THE CREATORS OF THE OPERA
NED ROREM
 Words and music are inextricably linked for Ned Rorem. Time Magazine has called him "the world's best composer of art songs," yet his musical and literary ventures extend far beyond this specialized field. Rorem has composed three symphonies, four piano concertos and an array of other orchestral works, music for numerous combinations of chamber forces, nine operas, choral works of every description, ballets and other music for the theater, and literally hundreds of songs and cycles. He is the author of sixteen books, including five volumes of diaries and collections of lectures and criticism.
Ned Rorem has been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship (1951), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1957), and an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1968). He received the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award in 1971 for his book Critical Affairs, A Composer's Journal, in 1975 for The Final Diary, and in 1992 for an article on American opera in Opera News. In 1998 he was chosen Composer of the Year by Musical America. Among his many commissions for new works are those from the Ford Foundation (for Poems of Love and the Rain, 1962), the Lincoln Center Foundation (for Sun, 1965); the Koussevitzky Foundation (for Letters from Paris, 1966); the Atlanta Symphony (for the String Symphony, 1985); the Chicago Symphony (for Goodbye My Fancy, 1990); and from Carnegie Hall (for Spring Music, 1991). Among the distinguished conductors who have performed his music are Bernstein, Masur, Mehta, Mitropoulos, Ormandy, Previn, Reiner, Slatkin, Steinberg, and Stokowski; his suite Air Music won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize in music. The Atlanta Symphony recording of the String Symphony, Sunday Morning, and Eagles received a Grammy Award for Outstanding Orchestral Recording in 1989. In January 2000 he was elected President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Ned Rorem turned 75 on October 23, 1998; leading the birthday-year celebrations was the premiere of his evening-length song cycle for four singers and piano, Evidence of Things Not Seen. Consisting of 36 songs, the three-part cycle represents Rorem’s magnum opus in the medium.
J. D. MCCLATCHY
 J. D. McCLATCHY is the author of five collections of poems, and literary essays collected in three volumes. He has also edited many other books and the acclaimed series The Voice of the Poet for Random House AudioBooks. His work appears regularly in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Paris Review, The New Republic, and many other magazines.
Mr. McClatchy has taught at Princeton, Columbia, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, and other universities, and is currently Professor of English at Yale. Since 1991, he has served as editor of The Yale Review. In addition, he has an increasingly prominent role in the opera house as a librettist; he has written four libretti for William Schuman's A Question of Taste (commissioned and premiered by the Glimmerglass Opera Theater in Cooperstown, N.Y. in 1989, the next year produced at Lincoln Center by the Juilliard Opera Center), for Francis Thorne's Mario and the Magician (given its world premiere in 1994 by the Brooklyn College Opera Theater), for Bruce Saylor's Orpheus Descending (commissioned by the Chicago Lyric Opera, premiered there in 1994, and subsequently broadcast on NPR's "World of Opera"), and Tobias Picker's Emmeline (commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera, premiered there in 1996, subsequently telecast on PBS's "Great Performances," revived at the New York City Opera in 1998). He has recently completed (with Thomas Meehan) a libretto of 1984 (music by Lorin Maazel), scheduled to premiere at Covent Garden in 2005), and is at work on other new projects with composers Elliot Goldenthal and Lowell Liebermann.
THORNTON WILDER
 A pivotal figure in the history of twentieth century letters, Wilder was a novelist and playwright whose works continue to be widely read and produced in this new century. He was the only writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for both fiction and drama. His second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, received the fiction award in 1928, and he won the prize twice in drama, for Our Town in 1938 and for The Skin of Our Teeth in 1943. His other novels are The Cabala, The Woman of Andros, Heaven’s MyDestination, The Ides of March, The Eighth Day, and Theophilus North. His other major dramas include The Matchmaker, which was adapted as the internationally acclaimed musical comedy, Hello, Dolly!, and The Alcestiad.
Wilder and his work received many honors, highlighted by the three Pulitzer Prizes, the Gold Medal for Fiction of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Order of Merit (Peru), the Goethe-Plakette der Stadt (Germany, 1959), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963), the National Book Committee's first National Medal for Literature (1965), and the National Book Award for Fiction (1967).
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THE ARTISTIC TEAM
DAVID EFFRON
 Originally from Cincinnati, OH, distinguished symphony and opera conductor David Effron grew up in a musical family. His father was concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony for 28 years, and his mother was the pianist for that orchestra.
After earning Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in piano at the University of Michigan and Indiana University, Effron received a Fulbright grant for study in Germany and began his professional career as an assistant to general music director Wolfgang Sawallisch at the Cologne Opera. Returning to the United States in 1964, he joined the conducting staff of the New York City Opera, a position he held for 18 years.
In his early career as a pianist, he accompanied such artists as George London, Placido Domingo, and Sherrill Milnes in recital and collaborated with soprano Benita Valente as her accompanist for a decade.
As a prominent educator, Effron taught at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1970 to 1977. As the head of the orchestral program at the Eastman School of Music from 1977 to 1998, he trained hundreds of instrumentalists now in professional orchestras world wide. His conducting students presently hold positions ranging from the assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra to music director positions in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and South America. Since 1998, he has served as professor of conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he was appointed chairman of the Conducting Department in the fall of 2005.
A highly sought after guest conductor with a repertoire of all the standard sympyhonic works, as well as 105 operas, Effron’s 45-year career has included appearances with major symphony orchestras and opera companies in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and the Far East. This coming summer will mark his tenth season as artistic director and principal conductor of the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina.
In 1984, Effron was the conductor for the Grammy award-winning recording of Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. His discography also includes a 1987 Pantheon recording with Benita Valente, which won the German Critics Prize. Effron joined forces with flutist James Galway for a RCA recording of John Corigliano’s Pied Piper Fantasy, winning a top prize from Ovation Magazine.
In 2003, Effron received the Musicians of the Year Award from the National Federation of Music Clubs. In recognition and acknowledgement of his pedagogical contributions, he was honored in the spring of 2004 with the unveiling of a portrait to be displayed at the University of Rochester’s prestigious Eastman School of Music.
In the spring of 2006, Effron will be awarded an honorary doctorate from North Carolina State University.
VINCENT J. LIOTTA
 Stage Director Vincent J. Liotta has been both a professional stage director and a dedicated educator for more than 30 years. He is the head of the Opera Stage Directing program at Indiana University, where he teaches stage directing, acting, and operatic literature. Past professional projects include La fanciulia del West at the Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), Turandot at the El Paso Opera, and a new production of Die Fledermaus at the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre. In 1993, Liotta co-founded the Utah Festival Opera. His professional productions have covered the entire history of operatic repertory from Cavalli to John Corigliano. Notable works include directing the world premières of Mollicone’s Coyote Tales, a new version of Frank Loesser’s Greenwillow, Edwin Penhorwood’s Too Many Sopranos, and the American première of Dragon of Wantley. In addition, his works with the musical theater include a new libretto for Victor Herbert’s operetta, Naughty Marietta and Viva Verdi, an original biographical evening about the life and work of Giuseppe Verdi. He has created productions at major American companies including San Francisco, Houston, and Santa Fe, and has collaborated with Harold Prince on productions of Turandot, Don Giovanni, and the world première of Willie Stark.
C. DAVID HIGGINS
 Designer C. David Higgins has been designing scenery since 1972 when he began working at the Indiana University School of Music as a master scenic artist. Now a faculty member, he has been designing opera and ballet scenery and costumes across the globe for theaters in the United States, England, Italy, Iceland, and Korea. With over 150 productions to his credit, he has been described as one of America’s finest scenic painters by Opera News magazine and is best known for his detailed, Italianate painting style.
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THE CAST
STAGE MANAGER
 Eric McCluskey has appeared throughout the United States singing with New York City Opera’s National Company, San Francisco Opera’s Western Opera Theater, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Spoletto Festival, Sarasota Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, Connecticut Opera, Opera Omaha, Kentucky Opera, Banff Festival, Saint Louis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, and Paris Opera Ballet. He is a recipient of the William Matheus Sullivan Award, the Richard Gaddes Award from Opera Theater of Saint Louis. McCluskey has also been heard on board the M.S. Vistafjord and the M.S. Sagafjord as part of their Opera at Sea program. He is a native of southern Illinois and a graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he earned a Bachelor and Master in Music. After a number of years away from school, he returned this past August to begin work on a doctoral degree at Indiana University, where he studies with Timothy Noble.
 Tenor Christopher Wilburn, the winner of the Eugene Ferguson Award of Excellence, completed his Master of Music degree at Boston University School of Fine Arts. Most recently, he has performed the role of Accuser in the world premiere of Bright Sheng’s Madame Mao, appearing with The Santa Fe Opera, and with The Santa Fe Opera as The Messenger in Beatrice and Benedict. Wilburn appeared as Toni in Boston Lyrics Opera’s tour of The Daughter of the Regiment, and his roles there included Kalushova in the world premiere of Resurrection and Soldat in Kaiser of Atlantis. He is a former member of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program, and won three consecutive summer ensemble positions at the Opera Theater of St. Louis. He has also appeared in many concerts and orchestras, including the Newbury Port Orchestra (MA), the Hendersonville Orchestra (GA), Boston University Orchestra (MA), Commonwealth Orchestra (MA), among others. Wilburn is a student of Robert Harrison.
DR. GIBBS
 Kevin Murphy , a native of New York, is a bass-baritone who received his Bachelor of Music from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. While at Crane, Murphy performed many roles, including Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Poo-Bah in The Mikado, and Czolgosz in Assassins. He is currently in his third year as a graduate student at Indiana University, where he has appeared as Sciarrone in Tosca, Colline in La bohème, Alfieri in A View from the Bridge, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, and Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He recently performed the title role of Sweeney Todd for the Janiec Opera Company in Brevard, NC. This summer, he will be attending the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer Program, where he will be singing First Minister in Cendrillon, and covering Zuniga in Carmen and First Soldier in Salome. He currently studies with Costanza Cuccaro.
 Bass-baritone Robert Samels recently appeared as Marco in the collegiate premiere of William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge. As a member of the Wolf Trap Opera Company for 2006, Samels will add three roles this summer, including Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, Friar Laurence in Roméo et Juliette, and Pluto in Telemann’s Orpheus. Other opera credits include the title roles of Don Pasquale and Il Turco in Italia, as well as Leporello in Don Giovanni, Falstaff in Merry Wives of Windsor, and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the summer of 2004, Samels performed Creon in the New York premiere of John Eaton's Antigone. He also frequently performs in the oratorio repertoire. In the spring of 2005, he was selected as a semi-finalist in the annual competition of the Oratorio Society of New York. Samels began his vocal studies with Alfred Anderson at the University of Akron and Andreas Poulimenos at Bowling Green State University. Currently in the doctoral program at Indiana University, Samels has studied with Giorgio Tozzi and is a current student of Costanza Cuccaro.
MRS. GIBBS
 Courtney Crouse, a native of Fort Worth, TX, is currently pursuing her doctorate in Voice and Song Literature at Indiana University. She is also the music director at All Souls Unitarian Church in Indianapolis. Most recently, Crouse was seen as Josephine in IU Opera Theater’s H.M.S. Pinafore. Other roles at IU include Second Lady in W. A. Mozart’s The Magic Flute and the role of Amalia in the IU Opera Theater summer musical, She Loves Me. She received her bachelor’s in voice at Texas Wesleyan University and her master’s in voice at Indiana University. While at TWU, she performed the roles of Musetta in La bohème and Susannah in the Carlysle Floyd opera of the same name. During her hiatus from IU from 2000 to 2003, Crouse performed with the Fort Worth Opera’s Educational Tour and was adjunct faculty at Tarrant County College. She studies with Paul Kiesgen.
 Sarah Mabary , mezzo-soprano, is a Master of Music student in Voice. Her roles on the opera stage at Indiana University include Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore and Third Lady in The Magic Flute. In April of 2006, she will perform La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica in Jackson, MS, the Hattiesburg Civic Chorus and Concert Association, she performed Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera, and at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), she appeared as Peep-Bo in The Mikado. Other roles in her repertoire include Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri and Dame Quickly in Falstaff. Her oratorio repertoire includes J.S. Bach’s Mass No. 1 in F Major and Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Gloria, W.A. Mozart’s Requiem, and Purcell’s Come, Come Ye Sons of Art. In 2004, Mabary represented IU in recital performances at the Midwest Composer’s Symposium at the University of Michigan and performed a solo recital as a guest artist at the St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church Concert Series in Jackson, MS. Her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and Bachelor of Arts in German were completed at USM in Hattiesburg, MS, her hometown. Mabary is a student of Patricia Havranek.
GEORGE GIBBS
 Cody Austin Fosdick , a native of Spring, TX, is a Performer Diploma student in Voice, studying with Brian Horne. He debuted at IU as Dandini in La Cenerentola in the fall of 2004. Fosdick also performed the role of the Immigration Officer in A View from the Bridge in the spring of 2005 and Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore in the summer of 2005. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Fosdick has performed roles including Falke in Die Fledermaus, Jim in The Gift of the Magi, the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, and Pooh-Bah in The Mikado. In the summer of 2004, he attended the American Institute of Musical Studies program in Graz, Austria. While there, he performed under the conductor Edoardo Muller in an orchestra concert featuring Italian Arias. This summer, Fosdick will be an apprentice artist in the Central City Opera’s Young Artist Program.
 Marc Schapman is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music in Voice at Indiana University. A native of Iowa, Schapman received his Bachelor of Arts from Luther College and his Master of Music from Indiana University. He has recently appeared as Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado , Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors , Bardolpho in Falstaff, and Spoletta in Tosca. In May of 2005, Schapman appeared as George Gibbs in the world premiere workshop of Ned Rorem's Our Town. Currently, Schapman coaches with Gary Arvin and is a student of Costanza Cuccaro.
EMILY
 Carolina Castells is a first-year master's student from Miami, FL. This is her first role with Indiana University Opera Theater. She earned her bachelor's from the University of Miami, where she performed the roles of Pamina in The Magic Flute and Yum-Yum in The Mikado. She has recently performed as the soprano soloist in the premiere of Shawn Crouch's Requiem for Hiroshima with the chamber group, Seraphic Fire. She is currently studying with Constanza Cuccaro.
 Anna Steenerson , a native of Mauldin, SC, is currently pursuing her Master of Music in Voice at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A two-time district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in SC, she has also received many first-place awards with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Steenerson sang with the Indianapolis Symphony this past June as the First Fairy in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has been a member of the Janiec Opera Company. With the Indiana University Opera Theater, Steenerson has portrayed the title role in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette and Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe. She has also sung the role of Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogue des Carmélites and Josephine in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. Last May, Steenerson participated in the workshop of Ned Rorem’s opera Our Town. Her other roles include Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Laetitia in Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief. She is a student of Costanza Cuccaro.
MRS. WEBB
 Elizabeth Baldwin, a native of Sylvania, OH, is a Master of Music student in Voice, studying with Timothy Noble. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH, where she studied voice with Myra D. Merritt. Baldwin previously appeared on the IU stage as Cousin Hebe in the summer production of H.M.S. Pinafore. Other stage credits include Mrs. Peachum in The ThreePenny Opera, Fidalma in Il Matrimonio Segreto, Miss Todd in The Old Maid and The Thief, Ruth in Pirates of Penzance, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Morgan Le Fay in Camelot, and Madame de L’Haltiere in Cendrillon, from Bowling Green State University Opera Theatre and other surrounding opera companies. She has also had extensive experience performing soprano solos in major oratorios/concert works with several symphony orchestras. Among her awards, she is a recent winner of an Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Tri-State Region. This fall, she was a finalist for the San Francisco Merola Opera Center. In the summer of 2006, Baldwin will be a studio artist with the Chautauqua Opera Young Artist Program, performing as La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi and Lay Sister in Suor Angelica, as well as three cover roles.
 Juliet Gilchrist, a native of Bloomington, IN, is currently a doctoral candidate in Voice. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Voice from Indiana University. Her roles with the IU Opera Theater include Alice Ford in Falstaff and the Widow Peroo in The Music Man. Gilchrist has been awarded the Ildebrando Pizzetti Memorial Scholarship and the Dean’s Scholarship. She studies with Paul Kiesgen.
MR. WEBB
 Baritone Benjamin Czarnota has been seen as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Schaunard in La bohème (a role he also performed last year with Wichita Grand Opera), and Njegus in The Merry Widow. Elsewhere, he has performed the roles of the Count in The Marriage of Figaro and Death in Gustav Holst’s Savitri. He also appeared as Anton Chekhov in Dominic Argento's A Few Words about Chekhov in a semi-staged production of Argento works directed by Håkan Hagegård. This coming summer, he will return to the Des Moines Metro Opera, where he appeared as an apprentice artist last year. He is currently a doctoral student under the tutelage of Costanza Cuccaro.
 Samuel Spade , originally from Des Moines, IA, is currently a master’s student at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Spade is active in oratorio repertoire, singing as a soloist in numerous Bach Cantatas, as well as the role of Raphael in Haydn’s Die Schöpfung. He is appearing this semester as the baritone soloist in Robert D. Levin’s completed version of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. Spade has also performed many roles with IU Opera Theater. He was most recently seen as Schaunard in La bohème and Il Sagrestano in Tosca. Last summer, he was engaged with Central City Opera as an apprentice artist, where he sang the role of First Crony in Britten’s Paul Bunyan while covering the roles of The Old Doctor in Barber’s Vanessa and Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Recently, Spade was named a District Winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and will compete in the Mid-South Regional Finals later this year. He is a student of Patricia Stiles.
MRS. SOAMES
 Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, who hails from Rome, GA, is a second-year master’s student at Indiana University. She was previously seen on the IU Opera Theater stage as Tisbe in La Cenerentola, and Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore. Other stage credits include Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and Marie in The Most Happy Fella. Barton will soon join Opera Theatre of St. Louis for their 2006 summer season, covering Olga Olsen in Kurt Weill's Street Scene and Mrs. Rochester in the American premiere of Michael Berkeley's Jane Eyre. After Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Barton will join Tanglewood Music Center as a Fellow in vocal studies for the remainder of the summer. She was the second-place national finalist for the 2004 Music Teachers National Association Young Artist voice competition, a first-place finalist for seven National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions in Georgia, Indiana, and the Southeast Region, and was the recipient of the Donald Felton Award in the vocal category of the National Association of Arts and Letters competition. Barton is a student of Mary Ann Hart.
 Mezzo-soprano Rachel Rose makes her Indiana University Opera Theater debut in the role of Mrs. Soames in Our Town. Previously, Rose has performed Ottavia in The Coronation of Poppea, Florence Pike in Albert Herring, Mére Jeanne in Dialogues of the Carmélites, Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, and Pelléas in Frustration. At Ashlawn-Highland Summer Music Festival, Rose performed the role of Alma March in the East Coast Premiere of Little Women by Mark Adamo. Her solo and oratorio work has included the Lord Nelson Mass, King David, Messiah, and Mozart Requiem. Additionally, she has performed roles in the musicals Fiddler on the Roof, Sweeney Todd, and Ragtime, for which she was nominated for a Pensacola Little Theatre “Best Actress” Award for her portrayal of Emma Goldman. Rose holds a master’s degree from the University of North Texas and a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is currently working on her Doctor of Music in Voice, studying with Patricia Havranek.
SIMON STIMSON
 Chester Pidduck appears in his sixth role with IU Opera Theater. In 2006, he will be an apprentice with Glimmerglass Opera. He has been an apprentice with Central City Opera, Nashville Opera, and Sarasota Opera. Pidduck has sung five roles with Union Avenue Opera Theatre and another five with Opera in the Ozarks. His favorite roles include Ferrando, Tamino, Camille, Orpheus, and the Witch. He’s also done programs with the Brevard Music Center, Middlebury College, and Hot Springs Music Festival. He appeared as tenor soloist in many concerts, including St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, as well as other organizations in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas. He spent three seasons as principal singer with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. He was the Tenor Young Artist for the Bach Society for two seasons. As section leader and cantor at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis for several years, he sang for Pope John Paul II. Pidduck has performed with Sarah Brightman, Denyce Graves, and Frederica Von Stade. He did his undergraduate work at Hendrix College and the University of Salamanca, Spain. He has received awards or scholarships from Indiana University, Opera in the Ozarks, 5 Towns Music and Art Competition, and the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs. Pidduck is studying with Robert Harrison.
 Carmund White , tenor, is currently a doctoral student, studying with Timothy Noble. He earned a Master of Music from the Jacobs School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied voice with Stafford Wing and Lied interpretation with Michael Zenge. His operatic roles include Tom Snout (Midsummer Night’s Dream), Dr. Caius (Falstaff), The Grand Consul (From the Towers of the Moon), and Bartley (Riders to the Sea) with the LongLeaf Opera Company. Among his theatrical roles are Sam Semela (Master Harold…and the boys) and William (Lobby Hero). White has been a soloist at the Kennedy Center, and has sung with the Cincinnati May Festival and the Berkshire Choral Festival, where he serves on the faculty. He is the associate instructor and vocal coach for the African American Choral Ensemble
FRANK, FRIEND OF GEORGE
 Garth Eppley , tenor, is a native of Wabash, IN. He holds a bachelor in Voice Performance with Honors in Performance from Anderson University, where he studied with Fritz Robertson. His IU Opera Theater roles have included Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Second Man in Armor in The Magic Flute, and the Lawyer in Peter Grimes. He also is a frequent soloist with the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, with which he most recently sang the role of Pilatus in Arvo Pärt’s Passio. Eppley is also a frequent soloist with the Lafayette Bach Chorale, where he has sung on such programs as Handel’s Solomon, Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, and the Festival of Sacred Choral Music under the baton of guest conductor Craig Jessup of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Last summer, Eppley was a participant, along with other singers from the United States and Canada, in the Charley Creek Vocal Workshop, an intense program of aria and song study. He is currently a master’s student, studying with Timothy Noble.
SAM, FRIEND OF GEORGE
Daniel J. Yarzebinski is a senior majoring in Vocal Performance and Music Education. He currently studies with Alan Bennett. Previous appearance at IU Opera Theater include La bohème and H.M.S. Pinafore.
JOE, FRIEND OF GEORGE
 Daniel Shirley , tenor, is pursuing his Master of Music in Voice. This performance is his second appearance with IU Opera Theater, the first was as Tybalt in last fall's Roméo et Juliette. Upcoming performances include the title role in Albert Herring in a student production and the role of Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro with the Chautauqua Opera, where he will study and perform as a Young Artist this summer. Shirley graduated in 2004 from Vanderbilt University, where he was awarded the Delene Laubenheim McClure Memorial Prize for opera performance. He is a student of Patricia Stiles.
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