The Spanish Hour by Maurice Ravel

Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini

2015-2016 Season

University Opera Theatre

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November 12 - 15, 2015

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A song recital evening including appearances by

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The performers and designers in this production are students and guests in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Scenery, costumes, properties, sound, and lighting were realized by the students and staff of University Productions, the producing unit of the SMTD. Ticket sales assist in providing SMTD students with practical training experience before live audiences. Thank you for supporting our educational mission.

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DirectorConductor/Music Director

Cover Conductor - The Spanish HourCover Conductor - Gianni Schicchi

Scenic DesignerCostume Designer

Costume Designer (Lauretta), Gianni SchicchiLighting Designer

Wig & Makeup DesignerDiction Coach

Assistant ConductorsSupertitles

Stage Manager

Robert SwedbergKathleen KellyAdrian Slywotzky‡Mélisse Brunet‡Justin N. LangJessica HahnCamille ChararaRob MurphyDawn RivardTimothy CheekNathan Harris, Blair SalterRobert SwedbergJean-Luc DeLadurantaye

A very special thanks to the Friends of Opera for their support and purchase of the student performer’s vocal scores for these performances.

‡Adrian Slywotzky & Mélisse Brunet will conduct on November 15, 2015.

A Ravel/Puccini Opera Double Bill:The Spanish Hour • Gianni Schicchi

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Violin I ...................................................Jecoliah Wang‡, Anita Dumar*, Melodi Hess, Bram Margoles, Carmen Flesher, Paula SuViolin II................................................ Stuart Carlson*, Michelle Kim, Brian Kosiadi, Cara Schlecker, Nathan BieberViola ............................................................ Katelyn Hoag*, Abigail Choi, Erin NapierCello ....................................................Isabel Kwon*, Allison Rich, Braden McConnellDouble Bass ................................................................. Lauren Rodewald*,Jacob WarrenFlute ...........................................................................Rachel Berkowitz, Bret PattersonOboe .......................................................................................................Andrew CooperClarinet .........................................................................Mathieu Girardet, Garret JonesBassoon ........................................................................................................ Joseph SwiftHorn ................................................................................Michaela Clague, Daniel SkibTrumpet ............................................................................ Bret Magliola, Chris O’BrienTrombone .................................................................................................. Scott HankinsPercussion ................................Chase Lancaster, Patterson McKinney, Karl RonneburgHarp ....................................................................................................... Emily ClarksonPiano ..............Nathan Harris (Nov. 12 & 14, 2015), Blair Salter (Nov. 13 & 15, 2015)

‡ Concertmaster * Principal

University symphony orchestra

While it may seem unusual to put these particular two one-act operas together in a double bill, it turns out that there are a number of wonderful reasons to do so. As Professor Kathleen Kelly and I looked at possible repertoire for this season, one of our goals was to provide a vehicle that would maximize the number of wonderfully talented singing-actors we have in our opera program. No single work looked like it would serve us as well as putting two one-act operas together. Gianni Schicchi has lots of roles, so it was an easy choice. With Schicchi being presented in Italian, a second piece in another language would also give our students more opportunity to spread their wings. L’heure espagnole – a one-act opera in French - is a gem of a work, too rarely produced. By linking these works, and with double-casting, we end up with roles for 30 singing-actors! Both works also share similar orchestration, so this would be another bonus for our students as we savor the opulent orchestral textures and colors of both Puccini and Ravel. And, while both operas were written in the early 20th century, they have themes that resonate with a contemporary audience, even though there is an even more ancient tie. In the final moments of each opera, the audience is addressed with a moral: one from the works of Boccaccio (something about choosing an efficient lover) and the other refers to Dante (Schicchi is a character mentioned in Dante’s Inferno). Boccaccio and Dante were near contemporaries - in the 14th century! – but as our theme in bundling these operas implies, some things (such as deceit, greed, and the power of love), never change.

— Robert Swedberg

From the Director

The Spanish Hour(L’Heure Espagnole)

Music by Maurice Ravel • Libretto by Franc-NohainPremiered at the Théâtre National de l’Opera-Comique in Paris on May, 19, 1911.

nov. 12 & 14, 2015 nov. 13 & 15, 2015Torquemada, a clock maker .......................Benjamin Boskoff ....................... Tomer EresConcepción, his wife .......................................... Kara Mulder .................Janel SpeelmanGonzalve, .......................................................Carlos Santelli ............... Achilles BezanisRamiro ............................................................ Luke Randall ................. Michael MillerDon Iñigo Gomez ..........................................Joseph Johnson .....................Glenn Healy

synopsis - the spanish hoUrSetting: Torquemada’s clock shop

It is the clock maker Torquemada’s day to leave his shop so he can regulate the municipal clocks, and it is also the day his wife Concepción hopes to entertain a lover while the husband is away. Unfortunately, it is also the day that Ramiro, a muleteer, visits the clock shop to have his watch repaired. Torquemada asks Ramiro to wait in the shop for him as he goes off to his duties. This presents a problem for Concepción, who worries that the presence of this customer will ruin her rendezvous with the poet Gonzalve. How to distract him? She decides to ask Ramiro to take one of the heavy grandfather clocks in the shop up to her room. He does so just at Gonzalve appears. But Gonzalve seems to be more distracted by creating poems than in making love to Concepción. As Ramiro returns, she decides to hide Gonzalve in another clock, with the idea that perhaps Ramiro would carry that clock up to her room.

Now things get complicated when another suitor, the financier Don Iñigo Gomez, arrives, also wanting to take advantage of the time that the husband is away. He too will need to be hidden from the others, but where? After a lot of clock moving, Concepción still has not had her desired “Spanish Hour” with a lover. She must find a way to solve that dilemma, and she does, just before her husband returns. The opera ends with all characters joining in the presentation of a moral that was inspired by Boccaccio, the first part of which is: “among all lovers, it is only the effective one who counts.” We can’t tell you any more than that.

INTERMISSION

The Donati Family Tree

Buoso’s cousin

Zita’s NepheW

RINUCCIO’S FIANCéE

(SCHICCHI’S DAUGHTER)

Buoso’s BROTHER-IN-LAW

Buoso’s COUSIN

SIMONE’S SON

MARCO

MARCO’S WIFE

BUOSO’S NEPHE

GHERARDO’S WIFE

THEIR SON

Gianni SchicchiMusic by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Giovacchino ForzanoPremiered as part of Il Trittico at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, December 14, 1918.

nov. 12 & 14, 2015 nov. 13 & 15, 2015Buoso Donati ................................................. George Shirley ..................George ShirleyZita, Buoso’s cousin .................................. Rehanna Thelwell ........Kaswanna KanyindaRinuccio, Zita’s nephew ..................................... Tom Cilluffo ........................Josh LovellBetto, Buoso’s brother-in-law .....................Nicholas Rathgeb ................. Alex GreenzeigSimone, Buoso’s cousin .................................Joseph Johnson .....................Glenn HealyMarco, Simone’s son ........................................ Luke Randall ................. Michael MillerLa Ciesca, Marco’s wife ............................ Stephannie Moore ....................Allyssa KempGherardo, Buoso’s nephew ........................Benjamin Boskoff ....................... Tomer EresNella, Gherardo’s wife .................................... Megan Smania ................. Sandra PeriordGherardino, Gherardo & Nella’s son ...................Jackie Cano ........... Madeline ThibaultGianni Schicchi ............................................. Paul Grosvenor ....................Ian GreenlawLauretta, his daughter & Rinuccio’s fiancée ... Rose Mannino ............... Amy Petrongelli

Dr. Spinelloccio ..............................................................................Westley MontgomeryAmantio de Nicolao, a notary ........................................................................ Jason BergerPinellino, a shoe-maker ............................................................................Michael FragaleGuccio, a dyer ........................................................................................ Patrick Kiessling

synopsis - Gianni schicchiSetting: Buoso Donati’s home, Florence, Italy, 1920s

The story begins just as the wealthy Buoso Donati is about to die. It is rumored that old Buoso has willed all of his money to the Church in repentance for his sinful life. After a brief period of feigned grief, his relatives conduct a feverish search for the will. They soon discover that there is much truth to this loathsome rumor. So, in an effort to extract what they consider to be their lost legacy from the clutches of the clergy, the family must resort to some sort of deceit. But what is to be done?

Rinuccio, the young nephew of Buoso, tells the Donati family that there is only one man in all of Florence who is clever and cunning enough to help the greedy relatives gain an inheritance: the ever-resourceful (but lower-class) Gianni Schicchi (who also happens to be the father of Rinuccio’s fiancée Lauretta). Rinuccio arranges to have Schicchi and Lauretta brought to them.

Against his better judgment (as he sees the greed of the Donati relatives), Schicchi hatches a plot. The relatives explain that no one outside of the immediate family knows Buoso is dead, nor has any outsider, as yet, discovered the real contents of the will. Schicchi then calls on a notary to take the last will and testament of the “dying” Buoso Donati and all will be right again. But not without a price!

acknowleDGments

Media sponsorship by WRCJ.

Special thanks to Michigan Shakespeare Festival.

This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater productions. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KC/ACTF representative, and certain students are selected to participate in KC/ACTF programs involving awards, scholarships, and special grants for actors, playwrights, designers, and critics at both the regional and national levels.

aboUt the composers

maUrice ravel (Composer - L’heure espagnole) Born in Ciboure, France, in 1875, Maurice Ravel was an outstanding figure in modern French music. The family moved to Paris when he was 3 months old and he began his musical studies at the age of 7. At 14, he entered the Paris Conservatory where he studied composition under Gabriel Fauré. Also in 1899, he won recognition for his “Pavane for a Dead Princess.” Around 1902, he joined an avant-garde group of artists, writers and musicians who met, discussed ideas and collaborated on

projects. Impressionistic compositions from this period include the piano suite “Gaspard of the Night” (1908), “Spanish Rhapsody,” for orchestra (1908) and the ballet Daphnis et Chloé; (1912) After World War 1, in which he saw active service, his works included the choreographic poem, La Valse (1920), the opera L’enfant et les sortilèges (1925), and Boléro (1928), originally intended as a ballet. In 1921, he was awarded the Légion d’Honneur. Unfortunately, the award was announced publicly before Ravel himself had been informed and he declined to accept it. In 1928, Ravel took a four-month tour of the United States where his concerts and piano recitals received an enthusiastic reception. One of Ravel’s last major works was the “Piano Concerto in D,” for the left hand (1931), written for the Viennese pianist Paul Wittgenstein (1887-1961), who had lost his right arm in World War. Stricken with a neurological disorder in 1932, Ravel died in Paris in 1937.

Giacomo pUccini (Composer - Gianni Schicchi) was born in Lucca, Italy on December 22, 1858. Though not a child prodigy, he did display musical talent, and began playing the organ at the age of fourteen. By sixteen, he was composing religious music and beginning studies at a local conservatory. In Milan he studied with the opera composer, Ponchielli, and produced his first stage work, Le Villi, in 1883. Publisher Giulio Ricordi acquired the rights to Le Villi and Puccini became a worldwide success. His second opera, Edgar was not as successful. Then came Manon Lescaut in 1893. This work marked the beginning

of Puccini’s mature style and of his careful attention to the opera libretto. The next three works are his most famous: La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madama Butterfly (1904). Later in life he composed La Fanciulla del West (1910); La Rondine (1917); and Il Trittico (1918), which is made up three one-act operas —Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi. His last work, Turandot, was left incomplete at his death and was finished by Franco Alfano. He died in 1924 from a heart attack while undergoing treatment for throat cancer.

aboUt the cast Jason berGer (Amantio de Nicolao) grad student MM Vocal Perf., Wilminton, DEachilles bezanis (Gonzalve) senior, BM Vocal Perf., Willowbrook, ILbenJamin boskoFF (Torquemada/Gherardo) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Watkinsville, GAJackie cano (Gherardino) junior, BM Vocal Educ., Rockville Centre, NYtom cillUFFo (Rinuccio) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Traverse City, MItomer eres (Torquemada/Gherardo) senior, BM Vocal Perf., Lexington, KYmichael FraGale (Pinellino) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Ann Arbor, MIian Greenlaw (Schicchi) grad student, DMA Vocal Perf., St. Louis, MOalex GreenzeiG (Betto) senior, BM Vocal Perf., Chappaqua, NYpaUl Grosvenor (Schicchi) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Brooklyn, NYGlenn healy (Don Iñigo Gomez/Simone) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Los Altos, CAJoseph Johnson (Don Iñigo Gomez)grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Midland, MIkaswanna kanyinDa (Zita) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Raleigh, NCallyssa kemp (La Ciesca) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Ann Arbor, MIpatrick kiesslinG (Guccio) junior, BMA Vocal Perf., Traverse City, MIJosh lovell (Rinuccio) grad studnet, MM Vocal Perf., Victoria, British Columbia, Canadarose mannino (Lauretta) grad student, Specialist Vocal Perf., Port Saint Lucie, FLmichael miller (Ramiro/Marco) senior, BM Vocal Perf., Meadville, PAwestley montGomery (Spinelloccio) junior, BM Vocal Perf., Dearborn, MIstephannie moore (La Ciesca) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Dexter, MIkara mUlDer (Concepción) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Havertown, PAsanDra periorD (Nella) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Belleville, MIamy petronGelli (Lauretta) grad student, DMA Vocal Perf., Harrison, MIlUke ranDall (Ramiro/Marco) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Edina, MNnicholas rathGeb (Betto) junior, BM Vocal Perf., Houston, TXcarlos enriqUe santelli (Gonzalve) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Orlando, FLGeorGe shirley (Buoso Donati) Professor Emeritus, National Medal of Arts WinnermeaGan smania (Nella) junior, BM Vocal Perf. and Vocal Educ., DeWitt, MIJanel speelman (Concepción) grad student, MM Vocal Perf, Cape Town, South Africarehanna thelwell (Zita) grad student, MM Vocal Perf., Las Vegas, NVmaDeline thibaUlt (Gherardino) senior, BM Vocal Perf., Grosse Pointe, MI

mélisse brUnet  (Cover Conductor - Gianni Schicchi) is a DMA conducting candidate at U-M studying with Kenneth Kiesler.  International: Regular guest conductor in France with the professional orchestras of Rouen, Nancy, Auvergne, Avignon, and Montpellier.  U.S.:  Assistant conductor of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic; Works periodically for The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus as a lyric diction coach.  Other:  Studies with Marin Alsop, Pierre Boulez, Gustav Meier, Peter Eötvös; Masters from the Paris Conservatoire; Professional Studies from the Cleveland Institute of Music. melissebrunet.com 

Jean-lUc DelaDUrantaye (Stage Manager) is a senior BFA design & production candidate, with concentrations in stage management and costume design. He is also a duel degree student with a BA in Spanish communication and thought. U-M: Fuente Ovejuna (SM), Giulio Cesare (Asst. CD), Romeo and Juliet (1st ASM), A Little Night Music (ASM), 2015 Musical Theatre Senior Showcase (Stylist), MUSKET: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Costume Designer). Regional Theatre: Spoleto Festival USA, Santa Cruz Shakespeare: Macbeth, The Liar, Much Ado About Nothing (Asst. CD). 

Jessica hahn  (Costume Designer) Prof. of Theatre & Drama, Head of Design & Production. U-M: The Music Man, Fuente Ovejuna, The Skin of Our Teeth, Bat Boy, Chicago, The Beaux Stratagem, Ragtime, The Full Monty, The Daughter of the Regiment, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, etc.  Regional Theatre:  Virginia Stage Company; Goodman Theatre; Lyric Opera Center; Northlight Theatre; Court Theatre; Roundabout Theatre, N.Y.; Utah Shakespearean Festival; Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Co.; Hubbard St. Dance Co. Awards: Three Joseph Jefferson Awards, Charles MacArthur Award. Other: Curator, Historic Costume Collection; Member, United Scenic Artists; Costume Society of America.

kathleen kelly (Conductor/Music Director) SMTD Assoc. Prof. of Music, Coach/Conductor, was the first woman and first American named as Director of Musical Studies at the Vienna State Opera. Opera: Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Washington National Opera; Recital: Vienna Musikverein, Kennedy Center, Weill Recital Hall. Upcoming: Conducting: Le nozze di Figaro, Wolf Trap; Arizona Lady, Arizona Opera; Teaching: Master classes at Castleton Festival, Arizona State University, Western Ontario University, Vanderbilt University; Recital: Neue Gallerie in Manhattan.

JUstin n. lanG (Scenic Designer) is an U-M alum with a BFA in Design & Production. He is a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 395, Ann Arbor. U-M: Scenery & Video: Jonesin’; Scenery: Red Noses, Madmen and Specialists; Lighting: Caroline, or Change;Two by Fassbinder. Off-Broadway: Scenery & Video: The Man with America Skin. Regional Theatre: Performance Network: Scenery & Media: The Mountaintop; Lighting: Red, Little Shop of Horrors. Film: Art Direction: AKA Jimmy Picard; Set Design: The Ides of March, The Five Year Engagement, Have a Little Faith, I, Alex Cross, Sparkle.

aboUt the creative team

aboUt the creative team rob mUrphy (Lighting Designer) is an Assoc. Professor of Design in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama. U-M: Green Day’s American Idiot, Iphigenia at Aulis, The Barber of Seville, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Full Monty, Brigadoon, Much Ado About Nothing, Into the Woods, Armide, Macbeth, Evita, Albert Herring, Ella Minnow Pea. Regional Theatre: Almost 100 LORT scenic and lighting designs: The Guthrie Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, NY Theatre Workshop; worked with directors Robert Woodruff, Anne Bogart, Bartlett Sher, Micheal Grief, and Oskar Eustis; former resident designer: Trinity Rep. Co., Missouri Rep. Theatre (now the Kansas City Rep).

Dawn rivarD (Wig & Makeup Designer) World Premieres: Ragtime, Sunset Boulevard, Showboat, Rio de Sangre,  Grammy Award-winning opera  Elmer Gantry.  International Theatre: Teatro Alla Scala, Rinaldo; Award winning productions of Cats and Die Schöne und Das Biest in Germany & Switzerland. TV/ Film: Emmy Award for Feast of All Saints, wig builder for Hairspray, Skinwalkers, and Mike Myers’ The Love Guru. Clients have included Jonathan Rhys Myers, Donald Sutherland, Jessica Biel, Aiden Turner, CCH Pounder, and Lily Collins. Canadian Screen Award for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

aDrian slywotzky (Cover Conductor - L’heure espagnole) is a DMA conducting candidate studying with Kenneth Kiesler. U-M: The Magic Flue (assistant conductor); former music director of the U-M Life Sciences Orchestra. Regional: Hugo Kauder’s Merlin  (world premiere); founding conductor of the Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra; music director, New Haven Chamber Orchestra; Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.  Other:  BA in Architecture, Yale College; MM in Violin Performance and MM in Orchestral Conducting, Yale School of Music.

robert sweDberG (Stage Director) Assoc. Professor of Music at U-M; co-director of Opera Studio; instructor: Yoga For Performers & Business of Music. U-M: Julius Caesar, The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, The Rake’s Progress, Little Women, The Marriage of Figaro, Albert Herring.  Previously:  General Director, Orlando Opera, Syracuse Opera. Stage direction: over 150 productions in the U.S., including:  Carmina Burana  with Cirque du Soleil, Abduction from the Seraglio, The Tales of Hoffmann (Seattle), The Coronation of Poppea, Don Pasquale, Samson & Dalila, Of Mice and Men (Orlando). International Opera:  The Magic Flute,  Macau & Beijing Music Festivals, China;  La Sonnambula, Spain; La Bohème, Le Nozze di Figaro, Nabucco, Germany; Walton’s The Bear, Italy.

AARON P. DWORKIN, DEANPaul Boylan Collegiate Professor of Music

UNIVERSITY OPERA THEATREOpera .......................... Kay Walker Castaldo, Robert SwedbergOpera Coach/Conductor................................... Kathleen KellyDiction .............................................................Timothy CheekVoice Chair ......................................................... Stephen WestVoice ................ David Daniels, Kristen Eder, Caroline Helton, Freda Herseth, Stephen Lusmann, Stanford Olsen, Carmen Pelton, Scott Piper, Melody Racine, Matthew Thompson, Daniel Washington, Nadine WashingtonProf. Emeritus ................................................... George Shirley

UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Director of Orchestras ..................................... Kenneth KieslerDirector of Ensemble Operations ...........................Emily AversEnsembles Manager & Librarian ..............................Paul FeenyPersonnel Manager .............................................. Niklas TammEquipment Assts. ............ Michael Cody Dean, Derek Mitchell

UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONSADMINISTRATIVE STAFFDirector ................................................................Jeffrey KurasDepartment Administrator ............................. Fatima AbdullahAdministrative Assistant Senior .............Evelyn Craft-RobinsonMarketing & Communications Dir. ........... Kerianne M. TupacGraphic Design ....................................................CAP DesignsPhotographer .................................... Peter Smith PhotographyInformation Systems Manager ......................... Henry ReynoldsFacilities Manager ................................................Shannon RiceHouse Mgr. of Performance Halls... Dianne Widzinski (on leave)Usher Coordinator ................................................Brian RoddyPC House Manager ....................................... Michelle DouglasSenior Backstage Operations Mgr. .........................Barry LaRueBackstage Operations Mgrs. ........Mark Gordon, David Pickell, Dane Racicot, Donald C. WatkinsAdmin. Office Assts. .....Violet Andrews-Kelly, Jeannie Sandefer PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager .....................................Amanda MengdenProduction Stage Manager...................................Nancy UffnerProduction Office Assts. ................................... Brooke Cowen, ............................................Aishawarya Singh, Rachel WaddellTechnical Dir. (Power) ................................... Douglas EdwardsTechnical Dir. (Walgreen) ......Richard W. Lindsay, Jr. (on leave)Master Carpenter .................................................. Paul HunterCarpenter ...........................................Russ Dunham (on leave)Charge Scenic Artist (Power) ..............................Toni Y. AulettiCharge Scenic Artist (Walgreen) .......................Beth SandmaierProperties Manager.........................................Patrick A. DroneAssoc. Properties Manager ....................................Sarah TannerProperties Artisan ................................................Dan Erickson

Theatrical Lighting Director ............................Mark Allen BergSound Engineers .......................Roger Arnett, Henry ReynoldsCostume Shop Manager ......................................Laura BrinkerAsst. Costume Shop Manager .........................Leslie Ann SmithCutter/Drapers .....Corey Collins, Lea M. Morello, T J WilliamsonCrafts Artisan ...........................................Elizabeth GundersonCostume Stock Administrator .............................. Renae Skoog

PRODUCTION CREWFirst Asst. Stage Managers ...Dan Kitzman, Annie Mac WoodruffAsst. Stage Manager............................................ Nicole BocchiAsst. Lighting Designer ................................... Steve WezelmanHead Electrician ....................................................... Sarah FrankScenery .............Greg Schmidt, Sherry Green, Katelyn Johnson, Matthew Provenza Madeline Rouverol, Daniel Salera, Patrick Thrasher, Kyle WeberProfessional Painter ..................................... Lavinia Hanachiuc Paint .............Paulina Bromberg, Andre Jordan, Leah Mattfield, Jordan Samuels, Tanner Porter, Caroline-Michele Uy, Aidan Ziegler-Hansen, students of Theatre 250 & 252Properties ............ Rachel Kaplow, James Chau, Jordyn Norkey, Brittany Schloskey, Jessica Schloskey, Anton Volovsek, Steven Wezelman, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Stitchers .............................Patty Branam, Rene PlanteCostumes ................Camille Charara, Jean-Luc Deladurantaye, Kayleigh Laymon, Sophie Raymer, Rowan Renstrom-Richards, Jasper Richter, Janin Rosas, Grace Santamaria, Michaela Tanksley, Michayla VanTreeck, students of Theatre 250 & 252Sound............................................................ Alexandria ButlerTheatrical Lighting ....................Martijn Appelo, Jessica Balaka, Jennifer Barretto, Anna Edelman, Sten Eikrem, Sarah Frank, Janak Jha, Berrit Keller, Abbey Kojima, Megan Oosthoek, Benjamin Richer, Jacqueline Saldana, Nicholas Shafer, Christopher Simko, Steven Wezelman, Kaiqi Zhu, students of Theatre 250 & 252

RUNNING CREWSupertitles ...............................................................Isabel SteinScenery ............................................................Marty McGuire, Ezra Mutnick, Brittany Schloskey, Sydney ShepherdProps ...............Nevada Koenig, Emilie Kouatchou, Alyah ScottLight Board Operator ..................................Christopher SimkoLighting ... Thomas Laub, Negumi Nakamura, Amanda WilsonWardrobe ............................ Devon Sparks‡, Sophie Madorsky, Lena Oren, Sophie RaymerHair & Make-up ...........Lola Leon, Rowan Renstrom-Richards

‡ Crew Head

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Così FAn TuTTe Mar. 24-27, 2016 • Mendelssohn Theatre

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enhancement. Lightweight, wireless headsets are available free of charge from House Management.

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For your parking convenience, we recommend arriving early. Prepaid parking passes are also available at the League Ticket Office. Parking Customer Service: 764-8291 (M-F, 7:30a-4:30p) or 764-7474 (evenings & weekend)

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Hours: Monday – Friday: 9 am – 5 pm Saturday: 10 am - 1 pm Performances: 1 hour prior to curtainPhone: (734) 764-2538Online: tickets.music.umich.eduAddress: 911 N. Univ., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Subscribers may exchange their tickets by mail or in person at no charge. Non-subscribers may exchange their tickets by mail or in person for a small processing fee. Exchanged tickets must be received by the Ticket Office (by mail or in person) at least 48 hours prior to the performance and are made only for another performance of the same play.

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Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more.

comments? write Us at: University Productions, Attn.: Jeffrey Kuras911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

GiFts oF $1,000-$1,500Henry & Harlene AppelmanMarlys Hamill GiFts oF $500-$999David Lampe & Susan RosegrantFrank Legacki & Alicia Torres GiFts oF $250-$499Susan & Oliver CameronGordon & Elaine Didier Gifts of $100-$249Bradford & Lydia BatesSteven BolliniToni & William BrannerAlan Burg & Kenneth HillenburgClayton CarsonKenneth & Amy ColtonPeter Ehrlich & Deborah MackieJoyce & Christopher FrostJonathan HermanLynn HobbsDavid & Lisa KoiLeslie & Susan LoomansJohn & Nancy LucasBeverly MankoBonnie MetzgerM. Haskell & Jan NewmanKaren & Gary ScanlonDavid Uhlmann & Virginia MurphyAlexander & Sarah Wiener

GiFts UnDer $100Taylor AllenJanet AmmannAthanasios Antoulinakis & Dimitra FotopoulouDaniel & Monica AtkinsDrew BarnesLenora BarnesKevin BehmerDavid BruceKevin & Judith ComptonNorman & Anne CoxManuel Del ValleJames DelheyKathleen DiggsJohn EaganH. Jane FergusonRichard GarnerPanikos GeorgallisGarrett GoldsmithAlana GreenspanMark HaddoxMargaret HarringtonBradley & Cynthia HaycockWilly Chan-Wei Hsu & Wen-Hsiu LoLorna Hurl & David TuckerStevo & Susan JuliusJosephine Kasa-VubuCheryl & Henry KlobucarJudith & William LynnMaureen Martin & Michael PenskarDeidree & Robert MathisHiroko MawatariBurt & Gladys Mazia

Brian McCabeN. Harris & Margaret McClamrochRaven McCrory & Thorne ComptonDavid & Gabriela McCubbreyAndrew Nagy & Susan SchreiberRebecca NiehusDavid NugrahaKanan PandyaDavid PolusCharlotte Rader & Freeman AdamsDennis & Patricia RitchieDaniel Rivkin & Jennifer ConlinRalph & Janet SmithAnna SpeckPatricia & Paul SteeleAllan & Marcia StillwagonDavid & Karen StutzMary Pat SuttingerPat TessmerBonnie ThompsonCatherine VaughnEdward WeberGary & Cathy ZiegelmeyerDavid Zubl & Ron Andrews

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their support of productions at the School. Gifts to U-M SMTD productions help support all aspects of productions - sets, costumes, lighting, sound, guest artists, and more - for all the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s mainstage shows. These funds assist in providing SMTD students with practical training experience and the opportunity to network with guest professionals. Thank you.

U-M SMTD Production Support Gifts from July 1, 2014 - October 23, 2015

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734-764-5613.

Since 1974, Friends of Opera has supported the SMTD Department of Voice and its distinguished opera program, allowing voice students at the University of Michigan

to experience the greatest opportunities for study and performance. Gifts to the Friends of Opera provide discretionary support to the Department for programmatic needs such as covering the cost of opera scores for students performing in main stage productions, enriching the opera workshop program, and funding a cash prize to the winner of the annual Friends of Opera vocal competition. Gifts to the Friends of Opera Endowment provide funding for student scholarships and assist the Department in attracting top talent to its program.

The following opera enthusiasts have made a recent gift to the Friends of Opera. Their support makes a difference at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and also throughout the opera world, by ensuring that our students develop the skills, artistry, and experience they need to become the next generation of great opera singers. Thank you!

Friends of Opera Annual Gifts from July 1, 2014 - October 23, 2015

GiFts oF $2,500 & above

H. David Kaplan GiFts oF $1,000-$2,499Adult Learning InstituteAnne & James DuderstadtRichard LeSueur GiFts oF $500-$999Dale & Nancy BriggsAbba FriedmanGretchen & John JacksonDiane KirkpatrickAlan & Jean KrischJohn RomaniJohn & Jerry WeidenbachMarina & Robert Whitman GiFts oF $250-$499Gina AnthonCarolyn AustinRichard & Jo Ann DionneMartha & William GrimesKatherine & Tyrell HarrisWilliam Hufford

Lisa MazziaPeggy McCracken & Douglas AndersonFranklin & Lynn NormanJoseph PlacekS. Suzanne & Sinclair PowellDietmar WagnerMichael Wellman GiFts oF $100-$249John AhillaboltWilliam & Patricia AustinGorman & Andrea BeauchampMarceline & Gerald BrightHoward FoxThomas & Barbara GelehrterSteven & Joyce GerberDelloyd & Katie GuthEvelyn & David HealyBill HelferAl & Jolene HermalinLorna & Mark HildebrandtWarren JaworskiGordon & Lois KaneLuise KienzleJanet & John Knapp

LID: ME: 1016 (306965/728240)

❏ Enclosed is my employer (or my spouse’s) matching gift form.❏ My check is made payable to the University of Michigan.❏ Charge my gift to ❏ VISA ❏ Master Card ❏ Discover ❏ Amer. Exp.

Acct. #: ________________________________________ Exp. Date: ________________

Signature ________________________________________________________________

Name _________________________________________________________________

Address _________________________________________________________________

Home Phone: _______________________ E-mail: ____________________________

I want to support the U-M Opera Program with a gift to the: ❏ Friends of Opera (306965) ❏ Friends of Opera Endowment (728240)In the amount of: ❏ $1,000 ❏ $500 ❏ $250 ❏ $100 ❏ Other _______

For online giving, visit www.giving.umich.edu, e-mail Tess Eastment at tesseaast@umich.edu, or call 734-764-5613School of Music, Theatre & Dance • Development Office • 2005 Baits Drive • Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2075

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734-764-5613.

Samuel & Marilyn KrimmKittie Berger MorelockColin & Nancy OatleyWendell OrrHarry & Gene RegenstreifRobin & Douglas RichstoneBarbara RitterDonald RitterSamuel & Nancy RobertsonCourtland & Inga SchmidtPatrick & Carol SherryDuane Thomas & Judith LobatoGladys Young GiFts UnDer $100Rosalyn BarclayMaurice & Linda BinkowNorman & Sheila BrodyJohn Cederquist & Meg Kennedy ShawJeffrey Cooper & Peggy DaubStephen & Ann DonawickSuzy & Niels EnglebergJanice GeddesAnita & Albert GoldsteinI.A.T.S.E. Local 395Katherine Johnson

Ellen & Michael KettlerMarlene & John KondelikVicki KondelikRobert LarsenJennie Lieberman & Robert GlassmanJames & Louise LowDaisy Jean & Melvin ManisTimothy & Anne MarvinCharles MasonN. Harris & Margaret McClamrochMelinda MorrisFadi MuslehEugene & Katherine NapolitanCharles & Constance OlsonRichard & Edie RosenfeldAlbert & Jane SayedHarriet SelinJohn SheaPatrick & Susan ShieldsTheodore St. AntoineJenny Lynn StewartRobert & Sandra WeitzMary & James WhiteSusan Wineberg & Lars BjornCharlotte Wolfe

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