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Welcome and Happy New Year to you all! What a joy in the dark days of winter to bring you one of Mozart’s brightest comedic masterpieces, The Marriage of Figaro. Through a story of danger and disguise, naivety and resignation, this comic opera features beautifully crafted arias and a brilliant use of ensemble. Considered one of the great operatic masterpieces, The Marriage of Figaro is grand opera at its best. Last performed at Calgary Opera in 2001, The Marriage of Figaro is a new co-production with Pacific Opera Victoria with a fresh design by acclaimed Canadian designer Cameron Porteous. Conductor Robert Tweten returns to Calgary after last season’s delightful Italian Girl in Algiers, while Stage Director Brent Krysa directs his first production with Calgary Opera after Assistant Directing Ariadne auf Naxos in 2009. The performances of The Marriage of Figaro are dedicated to the memory of my close friend Irving Guttman, who passed away last December. Irivng was an influential leader in the world of opera, having co-founded Vancouver Opera, and founding opera companies in Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Regina. He will be dearly missed. I hope you will enjoy this evening’s performance and I invite you all back to the Jubilee Auditorium for our

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Setting the Stage The Marriage of Figaro is a delightfully witty and physical comedy exploring the foibles and hi-jinks of a crazy day in the household of the Count and Countess Almaviva. The cast of characters contains a lustful page, a scheming count, a long-term plot of revenge, and the all-important bevy of witty women whose schemes produce the requisite happy ending. However, the comedic strength of Figaro is also rooted in the complexity of the characters and the deep-seated questions that the opera has asked its audiences for over 200 years: Can the Countess and Count truly be reconciled? How can we understand Cherubino’s relationship to “love?” What happens to the household once the curtain goes down? One of this opera’s strengths are the questions lurking beneath the hilarity, and this production explores those questions in part through its beautiful yet thoughtprovoking visual design. Tonight’s production was designed by Cameron Porteous as a co-production between Pacific Opera Victoria and Calgary Opera in 2014. Porteous has described his concept as a kind of “decaying Versailles,” wherein the shining mirrors and grandeur are marked by a mottled patina that muddies both the visual and emotional reflections portrayed on stage. This design recalls both a feeling of eighteenth-century court life and, concurrently produces a sense of time having passed, of something being lost and only partially recovered. Significant within the design are four tall revolving mirrored doors onstage throughout the four acts of the opera and these are used for both comedic and dramatic effect. Because the doors encircle the stage but their surfaces are impure, they reflect the experiences of the characters in a way that questions what can be known, what is fixed. The doors are often in motion, suggesting not only that someone could always be watching, but that the boundaries within the house – between servant and master, the bonds of matrimony, even of a private space – are malleable and unfixed. 12 CALGARY OPERA 2014-15 SEASON

program notes One of the questions that Figaro asks is how the characters construct themselves, or rather how they grapple with their desires within the seeming strictures of class, gender and age. The pulls between characters’ various duties and desires are particularly poignant in the scenes where they are alone, because their images are reflected back to them from every corner of the stage. Porteous notes the vast dramatic potential in a set that reflects “everybody, so that if there are four bodies on stage there are actually 25” that come in and out of focus as the doors rotate. Consider, perhaps, as you watch the Count scheme, the Countess mourn,

or Cherubino do – well, what Cherubino does – that these characters are constantly performing versions of themselves that seem somehow troubled or unsettled. There are no true moments of isolation in the production. The sense of public life that this creates for the characters invites us to consider how, in a world where someone is always watching, can anyone be truly honest? (Does that even matter?) Brianna Wells PhD Candidate, University of Alberta

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Irving Guttman, Father of Opera in Western Canada On December 7 at the age of 86 Irving Guttman passed away after a long battle with cancer. Known as the father of western Canadian opera, Mr. Guttman has left a lasting legacy as an artistic visionary. An influential figure in Canadian opera and accomplished Stage Director, Mr. Guttman was the founding Artistic Director of Vancouver Opera, and co-founded opera companies in Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Regina. He was renowned for discovering and mentoring such distinguished artists as Ben Heppner, Judith Forst, Tracy Dahl, and Richard Margison, among countless others.

Mr. Guttman also greatly influenced Calgary Opera when he joined General Director & CEO Bob McPhee as Artistic Advisor for three seasons. “I first met Irving in the late ‘70s when I was a young singer in Winnipeg and he was Artistic Director of the Manitoba Opera,” said Bob McPhee. “This talented, wise and generous man has been incredibly supportive of me throughout my career and I owe him so much. In 1998 when I made the move from the world of Orchestra back to my first love, Opera, Irving joined me as Artistic Advisor for Calgary Opera from 1998 through 2001. I will greatly miss my very dear friend Irving as will all of the Canadian Opera community.”

The Performances of The Marriage of Figaro are dedicated to the memory of Irving Guttman.

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Late 18th Century Spain, wedding day of Susanna and Figaro.

ACT I

ACT II

A room in the servants’ quarters, in the morning.

The Countess’s room, later that morning.

Figaro is making preparations for the new quarters he will share with Susanna once they are married. When Susanna hears of this, she objects that the room is too close to the Count’s. Figaro is outraged when Susanna explains that the Count is planning to exercise his “droit du Seigneur,” an old custom which gives a lord of a manor the right to take a servant to his bed before she becomes a bride. Figaro vows to upset his master’s plans. Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina arrive. Marcellina confides that Figaro once promised to marry her if he did not repay her loan. She plans to hold him to that promise, and Bartolo agrees to help her. Susanna briefly trades insults with the departing Marcellina. Cherubino, the pageboy, rushes in and begs Susanna to help him. He laments over his love for the Countess, and all women for that matter. Unexpectedly, the Count enters and Cherubino hides. The Count urges a rendezvous with Susanna, but they hear the approach of Basilio and the Count must hide as well. Basilio gossips about Cherubino’s infatuation with the Countess, prompting the Count to burst out in anger. Basilio quickly denies the rumour and claims that the page dotes on all women. Basilio then inadvertently exposes Cherubino. Annoyed, the Count leaves after ordering Cherubino to join the army in Seville. Figaro tries his best to cheer up Cherubino.

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The Countess is told about the Count’s advances and calls on the power of love to bring her husband back to her. Susanna enters and reassures her mistress that the Count must still love her, for he was jealous of Cherubino. Figaro arrives with the news that the Count is plotting with Marcellina to stop the wedding but he, Figaro, has a plan. Figaro proposes to distract the Count with a note saying the Countess has a lover. If the Count is still eager to have Susanna, then Cherubino will disguise himself as her and rendezvous with the Count. The Countess can then “discover” the Count and shame him into good behaviour. Figaro leaves while Cherubino is outfitted. When Susanna steps out, the Count, who has received Figaro’s note, demands to enter. Cherubino ducks into an adjoining room and locks the door. The Count hears a crash and accuses the Countess of hiding her lover. She claims it is Susanna. The Count insists that the Countess go with him to fetch some tools to break the door down. When they leave, Cherubino unlocks the door and escapes out the window and Susanna locks herself in the room. When the Count and Countess return, the Count swears to kill the boy, but when the door is opened Susanna walks out instead. Figaro enters to announce that the wedding festivities are about to begin, but just then Antonio, the gardener, interrupts. Antonio has seen a young man leap out of the window and ruin his flowerbeds. Figaro says that it was he who leapt out of the window. Antonio shows Cherubino’s army commission papers which were found lying on the ground. Amid the confusion, Marcellina enters with Bartolo to press her claims against Figaro. The suspicious Count seizes the opportunity and decides that he will hear Marcellina’s case, effectively stalling the wedding.

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ACT III

ACT IV

A large hall, a few hours later.

In the garden, late that night.

The Count is alone. Susanna and the Countess enter unseen. The Countess tells her maid to make an assignation with the Count for that evening. The Countess plans to go in Susanna’s place but Susanna must not tell anyone, not even Figaro. Susanna makes the arrangement but when Figaro enters the Count hears the maid reassuring Figaro that all will be well. Figaro, Marcellina and Bartolo enter with Don Curzio, a lawyer. The law is plain: Figaro must marry Marcellina. As Figaro is protesting, Marcellina sees a birthmark on his arm, which identifies him as her long-lost son, and Bartolo is the father. They all embrace and decide to have a double wedding!

Barbarina, while searching for the pin that the Count has dropped, meets Figaro, who learns the significance of the pin. He believes that Susanna is really going to meet the Count and complains about the duplicity of women to Marcellina. They both leave but Marcellina goes to warn Susanna that Figaro knows of the assignation. Susanna and the Countess enter each dressed in the other’s dress. Susanna sings a love song, aware that Figaro is listening.

Barbarina, one of Cherubino’s flirtations, plans to disguise the pageboy as a girl so he will not have to go to Seville. Antonio arrives with the count, complaining that Cherubino has not yet left for Seville and they leave to investigate. Meanwhile, Susanna and the Countess dictate a letter that will ensure the Count’s presence at the rendezvous. As they seal the letter with a pin, Barbarina and the other girls enter. Antonio finds them and unmasks Cherubino. Barbarina defends him cleverly, undermining the Count. Figaro arrives and the wedding march begins. The Countess persuades the Count to sit beside her. When the bridal couples return, Susanna secretly passes the note to the Count. He is delighted to get the message, and invites everyone to celebrate.

The Count sees his wife. Believing she is Susanna, he starts to woo her, and they slip away to another part of the garden. The real Susanna comes out of hiding, and Figaro suddenly recognizes his wife. He pretends to make love to “the Countess” and Susanna smacks him. He reveals that he knew her all along. They resume their lovemaking hoping to take revenge on the Count. The Count returns to find Figaro with “the Countess” and denounces her. The real Countess suddenly appears and he discovers that he has been duped. He honestly begs his wife’s forgiveness, which she grants, and all agree to end this foolish day with celebration.

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biographies Robert Tweten

Cameron Porteous

Conductor

Production Designer

Conductor Robert Tweten has been described as leading with “verve and precision,” as well as having “flawless” pacing and “musicality and near-symbiotic accord with singers which always impresses.” Engagements for the 2014-2015 season also include his Madama Butterfly for Utah Opera, Edmonton Opera for Lucia di Lammermoor, and the New Mexico Philharmonic for an all-Mozart program. He has recently led productions with Utah Opera for La traviata, Calgary Opera for The Italian Girl in Algiers, and Edmonton Opera for Madama Butterfly. Upcoming engagements include his return to Utah for Tosca and to Dayton for Madama Butterfly. Maestro Tweten last conducted The Italian Girl in Algiers (2013) for Calgary Opera.

Brent Krysa Stage Director

Early in his career, Brent Krysa’s production of Sondheim’s Assassins garnered a spot in the Montreal Gazette’s ‘Top Ten Productions’ of the year and A Little Night Music and Company were likewise hailed. Since then he has been engaged across Canada for a variety of works including Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, Candide, Postcard from Morocco, and Hansel and Gretel. He adapted and directed Cinderella and La Serva Padrona for the Canadian Opera Company tour and produced The Barber of Seville for Hamilton Opera. Further credits include McGill University, Dalhousie Opera, The Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), Pacific Opera Victoria, Indiana University, and the Lugo Festival in Italy. Mr. Krysa Assistant Directed Calgary Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos (2009). 18 CALGARY OPERA 2014-15 SEASON

Head of design at the Shaw Festival from 1980 to 1997, Cameron Porteous has had a long distinguished career as a designer in Canadian Theatre. Across Canada, Mr. Porteous has designed for Centre Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Young Peoples Theatre, the Royal Alexandra, The National Arts Centre, The Citadel Theatre, The Banff Centre, and the Vancouver Playhouse, among others. Recently, Mr. Porteous’ designs have appeared in film and on television. His set and costume designs for the Emmy Award-winning children’s film Beethoven Lives Upstairs led him back to Prague to production design another six films in the popular Children’s Composers Film Series. Numerous awards include a Canadian Centennial Scholarship in London England and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for contributions to Canadian theatre. He served on the Canada Council’s Arts Advisory Panel from 1978 to 1981.

Harry Frehner Lighting Designer

Harry Frehner has designed more than 50 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 and the US such as Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Manitoba Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Colorado, Arizona Opera and Utah Opera. As well, his work has been seen across Canada at such companies as The Banff Centre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Stratford and Shaw Festivals and Ballet BC. Recently, Harry designed a very successful production of Nixon in China with Wide Open Opera in Dublin.

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Cast listed in order of appearance

Glenda Stirling

Lyne Fortin Soprano

Choreographer

Glenda Stirling is a Calgarybased choreographer, playwright and director. She was introduced to the joy of opera by John Murrell, and has worked with Calgary Opera through the Let’s Create an Opera Program for many years – now she is delighted to be working with the adults! Previously Ms. Stirling has choreographed for Alberta Theatre Projects, Ground Zero Theatre, Hit and Myth Productions, Lunchbox Theatre, The Shaw Festival, Springboard Performance, and Quest Theatre. For ten years she was the movement instructor in the acting program at Mount Royal University, until the closing of that program. Ms. Stirling holds an M.F.A (University of Calgary) and is a Certified Movement Analyst (LabanBartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, NY).

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Countess Almaviva Lyne Fortin is one of Canada’s leading sopranos, with appearances throughout Canada with the Canadian Opera Company, l’Opéra de Montréal, Vancouver Opera, Opera Saskatchewan, Calgary Opera, Edmonton, l’Opéra de Québec, and Opera Hamilton. In Europe she has appeared with the Vlaamse Opera and the Scottish Opera. In the United States Ms. Fortin has appeared with the Baltimore Opera, Seattle Opera, Connecticut Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Pacific, Arizona Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, San Antonio Symphony, Akron Symphony, New Jersey State Opera, and Portland Opera. Ms. Fortin will return to Kentucky Opera as Verdi’s Lady Macbeth. Ms. Fortin last appeared in Calgary as Violetta in La Traviata (2013).

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Étienne Dupuis

Marianne Fiset

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Soprano

Count Almaviva

Susanna

Étienne Dupuis has been receiving international acclaim since his debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2011 as Zurga. He has since performed in Berlin productions of Barbiere, Traviata, Bohème and I Pagliacci. Recent engagements include Bohème with Vancouver Opera, Dead Man Walking with l’Opéra de Montréal, concerts at Festival Montpellier, Figaro in Avignon and Pearl Fishers in Strasbourg and Nantes. Upcoming engagements include Oneguine, Figaro and Rodrigo in Berlin, Zurga with Zurich Opera; Albert, Werther in Barcelona; L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and L’Heure Espagnole at Glyndebourne; Lescaut in Manon in Marseille, Maria Stuarda with Opéra d’Avignon, Germont in La Traviata with Opera du Rhin and Beatrice et Benedicte in La Monnaie de Bruxelles. Mr. Dupuis last appeared in Calgary as Lescaut in Manon (2009).

Winner of five top prizes at the Montreal International Music Competition, Marianne Fiset has been hailed by critics and audiences alike. Future and upcoming plans include Honegger’s l’Aiglon for Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni in Wuppertal, and Kevin Puts’ Silent Night for l’Opéra de Montréal. Her recent schedule included Manon at the Paris Opera, Austria’s Sankt-Margarethen Opernfestspiele, and Verdi’s Requiem for the New Jersey Symphony, also released on CD. Her discography includes Ophélie (French and German songs), Melodiya (Russian songs), Ravel and Debussy from Analekta and the title role in David’s Lalla Roukh for Naxos. Ms. Fiset last appeared in Calgary as Mimi in La Bohème (2011).

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biographies Josef Wagner

Steven Condy

Bass-Baritone

Baritone

Figaro

Dr. Bartolo

Bass-Baritone Josef Wagner was born in Austria. He studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna as well as in master classes led by Paul Esswood, Walter Berry, and Christa Ludwig. After his stage debut with Don Alfonso and Dulcamara, he became a member of the ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper. Guest appearances led him among others to Munich, Geneva, Marseille, Antwerp, Vienna, Tel Aviv, and Japan. He has performed parts such as Figaro, Papageno, Don Giovanni, Leporello, and Escamillo. In 2006 he debuted at the Salzburg Festival. Most recently, he made his debut as Jochanaan at Royal Opera Stockholm and as Troïl in Vaisseau Fantôme at Deutsche Oper Berlin, in summer 2014 he sung Papageno at Festival d’Aix-en Provence. This is Mr. Wagner’s debut with Calgary Opera.

Baritone Steven Condy, who has built his reputation on his portrayals of the great “buffo” roles, is admired not only for his robust and nuanced voice, but also for his natural acting ability. He has performed the title role in Falstaff, Frank in Die Fledermaus, Dr. Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Sivigilia, Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore, Dulcamara in L’elixir d’amore, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, and Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, among others, at opera houses across North America including Opera San Jose, Sarasota Opera, Portland Opera, Calgary Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, and Arizona Opera, to name a few. Mr. Condy last appeared in Calgary in the title role of Don Pasquale (2002).

Krisztina Szabó

Lynne McMurtry

Mezzo-Soprano

Contralto

Cherubino

Marcellina

In 2014-15 Krisztina Szabó sings Woman in Schoenberg’s Erwartung (Canadian Opera Company), Marie in George Benjamin’s Written on Skin (Toronto Symphony Orchestra), Irene in Handel’s Theodora (Early Music Vancouver), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Chicago’s Music of the Baroque), and Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Vancouver Bach Choir, Kingston Symphony). Career highlights: Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Sesto in La clemenza di Tito (Vancouver Opera); Ljubica in Sokolovic’s Svabda/Wedding (Opera Philadelphia); Giulietta in Les contes d’Hoffmann (Edmonton Opera); Adams’ El Niño (Vancouver Bach Choir); Music of the Baroque); Musetta in La Bohème, Le Pèlerin in L’Amour de loin, Idamante in Idomeneo, Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Canadian Opera Company); Cherubino (Stadttheater Klagenfurt); and Rosalind in The Mines of Sulphur (Wexford Festival Opera). Ms. Szabó last appeared in Calgary as Meg in Little Women (2010). 22 CALGARY OPERA 2014-15 SEASON

Described as “a force of nature” (Toronto Star) and “an actress of immense talent” (Opera Canada), Contralto Lynne McMurtry’s credits include Arsace in Rossini’s Semiramide with Opera in Concert, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff with Calgary Opera and Opera Hamilton, and Mamma Lucia in Cavelleria Rusticana with Edmonton Opera. Other recent performances include Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Hamilton and Bloody Mary in South Pacific with Pacific Opera Victoria. Ms. McMurtry’s rich, generous instrument and keen musical intelligence have brought her acclaim in a wealth of repertoire, such as Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. She is on faculty at SUNY Fredonia and is a Founding Faculty Artist of the Vancouver International Song Institute. Ms. McMurtry last appeared in Calgary as the Old Lady in Candide (2014).

Thomas Glenn Tenor

Don Basilio/Don Curzio Tenor Thomas Glenn has performed at the San Francisco Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Netherlands Opera and The English National Opera, among others. In 2012 he won a GRAMMY Award for his participation in the Metropolitan Opera production of Doctor Atomic on the SONY label. His repertoire includes works by Mozart as well as Italian bel canto roles such as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di siviglia and Tebaldo in Bellini’s I capuleti e i montecchi. Recent highlights include Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Festival Lyrique de Belle île in France, Beppe in Donizetti’s Rita with New Century Chamber Orchestra, and William Dale in Silent Night with Cincinnati Opera. Mr. Glenn last appeared in Calgary as Goro in Madame Butterfly (2014).

Vanessa Oude-Reimerink Soprano

Barbarina Born in Ontario, Soprano Vanessa Oude-Reimerink completed a Master’s Degree at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University under the direction of Professor Sanford Sylvan. Her roles include Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Susanna and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Pamina and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring, Clara in The Light in the Piazza, Rapunzel in Into the Woods, and the Canadian premiere of Volpone by John Musto, Ms. Oude-Reimerink has received training from Centre d’Arts Orford, COSI, Opera NUOVA, Opera on the Avalon, the St. Andrews Opera Workshop, and Western University. As a member of the Emerging Artist program, she sang the role of Aurore in The Portrait of Manon (2014).

Aaron Dimoff Bass-Baritone

Antonio Bass-Baritone Aaron Dimoff made his Calgary Opera debut last season singing Imperial Commissioner in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly as a member of the Emerging Artist program. He also sang the role of Father in Hansel and Gretel for the Opera in Schools tour and at Opera in the Village, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, as well as Des Grieux in The Portrait of Manon. Returning for a second year in the Emerging Artist program, Mr. Dimoff will also perform on the mainstage as Zuniga in Carmen. Concert appearances last season included Sciarrone in Puccini’s Tosca with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as excerpts of Haydn’s Creation and Mendelssohn’s Elijah with The Festival Chorus Calgary.

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biographies Christopher Mokrzewski

Donna Sharpe Stage Manager

Repetiteur

Donna Sharpe is in her 13th season with Calgary Opera. Select Calgary Opera Conductor, pianist and vocal coach credits include Silent Night (Canadian Christopher “Topher” Mokrzewski Premiere), Candide (Opera in the is a steadily rising figure in the Village), The Pirates of Penzance (Opera worlds of Canadian opera and in the Village), Moby-Dick, (Canadian chamber music. He is in his second Premiere), Aida, The Flying Dutchman, Madame Butterfly, La season as Calgary Opera’s Resident Conductor, and Bohème, The Italian Girl in Algiers, La Traviata, Falstaff, Otello, is a founding member and Music Director of Toronto’s Pagliacci, Gianni Schicchi. Selected assistant stage managing Against the Grain Theatre. A graduate of the Canadian credits include Dead Man Walking (Canadian Premiere), Opera Company Ensemble Studio, the Eastman Frobisher (World Premiere), The Inventor (World Premiere), Don School of Music and the Music Academy of the West, Giovanni, The Barber of Seville, Faust, Tosca, Sweeney Todd, Mokrzewski has been described by music critic John Terauds as “one of those bright, eager, whip-smart young Manon, Rigoletto. Ms. Sharpe enjoys working with Calgary Opera’s young artists (The Rape of Lucretia, Così fan tutte artists who could give even the most hardened cynic a and Christmas at the Opera), and has stage-managed with jolt of optimism about the future of classical music and opera.” He was also named one of CBC Music’s “Hot 30 Green Mountain Opera Festival (Vermont), Opera on the Avalon (Newfoundland), and the 2010 Winter Olympics (Whistler). Classical Musicians under 30” in 2013. The Calgary Opera program is published four times per year by Playhouse Publications Ltd. The contents of The Calgary Opera program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher. All rights reserved by Playhouse Publications Ltd.

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Nicole Bergen

Amy Lippold

Assistant Stage Manager

Nicole Bergen works as a stage manager and assistant stage manager in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Past shows include The Magic Flute, Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Pasquale (SM, Saskatoon Opera), The Flying Dutchman, Madame Butterfly, The Pirates of Penzance, La Traviata, Otello, La Bohème, Moby-Dick, Aida, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Manon (ASM, Calgary Opera), Ariodante and What Brought Us Here (SM, Calgary Opera, second stage), and Little Women, Turn of the Screw, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ASM, The Banff Centre). This season’s shows include Silent Night, The Marriage of Figaro, and Carmen (ASM, Calgary Opera), and Madama Butterfly (SM, Saskatoon Opera).

Favourite credits include: Stage Manager: Heat of the Night, Jekyll & Hyde, Evelyn Strange (Vertigo), Evil Dead the Musical (GZT/ Hit & Myth Productions), You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz, Seussical the Musical, The Penelopiad, Shakespeare’s Dog, Robin Hood, Unity (1918), The Drowning Girls, Oliver Twist (ATP), Princess of the Stars (Patria Opera), Così Fan Tutte, La Tragedie de Carmen, Dido & Aeneas (Banff Centre) Little Mercy’s First Murder (GZT), Bat Boy the Musical (Mob Hit Productions). As ASM: The Full Monty, Urinetown the Musical (GZT/Hit & Myth), and ten seasons as ASM at Calgary Opera. Amy is a new mom to her amazing little man Samuel...all love to him and her fiance Brett.

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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 Corvino Hyewon Kim Olga Kotova Theresa Kraucunas Min-Kyung Kwon Bonnie Louie Robert Penner Laura Reid

SECOND VIOLINS

Lorna Tsai * Stephanie Soltice-Johnson ** Judy Bessel Adriana Bishop Jeremy Gabbert Craig Hutchenreuther Theresa Lane Lenora Leggatt Steven Lubiarz Richard Van de Geer

VIOLaS

Laurent Grillet * Marcin Swoboda ** Arthur Bachmann Jeremy Bauman Peter Blake Carl Boychuk Michael Bursey Julie Westgate

CELLI

Philip Hansen * Britton Riley ** Rafael Hoekman Joan Kent Thomas Megee Tom Mirhady David Morrissey Karen Youngquist

BASSES

Charles Garrett * Sheila Garrett ** Matthew Heller Graeme Mudd Patricia Reid Patrick Staples

FLUTES

Sara Hahn * Gwen Klassen **

* Principal

** Assistant Principal

*** Associate Principal

Cantaré Children’s Choir

Catherine Glaser-Climie - Founder/Artistic Director Elizabeth Hickerson Judith Horton Shelby Lake Rebecca Zivot

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PICCOLO

BASS TROMBONE

OBOES

TUBA

Gwen Klassen ** Jean Landa * David Sussman **

ENGLISH HORN David Sussman

TIMPANI

Alex Cohen * Tim Rawlings *

Steve Amsel * Jocelyn Colquhoun **

BASSOONS

Christopher Sales * Michael Hope **

HORNS

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

TRUMPETS

Adam Zinatelli * Howard Engstrom **

TROMBONES

James Scott * Michael Thomson **

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Michael Eastep *

PERCUSSION

CLARINETS

† Principal Emeritus

David Reid *

Leave of Absence

Supernumeraries Brenda Ann Marks Karen Shippey-Heilman

HARP

Tisha Murvihill *

LIBRARIAN Rob Grewcock

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MEZZO-SOPRANOS

TENORS

BARITONES/BASSES

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Mark Hahle Evan Lindberg Tim Volhoffer Greg Wagland

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Guilty pleasures. We didn’t crack the eggs. Or splurge on the Belgian chocolate. But we did heat the oven to bake the gourmet cupcakes that’ll be eaten before they’ve had the chance to cool. When the energy you invest in life meets the energy we fuel it with, sweet things happen.

The Scorpions’ Sting: An Egyptian Myth by Dean Burry Public Performance: Saturday, February 21, 2015 3pm Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 – 7 Street SW Tickets | Adults: $20 | Students/Seniors: $12 School Tour: February 23 – March 20 Photo: Karine Boucher as Sally Smith in the Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour production of The Scorpions’ Sting: An Egyptian Myth, 2014. Photo credit: Chris Hutcheson

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Emerging Artists to Embark on School Tour with The Scorpions’ Sting: An Egyptian Myth

Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artists begin rehearsals February 9 for the Opera in Schools tour of The Scorpions’ Sting. Reuniting the creative team that successfully mounted last season’s Hansel & Gretel, (Stage Director Aaron Coates, Music Director Mel Kirby, Pianist Evan Mounce, and Stage Manager Candace Maxwell), the production kicks off with a public preview at the Arrata Opera Centre on February 21. This year’s tour then begins in Calgary and the surrounding area February 23 – March 20, including stops in Bragg Creek, Penhold, and Airdire. The final week of the tour sees the production head north, visiting schools in Athabasca country, including First Nations schools in Wabasca, and public and separate schools in the towns and communities of Lac la Biche, Bonnyville, Goodfish, Ardmore, and Irma.

Adopt an Artist patrons Terence & Judith Dalgleish Monica Sloan & John Evison Andrea Brussa & David Lyons Cos & Eleanor Gabriele Marian Williams

The Scorpions’ Sting, by Toronto composer Dean Burry, is set in the midst of an Egyptian sandstorm. The opera follows the time-travelling adventures of Professor Hornsby and his students. When Professor Hornsby is stung by a poisonous scorpion, his students must find the cure hidden in ancient hieroglyphics in the Lost Temple of Iset. Toronto composer Dean Burry created the popular school tour production of The Brothers Grimm which Calgary Opera mounted in both 2007 and 2011. Cenovus makes a positive difference in communities where they live and work. We thank them for helping us take opera productions to schools and communities throughout the province to reach more than 10,000 young audience members every year. Community Outreach Sponsor

Emerging Artist Development Program Sponsored by

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

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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 weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re committed to fund programs that enable Canadians of all means and backgrounds to enjoy the very best. Proud supporter of the Calgary Opera and proudly Canadian.

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corporate and community support Community Supporters Alberta Foundation for the Arts Alberta Lottery Fund Calgary Arts Development Canada Council for the Arts Canadian Heritage Southern Alberta Opera Development Foundation

Community Outreach Sponsor Cenovus Energy

Season Sponsor Husky Energy

Emerging Artist Development Program Sponsor Enbridge

Mainstage Media Sponsor The Calgary Herald

Performance & Program Supporters BMO Financial Group KPMG McLeod Law Nexen Energy, a CNOOC Limited company RBC Financial Group through RBC Emerging Artists Project Sun Life Financial Talisman Energy

Corporate Donors

Canadian Natural Resources Homes by Avi

Opera in the Village Presenting sponsor Imperial

Opera in the Village supporters The Remarkable Experience Accelerator Program - Calgary Hotel Association and Calgary Arts Development Authority The Calgary Foundation The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program - Department of Canadian Heritage ATCO Structures & Logistics Tourism Calgary Province of Alberta CMLC

Festival Sponsors FRAM + Slokker Embassy BOSA Big Rock Brewery

Media Sponsors

Calgary Herald Global Calgary Up! 97.7 Pattison Outdoor Playhouse Publications Swerve

Individual Donors Naming Benefactor Arrata Opera Centre Said Arrata

Major Gift Donors

The Late Evelyn C. Kings Dick Matthews Memorial Fund at The Calgary Foundation 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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Kensington Wine Market

Andrea Brussa* Judith & Terence Dalgleish* Stewart & Eileen Ford David & Beverley Foy Brian Grasmuck Evan J. Hazell Diane Hobson Don Swystun Sheila Wappel-McLean & Brent McLean Mrs. Marian Williams* * Denotes Adopt-an-Artist Donor

Official Florist

Gold

Consulting Professionals Dr. Phillip Van der Merwe â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Company Physician

Official Wine Supplier

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Official Piano Technicians of the Arrata Opera Centre Robert Moffatt

Tunde Agbi Lilien Dobish Don & Joanne Edie Edmonton Community Foundation Cos & Eleanor Gabriele* Christel & Ben Johansson Dawn & Verne Johnson Marilyn Milavsky Mary Rozsa de Coquet C.A. Siebens John Evison & Monica Sloan* James M. Stanford * Denotes Adopt-an-Artist Donor

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corporate and community support Silver

Anonymous (2) Sharon Bartley Jo Anne Britton Lori Caltagirone Alan D. Castle Maureen & Graham Davies M.A. Duggan Dan & Susan Ezinga Eldon & Carlie-Jean Godfrey Dick & Lois Haskayne David & Joyce Keith Kevin Konynenbelt Vickie & Russell McKinnnon Pat & Peter Menzies Geri & Alan Moon Patricia & J. Sherrold Moore Heather Peters Helen M. Wells

Bronze

Anonymous (1) The Alan D. Castle Endowment for the Arts Helen & Mark Cluett Kirsten Cook-Zaba & Dwayne Zaba Carolyn Dahl Rees David & Roxanne Dunlop Margaret & Robert Fraleigh Michael & Carmen Hardcastle Rebecca Hotchkiss M.J. Kandt Juri & Helle Kraav James Light & Dixie Durling David Lyons* Sian Matthews & Gerry Leudy John & Susan McWilliams Roger & Pam Prior Cynthia Sim Tamra Stretch Janice Woodward *Denotes Adopt-an-Artist Donor

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Anonymous (2) ADEM Engineering Consultants Inc. Irene M. Bakker Micheline Barbeau Dr. Ken Blair/Rev. James Farrell Susanne & Michael Brown Ian & Gwen Burgess

Dr. Miriam Carey Ioan Dobre & Claudia Cattaneo Walter & Gloria Chayka Judge & Mrs. Mary Jane Cioni Marilyn Conley Brent Cooper Patricia Courtright Andy Crichton & Michele Kalny David Daly Gizella Davis Bill & Anne-Marie Duma Paul English & Marion Woodman Michael Fawcett Tibor & Livia Fekete Brian and Stephanie Felesky Angie Gelinas Patricia Glenn & John Holgate Patricia & Paul Godard Niki & Craig Golinowski Joyce Gray David R. Haigh Stella Hall Lynda Hay Judith Hepner Dr. Mark & Nancy Heule Henry & Johanna Heuver Richard D. & Phoebe Heyman Carrol Jaques & Bob Loov Glenn Johanson & Margaret Gibson Kimberley & Paul Lloyd Jay MacGillvray Brian P. Mahoney Dennis & Maureen McConaghy Lachlin & Julianne McKinnon Denise McMullen W.R. (Bob) McPhee Helen Moore-Parkhouse Osten Victor Fund Bruce & Branca Pachkowski Jocelyne Daw & Bob Page Lorne & Beth Price Gerry & Gail Protti Ruth & Garry Ramsden-Wood Greta Raymond Agnes & Edward Rewucki Iris Richards Maggie Rigaux Gordon Ritchie Marion Rogers Gordon W. Ross & Richard Cote Gordon Sombrowski & Kevin Allen Amber Stewart

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Individual Donors $500 - $1,249

Anonymous (1) Jennifer Arko & Laura Castle Edna M. Charchuk Ted & Yanka Cochrane Deborah Cullen Tony & Gilean Daffern John & Audrey Fry Darcie Greggs Chris Herman James Hughes Derek & Nancy Lee Janis & Bruce Morrison Gary Nissen Dr. Brian Norford Kirsten Pugh Donna Riback Joanne Stalinski Paul Van den Eynden Melanie Stapleton Richard & Shannon Tanner Colleen Wilson Robert & Kathryn Worthingham Jerilyn Wright

$250 - $499

Anonymous (4) Tina Antony Karen Bates G. Carsen Michael Gerken Robert & Linda Heidemann Rizwan Hirjee John Humphrey & Laura McLeod P. Kornacki Robert & Linda Lesoway John Martland Outi McEachern Brian Mills & Susan Tyrrell James Murray Jock & Diana Osler Paddon Hughes Development Co.

Barry & Gail Pollock Francis Price Elinor Rae Vera A. Ross Pamela Smith Andrew Cook & Shannon Stevenson Greg Szuch Rodney Touche Val & Gerry Ward Tatiana Willumsen Robert Woodrow

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Anonymous (12) Accu-Tax Consulting Corp. Carol & Chris Archer Daen Ashantiva Larry Bailey Marian Beer Jeanette & Rudy Berger Pieter Bessem & Heather Fraser George Bezaire Patrick Blancher Jean Blayney A.J. Brown & R.B. Beaty Katri Bruen Marion R. Burrus Dr. & Mrs. David Butts S. & M. Cameron Anita Carey David Caulfield Lynde Cherry Catrin Coe Frances V. Cormack Greg Coupal Susan Cowan Craighead Family Anne-Marie Crawford James & Terry Creusot John & Mari Jo deWaal Ann Donald C. Morag Dornian Brent Douziech Earl & Judy Dreeschen Denis & Patricia Duke Edi J. Dygert Ms. Judy Ernst & Mr. Gary Gelderblaum Miriam & Stephen Field Barbara & Larry Fish Mr. Scott Forsyth Linda M. Fraser L. & M. Gregoret

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Gail Niinimaa John & Jean Partridge A. Patterson Barry Paxton L. Percifield Justice Carolyn S. Phillips Roger Pilkington Erika Pochailo Peter Rallios Norm & Marlene Raymond Chere Reilly Paul Sacco Mr and Mrs James Scott Laura Scott Doris & Gerard Sheilan Barbara Shellian Joan & Geoffrey Simmins Alane Smith Ken & Barbara Smith Leonard Smith Penny Smith Doug Soeder Kathie & Bill Stell Greg Stirling

Dr. Douglas & Laurie Strother David Tavender Peg Taylor Alan Waugh Mr. Steven Weisbrod Caroline Weisgerber Mr. & Mrs. T. W. Wilson Bryan Wright Frederick G. Young Herrat Zahner John Zubis

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Juri & Helle Kraav Sian Matthews Mary Rozsa de Coquet Sheila Wappel-McLean & Brent McLean

Memorials

In Loving Memory of Ilse Grasmuck In memory of Mrs. Judy Hartwell In Memory of Tom & Karen Jones

Special Thanks

The Banff Centre, Music Department Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Brigitta Diehl

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Canadian Premiere of Silent Night November 8, 2014

Calgary Opera welcomed a large group of distinguished guests on opening night of the Canadian premiere of Silent Night.

Christmas at the Opera December 4-7, 2014

The Emerging Artists kicked off the holiday season at the Arrata Opera Centre last December with Christmas at the Opera, a production featuring The Portrait of Manon and The First Nowell.

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