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Dear Friends,

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elcome to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for the second production of our 2021-22 Season. I hope you enjoy this electrifying opera based on one of the most popular novels of all time—Stephen King’s The Shining.

You are in for a real treat—what you are about to see is unlike anything that has been on our stage before. The music by Paul Moravec and libretto

by Mark Campbell are the perfect vehicles for this iconic story.

I am thrilled to share our recently announced 2022-23 Season, celebrating Opera Colorado’s 40th anniversary. This upcoming season exemplifies our commitment to surprising and delighting our audiences with a combination of new experiences and classic works which truly celebrate where we have been and where we are going. We hope you will join us on that journey.

The 2022-23 Season is bookended by two of opera’s biggest hits—Verdi’s Rigoletto (November 2022) and Puccini’s Turandot (May 2023), masterpieces of the Italian repertoire. Both productions bring the finest talent, many of whom will be making their company debuts, to the stage for all the sweeping melodies and spectacle you could ask for.

Perhaps the most exciting pillar of our 40th Anniversary Season is a brand-new production of Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (The Dead City).

This is a rare gem you may not have heard of, but believe me when I say you will revel in Korngold’s cinematic score paired with the breathtaking set Sincerely,

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and costume designs of Robert Perdziola, one of the most sought-after creators in the field. Under the creative eye of director Chas Rader-Shieber, this is truly a production not to be missed. Die tote Stadt is just the beginning of more magnificent rarities coming to the Ellie in future seasons.

In addition to our three mainstage operas, we invite you to celebrate our 40th birthday in style with a dazzling, one-night-only concert production of Mascagni’s emotional Sicilian drama Cavalleria rusticana in September. This special evening is available only to subscribers until single tickets go on sale in Summer 2022, so be sure to add it to your subscription order today! Season packages are available now at operacolorado.org.

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In spite of the extraordinary challenges we have all faced over the last two years, there are great things on the horizon for Opera Colorado. Thanks to the generosity and passion of our patrons, we have established a strong footing for our 40th Anniversary Season and beyond. We can’t wait to show you more of what’s in store.

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Q&A with Edward Parks

BY JENNIFER COLGAN GRAMMY® Award-winning baritone Edward Parks makes his Opera Colorado debut as the iconic Jack Torrance in Moravec and Campbell’s The Shining. A prolific performer of both new and classic works, this talented artist pursues his life-long passion for the stage while also thriving as a family man and craftsman.

Get to know Ed through the Q&A below!

WHAT WAS YOUR INTRODUCTION TO OPERA? I started taking voice lessons at the age of eight and had opera in mind from the very beginning. I had a Pavarotti CD that I listened to over and over again—I just loved it. My first opera was La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera when I was fourteen years old.

I remember sitting there saying, “I will sing on that stage one day.” Later, while I was in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Met, I sang

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Schaunard in that very same Zeffirelli production.

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Dreams can come true!

HOW DID YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DURING THE COVID-19 SHUT-DOWN? WHAT DID YOU MISS MOST ABOUT PERFORMING, AND HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK ON STAGE? The best part of quarantine was being able to spend so much time with my family. I have a young daughter, and

it has been a blessing to be able to spend so much time with her and my wife. I did a lot of leatherworking and woodworking. I started selling my leather goods online and tackled a few building projects.

I missed the performances. I missed making new friends and spending time with old ones. I missed making music. It feels wonderful to be able to go back to work.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY JACK TORRANCE? HOW DID YOU PREPARE TO PORTRAY AN ICONIC CHARACTER THAT IS SO INGRAINED IN OUR CULTURAL PSYCHE? I cannot wait to sing Jack Torrance. I have loved the novel and the movie my whole life. In college, I had a huge poster of Jack Nicholson (with his face coming through the door) on my wall. In terms of preparation, I like to scrape away all the surface things we know and that we see and try to find the root of the human. He is

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Q&A with Edward Parks (continued) a man, he is a husband, he is a father, he is a recovering

you crazy, but I love it. I love that I have the consistent

alcoholic, he has real-life demons. I love that the opera is

opportunity to make something my own. Yes, it is much

more like the book because he is more of a human being

harder to learn. Yes, sometimes the music is wild, but

in the book. He’s not just possessed from the start. He

I truly love it and feel honored every time I have the

has a real arc as a character.

chance to work on new music.

I love challenges, and I’m really looking forward to the intensity of this role and production. I cannot wait to create a safe environment with our cast so things can get as crazy as they need to be in those intensely dramatic moments.

YOU WORKED WITH MARK CAMPBELL BEFORE ON THE

(R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT WORKING WITH HIM? Let me just say first and foremost that I LOVE MARK

YOU ARE ALSO AN AVID WOODWORKER AND LEATHER CRAFTER. WHAT PARALLELS CAN YOU DRAW BETWEEN MASTERING THOSE ARTFORMS AND THE ARTFORM OF SINGING?

“I cannot wait to sing Jack Torrance. I have loved the novel and the movie my whole life.”

CAMPBELL. He and I have worked together many times. Mark makes my job a lot easier. I never have to sit and think, “why is my character saying this? Why does this scene

These things are all crafts.

When you start out, you are not very good at it. I like to think of myself as a craftsman. I love to challenge myself to do things that I have never done before. I like to look at a space and think, “this would be so much more functional with some built-ins,”

and then figure out how to make them. It takes time. It takes fortitude. Just like being an opera singer.

not work?” He always paints a beautiful picture with his

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to work with artists like Mark.

TELL US ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH PERFORMING NEW OPERAS.

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words. I feel like the highlight of my career is being able

Performing new works has become something I do a lot of. If you had told me ten years ago if I would be singing mostly contemporary opera, I would have called

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The Shining FEBRUARY 26 | MARCH 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2022 ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE OPERA IN TWO ACTS WITH MUSIC BY PAUL MORAVEC AND LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEPHEN KING There will be one twenty-five minute intermission after act one

CAST IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

Ari Pelto David Radamés Toro* Eric Simonson Erhard Rom 59 Productions* Kärin Kopischke Robert Wierzel C. Andrew Mayer* Ronell Oliveri Sahar Nouri Nathan Salazar Samantha Egle Rachael Harding

Opera Colorado Orchestra Opera Colorado Chorus *Opera Colorado debut ^ Artist in Residence for the 2021-22 Season Commissioned by Minnesota Opera A Minnesota Opera New Works Initiative Commission Original Production and Staging by Eric Simonson The opera The Shining, with music by Paul Moravec and libretto by Mark Campbell, is presented by kind permission of Subito Music Corporation, publisher and copyright owner, and with the kind permission of Stephen King.

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Conductor Stage Director Original Stage Director Scenic Design Animation and Projections Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Wig & Makeup Design Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Repetiteur Fight Director Choreographer

Kelly Kaduce Edward Parks* Micah VonFeldt*/Micah Sacks (Double & Cover)* Joseph Gaines Kevin Deas* Spencer Lawrence Boyd^ Troy Cook* Patrick Maschka, John Murray, Shane Delavan Vale Rideout* Bridget Brown,* Lucia Graves,* Sylvie Bodine (Cover)* Catherine Swindle^ Kendra Broom^ Joseph Goodale^ Thomas Lynch^ Keith Williamson Spencer Lawrence Boyd^ Phillip Lopez^ Keith Williamson

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Wendy Torrance Jack Torrance Danny Torrance Stuart Ullman Dick Hallorann Bill Watson Mark Torrance Three Mafia Guys Delbert Grady The Grady Girls Mrs. Grady Mrs. Massey Crooner Horace Derwent Ranger Lloyd the Bartender Senator Man in Dog Mask

Permission granted by Doubleday, original publisher of Stephen King’s The Shining.

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SPECIAL THANKS PRODUCTION SPONSORS

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The Shining is generously sponsored by Janet Mordecai, and by The Chotin Foundation in honor of Dr. Larry Chan.

Music Director Ari Pelto is sponsored by Mike and Julie Bock.

Additional support provided by National Endowment for the Arts, the Francis Goelet Charitable Trust, and Ann and Gerald Saul.

The Opera Colorado Artist in Residence Program is sponsored

by Ken and Donna Barrow, with additional support from Patrick Spieles, and Dr. Stephen L. Dilts.

Special thanks to our The Shining Giving Circle members:

Principal Repertoire Coach Nathan Salazar and Voice Teacher Daniel Belcher are underwritten by Chris and Joy Murphy.

Mike Hughes and The Honorable Karen L. Brody Ann Corrigan and Kent Rice Jack Finlaw and Gregory Movesian Marilyn Munsterman and Charles Berberich Andrew Sirotnak and James White Carol Whitley

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SYNOPSIS CHARACTERS • Jack Torrance (baritone) – New winter caretaker • Wendy Torrance (soprano) – Jack’s wife and Danny’s mother • Danny Torrance – Young son of Wendy and Jack Torrance, blessed with a gift called “the shining” • Dick Hallorann (baritone) – Cook for The Overlook • Stuart Ullman (tenor) – Manager for The Overlook • Bill Watson (tenor) – Staff member for The Overlook • Mark Torrance (baritone) – Jack’s late father • Delbert Grady (tenor) – Former hotel caretaker • Mrs. Grady (soprano) – Delbert’s wife • The Grady Girls – Delbert’s daughters • Mrs. Massey (mezzo-soprano) – Former hotel guest • Horace Derwent (baritone) – Former hotel owner • Lloyd the Bartender (tenor) – Bartender

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SETTING The Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Stephen King’s inspiration for the original novel came from a stay at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.

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ACT I - AN OCTOBER DAY IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES The opera opens with the Torrance family journeying to The Overlook Hotel where they will be the winter caretakers. When they arrive, the hotel manager, Mr. Ullman confronts Jack about his history of alcoholism and tendency for violence. Jack assures him he is fine now. Jack is then introduced to Mr. Watson who teaches him how to maintain the boiler, which will explode if pressure gets too high. When Jack finds documents about the hotel’s past, Watson tells the story of past caretaker, Delbert Grady, who murdered his wife and two daughters, and Mrs. Massey, who committed suicide in the bathtub of room 217. Meanwhile, Hallorann tells Danny he knows that the young boy can sense things and communicate with his mind, an ability he calls “the shining.” He tells Danny that, if ever he is in trouble, he should use the shining to “holler for Hallorann.”

A FEW WEEKS LATER All seems well, but Danny feels a strong pull to room 217, an urge he tries to resist. One night, Jack and Wendy realize Danny is locked in the bathroom. Jack breaks down the door and finds Danny comatose. Jack shakes Danny violently. Wendy begs Jack to stop, reminding him that he has hurt Danny before. Jack loses his temper. Finally, Danny revives slightly, uttering the mysterious word “redrum” before his parents get him to bed. Remorseful over his loss of temper, Jack retreats to the hotel lobby where the shadow of his late, abusive father, Mark Torrance, haunts Jack. The next day, Jack discovers a scrapbook about the hotel’s history. As he reads, ghosts from The Overlook’s past appear, including mafia hitmen, the murderous caretaker and his deceased daughters, and a flurry of guests from a wild masked ball. Inspired, Jack decides to write a book about The Overlook’s sordid history.

Later that day, Danny succumbs to the draw of room 217 where he discovers the living corpse of Mrs. Massey resting in the bathtub. The ghoul attacks Danny, leaving the boy soaked and bruised. Wendy wants to leave the hotel, but Jack fears they will die in the approaching snowstorm if they try to escape. Jack asserts his role as provider and protector of his family even as a chorus of ghosts urge him to harm Danny and Wendy. The cacophony of voices grows until, finally, Danny calls out for Hallorann to come help!

ACT II - A DECEMBER DAY AT THE OVERLOOK HOTEL Jack tends to the boiler and longs for alcohol. The specter of Delbert Grady appears, telling Jack to kill Wendy and Danny to please an evil spirit of the hotel, “The Manager.” A now unhinged Jack wanders the hotel and sees ghosts in the middle of a party, with his late father as the entertainer. When the ghosts disappear, Jack lashes out at Wendy, believing her to be an enemy. Jack tries to strangle Wendy, but she knocks him out.

Together, Wendy and Danny drag Jack to the kitchen where they lock him inside of the pantry. As they leave, Wendy takes a knife from the kitchen, ready to defend herself and her son, if necessary. Grady’s ghost helps Jack escape from the pantry, leaving him a large croquet mallet to bludgeon Wendy and Danny. Wendy, thinking Jack is still in the pantry, heads to the kitchen to get dinner. In the lobby, Jack attacks Wendy with the mallet, but she defends herself and runs to her room.

Jack breaks down her door, and Wendy slices his hand with a razor. Before Jack can retaliate, Grady appears and instructs Jack to find Danny. Just then, Hallorann arrives to save Danny, but Jack knocks him down before going after Danny. Refusing to cower, Danny sings the melody Jack had sung to him earlier, a song about how

much his father loves him. Jack collapses in shame and screams for Danny to run. Danny reaches his mother and Hallorann and warns them that the boiler is about to explode. The three of them run to escape the explosion.

Despite pressure from the ghosts to kill his family, Jack lets the boiler explode, thus destroying himself and the hotel in order to save Wendy and Danny.

The opera ends with Wendy and Danny recovering at a summer cabin months later. Hallorann watches over them while Danny fishes. Before saying goodbye, Hallorann tells Danny to be strong and keep hoping.

Danny asks him for help, and Hallorann replies, “You’re doing fine by yourself, little man.”

PROGRAM NOTES

In the story, Moravec perceives what he describes as “resonant archetypes.” To a certain extent, The Shining is a Jekyll-and-Hyde story, though Moravec also saw a connection to Abraham and Isaac: will the father sacrifice his beloved son? The inner conflict of these archetypes guided the opera’s early development. Through the process, Moravec developed Jack’s music, earning a strongly-dramatic, soul-searching aria, as well as often-fragmented vocal lines. The fragmentation seems representative of Jack becoming, in Moravec’s words, “overwhelmed by madness and evil.”

Of the other adult humans in the story (setting aside ghosts, as well as avoiding spoilers), Moravec declares,

Before a note of music was written, Campbell’s libretto was completed and approved by King. Campbell says he “began by identifying stage-worthy events in the novel that were necessary to propel and build – and not impede – the narrative.” The time structure became tighter, and the words and phrases were designed to lend themselves to expression through singing rather than the spoken voice. Along the way, Campbell made changes to best suit musical purposes. Campbell recalls that Hallorann’s final aria was ever-evolving: “One morning, I woke up and sent Paul three different versions of the same aria—we both liked one, and it clicked.”

It also “clicked” for the premiere audience May 7, 2016, at Minnesota Opera. Is it Kubrick’s film in operatic form?

Decidedly not, nor would King have been pleased if it were. As Campbell remarks, “Opera is a whole different beast, and Paul’s music gives this beast a perfect way to convey the story.” Moravec expands on that thought: “Why bother with an opera? To use music to drive and underscore the telling of a story.” Whatever your previous experience with King’s tale, as an opera, The Shining takes on greater richness than you could ever imagine.

Program notes by Betsy Schwarm, author of the Classical Music Insights series.

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The Shining came to operatic life at the suggestion of stage director Eric Simonson and Minnesota Opera. A crucial early step was winning King’s consent to even begin. One of the most important terms was promising King final approval of the libretto. Composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell agreed to partner on the project, especially given the possibility of working from the book, not the film. As Moravec observes, “in the book, the characters are more sympathetic, even Jack, who comes to realize what’s happening to him.”

That depth of personality, a characteristic of fine writing, is also crucial in opera. Moravec and Campbell were determined to bring out the nuanced personalities found in the novel, leading to a more satisfactory experience for creators, performers, and audiences alike.

“Hallorann becomes the hero [and] Wendy is NOT just a screamer. They’re three-dimensional people in the novel, and the opera, too. It’s an ordinary family trying to survive under extraordinary circumstances.”

Circumstances that likely none of us have experienced, but one might still muse upon how one would cope.

Orchestral interludes allow an opportunity for musing, as well as showing the passage of time, allowing for set changes, and providing space for the music—and the characters—to grow.

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Put the iconic image of a leering, sneering Jack Nicholson out of your mind. Set aside those oft-quoted lines: “Here’s Johnny” and “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” That’s the film by Stanley Kubrick; this is the opera. Of the two, author Stephen King prefers the opera, and as the author of the 1977 novel on which the opera and film are based, surely he is permitted an opinion as to what best reflects his original vision.

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THE ARTISTS

KENDRA BROOM | Mrs. Massey

TROY COOK | Mark Torrance

Kendra Broom grew up in California and studied at Manhattan School of Music on the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship and at the Curtis Institute of Music as a Shaun F. O’ Malley Fellow. She is a recipient of the Shoshana Foundation’s Richard F. Gold Career Grant. Her recent appearances include title roles in Pelléas et Mélisande, L’enfant et les sortilèges, and The Rape of Lucretia, with other credits in Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), Hänsel und Gretel (Hänsel), and Lakme (Mallika). She was a featured guest with Curtis Institute’s 20/21 Ensemble, OPERA America’s New Works Forum, WWFM’s Celebrating Our Musical Future, and Opera Philadelphia’s Double Exposure. This season, she returns for a second season as an Opera Colorado Artist in Residence. She will perform in the touring productions of The Barber of Seville (Rosina) and The Pirates of Penzance (Ruth), and in the mainstage production (Mercedes) and student matinee performance (Carmen) of Carmen.

Praised for his “technically flawless performance” by Opera News, American baritone Troy Cook has been heralded throughout his career for his vocal suaveness and vibrant stage presence. Recently, Cook appeared as Merlin in Le roi Arthus in a version streamed with Bard SummerScape, Tonio in Pagliacci with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor for his debut with Madison Opera. In the 2019-20 season, Mr. Cook made his house debut with Portland Opera as Sharpless in Madame Butterfly, followed by another house debut with Teatro San Carlo Napoli as “Watty” Watkins in Gershwin & Gershwin’s Lady Be Good. He also previously performed as the baritone soloist for Handel’s Messiah with the Indianapolis Symphony, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Athanaël in Thaïs and Father Palmer in Silent Night at Utah Opera, and Sharpless in Madame Butterfly and Major General in The Pirates of Penzance with Opera Saratoga. An acclaimed interpreter of new works, he created the role of John Cree in Elizabeth Cree in 2017, as well as Father Palmer in Silent Night in 2011.

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MARK CAMPBELL | Librettist

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Mark Campbell’s work as a librettist is at the forefront of the contemporary opera scene in this country. A prolific writer, Campbell has created thirty-six opera librettos, lyrics for seven musicals, and the text for five song cycles and two oratorios.

One of Campbell’s best-known works is Silent Night, which received a Pulitzer Prize in Music and is one of the most frequently produced operas in recent history.

The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, an audience favorite, received a 2018 GRAMMY® for Best Opera Recording and his piece As One debuted with Opera Colorado in 2017. Other successful operas include Stonewall, Later the Same Evening, The Nefarious, Immoral but Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Burke & Mr. Hare, The Manchurian Candidate, The Other Room, Memory Boy, Empty the House, The Inspector, Approaching Ali, A Letter to East 11th Street, Dinner at Eight, and Volpone.

Campbell is also an advocate for contemporary American opera and serves as a mentor for future generations of writers through such organizations as American Opera Projects, American Lyric Theatre, and Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative.

KEVIN DEAS | Dick Hallorann Kevin Deas has gained international renown as one of America’s leading bassbaritones. He is perhaps most acclaimed for his signature portrayal of the title role in Porgy and Bess, having performed it with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, as well as the most illustrious orchestras on the North American continent, and at the Ravinia, Vail, and Saratoga festivals. He recently performed in Handel’s Messiah with the Washington National Cathedral, Boston Baroque, and the New York Philharmonic, and Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. A strong proponent of contemporary music, Kevin Deas was heard at Italy’s Spoleto Festival in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in honor of the composer’s eighty-fifth birthday, recorded on video for international release in 2020. He also performed the world premieres of Derek Bermel’s The Good Life with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Hannibal Lokumbe’s Dear Mrs. Parks with the Detroit

Symphony. His twenty-year collaboration with the late jazz legend Dave Brubeck has taken him to Salzburg, Vienna, and Moscow in performances of To Hope! and he performed Brubeck’s Gates of Justice in a gala performance in New York.

Ambassadorial Scholarship; The Anna Sosenko Trust; and The McGlone Award for Outstanding Artist at Central City Opera and the coveted 2008 William M. Sullivan Foundation Awards, includes a $10,000 career grant.

SAMANTHA EGLE | Fight Director

JOSEPH GOODALE | Crooner

Samantha is thrilled to be joining Opera Colorado for this production of The Shining!

Her work has been seen on the stages of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, Denver Children’s Theatre, Athena Project Festival, Lagoon Theme Park, Upstart Crow, New York Fringe Festival, The BiTSY Stage, Mizel Center for Arts and Culture, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, and numerous other educational institutions in Colorado. She was a Resident Artist as an Intimacy Director at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. in 2019. She was an apprentice with Intimacy Directors International. She is the founder of Humble Warrior Movement Arts which produces international, virtual, and local in-person stage combat and intimacy training. She is a proud associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union, and a Certified Teacher and Regional Representative for the Rocky Mountain Region with the Society of American Fight Directors.

Joseph Goodale is a native of Dallas, Texas. He holds a master’s degree in voice performance from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree from Dallas Baptist University. His previous performances include collegiate productions of Cosí fan tutte (Don Alfonso), My Fair Lady (Henry Higgins), The Fantasticks (El Gallo), and Gianni Schicchi (Marco), in addition to various solo performances. While at SMU, he was an education artist for the Dallas Opera, performing in touring and digital productions of Bizet’s Doctor Miracle (The Mayor). For the remainder of Opera Colorado’s 2021-22 Season, he will perform in the touring productions of The Barber of Seville (Ambrogio/Figaro cover) and The Pirates of Penzance (Major General), and in the mainstage production (Moralès) and student matinee performance (Dancaìre) of Carmen.

For more than twenty years, Rachael Harding has built her career around dance as a professional dancer, teacher, and choreographer.

She is currently the resident choreographer for Denver’s professional jazz dance company, Davis Contemporary Dance Company; member of Denver’s Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theatre; co-owner/director of Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop; and owner/director of Miss Rachael’s Dance in Denver, where she is inspired to share her passion for the arts with young dancers every day. She has had the distinct honor of dancing in past Opera Colorado’s productions including Nixon in China, The Pearl Fishers, Rusalka, and Josephine, and choreographing for Rusalka, Aida, The Barber of Seville, and Josephine.

Rachael fell in love with dance as a young girl and continued her dance education at the University of Arizona, where she received a B.F.A. in Dance and a B.S. in Business Management. She began her professional career as a dancer in Denver’s Cleo Parker Robinson

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Joseph Gaines is a versatile artist who has attracted the attention of opera companies and orchestras and been recognized by audiences and critics for his beautifully sung, well-acted interpretations of character roles. He returns to Opera Colorado following performances as Monastatos in The Magic Flute and as Trin in La fanciulla del West.

Early in 2020, he performed the roles of Don Basilio/ Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro with Hawaii Opera Theater and the Sailor in Dido and Aeneas with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. Other past performances include, Goro in Madame Butterfly with Central City Opera, Monostatos in The Magic Flute and the Third Jew in Salome with Opera Philadelphia; Pang in Turandot with San Diego Opera; and Pedrillo in The Abduction from the Seraglio with Pittsburgh Opera.

Grants and awards include: The Rotary Foundation

RACHAEL HARDING | Choreographer

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JOSEPH GAINES | Stuart Ullman

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Dance Ensemble, where she also served as Assistant Rehearsal Director, and subsequently toured the United States as a solo dancer with winds quintet, Imani Winds, in Josephine Baker: A Life of Le Jazz Hot. After returning to Colorado, Rachael pursued her M.F.A. in Dance from the University of Colorado at Boulder and continued to dance professionally with a variety of professional dance companies, including Davis Contemporary Dance, Moraporvida Contemporary Dance, Interweave Dance Theatre, Kim Robards, New Breed Dance Company, JK-Co, and Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theatre.

KELLY KADUCE | Wendy Torrance

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For her creation of the title role in David Carlson’s Anna Karenina, Opera News proclaimed that soprano Kelly Kaduce is “…an exceptional actress whose performance was as finely modulated dramatically as it was musically…and her dark, focused sound was lusty and lyrical one moment, tender and floating the next.”

Ms. Kaduce originated the role of Wendy at the world premiere of The Shining with Minnesota Opera, and later revived the role with Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Recently, Ms. Kaduce appeared in the world premiere of The Threepenny Opera with Atlanta Opera as Polly Peachum. In the 2019-20 season, her engagements included the title role of Suor Angelica and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Memphis, and Older Alyce in Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied with Atlanta Opera.

Ms. Kaduce’s other past engagements include the title roles of Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, and Rusalka with Opera Colorado in 2011. Kelly Kaduce is a graduate of both St. Olaf College and Boston University, and is a previous winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

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KÄRIN KOPISCHKE | Costume Design Kärin Simonson Kopischke has designed costumes for regional theatre Tony Award winners including American Conservatory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Long Wharf, Victory Gardens, Children’s Theatre Company, Crossroads, and Cincinnati Playhouse. She has worked with awardwinning directors including Anna Shapiro, John

Rando, Douglas Hughes, Mark Brokaw, Anna Deavere Smith, Joe Chaikin, and Eric Simonson. She designed costumes for the feature film Feed the Fish, with Tony Shalhoub and has had the distinct privilege to design new works for Harry Connick Jr. and Stephen Schwartz.

Kopischke has received the Joseph Jefferson Award, AriZoni Award, and a Prague Quadrennial nomination.

In addition, she has taught costume design at The Theatre School of DePaul, Northwestern University, Carroll University, and currently Lawrence University.

In addition to her costume rendering and university instruction, she is active in historical societies and created a series of historical renderings depicting women from her home of Door County in the garments they might have worn in a series called “Garments of Our Foundations.”

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Lloyd the Bartender Spencer Lawrence Boyd has sung leading roles in L’elisir d’amore (Nemorino), La tragedie de Carmen (Don José), Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), and Mireille (Vincent), among others. Originally from Canal Fulton, Ohio, Spencer received a bachelor’s degree from Chapman University, a master’s degree from Kent State University, and a doctoral degree from Indiana University. As an Artist in Residence with Opera Colorado for the remainder of the 2021-22 Season, he will perform in the touring productions of The Barber of Seville (Count Almaviva) and The Pirates of Penzance (Frederic), and in the mainstage production (Remendado) and student matinee performance (Don José) of Carmen.

PHILLIP LOPEZ | Senator Phillip Lopez is from Avon, Illinois, and is a graduate of the Yale School of Music.

He also holds degrees from Wichita State University and Millikin University. Recent performances include Rigoletto (Montrerone), Don Giovanni (Masetto), The Rake’s Progress (Nick Shadow), Don Quichotte (Sancho), Schubert’s Winterreise, and Florencia en el Amazonas (Riolobo). He has been seen in Le nozze di Figaro (Antonio), An American Soldier (Major Rose/Spc. Austin Haldemann), The Grapes of Wrath (Traffic Cop/Peach Checker), and Madama

Thomas Lynch received his bachelor’s degree from Westminster Choir College at Rider University and his master’s degree from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He has participated in young artists programs, such as Bel Canto at Caramoor, Seagle Music Colony, and Hawaii Opera Theater. His recent performances include The Great Gatsby (Nick Caraway), Cosi fan tutte (Guglielmo), Eugene Onegin (Commander/Officer), Dialogues of the Carmelites (Marquis de la Force), The Consul (John Sorel), The Manchurian Candidate (Sgt. Raymond Shaw), and Salome (2nd Soldier/John the Baptist cover). Other performances include soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and baritone soloist for Goodall’s Eternal Light: Requiem with the MIT Cambridge Chinese Choral Society. For the remainder of his second season as an Artist in Residence, he will perform in the touring productions of The Barber of Seville (Figaro/ Ambrogio cover) and The Pirates of Penzance (Pirate King), and in the mainstage production (Dancaìre) and student matinee performance (Escamillo) of Carmen.

C. ANDREW MAYER | Sound Design C. Andrew Mayer is a Minneapolis-based sound designer. He has worked with numerous regional theaters in the Twin Cities and elsewhere, including the Guthrie, the Jungle, Mixed Blood, the Children’s Theatre Company, and the History Theatre, as well as with A.C.T. in San Francisco and SeaGlass Theatre in Los Angeles. At Minnesota Opera, he has designed a dozen productions, including The Manchurian Candidate, Silent Night, The

PAUL MORAVEC | Composer Paul Moravec, recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music for Tempest Fantasy, is the composer of numerous orchestral, chamber, choral, operatic, and lyric pieces.

Frequently commissioned by notable ensembles and major music institutions, Moravec’s current project is Sanctuary Road, an oratorio about The Underground Railroad. It premiered with the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall in May of 2018 and a longer version will debut in 2022 with North Carolina Opera.

In addition to The Shining, which premiered with Minnesota Opera in May of 2016, he composed other operas such as The Letter (2009), Dance Russe (2011), The King’s Man (2013), and the virtual performance of Light Shall Lift Us (2020). His music has earned many distinctions, including the Rome Prize Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, three awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University, he has taught at Columbia, Dartmouth, and Hunter College and currently holds the special position of University Professor at Adelphi University.

SAHAR NOURI | Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Iranian pianist and conductor Sahar Nouri returns to Opera Colorado for a fifth 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 being based in Denver, Ms. Nouri continues to serve as guest coach/faculty with various organizations including San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of

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Grapes of Wrath, Nixon in China, and The Handmaid’s Tale. He was a McKnight Theatre Artist Fellow and won an Audelco Award for his design for Carlyle Brown’s Pure Confidence at 59E59 (New York). In the summer he serves as the producing director of the Acadia Repertory Theatre on Mount Desert Island in Maine.

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Butterfly (The Imperial Commissioner), all with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Other roles include Gianni Schicchi, Street Scene (Frank Maurrant), Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro), L’elisir d’amore (Dottore Dulcamara), and Acis & Galatea (Polyphemus). Phillip is excited to be an Artist in Residence at Opera Colorado for the 202122 Season, for the remainder of which he will perform in the touring productions of The Barber of Seville (Don Bartolo) and The Pirates of Penzance (Samuel and Sergeant of Police), and in the mainstage and student matinee performances of Carmen (Zuniga).

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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). A multi-lingual, Nouri has done studies in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Austria, and is frequently in demand as a language coach and recitalist.

RONELL OLIVERI | Wig and Makeup Design Ronell Oliveri has been designing wigs and makeup for opera, theater, ballet, and film for the past 18 years for such companies as Minnesota Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University.

Currently, she is the resident Wig & Makeup Designer for Opera Colorado, Opera Omaha, and Central City Opera. In 2007, she was a Primetime Emmy Award nominee as key makeup artist for her work in television.

As a wig and makeup artist her professional credits include engagements with Chicago Lyric Opera, LA Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, and Boston Ballet. Her work can also be seen in several Broadway shows including Wicked, All the Way, and Waitress. Other recent engagements include Miller Theater’s Proving Up, Boston Lyric Opera’s Cavalleria Rusticana, and Opera Omaha’s Montagues and Capulets.

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Recipient of a 2019 GRAMMY® Award for Best Opera Recording for Steve Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, baritone Edward Parks made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2009-10 Season as Fiorello in The Barber of Seville and has since appeared there as Schaunard in La bohème and as Larkens in La fancuilla del West, which was broadcast in HD worldwide. He recently joined tenor Andrea Bocelli on national tour to over twenty cities and performed as the baritone soloist for Lyric Opera Goes to Hollywood with Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Highlights from past seasons include Steve

Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with Santa Fe Opera; the Count in Le nozze di Figaro with Hawaii Opera Theatre; a return to Minnesota Opera as Audebert in Silent Night; revivals of his Escamillo in Carmen with the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in Japan and for Atlanta Opera; Valentin in Faust with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Portland Opera, and Opera San Antonio; Inman in Cold Mountain with North Carolina Opera; and Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with Opera Oviedo in Spain. On the concert stage, Mr. Parks made his Carnegie Hall debut in an evening of songs by Charles Ives, sang Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Prague Proms International Music Festival and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, debuted with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in The Requiem, Op. 9, and performed Schubert’s Winterreise at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.

ARI PELTO | Opera Colorado Music Director and Conductor 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. At the age of twenty four, Pelto was appointed Assistant Conductor at the Spoleto Festival, and he has since gone on to conduct worldwide.

International engagements include performances with Bochumer Philharmoniker and opera productions at New National Theatre of Tokyo and the Teatro Nacional Sucre in Quito, Ecuador. In 2004 he made his highlypraised debut with New York City Opera, conducting La Traviata, after which he became a regular, returning for productions of Madama Butterfly, La bohème, and Carmen. Recent successes include Eugene Onegin at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Lucia di Lammermoor at Virginia Opera, and La Voix Humaine at Chicago Opera Theater.

DAVID RADAMÉS TORO | Director Latino American director, David Radamés Toro, applies his background in physical theater and mime to a variety musical repertoire with an affinity for baroque and twentieth and twenty-first century works. An admirer of modern era opera, David has had the privilege of

Vale Rideout is celebrated for his “clarion” and “soaring and impassioned” tenor voice (Opera News). Equally comfortable with standard and contemporary repertoire, he is continually in demand on the operatic and concert stage throughout the United States, and as a distinguished recording artist. In early 2020, Mr. Rideout performed in A Poet’s Love: It’s Complicated with the New Orchestra of Washington. Highlights from other past performances include, Widow with Florentine Opera Company; Hades in the premiere of Julian Wachner’s REV 23 with the Boston New Music Festival; Britten’s War Requiem with Fresno Philharmonic; Carmina Burana with North Carolina Symphony; the U.S. premiere of Ēriks Ešenvalds’ St. Luke Passion with Highland Park Orchestra in Dallas; Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Arcadia Chorale and Wilkes University Chorus, and a Bernstein “Marathon” at the New York Festival of Song. Mr. Rideout can be heard on several acclaimed recordings of twentieth century and contemporary opera, including two GRAMMY®winning recordings with Florentine Opera Company: Frank in Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry (Naxos), and Igneo in Davis’ Rio de Sangre (Albany Records); and as Edgar in the company’s GRAMMY®-nominated recording of Floyd’s Wuthering Heights (Reference Recordings).

Erhard Rom has designed settings for over 250 productions across the globe. In 2015, he was named as a finalist in the Designer of the Year category for the International Opera Awards in London. His design work has frequently been displayed in the Prague Quadrennial International Design Exhibition and at the National Opera Center in Manhattan. His work has been seen at San Francisco Opera, The Royal Swedish Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Vancouver Opera, Minnesota Opera, the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin, Fort Worth Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Colorado, Opéra de Montréal, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Boston and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, among many others.

His many credits include productions of Susannah, The Marriage of Figaro, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Nixon in China (San Francisco Opera); Don Giovanni, Silent Night, and Samson and Delilah (Washington National Opera); Semele, Eugene Onegin, and La bohème (Seattle Opera); Rigoletto (Houston Grand Opera); Jane Eyre, The Rape of Lucretia, Carmen, Faust, and La bohème (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Tosca, La bohème, Sweeney Todd, Don Pasquale, Falstaff, Alcina, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Così fan tutte, Ariadne auf Naxos, Don Giovanni, and The Rake’s Progress (Wolf Trap Opera); Valentino, Carmen, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Widow, and Rusalka (Minnesota Opera). In 2014, he designed the European premiere of Kevin Puts’ recent opera, Silent Night, which was awarded two accolades at the 2015 Irish Times Theatre Awards Ceremony, including the audience choice award and best opera production of 2014. He lives just outside of New York City and teaches design at Montclair State University in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

MICAH SACKS | Danny Torrance (Double & Cover) Micah Sacks is a seventh grade theatre major at Denver School of the Arts. He discovered his love of performing at the JCC’s Wolf Theater Academy, where he performed in Percy Jackson, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and had the leading role in Aladdin Jr. He’s also performed in workshops at Rocky Mountain Theater for Kids. When he’s not on stage, Micah plays defense with a recreational soccer league

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ERHARD ROM | Scenic Design

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directing twenty-first century works such as Three Way (Fargo-Moorhead Opera, 2021), Glory Denied (Opera Fayetteville, 2020), and Flight (Minnesota Opera, 2020), as well as assisting on world premieres such as Today It Rains (Opera Parallèle, 2019), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera, 2017), and The Shining (Minnesota Opera, 2016). In 2015, he directed the premiere of Rose Made Man: An Inside Out Opera for the Cohen New Works Festival in Austin, Texas. As a director, David is known for bringing honesty and humanity to the opera stage. In reviewing his production of Flight, the Minneapolis Star Tribune wrote, “This staging showed that ‘Flight’ has a beating heart, and something to say.” The San Diego Union-Tribune described his 2019 production of La Calisto as “well sung and cleverly staged.” During the summer of 2020, David directed Opera Neo’s virtual The Magic Flute, a fully staged green screen opera filmed remotely from the singers’ homes and then streamed in four parts.

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and offense in the world of multiplayer online gaming.

He dedicates his performance to his parents for all their love, support, and driving; to his family near and far for cheering him on; and to his dog Cookie for her cuddles.

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District competition. Some concert highlights include, performing Respighi’s Il Tramonto with the American String Quartet and participating in artist Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other previous credits include Die Zauberflöte (First Lady), Bloch’s Macbeth (Première sorcière), Mozart’s Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi), and Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (Poppea). During the reminder of her second season in the Opera Colorado Artist in Residence program, she will perform in the touring productions of The Barber of Seville (Berta) and The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel); and in the mainstage production (Frasquita) and student matinee performance (Micaëla) of Carmen.

Eric Simonson is an ensemble member of the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company, a position he maintains while working as a writer and director for film, television, theatre, and opera. He is a writer and producer whose recent works include “Swagger” with Apple TV+ which premiered in 2021 and continues to work on Amazon’s “Homecoming.” He wrote for Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle” until its ending in 2019, the libretto for the world premiere of The Fix with Minnesota Opera in 2019, and the 2016 TV movie Killing Reagan, which was nominated for three Critics Choice Awards. Film credits include: the documentary Studs Terkel: Listening to America (Emmy nomination); A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, which won an Oscar for Documentary Short and received a nomination from the International Documentary Association (IDA) for Distinguished Achievement; On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom (Oscar nomination, IDA Award, Emmy nomination). Opera directing credits include the North American premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale at Minnesota Opera and world premiere productions of The Shining, The Grapes of Wrath, and Silent Night (Pulitzer Prize).

Micah VonFeldt has had a passion for the theater since he was five years old. Over the past eight years, he has performed in the ensemble of several musicals, such as The Lion King and Legally Blonde. He has also had lead roles in many children’s theatrical productions, including Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Matilda, Murder on the 518, and High School Musical 2, as well as title roles in Peter Pan, Aladdin, and The Music Man. In 2019, Micah was awarded “Outstanding Male Performance” at the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta for his role of Michael Banks in Mary Poppins, Jr. Micah is in the seventh grade and lives in Highlands Ranch with his mom, dad, and two older brothers.

CATHERINE SWINDLE | Mrs. Grady

ROBERT WIERZEL | Lighting Design

Catherine Swindle is from Lubbock, Texas, and is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music with a master’s degree in classical voice. She holds bachelor’s degrees in vocal performance and French from Texas Tech University. She was recently awarded second place in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions New England Regional competition after winning the Connecticut

Robert Wierzel has worked with artists in theatre, dance, new music, opera, and museums on stages throughout the country and abroad. He has worked with choreographer Bill T. Jones and his company since 1985. Projects include Blind Date, Another Evening/I Bow Down, Still/Here, You Walk?, Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised Land, How To Walk An Elephant, and We Set

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S t e p h e n i s t h e 20 0 3 r e c i p i e n t o f T he Na t i o na l Bo o k F o unda t i o n M e da l f o r Di s t i ng ui s he d Co nt r i b ut i o n t o A m e r i c a n Le t t e r s . T h e Ki n g s ar e r e g ul a r c o n t r i but o r s t o a n um be r o f c h a r i t i e s, i n c l ud i n g m a n l i br a r i e s , a n d h a v e be e n h o n o red l o c a l l y fo r t h e i r p h i l a n t h r o p i c a c t i vi t i e s .

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STEPHEN KING | Author

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Out Early, Visibility Was Poor. Other works with Bill T. Jones include projects at the Guthrie Theatre, Lyon Opera Ballet, Deutsche Opera Ballet (Berlin), Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, the Welsh dance company Diversions, and London’s Contemporary Dance Trust. Robert has also worked with choreographers Trisha Brown, Doug Varone, Donna Uchizono, Larry Goldhuber, Heidi Latsky, Sean Curran, Molissa Fenley, Susan Marshall, Margo Sappington, Alonzo King and Joann Fregalette-Jansen. Additional credits include national and international opera companies, Broadway and regional theater. Mr. Wierzel is currently on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Yale School of Drama.

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Byron A. Hitchcock, Concertmaster Angela Dombrowski, Principal Second Michelle Davis Nina Fronjian Margaret Soper Gutierrez Robyn Julyan Regan Kane Hee-Jung Kim Christine Menter Susie Peek Felix Petit Veronica Sawarynski Leslie Sawyer Robyn Sosa Takanori Sugishita Benjamin Tomkins Tori Woodrow Tom Yaron

VIOLA

Matthew Dane, Principal Matthew H. Diekman Koko Dyulgerski Mary Harrison Sarah Richardson Lora Stevens

CELLO

Andrew Kolb, Principal Trevor Minton David Short Jeff Watson Eleanor Wells Carole Whitney

BASS

David Crowe, Principal Jeremy Nicholas Matt Pennington Jason Thompson

FLUTE AND PICCOLO

Susan Kerbs Townsend, Principal Elizabeth Sadilek

OBOE AND ENGLISH HORN

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Sarah Bierhaus, Principal Max Soto

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CLARINET AND BASS CLARINET

Michelle Joseph Orman, Principal Heidi Mendenhall

BASSOON AND CONTRABASSOON

TROMBONE

Bron Wright, Principal Andy Wolfe Jeremy Van Hoy

TUBA

Patrick Young, Principal

HARP

Janet Harriman, Principal

TIMPANI

Peter Cooper, Principal

PERCUSSION

Mark W. Foster, Principal Carl Dixon Nena Lorenz Wright

ORCHESTRA MANAGER Angela Dombrowski

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN Eleanor Wells

OPERA COLORADO CHORUS SOPRANO

Maria Fabara Daniela Guzman Alyssa Jackson Stephanie Medema Melaina Mills Julianna Perkins Lorena Perry Corrin Riley

MESSO-SOPRANO Jenna Clark Liz Gangware Jennifer Harpel Claire LeBorgne Jill Skinner

TENOR

Daniel McDonnall John Murray Norman Spivy Justin Kerr Luke Thatcher Keither Williamson

BASS-BARITONE

Shane Delavan Michele Di Nuovo Joseph Goodale^ Phillip Lopez^ Patrick Maschka Jerome Sibulo

Charles Hansen, Principal JJ Sechan

^2021-22 Artist in Residence

HORN

PRODUCTION STAFF

Michael Yopp, Principal Lauren Varley Devon Park Marian Hesse

TRUMPET

Leslie Scarpino, Principal Colin J.A. Oldberg

MUSIC STAFF

Sahar Nouri, Chorus Master & Assistant Conductor Nathan Salazar, Repetiteur Cody Garrison, Chorus Rehearsal Pianist

PRODUCTION STAFF

Ben Karasik, Production Manager Gina Hays, Production Stage Manager Adam Da Ros, Assistant Director Megan Coutts, Assistant Stage Manager Marcie Friedman, Assistant Stage Manager Laurel McIntyre, Assistant Stage Manager Lili Frederico, CSU Stage Management Intern Jeremy Sortore, Title Coordinator Beth Nielsen, Figaro Title Operator Cody Garrison, Supertitle Operator

TECHNICAL STAFF

Michael Wingfield, Technical Director Susan Osborn, Head Electrician & Opera Steward Karen Thurow, Lighting Console Programmer Rita Richardson, Assistant Electrician Michael Cunningham, Assistant Lighting Designer Jon Dunkle, Followspot Caller Michael Boswell, Head Carpenter Greg Killpack, Assistant Carpenter Dave Youngs, Shop/Production Carpenter Jeff Reidel, Head Flyman/Rigger Hillary Clark, Head Property Master Keven Soll, Assistant Properties Master Thomas Berning, Head Audio Engineer Christopher Blair, Head of Video/ Projections John Adams, Production Purchasing Agent

ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE CREW

James Gralian, House Sound Allen Olmstead, House Carpenter Derek Tovar, House Props Dave Wilson, House Electrician

COSTUMES

Ann Piano, Costume Coordinator Alison Milan, Shop Manager & Wardrobe Supervisor

DESIGN ASSISTANT Madison Booth

DRAPER

Sarah Zinn

SHOP ASSISTANTS Madison Booth Amanda Bouza Domino Douglas Carolyn Miller Sara Rutherford Elizabeth Woods

DRESSERS

Kinsey Kistler Carolyn Miller Sara Rutherford Amanda Walsh Elizabeth Woods

VOLUNTEER DRESSERS Valerie Amburn Leslie Cady Kathy Heider Jan Heimer Perla Harmon

WIGS AND MAKEUP

Sarah Annette Opstad Demmon, Associate Wig & Makeup Coordinator Christina Moore, Wig & Makeup Assistant Whitney Wolanin, Wig & Makeup Assistant

FIGHT DIRECTOR Samantha Egle

CHOREOGRAPHER Rachael Harding

SUPERNUMERARIES Elizabeth Brooks

ARTIST HOSTS

Jeff Brown Brian Crane Elizabeth Caswell Dyer Tom Gaffney Robert Kahn Dino Maniatis Kevin O’Connor

ENGLISH OR SPANISH SUBTITLES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Follow these easy steps: Prior to the performance, the screen will automatically display a sponsored message. When singing begins, briefly press the red button to activate subtitles.

• Press once for English.

• Press twice for Spanish.

• Press three times to turn titles off.

Then, simply repeat these steps after intermission.

Pressing the red button too many times or holding the button down may result in a system failure. If you experience difficulty with the system, please contact an usher for assistance. Opera Colorado does not offer refunds or exchanges in the event of a subtitle system failure.

Please Note: All Sunday matinee performances offer audio description for the visually impaired. Headsets are available at Coat Check.

English subtitles are written

by Jeremy Sortore for Opera Colorado. Spanish translations by TranslatingSpanish.com.

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DID YOU KNOW? Opera Colorado’s education programming brings opera to more than 45,000 students and life-long learners each season. We invite you to take advantage of some of our upcoming in-school and field trip opportunities for your students!

OPERA ON TOUR OFFERED ALL SEASON

Classic operas, fully-staged, and sung in English for students of all ages. Each production is abridged to sixty minutes or less and is followed by a Q&A time with the performers. This year, Opera Colorado is offering two classics, The Barber of Seville and an all-new production

BACKSTAGE WORKSHOPS

of The Pirates of Penzance.

MAY 4 & 9 | 2022

Stagecraft, professional singing, wigs and makeup, costumes, fight choreography, and more! Explore the world backstage at interactive stations created to provide hands-on learning opportunities. It’s a field trip unlike any other and a wonderful way to introduce your students to career options in the arts. Backstage Workshops take place at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

STUDENT MATINEE MAY 12

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unforgettable opera experience. The abridged Student Matinee performance is approximately 120 minutes and

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features content appropriate for all student audiences.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE’S EDUCATION PAGE

Performed live at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, this performance will feature the 2021-22 Opera Colorado Artists in Residence and the Opera Colorado Orchestra and Chorus.

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QUESTIONS? Educators can inquire about Opera Colorado’s programs for their students by calling 303.778.7350 or emailing education@operacolorado.org.

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2021-22 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Oleg Bellini | Sponsored by David & Elizabeth Budd and Suzanne D. Bucy Spencer Lawrence Boyd | Sponsored by Robin & Eric Yaeger Catherine Swindle | Sponsored by Ken & Barbara Laff, Laurence & Cynthia Chan, and Agatha Kessler & Curtis Fentress Joseph Goodale | Sponsored by Joyce de Roos and Donald K. Braden Thomas Lynch | Sponsored by Gayle & Gary Landis Phillip Lopez | Sponsored by Wendy, Dillon & Lillian Cogdal and Maradith & Rusty Wilkins

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KÄRIN KOPISCHKE

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When costume designer Kärin Kopischke was first asked to work on The Shining for Minnesota Opera’s production in 2016, she was expecting a few costumes for a small cast. To her delight, she found that the opera called for a larger cast than the Stanley Kubrick movie allowed, including all the ghosts of The Overlook Hotel who are mentioned in the novel. A fan of dark stories and thrillers herself, Kopischke was excited to create all the complicated characters of this story.

She explains, “I really wanted to get across in the

The separation between the humans and the hotel ghosts in the story is an important element of the costumes, conveyed in their color schemes. Kopischke elaborates, “The ghosts are in a very tight color pallet of whites, grays, and blacks…These ghosts are going to a masked ball, so they are elegantly dressed, but their masks are a little disturbing and nobody looks pretty or fun—they all look a little menacing.” You will notice that Jack’s costumes gradually become more like the ghosts’. For example, the ghosts’ eyes are highlighted with red, and additional red elements appear in Jack’s costume as the hotel corrupts him. See if you can spot more changes in his appearance!

In addition to designing the original costumes, Kopischke ensures the pieces work for a new cast. When singers come in for their costume fittings, it allows them to visualize their characters for the first time, helping the production feel real. Kopsischke’s job entails sustaining her and the director’s vision for the characters while also making the singers in each cast feel comfortable and confident. The costumes certainly add the finishing touches necessary for the singers to dive into their character!

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ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS 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 January 26, 2022.

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.

INDIVIDUALS PRODUCER CIRCLE VISIONARY $50,000+ Ken and Donna Barrow Mike and Julie Bock Ellie Caulkins Marcia and Dick Robinson Patrick Spieles Robin and Eric Yaeger Mr. Youngdon Yun and Ms. Esme Prieto Yun BENEFACTOR $25,000-$49,999 Linda Bjelland Jeff Baldwin Mr. Chip Horne and Dr. Jan Kennaugh Debra J. Perry

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Merle Chambers Elizabeth and Matthew Dyer Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy F. Kinney Richard Koseff Judy La Spada The Honorable Kenneth Laff and Mrs. Barbara Laff Gayle and Gary Landis Jim and Patience Linfield Dr. and Mrs. William N. Maniatis Mr. and Mrs. Randal Martines Kevin O’Connor and Janet Ellen Raasch Ann and Gerald Saul Charles I. Thompson

ARTIST CIRCLE CONDUCTOR $6,000-$10,999 Anonymous Al and Rebecca Bates Mr. Charles E. Berry and Mrs. Maria Garcia Berry

Suzanne D. Bucy Jane and Bart Burnett Ms. Kathryn Codo Dr. Eric Coomer Dr. Alan Cooper Robert and Lenore Damrauer The Divine Family Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Fogliano Karen Fukutaki, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hindman Gary and Judith Judd Diana and Mike Kinsey Robert R. Montgomery and Nancy Hawkins Muffy Moore Lynnette Morrison Dr. Harold S. Nelson Jon J. Olafson and Jerry Brindisi Ronald Y. Otsuka Mrs. Alice Perlmutter Zondra Rae Pluss Merrill Shields and M. Ray Thomasson Prem and Stephanie Subramanian Martha and Will Tracey Dr. Valerie M. Wassill, MD Larry and Brigitte Zimmer COMPOSER $3,000-$5,999 Anonymous Robin E. Black Mr. Gregory A. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. George P. Caulkins, III Mary and Tom Conroy Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Frey Sally Haas Deborah Hayes and James L. Martin III Mike Hughes and The Honorable Karen Brody Ms. Judy Johnston Joe Kelso Veronica A. McCaffrey and Barbara A. Frank Mark and Kristin McKissick Mrs. Rhea J. Miller James Monroe, III and Marie Shannon Monroe Bob Nelson Bonnie C. Perkins Christine and Harry Phillips

Bruce Polkowsky and Bill Powell The Ponzio Family Nijole and Walter Rasmussen Cynthia and Alexander Read Myra and Robert Rich Mr. Paul Ruotolo Helen Scott Santilli Jeremy and Susan Shamos Mr. Byron S. Watson Erin Wenzel Ms. Carole J. Yaley Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zoellner LIBRETTIST $1,200-$2,999 Mr. Hartman Axley Peter Batty and Paula Kechichian Brian Bennett and Bev Daniels Sheila Bisenius Leslie Coover Cady Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Celius Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cesafsky Barbara and Roger Chamberlain Mr. David J. Chavolla Mr. Alexander J. Conley and Ms. Alysia D. Marino Bob and Georgi Contiguglia Dr. Cynthia K. Crews and Mr. Charles W. Henry Mrs. Joyce de Roos Max and Joyce Douglas Dave and Pam Duke Lois N. Eckhoff Dr. Stacy Fischer and Dr. Henry Fischer Terry Frazier and Kathy Wells George and Sissy Gibson Stephen and Dorothy Gregory Mark Groshek MD and Carl Clark, MD Mr. J. Lawrence Hamil Beverlee B. Henry Mr. Richard Hilty Mr. William T. Hoffman Christine Hollander and Michael McGee Therese Ivancovich John N. Kabalin, MD. Dean Laurence Kaptain and Dolores Arce-Kaptain Dr. Lawrence Kim and Nhung Van Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy Lazarus Evan and Evi Makovsky Maj. Dino Maniatis and Mrs. Kristin Freestone-Maniatis Janice McClary and Jan McNally Dr. James P. McElhinney V.W. McKnab and Margaret Jurado

Pamela Merrill Dr. Monica I. Minkoff Ms. Janet Mordecai Jack Finlaw and Gregory Movesian Dr. Lynn Parry Mr. Ari Pelto and Ms. Wendy Fisher T. R. Reid Ayliffe and Fred Ris Juan and Alicia Rodriguez Carol L. Rust Ms. Barbara Sannwald Ms. Ruth E. Schoening Fern B. Seltzer and Andrew Heymsfield Ms. Judith Zee Steinberg Vicki and Harry Sterling Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland Jerry and Debi Tepper Ms. Kathleen R. Tower Dr. Peter and Mrs. Kathy Van Arsdale William Vaniman and Frances G. Matthews Dr. Keith Ward and Ms. Barbara Roidl Marie and Dan Welch Ms. Cia A. Wenzel Mary and Ken Willis

PATRON CIRCLE ASSOCIATE $600-$1,199 Anonymous Ms. Jane Anderson Mr. Douglas W. Barnert and Mrs. Ruth Jacoby Mrs. Diane Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Benedict III Mr. John and Mrs. Anne Blair Libby Bortz Brewster and Helen Boyd Ms. Grace Campbell Carol G. Canon Mrs. Ella May Carpenter George Case Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Caulkins Gertrud Hische and Manfred Chemek Mr. David Clark Everett B. Clark Sue Cole Brian D. Crane Dr. and Mrs. James D. Crapo Nancy Crow and Mark Skrotzki Ms. Cheryl M. Cruickshank Ms. Marian O. Dines

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Leah McFadden by Rachel Neville

S eptime Webre’s dazzling production returns, bringing Dorothy and a whirlwind of your favorite characters back down the Yellow Brick Road.

Webre’s whimsical and timeless choreography showcases the athleticism of each dancer on their journey to Emerald City.

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Carl and Nan Eklund Mrs. J. Theodore Ellis Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher Gary and Rebecca Gantner Ms. Rebecca Givens Dr. and Mrs. Burton Golub Ms. Renee Gross The Grynberg Family Dr. Steven J. Gulevich Mr. Richard Gustafson Jerry and Patty Hauptman Mrs. Mary Hayes Mr. Thomas E. Healy Ms. Karen Howland and Mr. J. Gregory Mudge Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Steve and Chryse Hutchins Daniel Isaman Roberta and Mel Klein PJ and Rhonda Kovach John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Bernard and Frieda Leason Patty Lorie Bob Mahoney and Pat Monroe Tanya Mathews Sandra Mazarakis and Neil Burris Jim and Carole McCotter Henry B. Mohr Sue and Bill Mohrman Mr. William R. Moninger Mr. Lawrence Moskow Dr. Mary Kenny Moynihan and Dr. Michael Moynihan Mary and John Muth Nancy and Paul Oberman Kelli O’Brien and Michael Kolotylo Ms. Diane O’Connor Ms. Sarah B. O’Connor Bonnie M. Orkow Theresa and Norman Parker Mr. David and Dr. Renee Parkhurst Profs. Jean-Pierre Habicht and Gretel H. Pelto Rick Poppe and Jana Edwards Robert and Mary Quillin Armando Quiroz Elaine Renz Doug Rooney Dr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith Dr. Laimute Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. James Todd Sharon and John Trefny Marie Belew Wheatley Mr. and Mrs. Mason B. White Robert and Jacklyn Writz

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SUPPORTER $300-$599 Anonymous Richard Akeroyd Mr. Paul Alaback and Ms. Carol Brewer Dr. Oksana Bantley Dr. Dennis Barrett Ms. Tamara Barron Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Beckwitt Ms. Mariette H. Bell Kathleen Benegar Charles Berberich and Marilyn Munsterman Janet Bishop Richard Bottjer and Lynn Peyton Ms. Jay Breen Ms. Janet C. Bruchmann Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Budy Gordon and Ron Butz Mr. Ian T. Caiozzi and Mrs. Neha Patel Edwin T. Callahan and Dulcy E. Wolverton Alan and In Hye Como Dr. David J. Cooper and Evelyn W Cooper Tom and Cheryl Cox Jim and Sara Culhane Helen Shreves Ronald L. Deal George and Yonnie Dikeou Peter and Marian Downs Margaret and Peter Dzwilewski Matt and Reine Erzinger Mr. and Mrs. Caleb F. Gates, Jr. Tamara Gillespie Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Greenholz Dr. Brian Greffe and Dr. Mark Donovan Mrs. Carol and Dr. Fred Grover Judge Alfred and Mrs. Dori Harrell Ms. Lynn E. Harrington Ms. Erin R. Hittle Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hollis Ruth Hopfenbeck Sarah Hopfenbeck and Susan Corle Drs. Terri Lynn and David Ingram Mr. Jon Isenhart Eric Johnson and Christy Milne James and Christine Jorgensen Mr. Tom Kirkpatrick and Ms. Djuana Strauch Sally and Jim Kneser Rex Kramer and Cindy Crater Mr. and Mrs. Jay S. Leaver Mr. Barton Lilly Mr. and Mrs. James E. Manuel Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott Martin Mr. and Mrs. William Mathews Dave and Miza McReynolds Tom and Mary Meade

John and Margaret Moyer Mr. Mark J. O’Connor Ms. Kimberly S. Opekar Frederick Peters Andrew R. Pleszkun Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Karyn K. Rieb Steven and Joan Ringel Gregory Robbins Mr. Gregory Roebuck Mary Ann Ross Ms. Luana Rubin Ms. Mary Scarpino Mr. and Mrs. David C. Shelton Mrs. Marlene P. Siegel Dr. Norman Spivy Mr. Gordon W. Stenger David and Carol Stern Mrs. Linda M. Strauch Prof. and Mrs. Joseph S. Szyliowicz John Taubman Barbara Thorngren Mrs. Richelle Valero Mr. Everett Volk Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilkins Scott and Karen Yarberry Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Yost Gene and Linda Young Pam and Martin Zadigian Charlotte Ziebarth MEMBER $100-$299 Anonymous James and Lorraine Adams Ms. Jeanne Adkins Ms. Karen Adkins and Mr. Brian Moore Danica Anderson Ms. Susan Anderson Alice and Lee Anneberg Mrs. Donna Antonoff Don Bain Steve and Lisa Bain Ms. Anne Bartuszevige Ms. Jennifer N. Bater Ellen and Donald Bauder Mr. Brian A. Baxter Brian Thomas Beagle C. F. Benoit Mrs. Claire E. Benson Anthony V. Berkley and Amanda Gomez Drs. Tomas Berl and Diane Pincus Ms. Sandra D. Besseghini Ms. Carol N. Betz Ms. Dori Biester Leah Bobbey and Toby Wright Ms. Donna Boender Ms. Louise T. Bohe E. Candace Boyle and Thomas R. Salas Mr. William Bradford Ms. Deborah A. Brady

Mr. Kenneth Bunch Mr. Thomas Bunge Mr. Douglas F. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Dean Burton Dr. Francine Butler Michael Canges and Nina Iwashko Mr. Brad Case and Mr. William M. McMechen, Jr. Charles Case and Phillip St. Cloud Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Chilcoat Mr. Kenneth R. Chu and Mr. Joseph E. Gaines Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Clasen Ms. Ethel K. Clow Gerald Cohen and Caroline Stern Mr. David A. Connell Mr. Curtis Cook Vicki Cowart and Chris Hayes Ms. Lisa Curtis Matthew Dane Mr. Raphael Dangelo Ms. Joan Daniels Manley Houlton Ms. Mary Ann Downs Laurie and Ben Duke III Guillaume and Lizeth Durvin Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Eckerling Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Eckhoff Mr. John W. Ekeberg Ted and Vivian Sheldon Epstein Ms. Anne Esson Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Evans Ms. Anna Ferrari Ms. Jeanine M. Figur Ms. Elizabeth A. Fischer and Mr. Don Elliott Dr. and Mrs. Larry S. Fisher L. Richard and Sigrid Halvorson Freese Kristin and Heiko Freitag Keith French Dr. Tim Gensler Jennifer Ruth Gentry Steve and Donna Good Kazuo and Drusilla Gotow Dr. Ray L. Gottesfeld Mr. Matthew Grove Ronald and Elnore Grow Ms. Sonja Hahn Mr. Richard A. Haynes Mr. Richard W. Healy Ms. Holly Hedegaard Mr. and Mrs. Phil G. Heinschel Rebecca L. Hersey Dr. Marilyn J. Hitchens Sarah C. Hite Ms. Mary S. Hoaldey Mr. Saul D. Hoffman and Ms. Susan Parker Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Houston Mr. Jason Huck Katherine Hurlbut Irfan and Martha Hussain Ms. Nancy Hyde Mrs. Philip Isely

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Allison and William Woolston Ms. Renee Wooster Robert and Kathleen Yeager Judith Graham and Jeffrey Zax

GOVERNMENT AND FOUNDATIONS The Anschutz Foundation Avenir Foundation The Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts Thomas and Diane Barrett Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund David B. and Gretchen W. Black Family Foundation BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund Bock Family Fund Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Bucy Family Fund Cars For Charity, Inc. Caulkins Family Foundation The Chotin Foundation Charlotte and Norman Codo Charitable Trust Community First Foundation The Crawley Family Foundation Daniels-Houlton Family Donor Advised Fund Deane Family Fund The Denver Foundation Denver Lyric Opera Guild City of Englewood Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Dorothy and Donald Fleishaker Philanthropic Fund Sidney E. Frank Foundation Colorado Fund Genesee Mountain Foundation Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts Lorraine and Harley Higbie Fund Virginia W. Hill Foundation Ittelson Family Fund Jewish Communal Fund JEWISHcolorado Kenneth King Foundation Jeanne Land Foundation Landis Family Philanthropy Lindmor Fund Midfirst Bank Miller Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts William D. Radichel Foundation Jess and Rose Kortz and Pearle Rae Foundation Read Foundation Inc. Rose Community Foundation Gloria Sankel Trust The Schramm Foundation Schwab Charitable Shamos Family Foundation

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SPONSORS Ken and Donna Barrow Pamela Beardsley Charles Berberich and Marilyn Munsterman Mike and Julie Bock Donald K. Braden David and Elizabeth Budd Drs. Laurence and Cynthia Chan The Chotin Foundation Wendy, Dillon and Lillian Cogdal The Crawley Family Foundation Mrs. Joyce de Roos Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Joy and Christopher Dinsdale The Divine Family Fentress Architects Jack Finlaw and Greg Movesian Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts Mr. Chip Horne and Dr. Jan Kennaugh Mike Hughes and The Honorable Karen Brody The Honorable Kenneth Laff and Mrs. Barbara Laff Gayle and Gary Landis Chris and Joy Murphy Ms. Janet Mordecai National Endowment For The Arts Ann Corrigan and Kent Rice Ann and Gerald Saul Andrew Sirotnak and James White Patrick Spieles Carol Whitley Maradith and Rusty Wilkins Melvin and Elaine Wolf Foundation Robin and Eric Yaeger

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Mr. and Mrs. Mark Plummer Rich and Kim Plumridge Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Poehlmann Mrs. Kathryn L. Pride Kate Raabe Dr. and Mrs. Pablo Ramos Ms. Gloria Rathbun Dr. Barbara Reed Mr. Reid T. Reynolds and Dr. Pamela P. Hanes Ms. Jennie Ridgley Ms. Karen Ritz Dr. Richard D. Roark Mr. Shannon Russell Dr. Thomas D. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sale Karen Sandstead Ms. Gloria Sankel Sandy and Frank Sargent Mr. Bryan Penny and Mr. Matt Savoie Kathleen Sawada Ms. Erika L. Schafer John and Patricia Schmitter Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Schuchman Mr. Richard Scott Mr. and Mrs. Harry Segan Mr. and Mrs. George Sell Mr. Edward B. Seybert Mr. James Shively Ms. Patricia K. Simpson Edie and William Sonn Ms. Heather Sowell, M.D. Mr. Frank W. Spaid Ms. Lucie Stanish Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Stemm-Wolf Susan Stiff Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stinson Mr. Barry Sundland Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Swindle Ms. Deborah T. Sycamore William Bradford and Chin Tan Ms. Linda Tarpeh-Doe Dr. Juanita and Mr. Thompson Tate Ms. Lois Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Sal L. Tripodi Ms. Carol Trotter Mr. Charles C. Turner Francisco Varela and Timothy Wilson Bernd and Marta Wachter Norma and George Wagoner Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wald Ms. Laura Wardell Ms. Carley Warren Ms. Enid Watson Ms. Robin Stewart and Mr. Kirk Weber Dr. Adriana Weinberg Ms. Ann Fails Westerberg Sandra L. White Lois K Williams Mr. Matthew Wolchak Mr. and Mrs. David Wolf

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Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Johnson Nancy Juday and John Popovich Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn Edward Karg and Rick Kress Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keatinge Mr. and Mrs. Jhon M. Kehmeier Ms. Patricia C. Kelly and Mr. Thomas E. Dufficy Bonnie Kipple Ms. Sheri Knox Ms. Cherity Koepke Barbara and Kiplund Kolkmeier Mrs. and Mr. Svetlana Komisarchik Donna C. Kornfeld Dr. and Mrs. Alex Kotch Scott and Margo Krawiec Dr. Cynthia Kristensen Dianna Kunz Ms. Barbara Ladon D. Langdon Mrs. Lynette M. Larue Ms. Melinda S. Leach Mr. Richard S. Leaman Rowdy B. Lemasters Paul and Nancy Levitt Ms. Peggy Liao Mr. David Lichtenstein Judy and Dan Lichtin Sarita List Mr. John A. Lockwood, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Loeb Mr. James S. Macdonald Dr. Melissa Malde Ms. Tara D. Marshall Keith Maskus and Susan Rehak Marian E. Matheson Ms. Jeanine Matney Ms. Milissa McCarthy Mr. Bobby McCracken Mr. John Meier Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Miller Mr. John R. Miller Chris and Karen Mohr Douglas G. Moran and Laura B. Moran Ms. Holly Morgan Warren Morrow Mr. Mark A. Nachtigal Susan and Mark Nagel Dr. and Dr. Hans Neville Rudi Hartmann and Kathy Newman Ms. Tracy Nguyen Ms. Josie Noble Mr. and Mrs. Denny O’Connell Mr. Michael Ogborn Stephanie and Roger Oram Ms. Elizabeth Orr Dr. and Mrs. David S. Pearlman Roxane Pecchio Mr. and Mrs. Neil Peck Ms. Kathy Peeters Dennis G. Peterson Mr. Richard Pfeffer Mr. and Mrs. Peter Plowshay

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ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS TRIBUTES In honor of Kendra Broom Rebecca L. Hersey In honor of Ellie Caulkins Mr. David J. Chavolla Betsy Schwarm and Rick Glesner Mrs. Marcia D. Strickland In honor of their 103 year-old mother, Lois Chohodas Nancy and Paul Oberman In honor of Dr. Larry Chan Mrs. Robin Chotin Mr. Barton Lilly In honor of Brendan Daly Mr. Norman C. Lane In honor of Ken and Barbara Laff Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Rodgers Ms. Sarah L. Lowery In honor of the musical arts Ms. Yvonne Behrens In honor of Megan O’Connor Ms. Leslie Lipstein In honor of Paul and Susan Ms. Kharis Eppstein In honor of Sharon Randall Ms. Jeanne Adkins

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In memory of Kathryn Ann Carpenter Ms. Nicole Capage-Brown

In memory of Morris “Moe” Sandstead Mrs. Donna Antonoff Ms. Paula Hanson Ms. Mary Hey Ms. Nancy Jurcheck Karen Sandstead Ms. Helen Stone

In memory of Mason Cramer Gene and Linda Young

In memory of Violet Santangelo Chris Santangelo

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

In memory of Nat and Louise Sherman Mrs. Claire E. Benson

In memory of Marilyn Edwards Mr. Lewis Shapiro

In memory of Harry Siegfried Dr. Monica I. Minkoff

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

In memory of Mr. John Stamper Tom and Mary Meade

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

In memory of Marta Garay Mr. Peter Deblois In memory of Max Grassfield Dr. Lynn Donaldson In memory of Thomas Holmes Ms. Ariane J. Le Roy and Ms. Kristin K. Harvey In memory of Jim Hutchings Ms. Virginia E. Nemmers In memory of Carole Leight C.T. Blickensderfer

In honor of Catherine Swindle Mr. and Mrs. George Sell Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Swindle

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

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

In memory of Eric Poehlmann Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Poehlmann

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

In memory of Barbara Reed Dr. Mariah Brown Mr. Mark Fogg Tamara Gillespie Ms. Peggy Liao Ms. Dixie Reynolds

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

In memory of Don and Barbara Ridgeway Ms. Kathryn Taylor In memory of William E. Russell Jane Russell

In memory of Russell “Rusty” Wilkins, Jr. Mary and Tom Conroy Gayle and Gary Landis Deanna Rose Leino Lynnette Morrison Jessica and Menandro Peña In memory of Kenneth Ziebarth Charlotte Ziebarth

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

Sheila Bisenius Ellie Caulkins Dr. Stephen L. Dilts Ms. Donna E. Hamilton Ms. Lynn E. Harrington Jeanne E. Hind Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Kafadar Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kahn Deanna Rose Leino Lynnette Morrison Mrs. Lee Roberts Mary Ann Rose Mr. Stephen Seifert Fern B. Seltzer Jenene and James Stookesberry Mrs. Carol C. Whitley Larry and Brigitte Zimmer

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 Erin Wenzel at 303.468.2040.

YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Stories are the lifeblood of a community, and Opera Colorado’s story is inseperable from its hometown. As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generosity of donors to help us maintain our mission of enriching our community’s quality of life through inspiring opera performances, as well as through educational and cultural programs.

YOUR SUPPORT HELPS US...

PRESENT high quality artistic experiences for a vibrant community with world-class opera produced right here in Denver SERVE over 55,000 patrons every year DEVELOP audiences by introducing children (and adults!) to their first opera experience TRAIN the next generation of opera performers through our nationally recognized Artist in Residence Program

HOW TO MAKE A GIFT ONLINE: operacolorado.org/support

BY PHONE: 303.468.2060 MAIL A CHECK TO: Opera Colorado 4121 S Navajo St, Ste 100 Englewood, CO 80110 SCAN THE QR CODE:

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

DONOR LEVELS & BENEFITS

Fueled by the success of Tosca this fall, Opera Colorado is excited to continue with this and Community Engagement offerings throughout the rest of the season. Whether you see us in the Opera House, at schools throughout the Rocky Mountain region, or in a brand new venue, we hope you will support Opera Colorado’s mission to connect our Colorado community to the emotions and stories of the world through traditional and innovative opera and educational programming–accessible to all!

Donations from individuals comprise our largest source of annual income, and YOU can make a major impact. Please review the giving levels and benefits below and consider joining our family of supporters.

PATRON CIRCLE Member ($100-$299) • Your name listed in mainstage season program books • Receive Closer to the Art emails before each mainstage production, where you’ll learn fun facts and get behind-thescenes glimpses at our upcoming opera • Exclusive pre-sale opportunities to ticketed events throughout the season

Supporter ($300-$599) All previous benefits, plus:

Composer ($3,000-$5,999) All previous benefits, plus: • Invitation to the spring Sitzprobe Rehearsal and Dessert Reception • Invitation to the Luncheon with the Maestro event

Conductor ($6,000-$10,999) All previous benefits, plus: • Complimentary parking for your Opera Colorado mainstage performances • Two tickets to each final dress rehearsal of Opera Colorado mainstage performances

• Invitation to an exclusive backstage tour of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, where you’ll have access to peek into dressing rooms, step on stage, and explore all that this historic building offers • Discounted admission to the Sitzprobe Brunch and Rehearsal

Associate ($600-$1,199) All previous benefits, plus: • Access to the Chambers Grant Salon Donor Recognition Lounge and complimentary prosecco during intermission • Complimentary admission to the Artist in Residence Showcase and Celebration concerts • Complimentary admission and discounted guest admission to the Sitzprobe Brunch and Rehearsal

PRODUCER CIRCLE

Ambassador ($11,000-$24,999) All previous benefits, plus: • Invitation to a private cocktail reception with General & Artistic Director Greg Carpenter, followed by a rehearsal in the Opera Colorado Opera Center • Private curated tour of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for you and your guests

Benefactor ($25,000-$49,999) All previous benefits, plus: • Invitation to an intimate dinner with Opera Colorado’s General & Artistic Director Greg Carpenter and Music Director Ari Pelto

ARTIST CIRCLE Librettist ($1,200-$2,999) All previous benefits, plus: • Personal staff liaison to assist you with opera tickets and special event reservations

• Behind-the-scenes access to rehearsals at the Opera Colorado Opera Center, including VIP access to artists

Visionary ($50,000+) All previous benefits, plus: • Private concert in your home or other chosen location

• Invitation to a private master class with a leading industry teaching artist and members of the Artists in Residence program

To make a gift, visit operacolorado.org/donate

• Complimentary admission to Artists in Conversation events, where you will learn more about upcoming productions from the

Questions? Feel free to contact our Development Team

artists themselves

at 303.468.2060 or development@operacolorado.org.

PHOTOS OPERA COLORADO / MAT T STAVER

production of The Shining followed by Carmen in May, among a host of Education

LEADERSHIP

VOLUNTEERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

General & Artistic Director

Valeria Amburn

Kiplund Kolkmeier

Ari Pelto

Music Director

Eric Bard

Susan Landers

Devanie Blake

Melina Leach

Barbara Bower

Heather MacKinnon

Marilyn Brock

Mana Merrit

Director of Marketing & Communications

Jeffery Brown

Arienne Orozco

Director of Business Operations

Katy Burley

Kelley Patient

Leslie Cady

Marissa Peacock

Wendy Cogdal

Eva Phibbs

Christina Collier

Kala Pickett

DIRECTORS

David Cordova

Catharine Poe

Joyce de Roos

Michaele Reddy

Lindsey Dick

Donna Reis

Stephen Dilts

Ellie Robert

Judith Downes

Eleanor Roberts

Tom Gaffney

Janet Runes

Gay Greenleaf

Grover Sardeson

Dorothy Gregory

Therese Schoen

Sigrid Halvorson

Ruth Schoening

Maria Garcia Berry Eleanor N. Caulkins, Lifetime Honorary Chair Dr. Laurence K. Chan Dr. Alan Cooper Joseph Fogliano Mark Heiser, Ex-Officio Don Hindman Kelly Ann Hodges Laurence D. Kaptain, Ex-Officio Hon. Kenneth Laff James Linfield William N. Maniatis, MD MAJ. Konstantinos (Dino) G. Maniatis Vivian Murciano Jon J. Olafson Ronald Otsuka Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD Keith Ward, Ex-Officio Valerie M. Wassill, MD Robin Kolsky Yaeger Larry Zimmer

SENIOR TEAM Jennifer Colgan Tom Kirkpatrick Cherity Koepke

Katie Preissner Erin Wenzel

Director of Education & Community Engagement, Director of Opera Colorado’’s Artist in Residence Program Director of Production & Artistic Services Director of Development

STAFF Anthony Berkley

Development Operations Manager

Freese

Irene Sclavenitis Henry Siegel

Leah Bobbey, CFRE

Individual Giving & Special Events Manager

Kathryn Heider Jan Heimer

Judith Taubman

Sandy Bucceri, SHRM-CP

Human Resources Manager

Sarah Hollander

Feifei Wei

Robert Kahn

Marianne Weingroff

Vee Butler

Patron Services Manager

Isis King

Christiane Woody

Samantha Cantu

Patron Services Associate

Phyllis Knight

Angela Young

Ash Cossey

Patron Services Associate

Stormy Knight

Frank Zoske

Angelica DiIorio

Marketing Manager, Adversting & Publications

Suzanne Whitney

Marketing Manager, Digital & Content

Bethany Wood

Manager of Education & Community Engagement

CONTACT OPERA COLORADO ADMINISTRATION Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

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2021-22 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Catherine Swindle

soprano

Kendra Broom

mezzo-soprano

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Spencer Lawrence Boyd tenor

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Greg Carpenter

Joseph Goodale

baritone

Thomas Lynch

baritone

Phillip Lopez

bass-baritone

Oleg Bellini

coach-accompanist

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PATRON SERVICES

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