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Welcome to Michigan Opera Theatre's 41st fall season

Welcom e to a fall season featuring a spectacular company premiere of Cannina Burana in an all-new production. We have titled our season simply "Fate," as each opera poses the eternal question: do we decide our lives for ourselves, or are our fates determined b y destiny?

The season opens with Menotti's The Medium paired with Orff 's masterpie ce , Cannina Burana. This double bill pres e nts two compositions written in the past 100 years and, fittingly, the production fea tures new sets and costumes from awardwinning Detroit stage designer Monika Essen, constructed in our very own .Opera House.

I'm d elig hted that we' re able to celebrate lOO 'h birthday of one of America's m ost significant opera composers, G ian Carlo Menotti. The Medium, which we have not produced since 1972 , explores the fatal actions of a charlatan fortun e telle r , and is one of the composer's most exciting works. Returning to our s ta ge for this production are lo vely yo ung soprano Andriana Chuchman and dramatic mezzo -soprano Melissa Parks, who appeared together in last fall's The Mikado, along with a return by Romanian ba ritone Marian Pop, who crea ted the title role in the world premiere of Cyrano.

Carl Orff composed Cannina Burana in 1936 as a gran d w ork for chorus, so loists and orchestra, to which we have added dramati c visuals, d azzling cho reogra phy and stunning aeri al fea ts. We're pleased to co llaborate once again with metro Detroit's Eisenhower Dance Ensembl e and to fe ature incredible acrobats who h ave performed with Cirque du Soleil The work b egins and ends with th e s tunning "0 Fo rtuna," which is , of course, a complaint to the Rom an god d ess of fate .

In November, we travel somewh at further b ack in time with Mo zart's T h e Marriag e of Figaro, whic h is wi thout question amo n g the greatest operas of a ll time. Th e delightful romantic comedy involves a wildly e ntertaining parade of mistake n ide ntiti es , d ecep ti on and infidelity - con cepts not so unfamiliar in our own era - but of course all are fat e d to end up h appy. In this production we welcome a number of both familiar and new fac es , including th e company d ebut of the impress ive y oung

conductor Kazem Abdullah The cast includes baritones Corey McKern and Ian Greenlaw as our philandering Count, and sopranos Rachel WillisS0rensen and Sian Davies as his wifeto name just a few.

Our 16' h season of dance at the Detroit Op era House is made possible by a generous gift from Maggie Allesee. Many of you know that Maggie has been a friend to this organization for many years, continually raising the bar throu gh her steadfast co mmitment to th e city's cu ltural life. She h as raised that bar higher still this season by sponsoring our 2011-12 danc e series. If you happen to see Maggie at a performanc e, please thank h er for th e gen eros ity that has mad e u s the home of world- class dance in Detroit.

T h e fall dance season features two D etroit premieres. In October, we welcome dance superstar Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Danc e, who have appeared around the globe , including performances with Elton] ohn and Lady Gaga. Th eir amazing versatility a nd ta l ent push the bounds of dan ce with at hletic jumps, endless turns and e ndearing individu ality.

November marks the return of our annual holid ay tradition , Th e Nut crac k er. This year, in their first appearances o n our stage, BalletMet Co lumbus performs th e classic family favorite. And our holiday season wo uld no t b e co mplete without a presentation of the jazz gospel Messiah , Too Hot To Handel, performed by Rackh am Symphony Cho ir. We're proud that both productions feature our very own Mic higan Opera T h eatre Orch estra.

As always, we ar e esp ecially gra teful for the co ntinu ed support of our fall opera seaso n spo n sor, Ford Motor Company. We also r ecogni ze and t hank those individual donors and vo lunteers w h ose generosi ty of time and investment in our vision i s tru ly ex traordinary. It is t hrou g h your support and dedication that this organiz ati o n e ndu res.

I hop e yo u enj oy this impressive fall seaso n Thank yo u for v isiting, and enjoy the show!

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THE MEDIUM

By GIAN CARLO MENOTTI

World Premiere: New York City, May 1946

In English with English supertitles

CARMINA BURANA

By CARL ORFF

World Premiere: Frankfurt, Germany; june 1937

In Latin and German with English supertitle translations

Two hours , thirty minutes with one intermission

CONDUCTOR & CHORUS MASTER SUZANNE MALLARE ACTON DIRECTOR ROBERT SWEDBERG

PRODUCTION DESIGN MONIKA ESSEN

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JOSHUA BORTHS

LIGHTING DESIGN KENDALL SMITH

CHOREOGRAPHER BIANCA SAPETTO

HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGN CINDY LUDWIG

SUPERTITLES DEE DORSEY ARTWORKS.

STAGE MANAGER KEN SALTZMAN

Sets and costumes mad e possibl e b y a gen e rous gift from Ford Motor Company.

Scenery constructed by MOT Production Dept. and members of Detroit Stage Empl oyees, IATSE Loca l 38

" The Medium" is supported in part by a n award from the National End ow ment for t he Arts

Costumes constru cted by MOT Costume Shop. Costume materials provided b y Hab erman Fabrics , Ro yal Oak, Mich.

Ru ss Stark, Aeria li st Assistant

The 20 11 Fall Opera Seaso n is made poss ible by Ford Motor Compa ny

BRAVO

THE MEDIUM Cast

In order of vocal appearance. Parentheses denote understudy.

Monica ........ .... ........ ... .. .............. Andriana Chuchman (Angela Theis t)

Toby, a mute justin VandenHeuvel *

Madame Flora (Baba) Melissa Parks

Mrs . Gobineau . ....... ........... ... .. ........... Tanya Roberts *t

D eRoy Tes tam en tw y Foundation Young Artist

Mr. Gobineau Marian Pop

Mrs. Nolan ... . ......... ... ..... . ..... ... ......... .... Sarah Nisbettt

* Mi chigan Opera Theatre debut

t Barbara Gibso n Young Artist Program

Michigan Opera Theatre last produced The Medium in1972

THE MEDIUM present ed by arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

Menotti & "The Medium"

To open our 41st season , I hav e chosen a short dramatic' opera by Gian Carlo Menotti in celebration of the lOOth anniversary of his birth When Menotti was only thirteen he came to America from Ita ly, where h e had already composed two operas. After graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music , hi s next opera , Goes to the Ball , was so successful that it was immediately taken up by th e Metro politan Opera. Thus began one of th e most successful and influ ential opera tic careers of th e twenti e th century. Like Pu cc ini , he brought a grea t melodic talent of writing for the voice combined with an un canny theatrical flair for pro viding the exact music for what is h appening on s tage.

Unlike any o ther composer in America, Menotti introduced opera to a widening audience by composing works specifically for radio and television His C hristmas opera Amahl and the Nig ht Visitors, commissioned by NBC and premiered in 195 1 , b ecame a Christmas Eve broadcast tradi ti on for m any years and continues to be one of the most freq u ently performed operas in the country. In his constant desire to popularize opera, Menotti a lso insisted that some of his works be premiered on Broadway.

T h e Medium , one of his most drama tic and trag ic works , not only had a run on Broadway in 1947 but was l ater made into a very e ffec tive film and tele vision production I h ad the p l easure o f producing it in our second season in 1972 at the Music Hall , starring Detroiter Muriel Greenspon as Baba and actor Sa l Mineo as Toby.

Menotti t ells us that h e was inspired to write a nd co mpos e The Medium after a ttending a seance in a small town in Austria . "It gradually became clear to me ," he recall ed, " that my ho s ts , in th eir pathetic desire t o believe, actually saw and h eard their dead daughter. It was I , not they, who felt ch eate d ."

- David DiChiera

Act I

T h e curtain opens in the parlor o f Madame Flora , the medium , wh ere her daughter, Monica , and Toby, a mute servant boy r escued from the streets, play dress-up. When Madame F l ora, or Baba as th ey call h er, arrives h o m e drunk , she violently chastises them for not preparing for that night's seance. Soon the guests arrive: Mr. and Mrs. Gobineau , regulars , and the widow Mrs. No lan , w h o is attending fo r the first time. With Madam e Flora in a trance in h er ch air, a fake seance is held. Mrs Nolan speaks with what she thinks is her d ecease d sixteenyear-old daughter, but is really Mo nica b ehind a screen. As Monica disappears, Mrs. Nolan rus h es toward th e figure but is restrained by the Gobineaus. Once order is restored, Mr. and Mrs. Gobineau "communicate " w ith their dec eased two-yearold son Mickey, who does nothing but laugh. After they tell him good-bye , Madame Fl ora sudd enl y clutches at h er throat with both hands. She feels a phantom h and grasping her throat and is stricken with terror. After demanding that th e guests leav e, she ca lls for Monica and tells her what she felt , even tually blaming Toby, who was in the oth er room the whole t ime. In an effort to ca lm Baba's d runk en rage toward Toby, Monica sings her a dark lull aby, but is interrupted by a voice that Baba hears. T his cau ses h er to Oy into a terrified rage at Toby for not telling her where the voice is coming from. Monica again s ings the lullaby whil e Baba recites her "Ha il Mary "s.

Ac t II

A few days later, Monica is watching Toby perform a puppet show for her; then she dances for him . She realizes that Toby is tryin g to tell h er that he l oves her so, pretending to be his vo i ce , she speaks for him. Baba arrives and again resumes her accusations of Toby, sure that he knows what went on the other nig ht. The guests arrive , expectin g anoth er seance, but are driven away when Madam e Fl ora tries t o co n vince th em that the whole thing was a s h am. She reveals a ll th e tricks that sh e and Mon i ca used , but the gu ests refu se to believe h er Once they are gone , Baba drives Toby out d esp ite Monica 's pleas on his behalf. With everyone gone and Monica in her room , Baba con tinu es to drink and ques ti ons h er own sanity, becoming wild w ith drink and even tually passing out. Toby sneaks back in and tries to ge t into Monica's room, but finds it locked and eve ntually goes to the trunk to find his tambourin e. Whil e searching, he knocks down the lid of the trunk , waking Baba, and hides in the puppet th ea t er. As Baba tries to see where the noise came from she fetches a revolver. Hysterically she shouts, "Who is it ? Speak or I'll shoot ," and th en sees the puppet theater mov e. Baba screams and fir es several times As Toby's bloody body co llapses, grasping th e curtain , Baba shouts , "I've killed th e g host! I've killed th e ghost! " Moni ca en t ers , h avin g h eard the gunshots, sees Toby's lifeles s body and runs for h elp. As th e curtain fa lls, Baba asks in a hoarse whisper, "Was it you? "

CARMINA BURANA

Soloists

Andriana Chuchman, soprano

Jason Wickson t, t enor

joyce Cohn Young Artist

Marian Pop, baritone

Acrobats

Sita Acevedo , aerialist, dancer

Darren Haddrell, Cyr wheel, acrobat, breakdancer

Isabelle , hand balancer, acrobat

Emilie Livingston, rhythmi c gymnast, aerialist

joseph Pinzon, aerialist, acrobat

Laurence Racine, aerialist, contortionist, hand balancer

Eisenhower Dance Ense mble

Mary Bischoff

Gregory Blackmon

Andrew Cribbett

Alicia Cutaia

Rebecca McLindon

Willjordan Peake

Morgan "Mo " Williams

Emily Zatursky

Michigan Opera Theatre premiere t Barbara Gibson Young Artist Program

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Carm ina Burana is a scenic oratorio compose d to the texts of Goliard poems from the 13th century. The manuscript con taining these verses was discovered in 1803 at a Bavarian monastery in Benediktbeu ern ; th e t erm "Burana" in the titl e is th e Latin adjective identifying this lo ca tion . The s ubtitle of the work m eans "Secu lar so ngs for soloists and chorus, accompanie d by instruments and s uppl emented by scen ery. " Although th er e are a numb er of con t ex ts for human inte raction in som e of th e pi eces, th er e is no plot co ntinuity or ov erall dra matic ac tion in this se ries of so n gs. Co mpo se r Carl O rff envisioned Ca nnina Burana with optional a c tion and dance , a lthough h e did not provide written ins truc tions as to h ow it sh o uld b e s ta ged. T hu s, it has b een prese nted in a wide varie ty o f ways a nd , a lthou gh mos t fre qu ently seen in co n cert form , the work is ex tremely thea trical and ada pts well for the s tage

The medieval Go liards (the te rm is a nicknam e m eaning "big mouths ")

were scholars , monks and priests who had abandon ed conformity to the Catholic church. Individualists in a time when such behavior was considered h e resy, they liv ed vagrant lives, begging, thieving, and singing . They wrote their verses mostly in Latin , although portions of their texts are in the vernacular languages of the areas where th ey lived. Their b es t poetry is a frank avowal of their pleas ures , their simple zest in living , and the joys of an earthy existence.

The manuscript discovered in the Benediktbeuern monastery co ntained the most extensive collection of Go liard poetry ever found. Its authors were various and anonymous, and it is surprising that a monastery's library contained a volume of such scurrilous material. The justification for this is that the volume h ad originally belonged to a secular court and had been assigned to the monaste r y for archival purposes.

In Carmina Burana , Orff chose to set only a portion of the manuscript to music. The melodic language he emplo ye d mixes folkson g elements from his native Bavaria with a parody of Gregorian plainch a nt , matching the ridicule of religious forms found in th e t ex ts T h e musical fabric is bold and colorful , and its strong rhythmic e mphasis demands an enlarged percussion section Although these effects are striking , they are not complicated. The melodic material is tonal and straightforward, unadorne d by counterpoint or formal variation. The harmonic effec ts are reduc ed to bare essentials. All of these choices m agnific ently enhance the po e tr y's attention to what is simpl e, sensuous , vigorous, and direc t.

Orff chose to organize the t ex ts of Carmina Burana into three contrasting sections: exploring themes of renewal and sexual awakening in Early Spring ; a lienation , debauchery, and corruption in In The Tav e rn ; and both unrequit ed and req uited love in Th e Co urt of Love These three gro ups of poems a re fl anked b y identical musical settings of the same poem "0 Fortuna " ( Oh F ortun e), b emoaning man's fate as a mere pawn of d es tiny's mighty and ofte n cruel hand.

Ca rmina Burana has won a firm place in the musi cal repertoire of Western culture. It ha s e njoyed enormous popularity and has often b ee n adapte d effectively for theatrical purposes for both stage and film

Courtesy of Portl an d Opera.

CARMINA BURANA

FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI (Fortune, Empress of the World)

1. 0 Fortuna

Co mpany

2. Fortune plango vulnera

Andriana Chuchman, Marian

Pop, jason Wickson, Justin

Vanden Heuvel , Chorus, Emilie

Livin gston

I. PRIMO VERE (Early Spring)

3. Veris leta fa cies

Andriana Chuchman , justin

Vanden Heuvel , Chorus , Isabelle , Laurence

Racine, Eise nhower Danc e Ensembl e

4 Omnia sol temp era t

Andrian a Chu chman , Marian

Pop , Justin Vanden Heuvel, Darren Haddrell , Eisenhow er Danc e Ensemble

5. Ecce gratum

C h orus , Darren H a ddre ll

. UF DEM ANGE R (On the Green)

6. Tanz Choru s, E is enhower Dance

Ensemb le

7. F lo ret s ilva

Ch orus , Eisenhower Dan ce

E ns e mble

8 C h ra m er, gip die v arwe mir

C h o rus , Eis enhower Dance

En semb le

9 Rei e

Swaz hie ga t umbe

Cho r u s , Darren Haddrell ,

Eis e nhower Dance Ensemble

C hume, chum , ge s e lle m i n

Swaz hie ga t umb e

C h orus , Darren Ha ddrell

10. Were diu werlt aile min

j a son Wi ckson , C horus , Darren

H a ddrell , joseph Pin z o n

II . IN TAB E RNA (In th e Tavern)

11. Es tuan s interius

Marian Pop , jason Wickso n ,

E ise nh o w er Dan ce Ens e mb l e

12. Olim lacus co lu eram

Ma ri an P o p , Jason Wick son ,

C h o ru s

13 . Ego s um a bba s

Ma ri an P op , Choru s , Darren Haddrell , Isab ell e, J os e p h Pin z on, Eis enhow er

Da n ce E n sembl e

14. In taberna quando sumus Chorus, Darren Haddrell , Isabelle , joseph

Pinzon, Eisenhower Da n ce E n semble

Ill. COUR D ' AMOURS (The Court of Love)

15. Amor volat undique

Andriana Chuchman, jus tin Vanden Heuve l , C horu s

16 Dies , nox et omnia

Marian Pop, justin Vanden

Heuv el , E is enhower Dance

Ensemble

17. Stetit puella

Andriana Chuchman , Laurence Ra cine

18. Circa mea pectoral

Marian Pop , Ch oru s, Isab elle , Laure nc e Ra cin e

19 Si puer cum peullula

Marian Pop , Chorus , Isab ell e, Laurence Racine

20. Veni, veni, venias

C horus, Isab ell e, Lau r en ce Ra cine

21. In trutina

Andriana C hu chman , Sita

Acevedo

22 Tempus et iocundum

Andriana C hu c hm an , Marian

Pop , Justin Vanden H euvel, C horus

23. Dulciss ime

Andriana C hu c hman , Justin Vanden Heuvel, C h orus , Isabe ll e, ] os e ph

Pinz on

BLANZIFLOR ET HELENA

24 Ave formosissima

Andriana Chu chman , Marian Pop , justin VandenH eu vel , C h o rus , Sita Ac ev edo , Darren Ha dd rell , Isab ell e, Emili e Livingston , joseph Pinz on, La uren ce Ra cin e

RASTA THOMAS'

BAD BOYS OF DANCE

Rasta Thomas, Artistic Direct or

OCT. 29-30, 2011

Adrienne Canterna- Thomas, Associate Artistic Director & Choreographer

Phillip Carman, Ballet Mast er & Resident Director

Robbi e Nicholson, Danc e Captain

Lutin Tanner, Lighting Design er & Production Stag e Manager

Anthony]. Cutrona, Managing Director & Treasurer

Brandon Perry Russell, Op erat ions M anager

Dancers: james Boyd, Ryan Carlson, Lee Gumbs, Brandt Martinez, Shane Ohm er, Timmy Olson , Rasta Thomas

Guest Artist: Adri enn e Canterna- Thomas, courtesy of "Pretty Girls of D anc e"

ACT 1: BEAUTIFUL DAY

I GOTTA FEELING- Black Eyed Peas

VERTIGO - U2

CARMEN - Maria Callas (Choreographed by Rasta Thomas)

AMERICAN WOMAN- Lenny Kravitz

CRASH- Dave Mathews Band

VIVA LA VIDA- Coldplay

FAITHFULLY - journey

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU - U2

NE ME QUITTE PAS- jacques Brel

BEAUTIFUL DAY- U2

ACT 2: ROCK YOU

INTRO - Clint Mansell

WE WILL ROCK YOU - Queen

LET'S GO CRAZY - Prince

IN THE CLOSET- Mi chael jackson

PYT- Michaeljackson

BICYCLE - Queen

BABY I'M A STAR - Prince

WANNABE STARTIN ' SOMETHIN ' - Michael jackson

MAN IN THE MIRROR- Micha e l]ackson

WHEN DOVES CRY - Princ e

IT'S ABOUT THAT WALK- Prince

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - Queen

BILLY JEA N- Michael jackson

SMOOTH CRIM I NAL - Michael]ackson

BODY LANGUAGE - Queen

T'HE WAY YOU MAKE YOU FEEL- Michael]ackson

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY- Queen

BAD- Michael jackson

About the Company

Bad Boys of Dance was found e d by dance s up ersta r Rasta Thomas in 2 00 7 . BBD d ebuted a t the 75'h anniver sar y season of th e world renowned American dance festival "j acob's Pillow. " Today the co mp any brings th eir magic to the masses , giving over 150 shows a year, and ha s p erformed for over 500,000 fans worldwide. The Bad Boys are a hit with every crowd , whether it b e dancing on th e ca twalk at NYC Fashion Week for designer Richie Rich or appearing on th e famou s Swiss TV s how "Benissimo. " BBD dancers have performed · on Broadway and in feature film s, a nd have b een adored b y millions o n hit TV s h ows lik e " Dancing with th e Stars. " In 2 010 th ey performed at Ca rnegi e Hall with Sir Elton john for a Rainforest ch a rity even t also s tarring Lady Gaga , Sting, and Bruc e Sprin gs teen. Th ey also had th e distin ct honor of performing a t the op e ning cer emoni es of th e USA Interna tion al Ba lle t Comp e tition In 2 011 they m ade a spec ia l guest performance on "S o You Think You Can Da nce " and are currently touring the world with th eir hit s hows " RO C K th e Ba lle t " a nd "Tap Stars. "

RASIA THOMAS (Artistic Director)

Rasta Thomas was born in San Francisco in 1981 and raised in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia. Rasta studied at the world-renowned Kirov Academy in Washington D C. , and, as a t eenager, made dance comp e tition history with honors including th e Special jury Prize from the 1994 Paris International Dance Competition , the Go ld Medal in the Junior Men's Division from the 1996 Varna Internationa l Ballet Competition, and the Gold Medal in the Senior Men's Division from the jackson, Miss., USA-IBC. In 1995, he becam e a m ember of Lejeune Ballet de Fra nc e and, in 1997 , was invited to b e a Principa l Dance r with the Hartford Ballet. Some of his guest cr e dits includ e American Ballet Th eatr e, Victor Ullate Ballet of Spain , Na tiona l Ballet of China, Jaffrey Ballet, lin es Contemporary Ballet , Comp lex ions Contemporary Ballet, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and Pacific Northwest Ballet. In 2001 Rasta was the first American to become a memb er of the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg , Russia, and in 2003 h e joined Dance Theatre of Harl em. Rasta has danced diverse roles including Albrecht in Gise ll e, Basilio in Don Quixote , Ali in L e Corsaire, and in works by Balanchine, ] erome Robbins, Debbie Allen, Ulysses Dove and jerry Mitchell. Rasta has be en in several TV documentaries, performed at the Academy Awards , was a feature d dancer in an interna tional ad campaign for GAP, and appeared in the fea ture film " One Last Dan ce" starring Patrick Swayze He h as performed at the White Hous e and has appeare d at Harlem's famou s Apo ll o Theater. In 2005, Rasta s tarred on Broadway in Twyla Tharp's hit musical Mavin' Out. In 2007 , Rasta perform ed as a gu es t artist in Othello as th e title role with American Balle t Theatre In 2008 he created the international hit show Rasta Thomas' ROCK The Ballet. www rastathomas com

ADRIENNE CANTERNA -THOMAS

(C horeograph er/Danc er)

A Kirov Academy of Ballet scho larship graduate , Adrienne Canterna is the recipient of numerous national and international awards including th e 1998

Women's junior Gold M edal at the USA International Balle t Co mp etiti o n in Ja ck son , Mississippi. Other pres tigious awards includ e winning th e titl e of Teen Miss Danc e of America a nd the Grishko Award of Excellence in Ballet. Adrienne has traveled ex t en sive ly throughout the United States , Europe, Asia, Australia a nd the Caribbean. As a principal gu es t ballerina she dan ce d the roles of Gamz a tti in La Bayad ere, the Sugar Plum Fai ry in Th e Nutcracker, and Kitri in Don Quixote with th e Universa l Balle t in Seoul , South Korea She has also danced wi th the Wa shington Ballet a nd C omp l exions Contemporary Balle t. She has appeared in numerous galas including th e prestigious Gala des Eto iles , where she p erformed the Le Corsaire pas d e deux with international ballet star Carl os Acosta. Sh e appeare d as a soloist in th e Placido Domingo Tribute to th e Was hing ton Opera , p erforming to "S tars a nd Stripes " in a segm ent direc t ed a nd ch oreographed by D ebbi e Allen, a iring on PBS Adrienne travels the world as a d a n cer, m aster t eac h er, choreographer and judge. Sh e can b e seen as a ballet so lois t in the motion picture "Step Up. " Adri enn e is the ch oreograph er of th e intern a tional hit show Rasta Thomas ' RO CK the Ballet a nd is th e founder and Artistic Direc tor of Pretty Girls of Dance www.pre ttygirlsofdan ce co m

JAMES BOYD (Bad Boy)

James was born and raised in Jacksonville , Florida, and started dancing at age eleven at Dansations Performing Arts Center. His training led him to earn his B. FA from Suny Purchas e College in 2010 , where he be came fluent in ballet , jazz , hip hop, breakdance, modern and tap. James has received numerous scholarships from the conventions L.A.D F, UrbanJamm, Company Dance, and NYCDA .

RYAN CARLSON (Bad Boy)

Ryan was born and raised in Jacksonvill e, Florida , and began his dance training at age eleven at Center Stage Dance Company. Ryan has trained in ballet, jazz, modern , lyrical , contemporary, hip hop and gymnastics. He is a graduate of the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and has received many awards as a competition dancer including Teen Mr Dance of Florida. He has a lso won numerous awards for c horeography and began teaching with the Dancer's Spotlight co nvention at age 15 Ryan is a m ember of the award winning "Systematic " dance crew with recqgnition as the winner of BET's "Best Dance Crew," and has been a featured dancer in several music videos and TV commercials:

LEE GUMBS (Bad Boy)

Lee Gumbs started dancing at age 5 and by age 7 had received scholarships for ballet and jazz classes. Shortly after, he started signing himself up for more classes without permission! This is when his mom realized this was more than a hobb y, and he went on to win numerous regional and national dance competitions. Lee started traveling solo at 15 to L.A ., New York, Las Vegas and Virginia Beach to take advantage of scholarships he had won. At 16 he was th e first boy chosen by Dance Spirit magazine as one of the top three cover models from thousands of entries, and was featured in the magazine for four months. As a senior, Lee became an alumni of the Young Arts and attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York.

BRANDT MARTINEZ (Bad Boy)

Brandt is originally from Peoria, Arizona. Brandt trained at a very young age at Spisak Dance Academy in ballet, tap, jazz , and hip hop. He later furthered his dance education at Tempe Dance Academy where h e learned many different styles that make him the versatile dancer h e is today. Brandt has b een a featur ed dancer in the Inte rnational Dance Alli ance where he toured five countries in Europe. He was an

inaugural dancer in the show "Ballroom Blitz!" through Stiletto Entertainment, where he traveled the Caribbean and Mediterranean on a vista class Holland America ship. Brandt has worked with many choreographers including Tabitha and Napoleon, Tyee Diorio, TOKYO, Joe Lanteri,Joey Dowling, and Jason Parsons. He has been a featured dancer in the annual show "T he Spirit of Christmas" in Phoenix, Arizona, for the past two years. Brandt is very excited to become a m emb er of the Bad Boys of Dance Family where he will continue to further his dance education.

SHANE OHMER (Bad Boy)

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio , Shane began his dance training at th e High School for Creative a nd Performing Arts. Upon an ea rly graduation , he finished his training in Pacific Northwest Ballet School's Professional Division. He has danced in Pacific Northwest Ballet, River North Chicago Dance Company, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, and m ost recently has been a guest artist for numerous companies around the world. Shane ha s toured extensively throug hou t the U.S. , Canada, the Middl e East and Europe performing in works

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by Mats Ek , Ohad Nah ari n , Stijn Celis, Nac h o Duato , William Forsythe, and George Balanchine. H e r ecently created choreography for ce lebrity fashion d esigne r s The Blonds in New York

Fas hion Week. Besides dancing, Shane h as been a runwa y mod el in New York Fashi on Wee k for Commonwealth Utilities and Armani Exchange, and was featured in GQ and GAP Press magazines.

TIM OLSON (Bad Boy)

Tim Olson originally hails from Anoka, Minnesota. Dancing since th e age o f three an d t eac hing since 15, Tim , n ow 21, has studied variou s s tyl es of dance including j azz, tap , b alle t, contemporary and hip hop at N orthland School of Dance and other various schools of dan ce including Broadway Danc e Ce nter an d Steps o n Broadway. He h as travel ed t h e country with some of the industry's top chore ograph ers and has also taug ht master classes and choreogra phed for different projects. His achievements include the 2004 National Teen Titl e , . at West Coast Dance Explosio n , 2005 Tanzsommer Dance Festival in Austria , and top t h r e e senior male at NYCDA. . Tim continues to assist for NY C DA, touring the co untry th e past two

seasons. T his past year , h e danced with Odyssey Dance Theater in Salt Lake City, p erforming produ ction s including m a Wonderful Life, Giselle , and Romeo and juli et. Tim continues to pursue his dreams and goa ls and is excited abo ut upcoming future proj ects.

PHILLIP CARMAN (Resid ent Director/ Ballet Master)

Former Artistic Direc tor of the Maryland Ballet , Phillip Carman h as enjoyed an illustrio u s career in the ballet. As a m emb er of the PA Ballet, Na tiona l Ba ll et of Cana da , Les Grands Ballets Cana di ens, and Tanz Projekt Munchen , he has amassed a wealth of experie nc e. Phillip is in popular d e m and as a Master Teacher, Choreographer & Arts Council specia list. He has served as a Cu ltural Am bas sador in Italy, and his ch oreograp hy continues to receiv e enthusiasti c r eviews in Europe and th e U.S. As Artis tic Director of the Maryland Ballet , h e was r eco gnize d b y th e City of Baltimore for his contributions to the cultural fabric of the city. H e e njoys his work as an interna ti o n a l comp e titions coach , judging top danc e comp e titions and serving as Artistic Director of St. Pa ul Cham b er Balle t.

BAD BOYS OF DANCE

LUTIN TANNER (Lighting Design er/ Production Stage Manager/Tech Direc tor )

Hailing from Mankato, Minn eso ta , Lutin received a B.A in Danc e and Theatre from Western Michigan University. He started his ca ree r as a dancer with Garth Fagan Dance, where h e performed nationally and internationally for fiv e years. H e then went o n to b eco me Resident Lighting Designer & Production Manager for Dance New Amsterdam. In recent tim es Lutin has lit pieces for Arthur Aviles, Sara Ba ird , Brian Brooks , Theresa Duhon , Larry Keigwin , Alex Beller, Earl Mosley, Oliver St eele, Camille A. Brown, Troy Pow ell a nd Kevin Wynn. H e is currently Resident Lighting Designer for EMIA Using his uniqu e da n ce lighting p er spective he has lit theatrical p erformanc es s u ch as 7 Veils and F un era lo gues Lutin is proud to have been with Rasta T h omas's Bad Boys of Dance sin ce its pre mi er at jacob's Pillow in 2007. Thanks and love to his wife Adrienn e , fo r h er understanding of the late nights . Big UP! to his sons Lucien and Ellingto n , Love & Peac e !

F igaro

Cast

In ord r of vocal appeara nce

.jason Hardy (12 , 16, 19) * Andrew Gray (18 , 20)

Susanna Grazia Doronzio (12, 16 , 19)

Andriana Chuchman (18 , 20)

Doctor Bartolo j ason Bud d

Marcellina Melissa Parks

C h e rubino Lauren McN eese Performance made possible by a gift from th e j oseph in e Kl ein er Foundation

Count Almaviva Corey McKern (12, 16 , 19) Ian Greenlaw (18 , 20)

Don Basilio .. ...... .. .. .. .......... . ....... .. ..... .... .. Brian Leduc t

Countess

Almav iva Ra chel W illis-S0 r ens en (12 , 16 , 19 )*

Sian Davies (18 , 20) *

Antonio Timothy Bruno *t

Barbarina Angela Theis *t

Don Curzio j ason Wicksont

joy ce Cohn Young Artist

Bridesmaids Tanya Rob ertst

DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Young Artist Sarah Nisbettt

,. Michigan Opera Th eatre debut

t Barbara Gibson Youn g Artist Program

Michigan Opera Theatre last produced T h e Marriage of F igaro in November 2007 .

SYNOPSIS

Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro is an opera of schemes, the exact plot of which l eaves even scholars bemused and befuddl e d. To enjoy the opera it is only important to know that the central scheme involves the count Almaviva. After a few years of marria ge, th e co unt has grown tired of his wife, Rosina , and is no w h aving lustful feelings towards Figaro 's fiancee, Susanna. Figaro is the count's valet and steward and Susanna is th e Countess ' maid. The Count schemes to initiate an affair with Susanna de spite th e fact that h e has recen tly abolished the droit du seigneur , the feudal right of the master to deflo wer any female of his estate before she is given to h er husband. Figaro schemes rig ht and left , always one step ahead of his master, in order to keep this from h ap p ening . Susanna creates sc h emes d esigne d to avo id th e wand ering hands of th e co unt , w hil e trying to help th e Countess win him back. Cherubino , th e teenage page , who can't keep his hands off any woman w ith in clos e proximity, participates in the schemes of the oth ers wh il e trying to avo id th e Co unt himself. Marcellina sc h e m es to marry F igaro u sing a l ega l loophol e. Dr. Bartolo , h e r former emp loyer, participates in Marcellina 's schemes - in order to take revenge on his enemy Figaro , w h o h e lp e d th e co unt steal Rosina from him. Basilio , th e mu s i c t eac h er and factotum, s ti cks his nose in everyo n e's schemes . By th e end of the day, th e count has l earned an important lesso n about double checking w ho he is ac tu a lly hav ing a tryst wi th. Figaro is married to Susanna an d a ll is well.

- Courtesy of Mark S t res hinsky. Steshinksy direc t ed MOT's 2007 production of Figaro.

MOT's 2007 production of Figaro

A conversation with Kazem Abdullah

BY jEFF STRAYER

Wh en it comes to Mozart, American conductor Kazem Abdullah has an id ea why the three operas the composer wrote with Lorenzo da Ponte (Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi Jan tutte) remain so popular some 200 years later.

"Even though they were set in a different time period, people can relate to the characters and the situations, " Abdullah said. In Figaro, for instance , " Cherubino is this y oung adolescent who has a humongous crush on the countess. He has that sort of t eenage angst and p ent-up lust , and I think we have all gon e through that ourselves. "

Growing up with music

Abdullah 's first memory of opera came as a yo ung adolescent himself, around age 11.

· - "One of the first things I saw was the Me t on television, " he said "The opera was Di e a nd I rem ember b eing amazed by the story an d th e voices and the acting. "

Like many American c hildren, Abdullah's involv em en t in music began in public school w h en h e started playing the clarinet in fourth grade. As a yo ung man gro wing up in Da y ton, Ohio, discovering th e arts at school sparke d what would b eco m e a passion a nd , ultimately, a career

"Th e arts were a great creative outlet for expression that didn't have to do with words , nec essarily," Abdu llah said. But at th e s am e time , "it w as a lso a social thing , wh e re you c ould me e t and work with oth er young p eople."

H e wou ldn't see hi s first liv e op era for seven more years after watching th e Met on TV In th e m eantime , he co ntinu ed to study cl arin et , and attended th e Interlo ch e n Arts Camp in north ern Michigan for six summers and on e school yea r. It was there th a t h e also b ega n to s tudy condu c ting .

Finally, on a trip to Berlin at age 18 , h e go t to see Elehtra.

" It's such a l arge pi ece with a large orch es tra and very drama tic, " h e said "T h a t r eally m a d e a n impac t. "

After h igh sc h oo l , Abdullah s tudie d a t th e Cin cinn a ti C onserva t ory of Mu si c a n d th e Univ ers ity of So uth ern Ca lifornia In 2 00 6, he b ecame an assis tant a nd cover co nductor a t the Me tropolitan Op er a , working with the Me t's l ongtim e mu sic direc tor j ames

Kazem Abdullah

feelings for Michigan because I spent so many summers at Interlochen ," Abdullah said. "The Midwest has always had this great tradition of kids being involved in music and the arts, and that's always been very strong in cities like Cincinnati, Cleveland and Detroit. "

This time he returns to conduct one of the most celebrated operas ever written, Mozart's Th e Marriage of Figaro.

"You 're dealing with real human beings with r eal human emotion , in real situations One theme that's prevalent is the idea of fidelity and its importance , and I think that's something that's consistent th ro ugh time "

Levine. When h e made his Met debut And what of the famous overture ?

"It h as its own sense of suspense. in 2009 conducting Gluck's Orfeo ed Eu ridice, Abdullah was just 29 years old

Mozart in the Midwest

Although this fall marks Abdullah's debut with Michigan Opera Theatre, he has worked in Detroit before, including c onducting for the De troit Symphony Orchestra in 2010.

" I always enjoy co ming ba ck to th e Midwest, and I feel particularly warm

It starts comp letely pianissimo (s oft) but presto (fast), a nd with these two qualities , Mozart starts the overture with a qu es tion mark that doesn 't get answered until later.

'Just come and list en and enjoy the music , and y ou'll find it makes th e story more interesting and bring out certa in subtleti es that a play just can not do."

We can't offer better advice than that.

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- Cate Blanchett Academy Award-winning actress

-Donna Karan Creator of the Do nna Ka ran Co llection and DKNY

- Stephen L. Norris, Co-founder of The Carlyle Group

-John McColgan RJVerdance Producer

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Artistic Director

Gerard Charles

Executive Director

Ch e ri Mitchell

Ballet Mistress: Rebec c a Rodrigu ez-Hodory I Balle t Master: Hisha m Omardien

Conceived and created by Gerard Charles and Robert Post Choreography by Gerard Charles I Music composed by Pe ter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Scenery for Act I d esigned by Peter Horne I Scenery fo r Act II d esigned by Dan Gray

Costumes d esigned b y Rebecca Baygents Turk , Aimee Gr eer, Lynn Ho lbroo k Lighting d esigned by David Grill Na rra t ed by Roger Mo ore

Accomp anied by the Mi chigan Opera Th ea tre Orch es tra Condu cted b y Peter Stafford Wils on

Company Dancers: Adrienne Benz , Andrew Brader, jessica Brown, Olivia C la rk , Andres Este v ez, Aus t in Finl ey, E mily Gotschall , Drew Grant , Dustin james , Be tha n y Lee, Sa m a ntha Le wis , Anni e M a llonee, Courtney M usc roft , jimmy Orrante, Ty Parmenter, E mily Ra mirez , Ke rri Riccardi , j ac kson Sarve r , G a briel Smith, David Tla iye , Zoi ca Tovar, jorge Villarini , David W a rd , Carri e W es t, Ke lly Ya nkle Addi t iona l Da n cer s : Braed e n Ba rnes, M arissa Pa rme nte r. C omp a n y Traine es : Louisa C h a pma n , La ure n Sh erwood , Be ila Ungar

Balle tMe t's Company Dancers are m emb er s of the American Guild o f Musical Artis ts , the Union of profess ional singers and dancers who crea te Am erica's Op er a tic, Ch o ra l , a nd Dance Heri tage

Thi s presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund , a program of Arts Midwes t funded by th e National Endowme nt for the Arts , with additional contribu tions from Michigan Council fo r the A1ts & Cultural Affairs , General Mill s Found ation , and Land O'Lakes Foundation.

Act I

It is Christmas Eve, a night of magi c, when anything can happen. The newly fallen snow glistens on the rooftops and excitement is in the air. Herr Drosselmeyer, a very old friend of the Stahlbaum fam ily, passes by thei r house and leaves an ea rly presen t for the fami ly Insid e the Stahlbaum hou se Clar a and Fritz wait as their family makes sure everything is r eady for that evening's grand party. The gu ests arrive and the fun b egins. Of course, there is lots of dancing and m any presents

When Herr Drosselmeyer, who is also Clara 's Godfather, comes to the h ouse, magical things always happen. Every year h e crea tes delightful to ys unlike any thing else in the worl d . This year h e h as some ver y special surprises for Clara and h er fami ly

Although Clara loves the lifelike Sp anis h doll , and Fritz the · exciting Chinese doll , they canno t b e left for the children to play with. Instead Drosselmeye r ha s another very special and unusual gift, a remarkable nutcracke r that h e gives to Clara. An ger ed that h e too cannot crack nuts with his t eeth , Fritz regrettably b r eaks the nutcracker. Drosselmeyer is quick to r epair th e nutcracker for Clara, but Fritz is still looking for tro uble and finds a rat with which to tease Cla ra.

Once all the gu es ts leave the part y, th e Stahlb aums go t o b ed. Clara is awake n ed by a strange sound. Worried that h er nutcracker is alone downstairs, she goes to find him and falls aslee p on the couch. Suddenly mice surround h er. Drosselm eye r is acting ve ry strangely and h er nightmare continu es as the whole house transforms aro und her. A m enacing Mouse Ki n g orders his minions to stea l the nutcracker from Clara The Spanish and Chinese dolls come to h elp h er but th e m a rauding mice carry th em off. Ju st w h en Clara thinks all is los t , h er nutcr acker suddenly comes t o life an d temporarily sca res the mice away A huge battle b etween the to y so ldiers and th e mice foll ows. The Mo u se King is abou t to defeat the nu tc racker, but Clara saves the day Sh e discovers that by d efeatin g the Mouse Ki n g, sh e has free d the prince who had b een t ra ppe d in the nutcr acker , an d she u nd ers tands that Drosselm eyer h a d a purpo se in all the s trange things h e h ad done that night. Clar a and her prince p ass through a wondFous snowy lan d as they b egin their j ourney together to his h ome in the land o f the Su ga r Plum Fairy

Act II

New s that th e young prince is fina lly r eturning home r eaches the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy, wh e re p eopl e from all c orners of the w orld - and the world of the im agination - come to gr ee t Clar a and h er Prince After h earing th e story of Clar a r escu ing the Prince, the Su gar Plum Fairy arranges a grand celebra tion in Clara's honor fi lled with m an y wondrous surprises , inclu d in g b eing r eunite d wi th the Spanish doll "This mu st b e what it's like," Clara thinks, "to be inside on e of Godfath er's inventions."

Sadly, th e n ight comes to an end Eve n thou gh Cla ra w ants to st ay, it is time to leave this en chanted land. Like a wonder ful dream, this ma gica l nigh t will stay with h er forever. Comp le te Ballet N otes are availab le at www.balle tme t .org.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

BALLETMET CO LUMBUS, known for its ve rsa tility and innovative rep ertory, ranks among the nations 15 largest d an ce com panies, and its Dan ce Acad em y r anks am on g the five largest pro fessional d an ce -training centers. Since its incep tion in 1978 , Balle tMet h as added 152 comp an y premier es to its re p ertoire and produ ce d 124 w orld premieres. It h as also d eveloped Dan ceReach , a series of edu cation al and outreach progr ams th at serve 35,000 p eople annually, as well as a sch olarsh ip p rogr am that p rovid es full tuition for talented minority and u n d erser ve d yo ut h.

WHO 'S WHO

Gerard Charles (Artistic Director & Choreographer) w as named BalletMet Artistic Director in 2001, having se r ve d as Interim Artistic Direc tor. Born in Folkestone, England , Mr. Charles trained at the Royal Ballet Sch oo l in Lond on and dance d in Europ e and North Amer ica. Upon r e tiring from the stage , h e was Balle t Mas ter for BalletMe t and Les Grand s Balle ts Canadiens befo r e re turning to BalletMet as Associate Artistic Direc tor.

Cheri Mitchell (Executive Direct or) was named Execu tive Director in 200 1, having served as Balle tMe t 's Director o f Marketing and Co mmunications . Prior to JOining BalletMet, she w as Managing Director o f Con temporary Ame rican Theatre Compan y in Co lumbus.

Robert Post (Co-Creator) h as earne d national renown with his on e-man sh ows that sh owcase his acute sen se of the absurd and unp aralleled skills of physica l p r esentation. A Columbu s n a ti ve, Mr. Post has crea t ed more than 3 0 works, includin g Robert Pos tIn Perfo rmance, an award -winning special aired on PBS, an d has toured 4 5 sta tes in the U .S. , Ca n ada, Mexico and J apan.

Roger Moore (Na rrator) , bo rn in Clapham , London, attende d the Royal Aca d em y of Dramatic Art. While h e starred on st age and screen , the h eight of h is ca ree r cam e in 1972 when h e was cast as J ames Bond , a series he con tinu ed for seven film s. He was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Am b assador in 1999. Recently, Moore ha s voiced several animate d ch ar ac ters in fil ms and h as appeared in Lond on 's Wes t End an d on Bro adway He re ceived a star on the Ho llywoo d Walk o f Fame in 2007.

Reb ecca Rodriguez-Hodory (Ballet Mistress) d anced with Balle tMe t for nine years, and wa s named Balle t Mistress full-time in 2004 . She attended the Philippin e High Scho ol for the Arts and The Fabe lla -Elej ar Dance Stu d ios b efo re j oining the San Fran cisc o Ballet Sch oo l. Sh e has d anc ed with Man ila Metrop olis Balle t , Dallas Ballet , Cin cinnati Balle t and as a guest with Ballet Philippines and Philippine Ballet Th eater.

Hisham Omardien (Ball et Master) danced w ith BalletMet for seven years and is in his six th season as Ballet Master. Born in Worces ter, South Africa , h e train ed at the Julia Hickman Academ y o f Dan ce and the University of Cap e Town Balle t Sch oo l. He d an ced w ith the Cap e Town Ci ty Balle t an d Sta te Theatre Balle t and is a two-time r ecipient of th e South African Balletomaines Award Mr. Omardien also r eceived the 2004 Violetta Boft Memorial Aw ard.

Reb ecca Bay gents Turk ( Co stume Design er) is a profession al cos tume d esign er and artisan wi th an exten sive background in direc ting costume pro du c tio n She h as d esigned costumes for co mpanies ac ro ss the country and sp ent over a yea r as an Artis tin -Resi dence/C ostume Designer w ith the New York City Balle t.

Lynn Holbrook (Co stume Designe r) ser ve d as Assistant Costumer at Wrigh t Stat e University and for eight seas ons as BalletMet 's Ward rob e Su p er visor H er o the r cos tuming cr edits inclu d e universi ty, pro fessional and regional theatres in Ohio, Michigan , New York and California, including the Colu m bus Light Opera.

David Grill (Lighting Designer) has designed lighting for Theater, Dance , Opera, Television , Architectural Projects, and Indu strials taking him from the Great Wall of China to the Great Stage of Radio City Mu sic Hall H e has b een fea tured in numerou s publications including Lighting Dimensions and TCI and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Co-Chairman of the Design/Te chnology Department at Purchase College , State University of New York.

Adrienne Benz (Dancer), a New j er sey native returns to BalletMet fo r h er ninth She trained at Theatre Arts Dance Academy where she perform ed with Theatre Dance America. She ha s also studied with American Ballet Thea tre. Ms. Benz ea rned a Prin cess Gr ace Award (2 006) and the Violetta Bo ft Award (20 09 ) and was n am ed one of Dance Magazine's 25 To Watch in 2010.

Andrew Brader (Dancer) traine d with Karen H eb ert at the New Orleans Cente r for the Creative Arts. H e then attended The Harid Co n servatory and th e j aqu eline Kennedy Onasis Sc hool at American Ba lle t Theatre. He h as d an ced with the Houston Ballet and Lo s Angeles Ballet for four yea r s. Thi s is his 3'd season with Bal1e tM et.

jessica Brown (Dance r ) , a Kansas City n ative, r eceived h er training at Ameri can Dan ce Center. Sh e h as studie d at Bost on Ba lle t and Milwaukee Ballet summ er programs and p erformed in the RDA Honors Ch oreography Proj ect at th e 2002 Int ernational Balle t Compe tition This is Ms. Brown's seventh season with BalletMe t after d ancing for one year as a trainee .

Olivia Clark (Dancer) was born in Bellville, Ohio , and trained in the Pre -Professional Training Program of BalletMet Dance Acad emy, where sh e re ceived the Lu cy Porter Scholarship N ow in h er fourteen th season with BalletMe t , Ms. Clark h as d an ce d p ro fessio n ally with Festival Balle t of Rhode Island and Na sh ville Ball et. O livi a is also the recipi ent o f the 2010 Viol etta Boft Award

Andres Es t evez (Dance r) b egan his trainin g in H ava na , Cuba , and lat er d an ce d with Balle t Nacional d e Cuba and Balle t Clasico d e Ia H avana. His career incl ud es tours o f several cou ntries as w ell as win ning silver and bronze in the Ali cia Alon so comp e ti ti on in Cub a and a

gold m eda l in a comp etiti on in Brazil. Mr Estevez joined the Miami City Balle t in 1996. In 199 8 h e j oined Orlando Ballet as a p rincipal dancer.

Austin M .G. Fi nley (Dance r ) b egan hi s training in Clearwa te r, Fla. H e studied with teachers including Lidia Fomina , Pavel Fomin and Suza nne Pomerant zeff. He trained with Ch autauqua Ins titu te , Pitt sburgh Balle t Theatre, Miami City Ballet , Sch ool of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre H e trained at the jacquelin e Kenned y Onassis Sch ool at Ame rican Ballet Th eatre prior to joining Balle tM et in 200 9.

E mily Gotschall (Dancer ) r eturns t o Ball etMet fo r h er se venth season A C olu mb u s, O hio , native, sh e tra ined at th e Ball e tMe t Dan ce Aca d em y and was a m emb er o f th e Professional Trainin g Program Prio r to j o inin g Ball etM e t , Ms. Gotsch all d an ce d for seve n seaso ns with Dayton Ba llet and wi th Te rp sicorps Th ea tre of Dan ce in Ash evill e , NC.

Drew Grant (Dan ce r) Bo rn in Phil ad elphia , Mr. Grant train ed with The Rock Sch oo l , the j acqu elin e Kenne d y Ona ssis Sch oo l at American Ballet T h ea tre, and wit h th e Sch oo l of Am er ican Ball et. After hi s gr adu ation he

spen t two seas ons with the Lo s An geles Ballet. Thi s is h is first season with BalletMet.

Dustin james (Dancer) b egan his training at age 11 in H oust on , Texas. From there h e went to Disc ove r y Dance Group. Mr. j ames s tudied at the H igh Sch oo l for the Perfo rmi n g and Visual Arts and at Ben Stevens on 's Hou ston Ballet Academy He w as a member o f H ou ston Balle t 2 for tw o years. This is his fourth season with BalletMet.

Bethany l ee (Dancer), origin ally fro m Ch ar lotte, N.C. , re turns to BalletMet fo r h er se venth seaso n . Sh e gradu a ted from Hou ston Ball et in 20 05 wh er e sh e was a part of Hou ston Ball et 2 W hile in Hou ston , sh e enj oye d work ing with su ch ch o reo gr ap h er s as Stant on Welch and Clau d io Munoz.

Samantha Lewis (Dancer) joins Balle tMe t for h er fourt h season after one season as a trainee. A Co lum b u s, O h io , n ati ve, sh e traine d a t Balle tM et and is a grad u ate of the Profession al Trainin g Progra m Sh e was a reci pien t o f the Daryl Ka m er, Lu cy Porter and Nan cy Strau se sch olar ship s. Ms . Lewis h as studie d with Amer ican Ballet Th eatr e and as an app r entice with the Ch autau qua Ball et.

Annie Mallonee (Dan cer ) , fro m Plac erville , Ca lif. , is in h er eigh th seas on with Ba ll etMet. Prior to j oin in g t h e company, sh e trained with Balle tMet and rece ived the Lucy Porte r Sch olars h ip. Sh e h as also stu died with the Sacram ento Balle t , Lines Ball et , and Id yllwild Arts Aca d em y Sh e h as p articipa ted in the Co lumbu s Choreogr aphy Proj ec t an d ap p ear ed wi th O p era Co lu mb u s and ProMu sica Ch ambe r O r ch es tra.

Courtney Muscroft (Dancer) was born in Columbus, Ohio, and studied with Columbus Youth Ballet and for one year at Canadas N ational Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Miami City Balle t. Sh e was an apprentice with New York City Ballet and became a member of the corps de balle t in 2007. This is her third season with BalletMet.

Jimmy Orrante (Dance r) r ece ived a 2005 Princess Grace Choreography Award. Now in his 1 7 th se ason with Balle tMet, the Los Angeles native has choreographed several works for BalletMet. He attended the Los Angeles County High Scho ol for the Performing Arts and the No rt h Carolina School of the Arts. He has p er form ed with Me mphis Balle t , Nevada Dance Th ea tre, Los Angeles Ch am be r Ballet , Dance Kaleidoscope , N orthern Ballet Theatre and Dance St. Louis

Ty Parmenter (Dancer) s tudie d a t Canad a's N ational Ballet School in Toronto Upo n gradu ating h e JOine d Fe stival Ba lle t Pro vid ence fo r three Ty then went on to p erform with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens d e N.ontreal and th e Mozart Summer Festival in W urzburg , German y. Prior to j oining Ball etMet this seaso n , Ty d ance d w ith Do minic Walsh Dance Th ea ter in H ou st on .

Emily Ramirez (Dan ce r ) is in h e r eighth se ason with Balle tM et aft er d an cing with Hou s to n Ballet 2 and the Sand r a O rgan Dance Compan y. Born in Pasa d en a, Texas , sh e stu d ie d at Hou s ton s High Schoo l for the Perfo r m in g Arts. Sh e rec eive d sch olarship s t o Ad amson Ballet Sch ool and Hou sto n Ba lle t. Sh e was a winne r of the 200 8 Columbu s Ch oreography p roj ec t.

Ke rri Riccardi (Dancer), a New Yo r k n a tive, j oins Balle tMe t for h er third sea son. Ms Ricca rd i r eceived h er train ing from Balle t Academy Eas t as w ell as the Sch oo l o f Am erican Ballet. Sh e h as s p ent sum m er s s tu dyi n g with Boston Ba llet , Am erican Balle t Thea tre and San Fran cisco Ballet .

Ja cks on Prescott Sarver (Dancer ) , re turning for his eighth se as on , train ed a t Nan Klinge r 's Excellence in Dan ce an d per formed wi th th e Cu ya h oga Valley Yo uth Ba lle t in Akron, O hio . He spent s u mmer s a t th e Sc hoo l of Am er ican

Balle t, Chautauqua Dance Festival and Houston Ballet Academy. He attended college at the North Carolina School of the Arts , graduating in 2008 with a BFA in Dance.

Gabriel Gaffney Smith (Dan ce r), from Saugerties, New York , b egan dancing at the Saugerties Ballet Center. After studying in t he Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School Graduate Program, h e joine d the Company in 2 005 as a corps d e b allet memb er. Mr Smith has also p er fo rmed with Ri ve r N orth J azz Co mp an y and Hisa t o mi Yoshiko Ballet. This is h is fo urth season with BalletMet.

David Tlaiye (Dancer) was born in Puebla , Mexico , and b egan dancing a t Myr a Mie r School of Balle t in New Orlean s a t age 11. H e s tudied at Sou th Carolina Dan ce Con ser va to ry's su m m er session and at Houston Ballet Academy. Now in his eighth season with BalletMet , Mr. Tlaiye d ance d previou sly wi th Bruce Wood Dan ce Company and Te rp sico rp s Thea tre o f Dance

Zoica Tovar (Dan cer) b egan h e r trai ning at age nine at the Alejo Ca mp entie r Ball et School in Cub a . After graduation , she was acce pte d at Ballet Clasico d e Ia Havan a . Sh e b ecam e a p rincipal b a ller in a shortly a fter JOining the com pan y. Sh e r eceive d a silve r m edal in the Alicia Alonso co m petitio n in Cub a and a silve r m ed al in Brazil. Ms. Tovar m o st recentl y d an ce d with the O rlando Balle t.

Jorge Andre s Villarini (Dan cer ) h ails from San Ju an , Pu erto Rico . He recently rece ive d a BFA in Dance with a concen tra tion in Balle t fro m Marymo unt Man h attan Co ll ege. During his t ime a t Marymo u nt , Mr Villa rini was th e firs t r ecipient o f the Lisa Tac hick- H ooper Sch olar sh i p as well as be ing o n a full sch o larshi p to train at t h e J acqu eline Ke nned y Onassis Sc h ool a t Am e rican Ball et Thea tre

D avid Ward (Dan cer) born in Lewish am , England , joins Balle tMe t fo r his second season Pr ior t o coming to Balle tMet , Mr. W ard train e d a t th e Doro thy Mars h all Sch oo l of Dance and Dra m a , th e English Natio n al Balle t Sch oo l , and s p ent 5 years d an cin g wi th North ern Ba lle t Th eatr e in Leed s, En gland

Carrie We st (Dance r), born in Cali fo rnia, r eceived h er training wi th the Sacramen to Ba ll et as we ll as th e Sa n Fran cisco Ballet

School, the School of American Ballet and the Ho uston Ballet Academy. Prior to joining BalletMet in 1998 , she danced exclusively with the Sacramento Ballet. Ms. West was the recipient of the Violetta Boft Memorial Award for Excellence in 2004.

Kelly Yankle (Dancer), studied at The School of Canton Ballet. She received scholarships to Pacific Northw est Ballet, Chautauqua Institution , The Sch o ol of American Balle t , Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and particip ate d in a profession al workshop with Alon zo King. Prior to joining BalletMet this season, Kelly danced for the Cincinnati Ballet for five yea rs

Braeden Barnes (Dancer) studied at the Faubourg School of Ballet , Academ y o f Dan ce Arts, and was a trainee for 2 years at the Jaffrey Ballet. He attended the Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Hubb art Street Dance summer programs u n der a full scholarshi p He n ow is thrilled to join BalletMe t fo r his l s t season

BalletMet Columbus Production Staff

Pro d uc tion Man age r J amie S. Gross

Stage Manager . .. ..Malia Argu ell o

H ead Carpenter Vernie Ward *

Assis tant Carpenter ........ .. William Cecil *

H ea d Flyman Bob b y Stevens*

Hea d Props Jennifer Bull en *

Head Electrician Judy Barto *

Costume Shop Man age r Shuj ie Hu

Asst. Costume Shop Man ager/ Ward robe Mistress ................. Erin Rollin s

Apprentice/

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TOO HOT TO HANDEL

Sponsored by Mack, Avenue Records

Pre-concert lecture, Sunday, December 4 at 2 p.m.

TOO HOT TO HANDEL

Th e Con cordia Orchestra of New York City co mmissioned Too Hot

To Hand el in 1993 , from arrangers

Bob Chris ti anson and Gary Anderson

Sin ce the first p erforma nce at Lincoln Center, crowds h ave smi led, ch eered and danced in their seats (and sometimes in th e aisles !) Too Hot captures the essential core of H andel's famou s mas terwork and reint erprets it with chord s of rhythm an d blues , j azz and gospel. Th e end result? A dynamic and uplifting celebration that mus t be experience d . Simply put : Too Hot To Handel is Messiah re-created

Music on loan fro m th e archi ves of the Co ncordia Orches tra , Ma rin Al sop , foundin g music directo r and conductor.

PART I

Sinfony

Comfort ye

Every valley

And the glory o f the Lord shall b e revealed ,

Thu s saith the Lo rd

But wh o may abid e th e day of His coming

And He sh all purify

Behold , a virgin shall conceive

0 thou that t ellest goo d tidings to Zion

For b ehold , darkness sh all cover the earth

The p eople that walked in d arkness

For unto u s a child is b orn

Th ere were sheph erds abi ding in th e fie ld

And suddenly there wa s wi th the an gel

Glory to God

Intermission

PART II

Rejoice greatly

Then sh all th e eyes of the b lind b e op en ed

H e sh all feed his fl ock

His yo k e is easy

Beh ol d the Lamb of God

Surely He hath borne our grie fs **

All we like sh eep h ave gone astray

Beh old , I tell yo u a mys tery

Th e trump et sh all sound

The Lord gave the wo rd

Why do th e nations so furiou sly rage

Halleluj ah!

* * with David Vau ghn , ba ss-barit one

RACKHAM SYMPHONY CHOIR

Rackham Symphony Choir launches its 62nd season with th e lOth Anniver sary of its signature p i ece , Too Hot To Handel. The work exemplifies Ra ck ham's m ission of b r inging bo th classical and con temporary ch oral mas terpieces- someti mes with a twist - t o appreciative au di ences throughout southeast Michigan U nder the visio nary leadership o f Suzanne Mallare Acton, both th e rep ertoire and educational pr ograms , such as th e High Schoo l Vocal Internship Program , have expan d ed RSC has enjoyed a rich musical h eri tage of performing with many of the world's most cel ebra ted artists , ranging from con du ctors Thomas Schippers and Antal Dorati t o singers Luciano Pavarotti and joan Sutherland. RSC was awarded Michigan's 2008 Governor's Arts Award

To l earn more about Rackham's current sche dule, vi s it www rackhamchoir.org.

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Phyllis Snow

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Carl & Lo ri Pesta

Friends

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Richard & Susan Bingham

Bruce Bisballe & Fran

Bachmann

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Arthur & Nola Chester

Willi a m & Pamel a D ay

C Thomas & Beth L. D e ue l

Jeff & Germaine Fritz

Joshua & Emily Eichenhorn

Susan A. Fox

Dennis & Marg Glaza

James & Dawn Hughes

Rog er & Nancy Nelson

Jim & Sara h Piper

Bud Uhl

Mary Lou Zieve

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Joan McCaskill

Ronald Michalak & Barbara

Frankel

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Symphony Choir:

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ARTIST PROFILES

Suzanne Mallare Acton

From opera to Handel's Messiah to contemporary jazz, conductor Suzanne Mallare Acton is recognized

for her versatility and dynamic style. For Michigan Opera Theatre , Ms. Acton's conducting credits include: West Side Story, Th e Barber of Seville, Music Man , Th e Pirat es of Penzance, The Mikado, Di e Fledermaus, La Traviata, The Daughter of the Regiment, La Boheme, El Capitan, and Th e Tender Land. Additional conducting credits include My Fair Lady and La Traviata for Dayton Opera, The Merry Widow and Madam e Butterfly for Artpark, and Tasca for Augusta Opera. Ms. Acton has served as guest conductor for Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, BirminghamBloomfield Symphony Orchestra, Lai<.e St. Clair Symphony Orchestra, the Lex ington Bach Festival, and the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra .

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Rackham Symphony Choir under Suzanne Acton, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic , Umbria Music Festival , TodiMusicFest, Holders Season Gala in Barbados, Liu in Turandot at Lancaster Festival, Grant Park Music Festival, Millennium Park Gala , Kennedy Center, Auditorium Theatre , Chicago Opera Theater, Chorus Angelorum , and Chicagoland Pops Orchestra. Ms. Burke filmed the 2010 Prague PBS special Hallelujah Broadway and recorded it on EMI/Manhattan Records label in the Cz ech National Symphony Orchestra Studios She performed in the national tour of]erome Kern's Show Boat at the Kennedy Center and Auditorium Theatre, directed by Harold Prince Her recordings include her solo CD, From th e Heart (2002) ; Chicago Olympic 2016 Bid Anthem , I Will Stand (2008); and Hall elujah Broadway (2010). She received Master and Bachelor of Musi c d egre es from Roosevelt University and currently serves on the RU CCPA Advisory Board. Visit www.sopranoalfredaburke.com and Alfreda Burke on Facebook.

Rodrick Dixon

Detroit Opera House and at Auditorium Theatre under the baton of Suzanne Acton. Visit www.pinnaclearts com

Karen Marie Richardson

Alto Karen Marie Richardson's voice has been described by Edgechicago.com as "a gift from God" and "her ability to express every facet of rejection through the subtlety of her musicality " as "simply gorgeous ."

As a l eade r in the Michigan arts scene, Ms. Acton is known for h er bold repertoire a'nd ventures into multim e dia programming. As artistic/music directo r of Rackham Symphony Choir, she ha s presented Ca rmina Burana with the E isenhower Dance Ensemble at the Macomb Center for the Performing Ans, African Sanctus with the English co mposer David Fanshawe, and the Detroi t premiere of Voices of Light, a work for soloists , orchestra, choir and the historic silent film "T he Passion of joan of Arc " at the State Theater, with composer Ri ch ard Einhorn.

Alfreda Burke

Soprano Alfreda Burke's vocal artistry h as b een d escrib ed as "vo luptuous , crea my and lu xuriant " (Howard Reich , Chicago Tribune).

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No rth America and Europ e Ms. Burke

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debut in Strauss' Elek tra with th e Chicago Symph ony Orchestra l ed by Danie l Bare nboim. Highlighte d p erformances include the Ch icago Symphony at Ravinia under Eri ch Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Symp hon y Orchestra under john Morris Ru sse ll , De troit Opera Hous e and 24 BRAVO

ln 2011, tenor Rodrick Dixon appeared at the Ravinia Festival, the May Festival , the Cincinnati Symphony presentation of Classical Roots and Pops, the premiere of the PBS Special Hallelujah Broadway, and made his d ebut as the Duke in Cincinnati Opera's production of Rigoletto In 2010 , he had three major recording and film releases: Arthaus Musik DVD/DVD Blu-ray Ze mlinsky's Der Zwerg (Conlon, LA Opera); Albany Records CD Recorded Music of the African Diaspora; a nd EMU Manhattan Records DVD/CD release of the PBS Special Hall elujah Broadway filmed liv e in Prague. He made his Los Angeles Philharmo nic debut in the title rol e of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex conducted b y Esa -Pekka Salonen and direc t ed b y Peter Sellars, and repea ted the production a t the Sydney Arts Fes tiva l in Australia. He has appeared with opera companies throu ghout the U.S. including Michigan Opera Theatre. Mr Dixo n has con certize d with soprano Alfreda Burke throu ghout Umbria in Italy, the U.S. and Barbados. His recent PBS specia ls include th e Washington Op era Gala a t Consti tution Hall and the Mark Twain Awards honoring Whoopi Goldberg a t the Kennedy Center. Annually, Mr. Dixon h as p erform ed concerts of Too Hot To Handel a t the

Richardson's 2011 appearance in Too Hot To Handel at the Detroit Opera House will be her third in as many years Her background includes theatre, music , and voice -over work including the Silk Smooth Touch radio campaign. Among h er recent stage appearances are Rag tim e th e Musical at Drury Lane Oakbrook featuring Quentin Earl Darrington , The Mistress Cycl e at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre , Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at Drury Lan e Theatre, and Hairspray th e Musical at Fireside Theatre of Wisconsin . In addition to h er singin g career s h e works assisting th e visually impaired , most recently helping th em participate in Chicago's 2009 city elections. She is currently working on a new solo music project , fusin g the genres of jazz, soul, and pop to create a new sound She received a Bachelor of F ine Arts d egree in Musica l Theatre from Millikin University

MUSIC BEYOND IMAGINATION 2011-12 SEASON

An Affair to Re memb er February 11 , 20 12

Andiamo, Warren Dining and auction with Marion Hay den , Dave Taylor and Alvin Waddl es

OperaFest!

Ma rch 23 , 2012

Seligman Theater, Bloomfield Hills

Featuring so prano Irina Mis hura

Sounds of Et ernity

April 29, 20 1 2

De troit Film Theatre

Bac h 's Mass i n B Minor performed with Bastia n C lev e's film

Musical Journey from Bach to Broadway

May 6, 2012

Nardin Park United M ethodis t C hurc h , Fa rming ton Hills

Third Annu al High School Inte rnship Showcase

May 20 , 20 12

F irs t Presbyt eria n C hurch of Ro ya l Oak

RACKHAM SYMPHONY C H OIR

ADMINISTRATION

Melissa Bunke r

Marg Glaza

Executive Director

Administrativ e & Marketing Direc tor

Bud Uhl, Pres ident

Scott Maggart , Vic e Pres ident

Maureen Abel e

Suzanne Mallare Acton

Alisha M. Baker

julie McF a rland

Su zanne Mallare Acton

Artistic & Music Direc tor

Administrative Assistant

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Victoria Bigelow

William Day

Tom De u e l

Emily Eichenhorn

jeffrey Fritz

Susan Fox

Bryan Hoeft

Arthur jones

Lynnjovick

j ames Leyerle

RACKHAM SYMPHONY CHOIR

josep h j ac kso n Accompanist

Patricia Min n ick

Lavern e Schenk

Gail Sobecki

Lawrence Stepney

Angela Vohs

SOPRANO

Victoria Bigelow*

Kathy Boettcher

joan Crawford

Nora Curiel

Edith Faires

Vanessa Ffi:rriole

Em il y Gay

Avital Granot

Beth Smith Deuel

judi Szefi

Ayana Thomas

Diana Turner

Kate Williams

Rachel W illiams**

Kim Witten

Sofie Zane

Noellejacquez ALTO

j essica Knott

Kath leen Koom en ***

Denise Kurowski

Mijung Le e

Sarah McGovern

j eanine Mill er

j ennifer Pasha

Kathy Sampson

julie Siders Byrum

Kate Sikora

Gil es Simmer

j anice Simon

Maureen Abele

Beth Adams

Fran Ba chmann

Laura Bayley

Sandra Bomar

Karshibia Davidson

Kathleen Duffy

Em ily Eich e nhorn

Victoria Isabell

Mi cha el Covert

We ndy Keebl er jose ph Dlu z ni ewski

Ann e Maters jeff Fritz

Milly Matis

Andrea Mills

Patrici a Minnick

Nancy Nelson

Donald Gay

Erik Hernandez **

Chris jones

jeff Krueger *

Sarah Pip er jim Moore

Janna Roop

Regina Steiger

Patricia Stewart

Linda Van Buren

Lori Weath erwa x

Barbara Wilson

Ruth Zaromp

TENO R

Philip Abele

Louise Fisher * Mi chael Boettcher

SusanA. Fox

Yvonne Friday

Kimberly Henderson

Fred Buchalter

Tony Camill etti

Patrick Clampitt

Clifton Shaw

Bill Steiner

Stephen Stewart

Brett Thompson

Harry Williams , Jr.

Thomas Younger

BASS

Dominik Belavy **

Simone Bonino

jason Brown

Tim Cho lyway

Douglas Cox

Darren DeWitt *

TOO HOT TO HAN D EL ORCHESTRA

VIOLIN I VIOLA SAXO PHONE TROMBONE

Charlotte Merkerson, john Madison

Co n certmas t er

Scott Stefanko

Bryan johns ton james Greer

Andre wWu julia nn e Zinn

Molly Hughes

Kevin Filewych CELLO

jane t Sullins

Chris Co llins

Russell Mallare

jose Mallare

Mark Berger

Ru ss Miller

Nadine Deleury HORN

Diane Bredesen Andrew P elle ti er

VIOLIN II Rob ert Reed

Victoria Ha ltom john Ia tz ko

Daniel St yc h yra

Henrik Karap e tyan BASS

Elizabeth Rowi n Derek Weller

Moni ca jackson

Su sa n Mutter

Tamara Kosinski

TRUMPET

David Ammer

Gordo n Simmons

Maurice Davis

Tim Doty *

Gary Hasley

Arthur j ones

Gary Lind ell

Ray Litt

Scott Maggart

Homer Matthews

Steven P. Pejuan

Lave rne Schenk

Alan Sebastian

Lawrence Stepney

Bud Uhl

Will Yeats

* Section lea der

** Recip ie nt of Rackham High School Intern Award 2011-2012

***S tudent Member

Edward Gooch

Maury Okun

Greg Near

TIMPANI

john Dors ey

PERCUSSION

Donnie Lewis

DRUM SET

David Taylor

PIANO

Alvin Waddles

ORGAN

Fred R Hughes , jr.

BASS

Marion Hayden

ELECTRIC GUITAR

Ala n Ayou b

ELECTRIC BASS

j am es Simonson

ARTIST PROFILES

KAZEM ABDULLAH

Co nductor, Marriage of Figaro

This fall marks the MOT debut of maestro Kazem Abdullah, who is quickly becoming one of th e most watched yo ung Am er ican condu c tors on th e scene toda y. Las t season included performanc es with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen , Napa Valley Symphony, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and Atlanta Opera , where h e co nducted Cosi fan tutte. Mr. Abdullah spent three successful seasons as Assistant Co ndu cto r at the Metropolitan Opera , whe re h e worked with Loui s Lan gree, Kirill Petrenko , Lorin Maazel and j ames Levine. He has also conducted the Chicago Sinfonietta , Detroit Symphon y Orchestra , and the interna tionally re n own ed Orqu estra de Sao Paulo.

SuzANNE MALLARE AcTON

Co nductor, Carmina Burana/Medium; Chorus Master, Carmina Buranal Medium, Marriag e of Figaro

As long-term Ch orus Master of MOT, Su za nne Ac ton has received wide critical acclaim for her choral direc tion involving more than 125 productions in seven languages. Co nducting cr edits

inc lud e West S ide Story, Barber of Seville , Music Man, Pirat es of Penzance, Th e Mikado, Daughter of the Regiment , C a rmen , La Traviata and Die Fledermaus for MOT; My Fai r Lady and La Traviata fo r Dayton Opera; M e ny Widow and Madame Butterfly for Artpark; and Tasca for Augusta Opera. As founding Director of the MOT Children's Chorus, Ms. Acton was instrumental in developing th e in a u g ural 2007-08 season.

j ASON B UDD

Doctor Barto lo , Marriage of Figaro

American bass -barito n e j ason Budd most recen tly appeared with MOT in las t fa ll's La Boheme. Rec ent p erfo rma nc es includ e Montfleury in David Di Chiera's Cyran o with MOT, Sacris tan in Tasca with Virginia Opera, Dulcamara in E lixir of Love w ith Cedar Rapids Grand Op era , the title rol e in Fa lstaff w ith Opera in th e Heigh ts , Frank in Di e Fledennau s with Mississipp i Opera, the title ro le in Gianni Sc h icchi and Major Gen eral in Pirates of Pen z an ce with the form er Orlando Opera , and Benoit/Alcindoro in La Bohem e with Arizona Opera , Opera Cleveland and the Princeton Festival.

ANDRIANA CHUCHMAN

Moni ca, M e dium ; Sopran o , Carm ina Burana; Susanna , Marriage of Figaro (18, 20)

Canadian soprano Andriana Chuchman r e turns after h er MOT debut as Yum-Yum in last fa ll's Th e Mikado This seaso n sh e makes h er Canadian Opera Company debut as O lympia in Tal es of Hoffmann , and r e turns to th e Toron to Sym phony for p erform an ces of Mahle r's Symp h o n y No. 8 , a nd t o the Edmonton Opera as Yum-Yum. Other r ece nt en ga gem en ts in clude the titl e r ol e in F l ora, an Opera and Irm a in L oui se at the Spol eto Festival USA, Alinda in Giason e and Dorinda in Orland o at Ch icago Opera Theater, a nd as a gu est o n the Prairie Home Companion ra di o sh ow.

MARIO CORRADI

Stage Direc tor, Marriage of Figaro

Mario Co rradi made his MOT d ebut in 1996 staging Cannen and most r ece n tly dire c ted the fall 2010 produ c tion of La Boheme for t h e compan y. H e b ega n hi s thea trical car eer with th e Yale U niv ersi ty Th ea tre but , as he could not get rid of his Italian accent, he moved from acting to directing Mr. Corradi has worked o n all continents excep t Australia and has added more than 50 titles to his repertoire. Since 1995 , h e has return ed to MOT nearly ever y year and hop es to continue to do so

SI AN D AVI ES

Countess Almaviva, Marriage of Figaro (18, 20 )

American soprano Sian Davi es makes her company d ebut this fall as the Countess in Mania ge of Figaro, a role she p erform ed with Indiana University and covered as an apprentic e with Santa Fe Opera. Sh e recently made h er professiona l d ebut wi th Chicago Opera Th ea ter singing the role of Elcla in Rossini's Mose in Egitto. Earlier this season , Ms. Davies covered the role of Antonia in Tal es of H offmann with Lyric Opera o f Chi cago under Emman u el Villaume.

GRAZIA DORO N ZIO

Susanna, Marriag e of Figaro ( 12 , 16, 19)

Italian soprano Grazia Doronzio re turns to MOT after most r ecently appearing last fall in La Boh eme. Ms D oronzi o is a recent gradu ate of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Dev elopm ent Program, and this seaso n p e rforms Suzel in ramico Frit z with F r ankfurt Opera, Mimi in La Bohem e with An gers Nantes Opera, and Liu in Turandot with Seattle Opera. Recent appearances include th e Deutsche Op er am Rh ein , Deutsche Oper Berlin , the Me tropolitan Opera , Po rtland Opera , Chicago Opera Theater, and the Savonlinna Festival in Finland.

MoNIKA EssEN

Produ c tion D esigner, Carmina Burana/M e dium

Monika Essen is an award- winning nationally recognized artist and designer. Th e recipient of th e prestigious D etroit Free Press Lawrence DeVin e Award for Outstanding Contribution to Th ea tre , s h e s tudi ed interior arc h it ec ture and environmen tal d esign a t Parsons Sc h oo l of Design and receive d h er MFA in scenography from th e renowned Hilb erry Repertory Comp any, attending on a full fellowship Ms Essen has desig n ed se ts, costumes and props for co untless produ ctio ns in th ea tre , opera and fi lm. Ad d i ti onally, she creates interiors and full sensory, multim edia en viro nm en ts for resid enti al and comm erci al cli ents , including the D etroit Zoo .

ARTIST PROFILES

ANDREW GRAY

Figaro, Marriage of Figaro (18, 20)

Australian-American bass-baritone Andrew Gray most recently appeared at MOT in last spring's Rigoletto , after appearing with the company in numerous roles as a Young Artist apprentice. Recent engagements include Masetto in Don Giovanni, Angelotti in Tasca , and Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music with MOT; the Imperial Commissioner in Madame Butterfly and the King in Aida with Phoenix Opera; and the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Oberlin in Italy. In the upcoming season, Mr. Gray performs Nourabad in Pearl Fishers with MOT and returns to Phoenix Metropolitan Opera for Rigoletto.

IAN GREENLAW

Count Almaviva, Marriage of Figaro (18, 20)

American baritone Ian Greenlaw returns to MOT after last appearing in 2003 's Die Fledermaus. He made his La Scala debut as th e protagonist in Lorin Maazel's opera 1984. Recent engagements include Strauss' Interm ezzo with New York City Opera, the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni , an appearance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a so lois t in Britten 's War R equiem, Mercutio in Rom eo and juli e t with Atlanta Opera, Grandfather Clock/Cat in renfant et les Sortileges with New York Philharmonic, and the soloist in Bartok's Cantata Profana with the St. Louis Symphony.

jASON HARDY

Figaro, Marriage of Figaro (12, 16 , 19)

American bass jason Hardy makes his MOT d ebut this fall. Recent engagements include Lepore llo in Don Giovanni at New York City Opera , the Speaker in Magic Flute at Atlanta Opera, Figaro in Maniage of Figaro and the King in Aida at Opera Birmingham , and debuts with Opera Omaha and Madison Opera as Figaro. In co ncert h e sang with th e Richmond and Kansas City symp honies for Handel's M essiah. Additional engagements for th e curre nt season include The Go lden Tick e t for Atlanta Opera, Leporello for Portland Opera , and Nerbulone in Cavalli's Eliogabalo for Gotham Chamber Opera.

ALLEN CHARLES KLEIN

Set Designer, Marriage of Figaro

American d esign er Allen Charles Klein is one of the world's most soughtafter scenic artists. The only American designer to h ave focused his career exclusively on production and design for the operatic stage, his work ha s been fe ature d by m an y of the world's great opera companies and fe s tivals , including the Me tropolitan Op era , Op era de Montr ea l , Deutsche Op er Berlin , Vienna State Opera , th e Edinburg h Fes tival and the Gly ndebourn e Festival. Notab le recent MOT productions include Turandot , Aida and Rigol e tto.

CINDY LUDWIG

Hair &: Makeup Designer, Carmina Burana!Medium

Cindy Ludwig most recently designed hair and makeup at MOT for last spring's Rigol etto She has been involved with over 225 opera productions throughout the Americas since 1987 with more than 28 opera companies, including Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland , Glimmerglass , Miami , Palm Beach , Sarasota and Syracuse. Ms. Ludwig was the wig des igner for Ringling Brothers Barnum &: Bailey Clown College from 1989 until its closing in 1998 , and has also worked in film , television and on Broadway.

CoREY McKERN

Count Almaviva, Marriage of Figaro (12 , 16 , 19 )

American baritone Corey McKern returns to MOT after his company debut last fall as Marcello in La Boheme. Recent engagements includ e Marcello at Opera Hong Kong, Masetto in Don Giovanni and Marcello with Santa Fe Opera , Papageno in Magic Flute with Arizona Opera , Count Almaviva with Opera Cleveland, Valentin in Faust with Opera Carolina , Figaro in Barber of S eville with Opera Birmingham, Moral es in Carmen with New York City Opera , and john Rutter's Mass of th e Children and Moz art's R equiem at Carnegie Hall

LAUREN McNEESE

Cherubino , Marriage of Figaro

American mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese returns to Michigan Opera Theatre this fall after previously app earing with the co mp an y as Stephana in Romeo and juliet. Other engag ements for the current season include Hansel in Hans e l and Gretel with Intermountain Opera, and Second Lady in Magic Flute with Dallas O p era, San Francisco Opera, and the Ravinia Festival. Recent highlights include Wagner's Rin g cycle wi th Los Angeles and San Francisco Operas , Bellino/ Teresa in H omecoming with Minnesota Opera , and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicc hi direc ted by Woody All en with Los Angeles Op era.

MELISSA PARKS

Madam e Flora, Medium ; Marcellina , Marriage of Figaro

American m ezz o-soprano Melissa Parks most r ecently appeare d at MOT in last fall 's Th e Mikado. Sh e h as appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in b o th Daughter of th e R egim ent and Rise and Fall of th e City of Mahagonny. With the New York

Philharmonic she d ebute d last summer as Mescalin a in Lige ti's L e Grand Macabre an d performed the Forrester's Wife/ Owl in Th e Cunning Littl e Vix en co ndu cted by Alan Gilb ert. Ms Parks made h er Italian d ebut as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and performed Mistress Quickly in Fa lstaff with Utah Opera , a role she will repris e this seaso n in Boston.

ARTIST PROFILES

MARIAN Por

Mr. Gobineau, Medium; Baritone, Carmina Burana

Romanian baritone Marian Pop most recently appeared with the company in last fall 's La Boheme, after appearing as the title role in the world premiere of Cyrano at MOT. Recent engagemen ts include Ping in Turandot with Cincinnati Opera, Dandini in La Cenerento la with Florida Grand Opera, and Black Cat and Grandfather C lo ck in et les Sortileges at Opera Company of Philadelphia. Next, he performs Mercutio in Romeo and juli et at Opera Company of Philadelphia , and the Count in Marriage of Figaro with Lyric Opera of Baltimore

BIANCA SAPETTO

Choreographer, Carmina Burana

Los Angeles native Bianca Sapetto competed as a rhythmic gymnast, claiming five U.S. National Champion gold medals and an alternate position on the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team. She launched her professional career performing and choreographing on tour with Cirque du Soleil for 1001 shows. Ms. Sapetto is renowned for exploring a vast array of genres and m e diums in her field , and h er performance, choreography and direction hav e been received q n fiv e continents for such companies as C irqu e du So l eil, Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, and the Grammy Awards.

KENDALL SMITH

Lighting Designer, Carmina Buranal Medium , Marriag e of Figaro

Kendall Smith has designed li g hting for more tha n 60 productions w ith Michigan Opera Theatre , making his d ebut in 1988 with The Ballad of Baby Doe, and most rece ntly designing lighting for the company's spring 2011 produ c tion of The Magic Flute. His work has been featured in numerou s productions b y respected opera comp ani es, th ea t ers and fes tivals, including Florida Grand Op era , the Oregon Shakespeare Festival , Indianapolis Opera, the Weston P layhouse, Geva Theatre and Boston Lyric Opera

RoBE RT SwEDBERG

Stage Director, Carmina Burana/Medium

This fall m arks the MO T d ebut of director Rob ert Swedb erg, who was the General Director of Orlando Op e ra from 1990 to 2007. He previously held positions as General Director of Syracu s e Opera , Manager and Artistic Director of North Caro lina Opera, and Direc tor of Specia l Edu cationa l Projects for Seattle Opera. Mr. Swe dberg has produ ce d or dire c t ed more than 125 produ c tions, including produ cing a nd directing the doub le bill pres entation of Paglia cci and Carmina Burana for Orl ando Opera in 2003, featuring choreographe r Debra Brown and h e r troup e of C irqu e du Sol eil p erformers

jUSTIN VANDEN HEUVEL

Toby, Medium

American actor Justin P. VandenHeuvel makes his Michigan Opera Theatre deb ut this fall as Toby in The M edium He has performed on stage for eight years and in film for one. Mr. Vanden Heuvel trained in Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre School, and was a 2010 Wilde Award nominee for his performance as Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Hilberry Theatre. He would like to thank his famil y and friends who support him al ong the way

RACHEL WILLIS-S0RENSEN

Countess Almaviva, Marriage of Figaro (12, 16 , 19)

American soprano Rachel WillisS0rensen makes her MOT debut this fall as the Countess in Marriage of Figaro, a role she a lso debuts at Royal Op era HouseCovent Garden under Antonio Pappano. Previous roles include Kate in Madame Butterfly and Masha in Pique Dame at Houston Grand Opera, and First Lady in Magic Flute at Sa nta Fe Opera. Ms. WillisS0rensen was th e first prize winner of the 2011 Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Vienna and a 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Winner Future seasons include returns to the Royal Opera House and Hou s ton Grand Opera.

Eisenhower Dance Ensemble

Now ce lebrating two d eca d es of d a nce in Detroit, Eisenhower Danc e Ensemble (EDE) was found ed b y Artistic Direc tor Laurie Eisenhower in the summer of 1991. Along with Ms Eisenhower's highly ac claimed choreography, EDE has also boaste d works by internationally known choreographers such as David Parsons, Stephen Koester, Michael Foley, Kiesha Lalama -White , Mark Dendy, Jo el Hall, Eddy Ocampo, Lila York , Colin Connor, Jos e Lim on , and Billy Siegenfeld

With s upp ort from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cu ltura l Affairs, the co mp a n y h as also co llaborate d wi th Mi chigan Opera Theatre, the Warren Symphony, the Immigrant Suns, the Rackham Symphony C hoir in Carm ina Burana, and with the Motor City Lyric Opera and Toledo Opera in Amahl and th e Ni g ht Visitors. Through a grant from th e National Endowme nt for the Arts, EDE restaged Lar Lubovitch's Angels Feet during the 2 010 - 20 11 season .

EDE h as produced sever a l full -evening l en gth touring productions. T hes e include Motown in Motion , a visual salute to the tunes that made Motown records fa mous; Laugh Track s , an evening of comedy in dance; Igor Stravinsky's A Soldiers Tal e with De troit Chamber Winds & Strings as part of the Great Lakes Chamber Mu si c Fes ti val ; and Danc es from th e Heart of Rock and Roll , a h eartfel t tribute s e t t o fo lk and rock music

In Septemb er of 1995, E DE op e ned the doors to the ED E Center for Danc e, and in January of 2 008 , the Center was relocated to a beautiful n e w facility on Sou th Str ee t in Rochester. A se cond EDE Center ope n ed in Birmingham in Septemb er 2008 The Centers serve as bas es for the co mpany's community outreac h and edu ca tion programs.

ARTIST PROFILES

Barbara Gibson Young Artist Program

TIMOTHY BRUNO

Antonio, Marriage of Figaro

Making his MOT d ebut this fall , Am erican bass Timothy]. Bruno is a re ce nt graduate of the Masters program at Cincinnati 's College-Conse rvatory of Music. In 2011 h e perform e d and covered e ig ht roles , including Timur in Turandot and th e Storytelle r in John Adam's A Flow e ring Tree, and als o d ebuted with Cin ci nn a ti Op era . On the c oncert s tage, Mr. Bruno has b een fea ture d with m a n y orchestras including the Dayton Bach Soci e ty, lucerne Symphony Orchestra , and Moravian Symphony Orchestra . Thi s fall h e also makes his Tol edo Op era d ebut as the Mandarin in Turandot.

BRIAN L ED U C

Do n Bas ilo , Marriage of Figaro

Tenor Brian M. Le du c, a native o f

D e troit , most rec entl y app e ared with MOT as Mo nostatos in las t spring's Mag ic

Flut e a ft er making hi s main s tage d ebut

w ith th e co mpany in 2010 as Sp ol e tta in Tosca. H e s ang in th e MO T choru s for th e d ebut of David

Di C hi e ra's Cyrano and continu e d in La Travi a ta, Madam e Butte rfly , Carm en , Nabu cco , Don G iovanni , T h e Mikad o and La Boh em e Mr. leduc studi e d music at Detroit's Wayn e State Univ ersity, where he re ceive d acclaim in op er a t ic and mu si cal th ea t er produ c tions.

S ARAH NI SBETT

Mrs. Nolan , M e dium ; Bridesm aid , Marriage of Figaro

Mezz o -s oprano Sarah Ni sb e tt , an Ann Arbor n a tiv e, m a de h er pro fessi o n a l d ebut with th e co mpany in la s t sprin g's Ma g i c Flut e, foll owe d b y Ri go le tt o. Ms. Nisbe tt was fi rs t prize w inn er o f th e Na tio nal O p era

Ass oc ia tion Vo cal C omp e titi o n , fir s t runn er-up in the 2010

W illi a m C. Byrd Inte rn a ti o nal Yo ung Artis t Co m pe titi on , a nd a pri zew inn er a t th e 2 011 Sh re vep ort Si nger o f t h e Year c o mpe titi on Op er a ti c s tage r oles include Ma rcellin a in Ma rri age of Fig aro , Prin ce O rl o fs ky in Di e F led ermau s , and th e Q ueen in j o hn H a rbiso n 's Full Moo n in M arc h a t th e Tan glewoo d Fes ti val o f Con te mp ora r y Mus i c.

TANYA RO BERTS

De Roy Tes t a m entary F oundation

Young Artist

Mrs. Go bineau , M e dium ; Bridesm ai d , Marriag e of Fig a ro

Ca n adi an sopran o Ta n ya Rober ts m a k es h er MOT debut after p er form in g with th e co m pany in th e e n sembl es of Nab u cco and Don G i ov an n i. A recen t gradu ate of McG ill University's Mas t er of M u s ic p rogra m , Ms. Ro b erts h as p e rformed throu gh o ut North Am eric a w ith l ea ding region a l o p era co mp ani es a nd festivals, including Ash Lawn Op e r a , Arb o r

Opera Theater, Moto r City l yri c Opera , Italian Op era

Chicago , Royal Op e ra Canada and Montreal New Musi c F estival. Season highlights include the title role in Al cina , F rasquita in Carm en , and Fiona in Brigadoon.

ANGELA THEIS

Moni ca U nderstudy, Medium ; Barba rin a, Marriage of Figaro

An ge la Theis , a native of Gro sse Pointe, mak es h er MOT d e bu t this fall. Sh e recentl y compl e te d a pos tg ra duate fellowship at th e Unive rsitiit Mozarteum in Salzburg , Austri a , s tudying under Barbara Bonn ey Ms Th e is ha s p erformed as a young a rtist with U tah Symphon y & Op era as Be th in Littl e W om en and as the Dew F airy in H an se l and Gre tel , in addi t ion t o so pran o s olo s in Me ndelsso hn 's A Midsumm e r N i g h t 's D ream , H oliday Pop s, an d Hand el's M essiah

jASON WICKSON

Joyce Cohn Young Artist

Tenor, Carmina Burana ; Don Curzio, Marriag e of Fi ga ro Ten o r J as on Wi c k so n , a De tro it n a ti ve, m a d e hi s MO T d ebut las t sprin g in Mag ic F lut e, follow ed by Ri go l e tt o Hi s cr e dits includ e Rodolfo in La Boh e m e, Fenton in Verdi 's Fa ls taff, Nemorin o in E li x i r of Lov e, Tamin o in M agic Flute , Gon zalve in Ravel's espagno l , Al fr ed o in La Traviat a , a nd the titl e ro l e in A lb e rt H erri ng. Mr. Wickson h as p arti cipated as an apprenti ce wi th Santa Fe O p e ra a nd a Resid ent Artist with Palm Beach Oper a, and h as performed w ith Win te r Opera Sa int l o uis , D e t roit Symph o n y Orch es tra, De troi t Con cert Choir and Wind so r Symph o n y Orch estra

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Carmina Burana Acrobats

SnA AcEVEDO

Los Angeles native Sita Acevedo graduated from CSULB with a BFA in modern dance. She danced with Diavolo Dance Theater for five yea rs , acting as rehearsal director while on tour In 2003 , she participa ted in the creation of Cirque du Soleil's KA, which she performed in Las Vegas for three years. She appeared in the film "Water for Elephants," and is also a certified Pilates and GYROTONIC instructor

DARREN HADDRELL

Darren Haddrell trained at the Ramb ert School of Ballet in London and went on to work extensively in tel evision, film , commercials , music videos and fashion shows. He has performed in the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games, for Royal Variety shows, the Laureus World Sports Awards, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival , Notre Dame de Paris, and Cirque Du Soleil's Beatles Love show

FRAN(OIS ISABELLE

Isabelle is an accomplished acrobat with l3 years of training in gymnastics. He made his d ebut in performing arts as a street entertainer, and eventually joine d Cirque du Soleil, where he .was involved in the d evelopment of the famous show 0 in Las Vegas. He has worked as an actor with Dynamo Theatre , performing in a number of their in Canada, Europe and japan.

News from the Michigan Opera Theatre Children's Chorus

2011-2012 Performance Schedule

•:• C armina Burana

D e troit Op era Hou s e • Oc tob er 15 - 23, 20 11

•:• A W inte r F antasy: Holiday Concert & Fundrais e r

D e troi t Op era Hou se • November 28 , 2011 , at 7 p m

Ring in the seas on wi t h b eautiful ch o ral music. Treat y ourself, fa mily and fr i ends to an e legant evening at one of De troit's cu ltura l gem s a t an u nb e lievab l e pri ce ! Doors op en a t 5 :45 p .m . to register for s il ent au c tio n a t 6 p .m .

Ti ck e ts are $ 28 for ad ults 18 and u p , $ 15 for chil dren , an d fr ee for children 4 and u nd er Ti ck e ts include en tra n ce to th e co n ce rt, s i lent a u c ti o n , and s tro lling h o r s d ' oeu vr es

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•:• Con cer t a t F irs t Unit e d M e thodis t C hurch in Bir mingham

Sunda y, D ecemb er 11 , 20 11 , a t 7 p m

EMILIE LIVINGSTON

Currently the Entertainment Director for Playhouse Hollywood , Emilie Livingston was three-time gymnastics National Champion of Canada and the 1999 Pan American Champion, a title that qualifi ed her a spot at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2007 , and has been featured on the LXD web series and perform ed with Kanye West at Coachella.

] OSEPH PINZON

Los Angeles native joseph Pinzon attended the National Circus School in Montreal after earning his B.A. in psychology from UCLA. On completing the three-year program, he began working with Cirque du Soleil, the 7 Fingers, and La Clique. He help e d create and then toured in the show Nebbia , a co- produ ction of Cirque Eloize and Teatro Sunil , and was most rec en tly see n in Circle of Eleven's Versus and Soap in Berlin.

LAURENCE RACINE

In 1990 , after two years at the Natio nal Circus School of Montreal, Laurenc e Racine began performing with the Cirque du Soleil as a contortionist, performing over 3 ,000 s hows with the company. In 1997 she joined th e troupe of Debra Brown , Cirqu e du Soleil's main choreographer, performing as dancer, hand - to-hand and aerial hoop artist. She also freelances all over th e world in many prestigious events.

M I C H I CAN

T h e MOTC C is Ce l e b ra ting its Fifth Bir thday !

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Violin I

Charlotte Merkerson , Conc e rtmaster+

Laura Leigh Roelofs, Assistant Concertmaster+

Velda Kelly+

Bryan johnston+

Beth Kirton+

Molly Hughes+

AndrewWu

Violin II

Victoria Haltom *+

Daniel Stachyra +

Henrik Karapetyan+

Anna Weller+

janet Sullins

Elizab e th Rowin

Kevin Filewych

Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra

Viola

john Madison*+

Scott Stefanko+

Kathleen Grimes+

Barbara Zmich+

james Greer

Cello

Nadine Deleury*+

Diane Bredesen+

Robert Reed+

john Iatzko

Eugene Zenzen

Daniel Thomas Bass

Derek Weller *+

Clark Suttl e+

Greg Sheldon

Flute

Amanda Sparfeld *+

Laura Larson+

Dennis Carter

Oboe

Sally Pituch+

jan Eberle

Clarinet

Brian Bowman ·k +

]. William King+

Sandra Jackson

Bassoon

Pawel Wnuk *+

Roger Maki-Schramm

johanna Sterba

Horn

Andrew Pelletier+

Carrie Banfield+

Susan Mutter

Tamara Kosinski

Trumpets

David Ammer *+

Gordon Simmons+

Derek Lockhart

Trombone

Maury Okun*+

Greg Near+

Bryan Pokorney

Tuba

Neal Campbell

Harp

Patricia Terry-Ross

Timpani

john Dorsey +

Tere n ce Farmer

Michigan Opera Th eatre Chorus

Andrea Apel

Gregory Ashe

Ryan Banar

Moniqu e Bates

Heidi Bowen Zook

Kim Brooks

F r e d Buchalter

Eliz ab e th Cedroni

Patrick Clampitt

Aida d e la Cruz

Laurie DiSabatino

Gerianne Ditto-Harvey

Amy Dolan- Malaney

Isaac Droscha

Rebecca Eaddy

Ken Ebaugh

Brandy Ellis

Reb e cca Engelhard

Marko F arion

Michael Fowler

Kurt Frank

Yvonne F riday

Conda Green

Rosaline Guastella

N ed Hanlon

Quishaun Hill

Branden C.S. Hood

Richard jackson , jr

Tom Kabala

Annie Kla rk

Tony Lynch

Sta cey Mason

Bra d Mill er

Carmina Burana

Percussion

john Dors ey *+

David Taylor

Dan DeS e na

Norman Fick ett

Ray Riggs

Harpsichord/Piano/ Keyboard

jean Schn eider

Piano

Robert Conway

*Principal + Michigan Opera

Theatre Core Orch estra

Detroit Federa tion of Musicians Loca l #5

American Federation of Musicians

Elizabeth Mitchell

Pette Moore

Peter Morgan

Monica Sciaky

Ken Shepherd

Kyl e Stegall

Greg ory Stinson

Lu cy Thompson

Mari Voelker

Tiffanie Waldron

justin Watson

Tamara Whitty

Thomas Younger

Sara Zeglevski

The Am e rican Guild of Musical Artists is the official union of the Michigan Op e ra Theatre Chorus

Rachham Symphony Choir MOT Children's Chorus

Maureen Ab el e

F r an Bac hm ann

j as on Brown

Tim Ch o lyway

Mi cha el C ove rt

Nora Curi e l

Darre n D ewitt

jose ph

Dlu zni ew s ki

Tim Doty

j oseph E dm o nds

Emil y Gay

N oe ll e j acqu ez

Arthur jones

W end y Keebl er

j essi ca Knott

jeff Kru eger

Gary Linde ll

Sc ott M aggart

Sa r ah M cG ov ern

Cat Menzies

Patricia Minnic k

jim Moore

j e nnifer Pa sh a

St even P. Pejuan

Clifton Shaw

Gil es Simm er

Pa tr i c ia St ewart

Ayana Thomas

Bre tt Thomp s on

Ka t e Willia m s

(15 , 21 , 23) Auro ra Ha ziri

J a mila Amma ry Arni e H eitchu e Tyler Bouqu e Bri ttan y johns on C h a ilyn Bryce Nyj a e jones

Ale x Capen eka Tea gan Lewis

N atalie C orrigan Ra ch el Miltimore

E mily C romb ez Olivia Motzer

H osey C u s umano Aver y Rau sc h

El en a Ds ouza Madeleine

Kris te n Dubicki Reardon

Mil es Ei ch en h orn Bail ey Sp ry

Gab r ielle Feh er Arielle Sturr

La ure n Ha ck e tt

(19 , 22) Ala ina Matthews

Isab elle Bepl er Farrah Mech a el Ca ssia Burley Ta mara Mecha el Anto nio Cipri an o Isab e l Rocha

Elizabeth Duus Ste ffi Roch e

Emily Finkelstein Isab e lle Ross

Ryan Hurl ey St efanni e Savoy

C h eyenne Elizab e th Sh eeren j o hns on Gabri elle Tifft

Ril ey Kalt j o hn Vand ev en

Ma d elyn Kapl an C h ris ti na Wa ll ag

Rya n Kotlinski Claire Yo nku s

Anne Ko z ia ra Annie Yo ungs

Ka il a Madis on

NEW OFFERINGS

Where ca n you go to find topics yo u , your club, yo ur local library, and yo ur c hildren's sc h oo l would love to learn 7 You ca n go on line to expl or e topics, programs, and lec tures with one of the many speakers that we have at o ur fingertips.

Several lecturer s can also p erform for you. Contac t u s, and l e t others know that we are offering this exciting new servi ce! Visit www.MichiganOpera.o rg and click on "Learning. "

SUMMER CAMPS 2011

Ih is past s umm er we ran four ca mp s for over 120 students of all ages from New Jersey, Alaska, Boston , Chicago, Canada and Michigan. Large audien ces not only enj oyed the exci ting performances but gave the stude nts standing ovations!

TOURING PROGRAMS

Every yea r th e Department of Community Programs sends perform ers and performances throu g hout Mich igan a nd to n eighb o ring s tates a nd Canada.

El e mentary & Middle School

This year we offer a choice of three tour programs. Little Red Ridin g Hood and The Pied Pip er of Hamelin are written and comp osed by Seymour

Barab, known as t h e Dean of Children's Opera. Aesops Fab les, by l ocal composer Larry Singer and former Detroiter Douglas Braverman , a lso tours this season. These s hort "o p eras" for children fit nice ly into the elem entary curriculum , along with teaching guides to help with geograph y, history, literature and morals. Also appropriate for middle schoo lers, Aesops Fabl es lead s students to write their own fabl es, learn about An cient Greek m yths, and discover who Aeso p was and wasn't

High School

With many sch ools without mu sic t eac h ers, and so m e wi th music te a chers overbooked, w e can bring

workshops and master classes in voice to your school. Schools with fine and secure music programs book us for master classes w ith you n g singers in preparation for the Michigan Solo and Ensemble Competitions.

FOOTSTEPS TO FREEDOM

Footsteps is abo ut the history of African American s from s lavery to Motown , and includes music and s inging from spi ritu als to opera and ragtime. This historical revue is popu lar with a ll ages an d gra d es in many different venues, including sch oo ls, c hurch es, co ll eges and libraries.

LA PIZZA CON FUNGHI

Or, in En glish , Pi zz a With Mushrooms. By pop ular d emand , we are offering Seymour Barab's comic one-act out-and-out spoof of op era. Who murd ers w h om b e tween the maid, the mas t er, the mis t res s and the lover? This b elov ed work is gr ea t both for those w h o love opera and n ovices to the art form. Practically a n y ven u e works for this d elig htful farce.

For booking and more information , contact Dolores Tobis at (313) 237 -3429 or dto bis®mo topera. org

Students in Create & Perform! , underw ri tten by PNC Foundatio n

Stud e nts perform Princess Ida in 20 11 's Op e re tta W orks hop.

Master Classes

Learn from professional dancers when they come to the Detroit Opera House. Master Classes are an excellent opportunity for dancers of any level to learn from the professionals the y see on stage. Classes are FREE with a ticket to the corresponding performance ; otherwise , each class is $25. Classes take place in t h e Margo V Cohen Center for Dance or the Chrysler Black Box Theater in the Ford Center for Arts and Learning. Advance registration is r e quire d ; to register, send your name and co ntact information to dance@ motopera.org or call (313) 237-3251.

Rasta Thomas ' Bad Boys of Dance

Saturday, October 29, 20ll

Intermediate/Advanc ed Mod ern Class

ll a.m. to' 12: 3 0 p m.

Ages 14 a nd up

BalletMet Columbus

S;tturday, November 26, 20ll

Beginner/Intermediate Balle t Class

ll a.m. to 12 :3 0 p.m.

Ages ll-15

Hubbard Street 2

Friday, March 2 , 2012

Intermediate/Advanced Modern Clas s 6-7:30 p m.

Ages 14 and up

$25 (this class is not fre e with a tick e t)

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Family Workshop, 12:3 0 to 1 :3 0 p m. (free with ticket)

Alvin Ailey

Saturday, March 31 , 2012

Interm ediate/A dvanc ed Modern Cla ss

ll a.m. to 1 2 :30 p.m .

Ages 14 and up

Get Involved!

Do yo u love d an ce and hav e a d esire to support the a rts by volunteering?

Bec ome a m ember of the De troit Ope r a Hou se Dance Council. This g roup is in n ee d of hig hly motivate d dance love rs who are w illing to ho s t ga th erings , d eve lop n ew fundraising ideas and , mos t of all, enjo y danc e in De troit . For more information , c onta c t Ch e r yl Mcllho n a t mcilhon@comcast.net.

D e troit Op era House

Dance Film Series

Dance lovers come together for dance films , food , drink , and discussion on Tuesday evenings All dance films take place at the De troit Opera House in the Ford Center for Arts and Learning. A $10 donation is payable at the door, and refreshments are provided No reservations required. For more information , call (313) 237-3426. All films begin at 7 p.m.

October 18: "Opening Spectacular: All HD Performances " fea turing Ro yal Ballet's E lit e Syncopations , Concert, and Chroma, and the Paris Opera Ballet's La Pe tite Danseuse d e Dagas

November 29: " Contemporary Choreographers " fea turing Paul Taylor, Alonzo King, Mark Morris and more

February 9, 2012: "It's EasyReminiscences of Gene Kelly" with Gene Kelly's dau ghter, Kerry Kell y Novick

Summer of Dance Reflection

The Detroit Opera Hous e, Wayn e State Unive rsity's Maggie Allesee Departme nt o f Dance, a nd American Balle t Theatre once a gain hoste d a s uccessful ABT De troit Summer Inten s ive Over 140 aspiring ballet dancers, chosen from thou sands of applicants , came to Detroit from over 30 states and six countries , including Italy, Belgium , Sw ed e n , japan , Pu erto Rico and Ca nada. After an inten se four weeks of dancing and lea rning , students p erformed excerpts from Coppel ia, Le Corsa ire , and other n o t ed se lec tions from ABT repertory a nd contemporary chore ogra phers.

The Detroit Opera Hou se also hosted its own Summer Dance Works h op. Faculty m emb ers Marcu s White a nd LaDerryl "JiG" Hart pushed loca l s tude nts to mov e b eyo nd their comfort z o n es, and introduced them to n ew movem ent s tyles in co ntemp orary and hip h op Stud ents worked h ard to l ea rn these n ew dance s tyl es a nd put on a wond e rful info r m a l s ho wcase

www.M i c h iga nOp e 1a . o 1·g

Students in th e 20 11 ABT Summer Dance Intensive

after just five days of classes. We hope to continue exposing mo re dancers to differen t and familiar styles throughout the 2011-12 performanc e season and n e xt summ er.

Year-Round Dance Classes

Balle t Re naissance makes the Detroit Opera House home, offering yearround classes for students ages 4 -a dult , Mo nda y throu gh Friday from 5 -8 p m. For m ore information or to register, call (313) 469- 0694 or visit www.balletren org

Inner Ci ty Danc e Scope also ca lls the Detro it Opera House home, offering year-ro und classes including ballet, j azz, tap, modern, pointe , hip hop , and o ther styles. Classes take place on Saturda ys fr o m lO a.m -3 p.m. for both children and adults , ages 2lf2 a nd up. F or more informa t ion or to register, call (313) 926 -6654 or visit www. innercitydancescop e. webs. co m

Auditions

All audi tions and class es t ake place at the De troit Opera House. Pl ease visit www. mi chiga nop era.org for more information.

Ensuring the Future

Imaginea gift that outlives you-tha t touches future generatwns m yo ur absence-to expenence and enjoy th e world of opera.

That's the goal of th e Avanti Socie ty, Mich iga n Opera Theatre's Planned Gift Recognition Program.

The Avanti Society rep r esen ts a d esignate d grou p of friends of Michigan Opera Thea tre who have made plans to include the organiza tion in their estate p lans- wh e th er by w ill , t ru st , insurance , or li fe income arrangement. Membe rs h i p in the Avanti Society is open to all.

Memb er s of the Avanti Socie ty receive a bea utifully designed lapel pin , rec ognition at the an nua l Avanti Evening and invitations to specia l events and pe r formances , and ar e listed as m embers in our program books throu ghout each season.

AN AVANTJ F OR TOMORROW

The growth of Michigan Opera Theatre's permanent Endowment Ftind en sures th e growth and future vitality of one of th e region's greatest cu ltural assets. Yo u are in vi ted to create yo ur own legacyyour Avant i-through Mich igan Op era Thea tre

Yo"u 'may u se the attached confi d entia l r eply card to indicate yo ur gi ft , or con ta ct Kim- Lan Trinh at (313) 237-3 408 to discu ss gi ft options t h at may benefit you, your heirs and Michigan Opera Theatre.

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Contributors to Michigan Opera Theatre's Campaign to Restore the Detroit Opera House

Michi gan Ope ra Theatre exte n ds appreciation to the many do n ors w ho contributed so generously to the three phases of the Detroit Oper a House fund rais ing ini tiative from 1989 to 2004. Following is a cu mul a tive listing of gifts of $5,000 and above to Th e Capital Campa ign to Restore th e Det roit

$5, 000 ,000 +

Ford Motor Co mpany

The Kresge Foundatio n

$2, 000 ,000 to $ 4 ,9 99 ,999

The C hrysl e r Foundation

Ge n eral Motors Corporat ion

Th e State of Michigan

$1,000 ,000 to $ 1 ,999 ,999

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee

Eugene Apple bau m Family

Foundation

Lee & Floy Barthel

M r & Mrs. john A. Bo ll , Sr.

H erman & Sh aron Frankel

O an ialle & Pe t e r Karmanos

j ohn S. and j a mes L. Knight

Found a tion

T h e Ski ll m a n Foundation

$5 00 ,000 TO $9 99 ,999

Anonymous

Bank of Amer ica

jPMorganCha se

T h e Cohe n Family

Philant h rop ic Fund of the Co mmun ity 'Foundation for So utheas te rn Michigan

C om e ri ca

Detroit Grand Opera Associa ti on

DIE Energy Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Max M. Fish er

H e rman & Barbara Frankel

Mr. & Mrs. Sa mu e l Franke l

Mr. David H a ndle m a n , Sr.

Lear Co r p o rat ion

M r & Mrs. H a r ry A

Lomas on

M cGrego r F und

Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske

Ra lph L. & Winifred E. Polk

Foundation

Mr & Mrs R j a mis on W illiams, Sr.

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Km a rt Co rporation

Mr. & Mrs. Pa ul Lavi n s

Masco Co rp o ra tio n

Nonprofit F acilities Center

Raymon d C. Smith

F o u n da ti o n F und o f t h e

Co mmun ity Founda tio n

fo r Sout h eastern Mic h igan

Mr. & Mrs. Geo rge Strumb os

Mr & Mrs. Lynn A.

To wnse nd

TRW Found a tion

Mr. & M rs. Ge orge C.

Vin cent

Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Wasserman

Mr. R jam iso n Williams

$100 ,000 TO $ 249,999

Ms. jane E Agos tin elli

Or & Mrs. Do n ald C. Austi n

Ms. Ann e Lomason Bray

Mr. & Mrs Ric h ard A

Brodi e

Vicki & Tom Celan i

The Hon. & Mrs. Avern L.

Cohn

Comau Pico

Daim lerCh r ys ler Serv ices

Mr. & Mrs. Tarik Daoud

DeRoy Te stamentary

Found a tion

Dickins on Wright PLLC

Downtown De ve lopm e n t

Authority, C ity of Detroit

DIE En e rgy/M ic hCon

Found a tion

El Pa so Ene rgy Foundat io n

Mr. & Mrs. Ro land C.

Eugeni o

Mr. & Mrs. Paul E Ewing

j e nnife r & David Fisch e r

Barbara Franke l & Ro n

Mi c h a lak

Mr. & Mrs Presto n B.

Happe l

Mr. & Mrs Robert Klein

Mr. & Mrs. T h omas M.

Krikori a n

Olive r D ewey Marcks

F o und at ion

N a ti o n a l C ity Ba nk o f

Mi c higan

O pus On e

Karen & Dre w Pes la r

Foundation

Mr & M rs. I r v in g Rose

Mrs. Caro lyn L. Ross

Mr An t h ony L. Soave

Walb ri d ge Aldinge r

Compa n y

Mr. & Mrs C harle s L.

Wil s on , Jr.

World H eritage Fo und atio n

Mr. & Mrs. Geo rge M

Zeltze r

$5 0 ,000 TO $99, 999

Dr. & Mrs. Roge r M Ajluni

All iedSignal F oundati on ,

In c.

D r. Lo urd es V Anda ya

Anon ym o u s

Dr. & Mrs. Ag u s tin A rbulu

Mr W illiam P Bae r

Mr. & M rs. Don H Ba rden

Mr. & Mrs J Add is on

Bartus h

Mr. Th o m as Cohn

Cons um e rs En ergy

Fo und a ti o n

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin l. Danto

De lo itte & To u c he LLP

T h e D e tro it New s/Ganne tt

Fo unda t ion

Dr. D avid D iC hie ra

Rosa nne & Sand y Dunc an

Mrs. C h a rles M Endicott

Mr. & M rs Alex Erde ljan

M r. & M rs. Al fre d].

F is h e r, J r.

Dr. Ma rj orie M. Fis h e r

Ann e E. F ord

Ope ra Hous e (1 989 -1998) , Th e N ew Cent wy Fund Campai gn (1999 - 2001) and Th e Cro wn ing Achievem ent Camp aign (2002 -2 004)

We also tha n k the many donors w ho c ontrib uted gifts be low $ 5,000 for their commitment a n d belief in th e D e troit Opera House project

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel

Mr. Edward P. Frohlich

The GM Card

M r. & M rs. Alan L. Gornick

Mr & M rs. j oh n C. Griffin

H a ndleman Compan y

David & Rose H a ndl e m a n

Mr. & Mrs E J Ha rtma nn

Ali ce Ka les Ha rtwick

Foundation

Mrs. David B. Hermelin

Huntington Na ti o n al Bank

Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. !stock

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Janes

Mrs Sybi l Jaques

johnson Contro ls

Foundation

Wi lliam & E ll e n Ka hn

C h a itn , Fa nny, Lo uis, Benjamin & Anne F lorence

Kaufma n Memorial Trust

Mr. Ge rald Knechtel

M r. & Mrs Mike Kojaian

Na n cy & Bud Li e b le r

Mr Alphon se S. Lu ca re lli

Mr. & Mrs Euge n e A Mill er

Milliken & Compan y

N e iman Marc u s

Lind e n D. N e ls on

Foundat ion

Mr. & Mrs Irving Nus baum

Mr. & Mrs Graham A Orle y

M r. & M rs j ose ph O rl ey

Mr & M rs Dona ld E.

Pete rse n

M r. & M rs. H a rold A Po li ng

Mr & Mrs. Da vi d Po lla ck

PVS Ch e m ica ls In c.

Mrs. Ru th Ra tt ne r/ Ann F

Ka t z & No r man D Ka tz

Mr & Mrs Ala n E. Schwartz

Mr. & Mrs Dona ld E

Sch we nd e mann

M rs. Rose mary Sku p ny

Mr. & Mrs S. Kinn ie

Sm ith , Jr.

M r. Rich a rd A. Son e nkl ar

Mr. Stanford C. Stoddard

T hysse n In c., N. A

Mr & Mrs. C. Th o ma s

Topp in

Mr. & Mrs. He rbe rt Tyne r

T he Sa muel L. Wes te rm a n

Fo undation

Dr. & Mrs. Clyd e Wu

$25, 000 TO $49 ,999

Mr. & Mrs. Do u g las F

All ison

An ony m o u s

M r & Mrs Ge bra n S Anto n

M rs. john V Ba li an

Mrs. Lori s G Birnkrant

T he Wa yn e Booke r

C h aritabl e Found atio n

T h e Budd Co m pa n y

Covansys C orpora tion

C ra in Commu n ica tio n s Inc.

j u li a D O a rl ow & j o h n C.

O 'Meara

La rry & Do d ie Da vid

Dr. & Mrs George A. Dea n

D elph i F o undation

Mrs Margare t Demant

D e troit Inte rnational Bridge

Com pany

Eato n Co rp o ra t io n

www.Mic hi ganOpera .o rg

Erns t and Young

Mr. & Mrs. H e r b ert F isher

Mrs Aaron H. Gershenson

Andrew & Wan d a

Giancamilli

The Gilmour Fund

Hilda & joel Ham burge r

Mr. & Mrs. Ke nn eth E. Hart

julius & Cynthia Hu eb n e r Foundation

Mario & jane Iaco b elli

The Hon. & Mrs. j os eph N.

Imp astato

Kenwal Steel Corpora tion

Mr. & M rs. Ron a ld C.

Lam parter

Robert & Victori a Liggett

Magna Inte rnation al

Th e H o n. j ac k & Or Be ttye

Arrin g ton - Ma rt in

Ann &William

McCormick , jr

Mr. & Mrs. E. R Milne r

Mr. & Mrs E Mich ae l

Mu tch ler

M rs j e nnife r Na sser

Mr. & Mrs. H ar ry

N osanc hu k

Mr. & Mrs. Robert T.

O 'Conne ll

Frances H. Parcell s Memoria l

Mr. & Mrs. Hughes L. Potiker

Mr. & Mrs W j a mes Prowse

Mr. & Mrs Llo yd Reuss

Ro y & Mauree n Roberts

Mr. & Mrs. j ac k Rob inson

Mr. & Mrs. Ri c h ard H Rogel

M rs. Loui s R Ross

Dr. H ersh e l & Lois Sand b e rg

M r. Ric hard Sand ers

The San d y Famil y

Foundation

Mrs Emma L. Schave r

Mrs. Shirley K. Sch la fe r

Diane & Morton Scholnic k

Mr. & Mrs. Grego r y J

Schwart z

Mr jose ph Sch wartz

Mr. & Mrs. Fra n k C. Shal e r

Mr Mi c k ey Sh a pi ro

Elham Shayota

Mr. & Mrs . Richard Sloan

M r & Mrs Willia m H Smith

Mrs. Ma r k C. Stevens

United Ame ri ca n Health

Ca re Corpo ration

Mr. & M rs. Melvin C.

Vand erB rug

Mr. & Mrs. Art Van

Elsla nd e r

Mr a nd Mrs Steve n l. Vic tor

N eva William s Arts

F o unda tio n

M atilda R. Wil s on F u nd

M rs. Pa ul Zu c k erman

$ 1 5, 000 TO $24 ,999

Alcan Alu m in u m

Corp o ra tio n

Aldoa C ompany

Dr & M rs. Rob yn J

Arrington , Sr.

Mrs. Dona ld J Atwood

Mr & Mrs Gera ld Bright

Be tty & Bill Broo ks

Mr. D avid C hi vas

Glor ia & Fred Clark

Mr. & Mrs. Pete r D.

Cummi n gs

Mr & Mrs. D ona ld Cutler

Mr. & Mrs j ohn W Day, Jr.

David & j o an n e Denn

Mrs. Kare n Va n de rKioot

DiCh iera

Mr. & Mrs john R. Edm a n

M r. & Mrs Burto n D

Far bman

Elaine Fontana

Mr. Kenneth H. Fox

Ann & Larry Ga rberding

Ke ith & Eileen Gi ffo rd

Great Lakes Exte riors

M rs. Robe rt M Hamady

Mrs. Rob e rt Hamilton

Eugene & D o nn a H artwig

Louise Ho dgson

Gordon V Hoi a lmen Tru s t

Mrs. Davidj acknow

Mrs. Willia m E. j ohnston

Mr. & Mrs Maxwe ll jos pey

Mr. & Mrs. john Kap lan

Bruno & Mollie Le on e lli

Mr. & Mrs. David Bake r

Lew is

Mr. & Mrs. Walto n A. Le wi s

Ric ha rd & F lo re n ce Mc Bri e n

Dr. & Mrs. St e phen A. Munk

Mr. & Mrs. H enry N icko l

Mr. & Mrs . Eino Nurme

Mr. & Mrs. Sp encer Partri c h

Mr. john E. Perry Phillips Se r vice Indu stri es, In c.

Dr. C h arlotte & Mr. C h a rl es Podows k i

Meye r & Anna Pre nti s

Family Foun da tion , In c.

Antonio & Suza n n e Rea

Famil y

M r. & Mrs Mark Schmi dt

St. john H ealth Ca re Sys t e m s

Roberta & Dick Stark weath er

Mr. Fra n k D Ste lla

Mr. Ro n a ld F Switze r

Or. & Mrs. Anthon y R

Tersigni

Mr. & Mrs. Robe rt C. VanderKioot

M rs Richard Van Duse n Venture Indust r ies

M r. & Mrs. Gary L.

Wasserman

Richard & Ka th lee n We bb

Mr. & Mrs Keit h We b e r D r. Ma ril yn L. Wi llia m so n M rs. Ber yl W inke lm an M r. & Mrs . D onald E. Wors ley

The Y & R Group

Dr. & Mrs D iete r Zetsc h e

$ 10 ,000 TO $ 14,999

Mr. & Mrs Thomas V Angott

An onymous

M r. & Mrs. Cheste r A rno ld

M rs !ren e M Ba rbo ur Ba r ris, Sott, Den n & D riker, P.L.L. C. Be thle h em Steel Co rporation

Mr. Ch a rles A. Bish op

Mr. & Mrs Berna rd T. Brod sky

Robert & Ali ce Gus tafso n

Third F loor Lobby Alcove, Madison

David Hand leman , Sr.

Media Studio, Center for Arts & Learnin g

Da nialle & Pete r Karmanos

Broadway Fa (ade

Wi lli am & Elle n Kahn

Co-Star Dre ssin g Room

Ch ai m , Fan n y, Louis , Benj a min & Ann Flo re n ce

Kaufman Memorial Trust Grand Lobby Side

Chandelier

Wa llis & Ro bert M. Kl e in

Grand Lobby Staircase

Mirror

Delores & Paul Lavins

Grand Lobby Side

Chandeli er

Grand Lobby Staircas e

Mirror

Lea r Co rpo ration

Rehears al S tudio I Lobby

Trustee Circl e Level in

Opera Hall

The Lo m ason Family

Th e William K. & Neva

Lomason Opera Lounge

Oli ve r Dewey Ma rc ks

Fou ndatio n

Th ird Floor Prom enade

Staircase Lobby to 2""

Fl oor, Madison

MichCon Foundation

G ra nd Lobby Bou tiqu e

Th e Karen & Drew Pes la r

Fou ndation

Co-Star Dressing Roo m

Mr. & Mrs. john Rako lta

Rehearsal Studi o II

Mr. & Mrs. Irvi n g Rose

Patron El ev ato 1 ; john R

To we r

Mrs. Caro lyn L. Ross

Gra nd Lobby S taircase

Mirror

Raymo nd C. Smit h

Found ation Fund of the Community Found ation for South east Mich igan

Raymond C. Smith Lobby

Mr. & Mrs Lynn To wnsen d Trust ee Circl e Lobby, Broadway

Mr. & M rs George C.

Vincen t Madison Lobby

Cont ributo rs to Annua l Cam paig ns

Mr. & Mrs Alvin

Wasse rman

Box Level Prom enade

Dr. & Mrs. Sa m W illia ms

Barbara Gibson Stairway

Exhibit, Broadway

World Heri tage Founda t io n Co ndu ct or's Dress ing Room

O lga & j oseph J Za farana

G rand Lobby Bar

Michiga n Ope ra Thea tre gratefull y ac kno w led ges the ge n e rous c o r p o rate, found atio n , governme nt , a nd individu a l donors whose contribut ions were ma d e between july 1 , 2010, and june 30, 2011. Their generosity is vita l to t he com p any's financia l s tabi lit y, necessary to sus t ai n MOT's position as a valu ed cu ltural resource

CORPORATE SUPPORT Mill e r Ca n fi eld Micro n Ele ctri c/Co nt i Maddin , H au se r, Wartell, Shirl ey Schla fe r Fo unda ti o n

OPERA & DANCE O pe ra Ba ll Tabl e Sponsor Electric

Roth e t a l Alvi n Ailey Ame rican O rl a n s Associat es PC Bra voB ra vo l Sp o n so r Gen e ra l Operati ng Dance Theater Education

SIGNAL BENEFACTOR O p era Ball Tab le Sp on sor Scarlet Commun ica ti o n s Support Sp o n sor

$50 ,000 - $199,000 P NC Foun da tion BravoBra vo l Sp on sor Ida & Conrad H Smi th Ford Motor Company Fund Community Programs Wo lve rine Packing FOUNDATION & Endo wment for th e

Fall Opera Season Sp onsor Sp onsor Com p an y GOVERNMENT Mic higan O pera T h ea tre

Alvi n Ail ey Sig m a Associates, ln c/E lha m Ge n e ral Ope rating

SUPPORT - OPERA & Rigol eu o Per form an ce Dance Th eat er Ed u cationa l Sha yo t a Su pport

DANCE Sponsor

Oucreac h Sp on s o r Oper a Ba ll Silve r Sp o n s o r Ma ry Th o m pson

Opera Ball Sil ve r Spo n sor

Ge n era l Mo t.or s Founda ti on SUSTAINER

DONOR

GOVERNMENT Foun dation

$ 1 ,000 - $2,499 Mi c h igan Coun ci l for Arts Sa mue l L. Westerm an Co mmuni ty Program s $5,000- $9 ,999 Am bassa d o r Bridge/Nora & and C ultu ral Affairs Found ation

Spo n s o r Arts Midwest Manu el Maroun N a tion a l End owment for Matilda R. Wilson Fund

Masc o Corporat ion · The jaffrey Ball et Spon so r O pera Ba ll Box Spon s o r th e Arts

Foundation Emagine En t ertainmen t An tonio 's Cuci n a l t a li a na

$5, 000- $9,99 9

Gen e ra l Ope ra t in g BravoB ravo l Gold S pon s or General Oper at in g $ 100 ,000 + Frank G and Gertru d e Support Great La kes Beve rage Su ppo rt T h e Commun it y Dunla p Fun d Communi ty Prog ram s Bravo Bravo l Go ld Spon s or As h Steven s Fo und a tion fo r South eas t Ann an d Gordon Getty

Su p port Mara th on Ge neral O p e ra ting Mi chiga n Fo und ation

A lvin Ailey Ameri ca n Supp ort T h e Kresge Foun dation He rbert and Elsa Panting

MAJOR BENEFACTOR Danc e Theate r Edu ca ti ona l Barris, Sott , Denn & Driker , McG rego r Fu n d Foun d at ion

$25 ,000 - $49 ,999 O ut reach Sponso r PL.L. C. Eli zab e th, Allan a nd War re n

DTE En e rgy Fou n dation Mo roc h Gen e ral O pe ra ti ng

$3 0 ,000 - $99,999 Sh elde n Fund

La Boheme Ope ra Bra vo Bravo l Gold S pon s or Su ppo rt Mand e ll L. an d Madeleine Lo ui s and Nell ie Sieg Fund

Pe rforman ce Spon so r No rt h e rn Tru s t Ba nk C N Co rp o ration H Be rman Fo un dation You ng Womans H o me

Alv in Ai.ley A merica n Dan ce Ope ra Ba ll Gene ral Ope ra t in g DeRo y Tes ta m enta ry Asso c iation

Thea ter Pe r for m an ce Q u ic ken Loan s Su pport Found atio n Spo n so r BravoB ravo l Go ld S p o n s or H oward & H owa rd Yo ung Art is t Ap prent ice $1 ,000 - $4 ,999 j P Morga n C h ase Somerset Co ll ecti o n Ope ra Ba ll Box Sp on sor Progra m Spon s or An onymous

Alvin Ail ey Ch arit able Found a ti o n J a ffe Rait He u e r & We iss Rigo lett o Pe r form ance Det ro it Ind u strial Sc h oo l Da nce Theate r Educa tio n al Vo lks wage n o f Ameri ca O p era Ba II Box Spon s or Sp on s or De t roit Pu b li c Libra ry O u treach Sp o n s or Genera l Oper atin g Kin d erM o rga n Fou n d a ti on Max M & Marjorie S. Fri e n d s Foun datio n

Meri t o r Suppo rt Ge n er a l O p e ra tin g Fis he r Founda t ion j a m es & Lyn elle Ho lde n

Gen e ra l O pe ra ti n g BravoB ravo l Spon so r Su ppo rt Sage Founda t io n Fun d

Suppo rt MO T Ch ildren 's Chorus Michael Coyn e Des ign Be n ard L. Maas Fo und a ti o n

O pera Ba ll Silver Sp o n s or Spo n s o r O p e ra Ball Box Sp o nso r $ 10 ,000 - $29 ,999 MO T Childrens Ch o ru s Go lf O utin g Sp o nso r Po li tica lly Sm art , LLC Ar ts Mid west Performance Spon sor

Fen ske Corp o ration PATRON Bra voBravo l Spon s or Grand Rap id s Ballet The Lee & Maxine Peck

Ope ra Ball Platinum $2 ,5 00 - $4 ,999 Sil verma n Desig n N utcracker Pe r forman ce Fou n d a tion

Spo n s o r Eclipse C rea tive Opera Ba ll Bo x Sponsor Sp o n so r MOT C hi ldren's Ch oru s BravoBravol Sky b ox The Wes ti n Boo k Cadill ac Alvin Ail ey Am e rica n Mu s ic Li b rary Sp o n so r

FE LLOW Sp o n sor BravoB ravo l H os pita li ty Da n ce Th eate r Ed ucatio n Ka re n & Drew Pes la r

$ 10,000 - $ 1 4 ,999 IATS E - Lo ca l 38 Sp o ns o r Sp onso r Fou nda tion

Ban k of Am e ri ca Gen er a l Oper a tin g W i lli am s, Wi ll ia m S, Rattn e r F re d A. a n d Barbara M Erb Ralp h L. and Winifre d E BravoBravo l Spon s o r Su pport & Plun k e tt Fa mily Fo u n d a tion Po lk Fo u ndati on

Compu wa re Corporatio n Mead owb rook In surance Opera Ball Box Spons or Sa lly Mead Ha n d s Sigmund and Sop hie Ro hli k

Ope ra Ba ll Table Sp on s or Agen cy Found ation Fou n d ation

Doe ren May h ew Go lf O u ting Spon s or C ONTRIBUTOR Alice Ka les Hartwick Vi ll age Wom an's Clu b

Opera Ba ll Tab le Spo n s or Gen e ral Operatin g $5 00 - $ 999 Fo u nd a t io n Fou nd a tion

Mac k Ave nu e Record s Su pport

AME Am e rica n Mus ic H u d s o n -We b b e r We is b lat Found a tio n

Too Ho t to Handle Spon sor MGM Mirage Voice Envi ro nm ents, Inc /To m & Fo unda tion

MGM G ra nd Cas ino Fo undation Debbie Kriko rian O li ve r Dewey Marck s

BravoBravo l Sponsor MOT Ch il dren 's C h orus Golf O utin g Spon sor Foundation

O pe ra Ball Box Spo n s o r Sp ons or

MAJOR GIFTS- OPERA

$5 0 ,000

Mr. &: Mrs. John Boll , Sr.

$ 30 ,000

Herman&: Sharon F rankel

$ 10 ,000 - $ 12 ,000

Susa nn e McMilla n

Cyr il Moscow

Ru t h Rattner, Anne F. Katz &: No rman D. Ka tz

$5, 000

Anne &: John Roberts

I NDIVIDUAL SUPPORT -O P ERA

GENERAL DIRECTOR' S C IRCLE

IMPRESA RIO

$ 10 ,000+

Mr. &: Mrs. Richa rd Alonzo

Mr. &: Mrs. E th an Davidson

Mrs. Marianne Endicott

Mrs. Barbara Frankel&:

Mr. Ronald Michalak

Sharon &: Herman Frankel

Mrs. Susa nne McMill an

Mr. Wil li am Sm ith

Mr. Richard So n enklar &:

Mr. Gregory Haynes

Mr. Richard D. Ventura

BENEFACT,OR

$5, 000 - $9,999

Mr &: Mrs. Douglas F.

All ison

Ano n ymous

The Hon. &: Mrs. Edward Avadenka

Mr. &: Mrs. Lee Barthel

Mrs. li se Calcagno

Mr. Thomas Cohn

Dr. David DiChiera

Ms. Nell Duke&: Mr. David Ammer

Ms. Marjorie M. Fis her

The Ca role &: No rman

H afley Foundation

Mrs. Harriet Hull

Mr. &: Mrs. Addison

Igleheart

Mrs. Stephanie Ge rm ack

Kerzic &: Mr. Patrick

Kerzic

D r. Will iam Kupsky &: D r. Ali Moiin

Mr. &: Mr s. Harry A.

Lomason I!

Mr. &: Mrs. Robert A. Lutz

D r. &: Mrs Stephen A.

Munk

Dr. Charlotte &: Mr. Charles Podowski

Mr. &: Mrs. Roy Robe rts

Mrs. Carolyn L. Ross

Ms. Elham Shayota

Mr. &: Mrs. Kinnie &: Mary Beth Sm ith

Ms. Phyllis Snow

Dr. Calvin L. Stevens

Mr. &: Mrs. Thomas Terrell

Mrs. Barba ra Van Dusen

Mr. &: M rs. George C. Vi n cent

SUSTAINER $2,5 00 - $4,999

Mr. &: Mrs. Robert A. All esee

Dr. Lourdes Andaya

Mr. &: Mrs. Thomas Anderson

Mr. &: Mrs. Joseph Angiler i

Dr. &: M rs. Agustin Arbulu

Dr. Haro ld Mitchell

Arrington

Mr. &: Mrs. J ohn Axe

Mr. &: Mrs James M.

Balcerski

Mr. &: Mrs. Mark Alan Baun

Mr. &: Mrs. Paul Bl izman

Mr. &: Mrs. G. Peter BJorn

Mrs. Margaret Borden

Mr. &: Mrs. Ri chard Bowlby

Mr. &: Mrs. Gerald Bright

Dr. Carol S. Chadwick &:

Mr. H. Taylor Burleson

Mr. &: Mrs. Alfred Cheesebrough lii

The Ho n &: Mrs. Avern L. Cohn

Mrs. RoseA nn e Com stoc k

Dr. Mary Caro l Co nroy

In his own words

At my age (79) it's time to ensure my desire in some way to keep ope ra and b all e t alive and available to Southeast Michigan music love rs and th e y out h of to morrow, who ca n only lea rn by exp o sure to th e grea t mu si c of th e world - voi ce and dance.

Drs. Laura&: Jeffrey Corrigan

Jill &: Jay Cra ig

Mrs. Mary Rita Cuddohy

Mrs. Victor Curato lo

Ms. joanne Danto &: Dr. Arnie Weingarden

Ms. Julia Donova n Darlow &: The Hon. John C. O 'Meara

Mr. &: Mrs. Jerry D 'Ava nzo

Mr. &: Mrs. Antho n y Earley

Mr. Sanford Hansell &: Dr. Ra ina Ernstoff

Ms. Do ris Ewing

Mr. &: Mrs. Paul E. Ewing

Mr. &: Mrs. Ll oyd C. Fell

Mrs. Max M. Fisher

Mr. &: Mrs. Carl B. Fontana

Mrs Elaine Fontana

Mr. &: Mrs. Stuart Franke l

Mr. &: Mrs. Harvey Freeman

Mr. &: Mrs. Andrew

Gi ancamilli

Mr. Allan Gilmour

Mrs Alfred R. Glancy, III

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard Goetz

Mr &: Mrs. Euge n e Hartwig

Mrs. David B Herme lin

Mr. &: Mrs. Derek Hodgso n

Mr. William Hulsker

Mr. &: Mrs. Alan Israel

Mr. &: Mrs. Verne G. !stock

Mr. &: Mrs. Gary E. J ohnson

Ma rjori e &: Maxwe ll J ospey

Foundation

Mr. &: Mrs. Martin Kellman

Mr. &: Mrs. Steve Kes ler

Mr. &: Mrs Chak Lai

Dr J ennifer Langowski &:

Mr. Tom Kostecke

Mr. &: Mrs. Paul Lavins

Mr. Ch arles Letts

Dr. &: Mrs. Zvi Levran

Mrs. Linda Dresn er Levy &:

Mr. Edward Levy,Jr.

Dr. &: Mrs. Miguel

Lis- Plane lis

Mrs. Florence LoPatin

Mr. Alphonse S. Luca relli

Mr. &: Mrs. Ste phen

Mancuso

Mr. &: Mrs. Ron Ma rtella

Ms. Mary C. Mazure

Mr. &: Mrs. Richard McBrien

Mr. Phillip D. Minch

Ms. Anne Maroun

Mr. &: Mrs. Manuel Maroun

Mr. &: Mrs. Xavier Mosquet

Mr. Jonath a n Orser

Mr. &: Mrs. Stanford

Ovsh insky

Mr. Joseph R. Papp

Mr. &: Mrs. Daniel Pehrson

Mr &: Mrs. Brock E Plumb

Mr &: Mrs Bill Powers

Mrs. Ruth F. Rattner

Mrs Pamela Trotman-Reid &: Dr. Irvin Reid

Mr. &: Mrs. Irving Rose

Mr &: Mrs. Norman H Rosen fe ld

Mr &: Mrs. Hug h C. Ross

Ms. janice Ross

Mrs Luigi Ruscillo

Mr. &: Mrs. Wi lliam Sandy

Ms. Georgia Scappaticci

Dr. Barbara &: Mr. Laurence Schiff

Kim &: Donald Schmidt

Lois &: Mark Shaevsky

Arlene Sha ler

Mr. Stephan Sh a rf

Mr. &: Mrs. Erwin S Sim on

Ms Phyllis Snow

Mr. &: Mrs. David S. Snyder

Dr.&: Mrs. Robert]. Sokol

Mr. &: Mrs. Frank Sonye

Dr. Grego ry Stephens

Dr. &: Mrs. Ge ra ld H

Stallman

Dr. jonat han Swift

Mr. Ro n ald F. Switze r

Dr. Lorna Tho m as

Mr. &: Mrs. C. Thomas

Toppin

Dr. Dana Zakalik &: John Weber

Mr. john Wickey

Mrs. Ame lia H Wilhelm

Mr. &: Mrs. R Jamison

Williams, Jr.

Mrs. Be ryl Wi nkelman

Dina&: Eric W in ter

Mr. Andrew Wise

Mr. &: Mrs. Larry Zangerle

Mrs. Paul Zucke rman

o wn m ot h e r and her friends to Michigan Ope ra Theatre .

DONORS

$2,000- $ 2 ,499

Mr. &: Mrs Kenn Allen

Mr. &: Mrs. Eugene

Applebaum

Mrs. Donald]. Atwood

J. Addison Bartush

Mr. &: Mrs. Mandell Be rman

Mrs. J ohn G. Bi elawsk i

Mr. &: Mrs. Eugene W

Blanch ard

Mr. &: Mrs. John Boll, Sr.

Mr. J im BonahoomWolverine Packing Company

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and opera and ba ll et of o ur world, right here and now."

-Ronald F. Switzer

My m eet in g with Dr Da vi d DiC hi e r a so m e 40 y ea r s a g o m a d e me realize how deep hi s commitment and drive is to bring great op era to Detroit a nd Mi c higan. Sinc e the beginning, I w a s ab le to bring my

My ear lie st memories of op e ra, op e r e tta a nd cl ass i ca l musi c ca me from our

family weekend gatherings at our summer hom e on Lake Sai nt Clair.

My mother sang ope ra and operetta and my au nt p layed the piano I h ave such w onderful m usica l m e morie s All I e v e r h eard w as op e r a, and I st ill h av e all th e o ld r ec ords.

I want to do my part, wheneve r I ca n, for tomo rrow's youth of our c ity, offer them the ex posure a nd ava ilab ility to h ear and see th e great mu sic www.l\lli

and all major fun dra isers and special events . He is a memb er o f

Sinc e 1985, M r. Switzer has been a staunch support er of MOT, parti c ipating i n all ph ases of our cap ita l ca mpa igns as w e ll as annu a l campa igns for opera and dance, Michigan Opera The atre offers world -class opera an d ballet to all in the m ag nifi cent Detroit Opera Hou se - a treas ure for the c ity of D etroit in cu ltu r e a nd art s

the General D i rector's Circle and th e Av anti So ciety, MOT's group of fri e nd s who have m a d e arrangements to in clude MO T i n th e ir estate pla ns

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Volunteers

Dea r Friends o f Michigan

O p era Th ea tre ,

As the ne w MOTVA Presid ent I want to tak e a moment to recognize all o f our d evoted volunteers Michigan Op era Thea tre and the De troit Op era Hou se present one of the mos t di verse op era and dance series in the count ry Th ese p rogra m s req uire the co ll aboration of many, esp ecia lly tho se who help out b ehind the sce n es.

I wo uld ltke to rec ognize some of o ur key vo luntee r g roup s: the h osts o f our op ening night dinne rs, cast p arties and th e c ommittees that cr eate our hallmark BravoBravo l e vent ; our r esident historians wh o condu c t O pera Hou se tours ; our extrao rdin ary corp s o f u sh er s ; an d our MOTVA Board members . To each of you w ho supp ort s u s th ro u gh gen ero u s gift s of time and resources , m y mos t sincere thanks .

lf yo u ar e no t ye t a volunteer , I h ope tha t yo u wi.ll consider joining u s Yo ur tax -d ed u c tibl e m emb ership en titles yo u to pa rticipa te in our individ u a l voluntee r grou p s For m embe rship in formatio n please con s u l t the MO TVA we bp age a t www.michiganope ra.org under "supp ort u s," or ca ll Ch r istin a Wagn er a t (3 13) 237 -3236.

I h op e th a t you enj oy th e 2 0 11 - 1 2 season. I look forwa rd to wo rking wi.th yo u and th ank yo u for yo ur interes t and invo lve m en t in the Michigan Oper a Th eatre Volunteer Asso cia tion.

M ichigan Op er a Theatre an d the De tro it Opera Ho use present on e of the fin est and mo stdlVer se op era and d ance series in the countr y. This ambmou s endeavor re qmres the co llab orati on of many, including those wh o h elp out b ehmd the scen es. The talented , gi ving hands o f our corps o f vo lunteers m ak e a s1gmficant p osi tive impact on the over all op eration of the compan y. We all thank you for your d edica tion and s uppo rt !

MOTVA Executive Committee

Te rry Sh ea , Presid ent

Nan cy Moor e , Sec r etary

Steven Ma rlette, Past Presi d ent

Dodie David , Pa st President

Gloria Clark , Pas t President

MOTVA Board of Directors and Committee Chairs

H elen Arno ldi -Rowe, Divas/D ivos

Kat hie Bo oth , Ush ers

Gwen Bowlb y, Publi ci ty & Developm ent

Gloria Clark , Ope r a Leagu e & So irees

Do die Davi d , O p er a Leagu e

Dani elle DeFau w, Boutique

Kevin Den nis, Board Memb er

Marian n e Endico tt , Com munity

Programs

Rosemary Gu gino , Volun tee r Reco gni tion

Hea ther Hamilton , Sp ec ial Projects

Manage r

Am y Jid o v, Memb ershi p

Myrn a Maz ure , O p erations

Ch er yl Mcllho n , Dan ce Cou ncil

H elen Millen , Am bassad ors

J errid Moo n ey, Yo u n g Professionals

J oan Na gra nt , Office Vo lu nteers

Dr. Wallace Peace, Op er a Lectures

Curtis Po suniak , Board Memb er

J erem y Zeltzer , Board Memb er

2011 OPERAtors

Lee Ba rthel

Gwen Bowlb y

Gloria Clark

Dodie David

Ma riann e Endi co tt

Barbara Frankel

Alan Israel

Amy Jidov

De lphine Kerney

Ka th leen Maher

John Novak

Anthony Ru da

Patrici a Schult z

Bernadette Weingartz

2010-2011

MOTVA Soiree Hosts

Ri ck Bower s & Dan Tred e r

Debo r ah & Mich ael Savoie and Ma rlene & Carl Bihlm eyer

Deborah Meade

Victoria & Robert Liggitt

Deb ra & Rich ard Partrich

BravoBravo! 20 1 1

Co-Ch a irs

Domin ic Arell an o

Pip er Ca rter

J errid Moon ey

President MOTVA

For more information on one of the many ways to volunteer at Michigan Opera Theatre, please call (313) 237 -3236.

Administration & Staff

D AV ID DI C HI ERA, FO UND E R & GENERA L DIR EC TOR

DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS

Karen VanderKloot DiChiera , Direc tor of Community Programs & Learning at the Opera House

Carol Halsted, Director of Dance

Dewan Mitchell, Director of Bookings & Events Management

Rock Monroe , Director of Safety & Security

Laura R. Nealssohn, Director of Communications

David W Osborne, Director of Production

Mary Parkhill, Director of Development

Jason Warzecha , Director of Theatre & Parking Center Operations

ADMINISTRATION

William Austin, Executive Assistant to the General Director

Timothy Lentz, Archivist & Director, Allesee Dance & Opera Resource Library

Bryce Rudder, Senior Librarian, Allesee - Dance & Opera Resource Library

COMMUNICATIONS

Kimberly A. Mogielski, Patron & Ticket Services Manager

Michael Hauser, Marketing Manag er

Kimber-ly Gray, Ticket Services Assistant Manager

Felicia Burgess , Tunisia Brown, Patron & Ticket Services Associates

Christy Gray, Receptionist & Administrative Assistant

Mitchell Carter, Website Coordinator

J eff Strayer, Communications Coordinator

john Grigaitis, Photographer

Crystal Ceo, Account Executive, Solomon Frie dman Adv ertising

Toby Faber, BRAVO Sales

Bill Carro ll , Public Relations Volunt ee r

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Mark Vondrak, Associate Direc tor & Tour Manager

Betty Lan e , Op erations Manager & Singing Voic e Specialist

Dolores Tobis , Marketing Manager

TOURING ARTISTS OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Be tsy Bronson , Maria Cimarelli , Dan Greig , Bernard Holcomb , Jo seph j ackson , Lois Ka arre, Betty Lane, Debbi e Lann en , Amy Dolan Malan ey, Kim Parr, Mi chae l Parr, Ma del yn Porter , David Pulice, Amanda

Sabelhau s, Karl Schmidt, Trish Shandor, Christopher Vaught , Mark Vondrak , Alvin Waddl es , Karin White

COMPUTER SERVICES

john Grigaitis , Information Tec hnology Manager ·

Shelly Ratliff, LAN Administrator

DANCE

Kim Smith, Administrative Assistant

DEVELOPMENT

Kim-Lan Trinh , Associate Director of Development , Planned Giving & Major Gifts

Danielle DeFauw, Boutique Manager

Michell e Deland , Corporate Campaign Manager

Carolyn Geck, Proj ec t Manager; BravoBravo! 2012

Heather Hamilton, Special Projects Manager

Katherine Kucharski, Foundation & Government Grants Manager; Database Consultant

Christina Wagner, Annual Fund Manager

Stephani Yates , Dance Patron Circle Campaign Manager & Project Manager; BravoBravo! 2012

FINANCE

Derrick Lewis , Controller

Kimberly Burgess-Rivers, Rita Winters, Accountants

Nick Williams , Accounting Assistant

DETROIT OPERA HOUSE

HOUSE MANAGEMENT

Randy Elliott, House Manager

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Dennis Wells , Facilities Manager

jesse Carter, S enior Building Engin eer

Ben Latimer, Building Engin ee r

Robe rt Me ttetal , Building Engin eer

Timothy johnson , Building Maint enanc e

Bernard Williams , Building Maintenance

FOOD & BEVERAGE

Angela Donaldson , Food & Bev erage Manag er

james Young, Assistant Food & Bev erage Manage r

Corey Sco tt , Exec utiv e Chef

Edna Robinson , Sous C hef

SAFETY & SECURITY

Lt. Lorraine Monro e, Sup e rvisor

Nicole Park e r, Eric Strickland , Stag e Door Office rs

Anthony Dorsey, Keith Lee, Ric hard jones, Pamela Sco tt , Sg t. Daryl Stuckey, Contro l Ce nte r Officers

DETROIT OPERA HOUSE PARKING CENTER

Robert Neil, Manager

Paul Bolden, Event Supervisor for Parking

PRODUCTION

ADMINISTRATION

Elizabeth Anderson, Production Coordinator

Carolyn Geck , Production Administrator

Ken Saltzman, Stage Manager

Brian Augustt, Amy Duffy* , Nan Luchini *t, Assistant Stage Managers

Nancy Krolikowski , Production Volunteer

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

David DiChiera, Music Director

Suzanne Mallare Acton, Assistant Music Direc tor & Chorus Master

Rob erto Mauro, Artistic Consultant

Diane Bredesen, Orchestra Personnel Manager

jean Schneider, Repetiteur

TECHNICAL & DESIGN STAFF

Daniel T. Brinker, Technical Director

Monika Essen, Property Master & Scenic

Artist

Kendall Smith, Lighting Coordinator

Bobby Tacoma, Assistant Lighting Designer & Assistant Technical Director

Orsin Thanasi, Tec hnical Assistant

D ee Dorsey, Sup e rtitle Op erator

Rudi Lau e rmann , Reco rding Engineer

COSTUMES

Suzanne M. Hanna , Costume Directo r

Mark Baiza, Cutt er/Draper

Laura Brinke r , Cutter/Drap er *

Alice Moss , Wardrobe Mistress

Katie H e in, First Hand

Susan A. Fox , Stitcher

Monika Essen, Costum e Paint er

MAKEUP & HAIR

E lizab e th Gec k , Ass istant Wig & Make up Designer

STAGE CREW

j o hn Kinso ra , Head Carpenter

Rob ert Mesinar, Head Elec trician

Alan Bigelow, Head Propertyman

Henry Ruiz, Head Sound

Rob ert Martin , Head Flyman

Gary Gilmore, Production Electri cia n

Mary Ellen Shuffett , Head of Wardro be

IAT SE Local #3 8 , Stage C rew

IATSE Lo cal #7 86 , Wardrob e

*Th e Medium /C armina Burana

tT he Marriage of Figaro

General Information

PHOTOGRAPHY, RECORDING & COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES

Photography or recording during any performance is strictly prohibited. You are welcome to take photographs in the lobby before or after a performance and during intermission. As a courtesy to our guests , please switch all electronic devices to silent mode and refrain from using them during the 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 o f fire or similar em ergency, please remain calm and walk - do not run - to the n earest exit. Our u sh e rs are trained to lead you out of the building safely A trained Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is onsite during most events. Please see an usher or staff m ember to contact the EMT.

RESTROOMS

· Ladies' restrooms are located off the Ford Lobby (Broadway Street entrance), down the stairs; and on the third floor (Madison Street enm;mce) - press "3R" on the elevator to reach this fa cility. Gentlemens restrooms are located unde r the Grand Staircase a nd also on the third floor (Broadway Street side)press "3" on the eleva tor to reach this facility. All third floor restrooms are wheelchair accessible. A unisex, wheelchair accessible restroom is located in the Cadillac Opera Ca fe.

NO SMOKING

The De troit Opera House is a s moke- free fa cility. Ash receptacles are provided a t the exterior of all enny doors for those who wish to smoke.

USHERS

Us h ers are stationed at the top of each aisle. If you h ave a question or con cern , please inform an u sh er, who will contac t managem ent. If you are interested in b ecoming a vo lunteer u sh er, please call the u sh er hodine at (313) 237-3253.

LATE SEATING

Latecomers will b e seated only during an appropriate pause in the program. Late seatin g policies are at the discre tion of the produc tion, not Opera House managem ent.

LOST & FOUND

Lost and Found is located in the Safety and Security Department. Please see an usher if you have misplaced an article, or call (313) 961 -35 00 if you have already left the theater. Items will be held in Lost and Found for 30 days.

PARKING

We encourage all our guests to take advantage of the Detroit Opera House Parking Center, located n ext to the Detroit Opera House. Pre-paid parking is available for all guests and can b e purchased with tickets online or through the Detroit Opera House ticket office. This facility is reserved specifically for Detroit Opera House patrons during regularly scheduled performances. Entrances and exits are located on both john R. Stree t and Grand River Ave Call (313) 23 7-7464 for more information

ACCESSIBILITY

Accessible seating locations for patrons in wheelchairs are located in all price ranges on the orch estra level. When purchasing tickets , please ask about these locations if you require special accommodations.

Assisted Listening Devices are available on a first-com e, first-served basis Please see an usher to request this service, or visit the Guest Services desk located in the Vincent Lobby (Madison Street entrance) Although this is a complimentary service, we will hold a piece of p ersonal identification while you are u sing the d evice. Please contact the tick et office at (313) 237-7464 should you desire special consideration

CHILDREN

Children are welcome; however, all guests are required to hold a tick e t, regardless of age. In all cases, babes in arms are n o t p ermitted

SERV ICES

Concessions stands are located on all levels Please note that food and drinks are not p ermitted in the auditorium a t any time. Coat Check is loca ted at the Gu est Services d esk in the Vincent Lobby (Madison Street side). Please note that the Detroit Opera House does not accept responsibility for any p ersonal articles tha t are not check ed a t the coat ch eck.

CONCEALED WEAPONS

Be advised that, for purposes of Michigan Compiled Laws, Section 28 425o(l)(D , this is an entertainment facility which has a seating capacity of more than 2 ,5 00 individuals It is therefore against the law to carry a concealed pistol on the premises.

RENTAL INFORMATION

The Detroit Opera House is available for rent by your organization Please call (3 13) 9613500, and ask to speak with the Director of Booking & Events Managemen t.

TICKET INFORMATION

The De troit Opera House ticket office hours are Monday-Friday, lO a.m. to 5 :30 p.m. On p erformance days hours are lO a.m. through the first intermission of the p erformance, except w eekends , when the ticket office will open two hours prior to curtain time. Tickets are available online at www.MichiganOpera org. Tickets for all public events at the Detroit Opera House are also available through all Ticke tMaster outlets, by phone at (800) 745-3000 , or at www. TicketMaster.com.

DETROIT 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 restora tion, meet the p eople behind the scenes, tour the stage and see h ow it operates. Tours are $ 10 p er p erson For more information, please call (3 13) 2373425 , or visit www.MichiganOpera org.

IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS

EMERGENCIES (313) 237-3257

Michigan Opera Theatre .... . (313) 96 1-35 00

Gen eral Information (313) 96 1-3500

Los t and Found (3 13) 96 1-3500

Tick e t Office (313) 237-SING (7464)

Usher Hotline (313) 237-3253

Theater Rental Information 313) 96 1-3500

De troit Opera House Fax (313) 23 7-3412

Press and Public Relations (313) 237-3403 De troit Opera House Parking Center (313) 965-4052 Web s ite www.MichiganOpera.org

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Annual Golf Outing & Bridge Party

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J ason Ros e nfe ld, David Yates , Ni ck T homas and MOT Board member Dean Fr iedman

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