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1A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | BENJAMIN BRITTEN

3 From the President and CEO

4 From the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor

7 From the Chairman of the Board

8 2017-2018 Board of Directors

9 2017-2018 Board of Governors

12 About Virginia Opera

13 Amenities and Theater Policies

15 Synopsis

17 Title Page

18 Cast Listing

46 Chorus, Supernumeraries and Orchestra

47 Cast and Creative Team Biographies

54 Virginia Opera Personnel

54 The Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists Program

55 Tributes and Memorials

56 Contributors

61 Business/Government Support

64 Housers and Volunteers

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THE VISION OF VIRGINIA OPERA: We will enrich the cultural community of the Commonwealth of Virginia through the passion, power and beauty of opera.

THE MISSION OF VIRGINIA OPERA: To engage, educate and excite a diverse base of audiences, volunteers and professionals through the production of quality opera performances in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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2 VIRGINIA OPERA 2017–2018 SEASON


Dear Friends of Virginia Opera:

What an exciting season we’ve had this year! A season that’s taken our audiences all over the world through varied story locations while

proving the glorious flexibility and durability of opera as an art form with various musical styles. And now, at this performance, we’re enjoying a 20th Century masterpiece based on a 400-year-old story about the complexities of love. Each season the Virginia Opera offers a wide range of operatic repertory; this year is clearly no exception. And neither is next season.

Subscribers have now received in the mail the announcement of next season, the 2018-2019 Season. In the recent information sent to you, you have seen that we put together a wonderful season that includes repertory signifying the Best of the Best! But what does that mean, the best of the best? Next season includes two audience favorites performed extensively around the world, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Puccini's Madama Butterfly, as well as one opera never before performed by Virginia Opera (Kurt Weill’s Street Scene – which made a smashing Broadway debut in the 1940s), and one opera (The Elixir of Love) that our company has not produced in a number of years yet ranks as one of the top 25 most performed operas. So, in the context of Virginia Opera’s producing the best of the best, next season fits the bill.

In next season, we have selected titles that offer great musical theater experiences in both comedy and high drama, in genres in which we have had significant experience

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO

RUSSELL P. ALLEN

Russell P. AllenPresident and CEO

over the past 43 years. You will not want to miss it. SO SUBSCRIBE NOW!! There are many reasons (and benefits) to be a part of next season and very few reasons not to. You will not want to miss any one of next season’s operas. Being a subscriber is the best way to ensure that will happen.

Also, we would be grateful to have you be a part of Virginia Opera’s New Money Challenge Grant. An anonymous donor has offered $200,000 in matching funds to brand-new contributors and increased contributions from existing contributors. If you can help, now is the time to do so. We wish to raise the “new money” $200,000 by Opening Night of Lucia di Lammermoor. Thanks for your consideration of a new gift to our company. Please help ensure Virginia Opera’s ability to produce the quality opera that you’ve enjoyed for so many years; we need you now. All of the arts face many challenges these days, and this campaign is one way to help keep opera coming to our three mainstage venues.

Both subscribing and contributing help ensure the Opera’s on-going commitment to excellence. The Opera needs your on-going support as a subscriber (RENEW NOW!) and your generosity with a tax-deductible contribution (Support the Challenge Grant!). It is great to have you as a member of the Virginia Opera family.

Sincerely,


Welcome to today’s performance of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream! One of the twentieth-century’s most important and versatile musicians, English composer Benjamin Britten is of unquestionable significance for his contributions to the operatic repertory. To open

the Aldeburgh Festival in June 1960, Britten, with Peter Pears, chose the daunting task of adapting Shakespeare’s Dream for his 11th opera (of sixteen). To date Virginia Opera has produced only one previous Britten opera (The Turn of the Screw, 1989-1990 Season), and with a gap of over 25 years we’re thrilled to finally introduce this highly entertaining work to our audiences!

A few composers have successfully tackled operatic adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays—Verdi (Falstaff, Otello, Macbeth), Gounod (Roméo et Juliette), Purcell (The Fairy Queen), Thomas (Hamlet)—but none of them have actually retained the Bard’s words, sung in the original language. Benjamin Britten describes his almost impossible task:

“In writing opera, I have always found it very dangerous to start writing the music until the words are more or less fixed…with “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the first task was to get it into manageable shape, which basically entailed simplifying and cutting an extremely complex story—one can only hope that one hasn’t lost too much, but since the sung word takes so much longer than the spoken word, to have done the complete “Midsummer Night’s Dream” would have produced an opera as long as “The Ring”…I do not feel in the least guilty at having cut the play in half. The original Shakespeare will survive.”

Having settled the immense challenges of adapting Shakespeare’s text, Britten next turned to creating a musical atmosphere and orchestral texture for each of the three different worlds of the play: the world of the Fairies (harps, celesta, and percussion), the world of the human lovers (strings and woodwinds), and the world of the Rustics, or mechanicals (brass and bassoon). It’s an incredibly demanding score for the orchestra, with glissando chords representing

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the slumbering forest, virtuosic trumpet solos accompanying Puck’s acrobatics, and numerous moments of string ‘divisi’—solo moments for every individual string player. And exploring this score with the musicians of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra has been (and continues to be) an utter delight!

As you will find later in your program book, this large cast features prominently many young singers from our Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists Program (and even a few returning graduates of the program). These talented performers represent the next generation of opera’s stars, and we are immensely proud of their dedication and exceptional contributions to our company. You will also notice our collaboration with students of The Governor’s School for the Arts Vocal Music Department, playing the roles of the Fairies, represented by thirteen incredibly gifted young women. As you enjoy today’s performance, please recognize that you are very likely catching an early glimpse of the brightest stars of the future!

“Music demands…from a listener…some preparation, some effort, a journey to a special place, saving up for a ticket, some homework on the program perhaps, some clarification of the ears and sharpening of the instincts. It demands as much effort on the listener’s part as the other two corners of the triangle, this holy triangle of composer, performer and listener.” - Benjamin Britten (“On Receiving the First Aspen Award”)

With today’s performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I hope you heed Britten’s appeal for your participation as an active listener! “Lean forward” and allow your soul to be stirred by the compelling storytelling and otherworldly score. Thank you for your generous support and continued patronage, and please enjoy today’s performance!

Sincerely,

Adam Turner

Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor

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FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Winter can be cold, damp, dreary and just all around miserable. Today’s performance is the cure: a Valentine of a story that tumbled out of Shakespeare’s astonishing brain more than 400 years

ago, from Virginia Opera with love to our cherished audience.

All of these characters will be familiar to you, so open up to Benjamin Britten’s beautiful score, replete with tone paintings and atmospheric harmonies that give us a new sense of Shakespeare’s fairies (the fairies in the children’s chorus are ethereal and pure creatures here—poised to bring order to the madness that is love). Contrast the seemingly simple tunes of the rustics, led by the unfortunate Bottom, with the romantic music of the lovers. This performance is designed for escape to the woods of Athens, and the shadowy glens of our imaginations.

What a season we have had, from the majestic grandeur and tragedy of Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Delilah set in the Holy Lands, to the American Wild West through the eyes of an Italian genius in Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West. Stay tuned for our last production of the season: Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti’s deeply tragic opera set in 17th century Scotland as imagined by Sir Walter Scott in the 19th century. (This season has been catnip to me, an English Literature professor by profession.)

It is a privilege to support performances of such depth and beauty. The Boards of Virginia Opera know how lucky we are. Our role is a labor of love, and we know it has never been as crucial as it is right now.

Keeping world-class opera, the most complex and expensive of the art forms, alive will always be challenging. Fortunately, we are committed to finding ways to fund and sustain artistic excellence as we have done for more than forty years.

One of our most important goals is to cultivate the audiences of the future. (In fact, we’ve set a goal to have the youngest opera audience in the country by 2025.) To that end, our education programs are essential, and you should know that outstanding young artists in our highly competitive Herndon Foundation Emerging Artists Program perform in schools near and far, bringing the magic of opera to children who otherwise might never see or hear an opera singer up close. (Please consider underwriting this effort next year—and bring your younger friends to a performance!)

Every chance I get, I remind people that excellent regional opera companies are few and far between, and we are blessed to have one of the best here in Virginia. You can help in so many ways--by subscribing, bringing guests, and through your donations. Please be as generous as you can. And don’t forget there is no more powerful way to help than to spread the word.

Yours,

Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan

BETSY WOLLAN


2017-2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Elisabeth M. Wollan Chairman

Peter Huber Secretary

Paul Winslow Acting Treasurer Acting Chair, Finance Committee

Nancy Branch Chair, Artistic Advisory Committee

Paul Winslow Chair, Hampton Roads Development Committee

Renee Gilman Chair, Central Virginia Development Task Force

Marilyn Scott Co-Chair, Education and Audience Development Committee

Guy K. Tower Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee

Deborah Wyld Chair, Marketing Committee

Marc Kirchner Chair, Strategic Planning Committee

William (Jack) Frable, MD Member-at-Large

Edith G. Grandy Member-at-Large

Hon. James A. (Jac) Cales Member-at-Large

Raymond DeFrank President, Hampton Roads Board of Governors

Thomas A. Grant President, Central Virginia Board of Governors

Kym Hemley President, Northern Virginia Board of Governors

Col. James F. Deming Chair, Virginia Opera Foundation Board

Mark Board Chair, Guild Board

Allan S. Reynolds, Jr. Immediate Past Chair

Russell P. Allen President and CEO

Jeannie P. BalilesStanley G. Barr, Jr., EmeritusLynn CarwellLucy Church, EmeritaChristopher CoffingBenjamin Cottrell, Sr.Bess DeckerHenry GarrityDr. William T. HarkAlan HessAndrea HollowayDr. Cora T. HuittIna D. LevyEdward L. Lilly, MDLewis W. Maye IIIValerie NeffGerald J. Pepe, Ph.DPatti PuseySusan QuateDr. John ReynoldsS. Warren RichardC. Jeffers Schmidt, Jr.Martha Lee ShawHon. Lydia C. TaylorDr. William M. Waldrop

ELISABETH M. WOLLAN | Chair

Past ChairsEdythe C. Harrison | Founding Chair 1974-1977

Stanley G. Barr, Jr., Esq. 1978-1979

Edythe C. Harrison 1979-1981

Walter P. Conrad, Jr. 1981-1983

Mary R. Albergotti 1983-1984

Edward S. Stein 1984-1985

Eleanor Bradshaw 1985-1986

Thomas H. Nicholson 1986-1988

Dorothy Doumar 1988-1989

Jane Patton Browning 1989-1990

Joyce H. Strelitz 1990-1992

Peter M. Huber, Esq. 1992-1994

Dixie Wolf 1994-1996

Peter M. Huber, Esq. 1996-1998

Alan D. Albert, Esq. 1998-2000

Robert M. Rubin, D.M.D 2000-2001

John Turbyfill 2001-2003

John Field 2003-2005

Allan S. Reynolds, Jr. 2005-2007

Mark T. Cox IV 2007-2009

Joan B. Miller 2009-2011

Alan D. Albert, Esq. 2011-2015

Allan S. Reynolds 2015-2017

Officers and Executive Committee 2017-2018


2017-2018 BOARD OF GOVERNORSHAMPTON ROADS BOARD OF GOVERNORSRaymond DeFrank, President

Donna AllenRussell P. AllenAllen BakerStanley G. Barr, Jr., Emeritus

Nancy BranchHon. James Cales, Jr.Lynn CarwellCapt. John M. Chandler, Ret.

Christopher CoffingBenjamin Cottrell, Sr.Bess DeckerCol. James F. DemingDorothy Doumar, EmeritaHenry GarrityMarilyn GindrozEdith G. GrandyLaura GrossAndrea HollowayNancy HuberPeter M. Huber, Esq.Mary Anne Kellam-CanadaBrian KintMarc C. KirchnerJames KitzRobert KuhloIna D. LevyEdward L. Lilly, MDLinda H. LillyLewis W. Maye, IIISarah McCoyEarl McLainRichard MillerRhonda MurrayShantell NashatkaValerie NeffThomas Nicholson, IIIGerald J. Pepe, Ph. DSusan QuateAllan S. Reynolds, Jr.S. Warren RichardDede SchneiderDr. Stephen ScoperMartha Lee ShawLisa SinclairHomer Smith, Jr.

Hon. Lydia TaylorGuy K. TowerCarrie WhiteMillie WilkersonPaul WinslowDr. William M. WaldropDeborah Wyld

CENTRAL VIRGINIA BOARD OF GOVERNORSThomas A. Grant, President

Russell P. AllenMary Virginia OverholserJeannie P. BalilesLangdon T. Christian IVJosée CovingtonAmmon G. Dunton, Jr.Sharon FerrantiCary FountainDr. William Jackson FrableRenee GilmanDr. William T. HarkBilly HarperAlan C. HessAnne HodgesCynthia HolmesDr. Cora T. HuittKemper HyersAnne-Marie IraniEsta KornsteinDr. Susan KornsteinMichael LottPatricia PuseyMarika A. RawlesDr. John ReynoldsC. Jeffers Schmidt, Jr.Marilyn ScottJ. Kenneth Timmons, Jr.Dr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan

Mary “Bucci” Z. Zeugner

CENTRAL VIRGINIA ADVISORY COUNCILEldridge BlantonElizabeth M. BredrupAmy BridgeMark T. Cox IVJudy GonzalezFloyd. D. Gottwald, Jr.Marjorie Grier

Eva Teig HardyDr. James HayesDenise KeaneGinni MacKenzieMary Ellen Bundy MurrayDorothy PauleyBetty PrattMrs. William T. Reed IIIPamela Reynolds

NORTHERN VIRGINIA BOARD OF GOVERNORSKym Hemley, PresidentRussell P. AllenSean Foohey

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VIRGINIA OPERA FOUNDATION 2017-2018Col. James F. Deming, Chair

Henry GarrityPeter HuberJames A. KitzAllan S. Reynolds, Jr., Ex-Officio

The Honorable Lydia C. Taylor

Dr. William M. WaldropDr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan, Ex-Officio

Mary “Bucci” Z. ZeugnerRussell P. Allen, Ex-Officio

AUDIT COMMITTEERichard Miller, Chair

Ed LillyJames A. KitzJames F. Deming

HONORARY MEMBERSThe Honorable Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)

The Honorable Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)

The Honorable Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA)

The Honorable Rep. Robert Wittman (R-VA)

The Honorable H. Chapman Petersen, Senator, Virginia General Assembly

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The Honorable George Barker, Senator, Virginia General Assembly

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The Honorable Kenneth R. Plum, Delegate, Virginia General Assembly

The Honorable Vivian Watts, Delegate, Virginia General Assembly

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ABOUT VIRGINIA OPERA

Virginia Opera Association, Inc., in its 43rd year of operation, is known and respected nationwide for the identification and presentation of the finest young artists, for the musical and dramatic integrity of its productions, and for the ingenuity and variety of its education and outreach programs. The Company has a working budget of $5.3 million with over 28 mainstage performances, reaching nearly 50,000 attendees. In March of 1994, by unanimous vote of the Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Opera was named The Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia in recognition of the organization’s contribution to the Commonwealth and to the world of opera.

Organized in 1974 by founding chair Edythe C. Harrison, Virginia Opera was launched with two productions in the Norfolk Center Theater. Shortly thereafter, Peter Mark was appointed Artistic Director, a position he held for over 35 years. Peter Mark was named Artistic Director Emeritus in 2012. Russell P. Allen, appointed President and CEO in 2011, currently leads the company – returning to Virginia Opera after six years as General Manager from 1994-2000. In 2013, Virginia Opera appointed Adam Turner (formerly Resident Conductor)as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor- a move endorsed by many as bringing exciting new artistic energy to the company.

Virginia Opera’s statewide expansion began by producing in Richmond in 1977 with the encouragement of Governor Mills Godwin and Mrs. T. Fleetwood (Anna) Garner. Under their leadership, The Richmond Friends of Opera was formed to present Virginia Opera productions annually in the capital city. By 1983, the Richmond and Central Virginia Board of Virginia Opera formed and a Richmond office was opened. In November 1992, the Company presented its first mainstage performance at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University in Fairfax. This development was hailed as “one

of the major local operatic events of the year” by The Washington Post, and deemed a special day in music history for the Washington D.C. area by Opera News.Virginia Opera has presented some of the na-tion’s most promising young singers on its stages including Diana Soviero, Jeannine Altmeyer, John Aler, Rockwell Blake, Renée Fleming, Bar-bara Dever, Frank Porretta, Grant Youngblood, Fabiana Bravo, Lawrence Brownlee, Nmon Ford, Jeniece Goldbourne and Mary Elizabeth Williams. Attracting acclaimed directors from the theater and opera world, audiences have en-joyed the work of Gian Carlo Menotti, Gordon Davidson, Greg Ganakas, Arvin Brown, Dorothy Danner, Lillian Groag, Sam Helfrich and Ste-phen Lawless, among others, in new productions designed by the nation’s top opera and theater designers. Virginia Opera has continued its tra-dition of commissioning/co-commissioning new works as illustrated by the world premieres of A Christmas Carol, Harriet - The Woman Called Mo-ses, Simón Bolivar, Pocahontas, and, most recently, Rappahannock County.

The company produces four mainstage pro-ductions including performances at the Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, Dominion Arts Center in Richmond, and at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax. Virginia Opera is the only opera company to perform a full season of opera in multiple mainstage venues and to reach more than 150,000 students and community members each year through its innovative Education and Community Outreach Program. Building upon past accomplishments, the 2017-2018 Season features an exciting level of artistry and diverse programming. While remaining committed to securing the highest caliber of vocal talent, the Opera will invite brilliant conductors and di-rectors, assisted by the next generation of gifted artists, to challenge audiences and create new opera experiences.

Russell P. Allen, President and CEOAdam Turner, Principal Conductor &

Artistic AdvisorPeter Mark, Artistic Director Emeritus

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AMENITIES AND THEATER POLICIES

NORFOLK – Edythe C. and Stan-ley L. Harrison Opera House

• Refreshments are available on the Lower and Grand Lobby lev-els. No food or drink is permitted in the theater.

• ADA Seating may be reserved by contacting Virginia Opera’s Box Office at 757.623.1223 prior to performances.

• Smoking is not allowed in any part of the building.

• Parking is available for $5.00 in the city-run parking lots at the Harrison Opera House for main stage Virginia Opera performanc-es (Parking is on a first come, first serve basis; while supplies last. Parking regulations and re-served parking must be observed at all times). Additional free, on-street parking is also available, subject to Norfolk parking re-strictions. The City of Norfolk en-forces “No Parking” regulations on Llewellyn Avenue and other streets surrounding the Harrison Opera House where “No Parking” signs are posted. Virginia Opera is not responsible for any parking tickets received by patrons and discourages using other privately and commercially owned lots in the vicinity of the Harrison Opera House for parking. When coming to a Virginia Opera event, please allow ample time to park, and take care to obey all posted parking regulations and Harrison Opera House parking attendant staff.

• Late Seating is at Opera man-agement’s discretion. Virginia Opera reserves the right to have late seating at intermission only.

• Electronic Devices, cameras and recording equipment are strictly prohibited. Illegal recordings may be confiscated. All electronic de-vices must be silenced; including cell phones, pagers, PDAs, and wristwatches.

• In Case of Emergency, patrons expecting emergency calls

(services or babysitters) may direct them to 757.627.9545, ext. 3378 and leave their seat number with the House Manager, who will locate the patron immediately if a call is received.

• Children Virginia Opera reserves the right to deny admission to children under the age of five. Patrons of any age must have a ticket to enter the theater.

RICHMOND – Dominion Energy Center

• Refreshments are available on the Lower and Mezzanine levels of the theatre. No food in the theatre. Beverages without ice are permissible.

• ADA Seating may be reserved by contacting Virginia Opera’s Box Office at 866.673.7282 prior to performances.

• Smoking is not allowed in any part of the building.

• Parking Public parking is available at the lot on 5th and Broad Streets, and the garage at 5th Street. Handicap parking is available at the lot at Grace Street, and at the garage at 6th and Franklin Streets.

• Late Seating is at Opera man-agement’s discretion. Virginia Opera reserves the right to have late seating at intermission only.

• Assistive Listening Devices are available in the lobby at no charge.

• Electronic Devices, cameras and recording equipment are strictly prohibited. Illegal recordings may be confiscated. All electronic de-vices must be silenced; including but not limited to cell phones, pagers, PDAs, and wristwatches.

• In Case of Emergency, the Concierge phone number is 804.592.3350.

• Children Virginia Opera reserves the right to deny admission to children under the age of five. Babies in arms will not be admit-ted to the theater. Patrons of any age must have a ticket to enter the theater.

FAIRFAX – George Mason Univer-sity Center for the Arts

• Refreshments are available in the main lobby. No food or drink is permitted in the theatre.

• ADA Seating all Center for the Arts facilities have accessible seating available.

• Parking those patrons wishing accessible parking will find three locations close to the building. The first is located in the Mason Hall parking lot. The second location is in the Parking Deck located next to the Concert Hall. The third location is located along Mason Pond Drive across the street from the Concert Hall. At any time, patrons may drop off and pick up in front of the Con-cert Hall. The Concert Hall does have a wheelchair that can be used to transport patrons from the drop off zone to their seats and back.

• Assistive Hearing The Center for the Arts offers FM listening devices for any patron that may need assistive hearing. The receivers are located in the Concert Hall at the Courtesy Desk opposite the Box Office. The system is available on a first come basis.

• Children Contact the Center for the Arts regarding children’s admissions and policies. All persons occupying a seat in the Center for the Arts will be required to purchase a ticket.


SYNOPSIS

A Midsummer Night's Dream

ACT 1Nighttime in a forest near the city of Athens. Oberon, King of the Fairies, is in an argument with his queen, Tytania, who has kid-napped the son of an Indian king to keep for herself. Oberon, how-ever, also wants the boy to serve as his squire. Oberon calls for his servant Puck, commanding him to fetch a flower, whose juice, when applied to Tytania’s sleeping eyes, will cause her to fall madly in love with the first living creature seen upon awakening.

Two young citizens of Athens (Lysander and Hermia) enter breath-lessly. Hermia is distraught because Theseus, Duke of Athens, has ruled in favor of her father’s plan that she marry Demetrius, an-other young Athenian. In desperation, she and Lysander have fled the city, hoping to escape the edict of Theseus by eloping in the distant home of Lysander’s aunt. As they exit, another pair of young Athenians enter (Demetrius and Helena). Helena has told Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia’s elopement, spurring him to the woods in pursuit of his fiancé. Demetrius bluntly tells Helena she should stop following him because he can never love her. Exasperated, Deme-trius runs off, while Helena doggedly tags along. Oberon, having witnessed the argument, decides to work magic on Demetrius to make him return Helena’s love.

The forest is momentarily silent before six rough-hewn villagers en-ter, a group of “rustics” or simple tradesmen. They have met in the forest to work in secret on a theatrical project: they hope to present a performance of the tragedy Pyramus and Thisbe at the imminent royal wedding of Theseus to his bride Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. Quince, the carpenter, describes the play and assigns a role to each man. Bottom, the weaver, is to play Pyramus, and Flute, the bellows-mender, is assigned the role of Thisbe. Quince hands out the rest of the actors’ parts, directing them to learn all their lines. They agree to return later that day for a rehearsal.

Lysander enters with Hermia, falling fast asleep. Puck enters; see-ing the sleeping Lysander, he concludes that this must be Deme-trius, the man to whom he is to administer the flower nectar as Oberon ordered. Quietly, he sprinkles the love-nectar on Lysander’s eyes, then leaves to report to the Fairy King. Demetrius and Helena return, but Demetrius, at the end of his rope, commands Helena to stop following him and runs off. Helena, left alone, suddenly spots Lysander on the ground. Lysander sits up, wide awake now and under the spell of Puck’s flower nectar, he immediately de-clares his passionate love for her. Helena angrily assumes that he is mocking her with false words of love, exiting in a huff while Lysander follows after. Hermia awakens from a terrible dream, to find herself all alone.

As afternoon shadows lengthen, Tytania enters with her retinue of fairies, ready to rest. Once Tytania is asleep, Oberon approaches her as the fairies disperse. He squeezes the flower-nectar into her eyes, ensuring that she will fall in love with the next living thing she sees.

INTERMISSION

ACT 2Later that night, the rustics return to the forest to begin rehearsing. As the rehearsal proper begins, Puck flies in, greatly interested in these mortals’ strange doings. Puck is suddenly struck with inspi-ration: he is going to cast a spell on Bottom, turning him into an ass. Upon his sudden transformation, Bottom’s companions stare open-mouthed before fleeing in terror. Certain that they’re nearby and determined not to give them any satisfaction, Bottom launches into a raucous folk-song, singing at the top of his lungs. His off-key

braying performance awakens Tytania who, under Oberon’s spell, falls immediately in love with him. The fairies help lead him to a bed of honeysuckle and ivy, where he falls asleep in Tytania’s arms.

Oberon is delighted with Puck’s choice of a love-object for his wife. But when Demetrius enters with Hermia, Oberon’s delight turns to dismay while a greatly confused Puck says this is a different Athe-nian. As Demetrius sleeps, Oberon produces the magic flower and applies the nectar to his eyes, ensuring he will transfer his love to Helena when he awakens. Helena and Lysander enter, and at that moment, Demetrius wakes up, sees Helena and, to everyone’s sur-prise, instantly declares his passionate love for her. This is too much for Helena, who concludes that all of them are amusing themselves by tormenting her. A scene of comic misunderstandings ensues. Helena, assuming that Hermia is in on the joke, attacks her friend. Lysander and Demetrius begin arguing over which of them loves Helena more. Hermia, shocked and hurt by Helena’s accusations, turns on her, accusing her of having stolen Lysander. The men re-solve to fight with swords to win Helena’s hand, then stalk off to do battle. Hermia, now at the boiling point, chases after Helena.

Oberon and Puck, having witnessed all this, form a plan. Puck, who is amazed by the foolishness of these mortals, is to keep the two men separated so that they cannot hurt each other. Puck, imitating first one’s voice and then the other’s, leads them farther and farther apart. Once the urge to fight has been replaced by weariness, Puck lures all four to gather. Exhausted from all the discord and confu-sion, each falls deeply asleep.

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ACT 3Dawn of the following morning. Oberon tells Puck that, as he has now taken possession of the changeling boy, it is time to remove the spell from Tytania. As the Fairy Queen rouses, she tells her husband of the strange dream she had of being in love with an ass. The sleeping couples also begin to stir. Sitting up groggily, the young people are unsure whether they are awake or still dreaming. Lysander’s spell has been broken, meaning that he is once again in love with Hermia. However, Demetrius, now permanently under Oberon’s spell, is in love with Helena for the first time. Bottom also awakens, released from the spell, wondering whatever happened to his fellow thespians. With a sense of awe, he recalls having had a strange dream; a dream so bizarre he cannot find the words to describe it. He wanders off, musing that the dream ought to be set down as a ballad. Quince, Flute and the other rustics now enter, distraught over the mystery of Bottom’s transformation and disap-pearance. They fret that if he is not available to play the part of Pyramus, the performance cannot go on. They are greatly relieved when Bottom now joins them, bringing them news: the Duke’s din-ner has concluded and they have been invited to perform their play. They set out for the palace.

Back in Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta happily anticipate their wedding-day. The two couples enter, kneeling before the Duke. When Thesus observes the obvious happiness of Hermia and Ly-sander, he generously reverses his prior ruling, allowing them to wed. Calling for after-dinner amusement, Theseus invites the play-ers to give their performance of Pyramus and Thisbe. As the hour of midnight is tolled, all couples retire to bed. When they have exited, the woodland fairies make a stealthy entrance, singing that though the night is their time to frolic, the household will not be disturbed. Puck joins them, followed by Oberon and Tytania. The fairies unite in a song of blessing to Theseus, his bride and their guests. All the fairies leave except for Puck, who addresses all those who have watched the events of the story unfold. His advice: anyone who has been offended should just consider all that’s happened to have been a mere dream.


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This performance concludes after two hours and fifty-seven minutes.

ADAM TURNERMICHAEL SHELL

SHOKO KAMBARAMICHAEL SHELLDRISCOLL OTTO

JAMES P. MCGOUGH

*OWEN WILLETTS HEATHER BUCK

*MORGAN WHITE*WALTER R. SWAN

*ADRIANE KERR**DAVID BLALOCKJOSEPH LATTANZI

**KRISTEN CHOI * † MARY-HOLLIS HUNDLEY

MATTHEW BURNS † BRANDON MORALES

† BILLE BRULEY † JOSEPH HUBBARD

† STEPHEN CARROLL † ANDREW PAULSON

*BROOKE JONES *HANNAH RAMSBOTTOM

*GABRIELLE PINKNEY *NAIROBI KING

ConductorDirectorScenic DesignerCostume DesignerLighting & Projection DesignerWig and Makeup Designer

Oberon, King of the FairiesTytania, Queen of the FairiesPuckTheseus, Duke of AthensHippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to TheseusLysander, in love with HermiaDemetrius, in love with HermiaHermia, in love with LysanderHelena, in love with DemetriusBottom, a weaverQuince, a carpenterFlute, a bellows-menderSnug, a joinerSnout, a tinkerStarveling, a tailorCobweb, a fairyPeaseblossom, a fairyMustardseed, a fairyMoth, a fairy

*Mainstage Debut †Herndon Foundation Emerging Artist**Former Herndon Foundation Emerging Artist

CAST

Assistant DirectorProduction Stage ManagerGovernor’s School for the Arts Chorus MasterPrincipal CoachRehearsal Pianist

RORY WILLATSKAREN T. FEDERING

STEPHEN Z. COOKSHELBY RHOADES†JOHANNA KVAM

2017-2018 Opera Season

P.O. Box 2580Norfolk, VA 23501-2580

RUSSELL P. ALLENPRESIDENT & CEO

SAMSON & DELILAH Camille Saint-Saëns

THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WESTGiacomo Puccini

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Benjamin Britten

LUCIA di LAMMERMOORGaetano Donizetti

Madama Butterfly • The Elixir of Love • Don Giovanni • Street Scene

From one of the most famous operas in the world (Madama Butterfly) to a ground-breaking synthesis of Broadway and opera (Street Scene), Virginia Opera presents the not-to-be missed 2018-2019 season.

2018-2019 SEASON

Madama Butterfly . The Elixir of Love . Don Giovanni . Street Scene RENEW YOUR SEATS NOW!

From one of the most famous operas in the world (Madama Bu�erfly) to a ground-breaking synthesis of Broadway and opera (Street Scene), Virginia Opera presents the not-to-be missed 2018-2019 season. Broadway and opera (Street Scene), Virginia Opera presents the not-to-be missed 2018-2019 season.

Sung in English with English Supertitles Dorothy Danner, Director Adam Turner, Conductor

Harrison Opera House . Norfolk . Sept. 28, 30 & Oct. 2, 2018 Dominion Energy Center . Richmond . Oct. 12 & 14, 2018

Sung in Italian with English Supertitles Lillian Groag, Director Adam Turner, Conductor Harrison Opera House . Norfolk . Nov. 2, 4 & 6, 2018 Dominion Energy Center . Richmond . Nov. 16 & 18, 2018

• Kurt Weill’s Street Scene is considered the first real successor of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, but it actually garnered more favorable

reviews and enjoyed a longer Broadway run! • Hailed by cri�cs as the first truly “American Opera”, and winner

of the very first Tony Award for Best Original Score (1947) .

• Considered one of the top 10 operas in the world, Don Giovanni blends comedy, melodrama and

supernatural elements into Mozart’s popular opera buffa.

• Don Giovanni is the consumate bad boy - a licen�ous nobleman who outrages all who encounter him with his

filandering ways and hubris. • This opera confronts all -too familiar contemporary and

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Sung in English with English SupertitlesDorthy Danner, Director Adam Turner, Conductor

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Sung in Italian with English SupertitlesLillian Groag, Director Adam Turner, Conductor

Harrison Opera House • Norfolk • Nov. 2, 4 & 6, 2018Dominion Energy Center • Richmond • Nov. 16 & 18, 2018

• Considered one of the top 10 operas in the world, Don Giovanni blends comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements into Mozart’s popular opera buffa.

• Don Giovanni is the consumate bad boy - a licentious nobleman who outrages all who encounter him with his filandering ways and hubris.

• This opera confronts all-to familiar contemporary and universal topics of sex, power and morality.


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GMU Center for the Arts, Fairfax*Feb. 16 & 17, 2019

Dominion Energy Center, Richmond Feb. 22 & 24, 2019

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Sung in Italian with English SupertitlesRichard Gammon, Director Adam Turner, Conductor Harrison Opera House • Norfolk • Mar. 15, 17 & 19, 2019

Dominion Energy Center • Richmond • Mar. 29 & 31, 2019

• This comic opera is Donizetti’s most perfomed opera world-wide- with sparkling effervescent tunes, emotional melodies, and the quack medicine man selling his love potion.

• The original rom com (romantic comedy), the characters develop before our very eyes in a most touching love story.

• Contains one of the most famous tenor arias of all time “Una furtiva lagrima”.

• One of the most popular operas in the repertory – the story of unrequited love pitted against arrogance and betrayal.

• Puccini’s timeless masterpiece takes the Virginia Opera stage rendering this heartbreaking drama and mesmerizing score.

• Features the poignant “un bel di,” recognized as one of the most familiar arias in all of opera.

Virginia Opera’s Puccini Cycle

Starring Danielle Pastin (Turandot 2017) as Cio Cio San.

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Yun ZhangSeiko Syvertsen

Jonathan RichardsAngelina Gandolfo

VIOLIN II

Simon LapointeTara-Louise Montour

VIOLA

Satoko RickenbackerMatthew Umlauf

CELLO

Rebecca GilmoreNancy Keevan

BASS

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FLUTE

Rachel OrdazChristina Hughes

OBOE

George Corbett

CLARINET

Patti Ferrell Carlson Scott Boyer

BASSOON

David Savige

HORN

Everett Burns John Shawger

TRUMPET

Jeremy Garnett

TROMBONE

Scott McElroy

PERCUSSION

Scott Jackson David Walker

HARP

Barbara ChapmanVince Zentner

CELESTA/HARPSICHORD

Johanna Kvam

VIRGINIA OPERA CHORUS

VIRGINIA OPERA ORCHESTRA

The orchestra for this production is provided by

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Reann Nichols

Gabrielle Pinkney

Hannah Ramsbottom

Kennedy Stone

Nairobi King

Elissa Dresdner

Gemauria Fennell

Lauren Miles

Sofia Vazquez

Meghan Ewing

Morgan Royal-Hartman

Cassandra Taxter

Students from The Governor’s School for the Arts Vocal Program.

CHORUS, SUPERNUMERARIES AND ORCHESTRA


ADAM TURNERPrincipal Conductor & Artistic Advisor

American conductor Adam Turner is quickly gaining momentum as a conductor to watch on international opera stages. Currently in his fourth season as Principal Conductor and

Artistic Advisor at Virginia Opera, Maestro Turner garners critical acclaim for the breadth of his repertoire, artistic vision, and polished technique. Of his recent performance of Der Freischütz with Virginia Opera, Opera News hailed: “Conductor Adam Turner…ensured crackling rhythms as much as lyrical spaciousness, resulting in a performance that felt vital and spontaneous throughout.”

Continuing in his post at Virginia Opera, Maestro Turner will conduct performances of Samson and Delilah and A Midsummer Night’s Dream during the 2017-2018 season. On top of his productions at Virginia Opera, he will also conduct Händel’s Messiah with the Virginia Symphony and Theo Popov’s The Halloween Tree, which he conducted last season as well, with American Lyric Theater at Arizona State University. Last season, Mo. Turner conducted Three Decembers with Hawaii Opera Theatre, a Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program Holiday Concert with Washington National Opera, Carmen with Central City Opera, and Der Freischütz and a double bill of The Seven Deadly Sins/Pagliacci in his post as Principal Conductor at Virginia Opera. As the inaugural recipient of the Julius Rudel/Kurt Weill Conducting Fellowship in 2015, he collaborated with renowned conductor John DeMain on Washington National Opera’s production of Kurt Weill’s final stage composition Lost in the Stars.

Other recent guest conducting engagements include: Roméo et Juliette at Lyric Opera Baltimore, Sweeney Todd at Hawaii Opera Theatre and Eugene Opera; Le nozze di Figaro, Dead Man Walking, Carmen, La bohème, Man of La Mancha and Oklahoma! with Central City Opera; Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Britten’s biblically inspired Noye’s Fludde during his tenure as Resident Conductor at Ash Lawn Opera; and Der fliegende Holländer, La bohème, H.M.S. Pinafore, Carmen, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Mikado, Carousel, and Camelot for Virginia Opera.

During regular appearances with Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony, Mr. Turner conducted Young People’s Concerts and additional outreach activities. His leadership of Virginia Opera’s annual “Opera in the Park” series, featuring both of the aforementioned orchestras in their respective communities, reaches nearly 10,000 attendees across the Commonwealth of Virginia with a program of opera and popular hits, ensuring the next generation of prospective opera lovers, and bridging the gap between popular and classical music genres. He appeared in concert with singer-songwriter Ben Folds, conducting “The Orchestra Experience” during a recent tour stop in Virginia Beach. Additionally, Maestro Turner conducted at the David Oistrakh Festival in Estonia, featuring appearances with the St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra, Pärnu City Orchestra, and the Kaiserslautern Symphony Orchestra.

Turner first gained recognition at age 25 during his tenure at Stadttheater Pforzheim in Germany while taking over conducting responsibilities of a production of Les Misérables. Musicals – Das Musicalmagazin, Germany’s premier musical theater publication lauded his work: “Les Mis reveals even here its magical effectiveness… The main reason for this is the performance of the orchestra, led by a young American conductor, Adam Turner, who brings to the piece a suspenseful drama that one does not always hear, even on the legendary, anniversary recording at the Royal Albert Hall. During the dramatic dialogues, he pushes the action forward but one is nonetheless able to understand every single word…he builds up the aria-like solos with great crescendos yet purposefully does not turn the first Thénardier-Song into a homely operetta number…” There, he also conducted Lehár’s Paganini and Cole Porter’s High Society.

Prior to his appointment as one of the youngest artistic leaders in Virginia Opera’s history, Turner proved he has a vision for the future of the industry as a member of the next generation of leaders while holding several administrative and music staff appointments at houses across the country including Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Central City Opera, Portland Opera, Tulsa Opera, Syracuse Opera, and Ash Lawn Opera. In these positions, Turner worked side-by-side with world-renowned maestri including Asher Fisch, Steuart Bedford, John DeMain, Gary Thor Wedow, and Broadway veteran Rob Fisher. Turner holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Morehead State University, and a Master of Music degree from The Catholic University of America. He furthered his training with internationally acclaimed conductors and pedagogues Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Marin Alsop, Jorma Panula, Gustav Meier, Kenneth Kiesler, and Kate Tamarkin.

Artist Underwriting for Adam Turner provided by Marc and Terri Kirchner.

MICHAEL SHELL Director

Michael Shell’s “visionary” and “masterful storytelling” (Opera News) is steadily leading him to be one of the most sought after directors in the United States. His “thoughtful and detailed score study” (Opera Today) is shown in

character development and relationships onstage as well as the complete visual world he creates.

Shell has directed productions for Atlanta Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera Omaha, Opera San Jose, Opera Tampa, Opera North, Virginia Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. He made his international directing debut at the Wexford Festival Opera in 2010 with a production of “Winners,” by American composer Richard Wargo and returned the next fall to direct Double Trouble – Trouble in Tahiti & The Telephone. He has written and directed three cabarets, including All About Love and The Glamorous Life – A group therapy session for Opera Singers, both for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

Shell holds a BM and MM in Music/Vocal Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He was a Corbett Scholar at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, as well as studying Acting and Scene Study on a school awarded scholarship at the internationally renowned H.B. Studios in NYC. He has been a guest faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Florida State University and Webster University,St. Louis, teaching Opera Workshop and directing Undergraduate Opera Workshop performances. In addition he has been guest director at The A.J.Fletcher Opera Institute, Oklahoma University and is a frequent guest director at Indiana University.

Artist Underwriting for Michael Shell provided by Jane Reynolds.

DRISCOLL OTTOLighting and Projection Designer

Previously with VOA: Samson & Delilah, Turandot, Barber of Seville, La Boheme & The Magic Flute. Recently Driscoll designed the projections for Santa Fe Opera’s production of The Golden Cockerel and The Metropolitan

Opera’s production of La Donna Del Lago. Mr. Otto’s work is seen frequently in regional opera and theatre. His credits include N.C. Opera, Opera Omaha, Dallas Theater Center, The Dallas Opera,The Huntington

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM BIOGRAPHIES


Theatre Company, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Repertory Company, Hangar Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, Utah Festival Opera, and productions of Legally Blonde and Rock of Ages for Norwegian Cruise Lines. He received his MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

SHOKO KAMBARASet Designer

Recent Work:Always... Patsy Cline (Fingerlakes Musical Theatre Festival), Dégagé (The Hangar Theater), Guys and Dolls (Fingerlakes Musical Theatre Festival), Third (The Hangar Theater),

Animals Out of Paper (Hudson Stage Company), The Prince of Players (World Premiere, Houston Grand Opera), The Little Mermaid (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), The Barber of Seville (Opera Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of St. Louis - St Louis Theater Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design, Opera Omaha, Virginia Opera), Nice Work If You Can Get It (National Tour, Worklight Productions), Don Pasquale (Juilliard School), 7th Monarch (Off-Broadway, Acorn Theater), The Turn of the Screw (Syracuse Stage), 1-888 Dial India (Various Theaters, Mumbai), The Bombitty of Errors (Syracuse Stage), Shining City (Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Las Vegas)

Upcoming Work:Carrie, The Musical (Montclair State University), A Christmas Carol (The Hangar Theater), Next to Normal (Syracuse Stage)

Broadway Associate Design Work:Macbeth, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Man and Boy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Million Dollar Quartet, The Miracle Worker, Ragtime, 33 Variations.

Other Broadway Assistant Work:Beautiful, Follies, Grease, Lestat, The Threepenny Opera, The Pajama Game, Little Women, I Am My Own Wife, The Look of Love

Teaching Experience:Adjunct Faculty, Montclair State University

Education:MFA in Scenic Design at NYU Tisch School of the Arts BA Dartmouth College

OWEN WILLETTSOberon

Owen Willetts began singing as a choral scholar at Lichfield Cathedral and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he spent four years studying with Noelle Barker, Iain Leadingham and David Lowe.

Owen has worked with many of the leading names in historical performance, including Laurence Cummings, Christian Curnyn, Emmanuelle Haim, Marc Minkowsi, Martin Pearlman, Howard Arman and Raphael Pichon. He has performed concerts across the world, including: Bach’s Johannes Passion and Matthäus Passion; a concert of Bach solo cantatas for alto, Purcell’s Ode to St Cecilia, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor for Les Musicians de Louvre and Marc Minkowski; Handel’s Teseo (Egeo) in Moscow; Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium for the Telemann Chamber Orchestra, Japan; Handel’s Orlando (title role) for the Vancouver Early Music Festival (concert performance and CD recording); Scarlatti’s Penelope la Casta and Handel’s Rinaldo (Eustazio) for the Lautten Compagney, Berlin; Handel’s

Giulio Cesare (Tolomeo) for Bonn Opera House; Handel’s Messiah for the Portland Baroque Orchestra and Monica Huggett; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Handel’s Deborah for Laurence Cummings and the London Handel Festival; the role of Arioco in Falvetti’s Nabucco for Leonardo Alarcon; and Handel’s Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno The Halle Handel Festival.

On the opera stage Owen has performed the role of Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea for Christian Curnyn and the Iford Arts Festival; Anfinomus and Humano Fragilitata in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno di Ulysses in Patria for Graham Vick and the Birmingham Opera Company; the title role in Handel’s Orlando for the Halle Opera House and the Halle Handel Festival; a staged production of Bach’s Johannes Passion and Purcell’s The Fairy Queen for the Dutch National Reisopera; the role of Unulfo in Handel’s Rodelinda for Christian Curnyn and the Iford Arts Festival and was a soloist in Emmanuelle Haim’s tour of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen. Owen has sung the title role in Handel’s Giulio Cesare for the Finnish National Opera, made his American debut to critical acclaim singing the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice for Boston Baroque conducted by Martin Pearlman. He returned to America and Boston Baroque to sing the role of Arsace in Handel’s Partenope; sang in a staged production of Britten’s canticles for Vladimir Jurowski and the Glyndebourne Festival; sang role the Helicon in Glanert’s Caligula forHannover Staatsoper; Narciso in Handel’s Agrippina for the Göttingen Handel Festival and the Brisbane Baroque Festival, Australia; was the voice of Farinelli in the Globe’s production of Farinelli and the King in London’s West End; Tullio in Handel’s Arminio for the Karlsruhe Händelfestspiele; Andronico in Handel’s Tamerlano for the Buxton Festival and Laurence Cummings, and the title role in Handel’s Orlando for Heilbronn Theater, Germany.

Upcoming engagements include concert performances of Handel’s Giustino (Giustino) for the Lautten Compagney and the Halle Händlefestspiele; the title role in Handel’s Orlando for the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, and the role of Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea for Pinchgut Opera, Sydney.

Artist Underwriting for Owen Willetts provided by Dede and Jim Schneider.

HEATHER BUCKTytania

Praised by Opera News as “the kind of performer who makes it all look easy,” Heather Buck is best described by opera critic David Shengold as “a lithe and impactful actress with an uncommonly beautiful soprano for the

high-lying and testing repertory she serves.” In the 2017-18 season, Ms. Buck returns to New York City Opera for a reprisal of the title role in Argento’s monodrama Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night, and Alma Beers in Wouronin’s Brokeback Mountain, a role she first created with Teatro Real Madrid. She returns to Odyssey Opera as Joan of Arc in a semi-staged performance of Dello Joio’s The Trial at Rouen, and also retuns to Virginia Opera as Tytania in A Midsummer’s Night Dream.

In the 2016-17 season, Ms. Buck made her LoftOpera debut in a staged production of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, for which the New York Times wrote, “Ms. Buck was wonderful, her vocalism soaring, strong and pure,” and the Observer hailed her as “an astonishing actress with the face of the young Katharine Hepburn.” She also created the role of Ku in Paola Prestini’s Gilgamesh with Beth Morrison Projects, and Persephone in Wachner’s Rev. 23 at Prototype Festival. Ms. Buck sang as soloist in Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 5, with both the Washington Chorus at the Kennedy Center and Trinity Church Wall Street, and she joined Opera America’s New Works Forum at New York’s Town Hall. Ms. Buck recently sang in Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children and the American premiere of Lachenmann’s The Little Match Girl at Spoleto Festival USA, and she



reprised the Maid in Adès’ Powder Her Face with Teatro Arriaga Antzokia, Bilbao. She first performed the Maid for its American stage permiere with Aspen Opera Theater, and reprised the role with Brooklyn Philharmonic, Almeida Theatre (London), Aldeburgh Festival, Boston Modern Opera Projects, Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, and additionally filmed it for the BBC.

An exemplary interpreter of contemporary and modern repertoire, Ms. Buck received critical acclaim for her performance in Spoleto Festival USA’s American premiere of Walfgang Rihm’s monodrama Proserpina, which the Wall Street Journal described as “a vocal roller coaster, just over an hour long, in which the soprano never gets a break.” She created the title role in Charles Wuorinen’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories (NYCO), and also performed Isabella Linton in the world premiere recording of Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights (Florentine Opera), La Princesse in Glass’ Orphée(Pittsburgh Opera, Virginia Opera), Stella in Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Washington National Opera), Medea in Dusapin’s Medeamaterial (Teatr Wielki), the Angel in the U.S. premiere of Dusapin’s Faustus: The Last Night (Spoleto Festival USA, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw), joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Nixon in China, and performed Lulu Baines in Florentine Opera’s Grammy awarded Elmer Gantry.

Heather Buck’s versatility allows her to shine equally in traditional repertoire. Of her debut performance with English National Opera in Die Zauberflöte, The Times of London wrote “The American soprano Heather Buck is quite a find as the Queen of Night: statuesque of bearing, surefire in the vocal stratosphere, and a powerfully ambiguous presence.” She has sung Queen of the Night with Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Calgary Opera, Arizona Opera, Florentine Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Birmingham, Opera Delaware, and Wolf Trap Opera. Other roles include Musetta (La bohème), Leïla (Les pêcheurs de perles), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Gilda (Rigoletto), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Baby Doe (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Comtesse de Folleville (Il viaggio a Reims), and La Fée (Cendrillon).

Artist Underwriting for Heather Buck provided by Bridget Browne & Dr. John Reynolds.

DAVID BLALOCKLysander

American tenor David Blalock is becoming widely known for his beautiful lyric voice and diverse repertoire. Highlights of David’s 2017-18 season include a return to Virginia Opera as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the

title role in La Clemenza di Tito with the Maryland Opera Studio, a debut with Opera San Jose as Ferrando in Così fan tutte, a concert of arias and opera highlights with the San Francisco Symphony, and Messiah with the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Recent engagements include a return to the Minnesota Orchestra as the Second Jew in Salome, and a debut with Washington National Opera, performing the Ring Announcer in Champion. Other performances in the 16-17 season include Roderigo in Otello with the Minnesota Orchestra, Nikolaus Sprink in Silent Night with Atlanta Opera, Rodolfo in La Bohème with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony, and Count Almaviva in the North American premiere of Portugal’s The Marriage of Figaro with On Site Opera. In the summer of 2015, David premiered the role of Ricky in Jeremy Howard Beck’s The Long Walk at Opera Saratoga. His 15-16 season included both Handel’s Messiah and Pong (Turandot) with the Pacific Symphony, Toby in Sweeney Todd with Mill City Summer Opera, a Viennese Operetta concert with the Richmond Symphony, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy at UN Assembley Hall with the Shanghai Symphony, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well in Paris with Performance Santa Fe, and a

return to Virginia Opera as the Steersman in The Flying Dutchman. Other recent credits include Fidelio with Madison Opera, Glory Denied with Fort Worth Opera, La donna del lago with Santa Fe Opera, Carmen with Central City Opera, and performances of The Magic Flute, Ariadne auf Naxos, Sweeney Todd, and Carmen with Virginia Opera

JOSEPH LATTANZIDemetrius

A 2017 Sullivan Foundation Award recipient, baritone Joseph Lattanzi established himself as a young singer to watch with his portrayal of Hawkins Fuller in the world premiere of Greg Spears’ Fellow Travelers with Cincinnati

Opera. The New York Times said “Jospeh Lattanzi was splendid as Hawk, his buttery baritone luxuriant and robust.” and Opera News described him as a “confident, handsome presence, and a resonant baritone suggesting wells of feeling that the character might prefer to leave untapped.” The 2017-18 season brings a series of debuts for Mr. Lattanzi. He begins the season with his Virginia Opera debut as Sonora in La fanciulla del West and returns to the company later in the season as Demetrius in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Following performances of Hawkins Fuller at the PROTOTYPE Festival for his New York City debut, he also debuts at Lyric Opera of Chicago in the same role in their production of Fellow Travelers. He finishes the season with his return to The Atlanta Opera as Anthony in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.

From 2015 – 2017, Mr. Lattanzi was a member of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio. During his time with the company, he was heard in the title role of Don Giovanni, as Dandini in La Cenerentola, Riolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas, and was featured in the company’s Sapphire Celebration with Frederica von Stade. Additional performances included Moralès and Dancaïre in Carmen, Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, and as the Gamekeeper in Rusalka. During this period, he also returned to Seattle Opera as Kuligin in Katya Kabanová and joined San Francisco Opera for their production of Don Giovanni.

Equally at home in standard and new repertoire, Lattanzi has created roles in workshops of operas by Gregory Spears (Fellow Travelers), Jake Heggie (Great Scott), Daniel Catán (Meet John Doe), and Clint Borzoni (The Copper Queen). In the 2011-2012 season, Mr. Lattanzi was recognized by Opera News Magazine for his “fresh, bright baritone voice” as Moralès with Seattle Opera. As a member of Seattle Opera’s Young Artist Program, he also performed the roles of Dr. Malatesta in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and Albert in Massenet’s Werther. The Mableton, GA native has studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). In addition to two summers at the Merola Opera Program, he has participated in programs at the Brevard Music Center and the Chautauqua Institute Voice Program.

KRISTEN CHOIHermia

Kristen Choi, has been hailed by Opera News as a “powerhouse in the making” for her portrayal of Suzuki in Madame Butterfly. In the 2017-2018 season she will make a role debut as Hermia in Virginia Opera’s A Midsummer

Night’s Dream. Miss Choi will also debut the role of Ruth Sherwood in Bernstein’s Wonderful Town with the Seattle Symphony. Last season she made her European debut at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse



featured soloist in an opera arias concert for New York City Opera; Paolo in Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten with Los Angeles Opera; Leporello with Opera Cleveland; Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia with Toledo Opera; soloist in Messiah with Princeton Pro Musica; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Hong Kong Sinfonietta; Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with the New Choral Society; Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” with Atlanta Symphony, under Roberto Abbado; a return to Bard’s SummerScape as Innkeeper and Policeman in Schreker’s Die Ferne Klang; soloist at Symphony Space in the world premiere of John Eaton’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; the title role in Don Giovanni in his Arizona Opera debut; Leporello with Boston Lyric Opera; Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with Kentucky Opera; Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Opera New Jersey; Agrippa in Antony and Cleopatra in his sixth season with New York City Opera; a return to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in the role of Tita in Martín y Soler’s Una Cosa Rara; title role in Le nozze di Figaro at Opera Grand Rapids; Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land for the Southeastern Festival of Song with the Charleston Symphony; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Albany Symphony; a return to Boston Lyric Opera as Colline in La bohème; and his Dayton Opera debut as Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia. He has been on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera on numerous occasions.

Equally at home on the concert stage, Matthew Burns made his Carnegie Hall debut singing Handel’s Messiah and his Avery Fisher Hall debut singing the Zeremonienmeister in Hindemith’s Das Nusch-Nuschi. Other concert and oratorio works to Mr. Burns’ credit include the requiem masses of Verdi, Duruflé, and Mozart; appearing as soloist in Messiah with the Pacific Symphony; an evening of Mozart opera excerpts with the Albany Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven’s Mass in C; Handel’s Judas Maccabeus; and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. He has also performed in recitalfor Texas’ Omega House AIDS Hospice.

Mr. Burns is recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant for Singers from the Shoshana Foundation and a 2006 Richard Gold Career Grant from New York City Opera, presented to an artist whose performance demonstrates great promise in the opera world. He is featured as the bass soloist on a recording of Kirke Mecham’s The King’s Contest with the Commonwealth Singers of Richmond, Virginia.

J. MORGAN WHITEPuck

Morgan White (Puck) is delighted to return to Virginia Opera this season after his previous debut in Samson and Delilah. Morgan is a graduate of Christopher Newport University and currently lives in New York City. Previous

credits include JAZZ at Lincoln Center, Roseland Ballroom, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Riverside Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, Bay Street Theater, TRDance, and the national tour of CATS. Special thanks to Michael and Adam for leading our fairy band and making the Dream come true. “To see us dance is to hear our hearts sing.” jmorganwhite.com

and the Opéra National de Bordeaux reprising her role as Paquette in Bernstein’s Candide. Making her Kennedy Center debut, Miss Choi sang the role of Suzuki in Jun Kaneko’s production of Madame Butterfly at Washington National Opera. She also returned as a Santa Fe Opera apprentice to perform in the ensemble of the world premiere of Mason Bates’s Opera, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.

Engagements of the 2015-2016 season included Cherubino in Sarasota Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro and Paquette in Glimmerglass Opera’s stunning production of Bernstein’s Candide, directed by Francesca Zambello. As an apprentice of the Santa Fe Opera, she made her house debut singing the role of Wowkle in Puccini’s La fanciulla del West.

During the 2013-2014 season she was an emerging artist with Virginia Opera where she covered the comical role of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. Highlights include covering the role of Meg Page in Falstaff and singing the role of the Third Spirit in The Magic Flute. In the summer of 2013 she portrayed the independent heroine, Jo, from one of the most beloved stories of American literature, Little Women at Opera North. Her talents also extend to musical theater, performing the role of Lady Thiang in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I eighty-five times.

Other roles include: Lady Thiang (The King and I) with Opera North, Dorabella (Così fan tutte) with Pacific Opera Project, Zerlina (Don Giovanni) with West Bay Opera, St. Teresa II (Four Saints in Three Acts) with Opera Parallèle in San Francisco, Sesto (La clemeza di Tito) with BASOTI (Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute), the Old Prioress (Dialogues of the Carmelites) and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A native of California, Ms. Choi holds a master’s degree of music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Artist Underwriting for Kristen Choi provided by Leslie Friedman.

MATTHEW BURNSBottom

A multi-faceted singer, the New York Times declares that Matthew Burns “has a beautiful bass-baritone voice,” Opera News observes, “Matthew Burns instills in his voice all the colors needed,” while the Boston Musical

Intelligencer credits him with “a rare combination of comic timing, musical ability and stellar acting.” In summer of 2013 he returns again to the Bard Music Festival to sing Mussorgsky’s “Vaarlam’s Aria” from Boris Godunov. In season 2012-13 Matthew Burns sang as soloist in Rossini’s Stabat Mater and in Messiah, both with Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra; in Messiah with Richmond Symphony; as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor in a return to Dayton Opera; returned to Virginia Opera in the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro; debuted with Palm Beach Opera as Alidoro in La Cenerentola, and with Opera Theatre of St. Louis as Hubicka and Otec in Smetana’s The Kiss; and was soloist with New York’s New Choral Society in Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass and Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis.His 2011-12 season included singing the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Southwest, as Kuno in Der Freischutz with Macau International Music Festival, the Poet in Glass’ Orphée in a return to Virginia Opera, George in Of Mice and Men with Utah Opera, and as soloist in Messiah with the Dallas and Richmond symphonies. In summer of 2012 he debuted with Lake George Opera as Monterone in Rigoletto and as Manager in The Mighty Casey.

Recent highlights include the role of Notary in Intermezzo in a return to New York City Opera; his Opera Omaha debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni, Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri with Opera Southwest; Rabbi Eleazer in Dessau’s “Haggadah shel Pescah” with American Symphony Orchestra; soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Mobile Symphony; in Messiah with Rochester Chamber Orchestra;



MARY-HOLLIS HUNDLEYHelena

Virginia Opera Herndon Foundation Emerging Artist

Hometown: Louisville, KY

Education: University of Kentucky, BA and BM, Arts Administration and MusicMannes College of Music, MM, VoiceApprentice Artist, Santa Fe OperaGerdine Young Artist, Opera Theatre of Saint LouisStudio Artist, Sarasota Opera

Awards: Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Regional FinalistGeorge London Foundation Encouragement Award Winner and FinalistGerda Lissner Young Artist Institute Encouragement Award WinnerRichard Gaddes Fund Career Grant Recipient, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Past Highlights: Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Opera on the JamesAriadne (cover), Ariadne auf Naxos, Kentucky OperaVitellia (cover), Titus (La clemenza di Tito), Opera Theatre of Saint LouisMeg Page, Sir John in Love, Bronx OperaMusetta, La bohème, Tulsa OperaHigh Priestess, Aïda, Sarasota OperaThis Season at VO: Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dreamna, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Artist Underwriting for Mary-Hollis Hundley provided by Cabell and Mary Jane Birdsong.

BILLE BRULEYFlute/Thisby


Hometown: Montgomery, TX

Education:Indiana UniversityBaylor UniversityThe Glimmerglass FestivalCentral City Opera

Awards:MONC Semi-FinalistDallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition FinalistIris Henwood Richards Memorial Award – Central City Opera

Past Highlights:Nebuchadnezzar, The Burning Fiery Furnace, Central City OperaPeter Grimes, Peter Grimes, Indiana UniversityGiles Corey, The Crucible, The Glimmerglass FestivalBeadle Bamford, Sweeney Todd, The Glimmerglass FestivalFerrando, Così fan tutte, Indiana UniversitySolo Recital, Millenium Stage, John F. Kennedy Center

Previously at VO:The Father/Tenor 1, The Seven Deadly Sins

This Season at VO:1st Philistine, Samson et DalilaTrin, La fanciulla del WestFlute, A Midsummer Night’s DreamArturo, Lucia di Lammermoor

BRANDON MORALESQuince/Prologue


Hometown: San Antonio, TX

Education:Cincinnati College-Conservatory of MusicTexas State University

Past Highlights:Duke in Romeo et Juliette, Bonzo in Madama Butterfly at Toledo Opera2nd Armored Man in Die Zauberflöte at Dayton OperaBrundibar in Brundibar, Lautsprecher in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Plutone/Caronte in L’Orfeo, Polyphemus in Acis and Galatea with Cincinnati Chamber OperaOmar in Abu Hussan, Osmin in Zaide with Queen City Chamber OperaMalatesta in Don Pasquale with San Antonio Opera PiccolaTitle Role in Don Giovanni with Opera in the OzarksFrank Maurrant in Street Scene at Texas State University

Previously at VO:Bass/Mother, The Seven Deadly SinsCaspar (cover), Der FreischützTimur (cover), TurandotDr. Bartolo (cover), Il Barbiere di Siviglia

This Season at VO:2nd Philistine, Abimélech (cover), Samson and DelilahBilly Jackrabbit/Jose Castro, The Girl of the Golden WestQuince/Prologue, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

JOSEPH HUBBARDSnug/Lion


Hometown: Pflugerville, Texas

Education:Boston University (Cert.)Northwestern University (M.Mus)University of North Texas (B.Mus)Aldeburgh Festival Britten-Pears ProgrammeAspen Music Festival

Awards:Phyllis Curtin Award, 2016

Past Highlights:Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Institute at Boston UniversityBottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera Institute at Boston UniversityColline, La Bohème, Opera SouthwestOrazio, Amleto, Opera SouthwestSarastro, Die Zauberflöte, Aspen Music FestivalThis Season at VO:Old Hebrew cover, Samson and DelilahLarkens, La Fanciulla del WestSnug, A Midsummer Night’s DreamRaimondo (cover, student performance), Lucia di Lammermoor



STEPHEN CARROLLSnout/Wall


Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ

Education:University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music – ADUniversity of North Texas – MMUniversity of Delaware – BMSanta Fe Opera Apprentice – 2016, 2017Glimmerglass Festival Apprentice – 2015

Past Highlights:Blind, Fledermaus, Santa Fe OperaGvidon cover, The Golden Cockerel, Santa Fe OperaMalcolm, Macbeth, The Glimmerglass FestivalFirst Armored Man, The Magic Flute, The Glimmerglass FestivalCassio, Otello, Dayton Opera

This Season at VO:Philistine, Samson et DalilaHarry, La fanciulla del WestSnout/Lysander cover, A Midsummer Night’s DreamNormanno/Edgardo cover, Lucia di Lammermoor

ANDREW PAULSONStarveling/Moon


Hometown: Great Falls, VA

Education:B.M. Voice Performance Westminster Choir CollegeM.M. Voice Performance Florida State UniversitySanta Fe Opera Apprentice ArtistSarasota Opera Studio Artist

Awards:3rd Place Denver Lyric Opera Guild2nd Place Mobile Opera Competition

Past Highlights:Papageno, Die Zauberflote, Opera ColoradoPaul Jobs, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Santa Fe OperaHappy, La Fanciulla del West, Santa Fe OperaBaritone Soloist, Carmina Burana, Delta State UniversityClayton McAllister, Cold Sassy Tree, Sugar Creek Opera

Previously at VO:Silvio (cover), PagliacciBrother (cover), Seven Deadly SinsFigaro, Il Barbiere di SivigliaPrince Ottokar, Der FreischutzMandarin, TurandotThis Season at VO:High Priest (cover), Samson and DelilahBello, Sonora (cover), The Girl of the Golden WestStarveling/Moon, A Midsummer Night’s DreamEnrico (cover, student performance), Lucia di Lammermoor

ADRIANE KERRHippolyta

Soprano Adriane S. Kerr is both an active musician and teacher and delights in learning and growing through both of her professions. Hailing from Norfolk, Ms. Kerr earned a B.M. in Vocal Performance from

Virginia Commonwealth University, followed by an M.M. in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory. Having enjoyed a wonderfully diverse career, performing on stages of all sizes, from opera houses to elementary school auditoriums, she has sung with Berkshire Opera, Virginia Opera, Wildwood Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and, most recently, with the Tidewater Opera Initiative. Ms. Kerr has performed such roles as Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro, La Principessa in Suor Angelica, Dame Marthe in Faust, Gertrude in Romeo et Juliette, Baba in The Medium, and the Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas. One of the great joys of her life has been teaching and she has been on the staff of the Vocal Music Department at the Governor’s School for the Arts since 2012, where she teaches private voice, diction, and theory. She is delighted to be singing with Virginia Opera, her hometown opera company, which has supported and energized the arts for so many years!

WALTER R. SWANTheseus

Walter R. Swan is a native of Hazlehurst (It), Mississippi. Praised by fellow native Mississippian and opera legend, Leontyne Price to “look and sing like a prince”, Kathleen Battle who stated that he has a “beautiful

speaking voice”, and by former Metropolitan Opera affiliate, Charlie Reicker as the “Total Package”, Swan makes his mainstage opera debut as Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Virginia Opera.

Swan earned performance and/or pedagogy degrees from Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS; Mississippi College, Clinton, MS; and the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. He now maintains an active performance career and serves on faculty as an Associate Professor of Voice and as the Director of Choral Activities at Elizabeth City State University.

Notable solo performance credits include: H.M.S. Pinafore (Boatswain, Captain); Four Note Opera (The Baritone); Handel – Messiah; Mozart – Requiem, Veni Sancti Spiritus, K.47, Missa Brevis in D-dur K. 65, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339, Coronation Mass, K. 317; Haydn – Mass in the Time of War; Puccini – Messa di Gloria; Moses Hogan Singers – This Little Light of Mine, New Orleans (recorded).

Recently returning from performances in Bulgaria and Greece, Swan can be heard as a recitalist as well as on his recording of spirituals entitled “He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands” that has now reached international acclaim. Mr. Swan continues to strive as an aspiring artist and gives all credit to the Almighty and those who have paved the way to create a less rigorous journey for today’s artists. His motto is: “I live not only for myself; but, for those who will come after and for those who wish to walk with me along the way.”



SHELBY RHOADES Principal Coach and Director of Emerging Artists ProgramOhio native Shelby Rhoades returns to Virginia Opera for her fifth season as Principal Coach/Director of Emerging Artists. She most recent-ly was based in New York City, where she was among the coaching faculty at The Juilliard

School since the fall of 2008. Ms. Rhoades currently resides as Principal Coach/Director of Young Artists for the Ash Lawn Opera Festival, in Char-lottesville, VA. Previous engagements include Coach Fellow for the Aspen Music Festival Opera Theater 2003-2008, music staff for Seattle Opera/Young Artists Program, and Tacoma Opera. Ms. Rhoades has prepared singers for premieres by composers Jake Heggie, Thomas Pasatieri, El-liott Carter, among others, and has also worked with renowned singers Isabel Leonard, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lawrence Brownlee, Morgan Smith, Vinson Cole and Jane Eaglen. She has worked with Maestros such as Julius Rudel, George Manahan, Gary Thor Wedow, Dean Wil-liamson, and Anne Manson. She holds degrees in Piano Performance, Chamber Accompanying, and Vocal Performance. In addition to her tenure at Juilliard, she has also served at the University of Washington/Seattle, Pacific Lutheran University, and Anderson University.

JAMES P. MCGOUGH:Resident Wig and Make-up Designer

Jim is pleased to return for his 21st season at the Virginia Opera. He is excited by the prospect of designing for several new operas and exciting new looks for several old

favorites! In a career that spans over 30 years, Jim’s work has been seen in theater, dance, and opera companies across the country. This past summer Jim added the prestigious Spoleto Festival to his resume and looks forward to returning next summer. He dedicates the season to the memory of his parents.

KAREN T. FEDERING Production Stage Manager

Karen is pleased to be returning to Virginia Opera. In 2011 Karen stage-managed the world premiere song cycle Rappahannock County by Ricky Ian Gordon and Mark Campbell. A native New Yorker and a recent

transplant to Denver, Karen just completed her 15th season as Director of Production with Central City Opera in Colorado. Last winter she debuted as a Stage Manager with the Denver Center Theatre Company and was part of the stage management team for the 2014 and 2015 Clinton Global Initiative conferences held in Denver. She served as a Production Manager for New York-based Gotham Chamber Opera’s 2013-2014 Season, having previously worked with Gotham in 2009 and Spring 2013 at The Box on the Lower East Side. Karen stage-managed for the Park Avenue Armory’s Tune-In Festival in 2011 and 2012 and was also part of the stage management team for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. From 1992 to 2004 Karen was a Stage Manager with New York City Opera and stage-managed over 45 productions, including seven Live From Lincoln Center telecasts. Karen has stage-managed for many regional opera companies over her more than 20-year career, including Chautauqua Opera, Sarasota Opera, and accompanied Virginia Opera on its acclaimed 6-week South American tour of Porgy and Bess in 1993.


Enjoy the world-class 2017-2018 season of the Virginia Opera!


VIRGINIA OPERA PERSONNELRussell P. Allen President and CEO

Adam Turner Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor

ADMINISTRATIONJamie Wilson Office Coordinator Central/Northern Virginia

JoJo Chittum Receptionist/Administrative Assistant

ARTISTIC Shelby Rhoades Principal Coach and Director of Emerging Artists

ACCOUNTINGTimothy Robbins Controller

Andrew Mieggs Staff Accountant

DEVELOPMENTHoward Bender Vice President of Central and Northern Virginia Operations

Lisa Sands Director of Development, Hampton Roads

Ellen Bender Director of Development, Central and Northern Virginia

Susan Porter Sr. Development Writer & Research Analyst

Caroline EmmertDevelopment Coordinator Hampton Roads

EDUCATION/OUTREACH Dr. Joseph DeSota Director of Education

Dr. Glenn Winters Community Outreach Director

HARRISON OPERA HOUSE Roberta Brennan Facilities Manager

Velma Morgan Housekeeping Supervisor

Lisa Stewart House Manager/Usher Coordinator

MARKETING & PATRON SERVICESLana Sadowski Director of Marketing, Hampton Roads

Ellen Bender Director of Marketing, Central and Northern Virginia

Amanda Jo Ely Group Sales & Audience Services Manager

Briana Klingaman Box Office Associate

Kendall Dodson Box Office Associate, Social Media Coordinator

PRODUCTIONLee Marc Molnar Director of Production

Katie Ritter Company Manager

Roberta Brennan Properties Manager

Katie Lowenhagen Resident Stage Manager

Jenna A. Fink Resident Assistant Stage Manager

Ken Steadman Lighting Supervisor

James Lawlor IIIAssistant Lighting DesignerJay TuthillTechnical DirectorKyle Parham Assistant Technical Director/Crew Chief

Robert Garner Master Carpenter/Draftsman

Jessica Ciccolella Prop/Orch Stage Op

Pat Seyller Costume Director

Justin Collings Draper

Vicki Burroughs First Hand

Kaylah Duling Stitcher/Wardrobe Head

Elizabeth Kump Craftsperson

Joyce Seyller Costume Maintenance

James McGough Resident Wig & Makeup Designer

Elyse Messick Wig and Make-up Shop Manager

Kathleen Moore Heidi Mallett Wigs/Makeup Assistants

Caroline EmmertSupertitle Operator

Jeff Shook Deck Electrician

Derrion Hawkins Master Electrician

Isis HarringtonProgrammerJohn-Luke Whitten Rail

Emanuel JonesRyan DavyFaraji JacksonRobert CabralCameron LakeAlan Terrell Deck Crew

Will DowdyKim FullerCory Hartner Fellowspots

THE HERNDON FOUNDATION EMERGING ARTISTS PROGRAM

Mary-Hollis Hundley, SopranoApril Martin, SopranoTeresa Castillo, SopranoRachel Mikol, SopranoMelisa Bonetti, Mezzo-SopranoTalin Nalbandian, Mezzo-Soprano

Melanie Campbell, Mezzo-Soprano Bille Bruley, TenorMatthew Kelly, TenorStephen Carroll, TenorAndrew Paulson, BaritoneMatthew Peterson, Baritone

Philip Bullock, BaritoneBrandon Morales, BassJoseph Hubbard, BassJoshua Arky, BassJohanna Kvam, PianistChan Mi Jean, Pianist


TRIBUTES AND MEMORIAL GIFTSTribute and Memorial Gifts are made each season to the Virginia Opera Foundation and are listed throughout the season in which the contribution is given. Tribute gifts may celebrate a birthday, an anniversary or any special

occasion. The following donors have contributed this year and were received by January 15, 2018.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In Memory of Macon F. BrockByron Baker

In Memory of Kemper K. Hyers Mr. and Mrs. Alvin AlsobrookMr. and Mrs. Michael ArmstrongAustin Brockenbrough, III Ms. Rita L. BrightonMr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Dykers Mr. & Mrs. Marshall H. Earl JrMr. and Mrs. Alexander M. FisherJim and Lucy HoweMr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson IIIManakin Sabot Community AssociationMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Samuel, Sr.Ms. Nancy King ScogginsTyler Norman ScottMr. and Mrs. James C. SeveranceBill and Sybil SparrowMs. Isabella G. WittDr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan

TRIBUTE GIFTS

In Honor of Fran ZehmerMs. Cheryl Yancey

In Honor of Dr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan and Dr. John Reynolds

Joni and Mark Dray

In Honor of Richard Miller Thelma Oser

In Honor of Allan and Harriet ReynoldsNick and Linda Wilson

In Honor of Martha Lee ShawByron Baker


TRIBUTES AND MEMORIAL GIFTSTribute and Memorial Gifts are made each season to the Virginia Opera Foundation and are listed throughout the season in which the contribution is given. Tribute gifts may celebrate a birthday, an anniversary or any special

occasion. The following donors have contributed this year and were received by January 15, 2018.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In Memory of Macon F. BrockByron Baker

In Memory of Kemper K. Hyers Mr. and Mrs. Alvin AlsobrookMr. and Mrs. Michael ArmstrongAustin Brockenbrough, III Ms. Rita L. BrightonMr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Dykers Mr. & Mrs. Marshall H. Earl JrMr. and Mrs. Alexander M. FisherJim and Lucy HoweMr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson IIIManakin Sabot Community AssociationMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Samuel, Sr.Ms. Nancy King ScogginsTyler Norman ScottMr. and Mrs. James C. SeveranceBill and Sybil SparrowMs. Isabella G. WittDr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan

TRIBUTE GIFTS

In Honor of Fran ZehmerMs. Cheryl Yancey

In Honor of Dr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan and Dr. John Reynolds

Joni and Mark Dray

In Honor of Richard Miller Thelma Oser

In Honor of Allan and Harriet ReynoldsNick and Linda Wilson

In Honor of Martha Lee ShawByron Baker

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Director Circle($25,000 and above)

CORPORATE:Altria Business Consortium for Arts SupportDominion EnergyNorfolk Southern Foundation

FOUNDATION:AnonymousThe Robert G. Cabell III and Maude

Morgan Cabell Foundation E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter

FoundationThe Hampton Roads Community Foun-

dationHerndon FoundationThe Joyce Strelitz FundThe Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Mary Morton Parsons Foundation Slatten-MacDonald Fund

GOVERNMENT:City of NorfolkVirginia Commission for the Arts

INDIVIDUAL:AnonymousAnonymousDr. & Mrs. William D. CovingtonDrs. William J. and Mary Ann FrableMr. & Mrs. David R. GoodeMr. & Mrs. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. – The

Herndon FoundationMrs. Bucci and Mr. John Zeugner

Producers Circle($10,000 - $24,999)

CORPORATE:National Endowment for the Arts SunTrust BankVirginia Eye ConsultantsWilmington Trust/M&T Charitable

Foundation

FOUNDATION:AnonymousThe Fannie, Milton and Leslie Friedman

Foundation

Virginia Opera is grateful to the following contributors for their support of either our 2016-17 Annual Fund Campaign or our 2017-2018 Annual Fund Campaign through January 15, 2018.

Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationFranklin Southampton CharitiesThe Helen G. Gifford FoundationFranklin Southampton Charities The Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey

Memorial Trust, Bank of America, N.A, Trustee

The John Jacob and Rena L. Niles FundMaymont FoundationR.E.B. FoundationRichard S. Reynolds Foundation

GOVERNMENT:CultureWorks and The Arts and Cultural

Funding Consortium Hanover CountyChesterfield CountyNewport News Arts CommissionPortsmouth Museum and Fine Arts

Commission Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities

Commission

INDIVIDUAL:AnonymousMrs. Rudolph E. BunzlHon. & Mrs. James Cales, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Langdon T. Christian IVMr. & Mrs. Mark Thomas Cox IVMr. & Mrs. Vince FerrantiMr. Sean P. FooheyMs. Cary FountainMr. Henry A. GarrityMr. & Mrs. Cyrus W. Grandy, VMr. & Mrs. Robert E. HillMr. and Mrs. Peter M. Huber, Esq.Mr. Richard I. MillerMr. & Mrs. Jose Luis MurilloPatricia Pusey Mr. & Mrs. Allan S. Reynolds, JrMs. Jane ReynoldsDr. John ReynoldsDr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld WollanMs. Carole J. Yaley

Artist Patron Society($5,000 - $9,999)

CORPORATE:Chandler Realty, Inc.

FOUNDATION:The Community Foundation Serving

Richmond and Central Virginia-The Richmond Fund for Opera

Christian Family FoundationJ.L. Camp Foundation, Inc. Elmwood FundLouise B. Cochrane Charitable FoundationThe Marian P. Taylor Declaration of Trust

GOVERNMENT:Alexandria Commission for the ArtsArts Council of Fairfax CountyChesapeake Fine Arts CommissionWilliamsburg Area Arts Commission

INDIVIDUAL:Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Stanley G. Barr, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Cabell Birdsong

Kym Hemley Butz and Joe ButzCapt. & Mrs. John M. Chandler, USN (Ret.) Frances T. & Robert B. Claytor FundCol. James F. Deming & Maj. Mark E.

Board Hon. & Mrs. Robert G. DoumarJudge & Mrs. Robert B. EdwardsMr. Thomas A. Grant Mrs. Karen Guliano Eva & Michael HardyMr. James HixonMr. & Mrs. Peter M. Huber, Esq.Mr. Kemper Hyers* and Mrs. Courtney

HyersDr. Anne-Marie Irani & Dr. Lawrence

Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Marcellus C. KirchnerRobert C. & Mary Nell KuhloMs. Ina Levy & Mr. Richard StaubMr. and Mrs. Thomas Nicholson IIIDr. & Mrs. Gerald PepeWarren Richard & Lynn CobbJames & Diane SchneiderMs. Marilyn ScottMr. & Mrs. John S. ShannonMr. Lewis Webb and Ms. Helen Dragas Mr. & Mrs. Samuel WebsterMrs. Deborah Wyld

CONTRIBUTORS


Bravo Society($2,500 - $4,999)

CORPORATE:AAA Tidewater VirginiaAlpha Omega Investment AdvisorsBirdsong CorporationRutter Mills, LLP

FOUNDATION:The John A. Cable FoundationNorthern Piedmont Community Foun-

dation

Rouse Bottom Foundation

GOVERNMENT:York County Arts Commission Department

of Parks and RecreationSuffolk Fine Arts CommissionVisit Norfolk

INDIVIDUAL:Russell P. AllenAnonymousVern and Nancy BarhamHoward and Ellen BenderLilli & William BeyerMr. & Mrs. George Y. BirdsongDrs. Bruce & Cassianne BoothCapt. & Mrs. Malcolm Parker BranchDr. & Mrs. O. Christian BredrupDr. & Mrs. Glenn CarwellMr. & Mrs. Christopher J. CoffingMrs. Peter G. Decker, Jr.Mr. Carl DolmetschLinda T. Dorsey and James Satterwhite Mr. Ammon G. Dunton, Jr.Mr. Chris and Mrs. Renee Gilman Mr. & Mrs. Eric HansonDr. William T. Hark and Katherine DeLoyhtMr. & Mrs. Barry HodgesMr. & Mrs. Philip C. Holladay, Jr.Mr. Jimmie Lee Huitt, Jr. and Dr. Cora

T. HuittDr. & Mrs. Glenn JonesMs. Denise Keane and Mr. Leonard MandlMr. Edward Kelly, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James KitzMs. Esta KornsteinDr. Susan KornsteinDr. Susan Kornstein and Mr. Lee KrumbeinDr. & Mrs. Edward L. Lilly Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. ModlinMr. & Mrs. Frank Monroe, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Johnson C. Moss

Mrs. Valerie NeffSusan & Dale OllerMr. & Mrs. Robert PettersonLarry & Susan QuateMrs. Virginia Redick Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. RobertsMs. Donna ScasseraMr. & Mrs. C. Jeffers SchmidtDr. & Mrs. Stephen ScoperMr. Homer A. SmithMr. J. Kenneth TimmonsMr. & Hon. Guy TowerMr. & Mrs. William D. UngermanDr. & Mrs. William M. WaldropEleanor & Henry Watts Ms. Evangeline Yoder

Benefactor Society($1,500 - $2,499)

CORPORATE:

Davenport & Company, LLCMahoney, Nashatka, Richmond PLLCRutter Mills, LLPVirginia Opera GuildWestminster Canterbury of Richmond

FOUNDATION:Eugenia Smith Kennedy FundSuffolk FoundationC.D. L. and M.T.B. Perkins Fund of

The Community Foundation Serving Richmond

GOVERNMENT:City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts

INDIVIDUAL:Education Coalition: Mr. Raymond DeFrankMs. Rebecca HessMs. Jeri MullarkeySusan Thomas

AnonymousMr. Allen E. AndersonAnonymousMr. Allen BakerMs. Jeannie BalilesMr. & Mrs. J. Temple BaylissMr. & Mrs. S. L. BoglioMs. Rita L. BrightonMs. Valerie BrookemanMarilyn B. Buxbaum

Mr. Paul Campsen and Ms. Carrie White, PhD

Charles & Minette Cooper

Mr. Raymond DeFrankMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Disharoon*Ms. Kathryn CookMrs. Audrey B Douglas-CookeMs. Margaret P. EdgertonMr. & Mrs. Richard Furiga Adm. & Mrs. Harold W. Gehman, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Ray GindrozMr. and Mrs. Robert GlasserMr. Robert GreenspunMr. & Mrs. George L. HartMr. & Mrs. Alan C. HessMr. & Mrs. John E. HollowayMr. and Mrs. Charles HolmesMrs. Sarah B. HuberMs. Mary Anne Kellam-CanadaDrs. Edward and Eileen KitcesMr. & Mrs. Kenneth KrantzMr. and Dr. Lenard LexierHenry & Angelica LightMrs. Eleanor MarshallMs. Donna NoonanMr. and Mrs. Greg OverholserMs. Nancy PrillamanMr. Myron H. ReinhartMr. & Mrs. Laurens SartorisMr. & Mrs. G. Jacob Savage IIIMs. Lisa SinclairMrs. Jane Spilman Hon. Lydia Calvert TaylorJohn and Joanne TheonDr. & Mrs. Aaron VinikMr. George WiggintonMr. & Mrs. Paul WinslowDr. & Mrs. Wilhelm Zuelzer

Opera Partner($1,000 - $1,499)

FOUNDATION:Virginia and John L. Sinclair Foundation

Southeast Virginia Community Foundation – Give 757

INDIVIDUAL:AnonymousCapt. & Mrs. Robert AdlerMs. Donna AllenMs. Anne AskewMs. Judy BlandMrs. Caroline Y. BrandtMs. Sherry BremerDr. Kevin M. Campbell

CONTRIBUTORS


Ms. Rejena G. CarrerasMrs. Robin CovattaMr. & Mrs. Walter DottsMr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Fisher III Dr. & Mrs. Joseph FiveashMr. & Mrs. James J. GildeaMs. Vesta Lee GordonMr. & Mrs. Louis S. Harris Ms. Spring HelligrathDr. W. Glenn HurtMr. & Mrs. Stanley JonesGreg & Janet KimMs. Diana LivingstonMichael & Nancy LottMr. Guillermo MaquivarMr. & Mrs. William B. McAree, IIMrs. Oriana McKinnonMr. William H. MearsMr. Harris Miller and Ms. Deborah KahnMr. & Mrs. Robert PacekPowers Peterson, M.D. & Dr. Daniel AlonsoMr. & Mrs. Gary Pitts Mr. Frank RaysorMs. Eileen ScheinMrs. Gudi StambukPaul and Bonita Stockmeyer Ms. Page StylesMrs. Harriet WhiteMrs. Faye G. WhitlockMs. Millie Wilkerson

Opera Sustainer($500 - $999)

CORPORATE:Merrill Lynch Omni Medical Group, LLC

FOUNDATION:Yvonne and Charles Gold Donor Advised

Fund of Richmond Jewish FoundationThe Oakenwold FundUla and Janne Motekat FundSis Nash Memorial Fund of the Hampton

Roads Community FoundationUnited Jewish Community of the Virginia

Peninsula

INDIVIDUAL:AnonymousMr. James BaberMr. & Mrs. Malcolm BellEarl R. Blankenship Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Todd BudlongMr. & Mrs. Robert E. Brown, Esq.*Mr. & Mrs. John Bruner

Mr. & Mrs. C. Robert ClarkDr. Sarah B. Clarkson and Dr. John HerreDr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. J. Floyd ClingenpeelDr. Martha C. CoffieldH. H. CooperMr. James M. ComptonMrs. Mary ConnellMr. & Mrs. Ralph Connelly Dr. & Mrs. W. Stephen CorrieDrs. Georgean & Mark DeBloisHon. & Mrs. Rodham T. DelkMs. Lisa Delevie Juanita G. Felton Mr. & Mrs. Arthur FlemingMrs. Harry Frazier, IVMr. & Mrs. Carter B. FurrJohn Page GarrettMr. & Mrs. Thomas GaynerMr. Charles GibbonsMrs. Susan Givens Ms. Dorothy P. GrandstaffDr. & Mrs. Fred GrossWilliam Graves III & Elizabeth NybakkenMr. and Mrs. Billy HarperLee and Jane Harris Capt. & Mrs. Joel HeatonMr. Robert InglisPamela Hyatt and James GrahamDr. & Mrs. Bernard F. JamisonMr. & Mrs. Kenneth Johnson

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Kent,IIIMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. KerwinMr. Brian KintMr. & Mrs. John KlemencMr. Christopher KogutMr. & Mrs. Bruce Koplin Peter M. & Jodi L. KosteMs. Anne LankfordDr. Velimir LuketicCol. & Mrs. David MaltbyEarl & Soozi McLainMr. H.T. McLoughlinCol. & Mrs. Thomas H. MeurerJoetta MillerDiane and Reynold MonachMs. Rhonda MurrayMr. Fred Napolitano, IIMrs. Walter T. NiedermayerMr. & Mrs. James NooneMr. & Mrs. Michael OverstreetMr. & Mrs. Robert PacekMr. Aldo PanizoMrs. Toni Parson-Mobley Don and Anne PerryMrs. C. Cotesworth PinckneyMr. & Mrs. Robert H. Pratt

Ms. Robin RinacaMr. & Mrs. David RennoldsWilliam T. & Joanne K. Roos Philanthropic

FundThe Routszong’sDr. Paul SayeghMr. & Mrs. Hugh SeaseDr. & Mrs. Robert SeehermanMr. & Mrs. John SchifferMr. & Mrs. James SchlossMrs. Desta ShawMr. Benjamin SmithMr. Marc G. StadiemMr. Lawrence L. SteingoldCapt. & Mrs. Robert J. Swain, USCGMr. C. Wayne TuckerMr. & Mrs. Kirk TuckerMr. & Mrs. J. Dirk WaleckaCapt. & Mrs. Robert WarakomskyJuan & Linda WhittingtonMrs. Linda WilsonMr. & Mrs. Charles WintzerMs. Isabella G. Witt Mrs. Simone Wojan-Coleman Dr. & Mrs. G. Byron WorkMrs. Frances Zehmer

Opera Family ($250 - $499)

CORPORATE:Scherzo Music Club

FOUNDATION:Adele M. Thomas Charitable Foundation,

Inc.Alan and Esther Fleder FoundationFife Family Foundation

INDIVIDUAL:Mr. & Mrs. Alfred AlbyMr. & Mrs. Neill H. Alford IIIMr. John A. AndersonAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousMs. Patricia ArantMr. John BarilMr. Richard Barry & Ms. Linda CoxMr. Leroy S. BenzMrs. Carter Grandy Bernert Dr. & Mrs. William Blake, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David BlockMr. William Bolean Sr.Dr. & Mrs. Larry BorishRick & Jeannine Boyd

CONTRIBUTORS


Ms. Celeste BremerMr. and Mrs. Stephen BrothersMarvin & Libby BurgeCharles BurgessMs. Ann T. BurksMr. & Mrs. William Burnette Mr. and Mrs. William BurstonMrs. Barbara CarrMr. and Mrs. Don ColeMr. and Mrs. Russell CollinsMr. and Mrs. Stephen CurtisMs. Kathryn Copeland & Dr. Gregory HoodMr. & Mrs. Britton B Culpepper Mr. Bruce CurranMs. Melanie Kohn Day and Mr. Roland A.

Karnatz Ms. Nicole DejesusMr. & Mrs. Stanwood Dickman Mr. Howard J. Ellis Michael and Janet EmsleyDr. and Mrs. Howard Fauver, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Barry FinkDr. Ronald FlennerDr. & Mrs. Joseph V. FormicaMr. William Gatling, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John GoodeMs. Jane Klein GoldmanDr. & Mrs. Dean R GoplerudDr. & Mrs. T. Winston GouldinMr. George GrantMr. and Mrs. Russell GregorMary and Charles HainesMr. and Mrs. Arthur HamerschlagMs. Linda L. HansellMs. Ruth HansenDr. & Mrs. Dwight HarrisonDr. & Mrs. H. Keith HellemsMr. and Mrs. Barry Hellman Ms. Julia HenleyDr. & Mrs. E. Beaumont HodgeMs. Kathleen HodgeDrs. Warren & Jane HopkinsGil & Karen HoyConnie and Marc JacobsonRev. Martha JenkinsGayatri Kapur and Rasesh ShahDr. & Mrs. Warren G. KareshDr. & Mrs. Edward H. KarotkinLawrence F. KrugerMr. & Mrs. Robert H LargeCapt. & Mrs. Keith LarsonMr. and Mrs. Robert LaibstainStanley Lichtman and Paulette Licht-

man-PanzerMr. Bob LivermanMs. Mary Frances LoweCapt. & Mrs. Carl V. MallettMs. Sylvia Maume

CONTRIBUTORSMr. & Mrs. Randall MayesMr. and Mrs. Gabriel L. McCoyShannon Thomas McCroryMr. & Mrs. S. Randall McDanielMr. Graham MeechBetty Jean MeyerMrs. Hope MihalapMr. Robert MisbinMs. Susan G. MouserMr. & Mrs. Matthew MurckoMs. Pauline NarcavageMr. & Mrs. Timothy Naughton Mr. and Mrs. Norbert NewfieldMr. Brian O’Connor Ms. Thelma OserMr. Frank ParrishMr. Eric F. PetersonMr. & Mrs. Michael PlettMr. Alfred Ponce & Ms. Alice ClayMs. JoAnn PorterMrs. Ann PrinceDr. & Mrs. Andrew QuickeMr. and Mrs. John RatiganMrs. Robin ReevesMr. & Mrs. Joe Riss John & Barbara RoseMary Stuart and Ted RuhnkeMr. James SchmalzDr. James K. SchmittDr. & Mrs. Robert B. ScogginsJane & Win ShortMr. & Mrs. Michael ShutterlyMrs. Madeline SlyDr. & Mrs. David C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Edgar SmithMs. Lori SmithsonMary Jane Spiro Mr. and Mrs. Nelson St. ClairHarry & Linda StempleMs. Joan SussmanMs. Phyllis SzymanskiMr. Tommy TavennerMrs. Dora Lee TaylorMr. W. Mcllwaine Thompson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Byron TracyDr. Ashton TriceDr. and Mrs. Joseph VaccarellaMr. Larry G. ValadeMr. and Mrs. Olmedo VillavicencioMrs. Jeanette H. Wallace*Mr. Bruce WallentaMr. Nicholas WheelerMr. Andrew L. WilsonMr. Robert Witajewski Ms. Cheryl Yancey

Howard and Martha Zaritsky Robert & Karen Zelnick Mr. Roger Zoccolillo

Sponsors of the Virginia Opera Gala at The Main-Hampton Roads

CHAIRMAN:Lisa Sinclair

GALA COMMITTEE:Donna AgrestoMiriam BlakeBess DeckerDana DeckerNancy HuberMary Anne Kellam CanadaIna LevyRebecca MaywaldFred NapolitanoValerie NeffSusan QuateReva Stein

GOLD SPONSORS:SunTrust BankTroutman Sanders

ARISTS UNDERWRITERS:Mr. Richard MillerThe Nicholson CompaniesSinclair Communications

SILVER SPONSORS:The Bradshaw Group, Merrill LynchThe Cosmopolitan ClubCotrell Contracting CorporationBess DeckerDana Jo and Peter G. Decker IIIEdith and Cy GrandyFred NapolitanoValerie Neff and Ed KellyPalladium Investment AdvisorsHarriet and Allan ReynoldsRutter MillsBonnie & David Brand and Amy & Brian

Strelitz and Haynes Furniture

WINE SPONSOR:Williamsburg Winery

MUSIC SPONSORS:Mary Anne Kellam CanadaWells Fargo Advisors

AUCTION SPONSORS:MacArthur CenterTowneBank

COCKTAIL SPONSOR:Kym Hemley Butz and Joe ButzDessert Sponsor:Barnes, Thompson & Singor/UBS Financial

Services, Inc.


PHOTOGRAPHY SPONSOR:Fresh Look Photography

FLORAL SPONSOR:Black Iris Events

PATRONS:Charles Barker AutomotiveMr. and Mrs. Stanley Barr Jr.Judge and Mrs. James Cales Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John FieldAmy Grayson PeseskyRK ChevroletChandler Realty FriendsDeb and Peter Segaloff & Jacqueline

Silverberg

FRIENDS:Mr. and Mrs. Art SandlerDr. and Mrs. Gerald J. PepeLydia C. TaylorTidewater Jewish Foundation & United

Jewish Federation of TidewaterAll Strings AttachedLeslie Friedman

DONATIONS:Mr. Raymond Bottom Jr.Joanne K. RoosBeth Reshefsky and

Bonnie Reshefsky

Sponsors of the 2017 Gala: WILD NIGHT– Central Virginia

GALA CO-CHAIRS: Renee GilmanMrs. Patricia P. Pusey

PRESENTING CO-SPONSORS:AltriaDominion

CORPORATE TABLE SPONSORS:Covington TravelDavenport & Company, LLC SunTrustUPS Freight

CORPORATE SPONSORS:CSC LeasingKPMG

INDIVIDUAL TABLE SPONSORS:Mr. Russell P. AllenMr. & Mrs. Langdon T. Christian IVMr. and Mrs. Vince FerrantiDr. & Mrs. William J. FrableChris and Renee GilmanMs. Eva Teig HardyMr. and Mrs. James HuittMrs. Patricia P. Pusey Dr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS Dr. & Mrs. William J. Frable (Auctioneer co-sponsor)

CONTRIBUTORSMs. Cary FountainMr. and Mrs. Robert E. HillMr. and Mrs. Barry Hodges Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert MooneyMs. Marilyn ScottDr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan (Auctioneer co-sponsor)

CONTRIBUTORS (DESSERT):Laura Cameron and Lee McCownMrs. Herbert A. ClaiborneEmily Warren CoxJames A. and Mary F. DevoeFred and Muschi FisherDiana LivingstonPate and Bill MearsC. Christopher and Emily Louise RemkeNancy King ScogginsJane Spilman

CONTRIBUTORS (PRISM TABLES): Dr. William J. FrableMr. Thomas A. GrantMr. and Mrs. Barry HodgesMr. Guillermo Maquivar

and Ms. Leslie LamersDr. John ReynoldsJeffers and Sallie SchmidtDr. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld WollanMrs. Bucci Zeugner

SPONSORS IN-KIND: Katherine Godin – The Community Idea StationsRichmond Performing Arts Alliance, Janet

Starke, Executive Director White House Flowers

FACILITY AND FOOD:The Commonwealth Club

PHOTOGRAPHY: Wolfgang Jasper Photography

AUCTIONEER: Swisher Auctions

Ninth Annual Opera in the ParkThe City of NorfolkMr. Leroy S Benz Mr. Richard MillerVirginia Eye ConsultantsSinclair CommunicationsWHROWilliamsburg WineryChatham Vineyards

Mermaid WineryFesteventsSouthern Auto Group

NEXT GENERATION CAMPAIGN AnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousDr. & Mrs. Edward LillyW.F. Magann CorpMr. & Mrs. Allan ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. Samuel Webster

IN-KIND DONATIONS Barboursville VineyardsMs. Elizabeth Britt-KellyByrd TheatreCustom PrintingThe Dancing TomatoLynn PeyerMassimo ZanettiMrs. William T. Reed III Quirk HotelRichmond Times-DispatchShirley’s CateringTom French FlowersVirginia Living MagazineWHRO Public MediaWilliamsburg Winery

Corporations Making Contributions Through Matching Gift Programs: AltriaBank of AmericaThe Boeing CompanyBrink’s FoundationThe Capital Group Companies, Inc.Caterpillar FoundationCIGNA FoundationDominion EnergyDominion Virginia Power/N.C. PowerExxonMobil FoundationFannie Mae FoundationFreddie Mac FoundationIBM Matching Grants ProgramJohn Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.LandAmericaMass Mutual Financial GroupMerrill LynchNorfolk Southern FoundationSunTrust BankTeagle FoundationThomson Tax & AccountingWachovia Wells Fargo FoundationUBS Foundation

Although space limitations only allow us to list donations of $250 or more, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of all our contributors. Every gift received helps us fulfill our commitment to quality opera in your community. We thank all of you.If your name was inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, please advise us by calling Lisa Sands at 757.213.4554.Contributions and pledges received after January 15, 2018 will be acknowledged in future programs. Thank you for your support.


VIRGINIA OPERA GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGESSUPPORT FROM THESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

VIRGINIA OPERA SINCERELY APPRECIATES THE EFFORTS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE VIRGINIA OPERA GUILD

Alexandria Commission for the Arts City of NorfolkCultureWorks and The Arts and

Cultural Funding ConsortiumCity of Richmond Henrico County Arts Council of Fairfax County Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission Chesterfield County

City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts Newport News Arts Commission Portsmouth Museum and Fine Arts Commission Suffolk Fine Arts Commission Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission Virginia Commission for the Arts Williamsburg Area Arts Commission York County Arts Commission

Department of Parks and Recreation

Chairman - Mark E. BoardVice chair - Marianne NicholsonVice chair - Jim GrahamVice chair - Valerie NeffSecretary - Powers Peterson, M.D.Treasurer - Robert C. KuhloHistorian - Amber Taylor Reeves

Board of Directors:Mark BoardMarianne NicholsonJim GrahamPowers PetersonBob KuhloAmber Taylor-ReevesJanita Burgess HessPamela HyattBarbara BuchmannElena Stevens

Allen AndersonCy GrandyDora Lee TaylorMartha Lee ShawGwendolyn BrownMillie ColeHolly TracyJoanne RentnerValerie NeffBarbara BoslegoTom Horsch

Committee ChairsArtist Transportation - Holly TracyCommunications - Pamela HyattGift Shop - Janita Burgess HessFundraising - Barbara BuchmannEvents - Allen AndersonMembership - Jim Graham

Support from the following will enable us to provide mainstage and outreach programsfor over 150,000 students and adults throughout the Commonwealth this season.

VIRGINIA OPERA SALUTESBUSINESS CONSORTIUM FOR ARTS SUPPORT

Atlantic Dominion Distributors/Hoffman Beverage

Bank of America Birdsong Corporation Davenport & Company, LLC Dixon Hughes Goodman Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

The Dragas Companies Foundation (anonymous) Fulton Bank Hampton Roads Community

Foundation Haynes Furniture Company, Inc. Kaufman & Canoles McGuire Woods

Norfolk Southern Foundation O’Connor Brewing Company Palladium Registered

Investment Advisors Patricia and Douglas Perry

Foundation Southeast Virginia

Community Foundation

Southern Bank Virginia Natural Gas, Inc. The Virginian-Pilot Wells Fargo Foundation Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas

Asset Management, LLC Willcox & Savage, P.C. Williams Mullen

Contributors to the Business Consortium for Arts Support have generously endorsed Virginia Opera’s programs and activities this season. This distinguished group of donors annually contributes to the Business Consortium to support arts organizations throughout

Hampton Roads thus improving the quality of life in our local communities. The Virginia Opera both salutes the following and extends its sincerest thanks for their continued generosity.

Arts Ally level contributors at www.bcartsupport.org


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HOUSERS AND VOLUNTEERS

HOUSERSByron BakerCarolyn BakerJames DemingHenry GarrityJohn & Mary Jane HallDrs. John Herre & Sally

ClarksonHolly HublerDr. Edward M. Johnson

& Dr. Elizabeth Childs-Johnson

The Rev. Canon Win Lewis and Cathy Lewis

Julie McDonaldRobert MillsMarianne NicholsonThomas Nicholson III &

Christie DixonRobert & Miriam PalmerThomas Pinion & Robert

SeatonDuane Wilson

RICHMOND VOLUNTEERSSaverio Anselmo, Volunteer

Coordinator Justin Ayars Shirley Budlong Pat Hartsock Darrell HedrickBob Jones Elizabeth Munt Bernice Oppenhimer Vivian WhiteJohn Wisk

NORFOLK VOLUNTEERSNancy Barham Vern Barham Betty Baucom David BlakeMiriam Blake Brian Blair Ellie Brann Wendy Briggs Emily BudlongIvy Carpenter Chad Carson Lana Cary

Elizabeth Carson Robin Casteen Meredith Carson Susan Cavalieri Ellie Cesnaros Claudia Clarke Cassie Davies Anne Davis Marie Deegan Sara Dowless Ana Haley Jarod Haley Harry Hudome Hayden Jones Trish JonesRandy Keller Tanya Keller Katherine LaFave Rebecca Litt Warren Maddox Marta San Jose Marin Marisa Marsey Steve Marsey Isaac Martin Jennifer Palestrant Lois Patten Lucia Perez-Pastor Marcia Potts Jame Noglic Viann Nguyen Josh Sands Ken Sands Pam Saunders Liam Sherron Brad Small Kelly StefankoCaitlyn Stuck Vero Tucker Ellie White Shelby Wilber Kamila Williams

NORFOLK VOLUNTEER USHERSLorrene Anderson Janice Anten Beverly Bachman Eureka & Mareka Belcher Joe and Maureen Bernard

Dick Blessington Doris B. Bonner Kathy Boyd Judith and Richard Brown Jenny & Gennie Cannon Yolima Carr Eleonora Anna Cavallin Robert O Clapp Susan Clarke Lorenz Connelly, Jr. Margie Conner Joan Cowan Peggy Crabtree Mary K. Daniels Mary Delaney Barbara Desler Loretta DiCamillo Donald and Sandra Donato Barbara Edoff Joanne Fischer Kameron Foreman Brenda Frech Mike and Cindy Freedman John Grant Bob Greene Margaret Hackett Madeline Hadaway Sharal Halcomb Anne Haworth Loyce Jarvis Robert A. and Carol Jean

Johnson Patricia B. Jones Anne Lewis Joyce Lindahl Joan Malone Ardell McCoy Pat McGlinchy Penny Mignacca Colleen Miller Helen and Sid Mittleman Christine Monson Ruth & Edd Nixon Jimmy Nugroho Aaron and Gloria Ostroff Marion D. Palmer Sarah “Sally” Palmerton Dick and Gayle Paradiso Bob and Carol Pettyjohn

Roberta Phipps Marilyn Ranhorn Brunhild Rawlings Brenda Roundtree Amor Sales John B. Samuel Jack and Barbara Seligman Camilla Shannon Pat Sova Zulma Spatz Florence Mercier Speight Mercy Stephens Dorothy (Dolly) Streit Rosemary Swider Ruby Tillie Bernice Van Aalten David and Elizabeth Van

Hook Larry Van Hoose Teresita Veloso Jack and Kathie Wahl Don Warmke Joan Warnalis Charles Warthen Martha G. Weaver Mo Wheatley Gloria and Hal Wilkinson Donna Williams Colleen C. Wood Joanne Woodruff Barbara Young Lidia Zappacosta Norma S. Zinn Jocelyn Reiter Ellison Holly Hubler Julie McDonald

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