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SHUBERT THEATRE
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WELCOME
In 1907, The New York Times announced, “Tomorrow night is
coming to town a young person who has attracted an enormous
amount of attention in foreign parts and who is expected to attract
as much here… Great preparations have been made for her and
her wiles are expected to be potent.” The arrival was Franz Lehár’s
The Merry Widow. Since its debut, this masterpiece has enthralled
and delighted audiences around the world. And the widow
herself, Hanna Glawari, has proved to be a woman of substance
for generations. Life at the height of the gilded age, or La Belle
Époque, aspired to be merry, lavish, and carefree. However, they
were all dancing on the precipice of disaster: the Great War. We
recognize it in the irresistible cast of characters who seduce, sway and swoon their
way to true love or farewell. And we hear it in the unforgettable melodies of a Polish
mazurka, the cancan, and, of course, the indelible “Merry Widow Waltz.”
“As we reflect on our time on this venerable stage, we are
sincerely thankful to Joe Spaulding and his entire staff at
the Citi Performing Arts Center.SM We raise a toast to our
memories here and salute our 18-year partnership.”
For BLO, this production marks an important milestone in our history. We stand
on the cusp of our 4OTH Anniversary Season, making us the longest-running
opera company in Boston. And we bid our own farewell to the Shubert Theatre.
As we reflect on our time on this venerable stage, we are sincerely thankful to Joe
Spaulding and his entire staff at the Citi Performing Arts Center.SM We raise a
toast to our memories here and salute our 18-year partnership. We will continue to
produce exceptional art and are immensely proud of the strong opera community
that we, together, have built in the heart of Boston over the last four decades—
nearly half of which were at the Shubert.
BLO’s commitment to being Boston’s hometown opera company continues, and
we are thrilled to welcome new productions and venue partners for the 4OTH
Anniversary Season, as we blaze our very own tour de Boston and take on the feat
of four extraordinary productions on four iconic stages. Our choices for the 2016/17
Season marry our productions to the venues in which they will be performed
and reflect not only our commitment to the popular works that we bring to the
community but also the lesser known works.
We look forward to celebrating the Season with you. Thank you for your ongoing
support and for making opera possible.
Esther Nelson
Stanford Calderwood General
& Artistic Director
Michael J. Puzo
Chair, Board of Directors
Sandra Piques Eddy and Alex Richardson in
Boston Lyric Opera's production of Werther.
T. CHARLES ERICKSON
PROGRAM
CONTENTS
Welcome
1
About BLO
2
Events Calendar/
Board of Directors
3
A Few Words Regarding
The Merry Widow
4
4O Days Of Opera
7
BLO's Next Season:
Tales of Two Cities 10
Cast & Synopsis 12
Meet the Artists 14
Production Staff & 19
Acknowledgments
BLO Staff & Volunteers 20
Donors 25
ABOUT BOSTON LYRIC OPERA
Both locally and beyond, Boston Lyric Opera leads the way in celebrating the art of the voice through
innovative programming and community engagement initiatives that redefine the opera-going experience.
Under the vibrant leadership of Stanford Calderwood
General & Artistic Director Esther Nelson, BLO’s
productions have been described by the magazine
Musical America as “part of the national dialogue”
because of their role as entry points for new audiences.
The New York Times observed that BLO “clearly
intends [its productions] to catch the interest of
operagoers around the country.”
BLO’s programming remains faithful to tradition
while blazing new ground, building audiences, and
creating new ways to enhance the opera-going
experience. Our Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists
work to hone their craft, and prepare themselves for
other world-leading stages. BLO’s wide-reaching
education initiatives introduce opera to new audiences
across generations.
This view is shared by the nearly 25,000 people
who experience BLO each year through dynamic
performances, extensive partnerships with leading
cultural organizations, like the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston and Boston Public Library, and programs
throughout our vastly diverse and exuberant community.
Through your support and attendance, BLO employs
nearly 350 artists and creative professionals annually—
vocalists, artisans, stagehands, costumers, and scenic
designers—many of whom are members of our own
community. The Company is proud to play a significant
and meaningful role in Boston’s vibrant arts community.
EXPLORE THE PASSION & POWER OF OPERA
SIGNATURE SERIES
SOUNDS OF THE CITY
MAY 4 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM
In partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
MFA Boston | Remis Auditorium
Part of “The City: 10 Forces that Shaped History”
Individual sessions: $28 members | $35 non-members
Tickets on sale at MFA.org
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA POP-UP
AT BOSTON PUBLIC MARKET —
AN ARTWEEK EVENT!
MAY 5 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Boston Public Market | 100 Hanover Street
Free and open to the public
CHUCK CHOI
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This kind of party only
happens once in 4O years.
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OPERA
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FRI. SEPT. 23 | 2016
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Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson
Cano sings the title role in BLO’s
Carmen, Sept. 23 - Oct. 2, 2016, at
the Boston Opera House.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES & OVERSEERS
BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
CHAIR
Michael J. Puzo
VICE-CHAIR
Wayne Davis
VICE-CHAIR &
TREASURER
Frank Wisneski
CLERK
Susan W. Jacobs
STANFORD
CALDERWOOD
GENERAL & ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR
Esther Nelson, Ex Officio
Linda Cabot Black
Alicia Cooney
Miguel de Bragança
Alan Dynner
Susan D. Eastman
Andrew L. Eisenberg, Esq.
Thomas D. Gill, Jr.
Barbara Winter Glauber
Mimi Hewlett
Horace H. Irvine II
Amelia Welt Katzen
Maria J. Krokidas
Stephen T. Kunian
Lois A. Lampson
Jeffrey Marshall
Abigail B. Mason
A. Neil Pappalardo
E. Lee Perry
Irving H. Plotkin
William Pounds
Rusty Rolland
David W. Scudder
Susan R. Shapiro
David Shukis
Ray Stata
Wynne W. Szeto
Christopher Tadgell
Lady Juliet Tadgell
Wat Tyler
BOARD OF
OVERSEERS
CO-CHAIRS
Willa Bodman
L. Joseph LoDato
Lawrence St. Clair
James Ackerman
Sarah E. Ashby
Elizabeth Barker
Ann Beha
Edward Bell
Debra Taylor Blair
Richard M. Burnes, Jr.
Ellen Cabot
Carol Gram Deane
Nicholas J. DiMauro
Jessica Donohue
Joseph Glenmullen
Catherine E. Grein
Amy Hunter
William A. Hunter
Louise Johnson
Ellen Kaplan
Pamela S. Kunkemueller
Russell Lopez
Anita Loscalzo
M. Lynne Markus
Shari Noe
Jane Pisciottoli Papa
Barbara Goodwin Papesch
Samuel Y. Parkinson
Susanne Potts
Carl Rosenberg
Allison K. Ryder
Jonathan F. Saxton
Wendy Shattuck
Richard Trant
Sandra A. Urie
Mark Volpe
Robert Walsh
Lydia Kenton Walsh
Peter J. Wender
Bertram Zarins
Tania Zouikin
EMERITI
Steven P. Akin
J.P. Barger
Sherif A. Nada
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Models of John Conklin’s set design
for The Merry Widow. Right, costume
sketch for the characters of Count Danilo,
the Wives, and Camille de Rosillon by
Gail Astrid Buckley, costume designer.
A FEW WORDS REGARDING
N
othing is lost, no matter how antiquated, without rue. My dad, who was Viennese, used to say that the
downbeat of a regular waltz was just thud while the downbeat of a Viennese waltz was “regret.” In his
wonderful book A Nervous Splendor, Frederick Morton talks about a discernible unease at the core of the
Viennese Waltz, reflecting the unease of the culture that produced it. This prick of bittersweet melancholy that
pervades the great score of The Merry Widow always made me think of the approaching end of a certain world. That
thought led us to set this production much closer to 1914 and the outbreak of the Great War, which was, in effect, the
actual end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The pomp and glamour of courtly balls and waltzes, of an
entire civilization, were suddenly eclipsed by trench warfare, by mustard gas, by the loss of a generation of young men.
This production is a multi-language attempt to reflect the principal countries involved in WWI. Cascada is
Italian; St. Brioche is one of those Russians with French surnames; Camille and Valencienne are French; and Zeta,
Bogdanovitsch, Pritschtisch, Kromow, and Njegus are Pontevedrian (i.e. “Balkan”). Danilo is Pontevedrian too, but with
the cosmopolitan, European air of a fin de siècle Viennese playboy who moves comfortably and with assured ease
between various cultures and people. We have given depth and realism to Camille and Valencienne’s story, which too
often barely exists in the libretto as a flimsy excuse for the beautiful music they sing. This way we have two passionate
love stories happening at the very moment when, in the famous words of British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey,
“the lamps are going out all over Europe.”
Hanna—and this is the most notable difference from the original libretto—is American, an ex-Ziegfeld girl who
married a Balkan multimillionaire upon being regretfully jilted by Danilo, whose ties to the royal family in Pontevedro
would have never allowed such a union. Why this change? To keep in mind that America joined the Great War and
its responsibility in it, as well as for the whiff of fresh air Hanna brings with her, albeit not without a hint of rapacity and
youthful ruthlessness, without which any happy ending would be inconceivable in this context.
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THE MERRY WIDOW
Everything comes at a cost. The 20th Century was wonderful, and it wasn’t.
The Edwardian Age was wonderful, and it wasn’t. The Titanic sank without
enough lifeboats for everybody, and Benjamin Guggenheim, Jack Astor and
a couple of friends gave up their places in the boats to women and children,
dressed up in white tie with their valets and went down with the ship smoking
on the deck, or in the card room playing whist, because this is what a gentleman
does. This is at the very core of Danilo’s difficulty in marrying a very rich woman:
one just…doesn’t. Hanna already has a foot in the shining and terrible new
century. Without her by his side, Danilo might never make the crossing. All the
merry young blades in this Merry Widow will be killed in WWI.
Nevertheless: we hope to be light, witty and true to the gaiety that lit the last
moments of the Belle Époque, as well as to the famous words from Joseph
Conrad’s short story “Youth”:
Only a moment; a moment of strength, of romance, of glamour—of youth!…
A flick of sunshine upon a strange shore, the time to remember, the time for
a sigh, and—good-bye!—Night!—Good-bye…!
A toast to this greatest of all Viennese operetta scores and to the waltzes
that my grandmothers hummed as they pinned white orchids to their hair,
getting ready for The Ball.
LILLIAN GROAG
Stage Director, The Merry Widow
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4O DAYS OF OPERA
HAPPY 4OTH ANNIVERSARY TO YOU! That’s right…our milestone 4OTH Season is a celebration not only
for us, but also for the entire opera community of Boston—our fellow opera producers, large and small, all you loyal
patrons and supporters, and the friends, neighbors, co-workers, and acquaintances we haven’t met—yet!
Join us this summer as we kick off the Season with 4O Days of Opera, a multi-faceted celebration of opera in
Boston. Immerse yourself in the art form through live events presented by BLO and by partner organizations, check
out online articles and one-of-a-kind videos and content, and more. We are honored to collaborate with many of
Boston’s leading opera producers during this initiative to create opportunities for opera-goers and opera novices to
experience opera throughout Boston—and beyond!
4O DAYS OF OPERA
AUGUST 24-OCTOBER 2, 2016
Stay tuned at BLO.org for details and schedule, coming this summer!
Boston’s opera scene is thriving, and it has never been a better time to join the music.
CHECK OUT THE ADS THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM FOR A PEEK AT WHAT'S COMING
FROM OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THIS SEASON.
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BOSTON OPERA HOUSE
EMERSON/CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S NEXT SEASON BRINGS
TALES OF TWO CITIES
T
wo of the operas are set in Seville, two in London;
the music and the action will unfold in four
venues in downtown Boston, two of them new to
BLO—and all within walking distance of each other.
The Season opens with Bizet’s Carmen in an alreadyiconic but still-explosive production by Calixto Bieito.
Over the last 15 years, the Catalan stage director has
become one of the most sought-after figures working
in opera. He is also, by far, the most controversial. First
seen in Barcelona in 1999, Bieito’s Carmen production
has been staged in nearly a dozen European cities, but
much of his operatic work has yet to be seen in America,
except on DVD. Carmen is a co-production with the
San Francisco Opera—it opens there in May, and
September 23 through October 2, it takes over Boston.
Jennifer Johnson Cano will be the untamable Carmen,
with Roger Honeywell as Don José, currently singing
Count Danilo in The Merry Widow.
BLO’s production will take place in the Opera House,
the first opera to be performed there in 25 years. The
gilded Washington Street venue opened in 1928 as a
memorial to B. F. Keith, the presiding spirit of American
vaudeville; it was intended to stand as the flagship
vaudeville theater in America, with a mirrored tunnel
leading directly into it from the Park Street subway
station. But the theater was built at precisely the wrong
moment—the stock market crash and talking pictures
soon killed vaudeville, and the building became a
movie theater. In 1979 Sarah Caldwell and the Opera
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Company of Boston bought it, and for the next dozen
years some of the most admired operatic productions
of that era took place on its stage.
But Caldwell had also purchased 50 years' worth of
deferred maintenance, and taking care of all the real
estate issues (or not) was more than the company
could sustain. The dilapidated and vandalized building
ultimately passed into the hands of Clear Channel, which
undertook a $38 million restoration and renovation. It
now seats 2,677 and serves as the home of the Boston
Ballet and numerous touring Broadway productions.
In November, BLO’s Opera Annex series brings
the belated but welcome New England premiere of
Mark-Anthony Turnage’s brilliant opera Greek, based
on the British playwright Steven Berkoff ’s response to
Sophocles’ Oedipus The King. Berkoff shoved the story
into the raw and raunchy world of 1980s East London;
Eddy—Oedipus—still murders his father and marries his
mother, and the opera stays true to the anger, sex and
violence in Berkoff ’s X-rated text.
BLO will perform Greek in the Emerson/Paramount
Center on Washington Street, another long-shuttered
former movie palace. Originally built in 1930 in the Art
Nouveau style, it closed in 1976 and stood silent and dark
for 30 years until Emerson College bought it in 2005 and
then, over the next five years, restored it as a splendid
596-seat performance space (there are also a new
screening room and black-box theater in the building).
EMERSON/PARAMOUNT CENTER
The performances take place November 16–20, and the
New York-based Sam Helfrich, whose adventurous work
has been seen here at Boston Baroque, Opera Boston,
and BLO (Britten’s The Turn of the Screw), will direct.
The British baritone Marcus Farnsworth, the composer’s
preferred interpreter of Eddy to date, returns to the role.
With Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, BLO returns to
the Cutler/Majestic Theatre, its home for 11 seasons
between 1989 and 1998 (the performances are March
12–19). Built in 1903, the handsome Beaux-Arts theater
has offered opera, spoken plays, musicals, vaudeville
and, for decades as the Saxon Theater, movies. It had
fallen into deplorable condition long before Emerson
College bought it in 1983 and began a 20-year process
of rehabilitation and renovation. Moving to the Majestic
in 1989 was a major step in the development of BLO.
The theater’s size (1,186 seats), makes it especially apt for
Baroque opera and opera from the Classical period—the
Boston Early Music Festival has presented historically
important revivals of Baroque opera there.
So both BLO and The Rake’s Progress should be
thoroughly comfortable in this space, which combines
intimacy with splendor. The Rake’s Progress, premiered in
1951, stands as the culmination of Stravinsky’s neoclassical
period—it is an opera of Mozartean proportions and
textures. The distinguished libretto by W. H. Auden and
Chester Kallman is based on a series of eight paintings
by the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth, which
tell a cautionary tale about a gullible and feckless young
man who travels to London to make his fortune, guided
by Nick Shadow, a devil, who leads the eager youth
JOHN HANCOCK HALL
AT THE BACK BAY EVENTS CENTER
down the road to destruction. He dies, mad, at the end,
in the arms of Anne Trulove, who never gave up on him.
London in the 18th century is as garish and dangerous as
the London of the 1980s in Greek.
The final venue is the recently spruced-up 1,100-seat
John Hancock Hall at the Back Bay Events Center
on Berkeley Street. Built in 1947, it has been used for
concerts, recitals, lectures, panels, meetings, trade shows,
dance events, and Celebrity Series of Boston attractions.
It has even been used for operas, often introductory
performances for children; but BLO’s performances
of The Marriage of Figaro will be its first major opera
performances in decades.
The final opera of the Season, Mozart’s The Marriage of
Figaro, needs no introduction; it is central repertory for
every opera company in the world (the performances
are April 28–May 7). The story is based on a stage
play by Beaumarchais that was a factor in igniting the
French Revolution; Mozart’s music richly humanizes the
characters: the dangerous Count, the rebellious Figaro,
his plucky fiancée Susanna, the abandoned Countess,
and the horny teenager Cherubino.
The opera offers hilarity—the situations and jokes are
still fresh and funny after 227 years. But it is also an edgy
opera, with sex as a promise and a threat, a fulfillment
and a rejection; strong emotions are always near a tipping
point. At its core, the opera is about transgression—and
forgiveness, Mozart’s sublime message to the world.
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music critic for most of that time. He has twice won the Deems Taylor/ASCAP Award for Distinguished Music Criticism.
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BOSTON LYRIC OPERA PRESENTS
AN OPERETTA IN THREE ACTS
CONDUCTOR
ALEXANDER JOEL*
Sponsored by Alicia Cooney
Music by FRANZ LEHÁR
Book by LILLIAN GROAG after
the original by VICTOR LÉON and
LEO STEIN
STAGE DIRECTOR
SET DESIGNER
French lyrics by GASTON DE
CAVAILLAVET and ROBERT DE
FLERS
COSTUME DESIGNER
LIGHTING DESIGNER
CHOREOGRAPHER
WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNER
SUPERTITLE ADAPTATION
Sung in German, English, French, Italian,
Russian and Serbian with projected
translations.
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
CITI PERFORMING ARTS
CENTERSM SHUBERT THEATRE
265 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON
*Boston Lyric Opera Debut
† BLO Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist
‡ BLO Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist
Alumnus
ROBERT WIERZEL
KYLE LANG*
Sponsored by Larry and Beverly St. Clair
Music Director DAVID ANGUS
2015/16 Season Sponsor,
Linda Cabot Black
Performed in three acts with one
intermission after Act I. Performance
running time approximately 2 hours and
50 minutes.
GAIL ASTRID BUCKLEY
Sponsored by Susan and Dennis Shapiro
Dramaturgy by JOHN CONKLIN
PERFORMANCES:
FRIDAY, APRIL 29 AT 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 1 AT 3 PM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 AT 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, MAY 6 AT 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 8 AT 3 PM
JOHN CONKLIN
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stata
with English lyrics by JOHN WELLS
Additional English lyrics by JOHN
CONKLIN, ADRIAN ROSS and
BASIL HOOD
LILLIAN GROAG
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stata
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA CHORUS
REHEARSAL COACH/ACCOMPANIST
FRENCH LANGUAGE COACH
GERMAN LANGUAGE COACH
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
JASON ALLEN
JOHN CONKLIN & ALLISON VOTH
SANDRA KOTT
Concertmaster
MICHELLE ALEXANDER
Chorusmaster
JAMES MYERS
SOPHIE MICHAUX
BERND ULKEN
NATHAN TROUP†
CHELSEA ANTRIM DENNIS
CAST &
SYNOPSIS
A NEW BLO PRODUCTION
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF
HORACE H. IRVINE II
CAST
SYNOPSIS
BARON MIRKO ZETA,
Pontevedrian Ambassador
ANDREW WILKOWSKE
Sponsored by Alan and Lisa Dynner
VALENCIENNE, his wife
CHELSEA BASLER‡
Sponsored by David Shukis and Susan Blair
COUNT DANILO DANILOWITSCH, First Secretary
JAKO NJEGUS, Chargé d’affaires
ROGER HONEYWELL*
JESSE BLUMBERG
Sponsored by Maria Krokidas and Bruce Bullen
GENERAL SERGIUS KROMOW, Chief of Staff
BRAD RAYMOND†
OLGA (LOLO), his wife
MICHELLE TRAINOR‡
COLONEL JOVAN BOGDANOVITSCH,
Senior Military Advisor
VINCENT TURREGANO*†
SYLVIANE (DODO), his wife
HEATHER GALLAGHER†
GENERAL RADOMIR PRITSCHTISCH,
Senior Military Advisor
NEAL FERREIRA‡
PRASKOVIA (JOUJOU), his wife
VERA SAVAGE†
JELENA PETROVIC (FROU-FROU), Embassy wife
POLA KANKARAS (CLO-CLO), Embassy wife
NATALJIA MARTINOVIC (MARGOT),
Embassy wife
VICOMTE CAMILLE DE ROSILLON,
French Military Attaché
VISCONTE ALESSANDRO CASCADA,
Italian Military Attaché
NICOLAI IVANOVICH ST. BRIOCHE,
Russian Military Attaché
PAVAL KIVOWITZ, Orderly
HANNA GLAWARI, Rich American widow
EMMA SORENSON†
STEPHANIE SCARCELLA*
MOLLY CROOKEDACRE
JOHN TESSIER
Sponsored by Jane and Steven Akin
DAVID MCFERRIN‡
Sponsored by Willa and Taylor Bodman
JON JURGENS†
Sponsored by the Susan A. Babson Opera
Fund for Emerging Artists, Part of the
Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
ALEX PORTENKO*
New Year’s Eve, 1913. Europe feverishly
dances on the edge…
At the Pontevedrian Embassy in Paris,
ambassador Baron Zeta is desperately
trying to marry off the American heiress,
Hanna Glawari, the recent widow of the
head of Pontevedrian State Bank, to a
native son so that her inheritance can
remain in the country and forestall an
impending government bankruptcy.
For this delicate task, he lights upon
Count Danilo, First Secretary at the
Embassy and a somewhat reckless bon
vivant. But he and Hanna have a past…
Years before, when Danilo was in New
York on a diplomatic mission and Hanna
was a young showgirl in the Ziegfield
Follies, they had an intense affair. It was
quickly terminated when his aristocratic
family heard about this most unsuitable
liaison, leaving Hanna brokenhearted
and furious. So their potential reunion is
complicated by feelings of guilt, conflict,
and an underlying, undeniable attraction.
Meanwhile, Valencienne, Baron Zeta’s
young wife, is torn between her own
attraction to the French military attaché,
Camille (who ardently pursues her), and
her desire to be “a respectable wife.” The
Embassy is full of other erotic intrigues,
complications, misunderstandings
(including a scandalous incident
concerning a secret rendezvous in the
Embassy garden). Finally, Danilo and
Hanna can no longer deny their love
and are passionately reunited—and all
must face the New Year of 1914 with
its yearned-for hopes—and its threats,
perhaps now no longer avoidable.
ERIN WALL*
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Perry
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ARTISTS
ALEXANDER JOEL Conductor
Alexander Joel, who grew up in London and
Vienna (where he also studied conducting),
makes his North American debut with The
Merry Widow for Boston Lyric Opera.
Operatic productions this season include
Carmen at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (he has
previously conducted La Traviata and La Bohème and returns for
Rigoletto in 2017/2018), Turandot for Deutsche Oper Berlin and
Opernhaus Zürich, Don Giovanni in Stockholm, Manon for the
Opéra de Marseille and La Traviata at Hamburg Staatsoper and
Vienna Volksoper. On the concert stage, his highlights include
his symphonic debut with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
and WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln. Highlights for 2016/17 include
new productions of Manon Lescaut at the Netherlands Opera,
Simon Boccanegra at the Flemish Opera, and a complete Ring
Cycle at the Staastheater Wiesbaden. LILLIAN GROAG Stage Director
Argentinean-born director Lillian Groag
returns to BLO with a brand new book for
The Merry Widow, having previously directed
Madama Butterfly (2013), Idomeneo (2010)
and Agrippina (2011) for the Company.
Recent credits include The Girl of the Golden West at Opera
Omaha, War Music at American Conservatory Theater, and
The Marriage of Figaro and Where Angels Fear to Tread at Opera
San Jose and Virginia Opera. She is one of the playwrights
involved in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s project Play on!,
36 playwrights translate Shakespeare. She has directed opera and
theatre across the country and in New York and is a published
playwright, produced throughout North America, Europe and
Japan. As an actress, she has performed in regional theatres,
and on and off Broadway. She is an Associate Artist at the Old
Globe Theatre in San Diego.
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JOHN CONKLIN
Set Designer/BLO Artistic Advisor
John Conklin has designed sets on and off
Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, and for
opera companies around the world, including
the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of
Chicago, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Bastille Opera
in Paris, The Royal Opera and the opera houses of Munich,
Amsterdam, and Bologna, among others. Locally, his work has
been seen in Boston Lyric Opera’s I Puritani (2014), La Bohème
(2015), and Werther (2016), as well as at the American Repertory
Theater and Boston Ballet. Additionally, Mr. Conklin develops
lecture series and community events for BLO that enrich the
audience experience and strengthen the presence of opera
in Boston’s arts community. He is on the faculty at New York
University’s Tisch School of the Arts and was a recipient of the
2011 NEA Opera Honors.
GAIL ASTRID BUCKLEY
Costume Designer
Boston-based costume designer Gail Astrid
Buckley has worked with BLO for nearly 20
years in a number of capacities, and The Merry
Widow marks her debut as solo costume
designer. Her recent work includes A Christmas Carol at The
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, Casa Valentina at
SpeakEasy Stage Company, My Fair Lady at Lyric Stage Company
of Boston, and Sweet and Sad at Gloucester Stage Company. Ms.
Buckley has earned two “Small Theater: Best Costume Design”
awards from The Independent Reviewers of New England and
two Elliot Norton Awards for best costume design and for group
design for The Adding Machine at SpeakEasy Stage.
ROBERT WIERZEL Lighting Designer
Robert Wierzel returns to Boston Lyric
Opera where his latest production with the
Company was The Love Potion. He has
worked with artists from diverse disciplines
and backgrounds in art, opera, theatre, and
dance on stages throughout the country and abroad. His opera
credits include productions with the companies of Paris PalaisGarnier, Tokyo, Toronto, New York City Opera, Glimmerglass,
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington DC, and Seattle, among
many others. His theater work has been seen at many major
companies throughout the country, as well as on and off
Broadway, including Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill, staring
Audra McDonald, and the Broadway musical Fela! (Tony Award
nomination). Mr. Wierzel has a 31-year history with the director/
choreographer Bill T. Jones and the BTJ/AZ Company. Mr.
Wierzel is a faculty member of New York University’s Tisch
School of the Arts.
ERIN WALL Soprano
Erin Wall makes her Boston opera debut with
BLO’s The Merry Widow. Recent highlights
include Mahler’s Eighth Symphony under the
direction of Andris Nelsons at the Tanglewood
75th anniversary celebration, the title role
in Arabella and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream—both
at the Metropolitan Opera—and Elgar’s oratorio The Kingdom on
the first night of the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall. She has
sung leading roles in many of the world's great opera houses,
including La Scala, the Vienna Staatsoper, Opéra National de
Paris, and Lyric Opera of Chicago, and appears in concert with
leading conductors and symphony orchestras worldwide. Ms.
Wall's recording of Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with the Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis was released in 2014
to critical acclaim and was followed by tour performances in the
Concertgebouw and the Edinburgh Festival.
ROGER HONEYWELL Tenor
KYLE LANG Choreographer
Kyle Lang’s career includes directing as well
as choreographing for many companies in
the US and abroad. This season, Mr. Lang
has directed La Bohème (Virginia Opera),
Don Quixote and the Duchess (Central City
Opera), L’Enfant et les Sortileges and Gianni Schicchi (Simpson
College). He has also choreographed The Merry Widow with Utah
Opera as well as assistant directed Tosca for San Diego Opera.
He has performed as a soloist and in the corps de ballet with
the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington
National Opera, and the Santa Fe Opera, among others. JASON ALLEN Wig and Makeup Designer
Jason Allen has been BLO’s Resident Wig and Makeup Designer
since 2003. A fixture of the Boston performing arts community, he
also works with Huntington Theatre Company, Boston Ballet, and
many other organizations in Boston and throughout the country.
Roger Honeywell makes his Boston Lyric
Opera debut as Count Danilo, a role he
reprises after performing it at Michigan
Opera Theatre in the 2014/15 Season. Mr.
Honeywell recently performed with the
Théâtre du Châtelet as Torasso in Sondheim’s Passion and in
the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain in the
role of Veasey with the Santa Fe Opera. He also returned to
Calgary as Nikolaus Sprink for the Canadian premiere of Kevin
Puts’ Silent Night and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Vancouver
Opera. This July, he will appear as Archbishop Roche in the world
premiere of John Estacio’s Ours with Opera on the Avalon in
Newfoundland, Canada, and he will return to BLO for the 2016/17
Season in September as Don José in Carmen.
JOHN TESSIER Tenor
John Tessier returns to BLO as Camille de
Rosillon. Recently, Mr. Tessier performed
as Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles and as
Leicester in Maria Stuarda (Seattle Opera). As
a concert soloist, he has sung the Mozart
Requiem with Jaap van Zweden and the Dallas Symphony
Orchestra, Händel’s Messiah with Robert Porco and the Cleveland
Orchestra, and Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio with Ty
Patterson conducting the Ottawa Singers. At BLO, Mr. Tessier
received rave reviews as Count Almaviva in the 2012 production of
The Barber of Seville, and was last seen in BLO’s 2014 production
of I Puritani. He has worked with many of the most notable
conductors of our day including David Robertson, Leonard Slatkin,
Plácido Domingo, John Nelson, Franz Welser-Möst, Emmanuelle
Haïm, Charles Dutoit, Donald Runnicles, Robert Spano, Yannick
Nézet-Séguin and Bernard Labadie.
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CHELSEA BASLER Soprano
Chelsea Basler is a BLO Jane & Steven Akin
Emerging Artist alumna and the 2014 recipient
of the Company’s Stephen Shrestinian Award
for Excellence. Her extensive BLO credits
include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Glascha in
Kátya Kabanová, Isolt the Fair in The Love Potion, Flora Bervoix
in La Traviata, and more. Ms. Basler recently debuted the role of
Sara in the world premiere of Cold Mountain with Santa Fe Opera,
played Josephine in HMS Pinafore (Opera Saratoga), and Curley’s
Wife in Of Mice and Men (Sarasota Opera). Other recital and
oratorio credits include a recital at the National Opera Center
in New York City and Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate with the Atlantic
Symphony Orchestra. She will perform the role of Susanna in The
Marriage of Figaro for Opera Saratoga this summer.
ANDREW WILKOWSKE Baritone
Known for his versatility, Andrew Wilkowske
was last seen at BLO as Emperor Overall in
the 2011 critically-acclaimed Opera Annex
production of The Emperor of Atlantis.
Recently, Mr. Wilkowske was showcased in
Verdi’s King for a Day as La Rocca at Glimmerglass Festival. His
other opera credits include Papageno in The Magic Flute with
Minnesota Opera and Komische Oper Berlin; and Ponchel in the
Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night with Lyric Opera Kansas City,
Cincinnati Opera, and Opera Philadelphia, a role he created in
2011 with Minnesota Opera. His concert highlights include the
rock recital Guns N’ Rosenkavalier with the Five Boroughs Music
Festival and Glimmerglass Festival, a project he created with
composer John Glover.
JON JURGENS Tenor
Jon Jurgens is a BLO Jane & Steven Akin
Emerging Artist who has established himself
as a versatile young talent with a wide range
of repertoire. Most recently, he performed the
title role in The Picture of Dorian Gray (Opera
Fayetteville) and the roles of Rodolfo in La Bohème (Opera
Raw) and Don José in Carmen (Opera Neo). As a studio artist
with Sarasota Opera, he has also sung the roles of Curley in Of
Mice and Men, Borsa in Rigoletto and has covered Edoardo in
Un Giorno di Regno and the Duke in Rigoletto. Mr. Jurgens was
highly acclaimed as Tristan in BLO’s 2014 production of The
Love Potion, and earlier that year made his Company debut as
Gastone in La Traviata. He was most recently seen as Schmidt
in BLO’s Werther.
JESSE BLUMBERG Baritone
Jesse Blumberg has appeared in numerous
operatic roles including Papageno in The
Magic Flute (Minnesota Opera), Mercutio
in Roméo et Juliette (Kentucky Opera), The
Count in Le Nozze di Figaro (Fargo-Moorhead
Opera), Charlie in Three Decembers (Atlanta Opera), Poliferno in
Niobe, Regina di Tebe (Boston Early Music Festival), and Harlekin
in the Boston Lyric Opera production of Ariadne auf Naxos. On
the concert stage, Mr. Blumberg has performed recitals with the
New York Festival of Song and Marilyn Horne Foundation and is
a frequent soloist with American Bach Soloists, Berkshire Choral
Festival, Boston Baroque, and Apollo’s Fire. Mr. Blumberg is also
the founder of Five Boroughs Music Festival in New York City.
ALEX PORTENKO Actor
DAVID MCFERRIN Baritone
David McFerrin is a BLO Jane & Steven
Akin Emerging Artist alumnus who has
appeared in numerous Company productions,
including Kátya Kabanová, The Love
Potion, Lizzie Borden, Clemency, Madama
Butterfly, and Agrippina. This Season, he appeared with BLO as
the Officer in In the Penal Colony and Johann in Werther. His
other opera credits include Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida
Grand Opera, and the Rossini Festival in Wildbad, Germany. As
a concert soloist, Mr. McFerrin has sung with Gustavo Dudamel
and the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, with the early music
ensemble TENET at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and
with the Boston Pops. Upcoming concert highlights include
performances at the Carmel Bach Festival and with the Handel
and Haydn Society in Boston and New York.
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Alex Portenko makes his BLO debut as
Kivowitz in The Merry Widow. He is originally
from Uzbekistan and received his BFA in
theatre arts from Salem State University. His
recent Boston-area credits include O Happy
Port! and Six Degrees of Separation (Bad Habit Productions) and
The Normal Heart (Salem Theatre Company). He is an alumnus
of the First Stage Program with Lyric Stage Company of Boston
as an actor and director’s assistant, and has received honors as
both an actor and director from the Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival.
VERA SAVAGE Mezzo-Soprano
A BLO Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist,
Vera Savage’s recent opera credits include
appearances with Florentine Opera, Opera
in the Heights, and Opera Saratoga. She has
performed as a soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with
MIT, Mozart’s Requiem at the Tanglewood Institute, and Handel’s
Israel in Egypt with Commonwealth Chorale.
BRAD RAYMOND Tenor
Brad Raymond has been a BLO Jane & Steven
Akin Emerging Artist since 2014. He recently
appeared in Candide with Glimmerglass
Festival, Eugene Onegin with Opera
Theatre Middlebury, Manon Lescaut with
Chautauqua Opera, and Amahl and the Night Visitors with Cincinnati
Chamber Orchestra. His opera credits also include Opera Saratoga,
Aspen Opera Theater, and Columbus Opera.
NEAL FERREIRA Tenor
Neal Ferreira is a BLO Jane & Steven Akin
Emerging Artist alumnus and most recently
appeared with BLO as the Visitor in In the
Penal Colony. Other BLO productions
include The Magic Flute, Clemency, and The
Inspector. He sings regularly as an oratorio soloist throughout New
England and recently appeared as Ferdinand in the world premiere
of Joseph Summer’s The Tempest with The Shakespeare Concerts.
HEATHER GALLAGHER
Mezzo-Soprano
Heather Gallagher is a BLO Resident
Teaching Artist as well as a Jane & Steven
Akin Emerging Artist and has performed
with BLO in Werther, Kátya Kabanová and
The Love Potion. Her recent credits include Charlotte in Les
Lettres de Werther with Boston Opera Collaborative, the title
role in Carmen with Metro West Opera, and Cherubino in Le
Nozze di Figaro with Vero Beach Opera.
MICHELLE TRAINOR Soprano
Michelle Trainor is a BLO Jane & Steven Akin
Emerging Artist alumna, having performed in
BLO productions of The Inspector, The Magic
Flute, and The Love Potion. As a concert
soloist, she has performed at Carnegie
Hall and in Boston Ballet’s production of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream as the soprano soloist. She is the 2011 winner of BLO’s
Stephen Shrestinian Award for Excellence and will perform with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its 2016/17 production of
Der Rosenkavalier.
VINCENT TURREGANO Baritone
Vincent Turregano made his Boston Lyric
Opera debut as a Jane & Steven Akin
Emerging Artist in the ensemble of La
Bohème. His most recent opera credits include
Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte, Alwan
in Mohammed Fairouz’s Sumeida’s Song, John Sorel in Menotti’s
The Consul, and the Marquis de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues
of the Carmelites.
EMMA SORENSON Mezzo-Soprano
A BLO Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist,
Emma Sorenson made her BLO debut in 2015
in the ensemble of La Bohème and returned
to the Company for the Signature Series
performance of Brindisi! Italian and French
Drinking Songs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is the
winner of the Ileana Ingraham Encouragement Award at the 2015
Kansas City Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions
and and will be a returning Apprentice Artist as Javotte in Des
Moines Metro Opera’s Manon this summer.
STEPHANIE SCARCELLA
Mezzo-Soprano
Stephanie Scarcella was last seen on the
BLO stage in the ensemble of La Bohème
earlier this season. She has performed with
Tanglewood Music Center, Opera Company
of Middlebury, St. Petersburg Opera, Odyssey Opera, and Boston
Opera Collaborative, and she was the 2011 New Orleans District
winner for Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards.
MOLLY CROOKEDACRE Soprano
Molly Crookedacre has appeared in several
BLO productions including Macbeth and The
Inspector and has been a member of the BLO
chorus since 2008. She is a winner of BLO’s
Stephen Shrestinian Award for Excellence
and placed first in her division of the NATS Competition in
Boston in 2013.
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BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I
Sandra Kott Concertmaster
Annie Rabbat Solos
Natalie Favaloro
Roksana Sudol
Rohan Gregory
Lilit Hartunian
Andrew Eng
Annegret Klaua
Olga Kouznetsova
Liesl Doty
VIOLIN II
Tera Gorsett Acting Principal
Lena Wong
Piotr Buczek
Nivedita Sarnath
Robert Curtis
Susan Carrai
Rebecca Katsenas
Asuka Usui
VIOLA
Abigail Cross Acting Principal
Andra Voldins
Don Krishnaswami
Emily Rome
Russell Wilson
Sharon Bielik
CELLO
Loewi Lin Principal
Patrick Owen
Michael Curry
Jan Pfeiffer-Rios
Nicole Cariglia
BASS
Robert Lynam Principal
Kevin Green
Katherine Foss
CHORUS
FLUTE
Ona Jonaityte Acting Principal
Elzbieta Brandys
OBOE
Mary Cicconetti Acting Principal
Lynda Jacquin
CLARINET
Jan Halloran Principal
Steven Jackson
BASSOON
Donald Bravo Principal
Sally Merriman
FRENCH HORN
Brian Nichols Acting Principal
Dirk Hillyer
Kenneth Pope
Iris Rosenstein
TRUMPET
Greg Whitaker Acting Principal
Mary-Lynne Bohn
TROMBONE
Donald Davis Acting Principal
Robert Hoveland
David Hagee
TIMPANI
Nicholas Tolle Acting Principal
PERCUSSION
William Manley Acting Principal
Abraham Finch
HARP
Hyunjung Choi Acting Principal
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SOPRANO
Samina Aslam
Alisa Cassola
Marie McCarville
Kathryn McKellar
Janani Sridhar
ALTO
Bethany Hickman
Stephanie Kacoyanis
Vanessa Schukis
Lee Sullivan
Stephanie Zuluaga
TENOR
Stefan Barner
Ethan Bremner
Brendan Buckley
Frank Levar
Omar Najmi
Thomas Oesterling
Patrick Waters
BASS
Ryne Cherry
Carlton Doctor
Attila Dobak
Simon Dyer
Fred Furnari
Taylor Horner
Ron Williams
SUPERNUMERARIES
Kurt Hakansson
Jesse Martin
Domenico Mastrototaro
PRODUCTION & ARTISTIC STAFF
Bailey Costa Lighting Director/Assistant Lighting Designer
Rachel Arditi Assistant Stage Manager
Anderson Nunnelley Assistant Stage Manager
Anthony Schiavo Production Assistant
David Bradke Technical Supervisor
Jeremy Smith Head Production Carpenter
Bryan Salmon First Assistant Production Carpenter
Joseph St. Croix Second Assistant Production Carpenter
Marco Caceres Head Production Electrician
Mike Wellman First Assistant Production Electrician
Whitney Brinton First Assistant Production Electrician
Miguel Caravajal Second Assistant Production Electrician
Patrick Glynn Head of Production Properties
Emily Picot Second Assistant of Production Properties
James McCartney Head of Production Audio
Dianna Reardon Wardrobe Supervisor
Lynn Jeffery Costume Supervisor
Ryan Goodwin Costume Design Assistant
Rachel Padula Shufelt Wig-Makeup Artist
Susie Moncousky Wig-Makeup Artist
Allison Voth Surtitle Operator
Bridget Doyle Lighting Intern
Kate Ellingson Music Librarian
Maynard Goldman Orchestra Personnel Manager
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BLO extends its gratitude to the following
individuals and organizations for their
extraordinary courtesy in making our
productions possible:
Acentech, Inc. | Carl Rosenberg and
Ben Markham
Advanced Lighting and Production
Services | Jim DeVeer
AKA
Alexander Aronson Finning
Beacon Hill Seminars
Susan Bennett, M.D., Company
Physician Consultant, Associate
Physician, Massachusetts General
Hospital
Boston Athenæum
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston Public Library
Boston Public Market
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Caffé Nero
Catherine Truman Architects |
Catherine Truman
CBT Architects
Chandler Inn
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete,
LLP | Andrew Eisenberg and
Will Krasnow
Costume Works, Inc. | Liz Perlman
Amy Holland Crafton
Denka Trucking | Dick Butler
Elderhostel, Inc./Road Scholar
Eric Antoniou Photography
T. Charles Erickson
Fessenden & Sykes
Films Around the World, Inc. |
Alexander W. Kogan, Jr.
Four Seasons Hotel Boston
Goodman Media International, Inc.
Haute History
Mark Howard
HUM Properties | Casey Smith
The HYM Investment Group
IATSE Local #11 JACET | Colleen Glynn
Intersection | Steve McCarthy
IRN Internet Services | Jay Williston
Leapfrog Arts |
Melissa Wagner-O’Malley
Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority
mindSHIFT Technologies Inc.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Myles Standish Business Condominiums
NEPS Primary Freight
New England Professional Systems |
Bill Miller
Pierce Harman Photography
Production Advantage
ProPrint Boston
Quality Graphics, Inc.
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common
Robert Silman Associates Structural
Engineers | Michael Auren and
Ben Rosenberg
Ryder Transportation
Santander
Sebastians
Starburst Printing | Jason Grondin
Tessitura
Theatre Project Consultants
United Staging & Rigging | Eric Frishman
WBUR
WGBH/WCRB
Wheelock Family Theatre
Winston Flowers
Scenery constructed by American
Repertory Theater and BLO
Lighting Equipment provided by
Advanced Lighting & Production
Services, Inc.
Costumes supervised by Costume
Works, Inc., Somerville, MA
The edition of Franz Lehár’s Njegus aria
as well as the English translation of lyrics
by John Wells, are used by arrangement
with European American Music
Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian
agent for Glocken Verlag, Ltd. London.
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BOSTON LYRIC OPERA STAFF
VOLUNTEER CORPS
Esther Nelson Stanford Calderwood General & Artistic Director
David Angus Music Director
John Conklin Artistic Advisor
Sharon Barry
Katie Baner
Lynn Bregman
Jane Cammack
Jeannie Ackerman Curhan
Ann D’Angelo
Karla De Greef
Marsha de Poo
Mary DePoto
Frances Driscoll
Marian Ead
Susan Eastman
Hugh Fitzgerald
Audley Fuller
Ralph Gioncardi
Mencken Graham
Bruce Houston
Eva Karger
Milling Kinard
Nicholas Kopp
Esther Lable
Richard Leccese
Nancy Lynn
Domenico Mastrototaro
ARTISTIC
Nicholas G. Russell Director of Artistic Operations
Nancy McDonald Artistic Manager
Zachary Calhoun Artistic Associate
PRODUCTION
Bradley Vernatter Director of Production
Anna B. Labykina Technical Director
Jessica Johnson Brock Production Operations Manager
Julia Noulin-Mérat Associate Producer
Lily Kaufman Properties Master & Technical Assistant
Lindsay Conrad Production Administration Assistant
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Karen T. Frost Director of Finance and Administration
David J. Cullen Accounting Manager
Reingard Heller Finance Manager
Caitlin Hayes Finance & HR Associate
Samantha Ferello Office Associate
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Eileen Nugent Williston Director of External Relations
Riley Cameron External Relations Assistant
Sarah B. Blume Director of Major Gifts
Erin Coffey Associate Director of Major Gifts
Cathy Emmons Director of Institutional Gifts
Danielle Schmidt Special Events Manager
Robin Whitney Individual Giving Manager
Bailey Kerr Patron Services Associate
Terri Mazzulli
Diane McGary
Patti McGovern
Anne McGuire
Amy Molloy
Meg Morton
Katherine Nash
Kameel Nasr
Amy O’Connell
Cosmo Papa
Jane Papa
Barbara Papesch
Jutta Scott
Alexandra Sherman
Barbara Trachtenberg
Jessica Tybursky
Amy Walba
Gerry Weisenberg
Debbie Wiess
Alfred Williams
Joe Williams
Lynn Williams
Sybil Williams
Carrie Phillips Marketing & Communications Manager
Jeila Irdmusa Marketing & Sales Coordinator
Derrick A. Martin Audience Services Manager
Rebecca Kittredge Audience Services Coordinator
Lacey Upton Director of Community Engagement
Rebecca Kirk Manager of Education Programs
Brendan Buckley Resident Teaching Artist
Heather Gallagher Resident Teaching Artist
Julia Propp Director of Operations
Andrew J. Moreau Analytics and Projects Manager
Robin Schweikart Database Administrator
Goodman Media International, Inc. Public Relations
IRN Internet Services Website
Leapfrog Arts Graphic Design
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The Artists and Stage Managers employed on this production
are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists.
All musicians are members of the American Federation of
Musicians of the United States and Canada.
The scenic, costume, and lighting designers are members
of United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
Stagehands are represented by Local #11 of the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Boston Lyric Opera is a member of OPERA America, the
national service organization for opera in the U.S. and Canada.
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Citibank
Mr. John Conklin
Ted Cutler
Karen Johansen and
Gardner Hendrie
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Butler and Lois Lampson*
Allison K. Ryder and
David B. Jones*†
David Shukis and Susan Blair*†
Ms. Tania Zouikin*§
IN MEMORIAM
BLO wishes to honor the
memories of patrons whom we
have lost this Season. From longtime subscribers and generous
supporters to patrons who gave
of their time and skills through
Board service, all were vital and
important members of our opera
community and BLO family.
They will be missed.
Mr. David Arnold
Mrs. John Bradley
Christina Brazelton
Mr. Lucien Couvillon
Mr. James S. Curran
Roger Hewlett
Ms. Lois Knight
Mr. Hall Swaim
Helen Tomich
CON BRIO MEMBERS
($15,000 TO $24,999)
Dr. and Mrs. Eric and Elaine Bucher†
Mr. and Mrs. John Cabot
Catherine and Frederick Grein*§
Harold Alfond Foundation
Cerise Lim Jacobs, for Charles
Ellen and Robert Kaplan*†§
Ms. Amelia Katzen*†
Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Anita Loscalzo*†
MEDITECH
Esther Nelson and Bernd Ulken
Janet and Irv Plotkin*†
John and Susanne Potts*
Larry and Beverly St. Clair*†
Gregory E. Moore and
Wynne W. Szeto*
Sandra A. Urie and Frank F. Herron*
Dr. Robert Walsh and
Lydia Kenton Walsh*
ALLEGRO MEMBERS
($10,000 TO $14,999)
Anonymous
Advanced Lighting &
Production Services, Inc.
Sam and Nancy Altschuler
Boston Private
BPS Arts Expansion Fund at
EdVestors
Ms. Ellen Cabot*†
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Cabot, Jr.
Cabot Family Charitable Trust
The Catered Affair
Dr. Charles Dickinson and
Ms. JoAnne Dickinson
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy and
Jessica Donohue*
Esther B. Kahn Charitable Foundation
Frank Reed & Margaret Jane Peters
Memorial Fund I, Bank of America,
N.A., Trustee
Mr. Kenneth Freed
Ms. Louise Johnson*
Stephen and Lois Kunian*
Joe and Pam LoDato*†§
Dr. Maura McGrane
Morgan Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. George Sakellaris
Mr. Jonathan F. Saxton*
State Street Corporation
Susan A. Babson Opera Fund for
Emerging Artists
John H. Deknatel and Carol M. Taylor
Faith and Joseph W. Tiberio
Foundation‡
Mr. and Mrs. Wat Tyler*
Drs. Bertram and Laima Zarins*
ADAGIO MEMBERS
($5,000 TO $9,999)
Anonymous (6)
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. de Asla
Be Our Guest, Inc.
Dr. Peggy and Edward Bell*
Bessie Pappas Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Carolyn Bitetti and Chris Donnelly
Ms. Deb Taylor Blair*
Dorothy and Hale Bradt
Mrs. Edmund Cabot
Judge and Mrs. Levin H. Campbell
Citi Performing Arts Center
Arthur D. Clarke and Susan Sloan, in honor
of Barbara Glauber
Corning Incorporated Foundation
Christian Courtney Draz
Fiduciary Trust Company
Firestone and Parson Jewelers
William C. and Joyce K. Fletcher
Mr. Joseph Glenmullen*†
Mr. and Mrs. Don and Pat Hillman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hood
Emily C. Hood
Amy Hunter and Steven Maguire*†§
William A. Hunter*†
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Kennedy
Karen Levy
Andrew Sherman and Russ Lopez*†
Ms. M. Lynne Markus*§
Judith K. Marquis and Keith F. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Elena Matlack
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky,
& Popeo, P.C.
Ms. Faith Moore
Ms. Sandra Moose
Anne M. Morgan
Shari and Christopher Noe*
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Olney III†
Barbara Goodwin Papesch*, in honor of
Sarah Blume
Dr. Kurt D. Gress and
Mr. Samuel Y. Parkinson*†
Suzanne and Peter Read§
Mr. and Mrs. John Remondi
Rusty Rolland & The Schick Fund*
Rona and Arthur Rosenbaum
Mr. Carl Rosenberg*†
Santander
Rumena and Alex Senchak
Takeda Employee Giving
Program
Peter Wender*§
Western Carriers, Inc.
GRAZIOSO
($3,000 TO $4,999)
Anonymous (2)
Anchor Capital Advisors
Sarah E. Ashby*
Charles and Christina Bascom
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bennett
Mr. Martin S. Berman
Annabelle and Benjamin Bierbaum
Ronald and Ellen Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cabot
Dr. Nicholas J. DiMauro*
Draper Laboratory
Ms. Winifred F. Ewing
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Feinstein
Mr. and Mrs. Tim and
Lisa Fulham
Fuller Foundation
Dr. Alfred Goldberg and
Dr. Joan Goldberg
Nick and Marjorie Greville
Ron and Kathy Groves
Mr. Joseph Hammer
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Hoffman
Dr. Maydee G. Lande, in memory of
her father
Dr. Harold Michlewitz &
Ms. Dina Celeste Marshall
Ms. Karen McShane
OPERA America
D. Cosmo and Jane P. Papa*
Dr. and Mrs. John William Poduska, Sr.
Stephen and Geraldine Ricci
Elizabeth Ross and William O'Reilly
Dr. Jordan S. Ruboy
Charitable Fund§‡
Mr. Max Russell
State Street Foundation
Lise and Myles Striar
Tee Taggart and Jack Turner
Mr. Richard Trant*
Jeannie Ackerman Curhan and
Joseph C. Williams†
Winston Flowers Inc.
BRAVISSIMO
($2,000 TO $2,999)
Anonymous
A.V. Presentations, Inc.
Boston Cultural Council
Mr. and Mrs. John Bradley‡
David J. Chavolla, in honor of
Pamela Kunkemueller
Chris and Lynne Chiodo
John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille
Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn
Ms. Elizabeth Coleman
Nancy and Laury Coolidge
Mr. and Mrs. Linzee Coolidge
Janice Mancini Del Sesto, in honor of
Jane and Steven Akin and in memory
of David Arnold§
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Kathryn G. Freed, in memory of
Dean and Patti Freed§
Mr. and Mrs. Dozier Gardner
Mark Kritzman and Elizabeth Gorman
Lila Gross‡
Graham and Ann Gund
Jamie and Ashley Harmon
Eva R. Karger§
Mr. Edward J. Leary†
Richard and Mary Jane Lewontin
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Winfield Perry, in memory of
Shirley and Kenneth Perry
William and Lia Poorvu
Robert and Elizabeth Pozen
Mr. Rod Rohda
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Winthrop
ENCORE
($1,000 TO $1,999)
Anonymous (2)
The Acorn Foundation
Ms. Nancy W. Adams and Mr. Scott A.
Schoen, in honor of Lynn Dale
Mr. Mark Alcaide
John and Rosemary Ashby
Mr. and Mrs. David Bakalar
Michael Barza and Judith Robinson
Drs. Susan E. Bennett and
Gerald B. Pier
Veronika and Bert Breer
John and Irene Briedis
Dr. Peter Campisano
Mr. John Cornish
Mr. and Mrs. William Crozier Jr.
Andrew L. Eisenberg*
Elizabeth and Stephen Fantone
RADM and Mrs. S. David Frost
Mr. Thatcher Lane Gearhart
Mr. Bruce Gurall
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hamilton
Arthur and Eloise Hodges
Mr. Ted and the Rev. Canon
Cynthia P. Hubbard
Holly and Bruce Johnstone
Mr. Stephen Kidder
Milling Kinard
Mr. Dan Kramer
William B. Lawrence III†
Ms. Trish Marinilli
Ms. Amy Merrill
Mr. Clint Moon
Mary and Sherif Nada†§
The Honorable and Mrs. Lawrence Perera
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Perkins, Jr.
Finley and Patricia Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Ute Prevost
Melinda and James Rabb
James Edward Reulbach
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Roberts
Donald and Abby Rosenfeld
Robert and Dianne Rottenberg
Dr. and Mrs. R. Michael Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Shafir
Sayre Sheldon and C. E. Morgan
Edward H. Tate II
Ms. Antra Thrasher
Leonce Welt and Michele Buchbauer
Mr. Mark White
Temple Gill and Christopher Yens
ENSEMBLE
($500 TO $999)
Anonymous (2)
Shoma Aditya and Constantin von Wentzel
Bank of America
Elizabeth Barker*
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Bartholomew
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Benjamin
Leonard and Jane Bernstein
Ms. Sarah Biller
Ms. Sophie Cabot Black
Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton III
Pam and Lee Bromberg
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brunnock
Thomas Burger and Andree Robert
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cantillon
Rachel and Thomas Claflin
Mr. Eugene Cox
Paul Cravedi
Rita and George Cuker
The Pannell Family Charitable Fund
Gene and Lloyd Dahmen
Dr. Amos Deinard
Mr. James DeVeer
Ms. Jennifer Eckert
Soren and Carlyn Marcus Ekstrom
Mr. David Firestone
Mr. Daniel Ford
Mr. Lee Forker
GE Foundation
Mr. Edward N. Gadsby
Nathaniel and Nancy Gardiner
Dr. David Golan and Dr. Laura Green
Ruth Golden
Dr. Philip L. Goldsmith and
Melissa Boshco
Ms. Sandra Steele and Mr. Paul Greenfield
Mr. Stephen Grubaugh and
Ms. Carol McGeehan
Anne and Neil Harper
Ms. Kathryn Heifetz
Mr. Joseph M. Herlihy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High
Mr. Roger Hinman
E.R. Horowitz
Doris and Howard Hunter
Miss Sally Hurlbut
Elizabeth V. Foote and Howell E. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Johnson
Ms. Elizabeth Kastner
Yuriko Kuwabara and Sunny Dzik
Pam Lassiter
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lerner
Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky
Ms. Kristine Maultsby and Mr. Keith Long
Mr. Anthony S. Lucas
Tod Machover & June Kinoshita
Margaret McDormand, in memory of
Anna Elizabeth McDormand
Tim and Dell Mitchell
Toni and Jeff Musser
Melissa and David Norton
Phil and Marge Odeen
Mr. and Mrs. Martin O'Donnell, in honor
of Wynne Szeto & Gregory Moore
Mr. Richard Ortner
Jack Osgood
Thomas Peters and Susan Sargent
Peterson Family Fund at the
Boston Foundation
Jim and Jeannette Post
Mrs. Adrienne Rabkin
Peter and Sheila Rawson
Ms. Diana Rowan Rockefeller
Ms. Amy Sassoon
Mr. Robert and Ms. Natalie Schlundt
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INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
Boston Lyric Opera’s programs are funded, in part, by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Drs. John and Elizabeth Serrage
Mr. Bruce Stasyna
Mr. Chip Storey
Mr. Andrew Szentgyorgyi
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tempesta
Ms. Toinette ter Haar
Mr. Wheeler Thackston
Diane C. Tillotson
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Tjornhom
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
United Staging and Rigging
Mr. Scott Utzinger
Linda and Harvey Weiner
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Weld
ARIA
($250 TO $499)
Anonymous (3)
Mr. William Aikman
Mr. Richard C. Albright
Susan Alexander and Jim Gammill,
in honor of Susan Howe
Mr. Peter Ambler and Ms. Lindsay Miller
Mr. Bernard Aserkoff
Ms. Ann Bajart
Ms. Kim Barba
Marc and Carol Bard
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barringer
Ms. Enid Beal
John and Molly Beard
Dr. and Mrs. Martin Becker
John Belchers
Ms. Deborah Davis Berman
Mr. Clark Bernard
Mr. Peter A. Biagetti
Mr. Andrew Binns
Ms. Elizabeth Bjorkman
Dr. Paul Bleicher and Dr. Julia Greenstein
Dr. Rudolph and Prof. Suzanne Blier
Dr. Roger Boshes
Ms. Christine Bradt
Ms. Margaret Burke
Ms. Judy Cabot
Mr. Rich Calame
Mr. Jay Cantor
Ms. Mary Chamberlain
Ms. Mei Po Cheung
Dr. Brian J. Clifton
Cary Coen, in honor of Gerry and
Sherry Cohen
John Adams and Patricia Comeau
The Commonwealth Fund
James F. Crowley, Jr.
Mr. Paul Curtis
Deborah L. Cushing
Mr. Terry O. Decima
Ms. Francoise Delaforcade
Ms. Margaret DePopolo
Ms. Pauline Dessertine
Mr. Mark Donohoe
eBay Inc. Foundation
Marie-Pierre and Michael Ellmann
Bill and Susan Elsbree
Andrew and Karen Epstein
Louis Esposito
Mr. Fabien Fieschi
Ms. Maisie Flanders
Michael S. Flier and David E. Trueblood
Katherine and Richard Floyd
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fox, Jr.
Mr. Valéry Freland
Mr. Julio Frenk
Mr. Clayton Geiger
Paul Golden
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Laurie Gould and Stephen Ansolabehere
Mr. Kurt Hakansson
Mr. C.D. Hanson
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Harper
Mr. Harvey Hayashi
Ms. Jasjit Heckathorn
Mr. and Mrs. John Henn
Richard Hermon-Taylor and Southie Bundy
Pauline Ho Bynum
Dr. Susan Hockfield and Dr. Thomas Byrne
Fred and Caroline Hoppin
Mr. Thomas Hotaling
Ms. Maisie Houghton
Mr. Cliff Hurley
Ms. Ann Johnson
Dale and Linda Jorgenson
James and Ellen Kaplan
Ms. Elizabeth Karpati
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Katz
Jonathan and Deborah A. Kay
Khaled Khalil
Mr. Richard Kimball
Jonathan and Deborah Kolb
Peter Laytin and Paula Callanan
Michael and Dora Lewin
Mr. John Lo
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lyson
Mr. Jackson Madnick
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart E. Madnick
Mr. Joseph Mari
Mr. Tony Martin
Ms. Carole Masters
Dr. Nicholas and Mrs. Charlotte Mastroianni
Mr. Domenico Mastrototaro§
Mr. James M. McCloy
Mr. and Mrs. Kilmer McCully
Ms. Carol McKeen and Mr. John Dunton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKersie
Kate Meany
Ms. Karen Metcalf
Mr. Scott Minick
Mrs. Judith Mir
Mr. Jerrold Mitchell
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Moore
Ms. Gwendalyn Moore
Sean and Stacy Mullaney
Ms. Rose Ng
Mr. Harvey Nosowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Nunes
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Donnell
Suzanne Ogden and Peter Rogers
Mr. William Pananos
Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Sue Pate
David and Beth Pendery
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Lois Pond
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Porcelli
Gerald Powers
Ms. Florence Poy
Ms. Patricia Pratt
Mr. Jack Reynolds
Mr. Evan Ricker and Ms. Mara Bonde
Mr. Allan Rodgers
Donald and Nancy Rosenfield
Simon Rosenthal and Nouri Newman
Nicholas G. Russell
Mr. Paul Ryan
Ms. Diane Savarese
Mr. Michael Schaefer
John and Ruth Schey
Michael Schwartz, in honor of
Amelia Katzen
Mr. and Mrs. John Sculley
Mr. Javier Segovia
Stephen and Peg Senturia
Varda and Dr. Israel Shaked
Dr. George L. Sigalos
Mr. Paul Snider
Diane Young-Spitzer and
Adelbert Spitzer
Mr. Harold Stahler
Ms. Joan Suit
Mr. Michael Szeto
Marcos and Faith Szydlo
John and Mary Tarvin
Abigail Ostow and Arthur Telegen
Michael and Helen Tomich‡
Leo Waldemar
Mr. Joe Weber
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Weinstein
The Whitley-Singer Family, in memory
of Kevin Gustavson
Mr. Throop Wilder and
Ms. Deborah Weisgall
Ms. Ashley Wisneski
Mr. Stephen Wohler
Larry and Pamela Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wulff
Mr. Evan Xenakis
Albert and Judith Zabin
Board Member
Lyric Circle Member
Goldovsky Society Member
Deceased
*
†
§
‡
GOLDOVSKY SOCIETY
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living legacies that will influence and support the Company and its artists for generations to come. The name of the
Society was inspired by Boris Goldovsky, a visionary teacher, stage director, conductor, and impresario with national and
Boston ties to opera. His pioneering work profoundly influenced generations of artists and shaped the performance
and popularity of opera in America. To ensure that your support continues to benefit Boston Lyric Opera for
generations to come, please contact Sarah Blume at 617.542.4912 x228.
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MEMBERS
Anonymous (2)
Ms. Diana Abrashkin
Dorothy Arnold
Linda Cabot Black
Mr. Roger Brightbill
Nonnie and Rick Burnes
Mr. David Cole-Rous and
Ms. Norma Greenberg
Alicia Cooney
Tim Daughters
Tamara P. and Charles H. Davis II
Janice Mancini Del Sesto
Mr. Dan Duro
Alan and Lisa Dynner
Margaret Eagle and Eli Rapaport
Robert and Susan Eastman
Ms. Anne Ewers
Kathryn G. Freed, in memory of
Dean and Patti Freed
Catherine and Frederick Grein
Gillian Stuart Hamer
Mimi Hewlett
Amy Hunter and Steven Maguire
Horace H. Irvine II
Ellen and Robert Kaplan
Eva R. Karger
Ms. Mary Kiley
Pamela S. Kunkemueller
Mr. David Latham
Joe and Pam LoDato
Mr. Stephen Lord
Ms. M. Lynne Markus
Christopher Marrion
Ms. Abigail Mason
Mr. Domenico Mastrototaro
Richard S. Milstein, Esq.
Mary and Sherif Nada
Ms. Katharine Nash
Bill Nigreen and Kathleen McDermott
Sandy and Herb Pollack
Suzanne and Peter Read
Dr. Freda Rebelsky
Dr. Jordan S. Ruboy Charitable Fund
Stephen and Iris Taymore Schnitzer
David and Marie Louise Scudder
Mrs. Lois Silverman
Mr. Michael Tronic
Peter Wender
Mrs. Marillyn Zacharis
Ms. Tania Zouikin
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Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano
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