NAC Annual Report 1997-1998 - National Arts Centre

6statsstatsRestaurant Sales2,700,0002,800,0002,300,0002,900,000Le CaféCatering96/9797/9896/9797/98Le CaféRentals and Other ProgrammingPhoto: MivWelcome to www.nac-cna.caNAC Web SiteOn average, we have 270 visits per day.72% of the visitors are Canadian, 60% from Ontario, 6% fromQuebec, 20% from USA and 8% from the rest of the world withthe UK being highest at 1.5%.English theatre Co-productions*No. of performances96/9716497/98135Capacity (percentage of total)96/97151,12797/9898,177Attendance (in thousands)96/97109,25897/9858,013Percentage96/977297/9859No. of performances96/977997/9880Capacity96/97151,38997/98156,290Attendance119,25396/97106,05997/98Percentage79Revenues*2,595,56396/97music96/976897/98music2,822,85897/98Photo: Stille PicturesNAC Fundraising Galawith Jessye Normanand NACOPhoto: David SeidnerFundraisingTotal Revenues96/97 540,55497/981,656,800No. of performances96/9718597/98149Capacity96/97305,51897/98310,070Attendance96/97209,99797/98192,821Percentage96/976897/9862Net Revenues1,109,921998,35396/9797/98French Theatre Co-productions*No. of performancesSound Venture ProductionsWhole Notes (six-part TV series)NACOPinchas Zukerman, conductorTo be aired in January 1999255383Capacity (percentage of total)100,862137,71496/9797/9896/9797/98* Refers to performances outside the NACPhoto: John HryniukAttendance (in thousands)96/9780,99097/98117,759Percentage808696/9797/98Pianist, Jon Kimura Parker andNeil Bregman, President ofSound Venture ProductionsNational Arts Centre Orchestra> The 1997/98 season featured six concert series thatPhoto: Stille Picturesresponded to the diverse musical tastes of a discerningpublic: the Premier Series, the Baroque Series,Light Classics, the Pops Series, the Recital Series,as well as Young People’s Concerts.> The NAC continued its presentation of avibrant array of new Canadian music, includingworks by José Evangelista, Malcolm Forsyth,Jacques Hétu, Peter Paul Koprowski, KellyMarie Murphy, John Oliver, Howard Shore,and André Villeneuve.> The 1997/98 season saw the reintroductionof the Recital Series and appearanceson the NAC stage by some of the world’sgreatest performers: Pinchas Zukerman,who was appointed in 1997/98 to a fouryearterm as Music Director, conducted andPinchas Zukerman, Music DirectorDesignate of NACOperformed. As well, conductor Helmuth Rilling, pianistKrystian Zimerman, violinist Gil Shaham, cellist LynnHarrell, and jazz pianists Oliver Jones and GeorgeShearing performed on the NAC stages. Also noteworthywas an all-Canadian Messiah led by MarioBernardi, the return of former Music DirectorGabriel Chmura, the reunion of Trevor Pinnock andpianist Grigory Sokolov, and a rare performance ofthe complete Peer Gynt led by Principal GuestConductor Franz-Paul Decker.> The successful fund-raising gala which featuredsoprano Jessye Norman also represented an importantfirst for the Centre, and is expected to becomea valuable event in annual fund-raising efforts.* Total revenues in Music, Theatre and Dance and Varietyrefer only to Box Office revenues7