AS ONE Program Book

A CHAMBER OPERA FOR TWO VOICES

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Welcome and thank you for joining us for tonight's performance of AS ONE. Opera has a long history of presenting challenging social and political issues. With great humor, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro reflects the socio-political principles of the French Revolution, while in not-so-subtle ways numerous operas of Verdi were a rallying cry for the unification of Italy.

This season, Opera Colorado boldly enters a new era of artistic achievement as we launch a 5-year series of new chamber operas, one each year, that tackle some of the challenging socio-political issues of our time. We are proud to begin the series with As One, an opera that for the past 2 years has received critical acclaim for its extraordinary storytelling and accessible musical language.

Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed have created an extraordinary chamber opera that explores the universal question we all must ask ourselves at least once in our lifetime, ‘Who am I and how do I fit into the world around me?’ As One asks and answers these questions through the eyes of a transgender person as she encounters the emotional challenges and confronts the social stereotypes of her transgender experience.

Art and music have a unique way of presenting challenging subject matter in a way that encourages understanding, empathy, healing and acceptance. Next season we will continue our chamber opera initiative with the world premiere of Gerald Cohen and Deborah Brevoort’s Steal A Pencil For Me, a story about the enduring power of love and how imagination of life after the Holocaust inspired the mutual survival of lovers thrust in the middle of the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen.

I hope that your experience tonight inspires a greater understanding of how we coexist in a diverse and ever-changing world, and how we all must do our best to accept and celebrate the uniqueness we all bring to our community.

GREG CARPENTER GENERAL DIRECTOR, OPERA COLORADO

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As One Sponsors

Opera Colorado would like to thank the following sponsors that made this production of As One possible.

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A CHAMBER OPERA FOR TWO VOICES MUSIC & CONCEPT BY

LAURA KAMINSKY LIBRETTO BY

MARK CAMPBELL &Â KIMBERLY REED By arrangement with Bill Holab Music AS ONE was commissioned and developed by American Opera Projects (AOP) Approximately 75 minutes in length, there will be no intermission

IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

Hannah Before.........

Hannah After...........

KELLY MARKGRAF* BLYTHE GAISSERT*

ANDRES CLADERA* Stage Director.......... JEFF BUCHMAN*

Conductor................

Lighting & Scenic Design.....................

Video Design............

Costume Design.......

Wig and Makeup Design.....................

STEPHEN D. MAZZENO KIMBERLY REED* KENNETH CHU* RONELL OLIVERI

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Violin II....................

Viola........................

Cello........................

MARGARET GUTIERREZ CHRIS JUSELL SARAH RICHARDSON JEFF WATSON

Screen layout based on original scenic design by David Martin Jacques. *Opera Colorado debut

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A NOTE FROM THE CREATORS OF AS ONE When we three set out to write As One, none of us predicted the success it would have. We were well aware of the reality within the industry that many new operas don’t receive second or third productions—for reasons that often have little to do with the quality of the work—and we knew that a new piece about a transgender protagonist might not jibe with some people’s views of opera. But through a confluence of timing, luck, and what we hope is a compelling piece, we now find ourselves in Denver, where Opera Colorado is mounting the eighth production of As One in the two and half years since it was premiered by American Opera Projects at New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music. And with many productions of As One scheduled around the country in the near future, Opera America reports that the work is one of the most produced new operas in recent history.

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We’re the first to admit that one reason for the opera’s number of incarnations is due to its simplest production values: two singers, a string quartet and the most basic of sets to accommodate the projection design. Early on, we envisioned an opera that could be performed in the humblest of circumstances, and we kept those limitations in mind.

Of course, this may confound operagoers used to seeing monolithic sets and choruses of peasants, but we also hoped that As One would attract a new audience—people who might seek a simpler, purer synergy of music and text to tell a story.

Another reason for the opera’s popularity may be the character of Hannah herself. Fallible, self-deprecating, and admittedly somewhat self-involved, Hannah’s journey is one that audiences can relate to. We eschewed any political agenda in creating her character and instead focused on someone most people can identify with. We also chose to tell her story with a healthy bit of humor. Of course, Hannah does have conflicts, but she is not the tortured soul usually portrayed in stories about trans people.

The popularity of As One is very gratifying. Even more gratifying to us is how the opera’s message about human rights is reaching so many people—especially at a time when leadership in this country wants to dehumanize trans people and strip away their rights. We feel honored that a company with the reputation of Opera Colorado would choose to not only produce a new production of our opera, but also to do so with such loving care.

L AU R A K A M I N S K Y MARK CAMPBELL K I M B E R LY R E E D

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AS ONE Artists J E F F R E Y B U C H M A N DIRECTOR Opera News calls Director Jeffrey Buchman “a formidable talent.”

Constantly pushing the limits of the performing arts, Mr. Buchman’s versatility has led him to a wide variety of venues to explore some of opera’s classics, while also constantly premiering new works. His innovation puts him at the forefront of a new era in directing. Some of these endeavors include his title as Artistic Director of a dynamic multimedia arena show entitled Live Arts with the Grand Rapids Symphony, his award-winning production of Andy Vores’ chamber opera No Exit at Florida Grand Opera and two critically-acclaimed world premieres, Fairy Tales: Songs of the Dandelion Woman and Intelligent Systems, by Carson Kievman. This season, Mr. Buchman returns to Intermountain Opera to direct La fille du regiment; Anchorage Opera for Rigoletto, Opera Naples for productions of Turandot and Die Zauberflöte; Florida Grand Opera for Eugene Onegin; Opera Tampa for Tosca; Academy of Vocal Arts for Die Zauberflöte and the Brancaleoni Festival in Italy for L’elisir d’amore. Other recent engagements include directing for Atlanta Opera, Seattle Opera, Sarasota Opera, Baltimore Opera, Syracuse Opera, Mobile Opera and Brevard Music Festival.

M A R K C A M P B E L L LIBRETTIST Mark Campbell’s work as a librettist is at the forefront of the current contemporary opera scene in this country. He has written more than 15 librettos, five of which will premiere in 2017. His most known work is Silent Night, which received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music and is one of the most frequently performed operas in recent history. His other successful operas include Later the Same Evening, Volpone, Bastianello/ Lucrezia, The Manchurian Candidate, The Inspector, and most recently, The Shining. Awards include: a Grammy® nomination, the first Kleban Foundation Award for Lyricist, two Richard Rodgers Awards, a Larson Foundation Award, a NYFA Playwriting Fellowship, and the first Dominic J. Pelliciotti Award. Mark also mentors future generations of writers through such organizations as American Opera Projects, American Lyric Theatre, the University of Colorado's New Opera Workshop, and Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative. Premieres in 2017 include: Elizabeth Cree for Opera Philadelphia, Dinner at Eight for Minnesota Opera, Some Light Emerges for Houston Grand Opera, The Nefarious, Immoral but Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Burke & Mr. Hare for Boston Lyric Opera and The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs for Santa Fe Opera. www.markcampbellwords.com A N D R E S C L A D E R A CONDUCTOR Uruguayan conductor Andres Cladera, Associate Conductor with Opera Colorado and Artistic Director of Emerald City Opera, is a versatile and cultivated artist in both the operatic and symphonic worlds. He has prior conducting experience with Opera San Antonio, Opera Colorado, Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Edgewood Symphony, Emerald City Opera, Chatham Baroque and San Antonio Symphony.

Maestro Cladera holds a Masters of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University and Bachelors of Fine Arts degrees in Piano and Voice Performance from College of 12 A S O N E

Charleston. Cladera was awarded the Outstanding Young Conductor of the year by the Association of Choral Directors of America, and first place in several international piano competitions including: Luis Troccoli International Piano Competition, Luis Cluzeau Mortet Piano Competition, as well as the Young Artist Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera House. Upcoming engagements: Frida with Cincinnati Opera, Cavalleria Rusticana with Emerald City Opera, Trouble in Tahiti at Carnegie Mellon University and Beethoven Symphony No.7 with Memphis Symphony. Maestro Cladera is represented by Encompass Arts LL. B LY T H E G A I S S E R T HANNAH AFTER Mezzo-Soprano Blythe Gaissert has established herself as a fresh and exciting artist in great demand in the United States for opera, concert and recital engagements. This Texas native has received great praise from critics for her rich sound and intense, dramatic interpretations of operatic roles. This season, Ms. Gaissert will perform Cleopatra in Berlioz' exciting monodrama La Mort de Cleopatre with On Site Opera and reprise the role of Hannah After in a new production of As One with Opera Colorado. She will be performing concerts with Music Mountain Chamber Festival, EnsembleSRQ, Bronx Arts Ensemble and serve as soloist in the Mozart Requiem with the National Chorale at David Geffen Hall, and perform a solo recital with double bassist Louis Levitt of Sybarite5 as a part of the Phoenix Concert Series. Highlights of the 201516 season include performances with AOP’s Composers and the Voice project, two world premiere operas (The Whole Truth by Robert Paterson with American Modern Ensemble and Frau Schindler by Thomas Morse and Ken Cazan in a Los Angeles concert performance) and additional performances with American Modern Ensemble. Gaisset has worked with the Metropolitan Opera on Die Walküre and Nixon in China, and she covered the roles of Mary and Martha in Peter Sellars’ staging of John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary with the LA Philharmonic. She performed Hannah After in the West Coast premiere of As One, which she also covered in its world premiere at BAM. In addition to this performance, she will reprise the role in the 2017-2018 season with the San Diego Opera. Next January she will create the role of Walker Loats in The Echo Drift by Mikael Karlsson at the Prototype Festival.

L AU R A K A M I N S K Y COMPOSER With “an ear for the new and interesting” (The New York Times) Laura Kaminsky’s “music is full of fire as well as ice, written in an idiom that contrasts dissonance and violence with tonal beauty and meditative reflection. It is strong stuff.” (American Record Guide). Social and political themes are common in her work, as is an abiding respect for and connection to the natural world. As One (co-librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed), debuted in 2014 at BAM and has since become one of the most widely produced contemporary operas. The team’s collaboration continues with Some Light Emerges, commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, and Today It Rains, co-commissioned by San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle and American Opera Projects. Upcoming chamber works include a Piano Quintet for Ursula Oppens and the Cassatt String Quartet, and a Duo for Flute and Piano for the University of Minnesota/Duluth. Awarded the 2016 Gold Cross of Merit (Zloty Krzy Zasługi RP) O P E R A C O L O R A D O 1 6 - 1 7 13

from the President of Poland for exemplary public service, Kaminsky has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, Opera America, Chamber Music America, Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund, American Music Center, USArtists International, CEC ArtsLink International Partnerships, LikhachevRusskiy Mir Foundation, and more. She has been a fellow at the Hermitage Artist Retreat, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Centrum Foundation, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Millay Colony for the Arts, and the Camargo Foundation. Currently composer-in-residence at American Opera Projects, Kaminsky is head of composition at the Conservatory of Music/Purchase College/SUNY. She serves on the board of directors of Opera America and Hermitage Artist Retreat. Scores are available through Bill Holab Music; recordings are on the Albany, Bridge, Capstone, CRI, Mode, MSR, and Navona labels.

K E L LY M A R K G R A F HANNAH BEFORE American baritone Kelly Markgraf has been hailed by The New York Times for this "heart-stirring" voice and a "charismatic” and “powerful" stage presence. In operatic repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary, Mr. Markgraf has performed major roles with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Aspen Music Festival, Austin Opera, Madison Opera, Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, Kentucky Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre and Pittsburgh Opera, as well as internationally with Opéra de Lausanne, Switzerland.

On the concert stage, he has bowed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, the San Francisco Symphony (Michael Tilson Thomas), the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Charles Dutoit) and the New York Philharmonic (Alan Gilbert), and has appeared with the finest chamber music festivals in the United States, such as The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Tully Hall with renowned pianist Wu Han. Recordings include the DVD of Carnegie Hall's Celebration of Leonard Bernstein with Thomas Hampson and Yo-Yo Ma which was also nationally televised on PBS's Great Performances, the world-premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon's The Grapes of Wrath (PS Classics), Brahms and Schumann lieder with acclaimed pianist Gil Kalish (Music@Menlo LIVE), the recent world-premiere release of Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights (Reference Records), and Bernardo on the 2015 Grammy®-nominated West Side Story with the San Francisco Symphony. Upcoming engagements include Mr. Markgraf's debut in Verdi's Requiem, subsequent to-be-announced productions of As One, Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti with the Tucson Symphony, and John Harbison's Requiem with the Nashville Symphony (culminating in the world-premiere recording release on Naxos Records). This summer, Mr. Markgraf will create the role of Paul Jobs in The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs at The Santa Fe Opera.

S T E P H E N D . M A Z Z E N O LIGHTING AND SCENIC DESIGNER Stephen is happy to be returning to Opera Colorado for this production of As One. He is a graduate of Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) with a BA in Theatre Design (emphasis in Lighting and Scenic design) and has worked in Theatre and Opera in the Denver area for more than 20 Years as both a designer and as a stage technician as a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local #7. He has work for many different companies to include Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, PHAMALY Theatre Company, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company. His most recent work for Opera Colorado includes La Fanciulla del West (Lighting and Scenic Designer) Side Show (Lighting Design), The Magic Flute (Scenic Design), The Ellie Caulkins Opera House 10th Anniversary Gala (Lighting Design).

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K I M B E R LY R E E D LIBRETTIST/FILMMAKER Kimberly Reed co-wrote, with Pulitzer-winning librettist Mark Campbell, the libretto for the chamber opera As One. With music by celebrated composer Laura Kaminsky, As One has become the most produced new American opera in the two years since its 2014 premiere. She also created a film for As One, of which the New York Times said: “backed by scene-setting projections from Ms. Reed, the drama powerfully coheres.” San Francisco Chronicle noted the “delicately atmospheric film” and libretto that “conjures up a blend of excitement, shame, self-fulfillment and fear with crisp efficiency.” Ms. Reed wrote the text for the song cycle Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin, commissioned by Opera America. Following Houston Grand Opera’s production of Some Light Emerges, the Kaminsky-Campbell-Reed team’s next piece will be Today It Rains, a commission by Opera Parallèle, inspired by the life and work of Georgia O’Keeffe. Alongside writers Malcolm Gladwell and Joyce Maynard, Reed’s nonfiction is collected in “The Moth,” an acclaimed and NY Times best-selling compendium of true stories. She has been a fellow at Yaddo Artists Colony, Squaw Valley Writers Workshop, and the Hermitage Artist Retreat Center.

As a filmmaker, Prodigal Sons, a “whiplash doc that heralds an exciting talent” (SF Weekly), premiered at Telluride Film Festival, screened at 100+ festivals, garnered 14 awards including the FIPRESCI Prize, and was broadcast worldwide. One of Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” she has been featured on CNN, NPR, MSNBC, The Moth Radio Hour, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. www.kimberlyreed.com

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Coach/Accompanist KIM PEORIA

Orchestra Personnel Manager INGRID PEORIA

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Two lovers secretly pass letters while prisoners at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp: "They would meet behind the barracks to imagine what their future life could be. Those imaginings formed a story that sustained them. It was a simple story, to be sure—of ordinary breakfasts, and butter for the bread—but it nevertheless held great power and ultimately enabled them to survive. When everything is taken away, only the essential remains." — DEBORAH BREVOORT

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A R T S E D U C AT I O N : O P E R A I N O U R S C H O O L S AND COMMUNITIES During the 2015-2016 school year Opera Colorado’s Education & Community Engagement Programs touched the lives of more than 37,000 students and adults throughout Colorado.

O P ER A C O L OR A D O YOUN G A RT I ST PROGRA M The Young Artists are at the core of our Education & Community Engagement Programs. Selected through a highly competitive audition process, these talented performers further their professional development by bringing opera to thousands of people in the Rocky Mountain Region.

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OPERA IN A TRUNK A steamer trunk filled with costumes, props and activities brings Opera Colorado to life! The program includes an interactive presentation and teacher study guide.

B AC K S TAG E W O R K S H O P S Students experience the backstage magic of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House through hands-on stations and learn about design, costuming, special effects, professional opera singing and choreography.

OPERA ON TOUR Often the first introduction an elementary or middle school student will have to opera, abridged operas are performed by the Young Artists for school and communities throughout Colorado that have limited access to professional cultural opportunities.

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Opera Colorado's Staff & Board of Directors Greg Carpenter GENERAL DIRECTOR

ARTISTIC Ari Pelto

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Andres Cladera

ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Kim Peoria

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

ADMINISTRATION Mike Hurdle DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

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EDUCATION Cherity Koepke

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Parisa Zaeri

EDUCATION ASSISTANT

Betsy Schwarm

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURER

MARKETING Camille Spaccavento

DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS & MARKETING

Joyce de Roos

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Molly Epstein

GROUP SALES ASSOCIATE

Michael Hayes

DIGITAL MARKETING ASSISTANT MANAGER

PATRON SERVICES Tom Kirkpatrick

LIFETIME HONORARY CHAIR

Indea Jaramillo

Dr. Larry Chan Nancy Cochran

Ellie Caulkins

PATRON SERVICES MANAGER

PATRON SERVICES ASSISTANT

EX-OFFICIO

Don Oppliger

Mary Conroy John Dye Joanne Dell Fisher Chevis F. (“Chip”) Horne Laurence Kaptain

PATRON SERVICES ASSISTANT

PRODUCTION Katie Preissner

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

EX-OFFICIO

Ann Piano

The Honorable Kenneth M. Laff James Linfield William N. Maniatis, M.D. Tracy McCarthy Muffy French Moore Kent Rice

COSTUME DIRECTOR

Erin Turner

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM Cherity Koepke DIRECTOR

EX-OFFICIO

Brett Sprague

Shirley Smith Lindsay Arnold Sugden Bryant Veazey Byron Watson Larry Zimmer

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Parisa Zaeri

COACH/ACCOMPANIST

Allison Nicholas SOPRANO

HONORARY DIRECTORS Nellie Mae Duman Hugh Grant Dr. Charles Kafadar Agatha Kessler Jeremy Kinney Loring W. Knoblauch

Danielle Lombardi MEZZO-SOPRANO

Omar Najmi TENOR

Ryan Bradford BARITONE

Charles Eaton BARITONE

Board of Directors

LIFETIME HONORARY DIRECTOR

Pamela Merrill Gerald Saul Jeremy Shamos Susan Shamos Merrill Shields Harry Sterling Martha Tracey

OFFICERS Michael Bock CHAIRMAN

Marcia Robinson PRESIDENT

Dirk deRoos

TREASURER AND VICE PRESIDENT

Carol Crossin Whitley

SECRETARY AND VICE PRESIDENT

OPERA COLORADO FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bruce Allen

Rachel Perez

Kevin O’Connor

PRESIDENT

Resnicow & Associates

Michael Hughes

TREASURER

DIRECTORS Bruce Allen Kenneth Barrow Suzanne Dost Bucy

SECRETARY

MARKETING MANAGER PUBLIC RELATIONS

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CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

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