WELCOME Hey Opera Goers, Welcome to Opera 5’s production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. We can’t wait to share this opera classic with you. Since the start of Opera 5, comedy is something that we have always embraced wholeheartedly. From Opera Cheats to our productions, we like to make people laugh, which is why tonight’s show was a perfect choice to share with you. It is full of spectacular singing and playing, beautiful lights and costumes, but most importantly it is chock full of fast paced comedy from everyone on stage. Every year Opera 5 grows and it is because of our supportive community of donors, audience members and colleagues. Thank you for being a part of our journey. Sit back, relax and enjoy! We hope that we can make you laugh! The Opera 5 Team (Jess, Evan and Rachel) BE SURE TO TAG US IN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS TONIGHT
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Opera 5 2018 - 2019 Season Announcement NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 Open Chambers: Shostakovich and Hindemith Opera 5 presents the first in a new series of staged vocal chamber music. MAY 2019 Terror & Erebus Composer: Cecilia Livingston
Librettist: Duncan McFarlane
The world premiere of Terror & Erebus, a chamber opera for six singers and percussion quartet on the failed Franklin expedition to seek the northwest passage through the Canadian arctic. This is a co-production with TorQ percussion quartet.
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SYNOPSIS Setting: On a spring day in 1914 before the “Last Great Summer.”
Act 1 Count Almaviva arrives in Seville to serenade Rosina, a ward of Don Bartolo. He pretends to be a poor commoner named Lindoro in order to see if Rosina’s love is true. She responds, but remains locked inside, as Bartolo intends to marry her himself. Almaviva meets his friend Figaro, a cunning barber, and the two hatch a plan to have Almaviva pose as a drunk soldier billeting in Bartolo’s house in order to get access to Rosina. Rosina reflects on the voice of Lindoro which has enchanted her, and Bartolo reflects on the rumour, delivered by music teacher Don Basilio, that Almaviva is in town searching for Rosina. Basilio suggests a slanderous course of action, but Bartolo decides to simply move forward his plans to marry Rosina. Figaro overhears this plot and resolves to get a letter from Almaviva to Rosina. Almaviva arrives posing as a drunk solider and begins to fight with Bartolo. Rosina, Basilio and Figaro arrive on the scene, then soldiers burst into Bartolo’s house to investigate, and they move to arrest Almaviva. He quietly reveals his identity to the officer, who immediately lets him free. Everybody is stunned except for Figaro.
- INTERMISSION Act 2 Almaviva returns, this time disguised as Don Alonso, a music teacher arriving in the place of Basilio, who he says is ill. Bartolo is suspicious, but Almaviva suggests that he use Rosina’s own love letter as ammunition against Lindoro, implying that he say it was given to him by another mistress, showing Lindoro’s intention is to toy with her on Almaviva’s behalf. This convinces Bartolo, and the singing lesson begins, Rosina surprised to see “Lindoro” as “Don Alonso.” The two declare their love while Bartolo dozes off. Basilio arrives suddenly and Almaviva improvises a plan to convince him he is sick, while bribing him to leave quickly. Bartolo gets a shave but manages to overhear Almaviva and Rosina talking of eloping that evening, and chases him out of the house. Bartolo asks Basilio to summon a notary for a wedding that evening. During a furious rainstorm, Bartolo gives the letter to Rosina, who is crushed at the notion that Lindoro’s intentions are insincere. Figaro and Almaviva climb the balcony and enter using a key Figaro stole during the chaos earlier. Rosina confronts Lindoro about the letter, who reveals himself as Almaviva. Bartolo removes the ladder, blocking their escape, but then the notary and Basilio arrive. Basilio is once again bribed into signing the marriage contract for Almaviva and Rosina. Bartolo arrives with guards, but he is too late. There is reconciliation and laughter as the plots of the day unfold around Bartolo.
PRESENTS
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Music by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Based on the Play Le Barbier de SĂŠville by Pierre Beaumarchais
The Opera 5 Team Rachel Krehm General Director Jessica Derventzis Artistic Director
Evan Mitchell Music Director and Conductor Jessica Derventzis* Director Erin Frances Gerofsky Production Designer
Evan Mitchell Music Director
Jennifer Lennon Lighting Designer
Past Team Members
Melania Radelicki* Stage Manager
Aria Umezawa Maika’i Nash
Board of Directors Victoria Novak President George Hoff Secretary Carl Dholandas Anu Koshal Amelia Lyon David Matthews
Anna Spencer Assistant Stage Manager Olesya Komarnytska Assistant Production Designer Trevor Chartrand Repetiteur and Coach Johua Capodagli Technical Director Technicians Josh Hoodless (head technician) Clint Bouman | Quinn Hoodless Wellesley Lee | Kurt Nicholson Surtitles Rebecca Gray
THE CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Fiorello..................................................................................... Danlie Rae Acebuque Il Conte D’Almaviva.............................................................................Kevin Myers* Figaro............................................................................................. Johnathon Kirby* Rosina........................................................................................ Stephanie Tritchew* Don Bartolo......................................................................................Jeremy Ludwig* Don Basilio........................................................................................Giles Tomkins* Berta.................................................................................................... Megan Miceli Ambrogio................................................................................................. Wesley Hui Un Ufficiale............................................................................................... Lee Clapp Un Notaro................................................................................................Arieh Sacke
The Chorus Tenors....................................................................................Arieh Sacke, Lee Clapp Basses................................................................... Danlie Rae Acebuque, Wesley Hui
The Orchestra Acoustic Guitar................................................................................Andrew Cloutier Violin I.............................................................................................Adam Diderrich Violin II.................................................................................................... Amy Spurr Viola.............................................................................................. Rachael Abramoff Cello...................................................................................................... Robin Howe Double Bass..............................................................................................Nick Davis Flute................................................................................................. Laura Chambers Oboe...................................................................................................Lief Mosbaugh Clarinet...................................................................................................... Peter Stoll Bassoon..........................................................................................Michael Macaulay French Horn................................................................................Courtney Prizrenac * The participation these Artists are arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT).
CAST Danlie Rae Acebuque Fiorello/Chorus
Danlie is currently in his third year in Voice Performance studies in the studio of Frédériqué Vézina at the University of Toronto. Outside U of T, Danlie has been in various choruses in independent opera productions such as Opera 5’s Die Fledermaus in 2016 and the world premiere of Tapestry Opera’s Oksana G. in 2017. In December 2017, Danlie was featured as a singer in Songs for The Season at Walter Hall and the St. Lawrence Centre for The Arts. In February 2018, Danlie was chosen to perform for the voice department’s first Vocalini at the University of Toronto. This summer, Danlie will take on his first opera roles as Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera 5 and Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte with SOLT.
Lee Clapp
Un Ufficiale/Chorus Toronto-based tenor, Lee Clapp, is equally at home in opera, concert, and choral repertoire. Role highlights include Grimoaldo in Handel’s Rodelinda, Rinuccio in the Canadian premiere of Michael Ching’s Buoso’s Ghost, Flute in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Torquemada in Ravel’s L’heure espagnole. As a choral singer, he has sung with the choir of the Church of the St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal, VOCA Chorus, and the choir of Grace Church on-the-Hill. Originally from Kingston, Ontario, he returned this past year to sing with the Kingston Choral Society and Orchestra Kingston as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem. Lee completed his graduate studies in Opera and Voice at McGill University, has participated in the St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Opera Workshop, and has performed at the Berkeley Early Music Festival.
Wesley Hui
Ambrogio/Chorus Wesley Hui, bass, is entering his third year at the University of Toronto. Hailing from Unionville, Ontario, he is currently studying vocal performance under the tutelage of Dr. Darryl Edwards. Wesley has recently been involved in the prestigious COSI (Centre of Opera Studies in Italy) Program in the summer of 2017 in their production of Don Giovanni cast as Masetto. Within the university, Wesley is currently involved in the U of T MacMillan Singers directed by Hilary Apfelstadt, the Schola Cantorum under the direction of Daniel Taylor, and a small student run choir known as the “Toronto Voice Lab”.
CAST Johnathon Kirby Figaro
Baritone Johnathon Kirby made his professional opera debut with Opera Nova Scotia in their Canadian premiere of Mozart’s Zaide. He has also appeared with Opera Nova Scotia in The Beggar’s Opera as Macheath, Don Giovanni as Masetto, and Luisa Miller as Miller. He debuted the role of J.A.D McCurdy in the world premiere of the Dean Burry and Lorna Macdonald original work The Bells of Baddeck in 2015. For the 2016-2017 season, Johnathon joined the Calgary Opera Artist Emerging Program where he made his mainstage debut in the role of Constable Lawson in the John Estacio and John Murrell Canadian work Filumena. This season John rejoined the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Program playing the roles of Fiorello in The Barber of Seville, Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin, and Angelotti in Tosca. Next season, he will appear in Opera Manitoba’s Don Giovannias Masetto.
Jeremy Ludwig Don Bartolo
Baritone Jeremy Ludwig performs regularly on concert and opera stages across the country. This season’s appearances include performances with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Toronto Concert Orchestra, and the Toronto Sinfonietta. Opera credits include Ned Travers in Ethel Smyth’s The Boatswain’s Mate with Opera 5, Bartolo in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Brott Opera and Cowtown Opera, and Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème with Jeunesses Musicales du Canada and Cowtown Opera. His concert repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem, Bach’s St. John Passion, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Mass in C (Coronation) and Schubert’s Mass in G. Jeremy currently lives in Hamilton where he maintains a busy private voice studio with his wife, soprano Julie Ludwig.
Megan Miceli Berta
Canadian Soprano Megan Miceli has been praised for her “bright, pure, well focused high lyric soprano” (Musical Toronto). Recent credits include the title character in Dawn Sonntag’s new opera Evangeline, Morgana (Alcina), Aurore (Le Portrait de Manon), Despina (Così fan tutte), and concert appearances with Tapestry Opera, the Toronto Mozart Players, the National Academy Orchestra, and Opera in Concert, among others. Megan is excited to perform Papagena in The Magic Flute with Brott Opera in July 2018. She holds multiple degrees from McGill University and is the winner of the 2018 Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition. She will join Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program for the 2018/2019 season.
CAST Kevin Myers
Il Conte D’Almaviva Tenor Kevin Myers has had success since his debut as Imeneo in Handel’s opera of the same name with Opera McGill. He has since performed over 18 operatic roles including Tamino, Nemorino, Lysander, Fenton, Remendado and Victorin (Die Tote Stadt) with Opera McGill, Opera NUOVA, Highlands Opera Studio, Pacific Opera Victoria, Manitoba Opera and Calgary Opera (as a member of their Emerging Artist program). He has had the pleasure of working with conductors like Bramwell Tovey, Boris Brott, Joseph Mechavich, Gordon Gerrard and Timothy Vernon. Equally comfortable in concert settings, Kevin has appeared as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Deep River Symphony Orchestra, the Ottawa Valley Music Festival Orchestra, the choir of the church of St Andrew and St Paul, the Festival Singers (Calgary) and the Victoria Baroque Players.
Arieh Sacke
Un Notaro/Chorus Tenor Arieh Sacke will be entering the third year of his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, where he studies classical voice performance under Dr. Darryl Edwards. An early music enthusiast, Arieh studied at Vancouver Early Music’s Baroque Vocal Programme “The Compleat Singer” and has joined the Toronto Chamber Choir Consort this season as a tenor section leader. In addition to various concerts and recitals at the University of Toronto, Arieh has performed alongside cantor and oudist Aaron Bensoussan and recently, in a lute song recital with lutenist Lucas Harris. He looks forward to performing the role of Ralph Rackstraw in COSI Connection’s upcoming production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore.
Giles Tomkins Don Basilio
Canadian/British bass-baritone Giles Tomkins is widely praised for his vocal virtuosity and lyricism in an impressive range of repertoire. His rich, resonant voice brings “authority and power” to the concert and operatic stage. Giles starred as Gandalf in Dean Burry’s The Hobbit with Canadian Children’s Opera Company, and has appeared in leading roles throughout Canada including Colline (La boheme), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Timur (Turandot), Superintendent Budd (Albert Herring), and Sergeant of Police (Pirates of Penzance). In concert, Giles has performed with Symphony Nova Scotia, Elmer Iseler Singers, Vancouver Bach Choir and Regina Symphony. Recent and upcoming performances include Khodozat in The Overcoat, Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata with Edmonton Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria and Don Basilio with Manitoba Opera’s Barber of Seville.
CAST Stephanie Tritchew Rosina
Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Tritchew is a recent graduate of the 2017-2018 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program at Vancouver Opera where she performed in Requiem for a Lost Girl as part of the Vancouver Opera Festival and covered the role of Olga in Eugene Onegin. She is also a graduate of the Emerging Artist program at Calgary Opera. This season, Stephanie made her Tapestry Opera debut as Birgitta in Bandits in the Valley. In 2016-2017 she debuted at Edmonton Opera as Third Maid in Elektra, appeared as the Aunt in Madame Butterfly at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis where she was a Gerdine Young Artist and performed in the Canadian premiere of Sweat with Bicycle Opera Project. She looks forward to her return to Calgary Opera in 2018-2019 as Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette.
PRODUCTION TEAM Jessica Derventzis Director
Director Jessica Derventzis’ most recent credits include: Die Zauberflöte, La Bohème (Opera Kelowna), The Medium, L’Heure Espagnole (Stu&Jess Productions), Our Town (Opera Nuova, Canadian premiere), Cinderella (Calgary Opera School Tour), Dido and Aeneas (Opera McGill), and La Voix Humaine (Little Opera on the Prairie). She has also assisted for many internationally acclaimed directors at the major opera companies in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. She is the newly appointed Artistic Director of Opera 5 and sits on the executive committee of the Indie Opera Toronto collective. Most recently, she was awarded the Metcalf Foundation Performing Arts Internship grant for 2018 to work with Tapestry Opera on directing, dramaturgy, and artistic direction. Coming up, she will be assisting on Tapestry Opera’s “Tables Turned” for the Luminato Festival and assisting for Brott Opera.
Erin Frances Gerofsky Production Designer
Erin Frances Gerofsky is a Toronto based Set and Costume Designer for Theatre, Film and Opera. Previously, Erin collaborated with Opera 5 as Production Designer on Suffragette. Recent designs for theatre and opera include collaborations with Tapestry New Opera, Shakespeare in the Ruff, George Brown Theatre School, Crow’s Theatre, and Cahoots Theatre. In 2017, Erin was awarded a Professional Theatre Training Grant through Theatre Ontario to further develop her creative process under the mentorship of Judith Bowden. Upcoming: Costume Design for Heathers: The Musical at Hart House. Website: efgerofskydesign.blogspot.ca
PRODUCTION TEAM Olesya Komarnytska
Assistant Production Designer Olesya Komarnytska is a graduate of the Theatre Production program at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton. She is a scenic painter and props builder within the theatre and film industry. Olesya is a newcomer to Toronto and is thrilled to be a part of this talented crew, on her first production at Factory Theatre. SSDGM and enjoy the show!
Jennifer Lennon
Lighting Designer Jennifer Lennon is a Toronto-based lighting designer for live performance, with design credits spanning theatre, music, opera, and dance. She is delighted to be back with Opera 5, with whom she has previously collaborated on Suffragette and Die Fledermaus. Other past projects include: Candide (George Brown), The Last Christmas Turkey (Theatre Orangeville), Concord Floral (Theatre Kingston), Stupidhead! (Theatre Passe Muraille), The Millennial Malcontent (Tarragon), Walk Me to the Corner (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company), The Container (Theatre Fix), Bombay Black and Banana Boys (Factory Theatre), and The Twelve-Pound Look (Shaw Festival). She is the recipient of one Dora Award.
Melania Radelicki Stage Manager
Melania works on a wide variety of productions in theatre, musicals and opera for audiences of all ages, all across Canada – and is thrilled to be joining Opera 5 for this exciting new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Credits include – most recently: SM for Calgary Opera’s school tour of Hannaraptor, The Wind in the Willows with Yellow Door Theatre Project, Tapestry Opera’s world premiere of Bandits in the Valley. Other stage management with: Calgary, Vancouver, Manitoba, and Tapestry Opera companies; Lighthouse, Foster, and Shaw Festivals; Eastern Front, Golden Apple, and Neptune Theatre companies. Production Coordinator and Backstage Caller for the TO2015 Pan Am Closing and Para Pan Am Ceremonies. Upcoming projects include: SM for Robin Hood with Yellow Door, La Cenerentola with Vancouver Opera.
PRODUCTION TEAM Anna Spencer
Assistant Stage Manager Anna originally hails from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and is thrilled to be part of the team at Opera 5. Anna’s previous credits include Apprentice Stage Manager with Festival Antigonish’s 2017 Summer Season, Apprentice Stage Manager with both Tapestry Opera (Oksana G.) and Toronto Operetta Theatre (The Chocolate Soldier) Stage Manager for Casa Loma (Legends of Horror) and Assistant Stage Manager for Opera York (L’elisir d’amore). This summer Anna will be heading to the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope to Apprentice Stage Manage their production of The 39 Steps. Anna is a graduate of the Ryerson School of Performance Production Program.
MUSIC TEAM Trevor Chartrand
Repetiteur and Coach Trevor Chartrand is an active collaborative pianist based out of Toronto, Ontario. Most recently, Trevor performed an international contemporary recital tour with the 2017 Eckhardt-Gramatté winner. Trevor has been working with Opera 5 since 2016. Trevor is also active internationally as he was music director in Périgueux, France in the summers of 2015 and 2016 at the Franco American Vocal. Trevor has been the head coach for Western University’s opera productions and was music director for the London Opera Guild Scholarship Concert series. Trevor is a passionate recital performer in both vocal and chamber music performing around the world performing in Canada, the United States, across Europe, and Australia. In addition to working around the world, Trevor obtained a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in collaborative piano at the University of Michigan, under the tutelage of Professor Martin Katz.
Evan Mitchell
Music Director and Conductor Evan Mitchell is proving to be one of the most able conductors in Canada. As music director of the Kingston Symphony, he has garnered critical praise for his programming, approach, and musical results. During his conducting residencies, Mr. Mitchell has led over 200 concerts, acted as a Canadian ambassador during a historic two-week Asian tour, and served as an official consultant to the Vancouver Olympic Committee for the recording of the medal ceremony national anthems. He has also brought the magic of orchestral music to over 700,000 students and children, many of whom had never experienced a live performance first hand.
ORCHESTRA Rachael Abramoff Viola
Rachael is passionate about the way music crosses all borders and connects even the two unlikeliest of strangers. While actively playing jazz, folk, classical and experimental music in Toronto, Rachael performs regularly with her vintage jazz band, Django Futuro, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Opera 5 and her folk roots trio Coldwater Roots. Mrs. Abramoff holds a Master of Music from The University of Colorado at Boulder and a Bachelor of Music from The University of Calgary. As a soloist and concert artist, Rachael is grateful to have performed in many venues and concert halls across Canada and USA.
Laura Chambers Flute
Laura Chambers has appeared as a concerto soloist, orchestral player and chamber ensemble musician across North America. As an active member of the GTA freelance scene, Laura appears regularly with groups such as the Niagara Symphony, London Symphonia, the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, has recorded for a Juno-nominated album and other award-winning soundtracks, and is a founding member of the Charm of Finches, Canada’s first professional flute quintet. In 2017, she played principal flute for the performance of Stravinsky’s ballet Rite of Spring at Burning Man 2017, which was experienced by an audience of over ten thousand. She is also currently a PhD candidate at York University.
Andrew Cloutier Guitar
Praised for his “technical facility and thoughtful interpretations”, London based guitarist Andrew Cloutier has been actively performing in southwestern Ontario for 15 years. Recent engagements include a recital of 20th century solo guitar music at London’s historic Aeolian Hall, and Ariel Ramirez’s “Misa Criolla” with Fanshawe Chorus London. In addition to his work on the guitar, Andrew is also organist and director of music at Strathroy United Church in Strathroy, Ontario, and studied music theory and composition at Western University. Andrew plays a 2009 cedar top guitar built by Canadian luthier Bruno Boutin.
ORCHESTRA Nick Davis
Double Bass When he was 13, Nick’s school orchestra needed a double bass player and, having the biggest hands, he was elected to the position. Since then he has earned Bachelor’s and Master’s performance degrees from McGill University, and a Performance Fellowship from the Glenn Gould School. He most often performs with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company, and at the Sony Centre in their live film concert series. Off the stage, he can be heard on the TSO’s most recent recording of Scheherezade and on the soundtrack to the Discovery Channel’s historical drama, Frontier.
Adam Diderrich Violin I
Described as a noble musician, Adam Diderrich brings passion, vigor and love to his playing as a concertmaster and violinist. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he started playing violin at age 5. His advanced studies took him to the University of Toronto for his B.M. with Atis Bankas, and later to Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida for his M.M. with Elmar Oliveira and Stephen Majeske. Most recently, he pursued a D.M.A. at University of Miami in Florida with Glenn Basham and Felicia Moye. He has enjoyed tenures with groups such as the New World Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic, Florida Grand Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Symphony, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, and Seraphic Fire. In addition to his affinity for classical music, Adam loves improvising and studied jazz with Whit Sidener and Vince Maggio at the University of Miami during his tenure as a Henry Mancini Institute Fellow.
Robin Howe Cello
A native of the town of Grimsby, Robin Howe is co-director of 3 in the 6ix chamber music concerts and performs often in Toronto and the surrounding areas. Mr. Howe enjoys playing many different genres of music from classical to metal. He is a member of the heavy metal band Operus, who recently completed their first tour in Mexico to promote their debut album Cenotaph. Mr. Howe performs frequently with Toronto-based groups such as Opera 5, Canzona Chamber Players and the Canadian Sinfonietta. He has played concerts with Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Orchestra London and the National Academy Orchestra, and has performed as principal cellist with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra. He has also been a part of the Accademia Europea del’Opera festival held in Lucca, Italy.
ORCHESTRA Michael Macaulay Bassoon
Michael Macaulay has played Second Bassoon for five seasons with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony. Prior to that he served as Principal Bassoon of the Niagara and Red Deer Symphonies, and he has performed with ensembles including the Toronto Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, and Toronto’s Blythwood Winds. He holds a Master of Music degree from Indiana University, where he studied with Kathleen McLean, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Calgary, where he studied with Stephen Franse and Francesca Davenport. Michael has been married since 2017 to Regina Symphony bassoonist Anna Norris.
Lief Mosbaugh Oboe
Lief is an active multi-instrumentalist freelancer in the Toronto area. He frequently works with the Canadian Opera Company, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Smithsonian Chamber Players, in Washington D.C. Prior to his return to Toronto in 2013, Lief held principal oboe positions with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and the Regina Symphony Orchestra. Aside from his Orchestral experience, Lief has toured the world as a violist and vocalist with indie band The Hidden Cameras and has been featured on numerous indie rock, jazz and classical recordings. Some of his favourite collaborations have been with Owen Pallet, The Queer Songbook Orchestra, Laura Barrett, Spiral Beach, the Toronto Dance Theatre, and as a composer for Bulgarian/Canadian artist Biliana Velkova’s Biliana Velkova the Musical.
Courtney Prizrenac French Horn
Courtney Prizrenac is the Horn player for the Trillium Brass Quintet and is Second Horn in the Guelph Symphony Orchestra. An active freelance musician, Ms. Prizrenac is a past recipient of the Tom Thomas Prize, and serves as a mentor for the National Academy Orchestra. In 2015, Ms. Prizrenac made her European solo debut with the European Young Musician’s Orchestra, touring Italy with Mozart’s First Horn Concerto, including a live broadcast on Italian television. Ms. Prizrenac is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was a student of Jerome Ashby and Jennifer Montone.
ORCHESTRA Amy Spurr Violin II
Amy Spurr has performed on multiple stages across North America. An avid orchestral musician, Amy has played with orchestras including the Winnipeg Symphony, Windsor Symphony, Kingston Symphony and Thunder Bay Symphony. In 2017, she was invited to be a guest artist at the Festival Internacional de Musica and Fesitval de Febrero in Mexico. She has also attended festivals such as the National Academy Orchestra, Orchestra of the Americas, l’Orchestre de la Francophonie, Domaine Forget and Orford Academy. In 2012, Amy performed as a soloist with Memorial University’s Chamber Orchestra. Amy studied with Annalee Patipatanakoon and Nancy Dahn, and has performed for James Ehnes and Jonathan Crow. She holds degrees from Memorial University and the University of Toronto.
Peter Stoll Clarinet
Known for his virtuoso energy on stage, creative musical arrangements and an entertaining way of speaking with the audience, Peter Stoll performs regularly in Toronto with many orchestral and chamber groups, and has toured as soloist and with ensembles to the USA, across Europe and to Russia, Japan and China. Recent seasons’ solo and chamber highlights have included concerts for Music Toronto and the Maison de la Culture Frontenac in Montreal. A recording of re-imagined chamber music with members of the Canadian Brass was released on the Opening Day label, and Peter recently performed the Canadian premiere of noted American wind ensemble composer Brian Balmages’ concerto Escapades with the composer conducting. Peter teaches at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto and his website is www.peterstoll.ca.
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To the wonderful staff and crew of Factory Theatre for all your hard work!
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To Beth Polese for running surtitles on June 17!
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To Roy Thomson Hall for lending us the stand lights and Alaina Viau for organizing it!
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To Rich Burrows and TorQ for use of their thunder sheet!