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Pageantry, Passion and Power - Rossini, Lehar, Puccini, Prokofiev and Gounod - there's only one place you can find it all this year: Michigan Opera Theatre. We warmly welcome you to our twenty-third season of outstanding opera, operetta and ballet repertory featuring some of the world's renowned artists and emerging talent.

You have requested more opera, and we have responded with expanded opera offerings this season. We open this fall with The Barber of Seville, featuring some of the acclaimed cast members from our 1987 production as well as exciting Canadian director Brian Macdonald and rising new operatic talents. Next, Franz Lehar's beloved operetta The Merry Widow returns after a nearly ten year absence. We welcome back two Broadway and MOT veterans, Judy Kaye and Ron Raines, who are joined by an exciting cast on the Belle Epoque settings of John Conklin.

In the spring, I am pleased to present two stellar casts of singers in our production of Turandot. It gives me special pleasure to reintroduce Detroit audiences to Ealynn Voss, who has had an impressive international career since I first brought her to Detroit to understudy the title role for MOT's 1985 production. Next, we present the enchanting Cinderella ballet, with a beautiful score by Sergei Prokofiev, composer of the ballet Romeo and Juliet. Once again, we will assemble a talented corps of dancers from throughout the country alongside our most talented Detroit dancers and international guest artists.

Our season concludes with a new production of Gounod's Faust, designed by Paul Steinberg and based on his acclaimed production for MOT in 1977. Again, two outstanding casts take the stage. The main stage provides only part of the excitement this season.

I am sure all of you share with me a sense of anticipation at having begun construction on the new Detroit Opera House beginning with the groundbreaking ceremony there last June. The opening of the Opera House in the fall of 1995 will be the fulfillment of this company's long-term goal to control its own performance facility, one which allows us to serve the community fully, and which compares favorably in function, size and aesthetics with those of other major world cultural centers. Many corporations, foundations and individuals have generously demonstrated their support toward this end, for which we are most grateful. For a complete listing of these contributors, and for a look at the groundbreaking ceremony, please refer to page 10.

The groundbreaking ceremony not only laid the foundation for a building of concrete and steel, but for a network of volunteers to lead us into the Opera House. Before an invited audience of 200 volunteers, Trustees and contributors on the Grand Tier of the Detroit Opera House, Board Chairman Robert E. Dewar announced the formation of a new volunteer structure, the Volunteer Association. The new initiative is based on the strengths and interests of our current volunteer base, while providing the basis for future expansion. I would personally like to welcome the Board-appointed Chairman of this new comprehensive organization, Gloria A. Clark. You can learn more about this exciting new structure on page 24.

Finally, my thanks to our corporate and foundation contributors, government agencies and private individuals who have supported the company's extensive activities throughout the year, and to you our audiences. Your numbers are legion and growing. With your support, we cannot help but prosper. Enjoy the season!


THE MAGAZINE OF MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE, FALL 1993 VOLUME 1, NO.1 DAVID DICHIERA, GENERAL DIRECTOR

SCENARIO DEPARTMENTS

General Director's Message .................. ............ )

Board of Directors and Trustees ....................... 7

Administration and Production Staff ................ 9

Detroit Opera House .. .... .... .. .. .. .. ...... ...... ......... ) 0

1992-93 Guild Activities ........ .. ........ .... .. ........ )8

1993 Fall Season Artist Profiles ............ .. .. .... . 19

Young Artists Apprentice Program ................. 22

Orchestra and Chorus .. ...... .. .. .. ...... .. ............... 22

Community Programs ...... ... .... .. ... .. ...... ........... 23

Volunteer Association ............. .. ... .. .. .. .. .... .. ..... 24

Contributors ... .. ................. .. .. ... .. .... .. .. .. ........... 28

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FEATURES

The Barber of Seville 13

Cast Synopsis

14 The Family Figaro

by John Leberg

The Merry Widow 16

Cast Synopsis

17 Second to None by Mitchell Krieger

1994 SPRING GRAND OPERA SEASON

Turandot April 23 - May I

Cinderella May 6- 8

Faust May 14-22

TICKET SERVICE The Michigan Opera Theatre Box Office is located at 6519 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, and is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Call for weekend times in season. On performance days after 6:00 p.m. , visit the theatres' box offices. Phone (313) 874- 7464 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets may also be purchased at all TicketMaster outlets or by calling (31 3) 645-6666.

UNUSED TICKETS Subscribers unable to use their tickets may make a tax-ileductible contribution to Michigan Opera Theatre by returning them to the Box Office for resale at least 48 hours prior to the performance. Call (3 13) 874- 7464 for additional information.

EXCHANGE POLICY Exchanges for subscribers only will be made qn a space available basis to any other performance in the 1993-94 Subscription Season. Exchanges must be made at least 48 hours prior to the performance time printed on the tickets being exchanged.

MOT OPERA BOUTIQUE The MOT Opera Boutique, featuring an array of opera- related gift items, is open before curtain time and during intennissions of each performance at the Fisher and Masonic Temple Theatres.

FOOD SERVICE Fisher Theatre: Concession stands inside the theatre are open when the theatre doors open and during intermissions. Simultaneously, wine, beer and soft drinks are available for sale in the Fisher Building lobby. Masonic Temple Theatre: The Fountain Ballroom on the lower level is open before curtain time and during intermissions of all performances for refreshments. Patrons arriving before the theatre doors open should enter the outer main lobby and follow the signs.

ACCESSIBILITY Both the Fisher and Masonic Temple Theatres have special areas for wheelchairs. Additionally, arrangements can be made for those who are visually or hearing impaired. Please inform the MOT Box Office of your needs at (313) 874- 7464.

LOST AND FOUND See the Head Usher for lost and found information at the Fisher and Masonic Temple Theatres.

PLEASE NOTE Cameras and other recording devices are not permitted in the theatres. Patrons are also reminded to check that their digital watch alarms are switched OFF before the performance begins.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Subscriber Hotline (313) 874-7831 Administrative Office 874-7850 Box Office 874- 7464 General Directors Circle 874-7850 Group Sales 874-7894 Community Programs Department 874-7894 Fax Line (313) 871-7213

EMERGENCY NUMBERS DURING PERFORMANCES Fisher Theatre (313) 872-4221 Masonic Temple Theatre (313) 832-5500 The Michigan Opera Theatre Administrative Offices are located at 6519 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202 in the New Center Area.



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Board of Directors 1992-1993 Mr. Robert E. Dewar

Chairman

Dr. David DiChiera President

Mr. Cameron B. Duncan Treasurer

Mr. C. Thomas Toppin Secretary

Mrs. Robyn 1. Arrington, Sr. Mrs. Donald C. Austin Mr. 1. Addison Bartush Mr. Philip E. Benton, Jr. Mrs. Frederick Clark Mrs. Peter Cooper Julia Donovan Darlow Carol Kieffer-Dowling Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mrs. Henrietta Fridholm Mrs. Lawrence Garberding Mr. John C. Griffin Mr. David B. Hermelin Mrs. Robert Hurst Mrs. Verne Istock Mr. Leonard C. Jaques Mrs. William E. Johnston Mrs. Charles Kessler Richard W. Kulis, D.D.S. Mr. Alphonse Lucarelli Mr. Walton A. Lewis Mr. Bud Liebler Mr. Robert T. O'Connell Mr. Jules L. Pallone Mr. David Pollack Mr. Alan E. Schwartz Mr. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Mr. Frank Stella Mr. Robert C. VanderKloot Mrs. William Vititoe Mr. Richard C. Webb Mr. Gary Wasserman Mr. Gary L. White Mrs. R. Alexander Wrigley Mr. Morton Zieve

Founding Members Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Townsend Founding Chairmen

Hon. & Mrs. Avern L. Cohn Mr. & Mrs. John DeCarlo Dr. & Mrs. David DiChiera Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Gershenson Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Graves Hon. & Mrs. Wade McCree, Jr. Mr. Harry 1. Nederlander Mr. E. Harwood Rydholm Mr. & Mrs. Neil Snow Mr. & Mrs. Richard Strichartz Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. VanderKloot Mr. & Mrs. Sam B. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Theodore O. Yntema

Director Emeritus Mr. H. James Gram

Board of Trustees 1992-1993 Mr. Robert E. Dewar

Chairman

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Ahee Dr. & Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Dr. & Mrs. Agustin Arbulu Mrs. Robyn 1. Arrington, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Donald Austin Hon. & Mrs. Edward Avadenka Mrs. James Merriam Barnes Mr. & Mrs. 1. Addison Bartush Mr. & Mrs. Mark Alan Baun Mr. & Mrs. W. Victor Benjamin Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Benton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Borden Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Bortz, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Clarence G. Catallo Virginia Clementi Hon. & Mrs. Avern L. Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Rodkey Craighead Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cregar

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Julia Donovan Darlow & John Corbett O'Meara

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Day Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Derderian Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Dewar Dr. David DiChiera Karen VanderKloot DiChiera Mr. & Mrs. David Dowling Melodee A. DuBois

& James E. N. Huntley Mr. & Mrs. Cameron B. Duncan Lady Easton Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Mrs. Hilda Ettenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Ewing Mr. Stephen Ewing Mr. & Mrs. Alfred 1. Fisher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Fisher III Mr. & Mrs. Louis P. Fontana Mr. & Mrs. Marvin A. Frenkel Mr. & Mrs. Roger Fridholm Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Friduss Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gerisch Mr. & Mrs. Frank Germack, Jr. Mrs. Aaron H. Gershenson Dr. & Mrs. Pierre Giammanco Mr. & Mrs. Vito P. Gioia Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Gornick Mr. & Mrs. H. James Gram Mrs. Katherine Gribbs Mr. & Mrs. John C. Griffin Mrs. Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. & Mrs. William R. Halling, Jr. Mrs. Robert M. Hamady Mr. & Mrs. Hugh G. Harness Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Harris Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Hart Mr. & Mrs. E. Jan Hartmann Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. George Hill Dr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Holloway Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hurst Hon. & Mrs. Joseph Impastato Mr. & Mrs. Verne Istock Mrs. David Jacknow Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Jaques Mr. & Mrs. Wesley R. Johnson Miss H. Barbara Johnston Mrs. William E. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Joseff Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell Jospey Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell I. Kafarski Dr. & Mrs. Charles Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Klein Mr. & Mrs. Semon E. Knudsen Reva Kogan Mr. & Mrs. William Ku Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Kughn Dr. & Mrs. Richard W. Kulis Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Lamparter Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Lataif Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Levine Mr. & Mrs. David B. Lewis Mrs. Leonard T. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Walton A. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Kim K. Lie Mr. & Mrs. Bud Liebler Dr. & Mrs. Robert Lisak Mr. & Mrs. James H. LoPrete

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Long Mrs. Alan G. Loofbourrow Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse S. Lucarelli Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Mack Mrs. Jessie B. Mann Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Marko Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Marra Hon. Jack & Dr. Bettye

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Moorehead, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. E. Clarence Mularoni Mr. & Mrs. E. Michael Mutchler Mr. & Mrs. Harry Nederlander Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. O'Connell Mr. & Mrs. Julius L. Pallone Mr. & Mrs. James Pamel Dr. Robert E. L. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Brock E. Plumb Mrs. Ralph Polk Mr. & Mrs. David Pollack Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Robelli Mr. & Mrs. Hans Rogind Mr. & Mrs. Irving Rose Mr. & Mrs. David Ruwart Mr. & Mrs. Andrew M. Savel Dr. & Mrs. Norman Schakne Mr. & Mrs. Fred Schneidewind Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Schwendemann Mr. & Mrs. Frank Shaler Mr. & Mrs. Roger Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sloan Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Phyllis D. Snow Richard Sonenklar Mr. & Mrs. Richard Starkweather Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Stella Mr. & Mrs. George Strumbos Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Toppin Mr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend Mr. & Mrs. James 1. Trebilcott Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. VanderKloot Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Victor Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. William Vititoe Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Webb Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. White Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Dr. & Mrs. Sam B. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Wiltshire Mr. & Mrs. Donald Worsley Mr. & Mrs. R. Alexander Wrigley Mrs. Donald E. Young Hon. Joan E. Young

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David DiChiera General Director

John Leberg Interim Managing Director

Kim Johnson Managing Director, Detroit Opera House

Karen VanderKloot DiChiera Director of Community Programs

John A. Fredrickson Chief Financial Officer

Rebecca L. Happel Director of Public Relations

Steve Haviaras Director of Marketing

Mitchell Krieger Director of Artistic Resources

David W. Osborne Director of Production

In Memorium

Adm inis tra tion Kurt Howard Executive Assistant to the General Director, Volunteer Coordinator

Kimberly Burgess Receptionist

Community Programs Dolores Tobis Office and Marketing Manager

Mark Vondrak Interim Associate Director

De velopment Mary Parkhill Associate Director of Development

Midge Stulberg General Director's Circle

Toni Kovach Development Assistant

Jane Westley Development Secretary

Finance /Com puter Services William T. Schulz Controller

Charles Allen Accountant

Lynn Shelby Systems Administrator

William Kirk worked for Michigan Opera Theatre between the years of 1985 and 1993. In addition to his administrative activities in the MOT Department of Community Programs and the Finance Department, Mr. Kirk wrote teaching materials and directed many of the tour programs that traveled through the State. He was librettist for two works created with composer and Community Programs director, Karen VanderKloot DiChiera - The Great Grammar Revue and Nanabush, the Great Lakes Hero. The two had begun work on a new opera about building opera houses. William Kirk will be keenly missed for his creativity, humor, intelligence and immense talent.

Marketing/Publ ic Re la ti ons Shelly Gillett- Behrens Assistant Director of Marketing

Matthew Haran Membership Manager

Jerome Magid Photographer

Jeanette Pawlaczyk Public Relations Volunteer

Laura Wyss PRiMarketing Intern

Ticket Office Denise Nikcevich Ticket Services Manager

Kimberly Mogielski Ticket Services Assistant

Production Artistic Adm inistratio n Dee Dorsey Production Coordinator

Judi Ammar Artist Services Coordinator

Marc Astafan Chris Jones Assistant Directors

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Dee Dorsey Jennifer Hall Stephanie Nichols Beth Ann Sonne Assistant Stage Managers

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A Major Home for a Major American Opera Compan~1 It has been 65 ye~rs since Detroit has had an opera house as part of its skyline. In 1995 the r~sto~ed Grand Circus Theater (to be renamed the "Detroit Opera House") will be the newest lIght m downtown DetroIt's Theater District.

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Synopsis SETIING: 18TH CENTURY SEVILLE

ACT! The curtain rises on a street in Seville, where Count Almaviva, a man about town (and

women) is addressing sentiments of love to Rosina, young ward of the elderly Don Bartolo. As he withdraws, Figaro enters with a vocal calling card descriptive of his innumerable aptitudes. When Almaviva returns, he informs Figaro of his interest in the girl of the house, whom he has seen but does not know. Nor does he want her to know of his noble station, preferring to be identified as Lindoro. Figaro assures him that he will help; indeed, he has access to the house. As Don Bartolo prepares to leave his home, Rosina contrives to drop Lindoro a note encouraging him to communicate with her. Figaro advises Almaviva to disguise himself as a soldier and demand the privilege of a billet in Bartolo's house.

ACT II Rosina expresses her love for Lindoro in the aria "Una voce poco fa." Figaro

appears and is about to advise Rosina of Lindoro's plan when Bartolo returns. With him is Don Basilio, music teacher and co-conspirator in Bartolo's plan to marry Rosina. When Bartolo tells him that he is afraid some other suitor (Almaviva) may steal his ward away, Basilio advises him to spread false stories (calumny) about him. Figaro advises Rosina that he will act as her intermediary with Almaviva and receives a note for him. The suspicious Bartolo lets it be known that he will not be fooled by what is going on behind his back. Almaviva's appearance as a soldier, feigning drunkenness, almost results in his arrest, but Almaviva secretly identifies himself to the police as a nobleman and they withdraw. Having satisfied himself that he has made a good beginning with Rosina, he follows.

ACT III Bartolo, on guard that Almaviva is interested in his ward, does not yet realize that the

"soldier" has been Almaviva himself. Nor is he aware when Almaviva appears in the disguise of a music master that the interloper is in his presence. He persuades Bartolo to give Rosina the note she sent to the Count and to pretend that it was from another woman - that the Count is a rogue who is deceiving her. Bartolo considers this a fine form of calumny and agrees. Figaro joins the group with a plan to aid the elopement of Rosina and Almaviva while he is shaving Bartolo. The progress of the scheme is interrupted by the appearance of Basilio, but he is persuaded by Figaro that he is seriously ill and should go home. When he is left alone with Rosina, Bartolo produces the note given to him by Almaviva, and persuades his ward that she is being deceived. In a rage she agrees to marry Bartolo. At the appointed hour for the elopement, Almaviva and Figaro appear and soon convince Rosina that she has not been deceived, merely misinformed. When the notary whom Bartolo has summoned to preside over his marriage to Rosina appears, Figaro persuades him that AlmavivalLindoro is Bartolo, and the service is performed. Bartolo reappears, enraged by the turn of events. However, when Almaviva relinquishes Rosina's dowry to him, he relents, and all ends in harmony. -Courtesy of OPERA NEWS


JOHN LEBERG

The Fami 1 y

aro Fig Literature has given us countless

examples of the family saga. From the Forsyths to David Copperfield we can

trace the unfolding of families' identity as they traverse the generations. For the most part opera does not permit the necessary time frame to chronicle the lives of its characters through history. The Figaro legend is one of the exceptions .

. Beaumarchais, Rossini, Da Ponte and Mozart were the four creative artists responsible for satisfying our curiosity about the incomparable Barber. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the French dramatist, was able to sidestep the censors and produce a play he had written in 1775 entitled Le Barbier de Seville. The play was not a success but with revisions it became fashionable and made its author famous. Beaumarchais produced a sequel he called Le Mariage de Figaro. This, too, became a success and it, too, had a sequel- La Mere Coupable - but this failed.

The Barber was set to music in 1782 by Giovanni Paisiello and gained immediate popUlarity. Thirty-two years later, Rossini, who was a man of the theater, took the first play Le Barbier de Seville and saw possibilities for operatic achievement. Although the first production was not a success, Rossini's opera has become one of the cornerstones of operatic literature while the Paisiello is now more or less forgotten.

Mozart and his librettist (the fascinating scoundrel Da Ponte) were captivated by the second play and created an opera which was revolutionary both in its musical and dramatic construction.

These creative geniuses treated the chronicle of the characters who form the "Family Figaro" in distinctly different ways but in each case the essence of their work is founded on the human experience of living, of hoping, of desiring. This is the very stuff that each of us, in one f-orm or aoother, is coocel'8Cd with every day of our Itves.

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I n the history of opera, there has never been a character who combined the wit, intelligence, humor and rage of Figaro. This Barber of Seville inspired both Rossini and Mozart to create

their operatic masterpieces Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Le Nozze de Figaro. It is through these works that Figaro, Almaviva and his household have survived the past two hundred years and remain as relevant today as they did in the decade prior to the French revolution. What are the characteristics of this family of masters and servants that have transcended changing traditions and historical events?

Rossini's Barbiere and Mozart's Le Nozze differ in concept and time. While Le Nozze runs the gamut from exultation to despair, the Rossini opera is filled with Italian "Brio". Barbiere concerns itself with Count Almaviva's courtship of Rosina, the ward of Dr. Bartolo. The youthful Almaviva, directed by the ever inventive Figaro, manages to outwit a bumbling Dr. Bartolo and his henchman Don Basilio to win the hand of Bartolo's ward. The approach is simple, direct and always theatrical. In Beaumarchais' terms, "the new order" (Almaviva and Figaro) tum every situation to their advantage and defeat the "old order" represented by Bartolo and Basilio.

Le Nozze is somewhat different. The "new order,"· now led by Figaro and his betrothed, Susanna, who are both servants in Almaviva's household, manipulate situations to outwit the power base of Almaviva and his new alliances Bartolo and Basilio. History has a habit of creating strange bedfellows.

In order to get some sense of identity of each of the "Figaro" characters, let us follow their development in the two operas. Rossini introduces Figaro through the boisterous and vocally athletic aria "Largo Factotum". Figaro presents himself not as a common barber but as a general factotum who can manipulate any situation and

accommodate it to suit his own needs. Mozart presents a more complex character. He introduces Figaro in the aria "se voul ball are" as the common man who is forced by circumstance to stand up for his rights against the aristocracy (Almaviva). As in the Rossini opera he will succeed through his intelligence and wit, but by inference Figaro's talents are a threat to the continuance of the current Almaviva regime. Figaro is the archetypal revolutionary who controls his passions through reason.

The Count Almaviva is introduced by Rossini with a tender cavatina which emphasizes his youth and infatuation with Rosina. Le Nozze does not immediately introduce Almaviva. Although he makes a brief appearance in the first act his main impact occurs in act two where in a jealous rage he verbally attacks Rosina, (now his wife) and is on the verge of striking her. The naivete and sweetness of the youthful Count in the Barbiere is gone and now after a few years of marriage, Almaviva has grown bored with Rosina and has become a willful member of the aristocracy.

Rosina in Barbiere is a young girl who is the ward of the eklerly Dr. Bartolo who has romantic designs 00 her. Rossini introduces her with \:fte aria "Una voce poco fa". He shows her t() be a woman of


great charm and enormous will. In the eighteenth century this determination of character displayed by Rosina would have been considered an anomaly. By contrast in Le Nozze, we meet a disconsolate and betrayed woman. Rosina, who is now Countess Almaviva, declares in her first aria "Porgi amor" that she has lost her sense of self-determination. Her marriage to Almaviva has almost destroyed her and she prays to God for salvation.

There are three other characters common to both operas. Dr. Bartolo, becomes a self appointed attorney working in Almaviva's household. Don Basilio, a music master of

questionable scruples and Berta the housekeeper of Dr. Bartolo who marries him in Le Nozze and is found to be the birth mother of Figaro.

Both Rossini and Mozart provide each of these three characters an aria that describes their individuality. Rossini depicts Bartolo as a pompous old man trying to both win Rosina while attempting to maintain a modicum of discipline from that recalcitrant strong willed young girl. Mozart maintains the pomposity and adds another element of absurdity, describing Bartolo's legal machinations. Basilio is given the aria "La Calugnia" by Rossini which graphically portrays Basilio

as a scheming purveyor of gossip. Although Mozart did not compose an aria for Basilio until the final act of Le Nozze, he maintains malicious gossip as the essential element of his character. Berta a housekeeper for Bartolo in Barbiere is a mature woman who is looking for a husband, probably Bartolo. We find her in Le Nozze called Marcellina. She is now a woman of some substance, trying to maintain the principles of a bygone time and still attempting to arouse Bartolo's interest. Mozart provides her with a magnificent aria in act four which extols the virtues of womanhood and could be considered to be the first feminist aria.

Rossini and Mozart resolve the situations and develop the characters differently in each opera. While Barbiere concentrates on the youth of the principals, Le Nozze focuses on the fact that time has eroded some of the happiness of youth and characters must deal with each other within a class-driven society.

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In order to court and win the affection of Rosina, Almaviva is convinced by Figaro to take on a number of disguises. Almaviva, under the barber's direction, plays the roles of a drunken soldier and priestly music master in order to conceal his true identity of a wealthy aristocrat. By the end of the opera Figaro organizes an elopement which will result in the marriage of the lovers. Throughout the opera, Figaro is the embodiment of the quicksilver mind which easily outwits the establishment and provides himself with financial remuneration. You might say that Figaro is a capitalist who was not blessed with social position or education.

The Figaro of Le Nozze is in a much more precarious position. The Count whom he helped in Barbiere is determined to seduce Figaro's betrothed Susanna. By means of the fictitious right, "Ie droit de seigneur," the count wishes to impose his pleasure on one of his servants. Although Figaro displays the same wit and intelligence of the first opera, it is the women, Rosina (now the Countess) and Susanna, who circumnavigate the intended seduction and shame Count Almaviva for his romantic intentions. Although Figaro is full of revolutionary zeal in order to protect Susanna and himself from the dominant master, the ultimate solution is borne from women who

manifest their constancy and love and transform the inequities of pre-revolutionary ideals to a rational end without conflict. In this sense Le Nozze transcends human behavior and history.

This extraordinary family of Figaro, the Almavivas and their henchmen create an impressive human saga. In operatic terms this two-part tale might be considered the antidote to the

archetypal characters whose saga is told in the Ring o/the Niebelung; an antidote because the story of the "Family Figaro" is told in thought and feeling about individual frailty and unequivocal human triumphs.

John Leberg is a stage director, composer, arts consultant and MOT's

Interim Managing Director.


Synopsis SETTING: PARIS, SOMETIME EARLY THIS CENTURY.

ACT I A reception for King Nikola's birthday is being held in the Pontevedrian Embassy.

Cascada, a young officer, toasts the health of the Ambassador, Baron Zeta, who is unaware that his wife Valencienne is being hotly pursued by young Camille de Rosillon. As she will not let him say "I love you," he writes it on her fan. Zeta announces the imminent arrival of Anna Glawari, a widowed millionairess, whose fortune is coveted by the bankrupt Pontevedrian government. A Pontevedrian husband must be found for her; Count Danilo Danilovitch, an Embassy attache and the King's son, is named as a suitable candidate. He and Anna were deeply in love years ago, but were prevented from marrying by his rich, aristocratic family, who considered her beneath him.

Anna arrives and is at once besieged by a crowd of eager suitors, at whom she openly laughs for being interested only in her money. She invites all present to a Pontevedrian party at her house the next day, and goes off to dance. Danilo arrives, tipsy after a visit to Maxim's, the most famous night spot in Paris, where he spends most evenings. Unexpectedly he and Anna come face to face. Both know that a deep love still exists between them, but Danilo is too proud to join the crowd, and swears that she will never hear him say "I love you!" Anna accepts the challenge and sets out to win him back. Valencienne, who has decided to try and marry Camille to Anna, has mislaid her fan with the incriminating words on it, and it falls into the hands of her unsuspecting husband. When "Ladies Choice" is called, Danilo contrives to get rid of all the other men so that Anna reluctantly has to choose him as her partner in the waltz.

ACT II In the park of Anna's house the next evening. The Pontevedrians are remembering

their national dances and songs, and Anna sings a favorite tale of the wood sprite who enticed young men. When Zeta congratulates her she tells him of her plan to give a Parisian party and, aided by Njegus, the Embassy Chancellor, to bring "Maxim's" and the grisettes to the Embassy. When Danilo arrives, Zeta gives him the fan and asks him to find the owner. Danilo offers the fan to all the Embassy wives without success, but in doing so discovers who the lovers are. He then frightens off Cascada and St. Brioche, Anna's most persistent suitors, and all the husbands gather to bemoan the problems of dealing with women. Anna and Danilo realize that their feelings are getting harder to control. He entices her into a romantic waltz, trying to convey his feelings without saying the forbidden words.

Night has fallen and the guests have gone into the house. Camille tries to lure Valencienne into a darkened pavilion for one last embrace as a souvenir of their love. But they are observed by Njegus who has to act quickly, first to prevent Zeta and Danilo from entering the pavilion by telling them that Rosillon is there with a married woman and then, while they are spying through the keyhole, quickly finding Anna, who agrees to take Valencienne's place via the back door. When Zeta furiously demands that the lovers appear, to everyone's amazement it is Anna and Camille who emerge. Anna announces that they are engaged, telling Camille to back up her story in order to save Valencienne's reputation. She says it will be a Parisian marriage in which love will not really matter. Furiously jealous, Danilo accuses her of betrayal and rushes off to Maxim's, leaving Anna joyfully certain that he loves only her.

ACT III Njegus prepares Zeta for the Maxim's that Anna has improvised at the embassy and

warns him that Valencienne has decided to appear as a grisette, which she does to the acclaim of all. Danilo forbids Anna to marry Rosillon and betray the Fatherland. She confesses that she was in the pavilion with him only to shield someone else, and once more the strains of the waltz draw them ever more closely together. Njegus arrives with Valencienne's fan found in the pavilion and Zeta furiously announces that he will divorce her and marry Anna himself. Thanking him, she says that her husband's will stipulates that on remarriage she loses all her inheritance. Overjoyed, at last Danilo feels that he can truly say "I love you." Together they decide to forget all the pain of the past years in their love for each other.


MITCHELL KRIEG ER

Second To Non e The Merry Widow was almost written by another composer. In the

spring of 1905, Franz Lehar was just thirty-five. He was young, energetic, and his sights were set on high goals. Son of a military

bandmaster, he had spent years following in his father's footsteps, along the way composing hundreds of marches, quadrilles, polkas, arrangements of themes from operas and folk- songs, dances, and so on. He had written a few works for the theater (most notably, The Tinker, which premiered in December of 1902, starring Mizzi Gunther) and had met with some success, and some friendly reviews, but he was still junior in the theatrical hubbub of Vienna.

Two well-known librettists, Leo Stein and Victor Leon, had meanwhile started work on a piece based on The Attache, a play by Henri Meilhac (co- author of the libretto for Carmen), with music by Richard Heuberger; but the librettists were dismayed at Heuberger's feeble, uninspired music. They decided to ask Lehar to compose one number as an audition (it was "Dumme Reitersman," a confrontational duet which appears in Act I in MOT's production). Lehar got the text in the morning and played his composition to Leon that same evening, and the work started in earnest.

Lehar had most of the score ready by the end of the summer; and even though Karczag, Director of the Theater an der Wien, reacted badly on hearing the score in September, preparations for the production proceeded. The date for the premiere was pushed forward when another operetta playing the theater failed . Finally The Merry Widow opened on Saturday, December 30, 1905, with Mizzi Gunther in the title role. It was well received, but Lehar was left with "by no means the impression of a big success."

The operetta ran through March with some empty houses, kept alive by a few who believed in the work's high quality. By then the management decided it was too late in the season to present a new work. In late April, after 119 performances, The Merry Widow moved to a suburban theater for the summer, then back to the Theater an der Wien in September. By this time, most performances were sold out; by April 24, 1907, the original production had passed 400 performances, and many other companies in Austria and Germany had produced the

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work. It premiered in London, New York, and Stockholm in 1907; Copenhagen, Moscow and Milan saw it in 1908; Madrid and Paris in 1909. The London production was so successful that tickets were in demand for eighteen months in advance.

The cartwheel-styled hat worn by the leading lady in the original production became the height of current fashion. Merry Widow cigars, shoes, candies, and fragrances were sold; restaurants were renamed "The Merry Widow." A style of corset became known as a "Merry Widow." Trains were named Merry Widow, Merry Widow cocktails were served, and Merry Widow waltz competitions were held; and Lehar's likeness was seen in waxworks the world over. It was, all in all , quite a success for a composer who was the second choice.

The Merry Widow captured the hearts of an era, a time when opulence and lUxury reigned, when royalty was revered, when the capitals of Europe were resplendent with music and theater, all unspoiled

by the great conflicts to follow. The age has been "described as one great operetta itself, with its uniforms, its balls, its political intrigue, and its intoxicating glamour" (Richard Traubner in Operetta) .

The operatic stage offered several seminal works in the years just before The Merry Widow's premiere: Debussy 's ravishing and elusive Pel/eas et Melisande in 1902; Puccini 's exquisite Madama Butterfly and Janacek's intense and moving lenufa in 1904; and Richard Strauss' shockingly sensual and depraved Salome, which opened just 3 weeks before Lehar's operetta.

In its own way The Merry Widow is worthy of inclusion in this group of ground-breaking works. The great operetta composers of the nineteenth century, such as Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss Jr., and the British team of Gilbert and Sullivan, wrote pieces that can best be described primarily as musical comedies. The emphasis was on the light-hearted treatment, both dramatically and musically, of the subject matter. Wit and charm were at a premium, often with a good dash of social

satire inserted. Plots were focused on elaborate practical jokes (as in Die Fledermaus), or spoofs of classical mythology (as in Orpheus in the Underworld), or the consequences of being born on February 29 (as in The Pirates of Penzance). One went to the theater to laugh.

Lehar had a different goal: to bring passion to the operetta stage. While the plot of The Merry Widow has plenty of opportunities for laughter, it is primarily a romantic, passionate love story. The key plot points are deeply rooted in the morals and manners of 1905. The hero's membership in the royal family prevents him from marrying the woman he loves, a constant theme in the literature and reality of the day. She eases her pain by marrying a man of vast wealth, who conveniently dies soon after. What widow would not be merry with twenty million? These two lovers, unwilling to forgive each other, fence and spar through three acts, here hostile, there caught up in the supremely romantic grip of a sensuous waltz, displaying their pain, desire, pride, and vulnerability in a way basically unknown to the operetta stage in 1905, if quite familiar on the operatic stage.


The "comedy" couple sings duets that are progressively more romantic, until their final duet is so seductive that it is impossible to resist. The finales of acts I and II are musically complex and

operatic in the best sense of the word, including much superlative ensemble writing-and, in the second act, highly charged musical and dramatic tension. And, throughout the work, the marches, mazurkas, can-cans, and waltzes are superb. One waltz (bearing the same title as the operetta) has become one of the most famous melodies in the world; and, as you will hear, its fame, and that of The Merry Widow, is richly deserved.

Lehar lived until 1948 and wrote a number of other works, many of which are of the highest quality both musically and dramatically (most notably Paganini, The Land of Smiles, and Giuditta). He developed friendships with Puccini and Richard Tauber, and was acclaimed throughout the world as the undisputed king of operetta in the twentieth century. To this day, however, most of his acclaim is for his first great masterpiece, The Merry Widow.

Mitchell Krieger is the Director of Artistic Resources for Michigan Opera Theatre and conductor of The Merry Widow.

The Guild, in its final year, had a wonderful and fun-filled time under the strong and dedicated leadership of its president, Ginny Clementi. Highlights of the year included several"firsts":

• A very successful and elegant membership tea hosted by Chris Strumbo, which increased the Guild membership to eighty-five duespaying members.

• A starry Holiday Party at the Grosse Point Yacht Club, complete with ballroom dancing instruction and floor show.

• Saks Fifth Avenue sponsored a spectacular dinner/fashion show of Mary McFadden's new line of clothing, which benefited MOT, and was chaired by Guild members Carol Larson Wendzel and Lorraine Schulz. A Benefactor Party was held the night before at the home of Dr. John and Mary Lanesky, with Ms. McFadden as guest of honor and with refreshments provided by the Townsend Hotel.

• The second annual Mystery Party, this year held a Forest Lake Country Club, was chaired by Joan Wells, and co-chaired by Linda Pollack Schaefer, and was a spectacular success.

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• At its annual meeting, the Guild presented David DiChiera with a check for an impressive $23,540. Ginny honored several key members of the Guild at this final meeting, among them Gloria Clark (new Chairman of the Volunteer Association, see page 24), Carol Wendzel, Lynn Dewey, Vicki Kulis and Betty Gerisch, as well as Karen and David DiChiera.

Michigan Opera Theatre gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary efforts and accomplishments of Ginny Clementi and the entire Guild membership throughout its final year.


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Chorus Master/Assistant Music Director since 1981

1993 Fall Season Conductor, The Barber of Seville

Conductor, Michigan Opera Theatre, The Music Man, Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance; Dayton Opera, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The Pirates of Penzance; Coach, Opera Theatre of SI. Louis, San Diego Opera

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MOT Credits Basilio, Barber, 1987; Friar, Romeo et Juliette, 1990

1993 Fall Season Basilio, The Barber of Seville

Metropolitan Opera, leading bass, The Ghosts of Versailles, Abduction from the Seraglio, The Bartered Bride, The Italian Girl ill Algiers, Barber of Seville, Daughter of the Regiment, Tannhauser. Fidelia, Rigoleuo, Mallon Lescaut, Boris Godunov, Tales of Hoffmann, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Magic Flute; NYC Opera, Die Meistersinge~ Faust, The Magic Flute

Dennis Bergevin Jeffrey Frank Co-Directors, Elsen Associates (New York)

MOT Credits Resident Hair and Make-Up Designers, since 1988

1993 Fall Season Resident Hair and Make-Up

New York Shakespeare Festival; Radio City Music Hall; Washington Opera; Philadelphia Opera; Greater Miami Opera; Dallas Opera; Pittsburgh Opera; Spoleto Festival, USA, Italy, Australia; Edinburgh Festival; Merchallt of Vellice, Broadway; PBS and HBO

TV, Murder She Wrote, Quantum Leap, Hunte~ General Hospital, One Life to Live, Another World, Ryan's Hope; Broadway, Mall of La Mancha, Cherry Orchard, We Interrupt This Program; Nat'l Company, A Little Night Music; Stratford Festival, CYlllbelille; Meadowbrook, Amphitryon 38, The Cocktail Party, The Seagull; Florentine Opera, Abductionfrom the Seraglio, Ariadne auf Naxos; Opera Pacific, Gypsy Princess

Zack Brown Designer (Hawaii)

Costume Designer, La Boheme, 1993

Metropolitan Opera, Rigoletto; Washington Opera resident designer, Turandot, Otello, Der Fliegende Hollander, Les Contes D'Hoffmanll, Manon, The Magic Flute, Werther, Un Ballo in Maschera, Ln Boheme, The Rake's Progress; Spoleto Festival, Porgy and Bess, The Saint oiBleecker Street, Anthony and Cleopatra; NYC Opera, Ln Traviata; San Francisco Opera, Le Nozze di Figaro, Ln Cioconda

Claritha Buggs Mezzo-soprano (Michigan)

MOT Credits Siebel, Fallst, 1983; Third Lady, The Magic Flute, 1984 Gertrude, Romeo et Juliette, 1990

1993 Fall Season Berta, The Barber of Seville

Light Opera of Michigan; l.R. Randolph Company, Grand Rapids; Dayton Opera; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony; Dearbom Symphony, Kindertotenlieder, Mahler Symphony No.4; Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No.3; Michigan State University, Assistant Professor of Voice

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Mark Calkins Tenor (Minnesota)

MOT Debut

1993 Fall Season Almaviva, The Barber of Seville

1988 MacAllister International Operatic Competition, winner; Chautauqua Opera, Count Ory; Opera Omaha, Ermiolle; Dublin Grand Opera Society, L'ltaliana ill Algeri; Mississippi Opera, La Cenerentola; Castleward Opera, Northern Ireland, Lucia di Lammermoor. La Traviata, Cosi Fan Tuite; Chicago Opera Theatre. Postcard from Morocco, Le COlllte Ory; Opera Theatre of SI. Louis, Die Fledermaus; Glimmerglass Opera, II Re Pastore

Joyce Campana Mezzo-Soprano (Ohio)

MOT Debut

1993 Fall Season Rosina, The Barber of Seville

Central City Opera, Carmell, L'ltaliana ill Algeri; Syracuse Opera, L'ltaliana; Treasure Coast Opera, Madama Bulferfl.v; Pennsylvania Opera Theatre, National Grand Opera, Rigoletto; La Cenerelltola; Connecticut Grand Opera, NYC Opera, PBS "Great Performances," New Moon; Pittsburgh Opera Theatre, Lyric Opera of Cleveland, The Killg and /; Hartford Symphony, NY Philharmonic

John Conklin Set Designer (Connecticut)

MOT Debut

1993 Fall Season .I&..Merry Wida.l1>

Metropolitan Opera, La Traviata. The Ghosts of Versailles. I Lombardi. Semiramide. Lucia di Lammermoor; Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Ring. Un Ballo ill Maschera; Seattle Opera, Norma, War and Peace, II Trovatore; Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Don Giovanni, The Merry Widow, La Traviata, The Turk in Italy; NYC Opera, La Traviata; Bayerische Staatsoper Nationaltheater, Netherland Opera, Houston Grand Opera

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Pi rector/Choreographer (Missouri)

Boston Pops Orchestra, PBS, All Evellillg with Gilbert & Sul/ivall; Central City Opera, Student Prince, Rosemarie, Desert Song; Chicago Opera Theatre, Ul Traviata; Manbitoba, New Orleans, Syracuse, Orlando Operas, Daughter of the Regimellt; Hawaii Opera Theatre; Calldide, Pennsylvania Opera Theatre, Gralld Duchess of Geralsteill, Daughter oftlte Regimelll; Portland Opera, Orlando Opera, Mall of La Mallcha; Opera Pacific, The Merry Widow

Pablo Elvira Baritone (Puerto Rico)

MOT Credits Figaro, Barber, 1987

1993 Fall Season -figaro, The Barber of Seville

Metropolitan Opera, Barber, La Boheme, Pagliacci, Rigolello, Lucia di Lammennoor; Chicago Lyric, Rigo/etta; San Francisco Opera, Un Bal/o in Mascltera; Opera de Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Tasca, Madama Ballerfly; Puerto Rico, DOll Carlo; Bayerische Staatsoper, Malloll Lescaut; Antwerp Opera, Macbeth; Pittsburgh Opera, Madama BUllerf/y; NYC Opera, La Traviata

Lawrence Formosa Baritone (Michigan)

MOT Credits Messenger, Aida, 1993; Marullo, Rigoletto, 1990

1993 Fall Season Fiorello, The Barber of Seville

Michigan Opera Theatre, Candide, Romeo et Julielle, La Traviata, La Boheme, Kismet, Orpheus in the Underworld, My Fair Lady; MOT Tour, La Boheme; Chautauqua Opera, Romeo et Julieu; Santa Fe Opera, Apprentice; Opera Omaha, Ensemble member, Manon, Rigo/euo; Birmingham! Bloomfield Symphony, Judas Macabeas

Carroll Freeman Tenor (Mississippi)

MOT Credits Pluto, Orpheus in the Underworld, 1986; Almaviva, Barber of Seville, 1987

1993 Fall Season Almaviva, The Barber of Seville

NY, Vienna, Paris, London Records, PBS "Great Performances," Peter Seller's Don Giovanni; Japanese premiere, iOrtlri; NYC Opera, La Traviata; Edinburgh Festival, SI. Louis, nle Postmall Always Rillgs 7ivice; Houston, Philadelphia, Coant Dry; Houston, Tulsa, Des Moines, Ul Cellerelltala; Kansas City, Philadelphia, /'Italialla ill Algeri; Portland, Houston, Opcra Pacitic, Barber; NY Philharmonic

Jonathan Hammond Actor (Michigan)

MOT Debut

1993 Fall Season

Gem Theater, Forbidden Bmadway; Magic Bag Theater, Gem Theater, Forever Plaid; Best Actor, Ann Arbor News, Sweeney Todd (Ann Arbor Civic Theatre), Tartllffe, Three Penny Opera, Broken Pitcher (University of Michigan); University of Michigan Musical Theater Program, A Lillie Night Mllsic, Pal Joey, The White Rose, The Sorcere~ The Telephone; 1992 Irene Ryan Competition finalistAmerican College Theatre Festival

Gianni Schicchi, 1985; La Boheme, 1993

1-993 Fall Season Dr Bartolo The Barber of Seville

Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Paris, Houston Grand Opera, Nixon in China; NYC Opera, Martha; Brussels, Lyon, Vienna, San Francisco Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Death of Klillghoffer; Opera Pacific, Tosca, Ul Boheme, Le Nozze di Figaro; Greater Miami Opera, Mallon Lescall/; Opera Theatre of SI. Louis, Midsummer Night's Dream

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MOT Credits Maria, Sound of Music, 1983; Mrs, Lovett, Sweeney Todd, 1984

1993 Fall Season Anna Glawan, The Merrv Widow

1988 Tony Award, Phantom of the Opera; Theater World Award, Circle Award, On the Twentieth Century; Broadway, Grease; Santa Fe Opera, La Boheme, Orpheus in the Underworld; Canadian Opera, Kismet; Paper Mill Playhouse, The Merry Widow, Sweeney Todd, Annie Get Your Gun; Film, Just Tell Me What You Want; PBS, "In Performance at the White House"; 1991 Grammy, Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles/Songs and Duets

Mitchell Krie er Conductor (New York)

MOT Credits Candide, 1991

1993 Fall Season 'J.he 1J€l<#e< BjSeniUe

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MOT Director of Artistic Resources, 1990 to present; Cleveland Opera, HMS Pinafore, My Fair Lady, Madama Bll/terf/y; University of Michigan Musical Theater, Love Life; NYC Opera National Tour; La Boheme, Carmen, Conducting Staff, NYC Opera; Santa Fe Opera, Virginia Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Pacific

Hamburg Opera, On the Town; Opera Pacific, The Gypsy Prillcess; June Opera Festival NJ, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, The Merry Widow; Orlando Opera, The Falllastiks; New England Lyric Operetta Company, South Pacific; Opera Memphis; Romeo et Juliet/e, Chautauqua Festival, Don Giovanni; Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Greater Miami, Texas Opera Theatre


MOT Credits Yum-Yum, The Mikado, 1991 ; Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, 1989

J993 Fall Season Yalencienne The Merry Widow

Michigan Opera Theatre, The Pirates of Penzance, UI Boheme, DOl/ Giovanni, The Student Prince, Naughty Marietta, Madama Butterfly, Swnmersflow; JFK Center for the Performing Arts, The Me Nobody Knows; Toledo Opera, The Merry Widow, iLl Boheme, The Student Prince; Dayton Opera, Pirates; Birmingham Theater, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes ...

Brian Macdonald Director/Choreographer (Canada)

MOT Debut

1993 Fall Season The Barber of Seville

Stratford Festi val, 7lle Mikado, Gyps}', HMS Pinafore, Cabaret, GIIYS and Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance, Carousel, Ti,e GOlldoliers, Candide, The School jar Scandal, Iolanthe; Washington Opera, Cendrillon; Australian Opera, The Gondoliers; Resident Choreographer, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens; Deutsche Oper Berlin, New York Ci ty Opera, San Francisco Opera, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Harkness Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet

MOT Credits Side by Side by Sondheim, 1993 ; Ravenal , Show Boat, 1990; Danilo, Merry Widow, 1984

1993 Fall Season Danilo, The Merry Widow

Opera Pacific, Gypsy Princess, Merry Widow; Syracuse, Portland, Cleveland and Nashv ille Operas, Carousel; National Tour, Desert Song, The Ullsillkable Moll y Brown; Theatre Under the Stars, Merry Widow; Broadway, Opera Pacific, Sl. Louis MUNY Opera, Dallas Summer Musicals, Show Boat; Japan Tour, Call Call; NYC Opera, Merry Widow, Duchess ofGerolsteill

MOT Credits Lighting Consultant 1989-93; King Roger, Lucia di Lammermoor, Aida

The Barber o(Seville, The Merry Widow

Opera Pacific, Tasca; Dayton Opera, Madama ButterJl.v; Malibu American Stage Fest ival, Jesus Christ Superstar; MOT, Madama Butterfly. Ariadne aUf Naxos, Candide, Mikado; Pioneer Theatre, UT, A Penny for a Song; Allie Theatre, Teibele and Her Delllon

Charles Edwin i encer

1993 Fall Season St. Brioche, The Merrv Widow

1993 MOT Vocal Apprentice; Lyric Opera Cleveland , Candide, Die Entfuhnmg GUS dem Serai!. Cosi Fan Tufte, Follies; Cleveland Opera, La Traviata, Yeomen oj Ihe Guard; The University or Akron, The Marriage of Figaro, Muskrat Lullaby, Rigoletto, The Impresario; Canton Symphony Chamber Orchestra, The Messiah, Bach Cantata 61; Canton Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Choral Falltasy

LeRoy Villanueva Baritone (California)

~IOT Debul

1993 Fall Season Figaro, The Barber of Seville

San Francisco Opera, War and Peace, Don GiOl'QI11li, Das Verratelle Meet; Satyagra!w; Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, Le Chem/ier Imaginaire; Auckland Opera, Les Pecheurs des Pales: Greater Miami Opera, Pagliacci; Austi n Lyric Opera, II Barbiere di SiYiglia; Settimana Musicale in Siena, Ita ly, II Ritomo d'Ulisse in ?caria, Ivanhoe: Shanghai Music Festival, DOli Pasql/ale

Mark Watson Baritone (New York)

MOT Credits Ceprano, Rigoletto, 1990; Yamadori/Commissioner, Madama Butterfly, 1991

1993 Fall Season Cascada, The Merry Widow

Baltimore Opera, Martha; Opera Orchestra of New York, La Gioconda, Battaglia di Lagnano; Juilliard, Xerxes, La Boheme, Gianni Schicchi; Manhattan Concert Opera, DOli Gio\'{/lIl1i; Manhattan Opera Theatre, Celldrilloll, Pecheurs de Perles, Natoma; Bonstelle Theatre, Candide; Detroit Chamber Opera, Venus and Adonis; Henry Street Settlement, Die ZauberjWte

Janet Will' Soprano (Detroit)

MOT Credits Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, 1989

Berlin State Opera, Cleopatra e Cesare, Die lauber/liite, Die EntjWtrllng ails delll Serail; Bastille Opera, UII Ballo in Maschera; Theatre Royal de Monnaie of Brussels, Casi Fall Tune (1994); Mostly Mozart Festival, /I Re Pastore; Montreal Opera. Falstaff; San Francisco Opera, Cosi Fan Tutte, Die Fledermalls, Guillaume Tell, L '!taliano in Algeri; Lyon, Ariadlle au! Na.ws, Moses und Aaron

George Graves (1908) played Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow for 42 years,


Michigan Opera Theatre's Young Artists Apprentice Program is now in its 15th year of training aspiring young vocal artists and production apprentices for the rigors of the professional theatre world.

This fall, talented young singers recruited from across the country will take up residence with Michigan Opera Theatre for multiple-week sessions of masterclasses with the conductors, directors and singers from current productions; private coachings with MOT's professional music staff preparing their assigned comprimario roles for the season's productions; and many rehearsals and performances, designed to assist them in making the transition from student to professional. Additionally during the 1993-94 season, the company will also train and utilize production apprentices in the areas of stage management, stage direction and costuming.

Since its inception, Michigan Opera Theatre has been committed to the development ofyoung American talent, and regards with pride those who have gone on to establish careers in the field. Many singers as well as several company production and artistic staff have returned

to MOT in full professional capacities after apprenticeships with the company. Furthermore, the list of now prominent artists who made their debuts or had early starts with MOT is impressive; Carmen Balthrop, Kathleen

Battle, Rockwell Blake, Richard Cowen, Maria Ewing, Terese Fedea, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Rebecca Luker, Catherine Malfitano, Leona Mitchell, David Parsons, Kathleen Segar, Neil Schicoff and Victoria Vergara, among others.

For further information on auditions and application requirements for the Apprentice Program, please dial the MOT Production Office at (313) 874-7850.

The Joyce H. Cohn Apprentice Award Fund recipient . Josh Rhodes, 1992-93 DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Apprentice Award . Meghan Hakes, 1992-93 Fall 1993 Apprentices. Charles Edwin Spencer, Canton, OH . Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Troy, MI. Tracey Plester, Ann Arbor, MI

Clarinet Diane Bredesen Robert L. Morency Brian Bowman Personnel Atanager James Morisi Principal Colleen O'Shaughnessey*

Jane Carl Detroit Federation of Tracy Plester* Atusicians, Local #5, David Podulka

Bassoon American Federation of Joseph Anthony Pokorski Kirkland D. Ferris Atusicians. Jonathan D. Pratt Principal David Reilly

*String sections listed John Riley Horn alphabetically John Schmidt Susan Mutter Kenneth R. Shepherd Principal Robert Louis Stevens

Carrie Banfield Chorus John S. Stewart Judith Szefi

Trumpet Brent D. Billock Jim Talpos

Orchestra Violoncello Brian Rood Bonnie Brooks Dean Unick

Violin I Nadine Deleury Principal Gregory L. Bryant Grace Ward

Charlotte Merkerson Principal Gordon Simmons Adam Carey James R. Wells

Diane Bredesen Patrick Jay Clampitt Jim Wilking Concertmaster Minka Christoff Trombone Mary Margaret Clennon Jane Wood Kathleen Brauer

Velda Kelly Maury Okun Amy Dolan Contrabass Principal Alvis-Wayne Duncan The American Guild of Randolph Margitza Derek Weller Greg Near Vanessa Ferriole Atusical Artists is the Theodore Schwartz Principal Louise A. Fisher official union of the

Violin II Peter Guild Timpani Scott B. Fisher Atichigan Opera Theatre

Victoria Haltom Gregory White Yvonne M. Friday vocal performers. Flute Principal Michael Hammonds

Principal Pamela J. Hill Jeanine Head

Anna Bittar Principal Percussion Lorna Young Hildebrandt

Angelina Carcone Laura Larson John F. Dorsey Glen Holcomb

Viola Principal Donald Jackson Oboe Jeff Krueger

Jessica Nance Rebecca Hammond Harp Cecelia Mac-Smith Principal Patricia Terry-Ross Kim Millard

Ann Augustin Principal James Mackey Moore

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Not only does Michigan Opera Theatre perform its mainstage se~so? in Detroit, it champions the company name throughout MIchIgan all year through the Department of Community

Programs. The Department is currently celebrating its fifteenth anniversary.

Founded in 1978, MOT's award-winning Department is nationally known for its innovative and comprehensive programming. Offering entertainment and education for all ages, the Department provides approximately 300 services a year and reaches almost 100,000 people throughout Michigan with full and one-act operas and operettas, musical revues and age appropriate school performances and classes.

Full operas and operettas are part of the Opera-in-Residence format with professional MOT Community Programs Artists residing on location, giving school programs during the week days with the full performance on the weekend featuring MOT artists and a community chorus. Mini-residencies can also be created by combining any of our season's offerings for your community.

Through the years the Department has commissioned five one-act operas. Many of these have combined music with an important topic, such as family life, American history and geography, and the dangers of smoking. Additionally, it has presented nine Michigan and five national premieres of new works; written seven educational revues for students; created twenty-two Broadway, popular music and opera revues for adults; and has received over seventy-five commissions to write original productions. Almost twenty in-depth papers and curriculum programs have been created or commissioned by the Department including educational radio and television programs.

The 1993-94 Season: Celebrating American Composers This year, the Department of Community Programs features five

works by contemporary American composers. Michigan Opera Theatre is proud to be, according to the national service organization OPERA America, the only opera company in the U.S. to present this broad and comprehensive a repertory of contemporary music. Through the presentation and commissioning of such important American works, the Department is fulfilling its missi()fl to foster fWolfe consumers and creat()fS of opera.

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You can celebrate American composers with us by donating a children's opera to an elementary school or by booking one for your club, home or business.

For Children My House is Too Small- Maw Aprahamwn Ms. Aprahamian is

one of the nation's foremost women composers. She has received many commissions for her work including one from the United Nations for the world congress of churches.

A proponent of the "Create An Opera" concept, Aprahamian was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera Guild to create this opera offering children an opportunity to contribute words, music and artwork. My House is Too Small is based on a European folk tale.

The Tiger of Chungshan - Nicholas Scarim Based on a Chinese folk tale, Tiger was commissioned by Downtown Music Productions in New York City. Scarim is currently working on a commission to create a musical theater piece out of George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan.

The Night Harry Stopped Smoking - Dabrusin and Davies Harry is an anti-smoking musical, in which Harry takes a trip to his lungs and, with the help of two cells, Fred and Ginger, learns the harm he causes his body by smoking. Opera News recently stated that it is one of the ten most frequently performed productions by North American opera companies. Michigan performances of Harry are sponsored in part by the American Lung Association of Southeast Michigan.

Cheering Up a Princess - Richard Berent and Douglass Braverman This song-writing duo has also created works for the local Peanutbutter Players and former Detroit chanteuse Sheri Nichols. MOT Community Programs commissioned Princess in 1990 to teach children the joys of reading and libraries.

For Teens to Adults La Pizza con Funghi (The Pizza with Mushrooms) - Seymour

Barah This award-winning operatic spoof is back by popular demand to delight high school students and adults, opera lovers and opera novices. Mr. Barab is one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century, having written almost one hundred full-length and one-act operas as well as innumerable orchestral works, art songs and chamber music.

From Broadway to Hollywood. A revue of musical favorites that either were originated for or converted to the silver screen.

Workshops Create-an-Opera has been a departmental program since 1978.

Department founder and director, Karen VanderKloot DiChiera, teaches the program to students throughout Michigan and the country. This season Create-an-Opera will be enjoyed by schools in the Detroit Metropolitan area and in the Flint Community Schools.

For information on all activities of the Department and for bookings, contact Community Programs Sales Manager, Dolores Tobis at (313) 874-7894.


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Volunteers are the Heart of Michigan Opera Theatre

The 1993 - 1994 season is not just a season of pageantry, passion, power, but it is also a season that spotlights the MOT volunteer. Our nearly quarter century of activity has only been possible through the efforts of many dedicated individuals

contributing their time and resources in support of Michigan Opera Theatre's mission.

This dedicated support has been through a variety of forms and has encompassed individuals and corporations participating on the Board of Directors, operating the Opera Boutique, providing hospitality to visiting artists, and hosting a cavalcade of social fundraising events.

The Board of Directors of Michigan Opera Theatre has recognized the impact volunteer participation and leadership has on developing the company for our growth into the Detroit Opera House. On June 8, 1993, the Board created a standing committee to revitalize and encourage volunteerism within the organization, combining innovative responses to our changing volunteer community with the success of the past.

This committee, the Volunteer Association Committee, has launched the Volunteer Association this season by identifying the common interests of volunteers and encouraging participation at all levels of the company. Under the leadership of Gloria A. Clark, a dedicated group of 27 enthusiastic individuals have stepped forward to form a volunteer structure that can be responsive to all volunteers. We encourage you to join us during our initial year, and to continue to be the most vital part in the growth of Michigan Opera Theatre.

Volunteer Association Members receive: BRAVO, MOT's informative news magazine Volunteer Association Membership Card Inclusion in the Volunteer Association Invitation Directory Invitation to attend a Dress Rehearsal of a MOT production Special Volunteer Events

Your $25 annual membership in the Volunteer Association helps to support the ongoing activities and programs of Michigan Opera Theatre, and is full tax- deductible as a contribution to a 501(c)3 organization.

The Michigan Opera Theatre Volunteer Association is an exciting volunteer initiative whose purpose is to promote a solid base of volunteer support for Michigan Opera Theatre. To receive information on how can participate as an MOT volunteer, please contact the MOT Volunteer Association Membership Chairman at 6519 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202; or call (313) 874- 7850 to receive a membership brochure.

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Volunteer Association Committee Gloria A. Clark, Chairman

Queenie Sarkisian, Membership Chairman Betty Bright, Publicity

Bill Shultz, Finance Chairman Nancy Moore, Secretary

Robert E. Dewar, David DiChiera, Cameron B. Duncan, Sharon Gioia, Kurt Howard, Vicki Kul is, Jacque Mularoni, Lorraine

Schultz, Marge Slezak, C. Thomas Toppin, Inge White, Committee Members

Opera League of Detroit Young Professionals Carol Larson Wendzel, Chairman Lisa and Jeff Toenniges, Chairmen

Friends of the Ballet Volunteers , Etc. Kay and Gary Laehn, Chairmen Dolores Sackett, Chairman

The core of Michigan Opera Theatre 's involvement in the community, these fun groups are important to bringing new people into the social whirl of the opera world. Their events have all the glitter and glamour of grand opera and ballet; they make a significant impact on providing financial support to Michigan Opera Theatre. These friends gather throughout the year, drawn together by common interests and goals.

Office Volunteers Jeanette Pawlaczyk, Chairman

Help with addressing mailings and the many day- to- day tasks that keep our wheels turning

Opera Boutique Terry Shea, Chairman

Assist in the marketing and design of MOT related opera and ballet gift items

Opera House Ambassadors Cliff Peters, Chairman

Learn the fascinating history of the Detroit Opera House and share your expertise with others

Education & Outreach Bernie Quinlan, Chairman

Help to create and promote programs that serve the entire state of Michigan

MOT Movers Nancy Krolokowski , Chairman

Assist in the "care and feeding" of MOT's visiting artists and dignitaries

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Corporate Signal Benefactors $50,000 and above Ameritech Chrysler Corporation Ford Motor Company General Motors Corporation

Major Benefactors $25,000-$49,999 ANR Pipeline Co. Hudson 's Department Store Co. Kmart Corporation

Benefactors $15,000-$24,999 Cadillac Motor Car/General Motors Corp. Comerica, Inc. Consumers Power Foundation Detroit Edison Foundation Michigan National Corp. NBD Bank

Fellows $10 ,000-$14,999 AlliedSignal Foundation Saks Fifth Avenue Tiffany & Co. United Technologies Automotive

Sustainers $5,000-$9,999 Alcoa Foundation Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan Deloitte and Touche Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Michigan Consolidated Gas Company

Patrons $2,500-$4,999 AAA Michigan Bozell Worldwide, Inc. Dickinson Wright Moon VanDusen

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Michigan Opera Theatre gratefully acknowledges its generous corporate, foundation and individual donors whose contributions were made between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 1993. Their generosity plays an integral part in the Company 's financial stability, necessary for producing quality grand opera, musical theatre and classical ballet. In addition to enjoying outstanding entertainment on the stage, MOT contributors are offered a number of benefits which allow them to observe the many phases of opera production, meet the artists and experience other "behind the scenes" opportunities. For more information on becoming involved in these exclusive and exciting donor benefits and services, contact the Development Department (313) 874-7850.

Donors $1,000-$2,499 3M / Detroit Sales Center ABB Paint Finishing Arbor Drugs, Inc. BASFCorp. Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn CME-KHBB Advertising Chrysler & Plymouth Dealers Advertising Coopers & Lybrand Dura Mechanical Components, Inc. Durr Industries, Inc. Eagle Packaging Corp. Eaton Corp. Electro - Wire Products, Inc. Ernst and Young Findlay Industries, Inc. Gencorp Automotive General Electric Company General TireIDetroit Automotive Sales Greater Detroit Jeep Eagle Dealers Hachette Magazines Handleman Company ITT Automotive 1.c. Penney Company, Inc. Johnson Controls, Inc. Johnson Matthey, Inc. Kelly Services Inc. Lintas: Campbell-Ewald Lobdell-Emery Manufacturing Co. Masland Industries Metropolitan Life Foundation Monroe Auto Equipment Co.lTenneco Auto. NYT Sports Leisure Magazines Ogilvy & Mather Prestolite Wire Corp. Prince Corporation Reader's Digest Sales & Service Inc. Ross Roy Inc. Standard Federal Bank Textron Inc. Thyssen Steel Company Times Mirror Magazines Tri-County D.A.A/Crestwood Dodge Young & Rubicam-Detroit

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Contributors $500-$999 A.G. Simpson Company Ltd. Adamo Demolition,

A Division of Mich. Construction Arvin North American Automotive Atlas Tool, Inc. Becker Manufacturing, Inc. CBS Television Network CIGNA Special Risk Facilities Casey Communications Management, Inc. Central Transport Inc. City Management Corporation Cold Heading Company Consolidated Rail Corporation Crain Communications Inc. D' Arcy, Masius, Benton & Bowles Delta Dental Fund Detroit Center Tool, Inc. Discovery Networks Donnelly Corporation Eaton Corp. - Engine Components Division Elsa Corporation Fabricated Steel Products Farbman/Stein Management Company Forbes Inc. Giddings and Lewis, Inc. Golin/Harris Co. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Grubb & Ellis Company Harmony House Records & Tapes 1. Walter Thompson USA Kenwal Products Corporation Lamb Technicon Corporation Leroy Industries Inc. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Loomis Sayles & Co. Inc. Marsh & McLennan Inc. Marvin Gottlieb Associates, Inc. NW Ayer, Incorporated National Geographic Magazine Newsweek Northern Engraving Corporation PVS Chemicals Inc. R.E. Dailey & Company Robert Bosch Corporation Schlegel North American Automotive Oper. Security Bancorp Shell Oil Foundation

Simpson Industries Inc. TRW Fastener Division Takata, Inc. The Budd Company Time Inc. Towers, Perrin, et al. Trico Products Corporation Trinova Corporation, Aeroquip Division U.S. Manufacturing Corporation U.S. News and World Report Westwood One Companies Woodbridge Sales & Engineering, Inc. ZF Industries, Inc. Ziebart International Corp.

Supporters $100-$499 A & E Communications Corporation A P Parts Manufacturing Co. A. G. De Lorenzo Associates, Inc. ABC Radio Network Accuride CorporationlPhelps Dodge Albaum, Maiorana & Associates, Inc. Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. Alcoa Fusikura Limited (AFLIPEP) Aldoa Company Alma Products Company American Bumper & Mfg.Co. American Fibrit, Inc. American President Automotive Redist. Aristeo Construction Armstrong & Meissner Inc. Arnold Hirsch Communication Services Audio Services, Inc. Augat Wiring & Components Automotive Industrial Sales Inc. B & W Cartage Company Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker Behr Systems, Inc. Bock & Associates Breed Automotive Inc. BridgestonelFirestone Trust Fund Buchanan Company, The C.A. Muer Corporation CUNA Mutual Insurance Group Carhartt, Inc. Carron & Company Chamberlain Realtors Charfoos & Christensen, P.c.


Charles M. Campbell Company Clayton -de Windt Associates, Inc. Conklin Benham Ducey Listman & Chuhran Corrigan Moving & Storage Crissman Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. Daikin Clutch Corporation David e. Adams and Son Surveyors Davis Industries, Inc. Dearborn Federal Savings Bank Delaco Steel Corporation Detroit Business Women's Assoc. Detroit Heading Co. Inc. Detroit Monitor Dold, Spath and McKelvie Dominion Tool & Die Co. Inc. Englehart Sales Service Exotic Metals, Inc. Fabex Inc. Federal Screw Works First American Title Insurance Company Flavin Associates, Inc. Forberg Scientific Inc. Frank B. Hall & Co. of Michigan Frank's Nursery & Crafts Inc. Fritz Enterprises GKN Automotive Inc. GTE Products Corporation GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Geauga Company General Dynamics Land Systems George Williams Interiors, Ltd. Grant - Durban, Inc. Grunwell-Cashero Company Inc. H & L Tool Co. Inc. Harman Automotive Inc. Hartle & Heth, Inc. Hawthorne Metal Products Health Enrichment Center, Inc. Hines Park Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. Hofley Manufacturing Company Huntington Banks of Michigan Huron, Inc. Indian Head Industries Inc. [ndustrial Experimental & Manufacturing International Jensen Inc. Jernberg Industries Jidosha Kiki Co. LTD John E. Green Co. John V. Carr and Son, Inc. Jorgenson Ford Joscelyn & Treat, P.e. Kaul Glove & Manufacturing Company Kawasaki Robotics (USA), Inc. Kelsey-Hayes Co. Kelvyn Ventour Promotions Inc. Kemp, Klein, Umphrey & Endelman, P. C. Kenneth NeumannlJoel Smith & Associates Key Plastics, Inc. Kingsbury Corporation Kirk & McCargo, P.c. Krug Lincoln-Mercury Inc. Lason Systems Inc. Law, Weathers and Richardson Leo Burnett Company, Inc. M.S.I. Warren Stamping

MM[ Inc. MTD Products Inc. Maddin, Hauser, Wartell & Roth Madias Brothers Inc. Maintenance Services, Inc. Mattar Financial Corp. Mayne-McKenny McGraw - Hill, Inc. (Business Week) Mead Data Central, Incorporated Michigan Disposal Inc. Michigan Group Realtors Milwaukee Investment Company Motor City Ford Truck, Inc. Multifastener Corporation NGK - Locke, Incorporated NGK Spark Plugs (USA), Inc. National Bank of Royal Oak National Lumber Company Newcor, Inc. Newland Medical Associates, P.c. Neyer, Tiseo & Hindo Ltd. Nippondenso Sales Inc. Nissan Trading Norfolk Southern Corp./Foundation North Brothers Ford, Inc. Ogihara America Corporation Olsonite Corp. PPG Industries Foundation Pangborn Design, LTD Paulstra CRC Corporation Perry Drug Stores, Inc. Petersen Publishing Company Plastech Engineered Products Plastomer Corporation Price Waterhouse R.J . Tower Corporation R.L. Polk & Company Radar Industries Inc. Ritter-Smith Inc. RogindfParker Inc. S & H Fabricating & Engineering Inc. SKF Automotive Business Unit Siegel-Robert Inc. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates Inc. Sparton Engineered Products, Inc. Sports Impact Stu Evans Lincoln-Mercury Superior Industries International, Inc. Superior Plastic Inc.

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1993 Opera Ball Live Auction Donors Mrs Maggie Allesee American Airlines Mr & Mrs Donald Bortz Chrysler Corporation Neiman-Marcus Franco Moretti Frank Stella The Somerset Collection Mr and Mrs David Weinberg Mr. and Mrs Robert Wendzel

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Space does not permit Michigan Opera Theatre to thank the many contributors to the 1992 Opera Ball Silent Auction. However, we are deeply grateful for the outstanding support we received from the over 100 individuals and corporations that donated items for the Auction.

Foundation & Government Support Government Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts

Signal Benefactors $50,000 and above The Skillman Foundation

Benefactors $15,000-$24,999 DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Knight Foundation Matilda R. Wilson Fund McGregor Fund

Fellows $10,000-$14,999 Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation James & Lynelle Holden Fund The Samuel L. Westerman Foundation David M. Whitney Fund

Sustainers $5,000-$9,999 Hudson-Webber Foundation

Donors $1,000-$2,499 Drusilla Farwell Foundation Young Woman's Home Association

Contributors $500-$999 Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation The Clarence and Jack Himmel Foundation Meyer and Anna Prentis Family Fdtn. Inc.


Impresario Circle $10,000 and above Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Dewar Dr. & Mrs. Sam B. Williams

Major Benefactors $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Mr. & Mrs. J. Addison Banush Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Benton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George Strumbos Mr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Townse Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Mr. & Mrs. R. Alex

Mrs. Aaron H. Gershens Mr. & Mrs. Preston B. Happel Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hermelin Dr. & Mrs. Richard W. Kulis Mrs. Ruth Mott Mr. & Mrs. Marco Nobili Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Poling Mr. & Mrs. Irving Rose Mr. & Mrs. David P. Ruwan Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Schneidewind Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Schwendemann Mr. Richard A. Sonenklar Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. James 1. Trebilcott Mrs. Richard Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Webb Mrs. Beryl Winkelman

Fellows $1,500-$2,499 Mrs. Robyn 1. Arrington, Sr. The Hon. & Mrs. Edward Avadenka Mr. Charles A. Bishop Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Bright The Hon. & Mrs. Avem L. Cohn

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Rodkey Craighead Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Cregar Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Curtis Julia Donovan Darlow & John O'Meara Lady Easton Mrs. Charles M. Endicott Ms. Hilda R. Ettenheimer Mrs. Benson Ford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Frohlich Mr. & Mrs. John C. Griffin Mrs. Robert M. Hamady Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Han

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Mr. & Mrs. Roben C. VanderKloot Mr. J. Ernest Wilde Mr. Larry Winget Mr. & Mrs. Stanley 1. Winkelman Mrs. Minoru Yamasaki

Luminary $250-$499 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Adams Mrs. Emilia Arnold Ms. Rena Axner Mrs. Alana Baker Ms. Lindsay Bard Mrs. Jack Beckwith Mr. & Mrs. W. Victor Benjamin Mr. Stanislaw Bialoglowski Dr. & Mp.;. Eric Billes Dr. Edwin C. Blumberg Ms. Ruth Bozian Dr. & Mrs. Sander J. Breiner Ms. Mary C. Caggegi Dr. Joseph L. Cahalan Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Calcagno Mr. John F. Casey Mr. David Chivas Mr. & Mrs. Roben Closson Ms. Judith Collier Mr. Kenneth Collinson Mr. & Mrs. Claude H. Cooper Mrs. Ellen R. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. George D. Cowie Dr. & Mrs. Victor Curatolo Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Czapor Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Danielson Ms. JoAnne Danto Mr. & Mrs. William J. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Richard DeBear Mr. Edwin A. Desmond, Jr. Mrs. Louise W. Deutch Mr. David Dewindt Dr. & Mrs. Diaz Mr. & Mrs. Steve Djelebian Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Dreffs Mr. & Mrs. George P. Duensing Drs. Paula and Michael Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Peter P. Dusina, Jr. Ms. Anne Edsall Mr. & Mrs. Abram Epstein Dr. Doris B. Erickson Dr. & Mrs. Jalil Farah Ms. Maureen Fedeson Mr. & Mrs. John C. Fitch Mr. & Mrs. William F. Flournoy Mr. & Mrs. Harry S. Ford, J r. Mrs. Anthony C. Fonunski Mrs. M. B. Foster Mr. Earl A. Foucher Mr. Benjamin Frank

Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Frankel Mr. Joseph J. Franzem Mr. & Mrs. David M. Fried Dr. & Mrs. William R. Fulgenzi Ms. Mary Ann Fulton Mr. Allan D. Gilmour Mr. & Mrs. Manin Goldman Mrs. Jacqueline Gordon Ms. Gloria D. Green Dr. & Mrs. Charles M. Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Leslie R. Hare Ms. Susan Hanrick Mr. Richard H. Headlee Dr. & Mrs. Jack H. Henzler Dr. & Mrs. Leon Hochman Ms. Louise Hodgson Dr. Richard Lee Hogan Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Hurwitz Mrs. Rita Johnston Ms. Rosemary Joliat Mr. Sterling C. Jones, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Howard C. Joondeph Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Keirn Mrs. Joyce Ann Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel 1. Kelly Ms. Antoinette Kemp Mr. Dennis M. King Mr. & Mrs. John A. Kirlin Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kline Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Knapp Ms. Selma and Ms. Phyllis Kom Mr. James F. Korzenowski Rev. Ralph E. Kowalski Ms. Maritza Sabbagh Kozora Mr. & Mrs. John A. Kruse Mr. & Mrs. Lee E. Landes Ms. Ann Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Bruce T. Leitman Mr. & Mrs. Yale Levin Mr. William L. Libby, Jr. Bonnie Ligon Mr. Thomas A. Lindsay Miss Elizabeth A. Long Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Lunghamer Mr. & Mrs. William O. Lynch Mr. Earle D. Lyon Mr. Norman Mackie Archbishop Adam J. Maida Mr. & Mrs. Roben M. Mair Dr. & Mrs. Saul Z. Margules Mr. Charles H. Marks Ms. Katherine McCullough Dr. Thomas G. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Angus 1. McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Meininger Mr. & Mrs. Alben A. Miller Mr. Ralph Miller Dr. & Mrs. Van C. Momon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. G.O. Herben Moorehead, Jr. Mr. Michael J. Morrison Mr. Ronald K. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Earl A. Mossner Dr. David Muhammad Mr. & Mrs. Germano L. Mularoni Mrs. Helen M. Muzleski Mr. & Mrs. Adolph J. Neeme Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. Donald Nitzkin Rev. Thaddeus J. Ozog Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Parcells, Jr. Mr. Steven C. Pavelka Miss V. Beverly Payne Dr. Eugene Perrin Dr. & Mrs. P.c. Pesaros Ms. Luba Petrusha Ms. Irene & Gloria Piccone Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Pitts Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Place Dr. & Mrs. Peter 1. Polidori Mr. Abraham L. Raimi Drs. Renato and Daisy Ramos Mr. & Mrs. Ward Randol, Jr. Mr. Daryl J. Reece Mr. & Mrs. John J. Riccardo Mr. & Mrs. Horace 1. Rodgers Ms. Alice L. Rodriguez Mrs. Peter Ronan Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Rose Mr. Hugh C. Ross Mr. & Mrs. David Runyon Dr. & Mrs. William H. Salot Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sandberg Mr. & Mrs. John & Aileen Sanders Mr. & Mrs. William Sandy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Saull Mr. Louis Schione Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley Sears Mr. & Mrs. Mark Shaevsky Ms. Ellen Sharp Dr. & Mrs. Les I. Siegel Dr. Dale Sillix


Mr. & Mrs. Pctcr Silveri Mr Donald Briedrick Ms. Helen Fogel Ms. Valerie L. Smith Mr & Mrs. Gerald Bright Ms. Phyllis Fostcr Ms. Phyllis Funk Snow Mr Gary Brown Mr & Mrs. Harold L. Frank Mr & Mrs. Nathan D. Sobennan Mr & Mrs. Leon Brown Mr John Frank Drs.WiliiamP. Mr. & Mrs. Wesley M. Brown Mr Richard Frank

& Frances L. Sosnowsky Mr Harvey Burley Ms. Pennylyn Franz Mrs. John Spencer David and Gail Burnett Me. & Mrs. Douglas A. Fraser Mr Richard Steinhelper Ms. Judy Burrell Me. Thomas T. Frasier Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Stella Me. & Mrs. Lcster Burton Me. & Mrs. Ri chard Freedland Ms. El izabeth S. Sublette Mr. & Mrs. Siegfried Buschmann Mr & Mrs. Howard Fridson Mr. B. John Surma Mr. Dale A. Buss Ms. Onalee M. Frost Mr & Mrs. Norman J. Tabor, Jr. Dr. Gabriel Camero Mr & Mrs. Earl Gabrie l Ms. Irene Tarjany Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Campbell Dr. Juan Ganum Mr & Mrs. Merrill D. Thomas Mr Willi am F. Canever Mr Carl Gardecki Mrs. Edward D. Thomson Mr. Richard Carncross Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Gardner David Kinsella and Joyce Urba Ms. Sally Ann Carte r Dr. & M". George Garwood Dr Joseph Valentin, DDS Mr & Mrs. Samuel A. Cascade Innan Gelhausen Mr & Mrs. Dante Vannelli Mr Clifton G. Casey Mr. & Mrs. John R. Ge nitt i The Hnn. Myron H. Wah Is, Sr Mrs. Lola Cesini Mr & Mrs. Byron H. Gerson Ms. Helen Wainio Ms. Carol Chadwick Dr & Mrs. Robert A. Gerisch Dr & Mrs. Richard H. Walker Mr & Mrs. Grant C. Chave Mrs. Mary An ne Gibson Miss Evel yn A. Warren Mr & Mrs. Edward Cherney Mr Hugh Gill MrW N.Warren Mr & Mrs. Donald H. Chmura Dr & Mrs. Leonard Glinski Mr & Mrs. Seymour Weissman Mr Donald Chojnacki Mr & Mrs. Michael M. Glusac Dr. & Mrs. William 1. Westcott Ms. Eleanor A. Ch ri stie Mrs. Dorothy Goeddeke Mr & Mrs. Jnhn D. Whee ler Ms. Helen Chytil Dr. & Mrs. Joel Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Henry Whiting, Jr. Mr. Thomas P. Cies lik Dr. & Mrs. Paul Goodman Ms. Hildegard Wintergerst Dr. & Mrs. Albeno Cohen Mr. Eugene Garela 'Ar. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Witkowski Mrs. Adelina C. Colby Ms. Jane Ade le Graf Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Witulski Mr. & Mrs. Ted Coleman Ms. Sheryl Grant Dr. & Mrs. Jose E. Yanez Mr. & Mrs. Michael Collier Ms. Remona Green Mrs. Thomas I. Young - Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Colman YIr. Seymour D. Greenstone

Tuesday Musicale Ms. Jane Colsher Mr. & Mrs. F. W Gridley Mr. & Mrs. Roben P. Young Mr. & Mrs. James M. Colville Mr. Henry M. Grix Mr. Matthew Zelenak Dr. & Mrs. Juli us V. Combs Mr. & Mrs. Robert Groff Ms. Barbara Lockard Zimmerman Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Conerway, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Grossman Mr. David Zimmerman Mr. William Connor Ms. Monique Grotloh

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald S. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Groves Supporte rs Dr. & Mrs. Ralph R. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Carson C. Gruncwald

5120 -5249 Mr. Robert Corr Mr. Nizami Hal im Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A Cosma Mrs. Robert Hamilton

Miss Mary M. Abbott Mrs. Joyce Counts Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Hampson Mr. & Mrs. James S. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Covensky Mr. & Mrs. John Handloser Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Adams Dr. Warren W. Cowan Ms. Mary C. Harms Mr. David A. Agius Mrs. Rosa Mary Crawford Mr. & Mrs. James G. Hartrick Mr. Simon Agui lera Ms. Kathy S. Crosby Mr. & Mrs. Murray Hauptman Mr. William R. Aikens Mr. Wi lli am H. Cu lp Mr. Will iam Havenstein Dr. Peter Ajluni Mrs. Lorraine Cunningham Ms. Jill Pollock Mr. & Mrs. Richard Alder, Jr. Mrs. Eva Curry & Mr. John Hayosh 'Ar. & Mrs. Edward F. Allwcin Mr. & Mrs. Donald Cutler Ms. Marjori S Hecht Mr. Augustine Amaru Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Cutler Mr. & Mrs. J. Theodore HeOey Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Amelotte Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Dacko Dr. & Mrs. Alan T. Hennessey Ms. Sachiko An Mrs. Dianna M. Dahn Mr. & Mrs. Charles L Henri tzy Mr. David Anderson Dr. J. M. Vcrmculen Dr. & Mrs. Michael Hepner Mr. Charlie Antal & Mr. C. L. Daniel Mr. Harvey Hershey Mr: & Mrs. Haro ld Arnoldi Mr. Robert Daniel s Dr. & Mrs. 1. Gilberto Higucra Mr. & Mrs. John A. Ashton Mr. David A. Darby Ms. Ruth K. Hill Rosati Assocaites P.c. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Davis Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A Hillman Mrs. Geraldine Atki nson Mr. Mark Davis Dr. & Mrs. Bohdan Hnatiuk Ms. Doris Bailn Mr. William A. Day Ms. Peggy Hoblaek Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Balda Mr. William J. De Biasi Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hoe lscher Ms. Patricia Ball Mr. & Mrs. Lou is DcMcllo Ms. Donna Holycross Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Barclae Mr. & Mrs. Armando Delicato Mr. Frederick G. L. Huetwell Ms. Lenie Barge Mr. Fred Deutsch Mr. Jack Hufford Dr. & Mrs. David H. Barker Mr. James P. Diamond Miss Judi th Jdris Mr. & Mrs. C. Robert Barnard Mr. M. F. Dipzinski Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham Mr. Ruben A. Barnhart Mr. Jeffrey IV. Doan Mr. & Mrs. Alan Israel Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Dr. & Mrs. Herbert H. Dobbs Mr. Murray E. Jackson Ms. Treva Bass Miss Ruth G. Doberenz Mr. & Mrs. Zoltan J. Janos i Dr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Bassett Ms. Leata Dockett Mr. & Mrs. Leonard C. Jaques Mr. Carl E. Battishi ll Mr. & Mrs. John F. Dolan Mr. Samuel Jassenoff Mr. Alan Beale Mr. & Mrs. Harold Doremus Mr. Willy Jenkins Ms. Joyce E. Beasley Mrs. Patricia A. Dresch Dr. & M;s. Arthur J. Joh nson Dr. & Mrs. Jacques Beaudoin Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Driker Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Johnson Mr. Dean Bedford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Dritsas Dr. & Mrs. Gage Johnson Mr. Raymond Benner Mr. & Mrs. Frank Dronsejko Dr. & Mrs. 1. Frederic Johnson Hon. & Mrs. Robert D. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Andre 1. Dubos Mr. Michael R. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Benson Mr. Marvin Dubrinsky Mrs. Ollie Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Ara Berberian Mrs. Saul H. Dunitz Ms. Marie M. Jones Mr. Seymour Berger Mr. & Mrs. William A. Dunning Ms. Ruth Jones Ms. Sondra L. Berlin Mr. Hans Duus Mr. Jefferson L Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Yale Bernstein Ms. Olga F. Dworkin Mr. & Mrs. Hennan Kaplan Mr. Roland L Bessette Dr. & Mrs. C. Rupert L Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Ms. Halina Beynski Mr. Mervin W. Eisen Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred Katz Mr. Francis Bialy Honorable & Mrs. S. J. Elden Mrs. Lau rie R. Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Maurice S. Binkow Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Elliott Ms. Sally Phelps Kaufman Mrs. Norman Bird Mr. & Mrs. Ri chard C. Ensign Ms. Suzanne H. Kaufman Mr. John Bisha Mr. & Mrs. Katsuhiko ELUchi Mr. Stan C Kazul Mr. & Mrs. R. Drummond Black Mr. Edd ie N. Fakhoury Dr. Annetta R. Kelly Mr. Leonard Blair Dr. & Mrs. Riad Farah Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Kelly Dr. & Mrs. John E. Blanzy Mr. Martin Farber Mrs. Helen A. Keydel Mr. & Mrs. Jerry M. Blaz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Fast Mr. & Mrs. Norman L Ki lgus Mr. Peter Blum Ms. Mary K. Fayerweather Mrs. Sidonie D. Knighton Mr. & Mrs. Norman Bodine Mr. George Fee Mr. Daniel B. Kolton Ms. Sandra Bohnenstiehl Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Feldstein Mr. Zigmund D. Konapski Mr. Russel H. Boismier Ms. Judith Fietz Mr. & Mr<;. T. Konwiak Mr.Chris Boylc Mr. & Mrs. Martin Figlen Mr. Douglas Koschik Mrs. Marguerite Boyle Dr. & Mrs. Lionel Finkelstein Ms. Joan Kowalski Mr. Micheal Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, III Dr. & Mrs. Vlado J. KOlUI Mr. & Mrs. Jack Bradford Ms. Shirley M. Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Karl A. Kreft Mr. & Mr;. Robert W. Bradley Mr. Roger Loeb Drs. Norman and Teresa Krieger Ms. Linda C. Brakke & Mr. Mark Flanders Mr. & Mrs. William Kropog Mr. Kevin Lee Branshaw Mr. Richard Fleck

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& Ms. Joan Rivel is Mr. Robert C. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Roger Robinson Mr. Peter J. Roddy Mrs. Paula Rogers Mr. Ronald A. Roguz Mr. Mitchell J. Romanowski Mr. Allan L. Ronquillo Ms. Dolores M. Rosenberg Drs. Albert and Rhoda Rosenthal Mr. Aaron R. Ross Ms. Lee Rossano-Nail Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Rota Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rotole Mr. & Mrs. Cas imi r B. Rozycki Mr. Richard O. Ruppel Mr. & Mrs. Luigi Ruscillo Ms. Marion E. Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Prentice Ryan Ms. Patricia Sandbothe Mr. Elmer E. Satnke Philip & Justine Savage Mr. & Mrs. Sid Savagc Dr. Karen L. Saxton Mr. James Scarborough Mr. & Mrs. Claus F. Schaefer Mrs. Emma L Schaver Mr. & Mrs. H. Schelberg Ms. Peggy M. Schley Mr. & Mrs. John Schmidt Dr. & Mrs. Irving R. Schmolka Mr. Richa rd Schott Mr. & Mrs. Karl F Schroedcr Mr. Michael Alan Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. M. U. Scott Mr. Andrew J. Seefried, Jr. Dr. Lawrence Seluk Ms. Grace Serra Mr. Ola M. Shackelford Dr. & Mrs. Howard S. Shapiro Dr. El ias A. Shaptini Mr. Robcrt L. Shaw Dr. & Mrs. John E. Shcard Mr. Michael J. Short Mr. Michael R. Shpiece Mr. Paul Siatczynski Dr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Siders Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Siegel Mrs. Elda Signori Mr. & Mrs. N. R. Skipper, Jr. Mr. Lee William Siazinski Dr. Rnben F. Sly Ms. Dorothy Smith Mr. & Mrs. Kurt B. Smith Mr. Martin Smith Mr. Raymond C. Smith Mrs. Roberta Smith Ms. Susan M. Smith Mrs. Alma J. Snider Mrs. Cyvia Snyder Dr. & Mrs. Robert 1. Sokol Dr. & Mrs. Lincoln E. Solberg Ms. Anne L Solomon Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Sonkin Ms. Anna M. Speck Mr. Stephen M. Stackpole Mr. Robert Stankewitz Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stark Ms. Eugenia Staszewski Miss Wanda Staszewski Mr. Patrick 1. Stock Mr. & Mrs. Gerald H. Stollman Ms. Angela Stone Mrs. CY Sumeghy Ms. Susan Surakomol Mrs. James M. Surbrook Ms. MaryM.

& Mr. Roben Sweeten Ms. Sheila Switzer Mr. John IV. Ssben Ms. Ma!.!dalen~ Szecsei Ms. Sha~on Szymczyk Miss Mary Ellen Tap pan Mr. & Mrs. Bun E. Taylor. Jr. Mrs. GladY> Tedlock Mrs. Willi'am A. Ternes Mr. & Mrs. John Terry Judge Sharon Tevis Finch Dr. & Mfl. L. Murras Thomas Mrs. Nona E. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. D. Thurber Mr. & Mrs. George Tiedeek Mr. John P. Tiern~y Mrs. Thomas S. Torgerson Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Townsend Mr. & Mrs. Ri chard E. Trapp Mr. & Mrs. R.S. Trotter Ms. Virginia Tucker Andrew T Turrisi MD, Esq . \1s. Patricia C. Turski Mr. & Mrs. Spartaeo Urbani Mr. & Mrs. El liott H. Valentinc Mr. Robert Vanwalleehem

Mrs. Kelv yn Vent;ur Mrs. An na Vitello Mr. Michael Vo,,1 Ms. Nell ie Waldrop Mr. & Mrs. George R. Walrod Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Walter Mrs. Kathryn N. Warren Ms. Ruby D. Washington Mr. & Mrs. Mau rice Wate r~

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AddltlmralCastlllg Ambrogio: John Stokes

An Officer: John Schmidt

Chorus Brent Billock

Gregory L. Bryant Patrick J. Clampitt

John Hopkins James Mackey Moore

Robert L. Morency Joseph Anthony Pokorski

Jonathan O. Pratt John Schmidt

Kenneth R. Shepherd Robert Louis Stevens

John S. Stewart James R. Wells

Superrtumerarles Dennis Aaron

Elizabeth Larke Pat Lewellen

Thomas Merenda Eric Moore Gary Moy Jan Stano

AI Wisnieski Sally Wisnieski

Courtney Yeager Bob Yost

There will be a 20 minute intermission after the second act. Patron Alert: This production uses strobe lights in the "Storm Scene" of

Act III.


DEDICATION

I should like to dedicate these performances of II Barbtere to my

dear friend and esteemed artist-teacher Italo Tajo, who passed

away this spring. I met Italo through Barbara Williams, who had

sung Rosina to his Don Basilio with the San Francisco Opera in the

mid 50s. In 1969, I invited him to sing the bassobuffo role of Don

Annibale in our Overture to Opera production of Donizetti's one

act opera II Campanello. The following year he returned to stage

our first full-length opera II Barbiere, featuring the profeSSional

debut of Detroit's Maria Ewing as Rosina. Italo lent his prestige

and support to my efforts to transform our education outreach

program into a professional company for Detroit and Michigan. As

a teacher at the Cincinnati Conservatory, he passed on his incom

parable understanding of the opera buffo style to many American

artists, including our Don Bartolo, Tom Hammons, who wishes to

dedicate the fmal performance on Saturday, November 6 to the

memory of ltalo and his widow Inelda, who will be in the audi

ence. On a personal note, the Tajos became godparents to our

daughter Usa upon her birth in 1967.

- David DtCbtera


THE MERRY WIDOW Additional Casting

Kromoff, Pontevedrlan military counsellor. John Riley Olga, his Wife. Amy Marie Dolan

Bogdanovitch, Pontevedrlan military attache. Karl Schmidt Sylviane, bis wife. Vanessa Ferriole

Pritschitsch, Pontevedrlan consul: Aaron Hunt Praskovia, bis Wife. Louise A. Fisher

Kirk Bookman replaces Kendall Smith as Lighting Designer

Chorus Bonnie Brooks

Adam Carey Mary Margaret Clennon

Amy Marie Dolan Alvis Duncan

Vanessa Ferriole Louise A. Fisher

Scott Fisher Yvonne M. Friday

John Halmi· Michael Hammonds

Jeanine Head Donald Jackson

Cecilia Mac-Smith Cynthia Merritt

Kim Millard Colleen O'ShaughnessY

Peggy O'Shaughnessy Tracy PlesterDavid Reilly Judith Szefi

James Talpos Dean Dnick Grace Ward

James Wilking Jane Wood

• MOT Young Artist Apprentice

Dancers Jane Bassett

Michael Finegan John Halmi* Molly Moons

Colleen O'ShaughnesseY-Vicki Parker

Tracy PlesterJane Shaffmaster Jeffrey Shubart Eddie Sugarman

There will be two fifteen minute intennissions.

Michigan Opera Theatre 1994 Spring Season at the

Masonic Temple

Turandot April 23, 27, 30 and May 1

ctndereUa May 6,7 and 8

Faust May 14, 18, 21 and 22


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