SEATTLE OPERA ANNUAL FUND IMPACT REPORT 2014/15

SEATTLE OPERA ANNUAL FUND IMPACT REPORT 2014/15

Der Friends, Why do you love Don Giovnni? Are you swept in by his chrm? Or do you delight in his punishment? He s n enigm: both cptivting nd repellnt. Tht s why I love this oper, nd why I m so grteful for your help bringing it to our stge. Don Giovnni is importnt becuse it chllenges our ssumptions. It excites our gretest fers nd desires. I know you re going to love our production of Mozrt s msterpiece. And I thnk you for your generous commitment to Settle Oper. See you t McCw Hll soon! Sincerely, Aidn Lng Generl Director Front Cover: Don Giovnni, Settle Oper 2007 Rozrii Lynch. Left: Brndon Ptoc 2013 o Giovnni s escpe rope $200 o 25 Jpnese lnterns $1,200 o Giovnni s vintge dressing gown $500 o Prty msk $100 o Cemetery gtes $2,300 A Don Giovnni Shopping List Your gift mkes difference we ll prove it! Here s short list of essentil props nd costumes tht will bring Don Giovnni to life this fll, thnks to your generosity. And this list is just the strt. Add lighting, scenery, wigs, rtists, full orchestr It s plin to see: gifts of ll sizes help bring oper msterpieces like Don Giovnni to the stge.

And Your Winner Is Isschh Svge Speight Celebrtion Breks Records nd Wrms Herts You should be proud. Speight Celebrtion Concert, Settle Oper. 2014 Jonthn Vnderweit. Get to know the mn who swept the Orchestr, Audience, nd Top Prizes t our 2014 Interntionl Wgner Competition. He ll be one to wtch! HOMETOWN: Phildelphi, PA FIRST BIG GIG: Singing in his church t ge 5 SPECIALTIES: Verdi nd Wgner RECENTLY: Rdmes, Aïd, Houston Grnd Oper Lohengrin, Lohengrin, Merol Progrm t Sn Frncisco Oper Interntionl Wgner Competition, Settle Oper. 2014 Elise Bkketun. Thnks to donors like you, the Speight Celebrtion ws success from strt to finish. Your generosity brought 18 of oper s brightest strs together for n unforgettble concert honoring Speight Jenkins. Tht night, you helped rise record-breking $1 million for Settle Oper. And just s importnt you nd the whole Settle Oper fmily welcomed Speight into retirement with night full of love. UP NEXT: Siegmund (cover), Die Wlküre, Cndin Oper Compny Don Riccrdo, Ernni, The Metropolitn Oper

Lrry Brownlee Comes Full Circle, Thnks to You Why His Don Ottvio My Cuse Déjà Vu Bel cnto tenor Lrry Brownlee hs specil connection with Settle Oper. In 2000, with the help of donors like you, he begn his professionl creer by spending two formtive yers in our Young Artists Progrm. When he returned to Settle to sing Arturo in our 2008 I Puritni, you voted him Artist of the Yer. Your generosity will bring Lrry, now the most in demnd Americn bel cnto tenor in the world, bck to Settle gin this fll to sing Don Ottvio in Don Giovnni. It s n especilly newsworthy return for two resons: 1. Don Ottvio is not bel cnto role. You ll be mong the first to her Lrry s he pplies his lyricl voice to Mozrt. 2. And here s the déjà vu this isn t techniclly the first time Lrry s sung Don Ottvio t Settle Oper. In fct, he sng the role in the 2000/01 Young Artists touring production. Were you there? Don t miss round two, now with Lrry in his prime, this October! Derek Blnks. Your support brings the biggest strs of oper to McCw Hll.

1020 JOHN STREET, SEATTLE, WA 98109-5319 SAVE THE DATE: OPERA BALL JANUARY 10, 2015 SPEND A GLAMOROUS NIGHT AT THE OPERA Join us fter the curtin closes on the opening night of Tosc this Jnury for festive reception nd dinner bckstge with rtists. Proceeds support Settle Oper s Lerning nd Enggement Progrms. NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID SEATTLE OPERA 2014 Brndon Ptoc. Tret yourself to gl evening nd meet the oper strs you love. Pictured here: Jester s Bll guests with Ndine Sierr, Gild in our 2013/14 Rigoletto (second from left). SEATTLE OPERA ANNUAL FUND IMPACT REPORT 2014/15 MADE POSSIBLE BY YOU