Pri11cipal

*Diane Bredesen

*Minka Christoff

*Rob ert Ree d

John la tzko

'Victo ria Haltom , PJincipal Andrew Mclntosh

*Brooke Hop lamazian

_*Lyd ia Lui

*Blyan Johnst0l}

*Anna Weller

BASS

*Derek We ll er, PrinCipal

*Clark Suttl e

KathrynStepulla Shawn Wood

Julia Kurtyka

Michael McGillivray

FLUTE

*Pamela Hill , Principal

*Laura Larson

OBOE

*J eannette Bittar, Plincipal

Sally Pituch

CLARINET

*Brian Bowman, Principal

Sam Martin

BASSOON

*Kirkland Ferris, Principal

*Scott Ar mstrong

HORN

*Carrie Banfield, Acting

Plincipal

Martin Lim oges

Janine Gabouri-Sly

Steve Mumford

Katherine Widiar

Susan Mutter

CELESTE

Larry Picard

TRUMPETS

*David Ku eh n, Plincipal

*Gord on Simmons

Jean Moorehead-Libbs

TROMBONE

*Maury Okun, Principal

*Greg Near

Michael Tyrre ll

TUBA

Phillip Snider

TIMPANI

*Grego ry White, Plincipal

David Taylo r

PERCUSSION

*John Dors ey, PIi11cipal

David Taylor

HARP

*Patricia Terry-Ross, Plincipal

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Diane Bredesen

*Core orchestra member, Michigan Opera Theatre Orches tra

Detroit Federatio n of Musicians, Local #5 , American Federation of Mus icians.

Greg Sheld on

Michigan Opera TheatreCh oms

CARMEN

Dan Aggas

Christopher Bauder

Ronald Bemrich

Chlistophe r Borowitcz

Heid i Bowen

Kim W Brooks

Alaina Brown

Stacey Brown

Kristen Bryant

Panick Clampitt

Deborah Dailey

Rebecca Engelhard

Vanessa Feniole

Louise Fisher

Yvonne Friday

Janet Geisler

Conda Green

Leslie Hill

Clarence Jones

Tom Kabala

Jeff Krueger

Richard Levitsky

Ray Litl

Susan Lowrie

Anthony Lynch

Miroslav Manovski AUXILIARY CHORUS

Kim Millard (RACKHAM SYMPHONY

Cynthia Menitt

Jennifer Oliver

Darren Ona

Peggy O'Shaughnessey

Patricia Pierobon

Marc Ricard

Mo niqu e Ricard

Mary Robenson

Katheline Schmid t

Roben Schram

William Steiner

Stephen Stewart

Lawrence Stotsbe ry

Judith Szefi

Lu cille Thompson

Dean Uni ck

David Va ughn

Mary Helen Malaney

Jennifer Oliver

Darren Orta CHOIR)

Maureen Abele

Christine Birac

Mark Birac

Susan Cucuzza

Joseph Dluzniewski

Betty Lyons

Anthony Ruda

Alan Sebastian

Clifton Shaw

Linda Van Buren

CHILDREN'S CHORUS

Alexander Acton

Kerry Banish

Lauren Elizabeth Bezerko

Ashlyn Brady

Adam Lawrence Zahller

Kristin Wa lu kas Brown

Justin Watson

Jim We lls

Karin White

Tamara Whitty

Tracy Wolstoncroft

Eugene Zwieg

Halli e Dorsey

Denny Dorsey

Jordan Fantauzzo

Chris Feniole

Carrie Fisk

Brandon LePage

Patty Malaney

Anna R. Sklut

Johnny Sklut

Philip T Smith

Dennis Strach

Nicholas Yocum

ANOUSH

Christopher Bauder

Heidi Bowen

Kim W Brooks

Alaina Brown

Kristen Bryant

Patrick Clampitt

Douglas Cox

Deborah Dailey

Louise Fisher

Yvonne fliday

Ja net Geisler

Leslie Hill

Karla Hughes

Clarence Jones

Angela Peavey

Marc Ricard

Monique Ricard

Katherine Schmid t

Robert Schram

William Steiner

Stephen Stewart

Lawrence Stotsbery

Jim Talpos

Dean Unick

David Vaughn

Chlistopher Vaught

Eliza Warner

Jim Wells

Tamara Whitty

Jason Wickson

The American Guild of Musical

Gayaneh Kachadourian Anists is the official union of the

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Michigan Opera Theatre vocal

Miroslav Manovski perfonners

2,000-2001 Board of Directors

Dr. David DiChi era , President

Mr. Cameron B. Duncan , Treasurer

Mr. C Thomas Toppin , Secretary

Mrs. Robert A All esee

Mrs. Donald C Austin

Mr s. Bella Marshall Barden

Mr. J Addison Bartush

Mr. Rich ard A Brod ie

Mrs. William C Brooks

Mrs. Peter Coope r

Mr. Tarik S Dao,ud

julia Donovan Darlow

Mr. Lawrence N. D avid

Mr. David Denn

Mrs. Cha rl es M. Endicott

Mr. Paul Ewing

Dr. Marjorie M. Fish er

Mr. Herman Frankel

Mrs. Lawrence Garbe rding

Mr. David H andleman

My. Kenneth E. Hart

My. Eugene Ha rt wig

Mr. Richard j anes

Mr. Gary j ohnso n

Ms. Ch erlon Kanode

Mrs. Charles Kessler

Mrs. Robert Klein

My. Gerald A Knechtel

Mr. A C Liebler

Mr. Harry A Lomason

Mr. Alph on se Lucarelli

Mrs. jennifer Nasse r

Mr. jules L Pallone

Mr. Ch arles A. Parcells, jr.

Dr. Charlotte Podowski

Mr. Roy Roberts

Mrs. Irving Rose

My. William Sand y

Mr Gregory Schwartz

Mr s. Ro ger F Sherman

Mr. Mark Sil verman

Mr. F rank Ste lla

Mrs. George Strumbo s

Mr. Robert C VanderKloo t

Mr. George C Vin cent

Mr. Gary L Wasserman

Mr. Richard C Webb

Mr. R j amiso n Williams jr.

Mr. George M. Zel tzer

Directors Emelitus F r ank W Donovan james H. Gram

Th e arts enrich our liv es in ways that go beyond the spoken word or musical note The y make us l augh. Th ey make us cry. They lift our spirits and bring enjoyment to our lives. Th e arts and cultural opportunities so vital to this community are also important to us. That's why (omerica su pport s the arts. And we applaud those who join us in making investments that enrich peoples liv es.

We listen. We understand. We make it

2000-2001 Trustees

Mr. &: Mrs. Randolph Agley

Dr. &: Mohamad K AJjour

Dr. &: Mrs. Roger M. Aj luni

Mr. &: Mrs. Robert A All esee

Mr. &: Mrs. Douglas F Alli son

Dr. Lourd es V An da ya

Mr. &: Mrs. Thomas V Angott

Mr. &: Mrs. Robert L Anthony IV

Dr. &: Mrs. Agustin Arbulu

Dr. Haro ld Arrington

Dr. &: Mrs. In gida Asfaw

Mrs. Donald]. Atwood

Dr. &: Mrs. Donald C Austin

Hon. &: Mrs Edward Avad enka

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Mrs. Jam e? Merria m Barnes

Mr. &: Mrs. Lee Barthel

-Mr. &: Mrs. ]. Addison Bartush

Mr. &: Mrs. MaFk Alan Baun

Ms. Jo an Behrmann

Mr. &: Mrs. W Victor Benj amin

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Mr. &: Mrs. Raymond Biggs

Mr. &: Mrs. John Boll

Mr. W Wayne Booker

Mrs. Th omas Bright

Mr. John Broad

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard A Brodie

Mr. &: Mrs. Willi am C Brooks

Mrs. Clarence G. Catallo

Mr. &: Mrs. Avrelio Cence

Mr. &: Mrs. Alfred Cheesebro ugh , III

Mr. &: Mrs. Frederick H Clark

Ms. Virginia Cl ementi

Mrs. Margo Co hen

Mr. Maurice Cohen

Hon &: Mrs. Ave rn L Cohn

Mr. Thomas Co hn

Mr. &: Mrs. Michael ]. Connolly

Mr. &: Mrs Peter Cooper

Ms. Rosalind L Cooperm an &: Mr. Woody Robertson

Mr. &: Mrs. Tarik S. Daoud

Julia Don ovan Darlow &: John C O'Me ara

Mr. &: Mrs. Jerry P. D'Avanz o

Mr. &: Mrs. Lawrence N David

Mr. &: Mrs. John W Day, Jr.

Mr. &: Mrs. Davi d Denn

Me Kevin Dennis &: Mr. Jeremy Zeltzer

Mrs. Robert E. Dewar

Dr. Fernando G. Diaz

Dr. David Di Chiera

Karen Vand erKloot Di Chiera

The Hon &: Mrs. John Dingell

Ms. Mary Jane Doerr

Mr. &: Mrs. Cameron B. Dun can

Mrs. Charles M. End icott

Dr. Fern R. Espino &: Mr. Tom Short

Mr. &: Mrs. Roland C Eugeni o

Mr. &: Mrs. Pau l E. Ewing

Mr. Step hen Ewing

Dr. Haifa Fakhouri

Mr. &: Mrs. Antho ny Ferlito

Mr. &: Mrs. Alfred ]. Fisher,jr.

Mr. &: Mrs. Herbert Fisher

Dr. Ma rj orie M. Fisher

Mrs. Elaine L Fontana

Mr. &: Mrs. Mitchell B. Foster

Barbara Fran ke l &: Ron Michalak

Me &: Mrs. Herman Frankel

Mr. &: Mrs. Marvin A Frenkel

Hon . Hi lda R. Gage

Mr. &: Mrs. Lawrence Garberding

Dr. &: Mrs. Rob ert A Gerisch

Mrs. Frank Germack, Jr.

Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson

Mr. &: Mrs. You sif B. Ghafari

Mr. &: Mrs. Andrew Giancamilli

Mr. &: Mrs. Vito P. Gioia

Mr. &: Mrs. Harvey Gra ce

Mr. &: Mrs. H James Gram

Mrs. Katherine Gribbs

Mrs. John C Griffin

Mr. &: Mrs. Jacques K Haddad

Mrs. Berj H Haidostian

Mrs. Robert M. Hamady

Mr. David Hand leman

Me &: Mrs. Preston B. Happel

Ms. Maria Harris

Mr. &: Mrs . Steven Harris

Me &: Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart

Mr. &: Mrs. E. Jan Hartmann

Mr. &: Mrs. Eugene Hartwig

Mrs. David B. Hermelin

Hon. &: Mrs. Joseph N Impa stato

Mr. &: Mrs. Verne G. Istock

Mrs. David Jacknow

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Mr. &: Mrs. Darnell D. Jackson

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard Janes

Mrs. Sybil Jaqu es

Mr. Don Jensen

Mr. &: Mrs. Gary E. Johnson

Mrs. William E. Johnston

Mr. &: Mrs. Maxwell Jospey

Mr. &: Mrs. Mitchell L Kafarski

Dr. &: Mrs. Darne ll Kaigler

Ms. Cherlon Kanode

Mr. &: Mrs. John Kaplan

Mr. &: Mrs. Donald W Keirn

Dr. &: Mrs. Charles Kessler

Mr. &: Mrs. Eu gene L Kle in

Mr. &: Mrs Rob ert Kl ein

Mrs. Ca rol Kne chtel

Mr. Ge rald A Knechtel

Mr. &: Mrs. Mike Koja ian

Mr. &: Mrs. William Ku

Dr. &: Mrs. Richard W Kulis

Mr. &: Mrs. Angelo Lanni

Mr. &: Mrs. Paul Lavins

Mrs. Wa lton A Lewis

Dr. &: Mrs. Kim K Lie

Mr. &: Mrs. A C Li eb ler

Dr. &: Mrs. Robert P. Lisak

Mr. &: Mrs Harry A Lomason

Mr. &: Mrs. James H. LoPrete

Mr. Alpho nse S. Lu carel li

Mr. &: Mrs. Kevin Ma honey

Cardinal Adam Maida

Mrs Jessie B. Mann

Mrs. Frank S. Marra

Dr &: Mrs Rona ld Martella

Hon. Jack &: Dr. Bettye Arrington-Ma rtin

Ms. Alyssa Martina

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard McBrien

Mr. &: Mrs. William T McCormick , Jr.

Mrs . Wa de H. McCre e, Jr.

Mr. &: Mrs. Frank McKulka

Mr. &: Mrs. Eugene A Miller

Mr. &: Mrs. Jeffrey Mir

Mr. &: Mrs. Theodore Monolidis

Mr. &: Mrs. Fred Morganro th

Mr. &: Mrs. E. Clarence Mularoni

Dr. &: Mrs. Stephen Munk

Mr &: Mrs. E. Michael Mu tchler

My. Jacques A Nasser

Mrs. Jennife r Nasser

Mr. Christopher Ne rn

Mr. &: Mrs. Ralp h Nich ols

Mr. &: Mrs. Harry Nosanchuk

Mr. &: Mrs. Jules L Pallon e

Mr. &: Mrs James Pame l I

Mr. Charles A Parcells, Jr.

Mr. &: Mrs. Spencer Partrich

Dr. Robert E. L Perkins

Mr. &: Mrs. Bro ck E. Plumb

Dr. Charlotte &: Mr. Charles Podowski

Mrs. Ralp h L Po lk

Mrs. David Pollack

Mrs. Heinz Prechter

Ms. Patricia Preston

Mr. &: Mrs. John Rakolta, Jr.

Mrs. Ruth F Rattner

Dr. Irvi n Reid &: Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid

Mr. &: Mrs. Roy S. Roberts

Ms. Patricia H. ROdZik

Mrs. Hans Rogind

Mt'. &: Mrs. Peter Ronan

Mr. &: Mrs. Irvi ng Ro se

Mr. &: Mrs. ' No rrnan Ro senfeld

Mrs. Carolyn L Ross

Mr. &: Mrs Anthony Rugiero

Dr. &: Mrs Hershel Sandberg

Mr. '&: Mrs. William Sandy

Mr. &: Mrs. Arnold Scha fe r

Dr. &: Mrs Norrnan R Schakne

Mr. &: Mrs. Fred C Schnei dewind

Mr. &: Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz

Mr. &: Mrs. Gregory J Sc hwartz

Mr. &: Mrs. Donald E. Schwendemann

Mr. &: Mrs. Merton Segal

Mrs. Frank C Shal er

Ms. El ham Sha yo ta

Mr. &: Mrs. Roger F Sherman

Mr. Mark Sil verman

Mr. &: Mrs. Ri chard Sloa n

Ms. Phyllis Funk Snow

Mr. &: Mrs. Anthony L Soave

Mr. Richard A So nenkl ar

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard D. Starkweather

Mr. Frank D. Ste lla

Ms. Mary Anne Stella

Mrs. Mark C Stevens

Mrs. Rudolph Sto nisch

Mr. &: Mrs. George Strumbos

Mr. Ronald F Swi tzer

Dr. &: Mrs. Anthony R Ters igni

Mr. &: Mrs. Mark Thomas

Dr. Roberta &: Mr. Sheldon Toll

Mr. &: Mrs. C Thomas Toppin

De troit Ope ra House

Mr. &: Mrs. Gary Torgow

Mrs Lynn A Townsend

Mr. James TrebiIcott

Mr. &: Mrs. Tallal Tu rfe

Mr. Rob ert C VanderKloot

Mr. Raymond Vecci

Mr. &: Mrs. George C Vincent

Mrs. Alvin Wasserrnan

Mr. &: Mrs. Gary L Wasserrnan

Mr. &: Mrs. Kenneth Way

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard C Webb

Mr. &: Mrs. Gary L White

Mrs. Amelia H. Wilhelm

Dr. &: Mrs. Christopher D. Wilhelm

Mr. &: Mrs. R Jamison Williams, Jr.

Dr. &: Mrs. Sa m B. Williams

Mr. &: Mrs. Eric A Wiltshire

Mr. &: Mrs. Dona ld E. Wo rsley

Mrs R Alexa nder Wrigley

Hon Joa ri E. Young &: Mr. Thomas L Sc hell enberg

Mr. &: Mrs. John E. Young

Dr. Lu cia Zamarano

Mr. &: Mrs. Larry Zangerle

Mr. &: Mrs. Ted Zegouras

Mr. &: Mrs. George M. Ze ltzer

Mr. &: Mrs. Morton Zieve

Mrs. Pau l Zucke rman

Mr. Roy Zurkowski

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn A To wnsend, Founding Chairrnen

Hon. and Mrs. Avern L Cohn

Mr. and Mrs. John DeCarlo

Dr. and Mrs. David DiChiera

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron H Gershenson

Mr. and Mrs. Donald C Graves

Hon. and Mrs. Roman S Gribbs

Mr. and Mrs. John C Griffin

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L Jones

Hon . and Mrs Wade Mc(ree, Jr.

Mr. Harry J Nederlander

Mr. E. Harwood Rydholm

Mr. and Mrs. Ne il Snow

Mr. and Mrs. Richa rd Strichartz

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C Va nd erKloot

Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. Williams

Mr and Mrs. Theodore o. Yntema

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Department of Community Programs

Karen DiChiera , Director

Time Out for Opera-

-Introducing opera and opera singers to the public.

Our Award-winning televi sion series, TIME OUT FOR OPERA, is taped and aired at Bloomfield Community Televis ion (BCTV) to a much large r subscriber audi ence than ever before. This is because BCTV ha s e nlarged its cab le viewing audience, so that besides the communiti es of Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township over Channel 15 , the station also broadcasts to Birmingham, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms and Franklin on Channel 18. Th ere are no w approximately 65,000 su b sc rib ers.

In July 2001, TIME OUT FOR OPERA was a secon d -plac e winner in the; Arts Category at The Home Town Video Festivals North American co mpetition. We wish to thank BCTV Station Manager, Leslie Helwig , Production-Director James Gillis, co -produ cers Jonathan Swift and Karen V DiChiera, and all the sta tion vo lunteers for their hard work. A spe cial thank you to mezzo-soprano , VisnJ3 who was the singer on the program that was sent to the judges.

A new season of seventeen sho ws has been recorded. Be sure to check your cab le listings , so you ca n tun e in And remember, each January, Flint Public Television Sta tion WFUM chooses thirteen of the programs to broadcast on Sundays to Cable viewe rs throughout Southea st Michigan and into Ontario, Canada. HI

28 BRAVO

The 300th Anniversary of the founding of Detroit

The year 2001 presents a unique opportunity for Michigan organizations to create spec ial works about Detroit and Michigan and their histories

W ith the Department 's long associat ion with Harriet Berg, found er and director of the Madame Cadillac Dance Theatre, and with a generous grant from the Grayling Fund of the Community Found a tion of Southeas t Michigan, it was decided to create a piece about the Cadilla cs, their friends the Tontis and their adventures crossing the Great Lakes, which led to the founding o f Detro it.

It had be en a w hile sin ce Karen V DiChiera , director of community programs, had composed a new work, and she approached her childh ood friend , the awa rd-winning playwright Bonnie Lee Moss Rattner, about writing a libretto. Exc ited about the project , Ms. Rattner and Ms. DiChiera met with Harriet Berg , and a new opera was on its way to being created 1

MOT Main Stage Costume Director, Suzanne H anna researche d the period and created breathtaking costumes 1 Familiar Set Designer for Community Programs Alliso n N orfleet spen t time in the Detroit Public Library Map Department and painted a backdrop of Michigan, all of the Great Lakes and th e northern route , (taken by the men,) as www Mich iganOp era.org

we ll as the southern route, (later taken by the women and children).

A workshop performance was presented at the Neinas Elementary School in southwest Detroit on June 1, 2001. After some rewriting, a premiere preview was performed in Studio 1 at the Detroit Opera House in front of an invited, enthu siast ic audi ence on July 13. With last-minute d etails now worked out, The Cadillacs and Their Great Lakes Adventures is ready for the road l Call Dolores Tobis, marketing manager for community programs , to bo ok The Cadillacs and Their Great Lakes Adventures for your school , if yo u are a teacher - or if you are a parent , grandparent , aunt or uncl e, book it for your yo ung family members You can help MAKE HISTORYI

For a limited time, we are offering The Cadillacs and Their Great Lakes Adventures , together with our highly successful The Night Harry Stopped Smoking, as a package. Through underwriting from the Community Foundation for Southeaste rn Michigan and the Southeast Michigan Healthy Youth and Healthy Seniors Fund, your favorite schoo l can have th e two operas for $4 0000 1 Contact Dolores Tobis at (313) 237-3429. Or e-mail her at dtobis@motoperaorg HI

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The Cadillacs and Their Great Lakes Adventure Back row, L to R; Betsy Bronson (Mme. Cadillac); Mark Vondrah (Cad illac & a Fre nch Voyageur); Ka rl Schmidt (Tonti & Father joli); Maria Ci mare lli (M m e. Tonti) and David Pulice (Indian Nat iv e, Jiimanina), with boys and girls from Nei nas E leme ntm y School, who portrayed the children of the Cadillacs, the Tontis and Jiiminana.

A new partnership program!

, The Department of Community Programs is beginning a new partnership with the -Nataki Talibah Schoolhouse, a Detroit Public School Academy chartered by Central Michigan University.

Beginning in the fall of 2001, the MOT Department of Community Programs is partnering with the Nataki Talibah Schoolhouse for three years under a grant awarded to the school from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Washington, D.C.

Through the partnership, The Department of Community Programs will perform age-appropriate one-act operas at the schoo l , make students aware of the architecture and buildings of their community, teach Create Opera I , arrange field trips to the Detroit Opera House for tours and performances, bring professionals-in the field of the arts to the school, include Nataki Talibah students in Learning at the Opera House programs and work with the schoolteachers to use the arts in school curriculum and after-school and weekend programs.

What are partnerships?

We in arts organizations have actually been involved in partnerships over many years, but they didn't have a name. We simply stated that we were doing a program with a school or with

another cultural organization. But by stating that we have a PARTNERSHIp, it means that we have carefully discussed what our goals are and have agreed to who does what, for how long, for how many participants, for how much money and for what kind of a result. We have often applied for funding together, which even further cements the idea of being partners.

What kinds of organizations could partner with an opera company?

Opera is such a combination of things that the imagination can become overwhelmed with creative directions. We have already had collaborations with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Charles Wright African-American Museum, the Detroit Community Music School, and Your Heritage House Museum.

Through the Arts Centered Education Partnership Program (ACE), several groups of cultural organizations had the opportunity to create partnerships with clusters of Detroit Public Schools for a five-year period. This exciting pOSSibility led to the grouping together of Michigan Opera Theatre, the Detroit Public Library, the newly renamed Heritage Museum for Youth, Preselyation Wayne and First Circle. The school cluster is the Detroit Day School for the Deaf Poe Developmental, Edmonson Elementary, Pelham Middle and Murray Wright High Schools

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For a name of the newly formed entity, Gretchen Coleman, the prinCipal of the Detroit Day School for the Deaf, suggested "The Celebration of Self Partnership." All of the partners loved it l The name reflected what we all believe and strive for with our young people.

Michigan Opera Theatres Community Programs Department strives to allow young people to discover their ability to create, perform, produce and feel that any art form from any century or any country can be theirs to enJoy The Detroit Public Library believes that world knowledge should be available to everyone . The Heritage Museum for Youth shares the talents of people from many nations and ethnic backgrounds. Preservation Wayne yearns to preserve our past by preserving our built history while making it accessible to future generations of citizens. First Circle students move, feel, experience and dream.

We are entering our final year of funding through the ACE Program. We are so privileged to have had the opportunity to work with all the participating cultural partners and with the schools and their wonderful students. It is hoped by the entire partnership that, somehow, funding can be found to continue the work we have begun . We have all been enriched I We truly understand the real meaning of what a PARTNERSHIP can be. m

o Arts Centered Education (ACE) Partner School- Poe Developmental Karen V. DiChiera, 'centel; with fliends from the Celebration of Self Partnership, part of the ACE Program.

"Clown Workshop" children from the LATaH, ARTS CAMp, dance around the Jester "Mark," a member of STAR CAMP MICHIGAN. Funded by the Widman Fund of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan, STAR CAMP MICHIGAN is a camp for artistically gifted adults who are mentally impaired.

A proud participant of the Decorative Plaster Worl1shop shows off her project, a capital, made from opera house restoration moulds. This popular class is taught at LATaH each summer by Detroit Opera HOLlse Plaster Restoration SupervisOJ; Chlistopher Richardson.

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TheA · S · .l1VantI OCIety

The Italian word "avanti " means "ah ea d " b eques ts, trusts , life income p lans and o ther charitable gifts to Michigan Opera Theat re.

or "fo rward. " The Avanti Society of Michigan Opera Theatre is a special grou p of forwa rd -thinking donors who ha ve d esignated a special gift to benefit the organization in th e futur e. These genero us gifts ensure our art is tic progress in the future for the benefit of gen erati ons to come.

Gifts can be made throu gh a va riety of es tat e planning inst rument s, including bequests , tru sts and other planned giving arran gemen ts.

Benefits of The Avanti Society include :

o In vi,ta tions to dress r eh earsals and othe r spec ial even ts not offere d to th e genera l pub li c

o Ann u al rec ogn ition eve nt , featuring guest arti sts.

o Ed u cational seminars.

o Individu alized es tate planning assista n ce for

o Recognition on the donor wa ll in the Detro it Opera H o u se an d in the season program books

If yo u are interested in making a planned gift to Michigan Opera Theatre an d thereby qualifying for m emb ership in Th e Avan ti Soc iety, please contact:

Jane Fanning, Assoc iat e Director of Development at (313) 2 3 7-3 2 68 or jfann in g@m oto p era .org or return the rep ly form below to:

Jane Fanning

Michigan Opera Theatre 1526 Broadway Detroit , MI 48226

THE AVANTI SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE

o I am interested in receiving further information on The Ava nti Soc ie ty and planned giving arrangements with Michigan Opera Th ea tre.

o I wo uld be interested in attending an educational seminar on planne d giving and the tax advantages ava ilable through p lanned giving. My preferred time to attend a se minar wo uld b e : o midday 0 eve ning 0 weeke nd

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Mrs Adel Amennan

Dr. Lourdes V Andaya

Mr. &: Mrs Agustin Arbulu

Chester &: Emelia Arnold

Mr. &: Mrs. Brett Batterson

Mr. &: Mrs. An Blair

Roy E. &: lise Calcagno

Gladys Caldrone)'

Victor]. lSI Ka therine V Cervenak

Mr. &: Mrs. Tarik Daoud

Karen VanderKloo t DiChiera *

Mr. &: Mrs. Charles H. Duncan

Mrs. Charles M Endicott

Barbara Frankel *

Mr. Hennan Frankel *

Priscilla R. Greenberg, Ph.D*

Mr. Lawrence W Hall

Mr. lSI Mrs. Jerome Halperin

Mr. lSI Mrs Kenneth E. Han

Mr. lSI Mrs. Eugene L. Hanwig

Dr. Cindy Hung

Christine Jaramillo

Mr. Donald Jensen

Ms. Phyllis Korn

Mr. &: Mrs. Erwin H. Klopfer' Virginia Mascali

Mrs. Wade H. McCree

Ms. Jane McKee

Drs. Orlando &: Dorothy Miller

Mr. Ronald K. Morrison

Mr. Dale]. Pagonis

Mr. Richard M. Raisin

Ms. Susan Schooner

Drs. Heinz lSI Alice Platt Schwarz

Ms Phyllis Funk Snow

Mr. lSI Mrs. Richard Starkweather

Mrs. Mark C. Stevens *

Mr. Jonathan Swift lSI Mr. Thomas A.

St. Charles

Mr. Ronald F Switzer

Mary Ellen Tappan *

Dona ld &: Margaret Thurber

Mr. Edward D. Tusseu

Mr. &: Mrs. George Vincent

Mrs. Amelia H. Wilhelm*

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Mr. lSI Mrs. George M. Zeltzer

BEQUESTS

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Ms. Marjorie Adele DeVlieg

Priscilla A.B. Goodell

Mr. Ernest Goodman

Mr. BlUce Hillman

Mr. Go rdon V Hoia lmen

Mr. Carl]. Huss

Ms. Helen Barbara Johnston

Ms. Helen Miller

Mrs. Ella M. Montroy

Ruth Rawlings Mott

Clarice Odgers Percox

Mr. Thomas G. Poner

Mr. Mitchell]. Romanowsk

Mr. Edward L. Stahl

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TOUCHTHE FUTURE

In the spring of 1999, Michigan Opera Theatre was proud to be selected as a Leadership Grant participant in the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan 's (CFSM) Touch the Future program. Originally, thirteen organizations were chosen for this honor, and after March 31 , 2001, only nine organizations , including Michigan Opera Theatre, remained in th e program. We are working together with the other organiz ations and the Community Foundation to build endowments for th e future of this community and southeastern Michigan.

As a participant, Michigan Opera Theatre is eli gibl e to receive over $3 00,000 in matching grant funds into MOT's endowment at the Community Foundation and $130,000 in operating support from CFSM. In order to receive these fund s, we must raise over $2,000,000 in qualified planned gifts, such as Charitable Gift Annui ties, Charitable Remainder Trusts , Life Insurance or Pooled Income Funds.

To date , Michigan Opera Th eatre h as raised over $330,000 (face value) of new en dowment gifts through the Touch th e Future program and ha s received $50,000 in matching funds for its endowment at the Community Foundation.

If you would like more information about how you could be a part of this unparalleled opportunity for Michigan Opera Theatre, please call Jane Fanning in the planned giving department at (313) 237-3268.

Togeth er, we can touch th e future.

By giving to the endowment of your favorite charity, your generosity and your belief in community will touch lives for yea rs and years to come. And if tha t's not immortalit y, what is{ Find out more by contacting the Michigan Opera Theatre at 313-237-3268 or the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan a t 1 -888-WE-ENDOW or www.cfsem.org

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Young Artist . Apprentice Program

Michigan Opera Theatre's Young Artist Apprentice Program is now in its twentyfirst year of training aspiring young vocal artists and production apprentices for the rigors of the professional theater world. This yea r, talented young singers, recruited from across the country, will take up residence with Michigan Opera Theatre , participating in multiple-week masterwith the conductors, directors _ and singers from current productions. Apprentices a1so receive private coaching with Michigan Opera Theatre's professional music staff, preparing their aSSigned comprimario roles for the season's productions. Rehearsals and performanCes assist them in making the transition from student to professiona L

Since its inception, Michigan Opera Theatre has been committed to the development of young American talent and regards with pride those who have gone on to establish careers in the field. Many singers, as well as several company production and artistic staff, have returned to Michigan Opera Theatre in full professiona l capacities after apprenticeships with the company

The impressive list of now-prominent artists who made their debuts or had early starts with Michigan Opera Theatre includes Carmen Balthrop, Kathleen Battle, Rockwe ll Blake, Richard Cowan, Maria Ewing, Terese Fedea, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Rebecca Luker, Catherine Malfitano, Leona Mitchell, David Parsons, Kathleen Segar and Victoria Vergara among others. For further information on auditions and application requirements for the Apprentice Program, please ca ll the Michigan Opera Theatre Production Office at 313/9613500.

Michigan Opera Theatre 's Young Artist Apprentice Program is sponsored in part by an endowment from the Jo yce H. Cohn Apprentice Award Fund. Additional support for the 2001-02 season provided by DeRoy Testamentary Foundation and Robert A. Cornette, Ph.D, Pc.

We invite you to participate in sponsoring an artist apprentice. Sponsors provide opportunities for a new generation of promising yo ung singers. To sponsor a young artist, please call 313/23 7- 3408.

Karla Hughes - DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Young Artist.

Matthew Tuell - Joyce H. Cohn Young Artist.

Eliza Warner - Robert A. Cornette Young Artist.

New Century Fund

MEDICI CIRCLE

$2 ,000 ,000 AND ABOVE

Ford Motor Company

VISIONARIES

$1 ,000 ,000 TO $1 ,999 ,999

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Roben A. Allesee

General Motors Corporation

DaimlerChlysler Co rpo ration Fund

GUARANTORS TO $999 ,999

Coma u Pico

Lea r Corpora tio n

Mrs. Shi rle y K'Schlafer

State of Michigan

UNDERWRITERS

$250,000 TO $499 ,999

Arbof DrugslCVS Pharmacy, Inc.

Bank One

Mr. and Mrs. Don Barden

BAS F Corpo ration

Come rica Charitable Foundation

Detroit Ed ison Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Raben E Dewa r

Herma n &1 Barbara Fra nkel

Robert &1 Alice Gustafson

john S &1 james L Knight Foundation

Richard &1 Ma lY Lou janes

The Lo maso n Fami ly McGregor Fund

Linden D. Nelso n Foundation

Mr. &1 Mrs. Roger Penske

Raymond C. Smi th Foundation Fund of Com mulllty Foundation of Sou theastern Michigan

Mr. and Mrs. R. jamison Williams

PARTNERS

$100 ,000 TO $249 ,999

Mr. &1 Mrs. Lee Barthel

Mr. &1 Mrs. Mandell L Berma n

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MichiganIBlue Care Network

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie

De troit Ope ra House

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Frankel

Wallis and Roben M. Klei n

Kman Corpo rati on Dolores and Paul Lav ins

MichCon Foundation

Michigan Na ti ona l Bank

Nationa l City Bank of Michigan/Illinois

Mr. and Mrs. Irvin g Rose

Mrs. Carolyn L Ross

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Soave

Wa lbridge-Aldinger Company

Wo rl d Her itage Foundat ion

Mr an d Mrs. George M. Zeltzer

SPONSORS

$50 ;000 TO $99 ,999

Han. and Mrs. Avern L Cohn

Mr. and Mrs. Tarik S. Daoud

Deloitte &1 Touche LLP

General Electric Company

The GM Card

j oh nson Co ntrol s Fou nd ation

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kojaian

Ol iver Dewey Marcks Foundation

The Karen and Drew Peslar

Foun dation

Standard Federa l Bank

Mrs. Ruth Rattner/Ann F Katz and Nornlan D. Katz

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS

$25 ,000 TO $49 ,999

Mrs. LOIis G. Birnkram

The Wayne Booker Charitab le Fo und ati on

The Budd Company

Mr. Th omas Coh n

Consumers Energy Foundation

Crain Commun ications, Inc.

Decision Co nsultants, Inc.

Detroit Int erna tional Bridge Company

Rosa nn e and Sandy Duncan

Eato n Corpo rati on

Mr. &1 Mrs. Paul E. Ewing

Mr. Edward P. Frohlic h

Andrew and Wa nda

Gianca mi ll i

Hilda &1 j oel Hamburger

Hartmann Foundation

Kenwal Stee l Co rp ora tion

Caro l and jerry Kn ec htel

Mr. &1 Mrs. Thomas Krikorian

Mar ia and Alphonse S. Luca rell i

Magna International,lnc.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Miller

Mr. and Mrs. james Nicholson

Frances H. Parcells Memorial

Mr. and Mrs. Lou is R. Ross

Sand y Family Foundat io n

Alan and Ma rianne Schwanz

Mr. Mickey Shapi ro

Mr. and Mrs. S. Kinnie Sm ith , j r.

Wil liam H. and Patr icia M. Smi th

Venture Industries

Me. and Mrs. George C. Vincent

CONNOISSEURS

$15,000 TO $24 ,999

Alcan Al uminum Corporat ion

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F Alli so n

Ma rvin and BellY Damo

He rbert and Bet ty Fishe r

The Gilmour Fund

Mr. Gordon A. Hoialmen

Mr. and Mrs. Maxwe ll Jospey

Nancy and Bud Liebl er

Ann &1 William McCormick, jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Orley

Mr. and Mrs. E. Steve n Robinson &1 Family

Mr. Richard San ders

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sloan

St John Health Syste m

Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Toppin

TRW Fo undation

Mrs. Barb ara Van Dusen

The Samuel L Westerman Foundation

The Y &1 R Group

AFICIONADOS

$10 ,000 TO $14 ,999

Ms. Irene M. Barbour

Mr. Charles A Bishop

Bill and BellY Brooks

Sheldon and Barbara Cohn

Community Counseling Service Co., Inc.

Dalod and joanne Denn

Dalod and Karen DiChiera

Drusc ill a Fa rwell Fo undatio n

Mr &1 Mrs. Roland C Euge niO

Mrs. Robert Hamilton

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart

judith Hlcks and Eric Hespenheide

Miss Mary A Hester

Mario and Jane Iacobelli

Mr. and Mrs. Ve rne G. Istock

Ms. Eli zabeth Judson Jo hnso n

Mary Bartus h Jones Foundation

Mr. &1 Mrs. Robert C Larson

Mr. an d Mrs. Lance Leonelli

Mr. Dana Locniskar

Mr. and Mrs E. Michael Mutchler

Mr. and Mrs. Eino Nurm e

Mr. and Mrs. jules Pallone

Mr and Will iam R. Roberts

Hon joan E. Young and Mr. Thomas Sc hellen be rg

Mr and Mrs. Gregory J Schwartz

Simmons and Clark Jewelers

Mrs. Rosemary Skupny

Mr. Frank D Stella

Ronald and Eileen We iser

Mr. J Ernest Wilde

DEVOTEES

$5 ,000 TO $9 ,999

Anonymous (2)

The Rando lph J and judith A. Agley Foun dat ion

The Ai rasia n Famil y

Dr. and Mrs. Roge r M. Ajluni

Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.

Mrs. john E. AmermanIMrs. Arthur J Rooks, J r.

Mr. and Mrs. Assad Amine

Dr. Lourdes V Andaya

Mr. an d Mrs. Thomas V Angott

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L Anthony

j oseph E. and Ka thl een A Anto nin i Foun dati on A &1 S Su pp ly Company

At las Tool, In c

Mrs. Donald J Atwood

Dr. Dona ld and Da le Austin

ww w, Mic hi ga nO pe ra .o rg

Andrea and James Ba1cerski

james Ba lk, II and Shir.\ ey A. Balk

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Barefoot

Brian and Heidi Bartes

Mr. and Mrs. Mandell L Berman

Dr. Joh n and Anne Bielawski

Mr. and Mrs. David Bird

Mr. and Mrs. G. Pete r Blom

Mr and Mrs. j oh n Boll

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Borck

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bri ght

Lou is and Carolyn Bruno

Tracey and Mark I. Burns tein

Dr and Mrs. joseph L Cahalan

Campbell &1 Co.

Sa lly Ca rl so n

Mrs. Maria M. Ch irco

Mr David Cl,ivas

Mrs. Eleanor A. Christ ie

Mr. and Mrs. Fredelick H. Clar k

Mr Will iam G. Cla rk

Dr. Mary Carol Conroy

Mr. j ohn AConti

She ll y and Peter Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cotter

Mary and Sa l Craparona

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cu mmin gs

Barbara and Paul Czamanske

Julia D Darlow and Jo hn Corben O'Meara

Shelley and Richard Dalley

Mr. &1 Mrs. je rry P. D'Avanzo

Dr. Harvey Day and Ms. Lin dsay Roth

Lawrence N. and Dori s C. David

George and Vivian Dean

Dr. and Mrs. Anthony S. DeLuca

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Demery

Di ckinson Wright PL LC

Davi d K. Diskin , M.D. and Dorothy Diskin

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H Earl

Mr. and Mrs. George R. Eh lert

Inna Elder, Jaguar of Troy

Mrs. Charles M. Endicott

Mr Richard Engel

Mr. and Mrs. Francis En gel ha rdt

Dr. Fern Espino and Mr. Tom Short

Dr Haifa Fa khouri, ACC

Mr. David Fischer

Dr. Mmjorie M. Fisher

Mrs Rema Frankel

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Garberd ing

Ms. Stephanie Germack

Mr. Joseph A. Giaca lone

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Giancarlo

Keith and Eil ee n Gifford

Mr. and Mrs. Vito P. Gioia

Mrs. Jo hn C. Griffin

Charles and Ela in e Gunderson

Mrs. Alice Be rb eri an Haidostian

Mr. David Hall

Mr. Lawrence W Hall

Mr. David Handl eman

Mary and Preston Happe l

Mr. Morton E. Harris

Me. and Mrs. Bernard Hartman

Donna and Eugene Hartwig

Fran k and Nancy Hoag

Derek and Karen Hodgson

Mrs. Donna Holycross

Mr. and Mrs. Martin In gli s

Michigan Opera Theatre

Michigan Opera Th ea tre gratefully ack nowl edges the gen erou s corporate, foundation , gove rnment and individu al donors whose co ntributi ons were mad e betwee n July 1, 2000 , and June 30, 2001. Their generosity plays an integral part in th e Company's fin ancial s tability, nec essary for produ cing quality grand opera , mu sica l thea ter and danc e

CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS

GRAND BENEFACTOR

$200 ,000 +

Ford Motor Co mpany Fund

2000/2001 Fall Seasbn Sponsor

2000 Opera Ball Sponsor

General Ope rating Support

GE NE RAL MOTORS CORPORATION

2000/200 1 Spring Season Sponsor

La Ti ·aviata Opening Night Festivities

Genera l Ope rating Sup port

DA IMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATI ON

FUN D

2000/200 1 Dance Season Sponsor

Les BalieLs de Monte Carlo Production Spo nso r

Les Ballets de Monte Carlo Openi ng Night Fest iviti es

SIGNAL BENEFACTOR

$50 ,000 TO $199 ,999

CaIT s Crackers Int erm issio n Spo nsor

Marsha ll Fie lds Proj ect Imagine

La Ti aviata Production Sponso r

MAJOR BENEFACTOR

$25 ,000 TO $49 ,999

Amerit ec h

La Boheme Opening Night Spo nso r

Ba nk One, Michiga n

La Tra viata Perfomla nce Sponsor

BENEFACTOR

$15 ,000 TO $24, 999

ANR Pipeline Co.

Come rica Incorporated

Fal staff Perfo rmance Sponsor

DTE Energy Foun dation

Gannett Foundation, Inc.

The Nlitcracker Prod uction Sponsor

FELLOW

$ 10 ,000 TO $ 14,999

Consumers Energy Foundation

Community Programs Touring Spo nsor

Kmart Co rporatio n

StudentlSenior Matinees Sponsor

PATRON

$2500 TO $4, 999

MlchCon Foundat ion

DONOR

$1, 000 TO $2 ,499

AM Mi ch iga n

Alcoa Foundat ion

Kenwal Steel Corp.

Meritor Automotive, Inc.

Real Estat e One Inc.

Th e Quaker Che mical Found ation

The W W Group , Inc.

CONTRIBUTOR

$500 TO $999

Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.

Brid gesLOne!Firestone Trust Fund

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PPG Industries Foundation

SUPPORTER

$100 TO $499

Bolton &: Co mpany

FC S. Industries, Inc.

John E. Gree n Company

Mu Phi Epsi lon Detroit Al umni Chapter

Plastomer Corporatio n

Ash Stevens, Inc.

The Birmingham Musicale

FO UNDATION AND GOVERNMENT

SUPPORT

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

National End owment for the Arts

SIGNAL BENEFACTOR

$ 100,000 +

McGrego r Fund

Th e Sk illm an Foundation

MAJOR BENEFACTOR

$25 ,000 - $99 ,999

Co mmun ity Fou ndation for Sou theaste rn

Michiga n

DeRoy Te stamentary Foundation

Tir e Tal es oj Horrmann Perfomance

Spo nso r

Matilda R. Wilson Fund

Sage Foun dat ion

Falstaff Pe rformance Sponsors

Whitney Fu nd

In addition to enj oying outs tanding en tertainment on stage , MOT contribu tors are offered a number of opportunities that all ow them to observe the many phas es of opera and danc e produ ctio n , meet th e artists and experien ce other "behind -the-sce ne s" activities

BENEFACTOR

$ 15 ,000 -$24, 999

Hudson-Webber Foundation

FELLOW

$10 ,000 - $14 ,999

The Eli za beth , Allan and Wa rren Shelden Fund

The Mary Th ompson Fou ndat ion

Ra lph L. and Wi nifred E. Po lk Foundation

The Sa mu el L. Westemlan Fou ndat ion

Widman Fund of the Community Foundation for Southea ste rn Mich igan

SUSTAINER

$5 ,000 -$9 ,999

Al ice Kales Hartwick Foun dat io n

Ann and Go rd on Getty Fou ndation

Ca pit al Region Commun ity Foundation

Detroit 300

Fanclub Fou nd ati on for th e Arts

James and Lyne ll e Holden Fund

PATRON

$2 ,500 - $4 ,999

Drusi ll a Farwe ll Foundati on Meyer &: Anna Prenti s Family Founda tion

Trustees: Barbara I' Frenkel , Marvin A Frenkel, Dale I' Frenk el, Rona ld I' Frenkel, Denise L. Brown , Ci nd y Frenkel Kamer, Ne lson P Lande

Saginaw Comm unit y Foundatio n

DONOR TO $2 ,4 99

The Cla rence and Jack Himmel Fo undation

Th e Sigmund and Sophi e Rohli k Foundation

The Village Womans Club Foundation

GENERAL DIRECTOR 'S CIRCLE

IMPRESARIO

$1 0 ,000+

Mr &: Mrs. Roy E. Cal cagno

Mrs Rob ert E. Dewar

Mr. &: Mrs. Paul E Ewin g

Barbara Frankel &: Rona ld Micha lak

Mr &: Mrs. Irving Rose

BENEFACTOR

$5 ,000 -$ 9999

Mr. &: Mrs. Ro bert A. Allesee

Mr &: Mrs Douglas E Allison

Mr &: Mrs. Thomas Anderson

Dr. &: Mrs Agustin Arb ulu

Dr. &: Mrs. Donald C Austin

Mr. &: Mrs. J. Addison Bartush

Mr. David Clark

Mr. Thomas Coh n

Mr. &: Mrs. Marvin 1. Damo

Mrs. Charles M. Endi co tt

Dr. MaJj ori e M. Fisher

Herman &: Sharon Frankel

Meyer &: Anna Prentis Fa mi ly Fo undat ion

Trustees: Ba rbara P Frenkel ,

Marvin A. Frenkel , Dale P Frenkel, Ron ald P Frenkel, Denise L. Brown, Ci nd y Frenkel Kamer, Nelson P. Lande

Mrs. Roge r W Hull

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard Janes

Mr. &: Mrs. Maxwelljospey

Joyce Urba &: David Kinse ll a

Mr. &: Mrs. Thomas G. Kirby

Lou ise

Mr Alphonse S Lucarell i

Mon ica Moffat &: Patrick McGuire

Mr. Char les Nave

Mr. &: Mrs Drew Peslar

Robert &: Sharon Pew

Drs. Irvin &: Pamela Troutma n Reid

Mrs. Carolyn L. Ross

Alan E. &: Mariann e Schwanz

Ms. Elham Shayota

Mr &: Mrs WJ!iiam H. Smith

Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar

Professor Ca"on L. Steve ns

Mrs Ruth Townsend

Mrs. Richard Va n Du se n

Jan et &: Paul Victor

Mr. &: Mrs George C. Vin ce nt

Walter P. &: Elizabeth B. Work

SUSTAINER

$2 ,500 -$ 4 ,9 99

Mrs. Donald J. At wood

Hon. & Mrs. Edwa rd Avadenka

Mrs. Irene M. Barbour

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Bart hel

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Alan Baun

Mr. & Mrs. W VicLDr Benjamin

Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman

Mrs. Lons G: Birnkrant

Mr. Charles A. Bishop

Mrs. Margaret Borden

Mrs. Betty J Bright

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Bright

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard T. Brodsky

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Cheesebrough III

Mr. David Ch ivas

Dan Clancy

Hon. & Mrs. Avern L. Cohn

Mr. & Mrs. Tarik Daoud

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry DAvanzo

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence N. Dmod

Dr. & Mrs. John M Dee

Dr. David DiChiera

Mr. & Mrs. Keith Dodswonh

Mr. & Mrs. Came ron B. Duncan

Dr. & Mrs. Charles H.

Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd C. Fell

Mr. & Max M. Fishe r

Mrs. Rema Frankel

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Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Frankel

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Garberding

Mrs. Aaron H Gershe nson

Mrs. John Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. Preston B. Happel

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Hanwig

Mr. & Mrs.·Da\od H. Hill

Mr Anthony Hopp

Mr. & Mrs. Roben Klein

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kli ne

Mr. Gera ld Kn echtel

Dr & Mrs. Richa rd W Kulis

Mr. Raymond Lehtinen

Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Letts, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Lomason

Dr. & Mrs. Henry W Maicki

Mr & Mrs. William T. McConnick

Mr & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Miro

Glen & CaJmel Mitchell

Mr. Edwin Lee Morrell

Dr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Munk

Mr & Mrs. E. Michael Mutchler

Mr & Mrs. Marco Nobi li

Jack Perlmutter

Dr. Charlotte & Mr. Charles Podows.ki

Mrs. Pollack

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E Reid

Mr. Wayne J Ruchgy

Mr. & Mrs. Arnol d Schafer

Dr. Robert F Sc hinn er

Ms. Susan Schooner

Dr. & Mrs. Karl F Schroeder

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J Schwanz

Mr & Mrs. Donal d E Sc hwendemann

Mr & Mrs. ET\vin S. Simon

Mrs. Rosemary Skupn y

Mr. & Mrs. S Kinn ie Smith, Jr

Ms. Phyllis Funk Snow

Dr. & Mrs. Robert J Sokol

Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Son kin

Dr. & Mrs Gerald H Stoll man

Mr. & Mrs. George Strumbos

Dr. & Mrs. L. Murray Thomas

Va lerie & Francis Ward

Mrs. Alvin Wasserman

Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Webb

Dr. Marilyn L. Williamson

Mrs. Beryl Winkelman

Mr. Robert Zincone

Mrs. Paul Zuckennan

DONOR

$1,500,$2,499

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond G. Antos

Mr. & Mrs. Eu gene Ap plebaum

Mr. & Mrs. Harold Arnoldi

Dr. Harold Mitchell Arrington

Dr. & Mrs. Ingida As faw

Mrs. Annette Balian

Drs. John & Marilyn Belamaric

Mr. & Mrs. Ara Berberian

Mrs. Margareta Berker

Dr & Mrs. John G. Bielawski

Mr & Mrs. Maurice S. Binkow

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Bla nchard

Lee & Paul Blizman

Mr. & Mrs. G. Peter Bl om

Dr. & Mrs. Davi d Bloom

Mr. & Mrs. Jo hn Boo th

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Brooks

Dr. Karl H. Brose

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Cahalan

Mr. & Mrs. George Callas

Drs. Margaret & John Casey

Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Cendrowskl

Dr. & Mrs. Victor J Cervenak

Mr. & Mrs. Le ona rd Ciokajlo

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Clark

Ms. Virginia Clementi

Mrs. Margo Co hen

Vivian & Jerry Cole

Dr. Mary Carol Conroy

Mrs. Ellen R. Cooper

Shelly & Peter Coope r

Mrs. Mary Rita Cu ddohy

Dr. & Mrs. Victor Curatolo

Mr. & Mrs. George Dambach

Mrs. Barbara Darin

Julia Donovan Darlow & John O'Meara

Mr. & Mrs. Wi lliam J Davis

Mr. & Mrs. WiliiamJ DeBiasi

Mr Jeffrey W De ll

Mrs. Margaret Demant

Mr. & Mrs. Davi d Denn

Dr. Fernando Diaz

Ted & Bonnie Dickens

Mr. David Disend

Drs. Paula & Michael Duffy

Mr. Don F Duggan

Mrs. William Eversman

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Feldman

Adrienne & Roben Feldstein

Dr. & Mrs. Paul Firn schild

Mrs. Elaine Fontana

Mr. & Mrs. Mitche ll B. Foster

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Freeman

Hon. Hilda R. Gage

Mrs. Irene M. Garcia

Mrs. Frank Germack

Mr. & Mrs. Ke it h E. Gifford

Mrs. Sha ron Gioia

Caro lyn & Arnol d Gordon

Mr. Ernest Gutierrez

Dr Harla n L. Hagman

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hagopian

Mrs. Alice Berberian Haidostian

Mr. Lawrence Hall

Dr. & Mrs. Joel L. Hamburger

Mr. David Hand leman

Dr. Raina N. Ernstoff & Mr. Sanford Hansell

Ms. Mary C. Harms

Mr. & Mrs. Kennet h E. Hart

Dr. & Mrs. Jack H. Henzle r

Miss Mary A. Hester

Mr. Robert M. Holland

Ms. Mary Ann Hollars

Edwa rd & Paula Hughes

Alan & Eleanor Israel

Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock

Mrs. David Jacknow

Mrs. Wendy Jansen

Ms. Amy Jidov

Mr & Mrs. Gary E. Jo hnson

Mr. Sterli ng C. Jones, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Joh n Kap lan

Mr. & Mrs. Nonnan D. Katz

Dr. & Mrs. Shennan Kay

Mr. & Mrs. Donald W Keim

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kes ler

Dr. & Mrs. Charles Kessler

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Klein

Father Ra lph E. Kowalski

Dr. & Mrs. Alfred M. Kreindler

Mr. & Mrs. William Ku

Mr. David Nowakowski & Mr. Ma rt in J.

Lap pe

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lavins

Mr. & Mrs. Elmore Leona rd

Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Lerner

Dr. & Mrs. Melvin A. Lester

Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Levy

Dr. & Mrs. Kim K. Lie

Dr. & Mrs. Ro ben P Lisak

Mrs. Florence LoPatin

Dr. Charles E. Lucas

Elaine & Mervyn Manning

Mr. Jack Martin & Dr. Bettye Arringto n Marti n

Dr Roben Matt hews

Mrs. Wade H. McCree, Jr

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley C. McDonald

Mr. & Mrs. Angus J McMillan

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller

Drs. Orlando & Dorothy Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Morkus Mitrius

Mr. & Mrs. Carl Mitseff

Dr. & Mrs. Van C. Momon,Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Mondry

Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Monolidis

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mo rganro th

Ms. A. Anne Moroun

Mr. & Mrs. E. Clarence Mularoni

David & Julie Mulligan

Mrs Jennifer Nasse r

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Nosanchuk

Mr & Mrs. George W Nouhan

Mr. & Mrs. Graham A Orley

Ge rald Padilla & Linda Orlans

Mr. & Mrs. Ju les Pallone

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Papp

Mr. Charles A. Parcells, Jr.

Dr. Robert E. L. Perkins

Mr. & Mrs. Wi lliam T. Phillips

Dr. & Mrs. Leonard M. Pickering

Mr. & Mrs Brock E. Plumb

Mr. Richard M. Raisin

Ms. Ruth F Rattner

Mr. & Mrs. John B Renick

Dr. & Mrs. John H Ro berts

Ms. Rosalind Cooperman & Mr. Woody Robenson

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Robinson

Ms. Patricia H. Rodzik

Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Rosenfeld

Dr. & Mrs Norman Rosenzweig

Mr. Alan Ja y Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Ross

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Rottenberg

Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Ruben

Dr. Bradley Selvick & Ms. Laurie Sall

Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sand be rg

Mr Richard Sanders

Mr. & Mrs. William Sandy

Dr. & Mrs. No rman R. Schakne

Hon. Joan E. Young & Mr. Thomas L. Sche llenberg

Mrs. R.]. Schlitters

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schmidt

Mr. Josep h Schwanz

Mr. & Mrs Merton Segal

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Shaevsky

Mrs. Frank C. Shaler

Ms. Ellen Sharp

Dr. & Mrs. Mic hael J Shon

Patricia Hill Bu rnett & Robert Siler

Mrs. Marge Slezak

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sloan

Ms. Evelyn S Smith

Karen & Paul Spica

Nadele Spiro

Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Stark

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Sta rkweather

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Stefanutti

Mr. Frank D. Stella

Mrs. Mark C. Stevens

Dr & Mrs. Mack C. Stirling

Mrs. Ru dolph Stonisch

Dr. & Mrs. David Susser

Ronald f Switze r

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Tabor, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Joel D. Tauber

Mr. & Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman

Mr & Mrs. Robert Taubman

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Thomas

Dr. Roberta Toll & Mr. Sheldon To ll

Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Toppin

Mr. James J Treb ilco tt

Mrs. Paula Tucker

Mr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Vande rbrug

Mr. Raymo nd Vecci

Mr. & Mrs. Steven I. Victor

Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Wasserman

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Way

Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Weissman

Mr. & Mrs. Will iam Widmeyer

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SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON

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Michigan Opera Theatre debut-Mikado, 1982 .

Now celebrating 20 years with Michigan Opera Theatre, Suzanne Mallare Acton has served as the Opera Company's Assistant Music Director and Chorus Master since the 1981-1982 season . She has conducted several productions during her tenure, including The Barber of Seville and The Daughter of the Regiment . For Dayton Opera, she has conducted West Side Story, My Fair Lady and The Pirates of Penzance. Ms. Acton has served as coach and accompanist for the opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego, and is the Music Director of Rackham Symphony Choir.

Supernumeraries:

Danny Bradley Charlotte Jones Paul Plamondon Jim Slowik

Bruce Davis Keith Jones Jan Renard Paul Snyder

Jim Flannery Frank Kong Karla Roberson Sean Thomas

Ira Harris Maggie Malaney Matt Ruhlig Francesca Zino

Bryan Johnson Emmanual Ogua Patrick Sharpe Justin Zook

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DeShawn Glosson Deann Lovan Vi Kapayo

Carmen French Language Consultant: Danielle Dufauw

Fight Choreography: Christopher Barbeau

Opera in Three Acts

Music by Annen Tigranian

Based on a poem by Hovhannes Toumanian

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Edgar Hagopian

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Michigan 'Opera Theatre's "Anoush"

LET IT BE KNOWN, That it is a pleasure and a privilege to extend my heartiest congratulations on behalf of the State of Michigan on the opening night performance of the opera "Anousb". Michigan Opera Theatre's presentation is part of a worldwide commemoration of the 17001lo anniversary of the adoption of Christianity as the state religion of Annenia. This highly anticipated production also serves as a tribute to the extraordinary contributions ofthe Armenian community in this tn-centennial year of the City of Detroit. This event was made possible by the generous support of the Michigan Opera Theatre charitable donations from the Armenian community, as well as contributions from those who support the arts. We commend them for their investment in the State of Michigan. IN SPECIAL TRIBUTE, therefore, this document is signed and dedicated to celebrate the opening night performance of the opera "Anoush". May each participant know of our admiration and warmest wishes for their both with this event and in their future endeavors.

Dick Posthumus LlliUTENANTGOVERNOR

October 20, 2001

W3UUSlf\.t.

ON

THE OCCASION OF THE PERfORMANCE OF I\NOUSH OPERA AT THE MICHIGAN OPElIA THEATR E

It is with great ple;uure that I con"'e)' my m05t heartfelt greetings to tnt; perfOnT\Crs, musicians and the management of the MichiCtn Opera Tht=aue on the SLaginC of Anou sh ()pera i.n one oflhe mOSI celebuted Ope ra houses in the world

The United Stales has long ago become bome (or milny of our compatriots They have enjoyed vast opportunities (or prtstn'ing their national identiry and sharin, their cultu re with thtil [dlo_ Ameri can'S The performance of Anoush Opera. one of the most rcnoWf')«:d pieces of Armenia ' s musical cu r.urc. is;s rtm.1t'kablc tribl.lu: to the contribution of the Atmt:nian American'S to the depl h of Arr.eriaft multicU lturalis m The of human civilisation rests in the diversiry of its c.ultural herirnfC · The 'IIalucs oftTc:C'doll"l, aU th c more cher ished in today s turbultnl times. continue to offer unequalled oppoounitiC5 (or the best ('xpression ofhum':ln ta llo-nL This event is particularly dear to our hearu as it is taking [)Iace at a time when the Armenian people art celebr1.lins: 1700 yellrs of Cltristianit) as the state rc:ligion

r thank all the sponsors for their urup:uing efforts in m!lcing this production possible J c.ommend greatly the dedication and vigour of Or Q.lvid D i Ct,iera, General Director o( the Michigar.. Opera lhe3[tc". l.r.d the: su;ff of Theiltre. who have displayed profound inspiratinn towards iMurin; Ihe succ.ess orthe perfonnanct: I h3vt 1'10 doubt Ihal the in will vah).; hiShly these efforts.

Robert Kocharian President, Republic of Armenia

Blessings from the Calholicos of AU Armenians

We are extremely pleased to leam that Armen Tigranian's opera will be perfonned at the renowned Michigan Opera Theater, wit h the initiative of the Detroit Armenian community and the administration of the Michigan Opera Theater in celebration of the 17001h anniversary of Armenia's conversion to Christianity.

The Opera is one of the jewels of Armenian musical art , and thanks 10 its typical Armenian character it enthralls and moves the listening audience with the echoes of the Armenian highland We are confident that the production of this opera will bond souls together and bridge the friendship of dilteren! nationalities thanks to the miraculous power of the art

We extend our Pontifical blessings from the 1700 year old H oly See of Etchmiadzin and our sincere appreciation to the responsible parties who have made this achievement possible, to the performers and the music-loving audience Our special appreciation to the MOT General Director Or David DiChiera, wishing that the performance of -Anoush" is warmly received and successfully performed on Ihe s t age of this famous opera theater

Let the Lord give you strength and bless your good deeds

Amen,

Holy EtchmiadzinOCtober 5, 2001 PATRlARCAT

With blessings , Garegin II Catholicos of All Armen ians 1,u.Sn6

Dr. David DiChiera General Director Michigan Opera Theater Detroit-Michigan

Dear Dr DiChiera.

With great joy and spiritual deep gratification the "Anoush" opera commiuee's members informed us of the musical presentation of Hovhannes Toumanian's epic poem. Indeed this poem describes the life of an Annenian village with its noble traditions and the purity of human love and emotion. which ends in the tragic death of the coupLe bringing sadness and sorrow over the entire village.

As Armenians, we are proud and bonored to see Annen TIgranian's n Anoush" opera, produced first in 1981 in.. English, to again be presented in Annenian native language on the occasion of 1700 years of our national adoption of Christianity in Annenla Through the participation of some of the famous Annenian artistS in Annenia and in the Oiaspora: Hasmik Papian, Alica KUlian Yeghishe Manuctwyan and Sarkis Barsemian, and under the professional dirC(;tion of the internationally prominent conductor Maestro Raffi Armenian and director Gerald Papazian.

We pray to God to bless you, your collaborators. the 'Anousb' opera comm iuee's members and all those women and men who have contributed in different ways to make the actual production of "Anoush" opera a worthwhile meaningful and memorable event.

We wish you all good health and prosperity

Sincerely yours in the Lord +Vrl"'-(u "'lG-'I'-/'''«.fo:

Catholicos·Patriart.h of th e House ofCilicia

For Anne nian Catholics

Given at Beirut, October 2, 2001

The second year of our Calooticossate

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Dr Da\·jd Oi Chiena Ceneral Director Michigan Opera Theater 1526 Broadway Detroit, Mich 48226 USA

Dear Or. Oi Chieru

Ar..teli2s, 11th Aug\lsl 2001

t came to learn with special joy that Michigan Opera Theater in l'ovember 2001. will prescnt to the publi c the "Anol1sh" Opera

In fact. Anoush " Opera is not merely an important musical achieve· ment; it expTll!sse5 the love and joy the suffering ar,d itspirations of our peo· p Ie Therefore, the performance of by Michigan Opera Theater ,,,HI not only d isplAY to the public the cult ural but also the mner yearnings dream' of a who has survivt>d in the midSot of the tensions .1nd po!erizatlons of history

I a ppreciate this initiative of the Mich igan Opera Theater r atso the full support of the Arme)'\ian community of Detroit to this major proJect.

God bless you alt

Prayerfully

ARM! I CAntOlICOS OF

Nerses -Bedros XIX Vahan Tootikian

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A Word Frol1llhe Armenian Evangeli.cal World Council

The yea r 200 I i. a highpoint for all llumkincl being the (ir&t year of t he 2 1" century lIud the beginning of the third millennium For the ArMeniun people throughout the world. the }'CM 2001 it. nn c\'en more .significant year Ilince, bellidea the a fOrtlDl entioned milel8tonea. it ia th e 1700d' annivertary 1)£ the " "" prociamst:ion of ChrisLianity till the 5Ulle religion of ArmcGia Th rear Armeninlll i n ever)' cornur o f tho world are .ole mnl}' and joyfully

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Anneniana of Greater Detroit, along with their 1700" annivertary commemoration&.. M\'O joined their fellow American ci ti l'.ttllll o f in celebratioa: the tri·amt.ennial annivcnlary of the City of Detroit

lIofichignn ()pcra Theatre's pn!lCntation is a fitting tribute to thelle dual celebrulwna. The --Anoush" opera i. an Armenian musical maaterp iece. conlpoee<i by It talented Amenia n composer Armen Tig:ranian ( 18;9·1950) and wa baaed on the popuJar literary work of D most brilliant Arme nian poet, Toumanian (1869· 1923). endeari ngly called "The Poet of All ArmenialU."

We to.ke thi ll oppo rtunity to acknowledge our debt o( gratitude to those ",'ho, through the ir contributi on of time t a lent lind tre3 s ure brought thia venture! t o 8uttel!8ful culmination: to the Ce neral Director o( Mich!gan Opera Theatre lind hill; s taff to the tage and musical directorf;, the performers, the chairpersons of steering com mittee and and myriad of frie-nd il of We IIllute them (or the job well done!

\nni1o'CrMrie8 are appro prin l4l tin'" IlOt only to hr.tnor the past but alao opportune timel to claim Lhe The put iJ; oniy 'Ours to kt'CP "'h('n we are willing to mo\'. into th e which we will accept. Each generation mus t take itl part. in building a (uture for the cecne ration to come dml is worthy of ita pallt.

We m\at took to the future and be challenged to grea te r effmu and achievomen t. Ma), God b1css ou r glorioWi heriLuge: ond m ake U8 worthy pnHM!f\"era. pc'fPCtuntor8 nnd prornotenJ o r I,},a &a rn e

With all or my best wishcl

Re y Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian President. Armenian Evangelical 'Vorld Council

Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre

Notes from the Director

by Gerald Papasian

Back in 1981 , th e u se of surtitles was not as commo n as it is today Anoush was sung in English, in accordance with Mi chigan Opera Theatre's mandate to render opera widely accessible. Today, Michigan Opera Theatre will make history once aga in b y staging its Western World Premier of Anoush sung in its original Armenian language

Directing Anous h once again, tw enty years later a t Michigan Opera Theatre, is a joy and a ch all enge for m e. When Dr. DiChi era invited me to discuss this new production , I had an obvious feeling of d eja vu. Ma es tro Raffi Armenian, as well as set designer Franco Colaveccia, both of whom collaborated with me in 1981 , were also the re. As we began rehearsals, it seemed tha t nothing had change d , except the few additional wrinkles we each had acquired. And ye t the world has ch ange d tremend ou sly since those da ys.

It is easy to describe Anoush as a moody young VIloman verging on depression

We 've completed the 20th Centu ry with great hopes manifeste d in the co ll apse o f the Berlin wall , the break-up of the Soviet Union and the creation of n ew independent Republics (Armenia b eing one of them) - only to be gin the 21st Century with a set of tragic events , which suddenly make u s see the h arsh realities of our times.

Anoushs b eautiful, innocen t music may seem somewhat out o f place in view o f toda y's realities . However, we have to remember that b ehind Tigranians d elicately evocative melodies lays Hovhannes Toumanians epic poem 'Anoush' upon whi ch the opera is bas ed Toumanian has offered a harsh social commentary on the old-fashioned mores and fundamentalist attitudes that provoke th e d estru c tion of pure and innocent love. Is it so in comprehensible then that Tigranians seemingly light melodies are written mostly in minor keys?

It is easy to dismiss Anoush as a moody young woman verging on depression and wonder upon the sadness of Saro's melancholic aria in the middle of a joyous wedding scene, where everyone is supposed to be happy - or are they? In this 19th Century remote Armenian village lost in the lofty Caucasian Mountains , a' mother giving away her daughter was well aware of the womens condition 'in a society such as theirs. In our new production of Anoush I propose to take a young maiden, trapped in a web of rigid and oppressive social order without the glimpse of hope for future emancipation, on a journey back down memory lane: a flashback in Anoushs mind before her final leap to her destiny Toumanian himself had six daughters and didn't wish them to grow up under those circumstances. He gave each of them a brilliant education and allowed them unprecedented freedoms, with the hope that others would fo ll ow his example. He was a pacesetter in his time. In that particular area of the world perhaps things have changedor perhaps not! One certainty is that the "mores" Toumanian fought against still exist in the world today and there are still many Anoushes and Saros (or Romeos and Juliette'S, if you will) who suffer the evils of deeply rooted superstitions, heavy-handed traditionalism, outdated cod€s of honor and absurd religious and social hatreds.

Understanding the overall sadness of this 'winters tale', as Shakespeare would have it, is understanding cultures in need of help in their quest for emancipation towards universal standards of human relations , so crucial in our drive to conquer all hatred and evil. Music, dance, and drama create this understanding through the emotions they generate . Could opera, as a true international art form, be an answer to our modern problems? I Sincerely believe it can!

Artist Profiles additional cast update

NICOLE PHILIBOSIAN

Sara's Mother

Michigan Opera Theatre debut. Nicole Philibosian's ravishing soprano has sung with distinction in opera houses throughout the United States, Asia, and in Europe, featuring [,Opera de Nice, France, the Gloria Opera in Seoul, Korea, the New York City Opera, Seattle, Portland, Hawaii, Dallas, and the Chamber Opera Theatre of New York. She has appeared as soloist with such d istinguished conductors as Gerard Schwarz, Andrew Litton , Valery Gergiev, David Zinman , Yael Levi, Eve Queler, Jorge Mester, Arthur Fagan, Richard Westenburg, Gerhardt Zimmermann, Hal France, and Catherine Comet. She has sung with the Symphony Orchestras of Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Rochester, Grand Rapids, and the American Symphony Orchestra of New York.

MATTHEW TUELL

Ohan

Michigan Opera Theatre debut La Traviata 2001.

Tenor, Matthew Tuell, recently performed the role of Edgardo in Arbor Opera Theatre's production of Lucia di Lammermaar as well as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi at the Pine Mountain Music Festival. My. Tuell has also performed with the Utah Festival Opera Company, the Natchez Opera Festival and Sarasota Opera Mr. Tuell was recently named the Joyce H. Cohn Apprentice for the 2001-02 season and will appear in each Michigan Opera Theatre production this season.

SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON

Chorus Master

Michigan Opera Theatre debut - Mikado, 1982.

Now celebrating 20 years with Michigan Opera Theatre , Suzanne Mallare Acton has served as the Opera Companys Assistant Music Director and Chorus Master since the 1981-1982 season. She has co nducted several productiOns during her tenure, including The Barber oj Seville and The Daughter oj the Regiment For Dayton Opera, she has conducted West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Th e Pirates oj Penzance. Ms. Acton has served as coach and accompanist for the opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego , and is the Music Director of Rackham Symphony Choir.

MELISSA BRUNING

Costume Designer

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

Melissa Bruning received a MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Costume Design and a BFA in Technical Theatre from Nebraska Wesleyan University Ms. Brunings New York theatre credits include productions with Overture Theatre Company, Lincoln Center Theatre Festival 98',

Samual Beckett Theatre , Harold Clurman Theatre , The Actors Studio, Expanded Arts Theatre, American Opera Projects , and several other Off and Off-Off Broadway theatres. Film Credits Include: SuperTroapers; selected for Sundance Film Festival 2000, Kissing]essica Stein, selected for LA Independent Film Festival , Just One Time, also selected for LA Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, and many more. Commercial credits include such products as Discovery Channel Stores, IBM, ESPN Classic Sports Channel, Viagra and Ex-lax, among others.

RUBIK MAILIAN

Bes t Man

Michigan Opera Theatre debut. Music Director and soloist at St. John's Armenian Church, Rubik Mailian is a familiar face in Detroits Armenian Community As a singer, Mr. Mailian is equally versatile in opera and concert repertOire , performing in New York, Boston, Miami and Houston His operatiC experience includes performances with Houston Grand Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera, among others. In Detroit , he has led the Komitas Choir of St. Johns and the Armenian Community Chorale group in numerous churches and cultural halls. During the pontifical Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, Rubik was invited as one of the guest conductors to lead the 300 member choir in Central Park, New York in May 2001.

BARBARA BLAND

Anoush's Mother Michigan Opera Theatre debut

La Traviata 1996

Mezzo-soprano Barbara Bland received her BA in Music from the University of Michigan and went on to Oakland University _ ____ where she earned her Masters Degree in Vocal performance. Barbara was thrilled to be selected as one of the finalists in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions for the Detroit District Competition in 1995, and a winner of the Michigan Opera Theatre Young Artist Apprentice Award in 1996-97. Barbaras roles with the Michigan Opera Theatre include , "Mercedes" in Carmen, "Second lady" in The Magic Flut e, "Annina" in La Traviata, "The High Priestess" in Aida, "Countess Ceprano" and "G iovanna " in Rigaletta and "Kate" in Madama Butterfly. Currently, Ms Bland is a voice instructor at Oakland University, where she also teaches Vocal Techniques.

SUSANNA TCHOUBARIAN is covering the role of Anoush.

SUPERNUMERARIES

Richard Hill , Priest

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Like many American cities, Detroit is comprised of a rich diversity of peoples. This community involves an intermingling of many cultural heritages, giving our Ci ty its own unique history and ch aracteristics. Since the founding of Michigan Opera Theatre I have always believed that opera , with its synthesis of literary, musica l and visua l elements, is the ideal vehicle to showcase and share wi th the entire community the unique ethnic and n ationa l qualities of each of our peoples.

While American operagoers have ample opportunity to enjoy Italian, French, German and Anglo-American works, there are man y other cultures that are rarely experienced in our opera houses. The opportunity to bring to our community the works inspired by other cul tures, su ch as African-American, Polish, Russian and Armenian, strengthens our understanding and appreciation . I am espeCially grateful for the enthusiasm and commitment demonstrated by these various communities, all of whom have participated in bringing these works to our stage - often for first time in America.

As one who was possessed and driven b y a dream to provide our community with a wo rld- class opera h ouse, I could not resist a similar dream of a talented musician and Armenian co mmunity lea d er to bring to America its first production ever of the Armenian opera Anous h In 1981 , Alice Haidostian persuaded me that the Armenian community wou ld support this American premiere and sh e indefatigably provided the leade rship to ensure its success. With the opening of the Detro it Opera House, Alice further dreamed that Anoush would one day be seen in a new production, befitting our expansive new stage - thi s time sung in its original language.

It h as been a great pleasure to work with the Armenian community in bringing this project to fruitio n I h ave been greatly impressed with the leadership and dedication that they h ave demonstrated in this drive to provide the necessary funds to help make Anoush a reality On behalf of Michigan Opera Theatre , I salute the Armenians for Anoush Committee, Alice Haidostian , Chairman , Edmond Aza di an and Edgar Hagopian, Co-chairmen , and the hundreds of Armenians and friends who con tributed their time and resources to the success of A nou sh.

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Andrew &: Anne Tarpinian

Josefma Teroganesyan, Duarte, CA

Kazar &: Matina Tenerian

Dr. Aram Vosgerchian

Mary Kooyoumjian Wiley, Walnut Creek, CA

Dr. Aram &: Sarah Yavtuian

Joyce Yeremian, North Providence, RI

George &: Alice Zallakian

Jack Zaratzian

In Memory of Azniv Edna Avedian

Harry Barberian, Toronto , Ont.

Sid Barberian

Harry &: Siroun Berberian

Vahram Boladian

Martin Buyikian

Levon Daghian, LaSalle , Ont.

Robert E. Dewar

Rose Evarian

Dr Berj H Haidostian

Mardiros &: Margo Hatch eri an

Dr Harry Y Kasabach

Pearl Keshishian

Sadie Kourtjian

Alex &: Marie Manoogian

Edward Mardigian

Zaven Margosian

Esther Markariian

Nora Mazloumian

Glenn McGeogh

Earl V. Moore

Margaret Mu tafIan

Helen Greene Oberla

Varsenick Samarian

Isabelle Samouelian

J ack &: Zanrouhe Shoushanian

Albert E Sindlinger

Zenopia Sohigian

David H Soultanian

Lyrm A Townsend

Peruz Kavafian Zerounian

Alice Berberian Haidostian

In Memory of Vah. "Ray" Vart

Archie &: Susan Gopigian

Alice Berbe rian Haidostian

Kirkor &: Hasmig B. Imirzian

Esther Macktarian Lyons

In Memory of Dr Georg. Kadian

Archie &: Susan Gopigian

Alice Berberian Haidostian

Production Notes

GERALD PAP ASIAN was born in Egypt of Armenian Parents. After graduating from the Armenian State Dramatic Arts Academy as a Diaspora student with an M.A. in Directing, he joined his family in the US, living in Detroit then in Los Angeles. He received further theatre training in thli US and in France where he currently resides. Gerald has acted in, directed, translated, adapted numerous 'plays and has lectured on Theatre and Opera at various universities internationally.

His US directorial debut was the Western World Premiere of the Armenian Opera Anoush in his own English translation (MOT). Other credits include Caesar and Cleopatra (Cairo Opera House), Arms and the Man (Young Vic-London) and most recently Taparnigos, Dentiste Pour Dames (Dejazet Theatre-Paris). He has adapted and directed numerous plays from an early age in Cairo, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Yerevan ranging from musicals, opera, operetta, straight plays to TV and video productions.

Gerald Papasian recently completed the drama¥gic restoration of Dikran Tchouhadjian's opera Arshak II in collaboration with Musicologist Haig Avakian. The work was recently released in a complete 26-volume public ation including piano and orchestral scores as well as separate iristruments and had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera in Sep,tember of this year, 133 years after its creation.

Gerald Papasian was twice awarded Best Actor by the Cinematographers' and Theatre Unions of Armenia respectively, and was made Honorary Member of the National Theatre there in 1992.

He is the Founding Director of the Dikran Tchouhadjian Research Centre for the Preservation of the Treasures of Western Armenian Culture in Paris since 1998 where he currently resides with Nora Armani. * * *

Due to Family concerns, Edna Garabedian was forced to withdraw from this production ofAnoush. The thoughts of the Michigan Opera Theatre staff are with her and we wish her well.

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The editors of Bravo regret the omission of the following information:

Yeghishe Manucharyan will perfonn the role of Saro in all six perfonnances of Anoush.

Dancers appear courtesy of Ballet Internationale, , Indianapolis, Indiana

Women:

Kerrie-Anne Dunn

Svetlana Kazonina

So-Yon Nam

Men:

Yuri Beletski

Ogulcan Borova

Vadim Dulepa

Chieko Oiwa

Karen Scalzitti-Kennedy (Bride)

Marie Tyukova

Vadim Pijicov

Sergei Sergiev

Alexei Tyukov (Groom)

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