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THE PROGRAM / LIGHT ON THE HORIZON Overture to Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito Utah Symphony conducted by Robert Tweten “Son nata a lagrimar” from Handel’s Julius Caesar Dana Beth Miller and Edith Grossman “All is prepared…Stay, Frederic, Stay” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance Julia Gershkoff and Daniel O’Hearn “Sempre libera” from Verdi’s La traviata Abigail Rethwisch with Daniel O’Hearn “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Delilah Dana Beth Miller “Au fond du temple saint” from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers Daniel O’Hearn and Brandon Bell “Voice of my homeland (Czàrdàs)” from Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus Abigail Rethwisch “Then one of us will be a Queen” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers Julia Gershkoff, Edith Grossman, Daniel O’Hearn, and Brandon Bell “Soave sia il vento” from Mozart’s Così fan tutte Abigail Rethwisch, Edith Grossman, and Brandon Bell Intermezzo from Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana Utah Symphony “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Dana Beth Miller Lovers’ Awakening from Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Julia Gershkoff, Edith Grossman, Daniel O’Hearn, and Brandon Bell “No One is Alone” from Sondheim’s Into the Woods Julia Gershkoff, Edith Grossman, Daniel O’Hearn, and Brandon Bell “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel Abigail Rethwisch, Edith Grossman, Daniel O’Hearn, and Brandon Bell

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Abigail Rethwisch Soprano

Soprano Abigail Rethwisch stepped in on a few hours’ notice in March 2017 to sing the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor for the entire run of Utah Opera’s production, thrilling audiences with “her command of bel canto technique and riveting dramatic talent” (Opera News). During the 2019–20 season, Ms. Rethwisch made her Dallas Opera debut singing Papagena and covering Der Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte and returned to Utah Opera in the role of Anna Sørensen in the Pulitzer Prize winning Silent Night. She rejoined the Columbus Symphony as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah, made her Washington Concert Opera debut singing excerpts from Offenbach operas, joined Fort Worth Opera, performing the roles of Drusilla/Valetto in a workshop of Jim Lowe’s arrangement of The Coronation of Poppea, and covered the roles of Musetta in La bohème and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus.

(COVID19) During the 2020–21 season, Ms. Rethwisch was scheduled to sing the soprano solos in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra (canceled due to COVID19). She returns to Utah Opera for this concert of opera excerpts as she was slated to perform the Controller in Flight (COVID19—postponed until 2022) and in the spring of 2021, she joins Columbus Symphony as Violetta for their performance of Act II of La traviata.

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Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “the evening’s biggest find,” and praised by both the New York Times for “wielding a rich, substantial voice, along with a winning stage presence,” and the Boston Globe for having a “voice full of alluringly dark colorings,” Dana Beth Miller is rapidly establishing herself as one of the most promising and exciting contraltos on the stage today. She has been engaged by the leading opera houses around the world including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, English National Opera, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Cincinnati Opera, among many others.

Recent highlights of her career have included Azucena in Il Trovatore, Erda in two complete Ring Cycles, Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, and Dame Quickly in Falstaff with Deutsche Oper Berlin, Adalgisa in Norma with Florida Grand Opera, Dalila in Samson et Dalila with Tulsa Opera, the title role in Massenet’s Hérodiade with Washington Concert Opera, Grimgerde in Die Walküre with the Metropolitan Opera and the Tanglewood Festival, Anna in Les Troyens and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Amneris in a new production of Aïda with the English National Opera.

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COMPANY Daniel O’Hearn is an emerging operatic tenor from Tinley Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He joins the Utah Opera this season as a Resident Artist and was featured in select performances of Gentleman’s Island as Mr. Gray in October 2020.

In June of 2020, he graduated with a master of music performance from DePaul University’s School of Music in Chicago, Illinois, where he studied with tenor, Scott Ramsay. He most recently appeared in the university’s operatic productions of Britten’s arrangement of Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera as Captain Macheath, and Cavalli’s L’Egisto as Egisto.

In addition to his operatic work, Mr. O’Hearn has also performed as a soloist in a number of classical concert works in the Chicagoland area. Recently, he has performed in Handel’s Messiah with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and in a streamed version with the Utah Symphony, and in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the DePaul Community Chorus. Mr. O’Hearn has also competed in several singing competitions, earning an encouragement award at the Metropolitan Opera National Council’s 2019 Central Region Finals, winning the 2020 Utah District MONC auditions, the 2019 American Prize from Oratorio Society of Chicago, and placing first in DePaul University’s School of Music’s 2019 Kleinman Competition.

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COMPANY Julia Gershkoff is an American soprano from little Rhode Island. She is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California, where she received her M.M. in Vocal Arts and Opera while working with Elizabeth Hynes. Due to COVID-19, many of Julia’s engagements were unfortunately canceled, such as; singing Diana/Giove as Diana in La Calisto by Cavalli in the Spring of 2020 at USC, as well as Camila in the planned west coast premiere of Pepito

by Nicolas Lell Benavides. In the Summer of 2020, Julia would have covered Hilda Mack in Elegy for Young Lovers

by Hans Henze at Wolf Trap Opera as a Studio Artist. She attended a shortened version of Wolf Trap Opera where she performed in scenes as Gretel from Hänsel und Gretel, Despina from Così fan tutte, and Ginevra from Ariodante.

Julia Gershkoff Soprano

Roles Julia most recently performed include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at USC, Joan of Arc in The Maid of Orleans at the Russian Opera Workshop, and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Mark Oswald’s Summer Program. She sang her first operatic role as Servilia in La clemenza di Tito at Ithaca College, where she received her B.M. in Vocal Performance while working with Marc Webster.

Julia is thrilled to join Utah Opera as a Resident Artist for the 2020-21 season. She was a featured soloist in a streamed Messiah with the Utah Symphony in December 2020.

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COMPANY Opera, operetta, musical theater; mezzo-soprano Edith Grossman does it all. She joins the Utah Opera this season as a Resident Artist and was featured in select performances of The Human Voice in October 2020 and a streamed Messiah with the Utah Symphony in December 2020. Before joining Utah Opera, she created the role of Rachel in the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s If I Were You with the Merola Opera Program. In Merola’s Grand Finale, she shined as Hélène in an excerpt from La belle Hélène at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. Her opera experiences include Falstaff (Meg) with Crested Butte Music Festival, La Cenerentola (Tisbe) with Merola Opera Company, Le nozze di Figaro (Cover: Marcellina) with Opera Saratoga, Suor Angelica (The Abbess/Monitor) and the world premiere performance of In a Mirror, Darkly (Elaine) both with the Crane Opera Ensemble. With an expertise in the annals of classical musical theatre, her roles have ranged from Eliza Doolittle to Julie Jordan. Edith is equally adept at contemporary material, including Cats (Grizabella) and most recently, Ordinary Days (Claire). Edith is a graduate of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam with a B.M. in Vocal Performance.

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COMPANY Brandon Bell is a baritone hailing from Suffolk, Virginia.

Mr. Bell returns to Utah Opera as a Resident Artist for the 2020–21 season. He most recently appeared with Utah Opera as Montague Somers in Gentleman’s Island, the British Major in Silent Night, and Dr. Grenvil in La traviata.

He was a featured soloist in a streamed Messiah with the Utah Symphony in December 2020.

Brandon Bell Baritone

Mr. Bell anticipates numerous exciting engagements throughout Summer 2021, including performances an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera. There, Mr. Bell will be covering the role of Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers, as well as singing the roles of General Arlie and the Bartender. Mr. Bell is similarly thrilled to be an upcoming Vocal Fellow at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute in their Program for Singers. These engagements were both postponed from their 2020 seasons, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Additional recent engagements also include Mr. Bell’s portrayal of Terry in West Edge Opera’s production of Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves, and his role and house debut as the Corporal in La fille du régiment, as a Festival Artist with Opera Saratoga. Mr. Bell is also a proud alumnus of the Wolf Trap Opera and Chautauqua Opera studio artist programs, and has appeared as a guest soloist with the California and Oakland Symphonies.

Mr. Bell is a 2020 Encouragement Award recipient from the Utah District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and has received similar awards and recognition from the Mondavi Center Young Artist Competition, the Orpheus National Music Competition for Vocalists, and the East Bay Opera League Young Artist Competition.

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ARTISTIC STAFF Julie Wright-Costa enjoys a rich and varied career that includes opera, musical theatre, oratorio, recital, and concert works. Her warm and flexible voice and dramatic acting skills account for her enthusiastic reception wherever she performs. As one of Ohio Light Opera’s leading sopranos for sixteen seasons, Ms. Wright-Costa is regarded as one of the country’s outstanding interpreters of operetta. In addition to her role as performer, she serves as Associate Artistic Director with The Ohio Light Opera.

Julie Wright-Costa Stage Director

Ms. Wright-Costa marked her directorial debut with The Ohio Light Opera in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited in 2000, followed by many other works in the light opera canon. Serving as Acting Artistic Director with The Ohio Light Opera in 2019, she directed Rodgers and Hammerstein timeless classic The Sound of Music, Sullivan’s Princess Ida and Kálmán’s The Duchess of Chicago. She has been invited to stage direct a series of one act operas with the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York; works included Poulenc’s La voix humaine, Hindemith’s Hin und zurück and David Liptak’s The Moon Singer. Ms. Wright-Costa is extremely pleased to have served as the stage director for The University of Utah’s Lyric Opera Ensemble in a spirited production of Richard Traubner’s new english version of Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach and most recently for Opera Southwest›s production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow. In April of 2008, Ms. Wright-Costa took on the dual role of stage director and Katisha for Nevada Opera’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado.

Ms. Wright-Costa resides in Salt Lake City with her husband, composer, John Costa.

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ARTISTIC STAFF Described by Opera News as conducting “brilliantly” with an “unerring sense of balance, blend, and drama,” Robert Tweten has conducted extensively throughout North America, and this performance of Light on the Horizon marks his fourteenth collaboration with Utah Opera. Other companies Tweten has performed with include Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vancouver Opera, Calgary Opera, Sarasota Opera, Dayton Opera, Tulsa Opera, Kentucky Opera and Austin Lyric Opera. Recent highlights include Silent Night (Utah Opera), Rigoletto (Calgary Opera), Turandot (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Faust (Opera San Antonio), and performances of The Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.

Robert Tweten Conductor

Equally at home as a pianist, Robert has performed with many of the industry’s most prominent singers and instrumentalists, including Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Joshua Hopkins, Elizabeth Futral, Catherine Malfitano, Rod Gilfry, Suzanne Mentzer, Joyce Di Donato and Rachel Barton Pine, in venues such as Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Salzburg Festival.

Maestro Tweten currently holds positions of Head of Music Staff for The Santa Fe Opera, as well as Music Director of Graduate Opera Studies for the New England Conservatory of Music.

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Michaella Calzaretta is in her fourth season as Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor at Utah Opera. Under her leadership, the opera chorus has garnered more and more recognition with each production. Of her work in Moby-Dick, Opera Today extolled her “superb choral preparation. Her large chorus was flawless in tonal beauty, dramatic engagement, and clarity of diction, even when performing busy stage movement.” In a review of Roméo et Juliette, Opera News praised “the strong performance of the Utah Opera Chorus, setting a reliably high standard under the direction of Chorus Master Michaella Calzaretta.”

Partnership with the Utah Symphony has also been successful, as the opera chorus performed in a semistaged presentation of Candide and provided vocals for live film concerts of Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and for a streamed Messiah in December 2020.

This past October, Ms. Calzaretta made her mainstage conducting debut with select performances of The Human Voice and Gentleman’s Island. Ms. Calzaretta is completing a Doctorate in Choral Conducting at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where she studied with Walter Huff, Betsy Burleigh, and Dominick DiOrio. She was the Music Director for the University Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Bloomington, as well as the Music Director for New Voices Opera, a student-run organization that commissions and produces operas by student composers. Ms. Calzaretta holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Simpson College and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri- Kansas City.

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Beethoven Circle (gifts valued at more than $100,000) Anonymous (3) Doyle Arnold & Anne Glarner Edward R. Ashwood & Candice A. Johnson Dr. J. Richard Baringer Haven J. Barlow Marcy & Mark Casp Shelly Coburn Raymond & Diana Compton Anne C. Ewers

Mahler Circle

Anonymous (3) Eva-Maria Adolphi Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne Harding Burgoyne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Coombs Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green Robert & Carolee Harmon Richard G. & Shauna† Horne Virginia A. Hughes Ms. Marilyn Lindsay† Turid V. Lipman

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Flemming & Lana Jensen James Read Lether Daniel & Noemi P. Mattis Anthony & Carol W. Middleton, Jr., M.D. Robert & Diane Miner Glenn Prestwich Kenneth A.† & Jeraldine S. Randall Mr.† & Mrs. Alvin Richer

Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols Sharon & David† Richards Harris H. & Amanda P. Simmons E. Jeffery & Joyce Smith G.B. & B.F. Stringfellow Norman† & Barbara† Tanner Mr. & Mrs. M. Walker Wallace

Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey Dianne May Jerry & Marcia McClain Jim & Andrea Naccarato Stephen H. & Mary Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Scott Parker Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Pazzi Richard Q. Perry Chase† & Grethe Peterson Glenn H. & Karen F. Peterson Thomas A. & Sally† Quinn

Dan & June Ragan Mr. Grant Schettler Glenda & Robert† Shrader Mr. Robert C. Steiner & Dr. Jacquelyn Erbin† JoLynda Stillman Joann Svikhart Frederic & Marilyn† Wagner Jack R. & Mary Lois† Wheatley Edward J. & Marelynn Zipser

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INDIVIDUAL DONORS We thank our generous donors for their annual support of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera.

This list includes donations received from January 28, 2020–January 28, 2021. * in-kind donation

** in-kind & cash donations

† deceased

ENCORE ($100,000 OR MORE) Anonymous Alex & Debbie Dunn

Kem & Carolyn Gardner Anthony & Renee Marlon

William & Joanne Shiebler Jacquelyn Wentz

BRAVO ($50,000 TO $99,999) Scott & Kathie Amann Harris H. & Amanda Simmons

Elizabeth Solomon Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate

Jim & Zibby Tozer Jack Wheatley

OVERTURE ($25,000 TO $49,999) Doyle Arnold & Anne Glarner Judy Brady & Drew W. Browning John & Flora D’Arcy Kristen Fletcher & Dan McPhun

Brian & Detgen Greeff Susan & Tom Hodgson Tom & Lorie Jacobson Edward Moreton Fred & Lucy Moreton Mark & Dianne Prothro

Alice & Frank Puleo Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols George & Tamie† Speciale John & Jean Yablonski Edward & Marelynn Zipser

MAESTRO ($10,000 TO $24,999) Anonymous Austin Bankhead Thomas Billings & Judge Judith Billings Berenice J. Bradshaw Trust Judy & Larry Brownstein Howard & Betty Clark Larry Clemmensen Marian Davis & David Parker Kathleen Digre & Michael Varner Pat & Sherry Duncan Elaine Ellis & Henry Wurts

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John & Joan Firmage Doug & Connie Hayes G. Frank & Pamela Joklik Christopher & Erlynn Lansing Tom & Jamie Love Ms. Dorothy McBride Mr. & Mrs. Charles McEvoy Carol & Anthony W. Middleton, Jr., M.D. Terrell & Leah Nagata James & Ann Neal Leslie Peterson & Kevin Higgins Stephen & Cydney Quinn

David & Shari Quinney Dr. Wallace H. Ring Albert J. Roberts IV Richard & Carmen Rogers Sandefur Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. G. B. Stringfellow Steve & Betty Suellentrop James R. & Susan Swartz Jonathan & Anne Symonds Norman C.† & Barbara L. Tanner † Tim & Judy Terrell Dr. Rasmus Wegner

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INDIVIDUAL DONORS ALLEGRO ($5,000 TO $9,999) Anonymous (5) Craig & Joanna Adamson Alan, Carol, & Annie Agle A. Scott & Jesselie Anderson Dr. J.R. Baringer & Dr. Jeannette J. Townsend Dr. & Mrs. Clisto Beaty Mark & Marcy Casp John Clukey Marc & Kathryn Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Cutler David Dee Fine Arts Willard & Julia Dere Spencer & Cleone† Eccles Mrs. Sarah Ehrlich Janet Ellison Midge Farkas Thomas & Lynn Fey Robert & Elisha Finney Matthew & Wen Flatt Nash Foster Diana George Jeffrey L. Giese, M.D. & Mary

E. Giese David & SandyLee Griswold** Ray & Howard Grossman Chuck & Kathie Horman The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish & Mr. Frederick Quinn Margo & Ken Jacobs Mary P.† & Jerald H. Jacobs Family M. Craig & Rebecca Johns Donald L. & Alice A. Lappe Gary & Suzanne Larsen Daniel & Deena Lofgren Beatrice Lufkin Nick Markosian Christopher & Julie McBeth Hallie & Ted McFetridge Karen & Mike McMenomy Michal & Maureen Mekjian O. Don & Barbara Ostler Dr. Thomas Parks & Dr. Patricia Legant

Dr. Dinesh & Kalpana Patel Patricia Dougall Eager Trust Frank R. Pignanelli & D'Arcy Dixon Brooks & Lenna Quinn Dr. & Mrs.† Marvin L. Rallison Joyce Rice James & Gail Riepe Dr. Kenneth Roach & Cindy Powell Ted & Lori Samuels Peggy & Ben Schapiro Barbara & Paul Schwartz Gerald† & Sharon Seiner Dewelynn & J. Ryan† Selberg Gibbs† & Catherine W. Smith Dr. & Mrs. Charles W. Sorenson, Jr. Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Janice K. Story Thomas & Marilyn Sutton Douglas & Rebecca Wood Kathie & Hugh Zumbro

ABRAVANEL & PETERSON SOCIETY ($2,500 TO $4,999) Anonymous (5) James & Christiane Adams Tom & Carolee Baron Jennifer Beckham Dr. Melissa Bentley Bill & Susan Bloomfield Carol, Rete & Celine Browning Mr. & Mrs. Neill Brownstein John & Caryl Brubaker Richard & Suzanne Burbidge Vincent Cannella Brad & Mary Ann Cassell Hal & Cecile Christiansen The Chung Family William J. Coles & Joan L. Coles Debbi & Gary Cook Dr. Thomas D. & Joanne A. Coppin

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Thomas D. Dee III & Dr. Candace Dee Elizabeth deForest Dr. Kent C. DiFiore & Dr. Martha R. Humphrey John D. Doppelheuer & Kirsten A. Hanson John & Leslie Francis Mr. Joseph F. Furlong III Robert & AnnieLewis Garda Joann Geer Larry Gerlach Andrea Golding Sue & Gary Grant Kenneth & Kate Handley Dr. Bradford D. Hare & Dr. Akiko Okifuji Mary Haskins Jeff & Peggy Hatch Dixie S. & Robert P. Huefner

John Edward Henderson Sunny & Wes Howell Michael Huerta & Ann Sowder Annette Jarvis Drs. Randy & Elizabeth Jensen Maxine & Bruce Johnson Dan & Jane Jones Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Kalm Marguerite D. Kaupp Susan Keyes & Jim Sulat Jeanne Kimball Allison Kitching Spencer & Christy Knight Howard & Merele Kosowsky Donald & Susan Lewon Bill Ligety & Cyndi Sharp Herbert† & Helga Lloyd Dennis & Pat Lombardi David & Donna Lyon 33

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ABRAVANEL & PETERSON SOCIETY ($2,500 TO $4,999) CONTINUED Abigail Magrane Steve Mahas Keith & Vicki Maio Brian & Shasha Mann Peter Margulies & Louise Vickerman Kathryn & Jed Marti Daniel & Noemi P. Mattis Tom & Janet McDougal David & Nickie McDowell George & Nancy Melling Dr. Louis A. Moench & Deborah Moench

David Mortensen & RoseMarie Brittner Mahyera Dr. Stephen H. & Mary Nichols Ruth & William Ohlsen Dr. S. Keith & Barbara Petersen Ray Pickup W.E. & Harriet R. Rasmussen Frances Reiser Gregory & Ann Robison James & Anna Romano

Thomas Safran Mark & Loulu Saltzman Margaret P. Sargent James & Janet Schnitz Shirley & Eric Schoenholz Mary & Doug Sinclair Jeffrey Starr Paul Taylor Sal & Denise Torrisi Thomas† & Caroline Tucker Dr. Albert & Yvette Ungricht Susan Warshaw Dan & Amy Wilcox

PATRON ($1,500 TO $2,499) Anonymous (3) Fran Akita Ryan Aller & Natasja Keys Fred & Linda Babcock Donna Birsner C. Kim & Jane Blair Mr. & Mrs. Lee Forrest Carter Po & Beatrice Chang & Family Michael & Beth Chardack Darrell & Sharon Child Kenneth Colen David & Carol Coulter Michael & Sheila Deputy Margarita Donnelly Dr. Paul Dorgan Jack & Marianne Ferraro

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Heidi Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Eric Garen** Kenneth & Amy Goodman Gordon Irving Jill Johnson James R. Jones & Family Carl & Gillean Kjeldsberg Jeffrey & Elizabeth LaMora Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Lake Ms. Susan Loffler Heidi & Edward D. Makowski Joanne Mitchell & Douglas L. Weed Barry & Kathy Mower Dan & Janet Myers Susan & Glenn Rothman Janet Schaap

Mr. August L. Schultz Thomas & Gayle Sherry Sheryl & James Snarr Elana Spitzberg & Avi Markowitz Christine St. Andre & Cliff Hardesty Jeff Tolk & Astrid Tuminez Dr. Ralph & Judith Vander Heide Susan & David† Wagstaff John & Susan Walker Sharon Walkington Frank & Janell Weinstock David & Jerre Winder E. Art Woolston & Connie Jo Hepworth-Woolston

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FRIEND ($1,000 TO $1,499) Anonymous (4) Jim Alexander Ryan Aller Christine A. Allred Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey L. Anderson Pj Aniello Ian Arnold Drs. Crystal & Dustin Armstrong Curtis Atkisson, Jr. David Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Barusch David Bateman Alice & Bill Bierer Kevin Burdette Michael & Frances Carnes Dana Carroll & Jeannine Marlowe Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Carter, Jr. William & Patricia Child Jeremiah Clawson Dorothy B. Cromer James Dashner Alice Edvalson Eric & Shellie Eide Eugene & Charlotte England Sheila & David Gardner

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Tracy & Scott Garmon Ralph & Rose Gochnour Mr. Keith Guernsey John & Ilauna Gurr Emily & Chauncey Hall Dr. Elizabeth Hammond Jonathan Hart Barbara E Higgins Connie C. Holbrook Stephen Irish Bryce & Karen† Johnson Chester & Marilyn Johnson Nicholas Johnson Gary Lambert Guttorm & Claudia Landro Tim & Angela Laros Harrison & Elaine Levy MS. Mary Pat McCurdie MR. Jeffrey McNeal Clifton & Terri McIntosh Warren K†. & Virginia G. McOmber Lex Hemphill & Nancy Melich David B. & Colleen A. Merrill Brad Merrill David Merrill Glenn & Dav Mosby Henriette Mohebbizadeh

Dr. John C. & Karen Nelson Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. O'Brien Lee K. Osborne Dr. Marzia Pasquali & Ms. Nicola Longo Mr.† & Mrs. James Patterson Linda S. Pembroke Rori & Nancy Piggott Arthur & Susan Ralph Gina Rieke Marie Rosol Miguel Rovira Rachel Sabin David & Lois Salisbury Brent & Jan Scharman Dennis & Annabelle Shrieve Stuart & Mary Silloway Barbara Slaymaker Kenneth Uy Barbara Viskochil Brad & Linda Walton Dr. James C. Warenski Rochelle Warner Cindy Williams Margaret & Gary Wirth Marsha & Richard Workman Paul Wright

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ENDOWMENT DONORS TO UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA ENDOWMENT Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is grateful to those donors who have made commitments to our Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is a vital resource that helps the long-term well-being & stability of USUO, & through its annual earnings, supports our Annual Fund.

For further information, please contact 801-869-9015.

Gael Benson Edward Ashwood & Candice Johnson Estate of Alexander Bodi The Elizabeth Brown Dee Fund for Music in the Schools Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation Thomas & Candace Dee

Hearst Foundation Roger & Susan Horn The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish & Frederick Quinn Edward & Barbara† Moreton Estate of Pauline C. Pace Perkins-Prothro Foundation

Kenneth† & Jerrie Randall The Evelyn Rosenblatt Young Artist Award Bill & Joanne Shiebler James R. & Susan Swartz Norman C. Tanner & Barbara L. Tanner Trust O.C. Tanner Company M. Walker & Sue Wallace

GIFTS MADE IN HONOR Jan Bennett Marie Nelson Bennett Neill & Linda Brownstein Adrienne Coombs Anne & Ashby Decker Peggy Chase Dreyfous Paula Fowler

Kem Gardner Burton & Elaine Gordon Barbara Scowcroft & Ralph Matson Mary Muir Mrs. Barbara Nellestein Matthew & Maria Proser Pat Richards

Jim & Gail Riepe Joanne & Bill Shiebler Grant Gill Smith Dale Strobel Whittney Thomas Jim & Zibby Tozer J. Brian Whitesides

GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY Dennis Austin Jay T. Ball Dawn Ann Bailey Donald Basinger Betty Bristow Robert H. Burgoyne, M.D. Doris Macfarlane Corry Kathie Dalton Dr. James Drake Robert Ehrlich William K. Evans Jr. Leah Burrows Felt Loraine L. Felton Crawford Gates 36

Lowell P. Hicks Jamila Janata Dr. Gary B. Kitching M.D. Harry Lakin Andrea Lane Julia Lawrence Frank & Maxine McIntyre Warren K. (Sandy) McOmber Clyde Dennis Meadows Dr. Richard George Middleton Mary Muir Mary E. Nelson Jack Newton

Richard Perkins Glade & Mardean Peterson Rhoda Ramsey Richard Reiser Norman B. Ross Shirley Corbett Russell J. Ryan Selberg Venice Shields Ann O'Neill Shigeoka, M.D. Phillis "Philly" Sims Robert C. Sloan Dorotha Smart Barbara Tanner Maxine Winn

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INSTITUTIONAL DONORS We thank our generous donors for their annual support of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera.

This list includes donations received from January 28, 2020 to January 28, 2021.

USUO’s 2020–21 season is funded in part by the CARES Act and the Utah State Legislature through Utah Arts & Museums. * in-kind donation

** in-kind & cash donation

$100,000 OR MORE Alternative Visions Fund Crocker Catalyst Fund The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation Emma Eccles Jones Foundation LOVE Communications** Larry H. Miller Family Foundation O.C. Tanner Company Salt Lake County / Zoo, Arts, & Parks Program

Shiebler Family Foundation Sorenson Legacy Foundation State of Utah Utah Board of Education (Professional Outreach Programs in the Schools) William Randolph Hearst Foundation Zions Bank

Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation League of American Orchestras

Summit County Restaurant Tax / RAP Tax John & Marcia Price Foundation

Moreton Family Foundation Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish Foundation Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation

JoAnne L. Shrontz Family Foundation Simmons Family Foundation Utah Education Network Utah Symphony Guild

$50,000 TO $99,999 Anonymous Dominion Energy Janet Q. Lawson Foundation

$25,000 TO $49,999 Arnold Machinery Brent & Bonnie Jean Beesley Foundation Cache Valley Electric C. Comstock Clayton Foundation Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC JKS Legacy Foundation McCarthey Family Foundation

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INSTITUTIONAL DONORS $10,000 TO $24,999 Anonymous HJ & BR Barlow Foundation B.W. Bastian Foundation BMW of Murray R. Harold Burton Foundation Marie Eccles Caine FoundationRussell Family Cultural Vision Fund

Matthew B. Ellis Foundation Grandeur Peak Global Advisors Governor’s Office of Economic Development Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Promontory Foundation Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah

The Joseph & Evelyn Rosenblatt Charitable Fund Salt Lake City Arts Council Summit Sotheby's The Swartz Foundation Utah Office of Tourism W. Mack & Julia S. Watkins Foundation The Christian V. & Lisa D. Young Family Foundation

Holland & Hart Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc. M Lazy M Foundation Onstage Ogden Orem City CARE Tax Park City Community Foundation Raymond James & Associates Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Rodney H. & Carolyn Hansen Brady Charitable Foundation Rotary Club of Salt Lake Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation Victor Herbert Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Utah Autism Foundation

$1,000 TO $9,999 Anonymous Altabank Bertin Family Foundation Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association City Creek Center Corning Incorporated Foundation CBRE The Val A. Green & Edith D. Green Foundation

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SYMPHONY OPERATIONS Cassandra Dozet

PATRON SERVICES Faith Myers

David Green

Melissa Robison

Merry Magee

President & CEO

Director of Orchestra Operations

Senior Vice President & COO

Julie McBeth

Program Publication & Front of House Director

Collette Cook

Production & Stage Manager

Executive Assistant to the CEO Executive Assistant to the Sr. VP and COO & Office Manager

OPERA ARTISTIC Christopher McBeth Opera Artistic Director

Chip Dance Kate Henry

Operations Manager

Jeff F. Herbig

Properties Manager & Assistant Stage Manager

Lyndsay Keith

Carol Anderson

Artist Logistics Coordinator

Principal Coach

Robyne Anderson

Michelle Peterson

2nd Assistant Stage Manager

Director of Production Opera Chorus Master

DEVELOPMENT Leslie Peterson

OPERA TECHNICAL Jared Porter

Jessica Proctor

Michaella Calzaretta

Vice President of Development

Director of Patron Engagement Marketing Manager - Patron Loyalty

Mara Lefler

Sales Manager

Andrew J. Wilson

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Hallie Wilmes

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Genevieve Gannon

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Jenna O’Dell Sarah Pehrson Powell Smith Sales Associates

Nicholas Barker Lorraine Fry Ellen Lewis Naomi Newton Ian Painter Talia Ricci Ananda Spike

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Scenic Charge Artist

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Nikki Orlando

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Ellesse Hargreaves

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Tiffany Lent

Cutter/Draper

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Donna Thomas

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Renée Huang

EDUCATION Paula Fowler

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Kathleen Sykes

Kyleene Johnson

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Robert Bedont

Associate Conductor & Principal Conductor of the Deer Valley® Music Festival

Nina Starling

Milliner & Craftsperson

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SYMPHONY ARTISTIC Thierry Fischer Anthony Tolokan

Conner Gray Covington

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Director of Education & Community Outreach Symphony Education Manager

Annie Jones

Symphony Education Assistant

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Symphony Chorus Director

Walt Zeschin

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