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Indiana University Opera Theaterpresents

as its 406th production

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZABook by CRAIG LUCAS

Music and Lyrics by ADAM GUETTELProduced by arrangement with Turner Entertainment Co.Owner of the original motion picture “Light In The Piazza”

Based on the Novel by Elizabeth Spencer

Original Broadway Production by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2005

The world première of The Light in the Piazza was producedby the Intiman Theatre Seattle, Washington

Opening Night: June 14, 2003Bartlett Sher, Artistic Director Laura Penn, Managing Director

and The Goodman Theatre, Chicago IllinoisOpening Night: January 20, 2004

Robert Falls, Artistic Director Roche Schulfer, Executive Director

Developed with the Assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory

Vincent Liotta, Stage Director Dan Riddle, Guest Conductor

C. David Higgins, Set and Costume DesignerBarry Steele, Lighting Designer

Kelly Holterhoff, Wig and Make-up DesignerGary Arvin, Italian-English Diction CoachTHE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is presented through special

arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnhtheatricals.com

Dedicated to the memory of Stephen A. Backer ________________

Musical Arts Center Friday Evening, July Thirty-First Saturday Evening, August First Friday Evening, August Seventh Saturday Evening, August Eighth Eight O’Clock

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Twenty-Ninth Program of the 2009-10 Season

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Synopsis

Act IThe Light in the Piazza tells the story of Margaret Johnson, a middle-aged

woman from North Carolina, who takes her daughter, Clara, to Florence, Italy for a vacation in the spring of 1953. On their first day there, a breeze carries Clara’s hat off her head and across the square where a young Italian man, Fabrizio, catches it and returns it to her. The two are instantly smitten. But Margaret steers her daughter away from the encounter, bringing her next to the Uffizi Galleries. Fabrizio appears, hoping to arrange a meeting with Clara, but once again Margaret intervenes. Alone, Fabrizio sings in Italian his declaration of love for Clara. At the Duomo, Fabrizio once again catches up with Margaret and Clara, and this time Fabrizio’s father, Signor Naccarelli, is able to help penetrate Margaret’s resistance to any further involvement. They all agree to meet at sunset to take a walk and admire the view of the city from above at the Piazzale Michelangelo.

Margaret and Clara are invited to have tea at the Naccarelli home. Giuseppe’s wife, Franca, takes Clara aside, and alone, warns Clara about ever trusting a husband. Though the Naccarellis are impressed with Clara, Margaret tries without success to share her deep reservations. When she looks in Fabrizio’s eyes and sees the love there, she can’t bring herself to disappoint him, as much as she feels she must; for there is something about Clara that none of these people knows. Clara secretly makes plans to meet Fabrizio at midnight near the hotel.

Margaret calls her husband, Roy, who is back in the states. She tries to tell him what is happening, but he is not very understanding, cutting short the conversation. Margaret, alone in her hotel room, sings of her disappointment in the marriage. On her way to meet Fabrizio, Clara becomes lost in the streets of Florence, becoming hysterical. Her mother takes her back to the hotel and, as Clara sleeps, Margaret shares the source of her disquiet. When Clara was a young girl, she was kicked in the head by a Shetland pony, and the accident has caused her mental and emotional abilities to develop abnormally. Margaret feels that she must take Clara away from Florence at once, and she steps down into the lobby to have a drink. While she is away, Fabrizio comes to the room, distraught; he cannot find the right words to propose marriage to Clara. Clara accepts Fabrizio’s proposal and the two are embracing as Margaret walks in on them.

Act IIAct Two begins in Rome. Margaret has taken Clara there to distract her

and put an end to the affair. Back in Florence, Fabrizio rails and weeps, once again singing entirely in Italian. No matter what Margaret tries, her daughter refuses to give her an inch, culminating in a painful confrontation. Clara erupts with a torrent of feeling, centered on Fabrizio and the nature of love. This causes Margaret to relent and to no longer stand in the way of the wedding. The two return to Florence.

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Clara is instructed in the Latin catechism in preparation for converting to Catholicism while around her everyone in the extended family sings of their feelings, stirred up by the immediate presence of such intense, young love. Franca, in an attempt to arouse her husband’s jealousy, kisses Fabrizio right on the mouth, and Clara witnesses it, breaking into a furious rant.

At the wedding rehearsal, Clara and Fabrizio are filling out the necessary forms when Signor Naccarelli sees something on Clara’s form that causes him to call off the wedding and take his family away at once. Clara wants to know what is wrong with her, but her mother says there is nothing at all wrong. With Clara sobbing and broken, alone in one of the pews of the church, Margaret reveals her worst fears and her shame at having been the source of her daughter’s lifelong suffering. She resolves to do whatever it takes to give to Clara a chance for happiness. Margaret tries to reason with Signor Naccarelli. He admits that he saw Clara write her age on the forms – 26 – and that this makes her an unsuitable bride for his son who is only 20. Relieved that he has not discovered their secret, Margaret begs him to change his mind, but he will not. She invites him to take a walk with her. By giving him time to mull things over, Margaret succeeds in putting the wedding back on track; Signor Naccarelli says he will meet them at the church the following morning.

From the hotel room, Margaret calls Roy to tell him about the wedding. As might be predicted, he insists that Clara cannot handle the responsibilities of marriage. Clara, in her wedding dress, stands in the shadows, overhearing her mother’s side of the conversation. Shattered, Clara slips out of the hotel room and runs once more through Florence, meeting Fabrizio at the church in order to tell him that she will not marry him. Fabrizio assuages all of her fears. Moments before the wedding, Clara tells Margaret she can’t leave her; Margaret assures her she can. Left alone, Margaret gives in to all the pent-up doubts and yearnings that she has carried for years on end about love, realizing at last that the chance of love somehow outweighs the terrible risks. She joins the wedding ceremony.

Indiana University Opera Theaterpresents as its 406th production

the Collegiate Première of

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZABook by CRAIG LUCAS

Music and Lyrics by ADAM GUETTEL

Produced by arrangement with Turner Entertainment Co.Owner of the original motion picture “Light in the Piazza”

Based on the Novel by Elizabeth Spencer

Original Broadway Production by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2005

The world première of The Light in the Piazza was producedby the Intiman Theatre Seattle, Washington

Opening Night: June 14, 2003Bartlett Sher, Artistic Director Laura Penn, Managing Director

And The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IllinoisOpening Night: January 20, 2004

Robert Falls, Artistic Director Roche Schulfer, Executive Director

Developed with the Assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory

Vincent Liotta, Stage Director Dan Riddle, Guest Conductor

C. David Higgins, Set and Costume DesignerBarry Steele, Lighting Designer

Kelly Holterhoff, Wig and Make-up DesignerGary Arvin, Italian-English Diction Coach

Wayne Jackson, Sound DesignerGeorge Pinney, Dance Consultant

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnhtheatricals.com

Dedicated to the memory of Stephen A. Backer ________________

Musical Arts Center Friday Evening, August Seventh Saturday Evening, August Eighth Eight O’Clock

Twenty-Ninth Program of the 2009-10 Season

Dedicated to the memory of Stephen A. Backerdedication pageis evening’s performance of

e Light in the Piazzais dedicated to the memory of

I N D I A N A U N I V E R S I T Y J A C O B S S C H O O L O F M U S I C

Stephen A. BackerFebruary 28, 1946–March 15, 2009

The Jacobs School gratefully acknowledges thosewho made gifts in memory of Stephen A. Backer. Their generosity has

made possible the establishment of an endowment to createThe Stephen A. Backer Music Scholarship.

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The Light in the PiazzaCast

August 7, 2009 August 8, 2009

Margaret Johnson . . . . . . . . . . Emily Smokovich Sarah StoneClara Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jami Leonard Christa RuizFabrizio Naccarelli . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Stoffel John McLaughlinSignor Naccarelli . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth Marks Scott HogsedGiuseppe Naccarelli . . . . . . . . . Thomas Florio Nathan BrownFranca Naccarelli . . . . . . . . . . . Krista Laskowski Sarah RadkeSignora Naccarelli . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Glyptis Ashleigh GuidaRoy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Webb Anthony WebbA Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Opitz Matthew Opitz

The Ensemble Nuns, Priests, Lovers, Shoppers, Maids, Tourists et al . . . . . . . . . . . . Rainelle Bumbaugh, Elizabeth Davidson, Adam Ewing, Sharon Harms, Jake Haynie, Joseph Mace, Elizabeth Pearse

TO OUR PATRONS: Curtain time for IU Opera Theater is promptly at 8 p.m., by which time all opera goers should be

in their seats. Latecomers will be seated only on the third terraceor at the discretion of the management.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The Light in the Piazza will conclude at approximately 10:30 p.m.

No Cameras, Flash Equipment, or Audio Recordersare allowed in the auditorium

of the Musical Arts Center.

The SynopsisPlease refer to the Summer Music Festival book.

Biographies and Photos of the Artistic StaffPlease refer to the Summer Music Festival book.

Additional Artistic Staff

Gary Arvin has served as a vocal coach for Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. He was selected as official accompanist for the International Belvedere Competition in Vienna, the world’s largest operatic singing competition. Arvin has appeared in recital with singers throughout the United States,

Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Finland, and Korea. He has also recorded for the ORF (Austria), National Radio of Finland, National Radio of the Czech Republic, Hal Leonard Recordings, and Sung-Eun Records (Korea). Arvin’s recital appearances have included Vienna, Salzburg, Prague, Helsinki, Seoul, New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara. He is currently associate professor of vocal coaching, repertoire, and diction at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Cast Biographies

Margaret JohnsonEmily Smokovich is a mezzo-soprano from Grand Rapids, Mich. She made her IU Opera Theater debut in last year’s production of The Love for Three Oranges. Smokovich has previously been seen in the chorus for Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, and The Tales of Hoffmann. She has participated in multiple master classes during her time at IU, including the most

recent with Virginia Zeani. Smokovich completed her undergraduate degree and began a master’s this past fall. She studies with Andreas Poulimenos.

Sarah Stone, mezzo-soprano, received her Master of Music in Voice from the Jacobs School of Music in 2005 and is currently a doctoral student, continuing her studies with Patricia Stiles. Previous roles with IU Opera Theater include Filippyevna in Eugene Onegin, Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette, and Smeraldina in The Love for Three Oranges. Upcoming engagements include the

role of Stefano in Indiana University’s 2009-10 opera season. She has performed professionally with the Kentucky Opera and Louisville Ballet, the Indiana State University Masterworks Chorale, and Terre Haute Sinfonietta, and has recorded the songs of Indiana-based composer Daniel Powers. An alumna of the Tanglewood Music Center, where she was a recipient of the Cynthia L. Sparks

Fellowship, she sang under the baton of Maestro James Levine. Born in England and raised in Brazil, she had a career as a professional soccer player and sports commentator.

Clara Johnson

Jami Leonard begins her first year as a master’s student after completing her bachelor’s degree at the Jacobs School of Music last spring. Recent credits include the première performance as Juliet in Don Freund’s musical drama Romeo and Juliet, She Loves Me with IU Opera Theater, and Nine and Oklahoma with the IU Theatre Department. Leonard studies with Patricia Wise.

Christa Ruiz, soprano, makes her Indiana University Opera Theater debut as Clara. A North Carolina native, she holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied with Marion Pratnicki. Favorite roles and scenes include Polissena (Radamisto), Sandrina (La finda giardiniera), and Gretel (Hansel and Gretel). Ruiz just finished her

first year in the master’s program and is a student of Timothy Noble.

Fabrizio NaccarelliJohn McLaughlin is an undergraduate entering his senior year in the Jacobs School of Music, where he studies voice. This marks his first performance with Indiana University Opera Theater. He has experience performing roles locally in his hometown of Hammond, Ind., and through multiple student productions on and off campus in Bloomington. Recent roles include Cliff

Bradshaw (Cabaret), Matt (The Fantasticks), and Jesus (Godspell). Recently, he has been seen in the ensemble of the IU Department of Theatre and Drama’s production of Oklahoma. He has also performed with the Singing Hoosiers across the country and world, with notable performances in Athens, Greece, and Washington, D.C. He is a Lilly Scholar and a member of the Hutton Honors College. McLaughlin is currently a student of Robert Harrison.

Tom Stoffel makes his second appearance in a role at Indiana University Opera Theater. He was last seen as Joe in The Most Happy Fella.  He is a master’s student and studies with Paul Kiesgen.

Signor NaccarelliMost recently, baritone and Atlanta native Scott Harrison Hogsed was seen as the baritone soloist in Indiana University’s performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem and as Germont in Indiana University’s production of La traviata. He began his professional training with the San Francisco Opera Merola program singing the title role in Don Giovanni for the Western

Opera Theater National Tour and covering Guglielmo for the Merola production of Così fan tutte. While attending the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, he sang Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, and Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. During his five seasons at New York City Opera as a company baritone, he was responsible for singing the roles of Dancairo and Morales in Carmen, Fritz in Die tote Stadt, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, Antonio in Il viaggio a Reims, Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and many more. On the concert stage, Hogsed has appeared with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra singing Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer. He also sang under the baton of Robert Spano with the Brooklyn Philharmonic in the title role of Sibelius’ Kullervo, was Messiah soloist with Orchestra Atlanta, and sang the baritone solos in J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor and St. John Passion with The Atlanta Bach Choir. Hogsed received two Richard F. Gold Career Grants and two Tanglewood Voice Fellowships. He is a student of Costanza Cuccaro.

Kenneth Marks makes his debut performance in a principal role with IU Opera Theater after performing in the chorus for last season’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cendrillon, and appearing onstage in Giulio Cesare. In New York, Marks performed as a soloist with musical theatre and cabaret legends Kitty Carlisle Hart and Julie Wilson at Symphony Space, as well as appearing as Bud in

Bat Boy: The Musical. Others roles include A Chorus Line (Greg), Man of La Mancha (Padre), Wonderful Town (Frank Lippencott), and My Fair Lady (Freddy). This fall, he will sing the role of the Prince of Verona in the IU Opera Theater production of Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Marks is entering his junior year as a Bachelor of Music in Voice. He is currently pursuing his studies with Timothy Noble, after also having studied with Robert Harrison.

Giuseppe NaccarelliBass-baritone Nathan Brown has performed many roles with IU Opera Theater, including Chelio in The Love for Three Oranges, Barone Douphol in La traviata, Count Ceprano in Rigoletto, Lieutenant Breedley in the collegiate première of William Bolcom’s A Wedding, and Hermann in Les contes d’Hoffmann. Brown recently gave his debut with Indianapolis Opera as

Sciarrone in its production of Puccini’s Tosca and will be returning there this fall

to perform the role of Lackey in the prologue of Ariadne auf Naxos. Other roles include Tartuffe in Tartuffe, Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in A Little Night Music, and Ben in The Telephone. This fall, he will be starting his third year of the Master of Music program at the Jacobs School of Music and studies under Timothy Noble.

Bass-baritone Thomas Florio is currently pursuing his master’s degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with teacher Brian Horne. While at Indiana, he has performed the roles of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) and Falstaff (The Merry Wives of Windsor) with IU Opera Theater and Miles Gloriosus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) with the Department

of Theatre and Drama. In January 2009, he narrated a performance of Stravinsky’s L’histoire du Soldat as a member of the Athor Ensemble. In the summers of 2007 and 2008, he was a member of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio, where he performed the roles of Judge No. 3 (Volpone) and Die Lackai (Ariadne auf Naxos). In 2007, he graduated cum laude from James Madison University in his native Virginia, where his roles included Monsieur Choufleuri (Monsieur Choufleuri), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), and Frank Murrant (Street Scene). Florio’s role studies include Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Leporello and Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Guglielmo and Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Claggart (Billy Budd), and Scarpia (Tosca). Florio also served as rehearsal soloist and cover for a 2006 performance of Carmina burana in Prague with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

Franca Naccarelli Mezzo-soprano Krista Marie Laskowski is making her IU Opera Theater debut. A Canandaigua, N. Y., native, she is in her last year at the Jacobs School of Music, pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Voice. Laskowski received an Associate of Arts and Sciences in Music with an emphasis in Voice from Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, N.Y., in 2007. She has appeared as a soloist

in Carl Orff’s Carmina burana and was featured as an opening performer for Aretha Franklin at the Syracuse Jazz Festival. Some previous performances include Les Misérables (Woman of Ill Repute), Big River (Joanna Wilkes), Seussical the Musical (Bird Girl), and Jekyll and Hyde (Lady Beaconsfield). Laskowski is a student of Timothy Noble.

Sara Ann Radke, soprano, is a doctoral voice student in the IU Jacobs School of Music, where she completed a Master of Music in Voice. Previous roles at IU include Amalia Balash in last summer’s production of She Loves Me, Margarita Xirgu in the collegiate première of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, and the Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto. In her home of Washington state,

she performed the roles of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Maria in West Side Story,

and the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors for collegiate and regional theatres. While at home, she frequently performs as the soprano soloist for the Yakima Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Radke is a student of Scharmal Schrock.

Signora NaccarelliSoprano Kelly Glyptis appeared as Cleo in The Most Happy Fella in April and has also been seen in The Love for Three Oranges and Les contes d’Hoffmann for IU Opera. She recently participated in the Charley Creek program with Timothy Noble as well as the Summer Opera Scenes Workshop with Patricia Stiles, where she performed as Dido. Glyptis performed in the Washington National

Opera Institute and with Operafestival di Roma as Prima Novizia (Suor Angelica). She performed professionally with Gray Ghost Theater, Pied Piper Theatre, and Dominion Stage, receiving leading roles with each company. Glyptis has been nominated and won several outstanding actress awards in competitions throughout the D.C. area for her roles as The Bag Lady (Time Lies), Teresa (Apollo of Bellac), and Ruth (Believing Ruth). Some previous roles include Nancy (Oliver!), Mother Abbess (Sound of Music), Ida (HONK!), Veta Louis Simmons (Harvey), Puck (Midsummer Night’s Dream), and Joanne (Godspell). She is a recipient of the Kahn-Marchant Friends of Music Scholarship, Dean’s Music Scholarship, and SJHS Music Scholarship. She won the NVTA Theatre Scholarship and Bland Vocal Scholarship Competition. Formerly a student of Dale Moore, she will be a junior studying with Andreas Poulimenos.

Ashleigh Guida, soprano, is in the second year of her master’s, studying with Patricia Stiles. A native of Glendale, Ariz., Guida received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona (U of A), where she studied with Faye Robinson. Her previous roles include Mariane in Tartuffe, Alma March in Little Women, and Mrs. Nolan in The Medium for the U of A Opera Theater, and she has

appeared in La traviata and Macbeth with the Arizona Opera Company. She last appeared in the IU Opera Theater productions of The Most Happy Fella and The Love for Three Oranges. She received the Metropolitan Opera National Council Encouragement Award for the Arizona District in 2005 and was the winner of the Arizona NATS in 2006. At the University of Arizona, Guida was a Medici Scholar and recipient of the Presser Scholarship and the Igor Gorin Memorial Award.

Roy JohnsonAnthony Webb, tenor, hails from Spanaway, Wash., and is in his third year of study for his Master of Music in Voice at Indiana University. While at IU, he has performed a wide range of roles on the operatic stage, such as Luigi in the collegiate première of William Bolcom’s A Wedding and, most recently, the role of The Price in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges. Other operatic

credits include Giuseppe in The Most Happy Fella, Elder Hayes in Susannah, Graf Elemer in Arabella, The Devil in The Devil and Daniel Webster, Monostatos in The Magic Flute, Giles Corey and Ezekiel Cheever in The Crucible, and Pirelli in Sweeney Todd. On the concert stage, Webb has been heard as The Swan in Orff’s Carmina burana, the Tenor Soloist in the Petite Messa Solennelle and Messadi Gloria by Rossini, Messiah by Handel, and The Mass for a New Millenium by Richard Nance, as well as numerous other works. In the summer of 2008, he sang the role of The Stranger in the one-act pastiche opera Il Pecheballo by Frances James Child in the opera’s first performance in nearly one hundred years. Webb will open the 2009-10 IU Opera Theater season singing the role of Lindoro in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, and he also has upcoming engagements with the Owensboro Symphony, performing Carmina burana, and Messiah with the Rogue Valley Symphony in Medford, Ore. Webb is a student of Robert Harrison.

A PriestMatthew Opitz, baritone, is an Arizona native. He most recently appeared with IU Opera Theater in The Most Happy Fella as a featured dancer, as well as in The Love for Three Oranges as the devil, Farfarello. He will also be appearing in next season’s production of Roméo et Juliette as Mercutio. The summer of 2008 had him in Fidenza, Italy, singing the role of Sharpless in Madama

Butterfly, as well as Marcello in scenes from La bohème. He has done various roles with Northern Arizona University Opera, including Guglielmo in W. A. Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Count Carl-Magnus Malcom in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, and Dr. Falke in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. Opitz was a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council audition in Arizona in 2008. In 2007, he was a participant at the Brevard Music Center and sang the roles of James and the Crook in Bernstein’s Candide. He is a first-year master’s student with Timothy Noble.

The EnsembleNuns, Priests, Lovers, Shoppers, Maids, Tourists et al.

Rainelle Bumbaugh is a senior in the studio of Andreas Poulimenos. Past roles at IU include the Page in Rigoletto, Susanna and Papagena in scenes during Patricia Stiles’s Summer Opera Workshop, and the Lady of the Spa in the IU Theatre and Drama department’s production of the musical Nine. She played the part of Fiordiligi in a recital excerpt in Vienna, Austria, at the Palais

Corbelli as part of her studies abroad. She has been featured as a soloist with the University Chorale as well as the community group the Bloomington Chamber Singers. She was also a participant in Timothy Noble’s Charley Creek Vocal Workshop.

Elizabeth Davidson is graduating this August with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance. She has appeared as a member of the opera chorus for IU Opera Theater’s productions of Rigoletto, La bohème, and Le nozze di Figaro. In the fall of 2008, Davidson studied music and German language in Vienna, Austria. She studies with Teresa Kubiak and plans to enroll as a master’s

student in voice performance in fall 2010.

Baritone Adam Ewing is a student of Marietta Simpson and is currently pursuing a Master of Music. A native of Hiawatha, Kan., Ewing earned his Bachelor of Science in Vocal Music Education from Northwest Missouri State University. Previous opera roles with the Jacobs School of Music include Elder McLean in Susannah, Schlemil/Spalanzani in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Baron

Douphol in La traviata, and Leander in The Love for Three Oranges. In addition, he premièred the role of Lord Capulet in Act III of Romeo and Juliet, a new musical-drama by Jacobs School of Music faculty member Don Freund. Elsewhere, Ewing has sung the roles of Schroder (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown), Miles Gloriosus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Colas (Bastien und Bastienne), Mike (Blue Monday), David (A Hand of Bridge), and the Wolf/Woodsman (Little Red Riding Hood), as well as Ko-Ko in a concert setting of The Mikado with the Nodaway Chorale. He has sung in master classes and recitals with William Bolcom and Roger Vignoles. He has also been featured in several composition recitals at Indiana University as well as the 2008 Celebrations of Spirituals concert. Ewing is a current member of S-NATS and an alumnus of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a national men’s music fraternity.

Soprano Sharon Harms is a first-year master’s student at Indiana University. A Colorado native, she earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Northern Colorado. Favorite roles include Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Beth (Little Women), Mrs. Umney (The Canterville Ghost, première), Hexe (Hänsel und Gretel), and La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi). Harms has been a soloist with the

Pueblo Symphony Orchestra, and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, and has been a featured performer with the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble. She is a student of Carol Vaness, making her Indiana University Opera Theater debut.

Jake Haynie, tenor, made his debut with IU Opera Theater in The Most Happy Fella. Haynie is a Bachelor of Fine Arts Musical Theatre major, studying with Ray Fellman, as well as a Modern Dance major. Some past IU Theatre performances have been Lippa’s The Wild Party (Jackie), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Protean), Just Dance (Ballet Dancer), Selene Carter’s Land/

Marks (Modern Dancer), Liz Lerman’s Wind Studies (Modern Dancer), a 2007-08 member of Broadway Cabaret, and Hoosier Musical’s production of The Fantasticks (The Mute). He was a member of the College Light Opera Company, where he performed in 42nd Street (Andy Lee), Anything Goes (Featured Tapper), and Candide (Featured Dancer). Haynie was a 2009 semi-finalist for Campus Superstar.

Joseph Mace is a doctoral student in the studio of Patricia Havranek. Indiana University appearances include roles in A Wedding and She Loves Me with IU Opera Theater and as soloist in J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Chansonnier in H. K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!!. This fall, he will appear as Lord Capulet in IU Opera Theater’s production of Roméo et Juliette. In 2008, Mace premièred

Marcus Shelby’s Jazz Oratorio, Harriet Tubman: Bound for the Promised Land at the San Francisco Jazz Festival and recorded it on the NOIR label. Opera appearances include principle roles in Cendrillon, Gianni Schicchi, Le nozze di Figaro, Idomeneo, La serva padrona, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo. Before beginning doctoral studies, he sang as a chorister with San Francisco Opera, New Orleans Opera, and San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorus. Musical theater appearances include roles in The Last Five Years, Annie Get Your Gun, Phantom, Victor/Victoria, Side by Side by Sondheim, As the World Goes Round, Guys and Dolls, Godspell, and many others. Mace received his Master of Music in Voice from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and holds undergraduate degrees from Tulane University in French/French literature and vocal performance. He is an active member of AGMA.

Soprano Elizabeth Pearse has sung frequently on the IU Opera Theater stage, as Smeraldina in 2008’s The Love for Three Oranges, and as an ensemble member (Peter Grimes, La traviata, others). She will soon appear as Elvira in this fall’s production of L’italiana in Algeri. In addition to IU Opera Theater roles, Pearse performed the role of Lyncaeus in the Early Music Institute’s American

première of Hypermnestra. During her undergraduate and graduate studies at IU, she has appeared as a soloist with a number of groups, including the University Chorale, Women’s Chorus, and a medieval ensemble for BLEMF’s fringe series. Her interest in new music has led to several engagements with emerging composers as well as performances with the IU New Music Ensemble, Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, and a recent recital of Pierrot lunaire. She studies with Patricia Stiles.

Symphony OrchestraViolinArmee HongMaile TildenAmy SchlicherIn Young ParkYu Seon NamFidelina YamaokaToma IlievSara BarloweSarah SavietSteven GalatStephanie Lane

CelloMaya NojiriThomas La ForgiaLia KohlAlice Corey

BassEugene McGhee

Oboe Hsuan-Fong Chen, English Horn

Clarinet Gideon Alon, Bass

Bassoon Nathan Daniels, Contra

PercussionNathan LeeJoshua Frans

HarpHannah Kuipers

Piano/CelestaShuichi Umeyama *

Guitar/MandolinEfrain Hoyos

Orchestra ManagerCharles Latshaw

Orchestra Set-UpFidelina Yamaoka

LibrarianMariel Johnson Stauff

* denotes faculty

Student Production StaffAssistant Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark DoerriesAssistant Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Lee, Johanna MoffittHead Fly Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy ShawDeck Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nik Miller, Justin Searle, Steve WilsonStage Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrianne DunlapHead Deck Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Dagley, Greg McCrackenLight Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrie ReadingProps Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam SvobodaPaint Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Ann Radke, Sarah StonePaint Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Bidwell, Lucas Borges, Shane Cinal, Skylar Delk, Elizabeth Hadley, Rachel Kremidas, Jessica Longhi, Tara Lotstein, Eva Mahan-Taylor, Lisa Maydwell, Nolan Moss, Isaac Presnell, Gilbert Primeau, Claire StebbinsDeck Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landon Caldwell, Mary Camozzi, Jeff Cierniak, Keenan Dadds, Michael Dimas, Adrianne Dunlap, Kelly Glyptis, Nicolas Kegley, Sarah Kidd, Krista Laskowski, Tara Lotstein, Nik Miller, Matt Nowlin, Kate Roseman, Adam Svoboda, Eric Svoboda, Scott Taft, June Tomastic, Jesse Willett, Nicole WorobeyCostume Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Holterhoff, Caitlin Andrews Shirley, Emily SoltCostume Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Delony, Molly Fetherston, Eileen Jennings, Shareese Johnson, Patricia Johnstone, Bill Kloppenburg, Elisabeth Martin, Danny Morales, Pablo Sanchez, Max TortorielloAssistant House Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alicia McQuayAudio Production Crew . . . . . . . . Ilze Akerbergs, Spencer Gray , Brooks Guthrie, Jonathan Morrison, Yaelle Plotkin, Joshuia Seih, Stephanie YingstSupertitle Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Pefanis

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NEW PRODUCTION

NEW PRODUCTION

IU Opera Theater Production StaffGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Gwyn RichardsExecutive Administrator, IU Opera & Ballet Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria L. LevyProduction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim LileGuest Assistant Stage Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron MillerGuest Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe GladstoneProduction Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy GuyerSet Designer & Master Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. David HigginsVisiting Lecturer/Opera Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly CarballoCoaches/Accompanists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Phelps, Shuichi UmeyamaTechnical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alissia LauerAssistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc BlackExecutive Administrator of Instrumental Ensembles and Special Performance Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas WieligmanDirector of Choral Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Jon GrayHead of Properties Department and Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy StebbinsScenic and Properties Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark F. SmithScenic Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Makenzie KusAssistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick MeroHead of Costumes, Wigs & Make-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eléonore MaudryFirst Hands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soraya Noorzad, Dana TzvetkovPart-Time First Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swallow Leach, Anna Ramsey Purifoy, Magdalena Tortorielle, Rebecca WilliamsScenery Construction . . . . . . . . . Ken D’Eliso, J. Andrew Hastings, David PressonAudio Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne JacksonCoordinator of Audio Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fallan StillmanElectrical Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis LongBox Office and House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tridib PalDirector of Marketing and Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alain BarkerPublicity Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda CajigasOffice of Marketing and Publicity Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skip Sluder

Developed with the Assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre LaboratoryItalian Lyrics of ”Il mondo era vuoto” by Judith Blazer

Italian Translation by Judith Blazer and Maria Vernole Blazer