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14 ROSINA HEARD ’ROUND THE WORLDBy Jessica Murphy Moo

16 THE IRRESISTIBLE MUSIC OF YOUTHBy Jonathan Dean

21 SEATTLE OPERA’S NEW BUILDING: AN OPEN INVITATION

Production Essentials

8 Production Sponsor

9 The Cast of The Barber of Seville

10 The Story of The Barber of Seville

11 Artists

13 Chorus

13 Supernumerary

13 Orchestra

Departments

5 From the General Director

6 Board of Directors

7 Service Directory

7 From the President

18 Seattle Opera Staff

19 Staff Chat

20 Education and Community Engagement Sponsors

22 Individual Donors

30 Institutional Donors

30 In-Kind Sponsors

30 Volunteer Fundraising

31 Encore Society

32 Seattle Opera at the Center

34 Leadership and Producer’s Circles

36 Amusements

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39 Upcoming Events

EditorJessica Murphy Moo

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Humans are creatures of habit. We all find our various routines in life and tend to get put out if something comes along that disturbs those habits. It is surprising how easily an arts organization can fall into a similar pattern! If we find a winning formula, we can be tempted to repeat it from one opera production to the next. But the arts are agents of change, and the impact of the arts—in a continually evolving society—is always changing, too.

One of the duties of any arts organization is to ensure that it stays current with those societal changes. When we at Seattle Opera ask “Why do we do the work we do?,” the answer very much has to do with the here and now—specifically Seattle’s here and now. If the arts are a

reflection of society, then we must reflect that society in what we present on stage.

We learned a great deal from our community discussions before, during, and after our summer performances of Madame Butterfly. And during our recent reprise of An American Dream, we thought a lot about how new stories paired with strong community partnerships can elevate the important work of local groups while also telling a powerful, timely, and new story that offers new roles for people of color.

So much of what we learned aligns with our vision for Seattle Opera as a twenty-first-century arts organization. We know we need to serve and reflect our communities, and we know we have work to do in order to achieve that.

At first glance The Barber of Seville may not seem to have any connection to today. It’s a comedy built on an ancient social system, after all! But of all the theatrical genres, comedy is perhaps the one most linked to the way we live our daily lives. Comedy highlights and magnifies socially unacceptable behavior and punishes it with laughter (rather than tears). There is a bit more to The Barber of Seville than a mere comic romp. Its characters are defined by their age, and can be divided into two camps—the young and the old—and each has their own distinct attitude to life. As the opera progresses, we see the plans of the old guard being thwarted, and we witness a societal change taking place before our eyes, as that old order gives way to the younger generation. We all bring our specific twenty-first-century experiences to bear on these universal ideas.

The Barber of Seville is the first of two co-productions that we are mounting this season, the second being Aida, which will come to you in May. This production of Barber is a trans-Pacific affair, as we work in partnership with both Opera Queensland, who premiered it last year, and New Zealand Opera who will feature it after our run of performances. It also enables us to bring back to Seattle the team who last year brought us such a sparkling production of Count Ory—our conductor Giacomo Sagripanti and director Lindy Hume. And on this occasion, they are partnered by a newcomer to our roster of artists, the production designer Tracy Grant Lord, who has created wonderfully vibrant and witty designs that I am sure will delight you. Barber is a score that epitomizes Rossini’s playful spirit and sheer joie de vivre. It has entranced audiences for more than 200 years, and I hope that our production this evening does the same for you.

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Steven C. Phelps Anne M. RedmanMichael TobiasonMoya Vazquez

Advisory BoardConnie BloxomJohn M. Bloxom, Jr.Beverly BrazeauNorma B. CrocoDavid R. DavisJane Davis†

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Vice PresidentsBrenda Bruns, M.D.Susan MacGregor

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On behalf of the Seattle Opera Board of Directors, thank you so much for joining us today! Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is a classic and hilarious opera that is sure to delight. This fantastic production is filled with incredible artists both on and off the stage, which of course is no exception for Seattle Opera’s high artistic caliber.

We are excited to welcome back director Lindy Hume, who entertained audiences with last season’s whimsical opening production of The Wicked Adventures of Count Ory. Ms. Hume is generously sponsored by Seattle Opera donors Eric Hawley and Gwen Lowery. We are so grateful

for their noteworthy support! These artistic sponsorship gifts go straight into the work you experience at Seattle Opera, and they are tied directly to the mainstage funding of your choice—be it a particular production, artist, or other Seattle Opera program or event. Sponsorships are a wonderful way to express your passion for opera while experiencing personalized behind-the-scenes access to the opera you love. See page 34 in this program for details on the lasting impact of sponsorship opportunities.

When it comes to artistic support, we can’t forget the up-and-coming generation of young artists and opera lovers. That’s where Seattle Opera’s Education and Community Engagement department steps in, which is hard at work connecting with people across Washington State through fun and enriching programs. Our company’s mission is centered on drawing our community together through opera, and you make it possible through every ticket purchase and donation! Once we move into our new civic home through the Seattle Opera at the Center campaign, we will do more than ever before to provide a wonderful variety of programs for everyone to enjoy.

Don’t forget—you can double your impact thanks to an anonymous $3 million matching challenge for all new and increased gifts to this capital campaign! The future of Seattle Opera looks ever brighter as we come closer to realizing this monumental project. Every gift counts to make a huge difference. Whether it’s $50 or $500, your support is truly appreciated—and indeed necessary—to ensure the success of this campaign. Look for our Seattle Opera at the Center display today in the Grand Lobby, or visit seattleopera.org/atthecenter for more information.

Thank you for being a part of the Seattle Opera family!

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P.S. Annual Fund support includes gifts of all sizes to sustain the amazing work presented on stage. See page 22 for your Seattle Opera donor family recognition. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!

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English captions by Jonathan Dean © 2017. Makeup provided by M·A·C.

The fortepiano is a replica of an Anton Walter instrument (Vienna, 1795) built by Rodney Regier of Freeport, Maine. It is kindly loaned from the keyboard instrument collection of Tamara Friedman and George Bozarth in Seattle.

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Premiere: Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy; February 20, 1816Seattle Opera Premiere: September 20, 1966

Performed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall: October 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 28, 2017

In Italian with English Captions.

Evening performances 7:30 p.m. Matinees 2:00 p.m.

Act I: 90 minutesIntermission: 30 minutesAct II: 51 minutes

Music by Gioachino RossiniLibretto by Cesare Sterbini

CONDUCTOR

Giacomo Sagripanti

STAGE DIRECTOR

Lindy Hume

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER

Daniel Pelzig

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Tracy Grant Lord†

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Matthew Marshall†

ENGLISH CAPTIONS

Jonathan Dean

CAST (in order of vocal appearance)

FIORELLO

Ryan Bede

COUNT ALMAVIVA

Matthew Grills† (Oct. 14, 20, 22, 25)Andrew Owens (Oct. 15, 18, 21, 28)

FIGARO

John Moore (Oct. 14, 20, 22, 25)Will Liverman (Oct. 15, 18, 21, 28)

ROSINA

Sabina Puértolas† (Oct. 14, 20, 22, 25)Sofia Fomina† (Oct. 15, 18, 21, 28)

DR. BARTOLO

Kevin Glavin

AMBROGIO

Marc Kenison†

BERTA

Margaret Gawrysiak

DON BASILIO

Daniel Sumegi

OFFICER

Kwangsuk Ku

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Philip A. Kelsey

CHORUSMASTER

John Keene

MUSICAL PREPARATION

Philip A. Kelsey, David McDade, Jay Rozendaal

STAGE MANAGER

Yasmine Kiss




THE STORYACT IOutside the house of Dr. Bartolo in Seville. Accompanied by the servant Fiorello and a group of hired musicians, Count Almaviva serenades his beloved Rosina from beneath her window. Along comes Figaro—barber, doctor, matchmaker, and self-styled “factotum” to all of Seville. Figaro informs the Count, his former employer, that Rosina is the ward of old Dr. Bartolo. Rosina drops a letter from her window asking her mysterious serenader to identify himself. In a second serenade, the Count fabricates an identity as a poor student named “Lindoro” (since he wants to be loved for himself, and not his riches). After observing Dr. Bartolo make plans to marry Rosina himself, the Count and Figaro plot to foil Bartolo’s plans. In order to get the Count into Bartolo’s house, Figaro will disguise the Count as a drunken soldier to be billeted there.

Inside the house, Rosina declares her intention to have the man she wants. Don Basilio, Rosina’s singing teacher, warns Bartolo that Count Almaviva has designs on Rosina, and Basilio suggests that slander would be the best way to get rid of him. Bartolo insists they draw up his marriage contract to Rosina immediately. Figaro, who overhears their plot, warns Rosina, promises to deliver a note from her to “Lindoro,” and departs. The suspicious Dr. Bartolo deduces that Rosina has written someone a letter and heckles her. The Count bursts into the house in his drunken soldier disguise and insists that he is to lodge there, despite Dr. Bartolo’s strenuous objections. Their ensuing quarrel becomes a public disturbance.

INTERMISSION

ACT IILater that afternoon. Having gotten rid of the drunken soldier, Dr. Bartolo opens his doors to the Count—disguised this time as Don Alonso, Don Basilio’s substitute music teacher. “Don Alonso” allays Dr. Bartolo’s suspicions by giving Bartolo the letter Rosina wrote to “Lindoro,” and describes his plan to slander Lindoro, who is clearly pursuing women on the Count’s behalf. At her singing lesson, Rosina sings an aria from The Useless Precaution, her favorite opera. Meanwhile Figaro, who is giving Dr. Bartolo a shave, manages to steal a key to the house. Don Basilio enters suddenly, beginning a quintet; but the others quickly boot him out the door, and quintet becomes quartet. Dr. Bartolo finally discovers the lovers’ plot and kicks the Count and Figaro out of his house. Dr. Bartolo asks Don Basilio to fetch the notary so Bartolo can marry Rosina at once. Bartolo shows Rosina her letter and tells her that her “Lindoro” is really wooing her on behalf of another man, Count Almaviva. Rosina’s faith in Lindoro is shattered.

During a storm, Figaro and the Count, using the stolen key, enter with the intention of liberating Rosina. When Rosina refuses to go with them, “Lindoro” reveals his true identity. Basilio is threatened and bribed into witnessing the marriage of Almaviva and Rosina. Bartolo concedes defeat and blesses the lovers.

ARTISTSMATTHEW GRILLS Count Almaviva

Tenor (Newtown, CT)Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Idreno, Semiramide (Opéra national de Lorraine); Tobias Ragg, Sweeney Todd (San Francisco Opera); Nemorino, L’elisir d’amore (Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Opera)Upcoming: Pedrillo, Abduction from the Seraglio; Brighella, Ariadne auf Naxos; and Kedril, From the House of the Dead (Bayerische Staatsoper)

LINDY HUMEStage Director (Sydney, Australia)

Seattle Opera Debut: Count Ory (’16)Recently: Ruddigore (Opera Queensland); Carmen (New Zealand Opera); La Cenerentola (Oper Leipzig)Upcoming: La Cenerentola (Royal Swedish Opera); Athalia (Pinchgut Opera)

MARC KENISON/WAXIE MOON Ambrogio

(Seattle, WA)Seattle Opera DebutMarc Kenison, internationally known as his burlesque persona Waxie Moon, has performed at various venues throughout Seattle including Key Arena, On The Boards, The Triple Door, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, and The Moore Theater. This December, Waxie Moon can be seen in

Seattle in Homo for the Holidays. Kension recently directed Above the Fruitless Plains at Cornish College of the Arts, where he is an adjunct faculty member.

KWANGSUK KUOfficer

Baritone (Seoul, South Korea) Seattle Opera Debut: Messenger, La traviata (’17)Previously at Seattle Opera: Registrar, Madame Butterfly (’17) Seattle Opera Chorus Member since 2016 Recently: Chorus, The Flying Dutchman, Katya Kabanova, and The Magic Flute (Seattle Opera) Upcoming: Chorus, Beatrice and Benedict and Aida (Seattle Opera)

RYAN BEDEFiorello

Baritone (Tacoma, WA)Seattle Opera Debut: Second Priest, The Magic Flute (’17)Previously at Seattle Opera: Jim Crowley, An American Dream (’17); Prince Yamadori, Madame Butterfly (’17) Recently: Moralès/Le Dancaïre, Carmen (Pacific Northwest Opera); Papageno, The Magic Flute (Opera Idaho); Bass soloist,

Mozart Requiem (Sofia, Bulgaria) Upcoming: Bass soloist, Handel Messiah (Bremerton Symphony); Moralès/Le Dancaïre, Carmen (Tacoma Opera); Baritone Soloist, Duruflé Requiem (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo)

SOFIA FOMINARosina

Soprano (Moscow, Russia)Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Berthe, Le prophète (Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse); Aquilio, Adriano in Siria (Theater an der Wien); Olympia, The Tales of Hoffmann (Royal Opera Covent Garden) Upcoming: Gilda, Rigoletto (Royal Opera Covent Garden); Adele, Die Fledermaus (Bayerische Staatsoper); Musetta, La bohème (Festspielhaus Baden-Baden)

MARGARET GAWRYSIAK Berta

Mezzo-Soprano (Geneseo, IL)Seattle Opera Debut: Vera Boronel, The Consul (’14)Previously at Seattle Opera: Marcellina, The Marriage of Figaro (’16) Recently: Ruth, The Pirates of Penzance (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Old Lady, Candide (Orlando Philharmonic); Mistress Hibbons, The Scarlet Letter, world premiere (Opera Colorado)

Upcoming: Soloist, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Seattle Symphony); Soloist, Handel Messiah (Virginia Symphony Orchestra)

KEVIN GLAVINDr. Bartolo

Bass (Pittsburgh, PA)Seattle Opera Debut: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (’00)Recently: Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (Opera Hong Kong, Pittsburgh Opera, and Florida Grand Opera)Upcoming: Bartolo, The Barber of Seville (Opera Tampa); Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale (Pittsburgh Opera)


ARTISTS CONT.

WILL LIVERMAN Figaro

Baritone (Virginia Beach, VA)Seattle Opera Debut: Raimbaud, Count Ory (’16)Recently: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (English National Opera at the Hackney Empire and Lyric Opera of Chicago); Marcello, La bohème (Portland Opera)Upcoming: Figaro, The Barber of Seville (Kentucky Opera); Tommy McIntyre, Fellow Travelers (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Papageno, The Magic Flute (Florentine Opera)

TRACY GRANT LORD Production Designer (Auckland, New Zealand)

Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Set and Costume Designer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sha Tin Town Hall, Hong Kong); Set and Costume Designer, Billy Elliot the Musical (Waterfront Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand); Set and Costume Designer, Cinderella (Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland)Upcoming: Set and Costume Designer, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Sumner Theatre,

Melbourne, Australia); Set and Costume Designer, Twelfth Night (The Playhouse, Brisbane, Australia)

MATTHEW MARSHALLLighting Designer (Sydney, Australia)

Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Anacreon, Erighetta e Don Chilone, and Pigmalion (Pinchgut Opera)Upcoming: La Cenerentola (Royal Swedish Opera); Athalia (Pinchgut Opera); La bohème (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour)

JOHN MOOREFigaro

Baritone (Milford (Okoboji), IA)Seattle Opera Debut: Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro (’16)Previously at Seattle Opera: Papageno, The Magic Flute (’17) Recently: Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro (Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Japan); Jan, Breaking the Waves (Opera Philadelphia); Adario, Les Indes galantes (Bayerische Staatsoper)

Upcoming: Pa, Proving Up, world premiere (Omaha Opera); Steve Jobs, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Seattle Opera)

ANDREW OWENS Count Almaviva

Tenor (Newton, PA)Seattle Opera Debut: Leicester, Mary Stuart (’16)Recently: Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola (Arizona Opera); Mads, Peer Gynt (Theater an der Wien); Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville (Virginia Opera)Upcoming: Benedict, Beatrice and Benedict (Seattle Opera); Snout, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theater an der Wien)

DANIEL PELZIG Associate Director/Choreographer (New York, NY)

Seattle Opera Debut: Salome (’01)Previously at Seattle Opera: Count Ory (’16); Iphigénie en Tauride (’07); Florencia en el Amazonas (’05)Recently: Director, The Mikado (Kentucky Opera); Director, Mary Poppins (Musical Theatre West); Choreographer, Sunday in the Park with George (Huntington Theatre)Upcoming: Choreographer, West Side Story (University of South California);

Choreographer, Tartuffe (Huntington Theatre); Choreographer, Candide (Alliance Theatre)

SABINA PUÉRTOLAS Rosina

Soprano (Zaragoza, Spain)Seattle Opera DebutRecently: Countess, Il viaggio a Reims (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Gilda, Rigoletto (Ópera Nacional de Chile); Rodelinda, Rodelinda (Gran Teatre del Liceu)Upcoming: Poppea, L’incoronazione di Poppea (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Servilia, La clemenza di Tito (Théâtre du Capitole); Fiorella, Il turco in Italia (Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo)

GIACOMO SAGRIPANTI Conductor (Giulianova, Italy)

Seattle Opera Debut: La Cenerentola (’13) Previously at Seattle Opera: Count Ory (’16)Recently: Il viaggio a Reims (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Don Pasquale (Glyndebourne Festival); La Cenerentola (Bayerische Staatsoper)Upcoming: Il trovatore and Il viaggio a Reims (Deutsche Oper Berlin); La favorite (Bayerische Staasoper)

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CHORUS

SopranoJennifer CrossMelanie HingsonDana Johnson

MezzoLorraine BurdickMelissa PlagemannSusan Salas

TenorNathan BarnesJoel CummingsAndrew EtheringtonJon FarmerAnthony JamesTim JaneckeKarl ReyesStephen Wall

Bass/BaritoneDan AarthunMichael DunlapCraig GraysonBen KramerKwangsuk KuDierre LopezJulian Reisenthel

SUPERNUMERARY

Sergey Smirnov

ORCHESTRA

Violin ICordula Merks, ConcertmasterJennifer BaiMariel BaileyCecilia Poellein BussAyako GamoTimothy Garland,

Asst. ConcertmasterClark StoryJeannie Wells Yablonsky

Violin IIKathleen Boyer, PrincipalBlayne BarnesBrittany Boulding BreedenStephen BryantLinda ColeAndrew Yeung, Asst. Principal

Viola Susan Gulkis Assadi, PrincipalMara Gearman, Asst. PrincipalAlexander BaldockPenelope CraneLaura RenzRachel Swerdlow

CelloNathan Chan, PrincipalBruce BaileyWalter Gray, Asst. PrincipalCharles Jacot

BassJoseph Kaufman, PrincipalJonathan Burnstein,

Asst. PrincipalTodd Larsen

Flute/PiccoloJeffrey Barker, PrincipalZartouhi Dombourian-Eby

Oboe Mary Lynch, PrincipalChengwen Winnie Lai

ClarinetBenjamin Lulich, PrincipalLaura DeLuca

Bassoon Seth Krimsky, PrincipalPaul Rafanelli

HornMark Robbins, PrincipalDanielle Kuhlmann

TrumpetAlexander White, PrincipalMichael Myers

PercussionMichael Werner, PrincipalMichael Clark

GuitarMichael Partington

Personnel ManagerScott Wilson

Assistant Personnel ManagerKeith Higgins

Rotating members of the string sections are listed alphabetically.

The Orchestra is composed of members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

DANIEL SUMEGIDon Basilio

Bass (Sydney, Australia)Seattle Opera Debut: Daland, The Flying Dutchman (’07) Previously at Seattle Opera: The Bonze, Madame Butterfly (’17); Daland, The Flying Dutchman (’16); Fafner and Hagen, Der Ring des Nibelungen (’09 and ’13) Recently: Fasolt/Hagen, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Opera Australia); Johnny Iselin,

The Manchurian Candidate (Austin Opera); Walter, Luisa Miller (San Francisco Opera) Upcoming: Don Pedro, Beatrice and Benedict; Ramfis, Aida (Seattle Opera); Pogner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Opera Australia)


ROSINA HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLDBy Jessica Murphy Moo

Perhaps the first moment when we see that Rosina isn’t merely a helpless damsel in distress is in her first aria “Una voce poco fa.” She acknowledges that she is in love with Lindoro (who we know is the Count in disguise), and she sets her mind to winning him. “I’m gentle, I’m respectful, I’m obedient, sweet, loving,” she says, “but”—and this “but” is where we see her strength—“I’m a viper and I’ll set a hundred traps before giving up. I’ll make them fall.” Not a wallflower, our Rosina.

SOFIA FOMINA SABINA PUÉRTOLAS


Still, she is stuck, and this situation, intensified by Rossini’s music, is where all the tension and frustration and—let’s face it—hilarity springs forth.

Sopranos Sabina Puértolas and Sofia Fomina are here making their Seattle Opera debuts in a role they both love. Puértolas, who is from Spain, describes Rosina as “very young, very Spanish” with a personality that is sunny and “like champagne.” Fomina, who is originally from Russia, calls the character clever, innocent, flirtatious, and “like fire.”

They also both think of Rosina as very young, and that her youth is perhaps both her shield and her strength. Her actions aren’t quite as premeditated as someone with a deeper understanding

of the consequences ahead of her if she doesn’t escape from Bartolo and seize control of her own destiny. (Compare her to Gilda in Rigoletto, who is also held captive but has no escape.) Rosina knows what she wants and she goes for it, and she has a little fun at the expense of Bartolo along the way.

Puértolas is right at home playing the young girl in Spain because the role brings her back to an earlier carefree phase in her life. “My life is very normal, with my son and my husband, my cat, my dog,” she says. “With Rosina, I feel young again. I’m not Sabina, married with a son.” And despite Rossini’s Italian sensibilities, she feels that the opera evokes a wonderful sense of Spain’s character. “We are very luminosos; we are very bright,” with a personality that she compares to a breath of fresh air. (An interesting tidbit about this production is that the creative team has decided to play up the opera’s “Spanish-ness.” We will see flamenco dancers and the crumbling aristocracy of Seville and other elements of Spain.)

Fomina is at home in this opera too, perhaps less because of the cultural elements and more because she loves singing bel canto roles. At Royal Opera Covent Garden, Fomina recently performed the pants role of Jemmy, in

Rossini’s final opera William Tell. So Fomina has run the gamut with Rossini, and she’s hoping to take on more of those big bel canto roles and some lyric roles (Lucia, Violetta) as her voice and career continue to evolve.

These performances mark not only Fomina’s Seattle Opera debut, but also her US debut. In Russia, she says it is not uncommon to spend one’s entire career at a single house, but she realized early on that she wanted to follow a different path. She spent about eight years singing full-time with two companies in Germany, and she has recently changed to a freelance career where she is traveling the international stages. In some ways, she can identify with Rosina’s core desire to be free.

Puértolas began her career singing Spanish folk music in the north of Spain, and eventually went to a conservatory and narrowed her focus. She seems to have struck the work/life balance many can only hope to achieve. “My family pushes me to continue with my career. They are behind me. They help me. In my life, if I am happy, they are happy. It’s very important to me.” She admits that she is a positive person, and she is relieved to have the advantages of technology to bring her home and connections with her wherever she goes.

Fomina grew up in a musical family: her mother is a violinist and her father was a violinist and conductor from a small city outside of Moscow. And when she first went for her residency at Saarbrücken, she didn’t speak any languages other than Russian. She learned English and German, “and the world started opening up to me.” The director there introduced her to the director at the Royal Opera House, and the opportunities to perform on world stages continued from there.

Puértolas loves to sing at the theaters that make her feel at home. For her that is Royal Opera Covent Garden, Teatro Real, and Bruxelles. After Seattle, she will return home to Spain to sing in Barcelona and Madrid, and then on to Toulouse. Fomina comes to us from Toulouse where she performed Berthe in Meyerbeer’s Le prophète, and then heads to Royal Opera Covent Garden. But for now, their home is Seattle, and we look forward to delighting in the antics and the coloratura of their sunny and fiery Rosinas.

PUÉRTOLAS, WHO IS FROM SPAIN, DESCRIBES ROSINA AS “VERY YOUNG, VERY SPANISH” WITH A PERSONALITY THAT IS SUNNY AND “LIKE CHAMPAGNE.” FOMINA, WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM RUSSIA, CALLS THE CHARACTER CLEVER, INNOCENT, FLIRTATIOUS, AND “LIKE FIRE.”

The Barber of Seville 15

What is The Barber of Seville really about? For many of us, this opera means one thing: “Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!” The baritone’s entrance aria, one of the most popular and instantly recognizable numbers in all opera, stands head and shoulders above pretty much everything else Rossini ever wrote (with the possible exception of the William Tell overture). It’s been a fixture of pop culture since Looney Tunes.

But when you look closely at the opera, Figaro’s beloved “Largo” doesn’t propel the plot. Okay, he’s a barber, and outrageously fond of himself; but what does that have to do with anything? It’s not even clear that he’s the opera’s central character. He wasn’t the title character when the work premiered, in 1816. Rossini named his opera Almaviva, or The Useless Precaution, implying that the tenor is the main character. (The subtitle becomes a ridiculous in-joke and running gag throughout the show.) That original version concluded with an extraordinary tour de force aria for Almaviva, in which this character, who has played at so many identities over the course of the show—an impoverished student, a drunken soldier, a scandal-mongering substitute music teacher—finally asserts his own genuine aristocratic identity.

But today, Almaviva’s big aria is usually omitted. Modern audiences aren’t disposed to sit patiently through a serious eight-minute aria that comes AFTER the resolution of a comic plot. (Plus, its music found another suitable home as the conclusion of La Cenerentola.) It’s not necessary for Almaviva to sing that aria, because really, he isn’t the main character. The real reason Rossini called the opera Almaviva instead of The Barber of Seville was to show respect for (and avoid obvious competition with) Paisiello, the older composer whose 1782 Barber of Seville opera still held the stage. Alas, this new name was itself a useless precaution: Paisiello’s supporters, infuriated that some young upstart had dared remake their idol’s masterpiece, disrupted the premiere, which

went down in history as one of opera's most unmitigatedly disastrous opening nights.

So if it’s not really about Almaviva, can we say that Barber is about music and mirth? It’s still the world’s most popular bel canto comedy. Our experience attending a good Barber of Seville has something to do with smiling at human folly and enjoying Rossini’s music—all this fantastic bravura singing. Timeless pleasures, but the comedy and the music have to work for today: October 2017, in Seattle.

According to Maestro Giacomo Sagripanti, who returns now to conduct his third Rossini opera in Seattle, a big part of Rossini’s appeal is that his music isn’t about anything other than itself. “Rossini’s music explains the atmosphere of a theatrical scene. But he doesn’t explain the scene...his music is totally abstract. It’s pure music.” Sagripanti understands why the music of The Barber of Seville feels so different from opera music by composers like Wagner or Puccini, where every note connects to the characters or the plot. “Rossini was interested in elegance of form, in the taste of melody. He was less concerned with telling the story musically.” The result? The music’s loose hold on its drama allows the comedy more freedom.

And the comedy certainly benefits from that freedom, that space for spontaneity. But unlike Rossini’s atmospheric music, comedy has to be about something. Our director for this production is Lindy Hume, another Rossini specialist who

THE IRRESISTIBLE MUSIC OF YOUTH By Jonathan Dean


first collaborated with Sagripanti here for Rossini’s Count Ory. According to Hume, “In the same way that the music only works if it’s absolutely accurate and disciplined, the comedy is only funny if it’s physically and emotionally tight and accurate—if it’s real. Sloppy buffo acting makes me want to kill someone. The singers have to play the real situation, not play at being a funny character.”

So, exactly what is that real situation for Barber in 2017?

For Hume, “It’s about the generation gap, about youth getting what it wants.” And by “youth,” she means both “title” characters, Almaviva and Figaro. One’s an aristocrat, a grandee of old Spain, the other a self-made (and relentlessly self-promoting) modern man. Hume thinks of Figaro as “the guy who breaks all the rules of the aristocracy and gets away with it; he’s this charming, enterprising celebrity whose motto is ‘Fake it till you make it.’” According to Sagripanti, “one of the reasons for Barber’s big success

through all the years is how it contrasts an aristocratic world in decline with a rising democratic world.” The opera is about the uneasy alliance between Almaviva and Figaro, noble and commoner, and their attempts to free a beautiful young woman from an old tyrant.

Rosina, who’s middle class, may very well be the principal character when we look at this opera with twenty-first-century eyes. For Hume, her escape is the opera’s heart. “Rosina is in prison, trapped by this patriarchal society, aching to grow up and be in love. The cruelty and unfairness of trapping this beautiful bird is the basis of all the tension. It’s domestic abuse. Even if the show is crazy and colorful, we have to play the reality of Rosina’s nightmare.”

Sagripanti agrees with Hume that Rosina’s suffering is no joke. “When Rosina bursts into tears, in the First Act Finale, the music suddenly changes direction. Because Almaviva’s reaction is really furious. He stops being the drunken soldier and now is a lover who wants to defend his beloved.”

Love, identity, tyranny vs. freedom, the generation gap, the relationship between ancien régime and democracy—it turns out The Barber of Seville is about a lot of things. And in Hume’s production it is also about Spain and fashion. Created last year in Brisbane, Australia, this Barber honors the opera’s 200th anniversary by spanning two centuries of costume reference. “The oldest character in the piece is Ambrogio, who’s actually 200 years old. Whereas with the young people there are flavors of the Spain of Almodóvar and the world of youth fashion.”

Rossini battled Paisiello in 1816 for the right to compose his own Barber of Seville. Youth triumphed over age, and its weapon was Rossini’s irresistible music. “It just poured out of him,” says Hume. “He wrote this opera in, what, two and a half weeks? His music is unmediated, like a sketch, and there’s this fantastic energy and elegance and decoration about it. He sees the world through a particularly colorful prism, one that reaches out across the ages.”

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SEATTLE OPERA STAFF

ADMINISTRATIONDominica Myers

Board Relations Manager/Special Assistant to Aidan Lang

Deanna WaldonAdministration Intern

ARTISTICMary Brazeau

Artistic Administration ManagerMeggie Watson

Associate Director of Artistic Planning

Jonathan DeanDramaturg

Paula PodemskiCompany Manager

Emmy Ulmer Titlist

MUSICJohn Keene

Head of Music Staff and Chorusmaster

Philip A. Kelsey Assistant Conductor

David McDade Head of Coach-Accompanists

Jay RozendaalCoach-Accompanist/Orchestra Librarian

Emily Cabaniss Music Assistant/Company Librarian

Stephen Wall Chorus Personnel Coordinator

Beth Kirchhoff Chorusmaster Emeritus

Jade CheungLibrary Intern

STAGE MANAGEMENTYasmine Kiss

Production Stage ManagerJulianna Brei-Crawley, Madeline Levy

Assistant Stage ManagersAlex Wommack

Production Assistant

DEVELOPMENTCaroline Webb

Development Coordinator

ANNUAL GIVING AND DONOR SERVICESCaroline D’Ambro

Donor Stewardship ManagerMichael L. Moore

Development Operations ManagerMarcella Morrow

Donor Communications ManagerErica McIntyre

Development Operations Coordinator

CAPITAL CAMPAIGNNina Yarbrough

Capital Campaign ManagerSarah Bernhardt

Capital Campaign Associate

INDIVIDUAL GIVINGAllison Rabbitt

Associate Director of Development—Individual Giving

Tracy ReichSenior Individual Giving Officer

Matt Lider, Catherine MerloIndividual Giving Officers

Kim OsitisDevelopment Research Manager

Julia Curns-Welch Individual Giving Coordinator

INSTITUTIONAL GIVINGChristine Johnson-Duell

Foundation and Government Giving Manager

Alex Kyger Corporate Giving Manager

PLANNED GIVING Janell Johnson

Associate Director of Development—Estate and Gift Planning

Susan GoodPlanned Giving Intern

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTNicole Sonbert

Youth & Family Programs Manager Rachelle Adams

Operations ManagerT.J. Callahan

Education & Community Engagement Associate

Britney Schroeder Production Manager, Community Projects

Ryan Bede, Julia Benzinger, Jennifer Bromagen, Becca Cantrell, Ben Cleveland, John Coons, Katrina Deininger, Serena Eduljee, Andrew Etherington, Karen Early Evans, Jon Farmer, Alexander Gallo, Michael Heitmann, Li-Tan Hsu, Tim Janecke, Nerys Jones, Darrell Jordan, Kay Yeh, Kelly Kitchens, Cheryse McLeod Lewis, John Marzano, Jessica Milanese, Ibidunni Ojikutu, Dawn Padula, Melissa Plagemann, Allison Pohl, Marcus Shelton, Greg Smith, Meg Stohlman, Revere Taylor, Shelly Traverse, Ta-Wei Tsai, Lucy Weber, Erin White, Lyndee White

Teaching Artists

FINANCEMarissa Betz-Zall

ControllerMichael Joyce

Senior Financial AnalystRandee Byrd

Payroll ManagerTrevor Torres

Payroll AssistantLindsey Morck

Accounts Payable/Receivable Associate

Hester QiangFinance Intern

INFORMATION SYSTEMSIain Quigley

Desktop User Support Technician Stuart McLeod

Software Systems Administrator

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSBrittany Rall

Associate Director of MarketingKelly Hamilton Colglazier

Graphic DesignerGabrielle Nomura Gainor

Media Relations ManagerEd Hawkins

Marketing Manager/CopywriterDana Johnson

Digital Marketing ManagerJessica Murphy Moo

Publications EditorErika Norris

Web ProducerHailey Burt

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Genevieve Hathaway Photographer and Social Media Assistant

SALES AND SERVICESMichelle M. Carrasquillo

Associate Director of Marketing, Sales and Services

Gregory Schell Ticket Operations Manager

Kathryn Wahlberg Audience Services Manager

Jessica BrockmanGroup Sales Coordinator

Corrie YadonAudience Services Coordinator

Lia Fakhouri, Katie Beisel Hollenbach, Taylor Kesterson, Hanako O’Leary, Esther Ranjbar, Samantha Sheats, Anne Szeliski

Audience Services RepresentativesDebra McKinney

Box Office Representative

DIRECT SALESBernard Pack

Direct Sales ManagerMary Hobbs, Albert Sanders

Senior Account RepresentativesErin Hart, Alexander Hawker, Virginia Jackson, Dorothea Kopta, Toni Zeigler

Account Representatives

PRODUCTIONJoshua McIntosh

Technical DirectorChris Reay

Technical ManagerAlicia Moriarty

Operations ManagerConnie Yun

Assistant Lighting Designer

COSTUMESSusan I. Davis

Costume Shop ManagerHeidi Zamora

Costume Show ManagerIeva Ohaks

Costume Rental-Stock CoordinatorSophy Wong

Costume AssistantDenise Barry

Lead CutterMiriam Goodman-Miller

Crafts SupervisorShanna Sincell

CutterCynthia Abbott, Laura Girardot

First HandsPatti Emmert, Kate Hartman, Yoko Niendorf

StitchersRon Erickson

Wardrobe HeadChristy Kazimour

Assistant Wardrobe Head

HAIR AND MAKEUPLiesl Alice Gatcheco

Hair and Makeup ManagerAshlee Naegle

Wig MasterEva Robins

Lead Principal Hair and Makeup Artist

Calli Dey, Shelby RogersPrincipal Hair and Makeup Artists

Ashlee Naegle, Trisha Partida, Julia Wing-Krafft

Hair and Makeup ArtistsFaith Matthews

Assistant Hair and Makeup ManagerFiona Kraus

Hair and Makeup Intern

STAGE CREWCharles T. Buck

Master Stage CarpenterJustin Loyd

Head FlymanChris Balducci, Jason Balter, Dallas Duell, Ian Gardner, Krysten Ronningen, Jason Wagoner

Assistant Stage CarpentersJim Nash

Master ElectricianMartin Cunningham

Assistant Master ElectricianMolly Brindley, Chris Dimoff, Jim Gable, John Small

Assistant ElectriciansPetrude W. Olds Jr.

Properties MasterSandy Burke

Assistant Properties MasterJason Montgomery

Properties AssistantCandy Solie

Lightboard OperatorJack Burke

Master Sound Technician/Designer

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 I.A.T.S.E., Local #887.Scenic artists and hair/makeup work is performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local #488.

Lisa BuryDirector of Development

Aren Der HacopianDirector of Artistic Administration and Planning

Barbara Lynne JamisonDirector of Education and Community Engagement

Kristina MurtiDirector of Marketing and Communications

Doug ProvostDirector of Production

Jane RepensekChief Financial Officer/ Chief Operations Officer

Nancy Del Villar VivéDirector of Human Resources

AIDAN LANG, GENERAL DIRECTOR


STAFF CHAT: YOKO NIENDORF

Yoko Niendorf has worked as a stitcher in Seattle Opera’s Costume Shop for 20 years. She commutes from Lakewood—on winter days she leaves in the dark and comes home in the dark, but to her the long commute is entirely worth it. She loves her job, and she loves working with her talented team to create such extraordinarily beautiful costumes. —Jessica Murphy Moo

WHEN DID YOU START SEWING? Right after high school my dad sent me to two years of sewing school. I was born in Japan and at that time, most went to sewing school or college. That way if something happened to my husband, I wouldn’t have to lean on anybody else. My father made the dyes to dye kimono. That was his business. They start out as white fabric, with the designs in the fabric, then he painted them. I have my father’s DNA!

DID YOU INTEND FOR STITCHING AND COSTUME-MAKING TO BECOME YOUR CAREER? No, I went to school in Japan and here in the US, and I got a civil service job in an after-school program. Then I changed to community relations.

HOW DID YOU GET BACK INTO SEWING? My husband retired, and I was in Japan for a year. Then I came back and the 5th Ave hired me. I loved working for the 5th Avenue.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE COSTUME PERIOD? Late seventeenth or eighteenth century. I just love it. These costumes are hard to make, but after I make them with my incredible teammates, I just fall in love with the costumes. They are so beautiful. Anybody can make a street dress, but how many people can make those eighteenth-century high society women’s outfits? My favorite costumes of all were from the most recent Ring, Manon Lescaut, and Carmen. Carmen was also the first opera I ever saw. I saw it in Mannheim, Germany. I loved it.

HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SEE THE COSTUMES ON THE STAGE? Satisfaction. One hundred percent satisfaction. I have pride in my job.

DO YOU EVER SEW ANYTHING FOR YOURSELF? Never. My girlfriend is a physician. She buys scrubs and she’s my height, so I just hem them for her. That’s all. Nothing else. It’s because she’s my good buddy. I did make my wedding dress. White, high waistline, A-shape, three-quarter sleeves and some lace. Very simple.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FABRIC?Anything silk. I don’t like denim. It's hard on the hands, and heavy denim can ruin two or three needles in one day.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SEWING MACHINE?I clean it once a week, and I check the needle every morning. I make sure the needle is very sharp. It is a nice machine. I really appreciate that the company gives me such an expensive machine, so I take care of it. It doesn’t look like it’s 18 years old.

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS OPERA, WE HAD PERIOD COSTUMES, BUT SOME OF THE COSTUMES IN THIS PRODUCTION HAVE A MORE MODERN TWIST. THE COSTUMES ARE COMING TO US FROM OPERA QUEENSLAND, ONE OF OUR CO-PRODUCERS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUR WORK?When we are the second co-producer to present a show, we adjust some costumes and we often make the costumes new for the principals. The colors for this show are so beautiful, so lively and bubbly. The reds, yellows, greens. The costumes really fit the opera and its happy ending.

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EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPONSORS

LEAD SPONSORS ($25,000 AND MORE)The Boeing CompanyClassical KING FM 98.1Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationHearst FoundationsOPERA AmericaPeach FoundationSeattle Opera FoundationTrue-Brown FoundationThe Wallace Foundation

GENERAL SUPPORT ($5,000 - $24,999)Anonymous (3)C. Keith Birkenfeld Endowed FundBrenda Bruns, M.D. and Richard DeiningerJeff CarnevaliJonathan Caves and Patricia Blaise-CavesRobert and Loretta ComfortSusan MacGregor Coughlin and John

LauberWilliam Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund

for Education Outreach Programs at Seattle Opera

The Hot Chocolate FundLinda L. JamesThe Janecke FamilyLundgren Endowment for New WorksJames and Lora MelhornLori and Bill PriceTom and Gretchen PuentesSeattle Opera GuildGertrude E. Sprenger Education

EndowmentStephen Sprenger

YOUTH PROGRAMSGENERAL SUPPORTEnvestnet | TamaracPaul and Terri SchaakeU.S. Bank Foundation

IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMSThe Clowes Fund, Inc. Carmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed FundCostco WholesaleMargaret HaggertyScott and Jenny WyattPerry Lorenzo Endowed FundDr. Stanley M. Pier Endowed Fund

Opera ToursPeach FoundationThe Foster Foundation

Your support brings the wonder of opera to incredible new heights!

Seattle Opera’s Education and Community Engagement programs connect with classrooms and neighborhood centers all across Washington State, providing unique and enriching opera experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds.

We share sincere thanks for the following donors who have made a commitment of $5,000 or more as of September 12, 2017.

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“I like to think of the building as a welcome mat,” says Barbara Lynne Jamison, Director of Education and Community Engagement. “In the past few years, Seattle Opera has found many ways to be out and about in our community. Now we will also get to welcome our community in and provide new services and opportunities to engage with the arts.”

With new expanded rehearsal spaces, a glass box theater visible from the sidewalk, a walking path to view the creation of Seattle Opera’s exquisite costumes, and speakers that will pipe rehearsal music outside, the building will invite people behind the scenes in a new way—to witness the work of art creation and to be inspired by it too!

Here are a few of the new and expanded programs our Education and Community Engagement department hopes you will take part in:

OPERA IN THE MAKING WORKSHOPS These workshops, which look closely at the many elements of art that go into opera, encourage adults to flex their creative muscles. We will expand our libretto-writing workshop to music, costume creation, and other types of art making.

EXPANDED YOUTH CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS AND SCHOOL TOURS With safe and inviting spaces dedicated to our youth programming and school tour rehearsals, we intend for these programs to elevate in profile and expand.

LUNCH & LISTEN ON FRIDAYS During these weekly lunch-hour concerts, you might hear a young musician who needs practice before a college admission audition, a jazz trio from Cornish prepping for a performance, or a group who needs a practice performance space. The repertoire will include opera and classical music, along with other forms of music. Free and open to the public, the space will provide a service to local performance artists.

To learn more about the Seattle Opera at the Center capital campaign, please read pages 32 and 33.

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While Seattle Opera will continue to perform mainstage operas at McCaw Hall, our new building next door will provide an open invitation to the community to take part in celebrating and creating art.

SEATTLE OPERA’S NEW BUILDING: AN OPEN INVITATION


SEATTLE OPERA INDIVIDUAL DONORSSeattle Opera wholeheartedly appreciates your donor support—you brought to life today’s mainstage production, and you help sustain and grow our many programs throughout the season! The list below reflects Annual Fund donors at the Garnet level and higher ($1,000 and more) beginning July 1, 2016, through September 12, 2017.

FRIENDS OF SEATTLE OPERAGarnet $1,000-$1,499Anonymous (25) † « ^ Harlan and Asja Adams David and Heidi Adkisson Stephan Adler Marianna Alexandersdottir Susan Allan Paul and Karin Allen Mary Ann Allen Paul G. Allen Susan Allen Connie J. Alley Nell Altizer « Jerilyn and Paul Anderson Rebecca Andrews Mr. Ben Armstrong and

Mrs. Werona Armstrong David Ashby Joan Baldwin and James Walsh « Phillip Baldwin and Layne Goldsmith Leonie Barnes Dr. Sanford C. Barnes and Eugene Carlson Tim and Tony Barrick ³ Mike Barta and Cynthia Shelly Aldo and Laurie Basile Evelyn and Richard Bateman Charles and Marie Bender Dr. and Mrs. Forrest C. Bennett Patricia M. Bentz « Marianne Bergstrom Janice Berlin ³ Karen and Herb Berry Dona Strombom Biermann David and Lyn Bishop Roxanne Blanco-Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Bland Leslye and Robert Bohrer Karl Bonn Beatrice and William Booth Christopher and Linda Borland Tim and Tami Boze Marilyn J. Braarud Benedict J. Brown Paul B. Brown and Margaret A. Watson † Grania and Martin Buckley Abra Buffalo Carl Bunje and Patricia Costello Greg Burns Richard Cahall William F. Calderhead Jake Call Ruth Cannon Phil Capp Carey Family Foundation Eugene Carlson Karen Carlson-Iffert and Jena Marie Myers ³ John Carmichael and Michael Partlow Gerard Centioli Annette and Des Chanez Linda Chaves Russell Cheetham Bonnijo Chervenock

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Seattle Opera is honored to recognize the following legacy donors who are helping secure the future of opera by including Seattle Opera, or the Endowment for Seattle Opera, as a charitable beneficiary through a Will or Trust.(List as of September 12, 2017)

Anonymous (37) • Charles and Barbara Ackerman • Gary N. Ackerman and Robin Dearling • John Akamatsu • Reverend and Mrs. John M. Allen • Linda and Tom Allen • Margaret Almen • Ernesto Alorda and Jonathan David Gerson • Robert L. and Rosemarie Anderson • Ms. Laura Arpiainen • David W. Barker • Mary L. Bass • Marla Beck • Dr. Janet Beckmann and the late Dr. George Beckmann • In honor of Minnie Bergman • Jean Berry • Rachael Black and the late Ronald Barensten • Jack and Connie Bloxom • Neil M. and Kathleen Bogue • Patricia L. Bostrom • Sandra Boyd • Joseph Brancucci and William Carley • F. H. Braymer • Toby Bright • Marshall and Jane Brown • Lynn Buell • Sarah H. Burdell • William B. and Ann S. Burstiner • Lisa Bury • Betty R. Carter • Drs. Gregory and Darlene Chan • Carolyn Chawla • Jean Cho and David Mankoff • Mrs. Heinke Clark • Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Clarkson • Janice C. Condit • Carol Veatch Corbin • Norma B. Croco • Tavia Crowder • James and Wendy Cullen • William and Laurie Daniel • Nancy Davies • Lorraine del Prado and Thomas Donohue • John Delo and the late Carmen Delo • Sharon Demuth • Dr. Susan E. Detweiler and the late Dr. Alexander Clowes • Marjorie Dougherty • Fred and Adele Drummond • Michael G. Dryfoos and Ilga Jansons • Pat Dubrow • Ann R. Eddy • Patricia Edwards • Karl and Carol Ege • Anna F. Egidy • In memory of H. Wendell Endicott • William Etnyre and David Claus • Jane and Thomas Fadden • A. H. Feige, Jr. • Lyn and Paul Fenton • Jack and Dorothy Fidler • Susan and Thomas Fife • Jack and Marsha Firestone • Russell and Nancy Fosmire • Ernest and Elizabeth Frankenberg • David F. Freedman • Carole Fuller and Evan Schwab • Dr. Lena Furgeri • Gloria Gagne • Diana H. Gale • Donna Gathany • Gail J. Gazda • Natalie Gendler • Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Gibbons • Leslie Giblett • Rebecca C. Gillette • Dr. Ulf G. and Inger A. Goranson • Claire and Michael Gordon • Mark J. Gralia • John Andrew Hackley • Jeffrey and Rosario Hanna • Larry Hanna • Christine R. Hansen and Peter T. Hurd • Karen Hansen • Gini Harmon • Mr. Derik Harper • Jenny Hartley • Roger Henderson • Sylvia H. Hobbs • Ron and the late Geraldine Hoefer • Mr. Paul Hoglund • Frank and Katie Holland • Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth and the late Dr. Phyllis Bagdi • Marilyn Holstad • Barbara Howell • Michael R. Huber and Danielle E. LaVilla • Erik Jacobsen • Jan Jarvis • Robert C. Jenkins • Speight Jenkins • Julia G. Johansen • Ginger R. Johnson • Paul and Janell Johnson • Braiden Rex-Johnson and Spencer A. Johnson • Vincent M. Jolivet • Robert D. Julien • H. David Kaplan • Mr. and Mrs. Duff Kennedy • Frances J. Kwapil • Sandra and John Labadie • Jan Lamers and the late Eric Lamers • Consuelo F. Larrabee • Gary M. Law • Rosemary Leong-Miller and Robert Miller • Marjorie J. Levar • Lady M. Boswell Lindal • Geraldine Lindsey and Don Froomer • Thomas D. Loftus • Lynne Lovejoy • Mr. Everil E. Loyd, Jr. and the late Mrs. Vesta Loyd • Cheryl L. Lundgren • William B. Maschmeier and Patricia Haggerty • Kim and Stephen Mats Mats •

David Mattson and the late Leslie Mattson • James C. Mattson • Dr. David W. McClure and Dr. Cheryl L. Maslen • Elisabeth McKee • Stuart McLeod and Rachel Lissman • Greg Meldahl • James and Lora Melhorn • Prof. Ann H. Milam • Carolyn and Roger N. Miller • Robert C. Milnor • Rosalie B. Minier • Randa Minkarah and Scott Mullins • Richard Munsen, MD • Lin Murphy • Nadine and John Murray • Nancy P. Narraway • Bruce W. Novark M.D., D.D.S. • Wanda and Ralph Nuxoll • Peggy O’Brien-Murphy • Pamela A. Okano • Richard Q. Opler • Sarah M. Ovens • Dolores J. Palomo • Patricia S. Parrent • William and Carol Parsons • The late Ralph W. Peoples • Marty and Sue Peterson • Steve C. Phelps • Sarah Kern Potter • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy • Megan Pursell • Dennis and Margaret Purvine • Rabbitt Dorman Family • James and Sherry Raisbeck • Erica Rayner-Horn • Anne M. Redman • Eloise and Glen Rice • Paula A. Rimmer • Joyce C. and Saul Rivkin • John and Charlotte Robins • Mr. and Mrs. N. Stewart Rogers • Michael and Cheryl Rolland • Sharon Romm • Florence Rose-Thompson • Martha Lou Allan Sampson • Irwin and Barbara Sarason • Dr. Carolyn Scheve • James L. Schindler • Christopher Myers and Judith Schoenecker • Mrs. Lucia Schubert and the late Mr. Kenneth L. Schubert, Jr. • Virginia Senear and the late Allen Senear • Barbara Sherer • Evelyn E. Simpson • Joan Snelson • Rose Southall and the late John Southall • Stephen A. Sprenger • Margaret T. Stanley • John Starbard • Dr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Stevens • Duane and Barbara Swank • Maureen Swanson • Donald and Gloria Swisher • Christine A. Szabadi • Delma Tayer • Beryl A. Thompson •

Ian L. Thompson, M.D. • Russell F. and Sarah M. Tousley • Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Trafton • Evelyn M. Troughton • Rae Tufts • James and Karen Unkefer • Muriel A. Van Housen • Sharon F. Van Valin • Moya Vazquez • Jean B. Viereck and Robert S. Leventhal • Betty L. Wagner • Jay S. Wakefield and Susanne M. Wakefield, Ph.D. • Nicholas A. Walls • Bill and Carol Warren • Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers • Karola Watson • Raleigh Watts • Scott Webster • Douglas Weisfield • Robert D. Welden and Jeffrey A. Watts • Dorothy Wendler • Drs. William and Gail Weyerhaeuser • Judith A. Whetzel • Julie Wieringa • James and Felicity Wornast • Carolynne and Phil Wright • Jim Yancy • Shirley Zaic and Eric Johnson • Charles A. Zaragoza

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DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT TODAY!CALL 206.389.7669EMAIL [email protected] seattleopera.org/atthecenter

BRICK BY BRICKSeattle Opera is on track to complete its brand new facility by the end of 2018! Be sure to check out all of the exciting construction activity right next door to Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.While you will continue to see mainstage opera performances here in the dazzling McCaw Hall, the new building will be the headquarters of our growing community and education programs. Programs for the youngest to oldest members of our community such as youth camps, schools tours, and adult learning classes will originate here. In addition, this building will house state-of-the-art spaces for rehearsals, production, and administrative work.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make an opera come to life? This new building will allow you to peer behind the curtain any day of the week! A viewing garden will enable individuals to take a peek inside the costume shop or view curated displays in our main lobby.

Seattle Opera is dedicated to creating access for everyone. We believe that the power of opera and all art forms is something that should be shared. In our new civic home, together we can make this vision a reality. By moving our operations right next to where we perform, we will experience never-before-seen efficiencies and cost savings that will allow Seattle Opera to produce better opera and construct more points of entry into this multi-disciplinary art form.

Thanks to your individual support, as well as public funding from the city, county, state, and federal levels, we are 86% of the way toward completely funding this $60 million project as of September 12, 2017.

MAXIMIZE YOUR SUPPORTAn anonymous donor is offering a $3 million challenge grant for all new and increased campaign gifts. Make your donation before the December 31 deadline!

Seattle Opera at the Center has made great progress thanks to our volunteer leadership and project team:

Honorary Co-ChairsFrances and the late Fred Rogers

Steering Committee ChairMaryanne Tagney

Steering Committee MembersThomas H. AllenSusan MacGregor CoughlinJanet SearsMoya VazquezWilliam T. WeyerhaeuserScott Wyatt

Community Phase Task ForceElana AleksandrovaJan BerlinCarla LawrenceRichard Mills

Project TeamArchitect: NBBJProject Manager: Shiels Obletz JohnsenGeneral Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis


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CORNERSTONE CIRCLE $5,000,000+ Kreielsheimer Remainder Foundation Tagney Jones Family Fund at Seattle Foundation

$2,500,000–$4,999,999 4Culture and King County, Building For Culture

$1,000,000–$2,499,999 Anonymous Apex Foundation Lenore M. Hanauer Marks Family Foundation Norcliffe Foundation James and Sherry Raisbeck

$500,000–$999,999 M.J. Murdock Charitable TrustThe Neukom Family FoundationTrue-Brown FoundationWA State Dept of Commerce

$250,000–$499,999 Toby Bright and Nancy WardRobert and Loretta ComfortGary and Parul HoulahanJoshua Green FoundationEveril Loyd Jr. and Joane DelBene

$100,000–$249,999 Anonymous (3)Richard R. and Constance AlbrechtChap and Eve AlvordJohn Bates and Carolyn CorviJack and Connie BloxomJohn and Joyce BozeatMilkana and Colin BraceMarshall and Jane BrownSandra and the late William DunnChris and Carolyn EaganThe Foster FoundationRichard and Mary Beth GemperleNatalie GendlerLeslie GiblettJohn Goodfellow and Barbara PetersonAdrian and Jane HobdenDr. Kennan H. HollingsworthRon Hosogi and Marla BeckThe Hot Chocolate FundJohn Graham FoundationSeattle Opera Guild in memory of Marian E. Lackovich and Captain Louis J. Lackovich

Laura LundgrenNesholm Family FoundationMargaret and Eric RothchildEulalie SchneiderJudith Schoenecker and Christopher L. MyersGene and Jean StarkPaula Stokes and John SullivanThe Walker Family FoundationJanet Wright Ketcham FoundationThe Jonathan F. Whetzel Family

CENTER CIRCLE $50,000–$99,999 AnonymousThomas H. and Linda L. AllenJonathan Caves and Patricia Blaise-CavesThe Chisholm FoundationJanice C. ConditDr. Susan E. Detweiler and the late Dr. Alexander ClowesWilliam S. EtnyreJack M. and Marsha S. FirestoneRobert Fries and Debra DahlenGrousemont Foundation in memory of Howard S. WrightD.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable TrustRosemary Peterson to honor the late Richard H. PetersonSteven C. PhelpsAnne M. RedmanSeattle Opera GuildMartha and Jeff ShermanShannon Sperry and Paul GoodrichBarbara and the late Paul StephanusCharles and Delphine StevensMoya VazquezJay and Susanne WakefieldJennifer and Scott Wyatt

$25,000–$49,999 AnonymousMr. and Mrs. Willie C. AikensNeil M. and Kathleen BogueMarshall and Jane BrownDrs. Gregory and Darlene ChanSusan M. Coughlin and John LauberLaurie and William DanielKen Duncan and Tanya ParishEllen FergusonDiana H. Gale and Jerry HillisJeffrey and Rosario HannaEric Hawley and Gwen Lowery

H. David KaplanDr. Brian A. LaMacchiaJeanne Marie LeeFowler Martin and Barbara WarrenKaren and Rick McMichaelBrendan MurphySarah NavarreWanda and Ralph NuxollThe Peg and Rick Young FoundationTom and Gretchen PuentesMr. and Mrs. W. H. PurdyRose M. SouthallStephen A. SprengerJohn F. StarbardRussell F. and Sarah M. TousleyJames R. Uhlir and Camille M. Uhlir

$10,000–$24,999 Anonymous (3)Kim A. AndersonWarren and Anne AndersonLynly BeardRebecca BoydGary BrombergBrenda Bruns, M.D. and Richard DeiningerDr. Joseph and Barbara BuchmanWilliam B. and Ann S. BurstinerSusan BuskeBetty R. CarterSteven and Judith CliffordPatricia and Ted CollinsJohn Delo and Elizabeth StokesJesse and Lenora DillerMichael G. Dryfoos and Ilga JansonsPaul and Becky HaleyAnn and Glen HinerMichael and Zhenya HymanBruce E.H. Johnson and Sandra E. DavisMr. Dong Kim and Ms. Rebecca BansetMartha Kongsgaard and Peter GoldmanAidan Lang and Linda KitchenJay and Linda LapinAndrea C. LewisGreg MeldahlStafford and Louise MillerRichard Mills and Karen CovingtonHeidi Munzinger and John Shott, in honor of Linda and Tom AllenJocelyn Phillips and Warren BakkenMegan and Greg PursellCornelius and Penny RosseLupe Salazar and Barry BoldingCharles and Maria Schweizer

Janet and Thomas SeeryAllen (late) and Virginia SenearBernard SilbernagelMatthew Segal and Corrie GreeneDuane and Barbara SwankJudy Tsou and David CarlsonWagner and MoreDavid and Romayne WattKenneth and Rosemary Willman COMMUNITY CIRCLE $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous (2)Lisa Bury and John R. Taylor, in honor of Tom and Linda AllenBarbara and James CrutcherJames and Wendy CullenClinton Diener and Diane LaskoPatricia DubrowKathleen Fischer and Thomas HartH. Lee HolcombBarbara Lynne Jamison and Keith LoganJohn and Pamela JolleyBrian Kreger and Peggy Martin KregerLeslie and David MattsonDave and Dolly MilkowskiDr. and Mrs. Donald W. Miller Jr.Soo Hyun Park and Jeff RosenfeldRalph Wendelle PeoplesJonathan Rosoff and Kristin WinkelRachel R. SchneiderCarla Tachau Lawrence, in memory of Frank and Paula TachauTerrence TurnerVirginia WrightAlbert and Angelina Yen IN-KIND Collins Group, a division of Campbell & CompanyCossé International SecuritiesHeartlandNBBJPacifica Law Group

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING DONORS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY CONTRIBUTED $5,000 OR MORE TO SEATTLE OPERA AT THE CENTER BETWEEN JULY 1, 2005, AND SEPTEMBER 12, 2017:

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YOUR SUPPORT: LIVE ON THE MAINSTAGE!Express your passion for Seattle Opera by sponsoring a production, artist, event, or program that resonates with you. Get to know the artists and the behind-the-scenes work that bring your favorite opera productions to life!

Customized sponsorship benefits make for a truly unforgettable experience. Contact Director of Development Lisa Bury for more information at 206.676.5530 or [email protected].

Artist sponsors Ron Hosogi and Marla Beck meet backstage with soprano Yasko Sato and General Director Aidan Lang during Madame Butterfly.

LEADERSHIP CIRCLEThrough a three-year Annual Fund commitment of $100,000 or more, Seattle Opera’s most visionary supporters help realize an unbounded vision for Seattle Opera’s future. Leadership Circle membership gives you premium recognition, provides personalized access to your opera company, and allows you to create a lasting impact on the art you love.

We give profound thanks to the following Leadership Circle members (as of September 12, 2017):

Toby Bright and Nancy WardEric Hawley and Gwen LoweryGary and Parul HoulahanCarol Maione and Brian MarksNesholm Family FoundationWilliam and Sally NeukomJames and Sherry RaisbeckEugene and Jean StarkMaryanne Tagney and David JonesTrue-Brown FoundationJay and Susanne WakefieldGail and William WeyerhaeuserAnn P. Wyckoff

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE (NEW!)The Producer’s Circle recognizes donors who have made a three-year Annual Fund commitment of $60,000–$99,999. This new tier of customized giving brings more possibilities than ever before to ensure the present and future of your opera company. Make your pledge today and enjoy memorable behind-the-scenes experiences with Seattle Opera!

We are so grateful for the following Producer’s Circle members (as of September 12, 2017):

Christopher and Carolyn Eagan Jeff and Martha Sherman

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ARTSBUILD COMMUNITIESThanks to our donors for strengthening the community by helping ArtsFund support over 100 cultural organizations each year.

$350,000 and up$100,000–$349,999$50,000–$99,999

$25,000–$49,999

2017 INDIVIDUAL AND FOUNDATION DONORS GOLD CLUB $50K AND UP MARY PIGOTT; PETE AND JULIE ROSE $25,000 - $49,999 NORMAN ARCHIBALD CHARITABLE

FOUNDATION; CARL AND RENEE BEHNKE; ALLAN E. AND NORA DAVIS; KATHARYN ALVORD GERLICH;

JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION; JOSHUA GREEN FOUNDATION; SANDY AND CHRIS MCDADE; NEUKOM

FAMILY; NORCLIFFE FOUNDATION; MOCCASIN LAKE FOUNDATION; JUDY PIGOTT; STEPHEN P.

AND PAULA R. REYNOLDS; SATTERBERG FOUNDATION; MARY SNAPP AND SPENCER FRAZER;

ANONYMOUS (1) CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000 - $24,999 NANCY ALVORD; JUDI

BECK AND TOM A. ALBERG; ALAN BRUGGEMAN; JIM AND GAYLEE DUNCAN; CYNTHIA HUFFMAN

AND RAY HEACOX; PETER HORVITZ; GLENN KAWASAKI; DEBBIE KILLINGER; ED KIM AND

SUSAN SHIN; THOM AND GWEN KROON; CHARLOTTE LIN AND ROBERT PORTER; DOUGLAS

AND JOYCE MCCALLUM; CAROL AND DOUG POWELL; ANN RAMSAY-JENKINS AND THE

WILLIAM M. JENKINS FUND; FAYE SARKOWSKY; SEQUOIA FOUNDATION; JON AND MARY

SHIRLEY FOUNDATION; JAMES AND KATHERINE TUNE FIRST CHAIR $5,000 - $9,999 CHAP AND EVE ALVORD; BILL AND NANCY BAIN; BEEKS FAMILY LEGACY -

FOUNDATION; STEVE BEHNEN AND MARY HORNSBY; MICHAEL P. BENTLEY; CARLA

AND BRAD BERG; TOBY BRIGHT; CREELMAN FOUNDATION; MRS. JANE DAVIS AND

DR. DAVID R. DAVIS; PETER AND SUSAN DAVIS; ELLEN FERGUSON; KEVIN

FOX; WILLIAM FRANKLIN; ROD FUJITA; GABE GARTNER; CHUCK

AND BRENDA HANDLEY; DAVID JONES AND GRACE

LAO; OMAR AND CHRISTINE LEE; LOEB FAMILY

CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS; BLANCHE AND

STEPHEN MAXWELL; BRUCE AND JOLENE

MCCAW; ANTHONY AND ERICA

MILES; HERB AND LUCY PRUZAN;

LEIGH AND LOUISE RABEL;

ROBERT CHINN FOUNDATION;

DARYL RUSSINOVICH; MRS.

THEILINE SCHEUMANN; DOYLE AND

ALANE SIMONS, GRIDIRON CREEK

FOUNDATION; BRAD SMITH AND KATHY SURACE-

SMITH; THE HUGH AND JANE FERGUSON FOUNDATION;

TREELINE FOUNDATION; ANN P. WYCKOFF; LYNN HUBBARD AND DAVID

ZAPOLSKY; ANONYMOUS (1) ENCORE $2,500 - $4,999 SHERMAN ALEXIE;

KIM A. ANDERSON; BOB AND CLODAGH ASH; JIM AND BARB BARNYAK; KUMI AND ANTHONY

BARUFFI; JOHN H. BAUER; DAVID AND KRISTI BUCK; SUE AND ARTIE BUERK; C. KENT AND SANDRA C.

CARLSON; ROBERT FLEMING; ERIC FREYBERG; LYNN AND BRIAN GRANT FAMILY; MARIA GUNN; RICHARD AND

MARILYN HERZBERG; MARI HORITA; DAN AND CONNIE HUNGATE; JANET WRIGHT KETCHAM FOUNDATION; KAREN

KOON; TIM MAUK AND NOBLE GOLDEN; KAREN AND RICK MCMICHAEL; YAZMIN MEHDI AND LIAM LAVERY; DOUGLAS AND

NANCY NORBERG; CHUCK NORDHOFF; THE RABEL FAMILY ADVISED FUND; STAN AND INGRID SAVAGE; KEITH SCHREIBER

AND CLARE KAPITAN; JOHN S. TEUTSCH; RICH AND LESLIE WALLIS; GAIL AND BILL WEYERHAEUSER

2017 CORPORATE DONOR LIST $5,000 - $9,999 AEGIS LIVING; ALASKAN COPPER & BRASS COMPANY

AND ALASKAN COPPER WORKS; BNY MELLON WEALTH MANAGEMENT; ERNST & YOUNG LLP; FOSS MARITIME COMPANY;

GENSLER ARCHITECTS; GETTY IMAGES*; GREATER CHINA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON; HD FOWLER; KING 5;

LMN ARCHITECTS; MEDICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK, INC.*; NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.; PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL;

RAISBECK FOUNDATION; VULCAN INC $10,000 - $24,999 AMAZON; CENTURYLINK; CHIHULY STUDIOS; CLISE PROPERTIES

INC.; COLUMBIA BANK; THE COMMERCE BANK OF WASHINGTON*; DAPPER + ASSOCIATES; DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP*;

DINGYI NORTH AMERICA SEATTLE, LLC; DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP*; K&L GATES*; KEYBANK; KING COUNTY; NORDSTROM, INC.;

R.D. MERRILL COMPANY; SAFECO INSURANCE; U.S. BANK; UNION BANK $25,000 - $49,999 PERKINS COIE*; STOEL RIVES LLP*

*includes employee workplace giving

* Support from Microsoft Corporation, The Boeing Company, Sellen Construction, POP, and Starbucks Coffee Company includes employee workplace giving.

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AMUSEMENTSGifts of Artistic Expression

SEATTLE OPERA ONLINEVisit seattleopera.org to find trailer videos, photos, audio clips, and interactive guides about The Barber of Seville and all the upcoming operas in our exciting 2017/18 season.

VIDEOSCOSTUMES UP CLOSE Costume Shop Manager Susan Davis gives you the inside scoop on key Barber costumes, with special attention on how color was used to highlight the clash between the older and younger generations. No opera glasses required!

ONE-MINUTE TRAILER A montage of dress rehearsal footage from Seattle Opera’s current Barber of Seville production.

ROSSINI HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SO ARCHIVES A two-minute collection of video clips from our recent presentations of Rossini’s comic operas including The Barber of Seville (2011), The Italian Girl in Algiers (2007), La Cenerentola (2013), and Count Ory (2016).

THE COMEDY OF DOORSVisit the set with Stage Director Lindy Hume and Associate Director Daniel Pelzig to see how the many doors and windows add to the chaotic and playful spirit of Rossini’s farce, “the original sit-com.”

AUDIO PLAYERMUSICAL EXCERPTS Sample audio clips and highlights from The Barber of Seville and many other Seattle Opera performances at soundcloud.com/seattle-opera.

ALSO ON THE WEB

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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE CDTake home the iconic music of Rossini with this highly-regarded Deutsche Grammophon release. Claudio Abbado conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus in this 1972 live recording featuring Hermann Prey (Figaro), Teresa Berganza (Rosina), and Luigi Alva (Count Almaviva). 2 CDs and libretto. $32.95

NEW: “MINE” MUGMake sure everyone knows this Seattle Opera mug belongs to you! Light gray porcelain with white and dark gray lettering and turquoise accent. Holds 16 ounces. $16.95

MANY MANY MASKSCheck out our selection of masks for trick or treating, masquerade balls—just in time for Halloween! Glitter, feathers, metal, leather and lace—more than 50 styles and colors from which to choose. Prices range from $15-$70.

EXCLUSIVE ARTWORK T-SHIRTSDesigner Kitty Kough created this whimsical illustration for Seattle Opera’s colorful production of Rossini’s chaotic comedy. Multicolored design depicts Rosina’s roses surrounding a dumbfounded Bartolo—complete with toupee—as Figaro’s brush lathers up the promise of romance with Almaviva. Available in men’s and women’s short sleeve. Prices vary.

SHOP AMUSEMENTS ONLINE AT SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/SHOP.

Located on the Kreielsheimer Promenade Level of McCaw Hall. Open two and a half hours prior to curtain.


next up!

COSÌ FAN TUTTEJANUARY 2018SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/COSI

If you are enjoying tonight’s romantic comedy, Seattle Opera has another zany romp on the horizon—Così fan tutte. Experience the musical—and comic—genius of the one and only W. A. Mozart!

THE STORYDon Alfonso doesn’t believe in fidelity, and he proposes a bet with his friends. He thinks he can get their girlfriends to cheat in a mere 24 hours. Disguises and partner swapping ensue. But will there be a wedding at the end of it all or not? Who will win the wager? And who belongs with whom?

Così fan tutte Production Sponsors: Seattle Opera Foundation Ann P. Wyckoff ArtsFund

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EMAIL [email protected] “MUSIC TALKER” IN SUBJECT LINE.

NOW HIRING ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVES• 20 hours weekly

• Day and evening shifts

• Hourly plus commissions

• Perks and bonuses

• Excellent earning potential

DO YOU LIKE TALKING ABOUT MUSIC?bring your voice to Seattle Opera!

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Tickets: 206.842.8569 bainbridgeperformingarts.orgProduced by special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide.

Book by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott | Based on the Latent Image/Specific Films Motion Picture | Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Direction and Choreography by Jessica Low | Musical Direction by Brandon Peck | Costume Design by Barbara Klingberg

Suitable for mature audiences.

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Take a journey to the heart of FABULOUS at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Bainbridge Island.

OCT 24–NOV 19, 2017 seattleshakespeare.org

Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcherfrom the original by Nikolai Gogol

Directed by Allison Narver


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UPCOMING EVENTSFOR DONORSTHE BARBER OF SEVILLE ARTIST INSIGHT DINNEROctober 24, 2017, 6:00 p.m.A special dinner and enlightening Q&A with General Director Aidan Lang and artists of The Barber of Seville.(Annual Fund donors of $3,000 and more)

WAM SOCIAL HOURNovember 14, 2017, 4:30 p.m.Wagner and More’s annual Social Hour for WAM members at the Woodland Park Zoo’s renowned Carousel Room will offer light refreshments and curated opera discussion.(Annual Fund donors of $100 and more)

COSÌ FAN TUTTE DRESS REHEARSALSJanuary 10 & 11, 2018, 7:00 p.m.Watch the final details come together at the last rehearsal prior to opening night.(Annual Fund donors of $250 and more)

COSÌ FAN TUTTE SPOTLIGHT DINNERJanuary 11, 2018, 5:00 p.m.General Director Aidan Lang hosts this insightful three-course dinner prior to the Così fan tutte dress rehearsal, featuring a special guest artist.(Annual Fund donors or $500 and more)

WAM BOOK GROUPJanuary 16, 2018Settle in for winter with a good book and a lively chat, as Wagner and More delves deep into opera as it intersects with history.(Annual Fund donors of $100 and more)

MEET THE ARTISTSJanuary 18, 2018Don’t miss your chance to mix and mingle with the cast of Così fan tutte at this fun reception, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session.(Annual Fund donors or $500 and more)

Questions? Contact Donor Services at [email protected] or 206.389.7669. SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/DONATE

OPERA ON THE RADIOTune to 98.1 Classical KING FM every Saturday evening for more great opera, including live performances from the Seattle Opera stage and great recordings hosted by Aidan Lang or Jonathan Dean.KING.ORG

BRAVO!BRAVO! NIGHTSUnder 40? Join BRAVO! and enjoy complimentary wine and coffee in the BRAVO! Lounges during intermission. SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/BRAVO

BRAVO! AT THE MOVIESSaturday, November 4, 12:00 p.m.SIFF Cinema UptownJoin BRAVO! for a private screening of Amadeus, the iconic 1984 film that won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture. Mozart’s music features prominently in this fictionalized account of his life.

LASER OPERAFriday, February 2Pacific Science CenterOpera takes over the Pacific Science Center Laser Dome for one night only! This annual BRAVO! tradition features a live laser show choreographed to a soundtrack of operatic favorites.

TALKS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONSPre-Performance Talks60 minutes before every Seattle Opera performance. Free admission with performance ticket.Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall

Opera Talk BacksThis 30-minute event is hosted by a member of the artistic or education staff and will feature a special guest from the cast or creative team. Join us to explore a variety of perspectives on performance and production. In the Allen Room at McCaw Hall after every performance. Space is limited. Free with admission.

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTSSpeakers BureauPreviews by Norm Hollingshead are available throughout King, Pierce, and Kitsap counties. Visit SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/SPEAKERSBUREAU for a full list of dates and events.

Seattle Opera Lecture Series at SUOctober 24 and November 21, 7:00 p.m.Join us in the Pigott Auditorium at Seattle University for a fun and interactive multi-media experience designed to make you think about opera in new and innovative ways. Free admission.

Artful AgingIn community centers, retirement homes, and memory loss centers, Seattle Opera provides a host of engaging creative experiences, including recitals, guided sing-alongs, workshops to create original opera scenes, and more. The arts keep our minds engaged and our spirits strong!SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/ARTFULAGING

Youth Events

ROBIN HOOD—A YOUTH OPERA

February 2 & 3, 2018, Cornish PlayhouseRobin Hood and the forest posse won’t leave anyone behind in this fresh take on a timeless classic. An opera performed by youth and geared for audiences of all ages. $5 per ticket (all ages), but no one will be turned away for inability to pay.SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/YOP

STUDENT DRESS REHEARSALS

Up Next: Così fan tutte, January 10 & 11, 2018, 7:00 p.m.SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/EXPERIENCEOPERA

CLASSROOM OPERA FORUMS

A customized classroom-based discussion where students will “read between the lines,” engaging with opera through the underlying social, historical, and literary connections. SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/EXPERIENCEOPERA


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