Falstaff in <strong>Portland</strong> at PSU Opera directed by Tito Capobianco. He appeared at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall with American Symphony Orchestra in the lead role of Signor Rivière in Dallapiccola’s opera Volo di notte and at Lincoln Center Jazz with Deborah Voigt and the Collegiate Chorale as Grand- Pretre/Hercule in Gluck’s Alceste. Mr. Zeller’s concert engagements during that season included Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Seattle Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, and Spokane Symphony, and Carmina Burana with the Buffalo Philharmonic at Artpark. Mr. Zeller’s opera engagements have included 12 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera; in 2002/03 Mr. Zeller appeared at the Met in three new productions; as Ernesto in Bellini’s Il Pirata with Renée Fleming; in the lead role of Eddie in William Bolcom’s opera, A View from the Bridge, based on Arthur Miller’s play; and as Chorebe in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, conducted by Maestro James Levine. His other performances and assignments at the Met have included the title role in Verdi’s Macbeth, the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème, Barak in R. Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Carlo in Verdi’s Ernani, Rangoni and Schelkalov in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov in two different productions, Thoas in Gluck’s Iphigenie en Tauride, Kothner in Wagners’s Die Meistersinger, Sprecher in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, as well as performances of smaller roles in other operas including Giordano’s Andrea Chénier, Gounod’s Faust, and Verdi’s Rigoletto. Mr. Zeller was featured in Scottish Opera’s widely heralded, award-winning production of Macbeth, directed by Luc Bondy at its Edinburgh Festival premiere in 1999/00 and its revival at the Vienna Festival. Other highlights of past seasons include performances in Chicago Lyric Opera’s Boris Godunov and Andrea Chénier, Gluck’s Alceste at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and Gluck’s Iphigenie en Tauride in Madrid. He has also sung the title role of Rigoletto in many venues, including New York City Opera. Mr. Zeller also appeared as Athanaël in Massenet’s Thaïs with the English National Opera at the Barbican in London and in the title role in Verdi’s Macbeth with Opera de Bordeaux, Opera de Vichy and <strong>Portland</strong> Opera. Mr. Zeller has sung the role of Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata with Hamburgische Staatsoper, San Diego Opera, Scottish Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, <strong>Portland</strong> Opera, and in many other opera and concert venues with orchestras in Europe and the US. His frequently performed Verdi baritone roles include Falstaff, Rigoletto, Macbeth, Conte Di Luna, Amonasro, Rodrigo, Don Carlo, Renato, and Simon Boccanegra. He has appeared with many regional opera companies in the US, including the Chicago Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Cincinnati, San Diego, <strong>Portland</strong>, New Orleans, and New Jersey Opera companies. Mr. Zeller is highly regarded in the concert field and has sung with virtually all the major orchestras in the US, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, National Symphony, and the symphonies of San Francisco, Dallas, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Baltimore, Seattle, Oregon, and San Diego, to name a few. International orchestra credits include Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Vancouver Radio Orchestra, Winnipeg, Ottowa, the Nord Deutscher Rundfunk (Hanover), MDR Symphony Orchester (Leipzig), Dresden Staatskapelle, Czech Philharmonic (Prague Autumn Festival), Tokyo Philharmonic, Cesky Krumlov Festival (Czech Republic), Korea Philharmonic, Rotterdam, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Norway), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte- Carlo (in a command performance for Prince Rainier and Prince Albert of Monaco), as well as a performance for the Spanish Royal Family in Madrid with conductor Helmut Rilling. Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Bloch’s Sacred Service, Catalani’s La Wally, and many others. Richard Zeller’s recordings include the critically acclaimed Merry Mount by Howard Hanson for Naxos, Deems Taylor’s Peter Ibbettson with Naxos, and the world premiere of Henri Lazarof’s Fifth Symphony on Centaur Records – all recorded with Gerard Schwartz and the Seattle Symphony. He has recorded Dvorak’s Te Deum with Zdenec Macal and the New Jersey Symphony for Delos, and David Schiff’s Gimpel the Fool for Naxos, as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for Centaur Records, and Virgil Thompson’s Lord Byron and Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land for Koch International. Jeffrey Work Jeffrey Work joined the Oregon Symphony as Principal Trumpet in the fall of 2006, following 13 years as an active freelance musician in the Boston area. Since 1999, he has also served as Principal Trumpet of the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder during its six week long summer seasons. As an orchestral musician, Work can be heard on several recordings, most notably as a featured performer on the Oregon Symphony’s acclaimed 2011 release Music for a Time of War. Other performances include Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Mahler’s Sixth Symphony with the Boston Philharmonic, as well as performances with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. In addition to his orchestral duties in <strong>Portland</strong> and Boulder, Jeffrey Work performs concerto and chamber repertoire as his busy schedule will allow. His reputation has grown steadily, the press frequently praising him for playing with an artistry not often associated with his chosen instrument. Discovered by Mstislav Rostropovich in January, 1992, Work appeared as soloist on a series of four National Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts later that year. Rostropovich subsequently invited him to perform at the 1993 Rencontres Musicales d’Evian in Evian, France. There, Work made both concerto and chamber music appearances and returned in the same capacity in 1997. He was also offered his November, 1994 Paris debut by the Director of Music of Radio France. He has given solo performances with the Oregon Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Boston Chamber Music Society, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and The United States Army Band, as well as regional, community, and festival orchestras throughout the country. In 1997, during his third solo engagement with the Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Work recorded the Haydn Trumpet Concerto. In 1998, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston featured him in the world premiere of Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra and in 2003 that orchestra joined Work in premiering the Concerto for Trumpet by James M. Stephenson. Always sharp, never flat. Zeller is celebrated for his interpretation of the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah which he has sung with the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and many others throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, and he has given over 100 performances each of Orff’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Handel’s Messiah. Highlights of past seasons include appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of James Levine in Berlioz’s Les Troyens and the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, with both the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia and in a nationwide radio broadcast with the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Zeller was also featured in 2001 in a nationwide TV Broadcast of “Live from Lincoln Center” singing the Mozart Requiem with the Mostly Mozart Festival, conducted by Gerard Schwarz. His performances at New York’s Carnegie Hall include Orff’s Carmina Burana, Call 503.221.8240 to subscribe.
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>Symphonic</strong> Choir Steven Zopfi, Artistic Director Kathryn Lehmann, Assistant Director Renato Fabbro, accompanist Tamara Still, organist Soprano 1 Brandee Austin-Cone Margaret Braun Carol Corchero Gail D’Aloisio ** Christina Gipson ** Cameron Griffith Herbert* Bonnie Johnson Dorothea Gauer Lail Lauren McCune Jen Milius Sue Nelson Kurleen Nowickas Patricia Rehm Morgan Roe Theresa Swanson Soprano 2 Kathy Austen Stephanie Benischek Joy Bongiorno Cara Cantonwine Hallie Clark Kendra Friar Nan Haemer ** Wendy Hein Katherine Lefever Kathryn Lehmann Laura Mather Emily Matus-Borges Sue-Del McCulloch Donna Mihnos Ramona Moore Mary Martin Nelson Dara Searcy-Gardner Emily Stevens Alexa Stuart Alto 1 Nancy Curtin Helen Deitz * Diana de Tar Kathy Ganske Kendra Killian-Davis Janelle Manske Jenny Mosher Deborah Murray Karin Nystrom Carol Rossio Sharon Smith Mary Lane Stevens Irene Weldon ** Trisha Williams Alto 2 Colleen Baker Betsy Cooper Jamie Freyer Maria Hein Kari Liebert Melanie Madigan Lois Maxwell Rachel Portnoy Bradley ** Laura Robson Ashley Salisbury Rhonda Slinkard Marianne Sweeney Kathy Teyler Jarrett Melissa Thomas ** Kate Withiam Deborah Wright Tenor 1 Ryan Allen Brett Bargmann David Foley ** James Hook Daniel Morrill Ryan Muir Gerard Nelson Jason O’Neill-Butler ** Jeff Weener Tenor 2 Jon Garrow ** Brian Haskins ** Daniel Hibbett Jerome Patrick Larkin Dan Mangan Michael Murray Ralph Nelson Allen W. Richards, Jr. Matthew Schick Jonathan Scott Gary Shannon * Duane Summerville Dale Webber Bass 1 Chris Brown John Eisemann Don Fales Gary Gross Phill Hurley ** Jim Imhoff Bill Klatz Daniel Knauss Jim Maddry John Nicol Tom Rocks Ariel Shai Rogson Jim Saunders Rik Simmonds Eric Smith Scott Sorensen-Jolink Bass 2 Don Alrick Brooke Benfield Wayne Carlon John Chilgren Dan Dalzell ** Paul Elison * Oscar Fernandez Jerry Gilkerson Tom Hard Phil Joslin Daniel Miles Mark Petersen John Salmon Bill Scott Dwight Uphaus ** Lorin Wilkerson * Section leader ** Staff singer <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>Symphonic</strong> Choir Board of Directors Executive Committee James M. Saunders – Chair Mark Petersen – Vice Chair Marianne Sweeney – Vice Chair Christine Berger – Secretary Larry Winkle – Treasurer Board Members Gary Gross Tom Hard Katherine Lefever Barry Purnell Phil Joslin Dale Webber – Choir President Margaret Braun – Choir Vice President Administrative Staff Executive Director – Shannon McNerney Production Manager – Mark Petersen Social Media Manager – Allen W. Richards, Jr. Development Advisor – Katherine Lefever Music Librarians – Cameron Griffith Herbert, Wayne Carlon Auditions Coordinator – Diana deTar
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