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Our production, conducted by Yoel Levi, features the role debut of Mary Elizabeth Williams, last seen on the Atlanta Opera stage in our 2005 production of Porgy and Bess. Rounding out this outstanding cast is Italian tenor Antonello Palombi, baritone Mark Delavan, our “Dutchman” from last season’s production of The Flying Dutchman, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop and Atlantan Morris Robinson. With you, I look forward to seeing and listening to this masterpiece of the opera repertoire.

By now, you’ve no doubt heard about our exciting 2010-2011 season of three operas –Puccini’s beloved La bohème, Gershwin’s American classic Porgy and Bess, and Mozart’s funny and poignant Così fan tutte. Though we only will be presenting three productions instead of four next season to ensure the long-term fi nancial health of our company, I can assure you the artistic quality will be fi rst-

rate, as you have come to expect from The Atlanta Opera. Representatives from Atlanta Opera Ticketing Services will be in the lobby at both intermissions to help you with your season ticket renewals and purchases.

Thank you for choosing to attend today’s performance. We hope you’ll share your opera experience with family and friends. The fi nal production in our 30th anniversary season, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, will be enjoyable for opera afi cionados and novices, young and old. Please bring your family, invite a friend and join us!

Dennis Hanthorn Zurich General Director The Atlanta Opera

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For just the third time in the Atlanta Opera’s 30-year history, we are pleased to present to you Verdi’s triumphant Aida, an opera that for many epitomizes the dramatic, musical and spectacular qualities that continue to attract people to grand opera.

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MYTH: It’s “business as usual” at The Atlanta Opera.FACT: The Board of Directors was proactive and made the decision to cut a production

for the 2010-2011 season, freeze salaries, reduce operating expenses and leave unfi lled staff positions open. We are “making do” with less, and, as always, are being fi scally prudent and good stewards of our fi nances.

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World Premiere: Khedivial Opera House, Cairo, December 24, 1871European Premiere: La Scala, Milan, February 8, 1872

American Premiere: Academy of Music, New York, November 26, 1873

Sung in Italian with English supertitlesApproximate Running Time: 3 hr, 15 min

There will be two 20-minute intermissions, and a brief pause between Acts III and IV.

Aida ............................................................................................. Mary Elizabeth WilliamsAmneris .....................................................................................................Elizabeth BishopRadamès ................................................................................................ Antonello PalombiAmonasro ...................................................................................................... Mark DelavanRamfi s ...................................................................................................... Morris RobinsonKing of Egypt ............................................................................................ Kenneth KelloggMessenger .................................................................................................... Timothy MillerPriestess ..............................................................................................................Amy Little

Choreographer – Rosa MercedesAssistant Director – David PaulSets designed by Phillip Silver

Provided by the New Orleans Opera AssociationCostumes provided by A.T. Jones

Lighting designed by Donald ThomasChorus prepared by Walter Huff

Costumes coordinated by Joanna SchminkWigs and Makeup designed by Sue Sittko Schaefer

Assistant Conductor and Musical Preparation by Craig KierEnglish supertitles by James Meena

Supertitles operated by Ellen ChamberlainPianos provided by Kawai

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Egypt, during the reign of the pharaohs. At the royal palace in Memphis, the high priest Ramfi s tells the warrior Radamès that Ethiopia is preparing another attack against Egypt. Radamès hopes to command his army. He is in love with Aida, the Ethiopian slave of Princess Amneris, the king’s daughter. Radamès dreams that victory in the war would enable him to free her and marry her (“Celeste Aida”). But Amneris loves Radamès, and when the three meet, she jealously senses his feelings for Aida. A messenger tells the king of Egypt and the assembled priests and soldiers that the Ethiopians are advancing. The king names Radamès to lead the army, and all join in a patriotic anthem. Left alone, Aida is torn between her love for Radamès and loyalty to her native country, where her father, Amonasro, is king (“Ritorna vincitor”). She prays to the gods for mercy. In the temple of Vulcan, the priests consecrate Radamès. Ramfi s orders him to protect the homeland.

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Ethiopia has been defeated, and Amneris waits for the triumphant return of Radamès. When Aida approaches, the princess sends away her other attendants so that she can learn her slave’s private feelings (Duet: “Fu la sorte dell’armi”). She fi rst pretends that Radamès has fallen in battle, then says he is still alive. Aida’s reactions leave no doubt that she loves Radamès. Amneris, determined to be victorious over her rival, leaves for the triumphal procession. At the city gates the king and Amneris observe the celebrations and crown Radamès with a victor’s wreath (Triumphal scene: “Gloria all’Egitto”). Captured Ethiopians are led in. Among them is Amonasro, Aida’s father, who signals his daughter not to reveal his identity as king. Radamès is impressed by Amonasro’s eloquent plea for mercy and asks for the death sentence on the

prisoners to be overruled and for them to be freed. The king grants his request but keeps Amonasro in custody. The king declares that as a victor’s reward, Radamès will have Amneris’s hand in marriage.

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On the eve of Amneris’s wedding, Ramfi s and Amneris enter a temple on the banks of the Nile to pray. Aida, who is waiting to meet Radamès in secret, is lost in thoughts of her homeland (“O patria mia”). Suddenly Amonasro appears. Invoking Aida’s sense of duty, he makes her promise to fi nd out from Radamès which route the Egyptian army will take to invade Ethiopia (Duet: “Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate”). Amonasro hides as Radamès enters and assures Aida of his love (Duet: “Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida”). They dream about their future life together, and Radamès agrees to run away with her. Aida asks him about his army’s route, and just as he reveals the secret, Amonasro emerges from his hiding place. When he realizes that Amonasro is the Ethiopian king, Radamès is desperate about what he has done. While Aida and Amonasro try to calm him, Ramfi s and Amneris step out of the temple. Father and daughter are able to escape, but Radamès surrenders to the priests.

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Radamès awaits trial as a traitor. He believes Aida to be dead but then learns from Amneris that she has survived. Amneris offers to save him if he renounces her rival but Radamès refuses. Brought before the priests, he remains silent to their accusations and is condemned to be buried alive. Amneris begs for mercy, but the judges will not change their verdict. She curses the priests. Aida has hidden in the vault to share Radamès’s fate. They express their love for the last time (Duet: “O terra, addio’) while Amneris, in the temple above, prays for Radamès’s soul. Courtesy of Opera News

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The Appearance of Elizabeth Bishop: Mr. William Snyder and Mr. Louise Peneguy

The Appearance of Mark Delavan: The Mary and Charlie Yates Family Fund

The Appearance of Kenneth Kellogg: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keough

The Appearance of Amy Little: Mr. and Mrs. William Tucker

The Appearance of Timothy Miller: Mr. and Mrs. David Dorman

The Appearance of Antonello Palombi: Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Johnson

The Appearance of Morris Robinson: Ms. Martha Thompson Dinos

The Appearance of Mary Elizabeth Williams: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodward

Conductor Yoel Levi: The Carl and Sally Gable Music Director and Conductor

Stage Director Trevore Ross: Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Searle III


G A L I N A V I S H N E V S K AYA , N O T E D A I D A O F T H E 1 9 6 0 S ,

I N A C O S T U M E O F H E R O W N D E S I G N .

ENRICO CARUSO SANG RADAMÈS IN ATLANTA IN 1910 AND 1912 .

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Arias, ensembles, orchestral passages, dance, scenic spectacle, choruses, private scenes and public scenes, are all present and bal-anced against one another with surpassing dramatic skill. The libretto describes the ac-tion as taking place “in the time of the reign of the Pharaohs”; in fact the story is simple, with some stock situations (a love triangle, royalty in disguise) and characters, dressed up in Egyptian settings to enchant the pub-lic, which has loved it from the beginning. In Aida, Verdi perfected the form of Grand Opera pioneered by Meyerbeer and Rossini some 40 years earlier. Compared to Don Car-los, Aida has enough truly popular touches (the Triumphal March in Act II, the big arias for soprano and tenor, the heavenly Tomb Scene, Amneris’s Judgment Scene) to have earned for itself the principal place in the repertoire of every opera house worldwide.

Verdi composed the opera on lavish com-mission from the Khedive of Egypt, working from a plot scenario by the Egyptologist Mar-iette Bey and Camille du Locle, a co-librettist of Don Carlos, upon which the libretto of An-tonio Ghislanzoni was based. The premiere had to be delayed by a year when the sets and costumes were trapped in besieged Paris dur-ing the Franco-Prussian War. The opera fi nal-ly opened at the Cairo Opera House on De-cember 24, 1871; its European premiere soon followed, at La Scala on February 8, 1872. The piece came to New York in 1873 and to Lon-don (with Adelina Patti as Aida) in 1876. For a Paris production in 1880, Verdi expanded the ballet in the Triumphal Scene; we are present-ing the original version here in Atlanta. A fi lm version from 1953 features Sophia Loren as Aida and Lois Maxwell – Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond movies – as Amneris,

Of all operas, Verdi’s Aida is the one that most successfully fi nds a balance among the different elements while allowing them to retain their distinctive character.

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with the dubbed voices of Renata Tebaldi and Ebe Stignani.

One hundred years ago, one of the most im-portant chapters in opera in Atlanta began when Aida opened the fi rst regular Metro-politan Opera tour here. On May 4, 1910, a crowd of over 7,000 people crowded the old Civic Auditorium to hear a stellar cast that included Enrico Caruso, Johanna Gadski, Pasquale Amato and Louise Homer. The per-formance kicked off what was at the time the highest-grossing week in Met history. In the decade following the First World War, lucky Atlantans got to hear both Claudia Muzio and Rosa Ponselle sing the title role; later Zinka Milanov, Martina Arroyo and Birgit Nilsson all sang it here. Other notable artists who performed Aida in Atlanta include Giovanni Martinelli, Carlo Bergonzi and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi as Radamès; local star Blanche

Thebom, Fiorenza Cossotto and Rita Gorr as Amneris; and Cornell MacNeil, Leonard Warren and Michael Bohnen as Amonasro. The Atlanta Opera has presented the piece twice before, with Camellia Johnson and In-dra Thomas taking the title role.

In many Verdi operas, including Aida, it is the loud moments that stick in the audience’s ear. But really to hear the magic of the piece, and to understand what distinguishes Verdi from other composers, we need to go to the quieter moments, especially the two duets for Aida and Radamès. In Act III, listen to Aida’s beautifully extended, seductively fl oating lines when she asks Radamès to come away with her; and in Act IV listen to the entire fi nal scene, which in its delicate or-chestration conveys great majesty and peace.

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Yoel LeviConductorAtlanta Opera Debut: Hansel and Gretel, 2007

Maestro Yoel Levi is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Or-chestra, which he led on a United States tour in 2004. In addition, he is Music Director Emeritus of the Atlanta Symphony Orches-tra and Music Adviser to the Flemish Radio Orchestra. In September 2005, Levi became the Principal Conductor of the Orchestre National d’Ile de France. Yoel Levi was Mu-sic Director of the Atlanta Symphony from 1988 to 2000. His impact on the orchestra was summed up by Gramophone Magazine, as follows: “Yoel Levi has built a reputation for himself and for his orchestra that is in-creasingly the envy of the big fi ve American counterparts in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston and Chicago.” His con-ducting engagements have included appear-ances with orchestras in London, Paris, Ber-lin, Budapest, Rome, Frankfurt, Munich, Korea and Japan. In North America, he has conducted the New York Philharmonic, and the orchestras of Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Pitts-burgh, San Francisco, Washington, Toronto and Montreal, among others. His operatic credits include Puccini’s La fanciulla del West at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, Carmen at Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Makropoulos Case in Prague, Tosca at the Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago, and Puccini’s Edgar with the Orchestre National de France (which was recorded on the Radio France label). In the summer of 2008, he led the New Zea-land Symphony Orchestra on a highly ac-claimed tour throughout New Zealand. In

September of 2008 he conducted Nabucco at the Stade de France in Paris for 60,000 peo-ple, with live television broadcast in Europe. With the ASO, he conducted Mozart’s The Magic Flute, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Recent per-formances include La traviata, Nabucco and Madama Butterfl y in Holland, Belgium and Italy. Mr. Levi has made 40 recordings on different labels with various orchestras, in-cluding the Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Or-chestra. Thirty of these are with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Telarc.

Trevore RossDirectorAtlanta Opera Debut: The Marriage of Figaro, 2008

Stage director Trevore Ross is earning vast attention in his young directing career. Re-cently, he directed Opera Carolina’s Aida, Palm Beach Opera’s L’Italiana in Algeri, Atlanta Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro, assisted David Cronenberg on Los Angeles Opera’s American Premiere of The Fly conducted by Placido Domingo, and directed Connecti-cut Opera’s Don Giovanni as well as Rigoletto for the Opera Company of North Carolina. Upcoming, he will direct Otello at Opera Carolina, Faust at the Opera Company of New Jersey, and Carmen for Arizona Opera. He also will be joining the directing staff of the Los Angeles Opera for the 2010/2011 season opening with the World Premiere of Il Postino. A native of South Carolina, Mr. Ross started his directorial career as an Opera America Fellow, which led him to several residencies across the nation in the 2001/2002 season.

Mary Elizabeth Williams, AidaAtlanta Opera Debut: Serena, Porgy and Bess, 2005

Mary Elizabeth Williams is receiving criti-cal acclaim in signature lirico-spinto soprano roles. Opera News said, “Verdi sopranos are in no danger of extinction if Mary Elizabeth Williams continues to progress. She is a ma-jor discovery, with a voice of luxurious, warm beauty and sensitive musicianship, outlining phrases with delicacy.” Engagements this sea-son include Leonora in Il trovatore in debuts with both Seattle Opera and Opera Poznan, Tosca in her New Orleans Opera debut, and a return to the Michigan Opera Theatre as Tosca. Her engagements from the 2008-2009 season included her Spoleto Festival U.S.A. debut as Goddess of the Waters in Amistad, her Michigan Opera Theatre debut as Cilla in Margaret Garner, her Indianapolis Opera de-but as Leonora in Il trovatore, and her debuts with Arizona Opera and Virgina Opera as To-sca. In concert, she will perform Beethoven’s th Symphony with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Williams made her Kentucky Opera debut in the 2007-2008 sea-son in Il trovatore. Recent noted engagements include Countess in Le nozze di Figaro in a production that toured France and Belgium, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni as a member of the young artist program at Seattle Opera, and the Countess at the International Insti-tute of Vocal Arts in Israel. As a member of the prestigious Centre de Formation Lyrique at the Opéra National de Paris, Ms. Williams performed with Thomas Hampson in concert at the Théâtre du Châtelet, and won the Lyric Artist prize given every year by the Bastille’s Cercle Carpeaux. The Philadelphia native has

been a semi-fi nalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and is a graduate of Iowa’s Luther College, where she sang her fi rst operatic role, the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica.

Elizabeth BishopAmnerisAtlanta Opera Debut

American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop has been praised by Opera News for her “gor-geous voice” and is in equal demand for both opera and concert performances across the country. Elizabeth Bishop’s 2009-10 season engagements include Second Norn in Göt-terdämmerung, Meg Page in Falstaff and Ger-trude in Hamlet, all for Washington National Opera; Verdi’s Requiem with Utah Symphony and New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Al-exandria Symphony Orchestra. Her engage-ments for the 2008-09 season included her return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing Sec-ond Norn, Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath with Pittsburgh Opera, and Magdalene in a concert performance of Die Meistersinger with the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She also appeared as soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Port-land Symphony Orchestra and Mahler’s Sym-phony No. 2 with the Florida Orchestra. Her roles at the Metropolitan Opera include Fene-na in Nabucco, Venus in Tannhäuser, and Mère Marie in Dialogues des Carmelites. Ms. Bishop,a former Adler fellow, has returned to San Francisco Opera for many roles. Other no-table U.S. engagements include Fricka in Die Walküre with Washington National Opera; Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier with the Atlan-


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ta Symphony and Donald Runnicles; appear-ances as both Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana and Sara in Roberto Devereux with Washing-ton Concert Opera; Waltraute in Götterdäm-merung with Dallas Opera; Offred in the North American premiere of Poul Ruders’s The Handmaid’s Tale with Minnesota Opera; and multiple appearances with L.A. Opera. International opera credits include Eboli in Don Carlo with Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice, and Mère Marie with Deutsche Oper Berlin. Ms. Bishop’s concert stage performances in-clude Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, under the baton of Roger Norrington and Ligeti’s Requiem, under Esa-Pekka Salonen with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She has per-formed Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass, and both Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Liebestod with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; and Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Antonello PalombiRadamèsAtlanta Opera Debut

Italian tenor Antonello Palombi performs around the world to tremendous acclaim. “The most pleasant surprise was the discovery of a very fi ne new tenor in Antonello Palombi, whose singing in rehearsals had set the rumor mills abuzz. It’s all true: Here is a tenor with that exciting, emotion-stirring, head-turning Itali-anate sound, and he ignited the show whenever he was on-stage ... here’s betting he will be in considerable demand in this country,” says the Seattle Times of his American debut as Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West. Most recent European engagements from the past few sea-sons include Radamès in Aida at Teatro alla Sca-la and Deutsche Oper Berlin; Luigi in Il tabarro

at Teatro alla Scala; Don Alvaro in La forza del destino and the title role in Andrea Chénier with the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Faust in Mefi stofele with Israeli Opera; Calaf in Turandot in Napoli, Cagliari and Genoa; Calaf in Turandot in Cara-calla; Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West in Copenhagen; Cavaradossi in Tosca in Helsinki; Andrea Chénier in concert with Oper Frank-furt; and Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt and in Munich. Mr. Palombi is now in demand with houses around the North America, including most recent performances as Canio in Pagliacci with Seattle and Dallas Opera; Don Alvaro in La forza del destino and Radamès in Aida with Baltimore Opera; Cavaradossi in Tosca with the Cincinnati Opera, New Orleans Opera and Baltimore Opera; and Radamès in Aida with Michigan Opera Theatre, Palm Beach Opera and Seattle Opera; and Manrico in Il trovatore with Seattle Opera. Future engagements in-clude Cavaradossi in Tosca at Opera Colorado and Michigan Opera Theatre; and the title role in Otello at Cincinnati Opera, among multiple other engagements abroad.

Mark DelavanAmonasroAtlanta Opera Debut: Scarpia, Tosca, 1997

A charismatic vocal force, American baritone Mark Delavan is sought after by opera houses throughout the United States and abroad for his dramatic, powerful voice, daring per-formances and commanding stage presence. Mr. Delavan’s repertoire spans over 40 roles, including the title roles of Rigoletto, Gianni Schicchi, Simon Boccanegra and Sweeney Todd, as well as such signature roles as Jocha-naan and Iago. He has collaborated with such conductors as James Levine, Sir Andrew Da-

vis, Sir Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Mi-chael Tilson Thomas, Antonio Pappano and Fabio Luisi. Last summer, Mr. Delavan per-formed Jochanaan in Salome in Barcelona at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, and Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West for the Danish National Opera. Of note this season is Mr. Delavan’s debut in Wagner’s Die Walküre in the role of Wotan, with both the Deutsche Oper Berlin and San Francisco Opera. Mr. Delavan made his role debut as Wotan in the San Francisco Opera’s June 2008 production of Das Rhein-gold, which launched the company’s new Ring Cycle. In October, he performed the title role of the Pittsburgh Opera’s production of Verdi’s Falstaff. This spring, he will appear in two fur-ther productions with the Deutsche Oper Ber-lin: as Scarpia in Tosca, and as Wotan in Das Rheingold. Mr. Delavan has sung at the world’s most important opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Royal Opera House, Cov-ent Garden, Berliner Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera and Washington National Opera. His festival credits include the Spoleto Festival (U.S.A.), Edinburgh Fes-tival and the Saito Kinen Festival.

Morris RobinsonRamfi sAtlanta Opera Debut

Mr. Robinson is a graduate of the Metropoli-tan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Devel-opment Program, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Fidelio. He has since appeared there as Sarastro in Die Zauberfl öte (both in the original production and in a new children’s English version), the King in Aida, and in roles in Nabucco, Tannhäuser, and the

new productions of Les Troyens and Salome. He has also appeared at the Aix-en-Provence Fes-tival, Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Seattle Op-era, Cincinnati Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, and the Wolf Trap Opera. His many roles include Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Sparafucile in Rigo-letto, Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos, Timur in Turandot, and Padre Guardiano in La forza del Destino. Also a prolifi c concert singer, Mr. Robinson has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Met Chamber Orches-tra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and at the Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Cincinnati May, Verbier, and Aspen festivals. He also appeared in Carnegie Hall as part of Jessye Norman’s HONOR! Festival. In recital he has been pre-sented by Spivey Hall in Atlanta, the Savannah Music Festival, the National Academy of Sci-ences in Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Robinson’s fi rst album, Going Home, was released on the Decca label. This season, Mr. Robinson returns to the Los Angeles Opera as Fasolt in Das Rheingold. An Atlanta native, Mr. Robinson is a graduate of The Citadel and received his musical training from the Boston University Opera Institute.

Kenneth KelloggKing of Egypt Atlanta Opera Debut

Kenneth Kellogg, a University of Michigan graduate, just fi nished his residency as an Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera. He made his San Francisco Opera debut as the King in The


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Little Prince in 2008 and his War Memorial Opera House debut as Pietro in Simon Boc-canegra in 2008. He also recently performed Colline in La bohème, the Voice of the Oracle in Idomeneo, Nikitich and a Police Sergeant in Boris Godunov, the Jailer in Tosca, and Grenvil in La traviata. An alumnus of the 2007 Merola Opera Program, he created the role of Tobias in the world premiere of Thomas Pasatieri’s The Hotel Casablanca. Mr. Kellogg also served as a resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where he performed the roles of Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia; Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin; Kilian and a Her-mit in Der Freischütz; and Count des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon. Mr. Kellogg is a past winner of the Annapolis Opera competition, the Paul Robeson Competition and recently received an Encouragement Award from the Sullivan Foundation. Recent and upcoming engagements include Ferrando in Il trovatore with Eugene Opera, bass soloist in Messiah with the Anchorage Symphony, Die Gezeich-neten with Los Angeles Opera and a summer season as a Filene Artist with the Wolf Trap Opera Company.

Timothy MillerMessengerAtlanta Opera Debut

Timothy Miller is a member The Atlanta Op-era Chorus and is an active performer with both national and international credits. Op-eratic roles include Monastatos and First Ar-mored Man in Mozart’s Die Zauberfl öte, Street in Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. In June of 2008, Mr. Miller sang the role of Crab Man in critically acclaimed performanc-es of Porgy and Bess at the Opéra-Comique in Paris and on tour in Luxembourg, Granada

and Normandy. He has appeared in concert performances of Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mag-nifi cat, and a concert version of excerpts from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Miller is a graduate of Morehouse College and Mannes College of Music.

Amy Little PriestessAtlanta Opera Debut: Lula, Cold Sassy Tree, 2008

Soprano Amy Little is one of the most sought-after and versatile artists in the metro-Atlanta region, with repertoire ranging from opera and oratorio to pops and contemporary Christian concerts. During the 2009-2010 season she re-turns to The Atlanta Opera as the First Lady in Die Zauberfl öte. With a busy concert career, this season she was also featured in the Saint-Säens Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah and solo concerts of sacred songs and popular standard repertoire. Ms. Little’s engagements in previous seasons have included Inez in Il trovatore, Lula in Cold Sassy Tree with the Atlanta Opera, and Love Simpson in The Atlanta Opera Studio Outreach Tour of Cold Sassy Tree. Other credits include both Countess and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Atlanta Ba-roque Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah, Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. She is also a member of the revered At-lanta Opera Chorus. Originally from Augusta, Ga., Ms. Little received her Bachelor of Music from Shorter College in Rome, Ga., where she studied with John Ramsaur. She currently re-sides in Atlanta and is a staff singer at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. In addition to performing, she is also the Associate Director of Youth Music at Peachtree Road UMC and maintains a private voice studio.

David Paul, Assistant DirectorAtlanta Opera DebutDavid Paul is a stage director working on op-era and theater stages throughout the United States and abroad. He recently served on the Artistic Staff of the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., where he adapted and directed Hamlet and was assistant director for Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Euripides’ Ion and King Lear. In this time, he also directed Mozart’s The Magic Flute for the Intermezzo Festival in Belgium, as well as directing and coaching for the Metropolitan Opera’s Lin-demann Young Artist Development Program and the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has worked as director or assis-tant director at Perseverance Theater of Alaska, California Shakespeare Theater, Chautauqua Theater Company and the Juilliard School, among others, and spent two seasons in cast-ing at the Metropolitan Opera. A graduate of Columbia University and a native of Ham-burg, Germany, Mr. Paul is currently the stage director for the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera, where he recently directed scenes from Falstaff at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Walter Huff, Chorus Master Atlanta Opera Debut: Tosca, 1988Walter Huff has been Chorus Master for The Atlanta Opera for 22 years. Mr. Huff studied piano with Sarah Martin, Peter Takacs and Lil-lian Freundlich. He has performed with singers throughout Europe and the United States, and served as coach with the Peabody Opera The-atre, The Washington Opera and Baltimore Opera Company. Mr. Huff has performed in master classes given by renowned singers and pi-anists such as Sir Peter Pears, Licia Albanese, Ei-leen Farrell Dalton Baldwin, Leon Fleisher, and Elly Ameling. In 1984, he received Tanglewood’s C.D. Jackson Master Award for Excellence,

presented by Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Sym-phony Orchestra. He has been musical director for The Atlanta Opera Studio, Georgia State University Opera and Actor’s Express. Also, Mr. Huff was one of four Atlanta artists who were chosen for the fi rst Loridans Arts Awards, given to Atlanta artists who have made exceptional contributions to the arts life of Atlanta over a long period of time. In June 2008, the Atlanta Opera Chorus under Mr. Huff’s direction sang critically acclaimed performances of Porgy and Bess at the Opéra-Comique in Paris and on tour in Granada, Normandy and Luxembourg.

Craig Kier, Principal Coach/AccompanistAtlanta Opera Debut: Carmen, 2004Craig Kier is currently the resident principal coach/accompanist and assistant conductor for The Atlanta Opera. Prior to his relationship with The Atlanta Opera, Mr. Kier was a part of Seattle Opera’s music staff for several seasons, serving in a variety of roles including coach/ac-companist, chorus master and assistant conduc-tor. He has a wide variety of experience with other companies, including Cincinnati Opera, Opera Colorado, Berkshire Opera, Opera New Jersey, Opera Birmingham and Des Moines Metro Opera. Mr. Kier also spent many years on the faculty of the Opera Theater of the Rock-ies Vocal Arts Symposium, led by soprano Mar-tile Rowland. Mr. Kier recently made his con-ducting debut leading Gianni Schicchi in a joint project between Seattle Opera and the Yakima Symphony Orchestra. This season he conducts The Atlanta Opera’s student short performances of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and Die Zauberfl öte. In 2009, he joined the Santa Fe Opera music staff, assisting with their mainstage productions of La traviata and the world premiere of Paul Morvec’s The Letter as well as coaching the ap-prentice artists. He returns to Santa Fe in 2010 to assist on their mainstage productions of Die Zauberfl öte and The Tales of Hoffmann.


chorus master Walter Huff

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* S T R I N G S E C T I O N S A R E L I S T E D I N A L P H A B E T I C A L O R D E R

violin

Peter Ciaschini, Concertmaster

Lisa Morrison, Asst.Concertmaster (Acting)

Linda Cherniavsky, Principal, Second Violin

Rafael Veytsblum, Asst. Principal, Second Violin (Acting)

Edward EanesRobert GivensPatti Gouvas

Sheela IyengarAlison James

Steven K. LeonardMichele Mariage-VolzSally Wilson Martin

Lee NicholsonShawn Pagliarini

Patrick RyanAngele Sherwood-Lawless

Mayu T. SommovigoMimi TamElonia Varfi

Raffaela Wahby

viola

William Johnston, Principal Elizabeth Derderian-Wood,

Asst. Principal

Robert RieveJulie RosseterKarl Schab

Joli Wu

cello

Charae Krueger, PrincipalAvi Friedlander, Asst. Principal

Martin GueorguievDavid HancockMary KenneyCynthia Sulko

bass

Lyn DeRamus, PrincipalChristina BermanEmory Clements

Kaliya OkuriBrian Rehm

flute

James Zellers, PrincipalJeanne Carere

Kelly Bryant, Flute/Piccolo

oboe

Dane Philipsen, Principal Diana Dunn

Erica Howard, English Horn

clarinet

David Odom, PrincipalJeanne Heinze

John Warren, Clarinet /Bass Clarinet

bassoon

Mike Muszynski, Principal Debra Grove

horn

Kathy Wood, Principal (Acting)Julie Spencer

David BradleyAlan Brown

trumpet

Yvonne Toll, PrincipalKevin Lyons

trombone

Mark McConnell, PrincipalEdmon Nicholson

Richard Brady, Bass Trombone

tuba

Donald Strand, Principal

timpani

John Lawless, Principal

percussion

Michael Cebulski, PrincipalKaren HuntJeff Kershner

harp

Susan Brady, Principal

herald trumpets

John MorrisonJennifer Marotta

Paul PooveyGreg Holland

banda

Adam Hayes, trumpetHollie Lifshey, trumpetMichael Barry, trumpetCarol Doemel, trumpet

Eric Alexander, tromboneHollie Lawing, trombone

Thomas Gibson, tromboneNella Rigell, harp

personnel manager

Mark McConnell

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chorus

Lynnette AndersonCarla Elaine Atkinson

Denise DimsdaleLaura English-Robinson

Joan EstepMelissa FontaineKathye J. Gary

Jennye GuyValerie HammKeli JacksonMelissa KellyRebecca KierAmy Little

Lara LongsworthMaria McDaniel

Ann Marie McPhailNoelle Miller

Miffanwy MistrettaElise O’BanionLaura PeacockLeanna Pearson

Mary Brooke QuarlesJeanne Ann Ratliff

Erreka ReedDenise Sims-Lyttle

Laurie TossingLenna Turner

Kristin VienneauJoyce L. Williams

Kimberly WilliamsYolonda Williams

Carrie Anne Wilson

dancers

Toni DoctorJustin Evans

Clair FaulknerNick Hagelin

Tamara Merritt IrvingNia LancelinBrian MasonCory Willis

chorus

J. Robert AdamsJ. Daniel Altman

Kyle BarnesCharles Baugh

James Binion, Jr.Keith BlountChris BoggsJosh Borden

Zachary BrownBradley Candie

Christopher S. ConnellyGabriel Couret

Christopher J. DeraneyPeter Clayton Dickson

Melvin FosterMichael Gaare

C. Augustus GodbeeTimothy Harper

Christopher HawkinsMarcus O. HillIsrael Hillery

John IrvinGrant JonesBen Larkin

Brett McMichaelTimothy Miller

Conrad J. MooreTony O’Dell

Timothy ParhamBen Polite

Marc PorlierWill RamseurJason RoyalIván Segovia

Dennis ShumanGregory Sterchi

Trenton Tunnell IIILeif Westermark

Nima YazdanpanahJohn Young, Jr.

supernumeraries

Gary BabiarzLeon Von BrownJason CaldwellLily Chambers

Chris DeutschlerJoshua DonahuePatrick Donohue

Mats DreyerRich DunvillePhilip Fuller

Dean-Carlo GrantDeVario HannahMatthew Hendrix

Macon HillJerry HunterJoel Ishman

Dorothy MacdonaldMike Magursky

Mike MorinBen OlasovBill Pacer

Trevor PettyGill Ritt

Bryan RoyMurray SarkinPeter Seymour

Andrea StricklandTim Stylez

Alexander SundBeth Suryan

Carla SweetwoodCarol TomeJason Tyler

Steve WarrenJodi Weiner

Bradley WilliamsSpiro WinsettBrian Work


Myriam Acevedo

Barbara Ambus

Denise Anderson

Joan and Sanford Baskin

Eric Bender

Heather Bulla

Charley Burney

Debra Caldwell

Jessica Callaham

Brandon Clivens

Jean Cornn

Laura Cox

Marilyn Daniels

Seth Davis

Chris Deutschler

Richard Dodder

Brad Dorfman

Charlene M. Eiffert

Jessica Ellis

Debra Empting

Angela Fairley

Sonya Faniel

Genevieve Fink

Jane Fishman

Ann Fritz

Gurinder Garcha

Anne Marie “Peg” Gary

Devario Hannah

Elizabeth Harven

Julie Hentz

Cherilyn O. Heyliger

Amy Hightower

Kimberly A. Hunter

Nancy Ickes

Carol Jaeger

Sache Jones

W.C. Jones, Jr.

Mary Kitchens

Helen and Steve Kraus

Michael Kraus

Virginia J. Lam

Sue Lawrence

Lydia L. Lee

Peg and James Lowman

William A. Markle

Dan Maslia

Mary Ruth McDonald

Laura McIntosh

Lorrain and Joseph Mills

Sumbul Mirza

Vermelle Mohmad

Fatimah Mustafaa

Stephanie Nixon

Vernon Norris

Kim Ong

Sonia Oxman

Polly Pater

Alexandra Perrotta

Faye Popper

Ezi Porbeni

Zabrina Rios

Diana Robinson

Kristin Sampson

Catherine Sanchez

Cherylene Sands

Joyce Schechter

Dan Shumate

Ruth Siegel

Virginia Sims

Verna Slade

Jennifer Spivey

Eleanor and Jim Strain

Sharon and Mac Sudduth

Beth Suryan

Katherine Teixeira

Ruth Vaught

Mark and Tricia Vogelgesang

Alice Wade

Lafeea Watson

Harold Whitney

Laura Williams

Ashlei Williams

Jerry Xi

The Atlanta Opera thanks its passionate and dedicated volunteers for their generous donation of time during the fi rst half of our 2009-2010 season. The volunteers listed here participated in one or more activities including: mass mailings, special events, stage crafts, wigs, makeup, artist transportation and offi ce administration. Through dedicated per-formance of these tasks, volunteers gave support far beyond a monetary measure, for which The Atlanta Opera is deeply grateful!

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We at The Atlanta Opera understand that sharing the joy of music and theater with audiences of all ages is an integral part of our organizational mission. March may be the offi cial “Music In Our Schools Month,” but The Atlanta Opera has started the celebration early and will continue to celebrate music education all spring. The 2010 Atlanta Opera Studio Tour kicked off the fi rst of February, and school children throughout the Metro region and in other parts of the state have been learning about opera through our lively version of the Hans Christian Anderson classic tale of The Ugly Duckling. For most students, this is their fi rst, and for some it will be their only, experience of opera. The tour continues through March, and includes special performances for home- school families and children celebrating a teacher work day on Friday, March 12. We are looking forward to seeing old friends and visiting new schools as well this spring!

Opera Workshops and Opera Trunks provide other in-school opportunities for elementary, middle, and high-school students to learn about opera and the performing arts. Opera Workshops are appropriate for grades k-12 and offer students a more intimate “hands-on” opera experience. Designed for a classroom of students, the workshops allow extensive interaction between students and artists and are tailored to meet the needs of a particular class and its

curriculum and provide ample time for students to ask questions. 2009-2010 workshop topics include the following: What is Opera?; Preparing and Auditioning for a Role; Opera Production/Technical Theater; and Careers in Opera.

Opera Trunks provide opera-related resources for the classroom or after-school educator. Each trunk contains recordings of the featured opera, as well as additional books, CDs, activities and costume/prop elements which can make opera come alive for students while weaving its study throughout the various classroom subjects. Trunks can be used by one or several teachers during the rental period. 2009-2010 trunks feature Verdi’s Aida and Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

We look forward to continuing to celebrate our 30th anniversary season with our annual Opera Family Day on Saturday, March 27 from 10am-2pm at The Atlanta Opera Center. This is a fun event for young families, featuring performances and demonstrations, crafts, interactive costume shop, and more.

For information on our educational programs, or to book a performance or workshop, please contact Emmalee Iden, Education Manager, at 404.881.8883 or [email protected].

O P E R A W O R K S H O P S ( E M M A L E E I D E N )

The Atlanta Opera Family Day

Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10 am - 2 pm

Fun for the whole family! Come learn about and celebrate

the art form with The Atlanta Opera through performances,

demonstrations, crafts, interactive costume shop and much more!

• Grades PreK-3

• $5 Admission

• Lunch available for purchase on-site

For more information, contact Emmalee Iden, Education Manager,

at 404.881.8883 or [email protected]


The Atlanta Opera Comprimarios

A Membership Group for Young Professionals

Interested in socializing, networking, and having fun with fellow

arts enthusiasts? Join today for just $25 to receive special ticket

deals and invitations to exclusive Comprimarios events all year long!

For more information and updated event listings, pick up a copy of

the Comprimarios ARIA newsletter in the lobby and follow us online:

www.facebook.com/TheAtlantaOpera

www.twitter.com/TheAtlantaOpera

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corporate partners

$500,000 or more

AT&T


Zurich American Insurance Company

$250,000+Wachovia Bank

$10,000+Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.

$5 ,000+Manulife Financial

McMaster-Carr Supply Co.

$1 ,000+Montag & Caldwell, LLC

The Arnold Fund

ULTRA Commerical Interiors, Inc.

$250+Hewatt Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Laser Development

Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.

local & government funding

$50,000+Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Foundation

Atlanta Music Festival Association

Georgia Council for the Arts

$10,000+National Endowment for the Arts

foundation partners

$500,000 or more

Anonymous

The Goizueta Foundation

$100,000+Wachovia Bank

$50,000+Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

The Rich Foundation

The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

$10,000+Anonymous

The Atlanta Foundation

Charles Loridans Foundation

ChoicePoint Foundation

Donald and Marilyn Keough Foundation

J. Marshall and Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust

The Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation

Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition

$5 ,000+Camp-Younts Foundation

Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

The Home Depot Foundation

JBS Foundation

Nordson Corporation Foundation

Thomas H. Pitts Fund

The Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund

The Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

$2,500+Middle J Foundation, Inc

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund

$1 ,000+Atlanta Opera Guild

Herbert and Marian Haley Foundation

The Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta

$250+Lubo Fund, Inc.

WGBH Educational Foundation

new production patron

$300,000+Anonymous

Dr. and Mrs. James W. Bland, Jr.

Mrs. W. Harry Willson

revival production patron

$150,000+Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.

Ms. Barbara D. Stewart **

artist patron

$45 ,000+Dr. Alexander Gross and Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross

Candy and Greg Johnson **

Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk **

Mr. William F. Snyder and Mr. Louis A. Peneguy **

Lynne and Steve Steindel **

Rhys and Carolyn Wilson **

Bob and Cappa Woodward **

Charlie and Dorothy Yates Family Fund

The Mary and Charlie Yates Family Fund **

conductor patron

$20,000+Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley **

Mr. David Boatwright

The Laura & Montague Boyd Foundation in honor of

Eleanor Huie Strain

Dr. & Mrs. W. Brantley Burns in memory of

Martha Louise Mason Burns

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Calhoun III

conductor patron (cont . )$20,000+Lucy and John Cook

Mr. and Mrs. David Dorman

Ms. Rebecca Y. Frazer and Mr. Jon Buttrey

Jane and Don Gatley

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Greene

John L. Hammaker **

Mr. Harald R. Hansen

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keough

Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. McDowell

Dr. and Mrs. John O’Shea **

William E. Pennington **

Jerry and Dulcy Rosenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Searle, III

Mr. and Mrs. Baker A. Smith **

Lynne and Steve Steindel **

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Tucker

additional multi-year gifts

$15 ,000+Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan **

$7,500+Hills Family Foundation

$2,500+Dr. Marilyn Stockton

The Society for Artistic Excellence membership includes a minimum pledge of $20,000 over three years. The gifts listed below will help The Atlanta Opera build its artistic and fi nancial capacity. The generous donors are enabling our organization to continue to present world-class performances.

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maestro fund

Anonymous

Mr. Robert Arogeti

The John and Nancy Bell Family Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cathy

Drs. Michael and Ellen Chalef

Ms. Ruth Gershon and Mr. Sandy Cohn

Mr. Louis W. Corrigan, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin

Barbara and Bill Klineman

Mr. and Mrs. Abe Levine

Mr. Jeffrey Levine

Dr. Robert and Judge Stephanie Manis

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.

Morris Family Foundation


Michaela and Michael Rosenblatt

Mr. William C. Wardlaw

composer ($10,000+)Anonymous

Julie and Jim Balloun

John and Rosemary Brown

Thomas and Loraine Williams Foundation

conductor ($5 ,000+)Mr. Bryan H. Barnes

Mrs. Elizabeth Tufts Bennett

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Berg

Dr. R. Dwain Blackston

Doug and Donna Curling

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Gilham, Jr.

Dr. Thomas N. Guffi n, Jr.

Ms. Louise S. Gunn

Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison

Mr. James D. Powell

Mr. Charles Sharbaugh

principal ($2,500+)Mr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Alvelda

Jean and Jerry Cooper

Dr. Kristin R. Corgan

Jerry Dilts and David MacGilvray

Col. and Mrs. Edgar W. Duskin

Ms. Dorothy E. Edwards

Dr. and Mrs. P. Frank Hagerty

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hantula

Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Howard

Mrs. Joseph W. Jones

Mr. Louis L. Lawson

Margaret and Hank McCamish

The Devereaux F. & Dorothy M. McClatchey Foundation

Anna Louise and Beatrice McCormack

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Ripps

Milton J. Sams

Morton and Angela Sherzer

Mr. Thomas A. Stevens

Mr. and Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr.

Mr. Richard Tigner

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Walsh

Mr. W. C. Wyatt, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Yuschok

chorus ($1 ,000+)Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori

Dr. Joseph H. Astrachan

Drs. Joseph C. and Florence C. Barnett

Listed on the following pages are donors who contributed cumulative donations of $500 or more to The Atlanta Opera between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Contributions of under $500 are listed on our Web site, www.atlantaopera.org. The lists refl ect gifts from individuals, family foundations, Board of Directors, staff, chorus and orchestra. Please know we value every donor and appreciate your on-going support.

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Clinton and Barbara Bastin

Mr. and Mrs. C. Duncan Beard

Ms. Jan P. Beaves

Allison Krebs Bensch and Torsten Bensch

Ms. Pamela Benson

Ms. Martha S. Brewer

Ms. Gwendolyn Brooker

Joanna Buffi ngton

Dr. J. Bricker Burns

Michael and Debra Caldwell

Dr. Bruce Cassidy and Dr. Eda Hochgelerent

Mr. David Connell

Ms. Lillianette Cook

Dr. John W. Cooledge

Mr. Randy L. Craven

Mrs. Overton A. Currie

Dr. and Mrs. F. Thomas Daly, Jr.

Ms. Suzanne Dansby Phelps

Mr. Robert S. Devins

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ethridge, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Folger

Peg Simms Gary

R. Derril Gay, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Gluck

Mr. Thomas Gregory

Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. George Gundersen

Mr. Dennis Hanthorn

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hardin

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hartnig

Mr. Michael D. Hastings

Mr. and Mrs. James Horgan

Ann P. and Ezra F. Howington

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Huffman

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Hughes

Lou and Tom Jewell

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Johnson

James M. and Andrea Braslavsky Kane

Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich

Dr. Marion Leathers Kuntz

Mr. Lewis H. Larson

Mrs. Howard P. Lawrence

Ms. Linda L. Lively and Mr. James E. Hugh III

Samantha and William Markle

Jeanie and Albert Marx

Mr. and Mrs. Dan D. Maslia

Melissa E. McMorries and Jonathan Simmons

Mr. Frank M. Monger

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Morgan

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Perry

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Phillips

Mr. John S. Polascik III

Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchett

David Proulx and Joye McElroy

Ms. Barbara Rivenbark

The Honorable Judge Dorothy A. Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. George P. Rodrigue

Dawn and Randall Romig

John and Barbara Ross

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Rowles

Sachin Shailendra

Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Slappey

Dr. and Mrs. Patton P. Smith

Mr. Fred B. Smith

Yee-Wan and John Stevens

Ms. Melinda R. Stuk

Dr. Jane T. St. Clair and Mr. James E. Sustman

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Szikman

Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Tarbutton, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Terry Taylor

Dr. Nicholas Valerio III

Rae and George Weimer

Wadleigh C. Winship*

Ms. Bunny Winter and Mr. Michael Doyle

Drs. Martin and Holly York

sustainer ($500+)Anonymous

Judith and Aaron Alembik

Ruth and Ed Baer

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bailey

Mr. David Baker

Mrs. Enrique E. Bledel

Mr. Eugene Boeke, Jr.

Anita and Marshall Brittain

Dr. Harold Brody

Mr. Frederick D. Brooks

Ms. Marion Bunker

Mr. Dan Carithers

Mr. James Caswell

Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Chandler

Mrs. Carol J. Clark

Mr. Michael Clutter

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Colberg

Mr. Bruce E. Corrigan

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Curry

Maureen and Michael Dailey

Shelley McGehee and Sylvia Debenport

Mr. and Mrs. Tom DeBra

Carol and Jerry Demery

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Duckworth

Dallas Duncan Franklin

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Engeman, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. John Gam

Col. and Mrs. Donald M. Gilner

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Goldstein

Dr. Edwin Gordon

Ms. Elizabeth Griffi s

Judge Adele P. Grubbs

Sylvia Halleck

Ms. Helen K. Hammonds

Dean and Vivian Haulton

Ben and Sarah Hautt

Mr. George Hickman, III

Mr. L. D. Holland

Ms. Marjorie K. Holler

James E. Honkisz and Catherine Binns

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas C. Howard

Dr. Karen Kuehn Howell

Mr. James Hurtsellers

Mr. Jason Ingraham

John A. Isakson

Dr. and Mrs. Duke Jackson, Jr.

Mr. Doyle P. Jones

Ms. Jo Elliott Jones

Mrs. Jo W. Koch

Dr. Lisa A. Tedesco and Mr. David W. Kuehn

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kurth

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Langford

Mr. Charles B. LeBlanc and Mrs. Elsa LeBlanc

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lembeck

Dr. Jason Liebzeit

Richard Lodise and Valerie Jagiella

Dr. Jo Marie Lyons and Mrs. Betty C. Lyons

Douglas W. and Sarah Mabry

Stanley and Elaine Mager

Ms. Marge McDonald

Betty B. McKemie

Mr. and Mrs. John McMullan

Mr. and Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III

Mrs. Rhonda Dawes Milner

Ms. Margaret L. Mitchell

Ms. Priscilla M. Moran

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Morelli II

Barbara and Mark Murovitz

Terri and Stephen Nagler

Ms. Carol Niemi

Mrs. Amy Wynn Norman

Mr. Wiley C. Owen

Shawn Pagliarini

Ms. Beverley Paquette

Ms. Nadeen A. Paul

George and Libba Pickett

Dr. and Mrs. Garratt Ponder

Mr. David Pylate

Mr. Klaus Rees

Ms. Karen D. Rider

Ms. Regena J. Riffey

Ms. Heidi M. Rockwood

Sidney and Phyllis Rodbell

Mr. Hervey S. Ross

Ms. Sharon Schachter

Mr. Clifford E. Schane

Mrs. Helen A. Schellman

Mr. Nicholas Shreiber

Rev. Thomas B. Shuler

Mr. Robert Sidewater

Margaret and Harry Smith

Mr. Peter James Stelling

Ms. Antoinette L. Stewart

Steve and Christine Strong

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Stuart

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Intermezzo

Spend Intermission with the Zurich General Director and Fellow Opera Lovers!Donate $2500 or more to The Atlanta Opera and have select access to Intermezzo Salon – a complimentary intermission reception where there’s always a glass of wine waiting for you! As a Patron, you will enjoy:

• special backstage tours • private events & rehearsals • complimentary valet parking

For information, call and speak to a Major Gifts Offi cer at 4o4.881.8801. NOTE: The Intermezzo Salon is located in the Main Lobby near the concierge desk.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Tarbutton

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor

Mr. Richard Thio

Mr. James Todd

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Tuller

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Ventulett III

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Walden

Dr. and Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.

Ms. Anne Williams

Larry and Beverly Willson

Mrs. Frank Wilson, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. David Wingert

Mrs. Geraldine S. Woodward

Ms. Mary L. Yost

Mr. and Mrs. John Zellner

Mr. Roy J. Zingrich and Ms. Sherryl L. Payne

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individuals

($25 ,000+)Mr. and Mrs. Donald Keough

($20,000+)Dr. and Mrs. James W. Bland, Jr.

($10,000+)Mr. and Mrs. Harmon B. Miller, III

($5 ,000+)Jane and Don Gatley

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hayes, III

Judith and Mark Taylor

($2,500+)Mr. and Mrs. Denis Duncan

Dr. and Mrs. P. Frank Hagerty

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Y. Jobe

Margaret and Hank McCamish

Mr. William McDaniel

Melissa E. McMorries and Jonathan Simmons

Mr. Nicholas Shreiber

Jean and John Wilson

($1 ,000+)The Laura & Montague Boyd Foundation

Mrs. Overton A. Currie

Ms. Sandra Ecker

Heike and Dieter Elsner

Ms. Rebecca Y. Frazer and Mr. Jon Buttrey

Ms. Louise S. Gunn

Lou and Tom Jewell

Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich

Mr. Lewis H. Larson

Jeanie and Albert Marx

William McDaniel Charitable Foundation

Mary Ruth McDonald

Terri and Stephen Nagler

Ms. Nadeen A. Paul


Yee-Wan and John Stevens

Dr. and Mrs. Terry Taylor

Dr. Nicholas Valerio III

The Mary and Charlie Yates Family Fund

($500+)Wendy and Neal Aronson

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barker

Dr. Asad Bashey

Clinton and Barbara Bastin

Dr. J. Bricker Burns

Mr. and Mrs. Chris M. Carlos

Shelley McGehee and Sylvia Debenport

Heather and Eli Flint

H C Design

Mr. James Horgan

Linda and Richard Hubert

Dr. Isabella T. Jenkins

Mr. Doyle P. Jones

Mr.Get Kampfer

Dr. Mary M. Kent

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kurth

Mr. and Mrs. J. David Lifsey

Dr. and Mrs. P. Mather Lindsay

Ms. Su So Longman

The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.

Ms. Barbara Rivenbark

Dawn and Randall Romig


Mr. and Mrs. Mason Rountree

Rev. Mr. Thomas B. Shuler

Mr. Brenn Smith

Mr. Peter James Stelling

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Thomas

Mrs. Frank Wilson, Jr.

Mrs. Geraldine S. Woodward

Ms. Mary L. Yost

in memory of neale martin bearden

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Cohen

in honor of mrs. elizabeth tufts bennett

Mr. Roberto Gonzales

in honor of walter huff

Rina Rosenberg and Bill Witherspoon

in honor of marc graney

Mrs. Christina L. Graney

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corporate

($5 ,000+)Genuine Parts Company

($2,500+)Anonymous

foundations

($100,000+)The Goizueta Foundation

($50,000+)Atlanta Music Festival Association

The Rich Foundation

Zeist Foundation

($10,000+)Anonymous


The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

J. Marshall and Lucille G. Powell Charitable Trust

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

($5 ,000+)Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation

Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

Fraser-Parker Foundation

The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.

JBS Foundation

($2,500+)Camp-Younts Foundation

Target Stores

($1 ,000+)Lois and Lucy Lampkin Foundation

Herbert and Marian Haley Foundation

The Wachovia Foundation

($250+)Bright Wings Foundation

government

($50,000+)Georgia Council of the Arts

($10,000+)National Endowment for the Arts

($5 ,000+)American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

maestro fund

Anonymous

Mr. Robert M. Franco

Ms. Barbara K. Hoffman

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kuranoff

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Levine

Mr. and Mrs. Ehud Levy

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Teodoro Maus

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Natbony


Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rosenzweig

The Joseph and Felicia Weber Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Thurman, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Yudelson

Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Zaban

Listed below are donors who contributed cumulative donations of $500 or more to The Atlanta Opera between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Contributions of under $500 are listed on our Web site, www.AtlantaOpera.org. The lists refl ect gifts from individuals, family foundations, Board of Directors and staff. Please know we value every donor and appreciate your on-going support.


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in memory of rachel lehmann

Mr. Michael Friedman

in memory of nancy taffel

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

Dr. Herbert W. Eber

Ms. Elizabeth F. Meeker

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wakefi eld

in memory of betsy hansen

Mr. Harald Hansen

in memory of kitty anderson

Ms. Barbara Ann Blakely

Mr. Edward Stockman

Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson C. Ulbricht

The Pro-Mozart Society of Atlanta, Inc.

in honor of

dr. and mrs. james w. bland, jr .

Constance W. Treloar

in memory of anne m. colgin

Mr. William E. Pennington

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

in memory of mrs. june crawford

Dr. James M. Crawford

in memory of eric friberg



in honor of dr. alexander gross

Georgia Dermatology Center

in memory of betsy hansen


in memory of john vernon jones

Mr. John A. Chambers



Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Elkins

Ms. Marlene Harding


Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy and Dr. Bill Kenny

Ms. Virginia Lam

Mr. and Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel

Ms. Mary Ruth McDonald

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nemo


Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Reish

Sue and Alan Rothstein

Ms. Beth Ruddiman

Dr. Robert M. Schultz

Ms. Barbara D. Stewart


Jim and Eleanor Strain

Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Zweig, M.D.

in memory of jeff metcalf

John L. Hammaker

in memory of karina miller

Mr. and Mrs. Holcombe T. Green, Jr.

John L. Hammaker

in honor of mark and ann rowles

Mr. Stephen P. Rowles

in memory of ryan smith

Johannah Smith


in memory of mrs. steindel

Ms. Linda Mattocks

in memory of marya gabrielle williams

Ms. Marilon Jone P. Williams

in honor of cappa and bob woodward

Mr. and Mrs. Van Spear

in honor of charlie yates

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clark IV

Mr. Sam Olens

Mr. Joshua Zeller

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Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley

Ms. Mary D. Bray

Estate of Anne Moore Colgin

Mr. Robert Colgin

Estate of Mrs. Judy Darby


Mr. and Mrs. Dieter Elsner


Ms. Judy Hanenkrat

Estate of Mr. Albert L. Hibbard

Estate of Mr. Robert N. Hoehn, Jr.

Mr. Hilson Hudson


Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy

Estate of Mrs. Alfred D. Kennedy, Sr.

Estate of Mrs. Isabelle Woolford Kennedy

Ms. Corina M. LaFrossia

Mr. Louis L. Lawson

Mr. Robert Lee Mays

Mr. and Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel

Estate of Michael A. McDowell

Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. McDowell

Mr. and Mrs. Craig N. Miller

Miss Helen D. Moffi tt

Mr. J. Robert Morring

Mr. and Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin

Clara M. and John S. O’Shea

Mrs. Polly Pater

Estate of Mr. Jack Poole

Mrs. Hazel Sanger

Mr. Paul Sanger

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr.

Ms. Barbara D. Stewart

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen

Mr. Richard F. Tigner

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Whitney

Estate of Mrs. Ruth D. Williams


Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Yates, Sr.

Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Mitchell Yates

Ms. Mary L. Yost

Where there’s a will – there’s a way!

The Atlanta Opera sincerely appreciates your generous support and belief in our mission of bringing the highest quality opera productions and education to our community. By leaving your legacy to The Atlanta Opera, you will receive the satisfaction of supporting an art form you care deeply about while providing a foundation for the future of opera for generations to come.

Creating an estate plan requires advice from a professional. The Atlanta Opera encourages you to consult your advisor to make sure your gift will accomplish your intended goals. We are happy to meet with you to explore the options which are most benefi cial to you and discuss how your gift can help preserve the Opera’s future.

For further information, or if you have already named The Atlanta Opera in your plans and would like to be a member of the Encore Circle, please contact:Pamela Benson, Major Gifts Offi cer [email protected] 404.591.2921 orRae Weimer, Major Gifts Offi cer [email protected] 404.343.7125

The Encore Circle

The Atlanta Opera established The Encore Circle to recognize and honor those donors who have designated the Opera as a benefi ciary in their estate planning. Gifts from these individuals ensure our progress for generations to come.

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$1 ,000,000+Atlanta Music Festival Association

Georgia Council for the Arts

The Goizueta Foundation


The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc.

$500,000+Anonymous (2)

AT&T



Fulton County Arts Council

Mrs. Alfred D. Kennedy, Sr.*

Wachovia Bank

Zurich American Insurance Company

$250,000+Anonymous

Atlanta Journal-Constitution**

Charles Loridans Foundation

David, Helen, and Marian Woodward Fund

Mrs. Olga Casteleiro de Goizueta

Mr. and Mrs. Holcombe T. Green, Jr.

Candy and Greg Johnson

The Kendeda Fund

Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy and Dr. Bill Kenny

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough

Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.

Peggy and Jack McDowell

Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Melosi

The Rich Foundation

Sara Giles Moore Foundation

StarEnterprise

David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund

Bob and Cappa Woodward

$100,000+American Color Graphics**

Mr. and Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs


Bank of America

The Verdi Society was created by the Board of Directors to honor those whose philanthropy support and dedication has been instrumental in the growth of The Atlanta Opera. Membership in the Verdi Society is limited to those individuals, corporations and organizations whose gifts have accumulated to $100,000 and above.

To learn more about the Verdi Society and how you may become a member please contact Pamela Benson or Rae Weimer at 404.881.8801.

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Mr. Robert O. Breitling, Jr.

Ms. Janine Brown and Mr. Alex J. Simmons, Jr.

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colgin

Cumberland Community Improvement District

Delta Air Lines, Inc.**

Mr. Robert S. Devins

Fidelity National Bank

Friends of The Atlanta Opera

Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

Georgia-Pacifi c Corporation

Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gillfi llan


Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Goodwin

Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Gregory, Jr.

John L. Hammaker

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hayes III


Industrial Developments International

J. Marshall and Lucille G. Powell Charitable Trust

The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation

The Junior League of Atlanta

The Katherine John Murphy Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Klump

Livingston Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Malcolm

The Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation

Sally and Allen McDaniel

Mellon - Private Wealth Management

Mr. and Mrs.* James B. Miller, Jr.

Mrs. O. Ray Moore

National Endowment for the Arts

Clara M. and John S. O’Shea

Mrs. Polly N. Pater


Mr. Jack Poole

The Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund

PricewaterhouseCoopers

The Residence Inn by Marriott**

Mrs. Deen Day Sanders

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. and Dr. William E. Torres

Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart A. Searle

Mr. William F. Snyder and Mr. Louis A. Peneguy

SunTrust Banks, Inc.


The Tull Charitable Foundation

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Thomas and Loraine Williams Foundation

Ms. Ruth Dimick Williams

Jean and John Wilson

Rhys and Carolyn Wilson

Wadleigh C. Winship*



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officers

Chairman Emeritus, Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley

Chairman, Mr. Gregory F. Johnson,

Republic National Distributing Company, Inc.

President, Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr.,

Zurich Financial Services Group

Vice President, Ms. Barbara D. Stewart, Stewart Economics

Treasurer, Mr. Michael Keough, DMK International

Secretary, Mr. Robert G. Woodward, King & Spalding

members

Mr. Bryan H. Barnes, Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Mr. Andy Berg, Homrich Berg

Mrs. James W. Bland, Jr.

Mr. Montague L. Boyd, III, UBS Financial

Ms. Janine Brown, Alston & Bird, LLP

Ms. Sharon J. Byers, The Coca-Cola Company

Mrs. John W. Calhoun, III

The Very Reverend Samuel G. Candler,

Cathedral of St. Philip

Mr. G. Bert Clark, Jr., Estate Strategies Group, LLC

Mr. Mario Concha, Concha Consulting LLC

Mr. David Connell, Georgia Power

Ms. Martha Thompson Dinos

Mr. Denis Duncan, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC

Mr. Robert G. Edge, Alston & Bird


Mr. Dieter Elsner, Roedl Langford de Kock LP

Mr. Eli Flint, Flight Options

Mr. David Greene, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Dr. Edwin Gordon, The Walker School

Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross

Mr. John L. Hammaker

Mr. John Michael Hancock

Mr. William J. Hayes, III, Bain & Company, Inc.

Mr. Thomas D. Hills, State of Georgia

Mr. Douglas R. Hooker, PBS&J

Mr. John Isakson, Jr., Williams Asset Management

Ms. Mary B. James

Mr. Michael L. Keough, DMK International

Mrs. Carl Knobloch

Sally S. McDaniel, Sally S. McDaniel Consulting & Training

Mrs. Jack C. McDowell

members (cont. )Ms. Melissa E. McMorries, Taylor English Duma, LLP

Mr. Richard McPhail, The Home Depot, Inc.

Mr. Harmon B. Miller, III, Miller Zell, Inc.

Mr. James B. Miller, Fidelity Bank

Dr. John O’Shea, Emory Health Systems, retired


Mr. James D. Powell, KPMG, LLP

Mr. James R. Robinson, Arnall, Golden, Gregory, LLP

Mr. Bruce A. Roth, Roth & Associates, Inc.

Mr. J. Barry Schrenk, Taggarts’ Driving School

Mr. Stewart A. Searle, Strategic Thought Partners

Mr. Sachin Shailendra, S G Contracting

Mr. Charles Sharbaugh, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP

Mr. Timothy E. Sheehan, Mellon Private Wealth Management

Mr. Baker A. Smith, BDO Consulting Corp. Advisors, LLC.

Mr. Steve Steindel

Mr. Kessel D. Stelling, Jr., Bank of North Georgia

Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr., Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

Mr. William E. Tucker, Tucker, Midis & Associates, LLC

Mr. Timothy J. Walsh, Lanier Parking Solutions

Mr. Thomas R. Williams

Mrs. Harry Willson, Sunnyland Farms, Inc.

Mr. Rhys T. Wilson, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Mr. Alexander P. Woollcott, Thompson Hine, LLP

honorary members

Mr. Carl I. Gable

Mr. John S. Gillfi llan

Mrs. Holcombe T. Green, Jr., WestPoint Stevens

Mr. Carter Joseph, Empire Distributors

Mr. Donald Keough, DMK International

Chairman Sam Olens, Cobb County Board of Commisioners

Mr. Mark K. Taylor, HT Group, LLC

Mrs. John C. Wilson

Ms. Bunny Winter, The Coca-Cola Co., retired

ex-officio members

Mr. Dennis Hanthorn, Zurich General Director

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concessions

Concession stands are located in the center of the lobbies on all three levels. Food and beverage items are prohibited inside the the-atre. Thank you for your cooperation.

restrooms

Restrooms are located on house right and house left of all three lobbies. Family rest-rooms are also located on house right of all three lobbies. Mobility-impaired patrons may use any of our restrooms.

parking

There are 1,000 parking spaces available at a $5 charge per car. Valet service is available for $10. Please be sure to allow enough time for travel to the theatre and parking as there is no late seating.

atm

There is one Bank of North Georgia ATM located in the grand lobby.

coat check

Coat check is available at the concierge desk.

emergency information

In the event of an emergency, please locate the nearest usher who will direct you to the appropriate exit.

elevators

Elevators are located on each side of the lob-bies on all levels.

lost and found

Lost and Found items are turned into the concierge desk on the day of a performance. To inquire about a lost item, please call the House Manager at 770.916.2828.

smoking

Smoking is prohibited inside the building.Please use the terrace exit to step outside and smoke.

special assistance

Persons requiring access assistance are asked to contact the box offi ce at 770.916.2850 for advance arrangements.

Audio clarifi cation devices are available to our hearing impaired guests at no charge. This is on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis, or you may call the House Manager ahead of time to reserve one 770.916.2828. A limited number of booster seats are also available. All items require a form of identifi cation to be held until the item is returned.

cobb energy centre rules & requests

• All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the performance. Please be aware that not all performances are suitable for children.

• Infants will not be admitted to adult pro-grams. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

• There is no late seating allowed. Closed-circuit monitors are provided in the lobby as a courtesy to latecomers.

• Please turn off all cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance.

• Please limit conversation during the per-formance.

• Cameras (including use of cell phone cam-era) and audio & video recording devices are strictly prohibited at all times.

• Leaving while the show is in progress is discourteous and we ask that you refrain from doing so.

• Please unwrap all candies and cough drops before the performance.

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zurich general director

Dennis Hanthorn

artistic ⁄ production ⁄ education

Eric Mitchko, Director of Artistic Administration

Elecia Crowley, Company Manager

Michael Benedict, Production Manager

Emmalee Iden, Education Manager

Craig Kier, Principal Coach/Accompanist

Walter Huff, Chorus Master

communications

Cristina Vásconez Herrera, Director of Communications

Kelly Poor, Receptionist

development

Mary K. Roarabaugh, Director of Development

Gregory P. Carraway, Foundation & Grants Manager

Pamela Benson, Major Gifts Offi cer

Rae Weimer, Major Gifts Offi cer

Dzauya Nkuchwayo, Annual Fund Manager

Amanda Wilborn, Special Events Coordinator

finance ⁄ administration

Paul Melroy, Senior Director of Finance and Administration

Bret Busch, Data Operations Manager

Adam Jacob, Accounting Manager

Sarah Hautt, Assistant to the Zurich General Director

marketing

Shannon K. McClure, Director of Marketing

Alice M. Stoner, Assistant Director of Marketing

Dallas Duncan Franklin, Creative Services Manager

Charles Swint, Audience Development Manager

Alan Strange, Ticketing Services Manager

Lindsay V.W. Smith, Ticketing Services Associate

Rykie Belles, Ticketing Services Assistant

cobb energy performing arts

centre production staff

Michael Cronin, Technical Director

Bryan Huggett, Head Electrician

Johannes Pikel, Master Carpenter

Chris Barber, Audio Engineer

the atlanta opera costume shop

Joanna Schmink, Costume Coordinator

Patricia McMahon, Costume Shop Manager

Arienne M. Gascon, Costume Assistant

Ken McNeil, Wardrobe Supervisor

Synithia Cochran, First Hand

Melinda Brown, Stitcher

Laury Conley, Stitcher

Fiona Leonard, Sticher

Brett Parker, Intern

seasonal staff

John Beaulieu, Technical Director/Master Carpenter

Sherrie Dee Brewer, Production Stage Manager

Ashley Pollard, Assistant Stage Manager

Emily Diller, Assistant Stage Manager

Catherine Babb, Properties Master

Patricia Tuckwiller, Master Electrician

Stephen Dubay, Master Electrician

Christina Whitaker, Wig and Makeup Artist

J. Montgomery Schuth, Wig and Makeup Artist

Nanette Kennedy, Wig and Makeup Artist

Aida Scuffl e, Wig and Makeup Artist

Christian Ellesmere-Jones, Wig and Makeup Artist

Katrina Suhre, Wig and Makeup Artist

Emily Pape, Wig and Makeup Artist

Edward Wenzer, Wig and Makeup Artist

Jared Hunter, Technical Theater Apprentice

Amanda Davis, Technical Theater Apprentice

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