Last updated: June 25, 2019
Program
ACT I
The Dance of the Comedians
from The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana
THE WARNER BROS. FANFARE
Music by Max Steiner
“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG” (“The Merrie Melodies Theme”)
Music by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher & Eddie Cantor
Arranged and orchestrated by Carl W. Stalling
“BATON BUNNY”
Music by Milt Franklyn
Based on the Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna by Franz von Suppé
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES & ABE LEVITOW
“SHOW BIZ BUGS”
Music by Milt Franklyn
“Jeepers Creepers” by Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer
“Those Endearing Young Charms” Irish Folk Melody
Lyrics by Thomas Moore
Story by Warren Foster
Animation direction by FRIZ FRELENG
“RHAPSODY RABBIT”
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Based on Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt
Piano solo performed by Jakob Gimpel
Story by Tedd Pierce & Michael Maltese
Animation direction by FRIZ FRELENG
“JOHANN MOUSE” (Scenes)
Music by Scott Bradley, after Johann Strauss II
Piano solos by Jakob Gimpel
Narrated by Hans Conried
Story and Animation direction by WILLIAM HANNA & JOSEPH BARBERA
and
“TOM AND JERRY IN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL”
Music by Johann Strauss II
(Overture to Die Fledermaus)
Music originally arranged by Scott Bradley
Story and Animation direction by WILLIAM HANNA & JOSEPH BARBERA
“BACK ALLEY OPROAR” (Scene)
Music by Carl W. Stalling
“Largo Al Factotum” from The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini
Story by Michael Maltese & Tedd Pierce
Animation direction by FRIZ FRELENG
“ZOOM AND BORED”
Music by Carl W. Stalling & Milt Franklyn
Based on “The Dance of the Comedians” from The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
PEPE LE PEW, LE CHANTEUR ROMANTIQUE
“FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS” (Scenes)
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
“A SCENT OF THE MATTERHORN” (Scene)
Music by Milt Franklyn
“Tiptoe Through The Tulips” Music by Joe Burke, Lyrics by Al Dubin
Story and Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
“SCENT-IMENTAL ROMEO” (Scenes)
Music by Carl W. Stalling
“Baby Face” Music by Harry Akst, Lyrics by Benny Davis
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
“THE RABBIT OF SEVILLE”
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Based on the Overture to The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
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ACT II
PRELUDE TO ACT III OF LOHENGRIN
by Richard Wagner
“RABID RIDER”
Music by Christopher Lennertz
Executive Producer Sam Register
Story by Tom Sheppard
Animation direction by MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN
and
“COYOTE FALLS”
Music by Christopher Lennertz
Story by Tom Sheppard
Executive Producer Sam Register
Story and Animation direction by MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN
“LONG-HAIRED HARE” (Scene)
Music by Carl W. Stalling after Wagner, von Suppé, Donizetti & Rossini
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
“ROBIN HOOD DAFFY” (Scenes)
Music by Milt Franklyn
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
“WHAT’S OPERA, DOC?”
Music by Milt Franklyn
Based upon music from The Flying Dutchman, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung,
Rienzi & Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
Story by Michael Maltese
Animation direction by CHUCK JONES
MERRIE MELODIES “THAT’S ALL FOLKS”
Music arranged and orchestrated by Carl W. Stalling
Voice characterization by Noel Blanc
Program subject to change without notice.
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Credits
Starring BUGS BUNNY
Conducted by GEORGE DAUGHERTY
Created and produced by GEORGE DAUGHERTY & DAVID KA LIK WONG
Also starring
ELMER FUDD | DAFFY DUCK | PORKY PIG | WILE E. COYOTE | ROAD RUNNER TWEETY | SYLVESTER | PEPE LE PEW | PENELOPE PUSSYCAT | GRANNY | GIOVANNI JONES
…and special guest appearance by TOM AND JERRY
Music by CARL W. STALLING | MILT FRANKLYN | SCOTT BRADLEY
Based on the works of Wagner, Rossini, von Suppé, J. Strauss II, Smetana, Liszt, Mendelssohn & Donizetti
Animation Direction by
CHUCK JONES | FRIZ FRELENG | ROBERT CLAMPETT | TEX AVERY | ROBERT McKIMSON | ABE LEVITOW | WILLIAM HANNA | JOSEPH BARBERA
Voice Characterizations by
MEL BLANC & ARTHUR Q. BRYAN as Elmer Fudd
FORAY, HANS CONRIED & NICOLAI SHUTOROV as Giovanni Jones
Rabid Rider & Coyote Falls
Directed by MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN
Music by CHRISTOPHER LENNERTZ
Produced in Association with IF/X PRODUCTIONS SAN FRANCISCO
Production, Creative and Touring Staff
Creator, Music Director, Conductor & Producer: George Daugherty
Creator, Producer, Technical Director & Tour Director: David Ka Lik Wong
Production Touring Musicians (Rotating):
Jo Pusateri, Principal Percussion and Slide Guitar (glissando)
Kelly Hale, Principal Pianist
Leo Marchildon, Co-Principal Pianist and Slide Guitar (glissando)
Keisuke Nakagoshi, Co-Principal Pianist
Brenda Vahur, Co-Principal Pianist
Robert Schietroma, Principal Percussion Emeritus
Co-Producer/Co-productrice : Amy Minter
Art Director, CGI Producer and Graphics: Melinda Lawton
Editors : George Daugherty, David Ka Lik Wong, Scott Draper, Mark Beutel & Peter Koff
Special thanks to Keep Me Posted & Burbank
Special Effects and CGI, Animation Editor: Shawn Carlson
Sound Design, Sound Effects and Re-Mastering: Robb Wenner & John Larabee
Audio Mixer and Tour Sound Supervisor: Marty Bierman & Robb Wenner
New CGI Animation Elements: Lawton Design
New Animation Elements: Warner Bros. Animation
Audio CD Producers: George Daugherty, David Ka Lik Wong & Steve Linder
Sound Effects Editors: Robb Wenner & John Larabee
Music Supervisor: David Ka Lik Wong & Caryn Rasmussen
Click Masters: Mako Sujishi, Robb Wenner, John Larabee & Kristopher Carter
Music Transcription and restoration: Ron Goldstein, Caryn Rasmussen, Leo Marchildon, Robert Schietroma, Cameron Patrick, Robert Guillory, Charles Fernandez
Special thanks to USC/Warner Bros. Music Archives
Music Copyists: Caryn Rasmussen, Robert Schietroma, Michael Hernandez, John Norine, Jeff Turner, Valle Music, Judy Green Music
Webmaster and Website Designer: Lorelei McCollough
Video and audio production coordinated and executed by: IF/X Productions San Francisco
Exclusive Worldwide Representation: Brett Green
IF/X WISHES TO EXTEND ITS SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Warner Bros.; Warner Bros., Consumer Products; Warner Bros. Animation; WaterTower Music;
The Sydney Symphony, The Sydney Opera House, and The Sydney Opera House Recording Studios and Facilities; The Power Station Recording Studios, New York; U.S.C. Film School | Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television; U.S.C. Film/Music Archives; U.C.L.A. Film Archives; The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity; Chuck Jones Enterprises; Linda Jones Productions; Post Effects Chicago; Screen Magazine; and very special personal thanks to Isabelle Zakin, Bruce Triplett, Foote Kirkpatrick, Ruth L. Ratny, Mike Fayette, Rick Gehr, Melinda Lawton & Charlene Daugherty.
George Daugherty dedicates this concert to the memory of his mother, Charlene Elizabeth Daugherty.
BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY II had its world premiere on July 5, 2013, at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY had its world premieres on May 7, 2010, at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony; and July 16, 2010, at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
BUGS BUNNY ON BROADWAY had its world premiere on June 16, 1990 at the San Diego Civic Theatre; its Broadway premiere at the Gershwin Theatre, New York City, on October 2, 1990; and its international premiere on May 15, 1996 at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia.
Artists
Tobi Hunt McCoy is enjoying another year as Season Stage Manager with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. In past seasons, she stage-managed Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Christopher Plummer in 2001 and Colm Feore in 2014. She co-produced the 1940s Pops show On the Air with Jack Everly for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, a show they co-produced in 2007 for the NAC Orchestra.
In 2018 McCoy made her Southam Hall acting debut in the role of Stage Manager in the Magic Circle Mime Co.’s production of Orchestra from Planet X. Additional professional duties have included aiding Susanna and the Countess in schooling the Count and Figaro on the finer points of marital love during The Marriage of Figaro, keeping her eyes open (for the first time ever) during the flying monkey scene in The Wizard of Oz, mistakenly asking Patrick Watson for proof of identity backstage, holding her breath while marvelling at the athletic ability of the cast during Cirque Goes Broadway, continuing to implement feedback on her British-Columbian French with the choruses of Ottawa, and cheering on Luke and Princess Leia with Charlie Ross, Émilie Fournier, and Eric Osner during the Star Wars Pops concert.
In her spare time, McCoy is the Head of Arts, Drama, English, and Library at Lisgar Collegiate Institute.