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C A N A D I A N O P E R A C O M PA N Y
Wi n te r 2015
DIE WALKÜRE
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CONTENTS
4 TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI
BY NIKITA GOURSKI
10 SEMELE GOES TO BAM!
18 BACKSTAGE AND BEYOND
26 TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
WAGNER’S DIE WALKÜRE
BY NIKITA GOURSKI
2015/2016 SEASON PREVIEW:
12 LA TRAVIATA; 14 PYRAMUS AND THISBE;
16 SIEGFRIED; 20 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO;
22 CARMEN; 24 MAOMETTO II
Performance
Top: Die Walküre (COC, 2006).
Photo: Michael Cooper
Bottom: Kyle Ketelsen in Don Giovanni
(Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, 2010).
Photo: Pascal Victor/Artcomart
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UNDENIABLY TORONTO’S MOST ICONIC ADDRESS.
TOP 10
THINGS
TO KNOW
ABOUT
MOZART’S
Don Giovanni
Kerstin Avemo as Zerlina and Bo Skovhus
as Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni,
Festival d-Aix-en-Provence, 2010.
Photo: Pascal Victor/Artcomart
BY NIKITA GOURSKI
1. OPERA
OF OPERAS
2. SOURCE
MATERIAL
3. STORY IN A
NUTSHELL
Musicians and music-lovers
often refer to Don Giovanni
as the “opera of operas.”
Find out why by listening to
excerpts from the stunning,
genre-melding masterpiece at
coc.ca/LookAndListen.
The legend of Don Juan
originates in traditional
Spanish folklore. The earliest
recorded version appears in
the play El Burlador de Sevilla
(The Playboy of Seville),
written by a Spanish monk,
Tirso de Molina, and published
in 1630. Other plays on the
subject proliferated throughout
the 17th and 18th centuries,
including one by French
playwright Molière. At least
three operas predate Mozart’s
treatment, testifying to the
widespread cultural fascination
with the myth in 18th-century
Europe.
Each treatment of the legend
is different, but the story
typically begins with Don
Juan, a shameless libertine
and womanizer, forcing
himself on a lady of noble
birth and eventually
murdering her father. The
Don then pursues several
other women. He is usually
accompanied by a servant
who is a wavering figure,
sometimes reaffirming,
sometimes bristling against
his master’s dubious ethic.
The story culminates with a
dinner party, at which a stone
statue (of the father killed by
Don Juan) arrives at the feast
and banishes the Don to Hell.
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TOP 10 THINGS TO KNOW about Mozart’s Don Giovanni
4. MIXING IT UP
Collaborating with the brilliant
librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte,
Mozart mixed comedy and
tragedy—including elements
of horror—to produce a
potent, even disturbing
combination, which succeeded
tremendously at its Prague
premiere in 1787. Up until that
point, operas about the
unscrupulous seducer were
exclusively comedic.
5. WHO IS DON
GIOVANNI?
Mozart gives him only two,
notably brief arias, both of
which offer little information
about the rake’s inner life
or psychological self. Some
modern critics have speculated
that Mozart and Da Ponte
deliberately present Don
Giovanni as a blank canvas,
creating a psychological space
into which the audience, as
well as the characters, project
their fantasies, nightmares,
fears, and desires. Meanwhile
19th-century commentators
like Søren Kierkegaard and
E.T.A. Hoffmann became
enthralled with the symbolic
value of Don Giovanni,
explaining him as something
more than an individual man,
something like a life-force, a
principle of desire, or an emblem
of the human soul itself,
riven with the representative
contradictions of the human
condition. While the opera
withholds any final answers,
the persistence of the
question explains the variety
of directorial approaches
taken over the opera’s
performance history.
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A scene from Don Giovanni, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, 2010.
Photo: Photo: Pascal Victor/ArtComArt
6. RIVETING
INTERPRETATION
Our production is staged by
brilliant Russian director
Dmitri Tcherniakov, “an artist
whose work is on the edge
of the cutting edge” (Opera
News). For a full profile and
analysis of Tcherniakov’s work,
read Gianmarco Segato’s
piece in the most recent issue
of Prelude, available at the
Welcome Desk and online at
coc.ca/Publications.
Don Giovanni director
Dmitri Tcherniakov
7. A FADED DON
Tcherniakov’s Don Giovanni
defies the stereotype of a
successful Casanova; he is
not particularly young or old,
nor is he a carefree playboy.
Rather, he’s a troubled,
sometimes unhinged figure
with a history—perhaps of
some personal trauma—that
makes him both invigorating
and dangerous. Moreover
he lacks any of the outward
traits we’d normally associate
with physical attractiveness
or sexual charisma.
Nevertheless, he exerts a
powerful magnetism over
those around him. His clothes
and haggard look are inspired
in part by Marlon Brando’s
character in Bernardo
Bertolucci’s seminal film Last
Tango in Paris.
TOP 10 THINGS TO KNOW about Mozart’s Don Giovanni
family’s hierarchy of values,
and in negating a civilized
morality of order and reason,
transforms each of the family
members for a time, estranges
them from themselves, and
opens a field of experience
that was not accessible to
them before—all this can lead
to moments of intoxicating
madness that briefly realize
Don Giovanni’s utopian vision
of absolute freedom.
(top) (l-r) Bo Skovhus as Don Giovanni and Kyle Ketelsen as Leporello.
(right) A scene from Don Giovanni. Both images from
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, 2010. Photos: Pascal Victor/ArtComArt
8. ALL IN THE FAMILY
In a radical move, Tcherniakov
redraws the relationships of
the main characters, making
them all part of a single family,
which Don Giovanni—an
outsider—has married into.
This both complicates the
relationships among the
principals and generates new,
revelatory meanings in their
interactions. But whether
we choose to take the family
device literally or interpret it
metaphorically, as signifying
a closed system of human
relations, the results make
for powerful theatre, pushing
the characters into intense
emotional territory “often
more meaningfully than in
a straight reading” (Opera
News), one critic raved.
9. INSIDE A ROOM,
WORLDS COLLIDE
The action is set inside a
wealthy bourgeois home
(the room could be a library,
drawing room, or main parlour).
Intentionally, there are no
specific markers of the outer
world—we could be in Vienna,
Prague, London, Paris, etc.—
but the costumes are
contemporary, and the interior
gives the impression of a
respectable, well-established
family. But if the Commendatore
(the father, and master of
this domain), represents a
particular moral code, and
his family members uphold
a system of values consistent
with that, then Don Giovanni
is an eccentric force of dissent.
He disrupts and rejects the
10. EXPANDING TIME
Tcherniakov expands the
opera’s 24 hour-time-frame
into several months, inserting
temporal gaps of days and
weeks in between scenes
that originally unfold in direct
sequence. By opening up
the temporal structure of the
opera this way, Tcherniakov
allows for the possibility of
much greater personal change
in the characters—we are
no longer seeing someone
minute-by-minute, but
returning to them after
a longer period of time,
in which their outlooks,
motivations, and desires
could have changed more
substantially than in a
contracted time span.
A S I A N I N S P I R E D. D I S T I N C T LY C A N A D I A N.
E N J OY P R E - P E R F O R M A N C E D I N I N G .
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Communications Officer at the
Canadian Opera Company.
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SEMELE
GOES TO BAM!
Jane Archibald as Semele
(foreground) and William Burden
as Jupiter (background) in the
COC's Semele, 2012.
“Both the adventurous staging and
the consistently brilliant singing make
Handel’s Semele by far the best opera
production I’ve seen from the COC.”
barczablog, 2012
F
or the second time in only four years, the COC presents a signature production at one
of the most the prestigious art venues in the world, the Brooklyn Academy of Music
(BAM)! The COC performs Handel’s Semele March 4 – 10 as part of BAM’s 2015 spring
season. A tantalizing mix of East and West, Baroque opera and 21st-century performance art,
ancient myth and real-life tragedy, Semele was the sensation of the COC’s 2011/2012 season.
COC General Director, Alexander Neef
“It’s truly an honour to have been invited
to bring Semele to BAM. The centre’s
international reputation and reach is an
exceptional way for us to show new audiences
what a great company we are. In 2011, we
were thrilled to be the toast of New York City
with The Nightingale and Other Short Fables,
and we look forward to a similar reaction this
year with this fantastic Semele.”
Soprano Jane Archibald (Semele)
“I am so delighted to be able to inhabit Semele’s
world once again! Performing this role with
the COC has been an absolute highlight of
my career and it feels like such a wonderful
fit for me. The costumes are beautiful, the set
is evocative and the production is thoughtprovoking. I'm very excited to share it with
New York audiences!”
Baritone Kyle Ketelsen (Cadmus/Somnus)
“I’m extremely pleased to be debuting this
role with the COC at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music, which is known for its dedication
to cutting-edge art.”
In March 2015, the COC’s groundbreaking production of Handel’s Semele will travel to the Brooklyn
Academy of Music. The COC thanks the following donors for their support of this milestone for the
Company.
The COC Tour to BAM has been generously underwritten by
Philip Deck and Kimberley Bozak
Peter M. Partridge
David and Kristin Ferguson
Colleen Sexsmith
Jerry and Geraldine Heffernan
Kristine Vikmanis and Denton Creighton
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
LA TRAVIATA
When everything is for sale,
what would you give for love?
With an irresistible score and a heartbreaking story of grand romance, Verdi’s La Traviata
epitomizes what great opera is all about.
From Violetta’s soaring and passionate declaration of independence, “Sempre libera,” to her heartfelt
cry for Alfredo’s love, “Amami Alfredo;” from Germont’s fatherly plea in “Di Provenza il mar” to the
rousing “Libiamo,” Traviata is a glorious offering of some of Verdi’s most exciting melodies.
The role of Violetta demands vocal pyrotechnics and the dramatic conviction to carry the character
through a remarkable emotional arc, and we have wonderful exponents of the role in Ekaterina
Siurina and Joyce El-Khoury, two of the most exciting young sopranos on the opera scene.
In this new production, renowned director Arin Arbus sets the story of devotion and sacrifice
in the demimonde of 1850s Paris, featuring decadent parties and all-night balls, sumptuous sets
and exquisite costumes, all unfolding against the rhythms, rituals, and debauchery of a rapidly
changing society.
October 8 – November 4, 2015
Generously underwritten in part by
NEW COC PRODUCTION
DAVID ROFFEY AND KAREN WALSH
Marina Rebeka as Violetta in La Traviata (Lyric Opera
of Chicago, 2013). Photo: Todd Rosenberg
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Bold new Canadian meets
early Baroque classic
BARBARA MONK FELDMAN
CANADIAN WORLD PREMIERE
PYRAMUS AND THISBE
MONTEVERDI
IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI
E CLORINDA AND LAMENTO D’ARIANNA
Opera’s earliest beginnings collide with a bold, new Canadian world premiere in this intriguing and
innovative program. When opera was first invented in early 17th-century Italy, Claudio Monteverdi
was at the forefront with works like Lamento d’Arianna (1608) and Il combattimento di Tancredi
e Clorinda (1624). As with most early opera, their subjects are drawn from mythology and history—
here, the tales of Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos; and, of Tancredi and
Clorinda whose tragic fates unfold on the battlefields of the Crusades.
Canadian composer Barbara Monk Feldman’s Pyramus and Thisbe (2010) is also based on a classical
myth—the same saga of fated love famously adapted by Shakespeare for Romeo and Juliet. Inspired
by the ever-changing light and colour of her native Gaspé Peninsula, Monk Feldman’s transparent
score charts the emotional landscape between two star-crossed lovers and celebrates the cathartic
power of letting love go.
Following virtuosic turns in 2012’s Love from afar and 2015’s Erwartung, Canadian mezzo soprano
and COC Ensemble alumna Krisztina Szabó continues her traversal of contemporary opera’s most
compelling heroines as Monk Feldman’s Thisbe and then reaches back four centuries to play
Monteverdi’s Arianna and Clorinda. Canadian baritone Phillip Addis (Marcello/Schaunard in 2013’s
La bohème) returns as Pyramus and Tancredi. The compelling team of singer-actors is united under
the ever-probing eye of director Christopher Alden (Die Fledermaus, 2012; Rigoletto, 2011). COC
Music Director Johannes Debus leads the COC Orchestra.
October 17 – November 6, 2015
NEW COC PRODUCTION
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Detail from Nicolas Poussin’s Landscape during
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ONE NATION
UNDER THE ARTS
RICHARD WAGNER
SIEGFRIED
“Through furious fire
have I come to you!”
The journey of the hero Siegfried, as created by the revolutionary composer Richard Wagner, makes
for some of the most profound drama ever conceived. Wagner immerses us into a psychologically
penetrating world of greed, fear, and self-discovery in a production created by innovative FrenchCanadian director François Girard and Toronto-born designer Michael Levine. Mirroring the emotional
landscape of Wagner’s stirring score, this production has been called “mind-blowing” (Eye Weekly),
“awe-inspiring” (Toronto Sun) and “incandescent” (National Post).
Described as “huge of voice, unflagging of stamina, imaginative and energetic on the stage”
(Seattle Times), formidable German tenor Stefan Vinke is the hero Siegfried, a man without fear
who battles dragons, fire, and gods in order to save the courageous Valkyrie Brünnhilde, who has
been cast into an enchanted sleep. Powerhouse American soprano Christine Goerke brings her
“multi-hued miracle of gale-force power and pin point control” (Musical America) in a return to the
COC as Brünnhilde.
Wagner’s exhilarating, intoxicating and deeply personal score is brought to life by the COC
Orchestra under COC Music Director Johannes Debus.
February 6 – 26, 2016
Production originally made possible by
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A scene from Siegfried (Canadian Opera Company, 2006).
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DIE WALKÜRE
by Richard Wagner
Drama in Three Acts, Libretto by Richard Wagner
First performance: Royal Court and National Theatre, Munich, June 26, 1870
COC Production
Last performed by the COC in 2006
January 31, February 4, 7, 10, 13, 19, 22, 2015
Sung in German with English SURTITLESTM
THE CAST
(in order of vocal appearance)
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Hunding
Wotan
Brünnhilde
Fricka
Gerhilde
Helmwige
Waltraute
Schwertleite
Ortlinde
Siegrune
Rossweisse
Grimgerde
Conductor
Director
Associate Director
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Stage Manager
SURTITLES™ Producer
Clifton Forbis
Heidi Melton
Dimitry Ivashchenko
Johan Reuter
Christine Goerke*
Janina Baechle
Elaine McKrill
Aviva Fortunata†**
Rihab Chaieb^
Lindsay Ammann
Mona Somm
Laura Tucker
Megan Latham
Charlotte Burrage†***
Johannes Debus
Atom Egoyan
Marilyn Gronsdal^
Michael Levine
David Finn
Cynthia Toushan
Gunta Dreifelds
Performance time is approximately 4 hours and 45 minutes, including two intermissions.
Production originally made possible by Kolter Communities
*Christine Goerke’s performance is generously sponsored by Jack Whiteside
**Aviva Fortunata’s performance is generously sponsored by the COVC Jean A. Chalmers Award
***Charlotte Burrage’s performance is generously sponsored by Margaret Harriett Cameron and the late Gary Smith
† Current member of the COC Ensemble Studio
^Graduate of the COC Ensemble Studio
Program information is correct at time of printing. All casting is subject to change.
Please visit coc.ca for additional information
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES
T
here is no question that Wagner’s Ring
is one of the supreme achievements
of 19th century art. No other composer has
so completely immersed himself in the
political and philosophical ideas of their
time. This magnificent and richly layered
work finds its inspiration from a multitude
of sources; from the spirit of the 1848
Revolution (Wagner was a devoted
Anarchist who was close to Bakunin), to
the dramatic strategies of classic Greek
Theatre, to a deep reading of philosophers
such as Hegel, Kant and Schopenhauer.
The most essential source of tension
in the work is between the love of power
and the power of love. In Wagner’s world,
power is sustained by an elaborate set of
laws and treaties, combined with a brutal
show of force and the threat of destruction.
Perhaps the single most destructive force—
as laid out so brilliantly in Die Walküre—is
the capacity for self-delusion.
SYNOPSIS
It is in this examination of self-delusion
that any production must focus on the
generation and carefully constructed aspect
of myth. I’m fascinated by the way in which
the creation of any myth (be it national,
familial or personal) allows one to condone
what might otherwise seem a transgression.
In Die Walküre, even the most grave
transgression of incest is given a degree
of license under the generation of myth.
Who constructs these myths? Why
should we believe them? Die Walküre is a
brilliantly constructed drama that finds its
force in the disparity between the literal—
the stories and myths that the characters
articulate—and the overwhelming ability
of Wagner’s music to give expression to
the irrational and subconscious. This
revolutionary combination is the genius
of Wagner’s extraordinary imagination.
Atom Egoyan
“To better understand the distressed and visually chaotic world of Die Walküre,
it is important to remember that this is the second part of a four-part drama.
In the first part, Das Rheingold, as Valhalla is being considered and planned,
the theatrical space—now destroyed—was presented as a pristine and highly
organized playing area.”
– Atom Egoyan
A scene from the COC's Das Rheingold, 2006.
Photo: Gary Beechey
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Before the opera begins
Alberich, the Nibelung dwarf-king, had
stolen the magic Rhine gold from the
Rhinemaidens and forged it into a ring
giving world power to its wearer. Wotan,
ruler of the gods, acquired it from him by
trickery and gave it to the giants, Fafner
and Fasolt, in payment for building him
the mighty fortress, Valhalla. However,
Alberich had cursed the ring and its
possessors.
In an effort to forestall Alberich’s
vengeance, Wotan ordered his nine
Valkyrie daughters to retrieve fallen heroes
who will become immortal protectors
of Valhalla.
Wotan also sired twin children, Siegmund
and Sieglinde, by a mortal woman. He now
hopes that Siegmund will be the one who
recovers the ring and returns it to the
Rhinemaidens, thereby saving the gods.
ACT I
Fleeing his enemies and seeking refuge,
Siegmund enters Hunding’s dwelling and
is found by Sieglinde, Hunding’s wife, who
gives him a drink and bids him rest awhile.
They are unaware of actually being twin
brother and sister separated at birth.
Hunding returns and offers him the
traditional night’s hospitality for travellers.
In answer to his host’s questions, Siegmund
tells of his mother’s death and the
disappearance of his sister and father.
He then tells of his flight from a battle
with local tribesmen. Hunding angrily
exclaims that they are his kinsmen and
challenges Siegmund to a fight in the
morning. Siegmund wonders when he will
find the sword, Nothung, which his father
had promised him in his hour of need.
Sieglinde returns, having drugged
Hunding into a deep sleep. She tells
Siegmund the events of her forced
marriage and of the stranger who appeared
in her house at the wedding-feast. The
stranger plunged a sword into the ash tree
around which Hunding’s house was built
and said that it would belong to the
warrior who could remove it. Sieglinde
then recognizes Siegmund as her twin
brother and, as the two embrace, Siegmund
declares he will claim the sword and
Sieglinde for himself. He then rushes
to the tree and, pulling free the sword, he
releases Sieglinde from Hunding’s bondage.
INTERMISSION
ACT II
Wotan orders Brünnhilde to assemble her
sisters, the Valkyries, to help Siegmund
in his battle with Hunding. As Brünnhilde
leaves, Fricka, the goddess of marriage
and Wotan’s wife, arrives outraged at the
incestuous twins and demands that Wotan
withdraw his protection of Siegmund. Wotan
protests that Siegmund is the champion he
has chosen to recover the ring. But Fricka
will not be persuaded and he finally gives in.
Brünnhilde returns to a gloomy and
despairing Wotan, who tells her of his
futile attempts to get the ring and of
Alberich’s imminent victory over the gods.
Wotan instructs Brünnhilde to ensure that
Siegmund dies in battle.
The fleeing lovers rest in the forest.
Sieglinde, exhausted, begs to be left to die
in shame and falls asleep. Brünnhilde
approaches, calling Siegmund by name.
Only warriors destined to die in combat
can look at her, she explains, and she has
come to take him to Valhalla. Determined
never to leave Sieglinde, he stands ready
to fight. His bravery and defiance win
Brünnhilde’s sympathy and she promises
her help in spite of Wotan’s orders.
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SYNOPSIS
At the sound of Hunding’s horn,
Siegmund prepares for battle with
Brünnhilde standing close to shield him.
Wotan appears and shatters Siegmund’s
sword. Defenseless, he is slain by Hunding.
Brünnhilde hurriedly gathers up the
fragments of the sword and takes Sieglinde
to safety. Wotan gazes on his fallen
champion and kills Hunding. He
disappears, promising punishment for
Brünnhilde’s disobedience.
INTERMISSION
ACT III
Accompanied by Sieglinde, Brünnhilde
is met by the Valkyries and relates the
events of Siegmund’s death and Wotan’s
anger. Brünnhilde’s sisters reproach her,
themselves fearful of Wotan’s wrath.
Sieglinde, begging for help, is advised
to hide near Fafner’s cave in the forest for
even Wotan fears the place and will not
pursue her there. Brünnhilde tells her that
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she will bear Siegmund’s son, the greatest
of all the world’s heroes—Siegfried.
Sieglinde takes the fragments of Siegmund’s
sword and departs.
Wotan appears and orders Brünnhilde
to come forward. Henceforth, she is no
longer a Valkyrie, but a mortal woman,
and forever banished from the company
of her sisters. The others scatter in terror.
Wotan is overcome with sadness and
affection for his favourite daughter. But
she must be punished. She will be put into
a deep sleep until a worthy hero awakens
her and wins her love. Brünnhilde begs
Wotan for protection while she is in her
defenseless sleep by encircling her with
fire. He gently kisses her eyes, bidding
her farewell, and she loses consciousness.
Striking a rock, he calls to Loge, god of fire,
to bring forth his ring of flames. Holding
his spear aloft, he declares with a last
sorrowful gaze at Brünnhilde that only the
one who does not know fear will be able
to cross the ring of fire.
MUSIC STAFF
Rachel Andrist (Head Coach)
Anne Larlee
Jennifer Szeto (Ensemble Studio Intern Coach)
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Derek Bate
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
Lesley Abarquez
Liliane Stilwell
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNERS
Kaileigh Krysztofiak
Andrea Nelson
ACROBAT
Dana Fradkin
FIGHT DIRECTOR
James Binkley
UNDERSTUDIES
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Brünnhilde
Fricka
Ortlinde/Gerhilde
Helmwige
Waltraute/Siegrune/Schwertleite/
Grimgerde/Rossweisse
Issachah Savage
Elaine McKrill
Mona Somm
Laura Tucker
Joni Henson
Karine Boucher
Mia Lennox
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ARTISTS’ BIOGRAPHIES
LINDSAY AMMANN
Schwertleite
American contralto
Lindsay Ammann is
making her COC debut.
Recent highlights include
Olga in Eugene Onegin,
Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos, Third Lady
in Die Zauberflöte, Mary in Der fliegende
Holländer, Tiger Lily in Peter Pan and
Mistress Quickly in Falstaff (Oper Stuttgart);
Brangäne in a concert version of Tristan
und Isolde (Casals Festival); Rossweisse
in Die Walküre (Metropolitan Opera); and
Messiah (Pittsburgh Symphony). Upcoming
appearances include Ježibaba in a new
production of Rusalka (Aalto-Musiktheater
Essen); Erda in Das Rheingold and Siegfried,
Schwertleite, and First Norn in
Götterdämmerung (Washington National
Opera).
JANINA BAECHLE
Fricka
German mezzo-soprano
Janina Baechle is making
her COC debut. Recent
appearances include
Ježibaba in Rusalka
(Opéra de Lyon); Herodias in Salome,
Ježibaba, Erda in Das Rheingold, Brangäne
in Tristan und Isolde, and Fricka in Die
Walküre and Das Rheingold (Wiener
Staatsoper); Brangäne (Opéra national de
Paris); Azucena in Il Trovatore (Volksoper
Wien); Gertrud in Hänsel und Gretel
(Bayerische Staatsoper); and Mistress
Quickly in Falstaff (Tiroler Landestheater
Innsbruck and Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse).
Upcoming appearances include Erda
(in concert with Symphonieorchester des
Bayerischen Rundfunks under Sir Simon
Rattle and at Wiener Staatsoper); Brangäne
(Opéra National de Bordeaux); Mahler
Symphony No. 8 (Grazer Philharmonische
6
Orchester); The Dream of Gerontius
(Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie); as well
as recitals in Warsaw, Stuttgart, and Naples.
CHARLOTTE BURRAGE
Grimgerde
Originally from
Woodstock, Ontario,
mezzo-soprano Charlotte
Burrage is a second-year
Ensemble Studio member.
She recently appeared as Dorabella in Così
fan tutte (Ensemble performance). Other
credits include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
with both Kevin Mallon in Italy and
Christopher Verrette in Toronto; Hansel in
Hansel and Gretel with Vancouver Opera
in Schools; Dorabella in Così fan tutte
with Banff Centre’s Opera as Theatre and
Jeunesses Musicales; and the title role
in Massenet’s Cendrillon with University
of British Columbia. Other credits include
appearances with the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra under conductor Bramwell Tovey
and Handel’s Messiah with Orchestra London.
RIHAB CHAIEB
Waltraute
Tunisian-born mezzosoprano Rihab Chaieb,
a COC Ensemble Studio
graduate, last appeared at
the COC as Sister Mathilde
in Dialogues des Carmélites. Other COC
credits include Sesto in La clemenza di Tito
(Ensemble performance), Inez in Il Trovatore,
La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Ino/Juno
in Semele (Ensemble performance), Tisbe
in La Cenerentola, Second Secretary to
Mao in Nixon in China, and the Third Lady
in The Magic Flute (Ensemble performance).
Recent credits include Octavian (cover)
in Der Rosenkavalier at the Glyndebourne
Opera Festival. Upcoming engagements
include Ino/Juno (cover) in the COC’s
Semele (Brooklyn Academy of Music);
Mercedès in Carmen (Glyndebourne Opera
Festival); and a debut with Opéra National
de Bordeaux.
CLIFTON FORBIS
Siegmund
American tenor Clifton
Forbis last appeared at
the COC in the title role
of Otello. He also sang
the role of Siegmund in
the COC’s Die Walküre in 2006 and 2004.
A leading artist with the Metropolitan
Opera, Opéra national de Paris and Teatro
alla Scala, his recent credits include Otello
(Korea National Opera, Nashville Opera,
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Petruzelli,
Deutsche Oper, Opera Philadelphia and in
concert with the BBC Philharmonic);
Siegmund (Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche
Oper and Staatsoper Unter den Linden);
Samson in Samson et Dalila (Mariinsky
Theatre and San Diego Opera); Tristan in
Tristan und Isolde (Washington National
Opera, Seattle Opera and Dallas Opera);
Florestan in Fidelio (Seattle Opera); and
Canio in Pagliacci (New Orleans Opera).
AVIVA FORTUNATA
Helmwige
Calgary native soprano
Aviva Fortunata is a
second-year Ensemble
Studio member. She
recently appeared with
the COC as Fiordiligi in the Ensemble
Studio performance of Così fan tutte. Other
notable credits include Desdemona in Otello
and the Lady with a Cake Box in Postcard
from Morocco (San Francisco Opera’s Merola
Opera Program); Donna Anna in Don
Giovanni (Concert Opera Group, Centre for
Opera Studies in Italy and UofT Opera);
and Poulenc’s Gloria (Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra). Ms. Fortunata was the 2012
Norcop Prize in Song Recital winner and
was awarded a judges’ commendation in
the Mildred Miller International Voice
Competition (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh).
This season at the COC Ms. Fortunata sings
the role of Berta in The Barber of Seville.
CHRISTINE GOERKE
Brünnhilde
American soprano
Christine Goerke is
making her COC debut.
She appears regularly in
the major international
opera houses and with the world’s leading
orchestras. Recent credits include the title
role in Elektra (Michigan Opera Theatre/
MOT, BBC Proms, Chicago Opera Theater
and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden);
Florencia Grimaldi in Daniel Catán’s
Florencia en el Amazonas (Washington
Opera); the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos
(Glimmerglass Opera); The Dyer’s Wife
in Die Frau ohne Schatten (Metropolitan
Opera/Met); Leonore in Fidelio (MOT);
Ortrud in Lohengrin (Deutsche Oper);
and Eboli in Don Carlos (Houston Grand
Opera/HGO). Upcoming appearances
include War Requiem (University of North
Carolina); Mahler’s Symphony No. 8
(Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood
with conductor Andris Nelsons); and
Brünnhilde (HGO, Lyric Opera of Chicago,
Met).
DIMITRY
IVASHCHENKO
Hunding
Russian bass Dimitry
Ivashchenko is making
his COC debut. Recent
credits include Sarastro
in Die Zauberflöte (Petruzzelli di Bari,
Komische Oper Berlin/KOB and Festspiele
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Baden-Baden); Osmin in Die Entführung
aus dem Serail (La Monnaie and Royal
Concertgebouw, conducted by René Jacobs
and recorded for CD); Méphistophélès in
Faust (Hong Kong Opera); Gurnemanz
in Parsifal (Staatstheater Darmstadt and
Teatro Municipal de Santiago); Rocco in
Fidelio (Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Bremen); Sparafucile/Monterone in Rigoletto
(Münchner Opernfestspiele); Veit Pogner
in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Chicago
Opera Theater and KOB); the title role in
Boris Godunov (Theater Dortmund); and
Ariodate in Serse (Opera Bergen). Upcoming
appearances include Vodnik in Rusalka
and Sarastro (Opéra national de Paris).
MEGAN LATHAM
Rossweisse
Canadian mezzo-soprano
Megan Latham last
appeared with the COC
as Mother Jeanne in
Dialogues des Carmélites.
Other COC credits include Giovanna in
Rigoletto, the Third Secretary to Mao in
Nixon in China, Marcellina in The Marriage
of Figaro and Florence Pike in the Ensemble
Studio production of Albert Herring. Recent
credits include Grandmother in Stickboy
(Vancouver Opera/VO) and Mistress
Quickly in Falstaff (Pacific Opera Victoria/
POV). Other credits include Eduige in
Rodelinda (POV); Marcellina in The Marriage
of Figaro (VO); and she was featured in
The Sound of Music at the Princess of Wales
Theatre. Ms. Latham was the 2003 winner
of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Song
Competition which resulted in her recital
debut at Carnegie Hall.
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ELAINE MCKRILL
Gerhilde
British soprano Elaine
McKrill is making her
COC debut. She appears
regularly in many of
Europe’s leading opera
houses, and specializes predominantly in
the music of Wagner and Strauss. Career
highlights include the title role in Tristan
und Isolde (Teatro Carlo Felice, Angers
Nantes Opéra, Opéra de Dijon); Brünnhilde
in the Ring Cycle (Theater Chemnitz);
Ortlinde in Die Walküre (Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden/ROH, BBC Proms, Festival
d’Aix-en-Provence and Salzburger Festspiele);
Gutrune in Götterdämmerung (Scottish
Opera); Helmwige in Die Walküre (Deutsche
Oper, Dutch National Opera, and Palau de
les Arts); Dritte Norn in Götterdämmerung
(Oper Stuttgart); Marianne Leitmetzerin
in Der Rosenkavalier (ROH and City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra); and
the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier in
concert in Edinburgh. Ms. McKrill will
make her debut as Elektra in Germany later
this year.
HEIDI MELTON
Sieglinde
American soprano Heidi
Melton is making her
COC debut. Recent credits
include Sieglinde (San
Francisco Opera, Deutsche
Oper Berlin/DOB and Palau de les Arts);
Elsa von Brabant in Lohengrin (DOB
and Badisches Staatstheater); Elisabeth
in Tannhäuser (BBC Proms and Opéra
National de Bordeaux/ONB); Amelia in
Un ballo in maschera (DOB and ONB);
Elisabeth/Venus in Tannhäuser, Ellen
Orford in Peter Grimes, Didon in Les Troyens
and Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier
(Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe); Dritte
Norn in Götterdämmerung (Metropolitan
Opera and DOB); Brünnhilde in Siegfried
(in concert); the title role in Ariadne auf
Naxos (ONB); and The Foreign Princess in
Rusalka (North Carolina Opera and Royal
Concertgebouw). Upcoming appearances
include Eglantine in Euryanthe (Oper
Frankfurt).
JOHAN REUTER
Wotan
Danish baritone Johan
Reuter is making his
COC debut. Recent
credits include Scarpia in
Tosca, Tonio in Pagliacci,
Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana, the title role
in Der fliegende Holländer, Michele in Il
tabarro and the title role in Gianni Schicchi
(Royal Danish Opera/RDO); Orest in Elektra
(BBC Proms); Barak in Die Frau ohne Schatten
(Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/ROH
and Metropolitan Opera); the title role in
Nabucco (Deutsche Oper); Gilles de Rais
in Braunfels’ Szenen aus dem Leben der
Heiligen Johanna (Salzburger Festspiele);
Wotan in Das Rheingold (Münchner
Opernfestspiele/MO); and the title role in
Der fliegende Holländer (MO and Bayerische
Staatsoper). Upcoming appearances include
Saul in Saul and David (RDO) and Dr. Schön/
Jack the Ripper in Lulu (Dutch National
Opera).
MONA SOMM
Ortlinde
Swiss soprano Mona
Somm is making her
COC debut. Recent
credits include
Brünnhilde in Die
Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung
(Tiroler Festspiele Erl/TFE); Ortrud in
Lohengrin (Opera Slovakia); Kundry in
Parsifal, Venus in Tannhäuser, the title
role in Tosca and Ortrud (TFE); Sieglinde
in Die Walküre (Theater Freiburg); and
Ortlinde (Oper Frankurt). Upcoming
appearances include Brünnhilde as well
as her role debut as Isolde in Tristan und
Isolde (TFE). The TFE Ring Cycle will also
travel to China in October 2015.
LAURA TUCKER
Siegrune
Mezzo-soprano Laura
Tucker last appeared
at the COC as Prince
Orlofsky in Die
Fledermaus. Other COC
credits include Schwertleite in Die Walküre
and Tamiri in Il re pastore. She has
performed with Seattle Opera, Boston
Lyric Opera, Philadelphia Opera, New York
City Opera (NYCO) and the Spoleto and
Wexford Festivals, to name a few. Highlights
of Ms. Tucker’s operatic repertoire include
the title role in the premiere of Tan Dun’s
Marco Polo (NYCO); Octavian in Der
Rosenkavalier, Charlotte in Werther, Romeo
in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Adalgisa in
Norma and the title role in Carmen. She
has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall,
the Barbican Centre, Avery Fisher Hall and
Chicago’s Ravinia Festival.
JOHANNES DEBUS
Conductor
COC Music Director
Johannes Debus recently
conducted the company’s
Falstaff. Other COC credits
include Don Quichotte,
Così fan tutte, Peter Grimes, Dialogues des
Carmélites, Salome, Tristan und Isolde, Die
Fledermaus, The Tales of Hoffmann, Love
from Afar, Rigoletto and, at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, The Nightingale and
Other Short Fables. Other highlights include
his recent BBC Proms debut in a concert
featuring Rufus Wainwright and Deborah
Voigt; The Adventures of Mr. Brouček and
Rusalka (Oper Frankfurt); appearances with
the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Boston
Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra,
Orchestra Haydn, and Philharmonia
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Orchestra; Elektra and The Rake’s Progress
(Staatsoper Unter den Linden); Hänsel und
Gretel and Die Entführung aus dem Serail
(Bayerische Staatsoper); and appearances
at Opéra Festival de Québec, Merola Opera
Program at San Francisco Opera and Spoleto,
Scotiafest, Aspen, and Blossom music
festivals. This season at the COC Mr. Debus
also conducts Bluebeard’s Castle/Erwartung.
ATOM EGOYAN
Director
Academy Award®nominated writer and
film director Atom
Egoyan recently directed
Così fan tutte and Salome
at the COC. Other credits include the North
American premiere of Martin Crimp’s Cruel
and Tender (Canadian Stage); the world
premiere of Gavin Bryars’ Dr. Ox’s Experiment
(English National Opera); Feng Yi Ting
(Spoleto, Lincoln Center, and Luminato
festivals) and Elsewhereless, his own original
opera with composer Rodney Sharman
(Tapestry Music). Mr. Egoyan won the Irish
Times/ESB Award for Best Direction for
his production of Samuel Beckett’s Eh Joe
which transferred to London’s West End
before being remounted at the Lincoln Center
Festival. He has been knighted by the French
Government, received State Honors from
The Republic of Armenia, and is an Officer
of the Order of Canada. He is currently
completing his sixteenth feature film,
Remember, starring Christopher Plummer.
MARILYN GRONSDAL
Associate Director
Marilyn Gronsdal was
recently associate
director for the COC’s
Così fan tutte, and
assistant director for
Falstaff, Don Quichotte and Peter Grimes.
Other COC credits include director of La Bohème, associate director of Eugene
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Onegin, and assistant director on several
productions that have been presented
elsewhere: Oedipus Rex with Symphony of Psalms (Edinburgh Festival); La Traviata
(New Zealand Opera); Siegfried (Opéra
national de Lyon); and the COC’s production
of The Nightingale and Other Short Fables
(Brooklyn Academy of Music). Other credits
include directing Carmen and Don Pasquale
(Saskatoon Opera) and remounting the
COC’s Der fliegende Holländer (Opéra de
Montréal). In 2013, she was a jury member
in the Helikon-Opera’s International
Competition for Young Opera Directors in
Moscow. She will be co-directing Madama
Butterfly for Saskatoon Opera later in the
season. MICHAEL LEVINE
Set and Costume
Designer
Canadian Michael Levine’s
previous work at the
COC includes designing
Dialogues des Carmélites,
Rigoletto, the Ring Cycle, Oedipus Rex
with Symphony of Psalms and Bluebeard’s
Castle/Erwartung, as well as directing Das
Rheingold. Recent credits include The Rape
of Lucretia (Deutsche Oper); Eugene Onegin
(Grand Théâtre de Genève); Die Zauberflöte
(Festival d’Aix-en-Provence); Dialogues
des Carmélites (Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden); and I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Opéra
national de Paris). Upcoming productions
include Tannhäuser (Lyric Opera of Chicago);
The Rape of Lucretia (Glyndebourne
Festival); Wozzeck (Opernhaus Zürich);
Between Worlds (a new opera by Tanzi
Davies for English National Opera); Hänsel
und Gretel (Dutch National Opera); and
Amazon Beaming (Complicite Theatre).
Mr. Levine has won a Gemini and two Dora
Awards, Paris Critics’ Prize, Edinburgh
Festival Drama and Music Award and is
a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in France.
DAVID FINN
Lighting Designer
David Finn returns to the
COC after designing
lighting for the COC’s
complete Ring Cycle.
Other COC credits include
Macbeth and Venus and Adonis. Recent
credits include Don Giovanni (Opera
Australia); The Rake’s Progress (Teatro Regio
Torino); Tannhäuser (Staatsoper Unter den
Linden); Rusalka (Lyric Opera of Chicago/
LOC); and Parsifal (Metropolitan Opera).
Upcoming productions include Tannhäuser
(LOC); Hänsel und Gretel (Dutch National
Opera); and Romeo et Juliette (Deutsche
Oper). He has designed for major dance
companies including The National Ballet of
Canada, San Francisco Ballet, Royal Ballet,
and Paris Opera Ballet, among others.
He was resident designer for Mikhail
Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project
from 1993 to 2000. David recently designed
the musical Atomic off-Broadway, and
Michael Jackson One for Cirque du Soleil
in Las Vegas.
DEREK BATE
Assistant Conductor
COC assistant to the
music director Derek Bate
was recently assistant
conductor for Falstaff, and
conducted a performance
of Don Quichotte. Also with the COC, he has
led performances of Salome, La clemenza
di Tito, Rigoletto, Aida, Madama Butterfly,
The Flying Dutchman, Luisa Miller, Eugene
Onegin, La Bohème, Carmen, Turandot,
La Traviata, Die Fledermaus and served
as assistant conductor for Così fan tutte,
Peter Grimes, Love From Afar, A Florentine
Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi, Maria Stuarda,
Nixon in China, Cinderella, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, War and Peace and the
complete Ring Cycle, among others. Mr.
Bate frequently conducts with Toronto
Operetta Theatre, and was musical director
for Les Misérables, The Phantom of the
Opera and Show Boat.
CYNTHIA TOUSHAN
Stage Manager
Cynthia Toushan has
been a member of the
COC for over 25 years
as a stage manager and
choreographer. Past COC
productions include A Masked Ball, Tristan
und Isolde, Love from Afar, Nixon in China,
From the House of the Dead, Faust, Turandot
and Hänsel und Gretel. Ms. Toushan was
the production stage manager and resident
director for Jersey Boys Toronto (2008– 2010).
She has worked for 18 seasons with the
Stratford Festival as a Production Stage
Manager and a Stage Manager. Her credits
there include Crazy for You, 42nd Street,
Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, Fiddler on
the Roof and Camelot. In addition, she was
the senior stage manager for Pope John
Paul II’s visit to Toronto in 2002.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE
We are pleased to offer, for the convenience of all of our patrons, a pre-order system
for intermission purchases. Our pre-order system is designed to decrease your wait time
at the bar during intermission and we invite you to make use of it at every COC
performance. Bars are located throughout the Isadore and Rosalie Sharp City Room’s
many levels. Food and beverages are not permitted in R. Fraser Elliott Hall.
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CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I
CELLO
Marie Bérard, Concertmaster
The Concertmaster’s chair
has been endowed
in perpetuity by Joey and
Toby Tanenbaum
Aaron Schwebel, Associate
Concertmaster
Jamie Kruspe, Assistant
Concertmaster, on leave
of absence
Aya Miyagawa, Acting
Assistant Concertmaster
Anne Armstrong
Sandra Baron
Bethany Bergman
Erik Fujita**
Hiroko Kagawa*
Boris Kupesic*
Nancy Kershaw
Dominique Laplante
Yakov Lerner
Jayne Maddison
Neria Mayer
Ashley Vandiver*
Bryan Epperson, Principal
Alastair Eng, Associate
Principal
Paul Widner, Assistant
Principal
Maurizio Baccante
Naomi Barron*
Tess Crowther**
Peter Cosbey*
Olga Laktionova
Loewi Lin*
Marianne Pack*
Elaine Thompson
BASS
Alan Molitz, Principal
Robert Speer, Assistant
Principal
Malcolm Armstrong**
Nick Davis*
Tom Hazlitt
Andrew Horton*
Paul Langley
Eric Lee*
Robert Wolanski*
VIOLIN II
Paul Zevenhuizen, Principal
Csaba Koczó, Assistant
Principal
James Aylesworth
Jennie Baccante*
Andrew Chung*
Laura D’Angelo*
Brenna Hardy Kavanaugh**
Elizabeth Johnston
Sarah Kim*
Laurel Mascarenhas*
Alexey Pankratov*
Kate Unrau*
Marianne Urke
Louise Tardif
Joanna Zabrowarna
FLUTE
Bardhyl Gjevori
Gary Pattison
David Quackenbush*
Micajah Sturgess*
Scott Wevers*
WAGNER TUBAS
Bardhyl Gjevori
Gary Pattison.
David Quackenbush*
Micajah Sturgess*
TRUMPET
Robert Grim, Principal
Andrew Dubelsten*
Robert Weymouth
BASS TRUMPET
David Pell*
TROMBONE
Charles Benaroya, Principal
Ian Cowie
CONTRABASS TROMBONE
PICCOLO
Scott Irvine, Principal
Shelley Brown
Marie Pelletier*
TIMPANI
Trevor Dix*
TUBA
Michael Perry, Principal
Mark Rogers, Principal
Jasper Hitchcock*
Lief Mossbaugh*
ENGLISH HORN
PERCUSSION
Trevor Tureski, Principal
Chung Ling Lo*
Ryan Scott*
Lesley Young
HARP
VIOLA
CLARINET
Sarah Davidson, Principal
Sanya Eng*
Keith Hamm, Principal
Joshua Greenlaw, Assistant
Principal
Carolyn Blackwell*
Katrina Chitty*
Brandon Chui*
Kelvin Enns*
Ivan Ivanovich*
Sheila Jaffé
Shannon Knights*
Rory McLeod*
Nicholaos Papadakis*
Rhyll Peel, on leave of
absence
Laurence Schaufele**
Beverley Spotton
Yosef Tamir, on leave
of absence
James T. Shields, Principal
Michele Verheul*
James Ormston*
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BASS CLARINET
Colleen Cook
OFFICERS
Mr. Tony Arrell, Chair
Ms. Colleen Sexsmith,
Vice Chair
Mr. Paul A. Bernards,
Treasurer
Mr. John H. Macfarlane,
Secretary
Mr. Alexander Neef,
General Director
(ex officio)
Mr. Robert Lamb,
Managing Director
(ex officio)
MEMBERS
Mr. Mark Appel
Ms. Nora Aufreiter
Mr. Robert Brouwer
Ms. Helen Burstyn
Ms. Marcia Lewis Brown
Mr. Stewart Burton
Mr. Philip C. Deck
Mr. Peter M. Deeb
Mr. George S. Dembroski
Mr. William Fearn
(ex officio)
Mr. David Ferguson
(ex officio)
Mr. Adam Froman
Mr. Michael Gibbens
Mr. Peter Hinman
Dr. Linda Hutcheon
Ms. Carolyn Jarvis
Mr. Justin Linden
Mr. Jeff Lloyd
Ms. Anne Maggisano
Mr. Stephen O. Marshall
Ms. Judy Matthews
Mr. Jonathan Morgan
Mr. Nick Mutton
Ms. Frances Price
Mr. Arthur R.A. Scace, C.M.
Mr. Philip S.W. Smith
Mr. Paul B. Spafford
Ms. Michele Symons
Ms. Kristine (Kris) Vikmanis
Mr. Graham Watchorn
Mr. John H. (Jack)
Whiteside
HONORARY DIRECTOR
Mr. Joey Tanenbaum, C.M.
BASS TROMBONE
Trevor Dix*
Herbert Poole
Douglas Stewart, Principal
Christine Little*
Maria Pelletier*
OBOE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STIERHORN
Herbert Poole
LIBRARIAN
VOLUNTEER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
COC OPERA GUILDS
Brantford Opera Guild,
David M. Cullen, President
Kingston Opera Guild
Grace Orzech, President
London Opera Guild
Ernest H. Redekop, President
Muskoka Opera Guild
Dr. Hans Heeneman, President
Northumberland Opera Guild
Thais Donald, President
Oakville Opera Guild
Maureen Rudzik, President
Sudbury Opera Guild
Diane Moore, President
Western New York Opera Guild
Dorothy K. Piepke, President
CANADIAN OPERA FOUNDATION
DIRECTORS
Mr. Tony Arrell
Mr. Jonathan Bloomberg
Mr. J. Rob Collins
Mr. Philip C. Deck, Vice Chair
Mr. William Fearn, Chair
Mr. David Forster, Treasurer
Mr. Gary Grad
Mr. Michael Gough
Mr. Christopher Hoffmann
Mr. David Spiro, Secretary
HONORARY DIRECTORS
Mr. George Hamilton
Hon. Dennis Lane
Wayne Vogan
BASSOON
Eric Hall, Principal
William Cannaway*
Lisa Chisolm*
Elizabeth Gowen, on leave
of absence
ASSISTANT MUSIC
LIBRARIAN
For more information on COC Guilds please visit coc.ca/Guilds
Ondrej Golias
STAGE LIBRARIAN
Paul Langley
HORN
Joan Watson, Principal
Diane Doig*, Assistant
Principal
Janet Anderson
Michele Gagnon*
PERSONNEL MANAGER
Ian Cowie
* extra musician
**COC Orchestra Academy Student
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ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF
ALEXANDER NEEF, General Director
Robert Lamb
Managing Director
Johannes Debus
Music Director
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Marguerite Schabas
Executive Assistant
to the General Director
Jean-Philippe FortierLazure
Aviva Fortunata
Clarence Frazer
Andrew Haji
Iain MacNeil
Owen McCausland
Jennifer Szeto
Production Assistants
Adriana Dimitri
Jane Honek
David Retzleff
Head Scene Shop
Carpenter
Andrew Walker
Assistant Scene Shop
Carpenter
Richard Gordon
Head Scenic Artist
ARTISTIC
ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAMMING
Carolina Valenzuela
Assistant Head Scenic
Artist
Roberto Mauro
Artistic Administrator
Nina Draganić
Director of Programming
– Free Concert Series
Scott Williamson
Rehearsal Head
Technician
Olwyn Lewis
Company Manager
PRODUCTION
Guy Nokes
Properties Supervisor
Karen Olinyk
Assistant, Artistic
Administration & Music
Peter W. Lamb
Director of Production
MUSIC
Lee Milliken
Production Manager
Sandra Gavinchuk
Music Administrator
Sandra Horst
Chorus Master
Wayne Vogan
Music Librarian, Coach
Elizabeth Upchurch
Head of the Ensemble
Studio & Coach
Wendy Nielsen
Head Vocal Consultant
Derek Bate
Assistant to the Music
Director
Music Staff
Rachel Andrist
Timothy Cheung
Andrea Del Bianco
Jenna Douglas
Stephen Hargreaves
Anne Larlee
Ben Malensek
Michael Shannon
Kathryn Garnett
Scheduling Manager
Birthe Joergensen
Archivist – Joan Baillie
Archives
Chuck Giles
Technical Director
Kathy Frost
Resident Properties
Buyer/Co-ordinator
Leslie Brown
Wardrobe Assistant
Sharon Ryman
Wig & Make-up
Supervisor
Cori Ferguson
Head of Wig &
Make-up Crew
Shawna Green
Production Co-ordinator
Hannah Gordon
Assistant to the
Production Department
Gunta Dreifelds
SURTITLES™ Producer
Zane Kaneps
SURTITLES™ Editor
John Sharpe
SURTITLES™ Assistant
Barney Bayliss
Associate Technical
Director
Tracy Taylor
Properties Builder/
Co-ordinator
Supernumeraries
Co-ordinators
Analee Stein
Elizabeth Walker
Lighting Co-ordinators
Wendy Greenwood
Daniele Guevera
Properties Builders
Carolyn Choo
Wulf
DEVELOPMENT
Assistant Technical
Directors
Melynda Jurgenson
Wendy Ryder
Sandra Corazza
Costume Supervisor
Christie Darville
Chief Advancement
Officer
Chloe Anderson
Costume Co-ordinator
Amy Mushinski
Manager, Government
Relations
Janice Fraser
Head Electrician
Joel Thoman
Assistant Electrician
Bob Shindle
Head of Sound
Craig Kadoke
Assistant Sound
Paul Watkinson
Head Carpenter
David Middleton
Assistant Carpenter
Rupert Baker
Head Flyman
Ian Cowie
Orchestra Personnel
Manager
Daniel Graham
Head of Properties
Ondrej Golias
Assistant Librarian
Core Crew
John Beirne
Scott Clarke
Terry Hurley
Paul Otis
COC Ensemble Studio
Gordon Bintner
Karine Boucher
Charlotte Burrage
Stephanie Tjelios
Resident Properties
Builder/Co-ordinator
Nancy Hawkins
Head of Wardrobe
Amy Cummings
Scene Shop Co-ordinator
Alexandra Folkes
Co-ordinator, Annual
Programs and Patron
Engagement
Victor Widjaja
Senior Development
Officer, Friends
of the COC
Heather Cassels
Individual Giving
Co-ordinator,
Friends of the COC
Francesco Corsaro
Senior Development
Officer, Institutional
Gifts
Sarah Heim
Senior Development
Officer, Partnerships
Nikita Gourski
Development
Communications
Officer
Tracy Briggs
Senior Manager,
Special Events
Eldon Earle
Marketing Co-ordinator
FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION
Kristin McKinnon
Assistant Publicist
Lindy Cowan, CPA, CA
Director of Finance
and Administration
EDUCATION AND
OUTREACH
Katherine Semcesen
Associate Director,
Education and Outreach
Gianmarco Segato
Adult Programs
Manager
Vanessa Smith
School Programs
Manager
General Accountants
Florence Huang
Zoran Orlić (FSCPA)
Vera Brjozovskaia
Accounting Clerk
Paula Da Costa
Eurest Services
Supervisor
Eurest Services Team
Jennifer Barros
Malaku Godana
Nash Lim
Jimmy Pacheco
Sugey Torres
FOUR SEASONS
CENTRE FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
Payroll Accountants
Jovana Bojovic
Jeanny Won
TICKET SERVICES
Steven Sherwood
Manager, IT Services
Alfred Caron
Director, Four Seasons
Centre for the
Performing Arts
Brad Staples
Database Reporting
Specialist
Elizabeth Jones
Associate Director,
Business Development
Tony Sandy
IT Services Assistant
Shannon Churm
Business & Events
Co-ordinator
Andrea Salin
Ticket Services Manager
Nikki Tremblay
Assistant Ticket
Services Manager
Laura Aylan-Parker
Senior Development
Officer, Special Events
and Ensemble Circle
David Nimmo
Group Sales Co-ordinator
John Kriter
Donation Database
Officer
Lillian Fung
Ticket Services
Supervisor
Olena Moldovan
Donation Database
Officer
Ticket Services
Representatives
James Baldwin
Ernest Cayemen
Aurelie Dufour
Anna Kay Eldridge
Peter Genoway
Sylvie Goncalves
Maureen Gualtieri
Cat Haywood
Keith Lam
Kevin Morris
Paulina Saliba
Kat Smiley
Darcy Stoop
Janet Stubbs
Foundation Development
COMMUNICATIONS
Sue Furlong
Resident Tailor
Stephen Gilles
Director of Development
Steve Kelley
Chief Communications
Officer
Assisted by
Gulay Cokgezen
Sharon Gashgarian
Karen Hancock
Carolyn Kasperski
Barbara Nowakowski
Peter Hussell
Senior Manager,
Advancement
Operations
Claudine Domingue
Director of Public
Relations
Dawn Marie Schlegel
Associate Director,
Donor Relations
Gianna Wichelow
Senior Manager, Creative
and Publications
CALL CENTRE
Emma Noakes
Donor Relations Officer
Jennifer Pugsley
Media Relations Manager
Richard Paradiso
Call Centre Manager
Additional Costumes by
Christine Audet
Assisted By
Judy MacDougall
Mary Fulong
Barbara Cassidy
Natalie Sandassie
Senior Development
Officer, Annual
Programs and Patron
Engagement
Claire Morley
Associate Manager,
Editorial
Additional Paint and
Breakdown by
Chrome Yellow
Bree Callahan
Co-ordinator, Annual
Programs and Patron
Engagement
Call Centre
Representatives
Catherine Belyea
Taisa Dackiw
Ion Handrabur
Wendy Limbertie
Margaret Terry
Meighan Szigeti
Associate Manager,
Digital Marketing
Amalie Vanderzwet,
CPA, CA
Finance Manager
Building Operators
Dan Bisca
Dan Popescu
Adrian Tudoran
Blanche Israël
Interim Children and
Youth Programs
Co-ordinator
Costume Assistants
Natassia Brunato
Christina Del Monte
Additional Costumes by
Avril Stevenson
Assisted By
Rebecca Boyd
Lorraine O’Connor, CHRP
Human Resources
Manager
Kathleen Minor
Heather Reid
Craig Thompson
Kiersten Hay
Digital Marketing
Co-ordinator
Katarina Božović
Receptionist/
Switchboard
Branka Hrsum
Mailroom Clerk/Courier
Jefferson Guzman
Associate Director,
Patron Services
BUILDING SERVICES
Kim Hutchinson-Barber
Assistant Manager,
Patron Services
Joe Waldherr
Associate Director,
Facilities Management
Julia Somerville
Assistant Manager,
Front of House
Christian Coulter
Assistant Manager,
Operations
Brigitte Lang
Assistant Manager,
Food & Beverage
Maintenance Assistants
Ryszard Gad (COC)
Branislav Peterman
(COC)
Julian Peters (COC)
James Esposito
(FSCPA)
Mark Healy (FSCPA)
Piotr Wiench (FSCPA)
Patron Services
Supervisors
Stuart Constable
Enrique Covarrubias
Cortes
Jamieson Eakin
Lori MacDonald
Melissa McDonnell
Security Supervisors
Videsh Dookhu
Dave Samuels
Security Officers
George Balyasin
Tammy Hill
Natalia Juzyc
Usman Khalid
Patron Services
Assistant
Jennifer Toulmin
Patron Services Leads
Karol Carstenson
Christine Groom
Skye Plowman
Rosemary Williams
FSCPA – Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
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LIFE TRUSTEES COUNCIL
The Life Trustees Council salutes the leaders of the COC community whose efforts
have been integral to the company’s artistic evolution and transformative history
of accomplishment.
Earlaine Collins
David Ferguson (Chair)
Ben Heppner
Henry N. R. Jackman
Adrianne Pieczonka
E. LOUISE MORGAN SOCIETY
The E. Louise Morgan Society was created to reflect the vision and commitment
of its founder and the members who have created a legacy of leadership, passion
and philanthropy in support of the goals of the Canadian Opera Company.
Each of these donors has contributed a cumulative total of more than one million dollars
over the past 15 years. Their support is critical to the company’s success and we are
forever indebted to their commitment and generosity.
SUPPORTING TORONTO’S GROWING ARTS
COMMUNITY TODAY, AND FOREVER
Tony and Anne Arrell
The Estate of Dr. Larry M. Agranove
ARIAS: Canadian Opera Student
Development Fund
The Gerard & Earlaine Collins Foundation
The late John A. Cook
The Estate of Horst Dantz and Don Quick
Kolter Communities
The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen
Foundation
Roger D. Moore
E. Louise Morgan
Tim & Frances Price
Colleen Sexsmith
Joey & Toby Tanenbaum
Anonymous (2)
As Naming Donor of the Four Seasons Centre
MAJOR GIFTS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
for the Performing Arts, we are proud to be a
lifelong friend of the fine arts experience for the
patrons here and from around the world.
ENJOY THE PERFORMANCE
fourseasons.com
The COC offers its sincere thanks to the individuals listed below for their
extraordinary support.
PRODUCTION
UNDERWRITERS
PERFORMANCE AND
ARTIST SPONSORS
ENSEMBLE STUDIO
SUPPORTERS
Demonstrating their
leadership and generosity,
these donors have
underwritten the COC’s
main stage productions.
The following donors
extend their generous
support to individual
artists and productions
Encouraging the next
generation of artists,
these donors support the
COC’s Ensemble Studio.
$100,000 +
Jack Whiteside
$1,000,000
Peter M. Deeb
$50,000 – $99,999
Sue Mortimer
$500,000 – $999,999
The Slaight Family
Foundation
$500,000 +
Jerry & Geraldine Heffernan
The Catherine and Maxwell
Meighen Foundation
Colleen Sexsmith
$100,000 – $499,999
Paul Bernards
David Roffey & Karen Walsh
$50,000 – $99,999
The Asper Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Earlaine Collins
J. Hans Kluge
Anonymous (1)
Up to $25,000
Robert Sherrin
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon &
Howard Solomon
Carol Swallow
Riki Turofsky &
Charles Petersen
Kristine Vikmanis &
Denton Creighton
$25,000 – $499,999
Anne & Tony Arrell
Ethel Harris &
the late Milton E. Harris
Hal Jackman Foundation
Roy and Marjorie Linden
The Stratton Trust
W. Garfield Weston
Foundation
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MAJOR GIFTS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Join the Ensemble Circle
Three acclaimed opera productions
Invitations to special events
Post-performance toast with artists
Henry N. R. Jackman Lounge access
Exclusive backstage tour
Attend working rehearsal
Admission to Operanation
… and much more
The Ensemble Circle is a rapidly expanding community of young people
who appreciate and support opera and the arts in Toronto. By becoming a
member, you join a network of your peers from across the arts, media and
business communities, and benefit from a personalized introduction to the
world of opera and the Canadian Opera Company.
Call 416-306-2309
E-mail [email protected]
Visit ensemblecircle.ca
Photos from Operanat10n: A Night of Temptation, 2013. Left: Cameron McPhail and Catherine Affleck. Photo: Ryan Emberley.
Centre: Photo: Tara Noelle. Right: (l-r) Katie Jones, Ashleigh Semkiw and Marissa Semkiw. Photo: Tara Noelle
Up to $25,000
ARIAS: Canadian Opera
Student Development
Fund
Bruce Bailey
Marcia Lewis Brown
Margaret Harriett Cameron
and the late Gary Smith
Earlaine Collins
Ninalee Craig
Catherine Fauquier
Patrick Hodgson Family
Foundation
Peter & Hélène Hunt
Jo Lander
Tom C. Logan
Roger D. Moore
Colleen Sexsmith
June Shaw and the late
Dr. Ralph Shaw
Graham Watchorn
Ruth Watts-Gransden
Jack Whiteside
Brian Wilks
Anonymous (2)
GENERAL PROGRAM
SUPPORTERS
Providing general program
support is critical to the
COC’s artistic mission.
$1,000,000+
Tim & Frances Price
$100,000+
Anne & Tony Arrell
Anonymous (1)
$10,000 - $25,999
Bruce C. Bailey
A. R. Deane & Mary Nesbitt
The Parvez-Tyab Family Trust
SPECIAL PROJECTS
In March 2015, the COC’s
groundbreaking
production of Handel’s
Semele will travel to the
Brooklyn Academy of
Music. The COC thanks
the following donors
for their support of this
milestone for the Company.
Jerry & Geraldine Heffernan
Judy & Wilmot Matthews
Peter M. Partridge
Colleen Sexsmith
Kris Vikmanis &
Denton Creighton
Anonymous (1)
ENDOWMENT SUPPORT
Making a gift to the
Endowment ensures the
long-term stability for
the COC and its artists.
$100,000 +
Hon. Henry N. R. Jackman
Anonymous (1)
$25,000 – $99,999
Michael W. & Wanda Plachta
Endowment Fund
Up to $25,000
Anonymous (1)
Philip Deck &
Kimberley Bozak
David & Kristin Ferguson
INDIVIDUAL GIVING ANNUAL SUPPORT
LEGACY AND
BEQUEST GIFTS
MEMORIAL AND
HONORARY DONATIONS
The COC honours the
memory of the following
patrons whose vision and
generosity has provided
lasting support.
The COC expresses its
sincere appreciation to
all donors who have made
memorial and honorary
donations.
Estate of Horst Dantz and
Don Quick‡
Estate of Egon Homburger‡
Estate of John Gordon
Hunter
Estate of Ethel Berney
Jackson‡
Estate of Henri Kolin
Estate of Vida Peene
Estate of J.M. (Doc)
Savage‡
Estate of Helen Allen
Stacey
Estate of Jeanie Irwin
Walker
Anonymous (1)
In Memory of
Margaret Elder Bell
Fern Cohen
Roy Albert Cross
Derdre Gipp
David Murray Harley
Stephen Walter Ireland
Janet Lo
Eric Rump
Darko Seifert
Sylvia Shawn
In Honour of
Walter Bowen
Earlaine Collins
Ninalee Craig
Yael Dunkleman
Michael Gibbens and
Julie Lassonde
Stephen Gilles
Earl B. Law
Wailan Low
Judy and Wilmot Matthews
Robert Morassutti
Elizabeth Pizzinato and
Richard Paquet
Tim and Frances Price
Barbara and Iain Scott
Colleen Sexsmith
David Stanley-Porter
Beverly Zerafa
As of January 15, 2015
‡ designates funds directed
to the COC’s Endowment
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GOLDEN CIRCLE
GOLD, $50,000 +
Anne & Tony Arrell****
Cecily & Robert Bradshaw*
David G. Broadhurst**
In memory of Gerard H.
Collins****
Jerry & Geraldine Heffernan****
The Catherine and Maxwell
Meighen Foundation****
Roger D. Moore****
Colleen Sexsmith***
Anonymous (1)
SILVER, $25,000 – $49,999
Andrew Peller Limited*
Mark & Gail Appel***
Paul Bernards***
Barbara Black**
The Black Family Foundation
Philip Deck &
Kimberley Bozak***
George & Kathy Dembroski****
Michael Gibbens &
Julie Lassonde*
Ethel Harris &
the late Milton Harris****
Rennie & Bill Humphries****
Ronald Kimel &
Vanessa LaPerriere****
Susan Loube & William Acton**
James Nicol & Christine Milne
Jack Whiteside***
BRONZE, $12,500 – $24,999
Dr. & Mrs. Hans G. Abromeit****
Philip & Linda Armstrong**
Ms Nora Aufreiter*
Mr. Philip J. Boswell****
Walter M. &
Lisa Balfour Bowen****
Susanne Boyce & Brendan
Mullen****
Rob & Teresa Brouwer**
Marcia Lewis Brown*
Stewart & Gina Burton*
Wendy M. Cecil****
Dr. John Chiu in memory of
Yvonne Chiu, C.M.****
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Christ****
Stephen Clarke &
Elizabeth Black**
The Max Clarkson Family
Foundation****
J. Rob Collins & Janet Cottrelle****
Sydney & Florence Cooper**
Ninalee Craig***
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Dan***
Jean Davidson &
Paul Spafford****
Jill Denham &
Stephen Marshall**
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David & Kristin Ferguson****
George Fierheller****
Lloyd & Gladys Fogler***
Four Seasons Hotels &
Resorts***
Robert Fung**
The Hon. William C. Graham &
Mrs. Catherine Graham****
Ira Gluskin &
Maxine Granovsky Gluskin***
William &
Nona Heaslip Foundation****
Mr. Peter Hinman &
Ms Kristi Stangeland
Douglas E. Hodgson****
Michael & Linda Hutcheon****
Bernhard &
Hannelore Kaeser****
Justin S. Linden*
Jeff Lloyd & Barbara Henders*
Mr. & Mrs. J. S. A. MacDonald****
Bobby & Gordon MacNeill**
Judy & Wilmot Matthews*
Hon. Margaret McCain***
John & Esther McNeil****
Don McQueen &
Trina McQueen, O.C. **
John McVicker &
B. W. Thomas****
Delia M. Moog***
Jonathan Morgan &
Shurla Gittens**
Sue Mortimer****
Nicholas & Rosemary Mutton*
Mrs. Christl &
Mr. Karl Niemuller***
Donald O’Born***
Peter M. Partridge****
Mr. Tim & Mrs. Frances Price****
Ms R. Raso****
David Roffey & Karen Walsh****
Barrie D. Rose & Family***
Philip & Maria Smith**
Stephen & Jane Smith****
Marion & Gerald Soloway**
David E. Spiro***
David Stanley-Porter****
Ryerson & Michele Symons
Riki Turofsky &
Charles Petersen**
Ms Kristine Vikmanis &
Mr. Denton Creighton****
The Youssef-Warren
Foundation****
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL
TRUSTEE, $7,500 – $12,499
à la Carte Kitchen Inc.
Margaret Atwood &
Graeme Gibson***
Mr. & Mrs. Avie Bennett****
Dr. David & Constance Briant****
Paul G. Cherry &
Dean C. Noack****
Marilyn Cook*
Ms Lindsay Dale-Harris &
Mr. Rupert Field-Marsham****
Andrew Fleming**
Peter & Shelagh Godsoe**
Dr. Melvyn L. Iscove***
Bernhard & Hannelore Kaeser****
J. Hans Kluge**
Jean V. Kramar**
Mr. Gurney Kranz****
Mr. Philip Lanouette**
Paul Lee & Jill Maynard****
Anne Lewitt**
Jerry & Joan Lozinski****
Amy & John Macfarlane*
Kathleen McLaughlin &
Tim Costigan*
Dr. Judith A. Miller***
Annie & Ian Sale*
Dr. David Shaw**
Françoise Sutton***
Carol Swallow***
William R. Waters****
PATRON, $3,750 – $7,499
Laurie & Fareed Ali**
Sue Armstrong****
Ron Atkinson &
Bruce Blandford****
Mona H. Bandeen, C. M. **
Karen & Bill Barnett*
Henk Bartelink in memory of
Oskar & Irmgard Gaube***
Dr. Frank Bartoszek &
Mr. Daniel O’Brien****
Dr. Gail Beck, O. Ont. &
Mr. Andrew Fenus*
Dr. Thomas H. Beechy****
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Belli-Bivar***
Dr. Catherine Bergeron***
Tom Bogart & Kathy Tamaki**
Peter Brieger &
Beverley Hamblin*
Dr. Jane Brissenden &
Dr. Janet Roscoe****
Mrs. Donna Brock***
Alice Burton***
Margaret Harriett Cameron****
Joe & Laurissa Canavan
Cesaroni Management Limited***
Frank Ciccolini****
The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson*
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Corcoran***
Lindy Cowan† & Chris Hatley***
Norman Curtis****
Brian J. Dawson***
Dr. Jeanne Deinum****
Carol Derk & David Giles**
Mrs. A. Ephraim Diamond &
Family****
Peter & Anne Dotsikas**
Jeffrey Douglas
Vreni & Marc Ducommun***
Mr. Albert D. Dunn*
Ron Dyck & Walter Stewart***
Bud & Leigh Eisenberg***
Joseph Fantl & Moira Bartram**
Mr. & Mrs. Fraser M. Fell****
Kimberley Fobert &
Robert Lamb†****
The Fraser Elliott
Foundation****
Dr. & Mrs. Wm. O. Geisler***
Ben & Sarah Glatt****
Ann J. Gibson****
Peter & Shelagh Godsoe**
Rose & Roger Goldstein****
Michael & Anne Gough****
Ronald & Birgitte Granofsky****
Douglas & Ruth Grant*
John & Judith Grant**
Al & Malka Green**
John Groves &
Vera Del Vecchio****
James & Joyce Gutmann****
George & Irene Hamilton****
Hampton Securities Ltd. *
Scott & Ellen Hand***
Maggie Hayes**
Hon. & Mrs. Paul Hellyer****
Chris Hoffmann & Joan Eakin**
Michiel Horn & Cornelia Schuh****
Ken Hugessen &
Jennifer Connolly**
Dr. Melvyn L. Iscove***
The Jackman Foundation***
Victoria Jackman***
Ms Elizabeth Johnson**
Dr. Joshua Josephson &
Ms Elaine Lewis****
Lorraine Kaake****
Patrick & Barbara Keenan****
Dr. Joel Keenleyside****
Joseph Kerzner & Lisa Koeper****
James & Diane King**
Dr. Elizabeth Kocmur****
Murray & Marvelle Koffler****
John B. Lawson, Q.C. ****
Mr. J. Levitt & Ms E. Mah**
Daniel & Janet Li**
Vincent & Helene Lobraico*
Tom C. Logan*
Jonathan &
Dorothea Lovat Dickson**
Mr. Jed MacKay****
Mrs. R. MacMillan ****
Dr. Colin McGregor Mailer****
Mrs. J. L. Malcolm*
Dr. & Mrs. M. A. Manuel*
Frederick J. Marker &
Anne Dupré*
Paul & Jean McGrath****
Ronan McGrath & Sarah Perry*
June McLean****
Mr. Ian McWalter*
Mr. Ulrich Menzefricke****
Bruce & Vladka Mitchell*
Mr. Noel Mowat**
Dr. Shirley C. Neuman**
Eileen Patricia Newell***
Sally-Ann Noznesky****
E. Oliana & A. Iu***
Janice Oliver***
Keith & Brenda Ottaway***
The Ouellette Family
Foundation
Julia & Liza Overs****
Dr. & Mrs. William M. Park****
Douglas L. Parker****
John & Gwen Pattison**
June C. Pinkney****
Polk Family Charitable Fund**
Julian Porter, Q.C. **
Mary Jean & Frank Potter***
Margrit & Tony Rahilly****
Rob & Penny Richards***
Margaret A. Riggin*
Gordon Robison & David Grant*
Cameron Rusaw &
Anne-Marie Sorrenti
Judy & Hy Sarick****
Sam & Esther Sarick****
Helen & John Scott**
June Shaw &
the late Dr. Ralph Shaw****
Allan & Helaine Shiff****
David & Hilary Short***
Hume Smith****
Dr. Harley Smyth &
Carolyn McIntire Smyth**
Philip Somerville*
Dr. John Stanley &
Dr. Helmut Reichenbächer***
Wayne Stanley &
Marina Pretorius*
Doreen L. Stanton****
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Taylor****
Wendy J. Thompson****
Anthea Thorp****
Ian Turner***
Sandra & Guy Upjohn***
Dita Vadron & James Catty**
Rosalind & Dory Vanderhoof**
Donald & Margaret Walter****
Hugh & Colleen Washington**
Ruth Watts-Gransden****
Dr. Virginia Wesson***
Dr. Jack Williams &
Dr. Dorothy Pringle***
Ms Lilly Wong*
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wookey****
Linda Young*
Helen Ziegler***
Susan Zorzi**
Sharon Zuckerman****
Anonymous (2)
MEMBER, $2,250 – $3,749
D. C. Adamson-Brdar****
Susan Agranove & Estate of
Dr. Larry M. Agranove****
Donna & Lorne Albaum**
Mr. & Mrs. Roberto &
Nancy Albis***
David & Debbie Allan
Clive & Barbara Allen****
Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Claire Allen**
Dr. D. Amato &
Ms J. Hodges****
Anne-Marie H. Applin***
Valerie Armstrong****
Philip Arthur & Mary Wilson*
Virginia Atkin***
Mr. Jeff Axelrod &
Dr. John Goodhew
John Bailey**
James C. Baillie**
Marilyn & Charles Baillie****
Andrew & Cornelia Baines****
Janice A. Baker****
Richard J. Balfour****
Lindy Barrow**
Julia Bass & David Hamilton***
Alice & Tom Bastedo***
Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Sondra Beck*
Ms Marie Bérard†***
Nani & Austin Beutel****
Dody Bienenstock**
John & Mandy Birch*
Anneliese & Walter Blackwell****
Darlene & Peter Blenich*
Ian & Janet Blue***
John & Ila Bossons**
Mr. W. Bowen &
Ms S. Gavinchuk†****
Mr. Stephen Bradley
Mrs. Carolyn Bradley-Hall &
Mr. William Bradley***
Mrs. Richard Bradshaw***
Mr. Ingvar & Mrs. Sheila Brogren
Brian Bucknall &
Mary Jane Mossman****
Christopher & Elizabeth Buller
Thomas J. Burton**
Maureen Callahan &
Douglas Gray**
Sharon & Howard Campbell**
Ken & Denise Cargill**
Brian & Ellen Carr****
Gail Carson****
Drs. Carol & David Cass
Cara Celotti & Tom Nicolopoulos
Prof. Alfred L. Chan &
Mr. Michael Farewell***
Dr. & Mrs. Albert Cheskes***
John D. Church
Dr. Howard M. Clarke***
Edward Cole & Adrienne Hood***
Brian Collins & Amanda Demers*
Mr. Andrew Combes*
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Tony & Elizabeth Comper*
Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Corcoran
Murray & Katherine Corlett****
Harold & Anita Corrigan***
Dr. Lesley S. Corrin****
Bram & Beth Costin
Gay & Derek Cowbourne**
Mary & John Crocker****
Ruth & John Crow***
Carrol Anne Curry***
Michael & Honor de Pencier****
Mrs. Rosario de Wit-Farro***
Dr. & Mrs. Michael & Ute Davis**
Angelo & Carol DelZotto***
Charles Dennis & Steve Kelley†
Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Diamond*
J. DiGiovanni*
Olwen & Frank Dixon**
James Doak & Patricia Best***
Sandra Z. Doblinger**
Ms Petrina Dolby***
Dr. James & Mrs. Ellen Downey**
Marko Duic and Gabriel Lau****
William & Gwenda Echard****
Jean Patterson Edwards**
Wendy & Elliott Eisen****
Jordan Elliott & Lynne Griffin*
Robert Elliott & Paul Wilson**
Christoph Emmrich &
Srilata Raman
Dr. & Mrs. John Evans***
Fabris Inc. *
Mr. Eddy Fan
George A. Farkass**
Gail & Bob Farquharson*
Darren Farwell
Catherine Fauquier***
Bill Fearn & Claudia Rogers****
Lee & Shannon Ferrier****
William & Rosemary Fillmore***
Mrs. Lois Fleming****
Goshka Folda*
J. E. Fordyce****
Robert & Julia Foster**
Margaret & David Fountain****
Linda & Ken Foxcroft*
Mrs. Ingrid Fratzl
Rev. Ivars Gaide &
Rev. Dr. Anita Gaide***
Ann Gawman***
Dr. Barry A. Gayle****
The Honourable Irving Gerstein &
Mrs. Gail Gerstein**
Mary & Lionel Goffart*
Dr. Eudice Goldberg*
Dr. Fay Goldstep &
Dr. George Freedman**
Deanna A. Gontard****
Dr. Paul W. Gooch
Tina & Michael Gooding***
Wayne A. Gooding****
Goodman Family*
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Dr. Noëlle Grace &
the Shohet Family****
Jane Greene**
Mr. Finn Greflund & Mrs. M. Ortner**
Mr. Carmen &
Mrs. Vittoria Guglietti**
Ellen & Simon Gulden****
Mr. Albert Haddad
Dan Hagler & Family***
Ms Pamela Hallisey
Francess G. Halpenny
Mr. Adrian J. Hamel
Beverly Hargraft**
Mr. Harquail & Dr. Sigfridsson*
Michael Harris & Carol Rak**
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Harris***
Paul & Natalie Hartman*
Caroline Helbronner***
Jacques &
Elizabeth Helbronner***
Thea Herman & Gregory King***
William E. Hewitt***
Pamela Hoiles
Sally Holton****
Emmy & Walter Homburger***
Drs. Walter & Virginia Hryshko*
Ms Judith Hull
Anthony C. J. Humphreys****
Peter & Hélène Hunt****
Eva Innes & David Medhurst*
Elliott Jacobson & Judy Malkin**
Paul Jaggard & Ruth Caswell
Lynne Jeffrey****
Laurence Jewell**
The Norman & Margaret
Jewison Charitable
Foundation****
E. Patricia Johnson**
Dr. Albert & Bette Johnston**
Joyce Johnston***
Alexandra Jonsson
Miriam Kagan
Mr. & Mrs. John & Donata Kaldas
H. L. Katarynych
David W. & Sheryl L. Kerr*
Inta Kierans****
Ellen & Hermann Kircher****
Mr. Martin Kirr &
Ms Suzanne McCuaig
Mr. Douglas Klaassen**
Michael & Sonja Koerner***
Robin Korthals &
Janet Charlton**
Dr. Robert Kosnik****
Valarie Koziol*
William & Eva Krangle****
Richard T. La Prairie*
Elizabeth & Goulding Lambert***
Jo Lander****
M. J. Horsfall Large**
Marc Lebeau &
Guylaine Lefebvre
Dr. Connie Lee***
Linda Lee & Michael Pharoah****
Neal & Dominique Lee**
Dr. Richard Lee &
Mr. Gary Van Haren**
Alexander & Anna Leggatt***
Joy Levine***
Mr. Peter Levitt & Ms Mai Why***
Mr. Kejun Liang
L. Liivamagi & Dr. D. N. Cash
Marjorie & Roy Linden****
Dr. & Mrs. W. G. Lindley****
Janet & Sid Lindsay***
Anthony J. Lisanti***
In memory of Janet Lo**
Dr. Vance Logan****
A. Benson Lorriman****
Douglas L. Ludwig &
Karen J. Rice***
Peter H. Lunney*
Dr. Robert G. Luton****
James & Connie MacDougall****
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Mackenzie****
Tom MacMillan****
Macro Properties Ltd. **
Ole P. Madsen*
Mr. A. Mafrici****
R. Manke****
Mr. & Mrs. R. Gordon Marantz****
Fernando Martinez-Caro
Roberto Mauro† & Erin Wall
Mrs. Ettore Mazzoleni***
Dr. & Mrs. John A. McCallum****
The Hon. Barbara McDougall***
Dr. &
Mrs. Donald C. McGillivray****
Darcy & Joyce McKeough*
Mark & Andrea McQueen***
Don McLean & Diane Martello
Guy & Joanne McLean****
M. E. McLeod****
Jean M. McNab****
Mr. Thomas McNicholas*
Shawn McReynolds &
Elaine Kierans*
Dr. Davender Mehra &
Dr. Ellis Galea Kirkland*
Dr. Don Melady &
Mr. Rowley Mossop***
Eileen Mercier****
Ms Andrea Miller
Marvene (Cox) & Gordon Miller**
Lee Milliken† &
Doug MacNaughton**
Patricia & Frank Mills***
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Millward**
Florence Minz
Audrey & David Mirvish***
Dr. David N. Mitchell &
Dr. Susan M. Till***
Mr. Donald Mitchell
Eva Mocarski*
Anne Moore****
Mr. Robert Morassutti****
Ruth Morawetz & Ken Judd***
Alice Janet Morgan***
Ms Rosalind Morrow**
Drs. Christopher & Pippa Moss***
Gael Mourant &
Caroline Hubberstey*
Mr. Joseph Mulder**
Anne Murdock**
Marilyn & Amy Mushinski†
Matt & Debbie Mysak***
David & Mary Neelands***
Dr. Emilie Newell*
Dr. Steven Nitzkin****
Simon & Marlene Nyilassy*
Dr. James &
Mrs. Valda Oestreicher***
Benson Orenstein***
Martin & Myrna Ossip*
Eileen & Ralph Overend*
Clarence & Mary Pace**
Dr. & Mrs. N. Pairaudeau****
Lee Parsons*
Dr. Roger D. Pearce***
Dr. A. Angus Peller*
John & Penelope Pepperell*
John & Carol Peterson***
M. J. Phillips****
Robin B. Pitcher****
Wanda Plachta****
Georgia Prassas****
Ms Jill Presser & Mr. John Duffy*
Dr. Mark Quigley****
Stephen Ralls & Bruce Ubukata***
The Carol &
Morton Rapp Foundation****
Professor C. Edward Rathé****
Kenneth F. Read****
Mrs. Richard Gavin Reid**
Grant L. Reuber****
Mrs. Gabrielle Richards**
Carolyn Ricketts****
Ms Nada Ristich*
Emily & Fred Rizner**
Clara Robert*
Mr. Mike & Ms Stacy Robitaille
Steve & Richa Roder
Dr. Michael & Mary Romeo****
John & Hannah Rosen*
Mrs. Gertrude Rosenthal****
Ken & Helen Rotenberg**
Rainer & Sharyn Rothfuss****
Peter A. Roy & Leah Taylor Roy
Drs. Orest & Maureen Rudzik****
David A. Ruston***
Ms Sharon Cookie Sandler****
Mallory Morris Sartz &
John Sartz****
Go Sato****
Fred & Mary Schulz**
Dr. Marianne Seger****
Carol Seifert & Bruno Tesan***
Robert & Geraldine Sharpe****
Victor & Rhoda Shields****
Milton & Joyce Shier****
William Siegel &
Margaret Swaine**
Dr. Bernie &
Mrs. Bobbie Silverman**
Rod & Christina Simpson
In memory of Dr. Bernard Slatt*
Dr. & Mrs. Jeremy Sloan**
Jay Smith & Laura Rapp*
Ms Muriel Smith &
Mr. Eric Ojala****
Dr. Joseph So***
John & Ellen Spears****
Martha E. Spears***
Rosemary Speirs
Alex & Kim Squires****
Oksana R. Stein***
Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Sula Stern*
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Stern***
John D. Stevenson****
James H. Stonehouse**
Janet Stubbs**
Eric Tang & Dr. James Miller**
Mr. Arthur Paul Tarasuk*
Tesari Charitable Foundation**
Elizabeth Tory****
Mr. Alex Tosheff*
Edmond &
Sylvia Vanhaverbeke****
Dr. R. B. Van Winckle*
Stefan Varga &
Dr. Marica Varga*
Mr. & Mrs. Henry &
Ann Louise Vehovec****
Dr. Yvonne Verbeeten**
Dr. Helen Vosu &
Donald Milner****
Richard & Nathalie Wachsberg*
Elizabeth & Michael Walker***
Ann & Marshall Webb**
Peter Webb & Joan York****
Dr. Bogomila Welsh**
Ms Eleanor Westney**
Melanie Whitehead***
Mr. Brian Wilks*
Elizabeth Wilson &
Ian Montagnes****
John Wright & Chung-Wai Chow*
Dr. Jackson Wu &
Dr. Viviana Chang*
Ms June Yee**
Morden Yolles****
Walter Zwig****
Anonymous (26)
FRIENDS OF THE COC
SUSTAINING FRIENDS
$1,600 – $2,249
Iivi Campbell****
Mr. Steven D. Donohoe****
Ted Goldenberg
Mr. James Hamilton*
Bill Heaslip****
Mr. Josef Hrdina*
Dr. Paul & Mrs. Marcia Kavanagh
Mrs. Mary Liitoja****
Mrs. Annette Oelbaum*
Ms Marianne Orr*
Barbara & Peter Pauly**
Dr. Norbert V. Perera****
Ms Adrianne Pieczonka
Mr. & Mrs. Domenic Porporo**
Ms Joan Sinclair**
David Smukler & Patricia Kern**
The Sorbara Group****
Dr. M. Lynne Thurling &
Dr. John Treilhard***
Vernon & Beryl Turner****
Gordon Waugh****
Anonymous (1)
ASSOCIATE FRIENDS
$1,100 – $1,599
Carol & Ernest Albright****
Gail Asper & Michael Paterson
Michael & Janet Barnard**
Don Biderman****
Ellen & Murray Blankstein*
Darlene & Peter Blenich*
Murray & Judy Bryant***
Dr. Wendy C. Chan*
Patricia Clarke**
Robert D. Cook**
Mr. Neil Crawford*
Mr. Stuart Davidson
Mr. Darren Day***
Dr. Christine Dunbar**
Howard & Kathrine Eckler***
R. Dalton Fowler****
John H. Galloway****
Alison Girling & Paul Schabas**
Ricardo Gomez-Insausti*
David Gordon &
Wendy Flores Gordon*
Sylvie Hatch****
David Holdsworth &
Nicole Senécal*
Richard & Susan Horner****
James Hughes***
Mr. Sumant Inamdar**
Mr. Kazik Jedrzejczak****
Ms Elisa Kearney
Ms Suanne Kelman &
Dr. Allan J. Fox**
The Hon. Dennis Lane, Q.C. &
Mrs. Sandra Lane****
Jason & Stephanie Lewis
Andrew & Harriet Lyons
P. Anne Mackay****
Mrs. Janet Maggiacomo**
Karen & Craig**
Georgina McLennan****
Mr. David Milovanovic &
Dr. Cinda Dyer
Mr. Carl Morey****
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Mr. Sean O'Neill****
Marjorie & Anne Pepper**
Ms Victoria Pinnington***
Dr. Peter Ray****
Dr. Shelley Rechner****
Amye & DeeAnn Hagler Sagar
William &
Meredith Saunderson****
Ms Elisabeth Scarff****
Beverly & Fred Schaeffer****
Dr. & Mrs. W. K. Stavraky***
Norma & George Steiner****
Ms Peg Thoen**
Dr. Peter Voore****
Ron Williams*
Nina & Norman Wright***
Carole & Bernie Zucker***
Anonymous (7)
CONTRIBUTING FRIENDS
$700 – $1,099
Dr. M. Al Sayyab Dentistry
Professional Corp.
Ms I. M. Allen****
Dr. I. L. Babb Fund at the
Toronto Community
Foundation****
In memory of M. Baptista***
Peter & Leslie Barton**
Mrs. Lynn Bayer***
Catherine Belyea+
Michael Benedict &
Martha Lowrie****
Jeniva Berger****
Anthony Bird****
Dr. B. Derek & Dr. Anne W. Birt****
Dr. Jennifer Blake**
Ms Marlene Bohn*
Mary Brock & Brian Iler****
Ms Judith Burrows***
Ms E. Burton***
Mr. Bill Cameron*
Betty Carlyle****
Mark Cestnik & Natercia Sousa****
Geoffrey & Bilgi Chapman****
Harold Chmara & Danny Hoy****
Joe T. R. Clarke****
Ms Rovena Cooper
Mr. Sylvain Crozon
M. P. Davies**
Anita Day
Don DeBoer & Brent Vickar***
Mr. Michael Disney*
Wendy Drahovzal
Mr. Arthur English**
Mr. Larry Enkin***
Joe & Helen Feldmann***
Brian A. Ferguson****
Dr. James Ferguson
Bruce & Mary Fillier
Tom Flemming****
Jennifer & Frank Flower***
Angelo Furgiuele & Family*
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Douglas G. Gardner****
Martin Gerwin & Judith Rutledge*
Girish & Bharati Ghatalia
Elinor Gill Ratcliffe C.M., O.N.L.,
LLD (hc)
Aviva & Andrew Goldenberg**
Dr. Wilfred S. Goodman****
Mrs. Marion A. Green****
Mrs. Suzy Greenspan**
Dr. & Mrs. Voldemars Gulens****
Dr. & Mrs. Brian &
Cynthia Hands****
Roy & Gail Harrison****
Sandra Hausman**
Peter L. Henniger*
In memory of Pauline Hinch**
Istvan & Gilian Hlinyanszky
Mr. Sylvain Houle*
Dr. Ivan & Mrs. Diana Hronsky****
In loving memory of Joyce
Whitney Hughes*
Mr. David Hutton***
Douglas & Dorothy Joyce****
Lilian Kilianski+ & Brian Pritchard*
Mai Kirch****
Dr. & Mrs. L. A. Kitchell****
Serguei Kloubkov
Mr. & Mrs. I. P. &
O. M. Komarnicky***
Mr. Christopher J. Kowal*
Mr. Jonathan Krehm*
Gediminas P. Kurpis****
Mr. James R. Lake****
Harry Lane***
Alan & Marti Latta****
Giles le Riche &
Rosemary Polczer***
Mr. Tom Le Seelleur**
Claus & Heather Lenk*
Mr. Yakov Lerner*
Dr. David Levine*
Mr. & Mrs. G. Lorenson
Dr. Francois Loubert*
Deidre Lynch*
Tyler & Claire Macnamara
Kathy Marton*
Dr. Lynn McAslan
Mary McClymont****
Mary McGowan****
Jil McIntosh**
Mr. Bruce McKeown****
David & Jean McLay****
Sylvia McPhee****
Janis Medland*
Janina Milisiewicz****
Kamini & Lynne Milnes*
Frank & Anne Moir***
Blake Murray & Nancy Riley****
Peter Naylor
Larry Nevard
Mr. Tomi Nishio****
David Northcote &
Suzanne Betcke*
Mrs. Jean O'Grady**
Ms Cristina Oke***
Karen Olinyk+*
Joan Pape****
Mr. James C. Pappas****
Mr. Joseph &
Mrs. Letizia Paradiso***
David Peachey &
Georgia Henderson**
Dr. Wadermar A. Pieczonka****
Dr. Alice Pitt &
Dr. Deborah Britzman
Ed & Beth Price***
Mr. Robert Radke
Annette & Jim Ray
Marat Ressin
Ms Virginia Robeson**
Dorothy & Robert Ross***
Mr. Michael Samborsky**
M. & G. Sanvido****
Patti & Richard Schabas**
Nancy A. Schiefer in memory
of Walter Schiefer****
Marlene Pollock Sheff*
John Spears****
Phil Spencer****
Mr. Paul Steep &
Ms Anne McNeilly*
Helga & Klaus Stegemann***
Jane & Ted Stephenson****
Penelope K. Sullivan****
Ms Michelle Tan**
Judith Teller Foundation****
Ria Tietz****
Dr. Claude Tousignant**
Mr. & Mrs. David G. Trent****
Maria & Ian Tulip****
Dr. Nancy F. Vogan****
Mr. Wayne Vogan+****
George Vona & Lark Popov**
Barbara J. Weider
Mr. John M. Welch****
James & Margaret Whitby****
F. Whittaker**
Ms Diana Yenson*
David A. Young
Ms Iris Zawadowski*
Anonymous (9)
THE ENCORE LEGACY
The Encore Legacy is the
planned giving program of the
Planned giving is making the
decision today to provide a gift
for the Canadian Opera
Company that may not be
realized until after your lifetime.
Gifts planned today, that will
ultimately affect your estate,
allow you to make a statement
of support that will become
a lasting legacy to the COC.
The Canadian Opera Company
gratefully acknowledges and
thanks the following individuals
who have included the COC in
their estate planning:
Susan Agranove & Estate of
Dr. Larry M. Agranove
Isobel Allen
Callie Archer
Renata Arens & Elizabeth Frey
Mrs. Rosalen Armstrong
Ron Atkinson & Bruce Blandford
Lindy Barrow
Mr. L. H. Bartelink
J. Linden Best & James G. Kerr
David Bowen
Marnie M. Bracht
Gregory Brandt
Ann Christie
Earl Clark
The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson
Brian Collins & Amanda Demers
Earlaine Collins
David H. Cormack
Ninalee Craig
Anita Day & Robert McDonald
Ann De Brouwer
Helen Drake
Rowland D. Galbraith
Douglas G. Gardner
Ann J. Gibson
Michael & Anne Gough
L. A. Grover
David G. Hallman
George & Irene Hamilton
Joan L. Harris
James Hewson
John R. Higgins
Mr. Kim Yim Ho &
Walter Frederic Thommen
Douglas E. Hodgson
Matt Hughes
Michael & Linda Hutcheon
Lynne Jeffrey
Ann Kadrnka
Ben Kizemchuk
Kathryn Kossow
Mr. Gurney Kranz
Jo Lander
Peggy Lau
Tom C. Logan, A.R.C.T.
Marjorie & Roy Linden
Ms Lenore MacDonald
Dr. Colin M. Mailer
R. Manke
Tim & Jane Marlatt
Mr. Shawn Martin
Margaret McKee
Sylvia M. McPhee
Dr. Alan C. Middleton
Eleanor Miller
Sigmund & Elaine Mintz
Donald Morse
Sue Mortimer
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Patterson
Mervyn Pickering
Gunther & Dorothy Piepke
Wanda Plachta
Ms Georgia Prassas
K. F. Read
Dr. John Reeve-Newson
Mrs. Margaret Russell
Sharon Ryman†
Cookie & Stephen Sandler
Claire Shaw
R. Bonnie Shettler
David E. Spiro
Dr. D. P. Stanley-Porter
Doreen L. Stanton
Lilly Offenbach-Strauss
Drs. W. & K. Stavraky
Janet Stubbs
Ann Sutton
Ronald Taber
Mrs. L. Treutler
Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen
N. Suzanne Vanstone
Marie-Laure Wagner
Hugh & Colleen Washington
Marion C. Wilson
Marion York
Tricia Younger
Anonymous (59)
The above Individual Support Gifts
were made as of December 15, 2014.
*
**
***
****
†
‡
five to nine years of support
10 to 14 years of support
15 to 19 years of support
20 or more years of support
COC administration, chorus
or orchestra member
Endowment
Despite the staff’s extensive efforts
to avoid errors and omissions,
mistakes can occur. If your name
was omitted, listed incorrectly or
misspelled, we apologize for any
inconvenience this may have caused.
We would appreciate being notified
of any errors at 416-847-4949.
OPERATOURS DONORS
$700 +
(As of December 10, 2014)
Mrs. Larry M. Agranove****
Brian J. Dawson***
Jayne & Ted Dawson****
Brian A. Ferguson****
Ben & Sarah Glatt****
John B. Lawson, Q.C.****
Dr. Colin McGregor Mailer****
Mary McClymont****
John & Esther McNeil****
Benson Orenstein***
Joan Pape****
Ria Tietz****
Melanie Whitehead***
CORPORATE MATCHING
PARTNERS
The Canadian Opera Company
gratefully acknowledges the
following organizations that have
matched gifts by their employees:
Canadian Tire Corporation
Limited
IBM Canada Ltd.
Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc
Goodman & Company,
Investment Counsel Ltd.
FM Global Foundation
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MAJOR CORPORATE SPONSORS
2014/2015 SEASON
2014/2015 SPONSORS
PERFORMANCE SPONSORS
Barrick Gold
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Burgundy Asset Management
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Fionn MacCool’s
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Linden & Associates
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
BMO Financial Group Pre-Performance Chats
BMO Financial Group Student Dress Rehearsals
Verdi’s Falstaff generously underwritten in part by
HOSTING SPONSORS
Official Automotive Sponsor
of the COC at the FSCPA
Presenting Sponsor
of SURTITLES™
Presenting Sponsor
Opera Under 30
Preferred Credit Card
and Operanation TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege*
CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION DONORS
$50,000+
The Asper Foundation
The Slaight Family Foundation
The Hal Jackman Fund at the Ontario Arts
Foundation
Glencore Ensemble Studio
School Tour
$10,000 – $49,999
Audrey S. Hellyer Charitable Foundation
Cineplex
Great West Life, London Life and Canada Life
J.P. Bickell Foundation
The Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation
OCC Lasik
The McLean Foundation
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
Anonymous (1)
Official Canadian
Wine of the COC
at the FSCPA
Production Sponsor
Rossini’s
The Barber of Seville
Production Sponsor
Puccini’s
Madama Butterfly
Production Sponsor
Puccini’s
Madama Butterfly
$5,000 to $9,999
The Hope Charitable Foundation
JMV Food Services Canada Ltd.
Local 58 Charitable Benefit Fund
Mill Street Brewery
Shinex Window Cleaning Inc.
State Street
Unit Park Holdings Inc.
The WholeNote Magazine
$2,500 – $4,999
Hicks Memorial Fund at The Calgary Foundation
Vida Peene Fund at the Canada Council for the Arts
Preferred Jewellery
Partner
Golden Circle
Hosting Partner
Preferred Fragrance
Program Sponsor
After School Opera Program
Preferred Dry Cleaner
Preferred Hospitality
Sponsor
Preferred Medical
Services Provider
$1,000 – $2,499
Aimia
D’Avignon Freight Services Inc.
Jarvis & Associates
Loch-Sloy Holdings Ltd.
MAC Cosmetics
Milgram Group of Companies Ltd.
O’Shanter Development Company Ltd.
The Powis Family Foundation
CENTRE STAGE:
ENSEMBLE STUDIO COMPETITION GALA 2014
COMPETITION SUPPORTERS
RBC and RBC Foundation
Peter M. Deeb
Hal Jackman Foundation
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Mercedes-Benz
OPERA UNDER 30 SPONSOR
TD Bank Group
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GOLD SPONSORS
Brookfield Asset Management
Linden & Associates
Scotiabank
OPERANATI0N:
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
PRESENTING SPONSOR
TD Bank Group
DINNER SPONSOR
Hampton Securities
PREFERRED FRAGRANCE
REVEAL by Calvin Klein
PREFERRED FLORISTS
Bloom The Flower Company
Quince Flowers
Supporter of Ensemble Studio
and Centre Stage
GALA RECEPTION SPONSOR
Maison Birks
JEWELLERY PARTNER
Maison Birks
PARTNERING SPONSOR
Burgundy Asset Management
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS
Bloomberg
Bonnie Shore
Canaccord Genuity
Element Financial Corp.
Torkin Manes LLP
EVENT SUPPORTERS
BT/A
Chairman Mills
Knot PR
Mill St.
Perrier
Quince Flowers
Ryan Emberley Photography
10tation
The Room
Toronto Life
Trius Wines
Wellington Printworks
J.P. Wiser’s ® Canadian Whisky
Lot No. 40™ Canadian Whisky
Pike Creek™ Canadian Whisky
Jameson® Irish Whiskey
The Glenlivet® Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Aberlour® Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Beefeater® Gin.
FINE WINE AUCTION 2014
PRESENTING SPONSORS
TD Securities
Bloomberg
Graywood Group
PARTNERING SPONSORS
GWLM Inc.
Thomson Reuters
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
IAMGOLD
Ozz Electric
EVENT SPONSORS
Falconcrest Homes
Marel Contractors
CHEESE SPONSOR
The Cheese Boutique
AUCTIONEER
Stephen Ranger Fine Art Valuation & Consultancy
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GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
The Canadian Opera Company gratefully acknowledges the generous support
of these government agencies and departments.
OPERATING SUPPORT
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $157 million
to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 157 millions de dollars
pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.
ENSEMBLE STUDIO
SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDING
For the many programs and special initiatives undertaken each year by the Canadian Opera Company,
we gratefully acknowledge project funding from:
Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
Department of Canadian Heritage
Employment and Social Development Canada
CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Canadian Opera Company would like to thank all those who volunteer
both on a daily basis and for special events with the company.
Michael Cooper: Official photographer
The COC is a member of Opera America, Opera.ca. and TAPA.
The COC operates in agreement with Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.
The COC operates in agreement with I.A.T.S.E., Local #58,
Local #822, Local #828.
SUPERNUMERARIES
Matthew Badali
Melanie Brown
Robert Bell
Ray Bielawski
Elizabeth Birss
Jacques Gamache
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Doug Hamilton
David Johnston
Jim Lucas
Ian McIntosh
Doug McMahon
Todd Mickolwin
Mark Milligan
Wayne Purchase
Vladimir Pajovic
Phillip Rego
Basil Tamkei
BACKSTAGE
AND
BEYOND
OUR WONDERFUL COC DONORS ARE
HELPING US CELEBRATE A GREAT
SEASON AT SOME UNFORGETTABLE
EVENTS INCLUDING PARTIES, GALAS,
AND BACKSTAGE MEET-AND-GREETS
WITH ARTISTS!
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7. The cast and creative team of Falstaff celebrated a
great show at the opening night party afterwards.
Photo: Dave Cox
8. Falstaff himself, baritone Gerald Finley, celebrated the
opening of Falstaff with the Right Honourable Adrienne
Clarkson
9. COC General Director Alexander Neef and Head of the
Ensemble Liz Upchurch celebrated the opening concert
of the Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw
Amphitheatre, at which Ensemble Studio members
performed. Photo: Karen Reeves
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1. Councillor Anthony Perruzza (far left) and Councillor Peter Leon (second from right) attended the Madama
Butterfly backstage toast with their spouses. Photo: Joey Lopez
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2. (l-r) Tenor Stefano Secco and his fiancée Sarah, mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton (Patricia Racette's wife), and
soprano Patricia Racette with a fluffy friend celebrated Madama Butterfly backstage along with COC Golden
Circle members. Photo: Joey Lopez
11. KPMG guests Nazir and Yasmin Valani, and Margaret
and Rob Brandl at a Backstage Toast for members
of the COC’s Golden Circle. Photo: Joey Lopez
3. Beautiful table settings for the Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition Gala. Photo: Jenna Wakani
4. Centre Stage Co-Chairs and COC Board members Frances Price and Justin Linden celebrated an evening
of great Canadian talent, both current and future. Photo: Jenna Wakani
12. Ensemble Studio soprano Karine Boucher at a
reception following the opening concert of the Free
Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre.
Photo: Karen Reeves
5. Nicholas Mellamphy (Creative Director, The Room, Hudson's Bay), Nada Ristich (BMO Financial Group's
Director, Corporate Donations), and Stephen Gilles (COC Development Department), at Centre Stage:
Ensemble Studio Competition Gala. Photo: Jenna Wakani
6. An enthusiastic crowd attended the President’s Council Season Opening Party, held for the first time ever
at the Four Seasons Centre. Photo: Dave Cox
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10.COC Board member Marcia Lewis Brown, Ensemble
Studio baritone Gordon Bintner and soprano Simone
Osborne (Nannetta in Falstaff and an Ensemble Studio
alumna) celebrated opening night of Falstaff.
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13. Tim Reuss, Mercedes-Benz Canada President, with
his guests at the Centre Stage Ensemble Studio
Competition gala. Photo: Jenna Wakani
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MOZART
THE MARRIAGE
OF FIGARO
Love conquers all. Especially reason.
CREDIT: Daniel Kukla, Porcupine Wash (from the series “The Edge Eﬀect”)
No opera is more convincing – or as consistently beautiful—in portraying the fluid enchantments,
maze-like confusions, and bouts of sheer blindness brought on by love.
On the eve of their wedding, Figaro and Susanna’s romance is shaken when their employer, the Count,
takes an extramarital interest in Susanna. This sets in motion a day of schemes and counter schemes,
sexual intrigues and mistaken identities, embroiling the entire household in a web of erotic passions.
A sparkling cast of Mozartian singers take us into this magnificent, seriously witty farce, set to some
of the most sublimely beautiful music ever written, from the Countess’s ravishing arias to virtuosic
ensembles such as the Act II finale. Hailed as a “masterpiece” (Bloomberg News), this new-to-Toronto
production by Claus Guth draws visual inspiration from the films of Ingmar Bergman and the plays
of Ibsen and Strindberg, while fusing stylized gesture and choreography with Mozart’s score to
deliver a “shattering, unforgettable” (The Guardian) account of the elemental forces of human nature.
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Carmen. The name alone conjures up myriad allusions: freedom-loving gypsy, sexual predator,
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The story is one that could be ripped from the headlines of today, or anytime: Carmen enters into
a tragic love affair with a young soldier whose jealousy is at odds with her unrelenting desire for
freedom. She soon tires of him and seeks fresh excitement in the arms of another man.
Joel Ivany, of Toronto’s Against the Grain Theatre, directs a young and brilliant cast including two
of the most outstanding Carmens on the opera stage today: Anita Rachvelishvili, who has sung
Carmen with “smoldering, earthy sexuality"( New York Times) at the Met, La Scala and Berlin; and
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Love and war collide
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In his grand bel canto drama Maometto II, Rossini unleashes his full arsenal of vocal pyrotechnics on
the historical tale of the great Turkish Sultan, Maometto, and his quest to conquer the Holy Roman
Empire. Mostly known for effervescent comedies like The Barber of Seville, Rossini was also a master
of serious opera, the most famous being William Tell.
After its 1820 Naples premiere, Maometto II was not seen again in its original form until 2012 at
Santa Fe Opera. There, it was lauded as a “thrilling [piece of] experiential theater” (Opera News) in
the same David Alden production that will appear on our Toronto stage next Spring. Along with set
and costume designer Jon Morrell, Alden has brought the opera’s action forward from its historical
15th-century origins to the time of its creation in 1820. Strikingly-coloured, Napoleonic era, First
Empire gowns glow jewel-like against a neoclassical marble colonnade. Surprising coups des
théâtres are peppered throughout, including the sudden emergence of a statue of three galloping
horses on which Maometto makes a dramatic exit.
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making his COC debut as “a chilling and complex Maometto. His dashing stage presence and virile
voice exude menacing authority” (New York Times). COC favourite Elizabeth DeShong—no stranger
to Rossini’s roulades that she so expertly tossed off as our 2011 Cenerentola—returns as Calbo, one
of bel canto’s great, heroic pants roles. The young, rich-toned American soprano Leah Crocetto
debuts as Maometto’s forbidden love, Anna. Conductor Harry Bicket (Hercules, 2014) makes a
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TOP 10 THINGS TO KNOW About Wagner’s Die Walküre
A scene from Die Walküre, COC, 2004.
TOP 10
THINGS
TO KNOW
ABOUT
WAGNER’S
Die Walküre
3. THEATRE
AS COMMUNITY
5. MYTHS ABOUT
OURSELVES
6. GOOD PLACE
TO START
By “total work of art” Wagner
didn’t just mean the
combination of discrete
artistic practices into a unified
whole. He also meant that the
art work should bring people
together. (Wagner was far
from the clichéd figure of
a genius composing only for
himself; he was an essentially
popular composer.) Indeed,
Wagner was following—or
was trying to revitalize, in a
distinctly modern way—the
traditions of ancient Greek
theatre, in which a community
gathers to reaffirm its selfunderstanding and collective
values, as happens in religious
ceremonies or festivals, for
example.
Drawn from Icelandic legends,
ancient Norse poems, and
arcane German myths, the
story of The Ring might seem
completely disconnected from
ordinary human concerns.
Yet for all the flying horses,
fantastic locales, and power
battles among gods, dwarves,
and giants, the operas of the
Ring Cycle are actually
supremely human, presenting
a completely recognizable
world of human emotions.
Romantic passion, selfdiscovery, family dysfunction
—these are the highs and
lows the principal characters
navigate, charting psychological
experiences that define the
human condition.
Die Walküre is the one Ring
opera that is most often
presented as a stand-alone
piece. Full of accessible and
beautiful music, it is a tale
of a heroic warrior goddess,
Brünnhilde, who defies divine
law to do what she knows
is right; it’s also a moving
character study of a father,
Wotan the leader of the gods,
who comes to realize he has
failed his wife and children;
finally it is a masterful depiction
of romantic love. Plus it features
the famous “Ride of the Valkyries”
theme, ubiquitously deployed
in pop culture, from Apocalypse
Now to Bugs Bunny. Hear it,
and other highlights, at
BY NIKITA GOURSKI
Wagner in Paris, 1861,
approximately thirteen years
before completing his
monumental Ring Cycle.
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1. THE ARTIST OF THE
MODERN WORLD
2. TOTAL WORK
OF ART
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
is without a doubt one of
the most important, not to
mention controversial, artists
in human history. His influence
extends far beyond music
and has touched all aspects
of modern culture, from
literature, poetry, fine arts,
and cinema, to literary theory,
politics, philosophy, and
more. Renowned music critic
Andrew Porter has claimed
that “No artist has been more
influential than Wagner.”
Wagner pursued aggressive
reforms of traditional opera
structures and insisted on the
notion of Gesamtkunstwerk,
“a total work of art,” in
which music and words are
seamlessly integrated, and
various art forms are combined
for maximal expressive effect.
Mythology, philosophy, dance,
architecture, as well as the
visual and plastic arts, would
all be synthesized and
absorbed into a unified,
complete, multimedia
experience. Wagner even
designed a special performance
venue, the Bayreuther
Festspielhaus, where these
operas of the future could
be appropriately staged.
4. APEX OF MUSICAL
STORYTELLING
Der Ring des Nibelungen,
Wagner’s massive cycle
comprising four interconnected
operas, took approximately
26 years to compose. Music
critic Alex Ross has pointed
out that the Ring’s entire
score is “more than two
thousand printed pages [and
if the music were played from
beginning to end] would last
from morning until midnight…
arguably, the most ambitious
work of art ever attempted.”
There are only two opera
houses in history that have
opened their inaugural seasons
with a full Ring Cycle: the
Bayreuther Festspielhaus
in 1876 (see point 2) and the
COC’s Four Seasons Centre
for the Performing Arts in 2006.
Clifton Forbis as Siegmund in Die Walküre, COC, 2004.
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TOP 10 THINGS TO KNOW About Wagner’s Die Walküre
7. WAGNER’S
LEITMOTIFS
Wagner is known for his very
rich orchestrations and
harmonies, and especially for
his system of leitmotifs. These
are the short melodic and/or
harmonic “symbols” associated
with a particular person,
object, emotion, or idea. The
orchestra usually presents
and develops most of the
leitmotifs—only occasionally
do they originate in the vocal
line. As these musical
“symbols” recur, they might
return in altered forms and
combinations, to signal
evolving dramatic situations
and character relationships.
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8. LOVE VERSUS POWER
Our production is directed
by Canadian film and stage
director Atom Egoyan. It was
originally created as part
of the COC’s complete Ring
Cycle, a huge collaborative
undertaking which brought
together four directors (one
per opera) and one designer,
Canadian Michael Levine.
Egoyan focuses on the
emotional life of the
characters, and interprets
the series of intimate family
dialogues as part of a larger
conflict between “love of
power and power of love.”
9. DOWNFALL
OF THE GODS
Die Walküre, takes place in
the once-pristine Valhalla,
which is now in ruins as a
result of Wotan’s power
struggle for a magical ring.
Egoyan and Levine render
this atmosphere of crisis
with set design that features
tiles torn violently from the
floor, as if by an earthquake;
a massive structure of collapsed
scaffolding; floodlights
suspended precariously;
and miles of hanging cables
and, wire, apparently wrenched
loose in a cataclysmic event.
“Even the costumes are falling
apart and disintegrating,”
Egoyan says. “The whole
production is about chaos.”
10. TODAY’S BEST WAGNERIANS
CHRISTINE GOERKE (Brünnhilde)
Highly anticipated role debut for this Musical America’s Vocalist of the Year: “the
soprano we have been waiting for, a multi-hued miracle of gale-force power, and
pinpoint control, effortlessly riding over the most clamoring orchestras.”
JOHAN REUTER (Wotan)
Starred together with Christine Goerke in the Met’s Die Frau ohne Schatten in
which their duet was “inarguably one of the evening's highlights.” Opera News
SEAFOOD
STEAK
COCKTAILS
HEIDI MELTON (Sieglinde)
Melton “brought a lovely, plush soprano and great heart to the role of [Sieglinde].”
Wall Street Journal
CLIFTON FORBIS (Siegmund)
Forbis “flashes electrifying muscular power but still floats captivating sotto voce
effects” Financial Times
JANINA BAECHLE (Fricka)
German mezzo-soprano is “intense and captivating” The Opera Critic
Nikita Gourski is Development
Communications Officer at the
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FOR FURTHER INSIGHT INTO DIE WALKÜRE, READ AN INTERVIEW WITH
CHRISTINE GOERKE IN THE WINTER ISSUE OF PRELUDE AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT COC.CA/PUBLICATIONS.
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PATRON INFORMATION
AND POLICIES
Etiquette
Patrons are reminded that R. Fraser Elliott Hall is
an extremely lively auditorium and that all audience
noise will be accentuated and audible to other patrons.
Turn off all electronic devices, avoid talking, coughing,
humming, moving loose seats, kicking the backs of seats,
rustling programs, and unwrapping candies or cough
drops. In consideration of patrons with allergies please
avoid wearing strongly perfumed beauty products
and fragrances. Please remain in your seat until the
performance has completely ended and the house
lights have been turned on.
Electronic Devices
The use of mobile and smartphones and all other
electronic devices is extremely disruptive and is strictly
prohibited during performances. If a patron has
an emergency and needs to be contacted during
a performance, he or she should contact Patron
Services for assistance before the performance.
Cameras/Recording Devices
The use of cameras, video cameras or sound-recording
devices of any kind is prohibited in R. Fraser Elliott Hall
during performances. Any person using an unauthorized
recording device while the performance is in progress
will be required to surrender or erase any recordings,
photographic or digital images and may be asked to
leave. No refunds will be issued.
Latecomers
In the interest of safety and for the comfort of all
patrons and performers, latecomers may not enter the
auditorium or be seated unless there is a suitable break
in the performance (usually intermission). Patrons
leaving the auditorium during the performance or
returning late after intermission may not be readmitted
or may be accommodated in an alternate viewing location.
Children and Babes-in-Arms
All patrons, including children, must have a ticket for
the performance. All children must be seated next to
an accompanying adult. Young children should be able
to sit quietly throughout the performance. If unable
to do so, children and their accompanying adult will
be asked to leave the auditorium. Babes-in-arms will
not be admitted.
Patron Services
Located in the Lower Lobby, the following services are
available: coat and parcel check, booster seats, back
supports, infrared hearing-assistive devices and rental
of binoculars, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Medical Emergencies and First Aid
A house doctor is present at all performances.
Please contact an usher if medical services are required.
Lost and Found
During performances please speak with an usher or visit
Patron Services at the Coat Check in the Lower Lobby.
Following performances, all lost and found items will
be stored at the security desk at Stage Door. Please call
416-363-6671 for information.
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Canadian Opera Company subscriptions and individual
tickets are available through COC Ticket Services
ONLINE:
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BY PHONE:
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Monday to Friday – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Monday to Saturday – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
or through first intermission
Sunday (performance days only) –
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or through first
intermission
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Box Office also services ticketing needs for The National
Ballet of Canada and all other Four Seasons Centre events.
Group Sales
Groups of 10 or more enjoy savings on regular individual
ticket prices. For more information or to reserve seats
call 416-306-2356.
Parking
There is parking on a first-come, first-served basis for
about 200 vehicles underneath the Four Seasons Centre.
The entrance is located on the west side of York Street,
south of Queen Street. Additional parking is conveniently
located just steps away in the Green P lot underneath
Nathan Phillips Square. For directions visit greenp.com.
Four Seasons Centre Facility Tours
Tours of the Four Seasons Centre now include backstage
access! For more information, visit fourseasonscentre.ca.
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The Canadian Opera Company Volunteer Speakers
Bureau offers free, insightful chats about the stories,
music and background of all COC performances,
45 minutes prior to each performance in the Richard
Bradshaw Amphitheatre.
Food and Beverage Service
A pre-order system for intermission refreshments is
available at all bars throughout the Isadore and Rosalie
Sharp City Room. Food and beverages are not permitted
in R. Fraser Elliott Hall.
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of your presentation, meeting or special events needs,
with spaces accommodating from 20 to 2,000 people
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