CCM Mainstage Presents Legends of Dance on April 12-14

CCM Dance makes its return to the newly renovated Corbett Auditorium with a mixed repertoire concert, featuring the CCM Concert Orchestra and guest artists from the Cincinnati Ballet.

The Dance Department at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music brings the Sesquicentennial Mainstage Series to a stunning conclusion with its mixed repertoire concert Legends of Dance. The production runs Thursday, April 12, 2018, through Saturday, April 14, 2018, and celebrates the Mainstage Series’ return to CCM’s newly renovated Corbett Auditorium.

Directed by Dance Department Chair Jiang Qi with music direction by Aik Khai Pung, Legends of Dance features the CCM Ballet Ensemble with accompaniment from the CCM Concert Orchestra. The performance features two guest artists from the Cincinnati Ballet — soloist David Morse and Derek E. Brockington of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company.

“The high caliber of these two professional dancers not only elevates the performances, but also provides an excellent experience and learning opportunity for CCM’s student dancers,” Jiang says.

Beginning with one of the most celebrated pieces in all of classical ballet, the production opens with “The Kingdom of the Shades” from Act II of Marius Petipa’s La Bayadère, with music by Ludwig Minkus.

“From its first performance, the ballet was hailed by critics as one of Petipa’s supreme masterpieces,” Jiang says. “’The Kingdom of the Shades’ scene was regularly extracted from the full-length work as an independent showpiece for the ballet stages around the world, and it has remained so to the present day.”

The second piece is A Choreographic Offering by American modern dance pioneer José Limón, set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. The piece was restaged for CCM’s performance by guest artist Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba, a former dancer and teacher for the José Limón Dance Foundation.

The performance concludes with “Aurora’s Wedding” from Act III of Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the most popular classical ballets in the world, Jiang says.

“Aurora’s Wedding is frequently presented by the world’s leading ballet companies because of its colorful fairytale characters and the exquisite showcase of Aurora and the Prince’s grand pas de deux.”

CCM’s Legends of Dance runs April 12-14, 2018 in Corbett Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/legends-of-dance.
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CREATIVE TEAM

• Jiang Qi, director
• Aik Khai Pung, music director
• Evan Carlson*, lighting designer
• Chelsea Taylor*, stage manager
• Daniel Mallampalli*, Fernando Gaggini*, conductors for “The Kingdom of Shades”
• Maria Fuller*, conductor for A Choreographic Offering
• Alexandria Black*, Joseph McNamara*, conductors for “Aurora’s Wedding”

* CCM student

Sleeping Beauty and La Bayadère Drop Provided by: Cincinnati Ballet

GUEST ARTISTS
Derek E. Brockington, of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company, will play Solor in “The Kingdom of the Shades” evening performances Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14.

David Morse, of the Cincinnati Ballet, will play Prince Desire in the performances of “Aurora’s Wedding.”

The full cast list will be available at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/legends-of-dance.

PERFORMANCE TIMES

• 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12
• 8 p.m. Friday April 13
• 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14
• 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14

LOCATION
Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

PURCHASING TICKETS
Tickets to Legends of Dance are $27-31 for adults, $17-20 for non-UC students and $15-18 for UC students with a valid ID. Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $15, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/legends-of-dance.

PARKING AND DIRECTIONS
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Dance Department Supporter: The Corbett Endowment at CCM

Dance Performance Sponsor: Teri Jory & Seth Geiger

This performance of A Choreographic Offering is presented by arrangement with the José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.
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Story by CCM Graduate Student Jonathan Dellinger

CCM Behind-the-Scenes: Directors’ Notes for ‘Suor Angelica’ + ‘Gianni Schicchi’

CCM pairs two of Giacomo Puccini‘s most popular operas Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi for its next Mainstage production, which opens this Thursday, March 22, and continues through Sunday, March 25, 2018. These two operas highlight Puccini’s mastery of emotional storytelling, each sharing two contrasting tales about moral hypocrisy and greed.

CCM graduate students direct each production; Meredith Kitz directs Suor Angelica while Andreas Hager directs Gianni Schicchi. These young directors are not only challenged with mounting top-notch productions, but also have the added difficulty of presenting two distinct operas as a cohesive show.

“Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi work well together because they are so different,” says Hager. “The former takes religion and social order very seriously, while the latter completely skewers the awful and rich Donati family. In Suor Angelica, God is the moral compass, but Gianni Schicchi is about flesh and desire, with both the good and bad urges in every human.”

Tickets for CCM Opera’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schcchi are available now through the CCM Box Office.

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You can read more about the productions in the directors’ notes below:

Puccini’s Suor Angelica tells a story of faith, redemption and unconditional love. Under the ever-watchful eye of the Virgin Mary, a cloistered community faces the the daily toil of life in service of God and the greater good. Any longing for the outside world is left behind, and the encouragement to grow in relationship to God is brought to life in pastoral beauty. When a bitter presence thrusts harsh reality into this delicate atmosphere, will mercy and forgiveness provide the respite and salvation these women seek?

Suor Angelica asks us to see beyond desires and material attachments and surrender to a love that is greater than anything this world has to offer — a love that transcends life itself.

– Meredith Kitz, director of Suor Angelica

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Firenze è come un albero fiorito,
che in piazza dei Signori ha tronco e
fronde,
Ma le radici forze nuove apportano
delle convalli limpide e feconde

Florence is like a flowering tree,
With trunk and branches in the piazza,
But the roots draw new strength
From the clear and fertile valleys.

So sings the lover Rinuccio, begging his narrow-minded family to allow him to marry his girlfriend. The problem: his family does not want him to associate with “newcomers,” as his aunt refers to the non-native born. The aria morphs into a sweeping ode to immigration and the exchange of cultures. Who brought the great arts and sciences to Florence? Arnolfo, Giotto and the Medici were all born outside the city, Rinuccio reminds them.

The family rejects this and doesn’t warm to the marriage until the girl’s father, the titular Gianni Schicchi, crafts a plot to forge a new will and help them inherit their dead uncle’s money. It’s a masterful study in hypocrisy, all the more remarkable because it remains lighthearted and effervescent.

Like the best of Shakespeare, Gianni Schicchi transcends its time period and national distinctions. We recognize each one of the characters onstage. Composed during the final years of World War I, the opera questions the stability of a fossilized world order but also concedes that a rejuvenated and more diverse society will only emerge through a bit of trickery. If the moral lesson is muddied, Gianni Schicchi certainly gets at a fundamental truth: it’s fun to watch the wicked fall.

– Andreas Hager, director of Gianni Schicchi

Suor Angelica will last 1 hour and will be followed by a 15-minute intermission. Gianni Schicchi will last 1 hour. View the program booklet online here.
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CREATIVE TEAM:

• Mark Gibson, conductor
• Meredith Kitz, director (Suor Angelica)*
• Andreas Hager, director (Gianni Schicchi)*
• Theron Wineinger, scenic designer*
• Oliver Tidwell Littleton, lighting designer*
• Rin Marie Schwob, hair and make-up designer*
• Sidney Martin, props master*
• Hankyu Lee, sound designer*
• Chelsea D. Taylor, stage manager (Suor Angelica)*
• Margo Leist, stage manager (Gianni Schicchi)*
• Ashley Trujilo, costume designer*
• Marie-France Lefebvre, musical preparation

*CCM student

CAST LISTS:
SUOR ANGELICA

• Caitlin Gotimer*, Nicolette Book^ as Sister Angelica
• Amber Fasquelle*, Karis Tucker^ as The Princess
• Brenda Iglesias-Zarco as The Abbess
• Briana Moynihan as The Monitress
• Mia Athey as The Mistress of the Novices
• Claire Lopatka*, Allison Anderson^ as Sister Genovieffa
• Hannah Consenz as Sister Osmina
• Madeline Jentsch as Sister Dolcina
• Rebecca Printz as The Nursing Sister
• Amber R. Monroe as Alms Sister 1
• Victoria Okafor as Alms Sister 2
• Amanda Olea as Novice
• Yewoon Yeon as Lay Sister 1
• Natalie Sheppard as Lay Sister 2
• Mercer May Barton as Griffin

GIANNI SCHICCHI

• Jonathan Stinson*, Samson McCrady^ as Gianni Schicchi
• Teresa Perrotta*, Lisa Rogali^ as Lauretta
• Brandon Scott Russell*, Chandler Johnson^ as Rinuccio
• Rebecca Printz*, Abigail Hoyt^ as Zita
• Dongwhi (Tony) Baek*, Tyler Jonson^ as Gherardo
• Murrella Parton*, Amy Joy Stephens^ as Nella
• Daniel Roger Lefebvre Chaitkin as Gherardino
• John Siarris*, Antonio Cruz^ as Betto di Signa
• Michael Hyatt as Simone
• Zane Hill as Marco
• Briana Moynihan as La Ciesca
• Antonio Cruz*, John Siarris^ as Maestro Spinelloccio
• Miles Wilson-Toliver as Ser Amantio di Nicolao
• Joshua Cook as Pinellino
• De’Ron McDaniel as Guccio

* Thursday, March 22 & Saturday, March 24
^ Friday, March 23 & Sunday, March 25

PERFORMANCE TIMES

• 8 p.m. Thursday, March 22
• 8 p.m. Friday, March 23
• 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24
• 2 p.m. Sunday, March 25

LOCATION
Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village,
University of Cincinnati

PURCHASING TICKETS
Tickets are $31-35 for adults, $22-25 for non-UC students and $18-21 for UC students with a valid ID. Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $15, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/gianni-schicchi-suor-angelica.

PARKING AND DIRECTIONS
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s
Opera Department Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal
Opera Production Sponsor: Genevieve Smith

Critics Praise CCM’s Production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

CCM’s Mainstage Production of  Jesus Christ Superstar continues Wednesday, Feb. 28 and runs through Sunday, March 4. Tickets are limited for the remaining performances, please call the CCM Box Office for ticket availability.

Local arts critics praised the opening weekend performances of the rock opera, which is based on the last week of Jesus’ life. The iconic rock score features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. CCM’s production is directed and choreographed by Diane Lala with musical direction by Roger Grodsky.

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“CCM’s mounting incorporates copious amount of dance, showcases the seemingly never-ending pool of talented performers and includes some impressively stark design elements,” writes Scott Cain of Talkin’ Broadway.

Cain adds that Bryce Baxter is “vocally stunning” as Jesus, and Jordan Miller “clearly communicates the torment and inner conflict” of Judas. “The entire hardworking ensemble deserves kudos for their dancing and vocal support throughout,” he writes. He also praises the scenic design by Matthew D. Hamel, the costumes by Ashley Berg and the lighting design by Erik McCandless.

“Like most CCM productions, between the phenomenal talent on stage and the incredible behind-the-scenes work from the technical students, you feel like you are seeing a Broadway show,” writes Anne Simendinger of The News Record. “It can be hard to believe the cast is comprised of college students.”

The roles of Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene are double cast in CCM’s production. The Sappy Critic Kirk Sheppard saw the musical twice so he could experience both sets of performers. He compliments Stavros Koumbaros‘ “solid singing voice and powerful physique” in his portrayal of Jesus, and Alex Stone‘s “exquisite vocal range” as well as his ability to express Judas’ “righteous anger and emotion.” Sheppard adds:

“Ciara Alyse Harris and Keaton Whittaker both shine as Mary Magdalene, with such professionalism and heart.”

In her review for the League of Cincinnati Theatres, Laurel Humes declares: “From stunning dramatic images to outright comedy, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music has staged a terrific production of Jesus Christ Superstar.”

Tickets for the remaining performances of Jesus Christ Superstar are extremely limited. Please call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 for ticket availability.
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice

Creative Team

• Diana Lala, director and choreographer
• Roger Grodsky, musical director
• Kevin Chlapecka, associate director and choreographer*
• Matthew D. Hamel, scenic designer*
• Erik McCandless, lighting designer*
• Matt. D Birchmeier, sound designer*
• k. Jenny Jones, fight choreographer
• Ashley Berg, costume designer*
• Meredith Keister, hair and make-up designer*
• Kyle Birdsall, stage manager*
• Levi Kiess and Mara Tunnicliff, prop masters*

*CCM student

The Company

• Jesus – Bryce Baxter^, Stavros Koumbaros*
• Judas – Jordan Miller^, Alex Stone*
• Mary Magdalene – Keaton Whittaker^, Ciara Alyse Harris*
• Simon Zealotes – Ej Dohring
• Peter – Christopher Kelley
• James – Daniel Marhelko
• John – Donelvan Thigpen
• Thaddeus – Ben Pimental
• Thomas – Matt Copley
• Andrew – Emily Ashton Meredith
• Phillip – Areo Keller
• Bartholomew/Priest 3 – Marissa Hecker
• Matthew – Emily Royer
• James, the lesser – Madelaine Vandenberg
• Caiaphas – Gabe Wrobel
• Annas – Madison Hagler
• Pontius Pilate – Phillip Johnson-Richardson
• King Herod – Derek Kastner
• Priest 1 – Hank Von Kolnitz
• Priest 2 – Nick Berninger
• Ensemble – Andrew Alstat, Anya Murphy Axel, Aria Braswell, Michael Canu, Emily Celeste Fink, Kylie Goldstein, Joshua Johnson, Elijah King, Jenny Mollet, Kyle Pollak, Bryn Purvis, Erich Schleck, Ethan Zeph
• Swings – Haley Holcomb, Quinn Surdez

^ Friday, Feb. 23; Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.; Thursday, March 1; Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 4
* Thursday, Feb. 22; Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 25; Wednesday, Feb. 28; Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m.

Performance Times

• 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28
• 8 p.m. Thursday, March 1
• 8 p.m. Friday, March 2
• 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 3
• 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4

Location
Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Purchasing Tickets
Tickets for the remaining performances of Jesus Christ Superstar are extremely limited. Please call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 for ticket availability.

Tickets to Jesus Christ Superstar are $31-35 for adults, $22-25 for non-UC students and $18-21 for UC students with a valid ID. Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $25, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Musical Theatre Production Sponsor: Elizabeth C. B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld

CCM Slideshows: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

CCM’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar opens at 8 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 22, and continues through March 4, 2018 in Patricia Corbett Theater. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, the 1970s rock opera is based on the last week of Jesus’ life.

View the slideshow below for your first look at CCM’s production. Photos are by Kaelin Butts, a second-year Communication and Electronic Media student at the University of Cincinnati.

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Tickets for the musical are selling fast, so don’t wait to secure your seats. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online through our e-Box Office.
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice

Creative Team

• Diana Lala, director
• Roger Grodsky, musical director
• Kevin Chlapecka, associate director and choreographer*
• Matthew D. Hamel, scenic designer*
• Erik McCandless, lighting designer*
• Matt. D Birchmeier, sound designer*
• k. Jenny Jones, fight choreographer
• Ashley Berg, costume designer*
• Meredith Keister, hair and make-up designer*
• Kyle Birdsall, stage manager*
• Levi Kiess and Mara Tunnicliff, prop masters*

*CCM student

The Company

• Jesus – Bryce Baxter^, Stavros Koumbaros*
• Judas – Jordan Miller^, Alex Stone*
• Mary Magdalene – Keaton Whittaker^, Ciara Alyse Harris*
• Simon Zealotes – Ej Dohring
• Peter – Christopher Kelley
• James – Daniel Marhelko
• John – Donelvan Thigpen
• Thaddeus – Ben Pimental
• Thomas – Matt Copley
• Andrew – Emily Ashton Meredith
• Phillip – Areo Keller
• Bartholomew/Priest 3 – Marissa Hecker
• Matthew – Emily Royer
• James, the lesser – Madelaine Vandenberg
• Caiaphas – Gabe Wrobel
• Annas – Madison Hagler
• Pontius Pilate – Phillip Johnson-Richardson
• King Herod – Derek Kastner
• Priest 1 – Hank Von Kolnitz
• Priest 2 – Nick Berninger
• Ensemble – Andrew Alstat, Anya Murphy Axel, Aria Braswell, Michael Canu, Emily Celeste Fink, Kylie Goldstein, Joshua Johnson, Elijah King, Jenny Mollet, Kyle Pollak, Bryn Purvis, Erich Schleck, Ethan Zeph
• Swings – Haley Holcomb, Quinn Surdez

^ Friday, Feb. 23; Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.; Thursday, March 1; Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 4
* Thursday, Feb. 22; Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 25; Wednesday, Feb. 28; Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m.

Performance Times

• 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22
• 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23
• 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25
• 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28
• 8 p.m. Thursday, March 1
• 8 p.m. Friday, March 2
• 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 3
• 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4

Location
Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Purchasing Tickets
Tickets to Jesus Christ Superstar are $31-35 for adults, $22-25 for non-UC students and $18-21 for UC students with a valid ID. Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $25, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/jesus-christ-superstar.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Musical Theatre Production Sponsor: Elizabeth C. B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld

CCM Slideshows: ‘Candide’

Here is your sneak peek at CCM’s Mainstage Series production of Candide, presented in conjunction with the world-wide Leonard Bernstein at 100 centennial celebration. Conducted by Mark Gibson with stage direction by Emma Griffin, the opera opens at 8 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 in CCM’s Patricia Corbett Theater.

Based on Voltaire’s biting satirical novella of the same name, Leonard Bernstein’s Candide follows a naïve young man as he searches for the meaning of life in a cruel and chaotic world. CCM’s innovative new production of Candide uses a mysterious, one-room set design that inspires the theatricality of the show.

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“CCM’s highly imaginative staging of this classic opera-musical is part of a long performance tradition of presenting Candide as a theatrically inventive show,” Griffin says. “In our production, we’ve given the performers a blank canvas with which to create a world of heightened theatricality and magical realism.”

Journey through Voltaire’s “best of all possible worlds” in CCM’s production of Candide, presented Nov. 16-19 in Patricia Corbett Theater. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/candide.
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CANDIDE
(New York City Opera House Version)
By Leonard Bernstein
Book by Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire
Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche and Leonard Bernstein

By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent for Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, publisher and copyright owner.
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Creative Team

• Mark Gibson, conductor
• Emma Griffin, director
• Katie Johannigman, choreographer
• Thomas C. Umfrid, scenic designer
• Oliver Tidwell Littleton*, lighting designer
• Edward Mineishi*, sound designer
• Ann Marie White*, dialect coach
• Reba Senske, costume designer
• Lydia Brown, vocal coach
• William R. Langley*, chorus master
• Pauline Humbert*, stage manager

* CCM student

Cast List

• Brandon Scott Russell# as Candide
• Rob Stahley^ as Candide
• Heidi Middendorf# as Cunegonde
• Shannon Cochran^ as Cunegonde
• Chelsea Duval-Major# as Old Lady
• Karis Tucker^ as Old Lady
• Schyler Vargas as Maximilian
• Rebecca Printz as Paquette
• De’ron McDaniel as Pangloss
• Jacqueline Daaleman, Landon Hawkins, Nick Heffelfinger as Voltaire
• Clay Edwards as Baron
• Mia Athey as Baroness
• Logan Wagner, Grant Peck as Bulgarian Soldiers
• Breanna Flores, Elle Zambarano as Westphalian Soldiers
• Michael Hyatt as High Inquisitor
• Natalie Shepard as Auto-da-fe Victim
• Chandler Johnson as Governor
• Kseniia Polstiankina as Pianist
• Amy Joy Stephens, Briana Moynihan as El Dorado Sheep
• John Siarris as Prefect of Constantinople

^Denotes performers on Nov. 16 and 18
#Denotes performers on Nov. 17 and 19

Performance Times

• 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16
• 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17
• 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19

Location
Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Purchasing Tickets
Tickets to Candide are $31-35 for adults, $22-25 for non-UC students and $18-21 for UC students with a valid ID.

Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $15, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.

Customizable subscription packages are also available for CCM’s 2017-18 Mainstage Series.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/candide.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Opera Department Sponsor: Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal

Opera Production Sponsor: Genevieve Smith