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THE BANGlES

Friday, October 16, 2009, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHYConsistent with the independent attitude that

pervaded the 1980s, THE BANGLES was one of the first female vocal bands to record and release its own albums, to great acclaim. The New York Times highlighted this accomplishment, hailing: “The Bangles forged a link between women’s history in Pop and their future, showing how a girl group could take charge and become not just a girl band but a Rock band, no gender appellations needed.”

Emerging from the Los Angeles-based Paisley Underground scene, which featured groups that played 1960s Folk-Rock with a Punk undertone, The Bangles later traded its garage-band roots for an engaging Pop blend. The band’s undeniable chemistry and scrappy command of the ’60s Rock sound quickly set The Bangles apart from other Rock-Pop groups of the ’80s. It became one of the most successful musical outfits of that era and ignited a firestorm of hits and international sold-out concerts.

With an infectious musical formula that The New York Times describes as “Folk-Rock with flashes of the Beatles” – evident in the tunes If She Knew What She Wants,

Walking Down Your Street, and In Your Room – The Bangles dominated Billboard charts throughout much of the 1980s. The group’s signature song, the No. One hit Walk Like an Egyptian, hailed from the double-Platinum album Different Light, which became Billboard’s top record of 1986. Walk Like an Egyptian became an international success, gaining the group widespread airplay on radio and MTV. The album also showcased the No. Two hit Manic Monday, which was written by Prince especially for The Bangles. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000.

The Bangles released Doll Revolution in 2003, an album true to the group’s legendary “jangling guitars; full, sweet harmonies; and earnest, emotional lead vocals,” observed Billboard. The magazine noted in particular the ballad Ask Me No Questions and the Folk-Rock tune Ride the Ride. The album was followed with a successful worldwide tour. The Washington Post cheered the group’s back-to-basics approach: “Even though they bring the glitz, their hearts are still in the garage.” The Boston Globe exalted: “Musically impeccable!” “Still in harmony, witty and winsome.” n

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YAMATOTHE DRuMMERS OF JAPAN

MaTsuri – FiesTa!

Artistic DirectorMASA OGAWA

DrummersMASA OGAWA, AKIKO OGAWA, MIKA MIYAZAKI,

TAKERu MATSuSHITA, SATOMI IKEDA, MIDORI TAMAI, TETSuRO OKuBO, TOMOKO KAWAuCHI, SAORI HIGASHI,

TAKAOKI MASuI, MARIKA NITO, GEN HIDAKA, and TAKAHIRO MON

Company ManagersCHISAKO NINOMIYA and SATOMI IKEDA

ProducerATMO PRODuCTIONS, INC.

President Assistant uRIEl G. luFT NICHOlAS MINNS

Technical Coordinator Light Engineer JEAN-MICHEl SAVIGNAC ERIK DIONNE

Sound Engineer Truck Driver SERGE lACASSE EuGENE ClARK

U.S. Tour AgentArts Management Group, 36 West 26th Street, Suite 403, New York, NY 10010

Director Associate Director BIll CAPONE and Business Manager KEVIN BOTHWEll

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Stage ManagerEMIlY PROulX-BONNEAu

(212) 337-0838

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Festivals and Drums

The word Matsuri (traditional Japanese festival) comes from Matsuru, which means “praying to the higher spirits.”

The festival ritual – from giving thanks for a bountiful harvest to praying for good health and peace – was called Matsuri.

At the heart of every Matsuri gathering was the traditional Japanese drum called the Wadaiko.

The Wadaiko is a primitive instrument made of animal skin and ancient trees (several hundred years old) created entirely

from once-living creatures. Its presence is more commanding than other instruments because of its loud, deep sound. A drummer strikes

the cattleskin hide with a long, heavy stick called Bachi. When the drum and drummer become one, the sound becomes Oto-dama,

which means “the soul of sound.” The sound of the drum unifies people with the universe.

PROGRAM

Ucho-Ten

This term is comprised of three kanji characters meaning “being, top, and sky.” They form an expression that describes someone

who is so happy that he is slightly out of his mind or “high in the sky.” Forget about the world and let your body go with the rhythm.

Release your everyday tensions, and we’ll scale the heights together.

To-ne

This word is made up of two kanji characters meaning “distant and sound.” This combination is read as to-ne, which resembles

the English word “tone.” It is a distant sound from the past that lives quietly in your memory.

Rekka

Rekka means “fierce fire.” As quick as lightning and with thorough care, a man and a woman

compete with each other through the beat of the Taiko.

Zoku

This is the first cover version of a Wadaiko music classic composed by Leonard Eto of Kodo,

the pioneering Taiko ensemble. Kodo and Yamato appeared together at the 10th anniversary

of the Wadaiko festival Tenkyo-sai, an annual event in Asuka Village.

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INTERMISSION

Rakuda

The first kanji character in this term means “happy” and the second means “strike,” but when read together as Rakuda,

it means “camel.” This is a trademark piece that starts with the powerful yell Ikimasse, which translates “let’s go.”

Oto-dama

Oto means “sound” and dama means “soul.” The ancient Japanese thought that, when properly nurtured, the soul will

develop a voice called Koto-dama. We want to create a new soul and coined the word Oto-dama. The word dama can also mean “ball,”

which can be used to describe Wadaiko music as a series of balls. Numerous balls are kept in the air and all of them have a soul.

Hanabi

Hanabi refers to fireworks that spread across the night sky at the end of a festival. Hanabi is spelled in a way that means

gorgeous and glittering – a way of celebrating the beauty found in everyone.

BIOGRAPHYFounded in 1993 in Nara, regarded as the birthplace

of Japanese culture, the high-energy performance troupe YAMATO has mesmerized more than 2 million fans with its mastery of Japanese drums. “If you’re looking for inspiring drumming and infectious dance rhythms, you’ll be disap-pointed. This is much, much more,” exalted The Guardian newspaper of the United Kingdom.

With astounding state-of-the-art special effects, theatri-cal panache, and the revered ancient traditions of Japanese drumming, Yamato makes Wadaiko drumming accessible to all ages, stirring the hearts of people everywhere. The band’s performances enforce its core belief – that the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life.

In 1998, Yamato was invited to play at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest arts celebration in the

world. The drummers’ physically challenging performances and athleticism mesmerized critics and fans, attracting the attention of producers who promptly recruited the award-winning ensemble for European tours.

Since 1999, Yamato has been a familiar presence in Europe, enthusiastically embraced by standing-room-only crowds in Holland, England, Scotland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, and Italy. From impromptu street perfor-mances to packed concert halls and overseas tours in Asia, South America, Europe, and North America, Yamato has raised awareness and appreciation for Japanese heritage and traditions. The troupe travels with a distinctive variety of versatile instruments, including an Odaiko drum, which is made from a 400-year-old tree. n

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SPHINX CHAMBER ORCHESTRADAMON GuPTON, CONDuCTOR

With the

HARlEM QuARTET



Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed,and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation.

As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones,pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance.

The Sphinx National Chamber Orchestra tour is made possible through the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Target Corporation.

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Sphinx Chamber Orchestra RosterViolin I

Jessie Montgomery**Luisa Barroso

Mariana Green-HillStephanie Matthews

Monica DavisIsabel Escalante

Violin IIShelby Harris* (Plays on a William Whedbee from David Kerr)

Amyr JoynerElizabeth RamosVivian Crosby

ViolaKaila Potts* (Plays on a William Harris Lee-Chicago by Bronek Cosin)

Whittney ThomasDorothy White

Andrew Gonzalez

CelloTony Rymer* (Plays on a Domenico Degani made in 1862 on loan from the Gradoux-Matt Rare Violins LLC)

Karlos RodriguezRyan MurphyVictor Sotelo

BassPatricia Aparecida da Silva*

Keith Miller

** Concert Master * Principal Player

Harlem Quartet Ilmar Gavilan, violinMelissa White, violin

Juan-Miguel Hernandez, violaDesmond Neysmith, cello

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PROGRAM

Divertimento for Strings in F Major, K. 138 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro (1756-1791) Andante Presto

Autumn in Buenos Aires (Otoño Porteño) Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Elena Urioste, violin

Mi Menor Conga Arranged by Guido Gavilán (b. 1944) for the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra

Serenade for Strings Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pezzo in Forma di Sonatina (1840-1893)

From At the Octoroon Balls, Hellbound Highball Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961)

INTERMISSION

Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra in d minor Johann Sebastian Bach Vivace (1685-1750) Largo ma non tanto Allegro

Elena Urioste, violinMelissa White, violin

Delights and Dances for String Quartet and Orchestra Michael Abels (b. 1962)

Harlem Quartet and Sphinx Chamber Orchestra

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ELENA URIOSTE (Violin), a first-place laureate in the junior and senior division of the Sphinx Competition, made her Carnegie Hall soloist debut in 2004. She has col-laborated with Cristopher O’Riley, Keith Lockhart, Shlomo Mintz, and Cho-Liang Lin. In 2007, Urioste was first-prize winner of the Sion International Violin Competition. She graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music and is pursuing graduate studies at The Juilliard School.

MELISSA WHITE (Violin) was a first-place laureate at the Fourth Annual Junior Division Sphinx Organization Competition in 2001. She has been a guest of many leading orchestras and is an active Chamber musician and a member of the Ritz Chamber Players and Jupiter Symphony Chamber Musicians. At age 14, White made her recording debut with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. She is a gradu-ate of The Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. n

BIOGRAPHIESFounded in 1996, the Sphinx Organization has grown

from an annual competition for young black and Latino string players into a national arts and youth development organization that serves more than 55,000 students annu-ally. Dedicated to promoting diversity in Classical music, the group works to promote the participation of young blacks and Latinos in this realm. Sphinx has been the subject of two PBS documentaries and has been featured on CNN, NBC’s Today Show, and NPR.

The SPHINX CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’s 2004 debut at Carnegie Hall compelled The New York Times to call it “first-rate in every way.” The Chicago Sun-Times hailed the orchestra as a “top-notch ensemble,” noting in particular its zest and versatility.

Members of the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra studied at The Juilliard School, The Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, Peabody Institute, Harvard University, and the University of Michigan. Several musicians hold orches-tral positions and have been named laureates of international competitions.

Since its celebrated 2006 debut at Carnegie Hall, the HARLEM QUARTET has been lavished with praise and acclaim. The New York Times cheered, “The Harlem Quartet played with panache.” The group’s members, all first-place laureates of the Sphinx Competition, are accomplished Chamber musicians and seasoned soloists who have per-formed with the New York Philharmonic and The Boston Pops.

The ensemble, which has appeared on WNBC, CNN, and NBC’s Today show, strives to advance diversity in Clas-sical music while engaging young and new audiences with a varied repertoire that highlights works by minority composers.

DAMON GUPTON (Conductor) was assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony for two years. He received his bachelor of music degree from the University of Michigan and earned a diploma from The Juilliard School’s drama division. He studied conducting with David Zinman, Murry Sidlin, and Leonard Slatkin and has made several appearances with orchestras across the country. Gupton’s awards include the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and The Aspen Conducting Prize. Gupton also received the inau-gural Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michi-gan School of Music and Alumni Society.

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PACIFIC SYMPHONYCARl ST.ClAIR, MuSIC DIRECTOR

HaLLOWeeN FaMiLY CONCerTConductor

MAXIM ESHKENAZY

Special GuestMICHAEl IRISH

Sunday, October 25, 2009, 3:00 PM


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BIOGRAPHIESFounded in 1978, PACIFIC SYMPHONY has made

great strides nationally and internationally, earning praise and awards for its main-stage concerts, an acclaimed Pops series, Chamber music programs, and its family-oriented concerts, which include the HALLOWEEN FAMILY CONCERT. From its humble beginnings in Orange County, California, the orchestra attained international status with a highly acclaimed 2006 European tour that encompassed nine cities, including Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria; and Lucerne, Switzerland.

Under the guidance of music director Carl St.Clair, who celebrates his 20th anniversary with the group this sea-son, the symphony offers moving musical experiences with a repertoire ranging from the great orchestral masterworks to pieces from today’s most prominent composers. The Wall Street Journal credited St.Clair with successfully advancing “not only the orchestra’s skills but also the audience’s trust and musical sophistication.” The Los Angeles Times called St.Clair “a significant musical leader” and cited his “bold orchestra-building, his growing mastery of the repertory and his expanding astuteness at the art of programming.”

Pacific Symphony presents more than 100 concerts a year and offers a rich array of educational programs designed to promote its presence and integrate its music into local communities. With these programs, the group is able to reach about 50,000 local residents yearly, fostering interaction with

symphony musicians and instructors. Pacific Symphony’s renowned Family Musical Con-

certs series introduces the fundamentals of orchestral music through a broad range of musical styles. The popular Musical Carnival typically offers hands-on activities, an instrument petting zoo, and movement and acting workshops.

MAXIM ESHKENAZY has been described as a musician of “vigor and intelligence” who conducts with “complete assuredness and insight.” The Los Angeles Times calls him “charismatic and exciting.” Eshkenazy’s conduct-ing appointments have included music director of the Bakersfield Youth Orchestra and assistant conductor at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. He was also music director of the Pasadena Youth Symphony and the Music of Changes Chamber Orchestra, assistant conductor of the American Youth Symphony, and assistant conductor of the Herbert Zipper Chamber Orchestra. Eshkenazy has shared the stage with violinist Shlomo Mintz in celebration of the State of Israel’s Independence Day. He made his conducting debut with the Varna Opera-Philharmonic Society Orchestra and then moved to the Bourgas Opera-Philharmonic Society and Classic FM Orchestra. Eshkenazy received his early musical training at the Sofia Conservatory before moving to the United States to pursue double master of music degrees in conducting and violin performance at the University of Southern California. n

PROGRAMHALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR

(Music will be chosen from the following)

Overture to Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Funeral March of a Marionette Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

Peter and the Wolf (Selections) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Baba Yaga From Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Prelude From Vertigo Bernard Herrmann (1922-1975)

Main theme From Jaws John Williams (b. 1932)

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presentsPerformance Partner Program

PACIFICO DANCE COMPANY

Friday, October 30, 2009, 8:00 PM


BIOGRAPHYKnown for incorporating Mexican folklore, customs,

and religion into its pieces, PACIFICO DANCE COMPANY debuts its latest work at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts: Calacas Clandestinas, which pays homage to El Día De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). Also featured in this performance are the elaborately depicted Danza de Quetzales and colorful dances from Guerrero, Chihuahua, and Jalisco.

Thrilling audiences since its 1992 inception, California’s premier Mexican dance ensemble has brought color, vigor, and skilled movement to theaters nationwide and overseas with an inimitable cast of more than 30 accomplished dancers and accompanying musicians. Widely celebrated for its vibrant repertoire merging Classical Ballet techniques with the Folkloric roots of traditional Mexican dance, Pacifico Dance Company’s mission is to promote awareness and appreciation of Mexico’s rich history and legacy. The company focuses on preserving age-old works as

well as developing original and innovative choreography that tests the boundaries of Folk dance.

Pacifico Dance Company has performed throughout the United States, North Korea, and China. The first Folklorico troupe to tour Asia, the ensemble has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times for its “elegant, beautifully costumed dancers” and its uncanny ability to successfully deliver “visual and aural entertainment.” LA Weekly praises the entourage’s “engaging theatrical elements and dynamic choreography.”

The ensemble’s artistic director is Adriana Astorga-Gainey, who began her dance training at age 7 in Mexico City at the National Ballet Folklórico School. She has worked with numerous dance legends, including Mexican Ballet choreographer Amalia Hernández; Modern dance masters Karen McDonald and Davinci Burks; Latin American choreographer Rudy Pérez; Ballet masters Don Hewitt and Stephan Wenta; and yoga teacher Annie Carpenter. n

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BIOGRAPHIESHawaii’s first couple of music and dance, slack-key

guitarist KEOLA BEAMER and Hula dancer MOANA BEAMER, brings the islands’ traditions and customs to the stage in a musical showcase featuring native instruments and island folklore. Together the husband-and-wife team presents a complete sensory experience of Hawaiian music, chant, and dance.

Keola Beamer established himself early as a leader of contemporary Hawaiian music when he wrote the all-time best-selling classic song Honolulu City Lights, which Honolulu Magazine selected as one of the “50 Greatest Songs of Hawaii.” Wooden Boat, Keola Beamer’s first release on George Winston’s Dancing Cat label, was a Top 15 hit on Billboard’s World Music chart. His other Top 15 tunes include Moéuhane Kīkā – Tales From the Dream Guitar; Mauna Kea – White Mountain Journal; Kolonahe – From the Gentle Wind; and Soliloquy – Ka Leo o Loko (The Voice Within). A recipient of the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, Hawaii’s equivalent of the Grammys, Keola Beamer is one of the first Hawaiian musicians to integrate chants and instruments – like the tiny gourd whistle and the nose flute –

with contemporary forms of music.Hula dancer extraordinaire Moana Beamer began

her training at age 4 and is now one of the most dynamic Hawaiian performers. Experienced in nearly 272 documented styles of the Hula, Moana Beamer is known for her stories on stage, often providing an educational tone to many of her dances and musical pieces.

Adding a vibrant edge to the show is RAIATEA HELM, who at age 17 won two Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for her debut album Far Away Heaven. The CD earned the songstress “Female Vocalist of the Year” and “Most Promising Artist” awards from the Hawaii Academy of Recording Artists (HARA). Helm’s second album, Sweet & Lovely, garnered a Grammy nomination and praise from The New York Times, which called the recording “poised and utterly elegant.”

Honored as “Female Vocalist of the Year” in 2003 and 2005 by HARA, Helm is the only female musician who has received Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in both the Hawaiian and Jazz music categories. n

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KEOlA AND MOANA BEAMERWith

RAIATEA HElM



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SAN FRANCISCO GIRlS CHORuSSuSAN McMANE, CONDuCTOR

Transcendent Voices:Music inspired by Prophetic Words and Mystical Visions

Sunday, November 1, 2009, 3:00 PM


PROGRAM

O Pastor Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

Blagri (Beatitudes) Damijian Močnik (b. 1967)

Psalm 23 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, No. 3 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Hymn to the Dawn Hymn to the Waters Hymn to Vena Hymn to the Travelers

INTERMISSION

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BIOGRAPHIESFounded in 1978, the SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS

CHORUS has performed around the world, setting an international standard of excellence for vocal music perfor-mance. Prominent conductor Michael Tilson Thomas called the group “a treasure, whose training, musicality and vibrant spirit are evident.”

One of the world’s most respected vocal ensembles, the organization has become a regional center for Choral music education and presentation for girls and women ages 7 to 18. The San Francisco Girls Chorus School offers a program of unparalleled excellence, designed to take young girls from their first introduction to the art of Choral singing through a full course of Choral and vocal instruction.

In addition to its trio of Grammys, the San Francisco Girls Chorus received the prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for “Choral Excellence” and a Chorus America Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The group also was bestowed with the “Adventurous Programming Award” in 1999 and 2004 by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The girls have performed to much

praise with the San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Sym-phony, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.

Under the direction of acclaimed conductor SUSAN McMANE, who was named “Music Educator of the Year” by the St. Louis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the choir sang at President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony, the World Symposium on Choral Music in Japan, the World Vision Children’s Choir Festival in South Korea, and the Gateway to Music Festival in China. McMane also led the girls on international tours in Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. With her guidance, the ensemble “has developed both show-biz panache and professional disci-pline,” hailed the San Francisco Classical Voice.

The San Francisco Girls Chorus’ discography includes 2006’s Voices of Hope and Peace; 2003’s Christmas, which featured a collection of holiday standards; 2000’s Crossroads, a selection of world Folk music; and 1998’s Music From the Venetian Ospedali, an Italian Baroque recording that prompt-ed The New Yorker to deem the group “tremendously accom-plished.” n

Three Fiord Sketches Olli Kortekangas (b. 1955) (Based on I Ching – Book of Changes) Two Images Sun and Moon Balance

From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez Abbie Betinis (b. 1980) We Have Come Suffer No Grief Closer to the Fire Boatpeople We Have Come (Reprise)

Three Traditional Spirituals Heaven Bound Train Arranged by Stephen Hatfield Deep River Arranged by Donald Patriquin John Saw Duh Numbuh Arranged by André J. Thomas

The San Francisco Girls Chorus is exclusively represented in North America by California Artists Management

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BIOGRAPHYOnce a commercial-jingle writer for McDonald’s,

Pontiac, and Kellogg’s, JIM BRICKMAN became a mainstay on the music charts, claiming top spots on Billboard’s New Age list for the albums The Disney Songbook, Grace, and Jim Brickman: Greatest Hits. Since the 1994 release of the No Words album, Brickman’s romantic piano sound has defined him as a leader among contemporary instrumental hit makers. His signature style of playing and songwriting earned him a vast library of hits – including chart-toppers Valentine, The Gift, Love of My Life, Destiny, and Simple Things – and six Gold and Platinum albums. As Billboard noted, “Brickman evokes warm sentiments that seem to ask the listener to reach out and touch someone.”

Brickman’s achievements include a Canadian Country Music Award, a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association, and two “Songwriter of the Year” honors from SESAC, a performing-rights organization that represents songwriters and publishers. His illustrious track record has attracted many of music’s biggest and brightest names,

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JIM BRICKMAN

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 8:00 PM


leading to successful collaborations with Martina McBride; Olivia Newton-John; Donny Osmond; and Grammy winners Gerald Levert, Kenny Loggins, Carly Simon, and Michael Bolton.

A strong PBS supporter, the pianist has taped concert specials for the network, including Jim Brickman at the Magic Kingdom: The Disney Songbook; My Romance: An Evening With Jim Brickman; and Jim Brickman: Love Songs and Lullabies. The PBS segment Beautiful World, inspired by Brickman’s travels, highlights themes of friendship, healing, overcoming differences, and connecting cultures through music.

In addition to touring internationally and writing the best-selling books Simple Things and Love Notes, the songwriter hosts the radio show Your Weekend With Jim Brickman, a popular program featuring Adult Contemporary music, lifestyle features, and interviews with Hollywood A-listers like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, John Travolta, Phil Collins, Céline Dion, and Tom Cruise. n

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MOZART FESTIVAl OPERADON GiOVaNNi

WOlFGANG AMADEuS MOZARTLibretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

Artistic and Stage DirectorGIORGIO lAlOV

ConductorKRASSIMIR TOPOlOV

HarpsichordIVAYlO IVANOV

Sets and Costumes Lighting Designer VAlENTIN TOPENCHAROV GuEORGuI BOYuKlIEV

Friday, November 6, 2009, 8:00 PMSaturday, November 7, 2009, 8:00 PM


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CAST(subject to change without notice)

Don Giovanni........................................................................VYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITISA young, licentious nobleman

Leporello................................................STEFANO DE PEPPO and HRISTO SARAFOVThe Don’s servant

Donna Anna......................................................MELLIANGEE PEREZ and LAURA REYA noblewoman, daughter of the Commendatore

Donna Elvira.....................................ELENA RAZGYLYAEVA and EDELINA KANEVAA noblewoman from Burgos, abandoned by Don Giovanni

Don Ottavio....................................................................................BENJAMIN BRECHERBetrothed to Donna Anna

Zerlina..........................................VIARA ZHELEZOVA and SNEJANA DRAMCHEVAA peasant girl

Masetto................................................................................................HRISTO SARAFOVA peasant man, the fiancé of Zerlina

Commendatore..........................................................................MIKHAIL KOLELISHVILIFather of Donna Anna

Chorus of Peasants and Servants

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SYNOPSIS

ACT ISpain, 1600s

At night, outside the Commendatore’s palace, Leporello grumbles about his duties as servant to Don Giovanni, a dissolute nobleman. Soon the masked Giovanni appears and tries to seduce Donna Anna, the Commendatore’s daughter. When the Commendatore answers Anna’s cries, he is killed by Giovanni in a duel. Anna returns with her fiancé, Don Ottavio. Finding her father dead, she makes Ottavio swear vengeance on the assassin. At dawn, Giovanni flirts with a high-strung traveler outside a tavern. She is Donna Elvira, a woman he once seduced in Burgos who is on his trail. Giovanni escapes while Leporello distracts Elvira by reciting his master’s long catalog of conquests. Peasants arrive, celebrating the nuptials of their friends Zerlina and Masetto. When Giovanni joins in, he pursues the bride, angering the groom, and is then removed by Leporello. Alone with Zerlina, Giovanni applies his charm, but Elvira interrupts and protectively whisks the girl away. When Elvira returns to denounce him as a seducer, Giovanni is stymied further while greeting Ottavio and Anna, who is in mourning. Declaring Elvira mad, Giovanni leads her away. Having recognized his voice, Anna realizes Giovanni was her attacker. Dressing for the wedding feast he has planned for the peasants, Giovanni drinks champagne exuberantly. Outside the palace, Zerlina begs Masetto to forgive her apparent infidelity. Masetto hides when Giovanni appears, emerging from the shadows as he corners Zerlina. The three enter the palace together. Elvira, Anna, and Ottavio arrive in dominoes and masks and are invited to the feast by Leporello. During the festivities, Leporello entices Masetto into a dance as Giovanni draws Zerlina out of the room. When Zerlina’s cry for help puts Giovanni on the spot, he tries to blame Leporello, but no one is con-vinced. Elvira, Anna, and Ottavio remove their masks and confront Giovanni as he barely escapes Ottavio’s drawn sword.

INTERMISSION

ACT II

Under Elvira’s balcony, Leporello exchanges cloaks with Giovanni to woo the lady in his master’s stead. Leporello leads Elvira away, leaving Giovanni free to serenade Elvira’s maid. Masetto passes with a band of armed peasants who want to punish Giovanni. Zerlina arrives and tenderly consoles her betrothed. In a passageway, Elvira and Leporello are surprised by Anna, Ottavio, Zerlina, and Masetto, who mistake servant for master, threatening Leporello. Frightened, Leporello removes his mask and escapes. As Anna departs, Ottavio affirms his love. Elvira voices her rage with Giovanni’s second betrayal to her. Leporello finds his master in a cemetery, where a voice warns Giovanni of his doom. This is the statue of the Commendatore. Giovanni proposes that Leporello invite it to dinner. In her home, Anna is still in mourning. She refuses Ottavio’s offer of marriage until her father is avenged. Leporello is serving Giovanni’s dinner when Elvira rushes in, begging Giovanni, whom she still loves, to reform. But he waves her out contemptuously. At the door, her screams announce the presence of the Commendatore’s statue. Giovanni boldly refuses warn-ings to repent in the face of death. Flames engulf his house and the sinner is dragged to hell. Among the castle ruins, the others plan their future and recite the moral: Such is the fate of a wrongdoer.

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BIOGRAPHIESVYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITIS (Don Giovanni, Bari-

tone) graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1989. He has been a principal soloist with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre since 1990. He studied at the European Centre for Opera and Vocal Art in Belgium and with Marlena Malas in New York. In 1992, Juozapaitis became a laureate of the Competition of Young Singers of Lithuania and a finalist at the International Lu-ciano Pavarotti Competition in the United States. His other achievements include the Christopher Prize awarded by the Lithuanian Theatre Association, the Beacons of Opera prize for “Best Opera Soloist of the Year,” the “Order for Merits to Lithuania,” and the Lithuanian National Award. He was also awarded the Golden Disk Prize of the Lithuanian Musicians Association and the Kipras Prize for “Best Singer of the Year 2003 of Lithuania.” In 2006, Juozapaitis was awarded the “Golden Cross of the Stage” by the Lithuanian ministry of culture. His repertoire includes the principal baritone roles in Operas by Guiseppe Verdi, Giocomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky. Juozapai-tis’ festival credits include the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Festival of Oratory Music in Wroclaw at the Salzburg Festival, the New and Old Ways to India Festival in Spain, the Vilnius International Music Festival, and the Dalhalla Opera Festival in Sweden. His collaborations include performances with the Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Klaipeda State Musical Theatre, Czech Opera, and Opera Vielka.

STEFANO DE PEPPO (Leporello, Bass-Baritone) began as a soloist with the children’s chorus of the Teatro alla Scala. He continued his training at the Civic School of Music in Milan, Italy. He opened the 1997-1998 Palacio de Bellas Artes season as Leporello in Don Giovanni. In 1998, De Peppo made his Canadian debut as Mustafa in L’Italiana in Algeri with Opera Hamilton and sang the role of Osmin in The Abduction From the Serail in Spain. He returned to the United States in 2000 to perform in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Palm Beach Opera, La Cenerentola at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Il Barbiere di Siviglia with The Min-nesota Opera, Les Huguenots with The Opera Orchestra of New York, Cosi Fan Tutte with Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra, and Le Nozze di Figaro with Portland Opera Repertory Theatre. De Peppo’s other credits include Tosca for

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Don Giovanni at Teatro Argen-tina in Rome with Renato Bruson as Don Giovanni, and Gianni Schicchi with LA Opera. De Peppo has appeared with the BBC at Royal Festival Hall in London and the National Symphonic Orchestras of Mexico and Puerto Rico. He sang the role of Annibale Pistacchio in Il Campanello and made his debut with the Washington National Opera in Gianni Schicchi. De Peppo has performed as Leporello in Prague, Milan, Mexico, and Guatamala and Papageno in The Magic Flute in Mexico, Italy, and the United States with the Mozart Festival Opera.

HRISTO SARAFOV (Leporello and Masetto, Bari-tone) has been active as an actor and a soloist in Operetta and Opera. Sarafov graduated from the National Academy of Music in Sofia and was immediately engaged by the Sofia National Opera for the role of Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He has performed worldwide with Teatro Lirico D’Europa since 1990.

MELLIANGEE PEREZ (Donna Anna, Soprano) graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, where she studied with bass-baritone Justino Diaz. Perez won the Puerto Rico District Metropolitan Opera National Coun-cil Auditions while attending college. In 2005 and 2008, she was a semifinalist at the International Singing Contest in Barcelona, Spain. Perez has taken master classes with Renata Scotto, Anna Moffo, Jennifer Larmore, Benton Hess, Sherill Milnes, Joan Dornemann, Diana Soviero, Charles Riecker, Ruth Falcon, Teresa Berganza, and Frank Corsaro. Perez has performed in concerts, galas, and recitals as a soloist around the world in roles including Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Lauretta in Gianni Schic-chi, and Euridice in Orfeo Ed Euridice. In 2008, Perez received a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Orga-nization Award for “Soprano of the Year.” She will sing the role of Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Mimi in La Bohème, and Micaela in Carmen this season with Teatro Lirico D’Europa.

LAURA REY (Donna Anna, Soprano) sang with tenor Marcello Giordani last season and was invited to sing Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. In 2008, Rey sang The Empty Hours during the United Nations Lan-guage Festival in New York City. She performed as a soloist in George Frideric Handel’s Messiah with the Puerto Rico

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Symphony Orchestra for its 50th-anniversary celebration. In 2007-2008, Rey was an artist-in-residence at the Bavarian State Opera House, where she sang many roles and concerts conducted by Maestro Kent Nagano. During Rey’s residency, she was featured in a documentary film as one of the main singers. This season, she has been invited to sing the role of Musetta in La Bohème and share the stage with Ana Maria Martinez as Mimi. Rey has sung throughout Puerto Rico, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. She earned a bachelor of music degree from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a master of music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music. She is devoted to Opera and popular music and has worked with Paul Simon, José Feliciano, and Jon Lucien. Latino perform-ers such as Marc Anthony have recorded her songs. Rey was awarded “Best Latin Music Songwriter of the Year 2000” by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and is a faculty member with the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music.

ELENA RAZGYLYAEVA (Donna Elvira, Soprano) is a principal soloist of Opera Rostov-on-Don, Russia, where she performs leading soprano roles. She earned critical ac-claim in her U.S. debut in 2006 with Teatro Lirico D’Europa as Mimi in La Bohème. Razgylyaeva returned to the United States for the 2006-2007 season with Teatro Lirico D’Europa as Mimi in La Bohème, Cio-cio-san in Madama Butterfly, and Liu in Turandot. The following season, Razgylyaeva sang the title roles in Tosca and Madama Butterfly. In 2008, she per-formed the title role in Aida and La Bohème and other roles in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.

EDELINA KANEVA (Donna Elvira, Soprano) received her musical education at the National Conservatory of Music in Sofia. She is currently a principal soloist with the National Opera and Ballet Sofia and has performed as a guest soloist in Eastern Europe and Germany. She has performed the role of Leonore in Il Trovatore and the title role in Tosca with Teatro Lirico D’Europa in the United States on previ-ous tours. She has performed the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Summer Music Festival in Varna, Bulgaria.

BENJAMIN BRECHER (Don Ottavio, Tenor) has performed with New York City Opera, Opera de Montreal, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Central City Opera, Chau-tauqua Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Lyric Opera of Cleveland, the Harrisburg Opera, Toledo Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Berkshire Opera, Arizona Opera, Anchorage

Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Skylight Opera Theatre, the Glimmerglass Opera, the Aspen Opera Theatre, and the Ohio Light Opera. Since 1997, Brecher has performed more than 10 roles with The New York City Opera in Il Viaggio A Reims, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Die Zauberflöte, and Carmen. His other credits include La Sonnambula, I Capuleti E I Montecchi, and Otello with The Opera Orchestra of New York. Brecher has performed a wide range of repertoire with orchestras in Chicago, Mexico City, Rome, Budapest, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Vir-ginia, Seattle, Florida, Jacksonville, Detroit, Toledo, Omaha, Baltimore, Seattle, Portland, Buffalo, Toronto, Edmonton, Milwaukee, and Columbus. He has also recorded Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. This season, Brecher will perform the world premiere of Steve Swartz’s Opera Seance in Santa Barbara, the Benjamin Britten Serenade for tenor, Horn and Strings in Wisconsin, Ernesto in Don Pasquale at the Belle Isle Festival in France, and in concerts with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. Brecher sang the National Anthem at Camden Yards on opening day. He is a graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center, New England Con-servatory of Music, and Bowling Green State University. He teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he lives with his family.

VIARA ZHELEZOVA (Zerlina, Mezzo-Soprano) graduated from the Bulgarian National Conservatory of Mu-sic in 1985 and joined the Bulgarian National Opera, where she has performed leading mezzo-soprano roles with Ghena Dimitrova, Nicolai Giuselev, and Anna Tomova Sintov. Zhelezova has appeared as a guest singer with Opera compa-nies throughout Western and Eastern Europe and has been a principal soloist with Teatro Lirico D’Europa since 1992. She will sing the role of Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Baltimore Opera.

SNEJANA DRAMCHEVA (Zerlina, Soprano) was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and graduated from the Dobrin Petkov School of Music (Plovdiv), where she studied voice with Ivanka Michaylova. Dramcheva also graduated from Pancho Vladigerov Music Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she studied with Professor Karnobatlova-Dobreva. Dramcheva made her debut in 1984 with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dobrin Petkov. In 1990, Dram-cheva made her first appearance in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the National Opera and Ballet Sofia. From 1991 to 1993, she completed several European tours as Gilda in

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Rigoletto, Violetta in La Traviata, and Musetta in La Bohéme. Dramcheva’s achievements include the second-place prize at the Francesco Vignas Competition in Barcelona, Spain; the Grand-Prix in Pamplona, Spain; the first prize in Pavia, Italy; and the Audience-Grand-Prix at the Giuseppe Verdi Com-petition in Parma, Italy. She was a finalist in the Belvedere International Opera Competition in Vienna, Austria. Dram-cheva has made recordings for Bulgarian National Radio and has been a frequent guest singer in Milan, Barcelona, Bilbao, Lille, Madrid, Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Valencia, and Zurich. Last season, she performed the role of Valen-cienne in The Merry Widow with Czech Opera Prague and Violetta in La Traviata with Teatro Lirico D’Europa through-out the United States. This season, she will sing the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Musetta in La Bohéme with Mozart Festival Opera, and Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana with Teatro Lirico D’Europa.

MIKHAIL KOLELISHVILI (Commendatore, Bass) is a member of the Kirov Opera. He was born in Moscow and graduated from the V. Saradzhishvili State Conservatory of Tbilisi, Georgia, with a master of vocal performance degree. In 1997, Kolelishvili became a soloist with the Tbilisi State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. Two years later, he became a laureate of the Georgia-Tbilisi Republic Vocal Competition. The following year, he joined the Young Opera Singers’ Academy of the Mariinsky Theatre. He won first prize at the Rimski-Korsakov Fifth International Competi-tion for Young Opera Singers in 2002 and was a top prize winner in the Third International E. Obraztsova Competi-tion for Young Opera Singers in 2003. In 2004, he won the Monyushko Competition in Warsaw, Poland, and the Adamo Didur Prize for Bass. The following year, Kolelishvili was a finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competi-tion in the United Kingdom. His repertoire includes the bass roles in the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giuseppe Verdi Operas as well as Khan Koncha in Prince Igor, King Rene in Iolanta, and the Tsar in The Tale of Tsar Saltan.

GIORGIO LALOV (Artistic and Stage Director) is the co-founder of Mozart Festival Opera and Teatro Lirico D’Europa. He also serves as stage director for Mozart Festi-val Opera. Lalov was born in Telesh, Bulgaria, in 1958. His father Lalo, a doctor, and his mother Stoiyanka, an elemen-tary-school teacher and Bulgarian Folk singer, were educated patrons of the arts. When his father died, Lalov was only 9 years old. Because he was an excellent student, he was ac-

cepted to an elite boarding school in Bulgaria, where all the lessons were taught in French. When he graduated from high school in 1976, he was fluent in French and English. That year, he entered the Bulgarian National Academy of Music and went on tour throughout Italy with a choir from the uni-versity. While in Milan, he auditioned for the famous inter-national School for Young Opera Singers at La Scala. He was accepted and went on to make his Operatic debut at La Scala at age 25. After living in Italy for a short time, Lalov be-came fluent in Italian. In 1986 while on tour with an Opera company in France, he met his future business partner, Yves Josse, a former Ballet dancer who was booking Opera and Ballet tours. The two decided to collaborate. By 1988 Josse and Lalov were working on what was to become the most successful Opera touring company in Europe. At the time of Josse’s death in 1995, Teatro Lirico D’Europa was averaging more than 250 performances a season throughout Europe. In 1990, Lalov established the Sofia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. In 2000, Teatro Lirico D’Europa embarked on its first major U.S. tour.

KRASSIMIR TOPOLOV (Conductor) was educated in Vienna, Austria. In addition to conducting hundreds of performances for Teatro Lirico D’Europa on tour in central Europe and the United States, he is a frequent guest con-ductor with Opera companies in Bulgaria and other Eastern European countries.

MOZART FESTIVAL OPERA, the sister company of Teatro Lirico D’Europa, made its U.S. debut in 2003 with Don Giovanni. Since then, the company has toured the United States every year with Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Die Zauberflöte. This is the company’s sixth season of major U.S. tours. Hailed by many as the greatest of all Operas, Don Giovanni is based on the true-life escapades of Don Juan of Seville, an aristocratic serial rapist who lived during the 1600s. n

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