The Tales of Hoffmann by Madison Opera

2015-16 Season

by Jacques Offenbach April 15 & 17, 2016

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The Tales of Hoffmann Kathryn Smith, General Director | John DeMain, Artistic Director

By Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier, based on stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann Premiered February 10, 1881, at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France Sung in French with English supertitles

Madison Opera’s production of

The Tales of Hoffmann is made possible through the generous support of

Characters in order of vocal appearance The Muse / Nicklausse Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto

Kay and Martin Barrett

Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde

A. Paul Jones Charitable Trust

The Ann Stanke Fund

Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio Luther / Crespel

The Peter Wallach Fund for Tenors E. David Cronon Trust Bolz Family Endowment Fund

An Anonymous Friend

Charles and Mary Anderson

William Ottow+

Hoffmann Spalanzani

Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation

Sally & Mike Miley

The Kathryn Elwers Fund for the Student Matinee

Steinhauer Charitable Trust

with additional funds from the Evjue Foundation and Endres Mfg. Company Foundation

Herbert H. Kohl Charities

Harold Meers Robert A. Goderich Jeni Houser

Antonia / Giulietta / Stella

Siân Davies*

Antonia’s Mother

Kelsey Park+

Schlemil

Tyler Alessi*

John DeMain

Stage Director

Kristine McIntyre

Chorus Master

Anthony Cao

Scenic Designer

Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation

Thomas Forde

Nathanael

Fight Director

Madison Opera’s Education Programs are made possible through the generous support of

Jared Rogers Nathaniel Hill+

Conductor

Studio Artist Program Underwriting Provided by

Morgan Smith*

Hermann

Olympia

Artist Underwriting Provided by

Adriana Zabala*

Jeff Skubal Erhard Rom

Costume Designer

AT Jones & Sons

Lighting Designer

Marcus Dilliard

Wig and Make-up Designer

Jan Ross * Madison Opera debut +Madison Opera Studio Artist

The performance will last approximately 3 hours, including two intermissions. Scenery is provided courtesy of Virginia Opera

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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 Marketing Manager..........................................................................................................Steffanie Berg Patron Services Manager..........................................................................................Amalia Goldberg Artistic Manager......................................................................................................Salvatore S. Vasta III Director of Production.............................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director and Warehouse Coordinator.....................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager..................................................................................................Jill Krynicki BOARD OF TRUSTEES President..................................................................................................................................Phil Certain* Chairman.............................................................................................................................Thomas Terry* Vice President..........................................................................................................................Patti Lucas* Vice President................................................................................................................Franck Meunier* Treasurer................................................................................................................................Joyce Hirsch* Secretary......................................................................................................................Charles Snowdon* Immediate Past President...................................................................................................Sally Miley* Elliott Abramson Carla J. Alvarado Martin Barrett* Gary Bennett Leanne Cordisco Gina Gialamas Brandon Hayes Stephen Hurley

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ADVISORS Bert Adams Marian Bolz Kennedy Gilchrist

Karen Kretschmann Fern Lawrence Elaine Staley

MADISON OPERA FOUNDATION Martin Barrett, Phil Certain President Terry Haller Marian Bolz Joyce Hirsch

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Hello Fellow Opera Goers, We close our mainstage productions of the 2015-16 season with the fabulous The Tales of Hoffmann. Thank you so much for joining us here at the Overture Center; we look forward to seeing you again next season for another exciting and varied lineup of classical and newer works. Now it’s on to summer. Be sure to join us on Saturday, July 23, at 8pm for our unique Opera in the Park in the natural amphitheater of Madison’s Garner Park. It is the 15th anniversary of our free gift to the community, and the whole family is welcome. Garner Park opens at 7am the day of the concert, and blankets, chairs, food and beverages are welcome, so come early to secure a prime location and bring a picnic. Neither our mainstage productions nor Opera in the Park would be possible without your generous support. If you are not already a supporter, why not turn on your smart phone during intermission tonight and make a donation at madisonopera.org? Your contribution will not only support our public presentations, but also our educational activities in schools, libraries, and retirement centers. Thank you for your support and for joining us at the opera!

Phil Certain President, Madison Opera Board of Trustees

Karen Walsh Helen Wineke

Connie Maxwell Thomas Terry

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Dear Friends, “What is your favorite opera?” I am often asked this question, and while I have one quick answer (Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro), the list gets longer after that, and The Tales of Hoffmann is always in the top five.

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Hoffmannn was one of the first operas I fell in love with, in part due to a Metropolitan Opera telecast when I was in high school. I swiftly memorized that particular production, and to this day could describe the staging and musical choices. Many people consider this one of their favorite operas, and yet none of us have seen or heard the same version. Offenbach died while the opera was in rehearsal, so there is no completed or correct version; the premiere in 1881 even cut the Giulietta act. As decades have passed, new music was written, lost music was rediscovered, and each production invents anew how to bring this glorious opera to life. Hoffmann lives first and foremost because the music is wonderful, whether it is something Offenbach stole from himself (the barcarolle), one of the first arias he wrote for Hoffmann (Nicklausse’s violin aria), or something written by someone else 25 years after the premiere (Dapertutto’s aria). But it is also theatrically and intellectually compelling on a very deep level, with many ways to look at its story and meaning. If you don’t already love this opera, I hope you will see after today why I do. As summer approaches, please be sure to put July 23 on your calendar for Opera in the Park. Starring Emily Birsan, Angela Brown, Scott Quinn, and Sidney Outlaw, this Madison summer tradition celebrates its 15th anniversary this year – help us make it the greatest concert ever! Please also join us for our 2016/17 season, which covers 224 years of opera: Romeo & Juliet, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, and The Magic Flute. Whether you are a newcomer to opera or an opera omnivore, we have something for you in the season! Thank you for being here and joining us on this fantastical journey. Cheers,

Kathryn Smith General Director 7 Madison Opera

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THE STORY OF THE OPERA PROLOGUE Inside Luther’s bar, the poet Hoffmann is roused by a chorus of spirits of wine and beer. He leaves for the opera house next door, where his girlfriend Stella is singing in a performance of Don Giovanni. The Muse appears and bemoans Hoffmann’s attachment to Stella. She calls on the spirits to help her, then assumes the guise of Nicklausse, Hoffmann’s friend. Councilor Lindorf bribes Andrès, Stella’s servant, to give him a note intended for Hoffmann. Inside is the key to Stella’s dressing room. Lindorf decides to keep the appointment himself. An intermission crowd fills the bar, followed by Hoffmann and Nicklausse. Hoffmann is troubled; the crowd urges him to drink and sing. He begins a ballad about Kleinzach the dwarf, only to digress into recollections of love. Lindorf goads Hoffmann into an exchange of sarcastic insults; the encounter leaves Hoffmann with a sense of foreboding. When the crowd teases him about his current infatuation with Stella, he offers to tell the story of three past loves.... ACT I The inventor Spalanzani admires his most recent invention, the mechanical doll Olympia, with which he hopes to recover money he lost in the collapse of a banking house. Hoffmann arrives, eager to see Olympia, whom he has only glimpsed through a window. The mad scientist Coppélius sells Hoffmann a pair of magic glasses through which he alone perceives Olympia as human. Spalanzani and Coppélius haggle over their share of the doll’s profits and Spalanzani pays off Coppélius with a promissory note. Coppélius suggests that Olympia be married off to Hoffmann. Party guests arrive, and Olympia sings an aria for them. Hoffmann is enchanted, oblivious to the periodic running down of the doll’s mechanism. Alone with her, Hoffmann pours out his heart and believes he is loved in return. Nicklausse suggests that Olympia might not be alive, but the poet refuses to listen. Coppélius returns in a fury, having discovered that Spalanzani’s bank draft is worthless, and vows revenge. The guests return from dinner to waltz. They are joined by Hoffmann and Olympia, who whirl faster and faster, until Hoffmann falls and breaks his magic glasses. Coppélius tears Olympia apart, and Hoffmann finally realizes she was a robot.

Intermission ACT II Crespel has fled with his daughter, Antonia, to Munich, hoping to end her affair with Hoffmann. Alone, Antonia sings a plaintive love song. Crespel begs her to give up singing: she has a weak heart, and the effort will endanger her life. He instructs his servant, Frantz, to allow no one into the house while he is gone. Hoffmann arrives, and Nicklausse, citing his past experience with love, tries to persuade him to devote himself solely to art. Antonia 9 • Madison Opera

THE STORY OF THE OPERA appears and she and Hoffmann swear eternal love. Though her father has forbidden her to sing, Antonia convinces Hoffmann to sing a love duet with her, but she soon falls ill. Crespel returns and is alarmed by the arrival of Dr. Miracle, who treated Crespel’s wife the day she died. The doctor conjures Antonia’s spirit, questioning her and commanding her to sing. He offers medicines to save Antonia, but Crespel forces Miracle to leave. When the real Antonia returns, Hoffmann begs her never to sing again and she reluctantly agrees. Miracle reappears, taunting Antonia with prospects of fame as a singer. Miracle brings a statue of Antonia’s mother to life and declares that her mother wants Antonia to equal the glory of her own fame. Antonia sings more and more feverishly until she collapses. Hoffmann rushes in, only to find her dead.

Intermission ACT III In a Venetian palace on the Grand Canal, the courtesan Giulietta joins Nicklausse in a languid barcarole. Hoffmann mockingly praises the pleasures of love. Giulietta’s current lover, Schlemil, jealously acknowledges her apparent affection for Hoffmann. Giulietta invites her guests to the gaming tables. Nicklausse warns Hoffmann against the courtesan, but he denies interest in her, declaring that should he fall in love with her, the devil may have his soul. Dapertutto, overhearing them, produces a large diamond with which he will bribe Giulietta to steal Hoffmann’s reflection, just as she already has stolen Schlemil’s shadow. Lured by the diamond, Giulietta agrees. She seduces Hoffmann and he falls in love instantly, as Giulietta carries out Dapertutto’s command. As Schlemil returns with the guests, Hoffmann realizes that he has lost his reflection. Hoffmann demands that Schlemil give him the key to Giulietta’s room; when Schlemil refuses, Hoffmann kills him in a duel. Hoffmann rushes to Giulietta’s room, only to find it empty. He watches as Giulietta leaves with Dapertutto. EPILOGUE Hoffmann has finished his tales, which each described a different aspect of the same woman, Stella. Now he wants only to get drunk and forget. Arriving in the bar after her performance, the opera singer finds the poet barely coherent. She is about to leave with the triumphant Lindorf when Hoffmann interrupts to sing one last verse of “Kleinzach.” Alone in the bar with only the Muse to console him, Hoffmann contemplates life and the nature of love.

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Production Manager..................................................................................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director.....................................................................................................................................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager..............................................................................................................................Rachel Henneberry Assistant Stage Managers....................................................Cassandra Flowers, Kate Goodall, Delaney Egan Production Assistant.......................................................................................................................................................Elizabeth Purnell Coach / Accompanist.........................................................................................................................................................Scott Gendel Chorus Pianist...................................................................................................................................................................................Joy Bauman Costume Coordinator.....................................................................................................................................Karen Brown-Larimore

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Costume Crew............................................................................................Virginia Bessert, Brenna Farmer, Laurie Everitt,

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Wig and Make-up Designer.........................................................................................................................................................Jan Ross

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Properties Crew Head..........................................................................................................................................................Susan Rathke Properties Crew........................................................................................Katherine Dutcher, Seth Harrop, Elaine Staley Scenic Decorator.............................................................................................................................................................................Liz Rathke

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MEET THE ARTISTS Tyler Alessi Schlemil

Madison Opera Debut Recently: Steve Baker, Show Boat (Kentucky Opera); Count Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro (Kentucky Opera); Bello, La Fanciulla del West (Des Moines Metro Opera); Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music); William Dale, Silent Night (Cincinnati Opera)

MEET THE ARTISTS Thomas Forde

Nathaniel Hill

Harold Meers

Madison Opera Debut: A Masked Ball

Madison Opera Debut: La Bohème

Recently with MO: The Barber of Seville, Sweeney Todd

Recently with MO: Little Women

Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2015

Luther / Crespel

Recently: Lurch, The Addams Family (New Theatre Kansas City); Herr Brentano, Brothers Grimm (Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Unlimited); Angelotti, Tosca (Fort Worth Opera, Dallas Opera); Billy Jackrabbit, La Fanciulla del West; Alidoro, La Cenerentola; Jailer, Tosca (Opernhaus Zurich)

Upcoming: Ford (cover), Falstaff (Des Moines Metro Opera)

Siân Davies Antonia / Giulietta / Stella Madison Opera Debut Recently: Countess Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro (Michigan Opera Theater, Ongaku-Juku); Clotilde, Norma (Metropolitan Opera); Anna Erisso, Maometto II (Garsington Opera); Elcìa, Mosé in Egitto (New York City Opera, Chicago Opera Theater); Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Opera Grand Rapids)

Recently: Papageno, The Magic Flute (Opera for the Young); Gregorio, Roméo et Juliette; Butler, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Aspen Music Festival); Owen Hart, Dead Man Walking; Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte; John Brooke, Little Women (Northwestern Univ.) Upcoming: Breedley, A Wedding; Marcello (cover), La Bohème (Aspen Music Festival)

Robert A. Goderich Spalanzani

Madison Opera Debut: A Masked Ball Recently with MO: Sweeney Todd, La Bohème, The Daughter of the Regiment Recently: Albin, La Cage aux Folles (Music Theatre of Madison); Pirelli (cover), Sweeney Todd (San Francisco Opera); Chorus, Madison Opera; Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls; The Fantasticks; Les Misérables; She Loves Me, Great American Songbook (Four Seasons Theatre) Upcoming: Sir Bevedere, Spamalot (Four Seasons Theatre)

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Jeni Houser Olympia

Madison Opera Debut: Acis & Galatea Recently with MO: Little Women, Sweeney Todd Recently: The Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte; Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos (Minnesota Opera); Frasquita, Carmen (Virginia Opera); Josephine, H.M.S. Pinafore (Opera Saratoga); Najade, Ariadne auf Naxos (Fort Worth Opera, Glimmerglass Festival) Upcoming: Soloist, Carmina Burana (Madison Symphony Orchestra); Mrs. Grady, The Shining (Minnesota Opera); Johanna, Sweeney Todd (Mill City Summer Opera); ); Queen of the Night (cover), Die Zauberflöte (Lyric Opera of Chicago)

Hoffmann

Recently: Rodolfo, La Bohème (Minnesota Opera, San Diego Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera); Soloist (Madison Symphony Orchesta); Macduff, Macbeth (Minnesota Opera); Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly (Opera Columbus); Nadir, The Pearl Fishers (Nashville Opera) Upcoming: Luigi, Il Tabarro (Utah Festival Opera)

William Ottow Nathanael

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Kelsey Park

Antonia’s Mother Madison Opera Debut: Little Women Recently: Sister Helen, Dead Man Walking; Dorabella, Così fan tutte; Jo, Little Women (Northwestern University) Upcoming: Second Lady, The Magic Flute (Madison Opera)

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Morgan Smith

Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto Madison Opera Debut Recently: Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Arizona Opera, Austin Opera); Count Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro; Jim, An American Dream (Seattle Opera); Starbuck, Moby-Dick (Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera); Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Opéra de Montréal); Aaron, Morning Star (Cincinnati Opera); Escamillo, Carmen (Vancouver Opera, Pittsburgh Opera); Marcello, La Bohème (San Diego Opera); Tadeusz, The Passenger (Houston Grand Opera, Lincoln Center) Upcoming: John Lassiter, Riders of the Purple Sage (world premiere, Arizona Opera); Soloist, James MacMillan’s Requiem (world premiere, Oregon Bach Festival); Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Kentucky Opera), Starbuck, MobyDick (Dallas Opera) 17 • Madison Opera

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John DeMain Conductor / Madison Opera Artistic Director

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Madison Opera Debut: The Elixir of Love

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Madison Opera Debut

Madison Opera Debut: Lucia di Lammermoor Recently with MO: Sweeney Todd, Dead Man Walking, Don Giovanni Recently: As actor and fight director: The Tesla Factor, Dead of the Night and The Plan (Barking Shadows Production); As video game actor: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Singularity, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts (Raven Software)

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Jacques Offenbach (1819-80) died while The Tales of Hoffmann was in rehearsal, without having finished the score.

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Hoffmann, the title character, is named after E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), a German writer whose most famous story now is the one on which The Nutcracker is based.

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Offenbach based his opera on a play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, which premiered in 1851, before Offenbach was established as a composer. The two men had used three of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s short stories to form the tales.

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The dress rehearsal for the first production ran over 4 1/2 hours, so they eliminated the Giulietta act entirely and put some of that music in the Antonia act and Epilogue. This meant the Antonia act was now set in Venice, not Munich.

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Opening night had to be delayed because the son of the head of the OpéraComique had been seriously injured fighting a duel. The opera finally opened on February 10, 1881 to great acclaim.

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The barcarolle, which opens the Giulietta act, was first written for an Offenbach opera called Die Rheinnixen, which had been a failure in Vienna in 1864. Offenbach borrowed the tune from himself.

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Much of the traditional Giulietta act was not written by Offenbach. “Scintille Diamant,” Dapertutto’s aria, was first used in 1904 or 1905, based on a tune from the overture to another Offenbach work. The Septet in that act was also added at this time.

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Offenbach always intended the order of the “tales” to be Olympia - Antonia Giulietta, but for much of the 20th century, they were performed as Olympia Giulietta - Antonia, in part because Antonia is the most musically “complete” tale.

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Music that may sound “new” to longtime opera goers, such as Nicklausse’s violin aria and the apotheosis at the end of the opera, was in fact some of the first music Offenbach wrote for Hoffmann, but it was lost in boxes for almost a century.

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Offenbach wrote over 100 stage works in his lifetime. The majority were one-act operettas, but many were full-scale works like Orpheus in the Underworld and La Perichole. The Tales of Hoffmann is considered his first serious opera.

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GIVE VOICE TO YOUR LEGACY Since 1961, Madison Opera has been sharing the excitement of opera with the citizens of Madison, Dane County and beyond. Planned giving through your estate will help ensure this tradition of artistic excellence for future generations, both on stage and through our education and outreach programs. Your gift will touch thousands of people in meaningful ways for years to come. Madison Opera’s Encore Society honors individuals who have expressed their support of the Opera through a bequest or other planned gifts. If you plan to include or have already included Madison Opera in your estate plan, please let us know. We are proud to recognize you as an Encore Society member! Contact the Madison Opera Development Office at (608) 238-8085 for more information.

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Play Your Part! Since 1961, Madison Opera has brought the beauty and power of professional opera to the stage. Won’t you help us continue the tradition? Eight Great Reasons to Give to Madison Opera 1. Support a world-class team of artists who create the performances you love, from beloved classics to provocative new works.

2. Give a deeper experience. We bring opera into our community via our education and

engagement programs that are largely free to attend, such as Opera Novice, Opera Up Close, previews in libraries and senior centers, and more. Our Student Matinees bring thousands of middle and high school students from across our state to a fully-staged opera, while our High School Apprenticeship program opens the doors to the world of opera both on the stage and off to a select group of students.

3. Opera in the Park. Our annual free concert, which celebrates its 15th year this summer, was attended by over 16,000 people last July, giving us the highest per capita attendance of any such event in the country!

4. Training for the next generation of artists. Our Studio Artists, young singers in

the transitional period between university and their professional careers, gain valuable experience and exposure, while serving as Madison Opera’s artistic ambassadors to our community.

5. We are a not-for-profit company. Without our generous donors, there would be

no Madison Opera, as ticket income pays for only one-third of the cost of bringing our operas to the stage.

6. Gifts of ALL sizes make a difference. Your donation, no matter the amount, is the driving force that helps to support our performances and community programs.

7. All gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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Thank you! Donations may be made at madisonopera.org, by mail, or simply call 608-238-8085.

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GIFTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN MEMORY OF Lois Dick Bill Frost Steve Fix Eileen Garrett Roland Johnson Miriam Kerndt

Bobbie Kunin Hannah Pickett Barbara Shikora Neil Skinner Ann Stanke Dr. Margaret C. Winston

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ENJOY THE FINAL OPERA OF THIS SEASON n present Nancy & Terry Anderso Johann Strauss II’s

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Flapper’s Feast A Roaring 20s Party Madison Opera would like to express our appreciation to the sponsors of our fundraiser to benefit Opera in the Park and our education programs, which was held on March 4 at Blackhawk Country Club.

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Celebrating 15 Years of a Madison Summer Tradition Attend Opera in the Park like a VIP! Submit your favorite memory of Opera in the Park (photos, too) for a chance to win tickets to the Prelude Dinner! Four winners will each recieve a pair of tickets to the Prelude Dinner before the concert, including seating in front of the stage during the concert and a post-concert reception with the artists. Entries should be 200 words or less and can talk about any or all of the following: * Your favorite Opera in the Park memory. * The contents of your picnic basket. * The aria or song that is still stuck in your head. * How would you describe Opera in the Park to people who have never been? * What seems particularly “Madison” about Opera in the Park? * Anything else you want to share about why you love Opera in the Park! Submit entries by June 30 via email to info@madisonopera.org, via snail mail to 335 W. Mifflin Street, Madison, WI 53703, on Madison Opera’s Facebook page, or to our Twitter account, @madopera. Winners will be notified by July 7. All entries become the property of Madison Opera and may be published electronically, in print, and in other media.

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NOVEMBER 4 & 6, 2016 OV E RT U R E H A L L

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APRIL 21 & 23, 2017 OV E RT U R E H A L L

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