Curtis on Tour | Curtis Opera Theatre Vocal Quartet Program

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Curtis On Tour The Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 • 8PM Jackson Hall, UC Davis

Presented in tribute to Barbara K. Jackson, a founding philanthropist of the Mondavi Center, whose support helped make this concert possible.

Barbara K. Jackson 1918–2018

Individual support provided by Simon L. Engel of HDE Laser Technologies

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THE PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS

Curtis On Tour The Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019 • 8PM Jackson Hall, UC Davis

Curtis Opera Theatre Vocal Quartet Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano Dominic Armstrong (‘09), tenor Patrick Wilhelm, baritone

Mikael Eliasen, piano Miloš Repický, piano

The artists and fellow audience members appreciate silence during the performance. Please be sure that you have switched off cellular phones, watch alarms and pager signals. Videotaping, photographing and audio recording are strictly forbidden. Violators are subject to removal.

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PROGRAM

“Serenade” from The Student Prince Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951) Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor Patrick Wilhelm, baritone “Glitter and Be Gay” from Candide Leonard Bernstein (’41) (1918–1990) Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano

vw Seguidilla (“Près des ramparts de Séville”) from Carmen

Georges Bizet (1838–1875) Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor “It Never Was You” from Knickerbocker Holiday Kurt Weill (1900–1950) Patrick Wilhelm, baritone “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano Patrick Wilhelm, baritone

vw “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns

Franz Lehár (1870–1948)

Dominic Armstrong, tenor “Lippen schweigen” from Die lustige Witwe Lehár Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano Patrick Wilhelm, baritone “Tonight” from West Side Story Bernstein

Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor

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Quartet (“Bella figlia dell’amore”) from Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor Patrick Wilhelm, baritone

INTERMISSION Overture to Candide

Bernstein Mikael Eliasen, piano Miloš Repický, piano

Liebeslieder, Waltzes for Vocal Quartet and Piano, Four Hands, Op. 52 Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut O die Frauen Wie des Abends schöne Röte Die grüne Hopfenranke Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel Wohl schön bewandt Wenn so lind dein Auge mir Am Donaustrande O wie sanft die Quelle sich Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen Schlosser auf!

Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft Sieh’, wie ist die Welle klar Nachtigall, sie singt so schön Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe Nicht wandle, mein Licht Es bebet das Gesträuche Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor Patrick Wilhelm, baritone Miloš Repický, piano Mikael Eliasen, piano

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Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

PROGRAM NOTES

SERENADE (“OVERHEAD THE MOON IS BEAMING”) FROM THE STUDENT PRINCE (1924) SIGMUND ROMBERG (Born July 29, 1887 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary Died November 9, 1951 in New York City)

“IT NEVER WAS YOU” FROM KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY (1938) KURT WEILL (Born March 2, 1900 in Dessau, Germany Died April 3, 1950 in New York City)

The Student Prince tells of Prince Karl Frederic, who falls in love with a lovely bar maid during his student days at Heidelberg but must give her up to assume his duties as king. He sings of his infatuation in the expressive Serenade (“Overhead the Moon is Beaming”) during an evening stroll with his beloved.

Knickerbocker Holiday opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 19, 1938—it was Kurt Weill’s first Broadway hit. Maxwell Anderson, then at the height of his success as a playwright, based his book on Father Knickerbocker’s History of New York, Washington Irving’s humorous recounting of the early Dutch days in the city, but filled it with wickedly satirical contemporary jabs at Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. A tender moment in the show is provided by “It Never Was You,” sung in Act I by a young New Amsterdamer longing for her sweetheart.

“GLITTER AND BE GAY” FROM CANDIDE (1956) LEONARD BERNSTEIN (Born August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts Died October 14, 1990 in New York City) Cunegonde, driven from her Westphalian homeland by attacks and repeated rapings by the Bulgar army, has washed up in Paris. She becomes mistress to a rich Jew, who enjoys her favors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and his Sabbath, and the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, who visits her on Wednesdays, Fridays and his Sabbath.

Though professing to be sad at heart, Cunegonde finds considerable solace in the extravagant clothes and gems showered upon her by her two unlikely sugar daddies.

SEGUIDILLA (“PRÈS DES REMPARTS DE SÉVILLE”) (NEAR THE WALLS OF SEVILLE) FROM CARMEN (1872–1875) GEORGES BIZET (Born October 25, 1838 in Paris Died June 3, 1875 in Bougival, near Paris) The seductive Carmen flirts with Don José, a guardsman in Seville’s militia, during a break from her work at the cigarette factory. Carmen returns to the factory. A melee erupts; Carmen has stabbed one of the other girls. She is caught as she runs from the factory, bound and left in the charge of Don José. In the Seguidilla, she promises to meet him at a local tavern and reward him with her love if only he will untie her hands and help her to escape.

He does, and is imprisoned. After his release, he seeks out Carmen, who breaks her word to love him. She tells him that she loves another, the toreador Escamillo. José tries repeatedly to gain her love, but is rejected. The opera ends when he slays her in a fit of insane jealousy.

“LÀ CI DAREM LA MANO” (THERE WE’LL TAKE EACH OTHER’S HAND) FROM DON GIOVANNI (1787) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg Died December 5, 1791 in Vienna) Don Giovanni and his servant, Leporello, have stumbled upon the pre-wedding celebration of the village couple Zerlina and Masetto. Giovanni has Leporello invite all of the guests and the groom to continue their party at his villa so that he can be alone with Zerlina, whom he attempts to seduce in the duet Là ci darem la mano.

“DEIN IST MEIN GANZES HERZ” (MY WHOLE HEART BELONGS TO YOU) FROM DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS (THE LAND OF SMILES) (1929) FRANZ LEHÁR (Born April 30, 1870, in Komáron, Hungary Died October 24, 1948, in Bad Ischl, Austria) Countess Lisa and the Chinese Prince Sou-Chong fall in love during his visit to Vienna, and they return together to his native land when he is called home to take up the position of prime minister. According to custom, SouChong must take four wives, but he assures Lisa that she is his only true love in the magnificent aria Dein ist mein ganzes Herz. The operetta reaches a melancholy close when insurmountable cultural differences between European life and this land where feelings are hidden behind a polite smile drive the lovers apart and Lisa back to Vienna.

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“LIPPEN SCHWEIGEN” (LIPS FALL SILENT) FROM DIE LUSTIGE WITWE (THE MERRY WIDOW) (1905) FRANZ LEHÁR Hanna Glawari, the “Merry Widow,” has inherited a fortune from her late husband and become the richest woman in the kingdom of Pontrevedro. She has settled in Paris, where she is besieged by fortune hunters. Her countrymen are afraid she will marry one of her French suitors, in which case her fabulous wealth would leave Pontrevedro and the kingdom would be bankrupt.

During the machinations to have her marry Count Danilo, Secretary of the Pontrevedrian Embassy (which she does after the necessary plot complications), Hanna joins him in the sensuous waltz Lippen schweigen (“Love Unspoken”) that has become one of the operetta’s most famous melodies.

“TONIGHT” FROM WEST SIDE STORY (1957) LEONARD BERNSTEIN In West Side Story, Riff, leader of the Jets, an “American” street gang, determines to challenge Bernardo, head of the rival Sharks, a group of young Puerto Ricans, to a rumble. Riff asks Tony, his best friend and a co-founder of the Jets, to help. Tony has been growing away from the gang, however, and he senses better things in his future, but agrees. The Jets and the Sharks meet that night at a dance in the gym, where Tony falls in love at first sight with Maria, Bernardo’s sister, recently arrived from Puerto Rico. Tony and Maria meet later that night on her fire escape, where they share their newfound feelings in the rapturous duet “Tonight.”

QUARTET (“BELLA FIGLIA DELL’AMOR”) (LOVELY DAUGHTER OF LOVE) FROM RIGOLETTO (1850–1851) GIUSEPPE VERDI (Born October 10, 1813 in Le Roncole, Italy Died January 27, 1901 in Milan) Gilda, daughter of the court jester Rigoletto, has been seduced by the Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto, vowing to avenge his daughter’s ravishment, plots with the assassin Sparafucile to murder the Duke when he is lured to a local tavern by Sparafucile’s sister, Maddelena.

In a brilliant quartet (Bella figlia dell’amore), the Duke makes love to Maddelena, who chides him about his past experiences, while Rigoletto meditates revenge, and Gilda despairs. The opera ends when Gilda, out of love, offers herself as the assassin’s victim in place of the Duke. Rigoletto grieves.

OVERTURE TO CANDIDE (1956) LEONARD BERNSTEIN Lillian Hellman conceived a theater piece based on Voltaire’s Candide as early as 1950, but it was not until 1956 that the project materialized. She originally intended the work to be a play with incidental music, which she asked Leonard Bernstein to compose, but his enthusiasm for the subject was so great after rereading Voltaire’s novel that the venture swelled into a full-blown comic operetta; Tyrone Guthrie was enlisted as director and Richard Wilbur wrote most of the song lyrics. Candide was first seen in a pre-Broadway tryout at Boston’s Colonial Theatre on October 29, 1956 (just days after Bernstein’s appointment as co-music director of the New York Philharmonic had been announced for the following season), and opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on December 1.

The Overture to Candide was taken almost immediately into the concert hall—Bernstein conducted it with the New York Philharmonic only six weeks after the musical opened on Broadway—and it has remained one of the most popular curtain-raisers in the orchestral repertory.

Its music, largely drawn from the show, captures perfectly the wit, brilliance and slapstick tumult of Voltaire’s novel. The group of first themes (the work is disposed, like many of Rossini’s overtures, in sonatina form) comprises a boisterous fanfare, a quicksilver galop and a brass proclamation, used later in the show to accompany the destruction of Westphalia, the hero’s home. Lyrical contrast is provided by a broad melody from the duet of Candide and his beloved Cunegonde, “Oh, Happy We.” These musical events are recounted, and the Overture ends with a whirling strain from Cunegonde’s spectacular coloratura aria, “Glitter and Be Gay.” LIEBESLIEDER (LOVE SONGS), WALTZES, OP. 52 (1869) JOHANNES BRAHMS (Born May 7, 1833 in Hamburg Died April 3, 1897 in Vienna) Brahms settled in Vienna for good in 1869 after becoming thoroughly familiar with the great imperial city during the preceding years. He had given his first piano recital there in 1862 and directed four concerts of the Wiener Singakademie the following year, but then declined that organization’s offer to return for another season as director so that he could continue touring as a pianist. By 1869, however, the lure of Vienna, with its rich cultural life and the many friendships he had made

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during earlier visits, proved irresistible. After living for several months in a hotel, in 1870 Brahms moved into the apartment in the Karlgasse that was to be his home for the rest of his life.

Among the first musical products of Brahms’ Viennese residency were the Liebeslieder Walzer, a cycle of pieces for vocal quartet and four-hand piano accompaniment on texts by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800–1875).

These “Love-Song Waltzes,” giddy with the sensuous atmosphere of fin-de-siècle Vienna, were modeled on Schubert’s Deutsche Tänze (German Dances) and the dance music of Joseph Lanner and the Strauss family, but were infused with Brahms’ characteristic harmonic and contrapuntal idiom. Their subject is love—its joys and sorrows, its fulfillments and disappointments— couched in the natural images of sun, moon, stars, birds, flowers, dark woods, stormy seas and mountain torrents.

The Liebeslieder Waltzes are, perhaps, a curious work for the bachelor German composer to have written, but Brahms’ journalistic champion, Eduard Hanslick, explained that “there is only one word which solves the enigma, and that is—Vienna ... It was not for nothing that this delicate organism was exposed for years to the light, agreeable air of Austria. Even when he was far from Vienna, he must still have caught echoes of Strauss’ waltzes and Schubert’s Ländler, and recalled

the pretty girls, the fiery wine, the wooded hills, and all the rest. Those who have watched with sympathy the development of this straightforward and deep but previously, perhaps, one-sided talent, will greet the waltzes as a happy sign of a rejuvenated and refreshed receptivity, as a sort of conversion to a poetic creed of Haydn, Mozart and Schubert.” Brahms, who usually dispensed only cheerfully belittling comments about his own works, spoke highly of this music, assuring his publisher, Fritz Simrock, “I will risk being dubbed an ass if our Liebeslieder do not bring joy to quite a few people.” They did, and Brahms returned to the genre five years later to produce the set of Neue [New] Liebeslieder, Op. 65.

All of the poems for both sets of Liebeslieder Waltzes, save only the final text of the Neue Liebeslieder (by Goethe), are from Polydora, Daumer’s 1855 translations and imitations of love poems and dance songs from such widely scattered regions as Turkey, Sicily, Russia, Spain, Poland and southeast Asia. In these songs, simple in structure, immediate in appeal and irresistibly lyrical, Brahms distilled what British musicologist Malcolm MacDonald, in his 1990 study of the composer, called “coy truisms and apothegms about love.” ©2019 Dr. Richard E. Rodda

A MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DON ROTH Welcome to this year’s edition of Curtis on Tour at the Mondavi Center. I know that many of you here today have joined us every year since our partnership with Curtis began 11 years ago. Others of you are new to this event; you are in for a treat! For these performances, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA, arguably the most selective music conservatory in the world, sends us a mixture of students, alumni and faculty, so that each season we make our first acquaintance with rising stars in music alongside those already in the musical firmament. Every Curtis on Tour program is different—and it is especially exciting to see Curtis’ wonderful opera division on display today.

When I arrived at the Mondavi Center from Aspen, I had been connected to Curtis, as a member of its Board of Overseers, for five years or so. I watched it go through a leadership transition as its new President Roberto Díaz came on board and launched a great institution into a period of dynamic change. (Some of you have heard Roberto play on several occasions at part of Curtis on Tour. To my ears he’s the best concert violist playing today.) Arriving on the West Coast, I realized that Curtis did not have the same high profile out here as on the East Coast.

I decided to pick up the phone and call Roberto and ask him if Curtis had ever thought about touring, especially to parts of the country where the school was less well known to the public. Great minds think alike I guess, because Roberto already had been brainstorming the program that came to be known as Curtis on Tour.

As a result of that simple phone call, in 2008 the Mondavi Center became the first venue outside of Philadelphia to host a Curtis on Tour performance. We have hosted Curtis on Tour every season since then—and last year we decided to make these events free, so that even more of our public could get to enjoy these amazing young artists. We owe a great debt to Barbara K. Jackson and Simon Engel who have made it possible to charge no admission—as Curtis does to its trustee Nina von Maltzahn who has endowed Curtis on Tour, allowing it to expand internationally.

I am personally proud to have been able to initiate such a wonderful partnership, one that shows that classical music is alive and well and in the hands of some amazing and dedicated young artists. Thank you for joining us.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS DOMINIC ARMSTRONG, TENOR Dominic Armstrong has quickly established himself as an artist of superb musicality and characterization. This season, Armstrong joins the Milwaukee Symphony for Bach’s Magnificat, Curtis on Tour for their annual touring initiative, and Hudson Hall as Jo the Loiterer in The Mother of Us All. He also appears with both Los Angeles Opera and the Center for Contemporary Opera in a double bill of two Gordon Getty one-act operas, Usher House and The Canterville Ghost, as both Edgar Allen Poe and Duke Cecil of Yorkshire.

Armstrong recently returned to Dayton Opera as Don José in Carmen and to the Lansing Symphony for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He joined Beth Morrison Projects for the New York City performances of Breaking the Waves.

Previously, he traveled to Russia to perform Britten’s War Requiem with the Russian National Orchestra and subsequently performed in a series of concerts, collaborating with Craig Rutenberg. He also made his company debut with Opera Colorado as Arthur Dimmesdale in the anticipated world premiere of The Scarlet Letter, sang the Second Jew in Salome with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and performed in recital with the Brooklyn Art Song Society. During the summer of 2016, Armstrong performed the role of Alfredo in La traviata with Chautauqua Opera.

SAGE DEAGRO-RUOPP, SOPRANO Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, from Traverse City, Michigan, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2017 and studies in the voice program with Marlena Kleinman Malas. DeAgroRuopp is the Gianna Rolandi Annual Fellow.

DeAgro-Ruopp has sung the roles of Bessie (Mahagonny: Ein Songspiel), Monica (The Medium) and Mélisande (Impressions of Pelléas) for the Curtis Opera Theatre; and the Fairy (Cendrillon), Corilla (Viva la Mamma) and Morgana (Alcina) for the Oberlin Opera Theater. Also at Oberlin, she premiered Matthew Schreibeis’ The Sandburg Songs with the school’s contemporary music ensemble.

She has performed as a soloist with the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra as the winner of their 2014 Concerto Competition, and she has appeared as a guest on A Prairie Home Companion.

DeAgro-Ruopp has attended the Chautauqua Institution and Oberlin in Italy, and she was named a YoungArts winner in 2014. She holds a performance diploma from Oberlin Conservatory. Her teachers have included Duane Mahy, Scott Skiba and Marilyn Tilley. She began piano lessons at age 6, dance lessons at age 9, and voice lessons at age 10.

MIKAEL ELIASEN, PIANO Danish-born coach and accompanist Mikael Eliasen is artistic director of the Curtis Opera Theatre and the Hirsig Family Dean of Vocal Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. Since receiving his early training in Copenhagen, Montreal and Vienna, he has collaborated with numerous singers in recital worldwide, including Robert Merrill, Tom Krause, John Shirley-Quirk, Elly Ameling, Edith Mathis, Florence Quivar, Mira Zakai, Sarah Walker, Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, and Curtis alumni Theodor Uppman, Michael Schade and Rinat Shaham.

Eliasen has given master classes at Aix-en-Provence, the Shanghai Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow), Jerusalem Music Center and National Opera of Prague. He has a long association with the young-artist programs at the Royal Danish Opera and the Opera Studio of Amsterdam. In the United States, he works regularly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, LA Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Santa Fe Opera and the Metropolitan Opera; and is artistic advisor to Opera Philadelphia. He has recorded for Albany Records, CBC, Hilversum Radio, Polish State Radio, Kol Israel, Irish Radio and Television, London Records, MHS and Supraphon.

Eliasen was music director of the San Francisco Opera Center from 1994 to 1996 and artistic director of the European Center for Opera and Vocal Art in Belgium from 1984 to 1994. For 20 years he has taught at Chautauqua’s Voice Program during the summers. In 2013 he was appointed artistic adviser to Opera Philadelphia. Eliasen led the Young Artist Voice Program as part of Curtis Summerfest 2016.

Eliasen joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 1986 and became the head of the department in 1988.

MILOŠ REPICKÝ, PIANO Pianist and conductor Miloš Repický is on faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. As assistant conductor with the Metropolitan Opera he has served 12 seasons, with recent productions including Rusalka, Jenůfa, Anna Bolena, Otello, The Death of Klinghoffer and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. He enjoys regular collaborations with the Cleveland Orchestra including this season’s Cunning Little Vixen at Severance Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein and in Luxembourg, and previously Pelléas et Mélisande, Daphne at the Lincoln Center Festival, as well as Bluebeard’s Castle/ Miraculous Mandarin with the Joffrey Ballet. He has worked with Houston Grand Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Spoleto Festival, San Francisco Opera, Kennedy Center, the Royal Opera House Muscat, in Oman and the Orquestra Nacional de Galicia in Spain. His collaborations as guest music director with Toronto-based Against the Grain Theatre include #UncleJohn and the development of a new,

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immersive work, No One’s Safe, at the Banff Centre. At the Kennedy Center’s World Stages Festival he conducted Tobin Stokes and Heather Raffo’s new opera, Fallujah. As a pianist he has performed for the Ottawa International Chamber Festival, Carnegie Hall, Medici TV, TED, Alice Tully Hall, Jeunesses-Musicales de Montréal and the Banff Center. He is featured pianist on the Sundialtech Pictures multimedia DVD of Pierrot Lunaire and recently conducted a film score soundtrack for the feature film The Bohemians, an adaptation of Puccini’s La bohème. He has been guest faculty at the Juilliard School, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Yale University, the Chautauqua Institution and the Castleton Festival. With his wife, Lilah Gosman, he is co-artistic director of Music for Montauk, on the East End of Long Island.

Repický studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Warren Jones, and at the Music Academy of the West, the Merola Program at San Francisco Opera and the Banff Centre. He joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2016.

ANASTASIIA SIDOROVA, MEZZO-SOPRANO Anastasiia Sidorova, from St. Petersburg, Russia, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2014 and studies voice with Patricia McCaffrey, adjunct faculty. Sidorova is the Casiana Hilton Annual Fellow.

Sidorova won first prize in the 2015 Classical Singer Vocal Competition. She received the Encouragement Award at the Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Competition in 2015, and she was the 2012 Third Laureate and 2011 Second Laureate in the Vivat-Talent International Contest and Festival in St. Petersburg. She joined Opera Philadelphia’s Emerging Artists Program in 2016, singing the role of Roggiero in Tancredi and covering the role of Dodo in Breaking the Waves. In the 2017–18 season, she continued as an Emerging Artist in the roles of Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) and Mércèdes (Carmen).

For the Curtis Opera Theatre, Sidorova’s notable roles include Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Olga and Filippyevna (Eugene Onegin), Bianca (The Rape of Lucretia), Martha (Iolanta), Lucilla (La scala di seta), Dryad (Ariadne auf Naxos), Mother Goose (The Rake’s Progress), Rosette (Manon) and Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro). She participated in the Wolf Trap Studio Artist Program in 2018 and has also attended the Music Academy of the West and the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland.

PATRICK WILHELM, BARITONE Patrick Wilhelm, from Maplewood, New Jersey, and Lausanne, Switzerland, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2015 and studies voice with Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty. Wilhelm is the Lelia A. Wike Fellow.

Wilhelm has appeared as Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Mr. Gobineau (The Medium), Bill (A Quiet Place), Zaretsky (Eugene Onegin), Pelléas (Impressions of Pelléas), Junius (The Rape of Lucretia) and the Black Cat (L’enfant et les sortilèges) with the Curtis Opera Theatre.

An avid recitalist, he frequently performs on the Student Recital Series at Curtis. In the summers of 2015 and 2016, Wilhelm attended the Academié Internationale d’Éte, singing in classes with Dalton Baldwin and Lorraine Nubar. He attended the Salzburg Mozarteum in 2017 and has also participated in Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute.

ABOUT CURTIS The Curtis Institute of Music educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians to engage a local and global community through the highest level of artistry. One of the most selective schools in the United States, Curtis accepts four percent of applicants each year on average, and a tuition-free policy ensures that talent and artistic promise are the only considerations for admission.

With a small student body of about 175, Curtis ensures that each young musician receives an education of unparalleled quality, distinguished by a “learn by doing” philosophy and personalized attention from a faculty that includes a high proportion of actively performing musicians.

Curtis students hone their craft through more than 200 orchestra, opera, and solo and chamber music offerings each year and programs that bring arts access and education to the community. This real-world training allows these extraordinary young musicians to join the front rank of performers, composers, conductors, and musical leaders, making a profound impact on music onstage and in their communities. To learn more, visit Curtis.edu.

ABOUT CURTIS ON TOUR Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Grounded in the school’s “learn by doing” philosophy, it offers students real-world, professional touring experience alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. In addition to performing, musicians offer master classes, interactive programs and community engagement activities. Curtis on Tour also facilitates solo performances of Curtis students and alumni with professional orchestras and recital series. Since the program was established in 2008, students, faculty, and alumni have performed more than 300 concerts in over 90 cities in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

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DIRECTOR CIRCLE $1,750 - $3,749

The Aboytes Family Ezra and Beulah Amsterdam Russell and Elizabeth Austin Drs. Noa and David Bell Robert and Susan Benedetti

Don and Kathy Bers* Edwin Bradley Richard Breedon, Pat Chirapravati, and Rosa Marquez Cantor & Company, A Law Corporation Margaret Chang and Andrew Holz Susan Chen Allison P. Coudert Jim and Kathy Coulter* Terry Davison Joyce Donaldson* Matt Donaldson and Steve Kyriakis Karl Gerdes and Pamela Rohrich David and Erla Goller Patty and John Goss Tim and Karen Hefler Sharna and Mike Hoffman Ronald and Lesley Hsu Martin and JoAnn Joye* Barbara Katz Nancy and John Keltner Robert and Cathryn Kerr Joseph Kiskis and Diana Vodrey Charlene R. Kunitz Thomas Lange and Spencer Lockson Mary Jane Large and Marc Levinson Francie and Artie Lawyer* Hyunok Lee and Daniel Sumner Lin and Peter Lindert Richard and Kyoko Luna Family Fund Natalie and Malcolm MacKenzie* Debbie Mah* and Brent Felker Dennis H. Mangers and Michael Sestak Susan Mann Rick and Ann Mansker In Memory of Allen G. Marr Betty Masuoka and Robert Ono Gary S. May In Memory of William F. McCoy Sally McKee Mary McKinnon and Greg Krekelberg Katharine and Dan Morgan Craig Morkert Augustus B. Morr Rebecca Newland John Pascoe and Susan Stover J. Persin, R. Mott and D. Verbck Prewoznik Foundation John and Judith Reitan Kay Resler* Marshall and Maureen Rice Dwight E. and Donna L. Sanders Christian Sandrock Ed and Karen Schelegle Neil and Carrie Schore Arun K. Sen Bonnie and Jeff Smith Janet Shibamoto-Smith and David Smith Edward Speegle Les and Mary Stephens De Wall Maril R. and Patrick M. Stratton Geoffrey and Gretel Wandesford-Smith Dan and Ellie Wendin Dale L. and Jane C. Wierman Susan and Thomas Willoughby Paul Wyman Karen Zito and Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez And 2 donors who prefer to remain anonymous

ENCORE CIRCLE $700 - $1,749

Shirley and Mike Auman* Laura and Murry Baria In Memory of Marie Benisek Muriel Brandt Davis and Jan Campbell Gayle Dax-Conroy In Memory of Jan Conroy Dotty Dixon* Anne Duffey John and Cathie Duniway Robert and Melanie Ferrando Doris Flint Dr. Jennifer D. Franz Paul N. and E.F. (Pat) Goldstene

Florence Grosskettler* Mae and David Gundlach Robin Hansen and Gordon Ulrey Leonard and Marilyn Herrmann B.J. Hoyt James and Nancy Joye Louise Kellogg and Douglas Neuhauser Paul Kramer Paula Kubo Ruth M. Lawrence Michael and Sheila Lewis* Robert and Betty Liu Shirley Maus Janet Mayhew Robert Medearis Roland and Marilyn Meyer Nancy Michel Robert and Susan Munn* Don and Sue Murchison Robert and Kinzie Murphy John and Carol Oster Bonnie A. Plummer Celia Rabinowitz C. Rocke Ms. Tracy Rodgers and Dr. Richard Budenz Tom and Joan Sallee William and Jeannie Spangler* Elizabeth St. Goar Sherman and Hannah Stein Karen and Ed Street* Eric and Pat Stromberg* Dr. Lyn Taylor and Dr. Mont Hubbard Cap and Helen Thomson Roseanna Torretto* Henry and Lynda Trowbridge* Rita and Jack Weiss Steven and Andrea Weiss* Kandi Williams and Frank Jahnke Gayle K. Yamada and David H. Hosley Wesley Yates Karl and Lynn Zender And 3 donors who prefer to remain anonymous

ORCHESTRA CIRCLE $350 - $699

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MAINSTAGE CIRCLE $125 - $349

Jose and Elizabeth Abad Susan Ahlquist Drs. Ralph and Teresa Aldredge Takashi Asano Andrew and Ruth Baron Paul and Linda Baumann Marie Beauchamp Carol L. Benedetti Jane D. Bennett Ernst Biberstein Robert Biggs and Diane Carlson Biggs Patricia Bissell and Al J. Patrick Clyde and Ruth Bowman Brooke and Clay Brandow Meredith Burns Marguerite Callahan Gary and Anne Carlson* Bruce and Mary Alice Carswell* Simon and Cindy Cherry Dr. Jacqueline Clavo-Hall Stuart and Denise Cohen Mr. and Mrs. David Covin Larry Dashiell and Peggy Siddons Daniel and Moira Dykstra Nancy and Don Erman Kerstin and David Feldman Helen Ford Lisa Foster and Tom Graham Edwin and Sevgi Friedrich* Marvin and Joyce Goldman Dan Gusfield Darrow and Gwen Haagensen Sharon and Don Hallberg* Marylee Hardie Dione and Roy Henrickson Zheyla and Rickert Henriksen Paula Higashi and Fred Taugher Roberta Hill Michael and Peggy Hoffman Rita and Ken Hoots Jan and Herb Hoover Robert and Marcia Jacobs Valerie Jones Weldon and Colleen Jordan Susan Kauzlarich and Peter Klavins

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Charles Kelso and Mary Reed Peter Kenner Ellen J. Lange Sevim Larsen Darnell Lawrence Carol Ledbetter Donna and Stan Levin Ernest and Mary Ann Lewis Robert and Patricia Lufburrow Sue MacDonald Bunkie Mangum Joan and Roger Mann Maria Manea Manoliu David and Martha Marsh Katherine F. Mawdsley* Susan and David Miller William and Nancy Myers Margaret Neu* Suzette Olson Sally Ozonoff and Tom Richey J. and K. Redenbaugh Eugene and Elizabeth Renkin David and Judy Reuben* Ron and Morgan Rogers Sharon and Elliott Rose* Bob and Tamra Ruxin Mark and Ita Sanders Roger and Freda Sornsen Tony and Beth Tanke Virginia Thresh Robert and Helen Twiss Ardath Wood* Iris Yang and G. Richard Brown Chelle Yetman Jane Yeun and Randall Lee Ronald M. Yoshiyama Heather M. Young and Pete B. Quinby Verena Leu Young* Melanie and Medardo Zavala Drs. Matthew and Meghan Zavod

M. Aften Michelle Agnew Liz Allen* Jacqueline and James B. Ames Penny Anderson Nancy Andrew-Kyle* Elinor Anklin and Geo Harsch Alex and Janice Ardans Dee Jae Arnett Antonio and Alicia Balatbat* Charlotte Ballard and Robert Zeff Charlie and Diane Bamforth Michele Barefoot and Luis Perez-Grau Dawn Barlly Carole Barnes Jonathan and Mary Bayless Lynn Baysinger* Delee and Jerry Beavers Lorna Belden and Milton Blackman Merry Benard Robert Bense and Sonya Lyons Kellyanne D. Best Dr. Louise Bettner Bevowitz Family Dr. Robert and Sheila Beyer Elizabeth A. Bianco Roy and Joan Bibbens* John and Katy Bill Sharon Billings* and Terry Sandbek Caroline and Lewis Bledsoe Fredrick Bliss and Mary Campbell Bliss Brooke Bourland* Barbara E. Bower Jill and Mary Bowers Verne and Jerry Bowers Melody Boyer and Mark Gidding Dan and Mildred Braunstein* Valerie Brown and Edward Shields Rose Burgis Dr. Margaret Burns and Dr. W Roy Bellhorn William and Karolee Bush Kent and Susan Calfee Edward Callahan The Richard Campbells Nancy and Dennis Campos* James and Patty Carey Ping Chan* Bonnie and LeRoy Chatfield

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Gail Clark Linda Clevenger and Seth Brunner James and Linda Cline Sheri and Ron Cole Steve and Janet Collins Terry D. Cook Sheila Cordrey* Larry and Sandy Corman Nicholas and Khin Cornes Fred and Ann Costello James Cothern Cathy Coupal* Victor Cozzalio and Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio Crandallicious Clan Herb and Lois Cross Tatiana Cullen Kim Uyen Dao Joy and Doug Daugherty Nita A. Davidson Relly Davidson Judy and Mike Davis Fred Deneke and James Eastman Joan and Alex DePaoli Carol Dependahl-Ripperda Sabine Dickerson; Marietta Bernoco Linda and Joel Dobris Gwendolyn Doebbert and Richard Epstein Marjorie Dolcini* Gordon and Katherine Douglas Jerry and Chris Drane Leslie A. Dunsworth Noel Dybdal Karen Eagan Laura Eisen and Paul Glenn Sidney England and Randy Beaton Carol Erickson and David Phillips Wallace Etterbeek Andrew D. and Eleanor E. Farrand* Michael and Ophelia Farrell Janet Feil Cheryl and David Felsch Joshua Fenton and Lisa Baumeister John and Henni Fetzer Robin and Jeffrey Fine Curt and Sue Ann Finley Dave and Donna Fletcher Richard Fletcher Glenn Fortini Daphna Fram Marion Franck and Robert Lew Elaine A. Franco Anthony and Jorgina Freese Marlene J. Freid* Larry Friedman and Susan Orton Kerim and Josie Friedrich Myra Gable Sean Galloway Anne Garbeff* Nancy Gelbard and David Kalb P.E. Gerick Patrice and Chris Gibson* Barbara Gladfelter Ellie Glassburner Marnelle Gleason* and Louis J. Fox Mark Goldman and Jessica Tucker-Mohl Pat and Bob Gonzalez* Drs. Michael Goodman and Bonny Neyhart Joyce Gordon Karen Governor Halley Grain Sandra and Jeffrey Granett Jim Gray and Robin Affrime Stephen and Deirdre Greenholz Paul and Carol Grench Don and Eileen Gueffroy Abbas Gultekin and Vicky Tibbs Wesley and Ida Hackett* Myrtis Hadden Ann and Charles Haffer Bob and Jen Hagedorn Jane and Jim Hagedorn Kitty Hammer William and Sherry Hamre M. and P. Handley Jim and Laurie Hanschu Bob and Sue Hansen Alexander and Kelly Harcourt Marie Harlan* Sally Harvey* Anne and Dave Hawke Mary A. Helmich Penny Herbert and Jeff Uppington Rand and Mary Herbert Dr. Calvin Hirsch Pamela Holm Jack Holmes and Cathy Neuhauser Elizabeth Honeysett

Sarah and Dan Hrdy Pam Hullinger David Kenneth Huskey Lorraine J Hwang L. K. Iwasa Stephen Jacobs and Diane Moore Dr. and Mrs. Ron Jensen Mun Johl Gary and Karen Johns* Don and Diane Johnston Michelle Johnston and Scott Arrants D.M. Jonsson Family Andrew and Merry Joslin Shari and Timothy Karpin Patricia Kelleher* Michael S. Kent Sharmon and Peter Kenyon Leonard Keyes Nicki King Roger and Katharine Kingston Ruth Ann Kinsella* Camille Kirk Bob and Bobbie Kittredge Don and Bev Klingborg John and Mary Klisiewicz* Michael Koltnow Kerik and Carol Kouklis Sandra and Alan Kreeger Marcia and Kurt Kreith Sandra Kristensen Cynthia and Roy Kroener C.R. and Elizabeth Kuehner Kupcho-Hawksworth Trust Leslie Kurtz Laura and Bill Lacy Kit and Bonnie Lam* Allan and Norma Lammers Marsha Lang Larkin Lapides Diane and Renzo Lardelli Nancy Lazarus and David Siegel Peggy Leander* Evelyn A. Lewis Jeff Lloyd Motoko Lobue Dr. Joyce A. Loeffler Mary Lowry Karen Lucas* Melissa Lyans and Andreas Albrecht Ariane Lyons Jeffrey and Helen Ma Judy Mack* David and Alita Mackill Karen Majewski Vartan Malian and Nova Ghermann Julin Maloof and Stacey Harmer T. Mann Pam Marrone and Mick Rogers J. A. Martin Leslie Maulhardt* Carole Mayer Keith and Jeanie McAfee Karen McCluskey* and Harry Roth* James and Jane McDevitt Nora McGuinness* John and Andrea McKenna Tim and Linda McKenna Martin A. Medina and Laurie Perry Linda and Joe Merva Cynthia Meyers Beryl Michaels and John Bach Leslie Michaels and Susan Katt Jean and Eric Miller Lisa Miller Sue and Rex Miller Kei and Barbara Miyano Vicki and Paul Moering Hallie Morrow Marcie Mortensson Rita Mt. Joy* Robert and Janet Mukai Bill and Anna Rita Neuman Robert Nevraumont and Donna Curley Nevraumont* R. Noda Jay and Catherine Norvell Bob Odland and Charlotte Kelly Jeri and Clifford Ohmart Jim and Sharon Oltjen In Memory of Robert Orlins Mary Jo Ormiston* John and Nancy Owen Jessie Ann Owens Mike and Carlene Ozonoff Michael Pach and Mary Wind Thomas Pavlakovich and Kathryn Demakopoulos Dianne J. Pellissier

Erin Peltzman Ann Peterson and Marc Hoeschele Jill and Warren Pickett Jane Plocher Mrs. Merrilee A Posner Harriet Prato Otto and Lynn Raabe Olga Raveling Sandi Redenbach* and Ken Gelatt Fred and Martha Rehrman* Francis Resta Russ and Barbara Ristine Jeannette and David Robertson Denise Rocha Mary and Ron Rogers Carol and John Rominger Richard and Evelyne Rominger Janet Roser Shery and John Roth Cathy and David Rowen* Cynthia Jo Ruff* Paul and Ida Ruffin Dagnes/Vernon Ruiz Jacquelyn Sanders Elia and Glenn Sanjume Fred and Pauline Schack John and Joyce Schaeuble Patsy Schiff Leon Schimmel and Annette Cody Dan Shadoan and Ann Lincoln Jay and Jill Shepherd Bruce Sheridan Jeanie Sherwood Jennifer L. Sierras Jo Anne S. Silber Teresa Simi Robert Snider and Jak Jaras Jean Snyder Ronald and Rosie Soohoo Curtis and Judy Spencer Dolores and Joseph Spencer Marguerite Spencer Alan and Charlene Steen Tim and Julie Stephens Judith and Richard Stern Deb and Jeff Stromberg A Supporter George and June Suzuki Yayoi Takamura Stewart and Ann Teal Julie A. Theriault, PA-C Virginia Thigpen Bud and Sally Tollette Ann Tom Victoria and Robert Tousignant` Justine Turner* Ute Turner* Sandra Uhrhammer* Peter Van Hoecke Ann-Catrin Van Barbara Smith Vaughn* Marian and Paul Ver Wey Elizabeth Villery Richard Vorpe and Evelyn Matteucci Craig Vreeken and Lee Miller Maxine Wakefield and William Reichert Carol L. Walden Andrew and Vivian Walker Naomi J Walker Andy and Judy Warburg Don and Rhonda Weltz* Doug West Martha West Robert and Leslie Westergaard* Nancy and Richard White* Mrs. Jane Williams Sharon and Steve Wilson Janet G. Winterer Suey Wong* Jean Wu Timothy and Vicki Yearnshaw Jeffrey and Elaine Yee* Dorothy Yerxa and Michael Reinhart Phillip and Iva Yoshimura Phyllis and Darrel Zerger* Marlis and Jack Ziegler Timothy and Sonya Zindel Linda and Lou Ziskind Dr. Mark and Wendy Zlotlow And 27 donors who prefer to remain anonymous

Artistic Ventures Fund

We applaud our Artistic Ventures Fund members, whose major gift commitments support artist engagement fees, innovative artist commissions, artist residencies, and programs made available free to the public.

James Bigelow Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley John and Lois Crowe Patti Donlon Richard and Joy Dorf Nancy McRae Fisher Wanda Lee Graves and Steve Duscha Anne Gray Barbara K. Jackson° Rosalie Vanderheof

Legacy Circle

Thank you to our supporters who have remembered the Mondavi Center in their estate plans. These gifts make a difference for the future of performing arts and we are most grateful.

Wayne and Jacque Bartholomew Karen Broido Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley John and Lois Crowe Dotty Dixon Nancy Dubois° Anne Gray Benjamin and Lynette Hart L. J. Herrig Estate° Mary B. Horton Margaret Hoyt Barbara K. Jackson° Roy and Edith Kanoff° Robert and Barbara Leidigh Yvonne LeMaitre° Jerry and Marguerite Lewis Robert and Betty Liu Don McNary Ruth R. Mehlhaff° Joy Mench and Clive Watson Trust Verne Mendel Kay Resler Hal° and Carol Sconyers Joe and Betty° Tupin Lynn Upchurch 1 Anonymous If you have already named the Mondavi Center in your own estate plans, we thank you. We would love to hear of your giving plans so that we may express our appreciation.

If you are interested in learning about planned giving opportunities, please contact Nancy Petrisko, Director of Development, 530.754.5420 or npetrisko@ucdavis.

Thank you to the following donors for their special program support.

Young Artists Competition and Program

Jeff and Karen Bertleson Karen Broido John and Lois Crowe Merrilee and Simon Engel Mary B. Horton Barbara K. Jackson° Debbie Mah Linda and Lawrence Raber

Note: We apologize if we listed your name incorrectly. Please contact the Mondavi Center Development Office at 530.754.5438 to inform us of corrections. * Friends of Mondavi Center

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