CCM OPERA SERIES PRESENTS
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto attributed to Giuseppe Petrosellini
Edited for the New Mozart Edition by Rudolph Angermüller and Dietrich Berke
Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Bärenreiter-Verlag, publisher and copyright owner.
Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2024, Patricia Corbett Theater
*CCM Student
La Finta Giardiniera will run 2 hours and 30 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission.
By Gary Thor Wedow, guest artist
Wolfgang Mozart and La Finta Giardiniera
This opera is one of my favorite operatic works, among my favorite works of Mozart, and indeed of all comedic operatic masterpieces. It is exuberantly youthful, genuinely humorous (with jokes as old as the pyramids) and it sees directly into the human heart with the MRI of Mozart’s musical probing — yes! it sees into your heart too; you’ll feel it tonight.
It may seem astounding that he wrote this when he was ‘only’ 18, but truth, he had already written around seven professionally produced operatic works, so he was already an operatic force. Although La Finta Giardiniera, I feel, is his first mature opera written in his voice. It is the prototype for his later great works, especially Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così. Though Finta is an opera buffa, it is the serious plaintive arias of Sandrina, the gardeness and the stunning last act reunion duet of the lovers that are among the real treasures of this garden with their rapturous melodies and emotional depth. Other staggering musical moments are the kaleidoscopic Act I and Act II finales, worthy of standing beside Mozart’s later masterpieces, where he sweeps us along with the action with vibrant, continually changing dramatic music.
What amazes and amuses me the most however is the young Mozart’s accurate renderings of these inflated personalities, still so familiar to us today. As a child, Mozart had been exhibited before the crowned heads and the elite of Europe and was well familiar with their preening and self-importance. He paints them hilariously, without shame, with his music, both the upper class and the servants who would soon rise to equality; these are people he knows intimately and within a few bars of his glorious music, we know them too, and despite their ridiculous behavior, we fall in love with them and their vain, foolish antics.
Finally, what the opera is about, and what obsessed Mozart constantly was love; in the final chorus, everyone sings: ‘Viva amore!’ Mozart never ceased being in love with his aptly named wife Constanze. After nine years of marriage, five months before his death he wrote to her: ‘My one wish is to settle my affairs so I can be with you again. You cannot imagine how I have been aching for you. I can’t describe what I have been feeling — a kind of longing that is never satisfied, which only increases daily. Even my work gives me no pleasure…’ Love.
So welcome to our garden, where love always blossoms anew, and we can always hope to find true love renewed or found for the very first time.
Gary Thor Wedow, October 25, 2024
Conductor Gary Thor Wedow has established an enviable reputation for dramatically exciting and historically informed performances. Opera News has hailed him for his “hot music making”, “convincingly elegant period style”, and “impassioned leadership”. Conducting a wide range of repertoire, he has had long associations with Seattle Opera (La Cenerentola, Le nozze di Figaro, Gluck’s Orphée, etc.), New York City Opera (Don Giovanni, Carmen, Telemann’s Orpheus, etc.), The Canadian Opera Company (the North American premier of Sartorio’s Giulio Cesare), and the Juilliard School where he is on the faculty and often leads performances of the operas and oratorios of Handel, Mozart, and Bach.
This summer he conducted Barbiere di Siviglia for Des Moines Metro Opera which was lauded by Opera Today as “The Best. Barber. Ever!”, last season included Don Pasquale for Opera Omaha, L’incoronazione di Poppea for the Shepherd School and a new production of Carmen in Spanish for Opera Southwest. He was Artistic Advisor for Portland Baroque Orchestra for the 21-22 season (leading performances of Mendelssohn, C.P.E. Bach and Zeltner) and was formerly the Associate Conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society. His other recent early music performances have included Atalanta for the Juilliard School with Juilliard 415, Rameau’s Platée for Des Moines Metro Opera, Giulio Cesare (Handel) for the Atlanta Opera, and L’incoronazione di Poppea for Cincinnati Opera featuring countertenors Anthony Roth Constanzo and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen.
A regular guest of Utah Opera, he has led their productions of The Pirates of Penzance, Le nozze di Figaro, Barbiere di Siviglia, Die Fledermaus and L’Entführung aus dem Serail.
This coming spring, he will conduct Le nozze di Figaro for Palm Beach Opera, and later this year Messiah for the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, a work he has frequently led for the New York Philharmonic, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra among many other orchestras. Born in La Porte, Indiana and resident of New York City; Wedow studied piano with virtuoso Jorge Bolet at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University and received his Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory.
While taking a break at Lagonero Studios, two actors performing in the reality TV show, La Finta Giardiniera, have a misunderstanding over how to represent the backstory of the opera the show is based on. By coincidence, that misunderstanding mirrors the backstory where Count Belfiore wounds his lover, the Marchioness Violante Onesti, and cowardly runs away, leaving her for dead. In a frenzy, the actress performing Sandrina, is attended to and returned to set just as filming begins. So begins the reality TV period drama, where the cast desperately tries to find their true love among the many obstacles placed in front of them.
On the set of the Podestà’s verdant estate, we find our contestants pursuing their earnest desire for connection.
Our Contestants:
^ Performs Friday, Nov. 1
+ Performs Thursday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 2
Emma Marhefka
Second-year Artist Diploma student from Allentown, Pennsylvania
At CCM: The Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen, Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Elsewhere: Frasquita in Carmen at Des Moines Metro Opera (Des Moines, Iowa), Younger Alyce in Glory Denied at Knoxville Opera (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Opera Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at Opera Tampa (Tampa, FL).
Morgan Small
Second-year MM Voice student from Highland Park, Illinois
At CCM: Sandrina in La finta giardiniera, Rooster/Jay in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Cunegonde in Candide, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel, Milk Maid/Ensemble in La Bohème at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), Oberto in Alcina with Saluzzo Opera Academy (Saluzzo, Italy).
Reed Gnepper
Second-year MM Voice student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Mosquito and Pásek in The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Ferrando (cover) in Così fan tutte and Johnathan Dale (cover) in Silent Night with Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, Virginia), L'amante in Amelia al ballo with The Juilliard School (New York), Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden with The Chautauqua Institute, Chorus in Lucia di Lammermoor and Il barbiere di Siviglia with Cincinnati Opera.
Carlos Ahrens
First-year AD Opera student from Orlando, Florida
At CCM: Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr. Baglioni in La Hija de Rappacini, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, First Commissioner in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: King of El Dorado/ Baron in Candide at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Trentino Music Festival (Trentino, Italy), Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee), Tommy Djilas in The Music Man at Charlottesville Opera (Charlottesville, Virginia).
Cameron Howard
First-year MM Voice student from Irvington, Kentucky
Elsewhere: Little Bat in Susannah, Sandmann in Hänsel und Gretel and Ezekiel Cheever in The Crucible with University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, Le petit vieillard in L'enfant et les sortilèges with Chautauqua Opera Conservatory (Chautauqua, New York).
Ian Pathak
First-year MM Voice student from Springfield, Virginia
At CCM: Podestà in La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Ferrando (cover) in Così fan tutte and Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls with Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, New York), Schoolteacher in The Pigeon Keeper, Mercure in Orphée aux enfers, Willie in Hobson's Choice, and Schoolmaster/Mosquito in The Cunning Little Vixen with University of Michigan Opera (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Bogdanovitch in The Merry Widow with Toledo Opera (Toledo, Ohio), and Chorus in Aida in Concert with Detroit Opera (Detroit, Michigan).
Kaylan Hernandez
Second-year MM Voice student from Miami, Florida
At CCM: Beatriz in La Hija de Rappacini, Arminda in La finta giardiniera, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Elsewhere: Mabel (cover)/Chorus in The Pirates of Penzance and Chorus in Pagliacci at The Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York).
Nia Spaulding
First-year MM Voice student from Berkeley, California
At CCM: Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera d’Arte). Elsewhere: Chorus in La Traviata with Cincinnati Opera, Chorus in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Chorus in La Bohème with Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, California), La Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica with International Opera Festival of Morelia (Morelia, Mexico).
Malone Blaich
Second-year AD Opera student from Kansas City, Missouri
At CCM: Zina in Dark Sisters, Serpetta in La finta giardiniera, Lišák in The Cunning Little Vixen, Blanche de la Force in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Jenny/Woman 1/Reporter 1 in The Righteous (Opera Fusion: New Works). Elsewhere: Governess (cover) in The Turn of the Screw, Chorus in Le Nozze di Figaro and La Bohème at the Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Clivia in Clivia, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Valentine in La Marchenera with American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) (Graz, Austria).
Holly Thomas
First-year AD Opera student from Nashville, Tennessee
At CCM: Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Serpetta in La finta giardiniera, Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Sister St. Charles in Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Elsewhere: Casilda in The Gondoliers, Chrysaea in The Arcadians and Liesl in The Sound of Music at Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio), Liesgen from “Coffee Cantata” at Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Lisa cover in La Sonnambula at Teatro Nuovo (New York City), Celia in Lucio Silla at Chicago Summer Opera, Rose in Ruddigore and Fanchette in Les Mariage aux Lanternes at University of Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee).
Lucy Evans
Second-year AD Opera student from Bellingham, Washington
At CCM: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Isabella in La Hija de Rappaccini, Agrippina in Agrippina, Madame in Bulrusher (Opera Fusion: New Works) and Uta Hagen in Robeson (Fusion). Elsewhere: Rosina (cover) in The Barber of Seville and Marie de Medici in Galileo Galilei with Opera Theatre of St Louis (St Louis, Missouri), Alto soloist (cover) in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera, Maddalena in Rigoletto with Holy City Lyric Arts and Opera (Charleston, South Carolina), La Messaggera and La Ninfa in L'Orfeo, Agent 1 in M. Butterfly (World Premiere) and Kitchen Girl (cover) in Rusalka with Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Albany Symphony (Albany, New York).
Junyue Gong
First-year AD Opera student from Chengdu, China
At CCM: Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia, Flower 3 in La Hija de Rapaccini. Sister Gertrude in Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Elsewhere: Nicolette (cover)/Chorus in The Love for Three Oranges and Chorus in Carmen with Des Moines Metro Opera (Indianola, Iowa), 3rd Spirit in The Magic Flute with Queen City Opera (Cincinnati), Chorus in Liverpool Oratorio with Cincinnati Opera.
Andrew Hallam
Second-year MM Voice student from Detroit, Michigan
At CCM: Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream (upcoming), Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen, Mr. Baron in Lincoln in the Bardo. Elsewhere: Dr. Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'amore and Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land at Opera in the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas), Leporello in Don Giovanni at Vienna Summer Music Festival (Vienna, Austria), Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Sang Bin Park
First-year MM Voice student from Seoul, South Korea
At CCM: Nardo in La finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro at Chicago Summer Opera (Chicago, Illinois), Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni at Vienna Summer Music Festival (Tampa, Florida), Schaunard in La Bohème at Mannes School of Music (New York City).
Gary Thor Wedow, guest conductor
Gabby S. Trice
Second-year MFA Stage Design student from Blacksburg, Virginia
At CCM: Scenic Design for La finta giardiniera, Everybody and Clue. Elsewhere: Scenic Design for As You Like It at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, New Jersey), Art Dept. Lead for Mad Hatter’s (Gin &) Tea Party (Washington, DC), Various mural designs for the Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, Georgia), Scenic Design for Legacy of Light and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters at Synchronicity Theatre (Atlanta), Design for The Little Mermaid at The Legacy Theater (Atlanta), Design for Peter & the Starcatcher with Stagedoor Players (Atlanta).
Krista Billings.
Krista Billings
Guest Artist from Cincinnati Opera
Opera credits include The Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Atlanta Opera, Delaware Opera Company, Center City Opera of Philadelphia and the Curtis Institute of Music. She has a wide range of design experience in the performing arts, from the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival to The Velveteen Rabbit (for Enchantment Theatre) and the Re- lighting of Historic Boathouse Row on the beautiful Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Krista loves the scope that opera offers and a chance to help tell the story with light. She is currently the Stage Operation Director for the Cincinnati Opera
Cassie Smith
Senior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Arlington, Virginia
At CCM: Assistant Costume Designer for Once on this Island and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Stitcher at Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) and Assistant Costume Designer for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).
Emily Mallendick
Senior BFA Stage Management student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for La Finta Giardiniera, Everybody and 2025 Moveable Feast, Assistant Stage Manager for Little Women, Spring Awakening and Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Production Assistant for The Burials and Blue Stockings. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for Hamlet (Park Tour) with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and 1-MAN NO-SHOW with the 2024 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Production Stage Manager for RENT and Be More Chill with Stone Productions (Toledo, Ohio). Assistant Stage Manager for Light Chasers with the Know Theatre of Cincinnati.
Moira Seger (she/they)
Junior BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Designer for Dark Sisters, Props Manager for La finta giardiniera, Props Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen, Assistant Scenic Designer for The Rape of Lucretia, Scenic Charge for Everybody. Elsewhere: Props Artisan for The Sound of Music, The Count of Luxembourg and Guys and Dolls at Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio).
Benji Lookatch
Senior BFA Technical Direction student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At CCM: Technical Director for La Finta Giardiniera and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Assistant Technical Director for Once on This Island and The Rape of Lucretia, Head Carpenter for Something Rotten and Cinderella. Elsewhere: Install Tech and Fabricator on Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas with River City Scenic.
Annalee Crosser
Senior BFA Stage Management student from Edmond, Oklahoma
At CCM: Production Stage Manager on The Rape of Lucretia, Assistant Stage Manager on Little Mermaid, Assistant Stage Manager on Frankenstein, Assistant Stage Manager on Something Rotten, Production Assistant on The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager on Sweet Charity and Gypsy at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina), Assistant Stage Manager on Don Quixote at Cincinnati Ballet, Stage Management Intern on The Knock at Cincinnati Opera, Assistant Stage Manager on The Bridges of Madison County at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).
Halena Edwards
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Memphis, Tennessee
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for La finta giardiniera, Production Assistant for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Carmen Jones at Hattiloo Theatre (Memphis, Tennessee).
Matilda Dalton
Freshman BFA Stage Management student from Perrysburg, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for La Finta Giardiniera.
Bethany Untener
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for John Proctor is the Villain, Assistant Stage Manager for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Assistant Stage Manager for Fall Dance 2023. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Unto These Hills at Cherokee Historical Association (Cherokee, North Carolina), Production Assistant for SpongeBob the Musical Youth Edition and Stage Manager for Kids at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.
Ella Stumpf
Sophomore BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Lexington, Kentucky
At CCM: Scenic Design Assistant for Let the Right One In and La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Props Designer for Alice in Wonderland Junior, Scenic Designer for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus the Musical and Shop Assistant and ASM for Seussical Junior at Woodford Theatre (Versailles, Kentucky).
Rachel Luneke
Junior BFA Costume Design and Technology student from Covington, Kentucky
At CCM: Stitcher for Once on This Island, The Cunning Little Vixen, Clue: On Stage, The Little Mermaid, Wardrobe Crew Head for Everybody and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: Stitcher for Seven Deadly Sins, Così fan tutte, La Bohème, and Silent Night with Wolf Trap Opera (Vienna, Virginia), Stitcher for Camelot, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, No No Nanette, HMS Pinafore, Arizona Lady, and Orpheus in the Underworld at Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, Ohio).
Ben Niemczyk
First-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Hartland, Wisconsin
At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer 2 for La finta giardiniera, Lighting Designer for Dance Works, Lighting Designer for Coppelia. Elsewhere: Lighting Technician at Lighthouse Productions (Green Bay, Wisconsin), Lighting Designer for Amelie, Dance Works 2023, “Afterimages” 2023 and As We Climb at University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisconsin).
Charlie Raschke
Junior Lighting Design student from Raleigh, North Carolina
Hank Burns-Pavlik
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Farmington Hills, Michigan
At CCM: A1 for Clue: On Stage, Mic Tech for Sweet Charity and Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Audio Apprentice at Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, South Carolina), Live Audio and Recording Apprentice at Brevard Music Center Festival (Brevard, North Carolina).
Claire Bonnette (she/her)
Second-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Ozark, Missouri
At CCM: Make-up and Wig Designer for Sweet Charity, Make-up and Wig Artist for Clue: On Stage, Assistant Make-up and Wig Designer for Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Spring Awakening Hair and Make-up Designer for Spring Awakening at Drury University (Springfield, Missouri).
Emily Kemmerer
Second-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Wooster, Ohio
At CCM: Wig Stylist and Wig and Make-up Supervisor for Sweet Charity. Elsewhere: Assistant Wardrobe Manager at The Glimmerglass Festival for 2023 season (Cooperstown, New York). Wardrobe Supervisor at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for 2023 season (Cincinnati, Ohio). Wardrobe Supervisor at Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre for 2022 season (Grand Lake, Colorado).
M O'donnell
First-year MFA Make-Up and Wig Design student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Wig and Make-Up Design Assistant for The Winter's Tale.
Ryan Peerless
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Follow Spot Operator for In the Green, Wardrobe Crew for La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Assistant Lighting Designer for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Laura Hanks
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Hilliard, Ohio
At CCM: Production Electrician for La Finta Giardiniera, Production Electrician for Rappaccini's Daughter, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Cunning Little Vixen. Elsewhere: Programmer for Bourbon and Beyond and Louder than Life Festivals 2024, Deck Electrician for Illinois at Bard SummerScape (Red Hook, New York).
Ashton Karp
Junior Lighting Design student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: She Loves Me, 2023 Student Choreographers Showcase. Elsewhere: The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Katie Mogren
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from St. Paul, Minnesota
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Coppélia and The Winter's Tale, Production Assistant for Clue: On Stage, Wig & Makeup Crew for Rappaccini's Daughter and The Rape of Lucretia. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The SpongeBob Musical and Costume Designer for Frozen Jr. at Ashland Productions (Maplewood, Minnesota), Production Stage Manager for Alice in Wonderland with Lakeshore Players Theatre (White Bear Lake, Minnesota).
Blake Yavuz
Sophomore BFA Technical Production student from Los Angeles, California
At CCM: Carpenter for Let the Right One In, Clue: On Stage, The Cunning Little Vixen and Once on This Island. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Little Shop of Horrors, The Play that Goes Wrong, Cabaret, The Agitators.
Ava Morsch (she/her)
Freshman BFA Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Liz Mitan
Senior BFA Stage Design, Props and Scenic Art student from Mason, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Charge Artist for Let the Right One In, Rappaccini’s Daughter, Clue: On Stage, Frankenstein and She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Scenic Artist at The Ohio Light Opera
John Dougherty
Freshman Sound Design student from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
At CCM: Scenic Crew for La Finta Giardiniera, Mic Technician for Wonderful Town, Sound Crew for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Val Molloy
Sophomore BFA Sound Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Mic Tech for Sweet Charity, A1 for Rappaccini's Daughter Elsewhere: A/V Technician for Hamlet at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Park Tour).
El Bowers
Junior BFA Stage Management student from West Chester, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for The Marriage of Figaro, Assistant Stage Manager for Choreographers’ Showcase 2024, Assistant Stage Manager for Gianni Schicchi and Dido and Aeneas, Assistant Stage Manager for The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee.
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