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Calgary Opera is happy to be celebrating the life and work of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi for his 200th anniversary. What better way to begin 2013 than with his Shakespearean comedy, as well as his last opera, Falstaff. Librettist Arrigo Boito began working on Falstaff shortly after the triumph of Otello. It premiered to high acclaim six years later, becoming Verdi’s only successful comedy. Based on The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is hailed to this day as being one of Verdi’s highest musical achievements, comparable only to Otello in its complexity and maturity.

For this great work, we welcome back Gaétan Laperrière for his farewell performance. We are honoured that Gaétan chose to conclude his career with us, after seven productions over 19 years with Calgary Opera. It is also very interesting that Verdi’s last opera was Gaétan’s first. Falstaff inspired his love for the art form and because of that, has a special place in this consummate singer’s heart.

I am also happy to be welcoming back many of our favourite singers who make up an unbelievably acclaimed Canadian cast. Laura Whalen, James Westman, John Tessier, Lynne McMurtry, Norine Burgess, and Michel Corbeil will animate this lively comedy, and all of whom we are thrilled to have back on our stage.

We’re also excited to welcome back three alumni of our Emerging Artist Development Program, making this a multigenerational opera cast. Eve-Lyn de la Haye, who was last with us for Ariadne auf Naxos, performs the role of Nannetta. Vasil Garvanliev, who comes to us after having performed Leporello in Opera Atelier’s Don Giovanni, performs the role of Pistola and finally Christopher Mayell returns to us to sing the role of Dr. Caius after having performed the title role in Albert Herring with the Aldeburgh Festival in England.

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Welcome to the New Year with a masterpiece from the great composer Giuseppe Verdi.

We launched our season with Verdi’s second last opera, the dark tragedy Otello, and now we move on to Verdi’s final opera, his comic triumph, Falstaff.

I’d like to start by thanking everyone who joined us for Otello and brought such a fantastic energy to the Jubilee Auditorium. We had the honour of hosting His Excellency, Andrea Meloni, the Italian Ambassador to Canada, as well as the American Consul, Mexican Consul, and our own Mayor Nenshi.

At both intermission and post show the admiration expressed for the cast was overwelming. It says a lot that Calgary Opera can attract such a high level of talent, and beautifully stage such a difficult work. Our amazing cast of singers not only performed some of the most challenging music in the repertoire, but ran the emotional gamut demanded of a Shakespearean story. How could we help but be carried away?

We could not put these grand operas on the stage without the generous support of our community. I want to specially thank the Pyke Family and F.R. (Dick) Matthews for their outstanding contributions. Donations from these individuals as well as the members of our Impresario Circle help us keep the artistic quality high both on our main stage and in our many education and outreach programs.

Community outreach is an important part of what we do, and through our Emerging Artist ensemble we have the opportunity to participate in events such as the Big Rock Lecture Series and the Heavens Fitness Anniversary celebrations. Soon the Emerging Artists will be preparing an opera for young people, which they will take on tour for four weeks to schools in Calgary and beyond – as far north as Fort McMurray thanks to our Community Outreach sponsor Cenovus Energy. The Emerging Artists are supported not only by the Canada Arts Training Fund through the Department of Canadian Heritage, but also through sponsorships from Enbridge and RBC, and from individual Adopt-An-Artist donors. And, of course, we can’t say thank you enough to our other major corporate supporters – our overall Education Sponsor Talisman Energy, and our Viva Verdi Season Sponsor Husky Energy.

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Gaétan Laperrière For Falstaff, Gaétan Laperrière is undertaking his farewell performance after a 32 year career as a singer, during which time he performed seven times on Calgary Opera’s stage. Of those, many Calgary Opera goers will likely remember him in his most recent roles as Picariello from Filumena, and Amonasro from Aida.

His international career has taken him to such great opera companies as Opéra de Paris Bastille, Opéra de Nice, Opéra de Marseille, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and Teatro La Fenice, to name a few. Despite this, he has decided to gracefully bow out by honouring Calgary with his final performance of Falstaff.

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“I decided that Falstaff was going to be my last opera because it was the first opera I saw with my Uncle Robert Savoie, my teacher, singing Ford with Louis Quilico as Falstaff,” says Laperrière. “I am Falstaff, I have lived Verdi, that was his last opera, and I will make closure on my 32 year career having fun on stage, as Verdi would have wanted it.”

Laura Whalen and Gaétan Laperrière in Calgary Opera’s world premiere of Filumena (2003). Co-commissioned by Calgary Opera and The Banff Centre.

Laperrière adds, “I know it will be great; it will be fun, because I know my co-performers and they are all great performers. I will give them a lot, as much also to the audience, and this will be a great farewell to a great public.”

Gaétan Laperrière in Calgary Opera’s production of Aida (2011).

Gaétan Laperrière and Michele Capalbo in Calgary Opera’s Tosca (2008).

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program notes Setting the Stage Despite his years in the spotlight, delighting audiences with hit opera after hit opera, and becoming a symbol of Italian nationalist movement, Verdi preferred to see himself as a humble man of the land. He could have lived in luxury in Paris or Venice, but instead he chose to spend his later years on a picturesque farm in the Italian countryside. So in love was he with his rural home, that he said while composing his last opera that he thought it should be performed in Sant’ Agata, the village in which his country home was located, rather than La Scala in Milan.

Two and a half years after Otello’s great opening success, Verdi emerged from retirement when Arrigo Boito delivered him an amazing gift, another Shakespeare libretto, but this time a comedy! Of the two operas on which Verdi collaborated with librettist Boito, Falstaff would be his last, as well as his only successful comedy. Boito is quoted as saying, “After the tragedy of Otello, to finish with a mighty burst of laughter, that is to astonish the world!”

As the culmination of his composing career, Falstaff is truly an amazing work. Lively and funny, audiences adored it. Within its bars, it even references an earlier opera in the line “Provera donna!” uttered by Mistress Quickly, the innkeeper. This same line, sung to nearly identical music, was performed in La Traviata 40 years earlier, showing that in his own way, the old composer never lost his sense of humour.

Appreciating the Music For an operatic conductor whose interest lies primarily in 19th century Italian opera, an invitation to conduct Verdi’s Falstaff must be eagerly received as it represents the pinnacle of operatic writing in Italy and the culmination of Verdi’s lifelong dedication to the art form.

From his first opera performed when he was 27 to this last written at the age of 78, this body of work represents a glorious unbroken line of development.

In Falstaff not only do we have him writing a genuine comedy (in fact only his second) but the mastery with which he writes is nothing short of miraculous. The verbal element of the drama has become all important thanks to Boito’s deft handling of the libretto (one senses here a genuine and painstaking collaboration) and the composer clothes this genuinely funny story with music that shows a dazzling array of rhythmic invention, exquisite and subtle orchestration and a profligacy of melody which although far from obvious on a first hearing becomes ever more manifest the more familiar the piece becomes.

It is almost as though Verdi wants to assault the listener with his musical prowess as the wealth of ideas tumble over themselves, giving the impression that the old man had to get the notes on the page before his time ran out and surely it is no accident that the final concerted number is a fugue – admittedly one of the least academic imaginable but in which he proves at the end of his life that he knew how to write counterpoint as well as any other composer, thumbing his nose perhaps at Wagner.

The problems the conductor faces in executing this masterwork are numerous and daunting. Quite apart from the desire to make all of Verdi’s detailed markings and instructions apparent, there is the precise pacing of six concise scenes which is, of course worked out with the singers and the director in the rehearsal room. There is the intricacy of the ensemble writing where one wants the audience to hear every complex and often expressive strand that is on the page. Having hopefully achieved that, there is the largest element to bring into this mix, the orchestra.

As in Falstaff’s predecessor, Otello, Verdi’s orchestra has become no mere background accompaniment but a protagonist in the drama too. The demands he makes on the orchestra not only reflect the increasing standards of 19th century orchestral playing but require a hitherto unprecedented level of virtuosity from an opera house orchestra. Quite apart from the sheer effort of writing the number of notes contained in the 464 pages of orchestral score (also because the tempo markings are all invariably fast, enhancing the frenetic pace of plot) one cannot but admire the resourcefulness of a composer evidently enjoying himself despite the cost to his writing arm! The opera leaves us with a musical image of the wise, old composer with eyes that have lived through a lifetime of struggle, enigmatically smiling at the human world.

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Opera in Schools tour Each year, Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist ensemble piles into a van with program coordinator and school tour Music Director, Mel Kirby, to bring the Opera in Schools tour to over 10,000 students in communities throughout Calgary and rural Alberta.

The 2013 tour is a reprise of Calgary Opera’s much-loved Hannaraptor by Alan Gilliland and Val Brandt, which had its world premiere in 2008 and was a hit in Alberta schools as well as on Vertigo’s Y-Stage. It is the story of a young girl and her fantastic discovery of a dinosaur fossil in her own badlands backyard.

This year’s tour will include the communities of Fort McMurray, Lac La Biche, Bonnyville, Conklin and Anzac among others. None of these communities have a local opera company and many of their students will be experiencing opera for the very first time.

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not otherwise have access,” says Rita Erven, Cenovus Senior Community Investment Advisor. “We hope the students find these stories set to song engaging, and that the presentation by Calgary Opera will enrich their learning experience.”

“Cenovus is pleased to partner with Calgary Opera to give students in rural Alberta an opportunity to enjoy music and cultural presentations to which they might

Calgary Opera’s public performance of Hannaraptor is Saturday, February 23 at 4pm at the Arrata Opera Centre – 1315 7 Street SW. Tickets are available by calling 403-262-7286 or by visiting calgaryopera.com.

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Conductor | Robert Dean Stage Director | Michael Cavanagh Lighting Designer | Harry Frehner Scenery designed by | John Conklin The scenery was originally created for New York City Opera and Glimmerglass Opera.

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CAST LISTED IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

Dr. Caius | Christopher Mayell Falstaff | GaÊtan Laperrière Bardolfo | Michel Corbeil Pistola | Vasil Garvanliev Meg Page | Norine Burgess Alice Ford | Laura Whalen Mistress Quickly | Lynne McMurtry Nannetta | Eve-Lyn de la Haye Fenton | John Tessier Ford | James Westman Cast subject to change

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synopsis

Sir John Falstaff, the portly rascal of Windsor, sits in the Garter Inn with his servants Bardolfo and Pistola. When Dr. Caius enters to accuse the three of abusing his home and robbing him, Falstaff dismisses the charges with mock solemnity. He then upbraids his attendants for being unable to pay his bill at the inn. Seeking to better his fortunes, Falstaff plans to woo wealthy matrons Alice Ford and Meg Page. He produces love letters to both, but his henchmen decide that their ethics forbid them to deliver the notes. Falstaff gives them to a page boy instead, lectures his cronies on honour, and chases them from the inn.

In her garden, Alice and her daughter, Nannetta, talk to Meg and Mistress Quickly, soon discovering that Falstaff has sent them identical letters.

Outraged, they resolve to punish him, but are distracted by the arrival of Ford with Caius, Fenton, Bardolfo and Pistola, who are in the midst of warning him about Falstaff’s designs. Briefly alone, Nannetta and Fenton steal kisses until the women return, plotting to send Quickly to Falstaff to arrange a rendezvous with Alice. Next Nannetta and Fenton are interrupted by Ford, who also plans to visit Falstaff. As the women reappear, all pledge to take the fat nobleman down a peg or two.

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At the inn, Falstaff accepts Bardolfo and Pistola’s feigned penitence for their mutiny. Soon Quickly curtseys in to assure the knight that both Alice and Meg return his ardor. Arranging a meeting with Alice, Falstaff rewards Quickly with a pittance and then, alone, preens himself. The next visitor is Ford, disguised as “Signor Fontana” and pretending to harbour an unrequited passion for Alice. Employed to break down the lady’s virtue, Falstaff boasts that he already has set up a tryst for 2pm, the hour that her husband is always out, and steps away to don his finest courting clothes. Ford, unable to believe his ears, vows revenge.

At sunset outside the inn, Falstaff bemoans his misadventure. His reflections are halted by Quickly, who insists that Alice still loves him and proves it with a note appointing a midnight rendezvous in Windsor Park. Alice, Ford, Meg, Caius and Fenton sneak in as Falstaff enters the inn with Quickly, who tells him the gory tale of the Black Huntsman’s ghost, often seen in Windsor Park at midnight. Alice and the others take up the story, plotting to frighten Falstaff by dressing up as wood sprites.

Intermission (20 minutes) In Ford’s house, Quickly tells Alice and Meg about her visit with the knight at the inn. Nannetta does not share in the fun: her father has promised her to the elderly Dr. Caius. The women reassure her that she will be saved from such a fate. They all hide, except for Alice who sits strumming a lute as her fat suitor arrives. Recalling his salad days as a slender page, he is cut short when Quickly, followed by Meg, announces Ford’s imminent approach. Falstaff leaps behind a screen. While Ford and his men search the house, Falstaff takes refuge amid the dirty linen in a laundry basket. Slipping behind a screen, Nannetta and Fenton attract attention with the sound of their kissing. While Meg and Quickly muffle Falstaff’s cries for air, Ford sneaks up on the screen, expecting his wife and Falstaff and only pauses briefly to berate the lovers before continuing the chase upstairs. Alice orders servants to heave the basket, along with Falstaff, out the window into the muddy ditch below.

In moonlit Windsor Forest, Fenton sings of love and receives a monk’s costume for the masquerade; Nannetta is queen of the fairies, Meg a nymph and Quickly a witch. Everyone takes off as Falstaff lumbers in, dressed as a huntsman and wearing antlers. Scarcely has he greeted Alice than Meg warns of approaching demons. As the knight cowers, Nannetta calls the forest creatures to their revels. They torment Falstaff until he begs for mercy. When the conspirators unmask, Sir John takes it with good humour. Ford betroths Caius to the queen of the fairies (now Bardolfo in disguise) and unwittingly blesses Nannetta and Fenton. Ford too has been duped, but he can forgive as well. Falstaff leads the company in declaring that the world is a folly and all the people in it are but figures of fun.

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biographies Robert Dean

Harry Frehner

Conductor

Lighting Designer

Robert Dean made his Canadian debut with a new production of The Pearl Fishers (Edmonton), followed by a highly acclaimed La Cenerentola (recorded by CBC), Die Fledermaus Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Filumena (tv). Most recent appearances include La Fille du Régiment, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Iolanthe, La Scala di Seta and Il Signor Bruschino (UK), Il Trovatore (Ireland), Albert Herring, The Magic Flute, Elisir d’Amore, Maria Stuarda (USA).

Previously for Calgary Opera, Tosca, La Cenerentola, The Magic Flute, Roméo et Juliette, Lakme, The Pearl Fishers, Madam Butterfly, La Bohème, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor and Don Giovanni.

Michael Cavanagh Stage Director

Michael Cavanagh is one of Canada’s most versatile and popular opera interpreters. Born and raised in Winnipeg, he studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg, Germany. He served as Artistic Director of Edmonton Opera from 1998 to 2001. In 2011-2012 he made debuts at the San Francisco Opera (directing his highly successful production of Nixon in China) and the Opera Company of Philadelphia (Manon Lescaut). Upcoming highlights include his debut with Boston Lyric Opera with a new production of The Flying Dutchman and return engagements to Vancouver Opera, Austin Lyric Opera and San Francisco Opera. He was last with Calgary Opera for Tosca (2008).

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Harry Frehner has designed more than 40 productions for Calgary Opera dating back to 1992. In the past seven years, six of these productions have been nominated for Betty Mitchell Awards, of which two have won. He has lit productions for opera companies in Canada such as Edmonton Opera, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Vancouver Opera, Opera Ontario, Manitoba Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria.

In the US he has lit productions for San Diego Opera, Opera Colorado, Arizona Opera, Utah Opera. As well, his work has been seen across the country at such companies as The Banff Centre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Stratford and Shaw Festivals, Ballet BC and Neptune Theatre.

Cast listed in order of appearance

Christopher Mayell

GaÉtan LaPerriÈre

Tenor

Baritone

Dr. Caius

Falstaff

Calgary Opera Emerging Artist program alumnus, Christopher Mayell appeared in the company’s productions of Rigoletto and Ariadne auf Naxos. Recent credits include the title role in Albert Herring at the Aldeburgh Festival in England, Carmina Burana with Toronto’s Mendelssohn Choir, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore for Jeunesses Musicales, Goffredo in Rossini’s Armida for Opera in Concert and engagements with the symphonies of Edmonton, Winnipeg, London and Sault Ste Marie singing Handel and Bach. He was tenor soloist in the Mozart’s Requiem for the Elora Festival and has also been featured by the Kingston Symphony, Toronto ON_VAF_EOad_calg_2013.pdf 1 13-01-16 7:56 Operetta Theatre and Tapestry New Works Opera.

The breadth of Gaétan Laperrière’s lyric baritone repertoire reaches into the heroic Italian roles so suited to his instrument. Throughout his career, Gaétan has performed to critical acclaim with prestigious companies throughout the world including Opéra de Paris Bastille, Opéra de Nice, Opéra de Marseille, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Netherlands Opera, Spoleto Festival in Italy, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro La Fenice, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, Minnesota Opera, Dallas Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Colorado, Boston Lyric Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Opéra de Montreal, among PM others. He was last with Calgary Opera for Aida (2011).

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biographies Michel Corbeil

Vasil Garvanliev

Tenor

Bass

Bardolfo

Pistola

Character Tenor, Michel Corbeil, is well known for his versatility, highly praised acting, and comedic timing. This Montreal native’s most notable roles include Der Hauptmann (Wozzeck), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Nick (La Fanciulla del West), Pong (Turandot), Don Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Tobias (Sweeney Todd), Sellem (The Rake’s Progress), Little Bat (Susannah), Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte), Triquet (Eugene Onegin), and the 1st & 2nd Jews (Salome). Mr. Corbeil was last with Calgary Opera for Manon (2009). See him next as Spoletta in Tosca (Pacific Opera Victoria).

Born in Macedonia, Vasil Garvanliev studied at the Glenn Gould School and the University of Toronto Opera School. Roles include Pangloss (Candide), Geronimo (Il Matrimonio Segreto) and Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni) with U of T Opera School; Harasta (The Cunning Little Vixen) at The Banff Centre; Falke (Die Fledermaus), Alcindoro/Benoit (La Bohème) and Signor Deluso with Highlands Opera Studio; Antonio (Marriage of Figaro), Grand Priest (Idomeneo) and Leporello (Don Giovanni) for Opera Atelier; Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Glenn Gould School; and Masetto (Don Giovanni) for Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme. He is an alumnus of Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist program.

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Norine Burgess

Laura Whalen

Mezzo-Soprano

Soprano

Meg Page

Alice Ford

Praised for her bright, elegant and lambent-toned voice, Canadian Mezzo-Soprano Norine Burgess has performed in opera houses and with leading orchestras throughout North America and around the world. Ms. Burgess’s refreshingly compelling, charismatic and touching interpretations bring vigour and dimension to her signature roles, including Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Prince Orlofsky in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, Siebel in Faust, Nicklausse in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann. Her enormous success after an extended run as Miss Mary Lloyd in the Vienna Volksoper’s production of Kálmán’s Die Herzogin von Chicago has made it one of her most memorable characters. She was last with Calgary Opera for Rigoletto (2007).

Soprano Laura Whalen is often noted for her command, precision, and elegance in operatic, orchestral and recital appearances throughout North America. This season, Ms. Whalen will perform Musetta in La bohème with Opera Lyra Ottawa, Violetta in La traviata with Opéra de Québec, and the title role in Thais with Opera in Concert. An avid concert and recitalist, recent performances have included Bach’s B minor Mass with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Richard Eaton Singers in Edmonton, and The National Arts Centre Orchestra, among many others. Ms. Whalen was last with Calgary Opera for The Inventor (2011).

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biographies Lynne McMurtry

John Tessier

Contralto

Tenor

Mistress Quickly

Fenton

From British Columbia, Lynne McMurtry brings a warm, opulent sound and keen musical intelligence to opera and oratorio, art song and new music. She has sung with Boston Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Manitoba Opera, Opera Ontario, Edmonton Symphony, Amadeus Choir, Tapestry New Opera and Toronto Operetta Theatre.

An Edmonton Opera favourite, she has performed Quickly in Falstaff and Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana.

She appeared in Beethoven’s Ninth for the Winnipeg Symphony and was last heard for Calgary Opera as Marthe in Faust. Ms. McMurtry is a Founding Faculty Member of the Vancouver International Song Institute and teaches voice at the State University of New York College at Fredonia.

Edmonton native John Tessier has garnered attention and praise for the beauty and honesty of his voice, and for a refined style and creative versatility in the lyric tenor repertoire. The Juno Award winning artist’s season includes Tonio in La fille du Régiment for the Vienna State Opera, Jason in Cherubini’s Médée at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Tamino in The Magic Flute with Vancouver Opera, Gomez in Saint-Saëns’ Henry VIII with the Bard Music Festival, and Jacquino in Fidelio with Seattle Opera. Symphonic engagements include The Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at Carnegie Hall, Carmina Burana with Baltimore Symphony, Der fliegende Holländer with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Händel’s Messiah with Philadelphia Orchestra.

Eve-Lyn de la Haye

James Westman

Soprano

Tenor

Nannetta

Ford

Victoria born Soprano Eve-Lyn de la Haye last appeared with Calgary Opera as Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos. Opera credits include Anna in La Dame Blanche with Toronto’s Opera in Concert, Olympia in Les Contes D’Hoffmann with Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia at the Aldeburgh Festival, England. She is an alumna of Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Program, the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, the Tanglewood Music Center, The Banff Centre’s Opera as Theatre program, and the University of Toronto’s Opera Division.

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This season, Mr. Westman returns to Minnesota Opera for Enrico in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and to Florida Grand Opera for Marcello in La Bohème. Future engagements include a return to the Canadian Opera Company. Career highlights include: Germont in La Traviata at English National Opera, Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Opera Koeln. Also Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Edward Gaines in Richard Danielpour’s Margaret Garner with Michigan Opera Theatre, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Minnesota Opera, and Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera with Opéra de Bordeaux. He was last with Calgary Opera for The Inventor (2011).

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Amy Lippold

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Donna Sharpe enjoys working in both theatre and opera, and is grateful for the opportunities this work brings to her life. This is Ms. Sharpe’s 11th season with Calgary Opera, and her selected credits include Calgary Opera’s 2012/13 season, Aida, Moby-Dick, La Bohème, Gianni Schicchi, Pagliacci, as well as assistant stage managing Don Giovanni, Little Women, The Barber of Seville, Ariadne auf Naxos, Faust, Tosca, Rigoletto, Frobisher, Dead Man Walking, and Sweeney Todd. Ms. Sharpe enjoys working with young artists in emerging artist programs and has stage-managed with Green Mountain Opera Festival (Vermont), Opera on the Avalon (Newfoundland), as well as the 2010 Winter Olympics (Whistler).

Nicole Bergen Assistant Stage Manager

Nicole Bergen works as a stage manager and assistant stage manager in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Recent shows include Don Pasquale and The Marriage of Figaro (SM, Saskatoon Opera), La Bohème, Moby-Dick, Aida, Ariodante, Lucia di Lammermoor, Manon, and The Barber of Seville (ASM, Calgary Opera), and Little Women, Turn of the Screw and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ASM, The Banff Centre). This year’s shows include What Brought Us Here (SM, Calgary Opera), Otello, Falstaff, and La Traviata (ASM, Calgary Opera), and Carmen (SM, Saskatoon Opera). She also reads a lot and widely, walks a lot, and loves chocolate and cooking.

Favourite credits include: Moby-Dick, Little Women, Tosca and Barber of Seville (Calgary Opera). Stage Manager: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Mary’s Wedding, The Wizard of Oz, Seussical™ the Musical, The Penelopiad, Shakespeare’s Dog, Robin Hood, The Drowning Girls (Alberta Theatre Projects), Double Indemnity, Sweeney Todd, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Evelyn Strange (Vertigo Theatre), Evil Dead: The Musical (Ground Zero Theatre/Hit & Myth), Princess of the Stars (Patria Opera), Così fan tutte, La Tragédie de Carmen, Aeneas, and ASM Filumena (The Banff Centre). Ms. Lippold would like to thank Brett for his endless love and support!

Maddie Pauling Apprentice Stage Manager

Maddie Pauling is a recent graduate of the Stage Management program at the UofA. Select opera credits include: Stage Manager for Romeo et Juliette and The Marriage of Figaro (Opera NUOVA), and Apprentice Stage Manager for The Abduction from the Seraglio and Fidelio (Edmonton Opera), Macbeth (Pacific Opera Victoria), and Otello (Calgary Opera). She is thrilled to have the opportunity to apprentice with Calgary Opera for La Traviata later this season. She would like to thank her friends and family for their ongoing support.

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calgary philharmonic orchestra Music Director Roberto Minczuk FIRST VIOLINS

Diana Cohen - Concertmaster John Lowry - Associate Concertmaster Donovan Seidle - Assistant Concertmaster Janice Amsel Kathryn Stewart Corvino Alexandra Early Hyewon Kim Olga Kotova  Theresa Kraucunas Minnie Min Kyung Kwon Bonnie Louie Mari Nihira Robert Penner Laura Reid 

SECOND VIOLINS

Lorna Tsai * Stephanie Soltice-Johnson ** Judy Bessel Jeremy Gabbert Craig Hutchenreuther Theresa Lane Adriana Lebedovich  Lenora Leggatt Steven J. Lubiarz

Diane Valentine Richard Van de Geer

FLUTES

TRUMPETS

John Thompson * Marcin Swoboda ** Arthur Bachmann Peter Blake Carl Boychuk Michael Bursey Katerina Grigoriu Julie Westgate

PICCOLO

TROMBONES

CELLI

Sara Hahn * Gwen Klassen **

VIOLaS

Gwen Klassen

OBOES

BASS TROMBONE

ENGLISH HORN

TUBA

CLARINETS

TIMPANI

Steve Amsel * Jocelyn Colquhoun **

BASSOONS

Christopher Sales * Michael Hope **

HORNS

Robert McCosh * Jennifer Frank-Umana *** William Hopson ** Laurie Matiation ** Heather Wootton **

BASSES

Charles Garrett * Sheila Garrett ** Nick Bobas Matthew Heller Graeme Mudd Patricia Bereti Reid

James Scott * Michael Thomson **

Jean Landa * David Sussman ** David Sussman

Philip Hansen * Susan Foulkes ** Rafael Hoekman Joan Kent Thomas Megee Tom Mirhady David Morrissey Karen Youngquist

Adam Zinatelli * Howard Engstrom **†

David Reid *

Michael Eastep * Alex Cohen *

PERCUSSION Tim Rawlings *

HARP

Tisha Murvihill *

LIBRARIAN Rob Grewcock

PERSONNEL MANAGER Heather Haydu Tim Rawlings - Assistant

* Principal ** Assistant Principal *** Associate Principal † Principal Emeritus  Leave of Absence

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Chorus Director

Production Repetiteur

CHORUS Repetiteur

calgary opera chorus SOPRANOS

Acacia Doktorchik Val Hudson Melissa Jackson Carolyn Dahl Rees Hannah Pagenkopf Barb Thorson

MEZZOS

Kirsten Andersen Jennifer Hutchison Jonquil Koddo Karen Letch Cathy Robinson Donna Romano

TENORS

Don Edie David Fetral Michael Hardcastle Ned Leavitt Stuart Miller Antonio Rino

BARITONE/BASS Jonathan Dyck Mark Hahle Tayte Mitchell David Ng Timothy Vollhoffer Jordan Wright

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emerging artists

Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist ensemble had an ambitious schedule leading up to the mid-season break. Resident voice teacher Dawn Johnson, guest vocal coaches Kinza Tyrrell, John Mac Master, Robert Tweten, guest voice teacher Tracy Dahl, as well as Repetiteur Christopher Mokrzewski each worked intensely with the Emerging Artists to perfect their repertoire and improve their technique.

The Fall session also included the opportunity for each participant to work with renowned Calgary actor Grant Reddick on spoken text, poetic analysis and acting skills as well as with stage director Glynis Leyshon who guided them through a series of intensive acting sessions tackling scenes from Falstaff, The Rake’s Progress, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Albert Herring.

“It was very gratifying to see the Emerging Artists work through the sessions with Glynis,” says Program Coordinator Mel Kirby. “They learned how to be generous on stage while performing a music driven theatre scene, as well as how to give and take, and be aware of everyone else on stage.”

Adopt an Artist patrons Andrea Brussa Terence & Judith Dalgleish Diane Hobson Marian Williams

We acknowledge the generous support of the Dr. R.G. (Bud) Williams Emerging Artist Scholarship Fund

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Voice care is key in ensuring that the vocal ability of each of these young singers is operating at its performance peak. To help the singers develop healthy voice care skills and habits Dr. Joseph Warshawski, a Calgary-based otolaryngologist or voice doctor, is called upon annually to speak on the ins and outs of maintaining vocal health within the daily demands of a professional vocal career.

Proper rest, attention to diet and minding the use and avoidance of certain medications (including caffeine!) are all part of the Emerging Artists’ strict regime. Calgary’s altitude and dryness are enduring topics of concern for all involved. Simply put, if you can sing here in Calgary, you can sing anywhere!

An initiative undertaken this year will also see each of the Emerging Artists paired up with a medical resident from the Foothills Hospital who will perform a thorough and confidential assessment of their present vocal health, including obtaining a DVD of the functioning of their vocal chords.

Supported by Emerging Artist Development Program Sponsored by

It is hoped that the skills they have learned and practiced thus far will be applied as they take the stage in the second half of the season. Not only will the Emerging Artists be covering roles in Falstaff and La Traviata, they will also be performing their own productions in the school tour of Hannaraptor and the Emerging Artist Showcase performance of Susanna’s Secret/The Spanish Hour.

Calgary Opera was also pleased to take part in the Federal government’s announcement of the renewal of funding from Canadian Heritage. The significant funding amount of $250,000 over two years was welcomed by a short performance of the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor, “Chi mi frena in tal momento”.

If you would like to know more about the Emerging Artist Development Program, or the participants in the program, visit calgaryopera.com.

2012-2013 Season Instructors Mel Kirby Program Coordinator and Vocal Coach Dawn Johnson Resident Voice Teacher Tracy Dahl Guest Voice Teacher Amy Glenn Accompanist and Vocal Coach Anita Miotti Yoga and Movement Instructor Tim Christison Professional Development Instructor Grant Reddick Acting Instructor JP Fournier Fight Instructor

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corporate and community support Community Supporters

Alberta Community Development Alberta Foundation for the Arts Alberta Lottery Fund Calgary Arts Development Canada Council for the Arts Canadian Heritage Southern Alberta Opera Development Foundation

Education Sponsor Talisman Energy

Community Outreach Sponsors Cenovus Energy

Viva Verdi Season Sponsor Husky Energy

Emerging Artist Development Program Sponsor Enbridge

Mainstage Media Sponsor The Calgary Herald

Performance & Program Supporters

BMO Financial Group Gowlings Imperial Oil Foundation KPMG Nexen Inc. PCL Construction Management Inc. RBC Financial Group through RBC Foundation

Community Opera What Brought Us Here Supporters

Calgary 2012 Cultural Capital of Canada The Calgary Foundation The Rozsa Foundation

Corporate Donors

Canadian Natural Resources FirstEnergy TransCanada

Media Sponsors

Global Calgary Jack FM Lite 96 660 News Up! 97.7 Pattison Outdoor Playhouse Publications Swerve

Consulting Professionals Dr. Phillip Van der Merwe – Company Physician

Official Wine Supplier Kensington Wine Market

Official Florist Peaseblossoms

Official Piano Technicians of the Arrata Opera Centre Robert Moffatt & Sons

2012/13 Event Supporters Giuseppe’s Italian Market Fresh Kitchen Catering Richmond Hill Wines Lina’s Italian Market Devour Catering Crickle Creek Coffee Company Crave Cookies and Cupcakes

Individual Donors Naming Benefactor Arrata Opera Centre Said Arrata

Major Gift Donors F. Richard Matthews Pyke Family

Voce Eterna Future Fund

We acknowledge the generous support of Dr. R.G. (Bud) Williams, Emerging Artist Scholarship Fund Brian Grasmuck

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Impresario Circle Platinum

Andrea Brussa * Judith & Terence Dalgleish * Stewart & Eileen Ford David & Beverley Foy Diane Hobson * Marilyn Milavsky Mary Rozsa de Coquet Don Swystun Sheila Wappel-McLean & Brent McLean Marian Williams * * Denotes Adopt-an-Artist Donor

Gold

Tunde Agbi Carol Adamson Dr. Ken Blair Carolyn Dahl Rees Lilien Dobish Don & Joanne Edie Evan Hazell Christel & Ben Johansson Dawn and Verne Johnson W.R. (Bob) McPhee Kathy & Richard Sendall Monica Sloan & John Evison Anthony Smith James M. Stanford

Silver

Anonymous (1) Maureen & Graham Davies M.A. Duggan Jane & Michael Evans Dan & Susan Ezinga David & Diane Field Cos & Eleanor Gabriele David & Joyce Keith Kevin Konynenbelt Leo le Nobel Russell & Vickie McKinnnon Peter & Pat Menzies Geri & Alan Moon Patricia & J. Sherrold Moore James & Susan Reader C.A. Siebens TransCanada Corporation Helen M. Wells Deborah Yedlin & Martin Molyneaux

Bronze

Anonymous (3) George Baptist Jo Anne Britton Alan D. Castle The Alan D. Castle Endowment for the Arts Margaret & Robert Fraleigh Eldon & Carlie-Jean Godfrey Dick & Lois Haskayne Glenn Johanson & Margaret Gibson Susan Johnston Martin King & Jennifer Pemberton Juri & Helle Kraav Dr. Elena O’Connell Jim & Barbara Palmer Heather Peters Heinz & Cathey Schmitz Cynthia Sim

Core

Anonymous (2) Dr. Caroline Bain Irene M. Bakker Micheline Barbeau BKDI Architects Gwen & Ian Burgess Ioan Dobre and Claudia Cattaneo Walter & Gloria Chayka Judge & Mrs. Mary Jane Cioni Helen & Mark Cluett Marilyn Conley Kirsten Cook-Zaba & Dwayne Zaba Brent Cooper Patricia Courtright David Daly Bill & Anne-Marie Duma David & Roxanne Dunlop Paul English & Marion Woodman Michael Fawcett Tibor & Livia Fekete Angie Gelinas Patricia Glenn and John Holgate Global Training Centre Niki & Craig Golinowski Joyce Gray David R. Haigh Stella Hall Michael & Carmen Hardcastle Lynda Hay & Larry Dand Judith Hepner

Dr. Mark & Nancy Heule Henry & Johanna Heuver Richard D. & Phoebe Heyman Homes by Avi Carrol Jaques & Bob Loov Ryan Kalt Evelyn C. Kings Kimberley & Paul Lloyd Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Jan & Clare Lyall Brian P. Mahoney Roger & Sandra Mapp Dennis & Maureen McConaghy Lachlin & Julianne McKinnon Denise McMullen John & Susan McWilliams Helen Moore-Parkhouse Debbie & Jerry Olynuk Osten Victor Fund Bruce & Branca Pachkowski Jocelyn Daw & Bob Page Lorne & Beth Price Gail & Gerrard Protti Ruth & Garry Ramsden-Wood Diane Rebryna & Anast Demitt Agnes & Edward Rewucki Iris Richards Maggie Rigaux Gordon Ritchie Marion Rogers Gordon W. Ross & Richard Cote Lyne & William Sattleger Gordon Sombrowski & Kevin Allen Tamra Stretch Arlene Strom & Colin Jackson Heather Treacy & Joe Nahman Kenneth Turnbull & Faye Larson Kees & Henriette Van Ittersum Dan & Molly Wares Chris Wells Andy & Krystyna Williamson Dr. Ian & Gunilla Winchester Janice Woodward Maurice & Anne Petrie Yacowar

Special Project Donors Anonymous (1) Walter & Gloria Chayka Romie Christie Grant Clark & William Penner

Myrna Clarke Morris & Ann Dancyger Maureen Eberts David & Beverly Foy Brian Grasmuck Margaret Graw Val Grossman Beth Hedva & Harold Finkleman Rebecca Hotchkiss Michael Kaumeyer Madeleine King Leo le Nobel Ann & Tony Luppino David Marrelli Robert Peters Betty Ann Smith Brenda Smith Nora Stewart Mitzie Wasyliw W. Brett Wilson

Individual Donors $500 - $1,249

Anonymous (6) M. & P. Barnes David & Beverley Butler Edna M. Charchuk Ted & Yanka Cochrane Martha Cohen Andy Crichton & Michele Kalny Tony & Gillean Daffern Gizella Davis Mr. & Mrs. A.N. Edgington Tom & Dianne Ferguson Thomas J. Fishbourne John & Audrey Fry Chris Herman James Hughes Frank & Jeanette King Sandra & Jack Lee Robert & Linda Lesoway D. Keith MacDonald Neil McDermid Dan Meyer & Claire Bourges Helen Mitchell Janis & Bruce Morrison Jackie Palmer Anita Petersen Don & Betty Plewes FALSTAFF 29

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corporate and community support Trina Quickfall Greta Raymond Rolling Mix Concrete Kelly Robinson Cam & Helga Schneider Lucinda M. Sheldon Richard & Shannon Tanner Deborah Taylor Rodney Touche Paul Vanderberg Jason Wordie Robert & Kathryn Worthingham

$250 - 499

Anonymous (5) John M. Andrews G. Carson The Godards Robert & Linda Heidemann David Hills Rizwan Hirjee Myra & Eric Knight P. Kornacki Derek & Nancy Lee John Martland Philip & Eleanor May Ron & Sylvia McIntosh Brian Mills & Susan Tyrrell Dr. Brian Norford Barry & Gail Pollock Sir Francis Price Roger & Pam Prior Elinor Rae Donna Riback Andrew Cook & Shannon Stevenson Greg Szuch Melanie Stapleton & Dale Voight Saida Vuk Penelope Weir Tatiana Willumsen Dr. L.J. Ray & Colleen Wilson Robert E. Woodrow Jerilyn Wright

$100 - $249

Anonymous (25) Jennifer Arko Lyne Audet David Baker Ms Barbara R. Beaton Rudy & Jeanette Berger

Patricia A. Booker John Boreta A.J. Brown & R.B. Beaty Katri Bruen Marion R. Burrus Dr. & Mrs. D. Butts Barbara Cairney S. & M. Cameron Anita Carey Jean Clow Frances V. Cormack Bonnie Costello Greg Coupal Anne-Marie Crawford Isabella Crossfield Stan & Jean Denesuk John & Mari Jo deWaal C. Morag Dornian Judy D. Dreeshen Denis & Pat Duke Edi J. Dygert Marva J. Ferguson Dr. Stephen & Miriam Field Barbara & Larry Fish Jean L. Fisher Wendelin Fraser Edette GagnĂŠ Ingrid Geppert John & Marilynne Gillespie Tom Goulding Ileen Hagen R. Harbich Dorothy Hawkes Kathy Hayward Ms Mary Lou Higgins David Hobill Gerrit & Carla Hos Justice Sandra Hunt McDonald Helen Isaac Tanya M. Jellicoe Brenda Kenny Sheila Kirkland Jane Lang Carolyn & Don Larsen Michael Lee Hing Angus & Theresa Leitch Dorothy M. Lomas Sandra Lucas Leslie J. McCawley Terry McColl

(continued) Karen McCullough J.R. & Donna McDonald Catherine McGinley K. Millard Mrs. E. Milner Paddon Hughes Development Co. John & Jean Partridge A. Patterson Bernard Perron Justice Carolyn S. Phillips Erika Pochailo Phil & Arlene Ponting Maureen Poscente Drs. Carol & Joel Prager Marlene & Norm Raymond Chere Reilly Gloria Riva Burdett Hector Rose Johanna Roskey Vera A. Ross Salopek Consulting Laura Scott Robert & Tamara Seiler Doris & Gerard Sheilan Barbara Shellian Ken & Barbara Smith Penny Smith Doug Soeder Joanne Stalinski Douglas & Laurie Strother Carolyn & David Tavender Margaret Taylor Margot & Jim Thomson Tony Tiberio Nancy Tousley Cameron Val & Gerry Ward Joyce Watson Caroline Weisgerber Keith Wellon Jan Williamson Marj & Patrick Windle Albert & Frieda Zagorsky (Mrs) Herrat Zahner

Memorials

In Memory of Alan, Debra, Donald & Mark Blayney - Jean Blayney In Loving Memory of Ilse Grasmuck In Memory of Mrs. Margot Helenurm In Memory of Tom & Karen Jones Marjorie, in memory of Edward McCarthy FALSTAFF 31

special events

April 10, 2013 7PM – 9:30PM Hotel Arts, 119 – 12 Avenue SW Doors Open at 7PM Tickets: $65 Tickets available by calling 403-262-7286 or by visiting calgaryopera.com

corporate and community support

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Calgary Opera wishes to thank the following individuals and companies for their support: GRAVE Gala Committee

Emily Forrest Natashia Halikowski Todd Hawkwood Nicole Tritter Sheila Wappel-McLean Phaedra Vandenbrun Josie Lunn

Special Thanks to

Janice Adshade – Jeromes Hair Vered Amir – Make-up Tara Anand – Make-up Vjosa Asani – Make-up Jai Basi – Make-up Kevin Becker – Judge

Cherie McMaster – Entertainer Suzanne Mercier – Jeromes Hair David Mullback – Entertainer Crick Nelson – Entertainer Erica Piebiak – Make-up Jewel Redlong – Make-up Adrienne Rudd – Jeromes Hair Rodney Rutler – Volunteer Michele Sinclair – Volunteer Tracy Smith – Volunteer Leslie Stein – Judge Ksenia Thourgood – Entertainer Chelsey Truss – Make-up Kristin Vogel – Volunteer Elaine Weryshko – Entertainer Arima Yazatuka – Volunteer

Rielly Bell – Entertainer Jay Blue – Volunteer Tara Blue – Entertainer Tim Borys – Entertainer Patrick Chan – Entertainer Michelle Comtois – Make-up Kathryn Cooke – Entertainer Nicole Emerson – Entertainer Dee Fontans – Judge Alexandra Gibson – Entertainer Jen Gibson – Entertainer Brian Grasmuck – Volunteer Breanne Harper – Make-up Brooke B Hart – Jeromes Hair Carisa Hendrix – Entertainer Mark Ikeda – Entertainer Helen Kwan – Make-up Natalka Lewis – Entertainer Vanessa Lewis – Entertainer Steven McGrath – Entertainer Kelley McKinlay – Entertainer

Going to the theatre should be a great experience.

Here are some tips on how to make your night memorable without making a scene of your own. the lines at intermission by pre-ordering your 1 Skip refreshments at any of our concessions.

Make it true “High Def” by asking about infrared

2 listening devices and binoculars at Patron Services.

Take an extra long limo – Ride Public Transit.

3 It’s a great way to avoid traffic before and after the show.

Giving Props...

The Jube is proud to have Calgary Opera as one of its Resident Companies. With over four decades of stellar performances, Calgary Opera is committed to producing opera of the highest possible calibre and making their productions as accessible as possible in the community.

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we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Grave Gala – a Calgary Opera fundraiser and Calgary’s most sought after Halloween party. It was indeed a night to remember, with a sold-out event featuring an outstanding array of costumes, and unprecedented entertainment including a performance by Guinness world record holding fire-eater, Carisa Hendrix and aerialist acrobat Patrick Chan.

1. Grave Gala committee members Todd Hawkwood, Josie Lunn, Emily Forrest, Patricia Thompson, Phaedra Vandenbrun, Suzanne Boyd, Sheila Wappel-McLean and Nicole Tritter.

2. Aerialist Patrick Chan with Ian Holmes.

3. Calgary Opera Emerging Artists Tyler Fitzgerald, Maureen Ferguson, Heather Molloy, Jessica Strong, Lida Szwarek, Michael Marino and Clarence Frazer.

4. Fire eater Carisa Hendrix performs at Grave Gala.

5. Aerialist Patrick Chan performs at Grave Gala.

6. Winners of Best Group Costume.

7. Grave Gala guests add their own flair to the evening by painting ballroom wall.

Full of Life - oil on canvas, 48” x 72”

Denis Chiasson

For nearly a decade, Denis Chiasson’s work has been exhibited at Webster Galleries Inc. His work in the gallery ranges in size from 8 x 10 to 48 x 96 inches. This visual aesthetic and the introspection with which he infuses his subjects make Denis Chiasson an exceptional artist, one to be discovered.

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