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I have often written in this space about the renaissance that is underway in the world of opera, and how the United States is the epicenter of that renaissance. Three Decembers is one of the best examples. Written in the 21st century with corresponding sensibilities and sophistication, it deals with timeless themes in new ways.

Discoveries will not limit itself to only new works. It will also seek out less frequently produced classical works and apply that same sensibility and sophistication to them. Undertaking such an adventure is not without risk, and we are grateful to everyone who has made it possible, especially our launch underwriting sponsors, John and Rosemary Brown.

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Enjoy the show!

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Performed in English.Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera.Approximate running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes. The production will be performed without an intermission.

CAST (iN ORDER Of vOCAl APPEARANCE)

CHARliE Jesse Blumberg

BEATRiCE Jennifer Black

MADEliNE MiTCHEll Theodora Hanslowe

MUSiC Jake Heggie

liBRETTO Gene Scheer, based on the play Some Christmas Letters by Terrence McNally

fiRST PERfORMANCE Houston Grand Opera, Cullen Theater, Feb. 29, 2008

MUSiCAl PREPARATiON & PiANiST Lynn Baker

ASSiSTANT STAGE DiRECTOR Marcus Shields

STAGE MANAGER Greg Boyle

ASSiSTANT STAGE MANAGER Emma Ramsay-Saxon

CONDUCTOR & PiANiST Steven Osgood

PRODUCTiON DiRECTOR Emma Griffin

SCENiC DESiGNER Laura Jellinek

COSTUME DESiGNER Joanna Schmink

liGHTiNG DESiGNER Ken Yunker

WiG & MAKEUP DESiGNER Melanie Steele

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CHARliE Jesse Blumberg

BEATRiCE Jennifer Black

MADEliNE MiTCHEll Theodora Hanslowe

MUSiC Jake Heggie

liBRETTO Gene Scheer, based on the play Some Christmas Letters by Terrence McNally

fiRST PERfORMANCE Houston Grand Opera, Cullen Theater, Feb. 29, 2008

MUSiCAl PREPARATiON & PiANiST Lynn Baker

ASSiSTANT STAGE DiRECTOR Marcus Shields

STAGE MANAGER Greg Boyle

ASSiSTANT STAGE MANAGER Emma Ramsay-Saxon

CONDUCTOR & PiANiST Steven Osgood

PRODUCTiON DiRECTOR Emma Griffin

SCENiC DESiGNER Laura Jellinek

COSTUME DESiGNER Joanna Schmink

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WiG & MAKEUP DESiGNER Melanie Steele

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SynopSiS

Three DeCemberSThe two adult children of famous actress Madeline Mitchell, have not come to terms with their mother’s absorption with her career and her resultant neglect of them. Their father, an actor, died in an accident when they were very small, and Madeline (Maddy) rationalizes that as a single mother and breadwinner it was necessary to put her career first.

Maddy’s daughter, Beatrice, and son, Charlie, are dealing with enormous problems: Bea is unhappily married and

seeks comfort from alcohol, while Charlie is about to lose his partner to AIDS. When Madeline is nominated for a Tony Award, she invites Charlie and Bea to attend the awards ceremony. She and Bea plan to meet at her apartment beforehand to get dressed, but Maddy doesn’t show up on time. Once again let down by her mother, Bea drinks. When Maddy finally arrives and sees the state Bea is in, she compares her to her father, setting off a chain reaction of recrimination, revelation, and, at long last, resolution.

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FirST, The WorDS: JAKe heGGIe ON The ArT OF cOLLAbOrATIONComposition can be a lonely business.

You spend days or even months by yourself, sometimes writing easily, sometimes smashing your head on a table or a keyboard to get any notes out at all. Th at is alternately enjoyable and frustrating. But a theater composer by nature has an intense need to be connected with people. For me, collaboration is what delivers the most

inspiration to compose. It always has. Th e alone time is terribly important, but the creative interaction invigorates my imagination like nothing else.

During the past 15 years, I have been fortunate to collaborate not only with some of the great singers of our time, but with inspirational conductors, directors, instrumentalists, arts administrators, and most of all: wonderful writers.

Collaborations with writers are especially important because, of course, without words there could be no songs and no opera. I cannot fathom why it is common practice in opera to leave the librettist’s name off the billing. Why is it only Mozart’s Così fan tutte and not Mozart and Da Ponte’s? Yes, music makes it an opera. But if the libretto isn’t strong, the opera will be fl awed. A composer may write fabulous music, but a weak libretto can kill it as an opera. It is theater, and a good libretto gives the composer the best chance to create a successful opera.

When I was a teenager, I set my own texts and wrote pop songs and musical theater ballads (I was sure I’d be writing for Barbra Streisand and Carly Simon. No dice.) But when I was 17, my fi rst composition teacher, the late Ernst Bacon, introduced me to poetry by Emily Dickenson and Walt Whitman and after that, nothing was the same. Th ose poems leapt off the page and sang to me, and throughout my twenties I wrote songs based on poetry by wonderful dead authors. A great and rewarding challenge, but very lonely. Rewrites are out, and there’s no way to call and ask what this or that meant to the writer.

In my late 20s, I suff ered an injury to my right hand (focal dystonia) that forced me to stop playing piano, and

as a result I stopped composing, too. In 1993, I moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco and landed a job fi rst at Cal Performances, and then at San Francisco Opera as the staff writer. I was in the public relations and marketing department and interacted with some of the world’s great singers on a daily basis. A few of them – fi rst and foremost the amazing Frederica von Stade – became very good friends and inspired me to compose again. Th anks to watching rehearsals for Conrad Susa and Philip Littell’s Th e Dangerous Liaisons, I became interested in collaborating with a writer.

So, for countertenor Brian Asawa and baritone Earle Patriarco, I asked my friend John Hall in Los Angeles for new texts (Encountertenor and Th oughts Unspoken). For soprano Nicolle Foland, I went to Bay Area poet Gini Savage (Natural Selection). For soprano Kristin Clayton, it was Philip Littell (Eve-Song). For Frederica von Stade, she herself wrote the words (Paper Wings, On the Road to Christmas, and Winter Roses). For Jennifer Larmore, it was Gavin Dillard (Of Gods and Cats), and so on. I also continued to set the classic

poets, and it was a rich time of learning and growing through lively exchange, challenge, and comparison. Th is period of exploration with writers led to a conversation that changed my life forever.

In 1996, Lotfi Mansouri, who was then general director at San Francisco Opera, called me into his offi ce and said, “I want you to write a new opera for the millennium. And I want to send you to New York to meet with Terrence McNally. I think you would make a great team.” Now remember, I was the PR guy at the time. Th e PR guy who wrote songs.

So how is a 35 year-old composer supposed to respond to that? A new work for San Francisco Opera? With Terrence McNally? It seemed impossible, improbable, terrifying, and incredibly exciting. What young composer would turn it down?

I met with Terrence in May of 1996 when he was still working on the musical Ragtime and preparing his play Love! Valor! Compassion! to be made into a movie. He was also moving to a new apartment and sorting through his vast record collection.

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Walking in 2011.photo Felix Sanchez for Houston Grand Opera

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FirST, The WorDS: JAKe heGGIe ON The ArT OF cOLLAbOrATIONComposition can be a lonely business.

You spend days or even months by yourself, sometimes writing easily, sometimes smashing your head on a table or a keyboard to get any notes out at all. Th at is alternately enjoyable and frustrating. But a theater composer by nature has an intense need to be connected with people. For me, collaboration is what delivers the most

inspiration to compose. It always has. Th e alone time is terribly important, but the creative interaction invigorates my imagination like nothing else.

During the past 15 years, I have been fortunate to collaborate not only with some of the great singers of our time, but with inspirational conductors, directors, instrumentalists, arts administrators, and most of all: wonderful writers.

Collaborations with writers are especially important because, of course, without words there could be no songs and no opera. I cannot fathom why it is common practice in opera to leave the librettist’s name off the billing. Why is it only Mozart’s Così fan tutte and not Mozart and Da Ponte’s? Yes, music makes it an opera. But if the libretto isn’t strong, the opera will be fl awed. A composer may write fabulous music, but a weak libretto can kill it as an opera. It is theater, and a good libretto gives the composer the best chance to create a successful opera.

When I was a teenager, I set my own texts and wrote pop songs and musical theater ballads (I was sure I’d be writing for Barbra Streisand and Carly Simon. No dice.) But when I was 17, my fi rst composition teacher, the late Ernst Bacon, introduced me to poetry by Emily Dickenson and Walt Whitman and after that, nothing was the same. Th ose poems leapt off the page and sang to me, and throughout my twenties I wrote songs based on poetry by wonderful dead authors. A great and rewarding challenge, but very lonely. Rewrites are out, and there’s no way to call and ask what this or that meant to the writer.

In my late 20s, I suff ered an injury to my right hand (focal dystonia) that forced me to stop playing piano, and

as a result I stopped composing, too. In 1993, I moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco and landed a job fi rst at Cal Performances, and then at San Francisco Opera as the staff writer. I was in the public relations and marketing department and interacted with some of the world’s great singers on a daily basis. A few of them – fi rst and foremost the amazing Frederica von Stade – became very good friends and inspired me to compose again. Th anks to watching rehearsals for Conrad Susa and Philip Littell’s Th e Dangerous Liaisons, I became interested in collaborating with a writer.

So, for countertenor Brian Asawa and baritone Earle Patriarco, I asked my friend John Hall in Los Angeles for new texts (Encountertenor and Th oughts Unspoken). For soprano Nicolle Foland, I went to Bay Area poet Gini Savage (Natural Selection). For soprano Kristin Clayton, it was Philip Littell (Eve-Song). For Frederica von Stade, she herself wrote the words (Paper Wings, On the Road to Christmas, and Winter Roses). For Jennifer Larmore, it was Gavin Dillard (Of Gods and Cats), and so on. I also continued to set the classic

poets, and it was a rich time of learning and growing through lively exchange, challenge, and comparison. Th is period of exploration with writers led to a conversation that changed my life forever.

In 1996, Lotfi Mansouri, who was then general director at San Francisco Opera, called me into his offi ce and said, “I want you to write a new opera for the millennium. And I want to send you to New York to meet with Terrence McNally. I think you would make a great team.” Now remember, I was the PR guy at the time. Th e PR guy who wrote songs.

So how is a 35 year-old composer supposed to respond to that? A new work for San Francisco Opera? With Terrence McNally? It seemed impossible, improbable, terrifying, and incredibly exciting. What young composer would turn it down?

I met with Terrence in May of 1996 when he was still working on the musical Ragtime and preparing his play Love! Valor! Compassion! to be made into a movie. He was also moving to a new apartment and sorting through his vast record collection.

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Walking in 2011.photo Felix Sanchez for Houston Grand Opera

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ENCORE AD PAGEHe was a bit distracted. Lotfi had proposed a comedy for the millennium. Terrence wasn’t interested. I thought it was a no-go, and then I got a surprise phone call in February 1997. Terrence wanted to meet and talk about the opera. We met in June. He said the words Dead Man Walking and life again took a surprising turn. It was the last thing I’d expected to hear — but it was an inspired idea.

We talked about how we would work together and Terrence told me up front that he is not a poet, a novelist, or a librettist per se. He is a playwright. And he told me he would write a play and set up scenes and dialogue that he hoped would inspire music. If I felt the music taking me in a certain direction and the words were not going there, he would rewrite, or I could fi ll in with my own words and he’d work on it later. It was to be a real exchange and collaboration. Terrence has a famous passion for opera and a brilliant sense of how to set things up to work on the stage. All I had to do was trust, listen, feel, and write.

After discussing the opera for about nine months, Terrence was ready to write the

fi rst act of the libretto. He wanted me to be with him, so in March 1998 we fl ew to his house in Key West. On the cab ride to the airport, the main hymn, “He will gather us around” came to me, so I knew it would be a good trip. He wrote the fi rst-act libretto in four days and then read it to me. Six months later, in December 1998, I played through Act I for him at his house in Bridgehampton, and he wrote the second-act libretto in four days. Less than a year later, we had the entire opera. Revisions after a workshop in August of 1999 were minimal, and I had plenty of time to orchestrate. Th roughout, there was a constant exchange of thoughts and ideas.

I had found a generous collaborator with an innate sense of how opera diff ers from straight theater, and what it does best. I had also found a great friend and mentor. Th at fi rst major collaboration has served as the standard and model for every collaboration I have had since. It was my good fortune to start by working with the very best.

I learned several big lessons through that experience. Collaborators are creative partners who will often work together for many years. To make it work, each has

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Keith Phares, Frederica von Stade, and Kristin Clayton in the original Houston Grand Opera production of Three Decembers. photo Brett Croomer for Houston Grand Opera

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We talked about how we would work together and Terrence told me up front that he is not a poet, a novelist, or a librettist per se. He is a playwright. And he told me he would write a play and set up scenes and dialogue that he hoped would inspire music. If I felt the music taking me in a certain direction and the words were not going there, he would rewrite, or I could fi ll in with my own words and he’d work on it later. It was to be a real exchange and collaboration. Terrence has a famous passion for opera and a brilliant sense of how to set things up to work on the stage. All I had to do was trust, listen, feel, and write.

After discussing the opera for about nine months, Terrence was ready to write the

fi rst act of the libretto. He wanted me to be with him, so in March 1998 we fl ew to his house in Key West. On the cab ride to the airport, the main hymn, “He will gather us around” came to me, so I knew it would be a good trip. He wrote the fi rst-act libretto in four days and then read it to me. Six months later, in December 1998, I played through Act I for him at his house in Bridgehampton, and he wrote the second-act libretto in four days. Less than a year later, we had the entire opera. Revisions after a workshop in August of 1999 were minimal, and I had plenty of time to orchestrate. Th roughout, there was a constant exchange of thoughts and ideas.

I had found a generous collaborator with an innate sense of how opera diff ers from straight theater, and what it does best. I had also found a great friend and mentor. Th at fi rst major collaboration has served as the standard and model for every collaboration I have had since. It was my good fortune to start by working with the very best.

I learned several big lessons through that experience. Collaborators are creative partners who will often work together for many years. To make it work, each has

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Keith Phares, Frederica von Stade, and Kristin Clayton in the original Houston Grand Opera production of Three Decembers. photo Brett Croomer for Houston Grand Opera

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to respect the other and share a common goal. Th ey have to be able to depend upon each other. And they have to be fl exible enough to see other points of view and make changes, but also know when to defend a position. Th ey cannot be afraid to speak their minds, but must do so constructively — and always for the strength and benefi t of the work.

Working with Terrence inspired me to go on to several other gratifying collaborations, including original works with Armistead Maupin, Sister Helen Prejean, and Charlene Baldridge, among others. I also collaborated with Terrence to create a musical scene for soprano called At the Statue of Venus, and I set the fi nal monologue from his play Master Class. Th ese collaborations subsequently informed my perspective on classic poems and texts, and have actually given me a new freedom to explore those with fresh eyes.

In 2004, I fi nally had the opportunity to work with the very gifted writer Gene Scheer. When we met, I knew I’d found a collaborator for life. From day one, there was a natural ease and free-fl owing exchange of ideas. Gene works passionately and with infectious enthusiasm. We have great respect for each other’s work and we enjoy being together. We challenge each other, inspire each other, and feel free to comment on all aspects of our work together. My work is defi nitely better thanks to working with him, and I know he feels the same about his own work. He’s quick and prolifi c and in a short time we’ve written several song cycles and two stage works.

For seven years, I searched for the right circumstances to create a music theater piece based on Terrence’s short play Some Christmas Letters. I wanted it to be a

proDUCTion noTechamber opera for three characters. Gene felt inspired by it, and agreed to create a libretto based on the play, and that is how Th ree Decembers came to be. My two primary writing collaborators in the same project. Plus Patrick Summers, Leonard Foglia, the phenomenal Flicka von Stade, Kristin Clayton and Keith Phares. It was a dream come true.

Th e freedom and adventure I fi nd in fresh, lively collaborations has led me to work almost exclusively with living writers now. Somehow, everything about the work feels more vibrant, fl exible, and theatrical this way. Maybe later I’ll get back to some of the dead guys and gals whose work I adore. But for now, it is intensely rewarding to be able to look somebody in the eye and say, “So, I have this idea…”

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Frederica von Stade, and Keith Phares in the original

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TheoDorA hAnSLoWe MADEliNE MiTCHEllATlANTA OPERA DEBUTMezzo-soprano Theodora Hanslowe has performed leading roles in opera houses and on concert stages throughout the world. Career highlights include the title role in La Cenerentola; Rosina in The Barber of Seville and Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri at the Metropolitan Opera; Cenerentola with San Francisco Opera and at the Semper Oper Dresden; Isabella with Los Angeles Opera; the title character in Chérubin with Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires; Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking in Los Angeles, Detroit and Baltimore; and the title role in Saariaho’s Adriana Mater for Santa Fe Opera. Most recently at the Met, Ms. Hanslowe performed the role of the Countess in the new William Kentridge production of The Nose, and Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, both in New York and on tour in Japan. She has been a soloist with the Boston Symphony, the Tanglewood Festival, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Bilbao Symphony, among others. With the St. Louis Symphony she debuted at Carnegie Hall as the featured artist in Les nuits d’été. She has performed Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, at Bravo!Vail Music Festival, and with the Stuttgart Rundfunk Orchestra. Ms. Hanslowe is active in recital and chamber music, including numerous appearances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

JenniFer bLACK BEATRiCEATlANTA OPERA DEBUT Lyric soprano Jennifer Black is in high demand on international opera and concert stages. Recent seasons saw her Munich Philharmonic debut performing Musetta in La bohème, her Santa Barbara Symphony debut performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, and a return to the Castleton Festival as the soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. On the opera stage, she performed the role of Mimì in La bohème in her Seattle Opera debut, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette in a return to Arizona Opera, Norina in Don Pasquale in a return to the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse in her role début, and made a return to the Metropolitan Opera for its production of La rondine. Ms. Black also recently performed Adina in L’elisir d’amore with the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile, and thrilled audiences as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and as Elle in the one-woman production La voix humaine for the Castleton Festival with Maestro Lorin Maazel. Current and future engagements include a return to the Met for productions of Macbeth and La donna del lago, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with the Baltimore Symphony, Lida in La Battaglia di Legnano with Sarasota Opera, Strauss’ Four Last Songs with Ridgefield Symphony, and Desdemona in Otello with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.

CAST & CreATiveJeSSe bLUmberG CHARliEATlANTA OPERA DEBUTBaritone Jesse Blumberg is an artist equally at home on opera, concert, and recital stages. In the 2014-15 season he makes his debut with Hawaii Opera Theater as Anthony in Sweeney Todd and appears in concert with Boston Baroque, Apollo’s Fire, the Boston Early Music Festival, American Bach Soloists, and Green Mountain Project. Recent seasons saw his return to Minnesota Opera as Papageno in The Magic Flute, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Kentucky Opera, Handel's Messiah with Boston Baroque, and appearances with American Bach Soloists and Boston Early Music Festival. Additional highlights include his Anchorage Opera debut as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, the world premiere of Positions 1956 at Urban Arias, the Celebrant in Bernstein’s Mass at London’s Royal Festival Hall under the baton of Marin Alsop, Mr. Lockwood in Wuthering Heights at Minnesota Opera and Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos with Boston Lyric Opera. Mr. Blumberg created the role of Connie Rivers in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath at Minnesota Opera, and later made his Utah and Pittsburgh Opera debuts in the same production. He has given the world premieres of two important chamber works, Ricky Ian Gordon’s Green Sneakers and Lisa Bielawa’s The Lay of the Love and Death. Mr. Blumberg is the founder and artistic director of Five Boroughs Music Festival in New York City.

STeven oSGooD CONDUCTOR ATlANTA OPERA DEBUTSteven Osgood is a conductor whose repertoire ranges from the baroque through the contemporary era’s most challenging works. Mr. Osgood has conducted the world premieres of a dozen operas, including works by Tan Dun, Xenakis, Missy Mazzoli and Daron Hagen. The 2014-15 season included premieres of As One by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed with American Opera Projects, and The Scarlet Ibis by Stefan Weisman with the Prototype Festival. Mr. Osgood was Artistic Director of American Opera Projects from 2001 until 2008, during which time he created the company’s renowned Composers and the Voice fellowship program. In recent seasons he has appeared with Opera Memphis, Chautauqua Opera, Fort Worth Opera, New York City Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Manhattan School of Music, Edmonton Opera, and the Netherlands Opera. He has been a member of the music staff at the Metropolitan Opera since 2006. Upcoming engagements in the 2015-16 season include the premiere this summer of Jeremy Howard Beck’s The Long Walk at Opera Saratoga, the premiere of Gilgamesh by Paola Prestini and Cerise Jacobs with Beth Morrison Productions, Mr. Osgood’s debut with Los Angeles Opera conducting Mazzoli’s Song From the Uproar, and the world premiere of J.F.K. by David T. Little and Royce Vavrek at the Fort Worth Opera Festival.

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THEODORA HANSLOWE MADELINE MITCHELLATLANTA OpErA DEbuT

JESSE BLUMBERG CHArLIEATLANTA OpErA DEbuTBaritone Jesse Blumberg is an artist equally at home on opera, concert, and recital stages. In the 2014-15 season he makes his debut with Hawaii Opera Theater as Anthony in Sweeney Todd and appears in concert with Boston Baroque, Apollo’s Fire, the Boston Early Music Festival, American Bach Soloists, and Green Mountain Project. Recent seasons saw his return to Minnesota Opera as Papageno in The Magic Flute, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Kentucky Opera, Handel's Messiah with Boston Baroque, and appearances with American Bach Soloists and Boston Early Music Festival. Additional highlights include his Anchorage Opera debut as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, the world premiere of Positions 1956 at Urban Arias, the Celebrant in Bernstein’s Mass at London’s Royal Festival Hall under the baton of Marin Alsop, Mr. Lockwood in Wuthering Heights at Minnesota Opera and Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos with Boston Lyric Opera. Mr. Blumberg created the role of Connie Rivers in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath at Minnesota Opera, and later made his Utah and Pittsburgh Opera debuts in the same production. He has given the world premieres of two important chamber works, Ricky Ian Gordon’s Green Sneakers and Lisa Bielawa’s The Lay of the Love and Death. Mr. Blumberg is the founder and artistic director of Five Boroughs Music Festival in New York City.

STEVEN OSGOOD CONDuCTOr ATLANTA OpErA DEbuTSteven Osgood is a conductor whose repertoire ranges from the baroque through the contemporary era’s most challenging works. Mr. Osgood has conducted the world premieres of a dozen operas, including works by Tan Dun, Xenakis, Missy Mazzoli and Daron Hagen. The 2014-15 season included premieres of As One by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed with American Opera Projects, and The Scarlet Ibis by Stefan Weisman with the Prototype Festival. Mr. Osgood was Artistic Director of American Opera Projects from 2001 until 2008, during which time he created the company’s renowned Composers and the Voice fellowship program. In recent seasons he has appeared with Opera Memphis, Chautauqua Opera, Fort Worth Opera, New York City Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Manhattan School of Music, Edmonton Opera, and the Netherlands Opera. He has been a member of the music staff at the Metropolitan Opera since 2006. Upcoming engagements in the 2015-16 season include the premiere this summer of Jeremy Howard Beck’s The Long Walk at Opera Saratoga, the premiere of Gilgamesh by Paola Prestini and Cerise Jacobs with Beth Morrison Productions, Mr. Osgood’s debut with Los Angeles Opera conducting Mazzoli’s Song From the Uproar, and the world premiere of J.F.K. by David T. Little and Royce Vavrek at the Fort Worth Opera Festival.

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emmA GriFFin STAGE DiRECTOR ATlANTA OPERA DEBUTEmma Griffin is a theater and opera director based in Cincinnati and New York City. She is a frequent collaborator on new music/theater pieces, including Phil Kline’s Out Cold & Zippo Songs at BAM’s Next Wave Festival, Corey Dargel’s Thirteen Near Death Experiences and Removable Parts (winner of Outstanding Performance Art Production at NY Innovative Theater Awards), and Susan Bernfield and Rachel Peters’ Stretch, a fantasia. Ms. Griffin’s opera credits include Don Giovanni at Boston Lyric Opera, The Cunning Little Vixen and Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Juilliard Opera; Wozzeck at the Opera Philadelphia/Curtis Opera Theater; and I Capuleti e i Montecchi, The Rake’s Progress, Postcard From Morocco, and The Magic Flute at Curtis Opera Theater. Ms. Griffin was the Artistic Director of the Obie Award-winning Salt Theater, where her highlights include Stage Door (FringeNYC Excellence Award as Best Director), The Cherry Orchard, Scenes From a Marriage, and Conquest of the Universe. Her regional theater credits include productions with Perseverance Theater, Geva Theater Center, Syracuse Stage, Southern Rep, Actor’s Express, Virginia Stage, and Williamstown Theater Festival. She is developing The Three Christs, a new work by composer Corey Dargel for the NEWSPEAK ensemble; and Joan Crawford, composed by Phil Kline. Ms. Griffin is a Professor of Opera Stage Direction at the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati.

LAUrA JeLLineK SCENiC DESiGNER ATlANTA OPERA DEBUTLaura Jellinek is an opera and theater designer based in Brooklyn. Recent opera productions include Don Giovanni at Boston Lyric Opera, Dialogues of the Carmelites for Opera Philadelphia, The Cunning Little Vixen for Juilliard Opera Theater; Handel’s Messiah with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Orlando Paladino at Manhattan School of Music. Her selected theater credits include The Nether and The Village Bike for Manhattan Class Company, Buzzer at the Public Theater, Small Mouth Sounds for Ars Nova, Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra at Playwrights Horizons, and What Rhymes With America for the Atlantic Theater Company. She has also designed multiple projects with Daniel Fish, The Debate Society and The Mad Ones. Ms. Jellinek’s upcoming projects include a new production of Oklahoma! at Bard SummerScape directed by Daniel Fish, and new work at Playwrights Horizons. She received her M.F.A. from New York University and is the recipient of a 2013 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design.

CAST & CreATiveJoAnnA SChminK COSTUME DESiGNER ATlANTA OPERA DEBUT: Così fan tutte, 2000 Joanna Schmink has provided costume designs and coordination for The Atlanta Opera for 23 seasons. As a designer, she has created original work for productions of Così fan tutte, Fidelio, Cold Sassy Tree, La rondine, La traviata, Porgy and Bess and many others. Ms. Schmink also works as a freelance designer in Atlanta and the Southeast designing for the Alliance Theatre Company, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre, Horizon Theatre Company, and 7 Stages. Her work in regional companies includes productions with Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Memphis Ballet, Augusta Ballet and Music Mansion Theater.

Ken yUnKer liGHTiNG DESiGNERKen Yunker is Resident Lighting Designer for Sarasota Opera Association, Lighting Director of FIO Americas Brazil, and a principal designer for the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre Company (world premieres of The Geller Girls, What I Learned in Paris, Bluish, Day of Kings, Leap, Good People, Into the Woods, August: Osage County, Avenue X, and Aladdin). Mr. Yunker has designed more than 50 productions for The Atlanta Opera, including Der Fliegende Hollander, Basil Twist’s Hansel and Gretel, Turandot, Aida, Eugene Onegin, Der Rosenkavalier, Porgy and Bess, and Fidelio. National credits include Florida Grand Opera, Bermuda Arts Festival, Utah Symphony and Opera, Tulsa Opera, Fort Worth Opera, San Antonio Opera, Opera Santa Barbara and Arizona Opera. Credits in Atlanta include Georgia Shakespeare, Theatre in the Square, True Colors, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble, Atlanta Lyric, Ballethnic Dance Company, Rotaru Ballet, Brenau University, Georgia State University, Clayton State University and Emory University. Regional awards include the Suzie Bass Award for The Geller Girls and Avenue X, with nominations for August: Osage County, Into the Woods, Rejoice, and The Persians; Abbey Artist of the Year nomination; Creative Loafing lighting award in Best of Atlanta; Theatre in the Square Jenny Award; seven total for Best Lighting. Mr. Yunker is a member of United Scenic Artists #829.

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emmA GriFFin STAGE DiRECTOR ATlANTA OPERA DEBUTEmma Griffin is a theater and opera director based in Cincinnati and New York City. She is a frequent collaborator on new music/theater pieces, including Phil Kline’s Out Cold & Zippo Songs at BAM’s Next Wave Festival, Corey Dargel’s Thirteen Near Death Experiences and Removable Parts (winner of Outstanding Performance Art Production at NY Innovative Theater Awards), and Susan Bernfield and Rachel Peters’ Stretch, a fantasia. Ms. Griffin’s opera credits include Don Giovanni at Boston Lyric Opera, The Cunning Little Vixen and Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Juilliard Opera; Wozzeck at the Opera Philadelphia/Curtis Opera Theater; and I Capuleti e i Montecchi, The Rake’s Progress, Postcard From Morocco, and The Magic Flute at Curtis Opera Theater. Ms. Griffin was the Artistic Director of the Obie Award-winning Salt Theater, where her highlights include Stage Door (FringeNYC Excellence Award as Best Director), The Cherry Orchard, Scenes From a Marriage, and Conquest of the Universe. Her regional theater credits include productions with Perseverance Theater, Geva Theater Center, Syracuse Stage, Southern Rep, Actor’s Express, Virginia Stage, and Williamstown Theater Festival. She is developing The Three Christs, a new work by composer Corey Dargel for the NEWSPEAK ensemble; and Joan Crawford, composed by Phil Kline. Ms. Griffin is a Professor of Opera Stage Direction at the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati.

LAUrA JeLLineK SCENiC DESiGNER ATlANTA OPERA DEBUTLaura Jellinek is an opera and theater designer based in Brooklyn. Recent opera productions include Don Giovanni at Boston Lyric Opera, Dialogues of the Carmelites for Opera Philadelphia, The Cunning Little Vixen for Juilliard Opera Theater; Handel’s Messiah with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Orlando Paladino at Manhattan School of Music. Her selected theater credits include The Nether and The Village Bike for Manhattan Class Company, Buzzer at the Public Theater, Small Mouth Sounds for Ars Nova, Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra at Playwrights Horizons, and What Rhymes With America for the Atlantic Theater Company. She has also designed multiple projects with Daniel Fish, The Debate Society and The Mad Ones. Ms. Jellinek’s upcoming projects include a new production of Oklahoma! at Bard SummerScape directed by Daniel Fish, and new work at Playwrights Horizons. She received her M.F.A. from New York University and is the recipient of a 2013 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design.

CAST & CreATiveJoAnnA SChminK COSTUME DESiGNER ATlANTA OPERA DEBUT: Così fan tutte, 2000 Joanna Schmink has provided costume designs and coordination for The Atlanta Opera for 23 seasons. As a designer, she has created original work for productions of Così fan tutte, Fidelio, Cold Sassy Tree, La rondine, La traviata, Porgy and Bess and many others. Ms. Schmink also works as a freelance designer in Atlanta and the Southeast designing for the Alliance Theatre Company, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre, Horizon Theatre Company, and 7 Stages. Her work in regional companies includes productions with Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Memphis Ballet, Augusta Ballet and Music Mansion Theater.

Ken yUnKer liGHTiNG DESiGNERKen Yunker is Resident Lighting Designer for Sarasota Opera Association, Lighting Director of FIO Americas Brazil, and a principal designer for the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre Company (world premieres of The Geller Girls, What I Learned in Paris, Bluish, Day of Kings, Leap, Good People, Into the Woods, August: Osage County, Avenue X, and Aladdin). Mr. Yunker has designed more than 50 productions for The Atlanta Opera, including Der Fliegende Hollander, Basil Twist’s Hansel and Gretel, Turandot, Aida, Eugene Onegin, Der Rosenkavalier, Porgy and Bess, and Fidelio. National credits include Florida Grand Opera, Bermuda Arts Festival, Utah Symphony and Opera, Tulsa Opera, Fort Worth Opera, San Antonio Opera, Opera Santa Barbara and Arizona Opera. Credits in Atlanta include Georgia Shakespeare, Theatre in the Square, True Colors, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble, Atlanta Lyric, Ballethnic Dance Company, Rotaru Ballet, Brenau University, Georgia State University, Clayton State University and Emory University. Regional awards include the Suzie Bass Award for The Geller Girls and Avenue X, with nominations for August: Osage County, Into the Woods, Rejoice, and The Persians; Abbey Artist of the Year nomination; Creative Loafing lighting award in Best of Atlanta; Theatre in the Square Jenny Award; seven total for Best Lighting. Mr. Yunker is a member of United Scenic Artists #829.

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vioLinSPeter CiaschiniConcertmasterHelen KimAssistant ConcertmasterFia DurrettPrincipalSecond Violin

CeLLoCharae KruegerPrincipal

bASSLyn DeRamusPrincipal

FLUTeJames ZellersPrincipal

oboe / enGLiSh hornDane PhilipsenPrincipal

CLArineT / bASS CLArineTDavid OdomPrincipal

ALTo SAXophone / SoprAno SAXophoneJan Berry Baker

perCUSSionMichael CebulskiPrincipal

Musicians employed in this production are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

photo Jeff Roff man

The ATLAnTA operA orCheSTrACAST & CreATiveJAKe heGGie COMPOSER Jake Heggie is the composer of the operas Moby-Dick, Dead Man Walking, Th ree Decembers, To Hell and Back, Th e End of the Aff air, Out of Darkness, and the choral opera, Th e Radio Hour. He has also composed more than 250 songs, as well as chamber, choral and orchestral works. Th e operas, most created with writers Terrence McNally and Gene Scheer, have been produced on fi ve continents. Moby-Dick (Scheer) was telecast throughout the United States in 2013 as part of Great Performances’ 40th Season and released on DVD (EuroArts). Dead Man Walking (McNally) has received more than 40 international productions and has been recorded twice (Atlantic Records and Virgin Classics). A Guggenheim Fellow, Heggie has served as a mentor for the Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, and is a frequent guest artist at universities, conservatories and festivals throughout the USA and Canada. Upcoming commissions include Great Scott (McNally) for Th e Dallas Opera, starring Joyce DiDonato; songs for mezzo Jamie Barton and cellist Anne Martindale Williams (Pittsburgh Symphony, Carnegie Hall); an a cappella work for Th e King’s Singers; and a new work based on It’s A Wonderful Life for Houston Grand Opera. www.jakeheggie.com

Gene SCheer liBRETTiSTGene Scheer’s work is noted for its scope and versatility. With the composer Jake Heggie he has collaborated on a number of diff erent projects, including the critically acclaimed 2010 Dallas Opera world premiere, Moby-Dick, starring Ben Heppner as Captain Ahab; Th ree Decembers for Houston Grand Opera starring Frederica von Stade; and the lyric drama To Hell and Back for Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, featuring Patti LuPone. Other works by Scheer and Heggie include Camille Claudel: Into the fi re, a song cycle premiered by Joyce di Donato and the Alexander String Quartet. Mr. Scheer worked as librettist with Tobias Picker on An American Tragedy, which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005. Th eir fi rst opera, Th érèse Raquin, written for the Dallas Opera in 2001, was cited by Opera News as one of the ten best recordings of 2002. Other recent collaborations include the lyrics for Wynton Marsalis’s It Never Goes Away. With the composer Steven Stucky, Mr. Scheer wrote the oratorio August 4, 1964. Th e work, recently nominated for a Grammy, was premiered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2008 and last season was performed by the orchestra, with Jaap van Zweden conducting, at Carnegie Hall. Also a composer in his own right, Mr. Scheer has written a number of songs for singers such as Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Stephanie Blythe, Jennifer Larmore, Denyce Graves, and Nathan Gunn. Th e distinguished documentary fi lmmaker, Ken Burns, prominently featured Mr. Scheer’s song “American Anthem” (as sung by Norah Jones) in his Emmy Award-winning World War II documentary for PBS entitled Th e War.

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vioLinSPeter CiaschiniConcertmasterHelen KimAssistant ConcertmasterFia DurrettPrincipalSecond Violin

CeLLoCharae KruegerPrincipal

bASSLyn DeRamusPrincipal

FLUTeJames ZellersPrincipal

oboe / enGLiSh hornDane PhilipsenPrincipal

CLArineT / bASS CLArineTDavid OdomPrincipal

ALTo SAXophone / SoprAno SAXophoneJan Berry Baker

perCUSSionMichael CebulskiPrincipal

Musicians employed in this production are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

photo Jeff Roff man

The ATLAnTA operA orCheSTrACAST & CreATiveJAKe heGGie COMPOSER Jake Heggie is the composer of the operas Moby-Dick, Dead Man Walking, Th ree Decembers, To Hell and Back, Th e End of the Aff air, Out of Darkness, and the choral opera, Th e Radio Hour. He has also composed more than 250 songs, as well as chamber, choral and orchestral works. Th e operas, most created with writers Terrence McNally and Gene Scheer, have been produced on fi ve continents. Moby-Dick (Scheer) was telecast throughout the United States in 2013 as part of Great Performances’ 40th Season and released on DVD (EuroArts). Dead Man Walking (McNally) has received more than 40 international productions and has been recorded twice (Atlantic Records and Virgin Classics). A Guggenheim Fellow, Heggie has served as a mentor for the Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, and is a frequent guest artist at universities, conservatories and festivals throughout the USA and Canada. Upcoming commissions include Great Scott (McNally) for Th e Dallas Opera, starring Joyce DiDonato; songs for mezzo Jamie Barton and cellist Anne Martindale Williams (Pittsburgh Symphony, Carnegie Hall); an a cappella work for Th e King’s Singers; and a new work based on It’s A Wonderful Life for Houston Grand Opera. www.jakeheggie.com

Gene SCheer liBRETTiSTGene Scheer’s work is noted for its scope and versatility. With the composer Jake Heggie he has collaborated on a number of diff erent projects, including the critically acclaimed 2010 Dallas Opera world premiere, Moby-Dick, starring Ben Heppner as Captain Ahab; Th ree Decembers for Houston Grand Opera starring Frederica von Stade; and the lyric drama To Hell and Back for Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, featuring Patti LuPone. Other works by Scheer and Heggie include Camille Claudel: Into the fi re, a song cycle premiered by Joyce di Donato and the Alexander String Quartet. Mr. Scheer worked as librettist with Tobias Picker on An American Tragedy, which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005. Th eir fi rst opera, Th érèse Raquin, written for the Dallas Opera in 2001, was cited by Opera News as one of the ten best recordings of 2002. Other recent collaborations include the lyrics for Wynton Marsalis’s It Never Goes Away. With the composer Steven Stucky, Mr. Scheer wrote the oratorio August 4, 1964. Th e work, recently nominated for a Grammy, was premiered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2008 and last season was performed by the orchestra, with Jaap van Zweden conducting, at Carnegie Hall. Also a composer in his own right, Mr. Scheer has written a number of songs for singers such as Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Stephanie Blythe, Jennifer Larmore, Denyce Graves, and Nathan Gunn. Th e distinguished documentary fi lmmaker, Ken Burns, prominently featured Mr. Scheer’s song “American Anthem” (as sung by Norah Jones) in his Emmy Award-winning World War II documentary for PBS entitled Th e War.

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Each season, Th e Atlanta Opera steps beyond the mainstage to bring opera of the highest caliber to locations throughout the Atlanta metro area. We off er programming and experiences for a wide variety of ages, from the novice to the super fan and everyone in between.

On May 1, Th e Atlanta Opera began a new collaboration with the High Museum of Art as we participated in a special public performance celebrating the new site-specifi c art exhibition “Los Trompos” (“Spinning Tops”). Created by artists Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, the exhibit draws inspiration from a child’s spinning top and features colorful, larger-than-life tops installed throughout the Sifl y Piazza at the Woodruff Arts Center. Th e Opera created individual micro-concerts of music ranging from Gluck to Gershwin, performed inside several of the structures, and enjoyed by spectators who interacted with the tops and the singers. Th e exhibit is on display through Nov. 29; the Opera will reprise its performance Sept. 4.

Our Studio Tour this season was a charming one-hour reduction of Mozart’s Th e Marriage of Figaro, which visited middle and high schools and was seen by more than 6,000 students. An encore presentation was given at the High Museum on Mother’s Day, May 10, as part of the museum’s Family Day. Additionally, the Opera created a supplementary performance component to the High’s photography exhibit “Gordon Parks: Segregation Story,” which is on display through June 21. More than 300 students were led through the galleries by museum docents, culminating in a presentation of three songs by soprano Jayme Alilaw. Th e musical selections refl ected the singer’s response to the exhibit, providing students with an opportunity to experience other artists’ interpretations of the world portrayed in Parks’ photographs.

From June 8-12, we will present High School Opera Institute, reimagined as a weeklong intensive workshop for talented high school singers to explore aspects of audition preparation. Th e Institute

The Atlanta Opera joined with the High Museum of Art for Toperoke on May 1, an event combining music and the exhibit "Los Trompos" in the Sifl ey Piazza. Tenor Ivan Segovia serenedes onlookers.photo: Scott Hazleton

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CommUniTy enGAGemenTCommUniTy enGAGemenTwill take place at Emory University and includes individual and group voice lessons, music and diction coaching, as well as classes in acting, movement, improvisation, and professional development. Th e week culminates in a mock audition/recital for parents and friends.

Building on our successful collaboration with the comedy geniuses at Dad’s Garage at this year’s 24 Hour Opera Project, the Opera will once again participate in the Dad’s Garage Gala. Th is year’s gala at the Fox Th eatre on June 13 will feature several of our intrepid and agile singers joining forces with the performers from Dad’s to create improvised musical hilarity.

Our community and education partners are instrumental in helping Th e Atlanta Opera to bring the power and passion of opera to thousands of students and

audience members across the Atlanta metro area. We are grateful for their support. We encourage you to learn more about our community programs by visiting us at atlantaopera.org.

Mezzo-soprano Abigail Halon sings and becomes part of the interactive "Los Trompos" exhibit at the

High Museum of Art.photo: Scott Hazleton

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Beautiful, artistic, and delicious cakes created for any event.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTwill take place at Emory University and includes individual and group voice lessons, music and diction coaching, as well as classes in acting, movement, improvisation, and professional development. � e week culminates in a mock audition/recital for parents and friends.

Building on our successful collaboration with the comedy geniuses at Dad’s Garage at this year’s 24 Hour Opera Project, the Opera will once again participate in the Dad’s Garage Gala. � is year’s gala at the Fox � eatre on June 13 will feature several of our intrepid and agile singers joining forces with the performers from Dad’s to create improvised musical hilarity.

Our community and education partners are instrumental in helping � e Atlanta Opera to bring the power and passion of opera to thousands of students and

audience members across the Atlanta metro area. We are grateful for their support. We encourage you to learn more about our community programs by visiting us at atlantaopera.org.

Mezzo-soprano Abigail Halon sings and becomes part of the interactive "Los Trompos" exhibit at the

High Museum of Art.photo: Scott Hazleton

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AnnUAL GivinGTh e following names represent gifts from individuals, Th e Atlanta Opera Board of Directors, Staff , Chorus, and Orchestra. We express our most sincere thanks and appreciation to each of our donors. Th eir ongoing support allows Th e Atlanta Opera to continue building on its tradition of excellence by introducing new works and reimagining classics.

Listed are pledges and payments to Th e Annual Fund, Th e Society for Artistic Excellence, and Th e Overtures Campaign from July 1, 2013 through April 16, 2015.

diamond (continued) diamond (continued)diamond$200,000+Nancy & Jim BlandJohn & Rosemary BrownAnn & Frank Critz*Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. KeoughJerry & Dulcy Rosenberg

$100,000+The Laura & Montague Boyd FoundationMartha Thompson DinosMr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.

$50,000+Mr. & Mrs. John L. ConnollyJohn L. HammakerCandy & Greg JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Michael L. KeoughMr. & Mrs. William E. TuckerRhys T. & Carolyn Wilson

Bob & Cappa WoodwardThe Mary & Charlie Yates Family Fund

$25,000+Mr. & Mrs. Shepard B. AnsleyJulie & Jim BallounMr. & Mrs. Andy BergMr. & Mrs. John Michael HancockMr. Howard W. Hunter

- Gramma Fisher FoundationDr. & Mrs. Alexander GrossMrs. Dale Levert & Mr. George LevertMr. & *Mrs. Harmon B. Miller IIIMr. William E. PenningtonMr. James D. Powell & Mr. Mitchell J. CzehBaker & Debby SmithMr. William F. SnyderTriska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor

Judith & Mark TaylorCharlie & Dorothy Yates Family Fund

$15,000+Cathy & Mark AdamsBryan & Johanna BarnesMr. David W. BoatwrightThe Estate of Roy A. DorseyMr. & Mrs. William J. HayesMr. & Mrs. Wayne JamesMr. John O. KingMary Ruth McDonaldC. Dave & Carla Moody Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. PaulhusEdward W. PharesMr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk

AnnUAL GivinGPlatinum (continued) Gold (continued)Dr. & Bruce A. Cassidy

& Dr. Eda HochgelerentMr. Robert P. Dean & Mr. Robert EpsteinMr. Robert S. DevinsDr. & Mrs. Donald J. FilipDr. Mary M. FinnMr. James FlanaganCaroline & *Harry GilhamDr. Thomas N. Guffi n, Jr.Harald HansenMr. & Mrs. Douglas HantulaMr. L. D. HollandMr. & Mrs. Harry C. HowardMrs. Joseph B. HutchisonMrs. Theodora S. JohnsonMrs. Cecile M. JonesMr. Brian LeetchMs. Salli LeVanMs. Linda L. Lively

& Mr. James E. Hugh IIIMr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDanielMrs. Polly N. PaterMr. David Paule & Mr. Gary MannMr. & Mrs. Nicholas ShreiberDr. & Mrs. Patton P. SmithMr. Peter James StellingMr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr.

Gold$1,000+AnonymousMr. Michael M. Arens

& Mr. Jeff rey M. DanielMr. Steven AstriabAtlanta Opera GuildMr. & Mrs. Walter BaileyMr. & Mrs. C. Duncan BeardMrs. Wallace F. BeardMichael L. & Valerie W. BenoitMr. & Mrs. Paul BlackneyMrs. Enrique E. BledelDr. J. Bricker BurnsMs. Lynnore BuersmeyerBarbara S. Bruner, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. John CalhounMrs. Stella M. CarlsonMrs. Carol J. ClarkMrs. Jan W. CollinsDr. John W. CooledgeMr & Mrs. Michael J. CurryDr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly , Jr.Ms. Suzanne Mott DansbyDr. Morgan Eiland & Dr. Susan EilandMr. & Mrs. John C. Ethridge, Jr.Ms. Martha FinemanDr. & Mrs. David J. Frolich

Platinum$10,000+AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Ronald R. AntinoriDr. R. Dwain BlackstonMr. Edward A. Chernoff Mr. Mario ConchaHeike & Dieter ElsnerMrs. Bernadette Faber

& Mr. John NadobnyMr. Arthur FagenMs. Rebecca Y. Frazer & Mr. Jon ButtreyCarl & Sally GableJames M. Kane & Andrea Braslavsky KaneMr. Alfred D. Kennedy, Jr. & Dr. Bill KennyDr. & Mrs. James LowmanMr. & Mrs. Jack C. McDowellMr. James B. Miller, Jr.Ms. Franca G. Oreffi ceMr. Charles SharbaughMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. TeepenMr. & Mrs. Joseph F. WeberThomas R. Williams FamilyJane S. WillsonMr. Tomer Zvulun & Mrs. Susanna Eiland

$5,000+AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Phillip E. AlveldaDr. Florence C. BarnettDr. Asad BasheyJean & Jerry CooperCol. & Mrs. Edgar W. DuskinMr. & Mrs. Robert G. EdgeNancy & Holcombe GreenMr. & Mrs. Edward J. HardinVictoria & Howard PalefskyMr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr.Drs. Aileen O'Neil & Richard RobinsonJohn & Barbara RossMilton J. SamsSachin ShailendraMr. & Mrs. Timothy E. SheehanMorton & Angela SherzerJohannah SmithYee-Wan & John StevensMrs. Hugh M. TarbuttonDr. Nicholas Valerio IIIMrs. Wadleigh C. WinshipMs. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle Mr. Allen W. Yee, Esq.

$2,500+AnonymousMrs. Elizabeth Tufts BennettMs. Mary D. BrayMr. Ron BreakstoneDr. Harold J. Brody

John Gam, Ph. D.Peg Simms GaryR. Derril Gay, Ph.D.Ms. Lois M. Grant & Mr. Keith F. WeilandMrs. John W. Grant IIIMrs. Helen C. Griffi thSylvia Halleck, M.D.Mr. George L. Hickman, IIIMr. & Mrs. Howell Hollis IIIAnn P. HowingtonMr. & Mrs. David C. Huff manDr. & Mrs. Duke Jackson, Jr.Mrs. Joseph W. JonesMr. & Mrs. Gert KampferRonnie & Peter KessenichMarsha & David KingMs. Eleanor Kinsey Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. KlumpMrs. Treville LawrenceDr. Jason LiebzeitMr. & Mrs. J. David LifseyDr. Carlos E. LopezDr. Jill MableyJeanie & Albert MarxDan D. MasliaMargaret McCamishShelley McGeheeMr. & Mrs. Robert McKeemanMr. & Mrs. John McMullanMs. Mimi S. MonettMs. Priscilla M. MoranMr. & Mrs. Frank J. MucklerMr. & Mrs. Richard P. Nicholas IIIMs. Beverley PaquetteLucy S. PerryDr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. PhillipsMrs. Betsy PittmanMr. & Mrs. Daniel V. Pompilio IIIThe Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.Dr. Michael F. Pratt & Nancy PetermanMr. David PylateMr. & Mrs. Robert RatonyiLynne & Kent RegensteinMr. Shawn Rieschl Johnson

& Mr. Christian KirbyR.J. & D.G. Riff ey, Jr.Sidney & Phyllis RodbellMr. & Mrs. George P. RodrigueDr. & Mrs.Mark RowlesMr. Fred B. SmithThe Estate of Ms. Barbara StewartJane StoddardSteve & Christine StrongMs. Melinda R. StukMr. Paul StukDr. Jane T. St. Clair & Mr. James E. Sustman

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AnnUAL GivinGTh e following names represent gifts from individuals, Th e Atlanta Opera Board of Directors, Staff , Chorus, and Orchestra. We express our most sincere thanks and appreciation to each of our donors. Th eir ongoing support allows Th e Atlanta Opera to continue building on its tradition of excellence by introducing new works and reimagining classics.

Listed are pledges and payments to Th e Annual Fund, Th e Society for Artistic Excellence, and Th e Overtures Campaign from July 1, 2013 through April 16, 2015.

diamond (continued) diamond (continued)diamond$200,000+Nancy & Jim BlandJohn & Rosemary BrownAnn & Frank Critz*Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. KeoughJerry & Dulcy Rosenberg

$100,000+The Laura & Montague Boyd FoundationMartha Thompson DinosMr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.

$50,000+Mr. & Mrs. John L. ConnollyJohn L. HammakerCandy & Greg JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Michael L. KeoughMr. & Mrs. William E. TuckerRhys T. & Carolyn Wilson

Bob & Cappa WoodwardThe Mary & Charlie Yates Family Fund

$25,000+Mr. & Mrs. Shepard B. AnsleyJulie & Jim BallounMr. & Mrs. Andy BergMr. & Mrs. John Michael HancockMr. Howard W. Hunter

- Gramma Fisher FoundationDr. & Mrs. Alexander GrossMrs. Dale Levert & Mr. George LevertMr. & *Mrs. Harmon B. Miller IIIMr. William E. PenningtonMr. James D. Powell & Mr. Mitchell J. CzehBaker & Debby SmithMr. William F. SnyderTriska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor

Judith & Mark TaylorCharlie & Dorothy Yates Family Fund

$15,000+Cathy & Mark AdamsBryan & Johanna BarnesMr. David W. BoatwrightThe Estate of Roy A. DorseyMr. & Mrs. William J. HayesMr. & Mrs. Wayne JamesMr. John O. KingMary Ruth McDonaldC. Dave & Carla Moody Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. PaulhusEdward W. PharesMr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk

AnnUAL GivinGPlatinum (continued) Gold (continued)Dr. & Bruce A. Cassidy

& Dr. Eda HochgelerentMr. Robert P. Dean & Mr. Robert EpsteinMr. Robert S. DevinsDr. & Mrs. Donald J. FilipDr. Mary M. FinnMr. James FlanaganCaroline & *Harry GilhamDr. Thomas N. Guffi n, Jr.Harald HansenMr. & Mrs. Douglas HantulaMr. L. D. HollandMr. & Mrs. Harry C. HowardMrs. Joseph B. HutchisonMrs. Theodora S. JohnsonMrs. Cecile M. JonesMr. Brian LeetchMs. Salli LeVanMs. Linda L. Lively

& Mr. James E. Hugh IIIMr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDanielMrs. Polly N. PaterMr. David Paule & Mr. Gary MannMr. & Mrs. Nicholas ShreiberDr. & Mrs. Patton P. SmithMr. Peter James StellingMr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr.

Gold$1,000+AnonymousMr. Michael M. Arens

& Mr. Jeff rey M. DanielMr. Steven AstriabAtlanta Opera GuildMr. & Mrs. Walter BaileyMr. & Mrs. C. Duncan BeardMrs. Wallace F. BeardMichael L. & Valerie W. BenoitMr. & Mrs. Paul BlackneyMrs. Enrique E. BledelDr. J. Bricker BurnsMs. Lynnore BuersmeyerBarbara S. Bruner, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. John CalhounMrs. Stella M. CarlsonMrs. Carol J. ClarkMrs. Jan W. CollinsDr. John W. CooledgeMr & Mrs. Michael J. CurryDr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly , Jr.Ms. Suzanne Mott DansbyDr. Morgan Eiland & Dr. Susan EilandMr. & Mrs. John C. Ethridge, Jr.Ms. Martha FinemanDr. & Mrs. David J. Frolich

Platinum$10,000+AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Ronald R. AntinoriDr. R. Dwain BlackstonMr. Edward A. Chernoff Mr. Mario ConchaHeike & Dieter ElsnerMrs. Bernadette Faber

& Mr. John NadobnyMr. Arthur FagenMs. Rebecca Y. Frazer & Mr. Jon ButtreyCarl & Sally GableJames M. Kane & Andrea Braslavsky KaneMr. Alfred D. Kennedy, Jr. & Dr. Bill KennyDr. & Mrs. James LowmanMr. & Mrs. Jack C. McDowellMr. James B. Miller, Jr.Ms. Franca G. Oreffi ceMr. Charles SharbaughMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. TeepenMr. & Mrs. Joseph F. WeberThomas R. Williams FamilyJane S. WillsonMr. Tomer Zvulun & Mrs. Susanna Eiland

$5,000+AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Phillip E. AlveldaDr. Florence C. BarnettDr. Asad BasheyJean & Jerry CooperCol. & Mrs. Edgar W. DuskinMr. & Mrs. Robert G. EdgeNancy & Holcombe GreenMr. & Mrs. Edward J. HardinVictoria & Howard PalefskyMr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr.Drs. Aileen O'Neil & Richard RobinsonJohn & Barbara RossMilton J. SamsSachin ShailendraMr. & Mrs. Timothy E. SheehanMorton & Angela SherzerJohannah SmithYee-Wan & John StevensMrs. Hugh M. TarbuttonDr. Nicholas Valerio IIIMrs. Wadleigh C. WinshipMs. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle Mr. Allen W. Yee, Esq.

$2,500+AnonymousMrs. Elizabeth Tufts BennettMs. Mary D. BrayMr. Ron BreakstoneDr. Harold J. Brody

John Gam, Ph. D.Peg Simms GaryR. Derril Gay, Ph.D.Ms. Lois M. Grant & Mr. Keith F. WeilandMrs. John W. Grant IIIMrs. Helen C. Griffi thSylvia Halleck, M.D.Mr. George L. Hickman, IIIMr. & Mrs. Howell Hollis IIIAnn P. HowingtonMr. & Mrs. David C. Huff manDr. & Mrs. Duke Jackson, Jr.Mrs. Joseph W. JonesMr. & Mrs. Gert KampferRonnie & Peter KessenichMarsha & David KingMs. Eleanor Kinsey Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. KlumpMrs. Treville LawrenceDr. Jason LiebzeitMr. & Mrs. J. David LifseyDr. Carlos E. LopezDr. Jill MableyJeanie & Albert MarxDan D. MasliaMargaret McCamishShelley McGeheeMr. & Mrs. Robert McKeemanMr. & Mrs. John McMullanMs. Mimi S. MonettMs. Priscilla M. MoranMr. & Mrs. Frank J. MucklerMr. & Mrs. Richard P. Nicholas IIIMs. Beverley PaquetteLucy S. PerryDr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. PhillipsMrs. Betsy PittmanMr. & Mrs. Daniel V. Pompilio IIIThe Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.Dr. Michael F. Pratt & Nancy PetermanMr. David PylateMr. & Mrs. Robert RatonyiLynne & Kent RegensteinMr. Shawn Rieschl Johnson

& Mr. Christian KirbyR.J. & D.G. Riff ey, Jr.Sidney & Phyllis RodbellMr. & Mrs. George P. RodrigueDr. & Mrs.Mark RowlesMr. Fred B. SmithThe Estate of Ms. Barbara StewartJane StoddardSteve & Christine StrongMs. Melinda R. StukMr. Paul StukDr. Jane T. St. Clair & Mr. James E. Sustman

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Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Westmoreland, Jr.Virginia S. WilliamsMrs. Johnnie Zahler & Jeanette ZahlerMr. & Mrs. John Zellner

Silver$100+AnonymousRev. Joanna & Mr. Alfred B. AdamsHilda S. AdamsMr. Thomas A. Adams, Jr.Mr. Herb AdcockMr. & Mrs. Harold H. AlexanderDr. Catherine AllardDr. & Mrs. Raymond AllenDr. Robert J. & Mrs. Lynne S. AlpernMr. James D. AltmanMs. Susan M. AlvarezMr. & Mrs. William F. AmideoMr. Scott & Ms. Sandra AndersonMs. Oana AndreescuDr. & Mrs. Dan J. AppelrouthDr. & Mrs. Charles R. Arp, Jr.Mrs. Elizabeth A. BairMs. Mary M. BallDr. & Mrs. John BarnesMs. Beverly BatesBoris BauerMr. Brian D. BeemDr. & Mrs. Frank C. BellMr. Albert E. Bender, Jr.Daniel & Bethann BergerMr. I. Robert BetonMs. Jane BeylounyElen BianchelliMr. Gary L. BivinsMr. Matt BlackburnAlbert K. BlackwelderMr. & Mrs. Michael E. BlackwoodMr. & Mrs. Mike BoazMrs. Martha BoboMrs. Katherine BoothMr. Marvin S. BrownMr. Mitch BucklinWilton & Victoria BunchMrs. Karen BunnMr. Matthew Y. Burkhalter

& Mr. John CareyMr. Hans J. BurmeisterMark & Peg BumgardnerDr. & Mrs. W. Brantley BurnsDrs. Brenda & Craig CaldwellMr. & Mrs. Raymund CallawayDr. & Mrs. W. Jerry CappsThomas S. Caras, M.D.Dr. Emma CasanovaMs. Lynda Case

Dr. Lynn CathcartMr. & Mrs. George W. CemoreMr. & Mrs. Thomas Hal ClarkeMrs. Ruth CoanMr. & Mrs. Alva C. CobbMrs. Claudia ColvinMs. Celeste ConditMr. & Mrs. Jimmy ConnellDevlin CooperMr. & Mrs. F. Dean CopelandMr. Bruce W. & Mrs. Kate Cotterman Mr. & Mrs. David CourtneyJulianna M. CritzMr. Craig CuddebackDr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Curtiss, Ph.D.Mr. Charles DaleMr. & Mrs. Peter DalloMr. & Mrs. Harold T. Daniel, Jr.Dr. Jiyoung DanielMrs. Jeanne DanielsMs. Rebecca DanisMr. James M. Datka

& Ms. Nora P. DePalmaMs. Carol Comstock & Mr. James L. DavisMr. & Ms. James DawsonMaria Battista DellaperutaJennifer DempseyJoseph & Joanne DeSantisMr. Kevin Dew & Mr. Hal PlattMs. Rosemarie DistefanoMr. Jere DoddMr. & Mrs. Joseph DrummondMr. & Mrs. Denis DuBoisMr. Kip DuchonSara DukeSuzanne DurbinMr. & Mrs. David R. DyeLacey T. DyerMr. Gregory J. EarnestArnold & Sylvia EavesAnne J. EderingtonDr. G. EichholzMs. Paula L. EllisMs. Elizabeth R. EtollMs. Hope EyreMs. Barbara FahertyMr. & Mrs. Kurt A. FanstillDr. Fariba FarhidvashMs. Barbara M. FarrJoann FelderDr. & Mrs. Stanley FinemanMr. & Mrs. Charles K. FischerDr. & Mrs. Edwin E. FlournoyMs. Hope Caldwell-FosterGray & Ruth FountainMr. & Mrs. Michael E. Friedman

Ms. Mozelle FunderburkMr. Glen GalbaughMs. Maryanne F. GauntMr. Richard E. & Mary R. GharstDan & Harriet GillMr. & Mrs. Sander L. GilmanColonel & Mrs. Donald M. GilnerDr. & Mrs. Joseph D. GiovincoDr. & Mrs. Martin GoldsteinDr. Richard GoodjoinJames C. Goodwyne

& Christopher S. ConnellyMs. Katharine Grady Ms. Nelda GreeneMr. Kevin GreinerMr. & Mrs. Richard P. GrodzickiMs. Anne L. GrossmanDr. & Mrs. John B. HaberlenMs. Mary Joe HanesMr. & Mrs. William A. HangerDr. & Mrs. Eugene HarleyMs. Freya HarrisMr. Ronald L. Harris

& Mrs. Jacqueline PownallMr. Michael D. HastingsDr. Gary M. HenschenMarianne & Patrick HickeyDr. & Mrs. William HinsonMs. Elizabeth B. HodgesMr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Holly, Jr.Ms. Tina A. HooperDr. & Mrs. S. G. Hornsby, Jr.Pearlann & Jerry HorowitzMr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. HowardMrs. Margaret Talmadge HowellMrs. Roberta L. HuebnerMs. Jan W. HughenMrs. Catherine HughesMs. Emma HughesMrs. H.F. HunterMr. John M. Hutchinson

& Mr. Brian BoninMs. Irmgard S. ImmelMr. Rolf Ingenleuf Mr. & Mrs. Francis M. JackMrs. Louise JacksonMr. & Mrs. Robert C. JacksonStuart Jackson & Robyn JacksonMary O. JensenPatricia JohnstonMr. & Mrs. Thomas JohnstonMs. Jo Elliott JonesMr. & Mrs. Paul JonesMs. Beth JonesMr. & Mrs. Jerry JuchelkaMr. & Mrs. Bernd Kahn

Silver (continued) Silver (continued)

AnnUAL GivinG AnnUAL GivinGGold (continued) Gold (continued) Gold (continued)Dr. & Mrs. Michael SzikmanTroy TaylorDr. Richard ThioMr. Stephen H. Thompson & Mr. Drew MoteMs. Lillianette Cook & Ms. Carol C. UhlMr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ventulett IIIMs. Juliana T. VincenzinoRae & George W. WeimerDr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.Ms. Linda D. WickhamLarry & Beverly WillsonMrs. Frank Wilson, Jr.Ms. Jerrie WoodwardSherrilyn & Donn WrightMrs. Sarah Zabinski & Mr. Andrzej Zabinski

$500+AnonymousMr. Keith E. AdamsMr. & Mrs. C. S. Akers, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. David S. BakerMr. & Mrs. Robert O. BankerMr. & Mrs. Kenny L. BlankMs. Martha S. BrewerBob & Marion BunkerMrs. Constance CalhounDr. Earle ClowneyMr. & Mrs. Don S. Coatsworth Mr. & Mrs. Newt Collinson Maureen & Michael DaileyMr. Philip A. DelantyJim & Carol DewMs. Elsie DraperMr. & Mrs. Charles M. Edwards IIIMs. Ariana B. FassMrs. Arnoldo FiedotinMr. & Mrs. Michael FlahertyMr. & Mrs. Lance FortnowMr. James GaryCliff Jolliff & Elaine GerkeMr. & Mrs. Donald GoldsteinJudge Adele P. GrubbsMs. Louise S. GunnMr. Noel F. Haeberle

& Mr. Kenneth JonesMr. Michael HandDonna & Richard HillerMr. Scott IngramMrs. Lou Brown JewellMr. Robert L. Karem, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Edward KatzeMr. & Mrs. Fred R. KeithDr. & Mrs. John L. KellerMrs. Jo W. KochJoan & Arnold KurthDouglas W. & Sarah Mabry

Ms. Kathrin MattoxMr. Thomas L. McCookMr. & Mrs. Norman MillerMs. Sharon MillsMr. & Mrs. Peter J. Morelli IIThe Mortimer FamilyMrs. Thespi P. MortimerDr. Patricia S. MoultonBarbara & Mark MurovitzJane & Jim MurrayTerri & Stephen NaglerMr. & Mrs. Stephen L. NamanJohn & Agnes NelsonThe Honorable & Mrs. George A. NovakMr. John OwensMr. & Mrs. John PayanMr. James L. RhodenMs. Heidi M. RockwoodMr. John B. RofranoSandra & Ronald RousseauWalid SaidMr. Stuart SchleuseMr. Robert SidewaterOlinda & John SimonDr. Susan Y. StevensMr. Tarek TakieddineDr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. TaylorMs. Virginia S. TaylorMs. Michelle M. Thomas Mr. James Todd Constance W.TreloarMr. & Mrs. Charles D. TullerMr. Mark O'ConnellDr. & Mrs. James H. VenableMr. & Mrs. Leroy WaldenHenry Waszkowski & Patty ThomasAlan & Marcia WattMs. Reba P. WelchJanice WestWilliam Wilkinson & Robert K. BellingerMs. Venette M. WilliamsJone WilliamsMr. Russell Williamson

& Ms. Shawn PagliariniDr. & Ms. David W. Wingert

$350+AnonymousMrs. Judith AlembikMr. & Mrs. William A. AllisonMs. Joselyn B. BakerMr. & Mrs. Michael BarkerMs. Lauren A. BenevichMr. & Mrs. Samuel BetorDr. & Mrs. Jerry BlumenthalMr. Gregory Carraway

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Chenault Mr. N. Jerold Cohen

& Ms. Andrea Strickland Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon B. CohenMr. Lawrence M. CohenDr. Malcolm H. ColeMs. Sally CombsMrs. June CrawfordMr. John CullomDr. & Mrs. Albert De ChicchisMr. & Mrs. Arthur R. DuggerMr. Mark duMasMs. DeeAnn E. EvansRita Evans Jim & Virginia HaleDean & Vivian HaultonJames E. Honkisz & Catherine A. BinnsMr. & Mrs. James HorganMrs. Sally HorntvedtDr. Karen Kuehn HowellMs. Annette JanowitzChris & Jill LeMr. Sidney E. LintonLivvy Kazer LipsonMr. Albert C. LoebeDr. Robert & Judge Stephanie ManisKatherine B. Maxwell

& Michael J. MaxwellMr. Thomas L. McCookAnne Lanier MurschMr. & Mrs. J. Vernon O'Neal, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard NewtonMr. & Mrs. Henry C. Parrish IIIMr. & Mrs. Guy PaschalEdward & Marjorie PattersonMr. Darryl C. Payne

& Ms. Lisa RichardsonMr. W. Ray PersonsMr. Lawrence F. PinsonStephen L. RannMr. James RollinsMr. Hervey S. RossMs. Lorraine RussellWeslyn A. SamsonDr. & Mrs. Joseph M. ScanlanKatherine ScottHelga Hazelrig SiegelDr. & Mrs. Stanley J. SmitsScott L. SneadMrs. Eleanor H. StrainSarah & David SutherlandCarolyn & Robert SwainMr. Bernd UlkenMrs. James B. VaughtMary Jane & Jorge VilanovaMrs. Linda P. Vinal

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Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Westmoreland, Jr.Virginia S. WilliamsMrs. Johnnie Zahler & Jeanette ZahlerMr. & Mrs. John Zellner

Silver$100+AnonymousRev. Joanna & Mr. Alfred B. AdamsHilda S. AdamsMr. Thomas A. Adams, Jr.Mr. Herb AdcockMr. & Mrs. Harold H. AlexanderDr. Catherine AllardDr. & Mrs. Raymond AllenDr. Robert J. & Mrs. Lynne S. AlpernMr. James D. AltmanMs. Susan M. AlvarezMr. & Mrs. William F. AmideoMr. Scott & Ms. Sandra AndersonMs. Oana AndreescuDr. & Mrs. Dan J. AppelrouthDr. & Mrs. Charles R. Arp, Jr.Mrs. Elizabeth A. BairMs. Mary M. BallDr. & Mrs. John BarnesMs. Beverly BatesBoris BauerMr. Brian D. BeemDr. & Mrs. Frank C. BellMr. Albert E. Bender, Jr.Daniel & Bethann BergerMr. I. Robert BetonMs. Jane BeylounyElen BianchelliMr. Gary L. BivinsMr. Matt BlackburnAlbert K. BlackwelderMr. & Mrs. Michael E. BlackwoodMr. & Mrs. Mike BoazMrs. Martha BoboMrs. Katherine BoothMr. Marvin S. BrownMr. Mitch BucklinWilton & Victoria BunchMrs. Karen BunnMr. Matthew Y. Burkhalter

& Mr. John CareyMr. Hans J. BurmeisterMark & Peg BumgardnerDr. & Mrs. W. Brantley BurnsDrs. Brenda & Craig CaldwellMr. & Mrs. Raymund CallawayDr. & Mrs. W. Jerry CappsThomas S. Caras, M.D.Dr. Emma CasanovaMs. Lynda Case

Dr. Lynn CathcartMr. & Mrs. George W. CemoreMr. & Mrs. Thomas Hal ClarkeMrs. Ruth CoanMr. & Mrs. Alva C. CobbMrs. Claudia ColvinMs. Celeste ConditMr. & Mrs. Jimmy ConnellDevlin CooperMr. & Mrs. F. Dean CopelandMr. Bruce W. & Mrs. Kate Cotterman Mr. & Mrs. David CourtneyJulianna M. CritzMr. Craig CuddebackDr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Curtiss, Ph.D.Mr. Charles DaleMr. & Mrs. Peter DalloMr. & Mrs. Harold T. Daniel, Jr.Dr. Jiyoung DanielMrs. Jeanne DanielsMs. Rebecca DanisMr. James M. Datka

& Ms. Nora P. DePalmaMs. Carol Comstock & Mr. James L. DavisMr. & Ms. James DawsonMaria Battista DellaperutaJennifer DempseyJoseph & Joanne DeSantisMr. Kevin Dew & Mr. Hal PlattMs. Rosemarie DistefanoMr. Jere DoddMr. & Mrs. Joseph DrummondMr. & Mrs. Denis DuBoisMr. Kip DuchonSara DukeSuzanne DurbinMr. & Mrs. David R. DyeLacey T. DyerMr. Gregory J. EarnestArnold & Sylvia EavesAnne J. EderingtonDr. G. EichholzMs. Paula L. EllisMs. Elizabeth R. EtollMs. Hope EyreMs. Barbara FahertyMr. & Mrs. Kurt A. FanstillDr. Fariba FarhidvashMs. Barbara M. FarrJoann FelderDr. & Mrs. Stanley FinemanMr. & Mrs. Charles K. FischerDr. & Mrs. Edwin E. FlournoyMs. Hope Caldwell-FosterGray & Ruth FountainMr. & Mrs. Michael E. Friedman

Ms. Mozelle FunderburkMr. Glen GalbaughMs. Maryanne F. GauntMr. Richard E. & Mary R. GharstDan & Harriet GillMr. & Mrs. Sander L. GilmanColonel & Mrs. Donald M. GilnerDr. & Mrs. Joseph D. GiovincoDr. & Mrs. Martin GoldsteinDr. Richard GoodjoinJames C. Goodwyne

& Christopher S. ConnellyMs. Katharine Grady Ms. Nelda GreeneMr. Kevin GreinerMr. & Mrs. Richard P. GrodzickiMs. Anne L. GrossmanDr. & Mrs. John B. HaberlenMs. Mary Joe HanesMr. & Mrs. William A. HangerDr. & Mrs. Eugene HarleyMs. Freya HarrisMr. Ronald L. Harris

& Mrs. Jacqueline PownallMr. Michael D. HastingsDr. Gary M. HenschenMarianne & Patrick HickeyDr. & Mrs. William HinsonMs. Elizabeth B. HodgesMr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Holly, Jr.Ms. Tina A. HooperDr. & Mrs. S. G. Hornsby, Jr.Pearlann & Jerry HorowitzMr. & Mrs. Nicholas C. HowardMrs. Margaret Talmadge HowellMrs. Roberta L. HuebnerMs. Jan W. HughenMrs. Catherine HughesMs. Emma HughesMrs. H.F. HunterMr. John M. Hutchinson

& Mr. Brian BoninMs. Irmgard S. ImmelMr. Rolf Ingenleuf Mr. & Mrs. Francis M. JackMrs. Louise JacksonMr. & Mrs. Robert C. JacksonStuart Jackson & Robyn JacksonMary O. JensenPatricia JohnstonMr. & Mrs. Thomas JohnstonMs. Jo Elliott JonesMr. & Mrs. Paul JonesMs. Beth JonesMr. & Mrs. Jerry JuchelkaMr. & Mrs. Bernd Kahn

Silver (continued) Silver (continued)

AnnUAL GivinG AnnUAL GivinGGold (continued) Gold (continued) Gold (continued)Dr. & Mrs. Michael SzikmanTroy TaylorDr. Richard ThioMr. Stephen H. Thompson & Mr. Drew MoteMs. Lillianette Cook & Ms. Carol C. UhlMr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ventulett IIIMs. Juliana T. VincenzinoRae & George W. WeimerDr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.Ms. Linda D. WickhamLarry & Beverly WillsonMrs. Frank Wilson, Jr.Ms. Jerrie WoodwardSherrilyn & Donn WrightMrs. Sarah Zabinski & Mr. Andrzej Zabinski

$500+AnonymousMr. Keith E. AdamsMr. & Mrs. C. S. Akers, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. David S. BakerMr. & Mrs. Robert O. BankerMr. & Mrs. Kenny L. BlankMs. Martha S. BrewerBob & Marion BunkerMrs. Constance CalhounDr. Earle ClowneyMr. & Mrs. Don S. Coatsworth Mr. & Mrs. Newt Collinson Maureen & Michael DaileyMr. Philip A. DelantyJim & Carol DewMs. Elsie DraperMr. & Mrs. Charles M. Edwards IIIMs. Ariana B. FassMrs. Arnoldo FiedotinMr. & Mrs. Michael FlahertyMr. & Mrs. Lance FortnowMr. James GaryCliff Jolliff & Elaine GerkeMr. & Mrs. Donald GoldsteinJudge Adele P. GrubbsMs. Louise S. GunnMr. Noel F. Haeberle

& Mr. Kenneth JonesMr. Michael HandDonna & Richard HillerMr. Scott IngramMrs. Lou Brown JewellMr. Robert L. Karem, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Edward KatzeMr. & Mrs. Fred R. KeithDr. & Mrs. John L. KellerMrs. Jo W. KochJoan & Arnold KurthDouglas W. & Sarah Mabry

Ms. Kathrin MattoxMr. Thomas L. McCookMr. & Mrs. Norman MillerMs. Sharon MillsMr. & Mrs. Peter J. Morelli IIThe Mortimer FamilyMrs. Thespi P. MortimerDr. Patricia S. MoultonBarbara & Mark MurovitzJane & Jim MurrayTerri & Stephen NaglerMr. & Mrs. Stephen L. NamanJohn & Agnes NelsonThe Honorable & Mrs. George A. NovakMr. John OwensMr. & Mrs. John PayanMr. James L. RhodenMs. Heidi M. RockwoodMr. John B. RofranoSandra & Ronald RousseauWalid SaidMr. Stuart SchleuseMr. Robert SidewaterOlinda & John SimonDr. Susan Y. StevensMr. Tarek TakieddineDr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. TaylorMs. Virginia S. TaylorMs. Michelle M. Thomas Mr. James Todd Constance W.TreloarMr. & Mrs. Charles D. TullerMr. Mark O'ConnellDr. & Mrs. James H. VenableMr. & Mrs. Leroy WaldenHenry Waszkowski & Patty ThomasAlan & Marcia WattMs. Reba P. WelchJanice WestWilliam Wilkinson & Robert K. BellingerMs. Venette M. WilliamsJone WilliamsMr. Russell Williamson

& Ms. Shawn PagliariniDr. & Ms. David W. Wingert

$350+AnonymousMrs. Judith AlembikMr. & Mrs. William A. AllisonMs. Joselyn B. BakerMr. & Mrs. Michael BarkerMs. Lauren A. BenevichMr. & Mrs. Samuel BetorDr. & Mrs. Jerry BlumenthalMr. Gregory Carraway

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. Chenault Mr. N. Jerold Cohen

& Ms. Andrea Strickland Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon B. CohenMr. Lawrence M. CohenDr. Malcolm H. ColeMs. Sally CombsMrs. June CrawfordMr. John CullomDr. & Mrs. Albert De ChicchisMr. & Mrs. Arthur R. DuggerMr. Mark duMasMs. DeeAnn E. EvansRita Evans Jim & Virginia HaleDean & Vivian HaultonJames E. Honkisz & Catherine A. BinnsMr. & Mrs. James HorganMrs. Sally HorntvedtDr. Karen Kuehn HowellMs. Annette JanowitzChris & Jill LeMr. Sidney E. LintonLivvy Kazer LipsonMr. Albert C. LoebeDr. Robert & Judge Stephanie ManisKatherine B. Maxwell

& Michael J. MaxwellMr. Thomas L. McCookAnne Lanier MurschMr. & Mrs. J. Vernon O'Neal, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Richard NewtonMr. & Mrs. Henry C. Parrish IIIMr. & Mrs. Guy PaschalEdward & Marjorie PattersonMr. Darryl C. Payne

& Ms. Lisa RichardsonMr. W. Ray PersonsMr. Lawrence F. PinsonStephen L. RannMr. James RollinsMr. Hervey S. RossMs. Lorraine RussellWeslyn A. SamsonDr. & Mrs. Joseph M. ScanlanKatherine ScottHelga Hazelrig SiegelDr. & Mrs. Stanley J. SmitsScott L. SneadMrs. Eleanor H. StrainSarah & David SutherlandCarolyn & Robert SwainMr. Bernd UlkenMrs. James B. VaughtMary Jane & Jorge VilanovaMrs. Linda P. Vinal

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FoUnDATion & GovernmenT SUpporT

FoundationS$750,000+The Goizueta Foundation

$150,000+Atlanta Music Festival Association

$75,000+The Sara Giles Moore FoundationThe Rich Foundation

$50,000+Livingston FoundationJ. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell

Charitable Trust

$20,000+The Jim Cox, Jr. FoundationThe Kendeda FundThe Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable FundWells Fargo

Government FundinG$50,000+Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

$20,000+Georgia Council for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts

$10,000+Molly Blank Charitable TrustThe George M. Brown FundCamp-Younts FoundationFraser-Parker FoundationAnn & Gordon Getty FoundationJBS FoundationAbraham J. & Phyllis Katz FoundationNordson Corporate FoundationNorfolk Southern Corporation FoundationSunTrust Trusteed Foundation

$5,000+Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.The John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc.Hills Family FoundationPublix Super Markets CharitiesTurner Broadcasting System

$1,000+Bright Wings FoundationThe Mary Brown Fund of AtlantaKiwanis Foundation of Atlanta, IncLois & Lucy Lampkin FoundationThe Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

Listed below are organizations that contributed and/or pledged to The Atlanta Opera between July 1, 2013 and April 16, 2015.

$500,000 The Coca-Cola Company

$50,000+Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

$10,000+Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.The AtlantanBloomingdalesTony Brewer & Co.CartierGeorgia Dermatology CenterHyde-Moran Group

- UBS Private Wealth ManagementUBS Financial Services Inc.

$5,000+AnonymousBNY MellonDavid YurmanIkebana InternationalKPMG LLPNeiman Marcus

$2,500+Batdorf & Bronson Coffee RoastersBranch Banking & Trust Co.Dennis Dean CateringGas SouthKing & Spalding LLPPNC Financial Services GroupPNC Wealth ManagementThe Ritz Carlton - BuckheadSoiree Catering & EventsThe St. Regis AtlantaZurich North America

CorporATe pArTnerS$1000+Joel Crowe - Wallace GraphicsDouble Cross VodkaFast Signs Sandy SpringsNational Distributing Company, Inc.Windham Brannon Financial Group, LLC

$500+Fidelity BankHomrich Berg, Inc. Panasonic

Silver (continued) Silver (continued) Silver (continued)Mr. Stephen J. KalistaMary Nell & Jim KerrJane & Bob KiblerMrs. Donna J. KilgoreMr. Allen D. King, Jr.Ms. Darothea H. KirklandMr. Al KlicusMs. Caroline B. KlopstockMr. Richard KranzmannMrs. Cynthia KutkaJudge & Mrs. John LangfordMrs. Emma LankfordMr. Andrew & Mrs. Juliette LeborLucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr.Ms. Constance B. LewisMrs. Jeanine LewisSophie LiMs. Joanne LincolnVanessa & Allan LittleMrs. Shirley LitwhilerRichard Lodise & Valerie JagiellaDrs. Jean V. & Lester A. LongleyCharles & Katherine LordMr. Benjamin W. LovvornMr. Trevor & Mrs. Donna LumbMr. Bruce MaddenDr. Chalem MahadevanBelinda & Gino MassafraMs. John MassengaleMr. M. Reynolds McClatchey Jr.Ms. Gloria G. McCroryPatricia & Laughlin McDonaldMr. Kenneth A. MillerCindy & Edward MillerMr. Simon MillerMs. Sarah MillettDon MinichielloMr. Roger Moister, Jr.Mr. M. Sean MolleyMr. Anthony MontagMr. Bill MoodyMr. Albert M. MorrisonMs. Janine MusholtMs. Pat NashMr. Carl W. NicholsMs. Melissa Mahan NicolCindy BaumgardnerMr. & Mrs. David NorrisMrs. Amy Wynn NormanMs. Marianela E. NoyaMr. Howard R. Osofsky

Mr. Joseph M. PabstHuun Park & Morgan HarrisRev. Louisa T. ParsonsDr. & Mrs. John G. Paty, Jr.Peachtree Battle Garden ClubMr. Andreas PenningerMs. Mary PercyMs. Sandra PerkowitzMr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Persons, Sr.Ms. Sophia B. PetermanDrs. Frank & Robin PetruzieloMr. George A. Pfeil IIIMs. Maria M. PflugbeilDonna & Robert PolletCalvin Pleasants & Vasily GoncharovMs. Catherine PobstDonna & Robert PolletMs. Anne PollockMs. Ivetta V. PolyakovaCatherine Popper & Noah EckhouseMrs. Catherine T. PorterLavinia PretzMr. Donald W. PrichardSharon & Jim RadfordMr. Leonard B. Reed & Ms. Lisa N. DavisMrs. David A. ReinachMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. RemingtonMr. Mark RichMr. Norman RobinsonMr. Don C. RobinsonMr. Bruce RogersMr. & Mrs. John Phillip RogersMr. Daniel D. RossMr. Dwight Ross, Jr.Ms. Linda RubinWallace & Cindy Sagendorph Dr. & Mrs. David SatcherCrista & Glenn SchaabMr. & Mrs. James S. SchiwalMr. Donald Schreiber & Ms. Barbara SealMr. & Mrs. John A. SchwartzMr. & Mrs. David M. ScoularHarold Settle MDMrs. Roberta SetzerMr. Robert L. SilvermanSharon SilvermintzRichard Singer & Liz NazzariMr. & Mrs. Charles SlickTom SlickMrs. Carol E. SmartMichael Sneath

Mr. & Mrs. James W. SpencerMs. Joan SpoffordGail & Barry SpurlockDr. David StacyJohn & Lizanne StephensonJay & Katie SullivanMr. & Mrs. James A. SummersMarjorie H. & David N. SummersBarbara & John SwannMr. & Mrs. Hugh K. SwitzerDavid C. TalbertMr. Eric J. TaylorMr. & Mrs. Frederick C. TaylorLeigh & Jay TelotteMr. & Mrs. Stanley TenenbaumPaul & Loretha ThieleMs. Nancy A. ThomasMr. & Mrs. William R. Thurman , Jr.Wolfgang TiedtkeMrs. Janet P. TillerMr. Joseph M. TroncaleCarol C. UhlMarylee VetranoMr. & Mrs. Fritz Von AmmonCameron & Scott VowellJoseph J. Wade JrMr. & Mrs. Stephen G. WarnerMr. & Mrs. Lewis B. WatfordDr. Linda WebbMrs. Constance WehnerDr. Bernard WeissMs. Parsla A. WelchMr. & Mrs. Richard T. WhiteKay C. WidemanMs. Teri WikesjoMrs. Elaine WilcoMr. & Mrs. Alexander M. WilliamsDr. & Mrs. Sam WilliamsSue WilliamsMr. Jason WilliamsMs. Beth WilliamsonMr. Calvin WingoMs. Ann D. WintersMrs. Loretta C. WolfMr. & Mrs. Ron & Elaine WomackDr. & Mrs. R. Craig WoodwardMrs. Mary S. WrightMrs. Jeanne S. WynneDrs. Martin & Holly YorkDr. Edward Zaiko & Dr. Ivana Pelner-ZaikoKurt-Alexander Zeller

AnnUAL GivinG

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FoUnDATion & GovernmenT SUpporT

FoundationS$750,000+The Goizueta Foundation

$150,000+Atlanta Music Festival Association

$75,000+The Sara Giles Moore FoundationThe Rich Foundation

$50,000+Livingston FoundationJ. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell

Charitable Trust

$20,000+The Jim Cox, Jr. FoundationThe Kendeda FundThe Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable FundWells Fargo

Government FundinG$50,000+Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

$20,000+Georgia Council for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts

$10,000+Molly Blank Charitable TrustThe George M. Brown FundCamp-Younts FoundationFraser-Parker FoundationAnn & Gordon Getty FoundationJBS FoundationAbraham J. & Phyllis Katz FoundationNordson Corporate FoundationNorfolk Southern Corporation FoundationSunTrust Trusteed Foundation

$5,000+Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.The John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc.Hills Family FoundationPublix Super Markets CharitiesTurner Broadcasting System

$1,000+Bright Wings FoundationThe Mary Brown Fund of AtlantaKiwanis Foundation of Atlanta, IncLois & Lucy Lampkin FoundationThe Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

Listed below are organizations that contributed and/or pledged to The Atlanta Opera between July 1, 2013 and April 16, 2015.

$500,000 The Coca-Cola Company

$50,000+Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

$10,000+Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.The AtlantanBloomingdalesTony Brewer & Co.CartierGeorgia Dermatology CenterHyde-Moran Group

- UBS Private Wealth ManagementUBS Financial Services Inc.

$5,000+AnonymousBNY MellonDavid YurmanIkebana InternationalKPMG LLPNeiman Marcus

$2,500+Batdorf & Bronson Coffee RoastersBranch Banking & Trust Co.Dennis Dean CateringGas SouthKing & Spalding LLPPNC Financial Services GroupPNC Wealth ManagementThe Ritz Carlton - BuckheadSoiree Catering & EventsThe St. Regis AtlantaZurich North America

CorporATe pArTnerS$1000+Joel Crowe - Wallace GraphicsDouble Cross VodkaFast Signs Sandy SpringsNational Distributing Company, Inc.Windham Brannon Financial Group, LLC

$500+Fidelity BankHomrich Berg, Inc. Panasonic

Silver (continued) Silver (continued) Silver (continued)Mr. Stephen J. KalistaMary Nell & Jim KerrJane & Bob KiblerMrs. Donna J. KilgoreMr. Allen D. King, Jr.Ms. Darothea H. KirklandMr. Al KlicusMs. Caroline B. KlopstockMr. Richard KranzmannMrs. Cynthia KutkaJudge & Mrs. John LangfordMrs. Emma LankfordMr. Andrew & Mrs. Juliette LeborLucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr.Ms. Constance B. LewisMrs. Jeanine LewisSophie LiMs. Joanne LincolnVanessa & Allan LittleMrs. Shirley LitwhilerRichard Lodise & Valerie JagiellaDrs. Jean V. & Lester A. LongleyCharles & Katherine LordMr. Benjamin W. LovvornMr. Trevor & Mrs. Donna LumbMr. Bruce MaddenDr. Chalem MahadevanBelinda & Gino MassafraMs. John MassengaleMr. M. Reynolds McClatchey Jr.Ms. Gloria G. McCroryPatricia & Laughlin McDonaldMr. Kenneth A. MillerCindy & Edward MillerMr. Simon MillerMs. Sarah MillettDon MinichielloMr. Roger Moister, Jr.Mr. M. Sean MolleyMr. Anthony MontagMr. Bill MoodyMr. Albert M. MorrisonMs. Janine MusholtMs. Pat NashMr. Carl W. NicholsMs. Melissa Mahan NicolCindy BaumgardnerMr. & Mrs. David NorrisMrs. Amy Wynn NormanMs. Marianela E. NoyaMr. Howard R. Osofsky

Mr. Joseph M. PabstHuun Park & Morgan HarrisRev. Louisa T. ParsonsDr. & Mrs. John G. Paty, Jr.Peachtree Battle Garden ClubMr. Andreas PenningerMs. Mary PercyMs. Sandra PerkowitzMr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Persons, Sr.Ms. Sophia B. PetermanDrs. Frank & Robin PetruzieloMr. George A. Pfeil IIIMs. Maria M. PflugbeilDonna & Robert PolletCalvin Pleasants & Vasily GoncharovMs. Catherine PobstDonna & Robert PolletMs. Anne PollockMs. Ivetta V. PolyakovaCatherine Popper & Noah EckhouseMrs. Catherine T. PorterLavinia PretzMr. Donald W. PrichardSharon & Jim RadfordMr. Leonard B. Reed & Ms. Lisa N. DavisMrs. David A. ReinachMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. RemingtonMr. Mark RichMr. Norman RobinsonMr. Don C. RobinsonMr. Bruce RogersMr. & Mrs. John Phillip RogersMr. Daniel D. RossMr. Dwight Ross, Jr.Ms. Linda RubinWallace & Cindy Sagendorph Dr. & Mrs. David SatcherCrista & Glenn SchaabMr. & Mrs. James S. SchiwalMr. Donald Schreiber & Ms. Barbara SealMr. & Mrs. John A. SchwartzMr. & Mrs. David M. ScoularHarold Settle MDMrs. Roberta SetzerMr. Robert L. SilvermanSharon SilvermintzRichard Singer & Liz NazzariMr. & Mrs. Charles SlickTom SlickMrs. Carol E. SmartMichael Sneath

Mr. & Mrs. James W. SpencerMs. Joan SpoffordGail & Barry SpurlockDr. David StacyJohn & Lizanne StephensonJay & Katie SullivanMr. & Mrs. James A. SummersMarjorie H. & David N. SummersBarbara & John SwannMr. & Mrs. Hugh K. SwitzerDavid C. TalbertMr. Eric J. TaylorMr. & Mrs. Frederick C. TaylorLeigh & Jay TelotteMr. & Mrs. Stanley TenenbaumPaul & Loretha ThieleMs. Nancy A. ThomasMr. & Mrs. William R. Thurman , Jr.Wolfgang TiedtkeMrs. Janet P. TillerMr. Joseph M. TroncaleCarol C. UhlMarylee VetranoMr. & Mrs. Fritz Von AmmonCameron & Scott VowellJoseph J. Wade JrMr. & Mrs. Stephen G. WarnerMr. & Mrs. Lewis B. WatfordDr. Linda WebbMrs. Constance WehnerDr. Bernard WeissMs. Parsla A. WelchMr. & Mrs. Richard T. WhiteKay C. WidemanMs. Teri WikesjoMrs. Elaine WilcoMr. & Mrs. Alexander M. WilliamsDr. & Mrs. Sam WilliamsSue WilliamsMr. Jason WilliamsMs. Beth WilliamsonMr. Calvin WingoMs. Ann D. WintersMrs. Loretta C. WolfMr. & Mrs. Ron & Elaine WomackDr. & Mrs. R. Craig WoodwardMrs. Mary S. WrightMrs. Jeanne S. WynneDrs. Martin & Holly YorkDr. Edward Zaiko & Dr. Ivana Pelner-ZaikoKurt-Alexander Zeller

AnnUAL GivinG

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p r o u d ly s u p p o r ts

the AtlAntA operA

would like to thank

for their generous support.

TribUTeS & memoriALSin memory of

ms. Katherine andersonMr. Richard E. & Mary R. Gharstin Honor of

mr. & mrs. Shepard B. ansleyJanice Westin Honor of Florence BarnettThe Snead Familyin memory of

dr. Joseph C. & ruth P. BarnettDr. Florence C. Barnett in Honor of doug HollyBoris Bauerin memory of Jay BeadleDan & Harriet Gill in Honor of Jim & nancy BlandMrs. Connie TreloarMr. & Mrs. Ben J. TarbuttonMrs. Treville LawrenceMr. & Mrs. W. Tinsley Ellisin Honor of laura & Cosmo BoydMrs. Eleanor H. Strainin memory of lavinia Cloud PretzLavinia Pretzin memory of John CoxMr. Kevin Dew & Mr. Hal Plattin Honor of ashley CurlingDavid & Carmen Mcclellan in Honor of martha thompson dinosKatherine Scott

in memory of miriam drakeMs. Pat Johnstonin Honor of Susanna eilandDr. & Dr. Morgan Eilandin memory of Henry G. FerranteJason Ferrantein memory of arnoldo FiedotinMrs. Enrique E. Bledelin memory of timothy GantzElen Bianchelliin memory of alvin Goldstein The Women of Bryan Cavein memory of John W. Grant, iiiMrs. Carol E. Smartin Honor of Kevin Greiner Ms. Joselyn B. Bakerin memory of Betsy HansenHarald Hansen in memory of mia Hecht owens Mrs. Enrique E. BledelMs. Janet R. PiercyMrs. Catherine T. PorterBrooks, Leslie, & L.J. Yankoskyin memory of donald r. KeoughMr. & Mrs. Charles K. FischerMr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill KennyOlinda & John SimonTroy Taylorin Honor of Joseph lattanzi The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.

in memory of rachel lehmannMrs. Eleanor H. Strainin memory of edward mortimerMrs. Thespi P. Mortimerin Honor of Polly n. PaterTom Slick Mr. & Mrs. Charles SlickMr. & Mrs. Brian Beem in Honor of ms. Faye P. PopperCatherine Popper & Noah Eckhousein Honor of rula Jalbout SaidWalid Saidin memory of Jim StrainMr. William E. PenningtonIn Honor of John TibbettsThe Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.in memory of

marya Gabrielle WilliamsJone Williams in Honor of

mr. & mrs. Charles r. Yates, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry SchrenkJohn & Lizanne StephensonMrs. Sarah Yates Sutherlandin Honor of tomer ZvulunDr. Richard S. Sarason

& Anne S. Arenstein Cameron & Scott Vowell

enCore CirCLeThe Atlanta Opera established the Encore Circle to recognize donors who have designated the Opera as a beneficiary in their estate plan. Gifts from these individuals ensure our progress for generations to come.

AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Shepard B. AnsleyMrs. Wallace F. BeardMr. Montague L. Boyd, IIIMs. Mary D. BrayMr. Robert ColginMartha Thompson DinosArnold & Sylvia EavesMs. Dorothy E. EdwardsHeike & Dieter ElsnerCarl & Sally GablePeg Simms GaryMr. & Mrs. Sidney W. GubermanMs. Judy HanenkratMr. Hilson Hudson

Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison Mr. J. Carter JosephMr. Alfred D. Kennedy Ms. Corina M. LaFrossiaDr. Jill MableyMr. & Mrs. John G. MalcolmDan D. MasliaMr. Robert L. MaysMr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDanielMr. & Mrs. Jack C. McDowellMr. & Mrs. Craig N. MillerMiss Helen D. MoffittMr. J. Robert MorringClara M. & John S. O'SheaMrs. Polly N. Pater

Mr. William E. PenningtonMr. Bruce RothMs. Hazel SangerMr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. Elizabeth Morgan SpiegelDr. Jane T. St. Clair & Mr. James E. SustmanMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. TeepenDr. & Mrs. Harold WhitneyRhys T. WilsonMs. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle, J.D.*Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Yates Sr.Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr.

& Mrs. Mary Mitchell Yates

* deceased

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p r o u d ly s u p p o r ts

the AtlAntA operA

would like to thank

for their generous support.

TribUTeS & memoriALSin memory of

ms. Katherine andersonMr. Richard E. & Mary R. Gharstin Honor of

mr. & mrs. Shepard B. ansleyJanice Westin Honor of Florence BarnettThe Snead Familyin memory of

dr. Joseph C. & ruth P. BarnettDr. Florence C. Barnett in Honor of doug HollyBoris Bauerin memory of Jay BeadleDan & Harriet Gill in Honor of Jim & nancy BlandMrs. Connie TreloarMr. & Mrs. Ben J. TarbuttonMrs. Treville LawrenceMr. & Mrs. W. Tinsley Ellisin Honor of laura & Cosmo BoydMrs. Eleanor H. Strainin memory of lavinia Cloud PretzLavinia Pretzin memory of John CoxMr. Kevin Dew & Mr. Hal Plattin Honor of ashley CurlingDavid & Carmen Mcclellan in Honor of martha thompson dinosKatherine Scott

in memory of miriam drakeMs. Pat Johnstonin Honor of Susanna eilandDr. & Dr. Morgan Eilandin memory of Henry G. FerranteJason Ferrantein memory of arnoldo FiedotinMrs. Enrique E. Bledelin memory of timothy GantzElen Bianchelliin memory of alvin Goldstein The Women of Bryan Cavein memory of John W. Grant, iiiMrs. Carol E. Smartin Honor of Kevin Greiner Ms. Joselyn B. Bakerin memory of Betsy HansenHarald Hansen in memory of mia Hecht owens Mrs. Enrique E. BledelMs. Janet R. PiercyMrs. Catherine T. PorterBrooks, Leslie, & L.J. Yankoskyin memory of donald r. KeoughMr. & Mrs. Charles K. FischerMr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill KennyOlinda & John SimonTroy Taylorin Honor of Joseph lattanzi The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.

in memory of rachel lehmannMrs. Eleanor H. Strainin memory of edward mortimerMrs. Thespi P. Mortimerin Honor of Polly n. PaterTom Slick Mr. & Mrs. Charles SlickMr. & Mrs. Brian Beem in Honor of ms. Faye P. PopperCatherine Popper & Noah Eckhousein Honor of rula Jalbout SaidWalid Saidin memory of Jim StrainMr. William E. PenningtonIn Honor of John TibbettsThe Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.in memory of

marya Gabrielle WilliamsJone Williams in Honor of

mr. & mrs. Charles r. Yates, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry SchrenkJohn & Lizanne StephensonMrs. Sarah Yates Sutherlandin Honor of tomer ZvulunDr. Richard S. Sarason

& Anne S. Arenstein Cameron & Scott Vowell

enCore CirCLeThe Atlanta Opera established the Encore Circle to recognize donors who have designated the Opera as a beneficiary in their estate plan. Gifts from these individuals ensure our progress for generations to come.

AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Shepard B. AnsleyMrs. Wallace F. BeardMr. Montague L. Boyd, IIIMs. Mary D. BrayMr. Robert ColginMartha Thompson DinosArnold & Sylvia EavesMs. Dorothy E. EdwardsHeike & Dieter ElsnerCarl & Sally GablePeg Simms GaryMr. & Mrs. Sidney W. GubermanMs. Judy HanenkratMr. Hilson Hudson

Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison Mr. J. Carter JosephMr. Alfred D. Kennedy Ms. Corina M. LaFrossiaDr. Jill MableyMr. & Mrs. John G. MalcolmDan D. MasliaMr. Robert L. MaysMr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDanielMr. & Mrs. Jack C. McDowellMr. & Mrs. Craig N. MillerMiss Helen D. MoffittMr. J. Robert MorringClara M. & John S. O'SheaMrs. Polly N. Pater

Mr. William E. PenningtonMr. Bruce RothMs. Hazel SangerMr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr. Elizabeth Morgan SpiegelDr. Jane T. St. Clair & Mr. James E. SustmanMr. & Mrs. Thomas H. TeepenDr. & Mrs. Harold WhitneyRhys T. WilsonMs. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle, J.D.*Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Yates Sr.Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr.

& Mrs. Mary Mitchell Yates

* deceased

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boArD oF DireCTorSoFFiCerSCHAiR EMERiTUS Mrs. Boyce AnsleyCHAiR Mr. William E. Tucker iMMEDiATE PAST CHAiR Mr. Gregory F. JohnsonviCE CHAiR Mr. John L. HammakerviCE CHAiR Mr. Charles “Charlie” R. YatesTREASURER Mr. Rhys T. WilsonSECRETARy Mr. Michael Keough

memberSMs. Cathy Callaway AdamsMr. Bryan H. BarnesMr. Andy BergMrs. Nancy Carter BlandMr. Montague L. Boyd, IIIMrs. Rosemary Kopel BrownMrs. Mary CalhounMr. Mario ConchaDr. Frank A. CritzMs. Martha Thompson DinosMr. Robert G. EdgeMs. Bernadette FaberMr. Eli FlintMrs. Joanne Chesler GrossMr. John Michael HancockMr. Howard W. HunterMr. William C. Hyde

Ms. Mary B. JamesMr. Alfred Kennedy, Jr.Mr. John O. KingMr. George LevertMs. Kelly LyemanceMr. James B. MillerMr. Mike E. Paulhus Mr. William E. PenningtonMr. James D. PowellMr. Herbert J. RosenbergMr. Charles SharbaughMr. Timothy E. SheehanMr. G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.Mrs. Loraine WilliamsMr. Thomas R. WilliamsMr. Robert G. WoodwardMr. Allen W. Yee

honorAry memberSMr. Opher Aviran Consul General Israel to the Southeastern United StatesMr. Dieter ElsnerMr. Carl I. Gable, Jr.Mr. John “Jack” S. Gillfillan Mrs. Nancy Hall GreenMr. Carter JosephMrs. Peggy McDowellMr. Harmon “Sandy” B. Miller, IIIMr. Bruce A. RothMr. J. Barry SchrenkMr. Mark K. TaylorMrs. Jane S. WillsonMrs. Bunny Winter

STAFF

ArTiSTiC Cory Lippiello DiRECTOR Of ARTiSTiC PlANNiNG & COMMUNiTy ENGAGEMENT

Walter Huff CHORUS MASTER

Wade Thomas EDUCATiON MANAGER

Lidiya Selikhov ARTiSTiC ASSOCiATE

DeveLopmenTSarah Zabinski DiRECTOR Of DEvElOPMENT

Rae Weimer ASSOCiATE DiRECTOR Of DEvElOPMENT

Greg Carraway fOUNDATiON & GRANTS MANAGER

Caroline Clark ANNUAl fUND MANAGER

Rachel Jorgensen DATABASE SySTEMS MANAGER

mArKeTinG & CommUniCATionSDave Paule DiRECTOR Of MARKETiNG & COMMUNiCATiONS

Scott Hazleton MARKETiNG MANAGER

Matt Burkhalter CREATivE SERviCES MANAGER

Renee Smiley PATRON SERviCES MANAGER

Rebecca Danis PATRON SERviCES ASSOCiATE

FinAnCe & ADminiSTrATionPaul Deckard DiRECTOR Of fiNANCE

Inga V. Murro CONTROllER

Allie Beckett EXECUTivE ASSiSTANT

proDUCTionShawn Rieschl Johnson DiRECTOR Of PRODUCTiON

John Beaulieu TECHiNiCAl DiRECTOR/ MASTER CARPENTER

Joanna Schmink COSTUMES COORDiNATOR

Ken McNeil WARDROBE SUPERviSOR

Catherine Babb PROPERTiES MASTER

ALLiAnCe TheATreSteve Jordan Steven Love ElECTRiCiAN

Holly O'Reagan AUDiO ENGiNEER

Michael Lyons Vince Simons CARPENTER

Alex Mathews WARDROBE

Marjon Wolfe Dana Hylton Calabro HOUSE MANAGEMENT

Tomer Zvulun GENERAl & ARTiSTiC DiRECTOR

Arthur Fagen CARl & SAlly GABlE MUSiC DiRECTOR

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boArD oF DireCTorSoFFiCerSCHAiR EMERiTUS Mrs. Boyce AnsleyCHAiR Mr. William E. Tucker iMMEDiATE PAST CHAiR Mr. Gregory F. JohnsonviCE CHAiR Mr. John L. HammakerviCE CHAiR Mr. Charles “Charlie” R. YatesTREASURER Mr. Rhys T. WilsonSECRETARy Mr. Michael Keough

memberSMs. Cathy Callaway AdamsMr. Bryan H. BarnesMr. Andy BergMrs. Nancy Carter BlandMr. Montague L. Boyd, IIIMrs. Rosemary Kopel BrownMrs. Mary CalhounMr. Mario ConchaDr. Frank A. CritzMs. Martha Thompson DinosMr. Robert G. EdgeMs. Bernadette FaberMr. Eli FlintMrs. Joanne Chesler GrossMr. John Michael HancockMr. Howard W. HunterMr. William C. Hyde

Ms. Mary B. JamesMr. Alfred Kennedy, Jr.Mr. John O. KingMr. George LevertMs. Kelly LyemanceMr. James B. MillerMr. Mike E. Paulhus Mr. William E. PenningtonMr. James D. PowellMr. Herbert J. RosenbergMr. Charles SharbaughMr. Timothy E. SheehanMr. G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.Mrs. Loraine WilliamsMr. Thomas R. WilliamsMr. Robert G. WoodwardMr. Allen W. Yee

honorAry memberSMr. Opher Aviran Consul General Israel to the Southeastern United StatesMr. Dieter ElsnerMr. Carl I. Gable, Jr.Mr. John “Jack” S. Gillfillan Mrs. Nancy Hall GreenMr. Carter JosephMrs. Peggy McDowellMr. Harmon “Sandy” B. Miller, IIIMr. Bruce A. RothMr. J. Barry SchrenkMr. Mark K. TaylorMrs. Jane S. WillsonMrs. Bunny Winter

STAFF

ArTiSTiC Cory Lippiello DiRECTOR Of ARTiSTiC PlANNiNG & COMMUNiTy ENGAGEMENT

Walter Huff CHORUS MASTER

Wade Thomas EDUCATiON MANAGER

Lidiya Selikhov ARTiSTiC ASSOCiATE

DeveLopmenTSarah Zabinski DiRECTOR Of DEvElOPMENT

Rae Weimer ASSOCiATE DiRECTOR Of DEvElOPMENT

Greg Carraway fOUNDATiON & GRANTS MANAGER

Caroline Clark ANNUAl fUND MANAGER

Rachel Jorgensen DATABASE SySTEMS MANAGER

mArKeTinG & CommUniCATionSDave Paule DiRECTOR Of MARKETiNG & COMMUNiCATiONS

Scott Hazleton MARKETiNG MANAGER

Matt Burkhalter CREATivE SERviCES MANAGER

Renee Smiley PATRON SERviCES MANAGER

Rebecca Danis PATRON SERviCES ASSOCiATE

FinAnCe & ADminiSTrATionPaul Deckard DiRECTOR Of fiNANCE

Inga V. Murro CONTROllER

Allie Beckett EXECUTivE ASSiSTANT

proDUCTionShawn Rieschl Johnson DiRECTOR Of PRODUCTiON

John Beaulieu TECHiNiCAl DiRECTOR/ MASTER CARPENTER

Joanna Schmink COSTUMES COORDiNATOR

Ken McNeil WARDROBE SUPERviSOR

Catherine Babb PROPERTiES MASTER

ALLiAnCe TheATreSteve Jordan Steven Love ElECTRiCiAN

Holly O'Reagan AUDiO ENGiNEER

Michael Lyons Vince Simons CARPENTER

Alex Mathews WARDROBE

Marjon Wolfe Dana Hylton Calabro HOUSE MANAGEMENT

Tomer Zvulun GENERAl & ARTiSTiC DiRECTOR

Arthur Fagen CARl & SAlly GABlE MUSiC DiRECTOR

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• Latecomers will be asked to wait in the lobby for an appropriate moment to be seated in alternative seats (based on availability).

DiSrUpTionS• The House Manager reserves the right to ask any disruptive audience member to leave

without a refund.

TiCKeTinG• All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket to enter the theatre.

• Children age 4 and under will not be admitted.

• Please note that not all programming is appropriate for all ages.

• Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket, sit in a seat, and be able to sit quietly through the entire performance.

CeLL phoneS & eLeCTroniC DeviCeS• As a courtesy to our actors and other audience members, please turn off all electronic

devices (or set them to silent mode) before entering the theatre.

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are strictly prohibited in the theatre.

• No photos or recordings may be taken inside the theatre.

• Any photos or recordings will be confiscated by the House Manager and deleted/destroyed.

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