24/25 Annual Report

Conductor: Paolo Carignani
Assistant Conductor: Simone Luti
Director: Katherine M. Carter
Assistant Director: Marilyn Gronsdal
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Jane Greenwood
Original Lighting Designer: Duane Schuler
Lighting Designer: Mikael Kangas
Stage Manager: Stephanie Marrs
Assistant Stage Manager: Tamara Vuckovic
Assistant Stage Manager: Al Gadowsky
Abigaille Costumes Designer: Gillian Gallow
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

Nabucco: Roland Wood
Abigaille: Mary Elizabeth Williams
Fenena: Rihab Chaieb
Ismaele: Matthew Cairns
Zaccaria: Simon Lim
Anna: Charlotte Siegel
Abdallo: Wesley Harrison
High Priest of Baal: Duncan Stenhouse

With the COC Orchestra

Production of Lyric Opera of Chicago

Generously underwritten, in part, In Memory of Vincent Gioacchino Castellano

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Assistant Conductor: Derek Bate
Director: Amy Lane
Assistant Director: Mario Pacheco
Set and Costume Designer: Emma Ryott
Lighting Designer: Charlie Morgan Jones
Choreographer: Tim Claydon
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Stage Manager: Jenifer Kowal
Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Speakman
Assistant Stage Manager: Anna Spencer

Faust: Long Long
Méphistophélès: Kyle Ketelsen
Marguerite: Guanqun Yu
Marguerite (November 2): Ariane Cossette
Wagner: Korin Thomas-Smith
Valentin: Szymon Mechliński
Siébel: Alex Hetherington
Marthe: Megan Latham

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Co-production of the Canadian Opera Company and Malmö Opera

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson
Assistant Conductor and Head Coach: Simone Luti
Original Director: Michael Grandage
Revival Director: Jordan Lee Braun
Assistant Director: Marilyn Gronsdal
Set & Costume Designer: Christopher Oram
Original Lighting Designer: Neil Austin
Revival Lighting Designer: Mikael Kangas
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Movement Director: Nao Kusuzaki
Resident Fight & Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson
Stage Manager: Kate Porter
Assistant Stage Manager: Al Gadowsky
Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Speakman
Apprentice Stage Manager: Conner Bustamante
Répétiteur: Timothy Cheung
Ensemble Studio Coach: Mattia Senesi

Cio-Cio San (Butterfly): Eri Nakamura
Pinkerton: Kang Wang
Suzuki: Hyona Kim
Sharpless: Michael Sumuel
Goro: Julius Ahn
Yamadora/The Commissioner: Samuel Chan
Bonze: Gene Wu
Kate Pinkerton (January 24 to February 6): Emily Rocha
Kate Pinkerton (February 8 to 16): Karoline Podolak
Official Registrar: Keith Lam
Yakuside: Taras Chmil
Cio-Cio San's Mother: Lindsay Barrett
The Aunt: Erica Iris Huang
The Cousin: Nathania-Rose Chan
Sorrow: Naleya Sayavong

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Production from Houston Grand Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Lyric Opera of Chicago

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

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Emily Rocha is generously sponsored by Patricia & Frank Mills

Karoline Podolak is generously sponsored by Marcia Lewis Brown

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Assistant Conductor: Derek Bate
Director: Angela Konrad
Assistant Director: Thomas Lussier
Set Designer: Anick La Bissonnière
Costume Designer: Sébastien Dionne
Lighting Designer: Éric Champoux
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Projections Designer: Alexandre Desjardins
Resident Fight & Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson
Stage Manager: Stephanie Marrs
Assistant Stage Manager: Lesley Abarquez
Assistant Stage Manager: Michal Lewandowski
Apprentice Stage Manager: Tanvi Vyas
Head Coach: Francis Perron
Répéttiteur: Rachael Kerr
Ensemble Studio Coach: Brian Cho

Christine: Kirsten MacKinnon
Christine (February 7): Kirsten LeBlanc
Karl Gustav (February 2, 5): Philippe Sly
Karl Gustav (February 7, 9, 13, 15): Nathan Keoughan
Johan Oxenstierna: Isaiah Bell
Axel Oxenstierna: Daniel Okulitch
Ebba Sparre: Queen Hezumuryango
René Descartes: Owen McCausland
Marie-Éléonor: Aline Kutan
Assistant to Descartes: Alain Coulombe
Chant Kulning: Anne-Marie Beaudette
The Albino: Gordon Harper

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A co-production with Opéra de Montréal

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

Johannes Debus is generously underwritten by Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Queen Hezumuryango is generously sponsored by The Arrell Family Foundation

Major Cultural Partner: Pride Toronto

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Assistant Conductor: Derek Bate
Production: William Kentridge
Co-Director: Luc De Wit
Set Designer: Sabine Theunissen
Assistant Director: Mario Pacheco
Costume Designer: Greta Goiris
Original Lighting Designer: Urs Schönebaum
Revival Lighting Designer: Mikael Kangas
Video Control: Kim Gunning
Projection Designer: Catherine Meyburgh
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Resident Fight & Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson
Stage Manager: Kate Porter
Assisitant Stage Manager: Anna Spencer
Assistant Stage Manager: Marijka Asbeek Brusse
Apprentice Stage Manager: M. Fera
Head Coach: Stephen Hargreaves
Répéttiteur: Rachael Kerr
Ensemble Studio Coach: Brian Cho
German Diction Coach: Adreana Braun

Wozzeck: Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Marie: Ambur Braid
Drum Major: Matthew Cairns
Captain: Michael Schade
Doctor: Anthony Robin Schneider
Margret: Krisztina Szabó
Andres: Owen McCausland
The Fool: Michael Colvin
First Apprentice: Duncan Stenhouse
Second Apprentice: Korin Thomas-Smith
A Soldier: Marcel d'Entremont
A Townsman: Ryan Downey

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A co-production of Canadian Opera Company, The Salzburg Festival, The Metropolitan Opera, and Opera Australia

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

Johannes Debus is generously underwritten by Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Wozzeck is generously underwritten, in part by Phil Lind

With additional major support from
Philip J. Boswell
Ira Gluskin & Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
The Hal Jackman Foundation
Cheryl Atkinson & Don Schmitt, C.M.
The Schulich Foundation
Jay Smith
Anonymous (3)

William Kentridge is generously sponsored by Kristine Vikmanis & Denton Creighton

Duncan Stenhouse is generously sponsored by Joy Levine & Dr. Eudice Goldberg

Korin Thomas-Smith is generously sponsored by Catherine Fauquier

Conductor: Speranza Scappucci
Assistant Conductor and Head Coach: Simone Luti
Original Director: Robert Carsen
Revival Director: Peter McClintock
Assistant Director: Marilyn Gronsdal
Set and Costume Designer: Michael Levine
Original Lighting Designer: Jean Kalman
Revival Lighting Designer: Christine Binder
Choreographer: Serge Bennathan
Stage Manager: Jenifer Kowal
Assistant Stage Manager: Lesley Abarquez
Assisitant Stage Manager: Stephanie Marrs
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Répétiteur: Stephanie Mayer
Ensemble Studio Coach: Mattia Senesi
Russian Diction Coach: Ilana Zarankin

Eugene Onegin: Andrii Kymach
Tatyana: Lauren Fagan
Lensky: Evan LeRoy Johnson
Olga: Megan Marino
Filipyevna: Emily Treigle
Gremin: Dimitry Ivashchenko
Madame Larina: Krisztina Szabó
Monsieur Triquet: Michael Colvin
Zaretsky: Duncan Stenhouse
Captain: Korin Thomas-Smith
Captain (May 2): Gene Wu

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Production premiered by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on March 13, 1997. All scenery, properties, and costumes constructed by the Metropolitan Opera Shops.

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

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Production of Eugene Onegin generously underwritten, in part, by the Estate of Douglas E. Hodgson and The Whiteside Foundation

Speranza Scappucci is generously sponsored by The Tauba and Solomon Spiro Family Foundation

Lauren Fagan is generously sponsored by The Whiteside Foundation

Duncan Stenhouse is generously sponsored by Joy Levine and Dr. Eudice Goldberg

Korin Thomas-Smith is generously sponsored by Catherine Fauquier