by Engelbert Humperdinck
Libretto by Adelheid Wette
Thursday, July 15 & Saturday, July 17
6 p.m.
Performance Pavilion on Pratt
Marlena Malas, chair, School of Music Voice Program
John Giampietro, stage director
Julius Abrahams, conductor
Kanae Matsumoto & Martin Dubé, piano
Jaye Simmons, assistant director
Claudia Catania, German diction coach
Cast
Hänsel – Jihyun Choi
Gretel – Mer Wohlgemuth
Father – Jason (Junseok) Hwang
Mother – Meredith Smietana
Witch – Dyanna Bohorques
Dew Fairy – Sophia Baete
Sandmann – Rachel Liss
Please silence all electronic devices during the performance
There will be no intermission. Performance runs 90 minutes.
Orchestra
M&M Piano Duo Kanae Matsumoto and Martin Dubé
ACT ONE
Creative & Production
Conductor
Julius Abrahms
Director
John Giampietro
German Diction Coach
Claudia Catania
M&M Piano Duo
Kanae Matsumoto and Martin Dubé
Production Stage Manager
Emily C. Barber
Scenic Design
Efren Delgadillo, Jr.
Lighting Design
Michael Baumgarten
Projection Design
John Giampietro
Witch Costume
Created by Cristine Patrick
Assistant Director
Jaye Simmons
Special Thanks and Credit
Steven Osgood and the Chautauqua Opera
B G FitzGerald, Chautauqua Opera Resident Costume Designer
Martha Ruskai, Resident Hair and Makeup Designer for The Chautauqua Opera
Theresa Granger, Properties Master, Chautauqua Opera
Stage Operations
Head Video / Steward
Graham Riggle
Head Electrician
Jeff Emory
Head Audio
Colin Braeger
Head Carpenter
John Oberg
Head Properties
Kevin Kyser
Stagehands
Eric Oberg
Jeremy Warsitz
Jim Jones
Steve Bush
Daryl Damcott
Casey Nellis
Steve Swank
Special Thanks
Deborah Sunya Moore, Sarah Malinoski, Suzanne Fassett-Wright and Timothy Muffitt
Manager, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts
Sarah Malinoski-Umberger
School of Music Operations Manager and Director of Arts Education
Suzanne Fassett-Wright
Administration
Megan Stefanik, Office Assistant
Igor Gersh, Resident Luthier
Instrumental Faculty
Timothy Muffitt, Artistic and Music Director
Aaron Berofsky, Chair of Strings & Violin
Faculty
Kathryn Votapek, Chair of Chamber Music
Richard Sherman, Chair of Winds, Brass
and Percussion & Flute Faculty
Curtis Burris, Bass
William Caballero, Horn
Eli Eban, Clarinet
Pedro Fernandez, Percussion
Shannon Hesse, Collaborative Pianist
Jan Eberle Kanui, Oboe
Roger Kaza, Horn
Akiko Konishi, Collaborative Pianist
Brian Kushmaul, Percussion
Owen Lee, Bass
Eric Lindblom, Bass Trombone
John Marcellus, Trombone
Anna Mattix, Oboe
Karen Ritscher, viola
Beth Robinson, Harp
Jeff Robinson, Bassoon
Almita Vamos, Violin
Instrumental Guest Faculty
Michael Burritt, Percussion
Voice Faculty
Marlena Malas, Chair
Jonathan Beyer, Instructor
Elizabeth Bishop, Instructor
John Giampietro, Stage Director
Donna Gill, Coordinator of Voice Scheduling
Rhoslyn Jones, Instructor
Jaye Simmons, Assistant to the Stage Director
Voice Coaches
Donna Gill, Head Coach
Julius Abrahams
Michał Biel
Travis Bloom
Martin Dubé
Kanae Matsumoto
Jinhee Park
Katelan Terrell
Voice Guest Faculty
Claudia Catania
Maxine Davis
Mikael Eliasen
Reneé Fleming
Susan Graham
Ben Moore
Craig Rutenberg
Brian Zeger
Piano Faculty
Alexander Gavrylyuk, Heintzelman Family Artistic Advisor and Artist-in-Residence
Nicola Melville, Co-Chair
John Milbauer, Co-Chair
Piano Guest Faculty
Natalya Antonova
Malcolm Bilson
Alexander Kobrin
Jerome Lowenthal
Jon Nakamatsu
Ursula Oppens
Boris Slutsky
Piano Technicians
Robert Bussell, Concert Piano Technician
Bruce Fellows, Service Coordinator and Tuner
JoAnn and Gene Buffo Voice Scholarship
Audrey and Kenny Koblitz Scholarship
Bluie & Kitty Greenberg Voice Scholarship
Donald Welch Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr and Mrs Joseph Rait Scholarship
General Chautauqua Scholarship for Voice
Grover Family Scholarship Fund
Joel Brandwein Memorial Scholarship
Judy and Hale Oliver Scholarship for Voice
Katherine Karslake White School of Music Scholarship
Laurie Miller Voice Scholarship
Mary Elizabeth Peffer Music Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Berger Scholarship
Ms. Laura Miller Voice Scholarship
Naomi Kaufman Voice Scholarship
NFMC - Indiana Federation Award
NFMC-Eleanor Pascoe/Hatz Award
Paul and Judith Farber Voice Scholarship
Ralph E. Miller Memorial Scholarship for Music
Sharon Thawley Scholarship for Voice
Sheila Gitlitz Scholarship Endowment
The Chautauqua Voice Scholarship
The Hebrew Congregation Voice Award
The Heitzenrater Family Voice Scholarship
The John and Mary Lou Kookogey Scholarship
The Marian A. Neubauer Scholarship
The Martha Marcks Mack Award
The Mary Louise Molyneaux Scholarship
The Sabina Mooney Seifert Memorial Scholarship
The Toni and Joseph Goldfarb Scholarship
The Anne C. Britton Memorial Scholarship
Alfredo Valenti Scholarship Fund
Burden-Staples Music Scholarship
Chautauqua - NFMC Dorothy Dann Bullock Award
Chautauqua Women's Club Scholarship
Cheryl Gorelick Scholarship for Voice
Diamond Jubilee Class of 1948 Scholarship
Felicia and Andy Landis Memorial Fund
General Chautauqua Scholarship
James Scamman Memorial Scholarship
Lillian B. Hersh Music Scholarship
Lily Lee Nixon Fund
Moore Scholarship Fund for Music
Pennybacker Memorial Scholarship
The Augusta L. Ebert Molyneaux Scholarship
The Charles G. Schwartz Scholarship
The David and Miriam Yanes Eddleman Voice Scholarsip
The Edwin L. Bullock Scholarship
The Elmer G. Molyneaux Scholarship
The Indiana-Peggy Hoover Bryan Voice Scholarship
The Kullberg Scholarship
The Lillian B. Bullock Scholarship
The Mardelle Dressler Dobbins Scholarship
The Richard B. Rubin Scholarship Fund
The Suzanne Gaider Sroka Scholarship
The Sylvia Lucas Miller Scholarship in Music
The Toni and Joseph Goldfarb Scholarship Fund for Fine & Performing Arts
Chautauqua General Scholarship
Beverly and Marvin Fiegelman Scholarship Fund for the Performing Arts
The Luella Morris Forney Memorial Scholarship
The Lucinda Ely Johnson Scholarship
The Max and Edythe Kahn Scholarship Fund
Mary Cummings Paine Eudy Scholarship
Wilbur D. Forney Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mary McQueen Ross Scholarship
Clarkson Family Scholarship