Opera History 2000 to 2009 - Theatre Arts Program
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2002 Opera Program
Shakespeare at the Club
Stage Director: Christopher Hunt
Music Director: Leslie Dala
Stage Manager: Caroline Dufresne and Susan McNair Reid
Shakespeare at the Opera
Stage Director: Glynis Leyshon
Music Director: Leslie Dala
Stage Manager: Caroline Dufresne
Set Designer: Robert Rombough
Lighting Designer: Heidi Lingren
Costume Designer: Deneen MacArthur
2003 Opera Program
Shakespeare at the Club
Stage Director: Christopher Hunt
Music Director: Leslie Dala
Stage Manager: Caroline Dufresne
Choreographer: Gwen Dobie
Forbidden Shakespeare
Stage Director: Glynis Leyshon
Music Director: Leslie Dala
Set/Props/Costume Designer: Marti Wright
Lighting Designer: Terry Gunvordahl
Sound Designer: Kam Shermon
Stage Manager: Caroline Dufresne
Filumena - A New Canadian Opera, co-commissioned and co-produced
by The Banff Centre and Calgary Opera
Composer: John Estacio
Librettist: John Murrell, OC, AOE
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Stage Director: Kelly Robinson
Set/Props/Costume Designer: Sue LePage
Lighting Designer: Harry Frehner
Stage Manager: Bonni Baynton
2004 Opera Program
Gilbert & Sullivan Cabaret
Stage Director: Glynis Leyshon
Music Director: Leslie Dala
Script: John Murrell
Stage Manager: Caroline Dufresne
Constantinople - Produced by The Gryphon Trio in partnership with The Banff Centre, Music Toronto, Tapestry New Opera Works, and Ex Machina
Composer: Christos Hatzis
Director/Choreographer: Marie-Josée Chartier
Scripting Advisor: John Murrell, OC, AOE
Visual Projection Concept Developer: Lionel Arnould
Visual Projection Designer and Producer: Jacques Collin and Lionel Arnould
Set and Lighting Designer: Bernard White
Costume Designer: Heather MacCrimmon
Sound Designer/Engineer: Anthony Crea
Production Manager: Caroline Holloway
Executive Producer: Roman Borys
The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte
Stage Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: David Angler
Chorus Master: Petar Dundjerski
Lighting Designer: Michael Whitfield
Stage Manager: Myra A. Malley
2005 Opera Program
Filumena - at Alberta Scene, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Composer: John Estacio
Librettist: John Murrell, OC, AOE
Stage Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Filumena
Composer: John Estacio
Librettist: John Murrell, OC, AOE
Stage Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Imre Palló
Set/Props/Costume Designer: Sue LePage
Lighting Designer: Harry Frehner
Chorus Master: Laurence Ewashko
Choreographer: Gérard Théorêt
Stage Manager: Bonni Baynton
2006 Opera Program
The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Emmanuel Schikaneder
Translator for English Dialogue and Surtitles: John Murrell, OC, AOE
Stage Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Choreographer: Gérard Théorêt
Lighting Designer: Michael Whitfield
Chorus Master: Laurence Ewashko
Stage Manager: Paul A. Skirzyk
Frobisher - Co-commissioned and co-produced by The Banff Centre and Calgary Opera
Composer: John Estacio
Librettist: John Murrell, OC, AOE
Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Designer: Sue LePage
Lighting Designer: Harry Frehner
2007 Opera Program
Frobisher - Co-commissioned and co-produced by The Banff Centre and Calgary Opera
Composer: John Estacio
Librettist: John Murrell, OC, AOE
Director: Kelly Robinson
Assistant Director/Choreographer: Gérard Théorêt
Conductor: Alexander Platt
Designer: Sue LePage
Lighting Designer: Harry Frehner
Stage Manager: Bonni Baynton
2008 Opera Program
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Peter Pears after William Shakespeare By arrangement with
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
Phaedra
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Robert Lowell after Racine’s Phedre Used by arrangement
with European American Music Distribution LLC, Canadian and U.S. agent for
Faber Music Limited, publisher and copyright owner.
Dido and Aeneas
Composer: Henry Purcell
Librettist: Nathum Tate
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Phaedra /Dido and Aeneas Creative Team
Kelly Robinson Stage director
David Agler Conductor (A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Phaedra)/music director
Adam Burnette Conductor (Dido and Aeneas)
Michael Waller Associate director (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Brent Krysa Assistant stage director (Phaedra/Dido and Aeneas)
Vicki St. Denys Choreographer (A Midsummer Night's Dream/Dido and Aeneas)
Harry Frehner Lighting designer
Scott Reid Set/props designer
Julia Tribe Costume designer
Bonni Baynton Stage Manager A Midsummer Night's Dream
Amy Lippold Stage Manager Phaedra/Dido and Aeneas
2009 Opera Program
The Tragedy of Carmen
Adapted by Peter Brook
From the opera by Georges Bizet
Sung in French
The Cunning Little Vixen
By Leos Janácek
Sung in English
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