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BUILDING Upon A LEGACY Welcome to the final mainstage production of YOUR Calgary Opera’s 2016/2017 season. We end the season with the familiar and beloved classic, Turandot, which we are sure will dazzle and delight opera goers of all ages.

We are also excited to announce to our subscribers and supporters the 2017/2018 Season – filled with three treasured and traditional epic operas that will allow you to escape with us to different times and places. We are also bringing back our full-scale Opera in the Village and performances of South Pacific, and we will continue the community and education outreach initiatives through Let’s Create an Opera, Opera in the Schools, Master Classes and more!

We also close out the season with the retirement of Bob McPhee. As you know, the last 20 years with Bob McPhee at the helm as General Director and CEO of your Calgary Opera, has been a fantastic period of growth and recognition as one of the premier opera companies and arts organizations in Canada. The Board of Directors and staff would like to take this opportunity to thank Bob for his dedication, unique vision, passionate commitment, and legacy as an integral part of Calgary Opera’s success.

As we move forward to build upon this important legacy, the team at Calgary Opera is committed to enhancing our community and spur civic pride through a variety of opera experiences. We will continue to bring you stories through song that touch the heart, inspire, and lead us through the eternal struggles and joys of human nature.

We invite you to enjoy all the ways to escape with us next season!

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Emerging artist production of Cinderella Adapted by Rob Herriot from operas by Rossini and Massenet Our 2016-17 Emerging Artists recently finished their Calgary and Northern Alberta tour of Cinderella. In just over a month our artists brought live opera to over 12,000 students through 44 performances.

Without our Opera in Schools Tour, many of these students would never get the opportunity to see an opera. This program allows us to reach, and teach, the young minds of Alberta about the performing arts.

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Calgary Opera’s 2016-17 Emerging Artists as the cast of Cinderella Anne-Marie MacIntosh - Soprano Lauren Woods - Soprano Courtney V. Murias - Mezzo-soprano (Guest Emerging Artist Alumna) Morgan Traynor - Mezzo-soprano Matt Chittick - Tenor Jason Ragan - Tenor Simon Chalifoux - Baritone Johnathon Kirby - Baritone

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Setting the

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By Director brian deedrick

Deadlines being what they are, these words are being written weeks before you find yourself in your seat at the Calgary Jube, patiently waiting for Turandot to unfold before you in all its— and her—glory. It’s been a couple of years and an awful lot of productions since I was last here at Calgary Opera: some of the faces remain the same (if slightly more careworn by the endless challenges of producing great art in difficult times, just when we need it the most!), and yet so many new people bring a completely different and exciting energy to the organization.

Familiar or new, it is a delight to discover that folks here continue to make Calgary Opera one of the best regional companies in a country rich with passionate artists, craftsmen and administrators, all committed to this wonderful, magical and revitalizing art form of opera.

Today is Day #3 of Turandot staging rehearsals, and I’m jotting down these thoughts in the costume shop, while I wait as patiently as possible for our leading lady, Michele Capalbo, to be fitted for her numerous costumes.

The wardrobe team, headed by the gifted and amazing Heather Moore, is a lesson in attention to detail, ensuring the comfort and needs of all our singers, and providing a healthy sense of collaboration as we all work toward the product onstage. Hovering nearby are the Heads of hair and makeup, Franca Vaccaro and Rose Gurevitch, madly taking notes and photographs in order to determine the needs and requirements to transform Michele into the Ice Princess of Puccini’s fairy tale of ancient China. It all requires a huge amount of work, and I’m boggled by the class, professionalism and delight these creative women take in their work.

And all the other people involved? In these insanely busy first three days, our proudly all-Canadian cast of ten principals from all across the country, have been digging into and exploring this beautiful piece, while our Ping, Pang and Pong have already had hours of “fan choreography” (you’ll see what I mean shortly). Our “token” American, the brilliant and hilarious Maestro Joey Mechavich, is working with our guest repetiteur, Kim Bartczak, to guide this musical ship, and it’s a privilege and a great

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deal of fun to have them both on board. But the splendid thing about opera is its hugeness, its creation of an entire and unique world on the stage: as well as our core group, the thirty-nine members of the adult Chorus (led by Calgary treasure Sandra Atkinson, who has been with Calgary Opera for its ENTIRE fifty-year history!), the seventeen children from Catherine Glaser-Climie’s acclaimed Cantaré Choir, our five wonderful Supernumeraries, the Stage Management team, Bonni Baynton’s production staff, and everyone led by Taras Kulish and Lauren Martin in Administration of Calgary Opera are toiling away on the show, and this is only our third day!

Let me jump ahead to the actual night of the performance you are attending. I know, I know, you can find all of these names and more that I’ve mentioned in the program you’re reading, but I think it’s very important to note that, once you include the musicians of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the entire house and backstage crew of the Jubilee Auditorium, more than two hundred people are here tonight, working as one gigantic team to make this performance possible, and every single one of us has worked to the peak of our ability to make Turandot an unforgettable experience for you. In so many ways, the magic of opera is that it even happens at all!

For me, a great company is built through great leadership, and I am lucky to have been around long enough to have worked for both David Speers and Bob McPhee. With infinite respect and admiration, I want to salute the man who has led this company for the past nineteen years: it is Bob who made it possible for the aforementioned two hundred plus of us to come together this evening to share Turandot with you. I’m drop dead grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with all of these wonderful colleagues and friends to bring Puccini’s final masterpiece to the stage, and to the man who has kept Calgary Opera great. Bob, this one’s for you.

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This is a first-class trip aboard a first-class cruise line and is allinclusive in every way – unlimited beverages, including fine wines and premium spirits; unlimited shore excursions; transfers between airport and ship; pre-paid gratuities; and more! Two for one fares are currently available for some classes of travel, but are going fast. This is also Regent Seven Seas 25th Anniversary Voyage, with additional commemorative amenities also complimentary.

This is a perfect time of year to cruise the west coast of British Columbia and Alaska, and you will experience sights and sounds that only cruising the Inside Passage affords.

Calgary Opera will present four evenings of opera, ranging from classic arias to musical theatre favourites. Your host and pianist will be Mel Kirby, Coordinator of Calgary Opera’s esteemed Emerging Artist Development Program. Joining him will be Tenor, Jason Ragan; Baritone, Johnathon Kirby; Mezzo-Soprano, Morgan Traynor; and Soprano, Anne-Marie MacIntosh. This will be an incredible opportunity for these young artists and we invite you along!

For more information and to book your trip, visit www.calgaryopera.com/community or contact Christina Pastran of Expedia CruiseShip Centers, Mount Royal, at 403-245-5010. Bon Voyage!

Clockwise from the top: Johnathon Kirby Jason Ragan Anne-Marie MacIntosh Morgan Traynor

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Conductor | Joseph Mechavich Stage Director | Brian Deedrick Lighting Designer | Harry Frehner Scenery, Props and Costumes from Edmonton Opera.

The production was originally created by Bliss Hebert and Allen Charles Klein for The Florida Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, and San Francisco Opera.

CAST In order of vocal appearance

Mandarin | Aaron Dimoff Liù | Mariateresa Magisano Calaf | David Pomeroy Timur | Alexandre Sylvestre Prince of Persia | Jason Ragan* Ping | David Diston Pang | Kevin Myers Pong | Michael Marino The Emperor | Matthew Bruce Turandot | Michele Capalbo Cast subject to change

Calgary Opera Chorus Chorus Director | Sandra Atkinson Cantaré Children’s Chorus | Catherine Glaser-Climie Accompanied by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Repetiteur & Asst. Conductor | Kimberley Bartczak Chorus Repetiteur | Rachel Baljeu Opera Titles Operator | John Bouz

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By Giacomo Puccini

synopsis

April 1, 5 & 7, 2017 Prologue

In legendary times in ancient Peking, Princess Turandot will marry any man of royal blood who can answer three riddles – he who fails suffers death.

Act 1

Outside the Imperial Palace A crowd gathers to witness the execution of the Prince of Persia, Turandot’s latest suitor. The slave girl Liù helps Timur, the aged and blind exiled King of Tartar, through the crowd. In the crush of people Timur falls to the ground. In response to Liù’s call for help, the exiled Prince Calaf discovers that the aged man is his father, and they are reunited. Liù reveals her admiration for Calaf due to his smiling at her years before. The bloodthirsty crowd changes their tune with the arrival of the doomed Prince of Persia. They entreat Turandot to show mercy. She orders the execution to proceed.

Timur, Liù, and Calaf are left standing alone in the square. Calaf, as if hypnotized by Turandot’s beauty, attempts to sound the gong to announce that he will be her new suitor. Ping, Pang, and Pong, the Princess’s ministers attempt to dissuade him. Calaf insists that he will win Turandot’s love. Timur and Liù beg Calaf not to leave them. Calaf sounds the gong three times, calling aloud Turandot’s name.

Act 2

Ping, Pang, and Pong’s Pavilion

The ministers Ping, Pang, and Pong lament the seven thousand centuries of serenity in China that was destroyed by the reign of Turandot. They read the lists of Turandot’s unfortunate suitors; Calaf is the 13th. Ping, Pang, and Pong look forward to a time when Princess Turandot yields to love. Their reverie is disturbed by the preparations for Calaf’s upcoming trials. They hurry away.

A Square Leading up to the Imperial Palace The people of Peking gather to witness the scene as the Emperor Altoum enters. The Emperor exhorts Calaf to leave at once to save his life. Calaf answers that he wishes to face the ordeal. The Emperor orders the trial to

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proceed. Turandot recounts the centuries old story of the beautiful Princess Lo-u-Ling, her revered ancestor, who lived in peace and tranquillity. Then the King of Tartary invaded China, conquering and despoiling the land. The Princess Lo-u-Ling was dragged from her palace and brutally slain. For that crime, Turandot swears to take revenge on all the princes of the earth; she is resolved that no man will ever possess her.

Turandot poses the first enigma – it dies with the rising of the sun and is reborn each night. Calaf answers correctly – hope. Turandot poses the second enigma – dreams of triumph and conquest cause it to glow with passionate fire. Calaf answers correctly – blood. The third and final enigma – a being of ice and fire. Calaf answers – Turandot.

The crowd acclaims Calaf. Turandot begs the Emperor to save her from the stranger. The Emperor replies that her oath is sacred.

Turandot rages that she will never submit. The people urge her to reward the stranger’s courage with her love.

Turandot asks Calaf if he wants her with her heart full of hatred.

Calaf replies that he only desires her to yield in love. He declares that he will release her from the oath, and he offers Turandot a riddle. If she can tell him his name before dawn then he will forfeit his life. Turandot assents. The Emperor approves and welcomes Calaf to the palace. The people praise the Emperor.

Act 3

The Palace Gardens

Calaf listens to the voices of the heralds as they proclaim Turandot’s order that no one in the city will sleep tonight. They say that all will perish unless the name of the stranger is brought to her before dawn. Turandot’s ministers attempt to get Calaf to reveal his name.

As Calaf refuses the crowd turns on him. They are stopped by soldiers, who drag in Timur and Liù, who have been badly beaten

in an attempt to learn Calaf’s name. Turandot arrives, adding her demands to the crowds. The soldiers continue to torture Liù, who refuses to give up the name.

Turandot asks Liù what has inspired such courage. Liù answers that it is love, a secret love for a prince who is her lord. In a demonstration of devotion and hope for the future, Liù takes her own life. Timur grieves for the dead girl. The crowd superstitiously fears her avenging spirit. The body is carried away with Timur lamenting her death.

Alone, Calaf asks Turandot to look at the innocent blood that was spilled. Turandot resists Calaf’s advances. Calaf declares his love. Overwhelmed, Turandot admits to being vanquished, as her eyes fill with tears. Turandot asks him to leave without telling her his name. He refuses, and offers both his name and his life to her keeping. She realizes that he has been utterly successful. A distant fanfare signals the final trial.

A Square leading up to the Imperial Palace As the sun rises the Emperor is seated on his throne, surrounded by the court. Turandot approaches the throne and tells her father that she had learned the stranger’s name.

She declares his name is Love. Calaf and Turandot are united. The people celebrate their good fortune.

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biographies Joseph Mechavich

Kimberley Bartczak

Conductor

Repetiteur & Asst Conductor

A conductor of authority and warmth, Joseph Mechavich brings exceptional artistry and infectious energy to every performance. Engagements for the 201617 season include the world premiere of Riders of the Purple Sage for Arizona Opera and Madama Butterfly and Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Kentucky Opera where he is Principal Conductor. Maestro Mechavich has presided over Jake Heggie’s highly acclaimed opera, Moby-Dick for both San Diego Opera and Calgary Opera, Il barbiere di Siviglia for The Washington National Opera, Nixon in China for Auckland Philharmonia, Roméo et Juliette for Florida Grand Opera, and Porgy and Bess for Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Brian Deedrick Stage Director No stranger to Calgary Opera (one of his favourite companies and Choruses in the opera world), Brian happily returns to direct this production of Puccini’s Turandot.

Previous productions in Calgary include Manon, Aida, Don Giovanni, La Bohème, Lakmé and Turandot...in a completely different incarnation. A former Artistic Director of Edmonton Opera, the now-freelancing Deedrick’s most recent productions include The Gondoliers (Opera Nuova), Tosca for the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg Festival in Germany, and The Pirates Of Penzance and La Bohème for Knoxville Opera in Tennessee.

Sandra Atkinson Chorus director Sandra Atkinson holds degrees in piano from Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music and Trinity College of London England.

She has been Coach and Repetiteur with the Canadian Opera Company where she toured with a number of productions. For several years she was a Coach and Repetiteur with the Banff Centre’s Opera Division, Courtney Youth Music Centre with Irving Guttman and Victoria’s Opera Piccola with Leopold Simoneau and Pierrette Alarie. Sandy was the pianist at Queens University ballet summer programme, as well as taught piano at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory and Music Director of Toronto’s Young People’s Theatre. Since Calgary Opera’s inception, Sandy was involved with the organization as Repetiteur for many decades and now remains its Chorus Director. She is currently Music Director at Woodcliff United Church.

Kimberley-Ann Bartczak is a conductor and pianist from Montreal, Canada. She is currently on staff at Opera on the Avalon, is an alumna of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program, and has extensive experience in conducting and choral accompaniment. Recent appearances include conductor for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music at Opera on the Avalon, coach at Neil Semer Vocal Institute in Coesfeld, Germany, and french coach for Bizet’s Carmen at Vancouver Opera. Upcoming engagements include assistant conductor and repetiteur for Le Nozze di Figaro at Vancouver Opera, and Dead Man Walking at Opera on the Avalon.

Harry Frehner Lighting Designer Harry Frehner has designed more than 50 productions for Calgary Opera dating back to 1992. Several 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 internationally, such as Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Opera, San Diego Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Colorado, Arizona Opera, Utah Opera and Wide Open Opera in Dublin. 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.

Aaron Dimoff Bass-Baritone

Mandarin Aaron is a Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Program alumnus. Past performances with the company include British Major in Silent Night, Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zuniga in Carmen, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Father in Hansel and Gretel and Der Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte.

He was recently seen in Edmonton Opera’s productions of Carmen and Elektra. His recent concert appearances include Elijah with the Festival Chorus Calgary, Carmina Burana with the Bow Valley Chorus, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Calgary Civic Symphony.

He’ll be seen next as Basilio in Calgary Opera’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

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biographies Mariateresa Magisano

Jason Ragan*

soprano

tenor

Liù

Prince of Persia

Ms. Magisano debuted with Calgary Opera as Gretel, Hansel & Gretel (2002) followed

by Beth, Little Women (2010). A winner of the Metropolitan Opera National-Council, she recently sang Contessa, Nozze di Figaro – Nickel City Opera (2015) and Mimi, La Bohème – NCO (2012) Highlights: Kitty Hart, Dead Man Walking – L’Opéra de Montréal; Micaëla, Carmen – Green Mountain Opera Festival/Vancouver Opera; Liù, Turandot – Opera Lyra Ottawa; Susanna, Nozze di Figaro – OLO/VOA; Zerlina, Don Giovanni – NYCO (2001, 2002)/VOA/ Opera Columbus; Despina, Così Fan Tutte – Arizona Opera; Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia – OLO/GMOF/Aspen Opera Theater/Opera Saskatchewan.

Born and raised in Magrath, Alberta, Tenor Jason Ragan recently completed a Masters of Music from the University of Western Ontario, under the tutelage of Theodore Baerg. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Lethbridge where he studied with Blaine Hendsbee. Mr. Ragan’s recent roles include Gonzalve in L’heure espagnole, Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia with UWOpera, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni with Accademia Europea Dell’Opera, the title role in Britten’s Albert Herring with Opera NUOVA, as well as Eisenstein Die Fledermaus, and Tamino in The Magic Flute with University of Lethbridge Opera Workshop. Mr. Ragan is delighted to be returning to Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program.

David Pomeroy

David Diston

Tenor

baritone

Calaf

Ping

Newfoundland native David Pomeroy is enjoying a career that has placed him in the spotlight on some of the world’s most important stages. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut portraying the title role in Les contes d’Hoffmann, under the baton of James Levine followed by Faust under Yannick Nezet-Seguin. His engagements for the 2016/17 season include Calaf in Turandot with Edmonton Opera and Calgary Opera and concert appearances in Beethoven’s 9th, Mahler’s 8th and Verdi’s Requiem with the Warsaw, Denver, Newfoundland and Vancouver Symphonies. He concludes the season as Florestan in a new production of Fidelio with the Cologne Opera and concerts in Millenium Park, Chicago. Pomeroy was recently seen as Don José in COC’s Carmen, Paul in Die Tote Stadt at Frankfurt Opera and Henri in Les Vepres Siciliennes at the Royal Danish Opera.

Praised by the Calgary Herald for his “fullthroated and characterful singing”, Mr. Diston’s performance highlights include Frederic (Lakmé), Pish-Tush (The Mikado), Moralès (Carmen), Don Giovanni, Falke (Die Fledermaus), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dr. Malatesta (Don Pasquale), William Dale in the Canadian Premiere of Putt’s Silent Night, and in his international debut, Dr. Mann in the World Premiere of Vehar’s SHOT!. Mr. Diston is also no stranger to the concert stage, having recently made his debuts with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Diston is a graduate of the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Program.

Kevin Myers Tenor

Pang

Alexandre Sylvestre Bass-baritone

Timur A native of Québec, Alexandre Sylvestre studied at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and is an alumnus of the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. He has appeared in such roles as Ponchel (Silent Night), Schaunard and Colline (La Bohème), Haly (L’italiana in Algeri), Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Angelotti (Tosca) and Frank (Die Fledermaus) with companies including Michigan Opera, L’Opéra de Montréal, L’Opéra de Québec, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Opera, Edmonton Opera and Calgary Opera. On the concert stage he has been featured

by L’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Festival Lanaudiere, Les Violons du Roy, Symphony Nova Scotia, Victoria Symphony, L’Orchestre Metropolitain and Seattle Symphony.

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Kevin Myers was born in Deep River, Ontario where he took lessons with Peter Morris. He then went to McGill University and studied under Stefano Algieri and Sanford Sylvan. After university, Kevin spent two seasons with Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist program. Kevin has performed many operatic roles including Fenton (Falstaff), Monostatos, Victorin (Die Tote Stadt), Tamino, Nemorino, Don Ottavio, and Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) with: Manitoba Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Calgary Opera, Opera Kelowna, Opera NUOVA, and Opera McGill. He has been featured as a soloist with many orchestras including the Deep River Symphony Orchestra, the Ottawa Valley Festival Orchestra, Victoria Baroque Players and the Calgary Philharmonic.

*Member of the 2016-2017 Emerging Artist Development Program

Michael Marino

Nicole Bergen

tenor

Stage Manager

Pong Tenor Michael Marino is thrilled to be returning to Calgary Opera in the role of Pong in Turandot.

Mr. Marino is a graduate of the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Program and received his Masters in Performance and Literature at the University of Western Ontario under the mentorship of Canadian Baritone Theodore Baerg. His most recent performances include the cover of Prince Ramiro (La Cenerentola) with Edmonton Opera as well as Handel’s Messiah in Whitehorse Yukon. Last summer, Michael created the role of Georgie Crowley in Opera on the Avalon’s Canadian Premiere of John Estacio’s new opera Ours. Other past roles include Remendado (Carmen), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Gonzalve (L’heure Espagnole), Gastone (La Traviata) Fenton (Falstaff), Lurcanio (Ariodante), Tamino (Magic Flute), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), and Davey Palmer (Siren Song).

Matthew bruce tenor

The Emperor Matthew Bruce’s passion for singing inspired him to begin his training at the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, BC. Upon graduating, Mr. Bruce advanced his vocal training at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and continued his artistic development in the Opera Studio program. Mr. Bruce is a graduate of the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Development Program and has performed the roles of Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Candide (Calgary Opera in the Village), Jonathan Dale (Silent Night), Le Dancaïre (Carmen), Roderigo (Otello, Pacific Opera Victoria), and most recently as Emperor Altoum in Edmonton Opera’s production of Turandot.

Michele Capalbo SOPRANO

Turandot Rarely is the opera world treated to the talents of a genuine Verdian soprano... Michele Capalbo is that rarity. Michele recently sang the role of the anarchist Emma Goldman in the world premiere of SHOT! as well as Liù in Turandot. Concert appearances have included the Verdi Requiem and Poulenc’s Stabat Mater. She will make her debut in the role of Donna Anna in Edmonton Opera’s Don Giovanni next season. Selected credits include the role of Aida for Le Festival de Musique de Strasbourg; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico; Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, France; the Canadian Opera Company and San Francisco Opera. In addition to a demanding performance schedule, Michele is being certified as a teacher of the Alexander Technique and is an advocate for music education.

Nicole Bergen works as a stage manager and assistant stage manager in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Past shows include The Barber of Seville, Madama Butterfly, The Magic Flute, Carmen, and The Marriage of Figaro (SM, Saskatoon Opera), Die tote Stadt, Lakmé, Silent Night, Candide, The Flying Dutchman, The Pirates of Penzance, La Traviata, Otello, La bohème, Moby Dick, Aida, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Manon (ASM, Calgary Opera), and Ariodante and What Brought Us Here (SM, Calgary Opera, second stage). This season’s shows include Die Fledermaus (SM, Calgary Opera), Filumena and Turandot (ASM, Calgary Opera), Christmas at the Opera (SM, Calgary Opera, second stage) and Don Giovanni (SM, Saskatoon Opera).

Catherine Rouleau Assistant Stage Manager Originally from Montréal, Catherine Rouleau is always happy to return to Calgary Opera.

Favourite credits include: as ASM: Carmen, Lakmé, Die tote Stadt, The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus (Calgary Opera); La Bohème, Dead Man Walking, Die Fledermaus, Faust, The Flying Dutchman, Il Trovatore, Lakmé, Manon, Porgy and Bess, Rigoletto, Roberto Devereux, Rusalka, Salome, Simon Boccanegra, Werther (Opéra de Montréal); Carmen (Vancouver Opera); I’ll be Back Before Midnight, Wait Until Dark (Vertigo Theatre). As Stage Manager: New Universe (DJD); Kruger Brothers (The Banff Centre).

Kennedy Greene Assistant Stage Manager Kennedy is thrilled to be back working with Calgary Opera on Turandot! Kennedy was lucky enough to work with the company on Filumena, earlier this year. She started stage managing in the city with Stage West Calgary, favourite credits include: Chicago and Spamalot. She also had the pleasure of being part of Handsome Alice’s production of The Tall Building and Downstage’s production of Benefit. Kennedy has also Stage Managed numerous shows for Lethbridge’s New West Theatre including, Tidings, and Party On! She is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge’s Theatre and Dramatic Arts Technical Theatre Program where she worked on several shows, highlights include: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Shakespeare’s Richard the III. She also had the opportunity to ASM abroad while studying with the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy.

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SECOND VIOLINS Lorna Tsai Min-Kyung Kwon Steven Lubiarz Jeremy Gabbert Richard Van de Geer Theresa Lane Craig Hutchenreuther Hyewon Grillet-Kim

Cellos Josue Valdepenas Tom Mirhady David Morrissey Janet Kuschak Magdi Szebenyi Joan Kent

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HEART SOUL

&

Jennifer Dickinson

Thank You for

All You Do

The process of producing an opera is a long one, that requires many hours of rehearsal time, especially during the days leading up to opening night. We often recognize the production crew and artists for their work in creating the final product, but there are others who work in the background that don’t always get recognized.

One such person is Jennifer Dickinson, who has been volunteering for Calgary Opera over 15 years. Jennifer and her team provide one of the most important functions in keeping everyone working on the production happy during these long days…they feed the cast and crew! She organizes an incredible group of back stage catering volunteers who help prepare the snacks for the cast and crew.

1. How long have you been working in catering for Calgary Opera?

I have been helping with the catering since I was a child (in one way or another), but started more regularly about 15 years ago. I took over the organization from Joyce Grey about 4 years ago.

2. What do you love most about it?

I really enjoy being backstage and being part of the opera community.

It’s very exciting watching rehearsals turn into a great production.

3. What is your biggest challenge?

Finding new volunteers. We are looking forward to new volunteers join our group. If you wanted to help out back stage call the Calgary Opera box office at 403 462 7286 and let them know you want to volunteer with back stage catering. They’ll connect you to me!

4. What do you love about opera?

I love the music and the beautiful voices. It touches my soul.

5. What do you love about Calgary Opera?

The Calgary Opera is a wonderful place to volunteer, everyone is so friendly and welcoming and I feel like I am part of the family when I am there. Not to mention the incredible singing I get to hear every night!

Thank you to Jennifer, and her amazing group of volunteers for helping the cast and crew of all our mainstage productions get through those long rehearsal days and nights.

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From the mainstage to the backstage, from the dressmakers to the spectators, from the sopranos to the pianos, and from the dressing rooms to the classrooms; individual donations keep Calgary Opera alive in our community.

Every dollar counts, so please give today.

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Consulting Professionals Dr. Phillip Van de Merwe – Company Physician Dr. S. Joseph Warshawski – Company Otolaryngologist

Individual Donors Naming Benefactor Mamdani Opera Centre Riaz Mamdani

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Mary Rozsa de Coquet, in memory of Ted & Lola Rozsa

Matching Gift Donors The Pyke Family David Lyons

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Averil Cook Judith & Terence Dalgleish Stewart & Eileen Ford David & Beverley Foy Christel & Ben Johansson Dawn & Verne Johnson Kathy & Richard Sendall Monica Sloan & John Evison Don Swystun & Kerrie Penney Sheila Wappel-McLean & Brent McLean Mrs. Marian Williams

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Anonymous (4) Tina Antony & Tom Stepper Jennifer Arko & Laura Castle Christine Armstrong & Irfhan Rawji David Baker Irene M. Bakker Micheline Barbeau Carl Calantone & Susan Bennett Gregory Berko Ian & Gwen Burgess Peggy Churchward Judge (Ret) & Mrs. Mary Jane Cioni Catrin Coe Marilyn Conley Kirsten Cook-Zaba & Dwayne Zaba Marise & Mike Crichton Gizella Davis Jocelyne Daw & Bob Page Doug & Lisa Demetrick Anne-Marie & Bill Duma David & Diane Field Edette Gagne Patricia Glenn & John Holgate Patricia & Paul Godard Niki & Craig Golinowski Margaret Graw David Haigh & Dawn Riley Lynda Hay Heather Haydu Mark & Nancy Heule Rizwan Hirjee James Hughes Carrol Jaques & Bob Loov Dr. Zelma Kiss & Christopher McAviney Jay MacGillvray Leslie McCawley Dennis & Maureen McConaghy Lachlin & Julianne McKinnon Sharon McNaughton Geri & Alan Moon Osten-Victor Fund at the Calgary Foundation Branca & Bruce Pachkowski John & Jean Partridge Marie & Wayne Patton Heather Peters Lorne & Beth Price Vince Profeta Rabinovitz Family Community Fund at the Jewish Foundation Greta Raymond Iris Richards Marion Rogers Robert & Cindy Rossie Cam & Helga Schneider Pamela Smith Gordon Sombrowski & Kevin Allen Alan & Amber Stewart Richard & Shannon Tanner United Way of Calgary, Donor Choice Program Dale Voigt & Melanie Stapleton Penelope Weir Peter M. Wood Jerilyn Wright Caleb Young

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individual and community support FRIENDS OF CALGARY OPERA Sustaining Friend

Anonymous (8) Lois Alger Laurie M. Anderson Bill & Carol Ann Armstrong John C. Armstrong Lisa Atkinson Alan & Isabelle Ayasse Corry Baum Rob Bede Louise Berlin Joan & Sean Booth Claude & Diane Boutin Dr. P.C. Bradley A.J. Brown & R.B. Beaty Thora Budda Anita Carey Edna M. Charchuk Bill Christensen Ted & Yanka Cochrane David Crutcher Tony & Gillean Daffern John & Mari Jo deWaal Janice Dowhaniuk Susan Duckett Dr. & Mrs. E. J. L. Fish John & Audrey Fry Dr. Gary & Mrs. Jamie Gelfand Michael Gerken & Gerlinde Metz Dr. William Ghali Lise Houle & Gary Molnar Sam & Roberta Kaketsis Roy Klassen Rick Kubik Cynthia Maier Brenda-Ann Marks Laurent Maurel M. Ann McCaig Mr. & Mrs. Mike Messing Jocelyn Michaud Brian Mills & Susan Tyrrell Dr. Brian Norford Jackie Palmer Barry Paxton Trudy Payne John & Beverley Peters Sir Francis Price Kirsten & David Pugh Donna Riback Kelly Robinson, for Bob McPhee Vera A. Ross Rein & Patricia Saar Sidewalk Citizen Bakery Marianne & Al Siemens Geoffrey & Joan Simmins Robert Such Greg Szuch David Tavender H. ter Keurs Dr John & Naomi Tyberg Susan Veres Anna Wawrzynowski T.W. Wilson Kathryn & Robert Worthingham Jason Wrobleski

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Anonymous (14) Deborah Alexander Ian Anderson Patricia Austin-Edy Ronke Babatunde Barbara Beaton Pieter Bessem & Heather Fraser Patricia A. Booker David & Sebina Butts Andrew Cook & Shannon Stevenson Michelle Copeland S. Corff Mr. James Cran Leslie Dimion Ann Donald Alan Dornian C. Morag Dornian Tom & Dianne Ferguson Jean L. Fisher Terry Fridhandler Brian Gaas Linda Garvey Carlos Gascon The Haglund Family Jay Halls Christine Howitt Helen Isaac Jenny Jensen Hakim Kapasi Lucy & Emerson Keough Barbara & Kenneth King Derek & Nancy Lee Robert & Linda Lesoway Gwen Loveless Derek Lylyk & Kimberly Wheelans Outi McEachern Ken McGuire Howard & Janet McLean Eswina Ngai Kirsten Olson Dina O’Meara Marla Orenstein Annemarie Pederson Carolyn S. Phillips Nona Phillips Barry & Gail Pollock Michael Robbins Karen Schweighardt Bruce Seifred & Sandra Sobko Colleen Shepstone Ronald Sigal Douglas Soeder Jeff Sparkes Twylla Starlight Kathie & Bill Stell Peg Taylor Carol Thompson Susan Wittrup Isabelle S. Wolcott Valerie Woodhead Robert E. Woodrow Daniel J. Zukiwsky

Supporting Friend Anonymous (24) Lori Adams Beth & Peter Adams

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Daria Alavidze Barbara Aldridge Teresa Anderson Tamarah Antares Alireza Azmudeh Henok Baarez Larry Bailey Tom Banks Nicole Bartolay Donald W. Beers Jeanette & Rudy Berger Helen Borm Pat Boyko Katri Bruen Lloyd & Carolyn Byers Marie Cameron Marlene Cameron Heather Campbell Vini Chari Frances V. Cormack Greg Coupal Eleanor Craighead Dr. Bernadette Curry Harm Deckers Melanie Degenstein Angeline Donais Earl & Judy Dreeschen Neil Drummond Denis & Patricia Duke Mr. John Dyck LaVerne Erickson Thomas Farquharson Gregory Fletcher Catherine Fraser Linda M. Fraser Riona Freeman Mrs Beverly Furlong L & M Gregoret Jan Grier Denise Guichon Fiona Hasegawa Brian J Hatton Ms. Mary Lou Higgins David Hobill Harold Hoffmann Carla Hos John Humphrey Lana Jackson Willem Jalink Victor & Lise Januszewski Joan Jenkins JoAnn Jones Steve Kennett & Christine Friedenreich The Jucker-Kiddle Family Madeleine King Gail Kingwell Bill & Elspeth Kirk Sheila Kirkland Katy Klein Edmond Ko Evelyn Ko P. Kornacki Birgit Kostera Mr. Alexander & Mrs. Sharon Kozub Arthur & Janet Krolman Shirley L. Langan Al & Sandy Lucas Beverly MacLeod

Patricia Maier Anitra Mamen Fiona Mattatall Evelyne Mauro Philip & Eleanor May Karen McCullough James & Donna McDonald Karen D. McKay Andrea McLellan Gaye McLennan Devon Miller Mrs. E. Milner Eugene F. Milone Dr. Darlene Montgomery Heather & Fred Morrissey Rasma Muiznieks Mr. Jon Ottewell Dianne Parkinson - McCabe A. Patterson Karen Patterson Nicola Peden Nellie Pintus Kelly Pitaoulis Erika Pochailo Arleigh S. Porte Milan Rabljenovic Marlene & Norm Raymond Fran Reid Chere Reilly Tom & Sylvia Royan Gordan Ruzdijic Milada Rysan Robert & Tamara Seiler Timothy Shantz & Katheleen Warke Mr. & Mrs. Gerard & Doris Sheilan Betty Ann Sherwood Shortgrass / Marj & Patrick Windle Ken & Barb Smith Penny Smith Ms. Cheryl Sonderson Groot Donna Spronk Anne Stang Anne Stone Johnson Laurie & Doug Strother Carmen Tellier & Les Smith Rosemarie Thiessen Mark & Wendy Thomas N.J. Tice Monique Tobicoe Nancy Tousley Cameron Maria Torres Louise Vertes Mira Von Maldeghem Greg & Anna Wagland John A. Watson Louis Watson Caroline Weisgerber Alan White Tatiana Willumsen Gunella Winchester Mr. Chris Wiseman Valerie Wolfe Susan Woods Ed & Sharon Wozniak Margaret Yacyshen B & J Young Frederick G. Young Albert & Frieda Zagorsky Herrat Zahner

Del & Marjorie Zingle Bonnie Zwack

Emerging Artist Training Fund

Anonymous Mohamed & Rashida Ali Bruce Allford & Mary Moran Tina Antony & Tom Stepper Sharon Bartley Mike Belenkie Joan & Sean Booth Jeff Bowling Patrick Breen Susanne & Michael Brown Mr. Geoffrey Cann John Carlson Steve Cloutier & Merran Christie Kirsten Cook-Zaba & Dwayne Zaba Carolyn Dahl Rees Darcy Daniels Stephen Douglas David & Roxanne Dunlop Don & Joanne Edie John Finn Greg Forsgren Brian Foster David & Beverley Foy Andrea Freeman

JJ Giraldi Mr. Brian Grasmuck Martha Hall Findlay Dick & Lois Haskayne Ms. Linda Hohol Doug Janikiewicz Christel & Ben Johansson Dawn & Verne Johnson David & Joyce Keith Madelyn Lang Ms. Sylvie Linteau Stephen Mahler Robert McCue Patricia & J. Sherrold Moore Mr. Andrew Mosker Jackie Palmer Sarah Palmer & Tom Plunkett Paul Polson Trevor Pritchard Sterling Rempel Kamaljit Sahota & AJ Kler Brock Schroeder Sander Sikkema Monica Sloan & John Evison Elizabeth Smith Brian Soltis Joanne Steinmann & Roger Pilkington Don Swystun & Kerrie Penney

H. ter Keurs Dale Voigt & Melanie Stapleton Sheila Wappel-McLean & Brent McLean Dan & Molly Wares Penelope Weir Andy & Krystyna Williamson Ms. Jan A. Wittig Deborah Yedlin & Martin Molyneaux Dorian Zubko

Memorial

In Memory of Bruce Cairns In Memory of Linda Nielsen In Memory of Arnold Palenske

Adopt an Artist Donors Anonymous Judith & Terence Dalgleish David & Beverley Foy Cos & Eleanor Gabriele Brian Grasmuck Monica Sloan & John Evison Don Swystun & Kerrie Penney Marian Williams

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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