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peraSunValley

2017 SEASON PROGRAM

Filling the Valley with Song...

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MET HD LIVEAT BIGWOOD THEATRE IN HAILEY

Co-sponsored by Metropolitan Theatres and Sun Valley OperaTickets are $16 and can be bought in advance at the theatre.

As a key part of our educational outreach, we partnered with Metropolitan Theaters in 2010 to bring the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD satellite broadcasts from New York to our community. We also continue to provide entertaining and informative lectures to broaden our audience’s appreciation of the art form and offer free tickets to select performances for students and music teachers throughout the Wood River Valley.

Sun Valley Opera

p.O. BOx 7187 Ketchum, ID 83340 • 208-726-0991www.SunValleyOpera.cOm

January 21 - 11:00 amGOUNOD’S ROMÉO ET JULIETTE

February 25 - 11:00 amDVOŘÁK’S RUSALKA

March 11 - 11:00 amVERDI’S LA TRAVIATA

March 25 - 11:00 amMOZART’S IDOMENEO

April 22 - 11:00 amTCHAIKOVSKY’S EUGENE ONEGIN

May 13 - 10:30 amSTRAUSS’ DER ROSENKAVALIER

Pre-opera lectures by Dick Brown ½ hour before opera begins

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Inside cover ........................................................................................ Met HD:Live Schedule

Page 2 .................................... Letter from the Chairman/CEO and Board of Directors

Page 3 ........................................................................................................History and Mission

Pages 4-5 .................................................................................................... Alyson Cambridge

Pages 6-7 ...............................................................................Leon de la Guardia Diva Party

Pages 8-9 ....................................................................................................Leon de la Guardia

Pages 10-13 ........................................................................................................ Puccini’s Tosca

Pages 14-15 ......................................................................................................... Maya Lahyani

Pages 16 ................................................................................British Rock Royalty Diva Party

Pages 18-19 ............................................................................. British Rock Royalty Concert

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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2017 SEASON PROGRAM

Cover art by Karen Waters

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Tony award winner Kelli O’Hara & Nathan Gunn in the Sun Valley Pavilion on Labor Day Weekend last year really was the epitome of grand finales, and we were so happy to be able to share it with our community.

We know that none of the exciting events we strive to present would be possible without the steadfast support of our patrons.

Thank you so very much for your continuing generosity.

Our mandate is clear…...to bring top caliber vocal expertise to our audiences. This 2016/17 season we pledge again to do our very best to fulfill it. From Opera to Broadway and from Jazz to Pop, we’ll be providing something to appeal to every musical taste. All the details for our 16th season can be found in this program and on our redesigned website www.sunvalleyopera.com.

In addition to our lineup of live events, we will again be sponsoring with Metropolitan Theaters the Met HD Live opera series. You can find on our website a schedule of the performances that will be streamed from New York City via satellite to the Bigwood Theater in Hailey through May 2017.

Please do accept this invitation to be there with us and enjoy the season as we will, once again, be filling our valley with song.

Sun Valley Opera BOarD Of DIrectOrS

Edwin Outwater III, Chairman/CEO | Frank Meyer, President/Co-Founder Steve Crowe, Treasurer | Gina Wolcott, Secretary

Patricia Darman, Roger DeBard, | Phebe Thorne, Randy UpdykeMary Jo Helmeke, Executive Director

Marsha Ingham, President Emerita/Co-FounderClif Rippon, Immediate Past Chairman

A L E T T E R F R O M T H E L E A D E R S H I P

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Sun Valley Opera

p.O. BOx 7187 Ketchum, ID 83340 • 208-726-0991www.SunValleyOpera.cOm

Bringing the best in vocal expertise to the Wood River Valley

Edwin Outwater IIIChairman/CEO

Frank MeyerPresident/Co-Founder

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Sun Valley Opera BOarD Of DIrectOrS

Edwin Outwater III, Chairman/CEO | Frank Meyer, President/Co-Founder Steve Crowe, Treasurer | Gina Wolcott, Secretary

Patricia Darman, Roger DeBard, | Phebe Thorne, Randy UpdykeMary Jo Helmeke, Executive Director

Marsha Ingham, President Emerita/Co-FounderClif Rippon, Immediate Past Chairman

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Sun Valley Opera

p.O. BOx 7187 Ketchum, ID 83340 • 208-726-0991www.SunValleyOpera.cOm

MISSION: Sun Valley Opera provides high quality vocal arts and opera education to the Wood River Valley through concerts, semi-staged operas, Salon concerts and

co-sponsorship the MET HD: Live broadcast.

Since its founding as a non-profit arts organization in 2001, the Sun Valley Opera’s mission has been to provide the highest quality opera, vocal arts and opera education to the Wood River Valley. Our three visionary founders, Floyd McCracken, Frank Meyer and Marsha Ingham, realizing that the residents of the Wood River Valley and surrounding areas had no practical access to Opera without having to travel long distances, sought to attract the best in vocal expertise and operatic performances to Sun Valley.

During the subsequent 16 years, Sun Valley Opera has grown as an organization and is now producing a Winter Festival, two benefit concerts (summer and fall) in the Sun Valley Pavilion, and “up close and personal” experiences at our renowned Diva Parties and Signature Salon Concerts. An Executive Director was hired in 2009 to help with the continued growth of our organization and to assist our Music Director and President in booking world-class talent for our events.

We strive to bring to our stage exceptional artists from all over the world to participate in our summer and winter productions

In 2016 we proudly created, in partnership with the Perokas Family Foundation, a four-year scholarship of $5,000 per year for a deserving student from our community beginning studies for a career in the performing arts.

Our performances continue to receive outstanding reviews, and audience and donor support have grown along with us.

Bringing the best in vocal expertise to the Wood River Valley

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ALYSON CAMBRIDGE American soprano Alyson Cambridge, one of the most compelling vocal artists on the scene today, has been hailed by critics as “radiant, vocally  assured, dramatically subtle and compelling, and artistically imaginative”  (The Washington Post), noted for her “powerful, clear voice” (The New York Times) and “revelatory, sensual, smoky readings” (Opera News).

Her rich, warm soprano, combined with her strikingly beautiful stage presence and affecting musical and dramatic interpretation, have brought her more than a decade of successes on the world’s leading opera and concert stages, including The Metropolitan  Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, as well as recent debuts in Paris, Warsaw, and Beijing.

Her repertoire  includes the beloved heroines of Puccini, Verdi, and Mozart (Mimi, Madama Butterfly, Donna Elvira, Violetta, and Micaëla among them) as well as successful forays into the crossover Broadway and jazz repertoire, most notably with award-winning and critically acclaimed performances of Julie in Show Boat, and Vi in Gershwin’s rarely-performed jazz opera Blue Monday.

Alyson’s debut album, From the Diary of Sally Hemings, a song-cycle by acclaimed American composer William Bolcom, premiered at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall to rave reviews. Her following album, Until Now, was released on January of this year, with crossover, pop and jazz standards.

Soprano - “Until Now” Album TourCommunity School TheatreMonday, January 237:00 pmAccompanist Sean Rogers

ALYSON CAMBRIDGE

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Tickets: General seating $45 / Preferred seating $65 Sun Valley Opera 208-726-0991 / sunvalleyopera.com

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RUSALKA - SONG TO THE MOON - Dvorak

BOHEME - DONDE LIETA - Puccini

CARMEN - HABANERA - Bizet

DEL CABELLO MAS UTIL - Obradors

ZUEIGNUNG - Strauss

~ Intermission ~

CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ THAT MAN O MINE - Kern    

BILL - Kern

BLACK COFFEE - Burke

I HAD MYSELF A TUE LOVE - Arlen

DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND - Styne

FEVER - Davenport

THE MAN I LOVE - Gershwin

SEAN ROGERS has won praise and acclaim nationally and internationally for his artistic mastery at the keyboard. Sean is the Staff Accompanist at Opera Idaho. He is currently the Conductor/Musical Director for the Treasure Valley Community Symphony. He has conducted and musically directed over 90 Opera and Musical Theatre productions including the Engelbert Humperdinck opera “Hansel and Gretel” for Opera Idaho. Sean tours extensively as a collaborative pianist. He was previously the Interim Director of Choral Activities for three years at the College of Idaho where he has a degree in Piano Performance, Organ Performance, Sacred Music, and Religion. He has 4 arrangements published through SONOLOGY Music. As a

concert artist, his solo career has taken him throughout most of the United States as well as concert engagements in eight other countries on the piano and organ. Sean is a concert artist who is just as comfortable in classical as he is with jazz. He tours nationally in his own shows showcasing music from the “Great American SongBook” and improvising music for silent movies.

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4th ANNUAL

interfestival

Sun Valley Opera BOarD Of DIrectOrS cOrDIally InVIteS yOu tO a

Diva Party6

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cOcKtaIl party

frIDay, feBruary 10, 20176:30 pm

GaIl SeVern Gallery

Leon de la Guardia(chIlean tenOr) rOmanza cOncert

featurInG

$150 per person includes Cocktail party February 10th and preferred seating at concert at Our Lady of the Snows on February 12th

(or) February 18th Semi-Staged Tosca at the Church of the Bigwood in association with Opera Idaho

Diva Party7

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LEON DE LA GUARDIALeon de la Guardia was born in Chile where he received his formative training before traveling to Europe to study under internationally respected masters in Barcelona and Berlin, and in Vienna.

Since his professional debut in Spain, he has performed in renowned concert halls in Germany, Austria, Italy, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Spain, Romania and France, portraying roles including Don Jose in Carmen, Bastian in Mozart’s Bastian and Bastienne, Arlecchino in Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, Crates in Etienne Niclas Mehul’s Bion, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème, Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Ismael in Verdi’s Nabucco, as well as Alfredo in La Traviata, and Macduf and Malcom in Macbeth. He has also sung sacred works such as Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum, and Ariel Ramirez’ Misa Criolla.

Leon de la Guardia recently performed at a mass-attendance concert in Santiago de Chile alongside the distinguished Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo Domas. He is currently preparing his portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth in the world premiere of the Via Crucis, a work by the young Spanish composer Arturo Diez Boscovich, commissioned by the Cofradia del Santisimo Cristo Mutilado de Malaga.

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Our Lady of the SnowsSunday, February 127:30 pmAccompanist Sean Rogers (photo & bio on page 5)

LEON DE LA GUARDIA

Romanza Concert: Popular Italian and Spanish Love SongsStarring Chilean Tenor

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Tickets: General seating $45 / Preferred seating $65Sun Valley Opera 208-726-0991 / sunvalleyopera.com

GRANADA Agustin Lara

BESAME MUCHO Consuelo Velaquez

NON TI SCORDAR DI ME Roberto Casalino & Tiziano Ferro

BRUCIA LA TERRA (Godfather Song) Giuseppe Rinaldi

O SOLE MIO Eduardo di Capua

NO PUEDE SER Pablo Sorozábal

DICITENCELLO VUIE Rodolfo Falvo

MALAGUENA

Ernesto Lecuono

AVE MARIA Franz Schubert

AMAZING GRACE John Newton

MATTINATA Ruggero Leoncavalle

GRACIAS A LA VIDA Violeta Parra

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PUCCINI’S TOSCA “Where passion and jealousy collide!”

Semi-staged in association with Opera Idaho

Church of the BigwoodSaturday, February 18, 21076:30 pm

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Tickets: General seating $45 / Preferred seating $65Sun Valley Opera 208-726-0991 / sunvalleyopera.com

INTRODUCTION Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist contains many famous arias, including “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) and “E lucevan le stele” (Cavaradossi). Soprano Eleni Calenos returns as the ill-fated title character – Eleni has previously appeared with Opera Idaho in the title roles of La bohème and Madama Butterfly, and as Micaela in Carmen. Both during his lifetime and in posterity, Puccini’s success outstripped other Italian opera composers of his time, and he has been matched in this regard by only a handful of composers in the entire history of opera. Three of Puccini’s operas (Tosca, La bohème and Madama Butterfly) rank among the top ten works performed worldwide. This will be Opera Idaho’s fifth production of Tosca, making the opera one of the company’s most oft-performed operas. The most recent production was in 2003.

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SYNOPSYS

ACT IRome, June 1800. Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, rushes into the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle. He hides in one of the chapels just before the painter Mario Cavaradossi arrives to work on his portrait of Mary Magdalene. The painting has been inspired by the Marchesa Attavanti, whom Cavaradossi has seen in the church but does not know. He is struck by the resemblance of the dark-haired beauty of his lover, the singer Floria Tosca, and that of the blonde Marchesa Attavanti. Angelotti, who was a member of the former Bonapartiste government, emerges from his hiding place. Cavaradossi recognizes him and promises help, then hurries him back into the chapel as Tosca is heard calling from outside. She jealously asks Cavaradossi whom he has been talking to and reminds him of their rendezvous that evening. Suddenly recognizing the Marchesa Attavanti in the painting, she accuses him of being unfaithful, but he assures her of his love. When Tosca has left, Angelotti again comes out of hiding. A cannon signals that the police have discovered the escape, and he and Cavaradossi flee to the painter’s house. The sacristan enters with choirboys who are preparing to sing in a Te Deum celebrating the recent victory against Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo. Their excitement is silenced by the arrival of Baron Scarpia, chief of the secret police, who is searching for Angelotti. When Tosca comes back looking for Cavaradossi, Scarpia shows her a fan with the Attavanti crest that he has just found. Seemingly finding her suspicions about her lover’s infidelity confirmed, Tosca bursts into tears. She vows vengeance and leaves as the church fills with worshippers. Scarpia sends his men to follow her to Cavaradossi, with whom he thinks Angelotti is hiding. While the congregation sings the Te Deum, Scarpia declares that he will bend Tosca to his will. 

ACT IIIn his study at the Palazzo Farnese, Scarpia anticipates the pleasure of having Tosca in his power. The spy Spoletta arrives with news that he was unable to find Angelotti. Instead he brings in Cavaradossi. While Scarpia interrogates the defiant painter, Tosca is heard singing at a royal gala in the same building. Scarpia sends for her and she appears just as Cavaradossi is being taken away to be tortured. Frightened by Scarpia’s questions and Cavaradossi’s screams, Tosca reveals Angelotti’s hiding place. Cavaradossi is brought in, badly hurt and hardly conscious. When he realizes what has happened, he angrily confronts Tosca, just as the officer Sciarrone rushes in to announce that Napoleon in fact has won the battle, a defeat for Scarpia’s side. Cavaradossi shouts out his defiance of tyranny and is dragged off to be executed. Scarpia calmly suggests to Tosca that he would let Cavaradossi go free if she’d give herself to him. Fighting off his advances, she declares she has dedicated her life to art and love and calls on God for help. Scarpia insists, when Spoletta interrupts: faced with capture, Angelotti has killed himself. Tosca, now forced to give in or lose her lover, agrees to Scarpia’s proposition. Scarpia orders Spoletta to prepare for a mock execution of Cavaradossi, after which he is to be freed. Tosca demands that Scarpia write her a safe-conduct. When he has done so, she grabs a knife from a table and stabs him. 

ACT IIIAt dawn the next morning, Cavaradossi awaits execution at the Castel Sant’Angelo. He bribes the jailer to deliver a farewell letter to Tosca, then, overcome with emotion, gives in to his despair. Tosca appears and explains what has happened. The two imagine their future in freedom. As the execution squad arrives, Tosca implores Cavaradossi to fake his death convincingly, then hides. The soldiers fire and depart. Cavaradossi doesn’t move and Tosca realizes that Scarpia has betrayed her. Just as Spoletta rushes in to arrest her, she leaps from the battlement.

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ROBERT BREAULT Tenor Robert Breault, a native of Menominee, Michigan, lives with his wife Julia in Salt Lake city. He has served as Professor of Music and Director of Opera at the University of Utah since 1992. He received his Masters and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan in 1987 and 1991. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Norbert College in 1985.

Robert’s operatic repertoire includes Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, Rossini’s Armida, Don Jose in Carmen, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte., the title role in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Alfredo in La Traviata, the title role in Spratlan’s Life is a Dream., Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Duke in Rigoletto, Grimoaldo in Rodelinda, Narraboth in Salome, Jupiter and Apollo Semele, Sam in Susannah, the title role in Tales of Hoffman, Argirio in Rossini’s Tancredi, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Pandarus in Walton’s Troilus and Cressida, and the title role of Werther. He has appeared on stage at Arizona Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Edmonton Opera, Festival Opera, Florentine Opera, Ft. Worth Opera, Madison Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Arizona, Opera Canada, Opèra de Montreal, Opera Grand Rapids, Opera Lafayette, Opera Orchestra of New York, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Portland Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Utah Symphony and Opera.

In constant demand on the concert stage Robert has sung with major orchestras throughout North America and around the world. A sampling of his performances include: Bach’s B Minor Mass, Bach’s Magnificat, Bach’s St. John Passion, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Berlioz’s Requiem, Bernstein’s Mass, Britten’s Les Illuminations, Britten’s St. Nicolas, Gerd Kühr’s Ordinarium Missae, Gluck’s Ezio, Gounod’s Missa Solennelle, Handel’s Messiah, Handel’s Hercules, Handel’s Solomon, Haydn’s Creation, James DeMars’ Guadalupe, Juan Diego in James DeMars’ Guadalupe, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Mozart’s Requiem, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, roasted swan in Orff’s Carmina Burana, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Schubert’s Mass #6, Shallow and Hal in Getty’s Plump Jack, Stravinsky’s Les Noces, the role of Christ in Beethoven’s Christus am Olberg, Verdi’s Requiem, and Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins,

Breault’s recording credits include Laurent Petitgirard’s World Premier recording of Joseph Merrick dit Elephant Man with The Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo as well as a live DVD recording with Opéra de Nice. Breault has also recorded Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the Choeur St. Lawrence and Montreal Symphony, DeMars’ American Requiem with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Berlioz’s Requiem with the Jerusalem Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and three volumes of Pachelbel’s Organ Works as the cantor.His performance with the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir of Vaughan Williams’ Hodie was broadcast nationally on PBS.

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ELENI CALENOS In her young career, Greek soprano Eleni Calenos is capturing critics’ and audiences’ admiration for the clarity, warmth and beauty of her lyric voice and her dignified characterizations. Of her performance as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, the Houston Press said, “The phenomenon was the Cio-Cio-San of Greek soprano Eleni Calenos, whose nuanced characterization was a true wonder to hear. She sailed through her dramatic arias as if buoyed by the stirring music.”

Engagements for 2014-2015 included Mimi in La bohème with Palm Beach Opera, Liù with the Middlebury Opera Company, and Madama Butterfly with Ashlawn Opera as well as Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue with the Metro Chamber Orchestra of New York, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, and Madison Opera’s Opera in the Park. The 2015-2016 season sees her return to Odyssey Opera as L’Infante in Massenet’s Le Cid, Madison Opera as Mimi in La bohème, and Palm Beach Opera as Micäela in Carmen as well as her role debuts of Desdemona in Otello with the Phoenicia Music Festival and the title role in Tosca with Loft Opera. In concert she sings Verdi’s Requiem with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and Queens College, and joins the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra for Respighi’s Lauda per la Nativita del Signore.

BARITONE KYU WON HAN, a native of Seoul, Korea, received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music from the Manhattan School of Music.

His appearances in 2016 include Guglemo in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte with the Korea National Opera, the Korean premiere of Sea Drift by Delius with the Changwon City Orchestra, Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata with Younsan Opera, and the title role in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with the Seoul Metropolitan Opera.

Recent appearances include Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Dandini in La Cenerentola at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Maak in Mae Naak by renowned Thai composer Somtow Sucharitkul at the Bangkok Opera. Han gave memorable performances at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Concerts, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings, a historic event that reached millions worldwide via satellite.

Kyu Won has made numerous appearances with the San Francisco Opera, his European debut at Strasbourg’s Opéra National du Rhin, and his Japanese debut at the New National Theater of Tokyo. He sang Dunois in a concert version of Tchaikovsky’s Maid of Orleans at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and Escamillo in Opera Idaho’s Carmen.

An alumnus of the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship Program, Han made a 31-city tour in the title role of Don Giovanni. As a celebrated recitalist and concert artist, Han’s repertoire includes Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the Brahms’ Requiem, the Faure Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Schubert’s Mass in G, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël. He also appeared in FIFA’s 2002 World Cup Soccer’s Anniversary Concert in Yokohama, and in the acclaimed “Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with 10,000 Choirs” in Osaka.

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MAYA LAHYANI

Maya Lahyani recently returned to The Metropolitan Opera to sing Flora La Traviata; and to the Seattle Opera; as Varvara in Janáček’s Katya Kabanova and as Flora in La Traviata. Her 2015-2016 season included performances at the Metropolitan Opera as Maddalena in Rigoletto, Lola in Sir David McVicar’s Cavalleria Rusticana; and as a Serving Woman in Electra, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Ms. Lahyani has appeared at The Metropolitan Opera as Omar in The Death of Klinghoffer, Flora in La Traviata, Rosette in Manon, Kate Pinkerton in Anthony Minghella’s Madama Butterfly, Käthchen in Werther, Third Sprite in Rusalka, Altichiara in Francesca da Rimini, and Fiona in the Met premiere of Nico Muhly’s Two Boys. She is the first Israeli-born singer to appear at the Met.

Highlights of her recent seasons include her debut with the Canadian Opera Company as the Page in Atom Egoyan’s production of Salome, Mère Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites, Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto with Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Seattle Opera. At Wolf Trap Opera, where sha sang the title role of Carmen, Opera News praised her “attractive, sultry tone and deftly sculpted phrasing.”

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An Evening with Israeli Mezzo Soprano

Maya Lahyani

St. Thomas Episcopal ChurchTuesday, March 147:00 pmAccompanist Sean Rogers (photo & bio on page 5)

Tickets: General seating $45 / Preferred seating $65Sun Valley Opera 208-726-0991 / sunvalleyopera.com

A MEZZO JOURNEY

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Co-sponsored by the Wood River Jewish Community

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~ Recital ~ 

ON LOVE AND LOSS  

Handel: Rodelinda | Dove Sei, amato bene? 

Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis1. La Flute de Pan

2. La Chevelure3. Le Tombeau des Naïades

 Rachmaninoff: Op.4

1. Oh stay, my love, forsake me not!2. Morning

3. In the silent night4. Oh, never sing to me again

 Brahms:

Dein blaues Auge Meine Liebe ist grün

Strauss: Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden 

Morgen! 

~ Intermission ~

 Barber: Op. 10

1. Rain has fallen2. Sleep now

3. I hear an army 

Israeli songs:Unknown: Yad Anuga (Gentle hand)

Lerer: Slichòt (Forgivenesses)Ze’ira: Hayu Leilot (There were nights)

 Arias:

Massenet: Werther | Va! laisse couler mes larmesBizet: Carmen | HabañeraBizet: Carmen | Seguidilla 

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila | Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix

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Cocktail PartyWednesday, July 5

6:30 pmat Private Home

A Diva ticket includes premier center seating (rows g-t) in the Sun Valley PavilionBritish Rock Royalty concert on July 6 at 8:00 pm

THE SUN VALLEY OPERA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO

A DIVA PARTY

DIVA TICKETS 208-726-0991/sunvalleyopera.com

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Cocktail PartyWednesday, July 5

6:30 pmat Private Home

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The songs by the biggest bands in British Rock....Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen and Led Zeppelin are all performed live, faithfully accurate in this 2 hour production. It’s like four concerts in one! From Comfortably Numb to Kashmir, Bohemian Rhapsody to Pinball Wizard, you’ll hear the biggest anthems and a few surprises too. A killer rock band fronted by vocalist and producer Brody Dolyniuk presents the songs as you would want to hear them....bold and in your face, yet faithful to the original recordings. Backed by state of the art video, lighting and lasers, this show promises something truly unique and unforgettable. This is a must-see show for classic rock fans.

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Diva TicketsSun Valley Opera 726-0991sunvalleyopera.com

General Admission tickets available at: 888.622.2108 or

sunvalley.ticketfly.com

peraSunValley

Sun Valley Pavilion • Thursday, July 6 • 8:00 pm

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The Who

Baba O’Riley

Who Are You

Pinball Wizard

Love Reign O’er Me

Won’t Get Fooled Again

QUEEN

Tie Your Mother Down

Under Pressure

Radio Gaga

Bohemian Rhapsody

WWRY/Champions

Pink Floyd

Time/Breathe Reprise

Money

Happiest Days/Brick in the Wall ll

Comfortably Numb

Run Like Hell

Led Zeppelin

Good Times Bad Times

Tiles/Black Dog/Misty Mtn Hop

Kashmir

Stairway to Heaven

Whole Lotta Medley

Bowie

Space Oddity/Ziggy Satrdust

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With sincere thanks to all our donors as of 2016 and to our volunteers. Without them none of this would be possible.

SeaSon SupporterS

25000 Patricia & Gary Darman

10000+ AnonymousCheryl & Steve CroweTim Mott & NexStageThe Perakos Family Cares Foundation-Urania, Thomas & Peter Perakos

5000+ Peco Foundation (Peter Curran) Robyn Rogers (The Rogers Foundation in memory of Robert M. Rogers)Diane Wishart and the Russell/ Wishart Family

3500+ Sylvia & Ronald HartmanGina & John Wolcott

2500+ Kathy Abelson & Rob CornellJanne & Henry BurdickJanet & Roger DeBardBetty Goodwin Klevan & Keith KlevanBrooke PetersonLinda & William PotterSheldon & Gail Sroloff

1000+ Renee & Carl Behnke Phoebe & Fred Boelter Anita Braker Sylvia & Robert Cook Katie & John HeinzBarbara JamesMartha & Ross JenningsThomas Kikis Tom Livermore & Scott ShadrickTerry & Mike MurphySally & Marc OnettoValerie & Bill PihlSusan & Doug RhymesRobert RiceKaren & Robert RobideauxScott RogelBarbara & David RognlienLois Rosen Paul & Maureen Schwendener

Linda & Larry Stirling Nancy & Brad Rosenberg Nancy & Phil Schneider Tori ThomasPhebe Thorne & Neil Ryan The Thrasher/Koffey Foundation Mary Ann & John Underwood Carol & Randy UpdykeTom & Ann Warde Anita Weissberg Wendy & Rich Wendling Patience & Robert Ziebarth

500+ John Bailey Arlene & Marshall Bennett Carolyn & Donald BensonElli & Jerry Bernacchi Annabelle and Benjamin BierbaumMelinda & Alan Blinken Sharon & Lynn BockemohleRoswitha & Don BossBarbara BoswellSusan & Tim Bungard Sylvia & Barry BunshoftSusan & John Daliere Courtnay & Terry DanielsMary & Dick DavisBarbara & David Dingman Susan Dobias & Jim RuscittoMeryl Erlanger Sandra & John Flattery Barry & Norris Goss Peggy & Sam Grossman Family Foundation Carol & David HayesChristina Healy & Arlen CheneyNancy & Charles Hogan Carol Scheifele-Holmes & Ben Holmes Judy Jellinek Betty & Loren Kahle (The Kahle Foundation) Judith KaiserMeryl & Russell Kern Sandy & Tom Kling Sharon LandauDebby & Bob Law Jeanne & Lou Mace Janet & Jim Mayfield Ed McDonnellDeborah & Ray Mello Frank & Anita Meyer

Nick & Sylvia Miller Melinda & Bob MobleyPatti MoultonLinda & Bill NicholsonJoan & Michael O’Neil Tish & Edwin Outwater III Phyllis Parvin Barbara & Scott Patton Wendy & Alan Pesky Elaine & Mike PhillipsBill PierpointSherry & Dick St. ClairNancy Schauer & Tom WilliamsTerry & Richard Seigel Victoria Serles & Clifford Hersman Maggie & David SturdevantDarci Swanson & Bob SinclairElizabeth & Thomas TierneyMary & Crispin Thiessen Ellen & John Wallace Suzanne Warner & William Mahoney Debbie & Gabe WhalenMary Anne & Gerald Whitcomb Lynn WhittelseyJennifer Wilson Jeri Wolfson

300+ Milt Adam Susie Alban Mickey & Bob Angell Jennifer Badish & Jim Lindstrom Pat & Jack BensonMaureen & Marvin Brown Jane ConnerJanet & Sherwin Drobner Janet Dunbar Joan & Martin Erdheim Phyllis & Larry Frank Lynda Frederickson Ted Gold & Margaret GeringJay & Kim Hagenbuch Kay Hardy & Gregory Kaslo Betty & Dick Hedreen Connie & Gary HoffmanMarsha & Kip Ingham Linda & Carl Jensen Harriet & Stan JosephEdythe & Phil Joslin Eileen Judell Eric Larson

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Jan Lassetter-Mead & Mike MeadAnn Leonardo Carole Lewis & Ted Walczak Kirsten & Ned LumpkinJane & John LundinMarlyn & Kenneth Marble Jon Marden Louise & Bill McCannJerry & Shelia MellsSylvia & Nick MillerCynthia & Kingsley Murphy Bettina Murray Martha & Greg NauBobbi & Richard Navarro Mary & Carter NewtonLinda & Bill Nicholson Linda & John O’ConnorCarol Parker & Tom RossiSusan & Clif RipponPaula & Darrell RubelTerri Smith Francine & Tilden Sokoloff Jena & Steve ThrasherJohn Valass Ellen & John Walker Betty & William Weida Lynn Whittelsey Stanley Zak

150+ Diane Anderson Leslie Andrus Bonnie & John Brezzo Barbara Cowan Andreas Eggler Lynda FredericksonCarol & Larry Gittleson Connie Grabow Greta Hansen Irene & Michael Healy Dede & Steven HuishKathy Jones Judith Kaiser Marcia Lee Kent Ann LeonardoElizabeth MathieuYvonne McCoy & Garry WenskeCarlyn RingSean RogersMarion Roozen Jan RosenquistPeggy Tierney Margaret Walker Judy Whitmyre

to 150 Susan BlairJoann Boswell Teresa & Bill BourkeGina & Christopher CeyAdam Chafetz Peggy Dean Debra & John Dimant Gloria & Fritz HoedemakerKay & Gerald Kerns Evelyn LeeJulie & Bob LynnTina Mehan Fran & Oscar Michael Jim PerkinsTrudi Schneider Natalie & Jim Service Nancy & David SheffnerJudith & Richard Smooke Sue Woodyard

DonationS MaDe in Honor of:Anita Weissberg by Leslie AndrusMary Jo Helmeke by Sue Woodyard

February 18Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood

February 24 & 26The Morrison Center, Boise

February 18Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood

February 24 & 26The Morrison Center, Boise

TOSCATOSCA

For single tickets and more information visit OperaIdaho.orgPrices $24 to $72 plus tax & fees - Senior, child, military, group discounts available.

May 5 & 7The Egyptian Theatre, BoiseMay 5 & 7The Egyptian Theatre, Boise

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