Although Camila, a new kind of heroine, is caught up in a reckless intrigue, her inherent ingenuity coupled with an undeterred volition allows for her escape.
The residual that clings to the tainted skirts of a fallen woman, discredits her honor in the eyes of him to whom by his pleadings is given.
Las añadiduras que trae consigo la maldad de la mujer mala, hacen perder de ella su honra con el mismo a quien se entrega rogada.
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Based upon the novel Thaïs by Anatole France
During the period between the death of Georges Bizet in 1875 and the premiere of Claude Debussy’s revolutionary Pelléas et Melisande in 1902, Jules Massenet was the most esteemed composer of French opera. He remains one of the most popular, and from our modern vantage point, it’s easy to think that he was predestined to fulfill that role in music history. But his path to success was far from assured: Born in 1842, he was the last of twelve children, and though his family was solidly bourgeois, the business operated by his father—a foundry—failed.
Fortunately, Jules’s mother was an accomplished musician and gave piano lessons to supplement her household’s income. With young Jules among her pupils, his talents were quickly evident, and he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory at age 11. By then he was already so determined to find a vocation in music that when his family relocated from Paris the following year, he ran away from home to get back there; thanks to an aunt who intercepted him by chance at the railway station in Lyon, he was able to return to his studies at the Conservatory. There his instructors included two of the most illustrious French opera composers of the day, Ambroise Thomas and Charles Gounod.
Like many of France’s leading composers (including Bizet just six years earlier),
Massenet won the Prix du Rome as a new Conservatory graduate. The award, France’s highest honor for young composers, provided a two-year stipend for travel and study, and was specifically intended to nurture future star-quality composers. But his early works for the lyric stage—operas such as La grand’tante, La coupe du roi du Thulé, Esmeralda (based on Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of NotreDame), and Manfred (based on Byron’s narrative poem), were less than impressive. Arguably, Massenet’s period of operatic greatness began in 1884, when he was in his early forties, with Manon—although in recent years, the 1881 Herodiade has earned renewed appreciation.
Thaïs, too, has won reconsideration lately. It fell into obscurity after Massenet’s lifetime, in part because the prodigious title role is so difficult to cast, and in part because a casual production can come off as a kitschy costume drama. New York’s Metropolitan Opera mounted it in 1978 as a vehicle for Beverly Sills, and again thirty years later for Renée Fleming. Even then, New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini asserted that “The only reason to produce this ultimate star vehicle today is that a company has a genuine star who wants to sing it.”
Many of Massenet’s contemporaries—and many of ours—would disagree. Massenet’s source for his opera, the Anatole France novel Thaïs (1890), is far from naïve;
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it is a blistering parable of religious hypocrisy. (In fact, France won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1921.) Massenet’s adaptation presents us with a compellingly stageworthy study of two strong, complex individuals who are destined to shape each other’s fate. Each is on a spiritual journey, but they are headed in opposite directions, and Thaïs’s redemption ultimately becomes the monk Athanaël’s undoing. The opera is replete with Massenet’s long, flowing melodic lines, often with his characteristic 9/8 and 12/8 time signatures.
We find the forebears of the courtesan Thaïs throughout literature as “convertites,” prostitutes who undergo religious conversion and withdraw into a “house of convertites,” finishing their lives in seclusion and extreme piety. We meet Thaïs in fourth-century Alexandria at the height of her fame and success as a courtesan, but also at a moment when she foresees the eventual decline of her powers. Despite all manner of vocal splendor in her singing,
the most famous music in Thaïs is not sung; it is the ravishing Meditation, a violin solo in which we hear her contemplation of her life’s meaning along with hints of Athanaël’s conflict between religious devotion and carnal desire. As we listen to the Meditation, we, like Thaïs herself, look back on her past, and we know that she will probably change her ways.
We can trace the story of Thaïs and Athanaël as far back as the Gospel of John and the parable of Jesus’s meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well. More recently, Somerset Maugham’s 1921 treatment of the story, set on a Pacific island, gave us the notorious Sadie Thompson, who made her way to the screen in 1932, portrayed by Joan Crawford. In this bitingly ironic retelling, Walter Huston plays Alfred Davidson, the preacher who converts her—and assaults her; Davidson commits suicide, and Thompson reverts to her former ways.
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Evolving operatic tastes in Massenet’s day left French opera composers in a kind of limbo. No venue for opera was grander than Paris, but the conventions of grand opera ran counter to French musical traditions, which exalted elegance, restraint and orchestral expressiveness achieved without bombast. Meanwhile, Wagner’s operas had taken hold, giving German opera a new emphasis in the world’s opera houses, while the shockingly explicit Verismo school was changing the face of Italian opera.
In the U.S., New York was the center of operatic influence and taste, and the Metropolitan Opera opened its doors in 1883, just nine years after the Paris premiere of Thaïs. Attendance at “the Met” was a must for A-list New Yorkers. But it was not merely a matter of seeing and being seen; repertory was hotly contended along nationalistic lines—German versus Italian— with French operas caught in the middle.
“The sauerkraut opera cannot last,” declared Col. J.H. Mapleson, an influential impresario, in a New York Times interview on April 21, 1885. “Italian opera is the only opera that can depend upon fashionable support.” A response the next day from “A Born American of German Descent” calls the Italian works “ash barrel operas.” “It cannot be said that either of these rival epithets is accurate or exhaustive,” notes the Times editor. “The word ‘sauerkraut’ does not convey a vivid sense of the dignity and grandeur of Wagner’s music-dramas; neither does the word ‘ash barrel’ convey in its fullness the tunefulness, the vocal art, and the sensual charm that belong to the works of Verdi and Donizetti. Perhaps it would be better to refer to the rival schools of dramatic music simply as ‘German’ and ‘Italian’ opera respectively.”
Perhaps, but not much. A contemporary cartoon by Thomas Nast depicts ferocious opera patrons squaring off on two sides: the Germanic, with their Wagnerian horned helmets and breastplates, ready to do battle with the Italian partisans wielding the spears and royal trappings of a Verdian historical drama. Devotees of French opera cowered on the sidelines under the protection of their exquisite sensibilities. During this period, Gounod’s utterly French Faust was presented far more frequently than any other opera in New York, and the Metropolitan Opera became known as the ‘Faustspielhaus‘—a pun on the ‘Festspielhaus’ where German opera festivals are traditionally performed. Bizet’s 1875 Carmen, too was gaining popularity, making sex and violence less taboo in French operas. But at the Met during its early years, even Faust was performed in Italian, rather than the original French.
Small wonder that the full appreciation of French opera became something akin to a secret society. Yes, masterworks by composers such as Gounod, Massenet, and Ambroise Thomas—not to mention Bizet—eventually gained their place in America’s standard opera repertory, sung in the original French. But their most devoted admirers insisted that elusive qualities set these operas apart: elegance, delicacy, lightness of touch, economy of musical gesture, shimmering orchestral color. Societies such as the Friends of French Opera, led by the conductor and scholar Robert Lawrence, discreetly promoted this belief among those already converted. They were especially active from the 1950s into the 1970s, advocating for French opera in the face of a public that they felt had adopted French repertory without truly appreciating its special beauty.
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MAY 4 (7:30PM), 6 (7:00PM), 8 (7:00PM), 10 (7:30PM), 12 (2:00PM)
Opera in Three Acts
Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Louis Gallet
Based on the novel by Anatole France
Premiere – March 16, 1894, Paris Opera
Utah Opera Premiere
Performed in French with English Supertitles (Captions) [This is an accessibility choice]
Palémon Seth Keeton
Athanaël ......................................................... Troy Cook
A Servant Tshilidzi Ndou*
Crobyle Jasmine Rodriguez*
Myrtale ...................................................... Sarah Scofield*
Nicias Dominick Valdés-Chenes**
Thaïs ........................................................ Nicole Heaston
La Charmeuse Katrina Galka
Albine ................................................ Aubrey Adams-McMillan
Conductor ..................................................... Steven White
Stage Director Andrea Cigni
Chorus Director & Assistant Conductor Sharon Bjorndal Lavery
Scenic & Costume Designer....................................... Lorenzo Cutùli
Lighting Designer Marcus Dilliard
Choreographer ............................................ Heidi Spesard-Noble
Wig & Makeup Designer Kate Casalino
Assistant Wig & Makeup Designer ................................... Juliette Lewis
Principal Coach ............................................... Carol Anderson
Guest Coach Willem van Schalkwyk**
Chorus Pianist ................................................ Laura Bleakley*
Assistant Director David Toro
Stage Manager .............................................. Kathleen Edwards
Assistant Stage Manager Úna Rafferty
2nd Assistant Stage Manager Ben Kulwanoski
Supertitle Musician ............................................. Mitchell Atencio
Original Production & Staging by Andrea Cigni
Scenery and Costumes designed by Lorenzo Cutùli
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Supertitle Translation by Christopher Bergen
Production is 3 hours with two intermissions
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**Former Resident Artist
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Troy Cook (Kentucky)
Athanaël
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La Charmeuse
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La fille du régiment, Opera Colorado
Peter Grimes, Teatro alla Scala
Nicole Heaston (Texas)
Thaïs
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Palémon
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Albine
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Servant
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Crobyle
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Sarah Scofield (France)
Myrtale
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Anadine Burrell*
Karllen Johnson
Alyssa Liu*
April Meservy
Heather Perry
Emma-Claire Polich
Jennifer Riley
Carolyn TalboysKlassen*
Kathryn Thompson
HeidiLyn Butterfly, stilt walker
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Nicias
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Kyra Furman
Genevieve Gannon
Jennifer Hancock
Melissa James
Becca Keel*
Angela Keeton*
Julie McBeth*
Dawn Veree*
Lindsay Whitney
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Orion Gray
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Lucas Henry
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Bass
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Thomas Klassen+
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Nelson LeDuc
Carson Smith+
Mark Sorensen
Scott Tarbet+
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Christian Hernandez
Meredith Kimball
Laing
Robert Payne
Samuel Stuart
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In fourth-century Egypt, a group of Cenobite monks attend to their daily rituals. Athanaël, an especially observant member of the monastic community, confesses to brother Palémon his recent visions of the famous courtesan Thaïs, who has consecrated her life to Venus and worldly pleasure. Believing his visions to be divinely inspired, he resolves—despite Palémon’s warnings—to return to Alexandria, where he had known Thaïs in his youth. He resolves to convert her to Christianity and persuade her to enter a convent. In Alexandria, Athanaël visits an old friend, the wealthy and hedonistic Nicias, who welcomes him. Nicias is Thaïs’s current lover, and he has planned a feast in tribute to her that very evening; once he learns of Athanaël’s plan, his hospitality becomes mixed with skepticism and mockery. As the feast begins, Thaïs makes her entrance in sensual splendor and joins Nicias in a bittersweet duet; it will be their final night together. Athanaël confronts her, saying he will teach her to reject the pleasures of the flesh, but she rebuffs him with a song of seduction. As the act ends, she taunts him and defiantly begins to disrobe.
Alone after the feast, Thaïs is more contemplative. Feeling the emptiness of her existence, she reflects on the fact that age will eventually sap her beauty. Then, fatefully, Athanaël enters, praying that God will conceal her allure from him. He challenges her to accept his kind of love, a love of the spirit that lasts not for one night, but forever. Both Thaïs and Athanaël struggle with temptation, and then—in a moment reminiscent of Violetta’s renunciation of Alfredo in Act I of La traviata (1853)—she sends him away, rejecting his entreaties in favor of her nihilistic lifestyle. But once alone, she reconsiders. We hear her change of heart in the strains of the Meditation.
Thaïs has now resolved to follow Athanaël into the desert. He orders her to burn her house and its contents to eradicate all vestiges of her past life. She asks to keep a single artifact, a statuette of Eros, explaining that she sinned against love, not through it. But Athanaël, upon hearing that the keepsake was a gift from Nicias, angrily insists that she destroy it as well. Reveling Alexandrians are enraged when they see Athanaël leading the legendary Thaïs away, and attack him; Nicias, despite his astonishment at his friends’ course, defends them by tossing handfuls of money into the crowd as a diversion. Thaïs and Athanaël escape together.
In a final act setting similar to that of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (composed one year earlier), Thaïs and Athanaël make their way through the desert on foot. Though Thaïs is nearly collapsing from exhaustion, Athanaël forces her to continue as a religious mortification. As they rest by a spring, his attitude begins to soften and they speak as friends. Then they continue their journey, eventually reaching the convent where Athanaël entrusts Thaïs to Mother Albine. Taking his leave, he realizes that he will never see Thaïs again. Having rejoined the Cenobite community, Athanaël is taciturn and withdrawn, causing worry among his brother monks. He confesses to his friend Palémon that he is tormented by sexual longing for Thaïs. Palémon rebukes him, and even in sleep, Athanaël finds no relief. Instead, he sees Thaïs—first in an erotic dream, and then in a vision that reveals she is dying. Distraught, Athanaël repudiates his holy vows and sets off to find Thaïs. At the convent, he finds her on her deathbed and confesses his feelings, insisting that “Nothing is true but life and the love of human beings.” But Thaïs, near death and in the grip of religious ecstasy, is oblivious to words. She dies in bliss, describing the heavens opening to her, as Athanaël collapses in despair.
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Edmund Rollett Associate Principal
Jonathan Chiou
Julia Pilant~ Stephen Proser
** On Leave # Sabbatical
~ Substitute Member
TRUMPET
Travis Peterson Principal
Jeff Luke Associate Principal
Seretta Hart~ Peter Margulies#
Paul Torrisi
TROMBONE
Mark Davidson** Principal
Sam Elliot Acting Principal
Andrew Zaharis~ Acting Second Trombone
BASS TROMBONE
Graeme Mutchler
TUBA
Alexander Purdy Principal TIMPANI
George Brown Principal
Eric Hopkins
Associate Principal
PERCUSSION
Keith Carrick Principal
Eric Hopkins
Michael Pape
KEYBOARD
Jason Hardink Principal
LIBRARIANS
Clovis Lark Principal
Claudia Restrepo
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Walt Zeschin Director of Orchestra Personnel
Hannah Thomas-Hollands Orchestra Personnel Manager
* String Seating Rotates
** On Leave
# Sabbatical ~ Substitute Member
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is grateful to our generous donors who, through annual cash gifts and multi-year commitments, help us bring great live music to our community.
Gifts as of March 3, 2024
* in-kind donation ** in-kind & cash donations † deceased
MILLENNIUM ($250,000+)
Anonymous
Kem & Carolyn Gardner
ENCORE ($100,000 TO $249,999)
Scott & Jennifer Huntsman
Anthony & Renee Marlon
John & Marcia Price Family Foundation
BRAVO ($50,000 TO $99,999)
Dr. Kent C. DiFiore & Dr. Martha R. Humphrey
Dennis Hranitzky
Frederick & Lucy Moreton
Harris H. & Amanda Simmons
Elizabeth Solomon
George Speciale
OVERTURE ($25,000 TO $49,999)
Frances Akita & Christine Sulser
Thomas Billings & Judge
Judith Billings
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Blair
Bloomfield Family Foundation
Suzanne Weaver† & Charles Boynton
Berenice J. Bradshaw Trust
Judy & Larry Brownstein
Michael & Vickie Callen
John & Flora D’Arcy
John H.† & Joan B. Firmage
John H. & Carol Firmage
Kristen Fletcher & Dan McPhun
David & Angela Glenn
Intuitive Funding
Tom & Lorie Jacobson
Carol Lindsay
Mr. & Mrs. Charles McEvoy
Edward Moreton
James & Ann Neal
Mark & Dianne Prothro
Jacquelyn Wentz
Shiebler Family Foundation
Jim & Zibby Tozer
Wheatley Family Charitable Fund
Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Foundation
Jonathan & Marisa
Schwartz
Diane & Sam Stewart Foundation
Stewart Family Foundation
Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate
John & Jean Yablonski
Edward & Marelynn† Zipser
Dr. J.R. Baringer & Dr. Jeannette J. Townsend
Dr. & Mrs. Clisto Beaty
Sue Bostrom
Judy Brady† & Drew W. Browning
Diane & Hal Brierley
Howard & Betty Clark
Joseph & Cathy Cleary
Kathleen Digre & Michael Varner
Pat & Sherry Duncan
Barry & Traci Eden
Mrs. Sarah Ehrlich
Matthew B. Ellis Foundation
Carolyn & Craig Enenstein
Midge & Tom Farkas
Robert & Elisha Finney
Brian & Detgen Greeff
Emily & Chauncey Hall
Douglas & Connie Hayes
Susan & Tom Hodgson
Mary P.† & Jerald H. Jacobs Family
Stephen C.† & Lynda M. Jacobsen
Annette & Joseph Jarvis
G. Frank & Pamela Joklik
Bill Ligety & Cyndi Sharp
Michal & Maureen Mekjian
Jed Millburn
The Millerberg Family Giving Fund
Harold W. & Lois Milner
Terrell & Leah Nagata
Leslie Peterson & Kevin Higgins
Frank R. Pignanelli & D’Arcy Dixon Pignanelli
Walter J. & Peggy Plumb
Matthew Prince & Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince
Stephen & Cydney Quinn
Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols
James & Anna Romano
Peggy & Ben Schapiro
Sandefur Schmidt
Dewelynn & J. Ryan† Selberg
David & Christine Smith
Scott & Karen Smith
Shane & Stacey Stowell
Mr. & Mrs. G. B. Stringfellow
Steve & Betty Suellentrop
Thomas & Marilyn Sutton
James R. & Susan Swartz
Taft & Anne Symonds
Brad E. & Linda P. Walton
Kathie Zumbro
ALLEGRO ($5,000 TO $9,999)
Anonymous [7]
4Girls Foundation
Alan, Carol, & Annie Agle
Margaret & Grant Bagley
Austin & Kristi Bankhead
Kyle & Melissa Barnett
David Brown
William & Patricia Child
Larry Clemmensen
Marc & Kathryn Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Cutler
Anne Daigle & Rich Heyman
Ruth Davidson
John D. Doppelheuer M.D. & Kirsten A. Hanson M.D.**
Frank & Kathleen Dougherty
Carol & Greg Easton
Barbara & Melvin Echols
Jonathan Eichner
Karen & Earl Enzer
Jack & Marianne Ferraro
Tom & Carolyn Fey
Diana George
Barbara Greenlee
David & SandyLee Griswold
Ray & Howard Grossman
Emma Hamilton & Brian Casper
Diane & Michael Hardink
Sunny & Wes Howell
Brian & Nancy Kennedy
Allison Kitching
Gary† & Suzanne Larsen
Daniel & Deena Lofgren
Dennis & Pat Lombardi
Christopher & Julie McBeth
Carol & Anthony W.
Middleton, Jr., M.D.
Moeller Family Foundation
Dr. Louis A. & Deborah Moench
Vincent & Elizabeth Novack
Patricia Legant & Thomas Parks
Dr. Dinesh & Kalpana Patel
Mr. & Mrs. James S. Pignatelli
Kirith Prady
Quinn Family Charitable Foundation
Brooks & Lenna Quinn
Mitch & Shannon Rice
Marcia JS Richards
Nathan & Shannon Savage
Daniel & Sari Schachtel
Barbara & Paul Schwartz
Mary & Doug Sinclair
Gibbs† & Catherine W. Smith
Sheryl & James Snarr
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Craig Stuart
Paul Taylor
Tim & Judy Terrell
Jaelee Watanabe
Mark & Debbie Weinstein
David & Jerre Winder
Douglas Wood
ABRAVANEL & PETERSON SOCIETY ($2,500 TO $4,999)
Anonymous [5]
Marcia Aaron
Craig & Joanna Adamson
Robert & Cherry Anderson
PJ Aniello
Pam & Paul Apel
Drs. Crystal & Dustin Armstrong
Dr. Ann Berghout & Dennis
Austin
Connie Barker
Tina & John Barry
Charles & Jennifer Beckham
Dr. Melissa Bentley
Alice & Bill Bierer
Céline Carol Browning and
Nathan Sutherland
Richard & Suzanne Burbidge
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Callister
Dr.† & Mrs. Anthony Carter
Lee & Mary Carter
Mark & Marcy Casp
Po & Beatrice Chang
Blair Childs & Erin Shaffer
Dr. Sidney Cole
Cindy Corbin
Rod Cullum
Thomas D. Dee III & Dr. Candace Dee
Michael & Sheila Deputy
Matt & Nancy Dorny
Karey Dye
Jason & Nadia Englund
Hans & Nanci Fastre
James Finch
Karen Fletcher
Shawn & Karin Fojtik
Adele & James Forman
Linda Francis
Thomas & Darlis Fuller
Dixie & Joseph F. Furlong III
Robert & Annie-Lewis Garda
Larry Gerlach
Jeffrey L. Giese, M.D. & Mary
E. Giese
Kenneth† & Amy Goodman
Shari Gottlieb
Sue & Gary Grant
Dr. & Mrs. John Greenlee
Jonathan Hart
Jeff & Peggy Hatch
ABRAVANEL & PETERSON SOCIETY ($2,500 TO $4,999) CONTINUED
Nancy Ann Heaps
John Edward Henderson
Don Hendricks
Marian & Matt Hicks
Richard & Ruth Ann Hills
Dixie S. & Robert P. Huefner
Michael Huerta & Ann Sowder
Jay & Julie Jacobson
Drs. Randy & Elizabeth Jensen
M. Craig & Rebecca Johns
Chester & Marilyn Johnson
Maxine & Bruce Johnson
James R. Jones & Family
Neone F. Jones Family
Dr. Michael A. Kalm
Michael & Amy Kennedy
Howard & Merele Kosowsky
Deborah Lambert
Jeffrey LaMora
Nicole & David Langlie
Dr. Donald & Alice Lappe
Tim & Angela Laros
Franklin Lewis
Michael Liess
John & Kristine Maclay
Steve Mahas
Keith & Vicki Maio
Shasha & Brian Mann
Peter Margulies & Louise Vickerman
Kathryn & Jed Marti
Miriam Mason & Greg Glynnis
Dale & Carol Matuska
David & Nickie McDowell
Ted A. McKay
Karen & Mike McMenomy
Clayton McNeel
George & Nancy Melling
John & Bria Mertens
Cyrus & Roseann Mirsaidi
MJZR Charitable Trust
Michael Montgomery
Cory Moore
Glenn & Dav Mosby
Metta Nelson Driscoll
Elodie Payne
Lisa Poppleton & Jim
Stringfellow
Sarah Ratchye
Glenn Ricart & Patricia
Guenther
Lee Rippel
Kenneth Roach & Cindy
Powell
Richard & Carmen Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rollo
Rebecca Roof & Gary Smith
Royall Family Charitable Fund
Rachel Sabin
Mark & Loulu Saltzman
Margaret P. Sargent
Dru Schmitt
Lisa & Joel Shine
Christine St. Andre & Cliff
Hardesty
Roberta Stanley
Ray & Ann Steben
Lauraine Stephen
Eddie Stone
Briant Summerhays
David O. Tanner
Douglas & Susan Terry
Sal & Denise Torrisi
Richard Valliere
Susan & David† Wagstaff
John & Susan Walker
Grant Lippincott & Donna
Walsh
Gerard & Sheila Walsh
Susan Warshaw
Renee & Dale Waters
M. Terri Poli & J. Craig
Weakley
Betsey & Scott Wertheimer
Kelly Whitcomb
Cindy Williams
Barry & Fran Wilson
E. Woolston† & Connie Jo Hepworth-Woolston
Caroline & Thomas Wright
Peter Zutty
FRIEND ($1,000 TO $2,499)
Anonymous [4]
Christine A. Allred
Margaret Anderson
Joe Arnold
Mr. Gaylen Atkinson
Fred & Linda Babcock
Graham Baker
Sue Barsamian
Lowell Bennion
Vicki & Bill Bennion
C. Kim & Jane Blair
Diane Banks Bromberg & Dr. Mark Bromberg
Paula Bronson
Lindsay† & Carla Carlisle
Dana Carroll & Jeannine
Marlowe Carroll
Linda Jo Carron
Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Carter, Jr.
Paul & Ruth Cherecwich
George & Katie Coleman
Phillip & Gail Coleman
Kenneth Colen
Dr. & Mrs. David Coppin
Jason & Kristin Covili
Kathia Dang & Sam
Sleiman
Darrell & Sharon Child
Margarita Donnelly
Dr. Paul Dorgan
Eric & Shellie Eide
Matthew Follett
Aileen Freckleton
Dr. Robert Fudge & Sylvia Newman
Sheila Gardner
Heidi Gardner
Bob & Mary Gilchrist
Ralph & Rose† Gochnour
Andrea Golding Legacy Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Richard
R. Graham
Keith Guernsey & Rebecca Burrage
Travis W. Hancock
Kenneth & Kate Handley
Helene Harding
Brad Hare MD & Akiko Okifuji PhD
Robert & Marcia Harris
Virginia & R. Glenn Harris
LeeAnn Havner
Lex Hemphill & Nancy Melich
Connie C. Holbrook
Chuck & Kathie Horman**
Dr. & Mrs. John Howarth
Caroline & David Hundley
Stephen Tanner Irish
Eldon Jenkins & Amy Calara
Rhett & Willow Jeppson
Bryce & Karen† Johnson
Nicholas Johnson
Kimberli Jones
Robert & Karla Knox
Michael & Peg Kramer
Ms. Susan Loffler
Joel Longhurst
Patricia & Mark Lucas
David Luker
Shelly E. Mair
Heidi & Edward D. Makowski
Jerilyn S. McIntyre & David Smith
Jeffrey McNeal
Warren K.† & Virginia
G. McOmber
David B. & Colleen
A. Merrill
Jim & Nanette Michie
Dr. Nicole L. Mihalopoulos & Joshua Scoville
Philip Miller
Janna L. Morrison
Barry & Kathy Mower
Dan & Janet Myers
Patrick O’Connell
Maura & Serge Olszanskyj
Stephanie Pappas
Stanley B. & Joyce
M. Parrish
Dr. Marzia Pasquali &
Ms. Nicola Longo
Mr.† & Mrs. James
Patterson
Michelle Peterson & Richard Scott
Cynthia & George Petrow
George Pilko
Roxanne Post-Gilbert
Steve Price
Gina Rieke
Nancy Rossman
F. Jayne Roth
Gail T. Rushing
Ted & Lori Samuels
August Schultz
Frances & Ron Schwarz
Carl Sedlak
Roger & Connie Seegmiller
Gerald† & Sharon Seiner
Barbara Slaymaker
Denise Smith
Janette Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Michael
H. Stevens
Emily Stewart
Brent & Lissa Thompson
Lori Turner
James Upchurch
Dr. James C. Warenski
Stephen & Elizabeth
Watson
Dan & Amy Wilcox
David B.† & Anne Wirthlin
ANDANTE ($500 TO $999)
Anonymous
Drew J. Adams
Sara Jane Andersen
Joe Arnold
John & Liz Bennion
Cal & Laura Boardman
Dr. & Mrs. Hal S. Cole
Martin & Elinor Colman
Nathanael T. Davenport
Silvia l. Davis
Ashby & Anne Cullimore Decker
Carleton Detar & Laurel Casjens
Ruth Duenser
Jack & Leslie Edwards
Joseph Ferriter & Jennifer
Trauscht-Van Horn
Norman & Carol Foster
Drs. Norman L. & Carol M. Foster
Purjes Foundation
Dave Garside
Dr. Martin I. & Sheila G. Gelman
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Gurney, Jr.
Sarah Stevens Hammond
CHORALE ($150 TO $499)
Anonymous [10]
Karen Acker
Dennis & Louise Ahern
George & Frances Alderson
Zana U. Anderson
Marco & Christine Andrei
Dennis & Karen Ardin
Ms. Kathryn Atwood
Elena James & David Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R.
Barusch
William Bearden
Michael Behring & Debra Marin
Katherine Benedict
Stephanie Bertin
Patter & Thomas Birsic
Brent Bogden
Laurie A. Hofmann & David Classen
Laura Holleman
Gary & Christine Hunter
Dr. Richard & Helene Jaffe
Dr. Sara & Dr. Jason Johnson
Matthew & Shirley Kirby
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Lake
Guttorm & Claudia Landro
Claudia Laycock
Patricia L. Leikhim
Uri Loewenstein & Elizabeth Tashjian
Brent Lutz
Susan R. Marquardt
Tom & Mary Mathewson
Karen McArthur & Bernard Grosser
Dan McKnight & Deanna Donaldson
Hal & JeNeal Miller
Richard & Antoinette Miner
Kenny Mizel
Bill & Jane Moore
Garrett Murphy & Esther
Jeehae Ahn
Opera America
Shauna Bona
Vicki & Robert Bourns
Terry & Lee Box
Mr. & Mrs. Steven R. Brosvik
John Burger & Mary Lou Jones-Burger
Marianne Burgoyne
John & Kathryn Burnham
Fred & Debbie Burr
Mr. Carlos Cardon
Victoria & Sheldon Chaplin
Mr. & Mrs. Don M. Christensen
Clark & Gwen Christian
Zack Clark
Allison H. Cook
Dr. Thomas D. & Joanne A.
Coppin
Eric Paprocki
Barbara Perry
Kenneth & Jane Pigott
Keith & Linda Poelman
Thomas Quam
Drs. Sanderson & Schuman
Steven & Barbara Schamel
Craig Schow
Darrell Schrick
Marcia & Denny Seremet
Benjamin Steinberg
Ruth Stone
Kenneth Uy
David H. & Barbara S. Viskochil
Lee Walker
Judith Warner
Bruce & Leigh Washburn
Frank & Janell Weinstock
Jody L. Williams
Michael & Judy Wolfe
Michael Wolfe
Dave Wood
James & Carolyn Woodward
Frank & Betty Yanowitz
J. Alan Crittenden
Coleen Cronin
Lynn David
John W. Deford
Klancy & Noel† DeNevers
Mary Dillon
Natalie Divino
Larry Dunning
Joan Dye
Alan & Vicki Eastman
David Erhart
Robert P.† & Mary H. Evans
Michael Evertsen
James P. Felt
Elizabeth Frank & Steve
Achelis
Carolyn C. Fredin
CHORALE ($150 TO $499) CONTINUED
Joshua & Alisha Garrett
Maria Godina
Warren Gorrell
Dr. & Mrs. William R. Gray
The James S. Gulbrandsen, Sr. Family
Blake D. Hamilton, M.D.
Mr. David Hampshire
Peter & Beth Hanlon
Doug Hattery
Frank Heyman
Mr. John P. Hill, Esq.
Preston G. Hughes Foundation
Virginia A. Hughes
Albert Imesch
Eric & Becky Jacobson
Dr. Brent James
Kenneth & Penny Jameson
James & Jeanne Jardine
Lennard C. Jensen
Jonathan Jensen
Elaine Jepesen
Gunhild Jones
Jay Jorgensen
Robert S. Campbell Jr
Zara H. Juillerat
Roger Ladle
Bruce & Margaret Landesman
Lloyd & Christina Larsen
Steven & Kimberlee Lewis
John Lindell
Martha Lyons
Mira Blue & Mark Machlis
Michael Manfull
Dr. & Mrs. Ned L.
Mangelson
Russell Martin
Penelope Mathews & David Horner
Heather McMaster
Jack & Patsy McNamara
Frank McNeil
Sanford & Lynn Meek
Marla Melamud
Elizabeth Miller
Robert L. Miller
Robert & Dianne Miner
James Moyer
David Murphy
President Russell M. & Wendy Nelson
Jeff Nielsen
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Nitka
Wayne & Iris Nixdorf
James & Janette Orton
David R. Osborn
Kathy Pachucki
Adrian S. Palmer
Don Parkin & Jill Trewhella
Helen C. Patterson
Don & Carolyn Petersen
Joseph C. & Deborah R.
Pienezza
Jerry & Nancy Pitstick
Nelly Poe
Kerry Pollard
Matt Poulson
Laszlo & Sandra Preysz
Matthew N. Proser
Sallie K. Rinderknecht
Irene Terry & Robert Roemer
Lousje & Keith Rooker
Kyle Rose
Robert Rosenberg
Patricia Curtis Rothwell
Ellen K. Losch-Rowe
Ralph & Gwen Schamel
John Schumacher
Michael Scolamiero
James Sherwood
Melanie & Erik Sherwood
M. Tom & Junko Shimizu
Heidi Shott
Howard Silliman
Dr. Bernard J. Simbari
Margaret M. Simmons
JONATHAN SMITH
Harrison Smithwick
Benjamin Sokolow
Paul & Carol Sonntag
Kenneth A. & Claudia M.
Sperling
Jeffrey Starr
Carol & Frank Stenger
Gayle Marie Stewart
Annie & Cory Strupp
Isabella Tcaciuc & Thomas
Bosteels
Felicia Thornton
Ruth Toronto
Mark E. Vernon
Michael & Jennifer Webb
Ryan & Crystal Welch
Jill West
Reatha & Charles M.
Whiting
David Whittaker
Amanda Wilcox
Brian Wilkin
Morgan Wilson
Carl B. Wolfram
Gary K. & Kristy S.
Woodward
Jeffrey E. Wright & Vanessa
Dipalma-Wright
Hilary Coon & Jim Yehle
Tolford and Mary Young
Dean & Jean† Zobell
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Anonymous
Edward R. Ashwood & Candice A. Johnson
Gael Benson
C. Comstock Clayton Foundation
Estate of Alexander Bodi
The Elizabeth Brown
Dee Fund for Music in the Schools
Lawrence T. & Janet T.
Dee Foundation
Thomas D. Dee III & Dr. Candace Dee
Hearst Foundation
Estate of John Henkels
Roger & Susan Horn
Carolyn T. Irish Revocable Trust
Estate of Marilyn Lindsay
The Right Reverend
Carolyn Tanner Irish† and Mr. Frederick Quinn
Loretta M. Kearns†
Vicki McGregor
Edward Moreton
Estate of Pauline C. Pace
The Linda & Don Price Guest Artist Fund
Perkins-Prothro Foundation
Kenneth† & Jerrie Randall
The Evelyn Rosenblatt
Young Artist Award
Bill & Joanne Shiebler
Steven P. Sondrop
Family Trust
James R. & Susan Swartz
Nancy & Eric Garen
Carol Zimmerman
Georgia Gates
Alan. W. Stout
Fred Andersen
Jay T. Ball
John Bates
Janice Ione Berghout
Earle Robert Bevins III
Danny Boy
Mariah Bradfield
Judy Watts Brady
Carol Browning
Robert H. Burgoyne, M.D.
Orson Clay
Clark L. Tanner Foundation
Norman C. & Barbara L.
Tanner Charitable Trust
Norman C. & Barbara L.
Tanner Second Charitable Trust
O.C. Tanner Company
Estate of Frederic & Marilyn Wagner
M. Walker† & Sue Wallace
Jack & Mary Lois
Wheatley Family Trust
Edward & Marelynn† Zipser
Esther Markey Davenport
Marlene Dazley
Jack G. Edwards
Carolyn Hanks
Carl & LeAnn Hoyal
Gary B Kitching, M.D.
Adrienne W. Larson
Lona Mae Stratford
Hyde Lauritzen
Morris Lee
Polly Lehwalder
Steven S. McDonald
Julie Palfreyman
Nancy & Gene Parry
Glade & Mardean Peterson
Nedra S. Robison
Rodney Rougelot
Robert Sedgewick
Linda Twitchell
Sheila Van Frank
James Edward Wright
We thank our generous donors for their annual support of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera.
* in-kind donation
$100,000 OR MORE
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation
Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation
Marriner S. Eccles Foundation
$50,000 TO $99,999
Anonymous
The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation
$25,000 TO $49,999
Arnold Machinery
Associated Food Stores
BMW of Murray/BMW of Pleasant Grove
Carol Franc Buck Foundation
Cache Valley Electric Deer Valley Resort* Dominion Energy
$10,000 TO $24,999
Altabank
HJ & BR Barlow Foundation
B.W. Bastian Foundation
Brent & Bonnie Jean Beesley Foundation
Bertin Family Foundation
R. Harold Burton Foundation
Marie Eccles Caine FoundationRussell Family
** in-kind & cash donation
George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Emma Eccles Jones Foundation
Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation
LOVE Communications**
Marriott Residence Inn*
The Grand America Hotel & Little America Hotel*
Janet Q. Lawson Foundation
Miller Family Philanthropy
O.C. Tanner Company
Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Stowell Leadership Group, LLC*
Zions Bank
Moreton & Company
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation
The John C. Kish Foundation
Moreton Family Foundation
Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish Foundation
Joanne L. Shrontz Family Foundation
Simmons Family Foundation
Summit Sotheby’s
Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
Joseph & Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foundation
McCarthey Family Foundation
Perkins-Prothro Foundation
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation
Raymond James & Associates
Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
The Joseph & Evelyn Rosenblatt Charitable Fund
St. Regis / Deer Crest Club**
Stay Park City
W. Mack and Julia S. Watkins Foundation
$1,000 TO $9,999
Anonymous
Black Physicians of Utah
Rodney H. & Carolyn Hansen Brady Charitable Foundation
Caffé Molise*
Spencer F. & Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation
The Fanwood Foundation Western Office
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors
Holland & Hart**
Homewood Suites by Hilton*
Intermountain Healthcare
J. Wong’s Thai & Chinese Bistro*
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
KKC Foundation
Kum & Go Charitable Fund
Lee’s Marketplace
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation
Summerhays Music Center
Utah Autism Foundation
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera would like to especially thank our major sources of public funding that help us to fulfill our mission and serve our community.
ADMINISTRATION
Steven Brosvik
President & CEO
David Green
Senior Vice President & COO
Micah Luce
Director of Human Resources & Organizational Culture
Julie McBeth
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Natty Taylor
Human Resources Coordinator
OPERA ARTISTIC
Christopher McBeth
Opera Artistic Director
Sharon Bjorndal Lavery
Chorus Director & Opera Assistant
Conductor
Carol Anderson
Principal Coach
Michelle Peterson
Director of Production
Ashley Tingey
Production Coordinator
Sarah Scofield
Resident Artist, Mezzo - soprano, Sponsored by Charles Boynton
Jeremiah Tyson
Resident Artist, Tenor
Tshilidzi Ndou
Resident Artist, Baritone
Jasmine Rodriguez
Resident Artist, Soprano
Laura Bleakley
Resident Artist, Pianist
OPERA TECHNICAL
Sam Miller
Technical Director
Kelly Nickle
Properties Master
Dusty Terrell
Scenic Charge Artist
JR Orr
Head Carpenter/Shop Foreman
COSTUMES
Carol Wood
Costume Director
Marcos Ambriz
Costume Rentals & Stock Manager
Madi Halverstadt
Costume Rentals & Stock Assistant Manager
Milivoj Poletan
Master Tailor
Melanie Lamb-Delgado
Assistant Tailor
Dawnette Dryer
Cutter/Draper
Molly Hartvigsen
First Hand
Julie Porter
Crafts Artisan/Milliner
Mallory Goodman
Kathryn Wieland
Costume Stitcher
SYMPHONY ARTISTIC
Anthony Tolokan
Artistic Consultant
Walt Zeschin
Director of Orchestra Personnel
Hannah Thomas-Hollands
Orchestra Personnel Manager
Morgan Moulton
Artistic Planning Manager
Isabella Zini
Artistic Planning Coordinator & Assistant to the Music Director
Matthew Straw
Assistant Conductor
SYMPHONY OPERATIONS
Jen Shark
Director of Orchestra Operations
Melissa Robison
Front of House Director
Chip Dance
Director of Production
Marcus Lee
Operations Manager
Sarah Madany
Stage Manager
Christopher Danz
Assistant Stage Manager
Leslie Peterson
Vice President of Development
Garrett Murphy
Director of Development
David Hodges
Director of Institutional Giving
Calli Forsyth
Assistant Director of Institutional Giving
Katie Swainston
Individual Giving Manager
Lisa Poppleton
Grants Manager
Dallin Mills
Development Database Manager
Maren Holmes
Manager of Special Events
Ellesse Hargreaves
Corporate Engagement Manager
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Meredith Kimball Laing
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Adia Thornton
Director of Marketing
Robert Bedont
Marketing Manager
Megs Vincent Communications Manager
Nina Starling Website Content Coordinator
Emma Price
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
PATRON SERVICES
Faith Myers
Director of Patron Engagement
Jaron Hatch
Patron Services Manager
Toby Simmons
Patron Services Assistant Manager
Caitlin Marshall
Sales & Engagement Manager
Genevieve Gannon
Group Sales Associate
Lorraine Fry
Michael Gibson
Ian Painter
Ananda Spike
Val Tholen
Rocky Porter
Salem Rogers
Chloe Toyn
Crystal Pryor
Patron Services Associates
ACCOUNTING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Steve Hogan
Vice President of Finance & CFO
Mike Lund
Director of Information Technologies
Melanie Giles Controller
Jared Mollenkopf
Patron Information Systems Manager
Bobby Alger
Accounts Payable Specialist
Karine Mnatsakanyan Payroll Specialist
Ben Kipp
Vice President of Education & Community Engagement
Jessica Wiley Symphony Education Manager
Kevin Nakatani
Opera Education Manager
Beth Foley
Education Coordinator
We would also like to recognize our interns and temporary and contracted staff for their work and dedication to the success of utah symphony | utah opera .
“YOU ARE THE MUSIC WHILE THE MUSIC LASTS.”~T.S. Eliot
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera offers sincere thanks to our patrons who have included USUO in their financial and estate planning.
For more information, please contact Leslie Peterson at lpeterson@usuo.org or 801-869-9012, or visit usuo.org/ planned-giving.
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Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bailey
Judy Brady & Drew W. Browning
Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne
Harding Burgoyne
Shelly Coburn
Travis & Jamie Donio
Dr. Richard J.† & Mrs.
Barbara N.† Eliason
Anne C. Ewers
Joseph & Pat Gartman
Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green
Annette W. & Joseph Q. Jarvis
Edward R. Ashwood & Candice A. Johnson
Clark D. Jones
Turid V. Lipman
Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey
Richard W. & Frances P. Muir
Marilyn H. Neilson
Beethoven Circle (gifts valued at more than $100,000)
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Doyle Arnold & Anne Glarner
Edward R. Ashwood & Candice
A. Johnson
Dr. J. Richard Baringer
Haven J. Barlow†
Dr. Melissa J. Bentley
Marcy & Mark Casp
Shelly Coburn
Raymond & Diana Compton
Mahler Circle
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Eva-Maria Adolphi
Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne
Harding Burgoyne
Richard Clegg
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Coombs
Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green
Robert & Carolee Harmon
Richard G. & Shauna† Horne
Virginia A. Hughes
Turid V. Lipman
Anne C. Ewers
Annette W. & Joseph Q. Jarvis
Flemming & Lana Jensen
James Read Lether
Daniel & Noemi P. Mattis
Anthony & Carol W. Middleton, Jr., M.D.
Robert & Diane Miner
Glenn Prestwich
Carol & Ted Newlin
Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols
Mr.† & Mrs. Alvin Richer
Jeffrey W. Shields
G.B. & B.F. Stringfellow
Dr. Ralph & Judith Vander Heide
Edward J. & Marelynn† Zipser
Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey
Dianne May
Jerry & Marcia McClain
Jim & Andrea Naccarato
Stephen H. & Mary Nichols
Craig S. Ogan
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Parker
Mr. & Mrs.† Michael A. Pazzi
Richard Q. Perry
Chase† & Grethe Peterson
Glenn H. & Karen F. Peterson
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
Mr.† & Mrs. M. Walker Wallace
Thomas A. & Sally† Quinn
Dan† & June Ragan
Mr. Grant Schettler
Glenda & Robert† Shrader
Mr. Robert C. Steiner & Dr.
Jacquelyn Erbin†
JoLynda Stillman
Joann Svikhart
Edward J. & Marelynn† Zipser
†Deceased
“We took stock of what gifts we have in our power to grant to future Utahns and concluded that great live classical music will be one of the legacies we will support. We are grateful to the many generous donors who through thoughtful estate planning over the years have made it possible for us to be blessed by performances of the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera today. We are planning to help make this beautiful music a part of Utah forever.”
-Annette & Joe Jarvis
Annette W. Jarvis Vice Chair and Secretary USUO Board of Trustees Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Joseph Q. Jarvis M.D., M.S.P.H
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