Edmonton Opera magazine - Lilies (Les Feluettes)

LILIES MICHEL MARC BOUCHARD & KEVIN MARCH

LES FELUETTES

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Lilies

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6 Partners and Sponsors

9 Sustainability Fund

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19 Composer & Librettist Bios Cast and Production Credits

20 Synopsis

27 Artists’ Profiles

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Cover photo by David Cooper.

Photos from Opéra de Montréal’s 2016 production of Lilies by Yves Renaud; photos from Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2017 production of Lilies by David Cooper.

Message from the general director Thank you for joining us at the opening

are currently being built at our fully renovated production facility, employing Edmonton-based talent to create the elaborate scenery and costumes envisioned by the directors and designers.

of Edmonton Opera’s 54 season! Tonight we present the Alberta premiere of Lilies, a breathtaking new work by Bouchard and March that has already made a significant impact on the Canadian opera scene. th

Based on the iconic Canadian play Les Feluettes by Michel Marc Bouchard (which has also received an award-winning cinematic adaptation), Lilies had a successful world premiere in Montreal last year as a co-production between our friends at Opéra de Montréal and Pacific Opera Victoria. When I saw Lilies on opening night, I was absolutely mesmerized! This beautiful Canadian story, almost like our own version of Romeo and Juliet, is quintessentially operatic. I knew immediately that Lilies needed to be staged in Edmonton.

Following tonight’s performance of Lilies, our season continues with two spectacular new productions of audience favourites: Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore and Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Both productions

In addition to our operas at the Jubilee this year, we remain focused on finding new and meaningful ways to engage Edmontonians in the arts year-round. Learn more about our community and cultural engagement events by turning to page 36.

Speaking of community, I see this evening’s performance as a chance to reflect on how our differences and diversity make us a better, more welcoming society. Like many great operas, Lilies celebrates love and reminds us of the power of human passion. Against all odds, we must encourage and make space for love — in all forms — to prevail.

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The story of the serendipitous and oddsdefying creation of Les Feluettes began in March 2002, when I saw Lilies. Minutes into the film, I had an overwhelming sense that I was watching an opera. The words were lyrical; the characters, compelling; their stories, absorbing. It was easy to imagine the lines being sung. As I left the cinema, I was already making plans to adapt the film into an opera. By the end of that year, I was discussing the adaption with Michel Marc Bouchard.

In March 2011, Michel Beaulac, Artistic Director of the Opéra de Montréal, contacted Michel Marc to discuss commissioning an opera based on one of his plays. Although we did not know it, the play he had in mind was Les Feluettes. Imagine our delight in being able to show Michel Beaulac that we had already started work on just such an opera. As these events unfolded in Montreal, over in Victoria,

Ce soir nous allons chanter le désir et l’amour.

Grâce à la merveilleuse musique de Kevin March, nous allons porter les émotions à leur paroxysme.

Grâce à l’Opéra d’Edmonton, nous allons vous raconter une histoire où, il n’y pas si longtemps, ses protagonistes étaient considérés comme des êtres anormaux, dégénérés et malades.

Encore aujourd’hui, des milliers d’homosexuels sont torturés et assassinés de par le monde pour la seule et unique raison qu’ils aiment quelqu’un de même sexe. Que ce soit en Tchétchénie ou dans plusieurs pays musulmans et africains ou encore au Brésil, pays émergent, qui détient le triste record s’assassinats sur les individus issus de la communauté LGBT, ces atrocités et ces sévices sont quotidiens.

Nous avons découvert que l’aventure des Feluettes à l’opéra était porteuse d’un message d’espoir et de courage car rare sont les œuvres lyriques de cette ampleur qui représentent les amours homosexuelles.

Ce soir, célébrons ensemble le désir et l’amour. Célébrons l’ouverture et la tolérance. Célébrons ce que nous sommes devenus comme société et souhaitons que cet opéra soit un jour présenté dans ces pays où aimer est un crime.

Michel Marc Bouchard Dramaturge et librettiste.

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Patrick Coorigan, Ian Rye, and Timothy Vernon were also imagining an opera based on Les Feluettes. When they heard of Montréal’s plan, they joined Opéra de Montréal as co-producer to bring Les Feluettes to the opera stage.

I’m often asked how one approaches the task of writing an opera. In this case it all began with the words, which were rich with musical implications. The play’s stage directions call for the use of Debussy’s incidental music to D’Annunzio’s infamous Le Martyre de St. Sebastien which frames Vallier and Simon’s love for one another; the 1912 settings recall the music of the Belle Epoch and American ragtime; and La musique traditionnelle québécoise would have been commonplace. In creating the sound of Les Feluettes, it seemed necessary that all of these musical references be respected and represented.

Kevin March Composer

This evening we are going to sing of desire and of love.

Thanks to the ethereal music of Kevin March we are going to bring these emotions to their paroxysm. Thanks to Edmonton Opera we are going to tell you a story where, not very long ago, these protagonists were considered to be abnormal beings, degenerate and sick.

Even today millions of homosexuals are tortured and killed throughout the world for the sole reason that they love someone of the same sex. Be it Chechnya, any of the numerous Muslim or African countries, even Brazil, and many developing nations – all who hold the sad legacy of violence toward the individuals of the LGBT community – these atrocities and these murderous acts are a daily occurrence.

We discovered the venture of Les Feluettes as an opera carried a message of hope and courage because rarely do lyrical masterworks of this scale represent same-sex love.

This evening, let us celebrate this desire and this love.

Let us celebrate openness and tolerance. Let us celebrate that we have come together, and let us wish for this opera to one day be presented in the countries where it is a crime to love.

Michel Marc Bouchard Playwright and Librettist Translated by Tonya Rae Chrystian

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Edmonton Opera presents

Composer

LILIES

BIOGRAPHY

(LES FELUETTES) October 21, 24, & 27, 2017

Kevin March Kevin’s works have been performed in North America, Australia, and Europe

by Opéra de Montréal, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, New York City Opera, and numerous chamber ensembles and soloists.

His works have been featured in the Metropolis New Music Festival and the 7th Sydney Biennale. Awards include first prize in the 3MBS National Composer Awards for his orchestral work Kambarang and the Dorian La Gallienne Prize for Ophélie.

His works have been broadcast on radio and featured in the ABC National documentary Modern Muses: The Greeks and New Music. He holds a Doctorate from the University of Michigan where he studied with William Bolcom, William Albright, and Michael Daugherty.

Librettist

BIOGRAPHY

Music by Kevin March Libretto by Michel Marc Bouchard Premiere: May 21, 2016, Place des Arts, Montreal

Giuseppe Pietraroia Serge Denoncourt Jacques Lemay Guillaume Lord François Barbeau Martin Labrecque Julie Basse Gabriel Coutu-Dumont

The Cast

BISHOP JEAN BILODEAU YOUNG JEAN BILODEAU

OLD SIMON DOUCET

YOUNG SIMON DOUCET MADEMOISELLE LYDIE-ANNE DE ROZIER

COUNT VALLIER DE TILLY

COUNTESS MARIE-LAURE DE TILLY

FATHER SAINT-MICHEL

BARON DE HÜE

TIMOTHÉE DOUCET

Young Student/Party Guest

Gordon Gietz James McLennan Gino Quilico Zachary Read Daniel Cabena Jean-Michel Richer Dominique Côté Normand Richard Patrick Mallette Claude Grenier Casey Edmunds*

*non-equity member

Michel Marc Bouchard Lilies (Les Feluettes) is the first opera by playwright, screenwriter, and exhibition curator Michel Marc Bouchard, whose more than 20 plays have been translated into over 15 languages and performed all over the world. A recipient of the National Arts Centre Award, the Chalmers Award, the Dora Mavor Moore Award, the Primo Arte Candoni (Italy), the Prix de SACD (Paris), and the Lambda Literary Award (New York), he is an Officer of the Order of Canada, Knight of the Order of Quebec, and a member of Quebec’s Academy of Letters. His plays Les Feluettes, Les Muses orphelines, L’Histoire d’oie, Les Grandes chaleurs, Tom à la ferme, and Christine, la reine-garçon have been adapted for the screen. He is currently developing his second opera, an adaptation of Christine, la reine-garçon (The Girl King) for the Canadian Opera Company.

Conductor Originating Director Revival Director Scenery Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Revival Lighting Designer Projection

with members of the Edmonton Opera Chorus & Supers and The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Chorusmaster Repetiteur Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager

Peter Dala Leanne Regehr Ha Neul Kim Al Gadowsky Rachel Dawn Woods Ira Tuzlukova Andrea Handal

There will be be an intermission after Act 1.

The performance is approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes in duration, including intermission.

This performance contains brief male nudity.

The production and designs for Les Feluettes were originally created by Opéra de Montréal and Pacific Opera Victoria for productions in 2016 & 2017.

Edmonton Opera is a professional company operating within the jurisdiction of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

Edmonton Opera is a member of the Professional Opera Companies of Canada and Opera America.

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SYNOPSIS

Lilies (LES FELUETTES)

“Feluette” is a Quebec expression derived from the word “fluet” (slender, thin, and frail in appearance) meaning a weak man, effeminate, fragile, or overly sensitive.

Brief synopsis Throughout the opera, two narratives are staged together: at a prison in the present (1952) and a reenactment of the past (1912) by prisoners.

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to supposedly hear the confession of his old classmate Simon, who has been an inmate there for 40 years. When the Bishop arrives, however, Simon and his fellow prisoners have something else in store — they put on a play depicting the events leading up to Simon’s incarceration and force the Bishop to watch. Why? Because the Bishop’s younger self was solely responsible for Simon’s arrest.

1912: Simon is in love with a handsome young man named Vallier and the two are almost inseparable, which drives Bilodeau mad with jealousy. He is secretly in love with Simon but struggles between his faith and feelings. Simon and Vallier’s love story is complicated because being openly gay isn’t really possible in their society, so Simon finds a woman to marry. He eventually admits he can’t live without Vallier, but also realizes that they could only ever be together in death. As Simon starts a fire and prepares to die with Vallier by his side, Bilodeau arrives and rescues Simon, leaving Vallier to die alone.

Detailed synopsis

(courtesy of Pacific Opera Victoria):

Prologue. 1952. A Prison. When Bishop Bilodeau

arrives to hear the confession of his old classmate Simon, who has been an inmate for 40 years, Simon and his fellow prisoners instead force him to watch a performance depicting the events that led to Simon’s incarceration.

Episode 1. Collège de Roberval, 1912, school theatre. Father Saint-Michel is directing a rehearsal of

D’Annunzio’s play, The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Simon

plays Sebastian, who has been sentenced to be executed by his own archers, one of whom is Sanaé, played by Vallier. Sebastian assures Sanaé that he must die before he can be reborn.

Left alone, Vallier and Simon continue to rehearse; their acting grows more real and ardent, until they kiss. The bishop is horrified.

Young Bilodeau interrupts, threatening to expose the boys, and adds that when Simon sets a fire he does it out of love for Vallier, whom Bilodeau has nicknamed Feluette (Lily White). Furious, Simon violently kisses Bilodeau. Vallier’s mother, the Countess, enters and applauds, thinking she has just witnessed a scene from the play. Simon and Bilodeau run off.

The Countess tells Vallier that she has marvellous news: a young Parisienne, Lydie-Anne de Rozier, has just arrived by balloon. Simon’s father Timothée enters and tells Vallier that Lydie-Anne has met the Count in Paris and that he will soon bring the Countess and Vallier back to France. As Father Saint-Michel returns, the Countess praises the kissing scene between Simon and Bilodeau. Although Vallier tries to downplay what happened, Timothée sets off in a fury to find Simon. Bilodeau tells him to look in the college attic.

Interlude. The inmates remove their belts and violently beat the

ground. An image of the train station in flames. Vallier writes a love letter to Simon.

Episode 2. The terrace at Hôtel Roberval, a week later. Everyone marvels as Lydie-Anne arrives in her hot air balloon.

The visiting doctor, Baron de Hüe, gives Simon salve for his wounds and asks what happened. Simon awkwardly explains that he fell from his horse onto some barbed wire. Lydie-Anne tells him he needs to become a better liar. She adds that she obtained her balloon with just a couple of lies. Vallier arrives, wondering where Simon has been the last few days. Lydie-Anne recounts that when she met the Countess she lied about meeting the Count in Paris. Simon tells her the Countess is a local laughingstock.

When they are alone together, Simon shows Vallier the scars from the whipping he received because of the Countess’s gossiping. He tells

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Vallier everything is over between them; he will think about girls from now on. Tearing up his letter to Simon, Vallier leaves.

Lydie-Anne flirts with Simon. When he takes his shirt off, she asks why he was beaten. He explains that it was because of a kiss. As she asks to whom he gave it, Simon kisses her. The Bishop is outraged.

Episode 3. The Countess and Vallier’s home, some weeks later. As the convent across the street burns, the Countess imagines herself waltzing with her absent husband. Vallier comes home, exhausted, and tells her he has taken a job to make ends meet.

Furious that he would so lower himself, she blurts out that he is a coward like his father. Vallier declares angrily that his father is indeed a coward for abandoning his family. The Countess says she has read the letter Vallier tore up, believing it to be a loving letter for his father; she has glued it together and given it to Lydie-Anne to take to the Count in France. She quotes from the letter, as Vallier softly repeats the words.

He then tells her that the fire across the street is a sign that Lydie-Anne has given Simon the letter. He admits he is in love with Simon. His mother already knows, and insists that Vallier must go to Simon and Lydie-Anne’s engagement party.

Intermission Episode 4. The ballroom at Hôtel Roberval.

At the engagement party, Lydie-Anne mocks the Countess, and Simon reprimands her. When she reminds him that he has become increasingly inattentive to her, he reassures her that he is all hers, and they look forward to flying off together in her balloon.

Suddenly, Vallier enters, dressed as Emperor Caesar, and invites Simon to perform a scene from The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. After some hesitation, Simon plays his part. Timothée demands that Vallier leave, and the party descends into chaos. Disheartened, Lydie-Anne tells the Countess that indeed she met the Count in Paris, but that he has remarried and is the father of two girls.

In anguish, knowing that he and Lydie-Anne are to leave in the morning and that he will never see Vallier again, Simon curses

Vallier and his own mad passion. Bilodeau, alone, reviles God for abandoning him and prays for Simon to stay. He then sets fire to Lydie-Anne’s hot-air balloon.

The bishop protests that Simon has no way of knowing any of this.

Simon produces the bishop’s old journal.

Episodes 5 and 6. The forest, the next day.

The Countess’ birthday gift to Vallier is a bathtub. As Vallier sits in the bath, Simon comes to wish him a happy birthday and to say goodbye. He admits that he doesn’t love Lydie-Anne as he should and finally confesses his love for Vallier. When Vallier responds in kind, they embrace and again recite the text of St. Sebastian.

The Countess tells Vallier she must leave him, and he is the only one she can ask to help her. He resists, but she quotes St. Sebastian: I am going to be reborn. But for that, I must die. Vallier covers his mother with earth and then strangles her. Simon wakes, sees the Countess dead, takes Vallier in his arms. As Vallier struggles in the grip of despair, Simon calms him. They exit.

Bilodeau, who has seen everything, spits on the Countess’s body, then blesses her hand.

Episode 7. Collège de Roberval, school theatre.

Vallier wakes in Simon’s arms. Bilodeau joins them, having arranged horses and provisions so they can all flee. Bilodeau gives Simon his journal and asks for a kiss, like that of the saint to his friend. Crying Never! Simon pushes Bilodeau out. As Bilodeau hammers on the doors, Simon embraces Vallier, and sets the place on fire.

Epilogue. Prison. Bishop Bilodeau recounts the rest of the story: he finally opened the doors. Everything was in flames, Simon and Vallier entwined on the floor. Bilodeau separated them and dragged Simon out. He went back for Vallier, but then abandoned him. Bilodeau explains that he let Simon live to force him to think of him, to be always obsessed with him. Old Simon and the inmates surround the bishop, knives in hand. He begs Simon to kill him, to free him. Simon says, “never” and throws his knife on the ground. All exit, leaving the bishop alone.

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PROFILES Giuseppe Pietraroia Conductor

Giuseppe Pietraroia is the Associate Conductor for the VS and Pacific Opera Victoria and is a former music director of the Victoria Choral Society.

As a guest conductor he has been engaged by orchestras across Canada. He has also appeared with l’Opéra de Montréal, Opera New Brunswick and l’Opéra de Québec. In addition to concerts with the Victoria Symphony, season highlights include La Bohème for Pacific Opera and a debut with Edmonton Opera for Les Feluettes. Giuseppe Pietraroia is the recipient of the George and Jane Heffelfinger Pacific Opera Victoria Artist of the Year Award and the Canada Council’s Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestral Conducting. In addition to those honours, his recording with Marie-Josée Lord and l’Orchestre Métropolitain received a Felix Award and was nominated for a Juno.

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PROFILES Gino Quilico

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Old Simon Doucet | baritone Gino has performed with the world’s major opera companies including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House, Berlin Staatsoper, Vienna Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Colon, and La Fenice. He has released over 20 recordings including Les Troyens (Decca), which earned him a Grammy. He has also been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Gino has worked with such distinguished conductors as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, James Levine, and Zubin Mehta. Recent and upcoming highlights include Les Feluettes (Opéra de Montréal and Edmonton Opera) and Le Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des carmélites (Opéra de Montréal).

Young Bilodeau | tenor James McLennan has performed with most of Canada’s major opera companies in a career encompassing over 25 roles. Recent and upcoming credits include Goro in Madama Butterfly at Manitoba Opera, L’Opéra de Montréal and Pacific Opera Victoria; Luther Billis in South Pacific for Calgary Opera; Gastone in La Traviata and Bardolfo in Falstaff for Manitoba Opera; and Pang in Turandot and Almaviva in The Barber of Seville with Edmonton Opera.

He originated the role of Young Bilodeau at the world premiere in Montreal, also performing it at Pacific Opera Victoria last spring. A certified French translator, this fall James joined the Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba as a Voice Instructor.

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Bishop Bilodeau | tenor Gordon Gietz created the role of Stingo in Nicholas Maw’s Sophie’s Choice at Covent Garden. He appeared as Tamino, Don Ottavio, Cassio and Alfred at the Opéra National de Paris and created the character of Yonas in the world première of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater. He made his La Scala debut as Chevalier in Dialogues des Carmélites and returned for A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Lysander, his debut role at Glyndebourne and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

Other highlights include Die Nase at the Metropolitan Opera, Steva in Jenufa at the Châtelet and Madrid’s Teatro Real, Hoffmann in Marseille, Don José in Carmen in Montréal, Antwerp and Lille and Béatrice et Bénédict with the New York Philharmonic, Toulouse and the Santa Fe Opera.

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Young Simon Doucet | baritone A Metropolitan Opera Regional Finalist, baritone Zachary Read makes his Edmonton Opera debut as Young Simon in Les Feluettes. In demand for both opera and concert repertoire, Read has sung Messiah with the Vancouver Bach Choir and Victoria Symphony and appeared as Morales in Carmen and Jonas Fogg in Sweeney Todd, both for Vancouver Opera. He was a member of the Yulanda Faris Young Artist Program with Vancouver Opera and holds a Masters in Operatic Performance from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. He looks forward to Guglielmo In Così fan tutte for Virginia’s Opera on the James and continues to play bagpipes with the six-time world champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band internationally.

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Mademoiselle Lydie-Anne de Rozier | countertenor Canadian countertenor Daniel Cabena is highly regarded in both Canada and Europe for prizewinning performances ranging from baroque to contemporary repertoire. As Lydie-Anne in the world premiere of Les Feluettes with Opera de Montreal, Richard Turp declared his performance “both profoundly touching and utterly compelling, his vocal poise and theatrical aplomb constantly rewarding.” Daniel toured Canada with “A Sanctuary in Song” with pianist Stephen Runge and starred in Air India: Name Redacted with Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble. Recent oratorio performances for Daniel include his debut with Victoria Symphony in Messiah. In 2018, Daniel is a guest soloist with Les Violons du Roy at National Arts Centre.

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Countess Marie-Laure de Tilly | baritone Québec baritone Dominique Côté is in high demand in France, United States and Canada as a singing actor for film, opera, television and musicals. Trained at L’École de Théâtre de St-Hyacinthe and Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, his first prize competition wins include the Concours International de chant de Marmande and de Canari in France. He has been engaged by Opéra de Montréal, Québec, Marseille, Geneva, Avignon, Victoria, Washington D.C’s Opera Lafayette, Wexford Opera Festival, Just for laugh and Radio-Canada, among others. He recorded two world premieres recently: La Société Anonyme des Messieurs Prudent from Beydts with Avignon-Provence Orchestra and Nicandro e Fileno from Lorenzani with Les Boréades de Montréal.

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Timothée Doucet | bass A singer, teacher, composer, and former member of the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, Claude Grenier has been asked to appear as a soloist for such prestigious organizations as Opéra de Montréal (where he has sung some thirty different roles), the Opéra de Québec, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Edmonton Opera, the Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, and the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal. The many roles in his repertoire include Sprafucile (Rigoletto), Colline (La bohème), Kommissarius and Notar (Der Rosenkavalier), Lodovico (Otello), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) and Matthieu (Andrea Chénier).

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Father Saint-Michel | bass-baritone Bass-baritone Normand Richard has sung numerous roles on the Opéra de Montréal stage (Alidoro – La Cenerentola, Marquis – Le Dialogue des Carmélites, Sid – La Fanciulla del West, among others) and has appeared as soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Métropolitain. He has also participated in many Radio-Canada and CBC radio broadcasts and is a featured soloist on several CD recordings. Mr. Richard is especially active in oratorio and early music, appearing regularly with ensembles such as the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Les Idées Heureuses, Les Violons du Roy and Le Concert Spirituel de Paris.

Peter Dala Chorusmaster

Peter Dala began his conducting career 30 years ago with the Basel Ballet. He conducted for seven years at the Hungarian State Opera and the National Ballet of Hungary. As Edmonton Opera’s chorusmaster from 1996 to 2012 and resident conductor from 2001 to 2012, he prepared the chorus for roughly 40 operas, has played over 50 operas as repetiteur and has conducted over 30 operas. In 2001 he began his affiliation with Alberta Ballet and was named music director in 2005. He has conducted over 40 different productions for them.

Leanne Regehr Repetiteur

Pianist Leanne Regehr earned a Doctor of Music degree in piano performance from Northwestern University and is currently based in Edmonton, where she serves on the faculties of the University of Alberta and the King’s University. Leanne has been engaged as a repetiteur with Shreveport Opera, Mercury Opera and Edmonton Opera.

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PROFILES Ha Neul Kim Stage Manager

As a graduate of the University of Alberta’s technical theatre production program with a specialization in stage management, Ha Neul has worked at theatres and major special events across Canada. She is delighted to mark the 2017/18 season as her 16th with Edmonton Opera, taking over as Stage Manger in 2007. These past 16 years have been an incredible experience, being involved in over 40 productions and in the company’s artistic operations. Ha Neul also enjoys the opportunity to mentor Assistant Stage Managers and Apprentice Assistant Stage Managers for each EO production, and teaches a class in opera stage management at the University of Alberta.

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Al Gadowsky

Assistant Stage Manager Previously at Edmonton Opera, Al has Assistant Stage Managed Turandot and The Merry Widow.

Other stage and assistant stage management credits include Anne of Green Gables, Million Dollar Quartet, Mamma Mia!, and Glenda’s Kitchen (Charlottetown Festival); Crazy For You (Citadel/Theatre Calgary) West Side Story, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Avenue Q, and Monty Python’s Spamalot (Citadel Theatre); Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/ Citadel Theatre), and Working It Out (Alberta Workers Health Centre) He is a graduate of the BFA Stage Management program at the University of Alberta. Al would like to thank his family and friends for their continuing love and support.

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Edmonton Opera

in the community

During this year’s Alberta Culture Days, Edmonton Opera offered two days of free, family-friendly events to showcase the artistic diversity of our province. We began with Lunchtime Lullabies (co-presented by University of Alberta Faculty of Extension), an afternoon of soothing songs for children and babies featuring Cree lullabies, African folk songs, opera, and a fiddle group performance by young students. Audiences were then offered bannock and tea while they browsed at a pop-up market by Indigenous artisans.

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For our second day of programming, we took shoppers at Southgate Centre around the world with performances of opera in various languages, francophone folk music, and Indian classical dance. On both days, we helped children spark their creativity with crafts while they learned about Alberta’s many artistic traditions!

To celebrate the Alberta premiere of Lilies, we hosted a number of free events that allowed both existing and new audiences to engage with this important Canadian opera. By partnering with local arts organizations and community groups, we aimed to facilitate meaningful conversations and enhance the audience’s experience of Lilies.

We started the month with a Gay Film Series at Metro Cinema Garneau featuring Brokeback Mountain, Tom at the Farm, and the cinematic adaptation of Lilies. Then, we hosted an evening with Kevin March, composer of Lilies, at the Art Gallery of Alberta where he offered firsthand insight into the process of creating an opera.

To highlight the significance of Michel Marc Bouchard’s play Les Feluettes in the Canadian theatre canon, we collaborated with L’UniThéâtre to present a staged reading of the play in French by Edmontonbased francophone actors. Playwright and librettist Bouchard also participated in public talks and lectures at the University of Alberta.

Organizing events for Edmonton’s LGBTQ+ community was essential in the lead up to Lilies, Canada’s first gay opera, and we were fortunate to have the Pride Centre of Edmonton, Fruit Loop, and Evolution Wonderlounge as partners. It was also a pleasure to welcome and offer free tickets to students from GSAs around the city during our Student Dress Rehearsal of Lilies.

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edmonton opera board of directors 2017-2018 season Garner Beggs Robert Bessette Jennifer Brown Frank Calder

Richard Cook, Chair Francis Price, Vice Chair Ken Keenleyside, Treasurer Irv Kipnes, Past Chair

Mary Clonfero Craig Corbett Hans Forbrich Melanie Nakatsui

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Fund Development Gwen Horvath, Director of Fund Development Mary-Lou Hamilton, Director of Strategic Partnerships Jennifer Hinnell Warner, Grants Officer Gordana Bosiocic, Events Coordinator & Donor Relations Celyne Runzer, Fund Development Assistant

Artistic Administration Ha Neul Kim, Director of Artistic Operations, Resident Stage Manager* Peter Dala, Resident Conductor & Chorusmaster* Leanne Regehr, Understudy Coach Kendra Litwin, Arts Administration Assistant

Production and technical Clayton Rodney, Production & Technical Director* Mikael Gustafsson, Head Scenic Carpenter & Shop Supervisor Vincent Meseck, Assistant Head Scenic Carpenter Jeff Howe, Scenic Carpenter Kathy Cooper, Scenic Carpenter Ivan Siemens, Head Welder Megan Kumpula, Head, Properties & Scenic Artist Connor MacDonald, Assistant Head Properties Cassidy Armstrong, Assistant Head Scenic Artist

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Giving Tuesday | November 28, 2017 Start off your holiday season on the right note, with a gift that can make a difference!

This year, Edmonton Opera is pleased to partner once again with Kids Up Front, bringing the magic of opera to families. On November 28, every $20 contribution made will provide a child’s ticket to the opera, and every $100 donation will bring a family of four to our upcoming production of HMS Pinafore.

Opera 101 | January 17, 2018 | 7 p.m.

At our next Opera 101, host Stephan Bonfield will talk about the dynamic duo of Gilbert and Sullivan ahead of our new jazz-inspired HMS Pinafore! Learn all about the music of this beloved comic operetta at the CKUA building downtown. This event is free to attend, RSVP required on Eventbrite.

Servus Opera Brunch | January 21, 2018 | 11 a.m.

The talented cast of HMS Pinafore invites you to this intimate recital at the Royal Glenora Club accompanied by a delectable brunch buffet! Your ticket includes a welcome mimosa, exquisite brunch offerings selected by the Royal Glenora’s executive chef, and performances by such talented singers as Vanessa Oude-Reimerink (last seen in Carmen), Geoffrey Sirett (Elektra) and Dion Mazerolle (Turandot).

Student Dress Rehearsal | February 1, 2018 | 11 a.m.

Students of all ages can experience the magic of live theatre with our matinee performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta HMS Pinafore. Featuring live music performed by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, this field trip is sure to captivate your students’ imaginations!

Book your class today by emailing education@edmontonopera.com.

HMS Pinafore | February 3, 6, and 9, 2018 Dance your way into the opulent 1920s jazz era aboard a delightful new production of HMS Pinafore! With new jazz arrangements by Ed Windels, exciting designs by Camellia Koo and Deanna Finnman, and skillful direction by Cinderella’s Robert Herriot, this is Pinafore like you’ve never seen — or heard — before!

Valentine’s Gala | February 14, 2018 Embrace the flair of the 1970s at our annual Valentine’s Gala! Join us for the year’s most glamorous party, celebrating Edmonton Opera’s 54th season with a Studio 54 theme.

The Valentine’s Gala features gourmet culinary offerings, a selection of fine wines, and spectacular live entertainment at the Shaw Conference Centre.

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For more information or to purchase tickets to any of these events, please contact the box office at 780.429.1000 or visit edmontonopera.com.

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