23/24 Annual Report

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: Matthew Ozawa
Assistant Director: Marilyn Gronsdal
Assistant Conductor: Derek Bate
Set and Projections Designer: Alexander Nichols
Costume Designer: Jessica Jahn
Associate Costume Designer: Lynly A. Saunders
Lighting Designer: Yuki Nakase Link
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Stage Manager: Stephanie Marrs
Assistant Stage Manager: Lesley Abarquez 
Assistant Stage Manager: Tamara Vuckovic
Apprentice Stage Manager: Elizabeth Schieman
Fight and Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson

Leonore: Miina-Liisa Värelä
Florestan: Clay Hilley
Rocco: Dimitry Ivashchenko 
Marzelline: Anna-Sophie Neher
Jaquino: Josh Lovell
Don Pizarro: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Don Fernando: Sava Vemić
First Prisoner: Wesley Harrison
Second Prisoner: Alex Halliday

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A production from San Francisco Opera

Johannes Debus is generously sponsored by George & Kathy Dembroski

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and, in part, by the Schulich Foundation

Conductor: Jordan de Souza
Original Director: John Caird
Revival Director: Katherine M. Carter
Set and Costume Designer: David Farley
Lighting Designer: Michael Clark
Revival Lighting Designer: Nick Andison
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Stage Manager: Jenifer Kowal
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael Barrs
Assistant Stage Manager: Anna Spencer
Apprentice Stage Manager: Lindsay McDonald
Fight and Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson

Mimì: Amina Edris, Jonelle Sills (October 8 and 22)
Rodolfo: Pene Pati, Kang Wang (October 22 and 28)
Marcello: Joo Won Kang
Musetta: Charlotte Siegel
Colline: Blaise Malaba
Schaunard: Justin Welsh
Benoît/Alcindoro: Gregory Dahl
Parpignol: Wesley Harrison
Customs Officer: Korin Thomas-Smith

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A Canadian Opera Company co-production with Houston Grand Opera and San Francisco Opera

Production originally made possible by Jerry & Geraldine Heffernan

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and, in part, by the Schulich Foundation

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: Jamie Manton
Associate Director: Ruth Knight
Assistant Director: Anna Theodosakis
Set and Costume Designer: Tom Scutt
Lighting Designer: Lucy Carter
Movement Director: Jenny Ogilvie
Stage Manager: Stephanie Marrs
Assistant Stage Manager: Lesley Abarquez
Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Speakman
Apprentice Stage Manager: Tia Morann
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Fight and Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson

Vixen (Sharp Ears): Jane Archibald
Fox (Gold-Stripe): Ema Nikolovska
Forester: Christopher Purves
Parson/Badger: Giles Tomkins
Forester's wife/Owl: Megan Latham
Lapák, a dog: Carolyn Sproule

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A production from English National Opera

Johannes Debus is generously sponsored by George & Kathy Dembroski

Christopher Purves is generously sponsored by Kristine Vikmanis & Denton Creighton

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and, in part, by the Schulich Foundation

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: Kasper Holten
Associate Director: Amy Lane
Assistant Director: Marilyn Gronsdal
Set Designer: Es Devlin
Costume Designer: Anja Vang Kragh
Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet
Revival Lighting Designer: John Paul Percox
Projections Designer: Luke Halls
Projection Associate: Gareth Shelton
Choreographer: Signe Fabricius
Revival Movement Director: Anna-Marie Sullivan
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Stage Manager: Jenifer Kowal
Assistant Stage Manager: Al Gadowsky
Assistant Stage Manager: Mike Lewandowski
Apprentice Stage Manager: Caroline Nowacki
Fight and Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson

Don Giovanni: Gordon Bintner
Donna Elvira: Anita Hartig, Charlotte Siegel (February 24)
Donna Anna: Mané Galoyan
Leporello: Paolo Bordogna
Don Ottavio: Ben Bliss
Zerlina: Simone McIntosh
Masetto: Joel Allison
Il Commendatore: David Leigh

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A co-production of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Gran Theatre del Liceu; The Israeli Opera; and Houston Grand Opera

Johannes Debus is generously sponsored by George & Kathy Dembroski

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

Gordon Bintner is generously sponsored by Janet Stubbs

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and, in part, by the Schulich Foundation

Conductor: Jacques Lacombe
Stage Direction, Dramaturgy, Set & Costume Design: Barbe & Doucet
Associate Director: Kathleen Stakenas
Assistant Director: Marilyn Gronsdal
Lighting Designer: Guy Simard
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Stage Manager: Lesley Abarquez
Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Speakman
Assistant Stage Manager: Jessica Severin
Apprentice Stage Manager: Milena Fera
Fight and Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson

Don Pasquale: Misha Kiria
Dr. Malatesta: Joshua Hopkins
Norina: Simone Osborne
Ernesto: Santiago Ballerini

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A production from Scottish Opera

Simone Osborne is generously sponsored by June Shaw & the late Dr. Ralph Shaw

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and, in part, by the Schulich Foundation

Conductor: Lorenzo Passerini
Director: Sir David McVicar
Revival Stage Director: Jonathon Loy
Assistant Director: Mario Pacheco
Set Designer: Sir David McVicar
Associate Set Designer: Hannah Postlethwaite
Costume Designer: Doey Lüthi
Original Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
Revival Lighting Designer: Clare O'Donoghue
Projection Designer: S. Katy Tucker
Movement Director: Jo Meredith
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Stage Manager: Stephanie Marrs
Assistant Stage Manager: Al Gadowsky
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael Barrs
Apprentice Stage Manager: Conner Bustamante
Fight and Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson

Medea: Sondra Radvanovsky (May 3), Chiara Isotton
Giasone: Matthew Polenzani
Creonte: Alfred Walker
Glauce: Janai Brugger
Neris: Zoie Reams

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Co-production of The Metropolitan Opera, Greek National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Lyric Opera of Chicago

Production generously underwritten, in part, by The Whiteside Foundation

Sondra Radvanovsky is generously sponsored by The Tauba and Solomon Spiro Family Foundation and The Whiteside Foundation

Charlotte Siegel is generously sponsored by Joy Levine

Alex Hetherington is generously sponsored by Patricia & Frank Mills

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and, in part, by the Schulich Foundation

Composer: Sean Mayes with HAUI
Director and Librettist: HAUI
Assistant Director: Sheree Spencer
Dramaturg: Neema Bickersteth
Conductor: Sean Mayes
Set & Projection Design: Laura Warren
Lighting Design: Bonnie Beecher
Costume Design: Diséiye Thompson
Sound Design: Wayne Hawthorne
Stage Manager: Kat Chin
Assistant Stage Manager: Jessica Severin
Choreography & Intimacy Director: Aria Evans

Portia Body: Neema Bickersteth
Portia Spirit: Adrienne Danrich
Portia Soul: SATE
Jimmy: Henos Girma

Associate Producer: Sheree Spencer

Produced by the Canadian Opera Company, in association with the National Arts Centre's National Creation Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, and Ontario Arts Council

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey, in honour of Christie Darville, COC Deputy General Director, and Johannes Debus, COC Music Director, and, in part, by the Schulich Foundation

Presenting Sponsor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives: TD Ready Commitment

Major Cultural Partner: Pride Toronto