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Don Giovanni
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
OCTOBER 2014
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16 Getting to Know Aidan Lang
18 Mozart’s Musical Revolution: A Guide to Listening to Don Giovanni with Eighteenth-Century Ears Jonathan Dean
21 The Storm and Its Survivors Jessica Murphy
26 Speight Celebration
PRODUCTION ESSENTIALS
9 Don Giovanni Production Sponsors
10 The Cast of Don Giovanni
11 The Story of Don Giovanni
12 About the Artists
15 Orchestra
15 Chorus
15 Dancers
15 Supernumeraries
15 Actors
23 Season Program and Event Sponsors
DEPARTMENTS
5 From the General Director
6 Board of Directors
7 Service Directory
7 From the President
15 From Our Education Department
24 Opera Stars
30 Individual Donors
39 Institutional Donors
40 In-Kind Sponsors
40 Volunteer Fundraising
41 Leadership Circle
42 The Encore Society
43 Seattle Opera Foundation
44 Sowing Circle
46 Amusements
46 Online at Seattleopera.org
49 Upcoming Events
50 Seattle Opera Staff
51 Staff Chat
Contents
Seattle Opera Presents
Don GiovanniVolume 39 Issue 1
EditorJessica Murphy
Graphic DesignKarin Kough, Art DirectorAmie Sheppard
Photo ResearcherMonte Jacobson
Contributing EditorsErnesto AlordaMary BrazeauJonathan DeanEd HawkinsDavid McDadeRob Wiseman
Cover Image Don Giovanni, Seattle Opera, 2007 © Rozarii Lynch
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From General Director Aidan Lang
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this performance of Don Giovanni, my first as the new General Director of Seattle Opera. It is an enormous honor for me to take the helm of such an important opera company, and over the years ahead, I am looking forward to presenting the stream of great operas that we have lined up for you.
Rather than jumping in at the deep end, as is so often the case when one starts a new job, I have had the luxury of a six-month handover period here in Seattle. During this time I have gotten to know better the city, its people, and you, our donors and audience. And I have realized just how lucky I am. This city embraces the arts in all its various forms, and is inquisitive and innovative; and there are no finer core ingredients for creating great performances. But Seattle Opera—and indeed Seattle itself—would not be where it is today without Speight Jenkins’ extraordinary legacy. The other great delight of the past six months has been getting to know Speight at both a professional and a personal level. Speight, I look forward to seeing you at McCaw Hall!
While the timelines of opera scheduling are such that this Don Giovanni production was fully planned by Speight long before I arrived in Seattle, I cannot imagine a better piece with which to start my tenure. Don Giovanni has fascinated audiences ever since its premiere back in 1787, and will continue to do so for generations to come. The opera causes us to question our sense of moral judgment. Much as we abhor Don Giovanni’s behavior, we cannot help but be charmed and seduced by him, and after his fiery demise, one feels that the world is suddenly an emptier place. To make things more complicated, Mozart’s delicate balancing of the comic and the serious further compounds this ambiguity. What is the correct tone for the piece? How are we meant to react? These are questions that interpreters of this great opera must ask themselves, and I know that in our conductor Gary Thor Wedow and our creative team of Chris Alexander, Robert Dahlstrom, Marie-Therese Cramer, and Duane Schuler, we have artists who will provide exciting and telling musical and dramatic answers.
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Seattle Opera Board of Directors 2014/15
CHAIRMAN John F. Nesholm
PRESIDENT Maryanne Tagney
TREASURER Gary Houlahan
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Harold H. Heath†
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What a summer we had! And not just the glorious weather—the events of the Speight Celebration weekend treated us to the talents and energy of our International Wagner Competitors, an exciting community-partnership event at MOHAI, and an extraordinary evening when 16 of Seattle’s favorite singers came from across Europe and the US to pay tribute to our much-loved retiring General Director Speight Jenkins.
And now, with much anticipation and building excitement, we turn to the future of Seattle Opera and the first production of our 2014/15 season under our new General Director Aidan Lang. With more than 35 years’ experience in directing opera, and work experience that has literally taken him all over the world, Aidan is taking the reins after a transition period that amazed the professional opera world by being smooth, cooperative, and genuinely friendly. No divas or dramas, just one highly regarded director handing over a company to another with mutual respect and much agreement on values and standards after working on upcoming productions together for many months.
And so it begins—Don Giovanni sets the tone for a dramatic season that explores the very human passions of desire, jealousy, revenge, and true love in varied and colorful settings ranging from the hot Latin nights of Don Giovanni through Tosca’s Rome, with a side trip past the Greek Gods in Semele and ending in a well-to-do art patron’s
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MUSIC BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZARTLIBRETTO BY LORENZO DA PONTE
In Italian with English captions
Premiere: Prague, National Theatre, October 29, 1787.
Seattle Opera Premiere: April 1968
Performed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall: October 18, 19m, 22, 25, 29, 31, and November 1, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Latecomers or those who leave during the performance will not be seated once the music begins.
Act I: 89 minutes. Act II: 81 minutes. There will be one 30-minute intermission.
Conductor Gary Thor Wedow Stage Director Chris Alexander Set Designer Robert Dahlstrom Costume Designer Marie-Therese Cramer Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Choreographer Wade Madsen Hair and Makeup Designer Joyce Degenfelder English Captions Jonathan Dean
CAST (in order of vocal appearance)
Leporello Erik Anstine (10/18, 22, 25, 29, 11/1) Ashraf Sewailam (10/19, 31) Donna Anna Erin Wall† (10/18, 22, 25, 29, 11/1) Alexandra LoBianco† (10/19, 31) Don Giovanni Nicolas Cavallier (10/18, 22, 25, 29, 11/1) Mark Walters† (10/19, 31) The Commendatore Jordan Bisch Don Ottavio Lawrence Brownlee (10/18, 22, 25, 29, 11/1) Randall Bills† (10/19, 31) Donna Elvira Elizabeth Caballero Zerlina Cecelia Hall Masetto Evan Boyer†
Fight Director Geoffrey Alm Assistant Conductor Philip A. Kelsey Assistant Director Alan E. Hicks Chorusmaster John Keene Musical Preparation John Keene, Philip A. Kelsey, David McDade Production Stage Manager Yasmine Kiss Harpsichord Gary Thor Wedow
† Seattle Opera debut
Erik Anstine and Lawrence Brownlee are former Seattle Opera Young Artists.
Scenery and costumes built by Seattle Opera Scenic Studios and Seattle Opera Costume Shop. English captions by Jonathan Dean © 2014 Seattle Opera. Makeup provided by M•A•C.
Opera presentation and production © Seattle Opera 2014. Copying of any performance by camera, audio, or video recording equipment, and by any other copying device, and any other use of such copying devices during the performances is prohibited.
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Leporello, servant to Don Giovanni, keeps watch as Don Giovanni’s latest love conquest goes wrong. Don Giovanni attempts to flee from Donna Anna, who is determined to unmask him. Her father, the Commendatore, arrives, and Don Giovanni kills him in a duel. Giovanni and Leporello flee. Donna Anna forces her fiancé, Don Ottavio, to vow revenge.
The next morning, Don Giovanni and Leporello encounter Donna Elvira, who laments that her lover has left her. The lover, they discover, is none other than Don Giovanni. Leporello tries to smooth things over, but Donna Elvira, too, vows revenge.
Next, Don Giovanni and Leporello crash the wedding of Zerlina and Masetto. Don Giovanni invites everyone to his home for a party and tries to seduce Zerlina. But Donna Elvira whisks her away. Elvira also warns Donna Anna and Don Ottavio not to trust Don Giovanni, and Anna recognizes him as the masked stranger who killed her father. But Ottavio is not yet ready to take revenge.
At Don Giovanni’s party, he dances with Zerlina and tries to drag her into another room. Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, and Donna Elvira confront Don Giovanni, but he escapes.
ACT II
Don Giovanni forces Leporello to switch clothes with him and takes advantage of the disguise to avoid those hunting him. He also takes the opportunity to woo Donna Elvira’s maid, beat up Masetto, and get Leporello in trouble.
In a cemetery, Giovanni and Leporello encounter a statue of the Commendatore. The statue speaks, reproaching Don Giovanni. Undaunted, Don Giovanni invites the statue to dinner.
Also paying their respects at the Commendatore’s grave are Donna Anna and Don Ottavio. He asks her to marry him immediately, but she puts him off.
At Don Giovanni’s house that night, Donna Elvira makes a last ditch attempt to get Giovanni to change his ways. Not an option. The statue arrives for dinner and orders Giovanni to repent or face damnation. When Don Giovanni refuses, he goes straight to hell.
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Chris Alexander Stage DirectorSeattle Opera Debut: Boris Godunov (’00)Previously at Seattle Opera: Les contes d’Hoffmann (’14); Porgy and Bess (’11); Die Zauberflöte (’11) Recently: Werther (Washington National Opera); Der Rosenkavalier (Cincinnati Opera); Carmen (Dallas Opera)Upcoming: Ariadne auf Naxos (Seattle Opera)
Geoffrey AlmFight Director (Seattle, WA)Seattle Opera Debut: War and Peace (’90) Previously at Seattle Opera: Les contes d’Hoffmann (’14); The Consul (’14); Rigoletto (’14) Recently: Angels in America (Intiman Theatre); One Acts and The Invisible Hand (ACT Theatre)Upcoming: Mwindo and Robin Hood (Seattle Children’s Theatre)
Erik AnstineLeporelloBass (Eugene, OR)Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2009/10; 2010/11 Seattle Opera Debut: Second Priest, Die Zauberflöte (’11) Previously at Seattle Opera: Coroner, Porgy and Bess (’11) Recently: Nightwatchman, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Melisso, Alcina; Masetto, Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera) Upcoming: Lorenzo, I Capuleti e i Montecchi; Truffaldino, Ariadne auf Naxos (Zurich Opera); Antonio, Le nozze di Figaro (Salzburg Festival)
Randall BillsDon OttavioTenor (Fresno, CA)Seattle Opera Debut Recently: Conte d’Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Oper Leipzig); Prologue/Peter Quint, The Turn of the Screw (Teatro Comunale di Bologna); Osiride, Mosè in Egitto (New York City Opera) Upcoming: Ferrando, Così fan tutte (English National Opera); Rinaldo, Armida (Vlaamse Oper); Faust, La damnation de Faust (Russian National Orchestra)
Jordan BischThe Commendatore Bass (Vancouver, WA) Seattle Opera Debut: Father/Daedalus, Amelia (’10) Recently: Un frate, Don Carlos (Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse); Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (Washington National Opera, Philadelphia Opera Company, Florida Grand Opera) Upcoming: Raimondo, Lucia di Lammermoor (New Orleans Opera); Bertrand, Iolanta (Dallas Opera)
Evan BoyerMasetto Bass (Louisville, KY) Seattle Opera Debut Recently: Samuel, Un ballo in maschera (Canadian Opera Company); Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (Los Angeles Opera); Lodovico, Otello (Lyric Opera of Chicago) Upcoming: Colline, La bohème (Palm Beach Opera); Armchair/Tree, L’enfant et les sortilèges (Seiji Ozawa Ongaku-juku Festival); Mozart Requiem (Dallas Symphony)
Lawrence BrownleeDon OttavioTenor (Youngstown, OH)Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2000/01; 2001/02 Seattle Opera Debut: Ernesto, Don Pasquale (’03)Previously at Seattle Opera: Tonio, La fille du régiment (’13); Count Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia (’11); Arturo, I puritani (’08)Recently: Don Narciso, Il turco in Italia (Aix-en-Provence); Arturo, I puritani (Metropolitan Opera); Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola (Bayerische Staatsoper) Upcoming: Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola (Zurich Opera); Count Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Metropolitan Opera); Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (Opera Philadelphia)
Elizabeth Caballero Donna ElviraSoprano (Havana, Cuba)Seattle Opera Debut: Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (’09) Previously at Seattle Opera: Mimì, La bohème (’13) Recently: Nedda, Pagliacci and Carmina Burana (Hawaii Opera Theatre); Violetta, La traviata (Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra); Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly (Berlin State Opera) Upcoming: Florencia, Florencia en el Amazonas, (Nashville Opera); Carmina Burana (Florida Orchestra)
Nicolas CavallierDon GiovanniBass-Baritone (Nancy, France)Seattle Opera Debut: Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro (’09)Previously at Seattle Opera: The Villains, Les contes d’Hoffmann (’14); Don Quichotte, Don Quichotte (’11) Recently: Orest, Elektra (Opéra de Marseille); Frère Laurent, Roméo et Juliette (Teatro alla Scala); Baldassare, La favorite (Theatre des Champs-Elysées)Upcoming: Marquis de la Force, Dialogues des Carmélites (Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie); Count Walter, Guillaume Tell (Opéra de Monte-Carlo); Arkel, Pelléas et Mélisande (Opéra National de Paris)
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About the Artists
Marie-Therese CramerCostume Designer (Hamburg, Germany) Seattle Opera Debut: Les contes d’Hoffmann (’05) Previously at Seattle Opera: Les contes d’Hoffmann (’14); Don Giovanni (’07) Recently: Anna
Karenina (Oper Halle); La bohème (Staatsoper Hannover); Die Zauberflöte (Theater Bremen) Upcoming: Pope Joan (Hamburg)
Robert DahlstromSet Designer (Billings, MT) Seattle Opera Debut: The Ballad of Baby Doe (’84) Previously at Seattle Opera: Les contes d’Hoffmann (’14); Rigoletto (’14); Fidelio (’12) Recently: Other Desert
Cities and The Price (ACT Theatre) Upcoming: Ariadne auf Naxos (Seattle Opera); Fidelio (Cincinnati Opera)
Joyce DegenfelderHair and Makeup Designer (Los Angeles, CA)Seattle Opera Debut: Parsifal (’03)Previously at Seattle Opera: Les contes d’Hoffmann (’14); The Consul (’14); Rigoletto (’14)Recently: The Price and
One Acts (ACT Theatre); Don Giovanni (Vashon Opera)Upcoming: The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Vanya, Sonia and Spike (ACT Theatre); All the Way/The Great Society (Seattle Repertory Theatre)
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About the Artists, continued Cecelia HallZerlinaMezzo-Soprano (Durham, NC)Seattle Opera Debut: Wellgunde/Rossweisse, Der Ring des Nibelungen (’13)Recently: Annio, La clemenza di Tito (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Page, Salome (Philadelphia Orchestra); Zaida, Il turco in Italia (Aix-en-Provence Festival)Upcoming: Javotte, Manon (Metropolitan Opera); Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Canadian Opera Company); Don Ramiro, La finta giardiniera (Santa Fe Opera)
Alexandra LoBianco Donna AnnaSoprano (St. Petersburg, FL)Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Amelia, Un ballo in maschera (Madison Opera); Magda Sorel, The Consul (Opera Santa Barbara); Brünnhilde, Siegfried (Union Avenue Opera, St. Louis) Upcoming: Leonore, Fidelio (Madison Opera); Aida, Aida (Opera Colorado); Tosca, Tosca (Opera Grand Rapids)
Wade MadsenChoreographer (Albuquerque, NM)Seattle Opera Debut: Don Giovanni (’07)Previously at Seattle Opera: L’enfant et les sortilèges, Seattle Opera Young Artists Program (’08); Le nozze di Figaro (’09)Recently: Professor of Dance, Cornish College of the Arts; Instructor, Velocity Dance Center
Duane SchulerLighting Designer (Elkhart Lake, WI)Seattle Opera Debut: Norma (’94)Previously at Seattle Opera: The Consul (’14); Fidelio (’12); Madama Butterfly (’12)Recently: Sound of Music (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Lucia di Lammermoor (Los Angeles Opera); Fidelio (Santa Fe Opera) Upcoming: La donna del lago (Metropolitan Opera); Don Pasquale (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Turandot (Teatro alla Scala)
Ashraf SewailamLeporelloBass-Baritone (Cairo, Egypt)Seattle Opera Debut: Colline, La bohème (’07)Previously at Seattle Opera: Mandarin, Turandot (’12); Pistola, Falstaff (’10)Recently: Pooh-bah, The Mikado (Opera Memphis); Tom, Un ballo in maschera (San Diego Opera); Beethoven/Commendatore, The Classical Style (Ojai Music Festival)Upcoming: Alidoro, La Cenerentola (New Zealand Opera); King, Aida (Opera Colorado)
Erin Wall Donna AnnaSoprano (Vancouver, BC)Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Vancouver Opera); Arabella, Arabella (Metropolitan Opera); Anna Sorensen, Silent Night (Cincinnati Opera)Upcoming: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Bayerische Staatsoper); Anna Sorensen, Silent Night (Lyric Opera of Kansas City)
Mark WaltersDon GiovanniBaritone (Jacksonville, NC)Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Zurga, Les pêcheurs de perles (Opera Carolina); Germont, La traviata (Arizona Opera); Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Savannah Voice Festival)Upcoming: Don Pizarro, Fidelio (Opera Omaha), Scarpia, Tosca (Sarasota Opera); Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Florentine Opera)
Gary Thor WedowConductor (La Porte, IN)Seattle Opera Debut: Giulio Cesare (’07)Previously at Seattle Opera: La voix humaine/Suor Angelica (’13); Orphée et Eurydice (’12); Die Zauberflöte (’11)Faculty, The Juilliard School of MusicRecently: Messiah (Seattle Symphony); Die Zauberflöte (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Utah Opera)Upcoming: Messiah (New York Philharmonic and Santa Fe Symphony); Le nozze di Figaro (The Juilliard School); Semele and the Wrath of Juno (Seattle Opera)
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ORCHESTRA
Violin ISimon James,
ConcertmasterEvan AndersonJennifer Bai,
Asst. ConcertmasterMariel BaileyAdriana HulscherMichael LimClark StoryJohn Weller
Violin IIMichael Miropolsky,
PrincipalStephen BryantLinda ColeXiao-po Fei, Asst. PrincipalSandee GilletteArtur Girsky
ViolaSusan Gulkis Assadi,
PrincipalMara Gearman,
Asst. PrincipalWesley DyringJoe GottesmanSayako KokuboJulie Whitton
CelloEric Han, PrincipalTheresa Benshoof,
Asst. PrincipalBruce BaileyHélène Ferret-Kaufman
BassJoseph Kaufman, PrincipalTravis Gore, Asst. Principal
FluteZartouhi Dombourian-Eby,
PrincipalRobin Peery
OboeWinnie Cengwen Lai,
PrincipalStefan Farkas
ClarinetBen Lulich, PrincipalLaura DeLuca
BassoonSeth Krimsky, PrincipalMichael Gamburg
HornMark Robbins, PrincipalCara Kizer
TrumpetDavid Gordon, PrincipalVince Green
TromboneKo-Ichiro Yamamoto,
PrincipalDavid RittStephen Fissel
TimpaniMichael Crusoe, Principal
HarpsichordGary Thor Wedow
BANDA
Solo ViolinBrittany Boulding BreedenCordula Merks
ViolinArthur ZadinskyNatasha Bazhanov
ViolaLaura Renz
CelloRoberta DowneyChuck JacotRowena Hammill
BassTodd LarsenMatt McGrathNathan Farrington
OboeDan WilliamsShannon Spicciati
ClarinetLarey McDanielJennifer Nelson
BassoonPaul RafanelliSteven Morgan
HornRodger BurnettMatthew Berliner
TromboneKo-Ichiro Yamamoto,
PrincipalDavid RittStephen Fissel
MandolinMichael Partington
Personnel ManagerScott Wilson
Assistant Personnel Manager
Keith Higgins
Rotating members of the string section are listed alphabetically. The Orchestra is composed of members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
ACTORSJustin AlleyRosetta Greek
Shawn KavonNeil McLaughlin
T.J. Mustard
SopranoDonna BaldwinJennifer BromagenEmily ClubbKaren Early-EvansMary McLaughlinEleanor Stallcop-Horrox
MezzoLaura EichelbergerYeonSoo LeeMelissa PlagemannLucy Weber
TenorNathan BarnesJon FarmerTim JaneckeJoshua QuesadaGeorge Scott
Bass/BaritoneDan AarthunMichael DunlapDierre LopezMisha MyznikovBrett Youngquist
CHORUS
SUPERNUMERARIESLuther M. Hintz –
Supernumerary Captain
Diane Abbey
Allan ArmstrongDavid HsiehJaime Jamison
Sarah T. KaplanRobert PillitteriAlexandra Webb
DANCERSRoxanne Foster –
Dance CaptainJesse BuckinghamRickey Klein
Elizabeth Voiles
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Students perform Heron and the Salmon Girl © Alan Alabastro
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In a series of three operas, Our Earth explores concepts of conservation and ecology in a vibrant tale of salmon returning to the sea. Each of the three works—Heron and the Salmon Girl, Rushing Upriver, and Every River Has Its People—are offered in performance or workshop formats designed for grades K-5 and adaptable for older students. School choirs can join our professional performers in celebration of Pacific Northwest heritage.
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Getting to Know Aidan Lang
BORN: Kingston on Thames, SW of London.
FIRST SEATTLE OPERA EXPERIENCE: Guest at Jane Eaglen’s wedding in the old Seattle Opera House
FAMILY PORTRAIT: Linda and I have been married for 24 years. Our daughter, Eleanor, is just finishing high school; they’ll join me here once the New Zealand academic year has finished, along with Claude, our dog, a hairy little black thing!
LESSONS YOU’RE GLAD YOU TAUGHT YOUR DAUGHTER: Try things before forming an opinion about them. And always be polite.
FAVORITE FIRST OPERA FOR A NEWCOMER: Janácek’s Cunning Little Vixen, Kát’a Kabanová, or Jenufa.
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO AT HOME? Classical...sometimes musical theater.
FAVORITE VIEWING: Continuous-narrative TV series like Breaking Bad or those dark Danish ones like Borgen and The Killing.
DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? Yes! I’m especially fond of making desserts.
WHAT MIGHT WE FIND YOU DOING ON A DAY OFF FROM THE OPERA? Gardening or DIY.
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The world wasn’t so noisy back then, and human life went at a slower pace. No one had ever heard a radio, or a stereo, or an amplified instrument or voice; no one had ever moved faster than a galloping horse by land, or a swift ship in a strong wind by sea. For many of us today, it takes a moment for our ears to adjust to the natural, all-acoustic sound we hear in an opera like this. It’s not all that loud, and you have to listen with energy. Many of us also have to dial back our
accustomed impatience in order to deal with the leisurely pace of an eighteenth-century opera. Mozart and his characters are not in a hurry. They like to repeat themselves, not because they think you might have missed it the first time, but because repetition offers them an opportunity to vary or intensify the expression of their ideas and feelings.
Speaking of pace, pay careful attention to Don Giovanni’s many rhythms, because rhythm is a vital
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Once upon a time, I took a devout Wagnerite to a performance of Don Giovanni. He enjoyed the opera,
but didn’t really listen to the music; to him it was all superficially attractive, yet missing the deep passion
his favorite opera music delivered. My diagnosis? Wagner had ruined his ears. Composers who came
after Mozart found they couldn’t say anything that Mozart hadn’t said more eloquently. Instead, they said
it louder, or longer, or used more complicated harmonies or chaotic structures. Two centuries later, it
is impossible for us—with our ears accustomed to Wagner, Stravinsky, the Beatles, and Beyoncé, not to
mention the mechanical noise that deafens us every day—to hear Mozart’s music in the context of his sonic
world. To get the most out of a Mozart opera, we must recalibrate our ears for the eighteenth century.
Mozart’s Musical RevolutionA Guide to Listening to Don Giovanni with Eighteenth-Century Ears
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tool for Mozart the storyteller. From the inexorable death-march tread of the Stone Guest, foreshadowed in the first part of the overture, to the scampering syncopations of the “Trickster of Seville” music in the second part of the overture; from the rollicking peasant dance at the wedding of Zerlina and Masetto to the tender lullaby Zerlina sings as she cradles her beaten and bruised husband in Act Two, Mozart’s rhythmic choices are always rich with meaning. In Don Giovanni’s Act One Finale you’ll hear, in quick succession, a dainty minuet (an aristocratic dance in a stately 3/4 meter); a prayer of unearthly beauty (in 4/4, only so slow it will feel as though time has stopped while the masked trio address the Almighty); and a rousing march (in a vigorous 4/4 that all but storms the Bastille with revolutionary fervor). And then, three different backstage bands each play a different dance in a different rhythm—all at the same time! They’re playing in the same key, but rhythmically it’s complete cacophony, the free-for-all orgy of Don Giovanni’s fantasies; an eighteenth-century equivalent of three television sets all playing different programs at once.
In this amazing, unprecedented trick, which only lasts a minute, Mozart continues to tell his story musically even while showing off. His three dance rhythms describe the three social classes in the world of Don Giovanni: the refined minuet for the nobility (Anna and Ottavio), a brisk contredanse for the emerging middle class (upwardly mobile Zerlina and slumming gentleman Giovanni), and a raucous peasant jig for the lower orders (Leporello and Masetto). Distinctions of social class also color the vocal writing Mozart uses to differentiate his serious and his comic characters, his clowns and kings. Mozart characterizes his noble figures with noble utterance; they speak eloquently, in long, beautiful, flowing phrases. Clowns and buffoons stutter, mutter, sing with their mouths full, and bumble along with plenty
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of patter singing, that one-note-per-syllable style that signals that we shouldn’t take a character very seriously. On the other side of the song-spectrum, when the more eloquent characters begin expressing their rich inner lives, they’ll launch into coloratura—dozens or even hundreds of notes per syllable, the music expanding each word, each intense feeling, into a long string of sonic pearls.
You’ll hear coloratura singing from almost all the characters in this opera. But not the title character. Who is Don Giovanni, musically? He’s a bit of a chameleon. When he sings an aria to Elvira’s maid, he is all gentleness and charm; in another aria, sung to Masetto and his posse of thugs, Giovanni becomes just one of the guys. But there’s a violent sensuality and cosmic resonance to the music associated with Giovanni’s fate. Mozart added trombones, hitherto heard only in church, to an opera orchestra for the spooky Act Two scene in the cemetery. The shocking chords that open Don Giovanni return, intensified with dire harmonies, when the terrifying Stone Guest comes for revenge. The harmony outlined by the statue’s plainchant when it tells Giovanni, “He who eats
the food of heaven eats no more your mortal food” is positively otherworldly. The gloomy minor scales of the slow section of the overture return, in the concluding epilogue, now transformed into blazingly bright arrows shooting ever upward. Even Giovanni’s famous “Champagne Aria” has a demonic frenzy to it, the furious compulsion of unstoppable libido. That’s the only musical expression of Giovanni’s own inner life.
With music that encompasses an entire world, ranging from the lofty rhetoric of Don Ottavio to the babblings of Leporello, from the divine terror and anguish of Elvira’s “Mi tradì” to the goofy in-jokes of the second act finale (when the orchestra quotes hit tunes from other popular operas of the 1780s), the remarkable thing about Mozart’s music for Don Giovanni is its cohesion. None of this opera sounds like Così fan tutte or Die Zauberflöte. It’s all Don Giovanni, all these disparate musical elements gathered together to tell this story, about these characters—and all hinged by transitions so simple and brilliant they seem invisible, inevitable. Mozart’s music says it all. Now, let’s listen as if we were hearing it for the first time. n
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B Y J E S S I C A M U R P H Y
Don Giovanni is a perfect storm.
No character in the opera seems able to steer clear of his path or break free of his influence, and none of
them seems able to predict exactly how and when he will strike next—not his servant, Leporello; not Donna
Anna or her father or her betrothed; not Donna Elvira; not Zerlina and Masetto, whose nuptials are left in
shambles; and—it could be argued—not us. We’re among the centuries of audiences to come to this work,
to be pulled in by the allure of Don Giovanni, and to witness anew—as if we were intrepid stormchasers
ourselves—the havoc he will wreak on everyone’s lives and the fun he will have along the way.
The Storm and Its Survivors
The opera offers substantial roles for seven characters. In a twenty-four hour period there is a lot of coming and going, a lot of Dons and Donnas, many masked encounters, and a lot of thwarted advances. It can sometimes be hard to keep track. Let’s consider each of the opera’s main characters, the central dilemma Don
Giovanni forces upon them, and how each of them survives the Don Giovanni hurricane.
LEPORELLOLeporello seems to admire and loathe his master in the same breath. The servant starts the opera saying, “I want to play the gentleman! / I don’t
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want to serve any longer.” But how are we supposed to interpret these statements? Is it that he doesn’t want to serve in general, or that he doesn’t want to serve Don Giovanni in particular? And is it the part of Don Giovanni that Leporello wants to “play”? It’s hard to say. Leporello certainly knows the part. He enables all of Don Giovanni’s schemes, keeps meticulous notes on Don Giovanni’s thousands of conquests, and successfully woos Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni’s disguise. But the grass does not grow under Leporello’s feet. When Don Giovanni chooses his fate, Leporello is off to find a new master. Will he find someone who takes a little less pleasure in his servant’s humiliation?
DONNA ANNA & DON OTTAVIOWedding plans for Donna Anna and Don Ottavio go on hold. Her father was killed by the masked intruder who attacked her, and she is resolute in her desire for revenge. Ottavio is a little more concerned with the wedding
plans than with revenge. Sure, he pulls the gun on Don Giovanni at the end of the first act, but his noble words don’t translate into action. After Anna tells him the story of her assault by Don Giovanni, Ottavio asks, “How could a nobleman do such a thing!” His worldview is shattered by what Anna has told him, and how he copes will determine the future of their relationship. Will they ever get married? I’d be surprised.
DONNA ELVIRAThe abandoned woman. Don Giovanni loved her, maybe actually married her, and left her. And she’s talking about it to anyone who will listen. She saves Zerlina from Don Giovanni, though she can’t really save herself from him. She still loves him. You want to shake Elvira by the shoulders and tell her to wake up and see the truth, but you know she won’t listen to you because she’s still in love. Haven’t we all known an Elvira? Or, perhaps, if we’re being honest, been one ourselves?
ZERLINA & MASETTOThese newlyweds are from the peasant class. A slick nobleman pays Zerlina some attention and says he’ll make her rich, and for a period of time, she appears to see the allure of such a promise. But the truth comes to light and she must patch things up with Masetto, who has been utterly humiliated on his wedding day. Zerlina responds by debasing herself even further, inviting Masetto to beat her, a tactic that is as complicated as it is disturbing. After Don Giovanni beats up Masetto—the poor guy can’t catch a break!—Zerlina makes her second attempt to win him back, using her feminine wiles in a pretty racy aria. The couple will probably find a way to stay together.
Which leads us to...
DON GIOVANNIIn a recent New York Times article by film critic A.O. Scott, he analyzed some popular television anti-heroes—notably Don Draper of Mad Men and Tony Soprano of The Sopranos. Relatives of Don Giovanni, indeed!
“The monstrousness of these men was inseparable from their charisma,” Scott wrote, “and sometimes it was hard to tell if we were supposed to be rooting for them or recoiling in horror.”
Don Giovanni in a nutshell. The man who would force himself upon Zerlina is inseparable from the man who encounters a ghost in a cemetery and invites it to dinner. He has an idea and he’s going to carry it out, whether he is in a position of power or the underdog, whether we will be horrified or amused. (In many scenes, Mozart’s music encourages us to be amused.) We are constantly left to wonder: What new idea will the man come up with next? How will he get himself out of the next scrape he has caused for himself? And how, in the end, does he find the strength to defy the Stone Guest and walk toward the fiery gates of Hell on his own terms? n
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Sponsorships and benefits can be customized to meet your philanthropic and community priorities. For further information, please contact Director of Development Lisa Bury at 206.676.5530 or [email protected].
• PRODUCTION PARTNERS (Performance, Lead Artist, and Dress Rehearsal)
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Seattle Opera is grateful to the following generous donors for their support of special events and projects during the 2014/15 season.
Commitments of $5,000 and more as of September 8, 2014.
PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE SPONSORS
DON GIOVANNI
Maryanne Tagney and David JonesCreature—October 22 performance
TOSCA
Richard R. and Constance M. AlbrechtLenore M. Hanauer
SEMELE AND THE WRATH OF JUNO
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ArtsFundOffice of Arts & Culture, SeattleAdditional Support: 4Culture ArtsWA National Endowment for the Arts
LEAD ARTIST SPONSORS
TOSCA
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SEMELE AND THE WRATH OF JUNO
Joan Snelson—Dana PundtH. David Kaplan—Theo Lebow
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Gretchen and the late Jim Faulstich— Marcy Stonikas
Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle— Kate Lindsey
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HONORARY CO-CHAIRS AND FIRST PLACE PRIZE SPONSORS
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FIRST PLACE PRIZE
Anonymous, honoring Speight Jenkins
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ORCHESTRA PRIZE
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Thank you for making the Speight Celebration Concert and Dinner an unforgettable night in Seattle Opera history.
Through your generosity, the Speight Celebration raised a record-breaking $1 million in net proceeds. In deepest appreciation our 2014/15 season will be dedicated to our beloved Speight Jenkins.
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The entire evening honored Speight’s remarkable leadership and celebrated 50 years of operatic excellence at Seattle Opera. We are especially grateful to our sponsors—alongside everyone who attended—for making this historic evening possible.
SPEIGHT CELEBRATION CO-CHAIRS
Lyn and Jerry Grinstein and
Laurel and John Nesholm
ANGEL SPONSORS
Lyn and Jerry Grinstein
Lenore M. Hanauer
Brian Marks and Carol Maione
Bruce and Jolene McCaw Family Foundation
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Confetti showered the 16 extraordinary singers who donated their performances in honor of Speight. The concert was accompanied by members of the Seattle Symphony and featured the Seattle Opera Chorus.
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Seattle Opera Board Chairman John Nesholm led a toast to Speight with the Jenkins family.
Guests dined after the performance in a tent erected specially for the event outside McCaw Hall. Décor was provided by Richard Hartlage Land Morphology with catering by Kaspars Special Events and Catering.
Speight Jenkins with Speight Celebration Committee member Rosemarie Anderson at dinner.
Speight Celebration Master of Ceremonies Joyce Castle with baritone Gordon Hawkins and Speight Jenkins at dinner.
Hartlage’s design featured a 1,200-foot sisal strand woven through the twelve floral chandeliers suspended from the ceiling.
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The tireless efforts of Speight Celebration Co-Chairs Lyn and Jerry Grinstein and Laurel and John Nesholm resulted in a spectacular evening. From left: Jerry Grinstein, Laurel Nesholm, Speight Jenkins, Lyn Grinstein, and John Nesholm
From left: David Jones and Seattle Opera Board President Maryanne Tagney, Gold Sponsors, with civic leader Martha Choe, David Kalberer, Shirley Carlson, and King County Executive Dow Constantine.
Colin and Milkana Brace with mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey at the post-performance reception.
Speight Jenkins with Speight Celebration performers following the concert.
Board Member James and Sherry Raisbeck arriving on the red carpet outside McCaw Hall.
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FOUNDING BENEFACTORSThe late Priscilla Bullitt CollinsThe late Marion Oliver McCaw
Michael M. Scott
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SILVER $25,000 - $49,999
AnonymousEstate of Ralph E. BrunoJonathan and Patricia CavesDrs. Darlene and Gregory ChanSteven A. and Judith CliffordRobert and Loretta ComfortJanice C. ConditNorma B. CrocoJane and David R. Davis
Gretchen and the late Jim FaulstichNatalie GendlerLyn and Jerry GrinsteinEric Hawley and Gwen LoweryDr. Kennan HollingsworthVictoria IvarssonNeil JordanH. David KaplanMr. Everil Loyd Jr.
James and Betty McCurdyJohn F. and Laurel Nesholm Bill and Sally NeukomJames and Sherry RaisbeckJoan SnelsonEstate of Geraldine Sorrentino-HoeferGene and Jean StarkJoan and the late Craig WatjenJudith A. Whetzel
BRONZE $15,000 - $24,999
Anonymous (3)Richard R. and Constance M. AlbrechtMr. and Mrs. Willie C. AikensLinda and Tom AllenKim A. AndersonJack and Connie BloxomToby Bright and Nancy WardJames and Wendy CullenDebra Dahlen and Robert FriesMichael G. Dryfoos and Ilga JansonsSandra B. Dunn
Christopher and Carolyn EaganPaul Goodrich and Shannon SperryJeffrey and Rosario HannaMr. and Mrs. Richard C. HedreenRon HosogiFiroz and Najma LaljiJay and Linda LapinLaura LundgrenBruce R. McCawErika NesholmKirsten NesholmTom and Gretchen Puentes
Anne M. RedmanJeff and Martha ShermanStephen A. Sprenger with
Dr. Jay D. SprengerJohn Sullivan and Paula StokesEv TroutJim and Camille UhlirMoya VazquezJay and Susanne WakefieldSusan Winokur and Paul LeachScott and Jenny Wyatt
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CROWN DONOR SOCIETYDIAMOND
$10,000 - $14,999
Anonymous (2)Chap and Eve AlvordRobert L. and Rosemarie AndersonEileen and James BirgeNeil M. and Kathleen BogueBill BorisMarshall and Jane BrownBrenda Bruns, M.D. and Richard DeiningerWilliam B. and Ann S. BurstinerJoyce CastleF. Patrick Cavallero Victoria Papp CavalleroDr. Alexander Clowes and Dr. Susan E.
DetweilerCharles and Sandra Cossé
Susan Coughlin and John LauberAnne CrocoJohn Delo and Elizabeth StokesLeonora and Jesse DillerVirginia DombrowskiBarney Ebsworth and Rebecca Layman-
AmatoDr. William Etnyre and David ClausRuth and Bill GerberdingLeslie GiblettMr. and Mrs. John M. GoodfellowDr. Martin L. Greene and the late Toby SaksHylton and Lawrence HardGavin LambieWinnie and Ven T. Lee
James and Lora MelhornSarah NavarreLinda NordstromJennee OsburnSteve PhelpsDana RasmussenEric and Margaret RothchildMatthew Segal and Corrie GreeneAmy SidellRose and the late John SouthallJohn StarbardDon and Gloria SwisherRussell F. and Sarah M. TousleyJanet TurpenVirginia and the late Bagley Wright
SAPPHIRE$7,500 - $9,999
Anonymous (4)Jack AldrichJohn Bates and Carolyn CorviAnna BergmanPhillip and Beverly BrazeauHeidi CharlesonNorma and Alex CuginiLaurie and William DanielMarc D. and Maria ErlitzDiana Gale and Jerry Hillis
Dave and Cheryl HadleyJ. Marilyn HolstadBernita JacksonRuth and Darrell JacksonJohn and Pamela JolleyAndrea C. LewisDr. Lois Lowden-LundeJohn C. and Mary Ellen MatthewsMarcella McCaffray
Stafford and Louise MillerEgon and Laina MolbakGayle PeachBarbara and Paul C. StephanusBeryl A. ThompsonBarbara and John WardDavid and Romayne WattSally Anne WestRosemary and Kenneth WillmanDeanna D. Young
EMERALD $5,000 - $7,499
Anonymous (6)Lee Acton and Lucinda WilsonPamela and the late
Dr. Harold AmossHans Andersen and Angyl BenderBetty Azar and Larry HarrisSteve and Bonnie BakerRonald L. BarclayRalph and Catherine BaumanWard BeattieMarilyn J. BiermanBeatrice and William BoothSandra BoydJohn and the late Joyce BozeatBrian Bross and Bonnie DanielsDr. Joseph and Barbara BuchmanLisa BuryKaren Carlson-Iffert and
Jena Marie MyersStephanie Cook Frances and Gerry ConleyDow Constantine and Shirley
CarlsonSandra and Richard CountsGeorge and Carolyn CoxMarc and Maud DaudonSuzanne DeWitt and Ari SteinbergDavid and Helen DichekVirginia DombrowskiPatricia K. DowdTim DreylingLois Gamble Duncan and
George Rolfe
Jeanne E and Michael MilliganCarolyn and Lindsey EchelbargerCarol and Karl EgeBarbara Feasey and Bill BryantCarol and Philip FortunaClive and Shari FreidenrichNina FullerMargery GardowDr. and Mrs. Michael L. GilbertBen Goetter and Kathryn HinschMerrie GoodMaridee GregoryMr. and Mrs. David HaleyDr. M. Elizabeth HalloranJenny HartleyFrederick and Catherine HayesMartha Himber and Bernard EvansAdrian and Jane HobdenDrs. Mary and Marvin HoffertJanet and Arthur HurdLinda JamesBruce E.H. Johnson and
Sandra E. DavisSusan KennedyEd KimFrances J. KwapilJon and Eva LaFolletteAidan Lang and Linda KitchenAlexander Lindsey and
Lynn M. ManleyJeff Lehman and Katrina RussellCarla and Don LewisHenry Li
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar K. MarcusePaul and Yaffa MaritzDale and Shirley MartinWilliam B. Maschmeier and
Patricia HaggertyTerry McCarthyLillian C. McDermottDr. and Mrs. John McFatridgeMr. and Mrs. Dean A. McManusRenate McVittieJerry Meyer and Nina ZingaleProf. Ann H. MilamDr. and Mrs. Donald W. Miller Jr.Richard MillsKaren Rose MitchellDr. and Mrs. Dudley T. MoorheadHeidi Munzinger and John ShottChristopher L. Myers and
Judith SchoeneckerBeth NaczkowskiLev and Isabella NovikDiana C. and Angela C. ObertiGordon H. OriansCharles and Teruko PaceDrs. Lester and Keiko PermutBarbara B. PetersonJulie C. PiferMr. and Mrs. W. H. PurdyCarolyn J. Purnell and
Wes C. UhlmanAlice and Dick RapaskyJoy Rogers and Bob ParkerJonathan Rosoff and Kristin Winkel
Paul L. Rowe and R. Michael SerenoJames T. and Barbara RussellLupe Salazar and Barry BoldingIrwin and Barbara SarasonBetsy R. and Jason Schneier, MDJanet SearsJanet and Thomas SeeryAndrea SilvestrelliMr. and Mrs. James SolimanoKaren and Michael SouterSarah SoutterPatricia SpotanskeCarolann and Gary SteinhoffSteve SussmanR. Patton Swaim and
Sandra GuroskoPamela and Ronald TaylorIan L. Thompson, M.D.Dennis Tierney and Grace GrantTerrence TurnerDean and Kelly TweeddaleDrs. Robert and Phyllis TysonHans H. van der VeldenVilma VojtaGeorge and Jean WagnerDr. and Mrs. Mike WaringBill and Carol WarrenRuth and Todd WarrenLyle and Stephanie WatermanMs. C. A. Wen and Mr. David GarlowMary A. and David L. WilliamsWayne Wisehart
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FRIENDS OF SEATTLE OPERARUBY
$3,000 - $4,999
Anonymous (9)George AllenPeter BarrettJillian Barron and Jonas SimonisLynly BeardVerle M. BleeseJ. Cleve and Judith BorthJay and Carol BowditchGary BrombergSusan BuskeGilla KaplanMichael and Gayle CharlesworthHope CurtisWendy H. del ValleKenneth Duncan and Tanya ParishRobert DuttonMichael EmanuelRobert S. FisherDavid and Mary FlowersPeggy FoglianoGerald B. FollandSteve and Susan FordJim FoxErnest and Elizabeth FrankenbergMaureen FrischNancy Garrett and Jim ArmstrongDr. and Mrs. Robert GibbonsMarie and Richard HaaseRichard and Diane HaelsigKristina HaightDr. and Mrs. Fred I. HasegawaRichard L. HayMr. & Mrs. Terrill W. HendricksonHans and Heidi HerrmannB. Lane HillBarbara HowellConnie and Dan HungateDr. Laurence D. JewellMarshall and Kelly JohnsonJeanne KanachMartha Noerr and T. Jeffrey KeanePeter KellyNancy J. KingDan and Pat KinneyCapt. Witold and Darlene KlimenkoOConnell LatinoRobert and Joan M. LawlerJeanne Marie and the late Rhoady Lee
Geo and Carol LevinKathleen Lofstedt and Susan LofstedtMs. Kelly Jo MacArthur and
Mr. Christopher MacArthurRobert MackPatricia MagnusonDr. and Mrs. Theodore MandelkornFowler Martin and Barbara WarrenJames MartinekAnne MeekerDr. and Mrs. David L MehlumSue MontgomeryTatiana MooreSusan and Furman MoseleyDiana NeelyJohn W. Nemanich, M.D. and
Ellendee Pepper, M.D.Lois H. NorthMeg and Ovidio PenalverEdward A. and Eleonore PottengerMegan and Greg PursellDouglass and Katherine RaffMr. J. Karl and Mrs. Christina RisRichard and Nancy RobbleeAnsel Rognlie and David SteindlAngelamaria RossPaul SackGrace Berg SchaibleFrederick and Connie ScheetzNancy SchultzPaul and Lorrie ScottJane and John SimpsonStuart SkeltonDr. and Mrs. Howard A. SlackLandry Slade and Gretchen Van MeterA. McNair Smith, M.D.Dorothy SomersCindy and Peter SprengerJane and Alec StevensRobert Stewart and Harriet WinkelmanAnn and Daniel StreissguthDr. M. R. Tribble and Gary TribbleEvelyn M. TroughtonRalph and Virginia WedgwoodJerry and Nancy WorshamLeslie and Tachi YamadaJennifer Zaccardo
JADE$1,500 - $2,999
Anonymous (24) • Reham Abdelshahid • Stephan Adler • Patricia Akiyama and David Larsen • Mary Alberg • Carolyn Aldredge • Connie J. Alley • Carlton and Grace Anderson • Dr. Larry S. Anderson • Calvin Arnason • Joe and Lee Ashley • In Memory of Robert L. Autrey • Warren Bakken and Jocelyn Phillips • Martha K. Bargren • Ivan G. Barker • Kirk and the late Mona Barker • Joshua and Megan Barnard • Leonie Barnes • Redmond J. and Suzanne W. Barnett • Mike Barta and Cynthia Shelly • Dr. Mel Belding and Dr. Kate Brostoff • John and Carol Belton • Charles and Marie Bender • Dr. and Mrs. Forrest C. Bennett
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• Tom Coffey and Ron Sheriff • Allen and Sara Colic • Patricia and Ted Collins • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Compton • Carl Corbin • Dona Costello • Alexander Cross • D’Adre Cunningham • David Darrow • Leslie Decker • Michael and Natalie de Maar • Antonia DeMatto • Peter and Diane Demopulos • Geoffrey Deschenes and Meredith Broderick • Mary Dickinson • Blair and Laura Dillaway • Charles Dishman • Corinne Dixon • Doug and Robin Doucette • Steven Driscoll • Margaret Durante • Maria M. Durham • Willliam Duvall, in memory of Roberta Duvall • Glenn and Bertha Eades • Elaine Eigeman and Daniel Schalke • Pamela Elderkin • Julie Elliott • William Ellis • K. Carole and the late William Ellison • Helene Ellner • Laura and Robert Emmerichs • Dr. and Mrs. Milton T. English • John Erickson • Victor and Patricia Feltin • Jack and Marsha Firestone • Priscilla A. Fortiner • Gregory and Kathleen Fowler • Russell Frank • Wilhelmine and the late Bill Frankenburg • Donald and Ann Frothingham • Genevieve Gambardella • Deborah Giles • Sharon Gill • Gregg H.S. Golden • Martha Gorder • Kristopher K. Gould • Curt and Janet Graeber • Dr. and Mrs. T. K. Greenlee Jr. • Dr. and Mrs. Joel E. Haas • Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Pete Hale • Catherine Haley • Paul, Becky and Thomas Haley • Richard M. Halffman • Tania and Tim Halladay • Mrs. Gail A. Halpern • Dr. Kenneth Hapke and Dr. Robert Delisle • H. Deforest Hardinge • Samuel and Catherine Hardy • Mary Harvey • Janice Hayes • Ian Hellen and Paula Cerni • Drs. Russell and Raquel Hicks • Andrew and Delney Hilen • Kathleen Hitchcock • Charlie and Nancy Hogan • Pamela Hoiles • In Honor of Norm Hollingshead • Mr. and Mrs. William Hoppin • Jim Horne • Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Houston III • Robert Howell and Jackie Bardsley • Gary and Janice Hudak • Pamela Hughes and Robert Munoz • Jeanne Hunt • Dr. Robert Janes and Jonna Kaplan • Renan Jeffereis and Gail Kaminishi • Robert C. Jenkins • Charles E. and Joan Johnson • Jeaneen C. Jones • Ken and Karen Jones • David L. Kalberer and Martha C. Choe • Jay and Jeanne Kapsi • Travis and Suzanne Keeler • Suzanne Dressler Kellar • Steven and Julie Kennedy • George E. and Mary P. Kenny • Daniel Kerlee and Carol Wollenberg • W. M. Kleinenbroich • Margaret Dean Kleyn • Dr. and Mrs. Albert S. Kobayashi • Richard Koch • Thomas and Linda Koch • Steve Krauss • Peggy and Brian Kreger • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kremers • Kathy Kreps • Ursula Kuepfer and Jon Paddock • Diana and Les Kutas • Marian E. Lackovich • Dr. W. Ladson and Darlene Hinton • Dr. Brian A. LaMacchia • Eric and Jan Lamers • Don and Kristi Larson • Melissa Lattimore • Mary and Chris Lawrence • Gordon D. Lazerte • Stephen Leanos • Thomas A. and Kathleen B. Lemly • Nancy and Charles Lennstrom • Mrs. Maria Levenson • Heidemarie Lundblad • Mark P. Lutz • Duncan Maclean • Edith Maffeo • Catherine Banchero and Stephen K. Malshuk • Barbara Maly • Jean Manwaring • Kathleen Maryatt • Richard and Carolyn Mattern • Barbara J. Mauer • In memory of Sue M. Maule • Dorothy E. McBride • Philip McClure • Sharon McGrayne and George Bertsch • Dr. William McKee • Therissa McKelvey and Heli Roiha • Jean McTavish • Georgia H. Meagher • Gwynn Meden • Marcus Meier • Greg Meldahl •
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Suzanne Merriman • Marilyn Milberger • Edward L. Miles • Barbara and Jim Miller • Howard and Catherine Miller • Robert and Jean Miller • Ronald E. Miller and Murl Barker • Dennis and Deborah Minium • Terri Mitchell and Therese MacIsaac • Patricia and Paul Mitchell • John Morris • D.C. Morse Jr. and Jan Marchbanks • George and Ellen Naden • Eunice Nakao-Tribelhorn and Roy Tribelhorn • Marilyn W. Newland • Martha Nussbaum • Pamela A. Okano • John W. O’Meara • Andrea Ordean • Joan Ostendorff • Sarah M. Ovens • Dr. Roy C. and Patricia R. Page • Margaret and John C. Pageler • Elizabeth Paschke • Dennis Petersen • Karen M. Place • Kenneth Powers • Jack and Carolynn Prelutsky • Lynn Prunhuber and David Stobaugh • J.T. and Suzi Pundt • Michelle Quesada • Catherine Ramsey and Thomas Ball • Buddy Ratner and Cheryl Cromer-Ratner • Mary Lou Reed • Jane Remsberg and Jerome Anderson • Steven and Fredrica Rice • Richard Robbins • Sharon Robinson • Frances Rogers and the late Fred Rogers • Arnold and Rosalyn Rom • Lawrence R. Ross • Cornelius and Penny Rosse • Weston Roth • Kevin Ruddell and Heather Kroll • Milton Ruppeck • Debra Santos • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scheidel • Eckhard Schipull • Mrs. Chella Schmidt • Garry and Ruth Schneider • Mr. and Mrs. George S. Schuchart, Sr. • Judith A. Schweikhardt • Nancy Scurlock and Tracey Yonick • Allen and Virginia Senear • Bernard and Susan Silbernagel • Evelyn E. Simpson • Marcia T. Skinner • Mr. and Mrs. William Smith • Pamela Jackson Smyth • Christopher and Cameron Snow • J. Andrew and Sue W. Snyder • Yana Solovyeva and Igor Zverev • Martin and Carol Stacey • Kristi L. Stakston • Mari Stamper • Dr. and Mrs. Morton A. Stenchever • Sheila and Craig Sternberg • Lisa Sterritt • Mary Stowell • Frederick B. Strom • Kurt Stromberg • Christine Swanson • Darci Swanson • Marvin Theimer • Tamlyn P. Thomas • C. Rhea and Wendy Thompson • Gertrud Tobiason • Thomas and Lisa Tocher • James Toomey and Jason Reuer • Arthur and Louise Torgerson • Kathleen Tozer • Doris and Richard Turner • Edith Ulatoski • Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Vail • Lance Vail and Terri Traub • Don Van Dyke • Case van Rij • Alice and Bill Van Pelt • Dallas and Shirley Viall • Betty L. Wagner • Cynthia Walk • Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers • Dr. and Mrs. Brownlee Waschek • Carolyn Wasteneys • Eugene Webb and Marilyn Domoto Webb • Norman Weeks • John and Jane Whiteley • Kathryn Williams • Robert and Diahann Witter • Albert and Angelina Yen • Charles A. Zaragoza • Gregory A. Ziuzin, CPA • Christian and Joyce Zobel
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Anonymous (31) • John Abrams and Karl Compton • Harlan and Asja Adams • Aaron Adee • David and Heidi Adkisson • Richard and Joanne Akeroyd • James and Anita Allen • Mary Ann Allen • Paul G. Allen • Susan Allen • June Allison • Jack and Gladys Altabef • Richard Altig • John and Marlies Amaya • Ronald Andersen • Dan and Portia Anderson • Dr. J. M. Anderson and Ms. Lynn Gabriel • Shirley Anderson • Nancy Bachant and Kevin Freeman • Donna Bajelis • Phillip Baldwin and Layne Goldsmith • William and Madeleine Ball • Dr. Aaron Barnes • Dr. Sanford C. Barnes
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and Dr. Calvin L. Tregar • Peter and Jane Barrett • Tim and Tony Barrick • Dr. Bertha Barriga • Diann Barry • Ms. Mary Barta • Craig Bartholomew • Kathryn Bartholomew and Richard Beuthel • Frank S. Bayley • Suzanne Myklebust • Ruth and Ronald J. Beck • Barbara G. Bedell • Paula Begoun • Cheryle Beighle and Stephen Schroeder • Patricia Benca • Mr. Arnold and Mrs. Judith Bendich • David and Diana Bennett • Patricia M. Bentz • Robert Bergman • Marianne Bergstrom • Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm J. Best • Isaiah and Debbie Bier • Tony and Tanya Bigge • Roxanne Blanco-Mitchell • Boeckman Family Foundation • Karen R. Bonnevie • Don Bordner and Cheryl Oprea • Richard and Evelyn Bothell • Deborah J. Bowen • Mr. Alan Boyd • Cyd Scofield Boyd • Ms. Rebecca Boyd • Andrea and Boone Brackett • Dr. Ann L. Brand • Lawrence Brandt • Robert Brenner • Bonita and David Brewer • Herb Bridge and Edie Hilliard • Marcela Brink • Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden • Gilbert and Mary Ann Brokaw • Paul B. Brown and Margaret A. Watson • Larry and Sally Brown • Thomas A. Brown • Karl and Patricia Brunner • James Buchanan and Sarah McCoy • Lydia Budak • Katharine Bullitt • Karen V. Burke and Donald Feldman • Alan and Gillian Butchman • Susan Butler • Christina Byrne • Marty Byrne • Dr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Amanda Cain • William F. Calderhead • Dianne F. Calkins • April Cameron • Joe and Dorothy Canavan • Clint and Ruth Cannon • Jeanne and Jon Cantalini • Barbara A. Capron and David A. Holm • David Carlson and Judy Tsou • John Carmichael • Chris Carrell • Stan and Mary Case • Peter Challman • Carolyn Chawla • Donna Cheesebrough • Matthew F. Chen • Dale and Leslie Chihuly • Sandra Chiodo and Harry DeTurk • Patricia Church • Conni and Doug Clarke • Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Clarkson • Fran Clifton • Sarah Cody Roth • Mike and Yoko Colpitts • Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell • Elisabeth Compton • Dr. Charles Cowan and Dr. Rhonda Levitt • Dr. and Mrs. J. Terrence Coyle • Jan and Jack Creighton • Rachel Crum • Greg and Gina Crumbaker • Stephen L. and Joan Cunha • Dennis and Judith Cunneen • Richard Cuthbert and Cheryl Redd-Cuthbert • Frederick B. Davis and Ms. Harriet Platts • Sherry De Leon • Carol and Daniel De Matteis • Angela de Oliveira • Thomas DeBoer • John J Demakas • Donald Desalvo and Susan Wagner • Mary Desjardins • Clinton Diener and Diane Lasko • George and Susan Dimitroff • Susan Dittig and Jim Gore • Johanna and Bill Dock • Jeffrey Donchez • Zander and Hilary Doroski • Frank Dreyer • Steven Drury • Bill Dubay • Candy Dumars • Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su • Roy E. and Diane Edfast • Educational Legacy Fund • Richard D. Eidal • Ian and Maria Einman • Paul and Barb Elliott • In memory of H. Wendell Endicott • Kevin Wilson and Emily Evans • Paul and Lois Evans • Dr. Kathryn Fantasia and Mr. Zane Weaver • Harold and Gerry Fardal • Ann De Lancey • Craig and Kerri Feeney • Timothy D. and Elizabeth Feetham • Dr. Raya Fidel • Dr. Robert Fink and Patricia Watson • Rose Ann and Charles Finkel • Ed Fisher and Ernesta Ballard • Ivan and Joan Fisk • Edwin Fontaine • Russell R. Fosmire and Nancy J. Fosmire • Dean and Mary Fournier • Panos Fourtounis • Nancy Fowler • Brian and Sonia Frank • Ludmeela M. Fraser • Carole Fuller and Evan Schwab • Ben, Charlotte and Carrie Fulton • Thomas Funk • Martha and Michael Galvin • Robert and Sandra Gannan • Bernard Garbusjuk •
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David Nelson • Sharon L. Nelson • Kate Ness • Susan and Gary Neumann • David S. and Sheila K. Newman • David Nicol • Susan H. Nivert • Craig Norton and John French • Worth Norton • Ralph and Wanda Nuxoll • Vivian Oehler • Roger J. Oliver and Carol Hahn • Dr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Olson • John and Erika O’Neil • Dr. David Mourning and Meg Pageler Mourning • Erich J. Parce and Jenny Knapp-Parce • Teresa Parker • Dr. Robert A. Pearlman • Martha Pendergast • Ricky and Loni Pendergrass • Jorge Peraza • Dr. Mary Lee Peters • Gary Peterson • John and Catherine Petrek • Dr. Zaiga Alksne Phillips • Kathleen Pierce • Sean Pierce • Thomas Pisz • Gerald Pittenger • Richard Plunkett and Marilyn Mason-Plunkett • Dean A. Pollack and Lizabeth A. Wilson • Sylvia B. Pollack and Molly McGee • Thomas and Marilyn Price • Lori and Bill Price • Richard and Karen Prince • LaVern and Frances Puddy • Sam Purvine • Michael Raftery • Linda and Matt Railey • K. Carolyn Ramamurti • Ann Ramsay-Jenkins • Dr. and Mrs. John B. Reed • Victoria Reed • Dr. and Mrs. Edward Reifel • Harry F. Reinert and Cecilia M. Paul • William C. Rense • Robert Rich • Lanse and Rebecca Richardson • Sheri Richardson and Rick Lappin • Joyce C. and Saul Rivkin • Paul and Mary Ann Roberts • Nancy Robinson • Robert Rodriguez-Lawson • Melanie Ross and Tim Buck • Thomas and Patty Ruehle • Helen Runstein • Ron and Susan Runyon • Sue Rupp • Marguerite Russell • Werner E. and Joan Samson • Jean Sanders • Norman and Elisabeth Sandler • Bev Schaaf and Rick Kirkwood • Todd Scheuer and Luciana Simoncini • Mrs. V. R. Scheumann • Tim Schoenfelder • Dr. Frederick A. Schubert • Thea Lou Seese • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Shaeffer • Dr. Anita Shaffer • Lynn A. Sharp and Kathryn Olson Sharp • Sarah Shreeve • Nancy Shumate • Kathryn F. Siewert • Susan Simons • Mika and Jenny Sinanan • Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sinclair • Chuck Sitkin • Dr. John and Lauri Skalski • George and Joleen Sloniker • Del and Tony Smith • Douglas Smith and Stephanie Ellis-Smith • Peter Smith • Susan E. Snortland • Stephanie Solien • David and Jannie Spain • Mark Spelich • Sheila Squillace • Shannon and Donna Stafford • Dr. David and Renate Stage • Janet and Peter Stanley • Drs. Gordon and Mary Starkebaum • Sandra Starkey • Christoph and Ellen Stauder • Raymond Steckel • Alan and Bonnie Steele • Anne Steele • Chuck Stempler and Sally McKenzie • Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stephanus • Lisa and John Stewart • Jane Stockert • Dr. Steven Stoll • Dr. Larry D. Stonesifer • Betty Strand • Irene Strand • Diane V. Summerhays • M. and H. Sussman • Duane and Barbara Swank • Aggie and Chick Sweeney • Bob Swoffer • Rafael Tello • Joe N. Terteling • Mary C. Tevis • Douglas D Thomas • George Thornton • Patricia Thorpe • Linda Tonn • John and Anne Trench • Rae Tufts • Harold and Tish Tukey • Dennis and Dorene Tully • John Turner and Jerry Fischer • Mary Megrath Turner and Donald Dahlgren • Mr. and Mrs. David W. Twigg • Marjorie and Thomas Tyler • Kathie Uno • Manijeh Vail • William Vance • In memory of Jacqueline B. Velikanje • Morris and Penny Wade • Maggie and Doug Walker • In honor and memory of Helen English Walker • Mary and Findlay Wallace • Jay Wang and Nancy Current • Joseph H. and Ella Thompson Ward • William D. Watt • Tyler and Jenny Weaver • Julie and Mike Weisbach • Richard D. Weller • Margie Wetherald • Michael B. Widmer • Julie Wieringa • Mr. and Mrs. Robert
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Wiesenthal • Alexandra Wilber • Thea Williams • Dr. Antoinette Wills • Donald G. Wilson • Gail and Steven Wish • Ann K. Wittkowsky and Katherine L. Powell • Craig Wolfe • Vaew Jon Wongsurawat • Larry and James Woods-Palmer • Frank and Virginia Wyland • Christine Yarrow • Dan Young and Camille Minogue • Marcia and Klaus Peter Zech • Nancy and Stanley Zeitz • Mrs. Louis J. Zorotovich
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Please note: To the donors not listed due to limited space, Seattle Opera extends heartfelt appreciation. Every attempt to ensure the accuracy of donor listings has been made, and we apologize for any errors or omissions. To report corrections, please contact Donor Services at 206.389.7669 or [email protected].
DEVELOPMENT STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION
Lisa Bury Director of Development 206.676.5530; [email protected]
Jacob Roy Development Associate 206.676.5509; [email protected] Walters Development Associate 206.676.5508; [email protected]
ANNUAL FUNDRob Wiseman Associate Director of Development -
Annual Fund 206.676.5561; [email protected] Ernst Donor Stewardship Manager 206.676.5535; [email protected] Anna Lehn Annual Fund Associate 206.676.5838; [email protected] Davis Donor Stewardship Associate 206.676.5568; [email protected]
INDIVIDUAL GIVINGAllison Rabbitt Associate Director of Development –
Individual Giving 206.676.5519; [email protected] Hagbom Individual Giving Officer 206.676.5842; [email protected] Reich Individual Giving Officer 206.676.5533; [email protected] Breitbarth Planned Giving Officer 206.676.5534; [email protected] Walls Development Research Manager 206.676.5531; [email protected] Merlo Individual Giving Associate 206.676.5516; [email protected]
INSTITUTIONAL GIVINGChristine Johnson-Duell Grant Writer 206.676.5528;
OPERATIONSBrian Ramos Development Operations Manager 206.676.5532; [email protected] L. Moore Financial Services Coordinator 206.676.5578; [email protected]
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Seattle Opera is most grateful for the following corporate, foundation, and government agency grants made between July 1, 2013, and September 8, 2014.
$1,000,000 and more
$250,000-$499,999
$50,000-$99,999
$100,000-$249,999
$25,000-$49,999
John Graham Foundation
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Anonymous Seattle Opera Foundation
Seattle Opera Foundation – Hanauer Fund
C.E. StuartCharitable Trust
Nesholm Family FouNdatioN
$10,000-$24,999
ArtsWAThe Chisholm FoundationCostco WholesaleThe Foster FoundationJanet Wright Ketcham FoundationNBBJNorman Archibald Charitable FoundationSafeco Insurance FoundationU.S. Bank FoundationThe Peg and Rick Young FoundationWyman Youth Trust
$5,000-$9,999
Colymbus FoundationCornerstone Advisors, Inc.The Dabney Point FundFederal Home Loan Bank of SeattleFirestone Family FoundationLease Crutcher LewisMetLife Financial Planning Division, an office of MetLife
Charles Maxfield and Gloria F. Parrish FoundationRichard B. and Barbara B. Odlin FoundationVulcan, Inc.
$3,000 - $4,999Fales Foundation TrustThe Reed McClure FirmD.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable TrustThurston Charitable FoundationLorin H. Wilson Foundation
$1,000 - $2,999Apex FoundationIreene S. Barnett FoundationKPMGLeathercare, Inc.Madden AssociatesPacific Coast Feather CompanyPRCN Foundation SkyOpera FundHerman and Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation
The Hot Chocolate Fund
True-Brown Foundation
Seattle Opera Institutional Donors
OPERA America’s Building Opera Audiences
Grant Program
$500,000-$999,999
Peach Foundation
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In-Kind
Matching GiftsSeattle Opera offers its thanks to the following companies for matching gifts received or pledged between July 1, 2013, and September 8, 2014. Corporations’ matching gifts support Seattle Opera’s Annual Fund and qualify employees to receive enhanced donor benefits based on the combined value of their gift and the corporate match. For questions about corporate matching, contact Donor Services at 206.389.7669 or [email protected].
AdobeAetnaAlaska AirlinesAmgenAT&TArtsFund Workplace GivingBank of AmericaBECUBill & Melinda Gates FoundationThe Boeing CompanyBPThe Bullitt FoundationCA TechnologiesCambiaCarnegie Corporation of New YorkCharles Schwab FoundationCoca-ColaCOSTCO WholesaleEaton CorporationECG Management Consultants, Inc
Eli Lilly and Co.Expedia Inc.ExxonMobilF5 NetworksGeneral ElectricGoogleIBMING FoundationKeyBankLaird Norton Family FoundationMicrosoft CorporationNetwork for GoodPuget Sound EnergyQuaker HillStarbucksTexas InstrumentsU.S. BancorpUnited E-way/TruistUnited Health Groupvmware Foundation
OFFICIAL IN-KIND PARTNERS Seattle Opera thanks these companies for providing major in-kind support throughout the 2014/15 season.
IN-KIND DONORSSeattle Opera thanks the following corporations for generous in-kind support received between July 1, 2013, and September 8, 2014.
ABC Special Event Rentals by CORT*Chateau Ste. MichelleChihuly Garden and Glass*Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness,
PLLCCossé International SecuritiesGarvey Schubert BarerHeartlandJanuik Winery*Kaspars Special Events & Catering*Richard Hartlage Land Morphology*
Mr. and Mrs. Brian LysonM∙A∙CNovelty Hill Winery*Seattle Chocolates*Paula’s ChoiceTalking Rain*The VUDE
*Denotes in-kind donors to the Speight Celebration Concert and Dinner on August 9, 2014.
Seattle Opera Volunteer Fundraising
The following groups joined together in support of Seattle Opera between July 7, 2013, and September 8, 2014. This support demonstrates exceptional community spirit and great generosity. Seattle Opera sincerely appreciates these gifts.
$25,000 and moreThe Sowing Circle
$10,000 - $24,999Gemperle Holiday Soiree 2012Gemperle Holiday Soiree 2013
$7,500 - $9,999Norm Hollingshead Birthday Fund $5,000 - $7,499Seattle Opera Guild – Allegro Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Amici Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Mercer Island
Preview GroupWagner and More! Chicago Trip
$3,000 - $4,999Seattle Opera Guild – Bellini Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Lakeside Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Magnolia/Queen
Anne Preview GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Parties and
Previews
$1,500 - $2,999Seattle Opera Guild – Bel Canto Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Vivace Preview
GroupWagner and More! Portland Trip
$1,000 - $1,499Opera Plus – Horizon HouseSeattle Opera Guild – West Seattle
Preview GroupWagner and More
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Celebrated for breathtaking artistry and productions, Seattle Opera has achieved world-class stature under Speight Jenkins’ remarkable leadership. As we welcome General Director Aidan Lang, you can join us and play a principal role in the next chapter of Seattle Opera history.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE GIFTS• Are customized gifts planned in advance for 3 years or more.
• Total $100,000 or more over 3 years.
• Give you premium recognition and access to your opera company. Leadership Circle members enjoyed a private dinner with General Director Aidan Lang in September 2014 and will be invited to an exclusive Leadership Circle event every season.
• Allow you to create a lasting impact.
TAKE THE LEAD!Please join the Leadership Circle today by contacting Director of Development Lisa Bury at 206.676.5530 or [email protected].
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE MEMBERS as of 9/8/2014
ANONYMOUS (1)
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MARYANNE TAGNEY AND DAVID JONES
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T H E E N C O R E S O C I E T Y
Seattle Opera is honored to recognize the following legacy or planned giving donors who have made irrevocable gifts to Seattle Opera or Seattle Opera Foundation:
Louis BurzyckiJohn and the late Carmen DeloSusan and Thomas FifeCarole Fuller and Evan SchwabJenny HartleyVincent M. JolivetEric and Jan LamersMr. Everil E. Loyd Jr. and the late
Mrs. Vesta LoydSarah M. OvensDolores J. PalomoWilliam and Carol ParsonsRalph W. PeoplesJohn and Charlotte RobinsMartha Lou Allan SampsonDonald and Gloria SwisherDelma TayerThe late Max Gellert
Seattle Opera is pleased to recognize the following donors who have generously included Seattle Opera or Seattle Opera Foundation in their estate plans:
Anonymous (39)Charles and Barbara AckermanGary N. Ackerman and Robin
DearlingJohn AkamatsuReverend and Mrs. John M. AllenLinda and Tom AllenMargaret AlmenRobert L. and Rosemarie AndersonMs. Laura ArpiainenRonald Barensten and Rachael
BlackDavid W. BarkerMary L. BassMarla Beck
Dr. Janet Beckmann and the late Dr. George Beckmann
In honor of Minnie BergmanJean BerryJack and Connie BloxomNeil M. and Kathleen BoguePatricia L. BostromSandra BoydJoseph Brancucci and William
CarleyF. H. BraymerToby BrightDr. and Mrs. David V. BrownMarshall and Jane BrownLynn BuellSarah H. BurdellWilliam B. and Ann S. BurstinerLisa BuryBetty R. CarterJean Cho and David MankoffMrs. Heinke ClarkMr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. ClarksonJanice C. ConditCarol Veatch CorbinNorma B. CrocoTavia CrowderJames and Wendy CullenWilliam and Laurie DanielNancy DaviesLorraine del Prado and Thomas
DonohueSharon DemuthSusan Detweiler and Alexander
ClowesFred and Adele DrummondMichael G. Dryfoos and Ilga
JansonsPat DubrowSandra B. DunnAnn R. EddyPatricia EdwardsKarl and Carol EgeAnna F. EgidyIn memory of H. Wendell EndicottWilliam Etnyre and David ClausJane and Thomas FaddenGretchen and the late Jim Faulstich
A. H. Feige Jr.Lyn and Paul FentonJack and Dorothy FidlerJack and Marsha FirestoneRussell and Nancy FosmireErnest and Elizabeth FrankenbergMargery FriedlanderDr. Lena FurgeriGloria GagneDiana Gale and Jerry HillisDonna GathanyGail J. GazdaNatalie GendlerDr. and Mrs. Robert P. GibbonsLeslie GiblettRebecca C. GilletteDr. Ulf G. and Ingrid A. GoransonClaire and Michael GordonMark J. GraliaJohn Andrew HackleyJeffrey and Rosario HannaLarry HannaChristine R. Hansen and Peter
T. HurdKaren HansenRoger HendersonSylvia H. HobbsFrank and Katie HollandDr. Kennan Hollingsworth and the
late Dr. Phyllis BagdiMarilyn HolstadHorace and Lois HopkinsBarbara HowellErik JacobsenJan JarvisSpeight JenkinsJulia G. JohansenGinger R. JohnsonH. David KaplanFrances J. KwapilSandra and John LabadieMichelle Labrie-RippleConsuelo F. LarrabeeGary M. LawRosemary Leong-Miller and Robert
MillerMarjorie J. Levar
Lady M. Boswell LindalThomas D. LoftusLynne LovejoyCheryl L. LundgrenElizabeth A. MarcoeWilliam B. Maschmeier and
Patricia HaggertyDavid and the late Leslie MattsonElisabeth McKeeCarroll C. McMastersGreg MeldahlJames and Lora MelhornProf. Ann H. MilamColonel Norman D. MillerCarolyn and Roger N. MillerRobert C. MilnorRosalie B. MinierRichard S. MunsenLin MurphyNadine and John MurrayNancy P. NarrawayJohn F. and Laurel NesholmBruce W. Novark M.D., D.D.S.Pamela A. OkanoRichard Q. OplerPatricia S. ParrentMarty and Sue PetersonSteve PhelpsSarah Kern PotterMr. and Mrs. W. H. PurdyMegan PursellDennis and Margaret PurvineErica Rayner-HornEloise and Glen RiceJoyce C. and Saul RivkinMr. and Mrs. N. Stewart RogersMichael and Cheryl RollandSharon RommIrwin and Barbara SarasonDr. Carolyn ScheveJames L. SchindlerChristopher L. Myers and Judith
SchoeneckerMr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Schubert Jr.Allen and Virginia SenearEvelyn E. SimpsonJoan Snelson
Rose and the late John SouthallStephen A. SprengerMargaret T. Stanley and the late
Thomas BleakneyDr. and Mrs. Alexander R. StevensDuane and Barbara SwankMaureen SwansonBeryl A. ThompsonIan L. Thompson, M.D.Russell F. and Sarah M. TousleyMr. and Mrs. Roland M. TraftonEvelyn M. TroughtonRae TuftsMuriel A. Van HousenSharon F. Van ValinMoya VazquezJean B. Viereck and Robert S.
LeventhalBetty L. WagnerJay and Susanne WakefieldBill and Carol WarrenKarola WatsonRaleigh WattsDouglas WeisfieldRobert D. Welden and Jeffrey A.
WattsDrs. William and Gail
WeyerhaeuserJudith A. WhetzelJulie WieringaJames and Felicity WornastCarolynne and Phil WrightJim YancyCharles A. Zaragoza
Estate GiftsAnonymous (2)Elizabeth H. AndersonCatherine AnzovinoHenriette BaumEgon BaumannJane K. BeamishBeatrice OlsonJohn C. BigelowC. Keith BirkenfeldDiana M. BlackmoreJack Blalock
Planned Giving at Seattle Opera
THE ENCORE SOCIETY
You don’t have to be Speight Jenkins to leave a lasting impact on Seattle Opera.
Learn how easy making a legacy or planned gift can be. You, too, can create your own Seattle Opera legacy.
Contact Planned Giving Officer Jessica Breitbarth at 206.676.5534 or [email protected]. You can also visit our website at www.seattleopera.org/support and click the Planned Giving link.
Gift and Financial Planning Seminar | January 7, 2015For more information contact Jessica Breitbarth at [email protected] or 206.676.5534.
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$25,000 AND MOREAnonymous*The Norman Archibald Charitable
TrustHenriette BaumEgon BaumannC. Keith Birkenfeld Memorial
TrustThe late Diana BlackmoreThe late Mrs. Louis BrecheminEdward S. BrignallLouis BurzyckiDoris H. CakaArnold Hay ChinThe Clowes Fund, Inc.Drs. Alexander Clowes and Susan
Detweiler (E)†James D. and Wendy CullenJohn and the late Carmen Delo
(E)Mildred King DunnDavid B. FelchThe late Albert FosterThe O.D. Fisher FoundationThe Ford FoundationMargery FriedlanderRichard FullerThe Estate of Marion Oliver
McCaw GarrisonThe late Max E. and Carol Gellert†Leopold Gellert Family TrustAdele Golub and the late Stanley
GolubEdward P. GoodrichHartmut Bruno GottshauMargaret Rose GrayEverett G. Griggs IIIThe late Gerald L. HanauerLenore M. HanauerJeffrey and Rosario Hanna*†The William Randolf Hearst
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Harold HeathFrances Stillman HodgesRon and Geraldine HoeferRuth H. HoffmanKennan Hollingsworth, M.D. and
the late Phyllis Bagdi, M.D. †Susanne F. Hubbach*Vincent JolivetThe late Suzanne Dressler KellarKreielsheimer Endowment FundThe Kresge FoundationEric and Janice LamersThe late Richard LangGeorge H. Lancaster (E)Karen S. LarsonThe late Dale LehrmanLaura LudgrenThe late Louis G. MarchShirley Callison MinerThe late Albert MossM.J. Murdock FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsElizabeth ParkeThe late Sheffield PhelpsDr. Stanley M. Pier Endowed
FundPONCHOMr. and Mrs. W.H. PurdyDr. C. Wright ReadeJohn and Charlotte RobinsMr. and Mrs. Steward RogersDelorez RossellThe Estate of Gladys RubinsteinRuth M RystogiMartha Lou Allan SampsonMr. and Mrs. John B. Schack†Eulalie SchneiderGeorge S. and Judy SchuchartThe Seattle Foundation*Paul SmithThe late Jack L. and Gertrude E.
Sprenger*
Stephen A. Sprenger*Margaret T. Stanley and the late
Thomas BleakneyMary F. StoweThe late Mrs. Charles E. StuartMuriel Van HousenThe Lawrence W. Wells TrustJudith and the late Jonathan F.
WhetzelHoward D. WigleJohn T. WilliamsEleanor Hale WilsonPatricia A. WilsonMaureen WoodmanHoward S. Wright Charitable Trust
2014/15 SEASON CONTRIBUTORSThe following generous supporters made new gifts to the Seattle Opera Foundation during Seattle Opera’s 2014/15 Season as of September 8, 2014.
William and Evelyn Hinks, in memory of Joyce Bozeat
Carol NygrenEstate of Marion Oliver McCaw
GarrisonThe late Suzanne Dressler KellarLaura and Roy Lundgren
(E) Signifies restricted to Education
* Denotes Donors who gave to the Gertrude Sprenger Education Endowed Fund
† Denotes Donors who gave to the Perry Lorenzo Fund for In-School Education
The Seattle Opera Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) organization created to hold unrestricted and restricted funds for Seattle Opera’s benefit. The donors listed below have made contributions of $25,000 or more for endowment purposes with outright gifts, estate gifts, or irrevocable planned gifts through a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity from 1968 through September 8, 2014.
Your gift can have a lasting impact.
Give to the Seattle Opera Foundation Endowment Fund.
To learn more, contact Planned Giving Officer Jessica Breitbarth at 206.676.5534 or [email protected].
SEATTLE OPERA FOUNDATION Ensuring the Future of Seattle Opera Today.
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GrahamMargaret Rose GrayEverett G. Griggs IIIMarie Louise GummersheimerMary Alice Hill HammondRoy HarshMary Scott HelmickFrances Stillman HodgesJulia Livingston HodsonRuth H. HoffmanEdith Anne HolmesHelen M. HostetterCathryn M. JohnsonEsther Jane JohnsonDr. W. Vance JohnsonNancy KeefeSuzanne Dressler KellarGeorge H. Lancaster
Evelyn B. LanglieKaren S. LarsonDale Lehrman/Paul Beckley in
memoriamPatricia LottMargaret LoveladyMargaret MacLachlanMary MaddoxCharlotte MaloneAmoret B. MayberryNorma A. McLaughlinRoy F. MillerShirley Callison MinerLucy Van B. MitchellMiriam MorganRobert MortonRuth NaimyClifford NybergElizabeth ParkeDr. C. Wight ReadeHarold E. and Jeanne D. RidgwayConstance RobertsDelorez RossellIn memory of Clyde D. RowettRuth M. RystogiDoris L. SatherCecilia Schultz Music FoundationDavid SkellengerMrs. Kayla L. SkinnerElaine H. SkoneLenore A. SmithJack L. and Gertrude E. SprengerMary F. StoweGeorge Wood SwainFrances Du Bois SwiftElizabeth ThomasDr. Robert A. WallaceMelvin S. WeilThe Lawrence W. Wells TrustElizabeth A. Wheelwright in
Memory of Ruth WheelwrightJames WhitakerHoward D. WigleJames T. WilliamsEleanor Hale WilsonPatricia A. WilsonHans WolfMaureen WoodmanHerta Zahn
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Raynier Institute & Foundation$100,000 - $199,999
Neukom FamilyMary Pigott$50,000 - $99,999
Stephen P. and Paula R. Reynolds
Pete and Julie Rose$25,000 - $49,999
William BeeksSandy and Chris McDadeMr. and Mrs. Lawrence and
Mary Ellen HughesKatharyn Alvord GerlichJoshua Green Foundation, Inc.John Graham FoundationConductor’s Circle$10,000 - $24,999
Nancy AlvordJudi Beck and Tom A. AlbergCarl and Renee BehnkeAllan and Nora Davis
Jim and Gaylee DuncanRay Heacox and Cynthia
HuffmanPeter and Peggy HorvitzGlenn KawasakiPatricia Britton and Stellman
KeehnelDeborah KillingerThomas and Gwen KroonCharlotte Lin and Robert PorterMoccasin Lake FoundationNorman Archibald Charitable
FoundationHerman and Faye SarkowskySequoia FoundationJon and Mary Shirley FoundationMary SnappJames and Katherine TuneArlene WrightFirst Chair$5,000 - $9,999
Chap and Eve AlvordCasey BanackSteve Behnen and Mary HornsbyMichael and Anne Bentley
Toby BrightMatthew ClappMelanie CurticeMrs. Jane Davis and Dr. David
R. DavisKevin and Lynne FoxHeather HowardAnn Ramsay-Jenkins and the
William M. Jenkins FundEd KimLoeb Family Charitable
FoundationsDouglas and Joyce McCallumRosanne Esposito - Ross and
Louis RossDouglas and Theiline ScheumannVijay and Sita VasheeDouglas and Margaret WalkerDr. Clyde and Mrs. Kathleen
WilsonAnn P. WyckoffLynn Hubbard and David
ZapolskyEncore$2,500 - $4,999
Jon AndersonKim A. Anderson
Bob and Clodagh AshJohn H. BauerLisa Lawrence BeardAnnette and Daniel BeckerJohn and Shari BehnkeSue and Artie BuerkC. Kent and Sandra C. CarlsonPeter and Susan DavisKarl EgeLea EnnisMichael and Melanie FinkWilliam FranklinRod FujitaLynn and Brian GrantMaria GunnDarren HambyAya HamiltonRichard and Marilyn HerzbergKevin and Eddy HoffbergMari HoritaDan and Connie HungateRandle InouyeJanet Wright Ketcham
FoundationJames KraftJohn and Tina Lapham
Tim Mauk and Noble GoldenBlanche and Stephen MaxwellRachel and Doug McCallBruce and Jolene McCawAnthony R. MilesAlison and Glen MillimanDouglas E. and Nancy P.
NorbergMary Ellen OlanderGlenna Olson and Conrad
WoutersTyler PetriKathleen Pierce in memory of
Douglas BeighleMs. Carol PowellMarlene PriceScott RedmanJoanne SalisburyStanley D. and Ingrid H. SavageSchoenfeld-Gardner FoundationJane SimpsonBonnie and Jim TowneJoseph D. WeinsteinGail and Bill Weyerhaeuser
$250,000 - $349,999$350,000 and up
$25,000 - $49,999ADP/Cobalt*Getty Images*K&L Gates*KeyBankKING Broadcasting*King County Employees*Perkins Coie*Russell Investment GroupSafeco InsuranceStoel Rives LLP*Washington State Combined Fund
Drive*Weyerhaeuser Company*
$10,000 - $24,999Amazon.comAmgen FoundationBNY Mellon Wealth ManagementComcastThe Commerce Bank of Washington*Davis Wright Tremaine LLP*Delta Air LinesDelta Dental of WashingtonDLA Piper*Dorsey & Whitney LLP*JPMorgan ChaseNordstrom, Inc.R.D. Merrill CompanyUnion Bank
$5,000 - $9,999Alaskan Copper & Brass Company and
Alaskan Copper WorksAPCO WorldwideClise Properties Inc.Columbia BankErnst & Young LLPFederal Home Loan Bank of Seattle*Financial Resources GroupFishing Company of AlaskaFoss Maritime CompanyGaco Western, Inc.Gensler ArchitectsGoldman, Sachs & Co.
Jones Lang LaSalleMedical Consultants Network, Inc.*Nintendo of America Inc.Raisbeck EngineeringRealNetworks FoundationSparling, Inc.
Arts Benefactor Circle
Support from The Boeing Company, Microsoft Corporation, POP, Sellen Construction and Starbucks Coffee Company includes employee workplace giving.
*Includes employee workplace giving
Pledges and donations made between 7/1/13 - 6/30/14Visit www.artsfund.org for a full list of our donors and to learn more about ArtsFund
Thank you to all our donors for sharing and supporting our vision of a community with a dynamic and world-class arts and cultural sector where the arts are accessible to all and valued as central and critical to a healthy society.
Campaign 2014 Donors
ArtsFund strengthens the community by supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy and grant making.
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Visit seattleopera.org to find trailer videos, photos, and interactive guides about Don Giovanni, plus all the operas onstage this season.
VideosCOOKING WITH CAVALLIERCalling all lovers of opera and French cuisine! Our Saturday-night Don Giovanni, Nicolas Cavallier, heats things up in the kitchen as he prepares the lighter-than-air, French classic cheese soufflé. The Casanovas out there should take notes. Is there anything sexier than a man who can cook? Bon appétit!
COMING SOON! HOW TO GO TO HELLWhen you see Don Giovanni disappear into the depths of hell, you may wonder how he gets there so fast. Check out our online videos for a sneak peek at McCaw Hall’s intricate system of hidden trap doors.
Audio PlayerMUSICAL EXCERPTSSample audio clips and highlights from Don Giovanni.
Also on the WebSEATTLE OPERA’S DIGITAL PROGRAM IPAD APP
Online at seattleopera.org
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Amusements: Gifts of Artistic ExpressionLocated on the Kreielsheimer Promenade Level of McCaw Hall. Open two and a half hours prior to curtain and during intermission.
EXCLUSIVE DON GIOVANNI ARTWORK GIFT ITEMSLocal artist Karin Kough created this fiery Don Giovanni illustration exclusively for Seattle Opera’s production. Orange and yellow tones on black background evoke the spooky season! T-shirts and prints make great souvenirs or gifts. Prices vary.
DON GIOVANNI CDBring home the music of Mozart’s
boldest masterpiece with this “enthralling” (Classics Today) 2007
Harmonia Mundi recording. René Jacobs conducts the Freiburger
Barockorchester. Singers include
Johannes Weisser, Lorenzo
Regazzo, and Alexandrina
Pendatchanska. Imported 3-disc
boxed set. $59.95
50 YEARS OF SEATTLE OPERA BOOKThis beautiful, 11” x 19” book combines a treasure trove of rare photos with the vivid narration of Seattle Times writer Melinda Bargreen to bring readers backstage, onstage, and into the orchestra pit to experience the most
noteworthy moments of the company’s first half century. $65.00
SEASONAL ITEMSThe leaves are turning, there’s a chill in the air.… Amusements now features a cool and creepy collection of books, hats, jewelry, and costume pieces—just in time for Halloween! Prices vary.
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Upcoming Events
Talks and Public PresentationsPRE-PERFORMANCE TALKSMcCaw Hall, 90 minutes before every Seattle Opera performanceNesholm Family Lecture Hall, Price: $7
OPERA TALK BACKS—NEW!Join us post-show for Opera Talk Backs! This 30-minute free event is hosted by a member of the artistic or education staff and will feature a special guest from the cast or creative team. Join us to explore a variety of perspectives on performance, production, and this magical thing we call opera.
Free. In the Allen Room in McCaw Hall after every performance. Space is limited due to high demand.
OPERA INQUIZITIVE: MYTHIC EDITION!A Seattle Opera Adult Education & Trivia Series with Jonathan Dean and Tony Kay Seattle University’s Wyckoff Auditorium, 7 to 8:30 p.m.Oct. 28 The Devil—Don Juan and FriendsNov. 18 The Tyrant—Scarpia and WorseDec. 16 The Hero’s Quest
FREE NEIGHBORHOOD PREVIEWS (TOSCA)Jan. 2 Freeland Library, 12:00 p.m.Jan. 2 Coupeville Library, 2:00 p.m.Jan. 4 Frye Museum, 2:00 p.m.Jan. 6 Queen Anne Library, 2:00 p.m.Jan. 6 Third Place Books (Bothell Way),
7:00 p.m.Jan. 7 Ballard Library, 2:00 p.m.Jan. 8 Central Library, 12:00 p.m.Jan. 9 Everett Public Library, 2:00 p.m.Jan. 12 Green Lake Library, 2:00 p.m.Jan. 14 Edmonds Library, 6:30 p.m.
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Opera on the RadioOCTOBER 25—DON GIOVANNI ON 98.1 CLASSICAL KING-FMTune to 98.1 every Saturday evening for broadcasts of notable opera recordings, hosted by General Director Aidan Lang or Director of Education Sue Elliott. All recorded broadcasts begin at 8:00 p.m. Seattle Opera’s second Saturday performance is broadcast live, starting at 7:30 p.m., including Don Giovanni on October 25.
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Youth ProgramsTEEN OPERA PLAYERS: THE MAGIC OF MOZARTWith a focus on German diction for singers and Classical era performance practice, The Teen Opera Players will study and stage scenes from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and perform other Lieder (German art songs) from 1750–1820.McCaw HallOctober 4–November 22, 2014Saturdays Noon–3:00 p.m.; Cost: $225, registration contact, Mark Allwein, [email protected].
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EXPERIENCE OPERA SCENIC STUDIOS TOUR Saturday, Nov. 15, at 10:00 a.m., in Renton
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BRAVO!BRAVO! NIGHTS BRAVO! members enjoy complimentary wine and coffee in the BRAVO! Lounges during intermission. Lounges are located on the Second Tier Lobby and the Nesholm Lecture Lobby.
MONTHLY HAPPY HOUREvery third Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with a live performance at 7:30 p.m.Sorrento Hotel , Fireside Room, 900 Madison StreetAdmission: Free. No-Host Bar
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Events for Seattle Opera DonorsAnnual Fund donors are invited to attend these upcoming events. Please see the corresponding gift levels below.
SCENE SHOP TOURNovember 15A tour of our Scenic Studios in Renton led by artists who create sets and scenery for Seattle Opera and other local organizations. ($1,500 and more)
TOSCA DRESS REHEARSALSJanuary 7 & 8, 2015Watch the final details come together at the last rehearsals prior to opening night.($400 and more)
SPOTLIGHT DINNER: TOSCAJanuary 8, 2015General Director Aidan Lang hosts this insightful three-course dinner prior to the Tosca Dress Rehearsal.($3,000 and more)
SEATTLE OPERA BALLJanuary 10, 2015Enjoy a glamorous reception and elegant meal with artists after the curtain closes on opening night of Tosca. Net proceeds benefit Seattle Opera’s Learning and Engagement Programs.(Individual Tickets $250 and $500; Tables $2,500 and $5,000)
ARTIST RECITAL AND RECEPTIONJanuary 19, 2015Mary Elizabeth Williams, singing the title role in Tosca, will perform a unique and intimate recital.($1,000 and more)
Questions? Contact Donor Services at [email protected] or 206.389.7669.
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Staff Chat: Mary Brazeau
Janice Bondar Lisa Bury Jonathan Dean Director of Human Resources Director of Development Director of Public Programs and Media
Aren Der Hacopian Sue Elliott Vincent A. Feraudo Director of Artistic Administration Director of Education Director of Production
Alvin Alexander Henry Richard A. Johnson Melanie G. Ross Robert D. Schaub Director of Marketing Chief Financial Officer Director of Artistic Operations Technical and Facilities Director and Communications and Season Planning
ADMINISTRATIONMary Brazeau Executive Assistant to
Aidan LangCathi Turner Executive Assistant to Kelly
Tweeddale and Melanie RossErnesto Alorda Artists Relations ManagerRaluca Marinescu Acting Artists Relations
Manager
DEVELOPMENTJacob Roy, Annie Walters
Development AssociatesANNUAL FUNDRob Wiseman Associate Director of
Development—Annual FundJackie Ernst Donor Stewardship ManagerAnna Lehn Annual Fund AssociateIlona Davis Donor Stewardship AssociateMadeline Nolan Intern
INDIVIDUAL GIVINGAllison Rabbitt Associate Director of
Development—Individual GivingBonita Hagbom, Tracy Reich Individual
Giving OfficersJessica Breitbarth Planned Giving OfficerNicholas Walls Development Research
ManagerCatherine Merlo Individual Giving
AssociateMarisa Way-Rogainis Intern
INSTITUTIONAL GIVINGChristine Johnson-Duell Grant Writer
OPERATIONSBrian Ramos Development Operations
ManagerMichael L. Moore Financial Services
Coordinator
EDUCATIONBarbara Lynne Jamison Youth Programs
ManagerAndrew Goldstein Administrative
CoordinatorKristina Hammer Opera Goes to School
Program CoordinatorMark Allwein Youth Programs Assistant
FINANCEJeremiah Marks ControllerMarissa Betz-Zall Senior AccountantRandee Byrd PayrollSocorro Manuel-Alpuerto PayrollShirley Gay Accounts Payable AssociateElla Erickson Accounts Payable Associate
Principals, stage directors, choristers, stage managers, assistant stage managers, and assistant directors employed in this production are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists AFL-CIO.
The musicians are represented by the Seattle Symphony and Opera Players’ Organization, a Chapter of the International Guild of Symphony, Opera, and Ballet Musicians.
Scenery construction and stage crew work is performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local #15.
Costume and wardrobe work is performed by employees represented by T.W.U., Local #887.
Scenic artists and hair/makeup work is performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local #488.
AIDAN LANG, GENERAL DIRECTOR KELLY TWEEDDALE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Seattle Opera Staff
INFORMATION SYSTEMSKristina Austin IT ManagerIain Quigley Desktop User Support
Technician Stuart McLeod Software Systems
Administrator
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSKristina Murti Associate Director of
MarketingEd Hawkins Marketing Manager/
CopywriterBrittany Behrens Digital Marketing
ManagerKarin Kough Graphic DesignerLindsey Morck Marketing CoordinatorKsenia Popova Marketing Coordinator
MEDIA RELATIONSJessica Murphy Communications EditorGabrielle Nomura Media Relations
ManagerMonte Jacobson Media Relations
CoordinatorEmmy Ulmer Titlist
SALES AND SERVICESMichelle M. Carrasquillo Associate Director
of Marketing, Sales and ServicesTony Kay Ticket Office SupervisorDana Pompa Ticketing Operations
SpecialistEmily van der Harten Patron Services
RepresentativeJustine Thayer Subscriber Relations
CoordinatorGail Baraff, Emily Bolton, Kate Bourque,
Debra McKinney, Michael Seidel, Kylie Steinbach, N. Donn Talenti, Catrina Vroman Ticket Agents
DIRECT SALESDan Murphy Direct Sales ManagerBernard Pack Direct Sales Assistant
ManagerMary Hobbs, Albert Sanders Senior
Account RepresentativesAshley Biehl, Lindsey Gander, Virginia
Jackson, Dan Jacoby, James Lewis, Patty Sizer, Toni Zeigler Account Representatives
PRODUCTIONPRODUCTION ADMINISTRATIONPaula Podemski Production SupervisorAndrea Reay Production AdministratorEmma Watt Production Administrative
AssistantBlair Ball Production Administration Intern
STAGE MANAGEMENTYasmine Kiss Production Stage ManagerMike Egan, Mike Janney Assistant Stage
ManagersDan Miller Production AssistantJanelle Cutuli Stage Management Intern
MUSICSarah Kern Potter Music AdministratorPhilip A. Kelsey Assistant ConductorDavid McDade Head of Coach-
AccompanistsJohn Keene ChorusmasterBeth Kirchhoff Chorusmaster Emeritus
COSTUMESSusan I. Davis Costume Shop ManagerHeidi Zamora Costume Show ManagerIeva Ohaks Costume Rental-Stock
CoordinatorSophy Wong Costume AssistantMary Ellen Walter Lead CutterDenise Barry, Christina Hobbs CuttersCynthia Abbott, Miriam Goodman-Miller
First HandsLacee Rae Hart, Kate Hartman, Yoko
Niendorf, Morgana Spake, Robyn Tarbert Stitchers
Lia Surprenant Crafts SupervisorRon Erickson Wardrobe HeadMadeleine DeGracia Assistant Wardrobe
HeadChristy Kazimour Wardrobe Attendant
HAIR AND MAKEUPLiesl Alice Gatcheco Hair and Makeup
ManagerShelby Adele Rogers Lead Principal Hair
and Makeup ArtistEva Rogers, Terry Wright Principal Hair
and Makeup ArtistsAshli Danielle, Calli Dey, MJ Fjellestad, Bek
Harvey, Ashlee Naegle, Trisha Partida Hair and Makeup Artists
Mae Saul Hair and Makeup Assistant Manager
Krista Kammerzell Hair and Makeup Intern
TECHNICALTECHNICAL ADMINISTRATIONRobert F. Reynolds Associate Technical
DirectorChris Reay Assistant Technical DirectorConnie Yun Assistant Lighting DesignerLinda Kenworthy Properties CoordinatorAlicia Moriarty Technical Financial
Administrator
STAGE CREWCharles T. Buck Master Stage CarpenterJack F. Harrison Assistant Master Stage
CarpenterJustin Loyd Head FlymanScot Allison, Chris Balducci, Jason Balter,
Dallas Duell, Ian Gardner, Adam Lantz, Jason Wagoner Assistant Stage Carpenters
Jim Nash Master ElectricianMartin Cunningham Assistant Master
ElectricianDesirae Brownlee, Chris Dimoff, Jim Gable,
David Hult Assistant ElectriciansPetrude W. Olds Jr. Properties MasterSandy Burke Assistant Properties MasterMarc Rothschild Properties AssistantCandy Solie Lightboard OperatorJack Burke Master Sound Technician/
DesignerCharles Whitmore Supertitle Technician
SCENIC STUDIOSMichael Moore Scenic Studios ManagerPhillip Lienau Associate Resident Scenic
DesignerBruce Warshaw Master Scenic CarpenterGeorge Howard Jr. Assistant Master Scenic
CarpenterScott Staheli Lead Scenic CarpenterKitty Kavanaugh Master Scenic ArtistSusannah Anderson, Rick Araluce Lead
Scenic ArtistsJamie Easter Purchasing
FACILITIES AND OPERATIONSClaudia Gallagher Associate Facilities
DirectorCynthia Moore Facilities and Technical
Assistant
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HOW HAS THE TRANSITION BEEN GOING TO AIDAN’S LEADERSHIP? YOU HAVE THE INSIDE SCOOP! The transition has been going very smoothly. It really has. It’s been great to have Aidan here since March. In August I took him to his first baseball game! He’s been doing a wonderful job, really getting a sense of how we put it all together, so he’ll know how he wants to work. He’s been very easy to work with, and he’s got very exciting ideas. It’s a very different take, a different approach, and I think it’s going to be great.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU’VE LEARNED ABOUT AIDAN THAT PEOPLE DON’T KNOW? He has a pretty broad knowledge of pop culture. Last December when we were in New York for auditions and we were at the Met, Aidan came running up to me and he said, “I can’t wait to tell my wife and daughter a star from Project Runway is here tonight!” That kind of thing wasn’t on Speight’s radar. So it’s really kind of fun!
HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SPEIGHT SINCE HIS RETIREMENT? Several e-mails a day! He’s having a wonderful time. He’s finally studying German seriously. He had learned German from studying Wagner, which can get you in real trouble—it’s archaic and you sound pretty goofy, talking like that.
HOW DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH SEATTLE OPERA? During the crazy wonderful madness that was Glynn-Ross-putting-on-the-Ring, the company needed any living body to help. So I sold T-shirts in the lobby. And there was no looking back. When Speight first started having cast parties in his home, my mother and I would cook the food. Any kind of odd job.
YOU WERE WELL-PREPARED FOR THE JOB YOU ENDED UP WALKING INTO! Yes, Speight knew me very well, and I knew Speight very well, so there was an immediate comfort level. A funny story: When Speight hired me, he was talking to a friend of mine who plays in the orchestra and Speight told him, “I don’t want to teach somebody how to spell Rigoletto. That’s something I’m looking for.” On my first day here I gave him some kind of budget sheet, and I misspelled Rigoletto. That very word on my very first day. I know how to spell Rigoletto! It was just a typo. I said, “I can’t believe it!”
WHAT ELSE DOES YOUR POSITION INVOLVE? Because we have very capable staff in each department, I focus mainly on the general director and his needs. I do scheduling, I do travel planning—recently Aidan has been traveling more in the United States because he needs to meet and get to know the people in other opera houses here—and I issue contracts. But you never know what’s going to come up, so it’s all about identifying needs and filling them.
DO YOU HAVE TO BECOME A MIND READER? It’s a good idea! Learning to anticipate is a real key.
YOU HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH THE OPERA DON GIOVANNI, CORRECT? Yes, my father was a super in the production with Sherrill Milnes in 1979. I love this opera. It’s my favorite Mozart.
WHY? Maybe it’s just because I’m a Scorpio and I’m intrigued by the whole anti-hero thing. And I love the music. If you’ve got a good Don, it’s so much fun. I will never forget the Don Giovanni with Dale Duesing that was so controversial. I loved that production. One of my absolute favorite moments in that production was when Sheri Greenawald, who was fabulous, sang Donna Anna’s big second act aria. The set had all these knocked over chairs everywhere, and as she was singing about pulling herself together, she walked over and just set a chair upright, and at that moment, I remember gasping because that one little act encapsulated her need to put her life back in order. Even now I’m getting chills thinking of that moment. It was so perfect. n
Officially the general director’s
executive assistant since May
of 2000, Mary Brazeau had
unofficially been a part of Seattle
Opera—as a volunteer—since
the first Ring in 1975. Now, she
can field most questions that
come her way about the general
director—from his whereabouts
to his favorite type of chocolate.
But don’t come asking during
Seattle’s International Film
Festival because she’ll be in a
dark theater, probably watching
something in Danish, attempting
to beat her record 99 films.
Staff Chat: Mary Brazeau
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