Minnesota Opera's The Manchurian Candidate Program by Minnesota Opera

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7 Welcome 8 The Manchurian Candidate 10 Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Notes 11 Synopsis 14 Composer 15 Librettist 16 The Artists 25 Meet the Artist: Matthew Worth 27 Carmen Preview 29 Opera Education 30 Minnesota Opera Board of Directors, Staff and Volunteers 32 Upcoming Events 34 Tempo 36 Annual Fund 40 Institutional Giving 42 Legacy Circle 43 Minnesota Opera Information This performance contains simulated gunfire.

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WELCOME LETTER

that I welcome you to The Manchurian Candidate, the second opera by Pulitzer Prizewinning composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell. This new opera is based on the 1959 political thriller novel, of the same name, by Richard Condon.

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The Manchurian Candidate reflects Minnesota Opera’s commitment to offer our audiences new works that are adding a truly American voice to the standard opera repertory. Along with fine music and beautiful singing, The Manchurian Candidate set is designed to feel like a political arena, with a “Jumbotron” above the stage and live video projected on the screens, capturing the characters’ every move. We are delighted to have, along with composer Puts and librettist Campbell, our maestro Michael Christie conduct our Minnesota Opera Orchestra, and to present the work of stage director Kevin Newbury, set designer Robert Brill and costume designer Jessica Jahn. Among the talented stars is Leonardo Capalbo in the role of Captain Ben Marco. Those of you who saw The Elixir of Love will recognize Capalbo as the brilliant tenor who thrilled audiences with his beautiful singing. I’m also pleased to welcome back baritone Matthew Worth as Sergeant Raymond Shaw, bass-baritone Daniel Sumegi as Senator Johnny Iselin and soprano Brenda Harris as his wicked wife Eleanor. The world premiere of The Manchurian Candidate is a highlight of Rock the

Ordway, in celebration of the new Ordway Concert Hall. The state-of-theart Concert Hall is a project of The Arts Partnership, comprised of Minnesota Opera, the Ordway, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and The Schubert Club. Our young Project Opera singers have the honor of performing in the free Family Day at Ordway on March 14. Looking forward to next season, we have much to anticipate. The five-opera season includes performances of Richard Strauss’Ariadne auf Naxos, Puccini’s beloved Tosca, Dvořák’s Rusalka, starring Minnesota Opera sweetheart Kelly Kaduce, and the world premiere of The Shining, based on the novel by Stephen King, composed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell. We will also offer an encore of the wildly popular The Magic Flute, which registered the highest attendance of any Minnesota Opera production in the company’s history. Here is your second chance to experience this innovative production. We also plan to take it to northern Minnesota with a performance in Duluth. Next season, Minnesota Opera promises to offer you an array of diverse productions of the highest artistic quality. My heartfelt thanks,

NINA M. ARCHABAL General Director

Special thanks to Minnesota Military Museum curator, Douglas Bekke (Major, USAR, Retired), who served as a military advisor for The Manchurian Candidate.

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It is with great excitement

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WORLD PREMIERE MARCH 7, 8, 12, 14 AND 15, 2015 | Ordway Music Theater, Saint Paul Sung in English with English captions This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The production of The Manchurian Candidate received funding from OPERA America’s Opera Fund. ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 hours and 2 minutes, including one 20 minute intermission. Intermission occurs approximately 67 minutes into the opera.

The appearances of Daniel Sumegi, grand prize winner; Will Liverman and Philip Zawisza, national finalists; Christopher Job, John Robert Lindsey, Angela Mortellaro, Cooper Nolan, Rick Penning and Victoria Vargas, regional finalists; and Gerard Michael D’Emilio, Andrew Lovato, Matthew Opitz, Shannon Prickett, David Walton and Christian Zaremba, district finalists of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, are made possible through a Minnesota Opera Endowment Fund established for Artist Enhancement by Barbara White Bemis. The appearances of the Resident Artists are made possible, in part, by the Virginia L. Stringer Endowment Fund for the Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program.

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MRS. LOWE

SENATOR THOMAS JORDAN

VICTORIA VARGAS

CHRISTOPHER JOB

SERGEANT RAYMOND SHAW

ROSIE CHAYNEY

MATTHEW WORTH

ADRIANA ZABALA

MRS. ZILKOV

MAJOR GENERAL BOLLINGER

KELSEY STARK D’EMILIO

COOPER NOLAN

MRS. BEREZOVO

PARTYGOERS

KEVIN NEWBURY

MAGGIE LOFBOOM

MATTHEW OPITZ, LAUREN STEPKA, JOHN ROBERT LINDSEY, ROBB ASKLOF

SET DESIGNER

PRIVATE ED MAVOLE

DAVID WALTON PRIVATE BOBBY LEMBECK

BENJAMIN DUTCHER CAPTAIN BEN MARCO

LEONARDO CAPALBO CORPORAL ANDREW HANLEY

WILL LIVERMAN ELEANOR ISELIN

BRENDA HARRIS SENATOR JOHNNY ISELIN

DANIEL SUMEGI DR. YEN LO

JOEL MATHIAS GENERAL TRACY

CHRISTIAN ZAREMBA TV ANNOUNCER

JOHN ROBERT LINDSEY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

CONDUCTOR STAGE DIRECTOR

DORA THE BARTENDER

SHANNON PRICKETT

LIGHTING DESIGNER

THE NOMINEE

PROJECTIONS AND VIDEO DESIGNER

PHILIP ZAWISZA THE NOMINEE’S WIFE

SHANNON PRICKETT

SOUND DESIGNER

C. ANDREW MAYER

THE NOMINEE’S CHILDREN*

ANNA BIGGS, CLAIRE WALSH REPORTERS, GARDEN MEETING LADIES, COMMUNIST OFFICIALS, PARTYGOERS, CONVENTION ATTENDEES *The Nominee’s Children are participants in Minnesota Opera’s Project Opera program Kevin Puts, Mark Campbell and Kevin Newbury are generously sponsored by Mary I. Pohlad.

Leonardo Capalbo’s appearance is generously sponsored by Sara and Jock Donaldson. Adriana Zabala’s appearance is generously sponsored by Virginia L. and Edward C. Stringer.

ANGELA MORTELLARO

Michael Christie is generously sponsored by Ruth and John Huss.

YOUNG RAYMOND

Brenda Harris’ appearance is generously sponsored by Karen Bachman and Jane M. and Ogden W. Confer.

THE MINNESOTA OPERA’S 2014–2015 SEASON IS SUPPORTED BY

JAPHY WEIDEMAN

SEAN NIEUWENHUIS

HOLBORN GAINES

ANDREW LOVATO

COSTUME DESIGNER

ROBB ASKLOF, MATTHEW OPITZ, RICK PENNING

Matthew Worth’s appearance is generously sponsored by William White.

JOCELYN JORDAN

ROBERT BRILL JESSICA JAHN

AGENTS

STEPHEN CUNNINGHAM GERARD MICHAEL D’EMILIO

MICHAEL CHRISTIE

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/ CAMERA OPERATOR

JAMES MATTHEW DANIEL WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNER

JASON ALLEN CHORUSMASTER

ROBERT AINSLEY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

ALISON MORITZ ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

AARON BREID RÉPÉTITEURS

JONATHAN BRANDANI, GEOFFREY LOFF PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

KERRY MASEK

MAJOR SUPPORT FOR THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE PROVIDED BY

The Manchurian Candidate is generously sponsored by James E. Johnson and Lucy R. Jones.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES The Manchurian Candidate is about the use of fear and paranoia in politics. The piece is a genuine thriller that provides audiences with a combination rare in the opera world: a stirring narrative full of action and suspense, punctuated by deeply moving passages that allow us to get into the minds of these fascinating characters. Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell have written a truly theatrical opera. The Manchurian Candidate leaps off the page, and the attention to structural detail is a gift for a director, cast and design team. The heightened theatrical structure of The Manchurian Candidate allows for ensemble-based storytelling, with the entire cast moving us from scene to scene as the experiment in fear unfolds.

In 2015, we continue to learn about how governments use fear to dictate policy, often at the expense of our civil rights. We are all under surveillance, and “perfect trained killers” make up the ranks of our government and our armed forces. How does our government and our media use fear to govern policy? How much have we learned since the McCarthy era? KEVIN NEWBURY Stage Director

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Set design by Robert Brill

During the height of McCarthyism in the 1950s, the United States witnessed its first nationwide media event. Trials and hearings were televised and news teams followed the Red Scare, and the fearmongering it generated, with fascination — bringing the story into every American living room.

The overall envelope of our production features a flexible space that can transform seamlessly into each of the nearly two-dozen locations, with colorful Eisenhower-era details providing us with a sense of time and place. Searchlights, banks of televisions, onstage cameras and a giant “Jumbotron” track the characters’ every move with Orwellian precision, from the initial brainwashing demonstration to the denouement at the Republican National Convention. The world of our production feels part television studio, part convention center, part experimental lab.

SYNOPSIS SCENE TWO — The tarmac of Idlewild Airport,

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Setting: An outpost in Manchuria; various locations in New York City and Washington, DC; 1951–1960

ACT I.

SCENE ONE — A lecture theater somewhere in Manchuria, near the end of the Korean War. In front of Mrs. Lowe and an assembled audience sit five members of an American platoon: Captain Ben Marco, Sergeant Raymond Shaw, Corporal Andrew Hanley, Private Bobby Lembeck and Private Ed Mavole. Mrs. Lowe jokingly announces that the platoon has been brainwashed into believing that they are present at a meeting of The Ladies Garden Club of Northern New Jersey. She further touts the power of brainwashing in the creation of a perfect assassin in Raymond Shaw. Mrs. Lowe demonstrates Raymond’s receptivity trigger — drawing the Queen of Diamonds in a game of solitaire — and then directs him to strangle Ed Mavole and shoot Bobby Lembeck. Ben Marco then repeats the command that has been planted in his brain: that he will recommend Raymond for the Medal of Honor as “a true American hero,” a sentiment that is then echoed by Andrew Hanley. The “ladies” adjourn for tea and sandwiches.

SCENE THREE — Marco’s apartment. The scene in Manchuria is reenacted, but this time with men from a foreign military organization. It is interrupted by screams from Marco, who has been dreaming the scene in his apartment — revealing that he has had the same dream every night since the war ended. SCENE FOUR — The office of General Tracy, soon

after. Marco expresses concern to General Tracy about his recurring dream; Tracy dismisses it as battle fatigue and assigns Marco a less stressful position in public relations for the Secretary of Defense.

SCENE FIVE — A press conference, months later. Before television cameras, Senator Iselin interrupts the Secretary of Defense and announces that Communists have infiltrated the department. The news creates a media frenzy and Marco is fired. SCENE SIX — An office at the Daily Press, directly after. Raymond and Holborn Gaines pick up the news of Senator Iselin’s announcement on the wire. Holborn vows to stop Iselin’s rise. He then leaves for lunch with his old friend Senator Thomas Jordan. Raymond refuses to take a call from Marco before daydreaming about the summer he spent with Senator Jordan’s daughter, Jocelyn ( Jocie). Synopsis continued on page 12

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many months later. Raymond returns to the United States decorated with the Medal of Honor. He is met by his mother, Eleanor Iselin, and his stepfather, Senator Johnny Iselin, who promote Raymond’s “heroism” before a throng of reporters. Raymond is disgusted with his mother’s opportunism and announces that he has taken a position in New York with Holborn Gaines, the editor of the leftleaning Daily Press.

SYNOPSIS SCENE SEVEN — The woods near the Iselin country house on Long Island, 1951. Raymond sees the younger man he was during the summer he fell in love with Jocie Jordan and the time he spent with her and her father, before Eleanor ended it. SCENE EIGHT — A train from Washington, DC, to New York, months later. An increasingly unstable Marco is befriended by an attractive stranger, Rosie Chayney, who consoles him before telling him her New York address and telephone number. SCENE NINE — Raymond’s apartment in

New York, later the same evening. Marco confronts Raymond about his recurring dream, and Raymond reveals that Corporal Andrew Hanley sent him a letter from Alaska saying he has had the same dream. While Marco reads the letter, he voices his suspicions about what happened in Korea, along with Raymond and Andrew (in Alaska). Marco leaves, feeling he is on the brink of discovering the truth. The phone rings. Raymond picks it up and begins playing solitaire. When he encounters the Queen of Diamonds, he agrees to the demand of the caller.

SCENE TEN — The bedroom of Holborn Gaines’

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apartment in New York, directly after. Holborn lies in bed. Raymond enters and kills him with a single bullet to his forehead.

SCENE ELEVEN — The Iselin home, the next

Marco describes the people in the photographs, and Tracy reveals that his descriptions match those of Corporal Hanley and that they both identified people of international interest. Marco, greatly relieved that he has finally broken through the mystery, reveals that he will now, at last, be able to sleep — next to Rosie Chayney. SCENE THIRTEEN — The Iselin home. A costume

party is in full swing. General Major Bollinger introduces Johnny Iselin and his nomination for vice president, while Raymond nervously awaits the arrival of Jocie Jordan. Eleanor takes Raymond to the library for a game of solitaire. She’s about to give him a directive when she’s interrupted by Johnny’s announcement that Senator Jordan has just arrived. Eleanor leaves, taking with her the Queen of Diamonds. Jocie appears from a side door. She and Raymond confess that their love for each other is unchanged after all these years and run away after Jocie has discarded her costume: the Queen of Diamonds. Eleanor solicits Senator Jordan’s help in getting Johnny nominated for vice president; Jordan refuses and leaves. Eleanor discovers that Raymond has fled with Jocie and flies into a rage. As the party returns in a wild conga line and freezes, Eleanor sets the stage for the national convention that occurs in Act Two.

ACT II.

morning. While Johnny practices a speech, Eleanor reads the newspaper announcement about Holborn Gaines’ murder and remarks that Raymond will be promoted because of it. Eleanor notices that Jocie Jordan has returned from Europe and suggests holding a party for her, to gain favor with her father in the upcoming election.

SCENE ONE — Raymond’s apartment, New York, a month later. Jocie and Raymond have returned from San Juan where they were married. Marco enters and tells Raymond he must talk with him and they leave. Jocie answers a ringing telephone, but no one is on the line.

SCENE TWELVE — The office of General Tracy,

SCENE TWO — A bar, directly after. Marco

Washington, DC, a day later. General Tracy presents Marco with some photographs.

tells Raymond that the FBI has discovered that they were brainwashed in Korea and

SYNOPSIS that Raymond may be part of a conspiracy. Raymond balks at the news, while Dora the bartender tells a story in the background that culminates in telling someone to play solitaire and soak his head. Raymond yields to the suggestions before Marco shakes him out of it. Raymond then denies that anything is wrong and angrily leaves. When Raymond is gone, Marco shows that he has recorded the entire conversation on a concealed tape recorder. SCENE THREE — Raymond’s apartment, soon

after; Rosie’s apartment; Senator Jordan’s apartment. Raymond is falling apart. The phone rings, he answers, and starts to play solitaire. In Rosie’s apartment, Marco figures out that it is the Queen of Diamonds played in solitaire that triggers Raymond’s receptivity and runs out to find Raymond. In Senator Jordan’s apartment, Jocie and her father celebrate her marriage. Raymond enters and shoots Senator Jordan. Jocie rushes to Raymond and is also shot. Raymond’s younger self appears as Raymond kneels beside Jocie’s body and briefly sobs before running out.

SCENE FIVE — A small office near the convention. Marco plays from the tape recorder, revealing the plot to assassinate the nominee. The agents rush to the convention. Marco watches the convention on the monitors and from afar urges Raymond to make sure the three gunshots accomplish what he was re-programmed to do. Rosie enters and refuses to leave Marco’s side. SCENE SIX — The stage of the convention. Onstage are the Nominee, his family, and Eleanor and Johnny Iselin. Banners wave and patriotic music is played as the Nominee begins his acceptance speech. At the designated moment, shots ring out in the convention hall and pandemonium occurs as Eleanor and Johnny are shot dead. A third shot rings out and Marco confesses to Rosie that Raymond took his own life. They both acknowledge their fear.

SCENE FOUR — Raymond’s apartment, soon after. Eleanor bids Raymond to play solitaire and commands him to infiltrate the convention and shoot the nominee for president, so that Johnny will become the next president of the United States. Eleanor also discloses that she is an agent for the Communist government and that she had no knowledge that her son would be part of the plot when he was abducted. She leaves after kissing Raymond on the mouth. Marco enters with a deck of cards and deprograms Raymond.

NORMAL MEMBER OF SOCIETY. THE PERFECT ASSASSIN.

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COMPOSER

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evin Puts, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his debut opera, Silent Night, has been hailed as one of the most important composers of his generation. Critically acclaimed for his distinctive and richly colored musical voice, Puts’ impressive body of work includes five symphonies as well as several concerti written for some of today’s top soloists. His newest work, The City (Symphony No. 5), was cocommissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in honor of its 100th anniversary and by Carnegie Hall in honor of their 125th anniversary. The City will be premiered in Baltimore and New York in April 2016.

Silent Night, commissioned and premiered by Minnesota Opera, has since been produced and performed at Opera Philadelphia, Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Calgary Opera, Ireland’s Wexford Festival Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, with future productions scheduled at Opéra de Montréal, among others. In 2013, his choral works To Touch The Sky and If I Were A Swan were performed by Conspirare, and were released by the Harmonia Mundi label. The recording includes a performance of his Symphony No. 4: From Mission San Juan performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. His second opera, an adaptation of Richard Condon’s novel The Manchurian Candidate, also commissioned by Minnesota Opera, will have its world premiere in March 2015. That same month, his song cycle, Of All The Moons, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, will be performed by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. His first chamber opera, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s gothic novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, will have its premiere in 2016.

His orchestral works have been commissioned, performed and recorded by leading orchestras and ensembles throughout North America, Europe and the Far East, including the New York Philharmonic, the Tonhalle Orchester (Zurich), the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Atlanta, Colorado, Houston, Fort Worth, St. Louis and Minnesota, the Boston Pops, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Miró Quartet, Cypress Quartet, Conspirare, the Eroica Trio, eighth blackbird, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 2005, in celebration of David Zinman’s 70th birthday, he was commissioned to write Vision, a cello concerto premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra. During the same year, Dame Evelyn Glennie premiered his Percussion Concerto with the Pacific and Utah Symphonies. In 2008, his piano concerto, Night, was commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and premiered by pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane. Mr. Puts has received prestigious awards and grants from the American Academy in Rome, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, bmi and ascap. He has served as Composerin-Residence of Young Concert Artists, the California Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire and the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. A native of St. Louis, Mr. Puts received his bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, his master’s degree from Yale University and a Doctor of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music. Since 2006, he has been a member of the composition department at the Peabody Institute, and is currently the Director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer’s Institute. KEVINPUTS.COM

LIBRETTIST ark Campbell is one of the most indemand librettists in contemporary opera, profiled in Opera News as an artist “poised ... to become a major force in opera in the coming decade.” Mr. Campbell’s most known work is the libretto for Silent Night, which garnered a 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music for composer Kevin Puts. The opera premiered at Minnesota Opera in 2011, aired on PBS’ Great Performances in 2013 and has entered the opera repertory with an unprecedented rapidity since its premiere, produced by Opera Philadelphia, Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Calgary Opera, Ireland’s Wexford Festival Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, with future productions scheduled at Opéra de Montréal, among others. Mr. Campbell’s other successful operas include Later the Same Evening (Composer: John Musto; University of Maryland), As One (Composer: Laura Kaminsky, CoLibrettist: Kimberly Reed; American Opera Projects at Brooklyn Academy of Music), Volpone (Composer: John Musto; Wolf Trap Opera), Approaching Ali (Composer: D.J. Sparr; Washington National Opera), Rappahannock County (Composer: Ricky Ian Gordon; Virginia Opera, Virginia Arts Festival), The Inspector (Composer: John Musto; Wolf Trap Opera), A Letter to East 11th Street (Composer: Martin Hennessy; American Opera Projects) and Bastianello/ Lucrezia (Composers: John Musto/William Bolcom; New York Festival of Song, Weill Recital Hall). As a lyricist, Mr. Campbell penned the lyrics for Songs from an Unmade Bed, which premiered at New York Theatre Workshop and has since been produced around the world. Other musicals include

The Other Room, The Audience, And The Curtain Rises, Chang & Eng and Splendora. Mr. Campbell has received many other prestigious prizes for his work, including a Grammy® nomination for Best Classical Recording, the first Kleban Foundation Award for Lyricist, two Richard Rodgers Awards, three Drama Desk Award nominations, a Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, a New York Foundation for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship and the first Dominic J. Pelliciotti Award. A passionate advocate for contemporary American opera, Mr. Campbell serves as the librettist mentor in the following organizations that train the next generation of opera writers: American Opera Projects (where he has a chair named after him), Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, American Lyric Theatre and the Composer-in-Residence Program for Opera Philadelphia. Recordings include the Grammy®-nominated Volpone, (Wolf Trap Recordings), Later the Same Evening (Albany Records), The Inspector (Wolf Trap Recordings), Bastianello/Lucrezia (Bridge Classical), Rappahannock County (Nonesuch) and Songs from an Unmade Bed (Sh-k-Boom Records). Upcoming operas include The Whole Truth (Composer: Robert Paterson, UrbanArias 2015), Memory Boy (Composer: Reinaldo Moya, Minnesota Opera, 2016), Burke+Hare (Composer: Julian Grant, Music-Theatre Group, 2016), The Shining (Composer: Paul Moravec, Minnesota Opera, 2016), The Trial of Elizabeth Cree (Composer: Kevin Puts, Opera Philadelphia, 2017), and Dinner at Eight (Composer: William Bolcom, Minnesota Opera, 2017). Kevin Puts, Mark Campbell and Kevin Newbury are generously sponsored by Mary I. Pohlad. MARKCAMPBELLWORDS.COM

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THE ARTISTS RICHARD CONDON (1915–1996)

is a political novelist from New York who wrote more than 25 satirical thrillers throughout a prolific career — dealing with themes of political corruption, greed and abuse of power. Before his career as a novelist, Condon served in the United States Merchant Marines and later became a Hollywood publicist, agent and advertising writer. Condon’s best-selling works include The Manchurian Candidate and the Prizzi series, dealing with the life of a crime family in New York. The Manchurian Candidate was made into a movie twice, once in 1962 and again in 2004. The 1962 movie starred Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury, who was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role.

ROBERT BRILL | set designer

For Minnesota Opera, Robert Brill has designed Doubt, Bok Choy Variations and La bohème. His other designs for opera include the world premieres of Everest and Moby-Dick for Dallas Opera; Faust for the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera; Wozzeck for San Diego Opera and the upcoming world premiere of Cold Mountain for Santa Fe Opera. His designs for Broadway include the set and club design for the critically acclaimed revival of Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Assassins (Tony nominated), Guys and Dolls (Tony nominated), Design for Living, Buried Child and many others. Recent designs include Christopher Plummer’s A Word or Two and The Flaming Lips’ musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. He has designed for The Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Radio City Music Hall, Stratford Festival, Boston Ballet, Lincoln Center Theatre, Guthrie, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Mark Taper Forum, Old Globe, American Conservatory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse, among many others. He is a founding member of Sledgehammer Theatre and a recipient of the Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration.

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LEONARDO CAPALBO | captain ben marco

Italian-American tenor Leonardo Capalbo has garnered international acclaim for his performances throughout the United States and Europe. Lauded for his rich, lyric voice and dramatic intensity, Capalbo has received acclaim at houses such as Berlin State Opera, Teatro Real de Madrid, Glyndebourne Festival, L’Opéra de Lyon, Teatro Regio di Torino, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Semperoper Dresden, Grand Théâtre de Genève, New York City Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Welsh National Opera and Spoleto Festival. Highlights of the 2014–2015 season include a return to Candide at Berlin Staatsoper; his Teatro del Liceu debut as Alfredo in a new production of La traviata; Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore and Ben Marco in The Manchurian Candidate for Minnesota Opera; a new production by Mariusz Trelinski of Powder Her Face in Warsaw; and Jacopo in I due Foscari at St. Gallen Festspiele. Future engagements include his debuts at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Monnaie and Concertgebouw Amsterdam as well as a return to Teatro Real to star in a new David McVicar production. MR. CAPALBO’S APPEARANCE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY SARA AND JOCK DONALDSON.

THE ARTISTS MICHAEL CHRISTIE | conductor

Michael Christie became music director of the Minnesota Opera in September 2012. Before coming to Minnesota, he served as Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony (2005–2013), the Brooklyn Philharmonic (2001–2013), the Queensland Orchestra (Brisbane, Australia; 2000–2004) and the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder (2001–2013). Recent opera engagements have included acclaimed productions with Opera Theatre of St. Louis (Alice in Wonderland, The Ghosts of Versailles and The Death of Klinghoffer), Wexford Festival Opera, Minnesota Opera (La traviata, Wuthering Heights, Silent Night, Madame Butterfly, Nabucco, Anna Bolena, Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Arabella, Macbeth and La fanciulla del West) and Aspen Opera Theatre (The Ghosts of Versailles and West Side Story). In 2013, Michael helped inaugurate Opera Philadelphia’s tenyear New American Opera Project with the East Coast premiere of Silent Night and made his San Francisco Opera debut conducting the world premiere of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Michael lives with his family in Minneapolis. MICHAEL CHRISTIE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY RUTH AND JOHN HUSS.

STEPHEN CUNNINGHAM | secretary of defense

Stephen Cunningham is a baritone in the last year of his doctorate at the University of Minnesota. He holds performance degrees from Oklahoma State University and the University of North Texas. Stephen has performed the title roles in Gianni Schicchi, Le nozze di Figaro and Falstaff, as well as Escamillo in Carmen, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte and Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni. Stephen has also had the opportunity to workshop numerous new operas with Minnesota Opera and Florentine Opera in such operas as The Shining, Doubt, Sister Carrie and The Manchurian Candidate.

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GERARD MICHAEL D’EMILIO | holborn gaines

Bass-baritone Gerard Michael D’Emilio has been hailed for his “commanding presence” and a voice described as “thrilling” and “stentorian.” Mr. D’Emilio’s roles have included King René (Iolanta), Sulpice (La fille du régiment), the Villains (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Kecal (The Bartered Bride), Leporello (Don Giovanni) and Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte). Equally at home in concert repertoire, Mr. D’Emilio has been featured as the bass soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Pilatus in Bach’s Matthäus-Passion and the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah. Mr. D’Emilio received his m.m. from Westminster Choir College in 2014, and graduated from Oberlin College in 2012 with a b.m. in voice performance and a b.a. with highest honors in politics. He is an alumnus of such training programs as the Glimmerglass Festival, Music Academy of the West and CoOPERAtive. For Minnesota Opera, he was Jake Wallace in La fanciulla del West and will be seen again as Moralès in Carmen. He will join Des Moines Metro Opera for its 2015 season, appearing as Jake Wallace and covering Stárek in Jenufa.

THE ARTISTS BRENDA HARRIS | eleanor iselin

Soprano Brenda Harris appears in leading roles with many of the world’s most prominent opera companies and orchestras. Recent stellar reviews have said that “Brenda Harris delivered a stunning account of the vengeful Greek princess, distinguished by scrupulous observation of the score, including the marked pianissimos that are so rarely heard … (Opera News) and “Pitch perfect, Harris exhibits a flawless legato with a naturalism that perfectly exemplifies the Bel Canto form” (The Examiner). Recent engagements have taken her to the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, and to Teatro Massimo (Palermo), Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, Michigan Opera Theatre, Canadian Opera Company, Edmonton Opera and Opera Theatre of St. Louis, among others. In 2012–2013 the soprano joined Minnesota Opera as Abigaille in Nabucco, a role she later reprised for Opera Carolina, the Sarasota Opera as Turandot, Des Moines Metro Opera as Elektra and Washington Concert Opera as Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda. Last season, she returned to Minnesota Opera as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and June Mathis in The Dream of Valentino. This summer she returns to Des Moines Metro Opera as Kostelnicka in Jenufa. MS. HARRIS’ APPEARANCE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY KAREN BACHMAN AND JANE M. AND OGDEN W. CONFER.

JESSICA JAHN | costume designer

Previous works include: Love, Loss and What I Wore at the Westside Theatre; Die Mommie Die! at New World Stages (winner of the Lucille Lortel Award); The Tutors at 2ST Uptown; Once On This Island at Papermill Playhouse, Roberto Devereux/Maria Stuarda/Anna Bolena and Werther at Minnesota Opera; Maria Stuarda at Houston Grand Opera; Life Is A Dream (world premiere) at Santa Fe; Carousel at Glimmerglass Festival; Monodramas and Mosè in Egitto at New York City Opera; Anna Bolena at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Don Bucefalo at Wexford Festival Opera; and Norma at San Francisco Opera and Teatro de Liceu (Barcelona). Upcoming: Carmen at Minnesota Opera, Akeelah and the Bee at Children’s Theatre Company, Maria Stuarda at Seattle Opera and Norma at Canadian Opera Company. www.jessicajahn.com

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CHRISTOPHER JOB | senator thomas jordan

Bass-baritone Christopher Job is establishing himself as an important talent in the opera industry. In just the last few seasons, he made his Italian debut at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Il Podestà in La gazza ladra; made his role debut as Escamillo in Carmen with Lyric Opera Virginia; his role debut as Alidoro in La Cenerentola with the Festival Lyrique de Belle-Île-en-Mer in France; Blitch in Susannah this summer with Ash Lawn Opera; and joined the Metropolitan Opera roster in productions of From the House of the Dead, Shostakovich’s The Nose, The Enchanted Island, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La rondine and Werther. This season, Mr. Job returns to the Met to sing The Flemish Deputy in Don Carlo and for its production of Macbeth. He will also sing Handel’s Messiah at Lincoln Center and Ashby in La fanciulla del West at Des Moines Metro Opera. Previously for Minnesota Opera, Mr. Job has sung Count Horn in A Masked Ball, Frère Laurent in Romeo and Juliet and Solon in The Fortunes of King Croesus.

THE ARTISTS JOHN ROBERT LINDSEY | tv announcer

Known for his intense characterizations and expressive vocal ability, tenor John Robert Lindsey is a dynamic singing actor. During his time as a Resident Artist with Minnesota Opera, he performed in 15 productions over three seasons. Past engagements include Nick in La fanciulla del West, Marvin Heeno in the world premiere of the revised The Dream of Valentino by Dominick Argento, Malcolm in Macbeth, Count Elemer in Arabella, Edmondo in Manon Lescaut, Pang in Turandot, Ismaele in Nabucco, Goro in Madame Butterfly, Jonathan Dale in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Silent Night by Kevin Puts, Don José in Carmen, Sam Polk in Susannah and the character of Stage Manager in Our Town by Ned Rorem. On the concert stage, he has performed as the tenor soloist in Parables by Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein, the Mozart Requiem, the Mozart Mass in c minor and Handel’s Messiah. He was selected to workshop the lead tenor role in The Manchurian Candidate. Upcoming performances include a production of Salome with Opera San Antonio.

WILL LIVERMAN | corporal andrew hanley

Praised by The New York Times as “mellow-voiced and charismatic” and Opera News for his “noble sound and bearing,” baritone Will Liverman creates the role of Dizzy Gillespie in the world premiere of Schnyder’s Charlie Parker’s yardbird and returns to the role of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Madison Opera in the 2014–2015 season. He also sings Beaumarchais this summer in The Ghosts of Versailles at Wolf Trap Opera. This current season also marks the final year in his tenure as a member of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, in which he sings the Servant in Capriccio while covering Olivier and Frazier in Porgy and Bess and joined its production of Don Giovanni. Previously with the Lyric, he sang Figaro in family performances of Il barbiere di Siviglia as well as Fiorello in the same opera, the Marquis in La traviata, the Registrar in Madama Butterfly, Yvan in Die Fledermaus, Brühlmann in Werther, the Sergeant in La bohème as well as for its productions of Rusalka, Otello and Rigoletto. He was a 2012 national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council competition, among his many other awards.

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ANDREW LOVATO | young raymond

Andrew Lovato has swiftly established himself as a young artist on the rise. He will be making his Cincinnati Opera debut in Ricky Ian Gordon’s Morning Star as Harry Engel and will be returning to Minnesota Opera to perform the role of Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos as well as Sciarrone in Tosca. Mr. Lovato made his Minnesota Opera debut as the role of Sonora in La fanciulla del West and will be performing the role of Young Raymond in the world premiere of The Manchurian Candidate by Kevin Puts as well as the role of Le Dancaïro in Carmen with the Minnesota Opera. In 2013, he performed the character of Dr. Malatesta in Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Artist opera scenes program. Mr. Lovato is the winner of the George L. Hackett Scholarship in the 2011 Livingston Mather Competition. He graduated with a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music in 2012. There he performed the role of Masetto in its production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. He was also a soloist with the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble during its 2012–2013 season.

THE ARTISTS ANGELA MORTELLARO | jocelyn jordan

Rising star Angela Mortellaro has captivated audiences from the outset of her young career. Described as “beautiful to watch on stage,” the “richness” of her voice, the skilled delivery of “dazzling vocal pyrotechnics,” and her innate actor have made this soprano a singer in demand. Mortellaro’s 2014–2015 season includes a reprise of Violetta in La traviata for Opera North along with debuts in two world premieres including the role of Doris Parker in Charlie Parker’s yardbird at Opera Philadelphia and Jocie in The Manchurian Candidate with Minnesota Opera. Composed by saxophonist Daniel Schnyder with the libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly, yardbird stars Larry Brownlee and is being produced in partnership with Gotham Chamber Opera. During the 2013–2014 season Ms. Mortellaro returned to Opera Philadelphia for Anna in Nabucco, sang Adele in Die Fledermaus for Sarasota Opera and Jean Acker in The Dream of Valentino for Minnesota Opera. She concluded the season with a role debut singing Thaïs for Florida Grand Opera.

KEVIN NEWBURY | stage director

Kevin Newbury is a theater, opera and film director. Minnesota Opera productions include the Tudor Trilogy, Werther and the world premiere of Doubt. Kevin’s work, including over a dozen world premieres, has been seen throughout North America and Europe. Recent engagements include new productions for Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Barcelona Liceu, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Prototype Festival in nyc, the Kennedy Center, Bard Summerscape, the Wexford Festival in Ireland, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Portland Opera, Glimmerglass, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City and L’Opéra de Montréal. Awards include the 2010 Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera Production (Virginia, Wexford), Grammy Award nomination (Bernstein’s Mass) and the glaad Media Award (Winner: Candy and Dorothy, Nominated: Kiss and Cry). His first film, the award-winning festival favorite Monsura is Waiting, will be released this winter and he just finished production on his second film, Stag. MR. PUTS, MR. CAMPBELL AND MR. NEWBURY ARE GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY MARY I. POHLAD.

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SEAN NIEUWENHUIS | projections and video designer

Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Sideways, jcs (La Jolla); A Word or Two (Ahmanson, Stratford Festival); The Who’s Tommy, jcs, Evita (Stratford Festival). Opera: Faust (Metropolitan Opera); Nixon in China (San Francisco, Kansas City, woo Dublin); Macbeth (Minnesota). Other: The Handmaid's Tale, Going Home Star (Royal Winnipeg Ballet) Mythbusters: Behind The Myths, Alton Brown (tour), 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Michael Buble’s Third Annual Christmas Special (Broadcast). Upcoming: Dr. Zhivago (Broadway). Sean is the owner of Sensory Overload Productions, which specializes in large-scale projection design and production.

THE ARTISTS COOPER NOLAN | major general bollinger

Tenor Cooper Nolan has been called a “powerhouse voice” with a “bright, focused and expressive” sound by Opera News, while The New York Times claimed that his “powerful tenor served the music well.” This season, Mr. Nolan will debut as Don José in Carmen with the Minnesota Opera’s Resident Artist Program, as well as cover Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore. Afterwards, he will join the Santa Fe Apprentice Program to cover Teague in the world premiere of Cold Mountain as well as Narraboth in Salome. This past season, Mr. Nolan performed Rodolfo in La bohème with the Savannah Philharmonic and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Winter Opera St. Louis. In the summer, he joined the Young Artists at the Glimmerglass Festival, where he sang the Officer and covered Bacchus in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. While there, he also covered Samuel Griffiths in Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy. Previous credits include the tenor soloist in Die Erst Walpurgisnacht with the Saint George’s Chorale, Luigi in Il tabarro and the Chevalier de la Force with Lidal North at the Norwegian National Opera.

SHANNON PRICKETT | dora the bartender

Hailed as a soprano with “a vocalism that is rich and unforced, equally capable of a sudden drop to a sustained whisper or being ratcheted up to a thrilling forte without a hint of strain” by Madison Magazine, Shannon Prickett recently completed her Master of Music degree in opera, singing the title role in Médée and Suzel in L’amico Fritz. In 2012, Shannon performed the title role of Suor Angelica in Siena, Italy, and also won first place at the Iowa District Metropolitan National Council Opera Auditions, advancing to the regional competition, in which she received third place. Two years ago, at the University of Wisconsin, Shannon was the soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem as well as Mimì in La bohème and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. In 2010, she made her debut at Des Moines Metro Opera, singing the role of the Lady-in-waiting in Verdi’s Macbeth. For Minnesota Opera last season, she appeared as the Fortuneteller in Arabella, the Lady-in-waiting in Macbeth and the Woman in Red in The Dream of Valentino. This season she returns as Giannetta in L’elisir d’amore and Micaëla in Carmen.

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DANIEL SUMEGI | senator johnny iselin

Australian bass Daniel Sumegi has an impressive career behind him, with over 95 roles in his repertoire. He has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden and the Paris Opéra, as well as major opera companies across the United States, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. Recently Mr. Sumegi took part in Opera Australia’s Ring Cycle as Fasolt and Hagen as well as Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin. He returned to l.a. Opera for Billy Budd as Mr. Flint, and to the West Australian Opera and Orchestra for Die Zauberföte, Rossini’s Stabat mater and Brahms’ Four Serious Songs. He also made his debut with Victorian Opera as Oroveso in Norma and performed Jochanaan in Salome with Opera Hong Kong. Other highlights include appearances as Fasolt, Hunding and Hagen in a compact Ring Cycle at the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires. He also returned to Seattle Opera in its “Green Ring” as Fafner and Hagen and toured Japan as Escamillo in Carmen and was Bluebeard in Bluebeard’s Castle for the Perth and Brisbane International Arts Festivals. Future roles include the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo for Opera Australia and Daland in Der fliegende Holländer for Seattle Opera.

THE ARTISTS VICTORIA VARGAS | mrs. lowe

Mezzo-soprano Victoria Vargas returns to Minnesota Opera as a guest artist in the role of Mrs. Lowe in The Manchurian Candidate and in the title role of Carmen, which she will also sing with Lyric Opera of the North (Duluth). Previously, she spent four seasons as a Resident Artist, singing the roles of Tisbe in Cinderella, Anna in Mary Stuart, Flora in La traviata, Nelly in Wuthering Heights, Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, Suzuki in Madame Butterfly, Fenena in Nabucco, Smeton in Anna Bolena, Adelaide in Arabella, Natacha Rambova in The Dream of Valentino and the Third Lady in The Magic Flute. In 2013, she was a second place Upper Midwest regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Ms. Vargas has been a young artist at Sarasota Opera and Chautauqua Opera, where she covered the role of Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria rusticana. She returned for a second season as an Apprentice Artist, performing Laura in Luisa Miller and the Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte. She has also been a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, covering the role of Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance.

JAPHY WEIDEMAN | lighting designer

Japhy Weideman is a New York City-based lighting designer for theater and opera. Previously at Minnesota Opera he designed the world premiere of Doubt. Other opera designs include Bluebeard’s Castle/Il Prigioniero at La Scala and Nederlandse Opera; Don Giovanni and Eugene Onegin at Opéra de Lyon; Life is a Dream and Don Giovanni at Santa Fe Opera; and I Capuleti ed Montecchi at Kansas City Opera. This year he received a Tony Award nomination for his lighting design for Of Mice and Men and his work can currently be seen on Broadway in The Heidi Chronicles. Other productions on Broadway include The Nance (Tony nomination), The Snow Geeese, Macbeth and Cyrano de Bergerac. He has lit numerous theater productions in New York City for Lincoln Center Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Second Stage, and LAByrinth Theatre Company. International work includes London’s West End, Royal Shakespeare Co-Stratford, Edinburgh International Festival, National Theater of Greece and National Theater of Korea.

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MATTHEW WORTH | sergeant raymond shaw

Hailed by The New York Times for a voice that is “fully powered and persuasively expressive,” Matthew Worth is quickly becoming the baritone of choice for innovative productions and contemporary works on the operatic leading edge. In 2013 he created the role of Father Flynn in the world premiere of Doubt at Minnesota Opera. The European premiere of Silent Night featured Matthew as Lieutenant Audebert with Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland. The current season also includes a world premiere song cycle by Gregg Kallor, Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles with Dayton Opera and the title role in Eugene Onegin with Chautauqua Opera. Future seasons include two world premieres: the title role in jfk with Fort Worth Opera and Naga with Beth Morrison Projects. In the 2013–2014 season, Matthew sang Starbuck in Moby-Dick with Washington National Opera and Sam in Trouble in Tahiti with the Festival del Sole; joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Candide; and returned to Pittsburgh Opera as the title character in Philip Glass’ Orphée. For Minnesota Opera he has also appeared as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte in 2011. MR. WORTH’S APPEARANCE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY WILLIAM WHITE.

THE ARTISTS ADRIANA ZABALA | rosie chayney

As the title character in the American premiere of Dove’s The Adventures of Pinocchio at Minnesota Opera, mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala was recently praised by The Wall Street Journal as showing “tremendous stamina and boy-like flair.” The New York Times hailed her as “a vivid, fearless presence” and the L.A. Times as “extraordinary” for her portrayal of the Barbarian Girl in the American premiere of Philip Glass’ Waiting for the Barbarians with the Austin Lyric Opera. In 2013, Ms. Zabala created the role of Sister James in Minnesota Opera’s world premiere of Doubt and was seen as Cherubino in Florentine Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro. The 2013–2014 season included a return to Florentine Opera as Sesto in Giulio Cesare, and within the last few seasons, Ms. Zabala has been seen on the stages of the Seattle Opera, Minnesota Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Syracuse Opera, Arizona Opera, Lyric Opera of San Antonio, Opera Carolina, Opera Pacific, Opera Saratoga and Nashville Opera. Upcoming engagements include the title role in the world premiere of Sister Carrie at Florentine and Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas with Arizona Opera. MS. ZABALA’S APPEARANCE IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY VIRGINIA L. AND EDWARD C. STRINGER.

CHRISTIAN ZAREMBA | general tracy

Praised by The New York Times as “a stage animal with a big bass voice,” this season sees bass Christian Zaremba debut at the Wolf Trap Opera Festival as Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro) and Il Re (Aida) in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra. As a Resident Artist, he sings with Minnesota Opera as Ashby (La fanciulla del West) and Zuniga (Carmen) and with the Annapolis Chorale as Jesus in Bach’s Johannes Passion and the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah. Last season saw Christian debut at the Glimmerglass Festival as the bass soloist in David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion. With Minnesota Opera he sang both Sarastro and the Sprecher (Die Zauberflöte), Lamoral (Arabella), the Lawyer (The Dream of Valentino) and the Innkeeper (Manon Lescaut). Other roles include Pistola (Falstaff) with the Martina Arroyo Foundation, Colline (La bohème) and Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with Long Island Opera. Christian performed the speaking role of the Porter in Massenet’s Manon and covered the principal acting role of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera.

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PHILIP ZAWISZA | the nominee

A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and native of Michigan, baritone Philip Zawisza completed his master’s degree in 1989 at Indiana University. After apprenticeships with the Santa Fe Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Zawisza sang as a met finalist, won the Baltimore Opera Contest and Munich’s Radio-Symphony Voice Competition and went to Germany by way of a Fulbright Scholarship in 1992. Over the past several years, Mr. Zawisza has sung the title role of William Walton’s The Bear, the world premiere of Blarr’s Jerusalem Symphony, de Falla’s Atlantida in Mannheim and Carmina burana in Madrid. Zawisza has worked with the Radio-Symphony Orchestras of Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Koblenz, Mannheim, Munich, Salzburg, Frankfurt, Basel, Innsbruck, Madrid and Vienna. At Gars am Kamp, Zawisza sang Nabucco, and in 2009, he debuted with the spco in L’enfance du Christ. Since then, Zawisza has starred as John Proctor in The Crucible at the Piedmont Opera and Giorgio Germont in La traviata at New Zealand’s Hawkes Bay Opera, among other activities. He is presently on the voice faculty of the University of Minnesota.

THE ARTISTS MINNESOTA OPERA ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I

Allison Ostrander Concertmaster Natalia Moiseeva

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Julia Persitz David Mickens Judy Thon-Jones Heidi Amundson Conor O’Brien Jill Olson Maisie Block Allison Cregg

VIOLIN II

Laurie Petruconis Elizabeth Decker Stephan Orsak Melinda Marshall Margaret Humphrey Elise Parker Huldah Niles David Block

VIOLA

Emily Hagen Susan Janda Laurel Browne Jim Bartsch Coca Bochonko Valerie Little

CELLO

James Jacobson Sally Gibson Dorer Rebecca Arons Teresa Richardson Kirsten Whitson Dale Newton

BASS

John Michael Smith Connie Martin Jason C. Hagelie Charles Block

CLARINET

Phillip Ostrander John Tranter David Stevens

BASSOON

Kory Andry

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Matthew Barber Steven Kimball Paul Hill

Eb clarinet

Coreen Nordling Laurie Hatcher Merz Double contrabassoon

David Milne

Double soprano saxophone

FLUTE

Michele Frisch

Double piccolo

Amy Morris Double piccolo and alto flute

OBOE

HORN

Matthew Wilson Charles Hodgson Timothy Bradley Lawrence Barnhart

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TIMPANI

PERCUSSION

HARP

Min J. Kim

BANJO

Christopher Kachian

PIANO

Geoffrey Loff

Michael Dayton Jeffrey Marshak

TRUMPET

Double English horn

John G. Koopmann Christopher Volpe Martin Hodel

MINNESOTA OPERA CHORUS

Robb Asklof Cecile Crozat-Zawisza Stephen Cunningham Gerard Michael D’Emilio Kelsey Stark D’Emilio Benjamin Dutcher Charles Eaton

TROMBONE

Karrin Meffert-Nelson Nina Olsen Double bass and

Tracey Engleman Carole Finneran Siena Forest Benjamin Hills Cresta Hubert Ben Johnson Michelle Liebl John Robert Lindsey

Maggie Lofboom Elizabeth Longhurst Andrew Lovato Joel Mathias Cooper Nolan Matthew Opitz Rick Penning Shannon Prickett

SYNTHESIZER

Jonathan Brandani

Lauren Stepka Colyn Tvete Eryn Tvete David Walton Lu Zang Christian Zaremba

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Brenda Harris and Matthew Worth

What is your favorite card game? MW Cribbage. It’s our family game and I have a sentimental attachment to the game. When did you begin preparing for this role? Is your preparation different when creating a new character? MW I started preparing around a year ago, early in the workshop period. With a new work, I have access to the librettist and composer and get to bounce ideas off of them. What is your pre-performance routine? MW Chicken soup; a little study; a little prayer. What is your favorite thriller? MW “The Silence of the Lambs.”

Tell us about the first time you heard or saw an opera. MW As an undergrad, I saw Carmen at Virginia Opera. It took performing it myself to truly appreciate opera. What’s next for you? MW My next two roles are Zurga in The Pearl Fishers and the title role in Eugene Onegin, which I can’t wait to revisit. It’s my favorite opera in the repertoire. What do you love about working with Minnesota Opera? MW I love the programming of Minnesota Opera. The progressive nature of this company is admired around the country and the world. As you enter fatherhood, what advice would you give your child if they decide to follow in your footsteps and become an opera singer? MW Don't do it. [laughs]

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When you’re away from home, what can’t you live without? MW FaceTime, my Kindle, a quality chef ’s knife and my running sneakers.

APR 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MAY 10, 2015 Seduction and danger in the sultry streets of Spain.

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The opera, Carmen, was based on a notorious short novel by Prosper Mérimée. Mérimée is a character himself, as he tells the reader about a dangerous robber, Don José Navarro, who meets the beautiful gypsy, Carmen. It is a fascinating story that uncovers the rather exotic yet brutal life of the gypsies. It is not a surprise that Bizet was drawn to the vivid story of Carmen and her exploits. Bizet created the opera in the style of an opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue. Its premiere was held in Paris at the Opéra-Comique, where the initial reception was harsh. The opera was criticized as too shocking, and the audience was appalled by the low moral standing of the majority of the characters. Carmen, as an outsider living on the fringe of society, was the very antithesis of a “good” girl. She made her living as a cigarette factory worker, which alone made her suspect. In the first act of Carmen, we see the men gather around to watch the exotic, sexy and enticing women as they take a break to smoke. Carmen uses her feminine wiles to make her way through life, never caged, never tamed. Free she shall live and free she shall die. Because it is a timeless story, the opera can easily be transported to many different locales and periods. Minnesota Opera’s new production of Carmen is set in the Franco era of Spain. The collaborative team of stage

director Michael Cavanagh, set designer Erhard Rom and costume designer Jessica Jahn chose to recreate this time in history, a perfect setting for both the beauty and tragedy of Carmen. Leading the cast are several notable singers. French-Canadian mezzo-soprano

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Carmen uses her feminine wiles to make her way through life, never caged, never tamed.”

Nora Sourouzian brings to our stage a vital characterization of the title role. Tenor Rafael Davila, who was applauded for his vocal and acting abilities in La fanciulla del West earlier this season, performs the role of corporal Don José. Bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen is acclaimed as one of the best Escamillos in the world, and Norwegian Marita Sølberg makes her American debut as the peasant girl, Micaëla. The alternating cast includes Victoria Vargas as Carmen, Cooper Nolan as Don José, Shannon Prickett as Micaëla and Richard Ollarsaba as Escamillo. Music Director Michael Christie leads the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

DALE A. JOHNSON Artistic Director

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We conclude Minnesota Opera’s 2014–2015 season with a new production of Georges Bizet’s masterpiece, Carmen, one of the most popular operas performed today. As a 21stcentury audience, it is hard for us to believe that the piece was ridiculed when it first premiered in 1875. Unlike Verdi and Puccini, who enjoyed success during their lifetimes with La traviata and Madame Butterfly, Bizet died shortly after the premiere of Carmen and never experienced its popularity and legacy.

See 3 or more operas and save up to 25%! ANNOUNCING THE 2015 – 2016 SEASON

Ariadne auf Naxos September 26 – October 4, 2015

The Magic Flute November 14 – 21, 2015

Rusalka January 23 – 31, 2016

Tosca March 12 – 19, 2016

The Shining May 7 – 15, 2016

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OPERA EDUCATION

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In February, Project Opera, a vocal training program for singers ages 8–18, performed Music of Mozart, a pastiche of duets and ensembles from The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Così fan tutte. More than 50 teens performed on stage and in the orchestra in this fully staged production.

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Following her graduation from the Baylor University School of Music, Celeste Johnson completed a master’s degree in vocal accompanying at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She currently resides in Spokane, Washington, where she is on staff at Gonzaga and Whitworth Universities and works with Opera Coeur d’Alene. We are especially happy to have Celeste back as a vocal coach for our Summer Opera Camp! mnop.co/camp

Lauren Eberwein is currently a student at Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, performing in Ariadne auf Naxos and The Rake’s Progress. This spring she will be featured in a Public New Music Master Class with Dawn Upshaw as part of Opera Philadelphia’s American Repertoire Program and is thrilled to be starting a threeyear fellowship this summer with the Marlboro Music Festival. LA

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In celebration of Project Opera's tenth anniversary, we are catching up with some of our alumni.

STAFF LISTING MINNESOTA OPERA STAFF General Director | Nina M. Archabal Artistic Director | Dale Johnson Music Director | Michael Christie

ARTISTIC Artistic Administrator | Roxanne Stouffer Artist Relations and Planning Director | Floyd Anderson Dramaturg | David Sander Head of Music | Robert Ainsley Resident Artists | Jonathan Brandani, Aaron Breid, Gerard Michael D’Emilo, Siena Forest, Geoffrey Loff, Andrew Lovato, Alison Moritz, Cooper Nolan, Shannon Prickett, Nickolas Sanches, Christian Zaremba Master Coaches | Lara Bolton, Mary Jo Gothmann

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SCENERY

PRODUCTION Production Director | Karen Quisenberry Production Stage Manager | Kerry Masek Assistant Stage Managers | Hannah Holthaus, Andrew Landis Production Assistant | Amelia Nordin

Technical Director | Mike McQuiston

MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS

Properties Master | Jenn Maatman

Marketing Director | Katherine L. Castille

Properties Assistant | Michael C. Long

Marketing Assistant | Kate Saumur

Lighting Coordinator | Raymond W. Steveson, Jr.

Program Manager, Marketing and Communications | Kristin Matejcek

Assistant Lighting Coordinator | Tom Rost Production Carpenter | JC Amel Scene Shop Foreman | Rod Aird Master Carpenters | Nate Kulenkamp, Steven Rovie, Eric Veldey

Communications Manager | Julie Behr Data Specialist | Rosalee McCready Ticket Office Manager | Kevin Beckey Associate Ticket Office Manager | Sarah Fowler

Carpenters | Timothy Hannington, Sean McQuiston

Communications Coordinator & Ticket Office Assistant | Kärsten Jensen

Charge Painter | Jeffery Murphey

Ticket Office Assistants | Carol Corich, Hannah Giersdorf, Jane Samsal, Carrie Walker

BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS TEMPO BOARD MEMBERS

OFFICERS

Chair | James E. Johnson

Chair | Jennifer Engel

General Director | Nina M. Archabal

Staﬀ Liaison | Kristin Matejcek

Vice Chair | Margaret Wurtele

Staﬀ Liaison | Kärsten Jensen

Secretary | Robert Lee Treasurer | Christopher Romans

DIRECTORS Nina M. Archabal

Christine Larsen

Patricia Beithon

Robert Lee

Daniel Blanco

Steve Mahon

Bernard J. Brunsman

Leni Moore

Peter W. Carter

Albin “Jim” Nelson

Rachelle D. Chase

Kay Ness

Jane M. Confer

Elizabeth Redleaf

Sara Donaldson

Connie Remele

Bianca Fine

Don Romanaggi

Sharon Hawkins

Christopher Romans

Ruth S. Huss

Mary H. Schrock

Mary IngebrandPohlad

Linda Roberts Singh

Philip Isaacson

Virginia Stringer

James E. Johnson Patricia Johnson John C. Junek

Nadege Souvenir H. Bernt von Ohlen Margaret Wurtele Wayne P. Zink

EMERITI

Vice Chair | Rhonda Skoby Secretary | Chrissi Reimer Treasurer | Ryan Alberg

MEMBERS Thomas Bakken

Kara Eliason

Maya Beecham

Laura Green

Leslie Carey

Claire Joseph

Melissa Daul

Faris Rashid

Alexis DuPlessis

Jana Sackmeister

Katie Eiser

Polina Saprygina

VOLUNTEERS The following volunteers contribute their time and talent to support key activities of the company. Get involved with Bravo! Volunteer Corps at mnop.co/volunteer, or email volunteering@mnopera.org for more information. Lynne Beck

Suzan Lynnes

Gerald Benson

Mary McDiarmid

Debra Brooks

Verne Melberg

Jerry Cassidy

Barbara Moore

Karen Bachman

Julia W. Dayton

Judith Duncan

Douglas Myhra

John A. Blanchard, III

Mary W. Vaughan

Jane Fuller

Candyce Osterkamp

Joan Gacki

Pat Panshin

Merle Hanson

Sydney Phillips

Robin Keck

Kari Schutz

Mary Lach

Janet Skidmore

Jerry Lillquist

Wendi Sott

Joyce Lillquist

Stephanie Van D’Elden

Melanie Locke

Barbara Willis

Burton Cohen

HONORARY DIRECTORS Dominick Argento

Norton M. Hintz

Philip Brunelle

Liz Kochiras

Dolly Fiterman

Patricia H. Sheppard

LEGAL COUNSEL James A. Rubenstein, Moss & Barnett

Minnesota Opera is a proud member of The Arts Partnership with Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and The Schubert Club.

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UPCOMING EVENTS MAR. 10: How an Opera Comes to Life Opera Viva!

MAR. 31 – APR. 4: General/Chorus Auditions

Minnesota Opera artists and creators give you a special behind-the-scenes look at how The Manchurian Candidate came to life, from commission to performance. At Edina Library, Production Director Karen Quisenberry is joined by Minnesota Opera artists.

Minnesota Opera announces the 2015–2016 season General/Chorus Auditions. To schedule an audition at the Minnesota Opera Center in Minneapolis, contact Nickolas Sanches at nsanches@mnopera.org. MNOP.CO/OPERA-CHORUS

MNOP.CO/LIBRARY

MAR. 14: Family Day Minnesota Opera’s Project Opera Ragazzi Chorus performs music from Hansel and Gretel during this free, family event at Ordway. ROCKTHEORDWAY.ORG

MAR. 21: Through the Eyes and Ears of Mozart Opera Viva! For children K–6 and their families. At Eden Prairie Library, learn about and perform some of Mozart’s greatest music alongside professional opera singers in this 30-minute staged performance. Children are encouraged to participate! MNOP.CO/LIBRARY

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MAR. 24: Opera 101 Opera Viva!

No experience necessary. Minnesota Opera teaching artists will present a brief history of opera and a special 2015–2016 season preview, with live musical examples at Plymouth Library. MNOP.CO/LIBRARY

MAR. 28: Cabaret: Cinecittà La bohème Enjoy an evening in 1950s Rome for the “filming” of La bohème. The fashion will be extravagant, the food will be fanciful and the musical performances inspired by the famous Fellini films. MNOP.CO/CABARET

APR. 6: Tempo Happy Hour Meet up in the North Loop for cocktails and noshing.

Behind the Curtain At the historic Minnesota Opera Center, get the inside scoop on Carmen as opera experts and members of the cast and creative team lead discussions exploring the music, history and design of the opera. MNOP.CO/BTC

APR. 7: Opera 101 Opera Viva! No experience necessary. Minnesota Opera teaching artists will present a brief history of opera and a special 2015–2016 season preview, with live musical examples at Penn Lake Library. MNOP.CO/LIBRARY

APR. 18: Through the Eyes and Ears of Mozart Opera Viva! For children K–6 and their families. At Wayzata City Hall (in conjunction with Wayzata Library), learn about and perform some of Mozart’s greatest music alongside professional opera singers in this 30-minute staged performance. Children are encouraged to participate! MNOP.CO/LIBRARY

UPCOMING EVENTS APR. 22: Arabella Broadcast

APR. 25 – MAY 10: Carmen

Classical Minnesota Public Radio broadcasts Minnesota Opera’s production of Strauss’ Arabella, which features Victoria Vargas as Adelaide. A former Resident Artist, she returns for the role of Carmen on May 1, 3, 8 and 9.

Obsession turns deadly when the smoldering femme fatale, Carmen, seduces both a lovesick soldier and a swaggering toreador. With its passionate, sultry orchestration and a veritable hit parade of recognizable tunes, Carmen is sure to sell out.

MNOP.CO/LISTEN

APR. 23: Social Media Preview Night Minnesota Opera welcomes press members, bloggers and social media influencers to attend the final dress rehearsal for Carmen at Ordway Music Theater. We encourage live tweeting, blogging, note taking and illustrating. MNOP.CO/PREVIEW

MNOP.CO/CARMEN

APR. 30 and MAY 3: Taste of Opera Leave the logistics to us and enjoy an allinclusive trip to the opera! Classical Minnesota Public Radio hosts an engaging look at Carmen with special guests from Minnesota Opera. Enhance your opera-going experience with delicious pre-show meals and beverages at Scusi on April 30 or The Saint Paul Hotel on May 3. MNOP.CO/TASTE

SOCIAL MEDIA PREVIEW NIGHT Do you tweet? Post on Facebook? Instagram your entire life? Join us on THURSDAY, APRIL 23 for

Sketch by Maria Lorimer

CARMEN SOCIAL MEDIA PREVIEW NIGHT Get a behind-the-scenes look at the final dress rehearsal for Carmen. Inside the theater, using your phone, taking photos and sketching is encouraged! Event is free, but please apply at mnop.co/preview

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A sketch of Leonardo Capalbo as Nemorino and Nicole Cabell as Adina from The Elixir of Love Social Media Preview Night.

Tempo is in its second decade of engaging 20- and 30-somethings with Minnesota Opera through one-of-a-kind events and steeply discounted tickets for opening night performances. For only $50, your Tempo membership includes exciting benefits to help you get the most out of your experience.

UPCOMING EVENTS MARCH 28 Cinecittà La bohème

Minnesota Opera’s Resident Artists take you on a musical journey during this all inclusive evening. Come early and stay late as DJ Jonathan Ackerman closes out the Italian-themed cabaret with a dance party celebrating life and love. Hosted by Minnesota Opera’s Donor Events Committee and Tempo. MNOP.CO/CABARET

Meet up at a North Loop neighborhood hot spot for cocktails and noshing. Then head over to the Minnesota Opera Center for Behind the Curtain. Members of the cast and creative team lead discussions exploring the music, history and design of Carmen. Tempo’s Kabarett, 2014

MNOP.CO/TEMPO

Photo by CJ Standish

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APRIL 6 Tempo Happy Hour + Behind the Curtain: Carmen

CinecittĂ

La bohĂ¨me

Puccini Meets Fellini

in a cabaret evening with live music, fine food and 1950s Italian-Hollywood glamour

Saturday, March 28 at 6pm ARIA Event Center $150 per person ($75 tax-deductible)

RSVP by March 25

mnop.co/cabaret 612-342-9596

annual fund

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It is with deep appreciation that Minnesota Opera recognizes and thanks all of the individual donors whose annual support helps bring great opera to life. It is our pleasure to give special recognition to the following individuals whose leadership support provides the ﬁnancial foundation which makes the Opera’s artistic excellence possible.

bel canto circle PLATINUM

$25,000 and above

Anonymous Dr. Tracy and Mr. Eric Aanenson Mary and Gus Blanchard Julia W. Dayton Sara and Jock Donaldson Vicki and Chip Emery Ruth and John Huss Heinz Hutter Mr. and Mrs. Philip Isaacson James E. Johnson Lucy Rosenberry Jones John and Kathleen Junek The Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation Mary Ingebrand Pohlad Elizabeth Redleaf Mrs. Mary W. Vaughan William White C. Angus and Margaret Wurtele Wayne Zink

GOLD

$15,000–$24,999

Patricia Beithon Donald E. Benson Mrs. Eleanor Crosby William I. and Bianca M. Fine Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. William Frels Sharon Hawkins Harvey T. McLain Albin and Susan Nelson Virginia L. and Edward C. Stringer Bernt von Ohlen and Thomas Nichol

SILVER

$10,000–$14,999

Anonymous Dominick Argento Karen Bachman Susan Boren Rachelle Dockman Chase

camerata circle PLATINUM

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$7,500–$9,999

Daniel and Adriana Blanco Barry and Wendy Brunsman Peter and Theresa Carter Michael and Alexis Christie Erwin and Miriam Kelen Chris Larsen and Scott Peterson Margery Martin and Dan Feidt Steven Mahon and Judy Mortrude Allegro Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation Tom Owens Connie and Lew Remele Lois and John Rogers Mary H. and Christian G. Schrock Linda and Jesse Singh

GOLD

$5,000–$7,499

Anonymous (2) James Andrus Nina and John Archabal Martha and Bruce Atwater Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation William Biermaier and David Hanson Shari and David Boehnen Ken and Peggy Bonneville

Jane M. and Ogden W. Confer Dolly J. Fiterman N. Bud and Beverly Grossman Foundation Patricia Johnson and Kai Bjerkness Warren and Patricia Kelly Robert L. Lee and Mary E. Schaffner Leni and David Moore, Jr./Moore Family Fund for the Arts of The Minneapolis Foundation Kay Ness and Chris Wolohan Jenny L. Nilsson and Garrison Keillor Luis Pagan-Carlo and Joseph Sammartino Don and Patricia Romanaggi

Dr. Lee Borah, Jr. Peter Davis and Pamela Webster Meg and Wayne Gisslen Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Robert Kriel and Linda Krach Mary Dearing and Barry Lazarus Ilo and Margaret Leppik Lynne Looney Donald and Diana Lee Lucker David and Barbara Meline Kendrick B. Melrose Donor Advised Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Jose Peris and Diana Gulden Sarah and Rolf Peters Dr. Donald V. Romanaggi, Sr. Jennifer and Chris Romans Fred and Gloria Sewell Nadege J. Souvenir and Joshua A. Dorothy Maggie Thurer and Simon Stevens Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Thomas Charles Allen Ward Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation

SILVER

$2,500–$4,999

Anonymous (2) Bridget Manahan and Joe Alexander

Dan and Martha Goldberg Aronson Alexandra O. Bjorklund Margee and Will Bracken Kenneth and Rita Britton Christopher J. Burns Nicky B. Carpenter Darlene J. and Richard P. Carroll Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Rusty and Burt Cohen Ruth and Bruce Dayton Jay and Rebecca Debertin Thomas and Mary Lou Detwiler Ralph D. Ebbott Joyce and Hugh Edmondson Rolf and Nancy Engh Ester and John Fesler Gail Fiskewold Bruce and Melanie Flessner Susanne and Ross Formell Patricia R. Freeburg Judith Garcia Galiana and Alberto Castillo Mrs. Myrtle Grette Michele Harris and Peter Tanghe Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison Stefan and Lonnie Helgeson Linda and Jack Hoeschler Dorothy Horns and James Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Horowitz

individual giving

Andrew Houlton Bill and Hella Mears Hueg Diane and Paul Jacobson Dale A. Johnson Robert and Susan Josselson Annette Atkins and Tom Joyce Nancy and Donald Kapps Lyndel and Blaine King James and Debra Lakin Dr. Caliann Lum Mr. and Mrs. Reid MacDonald David MacMillan and Judy Krow Roy and Dorothy Mayeske Laura McCarten Malcolm and Wendy McLean Mary Bigelow McMillan

artist circle $1,000â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$2,499

Anonymous Kim A. Anderson Charles and Mary Anderson Ruth and Dale Bachman Ann and Thomas Bagnoli Maria Bales Barbara S. Belk Brian Benjamin Mrs. Paul G. Boening Allan Bradley Drs. Eli and Jan Briones Juliet Bryan and Jack Timm Ann and Glenn Buttermann Keith and Carolyn Campbell Joan and George Carlson Barb and Jeff Couture Susan and Richard Crockett Michael and Stacy Crosby Helen and John Crosson Wendy Wenger Dankey amd Jeff Dankey Fran Davis Vanessa Dayton Charles M. Denny, Jr. and Carol E. Denny Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Margaret DiBlasio Elise Donohue Joan Duddingston Steven Engle Rondi Erickson and Sandy Lewis Ann Fankhanel Salvatore Silvestri Franco Emil and Robert Fredericksen Terence Fruth and Mary McEvoy Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Mr. and Mrs. R. James Gesell Heidi and Howard Gilbert Dr. Richard Gregory Jennifer Gross and Jerry LeFevre Bruce and Jean Grussing Marion and Donald Hall Tom and Susan Handley Don Helgeson and Sue Shepard

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Velia R. Melrose Karla Miller Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Moore Sandy and Bob Morris From the Family of Richard C. and Elizabeth B. Longfellow Richard and Nancy Nicholson Fund Bill and Barbara Pearce Marge and Dwight Peterson Mrs. William S. Phillips J. Michael and Roxanne Pickle Sara and Kevin Ramach The Redleaf Family Foundation Paul and Mary Reyelts Thomas D. and Nancy J. Rohde Ken and Nina Rothchild

James and Andrea Rubenstein Mahlon and Karen Schneider Frank and Lynda Sharbrough Jackley Family Fund of Minnesota Community Foundation Dr. Norrie Thomas and Gina Gillson Stephanie C. Van Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Elden William Voedisch and Laurie Carlson Dr. Craig S. and Stephanie Walvatne Jerry Wenger Nancy and Ted Weyerhaeuser Patricia C. Williams Woessner Freeman Family Foundation

Jean McGough Holten Charles J. Hudgins Thomas Hunt and John Wheelihan Ekdahl Hutchinson Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Margaret and Philip Johnson Sharon and Fredrik Johnson Bryce and Paula Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Eric Jolly Janet N. Jones Wadad Kadi Stan and Jeanne Kagin Mrs. E. Robert Kinney Judy Lebedoff and Hugh Klein Sally and William Kling Gerard Knight Mrs. James S. Kochiras Krystal A. Kohler Anne Kokayeff Kyle Kossol and Tom Becker Constance and Daniel Kunin Mark Lageson Aaron Landry Kent Larson and Christine Podas-Larson Mr. Bryan Lechner Cynthia and Lawrence Lee Laurence and Jean LeJeune Tom Murtha and Stefanie Lenway Sy and Ginny Levy Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Benjamin Y. H. and Helen C. Liu In Loving Memory of William Claire and Mattie Lee Long Bill Long Dawn M. Loven Carolyn and Charles Mayo Barbara McBurney Helen and Charles McCrossan Sheila McNally Deb and Jon McTaggart Mary M. McVay Judith and James Mellinger Eileen and Lester Meltzer David and LaVonne Middleton Mary M. Montgomery

Jill Mortensen and S. Kay Phillips Diana and Joe Murphy Judy and David Meyers Elizabeth B. Myers Joan and Richard Newmark Douglas and Mary Olson Julie Oswald Derrill M. Pankow Pat Panshin Paula Patineau Suzanne and William Payne Suzanne and Rick Pepin Mary and Robert Price George Reid Scott and Courtney Rile John and Sandra Roe Foundation Roger and Kristine Ruckert Leland T. Lynch and Terry Saario Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Christine Sagstetter Sampson Family Charitable Foundation John Sandbo and Jean Thomson Mrs. Richard J. Schindler Cherie and Robert Shreck Kevin and Lynn Smith Glenn and Ardath Solsrud Clifford C. and Virginia G. Sorensen Charitable Trust of The Saint Paul Foundation Matthew Spanjers Daniel J. Spiegel Family Foundation Donna Stephenson Mary K. and Gary Stern Dana and Stephen Strand Michael Symeonides and Mary Pierce Kay Savik and Joe Tashjian Bryn and Schelly Vaaler Cindy and Steven Vilks Mrs. Philip Von Blon David L. Ward Frank and Frances Wilkinson Chuck Jakway and Teresa Williams Lani Willis and Joel Spoonheim John W. Windhorst, Jr. Carolyn, Sharon and Clark Winslow Rory and Diane Yanchek

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camerata circle

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patron circle GOLD

$750–$999

Anonymous Laurie Anderson August J. Aquila and Emily Haliziw Kathleen and Jeff Baradaran Carl and Joan Behr Gerald and Phyllis Benson Debra Brooks and James Meunier Kathleen Callahan Susan E. Flint and Michael Leirdahl Mark and Jeanne Jacobson Chris and Nick Jermihov The Mahley Family Foundation Dusty Mairs Ann M. Rock David E. Sander Warren Stortroen Jill and John Thompson Michael P. Tierney James Wire

SILVER

$500–$749

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Anonymous (2) Thomas O. Allen Arlene and Tom Alm Dr. and Mrs. Orn Arnar Jo and Gordon Bailey Family Fund of the Catholic Community Foundation Armand and Dickey Balsano Donald and Naren Bauer Barbara Bencini Chuck and Estelle Bennett Martin and Patricia Blumenreich Kristin Brietzke Dr. Hannelore Brucker Thomas and Joyce Bruckner Scott Cabalka Elwood and Florence Caldwell Joann Cierniak J.P. Collins

Amos and Sue Deinard Mona Bergman Dewane and Patrick Dewane Lois Dirksen Barry Divine Jane Dudley Holli and Stefan Egerstrom Leah and Ian Evison Herbert and Betty Fantle Brian M. Finstad David Francis Bradley Fuller and Elizabeth Lincoln Joan and William Gacki W. Michael and Christine Garner David and Terry Gilberstadt Stanley and Luella Goldberg Mark and Diane Gorder Rehael Fund- Roger Hale/Nor Hall of The Minneapolis Foundation Blanche and Thane Hawkins Norton and Mary Hintz Andrew and Gary Whitford Holey Henry and Jean Hoover Ray Jacobsen Barbara Jenkins Charles and Sally Jorgensen Herbert and Erika Kahler Markle Karlen Carole and Joseph Killpatrick James and Gail LaFave Judith Lee Tim and Susanna Lodge Ruth W. Lyons Tom and Marsha Mann Kristin and Jim Matejcek Frank Mayers Patricia N. and Samuel D. McCullough Carla K McGrath Kris and Bill McGrath Mrs. Walter Meyers Anne W. Miller Steven J. Mittelholtz Jack and Jane Moran

Theresa and Jim Murray Lucia Newell Ruth and Ahmad Orandi Kathleen and Donald Park Ilya Perepelitsyn and Lioudmila Sitnikova Ron and Mary Jo Peterson Walter Pickhardt and Sandra Resnick Dwight and Christina Porter Matthew Ralph and Kristina Carlson Dennis M. Ready Lawrence M. Redmond Christina Reimer William and Sue Roberts Ruth Rose Liane A. Rosel Enrique and Clara Rotstein Marian R. Rubenfeld and Frederick G. Langendorf Leon and Alma Satran Jon L. Schasker and Debbie Carlson Schwarzmann Family Morris and Judith Sherman John W. Shigeoka Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Dr. Leslie W. Smith Jim Snustad Mark and Kristi Specker Jon Spoerri and Debra Christgau Michael Steffes Thomas and Sharon Stoffel Judith Stone Vern Sutton Dr. Anthony Thein David Walsh and Renee Campion Mark Warnken Mary Weinberger Mrs. Barbara White John M. Williams Barbara and James Willis

associate circle ASSOCIATE

$250–$499

Anonymous (2) Paul and Val Ackerman Katherine Anderson Jerry Artz Eric S. Anderson and Janalee R. Aurelia James and Gail Bakkom Margaret and E. Thomas Barrett Kevin Beckey Keith and Jamie Beveridge Beth Bird Judith Brown-Wescott Philip and Carolyn Brunelle

Alan E. and Ruth Carp Kyle and Shelley Carpenter Dr. Mark and Denise Carter Katherine L. Castille Laura Green Chaffee and Matthew Chaffee Mary-Louise and Bradley Clary Gretchen Collins Kay Constantine Jeanne E. Corwin Kent and Dee Ann Crossley Melissa Daul Maylis and Mark Dickey Linda S. Donaldson Candace and Dan Ellis Charlie and Anne Ferrell

Joyce Field Steven and Mimi Fisher C.D.F. Foundation Christine Fleming Roger and Michele Frisch Jane Fuller Carol and Mike Garbisch Greta and Paul Garmers Howard and Ann Garton Randy Goetz Marsha and Richard Gould Russell and Priscilla Hankins Douglas and Doris Happe Alfred E. Hauwiller Mary K. Hicks Sharon and Cliff Hill

individual giving

associate circle Rochelle Hoffman Brian and Karen Hopps Steve Horan Burton and Sandra Hoverson Deborah and Ronald Jans Charlie Johnson Kristine Kaplan Samuel L. Kaplan and Sylvia Chessen Kaplan Janice Kimes Susan Kinder Andrea M. Kircher John Krenzke and Michelle Davis Joan Krikava Robert and Venetia Kudrle Beatrice H. Langford Kenyon S. Latham Lisa and Jonathan Lewis William Lough Rebecca A. Lowe Stuart MacGibbon Joan E. Madden Donald and Rhoda Mains Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland Orpha McDiarmid Family Fund Beth McGuire and Tom Theobald Harry McNeely

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Susan Mcneely Laurie and David Mech Adele Mehta Curtis and Verne Melberg Robert and Marlys Melius John L. Michel and H. Berit Midelfort Michael J. and Judith Mollerus Brad Momsen and Rick Buchholz Virginia Dudley and William Myers Myers Foundation Merritt C. Nequette Peter Nichol and Makie Tam William and Sharon Nichols Lowell and Sonja Noteboom Patricia A. O’Gorman Dennis R. Olson Donna and Marvin Ortquist Scott J. Pakudaitis Julia and Brian Palmer James A. Payne Lana K. Pemberton John and Margaret Perry Jane M. Persoon Carol Peterson John Petraborg John and Norma Pierson

Lorraine Potuzak Nicole and Charles Prescott Robert E. Rocknem Daniel Roth Patricia and Stephen Rowley Adele and Fred Saleh Mary Savina Paul L. Schroeder Glenn Shifflet Marianne Settano Shumaker and Gordon Shumaker The Singer Family Foundation Debra Sit and Peter Berge Arthur and Marilynn Skantz Lori Sundman Dan and Erika Tallman Delroy and Doris Thomas Susan Truman Emily Wadsworth Elaine B. Walker John and Sandra White Jeff Wiemiller Leslie Wilcox Barb Wildes Wendy Wildung David and Rachelle Willey

These lists are current as of January 31, 2015, and include donors who gave a gift of $250 or more during Minnesota Opera’s Annual Fund Campaign. If your name is not listed appropriately, please accept our apologies and contact Individual Gifts Associate, Hannah Peterson, at 612-342-9569 or hpeterson@mnopera.org.

become a donor

Bring innovative opera productions to life with your charitable gift, and join Minnesota Opera’s family of donors today. Visit mnop.co/support to give online. THANK YOU!

The Manchurian Candidate’s world premiere is a highlight 22 Days of Opening Nights, a celebration of the grand opening of the new Ordway Concert Hall and The Arts Partnership: Minnesota Opera, Ordway, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and The Schubert Club.

MARCH 1–22, 2015 ROCKTHEORDWAY.ORG

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of Rock the Ordway:

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Minnesota Opera gratefully acknowledges its major institutional supporters: $100,000+

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

$50,000–$99,999

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$25,000–$49,999

$10,000–$24,999

For information on making a corporate or foundation contribution to Minnesota Opera, please contact Jada Hansen, Institutional Gifts Manager, at 612-342-9566 or email him at jhansen@mnopera.org.

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING minnesota opera sponsors SEASON

PRODUCTION INNOVATION SYSTEM

Target

General Mills

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAM

Wenger Foundation

The Manchurian Candidate The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts

TEMPO AFTER PARTIES

Sakura

TEMPO PRINT SPONSOR

BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Press Sure Print

Comcast

GALA SPONSORS

Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank Zoe’s Dad

corporations, foundations and government $25,000+

3M Foundation Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Aroha Philanthropies F.R. Bigelow Foundation The Ruth Easton Fund General Mills Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundations Knight Foundation The McKnight Foundation Medtronic Philanthropy through Medtronic Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Minnesota State Arts Board National Endowment for the Arts The Opera Fund, a program of OPERA America The Saint Paul Foundation Target Wenger Foundation

PLATINUM

$10,000–$24,999

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation Best Buy Children’s Foundation Cargill Foundation Comcast Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Ecolab Foundation

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation Pine River Capital Management LP City of Saint Paul Cultural STAR Program Securian Foundation Travelers U.S. Bank Foundation Valspar Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota Xcel Energy

GOLD

$5,000–$9,999

Accenture Boss Foundation Briggs & Morgan, P.A. Dellwood Foundation Ernst & Young Hardenbergh Foundation Harlan Boss Foundation for the Arts R. C. Lilly Foundation Mayo Clinic Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP The Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation Rahr Foundation RBC Wealth Management Rothschild Capital Partners James Rubenstein, Moss & Barnett Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, p.a.

SILVER

$2,500–$4,999

Faegre Baker Daniels Fredrikson & Byron Foundation Hutter Family Foundation Margaret Rivers Fund Peravid Foundation Pique Travel Design The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Squam Lake Foundation Summit Brewing Company Tennant Foundation Thomson Reuters

BRONZE

$250–$2,499

Anonymous Boker’s, Inc. Carlson Family Foundation Enterprise Holdings Foundation Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. Highpoint Center for Printmaking, in memory of Stephanie Prem LeJeune Family Foundation Longview Foundation McVay Foundation Onan Family Foundation Sit Investment Foundation Wells Fargo Insurance Services

production multimedia Publicity Photographer – Aleutian Calabay Production Photographer – Michal Daniel

Publicity Video – StringLine Motion Picture Co. Event Photographer – CJ Standish Broadcast Recording

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