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THIS IS OUR HOUSE

HERE’S TO 10 MORE YEARS

By Julie Dugdale

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ike a castle standing sentinel over its kingdom, the elegant cornerstone of Denver’s Performing Arts Complex awes both patrons and passersby effortlessly. On the eve of its 10th anniversary in the Mile High City, the Ellie Caulkins Opera House is at once a beacon of promise for the future and a tribute to the tradition of a city’s vibrant past.

On September 19, 2015, Opera Colorado and the city of Denver will pay homage to the Ellie—both the opera house and its namesake, Eleanor “Ellie” Caulkins—with a dinner and celebration featuring a special concert by some of the opera’s most cherished artists who’ve performed at the Ellie over the years. Don’t miss a spectacular musical tribute with tenor Jay Hunter Morris; soprano Maria Kanyova (who performed with Opera Colorado in the first three seasons after the Ellie opened, ending with 2008’s Nixon in China); soprano Pamela Armstrong (who sang four different roles over a decade at the Ellie, most notably Florencia en el Amazonas, Opera Colorado’s first Spanish language opera in 2012); mezzo-soprano Sandra Piques Eddy (Carmen, 2014); mezzo-soprano Dana Beth Miller (Rigoletto, 2014); and baritone Michael Corvino (who will appear with Opera

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Colorado next season). Together, these world-renowned artists, whose repertoires span stages from the Metropolitan Opera to prestigious European and Asian theaters, will help commemorate a decade of evolution for the opera and performing arts in Colorado.

Indeed, 10 years have trailed into history since Opera Colorado, now in its 32nd season, unveiled its new home—a masterpiece that rose out of more than $90 million in renovations and innovations. It all began with the city’s blessing: In 2002, Denver voters passed a bond issue to fund a massive overhaul of the Quigg Newton Auditorium, which was constructed in 1908 to host the city’s first Democratic National Convention. The renowned Semple Brown Design firm (of Larimer Square and Union Station fame, among many others) was hired to transform the interior of the aging auditorium into a modernized, world-class, 21st-century lyric opera house. The finished building would anchor the multitheater performing arts complex and showcase the artistry of the grand opera like no other venue could—all while preserving the historic façade and integrity of the behemoth building.

“This was a big game changer,” says Greg Carpenter,

“This ... should be about so many people who’ve worked so hard, through thick and thin, to keep the audiences interested.”

– Ellie Caulkins

general director of Opera Colorado. “At that time, we were producing opera in venues not designed acoustically or structurally for opera. To have a home for the unamplified human voice and orchestra…it really changed the quality of how we could present the opera. It allowed us to co-produce, which not only benefitted our audience, but also created a greater relationship with the larger opera community in the United States. It was a huge step forward for the company.

The building is a real treasure to our community.”

Perhaps the most crucial contribution—that of heart and soul—came from Denver’s greatest opera champion, Ellie Caulkins herself. Ellie’s commitment to the opera, both in Colorado and on a national scale through her involvement with the Metropolitan Opera, earned her the moniker of Denver’s First Lady of Opera. She is Opera Colorado’s welcoming committee, encouraging longtime patrons to engage, urging new audiences to explore, and drawing in young talent to cultivate their careers. Simply put, she loves the romance of it all. “Ellie is the best ambassador to our audience,” says Michael Bock, chairman of Opera Colorado’s board of directors. “She’s so passionate about the opera.

Her enthusiasm is infectious. Her leadership by example is tremendous. It’s enabled us to be where we are today.”

Ellie’s late husband George felt the same way. He secretly stepped in to eliminate a funding shortfall prior to the

completion of the opera house with a generous $7 million donation as a tribute to his wife. “By now, everyone’s heard that he liked the opera only more than a root canal,” Ellie says, chuckling that her husband wasn’t exactly an opera fan.

“But he loved Denver. And he loved me. This is something he wanted to do. But this really shouldn’t be about me; it should be about so many people who’ve worked so hard, through thick and thin, to keep the audiences interested.”

True to those words, the Ellie has always been anchored by an outpouring of civic pride and personal generosity. Thanks to private donors like former Opera Colorado chairs Jeremy and Susan Shamos, the building is much more than a place where artists sing and audiences sit. The artwork alone—the Dale Chihuly chandelier, the Vance Kirkland paintings, the Stephen Batura mural—is a fascinating blend of tradition and unexpected whimsy. It reflects a pushing of boundaries that mirrors Opera Colorado’s strategic development plans for the future. “We’re really trying to bring some variety to the company as we move forward in our history,” says Carpenter.

“How do we program so our Denver audience gets to experience things they’ve never before seen? Younger people are gravitating toward short, interactive, food-and-beverage experiences. How do we take advantage of where people are gathering and enjoying their time?”

Whatever path Opera Colorado pursues over the next 10 years, it will lead home to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, where one woman’s legacy is immortalized. “I love to sit in the lobby and look up at the mural,” Ellie says, “and pick out my husband, and the architect, and all the people I know who’ve been painted into it. I think the whole sweep of the house is beautiful. I love to sit in my box, where you can see the stage, the chandelier, the walkways where there are all kinds of things going on that you never see.

It’s a pretty neat place.”

“Ellie is the best ambassador to our audience. She’s so passionate about the opera.

Her enthusiasm is infectious.”

–Michael Bock, Board Chairman OPE RA COLORADO 2014-2015

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FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

WELCOME TO THE MAGIC FLUTE T he 2014-2015 Season has been an exciting

one for Opera Colorado. We opened the season

in November with an extraordinary production of

Madama Butterfly featuring the exquisite Shuying Li and we presented our elegant Champaign Gala 2015 in February with an intimate performance by Cynthia Clayton and the talented Opera Colorado Young Artists. Now, we round out our season with a new production of Mozart’s beloved fantasy The Magic Flute. We have created new sets and reduced the dialogue with a new English translation so that the production will feel fresh, relevant and entertaining.

Throughout our season the Opera Colorado Young Artists have been hard at work delivering educational programs to communities throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. This year, all of our programs have been sold out and we have maximized the resources we have to once again serve over 35,500 students of all ages. In addition, on March 8th our Young Artists presented a concert reading of the one-hour touring version of Lori Laitman’s The Scarlet Letter. The performance played to an enthusiastic sell-out audience and also served as a kick-off to our Indigogo crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000 in support of the full-length world premiere production in May of 2016.

As we look to next season and beyond, there are extraordinary things happening at Opera Colorado.

The 2015-2016 Season features a grand production of Verdi’s Aida, an opera that has not been presented at Opera Colorado in more than 20 years and the much anticipated world premiere production of Lori Laitman’s The Scarlet Letter. Also, thanks to the generosity of Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Opera Colorado is working with noted arts consultants WolfBrown to develop a five-year strategic plan focused on expanding our civic footprint, developing new artistic initiatives and creating an exciting vision for the future of Opera Colorado. We hope to complete the planning process during the summer and we look forward to sharing our new vision with the community in the fall.

The Opera Colorado Board of Directors, Staff and Volunteers join me in wishing you a magical experience tonight and we hope that you join us for the many thrilling performances the 2015-2016 Season has in store.

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MATINEE MATTERS...

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE OPERA COLORADO YOUNG ARTISTS ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING STUDENT MATINEE OF THE MAGIC FLUTE

By Cherity Koepke

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ach season, Opera Colorado opens the doors of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for a select performance; the annual Student Matinee. This year, the Student Matinee of The Magic Flute will be performed on May 7 to a sold out audience. More than 2,000 students from across Colorado will attend. The principal roles will be performed by the Opera Colorado Young Artists. I recently sat down with them to talk about the matinee and what it means to them as the featured artists.

LOOKING AT THE STUDENT MATINEE, WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

BRETT I’m excited to reprise a role like this. I’ve done Tamino before but this is on a much bigger scale; a full production on the stage of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. It’s incredible.

I also feel great about the fact that the kids who are in the audience are experiencing opera, most of them for the first time, in a real, high quality production.

LEAH To see children given the chance to attend a classic opera in a state of the art opera house with a full orchestra is really gratifying. This isn’t a production that’s been scaled back; they’re seeing the whole thing; they’re getting the full theatrical experience.

DANIEL I’m excited to work with the maestro. Singing with a live orchestra under the direction of a conductor allows us to expand on what we’ve been working on in our touring productions. It’s a chance to fully work in the encompassing nature of the art form.

LEAH BOBBEY SOPRANO

KATHERINE SANFORD MEZZO-SOPRANO

KATHERINE I’ll be singing the roles of Second Lady and Papagena for the matinee. They’re very different characters; both very fun, but very different and I’m excited to get the chance to hop from one role to another and challenge myself.

ANDREW I’m excited for the role of Papageno. It will be the largest amount of stage time I’ve ever had as an artist and I want to really hone in on my acting skills for this character. He’s the catalyst that keeps the audience’s attention throughout the show and that’s a challenge.

LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT. YOU’RE TAKING ON BIG ROLES IN A BIG PRODUCTION. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?

ANDREW With a character like Papageno, it can easily become a caricature. I want to keep him real; someone who is really taking the audience on a journey through the story we’re telling. But, as much as I want to focus on character, there’s so much more we have to look at. We can’t forget that we have to watch the conductor; there’s a live orchestra and we have to work together.

BRETT That’s especially challenging with the matinee because we won’t get a rehearsal with the orchestra before we perform. We’ll be able to listen and get an idea of tempi when we work on our mainstage and cover roles, but we won’t actually sing with the orchestra until the performance.

While that’s a challenge, I think it also pushes us to rely on ourselves as artists and not copy what others have done in these roles before us. We have to remain completely present.

BRETT SPRAGUE TENOR

ANDREW PAULSON BARITONE

DANIEL DEVICENTE BASS-BARITONE

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LEAH It’s a challenge balancing that too. We have roles we’re as artists with unique talent and something to say. singing in the matinee and other roles in the mainstage production. Some of us are covering the principal roles too.

We’ll have our own interpretations for the principal roles in the Student Matinee. Having to switch between the different characters from one performance to the next will be a challenge for sure.

KATHERINE So will singing a role with a different ensemble. I’ll be singing the same character, Second Lady, for the matinee and the mainstage, but with a different ensemble around me.

You have to focus on how your voices blend and interact with each set of people in a believable way.

BRETT To know that the company you work for believes you can do it; there’s nothing like that. The artistic team at Opera Colorado has encouraged us, pushed us to grow, given us all the tools we need. Now it’s our chance to show that we can do it; to take the stage as the artists that they’ve helped us become.

LEAH We’re so grateful for this opportunity. To the schools for making this an important event for their students; to the company for giving us this chance. I know we’re all feeling the same. We can’t wait to take that stage on May 7th. We’re going to give it everything we’ve got.

DANIEL So much of what we do in this program as Young Artists is already viewed as professional. We do serious work that’s high quality. That sets up the matinee as something really important. It’s a real opportunity for us to make our marks.

THE STUDENT MATINEE HAPPENS JUST ONE DAY EACH YEAR. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OPERA COLORADO PLACES ON THIS ONE PERFORMANCE?

KATHERINE I feel really respected by the company to be given the responsibility of singing a role in the matinee. Opera Colorado doesn’t view the Young Artists as hired help, but 16

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Some may say the Student Matinee is a lot of work for just one performance a year. That’s true, it is. However, the effects of this one performance are deeper and farther reaching than may be apparent at first glance.

This season’s Student Matinee sold out in September 2014, the earliest date in company history. Schools kept calling and we ended up with a waiting list of over 800 students. That demand coupled with the engaging experience provided to the students who attend is reason enough to see the program’s merit. Add to that the incredible opportunity it provides to these talented emerging artists and I think we can all agree… the matinee matters.

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Tamino First Lady Second Lady Third Lady Papageno The Queen of the Night Monostatos Pamina Three Sprites Speaker Sarastro First Priest Second Priest Papagena First Man in Armor Second Man in Armor

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SYNOPSIS THE MAGIC FLUTE Setting: a fairytale land of imagination ACT ONE: Pursued by a dragon, Prince Tamino faints and is only saved by three fearsome ladies who slay the beast. When the ladies depart, Papageno, the light-hearted bird-catcher, arrives in time to take credit for the dead dragon.

The ladies return and punish Papageno for lying. Tamino learns that their ruler, the Queen of the Night, has a daughter, Pamina, imprisoned by the sorcerer Sarastro. Entranced, Tamino agrees to rescue her. Papageno is ordered to assist and both men receive magic tools for their mission: Tamino a flute, and Papageno a set of bells. Three magical spirits will guide them.

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At Sarastro’s palace, Papageno finds Pamina guarded by Monastatos. Monastatos flees, leaving Pamina and Papageno together. He tells her a prince is coming to rescue her; Pamina and the bird catcher sing of the delights of love, not for each other, but as an abstract concept.

Tamino comes to Sarastro’s temple. As he confronts a set of magical doors, he learns that Sarastro is, in fact, not evil, but rather is protecting Pamina from her mother’s dark influence.

Monastatos declares that Pamina and Papageno will be imprisoned. Papageno uses his magical bells to enchant the slaves who would have restrained them.

Pamina begs Sarastro’s forgiveness. Monostatos is punished

for his advances to Pamina. Sarastro declares that if Tamino and Pamina pass their rites of initiation, they will be worthy of each other.

Papageno, too, will have an initiation to endure.

ACT TWO: Sarastro tells his assembled priests of the upcoming initiation rites. As Tamino and Papageno are being prepared for their ordeal, the three ladies of the Queen of the Night appear to warn them against Sarastro. The priests send the three ladies away.

The Queen of the Night arrives and demands that Pamina assist her in revenge by assassinating Sarastro. Overhearing the Queen’s command, Monastatos hopes to use it as blackmail to win Pamina for himself. However, Sarastro himself then appears, excusing Pamina for the deed she had nearly undertaken. Sarastro declares that within his temple, there is no revenge, only love.

Tamino and Papageno are under a vow of silence, easier for Tamino than Papageno. A mysterious old woman distracts the bird catcher. The three magical spirits bring food and drink, and return to Tamino and Papageno the flute and bells that had been taken from them. Pamina, not knowing of the vow of silence, is deeply hurt

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ozart’s correspondence reveals that he started work on The Magic Flute in the early summer of 1791 and completed it before summer’s end, working with a libretto by his friend and lodge brother Emanuel Schickaneder. Since at the time, the composer was also engaged in writing another opera, the largely serious La Clemenza di Tito, as well as his thoroughly serious Requiem, the fairytale of Flute likely counted as a pleasant diversion.

Flute premiered September 30, a bit more than three weeks after the September 6 premiere of Clemenza. That fact leads many historians to regard Flute as Mozart’s last opera. However, it bears a marginally lower Koechel number (K. 620, as opposed to Clemenza’s K. 621), due to the fact that he’d finished Flute earlier. Its later premiere was due to spending longer in rehearsal. It was not that Schikaneder’s company required more practice, but rather that, as Clemenza was composed specifically to celebrate a royal coronation, its premiere date was a fixed point.

The opera was an immediate success, both with the general public and with knowledgeable observers, facts upon which the composer himself had much to say in letters to his wife Constanze, who at the time was visiting the health spa. On October 8, barely one week after Flute’s premiere, he explained to her how he came to be providing the sound of Papageno’s bells. “I had a whim to play the glockenspiel myself, and I made a good joke of it at one point when Schikaneder [performing as Papageno] had a pause. I played an arpeggio [which wasn’t what the actual score instructed], which startled him. He [Schikaneder] looked around, saw me, and when I added another chord, he struck at his bells, calling out ‘shut up.’

Everyone laughed, and I think that through this joke, it was the first time that some realized he wasn’t playing the instrument himself.”

Flute earned over twenty performances within a month, and long remained at the heart of Schikaneder’s repertory. Unfortunately, Mozart wasn’t able to fully enjoy the triumph. He died of a succession of debilitating fevers on December 5, 1791, barely nine weeks after

when Tamino will not speak with her.

Having been given one wish, Papageno asks for a wife. The old woman again appears, but before long is transformed into a pretty bird-like woman named Papagena. The priests, however, quickly take her away.

Despairing because of what she perceives as Tamino’s indifference, Pamina is about to take her own life. The magical spirits intervene, bringing her Tamino. Together, they complete the trial.

Having been abruptly deprived of his perfect mate, Papageno prepares to hang himself. The magical spirits, fresh from rescuing Pamina, now save Papageno, advising him to play his bells. When he does so, Papagena reappears, and all is well.

The villains – the Queen, her three ladies, and Monastatos – receive their comeuppance as thunder and lightning send them to their fates. The opera ends with a chorus on the theme of good triumphing over evil.

Synopsis by Betsy Schwarm, author of Operatic Insights

the opera’s premiere. At the time, Flute was still playing to full houses, and even today is one of the most frequently performed of all 18th century operas. One may hope that somewhere in eternity, Mozart has come to know of – and to find satisfaction in – the enduring success of this charming work.

Flute is an enigmatic mixture of philosophy and fairy-tale, a pleasant happy ending on one level, and, on another, a carefully planned allegory about man’s search for inner harmony, often represented by the symbols of Freemasonry, to which both composer and librettist belonged. This is especially apparent in the recurring significance of the number three, represented by the Three Ladies, the Three Spirits, the three chords that open the overture, and even the fact that much of the opera is in the key of E-flat major, the key signature of which contains three flats. As for those in the audience – either at the time or today – who were not well informed about Freemasonry, perhaps the two creators believed that all of us, whatever symbols we understand, can comprehend the significance of a quest for truth.

Similarly, the music of Flute also brings forth subtexts, as Mozart used varied musical styles to depict his various characters. Folksy Papageno and Papagena (the names derive from the German word for “parrot”) are given unpretentious folk-song-like melodies. By contrast, the deceptive Queen of the Night is portrayed as an Italianate coloratura indulging in both vocal and emotional histrionics. The role is famed in opera circles as one of the highest and perhaps most difficult ever composed. For the young sweethearts, Mozart composed music that is sweetly romantic, yet also harmonically progressive, using combinations of tones that at the time were considered cutting edge.

It is as if the music, like the characters themselves, was evolving, reaching forward into the next century. Using music to reinforce personality allowed Mozart to create characters of startling humanity, people who still seem realistic to us over two centuries later.

Notes by Betsy Schwarm, author of Operatic Insights

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THE ARTISTS John Baril | Chorus Master John Baril conducted the 2012 Opera Colorado production of The Marriage of Figaro having led the student matinee of The Barber of Seville in 2010. As long-time Music Director of Central City Opera he has conducted Die Sieben Todsuenden, Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Gianni Schicchi, Three Decembers, Lucia di Lammermoor, West Side Story, Cendrillon, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Madama Butterfly, Dead Man Walking among many others, and will lead La Traviata this summer. Recent engagements include Così fan tutte with UMKC Opera Theater, Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci and Tosca with Opera Delaware, Don Giovanni with Nashville Opera and Carmen with Nevada Opera.

Daniel Belcher | Papageno Winner of a 2010 GRAMMY® Award, Daniel Belcher has performed in many of the world’s music capitals and returns to Opera Colorado following his appearance in 2013 as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. With a 50role repertoire, Belcher has championed roles from the Baroque to those composed expressly for him. He came to international attention in 2004 creating the role of Prior Walter in Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America for the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Belcher recently created the role of Robert Kennedy in Robin de Raaff’s Waiting for Miss Monroe for his debut at The Netherlands Opera. Belcher recently made his debut with the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, Sweden in Kaija Saariaho’s Sombre. He received a Robert Jacobson Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, a Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation for his work with Wolf Trap Opera and the Sullivan Foundation Award.

Leah Bobbey^ | First Lady Leah is thrilled to be a Young Artist with Opera Colorado. This season, she sings First Lady in The Magic Flute, performs in outreach productions of Hansel and Gretel and Romeo and Juliet, and participated as Hester Prynne in the premiere concert reading of The Scarlet Letter. She will perform Pamina in the student matinee of The Magic Flute. This February, Leah was finalist for the Rocky Mountain Region of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Favorite roles include Sister Margaretta (The Sound of Music) Lightfoot McClendon (Cold Sassy Tree), Anaïde (Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze), Adult Kim (Showboat), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Despina (Così Fan Tutte), Bubikopf (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), and Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro). Leah received her Master of Music from the University of Houston, her Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan, and hails from Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Jonathan Boyd | Tamino Jonathan Boyd returns to Opera Colorado after his 2013 début as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. Recent engagements include the title roles of Werther (Scottish National Opera; Teatro Colón in Argentina), Faust (Austin Lyric Opera), Tom Rakewell (Theatre Athenee in Paris; Opera Faber in Portugal), and one of his signature roles, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (Portland Opera; Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Opera Tampa; Michigan Opera Theater; Festival Lyrique-en-mer in France). In 2013-14 he débuted at Opera-Theatre-Metz Metropol as Anatol in Vanessa, Pittsburgh Opera as Hertebise in Glass’ Orpheé, Maggio Musicale in Florence as The Prince in L’amour des trois oranges, followed

by Peter Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw with Théâtre du Capitole-Toulouse. Next he sings Beethoven’s 9th with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Tom Rakewell with Portland Opera and Teatro Municipal de Santiago.

Andres Cladera | Musical Preparation Uruguayan conductor Andres Cladera, recently named Artistic Director of Emerald City Opera, is the Resident Conductor of Opera San Antonio, Founder and Artistic Director of The Microscopic Opera Company of Pittsburgh. Maestro Cladera 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, Pittsburgh Early Music Consort, Chatham Baroque and San Antonio Symphony. Cladera holds a Masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University and Bachelors of Fine Arts degrees in Piano and Voice Performance from College of Charleston. Cladera was awarded the 2007 Outstanding Young Conductor of the year by the Association of Choral Directors of America, as well as first place in several international piano competitions. Upcoming engagements include Mercy Train (Microscopic Opera Company) Candide, Bon Appetit and L’Enfant et les Sortileges with Emerald City Opera.

SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal | Lighting & Projection Designer SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal holds an MFA in Lighting and Projection Design from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Seif works full time at Advanced Lighting & Production Services (ALPS) in the Sales Department. His freelance lighting and/or projection credits include: Carmen (Opera Colorado); Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Winner of Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres DASH Award for Best Lighting – Musical 2014), Evita, Sideshow and Jesus Christ Superstar (The Umbrella); Die Zauberflöte and Iphigenia en Tauride (The Boston Conservatory); (Cabaret, Guys & Dolls,

THE ARTISTS Sound of Music, Les Miserable, The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee and Into the Woods (Woodland Theatre Company); Dead Man Walking (Tulsa Opera); Oliver and Shrek, The Musical (Wagon Wheel Theatre); A Little Night Music, die Zauberflöte and La bohème (Opera in The Ozarks). Upcoming: Titanic (Woodland Theatre Company). Seif would like to thank his amazing wife for all her support.

Daniel DeVicente^* | First Priest Spanish-American baritone Daniel Luis DeVicente holds B.M. and M.M. degrees in Vocal Performance from the University of South Florida. After graduating he moved to Italy where he has been singing since 2008. In Venice he has performed works by Monteverdi, Mozart, and Handel, and toured with La Fenice and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino chorus for Wagner’s Ring Cycle conducted by Jeffrey Tate and Zubin Mehta. He has sung the roles of Bartolo in Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia and Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In 2014 he won the title role of Rigoletto in the “Citta di Ferrara” opera competition. Daniel is delighted to join Opera Colorado as a Young Artist. In the company’s touring productions he will perform the role of Sandman in Hansel and Gretel and Capulet/Friar Laurence/Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet. In Opera Colorado’s student matinee of The Magic Flute, he will perform the role of Sarastro.

Joseph Gaines* | Monostatos A highly energetic, vibrant, and extremely versatile singer and actor, tenor Joseph Gaines is known in the United States and abroad for beautifully sung and richly detailed interpretations of character roles.

Gaines has been a regular guest artist at Opera Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Opera, Central City Opera, Indianapolis Opera and others. Also an in-demand concert artist, he has been a featured soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Detroit Symphony, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as many chamber and period ensembles.

Recently a guest artist at Central City Opera’s 2014 Festival for Both Le Nozze di Figaro (Basilio) and Dead Man Walking (Howard Boucher), he performs regularly at Utah Opera, including last year in Turandot (Pong) and Madama Butterfly (Goro), and returns in 2016 in Le Nozze di Figaro (Basilio/Curzio). Gaines joined the artist roster of The Metropolitan Opera for the first time in 2013, covering Caius in Verdi’s Falstaff.

Sam Handley* | Speaker A graduate of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, Sam Handley has been praised for “his rich, burnished” voice and the “genuine emotional depth of his characterizations.” As a member of the Ryan Opera Center, he performed more than a dozen roles, including Quince in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tom in Un ballo in maschera. In recent seasons, Handley made his European debut as Escamillo in a new production of Carmen in his company debut with Theater Aachen. He returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for their production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as Hans Folz. He made his Asian debut in Beijing, China at the National Centre for the Performing Arts as Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, conducted by Lorin Maazel. A fervent proponent of contemporary composers, Handley has delivered several world premieres, including the music of Scott Gendel and Dan Black.

Camille Jasensky* | Papagena Camille Jasensky is a rising young star making her professional debut with Opera Colorado.

A native of Tucson, Arizona, Camille is the winner of the Wieck’s Handel Competition and three consecutive National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competitions.

She attended the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, under the instruction of Kenneth Cox and Sara Bardill.

There she performed the roles of Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Laurie in Oklahoma!, the soprano solo in Faure’s Requiem, Anne in The Merry Wives of Windsor scenes and Adele in Die Fledermaus scenes. She performed the role of Rapunzel from Into the Woods with Ignite Theater and the soprano solo in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with the Evans Choir. A dedicated and versatile young performer, Camille is thrilled to perform alongside this talented cast.

Eapen Leubner* | Second Priest With impressive reviews from Opera News, the New York Times and Musical America, Eapen Leubner is indeed one of opera’s rising stars. Eapen’s roles range from Mozart to Donizetti to rarely performed opera (Mahler’s Die Drei Pintos and Herbert’s Sweethearts) and new American Opera on stages from New York City to Fairbanks, Alaska. Recent concert work includes the 100th Anniversary of Albanian Independence (Tirana, Albania) and Carnegie Hall. Eapen made his Colorado oratorio debut with the Messiah Chorus of Grand Junction in April 2015. In the 20142015 opera season, Eapen sang the role of Raimondo in Richard Pearson Thomas’ A Wake or a Wedding (NYC Premiere) and a revival production of Light Opera of New York’s Amuse Bouche at the Metropolitan Room in New York City. In 2015-2016, Eapen

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THE ARTISTS will sing the starring role in The Astronaut’s Tale by Charles Fussell (Staged Premiere) at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Stephen D. Mazzeno* | Scenic Designer Stephen Mazzeno is excited to be making his Opera Colorado debut. A graduate of Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) with a degree in technical theatre, emphasis in Lighting Design and Scenic Design, Stephen has worked in Denver for 20 years as both a designer and an I.A.T.S.E Local #7 Stagehand. His work encompasses over 250 productions with various companies including the Denver Center Theatre Company, Central City Opera and PHAMALY Theatre Company, where he is the Resident Lighting Designer. He is also an ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician/ Head Electrician. Stephen has been nominated for the local Henry Award three times, winning for his Lighting Design for Urinetown the Musical. Other shows he has recently designed include Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, The Glass Menagerie, and Diviners.

Maureen McKay* | Pamina Following performances of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, the Washington Post hailed soprano Maureen McKay as the “undisputed star of the show,” and further exclaimed, “Armed with a silvery, precisely aimed voice, natural stage presence and the kind of beautifully detailed acting you don’t see often enough on the operatic stage, McKay turned in a smart, sexy and thoroughly charming performance.” Recent performance highlights include Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel with Bayerische Staatsoper, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with The Cleveland Orchestra, Nannetta in Falstaff with Saito Kinen Festival, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Washington National Opera and Komische Oper Berlin. McKay’s upcoming performances include Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress (Portland Opera), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Edinburgh International Festival, Portland Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu), Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles (Seattle Opera), and a soloist in the Händel/Mozart Messias (The Danish National Symphony Orchestra).

Joseph Mechavich* | Conductor Joseph Mechavich is known for the exceptional artistry and infectious energy which he brings to performances, as well as the personal and career-defining relationships he has forged with several opera companies and orchestras.

Mechavich presided over Jake Heggie’s highly acclaimed opera, Moby Dick, for both San Diego Opera and Calgary Opera, as well as productions of Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Washington National Opera, Porgy and Bess for Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Roméo et Juliette for Florida Grand Opera. Engagements during 2014-15 included Nixon in China for San Diego Opera,

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Silent Night for Calgary Opera, Wuthering Heights (Floyd) for Florentine Opera as well as A Streetcar Named Desire and Fidelio for Kentucky Opera. His 2015-16 season includes Macbeth and Showboat (Kentucky Opera), Turandot (Nashville Opera), Florencia en el Amazonas (Arizona Opera) and Great Scott (Heggie) (San Diego Diego Opera). In 2010, Mechavich was named Principal Conductor of Kentucky Opera.

So Young Park* | Queen of the Night A native of Pusan, South Korea, So Young Park currently is a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist with the Los Angeles Opera, where she performed the role of the Gossip in The Ghosts of Versailles and Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro. She returns to LA Opera next season to perform the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. This season, she made her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut as Soprano Soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with Maestro Gustavo Dudamel and was invited by Maestro Plácido Domingo to perform as a soloist with him for his concert in Korea. She has performed the Queen of the Night with Boston Lyric Opera, Aspen Music Festival, New England Conservatory and will perform the role with Houston Grand Opera (Miller Theater) and the Glimmerglass Festival. A former Gerdine Young Artist, future seasons bring Ms. Park to Opera Theatre of St. Louis in a major role.

Andrew Paulson^ | Second Man in Armor Andrew Paulson’s recent opera credits include the Imperial Commissioner in Madame Butterfly with Opera Colorado, cover of First Prison Guard in Heggie’s Dead Man Walking at Central City Opera, Giorgio Germont (La Traviata) with Opera on the Avalon, Clayton McAllister and Luther (Cold Sassy Tree) with Sugar Creek Opera, and Mercutio (Romeo et Juliette) with Florida State Opera. He recently placed third in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition and received second place in the Mobile Opera Competition. This summer he will join Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Artist covering Marullo in Rigoletto.

As an Opera Colorado Young Artist his roles include the Second Man in Armor in The Magic Flute and Papageno in the Student Matinee, the roles of Mercutio and the Prince in Romeo & Juliet, and the Father in Hansel and Gretel in the company’s touring productions.

Ann Piano Elements & Sprites Costume Design Ann Piano is pleased to be designing for Opera Colorado’s mainstage. For the past 12 years, she has run the costume department and designed costumes for the Young Artist’s touring productions. In 2012, she won a True West “Best Costume Design” Award for

THE ARTISTS The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at The Curious Theatre Company in Denver, Colorado. In 2009, she was nominated for a Henry Award for Enchanted April at Miner’s Alley Playhouse, Golden, Colorado. Piano received a BFA in Fashion Design from Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri.

Marcia Ragonetti | Third Lady Mezzo-soprano Marcia Ragonetti makes an artistic full circle as Third Lady, a role she first sang with Opera Colorado in 1982. Since then she has added 20 plus roles to her rich history with the company with a career highlight helping to inaugurate “The Ellie” in 2005 in its gala concert and celebrated production of Carmen. Wellknown in the Rocky Mountain region, she has performed with Central City Opera, Colorado, Utah and San Antonio symphony orchestras, Opera Fort Collins, Opera Theatre of the Rockies and many others.

Farther from home, she made her international debut in Italy in a touring production of Sweeney Todd. Her virtuosic portrayal of Maria Callas in Master Class earned her a “Best Diva” award from Westword and a Henry “Best Actress” nomination. Currently she is creating cabaret revues around The Great American Songbook composers. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University.

Katherine Sanford^ | Second Lady Katherine Sanford is a versatile American mezzo-soprano hailing from Annapolis, MD. Most recently, she made her professional debut as Kate Pinkerton in Opera Colorado’s production of Madama Butterfly in November of 2014. Her residency with Opera Colorado has included numerous performances of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel and Stephano in Romeo and Juliet, Opera Colorado’s touring productions. In March 2015, she had the privilege of premiering the role of Mistress Hibbons in a concert reading of Lori Laitman’s new opera The Scarlet Letter, which will be mounted on Opera Colorado’s main stage next year. Katherine is thrilled to join Nashville Opera’s Mary Ragland Young Artist Program in 2016. She will perform the roles of Dorabella in Così fan tutte in January 2016 and Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus in April 2016. Katherine completed her Masters degree at the University of Michigan, and her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland.

Brett Sprague^ | First Man in Armor Brett Sprague holds degrees from Chapman University and Manhattan School of Music. His credits include Peter Grimes (Chautauqua Opera), Don Pasquale, (Amore Opera), The Most Happy Fella (Dicapo Opera), Die Zauberflöte (New York Lyric Opera Theatre), The Ghosts of Versailles, Cosi fan tutte and

Thais (Manhattan School of Music’s Opera Theatre), L’elisir d’amore (Tuscia Opera festival) and Susannah and Fiddler on the Roof (Ash Lawn Opera). As an Opera Colorado Young Artists, Brett performed in the touring productions (The Barber of Seville and Romeo & Juliet), and in the student matinee of Carmen he sang the role of Don José. His mainstage roles in last season included Borsa in Rigoletto and Rememdado in Carmen. His will sing in this season’s touring productions of Romeo & Juliet and Hansel and Gretel, and First Man in Armour in The Magic Flute. In the Student Matinee he will sing the role of Tamino.

Harold Wilson* | Sarastro Harold Wilson’s recent performances include debuts with Hawaii Opera as Timur in Turandot, Sarasota Opera as Daland in Der Fliegende Holländer and Dayton Opera for Ramphis in Aida and a return to the Metropolitan Opera to cover the Police Commissioner in Der Rosenkavalier. Wilson’s 2012-2013 season included his debut with Portland Opera as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, The French General in Kevin Puts’ Pulitzer Prize winning opera Silent Night with Opera Philadelphia and returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Panthus in Les Troyens. He performed with Opera Birmingham as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte and Tulsa Opera for Ramphis in Aida. As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for five seasons, he sang over 30 roles with the company. Upcoming engagements include a return to Carnegie Hall for Mozart’s Requiem, Sarasota Opera for Fidelio, and the Metropolitan Opera for their production of Turandot.

Daniel Witzke* | Director German stage director Daniel J Witzke works extensively in both opera and musical theatre in Europe and the United States.

He was originally trained as a professional singer and actor in Vienna, Berlin and Hamburg, pursuing a career onstage. Witzke was appointed artistic director for the original German production of Elton John’s Broadway-Hit Musical Aida. As staff director at the Wiener Staatsoper he was responsible for directing, reviving and assisting on more than 20 productions. He has directed and written fundraisers, cruise ship shows and major special events for the stage and television in the US, Europe and North Africa.

He joined the directing staff of Seattle Opera for their 2012/13 season. In 2013/14 he collaborated with stage director Paul Curran on Baden-Baden 1927 for Gotham Chamber Opera in NYC. Witzke directed new productions of Don Giovanni for Opera San Jose and The Magic Flute for West Bay Opera. *Opera Colorado Debut ^Opera Colorado Young Artists

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VIOLIN Takanori Sugishita concertmaster Renè Knetsch principal second violin Angela Dombrowski Lynne Glaeske Margaret Gutierrez Debra Holland Robyn Julyan Chris Jusell Annamaria Karacson Cyndi Mancinelli Leah Mohling Brett Omara Susie Peek Ingrid Peoria Gyongyi Petheo Veronica Pigeon Leslie Sawyer Robyn Sosa VIOLA Michael Brook, principal Brian Cook Matthew Dane

PRODUCTION STAFF MUSIC STAFF John Baril, Chorus Master Andres Cladera, Sprites Musical Preparation Sheldon Miller, Coach/Accompanist Kim Peoria, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ingrid Peoria, Orchestra Librarian PRODUCTION STAFF Katie Preissner, Production/Stage Manager Sarah Johnson, Assistant Stage Manager Vanessa Chumbley, Assistant Stage Manager Jordan Braun, Assistant Director Jeremy Sortore, Title Coordinator Beth Nielsen, Title Operator Park Wm. Showalter, Chorus Liaison Brian Greffe, MD, Company Physician Dr. J. Michael King, Company Otolaryngologist Buzz Reifman, NPPA, Company Otolaryngologist 8

Erika Eckert Sarah Richardson Lora Stevens

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FLUTE Susan Townsend Elizabeth Sadilek

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PICCOLO Olga Shylayeva OBOE Max Soto Liz Telling ENGLISH HORN Liz Telling

TIMPANI Peter Cooper, principal ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Ingrid Peoria ORCHESTRA MANAGER Kim Peoria

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s a member of the Opera Colorado Young Artists for two seasons, I have had the incredible opportunity to learn and grow as an artist and person. Each of you reading this can see the chance we have to perform in world-class productions here in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. It is something we relish, since not every company offers Young Artists the same opportunity. However, this is but a fraction of what we do during our residency with the company. Each year, the young artists perform for over 35,500 people; that number is above and beyond the several thousand we reach in this beautiful theater. We have two touring productions we take to schools and community venues throughout the state.

This year, we have performed Hansel and Gretel and Romeo & Juliet. Both are abridged and translated into English to be more accessible to a wide range of audiences. A majority of those performances take place in the Denver metro area, spanning our seven-month residency. However, as a culmination of our season, we take these two productions, as well as a concert program called Arias & Ensembles, to the more rural communities; places where there is little to no access to the arts. For two weeks in May, we embark on The Greater Colorado Tour.

I could write pages upon pages about the beautiful scenery we see, the fascinating small towns we visit, and the challenge of singing at ten thousand feet above sea level; however, that would not give an accurate depiction. It goes without saying, we have a wonderful time. Yet, not everyone realizes the scope of the tour and why we do it. Each day includes at least two hours of driving, and some days up to seven hours in the car.

Despite our road weariness, we have a performance to give.

We spend about ninety minutes unloading our sets, costumes and props from a van, and setting up for the performance. We warble a few notes as we set up for our vocal warm up, then

we give an hour-long performance. When the singing is over and bows are taken, the most significant part begins. We do a question and answer session with each audience, regardless of age. The reason is simple; most people we reach on tour are experiencing opera for the first time. The snowcapped peaks, Rocky Mountain streams, and majestic countryside of this awe-inspiring state, pale in comparison to the joy on a young child’s face when they discover their love of opera, or the wonder in their eyes as they talk to us after the show. An elderly man who was moved to tears by our performance tells us that he is 90 years old and that he has never experienced anything like what we just did. He tells us he will never forget it and asks us to come back. It is for those people and moments that we go on tour. As the next generation of opera singers it is our duty to build the next generation of opera goers. We are Opera COLORADO. So, for two weeks in May, from Colorado Springs to Carbondale, from Lake City to Summit County and beyond, we travel and we perform so that the art form we love can be loved by all people. We do this so opera will thrive in all of Colorado; from this day until the day the mountains crumble at our feet.

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ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT The Board of Directors of Opera Colorado and the staff wish to acknowledge the extraordinary generosity of the foundations, corporations and government agencies that made contributions in support of our general operating expenses, technology fund and Education & Community Engagement Programs from October 15, 2013 – March 15, 2015.

PRESIDENT CIRCLE ($20,000+) Avenir Foundation The Anschutz Foundation Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Chambers Family Fund The Denver Foundation Franklin C Deters Trust Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation PB & K Family Foundation Rassman Design* Shamos Family Foundation Scientific Cultural Facilities District Sidney E. Frank Foundation DIRECTOR ($10,000+) Cannon Y & Lyndia K Harvey Family Foundation Caulkins Family Foundation Ciber, Inc. Crawley Family Foun7dation Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Gates Family Foundation Invisible Cities Investments LLC Jess & Rose Kortz & Pearl Rae Foundation Profit Planning Group Tulsa Community Foundation Virginia W. Hill Foundation MAESTRO ($5,000+) Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Bucy Family Fund Denver Lyric Opera Guild The Denver Post Charities ECA Foundation, Inc. Fairfield & Woods, PC Heider Family Foundation The Jeanne Land Foundation Leonard & Alice Perlmutter Charitable Foundation Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust Peak ENT & Voice Center Wells Fargo DIVA ($2,500+) Brooks Brother Group Homewood Suites Denver* Magnolia Hotel* National Philanthropic Trust The Schramm Foundation

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IMPRESARIO (Special sponsorships above annual contribution) Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Barrow Mike and Julie Bock* Ellie Caulkins Joy Dinsdale Dave and Pam Duke Mr. Ray J. Groves Michael A. Hughes and Hon. Karen Brody Craig N. Johnson and Alicia McCommons Dr. J Michael King Tracy McCarthy* Jeff Baldwin and Debra J. Perry Merrill Shields and M. Ray Thomasson* Marlis and Shirley Smith Mr. John Shott* Patrick Spieles and Carol McMurry

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Stanley and Virginia Boucher Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bowers Brewster and Helen Boyd Donald K. Braden Mr. and Mrs. William Bradford Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Bradley Ms. Jay Breen Eve Brogan Darrell Brown and Suzanne McNitt Lucinda and Edward Bryant Ms. and Mr. Sharon Kay Bundy Gordon & Ron Butz Hebert Cantor Ken Carlson Mr. and Mr. Brad Case Mr. Samuel Chan Mr. Ronald R. Charpentier Brett and Crystal Childs Dr. and Mrs. Henry N. Claman Everett Clark Ms. Ethel K. Clow Mr. and Mrs. John P. Congdon Mr. Alexander J. Conley and Ms. Alysia D. Marino Mr. David A. Connell Kathleen M Cook Dr. David J. Cooper and Evelyn W Cooper Vicki Cowart and Chris Hayes Mr. and Mrs. David A. Craig Brian D. Crane Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Creighton Mrs. Lucy Creighton Ms. Louise Crosby Sara and Jim Culhane Margaret H. Cunningham Michael and Bonnie Dalke Helen Shreves Ronald L. Deal Peter and Deedee Decker Ms. Jacqueline Demolin Greg Diamond Ursula and Tom Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Douglis Peter and Marian Downs Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Eckerling Dr. Gifford and Chris Eckhout Ms. Judie Eidson Mrs. Nan Eklund Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Elinoff Ted and Vivian Sheldon Epstein Mrs. Reine Erzinger Ms. Judith H. Fahrenkrog Alice Fairey Amy Feaster Mrs. Ann Figura Ms. Kathryn Finley Dr. Stacy Fischer Janet Fisher Mr. Thomas Fox L. Richard and Sigrid Halvorson Freese Jeannette Furer Cynthia Gaertner Mr. Alan Gallagher and Ms. Connie Christiansen Ms. Fran Gander

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