MADAMA BUTTERFLY - Sandiego - San Diego

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MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Giacomo Puccini
:.1.r
B.F. Pinkerton
Goro
Suzuk
Sharp ess
Cio Cio San
mperia Commlssioner
Reg strar
The Bonze
Conductor
Production conceived by
D rector
Scenic Des gner
Costume Des gner
Lighting Designer
Wig and llakeLp Deslgner
Chorus N/laster
Supertit es
D ct on Coach
CAST:
(n ordef or vocal appeamnce)
Joseph Hu
Suzanna Guzm6n
Malcolm MacKenzie
Tom Oberiat
Scott Sikon
Jason Detwiler'
CrystalJarrell
Edoardo Miiller
Francesca Zambello
Garnett Bruce
MichaelYeargan
Alan Burrett
Timothy Todd Simmons
Dorothy S. Randall
Scott Heumann
Emanuela Patroncini
SETTING
Early 'l90Os, Nagasaki, Japan
The opera takes place in Nagasakin the office
of the American Consul and at Butterflys nome.
ACT I
- 20 Minute Intermission -
,a,cT tl
ACT ltl
' The tunninq l me s approxirna€ly 2 hours and 45 mifules n
d!Eion, nciudinq one inrermission.
. Madama Buttetfly s ac}producron of San Diego Opera.
Houston Grand OpeE.lhe Da as Opera. and crand Theatre
de Genav-"
. Scenery constrlcred and buir by S.n Diego Scenrc Srudio
r L brelio by Gluseppe cia.os. and Lu g flica.
. Base.l an the play Madane Buuefly by Davi.l Be asca.
. First performance ar Tearro € a Scala, Mitan on
PERFORMANCE DATES
Saturday [4ay 9, 2009 7pm
Tuesday May 12, 2009 7pm
Friday May 15,2009 8pm
Sunday [/]ay tZ 2009 2pm
Wednesday L/lay 20, 2009 7pm
Ih s ptodt lon aI Madana Eutteityw brca.lcaslor
Sunday. N4ay 24.2009 ar 7Oopm on KPBS 89.bFN4.
891FM La Jo a and 977FM trnpera Va ey
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ARTIST PROFILES
JASON DETWILER
San Dieso Opera debut. Baritone Jason
Detlviler has sung N/larce lo in La bohene
lor Operu daho. the title role of Eugene
Onegin lor Virginla Opera. Jack Rance n la
Fanciulla del West with Rimrock Opera. the
ttle rcle in Pi/grimb Progless with Trlnity
Lyrlc Opera. tite rce in Macbeth and \e elsky in Pikovaya
,ama for West Bay Opera. and Bllly B ge ow n Carausel w th
Shreveport Opera. He has perfomed with Opera San Jos6.
Apollo Sera Opera. Sacramento Opera. West Bay Opera.
Opera ldaho and Festiva Opera of Walnut Creek in rcles such
as Valentin in Far.sr. S lvia n Pagliacci. Allio in Caval/ena rus-
,bara. Escam llo i^ Camen. Matce la 1n La bohene. Jahn
Proctor ln fre Crucible. Getmant in La traylara and the tit e
rc es ln Don Giovanni. The Maffiage af Figarc and The Flying
Dutchman, ar'.,ong arhe6
SUZANNA GUZMAN, SUzUKl
Ameican mezzo soprano Suzanna Guzm6n
made her operatc debut at San Dego
Operc in 1986 as Emlla in Orel/o and
returned in 2006 as Cornela in Jur;rs
Caesar in Egypt Other appearances here
include N/laddelena I Bigaletta in 1987.
1994 and 2OO2, Eunice Hubble /r,4
Streetcat Named Desie in 2OOO, Atbftky in Die Fledemaus
n T991 and the Third Lady in rhe Magic Flute i\ 2AA1
Recent engagements lnc de Ahisky in Die Fledemaus and
N/larce lina in The Maniage af Figarc with The Da las Opera.
N/lariana in lulsa Fernanda, rhe Molhet in Amahl and The
Night Vsnors ard the ttle roe of Carmen wth Washingron
Nationa Opera (a roe a so sung with Holston Grand Opera)
Conte mpora ry perlorma nces nclude appearances in Fant€sfu
Mr For for LosAngees Opera. Goya n Spoleto. tayandFour
Scenes in Three Acts with Houston Grand Opera She has
appeared wilh the l,4etropol]tan Opera, Op6ra N/lontpe lier
Grand Th6atre de Gendve. Th6etre de l'Opera de Nice and
Dresden Musikfestsplele.
JOSEPH HU, Golo
Talwanese tenor Joseph Hu made h s San
Dlego Opera debut as Arturo in lucla d/
Lammermaar in 1995. Hs many pefor
mances here incude Gorc in Madama
Butteily. the Sleetsman I The Flying
Dutchman. Radet ga I Otelo, Parg in
Turandat. Ber\a ia in Rameo and Juliet.
Count Lerma.inDon Carla. the N/lessenger in Samsan and
Delilah, Rriz ard the N/lessenger in ll trovatore, Don Cutzia
ln The Maffiage af Figaro and ear ier th s season Spoletta in
Tasca a.d Bo-Sa tn Rigoleto. Among other companies with
wh ch he has sung are The Da las Opera, C ncinnat Opera.
Kenlucky Opera. Nashvile Opera, Fort Worth Opera. Dayton
Oper and lsrael Opera.
CRYSTAL JARRELL, KAIE P.NKEIION
American mezzo soprano Crystal Jarrel
made her Company debut ear ier this season
as countess ceprano and a page
in Rigaletto. She recently performed
Kate Pinkerton n Madana Butterfly
and Stephano lr Ronea and Juliet wth
Nashvi le Opera, Olga in The Merry Widow
with ndianapolis Opera and The Malhet I Anahl and the
Night Wsttars wth San Antonio Opera Other roles incude
Cherubino in The Maffiage afFigara.a ga I Eugene Anegin,
Emiy in fre Ballad af Baby Doe, Mary Siane I The Devil
and Daniel Webster and Tita in Gtanni Schiccrl: She has
performed n concert wth the ndianapolls Arts Chorae and
Bloomlngton Symphony Orchestfa. Jarrel is an alumna ofthe
young arllst programs of Nashv lle Opera. Utah Festiva Opera
and Ind anapo is Opera and was a Western Begiona fina ist
in the Metropolilan Opera Audit ons n 2007 and 2008. She
is clrrenty a second year member of the San Diego Opera
Ensemble
MALCOLM MACKENZIE, Sharyless
Amerlcan baritone Malcolm MacKenz e first
performed wth San Diego Opera as lvlarulo
in Risoletrr in 2002, returned in 2005 as
Escamilo in Carm€r, 2OO8 as Zurga ln
rhe Pearl Fshers and earller lh s season
as Matul o I Rigaletta He was a f nallst ln
P6c do Domingo's Opera ia compettion,
and a winner of lhe Metropoltan Opera Western Regiona
Auditions. I\lacKenzie began hs professiona career in 1994
as Harlequ n I ArEdne auf Naxas at G immerglass Opera
and has snce performed with Washington Nalional Opera.
Madison Opera, IOp6ra Naliona de Paris. Los Ange es Opera.
[,4ichigan Opera Theatre, Sacramento Opera and Opera
Pacific. His roles include Donald in Bi y Budd. Masetto and
the Illle tale al Dan Grcvanni, Flga.o i. The Barbet of Seville.
Marcelo and Schaunard in La bohbme. Albetl I Werthel
and Sharpless ln Madama Buttei/y Ne has aso appeared
wth the San Dlego Symphony, Los Angeles N/laster Chorale.
Los Angeles lvlozart Orchestra, Pacfic Chorale and Savannah
Symphony
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ARTIST PROFILES
PATRICIA RACETTE, Cio.Cio-Sa n
Anrerican soprano Patricia Racette made
her San Diego Opera debut in 1995 as
Mim:t I La bohbne. returned in 2001 as
Love Sim pson in Cold ,Sassy free (a rc e she
created for the wodd premiere al Houston
Grand Opera), and in 2004 for the title
tae ol Katya Kabaroya Racette recently
performed the ro e of Cio4:tGsan in Madama Butterfly al lhe
lvlet, wh ch was a pa.t of The Met: Live in HD series broadcast
in mov e theatres wordw de. She has developed strong
relatonships. not only with the N/letropo itan Opera. but also
San Francisco Opera. Lyfic Opera of Chicago. Houston Grand
Opera, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera and
Santa Fe Opefa Seen regularly at these holses, her many
roles include Violetta tn La tawata, N/liml and N/lusetta in la
bohene, Magtla I La Rondine the Ii e rc e in Jenufa. CiJ,Cio
San I Madama Butterfly. Desdemona in Orel/o. th-6 titl-. role
ol Katya Kabanava. N/larguerite in FausL fatyana in Eugene
Anegn, Eller Adotd I Peter Grimes, Micae a I Carmen,
the tit e role in Luisa Milea Leonora in // Trcvatarc. l\meia
in Simon Boccanegrc. Antonia n fre kles af Haftnann,
Ellsabella tn Don Carlo. Marhi de in Guillaune Tel. Marchetira
in Balla s Mefistafele. and Fosca n Passion amang many
ot ers Racette has also appeared at rhe Royal Opera ltouse,
Covent Gaden, Vienna Staatsoper, La Scala n N/lian, rhe
Welsh Nationa Opera. l'Opera Nationa de Paris. the Saito
Klnen Festival and lhe Grand Th6atre de cenBve A supporter
ol new works by todays leadng conrposers, she created
the tite role in Tobias Picker's Emmeline, appearcd in the
Metropoltan Opera s world Wemierc ol An American Tragedy
and. in July of thjs year creates the role of Lesle Crosbie ln
the wor d premiere of Pau N/loravec s The Lettet wth Sanl2
Fe Opera
SCOTr SIKON, fre Eorze
S nce his San Diego Opera debur in 1991
as Super ntendent Budd in Albett Hefting.
Amercan bassbaritone Scott Sikon has
sung more than twenty roies here includ ng
Sch€unard in La baheme, Manrercne n
Rigaletta. Dikoi in Katya Kabanova, Sle\le
Hubbe in 4 Strcetcat Named Desie.
Montano n Oael/o, lvlorales I Carmen, Cu o I Julius Caesar
/, Fgypl the Second Phi istrcin Samsan and Detitah,Ihe Fist
Journeyrnan in Wozzeck. Anlania n The Marnage of Figarc.
Reinmar von Zwe\et in Tannha;user and ear er trrs season
Sacristan in /osca and Counr Monterone in R/Ooleao. He has
performed thrcughouthe LJnired States wrh Houston crand
Opera, San Franclsco Opera, New York Cty Opera, The Da tas
Opera, Hawai Opera Theatre, CincinnatiOperand Ceve and
Opera. H s European debut was at the V enna Volksop-.r n
the premiere of fr€ /Vumber// Bus An active concert artist,
Scott Sikon has performed with the Spoleto Festval LISA. the
San Anton o Symphony and the Arkansas Symphony.
CARLO VENTRE, P/rkerto,
Uruguayan tenor Carlo Ventre made his
San Diego Opera debut as Gabrlele ln
Siman Boccanegra in 2OO5 and returned
last season as Radames n,4/ita a roe he
sang with Deutsche Oper Berlin and Oper
Lelpzig. For his La Scala debut, he sang
the Duke in,4/golerlo and also appeared as
lsmaele in /Vabacco. Appearances lnclude his Deutsche Oper
Berln debut and Arena di Verona debut as Radames in /4/da.
fr ddu in CavallerE rusticana lot Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Andrea Chenier Iot Liceu Barceona. Lt)ig in ll Tabarrc lal
Oper Frankfuri. the role of Cavaradoss in /osca for New York
Ctr' Opera. Tokyo New Nationa Theatre and The Dallas Opera
and roles for Welsh Nationa Opera includ ng Rodo fo n 1€
lror-dme and Don Jos6 in Cal,?e, Other ro es include Alfredo
in La ravata. Pinkeftan in Madama Butteily a^d Poltone in
Nama in apera houses in Rome. San Francisco. Vienna, Sr.
Petersburg. Verona, Chicago, Amsterdam and Th6etre Royal
GARNETT BRUCE, D'eclol
Amerlcan Director Garnett Bruce returns
allet diecring Aida ln 2008 and L/aressa
in 2OO5, among other productions. He has
been respons ble for Francesca Zambe los
ptoductianaf Madama Butterflysin e 1IIa,
includ ng pfoduct ons in Dallas, Pittsburgh,
Cinc nnat. Houston and previously at San
Diego Opera. Last season. he remounted La trcviata ard
Dactor Atamic al Lytic Apera of Chicago, and this year staged
his first Olel/o in LoLisvlle. and La Cenercntola Iat Otando
and Aust n. which was televised by KLRU throLghout Texas
Other recent productions lnc de La Clemenza diTitalotWol
Trap. fosca for Houston and Denver, /a bordme for Omaha.
Da las and Kansas C !y, Turandot fot C )cago. Ceve ard and
Lou svi e, and Jeruf, at Dalas and San Francsco He serues
on the lacuties at Peabody Conservatory in Batimore and
Aspen N/lus c Festival and School. and ls Art stic Adv ser and
pflncipa stage dlrector for Opera Omaha.
STEVEN W BRYANT,
Wig I Makeup Designer
American wig and makeup designer Steven
W. Bryant's work has encompassed over
5OO diffurent productions in opera, rcgional
theater. Broadway and film. His hair and
makeup designs were seen in all of our
2006.2OO7 and 2OOB Season ploduc-
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tions. Currently he is lhe wig designer ior Mccarter Theatre
and Vifginia Opera. Other credits include Santa Fe Opera.
Opera Theatre oi St. Louis. Cleveland Opera. New York City
Ope€ andTeatro Col6n in Argentina. Notableworld premieres
include Leonafd Bernstein s A Auiet Place and c2jlisle Floyd's
Mra ,S&/* at Houston Grand Opera and Stewart Copeland's
Holy Blaod at Cleveland Operc. Bryant desig ned costu m es lor
ODera Omaha s Droduction aI Turn of the Scrcw and iat the
May 2OO7 premiere of Pasarlet s Frcu Margat at Ft. Wafth
Ooera.
ALAN BURRETI, l/grting Designer
Engllsh L ght ng DesignerAlan Burrett made
his San Diego Aperc debur in Madana
Butterflv tr 1994 and returned n 2003
He began hls career as res dent designer
with Bejart ballet in Brussels designing sets.
costumes and lghts and was also Technical
Director for the Ballet Opera of Lyon. Ne
has designed lor the Roya Shakespeare Company. The Royal
Naliona Theatet Royal Opera Covent Garden. The Parls
Opera. and lvlunich Opera. lit arena productions of Came,
and losca n London. Germany. Australi and Japan and the
comp ete works of Beckettforthe GateTheatre in Dubln. New
York and London. He has served as the head of I ght ng at the
Eng ish National Opera and became Los Ange es Opera's first
resident ighting designer design ng twentyjlve productions
Other prolects nclude the 300th Anniversary of Mo idre at
the Com6die Frangaise. productlons for the Paris Opera Ba let
and French te ev sion. the T 992 Wor d s Fair Span sh Pavilion
and I ght ng for the U.S. touf ol Duran Duran. Burrett is a so
a Professor and head of the Lighting Design program at the
Un vers ty of Calfornia San Diego
EDOARDO MULLER, Conductol
Ita ian conductor Edoardo l\ln lef. has led
rnore than 30 productions in San D ego.
beginning in 1980 wi\h Giavanna dArco.
Last season he conducted Maty. Aueen of
Scots (Mana Stuarda) aft Cavallerta rus
Ucana/Pagliacci and he conducted fosc€
and Rigoletto ear ier th s season. Known
wordwide for his mastery of the llallan opefatc repertoire. he
has enjoyed a long associat on with the Teatro a la Scala ln
N/lian where he conducted Atda, I due Foscari. ll trovatote, I
masnadier| La farza deldestino, Ernani, The Bafuer of Seville
and Anna Balena, a.rlong others H s career has taken him ta
the Metropolitan Op-.ra. Teatro Municpal n Santiago. Teatro
Col6n in Buenos Aires, Seatt e Opera, Lydc Opera ol Chicago,
The Dallas Opem, C ncinnali Opera as we I as companies in
Paris. Rome and Tokyo.
N4ICHAEL YEARGAN, Set DesigneT
American Scen c Designer N/ichaelYeargan
made h s debut wth San Dieso Opera with
a production of,4/da first seen in 1996 and
repeated in 2001 and 2008. ForSan D ego
Opera he also des gned Madama Butterfly
in 1998 and 2OA3. A Streetcat Named
Destre tn 2OOO. Cald Sassy Tree in 2AA1
and Carmen in 2006. Yeargan has won t\,vo Tony Awards@'
for BestScenic Design fot The Lisht in the Piazza h 2OO5 and
South Pactnc in 2OOA He ls a professor of stage design atthe
Ya e School of Drama and the res dent designer for the Yale
Repeflory Thearre, where he has designed more than 5O pro
ductions. Flis opera credits inc ude set design for Harb son s
The Great Gatsby fat Metropolltan Apeta, BoLo.r, s A View
fron the Bridge fot tyt c Opera of Chicago and both Sr?o,
Boceanegra ard Dead Man l4la/k ?gfor Sa. Franclsco Opera.
He has also designed producl ons for the Foya Opera House.
Covent Garden, We sh NationalOpera. FranHurtOpera, Opera
Auslrala and the Scott sh Opera.
ANnA YAVICH, Costume Designer
Chinese Costume Designer Anta Yavich
made her San Dieqo Opera debut design'
ing costumes lot Madama Butbnly I
1998. Other deslgns for opera include
Cylaro at M lan's La Sca a. the Metropolltan
Opera and Foya Opera. Covent Garden.les
f/oyers for the N/letropo itan Opera. Osva do
GalijclJ's Atnadamar fat Iang ewaad. The Gamblet lat Ope'€
Zuid, Hildegard, A Measurc of Jay lat Chant cleer Three Tales
Jor Vienna Festiva and nternational tour F/i?elia. Die Walktire
an.l Das Rheingoldtot Washlngton Natonal Opera.,4rsace //
at San Francisco Opera, Madama Butterfly al Haus1or &and
Opera and Grand Thdatre de Gend\e. The Flying Dutchman aI
Spoleto Festval and The Silver River aI Spo eto and Linco n
Center Festiva. She has des gned costumeslor oroductrons at
Seatt e Rep, C ass c Stage. Phiade phia Theate I Corn pa ny, The
S gnalure, The Pub ic. Ballet Hispanico and was the puppet
and costume designer fot The Sound of Music at Salzhtlrcel
N/larionetten Theater and internat onal tour
PERFORMAIICE' I]AOIIIIII PI I

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ARTISTS
SOPRANOS
W Ear Spanheimer'
CONDUCTORS
CHOREOGRAPHERS
MEZZO-SOPRANOS
BARITONES AND
BASS.BAR ITON ES
DIRECTORS
COSTUME DESIGNERS
Ray Diffen
Judith Chrlstin
PrtiGandhl
Rod G try
PIANISTS
LIGHTING DESIGNERS
TENORS
scort Sikon
Nata ya Penchenko', aaler pr?J,/s.
Jatrre Pim, Bater pianisr
Giuseppe Gipali'
Anlhony Dean Gr lley
BASSES
John DelCar o
SCENERY DESIGNERS
'San D ego Opera deblt
i
'i
:
Madama Butterflv
SUPERNUMERARIES
Campbell Barnes
Liz Bu
Bernardo Campos
JulYuan Chang
lrene Chen
Keith Chen
N/lay Chen
Ina Chu
N/lichael Cu len
Javier Everall-Savoy
Jennifer Greenf e d
RachelGreenfield
Erika Hiramatsu
S sca Latil
Sh ow Hwa Lin
Sean McSherry
Anne Sandan Padre
Gina Potter
Cassidy Wang Robins
Ruby Rolhman
Steve Sato
B ly Tempie
Sarah Yune
Eveylt Yeruuldelger
JoshLra Yeruu de ger
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ORCHESTRA
N,4usicians for this production are membefs of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jahja Ling, Music Director
VIOLIN
Jelf Ihayet, Con certm as ter
N ck Gtan|, Pincipal
Assocta te C once ft maste r
Jisun Yang,,4ssoc/irae
Alexander Palam dis.
CELLO
Yao Zhaa, Ptincipal
Ny'arcia Bookstein
G en Campbell
Michae Deaiherage
Karla Holand N/lortz
Richard Levine
BASS CLARINET
BASSOON
Va enlin Matlchev, Principal
Ryan S mmons
Leyla Zamora
TIMPANI
Jasan G ftet. Pincipal
PERCUSSION
Gtegoty Cohen. Ptin cipa I
Jonathan Szanlos
Jefl Zehrgd, Assaciate
Randa I Brinton
Yum Cho
Hernan Constant no
Alicia Eng eyL
otto Fe d
Kathryn Hatmaker
Angela Homnick
Lenora LeggatF
Mariha N lsen
lgor Pandurskl
Susan Robboy
Sh geko Sasaki
Edmund Stein
John Stubbs
Peichun Tsai
Jrng Yan
Joan Zelickman
VIOLA
Che-Yen Chen. Principa I
Nancy Lochnet /4ssoc/bte
Bebekah Campbell
Chi-Yuan Chen
Ong Liang
Thomas Morgan
Yoko OkayasuL
Dorothy Zeavin
Gareth Zehngut
N/lary Oda Szanto
BASS
Jercmy Kuttz, Principal
Susan Wu ff, ,4ssoc/ate
Doug as Basyes
W. Gfeg Berton
Travis GoreL
SamuelHager
Margaret Johnston+
M chae Wais
FLUTE
Dena e M.c ll, Principal
Sarah Tuck
Elizabeth Ashmead
PrccoLo
E izabeth Ashmead
OBOE
Chis\aphet caudi. Ptin cipa I
Betsy Spear
Marc Gordons
ENGLISHORN
l\/larc Gordons
CLARINEI
Shetyl Re^k, Pinclpal
Thefesa Tunn cliff
CONTRA BASSOON
Leyla Zamora
HORN
Jahn tatgeL, Ptincipal
Benjam n Jabers, Acr;?g
Wei p ng Chous, s.s/srarr
Principal/ Utility
Tricia Skye
Douglas Hall
TRUMPET
Cdvin C.ft ce. Ptineipal
John N,4acFeffan Wids
N/lark Bede I
TROMBONE
foby Olrt, Pincipal
T nrothy Sm ths.,4crrg
George Johnston
lvlichae Felllnger
Bichard cordon+
BASS TROMBONE
N,4ichael Fel inger
TUBA
Matthew catbulr. Ptin c ipa /
HANP
)ulie Snlilh. Ptincpd
PIANO,/CELESTE/ORGAN
N/lary Barranger
PERSONNEL I\4ANAGER
Magda O Nei I
PRINCIPALIBRARIAN
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
Susan Stephan
PIANO TECHNICIAN
Bud Fisher
ASSISTANT PERSONNEL
MANAGER
Douglas Hall
L On Leave
s Substitute lvlusician
+ Staff Opera l\,,lusiclan
The musicians employed bv the san Diego synphony arc members of the A4usicians Association of san Diego county,
'
Loca/325, American Federction ol Musicians. AFLC\O.
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