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2015/16 Board of Trustees
Wayne Benson,
Vice-Chair
Co-owner, Buhle Painting
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Elba Haid,
Ca m e r ata Committee Chair
President and CEO, Realcare Inc.
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Br av o Gala Co-Chair
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Dr. Robert Biscontri,
Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
Assistant Professor, Asper School
of Business, University of Manitoba
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Audience Engagement Chair
Visual Arts Management
Consultant
Dr. Hermann Lee
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Children’s Dental World
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Dr. Anthony Iacopino,
Secretary; Co m m u n i t y
Support Committee Chair
Dean, College of Dentistry,
University of Manitoba
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Br av o Gala Co-Chair
President and CEO,
Rockwell Group

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Governance Committee Chair
Portfolio Manager, Harbourfront
Wealth Management
Kimberley Puhach
Consultant, Leaders & Co.
Dr. Jeffrey Sisler
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Health
Sciences, University of Manitoba
Robert Vineberg,
Chair, Board of Trustees
Executive Committee Chair
Historian and Policy Consultant
Under the distinguished patronage of
The Honourable Janice C. Filmon, C.M., O.M.
Lieutenant-Go v e r n o r o f Manitoba
His Worship Brian Bowman,
May o r o f the City o f Winnipeg
David White
Retired District Vice President,
TD Canada Trust
Directors Emeriti
James W. Astwood
Thos. F. Copeland*
Rosalind Dick
D. Chris Finnbogason*
Peter George
H.E. Harland
Mrs. Kenneth R. Howell
Founding President
The Honourable A. Kerr Twaddle*
Artistic Director Emeritus
Dr. Irving Guttman, C.M., O.B.C.*
Founding Director Emeritus
Dr. Robert H. Thorlakson, O.C.*
A. Rolph Huband
Richard Irish
Bruce H. Lang
Mrs. Sinclair A. Levack*
Allan M. Moore*
Dr. Robert N. Morris
Dr. M.M. Pierce*
Dr. Elmer E. Reimer
Louis R. (Bud) Sherman*
Eleanor Siddall
Dr. Lawrence Soloway*
J.F. Reeh Taylor
Leigh Taylor
* deceased
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Message
from the Chair,
Board of Trustees
On behalf of the Board of Trustees,
I would like to welcome you to this
evening’s presentation of our season
opener, The Marriage of Figaro. In Figaro,
Mozart has melded glorious music with
believable characters to create what many,
including myself, consider to be the
most perfect opera of all time. We have
a wonderful cast, including many great
performers from Manitoba, and, of course,
the Manitoba Opera Chorus on stage and
the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in
the pit. I am sure this will be a night
to remember.
I am pleased to tell you that your opera
company finished its 2014/15 season
(May 31) with a small surplus. Nevertheless,
this is an incredibly expensive art form
that combines singing, theatre, and a full
orchestra to create the all-encompassing
experience that is opera. You may be
surprised to know that the actual
production cost for The Marriage of
Figaro is $173 per seat.
Many of you, I know, donate to Manitoba
Opera, and I thank you for your support
above and beyond the cost of your ticket
or subscription. Your generosity helps to
make opera accessible to a wide range
of Manitobans. If you have not yet made
a donation, please consider making a
donation to cover all, or part of the
difference of the real cost of and what
you paid for your ticket. We appreciate
each and every gift, and you will receive
a tax receipt for your donation.
Manitoba Opera provides Manitobans with
high-quality opera that is linked to our
contemporary lives. I am looking forward
this season to our spring opera, Of Mice
and Men, by American composer Carlisle
Floyd. The opera, and surrounding audience
engagement events, will highlight issues
concerning persons labelled with intellectual
disabilities and those marginalised by events
beyond their control. These are issues as
relevant today as they were in the 1930s.
See you there!
Robert Vineberg
Chair
Pre-Show Chat
Presenter: Simeon Rusnak
Saturday, November 21 x Orchestra Right x 7:00 pm
Tuesday, November 24 x Piano Nobile x 6:30 pm
Friday, November 27 x Orchestra Right x 7:00 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
If you don’t know the name Pierre
Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, don’t
worry, you know the operas adapted
from his plays, The Barber of Seville by
Rossini and Mozart’s The Marriage of
Figaro. The plays are sometimes revived,
with good reason, but, like many literary
works, their opera incarnations have
outpaced them.
Beaumarchais was quite a character, and
his Marriage, with its alternate title,
A Mad Day, caused a great stir at its
premiere in 1778. Seen as an attack on the
privileged aristocracy, it shocked even Louis
XVI and has often been cited as one of the
inspirations, by the literate rising middle
class, for the French Revolution. The play
survived the censors, and Beaumarchais
even became a spy for France, but Figaro
had done its seed work for political action.
Mozart and his great librettist, Lorenzo
Da Ponte toned down the politics when
they adapted the piece in 1786 (only three
ominous years before the Revolution),
concentrating on the intensely personal,
rather than the overtly political.
They did keep a key idea in the plot, the
“droit du seigneur,” a primary indictment
against the idea of masters controlling
servants. This medieval “right of the lord,”
conferred on the lord the custom of
sleeping with the bride of any of his vassals.
Most research into the custom shows it was
probably, at worst, part of what was known
as a record of redemption paid by the vassal
to the lord to avoid his supposed rights.
By the 18th century, this old idea was
discredited, as it seems to be in Figaro, but
it heats up the plot and keeps it boiling.
The Marriage of Figaro was the first of
three collaborations between Mozart and
Da Ponte, (who led as colourful a life as
Beaumarchais, hence the attraction to his
work). Figaro is their sunniest opera with
the later two, Don Giovanni and Così fan
tutte, darker in tone. Written for Vienna,
it was a success, but not really the hit which
Mozart was always hoping for, but fitfully
getting. However, it was a smash in Prague.
“Everywhere Figaro” is how Mozart
described it, noting that the opera’s
tunes were hummed by everyone, from
chambermaids to coachmen to the nobility
– which was the main audience for opera.
Figaro was one of the first operas to reach
out to a wider audience, with the middle
class becoming the main opera-going public
by the early 19th century.
Many recent productions have updated
Le nozze di Figaro, most notably one set
in Trump Tower, but the parallels are
awkward, since the world of Figaro isn’t
simply one of paid servants and rich bosses,
but a tight inter-related community
revolving around a long-gone aristocracy.
Whereas Beaumarchais’ play seeks to
subvert the aristocracy, Mozart’s opera
embraces it and sees it as fodder to skew
the human foibles of the privileged class
with his sublime and comic music –
truly making it an opera of the people.
Larry Desrochers
General Director & CEO
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Participate in a study on
experiencing a live event
Manitoba Opera patrons are being asked
to participate in a U of M research project
that is examining how people experience
live events. PhD candidate Raymond Lavoie,
in conjunction with Dr. Kelley Main of the
Asper School of Business, is focusing his
dissertation on how people perceive live
events and what factors can help them
optimize their satisfaction and happiness
from such experiences.
A more detailed explanation on the
research project is given in the debriefing
at the end of the survey.
Thanking you in advance for your
participation is this research project.
The research includes gathering data from
surveys completed by people after they
have attended a live event. The survey takes
about five minutes to complete, and anyone
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win a $200 Best Buy gift card.
To participate in the
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The Marriage of Figaro,
go to Tiny.cc/opera
Please note that the link opens
immediately following each
performance and closes
16 hours later.

Perspectives
Love Regained
by Rory Runnells
The Marriage of Figaro is about a lot
of things, but love, and its expression
as sexual desire in many of its
permutations and combinations,
is at its heart.
On the estate of the embattled Count and
Countess Almaviva, almost all the characters
are in love or lamenting lost love – as does
the Countess for the Count; are tortured
by burgeoning sexual desire – as are the
younger ones, the page Cherubino, and
the gardener’s daughter Barbarina; or
rediscovering an old passion turned to
love – as are the oldest ones, Dr. Bartolo
and Marcellina.
The Count’s sexual desires upset his own
world though he doesn’t see it. Figaro,
at the centre of the action, as he was in
The Barber of Seville, is the lightning rod
and the clever manipulator of the plot.
However, he is now in love with his
bride-to-be, Susanna, and the dark side
of love: jealousy, will rear its ugly head
in him and others.
Figaro and Susanna are confident in their
love, but the nasty custom – the infamous
“droit du seigneur” – challenges it severely
before peace can return. This supposedly
medieval custom allowed the lord of the
estate to sleep with the bride of a vassal on
the wedding night. There is no convincing
evidence of this custom ever existing.
At most, there was a money payment to the
lord, who originally did have the right to
select a vassal’s bride. In any case, the Count
doesn’t need that custom, which in the
opera he claims has been banished, to try
to get it on with any female, especially
Susanna, who outwits him at every turn.
Crazy passion whirls around, but it is the
reconciliation of the Countess and Count
which ends the mad day of desire gone
wild. In one of the most moving scenes
in opera, the Countess grants the Count
the pardon for which he begs for his
thoughtlessly cruel out-of-line behaviour
towards her (not to mention everyone else).
The Countess is the most sympathetic
character in this work. It’s easy to feel her
bewilderment at seemingly losing the
Count’s ardent love which was quite evident
in The Barber of Seville, while remaining,
possibly against her better judgment,
passionate about him. If you have known
love, you can understand that.
The multiple couplings that end Figaro
signify that love can be regained and
discovered, in both young and old. Love
conquers all? For the moment, anyway,
and Mozart’s exquisite, joyous music in the
finale makes one hope that it can forever.
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 The Marriage of Figaro Production and Performance Sponsors:
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The Composer
Wolfgang
Amadeus
Mozart
(1756 - 1791)
Considered to be the most comprehensively
gifted musician who has ever lived, Mozart,
despite his relatively short life (36 years),
made a tremendous impact on music. He
displayed remarkable versatility and an
ability to use music to connect the listener
with his soul and spirit.
He wrote music – complete and perfect,
down to the last accent and inflection – as
fast as he could think, and this astonishing
rate of production continues to stupefy
scholars today. He composed over 600
works including 21 stage and opera works,
15 Masses, over 50 symphonies, 25 piano
concertos, 12 violin concertos, 27 concert
arias, 17 piano sonatas, and 26 string quartets.
He was a child prodigy who began to play
the harpsichord at the age of three and to
compose at the age of five. He also played
both the violin and the viola to soloist
standard. While there have been other
prodigies, none have approached Mozart’s
ability to combine dazzling musical
imagination with a total mastery of style
and form and matchless beauty of
expression.
However talented he was, life was not easy
for Mozart. He was a poor businessman and
finances were always tight. He descended
to a life of genteel poverty, with his music
only sporadically popular, and eventually
fell back on his teaching jobs and on the
charity of friends to make ends meet.
Mozart died suddenly and unexpectedly
after suffering an illness – thought to be
rheumatic fever.
The Librettist
Lorenzo
Da Ponte
(1749 - 1838)
Lorenzo Da Ponte, whose original name
was Emmanuele Conegliano, was an Italian
poet and librettist best known for his
collaboration with Mozart.
Jewish by birth, Da Ponte was baptized in
1763 and later became a priest; freethinking
(expressing doubts about religious doctrine)
and his pursuit of an adulterous relationship,
however, eventually led, in 1779, to his
expulsion from the Venetian state.
Taking up residence in Vienna, he became
official poet to the court of Emperor Joseph
II and in that capacity wrote successful
librettos for numerous musicians. It was
there in 1783 that Da Ponte made the
acquaintance of Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart and entered upon the finest period
of his literary career. Three masterpieces
appeared in rapid succession – Le nozze di
Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and
Così fan tutte (1790). During the same period
he achieved his greatest popular success
with the libretto to Martín y Soler’s Una
cosa rara (1787). Da Ponte’s enduring merit
derived from his ability to infuse borrowed
themes with new life and to interweave
tragic and comic elements. His version
of the Don Juan legend, in particular,
exercised a lasting literary influence.
Left without support after Joseph II’s death
in 1790, Da Ponte resumed his wanderings.
After a period in London (1792-1805), he
emigrated to the United States to escape
his creditors, settling finally in New York,
where he devoted himself to teaching
Italian language and literature at Columbia
College and promoting Italian cultural
activities. His four-volume Memorie
(1823-27; Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte),
although mainly concerned with portraying
the author as a victim of fate and enemies,
is valuable for its portrait of early
19th-century America.
Courtesy of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Synopsis
The Marriage of Figaro
first performance: Burgtheater, Vienna, May 1, 1786
place: The palace of Count Almaviva, near Seville, Spain
t i m e: Mid-18th Century x language: Italian
Act I
A room in Count Almaviva’s castle. It is
Figaro and Susanna’s wedding day for which
they are preparing and measuring the room
the Count has given them to use as their
bedroom. Susanna tells Figaro that it is too
near the Count’s and that the Count has his
eye on her. Susanna leaves, and Figaro
resolves to turn the tables on the Count.
Dr. Bartolo, the Countess’s ex-guardian,
and Marcellina, now in the Count’s service,
enter. They wish to prevent Figaro’s
marriage and hold him to his agreement:
to marry Marcellina if he cannot repay
a loan. Bartolo exits. Susanna enters and
has a barbed encounter with Marcellina,
who then departs.
The young page Cherubino dashes in and
tells Susanna of his love for the Countess
and in fact, for any woman, during which
the Count enters. Cherubino hides and
the Count flirts with Susanna. On hearing
the music teacher Don Basilio enter, the
Count hides too, and Basilio gossips about
the goings-on in the castle, including
Cherubino’s love for the Countess. Hearing
this, the Count emerges, uncovering
Cherubino as he does so. Realizing that the
young page has overheard his indiscretions
with Susanna, he sends him off to the army.
Figaro arrives, carrying Susanna’s wedding
veil. He is accompanied by villagers who sing
the Count’s praises. Figaro thanks the Count
for renouncing the wedding-night custom
and asks the Count to give Susanna the
veil as a symbol of purity. The Count says
he would prefer to postpone the ceremony
until he can celebrate the occasion
appropriately. After the villagers leave,
Figaro and Susanna try to persuade the
Count to allow Cherubino to stay, but it is
no use. Figaro then tells the boy about the
rigors of military life.
Act II
The Countess’s bedroom. The Countess
mourns of her husband’s waning affections
for her. Figaro and Susanna arrive and tell
the Countess about the Count’s intentions
with Susanna. They devise a plan. The Count
will be given a note that says the Countess
is having an affair. While the Count is
investigating, Figaro and Susanna will be
quickly married. Susanna is to agree to an
assignation with the Count, but Cherubino
is to go instead, disguised in her clothes.
While Cherubino is being dressed, the Count
knocks on the door and Cherubino hides
in the closet. The Countess assures her
husband, when he hears a noise, that it is
Susanna trying on her wedding dress, but
the Count is suspicious. Determined to
open the door by force, he leaves with
the Countess to find the necessary tools,
allowing Susanna to change places with
Cherubino, and Cherubino to escape
through a window. The Count returns,
discovers Susanna, and has to apologize to
his wife for doubting her. The gardener
Antonio bursts in, complaining that
somebody jumped out of the window.
Although Figaro tries to take the blame,
the Count strongly suspects he is being
duped. Antonio produces papers that Figaro
claims were given to him by Cherubino to
have officially sealed. Marcellina enters with
Dr. Bartolo and Basilio to demand justice.
Figaro must marry Marcellina or repay his
debt. The Count must investigate.
Act III
A hall in the palace. The Countess urges
a reluctant Susanna to go ahead with the
plan and tell the Count that she will meet
him in the garden later. Because Cherubino
is gone, the Countess will impersonate
Susanna. After the Countess leaves, Susanna
overhears the Count talking to himself
about Figaro marrying Marcellina.
Continued on page 27
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Student Night: Inspiring the Children of Today;
Creating the Audiences of Tomorrow
Each year over 2,000 students are introduced to the wonder of opera
through Student Night at the Opera. For many, Student Night at the
Opera is their first time attending an opera.
Once each season, Manitoba Opera
asks our patrons to support this
program through our “Pass the Hat”
initiative which is taking place at all
three performances of The Marriage
of Figaro. Following the intermission,
ushers will be passing baskets to
collect contributions in support
of Student Night at the Opera.
Students from Dauphin’s Barker School at the Opera.
“ Students love the quality of all aspects of the music and the
staging. It's a wonderful way for students to see a superior
performance in a fantastic venue for an affordable price.”
– Cherylene Kentner, Boissevain School
Contributions help to offset the cost of this program, which enables
students from Winnipeg and the surrounding region to attend the
dress rehearsal of our regular productions.
“ We had a big group to the opera, over 20 refugee students
new to Canada, and they just had a fabulous, fabulous time.
They are always thrilled to go! They love the story line,
the music, the costumes, the Concert Hall, and the ENTIRE
experience. This is a BIG highlight for my students…
it’s a huge gift for me, as an educator, to get these
discounted tickets each year.”
– Valerie Pierce, Grant Park High School
With your support, we are able to offer tickets for Student Night
at the Opera for only $12 per student. Your contribution also helps
to pay for the creation of study guides for teachers to help them
prepare students for the performance.
Thank you for helping us to inspire children today
and create the audiences of tomorrow.

The Marriage of Figaro
(Le nozze di Figaro)
An Opera in four Acts
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto in Italian by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Based on the French comedy of the same name by
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Conducted by Tadeusz Biernacki
Directed by Brent Krysa
PRINCIPAL Cast (In order of vocal appearance)
FIGARO, the Count’s valet. ............................Gordon Bintner
SUSANNA, the Countess’ maid, Figaro’s fiancée...Andriana Chuchman
DR. BARTOLO. .....................................Peter McGillivray
MARCELLINA, Bartolo’s housekeeper ................Donnalynn Grills
CHERUBINO, a page. ...............................Alicia Woynarski
COUNT ALMAVIVA ..................................Daniel Okulitch
DON BASILIO, a music teacher .......................... David Menzies
COUNTESS ALMAVIVA. ...............................Lara Ciekiewicz
ANTONIO, a gardener ..................................David Watson
DON CURZIO, a lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Menzies
BARBARINA, Antonio’s daughter. ............. Anne-Marie MacIntosh
Also appearing
First Bridesmaid. ...............................Emily Diehl-Reader
Second Bridesmaid ............................... Susanne Reimer
Production Designer ...................................Cameron Porteus
Costume Designer .....................Charles Allen Klein (Malabar Ltd.)
Lighting Designer. ...........................................Bill Williams
Stage Manager. ...............................................Robert Pel
Assistant Stage ManagerS. .................................Kathryn Ball
..................................................... Matthew Lagacé
Projected Titles Translation by ............................. Brent Krysa
This production of The Marriage of Figaro was originally created by Pacific Opera Victoria
and Calgary Opera for productions in 2014 and 2015.
There will be one intermission following Act Two.
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
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Brent Krysa*
Director
Early in his career,
Brent Krysa’s production
of Sondheim’s Assassins
garnered a spot in the
Montreal Gazette’s ‘Top
Ten Productions’ of the year,
and his other productions A Little Night Music
and Company were likewise hailed.
Recent and upcoming projects across Canada
include Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro for Calgary
Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria; Postcard from
Morocco for the Royal Conservatory of Music’s
Glenn Gould School in Toronto; The Merry Widow
for Edmonton Opera; and Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
for Saskatoon Opera.
Other credits include McGill University, Queen
of Puddings, the Lugo Festival in Italy, and the
Canadian Opera Company.
Tadeusz Biernacki
Conductor
This is Mr. Biernacki’s 33rd
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 U.S., as well as in
Tessaloniki, Kaohsiung, and Hong Kong.
Mr. Biernacki has also written orchestral
arrangements for TSO, WSO, SSO, RWB, NAC
Orchestra, Pittsburgh Ballet, Memphis Ballet
and others.
His most recent work as a conductor with
Manitoba Opera includes Così fan tutte,
Candide,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.
Listed in order of Vocal Appearance
* Manitoba Opera debut
Gordon Bintner*
Figaro
Grand Prize winner of
the OSM Standard Life
Competition (2011) and
First Prize and People’s
Choice Award recipient
at the Canadian Opera
Company Ensemble Studio Competition (2012),
Canadian bass-baritone Gordon Bintner has
appeared internationally in a wide range of
concert and operatic repertoire.
Recent engagements include Guglielmo in
Così fan tutte (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra),
Basilio in Der Barbier von Sevilla (Salzburger
Festspiele - YSP), Handel’s Messiah (New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra), and Junior in Bernstein’s
A Quiet Place (Montreal Symphony Orchestra).
Upcoming engagements include Bach’s Christmas
Oratorio (OSM), Il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro
(COC Ensemble), Araldo in Otello (Osterfestspiele
Salzburg), and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte
(Michigan Opera Theatre).
Andriana Chuchman
Susanna
Winnipeg-born soprano
Andriana Chuchman’s
current season includes
debuts at the Los Angeles
Opera as Lauretta in Gianni
Schicchi, opposite Placido
Domingo, and the Dallas Opera as Magnolia in
Show Boat. She sings Handel’s Messiah with the
Cincinnati and Edmonton Symphonies, Orff’s
Carmina Burana with the Grand Rapids and
Winnipeg Symphonies, and appears in recital
in Toronto.
Ms. Chuchman made her Metropolitan Opera
debut as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, and has since
returned as Valencienne (The Merry Widow),
Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), and Miranda
(The Enchanted Island). Other recent operatic
engagements include Zerlina (Don Giovanni) at
the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Magnolia (Show Boat)
at the Washington National Opera, Olympia
(Les Contes d’Hoffmann) at the Canadian Opera
Company, and as Gretel on the Glyndebourne
Opera Tour in the U.K.
Future seasons will see her debuting at the
Houston Grand Opera, and making returns to
the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago,
and Washington National Opera, among others.

The Artists
Peter McGillivray
Dr. Bartolo
Saskatchewan baritone
Peter McGillivray was
grand prize winner of the
CBC Young Performers
Competition. Upcoming
performances include
Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Pacific Opera
Victoria, Tapestry Opera’s premiere of Gareth
Willams’ Rocking Horse Winner, and
Heggie’s Moby Dick with Dallas Opera.
Among his recent credits are Mahler’s Lieder eines
fahrenden Gesellen (Toronto Summer Music),
Father Palmer in Silent Night (Calgary Opera), and
Bartolo in both Le Nozze di Figaro and Il Barbiere
di Siviglia (Opera Lyra Ottawa). He has also
worked with the opera companies of Vancouver,
Edmonton, Quebec and the Canadian Opera
Company. He last performed with Manitoba
Opera as Schaunard in the 2014 production
of La Bohème.
Donnalynn Grills
Marcellina
Winnipeg mezzo Donnalynn
Grills embraces a wide range
of musical styles and has
performed as a guest
artist with the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra,
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Rainbow Stage,
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Dry Cold
Productions, the Little Opera Company, The
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg, the
Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and Groundswell.
Previous appearances with Manitoba Opera
include Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Alisa
(Lucia di Lammermoor), Hanna’s mother
(Jason & Hanna), Annina (La Traviata), and
Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro, 2006).
Alicia Woynarski*
Cherubino
Alicia Woynarski’s warm
voice and compelling stage
presence have captivated
audiences nationally and
abroad. She has appeared
most recently with Calgary
Concert Opera as Dorabella in Così fan tutte.
(Hansel and Gretel), Carmen and Mercedes
(Carmen), and Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro)
with companies including Saskatoon Opera, Little
Opera on the Prairie, and Vancouver Island Opera.
In Europe she has sung the roles of Dorabella,
Berta, and Dritte Dame.
Ms. Woynarski has performed with the Vancouver,
Regina and Saskatoon Symphony Orchestras, the
Northern Czech Philharmonic, and Mercury Opera,
Edmonton.
Daniel Okulitch
Count Almaviva
Canadian bass-baritone
Daniel Okulitch has
performed for some of
the most prestigious opera
companies and orchestras
throughout Europe and
North America. These include Le Châtelet, Teatro
alla Scala, Teatro Colon, Dallas, Washington, and
Los Angeles.
Most recently he debuted as Lieutenant
Horstmayer in Kevin Putt’s Silent Night with
l’Opéra de Montréal, the role of Herman Broder
in the world premiere of Enemies, A Love Story
with Palm Beach Opera, the role of Ennis Del Mar
in the world premiere of Brokeback Mountain
at Madrid’s Teatro Real, the four villains in
Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Edmonton Opera,
and Creonte in Medea in Geneva.
He also joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera
for Don Giovanni and returned to Santa Fe Opera
for the count in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Mr. Okulitch last performed with Manitoba Opera
as Schaunard in the 2005 production of La Bohème.
David Menzies*
Curzio/Basilio
From Shoal Lake, Manitoba,
tenor David Menzies has been
praised as a “powerhouse
performer” in performances
of music from the baroque
to contemporary.
This season, Mr. Menzies performs Almaviva
(Brott Opera); Judith (Pax Christi); Tacmas -
Les fleurs, Belmonte - Die Entführung aus dem
Serail (Co. Baroque Mont-Royal); Handel -
Chandos Anthems (Sherbrooke University),
and B minor mass (Ensemble Caprice).
In past seasons she has performed the roles
of Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Hansel
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The Artists
Past performances include appearances with
Montreal Opera, the Montreal Symphony and
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestras, Aradia
Ensemble, Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra,
Thirteen Strings, and the Montreal New
Music Festival.
David Menzies holds a Doctorate in Music from
McGill University and received training at the
University of Manitoba, Tanglewood, Banff,
Britten-Pears School, and with Montreal Opera’s
Atelier lyrique.
Lara Ciekiewicz
Countess Almaviva
Whether being hailed as
“mesmerizing” (Classical
Voice of North Carolina),
“magnificently bell-toned”
(Capital Critics Circle), or
“a clear standout” (San
Francisco Classical Voice), Winnipeg soprano
Lara Ciekiewicz is making her mark as a dynamic
singing-actress. She is excited to sing her first
Countess at home with Manitoba Opera.
Ms. Ciekiewicz’s most recent appearance with
the company was as Liù in Turandot last April.
Credits include Micaëla (Carmen); Musetta
(La Bohème); Nellie Forbush (South Pacific);
Sylva (The Gypsy Princess); High Priestess (Aida);
Lyudmila (Ruslan I Lyudmila); Fiordiligi (Così fan
tutte); Pamina and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte);
Alcina (Alcina); Anna (Anna Bolena); and Lauretta
(Gianni Schicchi).
Recent collaborators include the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Pacific
Opera Victoria, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Opera
in Concert, l’Opéra de Montréal, Dry Cold
Productions, l’Orchestre symphonique de
Sherbrooke, and Salute to Vienna.
David Watson
Antonio
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). Upcoming engagements include
the role of Slim in Of Mice and Men in April 2016.
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.
Anne-Marie
MacIntosh*
Barbarina
Anne-Marie MacIntosh is an
emerging Canadian coloratura
soprano praised by Opera
Canada for her “effervescent
coloratura,” “stratospheric
notes,” and “dramatic vivacity.”
Currently based in Toronto, Ms. MacIntosh has
been selected as a 2015/16 Rebanks Fellow at
the prestigious Glenn Gould School. A graduate
of the University of Manitoba (M.Mus 2014),
Ms. MacIntosh is a Winnipeg Rose Bowl winner
(2013) and a second place regional winner of the
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
(Upper Midwest Region, 2015).
Recent local performances include La Fée in
Cendrillon (Manitoba Underground Opera), Gretel
in Hansel and Gretel (Little Opera Company), and
Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance (GSSW).
Emily Diehl-Reader
First Bridesmaid
A graduate of the Desautels
Faculty of Music at the
University of Manitoba,
Manitoba soprano Emily
Diehl-Reader most recently
appeared as the Second Lady
in Manitoba Opera’s Turandot last spring.
Other recent productions include Mai ’68,
performed at the WSO’s New Music Festival,
and Manitoba Opera’s Fidelio in November 2014.
She performed the titular role of Emily Carr in
the Manitoba premiere of Jana Skarecky and
Di Brandt’s contemporary opera Emily: The Way
You Are and has also appeared in The Producers,
Les Misérables, and August: Osage County
with Brandon Seven Ages Productions and
Mecca Productions.
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The Artists
Susanne Reimer
Second Bridesmaid
Mezzo-soprano Susanne
Reimer’s most recent roles
include Ruggiero in Alcina
(Manitoba Underground
Opera), Kate in Pirates of
Penzance (G&S Society of
Winnipeg), Mrs. Soames in Our Town (Opera
NUOVA), and Granny Hood in John Davies’ opera
Little Red’s Most Unusual Day (Three Little Birds
Productions).
Enthusiasm for children’s entertainment has
taken her on tour as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel
and both Bianca and Princess Rosabella in the
premiere of Angela and Her Sisters (Burry).
She has also enjoyed portraying Dorabella in
Così fan tutte, Dorothée in Cendrillon, Tessa
in The Gondoliers, and Tolomeo in Giulio
Cesare in Egitto.
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 U.S., and the U.K.
Mr. Williams is delighted to be returning for his
31st Manitoba Opera production.
When not designing for the stage, he is actively
involved in the fields of theatre facility consulting,
architectural lighting design, teaching, and
photography. Bill Williams is also the author
of Stage Lighting Design 101 and A History of
Light and Lighting.
Robert Pel
Stage Manager
In the rearview mirror:
Turandot, Fidelio, La Bohème,
and Aida for Manitoba Opera;
The Ballad of Stompin Tom
for Harbourfront Theatre
in PEI; and Anne & Gilbert
The Musical in Moose Jaw. In the headlights are
Of Mice and Men and Springworks Festival in 2016.
Mr. Pel just wrapped up 20 years of teaching
Stage Management and Opera Production at
Ryerson University.
An avid motorcyclist, this past summer’s highlight
was riding around the Great Lakes, then across the
Prairies to Banff, Alberta.
Kathryn Ball
Assistant Stage Manager
Kathryn Ball is pleased to be
back with Manitoba Opera
for her 13th production.
Past productions include
Turandot, La Bohème, Don
Pasquale, Aida, Rigoletto,
The Daughter of the Regiment, Salome, The
Magic Flute, Tosca, The Barber of Seville, Madama
Butterfly, and Il Trovatore.
Favourite theatre credits include Mary Poppins,
The Last Resort, The Drowsy Chaperone (Globe
Theatre); Armstrong’s War, Miracle on South
Division Street, Dreamgirls, Steel Magnolias, The
Melville Boys, Ed’s Garage (RMTC); A Closer Walk
With Patsy Cline, The Full Monty (Rainbow Stage);
The Brink (PTE); and The Nutcracker (RWB).
the Regiment.
Matthew Lagacé
Assistant Stage Manager
Matthew Lagacé is very
excited to be returning to
the Manitoba Opera for his
third production. Past credits
with the company include
Aida and The Daughter of
Favourite theatre credits include Stars of David,
Bad Jews (WJT); Ring of Fire (Globe Theatre);
What to Wear to the Birth of a Nation
(Watermark Theatre); Maple Route (Theatre
Incarnate); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,
The Heart of Robin Hood, The Glass Menagerie,
Gone With the Wind, (RMTC) and A Midsummer’s
Night Dream (SIR).
Mr. Lagacé is a graduate of the University
of Manitoba Theatre Program/Black Hole
Theatre Company.
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Manitoba Opera Chorus
Soprano
Emily Diehl-Reader
Svetlana
Gharagyozyan
Deborah Ginther
Kadri Irwin
Kathryn Patrick
Cathy Wach-Dueck
Mezzo
Linda Feasby
Micheline Hay
Christina Pyrz-Kowall
Susanne Reimer
Deanna Rempel
Karla Weir
Tenor
Russ Foster
Michal Kowalik
David LaRue
George Nytepchuk
Lawrence Pauls
Ernst Stiglmayr
Bass
Chris Caslake
Richard Gusnoski
Don Larsen
Devan Ryner
Fred Simpson
Jean van der Merwe
Supernumeraries
Children
Lily Dirks
Samantha Gilchrist
Amalia Hickerson
Miracle Wiesensel
Adults
Rachel Landrecht
Connie Sarchuk
Production Personnel
Director of
Production
Sheldon Johnson
Assistant to the
Stage Director
Sarah Pelzer
Chorus Master
Tadeusz Biernacki
Répétiteur
Cary Denby
Apprentice Stage
Manager
Holly LaJambe
Wardrobe
Supervisors
Alena Zharska
Barry Malenko
Wardrobe
Canada’s Royal
Winnipeg Ballet
Hair/Wig Designer
Lori Houston
Hair/Wig Assistant
Jill Buhr
Hair/Wig Crew
Adriana Oliphant
Make-Up Designer
Christian Hadley
Make-Up Assistant
Jean-Marc Lafond
Make-Up Crew
Keri Hamilton
Emily King
Sarah Leighton
Theresa Thomson
Projected Titles
Cueing
Kim Lavilla
Rehearsal piano provided by St John's Music
Harpsichord provided by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Production acknowledgements: Brent Letain, Chris Seida, Chris Thomson, Ben Ross,
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Rainbow Stage, Curtis Cushnie, Manitoba Theatre
for Young People, Dietrich Bartel, All Saints’ Anglican Church Choir
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
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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
2015/16
First Violin
Viola
Piccolo
Trombone
Gwen Hoebig,
Daniel Scholz,
Martha Durkin
Steven Dyer,
Concertmaster
Karl Stobbe,
Associate
Concertmaster
Mary Lawton,
Assistant
Concertmaster
Chris Anstey
Jeremy Buzash**
Mona Coarda
Rodica Jeffrey
Hong Tian Jia
Meredith McCallum
Julie Savard
Jun Shao
Karin Andreasen*
Simon MacDonald*
Second Violin
Darryl Strain,
Principal
Elation Pauls,
Assistant Principal
Karen Bauch
Kristina Bauch
Calvin Cheng**
Teodora Dimova**
Elizabeth Dyer
Jonathan
Garabedian**
Bokyung Hwang
Takayo Noguchi
Claudine St-Arnauld
Jane Pulford*
Principal
Anne Elise Lavallée,
Assistant Principal
Laszlo Baroczi
Margaret Carey
Richard Bauch
Greg Hay
Merrily Peters
Michael Scholz
Cello
Yuri Hooker,
Principal
Leana Rutt,
Assistant Principal
Alex Adaman
Arlene Dahl
Carolyn Nagelberg
Emma Quackenbush
Sean Taubner
Bass
Meredith Johnson,
Principal
Andrew Goodlett,
Assistant Principal
Travis Harrison
Paul Nagelberg
Bruce Okrainec
Daniel Perry
Flute
Jan Kocman,
Principal
Martha Durkin
Oboe
Beverly Wang,
Principal
Robin MacMillan
English Horn
Robin MacMillan
Clarinet
Micah Heilbrunn,
Principal
Michelle Goddard
Bassoon
Alex Eastley,
Principal
Kathryn Brooks
Horn
Patricia Evans,
Principal
Ken MacDonald,
Associate Principal
James Robertson
Caroline Oberheu
Michiko Singh
Trumpet
Isaac Pulford,
Acting Principal
Paul Jeffrey
Brian Sykora
Principal
Keith Dyrda
Bass Trombone
Julia McIntyre,
Principal
Tuba
Chris Lee,
Principal
Timpani
Mike Kemp,
Principal
Percussion
Frederick Liessens,
Principal
Harp
Richard Turner,
Principal
Orchestra Personnel
Manager
Chris Lee
Principal Librarian
Raymond Chrunyk
Assistant Librarian
Laura MacDougall
* On Leave
** One year contract
Please note: Non-titled
(tutti) string players are
listed alphabetically and
are seated accordingly
to a rotational system.
Susan McCallum*
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Synopsis
The Marriage of Figaro
Continued from page 17
Emboldened, Susanna leads the Count
on with promises of a rendezvous in the
garden. He grows doubtful however, when
he spies her conspiring with Figaro and vows
revenge. Barbarina convinces Cherubino
to come to her house to disguise himself
as a girl so he can stay in the palace.
The Countess enters, wondering if the
plan to catch the Count will work, and
recalling sadly the loss of their love.
Marcellina and Bartolo arrive with Don
Curzio, a lawyer. He announces that Figaro
must either marry Marcellina or repay the
loan. However, it is revealed that Figaro is
actually Marcellina’s son. Marcellina and
Figaro embrace, provoking Susanna until
she too learns the truth. A double wedding
can now be celebrated: Figaro and Susanna,
and Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina.
The Countess then joins Susanna in
composing a letter that invites the Count
to the garden that night. They seal the note
with a pin, which the Count is to return if he
agrees to meet her. Barbarina and a chorus
of young girls (including Cherubino in
disguise) come to pay homage to the
Countess, and then everybody assembles
for the wedding festivities.
The Count’s spirits rise when he receives,
during the course of the ceremony, the
letter from Susanna. Figaro notices that
the Count is preoccupied with a letter,
but cannot guess who has sent it, and he
retrieves the pin, which the Count drops
when he pricks his finger on it.
Act IV
The garden of the castle. Figaro and
Marcellina happen upon Barbarina who is
searching for the pin that the Count asked
her to return to Susanna. Figaro is not aware
that the Countess has been sufficiently
affected by her husband’s behaviour to
make a plan of her own and when he
discovers that Susanna appears to have
suggested a secret meeting with the Count,
he is furious. He, of course, does not know
that the Count will be meeting not Susanna,
but the Countess in Susanna’s clothes. Basilio
counsels that it is wise to play the fool, and
Figaro complains about women and leaves.
Susanna, alone, rhapsodizes on her love
for Figaro, but he, overhearing, thinks she
means the Count. Susanna hides in time
to see Cherubino woo the Countess – now
disguised in Susanna’s dress. The Count
enters makes a passionate declaration
of love to ‘Susanna.’ Figaro enters and
recognizes Susanna disguised as the
Countess. He then behaves as if he believes
she is the Countess and declares his ardent
love for her. Outraged, the Count calls
everyone to witness his denunciation of
his faithless wife, but the real countess
appears and reveals the ruse. Realizing
he is mistaken and has been found out,
he asks the Countess for her forgiveness,
which she grants him and all celebrate
the end of a crazy day.
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Thank You to Our
Wedding Dress Lenders
Manitoba Opera would like to thank
all of the individuals who offered
their wedding dresses for display in
the Concert Hall during the run of
The Marriage of Figaro. The exhibit has
provided a wonderful opportunity to see the
variety of gowns worn by patrons, artists,
staff, chorus, and volunteers or their family
members on that special day.
Susanna (Kathleen Brett) in her wedding finery in
the 2006 production of The Marriage of Figaro.
Photo: R. Tinker
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Ms. Heather Kozubski
Mr. & Mrs. Walter &
Gisela Kunkel
Katherine Lee
Philippe & Yolande
Le Quere
Dr. Patricia L. Ling
Richard Lobdell &
Evelyn Forget
Shirley Lynch
Ms. Debbie MacKenzie
Cam Mackie &
Doris Mae Oulton
Mr. Alvin Mackling
Pat Trainor MacRae
Dr. Francois Mai
Elaine & Neil Margolis
Gert & Katherine Martens
David & Francesca
McBean
Ms. Jane McBee
Barbara McCandless
Donald & Martha
McCarthy
Dr. Thomas McKenzie
L. W. McLeod
Mr. & Mrs. Walter
Mildren
Walter & Gladys Mildren
Ms. Myrna Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Morley &
Marjorie Blankstein,
C.M.
Charlotte Murrell
Ms. Sunyung Oh
Wayne & Linda Paquin
E. & D. Paryzek
Lesia Peet
Brian Perchaluk
Ingrid Peters-Fransen
Ms. Beverly Phillips
Mr. Rick Pinchin
Ms. Marina Plett-Lyle
Norman Pohl
Mrs. E. Susan Popkes
Susan Portelance
Mrs. Anne Ratuski
Mr. Jason Regula
Fay & Max Reich
Ricou-Manfreda
Mrs. Helene Riesen
Emery & Karen Ruff
Mr. Johnny Rule &
Ms. Pearly Salangad
Dr. C. Michael Sampson
Ms. Connie Sarchuk
Gail & Johann Schnabl
Mr. & Mrs. Hans
Schneider
Shirley Schroeder
Ms. Vivian Schubert
Mr. Gunter Schupke
M. Serafin
Mr. Morse Silden
Mr. T. David &
Mrs. Lorraine Smith
Mr. Robert E. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Snidal
Nicola Spasoff &
Erik Thomson
Mrs. Rae Spear
Mr. & Mrs. Stano
Spina
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Ellen Spencer
Brenda Keith St. Clair
Maria Stapleton &
Michael Lea
M. & H. Stinson
Ms. Karen Sutton
Dr. Shelley Sweeney
Dr. Meir Serfaty &
Bonnie Talbot
Reeh Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Robert &
Catherine Thiessen
Nicola Spasoff
Suzanne Ullyot
Dory Vanderhoof
Eve Vickar
Dr. Robert D. Walker
Mr. A.M.C. Waterman
Dr. & Mrs. Michael West
Kathy Gough &
Tim Wildman
Debbie Wilson
Dr. & Mrs. Graham &
Vicki Young
Donn K. Yuen
Dwayne Zaba
Mr. Ivan Zimmer
Ten Anonymous Donors
CONTRIBUTOR
$50 to $99
Ms. Christine Beatty
Jeanette Block
Ms. Marilyn Boyd
Carolyn Buckley
Mrs. F. Buckmaster
Narendra Budhia
Don Budlong
Patricia Busca
Mr. Robert Campbell
Mr. Kevin Cassidy
Dr. Teresa Cavett &
Mr. Gary Goodwin
Gina Chodirker
Margaret Clayton
Dan & Lorraine Coyle
Bradley J. Curran
Ms. Shirley Duckworth
Dr. Dorothy Easton
Mr. & Mrs. H.R Entz
Mr. Gregory Fearn
Ms. Marguerite Fredette
Gitta Fricke &
Andrea Cibinel
Mr. George Gamvrelis
Andre Gautron
Rob Giesbrecht &
Shannon MacFarlane
Ms. Deborah L. Ginther
John & Louise Greenaway
Lorraine Griffiths
Esther Haluschak
Ann Hanks
Mr. John & Carrie Harder
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Dr. & Mrs. Earl S.
Hershfield
Stan & Eldith Hildebrand
Ann Hodges
Dr. & Mrs. Arno Jansen
Mr. & Mrs. Reinhard† &
Liesel Jansson
David & Heather Jenkins
Lucie Joyal
H. Kilbrai
Mr. Raymond Leslie
Kohanik
Jeri Kostyra
Betty Laing
Mr. Gilles Landry
Denise Lariviere
Ms. Shirley Layne
Mr. Camille Legare
Ms. Sheila Levine
Joseph H. MacPherson &
Helen Gullivan
H. & D. Majewski
Dr. Henri Marcoux +
Mrs. Iris Maurstad
Mrs. Keith McNamee
Ms. Emily Mikolajewski
Mr. Tony Mitousis
Mr. Peter Morgan
Norman & Edna Pohl
Clare Pollock
Anne Ratuski
Ms. Valerie Regan
Hanna Rempel
Mr. Arthur Rey
Mrs. Waltraut
Riedel-Baun
Linda Ritchie
John & Nerina Robson
Ms. Jeannine Rozzi
Beverly Ryman
Danielle Saranchuk
Dr. & Mr. Cynthia
Sawatzky
Rita Schroeder
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Scott
Ms. Hedy Senyskiw
Ms. Linda Sexsmith
Mr. Justin Shaer
Shelagh Sinclair Fund
through The Winnipeg
Foundation
Mr. Grant Sims
Ms. Evelyn R. Smith
Erica Smith
Mr. Peter Sribniak
Ms. Helena Stelsovsky
Herb Stewart
Bill & Billie Stewart
Donald & Lorraine
Swanson
Ms. Bette Jayne Taylor
Ross Taylor
Ross & BJ Taylor
Marilyn Thompson
Mr. Norman D. Toms
Mrs. F.A. Trott
Mrs. Shirley Tyderkie
Anne Walli
Edna Walpole
Barbara Williams
Mr. Dave Wreford
Fourteen Annonymous
Donors
Many thanks to all of our
donors who generously
supported Manitoba
Opera with donations
under $50.
TRIBUTES
In Memory of…
Ross Houston and
Leo & Margareth Mol
Ms. Patricia Gartrell
Jozef Biernacki
Jeanie M. Dubberley
Graham Dixon
Faye Dixon
Dr. Irving Guttman
Mr. Bruce H. Lang
George Hansen
Ms. Abbie Grieder +
John Hodge
Rod & Sandra Cline
Max Kettner
Ruth B. Kettner
Lillian Kushniaryk
Ms. Anne Dunlop
Harrold Pollock
Arnice Pollock
Dr. Lawrence Soloway
Mr. Bruce H. Lang
Jeanie M. Dubberley
Pamela Taylor
Mrs. Rosalind Dick
Mrs. Deborah
Thorlakson
Wayne Tefs
Ms. Abbie Grieder +
Mr. Justice A. Kerr
Twaddle
Mrs. Rosalind Dick
Mr. & Mrs. Ross &
Betty Johnston
Mr. Bruce H. Lang
Mrs. Deborah
Thorlakson
Mrs. Florence De Pauw
Maureen & Gary Hunter
Mr. Marc Monnin
Ms. Patricia Skurnik
Dr. & Mrs. G. Yuill
Mr. R Burley
Jeanie M. Dubberley
Bryan Klein
Gail Asper Family
Foundation
One Anonymous Donor
Marylla van Ginkel
Ramon Zelech
In Honour of…
Douglas MacEwan’s 90th
Birthday
Robert B. Jackson
Dr. W. Reid & Ruth †
Waters
Laurie Lam’s Birthday
Steven Schipper
Dr. Paul Adams’ 95th
Birthday
Ms. Marina Plett-Lyle
The Marriage of Carla
& Josef Nejmark
Ms. Suzanne Lynne
Marie Soulodre
Dr. William Pope on
His Retirement
Marilyn & John Wade
Encore Circle
Manitoba Opera’s
Planned Giving Program
Larry Desrochers u
& Laurie Lam
Donn K. Yuen
Endowment Fund
Gifts
In Honour of Dr. William
Pope’s Retirement -
Elba Haid +
Tracy Dahl
Robert & Alison Darling
Elba Haid +
Mr. Fred Kisil
Marion Lewis
Grant & Janet Saunders
Howie & Sue Simpson
Terracon Development
Ltd.
Dr. Francisco C. &
Estela Violago
Faye Warren
Ramon Zelech in Memory
of Marylla van Ginkel
The Winnipeg
Foundation
The Anonymous Fund
at the Winnipeg
Foundation
Bequests
The Estate of
Frank Fred Gladky
The Estate of
Mr. Gordon P. Linney
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!