April/May 2012 The Atlanta Opera ARIA Don Giovanni

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By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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TABLE OF CONTENTS SYNOPSIS

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CAST

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24 The Atlanta Opera In Pictures

Program Notes

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Message from the Zurich General Director Season Sponsors Credits Synopsis Program Notes Meet the Cast Q&A with Dennis Hanthorn The Atlanta Opera Chorus The Atlanta Opera Orchestra The Atlanta Opera In Pictures Volunteers

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Education and Outreach The Society for Artistic Excellence Annual Fund / Individual Giving Corporate Partners Community Partners / Gift in Kind Tributes and Memorials The Encore Circle The Verdi Society The Atlanta Opera Board of Directors House Policies The Atlanta Opera Staff Š2012 ARIA is published by The Atlanta Opera

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MESSAGE FROM THE ZURICH GENERAL DIRECTOR For 2012-13, we also unveil a donor benefits program called MyOpera, a completely new approach to issuing donor benefits in the world of the performing arts; continue our community engagement initiatives, including the hugely successful 24-Hour Opera Project and High School Opera Institute; and present the 2012 Atlanta Opera Ball: A Night in Seville, a fundraiser supporting and sustaining the exceptional artistic quality of The Atlanta Opera.

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ur fifth season performing in the Cobb Energy Centre comes to a close with this production of Mozart’s highly regarded Don Giovanni. The genius of Mozart’s music, and his brilliant combination of comedy and tragedy, make this opera an ideal introduction for opera first-timers.

Attracting new opera lovers was top of mind when I planned our recently announced 2012-13 season. The upcoming season features two opera classics and the Atlanta Opera premiere of a hilarious Rossini bel canto comedy. With Bizet’s sizzling Carmen, Verdi’s poignant La traviata and Rossini’s madcap adventure The Italian Girl in Algiers, it’s a season to savor the extraordinary drama, enjoy the glorious music and escape into the vivid and delightful world of opera.

Be sure to visit the table in the lobby today to renew or purchase a new subscription for this spectacular season.

We express our deepest gratitude to our Annual Fund donors for ongoing support of these efforts. All gifts, regardless of size, are vitally important to The Atlanta Opera as we continue our tradition of excellence. If you enjoy the Don Giovanni performance, I hope you will consider making a gift to the Opera’s Annual Fund.

We would like to offer special thanks to Jane S. Willson and to the Estate of Ms. Barbara D. Stewart for providing sponsorship support for this production.

Enjoy Don Giovanni, and please share your opera experience with family and friends!

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2011 - 2012 Season Sponsors Opening Night Sponsor The Coca-Cola Company Production Sponsor Jane S. Willson The Estate of Ms. Barbara D. Stewart Arthur Fagen The Carl & Sally Gable Music Director Richard Kagey Mr. and Mrs. Harmon B. Miller, III

Artist Sponsors The appearance of Andrea Concetti: Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. The appearance of Pamela Armstrong: Peggy & Jack McDowell The appearance of Melody Moore: Shepard & Boyce Ansley The appearance of Angela Kloc: Heike & Dieter Elsner The appearance of Eduardo Chama: John L. Hammaker The appearance of Nicolas Phan: Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keough The appearance of Brent Davis: Bryan & Johanna Barnes

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Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte

The Carl & Sally Gable Music Director Arthur Fagen

Stage Director Richard Kagey

First Performance: National Theater, Prague, October 29, 1787 Previous Atlanta Opera Performances: 1993, 1998, 2005 Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes There will be one 25-minute intermission.

Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Leporello........................................................................ Eduardo Chama Donna Anna............................................................... Pamela Armstrong Don Giovanni................................................................Andrea Concetti Commendatore..................................................................Andrew Kroes Don Ottavio..................................................................... Nicholas Phan Donna Elvira.................................................................... Melody Moore Zerlina..................................................................................Angela Kloc Masetto................................................................................. Brent Davis

Scenery and props courtesy of Lyric Opera of Kansas City Scenery design by R. Keith Brumley Lighting designed by Ken Yunker Costumes provided by Malabar, Ltd., coordinated by Joanna Schmink Original costume designs by Howard Tsvi Kaplan Wigs and Makeup designed by Richard Jarvie Chorus prepared by Walter Huff Continuo played by Michael Spassov Supertitles designed by Jonathan Dean Supertitles owned by Seattle Opera, Š2011 Supertitles operated by Ellen Chamberlain Pianos provided by England Pianos

Edited for the Neue Mozart Edition by Wolfgang Plath and Wolfgang Rehm Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors LLC, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Baerenreiter, publisher and copyright owner.

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SYNOPSIS ACT I

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eporello, Don Giovanni’s servant, stands on guard outside the home of Donna Anna while Don Giovanni, disguised, is inside attempting to seduce her. As Leporello waits, he complains about his job. Suddenly, Don Giovanni comes running out of the palace. He averts his face from Donna Anna, not allowing his identity to be revealed.

Donna Anna’s father, the Commendatore, challenges Don Giovanni to a duel while Donna Anna runs to find Don Ottavio.

Knowing that he could easily defeat the much older Commendatore, Don Giovanni refuses to fight him. The Commendatore persists.

Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore. Don Giovanni and his servant flee the scene. When Donna Anna returns with Don Ottavio and finds her father dead, the two swear to get vengeance on Don Giovanni.

Leporello accuses Don Giovanni of living the life of a rogue. Don Giovanni silences him, denying him the right to speak freely ever again. Up to his old tricks, Don Giovanni confesses he has a new love. Leporello wants the name for the catalogue book where he lists his master’s conquests — over two thousand throughout many lands! Donna Elvira, an ex-lover of Don Giovanni arrives. Don Giovanni tries to seduce her, she recognizes him and accuses him of his crime — loving and leaving. She, too, wants revenge. He escapes, leaving Leporello to handle the situation. Leporello tries to comfort her by showing her the list of the women Don Giovanni has seduced.

Later, Don Giovanni comes across a party of villagers celebrating the engagement of the young and beautiful Zerlina to a fellow named Masetto. Smitten with Zerlina, Don

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SYNOPSIS (continued) Giovanni invites her to his castle. Don Giovanni promises to marry her, proclaiming she is too good for the peasant Masetto.

Having watched this scene, Donna Elvira rushes out of her house to stop Zerlina and Don Giovanni. She takes Zerlina away and tells her the truth about Don Giovanni.

Donna Anna and Don Ottavio encounter Don Giovanni and do not suspect that he is the Commendatore’s murderer. Donna Elvira tries to tell the others who Don Giovanni is — a seducer and betrayer. Don Giovanni refutes her accusations and explains to Donna Anna and Don Ottavio that Donna Elvira is mad. Donna Anna suddenly recognizes Don Giovanni’s voice as that of her attacker.

Distraught, she tells Don Ottavio of the attempted rape. Don Ottavio now will devote himself to discovering the truth for his beloved Donna Anna.

Zerlina into his castle for the masked ball.

Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, and Donna Anna arrive at Don Giovanni’s castle masked.

They intend to expose Don Giovanni to everyone. Don Giovanni dances with Zerlina.

The party is a debauchery. Masetto is forced to dance with Leporello while Don Giovanni maneuvers Zerlina into another room.

Leporello again considers quitting but changes his mind when Don Giovanni congratulates him on the progress that he reports. Once again, Leporello saves Don Giovanni from ruin by getting Donna Elvira out of the way for the moment.

Masetto accuses Zerlina again of betraying him with Don Giovanni. Zerlina protests her innocence. Just as Masetto begins to believe her, they hear Don Giovanni approaching.

Zerlina wants Masetto to run, arousing his suspicions again. Masetto hides in a corner to eavesdrop on Don Giovanni and Zerlina.

Don Giovanni enters the garden and looks for Zerlina who is hiding from him. He finds her and tries to take her into the bushes where Masetto is hiding! Don Giovanni’s attempt to seduce Zerlina is temporarily stopped by Masetto. Don Giovanni invites Masetto and photo by: J.D. Scott

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SYNOPSIS (continued) ACT II Leporello still wants to leave his master.

He agrees to stay after Don Giovanni buys him off. Don Giovanni then unveils a new love interest — Donna Elvira’s maid. He orders Leporello to change cloaks with him.

Donna Elvira appears on the balcony. Feeling sympathy for Don Giovanni (Leporello in disguise), she descends from the balcony.

Leporello is amazed at how easy it is to entice her. Don Giovanni tells Leporello to hide his face, woo her, and take her away. Meanwhile, Don Giovanni moves on to romancing the maid. Don Giovanni is interrupted by Masetto and some peasants who are looking for Don Giovanni but don’t recognize him in his disguise. Don Giovanni sends them away.

Zerlina and Masetto enter the courtyard where Leporello, to his chagrin, is pretending to romance Donna Elvira. All believe Leporello is Don Giovanni and start to gang up on him. Leporello finally must reveal who he really is. Donna Elvira is again hurt by this most recent betrayal.

Leporello meets Don Giovanni in the graveyard where he is hiding. Leporello arrives and tells Don Giovanni that he was almost killed. Don Giovanni replies that it would have been an honor. Don Giovanni tells Leporello of his latest adventure with the maid.

The conversation between Don Giovanni

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and Leporello is interrupted by a frightening laugh from the statue of the Commendatore.

Leporello reads with much fear the inscription on the statue’s base: “Here I await the vengeance on the impious man who killed me.” Acting unshaken, Don Giovanni asks Leporello to invite the statue to dinner. The statue accepts the invitation.

At Don Giovanni’s castle, Donna Elvira begs Don Giovanni to give up his debauched life.

He refuses. As she leaves, the statue arrives to join Don Giovanni for dinner. Don Giovanni hears Donna Elvira scream and orders Leporello to see what caused it. Leporello, too, is scared by this mysterious figure. He begs Don Giovanni to stay away. Don Giovanni opens the door and is amazed to see the statue.

The statue offers Don Giovanni repentance.

Don Giovanni refuses. The statue accepts his offer to dine together. The statue shakes hands with Don Giovanni and in so doing drags him to hell. Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, and Zerlina later look for Don Giovanni. Leporello explains what happened.

Don Ottavio asks Donna Anna for her hand.

She agrees, but after one more year of mourning.

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Program Notes

Don Giovanni’s Legend Lives On

BY Faith Dawson

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on Giovanni is the villain audiences love to hate. Or do they? Often described as a rake or a libertine, those labels don’t really do him justice.

After all, he’s best known as a relentless skirtchaser, but then he adds murder to his list of misdeeds – and is not too troubled by it. And so it goes with the arrogant nobleman.

Don Giovanni is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s musical retelling of the Spanish Don Juan legend. By 1787, when the opera made its debut as “Il dissoluto punito” or “The Rake Punished,” the character was already a fixture in literature and folklore as Seville’s most famous sex offender.

Don’t be too quick to judge, though.

Giovanni may be a miscreant by today’s

standards, but in the 17th century (and into following centuries) his behavior was more, well, acceptable.

“It is not always his intention to harm. He is, however, extremely selfish,” says Atlanta Opera Music Director Arthur Fagen. “For many years he was considered the epitome of the ‘rogue romantic’ or ‘rogue seducer.’”

“We find him fascinating because he gets away with it,” says Stage Director Richard Kagey. Meaning, nobody is particularly pulling for Giovanni, but he’s fun to watch.

(Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera may be pulling for him. Remember “Don Juan Triumphant?”)

The plot: A womanizer of legendary proportions, Giovanni sets his lecherous eye on Donna Anna, who’s engaged to someone else. But when Giovanni corners her, Anna’s father interrupts Giovanni’s advances – and ends up dead on the back streets of Seville.

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Program Notes (continued)

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From then on, while Giovanni carries on the business of ruining women’s virtue, characters – including a grieving daughter, a wronged noblewoman, and a couple of jealous beaux – seek their revenge on him.

It takes a touch of the supernatural – a statue lumbering out of a graveyard and into Giovanni’s dining room – to drag him off to hell, literally.

The dialogue (in Italian, with projected English translations), often delivered in crisp but impassioned recitative, underscores Giovanni’s artful and cunning nature, which makes him seem clever and creepy at the same time.

Both Arthur Fagen and Richard Kagey have six to seven productions of Don Giovanni to their credit. (According to the OPERA America organization, Don Giovanni is among the most-performed operas today.)

After so many productions, the essence of the work emerges.

Italian bass Andrea Concetti, debuting with The Atlanta Opera, has already tackled the role of Giovanni’s beleaguered servant, Leporello. Here hewill sing the title role.

“He is one of those people who, when he is making love to whomever he is making love, he is completely committed to them,” Kagey stresses. “It’s almost a compulsion.”

“You don’t need to do more than tell it well,” Kagey says of this timeless story. “You don’t need all the bells and whistles.”

Over the years, certain scenes have come and gone, including the dual endings that Mozart penned. The Atlanta Opera will end the production with the traditional epilogue (“Questo è il fin”), although in either version Giovanni’s fate is sealed.

Giovanni’s heartless enterprise plays out over two acts of seria-buffa opera, with a thrilling and nuanced score by Mozart and an often cheeky libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte.

The vengeful statue may have had the last laugh, but Giovanni’s legend lives on. Only his trail of broken hearts finally comes to a dead end. n

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Meet The Cast

Arthur Fagen | Conductor Atlanta Opera Debut: La traviata, 2005

Arthur Fagen is in great demand as a conductor of symphony and opera both in Europe and the United States. He is a regular guest at the most prestigious opera houses, concert halls, and music festivals at home and abroad, and his career has been marked by a string of notable appearances including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Staatsoper Berlin, Munich State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and New York City Opera. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Fagen was invited regularly as Guest Conductor at the Vienna State Opera. On the concert podium, Mr. Fagen has appeared with internationally known orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, Munich Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, RAI Orchestras of Turin, Naples, Milan, and Rome. A former assistant of Christoph von Dohnanyi (Frankfurt Opera) and James Levine (Metropolitan Opera), he has served as Principal Conductor in Kassel and Brunswick, Chief Conductor of the Flanders Opera of Antwerp and Ghent, Music Director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra and as a member of the conducting staff of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

From 2002 to 2007, he was the Music Director of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera; in 2008 he was appointed as professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, and in 2010 The Atlanta Opera appointed Mr. Fagen

as Music Director. Born in New York, he studied with Laszlo Halasz, Max Rudolf (Curtis Institute) and Hans Swarowsky. Mr. Fagen has an opera repertory of more than 75 works and has recorded for Naxos and BMG. The recent Naxos recording of Martinu˚’s works has been awarded an Editor’s Choice in the March 2010 issue of Gramophone Magazine. n

Richard Kagey | Stage Director Atlanta Opera Debut: Akhnaten, 2009

Richard Kagey has directed and/or designed operas, musicals and plays for opera companies, universities, and regional repertory companies for more than 40 years.

His recent directing assignments include: Of Mice and Men, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Hansel and Gretel, Pirates of Penzance, Falstaff, The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus, and Le nozze di Figaro for companies in Fort Worth, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, Santa Fe, and New York. His last directing assignment for The Atlanta Opera was Philip Glass’ Ahknaten.

His work as a scenic designer was seen during the 2010-11 season in the Atlanta Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess. In spring 2012, Mr. Kagey will be the scenic designer for Lysistrata at Fort Worth Opera. This summer, he will return to the Seagle Music Colony in New York to direct Mark Adamo’s Little Women and Sweeney Todd. He is currently involved in the development of a new work by composer Libby Larson. Mr. Kagey makes his home here in Atlanta. n

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Meet The Cast (continued)

Andrea Concetti | Don Giovanni

Eduardo Chama | Leporello

Atlanta Opera Debut

Atlanta Opera Debut

Bass Andrea Concetti has performed in major opera houses and with major orchestras around the world, including the Salzburg Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Berlin Staatsoper, Théâtre des Champs Elysées de Paris, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro São Carlos in Lisboa, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Bruxelles, Wiener Konzerthaus, International Edinburgh Festival, Teatro alla Scala, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. He has performed a variety of repertoire that focuses on the bel canto, as well as works

by Mozart and Rossini. Roles include: Don Giovanni (Leporello), Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso), Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro), Die Zauberflöte (Papageno), La fille du régiment (Sulpice), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Bartolo), La Cenerentola (Don Magnifico), Il turco in Italia (Don Geronio), La clemenza di Tito (Seneca), L’elisir d’amore (Dulcamara), Don Pasquale (title role) and Falstaff (title role). He has worked with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Maurizio Benini, Richard Bonynge, Gustav Kuhn, Andris Nelsons, Gustavo Dudamel, Donato Renzetti, Corrado Rovaris. Recent performances have included Il turco in Italia in Berlin, Don Giovanni in Helsinki and Ancona and Mosè in Egitto in Chicago. n

Leporello has become a signature role for Eduardo Chama. He has performed it with Opera Colorado, Opera Omaha, Opera Cleveland, Opera Connecticut, Austin Lyric Opera and the Kansas City Symphony, among others. Other roles include: Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro with Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Amonasro in Aida with Opera de Puerto Rico, Sancho Panza in Don Quixote with Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Four Villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann with Calgary Opera, and performances with De Nederlandse Opera, De Vlaamse Opera, Opéra de Montréal, and Edmonton Opera. In 2011-12, he sings Sancho Panza in a concert performance of Massenet’s Don Quichotte with Teatro Real in Madrid, and he recently performed the title role with Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and with Seattle, Tulsa and San Diego operas. Other highlights include Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Grand Theatre de Geneve); Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, (Washington Concert Opera and Glimmerglass Opera); title role in Falstaff (Seattle Opera); Méphistophélès in Faust (Calgary Opera); Mustafà in L’italiana in Algeri (Palm Beach Opera); and the title role in Gianni Schicchi (New Israeli Opera). He has performed as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with opera companies around the globe, including in his debuts with Opera Omaha and Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf, and in several return engagements to that company. Mr. Chama made his debut with

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Meet The Cast (continued) New York City Opera as Leporello. He began his musical studies in his native Argentina. n

Pittsburgh Opera, Donna Anna for the Palm Beach Opera, Les contes d’Hoffmann for Opera Colorado, and Mme Lidoine in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites in Oviedo. n

Pamela Armstrong | Donna Anna Atlanta Opera Debut

American soprano Pamela Armstrong has been praised for performances with many of the world’s leading operatic theaters including the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Hamburg State Opera, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Théâtre du Capitole, Teatro Regio Torino, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera and the Glyndebourne Festival. Armstrong commands an unusually wide repertoire that ranges from the title role of Handel’s Alcina to Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro as well as Elvira in I puritani, Violetta in La traviata, Mimi in La bohème, Madga in La rondine, and Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Her French roles have included Marguerite in Faust and the four Heroines in Les contes d’Hoffmann, and she won special praise as a Strauss Soprano, having sung the title role in Arabella, the Countess in Capriccio and Christine in Intermezzo. Among her other roles are Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus and the title role in Floyd’s Susannah. Pamela Armstrong added another new role to her repertoire in the 2011-12 season when she appeared in the title role in Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas for Opera Colorado. Among her recent performances are the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro for the Portland Opera and

Melody Moore | Donna Elvira Atlanta Opera Debut

Melody Moore is one of America’s exciting new talents. She has appeared on the stages of the San Francisco Opera as Susan Rescorla in Heart of a Soldier, Mimì in La bohème, and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro. She has appeared at the English National Opera as Mimì and as Marguerite in Faust, New York City Opera as Rita Clayton in the New York premiere of Stephen Schwartz’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon, and as Regine St. Laurent in Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna. Future appearances include San Francisco Opera as the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte, debuts with Opera Colorado as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte in Bordeaux, France, and several productions at the Houston Grand Opera, including Julie in Show Boat. She recently made her debut with the Bavarian Radio Symphony in concert performances and a recording of excerpts of Gordon Getty’s opera, Plump Jack, which was conducted by Ulf Shirmer. A graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, she performed the role of Candace Whitcomb in Stephen Paulus’ The Village Singer and received the Norman Treigle and Andrew White awards. She is a former (2007) Adler Fellow and Merola Opera

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Meet The Cast (continued) Program participant, during which time she also performed Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Lincoln Theatre in Napa Valley, the title role in Suor Angelica for the Opera Theatre and Musical Festival of Lucca, Italy, and the Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Napa Valley. Notable conductors with whom she has worked include Kent Nagano, Donald Runnicles, John DeMain, Patrick Summers, and Roy Goodman. Stage Directors for productions in which she has participated include John Copley, Ron Daniels, Des McAnuff, Ian Judge, Jonathan Miller, and Francesca Zambello. n

Nicholas Phan | Don Ottavio

and returns to the Portland Opera as Fenton in Falstaff. Mr. Phan has appeared with many of the leading orchestras in the United States, including the symphony orchestras of Chicago (in Chicago and New York), Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Atlanta, and with the Music of the Baroque in Chicago. He has appeared with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, and in various concerts at the Edinburgh, Ravinia, Rheingau, Bard and Marlboro music festivals.

In recital, he has been presented by Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and the University of Chicago. He recently appeared on tour with Il Complesso Barocco in London, Paris, and Baden-Baden, and made his debuts at the Maggio Musicale Florence, the Festival St. Denis, and with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Helsinki Spring Light Chamber Music Festival. n

Atlanta Opera Debut: Pagliacci / Carmina burana, 2006

This season, Mr. Phan appears as Luricano in Ariodante on tour with Alan Curtis and his acclaimed orchestra, Il Complesso Barocco, in Bucharest, Turin, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Vienna. He also appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic (Hollywood Bowl), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Symphony Orchestra and Violons du Roy in Carnegie Hall. He appeared in recital in the prestigious Philadelphia Chamber Music Society series. This summer he returns to the Hollywood Bowl for Carmina burana, and next season he appears in concert with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra,

Angela Kloc | Zerlina Atlanta Opera Debut

Angela Kloc is a recent graduate of Indiana University, where she earned a master’s degree in vocal performance. During her time there, she performed the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, as well as appeared as the soprano soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.

This past summer, she participated in the Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Artist Program, covering the role of Norina in

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Meet The Cast (continued) Don Pasquale and performing in numerous scenes. In 2011, she was a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Ms. Kloc holds a degree in Musicology from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. n

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Andrew Kroes | Commendatore Atlanta Opera Debut

Brent Davis | Masetto Atlanta Opera Debut: Madama Butterfly, 2004

Mr. Davis has appeared frequently with The Atlanta Opera since making his debut in 2004 as Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly. He performed the role of Hosie in the premiere of Cold Sassy Tree and the Jailer in Tosca with the company, and has been seen in several Atlanta Opera educational outreach performances including Bizet’s Doctor Miracle and Seymour Barab’s Little Red Riding Hood.

He made his debut with Mobile Opera as Schaunard in Puccini’s La bohème, and his debut with Asheville Lyric Opera in opera gala performances as Prince Danilo in The Merry Widow. On stage with Illinois Opera Theater, Mr. Davis has performed the title role in Pelléas et Mélisande, The Son in Six Characters in Search of an Author, and Hermann/ Schlemil in Les contes D’Hoffmann. He is equally at home in the operetta repertoire, having sung Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Illinois Opera Theater and Captain Corcoran in HMS Pinafore with Atlanta Lyric Theatre. On the concert platform, Brent Davis has performed with the Columbus

Bass Andrew Kroes, a native of Onalaska, Wis., completed his master of music at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music this past August, where he studied with Andreas Poulimenos. He previously studied with baritones Daniel JohnsonWilmot and Paul Kiesgen. Kroes has twice received encouragement awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) auditions in the Wisconsin District. During the 2009-10 MONC auditions, he was a District Winner in the Indiana District and received an Encouragement Award at the Tri-State Regionals. This season, he made his debut with Sarasota Opera as The Footman in Barber’s Vanessa, and during the 201213 season he will make his debut with the Cincinnati Symphony as the bass soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. During the 2010-11 season, Kroes performed the role of Méphistophélès in Indiana University Opera Theater’s Faust, made his debut with Opera Tampa as Dr. Grenvil in its production of La traviata, and performed with Utah Festival Opera as Mityukha in Boris Godunov. n

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Meet The Cast (continued)

Ken Yunker | Lighting designer

Walter Huff | Chorus Master

Atlanta Opera Debut:

Atlanta Opera Debut: Tosca, 1988

Amahl & the Night Visitors, 1992

Walter Huff has been Chorus Master for The Atlanta Opera since 1988. 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, Washington National Opera, and Baltimore Opera Company. Mr. Huff 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. In 1984, he received Tanglewood’s C.D. Jackson Master Award for Excellence, presented

by Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has been musical director for The Atlanta Opera Studio, Georgia State University Opera, and Actor’s Express. Also, Mr. Huff was one of four Atlanta artists chosen for the first Loridans Arts Awards, given to Atlanta artists who have made exceptional contributions to the arts life of Atlanta over a long period of time. In 2008, The Atlanta Opera Chorus under Mr. Huff ’s direction sang critically acclaimed performances of Porgy and Bess at Opéra-Comique in Paris and on tour in Granada, Normandy, and Luxembourg.

Last year, Mr. Huff served as chorus master for Faust and Der Rosenkavalier with San Diego Opera. n

Member, United Scenic Artists #829.

An Atlantan since 1989, Yunker is the Resident Lighting Designer for Sarasota Opera Association and Opera New Jersey/ Princeton, a Principal Designer for the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre Company, and a regular at The Atlanta Opera since the early 90’s. Mr. Yunker has designed 48 productions for The Atlanta Opera, including Der fliegender Holländer, the Basil Twist Hansel & Gretel, Turandot, Aida, Faust, Der Rosenkavalier, Porgy and Bess and Fidelio.

National credits include work with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Bermuda Arts Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Utah Symphony and Opera, Tulsa Opera, Fort Worth Opera, San Antonio Opera, Augusta Opera, Florida State Opera and Arizona Opera. Local companies in Atlanta include Georgia Shakespeare, Theatre in the Square, True Colors, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble, Atlanta Lyric, Ballethnic Dance Company, Rotaru Ballet, Six Flags Over Georgia, Brenau University, Clayton State Univerisity and Emory University.

Awards include the Suzi Award for Avenue X, previous nominations include August: Osage County, Rejoice and The Persians; Abbey Artist of the Year nomination; Creative Loafing lighting award in Best of Atlanta; Theatre in the Square Jenny Award-7 total for Best Lighting. n

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2012-2013 Season

escape the ordinary

Q&A with Dennis Hanthorn

BY Ellen Sturgill

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ext season, Atlanta audiences can expect to “escape the ordinary” by experiencing three of the most beloved operas in the canon: Carmen, La traviata, and The Italian Girl in Algiers. Zurich General Director, Dennis Hanthorn explains why he chose these operas and what audiences can look forward to.

Aria: Why did you choose Carmen, La traviata, and The Italian Girl in Algiers for the 2012-13 season?

Dennis Hanthorn: Carmen is one of the four all-time great operas – including Aida, La bohème, and Don Giovanni – that people want to see. It is incredibly popular and contains music that people can hum along to.

Out of Verdi’s 28 operas, La traviata is one of his most famous and most performed operas.

2013 is also the bicentennial year of his birth, so it is exciting to commemorate Verdi’s life with a production of one of his operas.

The Italian Girl in Algiers is one of Rossini’s best-loved comic operas and will be a debut production for The Atlanta Opera. It promises to be a fun experience for the audience, as well as a look into a fantastic 19th-century bel canto work.

Aria: The theme for this season is “Escape the Ordinary.” How does this theme speak to the opera experience? Why do you think this theme represents the three operas of the season, and how does it relate to Atlanta audiences?

DH: Carmen is one of the most exciting, entertaining, and passionate operas ever written. There are so many characters that audiences can relate to. They can place themselves in Spain, and imagine what it would be like to be a soldier or a gypsy. La traviata, depicts the high society of Paris before the French Revolution, which was a very glamorous and elegant time in history.

We’ve decided to set our production of The Italian Girl in Algiers in the 1930’s, with Isabella as an aviator, which adds an “Amelia Earhart-like” quality to this already imaginative destination.

The pop-up book set also adds another element of the fantastical. Italian Girl in Algiers is also unique in the opera world because it turns the table on the traditional “rescue opera.” In this production, the woman is the hero.

For each of these operas, there is an excitement in the unknown and exotic locations, and we hope this will allow Atlanta audiences to “Escape the Ordinary.”

We also hope that new audiences will “escape

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Q&A (continued) the ordinary” by trying an opera experience for the first time. These operas are great introductions for first-timers!

Aria: Describe the concept for The Italian Girl in Algiers. How does setting the opera in the 1930’s change the characterization?

Aria: The Atlanta Opera will be producing The Italian Girl in Algiers for the first time.

Why has it taken more than 30 years for The Atlanta Opera to produce this Rossini comedy?

DH: When changing or updating a production, you still must remain true to the original direction and characterization of the opera.

Isabella, Lindoro, and Mustafà (to name a few characters) will retain their original qualities.

Yet the time and place will be different.

DH: There certainly has been a large gap in the history of Rossini repertoire that has been produced here at the Opera. However, in my eight seasons at The Atlanta Opera, we have produced The Barber of Seville, Cinderella, and now, Italian Girl.

I particularly love Rossini’s music, and there are singers today who specialize in singing Rossini very well. I am excited that we have identified some of them for Italian Girl.

Atlanta audiences can expect a high level of talent and delightful performances.

Changing the period of the piece adds a fresh perspective to both performers and audiences alike, and lends itself to the exotic feel we are capturing with this 2012-13 season.

Audiences can also look forward to a highly innovative set design. Instead of a standard set, with pieces moving in and out, the stage will have the feel of a pop-up children’s story, which will bring a lot of whimsy and fantasy to the opera.

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Aria: Each opera in the 2012-13 season contains a very powerful and iconic female role. What can Atlanta audiences expect from Maria José Montiel as Carmen, Mary Dunleavy as Violetta, and Sandra Piques Eddy as Isabella?

Atlanta audiences can expect a very authentic portrayal of Carmen in Maria José Montiel.

Because of her native Spanish culture, her interpretation is believable, and she is able to bring a special flavor to the performance.

Maria is in high-demand, and performs in Europe, as well as all over the U.S. We are looking forward to having her sing on our stage in her Atlanta Opera debut.

Mary Dunleavy has performed Violetta many times around the world. This is one of her signature roles. This production will also be her debut with us. I’m just so pleased and proud to bring her to Atlanta. She is a tremendous actor and musician, and gives a very exciting interpretation of Violetta. She will thrill our audiences.

Sandra Piques Eddy sang the role of Cherubino in our 2008 production of The Marriage of Figaro, and we are pleased to have her back. She is a consummate artist as far as Rossini and classical repertoire goes.

She performs many styles of opera, but thoroughly understands Rossini style and technique. Sandra is also one of the great mezzos of our day.

Aria: What are you most looking forward to in the 2012-13 season?

DH: We are looking forward to broadening our audience. I am excited to produce the highest-quality opera possible, and know that audiences will enjoy the performances! n

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The Atlanta Opera Chorus Chorus Master Walter Huff Chorus Jayme Alilaw Lynnette Anderson Beverly Blouin Melissa Fontaine Lara Longsworth Nadeen Paul Laura Peacock Laura Porlier Rebecca Shipley Amanda Smolek Laurie Tossing Carrie Anne Wilson

Kyle Barnes Gabriel Couret Rob Cromwell Chase Davidson Michael Gaare C. Augustus Godbee Christopher Hawkins Zachary Heath Grant Jones Michael Jones Conrad Moore Brandon Odom Marc Porlier Ivรกn Segovia

Supers Eric Ayala James Christian, Jr. Marcina Cyril Elizabeth Hirsch-Tauber Mike Magursky David Silverstein Steve Tracewell

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The Atlanta Opera Orchestra Violin Peter Ciaschini, Concertmaster Helen Kim, Assistant Concertmaster Adelaide Federici, Principal, Second Violin (Acting) Lisa Morrison, Assistant Principal, Second Violin (Acting) Fia Mancini Durrett Edward Eanes Felix Farrar Robert Givens Patti Gouvas Alison James Michele Mariage-Volz Sally Wilson Martin Lee Nicholson Shawn Pagliarini Patrick Ryan Angele Sherwood-Lawless Mimi Tam Rafael Veytsblum Viola William Johnston, Principal Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, Assistant Principal Amy Chang Julie Rosseter Karl Schab Joli Wu Cello Charae Krueger, Principal David Hancock, Assistant Principal (Acting) Martin Gueorguiev Mary Kenney Cynthia Sulko Bass Lyn DeRamus, Principal Christina Caterino Emory Clements Brian Rehm

Flute James Zellers, Principal Kelly Bryant Oboe Dane Philipsen, Principal Diana Dunn Clarinet David Odom, Principal John Warren Bassoon Mike Muszynski, Principal Debra Grove Horn Kathy Wood, Principal (Acting) Julie Spencer Trumpet Yvonne Toll, Principal Hollie Lifshey Trombone Mark McConnell, Principal Ed Nicholson Richard Brady, Bass Trombone Timpani John Lawless, Principal Mandolin Dave Frackenpohl Cembalo Michael Spassov Personnel Manager Mark McConnell *String sections are listed in alphabetical order

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The Atlanta Opera | Rabbit Tales Tour

photos by: Emmalee Iden

The Atlanta Opera | OnStage Dinner

photos by: Tim Wilkerson

The Atlanta Opera | The Golden Ticket

photo by: Jeff Roffman

photo by: Tim WIlkerson

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The Atlanta Opera | Season Snapshot

photos by: Matt Burkhalter

The Atlanta Opera | Comprimarios - Taverna Fiorentina

photos by: Kevin Hackshaw

photo by: Jeff Roffman

photo by: Jeff Roffman

photo by: Tim WIlkerson

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THE ATLANTA OPERA VOLUNTEERS

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s the 2011-12 season comes to a close, we take a moment to appreciate our volunteers’ tireless dedication and hours of service to The Atlanta Opera. Volunteers play a major role, participating in service activities ranging from education events and community initiatives, to production work behind the scenes, to administrative assistance. We couldn’t have done it without you. Bravo to the volunteers of The Atlanta Opera!

Denise Andersen Alishia Austin Erin Bailess Tara Banks Joan & Sanford Baskin Charley Burney Jessica Callaham Lucie Cartaya Antoinette Collier Noreen Conort Beth Cooper Jean Cornn Brittany Dalton Lorie Davis Chris Deutschler Kevin Dew Richard Dodder Brad Dorfman Charlotte Ebel Rabiah Elisa Ebony Etheridge Anna Filardi

Pete Fujimoto Peg Gary Maxi George Aaron Gilliam Elizabeth Goldstein Anne Hayes Lauren Hayes Suzanne Hayes Frances Holland Gloria Jackson Cardine Johnson Joycelyn Johnson Kathi Johnson W.C. Jones Evelyn King Paula Kocher Patty Kramer-Lake Helen & Steve Kraus Virginia Lam Ryan Lee Sonny Letak Peg & Jim Lowman

Mary Kathryn McCrary Mary Ruth McDonald Lorrain & Joseph Mills Fatimahn Mustafaa Robert Nemo Vernon Norris Kim Ong Sonia Oxman Polly N. Pater Glenda Pearson Tandi Reddick Nancy Reed Marie Reid Zabrina Rios Catherine Roberson Diana Robinson Otis Salliey John & Cherylene Sands Catherine Schatz Joyce M Schechter Gail Shattah Dan Shumate

Verna Slade Patricia Smith Cruzita Soto Margaret Stephen Eleanor & Jim Strain Beth Suryan Sandy Taffel Carol & Donald Thurman Katherine Toppin Suzanne Touchstone Ruth Vaught Mark & Tricia Vogelgesang Alice Wade Alana Walker Hilary Wayne Harold Whitney Branalyn Williams Laura Wright

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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

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or more than 30 years, The Atlanta Opera has been committed to producing operas of the highest caliber and presenting to audiences all over the metro Atlanta area. Today, our commitment to introducing and educating audiences to the opera art form remains an integral part of our organizational mission. Through interactive performances and creative programs we provide many opportunities for both patrons and new audiences to explore and experience opera.

While Don Giovanni marks the end of our mainstage season we have many more exciting events to look forward to over the spring and summer months.

Our annual Opera Family Day will take place on Saturday, May 12, at The Atlanta Opera Center. This fun event offers families and young children an opportunity to learn about and celebrate opera. Activities will include an interactive costume shop, crafts and stage combat and makeup demonstrations as well as one last chance to see Rabbit Tales, our opera for children. Based on the Br’er Rabbit stories and written and composed by Atlanta-based artists, Rabbit Tales has strong regional ties and completed a successful tour to more than 36 schools in Georgia this year, presenting a total of 62 performances in schools and communities.

Students in our High School Opera Institute have been working hard all year, honing their craft as musicians. The program will culminate with a showcase performance at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 10, at Morningside Presbyterian Church. This performance is free and open to the public. Now in its third year, the Atlanta Opera High School Opera Institute is a training program for students in grades 10-12 who are looking to pursue a career in music. Participating students work with opera professionals throughout the year in vocal coachings and diction and dramatic master classes. Applications for the 2012-13 High School Opera Institute will be available on our website June 1 through Aug. 24.

For teachers interested in exploring opera in their classroom, our Music!Words!Opera! training institute will take place at The Atlanta Opera Center July 9-13. Music!Words!Opera! is an arts-integrated curriculum for classroom teachers of all grade levels and subject areas.

Participating educators will receive training from OPERA America professionals as well as access to Atlanta Opera benefits throughout the year.

For more information about any of our education and outreach programs, please visit our website, www.atlantaopera.org, or contact Emmalee Iden, Director of Education, at 404.881.8883 or education@atlantaopera.org.

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THE SOCIETY FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE

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embership in the Atlanta Opera’s Society for Artistic Excellence represents a minimum pledge of $20,000 over a three-year period. These vital gifts help The Atlanta Opera improve its capacity both artistically and financially while building on a tradition of world-class opera in the Atlanta area. Below is a list of patrons who currently have three-year gift commitments.

All donors below are listed both here in the ARIA and online at www.atlantaopera.org.

For more information, contact Bert Huffman at bhuffman@atlantaopera.org.

New Production Patron $300,000+ Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. James W. Bland Jr. Jane S. Willson Revival Production Patron $150,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Director Patron $75,000+ Martha Thompson Dinos Candy & Greg Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg Bob & Cappa Woodward Artist Patron $45,000+ The Laura & Montague Boyd Foundation The John & Rosemary Brown Family Foundation Dr. Alexander Gross & Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hayes III Mr. William F. Snyder & Mr. Louis A. Peneguy Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk Rhys & Carolyn Wilson The Mary & Charlie Yates Family Fund Charlie & Dorothy Yates Family Fund

Conductor Patron $20,000+ Shepard & Boyce Ansley Mr. & Mrs. Jim Balloun Bryan & Johanna Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Andy Berg Mr. Mario Concha Heike & Dieter Elsner Mr. William Hajjar John L. Hammaker Mr. & Mrs. John Michael Hancock Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keough Mr. John O. King Peggy & Jack McDowell Mr. & Mrs. C. David Moody, Jr. Clara M. & John S. O’Shea Mr. William E. Pennington Edward W. Phares Mr. James D. Powell Mr. Charles Sharbaugh Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan Baker & Debby Smith Mr. & Mrs. William E. Tucker Thomas R. Williams Family

Additional Multi-Year Gifts $15,000+ Ms. Cathy C. Adams $7,500+ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edge Tom & Sandy Teepen

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he following names represent gifts from individuals, family foundations, The Atlanta Opera Board of Directors, staff, chorus and orchestra. We express our most sincere thanks and appreciation to every donor. The ongoing support you provide allows The Atlanta Opera to continue building on a tradition of excellence, and makes possible quality productions just like you are experiencing now! For a full list of donors, including gifts under $350, visit us online at www.atlantaopera.org.

Listed on the following pages are friends who contributed $100 or more to The Atlanta Opera as of March 9, 2012. $25,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Anderson Mrs. Olga Castelerio Goizueta Mr. & Mrs. Donald Keough Mary Ruth McDonald

Principal (continued) Robert & Suzanne Minarcine Main Street America Group NGM Charitable Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Robinson Morton & Angela Sherzer Johannah Smith Yee-Wan & John Stevens Thomas & Katherine Stevenson Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr. The Devereaux F. & Dorothy M. McClatchey Foundation William McDaniel Charitable Foundation Mr. W. C. Wyatt, Jr.

Chorus (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Philip Folger Calvin Fong R. Derril Gay, Ph.D. Jason & Mimi Godwin Mr. Thomas Gregory Composer ($10,000+) Mr. & Mrs. George Gundersen Mrs. Elizabeth Tufts Bennett Kyle Hanschke Mr. David Boatwright Harald Hansen Chris & Merry Carlos Steven & Caroline Harless Peg Simms Gary Ms. Donna Hiller Mrs. Dale Levert & Mr. George W. Levert Mrs. Ezra & Mrs. Ann Howington Polly N. Pater Mr. & Mrs. David C. Huffman Frank & Maxine Hyland Conductor ($5,000+) Francis Jack Chorus ($1,000+) Cathy & Mark Adams Wayne & Mary James Mr. Charles Ackerman Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Johnson Marlene Alexander R. Dwain Blackston Mr. Charles A. Johnston & Elizabeth & Carl Allen Mr. Frank M. Monger Carl & Sally Gable Lisa & Joe Bankoff Mr. Doyle P. Jones Nancy & Holcombe Green Dr. Joseph C. Barnett & Dr. Florence C. Barnett Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill Kenny Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich James M. Kane & Andrea Braslavsky Kane Mr. & Mrs. Harris P. Baskin Mr. Joe E. Bates Mr. Lewis H. Larson Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Klump Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Beard Mrs. Treville Lawrence Carol & Jorge Pisarello Michael L. & Valerie W. Benoit Mr. & Mrs. G. Boyd Leake, III John & Barbara Ross Mrs. Enrique E. Bledel Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr. Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. W. Scott Brooks Mr. Matthew A. Lieberman Mark & Judith Taylor Chris Casey & Doug Weiss Mather & Annie Lindsay Thomas & Loraine Williams Foundation Mr. Lawrence Clarkson Mr. an Mrs. Al & Su Longman Dr. John W. Cooledge Ms. Elizabeth Dupree Lynch & Principal ($2,500+) Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Cooper Dr. William Helvie Mr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Alvelda Mr. & Mrs. Randy Craven Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone Cathy Cooper & Brad Champion Stuart Culpepper Mr. & Mrs. Albert Marx Jean & Jerry Cooper Coxe, Curry & Associates Dan D. Maslia Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Crowley Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly Jr. Margaret & Hank McCamish Col. & Mrs. Edgar W. Duskin Mr. & Mrs. Tom DeBra Sally & Allen McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mr. Robert S. Devins Shelley McGehee Ms. Rebecca Y. Frazer & Mr. Jon Buttrey Mr. Kevin Dew & Mr. Hal Platt Mr. & Mrs. John McMullan Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Gilham Jr. Dr. & Mrs. H. Allen Ecker Mr. Gene Milner & Dr. Rhonda D. Milner Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hantula Cynthia & John C. Ethridge Jr. Gene & Dorothy Moon Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hardin Ms. DeeAnn E. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Frank Muckler Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Howard Rita Evans Terri & Stephen Nagler Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nemo Mr. Bert W. Huffman Dr. Mary M. Finn Mr. & Mrs. John L. O’Neal Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III Heather & Eli Flint Victoria & Howard Palefsky Dr. & Mrs. James Lowman

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Sustainer (continued) Mr. Howard Hunter Julie & Jason Ingraham Mr. Speight Jenkins Ms. Salli LeVan Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Mr. John Trevor Lumb Dr. Jill Mabley Stanley & Elaine Mager Ms. Priscilla M. Moran Jane & Jim Murray John & Agnes Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nemo Mrs. Amy Wynn Norman Ms. Nadeen Paul Ms. Beverley Paquette Mr. D. V. Pompilio & The Honorable S. L. Ingram The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Ms. Barbara Rivenbark The Honorable Judge Dorothy A. Robinson Mr. Dustin B. Schneider Mr. Brenn Smith Mr. Fred Smith Gail & Barry Spurlock Dr. Marilyn Stockton Steve & Christine Strong Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Stuart Ms. Melinda R. Stuk Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Tarbutton Mr. Richard Thio Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. Larry & Beverly Willson Mrs. Frank Wilson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. David Wingert Sherrilyn & Donn Wright Mr. & Mrs. John Zellner Supporter ($350+) Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Astriab Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Blumenthal Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bailey Dr. & Mrs. William Battles Mr. & Mrs. Wallace F. Beard Ms. Lauren Benevich Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blackwood Barbara S. Bruner, M.D. Mr. Robert Bunker Mrs. Karen Bunn Marissa A. Camrud, MD Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Chenault Mr. Michael Clutter Mr. Lawrence M. Cohen Ms. Marcia Cupery Mr. Philip D. Dawson Debra & Greg Durden Mr. Glen Galbaugh

Supporter (continued) Refrigiwear Dean & Vivian Haulton Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. Howard Mr. Scott Ingram Mrs. Gail G. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Fred R. Keith Dr. Gail M. Kendall Mrs. Emma Lankford Dr. & Mrs. P. Mather Lindsay Livvy Kazer Lipson Dr. Robert & Judge Stephanie Manis Mr. Thomas L. McCook Maria McDaniel Dikin Ms. Elizabeth F. Meeker Mr. & Mrs. Norman Miller Ms. Sharon Mills Mr. M. Sean Molley Dr. Patricia S. Moulton Barbara & Mark Murovitz Ms. Carol Niemi Mr. Edward R. Nudd Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Guy Paschal Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Lynn & Kent Regenstein Mr. Hervey S. Ross Ludmila Schubert Mr. Stuart Siddons Ms. Janine Brown & Mr. Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Dr. Susan Y. Stevens Judge & Mrs. Mike Stoddard Mrs. Sarah Tate Dr. Kenneth G. Taylor, M.D. Ms. Virginia S. Taylor Raymond C. Townsend Mrs. Ruth E. Trager Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ventulett III Ms. Christina Wall Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Sam Williams Emily Willingham & Dixon Adair Friend ($100+) Anonymous Mr. Thomas A. Adams, Jr. Mr. Benjamin Adler Judith & Aaron Alembik Mr. Harold H. Alexander Mrs. Jean Allen Atlanta Opera Orchestra Players Association Ms. Teresa Aversa Dr. James J. Awbrey & Mrs. Dunja V. Awbrey Mrs. Elizabeth Bair Mary Ball Donna Barger John Beane Mr. I. Robert Beton Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Betor

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ANNUAL FUND Friend (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Carl Bhame Susan Bicksler Mr. Brian Black Mr. & Mrs. Harry Brannen Mr. Mitch Bucklin Ms. Catherine Burns Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hal Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Newt Collinson Annie Cook Nancy B. & William H. Culp Ms. Marcia Cupery Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Dawson Mr. Clinton E. Deveaux & Dr. Merinda J. Herron Jim & Carol Dew Drs. Andrew & Caroline Dott Rev. James D. Duffy Ms. Pamela H. Euteneuer Ms. Barbara Faherty Mr. Angel A. Figueredo Dr. & Mrs. Edwin E. Flournoy Gray & Ruth Fountain Mrs. Thais Garcia Ms. Margaret Genovese Mr. Terry Gilliam Ms. Kimberly Greene Ms. Mary Jane Avans Jim & Virginia Hale Mr. T. P. Hall Mr. & Mrs. William A. Hanger Mr. Robert W. Hellriegel Mr. Matt Herriot Marianne & Patrick Hickey Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Holly, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Horowitz Ms. Susan Hoy

Friend (continued) Ms. Renee Jackson Ms. Cathy Jacobson Dr. Isabella T. Jenkins Ms. Jo. Elliott Jones Mrs. & Mr. James R. Jones Ms. Donna J. Kilgore Mr. & Mrs. Alfred A. Lakos Ms. Debra Leslie Ms. Constance B. Lewis Ms. Doreen M. Lewis Mr. Barry Lieberman Vaneesa & Allan Little Mr. Richard Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Mashburn Katherine B. Maxwell & Michael J. Maxwell Mrs. Margaret McCamy Mr. J. Arthur Mozley Ms. Sarah Murray John & Agnes Nelson Ms. Penny Nicholls Mr. Carl W. Nichols Mrs. Lee Offen Kim Ong Clara M. & John S. O’Shea Ms. Marianne O’Shields Mr. Wiley C. Owen Mrs. Cornelius W. Owens Dr. & Mrs. John G. Paty, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Perry Mr. Tremayne A. Perry Mr. & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. Ms. Catherine Pobst Ms. Anne Pollock Sharon & Jim Radford Mrs. David A. Reinach

Friend (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Allan Ripans Mr. & Mrs. John Philip Rogers Mr. James Rollins Mr. Hervey S. Ross Mrs. Thurman B. Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Scaglione Cynthia Scalf Mr. & Mrs. John A. Schwartz Ms. Kay Sedberry Dr. Paul Seguin Frank Shelp Linda P. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. R. D. Stiles Ms. Carolyn R. Stone Ms. Geraldine D. Stutz The Home Depot PAC Mr. James Todd Ms. Denise A. Traicoff Betsy Trapp Mr. H. Burton Trimble, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fritz von Ammon Terry Waith Mr. James D. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Warner Henry Waszkowski & Patty Thomas Dr. Kay C. Wideman Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Watford Mr. Tim Wilkerson Virginia & Neal Williams Mr. & Mrs. Ed Willingham Mr. John Wilson Caleb Young Gregory Zakers Kurt-Alexander Zeller

Corporate Partners $100,000 AT&T The Coca-Cola Company Zurich American Insurance Company

$5,000+ KPMG Moroccanoil The 680 Group at UBS Financial Services, Inc.

$50,000+ Delta Air Lines, Inc.

$2,500+ Anonymous Boston Consulting Group – Michael Deimler C.D. Moody Construction – Mr. C. David Moody, Jr. GUCCI Inmark Inc.

$15,000+ Cartier $10,000+ Fidelity Bank Wilmington Trust

$1,000+ Atlanta Opera Guild Barclays Wealth – Mr. Jamie Weeks, III Mr. Matthew A. Lieberman Saks Fifth Avenue

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Community Partners Foundations $400,000+ The Goizueta Foundation

Gifts In Kind A Legendary Event Ann Roth Shoes Aria $100,000+ Sari Bernstein The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters Wells Fargo Bobi Dimond Creative Photography $50,000+ Ms. Melanie Boltax Atlanta Music Festival Association Melissa Fontaine & Frank Briscoe John & Rosemary Brown $25,000+ Stephanie Cantillo The George M. Brown Trust Fund J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Ms. Sona Chambers Brad Champion & Cathy Cooper $10,000+ Cirquelde Bank of America Charitable Foundation Condition Kettlebell Gym Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation David Yurman JPMorgan Chase Foundation Eduard de Guardiola Opera America Federal Home Loan Bank The Rich Foundation, Inc. Dunaway Gardens Heike & Dieter Elsner $5,000+ Ms. Elizabeth DuPree Lynch & The Atlanta Foundation Dr. William Helvie The Camp-Younts Foundation Emly Benham Atlanta The John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Eric S. Barr, Inc. Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Ermenegildo Zegna The Home Depot Foundation Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Fraser-Parker Foundation Fendi North America Inc. JBS Foundation Flight Options, Mr. Eli Flint Nordson Corporation Foundation Heather & Eli Flint Norfolk Southern Foundation Diane Gordon Turner Broadcasting System/Turner Voices H. Stockton-Park Place $2,500+ Ms. Donna Holdnak Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Dr.. & Mrs. Peter Holliday Herbert & Marian Haley Foundation Mrs. Maxine Highland Hills Family Foundation Instead of Flowers The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. IO Salon Publix Super Markets Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. $1,000+ Bright Wings Foundation The Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation Local & Government Funding $30,000+ Georgia Council for the Arts $5,000+ City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

Gifts In Kind (continued) J. Thomas Designs Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Mills Kate Spade Kathy Davis Designs Kramer Protraits Lanier Parking Solutions Mrs. Dale Levert & Mr. George W. Levert Mr. & Mrs. Al & Su Longman Jeffrey McQuithy Mr. & Mrs. Paul Melroy Moroccanoil NBC Experience Store Mr. Jim McLaughlin, Olympus Media LLC Saks Fifth Avenue Mr. Don Sayles Shell Hospitality - Vino Bello Resort Baker & Debby Smith Ms. Susan Soper St. John Boutique St. Regis Atlanta Sun in my Belly Taverna Florentina The Cook’s Warehouse The Patty Burns Salon Theory Tim Wilkerson Photography Tony Brewer & Company, Inc. Tootsies Trinity Press Valentino Dr. & Mrs. W. Kingsley Weatherly Rae J. Weimer Wes Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. Wojcik Wolford America, Inc Woodfire Grill

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Tributes and Memorials In Honor of Marlene Alexander, Monica Dioda & Jack Sawyer Mr. & Mrs. Hilton H. Howell , Jr. Dr.* & Mrs. Hugh C. McLeod, III In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. James W. Bland, Jr. Constance W. Treloar Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Yuschok In Memory of Mary Stuart Bland Anne & Doug Alexander Ms. Penny Barnett Mrs. Carol J. Clark Big Canoe Meadows Committee: Bert Loftman, Gordon Griffin, Fred Omundson, Lin Pollard & Teresa Hartz Mrs. Sally Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Wayne James Judge & Mrs. John Langford Mr. Verne Newhouse Ms. Marianne O’Shields Dr. & Mrs. Carter Smith, Jr. Jane S. Willson Constance W. Treloar Jean Goffaux In Honor of Doug & Donna Curling Jean Goffaux Judie Raiford & Jere Wood In Honor of Ann Curry Mrs. Rae Weimer In Memory of Sylvia Debenport Shelley McGehee In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. Hamilton Dixon Mr. & Mrs. William L. Morris In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edge Friends of Robert Edge Mr. & Mrs. David Lowance Julia & Gary Suters In Honor of Marc Graney Mrs. Christina L. Graney

In Memory of Betsey Hansen Harald Hansen In Honor of Harriet Harris Ms. Freya Harris In Honor of Doug Holly Boris Bauer In Honor of Walter Huff Ms. Rina Rosenberg In Memory of Ms. Eileen Kent Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Anderson In Memory of Dr. Marion Leathers Kuntz Tanya Bertsch Georgia State University Foundation Mr. William Porter Dennis Romano Mr. & Mrs. Jamison Shaw In Honor of Virginia Lam Debra & Scott Pyron In Honor of Joseph Lattanzi The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. In Memory of Rachel Lehmann Helen & Steven Kraus Jim & Eleanor Strain Ms. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle In Honor of Madge & Philip F. L’Engle & Elizabeth L’Engle Tufts Mrs. Elizabeth Tufts Bennett In Honor of Paul Melroy Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Schwartz In Memory of Robert W. Nordman Kara Koverman

In Honor of Polly N. Pater Mr. Brian D. Beem Mr. & Mrs. Charles Slick Mr. Thomas B. Slick In Honor of Don Schreiber Mrs. Margaret Dulin In Memory of Barbara Stewart Bill Gunter & Associates Mr. Cotton M. Cleveland & Mr. John B. Garvey Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Main Street America Group – NGM Charitable Foundation Sally & Allen McDaniel Elizabeth & James Morley Ms. Bonnie Rivers Tom & Sandy Teepen Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Williams Benator & Libby, LLP Bob & Cappa Woodward In Memory of Nancy Taffel Cheryl & William Hadley Ms. Leslie Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. Silvermintz Mr. Alan S. Yaillen & Ms. Laurie R. Dien In Memory of John Talmade & In Honor of Margaret Talmade Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wright In memory of Marya Gabrielle Williams Marilon Jone Williams In Honor of Bob & Cappa Woodward Ms. Sarah Story In Honor of Charlie & Mary Yates Dr. David E. Sutherland II & Mrs. Sarah F. Yates Sutherland

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The Encore Circle

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he 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 Mr. & Mrs. Wallace F. Beard Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sims Bickers Ms. Mary D. Bray Mr. Robert Colgin Estate of Mrs. Judy Darby Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Ms. Dorothy E. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Dieter Elsner Dr. Emile T. Fisher Carl & Sally Gable Rebecca & Sidney Guberman Ms. Judy Hanenkrat Estate of Mr. Albert L. Hibbard Estate of Walter T. Heist Estate of Mr. Robert N. Hoehn, Jr.

Mr. Hilson Hudson Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy Estate of Mrs. Isabelle Woolford Kennedy Ms. Corina M. LaFrossia Mr. Louis L. Lawson Mr. & Mrs. John G. Malcolm Mr. Robert Lee Mays Mr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel Estate of Michael A. McDowell Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. McDowell Mr. & Mrs. Craig N. Miller Miss Helen D. Moffitt Mr. J. Robert Morring Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin Clara M. & John S. O’Shea Polly N. Pater

Estate of Mr. Jack Poole Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sanger Kevin J. Saunders Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. Estate of Barbara D. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen Mr. Richard F. Tigner William E. Torres, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Harold Whitney Estate of Mrs. Ruth D. Williams Ms. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Yates, Sr. Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr. & Mrs. Mary Mitchell Yates Ms. Mary L. Yost

Support Tomorrow, Today!

Build a Legacy with The Atlanta Opera.

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e at The Atlanta Opera sincerely appreciate your generous support and belief in our mission of bringing the highest-quality opera productions and education to the greater Atlanta community. By building a legacy through the creation of a planned gift with The Atlanta Opera, you can help ensure that future generations of Atlantans are exposed to the highest quality opera for generations to come.

Developing an estate plan requires advice from a professional, so we suggest you consult your personal advisor to make sure your gift will accomplish the intended goals for both The Atlanta Opera and you. A member of our development team will be happy to meet with and assist you in exploring the options that are most beneficial for everyone involved. Your planned gift can make a tremendous difference and help preserve the future of The Atlanta Opera!

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The Verdi Society

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he Verdi Society, the Atlanta Opera’s highest donor honor, is reserved for those who have provided philanthropic support and dedication at a transformative level. These dedicated friends have been instrumental in building a tradition of excellence at The Atlanta Opera. The Verdi Society is limited to those individuals, corporations and organizations whose gifts have accumulated to $100,000 and above. The current membership of The Verdi Society represents a staggering $31 million in cumulative giving over the years. $1,000,000+ Atlanta Music Festival Association Dr. & Mrs. James W. Bland, Jr. Georgia Council for the Arts The Goizueta Foundation Sara Giles Moore Foundation Estate of Barbara D. Stewart* Jane S. Willson The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. $500,000+ Anonymous (2) AT&T The Coca-Cola Company Fulton County Arts Council Martha Thompson Dinos Mrs. Alfred D. Kennedy, Sr.* Estate of Michael A. McDowell The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation Zurich American Insurance Company $250,000+ Anonymous (2) Atlanta Journal-Constitution** Charles Loridans Foundation Mrs. Olga Casteleiro de Goizueta Mr. & Mrs. Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Candy & Greg Johnson The Kendeda Fund Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill Kenny Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Peggy & Jack McDowell Mr. & Mrs. Arturo Melosi The Rich Foundation StarEnterprise Ms. Alyce Toonk David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund Bob & Cappa Woodward

$100,000+ American Color Graphics** Shepard & Boyce Ansley Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs The Atlanta Foundation Bank of America Mr. Robert O. Breitling, Jr.* Ms. Janine Brown & Mr. Alex J. Simmons, Jr. John & Rosemary Brown The Coca-Cola Foundation Mr. & Mrs.* Robert Colgin Cumberland Community Improvement District Delta Air Lines, Inc.** Mr. Robert S. Devins Flight Options, Mr. Eli Flint Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Carl & Sally Gable Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gillfillan Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Gluck* Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Goodwin Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Gregory, Jr. John L. Hammaker Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hayes III Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation The Junior League of Atlanta The Katherine John Murphy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Klump Livingston Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John G. Malcolm The Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation Sally & Allen McDaniel

$100,000+ (continued) Mellon - Private Wealth Management Mr. & Mrs.* James B. Miller, Jr. Mrs. O. Ray Moore National Endowment for the Arts Clara M. & John S. O’Shea Polly N. Pater Mr. William E. Pennington Mr. Jack Poole The Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund PricewaterhouseCoopers The Residence Inn by Marriott** Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg Mrs. Deen Day Sanders Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. & Dr. William E. Torres Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk Mr. & Mrs. Stewart A. Searle Mr. William F. Snyder & Mr. Louis A. Peneguy Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Roth SunTrust Banks, Inc. Judith & Mark Taylor The Tull Charitable Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Thomas & Loraine Williams Foundation Ms. Ruth Dimick Williams Jean & John Wilson Rhys & Carolyn Wilson Wadleigh C. Winship* Ms. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle The Mary and Charlie Yates Family Fund Zeist Foundation *Deceased **Gift In Kind

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THE ATLANTA OPERA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Emeritus Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley OFFICERS Chair William R. Tucker, Tucker, Midis & Associates, LLC Immediate Past Chair Mr. Gregory F. Johnson, Republic National Distributing Co., Inc. Vice Chair Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr. Vice Chair Mr. John L. Hammaker Treasurer Mr. Rhys T. Wilson, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP Secretary Mr. Michael Keough, DMK International MEMBERS Ms. Cathy Callaway Adams, Federal Home Loan Bank Mr. Bryan H. Barnes, Deloitte & Touche, LLP Mr. Andy Berg, Homrich Berg Mrs. James W. Bland, Jr. Mr. Montague L. Boyd, III, UBS Financial Mrs. Rosemary Kopel Brown Ms. Sharon J. Byers, The Coca-Cola Company Mrs. John W. Calhoun, III The Very Reverend Samuel G. Candler, Cathedral of St. Philip Mr. Mario Concha, Concha Consulting, LLC Ms. Martha Thompson Dinos Mr. Robert G. Edge, Alston & Bird Mr. Dieter Elsner, Roedl Langford de Kock, LLP Mr. Eli Flint, Flight Options Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross Mr. William Hajjar, JWT Mr. John Michael Hancock Mr. William J. Hayes, Bain & Company, Inc. Mr. Douglas R. Hooker, Atlanta Regional Commission Ms. Mary B. James Mr. John King, Breitland, LLC Mrs. Carl Knobloch

MEMBERS (continued) Mr. George Levert, Kinectic Ventures, LLC Mr. Richard McPhail, The Home Depot, Inc. Mr. Harmon B. Miller, III, MillerZell, Inc. Mr. James B. Miller, Fidelity Bank Mr. David Moody, C. D. Moody Construction Mr. William E. Pennington Mr. James D. Powell, KPMG, LLP Mr. Herbert J. Rosenberg III, National Distributing Company, Inc. Mr. Bruce A. Roth, Roth & Associates, Inc. Mr. J. Barry Schrenk, Taggarts’ Driving School Mr. Stewart A. Searle, Strategic Thought Partners Mr. Sachin Shailendra, S G Contracting Mr. Charles Sharbaugh, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP Mr. Timothy E. Sheehan, Mellon Private Wealth Management Mr. Baker A. Smith, BDO Consulting Corp. Advisors, LLC. Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr., Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton Mr. Timothy J. Walsh, Lanier Parking Solutions Mr. Thomas R. Williams Jane S. Willson, Sunnyland Farms, Inc. Mr. Robert G. Woodward, King & Spalding HONORARY MEMBERS Ms. Dorothy E. Edwards Mr. Carl I. Gable Mr. John S. Gillfillan Mrs. Holcombe T. Green, Jr., WestPoint Stevens Mr. Carter Joseph, Empire Distributors Mrs. Jack C. McDowell Mr. Sam Olens, State of Georgia Mr. Mark K. Taylor, HT Group, LLC Mrs. John C. Wilson Ms. Bunny Winter EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Mr. Dennis Hanthorn, Zurich General Director

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HOUSE POLICIES Concessions

Special Assistance

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

Persons requiring access assistance are asked to contact the box office at 770.916.2850 for advance arrangements.

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 a $6 charge per car. Valet service is available for $10. Please be sure to allow enough time for travel to the theatre 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 & 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.

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 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 cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance.

• Please limit performance.

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• Cameras (including use of cell phone camera) and audio & 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.

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THE ATLANTA OPERA STAFF Zurich General Director Dennis Hanthorn Artistic / Production Carl & Sally Gable Music Director Arthur Fagen Artistic Administrator Elecia Crowley Chorus Master Walter Huff Production Manager Michael Benedict Principal Coach / Assistant Conductor Michael Spassov Education Director of Education Emmalee Iden Development Director of Development Bert Wesley Huffman, MPA, CFRE Associate Director of Development Rae Weimer Major Gifts Officer Kristin Boggs Foundations & Grants Manager Greg Carraway Annual Fund Manager Rebecca Bowden Event Manager Amanda Wilborn Executive Assistant Kimberly Grooms, CMP Finance / Administration Controller Mike Hurdle Accounting Manager Ashley Gilleland Office Manager / Volunteer Coordinator Stephanie Cantillo

Managing Director Paul Melroy Marketing / Communications Director of Marketing & Communications Cristina Vรกsconez Herrera Communications Manager Laura Soldati Marketing Manager Lindsay Smith Creative Services Manager Matt Burkhalter Ticketing Services Manager Alan Strange Ticketing Services Associate Renee Smiley The Atlanta Opera Costume Shop Costume Shop Manager Patricia McMahon Costume Coordinator Joanna Schmink Wardrobe Master Ken McNeil First Hand Synithia Cochran Stitcher Brett Parker Stitcher Mary Cruz Torres Stitcher John Scott Hennessy Seasonal Staff Technical Director / Master Carpenter John Beaulieu Production Stage Manager Shawn Rieschl Johnson Assistant Stage Managers Jenna Link Jeffrey Whetstone Production Electricians Steve Dubay Patricia Tuckwiller Properties Master Pamela Hickey

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Production Staff Technical Director Johannes Pikel Head Electrician Brett Larson Head Carpenter / Rigger Matt Harris Audio Engineer Chris Barber