THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

The Pittsburgh Ballet TheatrePATRICIA WILDE

Artistic Director

COLIN BISSETT, Managing Director

DancersEvelyne DeSutter Maria Teresa del Real

Charles Hagan Kenneth Nickel Pablo Savoye

Dana Lewis Scott Jovovich Tamar Rachelle

Carole Augustus Holly Baroway Brian Bloomquist Natalia Botha Joseph Briggs Mina Chremos Christian Claessens Jennifer Davis

Laura Desiree Lisette Fernandez Holly Goble Jay KirkCatherine Leverty Jeffrey Lyons Lona Misserian

Barbara Nagel Alexander Nagiba Carlton Paynter Debra Sawyer Courtney Smith Carol Stone Ernest Tolentino Johnny Warrior

Apprentices: Catherine Green, Caroline Harrison, Kara Petersen, Karen Wilsbach Students, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School: Toma Smith, Cameron McNinch

OTTAVIO DeRosA, Music DirectorGEORGE BARDYGUINE, Production Manager

DANA AREY, Ballet Master

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 14, 1985, AT 2:00POWER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

For the third consecutive season, Ann Arbor area children are performing with Pittsburgh Ballet dancers in this traditional Christmas ballet. After their selection by audition, the children were coached locally by Camilla Chiapuris, Director, Community School of Ballet; Wendi Redman, Director, Ann Arbor "Y" Youth Ballet Repertory; and Martha Case, Instructor, Community School of Ballet.

This performance is supported by Arts Midwest; its member state arts agencies in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; the National Endowment for the Arts; private partners; and by a special contribution from the Dayton Hudson Department Store Company.

Cameras and tape recorders may not be used in the auditorium.

Fifty-first Concert of the 107th Season Special Concert

THE NUTCRACKER

A Ballet in Two Acts

Music by PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Staged by ROBERT BARNETT and GERMAN ZAMUEL

after BalanchineChildren Repetitrice, KIMBERLY YOUNG Costume Design by HENRY HEYMANN Decor by WILLIAM PRYOR BREWER III

Based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann tale, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King."

(Decor for this production made possible through the generosity ofConsolidation Coal, Ernst & Whinney, The Hearst Foundation, Oxford Development Company,

Copperweld Corporation, and Action Industries.)

PROLOGUE

It is Christmas eve and the guests make their way to the home of Dr. and Frau Stahlbaum.

ACT I, Scene I

The Christmas party at the Stahlbaums. Their children, Mary and Fritz, wait for their friends to arrive, children and parents come bearing gifts. A toymaker, Herr Drosselmeyer, and his nephew bring toys and are begged to perform magic. When the guests depart, Mary returns to the now dark drawing room to fetch her toy Nutcracker and falls asleep on the couch.

ACT I, Scene II

Mary dreams about Drosselmeyer. . .the clock. . .the battle between the Nutcracker, his soldiers, and the Mice and Mouse King.

ACT I, Scene III

The dream continues with the snow forest and the snowflakes.

INTERMISSION

ACT II

The toy Nutcracker is transformed into a prince, and he and Mary are welcomed to the Kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy, where they are entertained by the sweets of many nations.

CAST

Dr. Stahlbaum ........................................................ Ernest Tolentino (Fri.)Brian Bloomquist (Sat. mat.)

Carlton Paynter (Sat. eve.), Jay Kirk (Sun.)

Frau Stahlbaum. .................................. Natalia Botha (Fri.), Debra Sawyer (Sat. mat.)Catherine Leverty (Sat. eve.), Caroline Harrison (Sun.)

Mary ......................................................................... Toma Smith

*Fritz .................................................................... Emily MuskovitzUnderstudy: Maureen Boland

Grandfather ............................................................ Carlton Paynter (Fri.)Jay Kirk (Sat.), Alexander Nagiba (Sun.)

Grandmother ................................................... Kara Petersen (Fri., Sat. mat.)Catherine Green (Sat. eve., Sun.)

Parents.............................................. Holly Goblc (Fri.), Mina Chremos (Sun.)Lisette Fernandez, Jennifer Davis (Fri., Sun.)

Debra Sawyer (Fri., Sat. eve.), Holly Baroway (Sat. mat., Sun.)Catherine Green, Barbara Nagel, Courtney Smith (Sat. mat.)

Lona Misserian, Carol Stone, Karen Wilsbach (Sat. eve.)Joseph Briggs, Christian Claessens, Johnny Warrior

Jay Kirk (Fri.), Jeffrey Lyons (Sat.), Carlton Paynter (Sun.)

*Roles marked with an asterisk are danced by local area children.

*Children. ......................................... Kacey Cooke, Grace Eng, Courtney Mclvor,Carolyn Munger, Marny Nahrwold, Stephanie Roberts,

Ashly Sloan, Abby Smillie, Margaret Wacker, Megan Wessinger;Rebekah Collins (Fri., Sat. mat.), Nyima Woods (Sat. eve., Sun.)

Maid ....................................................... .Karen Wilsbach (Fri., Sat. mat.)Caroline Harrison (Sat. eve., Sun.)

Drosselmeyer .......................................... Brian Bloomquist (Fri., Sat. mat., Sun.)Ernest Tolentino (Sat. eve.)

Hi's Nephew (The Nutcracker Prince) ......................................... Cameron McNinchGirl Doll .......................................... Dana Lewis (Fri.), Catherine Leverty (Sun.)

Carole Augustus (Sat. mat.), Jennifer Davis (Sat. eve.) Boy Doll............................................ Scott Jovovich (Fri.), Pablo Savoye (Sun.)

Charles Hagan (Sat. mat.), Alexander Nagiba (Sat. eve.) Soldier Doll. ......................................... Pablo Savoye (Fri.), Charles Hagan (Sun.)

Alexander Nagiba (Sat. mat.), Scott Jovovich (Sat. eve.)Mouse King. ................................... Jeffrey Lyons (Fri., Sat.), Carlton Paynter (Sun.)Mice. ..................................................... Joseph Briggs, Christian Claessens

Jay Kirk, Alexander Nagiba, Johnny Warrior*Sergeant. .......................................... Carrie Jackson (eves.), Sara Roberts (mats.)"Bunny .............................................. Susan Faust (eves.), Katie Shuster (mats.)*Trumpeteer ................................. Stacey Nahrwold (eves.), Sarah Chamberlin (mats.)*Soldiers ............................ Eves: Elizabeth Albright, Nikki Arisumi, Stephanie Bessette,

Suzanne Bessette, Kristin Brown, Melissa Clapham,Mimi Cotzin, Anne Dudzik, Samantha Gerich, Holly Hatch,

Shannon Lawrence, Hava Levitt, Kelly McGuire,Jennifer Ostrowski, Sarah Overhiser, Mia Vaculik

Mats.: Maureen Boland, Tara Boland, Amy Cohen,Judy Gombosi, Katy Judge, Annalisa Knudsvig,

Apolina Kosiba-Vargas, Haide Landenberg, Caryn March,Casey March, Carrie Montcalm, Sarah Overhiser, Rachel Rabkin,

Elena Saxonhouse, Stacey Walker, Nelly Weller-FahySnow Pas de Deux ................................ Maria Teresa del Real, Ernest Tolentino (Fri.)

Laura Desiree, Carlton Paynter (Sat. mat.)Tamar Rachelle, Carlton Paynter (Sat. eve.)

Dana Lewis, Jeffrey Lyons (Sun.)Snowjlakes. .................................. Holly Baroway, Jennifer Davis, Lisette Fernandez,

Catherine Green, Caroline Harrison, Barbara Nagel,Kara Petersen, Debra Sawyer, Carol Stone, Karen Wilsbach;

Dana Lewis (Fri.), Mina Chremos (Fri., Sat. mat.)Lona Misserian (Fri., Sat.), Courtney Smith (Sat., Sun.)

Holly Gobel (Fri., Sat. mat., Sun.), Tamar Rachelle (Sat. mat.)Natalia Botha (Fri., Sat. eve., Sun.), Courtney Smith (Sat., Sun.)

Carole Augustus, Laura Desiree (Sat. eve.. Sun.)Catherine Leverty (Fri., Sat., Sun.)

ACT II

*Angels ...................................••••••••••• Erin Brown, Sarah Dow, Marija Herrala,Sharon Kileny, Julia McDonough, Jennifer Smith,

Paula Stroud, Julia Sutton, Mary Wozniak;Ann Cooley, Annamia Knierim, Melissa Winter (eves.)

Traci Chauncey, Kristen Mitchell, Christine Peterson (mats.)Understudy: Katie Hutterer

Sugar Plum Fairy ............................ .Tamar Rachelle (Fri., Sun.) Dana Lewis (Sat. mat.)Maria Teresa del Real (Sat. eve.)

Hot Chocolate ...............................•••••••••••• Lisette Fernandez, Dcbra Sawyer (Fri.)Barbara Nagel (Fri., Sat. mat.)

Caroline Harrison, Jennifer Davis (Sat. mat.), Mina Chremos, Carol Stone (Sat. eve.)

Natalia Botha (Sat. eve.. Sun.)Catherine Green, Karen Wilsbach (Sun.)

Joseph Briggs, Christian Claessens, Johnny WarriorCoffee ....................•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Jennifer Davis (Fri., Sun.)

Tamar Rachelle (Sat. mat.), Carole Augustus (Sat. eve.)Carlton Paynter (Fri.), Brian Bloomquist (Sat. eve.)

Ernest Tolentino (Sat. mat., Sun.)

Tea ................................................ Holly Goble, Courtney Smith (Fri., Sun.)Catherine Leverty, Lona Misserian (Sat.)

Pablo Savoye (Fri.), Scott Jovovich (Sun.)Carlton Paynter (Sat. mat.), Charles Hagan (Sat. eve.)

Candy Cane ...................................... .Charles Hagan (Fri.), Carlton Paynter (Sun.)Pablo Savoye (Sat. mat.), Alexander Nagiba (Sat. eve.)

*Candy Canes. ..................................... Rachel Cohen, Gony Frieder, Shannon Jones,Heather McRae-Woolf, Jessica Shill, Kiana Woods

Marzipan. ............................................. Carole Augustus (Fri., Sat. mat., Sun.)Natalia Botha, Catherine Leverty (Fri.)

Kara Petersen (Fri., Sat., Sun.), Mina Chremos (Fri., Sat. mat.)Debra Sawyer, Courtney Smith (Sat. mat.)

Holly Goble, Barbara Nagel, Tamar Rachelle (Sat. eve.)Caroline Harrison (Sat. eve., Sun.)

Catherine Green, Carol Stone (Sun.)Mother Ginger. ...................................... Jay Kirk (Fri.), Carlton Paynter (Sat. eve.)

Alexander Nagiba (Sat. mat., Sun.)*PolicliinelIes. ..................................... .Lisa Benedict, Amber Clark, Elizabeth Cook,

Silvia Figueroa, Kathryn Hatch, Misao Higashi,Jessica Peterson, Jennifer Zelenock

UndersMdies: Eliza Brown, Nikki RiderDew Drop............................................ Dana Lewis (Fri.), Lona Misserian (Sun.)

Maria Teresa del Real (Sat. mat.), Laura Desiree (Sat. eve.)Waltz of the Flowers. .......................... Holly Baroway, Mina Chremos, Catherine Green,

Caroline Harrison, Kara Petersen, Carol Stone, Karen Wilsbach;Lona Misserian (Fri.), Natalia Botha (Fri., Sat. mat.)

Laura Desiree, Lisette Fernandez (Fri., Sat. mat., Sun.)Catherine Leverty (Fri., Sun.), Holly Goble (Sat., Sun.)

Carole Augustus (Sat. mat.), Barbara Nagel (Sat.)Jennifer Davis, Courtney Smith (Saj:. eve.)

Debra Sawyer (Sat. eve., Sun.)Cavalier. ........................................................ .Kenneth Nickel (Fri., Sun.)

Scott Jovovich (Sat. mat.), Pablo Savoye (Sat. eve.)

Gift Certificates Available for Holiday Giving

JESSYE NORMAN, Soprano. ...................................... Wed. Jan. 8CRACOW PHILHARMONIC ....................................... Sat. Jan. 11

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI, Conductor; Yo-Yo MA, Cellist THE ENGLISH CONCERT / TREVOR PINNOCK ..................... Wed. Jan. 15DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. ............................... Sun. Feb. 2

GUNTHER HERBIG, Conductor; HEINRICH SCHIFF, Cellist MURRAY Louis DANCE COMPANY and

DAVE BRUBECK JAZZ QUARTET .............................. Wed. Feb. 5ANDRE WATTS, Pianist.......................................... Fri. Feb. 7THE SONGMAKERS' ALMANAC ................................... Sun. Feb. 9MICHALA PETRI, Recorder .................................... Thurs. Feb. 13GUARNERI STRING QUARTET. ................................. Tues. Feb. 18SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY / HERBERT BLOMSTEDT ............. Tues. Mar. 11BERLIN BALLET .................................. Wed., Thurs. Mar. 12, 13BEAUX ARTS TRIO .......................................... Sun. Mar. 16FACULTY ARTISTS CONCERT (free admission) ................... Sun. Mar. 23LEWITZKY DANCE COMPANY. ....................... Mon., Tues. Mar. 24, 25RUGGIERO RICCI, Violinist .................................... Wed. Mar. 26ST. PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ............................... Tues. Apr. 1

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, Conductor /'Violinist BONN WOODWIND QUINTET ................................... Sun. Apr. 6

with STEVEN MASI, Pianist PHILIP JONES BRASS ENSEMBLE ................................. Sun. Apr. 13JOHN WILLIAMS, Guitarist..................................... Wed. Apr. 1693rd ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL ...................... Wed.-Sat. Apr. 30-May 3

Series tickets: $70, $55, $45, $35

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