by Lori HumphreysStaff writer

Haynes Johnson, Pulit-zer Prize-winning report-er, best-selling author and television commentator, will discuss “Obama and the Politics of Polariza-tion” at the Contemporary Issues Forum, 3 p.m. Satur-day afternoon at the Hall of Philosophy.

Johnson may not need an introduction to Chautauqua audiences. He was a long-time commentator on “Washington Week In Review,” a regular on NBC’s “Today Show,” and for more than a decade was a member of the “historians panel” on the “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” He also knows his way around the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., and has cast a piercing light on important national issues since he began his journalism ca-reer in 1956. According to his biography on Online Forum, “he has reported on virtually every major national and inter-national news event in the past four de-cades, including the activities of every U.S. president from Dwight D. Eisenhow-er to Bill Clinton.”

The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, which he co-authored with Dan Balz, is just the most recent of a list of best-sellers he has written, beginning with The Bay of Pigs. In The Battle for America, the two pros uncovered such illustrative po-litical tidbits as Florida Gov. Charley Crist’s last-minute switch of support from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to Ari-zona Sen. John McCain and the Republican primary candidates’ antipathy toward for-mer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

In the new afterword to the 2008 publi-cation, Haynes and Balz refl ect on the po-litical landscape after a year of the Obama presidency. One might presume that a dis-cussion of “Obama and the Politics of Polar-ization” begins here.

“First, the fateful challenges confronting Barack Obama and the United States that made the election of 2008 so signifi cant re-main. If anything, they are even more ur-gent,” Johnson and Balz wrote in The Battle for America 2008. “Second, the record of Obama’s presidency and the effort to forge major changes while rekindling a more bi-partisan approach to problems is still a sto-ry without end.”

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by Joan Lipscomb SolomonStaff writer

News. Sometimes it’s good. Sometimes it’s bad. The bad news is that cancellations happen, even at Chautauqua. Previously scheduled Week Four Chaplain Peter Storey, because of commitments in South Africa where he has served as president of the Methodist Church, was forced to cancel his visit to Chautauqua.

The good news is that six local replace-ment chaplains stand ready to meet the chal-lenge, all at hardly a moment’s notice. Best of all, they’re all “home folks,” beloved and fa-miliar through their everyday ministry to the Chautauqua community.

Chautauqua’s Pastor Joan Brown Campbell will deliver Sunday’s sermon, “Dangerous Dreams” at 10:45 a.m. at the Amphitheater, drawn from Revelation 21:1-6 and John 10:14-16. Sunday’s liturgist will be Department of Religion Associate George Wirth. At Sunday’s 5 p.m. Vesper Service at the Hall of Philoso-phy, he will share his personal faith journey.

Chaplain Wirth will return to the pulpit at 9:15 a.m. Monday at the Amphitheater, where services are held Monday through Friday. He will discuss “A Case for Civility,”

referencing Romans 12:14-18 and 13:1-7.Chautauquans, on Tuesday, will hear Chap-

lain Scott Maxwell, pastor of St. Paul’s Luther-an Church, Erie, Pa., who served as liturgist during Week Two. He asks, “Is it Time for a New Wardrobe?” from Colossians 3:12-17.

Wednesday will bring a message from Chaplain William Lytle. A retired Presbyte-rian minister, he is active in the Bird, Tree & Garden Club’s Native American Storytelling Program. His talk is titled “The Shadow We Cast,” based on Acts 1:6-8 and 5:12-16.

On Thursday, Chaplain LaVerne Gill, who serves as chaplain administrator of the Chau-tauqua United Church of Christ Society Inc., will focus on “God’s Radical Love and For-giveness: Revisiting the Samaritan Story,” in-cluding John 4:27-42 and Hosea 11:1-4 and 8-9.

Concluding the week on Friday will be Chaplain J. Paul Womack, pastor of Hurlbut Memorial Community United Methodist Church. He will remind his listeners: “It is ‘TGIF’ on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tues-day, Wednesday, and Thursday as Well!” and reference Psalm 118:21-24.

And so, once again St. Paul’s promise comes true: “All things work together for good for those who love God.” As Chaplain Campbell commented, “We are grateful for the opportuni-ty to showcase preachers who live in our midst.”

by Alison MatasStaff writer

When Barbara Quintiliani was 17, she sat in the library of the New England Conservatory of Music during her fi rst few weeks as a stu-dent, expanding her knowledge of the operatic world.

“I was pretty new to opera, and I decided to study it for college, and so, I said, ‘Well, I’m just going to start with the beginning of the alphabet and start going through the composers and just listen to the operas,’” she said.

Soon, Quintiliani came across Vincenzo Bellini and, subsequent-ly, Norma.

“I remember the fi rst time I heard the great soprano aria, ‘Casta Diva,’ that was it. It was my favorite opera,” she said.

After years of training to develop the stamina and maturity, Quin-tiliani is fi nally ready to sing the principal role. The moment is particu-larly special because, for the fi rst time in its history, Chautauqua Opera Company will take the stage in the Amphitheater for a main-stage pro-duction, presenting Norma at 8:15 p.m. Saturday.

by Kathleen ChaykowskiStaff writer

The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra is teaming with the Chautau-qua Opera Company for a one-time performance of Norma at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the Amphitheater, a production which guest conductor Jo-seph Colaneri believes will be nothing short of sensational.

Norma, composed by Vincenzo Bellini in 1831, is considered part of the canon of the bel canto period (1800-1835), a period that signifi -cantly infl uenced later operas. The bel canto period is known for conveying the fi rst expres-sions of Romanticism in Italian music, expres-sions which revolved around people, personal confl ict and the exploration of insanity and the dark side of the human mind, Colaneri said.

“The story is a classic love triangle,” Col-aneri said. “And for a relationship, three is one too many.”

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Quintiliani prepares forthe role of a lifetime

Opera holds an infl uential place in music history

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Photos by Tim Harris

S E E I N S E R T F O R T H E F U L L ‘ N O R M A’ P R O G R A M

WEEK FOUR CHAPLAINS

Campbell

Week Four showcases local preachersCONTEMPORARY ISSUES FORUM

Johnson

Johnson speaks on polarized politics

See JOHNSON, Page A4

See OPERA, Page A4 See CSO, Page A4