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Charlie Parker’s Yardbird Music by Daniel Schnyder Libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly Premiered June 5, 2015, at Opera Philadelphia Sung in English with projected text
Characters in order of appearance Charlie Parker Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Joshua Stewart* Julie Miller*
Addie Parker
Angela Brown
Rebecca Parker
Krysty Swann*
Doris Parker Dizzy Gillespie Chan Parker
Angela Mortellaro Will Liverman Rachel Sterrenberg* * Madison Opera debut
Conductor
John DeMain
Stage Director
Ron Daniels*
Set Designer
Riccardo Hernandez*
Costume Designer
Emily Rebholz*
Lighting Designer
Scott Zielinski*
Wig and Make-up Designer
Jan Ross
The performance will last approximately 100 minutes, with no intermission. Scenery and costumes constructed by Opera Philadelphia. Production owned by Opera Philadelphia.
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Hello Fellow Opera Goers, Welcome! We are excited to present to you Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, based on the life of one of America’s foremost jazz musicians, a leading figure in the development of bebop. Charles “Yardbird” Parker was an amazing saxophonist who gained wide recognition for his brilliant solos and innovative improvisations. He was without a doubt one of the most influential and talented musicians in jazz history. Parker’s life was cut short by a deadly combination of heroin, alcohol, and a bad heart. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker’s 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. Parker is gone, but his music and legend lives on in jazz clubs around the world, and now in opera houses as well. Charlie Parker’s Yardbird premiered at Opera Philadelphia in 2015. Critics were impressed: The New York Times said, “an acclaimed new opera… tells of his tortured, brilliant life with a pulsing, jazz-infused score”; The Wall Street Journal wrote, “its rhythms snap and swing, its melodies – including real arias – seize the ear, its ensembles crackle with energy.” When our General Director, Kathryn Smith, saw the opera, she knew that it had a place in Madison Opera’s repertory. Thus we are proud to provide you with the nation’s second production. For a change of pace, join us later this spring for Mozart’s The Magic Flute on April 21 and 23. Come also on July 22 to the natural amphitheater of Madison’s Garner Park for the 16th year of Opera in the Park, our annual gift to the community and a highlight of summer in our region. Neither the mainstage productions nor Opera in the Park would be possible without your generous support. If you are not already a contributor, why not turn on your smart phone and go to madisonopera.org to make a donation? You will not only support our public presentations, but also our educational activities in schools, libraries, and retirement centers. Thank you for your support!
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A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE OPERA
On March 9, 1955, on his way to a gig in Boston, jazz great Charlie Parker stopped at the Stanhope Hotel to visit his friend and jazz patron, the Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter. He was near death; decades of heroin addiction, alcoholism, a bad heart, cirrhosis, and depression had taken their toll. His wife Chan had left him and moved to another state with their remaining children after the devastating death of their two-year old daughter, Pree. For the next few days, Nica would try her best to nurse him back to health, soliciting the help of her physician who warned Charlie that he should be hospitalized or risk death, but Charlie refused. On March 12, while watching television, Charles Parker, Jr. died at the age of 34. His death certificate stated the cause of death as lobar pneumonia. No good deed goes unpunished. The facts about his untimely death and what happened to him postmortem created quite a media sensation that followed the Baroness for the rest of her life. These accusations included the deliberate misidentification of his body with the wrong name and age on his toe, the amount of time it took to get his body to the morgue (about five hours), and why Nica did not tell anyone he had passed, allowing his body to lay unclaimed in the morgue for days. Because Nica was part of the Rothschild family, her actions were attributed to covering up the scandal of a black man dying in a wealthy, married, white woman’s hotel suite. Nica vehemently countered, stating she was only trying to help a sick friend get well and had immediately called the doctor when it appeared that he had passed. Charlie was taken to Bellevue’s Morgue with his correct name, and Nica said she wanted to find Chan to let her know about his death first, from a friendly source, before the newspapers or radio announced it. Nica searched all of New York, but Chan had moved to Pennsylvania. It wasn’t until Nica was able to find and notify Chan’s mother that she found out, adding a day or two more to Charlie’s stay in the morgue. As soon as Chan claimed his body, however, Charlie’s third wife Doris claimed him because Charlie and Chan had not legally married. As they fought over his body and later his estate for decades, Nica was evicted from the Stanhope, a segregated hotel, and disinherited by her family. Her husband later divorced her and took custody of their youngest children. ~By Bridgette A. Wimberly 7 Madison Opera
Dear Friends, Welcome to Birdland! I am thrilled and honored to be producing the Midwest premiere of Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, which had its world premiere less than two years ago. It has been exciting to be in the midst of an evolving piece, and to be part of the expansion of what opera can be in the 21st century. Opera is an ever-changing art form. The operas that were standard repertoire 100 years ago are now rarities (Les Huguenots, for example), while the operas we now think are “standard” were once unusual (the Metropolitan Opera did not perform The Marriage of Figaro between 1918 and 1940). Over 50 new American operas premiered in 2016, testifying to the vitality of this art form, even as we treasure the classic pieces that made so many of us fall in love with opera in the first place. Eighteen months ago, I traveled to Philadelphia to see the world premiere of Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, knowing almost nothing about the opera or, frankly, Parker himself. Midway through the performance, I knew I wanted to produce it in Madison. I am grateful to the Madison Opera board and donors who believed me when I said we should do this, and to all our community partners who have helped produce the myriad engagement events that surround it. Opera tells human stories that transcend time and place, even when set in very specific eras. Charlie Parker was all too human, derailed by heroin and alcohol addictions, but an absolute musical genius. Miles Davis said you could tell the history of jazz in four words: “Louis Armstrong. Charlie Parker.” The opera weaves together strands of Parker’s life, as his spirit attempts to put his music down on paper, concluding with a stanza from the 1899 poem “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar: “I know why the caged bird sings.” Bird shared his incredible gifts with the world, and today we share his story on the opera stage. Thank you for being with us this weekend and for believing in the importance of live performance and artistic exploration. I will see you in April for The Magic Flute, and in July for Opera in the Park! Cheers,
Kathryn Smith General Director Madison Opera • 8
ABOUT CHARLIE PARKER’S YARDBIRD The People (in order of appearance) Charles Parker, Jr. (1920-55) – Born in Kansas City, Kansas and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, he started playing saxophone at age 11, dropped out of high school after only one year, and spent his teens playing in clubs in Kansas City. He moved to New York in 1938 and rose to fame in the years that followed as a virtuoso sax player, master of improvisation, and one of the founders of bebop. Heroin and alcohol addictions intermittently derailed his career and life. He died at age 34; the coroner mistakenly estimated his body to be between 50 and 60 years old. Baroness Pannonica de Koenisgwarter (“Nica”) (1913-88) – A member of the wealthy British Rothschild family, Nica moved to New York in the 1950s, leaving behind her husband and five children. She became a major jazz patron, and numerous musicians named pieces after her, such as Thelonius Monk’s “Pannonica.” Charlie Parker died in her suite at the segregated Stanhope Hotel. Addie Parker (1891-1967) – Charlie’s mother, who raised him largely as a single parent. She became a nurse after he left home and remained in contact with him, talking to him on the phone only three days before he died. She is buried next to him. Rebecca Parker (c.1918-c.1990s) – Charlie’s first wife, who met him when her family started boarding at the Parker home when she was a teenager. They married when Charlie was 16 and she was a couple years older. They had one son in 1938, but Charlie left Kansas City that same year and that was the end of their marriage. Doris Parker (1922-2000) – Charlie’s third wife, who he met when she was a hat check girl at a New York night club. She moved to Los Angeles to be near him when he was committed to Camarillo State Mental Hospital in 1946. They married in 1948 and separated in 1950, but were never divorced. John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917-93) – An acclaimed trumpet player, he met Charlie around 1940 when they were young musicians playing in after-hours clubs in Harlem. The two men played together on and off for the rest of their lives, from clubs around the world to Carnegie Hall, often with bands headed by Gillespie. Chan Parker (1925-99) – Charlie’s final wife, a dancer and jazz lover who he met in the early 1940s. They moved in together in 1950, after Charlie split up with Doris, but were never legally married. They had two children together: a son, Baird, and a daughter, Pree, who died at age 2 in 1954 while Parker was on the road. Silently: Moose – One of Parker’s New York drug dealers, who was in a wheelchair. Parker named the composition “Moose the Mooche” after him in 1946. 9 • Madison Opera
ABOUT CHARLIE PARKER’S YARDBIRD The Places Birdland – located on Broadway and 52nd Street in New York, the jazz club opened in 1949 and was named after Parker, although he did not own it. One of the club’s features was caged finches. Parker played there on occasion, but it was said that he was kicked out of the club at least once or twice. Celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Joe Louis were regulars at the club; Igor Stravinsky even dropped by to hear Parker play one night. Parker’s final major public engagement took place at Birdland on March 4 and 5, 1955. He died a week later. Camarillo State Mental Hospital – located in Camarillo, California, it was run by the State of California from 1936 to 1997. Parker was committed there from July 1946 to January 1947, following an arrest for public nudity and setting his hotel room on fire.
The Premise Charlie Parker died on March 12, 1955 in the Stanhope Hotel suite of Baroness Nica. His body lay unidentified in the morgue for the next 48 hours, while Nica tried to locate Chan, who had moved to another state. The opera takes place in those 48 hours, as Parker returns in spirit to a mythical Birdland. Although his genius lay in improvising on his saxophone, he is now determined to write a final orchestral masterpiece. People and events from his life swirl in and out of his memory, but he still finds it impossible to write down “black notes on white paper behind bars.”
A GUIDE TO THE LIGHTBOXES In this production’s scenic design, “Birdland” is spelled out in lightboxes, each containing a photo of an iconic jazz artist: B - Chet Baker I - Bessie Smith R - Sarah Vaughan D - Thelonius Monk
L - Billie Holiday A - Billie Holiday N - Miles Davis D - Duke Ellington Madison Opera • 10
PRODUCTION PERSONNEL Production Manager....................................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Technical Director..................................................................................................................Billy Larimore Production Stage Manager.....................................................................................................Jill Krynicki Assistant Stage Managers........................................................................Sarah Collins, Kate Goodall Production Assistants.............................................................Elizabeth Purnell, Savannah Valigura Coach / Accompanist.............................................................................................................Scott Gendel Costume Coordinator.........................................................................................Karen Brown-Larimore Costume Crew........................................................Virginia Bessert, Laurie Everitt, Brenna Farmer,
Maddy Walaszek, Janine Wardale, Sharon White
Wig and Make-up Designer..........................................................................................................Jan Ross Wig and Make-up Crew...................................................Leslie Frank-Taylor, Liz Rathke, Bob Ross Properties Master............................................................................................................Jennifer Childers Properties Crew Head...........................................................................................................Susan Rathke Properties Crew........................................................................................................................Elaine Staley Scenic Decorator...........................................................................................................................Liz Rathke Supertitles Cue Master..............................................................................................................Aileen Wall Preview Artists..................................Martin Bakari, Anna Polum, Thomas Kasdorf, Joseph Ross Master Carpenter.........................................................................................................................Greg Silver Assistant Lighting Designer.............................................................................................Spencer Lyons Overture Center Technical Director...........................................................................Steve Schroeder House Carpenter..........................................................................................................................John Sarris Head Electrician...................................................................................................................Brian Weinkauf Theater Technicians...........................................Brian Anderson, John Frautschy, John Penisten, Davin Pickell, Jim Scaeher, Frank Schneeberger Production Stage Crew.........................................................................Members of IATSE 251
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Lightwalkers..............................................................Maytee Aspuro, Terri Gregory, Sherry LePage,
Rena Noel, Betty O’Rourke, Nancy Rathke, Greg Wagner
Photographer.................................................................................................................................James Gill Videographer.........................................................................Harry Browne, WeatherGage Productions
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Don’t miss the remaining Extending the Stage events! The Life and Music of Charlie Parker
UW-Madison Professor of Saxophone Les Thimmig will talk about Charlie Parker’s life and music, as well as the history of bebop. DeForest Area Public Library | Monday, February 13, 6:30pm Alicia Ashman Library | Friday, February 24, 7pm Fitchburg Public Library | Sunday, February 26, 2pm Oregon Public Library | Friday, March 10, 6:30pm
An Evening of Rare Jazz Films
Jazz archivist Gary Alderman will present and explain films of the historically-significant innvoators of modern jazz, including the only two existing videos with sound of Charlie Parker. Goodman South Library | Tuesday, April 11, 6pm
All library events are free!
Upcoming Extra-Operatic Events Please join us! The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) at Cinematheque A showing of the 1975 film by Ingmar Bergman Saturday, March 25, 2017 | 7pm | FREE
Opera Novice: Demystifying opera one hour at a time
The Magic of Mozart | Friday, March 31, 2017 | 6-7pm | FREE
A Mozart Dinner at Cento Ristorante
A multi-course meal inspired by Mozart’s operas, with performances by Madison Opera’s Studio Artists. Sunday, April 2, 2017
Opera Up Close: The Magic Flute Preview Sunday, April 9, 2017 | 1-3pm
Opera Novice and Opera Up Close take place at The Margaret C. Winston Madison Opera Center, 335 W. Mifflin Street. For more information, visit madisonopera.org or call 608.238.8085. Madison Opera • 12
Ultimate Tchaikovsky: The Last Symphony FEB. 17, 18, 19 | Overture Hall Tchaikovsky’s emotionally charged melodic masterpiece is perfectly complemented by the exotic beauty of Saint-Saëns’ magnificent concerto.
SAMUEL BARBER Second Essay CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Egyptian) PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) John DeMain, Conductor Stephen Hough, Piano
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MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA John DeMain, Music Director
VIOLIN I
Suzanne Beia, Concertmaster
SAXOPHONE Gregory Smith
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Cynthia Cameron-Fix
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Christopher Dozoryst
Linda Kimball
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John Aley Rob Rohlfing
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CLARINET JJ Koh
EXTENDING THE STAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS Gary Alderman Beyond the Page Dane County Library System Greater Madison Jazz Consortium Howard Landsman Madison Alto Madness Orchestra
Madison Music Collective Madison Public Libraries Les Thimmig UW-Madison Blue Note Ensemble Johannes Wallman
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Maytee Aspuro Cecil’s Shoe Repair Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club David Flanders and Susan Ecroyd Lyric Unlimited - Lyric Opera of Chicago
OPERA America Opera Philadelphia Overture Center for the Arts Frances Rademaekers Daniel Schnyder Helen Wineke
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MEET THE ARTISTS Daniel Schnyder, composer Daniel Schnyder is a composer and performer with a dynamic reputation in both jazz and classical fields. He recorded over ten CDs of his own music for Enja Records, Col Legno, Koch Jazz, CCnc, Universal, BIS, TCB, Arabesque and Red Records. As a performer, he has toured and recorded with many well-known classical musicians, world music artists, and jazz players. He was born in Zurich, Switzerland and now lives in New York City. His orchestral works and chamber music compositions have been performed and recorded all over the world. Among his credits as a composer are commissions for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York, the Tonkuenstler Orchestra in Vienna, the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, The Norrlands Operan in Sweden, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Opera of Bern, the NDR Orchestra in Hannover, the NDR Big Band in Germany, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the New York-based new music group “Absolute Ensemble,” and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra among many others. His operas include The Tempest, Casanova, and Abraham.
Bridgette A. Wimberly, librettist The award-winning poet, playwright, and librettist has been commissioned and produced by a number of prominent theaters Off-Broadway and across the U.S. Among them are Opera Philadelphia (Charlie Parker’s Yardbird); Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, The Cherry Lane Theatre, St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre, and The Women’s Project (Saint Lucy’s Eyes, starring Ruby Dee); Kuntu Repertory Theatre (The Separation of Blood); New York’s Ensemble Studio Theatre, where she is a lifetime member (Rally, Mail); Cleveland Play House (Forest City); Manhattan Theater Club (The Mark); and Karamu Theatre (From Breast Cancer to Broadway). Her celebrated plays have been published by Samuel French and anthologized in Best Plays by Women 2001, Best 10 Minute Plays 2010, A Theatre for Women’s Voices 2003, and Cherry Lane Mentor Project 2014. Wimberly is founder and program director of From Breast Cancer to Broadway, a program that teaches playwriting to and presents shorts plays by breast cancer survivors, performed by professional actors at professional theaters in collaborations with medical centers. The recipient of fellowships and awards from Manhattan Theatre Club, The New York Foundation for the Arts, and The New York Urban Arts Initiative, she serves on the board of directors of Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre.
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MEET THE ARTISTS Angela Brown Addie Parker Madison Opera Debut: Opera in the Park 2016
Julie Miller Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter Madison Opera Debut
Recently: Addie Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Opera Philadelphia, Apollo Theater - New York); Tosca, Tosca (Pittsburgh Opera); Aida, Aida (Edmonton Opera, Metropolitan Opera, North Carolina Opera, Staatsoper Hamburg)
Recently: Ma Joad, The Grapes of Wrath; Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus; Jo, Little Women (Sugar Creek Opera); Octavian (cover), Der Rosenkavalier; Krystina, The Passenger; Elizabeth, Second Nature; Donna Elvira (cover), Don Giovanni (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
Upcoming: Addie Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Lyric Unlimited at Lyric Opera of Chicago, English National Opera); Soloist, Duisburger Philharmoniker
Upcoming: Baroness Nica, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Lyric Unlimited at Lyric Opera of Chicago); Charlotte, Werther (Opera Idaho)
Will Liverman
Angela Mortellaro
Madison Opera Debut: The Barber of Seville
Madison Opera Debut: Acis & Galatea
Dizzy Gillespie
Recently: Figaro, The Barber of Seville (Utah Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago Family Performance, Virginia Opera); Raimbaud, Le Comte Ory (Seattle Opera); Samuel, The Pirates of Penzance (Atlanta Opera); Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Opera Philadelphia, Apollo Theater - New York); Beaumarchais, The Ghosts of Versailles (Wolf Trap Opera) Upcoming: Marcello, La Bohème (Portland Opera); Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Lyric Unlimited at Lyric Opera of Chicago, English National Opera); Figaro, The Barber of Seville (Seattle Opera)
Doris Parker
Recently: Norina, Don Pasquale (Sarasota Opera); Juliette, Roméo et Juliette; Jocelyn, The Manchurian Candidate (Minnesota Opera); Fiorilla, Il Turco in Italia (Opera Southwest); Despina, Così fan tutte; Musetta, La Bohème (Sarasota Opera); Adina, L’Elisir d’Amore (Dorset Opera Festival); Doris Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Opera Philadelphia) Upcoming: Doris Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Lyric Unlimited at Lyric Opera of Chicago); Micaëla, Carmen (Central City Opera)
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MEET THE ARTISTS Rachel Sterrenberg Chan Parker
Madison Opera Debut Recently: Annina, La Traviata; Chan Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird; Sara, Cold Mountain (Opera Philadelphia); Blanche de la Force, Dialogues of the Carmélites; Anne Trulove, The Rake’s Progress; Iolanta, Iolanta; Adina, L’Elisir d’Amore (Curtis Opera Theatre) Upcoming: Chan Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Lyric Unlimited at Lyric Opera of Chicago, English National Opera); Pamina, Die Zauberflöte (Opera Philadelphia); Annina, La Traviata (Dallas Opera)
Joshua Stewart Charlie Parker
Madison Opera Debut Recently: Shepherd, Oedipus Rex (Festival d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, Philharmonia Orchestra); Trin, La Fanciulla del West (Hamburg State Opera); Abdallo, Nabucco (Oberammergau Passionstheater); Belmonte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Opéra de Lausanne); Conte d’Albafiorita, Mirandolina; Albazar, Il Turco in Italia; Jeppo Liverotto, Lucrezia Borgia (Bayerische Staatsoper); Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (Toledo Opera) Upcoming: Shepherd, Oedipus Rex (TBA)
Krysty Swann
Rebecca Parker
Madison Opera Debut Recently: Priyamvada, La Leggenda di Sakuntala (Teatro Bellini); Amneris, Aida (Bucharest National Opera); Maddalena, Rigoletto (Atlanta Opera); Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana (Vero Beach Opera); Smaragdi, Francesca da Rimini; Schwertleite, Die Walküre (Metropolitan Opera) Upcoming: Rebecca Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Lyric Unlimited at Lyric Opera of Chicago); Olga, Eugene Onegin (Spoleto Festival); Maddalena, Rigoletto (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
John DeMain
Conductor / Madison Opera Artistic Director Madison Opera Debut: The Magic Flute Recently with MO: Romeo & Juliet, The Tales of Hoffmann, La Bohème, The Barber of Seville Recently: Lost in the Stars (Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass Festival); Sweeney Todd, The Music Man (Glimmerglass Festival); Show Boat (San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera); Carmen (Virginia Opera) Upcoming: Porgy & Bess (Glimmerglass Festival); Turandot (Virginia Opera)
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MEET THE ARTISTS MEET THE ARTISTS Ron Daniels
Stage Director Madison Opera Debut Recently: Carmen (Michigan Opera Theatre); Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera); La Bohème, Pagliacci, Il Tabarro (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Morning Star (Cincinnati Opera); Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Opera Philadelphia, Apollo Theater - New York); Il Postino, Madama Butterfly (LA Opera) Upcoming: Lucia di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera); Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Lyric Unlimited at Lyric Opera of Chicago); Othello (Shakespeare Theatre-Washington DC)
Scott Zielinski
Lighting Designer Madison Opera Debut Recently: Turandot (Opera Australia); Miss Fortune (Bregenzer Festspiele, Royal Opera House); The Magic Flute (Canadian Opera Company); L’Orfeo (English National Opera); Lucia di Lammermoor (Houston Grand Opera); Trojan Women (National Changgeuk Opera of Korea); Matsukaze (Lincoln Center Festival); La Traviata (Lithuanian National Opera); La Commedia (De Nederlandse Opera); The Bonesetter’s Daughter (San Francisco Opera) Upcoming: Eugene Onegin (Spoleto Festival)
Karen BrownLarimore
Costume Coordinator Madison Opera Debut: The Elixir of Love MO Costume Coordinator since 1997 Recently: Opera for the Young; Madison Ballet; Skylight Music Theater; Madison Savoyards; Northern Skies Theater; UWMadison Opera and Theater; Children’s Theater of Madison; Madison Repertory Theatre
Jennifer Childers Properties Master Madison Opera Debut: The Flying Dutchman MO Properties Master since 2012 Recently: Theatre LILA; Children’s Theater of Madison
Jill Krynicki
Production Stage Manager Madison Opera Debut: Thunder of Horses MO Stage Manager since 2002 Recently: Washington National Opera; New Orleans Opera; Opera Grand Rapids; Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Bard Summerscape; Opera Idaho; Houston Symphony Orchestra
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MEET THE ARTISTS Jan Ross Supernumeraries Wig & Make-up Designer
Martin Bakari Erica Barry Michael Bickel Austin Brooks LaVar Charleston Asiah Doyle Trina Reid Daniel Torres-Rangel Andrew Turner
Madison Opera Debut: La Bohème MO Wig & Make-up Designer since 1992 Recently: Indianapolis Opera; Four Seasons Theatre; Children’s Theater of Madison; UW-Madison Band Show; Broadway at Overture
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These are some of the reasons our friends say they give to us: • I give because I am proud of our city and Madison Opera helps makes Madison special. • I give because a thriving arts community in Madison attracts educated, committed people to live here. • I give because opera moves us and can change how we think about the world. • I give because Madison Opera shares its beautiful art form with many in our community. The Student Matinees have introduced thousands of young people to opera, and the engagement programs involve the entire community. • I give because I know my money will be used wisely. Madison Opera is a lean, fiscally responsible operation.
Please consider making a gift to support everything that Madison Opera does, enabling us to share this incredible art form with our region. Donations may be made at madisonopera.org, by mail, or simply call 608.238.8085.
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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 January 30, 2016 and January 30, 2017. Thank you for your support!
GRAND CIRCLE ($25,000 +) An Anonymous Friend Richard B. Anderson Family Foundation Martin & Kay Barrett Berbeewalsh Foundation/ Karen Walsh & James Berbee CUNA Mutual Group
Full Compass Systems/ Susan & Jonathan Lipp J. Marshall and Millie Osborn John & Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation Inc. Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation The Wallach Foundation / Toby Wallach
STANKE PLATINUM CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) Bert & Diane Adams Carla & Fernando Alvarado Charles F. & Mary P. Anderson BMO Harris Bank Bea & Lau Christensen David Flanders & Susan Ecroyd W. Jerome Frautschi Stephen Hurley Johnson Bank A. Paul Jones Charitable Trust / Marlee Jones Fran Klos Irving & Dorothy Levy Family Foundation
Marvin Levy Sally & Mike Miley National Endowment for the Arts Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation Irving Shain Ann Stanke Fund for Madison Opera Thomas E. Terry Thompson Investment Management University Research Park Helen L. Wineke Wisconsin Arts Board
JOHNSON GOLD CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999) An Anonymous Friend Helen Baldwin Colony Brands, Inc. E. David Cronon Trust / Jean Cronon Dane Arts Evjue Foundation Walter A. & Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde Estate of Miriam Kerndt
Chun C. Lin Patricia & Stephen Lucas Madison Community Foundation MGE Foundation Nancy Mohs Stephen D. Morton Charles Snowdon & Ann Lindsey Starion Bank Steinhauer Charitable Trust Carl & Sharyn Stumpf Nick & Judith Topitzes
SILVER CIRCLE ($2,500 - $4,999) The Alexander Company Martha & Charles Casey Kathy Condit Kathryn Elwers Fund for the Student Matinee John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Irving Handelsman Paul & Aileen Jensen National Guardian Life Insurance
Cyrena & Lee Pondrom Rajesh Rajaraman & Deepika Rajesh Nancy & Roger Rathke Jim & Carol Ruhly Henry Siegel J. Ashley Taylor Wisconsin Bank and Trust Dale & Al Wortley Madison Opera • 22
ANNUAL FUND FUND DONORS ANNUAL DONORS BRONZE CIRCLE ($1,250 - $2,499) Craig Argall Marian & John Bolz Patricia Brady & Robert Smith Phil & Melinda Certain Stephen & Shirley Crocker Peyton Engel & Maureen Hart John Erickson & Annabelle Lee Elizabeth Evanson Werner & Jean Frank Tyrone & Janet Greive Edward & Betty Hasselkus Curtis & Dawn Hastings Brandon Hayes John Henderson & Pamela Ploetz R. Roth & Lynne Judd Bill & Fern Lawrence John Lemke & Pamela Oliver Peter & Jill Lundberg
Madison Arts Commission Renate Madsen Connie E. Maxwell Michael & Clare McArdle Sonja & Paul Micksch Drs. Nicholas & Elaine Mischler Charles & Mary Mueller Rick & Gail Nordheim Georgia Shambes Kathryn Smith James & Jean Spilburg Pat & Deb Turski Burton & Georgia Wagner Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation, Inc. Frances Weinstein Urban Wemmerlรถv & Mary Beth Schmalz Ellen White & Eric Sutter
BENEFACTOR ($500 - $1,249) Janneke & Richard Baske Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith Lawrence Bechler Hugh & Joyce Bell Klaus & Doris Berghahn Anne W. Bolz Paul & Clio Bushland Dennis & Lynn Christensen David Cloninger & Mary Gillham Leanne Cordisco Dan & Pat Cornwell Kathryn Curtis Ted DeDee Joy & Peter Dohr Marilyn & James Ebben Royle Eenigenburg Charles Ford & Sharon James Linda Garrity Emy Gartzke Gina Gialamas Kevin Gould & Nancy Baillies Jon & Kaaren Guenther
Terry L. Haller Marc & Alice Hansen Susan Harris Forrest Hartmann Deborah Hoffman & Mark Hazelbaker Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Dave & Jean Johnsen Rosemary Johnson Sue & Norm Johnson Connie Kinsella & Marc Eisen Herb Kohl Philanthropies Jennifer & James Lattis Richard & Joan Leffler Patricia McQuiddy Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg Marilyn T. Oberst Joan Daniels Pedro Kato Perlman Reynold V. Peterson Darren & Therese Powers John & Irene Ronzia Jan & Bob Ross
Eric & Meg Rothstein Barbara Ryder Dean & Orange Schroeder Charles & Anne Scott Joseph & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner Wendy Moore Skinner & James Skinner Elliott & Norma Sober Phillip & Jane Stark Maryann Sumi & Carl Sinderbrand Julie Swedarsky Jane Taves John & Lisa Unertl Daniel & Selma Van Eyck Virginia Ward William J. Wartmann Kenneth West & Lisa Vogel West David Westring George Willett Susan Zaeske & Margo Baxter
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ANNUAL FUND DONORS ENTHUSIAST ($250 - $499) An Anonymous Friend Niles & Linda Berman Inge & Francis Bretherton Thomas Buchhauser & John Ely Robert & Paula Dinndorf John & Deidre Dunn Charles & Bonnie Dykman Dr. Edward & Rosanne Ehrlich Joseph & Joann Elder Michael & Anne Faulhaber Mary Gallagher Rosalee Gander
John & Fanny Garver Ei Terasawa-Grilley Seth Harrop Martha & Marty Haslanger James & Kathleen Herman Lee & Rosemary Jones Jill & Andrew Jung Maureen Kind Noël Marie & Steven Klapper Karen J. & David Kretschmann William F. Long Dave & Joan Martin Jim & Pat Moore David Myers
Anonymous Friends (4) Julius & Hilde Adler Patrick & Kay Ahern Tom Akagi Roger & Jennifer Anderson Leon & Rita Applebaum Jennell & Mark Ballering Douglas Batty Ellis & Sue Bauman Les & Jacqueline Beecher Lynn Bennett Virginia Bessert Annette Beyer-Mears Frances Bicknell Gurdip & Dorothy Brar Caryl F. Bremer Waltraud Brinkmann Daniel & Joyce Bromley Martin Broyles Thomas & Joyce Bruckner James & Charlotte Burns John Buscemi & Donald Hilton Ann Campbell Charlotte Carey James Carlson Evonna Cheetham Mark & Janice Cis Bernard & Toby Cohen Lawrence & Rebecca Cohen
Honner & Bob Cooper Janet M. Cooper Louis Cornelius & Priscilla Boroniec Edward & Victoria Cothroll Jane Coyne John Daane Michael & Mary Ann Damm Cheryl Furstace Daniels Andrew & Beverly Davison James & Edith Davison John DeLamater & Janet Hyde Warren & Diane Dettman Lavonne Dettmers Richard Dexter Claire Dick Patricia & Michael Doherty Rosemary M. Dorney Alexandra & William Dove Richard & Doris Dubielzig Gretchen Edwards Jeannie Ehrmann Susan Eichhorn Kevin & Jill Eliceiri John Englesby Phyllis Ermer Gregory Everts & Carla McDonald
Amy & Jerry Nickles Leonard Nosal & Gretchen Macht Daniel O’Brien Ian O’Donnell & Robert Rosenbluth Julie A. Ottum & David Runstrom Betty Pope Michael Quieto Don & Carol Reeder David & Marilyn Rice Eric & Amy Rottier James Samsal Reeves Smith Louise & Florian Smoczynski SRI Design, Inc./ Jun and Sandra Lee
Elaine M. Staley Dawn Stucki Millard & Barbara Susman Jean Taffs John and Carol Toussaint Bill & Barbara Vogelsang Ann Wallace Ellis & Catharine Waller Mona Wasow & Richard Brualdi Frank & Mariana Weinhold Richard & Katie Yde
PARTNERS (UP TO $249) David Falk & Joanne Robbins Janet Faulhaber Mary Ann Fix Virginia Francis John & Signe Frank Joan Fudala & Richard Dike James & Barbara Furstenberg Raymond & Dorothy Lovrine Garcia Mary Gargano & Kate Sanford Peter Gascoyne & Claudia English Megan Gier Rob Gillie Daniel Golden & Rebecca Carlson Michael G. Goldsberry Robert & Linda Graebner Carl & Nancy Graf Herbert & Virginia Graff Lori Grapentine & John Benton Alice & Bruce Green Henry & Magdalene Hagedorn Harry & Lynn Halme Kathleen Harker Arlene P. Hart
Paul & Jacqueline Hass Dawnene Hassett Cheryl Heiliger Phyllis Helmer A. Henry & Cornelia Gordon Hempe Walter & Barbara Herrod Diane Highsmith Helen & Thomas Hill Leslie & Susan Hoffman Bruce Hoffmann Eric Holm William & Kathryn Hoyt Allan & Isabel Hubbard Hickory Hurie Linda & Jeffrey Huttenburg Carollyne Hutter John & Lorie Hylkema Margaret & Paul Irwin Catherine & Mark Isenberg Sarah Jamison Juris Jaunkalnietis Vince Jenkins & Stefanie Moritz Mary Johnson Joan Johnston Sally Kelling Martin & Mary Kienitz Tom & Judi Kinney Susan Kittleson Madison Opera • 24
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.
Encore Society Members Anonymous Friend (3) Carla and Fernando Alvarado Craig Argall Helen Baldwin Martin and Kay Barrett Martha and Charles Casey George and Ann Croal Jean Cronon John and Barbara DeMain Robert and Paula Dinndorf Marilyn and James Ebben Kennedy Gilchrist and Heidi Wilde Fran Klos
Thomas Kuczmarski Bobbie Kunin Peter and Jill Lundberg Sally and Mike Miley Nancy and Roger Rathke Jan and Bob Ross Charles Snowdon and Ann Lindsey Gamber Tegtmeyer Thomas E. Terry Nick and Judith Topitzes Terry and Jan Von Haden Helen L. Wineke
When Sister Helen Prejean visited Madison to attend Madison Opera’s production of Dead Man Walking, she spoke about the power of art to change hearts and minds. Her words continue to resonate with us. We support Madison Opera because we believe in the importance of this incredible art form in illuminating human affairs today and in the future. We want to ensure that our grandchildren’s lives will be enriched by opera as ours have been. Sally and Mike Miley, Madison, WI 25 • Madison Opera
ANNUAL FUND DONORS Larry Kneeland Ivan & Miki Knezevic Philip Koenig Ann Kohl-Re Gary Koppelberger James Krikelas Edward & Moria Krueger Charles Kulp & Marie Duquette David & Hilda Kuter Jeri Lambert Alexander Langkau Harlan & Daun Larson Constance Lavine & Fred Holtzman David Lawver Thomas & Yvonne Lee Mil Lieberthal Helen C. Lodge Joan Lundin Mary & Eileen Maher Clare Manion Bruce & Ruth Marion Donald Mash Karen Matteoni Diane Mayerfeld Corinne Mayland Terrence & Barbara McCormick Kevin McKown & Nancy Fuller Fred & Judy Middleton Gary Miller Linda Miller Linda Mintener & Robert Jones Terry & Arthur Moen Kenneth Mohr Merle & Paula Moore William Morgan Sara & Gary Moses Nancy Motisi Karen Muench Pasupati & Mina Mukerjee
Tess Mulrooney Lynn H. Najem Russell & Delores Nelson Jolen Neumann Casey & Eric Oelkers Vince & Linda Baldwin O’Hern Martha Olsen & Robert Nolan Norman & Darlene Olson Constance Palmer & Chuck Smalley David R. Paolone, M.D. Kathleen Park Marion Paton Greggar & Joan Petersen Roger & Linda Pettersen Virginia Pickerell Judy & Daniel Pierotti Evan & Jane Pizer Julie Plass-Smith & Robert Smith Carol & Nicholas Pollis Stephen Pudloski & Elizabeth Ament Joan Raducha Arthur & Ursula Rathburn Renee Ravetta Nancy & Daniel Rebholz Lori R. Reeths Kurt Riegel & Jocelyn DeWitt Joan & Kenneth Riggs John Rinehart & Barbara Conley Matthew & Kara Ripley Marge & Jules Rosenthal Ellen Rosner & Barry Perkel Richard & Lois Rossmiller Michael Rothschild Mark Saltzman & Diane Kravetz Barb & Don Sanford
Ann Sauthoff Margaret Swain Nora Cate Schaeffer Bob & Jeanne Tabachnick Don & Joanne Schalch Rayla Temin Msgr. Charles Schluter Kathleen Tessmer Willa Schmidt Mary Ann Test Edward & Lynn Schten Gerald & Priscilla Thain Alvin Schubert Elizabeth Theisen S. Clare Schulz Betty Thomas Joseph Screnock Lizabeth & Daniel Tolles Natalie & Peter Senecal Roxana & Alex Tomovici Daniel & Gail Shea Robert Toomey Edwin & Ruth Sheldon Geraldine Torti Yoram & Lucyna Shenker Judith Utevsky Lawrence & Linda Andree & John Valley Shriberg Joseph Varga Mark Shults & Edward & Jan Vidruk Nancy Vedder-Shults Michael & Sarah Jane Karen Sielaff Voichick Nan Sievert Mickey & Judith Glen & Marie Siferd VonBergen Richard & Cheryl Liz Vowles Silvestrini Greg Wagner Laura J. Simon Gordon Walker Blanche Singer Janine & John Wardale Teresa Sizer & Mark Miller Larry Warman Neil Skinner Anita Waterbury Lise Skofronick Julie Weiskircher Dan & Marcia Smith Joyce Wells Everett & Tricia Smith Faye Whitaker Marilyn Smith Thomas Whitemarsh Randy Smith & Ernst & Connie Sharon Metcalf Wiegeshaus Robert & Suzanne Smith Derrith Wieman Ronald & Chris Sorkness Joan E. Wiersma Jennifer Stark Elyn Williams Kurt & Margaret Stege Sally Wilmeth Crescentia Stegner-Freitag Donna & Scott Wilson Scott Stephen Bill & Jacqueline Wineke Kyle & Dawn Stiegert Curtis Wittwer Rochelle Stillman Nancy Woods Mikhail Stolyarov & William Zarwell & Irina Shpigelman Robin Chapman Elaine Strassburg Judith Zvara Arlene & John Strikwerda
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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...............................................................................................Michael Hoke 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.....................................................................................................................Joyce Hirsch* Vice President.................................................................................................................Maryann Sumi* Treasurer................................................................................................................................John Ronzia* Secretary....................................................................................................................Charles Snowdon* Immediate Past President..................................................................................................Sally Miley* Carla J. Alvarado Martin Barrett* Gary Bennett Leanne Cordisco Peyton Engel Brian Haltinner Brandon Hayes Stephen Hurley R. Roth Judd
Connie Kinsella Fran Klos John Lemke Susan Lipp Patti Lucas Pete Lundberg Michael McArdle Connie Maxwell Franck Meunier
Sonja Micksch J. Marshall Osborn* Deepika Rajesh Jim Ruhly Wendy Moore Skinner Sharyn Stumpf J. Ashley Taylor Pat Turski Susan Zaeske *Executive Committee
LIFE TRUSTEES Aileen Jensen
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Kennedy Gilchrist Fern Lawrence
MADISON OPERA FOUNDATION Martin Barrett, Phil Certain President Lau Christensen Marian Bolz Terry Haller
Elaine Staley Karen Walsh Helen Wineke
Connie Maxwell John Ronzia Thomas Terry Madison Opera • 30
Coming soon! By the power of music, we walk cheerfully through the dark night…
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German with English dialogue and projected English translations