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Under the distinguished
patronage of
Directors Emeriti
James W. Astwood
Allan M. Moore*
The Honourable Philip S. Lee,
Thos. F. Copeland*
Dr. Robert N. Morris
Rosalind Dick
Dr. M.M. Pierce*
His Worship Brian Bowman,
Mayor of the City of Winnipeg
D. Chris Finnbogason
Dr. Elmer E. Reimer
Peter George
Founding President
H.E. Harland
Louis R. (Bud)
Sherman
The Honourable A. Kerr Twaddle
Mrs. Kenneth R.
Howell
C.M., O.M.
Lieutenant-Governor
of
Manitoba
Artistic Director
Emeritus
A. Rolph Huband
Dr. Irving Guttman, C.M., O.B.C.
Richard Irish
Founding Director
Emeritus
Bruce H. Lang
Dr. Robert H. Thorlakson, O.C.*
Mrs. Sinclair A.
Levack*
Eleanor Siddall
Dr. Lawrence
Soloway
J.F. Reeh Taylor
Leigh Taylor
* deceased
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Message
from the Chair,
Board of Trustees
I
It was both my honour and my pleasure
to assume the role of Chair of the Board
of Trustees at our Annual General
Meeting on August 26. I have been a
board member for several years and have
seen Manitoba Opera continue to evolve
in its role as a pillar of the arts and cultural
community in this province. I grew up in
Ottawa and experienced the disappointment
in that community when, in 1983, the
National Arts Centre ended its summer
opera festival. I was also involved in the
group that established Opera Lyra Ottawa
the following year and was a founding
board member and President. So, when
I moved to Winnipeg in 1996, it was natural
that I would subscribe to Manitoba Opera.
In fact, I doubt I would have accepted the
job offer that brought me here, had there
not been an opera company in Winnipeg.
My experience is indicative of the
importance of opera in a community.
Great cities have strong infrastructure
that adds value to the greater whole.
Professional opera, like professional
hockey, benefits the entire city, even if
you personally never take advantage of
either. They are both amenities that attract
jobs, people, and businesses to a city.
Opera in Winnipeg improves our collective
quality of life.
I am very excited about our new production
of Fidelio. I believe our approach with
setting the opera in the 20th century,
designing a set that pays homage to a style
of architecture all around us today in our
own city, and inviting the participation of
former refugees who have made this city
their home, all demonstrate that opera
can be relevant to today’s audiences.
I would like to thank the Richardson
Foundation, as well as other supporters who
made special gifts to our production of
Fidelio and to a program that has enabled
us to provide tickets to refugees.
In recognizing Winnipeg’s refugee
community this evening, I am delighted,
not only as a member of the Board of
Trustees, but also because my professional
career was with the federal Department of
Citizenship and Immigration. What a fitting
connection for my first opera as the Chair.
I hope you enjoy our production, and I look
forward to meeting as many of my fellow
opera lovers as I can during my term on
the Board.
Robert Vineberg
Chair
Pre-Show Chat
Presenter: Donna Fletcher
Saturday, November 22 x Orchestra Right, Main Floor x 7:30 pm
Tuesday, November 25 x Piano Nobile x 6:30 pm
Friday, November 28 x Orchestra Right, Main Floor x 7:30 pm
An informative 20-minute presentation that will add to your enjoyment of the production.
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Message from the
General Director
& CEO
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Welcome to our 42nd season of opera
in Manitoba. This season marks the start
of my 15th season with the company, and
I am delighted to be opening this year with
Fidelio, an opera we’ve not previously
presented. Of all the operas in the canon,
it may be that Fidelio, with its themes of
liberty, justice and freedom from oppression
is, unfortunately, one of the most relevant
operas for a 21st century audience.
The story of Fidelio takes place inside and
around a prison. To gain the approval of
the censors, Beethoven had to reset the
opera to the late 1700s, 100 years before
the time in which he composed it. We have
reset the opera to the period around the
fall of the Berlin Wall, not necessarily the
actual place, but as a metaphor for a closed
society that is still in recent memory for
many of us. Whether set in the 1700s or
1989, we know that tyranny and oppression
are not confined to one point in history.
Fidelio is where the personal becomes
political. Leonore, in an effort to find
and free her husband, also frees all the
prisoners. The opera ends as the prisoners
are reunited with their families during
an uplifting final chorus number that
celebrates humanity’s right to live in
freedom. Musically, the finale is Beethoven’s
ode to freedom; some musicologists have
even called it a Mass. It does not seem
to be part of the storytelling, but rather
a separate musical unit that speaks directly
to the audience.
For our production, we invited members of
the refugee community to participate in the
finale. These are people who have had to
escape their homelands and have come to
Manitoba in the pursuit of freedom and
a better life. They are living examples of the
vigilance we must all keep to ensure that all
of humanity has the chance to live in peace
and freedom. Sometimes, when all the
rational arguments, pleading, and lectures
have failed, we need to turn to art to make
us see the world, not only for what it is,
but for what it can be.
And that’s what Beethoven’s music does.
Fidelio shows us “man’s inhumanity to
man,” but also the triumph of the
human spirit. As Leonard Bernstein said,
“It (Beethoven’s music) transcends our little
earthbound sphere of heroes and villains,
and it becomes something pure, abstract,
sublime, and in the highest poetic sense,
the triumph of good over evil.” It tells us
that it doesn’t matter if we live in the
1700s, the 1980s, or 2014, that now and
for all time, love, courage, and justice can
indeed overcome tyranny.
In closing, I would like to thank the
Richardson Foundation and our other
supporters for their special contributions to our production of Fidelio.
Larry Desrochers
General Director & CEO
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Perspectives
The Better Angels
of Our Nature
by Rory Runnells
F
Fidelio is the high point of “rescue
opera,” a popular subgenre of opera
that flourished in the late 18th and
early 19th centuries, originating in
France, but embraced especially by
the German theatre. It most often is a
domestic drama wrapped in an action story,
wherein a political prisoner is rescued from
death, usually by a spouse.
Rescue opera was born in the age of
revolution, when the rational, measured
Enlightenment finally broke out into the
passionate torments of the Romantic age
and political oppression was attacked.
The by word was “liberty” with the ideal
of private conjugal love as important as
the public extolling of political freedom.
Beethoven, born in the age of Enlightenment,
came to stand for the Romantic age,
a journey in art we are on still.
The original version of Fidelio, titled
Leonore, has its own virtues in its more
detailed intimate story surrounding the
political one. Yet Beethoven kept revising
it from its premiere in 1805. He did so not
because there was anything wrong with
Leonore, but because his view of the opera
changed into a more philosophical and
profound approach to the meaning of
human love, and the need, born in each
of us, he believed, for freedom. His change
of the title from the protagonist’s given
name to her assumed name, Fidelio, reflects
this growth in his thinking about the work.
From the opening’s small moment of a girl
processing paperwork, Fidelio moves out and
upward to embrace the world. Perhaps it
goes beyond that, since you have the feeling
the opera doesn’t end, though the music
stops. Its exultation, and ours, goes on.
Finally, Fidelio isn’t a lesson, or overtly
symbolic, but is a personal drama of a wife’s
love and sacrifice; a husband’s resolution in
the face of tyranny; and a society’s reaction
to a world in change. We see through
Fidelio that one prisoner rescued can stand
for all prisoners rescued; where one sacrifice
for love can point the way to all.
While recognizing the worst in human
beings, Beethoven, in Fidelio, above all,
exhorts us to embrace what Abraham
Lincoln called “the better angels of
our nature.”
Rory Runnells is Artistic Director of the Manitoba
Association of Playwrights, Drama Editor for
Prairie Fire magazine, and writes book reviews
for the Winnipeg Free Press.
Special Thanks to our Season and Fidelio Production and Performance Sponsors:
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The Composer
Ludwig van
Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Considered one of the greatest musical
geniuses who ever lived, Ludwig van
Beethoven is most famous for his nine
symphonies, but he also wrote many other
kinds of music including chamber and
choral works, piano sonatas and concertos,
string quartets, ballet, and opera.
Born into a musical family in Bonn,
Germany, Beethoven’s talents were obvious
at a young age and by age seven he
was performing publicly and was soon
supporting his family. His first work was
published at age 12.
He moved to Vienna as a young man,
where he studied with Joseph Haydn, and
spent the rest of his life there. Beethoven
was one of the first composers to make
a living without being employed by the
Church or a member of the nobility. He
began composing in a new musical style
and became well known for his dramatic,
forceful piano playing. At around 30 years
of age, Beethoven began losing his
hearing. Even though he could no longer
hear well enough to play the piano,
Beethoven continued composing.
He became completely deaf in his late
forties and as a result, often withdrew
himself from society. However, Beethoven
continued conducting, composing and
performing. It was during this time that
he had his most creative period yet, writing
his ground-breaking Symphony No. 9,
which was inspired by a poem about joy,
and the choral mass, Missa Solemnis.
With many changes in Europe in the 18th
century and early 19th century, including
the French Revolution, Beethoven was
inspired by the ideals of liberty, equality
and brotherhood. In 1804, he turned his
attention to writing Fidelio, which would
celebrate courage in the face of tyranny
and freedom from oppression.
He died on March 26, 1827, just as a storm
broke out, at the age of 56. It is estimated
that between 10,000 and 30,000 people
attended his funeral.
The Librettist
Joseph
Sonnleithner
(1766-1835)
Joseph Sonnleithner was born in Vienna
to a prominent musical family. He worked
as editor for Vienna’s Theatre-Almanach,
was secretary of the court theatres, and
Artistic Director of Theater an der Wien.
In 1805, he wrote the first version of the
libretto for Fidelio.
A leading figure in Viennese musical life
in the first decades of the 19th century,
Sonnleithner consequently helped found the
Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of
Friends of Music) in 1812.
The Librettist
Stephan von
Breuning
(1774-1827)
Born in Bonn, Germany, Stephan von
Breuning had some musical training, but
went on to study law. Both Breuning and
Beethoven took violin lessons from Franz
Anton Ries as children, and Beethoven was
a frequent guest at the Breuning home.
They remained close throughout their lives,
and in 1806, Stephan revised Sonnleithner’s
original text for the second version
of Fidelio.
Continued on page 34
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Fidelio Supporters
Manitoba Opera gratefully acknowledges the following supporters
for their dedicated gifts to Fidelio.
Art & Leona DeFehr
Manitoba Hydro
Earl & Cheryl Barish
Gary MacDonald
The Pollard Family
Foundation
Ann Lawler
Morley & Marjorie
Blankstein
Edward J. Ransby
Peter George &
Tamara Bodi
Jim Crawford
Jack & Zina Lazareck
Family Foundation
Thanks, merci, gracias, murakoze to the following individuals and organizations
who graciously provided their advice, guidance, time, and expertise with our various
initiatives and audience enrichment events for Fidelio.
Karen Busby, Professor of Law
and Director of Centre for
Human Rights Research,
University of Manitoba
Canadian Museum for Human
Rights (CMHR)
Jamie Carrasco
Rita Chahal, Executive
Director, Manitoba Interfaith
Immigration Council Inc.
Choloe Chapple, Executive
Director, Manitoba
Association of Rights and
Liberties
Tom Denton, Executive
Director, Hospitality House
Refugee Ministry Inc.
Jorge Fernandez, Director of
Settlement Services, Immigrant
Centre Manitoba
James Hiebert & Thomas Asselin
Serena Keshavjee, University of
Winnipeg Associate Professor,
Co-ordinator Cultural Studies,
MA Program
Linda Lalonde, Executive Director,
Immigrant Centre Manitoba
Jeremy Maron, Researcher-Curator,
CMHR
Marilou McPhedran, Director,
Institute for International Women’s
Rights, University of Winnipeg
Global College
Valerie McPherson
Alex Neve, Secretary General,
Amnesty International Canada
Maraya Raduha
Bintou Sacko, Executive Director,
Acceuil Francophone
Ali Saeed
Louise Simbandumwe, Director
of Asset-Building Programs,
SEED Winnipeg
Jane Stewart
University of Manitoba Faculty
of Law students: Karl Peters,
Bryn Rieger, Tristan Sandulak,
Caycie Soke
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Synopsis first performance:
place:
time:
Fidelio
Theater an der Wien, Vienna, November 20, 1805
A prison in Berlin, Germany
1989, around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall
language:
German
Act I
Act II
In a prison, Marzelline, daughter of the
jailer, Rocco, rejects the attention of her
father’s assistant, Jaquino, who hopes to
marry her. Her heart is set instead on
another prison employee, Fidelio. The latter,
a hardworking lad, arrives with provisions
and dispatches, and is distressed by
Marzelline’s interest in him – especially since
it has the blessing of Rocco. Fidelio is in fact
Leonore, a young woman who has come to
the prison disguised as a man in order to
find her husband, Florestan, a political
prisoner languishing somewhere in the
prison. When Rocco mentions a man lying
near death in the vaults below, Leonore,
suspecting it might be Florestan, begs
Rocco to take her on his rounds. He agrees,
though the governor of the prison,
Don Pizarro, allows only Rocco in the
lower levels of the prison.
In one of the lowest cells of the prison,
Florestan dreams he sees Leonore arrive
to free him. But his vision turns to despair,
and he sinks down exhausted. Rocco and
Leonore arrive and begin trying to open
the steel lid of a cistern. Florestan awakens,
not recognizing his wife, and Leonore
almost loses her composure at the familiar
sound of his voice. Florestan implores the
jailer to offer him a drink, and Leonore gives
him a bit of bread, urging him not to lose
faith. Don Pizarro arrives and advances, with
a dagger drawn, toward his intended victim.
Leonore pulls out a pistol that she had
previously concealed, and reveals her true
identity. At this moment, a signal comes
from the battlements: Don Fernando has
arrived. Rocco leads Pizarro out to meet him
as Leonore and Florestan rejoice in each
other’s arms.
As soldiers assemble, Don Pizarro learns
from the dispatches brought to him that
Don Fernando, a minister of the state,
is on his way to the prison. At this news,
the governor resolves to kill Florestan, his
enemy, without delay and orders Rocco to
prepare a grave for the victim. Leonore,
overhearing his plan, realizes Don Pizarro’s
evil nature and the plight of his victim.
After praying for strength to save her
husband and keep up hope, she again begs
Rocco to let her accompany him to the
condemned man’s cell – and also to allow
the other prisoners a few moments of air in
the courtyard. The gasping men relish their
glimpse of freedom but are ordered back
by Don Pizarro, who hurries Rocco off
to prepare Florestan’s grave. With
apprehension, Leonore follows him deep
into the bowels of the prison.
Outside the prison, Don Fernando proclaims
justice for all. He is amazed when Rocco
brings his friend Florestan before him and
relates the details of Leonore’s heroism.
Pizarro is arrested, and Leonore herself
removes Florestan’s chains. The other
prisoners are freed, and the crowd
hails Leonore.
The Berlin Wall in 1989
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Fidelio
A n O pera in T wo A cts
Music by
Ludwig van Beethoven
Libretto by Josef Sonnleithner* (1805)
Based on a French libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
*Libretto revised by Stephan von Breuning (1806)
and by Georg Friedrich Treitschke (1814)
Conducted by
Tyrone Paterson
Directed by
Larry Desrochers
PRINCIPAL Cast (In order of vocal appearance)
JAQUINO, a prison guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Colvin
MARZELLINE, Rocco’s daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lara Secord-Haid
ROCCO, a jailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valerian Ruminski
LEONORE, a woman,
in male attire known as “Fidelio” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ileana Montalbetti
DON PIZARRO, Governor of the prison . . . . . . . . . . Kristopher Irmiter
FLORESTAN, a prisoner (Leonore’s husband) . . . . . . . . . David Pomeroy
DON FERNANDO, a government official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Watson
Also appearing
FIRST PRISONER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter John (PJ) Buchan
SECOND PRISONER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Anderson
Set & Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheldon Johnson
Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Williams
Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Pel
Assistant Stage ManagerS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candace Maxwell
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melania Radelicki
Costumes provided by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harlequin Costume Co.
Scenery and Props constructed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scenic Elements
Projected Titles by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheldon Johnson
There will be one 20-minute intermission.
Latecomers will not be seated until an appropriate break in the program. The use of cameras
and recording devices is strictly forbidden. Please turn off paging devices, cell phones,
and alarm watches. Cast subject to change.
Manitoba Opera is a professional company operating within the jurisdiction of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.
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The Artists
Larry Desrochers
Director
Larry Desrochers is in his
15th season as General
Director and CEO of
Manitoba Opera. Past
achievements include
Founding Producer of
Winnipeg Fringe Festival; Associate Artistic
Director of RMTC; Producer/Director Opening
and Closing Ceremonies 1999 Pan American
Games; and Executive Director of the Winnipeg
Film Group.
His 2008 production of Rick Chafe’s Shakespeare’s
Dog for RMTC/NAC was nominated for a
Circle Critics Award for Best Production and
Mr. Desrochers was nominated as best director.
For Manitoba Opera, he has directed The Magic
Flute, Otello, Transit of Venus, and Salome, and
semi-staged Candide.
He is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg
where he is a Distinguished Alumnus.
Mr. Desrochers is Past Chair of Opera.ca,
the national association of Canadian opera
companies, and currently serves on the board
of Opera America. In 2011, he was recognized
by the Winnipeg Arts Council with a Making
a Difference Award for his contributions to
Winnipeg’s cultural community.
Tyrone Paterson
Conductor
Tyrone Paterson is Manitoba
Opera’s Music Advisor and
Principal Conductor. He is
one of Canada’s major opera
conductors and has led
performances throughout
Europe, the US, Asia, and Canada. Recent
performances include Otello (Germany); Madama
Butterfly and Tosca (Opera Lyra Ottawa); Rigoletto
(Montreal Opera); Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
(Edmonton Opera); concerts in San Remo, Italy;
La Traviata (Hawaii Opera Theatre); Medea at
Il Teatro Greco (Italy); concerts for Opera Cracow
(Poland); Manon (Calgary Opera); Carmen
(Opera Lyra Ottawa); and Salome, Rigoletto,
Aida, and Don Pasquale (Manitoba Opera).
Other notable past engagements include
Eugene Onegin featuring Russell Braun; Lucia
di Lammermoor featuring Sumi Jo; Borodin’s
Prince Igor (National Theater of Moravia-Silesia);
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Listed in order of Vocal Appearance
* Manitoba Opera debut
La Traviata and Rigoletto for Opera Constanta
(Romania); Tosca for the Opern Air Festival
(Austria); Jenufa at the Hukvaldy Festival;
Bartók’s Blue Beard’s Castle (Czech Republic);
and The Magic Flute (Beijing).
Michael Colvin
Jaquino
Critically acclaimed on
opera and concert stages
worldwide, Irish-Canadian
tenor Michael Colvin‘s
2014/15 season includes Goro
in Madama Butterfly and
Dr. Caius in Falstaff (Canadian Opera Company),
Jaquino in Paris and Brussels, Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 9 (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra),
Messiah in Newfoundland and Montreal,
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri (Vancouver
Symphony), and his Royal Opera Covent Garden
debut in Guillaume Tell. In 2013/14, he was
featured as Peter Grimes and Bob Boles (English
National Opera) and Boles with the London
Philharmonic in Europe.
Further credits include Chicago’s Grant Park
Festival, Chicago Opera Theater and Music of
the Baroque, the Detroit, Phoenix, Toronto
and Louisville symphonies, San Francisco’s
Philharmonia Baroque, and Minnesota Opera.
Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, he studied
at St. Michael’s Choir School in Toronto and holds
degrees in Immunology and Opera from the
University of Toronto.
Mr. Colvin last appeared with Manitoba Opera
as Narraboth in the 2011 production of Salome.
Lara Secord-Haid*
Marzelline
Winnipeg-born soprano,
Lara Secord-Haid is enjoying
a diverse and dynamic
career. Recent performances
include 3 settings of Celan
by Harrison Birtwistle,
Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera
on the Avalon), Ms. Silverpeal in The Impresario
(North Shore Music Festival), Verdi’s Requiem
and Handel’s Messiah (Shelter Rock Orchestra),
Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Suor Genovieffa
in Suor Angelica (Manhattan Opera Studio),
and Manon in Excerpts from Manon (New York
Lyric Opera).
The Artists
Ms. Secord-Haid graduated from Juilliard in 2013
with a Master of Music. While there, she sang
the role of Giulia in Rossini’s La Scala di Seta and
premiered Ritual by Brazilian composer A.I. Rossi
and Aria by John Cage in the 2012 Focus Festival
with the New Juilliard Ensemble.
Lara Secord-Haid is a grant recipient from the
Giulio Gari Foundation and the Manitoba Arts
Council. She is a two-time finalist in the Canadian
Opera Company’s Centre Stage Competition.
Valerian Ruminski*
Rocco
Mr. Ruminski is a graduate
of the Academy of Vocal
Arts in Philadelphia. He has
performed at the Met and
Carnegie Hall. He has also
appeared with l’Opéra de
Montréal, Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver
Opera, Calgary Opera, Opéra de Québec, Opera
Lyra Ottawa, Dallas Opera, New York City Opera,
Florida Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Hawaii
Opera, Opéra de Monte Carlo, New Israeli Opera
and Opera Ireland. His repertoire includes Daland,
Banquo, Don Pasquale, Don Magnifico, Figaro,
Raimondo, Frère Laurent, Olin Blitch, Leporello,
Commendatore, Sparafucile, Sarastro, Don
Alfonso, Timur and Gremin.
Valerian Ruminski is featured on the Naxos
CD “Night at the Opera” and the Deutsche
Grammophon release of I Puritani with the Met.
Upcoming includes l’Opéra de Montréal’s Gala
Concert, Timur with Manitoba Opera, Figaro
with Nickel City Opera, and Lodovivo with
l’Opéra de Montréal.
Ileana Montalbetti
Leonore
“Voice rings, her breath
support is flawless, she
can turn an elegant
phrase and…has dramatic
ability” (Toronto Star). Ms. Montalbetti had an
exciting 2013/14 season, which included her role
debut as Ellen Orford opposite Ben Heppner’s
Peter in the COC’s Peter Grimes (Britten). This role
earned her nominations for both the DORA and
the MyTheatre Awards. Later this season she will
be making her role debut as Agathe (Opéra de
Limoges, France) in Weber’s Der Freischütz. A native of Saskatchewan, Ileana Montalbetti
studied at the Desautels Faculty of Music,
University of Manitoba. She is a graduate of
the prestigious COC Ensemble Studio Program.
Ms. Montalbetti is a 2012 and 2010 Laureate of
the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyrique and a winner
of the 2012 New York District Metropolitan Opera
National Council Auditions.
Kristopher Irmiter
Pizarro
In his critically acclaimed
career, bass-baritone
Kristopher Irmiter has
performed over 100 roles
with more than 60 companies
including Atlanta Opera,
Lyric Opera of Chicago, l’Opéra de Montréal, San Francisco Opera, Portland Opera, and
Houston Grand Opera, among others. Of a recent
performance as Athanaël in Thaïs, the Miami
Herald wrote “Bass-baritone Kristopher Irmiter
is nothing short of spectacular. From his first
entrance until his final notes some three hours
later, he had us transfixed. Not just from the vocal
standpoint but from the acting as well. Irmiter
takes the notes and the words and melds them into a solid, heartfelt, touching performance.”
Engagements in the 2014/15 season include
Masetto in Don Giovanni with San Diego Opera,
Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Opera
Carolina and Toledo Opera, and Jack Rance in
La fanciulla del West at Des Moines Metro Opera.
Mr. Irmiter last appeared with Manitoba Opera as
Figaro in the 2006 production of Le Nozze di Figaro.
David Pomeroy
Florestan
David Pomeroy’s career has
taken him from Australia to
his hometown of St. John’s,
Newfoundland, and beyond.
He made his Met debut in
the title of Faust for “Met
in the Parks” and then appeared as Romeo and
Hoffmann under the baton of James Levine.
He has appeared with the Stuttgart Opera as
Don José in Carmen, and has sung the role with
Opera Australia, and in Ottawa, Vancouver,
Victoria, Winnipeg, Kansas, Fort Worth, and
Ireland. On the concert stage, he has been
featured in Beethoven’s 9th and Verdi’s Requiem
with the Toronto Symphony, National Arts
Centre, Vancouver Symphony, and the
Calgary Philharmonic.
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The Artists
This season, Mr. Pomeroy will make role debuts as
Calaf (Turandot) with Manitoba Opera, Henri in
Verdi’s Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Royal Danish Opera,
Paul (Tote Stadt) in Frankfurt, and Alfred (Die
Fledermaus) with Vancouver Opera. He has
appeared at the COC as Faust, Hoffmann, Rodolfo,
Skuratov, Pinkerton, and Alfred. He created the
role of Stefano in Estacio’s Filumena for Calgary
Opera. Further credits include Opéra de Québec,
Florida Grand, New York City Opera, Michigan
Opera, Edinburgh Festival, Scottish Opera, St. Louis,
Edmonton Opera, and l’Opéra de Montréal.
He last appeared with Manitoba Opera as the Duke
of Mantua in the 2012 production of Rigoletto.
David Watson
Fernando
Canadian bass-baritone
David Watson made his
operatic debut with
Manitoba Opera in 1979
and has since performed
extensively with opera
companies, choral groups, and orchestras
across Canada.
Notable roles with Manitoba Opera include
Tomas (Nosferatu), Alidoro (Cenerentola), the
Marquis (Dialogues of the Carmelites), and
Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte). Earlier this year,
Mr. Watson performed the roles of Benoit and
Alcindoro in La Bohème.
When not performing on the concert and operatic
stage, Mr. Watson serves as an avionics technician
with the Canadian Armed Forces at 402 Squadron
in Winnipeg.
Peter John (PJ) Buchan
First Prisoner
A native of Winnipeg,
Peter John (PJ) Buchan has
appeared as a chorister
and soloist with many of
the city’s foremost choirs
including the Winnipeg
Singers, Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir and
Camerata Nova.
Internationally, Mr. Buchan has performed
as a soloist in London’s Millennium Centre and
Prague’s St Vitus’ Cathedral, and was guest soloist
at the Reykjavík Winter Festival and National Day
Celebrations in Hrafnseyri, Iceland.
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Mr. Buchan has sung previously with Manitoba
Opera (Salome, The Magic Flute and Candide in
Concert), and has performed as a soloist with the
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra.
John Anderson
Second Prisoner
A native Winnipegger,
John Anderson is studying
as a vocalist at the Desautels
Faculty of Music, University
of Manitoba. He performed
the title role in Brundibar
with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and
greatly enjoyed his first experience with Manitoba
Opera in the chorus of La Bohème.
Last summer, Mr. Anderson was the Apprentice
Music Director for Rainbow Stage’s A Closer Walk
with Patsy Cline, and is currently the bass soloist
in the Young United Church Choir.
He has spent many years singing with Winnipeg
choirs, including Pembina Trails Voices and the
University of Manitoba Singers, appearing
throughout North America and Europe while
with them.
Tadeusz Biernacki
Assistant Music Director,
Chorus Master
This is Mr. Biernacki’s 31st
season with Manitoba Opera
as Assistant Music Director,
Chorus Master, and Rehearsal
Pianist. He is also the Music
Director and Conductor of Canada’s Royal
Winnipeg Ballet.
Mr. Biernacki has performed internationally as
a piano soloist and has conducted orchestras
across Canada and the US, as well as in Tessaloniki,
Kaohsiung, and Hong Kong. Mr. Biernacki has also
written orchestral arrangements for TSO, WSO,
SSO, RWB, NAC Orchestra, and others.
His most recent work as a conductor with
Manitoba Opera includes Così fan tutte,
The Daughter of the Regiment, The Barber of
Seville, and The Magic Flute. He has conducted
numerous productions for Saskatoon Opera
including Die Fledermaus, L’Elisir d’Amore,
Don Giovanni, Carmen, La Traviata, La Bohème,
Rigoletto, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don
Pasquale, as well as concert versions of Hamlet
and Mignon for Opera Lyra Ottawa.
The Artists
Sheldon Johnson
Candace Maxwell
Set & Costume Designer
Assistant Stage Manager
Sheldon Johnson is a
graduate of the University
of Winnipeg’s Department of
Theatre and Drama where he
studied both stage design
and production. Previous
stage design credits include Jason & Hanna
(Manitoba Opera), Little Women: The Musical
(Dry Cold Productions), and 11 productions for
the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg. Upcoming design projects include the G & S
Society’s April production of The Pirates of
Penzance. Mr. Johnson is in his 11th season
as Manitoba Opera’s Director of Production.
Bill Williams
Lighting Designer
Bill Williams is a well-known
Canadian lighting designer
with more than 40 years
of experience and over
600 production credits.
He has worked for many
leading opera, theatre, and dance companies
across Canada, Europe, Asia, South America,
the US, and the UK.
Mr. Williams is delighted to be returning for
his 30th Manitoba Opera production. When not
designing for the stage, he is actively involved in
the fields of theatre facility consulting, teaching,
and photography. Mr. Williams is also the author
of Stage Lighting Design 101 and A History of
Light and Lighting.
Robert Pel
Stage Manager
It’s been an eclectic year for
Robert Pel. Starting off the
year with La Bohème for
Manitoba Opera, he then got
“a little bit country” when he
stage managed The Ballad of
Stompin’ Tom in PEI, and is now back in Winnipeg
for Fidelio. Mr. Pel, who resides in Stratford,
Ontario, also teaches Stage Management and
Opera Production at Ryerson University and finds
time to make contemporary kilts.
Candace Maxwell is thrilled
to be back at Manitoba
Opera for her 11th show
and with this great team!
Ms. Maxwell has been
privileged to travel as she
follows her passion for stage management.
Some favourite credits include La Bohème,
Aida, Carmen (Manitoba Opera); Les Contes
d’Hoffmann, Aida (Edmonton Opera); Outdoor
Arias, Hansel & Gretel on Tour and Opera in the
Village (Calgary Opera); The Nutcracker (RWB);
The Boys in the Photograph (Mirvish Productions/
RMTC), A Christmas Story, Fiddler on the Roof
(RMTC); Small Things, Bingo! (PTE); Pride and
Prejudice (Banff Centre/Citadel Theatre), Siren
Song, La Tragedie de Carmen (Banff Centre).
She attended The Banff Centre for the
Professional Theatre and “Opera as Theatre”
Programs and the University of Winnipeg.
Melania Radelicki
Assistant Stage Manager
Melania Radelicki works on a
wide variety of productions in
theatre, musicals, and opera
across Canada. She is thrilled
to be working with Manitoba
Opera for the first time.
Favourite credits include SM – Test Drive
(Lighthouse Festival Theatre), The Barber of
Barkerville, Naomi’s Road (Vancouver Opera in
Schools), Extinction Song (Eastern Front Theatre),
King Lear (Hart House Theatre), Twelfth Night
(Classical Theatre Project); ASM - Stickboy
(world premiere), The Magic Flute, West Side
Story (Vancouver Opera), The Flying Dutchman
(Calgary Opera), Dating by the Book (Lighthouse),
West Side Story, 7 Stories (Neptune Theatre);
Apprentice ASM - Serious Money (Shaw Festival).
Upcoming: ASM on Sweeney Todd (Vancouver
Opera).
Stage management would like to thank
apprentice Ali Fulmyk for her initiative
and hard work, going above and beyond
the call of duty!
An avid motorcyclist, the highlight of his summer
was riding the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton.
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Manitoba Opera Chorus
Soprano
Mezzo
Tenor
Bass
Emily Diehl-Reader
Linda Feasby
Deborah Ginther
Kadri Irwin
Chantal Kuegle
Miroslava Paches
Kathryn Patrick
Marlise Ritchie
Ana Toumine
Cathy Wach-Dueck
Ember Benson
Chelsea Froese
Kelley Fry
Kathy Gawlik
Micheline Hay
Celoris Miller
Christina Pyrz-Kowall
Mavis Ritchie
Meghan Symon
Karla Weir
Peter John Buchan
Ben Erickson
Russ Foster
Peter Klymkiw
Michal Kowalik
David LaRue
George Nytepchuk
J Craig Oliphant
Lawrence Pauls
Raymond Sokalski
Ernst Stiglmayr
Adam von Lau
John Anderson
Jerzy Bibik
Chris Caslake
Michael Cole
James Dutton
Richard Gusnoski
Elliot Lazar
Eric Loepp
Aiden Ritchie
Devan Ryner
Fred Simpson
Ted Wiens
Supernumeraries
Tim Brenan
Mark Brubacher
William Jordan
Dennis Ng
Eric Rae
Tim Webster
Production Personnel
Director of
Production
Sheldon Johnson
Apprentice Stage
Manager
Ali Fulmyk
Chorus Master/
Repetiteur
Tadeusz Biernacki
German Diction
Coach
Henriette
Schellenberg
Chorus Rehearsal
Pianist
Cary Denby
Firearms Safety
Coordinator
Dave Brown
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jan Malabar
Make-Up Assistant
Jean-Marc Lafond
Hair/Wig Designer
Lori Houston
Make-Up Crew
Melissa Hart
Erin Kiazyk
Emily King
Theresa Thomson
Hair/Wig Crew
Adriana Oliphant
Make-Up Designer
Christian Hadley
Projected Titles
Cueing
Kim Lavilla
Head Scenic Artist
Carla Schroeder
Scenic Artists
Farrah Okolita
Andrea von Wichert
Scenic Elements
Master Carpenter
Brent Letain
Scenic Carpenters
Aaron Frost
Louis Gagne
Christian Hadley
Production Acknowledgements: Julie Eccles, Chris Thomson, Chris Seida, Kari Hagness,
Bob Stewart, Rainbow Stage, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Concert Hall Production Staff
Stage Manager
Dave Martin
Light Board
Operator
Denis Crymble
Sound Board
Operator
Glen Jonatchik
Stage Crew/
Wardrobe Dressers
I.A.T.S.E. Local #63
Rehearsal hall piano provided by St. John’s Music
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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
First Violin
Viola
Piccolo
Bass Trombone
Gwen Hoebig,
Concertmaster
Daniel Scholz,
Principal
Martha Durkin
Julia McIntyre,
Principal
Karl Stobbe,
Associate
Concertmaster
Anne Elise Lavallée,
Assistant Principal
Mary Lawton,
Assistant
Concertmaster
Richard Bauch
Oboe
Beverly Wang,
Principal*
Tuba
Robin MacMillan
Chris Lee,
Principal
Greg Hay
English Horn
Timpani
Karin Andreasen
Suzanne McKegney
Robin MacMillan
Chris Anstey
Merrily Peters
Brendan Thompson,
Acting Principal**
Mona Coarda
Mike Scholz
Hong Tian Jia
Cello
Janet Liang
Yuri Hooker,
Principal
Simon MacDonald
Meredith McCallum
Julie Savard
Jun Shao
Laszlo Baroczi
Leana Rutt,
Assistant Principal
Alex Adaman
Margaret Askeland
Clarinet
Micah Heilbrunn,
Principal
Michelle Goddard
Bassoon
Alex Eastley,
Principal
Kathryn Brooks
Second Violin
Arlene Dahl
Horn
Darryl Strain,
Principal
Carolyn Nagelberg
Patricia Evans,
Principal
Elation Pauls,
Assistant Principal
Karen Bauch
Kristina Bauch
Elizabeth Dyer
Rodica Jeffrey
Susan McCallum
Takayo Noguchi
Claudine St-Arnauld
Jane Pulford+
Emma Quackenbush
Bass
Meredith Johnson,
Principal
Ken MacDonald,
Associate Principal
James Robertson
Caroline Oberheu
Percussion
Frederick Liessens,
Principal
Harp
Richard Turner,
Principal
Extra Musicians
Caitlin Broms-Jacobs
– Oboe
Laurel Ridd
– Flute
Jim Ewen
– Bassoon
Personnel Manager
Andrew Goodlett,
Assistant Principal
Michiko Singh
Travis Harrison
Trumpet
Principal Librarian
Paul Nagelberg
Brian Sykora,
Principal
Raymond Chrunyk
Bruce Okrainec
Daniel Perry
Paul Jeffrey
Isaac Pulford
Chris Lee
Assistant Librarian
Laura MacDougall
Flute
Jan Kocman,
Principal
Martha Durkin
Trombone
* On Leave
Steven Dyer,
Principal
** One year contract
+ Dual Section Position
John Helmer
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Dr. & Mrs. Earl S.
Hershfield
Mr. & Mrs. Robert &
Patricia Hill
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Marilyn Kapitany
Rick & Karin Klassen
Kris Koschik
Vera Kostyshyn
Ms. Anne-Marie
Kowatsch
Ms. Claudia Kuryk-Serray
in memory of
Mrs. Jean Kuryk
Betty Laing
Mr. Gilles Landry
Ms. Shirley Layne
Mr. Camille Legare
Gordon P. Linney
Laura Lussier
Ms. Debbie Mackenzie
Henry S Majewski
Dr. Henri Marcoux +
Elaine & Neil Margolis
Cantor Anibal &
Dr. Ashira Mass
Mrs. Iris Maurstad
Claudette &
Michel McDonald
Thomas McKenzie
Mrs. Olga Lena McNamee
Ms. Emily Mikolajewski
Mr. Tony Mitousis
Mr. Michael Mongeon
Tony & Ayumi Nakazato
Dr. Donna Norell
Jadranka Paskvalin
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Anne Ratuski
Ms. Valerie Regan
Ms. Lorraine Rempel
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Riedel-Baun
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Sarmiento
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Greg Speiser
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Rita Schroeder
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Shelagh Sinclair Fund
through the Winnipeg
Foundation
Mrs. Marie Sichler
Howie & Sue Simpson
Ms. Eveyln R. Smith
Leann Smith
Bob Smith
Clifford & Gina Speer
Ellen Spencer
Ms. Linda Stechesen
A Retired Opera Singer
M. & H. Stinson
Donald & Lorraine
Swanson
Bette Jayne Taylor
Ms. Moya Taylor
Rev. Ross Taylor
Marilyn Thompson
Mr. Norman D. Toms
Mrs. F.A. Trott
Mrs. Shirley Tyderkie
Mrs. J.E. Walli
Dr. Kim Wiebe
Barbara Williams
Debbie Wilson
Dr. & Mrs. Graham &
Vicki Young
Eighteen Anonymous
Donors
Many thanks to all of our
donors who generously
supported Manitoba
Opera with donations
under $50.
TRIBUTES
In Memory of…
Leo & Margareth Mol,
& Ross Houston
Ms. Patricia Gartrell
Don Brown
Lesia Peet
Basil Rotoff
Kyle Dear
Karen Ruta
Mr. Austin C. Abas
KPMB LLP
Ossama & Edith Abouzeid
Betty & Roland Boyer
Controller’s Division,
Financial Planning &
Review, Infrastructure
Planning Campus
Barb D’Avignon
Ms. Paulette Decka
Partners of Deloitte LLP,
Winnipeg
Leslie & Ian Donnelly
Cathy Dueck
Ms. Sandra Gable
Mr. & Mrs. Georges &
Carol Goldenstein
Ms. Catherine Green
Ms. Sabine Gregg
Ken Hayes
Karen Hurst
Joanne Kubin &
Svend Jacobsen
KPMG
Brian Lukie, Joanna Lukie
& Hannia Tarasiuk
Mr. Gerald Morlock
MyTributeGift
Foundation
Rod & Eileen Peppler
Richard & Connie Pope
Dennis Rogers
Rusalka Ukranian Dance
Ensemble
Glenn, Anne & Simeon
Rusnak
The Shindleman Family
Mr. & Mrs. Donald &
Karen Solman
The Garden City
Community Centre
Brad Vollrath
Mr. Gerry Warrenchuk
Winnipeg Convention
Centre Corporation
Winnipeg Minor
Basketball Foundation
Inc.
Norman Yusim
Four Anonymous Donors
Graham Dixon
Faye Dixon
George Hansen
Ms. Abbie Grieder +
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The Librettist
Georg
Friedrich
Treitschke
(1776-1842)
Born in Leipzig, Germany, Georg Friedrich
Treitschke was a librettist, translator, and
lepidopterist (entomologist specializing in
butterflies and moths). In 1800, Treitschke
went to the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna Court
Opera) and from 1809 to 1814 was the
principal of Theater an der Wien. He mostly
wrote librettos for Paul Wranitzky, Adalbert
Gyrowetz, and C. Weigl, and translated
many French operas into German. In 1814,
he revised the libretto of Fidelio at
Beethoven’s request.
Wayne Tefs
Ms. Abbie Grieder +
Chris Finnbogason
The Macrae Family
Max Kettner
Ms. Ruth B. Kettner
Dale Morrison
Peter Morgan
Lillian Kushniaryk
Ms. Anne Dunlop
Harold Pollock
Arnice Pollock
John Hodge
Rod & Sandra Cline
One Anonymous Donor
Sylvia
Allan Besson
Marylla Van Ginkel
Ramon Zelech
In Honour of…
Douglas MacEwan’s
90th Birthday
Robert B. Jackson
Dr. W. Reid & Ruth †
Waters
Wayne Benson
The Conservative Club
of Winnipeg
The Marriage of Carla
& Josef Nejmark
Ms. Suzanne Lynne
Marie Soulodre
Encore Circle
Manitoba Opera’s
Planned Giving Program
Larry Desrochers u
& Laurie Lam
Donn K. Yuen
Endowment Fund
Gifts
Tracy Dahl
In Honour of Dr. William
Pope’s Retirement Elba Haid +
Mrs. Audrey Hubbard
Mr. Fred Kisil
Marion Lewis
Grant & Janet Saunders
Terracon Development
Ltd.
Faye Warren
The Anonymous Fund
at the Winnipeg
Foundation
Bequests
The Estate of
Frank Fred Gladky
The Estate of
George A. Keates
The Estate of
Mrs. Joan L. McLeod
The Estate of
Margareth Mol
The Estate of
Mimi Trainor
Please consider making
a gift to the Manitoba
Opera Endowment Fund.
Visit www.wpgfdn.org to
make a donation today!
MATCHING GIFTS
Many companies encourage
the financial generosity
of their employees through a
matching gift program. Check
with your employer and make
your donation to Manitoba
Opera go even further!
Manitoba Opera
gratefully acknowledges
the generous contribution
made by the
Manitoba Centennial
Centre Corporation
in the redevelopment
of office space for our use
in the lower level of the
Centennial Concert Hall.
Thank you for your support!