Canadian Opera Company Orchestra VIOLIN I Marie Bérard, Concertmaster The Concertmaster’s chair has been endowed in perpetuity by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Aaron Schwebel, Associate Concertmaster Jamie Kruspe, Assistant Concertmaster Anne Armstrong Sandra Baron, (leave of absence) Bethany Bergman Nancy Kershaw Dominique Laplante Yakov Lerner Jayne Maddison Neria Mayer Ashley Vandiver* Joanna Zabrowarna VIOLIN II Paul Zevenhuizen, Principal Csaba Koczó, Assistant Principal James Aylesworth Elizabeth Johnston Boris Kupesic* Renée London* Aya Miyagawa Louise Tardif Marianne Urke Joanna Zabrowarna
VIOLA Keith Hamm, Principal Joshua Greenlaw, Assistant Principal (leave of absence) Sheila Jaffé, Acting Assistant Principal Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuck* Emily Eng* Nicholaos Papadakis* Angela Rudden* Beverley Spotton Yosef Tamir CELLO Bryan Epperson, Principal (leave of absence) Alastair Eng, Acting Principal Paul Widner, Assistant Principal Elaine Thompson, Acting Assistant Principal Maurizio Baccante Peter Cosbey* Olga Laktionova BASS Alan Molitz, Principal (leave of absence) Robert Speer, Assistant Principal Tom Hazlitt, Acting Assistant Principal Paul Langley Eric Lee* Robert Wolanski* FLUTE Douglas Stewart, Principal Shelley Brown
PICCOLO Shelley Brown Douglas Stewart
PERCUSSION Trevor Tureski, Principal Chung Ling Lo* John Thompson*
OBOE Mark Rogers, Principal Lesley Young
HARP Sarah Davidson, Principal
ENGLISH HORN Lesley Young
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CLARINET James T. Shields, Principal Colleen Cook
TRUMPET Robert Grim Robert Weymouth
BASSOON Eric Hall, Principal Elizabeth Gowen
TROMBONE Charles Benaroya Ian Cowie
HORN Mikhailo Babiak, Principal Janet Anderson Bardhyl Gjevori Gary Pattison
BASS TROMBONE Herbert Poole
TRUMPET Robert Grim, Principal Robert Weymouth TROMBONE Charles Benaroya, Principal Ian Cowie BASS TROMBONE Herbert Poole
LIBRARIAN Wayne Vogan ASSISTANT MUSIC LIBRARIAN Ondrej Golias STAGE LIBRARIAN Paul Langley PERSONNEL MANAGER Ian Cowie *extra musician
TIMPANI Michael Perry, Principal
Canadian Opera Company Chorus SOPRANOS Lindsay Barrett Christina Bell Stacie Carmona Margaret Evans Meghan Fleet Alexandra Lennox-Pomeroy Ingrid Martin Eve Rachel McLeod Victoria Pinnington Jennifer Robinson Teresa van der Hoeven Carrie Wiebe
TENORS Vanya Abrahams Stephen Bell Sam Chung Sean Clark Stephen Erickson William Ford Ryan Harper John Kriter Jason Lamont James Leatch Stephen McClare Derrick Paul Miller Eric Olsen
MEZZO-SOPRANOS Marianne Bindig Susan Black Sandra Boyes Wendy Hatala Foley Erica Iris Huang Lilian Kilianski Kathryn Knapp Laura McAlpine Anne McWatt Karen Olinyk Lisa Spain Vilma Indra Vitols
BARITONES/BASSES Grant Allert Kenneth Baker Peter Barnes Sung Chung Bruno Cormier Michael Downie Jason Nedecky Michael Sproule Jan Vaculik Peter Wiens Marcus Wilson Gene Wu Michael York
Canadian Children’s Opera Company Teri Dunn, Music Director
Ken Hall, Managing Director
Dean Burry, Artistic Director
Members of the Canadian Children’s Opera Company appear in all Canadian Opera Company productions requiring children’s voices. Founded in 1968, the CCOC is the only permanent children’s opera company in Canada, providing musical and dramatic training to hundreds of participants each year. It specializes in the development and performance of operatic and choral repertoire for children. Isobel Arseneau Alexandra Bernstein Lucas Drube Annika Faric Arianna Forgione
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