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Our
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Spring
1995: Wolf-Ferrari's Susannah's Secret and Ravel's L'heure espagnol
at
the George Ignatieff Theatre
- music
director: Robin Wheeler
- stage
director: Ramona Carmelly
- set
design: Nina Scott-Stoddart
- starring:
Diane da Camara, Ross Darlington, Paul Oros, Nina Scott-Stoddart, Mervin
Fick, Charles Fowler, Scott Bell
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Scott Bell (Ramiro)
and Mervin Fick (Torquemada) (photo: E.V.)
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Steven King (Tarquinius) and Nina Scott-Stoddart (Lucretia)
(photo: E.V.)
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Fall
1995: Britten's The Rape of Lucretia
at
the Music Gallery
- conductor:
Judith Yan
- stage
director: Roxolana Roslak
- starring:
Nina Scott-Stoddart, Lenard Whiting, Rosalba Lamanna, Stephen King,
Ramona Carmelly, Ostap Soroka, Alexa Wing, Nicholas Morkel
"the future
of opera in Canada is alive and well..." Opera Canada
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Spring
1996: Menotti's The Consul
at
the Theatre Centre East
- music
director: Robin Wheeler
- stage
director: Edward Franko
- lighting
design: David Peebles
- set
design: Lynn Wilton
- starring:
Adele Kozak, Nina Scott-Stoddart, Peter Wiens, Karen Olinyk, Steven
Price, Lenard Whiting, Ellen Vesterdal, Ramona Carmelly, Gisele Kulak
and Stephen King (and Roland Fix in the fall, at the Music Gallery)
"Beautifully
sung...beautifully acted -- it's an amazing achievement" Richard Ouzounian,
CBC Radio
"Opera
Anonymous is one of the new-found gems on Toronto's operatic scene" Robert
de Vrij, Opera Canada
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Lenard
Whiting (The Magician), Ellen Vesterdal (Vera Boronel) and Gisele Kulak
(Anna Gomez) (photo: A.W.)
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Winter
1997: Doolittle's Charlie the Chicken
at
the Music Gallery
- conductor:
Sabatino Vacca
- stage
director: Graham Cozzubo
- lighting
design: David Peebles
- starring:
Edward Franko, Ross Darlington and Erika Lee Tanner
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Spring
1997: Menotti's The Medium
at
the Alumni Theatre
- music
director: Brahm Goldhamer and Robin Wheeler
- stage
director: Edward Franko
- lighting
design: Tom Kilp
- set
design: Lynn Wilton
- starring:
Nina Scott-Stoddart, Heidi Breier, Angel Torres, Gisele Kulak, Ramona
Carmelly, Roland Fix
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Nina
Scott-Stoddart (Madame Flora)
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Torin
Chiles (Tom Rakewell) (photo: A.W.)
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Spring
1998: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
at
the Betty Oliphant Theatre
- conductor:
Kevin Mallon
- stage
director: Edward Franko
- lighting
design: Tom Kilp
- set
design: Christine
- starring:
Torin Chiles, Steven Pitkanen, Heidi Breier, Nina Scott-Stoddart, Paul
Grindlay, Richard Davidson, Melodia de Almeida and Alexander Wiebe
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Summer
1998: Doolittle's The Leviathan Hook (World
premiere)
workshop performances at the Music Gallery
- music
director: Robin Wheeler
- starring:
Steven Pitkanen, Lenard Whiting, Adele Kozak, Edward Franko, Erika Lee
Tanner, Nina Scott-Stoddart, Robert de Vrij and Alexander Wiebe
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composer
Quenten Doolittle
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Adele
Kozak (Cathy)
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Fall
1998: Floyd's Wuthering Heights (Canadian
premiere)
in concert at the Glenn Gould Theatre
- music
director: William Shookhoff
- starring:
Adele Kozak, Steven Pitkanen, Gisele Kulak, Maria Soulis, Sylvain Landry,
Keith Boldt, Richard Davidson, Beau McKinnon, Richard Shaw
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Spring
2001: Joseph Quesnel's Lucas et Cécile (world
premiere of English-language version)
at the Glenn Gould Theatre
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reconstructed
by John Beckwith
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English
libretto by Brad Walton
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aria
translations by Alexander Wiebe
conductor: Kevin Mallon
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stage
director: Edward Franko
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costume
designer: Matti Sevink
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with
the Aradia Ensemble
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starring:
Marcia Bunston, Ross Darlington, Brian Duyn, Shawn Henry, David
Mosey and Nina Scott-Stoddart
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Marcia Bunston
(Cécile) and Brian Duyn (Lucas)
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