Opera Colorado -- Cavalleria Rusticana, September 10, 2022

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We also invite you to join us for a host of special events throughout this milestone season. Our 2022-23 Artists in Residence will give their first public performance on September 30 in a program of operatic classics, musical theater, and more. We’ve also teamed up with the University of Denver’s Newman Center and Lamont School of Music to present Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung in concert on March 30. Last, but certainly not least, the incomparable Joyce DiDonato will be the featured guest artist at our 40th Anniversary Gala in May. Stay tuned for even more events to be announced as the season unfolds.

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Thank you to everyone who is joining us on this celebratory evening. For four decades, we have told compelling stories through beloved music and captivating productions. Opera Colorado has a bright future ahead because of your support.

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elcome back to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for an exciting opening to our 40th Anniversary Season, featuring a wonderful mix of operas new to our stage and classic favorites. We are pleased to present this special, one-night-only concert production of Mascagni’s one-act masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana. This magnificent verismo opera, an Opera Colorado premiere, will be the perfect showcase for a cast of international singers and our very own Opera Colorado Orchestra and Chorus.

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Cavalleria rusticana is just the beginning! In November, our mainstage season kicks off with Verdi’s Rigoletto, featuring some of opera’s most glorious and unforgettable music. We continue the season in February with another Opera Colorado premiere, a brandnew production of a rarely-performed masterpiece, Korngold’s Die tote Stadt. Prepare for a truly unique retelling of this psychological thriller directed by Chas Rader-Shieber and designed by Robert

Perdziola. Finally, our season closes with all the tremendous sound and spectacle you could ask for in Puccini’s Turandot.

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Turiddu Roberto De Biasio* Sa ntuzza Catherine Martin Ma mma Lucia Cat herine Cook

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*Opera Colorado debut

Lola Kira Dills-DeSurra

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Cavalleria rusticana

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

There will be no intermission. The performance is 75 minutes.

Conductor Ari Pelto Stage Director Dav id Lefkowich Lighting Design Joe Beumer

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• Santuzza (soprano), a Sicilian peasant girl and Turiddu’s new sweetheart

• Lola (mezzo-soprano), Turiddu’s former lover and the wife of Alfio

A religious procession enters the church across the square. Despite the sacred backdrop, Santuzza confides in Mamma Lucia that Turiddu has taken up with Lola again. Mamma Lucia is upset by the conversation and departs for mass. Turiddu returns to the town square to find Santuzza alone. She confronts Turiddu about his romantic indiscretions, which he denies, declaring her accusations to be jealous fantasies. In the midst of this lover’s quarrel, Lola passes on her way to church. Despite Santuzza’s pleading, Turiddu follows Lola. Santuzza curses him: “A te la mala Pasqua!” (An evil Easter upon you). Then, she seeks revenge by telling Alfio about Lola and Turiddu’s affair. In the face of Alfio’s rage, Santuzza immediately regrets speaking but cannot take back the words. The die has been cast.

PLOT SUMMARY

• Turiddu (tenor), a young Sicilian soldier on leave

Easter morning in Sicily in the late 19th century.

The opera begins with a serenade from Turiddu, singing about his former lover, Lola. While Turiddu was off at war, Lola chose to marry another, Alfio. Upon his return, Turiddu had a brief love affair with Santuzza, another girl from the village. This Easter morning, Santuzza enters looking for Turiddu at his mother’s tavern. Mamma Lucia invites her in, but Santuzza balks at entering as she has been excommunicated for her affair and ensuing pregnancy. Mamma Lucia informs her Turiddu has left, but Santuzza does not believe her. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Alfio and his rowdy friends. Alfio regales the crowd with an account of the charms of his wife, Lola.

CHARACTERS

• Mamma Lucia (mezzo-soprano), tavern keeper and mother of Turiddu

SETTING

• Alfio (baritone), Lola’s husband

SYNOPSIS

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After mass, Turiddu is in Mamma Lucia’s tavern, encouraging the gathered villagers to join him in a drinking song. Alfio arrives and confronts Turiddu, challenging him to a duel. Turiddu accepts. Before departing for the contest, he asks his mother to look after Santuzza if need be. Mamma Lucia and Santuzza await word of the result of the duel. They hear distant cries, and the news arrives— Turiddu has been slain.

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The most famous music from Cavalleria rusticana is certainly the Intermezzo between the one-act opera’s two dramatic scenes. It is brief, but oh, so lyrical—tension resolves to serenity. Like the eye of a hurricane, the Intermezzo is a gentle respite before the storm resumes. One imagines the characters are perhaps reflecting on what they should do, but their subsequent decisions result in the deeply human drama to come.

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conversational phrasing is why one does not often find excerpts from Cavalleria rusticana on recital programs. A live performance with a full cast is a rare opportunity to sample the music’s beauty and power, hearing it in context as Mascagni intended.

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Consider also Cavalleria rusticana’s instrumental and choral material. Mascagni opens the opera with a brief prelude that makes it clear this will be an opera containing romance and anger. Not long after, a chorus of worshippers process into the village church for Easter services. Peacefully and reverently, they sing Mascagni’s beautiful setting of the “Regina cœli.” A church choir director searching for something new for worship services might wish to take note.

Instantly, young Mascagni was typecast as a composer of “verismo”— a genre of opera featuring realistic, downto-earth, and often tragic stories. Cavalleria rusticana is all those things, but his following dozen operas were significantly mellower and never widely accepted by audiences or critics. Despite maintaining a busy career as a composer and conductor, Mascagni remained—in the public view—a one-hit wonder, never recapturing the success of this dramatic free-for-all.

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As a whole, Cavalleria rusticana’s music is determinedly strong, passionate, and often conversational in phrasing. This style fits well within the context of “verismo.” In real life, people don’t expound for four or five minutes at a time; they converse with one another. The

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In 1888, Pietro Mascagni (1863 – 1945) heard of a competition for one-act operas. With four complete operas to his name, the Italian composer was on the verge of submitting one excerpted act of his historical drama, Guglielmo Ratcliff. However, his wife had already sent in one of his more recent works without his knowledge. The piece was Cavalleria rusticana, usually translated as “Rustic Chivalry,” though there is little conventional chivalry in the piece. A dark and gritty tale of love and revenge in Sicily, it not only won the top prize but also became an international smash hit from the moment of its May 17, 1890 premiere in Rome.

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at Musikverein in Vienna with the Wiener Symphoniker, conducted by Fabio Luisi; Verdi’s Messa da Requiem under Lorin Maazel at Festival Verdi di Parma; and Norma (Pollione) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the opening of Tanglewood Festival under the baton of Charles Dutoit.

CATHERINE COOK | Lucia

KIRA DILLS-DESURRA | Lola

ROBERTO DE BIASIO | Turiddu

Roberto De Biasio made his operatic debut in December 2006, singing in Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo) at the Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo. His “virile, glistening voice” (New York Times), “appealingly natural sense of Italianate phrasing” (Boston Globe), and “fluid phrasing and an exciting, ringing top” (San Francisco Chronicle) are celebrated by press and audiences alike. Before the pandemic, he sang Lucia di Lammeramoor (Edgardo) and Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton) at Opéra de Toulon and Carmen (Don José) at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. Other notable appearances include Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton) and the title role in Ernani at the Metropolitan Opera of New York; Nabucco (Ismaele) at Liceu de Barcelona; La traviata (Alfredo) at Opéra de Montreal, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia (under Myung Whun Chun) and Opéra de Strasbourg; Macbeth at Teatro Comunale di Bologna staged by Robert Wilson and conducted by Roberto Abbado; Simon Boccanegra at Wiener Staatsoper under Evelino Pidò and

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David Lefkowich is an accomplished stage director and fight choreographer who has enjoyed success with different companies including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatre alla Scala, San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera,

THE ARTISTS

In a career spanning over two decades, mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook has excelled in a wide range of roles with leading opera companies throughout the United States, including the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Colorado, Opera Philadelphia, Portland Opera, Opera Parallele, and Santa Fe Opera. She returns to Opera Colorado following past performances in Rusalka (Ježibaba) and April in Paris (Julia Child). Recent highlights include The Barber of Seville (Berta) in a drivein production, a new production of Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina), and It’s a Wonderful Life (Mother Bailey), all with San Francisco Opera; the North American premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel (Camila) at the Metropolitan Opera, which was also broadcast live in HD; and a semi-staged version of Boris Godunov (Innkeeper) with the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. Since her debut with San Francisco Opera, Ms. Cook has appeared in over fifty productions, culminating in more than 350 performances. Some highlights include the title role in Tobias Picker’s Dolores Claiborne, the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking (Jade Boucher), Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina), Otello (Emilia), Peter Grimes (Mrs. Sedley), and Der Rosenkavalier (Annina).

Kira Dills-DeSurra is a vibrant American mezzo-soprano whose magnetic stage presence communicates effortless charm and truth. A champion of new and rarely performed works, Dills-DeSurra has appeared in many American premieres, and she also cultivates skills in musical improvisation and circus arts as part of her broad-ranging palate of storytelling tools. Dills-DeSurra is excited to be celebrating two amazing Denver opera company anniversaries this year. For Opera Colorado’s 40th Anniversary Season, she will also be featured in the recording of Steal a Pencil for Me (Lissette). For Central City Opera’s 90th season, she performed in Die Fledermaus (Prince Orlofsky) over the summer and will perform in Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World (Frida Kahlo). This season she will also be featured in Lori Laitman’s The Three Feathers (Tilda) with Opera Steamboat. Previously, she was an Artist in Residence with Opera Colorado singing in The Barber of Seville (Rosina), La traviata (Flora), Tom Cipullo’s After Life (Gertrude Stein), and Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino). She was also featured in touring productions of Roméo et Juliette (Stéphano) and Hansel and Gretel (Hansel), and the title role in Carmen. DillsDeSurra was also an Apprentice Artist in Central City Opera’s 2018 and 2017 summer festivals, performing Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame), Il trovatore (cover Ines), and featuring as a soloist in Encore: A Musical Revue, and singing in Carmen (Mercédès). Dills-DeSurra has also ventured into early music, playing in La Calisto (Diana/ Giove in Diana) with Opera NEO. The same season she joined San Diego Symphony as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream under Maestro Rafael Payare.

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of The Scarlet Letter by L ori Laitman, and returned to Los Angeles Opera in Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick (Stubb). Additionally, he has sung in Lucia di Lammermoor (Enrico) with Eugene Opera, La traviata (G ermont) with Virginia Opera, La bohème (Schaunard) with San Diego Opera, the title role in Simon Boccanegra with Kentucky Opera, L’elisir d’amore (Belcaore) with San Diego Opera, Otello (Iago) with Nashville Opera, Il trovatore (C ount di Luna) with Arizona Opera, Cavalleria rusticana (Alfio) and Pagliacci (Tonio) with Arizona Opera, and La fanciulla del West (Jack Rance) with Nashville Opera.

MALCOLM MACKENZIE | Alfio

and Glimmerglass Opera. Recent directing engagements include a site-specific Acis and Galatea for Out of the Box Opera, an immersive Pagliacci at Boston Lyric Opera, a site-specific Tosca for Austin Opera, Tosca and La Cenerentola at Annapolis Opera, and Pagliacci at Opera Colorado. Also, Don Giovanni at L’Opéra de Montréal, and Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Le nozze di 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, Spain and followed with The Rake’s Progress at La Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium. David is a guest artist and performs master classes at several young artist programs and universities including the San Francisco Opera Center Adler Fellowship Program, Atelier Lyrique at L’Opéra de Montréal, Maryland Opera Studio and Ithaca College. David is a graduate from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre and has a certificate from École Jacques-Lecoq in Paris, France. David served as the Artistic Director of the Mill City Summer Opera in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he directed the annual summer offerings. Currently, he is the Artistic Director of Out of the Box Opera, a company dedicated to creating high-quality operatic experiences in site-specific locations, most notably with Diva Cage Match, an epic battle of voices, egos, and talent in a boxing gym.

CATHERINE MARTIN | Santuzza

Mezzo-soprano Catherine Martin’s 2021-2022 Season featured her role debut in Orfeo ed Eurydice (Orfeo) with Kentucky Opera, her debut with Dallas Opera in Flight (Minkswoman), Hansel and Gretel (Witch) with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and her debut with Maryland Lyric Opera in Don Carlos (Eboli). Highlights from past seasons include Twilight: Gods (Waltraute) with Michigan Opera Theatre and Lyric Opera of Chicago; Dead Man Walking (Sister Helen Prejean) with Minnesota Opera and Dayton Opera; performances in various roles from Wagner’s Ring Cycle with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, the Dallas Symphony, and National Taichung Theatre in Taiwan; Aïda (Amneris) with Houston Grand Opera, Opera Colorado, and Opera Santa Barbara; Norma (Adalgisa) with Florida Grand Opera; Ariadne auf Naxos (Der Komponist) at the Glimmerglass Festival; Les Troyens (Hécube) with Lyric Opera of Chicago; Rigoletto (Maddalena) with New Orleans Opera and Opera Santa Barbara; Salome (Herodias) with Dayton Opera; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra; and Messiah with the Handel Oratorio Society. Ms. Martin is also an avid interpreter of contemporary opera and has appeared in the world premiere of The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me (Mary) with Washington National Opera, The Long Christmas Dinner (Genevieve) with American Symphony Orchestra, Enemies, A Love Story (Tamara) with Kentucky Opera, An American Dream (Eva Crowley) with Lyric Opera of Chicago, and many others.

Baritone Malcolm MacKenzie has been heard at leading opera houses throughout the United States and Europe, appearing at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Paris Opera (Bastille), Finland’s Savonlinna Festival, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and Pittsburgh Opera, in roles including Simon Boccanegra, Iago, Tonio, Baron Scarpia, Don Giovanni, Count di Luna, Renato, Jack Rance, Marcello, Germont, and Count Almaviva. Mr. MacKenzie’s 2021-2022 season featured him in the title role in Gianni Schicchi at Piedmont Opera, a reprise of his much-lauded role in La traviata (Germont) at Toledo Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of the fiveact Don Carlos (Rodrigue). In past seasons, he returned to Pittsburgh Opera in Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick (Stubb), the Metropolitan Opera in Carmen (Dancaïro), and made role debuts in North Carolina Opera’s Rigoletto in the title role, Opera Omaha’s Tosca (Baron Scarpia), and Opera San Jose’s Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso). He returned to Dayton Opera in Pagliacci (Tonio), created the role of Roger Chillingworth in Opera Colorado’s world premiere

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SAHAR NOURI | Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor

Iranian pianist and conductor Sahar Nouri returns to Opera Colorado for a sixth season, serving as the company’s Chorus Master, Assistant Conductor, and Pianist Coach. Ms. Nouri is the newly appointed Music Director of the Lamont Opera Theatre at University of Denver. She is also the founder and director of Dandelion Opera Institute, a summer training program for young, talented opera singers, pianists, and conductors. While based in Denver, Colorado, Ms. Nouri continues to serve as guest coach/faculty with various organizations including, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Opera North Carolina, 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 (Carlisle Floyd), O Columbia! (Gregory Spears), Steal a Pencil for Me (Gerald Cohen), and Today It Rains (Laura Kaminsky). Nouri has done studies in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Austria, and is frequently in demand as a language coach and recitalist.

Appointed in 2015 as Opera Colorado’s first-ever music director, Ari Pelto’s “breathtaking wizardry in the pit” (The Denver Post) has been widely celebrated, with Pelto in demand at opera houses and concert halls throughout the United States.

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MAJ. Konstantinos (Dino) G. Maniatis Vivian Murciano

The Ponzio Family Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Cynthia and Alexander Read Myra and Robert Rich Mr. Paul Ruotolo Mr. and Mrs. Charley Samson Helen Scott Santilli Fern B. Seltzer and Andrew Heymsfield Jeremy and Susan Shamos William Vaniman and Frances G. Matthews

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zoellner

Dan and Marie Welch

Judy La Spada

PATRON CIRCLE $600-$1,199ASSOCIATE Mr.BrianMrs.Ms.AnonymousJaneAndersonDianeBarrettThomasBeagleandMrs.Mitchell

Dr. and Mrs. Burton Golub Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Greenholz Ms. Renee Gross

$3,000-$5,999COMPOSER

Suzanne D. Bucy Jane and Bart Burnett Merle Chambers

Mr. Ari Pelto and Ms. Wendy Fisher Rick Poppe & Jana Edwards Diedra O’Kelly and James & Helen Reed T. R. Reid

Dr. Peter and Mrs. Kathy Van Arsdale Ms. Cia A. Wenzel

Dr. Stacy Fischer and Dr. Henry Fischer

Mr. Richard Gustafson

Mr. Byron S. Watson Erin Wenzel

Mr. Alexander J. Conley and Ms. Alysia D. Marino

Mr. Youngdon Yun and Ms. Esme Prieto Yun

Ms. Deborah M. H. Rohan

Mr. and Mrs. Don Hindman Gary and Judith Judd Joe Kelso

Robert and Lenore Damrauer

Mrs. Ella May Carpenter George GertrudCaseHische and Manfred Chemek Mr. David Clark

Ms. Kathleen R. Clifton Sue Cole

Dr. and Mrs. James D. Crapo Nancy Crow and Mark Skrotzki Ms. Cheryl M. Cruickshank George and Yonnie Dikeou Ms. Marian O. Dines

Carl and Nan Eklund

Brian Bennett and Bev Daniels

Mr. Ian T. Caiozzi and Mrs. Neha Patel Ms. Grace Campbell Carol G. Canon

Russell Hedman and Juwon Bahn

Dr. Steven J. Gulevich

Mr. Daniel Isaman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cesafsky Barbara and Roger Chamberlain

V.W. McKnab and Margaret Jurado Pamela Merrill

Sally DeborahHaasHayes and James L. Martin III Ms. Judy Johnston

Mr. David J. Chavolla

Lois N. Eckhoff

Ms. Karen Howland and Mr. J. Gregory Mudge Mike Hughes and The Honorable Karen Brody Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart

Jon J. Olafson and Jerry Brindisi Ronald Y. Otsuka Zondra Rae Pluss Louise Lavendar Rouse Prem and Stephanie Subramanian Martha and Will Tracey

Bob and Georgi Contiguglia Mrs. Joyce de Roos

Ayliffe and Fred Ris Juan and Alicia Rodriguez

Ms. Kathryn Codo Dr. Eric Coomer

Dr. James P. McElhinney

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy F. Kinney

INDIVIDUALS PRODUCER CIRCLE

Jerry and Patty Hauptman Mrs. Mary Hayes

AlAnonymousandRebecca Bates

Mr. Douglas W. Barnert and Mrs. Ruth Jacoby Peter Batty and Paula Kechichian Sheila Bisenius Elise Mr.LeslieBrenninkmeyerCooverCadyandMrs.RogerW. Celius

Steve and Chryse Hutchins Therese Ivancovich

$25,000-$49,999BENEFACTOR

Jeff Baldwin

Ken and Donna Barrow Mike and Julie Bock Ellie MarciaCaulkinsandDick Robinson

$50,000+VISIONARY

Elizabeth & Matthew Dyer

Everett B. Clark

Mr. Thomas E. Healy Ruth Hopfenbeck

Patrick Spieles

Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher George and Sissy Gibson Stephen and Dorothy Gregory Mark Groshek MD and Carl Clark MD Mr. J. Lawrence Hamil Beverlee B. Henry

The Board of Directors and staff of Opera Colorado express their deepest appreciation to the individuals, corporations, and foundations who have contributed to the Annual Fund, as of July 14, 2022.

Veronica A. McCaffrey and Barbara A. Frank Mark and Kristin McKissick Mrs. Rhea J. Miller

John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich

Ms. Carole J. Yaley Larry and Brigitte Zimmer

Dr. Monica I. Minkoff James Monroe, III and Marie Shannon Monroe Ralph & Trish Nagel Bob ChristineBonnieNelsonPerkinsandHarry Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller Gary and Rebecca Gantner Ms. Rebecca Givens

Robin E. Black

$1,200-$2,999LIBRETTIST

Frances and Richard Frey

Linda Bjelland Mr. Chip Horne and Dr. Jan Kennaugh Debra J. Perry

Mr. Tom Kirkpatrick and Ms. Djuana Strauch Maj. Dino Maniatis and Mrs. Kristin Freestone-Maniatis

Ms. Ruth E. Schoening

Ms. Lynn E. Harrington

Roberta and Mel Klein

Mr. Charles E. Berry and Mrs. Maria Garcia Berry

$6,000-$10,999CONDUCTOR

Dave and Pam Duke

Mr. and Mrs. Randal Martines Kevin O’Connor and Janet Ellen Raasch Ann and Gerald Saul Merrill Shields and M. Ray Thomasson Charles I. Thompson

PJ and Rhonda Kovach

Mr. Hartman Axley

John N. Kabalin, MD. Dean Laurence Kaptain and Dolores Arce-Kaptain

Ms. Judith Zee Steinberg Vicki and Harry Sterling Mrs. Linda M. Strauch

Mary and Ken Willis

$11,000-$24,999AMBASSADOR

The Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth Laff Jim and Patience Linfield

Dr. Valerie Wassill and Kevin Rudolph Ann Wise

Bernard and Frieda Leason Evan and Evi Makovsky Janice McClary and Jan McNally

Dr. Lynn Parry

Carol L. Rust

Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Jerry and Debi Tepper

Gordon & Ron Butz

Although space limitations only allow us to list donors whose gifts were $100 and above, we are deeply grateful for the support of all our dedicated contributors.

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Mr. William T. Hoffman Christine Hollander and Michael McGee

Mr. Gregory A. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. George P. Caulkins, III Mary and Tom Conroy Dr. Cynthia K. Crews and Mr. Charles W. Henry Karen Fukutaki, M.D.

Mrs. J. Theodore Ellis

Ms. Barbara Sannwald

Dr. and Mrs. William N. Maniatis

Diana and Mike Kinsey Richard Koseff Gayle and Gary Landis Robert R. Montgomery and Nancy Hawkins Muffy Moore Lynnette Morrison Marilyn Munsterman Raul and Vivian Murciano Dr. Harold S. Nelson

Dr. Akiva M. Thomas and Mr. Ezekial Thomas Ms. Kathleen R. Tower

Dr. Lawrence Kim and Nhung Van Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Lazarus

Dr. and Mrs. Calvern E. Narcisi

Benedict III

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Fogliano

ARTIST CIRCLE

Robin and Eric Yaeger

Mr. John and Mrs. Anne Blair Libby BrewsterBortzand Helen Boyd

Dr. Alan Cooper

Ms. Joanne Curran Colin T. Currans-Sheehan

Mr. Brian A. Baxter

Dr. Francine Butler

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Chilcoat

Scott and Karen Yarberry

Ms. Sheri Knox

Anthony V. Berkley and Amanda Gomez

Nancy Huff

Ringel

Ms. Karen Adkins and Mr. Brian Moore

Gary D. Schrenk

Ms. Carol N. Betz

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Evans Ms. Mary Lou Fenili and Ms. Karen F. Hansen Ms. Anna Ferrari Ms. Jeanine M. Figur Ms. Elizabeth A. Fischer and Mr. Don Elliott

Janet RichardBishopBottjer and Lynn Peyton

Ms. Lisa

Mrs. Claire E. Benson

Mr. Joe Ronnenberg

Nancy Juday and John Popovich

Ms. Louise T. Bohe

Ms. Olivia Jansons

Michael Canges and Nina Iwashko

Ms. Elaine Hoaster

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Eckerling

John R. Heckenlively, M.D. Ms. Holly Hedegaard

Mr. Saul D. Hoffman and Ms. Susan Parker

Dr. Michael P. Cicerchi

Carolyn E. Daniels

Ted and Vivian Sheldon Epstein

Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Sullivan

Vicki Cowart and Chris Hayes

Jim and Sara Culhane

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Shaklee Mr. and Mrs. David C. Shelton Dr. Norman Spivy Mr. Gordon W. Stenger

Ms. Sarah B. O’Connor

Dr. Mary Kenny Moynihan and Dr. Michael Moynihan

Barbara and Kiplund Kolkmeier Mrs. and Mr. Svetlana Komisarchik Scott and Margo Krawiec Ms. Lois A. Labanoski

Timothy James Donahue

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keatinge Mr. and Mrs. Jhon M. Kehmeier

Dr. Oksana Bantley

Dr. Dennis Barrett

Katy Brown

Dave and Miza McReynolds Tom and Mary Meade

Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott Martin Marian E. Matheson Mr. and Mrs. William Mathews

Mrs. Donna Antonoff Don SteveBainand Lisa Bain

Ms.Mr.MatthewCurtisDaneRaphaelDangeloJoanDanielsManley

Tom & Cheryl Cox

John Danio

Pam and Martin Zadigian

Deanna Rose Leino

Edwin T. Callahan and Dulcy E.

Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo Goncalves Steve and Donna Good Mr. Matthew Grove Ronald and Elnore Grow Ms. Rosemarie Halchuk

Ms. Randy Ganter Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Garfein Mr. and Mrs. Caleb F. Gates, Jr. Tamara Gillespie

Sue Klein

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Charles Case and Phillip St. Cloud

Doug StevenRooneyE.and Jane Schonfeld

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Burton

$100-$299MEMBER

Katherine Hurlbut Mr. William P. Hurlbut Ms. Nancy Hyde

Jack Finlaw and Gregory Movesian Margaret and John Moyer Dr. and Dr. Hans Neville Dr. and Mrs. David A. Norris Mr. Mark J. O’Connor

C. F. Benoit

Ms. Patty Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn

Nancy A. Leonard

Henry B. Mohr

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Doucette

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Manuel

Alice and Lee Anneberg

Dr. Marilyn J. Hitchens

Tanya SandraMathewsMazarakis and Neil Burris

Profs. Jean-Pierre Habicht and Gretel H. Pelto

Normie and Paul Voilleque Mr. Everett Volk

Virginia Chrisco

Mr. Douglas F. Burns

StevenElaineArmandoPlautQuirozRenzandJoan

Ms. Lisa A. Strachan

Mr. Jon Isenhart

Edward Karg and Rick Kress

Ms. Patricia C. Kelly and Mr. Thomas E. Dufficy

Mr. John Shott

Bonnie Kipple

Mr. Richard Kirwin

Ms. Kimberly S. Opekar Frederick Peters Andrew R. Pleszkun Bruce Polkowsky and Bill Powell Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Karyn K. Rieb Ms. Luana Rubin

Mr.RichardAnonymousAkeroydPaulAlaback and

Dr. Keith Ward and Ms. Barbara Roidl

Nancy & Paul Oberman

Ms. Cherity Koepke

Robert & Gloria Lilly-Cohen Sarita List

Ms. Dori Biester

Dr. David J. Cooper and Evelyn W Cooper

Mr.WolvertonandMrs. Maxwell Caulkins

Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith

Mr. Lawrence Moskow

Mr. Kenneth Bunch

Patricia A. Bunge

Zach T. Smith

Mrs. Jennifer Sobanet

Ms. Mary Scarpino

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Straub Prof. and Mrs. Joseph S. Szyliowicz John Taubman

Mr. Richard W. Healy

Emily Anne Irwin

Ms. Peggy Liao

Mr. and Mrs. Mason B. White

Marie Belew Wheatley

Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Metzger Jerri Lynn Modrall and Eric E. Doering

Helen GregRonaldShrevesL.DealDiamond

Mr. William R. Moninger

Houlton

Mr. Thomas H. Brady

Steven and Betsy Duff Laurie and Ben Duke III Guillaume and Lizeth Durvin

Mr. and Mrs. Phil G. Heinschel Rebecca L. Hersey

Mr. and Mrs. Jay S. Leaver Rowdy B. Lemasters

Ms. Anne Esson

Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Johnson Mr. Kendor P. Jones and Mrs. Sharon Harris

D. Mrs.LangdonLynette M. Larue

Ms. Tamara Barron

Judy and Dan Lichtin

Paul and Nancy Levitt

Brian D. Crane

Sharon and John Trefny

Ms. Carol Brewer

Mrs. Donna Bonne Joe and Gwen Bowers

Ms. Mary S. Hoaldey

Mr. Graham Hoffman

Paul and Susan Ahlquist

Theresa and Norman Parker

Mr. Mike and Lisa Morgan

Sue and Bill Mohrman

Eric Johnson and Christy Milne James and Christine Jorgensen Rex Kramer and Cindy Crater Mr. Richard S. Leaman

Mr. Brad Case and Mr. William M. McMechen, Jr.

Linda

Peter and Marian Downs

Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Eckhoff

Ms. Barbara Ladon

Alan and In Hye Como

Dr. Brian Greffe & Dr. Mark Donovan Mrs. Carol & Dr. Fred Grover Judge Alfred and Mrs. Dori Harrell Ginny Hersch

Mr. John W. Ekeberg

Mr. David Lichtenstein

David and Carol Stern

Terry Frazier and Kathy Wells Kristin and Heiko Freitag Keith Mr.JenniferDr.Ms.DeborahFrenchFriedmanCynthiaGaertnerTimGenslerRuthGentryandMrs.Charles Goldburg

Aubrey Copeland, MD

Ellen & Donald Bauder

Ms. Beatriz Castaneda

Bob Mahoney and Pat Monroe

Kelli O’Brien & Michael Kolotylo

Ms. Sandra D. Besseghini

Ms. Ethel K. Clow

Sarah C. Hite

Mr. John A. Lockwood, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Loeb

Louise B. Blanchard

Patty Lorie

Dr. Laimute Stewart

$300-$599SUPPORTER

Ms. Mariette H. Bell

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce F. Fest

Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hollis Sarah Hopfenbeck and Susan Corle Drs. Terri Lynn and David Ingram

Margaret and Peter Dzwilewski Matt and Reine Erzinger Amy Feaster

Danica Anderson

Ms. Jennifer N. Bater

Leah Bobbey and Toby Wright

Gerald Cohen and Caroline Stern

Ms. Jay Breen

Mr. Richard A. Haynes

Mary and John Muth

Bill and Shirley Stout

Bonnie M. Orkow

JamesAnonymousandLorraine Adams

Ms. Diane O’Connor

Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Yost Gene and Linda Young Mr. Mark G. Zardus Charlotte Ziebarth

Dr. and Mrs. Larry S. Fisher Dr. Marc S. and Nancy Frager

Ms. Janet C. Bruchmann

Mark and Pati Wilkins

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Houston Mr. Jason Huck

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Mr. Shannon Russell

Ms. Ann Fails Westerberg Sandra L. White Lois K Williams

Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club Northern Trust PMG ResidenceColoradoInnby Marriott – Denver City Center Terra Vectra Bank of Colorado

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Plowshay

In honor of Ellie Caulkins Mr. David J. Chavolla Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland

TRIBUTES

Edie and William Sonn

Roxane Pecchio

Ms. Milissa McCarthy

In memory of Mason Cramer Gene and Linda Young

In memory of Jim Hutchings Ms. Virginia E. Nemmers

David B. and Gretchen W. Black Family Foundation

Mr. Mark Fogg Tamara Gillespie

Ms. Patricia K. Simpson

Susan and Mark Nagel

The Crawley Family Foundation Daniels-Houlton Family Donor Advised Fund

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Ms. Robin Stewart and Mr. Kirk Weber

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

Dr. and Mrs. Dale H. Porter

Ms. Erika L. Schafer

Mr. John R. Miller

In honor of Erin Wenzel T. R. Reid Ms. Cherity Koepke

Ms. Peggy Liao Ms. Dixie Reynolds

Nancy and William Wehner

Ms. Kathy Peeters

Ms. Renee Wooster

In honor of the musical arts Ms. Yvonne Behrens

Norma and George Wagoner

In memory of Eric Poehlmann Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Poehlmann In memory of Barbara Reed Dr. Mariah Brown

Mrs. Robbie E. Monsma

Catherine K. Skokan

GOVERNMENT AND FOUNDATIONS

Caulkins Family Foundation

Stephanie and Roger Oram

The Denver Foundation Denver Lyric Opera Guild City of FidelityEnglewoodCharitable Gift Fund

Mr. Michael Lyster

Mr. Frank W. Spaid

Miller Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts William D. Radichel Foundation Jess & Rose Kortz and Pearle Rae ReadFoundationFoundation Inc.

Ms. Betty Minor

Mr. Richard Scott

Judith Graham and Jeffrey Zax

The Anschutz Foundation

In honor of Shelia Peloso Ms. Joanne Curran

Denny Muirhead

Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Schuchman

Mr. Michael M. Tinetti

Dr. Adriana Weinberg

The Smart Family Foundation Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation Tulsa Community Foundation

In honor of Joyce de Roos Marilyn Mishkin

Karen Sandstead

Charlotte and Norman Codo Charitable Trust Community First Foundation

Ms. Karyn Sawyer

Mrs. Marlene P. Siegel

Charles and Deborah Turner Bernd & Marta Wachter

Dr. Thomas D. Russell

Jenene and James Stookesberry Drs. Morris and Ellen Susman Deborah T. Sycamore Melanie J. Talbot

Rich and Kim Plumridge

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Segan

Mr. James S. Macdonald

BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund

Ms. Laura Wardell

Lorraine and Harley Higbie Fund Virginia W. Hill Foundation

CORPORATE ALLIANCE 5280 Deiter’sMagazineChocolates

In honor of Dr. Stacy M. Fischer Dr. Meg Lemon

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Allison and William Woolston

In memory of Carole Leight C.T. Blickensderfer

Ms. Gloria Sankel

Jim and Carole McCotter

Susan Stiff

William Bradford and Chin Tan Ms. Linda Tarpeh-Doe Juanita S. Tate

Kate Raabe

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

Mr. Reid T. Reynolds and Dr. Pamela P. Hanes

Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Poehlmann

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stinson

Mr. Edward B. Seybert

Ms. Elizabeth Orr

Kaladi Coffee

Mr. Michael Ogborn

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lowrey Ms. Sarah B. O’Connor Dr. and Mr. Ann and Mark Ryan Ms. Ruth Vazquez Martha Williams

Mr. Bryan Penny and Mr. Matt Savoie Kathleen Sawada

Dennis G. Peterson

In memory of Dr. Jacqueline Frischknecht Mr. Chuck Lawhead and Mr. Ronald Broome

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Y. Marchand

Jeanne Land Foundation Jewish Communal Fund Landis Family Philanthropy Lindmor Fund

Mr. Richard Pfeffer

Mr. and Mrs. Denny O’Connell

Rudi Hartmann and Kathy Newman

Chris and Karen Mohr

Bock Family Fund

In memory of Itsuko Arita Ms. Miyuki Googins

Ms. Gloria Rathbun

Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Scheuermann John and Patricia Schmitter

Mr. Thomas Parrott

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Bucy Family Fund Cantors Assembly Foundation Cars for Charity, Inc.

Melvin & Elaine Wolf Foundation

Ms. Josie Noble

Mr. Gregg E. Marshall

The Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts

TheCharityvestChotin Foundation

In honor of Ken and Barbara Laff Ms. Sarah L. Lowery Frederic B. Rodgers and Valerie McNaughton

UrbanArias Vanguard Charitable Welch Charitable Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Sal L. Tripodi Ms. Carol Trotter

Rose Community Foundation Gloria Sankel Trust

Mr. Mark A. Nachtigal

Douglas G. Moran and Laura B. Moran

Dr. and Mrs. David S. Pearlman

In memory of Marta Garay Mr. Peter Deblois

The Schramm Foundation Schwab Charitable Shamos Family Foundation

UBS Financial Services Inc.

Dorothy and Donald Fleishaker Philanthropic Fund

Sidney E. Frank Foundation - Colorado GeneseeFund Mountain Foundation

In memory of Don and Barbara Ridgeway Ms. Kathryn Taylor

Ittelson Family Fund Kenneth King Foundation

Deane Family Fund

In memory of Max Grassfiled Dr. Lynn Donaldson

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Plummer

In memory of Janice Baucum Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fitzgerald Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Garfein Mr. and Ms. Howard M. Kirschbaum Ms. Linda Kropf

Mr. Billy Seiber

In honor of Drs. Larry and Cynthia Chan Mrs. Robin Chotin

Ms. Lucie Stanish

Mrs. Kathryn L. Pride

Dr. Richard D. Roark

Sandy and Frank Sargent

Avenir Foundation

In memory of Dirk de Roos Ms. Margaret Stapleton Lepine Mr. Miles Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sale

Dr. Melissa Malde

In memory of M. Richard Bufton Anonymous

Dr. & Mrs. Pablo Ramos

In honor of Sonja Mast Christina L. Mast

Ms. Jennie Ridgley

Ms. Heather Sowell, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. David Wolf

Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts

Ms. Janet Roberts

In honor of the Opera Colorado Staff Mr. Gregory A. Carpenter Ms. Cherity Koepke

In memory of Norman O’Kelly Diedra O’Kelly and James & Helen Reed

For questions, please contact Opera Colorado’s Development team at 303.468.2060 or development@operacolorado.org.

Tom and Mary Meade

In memory of Nat and Louise Sherman

Deanna Rose Leino

In memory of Violet Santangelo Chris Santangelo

CRESCENDO SOCIETY

Deanna Rose Leino

Gayle and Gary Landis

Your donation this season honors our forty-year legacy and builds a bright future for decades to come.

In memory of Harry Siegfried

In memory of Mr. John Stamper

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn

Mary Ann Rose

Ms. Helen Stone

Music Director Ari Pelto is sponsored by Mike and Julie Bock

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our donor lists. However, if your name is incorrectly listed, please accept our sincere apologies and contact Leah Bobbey at 303.468.2060.

The Opera Colorado Artist in Residence Program is sponsored by Ken & Donna Barrow, with additional support from Patrick Spieles, and Dr. Stephen L. Dilts. Francesca Mehrotra is sponsored by Ken & Barabara Laff and Laurence & Cynthia Chan

Mrs. Lee Roberts

DEVELOP audiences by introducing children (and adults!) to their first opera experience

The following people have made arrangements to include Opera Colorado in their Estate Plan.

TRAIN the next generation of opera performers through our Artist in Residence Program

Ms. Donna E. Hamilton

Ms. Mary Hey

In memory of Rusty Wilkins

Martin and Jane Long Margaret Maupin Lynnette Morrison

Ms. Nancy Jurcheck Karen Sandstead

Jenene and James Stookesberry

In memory of Morris “Moe” Sandstead

Ms. Paula Hanson

Mrs. Claire E. Benson

Robert and Jacklyn Writz

As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generosity of donors in our community. With your support, we can fulfill our mission to connect our Colorado community to the emotions and stories of the world through traditional and innovative opera and educational programming that is accessible to all.

David Soto Zambrana is sponsored by Jason and Nathaly Ambos Turner Staton is sponsored by Gayle & Gary Landis

Jane Russell

Mrs. Donna Antonoff

Nancy A. Rogers

Ellie Caulkins

Jeanne E. Hind