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1 2020/21 Board of Trustees

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4 Message from the Chair, Board of Trustees

Manitoba Opera’s curtain is ready to rise once again at the Centennial Concert Hall, and it is all because of the outpouring of goodwill we have received from you, our incredible community. Over the past eight months, I have been amazed and touched by the level of support demonstrated by our patrons, donors, corporate supporters, and public funders. Such incredible generosity in these unprecedented times speaks volumes about The arts have been a shining beacon guiding how much our work means to the people of us through these dark times, reminding us Manitoba, and I am honoured to be part of it. that our common experiences unite us even when we are apart. Our artists have kept us From Carmen ticket donations to Dr. company in isolation, raising our spirits and MacEwan’s ambitious Walk for the Arts - echoing our emotions in a language that which is on target to raise $100,000, collec- goes beyond words. We owe these artists an tively, for Manitoba Opera, the Winnipeg enormous debt of gratitude, so I hope you Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Winnipeg will join me this evening in recognizing their Ballet, and the Royal Manitoba Theatre contributions with thunderous applause. Centre - hundreds of gestures, both large and small, have served to inspire us. The journey that has brought us to this moment is only possible because of your In July, Manitoba Opera’s Board of Trustees belief in Manitoba Opera, and I extend my gained four outstanding individuals. I hope sincere thanks to each and every one of you you will all join me in welcoming Timothy for your role in making this virtual experience Burt, Terence Sakohianisaks Douglas, Flavia a reality. Tonight, we celebrate seven extraor- Fernandez Fabio, and Lana Maidment. Their dinarily talented Winnipeg women. I invite collective expertise comes at a pivotal you to sit back, relax, revel in the wonder of moment as we navigate the changes ahead the human voice, and know that together, we and prepare for our eagerly anticipated 50th are made better through the glory of opera. anniversary in two seasons’ time. Warmest regards, As we extend a warm welcome to Timothy, Terence, Flavia, and Lana, we must also bid Elba Haid a fond farewell to Luisa Matheson and Abbie CHAIR Grieder. Luisa and Abbie: thank you for your years of dedication. Our organization is stronger because of your tireless efforts.

5 Great opera lives here.

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Welcome to The Sopranos of Winnipeg concert. We are delighted to partner with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and to bring to the stage seven wonderful local sopranos. Manitobans are so lucky to have such a wealth of talent in our midst. Indeed, if we had time this evening we could have easily featured 14 sopranos!

It is three weeks shy of a year since we last appeared for you at the Centennial Concert Hall and Lara Ciekiewicz took our breath away with her beautiful portrayal of the title character in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. So Doctors tell us that social isolation is a much has changed since that time. cardiac risk factor, and Robert Browning wrote that “He who hears music feels his As artists, we don’t feed the hungry, heal the solitude peopled all at once.” Psychologists sick, or house the homeless. It is not that we say that expressing emotions is healthful, don’t care about these important needs of and Tolstoy said that “Music is the shorthand humanity, it’s just that our skills lie in different of emotion.” Clinicians teach that human areas. We are singers, actors, musicians, and warmth can blunt many woes, and painters, but together with doctors, nurses, Shakespeare asserted that “If music be the social workers, and others, we strive to make food of love, play on.” And in the days when the world a better place. Where medicine Apollo reigned, Plato explained that “Music heals the body, in times such as these we is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, help heal the soul. wings to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything else.” To paraphrase some thoughts from the Havard Men’s Health Watch: For our part, we hope that the beauty and The ancient Greeks put one god, Apollo, in the wonder of tonight’s concert lifts your charge of both medicine and music. Doctors spirit, warms your heart, and reminds you tell us that music can enhance the function that indeed, better days are ahead. of neural networks, slow the heart rate, lower blood pressure, and reduce levels of Larry Desrochers stress hormones. But perhaps these clinical GENERAL DIRECTOR & CEO observations do not do full justice to the effect music has on humanity. Fortunately, poets and philosophers can fill in those gaps.

7 Thank you to Manitoba Opera for keeping the music alive during these challenging times! The Sopranos of Winnipeg

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2020

CONDUCTED BY Tadeusz Biernacki

HOSTED BY Larry Desrochers & Darlene Ronald

FEATURING Andriana Chuchman, Lara Ciekiewicz, Tracy Dahl, Monica Huisman, Andrea Lett, Lara Secord-Haid, Lida Szkwarek Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Winnipeg Symphony Overture W.A. MOZART Orchestra

Les oiseaux dans Tales of Hoffmann J. OFFENBACH Andrea Lett la charmille (THE DOLL SONG)

È strano...Ah fors’è La Traviata G. VERDI Lara Secord-Haid lui... Sempre libera

There will be a storm Filumena J. ESTACIO Lida Szkwarek tonight (STORM ARIA)

Winnipeg Symphony Intermezzo Cavalleria Rusticana P. MASCAGNI Orchestra

Mesíckuˇ ˇ na nebi hlubokém Rusalka A. DVORˇ áK Monica Huisman (SONG TO THE MOON)

The trees on the Susannah C. FLOYD Lara Ciekiewicz mountain

Caro nome che Rigoletto G. VERDI Andriana Chuchman il mio cor

Je suis Titania la blonde Mignon A. THOMAS Tracy Dahl

Winnipeg Symphony Polonaise Eugene Onegin P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY Orchestra

STAGE MANAGER Kathryn Ball

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Zahra Larche

THERE IS NO INTERMISSION

Programme/cast subject to change. Manitoba Opera is a professional company operating within the jurisdiction of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

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Tadeusz Biernacki CONDUCTOR

The 2020/21 season marks Tadeusz Biernacki’s 38th with the company as assistant music director, chorus master, and rehearsal pianist.

Winner of the K. Szymanowski Piano Competition (Warsaw, Poland), he has performed internationally as a piano soloist and has conducted major orchestras across Canada, as well as around the world including the Tessaloniki State Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Opera Orchestra, Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Mr. Biernacki has also written numerous orchestral arrangements for the TSO, NAC Orchestra, and others.

He was music director of Saskatoon Opera and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and has conducted a number of productions for Manitoba Opera, most recently, The Marriage of Figaro in 2015.

Andriana Chuchman

Andriana Chuchman has graced major operatic stages including The , Lyric Opera of Chicago, , Houston Grand Opera, Hamburg State Opera, , and Washington National Opera.

Major roles have included Adina, Susanna, Musetta, Pamina, Marie, Eurydice, Gretel, and Valencienne, as well as modern operatic roles including Pat Nixon (Nixon in China), Kumudha (Flowering Tree), Mary Hatch (It’s a Wonderful Life), and the creation of Boonyi/India (Shalimar the Clown).

This season, she returns to the Dallas Opera for the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and will be in concert with the MCO, alongside Tracy Dahl.

Ms. Chuchman received her Bachelor’s Degree in Voice Performance from the School of Music at the University of Manitoba. She is an alumna of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program. Awards include the San Francisco Opera’s 2019 Emerging Star of the Year, Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ 2017 Mabel Dorn Reeder Award, and prize winner at the Finals of the 2009 Neue Stimmen Competition.

Lara Ciekiewicz

Recently hailed for her “tour-de-force performance” (Winnipeg Free Press) in the title role of Manitoba Opera’s Susannah, Lara Ciekiewicz has established herself as a dynamic, intelligent, and moving singing-actress. Her facility for fully transforming into a character, regardless of genre, has earned her the reputation of being an artistic chameleon.

Last season also saw Ms. Ciekiewicz as Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) and Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) for ’s Il Trittico; as a soloist for the Victoria Symphony’s Messiah; and make her debut as the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro).

Select additional credits include Jenufa,° Jenufa° and Amelia, Simon Boccanegra (Pacific Opera Victoria); Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (); May, Ours and Maria, The Sound of Music (Opera on the Avalon); Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus (Toronto Operetta Theatre).

Lara Ciekiewicz is a voice instructor with the Desautels Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba. She enjoys gardening, is an avid walker, loves fabulous footwear, and is a self-professed prairie girl forever.

11 The Artists

Tracy Dahl

Canada’s premiere Tracy Dahl began her performing career at the RMTC in the rock-musical Grease, and soon after performed in school tours for Manitoba Opera. She has appeared in opera houses and on concert stages around the globe including Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), the Metropolitan Opera (NYC), San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, and Calgary Opera.

Frequent and favourite roles include Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Marie in La Fille du Régiment, Cunegonde in Candide, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Madame Mao in Nixon in China.

In 2017, Ms. Dahl was awarded the Order of Canada for her performing career and her work mentoring and teaching the next generation of singers. A voice teacher at the Desautels Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba since 1997, she also conducts master classes and workshops across North America.

Monica Huisman

Dutch Canadian Monica Huisman has been hailed as possessing a soprano voice that “embodies both flawless technique and dramatic impact” (Opera Canada). Ms. Huisman has delighted audiences from Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw to Guatemala City with the reputation of her “silken voice consistently crafting each note into a work of art” (Winnipeg Free Press).

She has delighted Canadian opera houses from coast to coast in productions including Cunning Little Vixen, H.M.S Pinafore, Carmen, La Bohème, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Falstaff, Hansel and Gretel, Lakme, and Transit of Venus.

Equally at home in concert repertoire, Ms. Huisman has thrilled audiences with the NACO, TSO, Guatemala Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic, VSO, WSO, RSO, SSO, Concertgebouw Orkest, Radio-Symphony Orkest, and Orchestra London in such works as Strauss’ Four Last Songs, Brahms’ Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Vaughn Williams’ Sea Symphony.

Recent engagements include Don Giovanni with MO and Mozart’s Requiem with the WSO.

Andrea Lett

Praised for her “clear voice soaring to stratospheric heights” (Opera Canada), Andrea Lett recently sang the roles of Zerlina in Manitoba Opera’s 2018 production of Don Giovanni and Berta in 2019’s The Barber of Seville. She has also sung Musetta (La Bohème) for Saskatoon Opera and both Queen of the Night and Pamina in The Magic Flute for Manitoba Underground Opera.

Ms. Lett has covered the roles of Gilda (Rigoletto) for Edmonton Opera, 2019; Adele (Die Fledermaus) Santa Fe Opera, 2017 (apprentice singer); and was principal cover for Ah Sing (Girls of the Golden West) for San Francisco Opera.

Awards include the CBC Young Artist’s Development Prize, Audience Choice Award in the 2018 COC Center Stage Gala, and first prize in the 2018 Women’s Musical Club McLellan Competition.

Andrea Lett is a graduate of the Opera School at the University of Toronto (M. Mus Opera) and holds a B. Mus Perf from the University of Manitoba.

12 Lara Secord-Haid

Ms. Secord-Haid is enjoying a diverse and dynamic international career. Recent performances include Governess, Turn of the Screw (Nashville Opera); Sophie, Werther (Manitoba Opera); concerts in the Jeonju International Sori Festival in Korea and Opera Helikon in Moscow; a 15-city operatic concert tour throughout China; Cendrillon, Cendrillon (New York Lyric Opera); a solo concert with Opera San Miguel (San Miguel, Mexico); Marsinah, Kismet (Little Opera Winnipeg); Marzelline, Fidelio (Manitoba Opera); and 3 Settings of Celan by Harrison Birtwistle with the AXIOM Ensemble at Lincoln Center.

Described as “possessing a rich and expressive overall quality” (Attencion San Miguel) and praised for her “flinty acuity” by the New York Times, Lara Secord-Haid is the 2017 winner of the prestigious George London Award and was first place winner of the Upper Midwest Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

She holds a Master of Music from The Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music from The New England Conservatory of Music.

Lida Szkwarek

Lida Szkwarek is thrilled to be debuting with Manitoba Opera in The Sopranos of Winnipeg concert. Establishing herself as a prominent young artist on the Canadian opera scene, Ms. Szkwarek most recently sang Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel with Edmonton Opera. In 2017, she had the honour of remounting the title role in Estacio’s Filumena for which she received great critical acclaim.

Other past performances include Micaëla (Carmen) Edmonton Opera; Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte) Calgary Opera; Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) Saskatoon Opera; and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) The Banff Centre. Ms. Szkwarek has also performed with several of Canada’s finest symphonies including the Guelph Symphony Orchestra and Niagara Symphony Orchestra.

A graduate of the Calgary Emerging Artist Program, Ms. Szkwarek had the opportunity to sing on the Met stage as a semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions.

Kathryn Ball STAGE MANAGER

Kathryn is thrilled to be working on this project, not only because she is surrounded by such incredibly talented sopranos, but also because she feels blessed to be working in the arts during this crazy time in which we are living.

Ms. Ball has been working on productions with Manitoba Opera since 2007 and is delighted to be stage managing her first production with the company. Her most recent productions with MO are Susannah and The Barber of Seville.

She also works with other arts organizations in Winnipeg and across Canada. Some of her favourite productions include Matilda (RMTC), Once (Citadel), Nutcracker (RWB), Mary Poppins (Globe Theatre), and The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (PTE).

She hopes you are staying safe and finding ways to enjoy the arts however you can.

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Zahra Larche ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Originally from Gatineau, QC, Zahra Larche is a 2017 graduate of the National Theatre School’s production program.

Recent/select credits include as Stage Manager: The Drawer Boy (Hudson Village Theatre); Miss Julie, The Dumbwaiter (NTSC); Resident for the 2017/2018 seasons of the Gros Morne Theatre Festival; Shape of a Girl (Cart Before the Horse). As Assistant SM: Bang Bang (RMTC, The Belfry Theatre). As Apprentice SM: The Barber of Seville (Manitoba Opera); Buying the Farm, Vietgone, Matilda the Musical, The Humans (RMTC); The Halloween Tree (Geordie); Pericles Prince of Tyre (A Company of Fools).

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IMPRESARIO CIRCLE MAESTRO VIRTUOSO CAMERATA $5,000 + $3,000 to $4,999 $2,000 to $2,999 $1,250 to $1,999 Elba Haid  - in Memory Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., Melinda & Hugh Arthur Dr. Linda Asper of Marshall Haid LL.D. & Michael Robert & Alison Darling Michael Blais  & Audrey F. Hubbard Paterson Ms. & Mr. Abbie Brian Rogowsky June & Bob Jackson Jim & Margaret-Lynne & Garth Grieder Carolyn Boyes Astwood Memorial Fund for Leona Herzog  Ms. Judith Chambers  the Performing Arts Mrs. Susan Bowden Richard Irish Bjorn Christianson, Q. C Twaddle - in Memory Bill & Shirley Loewen Mr. Ralf Kyritz Dr. Michael Dyck of the Hon. A. Kerr Armin & Denise Martens & Ms. Lisa Bueckert Twaddle Dr. David Lyttle Craig McIntosh Ron & Sandi Mielitz Sheldon Johnson  & Lorraine Beck Mr. & Mrs. Timothy  & Barbara Burt Pendeshuk Family Katarina Kupca Michael F. B. Nesbitt John & Gay Docherty Fund - Dennis Estate Mr. & Mrs. Gerald & Mrs. Donna Plant Luisa Matheson Dr. David Folk  Darlene Ronald  & Drs. Bill Pope &  & Laurel Malkin Stewart Heaton Maria Mitousis  Elizabeth Tippett Pope & Barry Gorlick Susan Glass & Keith  & Alora Sinclair E.J. (Ted) Ransby Arni Thorsteinson Ross Robinson Family Sanford & Deborah Riley Heather & Hartley Laurie Lam & Foundation Fund Alex Robinson  Richardson Larry Desrochers  Dr. Anne Worley & Natasa Simeonidis Mrs. Tannis Richardson Christopher Mainella & & Dr. Piotr Czaykowski Mr. Michael Ziesmann Strategic Charitable Christine Van Two Anonymous Donors Two Anonymous Donors Giving Foundation on Cauwenberghe Behalf of Richard Irish Mr. B. Roslycky & Dr. P. Kmet Jeff Sisler  & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Vic & Ruth Thielmann Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson - in Memory of Dr. Robert H. Thorlakson Robert Vineberg & Lena Horne

18  Member, Board of Trustees  Manitoba Opera Staff  Deceased FRIENDS OF MANITOBA OPERA Friends of Manitoba Opera are instrumental to the sucess of our productions and education and outreach programs. Every gift makes a difference.

BENEFACTOR & Andrew Krentz SUSTAINER Ms. Elizabeth Hellinga $500 to $1,249 Mr. Richard Chartier $100 to $249 Eric & Judith Hinton & Liza Maheu Ms. Rhonda Hogg Tatiana Arcand Joy Cooper Mr. Gordon Anderson D & G Holding B & S Bertrand-Meadows & Martin Reed Mr. Gorden Andrus Charles Huband & Ms. Adele Kory Cathie & Brian Bowerman Kerry Dangerfield IATSE. Wardrobe. Dresser Fletcher Baragar Sheldon & Penny Bowles Harry & Mary Lynn Dr. Arno Sheila & David Brodovsky Duckworth Audrey Belyea & Mrs. Betty Jansen Ron Clement Ms. Helene Dyck Ruth Berry & Hugh Lucie Joyal Larimer Tracy Dahl Ms. Wendy Dyck Dr. Joseph Kaufert Mr. & Mrs. D. Bewell Ben & Shari Diamond Lawrence H. Kilbrai & Brenda Ellerby Ms. Lucienne Blouw Ms. Tania Douglas  Mr. Allen Kimelman Ms. Sylvia Ellis Gerhard & Helga Bock Ms. Fran Falzarano Ms. Kathleen Knight Kathleen Estey Mr. Roland Bohr Mr. & Mrs. James Mona Koropatnick Ms. Patricia Fitzpatrick Margaret Braid & Linda Feasby Ms. Heather Kozubski Jean Giguere Alexandre Brassard Ms. Penny Gilbert Mr. Bruce H. Lang Donald & Diana Hodgson Kathy Gough & James McLennan Ms. Beverly Laurin Foundation & Tim Wildman Phyllis Briercliffe Letty Lawrence Kadri A. Irwin Larry Greer Mrs. Colette M Brown Fred & Janet Lawrenson R. Jaskiewicz Barny Haines Coralie Bryant Ms. Shirley Layne Adam & Joanne Kilfoyle Irene Hamilton Mr. Don Budlong Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. B. Konzelman & Tim Killeen Jennifer Buffie & Ellen Leibl Mrs. Donna L. Korban Annette & Randall Hay Mr. & Mrs. O. Buffie Chris, Lori & Sarah Luby & Family Margaret Jeffries Mr. Robert Campbell Raymond J. MacIsaac Dr. T. Kucera J.H. Kaminsky Card Ct & Ctss Alvin & Patricia Mackling Drs. Herman Lam Marion Lewis De Ste. Animie & Laura Chan Ms. Debbie MacKenzie Shea, Donna & Alun Mr. James Steele MacLean Cam Mackie & Doris Mae Ms. Iona McPhee Ms. Carrie Lynn Ms. Daphne MacMillan Oulton Celoris Miller Chmilowsky Magikist Ltd Dr. John & Natalie Mayba P. Morgan Ms. Margot Clayton George & Deb Nytepchuk Dr. P. Connelly David Mrs. B. Nicolson & Francesca McBean Norma Anne Padilla Margaret Cuddy Ms. Arlene Oman Barbara McCandless Wayne & Linda Paquin Judy & Werner Danchura D. & E. Paryzek Locksley McLeod Constance. J. Sarchuk Ms. L. Daniels Rick Pinchin Mr. Neil Middleton Barbara Scheuneman Dr. Rebecca Danos Mr. Jason Regula Mr. & Mrs. Walter Mildren Marr-Slonosky Family Levi Reimer Cathy Davis Foundation Ms. Myrna Mitchell Ricou-Manfreda Anna M. Desilets Dr. & Mrs. Murray R. Veronique Mivelaz Roger Rigelhof Diamond Gallery Steinbart Mr. Marc Monnin & Marjorie Russell Jeanie M. Dubberley Strategic Charitable Tom Monteyne Dr. Wilfrid Mr. Spencer Duncanson Giving Foundation on Margaret Morse & Catherine Schlosser Jillian Epp Behalf of the Circle Mrs. Charlotte Murrell Foundation M. Serafin Mr. Richard J. Falk Mrs. B. Nicolson Dale  & Velvet Sulymka Mr. Fred Mr. James R. Ferguson & Mrs. Edith Simpson Judith Oatway Edna Walpole Ms. Nelma Fetterman Mr. T. David Ms. Sunny Oh Florence Dr. Paul Fieldhouse & Mrs. Lorraine Smith Mr. John Osler & Donald Whitmore Dr. & Mrs. D. D. Fillis Dr. John R.M. Smith Lesia Peet Mr. Dave Wreford Gayle Fischer & Douglas H. Arrell Hans Pintea Two Anonymous Donors Donna Fletcher, James Thomas & Wanda Hickerson & Amalia Ms. Marina Plett-Lyle Struthers Hickerson Jacqueline Ratte Kohut SUPPORTER Nicola Spasoff Mr. Russ Foster Mrs. Anne Ratuski $250 to $499 Cathy Wach-Dueck Mrs. Irma Froese Mr. William Reynolds Mark Witiuk John & Carolyn Adair Mr. Paul Gemmiti Mr. Christian Riou Mr. Ivan Zimmer All Charities Campaign Gary Goodwin Ms. Rita M. Romsa-Ross Ten Anonymous Donors Mario & Josie Audino Brenda Gorlick Craig Ross Richard Ball Esther Haluschak Johnny Rule Ms. Jacqueline Brignall Ann Hanks & Pearly Salangad Mark Brubacher Joanne Harris R. Runnells Carol Campbell Evelyn Hecht Leslie Sarchuk Arlene Sawatsky

 Member, Board of Trustees  Manitoba Opera Staff  Deceased 19 Ms. Vivian Schubert Jayne Hammond  TRIBUTES ENDOWMENT FUND & David Foley In Memory of… J. Shaw & S. Giesbrecht The Estate of Mark Mr. Kurt Hollander Dr. Colette Patricia Aubrey Asper Bernstein Simonot-Maiello Maureen Hunter Roger Rigelhof In Honour of Elba Haid Eileen Smith & Robert Pel Betty Knapp & Marjorie Russell on Her Birthday Mr. & Mrs. Dan Snidal Tusia Kozub Larry R. Gander Drs. Bill Pope  & Elizabeth Tippett Ellen Spencer Stan & Charlotte Kroeker Denise Cyr-Gander Pope Maria Stapleton Ms. Marlene McCulloch Ross Houston & Leo & In Honour of Elba Haid & Mike Lea Brendan McKeen Margareth Mol Ms. Patricia Gartrell receiving the National Dr. Ian Peter Miller Opera Directors Matthew Lagacé & Mrs. Karen Sutton Carolyn Mitchell Recognition Award Ms. & Mr. Abbie Ms. Lisa Thiessen Derek Morphy Mr. & Mrs. Israel & & Garth Grieder Maylene Ludwig Catherine Marilyn & Terry Patrick & Robert Thiessen Harold Pollock Mrs. Deborah Beverly Penner Arnice Pollock Robert Tinker Thorlakson Ms. Evelyn Peters-Rojas Ian T. Ramsey Drs. Bill Pope  & Barb & Bill Toews B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Dr. Helen A. Ryding Elizabeth Tippett Pat Trainor MacRae Norman & Edna Pohl Lois Eleanor Ronald Pope Ms. Sonia Tunstead Dr. Diane V. Ramsey (Morris) In Memory of Matthew Suzanne Ullyot Kristina Laurin Lagacé Mr. Arthur Rey Eve Vickar Anna Stelmaschuk Staff of Mrs. V. Rosolowich Mr. A.M.C. Waterman Gordon & Linda Manitoba Opera  Jay Ross Ms. Justina Wiens Morrison Marion Lewis Mrs. Karn Sandy Clint Wilmot Audrey Thomson In Memory of Ion Pase Mr. Werner Scheurer Ian R. Thomson Ms. & Mr. Abbie & Ted Wolstencroft Rita Schroeder & Leah R. Janzen Garth Grieder Mr. Donn K. Yuen Shelagh Sinclair Fund Drs. Bill Pope & Fifteen Anonymous Ms. Marilynn Slobogian In Honour of… Elizabeth Tippett Pope Donors Mr. John Prystanski Ms. Adeline Sokulski Roberta & Barney Mr. Jeff Spiegel Christianson’s 50th In Memory of Ian Ramsey CONTRIBUTOR Drs. Bill Pope  & Penny Staples Wedding Anniversary $50 to $99 Mrs. Deborah Elizabeth Tippett Pope Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Ms. Lydia Bartel Thorlakson In Memory of Lois Ronald Sung Sunwoo Dr. & Mrs. David R.H. Bird Drs. Bill Pope & Ms. & Mr. Abbie & Dr. Teresa Sztaba Elizabeth Tippett Pope Garth Grieder Donna Blakeman Welch Ms. Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. F Silviu-Dan Daniela Ignat  Jeanette Block Rev.Ross Taylor Drs. Bill Pope  & Mrs. Ruth Booth Elizabeth Tippett Mr. Russ Thompson ENCORE CIRCLE PJ Buchan Pope Mr. Graham Todd Donors who have Giles Bugailiskis Staff of Mr. William Toms recognized Manitoba Manitoba Opera  Ms. Carolynne Chislett Ms. Winona Torch Opera in their Will Barbara Scheuneman Gina Chodirker Rosemarie van Der Hooft Siana Attwell, PhD Howie & Sue Simpson Lara Ciekiewicz Mr. & Mrs. H. Voigt Larry Desrochers  Terracon Development Jessica Cranmer Ten Anonymous Donors & Laurie Lam Ltd. Marlene Crielaard John Giesbrecht In Memory of Dr. Robert Mr. Bradley J Curran Many thanks to all of Elba  & Marshall  Haid H. Thorlakson Terence Sakohianisaks Mrs. Deborah our donors who Audrey F. Hubbard Douglas  generously supported Thorlakson Drs. Bill Pope  & Greg & Linda Fearn Manitoba Opera with Faye Warren Elizabeth Tippett Pope Frank & Lucille Fiola donations under $50. One Anonymous Donor Robert Vineberg Mr. Drew Fisher Donn K. Yuen Kelley Fry BEQUESTS Mr. George Gamvrelis The Estate of Kathryn Girard Elaine Heinicke Lorraine Griffiths The Estate of Rodger & Marion Guinn Elizabeth Pawlicki

20  Member, Board of Trustees  Manitoba Opera Staff  Deceased Carmen and Sweeney Todd GIFT-IN-KIND DONORS Listing includes ticket donations made between March 1, 2020 and October 8, 2020.

Mr. Denis Abakumov Mrs. Dorota Barczak Frances Bourque Ms. Consuelo Capovilla Lois Abraham Ms. Mary Barrett Mrs. Susan Mr. Ken Carpenter Margarete Acht Ms. Emily Eileen Barstead Bowden Twaddle Dr. Stefan Carter John & Carolyn Adair Victor Bartel Mr. & Mrs. Brian Mr. Kevin Cassidy Mr. & Mrs. Ken Mr. Robert Bartolo & Cathie Bowerman Sylvia Cassie & Karen Adams Ms. Shannon Baryliuk Ms. Dawn Bowie Mr. Gordon Challes Mrs. Christine Adamson Mr. Chris Mr. Sheldon Bowles Ms. Colleen Chamberlin Ms. Marilyn Boyd Ms. Doreen Adamson Beaumont- Smith Ms. Judith Chambers  Mrs. Lisa C Adriaansen Dick & Minnie Bell Sisler High School Melissa Charriere Ms. Dorothy Adrian Pam Bell Patricia Bozyk Mr. Richard Chartier Jose Alatorre Mr. Oslen Belle Ms. January Bradco & Liza Maheu Katie Alguire Audrey Belyea Peter & Marg Braid Mrs. Norma Chernick Ms. Diane Allison Norbert Bender Karla Braun Mr. Victor G Chiarella Ms. Margaret Alto Betty Bender Ms. Judy Braun Mr. Frederic Chieux Polina Anang Mr. & Ms. Julian D. Benson Ms. Barbara Breitenmoser Ms. Shelley Chochinov Gregory J. Wilson Wayne & Ember Benson Ms. Jacqueline Brignall Gina Chodirker Mr. Glenn Malazdrewicz Diane Beresford Maestro Nedzad Brkic Margaret's Choir & Ms. Ronda Glaeske Ms. Merrill Berg Sheila & David Brodovsky Bjorn Christianson, Q. C Mr. & Mrs. Cherrill D Mr. & Ms. Paul Melanie Brohm Ms. Pam Christler-Martin Andrelunas & Aileen Bergan Mr. & Dr. Eugene Ray Chrunyk Mr. Gorden Franklin Katharine Bergbusch Brokopiw Minna Rose Chung Andrus Ms. Gertrude Bergen Dr. Rob Brown Ms. Andrea Cibinel Christine Andrusiak Ms. Audrey Bergman Mrs. Colette M Brown Daniel Ciekiewicz Mrs. Cynthia Angus Mariam Bernstein Ms. Margaret Brown Danielle Claeys Grace Aoki Ana Berry Ms. Kimberly F. Browning Mr. Douglas Brian Clark Tatiana Arcand Ruth Berry Ms. Victoria Brunel Dr. Gerald Clayden Ms. Linda L. Armbruster & Hugh Larimer Ms. Barbara Bruske Ms. Elizabeth Clayton Erin Armstrong Bruce & Shelley Coralie Bryant Ms. Margot Clayton Ms. Maggie Armstrong Bertrand Meadows Mrs. F. Buckmaster Ron Clement Mrs. Olivia Arnason Mr. & Mrs. Don C. Bewell Narendra Budhia Ms. Lor Cleveland Dr. John R.M. Smith Ms. Carole Ann Bhakar Ms. Heather Buechel Ms. Susan Clubb & Douglas H. Arrell Dale Bially Jennifer Buffie Syd Cohan Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Frances Bidewell Giles Bugailiskis Mr. Micah Cohen & Melinda Arthur Ms. Joanne Biggs Ms. Sonja Buhl Mrs. Pauline Collette Ahmad Arzhang Ms. Anna Bethany  Mr. Don Collins Dr. Linda Asper Bigland-Pritchard & Holden Bunko Prof. Emmet Collins Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., Irene Bilan Ms. Leona Burdeniuk LL.D. & Michael Ms. Margot Colquhoun Dr. & Mrs. David R.H. Bird Geraldine Burge Paterson Shalom Coodin Mr. Bryan Davis Bjerring Ms. Sheila Burland Jim & Margaret-Lynne Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Coombs Mrs. Jennifer Bjornson Ms. Maureen Burnham Astwood Ken & Lynn Cooper Michael Blais Mr. Ashok Athavale  Mr. Raymond Burns & Brian Rogowsky Martin Reed Mr. Frank Atnikov Mr. John Burstow & Joy Cooper Mrs. Carol Blais Siana Attwell Mr. & Mrs. Timothy  Trudy Cooper Ms. Donna Blakeman & Barbara Burt Mario & Josie Audino Mr. David Cordingley Welch Mrs. Jean Burton Dr. Terry Babick Misses Victoria Costa Ms. Irene Blank Patricia Busca Ms. Anneliese Baerg Diane Coughlin Mr. & Ms. Dianne Blewett Ms. Karen Buss Ken Baessler Mr. Daniel Cowan Jeanette Block Mr. Michael Buyachok Evelyn Bagel Ms. June Cowan Ms. Lucienne Blouw David Byrne Janet & John Bailey Janice Cox Gerry Blyth Dr. Patricia Caetano Jackie Bain Mr. & Mrs. Dan Mrs. Yvette Boily Huguette Calvez Judy Baker & Lorraine Coyle Mrs. Joanne Bolger Patricia Cameron Patricia Baker Ms. Jane Coyne Mrs. Sandra Bookatz Aline Campagne Leone Banks Caroline Crawford Ms. Kimberley Boothe Carol Campbell Ms. Sandra Bannatyne Mr. James Crean Mr. Guenter Bormann & Andrew Krentz Mr. Fletcher Baragar Marlene Crielaard Mr. Kenneth Bos Ms. Lisa Campbell Dr. Paul Barchet Ms. Margaret Cuddy Roger Bourget Allan & Gloria Cantor

 Member, Board of Trustees  Manitoba Opera Staff  Deceased 21 GIFT IN KIND CONT. Ms. Sharon Dueck Ms. Sylvia Flam Kathy Gough & Tim Wildman Ms. Tracey Cullen Mr. Greg Duncan Mr. Denis Fletcher Mr. Callum Lionel Mrs. Katherine Anne Patricia Duncan Ms. Karen Fletcher Goulet-Kilgour Cullihall Ms. Althea Suzanne Ms. Debbie Forrest Ms. Vera Goussaert Mr. Bradley J Curran Dunlop Ms. Sandy Forrest Prasad Gowdar Mr. Raymond Currie Rehana Durocher Linda Fortier Mr. John M. Granelli Karen Cyr Carol Dutton Mr. Russ Foster Mr. Hugh Grant Denise Cyr-Gander Mr. Roger Dutton Terracon Development Mrs. Jacqueline Gratton Ms. Jolanta Czaplinski Cheryl Dyck Ltd. & Carl Duerksen Ken Green Peter Czaplinski Theo Fourie Dr. Michael Dyck Bob Greenhalgh Dr. Piotr Czaykowski Ms. Sheryl Fowler & Ms. Lisa Bueckert Mr. Eric Gregory Ms. Ashleigh Czyrnyj Dr. Jennifer Frain Esther Dyck & Dr. Matthew Decter Ms. Victoria Gretchen Mr. Bheesham Dabie Ms. Helene Dyck Jeff Frank Ms. & Mr. Abbie Mr. John & Riley Dyck & Garth Grieder Mrs. Norma Daly Ms. Carole Free Mrs. Janice Dyck Epp Ms. Susan Louise Grieef Judy & Werner Danchura Ms. L Freed Mary Eaton Ms. Carole Grier Ms. L. Daniels Ms. Janice Freeman Ms. Lisa Edel Deanna Griffen Mrs. Sylvie M Dargis Mr. Michael Nancy M Edwards Raymond Friesen Ms. Donnalynn Grills Robert & Alison Darling Mary Wilson Edwardsson Marian Friesen Mr. & Ms. Zachary Mr. Dennis Gregory Dart Ms. Colleen Einarson Brian Froese Charles Gross Ian Davies Mr. Perry Grosshans & Laurel Daman Ms. Brenda Elford Mr. John Froese Rodger & Marion Guinn Ms. Nicola Davies Professor Brenda Elias Betty Frost Linda Guse Linda Fortier Mr. & Mrs. Keith Ellen Frovich & Gail Eliasson Mr. & Mrs. Bennie Mr. Gary R. Davis Ms. Kelley Fry Lawrence & Leona Gusnowsky Susan Dawes John Fullen & Brenda Ellerby Mr. & Mrs. P Haakman Margaret Day Alexandra Funk Dr. & Mrs. Iain Mr. Allan Hadley Linda de Pauw Ms. Saratu Funk Forbes Elliott Ms. Susan Hagemeister Ms. Toby Decker Mrs. Leslie J. Gailis Ms. Sylvia Ellis Ms. Judy Haid Mr. Marcel Degagne Mrs. Carol Galbraith Ms. Kim Elphick Helen Halpin Christian Delaquis Meghan Gallant Mrs. Gloria L Emslie Dr. Sara Halwas & Stephan Hardy Phyllis Gallimore Henry Engbrecht Ms. Janis Hanec Dr. David Delay Mr. George Gamvrelis Donna Engel Ann Hanks Diane DeLucia Judy Garton Ms. Carol Engstrom Marie Hannaford Mr. Thomas R. Denton Ms. Patricia Gartrell John J Enns Ms. Nadia Hanuschak Pamela Deol John Gatta The Estate of Marie Harnois Ms. Elizabeth Derraugh Mr. Dustin Gatz Mr. Siegfried Enns Private Music Educator Dries Desender Mr. Andre Gautron Mr. & Mrs. H.R Entz Ms. Joanne Harris Anna M. Desilets Gavriela Malka Geller David Epp Beth Harrison Mile Road Productions Dr. Ronald Mr. Jeff Epp Ms. Ruth Hartnell Christine Dewar & Mrs. Denise George Ms. Jillian Epp Bridget Hartwich Karen Dewar Kaitlin & Megan George Kathleen Estey Dr. Carol J. Harvey Drs. Diana Dhaliwal Mr. Peter George  Debra Evaniuk & Ms. Tamara Bodi Judge Mary Kate Harvie Brittany Dheilly Eileen Ewanchuk Ms. Patti D. Germann Mr. Bart Hasselfield Jane Dick Ms. Frances Fahner Lia Gervino Carol Hauser Mr. Andrew Dickson Sheri Fandrey Chris Patrick Gibbons Ms. Micheline Hay Mrs. Emily Diehl-Reader Eleanor Farrant Mr. John Giesbrecht M.Patricia Hay Alan Dinson Alicia Faucher Rob Giesbrecht Teresa Hay Faye Dixon Mr. Gregory Fearn Ms. Penny Gilbert Helen Hay John & Gay Docherty Mr. & Mrs. James & Linda Joan Gillis Ms. Rebecca Hayward Mr. Robert Dolan Feasby Ms. Renée Gillis Ingrid Heim-Heyer Mr. Chris Doole Mr. David Fehr Ms. Deborah L. Ginther Virginia Heinrichs Carling Douglas Ian Ferguson Mr. Fernand Girard Martha Helgerson Mr. Peter Douglas Mr. Earle Ferguson Ms. Ghislaine Giroux Ms. Elizabeth Hellinga Mr. Christopher Holman Mr. James R. Ferguson David Gislason Mr. & Mrs. Craig Walter Dowhan Flavia Fabio  Ms. Katherine Gledson John Henderson Ms. Helene Drobko Ms. Nelma Fetterman Jackie Glowacki Mr. Saul Abram Henteleff Jeanie M. Dubberley Ms. Jeannette Jacqueline Goddard Mr. Yude Henteleff Jackie Dubofsky Filion-Rosset Mrs. S. Goldberg Barbara Herriot-Miller John & Ada Ducas Mr. Bruce Fink Brenda Gorlick Leona Herzog  Drs. Harry W. & Mary Mrs. Elaine Finnbogason Bruno Gossen Colleen Heshka Lynn Duckworth Gayle Fischer Mrs. Laurie Gossen Lori & Loren Hiebert Mr. & Mrs. Ron Ms. Patricia Fitzpatrick & Wendy Dueck Tania Gottschalk Mary Ann Higgins Ms. Clara Fjeldsted

22  Member, Board of Trustees  Manitoba Opera Staff  Deceased Mr. Raymond Hignell Mr. Ken Katz Dr. Brent Kvern Dr. Kelly S MacDonald Mr. Eric Hinton Ms. Adrienne Katz Mr. Ralf Kyritz Henry MacDonald Mr. Brian Hirsch Ulrike Kauenhowen Mrs. Serena Mr. David Cameron Mr. Vladimir Hlas Ms. Bev Kawchuk Paolina La Posta MacDonald Svetlana Hobaica Ms. Chyanne Kehler Viola Labun Ms. Lois MacDonald Reannah J Hocken Dianne Kennaugh Ms. Lori-Ann Lach Ray Joseph MacIsaac David & Barbara-Anne Don Kennedy Lynne Lachance Ms. Roberta Mack Hodge Mr. Jonathan Kennedy Mr. Michel Lagace Ms. Debbie MacKenzie Mrs. Helene Hoffer Mr. Roger Kennedy Betty Laing Ms. Patricia MacKenzie Ms. Rhonda Hogg Peter Jean Kennedy L M Paluck Cam Mackie Ms. Muriel Hogue Pat Kennett Drs. Herman Lam & Doris Mae Oulton Mr. & Mrs. N. & L. Holliday Ramon Khan & Laura Chan Mr. Adrian E MacKinnon Ms. Mary Holmen Mr.& Mrs. Mrs. Edith Landy Alvin & Patricia Mackling Shan Holmes Margarita Kibalnik Mrs. Lucille Lang Mr. Rick MacLowick Ms. Adele Holunga H. Kilbrai Ms. Megan Latouche J. MacMorran Pam Homenick Irene Hamilton Chris Laurie Pat Trainor MacRae Ms. Elly Hoogterp-Hurst & Tim Killeen Ms. Cheryl Lavigne Mrs. Pauline Dr. Ken Hotz Mr. John Derek King Don Lawrence Macrodimitris Empiricus Medical Marion Kinnear Letty Lawrence Hayley Main Corporation Inc. Jean Kinsner Fred & Janet Lawrenson Christopher Mainella Stella Hyrniuk Ms. Elizabeth Kircher Ms. Candice Lawson & Christine Van Cauwenberghe Charlene Ilas  Mrs. Alicia Kitt Ms. Shirley Layne Mrs. Anita Mainella Audrey Inglis Mr. Richard Klapecki Mel & Karyn Lazareck Mrs. Giselle Majersky Cameron & Sally Inglis Mr. Bruce Klassen Cycelia Lazarowich H. & D. Derek Inglis Mr. Bruno Klassen Dr. Steffi Lazerte Michael Malabre & Leslie Batte Mrs. Karin Klassen Mr. Philippe J. Le Dorze Dr. David Folk  Yvonne Ingram Ms. Marlene Klassen Archbishop & Ms. Laurel Malkin Ms. Cristina Ionescu Mr. Victor Kliewer Albert Le Gatt Moira Mardero Kadri A. Irwin Mr. Peter Klymkiw PWC Canada Claudia Mardero Eleanor Isaak Mr. B. Roslycky Dr. Hermann Lee Mrs. Tracy Marino Cary Jackson & Dr. P. Kmet Gail Lefebvre Ms. Elinor Marks Robert B. Jackson Mrs. Kristin Knockaert Mr. Camille Legare Vesna Maroti Mrs. Marilyne Jacynas Mr. & Mrs. Edward Marianna Legat Sonia Marrone Dr. Stephan Jaeger Kolomaya Mrs. Jacqueline Legay Armin & Denise Martens Mr. Jonathan Lyle Koncan Barb Lehmann Alysha Martin Jandavs-Hedlin Ms. Frances Koncan Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Ms. Margaretha Janssen Ms. Gisele Koncz & Ellen Leibl Miss Marissa Martin Herta Janzen Barry Konzelman Dr. Christopher Leo Ms. Kate Martin Jacob & Judi Janzen Ms. Doris Kopp Eva Marie Lessing Carla Martin Margaret Jeffries Ms. Donna L. Korban Sherrill Levene Mr. & Ms. Mary Theresa Masse Judith Jensen-Millan Mona Koropatnick Joanne Levy Mr. Kevin Masse Mr. Paul Jensen & Ms. Ms. Ann Kos Marion Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Maureen Prendiville Ms. Stephanie Kostiuk Judith Lichtman & Luisa Matheson Mr. & Mrs. Terry Jewell Ms. Vera Kostyshyn Dr. Daniel Lindsay Mr. Richard Mathis Young-Sook Jo Ms. Christina Livia Kovacs Geoffrey Lo Mr. Stephen May Günter Jochum Michelle Kowalchuk Bill & Shirley Loewen Dr. John & Natalie Mayba Grace Johnson Sonia Kowalewich Mrs. Alison Katherine Annabelle Mays Mr. Baldur Johnson Ms. Candace Kowalyk Loewen Barbara McCandless Sheldon Johnson  Ms. Anne-Marie Kowatsch Ms. Loris Loewen Maureen McCartney Kathy Johnson Ms. Tusia Kozub Ms. Diana Lynn Logan Ruth McCleary D'Arcy Johnston Ms. Heather Kozubski Ms. Betty Lorimer Marilyn McCorrister Dr. James B. Johnston Maureen Krauss Jacqueline Louer Ms. Marlene McCulloch Medical Corporation Ms. Charlotte Ms. Leni Lousier Ms. Pat McCullough, M.D. Ms. Ardith Johnston Rempel Kroeker Dr. Kristin Claudette Mr. Wayne Jones Ms. Geraldine Louise Lovrien-Meuwese & Michel McDonald Patricia Jordan Krone Mr. Graeme Margaret McDonald Ms. Natasa Juck Mr. Alex Krozkin Stuart Lowden Ms. Laurie McDougall Sue Jurkovic-Bracken Mr. Thomas G. Kucera Ally Loyns Ms. Anne B. McGarry & Dr. John Bracken Katarina Kupca Mr. & Mrs. Israel Dr. Donald Mr. Rae Kabernick Carole Kuryk & Maylene Ludwig & Mrs. Julie McInnes Mrs. Melania Kammerloch Marjorie Kuryk Mr. Brian Lukie Craig McIntosh Olivia Kang Ms. Claudette Lussier Lydia Kuryk-Serray & Lorraine Beck Dr. Youngok Kang-Bohr Shirley Lynch Claudia Kuryk-Serray Michael McKernan Dr. Irene Eugenie Karpiak Dr. David Lyttle Miss Amanda M Kuzbyt Mr. Robert McLennan

 Member, Board of Trustees  Manitoba Opera Staff  Deceased 23 GIFT IN KIND CONT. Judy Nichol Mrs. Barbara Pirie David H. & Helene Riesen Ms. Katherine McLennan Doug Nicholson Ms. Evelyn Patricia Piush Roger Rigelhof & Marjorie Russell Mrs. Marilyn McLeod Ms. Brittany Nickel Mrs. Donna Plant Mr. Christian Riou Thomas McLeod Ms. Janis Nickel Ms. Marina Plett-Lyle Drs. Stuart I. Ritterman Ms. Barbara McNeill Vivienne Nickerson Ms. Joy Plohman Mr. Sidney Robinovitch Ms. Janine McNicholl Ms. Susan Mae Nicol Norman & Edna Pohl Marilyn Robinson Allan McPhaden Mrs. B. Nicolson Ms. Gisele Diane Poirier Mr. John Robson Mr. & Mrs. Jim McPhee Corinna Nolan Marie T. Poitras Paul Rodermond Shauna McQuarrie Nancy Ellen Noren Ms. Elizabeth Polakoff Ms. Cindy Lorraine Mrs. Erin McWhirter Linda Norman Elizabeth Polakoff Rodych Eta Meinders Father Thomas Novak Bradley Pollock Irene Romaniw Barb Melnychuk Ms. Adella Novak Drs. Bill Pope  & Elizabeth Mr. Ronald Romanowski John Melnyk Jim & Carol Nowell Tippett Pope Ms. Rita M. Romsa-Ross & Jacqueline Ryz Mrs. Alison Nye Ms. Sandra Popham Darlene Ronald  Robert Mensies Ms. Sunny Oh Mrs. E. Susan Popkes & Stewart Heaton Mr. Michael Blain Menzies Ms. Rheanna L O'Keefe Mr. Zlatko Popovic Mr. Morley Rosenbloom Rita & Don Menzies Rod O'Keefe Ms. Rose Popowich Ms. Alexa Rosentreter Miss Emma Metzlaff Robert O'Kell Dr. Hart Poskar Mrs. V. Rosolowich Mr. Joe Michalchyshyn & Arlene Young Freda Powell Craig Ross Sandi Mielitz Lorraine O'Leary Tim Preston Val Ross Ms. Jasna Milanovic Mr. Joseph O'Neil Connie Price Ms. Zoya Rubinchik Mr. & Mrs. Walter Mildren Dr. Maria & C Onofrei Mrs. Christine Price Ms. Mari Ann S Ruczak Jocelyn Millard Ms. Linda Oracheski Vernie Price Elena Ruday Mr. Hans Miller Reta Owens Mr. Jim Pringle Tania Ruday Ms. Celoris Miller Ms. Norma Anne Padilla Dr. Orest Prodan Barbara Ruff Mr. Tobias Milne Mary Paetkau Ms. Louise Proven Olga A. Runnalls Dr. Earl Minuk Mrs. Zina Paley Dr. Shannon Prud'homme Anne & Glenn Rusnak Mr. Jonathan E. Mitchell Ms. Carla Palidwor Ms. Kimberley Puhach Mr. & Mrs. Colin Ms. Myrna Mitchell Mr. Douglas Glen Palmerton Ms. Myrna Raber & Jenny-Lou Ryan Maria Mitousis  Donna Ryland & Barry Gorlick Mr. Dariusz Paluszek Ms. Maraya Raduha Beverly Ryman Veronique Mivelaz Wayne & Linda Paquin Ethan E Ralph Mrs. Nadia Sadowy Marc Moir Ms. Debra Parrish Ms. Sybil Iris Ramprashad Dr. Annette Saint-Pierre Ms. Lois Mombourquette Mr. Les R Parry Rev. Andrew Rampton Michelle Samagalski Mr. Michael Mongeon E. & D. Paryzek Dr. Diane V. Ramsey Ms. Esther Samphir Mr. Marc Monnin Mr. Paul Paterson E.J. (Ted) Ransby Eleanor Samson Mrs. Monica Maria Marilyn & Terry Patrick Mr. Sergio Raposo Ms. Patricia Sanders Montalvo Ms. Gaetanne Patry Mrs. Anne Ratuski Mrs. Karn Sandy P. Morgan Matt Pauls Ms. Margaret Rauliuk Constance. J. Sarchuk Margaret & Ben Moroz Sylvia Pawlik Mr. & Mrs. Ted Leslie Sarchuk Mr. Derek Morphy Myron Pawlowsky & Marilyn Redekop Ms. Lucille Andrea Saull Ms. Janice Morris Mr. Christopher James Mr. Bill Redekop Mr. Gilbert Savard Edwin Morrison Pearce Mr. Anthony Ray Redekopp Arlene Sawatsky Ms. Sagan Morrow Mrs. Ingrid Pearce Ms. Valerie Regan Barbara Scheuneman Dallas Morrow Lesia Peet Ms. Valerie Regehr Tanya Schink Ms. Lynne Moss Mrs. Denise F Penley Pat Reid Dr. Wilfrid & Catherine Lucille Mourant Kassia Penner Levi & Tina Reimer Schlosser Ms. Josephine Muirhead Miss Bariah Jaelle Penner Heidi Reimer-Epp Ms. Sandra Schmidtke Ms. Sophia Munro Mr. & Mrs. Jon Penner Louise Remillard Gail & Johann Schnabl Helen Murdoch Ms. Charlotte Penner Ms. Hanna Rempel Mr. Dustin Schneider  Miss Kathleen Murphy L. Penner Ms. Carol Renner Mr. & Mrs. Henry Mrs. Charlotte Murrell Brian Perchaluk Ms. Anne Rennie Schroeder Ms. G. Noelle Muruve Ms. Wiebke Peschken Laurel Repski Rita Schroeder Valerie Muzychuk Ms. Leonore Peters Mr. Arthur Rey Ms. Vivian Schubert Mr. Julian Nedohin-Macek B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Mr. Mark Joseph Reyes Ms. Sandy Schumann Carla & Josef Nejmark Ms. Kim Peterson Eleanor Riach Mr. Gunter Schupke Dr. Anna Nekola Ms. Evelyn Peters-Rojas Mr. Louis Ricciuto Mr. Robert Schuppel Mr. Jason John Neufeld Alison Petten Heather & Hartley Mr. Kurt Schwarz Ms. Anita Neville Beverley Phillips & Howard Curle Richardson Ms. Brenda Sciberras John Bergen Catharine Phillipson Diana Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Scott Elizabeth Jocelyn Margaret J. Ricketts Susan Scott Newnham Ms. Blair Philpott Ricou-Manfreda Mr. Sam Searle Darlene Newton Mr. Rick Pinchin Hans Pintea Tracy Ridley Alan Sellen

24  Member, Board of Trustees  Manitoba Opera Staff  Deceased Ms. Marlene Serafin Karin & Ernst Stiglmayr Ms. Aileen A. Urquhart Ms. Frances Winkworth Andrew & Claudia Serray Ms. Donna Stone Ms. Roseline Usiskin Marge Winters Ms. Wendy Sersun Mary A. Stones Ms. Tharina Uys Ms. Janis Wisher Ms. Claire Sevenhuysen Lynne Strome Dr. Marc Vachon Ms. Krysta Lorraine Ms. Emily Shane Loreta Stukaite Ms. Therese van Wojtowicz Roan Shankaruk Mr. Werner Stunzi Humbeck Ms. Elsa Wolf Ms. Barbara Sharp Mr. Grant Suderman  Ms. Charlene Jenny Ms. Diane Wolfman Ms. Caroline W Sharp Mr. Chris Sunde Van Schijndel Gord F Wong Nadine Shelton Pat Sundmark Marcel van Woesel Jane Wood Joan Shelton Mr. Lorne Sunley Brad & Dorothy Vannan Ms. Beverly Wood Alexander Shewchuk Ms. Joan Sutter Ms. Marieke Veldhuis Grant Woods Ruth Shields Shelley Sweeney Mrs. Delores Margaret Susan Woodward Velie Mrs. Marie Sichler Ms. Lois Swistun Mr. Dave Wreford Robert Vineberg Mr. Robert Siddall Mr. Roman Szczerba Ms. Linda Wright & Lena Horne Ms. Christina Sikorsky Ms. Lida Szkwarek Jens Wrogemann Mr. David Violago Roslyn Silversides Marika Szkwarek Ms. Xun Wu Ms. Karen von Hacht Mrs. Pamela Simmons Ms. Holly Szumowski Anne Yankiwski Ms. Pearl Von Zuben Howie & Sue Simpson Mrs. Maureen Taggart Valerie Yarmie Jesse Vorst & Friends Mr. Fred & Katrina Tamagi Ms. Diane Yaroshko Christine Vorster Mrs. Edith Simpson Kristy Tanguay Xi Yin Cathy Wach-Dueck Keith  & Alora Sinclair Ms. Andriana Tarasiuk Dr. Kathryn Young Mr. Grant William Mr. Robert Sinding Mr. Donn K. Yuen Mr. Jacques Tardif Wainikka Jeff Sisler Noreen Yuen  Draeden Taylor Mr. Roy Walker & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Ms. Rochana Ms. Bette Jayne Taylor Mr. Darren Wall Ms. Catherine Skene Yuthasastrakosol Ms. Cheryl Taylor Karen Wall Ms. Arlene Skull Ms. Gail Zahradnitzky Rev. Ross Taylor Mrs. Patricia Wallace Ms. Wanda Slawik Mr. Martin Zeilig Ms. Rosalie Tennison Ms. Anne Walli Mr. David M. Slonosky Ms. Nancy Zeilstra Mr. Brian Testar Edna Walpole Deanna Smith Mrs. Sherill Zellis Rachelle Tétrault Gerard. A. Ward Lillian Smith Daniel Zieske Jo-Ann Theriault Faye Warren Mr. Alan Smith Mr. Ivan Zimmer Ms. Patricia Thibodeau Ms. Laura Anne Mr. T. David Dr. Waldemar Ziomek Vic & Ruth Thielmann Warszycki & Mrs. Lorraine Smith Ms. Mary Louise Zorniak Ms. Bonnie Thiessen Ms. Karen Watchorn Mrs. Jody Ann Smith Cheryl Zubrack Ms. Lisa Thiessen Rev. A.M. Watts Ms. Cheryl Smith Mr. Russ Thompson Ms. Evelyn Weber 35 Anonymous Donors Muriel Smith Ms. June Thompson Mrs. Dorcas Wehner Michelle Smith Kristjan Thompson Mrs. Helga Weiss Martha Smith Ian R. Thomson Dr. & Mrs. Michael Mr. & Mrs. Dan Snidal & Leah R. Janzen & Lydia West Ms. Jennifer Snyder Phillis Thomson Dr. Lynn Whidden Ms. Elizabeth Sokoloski Ms. Lois Thrift Stefania Whidden Ms. Adeline Sokulski Sharon Tiessen Ms. Linda Joyce Whitford Mr. Peter Somers Colleen & Peter Tilbrook Florence & Donald Dr. Nash Soonawala Mr. Graham Matthew Whitmore Lucinda Soulsby Todd Mr. Alfred Wiebe Mr. George E. Spencer Ms. Sonia Tokaryk Mr. Walter & Mrs. Elsie Mr. Jeremy Spencer Mrs. Susan Tole Wiebe Mr. Jeff Spiegel Deborah Tolton Ms. Lori Anne Yorke  Mr. Peter Sribniak Ms. Ruth Tomac Laurel Wiebe Brenda Keith St. Clair Mr. Norman D. Toms Mrs. Trina Wielkopolan Ms. Muriel St. John Ms. Winona Torch Mr. Ted Wiens Mike Stainton Professor Virginia Torrie Mrs. Norma R Wiens K. Stansfield Murray Trachtenberg Ms. Justina Wiens Jody Stark & Adeena Lungen Rick Wiens Mrs. V. Stark Ms. Jean Travis Mr. Roger Wight Mr. Leslie Stechesen Ms. Elizabeth Magdalena Shirley & Herb Wildeman Samantha Steele-Mitchell Treidler Ms. Antoinette (Toni) Mr. Anthony J. Steffes Liliane Tremblay R.L. Wildman Dr. & Mrs. Murray R. Mr. Brad Trupp Birdie Williams Steinbart Ms. Yoko Tsuyuki Ms. Nancy Williamson Mrs. R. Steinhoff Ms. Sonia Tunstead Debbie Wilson Ashley Stepaniuk Mrs. Christine Y Turenne V. Wilson Ms. Barbara Stewart Suzanne Ullyot Sheila Wilson-Kowal Ms. Jane Stewart Katy Unruh Mrs. Gustine Wilton

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