Performances Magazine | LA Opera, March 2026

6 A WELCOME FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO CHRISTOPHER KOELSCH

8 WHO’S WHO IN AKHNATEN

Each character in the opera is based on a real individual who once walked the sands of Ancient Egypt. Explore how their stage personas illuminate— or eclipse—the elusive historical traces that remain.

9 A NOTE FROM DIRECTOR PHELIM MCDERMOTT

The groundbreaking director reflects on crafting a richly imaginative visual and choreographic language for his strikingly unique vision of Ancient Egypt.

10 COUNTING TO ONE: THE TRIUMPH OF AKHNATEN

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Composer Philip Glass reaches deep into the mythic heart of ancient Egyptian history, reimagining a moment of seismic upheaval for a civilization that reshaped the world.

13 NEWS AND PREVIEWS 18 GO BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Drawn from the Behind the Curtain podcast series created by LA Opera Connects, an interview with bass Vinícius Costa offers a look at his journey from Brazil to the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program.

P1 TODAY’S PERFORMANCE

Meet the cast and creative team of Akhnaten

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Welcome to LA Opera

Dear friends:

Over the past decade, Philip Glass has been a vital and recurring presence at LA Opera, from mainstage productions of Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten to Off Grand presentations of Dracula and La Belle et la Bête. Our association with this great artist began with our 2013 company premiere of Einstein on the Beach and deepened in 2016 with Akhnaten, which was embraced enthusiastically by our audiences. It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome this celebrated work back to our stage in director Phelim McDermott’s brilliant interpretation.

Akhnaten is an opera of rare scope and imagination. Glass’s mesmerizing score is ritualistic and meditative, unfolding with a sense of timelessness that invites contemplation rather than narrative urgency. Phelim McDermott’s striking theatrical language juxtaposes ancient Egyptian imagery with visual motifs drawn from the era in which the historical pharaoh’s tomb was rediscovered by modern archaeology. A particularly unexpected and inventive element of the production is its use of choreographed juggling, in which precise, repeating physical patterns create visual rhymes that mirror the opera’s musical structures. Together, these elements form a stage world that feels both ancient and modern, illuminating themes of leadership, belief, legacy and the fragile nature of transformation.

I am delighted to welcome Dalia Stasevska, principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, for her company debut leading these performances. Our brilliant cast is led by the remarkable countertenor John Holiday as Akhnaten, returning to LA Opera after memorable appearances in Dido and Aeneas and Eurydice. Zachary James also returns, reprising his towering 2016 performance as Amenhotep III. Our leading cast further includes Sun-Ly Pierce, making her company debut as Nefertiti, and So Young Park, a former member of the DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program, appearing as Queen Tye.

The Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program is especially well represented throughout the cast. Tenor Yuntong Han, baritone Hyungjin Son and bass Vinícius Costa—three current members of the program—appear respectively as the High Priest of Amon, General Horemhab and Aye. The six daughters of Akhnaten are sung by two current members of the program, Emily Damasco and Katie Trigg, along with program alumna Abi Levis; they are joined by Julia Maria Johnson, Erin Alford and Kristen Choi.

A presentation of this scale and ambition is only possible through the generosity of our supporters. This production is made possible by the generous support of the Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund, Margo Leavin, and Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer. Our 2016 production of Akhnaten was also generously underwritten by the Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund and Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer. Their longstanding commitment to adventurous, contemporary opera has helped shape LA Opera’s artistic identity in lasting ways. I am also grateful for the generous additional support of the Akhnaten Consortium, LA Opera’s Contemporary Opera Initiative— chaired by Barry and Nancy Sanders—and the National Endowment for the Arts. John Holiday’s appearance is generously underwritten by a gift from the Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award.

Thank you for joining us for this remarkable work. I hope Akhnaten moves, challenges and inspires you—and that it deepens your connection to the transformative power of opera.

With warm regards,

Christopher Koelsch SEBASTIAN PAUL AND MARYBELLE MUSCO PRESIDENT AND CEO

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Who’s Who in Akhnaten

Queen Tye

In the opera: Widow of Amenhotep III, she witness es the rise and fall of her son Akhnaten.

In history: She was a powerful advisor to both her husband and son, counseling them in military and political matters, and taking an active role in foreign relations. She probably died in the 12th year of Akhnaten’s reign, shortly before his empire began to unravel.

Akhnaten

In the opera: Born Amenhotep IV, he becomes pharaoh and creates the first monotheistic religion. He adopts the name Akhnaten to reflect his devo tion to the sun god Aten and builds a new capital city, Akhetaten. He is killed by a mob devoted to one of the old gods, Amon.

In history: As part of religious reforms centered on Aten, he ordered the name “Amon” to be chiseled out of inscriptions and images of Amon to be defaced. During his 17-year reign, Egypt lost power and influence abroad. The circumstances of his death are unknown.

High Priest of Amon

In the opera: After Akhnaten creates a new religion dedicated to Aten, the High Priest unites with Aye and Horemhab to overthrow the pharaoh and destroy his capital city Akhetaten.

Nefertiti

In the opera: She is the beloved wife of Akhnaten, bearing him six daughters.

In history: Depicted in many portraits with the accoutrements of a ruler, Nefertiti seems to have shared power with her husband. Some speculate that she briefly succeeded her husband as pharaoh.

Aye

In the opera: Nefertiti’s father is an advisor to Akhnaten, but turns against him.

In history: Many scholars believe he was Queen Tye’s brother. He became a major power behind the throne when the boy Tutankhamun succeeded Akhnaten as pharaoh. Aye then succeeded Tutankhamun, reigning for about four years.

In history: In polytheistic ancient Egypt, the cult of Amon— a supreme creator-god associated with the city of Thebes—was very popular. His priests held great wealth and power.

At the time Akhnaten became pharaoh, their influence rivaled that of the royal house.

Horemhab

In the opera: He is a general under Akhnaten, but turns against him.

In history: Commander of the army under Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, he was designated successor to the heirless Tutankhamun. At the time of Tutankhamun’s death, however, Horemheb may have been campaigning in what is now western Syria, and Aye became pharaoh instead. Horemheb seized power after Aye’s death. Under him, the worship of Amun was restored and the nation stabilized.

A NOTE FROM DIRECTOR PHELIM MCDERMOTT

Tutankhamun

In the opera: A non-singing role, young Tutankhamun (aka King Tut) succeeds his father Akhnaten as pharaoh. In history: He was born Tutankhaten [“living image of Aten”]. Two other pharaohs, known mainly from fragmentary evidence, had short-lived reigns before he became pharaoh at about age nine. Ruling under the guidance of powerful adult advisors, he revoked his father’s reforms and changed his name to Tutankhamun. He died heirless at 19, largely forgotten until the 1922 discovery of his spectacular tomb.

KEVIN POLLARD

Amenhotep III / The Scribe

In the opera: The pharaoh's funeral opens the opera, but Akhnaten's father remains a strong presence, narrating the events unfolding onstage in spoken English. Transformed into a 20th-century lecturer at the end of the opera, he reflects on Akhnaten’s legacy.

In history: A powerful, visionary ruler of Egypt’s golden age, the pharaoh presided over an era of immense wealth, artistic flourishing, and international diplomacy. Revered in his lifetime and deified after death, he left a legacy that shaped royal ideology for generations.

Six Daughters of Akhnaten

In the opera: Living in isolation and oblivious to the growing political unrest beyond their walls, the royal family is eventually killed during an attack on the palace. In history: Akhenaten and his family probably died of natural causes. One of his daughters, Ankhesenpaaten (later known as Ankhesenamun), became queen to Tutankhamun.

The challenge of directing a Philip Glass opera is to develop a vocabulary for his non-narrative style of work. During rehearsals, we explored how we might perform it so that it could sustain an intensity throughout the whole piece.

The score gives only an indication of the events that happen. Each scene has a title, for example “Funeral of Amenhotep III,” but there was very little further constraint. This allowed us to create our own narrative within the piece. We found that performing anything quickly didn’t work with the shape and character of the music. We therefore developed a performance practice that relied on slow movement.

In each of the Glass operas I’ve worked on, we’ve found a different visual language for this. In Satyagraha, it was through puppetry, Scotch tape and newspaper, in The Perfect American it was through animation. In Akhnaten, we have developed a choreographic juggling language that uses the systemic patterns in juggling to create visual rhymes that complement the music. We were inspired by images from the period that show the ancient Egyptian juggling balls.

COUNTING TO ONE: THE TRIUMPH OF AKHNATEN

BY THOMAS MAY

Numbers—chanted in hypnotic patterns—help define Philip Glass’s work from the beginning. They frame his groundbreaking first opera, Einstein on the Beach, and underlie the vast transformation depicted in his third, Akhnaten, whose pharaoh‑protagonist attempts to replace Egypt’s entrenched polytheism with the sole worship of Aten.

“Religions get enamored with numbers the way the sciences are,” Glass remarked. Composers do too— and in Glass’s case, numbers help structure his signature “additive process.” His reliance on the number three, from the architecture of trilogies to the triadic core of his harmonic language, played a decisive role in conceiving Akhnaten. Before choosing his subject, Glass had already determined to complete a trilogy of “portrait operas” centered on figures who, through “the power of inner vision,” transformed their societies.

Following the breakthrough of Einstein on the Beach (1976) came Satyagraha (1980), exploring Gandhi and nonviolent resistance. “I’d covered science and politics,” Glass explained. “Then I wanted someone who had influenced the religious side of a society.” He imagined alternate civic monuments—“a Jackson Pollock Expressway” or “an Igor Stravinsky Airport”—as tributes to thinkers who changed the world without waging war. That prompted his search for a figure whose spiritual upheaval had been equally profound.

THE AKHNATEN ATTRACTION

Glass found his subject in Amenhotep IV, the 18th-Dynasty pharaoh who changed his name in the fifth year of his reign to Akhnaten (“beneficial to Aten”)—a signal of radical theological change. Aten,

a little-known version of the sun god, became the sole god, overtaking Egypt’s centuries-old pantheon.

“His rebellion against the massive weight of tradition encompassed religion, statecraft, art, and language,” writes Shalom Goldman, the scholar who assisted Glass in assembling the libretto entirely from ancient sources—including inscriptions, letters, fragments of poems, decrees, and even an old Fodor’s guide.

Akhnaten reigned for just 17 years (c. 1353–1336 BCE). After his death, the old order returned, and his memory suffered an unprecedented erasure. Goldman notes that the vehemence with which his name and images were defaced “knows no parallel in Egyptian history.”

His legacy remained buried until a 19th-century peasant woman uncovered clay tablets at Tell el-Amarna—the capital city Akhnaten had built to promote his religious revolution. The site was abandoned after his reign and quickly receded into obscurity. Archaeological excavations eventually revealed a city whose traces reshaped modern understanding of the period.

“The fact that he was erased tells you that religious beliefs are not to be trifled with,” Glass observed. “If you change the theory of gravity, you can get away with it!”

Glass encountered speculative theories as well, including those of Immanuel Velikovsky, who proposed that Akhnaten inspired the Greek figure

Oedipus. Freud too, in Moses and Monotheism, posited a buried connection between Atenist monotheism and ancient Judaism. Glass wasn’t persuaded by their historical claims, but he appreciated such ideas as generative sparks. He originally envisioned a double opera pairing Oedipus and Akhnaten—an idea he later abandoned as Akhnaten himself proved compelling enough. “Rereading Freud convinced me he was the figure I’d been looking for,” Glass said.

RECONTEXTUALIZING THE FAMILIAR

The runaway success of Einstein on the Beach had propelled Glass from experimental ensemble composer to international figure. Though Einstein

inaugurated the portrait trilogy, it also closed a chapter of his musical life; Glass soon surprised followers by shifting into new territory in Satyagraha and Akhnaten. These works confirmed his ability to build operas for traditional voices and orchestra—works that would position him as one of the most prolific operatic composers of his time.

Critic Allan Kozinn observed that with opera, “Glass found a medium in which he could put his newly developed language to expressive use.” While Einstein had arrived as a radical, non-narrative experiment, Satyagraha and Akhnaten were commissioned by opera companies and used unamplified, classically trained voices—opera in the traditional sense.

Yet audiences expecting a continuation of Einstein’s relentless rhythmic procedures were surprised. “If people were angry about Einstein, they were doubly angry about this,” Glass later wrote. “I was looking for a way of radicalizing the music again, and sometimes that can mean doing something people already know.”

Akhnaten might seem, on the surface, to flirt with elements of 19th-century grand opera—rituals, processions, love duets—but any resemblance is incidental. What is distinctly Glass is the transformation of recognizable operatic images into something entirely new: sequences of symbolic, dreamlike tableaux rather than plot-driven scenes.

Stuttgart Opera in a production directed by Achim Freyer (known to LA Opera audiences for the 2010 Ring cycle). Because Stuttgart’s main house was under renovation, the premiere took place in a smaller theater whose pit could not accommodate a full orchestra. Glass adapted by omitting all violins.

This choice produced a richer, darker timbre, with violas on top and an inventive interplay of percussion, winds, and brass. The orchestral palette shifts from the martial drumming of Amenhotep III’s funeral—a portrait of the old order—to more ethereal sonorities accompanying Akhnaten’s spiritual vision. Vocal casting contributes to the drama: a soprano for Akhnaten’s mother, Queen Tye; a mezzo-soprano for Nefertiti; and, most strikingly, a countertenor for Akhnaten.

“I had always felt that there was a public that would like this music. Over time, the audiences, so small in the beginning have only gotten larger.”

Musically, Glass builds “rise-and-fall” gestures at multiple scales, mirroring Akhnaten’s ascent and downfall. A melancholy A minor pervades much of the opera, opening and closing the work. At its radiant center, Akhnaten’s “Hymn to the Sun” blossoms unexpectedly into A major—the only moment sung in the audience’s own language. All other vocals are in ancient tongues: Egyptian, Akkadian, and biblical Hebrew (a nod to Freud).

THE SOUND OF AKHNATEN

Though rooted in Glass’s style, the score is far from uniform. Embracing traditional orchestral forces opened new expressive doors. Akhnaten was commissioned by

At the time of the premiere, countertenors were far less common, and casting one as a heroic lead was revelatory. Klaus Nomi had recently introduced countertenor colors to pop culture, but to hear such a voice emerge from a “big, strapping singer,” as Glass recalls of the role’s creator Paul Esswood, left audiences stunned. Glass delays the pharaoh’s first sung entrance for nearly 40 minutes, heightening the effect and underscoring his otherworldliness. He also introduced a speaking narrator who clarifies scene transitions—another example of Glass’s practical theatrical sense. Akhnaten also closes the portrait trilogy with musical echoes of Einstein on the Beach, including themes from the “Knee Plays.” As in Wagner’s Ring, the final tonal shift—from Einstein’s bright C major to Akhnaten’s wistful A minor—suggests a transformation in worldview across the cycle.

The trilogy’s ambition is indeed Wagnerian: Glass reimagines operatic form, devising his own dramatic vocabulary and winning over audiences who once resisted his work. “I always felt there was a public that would like this music,” he wrote. “And over time, the audiences…have only gotten larger.”

A writer, critic, educator and translator, Thomas May writes for leading arts organizations around the world. His arts blog is at www.memeteria.com.

The Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund

LA Opera extends its deep gratitude to Bernard and Lenore Greenberg for their generous support of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten. Through their endowment gift establishing The Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund, the Greenbergs have made possible many of LA Opera’s most important productions.

Since the company’s founding, they have provided extraordinary leadership and support to LA Opera. As underwriters, they were instrumental in making possible the company’s presentation of Philip Glass’s “portrait trilogy”: Einstein on the Beach (2013), Akhnaten (2016), and Satyagraha (2018). Most recently, the Greenbergs underwrote the company’s 2020 world premiere of Eurydice, the 2022 West Coast premiere of Omar, the 2023 company premiere of El último sueño de Frida y Diego, and last season’s company premiere of Ainadamar. They are members of the Domingo’s Angels, and the 20th, 25th, 30th and 40th Angels giving programs.

Margo

Leavin

This production of Akhnaten is made possible through the support of devoted LA Opera patron Margo Leavin. The company is deeply grateful to have received a very generous gift from Ms. Leavin’s estate following her passing in October 2021. A lifelong devotee of opera, Ms. Leavin cherished attending performances at the Metropolitan Opera and at LA Opera as often as possible. LA Opera is honored to recognize her as an underwriter of this production, following her estate’s underwriting support for the company’s productions of Madama Butterfly (2024), El último sueño de Frida y Diego (2023), and Tosca (2022).

Originally from New York, Ms. Leavin was a renowned art dealer, a major force in the world of contemporary art, and a cornerstone of the Los Angeles art scene. The Margo Leavin Gallery, which opened in West Hollywood in 1970, was among the longest-running galleries in Los Angeles. Over the course of its history, the gallery presented more than 500 exhibitions and mounted major

In 1960, Bernie Greenberg was one of the prime initiators of early efforts to establish a resident opera company in Los Angeles. A founding board member of LA Opera, he has continued his commitment to the company to this day, having served as both president and chairman of the board. In recognition of his extraordinary service, the board elected him in 2020 to the position of Vice Chairman Emeritus and Founding Board Member.

The Greenbergs have contributed enormously to the cultural life of Los Angeles and beyond through their steadfast support of music and the visual arts. Lennie Greenberg serves as an Honorary Life Director at the LA Philharmonic, where she and Bernie are deeply committed to the commissioning of new music.

LA Opera is honored to be the recipient of the Greenbergs’ longstanding dedication and generosity and gratefully thanks them for their continued underwriting support.

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In 2016, Ms. Leavin made a transformative gift of $20 million to her alma mater, UCLA, to restore and expand its graduate art studios—the largest donation ever made by an alumna to the arts within the University of California system. The Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios, a 48,000-square-foot campus in Culver City, were unveiled in 2019 with a mission to support artists and strengthen Los Angeles’s position as a global arts capital.

LA Opera extends its profound gratitude to Margo Leavin for her lasting commitment to the company and her dedication to ensuring that the beauty of opera continues to be enjoyed by generations of audiences throughout Southern California.

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Ceil and Michael Pulitzer

LA Opera has a longstanding history—and a renewed commitment—to expanding its mainstage repertoire with contemporary work. It is through the generous underwriting support of Ceil and Michael Pulitzer, and their dedication to opera that pushes the envelope, that LA Opera is able to once again present Philip Glass’s Akhnaten. Since 2003, the Pulitzers have helped bring striking new productions and important contemporary works to the LA Opera stage, including Ariadne auf Naxos (2004), Grendel (2006), Porgy and Bess (2007), the Ring cycle (2010), The Turn of the Screw (2011), Einstein on the Beach (2013), Akhnaten (2016), Orphée et Eurydice (2018), Satyagraha (2018), the Barrie Kosky production of La Bohème (2019), and St. Matthew Passion (2022). They have also generously supported the company’s 20th, 25th, and 30th Anniversary Angels leadership giving groups.

The Pulitzers’ involvement with LA Opera reflects their deep commitment to the arts and culture, and to Ceil Pulitzer’s lifelong passion for opera. She first fell in love with the art form as a student at Sacred Heart School in Manhattan. The school maintained a box at

the old Metropolitan Opera House, which she attended as often as possible with friends. Her love for opera has only grown stronger over the years. In 2012, she was elected an honorary member of the LA Opera board of directors. An artist, Mrs. Pulitzer studied at the Art Students League, New York University, the New School for Social Research, and the University of Michigan. She is a trustee of The UCSB Foundation and a member of the World Fellowship of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Association and the National Council of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and is a past member of the MOCA board of trustees.

Michael Pulitzer is a retired newspaper executive and former chairman of Pulitzer, Inc. His distinguished 45-year career began in 1960 as a reporter for the St. Louis PostDispatch and concluded with his retirement as chairman in 2005. He later retired from the board of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., in 2007. LA Opera gratefully thanks Ceil and Michael Pulitzer for their extraordinary generosity and enduring dedication to the company.

The earliest known record of juggling was created 4,000 years ago: a wall painting in Tomb 15 of Egypt’s Beni Hasan cemetery complex near present-day Minya. The tomb belonged to Baqet III, a provincial governor during the later years of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt. It depicts female dancers and acrobats juggling up to three balls; one of them is juggling with her arms crossed.

“While there is a symbolic connection to these first known representations of juggling, the juggling featured in this production of Akhnaten

has a purposely equivocal role,” says Sean Gandini, choreographer of the juggling ensemble. “In some ways, the objects are alter egos to the characters’ ideas: miniature globular deities, bouncing thoughts, desert sand. On another level, I feel like the juggling has a structural relationship to Philip Glass’s score. We have tried to make the patterns relate to the music and create a dialogue with it. We tried to create a series of little ephemeral geometries that hover visually around the music.”

Akhnaten Consortium and LA Opera’s Contemporary Opera Initiative

LA Opera is grateful for the collective production support received from the Contemporary Opera Initiative and Akhnaten Consortium in this 40th Anniversary Season.

We could not feel prouder to welcome this celebrated production of Akhnaten back to our stage and thank these champions of the music of our time for partnering with us in this monumental undertaking.

Barry and Nancy Sanders

CONTEMPORARY OPERA INITIATIVE CO-CHAIRS

The Family of Ginger Conrad

Laura Donnelley/Good Works Foundation

Maddocks Brown Foundation

Opera America/Opera Fund

The Sher Fund

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

The Amphion Foundation, Inc.

Anonymous

Dr. Cheryl D. Lew MD

Dr. Vina Spiehler

We invite you to help us stage innovative works by living composers by supporting the Contemporary Opera Initiative. For more information, please contact Janneke Straub at 213.972.7665 or jstraub@laopera.org.

Across the nation, Americans are participating in the arts, exercising their imaginations, and developing their creative capacities, thanks in part to generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. For three decades, the Arts Endowment has been integral to LA Opera’s growth—helping to build the company in its early years, supporting the commissioning and development of new productions, aiding in the creation of educational programs, and helping opera companies reach new and underserved audiences. LA Opera is honored to have the National Endowment for the Arts’ support for this season’s presentation of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, as well as more than 20 past productions, including the world premiere of Eurydice and recent productions of Highway 1, USA, El Gato Montés, Orphée

et Eurydice, The Tales of Hoffmann, anatomy theater, The Ghosts of Versailles, and Otello, among others.

The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency committed to making the arts a part of the lives of all people across the nation. Several of LA Opera’s signature community initiatives were originally developed with the Endowment’s support, including the Community Opera at the Cathedral, programs for the military and veterans, and educational initiatives serving thousands of teachers and students. Most recently, the Endowment provided important support for LA Opera’s 2025 LA County Arts and Health Week Summit.

LA Opera is proud to be recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts. Through this vital public support, the company brings the magic of opera to thousands of people each year, making significant contributions to the economic vitality of Los Angeles and enhancing the civic and cultural life of the community.

The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award

John Holiday

Piera Barbaglia Shaheen had a passion for opera and cared deeply about the welfare of young people beginning their careers. Her generosity of spirit is honored in a fund created by a special gift from Linda and David Shaheen. The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award supports rising artists at LA Opera, for whom an opportunity to work at a prominent company can be a major career breakthrough. John Holiday’s highly anticipated return as Akhnaten in this production is made possible by this award. The program previously supported the standout performances of Sean Panikkar as Gandhi in Satyagraha , Lisette Oropesa as Eurydice in Orphée et Eurydice, J’Nai Bridges as Nefertiti in Akhnaten, Issachah Savage as Tannhäuser, Rihab Chaieb as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, Kaneza Schaal’s direction of Highway 1, USA, and Amina Edris as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette

Named for Mr. Shaheen’s mother, the program promotes the ideals of this successful woman, who was a strong proponent of education, built and ran a multinational business, and was the center of a home infused with classical music and opera. Piera was born in America to Italian immigrants. Due to widespread discrimination against foreigners, her mother moved the family back to Italy when Piera was only two years old. Instilled with her mother’s strong work ethic and commitment to education, she earned a degree in economics from a leading university in northern Italy. As World War II raged around her, she joined the

resistance efforts of the American underground to battle fascism. After the war, she returned to America, furthering her education, marrying, raising a family, building her business, and becoming a generous contributor to her community.

She deeply believed in the power of education as a principal force for change, says David Shaheen, and through her generosity provided college scholarships for more than 2,000 children of her employees. She passed these ideals on to her son and daughter-in-law, who created The David & Linda Shaheen Foundation, which supports LA Opera’s education programming, scholarships for inner-city youth, and numerous arts, education, and reproductive health initiatives. Piera’s legacy is also honored through the recent naming by Linda and David Shaheen of the Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy. This public high school in South Los Angeles provides students with a college-preparatory environment in which to develop academic and technical skills, as well as leadership qualities that support a successful transition into college, careers, and adulthood.

The company extends its gratitude to Linda and David Shaheen for honoring such a remarkable woman and for their continued support of the next generation of artists at LA Opera.

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Go Behind the Curtain with Young Artist Vinícius Costa

This season, LA Opera’s Behind the Curtain podcast welcomes you into our inner circle as we highlight the talented singers and pianists of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. This life-changing residency offers invaluable mentorship for musicians beginning their professional careers and lets you hear opera’s rising stars before they take the world by storm. Produced by LA Opera Connects, this podcast series opens new doors into opera through learning, conversation, and community, whether you’re new to opera or a seasoned fan. In this episode, bass Vinícius Costa discusses everything from his first musical experiences as a child in São Paulo, Brazil, to his current role as Aye in Akhnaten, and visions for his future career. His reflections on the importance of family and community, the vital lessons music teaches us, and the joy of self-expression through performing illustrate how Connects programs like Opera Camp and Saturday Mornings at the Opera help your little ones grow into the music lovers they want to be.

Paul Hopper: Hello everyone! My name is Paul Hopper. I am the Senior Director of Artistic Planning for LA Opera and today we’re sitting down with Young Artist Vinícius Costa. Viní is a bass from São Paulo, Brazil. How did you first come across this art form?

Vinícius Costa: My musical journey started when I was 11 or 12. There was this new social project coming to São Paolo called Guri Santa Marcelina. They had instruments, and school kids could just go and make music. I

OPERA CAMP

As you read how Viní’s early musical experiences helped shape his path to the LA Opera stage, imagine what that first spark can mean for a young person today. This July, children ages 9–17 can explore music, storytelling, and collaboration at Opera Camp, culminating in a fully staged one-act opera. Applications are open now at LAOpera.org/OperaCamp.

opened the catalog, found the weirdest instrument, and I started playing French horn. Then the choir teacher wanted someone to do a solo, and a friend of mine knew I could sing a little bit; he heard me singing in a bathroom once.

PH: All the world’s a stage, right?

VC: Yes, exactly. So, he said, “I think you should audition.” I got the solo, and I started singing lessons. And then with time, I started to like singing more than I liked French horn because we had the text, we had the poetry. My mom had a big culture of reading for us at home. And a lot of the reading was from very complicated poetry. It was really interesting to find this beautiful combination between what I loved and what was around me culturally. I can get a little bit emotional or, let’s say, philosophical about music, but I didn’t have the finances to have a great education when I was young. So, everything I know... I know about languages because music taught me about languages. I know about empathy because music showed me empathy. I know about working well with other people because music puts you in a place where you have to be in harmony with everybody around you. So, music and opera and theater, you know, the arts kind of created and built the human being that I am right now.

The conversation above is just the beginning of this exclusive interview. Scan the QR code and check out the full conversation on this episode of Behind the Curtain available wherever you listen to podcasts.

SATURDAY MORNINGS AT THE OPERA

Introduce your little ones to the world of music, language, and shared creativity that shaped Viní’s journey. Saturday Mornings at the Opera are the perfect space to experience that world together. Join us at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on March 14 for a full hour of singing, dancing, and arts and crafts, followed by German Opera Tales—a kid-friendly performance blending the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Humperdinck. Tickets are available now at LAOpera.org/SMO. Use code 10SMO for 10% off.

2025/26 SEASON

LA Opera Orchestra generously underwritten by Terri and Jerry Kohl

West Side Story

September 20 – October 12, 2025

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Production made possible by generous support from Terri and Jerry Kohl, Alfred and Claude Mann Fund and The Blue Ribbon. This production is dedicated to the memory of LA Opera Life Trustee, Ambassador Frank Baxter.

The Phantom of the Opera ROY BUDD

October 30 – 31, 2025, at the United Theater Off Grand productions are supported by a consortium of generous donors to LA Opera’s Contemporary Opera Initiative, chaired by Barry and Nancy Sanders.

Hildegard WORLD PREMIERE SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER

November 5 – 9, 2025, at The Wallis Off Grand productions are supported by a consortium of generous donors to LA Opera’s Contemporary Opera Initiative, chaired by Barry and Nancy Sanders.

La Bohème

November 22 – December 14, 2025

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Production made possible by generous support from Andrea Pessino, Alfred and Claude Mann Fund, and Jane and Peter Hemmings Production Fund, a gift from the Flora L. Thornton Trust. Special additional support from The Armenian Consortium and Scott Watt Family. Janai Brugger’s appearance made possible by generous support from The Eva and Marc Stern Principal Artists Fund.

Ben Bliss in Recital

December 7, 2025, at The Wallis Presentation made possible by generous support from Mrs. Rita Coveney Pudenz.

Juan Diego Flórez in Recital

February 10, 2026

Recital made possible by generous support from Robert and Ana Cook. Piano graciously provided by Yamaha.

Patti LuPone: Matters of the Heart

February 21, 2026

Patti LuPone’s appearance made possible by generous support from The Eva and Marc Stern Principal Artists Fund. Piano graciously provided by Yamaha.

Akhnaten

February 28 – March 22, 2026

PHILIP GLASS

Production made possible by generous support from the Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund, Margo Leavin, and Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer. Additional support provided by The Akhnaten Consortium, LA Opera’s Contemporary Opera Initiative, chaired by Barry and Nancy Sanders, and the National Endowment for the Arts. John Holiday’s appearance is generously underwritten by a gift from The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award. Original production made possible by generous support from the Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund and Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer.

Nadine Sierra in Recital

March 21, 2026, at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall

April 18 – May 10, 2026

Production made possible by generous support from GRoW @ Annenberg, Andrea Pessino, Tarasenka Pankiv Fund (Tara Colburn), Barbara Augusta Teichert and The Emanuel Treitel Senior Citizen Fund. With special additional support provided by Laura and Carlton Seaver. With special appreciation to Régina and Gregory Annenberg Weingarten.

James Conlon Farewell Concert & Gala

April 24, 2026

Additional support provided by De Marchena-Huyke Foundation.

Noah’s Flood BENJAMIN BRITTEN

May 8 – 9, 2026, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Production made possible by a generous grant from the  Dan Murphy Foundation. Special support also received from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, and Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. Piano graciously provided by Yamaha.

Les Talens Lyriques: Handelian Heroes

May 24, 2026, at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall

Performance made possible by generous support from GRoW @ Annenberg. Additional underwriting support provided by Mr. Robert Finnerty and Mr. Richard Cullen. With special appreciation to Régina and Gregory Annenberg Weingarten.

The

Magic Flute WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

May 30 – June 21, 2026

Production made possible by generous support from GRoW @ Annenberg. Original production and revival made possible by a generous gift from The Carol and Warner Henry Production Fund for Mozart Operas. Additional support for the performers from the Los Angeles Children's Chorus made possible by Dr. Peter and Mrs. Helen Bing. With special additional support from The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation. With special appreciation for this production to Régina and Gregory Annenberg Weingarten.

Renée Fleming in Recital

June 13, 2026

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40th Anniversary Angels

MARC STERN, CHAIR KEITH LEONARD, CHAIR

We celebrate our 40th Anniversary Angels, who build upon the inspiring legacy of the company’s Founding Angels and the many generous Angels who followed. (See pages P14-P15.) Their extraordinary support has provided essential annual operating resources for world-class opera in Los Angeles.

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation

Emanuel Treitel Trust

GRoW @ Annenberg

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation

County of Los Angeles Dunard Fund USA

Gordon Getty

Joan H. Hotchkis Fund, in honor of Joan and John Hotchkis

Terri and Jerry Kohl

Margo Leavin

Nanette and Keith Leonard

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco

Linda and Alvaro Pascotto

Andrea Pessino

Ronus Foundation

David and Linda Shaheen

Eugene and Marilyn Stein

Barbara Augusta Teichert

The Ahmanson Foundation

The Blue Ribbon

Ana and Robert Cook

Penelope Foley

Max H. Gluck Foundation

The Green Foundation

The Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund

Carol and Warner Henry

Claude Mann and Alfred E. Mann Estate

The Rafael and Luisa De Marchena-Huyke Foundation

Dan Murphy Foundation

Chris and Dick Newman

Suzanne and Fred Rheinstein

The Seaver Family

Richard Shank Trust

Marilyn Ziering

Ann Ziff

PROGRAM

CHRISTOPHER KOELSCH , SEBASTIAN PAUL AND MARYBELLE MUSCO PRESIDENT AND CEO

JAMES CONLON , RICHARD SEAVER MUSIC DIRECTOR

PRESENTS

Akhnaten

An Opera in Three Acts by Philip Glass Libretto by Philip Glass in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riddell and Jerome Robbins

CREATIVE TEAM

CONDUCTOR

Dalia Stasevska * DIRECTOR

Phelim McDermott

SET DESIGNER

Tom Pye

COSTUME DESIGNER

Kevin Pollard

ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGNER

Bruno Poet

REVIVAL LIGHTING DESIGNER

John Froelich *

CHORUS DIRECTOR

Jeremy Frank

JUGGLING CHOREOGRAPHER

Sean Gandini

INTIMACY DIRECTOR

Sasha Smith *

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Peter Relton

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Dan Wallace Miller

STAGE MANAGER

Whitney McAnally

PROMPTER

Blair Salter

MUSICAL PREPARATION

Julian Garvue†

Bryndon Hassman

Kevin Miller

THE USE OF CAMERAS, VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES, AND CELL PHONE RECORDING IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

CAST (in order of vocal appearance)

AMENHOTEP III, father of Akhnaten

Zachary James AYE, Nefertiti’s father and Vinícius Costa † advisor to the pharoah HIGH PRIEST OF AMON Yuntong Han † HOREMHAB, general and future pharaoh

Hyungjin Son † AKHNATEN, pharaoh of Egypt

John Holiday

QUEEN TYE, Akhnaten’s mother

So Young Park ‡ NEFERTITI, Akhnaten’s wife Sun-Ly Pierce * DAUGHTERS OF AKHNATEN

Bekhetaten

Emily Damasco * † Meretaten

Julia Maria Johnson * Maketaten

Katie Trigg * † Ankhesenpaaten

Abi Levis ‡ Neferneferuaten

Erin Alford * Sotopenre

Kristen Choi *

* LA Opera debut

† Member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program

‡ Alumnus of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program

SUPPORT

Production made possible by generous support from Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund

Margo Leavin

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer

Additional support provided by The Akhnaten Consortium

LA Opera’s Contemporary Opera Initiative, chaired by Barry and Nancy Sanders

National Endowment for the Arts

John Holiday’s appearance is generously underwritten by a gift from The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award

Original production made possible by generous support from Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg Opera Fund

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer

LA Opera Orchestra generously underwritten by

Terri and Jerry Kohl

PRODUCTION NOTES

Vocal text drawn from original sources by Shalom Goldman.

The running time is approximately three hours and 30 minutes (with the two intermissions).

Pre-performance talks by Dr. Tiffany Kuo are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.

A co-production with English National Opera. A collaboration with Improbable.

Scenery, costumes and props constructed by English National Opera. Additional costumes constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Costume Shop. Digital textile printing for Los Angeles by CADFAB Digital. Wigs constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Wig & Make-Up Department.

© 1983 Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. Akhnaten by Philip Glass presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

Please refrain from talking during the performance, and turn off all cell phones, electronic devices and watch alarms. If you are using an assistive hearing device, or are attending with someone who is, please make sure that it is set to an appropriate level to avoid distracting audio feedback. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Members of the audience who leave during the performance will not be shown back into the theater until the next intermission.

ACT ONE

Year 1 of Akhnaten’s reign. Thebes.

Funeral of Amenhotep III

The opera begins with the death of Amenhotep III. We see him first revealed both as a corpse and as a ghostly figure, reciting words taken from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. During the ceremony, we see a sacred ritual performed in which the body’s organs are carefully taken out and placed into canopic jars, and the body is wrapped and embalmed. A ceremony takes place that represents a ritual occurring in the Book of the Dead, in which the pharaoh’s heart is weighed against a feather; if his heart is as light as this, it will ensure that Amenhotep will travel through into the afterlife.

Coronation of Akhnaten

The figure of Amenhotep’s son steps forward and the coronation ceremony begins. The new pharaoh is dressed in sacred robes and the crowns representing Upper and Lower Egypt are brought together to symbolize Amenhotep IV’s power over all of Egypt. Once he is crowned, the new pharaoh rises up the stairs to make his first pronouncement.

The Window of Appearances

At the Window of Appearances, the pharaoh reveals his intentions to form a monotheistic religion. He changes his name from Amenhotep IV (meaning “Spirit of Amon”) to Akhnaten (meaning “Spirit of Aten”). Aten, the sun god, is glorified by Akhnaten, his wife Nefertiti and his mother Queen Tye. As the trio makes this pronouncement at the window, the sun rises behind them.

INTERMISSION

ACT TWO

Years 5 to 15. Thebes and Akhetaten.

The Temple

Akhnaten and Queen Tye begin to make the changes that he has promised. He leads a revolt to banish the old religion and replace it with his own. Akhnaten enters the temple and finds the priests performing the old religious rituals. Akhnaten banishes them and forms the new order of Aten.

Akhnaten and Nefertiti

A simple duet is sung by Akhnaten and Nefertiti, which affirms their love for each other.

The City

The site for a new city is chosen carefully. The new city of Akhetaten (“The City of the Horizon of Aten”) is built in praise of the new religion.

Hymn

Akhnaten sings a private prayer to his god. His vision of a new religion and a new society is complete.

INTERMISSION

ACT THREE

Year 17 and the present. Akhetaten.

The Family

Akhnaten and Nefertiti dwell in an insular world of their own creation with their six daughters. Meanwhile Queen Tye is uneasy. She senses unrest beyond the city’s walls. Crowds gather outside the gates. Letters arrive expressing increasing concern about Akhnaten’s self-imposed isolation.

Attack and Fall

The priests of Amon emerge from the gathering crowds and break through the palace doors. The daughters try to escape and are drawn away from Akhnaten and into the swelling mass. Queen Tye and Nefertiti are also separated from Akhnaten, who is finally killed.

The Ruins

Akhnaten’s father mourns his son’s death. Meanwhile the new pharaoh, the young Tutankhamun, is crowned in a ceremony similar to that of his father, and the old polytheistic religion is restored. Intercutting this ceremony, a group of modern-day students is listening to a lecture given by a professor.

Epilogue

The ghosts of Akhnaten, Nefertiti and Queen Tye are heard from the ancient world once again.

Synopsis reprinted courtesy of English National Opera.

In fond memory of Tara Colburn, supertitles are underwritten by Dunard Fund USA

Philip Glass

COMPOSER

From: Baltimore, Maryland.

LA Opera: Einstein on the Beach (2013), Dracula (2015); Akhnaten (2016); La Belle et la Bête (2017); Satyagraha (2018).

About: Through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble, and his wide-ranging collaborations, Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times. The operas—Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, Akhnaten and The Voyage, among many others—play throughout the world’s leading houses, and rarely to an empty seat. Glass has written music for Academy Award-winning motion pictures such as The Hours and Martin Scorsese’s Kundun, while Koyaanisqatsi, his initial filmic landscape with Godfrey Reggio and the Philip Glass Ensemble, may be the most radical and influential mating of sound and vision since Fantasia. His associations, personal and professional, with leading rock, pop and world music artists date back to the 1960s, including the beginning of his collaborative relationship with artist Robert Wilson. Glass is the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, concert hall, dance world, film, and popular music—simultaneously.

He was born in 1937 and grew up in Baltimore. He studied at the University of Chicago, the Juilliard School, in Aspen with Darius Milhaud, and in Europe with Nadia Boulanger. In 1968, he formed the Philip Glass Ensemble—seven musicians playing keyboards and a variety of woodwinds, amplified and fed through a mixer.

The new musical style that Glass was evolving was eventually dubbed “minimalism.” Glass himself never liked the term and preferred to speak of himself as a composer of “music with repetitive structures,” immersing a listener in a sort of sonic weather that twists, turns, surrounds, develops.

Glass has composed more than 30 operas, 14 symphonies, 13 concertos; numerous soundtracks to films ranging from new scores for the stylized classics of Jean Cocteau to Errol Morris’s documentary about former defense secretary Robert McNamara; nine string quartets; and a growing body of work for solo piano and organ. He has collaborated with Allen Ginsberg, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Yo-Yo Ma, Leonard Cohen, and Doris Lessing, among many others. (PhilipGlass.com)

Dalia Stasevska

CONDUCTOR

From: Kiev, Ukraine, and Tampere, Finland.

LA Opera: debut.

About: Dalia Stasevska is one of the most stratospherically ascendant musicians in classical music today. She has established herself as a commanding musical voice, a boundary-pushing innovator, and a fearless activist and advocate for change. She holds the post of Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Her 2025/26 season features concerts with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, and the Vienna Symphony at the Bregenz Festival, among others, as well as two weeks with the Philadelphia Orchestra with soloists Augustin Hadelich, Yo-Yo Ma, and Carol Jantsch. Opera appearances this season include Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. (DaliaStavevska.com)

Phelim McDermott DIRECTOR

From: Manchester, England.

LA Opera: Akhnaten (2016, debut); Satyagraha (2018); BambinO (2022-present).

About: He is a founding member and co-artistic director of Improbable. In 2023, he was awarded the Olivier Award for Best Director for My Neighbour Totoro at the Royal Shakspeare Company. His work in theater includes 70 Hill Lane, Lifegame, Animo, Coma, Spirit, Sticky, Cinderella, The Hanging Man, Theatre of Blood (in collaboration with the National Theatre); The Tempest (a co-production with Northern Stage and Oxford Playhouse); and the Olivier Award-winning Shockheaded Peter. His work in opera includes Satyagraha (English National Opera/LA Opera); the Olivier Award-winning Akhnaten (ENO, LAO, Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu), Cosi fan tutte (ENO, Met); Aida (ENO); BambinO (an opera for babies, co-produced with Manchester International Festival and Scottish Opera); The Hours (Met). (Improbable.co.uk)

Tom Pye

SCENIC DESIGNER

From: Lincoln, England.

LA Opera: Akhnaten (2016, debut).

About: Tom Pye has worked with a diverse range of directors around the world in theatre, TV, film, opera, and dance. Select Broadway credits include Long Day’s Journey into Night and The Glass Menagerie (both with Jessica Lange); The Testament of Mary and Medea (both with Fiona Shaw); All My Sons (with John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest); Cyrano de Bergerac (with Kevin Kline); and Fiddler on the Roof (with Alfred Molina) for which he received a Tony nomination. His work in opera includes The Hours (Metropolitan Opera); Così fan tutte, The Death of Klinghoffer, Eugene Onegin (English National Opera, Met); Akhnaten (ENO, LAO, Met, Barcelona); Aida (ENO, Geneva, Houston); The Turn of the Screw and Miss Fortune (Covent Garden); Crossing (American Repertory Theater); The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne); Death in Venice (La Scala: Abbiati Prize); and The Rape of Lucretia (Munich). (TomPye.com)

Bruno Poet

ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGNER

From: Cornwall, England. LA Opera: The Two Foscari (2012, debut); Akhnaten (2016); Il Trovatore (2021); Don Giovanni (2023).

About: Working extensively in opera, theater, dance and live music, he has designed for many of the world’s leading opera houses, with Rusalka (Sydney Opera House) winning the Australian Green Room Award. He has won three Knight of Illumination Awards, one for Björk’s Cornucopia (with Richard White), one for the Sigur Rós 2013 world tour and one for Frankenstein at the National Theatre, for which he also won the Olivier Award. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Uncle Vanya in the West End and for a Drama Desk Award for Tina: The Musical on Broadway. His work in opera includes Otello and Mahagonny (Covent Garden), Aida (ENO, Houston Grand Opera), Rinaldo (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Macbeth (Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra de Monte-Carlo) and Salome (Palau de les Arts, Valencia). (BrunoPoet.co.uk)

Kevin Pollard COSTUME DESIGNER

From: Liverpool, England. LA Opera: Akhnaten (2016, debut); The Pearl Fishers (2017); Satyagraha (2018).

About: In addition to costume design for theater, film and dance, he lectures in costume design and production. He is also an award-winning painter and portrait artist. Career highlights include Akhnaten (ENO, LAO, Barcelona, Metropolitan Opera); Ernani, Hänsel und Gretel (La Scala); 60th Anniversary Gala, The Enchanted Island (Met); King Arthur (Staatsoper Berlin, Theater an der Wien); The Pearl Fishers (ENO, Met, LAO); Mackie Messer (Salzburg Festival); L’amour de loin (ENO, Vlaamse Opera, Canadian Opera Company); Satyagraha (ENO, Met, LAO); The Magic Flute (Welsh National Opera). Other highlights: Beauty and the Beast, Shockheaded Peter (Improbable); Ménage à Trois (National Theatre of Scotland); Edmund the Learned Pig, Danny Diva (Fittings Theatre Company); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (RNT). (KevinPollardDesign.com)

John Froelich

REVIVAL LIGHTING DESIGNER

From: Croton on Hudson, New York.

LA Opera: debut.

About: John Froelich has been the Resident Lighting Designer at the Metropolitan Opera since 2012, overseeing all technical and artistic aspects of lighting design for that company. His work has been seen in over 100 productions worldwide through the Met’s Live in HD series, including La Bohème, Aida, Tosca, Parsifal, Macbeth, Otello, Tannhäuser, Turandot and The Magic Flute . He also created the concert lighting design for Pete Townshend’s Classic Quadrophenia at the Metropolitan Opera House. His work elsewhere includes lighting design for productions of Madama Butterfly and Ariadne auf Naxos for the Berkshire Opera Festival and A Walk with Mr. Heifetz for Primary Stages. He previously served as technical director for the American Ballet Theatre and as deputy technical director of the English National Opera in London.

Jeremy Frank

CHORUS DIRECTOR

From: Glendive, Montana.

LA Opera: He became Chorus Director in 2022, after working on over 75 productions as associate chorus director and/or assistant conductor. He is a coach for the Domingo-ColburnStein Young Artist Program. About: He has collaborated with major opera houses throughout the United States and has prepared operas and vocal chamber music at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, working with Gustavo Dudamel, Esa Pekka Salonen, Phillipe Jordan, Grant Gershon, Barbara Hannigan and Pablo Heras-Casado. A pianist and vocal coach, he is an adjunct lecturer in vocal arts and opera at the University of Southern California. As a pianist, he has partnered with Sondra Radvanovsky, Eric Owens, Brandon Jovanovich, J’nai Bridges, Dolora Zajick, Kate Lindsey and Susan Graham. He has helped prepare the Ring cycle for Seattle Opera and has been a guest faculty member for young artist programs at Utah Opera and Seattle Opera. (JeremyMFrank.com)

Peter Relton

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

From: Altrhincham, Cheshire, England.

LA Opera: associate director of Satyagraha (2018, debut).

About: An opera director for over 30 years, he recently assisted Isabella Bywater on a new production of The Turn of the Screw. Earlier this year, he remounted David McVicar’s Faust at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. He was the associate director of the world premiere of The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera and has a long-standing working relationship with director Phelim McDermott, whom he has assisted on productions of Akhnaten, Satyagraha and Così fan tutte. He has remounted these productions at the Metropolitan Opera, LAO, ENO and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Other revivals at ENO include The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. He directed Tosca for Grange Park Opera to open their new opera house at West Horsley Place and directed Nabucco and La Bohème for Dorset Opera.

Sean Gandini

JUGGLING CHOREOGRAPHER

From: London, England.

LA Opera: Akhnaten (2016, debut). About: Sean Gandini is one of the pioneers of contemporary juggling. Working as a performer, choreographer and director, he has, for over 25 years, pushed the boundaries of juggling as a discipline and as an art form. He began his professional career in the 1980s as a regular performer in London’s Covent Garden and touring with various theater groups. In 1991, with Kati Ylä-Hokkala, he co-founded Gandini Juggling. Together they have been at the forefront of experiments into what juggling is and what juggling can be, running the world’s leading juggling ensemble. Their diverse array of shows include their smash hit Smashed, a darkly humorous and theatrical homage to Pina Bausch; the fiendishly complex Life, a re-imagining of the Merce Cunningham universe with commissioned music from Caroline Shaw; and their current touring show Heka, which blends magic and juggling. (GandiniJuggling.com)

Sasha Smith

INTIMACY DIRECTOR

From: Chicago, Illinois.

LA Opera: debut.

About: Sasha is an LA-based intimacy and fight choreographer. Her theater work includes Amadeus , Top Dog/Under Dog , Eureka Day (Pasadena Playhouse), The Lonely Few , Fat Ham , The Engagement Party , The Mountaintop , The First Deep Breath (Geffen Playhouse), American Idiot , Fake It Til You Make It , JaJa’s African Hair Braiding (CTG), The Piano Lesson , A Man of No Importance , One Man Two Guvnors (A Noise Within), The Notebook (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Ms. Blakk For President , Familiar (Steppenwolf), How to Catch Creation (Goodman), A Raisin in the Sun (Guthrie), The Bluest Eye (Virginia Stage Company). Film and television credits include The Burbs , Rooster , Forever , The Residence , Beef , Daisy Jones & The Six , Swarm , Tiny Beautiful Things , How I Met Your Father and Random Acts of Flyness , among others.

John Holiday

AKHNATEN

COUNTER TENOR

From: Rosenberg, Texas.

LA Opera: Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas (2014, debut); Orpheus’s Double in Eurydice (2020). About : His season began with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Joe Hisaishi’s The End of the World, following his BBC Proms debut, and includes Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro with Washington National Opera, Messiah with the New York Philharmonic, and Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Bavarian State Opera. Future engagements include Chichester Psalms with the Madison Symphony, Ruggiero in Alcina in Munich, and a recital tour. Recent highlights include Akhnaten at Komische Oper Berlin, two productions of The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera—where he debuted in Eurydice—Caroline Shaw’s Four Portraits at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Le Grand Macabre and Dido and Aeneas in Munich. His debut album, Over My Head, is out in July on Pentatone. (JohnHoliday.com)

So Young Park

QUEEN TYE SOPRANO

From: Busan, South Korea.

LA Opera: Gossip in The Ghosts of Versailles (2015, debut); leading roles including Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (2016, 2019); Blonde in The Abduction from the Seraglio (2017); Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann (2017); Miss Schlesen in Satyagraha (2018). She is an alumna of the DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2014-16).

About: She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Queen of the Night and has sung that role with the New York Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Festival and Detroit Opera, among many others. Recent appearances include a return to the Met as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, Strauss’s Four Last Songs with Argentina’s Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Marzelline in Fidelio for the opening of the new Busan Concert Hall and Violetta in La Traviata with Korea National Opera. She has sung Gilda in Rigoletto in Detroit and St. Louis. (SopranoSoYoung.com)

Sun-Ly Pierce

NEFERTITI

MEZZO- SOPRANO

From: Clinton, New York.

About: Chinese-American mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce, third prize winner of the 2024 Operalia competition, is rapidly establishing herself as a versatile and dynamic artist in both traditional and contemporary repertoire. Her 2025/26 season begins with her return to the Metropolitan Opera as Rosa Saks in the world premiere of Mason Bates’ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Other highlights of the season include debuts with Semperoper Dresden and the Santa Fe Opera as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, with Madison Opera as Dorabella in Così fan tutte, and both Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Théâtre de Caen as Diana in La Calisto. Future appearances include returns to Houston Grand Opera and the Santa Fe Opera in leading roles. Recent highlights include Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Met, Dorothée in The Anonymous Lover with Opera Philadelphia, and Suzuki with Houston Grand Opera. (SunLyPierceMezzo.com)

Zachary James

AMENHOTEP III

BA SS-BARITONE

From: Spring Hill, Florida. LA Opera: Amenhotep III in Akhnaten (2016, debut); Sciarrone in Tosca (2022). About: He is a 2022 Grammy winner for his portrayal of Amenhotep at the Metropolitan Opera. This season includes Amenhotep at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Stichting Omroep Muziek in the Netherlands, and the world premiere of avery r. young’s safronia with Lyric Opera of Chicago Future plans include Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 15, “Lincoln,” at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He recently performed Hades in Hadestown and Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame in London’s West End and Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic. He created the role of Lurch in The Addams Family on Broadway and the role of Abraham Lincoln in Glass’s The Perfect American at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a role he reprised in London and Queensland. (ZachJames.com)

Hyungjin Son

GENERAL HOREMHAB

BARIT ONE

From: Seoul, South Korea.

LA Opera: Yamadori in Madama Butterfly (2024, debut); Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette (2024); Teacher in Ainadamar (2025); Marullo in Rigoletto (2025). He will return as the Second Armored Man in The Magic Flute (2026). He joined the DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.

About: Last year, he made his Pittsburgh Opera debut as the Bonze in Madama Butterfly. He recently performed the title role of Don Giovanni with the Merola Opera Program and, as a studio artist at Aspen Music Festival, covered Ford in Falstaff (with Bryn Terfel in the title role) as well as the title role in Don Giovanni. He was a 2023 national grand finalist of the Met’s Laffont Competition. In 2024, he earned a master’s degree at New England Conservatory. He holds a graduate certificate from Opera Institute of Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Seoul National University.

Vinícius Costa

AYE

From: São Paulo, Brazil.

LA Opera: Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly (2024, debut); Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette (2024); Jose Tripaldi in Ainadamar (2025). He will return as Pistol in Falstaff and the Speaker in The Magic Flute. He joined the DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.

About: This summer, he will perform Count Capulet in Roméo et Juliette as a Gaddes Festival Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis He performs two roles in a recently released recording of Brazilian composer André Mehmari’s 2023 opera O Machete. He has been a Reneé Fleming Fellow with Aspen Opera Theater, where he performed Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and appeared in Jimmy Lopez’s Bel Canto, and he also participated in the Reneé Fleming Song Studio at Carnegie Hall. He has performed with Theater Basel and Bühne Bern in Switzerland and Teatro São Pedro, Teatro Municipal de São Paulo and Sala São Paulo in Brazil.

Yuntong Han

HIGH PRIEST OF AMON TENOR

From: Shenyang, China.

LA Opera: Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette (2025, debut). He will return as Bardolph in Falstaff. He also covered the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (2025). He joined the DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program last season.

About: He began the current season covering the role of the Jade Emperor in Huang Ruo’s The Monkey King at San Francisco Opera. He was a 2023 national grand finalist in the Met’s Laffont Competition. He graduated from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and completed his undergraduate study at New England Conservatory. His roles include Roméo, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Ruggero in La Rondine, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Rodolfo in La Bohème and Lucano in The Coronation of Poppea. He has been a vocal fellow at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

Emily Damasco

BEKHETATEN

SOPRANO

From: Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. LA Opera: debut. She joined the Domingo-ColburnStein Young Artist Program this season and will return as Pagagena in The Magic Flute. About: She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, with roles including the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte. She also performed with Yannick Nézet-Séguin in concert with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in the Act One finale of Così fan tutte and as the Marschallin in the final trio from Der Rosenkavalier. She is the winner of Opera Grand Rapids’ 2023 Vanderlaan Prize Collegiate Vocal Competition and a 2025 finalist in the George and Nora London Foundation Vocal Competition.

Katie Trigg

MAKETATEN

MEZZO- SOPRANO

From: Ngāhinapōuri, New Zealand. LA Opera: debut. She joined the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program this season and will return as the Second Lady in The Magic Flute. About: She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Julia Faulkner, performing roles including Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, the Old Lady in Candide and Anna I in Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins. She has performed Flora in La Traviata with the Auckland Philharmonia and was a 2023 Studio Artist with Wolf Trap Opera. On the concert stage, she has been a soloist in recent performances of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem for the Auckland Choral and C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat for the Bach Musica NZ in Auckland.

Erin Alford

NEFERNEFERUATEN

MEZZO- SOPRANO

From: Long Beach, California. LA Opera: principal role debut. Previously: Chorus Soloist in Eurydice (2020) and LAO Connects appearances in Orpheus (2023, 2019) and The Wreck of the Miranda (2018). About: First prize winner of the 2024 Pasadena Vocal Competition, she will make her Carnegie Hall debut in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music this season, also appearing as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro with The Muses Project, Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Opera Italia, and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Glimmerglass Festival. She recently performed Cherubino with Pensacola Opera and Agata in Don Bucefalo with Pacific Opera Project. (ErinAlford.com)

Julia Maria Johnson

MERETATEN SOPRANO

From: Spokane, Washington. LA Opera: debut. About: This season’s appearances include covering Clara in The Light in the Piazza as a 2026 Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and performing Julia in Maazel’s 1984, The Opera with The Castleton Festival. Past appearances include covering Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Young Artist Program in Stockholm, performing Ernestina in Salieri’s La Scuola de’ Gelosi with Pacific Opera Project, covering Musetta in La Bohème with Opera San José, and multiple performances with LA Opera Connects. As a 2024 Resident Artist with Opera Naples, she performed Phyllis in Iolanthe and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. (JuliaMariaJohnson.com)

Abi Levis

ANKHESENPAATEN MEZZO- SOPRANO

From: Portland, Maine. LA Opera: Frida Image 1 in El último sueño de Frida y Diego (2023, mainstage debut); Voice of Fountain in Ainadamar (2025); Angel in The Festival Play of Daniel (2016). She is an alumna of the DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2015-16). About: Future engagements include concerts with Mirror Visions Ensemble and with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, as well as covering Frida Image 3 at the Metropolitan Opera. She recently covered Rosina in LAO’s Barber of Seville. She has appeared with Opera Nantes, Opera de Rennes, Hawaii Opera Theater, Utah Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Parallele, Luzerner Theater and Deutsche Oper Berlin. (AbiLevis.com)

Kristen Choi

SOTOPENRE MEZZO- SOPRANO

From: Torrance, California. LA Opera: debut. About: She recently returned to Dallas Opera as Mércèdes in Carmen Future performances include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Opera Colorado. Last season, she debuted with the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance as Bloody Mary in South Pacific and with the Boise Philharmonic in Mozart’s Requiem. She has performed her “theatrically potent” (Opera News) signature role of Suzuki with 11 different companies since her 2014 Glimmerglass Festival debut, including Washington National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Detroit Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. She has covered Dmitri in Fedora with the Metropolitan Opera. (KristenChoi.com)

LA OPERA CHORUS

SOPRANO

Christina Borgioli*

Alannah Garnier

Ayana Haviv

Stephanie Jones

Elizabeth Lee

ALTO

Elizabeth Anderson

Natalie Beck***

Sarabeth Belón

Danielle Marcelle Bond

Aleta Braxton***

TENOR

Daniel Coy Babcock

Christopher Craig

Omar Crook*

Charles Lane**

JJ Lopez

BASS

Abdiel González*

James Hayden

Jared Jones

Mark Kelley**

Connor Licharz

Lori Stinson*

Courtney Taylor*

Janet Todd Sunjoo Yeo*

Sara Campbell*

Veronica Christenson**

Adriana Manfredi

Bonnie Snell Schindler*

Francis Lucaric**

Sal Malaki***

Robert Norman

Todd Strange*

Gabriel Manro*

Steven Pence*

James Martin Schaefer*

David Williams

* Has appeared in 50 or more productions

** Has appeared in 100 or more productions

*** Has appeared in 150 or more productions

JUGGLERS

Benjamin Beaujard

Sean Blue

Mike Day

Patrik Elmnert

Sean Gandini

Members of Gandini Juggling, Inc.

Doreen Grossmann

Jack Kalvan

Christian Kloc

Jose Triguero

Kati Ylä-Hokkala

CHILD SUPERNUMERARY

Schroeder Shelby-Szyszko (Young Tutankhamun)

LA OPERA ORCHESTRA

generously underwritten by Terri and Jerry Kohl

VIOLA

Erik Rynearson PRINCIPAL

Evan Antes

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Peng Jing

Kate Vincent

Aaron Oltman

Diana Wade

Alma Fernandez

Andrew McIntosh

Colleen Sugata

Linnea Powell

CELLO

Michael Kaufman PRINCIPAL

Mia Barcia-Colombo

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Sarah Kim

Diego Miralles

Youna Choi

Zack Reaves

BASS

Nathan Farrington PRINCIPAL

Evan Hillis

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

Frances Liu Wu

Zach Hislop

Tim Eckert

FLUTE

Amy Tatum PRINCIPAL

Angela Wiegand, piccolo

OBOE / OBOE D’AMORE

Leslie Reed PRINCIPAL

Jennifer Cullinan

CLARINET

Stuart Clark PRINCIPAL

Laura Stoutenborough

Stephen Piazza, bass clarinet

BASSOON

William May PRINCIPAL

William Wood

HORN

Jenny Kim PRINCIPAL

Daniel Kelley

Aija Mattson-Jovel

TRUMPET

Ryan Darke PRINCIPAL

Erick Jovel

Drew Ninmer

Jennifer Marotta

TROMBONE

William Booth PRINCIPAL

Alvin Veeh

Terry Cravens, bass trombone

TUBA

Doug Tornquist PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSION

Theresa Dimond PRINCIPAL

Gregory Goodall

John Wakefield

KEYBOARDS

Bryndon Hassman PRINCIPAL

Melisandra Dunker MUSIC LIBRARIAN

Brady Steel ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Stuart Canin Concertmaster

Chair made possible by a deeply appreciated gift from Dunard Fund USA

PRODUCTION STAFF

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER

Azra King-Abadi

SUPERTITLE PREPARATION / CUER

Linda Zoolalian

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Danielle Brewbaker

Arturo Fernandez, Jr.

Lisa Kable-Blanchard

STUDIO TEACHER

Marie Wilson-Rogers

COSTUME SHOP

Lindsey Ellison

Robbie Monsod

JoEllen Skinner

Clara Weidman CUTTER/DRAPERS

Alexandra Babec

Adle Smithson

Haley Williams FIRST HANDS

Stephanie Castro

Alex de la Huerta

Melissa Meza

Blanca Miranda

Carmen Muñoz

Anna Wong

SEAMSTERS

Wing Cheung MASTER TAILOR

Kelvin Small, Jr. TAILOR

Tessa Barlotta

Dahlia Gonzalez

Nicholas Uccan

Ava Youssefi CRAFTSPERSONS

Emily Frank Miranda Orellana PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS

Rhiannon Smith

SENIOR COSTUME ASSISTANT

Emma Van Horn

COSTUME ASSISTANT

Jacqueline Colindres Paz

Gwyneva Rosales

Alexis Sarabia

Cheyene White PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

WARDROBE

Lee Smilek HEAD OF WARDROBE

Mary Basile

Charlyn Trenier

WARDROBE ASSISTANTS

Samantha Corn

Charlie Fleiss

Shelley Graves-Jimenez

Mary Lehman

Glen Moore

Tyrell Pickett SEASONAL DRESSERS

WIGS AND MAKE-UP

Maggie Clark INTERIM WIGMASTER

Kelso Millett

INTERIM ASSOCIATE WIGMASTER

Brandi Strona

DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR & CREW FOREMAN

Nicole Rodrigues SENIOR WIG & MAKE-UP ARTIST

Nathalie Eidt SENIOR WIG & MAKE-UP ARTIST

Delaney Doherty

Angela Santori WIG & MAKE-UP ARTISTS

Darlene Sixtos LEAD STYLIST

STAGE CREW

Scott Papez OPERA HEAD CARPENTER

Robert Colby Klein OPERA HEAD ELECTRICIAN

David Salas OPERA ASSISTANT CARPENTER

Alerton Perez OPERA ASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN

Scott Shepherd OPERA HEAD OF PROPERTIES

Heather Orozco OPERA HEAD AUDIO

Kelly Richard Travis OPERA HEAD VIDEO

Brad Cobb OPERA AUDIO ENGINEER

DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION HOUSE STAFF

Timothy L. Conroy HOUSE HEAD CARPENTER

Ryan Lebetsamer HOUSE HEAD ELECTRICIAN

Scott Shepherd INTERIM HOUSE HEAD OF PROPERTIES

Heather Orozco HOUSE HEAD AUDIO

Robert Devis HOUSE MANAGER

Demetra Willis HEAD USHER

Carolyn Van Brunt VICE PRESIDENT OF GUEST SERVICES

VARI-LITE AUTOMATED LIGHTING PROVIDED BY Vari-Lite Inc.

THE DOMINGO-COLBURN- STEIN YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM

The Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program supports the future of opera by discovering and developing the talents of highly gifted young artists to become the stars of tomorrow. Since the company’s inception, LA Opera has been committed to nurturing a resident ensemble of young singers who would benefit from long-term professional development. The Domingo-ColburnStein Young Artist Program, which builds on the success of the company’s earlier, highly respected Resident Artist Program, has the goal of developing the talents of exceptionally gifted young artists to become performers of potentially international stature, whose first loyalty would be to LA Opera.

The Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program is generously underwritten by the Colburn Foundation and Eugene and Marilyn Stein. Additional generous underwriting support is provided by Terri and Jerry Kohl Barbara Augusta Teichert and The Rafael and Luisa De Marchena-Huyke Foundation Special support for young artist stipends is graciously provided by The Lenore and Richard Wayne Young Artist Fellowship. Additional support provided by The Jules Brenner Trust and the Young Artist Circle The program was created with funding from the Flora L. Thornton Foundation

The USC Voice Center is the official vocal healthcare provider for LA Opera and the Domingo-ColburnStein Young Artist Program.

2025/26 PARTICIPANTS

Nathan Bowles TENOR

Sujin Choi PIANIST/COACH

Vinícius Costa BASS

Emily Damasco SOPRANO

Julian Garvue PIANIST/COACH

Yuntong Han TENOR

Hyungjin Son BARITONE

Katie Trigg

MEZZO-SOPRANO

Gabrielle Turgeon SOPRANO

Gabrielė Žemaitytė PIANIST/COACH

Special thanks to the staff of the Music Center. Principal Singers, Narrators, Performers who have speaking parts, Stage Directors, Associate and Assistant Directors, Stage Managers, Assistant Stage Managers, Choreographers, Assistant Choreographers, Principal Dancers, Corps Dancers, and Chorus Singers appear under terms of an agreement between Los Angeles Opera and the American Guild of Musical Artists (AFL-CIO), the national guild of classical singers, dancers and production staff. Orchestra musicians are represented by the American Federation of Musicians, Local 47. The following employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Machine Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC,: Stage Crew, Local 33; Treasurers and Ticket Sellers, Local 857; Wardrobe Crew and Costume Crew, Local 768 ; Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists, Local 706. Interns in the Technical Department are students at California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California). All editorial materials copyright Los Angeles Opera, 2025. The opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Los Angeles Opera.

Christopher Koelsch

SEBASTIAN PAUL AND MARYBELLE MUSCO PRESIDENT AND CEO

James Conlon

RICHARD SEAVER MUSIC DIRECTOR

John P. Nuckols

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER

Diane Rhodes Bergman, APR VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Jill Boyd

VICE PRESIDENT, LABOR RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Rupert Hemmings VICE PRESIDENT, ARTISTIC PLANNING

Andréa Fuentes, Ed.D. VICE PRESIDENT, CONNECTS

Kathleen Ruiz VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Domingo Hindoyan MUSIC DIRECTOR DESIGNATE

Lina González-Granados RESIDENT CONDUCTOR

Jeremy Frank CHORUS DIRECTOR

Renée Fleming ADVISOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS

Susan Graham ARTISTIC ADVISOR, YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM

Paul Hopper SENIOR DIRECTOR, ARTISTIC PLANNING

ARTISTIC

Blair Salter

HEAD COACH, YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM

Nicki Harper DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Maya Ordóñez MANAGER, ARTISTIC PROGRAMS AND REHEARSAL

Scarleth Arias ARTISTIC OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

BOX OFFICE

Shane K. Morton

BOX OFFICE TREASURER

Shawnet Sweets

Brenda Roman

FIRST ASSISTANT TREASURERS

Joseph Howells

Andy Phu

Joseph Selway

Andrew Tomasulo

Susan Wong

SECOND ASSISTANT TREASURERS

Kiana Culpepper

Lizania Mancia

THIRD ASSISTANT TREASURERS

Steven Phu

Steven Tran

Robert Morrison

Gaspar Vargas Guendulain TICKET SELLERS

CONNECTS

Natalie Ramirez DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Adam LeBow

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

Jake Ryan Lindsey ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

Tate Shoebridge

PROGRAM MANAGER

Julia Santha

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Kirsten Anderson

COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

Gina Young OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE

Bene’t Benton

PROGRAM ASSOCIATE

Eli Villanueva RESIDENT STAGE DIRECTOR

COSTUMES

Jeannique Prospere COSTUME DIRECTOR

Andrealisse Lopez FINANCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

Brittani Seach PRODUCTION, STOCK & RENTAL SUPERVISOR

Manuel Garcia WAREHOUSE MANAGER

John Musselman ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Neal Anderson MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATE

DEVELOPMENT

Janneke Straub

DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP GIFTS

Josh Harrold

DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS

Kellynn Meeks

SENIOR BOARD AND EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR

Robin Green

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND OFFICE MANAGER

Zade Dardari

ANNUAL FUND SPECIALIST

Joy Smythe-Macaulay ANNUAL FUND COORDINATOR

INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Benji Railton-Ashe DIRECTOR, MAJOR GIFTS

Christian Johnsten

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MAJOR AND PLANNED GIFTS

Katherine Miranda

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

Evangeline Santos

MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER

Tim Stephenson

MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER

Kylie Smith

PROSPECT RESEARCH SPECIALIST

Claudia Giugni

DONOR STEWARDSHIP SPECIALIST

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

Joslyn Treece

DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL GIVING & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Robin Gilliam

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING OFFICER AND GRANT WRITER

Francesca Cloete INSTITUTIONAL GIVING SPECIALIST

SPECIAL EVENTS

Lauren McLaughlin

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SPECIAL EVENTS

Caitlin Harper EVENTS DESIGN MANAGER

FINANCE

Deborah Gould CONTROLLER

Peter Pendergest DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL PLANNING

Daisy Lopez PAYROLL MANAGER

Brian Stefanko ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGER

Jing Hu ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Rowena Matibag-Potter SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

HUMAN RESOURCES

Esmeralda Marroquin SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR

MUSIC ADMINISTRATION

Melisandra Dunker MUSIC LIBRARIAN

Brady Steel ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Ignazio Terrasi MUSICAL ASSISTANT TO JAMES CONLON

Josephine Lee ASSISTANT MUSIC LIBRARIAN

PRODUCTION

Jasna Gara PRODUCTION MANAGER

Whitney McAnally PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Marlene Meraz DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Mark Lyons

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLICATIONS

Daniel Calderon CONTENT MEDIA SPECIALIST

SALES AND MARKETING

Caitlin Carlson CREATIVE CONTENT DIRECTOR

Elizabeth Galvan

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, LOYALTY MARKETING

Keith J. Rainville

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, BRAND & DESIGN

Pauline Hwa

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ACQUISITION MARKETING

Terrance Lovecraft INTERACTIVE & GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Yesenia Vargas

MARKETING STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Victoria Rey

MARKETING OPERATIONS AND EVENT SPECIALIST

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT

Jeff Kleeman TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Carolina Angulo

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL DESIGNER

Margie Schnibbe

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION

James Pomichter

PRODUCTION MEDIA MANAGER

Lisa Coto

PROPERTIES COORDINATOR

Natalie Ferguson

TECHNICAL DESIGN COORDINATOR

Damon Schindler

RESIDENT LEAD SCENIC ARTIST

Chris Carey

TECHNICAL PAYROLL OFFICER

Stephanie Santiago

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL OPERATIONS AND OFF GRAND PRODUCTION

Dani Monterroso

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

Jennifer Gonzalez

Deborah Gutierrez WALLY RUSSELL LIGHTING INTERNS

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Nathan Hamill

INTERIM DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Michael Masuda

NETWORK MANAGER

Tommy Mam

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES MANAGER

Alex Badali

Jordan Tan

Brian Urrutia

APPLICATIONS ADMINISTRATORS

ACADEMY INTERNS

Diego Castro

Arielle Escareno

Elise Fukuda

Cornelio Garcia

Alan Munoz

Sofia Padilla

Elisa Raya

Bejay Villanueva

CONSULTANTS

Stephen King

HEAD OF VOCAL INSTRUCTION, DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG

ARTIST PROGRAM

Paul Curran

HEAD OF DRAMATIC STUDIES, DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN YOUNG

ARTIST PROGRAM

Studio Fuse

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Marlinda Menashe

DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

Patricia McLeod

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT

30th Anniversary Angels

MARC STERN, CHAIR

We celebrate our 30th Anniversary Angels who build on the inspiring legacy of the company’s Founding Angels and the many generous Angels who followed them. They have provided the necessary foundational support for world-class opera in Los Angeles.

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco

GRoW @ Annenberg

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Colburn Foundation

County of Los Angeles

Dunard Fund USA

Mr. Harold Alden and Dr. Geraldine Alden

The Blue Ribbon

Ana and Robert Cook

Mark Houston Dalzell and James Dao-Dalzell

Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman

The Alexander Furlotti Foundation

Max H. Gluck Foundation

Peter and Diane Gray

The Green Foundation

Margo Leavin

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation

Gordon Getty

The Lenore S. and Bernard A.

Greenberg Fund

Carol and Warner Henry Terri and Jerry Kohl

Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation

Nanette and Keith Leonard LGHG Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Dan Murphy Foundation

The Okun Family, in memory of

Milton Okun

Linda and Alvaro Pascotto

Andrea Pessino

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer

Suzanne Rheinstein, in honor of Fred Rheinstein

25th Anniversary Angels

Claude Mann and Alfred E. Mann Estate

Ronus Foundation

The Seaver Family

Marilyn Ziering

Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

Kenneth D. Sanson, Jr., Trust

Ariane and Lionel Sauvage

David and Linda Shaheen

Eugene and Marilyn Stein

Barbara Augusta Teichert

Emanuel Treitel Trust

Christopher V. Walker

Richard and Lenore Wayne

Ann Ziff

Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

MARC STERN, CHAIR

LA Opera recognizes and thanks those who made extraordinary leadership commitments in honor of the 25th Anniversary Season, ensuring the company’s continued artistic excellence and prominence in the worldwide cultural community.

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle MuscoThe Seaver Family

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation County of Los Angeles

Mr. Harold Alden and Dr. Geraldine Alden

Annenberg Foundation

Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter

The Blue Ribbon

Alex Bouzari

Robert Day

Dunard Fund USA

Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman

Gordon Getty

Carol and Warner Henry

Alfred and Claude Mann

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb

The Green Foundation

Bernard and Lenore Greenberg, in honor of Leonard Green

LGHG Foundation

Rosemary and Milton Okun

The Milan Panic Family

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer

20th Anniversary Angels

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation

Flora L. Thornton

Marilyn Ziering

Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

Ronus Foundation

Eugene and Marilyn Stein

Christopher V. Walker

Richard and Lenore Wayne

Ziering Family Foundation

Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

MARC STERN, CHAIR

LA Opera wishes to honor those individuals who have made an extraordinary leadership commitment to the company. Building upon the remarkable foundation created by the Founding and Domingo’s Angels, the outstanding support of the 20th Anniversary Angels has helped ensure an artistically vibrant and financially secure future for LA Opera.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation County of Los Angeles

Carol and Warner Henry

Alfred and Claude Mann

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco

Richard Seaver and Sara Jayne Kimm

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation

Flora L. Thornton

Marilyn Ziering

20th Anniversary Angels (continued)

Mr. Harold Alden and Dr. Geraldine Alden

Annenberg Foundation

Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter

Yuki and Alex Bouzari

Nancy Daly

Edgar Foster Daniels

Kelly and Robert Day

Leslie and John Dorman

Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman

Brindell Roberts Gottlieb

The Green Foundation

Bernard and Lenore Greenberg, in honor of Leonard Green

Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E.

Levine Family Foundation

LGHG Foundation

Beatrix F. Padway, in honor of Nathaniel W. Finston

Mr. and Mrs. Milan Panic

Domingo’s Angels

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer

Tarasenka Pankiv Fund (Tara Colburn)

Barbara Augusta Teichert

The Joop van den Ende Foundation

Christopher V. Walker

Richard and Lenore Wayne

Ziering Family Foundation

Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

MARC STERN, CHAIR

MARY HAYLEY, CO-CHAIR

WARNER HENRY, CO-CHAIR

Domingo’s Angels are individuals who made a leadership commitment to fulfilling the artistic initiatives of the Domingo Seasons, 2001-2005. Their remarkable generosity provided a new threshold from which the artistic professionals associated with LA Opera created and produced opera that thrilled and inspired Los Angeles audiences and the world.

Robert V. Adams and Barbara Abercrombie

Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter Colburn Foundation

Kelly and Robert Day

Marta and Plácido Domingo

Leslie and John Dorman

The Green Foundation

Lenore and Bernard Greenberg

Carol and Warner Henry

Walter Lantz Foundation / Edward A. Landry, Trustee

Rosemary and Milton Okun

Mr. and Mrs. Milan Panic

Founding Angels

Richard Seaver and Sara Jayne Kimm

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation

The Skirball Foundation

Flora L. Thornton Foundation

Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

WARNER HENRY, CHAIR

LA Opera is grateful for the vision, boldness and extraordinary generosity of the Founding Angels, whose commitment to the company in its early years helped ensure the future of opera in Los Angeles.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Ash

Dorothy Collins Brown

Mr. Richard D. Colburn

The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation

Forman Family Foundation

Gordon Getty

The Emese and Leonard Green Foundation

Carol and Warner Henry

Opera League of Los Angeles

Artistic Excellence Circle

Richard Seaver

The Skirball Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Straus

Flora L. Thornton Foundation

LA Opera recognizes the dedicated individuals whose annual support ensures that the finest singers, conductors, directors and designers bring the power and beauty of the art form to our stage. To learn more, call John Nuckols at 213.972.7256.

PREMIER DIAMOND PATRON ($500,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous

The Ahmanson Foundation

GRoW @ Annenberg

Herbert Berk Estate

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Colburn Foundation

Cosgrove Family Trust

Dunard Fund USA

Valerie Franklin Estate

Gemini Industries, Inc.

Gordon Getty

Bernard A. and Lenore S. Greenberg

Opera Fund

Carol and Warner Henry

Joan H. Hotchkis Fund, in honor of Joan and John Hotchkis

Terri and Jerry M. Kohl

Margo Leavin

Nanette and Keith Leonard

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath

Claude Mann and Alfred E. Mann Estate

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco

Chris and Dick Newman

The Tarasenka Pankiv Fund

(Tara Colburn)

Linda and Alvaro Pascotto

Andrea Pessino

Estate of Cat Pollon

Suzanne Rheinstein, in honor of Fred Rheinstein

Ronus Foundation

The Richard Seaver Trust for the Opera

Eugene and Marilyn Stein

Marc and Eva Stern Foundation

Ms. Barbara Augusta Teichert

Emanuel Treitel Trust

Gregory and Régina Weingarten

Marilyn Ziering

Selim K. Zilkha and Mary Hayley / Selim K. Zilkha Foundation

Artistic Excellence Circle (continued)

DIAMOND PATRON ($250,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous

Estate of Lea Danberg

Leslie and John Dorman

Penelope Foley

The Green Foundation

Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation

Dan Murphy Foundation

Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Ariane and Lionel Sauvage

PREMIER PLATINUM PATRON ($150,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous (3)

The Armenian Consortium

Patricia Artigas and Lucas Etchegaray

The Blue Ribbon

Ana and Robert Cook

Max H. Gluck Foundation

Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, M.D.

The Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation

James Mulally

Peake Ranch

Michele and Dudley Rauch / The Rauch Family Foundation

PLATINUM PATRON ($100,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous (3)

Dr. Peter and Mrs. Helen Bing

Jules Brenner Trust

Barbara Burtin

Margaret Sheehy Collins

Estate of Edgar Foster Daniels

De Marchena-Huyke Foundation

Manuel Gutierrez, in memory of George Sponhaltz

Hispanics for Los Angeles Opera

Freya and Mark Ivener

THE OPERA COUNCIL

Richard Kendall and Lisa See

Lawrence A. Kern

LGHG Foundation, in memory of Louise Garland

L.L. Foundation for Youth

Patty and Ken McKenna

The Music Man Foundation

David Niemetz and Noriko Tachibana

The Opera League of Los Angeles

Dr. Heinrich and Barbara Schelbert

Susan R. Shapiro

The David and Linda Shaheen Foundation

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP

Marie H. Song

Ann Ziff

Barry and Nancy Sanders

David Sanders Living Trust

Laura and Carlton Seaver

Elizabeth Segerstrom

Christopher V. Walker

Scott Watt Family

Thurmond Smithgall and The Lanie & Ethel Foundation

South Coast Plaza

Alan and Janet Stanford

Ellen and Arnold Zetcher

Nadia Zilkha, Michael Zilkha and Emma-Louise Hayley, in memory of Mary Hayley Zilkha

Jane D. Zimmerman Trust

Chaired by Paul and Catherine Tosetti

The dedicated support of the Opera Council enables LA Opera to achieve its artistic goals. This program offers exclusive privileges and behind-the-scenes opportunities to those individuals, foundations and corporations who make annual gifts of $25,000 or more. For information, please call 213.972.3160.

GRAND GOLD PATRON ($75,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous (2)

Dr. Robert Adler and Alexis Deutsch-Adler

Mr. James Asperger and Ms. Christine Adams

Mr. Haig S. Bagerdjian

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Kathleen and Jerrold Eberhardt

GRAND GOLD PATRON ($50,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous (2)

Ahsan Aijaz

Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation

Raffaella Belanich

Paul and Marie-France Bloch Fund at The Miami Foundation

Lynn A. Booth and Kent Kresa

The Otis Booth Foundation

Maynard and Linda Brittan

Janet and Nicholas Ciriello

Family of Ginger Conrad

Charlotte Coulombe and Stuart Schoenmann

Mark H. Dalzell and James Dao-Dalzell

Michael and Jane Eisner

Geoff Emery

Diane and Peter Gray

Rian Johnson

Monique and Jonathan Kagan

Susan Lord and Scott Richard Lord

Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Linda Pierce

Annette Ermshar and Dan Monahan

Mr. Robert Finnerty and Mr. Richard Cullen

Ms. Janet Jones

Travis and Thomas Kranz

Drs. Anu and Ali Leemann

Robert Leevan and Elaine Glickman

Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

Renee and Meyer Luskin / Scope Industries

Linda May and Jack Suzar

The Rafael and Luisa de Marchena-Huyke Foundation

Jennifer and Mark McCormick

Anthony and Olivia Neece

OPERA America/Opera Fund

Dr. Leslie A. Pam and Dr. Ann Christie

Petersen / Esper A. Petersen Foundation

Caroline and Andrew Randall, in memory of Ann Ronus

Michelle Rohé

John and Gill Wagner

Alyce de Roulet Williamson

Mrs. Rita Coveney Pudenz

Wendy and Ken Ruby

George and Terry Schreyer

Tina L. Segel

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Seidel

Dr. Vina Spiehler

Jay and Deanie Stein

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Stein

James and Ellen Strauss

Mrs. Laney G. Techentin

Warren and Mimi Techentin

Kyle Thorpe

Paul and Catherine Tosetti

Brigitta B. Troy

Estate of Monica Weil and Paul Schrade

Joakim Zetterberg and Fredrik Malmberg

THE OPERA COUNCIL

GOLD PATRON ($25,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous (6)

Gregory A. Adams

Maria Altmann; in memory of Fritz Altmann

Emily Arms and Steven Johnson

Ruth Bachofner

Shirley Barasch Family Trust

Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter

Thomas and Judith Beckmen

Beverly Hills Porsche

Hans and Dianne Bozler

Warren Breslow and Gail Buchalter

Drs. Maryam and Iman H. Brivanlou

Allen Briskin and Gerry Hinkley

Mrs. Michele Brustin

Marlene Schall Chávez, Ph.D.

Edward E. and Alicia Garcia Clark

Mrs. Mary Ellen Clark and Mr. Thayne Clark

Claytor Family Foundation

Ginger Conrad

Drs. Nazareth and Ani Darakjian

John and Gina Despres

Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman / Pacific Theatres Foundation

Linda L. Duttenhaver

Dr. and Mrs. William M. Duxler

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Eisenberg

PATRONS OF LA OPERA

Shaudi and Sean Fulp

Mr. Alex Furlotti

Catherine and Andrew Garroni

Kiki and David Gindler

In memory of Sally Goldstein

David and Sandy Gordon

Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Gary Gugelchuk

In memory of Morris A. Hazan

Catherine and Mark Helm

HUB International Insurance Brokers

Mr. and Mrs. David K. Ingalls

Tim Johnson and Jean Cunningham

Richard and Randi Jones

James P. Kelley and Joseph W. Lund

William and Priscilla Kennedy

Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles

Maddocks Brown Foundation

G. Lorenzo Manzanarez

Merrill Private Wealth Management

J.H.B. Kean and Toby E. Mayman

Mr. and Mrs. David Mgrublian

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Mollura, Sr.

Eduard Morf

Lyn Nishimura

Orange County Opera

The Orden, Berkett, Flesh and Sassover Families

The Stephen Philibosian Foundation

The Louis & Harold Price Foundation

Koni and Geoff Rich

Lloyd E. Rigler – Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation

Jutta Romero

Mimi Rotter

Matthew and Jennifer Rowland

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Saunders‡

Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation

Carol and James Sterling

Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

Richard and Cynthia Troop

Donna Wagner

In memory of Richard and Lenore Wayne

Libby Wilson, M.D.

Andrew Xu and Timothy Iverson

Zev Yaroslavsky

Tamsen Z

Esther and Abe Zarem

Ms. Marion Zola

Chaired by Kathleen and Jerrold Eberhardt

Patrons of LA Opera, who contribute gifts of $3,500 or more, enjoy exclusive ticket services, benefits and activities to enhance their opera experience. For more information, please call 213.972.7655.

GRAND SILVER BENEFACTOR

Anonymous

John and Linda Kay Abdulian

Constance Chesnut and Dr. Sheldon Benjamin

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cannon

Susan and L. David Cole

($20,000 & ABOVE)

Diane Henderson

Jan Keller

Jennifer L. Keller

Lenny‡ and David Kelton

Gila Michael

Judith S. Mishkin

PREMIER SILVER BENEFACTOR

Anonymous

Mrs. Any Yakoub-Barr and Mr. Michael Barr

Diana Buckhantz and the Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation

The Sirpuhe and John Conte Foundation

Laura Donnelley and the Good Works Foundation

($15,000 & ABOVE)

Chaz Hammel-Smith Ebert

Mr. and Mrs. David Elmore

Dr. Ronald Gabriel

Mr. Vigen and Dr. Houry Ghazarian

Beverly and Felix Grossman

Monica Gutierrez-Roper and Trevor Roper

Alma Guzman and Susan Stamberger

SILVER BENEFACTOR ($10,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous (8)

Mr. Sam Abbott and Ms. Kori Anderson

Adams/Cohen Family

Adar Family Trust

Rachel and Bulent Altan

Patti Amstutz

Linda Antonioli, in loving memory of Kenny Antonioli

Margaret Campbell Arvey

Esther M. Baird and Stanley Fimberg

Jill C. Baldauf and

Steven L. Grossman

Sandy Behrens

Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Beim

Beatrice and Paul Bennett

Leah S. and Gregory M. Bergman

Nancy Berman and Alan Bloch

Robert Bienstock and Talie Massoli

Anne Boundy

Carol Bramont and David Chesley

Lisa Bratkovich

Canyon Partners, LLC

Victor Carabello, M.D.; in honor of my beloved parents

Oscar and Elisa

The Recording Industries’ Music Performance Trust Fund

The SahanDaywi Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Sawchuk

Warren and Katharine Schlinger Foundation

Nicolas Hamatake

Linda Joyce Hodge

Chase Hodge-Brokenburr

Barbara Holman

Keller Anderle LLP

Michael and Stephanie Landes

Mr. Mark Loewen

Anita Lorber

Emily and Sam Mann

Laurel K. Clark

V. Shannon and Pamela Clyne

Corinna Cotsen and Lee N. Rosenbaum

Myron and Margie Crain

Elizabeth Hofert Dailey Fund

Dain Torpy/Tim Pecci

Patrick Dickey

Jennifer Diener

Tom Dolby

Mr. Michael Dreyer; in memory of

Warner Henry

David A. Drummond

Terry and Dennis Stanfill

Karen and William Timberlake

Michael Weber and Frances Spivy-Weber

Carol Mitchell

The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

Evy and Fred Scholder Family

Dr. Elizabeth Short and Dr. Michael Friedman

Eric L. Small

Bette I. Tatge and Lisa E. Tatge

Susan and John Ebey

Ms. Gail Eichenthal

Danielle Nelson Erem and Vivian Nelson

David and Marianna Fisher

Alan J. Freeman

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

Charles and Marian Goldsmith

J. Ira and Nicki Harris Foundation

Betty Hayman

Robert and Denise Hayman

Freddi and Dr. Kenneth D. Hill

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PATRONS OF LA OPERA

SILVER BENEFACTOR ($10,000 & ABOVE)

Hoebich Family Charitable Foundation

Patricia Houston; in loving memory of Chet Houston

Dr. Ronald Hopkins

Stuart and Simone Isen

Stella Jeong and Randall Lee

Ms. Ratna Jones

Kaiser Permanente

Nancy Katayama

Phyllis H. Klein, M.D.

Renee Kumetz

L.A. Care Health Plan

C. Deborah Laughton; in memory of Charles (Terry) Hendrix

Larry Layne and Sheelagh Boyd

Edward and Marie Lewis

June and Simon K.C. Li

Leonard M. Lipman Charitable Fund

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Lippman

Sam Losh and Judith Lovely

Hon. Nora M. Manella

Judy and Steve McDonald

Diane Hickingbotham McNabb

Marlane Meyer

Mr. Richard J. Meyer

Mrs. Synne Hansen Miller

Ms. Judy Miner Mintz

Cindy Miscikowski

Nancy-Gene W. Morrison

Harry and Cheryl Nadjarian

Barbara and Norman S. Namerow

Gregory Nava and

Barbara Martinez Jitner

Michael Nohaile and Kristin Yarema

Andrea Noravian and Constantinos Michaels

Carolyn R. Novin

Hermineh Pakhanians

Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts

GRAND BENEFACTOR ($7,000 & ABOVE)

Anonymous (3)

Jerome M. Applebaum

Gary and Johanna Brown

Nicholas Chrisos

Cecelia Cole

Ms. Sheila Coop

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

Michele M. Crahan

W. Allan Edmiston, Jr., M.D.

The Esther Foundation

Dr. Jon Fellows and Judith Hemenway

Nancy Fleischer and Libby Wilson, M.D., in honor of Ida and Max Fleischer

PREMIER BENEFACTOR ($5,000 AND ABOVE)

Anonymous (9)

Honey Kessler Amado

The Maurice Amado Foundation

The Amphion Foundation, Inc.

Anne Andrews and John Thornton

Armenian Missionary Association of America, Inc.

Frank & Beverly Arnstein

Ms. Sunny Baey

Mr. Miles L. Bennickes

William Blair

Employees Community Fund of Boeing

Bonnie Brae

Brian P. Brooks

Michael and Tania Cahill

Todd L. Calvin

Evelyn and Stephen Cederbaum

Laura K. Christa

Marie M. Cohen and Jared Diamond

Rhoda Coleman, in loving memory of Howard Coleman

James and Jennifer Conlon

Patrick Conn

Walter and Donna Conn

Joan and Donald Damask

Ms. Joanne Dallas Davis/ Dauray Family Fund

Jack and Barbara Dawson

Susan Edelstein

Helen Funai Erickson

Paul A. Erskine Family Fund

Dr. Randall T. Espinoza

John Farrell and Corey Spivey

Evelyn & Norman Feintech Family Foundation

Theodore Finney Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Don Erik Franzen

Elisabeth and Tony Freinberg

Ronald Frydman

Ronald and Christina Gertz

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Dr. Patricia Goldring

Patrick and Mary Goshtigian

Lori Greene Gordon

Terry Greene

Wendy and Luis Guerrero

Manuel R. Gutierrez

Marie O. Hedlund

Jeff and Yolanda Heller

Claire and Robert Heron

Dr. Ann M. Hirsch and Dr. Stefan J. Kirchanski

David L. and Susan H. Hirsch

In Sook Hong

Douglas Honig, Esq.

Cameron Hotchkis

Dr. Judith Hyman

Ms. Marsha Hymanson

Mr. Daniel J. Jaffe and Ms. Cynthia S. Monaco

Bruce Johansen

Elizabeth and Nicandro Juárez

Alan and Amy Karbelnig

Mr. Howard B. Klein

Ellen and Harvey Knell

Mr. Joel and Mrs. Sharon Koppelman

Jerry and Adina Kraim

Elaine F. Kramer

Mr. Edward Lai

Sherry Lansing and William Friedkin

Christine and Jay Lee

Mr. Leonard Levine and Dr. Mateo Ledezma

Marilyn Lightner

Thomas Patrick and Stephen Rulo

John S. Perkins

Gary and Arsine Phillips

Ernest and Anne Prokopovych

Ali Razi and Shelley Reid

Rodrigo J. Rocha, M.D.; in memory of my beloved parents

Lars Roos and Dr. Estelita Calica Roos

Mrs. Barbara C. Rosenthal

Mr. William Russell-Shapiro

The family of Dr. Armin and Barbara Sadoff

Sakana Foundation

Amy and Andy Schwartz

Dr. Sharron L. Seal and Mr. Lawrence Seal

Dr. Donald Seligman and Dr. Jon Zimmermann

Dr. Bertrand and Joan C. Shapiro

Larry and Marlis Gilman

Catherine Hogel

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Landry

Mrs. Isabel Markovits-Rosenberg

James and Grace McAdams

Mr. and Mrs. Bengt Muthen

Doerthe Obert

Cliff and Toni Reston

Michael Lindsay and Kaitlyn Lindsay

Clark and Karen Linstone

Lilly Fong Liu

Dr. Liana Lucaric Boghossian

Mr. Nigel Lythgoe

Gerrie Maloof

John and Jill Manly

Tracey Alden Martin

Laura Maslon

Edeltraud McCarthy

Steven D. McGinty

Bo Mills

Mr. Shannon J. Morton

Moss Adams LLP

Diane Williams Murphy

Lois A. Murphy

Dr. and Mrs. Steven Nagelberg

The E. Nakamichi Foundation

David Drew Neer, M.D., J.D.

Ms. Michelle Newberry

Frank and Andrea Newman

Mrs. Inna Ockelmann

Christine Marie Ofiesh

Jenny Okun and Richard Sparks

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Oppenheimer

William and Carol Ouchi

Park Bixby Tower, Inc.

Diane and David Paul

Mary E. Petit and Eleanor Torres

Frank and Betty Pinkerton

Drs. Michael and Marion Quinn

Madeline and Bruce Ramer

Sonia Randazzo and Family

Penny and Harold B. Ray

Eileen and Charles Read

Marina Rinaldi

Ms. Margaret Rose, in memory of Ronald Dolkart

Mr. Burnie Sparks; in memory of

Warner Henry

Catherine Stone

Michael and Suzanne Tennenbaum

Elinor and Rubin Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ulman

Nancy Valentine

Frank Visco

Dennis Wasser and Ruth Roberts

Drs. Francine Bartfield and Martin Wasserman

Mark A. Weaver

Aviva Weiner and Paulino Fontes

Sheila and Wally Weisman

Doris Weitz and Alexander Williams

Robert E. Willett

Wendy and Jay Wintrob

Susan Zolla; in memory of Edward M. Zolla

Robert and Linda Smith

Charles Souw, in loving memory of Bill Maldonado

Tracy Stone and Allen Anderson

James and Robin Walther

Marty, Sara and Samantha Widzer

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Rountree

Ms. Allison Sampson; in memory of Warner Henry

Brad Schlei and Jamie Price-Schlei

Mr. and Mrs. Neal Schmale

Nicola and Catherine Sebastiani

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Segal

Richard and Ellyn Semler

Marilyn Shapiro

Natalie K. and Marvin S. Shapiro

Judith L. Smith

LA County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, First District

Joyce and Al Sommer

Philip Starr and Michael Simental

John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation

Dr. Roger D. Stewart

Philip and Kristan Swan

Mr. Eliazar Talamantez

Dr. I. Maribel Taussig

Gillian Teichert

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Torosyan

Ms. Joanne L. Dallas and Mr. Frank A. Traficante

Ms. Barbara A. Van Postman

Cynthia Walk

Ms. Maria D. Walker

Karen and Les Weinstein

Ms. Gail Werner

David and Michele Wilson

Mrs. Joan A. Winchell; in memory of Verne Winchell

Dr. William Wishner

Clemence Yi

Martin and Rosalind Zane

Dr. Betza Zlokovic

PATRONS OF LA OPERA

BENEFACTOR ($3,500 AND ABOVE)

Anonymous (5)

In memory of Dr. Yoshio Akiyama

Ms. Mary Anderson

Patrick Anderson and Ron Koren

Mr. Robert C. Anderson

Ron and Perky Apperson

Shirley Ashkenas; in memory of Irving Ashkenas

Aversa Foundation

David Baltimore and Alice Huang

Howard Barmazel

Randall C. Bassett

Shelley and Rick Bayer

Minoo Behboody

John R. Benfield and Mary Ann Shaw

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bennion

Dr. Dietmar P. Berger

Leigh Lindsey and Andrew Blaine

Judith F. Blumenthal

Mr. William J. Bracken and Ms. Mary Jo Markey

Langley B. Brandt

Barbara and Richard Braun

Dr. Martin J. Brickman

Patsy Burke

Drs. Carol and David Cass

CBRE National Partners West / Darla Longo, Barbara Perrier, Michael Longo

Mr. Frederick Chau

Diana and Marc Chazaud

Mr. Joseph Cochran

Nancybell Coe and William Burke, in honor of James Conlon

Christina and Bill Conkle

Dr. Malcolm and Gabrielle Cosgrove

Antonio and Hanna Damasio

Michael Dillon

Mr. and Mrs. R. Stephen Doan

Larry and Jan Duitsman

Mr. Miguel Duran

Alexander Eddy

Craig Emanuel and Deborah Zipser

Margaret Epstein

Ms. Charlotte E. Eubanks

Joyce and Mal Fienberg

David F. Freedman, in memory of Joan Freedman

Leanne Freeman

Dr. Jerry and Jean Friedman

Scott and Elizabeth Frost

Ronald Frydman

Dr. and Mrs. Santo Galanti

Arthur and Helen Geoffrion

Denise Gertmenian

Jerome J. Glaser / International Curtain Call

Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Goldberg

Mr. Ronald Goldman

Carol Goldsmith, in honor of

Susan Shapiro

Nora Gordon and Brent Bryan

Christine Gregory

Peter and Elizabeth Goulds

Charles F. Hanes

Norma A. Harris & Frank Packard III

Larry and Lilia Hershenson

Mrs. Phoebe Ann Heywood

Gary Ho and Aihua Gan

Richard Holland Trust

Adel F. Jabour, M.D.

Mr. Punya Jain

Dr. Thomas D. Johnson, Ph.D., and Stacy B. Young

Gary and Denise Kading

Gloria Kaplan

Mr. Lynn Kirkhofer

Gayle Kirschbaum and Scott D. Baskin

ARTISTS CIRCLE ($2,000 AND ABOVE)

Nathan and Lee Anderson-Papillion

Sharon and William Azerrad

Pamela Bailis

Ilan and Adina Bender

Ms. Deborah Beveridge

Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Botnick

Sarah and David Bottjer

Mr. Chuck Carpenter

Dr. K. Chang MD

Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Ronna Chavin

Dr. Timothy Ching

Betty Cleeland

Maj. Gen and Mrs. Susan W.

Cooning

Mr. James Dabney

Claus Dieckell

Michiko Dunker

Van and Francine Durrer

Lisa Farrell

Thomas Farrell

Donald and Jackie Feinstein

Amy Friedkin

Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Gage

Arthur and Helen Geoffrion

Charmaine Glennon

Phillip and Cassandra Grant

Christine Gregory

Annie Gross

Bernard and Carolyn Hamilton

Norma A. Harris and Frank Packard III

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Helmer

Lee Hendrix

Phil and Gage Hewes

Alvin and Mary Lee Hughes

Frank Humberstone

John Hofbauer and Laura Fox

Kedra Ishop

Mr. Irwin Jacobson

Birgit and Karl Jahina

Paul Jennings

Dr. Thomas D. Johnson, Ph.D., and Stacy B. Young

Jill Johnston

Rosemarie Johnstone

Christopher Koelsch and Todd Bentjen

Ronald and Joann Kramar

Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald

Anne Kwun

Mrs. Dominique Laffont

Diane S. Lake

Ms. Sarah Landau

Peter and Electra Lang

Irwin and Rachel Levin

Dr. Cheryl D. Lew, M.D.

Mary H. Lewis

Dr. Leonard Lipman

Robert and Susan Long

Ms. Jasmine Lord

Michael and Claudia Margolis

Daniel Marshak

Ted McKinney

Robert Mendow

Bryan Mershon

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Miller

Olga Moretti

Jane Gray Morrison

Gary W. Murphy

Robert and Sally Neely

Beatrice H. Nemlaha

Barbara and Lawrence Nevens

Mary Ruth and Jeff Newman

Michael and Marianne Newman

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. O’Dell

Dr. Edward J O’Neill, MD

Dr. Sophia Y. Pak, M.D.

Dr. and Mrs. Nissan Pardo

David L. Paul and Leyla V. Woods

Roger Allers and Genaro Pereira

Michael and Beverly Phillips

The Muriel Pollia Foundation

Carmen Popa

Ruth Popkin

Sylvia Kavoukjian

Jim and Jean Keatley

Mr. David Knapp

Ellen and Harvey Knell

Mr. Joel and Mrs. Sharon Koppelman

Ms. Margaret G. Lodise

Ms. Blanca Lucero

Joseph H. MacDonald

Kathleen Martin

Maria and Booker McClay

Foundation

Drs. Anne and Ronald Mellor

Dr. Reinhard W. Menzel

Janet Michaels

Mary Miller

Mrs. Erica Min

Dr. and Mrs. G. Arnold Mulder

Ms. Laurice Myron

Liza and Thomas Newbauer

Ron and Pat Oguss

Dr. Michael and Susan Patzakis

Mary Power

Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Porter, Jr.

Peggy and Peter Preuss

Kai-Li and Hal Quigley

Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Reid

Fen Rhodes and Nancy Corby

Ken and Erika Riley

Craig and Janis Risch

JoAnna and Matthew Rodriguez

Charleen Rohde

Diana Romero

Rikki Rosen

Paula and Allan Rudnick

John Schunhoff and Ken Titley

Albert Sepe

Mr. and Mrs. Sarkis Sepetjian

Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Sherman

Mr. and Mrs. John B. (Jack) Simon

Dr. Joan E. Smiles

Judith L. Smith

Debra Vilinsky and Michael Sopher

Steven and Eleanor Sorenson

Shirley Earlise Starke-Wallace

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

Francine Swain and Robert Murdock

Mr. Andrew Tavakoli

Dr. and Mrs. Jose Torreblanca

Mrs. Linda Trope

Eve C. Van Rennes

Larry Verdugo

Ms. Carol Vernon and Mr. Robert Turbin

Martin Washton

Dr. Robert W. Weinman

Tina H. Wilson

Jan and Steve Winston

Sharon and Fillmore Wood

David A. Workman

Mr. Rudolf Ziesenhenne

Barry and Sandy Pressman

Ruth and Rodney Punt

Mr. Christopher A. Reed

Timothy Reynolds

Mr. Michael Ridder

Ms. Mary Rough

Lynn and Michael Russell

Ms. Shahla Sabet

Mr. Don Simkin

Irene Sohm

Mr. Zohar Sorek

Mr. Herbert Stein

Jesse Telles

United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Larry Verdugo

Christina Wang and Ronald Swerdloff

Martin Washton

Ms. Marie Wiley

BELLA VOCE PATRONS (IRREVOCABLE

ESTATE GIFTS)

LA Opera is grateful for the generosity and foresight of opera lovers who have established future gifts to the company in their estate plans.

Natsuko Akiyama, in memory of Yoshio Akiyama

Dr. & Mrs. Julio Aljure

Gracia Alkema & C. Terry Hendrix

Karen Alpert Trust

John Altschul

Mr. Marvin Antonowsky

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ash

Shirley Ashkenas

Shirley Lee Barasch

Ms. Angela Bardowell

Estate of Margaret and David N. Barry III

Ambassador Frank & Kathy Baxter

Karen M. Beecher

Herbert M. Berk

Anne Boundy

The Samuel M. Brainin Trust

Carol & Normand Brewer

Jacqueline Briskin

Maynard & Linda Brittan

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Christine Brodie

Richard & Norma Camp

T. Robert Chapman Trust

David Chierichetti

Edward E. & Alicia Garcia Clark

Richard D. & Lisa K. Colburn

The Tarasenka Pankiv Fund

(Tara Colburn)

Nancy Cook

Cosgrove Family Trust

Michele McGarry Crahan

Estate of Nancy Daly

Janet & Roger DeBard

Teresa DeCrescenzo

Estate of Phyllis & Donal Dreifus

The George A.V. Dunning Fund/ California Community Foundation

Allan & Diane Eisenman

Gerald Faris

Adell Fink

Theodore Hill Finney

Claudia & Mark Foster

Herbert O. and Jean Fox

Kara Kass Fox

Estate of Valerie Franklin

Allen B. Freitag Trust

Ronald Frydman

Gerri Lee Frye

Roger Gallizzi and James Willey

Nancy Gentry Geller Trust

Gwynne M. Gloege

Estate of Barbara Goldenberg

Eric A. Gordon

Leonard Green

Bernard and Lenore Greenberg

Susan R. Greer

Joyce and Joelle Grinker

Estate of Walter O. Halden

Betty Hall Trust

Roy Hamilton

The Jerome G. Handelsman Trust

Hildegard Harris

Lee & David Hayutin

Anne Heineman

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Yvonne & Gordon Hessler

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Drs. Herbert and Judith Hyman

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Robert Jesberg and Michael J. Carmody

Estate of H. Kirkland Jones

Sylvia & Vernon D. Jones

Estate of Stephen A. Kanter

Lawrence A. Kern

Joyce and Kent Kresa

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Margo Leavin

The Norman & Sadie Lee Foundation

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Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine

Dr. Paul E. LeMal

Raymond A. Lieberman Trust

Robert & Marguerite Marsh

Wolfgang E. Marum Trust

In memory of Terry Roberta Matthies

Linda May Suzar

Dr. Michael McGuire

Paula Kent Meehan

Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Miller

The Jane Moore Family Trust

Diane and Leon Morton

Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco

Anthony & Olivia Neece

Joan Harding Newman

Mei-Lee Ney

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Helen Mae Almas

Patti Amstutz

Robert C. Anderson

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James C. Bassett, Ph.D.

Randall C. Bassett

Nancy Griffith Baxter

James M. Bell

Lorna D. Blancaflor

Dr. Judith F. Blumenthal

Rebecca Bowne

Hans and Dianne Bozler

Ms. Dale Bridges Johannsen

Mrs. Michele Brustin

Sharon A. Bryan

Mr. Milan Panic

Lenore and Carl Pearlston

Chloe Pollock-Mieczkowski

Cat Jagger Pollon

Mrs. Jean Powell

Nan Rae

Suzanne Rheinstein

Christine P. Ries

Kenneth D. Sanson, Jr., Trust

The L. Franc Scheuer Trust

The Malcolm Schneer LAOC Trust

The Richard Seaver Trust for the Opera

Archie Sharp

Milton Singer

Mr. & Mrs. William Smollen

Ellen & Harry Sondheim, in memory of Betty & Felix Leibholz

Estate of Mr. Arthur Spitzer

Marilyn & Eugene Stein/ Capital

Group Companies

Marc & Eva Stern

Estate of Gaby K. Tanas

Flora L. Thornton & Eric L. Small

Estate of C. Dickson Titus III

Emanuel Treitel Trust

Rose Vardanian

Ms. Carol Vernon and Mr. Robert Turbin

Magda & Frederick R. Waingrow

Richard and Lenore Wayne

Mark A. Weaver

Estate of Monica Weil and Paul Schrade

Douglas B. Wood

Sharon and Fillmore Wood

Irene Zimmerman

Elizabeth B. & Elwood S. Buffa

Jacqueline & Henry Cahn

Todd Calvin

Dr. Alisa Cone Camberlan

Leigh Robinson Cartwright

Drs. Carol & David Cass

Julia Cherry

Cecelia R. Cole

Bernice Colman

Ginger Conrad

Hilary Crahan

Keith Crasnick Family Trust

Drs. Nazareth & Ani Darakjian

Lawrence E. Deutsch

Amy Lyn DeZwart and George Betar

Leslie & John Dorman

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Richard Cullen and Robert Finnerty

David F. Freedman

Leanne Freeman

Dr. Michael A. Friedman and Dr. Elizabeth M. Short

Mr. & Mrs. John Garvey

James Gelb and Diane Morton

Dr. Melinda Gilmore

Jerome J. Glaser

Joyce & Eric Goldman

Rebecca Gomez

Marielle Gottlieb

Ms. Nancy A. Grant

Donna & Greg Griffith

Gary Gugelchuk

Susan D. Heard

Laura C. Hecht

Ms. Nita Heimbaugh

Dr. Jon Fellows and Judith Hemenway

Malcolm T. Henderson

Marcia and Dr. Paul Herman

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Mike Hiscocks, in memory of Carol Roberts

Linda J. Hodge

Dr. Ronald Hopkins

Sharon & Donald Jackley

Norman W. & Rose M. Jaffe

Bruce Johansen

Dr. Barbara Johnston

Ms. Mary Teresa Johnston

Dr. & Mrs. William Kern

Dr. Stephen Knafel

Linda L. R. Knight

Richard P. & Meredith B. Kramer

Victoria and Douglas Lane

Larry Layne

Robert M. Lea

Mr. and Mrs. Lou D. Liuzzi

Gloria Lothrop

Mr. Jeff MacKey

Gerrie Maloof

Hon. Nora M. Manella

Sam I. Matsumoto/

Gordon J. Geever Trust

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McCone Grand Opera Fund

Steven D. McGinty

Cynthia McWhirt

The Minturn Family Charitable Foundation

Michael and Lorraine Mohill

Nancy-Gene W. Morrison

Barbara and Maury Mortensen

Mary Jane Myers

Gordon & Rosie Ornelas Olson

Dr. Sophia Pak

Janet Petersen

Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Prusan

Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pudenz

Robert and Phyllis Reid

Jeanne E. Roerig

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Rogers

Mimi Rotter

Lawrence Rubenstein, Ph.D.

Frank D. Rubin

Dr. Jeanne W. Ruderman

Maged Salib

Elizabeth Loucks Samson

Melody & Warren Schubert

Mr. & Mrs. Christof E. Schwab

Dr. Donald Seligman and Dr. Jon Zimmermann

Richard and Ellyn Semler

Olga Sevilla

John Jacob Shaak

Marilyn Shapiro

Lynn Foster Sipe

Melissa Siskowic

Terry & Dennis Stanfill

R. Rhoads Stephenson

Donna Stillo

James and Ellen Strauss

Ms. Amanda F. Susskind

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Iris & Robert Teragawa

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Dr. Michael Upsher

Larry Verdugo

Barbara and Ken Warner

Michael Weber & Frances Spivy-Weber

Aviva Weiner

Janice and Mitchell Wellsteed, in memory of Robert Tomson

Linda & Robert E. Willett

Wesley and Rachel Williamson

Tana Wong

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Janice Hahn, Chair

Lindsey P. Horvath

Holly J. Mitchell

Hilda L. Solis

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Welcome to The Music Center!

L.A.’s performing arts center is your place to experience the magic of live performances and special events—where you can experience the joy that moves you, the stories that unite us and the moments that remind us why the arts matter. Across our theatres, on Jerry Moss Plaza and in Gloria Molina Grand Park, there is always something to inspire and connect us all.

We are dedicated to ensuring you have the best possible experience here. Help us keep The Music Center safe, inclusive and welcoming for everyone by visiting musiccenter.org/guestagreement.

Find out what’s happening next at musiccenter.org—your guide to performances, celebrations and events across our campus.

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TAKE A FREE TOUR!

Step behind-the-scenes of one of the world’s leading performing arts centers. Our free, 90-minute docent-led tours invite you to discover the stories, architecture and art that bring the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Jerry Moss Plaza to life.

Tours run daily—visit musiccenter.org to check the schedule and make a day of it in Downtown L.A.!

2025/2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

Robert J. Abernethy

Chair

Cary J. Lefton

Darrell D. Miller

Vice Chairs

Rachel S. Moore

President & CEO

Michael J. Pagano

Secretary

Susan M. Wegleitner

Treasurer

William Taylor

Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Charlene Achki Repko

Charles F. Adams

William H. Ahmanson

Romesh Anketell

Jill C. Baldauf

Phoebe Beasley

Kristin Burr

Dannielle Campos

Alberto M. Carvalho

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler

Terri B. Childs

William E. Dolan

Amy R. Forbes

Greg T. Geyer

Joan E. Herman

Jeffrey M. Hill

Jonathan B. Hodge

Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen

Maria Rosario Jackson

Ronald D. Kaplan

Richard B. Kendall

Lily Lee

Keith R. Leonard, Jr.

Kelsey N. Martin

Elizabeth Michelson

Cindy Miscikowski

Teresita Notkin

Karen Kay Platt

Susan Erburu Reardon

Joseph J. Rice

Beverly P. Ryder

Thomas L. Safran

Maria S. Salinas

Corinne Jessie Sanchez

Mimi Song

Johnese Spisso

Michael Stockton

Jason Subotky

Timothy S. Wahl

Jennifer M. Walske

GENERAL COUNSEL

Rollin A. Ransom

DIRECTORS

EMERITI

Peter K. Barker

Judith Beckmen

Darrell R. Brown

Ronald W. Burkle

John B. Emerson **

Richard M. Ferry

Bernard A. Greenberg

Kent Kresa

Mattie McFaddenLawson

Fredric M. Roberts

Richard K. Roeder

Claire L. Rothman

Joni J. Smith

Lisa Specht **

Cynthia A. Telles

James A. Thomas

Andrea L. Van de Kamp **

Thomas R. Weinberger

Alyce de Roulet Williamson

** Chair Emeritus

Current as of 1/23/26

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

Kathryn Barger Supervisor, Fifth District

Janice Hahn Supervisor, Fourth District

Hilda L. Solis Chair, First District

Lindsey P. Horvath Supervisor, Third District

Holly J. Mitchell Chair Pro Tem, Second District

(From left to right)

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

As a steward of The Music Center of Los Angeles County, we recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County.

We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to growing and sustaining relationships with Native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in no particular order) the:

• Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians

• Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council

• Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians

• Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation

• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

• San Fernando Band of Mission Indians

To learn more about the First Peoples of Los Angeles County, please visit the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission website at lanaic.lacounty.go

Happening at The Music Center

SUN 1 MAR / 1:00 & 7:00 p.m.

Here Lies Love

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

@ Mark Taper Forum Thru 3/22/2026

SUN 1 MAR / 2:00 p.m.

Beethoven and Ortiz with Dudamel

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

THU 5 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Dudamel, Dante, and Beethoven 6

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 3/8/2026

SAT 7 MAR / 2:00 p.m.

The Great Wall of Los Angeles

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

SUN 8 MAR / 2:00 p.m.

Akhnaten

LA OPERA

@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 3/22/2026

FRI 13 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

John Williams & Rachmaninoff

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 3/15/2026

SAT 14 MAR / 11:00 a.m.

Symphonies for Youth

—The Conductor with

Ana María Patiño-Osorio

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Also 3/28/2026

MARCH

2026

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SUN 15 MAR / 7:30 p.m.

Alcée Chriss III—Organ Recital

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 17 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Mozart & Benavides—Chamber Music with Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

FRI 20 MAR / 6:00 p.m.

The Music Center’s Innovation Social THE MUSIC CENTER / TMC ARTS

@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

SAT 21 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Kim's Convenience CENTER THEATRE GROUP

@ Ahmanson Theatre Thru 4/19/2026

SAT 21 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Vertigo in Concert

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TUE 24 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Gerald Barry's Salome

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

WED 25 MAR / 7:30 p.m.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

THE MUSIC CENTER

@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Thru 3/29/2026

FRI 27 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Brahms & Beethoven

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 3/29/2026

TUE 31 MAR / 8:00 p.m.

Glass' Cocteau Trilogy

Katia and Marielle Labèque

—Colburn Celebrity Recital

LA PHIL

@ Walt Disney Concert Hall

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March 25–29, 2026

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion musiccenter.org/ailey | (213) 972-0711 BRING A GROUP AND SAVE! For groups of 8+, please visit musiccenter.org/groups for special pricing and offers.

This groundbreaking company embodies African American strength and resilience through mixed repertory programs featuring beloved classics and new works, including Alvin Ailey’s soul-stirring Revelations. 2025/2026 Season Dedicated to the Memory of Glorya Kaufman

JUNE 24–28, 2026

New York City Ballet returns to The Music Center after more than 20 years with two electrifying programs featuring extraordinary dancers and works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon and more, performed with live music by the New York City Ballet Orchestra.

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion musiccenter.org/NYCB | (213) 972-0711

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2025/2026 Season Dedicated to the Memory of Glorya Kaufman

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