The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Chair Jeanne Donovan Fisher

President Leon Botstein

Director Tambra Dillon

Presents

A Florentine Tragedy(Eine Florentinische Tragödie) Music by Alexander von ZemlinskyLibretto by the composer, after the play by Oscar WildeTranslated by Max Meyerfield

The Dwarf(Der Zwerg)Music by Alexander von ZemlinskyLibretto by Georg Klaren, after Oscar Wilde’s story “The Birthday of the Infanta”

Two one-act operas withAmerican Symphony OrchestraConductor Leon Botstein, Music DirectorDirector Olivier Tambosi Set and Costume Design McDermott & McGoughLighting Design Robert WierzelChoreography Warren AdamsChorus Master Sharon Bjorndal Music Preparation and Coach Curt Pajer Sung in German with English supertitles

S O S N O F F T H E AT E R

July 27, August 2 and 4 at 8 pmJuly 29, August 5 at 3 pm

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Running time is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission.

The use of recording equipment or the taking of photographs during the performanceis strictly prohibited.

Alexander von Zemlinsky. Eine Florentinische Tragödie. Opera in one act, after the playby Oscar Wilde, in the German translation by Max Meyerfield.

Alexander von Zemlinsky. Der Zwerg (Der Geburtstag der Infantin). A tragic tale withmusic in one act, freely adapted by Georg Klaren after Oscar Wilde’s “The Birthday ofthe Infanta.”

Both works used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors LLC, U.S.and Canadian agent for Universal Edition Vienna, publisher and copyright owner.

Cast

A Florentine TragedyGuido Bardi, Prince of Florence Bryan HymelSimone, a merchant James JohnsonBianca, his wife Deanne Meek

The DwarfThe Dwarf Jeffrey DowdDonna Clara, Infanta of Spain Sarah Jane McMahonGhita, her favorite maid Hanan AlattarDon Estoban, the Chamberlain Thomas GoerzFirst Maid Melissa WegnerSecond Maid Maghan StewartThird Maid Vanessa ConlinFirst Playmate Chanel Wood Second Playmate Julie Anne Miller

ChorusMichelle Adessa, Lillian Allison, Lily Berthold-Bond, Charlotte Detrick, Kristin Ezell, Veronica Forman, Jenna Hall, Meredith Hudak, Nicole Cherniak Hyde,Elisa Matthews, Julie Anne Miller, Kara Lee Morgan, Elizabeth Moulton, Rachel Nelson, Ellen Grace Peters, Christina Rivera, Aleks Romano, Danielle Ryan,Leighanne Saltsman, Katherine Skovira, Kimberly Sogioka, Chanel Wood

Stage Manager Lynn KrynickiAssistant Stage Manager Tom MehanAssistant Stage Manager Whitney Martin

Supertitle Creator Cori EllisonSupertitle Operator Isabel MartinAssistant Coach Nino SanikidzeAssistant Director Thomas BartholSecond Assistant Director Hemma Marlene PrainsackAssociate Set and Costume Designer David NewellAssistant Lighting Designer Greg EmetazSet Design Assistant Kenichi Takahashi

Set Construction Tom Carroll Scenery, Cyco ScenicCostumes John Kristiansen, Brian HemesathLights PRG

American Symphony Orchestra

ConductorLeon Botstein, Music Director

Violin IErica Kiesewetter,

ConcertmasterBrian KrinkeYukia HandaPatricia DavisJohn ConnellyYana GoichmanElizabeth NielsenMara MilkisDavid SteinbergJoanna JennerLaura Hamilton

Violin IIRobert Zubrycki, PrincipalHeidi StubnerWende NamkungAlvin RogersAnn GilletteAlexander VselenskySebu SirinianDorothy HanLisa Tipton

ViolaSarah Adams, PrincipalSally ShumwayJohn DexterMartha BrodyAdria BenjaminLouis DayDavid Fallo

CelloJonathan Spitz, PrincipalTatyana MargulisDavid CalhounDaniel MillerIgor ScedrovAnnie KalayjianLanny Paykin

BassJacqui Danilow, PrincipalJack WengerLou BrunoLouise KobyJohn BabichJeffrey Levine

FluteDiva Goodfriend-Koven,

PrincipalJudith MendenhallKarla Moe

OboeLaura Ahlbeck, PrincipalErin GustafsonAlexandra Knoll, English Horn

ClarinetLaura Flax, PrincipalJessica Phillips, E-flat ClarinetAmy Zoloto, Bass ClarinetChris Cullen

BassoonCharles McCracken, PrincipalJane TaylorGilbert Dejean,

ContrabassoonGili Sharret

HornZohar Schondorf, PrincipalWill DevosBrad GemeinhardtSarah CyrusAnthony CecereRonald Sell

TrumpetJohn Dent, PrincipalJohn SheppardAlex HoltonJeffrey Venho

TromboneRichard Clark, PrincipalKenneth FinnJeffrey Caswell

TubaKyle Turner, Principal

TimpaniMatthew Beaumont,

Principal

PercussionKory Grossman, PrincipalJavier DiazRalph GuzmanMatthew DonelloDean Witten

Harp Victoria Drake, Principal

Celeste Elizabeth DiFelice, Principal

Mandolin Scott Kuney

Guitar Steven Benson

Assistant ConductorsTeresa Cheung Timothy Myers

Personnel ManagerRonald Sell

LibrarianJack Parton

Who’s Who

Leon Botstein ConductorLeon Botstein is music director and principal conductor of the American SymphonyOrchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the radio orchestra of Israel. Radiobroadcasts of some of Mr. Botstein’s concerts with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestramay be heard in syndication throughout the United States. He is also the founder andco-artistic director of the Bard Music Festival in New York.

The 2006–07 season included a recording of Bruno Walter’s Symphony No. 1 withNDR–Hamburg and Paul Dukas’ opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue, which he conducted lastseason at New York City Opera. Next season will include a gala concert with the BBCSymphony at the Royal Albert Hall with a live telecast and recording.

In 2005–06 Mr. Botstein conducted Die ägyptische Helena with Deborah Voigt in Madridand made appearances with the Düsseldorf Symphony. He also led a triumphantmonthlong North American tour with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. His recordingwith the London Symphony Orchestra of Gavriil Popov’s epic Symphony No. 1 andShostakovich’s Theme and Variations, Op. 3, received a Grammy nomination in the cate-gory of Best Orchestral Performance.

Another recording, Chausson’s opera Le roi Arthus with the BBC Symphony for Telarc,has been released to rave reviews. Other acclaimed recordings include two discs withthe American Symphony Orchestra: music by Copland, Sessions, Perle, and Rands forNew World Records, and music by Ernst von Dohnányi for Bridge Records. Mr. Botsteinhas also conducted on a prestigious series of recordings for Telarc, which includes Liszt’sDante Symphony and Tasso; Glière’s Symphony No. 3, “Il’ya Murometz” (all with theLondon Symphony); Max Reger’s Böcklin Tone Poems and Romantic Suite; Bartók’sConcerto for Orchestra; music of Karol Szymanowski; symphonies of Karl AmadeusHartmann; Dohnányi’s D Minor Symphony; and Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony in the Schalkedition (all with the London Philharmonic). With the American Symphony Orchestra,again for Telarc, he has recorded live performances of two operas by Richard Strauss: Dieägyptische Helena with Deborah Voigt and Die Liebe der Danae with Lauren Flanigan,both of which received great critical acclaim. Mr. Botstein’s extensive discography alsoincludes works by Brahms, Schubert, Bruch, and Mendelssohn.

Mr. Botstein is the editor of The Musical Quarterly and the author of numerous articlesand books. For his contributions to music he has received the award of the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters and Harvard University’s prestigious Centennial Award, aswell as the Cross of Honor, First Class, from the government of Austria. Since 1975 hehas been president of Bard College in New York.

Olivier Tambosi DirectorOlivier Tambosi, who was born in Paris, studied philosophy and theology at theUniversity of Vienna and opera directing at the Vienna Music Academy. He formedAustria’s first independent opera group, the Neue Oper Wien (N.O.W.), in 1989 and wasartistic director of the company until 1993. His productions for N.O.W. included Bastienund Bastienne, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Idomeneo, Medea, DieZauberflöte, Salieri’s Prima la musica, Macbeth, La serva padrona, K. A. Hartmann’sSimplicius Simplicissimus, Il segreto di Susanna, Pimpinone, Don Pasquale, and Lulu.

Between 1993 and 1996 Tambosi was artistic director for opera at the Stadttheater inKlagenfurt, where he directed L’elisir d’amore, Manon Lescaut, La voix humaine, Death inVenice, Künnecke’s Der Vetter aus Dingsda, Così fan tutte, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci,Kaufmann’s Dolores, Rigoletto, and Les contes d’Hoffmann.

Since 1996 his work has included new productions in Mannheim, Barcelona, Strasbourg,Weimar, Hamburg, Klagenfurt, Bern, for Opera Zuid on tour in the Netherlands, and inNuremberg. At the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, he directed productions of Jenufa andLuisa Miller, and at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Jenufa. He has directed new pro-ductions of Falstaff (revived at the 2003 Saito Kinen Festival in Japan and in Houston)and Un ballo in maschera for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Recent engagements includenew productions of Irrelohe at the Vienna Volksoper, Rigoletto in Dublin and Wozzeck inMannheim, Pierrot Lunaire at Gidon Kremer’s Les Muséeiques festival in Basel at theBeyerlein Museum, Lucia di Lammermoor in Linz, and a new production of ManonLescaut for the Lyric Opera of Chicago that will also be performed in Houston.

Tambosi’s engagements in 2006–07 include revivals of Manon Lescaut in San Franciscoand Jenufa at the Metropolitan Opera, New York; and new productions of Wozzeck inKlagenfurt and Idomeneo in Lucerne. His future engagements include revivals of Jenufain Los Angeles, Un ballo in maschera in Houston, Falstaff in Chicago, and a new produc-tion of La traviata in Linz.

McDermott & McGough Set and Costume DesignersDavid Walter McDermott was born in Hollywood and studied at Syracuse University.Peter Thomas McGough was born in Syracuse, where he studied before attending theFashion Institute of Technology in New York.

Now living and working in New York and Dublin, McDermott & McGough are time-based artists who favor the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Having been part of theEast Village art scene in New York City in the 1980s, they are best known for their meticulous historically printed photographs and paintings. They work in a variety of

media to address contemporary political and sociological issues about the nature ofprogress. Currently represented by Cheim & Read (New York) and Galerie Jérôme deNoirmont (Paris), their work has been exhibited by Torch Gallery (Amsterdam), TempleBar Gallery (Dublin), Galleria Gian Ferrari (Milan), Galerie Bruno Bischofberger (Zurich),Sperone Westwater (New York), Robert Miller Gallery (New York), and Holly SolomanGallery (New York), among others, and shown in the 1987, 1991, and 1995 Biennials at theWhitney Museum of American Art; the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain; theIrish Museum of Modern Art (nominated for the First Glen Dimplex Award in 1998); andthe Akureyri Art Museum in Iceland. Their book A History of Photography was publishedby Arena in 1998.

Robert Wierzel Lighting DesignerAs a lighting designer, Robert Wierzel has worked with artists from diverse disciplinesand backgrounds in theater, dance, new music, opera, and museums, and on stagesthroughout the country and abroad. He has worked with choreographer Bill T. Jones andhis company for over 20 years. His other dance collaborations include work with chore-ographers Larry Goldhuber and Heidi Latsky on Worse Case Scenario (Bessie Award);Trisha Brown on How long . . . ; Margo Sappington, Alonzo King, Sean Curran, MolissaFenley, and Susan Marshall; and Doug Varone, on Orpheus and Euridice (OBIE AwardSpecial Citation). His Broadway credits include The Deep Blue Sea and David Copperfield’sDreams and Nightmares. His regional credits include work at A.C.T. San Francisco, ArenaStage, Shakespeare Theatre D.C., Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Goodman Theatre,Guthrie, Mark Taper Forum, Berkeley Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Chicago Shakespeare, andWestport Country Playhouse, among many others. He has worked with the opera companies of Paris (Garnier), Berlin, Tokyo, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Glimmerglass, NewYork City, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, Seattle, Virginia, Portland,Vancouver, and Chicago, including Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera Theatre. Wierzel is currently on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Warren Adams ChoreographerBorn and raised in South Africa, Warren Adams won the Linbury/Mandela scholarship tostudy at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London. A graduate ofBrunel University in England and winner of the Rudolf Nureyev Award, he has beennominated for the FNB Vita Award for Best Choreographer. Adams was choreographerfor the 2006 SummerScape production of Camille at the Fisher Center. His other theaterwork includes Life is a Dream (South Coast Rep), World Drummers (Hong Kong Disney),Dreaming White City (Salomon Arts/Tribeca), and, as an associate, for the Festival of theLion King (Hong Kong Disney). He was assistant choreographer for the film Bewitched.His television work includes Windrush Gala and the documentary Sportsbank, both forthe BBC, and Top Billing for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. His ballets and

modern works include Worlds Apart, A Bit of Bach (Ballet Theatre Afrikan), Cornered(Phoenix Dance Company), and Organized Chaos and The Deer (Rambert School ofBallet). His upcoming productions include the Disney musical Toy Story.

Sharon Bjorndal Chorus MasterA native of Clifton, New Jersey, chorus master and pianist Sharon Bjorndal served as anassistant chorus master at New York City Opera where, under the baton of GaryWedow, she assisted in the preparation of over 30 operas, including premieres by MarcAdamo, Jake Heggie, and Deborah Drattell. As a teaching artist in City Opera’s educa-tional outreach program, she accompanied many mainstage artists in presentations atNew York City high schools. In addition to her work at City Opera, Bjorndal served aschorus master for Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Opera Company of Philadelphia. She has pre-pared the choruses for SummerScape productions since 2003, including Janácek’s Osud,Shostakovich’s The Nose, Blitzstein’s Regina, Copland’s The Tender Land, and Schumann’sGenoveva. A recipient of the C. V. Starr Doctoral Fellowship at The Juilliard School,Bjorndal will enroll in the doctor of musical arts in collaborative piano program this fallin the studio of Margo Garrett.

Curt Pajer Music Preparation, CoachPianist Curt Pajer divides his time between his private vocal coaching studio in NewYork City and his work on the music staffs of regional opera companies and summeropera festivals. In the fall of 2007 he will join the music staff of the New York CityOpera. Since 2004 he has been the head of the music staff of Opera Theatre of SaintLouis, where he began as a member of the music staff in 1999. He has also served asassistant conductor, coach, and rehearsal pianist for Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera,Boston Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Colorado, BaltimoreOpera, Toledo Opera, and Shreveport Opera. He recently made his debut with thePrague National Opera (Národní Divadlo) for its production of Puccini’s La fanciulla delWest. This summer he returns to Bard for his second season on the SummerScapeFestival’s opera music staff. In the summer of 2005 he served as the assistant musicdirector of the Astoria Music Festival in Astoria, Oregon. A 1987 graduate of the OberlinConservatory and a native of Cleveland, Ohio, Pajer received his master of music anddoctor of musical arts degrees from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.

David Newell Associate Set and Costume DesignerDavid Newell’s scenic design credits include the double bill of La portrait de Manon / Lavoix humaine at Glimmerglass Opera; the world premiere of All This Intimacy at SecondStage; Sake with the Haiku Geisha at Gotham Stage Company; the American premiere ofMartinu’s Mirandolina at Manhattan School of Music; the world premiere of DeborahDrattell’s Marina: A Captive Spirit, directed by Anne Bogart, at American Opera Projects;

Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito (Opera Boston); and Jeff Daniels’s Apartment 3A, for whichNewell was costume designer. He has also worked on productions of Transparency ofVal; Seductions of the Desert (DanceRink); Philistines (directed by Liviu Ciulei); DangerousCorner; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Le nozze di Figaro; The Seagull; The Three Sisters;Earth Girls are Easy, The Musical (a benefit concert for Lark Theatre Company); and LynnRosen’s Apple Cove (Todd Mountain Theatre Project). As part of the Lincoln CenterTheater Directors Lab, he recently participated in the development of minor gods byCharles Forbes, directed by Gaye-Taylor Upchurch. Newell received his M.F.A. degreefrom the Department of Design for Stage and Film at New York University’s Tisch Schoolof the Arts.

Hanan Alattar Ghita, The DwarfIn the upcoming season soprano Hanan Alattar will make her debut at the ArizonaOpera as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. Her recent engagements include her debut at theBerlin Staatsoper as Pousette in Manon; the world premiere of Elliot Goldenthal’sGrendel, directed by Julie Taymor, at the Los Angeles Opera and the Lincoln CenterFestival; roles in Don Carlo, Manon, and L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Los AngelesOpera; Gilda in Rigoletto at Opera Santa Barbara; and Water in The Little Prince, Zerlinain Don Giovanni, and First Maid in Daphne at the New York City Opera. As a NewHorizon Scholar at the Aspen Music Festival, Alattar’s many appearances there includedBlanche in Dialogues des Carmélites, Giorgetta in Il tabarro, Lucia in Lucia diLammermoor, and concert performances of Barber’s Prayers of Kierkegaard andStravinsky’s Les noces.

In concert, Alattar has appeared with the Chicago Symphony (at the Ravinia Festival),Los Angeles Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and the New WorldSymphony. She has also performed in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and was presentedin recital at Weill Hall by the Marilyn Horne Foundation.

Alattar received an artist diploma and a master of music degree from The JulliardSchool, and a bachelor of music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She isalso the recipient of a 2004 Sullivan Foundation Award and the winner of the 2002

Aspen Concerto Competition, and she was a finalist in the Eleanor McCollumCompetition for Young Singers.

Vanessa Conlin Third Maid, The DwarfMezzo-soprano Vanessa Conlin is making her SummerScape debut in The Dwarf. Herrecent engagements include Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera with OperaColumbus; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Lyrique-en-Mer Festival in Belle-Ile,France, and the Astoria Music Festival; Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro and Abigail in

The Crucible at Toledo Opera; Yuletide Pops Concerts with the Indianapolis SymphonyOrchestra; and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Amarillo Opera. Her other engagementsinclude Micaëla in Carmen with the Evansville Philharmonic; Musetta in La bohèmewith the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and at the Belleayre Summer Music Festival; MissJessel in The Turn of the Screw with Toledo Opera; and Zerlina in Don Giovanni at theBardavon Opera House. Conlin was a member of the original cast of Baz Luhrmann’s Labohème on Broadway. Her concert work includes Handel’s Messiah and A Toast toVienna with the West Virginia Symphony; an all-Mozart concert with the NorthwestSinfonietta in Tacoma, Washington; and the Mozart Requiem and Berlioz’s Les nuits d’étéwith the Amarillo Symphony. Her upcoming engagements include Mercedes in Carmenwith Toledo Opera, and a return engagement with the Indianapolis SymphonyOrchestra.

Jeffrey Dowd Dwarf, The DwarfTenor Jeffrey Dowd, a native of New York City, has an active operatic repertory encom-passing over 30 major roles in operas that include Norma, Don Carlo, Simon Boccanegra,Parsifal, Madama Butterfly, La fanciulla del West, Britten’s Peter Grimes, Janácek’s Jenufaand Richard Strauss’s Daphne. He has sung the role of Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio atthe New Zealand International Arts Festival, Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer at theFrankfurt Opera, Don José in Carmen with the Houston Grand Opera, the Prince inRusalka at the Seattle Opera, and the Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Teatro allaScala. He has also performed in Lohengrin at the Hamburg Opera. He was Sergei in LadyMacbeth from Mtsensk in Barcelona and Walther in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg inAntwerp, Dusseldorf, and at the Savonlinna Festival. Most recently, he sang the title rolein Schreker’s Der Schatzgräber at the Frankfurt Opera.

As a concert soloist, Dowd has sung at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, theConcertgebouw, the Musikhalle Hamburg, the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt inBerlin, Avery Fisher Hall in New York, and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. He has participated in radio broadcasts of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Beethoven’sNinth Symphony, and, from the 2001 Salzburger Festspiele, Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au boucher.

Thomas Goerz Don Estoban, The DwarfBass-baritone Thomas Goerz’s variety of roles ranges from Papageno in Die Zauberflötewith Cincinnati Opera to Herod in L’enfance du Christ with the Canadian OperaCompany. At Vancouver Opera Goerz has sung Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Sulpice inLa fille du regiment, and Mr. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera. He recently added theroles of Leporello in Don Giovanni and Frère Laurent in Roméo et Juliette, both withOpera Ontario, to his repertoire. Goertz has sung two roles in The Barber of Seville: Dr.

Bartolo, for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City; and Don Basilio, for Edmonton Opera. InEdmonton he has also sung the role of Poohbah in The Mikado; he performed the titlerole with Arizona Opera.

Last year he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Owen Hart in the Canadian pre-miere of Heggie’s Dead Man Walking with Calgary Opera, and for the role of Bottom inBritten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Banff Summer Festival. An accomplishedoratorio singer, Goerz has sung Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Mendelssohn’s St. Paulwith the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the Vancouver BachChoir, the Mozart Requiem with the Costa Rica Symphony, and Haydn’s Die Schöpfungwith the Taipei Symphony. He received wide praise in the role of Inspector Javert in theoriginal Canadian cast of Les Misérables.

Bryan Hymel Guido Bardi, A Florentine TragedyTenor Bryan Hymel, a native of New Orleans, is a resident artist at the Academy of VocalArts in Philadelphia, where he has sung Araquil in Massenet’s La Navarraise and Max inDer Freischütz. He made his debut with Palm Beach Opera this season as Pinkerton inMadama Butterfly, under Bruno Aprea. This summer made his European debut as theForeign Prince in Dvorák’s Rusalka at the Wexford Festival Opera, under Dmitri Jurowski.

In 1998, at the age of 19, Hymel won the Verdi Aria Competition at the Aspen MusicalFestival. He was a grand finalist in the 2000 Metropolitan Opera National CouncilAuditions, and he received two awards from the George London Foundation for Singers:an Encouragement Award in 2001, and the George London Award in 2007. He participated in San Francisco Opera Center’s Merola Program, and he performed the role of Ferrando in Così fan tutte with the Western Opera Theater National Tour in 2001.In 2002 he won both the Opera Lirica d’Orvieto Aria Competition in Perugia, Italy, andthe Palm Beach Opera Competition.

He has sung with companies around the United States. For his home company, NewOrleans Opera Association, Hymel has sung Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Froh in DasRheingold, and Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor. He will return next season as Michele inIl tabarro and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. Hymel is a graduate of Loyola University. Hecurrently studies with the acclaimed voice teacher Bill Schuman.

James Johnson Simone, A Florentine TragedyBass-baritone James Johnson began his career as a member of the StaatstheaterBraunschweig, the Cologne Opera, and the Graz Opera. He has appeared in productionsin many theaters in America and Europe, including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala,Chicago Lyric Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Vienna State Opera, Teatro Liceu,

Staatsoper Stuttgart, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has also performed in productions with the New National Theatre Tokyo, Megaron of Athens, Royal Opera ofCopenhagen, and Théâtre de la Monnaie; in the opera houses in Marseille, Montpellier,Nice, Toulouse, and Strassbourg; and in the Bayreuth, Edinburgh, Aspen, BerlinerFestwochen, and Schleswig-Holstein festivals.

He has performed under the conductors James Levine, James Conlon, Georges Prêtre,Michael Gielen, Adam Fischer, Michael Schønwandt, and Philippe Jordan. As an activeconcert singer he has performed with the Berlin, Los Angeles, and Munich philharmonicorchestras; the Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Danish National Radio; the Süd- andSüdwestfunk orchestras; and the Staatsorchester Stuttgart. His recordings includeSchoeck’s Penthesilea, von Zemlinsky’s Lyrische Symphonie, Zimmermann’s Requiem fürEinen Junger Dichter and Schönberg’s Jakobsleiter.

Sarah Jane McMahon Donna Clara, The DwarfSoprano Sarah Jane McMahon’s career highlights include Mabel in a new production ofThe Pirates of Penzance and Galatea in Acis and Galatea with New York City Opera, forwhich she received the Kolozsvar Award; Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos and Fifth FlowerMaiden in Parsifal (opposite Plácido Domingo) with Los Angeles Opera; Valencienne inThe Merry Widow, Monica in The Medium, and Musetta in La bohème with New OrleansOpera; Abigail Williams in The Crucible with Des Moines Opera; Cleopatra in Handel’sGiulio Cesare with Opera Theater of Connecticut; Kathie in The Student Prince withCentral City Opera; and Carrie in Carousel and the title role in Sari with Ohio LightOpera, for which she made the premiere recording on Albany Records. Her musical the-ater credits include Broadway by the Year 1959 at Town Hall, New York City; Cassie in AChorus Line; Flaemmchen in Grand Hotel; and Magnolia in Show Boat. McMahon is agraduate of the Yale School of Music. Her upcoming engagements include the leadingrole of Soprano 2 in King Arthur at New York City Opera, Micaela in Carmen with OperaGrand Rapids, and Maria in West Side Story with New Orleans Opera.

Deanne Meek Bianca, A Florentine TragedyThis season mezzo-soprano Deanne Meek was hailed for her performance in the role ofMa Joad in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath (Minnesota Opera, Utah Opera). Shealso made her Teatro Real debut in Ariadne auf Naxos, and she sang the role of Dejanirain Handel’s Hercules (American Handel Festival) before she came to Bard to sing in the2007 SummerScape production of A Florentine Tragedy. Meek’s past credits includeRuggiero in Alcina (English National Opera); Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Opéra Nationaldu Rhin); Rossweisse in Die Walküre (Châtelet); Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Liceu, La Monnaie); Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos (Tulsa Opera); Rosina in Il barbiere

di Siviglia and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier (England’s Opera North); Angelina in LaCenerentola (Grange Festival); and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and Hänsel in Hänselund Gretel (New York City Opera).

Her future engagements include Elvira in Don Giovanni (Utah Opera), Meg Page inFalstaff (England’s Opera North), and her debut with Opéra de Lyon in a reprisal of heracclaimed performance of Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Julie Anne Miller Second Playmate, The DwarfMezzo-soprano Julie Anne Miller, a native of northern California, recently made her NewYork City debut at Carnegie Hall as a featured soloist in the world premiere of Doot, anew work by Ryan Carter for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and 10 instruments. Her performance was part of the 2007 Osvaldo Golijov/Dawn Upshaw Workshop for Singersand Composers. On the operatic stage, Miller has appeared as Ottavia in Monteverdi’sL’incoronazione di Poppea and as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. She has alsoperformed as the mezzo soloist in performances of Bach’s Cantata No. 147a, Mozart’sRequiem and the Coronation Mass, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse, and Schubert’s Mass in AbMajor. She is one of eight students in the new Graduate Program in Vocal Arts, foundedin 2006 by Dawn Upshaw, at The Bard College Conservatory of Music. Miller earned herbachelor of music degree in vocal and violin performance at California State UniversitySacramento.

Maghan Stewart Second Maid, The DwarfA native of Timmins, Ontario, soprano Maghan Stewart’s solo performance highlightsinclude appearances on CBC Radio and Classique 97.1 FM, the main stage at theNational Art Centre, and the National Gallery of Canada. She has sung throughoutCanada and in Italy, France, and Austria. She is currently pursuing postgraduate work at The Bard College Conservatory of Music, where she was awarded a full scholarshipand a teaching position. Her performances with the Conservatory include her CarnegieHall debut; master classes with maestro James Conlon, director Peter Sellars, andMatthew Horner; and the soprano solo in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with Orchestra.Stewart’s recent prizes include a Canada Council for the Arts Grant, the AcadémieInternational d’été de Nice competition, the Canadian Music Competition, and the Brian Law Competition. A graduate of the University of Toronto, she recently earned amaster’s degree from the University of Ottawa.

Melissa Wegner First Maid, The DwarfSoprano Melissa Wegner has operatic, concert, and recital credits in the United States,Italy, Austria, and Colombia. Most recently, she debuted at Carnegie Hall premiering

Piosenki by David Bruce, a set of Polish songs written for her in conjunction with theWeill Music Institute. In 2005, Wegner cofounded American Music Productions, anensemble dedicated to promoting, preserving and creating American music. Her otherengagements this summer include concerts at Songfest in Malibu, California. This fallshe will return to Annandale-on-Hudson as one of the inaugural members of the VocalArts Program at The Bard College Conservatory of Music. She holds degrees from theManhattan School of Music and the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam.

Chanel Wood First Playmate, The DwarfLast December, soprano Chanel Wood won The Bard College Conservatory of MusicConcerto Competition; she will perform Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 withthe American Symphony Orchestra during the upcoming season. She spent two summers at the Tanglewood Music Center, where she participated in master classesunder James Levine and performed the works of Hindemith, Babbitt, Lutoslawski, SimonBainbridge, Strauss, Mozart, and Sondheim (A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim, with KeithLockhart and the Boston Pops). Following her success in the Sondheim revue, she wasinvited by the Boston Pops to sing in their 2005 Holiday Pops Concerts, including thetelevised production aired in 2006. In 2006 she performed the role of DieSchleppträgerin in a concert version of Elektra at Tanglewood, conducted by JamesLevine. Throughout her time at Tanglewood she was tutored by Phyllis Curtin, withwhom she shared the stage in There and Back. In May she was invited to perform a solorecital for the Tanglewood Ushers’ and Programmers’ Committee in Lenox,Massachusetts. Wood is a member of the inaugural class of the Vocal Arts Program atThe Bard College Conservatory of Music. She received her bachelor of music degree inMay 2005 from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.

American Symphony OrchestraThe American Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1962 by Leopold Stokowski. As partof Lincoln Center Presents Great Performers, the Orchestra performs thematicallyorganized concerts at Avery Fisher Hall, linking music to the visual arts, literature, poli-tics, and history, often in collaboration with museums and other cultural institutions.With its bold programming, innovative presentation, and commitment to music educa-tion, the Orchestra seeks to make great music a relevant, accessible, and enjoyableexperience for all kinds of listeners.

In addition to its main subscription series at Lincoln Center, the American SymphonyOrchestra performs in a lecture/concert series with audience interaction at SymphonySpace called Classics Declassified. It is also the resident orchestra of The Richard B.Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, where it performs to capacity

audiences in a winter concert series as well as in the summer for the SummerScapeFestival and the Bard Music Festival. Its music education programs extend through NewYork, New Jersey, and Long Island.

The American Symphony Orchestra has toured extensively and made numerous recordings and broadcasts. Its most recent recording is of music by Copland, Sessions,Perle, and Rands in a special tribute album to legendary American music patron FrancisGoelet, issued by New World Records. The Orchestra also recorded music of Ernst vonDohnányi for Bridge Records. Its recording of Richard Strauss’s opera Die ägyptischeHelena with Deborah Voigt was released in 2003 by Telarc to outstanding acclaim. Thisrecording joins the American Symphony’s recording of Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae,also from Telarc. Other recordings with Leon Botstein include Franz Schubert:Orchestrated on the Koch International label, with works by Joachim, Mottl, and Webern,and, on the Vanguard Classics label, Johannes Brahms’s Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11

(1860). The American Symphony Orchestra inaugurated São Paolo’s new concert halland has made several tours of Asia and Europe. It also has a long history of appearing in charitable and public benefits for such organizations as Sha’are Zedek Hospital, the Jerusalem Foundation, and PBS. In October, the Orchestra performed in an outdoor production of Peer Gynt in Central Park with the cast of the Peer Gynt Festivalof Norway.

Friends of the Fisher Center

Donors to the Fisher Center

Leadership SupportThe Christian A. Johnson Endeavor

FoundationRichard B. Fisher Endowment FundJeanne Donovan FisherMartin T. and Toni SosnoffMartin & Toni Sosnoff FoundationThe New York State Music Fund

Golden CircleThe Altria Group, Inc.The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia

FoundationCarolyn Marks BlackwoodStefano Ferrari and Lilo Zinglersen Emily H. FisherThe Marks Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Felicitas S. ThorneThe Millbrook Tribute GardenThe Wise Family Charitable

Foundation

ProducerAmerican Elgar Foundati0nBarnes and Noble College

Booksellers, Inc.The Danish Arts AgencyThe Royal Danish Consulate in

New YorkAlexander D. Fisher ’96 and

Jennifer Hodges FisherCatherine C. Fisher and

Gregory A. MurphyR. Britton Fisher and

Lynne M. StirrupFMH FoundationDavid B. FordGeorg Jensen Inc.J. Robin GrovesLinda Hirshman and David ForkoshJane’s Ice CreamLee and Claire KaufmanMagic Hat Brewing CompanyMillbrook Vineyards and WineryEileen K. MurrayNew York State Council

on the Arts (NYSCA)Laurie M. Tisch Foundation

PatronThe American-Scandinavian

FoundationMary Inga BacklundGale and Sheldon BaimAnne Donovan Bodnar and

James BodnarHarvey and Anne BrownConsulate General of SwedenMichael J. Del GiudiceTambra DillonDirt Road Realty, LLCBarbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby

The Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Hannaford SupermarketsThe Harkness Foundation for DanceHotel MadalinHSBC Philanthropic ProgramsEdna and Gary LachmundPatti and Murray LiebowitzThe RhinecliffFlorence and Robert A. RosenBlanche and Bruce RubinDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaStorm King Contracting Inc.Allan and Ronnie Streichler

SponsorIan Buckingham and

Randy F. Buckingham ’73

Trevor R. Burgess and Gary M. HessElizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgMillenium Capital Markets, LLCBarbara and Richard SchrieberMr. David A. SchulzMr. Peter K. SchumannMichael A. Stillman, M.D.

SupporterCreative Capital FoundationEmily M. Darrow and

Brendon P. McCranePatricia FalkGeorge H. GallupAdrien E. GloverCarson Glover and Stephen MillikinRosalind GolembeDr. Joan Hoffman and Syd SilvermanKassell Family Foundation of the JCFJoanna M. MigdalDr. Abraham and Gail Nussbaum

James and Purcell PalmerDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanTed Ruthizer and Jane DenkensohnDoris E. and Richard A. ScherbarthMartin Sinkoff and David StocksHelen StamblerRazelle F. Stempel and

Robert C. Stempel ’52

Evan L. StoverDr. Elisabeth F. TurnauerTaconic Farms, Inc.Jack H. WeinerNigel WrightDr. Herbert M. and

Audrey S. Wyman

FriendJohn J. Austrian ’91 and

Laura M. AustrianEugene BatkinRichard BensonDaniel Berkenblit and

Philippine Meister-BerkenblitMr. and Mrs. R. O. BlechmanHarriet Bloch and Evan Sakellarios Carl and Clare BrandtDiane Brown ’04

Alfred M. Buff and Lenore NemethHomer and Jean ByingtonMaryAnn and Thomas Case Daniel Chu and Lenore SchiffMr. and Mrs. John CioffiRichard D. CohenJennifer ColeJean CookJoan K. DavidsonJackie Del RossiStefan DraughtonMalcolm DuffyAbby H. and John B. Dux

Lee M. ElmanElman Investors, Inc.Ruth EngSara P. EpsteinHarold FarbermanMilly and Arnold FeinsilberSusan M. FerrisMartha S. Gearhart, D.V.M.Arthur L. GellertMarvin S. GilbertAnn GithlerStanley L. GordonClifford GublerDavid A. HarrisPatricia Haswell and

Dr. Richard ToddEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsMel and Phyllis HeikoDelmar D. HendricksDeanna HoldenRobert JaquayLarry and Anna KadishCorey Kane and Katy Glover KaneLinda L. KaumeyerJessica Post Kemm ’74

Mr. and Mrs. William L. KirchnerSara M. KnightRose and Josh KoplovitzChloe Kramer

Benjamin Krevolin Annie LeibovitzAmala and Eric LevineWalter LippincottNeil and Joan LiptonPaul LusmanDrs. Sara F. Luther and

John J. NeumaierPeter J. MancusoHarvey MarekSheila M. Moloney ’84 and

Prof. John PruittMichael J. MoranJoanne and Richard MrstikThomas MurphyNancy NewallJill ObrigStephen OlenikMary Jane PelusoCusie PfeiferSarah T. RabinoBetty RauchRobert B. RecknagelRichard ReiserBernard F. Rodgers Jr.Estelle RosenPhyllis RossJohn RoystonBernard and Harriet Sadow

Michele SayresEdith M. and F. Karl SchoenbornMarc SchweigJohn and Aija SedlakJudith and Jeffrey SiegelBernard SklarIrving SperlingNorma SpriggsNadine Bertin StearnsMim and Leonard SteinDr. Frank Sun and

Dr. Regina KuliawatMaxine SwartzAlbert L. TarahusJaneth L. ThoronIrene WarshauerJoan E. WebermanDr. and Mrs. Stanley WeinstockArthur WeyheDoug WingoDr. Herbert M. and Audrey WymanLinda VehlowIrene VitauMike and Kathy ZdebWilliam C. Zifchak

Current as of June 7, 2007

Donors to the Bard Music Festival

Events in this year’s Bard MusicFestival are underwritten in part byspecial gifts from

Jeanne Donovan FisherJames H. Ottaway Jr., Bard trusteeFelicitas S. ThorneFestival Underwriters

Bettina Baruch FoundationChamber Music Concerts

Mimi LevittOpening Night DinnerGuest Artists

Joanna M. MigdalPanel Discussions

Andrea and Kenneth L. MironMargo and Anthony ViscusiPreconcert Talks

Homeland FoundationBard Music Festival Preview at

Wethersfield

New York State Council on the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts

Leadership SupportThe Christian A. Johnson Endeavor

Foundation

Golden CircleBettina Baruch FoundationJeanne Donovan FisherHomeland Foundation, Inc.Mimi LevittThe Mortimer Levitt Foundation Inc.National Endowment for the Arts

(NEA)Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Felicitas S. ThorneElizabeth and E. Lisk Wycoff Jr.

Friends of the Bard Music Festival

BenefactorAmerican Elgar FoundationMarina Belica and Steven LowyHelen ’48 and Robert BernsteinMr. and Mrs. John K. CastleJoan K. DavidsonRobert C. Edmonds ’68 and

Katherine EdmondsElizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgFMH FoundationFurthermore FoundationThe Ann & Gordon Getty

FoundationLinda Hirshman and David ForkoshAnne E. ImpellizzeriThe J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Peter ’66 and Barbara KennerLucy Pang Yoa Chang FoundationAmy and Thomas O. MaggsMarstrand FoundationMs. Joanna M. MigdalAndrea and Kenneth MironNew York State Council on the Arts

(NYSCA)Jane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustRalph E. Ogden Foundation, IncThe Overbrook FoundationDrs. Gabrielle H. Reem and

Herbert J. KaydenDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaThe Slovin FoundationBruce and Francesca SlovinMartin T. and Toni SosnoffMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationH. Peter SternThe Stevenson GroupThorne and Tucker TaylorDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

Margo and Anthony ViscusiDr. Siri von ReisRosalind C. WhiteheadMillie and Robert Wise

PatronABC FoundationRoger Alcaly and Helen BodianEdwin L. Artzt and

Marieluise HesselMr. and Mrs. Ronald Atkins

Kathleen and Roland AugustineBank of New York Company, Inc.Helen and Kenneth BlackburnCraig and Gloria CallenLydia ChapinConstance and David C. ClappDavid C. Clapp FoundationMichelle ClaymanJ. T. ComptonMr. and Mrs. Arnold J. Davis ’44

Barbara and Richard DebsMichael Del GiudiceJohn A. DierdorffAmy K. and David DubinInes Elskop and Christopher ScholzCarlos Gonzalez and

Katherine StewartMr. and Mrs. Jay M. GwynneEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsDr. Barbara K. HoganFrederic K. and Elena HowardHSBC Philanthropic ProgramsDr. and Mrs. Bertrand R. JacobsSusan JonasRachel and Dr. Shalom KalnickiBelinda and Stephen KayeSusan and Roger KennedySeymour and Harriet KoenigAlison L. and John C. LankenauMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de Las HerasAlfred J. Law and

Glenda A. Fowler LawLemberg Foundation, Inc.Barbara and S. Jay LevyCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Patti and Murray LiebowitzDouglas S. and Sarah Mullen LukeCarolyn Marks BlackwoodW. Patrick McMullan and

Rachel McPhersonMetropolitan Life Foundation

Matching Gift ProgramMartin L. and Lucy Miller MurrayKen and Linda MortensonNewman’s Own FoundationDimitri B. and Rania PapadimitriouBeatrice PerryEve ProppEve Propp Family Foundation, Inc.Barbara B. ReisDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanDrs. Morton and Shirley RosenbergThe Schwab Charitable FundArlene and Edwin Steinberg

George L. Steiner andR. Mardel Fehrenbach

Stewart’s ShopsAllan and Ronnie StreichlerPhebe Thorne and Paul WilcoxElizabeth Farran Tozer and

W. James Tozer Jr.Illiana Van MeeterenAida and Albert WilderWilliam C. Zifchak

SponsorRichard A. AhlbeckIrene and Jack BanningDidi and David BarrettJudith and Steven BenardeteAnne D. BodnarMark E. BrossmanHugo M.J. Cassirer and

Sarah ButtrickBob and Kate DenningAndrea and Willem F. De VogelTambra DillonRt. Rev. Herbert A. and

Mary DonovanCornelia Z. and Timothy ElandGregory M. FiskEllen Berland GibbsDavid and Nancy HathawaySamuel and Ronni HeymanI.B.M. Matching Grants ProgramAngela O. B. de Mello Keesee and

Thomas W. Keesee IIIJohn and Karen KloppHelena LeeNancy and Robert LindsayJohn and Debra MorrisonMr. and Mrs. Gordon B. PatteeEllen Kaplan Perless ’63 and

Robert PerlessSamuel and Ellen PhelanEugenia and Martin RevsonThe Martin Revson Foundation Inc.Peter Schwalbe and Jody SoltanoffDorothy and John SpragueBarbara and Donald ToberMark TrujilloSchulte Roth & Zabel LLPDavid A. Schulz

SupporterMunir and Susan Abu-HaidarLaura and Peter Armstrong

Zelda Aronstein and Norman Eisner

Elizabeth and Henry BakerAntonia Bakker-SalvatoAlec and Margaret BancroftPhebe and George BantaCarole and Gary BellerPhilip and Mimi CarrollFrederick and Jan CohenJames and Lea G. CornellDr. Jasmine and

Mr. Kenneth CowinDaniel DietrichDorothy and Seth DubinShepard and Jane EllenbergDianne EnglekeDeborah and Thomas FlexnerJohn and Patricia A. ForelleSamantha FreeDonald C. FresneDiana Hirsch Friedman ’68

Helena and Christopher GibbsJohn and Ann GiffordJohn and Sarah GlaisterPeter H. GleasonVictoria and Max GoodwinJanine M. GordonSamuel L. Gordon Jr.Fayal Greene and David J. SharpeSeth GrosshandlerSusan Heath and Rodney PatersonSusan Hoehn and Allan BahrsThe Grunebaum Foundation Inc.Brian and Isis HoffmanPamela HowardJohn R. and Joyce HupperDr. and Mrs. Gerald ImberAlexandra and Paul KasminRobert E. KausEdith and Hamilton F. KeanKaren Kidder and Martin HolubCharles and Katharine KingCatherine E. KinseyEdna and Gary LachmundLowell H. and Sandra A. LambE. Deane and Judith S. LeonardMr. and Mrs. Michael LevinAmala and Eric LevineRobert S. LevineFrederick Lee Liebolt Jr. and

Suzanne Lloyd LieboltWalter LippincottPhilip and Tracey MactaggartCharles S. MaierLois Mander and Max PineMilton Meshel

Ann Lawrance MorseIstar H. and George A. MudgeNancy H. NesleMr. and Mrs. Thomas NewberryMr. and Mrs. William T. NolanMarta E. NottebohmFrederick H. OkolowitzElizabeth J. and Sevgin OktayJames and Purcell PalmerDavid B. and Jane L. ParshallFrancine PascalEllen and Eric PetersenEncarnita and Robert QuinlanClaire and John ReidDiane Lunt Rosenfeld and

Eric RosenfeldAlfred J. and Deirdre RossDr. Paul H. Schwartz and

Lisa Barnes-SchwartzDagni and Martin SenzelJames and Sarah SheldonSara Nesbitt SheldonJ. Kevin SmithDavid and Sarah StackDavid C. ThieringerCynthia M. Tripp ’01

UBS Foundation Matching Gift Program

Arete and William WarrenCharles P. WernerJack and Jill WertheimJoanna G. and Jonathan M.

WhitcupNoel WhiteJulia and Nigel WiddowsonMr. Doug WingoPeter and Maria WirthDesi and Ben Zalman

FriendBarbara Joyce AgrenRev. Albert R. AhlstromBryson Ainsley Jr.Lindsay BaldwinPatricia D. BeardMarge and Edward BlaineHelen W. BlodgettTimothy BontecouTeresa BrennanDiane ChapmanMr. Joseph CrowleyEmily M. Darrow and

Brendon P. McCraneNancy A. DemattoJackie DrexelPeter Edelman

Dr. Bernhard Fabricius and Sylvia Owen

Arthur L. FenaroliClark Ferguson and Suzy WolbergDavid and Tracy FinnMartha J. FleischmanLuisa E. FlynnJohn P. ForemanAllan FreedmanEmily FullerSusan Howe GillespieAnne GillisGilberte Vansintejan Glaser and

William A. GlaserMims and Burton GoldThurston GreeneDorothy and Leo HellermanNancy H. HenzeDavid O. HermanJuliet HeyerElizabeth D. and Robert HottensenNeil IsabelleJack and Mary JohnsonRev. Canon Clinton R. Jones ’38*John KanderRichard P. KeliskyDonna KermeenDavid and Janet E. KettlerDiana Niles KingThea KlirosBeth LedyM Group, LLCHermes Mallea and

Carey MaloneyAnnette S. and Paul N. MarcusHarvey MarekElizabeth MavroleonEllen McGrath, Ph.D.The McGraw-Hill Companies

Matching Gift ProgramJohn McNallyMargaret M. and

Raymond E. Meagher Jr.Sumner MilenderDeborah D. MontgomeryArvia MorrisPolly Murphy and Tim PiersonHarold J. and Helen C. NoahMarilyn and Peter OswaldGary S. PatrikLillian Pyne-CorbinDr. Alice R. PisciottoMiles PriceRobert B. RecknagelGeorge Reeke and Gail Hunt ReekeBarbara Reis

Linda M. RoyaltyTed Ruthizer and Jane DenkensohnSheila SandersJay Marc SchwammFrederick W. Schwerin Jr.Anne SelingerReginald W. SmithJoel Stein

S. B. Sternlieb, MDNadine Bertin StearnsJessica and Peter TcherepnineRobert G. ThomasJaneth L. ThoronCarole Tindall Dorsey WaxterMuriel Casper Weithorn and

Stanley Weithorn

Amy K. WhiteAnne WhiteheadJohn H. Whitworth Jr.Betsy Zimring

* DeceasedCurrent as of April 4, 2007

Administration for The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Advisory Board for The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Chair

Leon Botstein+Carolyn Marks BlackwoodStefano FerrariHarvey Lichtenstein

Peter J. Linden, M.D.Robert Martin+James H. Ottaway Jr.Dimitri B. Papadimitriou+David E. Schwab II ’52

Martin T. Sosnoff

Toni SosnoffFelicitas S. Thorne

+ex officio

Tambra Dillon, DirectorNancy Cook, General ManagerSusana Meyer, Associate DirectorDebra Pemstein, Vice President

for Development and Alumni/ae Affairs

Mark Primoff, Director ofCommunications

Stephen Millikin, Development Manager

Kimberly Keeley-Henschel, Budget Director

John Pruitt, Film Festival CuratorJeannie Schneider,

Administrative Assistant

ProductionRobert Airhart, Production ManagerStephen Dean,

Stage Operations SupervisorBonnie Anthony,

Production Manager AssistantRick Reiser, Associate Production

Manager—Theater TwoKatja Khellblau,

Associate Production Manager—Spiegeltent

Alex Eaton, Production Assistant—Spiegeltent

Lacy Post, ProductionAssistant—Spiegeltent

Alexandra Paull, Shopper

CarpentersKent Cyr, Technical Director Larry I. Hall, Scene Shop ManagerRajiv Shah, Master Carpenter—

Theater TwoJoan Newhouse, Scenic ChargeAllison Jung, Scenic PainterJeremiah BrownEmil ByrneAmber CallaghanChristian CrumJamie Del PinoDan GibbonsJake Goldwasser ’08

Josh HanerJohn IbsenSean Maloney ’07

Joseph Puglisi Todd RenadetteVincent Roca Arnold Willis ’07

J. Michael Zally

PropsScott Brodsky, Property DirectorRick Berger, Property Master—

Sosnoff TheaterJoe Osheroff, Property Master—

Theater TwoPatricia DynesAngela FayerweatherChristian Panaite

ElectricsAaron Sporer, Lighting DirectorJeremy Wahlers, Master

Electrician—Sosnoff TheaterJustin McClintock, Master

Electrician—Theater TwoBrandon Koenig, Assistant Master

Electrician—Sosnoff TheaterAnup Aurora, Assistant Master

Electrician—Theater TwoBrenda Lijewski, Light Board

Programmer—Sosnoff TheaterAndrew Hill, Light Board

Programmer—Theater TwoJodi ClementeJillian WalcherJoe WallsNathan Winner

Sound and VideoPaul LaBarbera,

Sound and Video EngineerPete Tomaso, Sound and Video

Engineer AssistantRichard Pearson, Sound and Video

Supervisor—Sosnoff TheaterKelly Duncan, Sound and Video

Supervisor—Sosnoff TheaterAmy Altadonna, Sound Design—

Theater TwoSara Even, Sound and Video

Supervisor—Theater Two

Board and Administration of the Bard Music Festival

Board of DirectorsRobert C. Edmonds ’68, ChairLeon Botstein+

Schuyler ChapinJohn A. DierdorffJeanne Donovan FisherChristopher H. Gibbs+

Jonathan K. GreenburgPaula K. HawkinsLinda HirshmanAnne E. ImpellizzeriPeter Kenner ’66

Mimi LevittThomas O. MaggsRobert Martin+

Joanna M. MigdalLucy Miller MurrayKenneth L. MironChristina A. MohrJames H. Ottaway Jr.David E. Schwab II ’52

H. Peter SternTucker TaylorFelicitas S. ThorneAnthony ViscusiSiri von ReisRosalind C. WhiteheadE. Lisk Wyckoff

Artistic DirectorsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert Martin

Executive DirectorIrene Zedlacher

Associate DirectorRaissa St. Pierre ’87

Scholar in Residence 2007

Byron Adams

Program Committee 2007

Byron AdamsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert MartinRichard WilsonIrene Zedlacher

Operations ManagerRobert Whalen

DevelopmentDebra PemsteinAndrea GuidoStephen Millikin

Public RelationsMark Primoff

+ ex officio

Tony Van Note, Sound and VideoSupervisor—Spiegeltent

Ted Hudson, Assistant—SosnoffPhillip Meir Sibli-Landsman,

Assistant—SosnoffCharles Coes,

Assistant—Theater TwoJeff Human, Assistant—Spiegeltent

CostumesMary Grusak,

Costume Shop ManagerChristopher Schramm, DraperMolly Farley, First HandCharles Peden, Wardrobe

Supervisor—Sosnoff Theater Jill Sunderland, Wardrobe

Supervisor—Theater TwoReita Braich, WardrobeDale Gibbons, WardrobeAlice Broughton, StitcherSusan Cox, Stitcher

Hair and MakeupJennifer Donovan, Hair and

Makeup DirectorHeather BickhamMaia Kern

Company ManagementKate Pfeffer, Company ManagerJack Bylerly ’09, Assistant Company

ManagerGrace Converse ’08, Assistant

Company ManagerKaty Kelleher ’08, Assistant

Company ManagerJake Nabel ’07,

Assistant Company ManagerMarkus Paminger ’07,

Assistant Company Manager

Box OfficeElena Batt,

Assistant Box Office ManagerGrace Leavitt ’07,

Assistant Box Office ManagerCharlotte Allen ’10,

Box Office AssistantTom Corrado, Box Office AssistantJessica Dee, Box Office AssistantRachel Gordon ’10,

Box Office AssistantEmma Ann Hill ’07,

Box Office AssistantCarl Kranz ’08, Box Office Assistant

Kate Motzenbacker ’09, Box Office Assistant

Benjamin Richter ’08, Box Office Assistant

Front of HouseAustin Miller ’06, House Manager

and Assistant General ManagerShelley Green,

Assistant House ManagerJoshua Groffman,

Assistant House ManagerChristina Reitemeyer ’08, Assistant

House ManagerJoshua Tyler ’06,

Assistant House Manager

FacilitiesMark Crittenden, Facilities ManagerRay Stegner, Assistant to the

General ManagerDoug Pitcher, Building Operations

CoordinatorJody Cerasano, HousekeepingValerie Bishop, HousekeepingJohn Malden, Housekeeping

Current as of May 24, 2007

Support The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Since its opening in 2003, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts has transformed cultural life in theHudson Valley with world-class programming. Our continued success relies heavily on individuals such as you.Become a Friend of the Fisher Center today.

Individual GivingFriends of the Fisher Center membership is designed to give individual donors the opportunity to support theirfavorite programs through the Fisher Center Council or Bard Music Festival Council. As a Friend of the FisherCenter, you will enjoy a behind-the-scenes-look at Fisher Center presentations and exclusive special events andservices throughout the year.

Corporate GivingNumerous opportunities exist for corporate sponsorship and patronage of the Fisher Center and its programs. Byjoining The Corporate Council, your company and its employees not only show their support for the Hudson Valleycultural community, but also receive a wide range of marketing opportunities and membership benefits. TheFisher Center will work closely with Corporate Council members to create the benefits package best suited totheir needs.

As a Friend of the Fisher Center or Corporate Council member, you will gain access to a number of exclusive special events and services created for supporters. Membership levels vary, and based on your gift amount,benefits may include:

• Advance notice of programming• Free tours of the Fisher Center• Invitations for you and a guest to a season preview event• Invitations for you and a guest to attend a select dress rehearsal• Invitations for you and a guest to a backstage technical demonstration• A copy of the Bard Music Festival book• Access to an exclusive telephone line for Patron Priority handling of ticket orders• Invitations for you and a guest to a reception with the artists

For more information on how you can become a Friend of the Fisher Center, please contact Stephen Millikin at 845-758-7926 or millikin@bard.edu. You can also make a gift or schedule monthly gifts to be transferred automaticallyto the Fisher Center from your checking account or credit card by visiting www.fishercenter.bard.edu/support.

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