Opera History
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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