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EVITA
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
James W. Wright, General Director
Table of Contents
Jonathan Darlington, Music Director
Un d er the dist inguishe d p a tr ona ge
of Her Ho nour, The Ho nou r a ble
J ud i th Guicho n, OB C, L i e u t e n a n t
Go vernor of B ri ti sh Colu mb i a
Vancouver Opera
Administration and
Ticket Centre
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The Cast
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VO Orchestra & VO Chorus
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Synopsis
13
Director's Notes
15
Program Notes
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Production Insights
VO Ticket Centre
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Artists' Profiles
26
Board of Directors
31
Donors and Sponsors
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EVITA
M U S I C T H E AT R E I N T W O A C T S
Production generously sponsored by:
Lyrics by Tim Rice • Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
In English with English SURTITLES™
Making the Arts
More Accessible®
Production patron:
Mrs. Regina Boxer
April 30, May 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2016
Performances generously sponsored by:
April 30 – Lufthansa
May 5 – RBC PH&N Investment Counsel
May 6 – Deloitte
May 7 – BDO
Conductor – Jonathan Darlington
Director – Kelly Robinson
Choreographer – Tracey Flye
Cast
IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE
Che – Ramin Karimloo
Eva Perón – Caroline Bowman
Magaldi – Cooper Grodin
Perón – John Cudia
Perón’s Mistress – Shannon Chan-Kent
With the Vancouver Opera Chorus as citizens of Argentina and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.
Chorus Director / Associate Conductor – Leslie Dala
Scenic & Costume Designer – Drew Facey
Lighting Designer – Gerald King
Projection Designer – Jamie Nesbitt
Sound Designer – Andy Horka
Wig Designer – Stacey Butterworth
Associate Wig Designer – Susan Manning
Principal Répétiteur / Assistant Chorus Director / – Kinza Tyrrell
Children's Chorus Director
Musical Preparation – Tina Chang, Kimberley-Ann Bartczak *
Stage Manager – Theresa Tsang
Dance Captain / Chorus – Scott Augustine
Assistant Lighting Designer – Julie Martens
Assistant Projection Designer – Cameron Frazer
English SURTITLES™ – Anika Vervecken
Assistant Stage Managers – Marijka Asbeek Brusse, Melania Radelicki
* Member of the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program
EVITA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals and Two Knights Rights Limited.
www.rnh.com
The performance will last approximately 3 hours. There will be one intermission.
First released as a rock concept album in 1976.
First produced on stage in London’s West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on June 21,1978, closing on February 18, 1986, after 3,176
performances.
First Produced on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on September 25, 1979.
Vancouver Opera Premiere.
Sets constructed by Vancouver Opera.
Properties created by Vancouver Opera Props Shop.
Costumes supplied by Malabar, Costume World Theatrical, Deerfield Beach, FL., Parvin Mirhady & Vancouver Opera.
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Vancouver Opera
2015 – 2016
Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program
VANCOUVER OPERA ORCHESTRA
Violin 1
JONATHAN DARLINGTON
Music Director
Bass
Mark Ferris, Concertmaster
Angela Cavadas, Associate
Concertmaster
Peter Krysa
Guitars
Les Kasprzak, Principal
Bass Guitar
Drum Set
Brian Arkell, Assistant Principal
Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute
Violin 2
Patricia Armstrong, Principal
Andrea Siradze, Assistant Principal
Toni Stanick
Viola
Tawnya Popoff, Principal
Marcus Takizawa, Assistant Principal
Reg Quiring
Cello
Rebecca Wenham, Principal
Heather Hay, Assistant Principal
Ed Henderson, Principal
Brenda Fedoruk, Principal
Clarinet / Bass Clarinet/ Tenor
Saxophone
Mary Backun, Principal
Horn
Laurel Spencer, Principal
Trumpet
Tom Shorthouse, Principal
Jim Littleford
Phillip Crewe, Principal
Percussion
Steve Wassmansdorf, Acting Principal
Keyboards
Kinza Tyrrell, Principal
Tina Chang
Kimberley-Ann Bartczak
Orchestra Manager & Orchestra
Librarian
Jim Littleford
Orchestra Stage Manager
Tom Shorthouse
Trombone
Jeremy Berkman, Principal
The Vancouver Opera Orchestra are members of the Vancouver Musicians' Association.
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Paul Almeida
Kevin Armstrong
Scott Augustine
Angus Bell
Spencer Britten
DJ Calhoun
Sheila Christie
Glenn de Verteuil
LESLIE DALA
Chorus Director
Ian Funk
Brenda Glass Alexander
Troy Goldberg
Aaron Hastelow
Adam Kozak
Melanie Krueger
Katherine Landry Yacht
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Joyce Ho
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egina Boxer inherited a love of opera from her
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members of the Vancouver Opera Association, in
1960. Over the years, she has hosted opening and
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sponsor for Evita, in tribute to her South American
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EVITA
BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Syn o p sis
Act I
Buenos Aires, July 26, 1952
A
n audience watching a film is interrupted by the announcement of Eva Perón’s death. The narrator, Che, takes us back
to the events that led to this moment.
Earlier
A 15-year-old Eva meets and begins an affair with musician Agustín Magaldi. She blackmails him to take her to Buenos
Aires, where she leaves him in order to fulfill her ambition of becoming an actress, model and radio star. Enduring poverty
and humiliation, Eva uses her feminine wiles to climb the social ladder, while at the same time the ambitious Colonel Juan
Domingo Perón begins his rise through Argentina’s political ranks.
After the city of San Juan suffers a devastating earthquake, Perón organizes a charity concert for the victims. Eva attends and
briefly encounters Magaldi, who shuns her. Perón meets Eva and the two fall in love, sharing a secret rendezvous. Eva hints
that she and Perón could have a mutually beneficial relationship.
Perón introduces Eva to Argentina’s social elites, who dismiss her as another one of Perón’s mistresses. Perón is later
promoted to General and decides to run for president but is unsure of his chances of winning. Eva reassures him and
together they organize successful rallies, while on the sidelines his allies plot to eliminate anyone who stands in his way.
Act II
1946
P
erón is elected president in a sweeping victory, but it is clear that Eva is the focus of the people’s love: they have
nicknamed her ‘Evita’.
Eva addresses her adoring supporters from the balcony of the Presidential Palace, where she reveals she will be putting her
own career aside in order to serve the people of her country with charitable work. With the help of her fashion consultants,
Eva embarks on a glamorous tour of Europe to promote Perónism. She is adored in Spain and Italy but snubbed in England
and fails to impress the French. Our narrator, Che, wonders when she will actually begin her charitable work. Eva reaffirms
her disdain for the upper classes and finally establishes the Eva Perón Foundation, amid suspicions of money laundering.
In church, Eva takes the sacrament among her supporters. She falls into a trance, where she argues with our narrator, Che.
He accuses her of using the people of Argentina for her own ends. Eva reveals that she is dying, and finally understands that
Perón truly loves her for herself and not just for what she can do for his career.
Eva decides to run for vice-president. Tired of her meddling, Perón’s generals demand that Eva leave politics. Perón objects
and reminds them of all they have achieved with Eva’s help, but concedes that she will soon succumb to her cancer. He fears
that the military will stage a coup if she does run and reminds her of her delicate health, but Eva insists that she can continue.
Before the election can take place, Eva realizes she is close to death and says farewell to the people of Argentina, asking their
forgiveness and swearing her love for them. She confirms her choice of fame over a long life, and dies amidst enormous
public mourning.
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EVITA
BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Director's Notes
By Kelly Robinson
A
rehearsal anecdote to share: as we began to
character is telling the entire
rehearse the last scene of Act 1, a scene between
story…and the truth? That seems
Eva and Perón which begins intimately over coffee
very complicated, although the
and newspapers, and ends with both campaigning forcefully
story of the rise of a demagogue
for the Presidency. It struck us all that here was a woman
has become a too-familiar story
who had arrived in Buenos Aires from a life of poverty in a
in our troubled 21st century. Evita is also a love story. Two in
small rural town, uneducated, who had never been outside
fact, one between Eva and Juan Perón, and the other, and
her town, aged 15, who less than 10 years later was giving
perhaps the most powerful and substantial, the love affair
savvy election advice, prior to women’s suffrage, to the
between Eva and the people of Argentina: those people who
man who was about to become President of Argentina and
gave her the name, Evita.
her husband. The power of Eva’s dreams and ambitions
continues to astonish and amaze us.
A truly extraordinary group of theatre artists have
collaborated to bring tonight’s production to life and I am
Twin narratives tell opposing stories, embodied in the
grateful to each and every one of them. Since its premiere
narrator Che (Guevara) and the leading lady Eva. Each
in 1978 in London’s West End, and its subsequent Broadway
character charts the history of the rise of Eva Duarte
production in a revised version, Evita has been performed
Perón and her legacy. Not surprisingly, the stories differ
in literally thousands of productions all over the world, in
remarkably. Questions abound: how did a young woman of
Austria, Spain, Mexico, South Africa, and elsewhere. There
such humble beginnings climb to a position of such heights
is a power to this narrative that transcends the archetype
of power and well beyond: into the permanent mythology of
of rags to riches, Cinderella story that is the shape, but
the nation? Ambition, endless reinvention, resourcefulness,
which does not contain the musical’s heart. Like all great
fearlessness, and imagination were her nature. Was she
music theatre, the score of Evita takes us to places in the
so extraordinarily perceptive that she understood that she
characters’ emotions and psyches that transcend words,
could ally herself with the right man, exploit her beauty,
while painting new worlds of expression and relationship in
charm and charisma, the skills of an actress, and harness
glorious orchestral colour.
her nature to the endless pursuit and realization of her
insatiable need for the admiration of others? Did she arrive
We hope you enjoy.
on the national scene at a moment when the needs of the
Argentine people for a symbol of hope and possibility could
be wholly embodied in her person?
Kelly Robinson has directed opera, theatre, film and television
We are going to let Che and Eva each tell their version
and has worked extensively in the United States and Canada.
of events and let you decide. It is quite likely that neither
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EVITA
BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Program Notes
By Joseph Bardsley
vita was the fourth and final collaboration between
choral and orchestral passages
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice.
that call to mind the best of
By 1976, Lloyd Webber and Rice were riding high on
Britten, Purcell and Puccini. A
the successes of both Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) and
recent re-orchestration from
the earlier Joseph and The Amazing Techicolour Dreamcoat.
the original 1979 Broadway
With social, civil and political unrest coming to the global
production maintains greater authenticity around the work’s
fore, Tim Rice, in particular, wanted to capture an era of
distinctively Latinate subject matter.
sweeping change through a new project for the theatre. The
charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figure of Eva Perón
Most importantly, as with any great work of musical theatre,
proved an ideal catalyst for what many now consider their
Evita delves into themes which are fundamental to the
most musically and dramatically successful collaboration.
human experience: the pairing of public perception with
private ambition, the complex nature of attraction, and the
Rice and Lloyd Webber spent two years researching their
ultimate cost of celebrity and fame. The undercurrents of
subject, traveling to Argentina, poring through civic and
social evolution and political change that fueled Eva’s rise
government archives and interviewing scores of locals who
while also laying the groundwork for her fall continue in
had known Eva. Tim Rice became enamoured with what
force today. Today’s obsessions with image and celebrity –
he termed “…an almost James Dean-like figure from the
our lurid appetite for all things controversial, contentious
1950s – someone who came from nowhere and rose to the
and salacious – bring Eva’s own story to a level of sharp
top, lived fast, died young, and left behind a good-looking
relief that could not have been foreseen in her time.
corpse.”
The popular canonization of Eva Perón began immediately
Evita’s original 1978 West End production won a Laurence
after her death from ovarian cancer at the age of 33, and
Olivier Award for Best Musical. When the work premiered
continues to this day. Private altars remain in family homes
on Broadway the following year, it ran for 1,567 performances
throughout Argentina. Was Eva Perón an opportunist? A
and won a Tony Award for Best Musical. There have been
politically savvy mastermind? Someone who traded in social
more than thirty full-scale professional productions and
and sexual currency to rise to the top of Argentine society?
tours of the piece in the years since, including ten American
Or was she a genuine hero to the downtrodden and the
tours and a production in 2010 at the Stratford Festival.
working class, maligned and ultimately destroyed by political
There have also been almost 50 cast recordings released,
maneuvering and cynicism? Ultimately, it falls to you to
including productions in Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Dutch
decide where fact and fiction align in this particular account
and German. Evita was also adapted into a feature-length
of Eva’s life.
motion picture in 1996.
Evita’s success and longevity owe a great deal to Lloyd
Webber’s compelling, accessible and engaging musical
Joseph Bardsley is Vancouver Opera’s Development Manager,
score, which encompasses elements of rock, pop and
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distinctively 20th-century vocal writing, intertwined with
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EVITA
BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Notes on the Production
By Dan Paterson
C
reating an original production is always a thrilling,
Evita boasts one of the most
challenging, and ambitious process and this one
ambitious video set-ups we have
has been no different. We have built a world that is
ever done in a VO production. We
both industrial and elegant, with different playing levels and
have seven projectors creating
moving parts, filled with lavish and numerous costumes, and
images on multi-layered screens.
we have animated it with one of Vancouver Opera’s most
Several screens were custom-made to wrap around the
ambitious video designs to date.
scaffold towers on the downstage and midstage levels of the
set. These screens were manufactured in Italy by the same
We are happy to again be working with director Kelly
company that produced the video screens for Stickboy last
Robinson, who was last with us for 2014’s Don Giovanni. Kelly
year. As you watch, note how, when projected on, the screens
has teamed up with choreographer Tracey Flye, who was here
display a sharp clear image, but when backlit they appear
for our 2011 production of West Side Story. The design team
translucent and allow you to clearly see the performers
is made up of scenic and costume designer Drew Facey,
behind them. Four projectors display content on these
lighting designer Gerald King, and video designer Jamie
custom screens and three more projectors, placed upstage
Nesbitt.
of the set, throw content onto screens located upstage of the
main playing area.
In our early design meetings a vision arose for the production:
“Evita: the concert of her life”. We have realised this concept
Jamie and Kelly have worked closely to find and create imagery
in the structure of the set and with the use of historical
that illustrates the arc of Eva Perón’s life. It is important that
and archival footage from Eva Perón’s life. You may see in
the video serves the story and doesn’t detract from what the
the scaffold, which makes the base of our set, a similarity
singers are doing onstage. It’s a delicate balance and one I
to concert stages at outdoor festivals. Having the lighting
feel we have achieved.
fixtures in full view of the audience ties in to the same idea.
The set’s various levels and rolling platforms create different
At the heart of this show, as it is with all of our shows, is
locations, from movie theatres to dressing rooms, to the
the music. It is my hope that our production serves this
streets of Buenos Aries. The stage level of the main structure
wonderful score from Tim Rice and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
creates the setting for the iconic balcony scene in which
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
Eva speaks to her adoring supporters from the Presidential
Palace.
Dan Paterson is VO’s Technical Director.
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EVITA
BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Artists' Profiles
JONATHAN DARLINGTON
KELLY ROBINSON
CONDUCTOR
Lapworth, England
DIRECTOR
Toronto, ON
Last VO Appearance:
Rigoletto, 2015
Recent Appearances:
Sweeney Todd and Die Fledermaus with Vancouver Opera
The Marriage of Figaro with Swedish Royal Opera
Madame Butterfly with Vienna State Opera
The Magic Flute with the Semperoper Dresden
Upcoming Engagements:
The Makropoulos Case with Frankfurt Opera
Così fan tutte with Opera Australia
Die Fledermaus with the Semperoper Dresden
Last VO Appearance:
Don Giovanni, 2014
Recent Appearances:
Die tote Stadt with Calgary Opera
The Merry Widow with Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit
Owen Wingrave with Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
London
The Marriage of Figaro with Arizona Opera and Opera Santa
Barbara
Upcoming Engagements:
Iolanta and Mavra with Guildhall School of Music &
Drama, London
Little Women with Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit
Mr. Darlington, BA (Hons) Durham University, LRAM, is a
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and a Chevalier des
Arts et des Lettres.
www.jonathan-darlington.com
Mr. Darlington's appearance is supported by a gift from The Illahie
Foundation.
TRACEY FLYE
CHOREOGRAPHER
Toronto, ON
Last VO Appearance:
West Side Story, 2011
Recent Appearances:
Director / Choreographer, We Will Rock You US National
Tour, West Side Story with Rainbow Stage and Cabaret with
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Director, Buyer & Cellar and Venus in Fur with Alberta
Theatre Projects, Peter Pan with Ross Petty Productions
and Jane Eyre with Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Choreographer / Staging, Billy Elliot with Royal Manitoba
Theatre Centre, The Drowsy Chaperone with Theatre
Calgary / Manitoba Theatre Centre, Kiss Me Kate and Evita
with The Stratford Festival
Choreographer / Associate Director, Once and War Horse
with Mirvish Productions, The Boys in the Photograph with
Mirvish Productions/Manitoba Theatre Centre
Upcoming Engagements:
Director, We Will Rock You (on-going)
Director, 2016 pantomine with Ross Petty Productions
Mr. Robinson’s appearance is supported by a gift from Drs. Glen &
Margaret Carlson.
CAROLINE BOWMAN
MEZZO-SOPRANO
New York City, NY
Eva
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway, New York
Eva in Evita Broadway National Tour (original Broadway
cast)
Maggie in Kinky Boots on Broadway, New York
Upcoming Engagements:
Concert at The Carolina Philharmonic, Pinehurst, NC
www.CarolineBowman.net
@CarolineVBowman
Ms. Bowman’s appearance is supported by a gift from Bruno Wall & Jane
MacDonald.
.
Ms. Flye’s appearance is supported by a gift from Mr. Ken & Mrs. Ellen
Mahon.
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Artists (continued)
RAMIN KARIMLOO
JOHN CUDIA
TENOR
Tehran, Iran
Che
TENOR
Bloomfield, NJ
Juan Perón
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Prince of Broadway with Umeda Arts Theater, Tokyo, Japan
Jean Valjean in Les Misérables at Imperial Theatre,
Broadway, New York
The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera at The Royal
Albert Hall in London
The Phantom in Love Never Dies at the Adelphi Theatre in
London
www.raminkarimloo.com
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Curly in Oklahoma! with Lyric Opera of Chicago
The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway, New
York
Alfredo in La traviata with Lyric Opera of the North, Duluth,
Minnesota
Upcoming Engagements:
Concert with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Oregon
Concert with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Illinois
Concert with the Utah Symphony
www.johncudia.com
Mr. Karimloo’s appearance is supported by a gift from Brigitte & Henning
Freybe.
Mr. Cudia’s appearance is supported by a gift from Ms. Bev Park & Mr.
Jim Logan.
COOPER GRODIN
TENOR
New York City, USA
Magaldi
SHANNON CHAN-KENT
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
The Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera National Tour
Combeferre in Les Misérables National Tour
Rapunzel’s Prince in Into The Woods with Shakespeare In
The Park, New York
Upcoming Engagements:
The Gentlemen Of Broadway concerts with Broadway Pops
International in Michigan
www.coopergrodin.com
Mr. Grodin's appearance is supported by a gift from Dr. Virginia Evans.
SOPRANO
Vancouver, BC
Perón’s Mistress
Last VO Performance:
Jack Pine with Vancouver Opera In Schools, 2009
Recent Appearances:
Rachel/Andrea Fontaine in The Best Laid Plans with Patrick
Street Productions
Joan’s Voice in Saint Joan with The Arts Club Theatre
Company
Christmas Eve in Avenue Q with The Arts Club Theatre
Company
Sophie de Palma in Masterclass with The Arts Club Theatre
Company
Upcoming Engagements:
Christmas Eve in Avenue Q revival with The Arts Club
Theatre Company
@Shannonckent
Ms. Chan-Kent's appearance is supported by a gift from David Watmough
in loving memory of Floyd St. Clair.
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Artists (continued)
PAUL ALMEIDA
SCOTT AUGUSTINE
BARITONE
Vancouver, BC
Ensemble
BARITONE
Vancouver, BC
Ensemble / Dance Captain
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Ensemble in Fiddler on the Roof with Stage West Theatre,
Calgary
Aaron Schultz in Legally Blonde with Theatre Under the
Stars
Ensemble in Spamalot with Citadel Theatre, Edmonton
Upcoming Engagements:
Pepper in Mamma Mia with Theatre Aquarius, Toronto
Ensemble in Crazy for You with Port Hope, Toronto
Pepper in Mamma Mia with Port Hope, Toronto
paulalmeida.ca
@paulalmeida22
IG: paulalmeida22
Last VO Appearance:
Student/Mover in Stickboy, 2014
Recent Appearances:
Riff in West Side Story with Vancouver Opera and Rainbow
Stage
Ensemble, A Christmas Story: the Musical with the Arts Club
Theatre Company
Fogarty in Chicago, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Edmonton
Upcoming Engagements:
Ensemble in Footloose with Chemainus Theatre Festival
Neleus in Mary Poppins with the Arts Club Theatre
Company
AARON HASTELOW
TENOR
Charlottetown, PEI
Ensemble
TROY GOLDTHORP
TENOR
Calgary, AB
Ensemble
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Nana in Peter Pan in Wonderland with Ross Petty
Productions
Garvin in Footloose with Drayton Entertainment
Action in West Side Story with Rainbow Stage
Ensemble in Moby Dick, The Inventor with Calgary Opera
Upcoming Engagements:
Pepper in Mamma Mia with The Charlottetown Festival
Moody in Anne of Green Gables with The Charlottetown
Festival
MAKAYLA MOORE
ALTO
Calgary, AB
Ensemble
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Spider in James and the Giant Peach with Carousel Theatre
for Young People
Original cast member (dancer) on board one of Royal
Caribbean’s newest ships, The Quantum of the Seas
Ensemble in Spamalot with The Arts Club Theatre Company
Upcoming Engagements
Ensemble in Footloose with Chemainus Theatre Festival
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Appearances with The Shaw Festival, The Charlottetown
Festival, Theatre Calgary and Neptune Theatre
Roger in Rent with Theatre Sheridan/Panasonic Theatre
Upcoming Engagements:
Gilbert Blythe in Anne of Green Gables with The
Charlottetown Festival
Mamma Mia with The Charlottetown Festival
KATIE MURPHY
SOPRANO
Vancouver, BC
Ensemble
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Will Rock You First National Tour, New York
Dance Captain for A Christmas Story with the Arts Club
Theatre Company
Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown with Globe
Theatre, Regina
Brooke in Legally Blonde with Theatre Under the Stars,
Vancouver
Tantomile in CATS with Theatre Calgary
Spamalot with Citadel Theatre, Edmonton
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Memoriam
IN
Pages, Cellular
Phones and Scents
Please turn off your pagers, cellular phones,
beepers and alarm watches before you
enter the theatre. Pagers may be left with
your ticket stub at the coat check; you will
be alerted of a call at the first convenient
break. Please note: many patrons have
severe allergies to scents. Please refrain from
wearing scented products in the theatre.
Wheelchair Access
to the Queen
Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver Opera mourns the passing of Joan Voisine. Ms. Voisine
joined VO in 1971 and retired with the 1997 production of Il Trovatore.
In those years, she saw VO grow from a three person staff and was
instrumental to the company’s operations during those early days
We will miss Joan’s spirit, warmth and dedication and are honoured to
have known her as a friend and colleague.
Elevators permit access from the parkade
to the plaza and from the main lobby
to the upper level. Flexible seating in
designated areas permits wheelchair
patrons to sit next to an able-bodied
companion. Wheelchair patrons with valid
permits can reserve parking by calling
604-665-3050.
Hearing Assist
Systems Available
Hearing-impaired persons may borrow,
free of charge, Sennheiser Infrared Hearing
System headsets for any performance.
Patrons may borrow headsets at the coat
check by leaving a driver’s license or credit
card that will be held until the headset is
returned. Patrons may also purchase their
own headset for use in the theatre. This
system was made possible through the
generous donations of Wolverton Securities
Limited and Vancouver Foundation.
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Artists (continued)
BRETT TAYLOR
BARITONE
Moose Jaw, SK
Ensemble
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Older Billy in Billy Elliot with Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Dancer in 7th Sense with Wen Wei Dance
Dancer with BJM Dance Montreal
Upcoming Engagements
Chorus in Sister Act with Drayton Entertainment
Dancer in Canadian Legends with Drayton Entertainment
Dancer in Legends with Drayton Entertainment
EDEN TREMAYNE
SOPRANO
Langley, BC
Perón’s Mistress Understudy / Chorus / Yulanda
M. Faris Young Artists Program Participant
Last VO Appearance:
Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, 2016
Recent Appearances:
Lucinda in Dark Sisters with Vancouver Opera
Countess Ceprano / Page / Gilda Understudy in Rigoletto,
2015
The Four Note Opera with Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M.
Faris Young Artists Program
Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Vivave!
Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann with UBC Opera
Gianetta in L’elisir d’amore with Opera NUOVA
Upcoming Engagements:
Violetta Valery in La traviata with Jeunesses Musicales,
Montréal
ALAN MACDONALD
BARITONE
Halifax, NS
Chorus / Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program
Participant
Last VO Appearance:
Imperial Commissioner / Prince Yamadori / Sharpless
Understudy in Madama Butterfly, 2016
Recent Appearances:
Sweeney Todd with Vancouver Opera
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) with Vancouver Metropolitan
Orchestra
Janitor / Chris / Jeff / Dick in Stickboy with Vancouver
Opera
Figaro in The Barber of Barkerville with Vancouver Opera In
Schools
Jesus in St. Matthew Passion (Bach) with Vancouver Bach
Choir
Upcoming Engagements:
Gervasio / Chichibio / Allazim in The Lost Operas of Mozart
with City Opera Vancouver
ROBYN WONG
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Vancouver, BC
Ensemble
Last VO Appearance:
Dancer in Tea: A Mirror of Soul
Recent Appearances:
Ensemble in A Christmas Story: the Musical with The Arts
Club Theatre Company
Consuelo / Anita Cover in West Side Story with Vancouver
Opera
Dancer in Eugene Onegin with Vancouver Opera
Gigi in Miss Saigon with The Arts Club Theatre Company
and Rainbow Stage
Velma in Chicago with Rainbow Stage
Mamma Mia! with Mirvish Productions
Cats with Stella Productions, Germany
Chicago feature film (Miramax)
FRANCESCA CORRADO
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Burnaby, BC
Eva Perón Understudy / Chorus / Yulanda M. Faris
Young Artists Program Participant
Last VO Appearance
Suzuki Understudy in Madama Butterfly, 2016
Recent Appearances:
Giovanna and Maddalena Understudy in Rigoletto with
Vancouver Opera
Paquette in Candide with The Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra
Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with The Burnaby Lyric Opera
Carmen with UBC Opera in Vancouver, at the Westben Arts
Festival in Ontario, and at The European Music Academy
in the Czech Republic
Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Finalist
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Artists (continued)
LESLIE DALA
ANDY HORKA
CHORUS DIRECTOR / ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Toronto, ON
SOUND DESIGNER
Vancouver, BC
Last VO Appearance:
Conductor, Madama Butterfly, 2016
Recent Appearances:
Musical Dramaturge / Conductor, Stickboy with Vancouver
Opera
Così fan tutte with the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy
(COSI)
Steve Reich at 80 at Massey Hall, Toronto produced by
Soundstreams
St. Matthew Passion with the Vancouver Bach Choir
The Magic Flute with Edmonton Opera
Sweeney Todd with Vancouver Opera
Upcoming Engagements:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream with UBC Opera
Le nozze di Figaro with Vancouver Opera
The Magic Flute with Bard on the Beach
www.domoneyartists.com
Vancouver Opera Début
Recent Appearances:
Sound design for White Christmas, Company, Wonderful
Town, The Sound of Music, Miss Saigon, and Singin’ in the
Rain with the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle
Sound design for Spamalot, Altar Boyz, The Optimists, The
Diary of Anne Frank and In The Heights with the Arts Club
Theatre Company, Vancouver
The Tao of Ron with Institutional Theatre Productions,
Vancouver
Damn Yankees the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul, MN
Mr. Dala’s appearance is supported by a gift from Dr. Katharine Mirhady.
DREW FACEY
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER
Vancouver, BC
Last VO Appearance:
Additional Scenic Design and Properties
Design, Sweeney Todd, 2015
Recent Appearances:
Stickboy with Vancouver Opera
Onegin & Educating Rita with the Arts Club Theatre
Company
Das Ding with Can Stage/ Theatre Smash
Elizabeth Rex & Measure for Measure with Bard on the Beach
Penelope & Indian Arm with Rumble Theatre
Upcoming Engagements:
Merry Wives of Windsor with Bard on the Beach
Into the Woods with Thousand Islands Playhouse
www.drewfacey.com
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SUSAN MANNING
ASSOCIATE WIG DESIGNER
Cloverdale, BC
Last VO Appearance:
Associate Wig Designer, Madama Butterfly,
2016
Recent Appearances:
Associate Wig Designer, Dark Sisters with Vancouver Opera
Assistant Wig Designer, Rigoletto with Vancouver Opera
Wigmaker with Stacey Butterworth Wig Creations
Make-Up Artist with Make-up Creations
Little Mermaid
THERESA TSANG
STAGE MANAGER
Brandon, MB
Last VO Appearance:
Stage Manager, Madama Butterfly, 2016
Recent Appearances:
Stage Manager, Sweeney Todd and Die Fledermaus with
Vancouver Opera
Stage Manager, Guglielmo Ratcliff with Wexford Festival
Opera, Ireland
Faculty Stage Manager, 2014 & 2015 Open Space: Opera in
the 21st Century with The Banff Centre
Faculty Stage Manager, 2011 – 2013, Opera as Theatre
Program with The Banff Centre
Stage Manager, Gathering Light (National Tour) with Raven
Spirit Dance
Upcoming Engagements:
Faculty Stage Manager, Opera Program – The Rape of
Lucretia with The Banff Centre
Stage Manager, Maria de Rudenz with Wexford Opera
Festival, Ireland
Stage Manager, Otello with Vancouver Opera
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Artists (continued)
Ms. Tsang is pleased to be joined by Assistant Stage
Managers Marijka Asbeek Brusse, Melania Radelicki, and
Apprentice Stage Manager Michelle Harrison.
JAMIE NESBITT
KINZA TYRRELL
PRINCIPAL RÉPÉTITEUR /
ASSISTANT CHORUS DIRECTOR / CHILDREN'S
CHORUS DIRECTOR
Victoria, BC
Last VO Appearance:
Assistant Conductor / Chorus Director / Principal
Répétiteur, Madama Butterfly, 2016
Recent Appearances:
Conductor, Dark Sisters with Vancouver Opera
Visiting Master Teacher with Calgary Opera’s Emerging
Artist Development Program
Music Director, Stickboy with Vancouver Opera In Schools
Principal Répétiteur / Assistant Chorus Director, Rigoletto
with Vancouver Opera
Upcoming Engagements:
Lincoln Trio concert @Silk Purse
German Diction Coach / Assistant Conductor at Opera
Kelowna
CD recording for Ukrainian Art Song Project at CBC
Toronto
PROJECTION DESIGNER
Vancouver, BC
Last VO Appearance:
Projection Designer, Dark Sisters, 2015
Recent Appearances:
The Valley with the Arts Club Theatre Company
Evangeline with the Citadel Theatre, Edmonton
Otello with Pacific Opera Victoria
Calamity Town with Vertigo Theatre
Upcoming Engagements:
The Big Sleep with Vertigo Theatre
Salamanda with Jump Current
www.jamienesbitt.com
GERALD KING
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Vancouver, BC
Last VO Appearance:
Lighting Designer, Dark Sisters 2015
Recent Appearances:
Die Fledermaus with Vancouver Opera
Faerie Queen with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Les Misérables with Western Canada Theatre
Anne of Green Gables: The Musical with Theatre Calgary
Spamalot with the Arts Club Theatre Company
King Lear and The Comedy of Errors with Bard on The Beach
Don Carlo with Vancouver Opera
Upcoming Engagements:
Crazy for You with The Citadel Theatre
Otello and Dead Man Walking with Vancouver Opera
Dr. Tyrrell is the Head Coach of the Yulanda M. Faris Young
Artists Program and guest faculty at the Canadian Opera
Company, Opera Nuova and Opera Kelowna.
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Performing arts come alive for music lovers.
Sundays at 3:00 pm
UBCOPERA
Presents
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–1976)
June 23, 24, 25 // 7:30 pm
June 26 // 2:00 pm
Old Auditorium
UBC Campus
Leslie Dala | Conductor
Nancy Hermiston | Director
Vancouver Opera Orchestra
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VANCOUVER OPERA PRODUCTION
Technical Director
Dan Paterson
Assistant Technical Director
Gregg Steffensen
Technical
Stage Manager
Theresa Tsang
Assistant Stage Managers
Marijka Asbeek Brusse
Melania Radelicki
Apprentice Stage Manager
Michelle Harrison
Head of Props
Valerie Moffat
Props Builders
Errine Drake
Athena Iveson
Practicum Student
Katharine Percy
Scenic Carpenter
Vince Folgizan
Assistant Lighting Designer
Julie Martens
BACK
Production Carpenter
Scott Ellis
Production Electrician
John Beatty
Master Carpenter
Dave Winstanley
Master Electrician
Paul Nuemeyer
English SURTITLES™ Operator
Anika Vervecken
Projectionist
Sewers
Bonnie Lau
Xiao Ping Liu
Foroozan Talei Fard
Anna Postawski
Mo Lin Ng
Wig Designer
Stacey Butterworth
Associate Wig Designer
Susan Manning
Head of Wigs and Hair
Brad Dodds
Elke Englicht
Head of Sound
Vaughn Pease
Scenic Painter
Head of Make-up & Make-up Designer
Carmen Garcia
Head Wardrobe Dresser
Omanie Elias
Costumes, Wigs, Hair & Make-up
Head of Costumes & Costume Design
Consultant
Parvin Mirhady
Cutters
Paul Fan
Rosalie Lee
Margaret Underhill
Stage Employees, Dressers & Hair,
Wigs and Make-up Crew
Members of IATSE 118
Vancouver Opera would like to thank
the Arts Club Theatre Company
and Frederic Wood Theatre Props
Departments.
By Popular Demand
PHOTO OP FOR EVERYONE
We know you want to take a photo of the show and share it, so this year we’re bending the rules.
When the curtain comes down, get out your phone! At the end of the bows, we’ll flash a “Go
ahead” message on the SURTITLES™ screen, and you can take a picture of the whole cast.
Share it with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Vine.
We’d love it if you’d use the hashtag #EvitaVO and refer to @VancouverOpera.
Wait for the signal, though. Keep your phones and other devices silent and tucked safely away
until the end of the performance.
TALK BACKS WITH CAST AND CREW
About 5 minutes after the performance ends, we’ll convene an informal chat in front of the
curtain with a singer or two and a member of the production/creative team.
Come on down to the front of the theatre, near the orchestra pit. You’ll be able to ask a question
and gain insights into the production, the rehearsal process and the professional lives of opera
artists.
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VANCOUVER OPERA'S FOUNDATION
BRUCE MUNRO WRIGHT
Chair
Vancouver Opera's Foundation is committed to financially supporting the operations and special projects of Vancouver Opera through
its attainment, establishment and management of permanently endowed funds. The Foundation administers funds in the excess of $13
million, which are held in permanent trust.
Donations (cumulative gifts since inception of over $1,000)
Gifts of $1,000,000 or more
Moh and Yulanda Faris
Mohammed A. Faris & Family
Martha Lou Henley, C.M.
Gifts of $100,000 or more
Gifts of $20,000 or more
Andrew Mahon Foundation
Russell & Lee Anthony
Estate of Dorothy Boyce
Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard & Ariane
Bruendl
Toni and Hildegard Cavelti
Foundation
Leslie Cliff
Barrie and Ann Gillmore
Dr. David & Mrs. Margaret
Hardwick
Mr. & Mrs. Bjorn Hareid
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A.B. McGavin
Dr. Ian & Mrs. Jane Strang
Rix Clinical Labs
Estate of Anne Ethel Stevens
Bruno Wall & Jane MacDonald
Estate of Maureen Woodman
B.C. Arts Renaissance Fund
Jake Boxer and Family
Canada Cultural Investment Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Christopher
The David Spencer Endowment
Encouragement Fund
Estate of Steve Floris
Mr. Ken & Mrs. Ellen Mahon
McGrane-Pearson Endowment
Fund
Bill & Irene McEwen Fund
Rix Family Foundation
David E. Scott & Katerina Tieman
Estate of Jean M. Southam, C.M.
Gifts of $10,000 or more
Vancouver Foundation
Mr. George and Mrs. Anne Cross
Estate of Alan Wolrige
The Highbury Foundation
Gifts of $50,000 or more
John & Marietta Hurst
Jamie & Cindy Bruce
The Illahie Foundation
Cartier Investments
Arlene Gladstone
Estate of Katherine J. Heller
Hugh & Judy Lindsay
Lagniappe Foundation
Michael & Micki Partridge
Dr. Earl & Mrs. Anne Shepherd
Dr. Beverley Tamboline
Vancouver Opera Orchestra
Gifts of $1,000 or more
Anonymous (2)
Christine Anton
Estate of Marjory Bankes
Ms. Lois M. Bewley
Marnie Carter
Dr. Heather Clarke
Ms. Rosemary Cunningham
James Dehoney
Lisa Ethans
Tom Ferries & Lisa Pankratz
Deux Mille Foundation
Mr. Allen & Mrs. Ruth Fowlis
Mrs. Carol Genn
Estate of Meri Ingebord Cecilia
Gill
Dr. Irving Guttman C.M., O.B.C.
Mr. Paul Heller
Diana and Tom Herbst
S.A. Jarislowsky Investments
Mary Jordan
Diane Kennedy
Victor & Anna Kern Foundation
Killy Foundation
Diana Lam
Dawne Lacterman, in memory of
Sophie Turko
Lincluden Investment
Management
Richard Loney
Manulife Financial
Joseph E. & Arlene McHugh
Bertha M. Mathisen
Peggy Mathisen
Katherine Mirhady
Sharon Morrow
Allyn Murison & Kathleen
Murison - in memory of
Patrick & Aileen Murison
Estate of Ronald David Pearson
Estate of Marilyn Reid
Mr. Peter &
Mrs. Barbara Richards
Mr. David E. Ritchie &
Ms. Gloria Beauchamp
RTDS Technologies
Estate of Freda Rush
Mr. Leo & Mrs. Maureen Sauve
J E Smith
Andrew Steele
In memory of Richard Lester
Marlene Trussell
Vancouver Opera Guild
Mr. & Mrs. Max Wieczorek
Carla Weiner
Mary White
Estate of Ethel Williams
The Wolridge Foundation
Irving Guttman Legacy Fund honours the achievements of Vancouver Opera’s founding Artistic Director, with funds used to encourage
the most promising young Canadian singers at Vancouver Opera.
Anonymous (7)
Mr. Harry Edinger
Mr. Ralph Hoffman
Kelly Robinson
Laura Arpiainen
Moh & Yulanda Faris
Mr. John F. Howes
Mr. Leo & Mrs. Maureen Sauve
Ms. Elizabeth Atmore
Tom Ferries & Lisa Pankratz
Hughes Condon Marler Architects Schloss Enterprises Ltd.
Mr. Walter Ball
Leslie Finlay
Mr. John & Mrs. Marietta Hurst Mr. W. K. Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Bell-Irving
Nancy Flexman
Noriko & Naotaka Ike
David Shefsiek &
Mrs. Phyllis W. Berry
Judith Forst
Mr. Robert Kemeny &
Blaine Hendsbee
Ms. Lois M. Bewley
Ms. Mary Fraser
Dr. Susan Jung-Kemeny
Ms. Agnes Shin
Mr. David Boothroyd
Mrs. John Friesen
Dr. Linda Kaser & Dr. Judy Halbert Arianna Sovernigo
Donna Brendon
Suzanne Gaston-Voute
Susan Kessler
Ms. Jane Srivastava
Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard &
Genus Capital Management Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Krell
Mr. A.R. Steele
Ariane Bruendl
Arlene Gladstone &
Ms. Dorothy Kuva
Dr. Ian & Mrs. Jane Strang
Mrs. Joan Buckham
Hamish Cameron
Mr. Bruce Lang
Ronald Sutherland
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Burr
Mrs. Elaine Godwin
Dr. Donald and Ms. Carol Lyster Dr. Carol Tsuyuki &
Marnie Carter
Harry & Effie Gordon
Mr. Alex & Mrs. Barbara Mahood
Mr. Craig Tomlinson
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Christopher
Dr. Sherrill Grace
Anne Mathisen
Ms. Sheila Vaney
Dr. Philip Clement
Kenneth Owen Gracie
T. Mawson
Ms. Joan Voisine
David & Donna Cook
Mrs. Vera G. Grant
Alex McLeod
Dr. Robert Wakefield
Bette Cosar
Christopher Grauer
Ms. Sharon & Dr. John McNeill Carla Weiner
E. Patricia Crehan
Mrs. Shirley Gray
Dr. Katherine Mirhady
Mrs. Gwyneth Westwick
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Culos
Charlotte Guttman
Ms. Maureen Molaro
Mrs. Mary White
Ms. Rosemary Cunningham
Frank Guttman
Ms. Sharon Morrow
Mr. Christopher Whitney
Mr. C.A. De Roode
Mr. & Mrs. John Hagen
Kathleen Murison
Mr. Ian Whitaker
Ms. Judith Deavy
Mr. James Harris
Sharon Newman
John Wiebe
Sheila DeJong
Kenneth Hegler
Micki & Michael Partridge
Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Williams
Ms. Marisa Demare
Mr. Paul Heller
Ms. Sheila Pratt
Miss Eva Williamson
Richard DeVillier
Martha Lou Henley, C.M.
Mrs. Jane Regier
Bruce Munro Wright
Mrs. Katherine Dickinson
Diana and Tom Herbst
Mr. Peter & Mrs. Barbara Richards Mr. Harold and Mrs. Erna Zinn
Valerie Dunsterville &
Ms. Annie Hess
Mrs. Leila Robertson
Richard Dunsterville
Lore Hoffmann
Mr. William Robertson
VOCE: Established in memory of Chorus past, in support of Chorus present, in preparation for Chorus future.
Supporting Cast:
Brenda Alexander
Christine Anton
Claudio Arato
Dawne Dye
Irving Guttman
In memory of Richard Loney
from the Loney family
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Kathleen Murison
Lorna Olson
Micki Partridge
RTDS Technologies (Winnipeg)
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VANCOUVER OPERA ROUND TABLE
A special group of community leaders whose outstanding generosity and commitment enable the company to maintain the highest level
of artistic excellence. Vancouver Opera is proud to salute their continued loyalty and dedication.
Leadership Circle ($50,000+ )
Yoshiko Karasawa
Mike & Kathy Gallagher
Martha Lou Henley, C.M.*
Michael and Inna O’Brian
Impresario Circle ( $35,000 - $49,999 )
The Illahie Foundation
Maestro’s Circle ( $20,000 - $34,999 )
Mr. & Mrs. Gerhard & Ariane Bruendl
Brigitte & Henning Freybe
Alan & Gwendoline Pyatt
Mary Tait & Bill Sirett
David Watmough in loving memory of Floyd St. Clair
Director’s Circle ( $10,000 - $19,999 )
Donors who wish to remain anonymous ( 1 )
Val & Dick Bradshaw
Drs. Glen & Margaret Carlson
Patricia Charles
The Mary & Gordon Christopher Foundation
Dr. Heather Clarke
Mohammed A. Faris & Family
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Fowlis
Yuri Fulmer
Arlene Gladstone & Hamish Cameron
Mrs. Barbara Lowy
Mr. Ken & Mrs. Ellen Mahon
Mrs. Irene McEwen
Paul McEwen and Gwynneth Jones
Dr. Earl & Mrs. Anne Shepherd*
Pascal & Isabelle Spothelfer
Dr. Beverley Tamboline
Bruno Wall & Jane MacDonald
Lis & Bruce Welch
Drs. Leo and Flora Wong
Inner Circle ( $5,000 - $9,999 )
Donors who wish to remain anonymous ( 1 )
Ms. Shirley Barnett
Jill Bodkin
Mrs. Alix Brown
Maestro Jonathan Darlington
Dr. Virginia Evans
Divyesh and Charu Gadhia
Dr. David Hardwick*
Lori Hareid in memory of Bjorn Hareid
Mrs. Judith Helliwell
Jens & Linda Lee Henriksen
Diana and Tom Herbst
Mrs. Marietta Hurst
Ms. Lynn Kagan
Julia and Demas Kim
Mr. Charles & Mrs. Phyllis Maclean
Mr. & Mrs. David McDonald
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. B. McGavin
John & Peggy McLernon
Ted & Emily McWhinney
Anne Miloni & Darlene Miloni Graham
Dr. Katharine Mirhady
Ms. Bev Park & Mr. Jim Logan
Abe & Leyla Sacks
Lynn Smith & Jon Sigurdson
Ken Spencer & Judy Gale
Dr. Hilda Stanger
Dr. Ian & Mrs. Jane Strang
Wayne Wiens, in memory of Andrea Pinto Lebowitz
Bruce Munro Wright
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www.vancouveroperaguild.com. Your message will be
returned promptly.
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Northern Italy | October 3 – 14, 2016
First, experience the magic of Venice with a four-night stay
including
• La Traviata (Verdi)
• L’Elisir d’Amore (Donizetti)
• a performance in a palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal
Next, sightsee in Verona on your way to Parma and four
nights at the famous Verdi Festival:
• Don Carlo at Teatro Regio di Parma
• Giovanna d’Arco at Teatro Farnese
• I Masnadieri at Teatro Verdi di Busseto
Our final stop is Milan for three nights:
• The Turn of the Screw (Britten) at Teatro alla Scala.
Toronto Tour | October 18 – 24, 2016
Enjoy four nights in Toronto with two performances by the
Canadian Opera Company and one by Opera Atelier:
• Norma (Bellini), starring Sondra Radvanovsky
• Ariodante (Handel) with Alice Coote and Jane Archibald
• Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) with Wallis Giunta and
Christopher Enns
We continue to Stratford for a two-night stay and a
performance of A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim).
New York Metropolitan Opera | April 7 – 14, 2017
Featuring five spectacular operas and dream casts!
• Fidelio (Beethoven) with Adrianne Pieczonka and Greer
Grimsley
• Aida (Verdi) with Krassimira Stoyanova and Violeta
Urmana
• La Traviata (Verdi) with Carmen Giannattasio, Plácido
Domingo and Atalla Ayan
• Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) with Anna Netrebko and
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
• Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) with Renée Fleming and Elina
Garanča
Tour information is available from the Guild table in
the lobby, or call Lis Dawson at 604-922-8008 or Genny
MacLean (Great Expeditions) at 604-738-5535.
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ORT continued
Patron
Bill & Risa Levine
Donna and George Battye
($2,500 - $4,999)
In memory of Dr. Nicole Robinson
Dr. & Mrs. Andre Berner
Donors who wish to remain
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Lindsay*
Mr. & Mrs. Luis and Carole Bernhardt
Patrick & Ju Lo
Ms. Lois M. Bewley
Mr. &. Mrs. Ian and Catherine Aikenhead
Dr. Andrew Louie
Peter and Leslie Blake
Mr. Hans Alwart
Dr. George Luciuk
Dan and Ursula Bowditch
Joanie Anderson
Doris Luking in memory of Hans Luking
Ms. Regina Boxer
Mr. Russ & Mrs. Lee Anthony*
Jerry and Lilli Luking
John & Ruth Brock
Jim & Sarah Armstrong
George & Jessica Macintosh
Vivienne and James Brosnan
Roberta Lando Beiser
Jana and Bill Maclagan
Jamie & Cindy Bruce
Linda and Graham Brown
Miriam Maisonville and David Sauder
Stephanie A. Carlson
Mr. Michael & Mrs. Eunice Chan
Marilyn & Hart Mauritz
Ambassador Joseph Caron
Dr. Kam and Mrs. Katie Cheung
Mathisen Family Foundation
Miss Irene Caudwell
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Dorothy Chiasson
Mr. Ian Michaud
Joe and Gertie Chan
Mr. George & Mrs. Ann Cross*
Simon & Carmen Murphy
Ms. Gillian E. Chetty
In memory of Barbara Roy
Dr. & Mrs. David R. Neima
Mr. Michael J. Chutter
Tom Ferries & Lisa Pankratz
Mrs. Mary Orr
Mr. & Mrs. George Cook
Senator Jack Austin &
Micki & Michael Partridge*
Cindy Cooper
Dr. Peter Payne & Mrs. Lisa Payne
Dr. Peter & Jean Cooperberg
Mr. Sven & Mrs. Juliette Freybe
Louise Pronovost
Robin & Parviz Cordwell
Ms. Judy Garner
Mr. Anthony Roper
Ms. Ellen Crowe-Swords
Ms. Marie Genest
Celeste W. Shannte
Ms. Rosemary Cunningham
Mrs. Elaine Godwin
Miss Dorothy Shields
William and Emmanuelle Davis
Mr. Paul & Mrs. Claudia Goldman
Mr. Ross & Ms. Ursula Southam
Ms. Elisabeth Dawson
Laura Groos & Gerry Prins
Dr. Carol Tsuyuki & Mr. Craig Tomlinson
Mr. David Demers & Ms. Paula Palyga
Robert Dales in memory of
Dr. Sandra Vestvik
Mo Dhaliwal
Mervyn Lindsay Weir
Mr. Earl Drake &
anonymous ( 4 )
Ms. Natalie V. Freeman
Dr. Irving Guttman C.M., O.B.C.
Mr. Ronald Hagler
Mr. Jeff Wilhoit, Vice-President,
Ms. Monica Gruder Drake
Mrs. Aurora R. Hernandez
Investor Relations, Goldcorp
Valerie Dunsterville &
Mrs. Marian M Hingston
Robert Laing & Edward Wilson
Richard Dunsterville
Mr. Bob Houston
Dr. Maurice & Mrs. Jane Wong
Drs. Allen and Connie Eaves
Ms. Carol Isaac
Fei Wong
Mr. Harry Edinger
Ms. Mary Jordan
James W. Wright
Ms. Vivian Eliopoulos
Mrs. Evelyn Kahn
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Yeung
Mr. Mark William Emanuel
In Memory of Tom Blom
Mr. Harold and Mrs. Erna Zinn
Ms. Constance Faulkner and
Tony & Reet Kana
Dr. Linda Kaser & Dr. Judy Halbert
Mr. Hank & Mrs. Janice Ketcham
Dr. Marla Kiess
Sherry Killam
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov
Robert Laing & Edward Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael LePage
Mr. James Talbot
Benefactor
($1,500 - $2,499)
Donors who wish to remain
anonymous ( 3 )
Mamie Angus
Gordon & Minke Armstrong
William & Barbara Armstrong
Ms. Wendy G. Baker
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Shirley Fitterman
Dr. Clasina Fourie & Mr. Mark Vendrig
Frank and Joan Lew Charitable Trust
Mrs. Pamela Friedrich
Dr. Kaye Alison Fulmer
Barrie & Ann Gillmore*
Mrs. San Given
Mr. Roland Haebler &
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Mrs. Catherine Haebler
Blaize & Allan Reich
Judith and Poul Hansen
Mr. Klaus & Mrs. Margot Richter
Dr. Evelyn J. Harden in memory of
Don & Dorothy Ritchie
Marcia Jasiulko & Dr. Edgar F.Harden
Kitten Roberts
James & Jennifer Hatton
Mr. Ian Robertson & Mrs. Sian Pitman
Ms. Nancy Hermiston
Mr. John Robinson
John Horning and Lorraine Larkin
Ms. Carol U. Ross
Dr. Martin Hosking
Ruth E. and Dr. William Hy Ross
Mr. Paul Janke
Dr. Edwin & Mrs. Patricia Yen
The contributions listed reflect gifts
made to Vancouver Opera to April 4,
2016. Every effort is made to ensure
our lists are accurate at the time of
printing. We sincerely apologize for any
errors or omissions.
Opera Round Table
Foundation
Signe Jurcic
Al & Leona
Members of the Opera Round Table
Horatio & Jackie Kemeny
David & Cathy Scott
enjoy many exclusive benefits, including
Mr. Sharman King
Mr. Robert Sewell in memory of
guided backstage tours, invitations
Susan Knott
Marilyn Sewell
to Prelude Dinners, reserved theatre
Dr. Sharon Grimes Knox
Ken & Patricia Shields
parking and access to the members’
Jon & Eva LaFollette
Dr. Cecil Sigal
lounge at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre,
Tom and Karen Lane
Curtis Smecher
plus personalized subscription and
Pierre & Betty Lebel
Gillian and Russell Smith
ticket service. Priority in requests for
Chuck Lew In memory of
Mr. J. E. Smith
tickets, subscription changes and seat
In Loving Memory of
improvements increase according to
Mary Helen Lew
Stuart, Russell, Catherine & Andrew
Lew in memory of our mother
Mary Helen Lew
Timothy Randall Smith
Jeff Sodowsky in honour of
overall giving at all levels of the Opera
Round Table.
Parvin Mirhady
Mr. & Mrs. Harold & Jenny Locke
Bruce Sprague
* Lifetime Opera Round Table
Ms. Erika Looije
Elaine and Fred Stearman
Donors have made generous gifts to
Dr. John S. & Mrs. Alfredette MacDonald
Michael Stevenson and Jan Whitford
the Vancouver Opera Foundation to
Mrs. Nancy Macdonald
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Stevenson-Moore
endow their annual Opera Round Table
Marlene Mackenzie
Dr. Barry & Mrs. Ronnie Tessler
contributions. For more information,
Genny MacLean
Mrs. Neri Tischler and Dr. Aron Tischler
please
Mr. & Mrs. John and Sidney Madden
Mrs. Anne Tweedy
Director, Major Gifts & Planned Giving
Ms. Elaine Mah
Ms. Susan Van der Flier
at 604-682-2871, extension 4832.
Mrs. Rosemary Mallory
Ms. Alexandra Volkoff
Dr. Paul Mitchell-Banks
Ms. Carole Walkinshaw
Dr. Peter & Mrs. Eve Munns
Dr. & Mrs. T. Warner
Mr. & Mrs. D. Murray
Judy & Neil Watson
Brian Nickel & Paolo Pecchioli
James & Veronica Weinkam
Mr. Kevin & Mrs. Marie O’Neill
Dr. Roy and Mrs. Gwyneth Westwick
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Grace Osborn
Mr. Paul Westwick
Valerie and Brian Owen
Ms. Terry Wilkinson
Dr. Pedro G. Paragas
Eric and Shirley Wilson
Mr. Joe Peacock
Ms. Kathleen Winton
Ms. Lorraine Portier
John and Mia Wong
Mr. Hein Poulus &
Ms. Nancy Wu
Ms. Mollie Massie-Poulus
David & Rona Radler
contact
Carmen
Murphy,
Mr. Joe D. Wurz &
Mrs. Kathleen M. Wurz
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ONE NATION UNDER THE ARTS
We live in a country with a rich and deep
appreciation for arts and culture, and we’re
committed to fund programs that enable
Canadians of all means and backgrounds to
enjoy the very best.
Proud supporter of Vancouver Opera
and proudly Canadian.
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VANCOUVER OPERA FRIENDS
Individual gifts play a major role in Vancouver Opera’s ability to maintain the highest artistic standards, and to continually expand the
many educational programs and community engagement initiatives that bring its artistic work into greater context and also positively
impact nearly 100,000 British Columbians on an annual basis. Vancouver Opera is extremely grateful to have so many Friends whose
ongoing annual support greatly contributes to the well-being and development of the company.
Advocate
Express Remote Sensing Inc.
Glen Arthur
($1,000 - $1,499)
Brian & Mary Forster
Ms. Mary Lou Astoria
Anonymous (2)
Laurelle Jade Froese
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Atkins
Anako Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Glassman
Mrs. Kathleen Jane Baker
Linda Blankstein
Mrs. A. Hollifield
Ms. Jane Banfield
Mr. Glenn Bullard
Mr. Hua Jiang
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick & Wendy Banham
Leslie Dala
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Ko
Ms. Valencia Bankes
Mr. William Day
Ron Kruschen and Louise Akuzawa
Ms. V. Barrett
Susan Drury & Dennis Perry
Ms. Cordelia Lins
Birgit & Robert Bateman
Nicole Garson & Michael MacLeod
Mrs. Doris A. Lunn
Dr. & Mrs. William Beckel
Robert Goldstein and Christine Kerr
Dr. Tannis MacBeth
Elizabeth Bell
Dr. Laurel Gray
Dr. Ian L. Macdonald in memory of
Ms. Karly Black
Ronda Green and Tim Padmore
Dr. Helen Macdonald
Drs. Mairi & Peter Blair
Dr. Peter Harnetty
Dr. Alistair MacKay
Mr. Joost Blom
Dr. Judith Kalla
Hugh Mackay
Dr. Gary Botting & Ms. Virginia Martin
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkwood
E.J. Makortoff
Nic Boyde
Dr. Jack Kooy
Mr. John Mancini
Mrs. Marianne Brockmann
Mr. Fred Leonard
Mr. Bernard Olfman
Mr. Malcolm & Mrs. Nancy Brodie
Dr. Jan Lyons
Danae and Laurier Peaker
Mr. Dana Cromie & Mr. Greg Brown
Dr. Alan & Mrs. Helen Maberley
Mr. Arthur Ross
Ms. Priscilla Brown
Dr. J W MacDonald
Ms. Patricia Schulte
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Burr
Ms. Maria McDougall
Dr. Larry Stonesifer and
Ms. Mae G. Cabott
Linda & Larry Marshik
Mr. Ronald Angress
Mr. Robert Cannon
June Nicolay
Dr. Bernhard Toews
Dean & Laura Cardno
Robert E. Radke
Mrs. Mary Frances Tuck
Brenda Charters
Dr. Jeff Roberts
John Fredrick Welter
Mr. Neil Churko
Dr. Wes Schreiber
Janice Williams
Mr. Charles Clapham
Mr. Eric & Mrs. Beverley Watt
Miss June Witty
Mr. & Mrs. J Stuart Clyne
Mr. Charles Willms
Alex & Charlene Zbar
Ms. Hilde & Mr. Peter Colenbrander
Dr. Michael C. Wilson in memory of
Ms. Ineke Dijks
Drs. Kenneth & Sidney Craig
Supporter
Carson Crandall
($300 - $599)
Sustainer
Anonymous (14)
($600 - $999)
Chris and Susan Adams
Anonymous
Susan Addario
Kathleen Adams
Sara Ahmadian
Elaine Bennett
Mr. W. Graham Allen
Ms. Joann Bessler and
Mrs. Joan Anderson
Mr. Dan Emerson
Ms. Johanne Vincent &
Dr. David Chercover
Ted and Jean Andrew
Mr. Jim Anness
Margaret Archibald
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Mr. Marc Crimeni
In Memory of Vladimir Cukor
Mr. John R. Culter
Christine Dahlberg
Mrs. Carolynn Dallaire
Mr. & Mrs. Julian Davies
Nancy Deshaw
Ms. Audrey Dewan
George Doumet
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Friends continued
Ms. Shirley Dreja
Esther Krohn
In honour of Sharman King
Mrs. Elizabeth Dropko
Mr. Donald Kydd
Ms. Merrilee Robson
In memory of Barb Brown
Diana Lam
Vi and Maurice Roden
Mr. Mark Dumont
Ms. Irene Larochelle
Ms. Juanita P Russell
Mr. Donald Francis
Mr. & Mrs. Trevor Lautens
Ms. Brenda Sawyer
Mrs. Nancy and Mr. David Fraser
Ms. Shannon Lavender
Ms. Sondra Schloss
Michael Freeman
Mrs. Rhoda Lee
Manrico and Liz Scremin
Mr. George Garrett
Mr. Michael Levy
Dr. & Mrs. David Sharp
Nancy Garrett
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Li
Nolan Shelley
Georgeann Glover
Dr. David S. Lirenman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Sitter
Peter and Joyce Goodwin
Mrs. Diane Loomer
Dr. Kathryn Skau
Mr. John Gosden
Mr. David Love
Mr. Stanis Smith
Jessica Gossen
Kate Lucas
Mr. & Mr. Jeff Sodowsky
Ms. Patricia Graham
Dr. & Mrs. John K MacFarlane
Martti Solin
Mr. John Grant
Ms. Kathleen MacKinlay
Catherine Soussloff
Mr. Vitalius Gudaitis
Dr. & Mrs. Gundy Macnab
Ms. Margaret Stearn
Wendy Guo
Mr. Blair Mantin
Ms. Doreen Stephens
Ian Guthrie
Mrs. Timmie Marr
Mrs. Mary Strzelecki
Mrs. Shirley Hammond
Paul McCullough
Dr. Peter Suedfeld &
In Memory of Dr. R.J. Hancock
Susan McCutcheon
In Memory of Ronald Hawkes
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Mary McIlwaine
Mr. Richard & Mrs. Margaret Swadden
Ms. Nancy Heckman
Mr. & Mrs. D. McIntosh
Sweet E’s Pastries
Pemelope B.M. Hedges
Alysoun McKay Lee
Tom and Margaret Taylor
Mrs. Gail Hegquist
Mr. David W. McMurty
Gina Thorstenson & Bob Bartholomew
Victoria Henderson & John Radosevic
Ms. Sarah Miles
Ms. Annabel M Valentine
Mr. & Mrs. Ashley Hilliard
Dr. Bruce Milton &
Ms. Jony Van Den Bos &
Lore Hoffmann
Ms. Brenda Waechter
Dr. Phyllis J. Johnson
Mr. Thomas Lightburn
Mrs. Maureen Hollins
Dr. Yoram Minnes
Ed and Lenore Van Oene
Mrs. Lois Hosein
Ms. Rowena Moffett
Dr. Robert Wakefield
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J Hudson
Ms. Rose Murray
Peter Waldkirch
Ms. Marla Ignaszewski
Tyler Noviczky
Mrs. Betty J Walker
Richard and Ruth Jackson
Dr. & Mrs. Joel Oger
David Walman
Mrs. Joan James
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Olsen
Mr. William Walsh
Sonja Janzen
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin O’Malley
Mrs. Carolyn Webster
Mr. Brian Jones
Mr. Kevin O’Reilly
Mr. Vincent Wheeler and
Valerie Jones
Mrs. Pamela Ottridge
Kathryn Jones
Mr. Fred Palidor
Mr. John Wiebe
Mr. Robert Kendrick
Mr. Glen Patterson
Mr. Norman Wightman
Cameron and Wendy Killick
Ms. Marcelle Pavan
Galt Wilson
Rita King
R. H. Pearce & J. M. Mathieson
Mr. Y.W. Wong
Teresa Kirschner
Denise Pugash
Lois and Peter Woolley
Patrick Kleine
Dr. Kimit Rai and Mrs. Linda Rai
Mr. Daniel R. Worsley
Wes Knapp & Kathleen MacKinnon
Jeff Rains
Mrs. Riitta Wrede
Ms. Katsuko (Kitty) Kodama
Ram Randhawa
Mr. Gary Young
Mike & Jean Kovich
Drs. P. Ratner & J. Johnson
John & Ann Kowalchuk
Ms. Eleanor Reemeyer
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Mr. Peter Cheng
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Friends continued
The contributions listed reflect gifts
made to Vancouver Opera Association
as of April 4th, 2016. Every effort is
made to ensure our lists are accurate
at the time of printing. We sincerely
apologize for any errors or omissions.
Amanda Wood
YPC Members:
Sean Allt
Elliat Albrecht
Christine Baracos
Laura Baines
Almira Bardai
Friends of Vancouver Opera
Advocate ..................$1,000 to $1,499
Sustainer .......................$600 to $999
Supporter .......................$300 to $599
Contributor .................... $150 to $299
Friend ................................$75 to $149
Joseph Bardsley
Bonnie Bernal
Brianna Blaney
Tamara Bonn
Bethany Brown
Jeremy and Erin Bryant
Members of Vancouver Opera enjoy
Amanda Jane Burrows
many
Jennifer Campbell
benefits,
including
guided
backstage tours, an invitation to a
Kaishin Chu
Members’ Event and much more!
Chad Clark
For more information, or to become
a member of our Friends program,
please contact Lyndsay MacAulay
(Development
Manager,
Annual
Joshua Lopour
Kate Lucas
Sophia and Michael Mackay
Tyler Mitchell
Joshua Murray
Meghan Nichol
Christopher Nickel
Narges Nirumvala and
Demetrios Nikolopoulos
Monti Samuel, Blush Bridal and
Special Occasions
Hussein Samnani, Hot Soup Media
Kevin Siegrist and Matthew Willprecht
Justin Adam Smith
Mr. and Mr. Jeff Sodowsky
Jen Tan
Julia Tchezganova
Ann Clifton and John Roddick
Amanda Collinge
Stu Congdon
Tom Cullen
Pamela Jennifer Vanhanen
Amanda Wood and Jesse Cook
Joyce Wong
Benedikt Zimmerman
Maxwell Darling
The members listed reflect registration
Emily Decario
as of April 6th, 2016. Every effort is
Meenu Deol
made to ensure our lists are accurate
Young Patrons' Circle (YPC)
Mo Dhaliwal
at the time of printing. We sincerely
YPC is a unique membership program
Clio De la Lave
apologize for any errors or omissions.
for VO patrons aged 19 - 45 who want
Andrew Dilts
to engage with Vancouver’s arts and
Jordan Dufault
For
culture scene in a meaningful way. As a
Katy Erwin
the Young Patrons’ Circle, or to
YPC member, you have the opportunity
Andrea Greenway
become a member, please contact
to experience insider events and
Sara Grujin
Joseph
exclusive networking opportunities
Marissa Hicks
Manager, Grants & Proposals) at
while encouraging philanthropy in our
Stephanie Hunt
[email protected]
Jeffrey Jung
604.682.2871.
Campaigns
and
Lotteries)
at
604.682.2871.
city.
Vancouver Opera is very pleased to
acknowledge:
YPC Steering Committee Members:
information
Bardsley
about
(Development
or
Jordan Kallman and Tyson Villeneuve,
The Social Concierge
Nicole Kloos
Jacob Kojfman and Kelly Samuels
Sophia Mackay, Chair
Thomas Lamb
Almira Bardai
Martin Lambert
Chad Clark
Ariel Grue Lee and
Clio De la Lave
more
Chris Mason Stearns
Jordan Dufault
MJ Lee
Ariel Grue Lee
Jonathon Litchfield
Tyson Villeneuve
Bobbi Long
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EVITA: Behind The Scenes
Model of the Evita set
The perfect necklace for the
perfect dress
Head of Costumes Parvin
Mi
Mirhady alters a dress with
sew
sewer Foroozan Talei Fard
Eva’s grand gown
All the sho
shoe options for Eva
All photos by Jake-Ryan Lindsey
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IN TUNE WITH
OUR COMMUNITY
We do more than operate gold mines. Through contributions to the arts, healthcare,
education and community development, our commitment is to contribute to long-term
social and economic benefits in the communities where we live and work.
We’re proud of our record of safe, responsible operations everywhere we do business
and of the legacy we’re building for generations to come.
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SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT
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Vancouver Opera was thrilled to award a $50,000 cheque to
lucky VO Lotteries winner Michel Ritchie.
Mr. Ritchie has been a long-time supporter of VO Lotteries.
He bought his first ticket in 2012 and has purchased a ticket
to every lottery since then. In those years, his purchases have
supported VO’s Education programs as well as given him
chances to win Harleys, BMWs, Audis and cash.
Mr. Ritchie has led an exciting life, working in food and
hospitality in locations from the Arctic to Antarctica, across
Canada and several points in between. His love of opera goes
back as far as his childhood, with memories of his grandfather
singing in his hometown and in the family living room with his
auntie accompanying on the piano.
Vancouver Opera is grateful to Michel Ritchie and all of our
many VO Lotteries participants. We thank you for your support
and wish you the best of luck in our next Grand Prize Draw!
To find out more about VO Lotteries, visit
www.vancouveropera.ca, call us or visit us in the lobby.
[email protected] | 604-682-2871
Instant Expert: Evita
When Evita went from concept album to West End musical,
a song was cut: “The Lady’s Got Potential”, which was about
Argentine political and military history. It is occasionally used
in Asian productions of the musical, where audiences are less
familiar with the country.
On the original concept album, Che is a chemist working
on an insecticide and angry at the Peron administration for
blocking his research. In the Broadway production, he is a
direct representation of Che Guevara, though he and Eva likely
never met in real life. The 1996 film version depicts him as an
anonymous ‘everyman’.
Evita was parodied in a 2003 The Simpsons episode, “The
President Wore Pearls”, in which Lisa runs for class president.
In the 1980s, soprano Kiri Te Kanawa recorded a complete
operatic version of the score with Christopher Lee as Perón.
This recording has never been released.
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Corporate & Foundation Partners
2015 – 2016 Season
The TELUS Vancouver Community Board continued its long-standing
partnership with Vancouver Opera with a gift in support of VO's Spring
Break Opera Camp, now in its second year. VO is deeply grateful for this
generosity. Monique Mercier (TELUS Vancouver Community Board Member),
Colleen Maybin (Director, Education and Community Engagement, VO) and
members of VO's Board of Directors.
SEASON SPONSOR
2015 – 2016 PRODUCTION SPONSORS
Rigoletto
Dark Sisters
Madama Butterfly
Evita
SPECIAL PROJECT SPONSORS
Official Hotel
SURTITLESTM Sponsor
Official Winery
Making the Arts
More Accessible®
Official Travel Partner
Primary Print Sponsor
Official Florist
Special Event Sponsor
SOCIAL MEDIA SPONSOR
Official Airline
PIANO AND KEYBOARD SPONSOR
LOTTERY SPONSORS
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Please join us in recognizing our generous partners who share and support Vancouver Opera’s commitment to the community.
Corporate Leadership Circle
($100,000+)
Student Dress Rehearsal
Presenting Sponsor:
Goldcorp
Mission Hill Family Estate
Corporate Chairperson's Circle
($40,000+)
Cisco
Telus
von Mandl Family Foundation
RBC Foundation
Corporate President’s Circle
($20,000 - $39,999)
BMO Financial Group
Sun Life Financial
TD
Vancouver Opera Guild
YVR
Corporate Benefactor
($10,000 - $19,999)
Blake, Cassels and Graydon, LLP
KCTS 9
Lufthansa
RBC Phillips Hager & North Investment
Counsel
TELUS Vancouver Community Board
Corporate Patron
($5,000 - $9,999)
BDO
The Korea Daily
Ming Pao Daily News
Odlum Brown Limited
Tom Lee Music
Foundation Partners
Beech Foundation
The Christopher Foundation
Diamond Foundation
The Edith Lando Charitable Foundation
The Edwina and Paul Heller Memorial Fund
Hamber Foundation
Hannah Woodnutt Smith Memorial
Foundation
The McGrane-Pearson Endowment Fund
The McLean Foundation
SOCAN Foundation
Vancouver Foundation
Education & Community Partners
BC Arts Council
The Province of British Columbia
The Canada Council for the Arts
City of Vancouver
CKNW Orphans Fund
Department of Canadian Heritage
Metro Vancouver
The Printing House Ltd.
Vancouver Opera Guild
Get O.U.T.
(Opera Under Thirty-Five)
Special Event Partners:
AB Scale Model Ltd
Affinity Guest House
Air Canada
Airsprint
Alan Anderson Jewels
Amusé on the Vineyard
Andy Sylvester
Anthem Properties Group
Ann Goldberg
Atiga Investments
Averill Creek Vineyard
Bambu - the salon
Bash + Fete
Beaucoup Bakery
Bill Jones, Deerholme Farm
Black Hills Estate Winery
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Vineyard
BMO Nebitt Burns
Brightline (Aymong Foundation)
BrownArtConsulting
Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society
CAI Capital Management
Cameron Silver, Decades
Chanel Boutique Vancouver
Chef Matty Kane, Shelter Restaurant
Chef Bruno Terroso, Vanilla Pod
Chef Michel Jacob, Le Crocodile
Chef Ned Bell, Four Seasons
Chef Vikram Vij
Cherry Point Estate Wines
Christian Kolberg
Cisco Systems Inc.
Danny Singer
David Burdeny
David E. Lemon and Sylvia L’Ecuyer
David Demers and Paula Palyga
Divyesh and Charu Gadhia
Dr. J. Michael Gallagher and
Kathleen Gallagher
Equinox Gallery
Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver
Gadhia Foundation
Gallery Jones
George and Chantelle Wong
Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers
Goh Ballet
Goldcorp
Grouse Mountain
Gordon Campbell, High Commissioner
to UK
Hawksworth Restaurant
Hester Creek Winery
Holler Estate Vineyards
Hotel Brisol - Vienna
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Jaclyn Guillou
Jennifer Kostuik Gallery
Jesse Dylan
Jon and Eva LaFollette
Laing + Kathleen Brown
Laura K. Jewitt Design
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Le Crocodile
Lis Welch
Lufthansa
Macaulay Fine Arts
Marquis Wine Cellar
Max Mara
McCullough O’Connor Irwin LLP
Meyer Family Vineyards
Michael and Inna O’Brian
Mission Hill Family Estate Winery
MJ Jewellers Ltd.
Namasthé
North South Travel
O’Brian Family Foundation
Odd Society Spirits
Patrick Roberge Productions
Pedersen’s Rentals
Philip Dion
Poplar Grove Winery
PriceWaterhouse Coopers
Queen Charlotte Lodge
RBC Phillip, Hager & North Investment
Counsel
RBC Wealth Management
Royal Bank Private Banking
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The Michael and Inna O'Brian Centre
for Vancouver Opera
1945 McLean Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 3J7
Phone: 604-682-2871 | Fax: 604-682-3981
www.vancouveropera.ca
DISTIN GU ISHE D H ON OR AR Y ME MB E R S
Martha Lou Henley, C.M.
Kenneth W. Mahon
VANC OU VER OPERA BOA RD OF DIR E C T O R S – 20 15 - 20 16 SE ASO N
Pascal Spothelfer, Chair
Roberta Lando Beiser, Vice Chair
Mary Jordan, Treasurer
Lis Welch, Secretary
Jill Bodkin
Mo Dhaliwal
Reema Faris
Divyesh Gadhia
Deborah Graystone
Yoshiko Karasawa
Sherry Killam
Julia Kim
Bill Levine
Jessica Yan Macintosh
Bill Maclagan
Susan Mair
Marilyn Loewen Mauritz
Paul McEwen
Mary McNeil
Lisa Payne
Blaize Horner Reich
Bill Sirett
Michael Stevenson
Susan Van der Flier
Jeffrey Wilhoit
VA N COU VE R OP E R A STAFF
James W. Wright, General Director
Jonathan Darlington, Music Director
Tom Wright
Director of Artistic Planning
Brian Nickel
Director of Development
ARTISTIC PLANNING
Adrianne Wurz, Associate Director,
Artistic Planning
Jake-Ryan Lindsey, Artistic
Administration Intern
Music
Leslie Dala, Associate Conductor /
Chorus Director
Kinza Tyrrell, Principal Répétiteur /
Assistant Chorus Director
Tina Chang, Répétiteur
Jim Littleford, Orchestra Manager
Bryan King, Librarian
Jim Tranquilla, Orchestra Stage Manager
Education
Colleen Maybin, Director of Education
& Community Engagement
Karlina Dawn, Education Assistant
Production
Dan Paterson, Technical Director
Gregg Steffensen, Building Manager /
Assistant Technical Director
DEVELOPMENT
Carmen Murphy, Director, Major Gifts
& Planned Giving
Joseph Bardsley, Development
Manager, Grants & Proposals
Lyndsay MacAulay, Development
Manager, Annual Campaigns & Lotteries
Cindy Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
Julia Kusmirek, Development Team
Coordinator
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Hali Autio, Director of Information
Technologies
Firan Tse, Accountant
William Murgatroyd, Office Manager
MARKETING
Selina Rajani, Associate Director,
Communications
Arianna Andrews, Marketing & Sales
Manager
Annie Mack, Graphic Designer
Tracey Flattes, Database Applications
Manager
Charlene Hibbard, Ticket Centre
Associate
Chris Walters, On-site Ticketing
Manager
YULANDA M. FARIS YOUNG ARTISTS
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Kimberley-Ann Bartczak
Brenna Corner
Francesca Corrado
Marcel d'Entremont
Alan Macdonald
Zachary Read
Eden Tremayne
Doug Tuck
Director of Marketing
VANCOUVER OPERA IN SCHOOLS
STICKBOY
Music composed by Neil Weisensel.
Libretto by Shane Koyczan.
Adaptation and Stage Direction by
Rachel Peake.
Artists
Kimberley-Ann Bartczak
DJ Calhoun
Aaron Durand
Allyson Hop
Heather Molloy
Melania Radelicki
Sunny Shams
UBC Pre-Professional Interns
Spencer Britten
Scott Brooks
Kyle Lehmann
Stephanie Nakagawa
Moriah Wax
Creative & Production Team
Carmen Alatorre
Omanie Elias
Drew Facey
Parvin Mirhady
Valerie Moffat
Jamie Nesbitt
Kinza Tyrrell
Giant Ant
VA N COU VER OPERA 'S FO U N DAT ION B O AR D OF T R U ST E E S
Bruce Munro Wright, Chair
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2015 - 2016 Season
Tom Ferries, Secretary/Treasurer
Evita, 2016
Pascal Spothelfer, Director
16/
17
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