[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Opera Theater Presents Mark Adamo's Little Women March 14-18

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OBERLIN Opera Theater News

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Oberlin Opera Theater Presents Mark Adamo=92s Little Women, Based on =20
the Classic Novel, March 14=9618

Complimentary Media Tickets: 440-775-8328

Limited Seating Available for Weekend Performances

Call Oberlin College=92s Central Ticket Service at 440-775-8169

OBERLIN, OHIO =97 Little Women, Mark Adamo=92s operatic rendition of the =
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coming-of-age classic by Louisa May Alcott, will be staged by the =20
Oberlin Conservatory of Music=92s Opera Theater in March. The opera =20
opens on Wednesday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in Oberlin College=92s Hall =20
Auditorium, located at 67 N. Main Street on Route 58, between the =20
Oberlin Inn and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The two-act opera, =20
with one intermission, will be sung in English.

Mark Adamo will be in Oberlin for its first performance of Little =20
Women. He will also conduct master classes with students in Oberlin=92s =20=

composition and vocal studies programs.

Stage direction for Little Women is by Jonathon Field, Associate =20
Professor of Opera Theater and Director of Opera Theater Productions =20
at Oberlin. Musical direction is by guest conductor Christopher =20
Larkin, who led the premiere performance of Little Women in 1998 at =20
the Houston Grand Opera.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, March 14, =20=

16, and 17, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, March 18. Tickets are $5 =20=

for all students; $8 for Oberlin College faculty, staff, alumni, =20
parents, area educators, and seniors; and $12 for the general public. =20=

All seats are reserved. Tickets are $3 more when purchased at the =20
door. Call Oberlin=92s Central Ticket Service, located in the lobby of =20=

Hall Auditorium, at 440-775-8169. Box-office hours are noon to 5 p.m. =20=

Monday through Friday and select Saturdays. Hall Auditorium is =20
wheelchair accessible, free parking is available throughout the =20
campus, and hearing enhancement is available upon request.

  Little Women is sponsored by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music=92s =20
Opera Theater program through generous support from the Louis C. =20
Sudler Fund. It is produced in cooperation with the Oberlin College =20
Theater and Dance Program.

  Synopsis
Little Women is a coming-of-age story about the young March sisters =97 =20=

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, with Jo at its heart. The opera begins with a =20=

view of the past, when life for Jo was simple and she and her sisters =20=

were close. Much to her dismay, life becomes complicated. Meg, the =20
eldest, marries. Younger sister Beth grows ill. Fearful of putting =20
love or her own ambitions before her devotion to her sisters, Jo =20
pushes away two would-be suitors, driving one into the arms of her =20
youngest sister, Amy, and soon finds herself alone. Realizing that =20
nothing she does can stop the world from changing, Jo begins to =20
accept that she must let go of the past, celebrate her loved ones for =20=

what and who they were, and release them to what they are now.

Performers and Production Team
This production of Little Women features Oberlin Conservatory =20
students double cast in the principal roles, with guest mezzo-soprano =20=

Katherine Pracht performing the part of Jo on Wednesday and Saturday. =20=

The other principals alternate performances, with one cast appearing =20
Wednesday and Saturday, and the other Friday and Sunday. The =20
principal roles include Jo (Katherine Pracht, Julienne Walker =9107); =20=

Laurie (Andrew Owens =9107, Samuel Levine =9107); Meg (Tiffany Marx =9108,=
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Lauren Free =9107); Beth (Jennifer Jakob =9107, Alexandra Becerra =9108); =
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Amy (Shelly Irvin =9108, Leigh Madeline Nelson =9107); Bhaer (John =
Harper =20
=9108, Joseph Barron =9108); Brooke (Kevin Ray =9107, Evan Bennett =9108);=
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Aunt Cecilia (Emily Harrington =9109, Maureen Sutliff =9108); Gideon/=20
Dashwood (Colin Levin =9107, Justin Manalad =9108); and Alma (Jennifer =20=

Noel =9107, Meghan Brooks =9108).  The members of the chorus include =20
Alyssa Cox 08, Lauren Hayes =9108, Sarah Klauer =9107, and Angie Kloc =
=9108.

The Oberlin production team of professional staff and students =20
includes Assistant Music Director of Opera Theater Alan Montgomery as =20=

Assistant Music Director and accompanist, and Associate Professor of =20
Theater Michael Louis Grube as Managing Director and Set Designer. =20
Lisa Kelly is the stage manager. Technical direction is by Joseph P. =20
Natt; the assistant technical director is David Bugher. Costume =20
design is by Associate Professor of Theater Chris Flaharty. Lighting =20
design is by Jeremy K. Benjamin and the master electrician is Andrew =20
Kaletta. Robert Katkowsky is the properties master. Vocal =20
accompanying and opera coaching is by Howard Lubin. Ensemble =20
Librarian and Manager Chris Haff-Paluck is the orchestral librarian. =20
Nathan Medley =9107 is assistant stage manager.

Mark Adamo achieved national recognition when Little Women, his first =20=

opera, was broadcast in August of 2001 on PBS=92s Great Performances, a =20=

mere three years after its 1998 premiere at the Houston Grand Opera. =20
Such high-profile attention for an essentially unknown composer is =20
unprecedented, and was followed by the commercial release of Little =20
Women on a double-CD set for the Ondine label. Adamo=92s first opera =20
had quickly become one of the most successful operas by a modern =20
American composer and a repertoire staple: more than 40 productions =20
of his retelling of the Louisa May Alcott classic have been presented =20=

by opera companies great and small.  In 2005 the New York City Opera =20
(NYCO), where Adamo is composer-in-residence, took the piece on tour =20
to Japan (the ensemble=92s debut) as part of the World Expo. Adamo =20
curates the NYCO=92s contemporary opera workshop series =93VOX: =20
Showcasing American Composers.=94 In March 2005, the Houston Grand =20
Opera premiered his second opera, Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, =20
and the National Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to premiere his harp =20=

concerto Four Angels in June 2007. Adamo=92s choral works have been =20
widely performed and include Garland, written for the Young People=92s =20=

Chorus of New York; The Poet Speaks of Praising, for men=92s chorus and =20=

piano, commissioned by the GALA V festival; Pied Beauty, for =20
unaccompanied chorus, commissioned by the Washington Singers; Three =20
Appalachian Folk Tunes for soprano and unaccompanied chorus, =20
commissioned by the Congressional Chorus of the United States; No. 10/=20=

Supreme Virtue for double chorus (on verses from the Tao Te Ching); =20
and QWERTYUIOP, for chorus and mad soprano (a Dadaist comedy on =20
typewriter lessons). He wrote Canticle for the superstar vocal =20
ensemble Chanticleer and Cantate Domino for the Choral Arts Society =20
of Washington. Adamo began his education at New York University, =20
where he received the Paulette Goddard Remarque Scholarship for =20
outstanding undergraduate achievement in playwriting. He went on to =20
earn a bachelor of music degree cum laude in composition in 1990 at =20
the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he was =20
awarded the Theodore Presser prize for outstanding undergraduate =20
achievement in composition. Adamo served as Master Artist at the =20
Atlantic Center for the Arts in May 2003 and has annotated programs =20
for Stagebill, the Freer Gallery of Art, and most recently for BMG =20
Classics. His criticism and interviews have appeared in the =20
Washington Post, Stagebill, Opera News, the Star-Ledger, and the New =20
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
  Christopher Larkin is a regular guest of opera companies throughout =20=

North America.  He has appeared on the podiums of the Santa Fe, =20
Washington, New York City, Fort Worth, Portland, and Nashville =20
operas, as well as the Houston Grand Opera, Opera Pacific, Boston =20
Lyric Opera, and Lake George Opera. He has conducted an expansive =20
repertoire, including the East Coast premiere of Todd Machover=92s =20
Resurrection, La Boheme, La Traviata, Samson et Dalila, I Puritani, =20
Don Giovanni, Tosca, Romeo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro, and the =20
Fort Worth Opera=92s performance of Little Women. As Music Director of =20=

the New York City Opera National Company, he led national tours of =20
Madama Butterfly and Il Barbiere di Siviglia.  Prior to coming to New =20=

York, he held the position of Associate Conductor with Houston Grand =20
Opera.  While in Houston, he led the world premieres of Little Women =20
and Michael Daugherty=92s Jackie O with the Houston Opera Studio, and =20=

also conducted the highly acclaimed multimedia productions of Carmen, =20=

Madama Butterfly, and I Pagliacci. Maestro Larkin has worked as an =20
assistant conductor and vocal coach with several major opera =20
companies in North America, including the Metropolitan, San =20
Francisco, and Vancouver operas, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, =20
and the Canadian Opera Company. Last season, Larkin made his debut at =20=

the Wexford Festival conducting Floyd=92s Susannah, and returned to the =20=

Fort Worth Opera for Dialogues of the Carmelites, the Utah Opera for =20
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Opera Carolina for La Cenerentola, and Il =20
Viaggio a Reims for the Music Academy of the West. This season, he =20
will make his Florentine Opera debut with Il Barbiere di Siviglia, =20
and he will return to the Fort Worth Opera for Falstaff and to the =20
Music Academy of the West for La Boheme.  The following season =20
already includes engagements with Portland Opera for La Cenerentola, =20
Kentucky Opera for Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Fort Worth Opera =20
for Angels in America.

  Jonathon Field is one of America=92s more versatile and popular stage =20=

directors, having directed more than 100 productions in all four =20
corners of the United States. He served as Artistic Director of Lyric =20=

Opera Cleveland for six seasons, where he presented the operas of =20
Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti as well as the Ohio premieres of works =20=

by John Adams, Mark Adamo, and Philip Glass. Field=92s productions for =20=

the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among them Trouble in Tahiti, Gianni =20
Schicchi, The Old Maid and the Thief and The Spanish Hour, were so =20
successful they were repeated at the Illinois Humanities Festival =20
with Stephen Sondheim as keynote speaker. His productions of La =20
Cenerentola and Die Fledermaus for San Francisco Opera=92s Western =20
Opera Theatre played in more than 20 states, as has an updated =20
version of La Boh=E8me for Seattle Opera. In addition to the standard =20=

Italian and German repertoire, he has directed Eugene Onegin and =20
Boris Godunov in the original Russian in San Francisco; he had a =20
great critical success there as well with Prokofiev=92s The Love for =20
Three Oranges. Over the past eight years Field has directed 10 =20
productions with the Arizona Opera, being deemed by the press =93their =20=

most perceptive stage director,=94 and working there with such esteemed =20=

artists as Teresa Zylis-Gara, Jerome Hines, Pablo Elvira, Giorgio =20
Tozzi, and Angelina Reux.

Field=92s versatility extends from the avant garde to musical comedies. =20=

He successfully introduced computer-generated scenery to the world of =20=

opera in a recent San Francisco production of Candide that the press =20
called =93virtual Voltaire=97the backgrounds are as varied as the =
story.=94 =20
His pioneering use of video-projected scenery in productions of The =20
Turn of the Screw, Tales of Hoffmann, and Der Freisch=FCtz has elicited =20=

praise from audience and critics alike. In the realm of operetta and =20
musicals he has staged H.M.S. Pinafore for Opera Omaha, Trial by Jury =20=

for Lake George Opera, Bernstein=92s Wonderful Town in Chicago, and =20
Merry Widow and Countess Maritza in San Francisco. For the Oakland =20
Symphony he translated and choreographed Stravinsky=92s Pulcinella =20
using members of the Oakland Ballet. He has worked on several world =20
premieres, most notably assisting Robert Altman with Bolcom=92s =20
McTeague at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and David Alden with Susa=92s =20
The Love of Don Perlimplin with San Francisco Opera. He has also =20
worked as Assistant Director for several of Seattle Opera=92s Wagner =20
Ring cycles, and he has served in an administrative capacity with =20
many opera companies and festivals. In February 2007, Field directed=97=20=

at Oberlin and at Miller Theatre in New York City=97the U.S. premiere =20=

of Lost Highway, the dramatic music theater work by noted Austrian =20
composer Olga Neuwirth based on the David Lynch film.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated amid =20
the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the =20
oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. =20
Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the =20
highest caliber and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the =20
Washington Post, its alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious =20
careers in all aspects of the serious music world. Numerous Oberlin =20
alumni have attained stature as solo performers, composers, and =20
conductors, among them Jennifer Koh, Steven Isserlis, Denyce Graves, =20
Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George Walker, Christopher Rouse, David =20
Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the members of the contemporary =20
music ensembles eighth blackbird and the International Contemporary =20
Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and members of the Mir=F3, =20
Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, among others, include =20
Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major orchestras and opera =20
companies throughout the world.

Oberlin Opera Theater
Little Women
By Mark Adamo
Libretto by Mark Adamo

Christopher Larkin, guest conductor
Jonathon Field, stage director

Wednesday, March 14, At 8 P.M.
Friday, March 16, At 8 P.M.

Saturday, March 17, At 8 P.M.

Sunday, March 18, At 2 P.M.

Reserved seating tickets:
$5 All Students
$8 Oberlin College ID
$8 Educators
$8 Seniors
$12 Public
All tickets $3 more when purchased at the door

Central Ticket Service
(440) 775-8169
Located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium.
Open Noon to 5 p.m.
Monday=97Friday

Hall Auditorium

Hall Auditorium, 67 North Main Street on
Route 58, between the Oberlin Inn and the Allen Art Museum.
Free Parking.

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Media Contact:
Marci Janas

440-775-8328

marci.janas at oberlin.edu

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3/1/07 jh

Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440.775.8328
(F) 440.775.5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu

Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440.775.8328
(F) 440.775.5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu

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Women</I>, Mark Adamo=92s operatic rendition of the coming-of-age =
classic by Louisa May Alcott, will be staged by the Oberlin Conservatory =
of Music=92s Opera Theater in March. The opera opens on <B>Wednesday, =
March 14, at 8 p.m. in Oberlin College=92s Hall Auditorium</B>, located =
at 67 N. Main Street on Route 58, between the Oberlin Inn and the Allen =
Memorial Art Museum. The two-act opera, with one intermission, will be =
sung in English.</DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mark Adamo will be in Oberlin =
for its first performance of <I>Little Women. </I>He will also conduct =
master classes with students in Oberlin=92s composition and vocal =
studies programs.</DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Stage direction for <I>Little =
Women</I> is by Jonathon Field, Associate Professor of Opera Theater and =
Director of Opera Theater Productions at Oberlin. Musical direction is =
by guest conductor Christopher Larkin, who led the premiere performance =
of <I>Little Women</I> in 1998 at the Houston Grand Opera.</DIV><P =
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Friday, and Saturday, March 14, 16, and 17, with a 2 p.m. matinee on =
Sunday, March 18. Tickets are $5 for all students; $8 for Oberlin =
College faculty, staff, alumni, parents, area educators, and seniors; =
and $12 for the general public. All seats are reserved. Tickets are $3 =
more when purchased at the door.</B> Call Oberlin=92s Central Ticket =
Service, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, at 440-775-8169. =
Box-office hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and select =
Saturdays. Hall Auditorium is wheelchair accessible, free parking is =
available throughout the campus, and hearing enhancement is available =
upon request.</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=A0<I>Little Women</I> is =
sponsored by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music=92s Opera Theater program =
through generous support from the Louis C. Sudler Fund. It is produced =
in cooperation with the Oberlin College Theater and Dance =
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"><B>=A0Synopsis</B></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><I>Little Women</I> is a =
coming-of-age story about the young March sisters =97 Meg, Jo, Beth, and =
Amy, with Jo at its heart. The opera begins with a view of the past, =
when life for Jo was simple and she and her sisters were close. Much to =
her dismay, life becomes complicated. Meg, the eldest, marries. Younger =
sister Beth grows ill. Fearful of putting love or her own ambitions =
before her devotion to her sisters, Jo pushes away two would-be suitors, =
driving one into the arms of her youngest sister, Amy, and soon finds =
herself alone. Realizing that nothing she does can stop the world from =
changing, Jo begins to accept that she must let go of the past, =
celebrate her loved ones for what and who they were, and release them to =
what they are now.</DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px">=A0</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Performers and Production =
Team</B></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This production of <I>Little =
Women</I> features Oberlin Conservatory students double cast in the =
principal roles, with guest mezzo-soprano Katherine Pracht performing =
the part of Jo on Wednesday and Saturday. The other principals alternate =
performances, with one cast appearing Wednesday and Saturday, and the =
other Friday and Sunday. The principal roles include Jo (Katherine =
Pracht, Julienne Walker =9107); Laurie (Andrew Owens =9107, Samuel =
Levine =9107); Meg (Tiffany Marx =9108, Lauren Free =9107); Beth =
(Jennifer Jakob =9107, Alexandra Becerra =9108); Amy (Shelly Irvin =9108, =
Leigh Madeline Nelson =9107); Bhaer (John Harper =9108, Joseph Barron =
=9108); Brooke (Kevin Ray =9107, Evan Bennett =9108); Aunt Cecilia =
(Emily Harrington =9109, Maureen Sutliff =9108); Gideon/Dashwood (Colin =
Levin =9107, Justin Manalad =9108); and Alma (Jennifer Noel =9107, =
Meghan Brooks =9108).=A0 The members of the chorus include Alyssa Cox =
08, Lauren Hayes =9108, Sarah Klauer =9107, and Angie Kloc =9108.</DIV><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px">=A0</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top:=
 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The =
Oberlin production team of professional staff and students includes =
Assistant Music Director of Opera Theater Alan Montgomery as Assistant =
Music Director and accompanist, and Associate Professor of Theater =
Michael Louis Grube as Managing Director and Set Designer. Lisa Kelly is =
the stage manager. Technical direction is by Joseph P. Natt<B>; =
</B>the<B> </B>assistant technical director is David Bugher. Costume =
design is by Associate Professor of Theater Chris Flaharty. Lighting =
design is by Jeremy K. Benjamin and the master electrician is Andrew =
Kaletta. Robert Katkowsky is the properties master. Vocal accompanying =
and opera coaching is by Howard Lubin. Ensemble Librarian and Manager =
Chris Haff-Paluck is the orchestral librarian. Nathan Medley =9107 is =
assistant stage manager.</DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px">=A0</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Mark Adamo</B> achieved =
national recognition when <I>Little Women,</I> his first opera, was =
broadcast in August of 2001 on PBS=92s <I>Great Performances,</I> a mere =
three years after its 1998 premiere at the Houston Grand Opera. Such =
high-profile attention for an essentially unknown composer is =
unprecedented, and was followed by the commercial release of <I>Little =
Women</I> on a double-CD set for the Ondine label. Adamo=92s first opera =
had quickly become one of the most successful operas by a modern =
American composer and a repertoire staple: more than 40 productions of =
his retelling of the Louisa May Alcott classic have been presented by =
opera companies great and small.=A0 In 2005 the New York City Opera =
(NYCO), where Adamo is composer-in-residence, took the piece on tour to =
Japan (the ensemble=92s debut) as part of the World Expo. Adamo curates =
the NYCO=92s contemporary opera workshop series =93VOX: Showcasing =
American Composers.=94 In March 2005, the Houston Grand Opera premiered =
his second opera, <I>Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess</I>, and the =
National Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to premiere his harp concerto =
<I>Four Angels</I> in June 2007. Adamo=92s choral works have been widely =
performed and include <I>Garland</I>, written for the Young People=92s =
Chorus of New York; <I>The Poet Speaks of Praising</I>, for men=92s =
chorus and piano, commissioned by the GALA V festival; <I>Pied =
Beauty</I>, for unaccompanied chorus, commissioned by the Washington =
Singers; <I>Three Appalachian Folk Tunes</I> for soprano and =
unaccompanied chorus, commissioned by the Congressional Chorus of the =
United States; <I>No. 10/Supreme Virtue</I> for double chorus (on verses =
from the Tao Te Ching); and <I>QWERTYUIOP</I>, for chorus and mad =
soprano (a Dadaist comedy on typewriter lessons). He wrote =
<I>Canticle</I> for the superstar vocal ensemble Chanticleer and =
<I>Cantate Domino</I> for the Choral Arts Society of Washington. Adamo =
began his education at New York University, where he received the =
Paulette Goddard Remarque Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate =
achievement in playwriting. He went on to earn a bachelor of music =
degree cum laude in composition in 1990 at the Catholic University of =
America in Washington, D.C., where he was awarded the Theodore Presser =
prize for outstanding undergraduate achievement in composition. Adamo =
served as Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in May 2003 =
and has annotated programs for <I>Stagebill</I>, the Freer Gallery of =
Art, and most recently for BMG Classics. His criticism and interviews =
have appeared in the<I> Washington Post</I>, <I>Stagebill</I>, <I>Opera =
News</I>, the <I>Star-Ledger</I>, and the<I> New Grove Dictionary of =
Music and Musicians</I>.</DIV><P align=3D"justify" style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; =
"><B>=A0Christopher Larkin </B>is a regular guest of opera companies =
throughout North America.=A0 He has appeared on the podiums of the Santa =
Fe, Washington, New York City, Fort Worth, Portland, and Nashville =
operas, as well as the Houston Grand Opera, Opera Pacific, Boston Lyric =
Opera, and Lake George Opera. He has conducted an expansive repertoire, =
including the East Coast premiere of Todd Machover=92s =
<I>Resurrection</I>, <I>La Boheme</I>, <I>La Traviata, Samson et Dalila, =
I Puritani, Don Giovanni, Tosca, Romeo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro, =
</I>and the Fort Worth Opera=92s performance of <I>Little Women</I>. As =
Music Director of the New York City Opera National Company, he led =
national tours of <I>Madama Butterfly </I>and <I>Il Barbiere di =
Siviglia</I>.=A0 Prior to coming to New York, he held the position of =
Associate Conductor with Houston Grand Opera.=A0 While in Houston, he =
led the world premieres of <I>Little Women </I>and Michael Daugherty=92s =
<I>Jackie O</I> with the Houston Opera Studio, and also conducted the =
highly acclaimed multimedia productions of <I>Carmen, Madama =
Butterfly,</I> and <I>I Pagliacci</I>. Maestro Larkin has worked as an =
assistant conductor and vocal coach with several major opera companies =
in North America, including the Metropolitan, San Francisco, and =
Vancouver operas, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, and the Canadian =
Opera Company. Last season, Larkin made his debut at the Wexford =
Festival conducting Floyd=92s <I>Susannah</I>, and returned to the Fort =
Worth Opera for <I>Dialogues of the Carmelites</I>, the Utah Opera for =
<I>Il Barbiere di Siviglia</I>, Opera Carolina for <I>La =
Cenerentola</I>, and <I>Il Viaggio a Reims</I> for the Music Academy of =
the West.=A0This season, he will make his Florentine Opera debut with =
<I>Il Barbiere di Siviglia</I>, and he will return to the Fort Worth =
Opera for <I>Falstaff</I> and to the Music Academy of the West for <I>La =
Boheme</I>.=A0 The following season already includes engagements with =
Portland Opera for <I>La Cenerentola</I>, Kentucky Opera for =
<I>Dialogues of the Carmelites</I>, and Fort Worth Opera for <I>Angels =
in America</I>.</P><P align=3D"justify" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; ">=A0<B>Jonathon=
 Field</B> is one of America=92s more versatile and popular stage =
directors, having directed more than 100 productions in all four corners =
of the United States. He served as Artistic Director of Lyric Opera =
Cleveland for six seasons, where he presented the operas of Mozart, =
Rossini, and Donizetti as well as the Ohio premieres of works by John =
Adams, Mark Adamo, and Philip Glass. Field=92s productions for the Lyric =
Opera of Chicago, among them <I>Trouble in Tahiti</I>, <I>Gianni =
Schicchi</I>, <I>The Old Maid and the Thief</I> and <I>The Spanish =
Hour</I>, were so successful they were repeated at the Illinois =
Humanities Festival with Stephen Sondheim as keynote speaker. His =
productions of <I>La Cenerentola</I> and <I>Die Fledermaus</I> for San =
Francisco Opera=92s Western Opera Theatre played in more than 20 states, =
as has an updated version of <I>La Boh=E8me</I> for Seattle Opera. In =
addition to the standard Italian and German repertoire, he has directed =
<I>Eugene Onegin</I> and <I>Boris</I> <I>Godunov</I> in the original =
Russian in San Francisco; he had a great critical success there as well =
with Prokofiev=92s <I>The Love for Three Oranges</I>. Over the past =
eight years Field has directed 10 productions with the Arizona Opera, =
being deemed by the press =93their most perceptive stage director,=94 =
and working there with such esteemed artists as Teresa Zylis-Gara, =
Jerome Hines, Pablo Elvira, Giorgio Tozzi, and Angelina Reux.</P><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Field=92s versatility extends from the avant garde =
to musical comedies. He successfully introduced computer-generated =
scenery to the world of opera in a recent San Francisco production of =
<I>Candide</I> that the press called =93virtual Voltaire=97the =
backgrounds are as varied as the story.=94 His pioneering use of =
video-projected scenery in productions of <I>The Turn of the Screw</I>, =
<I>Tales of Hoffmann</I>, and <I>Der Freisch=FCtz</I> has elicited =
praise from audience and critics alike. In the realm of operetta and =
musicals he has staged<I> H.M.S. Pinafore</I> for Opera Omaha,=A0<I>Trial =
by Jury</I> for Lake George Opera, Bernstein=92s <I>Wonderful Town</I> =
in Chicago, and <I>Merry Widow and Countess Maritza</I> in San =
Francisco. For the Oakland Symphony he translated and choreographed =
Stravinsky=92s <I>Pulcinella</I> using members of the Oakland Ballet. He =
has worked on several world premieres, most notably assisting Robert =
Altman with Bolcom=92s <I>McTeague</I> at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and =
David Alden with Susa=92s <I>The Love of Don Perlimplin</I> with San =
Francisco Opera. He has also worked as Assistant Director for several of =
Seattle Opera=92s Wagner Ring cycles, and he has served in an =
administrative capacity with many opera companies and festivals. In =
February 2007, Field directed=97at Oberlin and at Miller Theatre in New =
York City=97the U.S. premiere of <I>Lost Highway, </I>the dramatic music =
theater work by noted Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth based on the David =
Lynch film.</DIV><DIV style=3D"text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; min-height: 16px; "><BR></DIV><P =
style=3D"text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=A0</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>The =
Oberlin Conservatory of Music</B>, founded in 1865 and situated amid the =
intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the oldest =
continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Renowned =
internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber =
and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the <I>Washington Post,</I> =
its alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of =
the serious music world. Numerous Oberlin alumni have attained stature =
as solo performers, composers, and conductors, among them Jennifer Koh, =
Steven Isserlis, Denyce Graves, Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George =
Walker, Christopher Rouse, David Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the =
members of the contemporary music ensembles eighth blackbird and the =
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and =
members of the Mir=F3, Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, =
among others, include Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major =
orchestras and opera companies throughout the world.</DIV><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px">=A0</P><P style=3D"margin: =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px">=A0</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Oberlin Opera =
Theater</B></SPAN></FONT><I>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0</I></D=
IV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><I>Little =
Women</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">By Mark Adamo</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Libretto by Mark =
Adamo</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13.3px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Christopher Larkin, </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><I>guest</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><I>conductor</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Jonathon Field, =
</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><I>stage =
director</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><I>=A0</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"6"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 24px;"><B>Wednesday, =
March 14, At 8 P.M.</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px =
0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Friday, March =
16, At 8 P.M.</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px =
16.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Saturday, =
March 17, At 8 P.M.</B></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Sunday, March 18, At 2 =
P.M.</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13.3px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Reserved seating =
tickets:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">$5 All Students</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">$8 Oberlin =
College ID</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">$8 Educators</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">$8 =
Seniors</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">$12 Public</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B><I>All =
tickets $3 more when purchased at the door</I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Central Ticket =
Service</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B>(440) =
775-8169</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Located in the lobby of Hall =
Auditorium.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Open Noon to 5 p.m.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Monday=97Friday</SPAN></FONT></P><P =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B>=A0</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;"><B>Hall =
Auditorium</B></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Hall Auditorium, 67 North Main Street =
on</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13.3px;">Route 58, between the Oberlin Inn and</SPAN></FONT>=A0<FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">the Allen Art Museum.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3px;">Free Parking.</SPAN></FONT></P><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"=
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13.3px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
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