New York City Opera
Prima
Donna
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Feb 19 at 1:30pm; Feb 21, 23 & 25, 2012 at 7:30pm
Approx. running time: two hours and 25 minutes including one intermission
Composed by Rufus Wainwright
Libretto by Rufus Wainwright and
Bernadette Colomine
Conducted by Jayce Ogren
Production by Tim Albery
Associate direction by Joanna Turner+
Set and costume design by Antony McDonald+
Lighting design by Thomas C. Hase+
Movement by Philippe Giraudeau+
Movement preparted by Blanche Hampton
Projection designer William Reynolds
Projection supervisor Shawn Duan
Stage managers Peggy Imbrie, Betsy Ayer, Chad Zodrow
Assistant directors Mike Phillips, Andrew Chown
Prima Donna is made possible with the
generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation.
Leadership support is provided by Susan Baker
and Michael Lynch.
Prima Donna
Sunday, February 19, 2012
$25 tickets to this performance have been
made possible thanks to the generosity of
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation.
Prima Donna
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
$25 tickets to this performance have been
made possible thanks to the generosity of
two anonymous donors.
Cast
Régine Saint Laurent Marie Andre le Tourneur
Philippe Sophie
Melody Moore
Kathryn Guthrie Demos
Taylor Stayton+
Randal Turner+
Miranda Calderon+
+debut artist
US Premiere:
Feb 19, 2012, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival,
Sadler’s Wells, Luminato: Toronto Festival of Arts and
Creativity, and Melbourne International Arts Festival.
Prima Donna
Melody Moore
Taylor Stayton
Kathryn Guthrie Demos
Randal Turner
Miranda Calderon
SYNOPSIS
Act 1
Following a night of endless nightmares, Madame Saint Laurent is awake unusually early and surprisingly keen to spend time with her new maid, Marie. Marie has also had a sleepless night due to her
tempestuous husband, the confession of which frees Madame to share her own terrors of returning to
the stage after an unexplained six-year hiatus.
Madame tells Marie of the stage role of her life, Aliénor d’Aquitaine, Queen of both England and
France, who created love and romance. These two women, from opposite walks of life, find solace in
each other at a breaking point in both their lives.
Philippe, Madame’s butler and confidante, enters with his trusted companion, François. Philippe is
in his usual bad mood, having spent the whole morning finalizing arrangements for that afternoon’s
interview with Paris’ top journalist, André Le Tourneur, a rendezvous that Madame has, of course,
forgotten.
Philippe and François rush to prepare the apartment for the journalist’s imminent arrival. As they do,
Philippe once again tells François of the golden days when Madame was the Queen of Paris... until
the opening night of Aliénor six years ago, that one triumphant and disastrous performance after
which Madame never sang again. Lost in reverie, nostalgia, and regret, Philippe swears that he and
Madame will not make the same mistakes this time.
The doorbell rings and the journalist arrives. Philippe puts on a strong show with the help of François
and Marie who all welcome André into the glamorous world of Régine Saint Laurent, who makes her
grand entrance.
continues...
Prima Donna
synopsis continued...
The interview turns out to be more than Madame or André had imagined. Madame sees in him a
ghost from her past that begins to reveal the true story of what happened that fatal night six years ago.
André sees more than the legend he has adored since his university days. Romance blossoms in the
air and, within moments, they are around the piano, singing the iconic love duet from Aliénor. As the
passion and duet reach a climax, Madame’s heart and voice break down.
Philippe leaps in to save the day, Madame is put to rest under Marie’s care, and Philippe tries to placate André. Everyone attempts to comfort Madame, but there is something else blossoming inside her
heart, something lost for many years now. As the curtain falls, Madame surprises everyone.
Act 2
Marie wakens Madame from another nightmare, and tells her about love in her home of Picardie. She
teases Madame about her Parisian behavior with the journalist. Both women again find comfort in
each other.
Marie confronts Philippe about his plans to have the journalist return that evening to continue the
interview over dinner and the Bastille Day fireworks. Philippe erupts at Marie and reminds her of her
place in his household.
Back in her bedroom, Madame warms her voice and tries to understand why it failed her in front of
the journalist. While she can sing the precious high note in isolation, each time she tries to put words
and meaning into the music, she is again unable to reach the climactic note. Madame realizes that
she must confront what happened that glorious, tragic evening six years ago if she is ever to sing
Aliénor, or any opera, ever again. As she plays the legendary recording of her opening night, her mind
carries her back in time to her original performance of that very same love duet.
Henry, the King of England, prepares the garden to make love to his glorious Aliénor. When Madame
enters as Aliénor, it becomes clear that this performance was not merely two great artists acting out a
love story, but two souls passionately in love with each other, both on and offstage. Madame and her
leading tenor consume each other before their shocked audience and receive the curtain call of a god
and goddess.
Backstage that same night a young and infatuated Philippe has another love story in mind for himself
and Madame. But when Madame rejects his notions of love, he forces her to confront the painful truth
behind her obsessive love affair. It is a truth that breaks Madame’s heart and her will to sing forever.
Madame wakens from her reverie and declares her refusal to return to the stage. Philippe explodes
and unveils a color of himself to Madame that can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Philippe musters
every ounce of his remaining pride and makes his final exit from Madame’s life forever—just as the
doorbell rings for the journalist’s return.
The journalist, however, has an unpleasant surprise for Madame; although something deep inside of
her has changed forever, with utter grace and generosity she wishes him and his fiancée well.
André asks Madame for one last gesture before he leaves: would she sign his original album of
Aliénor? Madame does so, and she announces the end of her career to the journalist. But just before
he goes, she realizes that she would like the precious souvenir to be for someone closer to her
heart—Marie.
La Prima Donna signs her last autograph. Left alone in her apartment, Madame steps onto the balcony to watch the Bastille Day fireworks.
Who’s Who
Rufus Wainwright (composer and librettist)
Affectionately referred to by Elton John as “the
greatest songwriter on the planet” and praised by
The New York Times for his “genuine originality,”
Wainwright has established himself as one of the
great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. The son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright
III and Kate McGarrigle and brother of Martha
Wainwright, Mr. Wainwright has achieved his
success by carving out his own singular sound
in the worlds of rock, opera, theater, dance, and
film. Wainwright received Juno Awards for Best
Alternative Album in 1999 and 2002 for Rufus
Wainwright and Poses, respectively, and nominations for his albums Want Two (2005) and
Release the Stars (2008). He was nominated for
Songwriter of the Year in 2008 for Release the
Stars, which went gold in Canada and the UK.
He also composed the original music for choreographer Stephen Petronio’s work BLOOM which
has toured across the country. His record, Rufus
Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, was nominated for
a Grammy and was released concurrently with a
live DVD (Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy!
Judy!) capturing his celebrated Judy Garland
tribute performance at the London Palladium
in 2007. He composed a musical adaptation
of Shakespeare Sonnets with noted director
Robert Wilson at the Berliner Ensemble, which
premiered in April 2009 and was performed by
the San Francisco Symphony in November 2010
and in Chicago in August 2011. Wainwright’s
last live album was a recording from his Release
the Stars tour titled Milwaukee At Last!!!.
Wainwright has released eight albums and three
DVDs to date, and has appeared on numerous
soundtracks and compilations, collaborating with
artists like Elton John, David Byrne, Roseanne
Cash, Pet Shop Boys, and Keane. His newest
album, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu, was
released in 2010 to much critical acclaim.
Jayce Ogren (conductor) has rapidly developed a
reputation as one of the finest young conductors
to emerge from the US, equally at home in both
symphonic and operatic repertoire. In recent seasons, he has conducted the Boston Symphony,
Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, and the Grand Rapids Symphony. Ogren
made his New York debut in two programs with
the International Contemporary Ensemble under
the auspices of the Miller Theater. In addition,
he stepped in for James Levine in a last-minute
cancellation conducting the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, a challenging program that included
the world premiere of Peter Lieberson’s songcycle Songs of Love and Sorrow (with Gerard Finley). European guest engagements have included
the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin,
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony,
and the Asturias Symphony. On the opera stage,
Ogren made his Canadian Opera Company
debut with Stravinsky’s The Nightingale & Other
Short Fables. Following an invitation from New
York City Opera to conduct a staged production
of Mozart’s Magic Flute, he was subsequently
re-invited last season for a critically acclaimed
new production of Bernstein’s A Quiet Place,
which was a resounding success. This season,
Ogren makes his debut throughout Europe and
the US with the Copenhagen Philharmonic,
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Napa
Valley Symphony, and Berkeley Symphony, and
following a highly successful debut with the Asturias Symphony, he will return to this orchestra
for two separate periods (with pianist Joaquin
Achúcarro and baritone Gerald Finley). A native
of Hoquiam, WA, Ogren finished his tenure in
2009 as assistant conductor of the Cleveland
Orchestra and as music director of the Cleveland
Youth Orchestra, having been appointed by Franz
Welser-Möst. Ogren made his subscription debut
with the Cleveland Orchestra in May 2009 and
at the Blossom Festival in August that same year.
Tim Albery (production director)
Career highlights: Billy Budd, War and Peace,
and From the House of the Dead for English
National Opera; Cherubin for the Royal Opera
House; The Merry Widow and A Midsummer
Night’s Dream for the Metropolitan Opera; Götterdämmerung, Rodelinda, and Peter Grimes
with Canadian Opera Company; the Ring Cycle
and Don Giovanni for Scottish Opera; and Die
Zauberflöte for Santa Fe Opera. Other opera
Who’s Who
credits include: Kát’a Kabanová, La Finta Giardiniera, Don Carlos, Fidelio, The Midsummer
Marriage, Benvenuto Cellini, Simon Boccanegra,
Ariadne auf Naxos, La Wally, and The Marriage
of Figaro. Musical theater credits include Passion
and One Touch of Venus. Theater credits include:
Macbeth and Wallenstein for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Berenice for the Royal National
Theatre, Attempts on Her Life for the Royal Court
Theatre, and Nathan the Wise for Soulpepper.
Joanna Turner (associate director) directs theater
and opera in the UK both as a freelance director
and as artistic director of Baseless Fabric Theatre
Company. She holds an MA (Hons) in English literature and an MFA in staging Shakespeare. She
particularly enjoys working collaboratively with
playwrights and composers to create new work,
and is currently director-in-residence for Welsh
National Opera’s MAX department, creating and
directing Nine Stories High. She is also currently
working with British composer Jenny Gould and
librettist Rachel Barnett to adapt Thomas Hardy’s
short story The Withered Arm into a folk opera,
a project which has been supported by Arts
Council England, the National Theatre, and Opera North, while a work-in-progress performance
was shown at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival in
London in 2011. She was recently Jerwood Assistant Director at the Young Vic Theatre in London and revival director at Opera North, and has
worked as staff director at Welsh National Opera,
Scottish Opera, Opera North, and Shakespeare’s
Globe. She works for the literary departments of
Manchester Royal Exchange and Liverpool Everyman Theatres, including reading for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwrighting, and has directed
new plays at various London venues. Two of the
plays she created in collaboration with playwright
Francis Beckett have been published by Samuel
French. Forthcoming work includes associate
director on Carmen for Vlaamse Opera.
Antony McDonald (set and costume design)
Previously with Tim Albery: at the Metropolitan
Opera, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The
Merry Widow; The Midsummer Marriage and
The Trojans, both Opera North; Cherubin at Roy-
al Opera House; and Nabucco at Welsh National
Opera, ROH. McDonald is also director of his
own work, which includes: Wagner’s Ring Cycle,
finishing with Gotterdammerung this summer,
Manon, and King Priam, all for the Nationale Reisopera; Maria Stuarda for Opera North; Rusalka,
Wonderful Town, and Queen of Spades 2012 for
Grange Park Opera; Tsarevitch (South Bavarian
Theatre); The Knot Garden, Aida, and Samson
et Dalilah for Scottish Opera; and L’Enfant et les
Sortileges for Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 2012.
Other designs for opera: The Gambler for Royal
Opera House; Billy Budd for Oper Frankfurt and
Netherlands Opera; The Cunning Little Vixen for
Netherlands Opera; Pélleas et Mélisande for Opera North, Munich, and English National Opera;
and Giulietta for Paris Opera (revival 2006 and
Geneva 2012), all directed by Richard Jones;
and Manon Lescaut for Wiener Staatsoper,
directed by Robert Carsen. With Richard Jones,
he co-directed/designed Un Ballo in Maschera in
1999—2000 and La bohème in 2001—02 for
Bregenz Festival Lakestage. Designs for dance
include: Art of Touch and A Tragedy of Fashion
for Rambert; Pennies from Heaven, Carmen
(costumes), Alice, Cinderella, The Nutcracker,
and Sleeping Beauty for Scottish Ballet, all with
choreographer Ashley Page.
Thomas C. Hase (lighting designer)
Work in the US includes: Los Angeles Opera,
BAM, Seattle Opera, Minnesota Opera, Dallas
Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Goodspeed Opera,
Portland Opera, New Orleans Opera, Cincinnati
Playhouse in the Park, Center Stage Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Milwaukee
Repertory Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Maine State Music Theater, Syracuse Stage,
and the Geva Theatre. Recent design highlights
include: John Doyle’s Company on Broadway
and DVD release and The Rise and Fall of the
City of Mahagonny at Los Angeles Opera and
DVD release. International work includes: The
Barbican in London; Abbey Theatre; the Finnish,
Columbian, and Dutch National Operas; Opera
North, UK; Canadian Opera Company; Malmö
Opera in Sweden; the Luminato Festival Toronto;
Opera de Marseille; Staatstheater Kassel; Theater
Who’s Who
Erfurt; Bavarian State Opera; Vancouver Opera;
Singapore Arts Festival; Tokyo Metro Arts Center;
Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna at Sadler’s
Wells in London and in Toronto; Riverdance’s
Magik Macabre in Dublin; the European revival
of The Wiz for Stage Holdings in Holland; and
over 100 designs for theater, opera, and ballet
at the Stadttheater Giessen, Germany. As Ping
Chong’s lighting designer his work has been seen
worldwide. Concurrent with his many freelance
projects, Hase is the resident lighting designer
and director for the Cincinnati Opera.
Philippe Giraudeau (movement director)
As a choreographer and movement director
in opera he collaborated with Tim Albery on
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merry
Widow (Met Opera); From the House of the
Dead and Boris Godounov (ENO); Die Fliegender
Hollander (ROH); and Prima Donna. With Robert
Carsen: Semele, The Cunning Little Vixen, and
Kát’a Kabanová (Vlamsse Opera); Les Contes
d’Hoffmann, Alcina, Rusalka, and Tannhauser
(Opera Bastille, la Scala); Dialogues des Carmélites (Amsterdam); Der Rosenkavalier (Salzburg);
La Traviata (La Fenice); Elektra (Tokyo); Manon
Lescaut (Vienna); Il trovatore (Bregenz); Iphigénie en Tauride (Chicago); Salome (Turin); and
Rinaldo and Don Giovanni. With Richard Jones:
Jenufa, The Cunning Little Vixen (Amsterdam);
Juliette ou La clé des songes (Opera Garnier);
Pelléas et Mélisande (Opera North); The Trojans
(ENO); Un ballo in maschera and La bohème
(Bregenz); and Annie Get Your Gun (Young Vic).
With Stephen Langridge: Arianna in Creta (Reis
Opera), Tangier Tattoo (Glyndebourne), Otello
(Salzburg), La Damnation de Faust (Chicago),
and The Minotaur (Covent Garden). With
Antony McDonald: Aida, Samson et Dalila, and
Snatched by the Gods/Broken Strings (Scottish
Opera); and Wonderful Town (Grange Park).
With Daniel Kramer: Prima Donna (Manchester),
and Prick Up Your Ears. With John Fulljames:
Enchanted Pig (Young Vic), and From the House
of the Dead (Opera North).
Melody Moore (soprano, Régine Saint Laurent)
is one of America’s most exciting new talents.
A sought-after Mimi in La bohème, she has
performed the role with the San Francisco Opera,
English National Opera in a new production by
Jonathan Miller, and Opera Cleveland. She has
appeared with Los Angeles Opera as the Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro and in their
productions of Der Zwerg and Der Zerbrochene
Krug. Elsewhere, she has appeared with the
New Orleans Opera as Manon Lescaut, Orlando
Opera in the title role in Suor Angelica, and
the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra as Donna
Anna. This season, she appeared with English
National Opera as Marguerite in Des McAnuff’s
new production of Faust, Madison Opera as the
Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Hawaii Opera
Theater as Marguerite, and New York City Opera
as Rita Clayton in the New York premiere of
Stephen Schwartz’s Seance on a Wet Afternoon.
She debuted with the Bavarian Radio Symphony in concert performances and recording of
excerpts of Gordon Getty’s opera Plump Jack,
to be conducted by Ulf Shirmer. Next season
includes her return to the San Francisco Opera
as Susan Rescorla in the world premiere of Heart
of a Soldier and as First Lady in The Magic Flute.
Future seasons will see her in several productions at the Houston Grand Opera, including the
role of Martha in the North American premiere
of Weinberg’s The Passenger. Elsewhere, Moore
has performed Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at
Lincoln Theatre in Napa Valley, the title role in
Suor Angelica for the Opera Theatre and Musical
Festival of Lucca (Italy), and the Governess in
Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Napa Valley.
Kathryn Guthrie Demos (soprano, Marie) is
quickly becoming recognized as an artist of
unusual artistic versatility, equally praised for
her performances of the traditional operatic and
concert repertoire and her vibrant and sharpwitted interpretations of contemporary works.
Guthrie Demos’ 2010—11 season included
performances as La Fée in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Romilda in Handel’s Xerxes, Adele in
Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, and Zerlina in Mozart’s
Don Giovanni. Albany Records will release her
Who’s Who
recording of excerpts from composer Joseph
Summer’s Hamlet later in 2012, and she joins
the Shakespeare Concerts this April for a recording of excerpts from Summer’s The Tempest.
In the summer of 2009, Guthrie Demos was a
member of Glimmerglass Opera’s Young American Artists Program, performing the role of First
Witch in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, covering
the role of Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola,
and performing in recital with pianist Jonathan
Kelly. Guthrie Demos is the recipient of awards
and honors from the Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions, Houston Grand Opera’s
Eleanor McCollum Competition, Palm Beach
Opera’s Vocal Competition, and the Marguerite
McCammon Vocal Competition at Fort Worth
Opera. Guthrie Demos completed her MM at
the Peabody Conservatory in 2009, receiving
the Phyllis Bryn-Julson Award for Contemporary
Music upon graduation, and received her BM
from the University of Connecticut.
Taylor Stayton (tenor, Andre le Tourneur)
Birthplace: Sidney, OH. Stayton made his operatic debut as Fenton in the 2010 Franco Zeffirelli
production of Falstaff, and his American operatic
debut as Osiride in Rossini’s Mosé in Egitto.
Career highlights: Percy in Anna Bolena at the
Metropolitan Opera, Ernesto in Don Pasquale
with Des Moines Metro Opera, Tybalt in Roméo
et Juliette with Opera Company of Philadelphia,
and Don Alvar in L’Africaine with Opera Orchestra of New York. Winner of several prestigious
vocal competitions, including first prize in the
Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International
Voice Competition, and third place in the Loren
B. Zachary Voice Competition, both in 2009.
Future engagements include Don Ramiro in
La cenerentola with the Glyndebourne Festival
Opera and Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with
Opéra de Lille. Graduate of the Academy of Vocal
Arts and Ohio State University.
Randal Turner (baritone, Phillippe)
Birthplace: Crawfordsville, IN. American
opera debut in the title role of Don Giovanni at
Michigan Opera Theater. Turner has performed in
several of the European opera houses, includ-
ing: Opernhaus Zurich, Stadttheater St. Gallen,
Landestheater Linz, Kammeroper in Vienna,
Opera de Monte-Carlo, Stadttheater Bielefeld,
Staatstheater Darmstadt, Opera di Roma, Teatro
Regio di Torino, and the Manoel Theatre in
Malta. Career highlights: Escamillo in Carmen in
Sassari, Stanley Kowalski in the Italian premiere
of A Streetcar Named Desire, Redburn in Billy
Budd at Torino, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream in Pisa, Lucca, and Livorno, Marcello in
La bohème for Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, Guglielmo
in Così fan tutte for Piccolo Teatro Milano, Cosroe
in Siroe for the Oper de Zeit Festival, and the
Duke de Rothsay in Bizet’s La Jolie fille de Perth
at the castle of Hallwyl in Switzerland. In 2008,
he began as a guest artist with Staatstheater
Darmstadt, including such roles as Billy Bigelow
in Carousel and Konrad Nachtigall in Die Meistersinger von Nürenberg.
Miranda Calderon (Sophie) has lived in New
York, Madrid, San Francisco, London, and
Toronto. Calderon recently completed filming on
Michael DeCarlo’s upcoming feature Two Hands
to Mouth and on her own short film Alegra And
Jim. Theater credits include the English-language premiere of Kaspar & the Sea of Houses
(Summerworks Festival Award for Outstanding
Production), assistant directing the five-time
Dora Award-winning Blasted at Buddies in Bad
Times, the title role in Oscar Wilde’s Salome
(San Francisco Bay Area’s Critics Circle Awards
for Outstanding Production and Choreography) at
Aurora Theatre, Bang! at the Edinburgh Fringe,
and Prima Donna (Dora Award for Outstanding
New Musical/Opera) at the Luminato Festival.
Calderon received her BA from Columbia University and her MFA at London International School
of Performing Arts.
New York City Opera
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FIRST VIOLIN
Alicia Edelberg, Concertmaster
Nancy McAlhany,
Assistant Concertmaster
Sander Strenger
Deborah Wong
Claire Chan
Ann Leathers
James Burnham
SECOND VIOLIN
Alisa Wyrick, Principal
Yana Goichman
Kate Light
Sarah Pratt
Susan Gellert
Anne Fryer Eddis
VIOLA
Arman Alpyspaev, Principal
Joana Miranda
Jack Rosenberg
Claire Bergman
Juliet Huffner
CELLO
Mark Shuman, Principal
Elizabeth Anderson, Principal
Robert LaRue
Eliot Bailen
Anja Wood
BASS
Lewis Paer, Principal
Jonathon Storck
Richard Sosinsky
Ryan Kamm
HARP
Lynette Wardle, Principal
FLUTE
Bart Feller, Principal
Janet Arms
OBOE
Kelly Peral, Principal
Tuck Lee
CLARINET
Laura Flax, Principal
Mitch Kriegler, Principal
David Gould
Daniel Spitzer
BASSOON
Frank Morelli, Principal
Jeffrey Marchand
Marc Davies
HORN
David Wakefield, Principal
Nancy Billmann
Chad Yarbrough
TRUMPET
Donald Batchelder, Principal
Jerry Bryant
Thomas Hoyt
TROMBONE
Thomas Hutchinson, Principal
Brian Mahany
Max Seigel
TUBA
Andrew Bove, Principal
TIMPANI
Michael Osrowitz, Principal
PERCUSSION
Montgomery Hatch, Principal
Lynn Bernhardt
James Thoma
ORGAN
Lucas Wong
CELESTE
Audrey Saint-Gil
LIBRARIAN
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The Bodman Foundation
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Music, Inc.
Beth and Gary Glynn
Google
William and Aimée Maroney •
Pierre and Tana Matisse
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
Newman’s Own Foundation
The Reed Foundation
Jerome Robbins Foundation
Mrs. Frederick P. Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott K. Slade III
Annaliese Soros
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Tell, Jr.
Pamela Thomas-Graham
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Weissman Family Foundation Inc.
2 Anonymous Donors
DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL
$10,000 or more
The Amphion Foundation, Inc.
Arnhold Foundation
Rose M. Badgeley Residuary
Charitable Trust
John B. Black
Dr. Sanfurd G. Bluestein
The Children’s Aid Foundation
Carol M. and Timothy A. Cole
Marina Couloucoundis
Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable
Trust
The Enoch Foundation
Frieda and Roy Furman
Flavia and Barden Gale
The Gilder Foundation
Linda and Paul Gridley
Mary Rodgers & Henry Guettel
Hearst Magazines, Inc.
Maisie Houghton
iQmedia Networks
Estate of Antoinette Johnson
John Kander
Ms. Yung Hee Kim
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mahoney IV
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation
The John P. and Anne Welsh
McNulty Foundation
The Frederick W. Richmond
Foundation
Mary S. Riebold
The New York Community TrustVirginia S. Risley Fund
Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf
Amy and Hartley Rogers
Jeannette S. Rohatyn
Sandy Alexander Inc.
Roberta and Irwin†
Schneiderman
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher
Foundation
Charles and Susan Snyder
Ellen and Sam Sporn
Sonya and Leo J. Tick
Paul and Anke Volcker
The Walt Disney Company
6 Anonymous Donors
GOLD PATRONS
$5,000 or more
Maurice and Lillian Barbash
Alan and Leslie Beller •
Andy Birsh
Marilyn Cranin •
Mr. and Mrs. M. Anthony De
Santis
Miriam and Arthur Diamond
Charitable Trust
The Double-R Foundation
Mary Ellen Dundon
Stanley Epstein, in memory of
Judith Ross Connor
Charles Goodman
Joanne T. Greenspun
Peter and Helen Haje
Foundation
Ellen Harris
Judith E. Hazen - Alex J. Ettl
Foundation
Carl Jacobs Foundation
The Jana Foundation
Susan and Kenneth Kaiserman
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence O.
Kamin
Herbert Kasper
William S. Keating
Ms. Younghee Kim-Wait
Charlotte Koch Foundation
Estate of Bruce Lee Kubert
Carol Ann Leibner
Ms. Nena Donovan Levine
Arthur L. Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Mack
George Martin and Ann Githler
Dr. Richard J. Massey
Barbara McCullough
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund,
Inc.
Alexandra and Frederick Peters
Susan and Elihu Rose
Mary A. H. Rumsey Foundation
Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff and
Hunter Lewis
Ted and Vada Stanley
Estate of Herman Stein
The Virgil Thomson Foundation,
Ltd.
Jan and Edward Turen
Margo and Anthony Viscusi •
Barry Waldorf and Stanley Gotlin
Marjory Stroup Walters
Lucille Werlinich
Anonymous Donor
New York City Opera
SILVER PATRONS
$3,000 or more
Joan Taub Ades and Alan M.
Ades
Mr. Robert R. Berbec
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Berend •
Elaine S. Bernstein
Elizabeth Brody
Caroline W. Bynum
Anitra Christoffel-Pell
Hester Diamond and Ralph
Kaminsky
John R. Doss
Dr. Janice P. Dutcher
Kenneth Eisold
Arthur and Susan Fleischer, Jr.
Mary and Gordon Gould
Mrs. Barbara K. Jackson
Mr. Norman Keller and Ms.
Denise Sobel
Constantin Keremet
Laurence Klurfeld
John L. McHugh Foundation, Inc.
Osman Nalbantoglu
Antonia Pew
Lorna Power
Estate of Marie Reddall
Alfred and Ann Ruesch
Robert L. Russell
James R. Seitz Jr.
Ted and Mary Jo Shen
Ted Snowdon
Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc.
Elizabeth S. Tunick •
Ruth and Jonathan Weisgall
3 Anonymous Donors
PATRONS
$1,500 or more
Donald R. Allen and Mildred
Munich
David Aronow Foundation
Edwin Bacher and Johanna
Weber
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Balkin
Lisa G. Beckerman
Mrs. Frank M. Berger
Ms. Janet F. Bernstein
Edith C. Blum Foundation
H.S. Beau Bogan and Elliot M.
Friedman
Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden
Barbara A. Brunjes
Alice Burstein
Joyce Castle
Theodore Chu
Amy and Gary Churgin
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Clark III
Phyllis F. Cohen Ph.D. and
Walter Goldstein Ph.D. •
John J. Condon
Lois Conway
Edgar E. Coons
Stephanie C. Cooper •
Nathalie and Marshall Cox
Ms. Catherine A. Culver
Dr. Susan Danberg and Mr.
George Puerschner
Mr. Thurman Dennis
Jennie and Richard DeScherer
Ms. Joan Dyer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Elliott
Mr. Smith Freeman
C. Robert Friedman and Vernon
Mosheim
Edda and James Gillen
Drs. David and Marcella
Goldsmith
Wendy and Mark Goldstein
The Charles and Joan Gross
Family Foundation
Sally and Aaron Hamburger
Mrs. Jean A. Hastings
Merrill G. and Emita E. Hastings
Foundation
Ms. Sarah Hewitt
Howard and Carol Holtzmann
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J.
Hubbard
Beth D. Jacob and James H.
Fogel
Jill Kaplan
Roland N. Karlen
Mr. and Mrs. Gene L. Kaufman
Elaine P. Kend
Mr. and Mrs. David Kenney
David A. Kernahan
Richard and Joan Klein
Ms. Melissa S. Lane and Mr.
Andrew Lovett
Robert Lefkowitz and Gina
DeFelice
Julius Leiman-Carbia
Jill Lenoble and Paul Asman
Cynthia Lilley and Peter Heinrich
Lucia Woods Lindley
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Loder
Phyllis and Walter F. Loeb
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Lutz
Frances Magurno
Anita and Michael Malina
Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas
McHenry
Gregory St. John and Gary
McKay
Laurel McKee
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
McLaughlin
Meet The Composer’s MetLife
Creative Connections
Program
Alexander and Ilse Melamid
Charitable Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Mergen
Ann Meschery
John C. Miller •
Dr. Mary Lee Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr.
Mr. Philip R. Munger
Marvin and Frances Gould
Naftal
Barbara Nassau and David
Perlmutter
Ms. Constance Hoguet Neel and
Mr. Richard Neel
Ellen Nenner •
Stanley Newman and Dr. Brian
Rosenthal
The John F. Nobile Family
Melvin H. Pekarsky
Carol Gray & Harold Perlmutter
Anna and Martin J. Rabinowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robins
Mr. and Mrs. Roman A. Rome
Jon Rupp, In Memory of Julian
Autrey
Bonnie Sacerdote
Mr. Douglas Schwalbe
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco
Michael N. Sekus and Bianca
Russo •
Ms. Patricia Sheridan
Mr. Anil Shrivastava and Ms.
Namita Luthra
Anne Sidamon- Eristoff
Loren R. Skeist and Marlene
Marko
Joan and Laurence Sorkin
Paul J. Sperry
Mrs. Esther Esh Sternberg
Mr. and Mrs. Jon and Savannah
Stevenson
Flora Tabaddor, MD •
Henry and Marilyn Taub
Nozomi Terao and Joshua S.
Levine
Elisabeth L. Van Buskirk
Stephen Van Dolsen
Mr. Mark Villamar and Ms.
Esther Milsted
Cynthia Walk
Jeremy and Kristina Wallison
Marian M. Warden Fund of the
Foundation for Enhancing
Communities
Charles and Jacqueline Warren
Ms. Lynn Warshow
Ruth and Howard Warshower
Reverend Wendy A. Young and
Dr. Mark R. Killingsworth •
3 Anonymous Donors
• Members of the Patron
Committee
SOPRANO MEMBERS
$1,000 or more
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Anderson
Mr. Charles Charrow and Ms.
Bonnie Howard
The Cheswatyr Foundation
Simon Dratfield and Sherri Felt
Dratfield
Mr. William Duggan
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Marie Eveillard
Ms. Adaline H. Frelinghuysen
Ms. Mira Frohnmayer and Ms.
Marcia Baldwin
Kwok Sum Fung
Nomi Ghez
Antonia and George Grumbach
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Havemeyer
III
Georgia G. Hiden Charitable
Foundation
Anne Hollander
Ms. Karen Howitt
Mr. and Mrs. K.D. Irani
Diane Jaffee
Ms. Ana Paula Jarowski
Anita A. Kahn
Mr. Kenneth H. Kirschner and
Ms. Andrea L. Chase
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kresch
Mr. Donald Lanier
Ms. Maria Logis
Mr. Todd May, Jr.
Ms. Mary W. McLaughlin
Mr. Michael A. Murphy
Mr. Dale Ponikvar
Mr. Donald Press and Mr. John
Harris
Mr. Edward Ricco
Mr. Peter Robbins and Ms. Page
Sargisson
Dr. Christopher Rothko and Ms.
Lori L. Cohen
Mr. James Sargis
Dr. Sherry Barron-Seabrook and
David G. Seabrook
Ms. Penny Seacord
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy C.
Shepard
Stephanie and Fred Shuman
Elaine Sisman and Martin
Fridson
George and Sarah Fels Steel
Mr. and Mrs. Hans G. Storr
Ms. Paula H. Tarzian-Ciferni
Mr. Thomas Von Foerster
George R. Weinhouse, MD
Anonymous Donor
MEZZO MEMBERS
$500 or more
Princess Alexandra of Greece
Ms. Elizabeth C. Baker
Mrs. Sophie M. Beitler
Dolores and Clifton Bullard
Mr. Roger E. Burke
Rudolph and Camilla Cesarini
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chelminski
William E. Clendenning
Mr. Leslie W. Cline
Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher
Eagan
Mr. Paul Ebner and Ms.
Courtney L. Holst
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ellmann
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M.
Esteves
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Faber
Ms. Susan Feder
Dr. and Dr. Michael J. Fellner,
MD
Mr. Arthur F. Ferguson
Mrs. Barbara G. Fleischman
New York City Opera
Elizabeth C. Forster
Mr. Ernest French and Ms.
Sophie Seniuk
Mr. Milton M. Gatch
Egon Gerard
Ms. Melissa M. Gibbs
Mr. Peter C. Gould and Ms.
Claire Carter
Paul and Sandra Graf
Ms. Gail Gregg
Mrs. Maureen Gupta
Nimet Habachy
Mr. James Hanbury
Sheila Keats
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Kenney
Ms. Ellen Kier
Ms. Flora P. Klein
Andrea Klepetar-Fallek
Sherry Kowitz and Lee Kowitz
Mr. Douglas Kruse
David J. Lansner and Carolyn A.
Kubitschek
John and Judie LaRosa
Ms. Dorothy Lee and Mr. Victor
Han
Mr. and Mrs. S. Joshua Lewis
Leslie LiDonnici, MD
Christopher LiGreci and Robert
Ohlerking
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lyons
Richard H.M. and Gail Lowe
Maidman
Mrs. Margaret P. Mautner
Mr. Andrew J. Millis
Ms. Joan M. Moran
Mr. Vincenzo Paparo
Richard Pepperman
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Pesner
Ms. Linda Nochlin Pommer
Marc Powell and Caroline
Dufresne
Ms. Frances J. Richard
Mr. Matthew L. Ringel and Ms.
Rebecca Rabinow
Irene C. and Joseph J. Roach
Mr. Michael Rooney
Mr. Richard D. Sime
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd L. Smith
Mrs. Josephine B. Sokolski
Ms. Bente Strong
Attila Tetik and Gonul Arslan
Helen S. Tucker, The Gramercy
Park Foundation
The Ungar Family Foundation
Mr. Geoffroy Van Raemdonck
Diodato Villamena, MD
Mr. Leonard M. Wasserman
Mr. Harris Weinstein
Ms. Jo-Ann Wordley
Mr. Saul L. Zalkin
4 Anonymous Donors
CODA SOCIETY
Planned gifts play an
extraordinary role in securing
New York City Opera’s future.
Through the CODA Society, NYC
Opera recognizes individuals
who believe the company has
a vital place in the life of future
generations, and who have
expressed support through
bequests or other planned gifts.
For more information, please
call 212.870.4210.
Robert Ardini
Areta M. Arlen
Ms. Molly Bellin
Joan Benson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Berend
Charles A. Bernheim
H.S. Beau Bogan
Lord Benno Bordiga†
Dr. and Mrs. Alexander R.
Broden
Nancy E. Cohn
John Condon
Sue Ann and Tony Converse
Emilie Corey
Catherine T. Davidoff
Deborah L. Davis
Harold Z. Dessler
Adnan Divjan
Ms. Melva Eidelberg
Dr. Joan Eliasoph
Stuart M. Fischman
Elizabeth T. Garvey
Sherwin M. Goldman
Virgina Gray
Judith B. Grebin
Jane M. Gullong
Deborah Hample†
Mr. and Mrs. John Haney
Inez Harris
Sally Helfman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Herber
Marilyn D. Hoffman
Dr. and Mrs. Irwin Honigfeld
Renee Jackson
Ruth Klotz†
William Paul† and Kathryn
Kouba
Bruce Lee Kubert
Barry and Jill Lafer
Ronald H. Lamey
Catherine Lomusico
Barbara McCullough
Ann F. McHugh, PhD
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L.
Melick
Merle A. Montgomery
Anne M. Morris
Carol S. Morton
Judith Nadelson
Diane A. Nixon
Mr. Martin J. Oppenheimer
Frank J. and Adeline Pannizzo
Dr. Sydney Parish and Mr.
Bernard Fleigel
Ms. Antonia Pew
Mr. Frederick W. Richmond
Mary S. Riebold
Ann Rosche
Art Rubright
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Russo
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Sack
Mrs. Ines Sagar
Michael J. Samek†
Alan J. Savada
Mr. Steven Schmidt
Roberta and Irwin†
Schneiderman
Mr. and Mrs. Martin E. Segal
Donald G. Sisler
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Smith
Mrs. Joan Smith
Mr. Peter Smith
Stanley R. Stangren
Ruth and Harold† Stern
Ms. Audrey J. Sutton
Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Syer
Lloyd L. Thoms, Jr.
Sonya and Leo J. Tick
Mr. Barry C. Waldorf and Mr.
Stanley Gotlin
Lucille Werlinich
Alice Westphal†
Ms. Susan M. Whelan
Mr. Robert C. Williamson
6 Anonymous Donors
Borough of Brooklyn
The Honorable Marty
Markowitz, Brooklyn
Borough President
Borough of Manhattan
The Honorable Scott Stringer,
Manhattan Borough
President
New York State Council on
the Arts
The Honorable Andrew M.
Cuomo, Governor
Aby Rosen, Chairman
New York State Legislature
The Honorable Sheldon Silver,
Assembly Speaker
The Honorable Thomas K.
Duane, New York State
Senator
The Honorable Richard N.
Gottfried, New York State
Assembly Member
† In memoriam
CORPORATE CIRCLE
American Airlines
Google
Hearst Magazines, Inc.
iQmedia Networks
Sandy Alexander Inc.
Target
The Walt Disney Company
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
New York City Opera’s
productions and education
programs are made possible,
in part, with public funds from
the following city and state
agencies. We are grateful for
this generous and essential
support.
New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs
The Honorable Michael R.
Bloomberg, Mayor
The Honorable Kate D. Levin,
Commissioner
New York City Council
The Honorable Christine C.
Quinn, Speaker
The Honorable Dominic M.
Recchia, Jr.
The Honorable James G. Van
Bramer
The above recognition list
includes donors to the annual
and special campaigns as of
January 19, 2012.
New York City Opera
Photo by Robert Workman
George Steel
General Manager and Artistic
Director
Andrea Nellis
Managing Director
ARTISTIC AND EDUCATION
Vincent J. Madonna
Company Manager
Jordana Kier
Artistic Coordinator
Kate Downey
Rehearsal Coordinator
Steven Blier
Kevin Murphy
Casting Advisors
David Titcomb
Orchestra Manager
Charles Frederic Prestinari
Chorus Master
Nicholas Fox
Assistant Chorus Master
Education
Erika Rauer
Manager of School Programs
Melissa Wozniak
School Programs Administrator
DEVELOPMENT
Robert K. Meya
Director of Development
Individual Giving
Chantel Foretich
Development Officer
Kristen Gelinas
Manager of Major Gifts
Dana Gluck
Manager of Stewardship &
Board Relations
Caryn Kerstetter
Development Officer
Mark Roper
Manager of Membership
Institutional Giving
Michael Gary
Director of Institutional Gifts
Development
Communications
Mark Moorman
Director of Development
Communications
Special Events
Ryan Brodlieb
Special Events and Patron
Services Associate
Marie Masters
Manager of Special Events
Donor Information
Dale Aucoin
Assistant Director of Donor
Information
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Aulden Kaye
Assistant to the General
Manager and Artistic Director
FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION
Stephanie Jernstrom
Controller
Lexi Robertson
Budget Manager
Leah Johnson
Payroll Administration
Edgar Donoso
Accounts Payable Manager
PRODUCTION
Barbara Wohlsen
Director of Production
Scenery
Chuck Giles
Technical Director
MARKETING
Bill Updegraff
Director of Marketing
Kyle Fox
Marketing Coordinator
Lighting
Tess James
Lighting Director
Dan Gallagher
Assistant Lighting Director
Creative Services
Victor-John Villanueva
Art Director
Carol Rosegg
Staff Photographer
Greg Emetaz
Staff Videographer
Properties
Karin M.White
Properties Director
Ticket Services
Maura Leahy
Ticket Services Manager
Alyssa Dreifus
Katie Lawton
Matthew Macri
Account Executives
Retail Operations and
Volunteer Services
Eric Hagmueller
Director of Retail Operations
tand Volunteer Services
Jay Thompson
Thrift Shop Manager
Wardrobe
Bettina Bierly
Wardrobe Director
Ginger Blake
Russ Vogler
Costume Supervisors
Maria L. Merino
Workroom Supervisor
Hair & Makeup
Suzy Alvarez
Director of Hair and Makeup
Tom Molinelli
Makeup Supervisor
Supertitles
Lisa Jablow
Supertitles Associate
BAM salutes
Members of the Artist Circle
for their generosity and commitment to providing
a home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas
Artist Circle Members
Alisa F. Levin &
Charles M. Nathan,
Artist Circle Chairs
Linda & Max Addison
Jody & John Arnhold
Roger & Brook Berlind
The Bermanzohn/Roseman
Family Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Bowe
Emma Bloomberg &
Christopher Frissora
Mr. & Mrs. Purnendu Chatterjee
Simon & Sarah Collier
Mary Sharp Cronson
Ide & David Dangoor
Carol & Roger Einiger
James P. Esposito
Faith E. Gay &
Francesca Zambello
David & Susie Gilbert
Beth & Gary Allen Glynn
Pamela Grace
The Grodzins Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Gutman
Mr. & Mrs. Burton K. Haimes
Dozier Hasty & Nancy Havens-Hasty
Cheryl Henson & Ed Finn
Alan Jones & Ashley Garrett
Howard P. & Janet M. Kagan
Miriam Katowitz & Arthur Radin
John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna Karasz
Briehan Lynch & Alexander Evis
Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
Mattis Family Foundation
Erich Mauff & Adele Griffin
Mr. & Mrs. Hamish Maxwell
Scott C. McDonald
William Patrick McMullan &
Rachel McPherson
Constance & H. Roemer McPhee
Barbara & Richard Moore
Stephen Nelson
The O’Grady Foundation
Maya Polsky
Rajika & Anupam Puri
William D. & Susan Kahan Rifkin
Sarah & Spencer Robertson
Andrew & Barbra Rothschild
Bette & Richard Saltzman
Donna & Marvin Schwartz
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Solomon
Sam & Ellen Sporn
Starry Night Fund
Dr. Axel Stawski
Jane Timken
Sonia Tower
Robert L. Turner
Wendy vanden Heuvel
Ann Ziff
Anonymous (7)
Artist Members
Edward Albee
Olivier Assayas
Donald Baechler
Bob Balaban
Matthew Barney
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mario Batali
Matthew Bourne
Iman &
David Bowie
Peter Brook
Trisha Brown &
Burt Barr
Michael Cerveris
Ping Chong
William Christie
Patricia Clarkson
Dr. Chuck Davis
Anne Teresa
De Keersmaeker
Arnaud Desplechin
Declan Donnellan
Garth Fagan
Milos Forman
William Forsythe
Philip Glass
Elliott Gould
Timothy GreenfieldSanders
Buck Henry
Isabelle Huppert
Jeremy Irons
Bill Irwin
Sir Derek Jacobi
John Jasperse
Bill T. Jones
Harvey Keitel &
Daphna Kastner
Louise Lawler
Ralph Lemon
Jonathan Lethem
Susan Marshall
Albert Maysles
Stephin Merritt
Meredith Monk
Mark Morris
Shirin Neshat
Wunmi Olaiya
Nicholas Ormerod
Estelle Parsons
Jack Pierson
Nicolas Refn
Steve Reich
Alan Rickman
Isabella Rossellini
David Salle
Susan Sarandon
Barbet Schroeder
Cindy Sherman
Laurie Simmons
Mark Stewart
Lily Tomlin
Maria Tucci
John Turturro &
Katherine
Borowitz
Liv Ullmann
Ivo van Hove
Suzanne Vega
William Wegman
Robert Wilson
The BAM Artist Circle provides essential support for mainstage, visual and cinema arts, education,
and community programs. Members participate in an ongoing dialogue regarding BAM’s future and have
opportunities to attend intimate gatherings with artists—both emerging and iconic—in private settings.
To join the Artist Circle contact Gwendolyn Dunaif at 718.623.7810 x3 or [email protected].
Funders
BAM 2012 Winter/Spring Season and
Eat, Drink & Be Literary sponsor:
Programming in the BAM Howard Gilman
Opera House is supported and endowed
by The Howard Gilman Foundation.
Programming in the BAM Harvey Theater
is endowed by the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation.
Presenting sponsor for Dr. John: Insides Out
Leadership support for Dr. John: Insides
Out provided by Merryl H. & James S.
Tisch and Goldman Sachs Gives at the
recommendation of Frances Bermanzohn
and Alan Roseman
Leadership support for Crossing Brooklyn
Ferry and Brooklyn Close-Up provided by
Steve Tisch, Laurie Tisch, and Lizzie and
Jonathan Tisch
Leadership support for The Bridge Project
provided by:
Bridge Project Production Partners: Celia
Atkin, John & Samantha Hunt, Donald
R. Mullen Jr., Tony Randall Theatrical
Fund, Jon & NoraLee Sedmak, Carol & Ian
Sellars, Scott & Kathleen Simpson, and
Barbara & David Zalaznick
Title sponsor for Three Sisters:
Leadership support for The Caretaker
provided by Frederick Iseman
Leadership support for Wear it like a crown
provided by The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia
Foundation
Major sponsor for Mark Morris Dance
Group presentation
BAM Innovators:
R. Martin Chavez, Jeanne Donovan Fisher;
Suzie & Bruce Kovner; Toby Devan Lewis;
Diane & Adam E. Max; Donald R. Mullen, Jr.;
Jim & Mary Ottaway; The SHS Foundation;
Ronald P. Stanton; and John L. & Eva Usdan.
BAM Visionaries:
William I. Campbell & Christine WächterCampbell; Aashish & Dinyar Devitre;
Charles & Valerie Diker; Judith R. & Alan
H. Fishman; Semone & Ziona Grossman;
Agnes Gund; Stephanie & Timothy
Ingrassia; David & Susan Marcinek; Gilda &
John P. McGarry Jr.; Carley Roney & David
Liu; Gary Lynch & Kate Hall; Jonathan
F.P. & Diana Calthorpe Rose; Martha A.
& Robert S. Rubin; Harvey Schwartz &
Annie Hubbard; The Joseph and Sylvia
Slifka Foundation; Jennifer Small & Adam
Wolfensohn; and Joseph A. Stern.
Community programs at BAM supported by
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Diverse Voices at BAM sponsored by:
Global Connections at BAM sponsored by:
The Rolex Institute supports emerging
international artists at BAM
BAM Marquee sponsor:
BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn
Delegations of the New York State Assembly,
Joseph R. Lentol, Delegation Leader; and
New York Senate, Senator Velmanette
Montgomery, Delegation Leader.
The BAM facilities are owned by the
City of New York and benefit from public
funds provided through the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs with support
from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Cultural
Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin; the New
York City Council including Council Speaker
Christine C. Quinn, Finance Committee Chair
Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Cultural Affairs
Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the
Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and
Councilwoman Letitia James; and Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz.
BAM.org sponsor:
Leadership support for Hora provided by
The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.; Judy
and Michael Steinhardt; and The Nash
Family Foundation
Proud Presenting Sponsor of
The Bridge Project
Winter/Spring Season supporters:
Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable
Trust
Corinthian Foundation
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
The Educational Foundation of America
Estate of Richard B. Fisher
The Howard Gilman Foundation
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
Leon Levy Foundation
Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
mcgarrybowen
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc.
Renova Group of Companies
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels
Foundation, Inc.
The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
The SHS Foundation
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
The Skirball Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Starr Foundation
The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable
Trust
Vital Projects Fund
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment
Fund
The Winston Foundation, Inc.
Friends of BAM and BAM Cinema Club
Presenting sponsor of BAM
Community Access to the Arts
Title Sponsor of BAM Rose Cinemas and
BAMcinématek:
BAM Rose Cinemas are named in
recognition of a major gift in honor of
Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose,
and have been generously supported by
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, and The
Estate of Richard B. Fisher.
BAMcafé Live and DanceAfrica 2012
sponsor:
Official piano for BAM:
Official hotel for BAM:
Programming in BAM Lepercq Space is
supported by The Lepercq Foundation.
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