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Welcome to Winter Journey, the opening Discoveries performance of the Atlanta Opera’s 2015-16 season. The music you are going to hear was written by Franz Schubert in 1827. It’s the perfect foundation for this production. Tonight, we explore how we listen to classic music in the visual age of the iPhone. Our premise is that what you experience is just as important as what you hear. Schubert’s music conveys feelings and emotions that everyone can relate to. But David Adam Moore and Vita Tzykun of GLMMR have worked with us to create a vibrant, exciting multimedia concept that invites you into the performer’s world, mind, and emotions. Our Discoveries series is dedicated to our audience members who are seeking new works, new ideas, and fresh perspectives. We think this new way of experiencing music does more than offer a fresh perspective. It shifts a paradigm. We look forward to hearing what you think. Thank you for being here. Enjoy the performance.
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Winter Journey CREDITS MUSIC Franz Schubert TEXT Wilhelm M端ller PUBLISHED 1827
BARITONE David Adam Moore PIANIST Earl Buys
PRODUCTION DESIGN GLMMR SCENERY & PROJECTION DESIGN Victoria Tzykun & David Adam Moore LIGHTING DESIGN Maxwell Bowman STAGE MANAGER Kelly Brown
Performed in German with English supertitles. Approximate running time: 70 minutes. The production will be performed without an intermission.
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synopsis
Gute nacht (Good niGht)
“A stranger I arrived; a stranger I depart.” In May he won the love of a girl and hoped to marry her. But now the world is dreary, and he must leave, in winter, in the dead of night, finding his own way in the trackless snow. “Love loves to wander — from one person to the next.” He writes “Good Night” on her gate to show he thought of her.
die Wetterfahne (the Weather vane)
The weathervane on her house creaks in the shifting winds, mocking him and showing the inconstant hearts inside. “What do they care about my suffering? Their child is a wealthy bride!”
Gefrorne tränen (frozen tears)
He notices he has been crying and chides his tears for being cool enough to freeze. They do come out of his heart hot enough to melt all the winter’s ice!
erstarrunG (frozen stiff)
He looks in vain for her footprints beneath the snow where they walked through the green meadow and wants to melt away the snow and ice with his tears. He has nothing to remember her by except his pain. She is frozen in his heart; if it thaws, her image will flow away.
der Lindenbaum (the Linden tree)
The tree, a reminder of happier days, seems to call him, promising rest. But he turns away, into the cold wind. And now, miles away, he still hears it calling him: “Here you would find peace.”
WasserfLut (fLood)
The cold snow thirstily sucks up his tears; when the warm winds blow, the snow and ice will melt, and the brook will carry them through the town to where his sweetheart lives.
auf dem fLusse (on the stream)
The gaily rushing stream lies silent under a hard crust. In the ice he carves a memorial to their love. The river is an image of his heart swelling up powerfully beneath the frozen surface. 12
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synopsis rückbLick (backWard GLance)
He recounts his headlong flight from the town and recalls his springtime arrival in the “city of inconstancy,” and two girlish eyes that captivated him. When he thinks of that time, he would like to go back and stand silently in front of her house.
irrLicht (WiLL o’ the Wisp)
The false light of the will-o’-the-wisp has led him astray, but he’s used to it. Every path leads to the same goal. Our joys and sorrows are but a trick of the light. Every stream reaches the sea, every sorrow its grave.
rast (rest)
Only now that he has stopped to rest does he realize how tired and sore he is. And in the quiet he feels for the first time the “worm” that stings him inwardly.
frühLinGstraum (dreams of sprinG)
He dreams of springtime and love but wakes to cold and darkness and the shrieking of ravens. He sees frost leaves painted on the window. When will they turn green? When will he again embrace his beloved?
einsamkeit (LoneLiness)
He wanders, like a sad and lonely cloud, through the bright and happy life around him. “Even when the storms were raging. I was not so miserable.”
die post (the post)
He hears a post horn. “Why does my heart leap up so? There’s no letter for you! But maybe there’s some news of her?”
der Greise kopf (the Gray head/the oLd man’s head)
Frost has turned his hair gray and he rejoices at being an old man, but when it thaws, he is horrified to be a youth again: “How far it is still to the grave.”
die krähe (the croW)
A crow has been following him. It has never left him, expecting to take his body as its prey. “It won’t be much longer now. Crow, show me constancy unto death!”
Letzte hoffnunG (Last hope)
He gambles on a leaf quivering in the wind. If it falls from the tree, all his hopes are dashed. He falls to the ground himself and weeps over the “grave” of his hopes.
im dorfe (in the viLLaGe)
Dogs bark, and all the people are asleep, dreaming of success and failure, finding on their pillows what eluded them in life. “I am done with all dreaming. Why should I linger among the sleepers?”
der stürmische morGen (the stormy morninG) The storm is an image of his heart, wild and cold like the winter. 14
synopsis täuschunG (deception/deLusion)
A dancing light wants to lead him astray, and he is glad to go along. “Behind ice and night and horror” it shows him a warm, bright house and a loving wife within. Illusion is all he has.
der WeGWeiser (the siGnpost)
“Why do I take secret ways and avoid the other travelers? I’ve committed no crime. What foolish desire drives me to seek the wastelands?” He journeys endlessly, seeking peace and finding none. A signpost points the way: “I must travel a road where no one has ever yet returned.”
das Wirtshaus (the inn)
He comes to a graveyard and wants to enter. But all the rooms in this “inn” are taken; he resolves to go on his way with his faithful walking stick.
mut! (couraGe)
He shakes the snow from his face and sings cheerfully to silence his heart’s stirrings, striding into the world, against wind and weather: “If there’s no God on Earth, then we ourselves are gods!”
die nebensonnen (the mock suns)
He sees three suns staring at him in the sky. “You are not my suns! Once I too had three, but the best two have now set. If only the third would follow, I’ll be happier in the darkness.”
der Leiermann (the hurdy-Gurdy man)
Behind the village stands a hurdy-gurdy man, cranking his instrument with frozen fingers. His begging bowl is always empty; no one listens to his music, and the dogs growl at him. But his playing never stops. “Strange old man. Shall I come with you? Will you play your hurdy-gurdy to accompany my songs?” — Source Gopera.com photo: Denny Wells
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cast & creative david adam moore BARITONE & PRODUCTION DESIGNER ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT
Performer, director, and media artist David Adam Moore is a highly sought-after leading baritone by major opera houses and orchestras worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Salzburg Festival, Carnegie Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet, Bunkamura (Tokyo), Grand Théâtre de Genève, Israeli Opera, New York City Opera, BBC Symphony, LA Phil, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and many others. His performances have been broadcast on BBC, Arte television, NPR, Radio France, RAI, and Radio Netherlands, and recorded by BMG, GPR, and Innova records. With a repertoire of more than 60 principal roles, including Billy Budd, Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, Rossini’s Figaro, Papageno, DeRocher in Dead Man Walking, Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, Prior Walter in Angels in America, Schubert’s Winterreise, Carmina Burana, and the Soldier in David T. Little’s Soldier Songs, which Moore premiered and recorded. Future engagements include a leading role in a world premiere with the Salzburg Festival that he will repeat in his Metropolitan Opera debut, a role debut as Ford in Falstaff at Arizona Opera, and Winterreise at Des Moines Metro Opera. As a multimedia artist, Moore’s interactive video and sound work has been presented by the 92nd Y, .NO Gallery, and the Guggenheim, among others. He is a founding member of GLMMR — an NYC-based collective whose current productions include The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat for Indianapolis Opera, directed by Moore and Vita Tzykun; and Soldier Songs with The Atlanta Opera.
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ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT Since his first national CAMI Community Concert tour in 1969, Earl Buys has been in continual demand as coach and accompanist. October 2010 marked his return to solo recital playing with a concert at Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. In August 2014 he presented a series of recitals German Imagination in Manhattan. He has been employed by the Metropolitan, Houston, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Florentine, Pittsburgh, Augusta, St. Paul, New Jersey, Marin, Grattacielo, and many other opera companies as assistant conductor and accompanist. He has been chorus master for many opera productions. He has appeared in recital with Gerard Souzay, William Warfield, Jerome Hines, to name only three of the hundreds of singers and instrumentalists he has collaborated with throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and South America. He has been official accompanist for dozens of competitions including the George London, The Metropolitan Opera, the Puccini, Singer of the World in Monte Carlo, and Baz Lurmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Broadway Bohème. He has concertized in every major New York venue including Carnegie Hall (Stern, Weill, Zankel), Avery Fisher, Town Hall, and Alice Tully, as well as dozens of other venues.
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ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT: Rigoletto 2015 Victoria “Vita” Tzykun [tsee-’koon] has designed sets, costumes, and projections for companies such as Norwegian Opera, LA Opera, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Philadelphia, The Kennedy Center, Wexford Opera Festival (Ireland), Boston Lyric Opera, Kristiansund Opera (Norway), Bard Summerscape, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Utah Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera, Juilliard Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, 3LD Art & Media Center, NY Classical Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, and 92nd Street Y. Her numerous film and TV credits include art direction for Lady Gaga’s ABC Thanksgiving special, production design for several awardwinning feature films and shorts, and commercials for leading companies such as PBS, DirectTV, Axe, Bulova, Qualcomm, and the U.S. Army. Her work was recently showcased in a solo exhibition at the National Opera America Center in New York, and has been featured in exhibitions at the Entertainment Industry Expo in NYC, Habima National Theater in TelAviv, the World Stage Design Exhibition in Toronto, and in Entertainment Design magazine. Tzykun has also served as a panelist on the Opera Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. Tzykun is a founding member of GLMMR — an NYC-based interdisciplinary art collective that fuses the worlds of fine art, audiovisual technology, and live performance. A native of Odessa, Ukraine, and Tel Aviv, Israel, Tzykun holds an M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was awarded a full scholarship, and a B.F.A. (magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv University. She lives and works in NYC and is a member of IATSE Local 829.
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cast & creative maxWeLL boWman LIGHTING DESIGNER ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT
Maxwell Bowman is a lighting and multimedia designer with side projects in interactive art and design. Maxwell has worked with awardwinning artists all over the country including Elaine McCarthy, Austin Switser, and Ken Posner. Maxwell has worked nationally with such opera and theater groups as the Santa Fe Opera, The Dallas Opera, Indianapolis Opera, and Goldfish Memory Productions, to name a select few. He was the co-lighting designer for the national tour of WNYCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Radiolab: Apocalyptical, and is a contributing member of the GLMMR collective in lighting and technology integration. Maxwell is from Tumwater, Wash., and attended Southern Methodist University (M.F.A.) and Southern Oregon University (B.F.A.). Maxwell is based in New York City, where he lives with his wife and two cats. Having spent his teenage summers in the Atlanta area, he is very excited to finally be able to give back artistically to this inspiring community.
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behind the curtain Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore, founding members of GLMMR. photo courtesy Vita Tzykun
Q & a: Production designer, Vita tzykun Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Odessa (former USSR) which is now Ukraine. A year before the USSR fell apart, my family immigrated to Israel, where I finished school and got a B.F.A. in Design for Theater at Tel Aviv University. Then I moved to the U.S. to complete my M.F.A. in costume design for stage, and production design for film. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a fascinating journey to live in three countries that are so extremely different. I constantly draw from those experiences in my design work. 22
Who is your favorite artist? There are so many amazing artists in so many different disciplines. ... I think it would be quite impossible for me to single one out. A theater and film designer needs to be very well-rounded in order to be able to design for different stories that take place in different time periods. Depending on the project, I often find myself drawing inspiration from a wide range of artists: Medieval composers, pre-Raphaelite painters, modern installation artists like Matthew Barney and Ryoji Ikeda, electronic musicians like BjĂśrk, The Knife, Grimes, DADA poets, symbolists, Russian constructivists, writers like Dostoyevsky,
behind the curtain Kurt Vonnegut, and Haruki Murakami, and the list goes on ... You and your partner, David Adam Moore, founded GLMMR, an art collective in New York City. What is the ethos of GLMMR (Giving Light Motion + Memory + Relevance), and how is this conveyed in your work? Our ethos is a wholistic approach to visual and dramatic storytelling. I am a set and costume designer for stage and film, while David is an opera singer, composer, photographer, and video artist. The contributing members of GLMMR are also multidisciplinary artists, which allows us to work in a fully integrated way through a variety of media. Our body of work includes design for opera and dance, concert visuals, film, commercial design, and gallery installations. During a production, what is a typical day for you? My day never really consists of working on one production, as I (and designers in general) typically work on multiple projects that are in different phases at any given moment. A typical work day for me ranges from 10-16 hours. For example, today I spent the morning scouting locations for a film I’ll be working on in NYC. This afternoon, I was in meetings for a danc e piece that will premiere in Germany, for which I will design costumes. Do you prefer creating period costumes or doing more conceptual work? The style of the design is always derived from the story. I prefer to design for interesting stories and work with inspiring collaborators.
The first question should always be: “What do you want to say with this show?” How you are going to say it is the next step. When one looks at your costume designs up close, it is clear that you have incredible attention to detail. Is this an important quality to have in costume design? Attention to detail is extremely important, as there is simply no excuse for generic design in any discipline. God is in the details. What was the most interesting or challenging costume you created? What made it so? Costumes for the production of Falstaff that Tomer and I did at Wolf Trap Opera were probably among the most challenging because I fused Elizabethan and Victorian costume styles together to create a whimsical world that draws from both the time period in which the opera was written and the time period in which the story was set. What are your favorite moments in this production of Winter Journey (Winterreise)? GLMMR’s Winterreise started as a video accompaniment to David’s recital performances and evolved into a fully immersive presentation in which the performer functions within a landscape of video imagery. We are particularly excited about Atlanta’s production, because we have designed a new set and created new video material that includes locations ranging from Times Square to the Utah Salt Flats. One of our favorite moments in the show is the final song, “Der Leiermann” (The Hurdy-Gurdy Man), which is considered to be one of the greatest art 23
Behind The CurTain songs ever written. In GLMMR’s version, David encounters a much older version of himself playing a hurdy-gurdy in the middle of the desert. At first glance, this might seem like a bizarre plot twist, but taking a deeper look into the text of the song, it becomes clear that The HurdyGurdy Man is the protagonist’s vision of himself — a happier, more resilient man who continues to “play his song” no matter how dire his circumstances may appear. What’s coming up next at GLMMR? We have just finished a new production of Michael Nyman’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat based on the book by Oliver Sacks, at Indianapolis Opera, which was one of the largest-scale productions of the work ever mounted.
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We directed the show in addition to designing the sets, costumes, and video. After Winterreise at Atlanta Opera, we will work as the design team with director Tomer Zvulun for Atlanta Opera’s new production of Soldier Songs — a work that is close to our hearts, as David premiered and recorded the title role. Maxwell Bowman will be joining us as the lighting designer and video engineer for all of these productions. This winter, we will also be presenting Winterreise at Des Moines Metro Opera and at a cutting-edge new music venue in NYC called National Sawdust. Additional Information: glmmr.org, davidadammoore.com, vitavision.net
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Reina Powell and Jayme Alilaw performing in last year’s Atlanta Opera Studio Tour production of The Marriage of Figaro. photo: Wade Thomas
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annuaL GivinG The following names represent gifts from individuals, The Atlanta Opera Board of Directors, Staff, Chorus, and Orchestra. We express our most sincere thanks and appreciation to each of our donors. Their ongoing support allows The Atlanta Opera to continue building on its tradition of excellence by introducing new works and reimagining classics. Listed are pledges and payments to The Annual Fund, The Society for Artistic Excellence, and The Overtures Campaign from January 1, 2014 through August 1, 2015. DiamonD $200,000+ John & Rosemary Brown Ann & Frank Critz *Mr & Mrs Donald R. Keough Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.
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Platinum (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori Dr. R. Dwain Blackston Mr. Edward A. Chernoff Mr. Arthur Fagen Ms. Rebecca Y. Frazer & Mr. Jon Buttrey $100,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Sally Gable Nancy & Jim Bland Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill Kenny Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg Mrs. Dale Levert & Mr. George W. Levert $50,000+ Mr. Harmon B. Miller III The Laura & Montague Boyd Foundation Mr. C. David Moody Jr. Martha Thompson Dinos Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Paulhus John L. Hammaker Mr. & Mrs. William E. Tucker Nancy & Holcombe Green Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Weber Jane S. Willson $25,000+ The Mary & Charlie Yates Family Fund Dr. Harold Brody Mr. Tomer Zvulun & Mrs. Susanna Eiland Mr. & Mrs. John L. Connolly Mr. Howard W. Hunter $5,000+ - Gramma Fisher Foundation Anonymous Mr. William E. Pennington Dr. Florence C. Barnett Mr. William F. Snyder Mrs. Elizabeth Tufts Bennett Judith & Mark Taylor Dr. Bruce Cassidy & Dr. Eda Hochgelerent Mrs. Thomas R. Williams Col. & Mrs. Edgar W. Duskin Charlie & Dorothy Yates Family Fund Mrs. Bernadette J. Faber & Mr. John Nadobny $15,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hantula Cathy & Mark Adams Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hardin Bryan & Johanna Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Andy Berg Hyde-Moran Group, Mr. David Boatwright UBS Private Wealth Management The Estate of Roy A. Dorsey James M. Kane Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross & Andrea Braslavsky Kane Mr. & Mrs. John Michael Hancock Mr. John O. King Candy & Greg Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Klump Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keough Dr. & Mrs. James Lowman Mary Ruth McDonald Ms. Franca G. Oreffice Mr. James B. Miller, Jr. Victoria & Howard Palefsky Mr. James D. Powell Irene V. Myjak Rhys T. Wilson Drs. Aileen O’Neill & Richard Robinson Bob & Cappa Woodward Charitable Fund John & Barbara Ross Milton J. Sams Platinum Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk $10,000+ Mr. Charles Sharbaugh Anonymous Morton & Angela Sherzer
Platinum (continued) 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 P. Dean & Mr. Robert Epstein 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. Mrs. Polly N. Pater 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
annuaL GivinG GolD (continued) Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen The Tull Charitable Foundation Dr. Nicholas Valerio III Ms. Linda D. Wickham Larry & Beverly Willson GolD $1,000+ Anonymous Mr. Keith E. Adams Mr. Michael M. Arens Mr. Steven M. Astriab Atlanta Opera Guild Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bailey Julie & Jim Balloun Mrs. Wallace F. Beard Mr. & Mrs. C. Duncan Beard Mr. & Mrs. Paul Blackney Ms. Martha S. Brewer Barbara S. Bruner, M.D. Bob & Marion Bunker Dr. J. Bricker Burns Mr. & Mrs. John W. Calhoun III Sam & Boog Candler Mrs. Stella M. Carlson Mrs. Carol J. Clark Mrs. Jan W. Collins Ms. Carol Uhl Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Curry Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Maureen & Michael Dailey Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly Jr. Ms. Suzanne Mott Dansby Dr. & Mrs. David J. Frolich Peg Simms Gary R. Derril Gay, Ph.D. James R. Gilbert Ms. Brenna O’Connor Mrs. John W. Grant III Sylvia Halleck, MD Harald Hansen Mr. George Hickman, III Mr. & Mrs. Howell Hollis III Ann P. Howington Mr. & Mrs. David C. Huffman Dr. & Mrs. Duke Jackson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Wayne James Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Ronnie & Peter Kessenich Marsha & David King Ms. Eleanor Kinsey Joan & Arnold Kurth
GolD (continued) Mrs. Treville Lawrence Ms. Salli LeVan Dr. Jason Liebzeit Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Dr. Carlos E. Lopez Dr. Jill Mabley Dan D. Maslia Ms. Mimi S. Monett Ms. Priscilla M. Moran Terri & Stephen Nagler Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Nicholas III Mr. & Mrs. John L. O’Neal Lucy S. Perry Mrs. Betsy Pittman The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Dr. Michael F. Pratt & Nancy Peterman Mr. David Pylate Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi Lynn & Kent Regenstein Mr. Shawn Rieschl Johnson & Mr. Christian Kirby R.J. & D.G. Riffey, Jr. Sidney & Phyllis Rodbell Mr. & Mrs. George P. Rodrigue Dr. & Mrs. Mark Rowles Mr. Fred B. Smith Baker & Debby Smith Ms. Barbara D. Stewart Jane Stoddard Steve & Christine Strong Ms. Melinda R. Stuk Dr. Jane T. St. Clair & Mr. James E. Sustman Dr. & Mrs. Michael Szikman Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Mr. Troy Taylor The Scully Peretsman Foundation Mr. Richard Thio Mr. Stephen H. Thompson & Mr. Drew Mote Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ventulett III Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Walden Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. Weimer Dr. & Mrs. David Wingert Sherrilyn & Donn Wright Mr. & Mrs. Andy & Sarah Zabinski $500+ Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. C. S. Akers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Banker Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Betor
GolD (continued) Ms. Lynnore Buersmeyer Mrs. Constance Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Carlin Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Chenault Dr. Earle D. Clowney Mr. & Mrs. Don S. Coatworth Don & Linda Coatsworth Mr. N. Jerold Cohen & Ms. Andrea Strickland Ms. Carol Comstock & Mr. James L. Davis Dr. & Mrs. Albert De Chicchis Mr. Philip A. Delanty Jim & Carol Dew Ms. Elsie Draper Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Dugger Mr. & Mrs. Mark Eden Janice & Charles M. Edwards III Mr. & Mrs. John C. Ethridge, Jr. Ms. DeeAnn E. Evans Ms. Ariana B. Fass Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Mr. & Mrs. Michael Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Lance Fortnow John Gam, Ph. D. Mr. James Gary Mr. & Mrs. Donald Goldstein Ms. Lois M. Grant Judge Adele P. Grubbs Ms. Louise S. Gunn Mr. Noel F. Haeberle & Mr. Kenneth Jones Jim & Virginia Hale Mr. Ronald L. Harris & Mrs. Jacqueline Pownall Donna & Richard Hiller James E. Honkisz & Catherine A. Binns Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. Scott Ingram Ms. Annette Janowitz Cliff Jolliff & Elaine Gerke Mr. Stephen J. Kalista Mr. Robert L. Karem, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward Katze Dr. & Mrs. John L. Keller Mrs. Jo W. Koch Chris & Jill Le Mr. Sidney E. Linton Livvy Kazer Lipson Douglas W. & Sarah Mabry Ms. Kathrin Mattox Mr. Thomas L. McCook Shelley McGehee Mr. & Mrs. John McMullan Mr. & Mrs. Norman Miller
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annuaL GivinG GolD (continued) 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 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 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 Dr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Chapman Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon B. Cohen
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GolD (continued) 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 Mr. Harold H. Alexander Dr. Catherine Allard
Silver (continued) 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 Wilton & Victoria Dvonch 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. Mrs. Emma Casanova Ms. Lynda Case Dr. Lynn Cathcart Mrs. Ruth Coan Mr. & Mrs. Alva Cobb
annuaL GivinG Silver (continued) 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 Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 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 Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Fineman Ms. Martha Fineman Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Fischer Dr. & Mrs. Edwin E. Flournoy Ms. Hope Caldwell-Foster Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Friedman Ms. Mozelle Funderburk Ms. Maryanne F. Gaunt Mr. Richard E. & Mary R. Gharst
Silver (continued) 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 Mr. Kevin Greiner 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 Jane & Bob Kibler Ms. Donna J. Kilgore Mr. Allen D. King, Jr.
Silver (continued) 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 Belinda & Gino Massafra 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 Nordson Corporate Foundation Mrs. Amy Wynn Norman Mr. & Mrs. David Norris
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annuaL GivinG Silver (continued) 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 Ms. Regina Schuber
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Silver (continued) 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 Mrs. Newell B. Tozzer
Silver (continued) Mr. Joseph M. Troncale Mr. Mark Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. 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 January 1, 2014 and August 1, 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+ Molly Blank Charitable Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs The George M. Brown Fund Camp-Younts Foundation $20,000+ Fraser-Parker Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation National Endowment for the Arts 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
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tributes & memoriaLs in memory of ms. Katherine anderson Mr. Richard E. & Mary R. Gharst Joy & Jerome Lofton
in Honor of Susanna eiland Dr. & Dr. Morgan Eiland in memory of Henry G. Ferrante Jason Ferrante
in Honor of mr. & mrs. Shepard B. ansley Janice West
in memory of arnoldo Fiedotin Mrs. Enrique E. Bledel
in memory of edward mortimer Mrs. Thespi P. Mortimer
in memory of timothy Gantz Ms. Elena Bianchelli
in Honor of Polly n. Pater Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beem Tom Slick Mr. & Mrs. Charles Slick
in memory of alvin Goldstein The Women of Bryan Cave
in Honor of ms. Faye P. Popper Catherine Popper & Noah Eckhouse
in memory of John W. Grant, iii Mrs. Carol E. Smart
in Honor of rula Jalbout Said Walid Said
in Honor of Kevin Greiner Ms. Joselyn B. Baker
in memory of Jim Strain Mr. William E. Pennington
in memory of Betsy Hansen Harald Hansen
in Honor of John tibbetts The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.
in Honor of laura & Cosmo Boyd Mrs. Eleanor H. Strain
in memory of mia Hecht owens Mrs. Enrique E. Bledel Ms. Janet R. Piercy Mrs. Catherine T. Porter Brooks, Leslie, & L.J. Yankosky
in memory of marya Gabrielle Williams Jone Williams
in memory of lavinia Cloud Pretz Lavinia Pretz
in Honor of Doug Holly Boris Bauer
in memory of amelia Cook Ms. Judy Sophianopoulos
in Honor of Carter Joseph Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon B. Cohen
in memory of John Cox Mr. Kevin Dew & Mr. Hal Platt
in memory of Donald r. Keough Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Fischer Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill Kenny The Scully Peretsman Foundation Mr. Troy Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Yates, Jr.
in Honor of Florence Barnett The Snead Family in memory of Dr. Joseph C. & ruth P. Barnett Dr. Florence C. Barnett 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 ashley Curling David & Carmen Mcclellan
in Honor of martha thompson Dinos Katherine Scott in Honor of Joseph lattanzi The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. in memory of miriam Drake Ms. Pat Johnston
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in memory of rachel lehmann Mrs. Eleanor H. Strain
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. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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
p r o u d ly s u p p o r t s
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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 36
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
staff 1575 Northside Drive, N.W., Suite 350 Atlanta, GA 30080 404-881-8801 | atlantaopera.org
Tomer Zvulun
GENERAL & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Arthur Fagen
CARL & SALLY GABLE MUSIC DIRECTOR
finance & administration Paul Deckard
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Inga V. Murro
CONTROLLER
Allie Beckett
EXECUTIvE ASSISTANT & vOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
deveLopment Sarah Zabinski
Evan Ray
FINANCE INTERN
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
artistic & production Walter Huff
CHORUS MASTER
Shawn Rieschl Johnson
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Mo G. Guiberteau
TECHINICAL DIRECTOR
Rolando Salazar
MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR
Joanna Schmink
COSTUMES COORDINATOR
marketinG & communications
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
Dave Paule
Wade Thomas
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Lidiya Selikhov
EDUCATION MANAGER
Scott Hazleton
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Matt Burkhalter
CREATIvE SERvICES MANAGER
Renee Smiley
PATRON SERvICES MANAGER
Rebecca Danis
PATRON SERvICES ASSOCIATE
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house poLicies Late seatinG • Late seating is not guaranteed. • Latecomers will be asked to wait in the lobby for an appropriate moment to be seated in alternative seats (based on availability).
disruptions • The House Manager reserves the right to ask any disruptive audience member to leave without a refund.
ticketinG • All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket to enter the theatre. • Children age 4 and under will not be admitted. • Please note that not all programming is appropriate for all ages. • Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket, sit in a seat, and be able to sit quietly through the entire performance.
ceLL phones & eLectronic devices • As a courtesy to our actors and other audience members, please turn off all electronic devices (or set them to silent mode) before entering the theatre.
cameras, camera phones, & recordinG devices • Cameras, camera phones, and all other video/audio recording equipment of any kind are strictly prohibited in the theatre. • No photos or recordings may be taken inside the theatre. • Any photos or recordings will be confiscated by the House Manager and deleted/destroyed.
food & drink • Food and drink are not allowed inside the theatre.
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