Artists’
PROFILES Anne Sophie Duprels
Margaret Thompson
Cio-Cio San | soprano
Suzuki | mezzo-soprano
Born in Paris, Anne Sophie Duprels’ recent and future engagements include Madama Butterfly (Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park and Opera North)‚ Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande and Manon (Buenos Aires)‚ Thaïs (São Carlos‚ Portugal), Rusalka and Lisa in Pique Dame (Grange Park Opera) and Hilda in Sigurd (Geneva Opera). She made her U.K. debut as Violetta (Opera Holland Park) where she returned to sing Magda in La Rondine‚ Mélisande, Luisa Miller‚ Katya Kabanova and Jenufa. Further U.K. appearances include Violetta‚ Micaëla and Mimì (Opera North)‚ Mimì (Scottish Opera and Royal Albert Hall)‚ Thaïs (Grange Park)‚ Manon (Scottish Opera)‚ Malinka‚ Etherea and Kunka and The Excursions of Mr Broucek (Opera North and Scottish Opera). Performance of Anne Sophie Duprels sponsored by Dianne & Irving Kipnes
Margaret Thompson has graced the renowned stages of Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center and the historic Gewandhaus in Leipzig, among many others. Debuting at the Metropolitan Opera as Mercedes in Carmen, Margaret has since regularly performed at the Met. Last season, she made her debuts at both New Orleans Opera and Nashville Opera singing Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and returned to the Metropolitan Opera for their productions of La Rondine and The Makropulos Case. Recent performances have included Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Washington National Opera), Madame Larina in Eugene Onegin (Los Angeles Opera) and Madama Butterfly, Parsifal, Two Boys and Die Frau ohne Schatten (Metropolitan Opera).
John Kriter
Luciano Ganci
Goro | tenor
B.F. Pinkerton | tenor Born in Rome, Luciano Ganci has studied with Otello Felici. He has performed in La Traviata (Palermo, Salzburg, Salerno and Firenze), La Bohème (Prague, Abu Dhabi and Zlìn), Madama Butterfly (Palermo, Trieste, Athens, Ancona), I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata (Milano), Cavalleria Rusticana (New Delhi), Il trovatore (Ravenna Festival and Piacenza), L’Amico Fritz (Trieste), Il Corsaro (Trieste, Budapest, Pecs and Banská Bystrica), Nabucco (Beijing and Firenze), Attila (Astana and St Petersburg) and in symphonic works of Verdi, Mozart and Beethoven. He has sung in concerts in Roma, Napoli, Milano, Parma, Praga, Budapest, Luzern, Astana, New Delhi, Jeosu and Montreal. Future engagements include Nabucco, Trovatore and Tosca.
John Kriter recently appeared with Edmonton Opera as the Second Jew in Salome, as well as Goro in 2004. Highlights with Canadian Opera Company include Spoletta (Tosca), Borsa (Rigoletto), Hotel Porter (Death in Venice), Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor), Emperor Altoum (Turandot), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Reverend Horace Adams (Peter Grimes), Red Whiskers (Billy Budd), Nick (La fanciulla del West), Ringmaster (The Bartered Bride), Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos), Gherardo (Gianni Schicchi) and Don Basilio/Don Curzio (The Marriage of Figaro). Other credits include Don Basilio/Don Curzio (Calgary Opera), Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus (Opera Hamilton) and Mr. Snarlygob in The Midnight Court (Queen of Puddings Music Theatre - Toronto and Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden).
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