The Atlanta Opera, La traviata, La Belle, November 2025

THE ATLANTA OPERA

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi composer

Francesco Maria Piave librettist

Nov 8, 11, 14, 16, 2025

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Nov 15, 2025

We are excited to begin the mainstage season after the successful run of Fiddler on the Roof, our collaboration with the Alliance Theatre. That production reminded us how powerful it is to share a story together, on stage and in the audience. We also celebrate the recent International Opera Award nomination for our production of Rent, a recognition of a show that resonated with audiences and offered a fresh perspective on a classic work. These achievements reflect our ongoing commitment to bringing new and engaging experiences to the opera stage.

Tonight, we continue that journey with a cast led by Mané Galoyan and Long Long in Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata This production combines Verdi’s moving music with thoughtful staging that highlights themes of love, sacrifice, and resilience. We are pleased to welcome these talented artists back to Atlanta, and we hope their performances bring new insight to this beloved opera.

The Atlanta Opera has long explored the intersection of film and opera, from our production of Frankenstein a few years ago, to this season’s companion experience, Philip Glass’s La Belle et la Bête. We are presenting the Southeast premiere of this innovative work, a cinematic opera synchronized with Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film. Audiences will experience the story in a new way, blending the gothic fantasy of the original film with the distinctive musical style of Philip Glass.

Together, these productions showcase the range and creativity of opera today, from the emotional depth of Verdi to the imaginative approach of Glass. We invite you to enjoy these stories, the music, and the artistry that our season brings.

Don’t forget to secure your seats to the rest of our monumental season: Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Puccini’s Turandot and the jewel in our proverbial crown, Wagner’s Twilight of the Gods, which completes our historic RING cycle. Sit back, enjoy the performances, and thank you for being a part of this unforgettable season.

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COMPOSER Giuseppe Verdi

LIBRETTIST Francesco Maria Piave

FIRST PERFORMANCE Mar 6, 1853—Venice, Italy, Teatro la Fenice

VETERANS TICKET PROGRAM

THIS PRODUCTION OF VERDI’S LA TRAVIATA IS SPONSORED BY  Harold Brody & Donald Smith

OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS  Alfredo & Beau Martin

Significant support for The Atlanta Opera Studio Artist Program from the Donald & Marilyn Keough Foundation, John & Yee-Wan Stevens, and Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg.

THE ATLANTA OPERA IS GRATEFUL FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT FROM

The Atlanta Opera receives support from the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency—the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for programming is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

CONDUCTOR Evan Rogister

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Francesca Zambello

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Joshua Horowitz

PRODUCTION CHOREOGRAPHER Parker Esse

ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER & ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Andrea Beasom

CHORUS MASTER & ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Daniel Chervinsky

SET DESIGNER Peter J. Davison

COSTUME DESIGNER Jess Goldstein

LIGHTING DESIGNER Mark McCullough

ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER A.J. Guban

WIG & MAKEUP DESIGNER Lindsey Ewing

FILMED MEDIA Felipe Barral

CAST (IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE)

VIOLETTA VALERY Mané Galoyan

FLORA BERVOIX Ilanna Starr*

MARCHESE D’OBIGNY Hadleigh Adams

BARON DOUPHOL Luke Harnish

DOCTOR GRENVILLE David Crawford

GASTONE DE LETORIERES Wayd Odle*

ALFREDO GERMONT Long Long

ANNINA Alexis Seminario*

GIUSEPPE Owen Malone

GIORGIO GERMONT Anthony Clark Evans

MESSENGER / FLORA’S SERVANT John Arnold

DANCERS Megan Krauszer (captain), Ayanna DuBose, Alexa Gajeton, Bailey Jo Harbaugh, Dane LeAnna, Cammi Nevarez, Brandon Nguyen-Hilton, AC Wilson

SUPERNUMERARIES Spiro Winsett (captain), Peter Andres, Alyssa Andrews, Elias Benn, Anya Brante, Amy Dosik, Jerry Hunter, Edward Klaas, Heike Miskawi, Mariko Shibata, Mary Slaughter, Charles Stanford, David van Mersbergen, Jordan Zarwea

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR José Israel García, Jr.*

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER Christian Henrriquez

STAGE MANAGER Lauren Wickett

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS Caitlin Denney-Turner, Aletha Saunders

MUSICAL PREPARATION Nyle Matsuoka, Elena Kholodova

PROJECTED TITLES CREATED BY Kelly Rourke

PROJECTED TITLES OPERATED BY Brendan Callahan-Fitzgerald

Approximate runtime: 2 hr, 30 min, including one intermission: Act I & Act II, Part 1: 75 min | Intermission: 25 min | Act II, Part 2 & Act III: 55 min

Performed in Italian with English supertitles

*member of The Atlanta Opera Studio

La traviata is a co-production of The Atlanta Opera, Washington National Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Seattle Opera, and Indiana University.

Mané Galoyan as Violetta and Duke Kim as Alfredo in Verdi’s famous drinking song in Seattle Opera’s 2023 production of La traviata.

Violetta Valéry, the renowned courtesan, is suffering from the final stages of consumption. As she languishes in a sanatorium, she relives moments from her brief, tumultuous life.

When Alfredo Germont arrives at a party at her home, she is surprised by his devotion and concern. Alfredo leads a toast to love; Violetta responds with a toast to pleasure. Feeling faint, she excuses herself to rest. Alfredo follows, begging her to allow him to love and care for her. She tells him she is not interested in commitment, but invites him to return the next day. Alone, she wonders if she is capable of real love, but dismisses the idea as nonsense.

Three months later, Violetta and Alfredo are living together outside Paris. After learning that she plans to sell her belongings to maintain their country retreat, Alfredo goes to Paris to pay their debts. While he is away, Giorgio Germont visits and begs Violetta to leave Alfredo, his son, arguing that her association with the family will ruin his daughter’s prospects. Violetta, moved and heartbroken, writes to Alfredo and tells him she no longer loves him. When Alfredo receives the letter, he is devastated; his father’s attempts to console him are unsuccessful.

Violetta attends a party with her new protector, Baron Douphol. Violetta pulls Alfredo aside and begs him to leave; he refuses and threatens to duel with the Baron. To avoid breaking her promise to the elder Germont, Violetta insists that she loves the Baron. Furious and hurt, Alfredo calls the guests together and publicly insults Violetta.

Violetta, returning to the present, rereads a letter from Giorgio Germont. According to the letter, Alfredo went abroad after dueling with the Baron; his father wrote to him to explain Violetta’s sacrifice.

Alfredo arrives, asking forgiveness and pledging eternal love. Violetta expresses hope for their future together, but she is very weak. Alfredo sends Annina for the Doctor. He arrives with Giorgio Germont, who reproaches himself for his earlier behavior toward Violetta. He asks forgiveness and pledges to accept her as a daughter, but he is too late.

Violetta, Mané Galoyan, gravely ill in a Parisian hospital, is comforted by Alfredo, Duke Kim, with dreams of a future together, but fate cuts these plans short.

Love: The Ecstasy & The Burden

WRITTEN BY Noel Morris

Mary Dunleavy as Violetta and Boris Rudak as Alfredo attempt to let true love thrive in The Atlanta Opera’s 2013 production of La traviata.

La traviata is by far the most performed opera, worldwide. And with ravishing music amplifying a powerful, character-driven story, it’s no surprise. A hundred years ago, audiences most likely viewed Violetta Valéry as a disreputable woman who was curiously and uncomfortably compelling. For them, La traviata was a tale of redemption. Today, people admire Violetta. She has fortitude and an astonishingly benevolent spirit in the face of a nauseatingly hypocritical and unequal world. Viewed through either cultural lens, La traviata takes us into the human heart to pose some unsettling questions.

Anyone who’s read a Jane Austen novel or been captivated by “Downton Abbey” knows the dilemma of daughters born into wealthy families (at least until the mid-20th century). Due to the custom of primogeniture, girls were forbidden from inheriting money and property. They were not schooled to have a profession, but were encouraged to become “accomplished” by having a “thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages,” to quote Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Taking Austen’s point a step

further, these so-called accomplished young woman were, in essence, groomed to “recommend themselves to the other sex.” For them, marriage was as much about securing a future, as it was about romance. Alternatives to married life included working as a governess or entering a convent.

Therein lies the dilemma of La traviata. One option ruins Violetta; the other ruins a girl we never meet (Alfredo’s sister). Of course, Giorgio Germont protects his own child. But make no mistake, both girls have attached their futures to men of means; it’s just that one of them would never be permitted to marry into a respectable family. In a cruel plot twist, La traviata turns the tables on Violetta. Alfredo has not yet come into his fortune—so they exhaust hers.

THE DEMIMONDE

Throughout 19th-century France, affluent members of the middle class asserted claims to the privileges and lifestyle of the nobility. In 1855, the playwright Alexandre Dumas, fils coined the term demimonde, “half world,” (in opposition to le beau monde—high society), to describe a less-than-respectable urban subculture in which powerful men lavished money, jewels, horses, and even houses upon glamorous female companions. While the French courtesan is often described as a “glorified prostitute,” it’s worth taking a closer look.

The word “courtesan” dates back to the 16th century and refers to ladies of the court. Even then, these unmarried women had something of a noble bearing and education, which made them more compatible with the influential men they seduced. In the demimonde, it became an enterprise for the courtesan not only to master bedroom techniques, but to acquire foreign language skills, knowledge of politics and world events, and to supercharge Paris nightlife. (Proper wives stayed home.) The French courtesans hosted the most talked-about parties in town. And through their enterprise, could amass a fortune to sustain themselves through retirement.

MEET THE PARENTS

Act I of La traviata delivers on so many levels: it has an infectious drinking song, a dazzling ode to untrammeled moxie, and a serenade to melt your heart (and Violetta’s). After the debauchery of Act I, the mood in Act II turns on a dime with the entrance of Giorgio Germont (if you ever attended a party that abruptly ended with the arrival of someone’s parents, this will look familiar). At first, Violetta opposes him—notice the

way her music sounds so forbidding. But he wears her down until Verdi signals her acquiescence with a gutwrenching duet.

This duet is followed by one of the most heartbreaking farewells in all of opera. It’s a scene titled “Violetta,” scored with such elegance and beauty, you could almost miss the wallop that’s coming. In fact, Alfredo does miss it. (How often are we unaware when we’re saying our last goodbye?) At that moment, tremolos across the strings and timpani swell around a theme which echoes the overture. Violetta sings: “Love me, Alfredo, love me as much as I love you. Goodbye!” And in a heartbeat, their lives are changed forever.

THE MESSAGE

One reason La traviata has currency in our own time is that it exposes a classic struggle between the establishment and the “other.” Verdi, himself, was constantly rubbing against Italian censors. In fact, they pressured him to change the name of this opera from Amore e morte (Love and Death) to the more moralistic La traviata, which comes from the Italian verb traviare (to lead astray).

Verdi complied. Nevertheless, there is something seditious about this opera. Giorgio Germont is a meaty and believable father figure. When he asserts his right, as he sees it, to separate the worthy from the unworthy, he uses a playbook that could have come right out of 2019. He slut-shames Violetta for living in sin while deflecting blame from himself: “Young lady,” he sings, “it is God who inspires these words on a father’s lips”—of course, the 1853 audiences knew that no bourgeois gentleman would have consented to a marriage between Alfredo and Violetta. At the same time, Germont is not immune to Violetta’s suffering, which casts him not in a compassionate light— but a cowardly one.

Both Giuseppe Verdi and the man who authored this story had reason to sympathize with Violetta. Alexandre Dumas, fils (the son of the man who wrote The Three Musketeers) was born out of wedlock and was bullied as a bastard child. A youthful affair with a courtesan inspired young Dumas to write the novel and stage play La dame aux camélias, which served as a basis for La traviata. Like Violetta, Dumas’s real-life courtesan lover, Marie Duplessis, succumbed to consumption at the age of 23.

In 1843, Verdi, who had suffered the loss of his wife and two children, began living with a famous soprano. A scandalous free spirit, Giuseppina Strepponi had her own

money, and a brood of children born out of wedlock. When Verdi brought her to live in his hometown of Busseto, she was publicly shunned, causing great distress for the couple. In a letter to the father of his deceased wife, Verdi raged: “Who has the right to condemn us? . . . in my house she is entitled to as much respect, or more, as I am myself, and no one is allowed to forget this for any reason whatsoever; she has every right to it, as much for her dignity as for her intelligence and her unfailing graciousness to others.”

Verdi saw Dumas’s play in 1852. La traviata followed in 1853. Based on a libretto by the composer’s longtime writing partner, Francesco Maria Piave, it was intended to be a contemporary story. “No wigs,” Verdi insisted, although he was overruled by local censors. (In their minds, the scandalous nature of the story required more distance; thus, the first productions were set—with powdered wigs—during the era of Louis XIV, ca. 1700.)

The opera’s first run at La Fenice in Venice was not successful. Verdi tweaked the score and reintroduced La traviata the following year. In spite of multiple allowances made to censors across Europe, the show was a hit. Giuseppe and Giuseppina cohabited until 1859 when they finally married.

John Fowler’s Alfredo holds Brenda Harris’ dying Violetta in The Atlanta Opera’s 1998 production of La traviata

EVAN ROGISTER CONDUCTOR

Evan Rogister is one of the most eclectic and versatile conductors on the international stage. A dual citizen of Germany and the United States, he leads performances at prestigious houses including the Glyndebourne Festival, The Metropolitan Opera, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Opernhaus Zürich. This season, Rogister returns to the Glyndebourne Festival with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, debuts at the Royal Danish Opera with George Benjamin’s Written on Skin, and leads Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at Opernhaus Zürich. From 2018 to 2025, he served as Principal Conductor of the Washington National Opera, where The Washington Post praised his “finely attuned management” of Strauss’s Elektra. Equally at home on the concert stage, Rogister has led the Swedish Radio Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Philharmonia Zürich, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony, l’Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Milwaukee Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Recent highlights include his return to The Met for Simon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, hailed by The New York Times for “a performance that breathed naturally, exuding a sense of cheerful ease,” a debut at the Sydney Opera House conducting Massenet’s Cendrillon, and critically acclaimed performances of Verdi’s Macbeth at WNO. He also led Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones at The Met, Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne, and Göteborg Opera’s inaugural cycle of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. Rogister’s repertoire spans opera and contemporary works, including Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Schoenberg’s Erwartung, Szymanowski’s King Roger, Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, and Verdi’s Otello, Aida, and Rigoletto Dedicated to new music, he has led

premieres for WNO’s American Opera Initiative, collaborated with The Met’s Laffont Competition, and mentored young conductors through the George Solti Foundation. His debut recording with Deutsche Grammophon, Follow, Poet, features works by Mohammed Fairouz with mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, and during the pandemic he led the innovative virtual reality recording Beethoven in Virtual Reality: Fidelio. He resides in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his wife, Synne, and their two children.

FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO PRODUCTION DIRECTOR

Francesca Zambello is a renowned director of opera and theater and a leading light in the arts who has made an indelible mark around the world. Her home is New York, but her work has graced the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Bolshoi, Covent Garden, the Munich Staatsoper, Paris Opera, New York City Opera, Washington National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and English National Opera. As Artistic & General Director Emerita of the Glimmerglass Festival, Francesca is proud to be transforming the lives of children in all aspects of theater through her many apprenticeship programs. Born in the U.S. but raised in Europe, Francesca speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, German, and Russian. In 1976, she attended Moscow University and graduated from Colgate University in 1978, where she also holds an honorary doctorate degree. Highly respected and revered, she served as an adjunct professor at Yale University, a guest lecturer at Harvard University, and The Juilliard School, as well as an assistant director to the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. She has also led various non-profit opera and theater companies. Providing her unwavering vision and creative expertise, Francesca collaborates with performers and musicians, designers and stylists, technician crews, stagehands, unions,

donors, and audiences to fundraise for the opera and theater industry. Francesca lives between Cooperstown, New York City, and D.C. with her wife, Faith E Gay, and their son Jackson.

JOSHUA HOROWITZ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Joshua R. Horowitz is a Theatre and Opera Director from Old Bethpage, New York. Past directing credits include Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children (The Glimmerglass Festival), Journey to Valhalla (Lyric Opera of Kansas City), the Emerging Artist Performance of Romeo et Juliet (Washington National Opera), and La Bohème (Annapolis Opera). As an associate and assistant director, Joshua’s work has been seen across the country at The Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, North Carolina Opera, Seattle Opera, and Detroit Opera. He is thrilled to be returning to Atlanta with this production of La traviata. You can find out more about Joshua and his work by visiting his website, JoshuaRHorowitz.com

PARKER ESSE PRODUCTION CHOREOGRAPHER

After performing on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning Fosse, Parker Esse was associate choreographer for Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow, A Tale of Two Cities, Follies (pre-Broadway), and 5 Encores! (New York City Center). His credits as choreographer include Oklahoma! 50th anniversary (Arena Stage), and Sondheim and Marsalis’s A Bed and a Chair (New York City Center). His choreography has been featured at the Ed Mirvish Theatre (Toronto), Arena Stage, Goodspeed Musicals, Kennedy Center, Washington National Opera, Omaha Symphony/NBC Holiday Televised Specials, Shaw Festival Canada, Lyrics and Lyricists 92nd Street Y, York Theatre, Signature Theatre, Ogunquit

Playhouse, Buck’s County Playhouse, The Rev Theatre Company, and Casa Mañana Theatre. Recent: Light in the Piazza (New York City Center), West Side Story (The Muny), and Fiddler on the Roof (Paper Mill Playhouse, The Muny), Beautiful (Maine State & Fulton Theatre), and Million Dollar Quartet (Casa Mañana Theatre). Parker is a proud SDC and AEA Member. When he is not in rehearsals, he can be found gardening in the backyard with his wife, Maria.

ANDREA BEASOM ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER &

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Andrea Beasom is an opera and theater director and choreographer whose work has been seen at Washington National Opera, The Kennedy Center, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, Atlanta Opera, Detroit Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera San Antonio, The Glimmerglass Festival, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bard Summerscape, Berkshire Opera Festival, National Sawdust, and Austin Opera. She is also the Head of Movement and Choreography for the renowned Fourth Wall Ensemble in NYC. In addition to her work as a director and choreographer, Andrea has performed professionally for more than 15 years with notable companies such as the Royal Opera House of Muscat, The Kennedy Center, Hawaii Opera Theater, New York City Center (Off-Broadway), Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Pasadena Playhouse, The Glimmerglass Festival, and The Dallas Opera. She danced with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet Studio, Pasadena Dance Theater, and also in commercial/industrial productions for Sony, Puma, Moncler, and Microsoft, and in the film The One That I Want. Andrea holds a B.M. in Voice from Mannes School of Music in NYC. A detailed list of her production credits can be found at AndreaBeasom.com

DANIEL CHERVINSKY CHORUS

MASTER

& ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Daniel Chervinsky, conductor and pianist, was born in the Soviet Union. At the Israeli Opera, he serves as Head of Music, Conductor, Pianist, and Music Coach. He has conducted and performed with many of Israel’s leading orchestras, including the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Chervinsky graduated from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University in the conducting class of Yoav Talmi and Yi-An Xu. He won the Golden Baton Conducting Competition of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music and the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and he participated in master classes presented by Zubin Mehta and Zsolt Nagy.

JOSÉ ISRAEL GARCÍA, JR. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR STUDIO

ARTIST

Jose “Joey” Israel Garcia, Jr is a teaching artist and stage director from Brownsville, Texas. Their wide-ranging background includes artistic, technical, production, and administrative positions with The Glimmerglass Festival, Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS, PROTOTYPE Festival and Beth Morrison Projects, Des Moines Metro Opera, Red River Lyric Opera, Druid City Opera, Chicago Summer Opera, Florida State Opera, Bravo Opera Company, Spotlight on Opera, Camille Playhouse, Brownsville George Ramirez Performing Arts Conservatory, and the Harlingen Performing Arts Conservatory. García has directed new productions of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World (Camille Playhouse), Daniel Catán’s La hija de Rappaccini, Lee Hoiby’s The Scarf (Florida State Opera), and Dan Shore’s The Beautiful Bridegroom (Chicago Summer Opera). Most recently, they served as

a Resident Artist at The Glimmerglass Festival, assisting Louisa Proske on a new production of Puccini’s Tosca

PETER J. DAVISON SET DESIGNER

Opera credits: Rebecca, Le Nozze di Figaro (Vienna); Die Gezeichneten, Falstaff, and Die Schweigsame Frau (Zurich); Capriccio (Berlin and Torino); Der Rosenkavalier, Carmen, and Mary Stuart (ENO); Anna Bolena (Bayerische Staatsoper); Katya Kabanova (New Zealand); Mitridate Re Di Ponto (Salzburg); Manon Lescaut (Australia); The Rake’s Progress, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Cyrano de Bergerac (Metropolitan Opera); The Queen of Spades (Royal Opera House); Guillaume Tell (Opera Bastille); Fidelio, Walküre, Porgy and Bess, Salome, Forza Del Destino, La traviata (Washington); La bohème (Royal Albert Hall) La rondine (La Fenice); Cyrano de Bergerac (La Scala); Porgy and Bess (Chicago and San Francisco); Carmen, Les Contes d’Hoffman (Beijing); Heart of a Soldier (San Francisco Opera); La traviata (Bolshoi Theatre); Two Women (San Francisco, Cagliari, Sardinia); Carmen (Salzburg); Porgy and Bess (Glimmerglass); Norma (Santiago Chile). Theatre credits: The Liar (Old Vic), The White Devil, Don Carlos, and The Duchess of Malfi (RSC); Bed, Le Cid, Copenhagen, Democracy, and Afterlife (National Theatre); Medea, Hamlet, Deuce, Copenhagen, Democracy, Is he Dead, and Blithe Spirit (Broadway); Saint Joan Embers (West End London); Copenhagen (Chichester Festival Theatre). Musical credits: Boy from Oz (Sydney); Jesus Christ Superstar (UK/USA Tour, Broadway); Whistle Down the Wind (West End); Show Boat (Royal Albert Hall); Rebecca (Vienna, St Gallen and Stuttgart); Marie Antoinette (Bremen); Spiral (China); Show Boat (Lyric Opera Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera and Dallas); Der Besuch der Alten Dame (Austria); Butterfly Princess (China); Rebecca, Artus, Don Camillo and Peppone, and Matterhorn (St. Gallen); West Side Story (Houston, Glimmergalss, Chicago, Kansas, Atlanta); The Sound of Music (Glimmerglass).

Davison was nominated for a Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Award for Medea. He won the Best Designer at the 1994 Martini/ TMA award for Medea and St Joan and a Schikaneder award for Besuch der Alten Dame, Peter was nominated for an Olivier Award for Le Cid and St Joan.

JESS GOLDSTEIN COSTUME DESIGNER

New York credits include Jersey Boys, Disney’s Newsies, On The Town, The Rivals (2005 Tony Award), The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino (Tony nomination), Plenty with Rachel Weisz, Henry IV with Kevin Kline (Tony nomination), Proof, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Take Me Out, Tintypes, Buried Child, How I Learned To Drive, Stuff Happens, Dinner With Friends and The Mineola Twins (Lortel and Hewes Awards). His opera designs include Il trittico (Metropolitan Opera), Lucia di Lammermoor (Washington National Opera), Two Women and Heart of a Soldier (San Francisco Opera), The End of the Affair (Houston Grand Opera) and La traviata, Of Mice and Men, Agrippina and The Pirates of Penzance (NY City Opera and The Glimmerglass Festival). Jess has also designed for film and television, most notably “A Walk on the Moon” directed by Tony Goldwyn, “The Substance of Fire” with Sarah Jessica Parker and “Talking With” and “Far East” for PBS’ Great Performances. He is the 2015 recipient of the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he has been a professor in the design department since 1990. jess-goldstein.com

MARK MCCULLOUGH LIGHTING DESIGNER

Mark McCullough has illuminated the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Bolshoi Theater, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Washington

National Opera, Dallas Opera, Opéra de Montréal, The Glimmerglass Festival, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera and Seattle Opera, among many others. Career highlights include Francesca Zambello’s production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle (San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera) and the world premiere of Marco Tutino’s La Ciociara (Two Women) in Cagliari. Recent/upcoming production credits include Porgy and Bess (Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera); West Side Story (Houston Grand Opera, LA Opera, Washington National Opera); Aida (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera); and Rigoletto (San Francisco Opera).

LINDSEY EWING WIG & MAKEUP DESIGNER

Lindsey Ewing is an Atlanta-based artist, specializing in wig and makeup design. A proud graduate of The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in wig and makeup design. Ewing has brought her artistry to a variety of prestigious companies and festivals, including the Sarasota Opera, Opera Carolina, Piedmont Opera, Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Spoleto Festival, Playmaker’s Rep, The University of Maryland, The Aurora Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Oglethorpe University, The Atlanta Opera, Jennie T. Anderson Theatre, and most recently designed Millions at the Alliance Theatre. She serves as the resident wig master at the Alliance Theatre and continues to expand her craft through freelance work in film and custom wig making. Follow her artistic journey @hairandmakeupartistry.

A.J. GUBAN ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER

A.J. Guban is an awardwinning designer based in Washington, D.C., and the longtime Lighting Director at the Washington

National Opera, where he has designed over 40 productions, including Macbeth, Il trovatore, Don Giovanni, Gods & Mortals, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, six world premiere operas (An American Soldier, Penny, Better Gods, The Dictator’s Wife, Proving Up, Taking Up Serpents), and 36 world premiere one-act operas. At The Kennedy Center, A.J. serves as a key lighting designer across opera, theatre, and musical events. His recent work includes The Kennedy Center at 50 (broadcast on PBS), On Stage at the Opera House (a six-month pandemic performance series), and A Time to Sing with Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams. He has also lit productions at Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Teatro di Cagliari, Opera Cleveland, Opéra de Montréal, New Orleans Opera, Detroit Opera, and Opera Lafayette, among others. Upcoming projects include The Marriage of Figaro, The Little Prince, and West Side Story at Washington National Opera, and Porgy and Bess at Houston Grand Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Learn more at ajguban.com.

MANÉ GALOYAN

VIOLETTA

VALERY

Armenian soprano Mané Galoyan has been praised for her “magnificently dazzling, lyrical soprano” and “spellbinding performances” (Online Merker, Santa Fe New Mexican). Winner of the 2021 Operalia Second Prize, Zarzuela Prize, and Rolex Audience Prize, she continues to captivate audiences worldwide. In the 2025–26 season, Galoyan returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Musetta in La bohème. Additional engagements include Soléa in El gato montés at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Suor Angelica and Lauretta in Il trittico at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel with Houston Grand Opera, and the title role in Iolanta with Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie. Recent highlights include debuts at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Gilda in Rigoletto and at Opéra de Monte Carlo as Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito, Liù in Turandot in

Christof Loy’s new production at Theater Basel and in concert with the Minnesota Orchestra, and Adina in L’elisir d’amore at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Other notable performances include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with the Wiener Staatsoper; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Canadian Opera Company; and Violetta in La traviata with Santa Fe Opera, Dutch National Opera, Seattle Opera, and Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she is an ensemble member. At Houston Grand Opera, where she was a Studio artist, she sang Violetta, Gilda, Adina, and Avis in The Wreckers. On the concert stage, Galoyan has appeared in Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, and Houston Symphony, Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 with the Seattle and San Antonio Symphonies, and with the BBC Proms, Bard Festival, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She has also appeared in gala performances with Plácido Domingo, the Detroit Opera Orchestra, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. A laureate of numerous international competitions, she won First Prize in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition, Third Prize in the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, and honors at competitions in Dallas, Ningbo, Vienna, and Kazakhstan. Galoyan earned two degrees from the Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory, where she received the President of Armenia Youth Prize. She resides in Detroit with her husband, conductor Roberto Kalb.

LONG LONG

ALFREDO GERMONT

With a repertoire spanning French lyric, bel canto elegance, and classic Italian roles—and a growing roster of major house debuts—Long Long has been praised for his “splendid lyric tenor of volume and beauty, a totally secure top, with a plangent top C.” He is rapidly earning a reputation for performances that blend lyrical beauty with emotional depth. Current and upcoming engagements include

his debut at The Metropolitan Opera as Rodolfo in La bohème, which he will also reprise at Semperoper Dresden. He returns to the Bregenzer Festspiele as Alfredo in La traviata, and appears as Cassio in Otello at the Bayerische Staatsoper. He also makes a house debut at Staatsoper Berlin as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, sings Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Alfredo Germont in La traviata at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and portrays Faust with the Canadian Opera Company. Recent highlights include his Roméo at Dallas Opera, Gérald in Lakmé at NCPA Beijing, and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at both The Royal Ballet and Opera and Semperoper Dresden. He has also performed Rodolfo in La bohème at Opéra National Montpellier, Staatsoper Hamburg, The Atlanta Opera, and the Glyndebourne Festival, as well as Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles at Staatsoper Hannover. His Verdi roles include Alfredo in La traviata at Ópera Nacional de Chile, Il Duca in Rigoletto with Oper Frankfurt, Bregenzer Festspiele, and Prague National Theatre, and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at Dutch National Opera, Israeli Opera, and Komische Oper Berlin. A graduate of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opera Studio, Long was also part of the Salzburger Festspiele Young Singers Project and the Georg Solti Academy. His competition accolades include First Prize at the renowned Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition, Third Prize at the Francisco Viñas Singing Competition, five special prizes at the Moniuszko Vocal Competition, the Giovani Voci Verdiane Prize in Busseto, and Le Grand Prix de l’Opéra in Bucharest.

ANTHONY CLARK EVANS

GIORGIO GERMONT

Lauded for his “stentorian Verdi style” by the Chicago Tribune and as “warm-toned, vivacious and humane” by the San Francisco Chronicle, baritone Anthony Clark Evans is securing his place as one of the most promising baritones of his generation. The 2024-25 season

sees Evans’ first solo CD album with the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchestre Berlin, conducted by Carlo Montanaro and featuring arias from repertoire including both Verdi and Wagner. He also makes his debut in the title role of Der fliegende Holländer both in a new production by Martin G. Berger, and in his debut with Deutsche Oper Berlin. Evans also makes his much anticipated return to the Metropolitan Opera as Marcello in the iconic Zeferelli production of La bohéme

WAYD ODLE

GASTONE DE LETORIERES

STUDIO ARTIST

Wayd Odle is a GRAMMYnominated artist described by Opera News as a “standout.” A secondyear Studio Artist with The Atlanta Opera, he has performed with The Santa Fe Opera, The Dallas Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and companies across the United States. This season, he will also appear in The Marriage of Figaro, Turandot, and Twilight of the Gods. Odle was recently honored at the Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition and received a career grant as a winner of the prestigious Giulio Gari Foundation. Additional accolades include Audience Choice Awards from Annapolis Opera, Opera Tampa, and Opera Mississippi; the John Alexander National Vocal Competition; the 2021 American Prize award; and recognition from The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Houston Saengerbund Awards, and the Shreveport Opera Competition. A native of North Platte, Nebraska, he is husband to mezzo-soprano Aubrey Odle, and they are proud parents of two children.

LUKE HARNISH

BARON DUPHOL

Praised for his “luxuriant baritone” (San Diego Story), Luke Harnish is quickly gaining recognition as a nuanced performer of opera,

oratorio, and recital repertoire. Role debuts in his 2024-25 season included Gandalf (The Hobbit) with Sarasota Opera, Dick Deadeye (H.M.S. Pinafore) with Nashville Opera, Doctor (Macbeth) with The Atlanta Opera, and Genie in the World Premiere of Lori Laitman’s Maya and the Magic Ring with Lyric Opera of Kansas City. He also joined the Glimmerglass Festival to sing Sciarrone in Tosca and cover Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress. In the fall of 2025, Harnish debuts the role of Argante in Rinaldo with Pacific Northwest Opera. Other recent roles include Schaunard (La bohème) with Wichita Grand Opera and Bartolo (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with Penn Square Opera, as well as Zuniga (Carmen), Dottore Grenville (La traviata) and King Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), all with Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Harnish was an Apprentice Artist at The Santa Fe Opera in 2023 and 2024, where he sang Apollo (L’Orfeo), Messenger (La traviata), and several roles in the World Premiere of The Righteous. Mr. Harnish’s concert credits include performances of Messiah, The Creation, Lord Nelson Mass, Ich habe genug, and others, with organizations such as Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Allegro Chamber Orchestra. A district winner of the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Harnish is a recipient of awards from other prestigious competitions including the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition and the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition.

HADLEIGH ADAMS

MARCHESE D’OBIGNY

Hailed by The New York Times, Opera News, and the San Francisco Chronicle following the world premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra at San Francisco Opera, Hadleigh Adams is a baritone with a commanding lower register, performing both baritone and bass-baritone roles. His repertoire ranges from Rameau and Vivaldi to Adès and

Adams, and he is equally at home on the opera stage and in concert. This season, Mr. Adams appears as Agrippa in the world premiere of Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra at San Francisco Opera, Mercutio in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with San Diego Opera, and Hawkins Fuller in his fourth production of Gregory Spears’ Fellow Travelers with Florida Grand Opera. On the concert stage, he performs Handel’s Messiah with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem with Houston Symphony, Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Ninth with Seattle Symphony, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Britten’s War Requiem with Brisbane Philharmonia Orchestra, and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Wellington Orchestra. Next season, Mr. Adams celebrates his 20th production with San Francisco Opera in Handel’s Partenope (Ormonte) alongside additional concert engagements to be announced. Recent roles include Stanley Kowalski in Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire at Florida Grand Opera, Hawkins Fuller in Spears’ Fellow Travelers at Minnesota Opera, Glass’s La Belle et la Bête with Opera Parallèle, baritone soloist and Celebrant cover in Bernstein’s Mass with Los Angeles Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony, Joby Talbot’s Everest with Opera Parallèle, and Angelotti in Tosca with San Francisco Opera. Concert highlights include Beethoven’s Mass in C with Philharmonia Baroque, Handel’s Messiah with Houston Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque, and Apollo’s Fire, and Bach’s Cantata 80 with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Earlier appearances include Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex (Creon/ Tiresias) with London Philharmonia, staged performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (Jesus) at London’s Royal National Theatre, La bohème (Schaunard) with San Francisco Opera, Agrippina (Claudio) with Opera Omaha, and the title roles in Vivaldi’s Bajazet and Castor et Pollux with Pinchgut Opera, Australia’s leading baroque company. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Mr.

Adams is a former Merola Opera Program artist, San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

DAVID CRAWFORD

DOCTOR GRENVILLE

American bass-baritone

David Crawford has been hailed as a “standout” by The New York Times

During the 2024-2025 season, he returned to The Atlanta Opera to sing Schaunard in La bohème and The Metropolitan Opera to cover Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia. He recently sang Count Monterone in Rigoletto with Atlanta Opera and covered Zuniga in The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Carmen. Since making his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 2007 as The Warrior Apparition in Macbeth, Crawford has taken part in over three hundred performances and covered roles in over two hundred performances with the company. In concert, he joined the Knoxville Symphony and gave a surprise debut with the Richmond Symphony, both as the bass soloist in Verdi’s Requiem Future seasons bring a return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the Mandarin in Turandot, and covering the Bonze in Madama Butterfly. On the concert stage, Crawford will make his Amarillo Symphony debut as the bass soloist in Verdi’s Requiem in future season with dates not yet announced.

ILANNA STARR

FLORA BERVOIX STUDIO ARTIST

Ilanna Starr, praised for her “formidable aplomb” (Le Devoir) and “lovely mezzo voice” (Berkshire Fine Arts), is an AmericanCanadian mezzo-soprano who recently completed a two-year artist residency with the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. This summer, she sang the title role in Giulio Cesare with Concerts Lachine and appeared as

a vocal fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, where she debuted as the title role in L’enfant et les sortilèges. Recent role highlights include Flora Bervoix (La traviata) in her mainstage debut with l’Opéra de Montréal, Sesto (La clemenza di Tito) under Stephen Lawless, the Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods) with Opera North, Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) with the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, Mercédès (Carmen) with l’Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières, and Nerone (L’incoronazione di Poppea) with OdM and Orchestre de l’Agora.

ALEXIS SEMINARIO

ANNINA

STUDIO ARTIST

Alexis Seminario, is an Italian-American soprano and a 2025 Finalist in the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition. She joins The Atlanta Opera this season as a Studio Artist, where she will perform Félicie/Adélaïde in La Belle et la Bête, cover Liù in Turandot and the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, and make her house debut as Annina in La traviata. As an Apprentice Artist with The Santa Fe Opera, Seminario covered Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw and Ortlinde in Die Walküre, and was featured as Rosalinda in a scene from Die Fledermaus directed by Patricia Racette. Previously, she appeared with Palm Beach Opera as a Young Artist, making both her house and role debut as Annina in La traviata while covering the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro. Seminario was also a Renée Fleming Artist at the Aspen Music Festival, where she stepped in for Tamara Wilson as Sieglinde, sang Helmwige in Act III of Die Walküre, and debuted as Gertrud in Hänsel und Gretel under the baton of Maestro Patrick Summers.

Studio Artist Program

This season, singers Wayd Odle and Alexis Seminario return for a second year in the program, with Ilanna Starr and Kyle White as the freshman singers. Joining the vocalists will be stage director José Israel García, Jr.

Each of the Studio Artists is an early career professional with significant training and stage experience, some with lead performances and major concert appearances on their resumé.

The program builds on The Atlanta Opera’s commitment to provide opportunities for performers at all stages in their careers.

Throughout the season, these artists will have the opportunity to work with established performers and coaches

to improve their skills in all aspects of their field. Master Vocal Teacher

Laura Brooks Rice has been part of the Studio Artist program since 2021 and is an acclaimed performer and voice teacher and acting coach.

An experienced group of coaches and clinicians, including Principal Guest Voice Teacher David Okerlund, are engaged in the training and support of the Studio Artists.

The Atlanta Opera is grateful for the support of the young artist program from the Donald and Marilyn Keough Foundation, John and YeeWan Stevens, and Jerry and Dulcy Rosenberg.

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CHORUS MASTER

Daniel Chervinsky

SOPRANO

Talia Marie Aull

Morgan Babb

Samantha Burke

Jessica Crowell

Keli Jackson

Nicole Lewis

Blair Lipham

Natalie Rogers

Tiffany Uzoije

MEZZO-SOPRANO

Madison Chambers

Isabella Chaney

Ebony Collier

Kaitlyn Costello-Fain

Kristin Hagan

Allison Nance

Amber Tittle

Laurie Tossing

Jessica Wax

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Jessica Wax

TENOR

Matthew Boatwright

Cleve Bosher

Simiri S. Martinez Chantaca

William Green

Grant Jones

Tetra Lloyd

Owen Malone

Eric Mask

Sean Christian Savage

BASS

John Arnold

Maxwell Clements

Patrick Galletta

Gus Godbee

Ben Longo

Stephen McCool

Randall Perkins

Jason Royal

Stuart Schleuse

VIOLIN

Peter Ciaschini

The Loraine P. Williams

Orchestra Concertmaster Chair

Helen Kim

Assistant Concertmaster

Fia Durrett

Principal Second Violin

Adelaide Federici

Assistant Principal

Second Violin

Chelsea Cline

Edward Eanes

Virginia Fairchild

Felix Farrar

Sally Gardner-Wilson

Robert Givens

Patti Gouvas

Lisa Morrison

Patrick Ryan

Jessica Stinson

Rafael Veytsblum

Barbara Careaga†

Kevin Chaney†

Nina Fronjian†

Alison James†

Kathryn Koch†

Serena Scibelli†

Elonia Varfi†

VIOLA

William Johnston Principal

Catherine Allain

Assistant Principal

Ryan Gregory

Julie Rosseter

Joli Wu

Meghan Yost†

CELLO

Charae Krueger

Principal

Barney Culver

Assistant Principal

David Hancock

Cynthia Sulko

Yuliya Kim†

Grace Sommer†

BASS

Daniel Tancredi Principal

Emory Clements

Jarod Boles†

Leonardo Lourenco Lopes†

FLUTE/PICCOLO

James Zellers

Principal

Kelly Bryant double Piccolo

OBOE

Christina Gavin Principal

Dominic Bernard

CLARINET/BASS CLARINET

David Odom Principal

John Warren

BASSOON

Marissa Takaki Principal

Debra Grove

FRENCH HORN

David Bradley Principal

Jason Eklund

Eric Hawkins†

Mackenzie Newell†

TRUMPET

Yvonne Toll-Schneider

Principal

Alexander Freund

TROMBONE

William P. Mann

Principal

Richard Brady bass trombone

Ryan Black†

CIMBASSO

Donald Strand Principal

TIMPANI

John Lawless Principal

PERCUSSION

Michael Cebulski Principal

Jeff Kershner†

HARP

Susan Brady Principal

PERSONNEL MANAGER

James Zellers

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

*Core Musician On Leave †Non-Core Musician

AN OPERA BY Philip Glass

BASED ON THE SCENARIO BY Jean Cocteau FIRST PERFORMANCE June 21, 1994—Gibellina, Sicily, Italy, Palazzo Di Lorenzo

DISCOVERIES SERIES

The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM The Livingston Foundation

Significant support for The Atlanta Opera Studio Artist Program from the Donald & Marilyn Keough Foundation, John & Yee-Wan Stevens, and Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg.

CONDUCTOR Ryan McAdams

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Benjamin Beckman

BELLE Kayleigh Decker

LA BÊTE / L’OFFICER DU PORT / AVENANT / ARDENT Hadleigh Adams LE PÈRE / L’USURIER / LUDOVIS David Crawford FÉLICIE / ADÈLAÏDE Alexis Seminario* CAST (IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE)

STAGE MANAGER Caitlin Denney-Turner MUSICAL PREPARATION Nyle Matsuoka, Valerie Pool

Approximate runtime: 1 hrs, 30min, with no intermission: Performed in French with English subtitles *member of The Atlanta Opera Studio ©1994 Dunvagen Music publishers Inc. Used by permission.

RYAN MCADAMS CONDUCTOR

American conductor Ryan McAdams has established a presence on both sides of the Atlantic. A contemporary music advocate, McAdams is the Principal Conductor of the Crash Ensemble, Ireland’s foremost contemporary music group. Together they regularly perform at the National Concert Hall’s New Music Dublin Festival and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Following the revival and tour of Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh’ latest opera The First Child for Irish National Opera, which had been highly successful at the Galway International Arts Festival, Signum has recorded the production and the CD is due to be released later this season. Together they also premiered The Second Violinist by Dennehy/ Walsh and took the Opera to the Barbican in London and to Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. After spending the summer leading Saratoga Opera’s production of Cosi fan tutte, Ryan will return to the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. Right after, he will stay in Dublin to conduct Beatrice and Benedict at the Irish National Opera. Throughout the 2024-25 season he will deepen his relationships with various Italian orchestras and the pianist Mikhail Pletnev. His collaboration with the Crash ensemble will continue to realize exciting projects throughout the season. Highlights of last season include a return to the Orchestre National de Ile de France in Paris, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Istanbul State Orchestra and the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, and debuted with the orchestra of the Teatro Filarmonico Verona. Verona.

BENJAMIN BECKMAN ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Benjamin Beckman is a Los Angeles-based conductor, composer, and pianist, and the Artistic Director of Park City Opera. Known for

his versatility and collaborative artistry, he works regularly across a wide range of repertoire as a conductor, coach, and répétiteur. Beckman has served on the music staff for productions with Sarasota Opera, Festival Napa Valley, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Company of Middlebury Vermont, Chicago Summer Opera, USC Thornton Opera, and the Opera Theater of Yale College, assisting on more than two dozen operas. In 2025–2026, he joins Pacific Opera Project as rehearsal pianist and chorusmaster for Fra Diavolo, Zorro, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Turandot, and USC Thornton Opera for The Cunning Little Vixen and The Turn of the Screw. He also leads David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi with Park City Opera in December. In Summer 2025, following his fellowship at the Manetti Shrem Opera Program at Festival Napa Valley, Beckman led Park City Opera’s inaugural mainstage production (of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia) to an acclaimed, sold-out run. Also active as a composer, Beckman’s works have been performed by ensembles including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra of the USA, and have been featured on the BBC Proms and the Tanglewood Music Festival. Beckman holds a B.A. in Music from Yale University and is currently finishing a master’s degree in composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he studies with Andrew Norman and serves as a teaching assistant and pianist for the contemporary music ensemble, Thornton Edge.

KAYLEIGH DECKER BELLE

Praised for her “shimmering mezzosoprano” and a voice of “pure vocal gold,” American mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker is quickly establishing an international reputation for her artistry and versatility on both the operatic and concert stage. Highlights of the 2025-26 season include house and role debuts as

Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Florentine Opera, Zephyrus in Die Grosse Stille at Hamburg State Opera, Siegrune in Wagner’s Die Walküre at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and a return to Cincinnati Opera as Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen. On the concert platform, she will perform in an Air Opera Highlights concert with Opera Edwardsville Recent operatic engagements feature a series of debuts and returns, including Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at Chicago Lyric Opera, Wellgunde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte at Welsh National Opera and Dallas Opera, and Isolier in Rossini’s Le Comte Ory at Lyric Opera Chicago, a performance praised by the Chicago Classical Review as “the finest overall performance of the afternoon.” She has also covered major roles including Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola for Boston Lyric Opera and Cherubino at The Metropolitan Opera, demonstrating both her vocal agility and dramatic skill. Decker’s concert repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary, including Handel’s Messiah with the Seattle Symphony and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stravinsky’s Les Noces with the San Francisco Symphony and Orchestre de Paris under Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mozart’s Requiem with the orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D at Washington National Cathedral, and Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8 with the Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, Colburn School, and Grant Park Music Festival. A former ensemble member of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, she appeared as Second Cretan Woman in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and covered roles including Le Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Laura in Verdi’s Luisa Miller, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. A dedicated recitalist, she has participated in Caramoor’s Schwab Vocal Rising Stars program, Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall, and numerous recital series including Beyond the Aria in Chicago. Decker’s awards include the

Luminarts Fellowship, the Musicians Club of Women Scholarship Competition, a Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, first place in the CCM Corbett Competition, and prizes from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She has trained with Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Utah Festival Opera, Houston Grand Opera Young Artists Vocal Academy, Oberlin in Italy, and participated in Joyce DiDonato’s inaugural masterclass series at Carnegie Hall.

HADLEIGH ADAMS LA BÊTE / L’OFFICER DU PORT / AVENANT / ARDENT

See biography on page 22.

DAVID CRAWFORD LE PÈRE / L’USURIER / LUDOVIS

See biography on page 23.

ALEXIS SEMINARIO FÉLICIE / ADÈLAÏDE STUDIO ARTIST

See biography on page 23.

VIOLIN

Peter Ciaschini*

The Loraine P. Williams

Orchestra Concertmaster Chair

Helen Kim

Acting Concertmaster

Jessica Stinson

Acting Assistant Concertmaster

Fia Durrett

Principal Second Violin

Adelaide Federici

Assistant Principal

Second Violin

Chelsea Cline

Edward Eanes*

Virginia Fairchild*

Felix Farrar

Sally Gardner-Wilson*

Robert Givens*

Patti Gouvas*

Lisa Morrison*

Patrick Ryan*

Rafael Veytsblum*

VIOLA

William Johnston

Principal

Catherine Allain

Assistant Principal

Ryan Gregory*

Julie Rosseter*

Joli Wu*

CELLO

Charae Krueger

Principal

Barney Culver

Assistant Principal

David Hancock*

Cynthia Sulko

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BASS

Daniel Tancredi Principal

Emory Clements*

FLUTE/PICCOLO

James Zellers Principal double piccolo

Kelly Bryant*

OBOE

Christina Gavin* Principal

Dominic Bernard*

CLARINET/BASS CLARINET

David Odom* Principal

Justin Stanley† Acting Principal

John Warren Bass Clarinet

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE

Luke Weathington double alto saxophone

BASSOON

Marissa Takaki Principal

Debra Grove*

FRENCH HORN

David Bradley* Principal

Jason Eklund Acting Principal

Eric Hawkins† Mackenzie Newell†

TRUMPET

Yvonne Toll-Schneider* Principal

Alexander Freund*

TROMBONE

William P. Mann Principal

Richard Brady bass trombone

TIMPANI

John Lawless* Principal

PERCUSSION

Michael Cebulski Principal

HARP

Susan Brady Principal

SYNTHESIZER

Nyle Matsuoka†

PERSONNEL MANAGER

James Zellers

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

*Core Musician On Leave †Non-Core Musician

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100,000 Students—

For The Second Year

WRITTEN BY Jessica Kiger

This season marks an extraordinary milestone for The Atlanta Opera’s Education Department: for the second year in a row, more than 100,000 students across the Southeast experienced the magic of opera through our innovative programming. From classrooms to auditoriums to virtual platforms, our education initiatives continue to inspire young minds, foster creativity, and open the doors of opera to the next generation.

The journey often begins with Opera Storytime, an engaging introduction to opera for early learners. Designed for Pre-K through 1st grade, the program blends music and literacy skills through singing, playing, talking, and reading.

Teaching artists Jessica Wax, Isabella Chaney, Alexandra Watson, and Michael Ntwa Ydjumbwiths bring stories to life in ways that captivate children experiencing opera for the very first time. Thanks to our partnership with Cobb County Schools, Opera Storytime now reaches every kindergarten classroom in the district, ensuring that opera is part of a child’s earliest learning experiences.

As students grow, The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour carries the art form further into their lives. This year’s tour brings Gilbert and Sullivan’s beloved The Pirates of Penzance to schools and community venues across Georgia. With a fresh and innovative production designed specifically for student audiences, the Studio Tour combines live performance with a rich study guide that connects opera to broader academic subjects. Over the course of twelve weeks, the tour will deliver more than 80 performances, introducing thousands of students to the humor, beauty, and theatricality of opera.

For students beyond Metro Atlanta, access is made possible through the Virtual Studio Tour. In partnership with The Atlanta Opera Film Studio, four beloved operas—Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance—are available as FREE digital performances. Accompanied by curriculum materials, these high-quality films have already reached more than 200,000 students, making opera accessible to classrooms statewide and beyond.

Another cornerstone of our education programming is the Final Dress Rehearsal Program. This initiative invites middle and high school students to attend the final dress rehearsals of our mainstage productions at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. For many, it is their first time experiencing the thrill of a fully staged opera with orchestra, costumes, and sets. By opening our doors in this way, we provide students not only with exposure to world-class performances but also with the chance to imagine themselves as future artists, audience members, or supporters of the arts.

The Atlanta Opera Community Engagement and Education Department includes Associate Julia Whitten; Director Jessica Kiger; Coordinator Jonesia Williams; and Manager Amy Williams. | Photo by Raftermen.

None of this would be possible without the dedication of our education team. Under the leadership of Jessica Kiger, Director of Community Engagement & Education, and with the extraordinary commitment of Amy Williams, Education Manager; Jonesia Williams, Community Engagement & Education Coordinator; and Julia Whitten, Community Engagement & Education Associate, The Atlanta Opera has built an education program that is both innovative and impactful. Their vision, creativity, and hard work are the driving forces behind this incredible growth.

Together, these programs reflect the core mission of The Atlanta Opera’s Education Department: to make opera accessible, inspiring, and relevant to students of all ages. Reaching 100,000 students for a second consecutive season is not just a number—it is a testament to the transformative power of the arts and the unwavering commitment of our teaching artists, partners, and staff. With every story sung and every child reached, we are building a future where opera belongs to everyone.

The art of Resilience

Melodi Ford’s Legacy in Atlanta

Raised in New York with Southern family roots, Melodi fondly recalls Broadway shows with her grandmother, where the magic of performance first captured her imagination. When she and her mother relocated to Atlanta for college, she began at Spelman College before transferring to the American College of the Applied Arts in London. There, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Merchandising, modeling for Oscar de la Renta, meeting Zandra Rhodes, and appearing in a fashion show wearing an Emilio Pucci design.

After returning to Atlanta, she worked in retail while modeling and volunteering at the Atlanta Civic Center. The orchestra rekindled memories of her childhood flute-playing and sparked a love for opera. When the Opera moved venues, she eagerly became a season ticketholder—greeted by staff who remembered her years of service as a volunteer.

Her retail career spanned Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton, and Maier & Berkele, but her mother’s cancer diagnosis inspired a shift toward health and fitness. At 27, she bravely left retail to pursue exercise science at Georgia State University, juggling classes, retail work, and teaching fitness at Dekalb Medical Center. After her mother’s passing, she fulfilled a promise to make her proud by earning a Master of Science in Exercise Science from California University of Pennsylvania in just twelve months. She went on to found Body by Ford, Inc., a consulting business serving clients across Atlanta.

Melodi’s work ethic has been shaped by loss: her father, a law enforcement officer, was killed in the line of duty when she was 17, and her mother passed away when she was 29. Through it all, she has lived by her mother’s rule—never to say, “I can’t.”

Today, she carries that determination into her philanthropy. An only child, she has created her own legacy through community involvement, recently joining the Barbara D. Stewart Legacy Society. Through her planned gift, she ensures that her estate will support The Atlanta Opera, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, and The Atlanta Women’s Foundation. “I want to make sure what I want to give gets to where it needs to go,” she explains. For her, opera remains a vital source of inspiration and grounding. “Art and music help me stay centered,” she says.

Melodi Ford’s generosity will ensure that opera will continue to thrive for generations in the city she proudly calls home: Atlanta.

To learn more about the Opera’s Legacy Society, contact Jonathan Blalock at 336-512-6832 or jblalock@atlantaopera.org.

ANNUAL GIVING

We are grateful for the following donors’ generous support. This list reflects gifts and annual pledges to unrestricted operating expenses, special projects, and/or endowment made between February 1, 2024 and September 24, 2025.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

$200,000+

Harold Brody & Donald Smith†

John & Rosemary Brown†

Dr. Frank A. Critz & Dr. Ann Critz†

Mr. Howard W. Hunter

- Gramma Fisher Foundation†

Disosway Foundation

- Dudley & Carole Johnson

*Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.†

*Peggy Weber McDowell & *Jack McDowell

Mr. James B. Miller, Jr.

Larry L. Prince Family Foundation

Jerry & Dulcy Rosenberg

Katherine Scott

Thurmond Smithgall & the Lanie & Ethel Foundation

$100,000+

Connolly Family Foundation†

Beth & Gary Glynn

Mr. John Haupert & Mr. Bryan Brooks†

Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keough

Alfredo & Beau Martin†

John & Yee-Wan Stevens†

Rhys & Carolyn Wilson†

$50,000+

The Antinori Foundation†

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Blackney†

Laura & Cosmo Boyd

Mr. John L. Hammaker

Mary Ruth McDonald

Mr. & *Mrs. Robert L. Setzer

Mr. William F. Snyder†

Carol B. & Ramon Tomé†

Ms. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle†

$25,000+

Cathy & Mark Adams†

Mr. & Mrs. James Anderson

Bryan & Johanna Barnes†

*Mr. Frank H. Butterfield†

Matt & Kate Cook

Mr. Robert P. Dean & Mr. Robert Epstein†

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge

Mr. Tomer Zvulun & Mrs. Susanna Eiland

Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross†

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hardin

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Hertz

Mr. Larry & Mrs. Carole Hooks

Sandra & Peter Morelli†

Talia & John Murphy

Victoria & Howard Palefsky†

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Paro†

*Mr. William E. Pennington†

Mr. Peter Read

Judith & Mark Taylor

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Tucker

Benny & Roxanne Varzi

Mr. Rashaun Williams

& Mrs. LaNeah Williams

Bob & Cappa Woodward

Charitable Fund

Mary & Charles Yates†

PATRONS CIRCLE

$15,000+

Julie & *Jim Balloun†

Mr. David Boatwright†

Mr. Jon & Mrs. Lejla Dickson

Dr. Donald J. & Janet Filip†

The Gable Foundation, Inc†

Atlanta Neurology

Alex & Heather Hertz

Mr. J. Carter Joseph

Ms. Elizabeth Klump

Mimi & Dan D. Maslia

Ms. Kelly Mayhall

Slumgullion Charitable Fund†

Philip & Caroline Moïse

Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Nicholas III†

Ms. Janine Brown

& Mr. Alex J. Simmons, Jr.

Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor

Larry & Beverly Willson†

Gold $10,000+

Shareef & Dee Dee Abdur-Rahim

Elizabeth & Jeremy Adler†

Mrs. *Phillip E. Alvelda†

Dr. & Mrs. Asad Bashey

*Mr. & Mrs. C. Duncan Beard

Mr. & Mrs. Dante Bellizzi

Natalie & Matthew Bernstein

Anonymous

Dr. John W. Cooledge

Barbara N. Croft & Thomas High

Mr. & Mrs. Ron L. Cundy

Dieter Elsner & Othene Munson

Mr. Leroy & Mrs. Ariana Fass

Mr. Wyche Fowler

Stephens Family Foundation

Mr. Michael D. Golden

& Dr. Juliet Asher

Kevin Greiner & Robyn Roberts

Mr. Jamael & Mrs. Rashidah Hester

Roya & Bahman Irvani

*Mary & *Wayne James

Gail G. Johnson

James M. Kane & Andrea Braslavsky Kane

Dr. & Mrs. David Kavtaradze

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Kurlander

Dr. Jill Mabley†

Belinda & Gino Massafra

Mr. Mark & Mrs. Laura Miles

Stephanie & Gregor Morela†

Mr. Tom Nolan

Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Paulhus†

Mr. Ron Raitz

Lynn & Kent Regenstein†

Ms. Ana M. Rountree & Mr. Mason Rountree

Mr. Milton J. Sams†

Thomas R. Saylor

Charles T. & Donna Sharbaugh†

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan

Christine & Mark St.Clare†

Lynne & Steven Steindel

George & Amy Taylor†

Walentas Foundation

Wadleigh C. Winship Charitable Fund

Silver $5,000+

Mrs. Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim

& Mr. David Scott

Mr. Kent B. & Dr. Diane Alexander

*Mr. & *Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley

*Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Bair

Mr. Edward S. & Mrs. Nese Berkoff

Drs. Tatiana & Igor Bidikov

Catherine A. Binns

Dr. R. Dwain Blackston

Ginny & Charles Brewer

Drs. Eda Hochgelerent & Bruce Cassidy†

Mrs. Carol J. Clark

Jean & Jerry Cooper

Mr. Robert & Mrs. Elizabeth Currie

Mr. Clark & Mrs. Kristin Dean

Dr. Jeannette Guarner

& Dr. Carlos del Rio

Mr. Trey Duskin & Ms. Noelle Albano

Mr. Richard H. Delay

& Dr. Francine D. Dykes†

Sally & Hank Fielding

Mr. James & Mrs. Kathy Flanagan

Ms. Rebecca Y. Frazer

& Mr. Jon Buttrey

Mr. Kristofer J. Funkhouser

Mr. Ellis & Mrs. Cathy Green

Judge Adele P. Grubbs

Gena & Joey Gyengo

*Sylvia Halleck, MD

Mr. Thomas Harbin

Donna & *Richard Hiller

Mr. L. D. Holland†

Douglas Hooker & Patrise Perkins Hooker

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Huffman

Mr. David Hughes

Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer

Ms. Anne Morgan & Mr. James Kelley

Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. Bill Kenny

Christopher & Joan Kell

Mrs. Dale Levert & Mr. George W. Levert

Mr. Patrick & Mrs. Karen Litre

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Long

Samantha & William Markle

Massey Charitable Trust

Robert & Creel McCormack

Clara M. & *John S. O’Shea†

Mr. Chuck & Mrs. Kathie Palmer

Mr. James L. Rhoden

Mr. & Mrs. J. Barry Schrenk

Mr. Fred & Mrs. Marilyn Schwartz

*Morton & Angela Sherzer

Baker & Debby Smith†

Mr. Tarek Takieddini

Mr. Clay Martin & Mr. Johnny Thigpen

Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Valerio III†

Mrs. Karen C. Wilbanks

Thurman Williams

Bronze $2,500+

Mr. James L. Anderson

Mr. Jonathan Blalock

Mr. Adam Borchert

Susan Borrelli

Raphael Bostic

Sean & Amy Bowen

Ms. Mary Calhoun

Mrs. Susan Callaway

Ms. Alice Sue Claeys

Mr. Bruce R. Cohen

Mr. James M. Datka & Ms. Nora P. DePalma

Shellie Davis

Jim & Carol Dew

Mr. Mark du Mas

Mr. Thomas Emch

Mr. & Mrs. Lance Fortnow

James C. Goodwyne & Christopher S. Connelly

Enio P. Guerra

Dr. Thomas N. Guffin, Jr.

Ms. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen

George L. Hickman III

Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Hoopes

Mr. & *Mrs. Harry C. Howard

Cliff Jolliff & Elaine Gerke

Mrs. Cecile M. Jones

Ms. Alison Womack

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Hogan

Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III

Bruno Lopes

Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone

Mrs. Erin Martin

Mrs. Linda McGinn

Mr. Bernard & Mrs. Una McGuinness

Rob McSwiney & Samantha Kirby

Mr. Steve & Mrs. Hala Moddelmog

Linda & Don Morris

Ms. Heidi Munzinger & Mr. John Shott†

Barbara & Mark Murovitz

Karen & Rick Murphy

Mrs. Agnes Nelson

Denis Ng & Mary Jane Panzeri Ng

Lisa Pate & Greg Barnard

Lucy S. Perry

Mrs. Betsy Pittman

Mr. Stuart & Mrs. Barbara Pliner

Mr. Marc Pollack

Dr. Louis G. Prevosti

Patty & Doug Reid

Margaret & Bob Reiser

Mr. John & Mrs. Kathryn Richard

Mr. & Mrs. Diff Ritchie

Dr. Edgar P. Simard

Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith

Mr. Paul & Mrs. Amy Snyder

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

Gail & Barry Spurlock

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

Stephen Swicegood & Ruth Ann Rosenberg

Dr. Taheri & Ms. Vaziri

Kyle Taylor

Mr. Samual Todd

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

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Westfall

Elizabeth Wiggs

*Dr. & Mrs. R. Craig Woodward

Michael Young & Debra Raskin

FRIENDS CIRCLE

Investor $1,000+

Paula Stephan Amis

Mr. Paul Anderson, Jr.

Ms. Casey Armanino

Anita Atkinson

Mr. Philip & Mrs. Melissa Babb

Ms. Joselyn B. Baker

Mr. Michael & Mrs. Deborah Bald

Tara Baquero

Ms. Hope M. Barrett

Christine M. Beard

Mr. Albert E. Bender, Jr.

Mr. Chris & Mrs. Carolyn Benne

Jill Blair & Fay Twersky

Mr. Walter Carter Bland

Mrs. Jane Blount

Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Blumenthal

Marcelo Boffi

Ms. Martha S. Brewer

Stanford M. Brown

Ms. Donna Burchfield

Mr. James Carr, Jr.

Anonymous, honoring Tracy McLendon, ABG

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cohn

Ms Lillianette Cook & Ms. Carol Uhl

John & Linda Cooke

Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III

Mr. Kevin Cronin

Ann & Jim Curry

Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly Jr.

Mr. Tom & Mrs. Cindy Daly

Mr. & Mrs. Harold T. Daniel Jr.

Eb & Sarah Daniels

Drs. Morgan & Susan Horton Eiland

Mr. Jack Firestone

Richard Franco MD

Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Garonzik

Mr. Tim & Mrs. Linda Gartland

Spencer Gelernter & Sonya Kuropatwa

Mr. Douglas Gooding

Helen C. Griffith

Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Grodzicki

Ms. Louise S. Gunn

Robert & Ada Habl

Felicia & Isaiah Hale

Zach Healy

Richard & Linda Hubert

Red Eft Mapping

Ms. Carla Knobloch

Ms. Carol Kranig

Colleen Langner

Anonymous

Tim & Angela Leveridge

Dr. Gloria Lin & Dr. Jesus Castro-Balbi

Livvy Kazer Lipson

Mr. Clyde W. Lollis

Mr. & Ms. Larry Anderson

Mrs. Blanchette Maier

Mr. Briant & Mrs. Mary Matheson

Charles Bjorklund & Sted Mays

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Meadors

Mr. M Sean Molley & Ms. Heidi C. Pritchett

Ms. Grace Murphy

Twinkle Nelson

Carol S. Niemi

Mr. Darryl-Christopher Payne†

Seth Persily

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Phillips

Mr. Mark Pighini

David Pumpelly

Mr. Enrique Rapetti

Dr. & Mrs. Donald Reitzes

R.J. & D.G. Riffey, Jr.

Sidney & Phyllis Rodbell

Mr. James & Mrs. Kristin Ruff

Julie Salisbury

Mr. Kenneth L. Shigley

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Shreiber

Ed Shrum

James Sizemore

Mr. Fred B. Smith

Anonymous

Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Stafford, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stansfield

Lindsay & Michael Stewart

Kay Summers

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Szikman

Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor

Ms. Virginia S. Taylor

Maria Todorova

Dawn Tresh

Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino

Mrs. Kathleen & Mr. Arthur Waldrop

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth O. Walkington Jr.

Ms. Betsy K. Wash

Mr. Mark & Mrs. Rebekah Wasserman

Alan & Marcia Watt

Rae & *George Weimer

Ms. Kathy J. White

Dr. & Mrs. Hamilton Williams

Supporter $500+

Judith M. Alembik

Karyn Alexander

Stephan & Laura Anderson

Dr. Amir Banishahi

Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Banker

Jennifer Barlament & Ken Potsic

Colonel & Mrs. John V. Barson, D.O.

Mrs. Marilee F. Betor

Mr. Matt Blackburn

Lisa Chang

Mr. & Mrs. Don S. Coatworth

Dr. Lawrence M. Cohen

Ms. Sally Combs

Mr. David D’Ambrosio

Mr. Brock Darby

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Dean

Mr. & Mrs. John Drucker

Dr. & Mrs. Todd D. Ellis

*Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Engeman Sr.

Elizabeth Evans

Allison Fichter & Phillip O’Brien

Dr. & Mrs. David J. Frolich

Linda Gabbard

Mr. Glen Galbaugh

Henry Gonzalez

Dr. Richard Goodjoin

Anna & Jeff Gordon

Mr. & Mrs. Sheffield Hale

Mr. Ronald L. Harris

& Mrs. Jacqueline Pownall

Mr. Craig Hodges

Debra M. Hulsey

Janie & Sheldon Jeter

Robby Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Johnston

Ms. Lynne Elliott Jones

Dorothy Yates Kirkley

Mr. Brian Kurlander & Mrs. Carrie

Johnson Kurlander

Arnold & *Joan Kurth

Sean Lee

Virginia Litland

Allan & Vaneesa Little

Sara Lomeli

Dr. Jo Marie Lyons

Jeanie & Albert Marx

Mr. M. Reynolds McClatchey Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel

Mr. Asghar

& Mrs. Roya Memarzadeth

John S. Metz

Terri & Stephen Nagler

Ms. Mollie W. Neal

Rita Omark

Kia Painter

Mr. Lawrence F. Pinson

*Sharon & Jim Radford

Mr. Stephen L. Rann

& Ms. Dytre Fentress

Dr. & Mrs. Hal S. Raper Jr.

Sandra & Ronald Rousseau

Rebecca Russell

Dr. & Mrs. William M. Scaljon

Mr. Mike Schleifer

& Mrs. Laura Hackman

Ms. Anne Schneider

Ms. Regina Schuber

Andrew J. Singletary, Jr.

Clayton & Holly Sparrow

Laura Stevens

Judge Mike & Mrs. Jane Stoddard

Kylie Stradley

Carolyn & Robert Swain

Edward Thomas

Mr. Stephen H. Thompson

& Mr. Drew Mote

Isabel Urrittia

Ms. Brenda D. Jennings

Kiki Wilson

Mary J. Wood

Contributor $250+

Dr. Catherine Allard

Dr. Raymond Allen

Ms. Nancy H. Amato

Mr. & Mrs. David S. Baker

Pam Barker

Claire & Bryan Benedict

Mr. & Mrs. Sid Besmertnik

James & Nancy Bross

Dr. Keith & Dr. Christine Bruno

Mark & Peg Bumgardner

Mr. Jerald M. Byrd

Craig & Brenda Caldwell

Raymond Chinn

Mrs. Jan W. Collins

Mr. John & Mrs. Janet Costello

Carol Comstock & Jim Davis

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Dye

Arnold & Sylvia Eaves

Mr. Courtney Ellis & Dr. Amina Bhatia

Ms. Ellen Evans

Julia Filson

Leigh Furrh

Mary Anne & Bruce Gaunt

Ms. Pat Godbee

Ms. Susan Goodman

Drs. Nancy & Robert Griner

*Mr. & Mrs. Sam Hagan

Jim & Virginia Hale

Mr. Charles & Mrs. Leigh Hoke

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Holly, Jr.

Ms. Jan W. Hughen

Mr. Rolf Ingenleuf

Susan Johnston & Shannon Motley

Mr. William Johnston

Matthew Katzmark

Mr. & Mrs. David Keller

Nancy Kritikos

Lawrence Kurzius

Janice Landrum

Mr. & Mrs. Bertram L. Levy

Mr. Roy Locklear III

Richard Lodise & Valerie Jagiella

Dr. Frank & Mrs. Barbara Marxer

Michael McDaniel

Mr. Simon Miller

Berthe & Shapour Mobasser

Mr. William R. Mrs. Morrison & Elizabeth R. Clark-Morrison

Bahar Nia

Mr. Neil & Mrs. Rebecca Olack

Mr. John Owens

Mr. & Mrs. John Payan

Catherine Popper & Noah Eckhouse in honor of Ms. Faye P. Popper

Misty Reid

Mr. Barry F. Ross & Mrs. Jane M. Rooks Ross

Mr. Michael & Mrs. Andrea Ryan

Dr. & Mrs. Stuart H. Silverman

Ms. Renee Smiley

Mr. Joseph R. Stabile & Mr. Michael Dunkelberger

Mr. Raymond A. Strikas

Steve & Christine Strong

Dr. David E. Sutherland II & Mrs. Sarah F. Yates Sutherland

Barbara & Jon Swann

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Taylor

Mr. & Ms. Wolfgang Tiedtke

Erica Walden

Richard E. & Anne-Marie H. Whisnant

Mr. Robert & Mrs. Susan White

Yolanda White

Troy Wiley

Ann Williams

Ms. Jone Williams & Ms. Barbara Robb

Mr. Russell F. Winch

Mrs. Mary S. Wright

Barbara Zellner

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Zimmermann

Dr. Ben & Mrs. Adrienne Zinn

†extraordinary donors who have committed to continue their annual giving for three years or more

*deceased

CORPORATE PARTNERS

$200,000+

The Home Depot Foundation

$100,000+

The Coca-Cola Company

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

$50,000+

Nelson Mullins

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Rothschild & Co

Smurfit WestRock

$25,000+

The Capital Group Companies

Charitable Foundation

Gas South

KPMG LLP

PwC Charitable Foundation

Southern Company

UPS

$10,000+

Accenture LLP

Blackrock

Cox Enterprises

Deloitte & Touche

Eversheds Sutherland

Homrich-Berg, Inc.

PNC Financial Services Group

Salesforce

SG Contracting

The Varzi-Cohen Group, Merrill Lynch

Truist

$5,000+

Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters

BNY Mellon

Nvidia

Anonymous

FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

FOUNDATIONS

$500,000

The Molly Blank Fund of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation†

Mr. Howard W. Hunter - Gramma Fisher Foundation†

Lettie Pate Evans Foundation

$100,000+

Anonymous

The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.†

The Coca-Cola Foundation† Connolly Family Foundation† Disosway Foundation - Dudley & Carole Johnson

Donald and Marilyn Keough Foundation

Knobloch Family Foundation†

The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

$50,000+

Livingston Foundation†

Mary & EP Rogers Foundation, Inc.

The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

The Rich’s Foundation, Inc.

$20,000+

The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation

The Roy & Janet Dorsey Foundation (by Larry B. Hooks & Robert G. Edge, Trustees)

The Halle Foundation†

J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust

The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

$10,000+

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

The Robert and Polly Dunn Foundation

The George M. Brown Trust Fund

The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.

The Stephens Family Foundation

$5,000+

Camp-Younts Foundation

The Hills Family Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Hills, Trustees

$1,000+

The Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta, Georgia

NCM Foundation

GOVERNMENT FUNDING

City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

Cobb Travel & Tourism

Fulton County Arts & Culture

Georgia Council for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

†extraordinary donors who have committed to continue their annual giving for three years or more

BARBARA D. STEWART LEGACY SOCIETY

The Atlanta Opera recognizes donors who have designated The Opera as a beneficiary in their estate plan as members of the Barbara D. Stewart Legacy Society. This society honors Barbara D. Stewart’s extraordinary legacy gift and her many contributions to The Atlanta Opera.

Cathy Callaway Adams & Mark Adams

Anonymous (5)

Mr. & *Mrs. Shepard B. Ansley

*Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Bair

Mrs. Wallace F. Beard

The Bickers Charitable Trust

Mr. Jonathan Blalock

*Jim & *Nancy Bland

Mr. Montague L. Boyd, IV

Mr. Robert Colgin

*Martha Thompson Dinos

The Roy & Janet Dorsey Foundation

Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes

Arnold & Sylvia Eaves

* Ms. Dorothy E. Edwards

*Heike & Dieter Elsner

Ms. Melodi Ford

Carl & Sally Gable

*Ms. Anne Marie Gary

Mr. & Mrs. Sidney W. Guberman

*Sylvia Halleck, MD

Ms. Judy Hanenkrat

Caroline Hardin

Richard & Fern Hartnig

The Hilbert Family Trust

Eda L. Hochgelerent, M.D. & Bruce A. Cassidy, M.D.

Mr. L. Don Holland

Mr. Hilson Hudson

*Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchison

Gail G. Johnson

Mr. J. Carter Joseph

*Mrs. Alfred D. Kennedy, Sr.

*Mrs. Isabelle W. Kennedy

Mr. Alfred Kennedy

Dr. William R. Kenny

*Donald & *Marilyn Keough

Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Keough

Ms. Corina M. LaFrossia

Mr. & Mrs. John G. Malcolm

Mr. Robert L. Mays

Mr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDaniel

*Peggy Weber McDowell & *Jack McDowell

*Mr. Michael A. McDowell

Mr. & Mrs. Craig N. Miller

*Miss Helen D. Moffitt

Mr. J. Robert Morring

Clara M. & John S. O’Shea

Mrs. Polly N. Pater

Mr. James Paulk

*Mr. William Pennington

*Mr. Bruce Roth

*Ms. Hazel Sanger

Mr. D. Jack Sawyer, Jr.

Anita & J. Barry Schrenk

Katherine Scott

*Mrs. Roberta Setzer

Elizabeth N. Shapiro

*Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

Christine & Mark St.Clare

*Ms. Barbara D. Stewart

*Mrs. Eleanor H. Strain

Mr. William F. Snyder

Mr. Tarek Takieddini

Sandra & *Tom Teepen

Dr. & Mrs. Harold Whitney

*Mrs. Jane S. Willson

Rhys & Carolyn Wilson

Ms. Bunny Winter

& Mr. Michael Doyle

Mr & Mrs Robert G Woodward

Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr. & Mrs.

Mary Mitchell Yates

*Mr. & *Mrs. Charels R. Yates, Sr.

Mr. Tomer Zvulun

& Mrs. Susanna Eiland

*deceased

TRIBUTES & MEMORIALS

In Memory of Phillip Edward Alvelda

Mrs. Kay Alvelda

In Memory of Shepard B. Ansley

Dr. R. Dwain Blackston

Jonathan Blalock

John & Rosemary Brown

Sally & Hank Fielding

Mr. & Mrs. Sidney W. Guberman

Mary Ruth McDonald

In Memory of Helen Arnold

Ms. Susan Borrelli & Ms. Cindy Parker

In Memory of Dr. Joe Arnold

Jeff & Cary Gershon

In Memory of Eleonora M. Barson

Colonel John V. Barson, D.O. & Mrs. Gay L. Barson

In Memory of Duncan Beard

Robert & Catherine Woodward

In Honor of Mr. Jonathan Blalock

Mr. Leroy & Mrs. Ariana Fass

Everett L. Long

In Honor of Dr. Hal Brody & Mr. Don Smith

Connor Howard

In Honor of John & Rosemary Brown

Mr. Barry F. Ross & Mrs. Jane M. Rooks Ross

In Memory of Kyle Burkhalter

Mr. Matthew Y. Burkhalter & Mr. John Carey

In Memory of Frank Butterfield

Pam & Bob Barker

Jonathan Blalock

John & Lynn Buckalew

Bobbie Archie Burrs & Gerrard Burrs

Charles & Leigh Hoke

Neil & Rebecca Olack

Larry & Susan Pitts

James & Kristin Ruff

The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

TIFF Advisory Services

Dorothy Yates Kirkley

In Memory of Anson Callaway

Dawn & Randall Romig

In Honor of Frank & Ann Critz

Jonathan Blalock

In Memory of Col. & Mrs. Edgar W. Duskin

Noelle Albano & Trey Duskin

In Honor of Robert & Elizabeth Edge

Cecile Jones

In Honor of Sally & Hank Fielding

Ms. Nancy H. Amato

Ms. Anne Schneider

Mary Jo Wood

In Memory of Mrs. Phyllis A. Franco

Dr. Richard D. Franco

In Memory of Sam Hagan

Jonathan Blalock

William Frampton, III

Mr. Sheffield Hale & Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hale

Mr. Alfred Msezane

Mr. William O. Shropshire & Mrs. Patricia Shropshire

Wayne R. Vason & Lee Harper

Ms. Elizabeth Wilson & Ms. Susie Schklar

Ms. Roslyn S. Winston

In Honor of Caroline & Jack Hardin

Dr. Frank & Mrs. Barbara Marxer

In Memory of Mary & Wayne James

John & Rosemary Brown

In Memory of Patricia E. Johnston

Mr. Wayne Johnston

In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich, Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Hogan

In Honor of Gloria Lin

Jonathan Blalock

Red EFT Mapping

| Mr. Lawrence Knight

In Memory of George H. & Cecile G. Malone

Ms. Eleanor Malone

In Honor of Alfredo Martin

Jonathan Blalock

In Honor of Tracy McLendon, ABG

Anonymous

In Honor of Howard & Victoria Palefsky

Mr. Kent B. & Dr. Diane Alexander

Natalie & Matthew Bernstein

Jonathan Blalock

Virginia & Charles Brewer Family Foundation

Mr. Bruce R. Cohen

Mr. John & Mrs. Janet Costello

Mr. Michael D. Golden

& Dr. Juliet Asher

Mr. John Haupert & Mr. Bryan Brooks

Carla Knobloch

Mr. & Mrs. Bertram L. Levy

Ms. Anne Morgan & Mr. James Kelley

Mr. Stuart & Mrs. Barbara Pliner

Patty & Doug Reid

Dr. & Mrs. Stanley E. Romanstein

Mr. Fred & Mrs. Marilyn Schwartz

Mr. Paul & Mrs. Amy Snyder

Ms. Bunny Winter & Mr. Michael Doyle

In Honor of Rolando Salazar & The Atlanta Opera Chorus

Ms. Pat Godbee

In Honor of Katherine Scott

Allison Fichter & Phillip O’Brien

In Memory of Mrs. Roberta Setzer

Mr. Robert L. Setzer

In Memory of Suzette Snell

Mr. Robert & Mrs. Elizabeth Currie

In Honor of John & Yee-Wan Stevens

Jonathan Blalock

In Honor of Mr. William Tucker

Douglas Gooding

In Honor of Jason Walker

Erica Walden

In Memory of George Weimer

Dr. R. Dwain Blackston

Mr. Matthew Y. Burkhalter

& Mr. John Carey

Mary Ruth McDonald

In Memory of Marya Gabrielle Williams

Jone Williams & Barbara Robb

In Memory of

Margaret Gwendolyn Williams

Thurman Williams

In Memory of Ralph Winter

Janie & Sheldon Jeter

In Honor of Charlie & Mary Yates

Anonymous (24)

James &Kathy Flanagan

Douglas Gooding

Mr. Tom Nolan

Dr. David E. Sutherland II

& Mrs. Sarah F. Yates Sutherland

Dorothy Yates Kirkley

In Honor of Mr. Tomer Zvulun & Ms. Susanna Eiland

Bob & Cappa Woodward

Charitable Fund

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Board Chair

Mr. John Haupert

Vice Chair

Mr John L. Hammaker

Vice-Chair & Development

Committee Co-Chair

Mr. Charles R. Yates, Jr.

Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair

Ms. Bunny Winter

Secretary

Mr. Howard Hunter

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mrs. Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim

Mrs. Susan M. Anderson

Mr. Montague L. Boyd, IV

Dr. Harold J. Brody

Mrs. Rosemary Kopel Brown

Mrs. Kate Cook

Dr. Frank A. Critz

Mr. Clark Dean

Mr. Robert Dean

Dr. Carlos del Rio

Dr. Donald J. Filip

Mrs. Joanne Chesler Gross

Mrs. Caroline Hardin

Mr. Jamael Hester

Mr. Alfredo Martin

Audit Committee Chair

Mr. Bryan H. Barnes

Community Engagement Committee Chair

Mr. Alex Simmons, Jr.

Development Committee Co-Chair

Mrs. Talia Murphy

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Chair

Mrs. Stephanie Morela

Facilities Task Force Chair

Mr. Howard Palefsky

Investment Committee Chair

Mrs. Sandra S. Morelli

Ms. Kelly Mayhall

Mr. James B. Miller, Jr.

Mr. Michael E. Paulhus

Mr. Herbert J. Rosenberg

Mr. Thomas Saylor

Mr. William E. Tucker

Mr. Rashaun Williams

HONORARY MEMBERS

Mr. Ronald Antinori

The Very Reverend Samuel G. Candler

Mr. Robert G. Edge

Mr. Dieter Elsner

Mr. Carl I. Gable, Jr.

Mrs. Nancy Hall Green

ABOUT THE ATLANTA OPERA

Hailed by The New York Times for “Bringing Opera Back from the Brink,” The Atlanta Opera’s mission is to break the boundaries of opera to create exceptional experiences for audiences everywhere. Founded in 1979, the company has grown to achieve “Tier One” status (Opera America) in 2024 and works with world-renowned singers, conductors, directors, and designers who seek to enhance the art form. Under the leadership of internationally recognized stage director and Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun, The Atlanta Opera expanded from three to four mainstage productions at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and launched the

Nominating & Board Engagement Committee Chair

Mr. Kevin Greiner

Strategic Planning Committee Chair

Mrs. Christine St.Clare

At-Large Member, Immediate Past Chair

Mr. Rhys T. Wilson

At-Large Member

Mrs. Cathy Callaway Adams

Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic Director, ex-officio member

Mr. Tomer Zvulun

Mr. Gregory F. Johnson

Mr. Carter Joseph

Mr. Alfred Kennedy, Jr.

Mr. Michael Keough

Mrs. Emily C. Knobloch

Mr. George Levert

Mr. J. Barry Schrenk

Mr. Timothy E. Sheehan

Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.

Mr. Mark K. Taylor

Mr. Thomas R. Williams

Mr. Robert G. Woodward

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Mr. Andrew J.M. Binns

Mr. Kenny L. Blank

Mrs. Inge Bledel

Ms. Mary Calhoun

Mrs. Lejla Dickson

Ms. Sally Bland Fielding

Ms. Julia Filson

Mr. Roger Fleming

Mr. Lance Fortnow

Dr. Thomas N. Guffin, Jr.

Mr. Douglas Hooker

Mr. Thornton Kennedy

Mrs. Erin Quinn Martin

Mr. Robert G. Pennington

Mr. Paul Snyder

acclaimed “Discoveries” event series, as well as the innovative 96-Hour Opera Project. During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Atlanta Opera was one of the only companies in the world to create a full, alternative season, consisting of 40 live performances in two different outdoor venues. The critically acclaimed productions and concerts were streamed on the newly created “Atlanta Opera Film Studio” platform, which continues to reach a global audience. National media coverage of the “pandemic season” included features in the Wall Street Journal and on PBS NewsHour. Reflecting on the company’s achievements over the past decade, Musical America declared, “The Atlanta Opera has arrived.”

THE ATLANTA OPERA

EXECUTIVE

Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun

Managing Director

Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

Special Projects Manager

ARTISTIC / MUSIC

Principal Conductor

Director of Artistic Administration

Artistic & Operations Manager

Chorus & Orchestra Manager

Orchestra Librarian

Artistic Services Coordinator

Assistant Artistic Director

PRODUCTION

Micah Fortson

Misty Reid

Nancy Kritikos

Ivan López Reynoso

Meredith Wallace

Megan Bennett

Chris Bragg

Phil Parsons

Elizabeth Graiser

Gregory Boyle

Director of Production Planning Meggie Roseborough

Director of Production Operations

Technical Director

Associate Technical Director

Associate Technical Director-Operations

Props Supervisor & Artisan

Production Finance Specialist

Calling Stage Manager

Amy Smith

Jonathan Rollins

Rodney Barge

Bram Sheckels

Paige Steffens

Ruth Strickland

Lauren Wickett

Assistant Stage Managers Caitlin Denney-Turner, Aletha Saunders

COSTUME

Costume Director Stephanie Workman

Show Manager

Communications Coordinator

Master Draper / Tailor

Costume Stock Manager / Stitcher

Shop Assist/Wardrobe Supervisor

Lead First Hand Stitcher

First Hand Stitcher

Stitchers

FINANCE

Chief Financial Officer Christina Paloski

Controller Lawanda Coleman

Accounting Manager

Britt Herring

Senior Accountant David Tubbs, Jr.

Staff Accountant Allison Scott

ADMINISTRATION

Director of Facilities

Kenneth R. Timmons

HR Manager Winona Cobb

MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

Creative Services Manager Matt Burkhalter

Box Office Sales Manager Justin Stanley

Patron Experience Coordinator Patty de la Garza

Box Office Associate Erin Abely

COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Director of Communications & Public Relations Michelle Winters

THE ATLANTA OPERA FILM STUDIO

Director of The Atlanta Opera Film Studio Felipe Barral

Short-Form Video Editor Brittney Fontus

THE ATLANTA OPERA STUDIO ARTISTS

Soprano

Mezzo-Soprano

Tenor

Bass-Baritone

Stage Director

Paula Peasley-Ninestein

Allison Hines

Mary C. Torres

Jenn Rogers

Gibron Shepperd

Jaime Anthony Orrego

Cassie Smith

Sarah Norris, Olivia Reuter

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION

Artistic Advisor to 96-Hour Opera Festival

Tazewell Thompson

Director of Community Engagement & Education

Education Manager

Community Engagement & Education Coordinator

Jessica Kiger

Amy Williams

Jonesia Williams

Community Engagement & Education Associate Julia Whitten

DEVELOPMENT

Managing Director of Development

Jessica Langlois

Director of Development—Individual Giving Jonathan Blalock

Associate Director of Development Operations

Board Relations & Campaign Manager

Individual Giving Manager

Development Assistant

Alexis Seminario

Ilanna Starr

Wayd Odle

Kyle White

José Israel García, Jr.

LIVESTREAM

Additional Camera Operators Adam Khan, Valeriia Luhovska, Michelle Sanders, Carlisle Kellam, Isaac Brieding, Mark Covino

Sound Capture & Live Mixing

Sound Monitor

Tim Whitehead

Preston Goodson

Switcher Operator Felipe Barral-Secchi

Livestream Technical Operator Gerald Griffith

Livestream Technical Support Keelan Bearden

Field Producer Savannah Webb

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Head Carpenter

Assistant Carpenter

Head Electrician

Katy Gardner

Aaron Walker

Luke MacMillan

Kathy White

Hank Collins

Daniel Ware

Kevin Zegan

Head Properties Kendal Petty

Head Audio Teddy Murray

Head Video Andrew Van Eyechaner

Lighting Supervisor

Lighting Programmer

Will Brunson

Rachael Blackwell

CONCESSIONS

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

RESTROOMS

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

PARKING

Day of parking is available for $17 (credit or debit card only). There are 1,000 onsite parking spaces; 700 in a four-level deck and 300 more in a surface lot.

EMERGENCY INFO

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

ELEVATORS

Elevators are located on each side of the lobbies on all levels.

PROHIBITED ITEMS / SECURITY

Upon entry, guests will be required to pass through a metal detector.

Items not allowed inside the venue: Bags larger than 11” x 13” are not permitted, weapons of any kind (including knives), backpacks, baby car carriers and car seats, strollers, flags, outside food and beverage. For a complete list refer to the venue website.

LOST & FOUND

Items are turned into the Synovus Box Office on the day of a performance. To inquire about a lost item, please call Public Safety at 770-916-2911.

SMOKING

Smoking is prohibited inside the building.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

Persons requiring access assistance are asked to contact Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 for advance arrangements.

Audio clarification devices are available to our hearing impaired guests at no charge. This is on a firstcome, first-served basis and are available at the main desk in the lobby.

Wheelchairs are available upon request. All items require a form of identification to be held until the item is returned.

COBB ENERGY CENTRE RULES & REQUESTS

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

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

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

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

• Please limit conversation during the performance.

• Cameras (including use of cellphone camera) and audio and video recording devices are strictly prohibited at all times.

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

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