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2016/17 Season Sponsor: Seattle Opera Guild in memory of Marian E. Lackovich and Captain Louis J. Lackovich andCaptainLouisJ. inmemoryofMarian E.Lackovich Opera Guild 2016/17 SeasonSponsor:Seattle CALL MORE&BUYLEARN visit! duringyour Seattle SeasonsHotel 15%atFour save Plus and parkfree! allfive operasintheseason orselect three Choose any per opera! per for lessthan$50 TICKETS SEASON 206.389.7676 or800.426.1619 206.389.7676 seattleopera.org/travel4opera seattleopera.org/travel4opera © PhPhilip NewNeewtontoto EVITA ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER James W. Wright, General Director Table of Contents Jonathan Darlington, Music Director Under the distinguished patronage of Her Honour, The Honourable 5 The Cast Judith Guichon, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia 7 VO Orchestra & VO Chorus Vancouver Opera 9 Synopsis Administration and Ticket Centre 13 Director's Notes The Michael and Inna O'Brian Centre for Vancouver Opera 1945 McLean Drive, 15 Program Notes Vancouver, BC, V5N 3J7 Administration: 604-682-2871 17 Production Insights Fax: 604-682-3981 VO Ticket Centre 19 Artists' Profi les (sponsored by Mission Hill Family Estate) 604-683-0222 [email protected] 26 Board of Directors www.vancouveropera.ca 31 Donors and Sponsors The photographing, videotaping or 50 VO Board & Staff, Foundation Board other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Coming Next: Cover Art: Edel Rodriguez Editor Selina Rajani A LANDMARK SEASON OF OPERA, ART AND ENTERTAINMENT! Layout Excel Design • Hansel & Gretel Published by Archway Publishers as a special edition • The Inaugural Vancouver Opera Festival: Otello, Dead Man Walking, of Playboard Magazine, Volume 50, Number 11, April The Marriage of Figaro and more under the Festival Tent! 2016. Send all correspondence to: Suite 137 – 12100 Riverside Way, Richmond, B.C., V6W 1K5. Telephone: • Plus: Macbeth, presented with PuSh International Performing Arts 604.370.1191. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. Festival and IL CENTRO Italian Cultural Centre Vancouver Opera is a professional company. It operates under the jurisdiction of Canadian Actors’ Subscriptions available now Single tickets on sale this Fall Equity Association and is a member of OPERA • America and Opera.ca. Vancouver Opera is committed to protecting your privacy. For information on VO’s patron privacy policy, please refer to www.vancouveropera.ca. Evita, 2016 3 2015/16 Season 30th Anniversary Program 3 May 12 13 14, 2016 Choreography Jorma Elo Sharon Eyal Emily Molnar Queen Elizabeth Theatre balletbc.com | ticketmaster.ca GOLD SEASON SPONSOR PERFORMANCE S COMMUNITY HOTEL SPONS SUPPORT FOR BALLET BC HA BALCONY SPONSOR DANCER GILBERT SMALL. PHOTO MICHAEL SLOBODIAN. 4 Evita, 2016 EVITA MUSIC THEATRE IN TWO ACTS Production generously sponsored by: Lyrics by Tim Rice • Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber In English with English SURTITLES™ Making the Arts Production patron: More Accessible® Mrs. Regina Boxer April 30, May 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2016 Performances generously sponsored by: April 30 – Lufthansa May 5 – RBC PH&N Investment Counsel May 6 – Deloitte May 7 – BDO Conductor – Jonathan Darlington Director – Kelly Robinson Choreographer – Tracey Flye Cast IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Che – Ramin Karimloo Eva Perón – Caroline Bowman Magaldi – Cooper Grodin Perón – John Cudia Perón’s Mistress – Shannon Chan-Kent With the Vancouver Opera Chorus as citizens of Argentina and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. Chorus Director / Associate Conductor – Leslie Dala Scenic & Costume Designer – Drew Facey Lighting Designer – Gerald King Projection Designer – Jamie Nesbitt Sound Designer – Andy Horka Wig Designer – Stacey Butterworth Associate Wig Designer – Susan Manning Principal Répétiteur / Assistant Chorus Director / – Kinza Tyrrell Children's Chorus Director Musical Preparation – Tina Chang, Kimberley-Ann Bartczak * Stage Manager – Theresa Tsang Dance Captain / Chorus – Scott Augustine Assistant Lighting Designer – Julie Martens Assistant Projection Designer – Cameron Frazer English SURTITLES™ – Anika Vervecken Assistant Stage Managers – Marijka Asbeek Brusse, Melania Radelicki * Member of the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program EVITA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals and Two Knights Rights Limited. www.rnh.com The performance will last approximately 3 hours. There will be one intermission. First released as a rock concept album in 1976. First produced on stage in London’s West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on June 21,1978, closing on February 18, 1986, after 3,176 performances. First Produced on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on September 25, 1979. Vancouver Opera Premiere. Sets constructed by Vancouver Opera. Properties created by Vancouver Opera Props Shop. Costumes supplied by Malabar, Costume World Theatrical, Deerfi eld Beach, FL., Parvin Mirhady & Vancouver Opera. Evita, 2016 5 Vancouver Opera 2015 – 2016 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program JONATHAN DARLINGTON VANCOUVER OPERA ORCHESTRA Music Director Violin 1 Bass Guitars Mark Ferris, Concertmaster Les Kasprzak, Principal Ed Henderson, Principal Angela Cavadas, Associate Bass Guitar Drum Set Concertmaster Brian Arkell, Assistant Principal Phillip Crewe, Principal Peter Krysa Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute Percussion Violin 2 Brenda Fedoruk, Principal Steve Wassmansdorf, Acting Principal Patricia Armstrong, Principal Clarinet / Bass Clarinet/ Tenor Keyboards Andrea Siradze, Assistant Principal Saxophone Kinza Tyrrell, Toni Stanick Principal Mary Backun, Principal Tina Chang Viola Horn Kimberley-Ann Bartczak Tawnya Popoff, Principal Laurel Spencer, Principal Orchestra Manager & Orchestra Marcus Takizawa, Assistant Principal Librarian Reg Quiring Trumpet Jim Littleford Tom Shorthouse, Principal Cello Jim Littleford Orchestra Stage Manager Rebecca Wenham, Principal Tom Shorthouse Heather Hay, Assistant Principal Trombone Jeremy Berkman, Principal The Vancouver Opera Orchestra are members of the Vancouver Musicians' Association. LESLIE DALA VANCOUVER OPERA CHORUS Chorus Director Paul Almeida Ian Funk Alan Macdonald Frédérik Robert Kevin Armstrong Brenda Glass Alexander Willy Miles Grenzberg Julia Rooney Scott Augustine Troy Goldberg Heather Molloy Dionne Sellinger Angus Bell Aaron Hastelow Makayla Moore Diane Speirs Spencer Britten Adam Kozak Megan Morrison Brett Taylor DJ Calhoun Melanie Krueger Katie Murphy Barbara Towell Sheila Christie Katherine Landry Yacht Wade Nott Robyn Wong Glenn de Verteuil Kwangmin Brian Lee Heather Pawsey Karen Ydenberg CHILDREN'S CHORUS Cameron Andres Molly Borritt Christopher Dala Siava Rahmani Everett Andres Andreas Dala Joyce Ho Eloise White Evita, 2016 7 CYBÈLE IRONSIDE New Works May 5 - 31 Opening Reception Thursday May 5th, 6-8pm WimJohnJohn BlomOgilvy Ogilvy Table in Sunlight (detail) 2013 Oil on canvas 28” x 24” iantangallery 2321 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER 604 738 1077 iantangallery.com Lilypond III 2016 Oil on panel 53” x 60” VANCOUVER OPERA SINGS THE PRAISES OF OUR DONORS! egina Boxer inherited a love of opera from her Rparents and grandparents and has been involved with VO, and subscribing, since 1962. Her late husband Joe Boxer was one of the founding members of the Vancouver Opera Association, in 1960. Over the years, she has hosted opening and closing night dinners for our artists. She has donated recordings and books from the 1930s to the 1990s, and the Regina Boxer Music Library in The O’Brian Centre is a testament of her love and support for Vancouver Opera for generations to come. Today she is delighted to be a Production Patron sponsor for Evita, in tribute to her South American background. 8 Evita, 2016 EVITA BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Synopsis Act I Buenos Aires, July 26, 1952 n audience watching a fi lm is interrupted by the announcement of Eva Perón’s death. The narrator, Che, takes us back Ato the events that led to this moment. Earlier A 15-year-old Eva meets and begins an affair with musician Agustín Magaldi. She blackmails him to take her to Buenos Aires, where she leaves him in order to fulfi ll her ambition of becoming an actress, model and radio star. Enduring poverty and humiliation, Eva uses her feminine wiles to climb the social ladder, while at the same time the ambitious Colonel Juan Domingo Perón begins his rise through Argentina’s political ranks. After the city of San Juan suffers a devastating earthquake, Perón organizes a charity concert for the victims. Eva attends and briefl y encounters Magaldi, who shuns her. Perón meets Eva and the two fall in love, sharing a secret rendezvous. Eva hints that she and Perón could have a mutually benefi cial relationship. Perón introduces Eva to Argentina’s social elites, who dismiss her as another one of Perón’s mistresses. Perón is later promoted to General and decides to run for president but is unsure of his chances of winning. Eva reassures him and together they organize successful rallies, while on the sidelines his allies plot to eliminate anyone who stands in his way. Act II 1946 erón is elected president in a sweeping victory, but it is clear that Eva is the focus of the people’s love: they have Pnicknamed her ‘Evita’. Eva addresses her adoring supporters from the balcony of the Presidential Palace, where she reveals she will be putting her own career aside in order to serve the people of her country with charitable work. With the help of her fashion consultants, Eva embarks on a glamorous tour of Europe to promote Perónism. She is adored in Spain and Italy but snubbed in England and fails to impress the French. Our narrator, Che, wonders
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