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Welcome to the 36th season of The Atlanta Opera and our opening mainstage production: La bohème. This production launches the perfect season for patrons who are new to opera as well as longtime opera lovers who are interested in seeing these productions reimagined. La bohème, the perfect tale of romance and heartbreak set against the famous Latin Quarter in Paris; The Pirates of Penzance, a rollicking, seafaring adventure on the coasts of England; and Romeo and Juliet, the timeless tragedy of French grand opera that is set at the celebrated Globe Theatre. Each show is brought to you in a fresh interpretation featuring some of opera’s biggest stars. This season also continues our expansion beyond the mainstage. Our new Discoveries series, which launched earlier this year with Three Decembers at the Alliance Theatre, just completed a very successful run of Schubert’s Winter Journey at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University. Our next Discoveries production will explore the 8

life journey undertaken by members of our military. Soldier Songs will open at the Rialto Center for the Arts on Veterans Day. In the past two seasons, the opera launched meaningful collaborations with other arts organizations all over metro Atlanta: Theatrical Outfit, Alliance Theatre, Emory, Kennesaw State University, Georgia State University, High Museum of Art, Breman Museum, Atlanta History Center, and Rialto Center for the Arts. By expanding beyond the mainstage, we intend to weave the Opera into the fabric of Atlanta life. We at the Opera are committed to making this incredible art form accessible to a sophisticated, modern audience. I genuinely hope you enjoy your time with us today and that you will encourage others to come join the adventure.

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La Bohéme CREDITS MUSIC Giacomo Puccini LIBRETTO Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Henri Murger’s novel Scènes de la vie de bohème FIRST PERFORMANCE Turin Teatro Regio, Feb. 1, 1896 CONDUCTOR Arthur Fagen PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Tomer Zvulun SCENIC & PROJECTION DESIGNER Erhard Rom COSTUME DESIGNER Martin Pakledinaz ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGNER Robert Wierzel REvIvAL LIGHTING DESIGNER Amith Chandrashaker WIG & MAKEUP DESIGNER Richard Jarvie CHORUS MASTER Walter Huff ASSISTANT CHORUS MASTER Rolando Salazar CHILDREN’S CHORUS MASTER Charles Baugh SUPERTITLES Jonathan Dean CAST (IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE) MARCELLO Trevor Scheunemann

PARPIGNOL Tim Miller

RODOLFO Gianluca Terranova

vENDOR William Green

COLLINE Nicholas Brownlee

ALCINDORO Alan Higgs

SCHAUNARD Theo Hoffman

MUSETTA Leah Partridge

BENOÎT Alan Higgs

CUSTOMS HOUSE SERGEANT Mitch Gindlesperger

MIMì Maria Luigia Borsi

CUSTOMS OFFICER Ivàn Segovia

MUSICAL PREPARATION Stephano Sarzani & Rolando Salazar ASSISTANT STAGE DIRECTOR Jordan Braun STAGE MANAGER Brian August ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS Katherine Fortner & Michael Sperber This production of La bohème is an original production of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Costumes executed by Seattle Opera Costume Shop English captions for La bohème owned by Seattle Opera, © 2013 Performed in Italian with English supertitles Approximate running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes with two intermissions 11

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ACT I

To celebrate the holiday and their luck, they decide to dine at Café Momus. Rodolfo stays behind to finish an article, promising to join them shortly.

The poet Rodolfo and his roommate, Marcello, a painter, are trying to work, but it is too cold to concentrate. Rodolfo offers to burn his manuscript to stay warm. Colline, a philosopher, arrives as the play burns. All three try to warm themselves. Schaunard, a musician, arrives soon after with a bounty of food and wine. As the four toast their good fortune, Benoît, the landlord, arrives to collect rent, which is past due. The four friends invite him in, offer him wine and reassure him they will pay what is owed. With ingenuity they distract and confuse Benoît, ultimately forcing him out before he is able to collect.

There is a knock on the door. Rodolfo opens it to find a beautiful young woman, Mimì, at the threshold. She asks Rodolfo for a light for her candle. He invites her in. She faints suddenly, dropping the key to her apartment. When she recovers, they begin to search for her key but both of their candles go out. They are left with only moonlight to guide them. The two search for Mimì's key, and in the darkness, Rodolfo touches her hand. They begin to confide in one another, sharing their hopes and dreams. Rodolfo's friends call from below, asking him to join them at Café Momus. Rodolfo takes Mimì's arm, and they leave for the café.

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outside the cAfé momus, the street is busy with shoppers & vendors On the way to the café, Rodolfo buys Mimì a bonnet. The two join his friends at a sidewalk table outside Café Momus. The toy seller Parpignol is followed by a crowd of children. A little while later, Musetta, Marcello's old flame, arrives accompanied by Alcindoro, a wealthy, older gentleman. Although Marcello feigns indifference, he finds it increasingly difficult to ignore Musetta. To gain his attention she sings about her captivating beauty. No longer wanting Alcindoro's company, Musetta cries out that her shoe pinches her. She demands

that Alcindoro run and buy her a new pair. The moment Alcindoro is out of view, Musetta runs into Marcello's arms. They join their friends and are swept up in celebration. By the time Alcindoro returns, the group has left the café and he is left with the check.

ACT III

eArLy dAwn on A bitter, coLd februAry morning outside A tAvern neAr one of the city gAtes Customs officers search people coming into the city for work. Mimì, in a weakened state, seeks out Marcello to ask for his help. She confides in him that Rodolfo's jealousy is the cause of their constant fighting. Rodolfo comes

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SynopSIS looking for Marcello, and Mimì hides. She overhears Rodolfo explain why he is so tormented. Mimì is ill, and his poverty is weakening her condition. Rodolfo hears Mimì cough and rushes to her. At the same time, Marcello hears Musetta laugh and goes inside the tavern to find out what she is up to. At first, Mimì and Rodolfo try to end their relationship but they are still deeply in love. They decide to stay together until the springtime, when it will be easier to separate. Meanwhile, Marcello's worries are confirmed; he catches Musetta flirting with a stranger. He drags her out of the tavern to confront her, they quarrel, and Musetta storms off leaving Marcello behind. Meanwhile, Rodolfo and Mimì depart arm and arm, blissfully reunited.

ACT IV

the foLLowing summer in mArceLLo And rodoLfo's Attic ApArtment Marcello and Rodolfo are trying to work, but each is distracted by thoughts of the woman he loves. The somber mood changes when Colline and Schaunard arrive to share a paltry meal. The four of them forget their worries, improvising a sword fight when suddenly, Musetta arrives with Mimì. Mimì is dying and wants to be with Rodolfo again. Musetta and Marcello leave to find a doctor. Colline leaves to sell his overcoat. Schaunard follows them out. Rodolfo and Mimì are left alone. They recall their first meeting. The others return with medicine, but it is too late. Mimì has died. At first, no one dares tell Rodolfo. Looking at their faces, he realizes she is gone. photo: Elise Bakketun Photography, Seattle Opera, 2013

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The TheATrICAl beAT beneATh puCCInI’S InTrICATe, emoTIonAl operA By Nicholas Beard One of the great pleasures of La bohème – beyond the gorgeous melodies, sympathetic characters and heartfelt emotions – is the intricate construction of its score. After Verdi, Giacomo Puccini is surely the greatest Italian composer, and his mature operas – including Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot – are among the most-performed the world over.

composer Ruggero Leoncavallo, famous for Pagliacci, almost simultaneously latched onto Murger’s drama. A minor scandal ensued, with the unlikely prospect of an operatic competition, and the two operas premiered just a year apart.

La bohème is arguably the most perfectly realized among these, where the musical details and dramatic action are ideally suited to each other. It’s no surprise: Throughout his life, Puccini was enthralled by spoken-word theater. French writer Henri Murger depicted his own youthful life experiences in a collection of short stories, Scènes de la vie de bohème.

Working with librettists Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, Puccini obsessed to find the right balance of words, music and staging. In the process, they took the fashionable style called verismo to a potent new high, where the story’s realism kept the emotional temperature consistently high. Thus the opera follows the familiar tragic arc of love/joy that leads to sorrow/ loss – a romantic comedy with a death at the end – while zooming in to give significance to everyday things, from the chance encounter of a neighbor to a bonnet and an old overcoat.

Originally published in serial form, with the plots only loosely connected, it later became a successful play. Puccini and rival

Examples of musical characterizations are found throughout the score. The four self-styled artists – the bohemians of the

produCTIon noTe title – dream big, but lack talent. Each is introduced musically with a distinct theme. Marcello the painter, the leader of the group, gets a bumpy and boisterous tune that becomes the call of the bohemians overall. Rodolfo the poet and dreamer, gets a suitable romantic theme, hinting at the boundless optimism of love and at one of the opera’s hit arias (“Che gelida manina”). Their mock-pompous language and musical high spirits suggest young men from comfortable circumstances – having fun and not taking life, or their selfinflicted poverty, too seriously. (Indeed, at one point our poet Rodolfo casually admits that he stands to inherit a fortune from his millionaire uncle!) After some banter over their frozen garret, the Marcello and Rodolfo themes volley back and forth – the opera’s first moment of embroidered airiness. The philosopher Colline enters the apartment on a stuffed and clumsy theme – his heavy 2/4 rhythm intruding on the more fluid 6/8 – a sure sign of his bookish character. As Rodolfo sets his latest manuscript aflame to keep warm, the orchestra surges brilliantly, but soon the harp alone plucks out what sounds like dying flames. We hear, as much as see, the theatrical details. And so it goes, each bit of scene-painting serving to depict the details of the story with maximum efficiency. The landlord Benoît, demanding overdue rent, prompts a momentary panic of Wagnerian intensity; at the end of that little scene, the bohemians feign outrage at his supposed low morals, now with a parallel Wagnerian indignation.

Acts 2 and 3 are in some ways complementary, one gaudy and extroverted, the other somber and

intimate. Act 2 is at the Café Momus in the Latin Quarter on Christmas Eve, and the frantic bustle of the opening foreshadows Stravinsky’s ballet Pétrouchka, written some 15 years later. (Despite his reputation for sentimentality, Puccini used modernist compositional devices when it suited his dramatic aims.) Musetta’s celebrated Waltz, shamelessly touting her own stunning looks, is as irresistible to her estranged lover, Marcello, as it is to the audience. (Echoing Odysseus’ attempt to resist the Sirens, Marcello sings “Tie me to the chair!”) For all of the hit melodies of the opening acts, Act 3, at the gates of Paris, is a hidden highlight. The act is short, only about 20 minutes, but it’s intricate and fluid and moves in a perfect curve, attuned to the wintry setting and to the lovers’ emotions. You can almost hear the falling snowflakes as the act opens, played as open fifths on flutes and harp, over a muffling cello line. In Act 4, as Mimì lay dying in the garret, Puccini has the orchestra more alert to what’s happening than the characters onstage. We hear an icy shiver blow through the pit, several moments before Schaunard discovers that Mimì’s soul has already left her body. One of the great strengths of La bohème is the precision of its overarching structure. In concept, the four acts of the opera function like a four-movement symphony, something a Beethoven or a Mahler would recognize: the long, powerful, theme-loaded opening; a wild scherzo; a serene slow movement; and a gripping, nostalgic finale that wraps up all the earlier musical themes.

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Premiering in 1896, La bohème is one of the most frequently performed operas in history. Based on Henri Murger’s novel Scènes de la vie de bohème, it caught the spirit of bohemian life through a series of fortuitous events involving our Parisian characters. While it was an easy read, there was no indication that this book would be adopted into such an enormously successful opera.

La bohème is an opera for love and those who remember what it is like to be in love. Each night, you are invited to experience emotion and love through the lives of Mimì and Rodolfo. Since the premiere of the opera, audiences can relate to the story through Puccini's brilliant ability to capture the frustrations and sensibilities of lovers in their early 20s.

The music of La bohème is one of its strongest elements. Puccini was a master of composing brilliant and lush melodies while manipulating them in a subtle way. The music overflows with emotion without becoming over-emphatic. Puccini writes his lines with disarming honesty and deep human perception.

The production you will see tonight was moved from the 1830s — the period when Murger wrote his book — into the 1890s, when Puccini wrote the opera. The end of the 19th century in Paris was not only a time of great political and social turmoil, but also a time of great technical advancement.

The most important reason for the popularity of La bohème is the direct connection that it makes with each member of the audience. It seems as though Puccini’s pen has direct access to the heart of the audience.

Among many other revolutionary discoveries of the time came the camera and capturing life on film. The birth of photography and cinema changed life forever, and our production is inspired by this exciting and groundbreaking time.

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Hailed by critics worldwide for her vocal dynamism and interpretive prowess, Italian lyric soprano Maria Luigia Borsi has forged a career that has taken her throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Ms. Borsi began her career as Liù in Turandot at the Teatro alla Scala. She made her Venetian debut for the historic reopening of the Teatro La Fenice singing as Violetta in La traviata, under Lorin Maazel. Ms. Borsi has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Zurich Opernhaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Liceu of Barcelona, New National Theatre Tokyo, Arena di Verona, Cincinnati Opera, Les Chorégies d’Orange, Novaya Opera, and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Münchner Philharmoniker, and the Seoul Philharmonic. She has collaborated with Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Myung-Whun Chung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michel Plasson, Yves Abel, and Robert Spano. Highlights of her recent engagements include the opening concert of EXPO in Milan, Otello in Oviedo, La Rondine in Lucca, Modena, Pisa and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in Florence. Born in Sora (Italy), she studied with Antonietta Stella, Lucia Stanescu, Claudio Desderi, and Renata Scotto.

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Roma-born tenor Gianluca Terranova is rapidly becoming one of the most sought-after lyric tenors with his ease in the high register and great stage presence. He has performed in such opera houses as Teatro alla Scala, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Australia in Sydney and Melbourne, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Frankfurt Opera, Opernhaus Leipzig, Opéra Royal de Wallonie de Liège, Grand Theatre of Shangai, Grand Theatre of Hong Kong, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Arena di Verona, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, as well as the theaters of Bologna, Genova, Palermo, Trieste, and Torino. He has worked with Roberto Abbado, James Conlon, Myung Wung Chung, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Nicola Luisotti, Zubin Mehta, Gianandrea Noseda, Renato Palumbo, Nello Santi, and with such stage directors as Henning Brockhaus, Robert Carsen, Terry Gilliam, and Graham Vick. Highlights of 2014-15 season have included Rigoletto (Duca di Mantova) in Rome, Leipzig, Liège, Duesseldorf, and Duisburg; La traviata (Alfredo) in Duisburg; Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo) in Genova; and La bohème (Rodolfo) in Grange Park and Napoli. Future roles include La bohème (Rodolfo), La traviata (Alfredo), Don Carlo (title role), Simon Boccanegra (Gabriele Adorno), Rigoletto (Duca di Mantova), and Norma (Pollione). 22

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In the 2015-16 season, Trevor Scheunemann will be seen with the Metropolitan Opera Rising Stars Tour across the United States. In the summer of 2015, Mr. Scheunemann debuted at Teatro Municipal de Santiago as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. He also debuted with the Montreal Symphony and Kent Nagano in Orff’s Carmina Burana and in Bernstein’s A Quiet Place. He has appeared at Opéra de Monte Carlo in his role debut as Donner in Das Rheingold, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with Baltimore Concert Opera, and the Met as Silvano in the new production of Un ballo in maschera under Fabio Luisi, which was also an HD simulcast. He was seen at the San Francisco Opera as Joe in the world premiere of Heart of a Soldier and Opéra National de Bordeaux as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Additionally, he debuted to great acclaim at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly; Nézet-Séguin at the Met; Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at Oper Frankfurt; Rameau’s Dardanus with Emmanuelle Haïm at Opéra de Lille; his San Francisco Opera debut as Jake Wallace in La fanciulla del West, conducted by Nicola Luisotti; Melot in Tristan und Isolde; and Robert Carsen’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm at the Glyndebourne Festival; and his Met debut as Curio in Giulio Cesare.

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Soprano Leah Partridge has received consistent praise worldwide for her compelling stage presence and intelligent interpretations of opera's most beloved characters. Since making her debut in 2003 as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Ms. Partridge has had a career full of remarkable milestones. Her Metropolitan Opera debut came in 2008 as the First Niece in Peter Grimes, followed by a return engagement as La Charmeuse in Thaïs. Both roles were part of the MET's Live in HD broadcasts and were released on DVD (EMI). In 2010, Ms. Partridge performed Marie in La Fille du Régiment with The Metropolitan Opera to great acclaim as a last-minute replacement, which was captured live on Sirius Satellite Radio. Other recent engagements include her role debut of Michaela in Bizet's Carmen with Opera Omaha, and her debut with Seattle Opera as the four heroines in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann. She made her Washington National Opera debut in a new production of Puccini's La bohème as Musetta at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, followed by a New Year's celebration concert with Vlaamse Opera in Ghent, Belgium, Ophelia in Hamlet with Opera Birmingham, and Marie in Daughter of the Regiment with Mill City Summer Opera. Upcoming engagements include Mimì in La bohème with Coeur d'Alene Opera.

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Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee is a 2015 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In the 2015-16 season, he will be returning for his second year as a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist at LA Opera, where he will make role debuts as Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte, the Bonze in Madama Butterfly, and Captain Gardiner in Moby Dick, all conducted by James Conlon. He also sings Colline in La bohème conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at LA Opera. In the 2014-15 season, Mr. Brownlee made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut under Gustavo Dudamel in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, and will return for performances of a new multimedia staging by Netia Jones of Chin’s Alice in Wonderland under Susanna Mälkki, which will travel to the Barbican in London with the BBC Symphony. As part of the LA Opera Young Artist Program, he covered Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro under James Conlon and Bluebeard in Barrie Kosky’s production of Bluebeard’s Castle. In the summer of 2015, he returned to the Santa Fe Opera to sing the 1st Soldier in Salome amd cover Monterone in Rigoletto, Sulpice in La Fille du Régiment, and Stobrod/Blind in the world premiere of Cold Mountain. Mr. Brownlee spent the summer of 2014 as an apprentice artist with the Santa Fe Opera, where he made his debut as Don Fernando in a new Stephen Wadsworth production of Fidelio under the baton of Harry Bicket.

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Praised by The New York Times for his “concentrated and rich” baritone, Theo Hoffman makes his Atlanta Opera debut. He will join Arizona Musicfest for Orff’s Carmina burana in the 2015-16 season. He will also return to The Juilliard School for his Master of Music degree. Last season he joined the Cecilia Chorus of New York for Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, marking his Carnegie Hall, debut and sang Orff’s Carmina Burana at Vassar College, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas with New York Lyric Opera, and covered the Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des carmélites with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He was the winner of the Juilliard Vocal Arts Honors Recital and was presented in recital at Alice Tully Hall and sang Bob in Menotti’s Old Maid and the Thief, Count in Le nozze di Figaro, and Lunardo in Le donne curiose. In the summer, he joined the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence for the company’s prestigious Mozart Residency. He made his professional debut with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Thierry in Dialogues des carmélites as a Gerdine Young Artist. Additionally, he sang Schaunard in La bohème at the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv. An active recitalist, he has joined the New York Festival of Song multiple times, as well as sung programs with Juilliard Songfest and at the Colburn School.

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ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: MadaMa BuTTerfly, 2014 Bass-baritone Alan Higgs returns this season after making his professional debut with The Atlanta Opera last year in Madama Butterfly as the Imperial Commissioner and then as Antonio in the spring production of Le nozze di Figaro. Mr. Higgs, who resides in Atlanta, attended Florida State University for his master’s degree in voice performance, where he performed Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, and Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte. While singing Rucker Lattimore in Cold Sassy Tree, he had the honor of working with composer Carlisle Floyd. During his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida/New World School of the Arts, his roles included Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, the Husband in Amelia Goes to the Ball, and Kecal in the Bartered Bride. Mr. Higgs has performed in the chorus with Florida Grand Opera and Atlanta Opera and sang the bass soloist in Judas Maccabaeus for the New World School of the Arts in Miami. Mr. Higgs will also return to The Atlanta Opera this spring as Gregorio in Romeo and Juliet.

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ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: Porgy and BeSS, 2008

A native of Augusta, Ga., Tenor Timothy Miller is an active performer with both national and international credits. Operatic roles include Monastatos and First Armored Man in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Street in Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, and Un Messaggero in Verdi’s Aida. In June of 2008, Mr. Miller sang the role of Crab Man in critically acclaimed performances of Porgy and Bess at the Opéra-Comique in Paris and on tour in Luxembourg, Granada, and Normandy. He has appeared in concert performances of Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, and a concert version of excerpts from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In March 2013, Mr. Miller sang the role of Comrade Alexander Ossipon in the world premiere of Curtis Bryant’s The Secret Agent with libretto by Alan Reichman. Perhaps most widely recognized for his stirring renditions of God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch of Atlanta Braves home games, Miller has extended his exposure well beyond the concert stage. Soloist for both the 2011 and 2015 Georgia Gubernatorial Inauguration Ceremonies, featured artist promos for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, and featured artist in the December 2012 edition of The Atlantan Magazine “Patrons and Players” rounds out a growing list of memorable career highlights. In addition to performing, Mr. Miller is an adjunct professor of voice and music at Morehouse College.

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ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: The flying duTchMan, 2009 General & Artistic Director of The Atlanta Opera since 2013, Tomer Zvulun is also one of opera’s most exciting young directors, earning consistent praise for his creative vision, often described as cinematic and fresh. His work has been presented by prestigious opera houses around the world, including The Metropolitan Opera, the opera companies of Seattle, Buenos Aires, Wexford, and Wolf Trap, as well as leading institutes and universities such as The Juilliard School and IVAI in Tel Aviv. Known for creating innovative interpretations for standard operas as well as championing new works by American composers. Recently he created critically acclaimed new productions of La bohéme (Seattle, Pittsburgh, Cleveland), Don Giovanni (Wolf Trap, Cincinnati), and Madama Butterfly (Atlanta, Castleton Festival), among others. His passion for producing new works was realized in the acclaimed European premiere of Kevin Puts’ Silent Night in Wexford Festival Opera in 2014, a production that won two Irish Times Awards. He prepares new productions of Soldier Songs (David T. Little) in Atlanta, Dead Man Walking (Heggie) in New Orleans, and Dinner at Eight (Bolcom) in Minnesota and Wexford Festival. For The Atlanta Opera, Mr. Zvulun directed three productions before his appointment as General & Artistic Director in 2013: Die Fliegende Holländer (2009), The Magic Flute (2010), and Lucia di Lammermoor (2011). In the 2014-15 season, he created a critically acclaimed new production of Handel’s Semele in Seattle, and created Silent Night in Wexford Festival in a production that will travel to Atlanta and The Glimmerglass Festival in 2017. For the Atlanta Opera’s 2015-16 season, he will direct La bohème, Soldier Songs, and Romeo and Juliet.

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ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: la TraviaTa, 2005 Arthur Fagen, Atlanta Opera’s Carl & Sally Gable Music Director, is a regular guest of the world’s leading opera houses, concert halls, and music festivals, including most notably, the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Staatsoper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Opera Berlin, and Vienna Staatsoper. In North America, he has been a frequent guest of the New York City Opera, Portland Opera, Chautauqua, and New Orleans Opera, among others. Notable orchestras he has conducted include the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, RAI Orchestras of Turin, Naples, Milan, Rome, and Israel Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Fagen served as Music Director of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera, Principal Conductor in Kassel and Brunswick, Chief Conductor of the Flanders Opera in Antwerp and Ghent, and was Music Director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra. He has made a number of recordings for Naxos and BMG. Born in New York, Maestro Fagen began his conducting studies with Laszlo Halasz and served as assistant to Christoph von Dohnanyi at Frankfurt Opera and James Levine at the Metropolitan Opera. Maestro Fagen is professor of music in instrumental conducting at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

wAlTer huff CHORUS MASTER ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: ToSca, 1988

Last season, Walter Huff celebrated 25 years as Chorus Master for The Atlanta Opera. Mr. Huff is an associate professor and faculty director of opera choruses at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. In the past three seasons, he has led choruses in IU Opera Theater’s productions of Don Giovanni, The Merry Widow, Akhnaten, the world premiere of The Tale of Lady Thi Kinti, H.M.S. Pinafore, La traviata, Dead Man Walking, The Last Savage, and South Pacific. Mr. Huff studied piano with Sarah Martin, Peter Takacs, and Lillian Freundlich. He has performed with singers throughout Europe and the United States and served as coach with the Peabody Opera Theatre and Washington National Opera. Mr. Huff also has performed in master classes given by renowned singers and pianists such as Sir Peter Pears, Licia Albanese, Eileen Farrell, Dalton Baldwin, Leon Fleisher, and Elly Ameling. He has been musical director for The Atlanta Opera Studio, Georgia State University Opera, and Actor’s Express, and served as chorus master for Faust and Der Rosenkavalier with The San Diego Opera. In 1984, he received Tanglewood’s C.D. Jackson Master Award for Excellence, presented by Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Huff was one of four Atlanta artists chosen for the first Loridans Arts Awards, given to artists who have made exceptional contributions to the cultural life of Atlanta. 32

CAST & CreATIVe erhArd rom SCENIC & PROJECTION DESIGNER ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: lucia di laMMerMoor, 2011

Erhard Rom was named as a finalist in the Designer of the Year category of the 2015 International Opera Awards in London. He has designed settings for over 200 productions across the globe and his design work has been displayed in the Prague Quadrennial exhibition and at the National Opera Center in Manhattan. He teaches design at Montclair State University in the department of theatre and dance. His credits include: San Francisco Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Seattle Opera, Vancouver Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Minnesota Opera, the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin, Fort Worth Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Colorado, Opéra de Montréal, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Boston, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. In 2014 he designed the European premiere of Kevin Puts' recent opera, Silent Night. The production was awarded two accolades at the 2015 Irish Times Theatre Awards Ceremony, including the audience choice award and best opera production of 2015. Future engagements include The world premiere of The Shining and Nixon in China for the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.

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ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: lucia di laMMerMoor, 2011 Robert Wierzel is happy to be returning to The Atlanta Opera. Other credits include productions with the opera companies of Paris-Garnier, Tokyo, Toronto, New York City Opera, Glimmerglass, Seattle, Boston Lyric, Minnesota, San Francisco, Houston, Virginia, Chicago Lyric, Montreal, Vancouver, Portland, Wolf Trap, and San Diego. Dance work includes 27 years with choreographer Bill T. Jones (Bessie awards) including productions at the Lyon Opera Ballet, Berlin Opera Ballet, and Walking the Line at The Louvre Museum, Paris. Broadway credits include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill starring Audra McDonald, Fela! (Tony nomination, productions at the National Theatre, London, International & American tours), David Copperfield’s Broadway debut, Dreams and Nightmares. Off-Broadway includes productions with the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater, the Signature Theatre, the Roundabout, Playwrights Horizons. Extensive regional theater work includes productions at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre Company, A.C.T. San Francisco, Berkley Rep, Center Stage, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, The Guthrie, Mark Taper Forum, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe. Wierzel holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama and is an adjunct faculty member at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Yale School of Drama. 34

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The ATlAnTA operA ChoruS ChoruS mASTer Walter Huff ASSISTAnT ChoruS mASTer Rolando Salazar ChoruS memberS Lynnette Anderson Caitlin Andrews Bonnie Banner Sakinah Davis Melissa Fontaine Valerie Hamm Letricia Henson Christina Howell Keli Jackson Kate Kasmier Julia Metry Laura Porlier Reina Marielena Powell Teri Sawyer Rebecca Shipley Laurie Tossing Jessica Wax Allegra Whitney Barbara Yancey

Charles Baugh Cleve Bosher John Burnett Christopher S. Connelly Brendan Callahan-Fitzgerald Mitch Gindlesperger C. Augustus Godbee William Green Christopher Grider Chris Hawkins Grant Jones Conrad Moore J. Brandon Odom Stuart Schleuse IvĂ n A. Segovia Jonathan L.B. Spuhler Matthew Talley Trenton Tunnell III Nicholas Yaquinto John M. Young

ChIldren'S ChoruS mASTer Charles Baugh ChIldren'S ChoruS memberS Julian Bonis Sally Blumberg Owen Carney Patrick Davey Mimi Drabik Camille Ervin Morgan Gao Angelica Hale SupernumerArIeS Lauren Colgate Kristofer Conklin Jake Guinn Hannah Hedges 38

James Hart Audrey Holton Anjana Murthy Thomas Penhallegon Myla-Janai Price Lauren Smith Anastasia Waid

Renee Holliman Cleo House, Jr. Jerry Hunter Timothy Mack

Larry Mosblech Kevin Pinkney Angelo Villardi

The ATlAnTA operA orCheSTrA VIolInS Peter Ciaschini Concertmaster

Cello Charae Krueger Principal

horn David Bradley Principal

Helen Kim Assistant Concertmaster

Erin Ellis Assistant Principal

Anna Dodd

Fia Durrett Principal Second

David Hancock

Adelaide Federici Assistant Principal Second Violin

Mary Kenney

Edward Eanes

Roee Harran Cynthia Sulko

Robert Givens

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Patti Gouvas

Adam Bernstein

Alison James

Emory Clements

Jeanne Johnson

Robert Henson

Felix Farrar

Michele Mariage-Volz Lee Nicholson

fluTe/pICColo James Zellars Principal

Shawn Pagliarini

Kelly Bryant

Patrick Ryan

Erica Pirtle

Lisa Morrison

Lee Sheehan Jessica Stinson

oboe Diana Dunn Acting Principal

Elonia Varfi

Lara Dahl

Sally Wilson Martin

Barbara Cook

VIolA William Johnston Principal

ClArIneT David Odom Principal

Elizabeth Derderian-Wood Assistant Principal

Jeanne Heinze

Angele Sherwood-Lawless

Josiah Coe Sherrod Mitchell Karl Schab Joli Wu

Jason Eklund Amy Trotz TrumpeT Yvonne Toll Principal Hollie Lifshey Kevin Lyons Trombone Mark McConnell Principal Edmon Nicholson Richard Brady Donald Strand TImpAnI John Lawless Principal perCuSSIon Michael Cebulski Principal Karen Hunt Jeff Kershner hArp Susan Brady

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Musicians employed in this production are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. *String sections are listed in alphabetical order

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mArThA ThompSon dInoS 2015 ATlAnTA operA bAll honoree Once described as a petite powerhouse, Martha "Mot" Thompson Dinos has shared her passion and commitment to making good things happen at The Atlanta Opera for more than 30 years. As an active board member and member of the executive committee, she continues to share her ideas for strengthening one of the many art forms that she dearly loves, so that future generations can derive as much joy from music as she does. Mot's mother shared her love of opera with thier family when she was young and sparked an interest in singing. This love grew as Mot and her two sisters sang as a trio at community events. 40

As an aspiring singer, she had hopes of becoming an opera singer. As often happens, our passions lead us in new directions and she changed her college major to science, which she describes as “easier” and earned degrees in zoology and chemistry. Mot’s generosity has benefited many institutions in addition to The Atlanta Opera: her beloved University of Georgia, the Georgia Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, and Project Open Hand. Opera, education, and relieving hunger are some of the causes that touch her heart. She once said, “It’s everyone’s responsibility to keep good things going. There are so many bad things going on

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behInd The CurTAIn out there. We need to help the good things along.â&#x20AC;? On Oct. 17, we will honor Mot at our annual Atlanta Opera Ball. The gala event, hosted by Ball Chair Mary Calhoun, will pay recognition to Motâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accomplishments and generosity toward the Opera, which has benefited so greatly from her altruism. Mot, we thank you for your dedication, your sense of what is right and just, your sense of humor, and for loving The Atlanta Opera. We are proud to honor you at the 2015 Atlanta Opera Ball.

The 2015 Atlanta opera ball Saturday, oct. 17 St. regis Atlanta Astor ballroom for information or to purchase tickets, please contact rae weimer at 404-343-7125.

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operA In our CommunITy With school, extracurricular activities, homework, technology, friends, and parents all competing for time and attention, the high school and collegeage student can often find it difficult to devote time to the arts. How can The Atlanta Opera fit in to the mix? Our innovative programs and special student opportunities can help the ever-busy student to experience opera at its best. One of the programs specifically suited for high school students is the High School Opera Institute (HSOI). After taking a brief hiatus the last few seasons, The Atlanta Opera, in partnership with Emory University, reconceived this program as a concentrated week that focuses on audition preparation and voice development. Students are able to work with leading local voice and 44

acting instructors from Emory and The Atlanta Opera in classes involving vocal instruction, diction, acting, movement, and voice practicum. This past June, our dedicated student participants raved about the high quality instruction and personal attention that HSOI offered: “... it is an excellent and encouraging experience for young singers.” – A. Liang “It made me consider going into Opera or classical singing instead of musical theatre.” – R. Mcquain As an additional opera educational avenue for high school and college students, Masterclass offers a valuable and more personal one-on-one experience for the student. Each season,

CommunITy engAgemenT our skilled teaching artists and several of our mainstage artists share their knowledge to aspiring voice students. Masterclass participants in can improve vocal skills, develop effective acting and interpretation, and enhance their performance for auditions or stage. Last season, The Atlanta Opera and Kennesaw State University were very fortunate to present a master class with Sherrill Milnes, who shared his lifetime expertise and experience with students and the arts community. For our mainstage performances, The Atlanta Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young audience members will be captivated by the fusion of innovative visual elements to

our already outstanding vocal talent. The Atlanta Opera strives to make it easier for students to attend these performances by offering a great student rush ticket rate. Two hours before each performance, students can show their valid student IDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the box office and receive a special ticket price for available seats, some of which are the best in the house. So, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a high school or college student, finish that paper or wrap up that homework and come experience a musical event that you will always remember! We encourage you to learn more about our community and education programs by visiting us at atlantaopera.org. Sherrill Milnes teaching a master class at Kennesaw State University, as part of a partnership between The Atlanta Opera and the KSU School of Music. photo: Joseph Greenway/KSU

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Platinum (continued) Mr. Charles Sharbaugh Morton & Angela Sherzer Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor Thomas R. Williams Family Mrs. Wadleigh C. Winship Ms. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle Mr. Allen W. Yee, Esq. $2,500+ Mrs. Enrique E. Bledel Ms. Mary D. Bray Mr. Ron Breakstone Chris Casey & Douglas Weiss Dr. John W. Cooledge Jean & Jerry Cooper Rhonda & Chance Davis Mr. Robert S. Devins Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Heike & Dieter Elsner Dr. & Mrs. Donald J. Filip Dr. Mary M. Finn Mr. James Flanagan Dr. Thomas N. Guffin, Jr. Mr. L. D. Holland Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison Mr & Mrs. Jack C. McDowell Mrs. Theodora S. Johnson Mrs. Cecile M. Jones Mr. Brian Leetch Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III Mr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel Mr. David Moran Clara M. & John S. O'Shea Mr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr. Mr. William A. Parker, Jr. Mr. David Paule & Mr. Gary Mann Edward W. Phares Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Phillips Mr. Nicholas Shreiber Dr. & Mrs. Patton P. Smith Johannah Smith Yee-Wan & John Stevens Mrs. Hugh Tarbutton Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr.

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AnnuAl gIVIng GolD (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Norman Miller Ms. Sharon Mills Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Morelli II Mrs. Thespi P. Mortimer Dr. Patricia S. Moulton Barbara & Mark Murovitz Jane & Jim Murray The Honorable & Mrs. George A. Novak Ms. Marianela E. Noya Mr. & Mrs. J. Vernon O'Neal, Jr. Mr. John Owens Ms. Beverley Paquette Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Parrish III Mr. & Mrs. John Payan Dan Pompilio & Lark Ingram Mr. Stephen L. Rann Mrs. Barbara G. Robinson Ms. Heidi M. Rockwood Mr. John B. Rofrano Sandra & Ronald Rousseau Walid Said Mr. Stuart Schleuse Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan Mr. Robert Sidewater Olinda & John Simon Dr. Susan Y. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Stuart Mr. Paul Stuk Mr. Tarek Takieddine Mr. James Todd Constance W. Treloar Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Tuller Henry Waszkowski & Patty Thomas Ms. Reba P. Welch Janice West William Wilkinson & Robert K. Bellinger Jone Williams Ms. Venette Williams Mrs. Frank Wilson, Jr. Ms. Jerrie Woodward Mrs. Johnnie Zahler & Jeanette Zahler $350+ Anonymous Judith Alembik Mr. & Mrs. William A. Allison Mr. & Mrs. David S. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Michael Barker Ms. Lauren Benevich Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Blumenthal Drs. Brenda & Craig Caldwell Mr. Gregory Carraway Mr. & Mrs. George Cemore

GolD (continued) Dr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Chapman Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon B. Cohen Mr. Lawrence M. Cohen Mr. Malcom H. Cole Mr. & Mrs. Newt Collinson Mrs. Claudia Colvin Ms. Sally Combs Mrs. June Crawford Mr. John Cullom Mr. Daniel L. Delnero & Ms. Vlada Galan Mr. Mark du Mas Mr. Glen Galbaugh Dan & Harriet Gill Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Grodzicki Ms. Mary Joe Hanes Dean & Vivian Haulton Mr. & Mrs. James Horgan Dr. Karen Kuehn Howell Mr. Frank M. Monger Ms. Jo. Elliott Jones Mr. & Mrs. Fred R. Keith Mr. & Mrs. Gedas Kutka Mrs. Jeanine Lewis Donna & Trevor Lumb Dr. Robert & Judge Stephanie Manis Mr. & Mrs. Guy Paschal Mr. Darryl C. Payne & Ms. Lisa C. Richardson Mr. W. Ray Persons Mr. Lawrence F. Pinson Mr. Hervey S. Ross Ms. Lorraine Russell Dr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Scanlan Mr. & Mrs. James Schiwal Dr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Smits Scott L. Snead Carolyn & Robert Swain Ms. Virginia S. Taylor Mr. Bill Thorneloe & Ms. Ellen Smith Mr. Bernd Ulken Dr. & Mrs. James H. Venable Mrs. Linda P. Vinal Mr. Calvin Wingo Mr. & Mrs. John Zellner Silver $100+ Anonymous Rev. Joanna & Mr. Alfred B. Adams III Mr. Thomas A. Adams, Jr. Hilda S. Adams Mr. Herb Adcock Mr. & Ms. Mark Alavi

Silver (continued) Mr. Harold H. Alexander Dr. Catherine Allard Dr. Raymond Allen Ms. Susan Alvarez Mr. William F. & Joan M. Amideo Scott & Sandra Anderson Arlene & Dan Appelrouth Mr. Josh Aronson Dr. & Mrs. Charles Arp Mrs. Elaine Wilco Mrs. Elizabeth Bair Ms. Joselyn B. Baker Ms. Mary M. Ball Dr. & Mrs. John Barnes Colonel & Mrs. John V. Barson, D.O. Mr. Nicholas Bath Maria Battista Dellaperuta Mr. Walter Beamer Mr. Brian D. Beem Carol J. Belay Dr. & Mrs. Frank C. Bell Mr. Albert E. Bender, Jr. Daniel & Bethann Berger Dr. Leonard Berger Mr. I. Robert Beton Mr. & Mrs. George Beylouny Ms. Elena Bianchelli Mr. Gary Bivins Mr. Matt Blackburn Albert K. Blackwelder Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blackwood Mr. & Mrs. Mike Boaz Ms. Martha Bobo Ms. Barbara E. Bolton Mrs. Katherine Booth Lou & Tom Jewell Mr. Mitch Bucklin Mark & Peg Bumgardner Mrs. Karen Bunn Mr. Matthew Y. Burkhalter & Mr. John Carey Mr. Hans J. Burmeister Ms. Anne Burnett Dr. & Mrs. W. Brantley Burns Susan Byrd Mrs. Barbara C. Cade Mr. & Mrs. Raymund Callaway Dr. & Mrs. W. Jerry Capps Thomas S. Caras, M.D. Mr. Stephen Carlson Mrs. Emma Casanova Ms. Lynda Case Dr. Lynn Cathcart

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AnnuAl gIVIng Silver (continued) Mrs. Ruth Coan Mr. & Mrs. Alva Cobb Dr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cole Ms. Celeste Condit Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Connell Devlin Cooper Mr. & Mrs. F. Dean Copeland Mr. Bruce W. & Mrs. Kate Cotterman Mr. & Mrs. David Courtney Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Crean Julianna M. Critz Ms. Delia T. Crouch Ms. Jennifer C. Burleigh Mr. Craig Cuddeback Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Curtiss, Ph.D. Mr. David D'Ambrosio Mr. & Mrs. Harold T. Daniel Jr. Dr. Jiyoung Daniel Mrs. Jeanne Daniels Ms. Rebecca R. Danis Mr. James M. Datka & Ms. Nora P. DePalma Mr. & Ms. James Dawson Paul Deckard Jennifer Dempsey Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Diamond Ms. Teresa Diaz Ms. Rosemarie Distefano Mr. Jere Dodd Mr. & Mrs. Denis DuBois Mrs. Sara B. Duke Suzanne Durbin Wilton & Victoria Dvonch Mr. & Mrs. David R. Dye Mr. Greorgy J. Earnest Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Ms. Anne J. Ederington Mr. Carl Egetter Mr. John Elledge Ms. Paula L. Ellis Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Ms. Hope Eyre Ms. Barbara Faherty Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Fanstill Dr. Fariba Farhidvash Ms. Barbara M. Farr Joann Felder Mrs. Sally Finch Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Fineman Ms. Martha Fineman Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Fischer Dr. & Mrs. Edwin E. Flournoy Ms. Hope Caldwell-Foster

Silver (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Friedman Ms. Mozelle Funderburk Ms. Maryanne F. Gaunt Mr. Richard E. & Mary R. Gharst Mr. & Mrs. Sander L. Gilman Col. & Mrs. Donald M. Gilner Dr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Giovinco Dr. & Mrs. Martin Goldstein Mr. Richard Goodjoin James C. Goodwyne & Christopher S. Connelly Ms. Nelda Greene Dr. Irina Grigorieva Ms. Anne L. Grossman & Dr. Leonard Berger Ms. Donna Hall Ms. Anne Hammond Mr. & Mrs. William A. Hanger Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Harley Ms. Freya Harris Mr. Michael D. Hastings Mr. & Mrs. William Hinson Ms. Elizabeth B. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Holly, Jr. Ms. Tina A. Hooper Dr. & Mrs. S. G. Hornsby, Jr. Mrs. Sally Horntvedt Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. Howard Mrs. Margaret T. Howell Richard & Linda Hubert Mrs. Roberta L. Huebner Ms. Jan W. Hughen Mrs. Catherine Hughes Ms. Emma Hughes Mrs. H.F. Hunter Mr. John M. Hutchinson & Mr. Brian Bonin Ms. Irmgard S. Immel Mr. Rolf Ingenleuf Mr. & Mrs. Francis M. Jack Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Jackson Mr. Stuart A. Jackson Jocelyn Whitehead Jackson Mrs. Louise Jackson Mary O. Jensen Mrs. Patricia M. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Johnston Mr. Richard Johnston Ms. Beth Jones Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Juchelka Mr. & Mrs. Bernd Kahn Mary Nell & Jim Kerr

Silver (continued) Jane & Bob Kibler Ms. Donna J. Kilgore Mr. Allen D. King, Jr. Ms. Darothea H. Kirkland Mr. Chris Kitchens Mr. Al Klicius Ms. Caroline B. Klopstock Mr. Richard Kranzmann Mr. & Mrs. David E. Krischer Ms. Josephine S. Kroger Judge & Mrs. John Langford Mrs. Emma Lankford Juliette & Andrew Lebor Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr. Ms. Constance B. Lewis Sophie Li Ms. Joanne Lincoln Nancy Linzmeyer Mrs. Shirley Litwhiler Richard Lodise & Valerie Jagiella Mr. Albert C. Loebe Ms. Ursula Loehr Charles & Katherine Lord Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Lyttle Mrs. Carol Lyttle Jr. Mr. Bruce Madden Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Madill Dr. Chalem Mahadevan Adair & Joe Massey Katherine B. Maxwell & Michael J. Maxwell Mrs. Margaret McCamy Mr. M. Reynolds McClatchey Jr. Ms. Gloria G. McCrory Ms. Robin McDonald Mr. Charles D. Menser, Jr. Mr. Simon Miller Mr. Kenneth A. Miller Ms. Sarah Millett Don Minichiello Mr. M. Sean Molley Mr. Anthony Montag Mr. Albert M. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Frank Muckler Mr. & Mrs. George T. Munsterman Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Musholt Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Naman Ms. Pat Nash John & Agnes Nelson David Turnage & Alice Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Newton Ms. Penny Nicholls Mrs. Amy Wynn Norman

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AnnuAl gIVIng Silver (continued) Mr. & Mrs. David Norris Charlotte Nunnally Ms. Maurneen Ozmore Mr. Joseph M. Pabst Phyllis & Marshall Pace Christine & Jim Pack Huun Park & Morgan Harris Rev. Louisa T. Parsons Edward & Marjorie Patterson Dr. & Mrs. John G. Paty, Jr. Peachtree Battle Garden Club Mr. Andreas Penninger Robert G. Pennington Ms. Mary Percy Ms. Sophia B. Peterman Drs. Frank & Robin Petruzielo Mr. George A. Pfeil III Ms. Maria M. Pflugbeil Mr. D. F. Pinholster Calvin Pleasants & Vasily Goncharov Donna & Robert Pollet Ms. Anne Pollock Mr. Ronald F. Prescott & Dr. Annie Prescott Lavinia Pretz Mr. Donald W. Prichard Letitia A. Radford Sharon & Jim Radford Mrs. David A. Reinach Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Remington Mr. Mark Rich Dr. & Mrs. Colin Richman Mr. Ezra H. Ripple Mr. Bruce Rogers Mr. & Mrs. John Philip Rogers Mr. James Rollins Mr. Daniel D. Ross Mr. Dwight Ross Jr. Ms. Linda Rubin Harriet Ruskin Wallace & Cindy Sagendorph Mr. Patrick Sam Dr. & Mrs. David Satcher Crista & Glenn D. Schaab Mr. Donald Schreiber & Ms. Barbara Seal

Silver (continued) Ms. Regina Schuber Ms. Gretchen Schulz Mr. & Mrs. John A. Schwartz Katherine Scott Mr. & Mrs. David M. Scoular Harold Settle MD Ms. Roberta Setzer Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Shuey Mr. Robert L. Silverman Sharon Silvermintz Richard Singer & Liz Nazzari Mr. David Singleton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Slick Tom Slick Carol Smart Susan & Roy Smith Dr. Valdon Smith Michael Sneath Mr. & Mrs. James Spencer Gail & Barry Spurlock Mrs. Beth Stedman Mr. Kenneth W. Stegall John & Lizanne Stephenson Mrs. Fred Stewart Mrs. Eleanor H. Strain David Strawn Jay & Katie Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. James Summers Marjorie H. & David N. Summers Bobbie Jo Supine Sarah & David Sutherland Ms. Katharine Suttell Barbara & Jon Swann Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Switzer David C. Talbert Mr. Eric Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Taylor Mr. J. Gray Teekell Leigh & Jay Telotte Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Tenenbaum Paul & Loretha Thiele Ms. Michelle M. Thomas Ms. Nancy A. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. William R. Thurman , Jr. Wolfgang Tiedtke

Silver (continued) Mrs. Newell B. Tozzer Mr. Joseph M. Troncale Mr. Mark O'Connell Ms. Christine Van Looy Mr. Michael Vaughn Mrs. James B. Vaught Marylee Vetrano Mary Jane & Jorge Vilanova Ms. Brenda D. Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Fritz von Ammon Joseph J. Wade, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Warner Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Watford Dr. Linda Webb Mrs. Constance Wehner Ms. Cindy Weinbaum Drs. Bernard & Sharon Weiss Dr. Bernard Weiss Ms. Parsla A. Welch Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Westmoreland, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. White Dr. Kay C. Wideman Ms. Teri Wikesjo Dr. & Mrs. Sam Williams Virginia S. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Williams Ms. Anna Williams Mr. David M. Williams & Mrs. Cathy Williams Ms. Lola V. Williams Ms. Beth Williamson Ms. Ann D. Winters Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Wise Jeremy Wojcik Mrs. Loretta C. Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Elaine Womack Dr. & Mrs. R. Craig Woodward Mrs. Mary S. Wright Mr. Fred K. Wunderlich Ms. Jeanne S. Wynne Drs. Martin & Holly York Dr. Edward Zaiko & Dr. Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko Kurt-Alexander Zeller Mary & Angelo Zigrino

CorporATe pArTnerS $500,000 The Coca-Cola Company $50,000+ Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Gas South $10,000+ Affordable Equity Partners, Inc. The Atlantan Bloomingdales Tony Brewer & Co. Cartier Georgia Dermatology Center UBS Financial Services Inc.

$5,000+ Anonymous Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters Ikebana International Montana Sporting Club Neiman Marcus $2,500+ Genuine Parts Company Joel Crowe - Wallace Graphics National Distributing Company, Inc. PNC Wealth Management Ralph Lauren The Ritz Carlton - Buckhead The St. Regis Atlanta Barbara Tfank

$1000+ Fast Signs Sandy Springs Fidelity Bank Georgia Dermatology Center Ritz Carlton-Rancho Mirage $500+ Alliance Theatre Education Barcelona Buckhead Life Restaurant Group Ferragamo - Atlanta Live Nation Panasonic Park Tavern Total Wine

foundATIon & goVernmenT SupporT Listed below are organizations that contributed and/or pledged to The Atlanta Opera between Jan. 1, 2014 and Aug. 21, 2015. FounDationS $750,000+ The Goizueta Foundation $150,000+ Atlanta Music Festival Association Livingston Foundation The Rich Foundation $100,000+ The Sara Giles Moore Foundation $20,000+ The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation The Kendeda Fund The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund The Zeist Foundation $10,000+ The John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation Nordson Corporate Foundation Wells Fargo

$5,000+ Government FunDinG $50,000+ The Atlanta Foundation Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Molly Blank Charitable The George M. Brown Fund $20,000+ Camp-Younts Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts Fraser-Parker Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Hills Family Foundation JBS Foundation Norfolk Southern Corporation Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities Turner Broadcasting System Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. $1,000+ Bright Wings Foundation The Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Enterprise Holdings Foundation Kiwanis Foundation of Atlanta, Inc Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

TrIbuTeS & memorIAlS in memory of ms. Katherine anderson Mr. Richard E. & Mary R. Gharst Joy & Jerome Lofton in Honor of mr. & mrs. Shepard B. ansley Janice West

in Honor of Susanna eiland Dr. & Dr. Morgan Eiland

in memory of rachel lehmann Mrs. Eleanor H. Strain

in memory of Henry G. Ferrante Jason Ferrante

in memory of edward mortimer Mrs. Thespi P. Mortimer

in memory of arnoldo Fiedotin Mrs. Enrique E. Bledel

in Honor of Polly n. Pater Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beem Tom Slick Mr. & Mrs. Charles Slick

in Honor of Florence Barnett The Snead Family

in memory of timothy Gantz Ms. Elena Bianchelli

in memory of Dr. Joseph C. & ruth P. Barnett Dr. Florence C. Barnett

in memory of alvin Goldstein The Women of Bryan Cave

in memory of Jay Beadle Dan & Harriet Gill in Honor of Jim & nancy Bland Mrs. Connie Treloar Mr. & Mrs. Ben J. Tarbutton Mrs. Treville Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. W. Tinsley Ellis Ms. Judith A. Vidmark in Honor of laura & Cosmo Boyd Mrs. Eleanor H. Strain in memory of lavinia Cloud Pretz Lavinia Pretz in memory of amelia Cook Ms. Judy Sophianopoulos in memory of John Cox Mr. Kevin Dew & Mr. Hal Platt

in memory of John W. Grant, iii Mrs. Carol E. Smart in Honor of Kevin Greiner Ms. Joselyn B. Baker in memory of Betsy Hansen Harald Hansen in memory of mia Hecht owens Mrs. Enrique E. Bledel Ms. Janet R. Piercy Mrs. Catherine T. Porter Brooks, Leslie, & L.J. Yankosky in Honor of Doug Holly Boris Bauer in Honor of Carter Joseph Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon B. Cohen

in memory of Donald r. Keough Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Fischer Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill Kenny in Honor of ashley Curling The Scully Peretsman Foundation David & Carmen Mcclellan Mr. Troy Taylor in Honor of martha thompson Dinos Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Yates, Jr. Katherine Scott in Honor of Joseph lattanzi The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. in memory of miriam Drake Ms. Pat Johnston

in Honor of ms. Faye P. Popper Catherine Popper & Noah Eckhouse in Honor of rula Jalbout Said Walid Said in memory of Jim Strain Mr. William E. Pennington in Honor of John tibbetts The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. in memory of marya Gabrielle Williams Jone Williams in memory of rex Weaver Nancy Linzmeyer Letitia Radford Respectful Former Client Bobbie Jo Supine in Honor of mr. & mrs. Charles r. Yates, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Eden Mr. Ezra H. Ripple Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk John & Lizanne Stephenson Mrs. Sarah Yates Sutherland Mr. J. Gray Teekell in Honor of tomer Zvulun Dr. Richard S. Sarason & Anne S. Arenstein Cameron & Scott Vowell

enCore CIrCle The Atlanta Opera established the Encore Circle to recognize donors who have designated the Opera as a beneficiary in their estate plan. Gifts from these individuals ensure our progress for generations to come. Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley Mrs. Wallace F. Beard Mr. Montague L. Boyd, III Ms. Mary D. Bray Mr. Robert Colgin Martha Thompson Dinos Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Ms. Dorothy E. Edwards Heike & Dieter Elsner Carl & Sally Gable Peg Simms Gary Mr. & Mrs. Sidney W. Guberman Ms. Judy Hanenkrat Mr. Hilson Hudson Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison Mr. J. Carter Joseph Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy Ms. Corina M. LaFrossia Dr. Jill Mabley Mr. & Mrs. John G. Malcolm Mr. Dan D. Maslia

Mr. Robert L. Mays Mr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. McDowell Mr. & Mrs. Craig N. Miller Miss Helen D. Moffitt Mr. J. Robert Morring Clara M. & John S. O'Shea Mrs. Polly N. Pater Mr. William E. Pennington Mr. Bruce Roth Ms. Hazel Sanger Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Dr. Jane T. St. Clair & Mr. James E. Sustman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen Dr. & Mrs. Harold Whitney Rhys T. Wilson Ms. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle, J.D. *Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Yates Sr. Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr. & Mrs. Mary Mitchell Yates * deceased

boArd of dIreCTorS offICerS

CHAIR EMERITUS Mrs. Boyce Ansley CHAIR Mr. William E. Tucker IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Mr. Gregory F. Johnson vICE CHAIR Mr. John L. Hammaker vICE CHAIR Mr. Charles “Charlie” R. Yates TREASURER Mr. Rhys T. Wilson SECRETARy Mr. Michael Keough

memberS

Ms. Cathy Callaway Adams Mr. Bryan H. Barnes Mr. Andy Berg Mrs. Nancy Carter Bland Mr. Montague L. Boyd, III Mrs. Rosemary Kopel Brown Mrs. Mary Calhoun Mr. Mario Concha Dr. Frank A. Critz Ms. Martha Thompson Dinos Mr. Robert G. Edge Ms. Bernadette Faber Dr. Donald J. Filip Mr. Eli Flint Mr. Kevin Greiner Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross Mr. John Michael Hancock Mr. Howard W. Hunter

honorAry memberS

Mr. Opher Aviran Mr. Dieter Elsner Mr. Carl I. Gable, Jr. Mr. John “Jack” S. Gillfillan Mrs. Nancy Hall Green Mr. Carter Joseph Mrs. Peggy McDowell Mr. Harmon “Sandy” B. Miller, III Mr. Bruce A. Roth Mr. J. Barry Schrenk Mr. Mark K. Taylor Mrs. Jane S. Willson Mrs. Bunny Winter 58

Mr. William C. Hyde Ms. Mary B. James Mr. Alfred Kennedy, Jr. Mr. John O. King Mr. George Levert Ms. Kelly Lyemance Mr. James B. Miller Mr. Mike E. Paulhus Mr. William E. Pennington Mr. James D. Powell Mr. Herbert J. Rosenberg Mr. Charles Sharbaugh Mr. Timothy E. Sheehan Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Mrs. Loraine Williams Mr. Thomas R. Williams Mr. Robert G. Woodward Mr. Allen W. Yee

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STAff Tomer Zvulun GENERAL & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Arthur Fagen CARL & SALLy GABLE MUSIC DIRECTOR

deVelopmenT Sarah Zabinski DIRECTOR OF DEvELOPMENT Rae Weimer ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEvELOPMENT Greg Carraway FOUNDATION & GRANTS MANAGER Caroline Clark ANNUAL FUND MANAGER Brandon Gardner EvENTS MANAGER Rachel Jorgensen DATABASE SySTEMS MANAGER

mArKeTIng & CommunICATIonS Dave Paule DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Scott Hazleton ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Matt Burkhalter CREATIvE SERvICES MANAGER Renee Smiley PATRON SERvICES MANAGER Rebecca Danis PATRON SERvICES ASSOCIATE

fInAnCe & AdmInISTrATIon Paul Deckard DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Inga V. Murro CONTROLLER Allie Beckett EXECUTIvE ASSISTANT & vOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Evan Ray FINANCE INTERN 60

STAff ArTISTIC & produCTIon Walter Huff CHORUS MASTER Shawn Rieschl Johnson DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Mo G. Guiberteau TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Rolando Salazar MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR Joanna Schmink COSTUMES COORDINATOR Ken McNeil WARDROBE SUPERvISOR Amy Fortenberry Jackson FIRST HAND Mary Torres STITCHER Lidiya Selikhov ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE Wade Thomas EDUCATION MANAGER

Cobb energy CenTre Richard A. Stevens HOUSE MANAGER Ben Tilley TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jessica Coale PRODUCTION MANAGER Michael Wolmer HEAD ELECTRICIAN Jon Summers HEAD AUDIO ENGINEER Mark Newman HEAD CARPENTER

The Atlanta Opera 1575 Northside Drive N.W., Suite 350 | Atlanta, GA 30318 404-881-8801 | atlantaopera.org

houSe polICIeS ConCeSSIonS

Concession stands are located in the center of the lobbies on all three levels. Food and beverage items are prohibited inside the theater. Thank you for your cooperation.

reSTroomS

Restrooms are located on house right and house left of all three lobbies. Family restrooms are also located on house right of all three lobbies. Mobility-impaired patrons may use any of our restrooms.

pArKIng

There are 1,000 parking spaces available at $6 per car. Valet service is available for $10. Please be sure to allow enough time for travel to the theater and parking as there is no late seating.

ATm

There is one Bank of North Georgia ATM located in the grand lobby.

CoAT CheCK

Coat check is available at the concierge desk.

emergenCy InformATIon In the event of an emergency, please locate the nearest usher who will direct you to the appropriate exit.

eleVATorS

Elevators are located on each side of the lobbies on all levels.

loST And found

Lost and Found items are turned into the concierge desk on the day of a performance. To inquire about a lost item, please call the House Manager at 770-916-2828.

SmoKIng

Smoking is prohibited inside the building. 62

SpeCIAl ASSISTAnCe

Persons requiring access assistance are asked to contact the box office at 770-916-2850 for advance arrangements. Audio-clarification devices are available to our hearing-impaired guests at no charge. This is on a first-come, first-served basis, or you may call the House Manager ahead of time to reserve one at 770-916-2828. A limited number of booster seats are also available. All items require a form of identification to be held until the item is returned.

Cobb energy CenTre ruleS & requeSTS

• All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the performance. Please be aware that not all performances are suitable for children. • Infants will not be admitted to adult programs. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance. • There is no late seating allowed. Closedcircuit monitors are provided in the lobby as a courtesy to latecomers. • Please turn off all cellphones prior to the beginning of each performance. • Please limit conversation during the performance. • Cameras (including use of cellphone camera) and audio and video recording devices are strictly prohibited at all times. • Leaving while the show is in progress is discourteous and we ask that you refrain from doing so. • Please unwrap all candies and cough drops before the performance.

SHARING OUR SUCCESS

GIVING BACK IS A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE Warren Averett is proud to support the Atlanta Opera in its endeavor to share the joy of music with our community. It feels good to give back. www.warrenaverett.com

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