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Kathryn Smith, General Director | John DeMain, Artistic Director
Madison Opera’s production of
Dead Man Walking is made possible through the generous support of
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts
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Dead Man Walking Music by Jake Heggie Libretto by Terrence McNally | Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean, csj Commissioned by San Francisco Opera Premiered October 7, 2000, San Francisco Opera Madison Opera Premiere
Characters in order of appearance A Girl
Kate Mann*
A Boy
Aaron Heaps*
Joseph De Rocher
Michael Mayes
Anthony De Rocher
Erik Sherpe
Sister Helen Prejean
Daniela Mack
Sister Rose
Karen Slack*
Sister Lillianne
Gillian Hollis*+
Sister Catherine
Jessie Lyons*+
A Mother
Megan Gloss*
Jimmy Charlton
Simon Johnson*
Mrs. Charlton
Jennifer DeMain
Motorcycle Cop Father Grenville Warden George Benton Prison Guards Solo Prison Inmates
Erik E. Larson* Clay Hilley* Jeffrey Beruan Nikolas Wenzel, Anthony Cao George Abbott III*, Andy Ball*, Scott Brunscheen+, Josh Sanders, Glen Siferd
A Paralegal Mrs. Patrick De Rocher, Joseph’s mother
Gail Becker* Susanne Mentzer*
Her 19 year-old son
Kenny Lyons*
Her 14 year-old son
Jeremiah Eenigenburg*
Owen Hart, father of the girl
Alan Dunbar
Kitty Hart, mother of the girl
Saira Frank
Jade Boucher, mother of the boy
Jamie Van Eyck
Howard Boucher, father of the boy
J. Adam Shelton
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Conductor
John DeMain
Stage Director
Kristine McIntyre
Chorus Master
Anthony Cao
Scenic Designer
Harry Frehner
Costume Designer Lighting Designer Hair and Make-up Designer Sound Designer Fight Director
Harry Frehner and Scott Reid Marcus Dilliard Jan Ross Buzz Kemper* Jeff Skubal
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The performance will last approximately 3 hours, including one intermission. This production of Dead Man Walking is owned by Fort Worth Opera.
“Watching You” Music and Lyrics by Jake Heggie (BMI) Produced and arranged by Brian Culbertson* Jimmy Demers, vocals; Tolak Ollestad, harmonica; Mike Thompason, acoustic and electric guitars; Larry Kimpel, bass; Todd Sucherman, drums and percussion Recorded at Megatrax by Eddie King, North Hollywood, CA Mixed by Craig Bauer at Hinge, Chicago, IL
“A Kiss in the Dark” Music by Jake Heggie (BMI) Performed by Dave Koz**, soprano and alto saxophones Produced by Brian Culbertson, keyboards and arrangement Recorded at BCM by Doug Rider and Brian Culbertson Mixed by Criag Bauer at Hinge, Chicago, IL *Brian Culbertson appears courtesy of GRP Records **Dave Koz appears courtesy of Capitol Records
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MADISON OPERA STAFF AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES General Director...............................................................................................................Kathryn Smith Artistic Director....................................................................................................................John DeMain Director of Development..............................................................................................Lizabeth Tolles Director of Finance........................................................................................................Jennifer Fenster Manager of Marketing and Community Engagement.........................................Ronia Holmes Patron Services Manager...........................................................................................Amalia Goldberg Artistic Manager......................................................................................................Salvatore S. Vasta III Development Associate...............................................................................................Jeffrey Breisach Director of Production.............................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director and Warehouse Coordinator.....................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager..................................................................................................Jill Krynicki Board of Trustees President....................................................................................................................................Sally Miley* Chairman.............................................................................................................................Thomas Terry* Vice President...................................................................................................................Phillip Certain* Vice President............................................................................................................................Jim Ruhly* Treasurer................................................................................................................................Joyce Hirsch* Secretary............................................................................................................................Gina Gialamas* Elliott Abramson Carla J. Alvarado* Craig Argall Martin Barrett* Gary Bennett George Croal Robert Dinndorf
James Ebben Charles Ford* Stephen Hurley* R. Roth Judd Patti Lucas* Peter Lundberg Sonja Micksch
J. Marshall Osborn* John Ronzia* Charles Snowdon Sharyn Stumpf J. Ashley Taylor Jan Von Haden Tom Wilkinson *Executive Committee
Life Trustees Lois Dick Aileen Jensen
Joanna Overn Margaret Winston
Advisors Bert Adams Marian Bolz Kennedy Gilchrist
Theodore Iltis Karen Kretschmann Fern Lawrence
Madison Opera Foundation Martin Barrett, Terry Haller President Joyce Hirsch Marian Bolz Connie Maxwell 7 • Madison Opera
Elaine Staley Karen Walsh Helen Wineke
Sally Miley Thomas Terry
Dear Friends, Welcome to Madison Opera’s Upper Midwest premiere of Dead Man Walking, the final opera in our 2013/14 season. We are thrilled to be able to bring this remarkable contemporary opera to Madison audiences. Producing Dead Man Walking is a significant milestone for Madison Opera, and, we hope, for our community. As with every opera we produce, we depend on financial support beyond ticket revenue to make it possible. We are profoundly grateful to our many donors and supporters for making this production possible and to you, our audience, for being a part of this special event. Thank you so much for your confidence in our ability to do justice to this opera. Please join us on July 26 for Opera in the Park, and we look forward to seeing you next fall for our 2014/15 season. Thank you again for your generous financial support and for attending Madison Opera productions.
Sally Miley President, Madison Opera Board of Trustees Dear Friends, Welcome to Dead Man Walking. To say that I am proud to be producing this opera is an understatement. Since I first saw it at New York City Opera in 2002 – conducted by John DeMain – it has been on my short list of great American operas, one that every opera company should offer its community. We have been working on this production for two years, and to see it come together in this past month has been extraordinary. It has been a special pleasure to have Jake Heggie and Sister Helen Prejean with us. Many people in the community joined us in our Extending the Stage activities; many more have supported our efforts both on and off the stage. This phenomenal cast and production team has taken an incredible journey together, and I am so grateful to them for demostrating why opera matters, why music matters, and why, in the year 2014, we come together to share this experience. Thank you for taking this once-in-a-lifetime ride with us.
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THE STORY OF THE OPERA Louisiana, 1980s Prologue A teenage boy and girl have been skinny-dipping at a secluded lake. They have the radio on in their car and are making out to its music. Anthony and Joseph De Rocher emerge from the shadows and turn off the radio. They attack the teens, raping the girl and shooting the boy. When the girl screams, Joseph stabs her until she is silent. Act I Scene 1: Hope House, run by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille Sister Helen, with some of the other sisters, is teaching the children a hymn. After the children leave, Sister Helen tells Sister Rose that she has heard from Joseph De Rocher, the Death Row inmate with whom she has been corresponding. He has asked her to visit him and she has decided to go. Scene 2: The drive to Angola Helen drives to the Louisiana State Penitentiary and muses on her acceptance of De Rocher’s request. She is stopped by a motorcycle cop for speeding, but he lets her off with a warning. Scene 3: Louisiana State Penitentiary Helen is met at the prison by Father Grenville, the prison chaplain. Scene 4: Father Grenville’s office Father Grenville criticizes Sister Helen’s choice to work with De Rocher, claiming that the man is unreachable. Helen responds that it is her duty to help him. She meets with the prison warden, George Benton, who warns her that De Rocher may ask her to be his spiritual advisor, to be with him all the way until the end. Scene 5: Death Row The warden and Sister Helen walk through Death Row to the visiting room. Along the corridors, inmates call out, some shouting obscentities at Sister Helen, others asking her to pray for them. Scene 6: Death Row visiting room Sister Helen and Joseph De Rocher meet. They get off to a rough start. He admits that he’s frightened, but says his brother killed the two kids, and he is innocent. He asks Sister Helen to be with his mother at the pardon board hearing and to be his spiritual advisor. Scene 7: The pardon board hearing At the pardon board hearing, Mrs. Patrick De Rocher, Joseph’s mother, pleads for her son’s life. Owen Hart, father of the murdered girl, lashes out in anger. Mrs. De Rocher admits that she would hate her son, too. Scene 8: The courthouse corridor The four parents of De Rocher’s victims speak angrily to Sister Helen, accusing her of not understanding their pain and sorrow, and in fact siding with their children’s murderer. A paralegal announces that the pardon board has denied De Rocher’s appeal. Scene 9: Death Row visiting room De Rocher and Helen meet again. He is angry about the pardon board and rejects her suggestions to confess and make peace with his actions.
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Scene 10: The prison waiting room Helen attempts to find change to get something to eat from a vending machine. She begins to hear voices in her head – of the children at Hope House, the motorcycle cop, De Rocher, his mother, the parents of the victims, and her fellow nuns. The warden tells her that the governor has refused to intervene, and Joseph De Rocher is a dead man. She faints. Act II Scene 1: Joseph De Rocher’s cell A guard tells De Rocher, who is doing pushups, that his execution date has been set for August 4, midnight. Joseph angrily contemplates his fate. Scene 2: Sister Helen’s bedroom Helen wakes up in terror from a nightmare, alarming Sister Rose, who begs her to stop working with De Rocher. Helen says she cannot; the two women pray for the strength to forgive De Rocher. Scene 3: Joseph De Rocher’s cell It is the evening of the execution. Joseph and Sister Helen talk, discovering a shared love for Elvis Presley. Joseph admits that he is afraid. Sister Helen again urges him to confess and make peace with what he has done; again he refuses. A guard informs them that Joseph’s family is there to see him. Scene 4: The visiting room Mrs. De Rocher and her two younger sons visit with Joseph. She asks Helen to take a last picture of her family together. Joseph attempts to apologize, but his mother will have none of it, preferring to believe to the end that he is innocent. As the guards lead Joseph away, she looks after him, losing control. Sister Helen attempts to comfort her. Scene 5: Outside the Death House Helen encounters the victims’ parents, there to witness Joseph’s execution. They want to know if she has a confession or apology for them. When she says she does not, they are angry. But Owen Hart takes her aside and confesses that he is less sure of what he wants now than he was; he tells her that he and his wife have separated due to the stress. Helen attempts to console him; he suggests they part as “fellow victims of Joseph De Rocher.” Scenes 6/7: Joseph’s holding cell As the hours tick down, Helen and De Rocher converse one last time. Once again she attempts to get him to confess to the murders. This time, he breaks down and tells her the entire story. He expects Helen to hate him. Instead, she forgives him and tells him that he must look at her when he is in the execution chamber, as she will be “the face of love” for him. The warden and guards enter; the final preparations for the execution begin. Scene 8: March to the execution chamber / The execution chamber Guards, inmates, the warden, the chaplain, and protesters assembled outside the prison sing the Lord’s Prayer as Sister Helen recites a passage from the book of Isaiah. Helen is separated from Joseph at the door of the execution chamber. The warden asks if Joseph has any last words; he says he does, and asks forgiveness from the parents of the murdered teenagers. The warden gives the nod, and the execution proceeds. De Rocher dies telling Helen he loves her. The opera ends as Sister Helen repeats her hymn.
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NOTES FROM THE CONDUCTOR AND STAGE DIRECTOR From the moment I saw the premiere of Dead Man Walking at San Francisco Opera, I knew I wanted to bring it to Opera Pacific. We ended up creating a seven opera company new co-production that demonstrated the immediate interest in this marvelous new opera. Everywhere the opera was performed, the public was deeply moved and embraced this work as a major addition to the operatic canon. A new opera that actually succeeds on every level, great music, wonderful libretto, and an overall fine sense of theatricality that leaves the audience moved and transported by the experience - this opera also needed to come to Madison. Dead Man Walking has arias, duets, quartets, and big ensembles, in the style like works of Mozart and Verdi, and it uses leitmotif in a way found in Wagner and Strauss. It uses occasional spoken dialogue and music drawn from the American popular idiom in the same way Gershwin does with Porgy and Bess. And it uses the orchestra in a rich and powerful manner. Enough cannot be said about the great composer Jake Heggie, who creates viable exciting new works for our opera audiences that resonate in all the ways that made us fall in love with opera in the first place. His music is lyrical, dramatic, humorous, American, and achingly emotional when called for. Jake continues to astound and amaze us with new operas like Moby-Dick, and I can only imagine what is yet to come. John DeMain Conductor/Madison Opera Artistic Director I first saw Dead Man Walking at its world premiere at San Francisco Opera. I was on the directing staff there and had known Jake Heggie while he was working in the marketing department. San Francisco was doing a fair amount of new American opera then, and it was great to see a local composer get one of the coveted commissions. I remember the feelings of anticipation, curiosity, and nervousness that night as the curtain went up. And I remember the sense of wonder afterwards and the certainty that I had witnessed the birth of something important. Heggie gives us everything we need to tell the story through music: small intense scenes; arias and duets that plumb the depths of the characters; larger scenes that present all the perspectives at once, to devastating effect; and finales that are both majestic and terrifying in their power. The story begins and ends with a simple hymn sung acappella by a single character– a brave choice for an opera, but exactly the right one. This opera is the spiritual journey of a young nun who is not yet sure of how she fits into the world or what it means to be truly compassionate. We follow her deep into the prison complex and into the darker regions of her own soul, where she confronts her guilt, her fears, and her terrible sense of being lost. Strangely it is Joseph De Rocher who shows her the way, through his desperate need for her friendship and forgiveness. In forgiving Joseph, she learns the true meaning of her faith and becomes the person she was meant to be. In the end, like all great operas, it’s actually about love, under the most difficult circumstances we can imagine. I’m very happy to be back at Madison Opera and thrilled to have the chance to share with you this amazing work that so captivated me all those years ago. Kristine McIntyre Stage Director Madison Opera • 12
PRODUCTION PERSONNEL Production Manager..........................................................................................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director.............................................................................................................................................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager..............................................................................................................................................................Jill Krynicki Assistant Stage Managers.............................................................................................................Sean Corcoran, Kate Goodall Assistant Conductor................................................................................................................................................................................Kyle Knox Rehearsal Pianist...............................................................................................................................................................................Scott Gendel Chorus Pianist..............................................................................................................................................................................................Kirstin Ihde Costume Supervisor...................................................................................................................................................Karen Brown-Larimore Assistant Costume Supervisor..............................................................................................................................Jenni Schwaner-Ladd Costume Crew.........................................................................................................................................Virginia Bessert, Brenna Farmer,
Laurie Everitt, Janine Wardale, Sharon White
Hair and Make-up Designer.................................................................................................................................................................Jan Ross Hair and Make-up Crew................................................................................................Leslie Frank-Taylor, Fran Nahabedian,
Nicole Nilson, Liz Rathke, Bob Ross
Properties Master........................................................................................................................................................................Jennifer Childers Properties Coordinator................................................................................................................................................................Susan Rathke Properties Crew..............................................................................................................Benjamin Bakunovich, Katherine Dutcher,
Paolo Desiati, Elaine Staley, Jane Taves
Supertitles Cue Master......................................................................................................................................................................Aileen Wall Scenic Decorator......................................................................................................................................................................................Liz Rathke Preview Artists...................................................................................................................................Scott Brunscheen, Jamie Van Eyck,
Kirstin Ihde, Joseph Ross
Master Carpenter...................................................................................................................................................................................Greg Silver Assistant Lighting Designer.....................................................................................................................................................Spencer Lyons Overture Hall Technical Director................................................................................................................................Steve Schroeder House Carpenter................................................................................................................................................................David Gerschbach Head Electrician.................................................................................................................................................................................Gary Cleven Theater Technicians........................................................................................................................................................................Davin Pickell,
Jim Schaefer, Frank Schneeberger
Production Stage Crew.................................................................................................................Members of IATSE 251
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Warden George Benton Madison Opera Debut: Acis & Galatea Recently: Ferrando, Il Trovatore (Sarasota Opera); Pluton, La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers (Gotham Chamber Opera); Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Superintendent Budd, Albert Herring (Green Mountain Opera Festival); Pasquale, The Most Happy Fella (Tulsa Opera); Capellio, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Caramoor Festival) Upcoming: Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (Opera Saratoga); Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Caramoor Festival); Lo Spettro, Amleto (Opera Southwest); Reverend Baines, Elmer Gantry (Florentine Opera)
Anthony Cao
Second Prison Guard; Chorus Master Madison Opera Debut: Le Nozze di Figaro MO Chorus Master since 2010 Artistic Director, Madison Chamber Choirs; Director of Choirs, Madison West High School
Alan Dunbar Owen Hart
Madison Opera Debut: Cinderella Recently with MO: Opera in the Park 2012 Recently: Azarias, The Burning Fiery Furnace (Ravinia Festival); Mozart Requiem (Wichita State University); Fauré Requiem (La Crosse Symphony); Messiah 17 • Madison Opera
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Jeremiah Eenigenburg 14 Year-Old De Rocher Son
Madison Opera Debut Recently: Ensemble, The Giver (Children’s Theater of Madison); Jimmy/Ensemble, Crazy For You (Edgewood High School) Upcoming: Bugsy Malone (CTM Summer Stage)
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Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2011 Recently with MO: Galileo Galilei Recently: Opera Gala (Opera San Luis Obisbo); Governess, The Turn of the Screw (Pacifc Opera Project); Being Born a Woman (Carroll University); Festa Italiana (Florentine Opera); La Musica è Sacra concert (Imola, Italy); Bloody Bonnie, Paranormal Playhouse; Bella Rose, The Good, The Bad, The Divas (Fresco Opera); Mother/ Witch, Hansel and Gretel, (Opera for the Young); Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus (Candid Concert Opera) Upcoming: Beauty, Beauty and the Beast (Opera for the Young)
Aaron Heaps The Boy
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MEET MEET THE THE ARTISTS ARTISTS Erik E. Larson
Daniela Mack
Madison Opera Debut
Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2011
Motorcycle Cop
Recently: Don Pedro, Béatrice et Bénédict; Il Re, Ariodante; Masetto, Don Giovanni (UW-Madison); Raimondo, Lucia di Lammermoor (La Musica Lirica) Upcoming: Voice Fellow with Music Academy of the West
Jessie Lyons
Sister Catherine Madison Opera Debut Recently: Tosca (cover), Tosca (Madison Opera); First Lady, The Magic Flute; Micaela, Carmen; Mimi, La Bohème (American Chamber Opera); Bianca, La Rondine (Des Moines Metro Opera); Musetta, La Bohème (Manhattan School of Music Summer Vocal Festival)
Kenny Lyons
19 Year-Old De Rocher Son
Sister Helen Prejean
Recently with MO: Cinderella Recently: Kitchen Boy, Rusalka (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (San Francisco Opera); Sesto, Julius Cesar (English National Opera); Madrigal Singer, Manon Lescaut (Washington National Opera); Nancy, Albert Herring (Théâtre du Capitole, Los Angeles Opera); Carmela, La Vida Breve (Los Angeles Philharmonic); Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro (Verbier Festival) Upcoming: Carmen, Carmen (Santa Fe Opera); Rosmira, Partenope (San Francisco Opera)
Kate Mann The Girl
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Michael Mayes
Joseph De Rocher Madison Opera Debut: Roméo et Juliette Recently: Rigoletto, Rigoletto (Boston Lyric Opera); Multiple Roles, Baden Baden 1927 (Gotham Chamber Opera); Older Thompson, Glory Denied (Fort Worth Opera Festival); Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Des Moines Metro Opera, Green Mountain Opera Festival); Joseph De Rocher, Dead Man Walking (Tulsa Opera, Eugene Opera); Escamillo, Carmen (Kentucky Opera, Pensacola Opera); Kinesias, Lysistrata (Fort Worth Opera Festival); Silvio, Pagliacci (Nashville Opera, Kentucky Opera) Upcoming: Joseph De Rocher, Dead Man Walking (Central City Opera, Opera Parallele); The Canticle of the Black Madonna (Portland, OR); Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Michigan Opera Theatre); Eisenstein, Die Fledermaus (Syracuse Opera)
Susanne Mentzer
Mrs. Patrick De Rocher Madison Opera Debut Recently: Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro (Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera); Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd (Opera Theatre of St. Louis); Mozart Requiem (New Jersey Symphony, Pacific Symphony); Mrs. Patrick De Rocher, Dead Man Walking (Eugene Opera); Jade Boucher, Dead Man Walking (Houston Grand Opera); Despina, Così fan tutte (Lyric Opera Kansas City, Opera Colorado) Upcoming: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (Carnegie Hall); Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro (Metropolitan Opera); Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (Seraphic Fire); Nelly, Wuthering Heights (Florentine Opera) 21 • Madison Opera
MEET THE ARTISTS J. Adam Shelton Howard Boucher Madison Opera Debut: A Masked Ball Recently with MO: Acis and Galatea
9th Symphony (Alabama Symphony Orchestra); Mother, Amahl and the Night Visitors (La Belle Voce Ensemble); Aida, Aida (West Bay Opera) Upcoming: Serena, Porgy and Bess (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Sister Rose, Dead Man Walking (Des Moines Metro Opera); Suite from Porgy and Bess (Colorado Symphony Orchestra); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Quad City Symphony Orchestra)
Recently: The Gladiator, Opera SmackDown; Leading Man Ghost, Paranormal Playhouse (Fresco Opera); Haydn’s Paukenmesse (Mid-Columbia Symphony); Le Prince Charmant, Cendrillion (Opera for the Young); Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance, Sir Bailey Barre, Utopia Limited (Madison Savoyards); Nika Magadoff, The Consul; Rodolfo, La Bohème (UW-Madison) Upcoming: Almaviva, The Barber of Seville; Beast, Beauty and the Beast (Opera for the Young)
Erik Sherpe
Anthony De Rocher Madison Opera Debut: Carmen Recently: Bill Sykes, Oliver! (Madison Theatre Guild); Jud Fry, Oklahoma!; General Ghankis-Kahn Schmitz, Seussical The Musical (Verona Area Community Theater)
Karen Slack Sister Rose
Madison Opera Debut Recently: Leonora, Il Trovatore; Tosca, Tosca (Arizona Opera); Soloist, 50th Anniversary Celebration of J.F. Kennedy (Wexford, Ireland); Beethoven’s
Jamie Van Eyck Jade Boucher
Madison Opera Debut: Madama Butterfly
Turn of the Screw
Recently with MO: Cinderella, Eugene Onegin, La Traviata, The
Recently: Soloist (Ojai Music Festival); Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro (Arizona Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Bar Harbor Music Festival); Resurrection Symphony (American Symphony Orchestra); Messiah (Lexington Philharmonic); Stefano, Roméo et Juliette (Bar Harbor Music Festival); Meg, Little Women (Utah Opera)
Nikolas Wenzel
First Prison Guard Madison Opera Debut: Tosca Recently: Sarastro, The Magic Flute; Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola (Opera in the Neighborhoods – Lyric Opera of Chicago); Fafner, Das Rheingold (Union Avenue Opera); Old Man, Alice in Wonderland; Lillas Pastia, Carmen (Opera Theatre of St. Louis)
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MEET THE ARTISTS Jake Heggie (composer) is the American composer of the operas Moby-Dick, Dead Man Walking, Three Decembers, To Hell and Back, and Out of Darkness, a triptych of Holocaust stories (Another Sunrise; Farewell, Auschwitz; For a Look or a Touch). He has composed more than 250 songs as well as chamber, choral and orchestral works. His operas – most created with the distinguished writers Terrence McNally and Gene Scheer – have been produced extensively on five continents. Dead Man Walking (McNally) has received 40 productions since its premiere, as well as two live recordings. Moby-Dick (Scheer) was telecast in 2013 as part of Great Performances’ 40th Season and was recently released on DVD (EuroArts). It is also the subject of the book Heggie & Scheer’s Moby-Dick: A Grand Opera for the 21st Century (UNT Press). Heggie, a Guggenheim Fellow, has served as a mentor to Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative for young composers and librettists for the past two seasons. Upcoming commissions include Great Scott (McNally) for the Dallas Opera, starring Joyce DiDonato; The Radio Hour (Scheer) for the John Alexander Singers; a new project for Houston Grand Opera; songs for Kiri Te Kanawa at Ravinia; and The Work at Hand, Symphonic Songs for mezzo Jamie Barton and cellist Anne Martindale-Williams, co-commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony and Carnegie Hall. Terrence McNally (libretto) has also collaborated with Jake Heggie on Three Decembers and the song cycle At the Statue of Venus. The American playwright has won multiple Tony Awards: for the books of Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1993) and Ragtime (1998) and the plays Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995) and Master Class (1996). His book for The Full Monty earned him a Tony nomination in 2001. McNally, John Kander and Fred Ebb won the Joseph Jefferson Award for New Adaptation for The Visit at the Goodman Theatre. In 1994, he was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Perfect Ganesh. The Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. recently presented three of McNally’s plays that involve opera in a series called “Nights at the Opera”: Master Class, The Lisbon Traviata, and his new play Golden Age. His most recent play, Mothers and Sons, opened on Broadway last month, starring Tyne Daly. Sister Helen Prejean (author) has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the death penalty and helping shape the Catholic Church’s newly vigorous opposition to state executions. She travels around the world giving talks about her ministry and considers herself a southern storyteller. Sister Helen is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph. She spent her first years with the Sisters teaching religion to junior high school students. Realizing that being on the side of poor people is an essential part of the Gospel, she moved into the St. Thomas Housing Project in New Orleans and worked at Hope House from 1981 to 1984. During this time, she was asked to correspond with death row inmate Patrick Sonnier at Angola. She agreed and became his spiritual adviser. After witnessing his execution, she wrote a book about the experience, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. It became a movie, an opera, and a play for high schools and colleges. Since 1984, Sister Helen has divided her time between educating citizens about the death penalty and counseling individual death row prisoners. She has accompanied six men to their deaths. In doing so, she began to suspect that some of those executed were not guilty. This realization inspired her second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, which was released by Random House in 2004. Sister Helen is presently at work on another book – River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey. Madison Opera • 24
John DeMain
Conductor/ Madison Opera Artistic Director Madison Opera Debut: The Magic Flute Recently with MO: The Daughter of the Regiment, Tosca, Acis & Galatea, A Masked Ball, Cinderella Recently: Lost in the Stars, The Music Man (Glimmerglass Festival), Show Boat (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera); Carmen, Aida (Virginia Opera), Porgy & Bess (Seattle Opera), Pagliacci/ Carmina Burana (Portland Opera) Upcoming: Show Boat (San Francisco Opera); Fidelio, Sweeney Todd, The Barber of Seville (Madison Opera)
Kristine McIntyre Stage Director
Madison Opera Debut: Così fan tutte Recently with MO: A Masked Ball Recently: Peter Grimes, Eugene Onegin, La Bohéme (Des Moines Metro Opera); Elmer Gantry (Tulsa Opera); La Bohème (New Orleans Opera, Portland Opera To Go); Don Giovanni (Kentucky Opera); Madama Butterfly (Arizona Opera); Tosca, La Cenerentola (Pittsburgh Opera); Of Mice and Men (Utah Opera); Così fan tutte (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Lucia di Lammermoor (Anchorage Opera) Upcoming: Iolanthe (Mock’s Crest Productions); Dead Man Walking (Des Moines Metro Opera); The Canticle of the Black Madonna (Portland, OR); Otello (Pittsburgh Opera); The Pearl Fishers (Utah Opera); Of Mice and Men (Tulsa Opera) 25 • Madison Opera
MEET THE ARTISTS Marcus Dilliard
Lighting Designer Madison Opera Debut: Così fan tutte Recently with MO: A Masked Ball Recently: Don Giovanni (Pittsburgh Opera); Così fan tutte (Boston Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Atlanta Opera); Silent Night, Hansel & Gretel, Turandot (Minnesota Opera); The Cunning Little Vixen, La Bohème (Portland Opera) Upcoming: The Barber of Seville (Madison Opera)
Karen BrownLarimore
Costume Coordinator Madison Opera Debut: The Elixir of Love MO Costume Coordinator since 1997 Recently: Windjammers (World Premiere-American Folklore Theatre), The Barber of Seville (Opera for the Young); Dracula (Madison Ballet); Cinderella (Opera for the Young)
Jan Ross
Hair & Make-up Designer Madison Opera Debut: La Bohème MO Wig & Make-up Designer since 1992 Recently: Indianapolis Opera; Four Seasons Theatre; Children’s Theater of Madison; UWMadison Band Show; Broadway at Overture
Jeff Skubal
Fight Director Madison Opera Debut: Lucia di Lammermoor Recently with MO: Don Giovanni, The Flying Dutchman, Carmen Recently: As film actor and fight director: The Tesla Factor, Dead of the Night, The Plan (Barking Shadows Production); As video game voice actor: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Singularity, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty Modern Warefare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts (Raven Software); Theater: Summer and Smoke (UW-Madison); Singing in the Rain (West Madison HS); West Side Story (Edgewood HS)
Jill Krynicki
Production Stage Manager Madison Opera Debut: Thunder of Horses MO Stage Manager since 2002 Recently: Manon Lescaut (Washington National Opera); The Barber of Seville, Siegfried, Il Trovatore, Salome (New Orleans Opera); The Abduction from the Seraglio, The Elixir of Love, Pagliacci, Porgy & Bess (Opera Grand Rapids) Madison Opera • 26
MICI Amici is Madison Opera’s group for young professionals to engage with Madison Opera, whether they are opera newbies or opera omnivores. Members of the energetic Amici enjoy unique behind-the-scenes access, with a mix of activities surrounding our productions. There is no more fun way to get to know your opera company and fellow arts lovers! Upcoming events include Amici Wine Wednesdays on April 30 at Square Wine, May 28 at Fresco, and June 25 at Square Wine. Visit madisonopera.org for details and to reserve a spot. For information on joining Amici, visit madisonopera.org, call 608-238-8085, or e-mail amici@madisonopera.org.
Save the Dates 2014/15 Season
Lyric Opera of Chicago 2014/15 Season: Capriccio | October 22, 2014 II Trovatore | November 12, 2014 Anna Bolena | December 15, 2014 Tannhäuser | February 18, 2015
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Sweeney Todd | Sondheim Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Capitol Theater at Overture Center Overture Center for the Arts
The Barber of Seville | Rossini Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Overture Hall Overture Center for the Arts
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ANNUAL FUND DONORS We thank the following individuals, corporations, foundations, and organizations for their generous gifts and contributions to the Madison Opera Annual Fund. This list includes gifts received between March 31, 2013 and April 1, 2014.. Madison Opera makes every effort to be as accurate as possible in our donor lists. However, if you should find a discrepancy in these listings or have a question, please contact the Development office at (608)238-8085. Thank you for your support!
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Ticket sales alone pay for less than a third of the cost of producing opera. Everything that makes it so wonderful – the amazing singers, the fabulous orchestra, the beautiful sets and costumes – also makes it expensive. Only with your support can we bring opera to its full, glorious life. Generations of supporters have helped us keep world-class opera in our city for over 50 years. Won’t you consider joining them? Your tax-deductible contribution helps affirm our role in our area’s rich cultural and economic life, supporting our productions at the Overture Center, our student programs, and Opera in the Park – all the ways we serve our community. Donations can be made online at madisonopera.org or by calling us at 608.238.8085. For information on donor benefits, or to discuss pledges, corporate matching gifts, and legacy planning, please contact Beth Tolles at tolles@madisonopera.org or 608.238.8085. Thank you!
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ANNUAL FUND DONORS Louisa Krafft Debbie Kretchmar James Krikelas Edward and Moria Krueger Charles Kulp and Marie Duquette Jeri Lambert Harlan and Daun Larson Earl Larson, Jr. Constance Lavine and Fred Holtzman David Lawver Mark Lefebvre Mil Lieberthal Arthur and Susan Lloyd Helen C. Lodge Abby and George Lombardi Cynthia Lord Barend and Doris Lotz Kathy Lyne Janet MacDonald Katherine Masden Donald Mash Curtis Mason Paul Matteoni Vada Mayfield Kevin McKown and Nancy Fuller Gary Miller Margaret and Paul Miller Terry and Hans Moen Kenneth Mohr Merle and Paula Moore Douglas Morris Nancy Motisi Pasupati and Mina Mukerjee Lynn H. Najem Russell and Delores Nelson David Newby and Kathleen McElroy Ronald Niece and Virginia Porter Leonard Nosal and Gretchen Macht
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THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE MADISON OPERA CENTER On September 16, 2013, the Madison Opera Center officially opened. Located at 335 W. Mifflin Street, Madison Opera’s new home encompasses our administrative offices, a rehearsal hall and smaller rehearsal studio, a costume shop, a music library, and much more. Thanks to the generosity of over 180 donors, we now have this cost-effective way to consolidate our operations, meet future artistic needs, and reaffirm our commitment to participating in the development and vitality of the thriving Madison arts community. We are off to an exciting start in getting the Center up and running, but we still need your help to finish our work. If you would like to make a donation or discuss naming opportunities, please contact Beth Tolles at 608-238-8085 or tolles@madisonopera.org. We thank the following individuals who have made gifts to the Madison Opera Center Building Fund as of April 10, 2014. Thank you for helping us to literally build for our future – and that of the arts in our community.
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Beethoven’s only opera is an ode to freedom. To rescue her husband, a political prisoner, the noblewoman Leonore disguises herself as a man and works at the prison where she believes he is held. Come hear and feel the power of this magnificent opus.
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim book by Hugh Wheeler February 6, 7, & 8, 2015 | Capitol Theater at Overture Center Sung in English with projected text
Revenge is best served with meat pies.
After 15 years of unjust imprisonment in a penal colony, the barber Sweeney Todd returns to the gas-lit streets of Victorian London seeking vengeance. A thrilling American masterpiece!
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April 24 & 26, 2015 | Overture Hall
Sung in Italian with projected English translations
Shave and a romcom, two bits.
A count in multiple disguises, a young woman trying to outwit her guardian, and a barber being paid to ensure a happy ending — what could possibly go wrong? Whether you’ve seen this opera a thousand times or never, you’ll want to grab your seat in this barber shop.
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