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When Only The Best Will Do
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
VOLUME 40 ISSUE 3
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20 AIDAN LANG’S CINEMATIC FIGARO
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© RICK DAHMS
FROM THE
GENERAL
DIRECTOR
I am often asked the deceptively simple question “What
is your favorite opera?” Having devoted my entire
working career to this art form, I can tell you it is an
impossible question to answer. During that time, I have
put on works that span the entire range of the operatic
canon: from Monteverdi to the contemporary, from the
cornerstones of the repertoire to works that sit on the
outer fringes of obscurity; and I have pretty much loved
them all. But if pressed, if forced to choose one opera
that I would take with me if abandoned on a desert
island, it would have to be the opera you will be seeing
tonight: The Marriage of Figaro.
I said ‘seeing’ rather than ‘hearing’ because seeing is a
vital part of the Figaro experience. I can think of many
works where the music, rather than the drama, provides the chief point of interest; but
not so The Marriage of Figaro. It demands to be experienced in the theater. It is often
said that its plot is the most complicated of all opera, but this is something to be relished
and not to be feared. Its complexity is part of its raison d’être. Life is complicated, and
Figaro reflects that. Indeed, the more convoluted the situations that the characters find
themselves in, the more we enjoy it.
But while The Marriage of Figaro is constructed in the manner of a farce, there is a lot
more to the piece than just its storyline. Mozart’s music fleshes out his characters to an
extraordinary degree, and whatever their foibles and weaknesses, he imbues each of
them with warmth and humanity. These are real people on the stage, people with whom
we can readily identify. We must identify with them if we are to comprehend the next
level of the work.
For what we see on stage is a microcosm of society, a palace that encompasses an entire
social system—but one on the verge of collapse. Servants plot against their masters, and
the sense of social and moral duty that is the mark of a true aristocrat is compromised
by the behavior of the head of this particular household, Count Almaviva. It is hardly
surprising that the French Revolution was just around the corner.
The Marriage of Figaro has cropped up at significant points throughout my life and
career. It was in fact the first professional opera I ever saw, the first production I worked
on at the Glyndebourne Festival, the first opera I presented during my stint at Opera
Zuid in the Netherlands and the first piece I directed for New Zealand Opera, the same
production we give you this evening. It has never once lost its freshness for me, and has
remained as relevant to the human condition as it was when it was first written.
So sit back and enjoy the ride, for you are about to embark on one of the greatest
experiences that opera has to offer.
The Marriage of Figaro
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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
2015/16 Season
Chairman
John F. Nesholm
President
Maryanne Tagney
Treasurer
Robert Comfort
Secretary
Moya Vazquez
Vice Presidents
Thomas H. Allen
Susan Macgregor
Coughlin
James D. Cullen
Robert Fries
Diana Gale
Richard Gemperle
Ron Hosogi
Brian Marks
Bruce R. McCaw
Louise Miller
Steven C. Phelps
James David Raisbeck
Jonathan Rosoff
Stephen A. Sprenger
John Starbard
John Sullivan
William T.
Weyerhaeuser
Directors
Willie C. Aikens
Richard Albrecht
Kim A. Anderson
Toby Bright
Brenda Bruns, M.D.
Jonathan Caves
Gregory Chan, M.D.
Janice C. Condit
Charles B. Cossé
Susan Detweiler, M.D.
Carolyn Eagan
Paul Goodrich
Jeffrey Hanna
Jim L. Hodge
Kennan
Hollingsworth, M.D.
Gary Houlahan
Bruce E. H. Johnson
Tom McQuaid
Brendan Murphy
Rosemary W.
Peterson
Tom Puentes
Matthew Segal
Martha Sherman
Russell F. Tousley
James Uhlir
Susanne Wakefield,
Ph. D
Joan S. Watjen
Judith A. Whetzel
Scott Wyatt
Advisory Board
Connie Bloxom
John M. Bloxom, Jr.
Beverly Brazeau
Norma B. Croco
David R. Davis
Jane Davis
Betty Hedreen
Victoria Ivarsson
Betty McCurdy
James G. McCurdy
Linda Nordstrom
Judy Schuchart
Eulalie Schneider
Virginia B. Wright
Honorary Life Members
Beverly Brazeau
Susanne F. Hubbach
Donald L. Johnson
Duff Kennedy
Michael M. Scott
Seattle Opera Foundation
Jeffrey Hanna,
President
James D. Cullen
Sandra B. Dunn
Jay Lapin
Steven C. Phelps
Anne M. Redman
Maryanne Tagney,
ex officio
Michael Tobiason
Moya Vazquez
Past Presidents
Norma B. Croco
Albert O. Foster†
Max E. Gellert†
Harold H. Heath†
H. Dewayne Kreager†
Francis A. LeSourd†
James M. McDonald Jr.†
Stanley N. Minor
John F. Nesholm
Sheffield Phelps†
Steven C. Phelps
Russell F. Tousley
Richard S. Twiss
William T.
Weyerhaeuser
Howard S. Wright†
Representatives to the Board
Christine Szabadi, Seattle Opera Guild
Gail Neil, Seattle Opera Chorus
Eoin Hudson, BRAVO!
Eric Jacobs, The Seattle Symphony and Opera
Players’ Association
† Deceased
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Seattle Opera 2015/16 Season
FROM THE
PRESIDENT
© JONATHAN VANDERWEIT
When the curtain rises on The Marriage of Figaro,
you are going to see and, I hope, understand why
this production was for at least this member of the
Search Committee a factor in selecting Aidan Lang
as General Director. When the Search Committee is
in Seattle and the candidate is 7007 miles away in
Auckland, Google becomes a very good friend. Many
of the committee members spent significant time
looking at YouTube snippets of various productions
from all the candidates. What we saw of this
production, which Aidan directed while holding down
the job of General Director of New Zealand Opera,
convinced many of us that he was someone with
great artistic vision, who dared to mix tradition with
experiment and had the experience and ability to pull it all off.
For me, the information that the costumes used recycled denim contributed by
local people, a decision made to foster community engagement and ownership,
was a clue about Aidan’s willingness to experiment even within a period costume
production and to incorporate current values (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!) into an
historic setting. So now Seattle audiences are getting the benefit of Aidan’s past life
as a director as he repeats his balancing act of directing one of our operas while also
holding the reins of the whole company.
The other exciting happening this month is the announcement of our 2016/17
season. All the information, whether in print or online, looks incredible in our
new colors, format, and style. I hope you will agree with me that the website and
brochures are truly eye-catching as well as SO. informative and SO. much easier to
use!
Our 2016/17 season includes two operas that are completely new to Seattle
Opera, The Wicked Adventures of Count Ory and Katya Kabanova; a Hansel &
Gretel production from Glyndebourne (see some great clips on YouTube); a modern,
dramatic, and unusual staging of La traviata from English National Opera/Oper Graz;
and finally a return of our own much-loved Magic Flute. Seattle can’t get enough of
Zandra Rhodes’s costumes!
And along with an inspiring number of artists making their debut we also have
some local favorites such as Lawrence Brownlee as Count Ory, with Sarah Coburn as
his Countess, and later in the season Sarah Larsen as Hansel and Marcy Stonikas as
Gertrude. Our former Young Artists are making a strong showing this season.
I am also glad to see two female artists in leadership roles on our creative teams
next season—a rarity in the opera world. Director Lindy Hume heads the team for
our new production of Count Ory. Julia Jones, acknowledged as one of Britain’s most
successful conductors, leads our Magic Flute.
With this wonderful array of future performances I hope that if you are not already
a subscriber you will consider becoming one for the upcoming season. If you already
are a subscriber or donor, I thank you. Subscribing gives you the flexibility of changing
your “opera night” if necessary—a very useful benefit in most people’s busy lives—
and gives us, Seattle Opera, very meaningful support.
—Maryanne Tagney, President, Seattle Opera Board of Directors
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Seattle Opera 2015/16 Season
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
This production is dedicated to the memory of
Angelamaria “Gio” Ross.
Premiere: Vienna, Burgtheater, May 1, 1786
Seattle Opera Premiere: January, 1971
Performed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall:
January 16, 17m, 20, 23, 24m, 27, 29,
and 30, 2016.
In Italian with English captions.
Performances 7:30 p.m. Matinees 2:00 p.m.
Latecomers and those who leave during the
performance will not be seated once the
music begins.
Acts I and II: 1 hour 35 minutes
Intermission: 30 minutes
Acts III and IV: 1 hour 15 minutes
CONDUCTOR
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Gary Thor Wedow
Duane Schuler
STAGE DIRECTOR
CHOREOGRAPHER
Aidan Lang †
Wade Madsen
SET DESIGNER
HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGNER
Robin Rawstorne †
Joyce Degenfelder
COSTUME DESIGNER
ENGLISH CAPTIONS
Elizabeth Whiting †
Jonathan Dean
CAST
(in order of vocal appearance)
FIGARO
DON BASILIO
Shenyang † (1/16, 20, 23, 27, and 30)
Aubrey Allicock (1/17, 24m, and 29)
Steven Cole
SUSANNA
Bernarda Bobro † (1/16, 20, 23, 27, and 30)
Caitlin Lynch (1/17, 24m, and 29)
Nuccia Focile (1/16, 20, 23, 27, and 30)
Laura Tatulescu † (1/17, 24m, and 29)
MARCELLINA
Margaret Gawrysiak
DR. BARTOLO
Arthur Woodley
† Seattle Opera debut
Margaret Gawrysiak, Caitlin Lynch, Amanda
Opuszynski, Elizabeth Pojanowski, and Morgan
Smith are former Seattle Opera Young Artists.
A New Zealand Opera Production. English captions
by Jonathan Dean © 2016 Seattle Opera. Makeup
provided by M·A·C.
The fortepiano is a replica of an Anton Walter
instrument (Vienna, 1795) built by Rodney Regier of
Freeport, ME, and is from the keyboard-instrument
collection of Tamara Friedman and George Bozarth
in Seattle.
Opera presentation and production © 2016
Seattle Opera. Copying of any performance by
camera, audio, or video recording equipment, and
by any other copying device, and any other use of
such copying devices during the performances is
prohibited.
The Marriage of Figaro
COUNTESS ALMAVIVA
ANTONIO
Charles Robert Austin †
DON CURZIO
Alasdair Elliott
BARBARINA
CHERUBINO
Amanda Opuszynski
Karin Mushegain (1/16, 20, 23, 27, and 30)
Elizabeth Pojanowski † (1/17, 24m, and 29)
BRIDESMAIDS
COUNT ALMAVIVA
Jennifer Bromagen
Melissa Plagemann
Morgan Smith (1/16, 20, 23, 27, and 30)
John Moore † (1/17, 24m, and 29)
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
MUSICAL PREPARATION
Philip A. Kelsey
Philip A. Kelsey, David McDade,
John Keene
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Dan Wallace Miller
CHORUSMASTER
STAGE MANAGER
Yasmine Kiss
John Keene
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SYNOPSIS
A castle–the home of the Count and Countess Almaviva–near Seville, in the late 1700s
ACT I
Figaro and Susanna, the valet and maid of Count and Countess
Almaviva, are to marry today. Susanna tells Figaro that the Count
has been trying to seduce her, and Figaro vows to teach the Count a
lesson. Meanwhile, Dr. Bartolo, still seeking vengeance on Figaro for
the events of The Barber of Seville, consults with his former servant,
Marcellina. She is determined to collect on an old loan made to
Figaro. According to the terms, Figaro must either pay her back or
marry her. Marcellina fights with her younger rival, Susanna.
The teenage page Cherubino wants Susanna to plead on his behalf
with the Countess to reinstate him in the Count’s good graces—the
Count has banished Cherubino from the castle after finding him
with the gardener Antonio’s daughter, Barbarina. They hear the
Count approaching, and Cherubino hides. The Count attempts to
arrange a rendezvous with Susanna, and he, too, hides when Don
Basilio, the music teacher, arrives. When Basilio gossips about
Cherubino’s crush on the Countess, the jealous Count steps forward.
He is telling the story of how he found Cherubino with Barbarina
when he discovers Cherubino in yet another compromising
situation. Figaro enters and tries to force the Count to marry him to
Susanna on the spot. But the Count delays the wedding and orders
Cherubino to enlist in his personal regiment in the army.
ACT II
The Countess is heartbroken by her husband’s philandering.
Susanna sympathizes with her. Figaro enters and explains his plan
to the ladies: he has sent the Count an anonymous note telling
him that the Countess is expecting a lover while the Count is out
hunting. Figaro hopes to keep the Count embroiled in this ruse to
deflect his attention from Marcellina’s troublesome claim. Figaro
also asks Susanna to arrange a rendezvous with the Count later
that evening in the garden; Cherubino, dressed as a girl, will go in
Susanna’s place. The Count will be caught in the act and forced to
mend his ways.
The Countess and Susanna begin to disguise Cherubino. Susanna
steps out for a moment. The Count arrives in a jealous fury, having
read the anonymous note. He knocks on the bedroom door and
finds it locked. The Countess, terrified, hides Cherubino in the
closet and then lets the Count in. Susanna re-enters, unnoticed.
The Countess refuses to unlock the closet, so the Count leaves,
taking the Countess with him, in search of tools to break the lock.
Susanna helps the boy escape through the window, and then she
hides in the closet, surprising both the Count and Countess when
they find her there. Figaro arrives and tries to get everyone to come
to the wedding festivities. When the gardener enters and claims
someone has jumped out of the window, Figaro takes the blame.
Marcellina bursts in with Bartolo and Basilio and demands her case
against Figaro be heard.
INTERMISSION
ACT III
The Countess alters Figaro’s plan: Susanna will ask the Count to
meet her in the garden that evening, but instead of Cherubino, the
Countess will go in her place. The Count eagerly agrees to meet
Susanna, but he hears her tell Figaro that they have already “won
the case” and he is once again filled with suspicion.
The Countess remembers her love for the Count when they first
met, and still cares enough to brave danger to win him back.
Don Curzio, chosen by the Count to hear Marcellina’s case, judges
that Figaro must either pay off his debt or marry Marcellina.
Figaro claims that, as the son of an aristocrat, he cannot marry
without the consent of his parents, and since he was a foundling,
he doesn’t expect to be able to find them. Hearing the story of
his childhood abduction, Marcellina realizes that she is Figaro’s
mother and that his father is Dr. Bartolo. Susanna re-enters
with money the Countess has given her to pay off Figaro’s debt.
Enraged at first at seeing Figaro embrace Marcellina, Susanna
calms down when she learns that Figaro has found his parents,
who plan to wed that very day.
The Countess dictates a note for Susanna to give to the Count,
specifying the location of their supposed rendezvous later that
evening in the garden. During the double wedding (of Figaro to
Susanna and Bartolo to Marcellina), Susanna slips this note to
the Count. The Count is to return a pin used to seal the note as
an acknowledgment that he will meet her. He gives the pin to
Barbarina to give to Susanna.
ACT IV
Barbarina is looking both for Cherubino and for the pin the Count
gave her. She tells Figaro about Susanna’s pin, and he jumps to
the conclusion that Susanna really is planning to betray him.
Crushed, he hides in the garden and plans his revenge. Susanna
and the Countess arrive and switch cloaks to disguise themselves
as each other. Their scheme to fool the Count is disrupted by
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the inopportune arrival of Cherubino. Figaro eventually realizes
what is going on and gets even with Susanna by wooing her in
her Countess disguise. Mistaking Susanna for his wife, the Count
attempts to shame her publicly, but when the real Countess
appears, the Count is the one who must ask for forgiveness.
Seattle Opera 2015/16 Season
ARTISTS
AUBREY ALLICOCK
Figaro
JOYCE DEGENFELDER
Hair and Makeup Designer (Los Angeles, CA)
Bass-Baritone (Tucson, AZ)
Seattle Opera Debut: Cesare Angelotti, Tosca
(’15)
Recently: Uncle Joe/Rangwan, Koanga (Wexford
Festival Opera); Argante, Rinaldo (Glyndebourne
Festival Opera); Mamoud, The Death of
Klinghoffer (Metropolitan Opera)
Upcoming: Cadmus, Semele (Opera Omaha);
Iron Mullah, Shalimar the Clown (world premiere
by Jack Perla at Opera Theatre of St. Louis); Soloist, El niño (Stichting
Omroep Muziek, Amsterdam)
CHARLES ROBERT AUSTIN
Antonio
Seattle Opera Debut: Parsifal (’03)
Previously at Seattle Opera: The Pearl Fishers
(’15); Nabucco (’15); Ariadne auf Naxos (’15)
Recently: Come From Away (Seattle Repertory
Theatre); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Seattle
Children’s Theater); The Nutcracker (Pacific
Northwest Ballet)
Upcoming: Constellations (Seattle Repertory
Theatre); Brooklyn Bridge (Seattle Children’s
Theater); Assassins (A Contemporary Theatre)
ALASDAIR ELLIOTT
Don Curzio
Bass (Seattle, WA)
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Bluebeard, Bluebeard’s Castle (Virginia
Arts Festival, Buffalo Philharmonic, and Seattle
Symphony); Soloist, Belshazzar’s Feast (Virginia
Symphony); Praise-God Tewke, Merry Mount
(Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie
Hall)
BERNARDA BOBRO
Countess Almaviva
NUCCIA FOCILE
Susanna
Soprano (Maribor, Slovenia)
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Tytania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Grand-Théâtre de Genève); Violetta, La traviata
(New National Theatre Tokyo); Gretel, Hansel
und Gretel (Opéra National de Paris)
Upcoming: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Oper
Stuttgart)
STEVEN COLE
Don Basilio
Tenor (Baltimore, MD)
Seattle Opera Debut: Goro, Madama Butterfly
(’89)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Spalanzani, The
Tales of Hoffmann (’14); Spoletta, Tosca (’08);
Nick, La fanciulla del West (’04)
Recently: Don Buscone, Veremonda (Spoleto
Festival USA); Abbé de Chazeuil, Adriana
Lecouvreur (Opéra Nice)
Upcoming: Don Basilio, The Marriage of Figaro (Lyric Opera of Kansas);
Creation/Creator (world premiere by Christopher Theofanidis at Atlanta
Symphony); Recital (Kennedy Center)
The Marriage of Figaro
Tenor (Hamilton, Scotland)
Seattle Opera Debut: Spoletta, Tosca (’15)
Recently: Bardolfo, Falstaff (Royal Opera Covent
Garden); Red Whiskers, Billy Budd (Glyndebourne
Festival); First Jew, Salome (Netherlands Opera)
Upcoming: Balthazar Zorn, Die Meistersinger
von Nürnberg (Glyndebourne Festival); various
roles, The Nose and Innkeeper, Der Rosenkavalier
(Royal Opera Covent Garden)
Soprano (Militello, Sicily)
Seattle Opera Debut: Tatyana, Eugene Onegin,
(’02)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Violetta, La
traviata (’09); Nedda, Pagliacci (’08); Iphigénie,
Iphigénie en Tauride (’07)
Seattle Opera Artist of the Year: Elle, La voix
humaine (’13)
Recently: Despina, Così fan tutte (Houston
Grand Opera); Mimì, La bohème (New Israeli Opera); Musetta, La
bohème (Royal Opera Covent Garden)
Upcoming: Concerts in Berlin and San Francisco
MARGARET GAWRYSIAK
Marcellina
Mezzo Soprano (Geneseo, IL)
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2007/08; 2008/09
Seattle Opera Debut: Vera Boronel, The Consul
(’14)
Recently: Marquise, The Daughter of the
Regiment (Arizona Opera); Mrs. DeRocher, Dead
Man Walking (Dayton Opera); Ježibaba, Rusalka
(North Carolina Opera)
Upcoming: Mistress Hibbons, The Scarlet Letter
(Opera Colorado); Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd
(Townsend Opera)
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ARTISTS CONT.
AIDAN LANG
Stage Director
JOHN MOORE
Count Almaviva
Selected by the Seattle Opera Board of Directors
after a two-year, international search process,
Aidan Lang became Seattle Opera’s General
Director on September 1, 2014. He served as
General Director of New Zealand Opera from
2006 to 2013 and has also held positions of
artistic leadership at Buxton Festival,
Glyndebourne, and Opera Zuid. As a freelance
director, Lang staged the first Brazilian
production of Wagner’s Ring at the historic Teatro Amazonas in
Manaus. Other noted productions include Count Ory (Welsh National
Opera), Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Lisbon), The Turn of the
Screw (Salzburg), and the British premieres of The Magic Fountain by
Frederick Delius (Scottish Opera) and Cornet Christoph Rilke’s Song of
Love and Death by Siegfried Matthus (Glyndebourne).
CAITLIN LYNCH
Countess Almaviva
Soprano (Detroit, MI)
Seattle Opera Debut: Micaëla, Carmen (’11)
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2006/07
Recently: Marguerite, Faust (Michigan Opera
Theatre); Yadwiga, Enemies, A Love Story (Palm
Beach Opera); Dvořák’s Stabat Mater (Omaha
Symphony)
Upcoming: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni
(English National Opera); Violetta, La traviata
(Chautauqua Opera); Out of Darkness, world premiere by J. Heggie
(Music of Remembrance)
WADE MADSEN
Choreographer (Albuquerque, NM)
Seattle Opera Debut: Don Giovanni (’07)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
(’15); Don Giovanni (’14); The Marriage of Figaro
(’09)
Professor of Dance, Cornish College of the Arts
and Instructor, Velocity Dance Center
Other Credits: ACT, Bellingham Repertory Dance,
Bumbershoot, D-9 Dance Collective, On the
Boards, Rockhopper Dance, Seattle Dance Project,
Spectrum Dance Theater, Seattle Repertory
Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare
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Bass (Milford, IA)
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Figaro, The Barber of Seville (Opera
Omaha); Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro
(Atlanta Opera); Papageno, The Magic Flute
(Metropolitan Opera)
Upcoming: Tadeusz, The Passenger (Florida
Grand Opera); Papageno, The Magic Flute
(Portland Opera); Adario, Les Indes galantes
(Munich Opera Festival)
KARIN MUSHEGAIN
Cherubino
Mezzo Soprano (Pasadena, CA)
Seattle Opera Debut: Cenerentola, La
Cenerentola (’13)
Recently: Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Austin Lyric
Opera); El Gato, El Gato con botas (Gotham
Chamber Opera); Rosina, The Barber of Seville
(Lyrique en mer, France)
Upcoming: Cenerentola, La Cenerentola (Bob
Jones University)
AMANDA OPUSZYNSKI
Barbarina
Soprano (Menlo Park, CA)
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2010/11; 2011/12
Seattle Opera Debut: Frasquita, Carmen (’11)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Naiad, Ariadne auf
Naxos (’15)
Recently: Micäela, Carmen (St. Petersburg
Opera); Messiah (Orchestra Seattle); Frasquita,
Carmen (Pacific Symphony Orchestra)
Upcoming: Musetta, La bohème (South Dakota
Symphony); Clorinda, La Cenerentola (Boston
Symphony); Bess Erne, Riders of the Purple Sage (world premiere by
C. Bohmler at Arizona Opera)
ELIZABETH POJANOWSKI
Cherubino
Mezzo Soprano (Astoria, New York)
Seattle Opera Debut
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 2007/08, 2008/09
Recently: Sadie, Morning Star (Cincinnati Opera);
Dorabella, Così fan tutte (Annapolis Opera);
Mercédès, Carmen (Cincinnati Opera)
Upcoming: Isolier, Count Ory (Loft Opera)
Seattle Opera 2015/16 Season
ROBIN RAWSTORNE
Set Designer (Auckland, New Zealand)
LAURA TATULESCU
Susanna
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Creative Director, ‘The Idea Collective’
at MOTAT (exhibition showcasing New Zealand
innovation); Set Designer, Moko (Atamira Dance
Company, Sky City Theatre, Auckland, NZ);
Creative Director, ‘Fascination Porsche’ (modular
exhibition touring China to showcase Porsche
brand)
Upcoming: Designer, James Watson Reserve
Pavilion (Auckland, NZ); Set Designer, RUAMOKO Project (Atamira
Dance Company and Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra for Auckland
International Arts Festival 2016); Designer, Interior of Children’s Library,
Auckland
Soprano (Munich, Germany)
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
and Blanche, Dialogues of the Carmelites
(Stadttheater Klagenfurt); Serpetta, La finta
giardiniera, and Despina, Così fan tutte
(Bavarian State Opera)
Upcoming: Norina, Don Pasquale (Florida Grand
Opera); Marzelline, Fidelio (Cincinnati Opera);
Musetta, La bohème (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino)
DUANE SCHULER
Lighting Designer (Elkhart Lake, WI)
Seattle Opera Debut: Giulio Cesare (’07)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Semele (’15), Don
Giovanni (’14); La voix humaine/Suor Angelica
(’13)
Faculty, The Juilliard School of Music
Recently: Messiah (St. Thomas Choir of Men and
Boys); Concerts (Alabama Symphony Orchestra);
Don Giovanni (Lyric Opera of Kansas City)
Upcoming: The Marriage of Figaro (Utah Opera);
Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice, Berlioz version (Des Moines Opera Festival);
Dvořák Requiem (Berkshire Choral Festival)
Seattle Opera Debut: Norma (’94)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Nabucco (’15); Don
Giovanni (’14), The Consul (’14)
Recently: Bel Canto (world premiere at Lyric
Opera of Chicago); Norma (LA Opera); Tosca
(Houston Grand Opera)
Upcoming: Der Rosenkavalier (Lyric Opera
of Chicago); Maometto II (Canadian Opera
Company); Béatrice et Bénédict (Glyndebourne
Festival)
SHENYANG
Figaro
Bass (Tianjin, China)
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Alidoro, La Cenerentola (Opernhaus
Zurich and Washington National Opera); Figaro,
The Marriage of Figaro (National Centre for
the Performing Arts, Beijing); Missa Solemnis,
(Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Upcoming: Escamillo, Carmen (Singapore
Symphony Orchestra); Recitals (New York’s
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Shanghai, Taipei); Concerts (China
Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra)
MORGAN SMITH
Count Almaviva
Baritone (Seattle, WA)
Seattle Opera Debut: Donald, Billy Budd (’01)
Seattle Opera Young Artist: 1999/00, 2000/01
Previously at Seattle Opera: Jim, An American
Dream (’15); Silvio, Pagliacci (’08); Don Giovanni,
Don Giovanni (’07)
Recently: Starbuck, Moby-Dick (Los Angeles
Opera); Sharpless, Madama Butterfly (L’Opéra de
Montréal); Escamillo, Carmen (Pittsburgh Opera)
Upcoming: Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Arizona Opera); Four Villains,
The Tales of Hoffmann (Madison Opera); Lassiter, Riders of the Purple
Sage (Arizona Opera)
The Marriage of Figaro
GARY THOR WEDOW
Conductor (LaPorte, IN)
ELIZABETH WHITING
Costume Designer (Aukland, New Zealand)
Seattle Opera Debut
Recently: Angels in America (Q Theatre);
La bohème and Don Giovanni (New Zealand
Opera); Lady Killers (Maidment Theatre)
Upcoming: Tosca (New Zealand Opera); World of
WearableArt (design competition in Wellington,
exhibition touring to Seattle’s EMP in June)
ARTHUR WOODLEY
Dr. Bartolo
Bass (New York, NY)
Seattle Opera Debut: Dr. Bartolo, The Marriage
of Figaro (’97)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Crespel, The Tales
of Hoffmann (’14); Colline, La bohème (‘13);
Alidoro, La Cenerentola (‘13)
Recently: Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (Florida
Grand Opera); Joe, Showboat and Father Trulove,
The Rake’s Progress (Portland Opera)
Upcoming: Emile Griffith, Champion (Opera
Parallèle); Dick Hallorann, The Shining (world
premiere by P. Moravec at Arizona Opera)
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The Marriage of Figaro
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ALL I NEED TO KNOW
I LEARNED FROM COMIC OPERA
By Jonathan Dean
In the history of comedy, The Marriage of Figaro owes
its special place to its extraordinarily perfect balance of
humor and wisdom. Its philosophy, when embraced, can
bring to lowly mortals a nearly divine joy. Among Figaro’s
chief lessons:
PEOPLE ARE WEAK. BUT
THAT’S ALSO WHY WE’RE
LOVEABLE.
We go to tragedy to experience pity
and fear as we witness how the mighty
have fallen. But when we go to comedy,
watching a bunch of idiots screw up their
lives makes us supremely happy. We may
admire or respect the mighty martyrs
of tragedy; but we love the delightful,
deluded dopes of comedy. Why is it so
easy to connect with them? Because
they’re just as flawed as we are. We
recognize Figaro’s conceit, the Countess’s
passivity, Cherubino’s raging hormones,
Susanna’s bossiness, Bartolo’s pompous
arrogance, and the Count’s quick temper
and wandering eye. And the golden rule of
comedy offers consolation: we know that
no matter how ridiculous these people are,
how foolish their choices, a happy ending
awaits them.
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THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
PAY ATTENTION!
The Marriage of Figaro rewards those who
keep their eyes and ears open and think on
their feet. Figaro, for instance, scores big at
the end because he catches every ball that
comes his way. He observes Cherubino
jump out the window, notices the Count
prick his finger with the pin, even sees
through Susanna’s disguise in the darkness
of the garden. (He wins that little game,
first by playing along, to get back at her
for tormenting him; and then by instantly
transforming her fury into affection with
an argument she can’t refuse: those magic
words, “I recognized the voice I love.”)
Meanwhile the Count, Figaro’s antagonist
in this comic plot, loses points because
he’s just not that quick on the uptake. He
has a hard time noticing Cherubino, who’s
like his shadow, hiding everywhere he
goes; he falls for the ruse of Figaro’s letter,
and he bets on the wrong horse when
he supports Marcellina. More damningly,
he underestimates Susanna and fails
to recognize his own wife, even when
he’s making love to her. Lucky for him,
everyone around him understands that
despite all his bluster, he’s harmless, so it’s
easy for them to love and forgive him.
NOTHING IS CERTAIN. BUT
IF YOU CAN ADAPT, YOU’LL
SURVIVE.
Characters in comic operas usually
announce their desires, goals, and
plans early on. But nothing ever goes
according to plan. You think you’re
singing a duet? It’ll turn into a trio (then
a quartet, a quintet, and so on and on,
as more and more unwelcome people
crowd into wherever you are). No sooner
has Character A hidden behind a curtain
upstage left, than someone else will enter
and hide behind a chair downstage right.
Life in comic opera is constant chaos; it’s
sailing in rough seas, and it’s not enough
just to keep from drowning: the successful
character learns how to surf.
Cherubino has the right idea. He seizes
every possible opportunity, whether that
means kissing any available woman or
going for the window when the door is
locked. The Count and Figaro want to
make a man of him? He goes along with it.
And a few minutes later, Susanna and the
Countess want to transform him into
a girl? Why not! He gives everything the
old college try, and at least earns an ‘E’
for effort.
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LOVE SHOWS US
OURSELVES.
When a mirror isn’t available, you need
a lover in order to see yourself and learn
who you are. As Cherubino sings in his
brilliantly paired arias, he doesn’t know
who he is or what he’s doing anymore; but
perhaps the ladies, who know what love
is, can teach him. All personal growth in
this opera is accomplished through the
mechanism of love. Bartolo and Marcellina
are transformed when they finally
acknowledge the love that connects them
to each other and to Figaro. Despite the
cooling of their original ardor, the Count
and Countess need each other desperately.
Figaro is only Figaro because Susanna
forces him to stay on top of his game. And
without Figaro’s jealousy and mistrust,
Susanna would never sing her Act Four
love song—a fake, a cheat, and a ruse,
but simultaneously the most sincere love
music in the opera and her one opportunity
to figure out who she really is.
The Marriage of Figaro
FORGIVENESS MAKES THE
WORLD A GREAT GOOD
PLACE.
Dr. Bartolo was the villain of this opera’s
prequel, The Barber of Seville. When he
first comes onstage in The Marriage of
Figaro, he still hasn’t forgiven Figaro, the
Count, and Rosina for getting the better
of him: “Forgiveness is for cowards,” he
sings. But he learns better. The Marriage
of Figaro is an unusually sunny piece:
it has conspicuously few moments of
darkness or minor keys. Its crucial, final
moment of forgiveness makes this
opera’s extreme happiness possible. In the
context of the plot, it may be possible to
dispute the wisdom of that ultimate act of
forgiveness. But Mozart’s music for that
scene lifts us out of the plot. None of its
twists and turns matter anymore; what
matters now, and we hear it, is that that
spring of love will never run dry.
GOD MUST EXPERIENCE
CREATION AS A
MAGNIFICENT ENSEMBLE
COMEDY.
None of the characters in The Marriage
of Figaro really understands everything
that happens on this exhausting,
baffling, wonderful day. But we in the
audience do. The clockwork brilliance of
Beaumarchais’s plot, the luscious lines of
Da Ponte’s verse, and Mozart’s effortlessly
perfect music combine to create an
adorably entertaining whirligig. We’ll never
get tired of winding up this toy and playing
with it; it offers a bliss that can only be
described as divine. Don’t you think that’s
what God feels when smiling down upon
creation, watching our lives, and listening
to the song of all our hearts? I just hope
we put on half so good a show.
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AIDAN LANG’S
CINEMATIC FIGARO
By Travis Vogt
How do you make a live opera “cinematic”? Opera and film
are fundamentally different forms of storytelling. For Seattle
Opera General Director Aidan Lang, adapting some of the
techniques of cinema became the key to bringing clarity to
what is known as opera’s most complicated plot.
Lang first brought this striking production
to life in 2010 for New Zealand Opera, and
it’s easy to understand why he was eager
to share the production with audiences in
Seattle. “We’re applying film logic to The
Marriage of Figaro,” says Lang. “What we
said was, ‘What would Robert Altman of
Gosford Park do?’”
The Altman comparison is spot on. Altman
was enthralled with creating intense,
realistic interplay between characters,
trying to depict coherently how people
behave and speak in real life. Characters
in his films talk over each other, interrupt,
fail to listen, and generally behave like
autonomous beings, each with a singular
and unpredictable inner life. Only in the
hands of a master does this approach not
result in total cacophony. Figaro is not
all that different. “Figaro can so easily
confuse,” says Lang. “But actually the
confusion for me is the joy. But it needs to
be controlled confusion.” That control is
easily accomplished in film, as “complexity
of plot is something which cinema is most
good at.” Camera placement and editing
can parcel out information in the order that
best tells the story. Opera productions can’t
do that. Or can they?
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Lang’s Figaro uses cinematic techniques
to draw the viewer to the most essential
elements of the story while subtly
clarifying elements that might be
confusing to modern audiences. The
movements of the meticulously designed
set help the storytelling: cross-section
views of multiple rooms organize the
characters into groups so the viewer can
easily discern who is eavesdropping on
whom, who is in cahoots with whom.
“It’s quite complex, but it doesn’t look
complex,” Lang says. “With a number of
moving panels and a moving floor, we’re
able to have a structure which allows
us to do what would be a cut in a film.”
Eliminating any possible confusion over
characters’ relationships allows the
audience to appreciate the manic plotting
and escalating absurdity—a farcical and
pleasing kind of disorientation that had
been strictly intended by Mozart and
Da Ponte.
Another challenge is to bridge the gap
between modern audiences and those
of the late eighteenth century. That’s an
awfully big generational gap. Many of the
social intricacies of the world in which
Figaro is set can seem alien to people of
the twenty-first century—particularly
Americans. “Figaro was written around
the time of the American Revolution,
which was so successful Americans
today don’t automatically understand
oppressive European class systems,”
Lang explains. Cinematic shorthand once
again comes to the rescue, as Lang fills
the space with many subtle cues that
we might not consciously perceive, but
which immediately register in the back
of the mind. “The walls are tall, high. The
characters are trapped. The smaller you
go, the taller it looks. You’re meant to be
dwarfed—there’s an oppressiveness to
this society.”
Many great films have shaved pages
and pages off of their scripts by using
these sorts of visual cues. Citizen Kane’s
many up-angled and deep-focus shots
are constantly explaining characters’
relationships without a single wasted
word. Operas are usually limited to just a
few different locations, but Lang’s Figaro
brings multiple visual tableaus to a single
act. This technique is most useful during
the first and third acts, where the action
is incredibly diffuse. We first meet Figaro
and Susanna in the middle of the stage in
narrow, confined servants’ quarters. This
sliver of stage light goes all the way up
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Stage Director Aidan Lang works with Cherubino (Elizabeth Pojanowski) at a Marriage of Figaro
staging rehearsal.
to the rafters—their position is cramped
and inescapable. (It’s so claustrophobic,
it’s not even clear the marriage bed will
fit—a design choice which motivates
Figaro’s opening action, measuring the
floor, better than a more spacious opening
scene.) When we see Countess Almaviva’s
room in the next act, it lavishly takes
up the entire stage—with an inviting,
ovular window that looks like a portal to
freedom. (Eventually, of course, it is used
as just that!) Lang believes that “this plot
doesn’t work unless you nail not only the
class system, but the lack of mobility.”
Watching his Figaro, you don’t have to
The Marriage of Figaro
have grown up in a caste system to feel
the vast gulf between Figaro’s and the
Count’s experiences.
The set design is a useful device, but it’s
also a powerful aesthetic choice. The
shifting backdrops are a single color. It’s
tempting to use the term “minimalistic” to
describe the sets, but once again, the visual
simplicity is a functional choice Lang has
employed to focus attention. Too much
busyness in the backdrop adds another
layer of confusion. “Rococo productions I’ve
seen can be very ornate, but the performers
can be so blurred,” he says. “When there’s
too much going on visually, you can’t follow
the action. You need to be able to zoom in,
just like film.” Lang’s approach reminds me
of the films of Wes Anderson, which use
vivid primary colors, simple-yet-powerful
designs, and precise close-ups to bring an
immediate distinction to his characters.
Ironically, the goal of all of these cinematic
techniques is to showcase this eighteenthcentury opera to best advantage. Lang’s
intention is to focus the viewer’s attention
on the music and the story—“by suggesting,
but not imposing a reaction.” It is an
intimate, close reading of the material,
but it allows you to interact with it on your
own terms, which is something altogether
rare in the world of film. “If you are
spoon-fed your emotional response, then
you are being denied a huge part of your
relationship with the piece,” he says. “What
opera does at its best is spark creative
response in the viewer.” Lang’s thoughtful
production of The Marriage of Figaro will be
making a lot of sparks.
Travis Vogt is a comedian, filmmaker, film
buff, and writer whose column, “Going to
the Opera with Grandma,” is published by
Encore Arts Seattle.
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Gabriel Gargari, Paul Gauger, Michael
Heitmann, Li-Tan Hsu, Tim Janecke,
Rachel Kessler, Laura Loge, Jessica
Milanese, Debbie Pierce, Greg Smith,
Lucy Weber
Teaching Artists
FINANCE
Marissa Betz-Zall
Controller
Michael Joyce
Senior Financial Analyst
Randee Byrd
Payroll Manager
SALES AND SERVICES
COSTUMES
Michelle M. Carrasquillo
Associate Director of Marketing,
Sales and Services
Susan I. Davis
Costume Shop Manager
Dana Johnson
Senior Manager of Ticketing
Operations
Emily van der Harten
Audience Services Manager
Kathryn Wahlberg
Lead Audience Services
Representative
Alex Hagen, Stephen Jackson, Debbie
McKinney, Isaac Novak, Michael
Seidel, Catherine Söderlind, Kylie
Steinbach, N. Donn Talenti, LaShawn
Williams
Audience Services Representatives
Bri Ludvigsen
Subscriber Relations Coordinator
DIRECT SALES
Dan Murphy
Direct Sales Manager
Bernard Pack
Direct Sales Assistant Manager
Mary Hobbs, Albert Sanders
Senior Account Representatives
Trevor Torres
Payroll Assistant
Lindsey Gander, Erin Hart, Virginia
Jackson, James Lewis, Toni Zeigler
Account Representatives
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
PRODUCTION
Kristina Austin
IT Manager
Iain Quigley
Desktop User Support Technician
Stuart McLeod
Software Systems Administrator
MARKETING AND
COMMUNICATIONS
Kristina Murti
Associate Director of Marketing
Ed Hawkins
Marketing Manager/Copywriter
Brittany Rall
Digital Marketing Manager
Kelly Colglazier
Graphic Designer
Erika Norris
Web Producer
Lindsey Morck
Marketing Coordinator
PRODUCTION
ADMINISTRATION
Angie Kamel
Assistant Production Director
Paula Podemski
Production Supervisor
Meggie Watson
Production Administration
Assistant
Jenn Holstine
Production Administration Intern
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Yasmine Kiss
Production Stage Manager
Mike Janney, Thea Railey
Assistant Stage Managers
Madeline Levy
Production Assistant
Roxanne Foster
Stage Management Intern
MUSIC
Ksenia Popova
Marketing Coordinator
Sarah Kern Potter
Music Administrator
MEDIA RELATIONS
Philip A. Kelsey
Assistant Conductor
Jessica Murphy Moo
Communications Editor
Gabrielle Nomura Gainor
Media Relations Manager
Monte Jacobson
Media Relations Coordinator
David McDade
Head of Coach-Accompanists
John Keene
Chorusmaster
Emily Cabaniss
Music Assistant/Company Librarian
Stephen Wall
Chorus Personnel Coordinator
Beth Kirchhoff
Chorusmaster Emeritus
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Nancy Del Villar Vivé
Director of Human Resources
Richard A. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
Heidi Zamora
Costume Show Manager/Costume
Design Coordinator
Ieva Ohaks
Costume Rental-Stock Coordinator
Sophy Wong
Costume Assistant
Mary Ellen Walter
Lead Cutter
Lia Surprenant
Crafts Supervisor
Shanna Sincell
Cutter
Cynthia Abbott, Denise Barry
First Hands
Kate Hartman, Andrea Herman, Yoko
Niendorf, Lacee Renhart, Laura Mé
Smith, Morgana Spake, Anji Wetherill
Stitchers
Jim Nash
Master Electrician
Martin Cunningham
Assistant Master Electrician
Dave Hult
Audio/Video Supervisor
Desirae Brownlee, Chris Dimoff, Jim
Gable, John Small
Assistant Electricians
Petrude W. Olds Jr.
Properties Master
Sandy Burke
Assistant Properties Master
Jason Montgomery
Properties Assistant
Candy Solie
Lightboard Operator
Jack Burke
Master Sound Technician/Designer
SCENIC STUDIOS
Michael Moore
Scenic Studios Manager
Madeline DeGracia
Wardrobe Head
Phillip Lienau
Associate Resident Scenic Designer
Christy Kazimour
Assistant Wardrobe Head
Mark Schmidt
Drafting
HAIR AND MAKEUP
Liesl Alice Gatcheco
Hair and Makeup Manager
Shelby Adele Rogers
Lead Principal Hair and Makeup Artist
Calli Day, Eva Robins, Trisha Partida,
Ashlee Naegle
Principal Hair and Makeup Artists
MJ Fjellestad, Jenn Hill, Kelly
Schmidt, Terry Wright, Patti BarilaWilmot
Hair and Makeup Artists
Faith Matthews
Assistant Hair and Makeup Manager
Danielle Hrachovek
Hair and Makeup Intern
TECHNICAL
TECHNICAL
ADMINISTRATION
Robert F. Reynolds
Associate Technical Director
Chris Reay
Assistant Technical Director
Connie Yun
Assistant Lighting Designer
Linda Kenworthy
Properties Coordinator
Alicia Moriarty
Technical Financial Administrator
STAGE CREW
Charles T. Buck
Master Stage Carpenter
Jack F. Harrison
Assistant Master Stage Carpenter
Justin Loyd
Head Flyman
Scot Allison, Chris Balducci, Jason
Balter, Dallas Duell, Ian Gardner,
Adam Lantz, Jason Wagoner
Assistant Stage Carpenters
Bruce Warshaw
Master Scenic Carpenter
George Howard Jr.
Assistant Master Scenic Carpenter
Scott Staheli Lead
Scenic Carpenter
Kitty Kavanaugh
Master Scenic Artist
Kevin Wilson
Assistant Charge Artist
Susannah Anderson, Rick Araluce,
Kevin Koch
Lead Scenic Artists
James Easter
Purchasing
FACILITIES AND
OPERATIONS
Claudia Gallagher
Associate Facilities Director
Cynthia Moore
Facilities and Technical Assistant
Principals, stage directors, choristers,
stage managers, assistant stage
managers, and assistant directors
employed in this production are
members of the American Guild of
Musical Artists AFL-CIO.
The musicians are represented by
the Seattle Symphony and Opera
Players’ Organization, a Chapter of
the International Guild of Symphony,
Opera, and Ballet Musicians.
Scenery construction and stage crew
work is performed by employees
represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local #15.
Costume and wardrobe work is
performed by employees represented
by T.W.U., Local #887.
Scenic artists and hair/makeup
work is performed by employees
represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local #488.
Seattle Opera 2015/16 Season
STAFF CHAT
ROB
REYNOLDS
YOUR WORK SEEMS HIGHLY DETAILORIENTED.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING
THEATER?
Yes, if a designer says, “I want a white
wall here,” I’d say, “What shade of white?
Is it an 8-foot wall, or 7’6”?” We work out
the details ahead so that when the final
design goes to the shop floor, most of the
questions are already answered.
Since I was a student at Bellevue High
School. After undergrad at Central
Washington University I worked in Hawaii
for several years, then moved back to
Seattle to get an MFA from UW and joined
Seattle Opera in December 1987 as a
draftsman. My first job was to document
what they were building at the shop at the
time—Robert Dahlstrom’s Rigoletto.
YOU SCHEDULE CREWS FOR
REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES. HOW
MANY PEOPLE, ON AVERAGE?
Between carpenters, electricians, and
props we average 23 people back there, but
it can go up to 50 or down to 15.
YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUE CHRIS
REAY TAKE TURNS ORGANIZING ALL
THESE DETAILS FOR OUR SHOWS. HE
DID PEARL FISHERS, AND YOU’RE DOING
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO.
If you had to do them all, you’d get your
shows confused, or you’d burn out. There’s
a lot of turnover in companies with a really
intense schedule but a limited amount
of people.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN OTHER COMPANIES
RENT SCENERY FROM US?
I work with Alicia [Moriarty, Technical
Financial Administrator] to execute those
contracts and then I answer all their
technical questions about how the scenery
works.
WHAT’S OUR HOTTEST-RENTING SHOW?
The old Sormani Tosca we did last season.
That’s gone out twice this year. If you spend
the time lighting it so that it looks as rich as
it can, it’s a good showcase for the singers
and the story.
The Marriage of Figaro
28 YEARS IS A LONG TIME...WHAT’S
THE MAGNETISM OF SEATTLE OPERA FOR
YOU?
It’s the people. We really work as a team.
There’s no reason to go somewhere else
if you enjoy your colleagues and you’re
continually challenged. They’re always
thinking up new things for us to do.
WHICH SEATTLE OPERA PRODUCTION
EXCEEDED YOUR OWN EXPECTATIONS?
The Chihuly Pelléas et Mélisande. We had
to reproduce small glass objects on a large
scale. We filled plastic bags full of air and
painted them, and it looked like glass.
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF
SHARING OR RENTING OPERA
PRODUCTIONS FROM OTHER
COMPANIES?
There are only five or six opera companies
in this country that work in theaters of a
similar size to ours. When a show comes
to us configured for a smaller venue, we
may have to expand it, to make it feel
comfortable in our space. Sometimes we’ll
add ten or sixteen feet in the middle of a
set, and paint it so you don’t notice. Or find
a way to mask it. Or build a new piece that
matches the style.
© PHILIP NEWTON
For almost 30 years Associate Technical Director Rob Reynolds has been a key member
of the team that imagines, builds, and deploys the scenery that transforms our stage into
every conceivable location. Look for him directing truck traffic on Speight Jenkins Way
during load-in, or photographing dress rehearsals from Row Y. During performances, you’ll
almost always find Rob reading backstage—except for War and Peace, when he (and his
daughter) swelled the onstage crowds.
–Jonathan Dean
HOW DID THIS MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
SET GET HERE FROM NEW ZEALAND?
It was packed into four shipping containers,
and then spent 40 days sailing from
Auckland to Korea to Japan to Vancouver
to Seattle.
ARE WE CHANGING OR ADAPTING THIS
PRODUCTION?
Because our proscenium is bigger, we
figured out how to make its sliding walls
slide four feet farther offstage. We may
build some flats to help frame the picture,
so you’re not just looking at black fabric
on the sides. And we’re talking about
enhancing the garden scene with some
projections to make it pop out a bit more.
We want people still to be interested in
looking at the scene all the way to the end.
WHEN THE SET IS READY, THEN COMES
LOAD-IN. YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER
WHAT THAT WAS LIKE IN THE OLD
SEATTLE OPERA HOUSE...
Yeah, I’m glad we don’t have to do a U-turn
in the middle of Mercer St. with a 53-foot
trailer anymore! Load-in typically involves
40 people moving four to five trailers full
of scenery, plus four trailers of equipment,
over the course of a twelve-hour day.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE OPERA?
Don’t have one. I like much of the Ring, but
that may be familiarity...I’ve listened to it
a lot!
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EVERLASTING
LOVE OF OPERA
Seattle Opera is alive
and thriving thanks to
the dedicated support of
subscribers and donors
like you.
Our Seattle Opera donor family is filled with
diversity, comprised of arts lovers young and
old, near and far, opera beginners and veterans.
We are united by our passion for opera and
our commitment to community. Every person
makes a meaningful difference.
TOGETHER, WE WILL
BUILD A STRONG AND
EXCITING FUTURE FOR
OPERA.
We need your help to raise $4.1 million before
June 30 to support the 2015/16 season of
programs built for you and our community.
Join Seattle Opera’s donor family today!
CALL 206.389.7669
EMAIL
[email protected]
VISIT
SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/GIVE
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© NEIL MACKENZIE
INSTITUTIONAL
DONORS
Seattle Opera is exceedingly grateful for the following
corporate, foundation, and government agency grants
made between July 1, 2014 and November 13, 2015.
The impact of these organizations and individuals
keeps opera and the arts thriving in our community.
$1,000,000 and more
Seattle Opera Foundation
$500,000-$999,999
Anonymous
Seattle Opera Guild in memory of
Marian E. Lackovich and Captain Louis J. Lackovich
$250,000-$499,999
Nesholm Fa mi ly
F ou n dat ion
$100,000-$249,999
C.E. Stuart
Charitable Trust
True-Brown
Foundation
$50,000-$99,999
The Chisholm
Foundation
Ann and Gordon
Getty Foundation
John Graham
Foundation
William Randolph
Hearst Foundation
$25,000-$49,999
The Hot Chocolate
Fund
Spark Charitable
Foundation
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Peach Foundation
Trimble Fund
Seattle Opera 2015/16 Season
$15,000 - $24,999
Thurston Charitable Foundation
Vulcan, Inc.
Wyman Youth Trust
The Peg and Rick Young Foundation
R. B. and Ruth H. Dunn Charitable
Foundation
OPERA America’s Building Opera
Audiences Grant Program
Safeco Insurance
$3,000 - $4,999
$10,000 - $14,999
Costco Wholesale
The Foster Foundation
Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation
Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation
U.S. Bank Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
ArtsWA
BNSF Railway Foundation
Colymbus Foundation
Cornerstone Advisors, Inc.
Creelman Foundation
The Dabney Point Fund
Firestone Family Foundation
Lease Crutcher Lewis
MetLife Financial Planning Division, an
office of MetLife
Nuckols-Keefe Family Foundation
Richard B. and Barbara B. Odlin
Foundation
VOLUNTEER
FUNDRAISING
$1,500 - $2,999
Catherine Gay Communications
Madden Associates
D.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable Trust
Pacific Coast Feather Company
PRCN Foundation SkyOpera Fund
Volunteer support
demonstrates exceptional
community spirit, great
generosity, and a love
of artful experiences.
Seattle Opera sincerely
appreciates these gifts.
$1,000 - $1,499
List reflects gifts made between July 1, 2014
and November 13, 2015.
Charles Maxfield and Gloria F. Parrish
Foundation
The Seattle Foundation: Poncho Legacy
Fund
Apex Foundation
Educational Legacy Fund
The Reed McClure Firm
$25,000 AND MORE
Gemperle Holiday Soiree 2014
Gemperle Holiday Soiree 2015
The Sowing Circle
$500 - $999
$7,500 - $24,999
Carol Mae Cook Trust
Leathercare, Inc.
Norm Hollingshead Birthday Fund
Seattle Opera Guild–Lakeside Preview
Group
Seattle Opera Guild–Mercer Island Preview
Group
OFFICIAL IN-KIND PARTNERS
Seattle Opera thanks these companies for providing major in-kind support throughout
the 2015/16 season.
$5,000 - $7,499
Seattle Opera Guild–Amici Preview Group
Seattle Opera Guild–Parties and Previews
Wagner and More–San Francisco Trip
$3,000 - $4,999
Seattle Opera Guild–Bellini Preview Group
Seattle Opera Guild–Magnolia/Queen
Anne Preview Group
IN-KIND DONORS
Seattle Opera thanks the following donors for generous in-kind support between
July 1, 2014 and November 13, 2015.
Chateau St. Michelle
City Catering
Perkins Coie
Cossé International
Securities
Garvey Schubert Barer
Richard and Mary Beth
Gemperle
Heartland
Matthew Keri
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lyson
Paula’s Choice
Talking Rain
Rose and the late John
Southall
Barbara and Charles Wright
In Memory of Evelyn T.
Pressentin
$1,500 - $2,999
Seattle Opera Guild–Allegro Preview Group
Seattle Opera Guild–Vivace Preview Group
$1,000 - $1,499
Opera Plus–Horizon House
$500 - $999
Seattle Opera Guild – Bel Canto Preview
Group
MATCHING GIFTS
Seattle Opera offers its thanks to the following companies for matching gifts received or pledged between July 1, 2014 and November 13,
2015. These gifts support the heightened artistic quality of Seattle Opera, and they qualify employees to receive enhanced donor benefits
based on the combined value of their gift and the corporate match. For questions about corporate matching, contact Donor Services at
206.389.7669 or [email protected].
Amgen
Apple
AT&T
Bank of America
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Boeing Company
The Bullitt Foundation
Cambia Health Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Marriage of Figaro
Chevron
Charles Schwab Foundation
Coca-Cola
COSTCO Wholesale
ECG Management Consultants, Inc
Expedia Inc.
ExxonMobil
F5 Networks
Gannett Foundation
General Electric
Google
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
Laird Norton Family
Foundation
Macy’s Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Oracle
Puget Sound Energy
Quaker Hill
Starbucks
Shell Oil Company
Texas Instruments
U.S. Bancorp
United E-way
VMware Foundation
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LEADERSHIP
CIRCLE
Take your place in the
circle of Seattle Opera’s
most visionary supporters.
Leadership Circle
Members
Through a multiyear Annual Fund
as of November 13, 2015
you can join the Leadership Circle
commitment of $100,000 or more,
Not pictured:
and help realize an unbounded
Anonymous (1)
vision for Seattle Opera’s future.
William and Sally
Neukom
By providing an enduring level
Toby Bright and
Nancy Ward
Loretta
and Robert
Comfort
Christopher and
Carolyn Eagan
of support, Leadership Circle
members act as pillars for our
community, ensuring the vitality
of the arts that enrich our
region’s culture. Thank you to
our members for keeping Seattle
Opera connected and thriving.
Eric Hawley and
Gwen Lowery
Gary and Parul
Houlahan
Carol Maione
and Brian Marks
LEADERSHIP
CIRCLE GIFTS
• Are customized gifts planned in
advance for three years or more
totaling $100,000+.
• Give you premium recognition
and access to your opera
company.
• Allow you to create a lasting
Nesholm
Family Foundation
James and Sherry
Raisbeck
Joan
Snelson
Maryanne Tagney
and David Jones
impact!
Members will join General Director
Aidan Lang for an intimate dinner
as a token of gratitude for their
meaningful gifts. To learn more
about the Leadership Circle,
contact Director of Development
Lisa Bury at 206.676.5530 or
[email protected].
True-Brown
Foundation
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Jay and Susanne
Wakefield
Gail and William
Weyerhaeuser
Seattle Opera 2015/16 Season
INDIVIDUAL
DONORS
Seattle Opera acknowledges with appreciation its individual donors, whose
philanthropy allows the company to continue its commitment to artistic
excellence and fiscal stability. In this program book we celebrate our most
loyal donors, recognizing that gifts of all sizes are essential to sustaining
great opera in Seattle each and every season.
The list below reflects annual donors at the Amethyst level and higher ($500 and more) beginning July 1, 2014 through
November 13, 2015.
FOUNDING BENEFACTORS
The late Priscilla Bullitt Collins
The late Marion Oliver McCaw
Michael M. Scott
35 OR MORE SEASONS
Anonymous (9)
Mary Alberg
George Allen
Chap and Eve Alvord
Pamela and the late Dr. Harold Amoss
Dan and Portia Anderson
Dr. Larry S. Anderson
Ronald L. Barclay
Dr. Sanford C. Barnes and Dr. Calvin L.
Tregar
Kathryn Bartholomew and Richard Beuthel
Evelyn and Richard Bateman
Dr. Ronald and Ruth Beck
Dr. and Mrs. Forrest C. Bennett
Patricia M. Bentz H
Karen and Herb Berry
Ellen Bierman
Verle M. Bleese
Jack and Connie Bloxom ^ ³
Phillip and Beverly Brazeau
Bonita and David Brewer
Karen Carlson-Iffert and Jena Marie Myers
Jack T. Cashdollar
Ronald D. Chase
Steven and Judith Clifford
Tom Coffey and Ron Sheriff
Patricia and Ted Collins
Mike and Yoko Colpitts
Frank and Joan Conlon
Norma B. Croco ^
Barbara L. Crutcher
Janine H. de Saint Giles
Patricia K. Dowd
Dennis and Karen Dunn
Glenn and Bertha Eades H
MaryAnn Eschbach
Dr. William Etnyre and Mr. David Claus ^ ³
Mrs. Gerry Fardal
Lyn and Paul Fenton † ^
Gerald B. Folland
Priscilla A. Fortiner
Clive and Shari Freidenrich
Dr. and Mrs. Howard L. Fultz
Ruth and the late Bill Gerberding
Gene O. Graham †
Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Grayston
† = Learning and Engagement Donor
The Marriage of Figaro
Dr. and Mrs. T. K. Greenlee, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Grossman
Marie and Richard Haase
Jenny Hartley ^ ³
Frederick and Catherine W. Hayes
Terrill and Jennifer Hendrickson
Suzanne Hittman
Barbara Howell ^
Connie and Dan Hungate
Bruce and Judy Hutchison
Janet Johnson and the late Paul W.
Johnson
Norman and L. Jane Hastings Johnson
Paul D. Joppa and Marguerite McCarty
Travis and Suzanne Keeler
George E. and Mary P. Kenny
Margaret Dean Kleyn
Kathy Kreps
Dr. George S. Kriz
Mrs. Jean and the late Dr. Paul F. Krynicki
Frances J. Kwapil ^
Sandra Labadie ^
Marian E. Lackovich
Isabelle S. Lamb
Robert and Joan M. Lawler
Delores D. Leonard
Mrs. Maria Levenson
Geo and Carol Levin
Mark P. Lutz
Nancy M. Macdonald
Barbara Maly
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Mangham
Jean Manwaring
Dr. James E. Marcia
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar K. Marcuse
Dale and Shirley Martin
Kathleen Maryatt
Barbara J. Mauer †
James and Betty McCurdy
Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. McManus
Renate McVittie
Gwynn Meden
Donald and Linda Miller
Elaine Miller †
Egon and Laina Molbak
H= Opera Star Monthly Donor
Coe Tug Morgan
Elizabeth and Allen Moses
Diana Neely
John F. and Laurel Nesholm ^ ³
Lois H. North
George and Linda Ojemann
Sarah M. Ovens ^
Dr. Roy C. and Patricia R. Page
Dr. Zaiga Alksne Phillips H
Sylvia B. Pollack and Molly McGee †
Douglass and Katherine Raff
Rita M. Rambo
Anne M. Redman
Russell and Julia Reid
Dr. Alex and Mr. Bruce A. Ritzen
Frances Rogers and the late Fred Rogers
James T. and Barbara Russell ^
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Salzer
Frederick and Connie Scheetz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scheidel
Mrs. R. Scheumann
Mrs. Chella Schmidt
Judith A. Schweikhardt
Allen and Virginia Senear ^
Christine Seyfried and William Catterall
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart S. Shorr
Amy Sidell
Pamela Jackson Smyth
Sonia Spear
B.H. Stephanus
Jane and Alec Stevens ^
Matthew Stewart and Marshall Bilderback
Frederick B. Strom
R. Patton Swaim and Sandra Gurosko
Delma Tayer ^
Beryl A. Thompson ^
Ian L. Thompson, M.D. ^
Linda Thompson and Carol Pearson
Gertrud Tobiason
Arthur and Louise Torgerson
Russell F. and Sarah M. Tousley ^
Betty L. Wagner † ^
Bill and Carol Warren ^
Don and Gloria Swisher ^
Nancy and Stanley Zeitz †
Donors continued next page
^ = Encore Society Member
l= SOWING Circle Member ³= Wagner and More Member
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INDIVIDUAL DONORS CONT.
30-34 SEASONS
Anonymous (9) † ^
Mr. and Mrs. Willie C. Aikens † ³
Richard R. and Constance Albrecht
Byron L. and Pauline P. Anderson
Gilbert and Mary Jane Anderson
Jere L. Bacharach and Barbara Fudge
Ivan G. Barker
Dr. Bertha Barriga
Marcia I. Batchelor
Robert Bergman
Gloria A. Breed
William B. and Ann S. Burstiner ^ ³
William F. Calderhead
Dr. T.G. and Mrs. Vaira Pelekis Christopher
Dr. Susan E. Detweiler and the late
Dr. Alexander Clowes ^ ³
Katherine and Rudy Cologna
Charles and Sandra Cossé
Sandra and Richard Counts
Charles Cowan and Rhonda Levitt
James and Wendy Cullen ^
Jane and David R. Davis
Suzanne DeWitt and Ari Steinberg
Johanna and Bill Dock
Sandra B. Dunn ^
Dr. and Mrs. Milton T. English
Jean Burch Falls
Dr. Kathryn Fantasia and Mr. Zane Weaver
The late Gretchen and Jim Faulstich
Alan and Linda Freyd
Mr. Bryant Fujimoto
Diana Gale and Jerry Hillis ^
Bernard Garbusjuk
David L. Gemes, M.D.
Claire and Michael Gordon ^
Dr. Martin L. Greene
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Gross
Richard and Diane Haelsig
Mrs. Gail A. Halpern
Rod J. Halpin
Lenore M. Hanauer
Dr. Geraldine A Hashisaki
Dorothea and John Headlund H
Robert and Donna Hegstrom
Hans and Heidi Herrmann
Jean M. Large and Fred F. Herzberg H
Cynthia C. Holdren, M.D. and Robert A. Gold
Norm Hollingshead’s Opera Plus †
Gary and Parul Houlahan ³
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Houston III
Robert Howell and Jackie Bardsley
Victoria Ivarsson
Bonnie Johnson
Bruce E.H. Johnson and Sandra E. Davis
H. David Kaplan ^
Daniel Kerlee and Carol Wollenberg
Robert H. Koehler
Ursula Kuepfer and Jon Paddock
The Kuzeja Family
George and Lisa Lackermayer
Winnie and Ven T. Lee
Thomas A. and Kathleen B. Lemly
Marjorie J. Levar † ^
Rowana Trott
Mr. Everil Loyd, Jr. ^
Robert Mack
Edith Maffeo
John R. Mason
Dr. and Mrs. John McFatridge
John and Martha Melcher †
Juris Mindenbergs
D.C. Morse Jr. and Jan Marchbanks
Susan and Furman Moseley
Mary Murphy
John W. Nemanich, M.D. and Ellendee Pepper,
M.D.
Marilyn W. Newland
Diana C. and Angela C. Oberti
Pamela A. Okano † ^
John W. O’Meara †
Gordon H. Orians
Helen A. Overton
Karen M. Place
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy ^
James and Sherry Raisbeck ^
Anonymous (24) † ^ ³ • Marianne and Jim
LoGerfo • Harlan and Asja Adams • Paul
G. Allen • Linda and Tom Allen ^ ³ • Robert
L. and Rosemarie Anderson ^ ³ • Virginia R.
Anderson • Joe and Lee Ashley • Barrie and
Margaret M. Austin • William and Madeleine
Ball • Leslye and Robert Bohrer • Beatrice
and William Booth • J. Cleve and Judith
Borth • Thomas and Virginia Brewer • Herb
Bridge and Edie Hilliard • Marilyn Brockman
• Gilbert and Mary Ann Brokaw • Marshall
and Jane Brown ^ • Lisa Burkett • Rosemary
P. Burkhart • Carol Campbell • Corinne A.
Campbell ^ • Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Caplan •
Jack Clay • Dan and Karen Clements • Fran
Clifton • Candace Coe • Janice C. Condit
^ • Amy H. and Larry Corey • Dr. and Mrs.
J. Terrence Coyle • In Memory of James H.
Crichton • Norma and Alex Cugini • Wendy
H. del Valle • Michael and Natalie de Maar
• Anne Denman • Donald Desalvo and
Susan Wagner • Mary Dickinson l • Lorraine
J. and Ferris L. Dracobly • Fred and Adele
Drummond ^ • Michael G. Dryfoos and Ilga
Jansons ^ ³ • Christopher and Carolyn Eagan
³ • Richard D. Eidal • Ashley and Linda Emery
• Jeannie Gayle Engle • John Erickson •
Victor and Patricia Feltin • Peggy Fogliano
• Ludmeela M. Fraser • Donald and Ann
Frothingham • Joyce E. Ferm † ³ • Richard
and Mary Beth Gemperle ³ • Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Gibbons ^ • Jan Frederick and Warren
Gibbs • Rebecca C. Gillette † ^ • Ben Goetter
and Kathryn Hinsch • Dr. and Mrs. Joel E.
Haas • Judy Haney, Luana Joslin-Lester and
James Lester • Steven T. Haney • Christine
R. Hansen and Peter T. Hurd ^ • Hylton and
Lawrence Hard • Gini Harmon • Dr. H. HascheKluender and H. Shahri • Dr. and Mrs. Fred I.
Hasegawa • Kenneth and Susan Hassenmiller
• Julia Hecht and Ken Walkky • Mr. and Mrs.
Jahn R. Hedberg • Mr. and Mrs. Richard C.
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Richard Koch † • Thomas and Linda Koch •
George Kraft • Kim Kranzler • Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Kremers • Dr. Lynn Lagerquist • Firoz and Najma
Lalji • Gavin Lambie l • Jay and Linda Lapin •
Ritchie Larson and Elizabeth Swisher • Jeanne
Marie and the late Rhoady Lee • Paul and Liz
Leiba † • Margaret Leiberton and Dr. R.
Venkatesan • Alice Leiner • Mark and Vanessa
Levine • George Lovell and Carrie Cihak • Hector
E. Luisi • Heidemarie Lundblad • Nancy Lundeen
† • Robert Mack • Eva and Horst Mader • Claire
Madsen • Karl and Lila Maiwald • Matthew and
Deborah Mandel • Karen Maneman • Linda Mann
and Andrew Layman • Judith and Patrick Manza •
David and Helen Marriott • Fowler Martin and
Barbara Warren • Susan Mason and Richard Roth
• In memory of Sue M. Maule • Dorothy E.
McBride • Terry McCarthy • Philip McClure •
Fred McDonald • Brian and Lillian W. McKee •
Aimee Mell & Dr. Jawad Salimi • Bruce and
Elizabeth Miller • Randa Minkarah and Scott
Mullins • Patricia and Paul Mitchell • Jens
Molbak • Sue Montgomery l³ • Tatiana Moore •
John Morris • David and Meg Mourning • Mike
and Marsha Munson • Heidi Munzinger and John
Shott † • Christopher L. Myers and Judith
Schoenecker ^ • Suzanne Myklebust • Linda and
J. Patrick Naughton • Jennifer Nazarko • Sharon
L. Nelson • Erika Nesholm • Ralph and Wanda
Nuxoll • Vivian Oehler • Allan Panitch • Soo Park
and Jeff Rosenfeld ³ • Jon Parker • Clement and
Stephanie Paulson H • Mary Ruth Payne • Drs.
Lester and Keiko Permut • Ingrid Philbrick • Doris
Pieroth • Vicki L. Pogorelc • David S. Querubin •
Linda and Matt Railey • Alice and Dick Rapasky •
Buddy Ratner and Cheryl Cromer-Ratner •
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William C. Rense H • Sheri Richardson and Rick
Lappin • Jo Ann Riggs • Richard Robbins •
Richard and Nancy Robblee • Leigh and the late
Ivy Robinson • Shawn Roth • Helen Runstein •
Marguerite Russell • Tim Saito • Lupe Salazar
and Barry Bolding • Dustin Schultz • Lidia
Schwarz • Lynn and Kathryn Olson Sharp • Ken
and Gloria Shelton • Elizabeth Shepard • W. A.
Shimabukuro • Jane and John Simpson • George
and Joleen Sloniker H • Evelyn and Leroy Smith •
Noel Snyder and Laura Maffei • Mr. and Mrs.
James Solimano • Karen and Michael Souter l³ •
Cindy and Peter Sprenger † H • Sheila Squillace •
Gene and Jean Stark • Christoph and Ellen
Stauder • Anne Steele • Carolann and Gary
Steinhoff • Lisa and John Stewart • Richard M.
Stewart • Robert Stewart and Harriet Winkelman
• Dr. Steven Stoll • Larry Stonesifer and Ron
Angress • Howard and Vivienne Strickler •
Stephen Swartz • Linda Tady • Teruhisa and
Yasuko Takeuchi • Steve Tarkan • Janetta Taylor
• Pamela and Ronald Taylor • Marvin Theimer •
Robert Thorson and Leone Murphy • Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Tjarnberg • Gerard Tolentino • Mr.
William Tonkin and Ms. Esther Holt • Robert
Toren • Torolf and Anna Torgersen • John and
Anne Trench • Kevin Trent • Judy Tsou and David
Carlson • Hiro Tsuji and James Knodell • Rae
Tufts ^ l • Harriet and Diana Turner • Janet
Turpen • Izabella and Andrzej Turski † • Dean
and Kelly Tweeddale • Marjorie and Thomas
Tyler • Lance Vail and Terri Traub ³ • Manijeh Vail
• Padmaja Vrudhula • David Wachter • Morris
and Penny Wade † • Keith Keyt • In honor and
memory of Helen English Walker • Roger A. Ward
• Carolyn Wasteneys • Lyle and Stephanie
Waterman • Norman Weeks • Jennifer Weis •
Lynne Werner and David Olsho • Carolyn White •
Carolyn Wilhite • Bruce Williams, MD • Mary
Ellen Williams • Beth Wilson and Joseph Rogers
• John Wilson • Kevin Wilson and Emily Evans •
Pat Wilson • Barbara Ann and Victor M. Winquist
• Wayne Wisehart • Robert and Cathy Wright •
Glen and Cathy Wyatt • Leslie and Tachi Yamada
• Marvin Yamaguchi • Dan Young and Camille
Minogue † • Jennifer Zaccardo • Kay Zatine
5-9 SEASONS
Anonymous (14) † H ³ • Stephan Adler •
Charles Adrianse † • Patricia Aitken • Katherine
Alexander • Marianna Alexandersdottir • Joanna
Allen • Ernesto Alorda • Nell Altizer H • Dr.
J. M. Anderson and Ms. Lynn Gabriel • Shirley
Anderson • David Arbaugh • Susan ArnoldAldea and Dr. Gabriel Aldea • Irene Aronoff • In
Memory of Robert L. Autrey • Jim Bachaud •
Kendall & Sonia Baker • Leslie Baker and Kenneth
Sprenke • Thomas and Stephanie Baker • Mary
Barbieri • Joshua and Megan Barnard • Dr. Aaron
Barnes • Douglas and Maria Bayer • Joy and
Nicholas Beal • Dr. Kathryn Beattie • Holly and
Brent Beckstead • Barbara G. Bedell • Paula
Begoun • Mary Belshaw • Kendall Berry • Donna
Berube • Jeremy Bingham • Judith Bishop •
Sue Bohn • Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Boldt • John
Boling • Karl Bonn • John and LaConna Bortnem
• Jay and Carol Bowditch • Mr. Alan Boyd •
Rebecca Boyd ³ • Scott Boyd and Wendy Haas •
Milkana and Colin Brace • Carole Brand • Mary
Anne Braund • John Brazel • Robert Brenner •
Dock Brown • Brenda Bruns, M.D. and Richard
Deininger † • Jennifer Burtner • Richard Cahall † •
Renee and Darrell Cannon • Mary Carey • Patrick
Carfizzi † • Chris Carrell • Stan and Mary Case •
Gerard Centioli • Seely Chandler and James Kelly
† • Linda Chaves • Carolyn Chawla ³ •
Allen Clark † • Elaine and Eric Clark • Heinke
Clark ^ • Rob Clark and Melanie Matthews •
Dr. Sterling Clarren • Seth Cohen and Cindi
Berkovich • Judith Coito • Gregory V. Cole •
Dr. Allen Colic • Ruth Conn H • Robin Coon
and Carol Groetken • Susan Coughlin and John
Lauber † ³ • George and Carolyn Cox • Alexander
Cross • James Crouse and Lee Oatey-Crouse
• Gavin Cullen and David Jamieson • Stephen
L. and Joan Cunha • D’Adre Cunningham H •
Jacqueline Davenport • Misti Davis † • Richard
and Cathy Davis • Elizabeth Day • Angela de
Oliveira • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Degen • Dr. and
Mrs. Cor deHart • Jan Demorest and Steve Moore
• Geoffrey Deschenes and Meredith Broderick •
Corinne Dixon • Peter and Sylvia Domoto • Kathy
Donaldson • Jeffrey Donchez • Dan and Angela
Dougherty • Tom Douglas • Frank Dreyer •
Steven Drury • Bill Dubay • Rebecca DunsmoorSu • Kenneth Duncan and Tanya Parish • Karen
Easterbrook and Alex Sutton • Shelby Eaton •
Marilee Eaves • Philip Edry • Donald and Paula
Eismann • Linda and Paul Ellingson • Paul and
Barb Elliott • Cynthia Ellis • Erin and Bill Ellis •
K. Gentry & M. Evans H • Tyler Farmer • Barbara
Feasey and Bill Bryant l • Janis Fesenmaier • Dr.
Joan Fiore • Ed Fisher and Ernesta Ballard • Mary
and David Flowers • Edwin Fontaine • Stockton
and Janice Forrest ^ • Carol and Philip Fortuna
• Panos Fourtounis • Nancy Fowler • Thomas
Funk • Melisa Gaar H • Don Gagne • Joseph
Garbini • Ann and Martin Gelfand • Scott George
• Suzette Giannini † • Bonnie and Mitchell
Godfred • Laura and Dan Margineanu • Dale
Goldmann • Merrie Good • Inger A. Goranson
^ • Curt and Janet Graeber ³ • Steve Gramling •
Daniel and Carol Graney • Gare Greene • Gratia
Hannan Griffith • Margaret Griffiths H l • Patricia
Grogran • Jennifer Gross and Jerry LeFevre •
Mrs. Dorothy L. Guth • Amy Gwynne • Laura
Haas • Brian Hahn and Mary Klubben • Catherine
Haley • Rebecca Hamlin • Deborah S. Hammond
³ • Albert Hamner • Linda Hanika • William
Harleston and Coral Hanevold • Susan Harney
• Brad Harris † • Nancy and Hamilton Harris •
Stephen and Renee Harrison • Donald Hatch •
Candy Havens • Ian Hellen and Paula Cerni • Don
Henry • Ms. Jacquelyn Herum • Drs. Raquel and
Russell Hicks • Carla Higginson • B. Lane Hill •
Martha Himber and Bernard Evans • Terry and
Jane Hipolito H • Kathleen Hitchcock • Thomas
Holford • In Honor of Norm Hollingshead •
David H. Howden • Dr. Gary and Janice Hudak •
Erin Huffman • Mr. Larry Hufford • Robert and
Kimberly Hunter • Michael and Zhenya Hyman
† • Ms. Roslyn Isseroff and Mr. Arthur Huntley
• Jane Jakobe • Dr. Robert Janes and Jonna
Kaplan • Marshall and Kelly Johnson • Norman
Johnson • Cassandra and Tom Johnston • Brian
Jones • Susan and Gary R. Jones • Gary and
Susan Jones • Neil and Ciara Jordan † • Suzanne
and Steve Kalish • Margaret Keenan • Joachim
Kempin • Larry Kessler • Carl and Shirley Koenen
• Barbara Konkle and Peter Kollros • Peter A.
Kuster and Karen Aileen Mackie • Jon and Eva
LaFollette • Dr. Brian A. LaMacchia • OConnell
Latino • Wytold Lebing • Paula and Chris Ledell
• Bernadette Lee • Shoubee Liaw • Gerald
Lim and Bruce Gross • Pauline Lim • Shutze
Lin • Stanton J. and Lucille Linden • Christine
Livingston • Micheal Lofstedt • Thomas Edwin
Long • J. L. Mabrey • Mary MacKenzie and Wes
Ono • Quinn MacKenzie • Duncan Maclean • Jon
Magnussen • Brian Malone • Ken Maravilla •
Brian Marks and Carol Maione • Marcelo Marquez
• Jeanne Marrazzo • Paul Marten • Paul and
Mary Jo Martin • Peter A. Mathisen • Gustavo
Matute-Bello • Kathryn McAuley • David
McClure • Cathy McCown • Caroline McCullam
• Margaret McGraw • Therissa McKelvey and
Heli Roiha • Wren McNally • Mollie McWhorter
• William Means • Greg Meldahl ^ ³ • James and
Lora Melhorn † ^ • Julia Metzner • Jerry Meyer
and Nina Zingale • John and Susan Meyer •
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INDIVIDUAL DONORS CONT.
Michael and Elaine Michaelidis • Laura Middaugh
and Adam Kline H l • LaTourelle/Middaugh •
Marilyn Milberger • Elizabeth M. Miller • Paul
Miller H • Robert and Jean Miller • Ronald E.
Miller and Murl G. Barker • Terri Mitchell and
Therese MacIsaac • Andrew Murphy and Michelle
Duffy • Charlotte Nelson • Kate Ness • Craig
Norton and John French • Worth Norton • Brian
Olpin • Martha Oman † • Nancy Ostrom • David
Parent • Janice Parker • Suzanne Patneaude
• Brian Patton • Mallory Paxton • Michael
Pederson • Dean Peterson • Ingrid M. Peterson
and Charles Alpers • Rosemary Peterson • John
and Catherine Petrek • Beth and Jeff Pfost •
Sean Pierce • Ron Pilcher • Tom Platt • Richard
Plunkett and Marilyn Mason-Plunkett • Mr.
Donald Pogoloff • Suzanne Powell • Barbara
Puddicombe • Tom and Gretchen Puentes †
• Judith Ramey • Charlotte Reaber • Mr. and
Mrs. Joe K. Reasons • Robert Reece • Dennis
Reichenbach, MD • Patrick Reilly • Jan Richards †
• Janice Richardson • Mr. J. Karl and Mrs. Christina
Ris • Carol Jane Robinson • Sharon Robinson † •
Robert Rodriguez-Lawson • Ansel Rognlie and
David Steindl • Patricia Rognlin • Neil Roseman •
Jonathan Rosoff and Kristin Winkel • Lawrence R.
Ross • Weston Roth • Irene Rozet • Thomas and
Patty Ruehle • Mark Ruffo • Joanna Ryan • June
Ryder and Michael Church • Jean Sanders • Bev
Schaaf and Rick Kirkwood H • Tim Schoenfelder
• Aaron Schutzer • Cheryl Scott • Matthew Segal
and Corrie Greene • Jennifer Serne • Kathlyn
Shaw • Stephen Sheehy • Albert Sheldon •
Jeff and Martha Sherman • Marilyn Sherron •
Christine Shigaki • Sarah Shreeve H • Kathryn F.
Siewert • Bernard and Susan Silbernagel • Jillian
Simmons • Thomas Simpson • Sergey Smirnov
• Judith L. Smith-Foote • J. Andrew and Sue W.
Snyder • Dorothy Somers • Amy and Roy Sparks
• Patricia Spotanske • Laurie Staley • Kathleen
Stamm † • John Starbard • Ms. Carol Starin • Dr.
Richard and Mrs. Joyce Stark • Alan and Bonnie
Steele • Carlyn J. Steiner • Charles and Susan
Stillman • Jane Stockert • Kurt Stromberg •
Diane V. Summerhays • Charles Surine • Sharon
Egretta Sutton • Darci Swanson • Aggie and
Chick Sweeney • Bob Swoffer • Rafael Tello •
Suzanne and John Terrible • Carole Terry and
Alan Fine • Dennis Tierney and Grace Grant •
Kathleen Tozer • Dennis and Dorene Tully • Kim
Turner † • Terrence Turner • Drs. Robert and
Phyllis Tyson • Kathie Uno H • Case van Rij •
William A. Vance • Pieter and Tjitske Van der
Meulen • Judy Vandever and Ray Kube • George
and Jean Wagner • Leah Ward • Marc Wautier
• Tom and Joan Wekell • Ms. Dean Weldon •
Janet Westin and Mike McCaw • Stephen and
Leslie Whyte • Evelyn Bittner and Jason Williams
• Michael Williams • Kenneth and Rosemary
Willman • Adrienne Wilson • Patrick Wineman
• Craig Wolfe • David and Susan Woodrum •
Rozanne Zanchi • Christian and Joyce Zobel
1-4 SEASONS
Anonymous (15) H • John Abrams and Karl
Compton • Aaron Adee • Ken Albinger • Carolyn
Aldredge H • Susan Allan • Victor and Lisa Allen
• Susan Allen • Richard Altig • Ignacio Alvarado
• Ronald Andersen • Rebecca Andrews • Dr. Fred
and Dita Appelbaum • Mr. Ben Armstrong and Mrs.
Werona Armstrong • Wade Austin • Nate Averyt H
• Shawn Baker • Fred and Gwyn Barkman • Diann
Barry • Jamie Barton • Alexandrea Bartow • Philip
Bayne and Anne Schmidt • Lynly Beard • Thaddeus
Belefski • Mr. Arnold and Mrs. Judith Bendich •
Terri Blair • Teresa and Andrew Bliss • Robert and
Betty Blossey • Kathleen Borowski • Molly Bostic •
David Branch •
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Larry and Jessica Breitbarth H • Stephen Brenner
• Brad Brickman • Marcela Brink • Richard Brown
• Aleta Brunkel • Harriet Bullitt • Gloria Burch •
Dr. Boyce Burdick • Olivia Burkland • Sheila Burns
and Aaron Van Derslice • Lisa Bury and John R.
Taylor † ^ l • Susan Buske l³ • Alan A. Butchman •
Sonya Byrd • Dr. and Mrs. Norm Cadman • Brendan
and Margaret Camarda • Irene Campbell • John
Carmichael and Michael Partlow † • Jeff Carnevali
† • James and Barbara Caro • Brett Carr • Dorothy
Cervinsky • Donna Cheesebrough • Daniel
Chertudi • Bonnijo Chervenock • Leslie Chihuly •
Melody Clark † • Bob Clement, in memory of my
brother Larry • Donna Cole H • Joe Bailey Cole •
Jene Colin • Dr. Lisa Conaghan • Kevin Connolly
• Stephanie Cook • Don and Margaret Coppock •
John Crowe • Greg and Gina Crumbaker • Bill and
Diana Dameron • Mary Darr • Dana Davenport
• Joan Davis • Sherry De Leon • Crystal DeFrate
• John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes ^ ³ • Greg and
Pamela DeMichillie • Stuart and Joanne Depina •
Kyl Dinsio • Teresa Donahue • Zander and Hilary
Doroski • Dan and Elizabeth Douglass • Paule
and Anne Drayton • Patricia Dubrow † ^ ³ • Amy
Duerr Day • Candy Dumars • Erin Earl • Barney
Ebsworth and Rebecca Layman-Amato • Lewis
and Susan Edelheit • Mitra Ehsan and Harold Prow
• Duane and Laura Eichelberger • Ian and Maria
Einman • Rhee Eliker † • Grace England-Markum •
Mark England-Markun • John and Michelle Estelle
• Marius Fahlbusch • Ferric Fang • Juli Farris •
Karen and Elizabeth Faye • Deborah Ferse • Paul
Feuerpfeil • Heidi Fivash • David Fliegel • Jan
Flom • Joseph Flynn • Jordan Forbes • Gregory
and Kathleen Fowler l • Allen and Judith Freedman
• Celia and Toby Freeman • Betty L. Friedman •
Geraldine Lindsey and Don Froomer • Linda Frost
• John Gallagher • Marilyn Germano • Dennis
Gibb • Jeffrey Gibbs • Dr. Scot N. Gibson • Sharon
Gill • Marcus Gillette • Steve Giordano • Tamara
Goddard • Michel Goldstein • T. Augusta Gordon
• Robert Grabowsi • Douglas and Jane Granum
• Alex Grauert • Lori Gray • Claudia Greenwald •
Grace Greenwich • Tyler Griffin • Christopher Gross
• Tom Grossi • John and Amy Gunnar • Dennis
Gursky • Margaret Haggerty • Edward Haines • Lia
and Benjamin Halasz • Jeffrey Hall and Anthony
Longoria H • Rena Hamburger • Robert Hamilton
and Colleen Jury • Nikki Hansen and Michael
Brooks • Dr. Kenneth Hapke and Dr. Robert Delisle •
Lane Haury • Trafton Haynes • Robyn Hendrickson
• Ronald and Carolyn Henrikson • Eileen Hershberg
• Margaret M. Hess † • Diane Higgins • Ann and
Glen Hiner • Molly Hite • Mary Hjorth • Adrian
and Jane Hobden • Andy Hodgson • Martin and
Kathryn Hoffer • Dimitria Holland • Katy Horan •
Jennifer Houser • Adrienne Howell • Janice Hsia •
Kathleen Huckabay • Michael Hunter • Nicholas
Huppe • Drs. James Hurley and Leslie Dierauf •
Susan Hurst • Jeannette Idiart and Babu Rajendran
• Arthur D. Jackson Jr. • Barbara Lynne Jamison and
Keith Logan • Darlene Johnson • Erik Johnson •
Jeffrey Johnson • Judy Johnson H • Mora Johnson
• Braiden Rex-Johnson and Spencer Johnson ³ •
Jeaneen C. Jones • Chris Kalinski • Ana Karaman
• The Kassim Family • Ruth Kelley † • Michael and
Joan Kelly • Benjamin Kendall • Dong Kim and
Rebecca Banset • Dean Kimball • Chad Kirby and
Karla Youngers • Robert Kirkman and Gakyung
Chung • Dina Kisseleva • W. M. Kleinenbroich •
Bartley Kleypas • Rob Knapp and Helena MeyerKnapp • Mitchell Knox • David Knutson • Carol
Koch • Laura Kokesh • Timothy Konich • Annette
Korobkin • Ryan Kosai • Ian Krauter • Alyssa
Kreider • Kenneth Kuehnl • Akshay Kulkarni • May
Kulthol • Renu Kumar • June R. Kvarda • Russell
La Claire • Aidan Lang and Linda Kitchen • Teresa
Lauver • Nora Leblanc • David Lee • John Lefor
• Ellen Lehman and Charles Kennel • Francesca
Leonetti • Sue Lesser • Mike Leu •
H= Opera Star Monthly Donor
^ = Encore Society Member
Jerry and Marguerite Lewis • Stefan Lewis • Victor
Li • Douglas Lindsey • Aimee Louck • Jim Lyle •
Nathan Machin • Ellen Mack and Edward Gomez •
Christopher Maley • Jana Mandic • Kathryn Mann
• Tom Marsh • Estela Martinez • James Mason •
Jeremy Mathis • Jerri Matson • Judy McBroom •
Pat McCarthy • Patricia McDonald-Scott • Lesley
McGalliard • James McIntire and Christina Koons l
• Bruce and Emmanuelle Meaker • Francisco
Medina • Dylan Meissner and Tung Ho • Gunda
and Uwe Meissner • Suzanne Merriman • Suzanne
and Paul Merriman • Richard Meyer • Dominic
Meylor • Dolly and Dave Milkowski • Abraham
Miller • Laura Miller • Dennis and Deborah
Minium • Connie Missimer Carlson • Jean Moon
• Don and Jacolyn Moore • Peter Moran • Robert
Moretti • Claire Tuohy-Morgan H • Ludovic and
Ghizlane Morlot • Daniel Morris • Charles Morton
• William and Debra Mowat • Petr Mracek • Brian
Muirhead • Ernesto Munoz • Michael Murphree
• Brendan Murphy • Carmen Murphy • Sharon
Murphy • Kazuko Nakao † • David Nicol • Dr.
David C. Norris and Alina M. Kostina • Amy Norton
• Martha Nussbaum • Patricia and Jessica Nutt
• Daniel Odievich • Judith O’Kelley • Rosemarie
Oliver l • Christoph Otto • Jacob Page • Lucas
and Priscilla Parker • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parks
• Edward Pasanen • Mary and D. Pat Patterson •
Justin Peach • Tomas Perez • Marcia Peterson •
Susan Petty and Rick Adair • Claudia and Ingvar
Petursson • Anne Phelps • Alan Phillips † • Don
and Sue Phillips • Raimund Pichler • Kathleen
Pierce l • Judy Pigott l • Martha and Tom Piwonka
• Bess Poehlmann • Steven Poole • Lynda & Dan
Porter • Russell Powell • Lori and Bill Price • Tony
Proffer • Jonathan Prudhomme • J.T. and Suzi
Pundt • Carolyn J. Purnell and Wes C. Uhlman •
Sam Purvine H • Michelle Quesada l • Dee Quiggle
• Michael Raftery • Albert and Ann Ramos • Ann
Ramsay-Jenkins • Patricia Rantos † • Stella and
Christopher Ray • Trevor Redfern and Jennevieve
Schlemmer • Edward Reed • Ralph and Dorothy
Reiley • Deborah Relyea • Nancy Ritzenthaler and
Albert Odmark Jr. l • Johann Rocholl and Marta
Johnson † • Frank Romeo • Elizabeth and Stephen
Rosenman • Julie Rosmond • Clemens and Maria
Rossell • Steven Rostad • Kevin Ruddell and
Heather Kroll • Charles Rundles • Ron and Susan
Runyon • Keith Saddoris • Michael Salmon and
Louis Parent • Mark Samson and Dani Myers H
• Debra Santos • Paul and Terri Schaake • Joyce
Schlichting • Daniel Schneider and Antje Evertz † •
Nancy Schultz • Judy Schwab • Charles and Maria
Schweizer • John and Joan Scott • Nancy Scurlock
and Tracey Yonick • William Seidelmann • Andrew
Sell • Sara Shaffer and Jeanne Johnson • Jonathan
Shakes • Anita Shores • John W. Showalter † •
Alison Shuler • Craig and Nancy Shumate • Charles
and Lisa Simonyi • Peter Smith • Ted Smith •
Susanne E. Snortland • Judy Soferman and Marc
Rosenshein • Kristian Soholm • Stephanie Solien l
• Deborah Spenser • John Stefanchik • Nina Steidl
• Paul and Carolyn Steinberg • Marion Stewart •
Mary Stowell • Christa Strakeljahn • Heinz Strobl
• Shawn Sullivan • Frank and Elizabeth Swart •
Herschel Tabiando • Dan Taggart • Abbot Taylor
• Charles Taylor • Jennifer Thill • James Toomey
• Paul Torelli • Heidi O. Torrance • Susan Tyler •
Joseph Van Buren • Stephen Van Dolsen • Don
Van Dyke H • James Vernon • Cynthia Walk •
Maggie and Doug Walker l • Jost Wanden • Alex
Wang • Joel Ware IV † • Dorothy Watson • Danielle
Webber • William Weiss • Emily Westbrook • Linda
Westbrook • Greg Wetzel • Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wiesenthal • Carrie and Mark Williams † ³ • Jean
Williams • Peter Wilson • Robert and Diahann
Witter • Mark Wittlinger H • Elizabeth and Troy
Wormsbecker • Gary Wright • Michael Zampani •
Samuel Zinner and Walt Mason
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Witness a high-stakes showdown between
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With English Subtitles.
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2015/16 Season
Seattle Opera is wholeheartedly grateful for the
following generous donors for their support of special
events and projects during the 2015/16 season.
Listed below are commitments for $5,000 and more as of November 13, 2015.
PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE
SPONSORS
Nabucco
Seattle Opera Foundation
Kreielsheimer Endowment Fund
Russell Investments—August 9, 2015
Eulalie Schneider—August 15, 2015
Susan and Furman Moseley—August 19, 2015
Barnard Griffin—August 22, 2015
ARTIST SPONSORS
Nabucco
Gary and Parul Houlahan—Mary Elizabeth
Williams
Joan Snelson—Russell Thomas
Jay S. Wakefield and Susanne M.
Wakefield, Ph.D.—Christian Van Horn
The Pearl Fishers
True-Brown Foundation
Jay S. Wakefield and Susanne M.
Wakefield, Ph.D.—Emmanuel Joel-Hornak
James and Sherry Raisbeck—Maureen McKay
Prof. Ann H. Milam—Anthony Kalil
The Pearl Fishers
The Marriage of Figaro
An American Dream
Marks Family Foundation
Toby Bright and Nancy Ward—October 17, 2015
The Marriage of Figaro
Ann P. Wyckoff
Microsoft
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Mary Stuart
Tagney Jones Family Fund at Seattle
Foundation
Lenore M. Hanauer
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In Memory of Mary Lou Everett—May 7, 2016
Joan and the late Craig Watjen—Caitlin
Lynch
Mary Stuart
Jan Condit—Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sally Anne West—Serena Farnocchia
The Flying Dutchman
Eileen and James Birge—Daniel Sumegi
EVENT SPONSORS
Delta Air Lines—2015/16 Dress Rehearsals
Events related to An American Dream
received funding from OPERA America’s
Opera Fund.
Lease Crutcher Lewis—The Marriage of
Figaro Spotlight Dinner
Sponsorships and benefits can be customized to meet your giving priorities.
For further information, please contact Director of Development Lisa Bury at
206.676.5530 or [email protected].
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FOUNDATION
Seattle Opera’s strong
foundation of support
is thanks to donors
like you who create a
lasting legacy gift with
an endowed fund. An
endowment gift today
provides a brighter
picture for our future!
When you make a donation to our
endowment, you give a gift with both
immediate and long-term benefits.
To learn more about the Endowment
at Seattle Opera Foundation, please
contact Planned Giving Officer
Janell Johnson at 206.676.5534 or
[email protected].
Visit seattleopera.org/plannedgiving
for more information.
Endowment for Seattle Opera at Seattle Opera Foundation
The Seattle Opera Foundation is a separate 503(c)3 organization to
hold unrestricted and restricted funds for Seattle Opera’s benefit. The
donors listed below have given cumulative gifts of $5,000 or more for
endowment purposes with outright gifts, estate gifts, or irrevocable
planned gifts through a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift
annuity from 1968 through November 13, 2015.
$1,000,000 AND MORE
Kreielsheimer Endowment Fund
Gladys and Sam Rubinstein
$500,000 - $999,999
Max E. Gellert Memorial Fund
Ruth H. Hoffman
Seattle Opera Guild in Memory of Marian E. Lackovich and
Captain Louis J. Lackovich Endowed Fund
Howard D. Wigle
$250,000 - $499,999
Anonymous (1)
C. Keith Birkenfeld Memorial Trust for Education
Marion Oliver McCaw Garrison
Eulalie Schneider Fund for Artistic Excellence
$100,000 - $249,999
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The Clowes Fund, Inc.
Carmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed
Fund for Education
In memory of H. Wendell Endicott
Jim and Gretchen Faulstich
Endowed Fund
Margaret Rose Gray
William Randolph Hearst Endowed
Fund
Dr. Phyllis Bagdi and Dr. Kennan
Hollingsworth Endowed Fund
Suzanne Dressler Kellar
Speight Jenkins Endowed Fund
Mildred King Dunn
Karen S. Larson
Lundgren Endowment for New
Works
Stanley M. Pier Endowed Fund
Braiden Rex-Johnson and Spencer
A. Johnson Endowed Artist Fund
Gertrude E. Sprenger Education
Endowment
James T. Williams
$50,000 - $99,999
Garvey Schubert Barer
Edward S. Brignall
Leopold R. Gellert Family Trust
Hartmut B. Gottschau Endowed Fund
George H. Lancaster
Mary F. Stowe Fund
Patricia A. Wilson
$25,000 - $49,999
Robert L. and Rosemarie Anderson
Henriette Baum
Doris H. Caka
Arnold H. Chin
David B. Felch
Margery Friedlander
Jeffrey and Rosario Hanna
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in memoriam
Delorez Rossell
Ruth M. Rystogi
Frances Stillman Hodges
The Lawrence W. Wells Trust
Judith A. Whetzel
© NEIL MACKENZIE
A FOUNDATION OF
STEADFAST SUPPORT
CAPITAL
SUPPORT
We are in the early stages of a capital campaign to
build a creative center for Seattle Opera at Mercer
Arena adjacent to McCaw Hall.
We deeply appreciate the vision and generosity of the following early donors.
List reflective of contributions to the capital campaign totaling $5,000 or more received
between July 1, 2005, and November 13, 2015. In-kind donors are noted with an asterisk.
To learn more, contact Capital Campaign Officer Jackie Ernst at 206.676.5535 or
[email protected].
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Mr. and Mrs. Willie C. Aikens
Richard R. and Constance Albrecht
Thomas H. and Linda L. Allen
Kim A. Anderson
Virginia Anderson
Apex Foundation
Jack and Connie Bloxom
Toby Bright and Nancy Ward
Brenda Bruns, M.D. and Richard Deininger
Lisa Bury and John R. Taylor
Jonathan Caves and Patricia Blaise-Caves
Drs. Gregory and Darlene Chan
Steven and Judith Clifford
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a division of Campbell & Company*
Robert and Loretta Comfort
Janice C. Condit
Charles and Sandra Cossé
Susan M. Coughlin and John Lauber
Dr. Susan E. Detweiler and
the late Dr. Alexander Clowes
Patricia Dubrow
Chris and Carolyn Eagan
Sally and John Endriz
Jack M. and Marsha S. Firestone
Debra Dahlen and Robert Fries
Diana H. Gale and Jerry Hillis
Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle
Natalie Gendler
John Goodfellow and Barbara Peterson
Shannon Sperry and Paul Goodrich
Lenore M. Hanauer
Jeffrey and Rosario Hanna
Heartland*
Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth
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Ron Hosogi
Gary and Parul Houlahan
H. David Kaplan
Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation
Kreielsheimer Endowment Fund
The Hot Chocolate Fund
Laura Lundgren
Marks Family Foundation
James and Lora Melhorn
Stafford and Louise Miller
NBBJ*
Nesholm Family Foundation
Pacifica Law Group*
The Peg and Rick Young Foundation
Rosemary Peterson to honor the late
Richard H. Peterson
Steven C. Phelps
Tom and Gretchen Puentes
James and Sherry Raisbeck
Jonathan Rosoff and Kristin Winkel
Eulalie Schneider
Judith Schoenecker and
Christopher L. Myers
Seattle Opera Guild
Jeff and Martha Sherman
Heidi Munzinger and John Shott
Stephen A. Sprenger
John F. Starbard
Paula Stokes and John Sullivan
Maryanne Tagney and David Jones
Russell F. and Sarah M. Tousley
James R. Uhlir and Camille M. Uhlir
Moya Vazquez
WA State Dept of Commerce
Jay and Susanne Wakefield
David and Romayne Watt
Judith A. Whetzel
Jennifer and Scott Wyatt
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$50,000 - $99,999
$25,000 - $49,999
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$10,000 - $24,999
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Amazon
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The Commerce Bank of Washington*
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King County
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Campaign*
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Starbucks
Perkins Coie*
Stoel Rives LLP*
Washington State Combined Fund
Drive*
Arts Benefactor Circle
Gold Club
Conductor’s Circle
$50,000 - $150,000
$10,000 - $24,999
Neukom Family
Nancy Alvord
Mary Pigott
Pete and Julie Rose
$25,000 - $49,999
Bamford Foundation
Judi Beck and Tom A. Alberg
Allan E. and Nora Davis
Jim and Gaylee Duncan
Ray Heacox and Cynthia Huffman
Peter and Peggy Horvitz
Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation
William Beeks
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Faye Sarkowsky
Mary Snapp
Anonymous (1)
First Chair
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Bellevue Arts Commission
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Rosanne Esposito-Ross and
Louis Ross
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William Franklin
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The Hugh and Jane Ferguson
Foundation
Ed Kim
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Foundations
Blanche and Stephen Maxwell
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Anthony R. Miles
Nesholm Family Foundation
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Foundation
Judy Pigott
Carol and Doug Powell
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William M. Jenkins Fund
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Richard L. Weisman
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Ann P. Wyckoff
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Gensler Architects
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Puget Sound Business Journal
Raisbeck Foundation
Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Virginia Mason
$2,500 - $4,999
Kim A. Anderson
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Michelle Barnet
John H. Bauer
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© Philip Newton
IN MEMORIAM
GIO ROSS
ARE YOU A 21-39 YEAR OLD WHO
ENJOYS FUN NIGHTS OUT?
Join BRAVO!, save money, and have fun! BRAVO! members enjoy:
This production of The Marriage of
Figaro is dedicated to the memory of
Angelamaria “Gio” Ross, known as the
“First Lady” of Seattle Opera. Together
with her husband, Glynn Ross, she helped
establish Seattle as a major destination in
the opera world.
Born in Naples, Italy, in 1917, Gio was
the daughter of Ermanno Solimene, a
high Mason and prominent attorney, and
Amalia Tieri, a concert pianist. During
World War II, Gio met Glynn on the island
of Ischia, where he was serving in the
United States Army. They were married
in Naples in 1946 and moved to Seattle
eighteen years later to found an opera
company.
Glynn, Seattle Opera’s visionary first
general director, had an ‘all-hands-ondeck’ approach to producing opera. His
wife, an accomplished artist, was already
accustomed to painting scenery and
creating costumes for his productions
when they moved to Seattle. Here, in
addition to fulfilling such backstage
responsibilities, she was a gracious host to
visiting singers, board members, patrons,
and press at their home on the shore of
Lake Washington. In 1983, the Rosses
moved to Arizona, where Glynn took over
the Arizona Opera and turned it around, his
wife by his side.
At the final performance of Seattle
Opera’s 50th Anniversary season in
2014, Speight Jenkins honored Gio Ross,
whom he considered “one of the more
remarkable people I have known in my
life,” praising her charm and empathy. Gio
continued to attend Seattle Opera; last
summer she was thrilled to attend Verdi’s
Nabucco, that most Italian of operas, at
the company she helped create.
50% off season tickets
30% off individual tickets
Free wine and coffee at intermission
Parties and special events
And more for just $79 in annual dues!
LEARN MORE OR SIGN UP
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
FAMILY FUN AND YOUTH
PROGRAMS
TALKS AND PUBLIC
PRESENTATIONS
Pre-Performance Talks
FOR DONORS
Annual Fund donors are invited to attend
these upcoming events. Please see the
corresponding gift levels below.
Mary Stuart
Dress Rehearsals
February 24 & 25, 2016
Watch the final details come together at
the last rehearsals prior to opening night.
(Annual Fund donors of $250 or more)
Spotlight Dinner:
Mary Stuart
February 25, 2016
General Director Aidan Lang hosts this
insightful three-course dinner prior to the
Mary Stuart Dress Rehearsal.
(Annual Fund donors of $500 and more)
BRAVO!
McCaw Hall, 90 minutes before every
Seattle Opera performance
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw
Hall, Price: $7
Opera Talk Backs
Free. In the Allen Room at McCaw Hall
after every performance. Space is limited
due to high demand.
Join us post-show for Opera Talk Backs!
This 30 minute free event is hosted by
a member of the artistic staff and will
feature a special guest from the cast or
creative team. Join us to explore a variety
of perspectives on performance and
production.
Seattle University Series
Wyckoff Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
January 26 – Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah and
the Condition of New American Opera
February 23 – Donizetti’s Mary Stuart:
Does Opera Make Good History?
Free Neighborhood
Previews (Mary Stuart)
Frost Fest
February 6, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Don’t miss our second annual Frost Fest!
Join our Youth Opera Chorus, Teen Opera
Players, and a host of Seattle Opera local
professional musicians for an engaging
afternoon of family performances. Drop
in. Activities in the lobby pre-concert
beginning at 12:30 p.m.
For more information or to purchase
tickets, visit seattleopera.org/FrostFest
Spring Break Camps
April 4–8 or 11–15, 2016
Swords And Sprites (Grades 7-12)
Fairytales And Fantasies
(Grades 2-6)
Save the date! Spend your spring break at
Seattle Opera, exploring opera and musical
theater works in fantastically fun camps.
Build performance skills through singing,
acting, and dancing with a supportive team
of skilled professionals. No experience
necessary and financial assistance is
available.
Winter Teen Opera Players
Workshop
Saturdays, January 13–February 19, 2016;
1:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (Grades 7-12)
BRAVO! Nights during
The Marriage of Figaro
Feb. 12 Everett Library, 2:00 p.m.
Feb. 21 Frye Museum of Art, 2:00 p.m.
Save the date! Sharpen your performance
skills through vocal coaching, stage
movement, dance, and diction for singers.
Under the direction of our stellar faculty,
teens will perform scenes that include
solos, duets, and ensemble work, providing
something meaningful for every skill level.
No experience necessary.
Saturday, January 16; Wednesday, January
20; Friday, January 29; Saturday, January 30
Feb. 23 Queen Anne Library, 2:00 p.m.
Visit SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/FORKIDS
Laser Opera
Feb. 24 Ballard Library, 2:00 p.m.
BRAVO! Nights
BRAVO! members enjoy complimentary
wine and coffee in the BRAVO! Lounges
during intermission.
February 20, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
This annual BRAVO! tradition features
a live laser show choreographed to a
soundtrack of operatic favorites. Age 21+.
Tickets and information:
seattleopera.org/bravorsvp
SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/BRAVO
The Marriage of Figaro
Feb. 9 Freeland Library, 12:00 p.m.
Feb. 9
Coupeville Library, 2:00 p.m.
Feb. 23 Third Place Books, 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 24 Edmonds Library, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 25 Central Library, 12:00 p.m.
Additional community previews by Norm
Hollingshead are available throughout
King, Pierce, and Kitsap counties. Visit
SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/SPEAKERSBUREAU
for a full list of dates and events.
OPERA ON THE RADIO
January 23 – The Marriage of Figaro,
7:30 p.m.
Tune to 98.1 Classical KING-FM every
Saturday evening for more great opera,
including live performance from the
Seattle Opera stage and great recordings
hosted by Aidan Lang or Jonathan Dean.
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gala featuring
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SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2016
MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY, 7:00 PM
MANY VOICES, ONE SONG
Engaging the community is at the core of all we do. Join Seattle
Opera for a glamorous evening benefiting nearly 80,000 children, teens,
and adults who connect through opera each year outside McCaw Hall.
You’ll enjoy gourmet food and wine, live and silent auctions, delightful
surprises and more; all in support of community programs that unite
the Pacific Northwest through powerful songs and stories.
CO-CHAIRS
Linda Kitchen and Moya Vazquez
CORPORATE PREMIER TABLE HOSTS
COMMITTEE
Rebecca Amato
Milkana Brace
Maureen Frisch
Mary Beth Gemperle
Laurel Nesholm
Sherry Raisbeck
Janet Sears
Susanne Wakefield
PREMIER TICKET HOLDERS
Janet Sears
Eugene and Jean Stark
Moya Vazquez
BENEFACTOR TABLE HOSTS
Tagney Jones Family Fund at Seattle Foundation
Jay and Susanne Wakefield
Ann P. Wyckoff
BENEFACTOR TICKET HOLDERS
Jack and Connie Bloxom
Susan Coughlin and John Lauber
Susan Detweiler
Christopher and Carolyn Eagan
A. Richard and Mary Beth Gemperle
Brian Marks and Carol Maione
WINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Jonathan Caves
Gregory Chan
Michael de Maar
Brian Marks
John Nesholm
CORPORATE BENEFACTOR TABLE HOSTS
Microsoft
PATRON TABLE HOSTS
Nesholm Family Foundation
John Sullivan and Paula Stokes
Tables from $7,500
Tickets from $750
Proceeds benefit Seattle Opera
and its Education and Community
Engagement Programs.
RSVP TODAY!
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VISIT
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AMUSEMENTS
Gifts of Artistic Expression
SEATTLE OPERA
ONLINE
Located on the Kreielsheimer Promenade Level of McCaw Hall.
Open two and a half hours prior to curtain and during intermission.
Shop Amusements online at seattleopera.org/shop.
Visit seattleopera.org to find trailer videos, photos, audio clips
and interactive guides about The Marriage of Figaro and all the
operas we present.
The Marriage of Figaro CD
Take home the wondrous music of
Mozart’s most popular opera! James
Levine conducts the Metropolitan
Opera Chorus and Orchestra in this 1991
production with Ferruccio Furlanetto
as Figaro and Dawn Upshaw as
Susanna. Also features Kiri Te Kanawa,
Thomas Hampson, Anne Sofie von
Otter, and Tatiana Troyanos. 3 CD set
includes libretto & synopsis. $59.95
SO Awake Travel Mug
Take your morning caffeine with you and
stay “SO AWAKE!” 18 ounce, double wall,
foam insulated, 18/8 stainless steel tumbler
with push-on plastic slide lid. Matte black
and silver mug with copper and turquoise
lettering. $21.95
Exclusive Artwork
Gift Items
Designer Karin Kough created this
illustration exclusively for Seattle Opera’s
production of Mozart’s sublime comedy. When the catty Count
tries to seduce his manservant’s fiancée, the love birds turn the
tables on him. Prices vary.
VIDEOS
Period Profiles, Unconventional Materials
A costume preview with a twist! Shop staffers take you on a
tour of key Figaro costumes, giving special attention to the use
of non-period materials (such as metal zippers and denim) to
recreate period silhouettes. This featurette includes a look at
the original designer renderings and close ups of fine details
such as rivets, repurposed blue jean pockets, etc.
One-Minute Trailer
A montage of dress rehearsal footage from Seattle Opera’s
The Marriage of Figaro.
Meet the Artists of The Marriage of Figaro
Hear the artists offer their insights into their characters and
the ways in which they prepare and perform them. Each of
their unique interpretations shows why no two performances
are alike!
AUDIO PLAYER
Musical Excerpts
Sample audio clips and highlights from The Marriage
of Figaro and many other Seattle Opera performances at
soundcloud.com/seattle-opera.
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