CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY ORCHESTRA
CANADIAN CHILDREN’S OPERA COMPANY
VIOLIN I Marie Bérard, Concertmaster The Concertmaster’s chair has been endowed in perpetuity by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Benjamin Bowman, Associate Concertmaster, on leave of absence Diane Tait, Assistant Concertmaster Nancy Kershaw, Acting Assistant Concertmaster Anne Armstrong Sandra Baron Bethany Bergman Andrew Chung* Dominique Laplante Yakov Lerner Jayne Maddison Neria Mayer Aya Miyagawa Ashley Vandiver* Joanna Zabrowarna
CELLO Bryan Epperson, Principal Alastair Eng, Associate Principal Paul Widner, Assistant Principal Maurizio Baccante Peter Cosbey* Olga Laktionova Marianne Pack* Elaine Thompson
Ann Cooper Gay, Executive Artistic and Music Director Ken Hall, General Manager
FLUTE Douglas Stewart, Principal Christine Little*
PERCUSSION Trevor Tureski, Principal Ryan Scott* Steven Wassmansdorf*
VIOLIN II Paul Zevenhuizen, Principal Csaba Koczó, Assistant Principal James Aylesworth Christine Chesebrough* Laura D’Angelo* Corey Gemmell* Elizabeth Johnston Hiroko Kagawa* Renée London* Sonia Shklarov* Louise Tardif Marianne Urke
PICCOLO Shelley Brown
HARP Sarah Davidson, Principal
OBOE Mark Rogers, Principal Jasper Hitchcock*
BANDA
VIOLA Keith Hamm, Principal Joshua Greenlaw, Assistant Principal Carolyn Blackwell* Ivan Ivanovich* Valerie Kuinka* Rory McLeod* Nicholaos Papadakis* Rhyll Peel Angela Rudden* Beverley Spotton Yosef Tamir, on leave of absence
BASS Alan Molitz, Principal Robert Speer, Assistant Principal Nick Davis* Tom Hazlitt, on leave of absence Paul Langley Eric Lee* Robert Wolanski*
TRUMPET Robert Grim, Principal Valerie Cowie* Robert Weymouth TROMBONE Charles Benaroya, Principal Ian Cowie Herbert Poole
TUBA/CIMBASSO Scott Irvine, Principal, on leave of absence
CLARINET James T. Shields, Principal Michele Verheul*
TRUMPET Andrew Dubelsten* Brindley Venables*
HORN Joan Watson, Principal, on leave of absence Scott Wevers, Acting Principal* Janet Anderson Bardhyl Gjevori Gary Pattison
LIBRARIAN Wayne Vogan ASSISTANT MUSIC LIBRARIAN Ondrej Golias STAGE LIBRARIAN Paul Langley PERSONNEL MANAGER Ian Cowie * extra musician
CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY CHORUS SOPRANOS Mary Bella Stacie Carmona Andrea Cerswell Ilona Karan Alexandra LennoxPomeroy Ingrid Martin Eve Rachel McLeod Jennifer Robinson Catherine Tait Teresa van der Hoeven
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MEZZO-SOPRANOS Marianne Bindig Wendy Hatala Foley Erica Iris Huang Lilian Kilianski Kathryn Knapp Jessica Lloyd Karen Olinyk Vilma Indra Vitols Paula Wickberg Cindy Won
Canadian Opera Company 2013/2014 Season
Jade Lotter Carter MacLean Ashley Offman Frances Quilty Connor Ross Ezra Unger Brandt Tristan Winfield-Hicks
Members of the Canadian Children’s Opera Company are used in all Canadian Opera Company productions requiring children’s voices. The CCOC is the only permanent children’s opera chorus in Canada and specializes in the development and performance of choral and operatic repertoire for children.
TIMPANI Michael Perry, Principal
PICCOLO Dianne Aitken* Maria Pelletier*
BASSOON Eric Hall, Principal Elizabeth Gowen
Morgan Graves-Ward Perry Guloien Claire Hamilton Huw Dawson Hlinyanszky Talia Kertes Alexa Laengert Hanna LemenevaWollesen
BASS TROMBONE Mark Bonang*
ENGLISH HORN Lesley Young
BASS CLARINET Colleen Cook
CHILDREN’S CHORUS Alexandra Bernstein Chloe Blair Saba Blyden-Taylor Katarina Bojic Vannessa Gadoutsis Kiyoshi Gibson Gabriel Gough
TENORS Craig Ashton Stephen Bell Taras Chmil Sean Clark Stephen Erickson Jason Lamont James Leatch Stephen McClare Derrick Paul Miller Conrad Siebert
BARITONES & BASSES Kenneth Baker Peter Barnes Sung Chung Michael Downie Jason Nedecky Michael Sproule Jan Vaculik Peter Wiens Marcus Wilson Michael York
Visit the OPERA SHOP! Along with our extensive collection of books, CDs, DVDs and giftware, this fall, we’re thrilled to be featuring one-of-a-kind jewellery from Toronto artisans: Rikki Blitt, Alice Chik, Maria Lopez and Sari Teitelbaum (who we’ll be showcasing in two trunk shows Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 20)! The Opera Shop is located on the main floor of the Isadore and Rosalie Sharp City Room, open before, during, and (sometimes) after all performances.
Featured recordings from Universal Classics: DVD La Bohème Finally back on DVD, this classic 1982 revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s beloved Metropolitan Opera production stars the great singing actress Teresa Stratas and José Carreras, then at the peak of his considerable vocal powers. James Levine presents an impassioned reading of Puccini’s masterful score. $25.75 including tax CD Peter Grimes This 1978 recording followed a series of acclaimed live performances at London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden and stars Canadian legend Jon Vickers, one of the best interpreters of this role. The late Sir Colin Davis, one of the great Britten specialists, conducts. $24.75 including tax
The Opera Shop is a project of the Canadian Opera Company, in partnership with L’Atelier Grigorian and Decca – The Opera Label. All proceeds support the Canadian Opera Company.
Please visit coc.ca for additional information
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