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CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC PRESENTS THE GARDEN GIRL IN DISGUISE: David Bamberger Directs the CIM Opera Theater's Spring Production, Steven Byess Conducts the CIM Orchestra

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Join CIM opera program director David Bamberger and CIM students as they present Mozart's la finta giardiniera (The Garden Girl in Disguise) April 6-9, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. The April 6 performance is presented in honor of Fifth Third Bank. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. The April 9 performance is scheduled to be broadcast Saturday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. on WCLV 104.9 FM.

Sometimes called ''the most underappreciated of Mozart's operas,'' this work was produced when the composer was only 18 years old. It anticipates the enchanting comedy of his most celebrated masterpieces, but also has remarkable scenes of romance and passion that are not duplicated in his most famous works. A unique mixture of the comic and the serious, this opera includes delightful ensembles and gorgeous solos. This will be David Bamberger's first full production in his new role as artistic director of the CIM Opera Program. ''It has been great fun to develop this piece for CIM audiences,'' said Bamberger. ''The original opera is quite long, and has a somewhat confusing libretto. Our adaptation tightens the work and includes only the music that is Mozart's very best. I think audiences will be amazed at the wonderful music that Mozart created when he was still a teenager.''

David Bamberger was appointed to the CIM faculty in 2004. As general director of Cleveland Opera from 1976 until 2004, Mr. Bamberger guided the company to its current status as one of the major regional opera companies in the United States. He secured The Three Tenors to open Cleveland Opera's 25th Anniversary Season and has staged more than 150 productions on three continents, directing such stars as Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Jerome Hines and Roberta Peters. Stagings include The Barber of Seville at Lincoln Center for the New York City Opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe at the Los Angeles Music Center, Rigoletto and Lucia di Lammermoor for the National Opera in Santiago, Chile, and La Bohème and La Cenerentola for the Israel Academy of Vocal Arts. Spoken theater productions include Oedipus at Colonus in New York and a national tour of Much Ado about Nothing. He has written articles for Opera News and best-selling textbooks for religious schools. Mr. Bamberger has served on the
 music panel of the Ohio Arts Council and on the boards of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and OPERA America (from whom he and his wife received a career award in 2004). Mr. Bamberger has received many accolades, including the Ohio Governor's Award for Arts Administration, honorary doctorates from Swarthmore College and CIM, and the 2004 Pegasus Award from the Ohioana Library Association.

Steven Byess holds the posts of Cover Conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Tupelo Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Music Director of the Ohio Light Opera, where he has conducted, to critical acclaim, more than 300 performances of 40 diverse operas, operettas, and musical theater works. With the Ohio Light Opera, Mr. Byess is featured on eight CD recordings including Johann Strauss' A Night In Venice; Victor Herbert's Naughty Marietta; Emmerich Kàlmàn's Autumn Maneuvers, Countess Maritza, and Das Veilchen vom Montmartre; Rudolph Friml's The Vagabond King; and Schubert's Das Dreimäderlhaus. Mr. Byess received his master's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied conducting with Carl Topilow and Louis Lane. He also attended the Pierre Monteux Memorial School for Conductors under the tutelage of Maitre Charles Bruck. He has worked under the auspices of the American Symphony Orchestra League with such noted conductors as
 Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, and Otto Werner Mueller. Mr. Byess was an assistant to conductor Robert Shaw at the Shaw Institute in Souilliac, France. He was formerly on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He wrote, co-directed and is featured in a PBS presentation entitled ''Count On It!,'' designed for children grades K-3, which shows the correlation of music to mathematics. Upcoming engagements include the Marrowstone Music Festival; a concert tour in China including a return engagement with the Guangxi Symphony Orchestra in Nanning, China, and a performance with the Xian Philharmonic; opera productions of Der Güter Komrade (Kàlmàn), Tulipatan (Offenbach), Maytime (Romberg), The White Horse Inn (Benatsky), The Sorcerer (Sullivan), and a tour of Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti) with the Krakow (Poland) Chamber Orchestra.

CIM extends thanks and appreciation to the John P. Murphy Foundation for its generous gift supporting the opera program. For more information, call (216) 791-5000.

Wednesday, April 6-9 at 8:00 PM
Kulas Hall
CIM OPERA THEATER
Mozart's Garden Girl in Disguise
DAVID BAMBERGER, director
THE CIM ORCHESTRA
STEVEN BYESS, guest conductor
Tickets: $15 adults; $10 students and seniors
For tickets, call (216)791-5000, ext. 411, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
April 6th performance presented in honor of Fifth Third Bank
April 9th performance scheduled to be broadcast May 14 at 1:30 p.m. on WCLV 104.9 FM

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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Join CIM opera program director David Bamberger and CIM students as they present Mozart's <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">la finta giardiniera</SPAN></I> (<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Garden Girl in Disguise</SPAN></I>) </SPAN></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">April 6-9, 2005</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> at </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">8:00 p.m.</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> The April 6 performance is presented in honor of Fifth Third Bank. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.
 The April 9 performance is scheduled to be broadcast Saturday, May 14 at </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">1:30 p.m.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> on WCLV 104.9 FM.<BR><BR>Sometimes called ''the most underappreciated of Mozart's operas,'' this work was produced when the composer was only 18 years old. It anticipates the enchanting comedy of his most celebrated masterpieces, but also has remarkable scenes of romance and passion that are not duplicated in his most famous works. A unique mixture of the comic and the serious, this opera includes delightful ensembles and gorgeous solos. This will be David Bamberger's first full production in his new role as artistic director of the CIM Opera Program. ''It has been great fun to develop this piece for CIM audiences,'' said Bamberger. ''The original opera is quite
 long, and has a somewhat confusing libretto. Our adaptation tightens the work and includes only the music that is Mozart's very best. I think audiences will be amazed at the wonderful music that Mozart created when he was still a teenager.''<BR><BR>David Bamberger was appointed to the CIM faculty in 2004. As general director of Cleveland Opera from 1976 until 2004, Mr. Bamberger guided the company to its current status as one of the major regional opera companies in the </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">United States</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">. He secured The Three Tenors to open Cleveland Opera's 25th Anniversary Season and has staged more than 150 productions on three continents, directing such stars as Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Jerome Hines and Roberta Peters. Stagings include <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE:
 italic">The Barber of Seville</SPAN></I> at </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Lincoln</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Center</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> for the New York City Opera, <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Ballad of Baby Doe</SPAN></I> at the </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
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 FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, and <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">La Bohème</SPAN></I> and La Cenerentola for the Israel Academy of Vocal Arts. Spoken theater productions include <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Oedipus</SPAN></I> at Colonus in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">New York</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> and a national tour of Much Ado about Nothing. He has written articles for Opera News and best-selling textbooks for religious schools. Mr. Bamberger has served on the music panel of the Ohio Arts Council and on the boards of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and OPERA </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">America</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black;
 FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> (from whom he and his wife received a career award in 2004). Mr. Bamberger has received many accolades, including the Ohio Governor's Award for Arts Administration, honorary doctorates from </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Swarthmore</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">College</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> and CIM, and the 2004 Pegasus Award from the Ohioana Library Association.<BR><BR>Steven Byess holds the posts of Cover Conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Tupelo Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Music Director of the Ohio Light Opera, where he has
 conducted, to critical acclaim, more than 300 performances of 40 diverse operas, operettas, and musical theater works. With the Ohio Light Opera, Mr. Byess is featured on eight CD recordings including Johann Strauss' <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Night In Venice</SPAN></I>; Victor Herbert's <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Naughty Marietta</SPAN></I>; Emmerich Kàlmàn's <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Autumn Maneuvers, Countess Maritza,</SPAN></I> and <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Das Veilchen vom Montmartre</SPAN></I>; Rudolph Friml's <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Vagabond King</SPAN></I>; and Schubert's <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Das Dreimäderlhaus</SPAN></I>. Mr. Byess received his master's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied conducting with Carl Topilow and </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Louis Lane</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana
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 color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> for Conductors under the tutelage of Maitre Charles Bruck. He has worked under the auspices of the American Symphony Orchestra League with such noted conductors as Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, and Otto Werner Mueller. Mr. Byess was an assistant to conductor Robert Shaw at the Shaw Institute in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Souilliac</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">France</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">. He was formerly on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music in </SPAN></FONT><FONT
 face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ann Arbor</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Michigan</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">. He wrote, co-directed and is featured in a PBS presentation entitled ''Count On It!,'' designed for children grades K-3, which shows the correlation of music to mathematics. Upcoming engagements include the Marrowstone Music Festival; a concert tour in China including a return engagement with the Guangxi Symphony Orchestra in Nanning, China, and a performance with the Xian Philharmonic; opera productions of <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Der Güter Komrade</SPAN></I> (Kàlmàn), <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE:
 italic">Tulipatan</SPAN></I> (Offenbach), <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Maytime</SPAN></I> (Romberg), <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The White Horse Inn</SPAN></I> (Benatsky), <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Sorcerer</SPAN></I> (Sullivan), and a tour of <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Amahl and the Night Visitors</SPAN></I> (Menotti) with the Krakow (Poland) Chamber Orchestra.<BR><BR>CIM extends thanks and appreciation to the John P. Murphy Foundation for its generous gift supporting the opera program. For more information, call (216) 791-5000.<BR><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Wednesday, April 6-9 at </SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">8:00 PM</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>Kulas Hall<BR>CIM OPERA THEATER<BR>Mozart's <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE:
 italic">Garden Girl in Disguise</SPAN></I><BR>DAVID BAMBERGER, director<BR>THE CIM ORCHESTRA<BR>STEVEN BYESS, guest conductor<BR>Tickets: $15 adults; $10 students and seniors<BR>For tickets, call (216)791-5000, ext. 411, Monday-Friday, </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">10 a.m. to 3 p.m.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">April 6th performance presented in honor of Fifth Third Bank<BR>April 9th performance scheduled to be broadcast May 14 at 1:30 p.m. on WCLV 104.9 FM</SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com 
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