{ Program Notes
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B a l t i m o r e S y m p h o n y O r c h es t r a
Marin Alsop
Music Director • Harvey M. And Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair
William Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
In association with:
Friday, May 30, 2014 — 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 31, 2014 — 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 1, 2014 — 3 p.m.
Overture and Incidental Music by
Felix Mendelssohn
Marin Alsop, Conductor
Edward Berkeley, Text Adaptation and Stage Director
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, women’s chorus —Tom Hall, Director
Donald Thomas, Lighting Designer
Ashley Pollard, Production Stage Manager
Featuring
Spencer Aste. . . . . . . . Egeus, Philostrate, Puck, Starveling (Moonshine), Mustardseed
John Bolger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theseus, Oberon, Snug (Lion)
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairy 2
Katie deBuys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hermia, Peter Quince (Prologue), Cobweb
Ying Fang, soprano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairy 1
Marcus Kyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lysander, Flute (Thisby), Peaseblossom
Cody Nickell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demetrius, Bottom (Pyramus)
Kate Eastwood Norris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helena, Snout (Wall), Moth
Linda Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Titania, Hippolyta
Please note there will be a 20 minute intermission.
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop’s bio., please see pg. 7.
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Edward
Berkeley
Edward Berkeley is on
faculty at The Juilliard
School (primarily
www. bsomusic .org
as director of undergraduate opera studies)
and also teaches Shakespeare at Circle in
the Square Theater School. On Broadway, he directed the Tony Award and
Drama Desk-nominated Wilder, Wilder,
Wilder and other award-winning productions. His New York Shakespeare Festival
productions include Pericles and “Best
Revival” winner The Tempest. He directed
Beatrice and Benedict at the New York
Philharmonic, John Adams’ El Niño at the
Atlanta Symphony, The Disappointment at
the Library of Congress, and Ah! Wilderness at Williamstown Theater Festival. At
the Aspen Opera Theater Center, he has
directed classics and new operas by John
Corigliano, John Harbison, Bright Sheng,
Augusta Read Thomas, Mark-Anthony
Turnage and Bernard Rands. In New
York, Mr. Berkeley directed the premieres
of Ned Rorem’s Our Town, Thomas
Adès’ Powder Her Face and Ullman’s The
Kaiser from Atlantis (also directed in L.A.,
Houston, Spoleto and Ravinia). Mr.
Berkeley was an acting consultant for
the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann
Program, guest faculty at Princeton and
Williams, distinguished guest professor at
Carleton and returning guest director at
Rice. Favorite productions include Charlotte Delbo’s holocaust play: Who Will
Carry The Word? for Willow Cabin, his
adaptation of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer
Night’s Dream for the New York Philharmonic, Madama Butterfly for Houston
Grand Opera and The Coronation of Poppea, John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer and Transformations at Juilliard. This
summer, he returns to Aspen for Eugene
Onegin and Carmen and then travels to
Marseille for Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Spencer Aste
(Egeus, Philostrate,
Puck, Starveling
(Moonshine),
Mustardseed)
Lincoln Center: Polonius/Gravedigger Hamlet (Lincoln Center Institute);
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (New
York Philharmonic). Edinburgh Fringe
Festival: Polonius 3-D Hamlet (Fundamental Theater Project). New York: The
Acting Company (company member):
Richard Richard III, Iago Othello, Edgar
Allan Poe Murder By Poe. Other NY
Companies: Axis Theater Co. (company
member), WorkShop Theatre Company
(company member), Storm Theatre Co.,
The Cell, New York Theatre Workshop,
MTC, MCC, Boomerang Theat. Co.,