The Marriage of Figaro 

The Creative Team
 

Glynis Leyshon, program director
Program director for Opera as Theatre at The Banff Centre since its inception in 2002, Glynis Leyshon is also artistic director at the Vancouver Playhouse. An accomplished actor and director, Leyshon has helmed productions for the Playhouse including Oleanna, Wit, and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, a contemporary adaptation of Tartuffe for the Playhouse and Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane, which also played at the National Arts Centre.

Kelly Robinson, stage director
Stage director for the premiere of the original opera Filumena with Calgary Opera in 2003 and its second staging during the 2003 Banff Summer Arts Festival, Kelly Robinson returns this year to direct The Marriage of Figaro. Director of creative development for Mirvish Productions in Toronto, Robinson has directed plays, musicals, and opera in cities across Canada and the United States. His productions have appeared onstage at the Stratford Festival, London’s West End, the National Arts Centre and New York’s Palace Theatre.

David Agler, conductor
Formerly the music director of the Vancouver Opera, principal conductor of the Australian Opera, and resident conductor of the San Francisco Opera, among other posts, David Agler is one of Canada’s most distinguished opera and symphonic conductors. Making his second conducting appearance at the Banff Summer Arts Festival (he conducted The Rake’s Progress in 1994), Agler has had recent notable appearances with L’Opéra de Montréal, Calgary Opera, the New York City Opera, and the New National Theater in Tokyo.