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15 The Cast of Rigoletto
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17 About the Artists
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Seattle Opera Presents
Rigoletto
Volume 38 Issue 3
EditorJessica Murphy
Graphic DesignKarin Kough, Art DirectorAmie Sheppard
Photo ResearcherMonte Jacobson
Contributing EditorsErnesto AlordaMary BrazeauJonathan DeanEd HawkinsDavid McDadeRob Wiseman
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WHAT DOES A “CUTTER” DO IN A COSTUME SHOP? We work in teams, with each team responsible for a certain number of costumes for an entire opera. As cutter, I develop the patterns, either by draping fabric on a dress form or simply working out measurements. The first hand on my team “chops them out,” as we say; and we have one to three stitchers on the team who put it all together.
HOW DID YOU LEARN YOUR CRAFT? By doing it. I got sucked into theater as I was working on a Bachelor’s degree in English, and since I was a girl, they made me work in the costume shop. When I moved to Seattle, working in multiple shops exposed me to lots of different cutters, different styles, different projects...that was my post-grad!
AND HOW DID YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP? It’s not exactly seniority; it’s more skill-based. I was on salary at the Rep once when we had a slow season, so I made it a project to learn how to draft menswear.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT OPERA? I need the whole package...music, scenery, acting, great direction. Stephen Wadsworth’s Orphée, in 1988, really opened my eyes to what opera can be.
YOU HAVE SOME IMPRESSIVE EQUIPMENT HERE AT THE SHOP. Most of this is industrial equipment, such as the sergers that finish raw edges, and our button-holer. We have a foot-powered grommet-setter for laced-up bodices. Our crafts department is responsible for “distressing” costumes, making them look old and worn and ragged-out. For Parsifal, our team used cheese graters and rasps to destroy things, but it was so hard on their arms and muscles, Susan [Davis, Costume Shop Manager] bought a bench grinder.
WHEN YOU CREATE PERIOD COSTUMES, ARE THEY HISTORICALLY ACCURATE? We consult historic pattern books...but eighteenth-century patterns are made for eighteenth-century bodies. People are much bigger today. Everybody goes to the gym, and opera singers are what they call in the tailoring book “chesty”—they have prominent chests. So you take the style lines, but not the exact patterns.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SET OF COSTUMES YOU’VE CREATED? Mariusz Kwiecien sang Don Giovanni a few years back, and he’s a dream to work with—he loves clothes and always looks great. Marie-Therese Cramer designed a really fun set of costumes—based on historical shapes, but she twisted them. She and I got on a wavelength where she could say, “You know, a crazy cravat,” and twist her hands in front of her neck, and I knew exactly what she was talking about.
WHAT ABOUT SINGERS WHO AREN’T AS EASY TO COSTUME AS MARIUSZ? We’ve certainly changed plans drastically if a costume just wasn’t working for a certain singer. Our job is always to make them look good.
DO YOU HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT UPDATED PRODUCTIONS, SUCH AS THIS ONE? If it works for the story and characters, I’m all for it. I think it makes sense to set Rigoletto in the 1930s. It adds a bit more understanding for a modern viewer. We really know who that Duke is.
CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING COSTUMES FOR THE DUKE? We have Francesco Demuro’s measurements from last spring’s Bohème. It will probably take a week or so to draft his four costumes. We’ll do mock-ups, make some changes on the form, and then cut and stitch the real fabrics to the “fitting point”—sort of a rough draft of the costumes. Then, when he arrives, he’ll have a fitting, and we’ll make any necessary adjustments.
WHAT ARE SINGERS LIKE DURING THEIR FITTINGS? Some of them just want to get through it as fast as possible. Others are driven to entertain. And some of them, the “self-fitting performers,” may offer advice about how best to costume them—but the thing is, usually they’re right!
HOW DO YOU MAKE RIGOLETTO’S HUMP? It’s mounted on a T-shirt, and goes on underneath his clothes.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE INVOLVED IN SELECTING AIDAN LANG, WHO WILL SUCCEED SPEIGHT JENKINS AS GENERAL DIRECTOR LATER THIS YEAR. I was on a committee with the other collective bargaining units, and we met each of the candidates. The process was very transparent. I was flattered that our input meant so much to the Seattle Opera Board. And I think we got the right guy! n
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B Y S P E I G H T J E N K I N S
When Jonathan Dean, who translates opera libretti for our supertitles, and I were talking about Rigoletto, he spoke about the blackness of the libretto; quite dark, it is nihilistic, sardonic in its humor, and depressing. A reprobate dictator does what he wants to do with everyone under his supposed protection. The man who amuses him does so viciously; furthermore, this jester, some would say, abuses his daughter by not allowing her to have any contact with the outside world. The only characters who triumph are the Duke and the assassin, who theoretically will go on his merry way luring people with his sister and killing them for money.
Seduced by Melody
Yet it occurred to me with almost 68 years of Rigoletto performances behind me that I have never seen an audience leave Rigoletto in anything but high spirits. Even after a performance in which the singers are not good, the conductor is metronomic and uninteresting, and the director has displayed no new ideas, the audience is enthusiastic about the Duke, Rigoletto, and often Sparafucile. Why this odd reaction? Certainly its source play, Victor Hugo’s Le roi s’amuse, didn’t have that effect. It was a very dangerous play for its time and was banned after its first performance.
The answer is obvious: Verdi’s music. According to Stravinsky, Rigoletto was Verdi’s greatest opera. Its score is miraculous, and I think the reason for an audience’s
positive reaction is the energy, red-blooded vitality, and amazing melody that Verdi lavished on this well-crafted libretto of Francesco Maria Piave.
The Venetian censors did everything they could to stop the performance. They made Verdi change the King (the historic François I of France in Hugo’s play) to an unnamed Italian duke. They then made all sorts of comments of how an audience would not want to see and hear the problems of a cruel hunchback. Verdi’s response was that he didn’t know whether an audience would be interested in his title character or not, but if he didn’t know, the censors certainly didn’t know either.
Verdi portrays Rigoletto in the first scene at his worst, a cruel mocker of the courtiers and a goad to the Duke’s
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evil. But when he is cursed, suddenly the music makes us feel his terror, not just for himself but for someone else, a person we haven’t yet met.
In the next scene Verdi shows us the thoughtfulness of the jester; after the scene with Sparafucile he realizes that his words are like the assassin’s knife—the great recitative “Pari siamo” is serious—but he enters his house accompanied by some of the most captivating and buoyant music the composer ever composed. That he keeps his daughter, the reason for his joy, a virtual prisoner in her own home can be excused because of the depravity that the Duke—egged on by his wicked jester—encourages in Mantua. But the real love that pours out of Verdi’s music in Rigoletto’s duet with Gilda makes us connect to him. He clearly wants the best for her and is dedicated to her well being as much as any father can be for his daughter.
Why aren’t we angry at the Duke’s dishonest seduction of Gilda? Again, Verdi’s music so catches her excitement at his words that we are carried away by him ourselves. Verdi manages to put us in Gilda’s mind, and the Duke seduces us just as he does her.
In the second act, we see a man go through every stage of humiliation, and we like him the better for it. In the big scene with the courtiers, Rigoletto first tries not to show his feelings, but when they burst out of him, the sheer energy of his reaction to what they have done is thrilling. Verdi builds us to fever pitch, and Gilda appears. Anyone with a daughter can relate to how Gilda’s eloquent and persuasive explanation of her actions can excuse her to Rigoletto. We are with him in his determination to destroy the Duke. Rather than view Rigoletto’s vigilante plans as unwise or doomed to failure, his power and energy as well as Gilda’s (even though she is defending the Duke) carry the listener away. Her love and his promise of vindication, though contrary to each other, buoy us.
The third act, one of Verdi’s most powerful, excited his audiences with several revolutionary aspects. The most obvious one was the great quartet with two people on one side of a wall, and two on the other. Even more important was his giving the loathsome Duke, a representative of almost all that can be unworthy in a man, one of the
most hummable tunes ever composed. Yes, it perfectly captures the Duke’s thinking and personality. Even more than Don Giovanni, who believes that it would be unfair of him to deprive all women he meets of his charms, the Duke projects his own personality on every woman, somehow blaming them for his fickle and destructive ways. Mozart and Da Ponte made us experience the horror of the Don’s actions; Verdi’s music seduces us as the Duke does his women: in our case we want him to hit the high B-natural triumphantly at its conclusion. When Rigoletto was first presented, there was probably little sympathy for women like Maddalena, but Verdi makes her into a real person, someone who is so taken by the Duke that she argues for his life. As the scene progresses, Piave brings in some black humor: the assassin, Sparfucile, proclaims that he is a man of honor; if he takes money to kill someone, he doesn’t kill anyone else. But his compunction is short lived; he yields to his sister.
How do we react to Gilda’s decision to sacrifice herself? I believe that the excitement of the storm music that accompanies her sacrifice makes us pass over the knife thrust of Sparafucile. Verdi makes the final duet between Rigoletto and Gilda positive: she sees herself in heaven with her mother, both of them looking after her father. The ethereal music brings forth in many of us a good feeling.
Verdi’s most outrageous moment comes earlier when the Duke sings his theme song as he walks away scot free. What is our reaction? It can be a lot of things, but I’m afraid that Verdi makes many of us delighted to hear the song again. Jan Peerce, the Duke in my first Rigoletto and a great American artist of the mid-century who had 58 Dukes under his belt at the Metropolitan Opera, said—and I’m paraphrasing—the Duke is a strange part; lots of singing, but the audience really only cares about one thing, a successful high B at the end. Maybe he was just being a tenor, but there is truth in it. We feel Rigoletto’s shock at hearing the Duke’s voice, but we are again seduced by the melody.
Energy, melody, great tunes, intensity, expressive vocal display, these are the factors that make this very dark work what it is. And it may be why audiences walk away from Rigoletto feeling happy and satisfied. n
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By all measures, her instincts were right. Not only was the production well-received in Seattle, but it went on to a future life—she has also directed her Mussolini-era Rigoletto in Cincinnati twice. And that General Director Speight Jenkins chose to remount the production in 2014, during the final season of his tenure, speaks to how highly he regards Brovsky’s work. “She is one of the most interesting and important directors in America today,” Jenkins says. He also considers her 2012 Don Quichotte production among the top achievements of his entire career.
This Rigoletto is Brovsky’s eleventh Seattle Opera production—she started here in 1990 with The Daughter of the Regiment, and has directed La Cenerentola, Madama Butterfly, and a new production of I puritani, among others. She considers Speight Jenkins to be a mentor. “I think of him as my artistic father,” she says. “From the beginning he’d give me the show and let me run with it.”
Brovsky has made a career of coming up with bold ideas and running with them, her first idea being that she should pursue stage direction at all.
On the surface, Mussolini’s Italy has little to do with the tights, rapiers, and court jester of Verdi’s Renaissance-period Rigoletto. But in 2004, stage director Linda Brovsky, charged with refreshing Seattle Opera’s traditional production, began to see intriguing parallels between the Mantuan Court in the days of Machiavelli and the fascist Blackshirts. Both societies were highly corrupt, with a concentrated few ruling through abuse of power and a culture of fear. The marginalized risked grave danger if they stepped out of line. Brovsky soon realized she had uncovered a story she was excited to tell.
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She came to opera through dance. To help pay for a summer apprenticeship at Ballet West, in Colorado, she took a job as a crew member for Colorado Opera Festival. Her disillusionment with the dance track coincided with a growing interest in opera.
But she was told that, as a woman, she could only aspire to be someone’s assistant, and this after years and years in the box office and working her way up. She decided to skip the box office altogether and started her foray into opera backstage, taking on the challenges of prop person to stagehand to assistant stage manager, assistant director and beyond. Glass ceiling, be damned.
She also moved from Colorado to New York, which opened up other opportunities. She paid rent to her costume designer roommate by sewing tutus and building costumes for the likes of Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland. Some of the dancers she fitted are her go-to choreographers today.
She also started to direct, though she didn’t begin with standard repertoire. She had the opportunity to take on a number of new productions and operas that she says were “so bizarre” that productions didn’t yet exist. Without a precedent, she had carte blanche. “I was the woman you went to for the new opera or the so-obscure opera,” she says, “which gave me a chance to do my own work and really conceive something from the beginning.”
One of her earliest productions was Mussorgsky’s Fair at Sorochinsk—heard of it?—at the Bronx Opera, starring none other than Seattle Opera favorite Peter Kazaras. “That’s where I met Peter,” she says. “We were babies. Baby, baby, babies. We had no business doing that piece, but it was a huge success because no one had ever seen it before.” In terms of other new works,
Brovsky also directed the US premieres of Siegfried Matthus’s production of Cornet Christopher Rilke’s Song of Love and Death (coincidentally a special favorite of Seattle Opera’s General Director Designate Aidan Lang, who directed it at Glyndebourne) and Lowell Liebermann’s The Portrait of Dorian Gray and the world premieres of Scott Eyerly’s The House of Seven Gables and David Carlson’s The Midnight Angel, for which she developed the piece from short story to the stage. She has also written a libretto for a children’s opera, Love, Death, and High Notes, and is on the creative teams
developing a musical based on Grace Kelly’s wedding and a WWI opera based on a children’s book.
She brings the same energy to the standard repertoire, zeroing in on the main story, or what she calls the “soul” of the piece, researching it rigorously, thinking through every detail, and making sure everyone is on board—from set designer to singers to supernumeraries, all the while trying to give each opera fresh relevance to an ever-changing audience.
“We are a TV and film and Internet audience,” she says. “We are entirely different than we were even 10 years ago. Depending on what’s
going on politically, we have a whole different sensibility. I find it ironic that we’re going to do this production right after a government shutdown by a small group of people. I didn’t expect it to have such relevance when we remounted it, but in a way it has more. As I’ve watched the events, I’ve said, ‘Oh dear, here we go again.’ Don’t step out of line. Don’t step out of voting, even though you’re jeopardizing everything.”
Depending on the production, she arrives at her “vision” through different means. For I puritani, she took inspiration from the charcoal etchings of Piranesi. His prison staircases that go nowhere (which also inspired
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the staircases of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies) served as a visual metaphor not only for Elvira’s madness but for a society that had gone mad through civil war. (The metaphor and the set were strong enough to tell the story of Lucia di Lammermoor’s madness as well.)
For Don Quichotte, Brovsky went to Cervantes’ novel for inspiration. Glossed over in Massenet’s opera, but central to the novel, is the idea that the old knight went mad because he read too many books. The power of the imagination became Brovsky’s “soul of the piece.” She invited set designer Donald Eastman to her New York apartment, gave him a miniature edition of Shakespeare’s works, and they arrived at the larger-than-life books set design in an afternoon. When they came across the question of the famous “tilting at windmills” passage, Brovsky disappeared into her kitchen, reappeared with salt shakers that looked like inkwells, imagined a quill pen and asked, “Too much?”
Not in the least. She’ll be directing this Seattle Opera production at Canadian Opera Company in May.
At this point in her career, she has directed at most of the major American opera companies, and occasionally works abroad (this summer she directed The Marriage of Figaro for IVAI-Tel Aviv). Her workload and the type of work she does changes in its makeup from year to year, and she likes it that way. Some years involve a lot of master classes, some a production for a major conservatory. Sometimes there is a musical or two. And this October she was a guest speaker at the Music and Medicine Conference at Wright State University. She was asked to give a talk to a room of physicians about how directors inspire collaboration and teamwork in the arts. Then she offered an improv class. The psychiatrists and pathologists, she says, were the naturals, followed by the representatives from palliative care and infectious disease.
She’s looking forward to starting her 2014 in Seattle with Rigoletto. This will be the first time she’ll direct this piece with a largely Italian cast, so she’s eager to see how they respond. And she hopes not only the singers but you—the audience—will come with an open mind and experience the opera again for the first time. It’s her job, she feels, to make that happen. n
Jessica Murphy is Seattle Opera’s Communications Editor.
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RigolettoMUSIC BY GIUSEPPE VERDI
LIBRETTO BY FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE
(BASED ON THE PLAY LE ROI S’AMUSE BY VICTOR HUGO)Premiere: Venice, Teatro La Fenice, March 11, 1851
Seattle Opera Premiere: February 1965Performed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall: January 11, 12m, 15, 18, 22, 24, & 25, 2014.
In Italian with English captions. Performances 7:30 p.m. Matinee 2:00 p.m. Latecomers or those who leave during the performance will not be seated once the music begins.
Act I: 61 minutes. Act II: 31 minutes. Act III: 33 minutes. There will be two 27-minute intermissions.
Speight Jenkins • General Director
Conductor Riccardo Frizza Stage Director Linda Brovsky Set Designer Robert Dahlstrom Costume Designer Marie Anne Chiment Lighting Designer Thomas C. Hase Choreographer Nicola Bowie Hair and Makeup Designer Joyce Degenfelder English Captions Jonathan Dean
Cast (in order of vocal appearance) Duke of Mantua Francesco Demuro (1/11, 15, 18, 22, 25) Rolando Sanz† (1/12, 24) Borsa Doug Jones Countess Ceprano Carissa Castaldo Rigoletto Marco Vratogna (1/11, 15, 18, 22, 25) Hyung Yun† (1/12, 24) Count Ceprano Glenn Guhr Marullo Barry Johnson Monterone Donovan Singletary Sparafucile Andrea Silvestrelli Gilda Nadine Sierra† (1/11, 15, 18, 22, 25) Jennifer Zetlan (1/12, 24) Giovanna, Gilda’s nurse Emily Clubb Maid Carissa Castaldo Official Michael Dunlap Maddalena Sarah Larsen Fight Director Geoffrey Alm Assistant Conductor Philip A. Kelsey Assistant Director Alan E. Hicks Chorusmaster John Keene Assistant Chorusmaster David McDade Musical Preparation Philip A. Kelsey, David McDade, Jay Rozendaal Production Stage Manager Yasmine Kiss
† Seattle Opera debut
Sarah Larsen is a former Seattle Opera Young Artist.
Scenery and costumes built by Seattle Opera Scenic Studios and Seattle Opera Costume Shop. English captions provided 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.
The Story of Rigoletto
Mantua, Italy—1936ACT IDuring Carnevale. At a party in his palace, the Duke of Mantua boasts of his many amorous conquests to his friend Borsa. He then dances with the beautiful Countess Ceprano, flatters her, and escorts her from the room. Acting as the jester, the Duke’s servant Rigoletto openly mocks the Countess’s enraged husband. Marullo, one of the guests, announces that Rigoletto may be keeping a mistress.
The Duke returns. Rigoletto suggests several methods of removing Count Ceprano so the Duke may pursue the Countess. The Count swears vengeance on Rigoletto for his offensive tongue. Monterone, an elderly nobleman, enters and accuses the Duke of having seduced his daughter. When Rigoletto ridicules Monterone, Monterone curses Rigoletto and the Duke.
Returning home that evening, Rigoletto broods over Monterone’s curse. Sparafucile, an assassin, offers his services, but Rigoletto declines.
Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda, questions her father about his name, his occupation, and her mother. Rigoletto avoids answering her questions and charges Giovanna, Gilda’s nurse, never to admit anyone into the house. As Rigoletto leaves, the Duke enters the garden and bribes Giovanna to buy her silence.
Shortly thereafter, Gilda tells Giovanna of a handsome stranger whom she sees at church. Suddenly the Duke, her unknown admirer, steps forward and declares his love, saying he is a penniless student. Hearing footsteps, Gilda begs him to leave.
Meanwhile, the plotting guests, who believe Gilda is Rigoletto’s mistress, stop and ask for Rigoletto’s help in abducting “Ceprano’s wife.” Rigoletto is tricked into helping the guests abduct Gilda. He hears her call for help and, realizing what has happened, recognizes the work of Monterone’s curse.
ACT IIAsh Wednesday. In his palace, the Duke fumes over the news of Gilda’s kidnapping, wondering whether she might be the only woman he could love faithfully. The party guests arrive and declare they have abducted Rigoletto’s mistress. Realizing it is Gilda, he rushes off to her.
Rigoletto returns to the palace and demands the return of Gilda. The guests, astonished to learn that she is his daughter, block Rigoletto. He threatens revenge, then relents and pleads for their mercy.
Gilda appears and Rigoletto orders the guests out. Gilda tells of the Duke’s courtship and her capture. Rigoletto swears vengeance on the Duke, while Gilda begs Rigoletto to pardon the Duke.
ACT IIIA dark night, several weeks later. Rigoletto and Gilda are outside the seedy, desolate inn where Sparafucile and his sister Maddalena live. The Duke enters and calls for Maddalena. Rigoletto forces Gilda, who still believes the Duke loves her, to watch the Duke seduce Maddalena.
Rigoletto tells Gilda to disguise herself as a man and travel to Verona, where he will join her the next day. Sparafucile comes out of the inn and collects half his fee from Rigoletto for the delivery of the Duke’s body at midnight. Rigoletto leaves.
Gilda appears outside the inn, dressed as a man. Inside, Maddalena expresses her love for the Duke and tells her brother not to kill him. She convinces him to kill, instead, the first stranger who comes to the door before midnight. Gilda overhears, and even though the Duke has betrayed her, she is determined to sacrifice her own life to save his. She knocks on the door. Sparafucile stabs her.
Rigoletto returns to the inn, and Sparafucile drags out the sack containing the victim. Rigoletto hears the voice of the supposedly murdered Duke in the distance, opens the sack, and finds his beloved daughter. She tells Rigoletto that she wanted to die to spare the Duke and asks for Rigoletto’s forgiveness before she dies.
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Geoffrey AlmFight Director (Seattle, WA)Seattle Opera Debut: War and Peace (’90) Previously at Seattle Opera: Der Ring des Nibelungen (’13); Die Zauberflöte (’11); Lucia di Lammermoor (’10) Recently: Oklahoma! and The Pirates of Penzance (5th Avenue Theatre); Sugar Daddies (ACT Theatre)Upcoming: James and the Giant Peach (Seattle Children’s Theatre); The Hound of the Baskervilles (Seattle Repertory Theatre)
Nicola BowieChoreographer (Staffordshire, England)Seattle Opera Debut: Rigoletto (’04)Previously at Seattle Opera: Die Fledermaus (’05)Recently: Falstaff (LA Opera); Die Fledermaus (Grand Théâtre de Genève); Faust (Santa Fe Opera)Upcoming: Carmen (Santa Fe Opera); Director, HMS Pinafore (Virginia Opera); Director, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (McGill University, Montreal)
Linda BrovskyStage Director (Colorado Springs, CO) Seattle Opera Debut: La fille du régiment (’90)Previously at Seattle Opera: Don Quichotte (’11); I puritani (’08); Rigoletto (’04) Recently: Le nozze di Figaro (IVAI-Tel Aviv); Rigoletto (Pittsburgh Opera and Cincinnati Opera); Die Zauberflöte (Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra)Upcoming: Don Quichotte (Canadian Opera Company); La bohème (Lyric Opera of Kansas City)
Carissa CastaldoCountess Ceprano/MaidSoprano (Long Island, NY)Seattle Opera Debut: Kate Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly (’12) Recently: Musetta, La bohème (Lyric Opera Northwest); Chorus, La fille du régiment, Fidelio, Turandot (Seattle Opera)
Marie Anne ChimentCostume Designer (Albuquerque, NM)Seattle Opera Debut: Rigoletto (’04) Recently: Rameau’s La soirée (New York Baroque Dance Company/Concert Royal, Les Malins Plaisirs Festival); An Elegy for Ebenezer (Long Wharf Theatre); Madama Butterfly (Boston Lyric Opera) Upcoming: Terpsichore and Pygmalion (New York Baroque Dance Company, Asian/American Tour); The Importance of Being Earnest (Mauckingbird Theatre Company); Oklahoma! (Temple Theatres)
Emily ClubbGiovannaSoprano (Missoula, MT)Seattle Opera Debut: Giovanna, Rigoletto (’04)Seattle Opera Chorus Member since 1998Previously at Seattle Opera: Garcias, Don Quichotte (’11); Annina, La traviata (’09); Fourth Maid, Elektra (’08) Recently: Juno, Orpheus in the Underworld (Tacoma Opera); Santuzza, Cavalleria rusticana (Montana Opera)
Robert DahlstromSet Designer (Billings, MT) Seattle Opera Debut: The Ballad of Baby Doe (’84) Previously at Seattle Opera: Fidelio (’12); Die Zauberflöte (’11); Lucia di Lammermoor (’10) Recently: Other Desert Cities (ACT Theatre)Upcoming: Fidelio (Cincinnati Opera); Les contes d’Hoffmann (Seattle Opera)
Joyce DegenfelderHair and Makeup Designer (Los Angeles, CA)Seattle Opera Debut: Parsifal (’03)Previously at Seattle Opera: Der Ring des Nibelungen (’13); La fille du régiment (’13); La Cenerentola (’13)Recently: Pippi Longstocking (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Sugar Daddies (ACT Theatre); The Hound of the Baskervilles (Seattle Repertory Theatre)Upcoming: Sleeping Beauty (Pacific Northwest Ballet), A Great Wilderness (Seattle Repertory Theatre)
Francesco DemuroDuke of MantuaTenor (Porto Torres, Italy)Seattle Opera Debut: Alfredo, La traviata (’09) Previously at Seattle Opera: Roldolfo, La bohème (’13) Recently: Ernesto, Don Pasquale (Teatro Filarmonico di Verona); Fenton, Falstaff (San Francisco Opera); Roméo, Roméo et Juliette (Arena di Verona)Upcoming: Alfredo, La traviata (Royal Opera Covent Garden); Alfredo, La traviata (Opéra Bastille and Metropolitan Opera)
Riccardo FrizzaConductor (Brescia, Italy)Seattle Opera Debut: Aida (’08) Previously at Seattle Opera: Falstaff (’10) Recently: Tosca and Norma (Metropolitan Opera); Rigoletto (Arena di Verona); Oberto (Teatro alla Scala)Upcoming: Die Zauberflöte (Semperoper Dresden); La Cenerentola (Bayerische Staatsoper); L’italiana in Algeri (Opéra Garnier, Paris)
About the Artists
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Glenn GuhrCount CepranoBaritone (Hillsboro, KS)Seattle Opera DebutSeattle Opera Chorus Member since 2005 Recently: Ahab, Ahab, an oratorio based on Moby-Dick (Richard Peaslee Productions); Escamillo, Carmen (Vashon Opera); Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd (Lakewood Playhouse) Upcoming: Chorus, Les contes d’Hoffmann (Seattle Opera)
Thomas C. HaseLighting Designer (Madison, WI)Seattle Opera Debut: Il barbiere di Siviglia (’99)Previously at Seattle Opera: Il trovatore (’10); I puritani (’08); La bohème (’07)Recently: Turandot (Theatre Erfurt Outdoor, Germany); The Aspern Papers (Dallas Opera); Giulio Cesare (Opera North, UK)Upcoming: La bohème (Malmo Opera); 2014 Season (Cincinnati Opera); Don Carlos (Washington Opera)
Barry JohnsonMarullo Baritone (Douglas, AZ)Seattle Opera Debut: Marco, Gianni Schicchi (’90) Previously at Seattle Opera: Der Steuermann, Tristan und Isolde (’10); Antonio, Le nozze di Figaro (’09); Baron Doupol, La traviata (’09) Recently: Marcello, La bohème (Anchorage Opera); Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Rogue Opera) Upcoming: Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (Tacoma Opera); Le Bailli, Werther (Vashon Opera)
Doug JonesBorsaTenor (Independence, MO)Seattle Opera Debut: Shepherd/Sailor, Tristan und Isolde (’98) Previously at Seattle Opera: Goro, Madama Butterfly (’12); Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte (’11); Dr. Caius, Falstaff (’10) Recently: Pong, Turandot; Young Servant, Elektra (Royal Opera Covent Garden); Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte (Kansas City Lyric Opera) Upcoming: Major Domo, Innkeeper, Der Rosenkavalier (National Symphony); Harlekin, Kaiser von Atlantis and Banquo, Macbeth (Chicago Opera Theater)
About the Artists, continued Sarah LarsenMaddalenaMezzo-Soprano (Roseville, MN)Seattle Opera Young Artist 2011/12; 2012/13Seattle Opera Debut: Mercédès, Carmen (’11) Previously at Seattle Opera: 1st Touriere, Suor Angelica (’13); Tisbe, La Cenerentola (’13); Suzuki, Madama Butterfly (’12) Recently: Stéphano, Roméo et Juliette (Des Moines Metro Opera); Neris, Medea (The Glimmerglass Festival); Sarelda, The Inspector (Wolf Trap Foundation) Upcoming: The Secretary, The Consul (Seattle Opera); Suzuki, Madama Butterfly (Tacoma Opera); Mercédès, Carmen (The Santa Fe Opera)
Rolando SanzDuke of MantuaTenor (Rockville, MD)Seattle Opera Debut Recently: Alfredo, La traviata (Florentine Opera); Rodolfo, La bohème (Toledo Opera); Paolo, Francesca da Rimini (Princeton Festival)Upcoming: Alfredo, La traviata (Pacific Symphony); Ismaele, Nabucco (Lyric Opera Baltimore); Boris, Kat’a Kabanova (Spoleto USA)
Nadine SierraGildaSoprano (West Palm Beach, FL)Seattle Opera Debut Recently: Gilda, Rigoletto (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples); Papagena, Die Zauberflöte (San Francisco Opera); Pamina, Die Zauberflöte (Virginia Opera) Upcoming: Gilda, Rigoletto (Boston Lyric Opera)
Andrea SilvestrelliSparafucileBass (Ancona, Italy)Seattle Opera Debut: Fasolt/Hunding, Der Ring des Nibelungen (’09) Previously at Seattle Opera: Fasolt/Hunding, Der Ring des Nibelungen (’13) Recently: Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia (San Francisco Opera); Colline, La bohème, and Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Lyric Opera of Chicago) Upcoming: Fafner, Das Rheingold (Houston Grand Opera)
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Diane AbbeyKirsten CongdonElizabeth DittmerLily GarfieldRosetta Greek
David HsiehBecky JarboeCathleen MacellariLaura McFarlaneAndrea Reay
Lauren RuhlKenadi SilcoxKevin SwantekOlivia TaguinodBridget Wilson
CHORUS
TenorNathan BarnesJon FarmerGabriel GargariTim JaneckeJeffrey JordanDustin KasparTony KibbieBob LeavensKarl Marx ReyesMatthew RichardsonGeorge ScottStephen Wall
Bass/BaritoneDan AarthunRyan BedeMichael DudleyMichael DunlapStephen FishCraig GraysonTom HingsonWoong KimGregory LewisDierre LopezMisha MyznikovBrett Youngquist
ORCHESTRA
Violin IAlex Velinzon,
ConcertmasterJohn Weller,
Assistant PrincipalSimon JamesMariel BaileyCecelia Poellein BussEugene BazhanovTimothy Garland Leonid KeylinCordula MerksJeannie Wells Yablonsky
Violin IIMichael Miropolsky,
PrincipalKathleen Boyer,
Assistant PrincipalEvan AndersonLinda ColeSande GilletteArtur GirskyMae LinAndrew Yeung
ViolaArie Schachter, PrincipalTim Hale,
Assistant PrincipalVincent ComerWesley DyringScott LigockiRachel Swerdlow
CelloTerri Benshoof, PrincipalBruce BaileyWalter GrayRowena HammillChuck JacotRajan Krishnaswami
Double BassJoseph Kaufman, PrincipalTravis Gore,
Assistant Principal Todd LarsenMatt McGrath
Flute Christie Reside, PrincipalWendy Wilhelmi
PiccoloWendy Wilhelmi, Principal
Oboe Ben Hausmann, PrincipalStefan Farkas
English HornStefan Farkas, Principal
ClarinetChristopher Sereque,
PrincipalLaura DeLuca
BassoonPaul Rafanelli, PrincipalMichael Gamburg
French HornJeff Fair, PrincipalRichard ReedDanielle KuhlmannSusan Carroll
Trumpet David Gordon, PrincipalToby Penk
TromboneKo-ichiro Yamamoto,
PrincipalDavid RittSteve Fissel
CimbassoChristopher Olka, Principal
TimpaniMichael Crusoe, Principal
PercussionMichael Clark, PrincipalRon Johnson
Off Stage BandaFlute: Judith Kriewall,
Principal Piccolo: Zartouhi
Dombourian-EbyOboe: Winnie Chengwen
Lai, Principal Clarinet: Larey McDaniel,
PrincipalClarinet: Kevin MortonHorn: Rodger Burnett,
PrincipalHorn: Ryan StewardTrumpet: Tony DiLorenzo,
PrincipalTrombone: Carson Keeble,
PrincipalTrombone: Keith WinkleBass trombone: Doug
NiermanTuba: Jonathan Hill,
PrincipalPercussion: Ron Johnson,
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Personnel ManagerScott Wilson
Assistant Personnel ManagerKeith Higgins
Rotating members of the string section are listed alphabetically. The Orchestra is composed of members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Donovan SingletaryCount MonteroneBass-Baritone (Crestview, FL)Seattle Opera Debut: Jake, Porgy and Bess (’11) Previously at Seattle Opera: Zuniga, Carmen (’11) Recently: Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro (Fort Worth Opera); Leporello, Don Giovanni (Kentucky Opera); Angelotti, Tosca (Metropolitan Opera) Upcoming: Messiah (Lexington Philharmonic)
Marco VratognaRigolettoBaritone (La Spezia, Italy)Seattle Opera Debut: Ezio, Attila (’12) Recently: Amonasro, Aida (Teatro San Carlo); Rigoletto, Rigoletto (New National Theatre, Tokyo); Ezio, Attila and Scarpia, Tosca (Teatro alla Scala) Upcoming: Scarpia, Tosca (Teatro Regio); Jack Rance, La fanciulla del West (Oper Frankfurt); Iago, Otello (Opera Australia, Sydney)
Hyung YunRigolettoBaritone (Seoul, South Korea)Seattle Opera Debut Recently: Ping, Turandot (San Francisco Opera); Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor (Minnesota Opera); Valentin, Faust (Austin Lyric Opera) Upcoming: Rigoletto, Rigoletto (Crested Butte Music Festival); Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Carolina and Toledo Opera)
Jennifer ZetlanGildaSoprano (Wilmington, DE)Seattle Opera Debut: The Flier, Amelia (’10) Previously at Seattle Opera: Musetta, La bohème (’13); Woglinde/Forest Bird, Der Ring des Nibelungen (’13) Recently: Rebecca, Two Boys (Metropolitan Opera); Carmina Burana (National Chorale); arias from The Noblest Game (Seattle Symphony) Upcoming: Stravinsky songs with orchestra (Chicago Symphony Orchestra); soloist, amass by Jocelyn Hagen, NY Premiere (Musica Sacra); Soloist, Golijov Songs and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Lexington Philharmonic)
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Kate Chamberlin
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Paul Goodrich and Shannon SperryJeffrey and Rosario HannaMr. and Mrs. Richard C. HedreenNeil JordanH. David KaplanFiroz and Najma LaljiPatti and the late Louis G. MarshBill and Sally NeukomTom and Gretchen PuentesDana RasmussenMr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Schubert Jr.
Stephen A. Sprenger with Dr. Jay D. Sprenger
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene StarkJohn Sullivan and Paula StokesEv and the late Sandy TroutJanet TurpenMoya VazquezJay and Susanne WakefieldJudith A. WhetzelNaomi Wilson FamilySusan Winokur and Paul Leach
Seattle Opera Individual Donors
**Deceased
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CROWN DONOR SOCIETY
DIAMOND $10,000 - $14,999
Anonymous (4)Robert L. and Rosemarie AndersonEileen and James BirgeMarshall and Jane BrownBrenda Bruns, M.D. and Richard DeiningerJoyce Castle*Dr. Alexander Clowes and
Dr. Susan E. DetweilerCharles and Sandra CosséSusan Coughlin and John LauberAnne CrocoJames and Wendy CullenDebra Dahlen and Robert FriesDavid Darrow
John Delo and Elizabeth StokesLeonora and Jesse DillerVirginia DombrowskiDr. William Etnyre and David ClausLeslie GiblettMr. and Mrs. John M. GoodfellowAdrian HanauerC. Terry HendrixRuth and Darrell JacksonSpeight JenkinsJay and Linda LapinWinnie and Ven T. LeeLaura LundgrenDr. and Mrs. Edgar K. Marcuse
James and Lora MelhornDr. and Mrs. Donald W. Miller Jr.Linda NordstromSteve PhelpsDouglass and Katherine RaffAnne M. RedmanEric and Margaret RothchildAmy and the late David SidellJohn and Rose SouthallRussell F. and Sarah M. TousleyJim and Camille UhlirScott and Jenny WyattDeanna D. Young
SAPPHIRE$7,500 - $9,999
Anonymous (1)John Bates and Carolyn CorviJ. Cleve and Judith BorthPatricia L. BostromPhillip and Beverly BrazeauWilliam B. and Ann S. BurstinerHeidi CharlesonNorma and Alex CuginiRichard Paul FinkRuth and Bill GerberdingDave and Cheryl Hadley
Mr. and Mrs. David HaleyAndrea C. LewisJohn C. and Mary Ellen MatthewsMarcella McCaffrayElaine MillerStafford and Louise MillerEgon and Laina MolbakSarah NavarreGayle PeachDrs. Lester and Keiko PermutLeigh and Ivy Robinson
Sharon RobinsonWilliam and Anne ScraggJeff and Martha ShermanJohn StarbardBarbara and Paul C. StephanusBeryl A. Thompson*Stephen WadsworthBarbara and John WardMaureen WatsonDavid and Romayne WattSally Anne West*Rosemary and Kenneth Willman
EMERALD $5,000 - $7,499
Anonymous (8)Lee Acton and Lucinda WilsonJack AldrichChap and Eve AlvordPamela and the late Dr. Harold
AmossBetty Azar and Larry HarrisSteve and Bonnie BakerRonald L. BarclayCatherine BaumanWard Beattie and Keeman WongPaula BegounMarilyn J. BiermanAlan and Sarah BlackNeil M. and Kathleen BogueSandra BoydJohn and the late Joyce BozeatBrian Bross and Bonnie DanielsLisa BuryKaren Carlson-Iffert and Jena Marie
MyersFrances and Gerry ConleyDow Constantine and Shirley CarlsonStephanie CookGeorge and Carolyn CoxLaurie and William DanielSuzanne DeWitt and Ari SteinbergDavid and Helen DichekTim DreylingLois Gamble Duncan and George
Rolfe
Jeanne E and Michael MilliganKaren Easterbrook and Alex SuttonKarl and Carol EgeMarc D. and Maria ErlitzCarol and Philip FortunaNina FullerDiana Gale and Jerry HillisDr. and Mrs. Michael L. GilbertDr. M. Elizabeth HalloranHylton and Lawrence HardJenny HartleyDr. and Mrs. Fred I. HasegawaEric Hawley and Gwen LoweryFrederick and Catherine HayesMartha Himber and Bernard EvansRon and Geraldine HoeferDrs. Mary and Marvin HoffertPamela J. HoilesMarilyn HolstadBarbara and the late John HustonMichael and Zhenya HymanLinda JamesBruce E.H. Johnson and Sandra E.
DavisMarshall and Kelly JohnsonJohn and Pamela JolleyKen and Karen JonesAndrea and Steve JonesSusan KennedyEd KimFrances J. KwapilJon and Eva LaFollette
Gavin LambieMark and Vanessa LevineCarla and Don LewisAlexander Lindsey and Lynn M.
ManleyGretchen and Matt LoschenDr. Lois Lowden-LundePaul and Yaffa MaritzMr. and Mrs. Dale R. MartinWilliam B. Maschmeier and Patricia
HaggertyTerry McCarthyLillian C. McDermottMr. and Mrs. Dean A. McManusRenate McVittieProf. Ann H. MilamRichard MillsKaren Rose MitchellWalter C. MooreDr. and Mrs. Dudley T. MoorheadHeidi Munzinger and John ShottChristopher L. Myers and Judith
SchoeneckerBeth NaczkowskiKirsten and Erika NesholmLev and Isabella NovikDiana C. and Angela C. ObertiGordon H. OriansCharles and Teruko PaceBarbara B. PetersonSue and Marty PetersonLori Phillips and Jay Baylon
Judy PigottMr. and Mrs. W. H. PurdyCarolyn J. Purnell and Wes C.
UhlmanAlice and Dick RapaskyThomas and Teita ReveleyJoy Rogers and Bob ParkerLupe Salazar and Barry BoldingDr. and Mrs. Jason SchneierJanet SearsAndrea SilvestrelliMr. and Mrs. James SolimanoKaren SouterMargaret T. StanleyCarolann and Gary SteinhoffSteve SussmanR. Patton Swaim and Sandra
GuroskoN. Donn Talenti and the late Julian
PatrickPamela and Ronald TaylorIan L. Thompson, M.D.Dean and Kelly TweeddaleHans H. van der VeldenVilma VojtaGeorge and Jean WagnerBill and Carol WarrenRuth and Todd WarrenMs. 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 (5)George AllenNorah AmsellemRené BarberaLynly BeardBrenda BeckettBeatrice and William BoothJay and Carol BowditchGilbert and Mary Ann BrokawDavid C. BrunelleDr. Joseph and Barbara BuchmanLouis BurzyckiSusan BuskeElizabeth CaballeroMichael and Cathy CasteelMichael and Gayle CharlesworthTom Coffey and Ron SheriffSandra and Richard CountsJane and David R. DavisWendy H. del ValleJohanna and Bill DockPatricia DowdCarolyn and Lindsey EchelbargerKristina EricksonMichael FabianoVictor and Patricia Feltin
Jack and Marsha FirestoneRobert S. Fisher*Peggy FoglianoSteve and Susan FordJim FoxWilhelmine and the late Bill
FrankenburgClive and Shari FreidenrichNancy GarrettAdele GolubGlen Gould and Bunny LadenRoss GrazierDr. Martin L. Greene and the late
Toby SaksElizabeth GreschKristina HaightHans and Heidi HerrmannB. Lane HillMr. and Mrs. William HoppinBarbara HowellConnie and Dan HungateNancy J. KingEugene and Margaret LapinRobert and Joan M. LawlerHenry Li
Ms. Kelly Jo MacArthur and Mr. Christopher MacArthur
Nathan MachinRobert MackIn memory of Marilyn I. MagnusonDr. and Mrs. Theodore MandelkornFowler MartinDr. and Mrs. John McFatridgeJean McTavishJerry Meyer and Nina ZingalePatricia and Paul MitchellTatiana MooreDiana NeelyJohn W. Nemanich, M.D. and
Ellendee Pepper, M.D.Susan PriceCarol Ann and Thomas QuinseyMr. J. Karl and Mrs. Christina RisJonathan Rosoff and Kristin WinkelH. Stewart RossPaul L. Rowe and R. Michael SerenoJames T. and Barbara RussellPaul SackIrwin and Barbara SarasonGrace Berg Schaible
Frederick and Connie ScheetzJanet and Thomas SeeryMatthew Segal and Corrie GreeneStuart SkeltonDr. and Mrs. Howard A. SlackA. McNair Smith, M.D.Dorothy and Burton SmithYana Solovyeva and Igor ZverevPeter and Janet StanleyAnn and Daniel StreissguthJohn and Sherry TessierDennis Tierney and Grace GrantLinda TonnDr. M. R. Tribble and Gary TribbleEvelyn M. TroughtonTerrence TurnerCase van RijDr. and Mrs. Mike WaringLyle and Stephanie WatermanRalph and Virginia WedgwoodHarriet Winkelman and Robert
StewartJerry and Nancy WorshamEvelyn Zabo with Phill MrozJennifer Zaccardo
JADE$1,500 - $2,999
Anonymous (18)* • Reham Abdelshahid • Stephan Adler • Patricia Akiyama and David Larsen • Connie J. Alley • Jerry Anches • Hans Andersen • Carlton and Grace Anderson • Dr. Ross E. Armstrong • Phillip Baldwin and Layne Goldsmith • Ivan G. Barker • Joshua and Megan Barnard • Dr. Aaron Barnes • Redmond J. and Suzanne W. Barnett • Peter and Jane Barrett • Peter Barrett • Jillian Barron and Jonas Simonis • Mike Barta and Cynthia Shelly • Craig Bartholomew • Kathryn Bartholomew and Richard Beuthel • Cynthia and Christopher Bayley • Barbara G. Bedell • Robert R. Berbec • Rebecca Black • Verle M. Bleese • Leslye and Robert Bohrer • Barry Booher and Mary Ellen Olander • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Borden • Bill Boris • Scott Boyd and Wendy Haas • Nancy Rieketts Bradley • Patrick Bradley • Herb Bridge and Edie Hilliard • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruland • Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Brunner • Lydia Budak • L. Y. Buhler • Katharine Bullitt • Roger K. Burk and Meg Murch • Cy and Kathleen Butler • Renee and Darrell Cannon • Jeanne and Jon Cantalini • Maria Cantrell • Betty R. Carter • Ms. Kirsti Charlton • Stan and Elin Christianson • Elaine and Eric Clark • Heinke Clark • Dr. Sterling Clarren • Joyce M. Clise • Patricia and Ted Collins • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Compton • Lisa Conaghan • Dona Costello • Marc and Maud Daudon • Barry Davison • Donald Desalvo and Susan Wagner • Blair and Laura Dillaway • Corinne Dixon • Steven Driscoll • Kenneth Duncan and Tanya Parish • Margaret Durante • Maria and James Durham • Robert Dutton • Willliam Duvall, in memory of Roberta Duvall • Glenn and Bertha Eades • Elaine Eigeman and Daniel Schalke • Julie Elliott • Michael Emanuel • Laura and Robert Emmerichs • Dr. and Mrs. Milton T. English • Barbara Feasey and William Bryant • David and Mary Flowers • Gerald B. Folland • Dean and Mary Fournier • Russell Frank • Ernest and Elizabeth Frankenberg • Maureen Frisch • Donald and Ann
Frothingham • Ben, Charlotte and Carrie Fulton • Thomas Funk • Cheryl Gagne and Deborah Raymond • Geoff and Lucy Garnett • Larry and Joanne Gay • Ann and Martin Gelfand • The late Max Gellert • Janet A. George • Genevra Gerhart • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gibbons • Dennis and Evette Glauber • Merrie Good • Martha Gorder • Kristopher K. Gould • Alex Grauert • Michael Graves • Dr. and Mrs. T. K. Greenlee, Jr. • Maridee Gregory • Jennifer Gross and Jerry LeFevre • Dr. and Mrs. Joel E. Haas • Marie and Richard Haase • Richard and Diane Haelsig • Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Pete Hale • Paul, Becky and Thomas Haley • Richard M. Halffman • Tania and Tim Halladay • Linda Hanika • H. Deforest Hardinge • Samuel and Catherine Hardy • Dr. H. Hasche-Kluender and H. Shahri • Kenneth and Susan Hassenmiller • Candy Havens • Richard L. Hay • Janice Hayes • Terrill and Jennifer Hendrickson* • Drs. Russell and Raquel Hicks • Mr. and Mrs. Don Hirst • Adrian and Jane Hobden • In Honor of Norm Hollingshead • Jim Horne • Robert Howell and Jackie Bardsley • Kathleen Huckabay • Dr. Gary and Mrs. Janice Hudak • Pamela Hughes and Robert Munoz • Mr. and Mrs. George Hume • Barbara and Sufian Husseini • John and Annick Impert • Jo Kurth Jagoda • Dr. Laurence D. Jewell • Jeaneen C. Jones • Jeanne Kanach • Jeffrey Keane and Martha Noerr • Suzanne Dressler Kellar • Peter Kelly • George E. and Mary P. Kenny • Dan and Pat Kinney • Beverly R. Klein • Margaret Dean Kleyn • Capt. Witold and Darlene Klimenko • Sandy Klineburger • Dr. and Mrs. Albert S. Kobayashi • Thomas and Linda Koch • Kathy Kreps • George Kriz • Anne Kroeker and Richard Leeds • Barbara and J. David Kroon • Ursula Kuepfer and Jon Paddock • Diana and Les Kutas • Marian E. Lackovich • Dr. Brian A. LaMacchia • Don and Kristi Larson • Mary and Chris Lawrence • Stephen Leanos • Jeanne Marie and the late Rhoady Lee • Margaret Leiberton and Ramarathnam Venkatesan • Thomas A. and
Kathleen B. Lemly • Mrs. Maria Levenson • George and Carol Levin • Stanton J. and Lucille Linden • Kathleen Lofstedt and Susan Lofstedt • Major General Timothy and Mary Lowenberg • Mark P. Lutz • J. L. Mabrey • Duncan Maclean • Claire Madsen • Edith Maffeo • Jean Manwaring • James Martinek • Kathleen Maryatt • Richard and Carolyn Mattern • In memory of Sue M. Maule • Dorothy E. McBride • Dave McCauley • Philip McClure • Caroline McCullam • Sharon McGrayne and George Bertsch • Georgia H. Meagher • Anne Meeker • Dr. and Mrs. David L Mehlum • Marcus Meier • Greg Meldahl • Marilyn Milberger • Edward L. Miles • Barbara and Jim Miller • Bruce and Elizabeth Miller • Howard and Catherine Miller • Robert and Jean Miller • Ronald E. Miller and Murl Barker • Terri Mitchell and Therese MacIsaac • David Monteith • Sue Montgomery • Dr. George and Ellen Naden • Eunice Nakao-Tribelhorn and Roy Tribelhorn • Diana Nash • Marilyn W. Newland • Lois North • Arthur P. Oberto and the late Dorothy Oberto • Latino O’Connell • Pamela A. Okano, in memory of Patricia Berg Donovan • John W. O’Meara • Alice Ostendorff • Sarah M. Ovens • Brian Patton • Meg and Ovidio Penalver • Dr. Mary Lee Peters • Dennis Petersen • Jocelyn D. Phillips • Nancy Pierson • Edward A. and Eleonore Pottenger • Kenneth Powers • Jack and Carolynn Prelutsky • Lori and Bill Price • Lynn Prunhuber and David Stobaugh • J.T. and Suzi Pundt • Megan and Greg Pursell • Michelle Quesada • Buddy Ratner and Cheryl Cromer-Ratner • Steven and Fredrica Rice • Richard Robbins • Richard and Nancy Robblee • Frances Rogers and the late Fred Rogers • Ansel Rognlie and David Steindl • Jon and Patricia Rosen • Angelamaria Ross • Lawrence R. Ross • Weston Roth • Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Bill Finkbeiner • Thomas and Patty Ruehle • Milton Ruppeck • Marguerite Russell • Frances and Thomas M. Scheidel • Eckhard Schipull • Paul and Lorrie Scott • Nancy Scurlock and Tracey Yonick •
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Allen and Virginia Senear • Sarah Shreeve • Jane and John Simpson • Marcia T. Skinner • Landry Slade and Gretchen Van Meter • Christopher and Cameron Snow • Dorothy Somers • Sarah Soutter • Patricia Spotanske • Cindy and Peter Sprenger • Shannon and Donna Stafford • Sheila and Craig Sternberg • Lisa Sterritt • Dr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Stevens • Mary Stowell • Frederick B. Strom • Mark Stumpf • Gregory Swart • Tamlyn P. Thomas • C. Rhea and Wendy Thompson • Mary Anne Thorbeck • Patricia Thorpe • Gertrud Tobiason • Lisa and Thomas Tocher • Mr. and Mrs. John R. Tomkins • James Toomey and Jason Reuer • Arthur and Louise Torgerson • Devora Turner • Doris and Richard Turner • Izabella and Andrzej Turski • Edith Ulatoski • James and Karen Unkefer • Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Vail • William and Ruth Vance • Alice and Bill Van Pelt • Marcia Walker • Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers • Dr. and Mrs. Brownlee Waschek • Eugene and Marilyn D. Webb • Norman Weeks • John and Jane Whiteley • Julie Wieringa • Steven and Gail Wish • Leslie and Tachi Yamada • Albert and Angelina Yen • Charles A. Zaragoza
GARNET$1,000 - $1,499
Anonymous (21)* • John Abrams and Karl Compton • Harlan and Asja Adams • Robin and Judith Adams • David and Heidi Adkisson • Joan Affleck-Smith • Richard and Joanne Akeroyd • Mary Alberg • Carolyn Aldredge • Chris Alexander • James and Anita Allen • Mary Ann Allen • Paul G. Allen • June Allison* • Nell Altizer • John and Marlies Amaya • Daniel T. and Portia Anderson • Dr. Larry S. Anderson • Shirley Anderson • Virginia R. Anderson • Melody Annaed • Calvin Arnason • Susan Arnold-Aldea and Dr. Gabriel Aldea • Irene Aronoff • Drs. Anne Marie and Rolf Arvidson • Joe and Lee Ashley • Donald P. Aupperle • Wade and Ann Austin • In Memory of Robert L. Autrey • Nancy Bachant and Kevin Freeman • Judith and Max Bailey • Donna Bajelio • Joan Baldwin and James Walsh • David W. Barker • Kirk and Mona Barker • Dr. Sanford C. Barnes and Dr. Calvin L. Tregar • Dr. Bertha Barriga • Marcia Batchelor • Evelyn and Richard Bateman • Frank S. Bayley • Ruth and Ronald J. Beck • John and Carol Belton • Patricia Benca • Charles and Marie Bender • David and Diana Bennett • Forrest C. and Barbara Bennett • Patricia M. Bentz • Jason Bergevin and Kelly Abner • Lisa E. Bergman and David L. Fluharty • Janice Berlin • Drs. Irwin and Ilene Bernstein • Mr. and Mrs. Turney Berry • Isaiah and Debbie Bier • Tony and Tanya Bigge • Mr. and Mrs. Lucius H. Biglow, Jr. • David and Elaine Billmire • Nancy Blase and Chuck Goldstein • John Boling • Karl Bonn • Sally and Walter Bonsack • Richard and Evelyn Bothell • Mr. Alan Boyd • Lawrence Brandt • Frederick H. Braymer • John Brazel • Larry and Jessica Breitbarth • Krista and Rex Breunsbach • Bonita and David Brewer • Marcela Brink • Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden • Dock Brown • Patricia Brown • Paul B. Brown and Margaret A. Watson* • Larry and Sally Brown • Carl Bunje and Patricia Costello • Karen V. Burke and Donald Feldman • Lisa Burkett • Dave and Marcia Butchart • Susan Butler • Christina Byrne • Dr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Amanda Cain* • Corinne A. Campbell • Joe and Dorothy Canavan • Barbara A. Capron and David A. Holm • Beth Carlyle-Askew • Alicia Carnevali • James and Barbara Caro • Chris Carrell • Stan and Mary Case • Jack T. Cashdollar • Gerard Centioli* • Luis Chapa • Warren and Fay Chapman • Virginia Chappelle* • Linda Chaves • Carolyn Chawla • Matthew F. Chen • Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Clarkson • Sarah Cody Roth • Allen and Sara Colic • Mike and Yoko Colpitts • Frank and Joan Conlon • Carl Corbin • Amy H. and Larry Corey • Dr. and Mrs. J. Terrence Coyle • Jan and Jack Creighton • Alexander Cross • James and Annica Crouse • Greg and Gina Crumbaker • Sara Culver • D’Adre Cunningham • Richard Cuthbert and Cheryl Redd-Cuthbert • Frederick B. Davis • Jayne and Peter Davis
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• Sherry De Leon • Antonia DeMatto • Peter and Diane Demopulos • Janine H. de Saint Giles • Geoffrey Deschenes and Meredith Broderick • Mary Desjardins • Paula Diehr and Frank Hughes • George and Susan Dimitroff • Ms. Eva Dines • Charles Dishman • Teresa Donahue • Zander and Hilary Doroski • Steven Drury • Lewis and Susan Edelheit • Roy E. and Diane Edfast • Carol Jean Ehlers • Richard D. Eidal • Ian Einman • Karen and Keith Eisenbrey • Dr. Sadek El-Alfy • Pamela Elderkin • Russell Elliott • K. Carole and the late William Ellison • John Erickson • the late Archie A. Drake • Donna and Richard Esteves • Paul and Lois Evans • Lorri Falterman and Stephen Strong • Harold and Gerry Fardal • Ann De Lancey • Dr. Raya Fidel • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Finkel • Paul Fischbach • Priscilla A. Fortiner • Russell R. Fosmire and Nancy J. Fosmire • Gregory and Kathleen Fowler • Nancy Fowler • Brian and Sonia Frank • Steve and Kay Frank • Ludmeela M. Fraser • Carole Fuller and Evan Schwab • Genevieve Gambardella • Bernard Garbusjuk • Joyce E. Ferm • Deborah Giles • Sharon Gill • James Glasgow • Denise Goforth • Claire and Michael Gordon • Chris Gould • Curt and Janet Graeber • Robin Gray • Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Grayston • Melony Joyce • Grace Greenwich • Katherine Gribble • Brian Grimes • Dr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Grossman • Dr. Brett B. Gutsche • Brian Hahn and Mary Klubben • Catherine Haley • Mrs. Lawrence M. Halpern • John R. Hamilton • Steven T. Haney • Wolfram and Linda Hansis • Benson and Pamela Harer • Gini Harmon • Susan Harney • Brad Harris • Philip Harrison • Stephen Harrison • Meredith Hartley • Karen Harvey and Steve Shelton • David and Michele Hasson* • Donald Hatch • Mr. and Mrs. Jahn R. Hedberg • Ian Hellen and Paula Cerni • Susan K. Henderson • Roger Hensley • Jean M. Large and Fred F. Herzberg • Andrew G. and Delney Hilen • Luther M. Hintz • H. Lee Holcomb • Cynthia C. Holdren, M.D. and Robert A. Gold • Jana Hollingsworth • Nathaniel Hollywood • Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Houston III • Teresa A. Howe • Robert Howie and Maria Milano • John Hrncir • Bruce and Judy Hutchison • Joseph Iano • Jeannette Idiart and Babu Rajendran • Duke and Brenda Jackson • Laura and Bernard Jacobson • Helen Jaeggi • Ann Janes-Waller and Fletch Waller • Dr. Robert Janes and Jonna Kaplan • Didi and Johann Jansen • Jon Magnussen • Renan Jeffereis and Gail Kaminishi • Robert C. Jenkins • Mark Jennings • Warren and Mary Jane Jessop • Charles E. and Joan Johnson • Helga Johnson • Irene Johnson • James L. Johnston and Vivian Mendenhall • Harvey Jones and Nancy Iannucci • Gilbert Joynt • Jeanne Kapsi • Ivan and Barbara Katz • Patricia and Kieran Kealy • Travis and Suzanne Keeler • Margaret Keenan • Sandra Kemp • Marie Kennedy and Mark Cockerill • Steven and Julie Kennedy • Daniel Kerlee and Carol Wollenberg • Larry Kessler • Virginia King • Joyce and Roger Kirk • Kathleen and Richard Kirkendall • Willis Kleinenbroich • Bartley Kleypas • Mitchell Knox • Richard Koch • Barbara Konkle and Peter Kollros • Ryan Kosai • Andrea Kovich • Steve Krauss • Maureen Kremers • Janet Kusler and Mary Pat Connors • The Kuzeja Family • June Kvarda • Robert Lachmund • Dr. W. Ladson and Darlene Hinton • Isabelle S. Lamb • Eric and Jan Lamers • Melissa Lattimore • Gordon D. Lazerte • Michel J. Lebas • M.J. and M.Y. Lee • Susan and Peter Lee • Robert E. Lee • Paul Leiba • Nancy and Charles Lennstrom • Rosemary Leong-Miller • Stefan Lewis • Stephen and Mary Lindberg • Mark Looi and Susan Cheng-Looi • Heidemarie Lundblad • Donald Luther • Gene and Chiemi Ma • Peggy and David Mainer • Catherine Banchero and Stephen K. Malshuk • Barbara Maly • Billie Manring • Dr. James E. Marcia • Richard and E. Ann Marks • Patricia Martin • Marilyn Mason-Plunkett • Elizabeth K. Mathewson • Peter A. Mathisen • Barbara J. Mauer • Louise McAllister • Kathryn McAuley • Mary H. McConnell • Mr. and Mrs. James P. McGough • Susan McGreevy • Brian and Lillian W. McKee • Dr. William McKee • Gwynn Meden • Dr. Robert Meier • John and Martha Melcher • Suzanne Merriman • John and Susan Meyer • James and
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Seattle Opera Individual Donors, continued
Karen Mhyre • Laura Middaugh and Adam Kline • Abraham Miller • David K. and Julia V. Miller • Juris Mindenbergs • Mark and Susan Minerich • Randa Minkarah and Scott Mullins • Karen Mooney • L Gordon Moore • John Morris • Gloria Morrison • D.C. Morse Jr. and Jan Marchbanks • Donald and Vicki Mukai • Mr. Andrew Murphy and Ms. Michelle Dutty • Donald and Lynn Murphy • James W. and Pamela Murray • Robert Neal • David Nelson • Eric and Mary Nelson • David S. and Sheila K. Newman • David Nicol • Barbara S. Nims • Susan H. Nivert • Craig Norton and John French* • Martha Nussbaum • Vivian Oehler • Dr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Olson • Theresa O’Neil • Opera Plus • Andrea Ordean • Don and Judy Ostrow • Debra S. Pabst • Dr. Roy C. and Patricia R. Page • Margaret and John C. Pageler • Dr. David Mourning and Meg Pageler Mourning • George and Terry Pagos • Teresa Parker • Terry Paugh • Dr. Robert A. Pearlman • Eric and Ruth Peavy • Loni Pendergrass • Les and Robbi Pennington • Jorge Peraza • Dr. Zaiga Alksne Phillips • Thomas Pisz • Gerald Pittenger • Karen M. Place • Dean A. Pollack and Lizabeth A. Wilson • Sylvia B. Pollack and Molly McGee • Thomas and Marilyn Price • Richard and Karen Prince • LaVern and Frances Puddy • Karen Purcell • Michael Raftery • K. Carolyn Ramamurti • Ann Ramsay-Jenkins • Mary Lou Reed • Victoria Reed • Harry F. Reinert and Cecilia M. Paul • Bill Dubay • Jane Remsberg and Jerome Anderson • William C. Rense • Robert Rich • Mr. and Mrs. Lanse Richardson* • Sheri Richardson • Nancy Ritzenthaler and Albert Odmark Jr. • Drs. Tom and Christine Robertson* • Robert Rodriguez-Lawson • Toska R. Rodriguez • Florence Rose-Thompson • Melanie Ross and Tim Buck • Cornelius and Penny Rosse • Carolyn Rowe • Kevin Ruddell • Ron and Susan Runyon • Sue Rupp • Henry and Linda Rutkowski • Michael A. Salmon and Louis R. Parent • Werner E. and Joan Samson • Elizabeth Sanderson • Mrs. V. R. Scheumann • Chella S. Schmidt • Garry and Ruth Schneider • Tim Schoenfelder • Dr. Frederick A. Schubert • Dustin Schultz • Nancy Schultz • Lidia Schwarz • Judith A. Schweikhardt • Jean E. Schweitzer • Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco • Deborah Senn • Lynn Sharp and Kathryn Olson Sharp • Marilyn Sherron • Ms. Jean A. Sherrow • Bernard and Susan Silbernagel • Susan Simons • Evelyn E. Simpson • Mika Sinanan • Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sinclair • Chuck Sitkin • Dr. John and Lauri Skalski • Douglas Smith • Lori Smith • Peter Smith • Mr. and Mrs. William Smith • J. Andrew and Sue W. Snyder • Stephanie Solien • David and Jannie Spain • Jim and Linda Sprenger* • Martin and Carol Stacey • Kathleen Stamm • Mari Stamper • Ms. Carol Starin • In honor of Speight Jenkins • Sandra Starkey • Christoph and Ellen Stauder • Raymond Steckel • Michael Steiner, M.D. • Chuck Stempler and Sally McKenzie • Dr. and Mrs. Morton A. Stenchever • Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stephanus • Karen Sternal • Dr. Steven Stoll • Dr. Larry D. Stonesifer • Kurt Stromberg • John and Vivika Sundqvist • M. and H. Sussman • Carolyn Sutton and Cort Liddell • Christine Swanson • Darci Swanson • Ellyn W. Swanson • Fredric and Marilyn Tausend • Mary C. Tevis • Marvin Theimer • Michael P. Theisen, M.D. • Maryl Thomas • Kathleen Tozer • Julie Trautmann • John and Anne Trench • Rae Tufts • Dennis and Dorene Tully • Kenji and Marcy Ushimaru • Dr. Bertil van Boer and Margaret Fast • Pieter and Tjitske Van der Meulen • Youri Vater • in memory of Jacqueline B. Velikanje • Dallas and Shirley Viall • Gerd von Doemming • Wagner and More, in memory of Jim Faulstich • Betty L. Wagner • Cynthia Walk • Maggie and Doug Walker • In honor and memory of Helen English Walker • Carol Wallace • Mary and Findlay Wallace* • Jay Wang and Nancy Current • Carolyn Wasteneys • William and Marilyn Watson • Raleigh Watts • Marc Wautier • Julie and Mike Weisbach • Richard D. Weller • Ms. Jane Wells • Elizabeth and Richard Wennberg • Margie Wetherald •
Alexandra Wilber • Kathryn A. Williams • Thea Williams • Dr. Antoinette Wills • Reginald Wilson • Carolyn and Vincent Wirkman • Craig Wolfe • Vaew Jon Wongsurawat • Larry and James Woods-Palmer • Carol Yurkanin • Marcia and Klaus Peter Zech • Nancy and Stanley Zeitz • Gregory A. Ziuzin, CPA • Christian and Joyce Zobel • Mrs. Louis J. Zorotovich
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].
*Indicates gifts made in honor of Speight Jenkins. After more than 30 years at the helm, General Director Jenkins will retire in August 2014.
You can celebrate Speight by marking your 2013/14 Annual Fund gift in his honor and by joining us for our Speight Celebration Concert on August 9, 2014.
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Development Staff Contact Information Lisa Bury Director of Development
206.676.5530; [email protected] Rob Wiseman Associate Director of Development,
Annual Fund 206.676.5561; [email protected]
Bonita Hagbom Individual Giving Officer 206.676.5842; [email protected]
Tracy Reich Individual Giving Officer 206.676.5533; [email protected]
Jessica Breitbarth Planned Giving Officer 206.676.5534; [email protected]
Sarah Michael Institutional Giving Manager 206.676.5536; [email protected]
Brian Ramos Development Operations Manager 206.676.5532; [email protected]
Jackie Ernst Donor Stewardship Manager 206.676.5535; [email protected]
Lauren Cooper Individual Giving Officer 206.676.5593; [email protected]
Christine Johnson-Duell Grant Writer 206.676.5528; [email protected]
Nicholas Walls Individual Giving Associate 206.676.5531; [email protected]
Anna Lehn Annual Fund Associate 206.676.5838; [email protected]
Michael L. Moore Financial Services Coordinator 206.676.5578; [email protected]
Annie Walters Development Associate 206.676.5508; [email protected]
Ilona Davis Donor Stewardship Associate 206.676.5568; [email protected]
Jacob Roy Development Associate 206.676.5509; [email protected]
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Seattle Opera is most grateful for the following corporate, foundation, and government agency grants made between July 1, 2012, and November 26, 2013.
$1,000,000 and more
$250,000-$499,999
$50,000-$99,999
$100,000-$249,999
$25,000-$49,999
Apex Foundation
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-$24,999The Chisholm FoundationCostco WholesaleThe Foster FoundationThe Hot Chocolate FundNorman Archibald Charitable FoundationPeach FoundationSafeco Insurance FoundationU.S. Bank Foundation
$5,000-$9,999ArtsWAColymbus FoundationFederal Home Loan Bank of SeattleFirestone Family FoundationLease Crutcher LewisCharles Maxfield and Gloria F. Parrish FoundationRichard B. and Barbara B. Odlin FoundationWyman Youth TrustThe Peg and Rick Young Foundation
$3,000-$4,999Fales Foundation TrustThurston Charitable Foundation
$1,500-$2,999Cornerstone Advisors, Inc.The Dabney Point FundDavid and Lorna Gladstone FoundationKPMGMadden AssociatesD.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable TrustThe Reed McClure FirmPacific Coast Feather CompanyPRCN Foundation SkyOpera FundHerman and Faye Sarkowsky Charitable FoundationLorin H. Wilson Foundation
R. B. and Ruth H. Dunn Charitable Foundation
Spark Charitable Foundation
True-Brown Foundation
Seattle Opera Institutional Donors
OPERA America’s Building Opera Audiences
Grant Program
$500,000-$999,999
CALL 206.389.7669
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MAKE YOUR GIFT FOR OPERA EDUCATION TODAY!
Beyond the mainstage, you’re
helping to bring opera out into
our community, and opening
the doors for newcomers to
experience opera’s magic.
Arts education in schools
is increasingly endangered.
But through Seattle Opera
programs like Opera Time and
Opera Goes to School, young
people across Puget Sound are
experiencing and creating opera.
For these students, exploring
opera is more than an exercise
in creativity. It builds twenty-
first-century skills like critical
thinking and collaboration and
ignites lifelong passions. Your
support makes these educational
opportunities possible.
But there are more children
waiting to experience opera’s
magic. Just $100 will send a
musical teaching artist to visit
two primary school classes. And
every gift makes a difference.
OPERA FOR ALL
Where could your support take opera tomorrow?
Here in Seattle, opera is going places. And your support is taking it there.
The children learned about the
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Local ecology comes alive with Turtle and Heron out on the open waters of the Sound! Washington schools are jumping to bring Our Earth, our traveling trilogy of family operas, into their classrooms this season through Opera Goes to School.
Do you remember your first opera? These beaming girls enjoyed their first opera at the Ring Dress Rehearsals through our Experience Opera program.
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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, 2012, and November 26, 2013. 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].
AetnaAmgenArtsFund Workplace GivingBank of AmericaBECUBill & Melinda Gates FoundationThe Boeing CompanyThe Bullitt FoundationCambiaCarnegie Corporation of New YorkCharles Schwab FoundationChevronCollege Spark WashingtonCOSTCO WholesaleECG Management Consultants, IncExxonMobilGeneral ElectricGeneral Mills Foundation
GoogleHewlett-Packard Company FoundationIBMING FoundationJohnson & JohnsonJP Morgan ChaseLaird Norton Family FoundationThe Meredith CorporationMethodologieMicrosoft CorporationMSNBCRegenceStarbucksTexas InstrumentsU.S. BancorpUnited E-way/TruistUnited Health GroupWestern Tile and Marble
OFFICIAL IN-KIND PARTNERS Seattle Opera thanks these companies for providing major in-kind support throughout the 2013/14 season.
IN-KIND DONORSSeattle Opera thanks the following individuals and corporations for generous in-kind support received between July 1, 2012, and November 26, 2013.
Rosemarie AndersonAlabastro PhotographyArts Consulting GroupArtsFund/Alaska AirlinesChateau Ste. MichelleChoice Linens Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness,
PLLCCossé International SecuritiesDavis Wright Tremaine LLPRichard and Mary Beth Gemperle
Garvey Schubert BarerLa ToscanellaM∙A∙CJerry Meyer and Nina ZingaleProf. Ann H. MilamNew Renaissance CakesPaula’s ChoiceQliance Medical GroupTalking RainToppers European Floral DesignRobert Wade
Seattle Opera Volunteer Fundraising
The following groups joined together in support of Seattle Opera between July 1, 2012, and November 26, 2013. 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 2012
$7,500 - $9,999Norm Hollingshead Birthday Fund $5,000 - $7,499Seattle Opera Guild – Amici Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Magnolia/Queen
Anne Preview GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Mercer Island
Preview GroupWagner and More! Chicago Trip
$3,000 - $4,999Seattle Opera Guild – Bel Canto Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Lakeside Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Parties and
Previews
$1,500 - $2,999Seattle Opera Guild – Allegro Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Bellini Preview
GroupSeattle Opera Guild – Vivace Preview
Group
$1,000 - $1,499Opera Plus – Horizon HouseSeattle Opera Guild – West Seattle
Preview Group
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When you remember
Seattle Opera in your estate plans,
you may choose to be included in the
Encore Society and enjoy exclusive
benefits in appreciation of your gift.
Is your estate plan a balancing act?
You can provide for yourself, your family and Seattle Opera through gift and legacy estate planning, and we can help!
We will work with you and your advisors to develop the plan that best meets your wishes.
To learn more contact Planned Giving Officer Jessica Breitbarth at [email protected] or 206.676.5534.
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Dearling*John AkamatsuReverend and Mrs. John M. Allen*Linda and Tom Allen*Margaret Almen*Robert L. and Rosemarie Anderson*Ms. Laura ArpiainenRonald Barensten and Rachael BlackDavid W. Barker*Mary L. BassDr. Janet Beckmann and the late
Dr. George BeckmannJean Berry*Jack and Connie Bloxom*Neil M. and Kathleen Bogue*Patricia L. Bostrom*Sandra Boyd*Joseph Brancucci and William CarleyF. H. Braymer*Dr. and Mrs. David V. BrownMarshall and Jane Brown*Lynn Buell*Sarah H. BurdellWilliam B. and Ann S. Burstiner*Lisa Bury*Louis Burzycki*Betty R. Carter*Jean Cho and David MankoffMrs. Heinke Clark*Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Clarkson*Jan Condit*Norma B. Croco*Tavia Crowder*James and Wendy Cullen*William and Laurie Daniel*Nancy Davies*Lorraine del Prado and Thomas
Donohue*John and the late Carmen Delo*Sharon DemuthSusan Detweiler and Alexander
Clowes*Fred and Adele Drummond*Michael G. Dryfoos and Ilga Jansons*Pat DubrowSandra B. Dunn*Ann R. EddyPatricia EdwardsKarl and Carol Ege*Anna F. EgidyIn memory of H. Wendell Endicott*William Etnyre and David Claus*Jane and Thomas Fadden*Gretchen and the late Jim Faulstich*A. H. Feige Jr.Lyn and Paul Fenton*Jack and Dorothy FidlerSusan and Thomas FifeJack and Marsha Firestone*Russell and Nancy Fosmire*Ernest and Elizabeth Frankenberg*Margery FriedlanderCarole Fuller and Evan Schwab*Dr. Lena FurgeriGloria GagneDr. Sharon M. Galbraith*
Diana Gale and Jerry Hillis*Donna Gathany*Gail J. Gazda*Natalie Gendler*Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Gibbons*Leslie Giblett*Rebecca C. Gillette*Dr. Ulf G. and Ingrid A. Goranson*Claire and Michael Gordon*Mark J. GraliaJohn Andrew HackleyJeffrey and Rosario Hanna*Larry HannaChristine R. Hansen and
Peter T. Hurd*Karen HansenJenny Hartley*Roger HendersonSylvia H. Hobbs*Julia L. HodsonFrank and Katie Holland*Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth and
the late Dr. Phyllis Bagdi*Marilyn Holstad*Horace and Lois HopkinsBarbara Howell*Jan Jarvis*Speight JenkinsJulia G. Johansen*Esther Jane JohnsonVincent M. Jolivet*H. David Kaplan*Suzanne Dressler Kellar*Frances J. Kwapil*Sandra and John Labadie*Michelle Labrie-RippleEric and Jan Lamers*Consuelo F. Larrabee*Gary M. LawRosemary Leong-Miller and Robert
Miller*Marjorie J. Levar*Lady M. Boswell Lindal*Thomas D. Loftus*Lynne LovejoyMr. Everil E. Loyd Jr. and the late
Mrs. Vesta Loyd*Elizabeth A. MarcoeWilliam B. Maschmeier and Patricia
Haggerty*David and the late Leslie MattsonElisabeth McKee*Carroll C. McMastersGreg Meldahl*Prof. Ann H. Milam*Colonel Norman D. Miller*Carolyn and Roger N. Miller*Robert C. Milnor*Rosalie B. Minier*Richard S. Munsen*Lin MurphyNadine and John MurrayNancy P. NarrawayJohn F. and Laurel Nesholm*Bruce W. Novark M.D., D.D.S.Pamela A. Okano*Richard Q. OplerSarah M. Ovens*Dolores J. Palomo*
Patricia S. Parrent*William and Carol ParsonsRalph W. PeoplesSteve Phelps*Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy*Megan Pursell*Dennis and Margaret PurvineErica Rayner-HornEloise and Glen Rice*Joyce C. and Saul Rivkin*John and Charlotte RobinsMr. and Mrs. N. Stewart RogersMichael and Cheryl RollandSharon RommGladys and the late Sam Rubinstein*Martha Lou Allan SampsonIrwin and Barbara Sarason*Dr. Carolyn ScheveJames L. Schindler*Christopher L. Myers and Judith
Schoenecker*Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L.
Schubert Jr.*Allen and Virginia Senear*Evelyn E. Simpson*Joan Snelson*John and Rose Southall*Stephen A. Sprenger*Margaret T. Stanley and the late
Thomas Bleakney*John Starbard*Dr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Stevens*Duane and Barbara Swank*Maureen SwansonDonald and Gloria Swisher*Delma Tayer*Beryl A. Thompson*Ian L. Thompson, M.D.*Russell F. and Sarah M. Tousley*Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. TraftonEvelyn M. Troughton*Rae TuftsJames and Karen Unkefer*Muriel A. Van Housen*Sharon F. Van Valin*Moya Vazquez*Carol Veatch*Jean B. Viereck and Robert S.
LeventhalBetty L. WagnerJay and Susanne Wakefield*Bill and Carol Warren*Karola WatsonRaleigh Watts*Douglas Weisfield*Robert D. Welden and Jeffrey A.
Watts*Judith A. Whetzel*Julie Wieringa*Naomi Wilson Family*James and Felicity WornastCarolynne and Phil Wright*Jim YancyCharles A. Zaragoza*
Planned Giving At Seattle OperaTHE ENCORE SOCIETYThis list reflects Encore Society membership as of November 26, 2013. 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].
*Indicates Encore Society members and estates that contributed to the Annual Fund between July 1, 2012, and August 21, 2013. A special thanks to these donors for their support of Seattle Opera’s present and future.
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Seattle Opera Foundation
NAMED ENDOWED FUNDS
The funds below were established by donors to hold permanently restricted net assets as endowed restricted funds in honor or recognition of the donor or another person, and may be restricted for a particular purpose. The minimum donation to establish a named endowed fund is $100,000. You may donate to an existing fund in honor of the person named or to further the purpose of the fund. This list reflects Named Endowed Funds as of January 11, 2013. For more information, please contact Planned Giving Officer Jessica Breitbarth at 206.676.5534 or [email protected].
Bagdi/Hollingsworth Endowed FundDiana M. Blackmore Endowed FundC. Keith Birkenfeld Memorial TrustThe Clowes Fund In-School Education Programs EndowmentCarmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed FundHartmut B. Gottschau Endowed FundWilliam Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Educational Outreach at Seattle OperaSpeight Jenkins Endowed FundKreielsheimer Endowment FundPerry Lorenzo Fund for In-School EducationLundgren Endowment for New Works Dr. Stanley Pier Endowed FundEulalie Schneider Fund for Artistic Excellence Cecelia Schultz Music Foundation FundGertrude E. Sprenger Education Endowed FundMary F. Stowe Endowed FundMax E. Gellert Memorial Fund‡
‡Donor restricted fund established by the Seattle Opera Board of Trustees with donations given by, in memory of, or recognition of Max E. Gellert.
The Seattle Opera Foundation is a separate corporation 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 November 26, 2013.
$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 FullerMarion O. GarrisonThe late Max E. and Carol Gellert†Leopold Gellert Family TrustAdele Golub and the late
Stanley GolubEdward P. GoodrichHartmut Bruno Gottshau
Margaret 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 JolivetSuzanne 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 Moss M.J. Murdock FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsElizabeth ParkeThe late Sheffield Phelps
Dr. Stanley M. Pier Endowed FundPONCHOMr. and Mrs. W.H. PurdyDr. C. Wright ReadeJohn and Charlotte RobinsMr. and Mrs. Steward RogersDelorez RossellRuth 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. Wigle John T. WilliamsEleanor Hale WilsonPatricia A. WilsonMaureen WoodmanHoward S. Wright Charitable Trust
(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
When you leave a gift of $100,000 or more to Seattle Opera Foundation, you help ensure the future of Seattle Opera through your perpetual support.
You can also establish an endowed fund in your name or the name of a loved one.
To contribute to Seattle Opera Foundation or to learn more, please contact Planned Giving Officer Jessica Breitbarth at 206.676.5534 or [email protected].
You don’t have an estate plan?!
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Gold Club$100,000 and upNeukom FamilyMary Pigott$50,000 - $99,999Joshua Green Foundation, Inc.Stephen P. and Paula R.
ReynoldsPete and Julie Rose$25,000 - $49,999Katharyn Alvord GerlichMr. and Mrs. Lawrence and
Mary Ellen HughesPatricia Britton and Stellman
KeehnelConductor’s Circle$10,000 - $24,999Nancy AlvordNorman Archibald Charitable
FoundationJudi Beck and Tom A. AlbergWilliam BeeksJim and Gaylee Duncan
Ray Heacox and Cynthia Huffman
Peter and Peggy HorvitzMargaret InouyeGlenn KawasakiDeborah KillingerThomas and Gwen KroonBenjamin LeiferCharlotte Lin and Robert PorterSandy and Chris McDadeMoccasin Lake FoundationDouglas and Theiline
ScheumannSequoia FoundationJon and Mary Shirley FoundationMary SnappJames and Katherine TuneArlene WrightAnonymous (1)First Chair $5,000 - $9,999Chap and Eve AlvordCasey BanackAnnette and Daniel BeckerSteve Behnen and Mary
Hornsby
Sally S. BehnkePam and Gary BeilMichael and Anne BentleyToby BrightLori CampanaC. Kent and Sandra C. CarlsonMatthew ClappMelanie CurticeAllan and Nora DavisMrs. Jane Davis and Dr. David
R. DavisKevin and Lynne FoxMs. Heather HowardAndrea and Steve JonesRichard and Francine Loeb
Family FoundationDouglas and Joyce McCallumBruce and Jolene McCawMatthew and Mary Ellen
NickersonElaine NonnemanMary Ellen OlanderJudy PigottAnn Ramsay-Jenkins and the
William M. Jenkins FundHerman and Faye SarkowskyMaryanne and David Tagney-
Jones
Mark and Arlene TibergienDr. Clyde and Mrs. Kathleen
WilsonAnn P. WyckoffLynn Hubbard and David
ZapolskyEncore$2,500 - $4,999Kim A. AndersonBob and Clodagh AshJohn H. BauerLisa and Nick BeardKathleen PierceSue and Artie BuerkLinda ChengPeter and Susan DavisMelanie and Robert DresselNancy and James DunnKarl EgeLea EnnisDavid FergusonMichael and Melanie FinkRobert FlemingDan and Mareth FultonLynn and Brian GrantMaria GunnDarren Hamby
Aya HamiltonPhillip and Sally HayesRichard and Marilyn HerzbergKevin and Eddy HoffbergMari HoritaDan and Connie HungateRandle InouyeEd KimJames KraftJohn and Tina LaphamDon MarcyTim Mauk and Noble GoldenBlanche and Stephen MaxwellPaul C. MayerAnthony R. MilesDouglas and Nancy NorbergNancy S. NordhoffGlenna Olson and Conrad
WoutersMs. Carol PowellMarlene PriceClifford G. Bunch and David A.
PritchardScott RedmanStanley D. and Ingrid H. SavageSchoenfeld-Gardner FoundationGail and Bill WeyerhaeuserAnthony and Linda Whatley
ArtsFund strengthens the community by supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy and grant making.
Pledges, donations and in kind gifts made between 7/1/12—6/30/13
Thank you to all of 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 a central and critical component to a healthy society.
$50,000 - $99,999
$100,000 - $299,999
$300,000 and up
$25,000 - $49,999ADP/Cobalt*Amgen FoundationBigHouse Production Chihuly Garden and GlassDLA Piper*EXCLAIM LLCGetty Images*KeyBankKing County Employees*Perkins Coie*Russell Investment GroupStoel Rives LLP*Washington State Combined Fund
Drive*
$10,000 - $24,999Alaska Airlines, Inc.BNY Mellon Wealth Management*Columbia Bank*ComcastThe Commerce Bank of Washington*Davis Wright Tremaine LLP*Dorsey and Whitney LLP*Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle*KING Broadcasting*Medical Consultants Network, Inc.*Nordstrom, Inc.Presentation ServicesPuget Sound Energy*R.D. Merrill Company
RealNetworksRegal Entertainment GroupSeattle FoundationSnoqualmie TribeSparling*Symetra Financial Corporation*Washington Dental Service$5,000 - $9,999Alaskan Copper & Brass Company and
Alaskan Copper WorksAPCO WorldwideBig Door Inc.Clise Properties Inc.DwafflerErnst & Young LLP
Financial Resources GroupFishing Company of AlaskaFoss Maritime CompanyGaco Western, Inc.Goldman, Sachs & Co.Jones Lang LaSalleMithun*Nintendo of America Inc.*PhenoPath Laboratories PLLCPuget Sound Business JournalRaisbeck FoundationRiddell Williams P.S.Seattle Mariners Baseball ClubUnion Bank
Arts Benefactor Circle
Visit www.artsfund.org for a full list of our donors and to learn more about ArtsFund
Support from The Boeing Company, Microsoft Corporation, K&L Gates, POP, Sellen Construction, Starbucks Coffee Company, U.S. Bank and Weyerhaeuser Company includes employee workplace giving.
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Season subscribers are the lifeblood of Seattle Opera. We gratefully acknowledge our most loyal patrons, whose ongoing support is vital and deeply appreciated. Here’s to many more seasons together!
THE FOLLOWING PATRONS HAVE BEEN SUBSCRIBERS FOR AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE SEASONS.
Anonymous (58) • Wolfram A. and Edith R. Abicht • Gary N. Ackerman • Donald and Jeanne Adams • Bonnie Adamson • Mr. and Mrs. Willie C. Aikens • Mary Alberg • Philipp Aldridge • Janet L. Alfieri • George Allen • Geraldine Allsopp • Margaret Almen • Jack and Gladys Altabef • Chap and Eve Alvord • Richard Alvord • Kathleen Amberg • Pamela and the late Dr. Harold Amoss • John and Patricia Ancock • William and Mary Ann Andersen • Byron L. and Pauline P. Anderson • Carlton and Grace Anderson • Daniel T. and Portia Anderson • Douglas G. and Suzann Anderson • Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Anderson • Janet Ruth Anderson • Kathryn Anderson and Stan Shepherd • Dr. Larry S. Anderson • Paul W. Anderson • Dr. Shirley E. Anderson • Virginia R. Anderson • Warren and Anne Anderson • Wil and Suzénne Anderson • Thomas B. Anfang • Julian and Eva Ansell • Lila and Bill Argo • Barrie and Margaret M. Austin • Denney Austin • Raymond and Betsy Baalman • Jere L. Bacharach and Barbara Fudge • Jill D. Bader • Candace Baer and Gay Olsen • Constance Bain • Naraine P. Baker • William and Madeleine Ball • Mary Barbieri • Ronald L. Barclay • David W. Barker • Ivan G. Barker • Virginia W. Barker • Joan H. Barnes • Dr. Sanford C. Barnes and Dr. Calvin L. Tregar • Redmond J. and Suzanne W. Barnett • Dr. Bertha Barriga • Robert and Mary Anne Bartell • Kathryn Bartholomew and Richard Beuthel • Evelyn and Richard Bateman • Lawrence Baum and Paula Matthews • James Beasley and Carla Becker • Vivian Beauchaine • James and Christie Beback • Ann C. Beck • Don and Sheila Belcher • Thaddeus Belefski • John and Carol Belton • Lawrence C. Belz • Forrest C. and Barbara Bennett • Mr. and Mrs. Ross D. Bentson • Patricia M. Bentz • Helen B. Bereiter and Robert Fitzgerald • Koren Berggren • Adele Berg-Layton • Robert Bergman • Richard and Joan Bergstrom • Drs. Irwin and Ilene Bernstein • Karen and Herb Berry • Rose and Jonathan Betz-Zall • Betsy Beuthel • Margaret and William Beyers • John W. Biddulph • Marilyn J. Bierman • Hermann and Jytte Bischofberger • Richard and Nancy Bishop • Nancy Blaisdell • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blake • C. and K.N. Blassingame • Verle M. Bleese • Dan and Ellen Blom • Jack and Connie Bloxom • Beverly and David Bodansky • Jean Bolton • Beatrice and William Booth • Christopher and Linda Borland • Patricia L. Bostrom • Phyllis Boucher • Philip Boulding • Barbara S. Bovy • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Boyd • Sandra Boyd • Sheila Boyer • Elizabeth L. Boyle • James and Ina Bray • Frederick H. Braymer • Phillip and Beverly Brazeau • Gloria A. Breed • Barbara Bremner • Bonita and David Brewer • Thomas and Virginia Brewer • Cathryn A. Brite • Gilbert and Mary Ann Brokaw • Marcia and Michael Broude • Judith Brown • Joseph Brown and Rachel Lawson • Dr. Lorrie Jo Brown • Marsha Brown • Victoria W. Brown • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruland • Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Brunner • Twyla Brunson • June and Kenneth Bube • Pauline Buhler • Stan and Alice Burgess • Patricia Burke • Rosemary P. Burkhart • Mr. and Mrs. H. Kelley Burroughs • William B. and Ann S. Burstiner • Elinor Busby • Alan and Kristin Bushley • Henry and Barbara Bussman • Bruce and Alva Butcher • John Butler • Rev. and Mrs. Frank M. Byrdwell, Jr. • William F. Calderhead • Caryl Campbell and John Adams • Joe and Dorothy Canavan • Carol and Henry Cannon • Clint and Ruth Cannon • Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Caplan • Jerome Carbone • Amy Carlson and Kalman Brauner • Karen Carlson-Iffert and Jena Marie Myers • Kristi Carpine-Taber • Kathy M. Carr • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carter • Joan P. Carufel • Jack T. Cashdollar • Karna J. Chadwick • Helen J. Chamberlin • Ronald D. Chase • Mrs. Morris E. Childs • S. Merle Christensen • Dr. T.G. and Mrs. Vaira Pelekis Christopher • Hubert and Livia Cicchillo • Patricia Clarke and Charles Way • Jack Clay • Mrs. Robert E. Cleland • Steven A. and Judith Clifford • Fran Clifton • Linda J. Clifton • Rita Rae Cloney • Dr. Alexander Clowes and Dr. Susan E. Detweiler • Thomas J. Coad • Tom Coffey and Ron Sheriff • Barbara Cogburn • Patricia and Ted Collins • Katherine and Rudy Cologna • Donald John Coney • Frank and Joan Conlon • Anne R. Conn • Suzanne H. Conrad • Joan Cook • Myrna M.
Cordova • Charles and Sandra Cossé • Jerry and Eva Costacos • Sandra and Richard Counts • Dr. Charles Cowan and Dr. Rhonda Levitt • Dr. and Mrs. J. Terrence Coyle • In Memory of James H. Crichton • Norma B. Croco • Lauren Cromwell • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cross • Tavia Crowder • Barbara L. Crutcher • Norma and Alex Cugini • James and Wendy Cullen • Patrick and Jean Cummins • Linda Czeisler • Dr. and Mrs. Alan Danielson • Dark Horse Boutique • Corey Darlington • Jane and David R. Davis • Richard and Heidi Davis • Mrs. Walter E. Davis, Jr. • Michael and Katalin De Groot • Dr. I.M. Del Toro and Ms. L.R. Lowery • Michael and Natalie de Maar • Kathryn D. De Maris • Donald Denegar • Anne Denman • James C. Derubeis • Janine H. de Saint Giles • Suzanne DeWitt and Ari Steinberg • Henry and Betty Dickerson • Mary Dickinson • Audrey Dickson • Paula Diehr and Frank Hughes • Johanna and Bill Dock • Alan and Tanya Dodson • Virginia Dombrowski • Patricia Dowd • Louise T. Doyle • Lyla P. and Victoria Doyle • Lorraine J. and Ferris L. Dracobly • Ruth and H. E. Drewniany • Fred and Adele Drummond • Roxanne and Barbara Duniway • Dennis and Karen Dunn • Mildred King Dunn • Sandra B. Dunn • Stuart Dunwoody and Mig Schaff • Willliam Duvall, in memory of Roberta Duvall • John and Elizabeth Dwyer • Glenn and Bertha Eades • Sarah L. Easterbrook • Anita Eclissi and Ethel Schiavon • Roy E. and Diane Edfast • John and Patricia Edwards • Ashley and Linda Emery • Curtis and Emmons, Architects • Jeannie Gayle Engle • Dr. and Mrs. Milton T. English • Wayne D. Erfle • John Erickson • Kimi and Meredith Erickson • Ed Estes • Dr. William Etnyre and David Claus • Alice B. Evans • Jean Burch Falls • Kathryn Fantasia and Zane Weaver • Harold and Gerry Fardal • Gretchen and the late Jim Faulstich • Eric O. and Polly Feigl • Suzanne Fenimore • Norma Ferris • Joyce E. Ferm • Frank and Margaret Fickeisen • Daniel L. Fievez • Meredith Fine • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Finkel • Dom V. Finocchio • Ivan and Joan Fisk • Patricia A. Fitzgerald • Callum J. Flynn • Gerald B. Folland • Dr. and Mrs. Willis M. Fong • Priscilla A. Fortiner • Russell R. Fosmire and Nancy J. Fosmire • Franko and Junko Fountaine • Steve and Kay Frank • Ernest and Elizabeth Frankenberg • Ludmeela M. Fraser • Sharon Langs and Gary Frederickson • Clive and Shari Freidenrich • Jane N. Freyd • Norma Friedmann • Donald and Ann Frothingham • Albert and Susan Fuchs • Mr. Bryant Fujimoto • Dr. and Mrs. Howard L. Fultz • Diana Gale and Jerry Hillis • Martha and Michael Galvin • Mrs. Doris L. Garberson • Bernard Garbusjuk • Richard W. Garlichs • Leo F. Garvey • Donna Gathany • David L. Gemes, M.D. • Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle • Ruth and Bill Gerberding • Mr. and Mrs. George Gerhold • Joan Giacomini • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gibbons • Jan Frederick and Warren Gibbs • Stephen Gilbert • Rebecca C. Gillette • J. Lorne Ginther • Beth Clark Gobich • Dr. Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz • Scott Goff • Richard Gold • Claire and Michael Gordon • Richard and Annette Gordon • Kenneth and Sandra Gorohoff • Mr. and Mrs. Nikita M. Gorohoff • Katherine Gortva • Gene O. Graham • Nancy and David Grant • Dr. and Mrs. David W. Grauman • Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Grayston • Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gredzens • Charlotte Green • Joanne Green • Dr. Martin L. Greene and the late Toby Saks • John and Eleonore Gregory • Dr. and Mrs. Edward Gross • Dr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Grossman • Ivan and Gerlinde Gruber • Teresa Gutierrez • Marie and Richard Haase • Melvin Habel • Richard and Diane Haelsig • Charles H. Hale • Tania and Tim Halladay • Mrs. Lawrence M. Halpern • Rod J. Halpin • Carolyn and Stanley Hamby • Lenore M. Hanauer • Mary Hanify Andrews • Dennis B. Hannem • Rigmor Hansen • Hylton and Lawrence Hard • Elaine Fick Hardin • Samuel and Catherine Hardy • Gini Harmon • Gretchen Harrell • Dorothy L. Harris • Wanda A. Harris • Karen Hart • Thomas Hart • Jenny Hartley • David and Sharron Hartman • Dr. Geraldine A Hashisaki • Kenneth and Susan Hassenmiller • Cathi and Ken Hatch • Helen and Dwight Hawley • Frederick and Catherine Hayes • Connie Hays • Dorothea and John Headlund • Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Healey • Julia Hecht and Ken Walkky •
Mr. and Mrs. Jahn R. Hedberg • Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen • Marie A. Heft • Robert and Donna Hegstrom • Jean Heidt • Laurie L. Heidt • Joanne Barbara Hendrickson • Terrill and Jennifer Hendrickson • Noelle and George Henry • Hans and Heidi Herrmann • Karl Herrmann and Hilde Pfurtscheller • Jean M. Large and Fred F. Herzberg • Peter and Linda Hiatt • Sharene and Marshall Hightower • Joanne Hjort • Peter V. Hobbs • Julie A. and William R. Hockett • Lesley Anne Hodder • Julia L. Hodson • Carolyn and Edward Hoffman • Mary C. Hogan • Maretta Holden • Cynthia C. Holdren, M.D. and Robert A. Gold • Norm Hollingshead’s Opera Plus • Jana Hollingsworth • Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth • Bob Holtz and Cricket Morgan • Carol and Greg Home • Jennifer Hopkins • Jim Horne • Dr. and Mrs. Tom R. Hornsten • Paul and Mary Hosoda • Gary and Parul Houlahan • Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Houston III • Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hovde • C. Henry Howard • Barbara Howell • Lembhard G. Howell • Robert Howell and Jackie Bardsley • Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hoyt • Susanne F. Hubbach • Beverly R. Hubbert • Michael Huber • Mrs. Thomas W. Huber • Mary W. Hubert • Julie Hungar • Connie and Dan Hungate • Theodore Hurwitz • Barbara and the late John Huston • Bruce and Judy Hutchison • Lynne Iglitzin • Ann B. Irish • Carole L Isakson • Robert and Bonnie Iseminger • Victoria Ivarsson • Priscilla Jackson • Stephen O. and Kerry Louise Jacobson • Dr. and Mrs. Gary Jarrett • Mark Jennings • P. D. Jerden • Warren and Mary Jane Jessop • L. P. Jeter • Bonnie and Ron Johnson • Bruce E.H. Johnson and Sandra E. Davis • Charlotte M. Johnson • Francia Johnson • Joyce E. Johnson • Mr. Mark J. Johnson • Janet Johnson and the late Paul W. Johnson • Van and Dace Johnson • Yvonne E. Johnson • Jane and Norman Johnston • Vincent M. Jolivet and Mary Mohler • Fay Jones • Harvey Jones and Nancy Iannucci • Ken and Karen Jones • Paul D. Joppa and Marguerite McCarty • Caroline M. Jorstad • David L. Kalberer and Martha C. Choe • Dale Kalbfleisch • Ruthie and Donald H. Kallander • Britt E. and Sonja E. Kammerer • Jeanne Kapsi • Gregory R. Karg • Mrs. Paul P. Kavadas • Marlyn and Gordon Keating • Travis and Suzanne Keeler • Bruce and Connie Kelly • Donald E. Kelso • Mrs. John F. Kemman • James Kemp-Slaughter • Edward W. Kennedy • Kathryn Kennedy • George E. and Mary P. Kenny • Daniel Kerlee and Carol Wollenberg • Younghee Kim • Mrs. James W. King • Virginia King • Susan Kinne • Dr. Mark Kiviat • Beverly R. Klein • Barbara Klempnow • Margaret Dean Kleyn • Muriel V. Knapp • Laura Knickmeyer • Hermann and Coby Knolle • Mary Koch • Robert H. Koehler • Dorothea R. Kopta • Mrs. Emil M. Korbish • Doug and Sharon Koss • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kramer • Kathy Kreps • Susan Kretz • George Kriz • Mrs. Jean and the late Dr. Paul F. Krynicki • Joyce Kubalsky • Ursula Kuepfer and Jon Paddock • The Kuzeja Family • Frances J. Kwapil • Sandra Labadie • Marian E. Lackovich • Isabelle S. Lamb • Eric and Jan Lamers • Jerry and Susan Landeen • Dr. and Mrs. James J. Lane, Jr. • David Fontana and S. Susan Lane • Mr. Daniel Lathrop • Melissa Lattimore • Karen Lauderback • Barbara Laughlin • Beverly McCall • Robert and Joan M. Lawler • Susan Lawless • Mary and Chris Lawrence • Sharon Rutledge Lawrence • Gordon D. Lazerte • Al Lebar • Dr. and Mrs. Dan T. Lee • Karen Lee and Dr. Donald Moore • Winnie and Ven T. Lee • Carolyn Leech • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Leitch • Thomas A. and Kathleen B. Lemly • Ernest E. and Jean Lendy • Delores D. Leonard • Marylou Leone • Rosemary Leong-Miller • Mrs. Maria Levenson • Jean and Tom Lever • George and Carol Levin • Barbara J. Levinski • Dr. and Mrs. B. Richard Levinthal • MaryLou Lewis • Margaret Lewis • Eleonore Lill • Garrel S. Lindberg • Patricia Lindsay • Lynn J. Loacker • Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Loeb • Marian Loewy • Thomas D. Loftus • Richard W. Lomas, M.D. • Larry V. Long • Gretchen and Matt Loschen • Mr. Everil Loyd, Jr. • Louise Bruse Wenberg Luce • Catherine Luchino • Gerald E. Luiten • Mark P. Lutz • Normagene Lycan • Nancy M. Macdonald • John Hall MacDonald • Mark W. MacDonald and Helen M. Turner • George and Anne
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Mack • Robert Mack • Virginia Mackay • Janet MacKenzie • Linda L. Mackintosh • Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Mackoff • Edith Maffeo • In memory of Marilyn I. Magnuson • Dr. and Mrs. C. Patrick Mahoney • Alice M. Mailloux • Carla Main and Billie Young • Barbara Maly • Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Mandelkorn • Dr. and Mrs. Charles Mangham • Jean Manwaring • Dr. James E. Marcia • Dr. and Mrs. Edgar K. Marcuse • Emily Bregger Marks • David and Helen Marriott • Joan Marsh and Guenther Pamer • Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Martin • Nancy E. Martin • Kathleen Maryatt • William B. Maschmeier and Patricia Haggerty • Fanija Matiss • Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Matteo • Brenda Matter and Bruce Crowley • Emily Mattson and Marcelina Du • Barbara J. Mauer • Michael and Rosemary Mayo • Louise McAllister • Donna McCampbell • K. Ann McCartney • Cathy McCarty • Lorna J. McCormick • Mr. and Mrs. D. Brent McCullough • James and Betty McCurdy • Dr. and Mrs. John McFatridge • Robert and LaFaye McFerrin • Mr. and Mrs. James P. McGough • A. Wayne McGuire • Francis and I. R. McGuire • Nancy McKay • Donald McLaren • Nancy McMahon • Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. McManus • Mr. and Mrs. Mark McNair • Renate McVittie • Gwynn Meden • Anne Meeker • W. W. Meins • John and Martha Melcher • Meredith Melhart • Ramona Memmer • Gary L. Menges • Elizabeth Merrill • Shirley Ann Mesher • Vera Metz • James and Karen Mhyre • Antonio and Mary-Ann Micale • Prof. Ann H. Milam • Edward L. Miles • Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Miller, Jr. • Edith Miller in memory of Roger M. Miller • Elaine Miller • Howard and Catherine Miller • Laurabelle A. Miller • Elaine Miller • Lesley Miller-Chapin • Juris Mindenbergs • Rebecca and Robert Minsky • Kathleen A. Mitchell • Suzanne and William Moery • Egon and Laina Molbak • James T. Monahan, M.D. • John R. Monk • Anthony R. Moore • Dr. and Mrs. Dan C. Moore • Kristine Moore • Myfanwy J. Moore • Walter C. Moore • Coe Tug Morgan • Richard Morrill • Karoline Morrison • D.C. Morse Jr. and Jan Marchbanks • Susan and Furman Moseley • Allen and Elizabeth Moses • Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Mullins • John Munari • Barbara D. Murphy • Mary Murphy • James W. and Pamela Murray • Ginny Murray • Ron and Donna Murrish • Christopher L. Myers and Judith Schoenecker • Beth Naczkowski • John C. Narver • Sarah Navarre • Diana Neely • Arleen B. Nelson • Bonnie Nelson • Jane W. Nelson • Mona Nelson • John W. Nemanich, M.D. and Ellendee Pepper, M.D. • John F. and Laurel Nesholm • Marilyn W. Newland • David S. and Sheila K. Newman • Ruth Newman • Dorothea M. Nicklas • Susan H. Nivert • Lois North • Diana C. and Angela C. Oberti • Arthur P. Oberto and the late Dorothy Oberto • Thomas and Ann O’Connell • George and Linda Ojemann • Pamela A. Okano, in memory of Patricia Berg Donovan • Douglas and Alida Oles • Vivien and Cliff Olofson • Betty Olson • Roseanne Olson • John W. O’Meara • Donna Onat • Patrice O’Neill • Gordon H. Orians • Jennee Osburn • Flora Ostrow • Simon Ottenberg and Carol Barnard • Henrietta Ottersen • Gary L. Oules • Helen A. Overton • James and Ann Owens • Debra S. Pabst • Dr. Roy C. and Patricia R. Page • Margaret and John C. Pageler • George and Terry Pagos • Barbara A Palecek • Erasmia Papadopulos • Hanna Parce • Richard M. Parker, M.D. • Norma Patterson • Joan Pauly and Richard Gordon • Daniel and Kathleen Paxton Schwartz • Meg and Ovidio Penalver • Ralph W. Peoples • Ronald Pergamit • Sister Susanne Perri • Pamela Perrott • Barbara B. Peterson • Ellen Peterson • Dr. and Mrs. James M. Peterson • Suzanne E. Peterson
• Steve Phelps • Jocelyn D. Phillips • Dr. Zaiga Alksne Phillips • Chakorn Phisuthikul and Marilyn Heinemann • Merle Weiss and Diane Pien • Danny Pierce • Hella Pikre • Karen M. Place • Dieter N. and Laurie Plapp • Sylvia B. Pollack and Molly McGee • Josephine Pompey • Linda Portnoy • Barbara J. Post • Edward A. and Eleonore Pottenger • Mary Anna and Frank Powers • Joyce E. Powers • Joanne Praetzel • Thomas and Marilyn Price • Joseph and Lucile Prior • R.L. Puddicombe • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy • Mr. and Mrs. Sinai Putter • Douglass and Katherine Raff • Charles Raines and Cindy Seramur • James and Sherry Raisbeck • Dr. and Mrs. James E. Raisis • K. Carolyn Ramamurti • Ingwald Ramberg • Rita M. Rambo • Vija Rauda • Charlotte Reaber • Anne M. Redman • Mr. and Mrs. Verne V. Redman II • Carol J. Reed • CFG: The Reed McClure Firm • Esther M. Reese • Keith Reid • Russell and Julia Reid • Dr. and Mrs. Edward Reifel • Timi E. Reko • Jane Remsberg and Jerome Anderson • Heidi Renz • Steven and Fredrica Rice • Eleanor Rich • Mr. and Mrs. Lanse Richardson • Debra A. Ridnenour-Defotis • E. K. Riedel and B. A. Osband • Marcella M. Riedinger • In honor of Fredrick and Norma Ringsrud • J. Gregory Ripley • Dr. Alex and Mr. Bruce A. Ritzen • Esther Ritzenhaler • Lorraine Roberts • Drs. Tom and Christine Robertson • Joanne Roddis • Charlotte and Edward Roe • James M. Shaker and Susan M. Roe • Roger Roffman and Cheryl Richey • Frances Rogers and the late Fred Rogers • Arnold and Rosalyn Rom • Robert Anthony Romeo • Kathryn Rood • Phyllis G. Rosalli • David and Patricia Ross • Cornelius and Penny Rosse • Tom and Sonja Rossman • Linda M. Roubik • David S. Roys, M.D. • Gladys Rubinstein, in memory of Sam Rubinstein • Suzanne Ruff • Antonette and Robert Ruppin • Mr. and Mrs. David A. Russell • James T. and Barbara Russell • Marguerite Russell • Mary A. Russell • Nancy and Richard Rust • Allan and Nancy Rustad • Mary Ruth Ryan • Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Salzer • Werner E. and Joan Samson • Irwin and Barbara Sarason • Hal F. Sawyer • Gloria W. Sayler • Joseph H. Schaeffer • Catherine Schaible • Frederick and Connie Scheetz • Frances and Thomas M. Scheidel • Mrs. V. R. Scheumann • Gisela and Hugo Schimmelbusch • James L. Schindler • L. Beth Schlansky • Chella S. Schmidt • Eric B. Schmidt and Kristin A. Henderson • Karen and Robert Schmidt • Dr. and Mrs. Jason Schneier • Carrie Schnelker • Jane Schoenleber • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Schubert, Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. George S. Schuchart, Sr. • Judith A. Schweikhardt • Jean E. Schweitzer • Donald L. and Kathryn Scott • Mary Scott and Ron Rogers • Paul and Lorrie Scott • Henry and Deborah Seaman • Sam Sebesta • Howard L. Seelig • Mrs. John Seidler • Tomoko Seki • Marilyn R. Sellers • Joan Selvig • Allen and Virginia Senear • Jeanne Serrill • Christine Seyfried and William Catterall • Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Shaeffer • Janice Shaw • Karen Shearer • Juanita A. Sheets • Jean and John Shefveland • Barbara Sherer • Isolde R. Shiebert • Mr. and Mrs. Teruo Shimono • Neal and Florence M. Shively • Dr. and Mrs. Stuart S. Shorr • Marilyn Sidel • Amy Sidell • Charlotte Silverman • Evelyn E. Simpson • Jane and John Simpson • Philip D. Sine • Barbara E. Sivertsen • Marcia T. Skinner • Christine Skow • Alice and Janet Smith • A. McNair Smith, M.D. • Mrs. Barbara Smith • Marie E. Smith • Marilyn S. Smith • Mary W. Smith • Janice and Preston Smith • Pamela Jackson Smyth • Marilyn Soldate • Mr. and Mrs. Evan Sorby • Dr. Estelle Yamaki and Mr. Robert H. Spaulding • Sonia Spear • Marie and Alexander Spence • Jay Sprenger • Jim and Linda Sprenger • Joanne E. Sprunger •
Shannon and Donna Stafford • Mari Stamper • Margaret T. Stanley • In honor of Speight Jenkins • Mr. and Mrs. Jon R. Steeds • Dr. and Mrs. Morton A. Stenchever • Barbara and Paul C. Stephanus • Dr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Stevens • Reid and Marlene Stevens • Gertraud Stewart • Matthew Stewart • Robert Stewart • Sue Stibbe • Doris Stiefel • Philip R. Stoller • Linda Kerr Stores • Priscilla L. Strand • Frederick B. Strom • Mr. and Mrs. Marian Strutynski • Florence M. Studer • Pauline Stusser • Jay and Betty Sullivan • Sandra Sultan • Azile V. and John L. Swafford • R. Patton Swaim and Sandra Gurosko • Dale and Arlene Swanson • Maryanne Tagney and David Jones • Bernice Tangney • Fredric and Marilyn Tausend • Delma Tayer • Dawson and Lois Taylor • Carol J. Teather • Samuel D. Teitzel • Dee Marie Teodoro • Midori Kono Thiel • David and Mary Thomas • Dr. and Mrs. E. Donnall Thomas • Richard E. Thomas • Mrs. Alvin J. Thompson • Beryl A. Thompson • Ian L. Thompson, M.D. • Linda Thompson and Carol Pearson • Michael Thompson • Janis Thompson-McConnell • Mary Anne Thorbeck • Thomas Timar • Dr. Francis E. Timlin • Gertrud Tobiason • Goldie and Stan Tobin • Jane Todaro • Mrs. Patricia and the late Dr. Norman Todd • Fredrick C. and Natalie Toevs • Dr. Marina Tolmacheva • Suzanne K. Tomlinson • Agnes Tomorrow • Arthur and Louise Torgerson • Russell F. and Sarah M. Tousley • Evelyn M. Troughton • Paul Truzzi and Lisa Jankanish • Rae Tufts • Harold and Tish Tukey • Thurbon Tukey • Devora Turner • Harriet and Diana Turner • Lavina Turner • Mary Megrath Turner and Donald Dahlgren • Nancy A. Turner • Doris and Richard Turner • Jim and Camille Uhlir • Edith Ulatoski • Janet Ulman • Brian and Deborah Ummel • Mary E. Underwood • Kathleen Vail-Hayden • Hans H. van der Velden • Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Van Dyck • Kenneth E. Van Dyke • Mark W. and Margaret Van Gasken • Mariana Van Blair • Edward J. and Pat Van Mason • Barbara and Donald Van Nimwegen • David and Joan Van Zandt • In memory of Jacqueline B. Velikanje • Peter J. Vennewitz • John and Beverly Vifian • Christine and Oscar Vilches • Wilma Vojta • David Wachter • Betty L. Wagner • Helen Rogers Wagner • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wagner • Andrew L. Walker • Livia E. Walker • Gayle Walters • Jay Wang and Nancy Current • Bill and Carol Warren • Thelma Warren • Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers • Ms. H. J. Watson • Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Weatherill • Carol Webb and Donald Holz • Eugene and Marilyn D. Webb • Dr. James K. Weber and Mary Mitchell • Ralph and Virginia Wedgwood • Joanna Wehrwein • William and Audrey Weitkamp • Donna Welch • Richard D. Weller • Julia Wells • Marianne Weltmann • Robert Weltzien Jr and Lorraine Weltzien • Sally Anne West • Judith A. Whetzel • Carolyn White • Bruce and Keren Whittemore • Kevon Wick • Jana P. Wilder • Carolyn and David Wiley • Jennifer C. Wilkins • Linda Willenberg • Kathryn A. Williams • Mary A. and David L. Williams • Dr. Antoinette Wills • Christine A. Wilson • Naomi Wilson Family • Don Swisher; Naomi Wilson Family • Norman and Karyl Winn • Carolyn and Vincent Wirkman • Patricia E. Witte • Grant and Nancy Wood • Caryn L. R. Woodward • Jerry and Nancy Worsham • Carolynne and Phil L. Wright • Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Wright • Scott and Jenny Wyatt • Deanna D. Young • Mona E. Yurk • Sherry Zane • Charles A. Zaragoza • Nancy and Stanley Zeitz • Maxine A. Zemko • Julian and Barbara Zepeda • Freda J. Zimmerman • Mrs. Louis J. Zorotovich • John and Sharon Zumdieck
THE FOLLOWING LOYAL PATRONS HAVE SUBSCRIBED FOR TEN SEASONS OR MORE.
Anonymous (116) • Sylvia Abbott • Dale Abersold • Joan Abrevaya • Regina Bennett and Nick Achmon • Bernie Ackerman • Lee Acton and Lucinda Wilson • Nancy Adachi-Osawa and Wilbur Choy • Abigail Adams • Harlan C. Adams • Robin and Judith Adams • Suellen Adams and Dr. M J Schiffrin • Dr. and Mrs. John H. Addison • David and Heidi Adkisson • Judith Adler • Shawn and Lynn Aebi • Greg and Ruth Aeschliman • Amir Afrassiabi • Donald Ahlstrom • Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Ahrens • Polly Aird • Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht • Tony L. Alcantara and Michael Bachison • Jack Aldrich • Rev. Dr. Mary Jane Francis • Ralph and Ardyth Alexander • Marianna Alexandersdottir • James and Anita Allen • Reverend and Mrs. John M. Allen • Kathleen L. Allen • Louise Allen • Mary Ann Allen • Paul G. Allen • Linda and Tom Allen • Connie J. Alley • June Allison • Julie Allman • Virginia
Alonzo • Renate S. Amaral • Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Amberg • Lynne Ameling • Christine L. Amos • Beth Amsbary • Marie Anchordoguy • Terry Andersen • Gloria Anderson Remy • Claudia Sims Anderson • Mr. and Mrs. Craig Anderson • Grieg Anderson • Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Anderson • Jacqueliene P. Anderson • Jason Anderson • Jeanne M. Anderson • Jim and Nelsine Anderson • John D. Anderson • Paul and Joyce Anderson • Kim A. Anderson • Lauren Anderson • Barbara and Lloyd Anderson • Paul and Jerilyn Anderson • Dr. Philip Anderson • Renate and Croil Anderson • Robert L. and Rosemarie Anderson • Kathy Andeway • Peter and Janice Andre • Ila Andrews • Mr. and Mrs. Murray Andrews • Melody Annaed • Monica Antone • Michael F. Archbold • Kathleen Archer • Diana Armstrong • Georgiana Arnold • Susan Arnold-Aldea and Dr. Gabriel Aldea • John Arscott • Drs. Anne Marie and Rolf Arvidson
• Dr. Jeanne Arvidson • Suzette Ashby-Larrabee • Joe and Lee Ashley • Jefferey Asmundson • Susan Atkielski • Allison Ator • Kathleen Auld • Donald P. Aupperle • Tina P. Aure • Velma Austin • Waldemar Avots • Margot Ayer • Betty Azar and Larry Harris • Gene Baade • Laurie Bach • Nancy Bachant and Kevin Freeman • Hollis A. Backman and Mr. Daniel Cote • J. Knighton Backster • Richard and Donna Bader • Dr. Ruth C. Bailey • Gail and William Bain • F. Jeanne Baird • Warren W. Baker • Joan Baldwin and James Walsh • Louise Baldwin • Page Baldwin • Phillip Baldwin and Layne Goldsmith • Shirley Ballard • Mark Baratta • Lisa and John Barclay • Marjie Bardan and Ed Hill • Tom and Jo Ann Bardeen • Martha K. Bargren • Alice C. Barker • Kirk and Mona Barker • James and Linda Barker • Renate Barnes • Nate Barrett, M.D. • G. Anthony Barrick and Timothy D. Barrick • Jillian Barron and Jonas
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Videos on the WebCOSTUME PREVIEWGet a sneak peak of this Rigoletto production by viewing the 1930s gowns and tuxedos, the Mardi Gras masks in the opening scene, and the meticulous detail of the Mussolin-era uniforms.
DIRECTOR’S TALKStage Director Linda Brovsky, last here to direct Don Quichotte, details her vision for the Mussolini-era Rigoletto, back in Seattle for its second production.
SPEIGHT’S CORNERGeneral Director Speight Jenkins sits down with Director of Artistic Administration Aren Der Hacopian to tell us about Rigoletto’s exciting cast.
PREVIEW TRAILERSee the opera in less than five minutes with our latest trailer. Check out the sets and costumes and hear some of the music in this tragic thriller.
Audio PlayerMUSICAL EXCERPTSSample audio clips and highlights from Rigoletto.
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The ConsulMusic and libretto by Gian Carlo MenottiFeb. 22, 23m, 26, 28, Mar. 1, 5, & 7, 2014Evenings: 7:30 p.m., Sunday Matinee: 2:00 p.m.In English with English captions
POWERFUL HUMAN DRAMAIn this Pulitzer Prize-winning American work, a devoted wife and mother clashes with faceless bureaucracy while trying to obtain an exit visa for her persecuted family. Menotti’s nail-biting narrative surprises with several magical touches and is buoyed by a melodic score in which love, hope, and redemption all play their part. Don’t miss this gripping Seattle Opera premiere.
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The Tales Of Hoffmann(Les contes d’Hoffmann)Music by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after ETA HoffmannMay 3, 4m, 8, 10, 14, 16 & 17, 2014Evenings: 7:30 p.m., Sunday Matinee: 2:00 p.m.In French with English captions
REMARKABLE IMAGINATIVE FANTASYOne of the most talked-about productions in Seattle Opera history returns to McCaw Hall for a glorious season finale. An endlessly inventive poet regales his drinking buddies with stories of romancing three fantastic women. A trio of colorful villains foils our hero at every turn. Three fabulous shows in one, Offenbach’s sumptuous collage of whimsy, creativity, heartbreak, and artistic salvation enchants and delights with luminous music and compelling theater. Not to be missed.
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Talks and Public PresentationsSUE ELLIOTT’S PRE-PERFORMANCE TALKSMcCaw Hall, 90 minutes before curtainPrice: $7 (and worth every penny)
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SERIESAt the Wyckoff Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.Jan. 21, Literature as Opera: War and Peace, from novel to operaFeb. 25, The Carmen Phenomenon: film
adaptations of Bizet’s masterpieceMar. 25, Of Leitmotivs and Lightsabers: the Music of Star Wars
FREE NEIGHBORHOOD PREVIEWS (THE CONSUL)Feb. 4 West Seattle Library, 6:30 p.m.Feb. 5 Edmonds Library, 6:30 p.m.Feb. 7 Everett Public Library, 2:00 p.m.Feb. 11 Queen Anne Library, 2:00 p.m.Feb. 11 Third Place Books (Bothell Way),
7:00 p.m.Feb. 13 Green Lake Library, 2:00 p.m.Feb. 15 Kitsap Library, 2:15 p.m.Feb. 16 Frye Museum, 2:00 p.m.Feb. 18, Freeland Library, 12:00 p.m.Feb. 18 Coupeville Library, 2:00 p.m.Feb. 19 Ballard Library, 2:00 p.m.Feb. 20 Seattle Central Library, 12:00 p.m.
SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/SPEAKERSBUREAU
Opera on the RadioSaturday nights are opera nights on Classical KING FM. Tune to 98.1 every Saturday evening for broadcasts of notable opera recordings, hosted by General Director Speight Jenkins or Education Director Sue Elliott. The second Saturday performance is broadcast live, starting at 7:30 p.m.; recorded broadcasts begin at 8:00 p.m.
THE CONSUL ON 98.1 CLASSICAL KING-FMFeb. 15, Preview with Speight Jenkins at 8:00 p.m.Mar. 1, Live Broadcast from McCaw Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Family Fun AndYouth ProgramsSCENES & SONGS CAMP MIDWINTER BREAKFebruary 18-21, 20149:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.Grades 2-5Enjoy four days of music making and theatrical fun in this mid-winter camp. We will explore scenes and songs from several operas and musicals in a variety of languages and styles. We’ll add in some acting & perform our scenes & songs for friends and family on Friday. To register, contact [email protected].
ENGLISH BAROQUE OPERA TEEN OPERA PLAYERSFebruary 18-21, 20149:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.Teens in middle and high schoolDelve into scenes of English Baroque operas based on ancient mythology. Our highly skilled faculty will guide teens in character development, healthy singing, choreography, and Baroque performance practice. Performance for friends and family on Friday. To register, contact [email protected].
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN FAMILY DAY MATINEEMay 4, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
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BACKSTAGE TOURJanuary 25, 2014 An hour-long guided tour of McCaw Hall featuring the opera set of Rigoletto. ($1,000 and more)
PIANO TECHNICAL REHEARSALFebruary 16, 2014A look into the rehearsal process of The Consul as artists and technicians make the transition between studios and stage. ($600 and more)
THE CONSUL DRESS REHEARSALS February 19 and 20, 2014 ($400 and more)
CROWN DONOR DINNER February 20, 2014A reception and dinner featuring an exclusive preview talk by General Director Speight Jenkins prior to the Thursday dress rehearsal of The Consul. Dinner is $85 per person. ($5,000 and more)
MEET THE ARTISTS February 24, 2014 A cocktail reception hosted by General Director Speight Jenkins and featuring the cast of The Consul. ($1,500 and more)
SCENIC ELEMENTSMarch 13, 2014A trip to our Scenic Studios in Renton to learn from the artists and craftspeople who create sets and scenery for Seattle Opera and other organizations. ($1,500 and more)
ENCORE SOCIETY LUNCHEONMarch 14, 2014, 11 a.m.Our annual celebration of donors who have included Seattle Opera in their legacy plans. Lunch and performance by the Teen Opera Players. (Encore Society members)
Questions? Contact Donor Services at [email protected] or 206.389.7669.
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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
Speight JenkinsCathi Turner Executive Assistant to Kelly
Tweeddale and Melanie RossErnesto Alorda Artists Relations ManagerRaluca Marinescu Administration Intern
DEVELOPMENTRob Wiseman Associate Director of
Development, Annual FundBonita Hagbom Individual Giving OfficerTracy Reich Individual Giving OfficerJessica Breitbarth Planned Giving OfficerSarah Michael Institutional Giving ManagerBrian Ramos Development Operations
ManagerJackie Ernst Donor Stewardship ManagerLauren Cooper Individual Giving OfficerChristine Johnson-Duell Grant WriterNicholas Walls Individual Giving AssociateAnna Lehn Annual Fund AssociateMichael L. Moore Financial Services
CoordinatorAnnie Walters Development AssociateIlona Davis Donor Stewardship AssociateJacob Roy Development AssociateMichael Cooke Development Intern
EDUCATIONBarbara Lynne Jamison Youth Programs
ManagerRobert McClung Community Programs
ManagerKristina Hammer Our Earth Production
AssistantApril Heding Education Intern
FINANCEJeremiah Marks ControllerMarissa Betz-Zall Senior AccountantRandee Byrd PayrollSocorro Manuel-Alpuerto PayrollShirley Gay Accounts Payable Associate
INFORMATION SYSTEMSIain Quigley Desktop User Support
Technician Stuart McLeod Software Systems
Administrator
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.
SPEIGHT JENKINS, GENERAL DIRECTORKELLY TWEEDDALE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Seattle Opera Staff
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSKristina Murti Associate Director of
MarketingEd Hawkins Advertising and Promotions
ManagerLauren Erlinger Audience Development and
Retention ManagerKarin Kough Graphic DesignerJosh Rowland Web Producer
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 Services
Tony Kay Ticket Office SupervisorDana Pompa Ticketing Operations
SpecialistEmily van der Harten Patron Services
RepresentativeJustine Thayer Subscriber Relations
CoordinatorJohn Allbritton, Emily Bolton, Emma Lynn,
Emily Odell, Michael Seidel, N. Donn Talenti, Catrina Vroman Ticket Agents
DIRECT SALESDan Murphy Direct Sales ManagerBernard Pack Direct Sales Assistant ManagerLindsey Morck Administrative SupportMary Hobbs, Albert Sanders Senior Account
RepresentativesMichael Blue, Virginia Jackson, James
Lewis, Jim Pennington, Heidi Vanderford Account Representatives
PRODUCTIONPRODUCTION ADMINISTRATIONPaula Podemski Production SupervisorAndrea Reay Production AdministratorYuko Ariga Production Administration
Intern
STAGE MANAGEMENTYasmine Kiss Production Stage ManagerMike Janney, Cristine Reynolds Assistant
Stage ManagersJulie Chin Production Assistant
MUSICSarah Kern Potter Music AdministratorPhilip A. Kelsey Assistant ConductorDavid McDade Head of Coach-
AccompanistsJohn Keene ChorusmasterJeffrey Jordan Music Assistant/Chorus
Personnel Coordinator Beth Kirchoff Chorusmaster Emeritus
COSTUMESSusan I. Davis Costume Shop ManagerIngrid Thompson Costume Show ManagerHeidi Zamora Assistant Costume Shop
Manager/Costume Design CoordinatorIeva Ohaks Costume Rental-Stock
CoordinatorMary Ellen Walter Lead CutterMichelle Spinka CutterCynthia Abbott, Denise Barry First HandsKate Hartman, Miriam Goodman-Miller,
Shellie Moomey, Yoko Niendorf, Marta Olsen, Anji Wetherill, Cynthia Wheaton Stitchers
Lia Surprenant Crafts SupervisorRon Erickson Wardrobe HeadMadeleine DeGracia Assistant Wardrobe
HeadScott Arend, Christy Kazimour Wardrobe
AttendantsSophy Wong Costume Rental Intern
HAIR AND MAKEUPLiesl Alice Gatcheco Hair and Makeup
ManagerShelby Adele Rogers Lead Principal Hair
and Makeup ArtistPatti Barila-Wilmot, Eva Robins, Terry
Wright Principal Hair and Makeup Artists
Calli Dey, MJ Fjellestad, John Gardner, Bek Harvey, Jenn Hill, Nadia Kaboul, Trisha Partida Hair and Makeup Artists
Mae Saul Hair and Makeup Assistant Manager
TECHNICALTECHNICAL ADMINISTRATIONRobert F. Reynolds Associate Technical
DirectorChris Reay Assistant Technical DirectorConnie Yun Assistant Lighting DesignerLinda Kenworthy Properties CoordinatorAlicia Hall Technical Financial Services
Coordinator
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 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
CarpenterBrian Ainslie, Clinton Mathis, Scott Staheli
Lead Scenic CarpentersKitty Kavanaugh Master Scenic ArtistSusannah Anderson, Rick Araluce Lead
Scenic Artists
FACILITIES AND OPERATIONSClaudia Gallagher Associate Facilities
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Join us for this one-night-only concert honoring General Director Speight Jenkins and celebrating Seattle Opera’s 50th Anniversary. Accompanied by the Seattle Opera Chorus and members of Seattle Symphony Orchestra, many of Seattle
Opera’s best-loved singers will pay tribute to Speight at McCaw Hall. Purchase tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime concert now. Or join us for a full evening
when you add the glamorous, black-tie reception and dinner that follows.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW STARTING AT $99
DINNER RESERVATIONS BEGIN AT $2,500
ORDER NOW. PAY LATER.Order online
or in the lobby today and make
no payments until spring 2014.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
War Cry, Act I Finale, and Wotan’s Farewell Die Walküre | Wagner
Duet The Pearl Fishers | Bizet
Death of Boris Boris Godunov | Mussorgsky
Selected Scenes Otello | Verdi
Liebestod Tristan und Isolde | Wagner
“My Man’s Gone Now” Porgy and Bess | Gershwin
“Vissi d’arte” Tosca | Puccini
“Una furtiva lagrima” L’elisir d’amore | Donizetti
Plus more from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, La sonnambula, La forza del destino, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Tote Stadt, Tannhäuser, Samson et Dalila, Così fan tutte, Eugene Onegin, La Cenerentola, Mefistofele, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
FULL PROGRAM AT WWW.SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/
SPEIGHTCELEBRATION
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Above: Seattle Opera’s first production ever. Jean Fenn and Joshua Hecht sang Tosca and Scarpia. Some of Seattle’s other favorite Toscas include Dorothy Kirsten, Raina Kabaivanska, Ghena Dimitrova, Barbara Daniels, Carol Vaness, and Lisa Daltirus.
Left top: A magnificent production of Aida at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair laid the groundwork for Seattle Opera, which was incorporated a year later. Aida has returned five times, most recently in 2008 (pictured here), when Stephanie Blythe won Artist of the Year for her Amneris.
Left bottom: In 2012, opening night of Puccini’s beloved Madama Butterfly, starring Patricia Racette, played to an audience of over 8,000 Seattleites, here and at our live KeyArena simulcast. It was the biggest one-night opera event in Seattle Opera history.
Below: Neil Schicoff and Isola Jones made the stage sizzle as Don José and Carmen in 1987. Carmen, La bohème, and Die Walküre are the operas performed the most frequently in Seattle.
Audience FavoritesCelebrating Our 50 Years
S E A T T L E O P E R A 5 0 . C O M
While you’re in McCaw Hall for Rigoletto, be sure to stop by the photo displays in the outer lobby. You’ll find photos from 50 years of Seattle Opera history, with a special focus this month on our productions of the world’s most beloved operas, from Aida to Bohème to Carmen and beyond. For five decades, our spectacular artists have brought these great masterpieces and audience favorites to life again and again.
To see more photos of Seattle Opera’s 50 years, visit the lobby displays before a performance or during intermission. Or visit seattleopera50.com, where you can explore every production in Seattle Opera history—Speight’s favorites, Wagner spectaculars, the Glynn Ross era, behind the scenes, and more. The site includes videos, audio clips, and a place for you to share memories of your own. Come join the celebration—we want to hear from you!
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