PROGRAM: Bravo 2001 Spring Opera and Dance

Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre

Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre

The Official Magazine of the Detroit Opera House

Michigan Opera Theatre 's 2000-2001 Season is lovingly d edicated to the memory of Lynn A. Townsend and Robert E. Dewar

BRAVO IS A MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE PUBLICATION

Dr. David DiChiera, General Director

Laura W yss, Editor Kristen L. Shank , Associate Editor

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Celebrating 30 years of great performances. Photos cou rt esy of Michigan Opera Th eatre. Design by Frank Cucciarre, Blink Concept &. Design.

Michigan Opera Theatre wo uld like to thank Harmony Hou se Records for donating season record ings and videos.

Michigan Opera Theatre 's 2000-2001 subs cription and sin gle tickets have been graciously sponsored by Hunter House , Harmonie Park.

Physicians ' service provided by Henry Ford Medical Center.

Pepsi-Cola is the o ffi cial soft drink and juice provider for the Detroit Opera H ouse.

Starbucks Coffee is the oJ[icial coffee of the Detroit Opera House.

Steinway is the official piano of the Detroit Opera House and Michigan Opera Theatre. Steinway pianos are provided by Hammel Music, exclusive representa tive for Steinway and Sons in Michigan

President Tuxedo is the official pro vider of formal wear for the Detroit Opera House.

Michigan Opera Theatre is a nonprofit cultural organizatiOn whose activities are supported in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs , the Nationa l Endowment for the Arts , and other individuals, corporations and foundations. Michigan Opera Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Michigan Opera Th eatre !Celebrating Thirty Years

It is my great p leasure to welcome yo u to Michigan Opera Theatre's Thirtie th Anniversary Spring Season

Nos talgia is a wonderfu l thing. As yo u view pages 10 and 11 in this book, I h ope tha t the names of the artists and productions bring back a flood of those bUf!1ish e d memories of unforge ttable emotional heigh ts. Regardle ss of how long yo u have attending Michigan Opera Thea tre performances, you .should feel a great sense of p ri de in this Companys accomp lishments.

It is true, Mich igan Op era Theatre has , in relative terms , quickly risen to r ank among the top ten opera co mpani es in the nation. T h e triumphs we ha ve achieved together are certainly a point of pride and warran t warm r e fl ec tion. Ho weve r, the continued success of this Company is greatly due to our ability to look forward.

An important part of the maturation pro cess for any opera company of national and int ernational repute is the combination of mounting new works and introdu cing new repertoire to its audiences. We hope you will enjoy the voyage of exp loration in to the lar-ger body of sup erb opera works not yet seen on the Mi chigan Opera Theatre stage. Our next season, which we recently announced, is certainly proof of our commitment to artistic growth. In 200 1- 2002 , we will present our mo st challengin g and , we hope, fascinating season to date. Firs t, th e Company will mount new produ c tions of three beloved favorites: Carmen , starring De troit s own Irina Mishura; Mozarts in co mparable The Maniage of Figaro; and

the Armenian n a tion al opera Anoush, which recei ve d its American premiere on the Michigan Opera Thea tre stage in 1982. Next, we will present two works new to our r epertoire, Verdi's dramatic Otello an d Leo De lib es' enchanting Lahme, which h as never before b een seen in Detroit.

Still to come, however, is a most exciting spring season , whi ch begins Saturday, Apri l 2l-a d ate that coin cid es preCisely with the fift h anniversary of the grand opening of th e De troit Opera House. That night, we wi ll co ntinu e our year-long commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the d eath of Giuseppe Verdi with La Traviata , one of his most famous oper as. That will be follow e d in May with Falstaff, Verdi's final o p era The spring season concludes in Jun e with Th e Tales of Hoffmann by Jacqu es Offenbach.

I wish to extend m y most sincere appreciation to General Motors

Corporation for sponsoring our spring opera seaso n and to Da im lerChrysler Fund for making possible the 2000-2001 Daiml erC hrysler Dance Series, continuing the so lid and long time support Michi ga n Opera Theatre has received over the past thirt y ye ars from the major automotive corporations in the Detroit area. Our thanks also to Hudsons , which is soon to b ecom e Marshall Field 's, for sponsoring our produ ction of La Traviata.

Michigan Opera Theatre has thrived during its three decades d ue to the enthusiasm, ta lent and support of many, many people. I am extremely proud of our accomplishments to date and look forw ard with renewed excitement to the challenges tha t lie ahead. You will be hearing mu ch in the coming months about our future p lans. Meanwhile , I thank yo u for b eing a part of this very specia l anniversary season and for continuing to provide th e love , support and enthusiasm that h ave all owed Michigan Opera Theatre to reach this very significant milestone . Your presence n ex t seaso n in this theater will ensure many more anniversaries to come.

It is trul y a speCial occasion to sh are wi th yo u our thirtieth season. Enjoy

Davi d DiChiera Found er and General Director Michigan Opera Theatre

W hil e Michigan Opera Theatre ma rks its 30th season sin ce the launching o f its first season in 1971 , the activities of th e prece d ing decade provided the fou ndation for the establishment of the Opera Company

In 1963, the Detro it Gra nd Ope ra Association invited David Di Chier a, then a n ewly an ived professor of music at Oakland Universi ty, to ta k e over an educat ion al ini tiative ca lled "Ove rt ure to Opera. " H e qu ick ly expan d ed the program to fully produced scenes from th e ope r as present ed in Detroi t by the Metropolitan Opera Com pany Rut h Townse n d, our Chair man of the Overture to Opera Committ ee, organize d a netwo r k of voluntee r s rep resenting each of the communities where the pe r fOlmances of Overture to Opera took p lace. Rut h 's early leaders h ip was nurtured further b y he r husba n d Lynn ; CEO and Ch ainnan of Chrys ler Co rporation. Together "vith th eir commi ttee vol u ntee r s , they dedicated th emselves to the success of Overture t o Opera.

Ru th and Lynn also helped gal vanize t he community's grea ter interest in establishing a fu ll -time , profeSSional opera company for the state of Michigan.

This q u est became a rea li ty in 1970 with the formation of Mic higan Ope r a Th eatre's Founding Committee and th eir ap p ointment as ch airpersons. They would oversee the Company's inaugural season o ne year later and the reopening of the Music Hall (after ye ars of n eglec t) as the opera company 's first home

In 1973, this group was reorganized and en larged in to a Board of Directors and TlUstees , an d Mr. Townsen d became the ch ai rman of bo th bo ards . In 1980, he was succeeded b y Robert Dewar as Chairm an of its Board of Directo rs. Lynn remained Chairman of the Boa r d o f TlUstees until 1987, when he was named Ch airman Emeritus.

David DiChiera ta lked about Mr. Townsend 's contribution in his dedication in th e program fro m the Gala Opening of the Detroit Opera H ouse ( 1996) "The evo lution of Michigan Opera Theatr e fo un d r efuge under the de d icated leadership of Ruth and Lynn Townsend, who brough t togethe r a group of found ing membe rs to provide fina n cial suppo rt and lOving care for a fragile and young ent er prise. It was Lynn whose considerab le influ ence as Chailman of the Boa rd of Chrysler Corpora tion opened the doors in the co mm unity to pay attention to wha t he affectionatel y ca ll ed 'David 's Projec t. ' "

Fo ll owin g Mr. Town s en d's passing on Augu st 17 , 2000 , DiChie ra reflected, "I have so many wo n derfu l memories of the years Lynn an d I wo r ked togeth er in bu il d ing this opera company The cam arade rie we enj oyed has se t the tone for our MOT family to this very d ay My only regret is that Lynn's illness never allowed h im to see the Detro it Ope r a H ou se , the world -class home for the opera compan y he was so instlU m enta l in b linging into existence. He would have been so proud. "

ROBERTE. "DEWAR 192 3-2000

On Sep tember 7, 2 00 0 , Michigan Opera Th ea tre was dee ply sa ddene d by th e passing of Ro b ert (Bob) E. Dewar, Cha ir man of th e Boar d of Directo r s an d TlU stees

Li ke Lynn and Ru th Townsend , Robert and Nancy tlUl y love d o p era and joined the Michigan Opera T h eatre Board of TlUstees in 1973, two years after the Co m pan y was founded. H e jo in ed th e Boa rd of Direct ors in 1975 In 1980, when Lynn Towns end ste p ped down, there was n o doubt in anyone's mind t h at Robe rt Dewar was th e logica l su ccesso r. Hi s love for opera, together wi th hi s stature in the co mmuni ty as Chai lman of th e Board of Kmart and his commu n ity-wi de es teem as a m an of integri ty and commi tm ent , m ade h im the na tural ch oice

David DiChiera talked abo ut Mr. Dewa r 's cont rib ution in h is p ro gram dedication from the Ga la Openi ng of th e Detroit O pe r a H ou se (1996): "H ow lucky we we re that Bob was in the wings, rea dy to ta k e up the mantl e, and h ow lucky I have b een - b lessed by the contin u ity o f his leade rship an d unswervi n g loya lty to th e vision o f an ope ra co m pany with no parameters to its potentia l as a cu ltural force . For th e p ast [2 0] years, Robe rt Dewar has p ro vided the st ab ili ty an d affection fo r MO T, which h as allowed this institution to realize its p otentia l. "

Dewar 's passion for th e op era p ermeated his life an d ac ti vi ties. Not onl y was he a generous benefactor, but his co mmitment took him above and beyon d what most would conside r do ing DiCh iera recalls th ose years leading up to the openin g of the Detro it Opera H ouse : "Bob gave of himse l f ti relessly, an d during those years of fr an tic fun d -raising, the Detroi t Athletic Club beca m e hi s second office. I can't cou n t the breakfasts and lunc h eons that p r eceded a to ur wi th prospective and incredulous 'prospec ts. ' In th e dead of wint er , or in the b lis tering summer heat, he would don his h ar d -h at an d se ll the visi on of a beautiful opera house , while walkin g through a building in co mp le te shambles."

H is commitment was so gr eat that, when the co n st lU cti on teams threatened to wa lk out because the mortgage had n ot ye t bee n approved, Bob put his own fina n ces on the li ne -t h e b ank tlU sted him, and h is actions allowed the opera house to open in time for its sol d -ou t ga la

Michigan Opera Theatre is pleased to announce the establishment of The Robert E. Dewar Memorial Endowment Fund to provide funding for young artists.

To the family of Robert E. Dewar, we offer our deepest gratitude and appreciation for your extraordinary philanthropy and support.

With the passing oOane Walker Easton on February 10 , 200 1 , Michigan Ope ra Th eatre lo st a gracious and loya l fIiend wh o was l.ong active in sh ap irg the cu ltural ch aracter of the Detroit area.

Her first husband was W illi am M. Wa lker, J r. , a Gene ral Motors exec utive. They had two ch il dren. After Mr. Walker's death , she marri ed the former Btitish consulate to Detroit , Sir J a mes Easton. Her new title , "Lady," fit Mrs Easton , for sh e was always th e p icture of charm and grace. Her love of the arts was as natural to h er as was her love ' of her family, friends and nature.

One of Lady Easton's o ther loves was grand opera. During the 1950s a n d 19 6 0s , s he wo rk ed count less h ours fo r th e Detro it Gran d Opera Assoc iati on , which spo nsored the yearly to uring performances o f New Yorks Metropolitan Opera at th e Masonic Temp le Th eatre in Det roit. Her devo tio n to having opera in Detroit resu lted in her appo intment to the coveted and demanding p osition of General Chairman o f the 1967 season.

After the Metropo lit an Opera discontinued its national touring program , she became a d evoted supporter of Michigan O p era Th eatre. She and W illi am Wa lker became Tru stees o f the Company After Mr. Walker's death , her new husband, Sir James Easton , was also named a Trustee.

Mrs. Easton was a p ionee r in what she be li eved Detroit cou ld and sho uld have , it s own opera company Sh e paved the way for Michigan Op era Theatre and then loya ll y supported it.

Although Michigan Opera Theatre's beginning is said to be 1971, the 1960s were a flurry of activity, includin g tour performances, educationa l programs , m eetings and part ies. O n e o f the m ost familiar spo ts for get-toge thers to plan for Detroits own ope ra company was th e rambling h om e of Clara and Robert Vande rKl oot. 'Tuttie " - a nickname given to Clara b y her Danis h fath er, Willia m S. Knud se n - was the u ltimate "Hostess with the Mostest. " A meeting at the VanderKloot home included pads of pap er and pencils for all , water, coffee and tea at the meeting tables, as we ll as pl a tes p il ed high wi th n onstop choco late-c hip cookies and access to a photocopy m ac hine - a rarity at the time. Mee tings were fo llowe d by bountiful , legendary meals, served with Tuttie s u su al fl ouri s h

Through the years, her d edication co ntinued. W ith h er pride for the work accomplished by h er daug h ter Karen Vande rKl oot DiChiera (Founder and Director of Mic hi gan Opera Th ea tre's Department of Communit y Pro grams) and by so n-in-law David DiChiera , Tuttie mi ght we ll be ca ll ed "th e origina l mode l for todays networker," to quote a sta tement abou t h er from North woo d Univers itys Nancy Barker. Tuttie knew EVERYBODY, and h er contacts and initi ative in introduC ing them to "David and Karen 's Project" res ulted in patrons and donors who we r e and are the backbone o f Michigan Opera T h ea tre.

Wit h h er pass in g on J an uary 9,2001, Michigan Opera Theatre h as lost one of its most co lorful supporters. To aga in quo te Nancy Barker; "Those o f u s privileged t o know Tuttie have always understood that we've b een blessed with the friendship of a singu lar, stimula ti ng and intellectually crea ti ve woman with an enOlmous heart " Her be li ef in Michigan Opera Th eatre has he lped the co mpany become what it is.

Michigan Opera Theatre

is pleased to announce the establishment of The Clara VanderKloot Memorial Endowment Fund to provide funding for education and outreach programs . To the family of Clara VanderKloot , we offer our deepest gratitude and appreciation for your extraordinary philanthropy and support.

As we celebrate our thirti eth armi versary, it is impossible n ot to r ecognize the rem arka ble artists who se contributi on s ha ve helped the Michigan Op era Thea tre achieve this landmark. Our gratitude to these artists and all the other singers,

condu ctors, directors, designers, d an cers and musicians who h ave

parti cipa ted in Michigan Op era Theatre productions

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SOPRANOS Ste phani e Sundine Sa lva d o r Novo a BROADWAY

J an Albri ght

J oa n Suth erl and Lu ciano Pa varotti Edie Adam s

Pamel a Arm strong Ruth Ann Swenson

Martina Arro yo

Ainho a An eta

Darin a Tako va

Sco tt Pip er Peab o Brys on

Vla dimir Popo v Im ogene Coca

Maryann e Telese Neil Shi coff David Cryer

Ca rmen Balthrop N ova Thomas

Ri co Se rbo N an cy Dus sault

Ka thl een Battle Benita Va lent e Geo rge Shirley Jud y Kaye

Gwend o lyn Bradley Ealyn n Voss

Ri ch a rd Ve r sa lle Ki m Krisswell

Mary Yoko Wa tan ab e J on Vill a rs Cleo Lane

Fi o r enz a Ce dolins J an e t Willi am s J on Fre d e ric Wes t Rebecca Lu k er

Marianna Chris tos Ste lla Za mb alis Ji an yi Zh an g Rod d y McDowall

Patri cia Cr aig Juli e t Pro wse

Phylli s Curtin

MEZZO-SOPRANOS BASSES &: BARITONES Wo od y Romoff

Tracy Dahl F ra n ces Bible Gregg Bak e r Ga r y Sa nd y

D o r alene DaVis El ain e Bonazzi Ara Be rb erian

Mari ena D evia Br enda Boozer Ri ch ard Bernstein CONDUCTORS

Jo an Di en er Dianne Curry J o hn Ch eek Suz anne Acton

Gh en a Dimitrova Mign on Dunn Ri ch ard Co wan Raffi Armenian

H elen Donath Judith Fors t Ma tt eo De Monti Chris tian Badea

J enn y 'nriva la Su san Gr ah am Mark Delava n Ri ch ard Bonyge

J an e Eaglen Denyce Gr aves Ju s tin o Di az W illiam Byrd

Ka llen Es p erian Eu geni e Gree na w ald J ames Dietsch Aaro n Co p land

Ma ri a Ewi n g Muri el Green sp an Brent Ellis J o hn DeMain

Wilh el m en ia Fernand ez Su sa n Marsee

Step h ani e Fried e Irin a Mishura

Pab lo Elvi r a Kl au s Don a th

Andrew F oldi Ant al D o rat i

Chri s tin a Gallardo -Dom as Ludmill a Sc h e mt shuk Ri ch ar d Fredri c ks Ma rk Flint

Ba rb a r a Gib s on

Sh eri Greenawald

Kathl een Segar

Maria Guleghina COUNTERTENORS

H aijing Fu H en ry Holt

J ak e Ga rd en er J ace k Kas przyk

Geo rge Gaynes

Kurt Klippstatter

Brenda Harri s Da vid Daniel s Fr ank Guarre ra Tania Le on

Ka r en Hunt Th o m as H ammons J a m es Le vine

SumiJ o TENORS Go rd on H aw kins J ohn Mauc eri

Ca m elli a J o hns on Fab io Arrnilia to J ero m e Hin es Rand o lph Maudlin

Marqu ita Lis ter

An toni o Bar as orda Ch arl es Lon g Steven Me rcurio

Dani ella Longhi Land o Ba rtolini

Emil y Magee

Fo r rest Lorey W illi e Anthony Wat ers

Tit o Bel tr an Rob e rt Macfarl and

Ca the ri ne Malfitano Rockwe ll Blake

Alessan dra Marc

Ma r y Mills

Leo n a Mit chell

Leigh Monroe

Pam ela Mye rs

An drea Boce lli

Rob ert Brub a ker

Jo se Ca rreras

Vin son Cole

Ian DeN olfo

George Massey

DIRECTORS &: DESIGNERS

J am es Mo rri s Ch r is toph er Ald en

Tim oth y N obl e David Alden

Loui s O te y Zac k Brown

J am es Pa tt ers on Ken Ca zan

An d r eas Poulimeno s Mario Corradi

Ca rol Ne bl e t Toni o Di Paolo J o hn Rea rdon D oro th y Danner

Earn es tin e N immons Placi d o Domingo Ma rk Ru cke r Ca rlis le Floyd

Ma ureen O' Flynn

J ohn Fowler H enk Smit Lo u Ga lt erio

Eliz ab e th Parce ll s Mar ce ll o Gio r dani

Kyu -D o Pa rk

Ch ery l Pa rrish

Rom a Ridd e ll

And rew Smi th Rh o d a Levin e

All an Glas mann lt alo Taj o Sa nt o Loqu as to

Ben H eppn er

Cesa r H e rnand ez

Gio rgio Tozz i Lo th Man souri

Vic tor Vo n H alem Sa l Mi ne o

Na n cy Shad e Kri s tj an J o h an ns on J effr ey We ll s

Pamela So uth

J o hn Keyes

Di an a Sovi ero Ri chard Margison

Maria Spa cagna

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J am es Mc Cracken

Mara lyn Rennegal

Ken dall Smith

Rom an Terleckyj

Bern ard Uzan

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Fid elio Ma rtha Show Boat The Haun ted Castle Tosca Sw ee ney Todd

198 1 1985 1978, 1990

Bellini Floy d Lehar

1982

1972 , 198 1, 1987 , 198 4

* Am erican Premi ere 1995 , 2000 Szymanowski

Nom1a Of Mice and Men The Men y Widow Mozart Tura ndot King Roge r

1989 1980 1974 , 1984 Cosl fan Tu tt e 1986 , 1994 , 1998

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1992

Leigh

Bernstein Forrest &: Wright Don Giovan ni

Candid e Ki smet Man of La Manc ha

199 1 1987 1987

Wes t Side St01Y

1985

1980 , 1990, 1995

Rodgers &: ' Ameri ca n Premiere

Hammerstein

Tchaikovsky

Th e So un d of Mu sic Euge ne On egin

The Marriage of 1983 1999

Ge rshwin Leoncav allo Figaro j oan of A rc

Porgy & Bess I Pag li acci

Bizet 1975, 1982 ,1987 , 19 79 , 1985

Ca rmen 199 7 Lerner &: Lo ewe

1977 , 198 1, 1989,

1996

The Pearl Fi shers

1978, 1980

1983 , 1997

The Magic Flut e

1977 , 199 1, 1997

Gilbert &: My Fair Lady Mu ss orgsky

1986

Sullivan

Th e Mikado Lloyd Webb e r

Romberg

Th e Student Prin ce 1979

1977 Tigranian

Rossini Anou sh

Boris Goduno v Th e Barb er of Sev ill e 198 1

1974

1982, 1991 j ose ph & th e Offe nbach

1976 , 1987 , 1994 , " American Prem iere

1999 Verdi

Blitzstein Pirates of Penzan ce A ma zing Tec hnicolor Orp heus in the Saint-Saens Ai da

Regina 1988 Dream coa t Und erworld

Gounod 19 71

198 6

Samson and Delilah

1985, 199 3 , 1997 , 1977

1992 , 1999 2000 -in concert

Britten Fau st Loesser Th e Tal es of Strauss , ]. Fa lstaff

Pet er Glim es 1978, 198 3, 199 4 Th e Most Happy

Hoffmann Di e Flede rmacl s 1987,200 1

2000 Ro meo & juli ett e Fell a 200 1

Copland

19 75 , 1980 , 1988 Rigo letLo 1990 1979

Pasatieri 1973 , 1980 , 1990 ,

Washing ton Sq uare

Strauss , R. 1997

The Tend er La nd Gru e nberg

Massenet 1976

A liadne acif Naxos La Ii'aviata 1979 Emp eror

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THE CAST

(In order oj appearance)

VIOLETTA

Susan Patterson (April 21, 25, 28)

Nico lle Foland (Ap lil 22m, 27, 29m)

FLORA

Mary Callaghan Lynch

MARCHESE

Lorenzo Formosa

BARON DOUPHOL

Mat thew Carro ll

DOCTOR GRENVIL

Salvador Ginori

GASTONE

Matthew Tuell

ALFREDO

Misha Didyk (ApliI21, 25, 28)

Theodore Green CApril22m , 27, 29m)

ANN INA

Alaina Brown

GIUSEPPE

Lawrence Stotsberry

GERMONT

Christopher Robertson

COMMISSARIO

Christop h er Va ught

* u.s. debut

Opera in Three Acts

Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre

Music b y Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto by Franc esc o Maria Pia ve

Base d on the n ovel La Dame awe Camelias

By Al exandr e Dum as the Youn ge r

World Pre mi ere : Venice , Ma rch 6, 1853

Conductor Giuliano Carell a*

Director Harry Si lvers tein

Chorus Master Suza nn e Mallar e Acton

Set and Costume Design Desmond Heeley

Lighting Design Christin e Bind er

Wig & Makeup Design Elsen Associates

Choreography Joan n e Cusmano

S t age Manager Les li e Halla

Oliginal produ ction staged by Frank Galati

This production oj La Traviata is owned by the Lyric Opera oj Chicago and is a generous and deeply appreciated gift oj the Gramma Fisher Foundation oj Marshalltown, Iowa. Scenety constructed by Messmore & Damon, In c., New York

Costumes executed by Grace Costumes Ltd. , New York MillinelY by Arnold S. Le vine

Violetta's costumes execu ted by Lyric Opera oj Chicago CostLlme Department

Masks by Ken Dubblestyn e, Stratfo rd Fes tival , Ontario

English Translation by Ch ri stopher Bergen Productions

Intermission Sponsor Ofcourstit's

Carr's Crackers & Cookies-

Th e April 28th performance is sponsored by Bank One

Detroit Opera House

Surtitles Jor thi s production are owned by Christopher Bergen Prodcutions

Mic h iga n Opera Theatre's produ ction o f La Tra viata is spo nsored by Hudso n 's Project Imagine H

Setting: Paris

ACT I

In her Paris salon, the courtesan Violetta Valery greets party guests, including Flora Bervoix, the Marquis d 'Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces a new admirer, Alfredo Germont. This young man , having adored Violetta fron;l afar, addresses her with a drinking song (Brindisi: "Libiamo ") ; she joins in the salute to pleasure An orchestra is heard in the next room , but as guests move there to dance , Violetta suffers an attack of faintnes s Concerned, Alfredo comes back and, since they are alone, confesses his love ("Un di felice ") At first, Violetta protests that love means nothing to her. Something about the young mans sincerity touches her, however, and she promises to meet him the next day After the guests ha ve gone home, Violetta wonders if Alfredo could actually be the man to fulfill her in love ("Ah, fors e lui "). But she decides she wants freedom ("Sempre libera"), though Alfredo's voice, heard outside, argues in favor of romance.

ACT II, Scene 1

Alfredo has persuaded Violetta and is living with her in a villa near Paris , where he praises their contentment ("De' miei bollenti spiriti"). But when the maid , Annina, re ve als that Violetta has . pawned her Jewels to keep the villa, Alfredo leaves for the city to settle matters at his own cost. Violetta comes looking for him and finds an invitation

from Flora to a party that night. Violetta has no intention of going back to her old life, but trouble intrudes with the appearance of Alfredo's father.

Though impressed by Violettas ladylike manners, he demands she renounce his son; the scandal of Alfredo 's affair with her has threatened his daughter 's engagement ("Pura siccome un angelo"). Violetta says she cannot , but Germont eventually convinces her ("Dite alla giovine"). Alone, the deso-

late woman sends a message of acceptance to Flora and begins a farewell note to Alfredo. He enters suddenly, surprising her, and she can barely control herself as she reminds him of how deeply she lo ves him ("Amami, Alfredo") before rushing out. Now a servant hands Alfredo her farewell note , as Germont returns to console his son with reminders of family life in Provence ("Di Provenza il mar"). But Alfredo, seeing Floras invitation , suspects Violetta has thrown him over for another lover. Furious, he determines to confront her at the party

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Scene 2

At h er so iree that evening, Flora learns from the Marquis that Vio letta and Alfredo have parted , th en clears the floor for hired ente rtain ers- a band of fo rtun ete lling Gypsies and some matadors, wh o sing of Piquillo and his coy sweet. heart ("E Piquillo un bel gagliardo "). Soon Alfredo strides in, making bitter comments about love and gambling recklessly at cards. Vio letta has ar ri ved with Baron Douphol, who challenges Alfredo to a game 'and loses a sma ll fortune to him. Everyone goes in to suppe r, but Violetta has asked Alfredo to see her. Fearful of the Baron's anger, she wants Alfredo to leave, but he misunderstands h er appre h ension and demands tha t she admit she loves DouphoL Cru shed, she pre tend s she does. Now Alfredo ca lls in others, denounces hi s former love and hurls his winnings at her feet. As the guests rebuke him and Douphol ch allenges him to a duel, Germon t ent ers to denoun ce his son's behavior.

ACT III

In Vio lettas bedroom , Dr. Grenvil tells Annina her mistress has not long to live: Tub erculosis has claimed h er. Alone, Violetta rerea d s a l et ter from Germont saying the Baron was-only woun ded in his duel with Alfredo , who knows all and is on his way to b eg her pardon. But Viol etta senses it is too late ("Addio del pas sato"). Paris is celebrating Mardi Gras, and after revelers pass outside, Annina rushes in to announce Alfredo. The lovers ecs tatica lly plan to leave Paris forever ("Parigi, 0 cara"). Germont enters with the doctor before Viole tta is seized with a last resurgence of strength Feeling life return, she staggers and falls dead at h er lovers feet.

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The F allen Woman

Fact, fiction and the d emi m ond e co llide and commingle in th e glo ri ous wo rld of Giuseppe Verdis La Traviata (The Fallen Woman). Verdi's heroine , Viole tta, draws her ve racit y from two co urtesa ns , the fictional Marguerite Gautier and a real woman whose n am e was Alphonsine (later Mari e) Plessis (later Duplessis)

Marguerite is the plea sure-l oving demimondaine of Alexandre Duma s fils' 18 48 n ove l, La Dam e aLix ca m elias. H er story is drawn from the life o f Marie - Gau ti er ( 1824 -184 7), a courtesan wi th whom Dumas had a youthful affair. Through a se ries of permutati on s, the two courtesans reach their apex in

Violetta Valery

The word demimond e is applied to a class of women who ha ve lost (or n ever ga in ed) their place in resp ectab le socie ty, due to thei r indiscree t behavior or sexual promi scu ity The 19th- cen tur y equi valent of today's call girls, th e b est, most glamorous and most suc cessful of these women were ca lled court esans because they conso rted with men of great wealth and power. As Marguerite says, "We have no friends. We have selfish lovers wh o spend their fortunes , not on us, as they say, but on their own vanity For these people , we have to b e merry We are not all owed to ha ve hearts. We n o longe r bel on g to ourselves. Wea re n o lon ger beings, but thin gs We s tand first in their sel f- esteem, last in their esteem. "

At the time of the opera 's premiere, such women, frequentl y seen at th e theater on the arms of their benefactors, we re not represented on th e stage. Society did not dare to consider them real wo m en with real feelings , who might love truly or be moved to make a sacri fice too noble for their base n ature. Su ch women live d in the h alf-world, and when represe nted on stage, they must be obj ects of sco rn and a warning to young

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men everywhere to beware their empty wiles, th ei r avaricious, licen ti ous and vain nature. A theatrical excep tion , Dumas ' 1852 drama presented Marguerite as a tragic and intelligent heroine , admirable for a code of honor and personal virtue n ever previo usly ascribed to such a fallen woman.

Based upon h is 1848 novel La Dam e aLIX Camelias was a very lon g time reac hing the stage, due to censorship It co ncern s a ravishingly beautiful but co n su mptive yo ung courtesa n n amed Marguerite Gautier. Marguerite is the fictional version of AlphonS ine (later Marie) Plessis (later DupleSSiS), a canny country girl who became a so ughtafter courtesan, prior to h er d ea th of tuberculosi s at age 23. Jul es Janin described Marie in the preface to the novels seco nd edition as "tall , very slight , with b lack hair, and a pink and whit e complexion. " Her h ead was small , h er eyes sparkling and alert, "her lip s ruddier than the ch erry, h er teeth the prettiest in the world."

In truth, Mari e played passable Meyerbeer on the piano in h er sa lon, which was attended by the glitterati of the age , including Dumas pere . One source reports that sh e was a pupil of Franz Li szt, wh o up on her d ea th told a friend sh e was th e first woman h e had eve r loved. At the h eight of her su ccess, Marie rose at 11 a.m , read th e n ews papers and pra cticed the piano for fifteen minutes. Then, lik e so many d emimondes , she dro ve and wa lk ed in the Bois, returned home and received visitors. Nights were spent at the theater or the opera, where sh e never missed an opening night.

By the tim e sh e was twenty, Marie had co ntracted tub ercul osis. Sh e wen t to Spa to recuperate and there met a man old enough to b e h er father , Ba,on de Stackelberg , w ho se consump tive daughwww Mi chiganO pera.o rg

ter resemb led Marie. When his d au ghter died, th e baron, hoping to save h er life , se t Marie up in a Paris apartment with an in come, on the proviso that sh e abandon prostitution. Though some b elieve that Compte Edoard de Perregaux , to whom Marie was briefly married , was the model fo r La Dame aLIX cam elias h ero Armand Du val , it is more commonly believed th at Duma s, whose initi als are identi cal , was Armand s prototyp e. Dumas met Marie at the Theatre Ro yale and is sai d to have sha red her b ed th e very same night. The operas hero , Alfredo, must be more patient. He is invited to return only when the flow er given to him b y Violetta has wilted.

"Domani?" h e sings hopefully "Domani," sh e replies. In the summer of 1845 , Dumas took Marie from the h ea t of the city to St. Germa in- en-Laye, which lies just a few miles from the estate of his no velis t father, author of Th e Three Musketeers an d The Count of Monte Cristo. Some say the eld er Dumas did not approve of his son's liaison, and Marie was asked to leave In truth, she grew bored with co untry life and return ed to Paris.

In the novel, Marguerite makes the nob le sac rifice asked b y Armands fath er, returning to Paris and allowing him to believe sh es re turned to her form er life and lover. In the op era libretto , Violetta, who truly loves Alfredo , is secretly underwriting th e exp ense of their summ er idyll through sale of her jewelry Sh e i s persuaded by Alfredo's father Georgio to leave him in order to restore the family's tarnished honor, which imp eril s the impending good marriage of Alfredo's pure and virginal sis ter.

Librettist Francesco Maria Piave based hi s h on or-bou n d Germont pere on th e fictional papa Duval , but many b eli eve that Verdi's troubled relationship with hi s own fat h er co lored and deepened the Detroit Opera House

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characte r of the elder Germo nt and the e mot ional po ignancy of his mu sic.

Lo ng thou ght fictio n and s till contested is ea rl y Ve rdi b iogra pher Arthur Po ugins report that Verd i a ttended Dumas ' p lay when he was in Pa ris on bu s iness in 1852. Some say there is nothing to suppo rt thi s pleasant fiction, likely generated when Pougin notice d th e co nfl u ence of d ates. In her 1993 book Verdi, biograp h er Mary J an e Phmips -Matz writes that the compose r and h is m is t ress, Giu se ppina Strepponi, did go to th e th eater while in Paris, an d th a t Ve rd i to ld h is daughter, Filomena, that he be gan to compo se La ·ha viata immediatel y a fter seeing La Dam e aux Came lias Accord ing to Phillip s-Matz, the Ve rd i famil y tradi tion is that the co mposer se nt for a co p y o f th e p lay, rece ived in the la te summe r fa ll of 1852.

At th e time of th e p lay's premi e re, a m emoir writ e r na m ed Co mte Horace d e Viel-C ast el, described in The Courtesans as a vigilant co llector of contempora ry scanda l , wrote , "La Dame aux Ca me/ias is sh a mefu l for the epoc h wh ich allows it , the governm e nt wh ic h to lerates i t , t h e pub li c which a pp laud s it , [an d is ] in fac t a fu ll csca le public scanda l. Such turp itud e is n ot to be analyse d. "

Oth er long-pe rp etuat ed Traviata myth s insis t that th e operas prem iere was a fa ilure, tha t it s p e rfor manc e in th en- co ntempo ra ry costu m es was responsible, and tha t many in the aud ien ce were o ffe nded b y th e sympathe tic treatment of a co urtesan. Acco rd ing to David Ewen, au thor of Opera, mo r e recent re sea rch sh ows that the prem iere, performed in the style of Louis XlV, was pra ised by the criti cs and hailed by th e au d ienc e

It is n o fiction that Paris in 1850 wa s filthy, ye t gilded wi th a fab u lou s fa <;a de. The fa<;ade may h ave promised gaiety, jo y, freedom and p leasure, yet i t cove red th e rea li ty of a city tha t was p estilenceridd en and rife with poverty Wh il e courtesans commande d homes, jewels and allowances, co mmon pro s titute s s tarved. Tub e rc u lo sis , typho id and cho le ra were di sease s du jour From this m ili eu o f fac t and fictio n , fa<;ade an d sta r k rea li ty sp r an g an opera so love ly and affecting that an almost forgott e n and u nfortuna te woman named Marie Dup lessis ha s b eco me immorta l in Violetta Va lery

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Artist Profiles

ALAINA BROWN

Annina

Mic h igan O p era Th ea tre deb u t

Po rgy & Bess, 1998

So p rano Alaina Brown returns to Detroit after making her successful European debut as Mary Stone in Douglas Moore 's The Devil and Dan iel Webst er, in Palem10, Italy. Ms Brown is a n a tive of Oak Park, Mi chigan, and ea rn ed her Bachelor of Music d egree from the Eastman Sch ool of Music in New York. Ms. Brown 's most recent appearance with MOT was in th e 2000 spring produc tion of Der Ros enkavalier.

MARY CALLAGHAN LYNCH

Flora

Michiga n Op e ra T h ea tre d e but Ma da ma Butt elly, 1976

Sop ran o Mary Callaghan Lynch has d istinguished herself as a versatile performer She has per formed with the Dayton

O p era, To ledo Opera and G li mme rglass Ope ra amo n g oth ers. Ms. Call agh an Lynch has also appea red in n umerous ro les at the Michigan Opera Theatre , including Musetta in La Boheme and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Last season, she appeared as Berth a in II Barbiere di Siviglia an d th e seco nd niece in Peter Grimes. Nex t season , Ms Callaghan Lynch will perform the rol e of the second ni ece in Peter Grimes for [ Opera de Montreal.

MAnHEW CARROLL

Baron Douphol

Mich igan Op er a T h ea tre d e but

Eugen e On egil1 , 1999

Bass- b aritone Matthew Cano ll recently appeared in the ti tle role o f FalstajJ with the Universi ty of Michigan and as the Marquis in La Ii'av iata and Thierry in us Dialogues des Ca rmelit es with the Centra l City Opera. After his appearance with MOT, Mr. Carroll re turns to Ce nt ral City Opera to perform th e role of Dashwood in Uttl e Wom en and cover Colline in La Boh eme. Mr. Carroll holds a masters degree from the University oLMichigan , where he studi ed with Lorna H aywood.

NICOLLE FOLAND

Violetta (April 22m, 27 , 29m )

Mich igan Op er a Th ea tre d e but

A wi n ne r of th e prestig ious

1997 ARIA award, soprano

N icolle Fo land is quick ly estab li shin g herself as a leading sop r ano throug h out the US an d Europe. Previo us caree r highlights include La Ii -av iata in Chicago and H ouston and Le Nozze di Fi garo in Phil adelph ia, Boston and Minnesota. Ms. Fol a nd a lso ha s a longstanding re lationsh ip with th e Sa n Francisco Opera, whe re she has perform ed in Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro , La Boh eme and Carmen among ot h e rs. Ms Foland a lso created the role of Kitty H art in the world premiere of 18 BRAVO

Jake Heggie 's Dead Man Walking. Ms. Foland will return to MOT n ext seaso n as Micaela in Michigan Opera Theatres n ew product ion of Carmen.

r---= ,.,.....--. MISHA DIDYK

Alfredo (Ap ril 21, 25, 28)

M ic hi ga n O p era Th ea tre d e but Misha Didyk is the leading tenor of the National Opera of the Ukraine in Kiev He has performed the leading tenor roles in La Ii -aviata, Rigaletta an d Eugene Onegin among othe rs with his home company. Recent engagements include Rigaletta with the New Israe li Opera, Opera Com pany of Philad elp hia and New York City Opera , and Werth er in Phi lad elphi a. Future engagements include Dan Carlo in Ge no a, Madama BLltteljly in Ph iladelphia , Macbeth in Marseilles an d La Boh eme with Opera Pacifi c.

LORENZO FORMOSA

Marchese

Mi c hi ga n O p era Th ea tre d ebut O rpheus in th e Underwar ld, 1986

Bmiton e Lore nzo Formosa has distinguished him se lf as an up-and- coming yo ung artist. Recent engagements includ e II Barbi ere di Siviglia with the Eugene O pe ra, La Boheme with t he Madison Opera Th ea te r, Ford in FalstajJ with the Pine Mountain Music Th eater, and th e under.stud y of Figaro in II Barbi ere di Siv igli a with the Lyric Ope ra of Chicago. Upcoming e ngage m ents include a pops concert ,vith the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Hage ns Shining Brow with the Southern Nevada Opera Association.

SALVADOR GINORI

Grenvil

Mi chi ga n Ope ra T h eatre d eb ut Mexican bass Salvador Ginori rece ived a diploma in vocal perfo r mance from the Co n servato rio de las Rosas in Morelia. Recent engage m ents I includ e the Mozart Requiem and Beethovens N inth Sy mphony with the International Festival of the Organ. Mr. Ginol-i is also a member of t he Enrico Camso Lyri c Ense mble, which recently performed scenes from Don Giovan/1i, LElisir d'Amare, Rigaletta and 00/1 Carla on tour throughout Mexico Mr. Ginori is current ly s tudyin g with Metropoli tan Opera bass Ara Berbe rian.

THEODORE GREEN

Alfredo (A pri l 22m , 27 , 29m)

Mic hi ga n Ope ra T h ea tre d e but Alaa in Concert , 2 0 0 0 Equally at h0111e on the operatic , conce rt a nd recital stage , Ame rican tenor Theodore Green is ga ining a re putation as one of the most eXCiting up-and-coming l)'lic tenors of his generation. last seaso n , Me Green was fea tured in the 1999 Ri chard Tucker Opera Gala.

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During the 2000 -01 season, Me Green will perf01111

Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermaar with the Seattle Opera, Rod o lfo in La Bohem e with the Des Moines Metro Opera, Nemorino in ITlisir d'Amare with th e Kno xvi lle Opera and Toni o in La Fill e du Regimen t with Boston Lyric Opera

CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON

Germont

Michigan Oper a Th eatre d e but Christopher Robe rt son has emerged as one of the most important yo u ng baritones on the opera scene , having already ap peared with companies including the Metropo li tan Opera , Ro yal Opera , Covent Ga rden, Rome Opera and the Bayerische Staatso per in Mun ich. Recent e ngageme n ts include Kurwenal in Tristan L!I1d Isa ld e with the Hou sto n Ope ra , Werther at the Metropolitan O p era, Rigoletta in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and San Francisco, and Jochanaan in Salam e with the Bosto n Lyric Opera. After his appearance in Detroit , Mr Robe rtson will immediately travel to San Francisco to reprise his interpre tation of Germont in La Ii -aviata.

MAnHEW TUELL

Gastone

Mi chigan O p era Thea tre d e but Tenor Matthew Tuell most recently performed th e role o f Edgardo in Arbor Opera Theatre 's production of Lu cia di Lammermoor. Mr. Tue ll has a lso performed wi th the Uta h Festival O pera Company, the Natchez Opera Festival and Sarasota Opera Mr Tuell \vill also perform the role of Bardo lfo in Michigan O p er a Theatre 's production of FalstajJlater this spring

HARRY SILVERSTEIN

Stage Director

Mic hi gan O p era Th ea tre d eb ut Tasca, 19 9 5 Hany Silverstein has excelled in productions of both conte mporary and standard re penoire. He has collaborated ,vith com••• poser Philip Glass on Akhnat en at the English National Opera and th e New York City Opera. Other ca reer highlights include La Ii -aviata for Lyri c Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and Dallas Opera, Idomeneo for Opera I reland and Madama Butterfly for both Victorian State Opera in Australia and Auckland Opera in New Zealand. ASSignments for the 2000-01 season includ e Casi Jan Tuite for Houston Grand Opera , Rigo letto for Dallas Opera and Kurk as Th e Good Sa ldi er Sc hweik for C hicago Opera Theater. Mr. Silve rstein is also associa te professor of music at DePaul Un ive rsity in C hicago

SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON

Chorus Ma ster

Michiga n Opera T h eatr e debu tMi /w do, 1982

Suzann e Mallare Acto n has been MOTs Assistant Music

Director a nd Chorus Master since the 198 1/82 se ason.

She has co ndu cte d severa l productions during her tenure , including The Barber oj Seville and The Daughter oj the Regiment. For Dayton Opera, s he conduc ted West Side StOlY, My Fair uldy and Th e Pirates oj Penzance. Ms. Acton has serve d as coach and accompanis t for the opera compani es of St Louis a nd Sa n Diego, and is Music Dire c tor of Rackham Symp hony Ch oir.

GIULIANO CARELLA

Conductor

Michigan Opera T h eatr e d ebut

Italian con du cto r Giuliano

Carella ha s previously held th e position of l11usic director at the Pu ccini festival in Torre del Lago , Ita ly. Recent en gagements include Ltl Tiav iata at l'Arena di Vero n a, Riga/etta in Tel Aviv, Otello and FalslaJf in H amb urg and I Lombardi in Marseille. After his ap pearan ce in Detroit, Maestro Ca rella ,vill travel to Verona [or Aida, Macbeth in Dijon and Del" Fliegende Holland er in Mallorca. Maestro Carella is a lso fea tured on several recprd in gs on the N uo va Era label. This ap pearance l11arks Maestro Carellas US debut.

ELSEN ASSOCIATES

Wigs and Makeup

M ic hi ga n Opera T h eatre d eb ut

Currently hair and makeup de signe rs [o r m o re than twenty opera compa n ies in the US and Canada, including Opera Colorado , Glim m e rglass Opera, Pittsb urg h Ope ra, Sarasota Opera, Washington Opera and Florent ine Opera The company has participa ted in th e festivals of Edinburgh, Jerusa lem and Spoleto. O n Broad way, th eir work has been seen in TIle Merchant oj Venice, Two Ii"aillS Running, and Th e Wild Party amo n g ot hers El sen Assoc iates has educational affiliation s with Yale Univers ity, the Unive rsity of Maryland, the Kennedy Center Education Department and Ca rnegie-Mellon Un ive rsity. _

CHRISTINE SOLGER BINDER

Lighting Des igner

Mic h igan Opera The atre de but La Ii -av iata, 1996

Principal assista nt lighting designer for the Lyric Opera

o[ Chic ago since 1989, the Illino is native deSigned the Lyri c O p e ra Cente rs 1997 world premiere of Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk). Christ ine So lger Bind e r is cUlTentl y re sident lighting deSigner for Chicago 's Redmoon and Drury Lane theaters Rece nt projects include Redmoon 's Rankenstein and TIl e Ballad oj Frankie and )0/111 ny, w h ich won Jefferson Award cita ti on s. Fo r Mich igan Opera Theat re, she has designed ligh ting for the 1996 production of La TI-aviata, the 1999 Eugclle Ol1egin and last season's Peter Grim es.

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THE CAST

(in order oj appearance)

DR. CAIUS

Patrick Marques

FALSTAFF

Joh n Del Carlo (May12, 16, 19)

Mauro Buda * (May 13m , 18, 20m)

BARDOL FO

Ma tth ew Tuell

PISTOLA

Jam es Patterson

MEG PAGE

Ka t e Al drich

ALICE

Made lyn Mon ti

QUICKLY

Mariana Karpatova

NANETTA

N ico le H eas ton

FORD

Gary Lehman

FENTON

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Opera in Three Acts

Presented by Michigan Opera Theatre

Music by Guiseppe Verdi

Libretto by Arrigo Bolto

Based on Th e Merry Wives of Windsor an d King Henry IV b y Shakespeare

World Premiere: Milan, Teatro aHa Scala , February 9 , 1893

Conductor Maurizio Barba ci ni Director Mario Corradi

Chorus Master Suzanne Mallare Acton

Set Design Peter Dean Bec k

Costumes by Malabar Ltd.

Lighting Design Kendall Smith

Wig &: Makeup Design Elsen Associat es English Translation by Paul Moor

Stage Manager Noa h Spiegel

Setting: 11 r dEl d , vvln SOY, ng an ,

in the time of Henry IV

dezvous between Alice and Falstaff. Ford, too, has devised a plan: Under a false name , he will call himself Falstaff in an effort to learn how his dastardly plans are progressing. The women and men all join in an ensemble, which ends the act, as Mistress QUickly sets out for the Garter Inn.

Act II

Act I

Sir John Falstaff is dining at the Garter Inn . Dr. Caius enters and accuses Falstaff of having broken into his house and beating his servants. Falstaff ignores the Doctor, but finally admits that he has done all that Caius accuses him of and advises him not to try to do anything about it. Falstaffs two Bardolph and Pistol, are also attacked b y Caius, w ho charges that on the previous night they had gotten him drunk and robbed him. Falstaff, with mo ck solemnity, hears the case and gives his decision: Caius' case is unfounded. Then he reprimands his two henchmen , not for their offense, but for having committed it clumsily After a brief scene with the innkeeper, Falstaff tells Bardolph and Pistol that he is the object of the affections of two yo ung wives of Windsor- Alice Ford and Meg Page. He orders them to carry

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letters to the two women, but they refuse; it 's against their honor. Falstaff hands the letters to a page and turns on Bardolph and Pistol with an ironic monologue about Honor.

The scene changes to the garden of Ford's house. The letters have arrived, and Meg and Alice, comparing them, find them identical except for their names. Alice's daughter Nannetta and Mistress QUickly join them in a plan to trick Falstaff. They go out, and Ford enters, together with Bardolph , Pistol , Dr. Caius and Fenton. The y besiege Ford with the tale of Falstaff's plan of seducing his wife. Ford vows to keep careful watch. All the others leave, while Nannetta (whose father wants her to marry the elderly Dr. Caius) stays behind with her real love, Fenton, to exchange kisses. The wives meanwhile have perfected their plans: Mistress QUickly will be the go-between in arranging a ren-

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Mistress QUickly arrives at the Garter with messages from both Alice and Meg. Alice sends word that her husband is out each afternoon from two o'clock until three. Meg, on the contrary, sends word that her husband is almost never absent. Falstaff crosses Quickly's palm and assures her the young woman will not be disappointed. Mistress Quickly leaves. Then Ford is announced, under the name of Brook (Fontana, in Italian). He asks Falstaffs help in his courtship of Nannetta (and gives Falstaff a bag of gold to encourage him). The fat knight assures him that he himself has a rendezvous with Mistress Ford within the hour and will arrange everything. He hurries off to dress in his finest, while Ford remains behind to denounce the faithlessness of women in a violent soli loquy

The scene moves to Ford's house. The wives are ready for Falstaff. Servants come in with a huge basket of soiled clothes "When I call you," Alice tells the servants, "empty the basket into the gutter." Falstaff arrives and begins his impetuous courtship of Alice, but Meg enters to say that Ford is coming home. Fa lstaff hides behind a screen when he sees Ford storm in , together with Dr. Caius, Bardolph and Pistol. When the men scatter to search the house, the wome n squeeze Falstaff's huge bulk into the basket, covering him

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\vith dirty clot h es. Ford returns and hears the loud smack of a kiss from b ehind the screen, on ly to find his d aughter an d Fe nt on, wh om he ha s forbi c;l de n her to see When the men rush out agai n , Alice summons the servants an d ord ers th em to dump the laundry into the gutter. Ali ce takes her hu sband by the hand an d lea d s him to the wind ow.

Act III

We find Falstaff again a t th e Garter, sa d and weary after hi s exp erience at Ford s, ca lling for mu ll ed \'line. Mistress QU ick ly arri ves \'lith a letter from Alic e, setting a midnight rendez vo u s. Fals taff falls into the trap: He is to go to W indsor Park, disgui sed as the Bla ck Huntsman , and w ait for Alice at Hern es Oak. Th e two go off to discuss the plan , while all the others enter a nd talk over th e details of their new pnink aga in st Falstaff. Ford also promi ses Dr. Caius that wh en th e fun is ove r , h e sha ll man;y Na nne tta.

The closi n g sce n e a t H ernes Oak finds th e yo ung lovers together. Na nn e tt a is disgu ised as th e Fa iry Queen, and F enton is in stru c ted to wea r a black cloak. Th ey go ou t as the clock strikes twelve, and Falstaff en ters to m eet Alice Falstaff begins his eager cou rt ship, but is int errupt ed b y the arriva l of Meg, wh o cries that the fairi es are coming. Falstaff falls to the gro und , terrified, and hi des his face, sin ce to see the fairies means death. The w h ole b a nd e nt ers, di sgu ise d as fairies , imp s and witches. Fallin g upon Sir J ohn, th ey belabor him \'lith blows and pi nCR- him until he b egs for merc y and promises to mend hi s ways. He catc he s onto the joke only when he recognizes Bardolp h , wh ose ma sk falls down. Meanwhil e, the women, intriguing to help Nannetta and Fenton , h ave confused the men b y mixing up the different disgu ises. Thus we find Bardo lph dresse d as the Fairy Queen , h and in hand \'lith Dr Caius; Na nnetta, no w disguised as a nym p h , enters \'lith Fenton in his bla ck clo a k. Ford unites th e two cou ple s in marri age, and all unma sk. To th e horror

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of D r. Caius and the embarrassment of Fo rd , the la tt er discovers h e h as married his dau ghter to Fen ton. But h e now relents in his opposition to Fenton and

b lesses th e two happy lovers. The opera en d s \'lith a brilliant fugue b y vo ic es and orch es tra. Its th eme: "Tutto nel mondo e burla - th e who le world is but a joke "

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"TuHo nel mondo e burlathe whole world is but a jest."

A Tribute I rtf to Fa staJJ

By Rob erto Mauro

There is little argument Giuseppe Verdi's operas constitute the worlds most popular and freq u en tly p erformed works.

During the m id-nine teenth century, Verdi was undo u b ted ly th e k ing of opera. Howeve r, the seco n d h alf of the nineteenth century brough t th e onset of a significan t opera ti c evolution , with the prerr:ieres of Gou n od 's Faust (1857) and _ Rom eo etJuli ette (1867) , wh ich reintroduced the su,blimities Of French opera, and Bizet's Carmen (1875), which introduced th e fiery passions of verisme. In addition, Wagner s m u sica l dramas, Die Walkure (1856) an d Tristan und Isold e (1859), reinvented ope ra as it was known.

At this time, Verdis public accused him of being out of touch and pa sse Taking the cu e, Verdi, who had already b egun to s low down after th e successfu l premi ere of Aida in 1871, fu lly expected to withdraw from compos ing to settle down on h is farm in Sant'Aga ta Fortunately, th e master d id no su ch thing. Instead, h e comp leted and premie red his ReqUi em ( 1874) as tr ibute to the great Italian patriot Alessandro Manzoni , and furth er surprise d th e world b y co lla borating with the po et/c omposer Arrigo BOlto in se tting Sha k esp ea res Othello tQ.nlusic .

Fo ll Owing the triumphant premiere of Otello in 1887, Ve rdi was rich and revered and wanted to offi Cia lly retire. Again, th e public was pleasantly surprised, upon reading an 1890 article which announced that the 77-year-old composer was already well advanced in the composition of a new comic opera.

Throughout his career, Verdis work had primari ly foc u sed on serious subjects . In fact, hi s on e and only comic opera , Un Giorno di Regno (1840 ), was

such a comp lete disaster that , for a w hi le, Verdi contem plat ed n eve r composing again. Neverth eless, Boito and Verdi 's publi sher co n vin ce d the master to write a comic opera based on Shakespeares charac ter Fa lstaff. Verdi was reluctant initi ally and claimed that the whole exe rci se was no t a pl easurab le way for him to li ve out his remaining yea rs. In fact, Verdi insisted on a sepa r ation clause, wh ich would allow him to withhold the opera from the publi c if it was not to h is likin g.

MUSically, Fal staff is unlik e any of Verdi 's other operas. There are very few full-sca le arias. In fa c t , the clos es t to a

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traditional Verdi aria occurs in Act Ill .

Th ere are also mono logues like Falstaff's musings on honor and Ford 's outburst of jealou sy, but it is the work of the entire en semb le that se ts Falstaff apart. The fin al fugue is truly a min d -blowing achievement that provides one of the most spec ta cu lar musica l fi nales in opera. Falstaff is also a tour de force for th e orchestra. After a caree r of over six ty years , Verdi was an adep t orchestrator, and th e complex, intricate score radiates wa rmth and gusto.

Falstaff was premiered on February 9, 1893, at La Scala in Mi lan , and was a reso unding success both critically and publicly

Other events in 1893:

Henry Ford builds his first car Tchaikovsky premieres Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique "), op. 74.

Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel premieres in Weima r.

Puccini's Manon Lescaut premieres in Turin

Th e arts enri ch our li ves in ways th at go beyond t he spoken wo rd or musical note. They make us laugh. Th ey mak e us cry. Th ey li ft our sp i r it s and br in g enjoy ment to our li ves. Th e arts and cu l tu r al opportunities so vital to t hi s community ar e al so imp orta nt to u s. That's wh y (omerica supp orts th e arts. And we app l aud those w ho jo in us in mak in g in vestments t hat enric h peoples liv es.

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Artist Profiles

KATE ALDRICH

Meg Page

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

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 Zeffirelli. Ms. Aldrich was the winner of the Palm Beach Opera Vocal competition and a two-time semi-finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Ms. Aldrich has also performed the role of Maddalena in Rigoletto with the Glimmerglass Opera, Cherubino with Central City Opera, and Preziosilla in La Forza del Destino at l'Arena di Verona. Futute engagements include a return to l'Arena di Verona as Fenena in Nabucco, Rigoletto in Cleveland, Camlen in Genoa, and a debut as Dillcinee in bon Quixotle at the Vienna Festival.

MAURO BUDA

Falstaff (May 13m, 18 , 20m)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Italian barirone Mauro Buda, whose repertory, ranging from the 18'" to the 20'" centu ry, has placed him in demand in some of Europe 's most important houses Recent engagements include Macbeth in Novara and Modena, Otello in Ferrara', Modena and Reggio Emila, Les Dialogues des Carmelites in Cagliari and II Trovatore in Toulon. After his appearance in Detroit, Mr. Buda will travel to Trieste for Stiffelio and AttHa, and La Forza del Destino in Toulon. This appearance in Detroit marks Mr. Buda's American debut.

JOHN DEL CARLO

Falstaff (May 12, 16, 19)

Mic higan Opera Theatre debut

American bass-baritone J ohn Del Carlo has established himself as a leading artist with the finest opera houses throughout the world. Since his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1993, Mr. Del Carlo has appeared as Dr. Bartolo in II Barbiere dt Siviglia, Frank in Die Fledermaus and Baron Zeta in The Meny Widow among others. Recent engagements include rElisir d'Amour in San Francisco, nBarbiere di Siviglia with th e Lyric Opera of Chicago and his debut at the Royal Opera H ouse, Covent Garden as Kelbar in Verd is comedy Un Giorno di Regno. Mr Del Carlo will repeat the role of Falstaff with the San Francisco Opera next season Mr. Del Carlo can be heard on the Teldec recording of LItaliana in Algeli , La Cenerentola on Philips Classics and La Gioconda on the LondonlDecca label.

MASSIMO GIORDANO

Fenton

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Italian tenor Massimo Giordano is rap idl y emerging as one the worlds best young tenors. My. Giordano has earned high praise for his portrayals of Werther, Candide and Rodolfo in La Boheme Recent engagements include Falstaff in Modena, Reggio Emilia and Berlin under the baton

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of Claudio Abbado , Werther in Zurich, La Rondine in Rome, and Romeo etJuliette in Parma. Future engagements include FalstaJJ at the Salzburg Festival, 1 Lombardi in Cremona , rElisir d'Amore in Reggio Emilia and La Traviata in Tokyo. This appearance marks Mr. Giordanos American debut.

NICOLE HEASTON

Nanetta

Michigan Opera T h eatre d e but American sopra n o Nico le Heaston is quickly coming to the attention of opera companies and orchestras around the world She is the recipient of a 1999 career grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. Career hig hli ghts include Un Ballo in Maschera in San Francisco and Dallas, rElisir d'Amore, Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni in H ouston, La Boheme with the New York City Opera and Drusilla in l'incoranazione di Poppea in Aix-enProvence. This summer, Ms Heaston will perform Susanna in a new production of Le Nozze di Figaro with the Glimmerglass Opera.

MARIANA KARPATOVA

Mistress QUickly

Michigan Opera Thea tre debut This Bulgarian mezzo-soprano is a winner of the prestigious Sullivan F ound ation Award and the Licia Albanese Puccini Foun dation Competition. Ms. Karpatova has appeared in Elektra at the Metropolitan Opera, Hansel and Gretel with the Sarasota Opera , Eugene Onegin with the Baltimore Opera and Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi at the Spoleto Festival. This season, Ms Karpatova adds the role of Azucena in 1l Trovatore to her repertoire, when she performs the role in Sofia. Ms. Karpatova will also return to the Sarasota Opera to perform Cuniza in Verdi's first opera , Oberto, Conte de San Bonifacio

GARY LEHMAN

Ford

Michigan Opera Theatre d e but Audiences and critics throughout the United States have praised American baritone Gary Lehmans performances Mr Lehman is a graduate of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists and has appeared in more than ninety performances with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Recent engagements include Ford in Falstaff with Utah Opera and Pittsburgh Opera, Taddeo in rItaliana in Algeli in Philadelphia, Sharpless in Maclama Butterfly in Kansas City and both Silvio and baritone soloist in Opera Omaha 's double bill of PagliaccilCarmina Burana.

PATRICK MARQUES

D,:- Caius

Michigan Opera Theatre d ebut Werther , 1999

American tenor Patrick Marques made his professional debut with the Santa Fe Opera as the High Priest alongside JetTy Hadley in Idomeneo in 1999

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Recent engagements include Walther in Tannhduser with Tulsa Opera, Narraboth in Salome with the Milwau kee Symphony, and the Narrator in Berlioz's rEnJance du Chlist with the Santa Fe Symphony After h is appearance in Detroit, Mr Marques will perform with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Mozarts Die Entful1mg aus dem Serail and in the Houston Grand Operas production of Tannhduser. Mr Marques' last appearance with Michigan Opera Theatre was in Der Rosenkavalier in the spling of 2000.

MADELYN MONTI

Alice Ford

Michigan Opera T heatre debut

American soprano, Madelyn Monti studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, and is now based in Milan. Sh e made her professional debut in 1980 as Mimi to the Rodolfo of Luciano Pavarotti in San Diego, and has since appeared in some of the worlds most prestigious theatres, inclu ding: The Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Vienna Staatsoper, Sydney and Paris. Recently, Ms. Monti has appeared as Alice Ford in Panna and Torino. She has also concentrated on the title role of Tosca, which she has sung in Livorno, Lucca, Mantova, Cosenza, and most recendy in Ascoli Piceno

JAMES PAnERSON

Pistola

Michigan Opera T heatre d ebut La Boheme, 1993

Michigan Opera Theatre favorite J ames Patterson has established himself as a versatile artist. His versatility has seen him appear with nu m erous companies in North America, including New York City Opera, San Diego Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Canadian Opera Company and [Opera de Montreal, to name a few. Recent engagements include the King in Michigan Opera Theatres concert performance of Aida, Rocco in Fidelio with Trian gle Opera in Durham, North Caro lina, and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with [Opera de Montreal. Next season, Mr. Patterson re turns to Montreal to sing Swallow in Peter Glimes.

MAnHEW TUELL

Bardoifo

Michigan Opera T h eatr e debut La Traviata, 2001

Tenor Matthew Tuell most recently performed the role of Ed gardo in Arbor Opera

Theatres production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Mr. Tuell has also performed with the Utah Festival Opera Company, the Natchez Opera Festival and Sarasota Opera

SUZANNE ACTON

Chorus Master

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Mikado , 1982

Suzanne Mallare Acton has been MOT's Assistant Mu sic Director and Chorus Master since the 1981/82 season. She has conducted several productions dUling her tenure, including The Barber oj Seville and The Daughter oj the Regiment. For Dayton

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Opera, sh e co nducted We st Side StD/y, My Fair Lady and The Pi rates of Penzanc e Ms. Acton has served as coach and acco m p anist for th e ope r a companies of St. Lou is and San D iego, and is M usic Di rector of Rackham Sym phony C h o ir.

MAURIZIO BARBACINI

Condu ctor

Mic h iga n O p era T h eatre d eb ut Italian co ndu ctor Maurizio Barbacini has wo r ked at Th e Metropo li tan Opera, San F rancisco and Ro ya l Opera in Stockholm among oth ers, and has gained a reputation as one of today s most sough t-after co nductors Recent engagements include tHisir d'Amo re in San Francisco an d Toronto, Fal staff in To rino and I Capu/etti 1 Montecc hi in Catania. Maestro Barbacini is current ly also the principa l co nducto r for the O pera Company o f Philade lph ia, w h ere he ha s conducted Fa lstaff, Rigo letto, Tasca and Werther. Maestro Ba rb acini is also the co ndu ct or of Denyce Grave's d ebut recital o n the BMG label.

MARIO CORRADI

Stage Di rector

Mi chi ga n O p e ra Th ea tre de bu t Carm en, 1996

Since h is d ebut in 1982, Italian stage director Ma rio Corrad is work has b een seen throu ghout the worl d Mr. Corradi has staged La Sonnambula in Dallas, Madama Butterfly in Spoleto and Amelia al Ball o in Monte Carlo amo ng others. Recent engagement s include Aida in Cincinnati and Marseilles, Simon Boccan egra in Ri o de J aneiro , and Gianni Schic chi in Palermo. Mr. Co nadi 's Michigan Opera credi ts include Tasca, Werthel; Madama ButteJjly, Lucia di Lammermoor and rElisir d'Amore amongst oth ers.

ELSEN ASSOCIATES

Wigs and Mahwp

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Currently hair and makeup design ers for m ore th an twenty opera co mpani es in the U.S. and Canada, including Opera Co lorado, Glimme rglass Opera, Pitts burgh O pera, Sarasota Opera, Washington Opera and Florentine Ope ra. The company has partiCipated in the fest ivals of Edinb urg h , Jerusalem and Spoleto. On Bro adway, their work has been see n in The Me rchant of Venice, Two Ji'ains Running, and Th e Wild Party among others. Else n Associa tes ha s educa tio nal affilia tions with Yale Unive rsi ty, the University of Maryland, the Kenn ed y Center Ed ucat ion De partment and Cameg;e-Melion University,

KENDALL SMITH

Qighdng Designer)

This marks Ken Smiths thirteenth season with the Michi gan Opera Theatre, designing over 25 productions for th e company

Other opera companies include San Diego Opera, Virginia Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Pacific, Boston Lyric, and Eugene Opera. Theatre credits include Pioneer Theatre in Salt lake City, Nonh Shore Music Theatre, StageWest, Merrimack Repenoty Theatre, Sharon Stage, Studio Theatre DC, Connecticut Repenory Theatre, Baner Theatre, Bru nswick Musical Th eatre, and the American Stage Festiva l in New H ampshire. Currentl y he is working on a new p roduc tio n of Macbeth for Lyric Opera of Kansas City

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THE CAST

HOFFMANN

OLYMPIA , A ANTONIA, A YOUNG SINGER

GIULIETTA

LINDORF

COPPELIUS-, AN OPTICIAN DR. MIRACLE DAPPERTUTTO, A MAGICIAN

MUSE OF POETRY

NICIQAUSSE, HOFFMANN 'S FRIEND ANDRES COCHENILLEI

FRANTZ PITICHINACCIO

NATHANAEL , A STUDENT SPALANZANI, A SCIENTIST

LUTHER, PROPRIETOR OF THE TAVERN CRESPEL, ANTONIA'S FATHER SCHLEMIEL

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THE VOICE OF ANTONIA'S MOTHER

Vinson Co le (June 2, 6, 9)

Antonio Nagore (Jun e 3m, 8, 10m)

Elizabeth Parcells

Cassandra Riddle

Cannella J ones

Ri c h ard Bernstein (Jun e 2, 6, 9)

Mark S. Do ss (June 3m, 8, 10m)

J ennifer Anne Coope r

Pierre Lefebvre

Ma tth ew Tu ell

Donald Hartmann

To be anno un ced

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Music by Jacques Offenbach

Libretto in French by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, based on the stories of ETA. Hoffmann.

First performed, Paris, France February 11, 1881

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Prologue

In Luthers tavern, a choru s of spirits of wine and beer is heard, while at the adjoining opera hou se, Don Giovanni is being performe d Guests are expected to arrive later, among th em the poet H offmann and th e opera singer Stella, bu t it is Hoffmanns Muse who first appea rs. Knowing that fat e d ecrees must ch oose thi s evening b etwee n his love for th e Muse and his love for the Muse ca ll s upon the spiri ts for help. Then she disappears to asSUme the gu ise of Nicklausse, Hoffm ann's friend. Councilor Lind orf bribes Andre s, a servant of Stella , to intercept a note she has written , inviting th e poet to m eet h er after the performance Lind or f himself will k ee p th at appo intment ("Dans les ro les d 'a moureux ") Students fill the tavern (" Drig , drig , drig"), among them H offm ann. The stud ents urge him to d rink and sing, wh ich h e does with the ballad ofa dwarf named Kleinzac h (" II etait une foi s"). When teased about Stella , he begins th e stories of three past lo ves

ACT I

Awaiting hi s gues ts , the inventor Spa lanz ani is aide d b y hi s servan t , Coch enille, in finishing a mechanical doll , O lympia. With her h e hop es to recoup the fortune h e lost with the collapse of the banking hous e of Elias.

Hoffmann ar rives fi rst and , di scove ring th e doll , falls in love with her ("Ahl Viv re deux l")

nism, Hoffmann is enchanted. When the others go to dinner, th e poet pours out h is heart to Olymp ia. But when h e grabs h er hand, sh e whirls out of the room.

Coppeliu s returns, eage r for revenge for the worthl ess bank draft ("Vo l eur l Brigand i") Th e guests return to dan ce, joined by Hoffmann and Olympia, who whirl faster and faste r until Hoffmann falls and breaks hi s magic glasses. Seizing hi s ch ance, Coppe liu s grab s the doll and tears it apart.

ACT II

Nicklausse teases h im ("Voyez-la sous son eventail ")

Coppe liu s, Spalanzanis partner, se ll s th e poet a pair of magic glasses, through which h e sees Olympia as human. Spa lanzani an d Coppelius ha ggle over the doll , and Spa lanzani agrees to pay 500 ducats for Coppeliu s' sha re b y a check drawn against the firm of Elias. O th er gues ts arrive, and Olympia capt iva tes th em with a dazzling aria (" Les oiseaux dans la ch arm ill e") Ob livious to the periodic runnin g down of the mechawww.MichiganOp

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The musician Crespel has fl ed with his daughter, Antonia , to end h e r love affair wi th Hoffmann Sit ting at th e harpsicho rd , Antonia is exhausted after singing ("E lle a fui , la tourterelle ") . Her father demands sh e not sing, since it will endanger h er life, and orders his d eaf servant Frantz to allow no one into th e hou se. Hoffmann arrives and, ignoring Nicklau sse's advice, swea rs eternal love to Antoni a, who joins him in a lo ve song. Hoffman n hid es wh en Crespel re turns. Th e latt er is alarmed b y the arrival of Dr. Miracle , who treated Crespels wife the d ay she died. The evil doctor inquires after Antonia. The cha rl atan begins to "examine" the absent gi rl , then commands h er to sing - and h er vo ice is heard. Miracle offers medicines to save her. The father, knowi n g thi s means d eath, throws Miracle out. Hoffm ann b egs h er not to sing and leaves. The d octor rea ppears , taunting Antonia wi th prospects of glory (' Tu ne chanteras plus? "). The girl invokes the memory of her mother, a famous mezzo, to aid

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against temptation. Miracle makes the mothers portrait come to life, and she implores Antonia to sing ("Chere enfant qu e j 'a ppelle"). As Miracle pla ys his vio lin wi ldl y, An tonia sings until she collapses and is found d ead by Hoffmann.

ACT III

At a palace on the Grand Canal, Giuhetta and ,N icklausse join in a barcaroll e ("Belle nuit"). Giulie tt a toasts Hoffmann , to the annoyance of h er lover Schlemiel. Hoffmann drinks to pl easure ("Amis, l'amour tendre et reveur"). The sinister

magician Dapertutto declares he will trap Hoffmam1 b y bribing the courtesan with a glitt ering diamond ("Scintille, diamant "); already she has obtained Sch lemiels shadow (or soul) for Dapertutto. The poet cap itulates to her ("0 Dieu, d e quelle ivresse "), and the gues ts view the obsession o f lo ve (ensemb le: "Helas, mon coeur s 'egare"). Schlemiel , refusing Hoffmann th e key to Giuliettas apartment , is kill ed b y the poet in a duel. H offmann takes th e k ey and rushes to Giulietta's room, only to find it empty Nicklau sse urges him to fle e before the police arrive ..

Epilogue

When Hoffmann has finished his ta les, Nicklausse reveals that eac h story describ ed a different as pe ct of one woman, Stell a. Arriving at the tavern, th e opera singer finds the drunken p oe t co nfu sed and sneering; she leaves with the triumphant Lindorf. Only the Muse rema ins behind with Hoffmann , who belongs to h er at last.

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The Tales of a Thousand and One Versions

By Pascal Blanchet, with contributions from Roberto Mauro

It is iro ni c that th e co mpo se r mo s t associat ed with "French mu sic" was in fact born in Ge rmany, the a rchenemy of ninet ee nth ce ntur y Fr an ce. J ac ob Offe nb ac h ( 18 19-18 8 0 ) was born in Col ogn e, Ge rman y, but la ter went to Paris, wh ere h e became a Fren ch citiz en , hi s most signifi ca nt succe ss es _ with his sa tirical op er e ttas, k n own as bouffes. Offenb ac h s last and most seriou s stage work , Les Co ntes d'Hoffma nn , is widely co n sid ered to b e his crowning achievement.

Offenb ac h s father was a mu sic teacher and ca ntor at the synago gu e in Cologne , and all o f the Offenbach children displa ye d an affinity for music. At age fourteen, Offenbach was taken to Paris, where h e changed his na m e to continu e his studies at the Paris Co n servat ory In fac t , his talents w ere so apparent th at the rule b arring for eign ers was w aive d for young Jacqu es Neve rtheles s, aft e r only one ye ar, J ac qu es left the conserva to ry and found a p osi tion in the orch es tra of the Op era-Co m iqu e.

Offenb ac h began comp os ing at an ea rl y age and ev entu all y b egan performing so m e o f h is comp os iti on s in the sal on s o f Pa ri s, w h e re h e b ecam e known as "th e Paganini o f the ce llo " and also b eca m e ac quaint ed wi th Anton Rubin s tein and Franz li szt. Ev olvin g from th e co mp os ition o f ch amb er works , Offenba ch b egan to write la rges cal e pi eces fo r the st age , co mposing twenty-fi ve w orks for the Choiseul Theat er within a thre e-yea r p e riod.

Offenb ac h 's earl y p e ri od is highlighted by his sa tires and p arodi es. His w orks would p aro d y everythin g fro m the

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respectabl e to th e sacred One o f his greate st achieve m ents was his op e ra boujJe, Orph eus in th e Und erwo rld ( 18 58) , tha t contain s th e famou s can -can music.

The great It alian compo ser, Ro ssini, himself known for his com edi es, christen ed Offenb ac h 'The Moza rt o f the Champ s-Elysees. " In fa ct , Gilb ert and Sullivan wo uld u se Offenb ac h s s tyle as a model for th eir own succ ess ful operettas. H owever, no t everyone appreciated Offenbach s talents Althou gh h e la ter changed his opinion , Rich ard Wagner, who at that time was livin g in Paris , cond emned Offenba ch's musi c as "the warmth o f the dung-hea p. " Neverthel ess, ce rtain s ta ge works tha t are still p erfo rmed frequ ently includ e La Bell e Hel ene (1 8 64 ), La Vi e Pari sienn e ( 18 66 ) , La Grand e-Du chesse de Geralst ein (18 6 7) and La Perichole (1868 )

Le tters b e twe en one of the libre ttists, Jul es Barbier , and the comp ose r confirm that Offenb ac h b egan work on th e opera around 18 73. Initially, it was a play with the same n am e in fi ve acts , b y Barbier and Carre, which was premi ered in 185 3.

A qu es tion tha t h as puzzled ge nerations o f mUSi col ogis ts is why Les Co ntes d'HojJmann was not premie red until 18 81 , six mont hs after his d ea th. Some h ave reas on ed tha t during hi s las t ye ars, although very ill , Offenb ac h was s till an ex tremel y bu sy m an . He continu ed to compos e n ew works and revise his ea rlier op e ras, which we re s till popular (a revise d ve rsion o f Orph eu s was co mpl e ted in 187 4 ) Offenba ch was also a compos e r wh o sc rutiniz ed reviva ls of hi s works. H e was o ft en pres ent to supervis e p roduction s th a t would take p lace in o th er citi es. Perh ap s the m os t important reason fo r the dela y of the co mpl e tion of Hoffmann was th a t , in additi on to being www.MichiganOpera.org

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a co mpos er, O ffenb ac h als o b eca m e an imp resario . For a p eri o d , Offenb ach was th e owne r o f th e Th ea tre d e la Gaile U nfortunately, his tas te for gran d , lavi sh productions res ulted in bankrupt cy In fac t , to assu age hi s financial p ro bl em s , h e was oblige d to acce pt a tour o f Am eri ca.

By 1879 , Offenb ac h had m ad e en ough p rogress to hold a private worksh op of the m ain numb ers o f the score at hi s resid ence. Am on g the gu es ts we re Carvalh o, th e n ew directo r of l'Op era- Co m iqu e , and J auner, the direc tor of th e Ringsth ea ter in Vienn a. In 1879, the op era's four h eroi nes were to b e sung b y a "lyric sop rano ," and the rol e o f Ho ffma nn was intended for a ba ri to n e . The work sh op was such an en orm ou s success th a t Car valho want ed the opera to premi ere in his theater. Howeve r, Carva lh o had m emb e rs of his co mpany in mind for seve ral of the ro les and requ es ted numerous changes to th e sc ore He requ es ted th at Offenba ch rewrit e the rol e of H offmann for a teno r and that a co loratura sing the four wo m en. Though f-ighting illness, Offenb ach worked hard to accommo d ate Carvalh os requ ests. Reh ea rsa ls b egan in Sept emb er of 1880. Unfortun ately, th e comp ose r pas se d away on Oc tob er 5 , 188 0. Recent discove ri es h ave confirm ed that , a t tha t point , th e pian ovocal sc ore was co mple ted . Alth ou gh the orc h estration was well advan ce d , we do n ot k now to exactly what extent.

Aft er O ffenb ac h 's dea th , Carvalh o gave th e co mpo ser Ernes t Guiraud th e tas k of co mp le ting the wo rk. Fortunat ely, Guiraud h a d accompli sh ed a similar ta sk on Car m en aft er th e d eath of the compose r Ge orges Bize t. Gu ira ud w as given full access to all of O ffenba ch s manu sc ript s, wi th assistance fro m the comp ose r 's son , Detroit Op e ra House

Auguste. It is acknowledged that Gu ir aud 's con tributi ons are ex tremely close to what Offenbach h ad int ended.

The difficulties wi th the work, however, continued. Th e work was still too long , and the imperious Carvalho demanded significant cuts. The last days of rehearsal were catastrop hi c. In spi t e of all the cuts, there was still too much music, and Carva lh o made the decision to cut completely "l'acte de Venise ," whi ch at that time consisted of three tab leaux of more elaborate action th an wh at we know today In spite of all the problems, th e premiere a t the Opera-Comique on February 10 , 1881, was a tremendous su ccess.

Since that day, ope can alm ost say tha t there have never been two mUSica lly similar productions of Les Contes d'Hoffmann. After' the success in Paris, Gu iraud, still assisted by Augu s te Offenbach , was asked to write a ve rsio n with sung rec itatives for the Ringstheater in Vienn a . The duo decided to reinsert ''l'acte de Venise, "

but in a new and sh ortened version

Like Carvalho, another impresario, Raoul Gunsbourg, also left his mark on Les Contes d' HoJfmann. Gunsbourg, the director of l'Opera de Monte-Carlo from 1893- 19 5 1 , was accustomed to transforming the works h e produced. Producing Les Contes d'HoJfmann in 190 4 , h e tried to improve "l'acte de Venise ." Among oth er changes, h e composed the famous septet to words by Pierre Barbier, son of the origin al librettist, Jules This version, published by Chouders in 1907, became the version u sed for most of the twentieth centUlY

Production of this opera was further complicate d in 1970, when Antonio de Almeida discovered 1,250 pages of m anuscript a t va ri ous stages of composition. German mUSicologist Fritz Oeser included parts of these discoveries in his new editi on of Les Contes. Furthermore, in 1984 alm ost anot h er 300 pages were discovered in a house once owned by Gunsbourg. These discoveries were included in the Mich ael Kaye edition.

Due to Offenbachs premature death, we will never k no w exac tl y w hat HoJfmann wo uld have been, had the compose r lived to see it performed Howeve r, we do know that Les Contes d'HoJfmann is an outs ta nding serio u s op era, proof that Offenbach was indeed ca p ab le of composing more th at ju st li ght music. Les Contes d'HoJfmann has b eco m e a unique masterpiece and one of the most popu lar Fren ch ope ra s.

Producing Les Contes dHoJfmann to d ay invo lves a unique challenge for any opera company, as th ere are m yriad different versions that are curren tl y p erformed. For the Michigan Opera Theatre's 2001 production, Mu sic Director Dr. David DiChiera engaged in length y discussions with the st age director Bernard Uzan and condu ctor Ma rk Flint regarding wh at version to use . Th ey reach ed the conclusion that performing a co mbination of the Cho uders and Oeser versions wo uld maximize the dramatic and musical potential of the piece.

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Artist Profil es

RICHARD BERNSTEIN

Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr. Mimde, Dappertutto (June 2, 6, 9)

Michigan Op era Theatre debut

The Marriage of Figaro , 1997

American bass-baritone Ri chard Bernstein is one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation, Recent engagements include his famous interpretation of the title role in the Le Nozze di Figam in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Bayerisch Staatsoper in Munich, and the Metropolitan Opera; La Cenerentola a t the Los Ange les O p era; and La Boheme at the Me tropolitan Opera After his appearance in Detroit , Mr Bernstein will travel to Finland for his Finnish debut in another of his celebrated Mozart roles , Leporello in Don Giovanni.

VINSON COLE

Hoffmann (June 2, 6, 9)

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Faust , 1983

American tenor Vinson Cole is internat ionally recognized as one o f the leading artists of h is generation Hi s career has taken him to the leading opera houses across the globe, including the Metropolitan Opera, Opera National d e Pa ri s, Teatro alia Scala, San Francisco Opera, Australian Opera and many others, 'Mr Cole has collaborated with such eminent maestri as J ames Levine, Sir Georg Solti and Claudio Abbado. Mr. Cole also h ad a close working relationship with the late Herbert vo n Karajan , who brought the artist to the Salzburg Festival and also led record ings of Der Rosenkavalier, Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis Some of Mr. Cole's recent engagements inclu de Hoffmann with Opera Pacific, Tasca in Seattle and La Clemenza di Tito wit h the Royal Opera, Covent G arden. After his appearance in Deu'Oit , Mr. Cole will repeat his celebrated interpretation of Hoffmann for Opera Australia.

JENNIFER ANNE COOPER

NicklausseiThe Muse

M ichigan Opera Theatre debut

Mezzo-soprano J e nnifer Ann e Cooper is a former member of the Florida Gr and Opera's Youn g Artist Stu dio Career h ighlights include a 1999

GlimmeTglass Opera Debut as Me li na and th e au pair in the world premiere of Centml Park, wh ich w as tel evised nationally on PBS, as well as appearances at Opera North. Recent engagements include a return to Flo rida Grand Opera as Rosina in nBarbiere di Siviglia and Les Contes el'Hoffmann for Opera Delaware.

MARK S. DOSS

Li nelorf, Coppelius, Dr Miracle, Dapertl.ltto (June 3m, 8, 10m)

Michigan Opera T heatre debut

Bass- barit one Mark S D oss h as established himself as one of the world's mos t di versified artists in the areas of opera and concert reperto ire Mr. D oss' career has seen him perform with the opera companies in San Diego, San Francisco, Bru ssels, 34 BRAVO

Cincinnati and Minneapolis, to name a few. Recent engagements include Carmen at Lyric Opera of Chicago, H ouston Grand Opera, [ Pagliacci and Cavalle lia RLlsticana at H awai i Opera Theatre and Mustafa in rI taliana in Aigeri at the Teatro Regio in Torino. Future engagements include a re tu rn to Cincinnati as Zaccal1a in Nabucco and a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago,

DONALD HARTMANN

Luthel ; CI'espei & Schlemiel

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Tasca , 1996

Bass-bariton e Donald H artmann is a distinguish ed performer who has appeared in numerous operatic produc tio ns. Mr. Hartmann's 2000 -01 season includes perfonnances as The Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Raimondo in Lllcia eli Lammermoor with the Toledo Opera, Benoiti Alci nd oro in La Bohem e with Madison Opera and Pooh-bah [o r Nashville Opera's Mikado In additio n to his performing career, Mr. H artmann is cur rently a full professor of music at Eastern Michigan University

CARMELLA JON ES

Giuli.etta

Michigan Opera Th eatre debut Gifted with an extraordinary voca l range tha t enables her to tackle roles of both the soprano and mezzo-soprano repertoire' Carmella J o n es has performed with Arizona Opera, Minnesota Opera , and the Washington Opera Recent engagements include her debut as Amneris in Aida with the San Jose Symphony and covering Denyce Graves in Massenet's Don QuicilOtte at the Washington Opera, After her appearance in Detroit, Ms J ones ,vill debut with the Cincinnati Opera as Fenena in Nabllcco

PIERRE LEFEBVR E

Anelres, Chochenille, Frantz, Pi tichinaccio

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

One of the world's leading character tenors, Pierre Lefebvre has been heard at the Me t ropoli tan Opera in Madama Butterfly, Falstaff and Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Me Lefebvre has also perfonned at La Scala in Milan, Was hi ngton Opera, l'Arena di Verona and Maggio Musicale in Florence to name only a few. Mr. Lefebvre also possesses an extensive discography, which includes Lucia eli Lal11memlOor with Zubin Mehta, Falstaff \vith Si r Georg Solti for Decca and Anelrea Cheniel'

ANTONIO NAGORE

Hoffmann (June 3m, 8, 10m)

Michigan Op e ra T heatre debut American tenor Antonio

N agore is quickly becom ing one of the wo rld's most sought-a fter tenors Recent engagements include Tasca at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, [ Pagliacci for the H ouston Grand Opera, www.Mich iganOpera.org

Turandot with the Minnesota Opera and Opera Colorado , Tosca in Berlin and a new production of Mefistofele in MontreaL Future engagements include Cavallelia Rusticana and Madama Buttufly in Seattle , Carmen in Utah and Tosca in Vienna. Me Nagore is also scheduled to make his San Francisco Opera debut in the 2002-03 season.

ELI Z ABETH PARCELLS

Olympia

Mich igan Opera Theatre

debut The Magic Flut e, 1991

Detroit n ative Elizabeth Parcells' caree r has taken her to concert , rec ital and o p era stages throughout the wo rld Ms Parcells has garnered both critical and public acclaim for her interpretations of th e Queen of the Night at the Washington Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre among others, Ms Parcells is also noted for her interpretation of Olymp13 in Les Contes d'Hoffmw1I1, w hi ch she has sung in a new production in Hamburg. Detroit audiences will recall her mesmerizing rendition of Olympia's aria at the gala opening of the Detroit Opera House ,

CASS ANDRA RIDDLE

Antonia

Michigan Opera Theatre debut Turandot , 1998

Sop rano Cassandra Riddle has earned national attention by her stunning perfornunce as Mimi in the 1997 nationally telecast New York Ci ty Ope ra production of La Boheme. Other career highlights include a con cert tour of Sicily with tenor Marcello Giordani and Les Contes d' Hoffmann , Don Giovanni and Carl11en with the New York City Opera. The 2000-01 season takes Ms. Riddle to Geneva [or the title ro le in Beatrix Cenci , Hamburg for La Jj -aviata and Portland for La Boheme. Next season , Ms. Riddle is slated to perform her first Leila in Portland Opera's new production of The Pearl Fishers.

MATTHEW TUELL

Nathanael, Spalanzani

Michigan Opera Theatre d ebut La Traviata, 200 1

Tenor Matthew Tuell most recently performed the role of Edgardo in Arbor Opera

T heatre's production of Lucia eli Lamm erl1100r Me Tu ell has also perfOlmed \vith the Utah Festival Opera Company, the Natchez Opera Festival and Sarasota Opera Me Tuell also performed the role of Bardolfo in Michigan Opera Theat re's production of Falstaff earlier this spring

SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON

Grorus Master

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

Mikaelo, 1982

Suzanne Mall are Acton has been MOT's Assistant Music Director and Choms Master since th e 1981/82 season, She has conducted several productions dur-

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ing her tenure, including Th e Barber oj Seville and The Ddughter oj the Regiment. For Dayton Ope ra, she conducted West Side StOlY, My Fair Lady and Th e Pirat es oj Penzance. Ms. Acton has served as coach and accompan ist for the opera companies of St. Louis and San Diego, and is Music Director of Rackham Symphon y Choir.

ELSEN ASSOCIATES

Wigs and Makeup

Michigan Opera Th ea tre d ebut La ]i-av iata , 2001

Currently hair and makeup designers fo r more than twenty opera companies in th e U.s. and Canada, incl uding Opera Colorado, Glimmerglass Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Sarasota Ope ra , Washington Opera and Florentine Opera. The company has participated in the festivals of Edinburgh, Jerusalem and :Spoleto. On Broadway, their work has been seen in The Merchant oj Venice, Two ]i'ains Running, and The Wild Party among others. Elsen Associates has educational affiliations with Yale Un iversity, the University of Maryland, the Kennedy Center Education Department and Carnegie-MeLlon Un iversity.

MARK D. FLINT

Conductor

Michigan Opera Thea tre d ebut Carmen , 1977

Ameriqn conductor Mark D. Flint has cond ucted in the majority of the leading opera house s in the United States and Canad a . Recent hi gh lights include CW'men in Orlando, Don Giovanni in Nashville, Regina in Augusta, Les Contes d'HoJJmann in and The Rape oj Lucretia for th e DiCapo Opera Theatre in New York. Future engagements include The Rape oj Lucretia in Montreal, The Pead Fishers in Nash viLle and The Tales oj Hoffmann in Or lando.

GUY SIMARD

Lighting Designer

Mi c higan Opera Theatre debut

A native and resident of Montreal, Guy Simard has a wealth of experience as a lighting designer, theater co nsultant and techni cal d irector, participa ting in ove r 350 produc tions with opera and theater compa ni es throughout the world. Mr. Simard is th e resident ligh ting designer for l'Opera de Montreal, where he has lit more than 40 prod u ctions since 1987. Mr. Simard has also lit productions for th e Florida Grand Opera , Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh O pera and the Opera de MonteCarlo among othe rs

BERNARD UZAN

Stage Dilutor

Michigan Opera Th ea tre d e but Faust , 1983

French native Bernard Uzans production s have been seen throughout the world. Mr. Uzans production of Romeo et Juliette has been seen in over twenty companies worldwide. Recent engagements include a new production of Katya Kabanova at the Florida Gra nd Ope ra , MeJistoJele at [Opera de Montrea l, Tosca at t he Seattl e Opera and Don Carlo in Arizona. Nex t season, Mr. Uzan will direct Faust a t the Florida Grand Opera, Peter Glimes for [Opera de Montreal and To sca for the Bal tim o re Opera. Mr. Uza n holds Ph .D.s in literature and philosophy from the University of Paris. Me Uzan current ly serves as Artistic Director for tOpera de Montreal.

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LIGHT RAIN

Choreography by Gerald Arpino

Music by Douglas Adams and Russ Gauthier

Costumes b)' A. Christina Giannini

Lighting by Kevin Dreyer after the original Thomas Skelton design.

A company ballet in three movements, it has an original score by Douglas Adams and Russ Gauthier, contemporary composers from San Francisco who perform with their group, Light Rain Adams and Gauthie r emp loy Eastern rhythms in their composition. The music for th e ballet, ca ll ed "Dream Dancer, " is scored for an unusual combination of instruments: banjo, violin, mandolin, bass, toumbec (clay drum) , finger cymbals ; tam bourine , claves (South America wood sticks), maraca and bamboo flute. The sound has been described as "Eas tWest fusion."

Gera ld Arpino chose to create this work for The J offrey Ballet's Silver Anniversary t o showcase the new young dancers of the company "It is m y gift to these talent ed youngsters, wh o are the artists of the Eighti es. I am inspired b y their modes and rituals, their passions, " commented Mr. Arpino, wh en asked to describe his new ballet. Light Rain, with it s accent on youth, its American artists, and its original the J offrey traditions begun in 1956.

World Premiere by The joffrey Ballet, November 4, 1981, New York, NY

JUNE 2001

LYRIC DISCOURSE

Choreograp l1ed by Tony Powell

Music by Tony Powell

Costumes by Rebecca Shouse

Lighting Design by Kevin Dreyer

The title Lylic Discourse is inspired by a quote from the book Copland Since 1943, by Aaron Cop land and Vivian Perlis. In it, Cop land describes the horizonta l tone rows in his p iece Connotations as supplying him with "va rious versions of a more lyrica l discourse. "

The musical score I have composed is in no way cons tru cted to imitate Aaron Cop land. Instead, it is an homage to Cop land 's musical heritage, the American sound and its influence on choreographers. Through m y own musica l score and choreography, I am seeking to encompass the passion and energy of contemporary America, combine d with the joy of being alive at the begin ning of the twenty-first century

Dedicated to Gerald Arpino. Thank you for believing in me

- Tony Powell

Lylic Discours e was mad e possible in part through a generous gift from the Lisa Dershin Creative Dance Fund, in memory of Lisa Dershin , who was a dancer and loved dance as much as life itself

SECRET PLACES

Choreography by Gerald Arpino

Music by Wo lfgang Amadeus Mozart

Set by Ming Cho Lee

Lighting by Thomas Skelton

Secret Places is a duet choreograp h e d b y Gerald Arp ino to Mozart 's Piano Concerto, K. 467 , Second Movement, (the Elvira Madigan theme). It soon became a stap le of the company's repertory

The ballet is dedicated in living memory to Lorraine Sqcradron.

World Premiere: Th e joffrey Ballet, Februmy 20, 1968, City Center Theatre, New York, NY

SUITE

Choreography by Gerald Arpino

Music by Camille Saint-Saens*

Costumes by A. Ch ristina Giannini

Arranged by Elliot Kaplan

Lighting by Kevin Dreyer after the o riginal Thomas Skelton design

Suite Saint-Saens, a company ballet in neoclassica l style, is made up of four movements : Caprice Valse, Serenade, Minuet, and Pas Redouble. The ballet blends classical technique with the distinctly American exuberance of the Joffrey dancers

World Premiere by The joffrey Ballet, ApJi119, 1978, New York, NY

*Introduction by Elliot Kaplan: Wed ding Cake

Serenade, Op. 15 duet for flute and cello; Minuet from Septet, Op. 65; Pas Redouble piano duet

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GERALD ARPINO, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Gerald Arpino established Th e Joffrey Ba ll e t of Chicago in 1995 to ca rr yo n th e traditions and legacy of The Joffrey Ba ll e t , which he co -found ed with Rob ert Joffrey in 1956 an d for which h e se rve d as associate di rector fo r many years. Upon Joffrey's dea th in 1988, Arpino succ ee ded him as Artistic Director.

A lea ding dancer with the compan y in it s ea rl y years, Arpino choreographed hi s f\rst wo rks for Th e Joffrey, Rop es and Partitafor Four , in 1961. Short ly thereafter, he b ecq me Th e joffre y's resident choreographer an d , to da te ,- ha s create d more than one third of the company's origina l reperto ire

Arpino's choreograph y can b e seen in su ch J offrey signature wo r ks as Sea Shadow, In cubus, Viva Vivaldi, OlympiCS, Nightw ings, Th e Clown s, Iiinity, Co nfetti, Kettentanz , Sacred Grov e on Mount Tamalpai s, Suite Saint-Sa ens, Epode , Celebrat ion , Round of Ange ls, Light Rain and Italian Suite.

Arpino is the first choreograph e r co mmissioned to c reate a b all et to honor the Office of the American Presidency: Th e Pantages and the Pala ce Prese nt Twoa-Day. He was the first American commi ssione d by a city, San Antonio , to do a ballet , Jamboree H is 1986 Birthday VaJiations was commission ed by Becky D'Angelo of Chicago as a birthday gift to her hu sband, Dino D 'Angelo. In 199 3, Arpino produce d Am erica's fir st fu llevening rock ba ll et , Billboards , se t to th e music of the artist formerl y known as Prin ce . In 1996 , h e brought together an all-fe mal e roster of exci ting yo ung choreographers to produc e Lege nd s, a b a ll et b y women and about wo m en. This work was sh ortly follo we d b y Lege nd s II , another Gerald Ar pino produ c tion

H onors includ e an honorary doctorate from Wagner Co llege; the Bravo Award from the San Antonio PerfOrming Arts Association; the American Express Ammy Award; the Distinguished Achievement Awa rd from the National O rganization of Italian -American Wome n ; a 1989 Tiffany Award from the Internat ional Society for Perfor min g Arts Administrators; an award fo r ou tstanding artistic achievement from the Staten Island Counc il on th e Arts in 1990; an hono ra r y lifetime membershi p in the Ch icago Dance Coalition; th e Na tional Arts Club Cit ation o f Meri t ; the 1994 Harkne ss Distinguish ed Artist in the Dance a t Adelphi University; the Un iversity Meda ll ion from Frostb urg Sta te Universit y, Maryland, th e site of The Jo ffre y's fir st performance on Octob er 2 , 19 56 (in which Arpino dan ced ); th e Vas la v Nijinsky Meda l in recognition o f h is reconstruction o f the works of N ijinsky; and the Chicago Aca d emy for the Arts 1996

D istinguished Service Award for the Arts. In both 1996 and 1997 , Arpin o was hono red by the Chicago Tribune as one of th e "C hicagoans of the yea r " for his important co ntributors to the arts in Chicago. In addition , Arpino is the only choreographer to ha ve had four of his ballets perform ed at th e White House.

Arpino ba ll ets, sought after worldwide, are in repe rtoires of the Na ti on al Ballet o f Canada, Ottawa Ba lle t , the Vienn a State Op era Ba ll et and th e Aus tralian, Ohio, Oak land, Princeto n , Mi lwau kee and Columbus ba ll et companies.

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Department of Community Programs

Karen DiChiera, Director

Michigan Opera Theatre ' s popular and successful Community Outreach Program has been lauded for bringing opera to comm':Jnities throughout the Midwest. Through partrerships, performances, lectures, demonstrations, workshops -and master-classes, the Opera Company 's Department of Community Programs reaches more than 200,000 adults and children annually.

Here is a sample of some of the programs and services offered by Michigan Opera Theatre 's Department of Community Programs:

"All Star Create an Opera" to kick off summer learning series!

Thanks to a generous grant from the Widman Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan , Michigan Opera Theatre's Department of Community Programs will be hosting a very special camp the week of June 25th.

This "Create Opera l Camp " has been designed specifically for folks with developmental disabilities. The program will focus on people's gifts and talents , rather than their ch all enges. Karen DiChiera and her staff will work with individuals who ha ve be en identified as having specific artistic talent or experienc e in th e

arts , which will add important new dimensions to th e program and se r ve as a ca tal yst for future d eve lopment.

The Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan , found ed in 1984 , is a permanent co mmunity endowment built b y gifts from hundreds of individuals and organizati ons committed to the future of southeast Michigan. The Foundation works to impro ve the quality of life in southeast Michigan b y supporting a wide varie ty of activities benefitting education, arts and culture, hea lth, human services, community development and civic affairs.

"Tribute to Verdi" a success

This being the cen tenial of the death of Verdi, MOTs Department of Community Programs organized a four-m onth- long series of lectures for the public and Centra l Michigan University Master's of Humanities st ud ents. Lectures commenced both at the Opera House and at Detroit 's Fort Street Presbyterian Church. Diverse lecture top ics includ ed "Black Singers of Ve rdi Opera s," "Verd i H eroines " and an "Overview of Verdi Op eras. " Our di stin guished roster of lec turers includ ed John Zaretti, Dr. Wallace Peace, Dr. David Di Chiera, Roberto Mauro and Dr. Martin Herman. A speCial panel and p erformances were sponsored b y the Italian Heritage Society at Wayne State University

Our enormously popular "Opera Talks" with Dr. Wallace Peace return for the spring seaso n Look for a series of speCial "Anoush" lectures next fall at the Opera House

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Right: Gilb ert and Sulli van stud ent s participate in a mak eup workshop .

"Learning at the Opera House " b egins

5th season

"Lea rners " from all corners of southeas tern Michigan and Ontario are eage rly awaiting the start of MOT's fifth yea r of summer programming. Over 1 ,500 attendees will converge on the Detro it Opera House from J uly 9 to August 26 for seven weeks of the most diverse class offerings to be fou nd under one roofl

Over fifty offerings are on this summer's calendar, including perennial fa vo rite s such as the Opera Camp, Opera Workshop, our un ique Rappera l se ri es, lec tures, field trips , poetry, history, architecture and dance I Our eagerly awaited "Oral His tories " series promi ses to feature a numb er o f famo u s local luminaries (including a few surprises!), and we are introducing a n ew "Renaissance in Detroit" se ries, highlighting the African American experience in Detroit.

Additionally, while celebrating Detro it 's 300th birthday t hi s Ju ly, yo u wi ll want to stop by yo ur Opera Hous e to view severa l very special exhibits , including "100 Years of Dance in Detroit " and a tribut e to Detroit's own J erome Remi ck Mu sic Pub lishing Company

The Cadillacs and their Great Lakes adventure

The Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan has also funded a new opera in celebration of Detroit's 300th birthday The n ew children's work will tour schools and other venues in southeast Michigan with the Touring Artists of Michigan Opera Theatre 's Department of Community Programs.

The opera is about th e Cadillacs and their Italian friends , the Tontis. The two men set off to repre sent King Louis XIV in the b u ilding of Fort Pontchartrain, w h ere Detroit now stands. One month after the men's departure, Mme. Cad ill ac dec ides to hire enough men and canoes to transport h er, Mme. Tonti and their children down Lak e Ontario , portage around Niagara cross Lake Erie and join their startled husbands. Mmes. Cadillac and Tonti were the first Caucasian women to cross the Great Lakes. www.M

With a p erformance time of about fort y-five minutes, the opera will pres ent a wonderful li ving-history lesson. The composers are Karen Va nd erKloot DiChiera and Lawrence Singer. Librettist is award-winning writer Bonnie Le e Moss Rattner. Harriet Berg , founde r and director o f the Madame Cadillac Dan ce Th eatre, serve d as consultant.

Governed b y a board of fift y community lea ders, the foundation makes grants to outstanding charitable projects in Wayne, Oakland , Macomb, Mo nroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair and Livingston counties. Th e Foundation has assets of more than $ 200 million and , since its inception , ha s di stributed more than $65 million throu gh more than 9 ,700 g rants to nonprofit organizations. The foundation is p lease d to b e working with the more than eight y nonprofit organizations bUilding endowm ent funds with the foundation .

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Over the past three years, Michigan Opera Theatre has been forming Th e Avanti Society, a ve r y specia l donor group

To become a member of The Avanti SOCiety, our only request is that yo u name Michigan Opera Theatre in your estate p lan, and that you share th is wo nderful news with our development departm ent. Through this type of giving, your generosity can crea te a personal lega cy and give future generations the experience of world-class opera and dance in a beautifully restored historic facility

In addition, carefu l estate planning can actua lly increas e the amount that you are able give to yo ur loved ones and the charitable organization because of reduced taxes During yo ur lifetim e, yo u can also in crease your own income through a life income gift.

Bequests and other estate plans that are set up to inclu de MOT between the dates of April 1999 and March 31, 2004 may also qualify for matching funds from the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan th rough the Touch the Future campaign. MO T is one of on ly thirteen loca l organizations

invited to participate in this campaign and to be eligib le for matching gifts and operating grants . Please call the number below to determine if your gift can be a part of Touch the Fu ture and generate even more income for MOT

Untiljune 30,200 1 , new members of The Avanti Society will be listed as Founding Members in a specia l section of the donor wa ll in the Detroit Opera House.

Ot h er benefits for Avanti Society members will include an annual dinner exclusively for Avanti Society members , attended by world-class pe r form ing artists and hosted by th e General Director; a seasona l Avanti Society newsletter and invitations to speCial event s and previews.

If you have included Michigan Opera Theatre in yo ur estate p lan or would like to do so, please contact Jane F anning, Associate Director of Development, at 313/237-3268; write to her at Michigan Opera Theatre , 1526 Broadway, Detroit, MI 48226 or jfanning@motopera.org. An y news about estate p lans that yo u have already set up, or p lan to do in the future, wi ll be gratefully received.

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Mr. & Mrs. Tarik Daoud

Karen VanderKloot DiChiera

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Duncan

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Barbara Frankel

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Dr. Priscilla Greenberg

Mr Lawrence W Hall

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E Hart

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Hartwig

Dr Cindy Hung

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There is no better reflection of your desire to make great things possible than a gift to the endowment of your favorite charity. It's a way to touch the future. And it will make you feel pretty good about yourself , here and now. Find out more b y contacting the Michigan Opera Theatre at 313-237-3268 or the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan at 1-888-WE-ENDOW or www.cfsem.org .

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Arlene and Frank C. Shaler

Mr. Michael R Shaw

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Sandy and Michael Shon, M.D

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Ms. Anne Markley Sp ivak

Ms. Mary Anne Stella

Mrs. Mark C. Stevens

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevenson

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Joe l and She ll ey Tauber

Thomas and Tracey Thompson

Michael and Nanc y Timm is

Dr. Roberta Toll and Mr. Shel don Toll

Lynn A. and Ruth L.Townse nd

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Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Webb

Keith and Christine Weber

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Royal Oab

(E ast of Woo dward Ave. , at C rooks Rei , n ext to t h e sw co rner)

Open Tu es day throug h S aturd ay

Refere nc es avai la bl e upon r equ es t

The Pine Mountain Music Festival 2001

World Pre:miere Opera

Mr. &: Mrs. Tarik s. DaoudGrand Drape

Detroit Edison FoundationMezzan in e Level in Ope ra Hall

Mr &: Mrs Robert E. DewarTrust ee Circle

Mad ison Lobby

Ford Motor Co mpan yBa ckstage Re novation

Broadway Lobby

-Herman and Ba rbara

FrankelGeneral Directors Ci rcle

Lounge

General Motors Co rp orati on -

Mad ison Lounge

Robert &: Alice

Gustafson -

Thi rd Floor Lobby

Alcove , Mad iso n

Ri chard &: Mary Lou

Janes -

Third Flo or Lobby

Alcove, Bro adway

Chaim , Fanny, Lou is, Benjamin and Ann Fl orence Kaufman Memorial Trust -

Grand Sid e Chand elier

Wall is &: Roben M. KleinGrand Staircase Mirror

Dolore s &: Paul LavinsGrand Side Chandelier Grand Stai rcase

Mirror

Lear CorporationTru stee Circle Level in Opera Hall

The Lomason Famil yThe Will iam K &: Neva

Lomason Opera Lounge

Olive r Dewey Marcks FoundationThird Floor Promenade Staircase Lobby to 2nd Floor, Madi son

MichCon FoundationLobby Boutiqu e

Th e Karen &: Drew Peslar Foundat ion Co -Star Dressing Room

Mr &: Mrs. Irving Rose : Pa tron El evato r in Lobby Tower

Mrs. Carolyn L. RossGrand Staircase Mirro r

Raymond C Smith

Foundati on Fund of the Co mmunity Foundation for So utheas tern MichiganRaymond C Smith

Lobby

Mr. &: Mrs. Lynn Townsend -

Trustee Ci rcle Broadway

Lobby

Mr. &: Mrs. George Vin centMadiso n Lobby

Mr &: Mrs. Alvin Wasser manBox Level Promenade

World Heritage FoundationCo nductors Dress ing Room

Seve ral named gift opportu niti es ar e ava il abl e in the Detro it Opera House. For more informa ti on, pl ease call th e Develop ment De panme nt at 3131237-3433.

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The Children of the Kewee n aw

July 1 1 , 14 , 17 , 20

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Michigan Opera Th ea tre gratefu lly acknowled ges th e generous co rporate, fo u nda t ion, government and ind ivid u al donors wh ose cont ributions were made b e tween Ju ly 1 , 1999 , and J une 30 , 2000. Their ge n erosity p lays an integra l part in the Co m panys financial stability, necessary for produ cing quality grand opera, musical theat er and d ance.

CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS MJC Homes FELLOW

GRAND BENEFACTOR Moceri Development $10 000 - $1 4 999

$200 ,000 + Co rporation Sage Fou nd ation

Ford Mo tor Company Fund Novara, Tesija, Michela, Priehs The Mary Thompson

2000 Fall Season Sponsor Real Estate Intema tional Founda ti on 2000 Opera Ball Sponsor se\; ll e Homes, Inc. Samue l L. Westerman General Operating Support Villa Penna Foundati on General Motors Foundation XL Color Inc.

2001 Spring Season

SUSTAINER

Sponsor In-k ind $ S OOO - $9 999

Tasca Open in g Night PATRON Earl-&th Founda tio n Festivities $ 2 SOO t o $4 999 Ann and Go rdon Getty

Gene ral Operating Sup port· Eaton Corporation Founda tion

DaimlerChrysler Corpora tion MichCon Founda tion Alice Kales Hartwick Fund Foundatio n

2000/2001 Dance Seaso n DONOR The Polk Fam il y

Sponsor $1 000 t o $2 499

stuttgal1 Ballet Production AAA Michigan PATRON $2 , 500 - $4 ,99 9

Sponsor Alcoa Foundation

Meyer 1St Anna Prentis Family Stuttgart Ballet Opening Kenwal Steel Corp. Founda ti on Night Festivities MenlO r Automotive, lne.

Trustees: Barbara P Frenkel, Real Estate One Inc.

SIGNAL BENEFACTOR The Quaker Che mical Marvin A. Frenkel,

$ 50 ,000 t o $199,9 9 9 Foundation

Anthony L. and Darlene Soave

Gala &nefit Concen CONTR I BUTOR

In addition to enj oying ou tstanding entertainment on stage, MO T contributo rs are offered a numb er of opportunities th at all ow them to obser ve th e many phases of opera and dance production, meet the artis ts and experience oth er "b ehind-thescenes" activi ties.

Mr. Ernest G. Ludy

Mr. 1St Mrs. Mark Mehall

Monica Moffat 1St Patrick

McGuire

Mr. 1St Mrs. E. Michael

Mutchler

Dr. 1St Mrs. Drew Peslar

Robert and Sharon Pew

Drs. Irvin 1St Pame la Trotman

Reid

Mrs. Caro lyn L. Ross

Ms. Susan Schoo ner

Alan E 1St Mari anne Schwanz

Mrs. Ro semary skupny

Mr. 1St Mrs. William H Smith

Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar

Professor Calvin L. Stevens

Dr. 1St Mrs Ge rald H stollman

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn A.

Townsend

Mrs. Richard Van Dusen

Janet 1St Paul Victor

Mr Gerald Knechtel

Dr. & Mrs. Richard W Kulis

Mr 1St Mrs. Paul Lavins

Mr. Raymond Lehtinen

Dr. 1St Mrs. Melvin A. Leste r

Mr. 1St Mrs . Harry A. Lomason

Mr 1St Mrs. Kevin Lomason

Mr. 1St Mrs. Alphonse S. Lucarelli

Dr. 1St Mrs. Henry W Maicki

Mr. 1St Mrs. William T. McConmick,jr.

Mr. 1St Mrs. Jeffrey H Miro

Mr. Ed\vin Lee Morrell

Mr. Charles Nave

Mr. 1St Mrs. Marco NobHi

Mr. & Mrs John R. O'Green,Jr.

Mr Charles A. Parcells, J r.

Mr Charl es & Dr. Charlotte

Podowski

Mrs. David Pollack

Ms. Patricia Preston

Dr. & Mrs Roben E Reid

Mr. David Chivas

Mr. 1St Mrs. Leonard Ciokajlo

Mr. Dan Clancy

Mr. 1St Mrs. Frederick H. Clark

Ms. Vi rginia Clementi

Mr. 1St Mrs. David Cohn

Mrs. Adelina C Colby

Vivian 1St Jerr y Cole

Mr. 1St Mrs. Michael j. Connolly

Dr. Mary Carol Conroy

Mrs. Ellen R. Cooper

Shell y 1St Peter Coope r

Rosalind Coopenman 1St

Woody Robert son

Mrs Mary Rita Cuddohy

Dr. 1St Mrs. Victor Curatolo

Mr. 1St Mrs. Ma,,;n I. Danto

Mr. 1St Mrs. Tari k Daoud

Mrs. Barbara Darin

Julia Donovan Darlo\\' 1St John O'Meara

Mr. 1St Mrs. Lawrence N. Da\;d

Dale P Frenkel,

Ronald P Frenk el,

Denise L. Brown,

Sponsor $500 to $99 9 Cindy Frenkel Kante r,

W",hcr Opening Night Alben Kahn Associates, Inc. elson P Lande

Sponsor BridgestonelFirestone Trust Fund 51. Denys Foundation

IATsE Local 38 Young Womans Home

MAJ OR BENEFACTOR PPG Industries Foundation Association of Detroit

$25 ,000 t o $49 ,999 The W W Group, In c.

Alitalia Airlmes

DONOR

In-kind SUPPORTER To $2 ,499

Ameritech $100 to $499

Clarence and Jack Himmel

Th e Barber oj Seville Bolt on 1St Company Foundation

Open ing Night Sponsor FeS Industries , Inc. Kalamazoo Foun da ti on

Ba nk One John E. Green Company

The Sigm und and Sophie

Werther Perfonnance Mu Phi Epsilon Detroit Rohlik Foundat ion

Sponsor Alumni Chapter Village Woman s Club

Hudson s Plastomer Corporation Foundation

Del' Rosenhavalier Ash Stevens, Inc

Production Sponsor The Binmingham Musicale GENERAL DIRECTOR S CIRCLE Michigan Na tional Corp.

FOUNDATION AND IMPRESAR IO

W",her Perfornlance

Sponsor GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

$10 000 +

Mr. 1St Mrs. Roben A. All esee Michigan Cou ncil for Arts and Mr. 1St Mrs Roy E. Calcagno

BENEFACTOR Cultura l Affairs

$15,00 0 t o $24, 999 National Endowment for the Arts

ANR Pipelin e Co. City of Detroit Cu ltural Affairs

Peter Climes Performance Department

Sponsor

Comerica Incorporated

SIG NAL BENEFACTOR

Mr. 1St Mrs. Robert E. Dewar

Mr. 1St Mrs. Irving Rose

BENEFACTOR

$5,0 00- $9 ,999

Mr. 1St Mrs. Richa rd Allen

Tasca Perfonmance Sponsor $100 000 + Dr. 1St Mrs. Agustin Arbu lu Detroit Edison Founda tion McGregor Fu nd

Mr. Thomas Cohn

Tasca Perfonmance Sponso r Th e Skillman Foundation Barbara Frankel

Kma rt Corporation

MAJOR BENEFACTOR

Mr. Hennan Frankel

Student/Senior Matinees $25 000 - $99, 99 9 Meyer & An na Prenti s Fam il y Sponsor The Entenainment Industry Foundation

Lear Corporati on Foundation

Trustees: Barbara P Frenkel, Del' Rose n/lO valier Matilda R. Wilson Fund Ma,,;n A. Frenkel, Perfonnance Sponso r Dale P Frenkel , BE NEFACTOR Ronald P Frenkel ,

FELLOW $15,000 - $24 ,99 9 Denise L. Brown,

$10,0 00 t o $14 ,9 99 Community Founda tion of Cindy Frenkel Kanter, Consumers Energy Foundation Grea ter Flint Nelson P Lande

Community Programs Jam es and Lynelle Ho ld en

Touring Sponso r Foundation

Mr. 1St Mrs Richard Helppie

Edward and Paula Hughes

SUSTAI NER Hudson-Webber Founda ti on Mrs Roger W Hull

$ 5,000 t o $9 ,999

Oliver Dewe)1Marcks

Gannett FOllndmion, Inc. Foundation

John Carlo Inc. Da\;d M. Wh itney Fund

Lanzo Constmction Co.

Mr. 1St Mrs. Ve rne G. Istock

Mr. 1St Mrs. Richard Janes

Mr. Don Jensen

Joyce Urba 1St Da\;d Kinsella

Mr. 1St Mrs. George e Vincent

Dr. 1St Mrs. Sam B. Williams

Walter P 1St Elizabeth B. Work

SUSTAINER

$2 ,50 0-$ 4, 99 9

Mr. 1St Mrs. Terence Adderley

Mr. 1St Mrs. Douglas E Allison

Dr. Lourdes V Andaya

Mr. 1St Mrs. Thomas Anderson

Mrs. Donald j. Atwood

Dr. 1St Mrs. Donald e Austin

Hon. 1St Mrs. Edward Avadenka

Mr. 1St Mrs Lee Barthel

Mr. 1St Mrs. Mark Alan Baun

Mr. 1St Mrs. W Victor Benjamin

Mr. 1St Mrs. Mandell L. Berman

Mrs. Loris G. Bimkrant

Mr. Charles A. Bishop

Mrs. Ma rga ret Bord en

Mr. 1St Mrs. Gerald Bright

Mr. 1St Mrs. Bernard T Brodsky

Mr. 1St Mrs. Alfred

Cheesebrough III

Hon 1St Mrs. Avern L. Cohn

Mr. 1St Mrs. Jerry D'Avanzo

Dr. 1St Mrs. John M. Dee

Dr. David DiChiera

Mr. 1St Mrs. Keith Dodsworth

Mr. & Mrs. Cameron B. Duncan

Dr. & Mrs. Charles H Duncan

Mrs. Charles M. Endicott

Mr. 1St Mrs. Paul E. Ewing

Mr. Stephen Ewing

Mr. 1St Mrs. Lloyd e Fell

Mr. 1St Mrs. Max M. Fisher

Ms. Rema Franke l

Mr. 1St Mrs. Sa mu el Frankel

Mr. 1St Mrs. Larry Garberding

Mrs. John e Griffin

Pres 1St Mary Hap pel

Mr. 1St Mrs. Eugene Hart";g

Mr. 1St Mrs David B. Henmelin

Mr. & Mrs Da\; d H Hill

Mr. 1St Mrs. Anthony Hopp

Mr. 1St Mrs. Thomas G Kirby

Mr. 1St Mrs. Robert Klein

Mr. 1St Mrs. Harvey Klin e

Dr. & Mrs John H. Roberts

Mr. 1St Mrs. Roy Roberts

Hon Joan E. Young 1St Mr.

Th omas L. Schellenberg

Mr. Wayne j. Ruch gy

Mr. 1St Mrs. Arnold Schafer

Dr. Roben F Schinmer

Dr. 1St Mrs. Karl Schroeder

Mr. & Mrs. Donald E Schwendemann

Mr. 1St Mrs. Ef\vin S. Simon

Mr. 1St Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith , Jr.

Dr 1St Mrs. Robert j. Sokol

Dr. 1St Mrs. Sheldon Sonkin

Mr. 1St Mrs. George Stru mbos

Dr. 1St Mrs. L. MUlTay Thomas

Mr. & Dr. She ldon Toll

Va lerie 1St Francis Ward

Mr. 1St Mrs. Alvin Wassenman

Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Wassenman

Mr. 1St Mrs. Richard e Webb

Dr Marilyn L. Williamson

Mrs. &ryl Winkelman

Mrs. Paul Zuckennan

DONORS

$1 ,500-$2 ,4 99

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum

Mr. 1St Mrs. Haro ld Arnoldi

Dr. Harol d Mitchell Arrington

Dr. 1St Mrs Ingida Asfaw

Mrs. Annette Balian

Ms. Irene M Barbour

Ms. Ilene Barron

Mr. 1St Mrs. Ara Berberian

Mrs. Margareta &rker

Dr 1St Mrs. John G. Bielawski

Mr 1St Mrs. Maurice S. Binkow

Mr. 1St Mrs. G. Peter Blom

Dr. 1St Mrs. Da\;d Bloom

Mr. 1St Mrs. William e Brooks

Ms. Patricia Hill Burnett 1St Robert L. Siler

Dr. & Mrs. J oseph L. Cahalan

Mr. & Mrs. George Callas

Drs. Margaret 1St John Casey

Mr. Harry T. Cendrowski

Dr. 1St Mrs. Victor J. Cervenak

Mr. 1St Mrs Williamj. Da\;s

Mr. 1St Mrs. William j. DeBiasi

Mr. Jeffrey W Dell

Mr. & Mrs. David Denn

Dr. Fernando Diaz

Ted and Bonnie Dickens

Mr. Da\;d Disend

Drs. Paula and Michael Duffy

Mr. Don F Duggan

Mrs Charles M. Endicott

Mr. 1St Mrs. Francis A.

Englehardt

William 1St Ba rbara Eversman

Dr. Haifa Fakh ouri

Mr. 1St Mrs. Oscar Feldman

Adrienne 1St Roben Z. Feldstein

Mr 1St Mrs. Alfred j. Fisher,jr.

Dr. M. Fisher

Mrs. Elain e Fontana

Mr. 1St Mrs. Mitchell B. Foste r

Mr. 1St Mrs. Harvey Freeman

Hon. Hilda R. Gage

Mrs. Stephanie Germack

Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Giancarlo

Mr. 1St Mrs. Keith E. Gifford

Mr. Allan D. Gilmour

Ms. Sharon Gioia

Dr. Priscilla Greenbe rg

Mr 1St Mrs. Charles G. Gunderson

Mr. 1St Mrs. Stephen Hagopian

Mrs. Alice &rberian Haidostian

Mr. Lawrence Hall

Dr. 1St Mrs. Joel I. Hamburger

Mr. David Handleman

Ms. Mary e Hanms

Ms. Maria Harris

Mr. 1St Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart

Dr. 1St Mrs. Jack H. Hertzler

Miss Mary A. Heste r

Mr. Roben M. Holland

Ms. Mary Ann Hollars

Han. & Mrs. J oseph N. Impastato

Alan 1St El eanor Israe l

Ms. Amy Jidov

Mr. 1St Mrs Gary E. Johnson

Administration & Staff

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General Information

PHOTOGRAPHY " RECORDING

DEVICES Unauthorized cameras and recorqing devices are not allowed inside the theater at any time. The taking of photographs of th e theater or any performance is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to our guests, we ask that all paging de vices, cell phones and alarm watches be switched to silent mode prior to the start of a performance.

IN CASE. OF EMERGENCY Doctors and parents are advised to leave their seat location (located on ticket) and our emergency number, 313/237-3257, with the service or sitter in case of an emergency Please observe the lighted exit signs located throughout the' theater. In the event of fire or similar emergency, please remain calm and walk - do not run - to the nearest exit. Our ushers are trained to lead you out of the building safely A trained Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is on site during most events. Please see an usher or staff member to contact the EMT.

RESTROOMS Ladies ' restrooms are located off the Ford Lobby (Broadway street entrance), down the stairs and also on the third floor (Madison street entrance) - please press "3 R" on the eleva tor to reach these facilities. Gentlemen's restrooms are located under the Grand Staircase, and also on the third floor (Broadway street entrance) - please press "3" on the elevator to reach these facilities. Please note: All third-floor restrooms are wheelchair accessible .

usher, please call the usher hotline at 313/237 -3253.

LATE SEATING Latecomers will be seated only during an appropriate pause in the program and may view the program on closed -circuit television monitors located in the lobbies until an appropriate program pause occurs. Late seating poliCies are at the discretion of the production, not opera house management.

LOST " FOUND Lost and Found is located in the Security Department

Please see an usher if you have misplaced an article, or call 313/961-3500 if you have already left the theater. Items will be held in Lost and Found for thirty days

PARKING Parking for all events is available in the Opera House Garage, located directly across from the Detroit Opera House (on John R. and Broadway streets). Prepaid parking is available through the box office. Please call 313/237-SING for parking information

ACCESSIBILITY Accessible seating locations for patrons in wheelchairs are located in all price ranges on the orchestra level. When inquiring about tickets, please ask about these locations if you require speCial accommodations.

members to hear the music is a prerequisite to enjoyment of the performance. In all cases, babes in arms are not permitted.

SERVICES Concession stands are located in all levels Please note that food and drinks are not allowed in the auditorium at any time. Coat check is located in the Ford lobby The cost is $1.00 per coat. Please note that the Detroit Opera House does not accept responsibility for any personal articles that are not checked at the coat check. Drinking fountains are located in the lobbies on floors one and three. Public pay phones are located in the vestibule of the Ford Lobby Patrons in wheelchairs can access pay phones outside the third-floor ladies ' restrooms.

RENTAL INFORMATION

The Detroit Opera House is available for rent by your organization. Please call Jennifer Turner, Director of Facilities , at 313/961-3500 to receive rental information.

TICKET INFORMATION The Detroit Opera House Ticket Office hours are as follows: Non-performance weeksMonday through Friday 10:00 a.rn. to 5:30 p.rn. Performance days - 10:00 a.rn. through the first intermission of the evening's performance, except Saturdays and Sundays, when the Ticket Office will open two hours prior to curtain Tickets for all public events held at the Detroit Opera House are also available through all TicketMaster phone and retail outlets.

NO SMOKING

The Detroit Opera House is a smoke-free facility Ash receptacles are provided exterior of all entry doors for those who wish to smoke.

USHERS Ushers are stationed at the top of each aisle. If you have a question or concern, please inform ushers, and they will contact management. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer

EMERGENCIES

Assisted Listening Devices are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please see an usher to request this service Although this is a complimentary service, we will request to hold a piece of personal identification while you are using the device. Please contact the Box Office, should you desire speCial consideration.

CHILDREN Children are welcome; however, all guests are required to hold a ticket, regardless of age. We kindly ask that parental discretion be exercised for certain programs, and that all guests remember that during a program such as opera or ballet , the ability of all audience

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

.313/237-3257 Usher Hotline .

OPERA HOUSE TOURS Come join the Opera House Ambassadors for a backstage tour of the Detroit Opera House. Learn about the history of the Opera House and its restoration . Meet the people behind the scenes, tour the stage and see how it operates. Tours are $10.00 per person . For more information, please call 313/237-3407

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As the 2001 spring season gets underway, we look forward to evenings of dramatic song, heartfelt emotion and elegant dancing.

General Motors is happy to once again be part of the renowned Michigan Opera Theatre.

MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE

La Traviata

April 21-29, 2001

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Susan Patterson (Violetta, April 21, 25, 28) :

Michigan Opera Theatre debut

Miss Patterson ' s highly successful recent portrayals of Margarita/H e len in Boito's Mejistojele, Dvorak's Rusalka, and Violetta with the English National Opera have given her the spotlight as one of the world's new leading lirico-spinto sopranos. La Traviata has been a dominant opera in Miss Patterson ' s career and she has perfonned it at the San Francisco Opera, the New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Palm Beach Opera, Baltimore Opera and in Vancouver and Montreal.

Supernumeraries

Jeff Kirsch

David Piotrowski

Paul Plamondon

Matthew Rhulig

Wig and Makeup Crew

Elsen Associates;

Joan'ne Weaver

Alison Mizerski

DarrenBrim

Caroline D' Ambrosio

Corinne Fine

Mark Gravame

Deanne lovan

Parker Plague

Marta Sawczuk

Tre Shmina

Marta ,Stefaniuk

Mira Stefaniuk

Deldon Treece

Christine Wolfe

First intermission complimentary Frango mints are graciously donated by

H U 0 SON' S' A, / H'1.'l(j. Is becoming I 11111,4

Correction/Clarification; The dates for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago on page 38 of BRA va are listed incorrectly, it should read June 23 and June 24, 2001.

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Falstaff

May 12-20, 2001

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The role of Fenton will be sung by American tenor Andrew Richards, who has enjoyed great succ ess ove r the past two seasons as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with New York City Opera Recently, Mr Richards sang Macduff in Ma cbeth with Opera Pacific, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Cleveland Opera and Opera Delaware, Alfredo in LaTraviata with Opera Pacific, as well as the Verdi "Requiem" with the Vancouver Bach Choir and Vancouver Symphony . In February of 1998, he made his debut with San Diego Opera where he took part in a new production of Strauss' Salome Mr Richards returned to G1immerglass Opera where he performed the role of Fenton in Verdi ' s Falstaff Upcoming engagements include a return to Opera Pacific as the Duke in Rigoletto and Nemorino L 'Elisir d'amore, Tamino in Die ZauberjlOte with the Cincinnati Opera

Fairies

Tabetha Dickerson

Tamara Edwards

Paige Hardie

Laura Jakowenko

Kaitlin Kehrer

Madeline Merritt

Stephanie Ruper

Megan Tallman

Nurses

Margaret Bronder

Genevieve Palczynski

Elsen Associates:

Lee Ann Scheboth

Heather Hambrecht

MOT Crew:

Darren Brim

Caroline D' Ambrosio

Corinne Fine

Mark Gravame

Deanne lovan

Supernumeraries

Devils

Alexander Acton

Denny Dorsey

Christopher Ferriole

Paul Ferriole

Aaron Folbe

Corey Garff

David Hardie

Zachary Hardie

Wig and Makeup Crew

Servants

Devan Anderson

Bruce Davis

Jim Slowik

Rick Tepper

Robin the Page

Dennis Strach

Innkeeper

David DiChiera

Ali Moiin

Vi Kapayo

Parker Plague

Marta Sawczuk

Tre Slunina

Marta Stefaniuk

Mira Stefaniuk

Deldon Treece

Christine Wolfe

Flying Effects provided ,by ZFX, Inc.

Lawrence Picard

Repetiteur

Jean Schneider-Claytor

Rehearsal Pianist

Dee Dorsey

Surtitle Operator

Correction/Clarification: The dates for The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago on page 38 of BRAVO are listed incorrectly, it should read June 23 and June 24, 2001.

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belief in our programs will touch lives in the community

beyond for yea rs and years to come. And if that's not

what is?

Michigan Opera Theatre is one of only nine leadership organizations that are part of the Community Foundation for Southeastern" Michigan's Touch the Future campaign. Your new gift plan or even an existing charitab 'le 'trust may qualify for funds to be added to MOT's endowment. Find out more by contacting Jane Fanning ' in the development office , at 313-237-3268 or jfan n i ng @ motope ra. org.

Any news about estate plans you are contemplating or have already made that include Michigan Opera Theatre will be gratefully received.

Lyne Fortin , Anto nia (C anad a)

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN

June 2-10,2001

Cast Update

Lyne made her' Michigan Opera Theatre debut as Fiordiligi in the Fall 2000 production of Cosi fan tutt e One of Canada ' s leading sopranos , she has performed major rol es with L ' Opera de Montre al , Vancouver Opera, Opera Saskatchewan , Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera , Opera Hamilton and Opera de Quebec , In the United States , she ha s appeared with the Baltimore Op era, Seattle Opera , Connecticut Opera, Opera Pacific, New Jersey State Opera and Portland Opera. La s t season , Ms Fortin sang Violetta in Ottawa , Hamilton and Quebec, and for the San Antonio Symphony Recent engagements include appearances with Edmonton Opera and the Scottish Opera ,

Emily Wood Toronto, Antonia ' s Mother (USA)

Mezzo-soprano Emily Wood Toronto most recently performed the ro le of Marcellina in the Michigan Opera Works production of The Marria ge of Fig aro Throughout her career, she has sun g the roles of Madalena in Rigole tto , the Third Lady in Th e Ma g ic Flute and Larina in Euge n e Onegin. In the fall of 200 1, Toronto will perform the role of the Mother in Menotti ' s Th e Counsul with the University of Michigan .

Tyler T. Oliphant, Hermann (USA)

Tyler Oliphant, bass-baritone , just completed his Masters Degree in Voice Performance at the University of Michigan , as a student of Lorna Haywood . Opera credits (University of Michigan) include the title role in Falstaff, Sulpice in The Daughter of the Regim ent , Papageno in The Magic Flut e and Gug lielmo in Cosi fan tutte. This summer , he will perform Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Bay View Music Festival in Northern Michigan and Acis & Galatea with Detroit Oratorio Society ,

Supernumeraries

S ervants

Devan Anderson

Louis Farris

Shane Terpenin g

Paul Plamondon

Paul Plamondon

Gondoli e r

David Piotrowski

Lindorf Doubles

Steve LaGrassa

Leslie Hill

Sideki ck

Kelly Bradbury

Luth er 's Wife & Courtesan

Karla Roberson

Court esans

Christy Hicks

Carolyn Moss

Stella

Paula Tutman

Wig and Makeup Crew For Els e n Associates

Alison Mizerski

-Darren Brim

Corinne Fine

Michael Gravame

V i Kapayo

Ann MacDonald

Parker Plague

Sondra Nottingham

For Michigan Opera Th eatre

Marta Sawczuk

Tre Shrnina

Marta Stefaniuk

Mira Stefaniuk

Deldon Treece

Staff

Lawrence Picard, Repetite ur Jean Schneider-Claytor, Reh ears al Pianist

Dee Dorsey, Surtitle Op e rator

PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO RENEW YOUR OPERA AND DANCE SUBSCRIPTIONS AT INTERMISSION!

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