COSÌFAN TUTTE

SEPTEMBER 9 - 24, 2017

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

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What's Next

If you haven’t already, please visit the Market Street Lobby where you will find a portrait of Opera San José founder Irene Dalis that was painted to mark the occa-sion of her first performance in an opera. She is pictured as Princess Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo, her professional debut role. The painting was made from a photo taken at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater in 1953; Robert C. Rishell, who also painted the official portrait of Governor Ronald Reagan, painted the portrait that same year.

Dalis would also perform Eboli at her Metropolitan and San Francisco opera debuts, eventually adding 43 roles to her repertoire with these and many other companies during her 24-year career as a performing artist. She began her second career as a professor at her alma mater, SJSU, in 1976, and her third as the founding director of Opera San José in 1984. Dalis died in 2014 due to complications from injuries sus-tained in an automobile accident. She was admired and greatly respected for her brilliant singing career and her artistic and fiscal management of Opera San José.

The next opera in our season is Puccini’s La rondine. This romantic interlude is the only opera for which we were forced into an encore, and not for its most famous aria (“Chi il bel sogno”), but for the stunning Act II choral finale. That is an evening in the theatre I won’t forget, and neither will the singers who were on stage when the conductor indicated to go back… Back where? When the orchestra began, ev-eryone on stage scrambled to their positions and began the finale again.

On December 16–21, the Packard Humanities Institute and Opera San José will jointly present the North American premiere of Cinderella, a new opera written by the 12-year-old Alma Deutscher, who lives in England and has been composing and performing on the violin and piano since she was six years old. Alma will also per-form her violin concerto with Symphony Silicon Valley on December 2 and 3.

Cinderella (completed when Alma was 11 years old) was presented in Vienna in 2016 under the patronage of conductor Zubin Mehta. Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has commented, “it is absolutely extraordinary what this young girl has managed to achieve on the violin, the piano, and in her compositions. Her musical sensitivity and her powers of expression already at this age underline her exceptional talent.”

If you watch Alma Deutscher's YouTube channel, with dozens of remarkable videos, you will quickly understand why we are so excited that her American debut will happen here in San José.

Larry HancockGENERAL DIRECTOR

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2017 - 2018 Thirty-Fourth SeasonMozart's COSÌ FAN TUTTE September 9-24, 2017

Puccini's LA RONDINE November 11-26, 2017Deutscher's CINDERELLA December 16-21, 2017

Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN February 10-25, 2018Verdi's LA TRAVIATA April 14-29, 2018

CONDUCTORPeter Grunberg

STAGE DIRECTORBrad Dalton

SET DESIGNERSteven Kemp

COSTUME DESIGNERElizabeth Poindexter

LIGHTING DESIGNERDavid Lee Cuthbert

WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNERChristina Martin

PROPERTIES MASTERLori Scheper-Kesel

TECHNICAL DIRECTORJohn Draginoff

ASSISTANT STAGE DIRECTORAudrey Chait

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERKourtni Dale Noll

ASSISTANT CONDUCTORAndrew Whitfield

MUSIC STAFFVeronika Agranov-Dafoe Victoria Lington

SUPERTITLE CUEINGVictoria Lington

The performance will run approximately 3 hours, including one 20 minute intermission.

PRESENTS

COSÌ FAN TUTTEOpera in two actsMusic by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

First performed January 26, 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Supported, in part, by The Packard Humanities Institute and a Cultural Affairs Grant from the City of San José.

Opening Night Performance Sponsor: Dr. H. Andrea Neves

September 17 Performance Sponsor: Jeanne L. McCann

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Ferrando David BlalockGuglielmo Colin RamseyDon Alfonso Malcolm MacKenzieFiordiligi Amanda KingstonDorabella Cassandra Zoé VelascoDespina Maria Valdes

*9/24 performance

ChorusSOPRANOS TENORSMaya Kherani Nicolas GerstNicole Cooper Andrew MetzgerJamie Woodhall AJ RodriguezJessica Williams Josh Bongers

ALTOS BASSSavannah Swan Brendan StoneKatie Trimble Jason VincentCathy Williams Lazo Mihajlovich

SupernumeraryChris TuckerChristian BarajasDidier Benoit

2017-18 ARTIST FELLOWSHIP SPONSORS

Mason Gates Mary and Clinton Gilliland *Exclusive SponsorKatharine Gunnink Gibson Walters Memorial FundAmanda Kingston Profs. John Heineke & Catherine Montfort Don & Jan SchmidekTrevor Neal Doreen James San José Opera Guild Anonymous sponsorDane Suarez Anonymous sponsorBrad Dalton San José Opera GuildTBD Amici di Musica Bella

Cast IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Maya Kherani*

Jessica Win Brandan Sanchez

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Orchestra

1ST VIOLINCynthia Baehr, ConcertmasterAlice Talbot, Asst. ConcertmasterMatthew SzemelaValerie TisdelChinh LeVirginia SmedbergRochelle Nguyen

2ND VIOLINClaudia Bloom, PrincipalSusan Stein, Assistant PrincipalSue-Mi ShinElizabeth CornerSergi Goldman-HullCarol Kutsch

VIOLAChad Kaltinger, PrincipalJanet Doughty, Assistant PrincipalMelinda RayneAlex Volonts

CELLOLucinda Breed Lenicheck, PrincipalPaul Hale, Assistant PrincipalNancy KimMichelle Kwon

BASSAndrew Butler, PrincipalWilliam Everett, Assistant Principal

FLUTE/PICCOLOIsabelle Chapuis, PrincipalMary Hargrove

OBOEPatricia Mitchell, PrincipalPamela Hakl

CLARINETMark Brandenburg, PrincipalMara Plotkin

BASSOONDeborah Kramer, PrincipalCarolyn Lockhart

FRENCH HORNDeborah McCracken, PrincipalMeredith Brown

TRUMPETWilliam B. Harvey, PrincipalJohn Freeman

TIMPANIMark Veregge, Principal

FORTEPIANOVeronika Agranov-Dafoe

ORCHESTRA MANAGERMark Veregge

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ACT ISCENE 1: A MILITARY FENCING GYM

Two young soldiers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, are arguing about women with their friend Don Alfonso. The soldiers insist that their girlfriends, sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, are beyond temptation and would never stray from virtue. Alfonso, a realist, remarks that women are not the angels the men believe them to be and suggests a wager: if Ferrando and Guglielmo participate in a charade under his direction for 24 hours, he will prove his point. With great confidence in their sweethearts’ devotion, the young men accept his challenge.

SCENE 2: THE GARDEN OF THE GIRLS’ VILLA

The sisters revel in their love for Ferrando and Guglielmo. Alfonso arrives with the sad news that their lovers have been recalled to their regiment and are being sent to the frontline of the battlefield. The young men ap-pear and the lovers engage in elaborate farewells. Alone, Alfonso delivers one last jeer at women’s fidelity.

SCENE 3: THE GIRLS' SITTING ROOM

Despina, a maid, prepares breakfast for the sisters and offers them some advice about forgetting old lovers by taking new ones. Inconsolable, her mistresses are affronted by this capricious philosophy and leave the room. After they have gone, Alfonso arrives to enlist Despina in his deception. He bribes her to help introduce two “foreign friends” of his to the ladies. The foreigners arrive and enthusiastically declare great admiration for Fiordi-ligi and Dorabella, but the girls are outraged at the intrusion. They do not recognize their lovers in disguise. In a tirade, Fiordiligi likens her fidelity to an immovable ocean reef. The sisters leave the room. The young men are delighted that Alfonso’s plot doesn’t seem to be working, but he warns them that the bet isn’t won yet. Alone, Ferrando blissfully reiterates his passion for Dorabella.

SCENE 3: THE GARDEN

The sisters once again lament the absence of their lovers. Suddenly, the two foreigners stagger in, pretending to take deadly poison. Alfonso and Despina run for help. While attending to the ailing young men, the girls begin to waiver. Despina returns disguised as a doctor. Using Mesmer’s popular new invention, the magnet, the “doctor” draws out the poison. The young men revive and begin to woo the girls even more ardently, but ultimately, the sisters refuse to submit to their advances.

Synopsis

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Intermission (20 minutes)ACT IISCENE 1: THE GIRLS' SITTING ROOM

Despina urges her mistresses to relent and give in to their foreign suitors. After she leaves, the girls debate whether a flirtation might be fun while their lovers are away. Dorabella thinks it would, and reluctantly, Fiordiligi agrees. They decide who will pair off with whom. Fiordiligi chooses the disguised Ferrando, and Dorabella picks the disguised Guglielmo.

SCENE 2: THE GARDEN

The young foreigners have arranged an entertainment. Still playing their roles in the wager, Guglielmo pairs off with Dorabella and eventually suc-ceeds in swaying her. Ferrando continues to woo Fiordiligi, though she seems to have no interest in pursuing the courtship. However, once alone, Fiordiligi admits that Ferrando has touched her heart and she hopes her absent lover will forgive her faithless thoughts. When the men compare notes, Guglielmo is glad that Fiordiligi is so unyielding. Ferrando, however, is distraught by the news that Dorabella has been seduced by his friend. His anger amuses Guglielmo, who comments on the waywardness of the fairer sex.

SCENE 3: FIORDILIGI'S ANTECHAMBER

Alone, the troubled Fiordiligi decides she must not act upon her new feel-ings. She decides to assume the disguise of a soldier and join her lover (Guglielmo) on the battlefield. Ferrando is determined to avenge himself on Guglielmo and Dorabella. Still playing his role, he responds to Fiordiligi’s continued refusals by threatening suicide. Her good intentions vanish and she capitulates. When Guglielmo hears of this he is furious, but Alfonso counsels forgiveness, saying “Così fan tutte” (“That’s the way all women behave”) and urging the men to marry their original girlfriends.

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SCENE 4: A BANQUET ROOM

A double wedding has been planned for the sisters and their foreign lovers. The servants salute the apparently happy couples, and Alfonso brings in a notary (Despina in yet another disguise). As the ladies sign the marriage contracts, Alfonso is drawn to the window by the sound of familiar military music outside. He exclaims that the former boyfriends are returning from battle with their regiment. In panic, the sisters push their intended hus-bands out of the room.

Ferrando and Guglielmo reappear in their uniforms for a seeming reunion with their girlfriends, but they angrily confront the women when the mar-riage contracts are “discovered.” Finally, they reveal their ruse to the wom-en. The girls, humiliated, blame Don Alfonso for all these upsetting events. But Alfonso hails the triumph of reason over unrealistic expectations and urges the lovers to accept each other and be happy together.

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HAPPY IS THE MAN

By Larry Hancock

Happy is the man who sees everything on the right side,

And through trials and tribulations is led by reason.

What makes others weep is, for him, a source of laughter,

And in the midst of the world’s tempests, he will find a lovely calm.

Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte

Italian comic opera was meant to be fun, and Mozart was a master at having fun. A merry prankster, despite his often very shaky finances, Mozart kept a bright outlook, put his best foot forward, and much of the time, faced the future with optimism. Perhaps this unshakable faith in good fortune came from having such wild, inter-national acclaim as a six-year-old coupled with his uniquely reliable, and some say as yet unsurpassed, skill as a composer, not to mention his world famous skill as a concert pianist. Whatever the reason, Mozart was most often stout of heart and ready for a good time.

Though all three of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas (The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte) are based on comic models, his only truly comic opera, Così fan tutte or The School for Lovers, abounds with everything pleasing, and all of it taken from the long venerated school of Italian comic opera, at least almost all of it. Colorful characters, wildly humorous situations, and sparkling ensembles were exactly what made opera buffa so welcome, and Così uses them all, and then some.

The biographers of Mozart are unanimous on Mozart’s skill at observing and reveal-ing human nature. “In the drawing room he studied Vienna’s adults at play, even their slightest shifts in attitude, revealing ambiguities, camouflages, out-and-out incognito or travesty [and this] …he put on stage” (Robert Gutman, Mozart, a Cul-tural Biography). Così is a marvelous showcase for observing human reaction to the surprising and unexpected.

So, what can we expect from Così? On skimming the text, we find a straightforward comedy right out of Italian opera buffa. On listening to a recording, we find, to our surprise, many moments that are utterly sublime, and not typical of opera buffa. On attending a performance, we discover pure entertainment, lighthearted, brilliant, effervescent, funny, and often moving, much more than the average opera buffa. But there is more. This is a comic opera only on its shiny surface; all seems well that ends well, but on closer inspection there is a much more human three-dimensional story being told. The pain is actual and lasting, the seductions insincere and calcu-lating, and the sorrow genuine.

The opera takes place in 18th century Naples where we find two young soldiers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, with an older, supposedly wiser, friend, Don Alfonso. These three are immersed in a heated conversation during which Alfonso has said that Ferrando and Guglielmo’s fiancée’s, like all women, could be tempted to share their affections with other men. Swords are drawn. Alfonso assures them that their sweethearts are no different from themselves and that he can prove it. The three

Program Notes

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enter a wager and Alfonso requires them to do exactly as instructed for one day, at the end of which either the girls will be proven capable of changing their affections or Alfonso must pay up. They leave to find the girls. The boys are confident. Don Alfonso is confident.

Alfonso informs the two sisters, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, that their beaux have been ordered to the front; Alfonso invites the couples to say a tearful farewell before the soldiers leave (to put on disguises). The sisters’ reaction is beyond the pale. They are undone. The boys are confident. Alfonso is confident.

The boys are re-introduced in disguise. When the disguises fool the chambermaid Despina, the trick moves forward: the boys switch partners and declare their love. The girls fall for the ruse (a sticking point in the 20th century, though no difficulty for Mozart’s audience), and are affronted by the temerity of these strangers who have the nerve to ask for signs of affection. They are even more angered that this has happened on the very morning their lovers have left for war. The girls are in-censed. The boys are cracking up. Don Alfonso is confident.

Soon the boys rush in and drink “arsenic.” Falling to the floor “in agony,” they cause an uproar, and Despina rushes off with Alfonso to find a doctor. The girls are left to care for the “dying” men. In a state of panic, they still can’t help but notice the beauty of these prostrate strangers. The “doctor” arrives, Despina in disguise (an opera buffa device), and “heals” the strange young gallants, who slowly come to their senses while attempting to kiss the girls. The girls are incensed. The boys are overjoyed. Don Alfonso is confident.

There are a few more trials and temptations before Dorabella decides to take her admirer out for a test-drive. He suits her. She is enamored. He is flattered. Her boy-friend is undone. Don Alfonso is consoling, and confident.

Fiordiligi is having a Mozart moment. She is beginning to find the ardent and insistent attention of this intruder flattering (he just took poison, after all), even tempting, and she suddenly has a new understanding of her own depth of charac-ter. She is horrified at the revelation. Clearly, the only thing she can do is flee. She resolves to disguise herself as a soldier and join her lover at the front; she sends for his uniform and sword. Overhearing her, Ferrando is able to turn the sword in a dif-ferent direction. She succumbs. Dorabella has toppled. Guglielmo and Ferrando are undone. Don Alfonso is philosophical. A wedding is arranged.

Despina arrives disguised as a notary with marriage contracts in hand. The girls sign the contracts just as a military chorus is heard outside and the boys are seen from the window as they approach the house. The girls are undone. The boys are bitter. Don Alfonso is confident.

At this point in a comic opera all should be revealed, and it is. In a typical opera buffa, the wisdom of the philosopher would be accepted and all would be resolved for a happier, wiser future. The soldiers would realize that women are little different from men in amorous matters, and that their women are very much like all women and that would be enough. But this is Mozart. Mozart won’t give us such an easy way out, and all along has made it clear that while Despina and Dorabella may find one lover pretty much like another, Guglielmo, Ferrando, and Fiordiligi do not. This lesson pierced them, and they have learned what they didn’t want to know. They are changed, and we see both sides of the equation: a classical symmetry, a Mozar-tian symmetry, a beautiful symmetry.

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Cast and Artistic Team

David BlalockTENOR

HOMETOWN: BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS: Second Jew in Salome with Min-nesota Orchestra, Ring Announcer in Terrance Blanchard's Champion with Washington National Opera, and Nikolaus Sprink in Silent Night with Atlanta Opera.

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS: Tito in La Clemenza di Tito with Maryland Opera Studio, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Virginia Opera, and Tenor Soloist in Messiah with Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra.

HIGHLIGHTS: Career Development Grant from the Sullivan Foundation, First Prize Winner in St. Andrews International Aria Competition, Two-time Regional Finalist and Award Win-ner in Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

Maya KheraniSOPRANO

HOMETOWN: THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS: Britomarte in The Chastity Tree with West Edge Opera, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with West Bay Opera, and Madame White Snake (cover) in Gilgamesh with Beth Morrison Projects.

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS: Lisette (cover) and Yvette in La rondine with Opera San José, Semele in Semele with Pocket Opera, and a World Premiere with Opera Parallele.

HIGHLIGHTS: First place and Audience Favorite (Tier II) at the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, McGlone Young Artist Award from Central City Opera, Two Encouragement Awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (MONCA).

Amanda KingstonSOPRANO

HOMETOWN: MADISON, WISCONSIN

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS: Erste dame in Die Zauberflöte with Madison Opera, Adina in L'elisir d'amore with Pacific Opera Project, and Mimi in La bohème with Opera in the Heights.

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS: Magda in La rondine and Violet-ta in La traviata with Opera San José, and Mimi in La bohème with Opera San Antonio.

HIGHLIGHTS: Winner of the Lois Alba Aria Competition. Win-ner of the Lucy Morgan Award in the Shreveport Singer of the Year Competition. District Winner and Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

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Malcolm MacKenzieBARITONE

HOMETOWN: DAVIS, CALIFORNIA

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS: Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Eugene Opera, Tonio in I Pagliacci with Dayton Opera, and Roger Chillingworth in the World Premiere of The Scarlet Letter with Colorado Opera.

Upcoming Engagements: Baron Scarpia in Tosca with Opera Omaha, Stubb in Moby-Dick with Pittsburgh Opera, and Iago in Otello with Colorado Opera.

HIGHLIGHTS: Metropolitan Opera debut in 2010, title role in Simone Boccanegra with Kentucky Opera, role debut of Count Di Luna in Il trovatore with Fort Worth Opera.

Colin RamseyBASS-BARITONE

HOMETOWN: GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS: Father Palmer in Silent Night with Opera San José, Verdi's Requiem with La Jolla Symphony, and Colline in La bohème with Opera San José.

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS: Le Comte des Griuex in Manon with Opera Santa Barbara.

HIGHLIGHTS: Encouragement Award from the George London Foundation, 3rd Place Rocky Mountain Regional Finals Metro-politan Opera National Council.

Maria ValdesSOPRANO

MARIETTA, GEORGIA

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS: Gilda in Rigoletto with San Fran-cisco Opera, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Handel’s Messiah with Concert Royal at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS: Lisette in La rondine with Opera San José, Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Opera The-atre St. Louis, and Soprano Soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Chattanooga Symphony.

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Cassandra Zoé VelascoMEZZO-SOPRANO

HOMETOWN: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS: Wood Nymph in Rusalka with Metropolitan Opera, Isabel in El Pasado nunca se termina with Chicago Lyric Opera, Laura in Iolanta with Metropolitan Opera, and Tamiri in Farnace with Spoleto Festival.

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS: Olga in The Merry Widow with Metropolitan Opera, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Lyric Opera of Kansas, and Maria in Maria de Buenos Aires with Nashville Opera.

HIGHLIGHTS: First place Carlo Morelli Competition, Mexico, Maria Callas Award for Best Belcanto Interpretation, Youngest Mexican Opera singer to have sung at the Metropolitan Opera.

Peter GrunbergCONDUCTOR

Peter Grunberg makes his Opera San José debut as conduc-tor for Mozart’s Così fan tutte. He is currently artistic director of The New World Symphony which is an American orches-tral academy based in Miami Beach, Florida and the Special Musical Assistant to Michael Tilson Thomas, who is the music director of the San Francisco Symphony.

Mr. Grunberg has appeared as a piano soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, performed at the Aix-en-Provence, Salz-burg, and Tanglewood festivals, and has collaborated in recital with such artists as Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, and Joshua Bell. He has conducted at the Moscow Conserva-tory, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and the Sydney Opera House.

Previously, Mr. Grunberg was Head of Music Staff at the San Francisco Opera and also a principal collaborator on the Sym-phony’s Keeping Score project.

Kit WilderFIGHT MASTER

Kit Wilder has trained with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and he has been a member of the Society of American Fight Directors and the Academy of the Sword. He has staged fights and other mayhem for countless schools and theatres throughout Bay Area, including San Jose Stage Company, Opera San Jose, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Santa Clara Univer-sity, Foothill College, TheatreWorks, and of course City Lights Theater Company of San José where he is Associate Artistic Director. Kit is also an acclaimed Bay Area actor and director.

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Brad DaltonSTAGE DIRECTOR

Brad Dalton returns during the 2017-18 season to direct Così fan tutte and The Flying Dutchman. Most recently, Mr. Dalton directed OSJ’s 2015-16 productions of Tosca and the company premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire.

In 2004, Mr. Dalton received the prestigious Helpmann award in “Best Director of an Opera” for his direction of Dead Man Walking at State Opera of South Australia. Other productions include Alceste for Boston Opera, Il trovatore for San Francis-co Opera, and A Streetcar Named Desire for Washington Op-era and Los Angeles Opera. Notably, he worked as assistant director to Sir Colin Graham, Maurice Sendak, and directed the Met's Il barbiere di Siviglia starring Ruth Ann Swenson.

Steven C. KempSET DESIGNER

Steven C. Kemp has designed at Opera San José for five sea-sons starting with the West Coast premiere of Anna Karenina for the 2010 season and including Idomeneo, Il trovatore, Faust, and Falstaff. His work in New York includes productions Off-Broadway for Keen Company, Mint Theatre Company, Second Stage, The Playwrights Realm, Cherry Lane Theatre, and Red Dog Squadron. In Europe, Mr. Kemp’s designs include the current tour of Ain’t Misbehavin’ and productions at The Hungarian Theatre in Cluj. As an associate designer his credits on Broadway include First Date, Jesus Christ Superstar, High, Long Story Short, Reasons To Be Pretty and the 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Memphis.

Andrew WhitfieldASSISTANT CONDUCTOR / CHORUS MASTER

During the 2017-18 season, OSJ’s resident conductor and chorus master Andrew Whitfield serves as assistant conductor and chorus master for Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Puccini’s La ron-dine, Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman and Verdi’s La traviata. Last season, Mr. Whitfield conducted Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, was assistant conductor of Puccini’s La bohème and chorus master for all four 2016-17 season productions.

He recently conducted a concert of opera arias and scenes for Monterey Opera, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Festival Opera, Puccini’s La bohème and Verdi’s La traviata at the Virago Theatre. Last fall he participated in San Francisco Opera’s production of Wagner’s Lohengrin. He assisted Ian Robertson in the preparation of the choruses for the Verdi Requiem at the The Grand Teton Music Festival, conducted by Donald Runnicles.

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Elizabeth PoindexterCOSTUME DESIGNER

Elizabeth Poindexter serves as costume designer for the 2017-18 productions of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Puccini’s La rondine, and Verdi’s La traviata. Previous OSJ design credits include Puccini’s Tosca, the world premiere of Weiser’s Where Angels Fear to Tread, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Costume design credits for other companies include work for American Musical Theatre of San José, California Shakespeare Festival, and the San Jose Repertory Theatre.

As a member of the design faculty of the Television, Radio, Film and Theatre Department of SJSU she designed over 150 productions. She is an active member of the Costume Com-mission of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and a founding member of the Bay Area Costumers’ Alliance.

David Lee CuthbertLIGHTING DESIGNER

During the 2017-18 season, David Lee Cuthbert serves as light-ing designer for Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Wagner’s The Fly-ing Dutchman. Most recently, Mr. Cuthbert served as lighting designer for OSJ’s company premiere of Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire. For the La Jolla Playhouse, Mr. Cuthbert’s designs were highlighted in An Evening with Billy Crystal, The Burning Deck, I Think I Like Girls, A Feast of Fools, and Diva. At the Old Globe Theatre, his designs appeared in Hold Please, Christmas on Mars, Lobby Hero, Rounding Third, Faith Healer, and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow.

Christina MartinWIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNER

Christina Martin returns during the 2017-18 season as wig/make-up designer for Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Puccini’s La ron-dine, Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman and Verdi’s La traviata. Ms. Martin made her company debut the previous season, designing for Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Silent Night, and Puccini’s La bohème.

She has worked in the wig and makeup industry throughout Northern California for such companies as the San Francisco Ballet, American Conservatory Theater, and Opera Paral-lele. She is currently employed with the San Francisco Opera as a principal makeup artist, show foreman, and a wig shop artisan. As a Regional Member of Hollywood’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists guild IATSE Local 706, she has worked for film, television, and multimedia, along with opera and theater.

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There are many ways to remember Opera San José in your estate plans. You can name Opera San José as a beneficiary in your will or trust, or bequeth an insurance policy or an IRA/401(k) account. You can even establish a charitable gift annu-ity, which will provide you with a monthly payment and immediate tax deduction, with the remainder of the trust becoming a gift to the company after your passing. Nam-ing Opera San José in your estate plan also qualifies you to become a member of the Irene Dalis Legacy Society.

For more information about planned giving and the Irene Dalis Legacy Society, please contact Noritaka Okada, Individual Giv-ing Manager at 408-437-4460, or Opera San José Trustee Jeanne Mc-Cann at 408-268-6681.

To ensure that your gift accom-plishes your goals according to your wishes, we recommend that you obtain the professional counsel of an attorney who specializes in estate planning.

THE IRENE DALIS LEGACY SOCIETY(as of July 31, 2017)

CHERYL ADAMS

TRICIA & TIM ANDERSON

MAGDALENE ARLOCK

BARBARA BARRETT

MARTHA BEST

ROBERT & DIANE CLAYPOOL

ROSE CRIMI

GEORGE & SUSAN CROW

WENDY DEWELL

DOROTHY & RICHARD DORSAY

DR. JAMES & SUSAN DYER

HOWARD W. GOLUB

FRED & PEGGY HEIMAN

JAMES JACKSON

JEANNE L. MCCANN

KEVIN MCGIBONEY & NANCY LUTZOW

D.G. MITCHELL

HEIDI MUNZINGER

DR. H. ANDREA NEVES

NANCY NIELSEN

W. D. PERKINS

ELIZABETH POINDEXTER

LEE & SHIRLEY ROSEN

MARTHA SANFORD

JAN & DON SCHMIDEK

JOHN SHOTT

DR. LARRY STERN

ROGER & ISOBEL STURGEON

MARILYN EVE TAGHON

LAWRENCE A. & GENEVIEVE H. TARTAGLINO

JAN TELESKY

MELITA WADE THORPE

MARGARET & DICKSON TITUS

ALBERT J. VIZINHO

BRADFORD WADE & LINDA RIEBEL

SHERYL WALTERS

MICHAEL & LAURIE WARNER

MR. & MRS. C. WHITBY-STREVENS

RICHARD & PHYLLIS WHITNEY

THREE ANONYMOUS

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OFFICERS

Gillian MoranBoard President

N. Eric JorgensenSr. Vice PresidentGeneral Counsel

Laurie WarnerVice President & Chair,Governance Committee

Gerard L. SeeligVice President & Chair, Audit Committee

Dr. H. Andrea NevesVice President & Chair,Development Committee

Fred HeimanVice President & Chair, Finance/Investments, Treasurer, Long Range Planning Committee

Jeanne McCannVice President & Chair,Planned Giving and Special Events Committee

Rita Elizabeth HoriguchiVice President & Chair,Nominating Committee

Glen GouldBoard Secretary

DIRECTORS

Barbara Brosh

Richard Dorsay, M.D.

Frank Fiscalini

Glen Gould

Fred Heiman

Peggy Heiman

Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi

Jennifer A.R. Hsu

N. Eric Jorgensen

William R. Lambert

Jeanne L. McCann

Gillian Moran

Dr. H. Andrea Neves

Gerard Seelig

Marilyn Sefchovich

Vijay Vaidyanathan

Dr. Brian Ward

Laurie Warner

PAST PRESIDENTS

Maxwell Bloom1983–1984

Frank Fiscalini1984–1987

Gordon Brooks1987–1989

Kitty Spaulding1989–1992

Michael Kalkstein1992–1994

Mary Reber1994–1995

Martha Sanford1995–1998

Richard O. Whitney1998–2001

Frank M. Veloz2001–2004

Joe Pon2004–2007

George Crow2007–2010

Laurie Warner2010-2017

Board of Trustees

Mission Statement

Opera San José is dedicated to maintaining a resident company of opera singers with whom we present compelling, professional opera perfor-mances, while creating and providing cultural and educational programs that both enrich the opera-going experience and encourage future gen-erations of artists and audiences. Opera San José also provides technical assistance to other organizations.

Founded in 1984, Opera San José is unique in that it is the only year-long resident opera company in the nation. Members of the resident company form the core of the artistic staff for main-stage productions as well as educational programs.

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Artistic/MusicARTISTIC PLANNING DIRECTOR, COURTESY OF THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE

Khori Dastoor

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATOR

Elliot Yates

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

Andrew Whitfield

GUEST CONDUCTORS

Peter Grunberg Christopher Larkin

HEAD OF MUSIC STAFF

Veronika Agranov - Dafoe

COACHING/ACCOMPANYING STAFF

Veronika Agranov - DafoePeter Grunberg Ronny Greenbert Victoria Lington Ihang Lin

ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN

Tim SpearsNoah Luna

SUPERTITLE CUEING

Victoria Lington

Production/TechnicalTECHNICAL DIRECTOR

John Draginoff

COSTUME DIRECTOR

Alyssa Oania

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Kelly Mack

Larry Hancock GENERAL DIRECTOR

Joseph Marcheso MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR

STAGE DIRECTOR

Brad Dalton

SET DESIGNER

Steven Kemp

LIGHTING DESIGNERDavid Lee Cuthbert

COSTUME DESIGNERElizabeth Poindexter

WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNERChristina Martin

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Kourtni Dale Noll

ASSISTANT STAGE DIRECTOR

Audrey Chait

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Hannah Hudgins Rebecca Bradley

MASTER ELECTRICIAN

Matthew Vandercook

ELECTRICIANS

Harris Meyers Joseph GoriniAlyssa GlennSean Kramer

SCENE SHOP SUPERVISORS

Ariel LaceyChristopher Kesel

CARPENTERS Kyle Langdon Steve Van Riper Chris Tucker

SCENIC CHARGE ARTIST

Renee Jankowski

SCENIC ARTISTS

Cristina AnselmoJerald EnosKaren McNulty

SCENIC ARTIST APPRENTICES

Rebecca JankowskiRachel JankowskiAngie Favorito

PROPERTIES MASTER

Lori Schepler-Kesel

PROPERTIES ARTISAN

Christopher Kesel

IATSE LOCAL 134 CREW

Bob Moreno Cindy Parker Bob Smay Lesley Willgohs Patrick Wollard

PROPERTIES RUNNER

Alison Froke

STAGE HANDS

David ChambersRaymond Garcia- Welch Eddie Gilbert Christopher Graham Michelle Shuen

SCENE SHOP ADMIN VOLUNTEER

Barbara Brosh

CUTTER/DRAPERS

Marina AgabekovEmma Vossbrink

FIRST HANDS

Kitty WilsonLarisa Zaiko

Staff

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STITCHERS

Cassandra CarpenterDrea CoxNeliy Davood Pireh AnharDavid RadosevichStane Skilj

WARDROBE CREW

Kathryn Oania

David Radosevich Emma Vossbrink

WIG AND MAKEUP SUPERVISOR

Christina Martin IATSE LOCAL 706

WIG/MAKEUP ASSISTANTS Sharon PengIATSE LOCAL 706

Lisa Poe IATSE LOCAL 706

Resident CompanyMason GatesKatharine GunninkAmanda KingstonTrevor NealDane Suarez

Guest ArtistsBrandan SanchezMalcom MacKenzieColin RamseyChristina PezzarossiMaya Kherani Maria Valdes

AdministrationDIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Donna Lara

ACCOUNTANT

James Wei

HR ADMINISTRATION

Charmaine Olacio-Vallejo

FACILITITIES MANAGER

Jorge Vallejo

DevelopmentDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Aaron St. Clair Nicholson

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Michelle D'Alo

WEBMASTER, EDUCATION, GRANTS

Lettie Smith

INDIVIDUAL GIVING MANAGER

Noritaka Okada

MarketingDIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Aaron St. Clair Nicholson

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Bryan Ferraro

ART DIRECTOR

Chris Jalufka

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Pat Kirk Robert Shomler

Box OfficeMANAGER

Dennis Keefe

BOX OFFICE ASSISTANT

Yumiko Harada

TO DONATE AND BE A PART OF OUR STORIED LEGACY

CALL NORITAKA OKADA AT (408) 437-4460

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BRAVO! TO OUR DONORS, THE LIFEBLOOD OF OPERA SAN JOSÉ! This listing reflects cumulative cash donations, pledges and matching gifts

recorded July 15, 2016 to July 31, 2017

EXCLUSIVE UNDER-WRITING PARTNERS

$50,000 and above

Applied Materials Foundation

CORPORATE

$10,000 to $49,999

Adobe Systems Incorporated

FOUNDATIONS

$100,000 and above

Carol Franc Buck Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Packard Humanities Institute

$50,000 to $99,999

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

$10,000 to $49,999The Kieve Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999

Metropolitan Group

Lorraine and Gerard Seelig Foundation

$1,000 to $4,999The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

The Greenside Foundation

Italian American Heritage Foundation

The Markkula Foundation

Simon Strauss Foun-dation

The Donor-Advisors of the Surf Pony Fund

One anonymous gift

Under $999

Amazon Smile

Larson Family Fund

Metro C2SV Community Fund

Silicon Valley Creates

PUBLIC SECTOR

City of San José

National Endowment for the Arts

ORGANIZATIONS/CLUBS

$5,000 and above

Amici di Musica Bella

San José Opera Guild

Under $999

Assured Life Association

Chinese American Women's Club of Santa Clara Co.

City of Cupertino Senior Center

Friends of Opera San José

Nova Vista Symphony Association Inc.

Oshman Family Jewish Community Center

Opera And Ballet Club Of Rossmoor

Opera Bridge

San José Woman’s Club

Thank You, Opera San José Century Club Members!

Opera San José Century Club celebrates our loyal donors who have surpassed $100,000 in cumulative giving to Opera San José.

We applaud your remarkable generosity and loyalty. We thank you for your outstanding investment preserving the culture of our community

and the continued health of Opera San José.

We are deeply grateful to you.

Bravissimo!

Tricia & Tim Anderson

Jean Brandt

Catherine Bullock

Mimi & Eric Carlson

George & Susan Crow

Mary & Clinton Gilliland

Howard W. Golub

Fred & Peggy Heiman

Profs. John Heinke & Catherine Montfort

Doreen James

Mary Louise Johnson

Robert S. Kieve

Jeanne L. McCann

Mrs. Averill Q. Mix

Pamela & David W. Packard

Martha Sanford & Gary Hong

Jan & Don Schmidek

Roger & Isobel Sturgeon

Dave Thompson

Michael & Laurie Warner

Richard & Phyllis Whitney

Five anonymous donors

C E N T U R Y C L U B

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DOUBLE YOUR DONATION!

Many donors can increase their support and membership standing with Opera San José through their company's matching gift program, in which the com-pany matches the gift of the donor. Nearly 1,000 companies match contribu-tions for employees, their spouses, retirees, and directors dollar for dollar.

Applied Materials

Brocade Communica-tions Systems, Inc.

Chevron

Cisco

ConocoPhillips

eBay

Electronic Arts

GE Foundation

Google

Harris Bank

Hewlett Packard

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

IBM Corporation

Intel Corporation

Johnson & Johnson

Matterport

Microsoft

Netflix

Nvidia

Oracle

Pacific Gas & Electric Company

SAP Software & Solutions

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Synopsys

Matching Gift Donors

PRODUCERS CIRCLE

$50,000 and above

Ruth Laine Bauer

Mary & Clinton Gilliland

One anonymous gift

GENERAL DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

$25,000 to $49,999

One anonymous gift

CONDUCTOR'S CIRCLE

$15,000 to $24,999

Barbara G. Akin

Jeanne L. McCann

Mrs. Averill Q. Mix

Dr. H. Andrea Neves

Jan & Don Schmidek

One anonymous gift

DESIGNER'S CIRCLE

$10,000 to $14,999

Elizabeth F. Adler

Jim Beatty

George & Susan Crow

Glen Gould & Bunny Laden

Fred & Peggy Heiman

Prof. John M. Heineke & Prof. Catherine R. Montfort

Doreen James

Marjorie Johnson

Norman Lariviere & Carolyn Lund

Izzy Lewis & Phil Park

Tom & Gillian Moran

Richard & Hannelore Romney

One anonymous gift

THEATRE CIRCLE

$5,000 to $9,999

Tricia & Tim Anderson

Anna M. Bagniewska & Denis St. Jean

Mandy Behe

Martha Best

Mimi & Eric Carlson

John & Agnes Caulfield

Marilyn & Frank Dorsa

Dorothy & Richard Dorsay

Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi

Mary Louise Johnson

Eric Jorgensen

Dr. William R. Lambert

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leeper

Joseph Marcheso

Dr. Jakob Nielsen & Hannah Kain

Don & Gretchen Nymoen

Kent Owen

Jackie Pighini

Marilyn Sefchovich

Laura Sternberg

Jan Telesky

Bradford Wade & Linda Riebel

Dr. Brian Ward

Michael & Laurie Warner

Mariquita West, MD

Dr. & Mrs. C. Whitby-Strevens

Richard & Phyllis Whitney

One anonymous gift

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

PARAGON CIRCLE

$2,000 to $4,999

Drs. Charlene Archibeque & Robert Melnikoff

Nevenka & Nebojsa Avdalovic

Janet Averett

Dr. Alfonso Banuelos & Suzanne Wittrig

Nancy C. Bean

Didier Benoit

Robin Beresford

Bill & Ginny Berner

Doris & Alan Burgess

Pamela & Craig Carper

Carolle J. Carter & Jess Kitchens

Paul & Marijane Chestnut

Alfio & Gerry Crema

Richard & Doris Davis

ane Decker

Kathy & Al DiFrancesco

Maureen Ellenberg

Donald & Janice Elliott

Bob & Alice Fenton

Frank Fiscalini

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Georgiana & John Flaherty

Vera Gert

Mr. & Mrs. Argo Gherardi

Janice & Mel Goertz

Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Grisetti

Andrea & Volker Hampel

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Harmon, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Pearce Hurley

Jim & Pat Jackson

Patricia E Janes, TTEE

Bonnie Lee Kellogg

Albert Klail

Phil & Judy Livengood

Sylvia & Paul Lorton, Jr.

Jeanne Lyons

Joan Mansour

Janet McDaniel

Barbara Molony & Thomas Turley

Heidi Munzinger & John Shott

Drs. Henry & Cynthia Nattrass

Diane K. Nelson & Marshall Marlowe

Cynthia & Ken Newton

Jane Oglesby

Ms. Linda Olcott

Ahmad & Ruth Orandi

James Palmer

Bill & Lee Perry

Bob & Bonnie Peterson

Randy Presuhn & Timothy Nguyen

Walter & Ramona Reichl

Donald & Marilyn Richardson

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Rizzuto

Lucinda Sanchagrin & Dennis McLean

Robert Savoie

Patricia & James Schaaf

Colette A. Siegel

J.H. Silveira M.D.

Dr. Pieter & Jacqui Smith

Richard & Jo Anna Strawbridge

Melita Wade Thorpe

Dr. May Loo & Dr. William Thurston

Janice Toyoshima

Dr. Herbert Weil & Dr. Anabel Anderson Imbert

Nancy & Kenneth Wiener

Susan & Jonathan Wittwer

Four anonymous gifts

SHOWCASE CIRCLE

$1,000 to $1,999

Joyce Allegro & Gerald Sheridan

Jeanne & Michael Althouse

Daniel & Priscilla Amend

Richard J. Andrews

Joseph & Frankie Armstead

Shirley E. Bailey

Donna & William Biretta

Josef & Phyllis Bismanovsky

Rob & Letty Block

Michele Bonnett

Ken Borelli

Nina Boyd

James & Margaret Brady

Ann Brown

David Burke & Victoria Burton Burke

Dr. Edward & Marjorie Cahn

Mary Esther Candee

Ms. Linda Cato

Park & Joan Chamberlain

Isabel Chiu, CPA

William M. Conlon & Judith E. Schwartz

Helen Conway

Jonathan R. & Anne W. Cross

Donald & Betty D'Angelo

Dr. & Mrs. Adnan Daoud

Wendy Dewell

Tom & Clara DiStefano

Ellen Donnelly

Dr. James & Susan Dyer

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Eurich

M.M. Feldman & Rick Morris

Shirley J. Foreman & Alberta Brierly

Kathryn Hall & Richard Neilson

David G. Hough

Emily Hsi

Mary Idso

Linda Izquierdo

Bonnie Jain

Jeraldine Johnson

Michael Kalkstein & Susan English

Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Kuckein

Anders Kugler

Cathy & Dick Lampman

Cathy & Steve Lazarus

Barbara & David Leeson

Rob Lenicheck

Linda Lee Lester

Russell Lindgren

Sally & Tom Logo-thetti

Maxine & Ray Lubow

Scott Lurndal

Mr. & Mrs. Denis Lynch

Philip & Margaret Ma

Tom MacRostie

Katherine Mason

Kevin McGiboney & Nancy Lutzow

Chris & Katie Metzger

Barry & Rosemarie Mirkin

D.G. Mitchell

David Muhlitner & Peggy Kilduff

Tom Myers & Hartono Sutanto

Tony Nespole MD

Adriane Niehaus

Gabriele Ondine

Paul & Jo O'Neil

Nancy Pyeatt

Alice Ramsauer

Marjorie Rauch

Stephen & Denise Rawlinson

Marian Rees

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Riggio

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rolla

Richard & Barbara Roof

Joy Sakai

Jack & Judy Schneider

MaryLou Schoone

Connie & David Sealer

Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Shomler

Darby Siempelkamp & Michael Kresser

Robert & Carmen Sigler

Alice & Robert Skurko

Ms. Linda Snyder

Mary Stradner

Donors CONTINUED

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Janet & Robert Strain

Dave & Carol Thompson

Mary Alice & David Thornton

Nicholas Tikvica

Jeanne Torre

Nancy Valencia

Sheryl Walters

Alice Weigel

Dennis & Marianne Wilcox

Neil Wilhelm & Laura Hill

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Williams

Manfred & Carol J. Wirth

Ellen C. Wynn

Bassam Zahra

Drs. Robert & Antonette Zeiss

Four anonymous gifts

SUPPORTERS CIRCLE

$500 to $999

Jane Alejandro

Mary T. Baiamonte

A. Bayman & M. Arlock

Martha Beattie

Mario & Rose Belotti

Donald H. Bentsen

Emily & Stephen Berman

Gene Bernardini

Ted Biagini

Marcia Bieber

Dr. Arthur & Susan Biedermann

Matthew W. Bien & Grace T. Lee

Leon Bonner & Redge Meixner

Patti Bossert & Charles Chew

LaVonne & Jean-Pierre Bouchez

Roger Bourland & Daniel Shiplacoff

Edward & Nancy Bowen

Jim & Carolyn Bowen

Michaela Brody

Robert & Mara Bronstone

Virginia L. Brown

Steve & Vicky Brozovich

Penny & Preston Brunst

Dick & Pat Calfee

Joyce Cammisa

Virginia A. Carpio

Ms. Dennise M. Carter

Corinne Elliott Carter

Louise A. Chamberlin

Deal & Nancy Christensen

JoAnn Close & Michael Good

Mark & Maggie Cogdill

Arthur Colman & Pilar Montero

Dr. Michael & Joanne Condie

Cal & Carla Cornwell

Rose Crimi

Elena & Ron Danielson

Richard & Maureen DeBolt

Sonia DeHazes

Joe & Carolyn Dickinson

Rose Mary Dougherty

Randy Earle

Barbara Frank

Mehdi Gasmi & Gregory Parry

Carolyn & Brian George

Drs. Lucia & Jack Gilbert

David & Janice Gilman

Orville Goering

Gryphon Financial Group, Inc.

Philip & Kathleen Gust

Helen Hakanson

Larry Hancock

Charles F. Hanes

Helen Helson

Fred & Leelane Hines

Ilene & Ken Imboden

Klaus & Maria Jaeger

Dennis & Sheryl Johnson

Redjack Johnson

Dale & Jane Jordan

David & Jeanne Jor-gensen

Alan & Carol Kaganov

Ray & Laurel Kaleda

Jason Paul Kazarian

Mary M. & Harry Kelly

Craig Kemp

Victoria Knox

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kondo

Mr. Phil Kurjan

Doug & Rasha La Porte

Jim & Carol Lathrop

Judith Leahy

Shirley Leisses & Hicks Williams

Morton & Elaine Levine

Don & Dorothy Lewis

Sophia Liu

Don Lowry & Lynore Tillim

Anne & Dave Mack

Orla MacLean

Karen & David MacQueen

Peter Marra

Stephen Martin

A. Kirk McKenzie

Richard & Junetta McKewan

Howard McKinney

David & Erika Meinhardt

Stephen & Janet Miller

Duncan Missimer

Ken Odom

Gerald & Ellen Oicles

Jim & Alice Orth

Dr. & Mrs. Hans Orup

Denise Owen

Joseph Palmer & Nikki Kim

Janice Paull

Joyce E Peloian & Gary McCrea

Marilyn Perry

Lorna C. Pierce

Marc Randolph

Tom Ranweiler

Carol Richardson Cole

Mrs. Alice Robinson

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Rosen

Doron & Miriam Rotman

Karin Rumstedt

Fred Saunders & Lynn Evans

Norma & Charles Schlossman

Joyce & Campbell Scott

Mort & Alba Sherin

Ursula Shultz

Regina Sleater & Dean Dunsmore

Todd & Sandy Smith

Frank & Diane Snow

Sandra M. Sobie

Betty Soennichsen

Al & Ruth Sporer

Jim Stauffer

Larry Stone

Elizabeth Striebeck

Beth Kay Taylor

Lynn Telford

Jeff & Catherine Thermond

Irene Thompson

Anne & Peter Thorp

Donors CONTINUED

LOOKING TO GIFT MATCH WITH YOUR COMPANY?

CALL NORITAKA OKADA AT (408) 437-4460

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DEDICATED DONATIONS

Mr. Robert Applebaum in memory of Rosalyn Applebaum

Bernadette Burns in memory of Jean T. Burns

Walt & Peggy D'Ardenne, Dr. James & Susan Dyer, Lilo & Karl Elser, J.H. Silveira M.D., Janet McDaniel, Irene Schneller in memory of Werner Cohn

Laurie Wickman in memory of Judith Cureton

Nina Boyd in honor of Frank Fiscalini

Joan Stucker in memory of Frank Johnson

E. Kletter in memory of Adina Shira Kletter

Randy Earle in memory of Lise la Cour

Ross La Fetra in honor of Frank La Fetra

Joan B. Bose in honor of Judy Leahy

Ralph Cizmar & Marie Lindgren in honor of Russell Lindgren & Stephanie Leong

Mrs. Joan R. Chisholm, Larry Hancock, San Jose Opera Guild, Norma & Charles Schlossman,

Marilyn Sefchovich, Dave & Carol Thompson in memory of Olga Nespole

Sasha Sharma in honor of B.D. Sharma

Manfred & Carol J. Wirth in memory of George Stoeppel

Anne Louise Heigho in honor of Jane Vernon

Marsha & David Pollak in memory of Phil Yost

SUPPORTERS CIRCLE

$500 to $999

Anne & Peter Thorp

Dr. & Ms. Saul & Judith Wasserman

Mrs. Geri Weimers

Daphne & Stuart Wells

Chip & Bonnie Williams

Nate & Carolyn Wilson

Brian & Linda Winter

Elizabeth Wolf

Donors CONTINUED

Ms. Fern Wollrich-Jaffee

William Woodcock

Chien-Gsueb Wu

June C. Yamamoto

William & Patricia Zahrt

Fernando & Cecily Zazueta

Seven anonymous gifts

A REQUEST TO OUR DONORS: If we have made a mistake or omission, kindly bring it to our attention so that we may correct it. Please call Individual Giving Manager Noritaka Okada at (408) 437-4460.

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In KindOpera San José would also like to thank the following donors for their generous in-kind goods and services:

Services: ALOM Technologies Corp., Joyce Allegro & Gerald Sheridan, Shaila Cath-erine, Classic Party Rentals, Diane Claypool, Citti’s Florist, Marilyn & Frank Dorsa, Rita Elizabeth Horiguchi, N. Eric Jorgensen, Ms. Bonnie Lee Kellogg, Phil Park, Betty Poindexter, Linda Riebel, San Jose Convention Center, R.W. Shomler, Lettie Smith, Telesky Financial Services, Michael & Laurie Warner.

Supplies & Equipment: Barbara Barrett, Cal & Carla Cornwell, Gordon Biersch Brew-ing Company, Hawaii'S Own L.L.C., Heitz Wine Cellars, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, Joseph George Wine Shop, Koloa Rum Company, Lloyd Cellars, M·A·C, Cathy Miller, Charles Pehote, Lee Scoville, James Tellefson.

Friends of Opera San José!Opera San José thanks Friends of Opera San José for their service to the company. To become a member of our volunteer auxiliary, Friends of Opera San José, and experience its many benefits, please send an email to FriendsofOSJ@earthlink.net or sign up at operasj.org/support/ volunteering.

Special Thanks

Barbara Brosh

President

Jeanne Lyons

Vice President

Meera Prahlad

Secretary

Janice Toyoshima Treasurer

Brenda Davis

Volunteer Coordinator

Linda Riebel

Events

Suzanne Sarro

Membership

Jim Stauffer

Cultural Outings

Nancy Valencia Communication

Brad Wade

Opera at Your Doorstep

Bonnie Williams Newsletter

Anna Bagniewska

Nancy Bean

Didier Benoit

Judith Borlase

Pamela Carper

Adnan & Pat Daoud

Shirley Foreman

Dana F. Haberland

Yumiko Harada

Rita Elizabeth HoriguchiAmelia Jackson

Ed & Pam Jajko

Coleen Kohtz

Barbara Koplos

William Lambert

Olive Leeper

Jeanne McCann

Tom Miller

Lynne Munro

Joy Sakai

Delia Schizzano

Shirley Shoup-Howard

Frank & Diane Snow

Denis St. Jean

Alma C. Taylor

Sato Terian

Dennis & Marianne Wilcox

Chip & Bonnie

Williams

Alinor Willis

Fern Jaffe Wollrich

Bobbi Wolner

Didier Benoit

Dick & Pat Calfee

Carolle Carter

LaVonne Fraboni

Miriam Frazier

Fred & Peggy Heiman

Rita Horiguchi

Olive Leeper

Judy Livengood

Phil Livengood

Lorraine Mazzeo

Pat Miller

Heidi Munzinger

Phil Park

Judi Rizzuto

Joy Sakai

Jim Stauffer

Kathryn Veregge

Sheryl Walters

Bobbi Wolner

VolunteersOpera San José thanks the following volunteers for their service to the company. To offer your assistance as a volunteer, please visit operasj.org/support.

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A l m A De u t s c h e rThe Packard Humanities Institute and Opera San José

present the new opera by the celebrated 12-year-old English composer on December 16–21.

cinderella.packhum.org

Cinderella

Supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from

the City of San José.

Opera San José would like to thank the following groups for their support of our 2017 / 2018 season.