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LA Opera Administrative Offices Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue Los Angeles CA 90012 Telephone: 213.972.7219 Fax: 213.687.3490	Box Office Telephone: 213.972.8001 Fax: 213.972.3008

EXECUTIVE STAFF

Plácido Domingo ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD GENERAL DIRECTOR
James Conlon RICHARD SEAVER MUSIC DIRECTOR
Christopher Koelsch PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
John P. Nuckols VICE PRESIDENT, ADVANCEMENT
Faith Raiguel VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Diane Rhodes Bergman, APR VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Sarah Al-Atrakchi SENIOR DIRECTOR, FINANCE	Stacy C. Brightman, Ph.D. SENIOR DIRECTOR, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Grant Gershon RESIDENT CONDUCTOR	Rupert Hemmings SENIOR DIRECTOR, PRODUCTION
Gerrie Maloof SENIOR DIRECTOR, LABOR RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES	Patricia McLeod SENIOR DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT
Joshua Winograde SENIOR DIRECTOR, ARTISTIC PLANNING

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ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION

Susan Lang

ARTIST SERVICES MANAGER

Jessie Kim

ARTISTIC AND OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE

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MUSIC ADMINISTRATION

Mark Fabulich MUSIC LIBRARIAN	Felino Jason Vasquez ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
Brady Steel ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER	Nino Sanikidze HEAD COACH, DOMINGO-THORNTON YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM
Ignazio Terrasi MUSICAL ASSISTANT TO JAMES CONLON	William Gorin PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO JAMES CONLON
Karen Cooksey ASSOCIATE CHORUS MASTER	Christopher Allen Jordi Bernacer Bruno Cinquegrani Karen Cooksey Paul Floyd Jeremy Frank Miah Im Susanna Lemberskaya Bryndon Hassman Andreas Heinzmann Audrey Saint-Gil Nino Sanikidze Tamara Sanikidze Tali Tadmor 2012/2013 MUSIC STAFF

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ADMINISTRATION

Laura Bennett

HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCE COORDINATOR

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TECHNICAL

Jeff Kleeman TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Carolina Angulo DESIGN MANAGER	Margie Schnibbe TECHNICAL PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Alisa Lapidus PRODUCTION MEDIA MANAGER	Lisa Coto PROPERTIES COORDINATOR
Tony Reveles Melissa Ficociello RESIDENT LEAD SCENIC ARTISTS	Chris Carey TECHNICAL PAYROLL OFFICER
Katelan Braymer Lauren Teitz WALLY RUSSELL FUND LIGHTING INTERNS

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COSTUMES

Jennifer Green COSTUME DIRECTOR
Gregory White COSTUME DEPARTMENT MANAGER	John Bishop SENIOR CUTTER / DRAPER
Hallie Dufresne SENIOR CRAFTSPERSON	Gloriana Siman PRODUCTION & STOCK COORDINATOR
John Musselman ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT	Neal Anderson MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT
Janine Allen HEAD OF WARDROBE

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COSTUME SHOP

Allison Achauer Laina Babb Heather Bair Leslie Ann Smith CUTTER/DRAPERS	Jennifer Shaw ASSISTANT CUTTER/DRAPER Reina Alirez FIRST HAND
Yuan Anne Hua Blanca Miranda Hortencia Santos Pamela Walt Jennifer Wolff Anna Wong SEAMSTERS	Camilla Hansen Tammie Merheb CRAFTSPERSONS
Sharon McGunigle HEAD TAILOR	Wing Cheung ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD TAILOR
Rafael Avila Manuel Medina Rene Santos TAILORS	Misty Ayres Jeannique Prospere COSTUME SUPERVISORS
Claudia Adelina COSTUME ASSISTANT	Manuel Garcia ASSISTANT PRODUCTION AND STOCK COORDINATOR
Stefanie Cytron PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - BUYER	Melinda Brown PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - STOCK

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WIGS AND MAKE-UP

Darren K. Jinks WIGMASTER Samantha Wooten ASSOCIATE WIGMASTER	Brandi Strona CREW FOREMAN
Renee Horner Lisa Reitano Nicole Rodrigues SENIOR WIG & MAKE-UP ARTIST	Linda Cardenas LEAD STYLIST

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WARDROBE

Lee Smilek

WARDROBE ASSISTANTS

Shelley Graves-Jimenez
Mary Lehman
Kathleen Melcher
Martin Morse
Laura Oswald
Angelo Rivera

SEASONAL DRESSERS

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PRODUCTION

Lyla Forlani PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER	Claire Friday REHEARSAL ADMINISTRATOR
Gretchen Meyerhoefer MANAGER OF CHORUS, DANCERS AND SUPERNUMERARIES

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DEVELOPMENT

Marlinda Menashe DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL GIVING AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS	Jill Michnick DIRECTOR OF BOARD RELATIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Robin Green EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT	Nicole Debbini DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
Howard Moss SENIOR PLANNED GIVING OFFICER	Terri Bobadilla RESEARCH MANAGER
Annual Fund Margo McAdams ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, ANNUAL FUND	Sophia Sanchez DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, INDIVIDUAL GIVING
Melanie Underhill DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, INDIVIDUAL GIVING
Individual Giving Christine Weil ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, MAJOR GIFTS	Janey K. Campbell MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER
Institutional Giving Samantha Leo ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP	Ondrea Ackerman GRANTWRITER AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Nicole Michela INSTITUTIONAL GIVING ASSISTANT
Special Events Juliet Brown ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SPECIAL EVENTS	Emily Lawyer SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR

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EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Jennifer Babcock ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS	Jill Burnham EDUCATION MANAGER
Anthony Jones COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND TOUR MANAGER	Carmen Recker SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER
Eva Sobolevski Cindy Varghese COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ASSOCIATE	Victoria Fox RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Mariana Silva EDUCATION PROGRAMS ASSISTANT	Jacob H. Shideler EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
Eli Villanueva RESIDENT STAGE DIRECTOR	Natalie Buickians EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ASSISTANT
Marissa Butler INTERNS

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

Gary W. Murphy DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Mark Lyons ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLICATIONS	Shannita Williams ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA

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SALES AND MARKETING

Julia Rivera DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
Mark A. Rice ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING	Keith Rainville BRAND MANAGER
Jolane Weist MARKETING DATA AND PRICING ANALYST	Garrett Collins COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Patricia Wayne MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

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FINANCE

Denice Behdad SENIOR ACCOUNTING MANAGER	Stephen Moriyama FINANCE AND OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATOR
Kathleen Martin ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGER	Andrea Danowski PAYROLL AND BENEFITS MANAGER
Jeannie Jones ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ASSISTANT	Mary Schultz SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Michael Masuda

NETWORK MANAGER

Richard Comito

MANAGER OF DATA SERVICES

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BOX OFFICE

James M. Bell BOX OFFICE TREASURER	Tom Bucher Kimberly Price FIRST ASSISTANT TREASURER
Dale Bridges Johannsen Shane K. Morton Michael Meyer Shawnet Sweets SECOND ASSISTANT TREASURERS	Susan Wong Bruce Hall THIRD ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Robert Harrington Joseph Howells Margaret Prill Brenda Roman Joseph Selway Marlow Wyatt TICKET SELLERS

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Telephone: 213.972.8001 Fax: 213.972.3008 Phone hours: Monday through Friday, 10am - 6pm and on performance days Window hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10am - 6pm (8pm on performance days), Sunday matinees: 10am - 6pm

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Stephen Arel	Tenor
Mark Beasom	Bass
Samela Beasom	Soprano
Natalie Beck	Alto
Scott Blois	Tenor
Sarah Bloxham	Alto
Christina Borgioli	Soprano
Aleta Braxton	Alto
Reid Bruton	Bass
Sara Campbell	Alto
Jamie Chamberlin	Soprano
Veronica Christenson	Alto
Lisa Crave	Soprano
Leslie Dennis	Soprano
Rafael Durán	Tenor
Julian Fielder	Bass
Michelle Fournier	Alto
Gregory Geiger	Bass
Michael Geiger	Bass
James Guthrie	Tenor
Steven Harms	Tenor
Terri Hill	Soprano
Robert Hovencamp	Bass
Mark Kelley	Bass
John Kimberling	Tenor
Kelly Krantz	Alto
David Kress	Bass
Charles Lane	Tenor
Christie Lynn Lawrence	Alto
Virenia Lind	Soprano
Roger Lindbeck	Bass
Francis Lucaric	Tenor
Sal Malaki	Tenor
Maryanne Mancini	Soprano
Gabriel Manro	Bass
Mark David Miller	Tenor
Helene Quintana	Alto
Adrien Raynier	Alto
David Schnell	Bass
Tim Smith	Bass
Renee Sousa	Soprano
George Sterne	Tenor
Michael Stevens	Bass
Lori Stinson	Soprano
Rebecca Tomlinson	Soprano
Jan-Kees van der Gaag	Tenor
Jennifer Wallace	Alto
Arthur Wand	Bass
Belinda Wilkins	Alto

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Roberto Cani	Violin I	Concertmaster
Jessica Guideri	Violin I	Associate Concertmaster
Lisa Sutton	Violin I	Assistant Concertmaster
Margaret Wooten	Violin I
Jinny Leem	Violin I
Ana Landauer	Violin I
Olivia Tsui	Violin I
Tamsen Beseke	Violin I
James Stark	Violin I
Armen Anassian	Violin I
Steve Scharf	Violin II	Associate Principal
Florence Titmus	Violin II
Leslie Katz	Violin II
Michele Richards	Violin II
Cynthia Moussas	Violin II
Loránd Lokuszta	Violin II
Tina Qu	Violin II
Jayme Miller	Violin II
Andrew Picken	Viola	Associate Principal
Karie Prescott	Viola
Shawn Mann	Viola
Dmitri Bovaird	Viola
Matthew Funes	Viola
Kazi Pitelka	Viola
John Walz	Cello	Principal
Rowena Hammill	Cello	Associate Principal
Dane Little	Cello
Kim Scholes	Cello
Xiao-Dan Zheng	Cello
Nadine Hall	Cello
David Young	Bass	Principal
Ann Atkinson	Bass	Associate Principal
Frances Liu-Wu	Bass
Donald Ferrone	Bass
Timothy Eckert	Bass
Heather Clark	Flute/Piccolo	Principal
Angela Wiegand	Flute/Piccolo
Sarah Weisz	Flute/Piccolo
Leslie Reed	Oboe/English Horn	Principal
Stuart Horn	Oboe/English Horn
Stuart Clark	Clarinet	Principal
Donald Foster	Clarinet
Stephen Piazza	Clarinet
William May	Bassoon	Principal
Judith Farmer	Bassoon
Steven Becknell	Horn	Principal
Daniel Kelley	Horn
James Atkinson	Horn	Associate Principal
Jenny Kim	Horn
Tim Morrison	Trumpet	Principal
David Washburn	Trumpet	Associate Principal
Andrew Ulyate	Trumpet
William Booth	Trombone	Principal
Alvin Veeh	Trombone
Terry Cravens	Trombone	Bass Trombone
James Self	Tuba	Principal
JoAnn Turovsky	Harp	Principal
Gregory Goodall	Timpani	Principal
Theresa Dimond	Percussion	Principal
Timm Boatman	Percussion
Brady Steel		Orchestra Personnel Manager
Mark Fabulich		Music Librarian

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Production Staff

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Barbara Donner	Stage Manager
Lyla Forlani	Stage Manager
Lisa Kable-Blanchard	Stage Manager

Barbara Donner	Assistant Stage Manager
Meredith Greenburg	Assistant Stage Manager
Kyra Hansen	Assistant Stage Manager
Lisa Kable-Blanchard	Assistant Stage Manager
Michelle Magaldi	Assistant Stage Manager
Whitney McAnally	Assistant Stage Manager
Taylor Saleeby	Assistant Stage Manager
Melissa Sardella	Assistant Stage Manager
Erin Thompson-Janszen	Assistant Stage Manager

Tom Dugdale	Assistant Director
Tanya Kane-Parry	Assistant Director
Trevore Ross	Assistant Director
Michael Scarola	Assistant Director