Program Book: April in Paris by Opera Colorado

TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the General & Artistic Director Program Details Order of Program April in Paris Synopsis Q&A With Catherine Cook Director’s Commentary for April in Paris The Artists Sponsors Annual Contributors

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APRIL IN PARIS ear Friends,

DIGITAL PREMIERE APRIL 15, 2021 | 7:30 P.M.

It was clear that we had hours of reperSpring isON inDEMAND the air!APRIL The15weather AVAILABLE - 29 2021is warmtoire to choose from. ing, daffodils are in bloom, and our desire Tune in to this television-style digital program celebrating all things French! April in Paris, starring Cathto travel is at a peak following the long erine Cook and directed by David Lefkowich, features three whimsical episodes inspired by the Golden Age Now, how were we to bring this all togethmonths of COVID-19 confinement. You in Lee Hoiby’s of television. You’ll see Cook become Julia Child Bon Appetit!, transform into a Paris cabaret er into an engaging digital performance may ready to hop on a plane and singernot for abe performance of delightful French songs, and more surprises. experience? In stepped director David head to Paris yet, so we have brought a litLefkowich. David’s creative genius quickly tle of Paris directly to you in April in Paris crafted a unique character for Catherine to with classic French music and characters. play in each vignette inspired by the golden age of televison. David spent hours reBack in September of 2020, I contacted one searching television shows from the 1950’s of my favorite artists, Catherine Cook, to and 60’s and settled on three iconic shows. see if she would come to Denver and record First, The Ed Sullivan Show, which was Lee Hoiby’s opera Bon Appétit!. Catherine known for showcasing great opera singhas performed it with several companies in ers. Then The Wendy Barrie Show, which the San Francisco area and she jumped at was known for Wendy’s sidekick aardvark the chance to reprise the iconic role of Julia puppet. Finally, of course, Julia Child’s The Child as she bakes a chocolate cake. French Chef was a given. Once I confirmed Catherine was interested, the conversation quickly turned to selecting additional repertoire to fill out a sixty-minute program. We instantly began naming countless great songs by the French composer Francis Poulenc, we shared a long list of our favorite cabaret songs from the 1930’s and 1940’s, and we spoke about how French cabaret influenced the witty humor found in American composer William Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs.

At a time when we are overwhelmed by the challenges of the world around us, it has been a pleasure to work with Catherine Cook, David Lefkowich, Sahar Nouri, our production team, and Rocky Mountain Public Media to create a program that is filled with pure joy, humor, and a good measure of silliness. I hope you enjoy this Opera Colorado Amplified program and I look forward to sharing more music and opera with you this year.

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April in Paris APRIL 15 - 29 | 2021 Three whimsical episodes inspired by the golden age of television and celebrating all things French

Catherine Cook, mezzo-soprano Sahar Nouri, pianist

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David Lefkowich, director

ORDER OF PROGRAM

Episode 1: The Ed Sullivan Show Catherine Cook, mezzo-soprano Sahar Nouri, pianist David Lefkowich, Ed Sullivan

April in Paris Words by E. Y. Harburg (1903-1969)

Les Chemins de l’amour Words by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)

From Banalites Hotel Voyage à Paris

Surabaya Johnny

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Words by Michael Feingold (b. 1945)

Vernon Duke (1903-1969)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

Episode 2: The Wendy Barrie Show Catherine Cook, Wendy Barrie Sahar Nouri, pianist David Lefkowich, The Aardvark

From Cabaret Songs

William Bolcom

Words by Arnold Weinstein (1927-2005)

(b. 1938)

Over the Piano Fur Amor Toothbrush Time Places to Live George

Episode 3: The French Chef Catherine Cook, Julia Child Sahar Nouri, pianist

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As spoken by Julia Child (1912-2004) Adapted by Mark Shulgasser

Lee Hoiby

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Bon Appétit!

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APRIL IN PARIS SYNOPSIS EPISODE 1 - THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW SCENE

Lights up on the set of The Ed Sullivan Show! The renowned mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook is here to share some of her favorite cabaret songs celebrating love, spring, and Paris. 

EPISODE 2 - THE WENDY BARRIE SHOW SCENE

Welcome to The Wendy Barrie Show, one of the earliest American talk shows, starring the actress Wendy Barrie (Catherine Cook) and her trusty Aardvark puppet (David Lefkowich). This episode, Wendy graces us with a suite of tunes from William Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs and even interviews the genius behind the keys, Sahar Nouri. 

EPISODE 3 - THE FRENCH CHEF SCENE

Mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook as Julia Child in Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appétit!

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Lee Hoiby’s comic one-woman opera Bon Appétit! is based on Julia Child’s beloved television series. This episode features Julia Child (Catherine Cook) baking a chocolate cake. 

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Q&A WITH

CATHERINE COOK

BY SUZANNE WHITNEY

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Mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook is the star of the one-woman extravaganza April in Paris. We are so lucky to have such a captivating performer at the helm of our newest digital performance. Catherine has performed a wide range of roles at many leading opera houses including The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and more, including performing in the much-beloved 2011 Opera Colorado production of Rusalka. Enjoy this opportunity to get to know this wonderful singer and learn what it was like creating a new digital program.

How did you get involved with April in Paris? In September of 2020 Greg Carpenter, Opera Colorado’s General & Artistic Director, contacted me. He had the idea for a digital program called April in Paris, which would feature Lee Hoiby’s one-act opera Bon Appétit!. From there Greg gave me the amazing opportunity to choose my own repertoire.

What connection do you have to the music in this production? I absolutely love all the music in this project, it was so much fun to put the program together. The first episode is some of my favorite French music. Some are new pieces I have always wanted to sing and some are pieces I have performed before. I tried to put together a variety of moods and styles, all centered around spring, love, and Paris. The second episode is a set from Cabaret Songs by the American composer William Bolcom. These songs tell stories in a whimsical, fun, and comical style. I’ve always wanted to do these songs staged as a character of some sort, so this was a great opportunity to play with that idea. The character we landed on for this episode is Wendy Barrie, a talk show host from the late 1940s. Finally, we close out the show with Bon Appétit! by Lee Hoiby. It is a one-woman

“It was quite emotional to be in a rehearsal room for the first time in over a year and get to make live music!” opera based on an actual episode of Julia Child’s cooking show in which she makes a chocolate cake. It’s such a joy to play Julia, and to do it while singing is so much fun! I almost feel like Julia is an extension of myself. The moment the wig goes on and I put on the shirt with the icon patch, I truly become Julia. Tell us a bit about the rehearsal process.

What was it like to perform in front of a camera instead of a live audience? It was definitely different but in many ways the same. The biggest thing about planning and creating this program was we wanted it to be something geared towards “TV” as opposed to trying to film something meant for the big stage. It felt very intimate and

vulnerable in many ways. We wanted to tell stories in a way that felt personal. One way we planned the medium of “TV” in rehearsal was setting up music stands where the cameras would be in the studio, so I knew where those cameras were. We planned which camera I would sing to or where I’d add a little wink to the audience. Ultimately, I still felt like I was on a stage. I didn’t hold back and I did the same things I would do in any live performance. What are you most looking forward to as we get back to live performance? I love the connection with the audience and feeling their collective energy. I also love making music with a live orchestra. It is magical. That is what I’m most looking forward to!  Suzanne Whitney is Opera Colorado’s Marketing Manager.

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The process was wonderful and collaborative. I’ve worked with David many times in the past, and love working with him. He is so brilliant and imaginative and although I’ve never worked with Sahar, I’ve known her for a long time. It was such a fabulous experience to make music together. She is such an incredible musician and pianist. We put the show together in less than a week and then had three filming days at Rocky Mountain Public Media. The whole process was so joyful and fun!

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To start with, this is the first project since the beginning of the pandemic that David, Sahar, and I had done. So, it was quite emotional to be in a rehearsal room for the first time in over a year and get to make live music! What a gift that was and to experience it with such amazing colleagues and friends.

DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY ON APRIL IN PARIS

Sahar Nouri (Pianist) and Catherine Cook (Wendy Barrie) filming episode two of April in Paris. PHOTO Opera Colorado / Rocky Mountain Public Media (2021)

BY DAVID LEFKOWICH

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When Greg got in touch with me about this project, I was so overwhelmed. It had been months since I’d worked on something creative and artistic and satisfying. I was so excited—it wasn’t just an opportunity to direct an opera, but to create something new with these amazing artists and colleagues.

While April in Paris was an incredible opportunity, it was also a bit of a puzzle. How was I to use the talents of Catherine Cook, an amazing opera singer, performer, and comedienne, and fit the selected pieces into one cohesive evening of music and joy? What stories could we tell together? I decided to begin with Julia Child. Lee Hoiby’s chamber opera Bon Appétit! got me thinking about what it means to be an icon and who the other

mid-twentieth century icons were. As that idea developed I decided to structure each of the three episodes around a different icon. It was really fun! I had a lot of quarantine time on my hands, so I spent hours researching and watching episodes of golden-age variety shows. I even interviewed a few folks in my life asking, “who do you remember from the 1940s and 1950s?” This led to a few strange answers, but ultimately I settled on three television stars. Our first icon is Ed Sullivan. He is a universally recognizable symbol of that era of television and was a great supporter and promoter of opera and opera singers. So, it made sense to set Catherine up as a performer on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first episode.

“I was so excited—it wasn’t just an opportunity to direct an opera, but to create something new with these amazing artists and colleagues.” I was so delighted and I thought to myself, “Is Cathy going to kill me for suggesting this, or is it going to be just so much fun?” Luckily, we all found the humor and joy in Wendy Barrie, and thus this fabulous character was born for the second episode! Finally, of course, we added Julia Child in Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appétit! to complete our trio of mid-twentieth century icons. It was not an easy process, but it was so joyful and so fantastic to collaborate with Greg, Catherine, and Sahar. I loved creating something out of nothing and I couldn’t be more grateful for this amazing opportunity.  David Lefkowich (Director) and Catherine Cook (Julia Child) on set for April in Paris. PHOTO Opera Colorado / Rocky Mountain Public Media (2021)

Sahar Nouri (Pianist) practices on set for April in Paris. PHOTO Opera Colorado / Rocky Mountain Public Media (2021)

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I was searching everywhere, brainstorming, and truthfully starting to get a bit anxious, when I stumbled across The Wendy Barrie Show. She was a British actress who somehow got her own talk show that debuted in 1948. It was a talk show, but as a cohort, on-air she had an aardvark puppet to chat with.

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Then I had to figure out what to do with Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs. These were a little bit tricky. They are fun and different, but still have this poignancy about them.

THE ARTISTS CATHERINE COOK | mezzo-soprano Mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook has excelled in a wide range of roles with companies all over the United States including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and the San Francisco Opera, where she has been featured in over 50 productions in over 300 performances. Recent highlights include Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro and Mother Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life, both with San Francisco Opera, and her debut with Sun Valley Music Festival as Julia Child in Bon Appetit!, a role she also performed with Opera Parallele. A champion of new music, Ms. Cook has sung in several world premieres including Dead Man Walking, Dolores Claiborne, After Life, and Bonesetter’s Daughter. Future engagements include Berta in a newly-imagined The Barber of Seville with San Francisco Opera. In addition to a busy performing schedule, Ms. Cook is a Professor of Voice at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she holds the Frederica Von Stade Distinguished Chair in Voice.

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SAHAR NOURI | pianist

Iranian pianist and conductor Sahar Nouri serves as Opera Colorado’s chorus master, assistant conductor, and pianist coach. Ms. Nouri is the music director of the Lamont Opera Theatre at Denver University. While based in Denver, she continues to serve as guest coach/faculty with various organizations including San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Opera North Carolina, Opera Steamboat and more.

Previously, Ms. Nouri has been a member of the music staff at Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Utah Opera, Aspen Opera Center, Opera Parallèle, and Opera in the Heights. Her repertoire includes numerous classic operas as well as many world premieres such as Prince of Players, O Columbia!, Steal a Pencil for Me, and Today It Rains. A multi-lingual, Nouri has done studies in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Austria, and is frequently in demand as a language coach and recitalist.

DAVID LEFKOWICH | director An accomplished stage director and fight choreographer who has worked with the Metropolitan Opera, Teatre alla Scala, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera, among others. Recent directing engagements include Don Giovanni at L’Opéra de Montréal and Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, The Marriage of Figaro, and L’Histoire du Soldat at the Ravinia Music Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Maestro James Conlon. David made his European debut directing Le Portrait de Manon at the Gran Teatre Liceu in Barcelona and followed with The Rake’s Progress at La Monnaie in Brussels. Other engagements include directing and choreographing new productions of La Traviata (Austin Opera, Opera Birmingham, San Francisco Opera, Lake George Opera), Carmen (Fort Worth Opera, Anchorage Opera), and Lucia de Lammermoor (Eugene Opera). A graduate from Northwestern University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Theatre, David has a certificate from École Jacques-Lecoq in Paris, France. He served as the Artistic Director of the Mill City Summer Opera. Currently, he is the Artistic Director of Out of the Box Opera in Minneapolis.

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Katie Preissner, Director of Production & Artistic Services

Mark Montour-Larson, Video Director Nicholas Larson, Audio Recording Engineer Scott Hennelly, Studio Director/Editor Enrique Jimenez, Cameras/Video Support

Technical Staff

Hillary Clark, Head Props and Set Decoration Keven Soll, Assistant Props Rita Richardson, Assistant Electrician Costume and Wardrobe

Thank you to the DCPA for access to their props warehouse and use of furniture and props.

Ann Piano, Costume Coordinator & Shop Manager Wigs & Makeup

Ronell Oliveri, Wig & Makeup Designer

Song Credits April in Paris By Vernon Duke and E.Y. Harburg Copyright Shapiro Bernstein o/b/o Glocca Morra Music and Universal Music Corp. o/b/o Kay Duke Music

Surabaya Johnny By Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht Copyright Weill Brecht Harms Company Inc. and Weill Kurt Foundation for Music Inc.

Les Chemins de l’amour By Francis Poulenc Copyright Ed Max Eschig Hotel & Voyage à Paris By Francis Poulenc Copyright Universal Music Careers

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Cabaret Songs: Amor, Fur, George, Over the Piano, Places to Live, Toothbrush Time By William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein Copyright Edward B Marks Music Company and Piedmont Music Co.

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Bon Appétit! By Lee Hoiby Copyright G. Schirmer, Inc.

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Mr. Taylor C. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Clasen Mr. and Mrs. Valerie and Gil Clausen Ms. Maribeth Clemm Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Close Ms. Ethel K. Clow Mr. David A. Connell Mr. Curtis Cook Vicki Cowart and Chris Hayes Jim and Sara Culhane Mr. Raphael Dangelo Ms. Joan Daniels Manley Houlton John Danio Karen and Charles de Bartolomé Mr. and Mrs. Tom Demarino Ms. Mary Ann Downs Peter and Marian Downs Laurie and Ben Duke III Ms. Lauren Edmonds Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Eidson Mr. John W. Ekeberg Mr. Dale Ellis Dr. Kathleen Y. Ensz Ted and Vivian Sheldon Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Evans Ms. Judith H. Fahrenkrog Amy Feaster Ms. Anna Ferrari Ms. Jeanine M. Figur Ms. Kathryn Finley Ms. Elizabeth A. Fischer and Mr. Don Elliott Dr. and Mrs. Larry S. Fisher Ms. Donna Frederickson L. Richard and Sigrid Halvorson Freese Kristin and Heiko Freitag Keith French Ms. Ingrid Fretheim Mr. Robert C. Fullerton Ms. Cynthia Gaertner Ms. Randy Ganter Miss Jeffery Rene Gash Mr. and Mrs. Caleb F. Gates, Jr. Ms. Nadia Gavrilova Jennifer Ruth Gentry Steve and Donna Good Kazuo and Drusilla Gotow Dr. Ray L. Gottesfeld Ronald and Elnore Grow Ms. Sonja Hahn Mr. Timothy Harris Mrs. Deborah A. Havas Mr. Richard A. Haynes Mr. Richard W. Healy John R. Heckenlively, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Heiser Ms. Rebecca Hersey Dr. Marilyn J. Hitchens Sarah C. Hite Ms. Mary Hoadley Don and Mary Hoagland Carol Ann Hoffman Mr. Graham Hoffman Mr. Saul D. Hoffman and Ms. Susan Parker Ms. Mary Ellen Holmes

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Charlotte Ziebarth

OPERA COLORADO

Ms. Karen Howland and Mr. J. Gregory Mudge Mike Hughes and The Honorable Karen Brody Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Steve and Chryse Hutchins Mr. Daniel Isaman Roberta and Mel Klein John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Ms. Meredith J. Laitos and Mr. Douglas Carlson Deanna Rose Leino Robert and Gloria Lilly-Cohen Patty Lorie Tanya Mathews Sandra Mazarakis and Neil Burris Tom and Mary Meade Henry B. Mohr Sue and Bill Mohrman Mr. Lawrence Moskow Dr. Mary Kenny Moynihan and Dr. Michael Moynihan Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mueller Dr. and Mrs. David A. Norris Kelli O’Brien and Michael Kolotylo Nancy and Paul Oberman Mr. Jon J. Olafson Bonnie M. Orkow Ronald Y. Otsuka Mr. David Parkhurst Dr. Lynn Parry Mrs. Kathryn L. Pride Robert and Mary Quillin Irene M. Ibarra and Armando Quiroz Steven and Joan Ringel Gregory Robbins Ms. Deborah M. H. Rohan Mr. Joe Ronnenberg Doug Rooney Dr. and Mrs. Steven E. Schonfeld Ms. Nancy Siegel Dr. Andrew Sirotnak Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith Mrs. Jennifer Sobanet Mr. Hanspeter Spühler Larry D. Stephens Vicki and Harry Sterling Dr. Laimute Stewart Bill and Shirley Stout Drs. Morris and Ellen Susman Prof. and Mrs. Joseph S. Szyliowicz Lloyd and Barbara Timblin, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James Todd Sharon and John Trefny Francisco Varela and Timothy Wilson Bryant and Kimberly Veazey Dr. Keith Ward and Ms. Barbara Roidl Marie Belew Wheatley Mary and Ken Willis Scott and Karen Yarberry Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Yost Pam and Martin Zadigian

OPERA COLORADO

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ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Ms. Karen Howland and Mr. J. Gregory Mudge Irfan and Martha Hussain Mr. and Mrs. Werner Hutter Ms. Nancy Hyde Mrs. Philip Isely Ms. Therese A. Ivancovich Ms. Lisa C. Johnson Ms. Julie K. Johnston Kendor and Paulette Jones James and Christine Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn Edward Karg and Rick Kress Dr. Ross and Vicki Kazer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keatinge Mr. Jhon Kehmeier Mr. and Mr. Sandford Kern Bonnie Kipple Ms. Helen Knode Ms. Cherity Koepke Kiplund Kolkmeier Mrs. and Mr. Svetlana Komisarchik Mr. Robert H. Koppe Donna C. Kornfeld Dr. and Mrs. Alex Kotch Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kovach Ms. Margaret Krawiec Dr. Cynthia Kristensen Dianna Kunz Mr. Larry Lacert Ms. Barbara Ladon D. Langdon Ms. Susan S. Lapidus Ms. Carol J. Larkin Ms. Nora E. Lawler Ms. Melinda S. Leach Mr. Richard S. Leaman Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Lee Nancy A. Leonard Karen and Martin Leopold Ms. Jennifer Levine Mr. David Lichtenstein Judy and Dan Lichtin Mr. Lester Lockspeiser Mr. John A. Lockwood, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Loeb Miss Claire Longo Mr. Bill Lowrey Mr. James S. Macdonald Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macfarlane Ms. Erin Madar, Esq. Bob Mahoney and Pat Monroe Dr. Melissa Malde Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Y. Marchand Ms. Tara D. Marshall Mr. Patrick Maschka Keith Maskus and Susan Rehak Marian E. Matheson Ms. Jeanine Matney Ms. Milissa McCarthy

Mr. Eric McConnell Mr. Bobby McCracken Ms. Ann McCullough Mr. Stephen D. McGavran Mr. John Meier Ms. Jean Marie Merkhofer Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Miller Mr. John R. Miller Ms. Betty Minor Ms. Holly Morgan Mr. Mike Morgan Warren Morrow Mrs. Cheryl Myers-Saffold Mr. Mark A. Nachtigal Dr. and Dr. Hans Neville Ms. Tracy Nguyen Ms. Josie Noble Mr. Mark J. O’Connor Kent and Ruth Obee Mr. Michael Ogborn Mr. Raymond Ollett Mr. and Mrs. Don Oppliger Stephanie and Roger Oram Ms. Deb Ostergard Ms. Sonya S. Palmer Carl Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Neil Peck Ms. Barbra Pehrson Mr. and Mrs. Marc W. Percival Dennis G. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Plowshay Mr. and Mrs. Mark Plummer Rich and Kim Plumridge Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Poehlmann Kate Raabe Mr. Joseph Raymer Dr. Barbara Reed Ms. Lindsay Reimers Ms. Jennie Ridgley Mr. Michael L. Ritchie Ms. Karen Ritz Dr. Richard D. Roark Paula Roney Ms. Linda F. Rosales Dr. Tom Russell Morris and Karen Sandstead Ms. Gloria Sankel Sandy and Frank Sargent Youlon D. Savage Bryan Penny and Matt Savoie Kathleen Sawada Ms. Leslie Sawyer Ms. Erika L. Schafer Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Scheuermann John and Patricia Schmitter Gary D. Schrenk Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Schuchman Ms. Karen I. Scott Mr. Richard Scott

Mr. Billy Seiber Mr. and Mrs. George Sell Mr. James Shively Mr. John Shott Mr. Carl Shushan and Ms. Sandi Hill Ms. Phyllis Shushan and Mr. Carl Shushan Mrs. Marlene P. Siegel Mr. Theodor M. Simmons Ms. Patricia K. Simpson Catherine K. Skokan Mr. Miles Smith Nancy and Michael Snow Ms. Heather Sowell, M.D. Mr. Frank W. Spaid Mr. Ken Spitze Ms. Helena Stanton James B. Steed Mr. and Mrs. Alexander StemmWolf Mr. and Mrs. Lyle B. Stewart Susan Stiff Jenene and James Stookesberry Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Sullivan Mr. Barry Sundland Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Swindle Ms. Linda Tarpeh-Doe Ms. Kathryn Taylor Ms. Barbara Thorngren Ms. Lois Thornton Ms. Janice Tilden Dr. Walter Toki Ms. Elise Tom Mr. and Mrs. Sal L. Tripodi Ms. Carol Trotter Mr. John B. Trueblood Mr. Charles C. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Kent Verbal Mr. Paul R. Viotti and Mr. Paul E. Bowen Norma and George Wagoner Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wald Ms. Laura Wardell Ms. Carley Warren Mrs. Barbara Watson Ms. Robin Stewart and Mr. Kirk Weber Mr. and Mrs. William W. Wehner, II Dr. Adriana Weinberg Sandra L. White Ms. Phyllis Wicklund Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilkins Mrs. Andrea P. Wilson Mr. Matthew Wolchak Mr. and Mrs. David Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Mr. Will Wright Mr. Bo Xie Robert and Kathleen Yeager Mr. and Mrs. James Yip

Gene and Linda Young Judith Graham and Jeffrey Zax Mr. Robert Zwick

FOUNDATIONS The Anschutz Foundation Avenir Foundation Bloomberg Philanthropies Bock Family Fund Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Bucy Family Fund Cars For Charity, Inc. Caulkins Family Foundation Charlotte and Norman Codo Charitable Trust City of Englewood Colorado Creative Industries Community First Foundation The Crawley Family Foundation Daniels-Houlton Family Donor Advised Fund David B. and Gretchen W. Black Family Foundation Deane Family Fund The Denver Foundation Denver Lyric Opera Guild Denver Post Community Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation GE Foundation Genesee Mountain Foundation Gloria Sankel Trust Higbie Family Foundation Jeanne Land Foundation Jess & Rose Kortz and Pearle Rae Foundation JEWISHColorado Kenneth King Foundation Landis Family Philanthropy Leonard and Alice Perlmutter Charitable Foundation Lindmor Fund Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Miller Family Foundation Fund National Endowment for the Arts Network for Good Read Foundation Inc. Rose Community Foundation The Schramm Foundation Schwab Charitable Shamos Family Foundation Sidney E. Frank Foundation The Thomas and Beatrice Taplin Fund Tepper Family Foundation Tulsa Community Foundation Vanguard Charitable

Mr. and Mrs. Ken and Donna Barrow Mrs. Pamela D. Beardsley Donald K. Braden Peyton and Suzanne D. Bucy David and Elizabeth Budd Drs. Laurence and Cynthia Chan Thomas and Mary Conroy Mrs. Joyce de Roos Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Joy and Christopher Dinsdale Curtis Fentress and Agatha Kessler The Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth Laff Gayle and Gary Landis Penelope Lewis Chris and Joy Murphy Patrick Spieles Martha and Will Tracey Mrs. Carol C. Whitley The Melvin and Elaine Wolf Foundation

TRIBUTES

In honor of their children Dr. Peter and Kathy Van Arsdale In honor of Erin Wenzel Ms. Cherity Koepke In memory of Douglas H. Barton Ms. Betty Barton In memory of Dr. Bill Buchanan Mr. and Ms. Daniel J. Neumann Ms. Alta Price and Mr. Leonardo Antaris In memory of Kathryn Ann Carpenter Ms. Nicole Capage-Brown In memory of Dirk de Roos Mr. Miles Smith Ms. Ann McCullough In memory of Marilyn Edwards Mr. Lewis Shapiro In memory of Jacqueline Frishknecht, Ph.D. Mr. Chuck Lawhead and Mr. Ronald Broome

In honor of Janice Baucum Mr. Bill Lowrey

In memory of Hugh and Peggy McGee Sarah Hopfenbeck and Susan Corle

In honor of Kendra Broom Ms. Rebecca Hersey

In memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dr. Stacy Fischer and Dr. Henry Fischer

In honor of Ellie Caulkins Mr. David J. Chavolla Karen and Mark Sather

In memory of Thomas Holmes Ms. Ariane J. Le Roy and Ms. Kristin K. Harvey

In honor of Dr. Larry Chan Mr. Barton Lilly

In memory of George Hopfenbeck Ellie Caulkins

In honor of Lois Chohodas Nancy and Paul Oberman

In memory of Thomas Koepke Dr. Stephen L. Dilts

In honor of Brendan Daly Mr. Norman C. Lane

In memory of Loretta Law Marcia and Dick Robinson

In honor of Megan O’Connor Ms. Leslie Lipstein

In memory of Evelyne McPhee Ms. Susan Lythgoe

In honor of Jon Olafson Mr. and Mrs. Valerie and Gil Clausen Ms. Lauren Edmonds Mr. and Mrs. James Yip

In memory of Eugenia Meyer Dr. Stacy Fischer and Dr. Henry Fischer

In honor of Sharon Randall Ms. Jeanne Adkins Betsy Schwarm and Rick Glesner In honor of the Opera Colorado Staff Mr. Gregory A. Carpenter Mr. Patrick Maschka In honor of Paul and Susan Ms. Kharis Eppstein In honor of Catherine Swindle Mr. and Mrs. George Sell Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Swindle

Ms. Helen Stone In memory of Nat and Louise Sherman Mrs. Claire E. Benson In memory of Mr. Harry M. Siegfried Dr. Monica I. Minkoff In memory of Jeanette J Thrower Mr. Jack Bell In memory of Kenneth Ziebarth Charlotte Ziebarth In memory of Sharon Zuckerman Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Heller

CORPORATE ALLIANCE Hamilton Zanze/Oxford Station Apartments PMG Colorado Tax Time, LLC

CRESCENDO SOCIETY The following people have made arrangements to include Opera Colorado in their Estate Plan. Sheila Bisenius Ellie Caulkins Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Ms. Donna E. Hamilton Ms. Lynn E. Harrington Ms. Lisa R. James Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Kafadar Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn Deanna Rose Leino Mrs. Lee Roberts Mary Ann Rose Mr. Stephen Seifert Fern B. Seltzer Jenene and James Stookesberry Mr. Robert Van Buskirk Mrs. Carol C. Whitley Larry and Brigitte Zimmer

In memory of Jurgen and Barbara MeyerWendt Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bartle In memory of Sue Peterson Mohrman Sue and Bill Mohrman In memory of Eric Poehlmann Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Poehlmann In memory of Don and Barbara Ridgway Ms. Kathryn Taylor In memory of Edward Saindon Mr. and Mrs. Darel Saindon In memory of Morris Sandstead Mrs. Donna Antonoff Ms. Paula Hanson Ms. Mary Hey Ms. Nancy Jurcheck

2020-21 SEASON

Program Book: April in Paris

Articles inside

The Artists

Sponsors

Annual Contributors

Director’s Commentary for April in Paris

Q&A With Catherine Cook

April in Paris Synopsis

Letter from the General & Artistic Director