David Boothroyd 3664 W 11th Ave, Vancouver BC, Canada V6R 2K5 Cell: 604.727.4511 email: [email protected] Canadian citizen November 2017 •PROFILE Accompanist/coach with 40+ years’ experience playing for a wide variety of opera and music theatre productions. Equally fluent with standard classical, romantic and twentieth-century idioms and newly written works. Coaches repertoire in Italian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Latin and English. Keen ear for musical accuracy and excellent keyboard skills. Reputation for calm attitude, thorough preparation and ability to instill confidence in less-experienced singers. •WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY Conductors (1979 – present, selected) David Agler, Charles Barber, Norbert Baxa, Dwight Bennett, Mario Bernardi, Leslie Dala, Jonathan Darlington, Richard Epp, Gordon Gerrard, Jonathan Girard, Nicholas Goldschmidt, Clyde Mitchell, Tyrone Patterson, Jacqueline Richard, William Rowson, Rosemary Thomson, Bramwell Tovey, Leslie Uyeda, Neil Varon Special projects: “concert-highlight” operas (2009 - present) Created short versions of operas (75 – 90 minutes) for concert performance with narration. Titles include: La Boheme, I Capuletti ed I Montecchi, Don Pasquale, Der Freischutz, Giovanna d’Arco, Romeo et Juliette, Rusalka, Martha, Thais, The Bohemian Girl, Rigoletto, Manon Lescaut (Auber), Pearl Fishers, La Traviata, Hansel and Gretel, La Spartana generosa (Hasse), Magic Flute, Die Walküre Act I. Special project: La Spartana generosa (Hasse) (2013-2014) Music Director of in-house presentation of La Spartana generosa (1747), by Johann Adolph Hasse, at “Bach for Teachers”, an NEH program in Leipzig, Germany, July 2014. Supervisor for a companion performing edition, coordinated through Moravian College, Pennsylvania. Music Director for in-concert performance, Burnaby Lyric Opera, 2015. City Opera Vancouver (2011-present) Company Pianist: Workshops of Fallujah (Raffo/Stokes), Pauline (Atwood/Stokes), The Lost Operas of Mozart; concerts; member of Artistic Committee. University of BriFsh Columbia [UBC] Opera Ensemble (2003 - present) Coach: Albert Herring, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Barber of Seville, The Bartered Bride, La Boheme, Carmen, Cendrillon, La Cenerentola, Choir Practice, Cosi fan Tutte, The Crucible, The Consul, The Cunning Little Vixen, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Don Giovanni, Dream Healer, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff, Die Fledermaus, Florence: the Lady with the Lamp, The Florentine Straw Hat, Gianni Schicchi, Giulio Cesare, The Gondoliers, Hansel and Gretel, The Inventor, Louis Riel, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, The Merry Widow, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Eine Nacht in Venedig, Optica Delusions, Orfeo e Euridice, Orpheus in the Underworld, Pinafore, Rusalka, Suor Angelica, Manon, The St. John Passion, Il Tabarro, Tales of Hoffmann, La Traviata, Xerxes; concerts Burnaby Lyric Opera (2005 - present) Music Director: Full productions of The Barber of Seville, La Boheme, Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, Hansel and Gretel, L’Italiana in Algeri, Madama Butterfly, The Marriage of Figaro, The Merry Widow; in concert performances of Boheme, I Capuletti ed i Montecchi, Der Freischutz, Romeo et Juliette, Rusalka, Martha, Thais, The Bohemian Girl, Suor Angelica, Rigoletto, Giovanna d’Arco, Don Pasquale, The Pearl Fishers, La Traviata, La Spartana generosa (Hasse), Die Walküre (Act I) Vancouver Opera (1992 – 2010) Principal repetiteur (2001/02): Carmen, Marriage of Figaro, Fledermaus Second pianist (1997-2006): Flying Dutchman, Barber of Seville, Salome, Turandot, Ballo in Maschera, Macbeth Workshop Coach (2004, 2010): Naomi's Road, Lillian Alling Pianist(1993-97): "Opera in the Schools" touring productions, playing adaptations of standard operas for 50,000 school children annually throughout the province of British Columbia Opera Saskatchewan (2001, 2004) Coach and continuo: Figaro, Cenerentola Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (1992-2017 passim) Rehearsal pianist 3Divas (1997-2006) Music director and pianist for comedy trio of classical sopranos Nelson Summer Songfest (2003, 2004, 2007) Coach and masterclasses with Nancy Argenta and Ingrid Attrot Vancouver Academy of Music (1992-94) Conductor / pianist: Cosi fan tutte, Street Scene, Tales of Hoffmann Uncle Randy ProducFons (1996-97) Music Director / pianist: Into the Woods, Evita Music Theatre Studio Ensemble, Banff School of Fine Arts (1981-89) Head of Music Staff / Principal coach: Training program for singer-actors, working alongside composers and writers. Many newly-written works plus several Twentieth-Century operas, cabarets and other music theatre pieces Guelph Spring Fesval (1988) Coach: Saint Carmen of the Main Opera Theatre of St. Louis (1987) Coach: Alcina, Carmen, La Cenerentola, Beauty and the Beast Opera Program, Banff School of Fine Arts (1985-87) Coach: The Postcard from Morocco, Albert Herring, The Rape of Lucretia, Falstaff Courtenay Youth Music Centre (1979-84) Coach: The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Cosi fan tutte, The Magic Flute, La Boheme, Hansel and Gretel, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, Orpheus et Euridice Canadian Opera Company (1981 – 82) Pianist: Merry Widow, Flying Dutchman, ensemble tour to Northern Ontario •EDUCATION M.A. (Music History) University of Western Ontario, 1974-78 B.A. First-class Honours (Music History) Mount Allison University, 1971-74 David Boothroyd PRODUCTIONS As of November 2017 • Bar oqu e • • • and Cla ssic al UBC Opera Bach St. John Passion Coach 2007 Ensemble Vancouver Beethoven Fidelio Symphony Coach 2000 Orchestra Orpheus and Courtenay Youth Gluck Coach 1983 Euridice Music Centre UBC Opera Gluck Orfeo e Euridice Coach 2017 Ensemble Opera Theatre of Handel Alcina Coach 1987 St. Louis UBC Opera Handel Giulio Cesare Coach 2008 Ensemble UBC Opera Handel Xerxes Coach 2005 Ensemble La Spartana Bach for Teachers Hasse Music Director 2014 generosa (NEH) Leipzig La Spartana Burnaby Lyric Hasse generosa in Music Director 2015 Opera concert Courtenay Youth Mozart Cosi fan tutte Coach 1980 Music Centre Vancouver Mozart Cosi fan tutte Academy of Conductor 1992 Music UBC Opera Mozart Cosi fan tutte Coach 2005 Ensemble UBC Opera Mozart Cosi fan tutte Coach 2009 Ensemble Burnaby Lyric Mozart Cosi fan tutte Music Director 2010 Opera UBC Opera Mozart Cosi fan tutte Coach 2012 Ensemble UBC Opera Mozart Don Giovanni Coach 2008 Ensemble UBC Opera Mozart Don Giovanni Coach 2010 Ensemble Burnaby Lyric Mozart Don Giovanni Music Director 2011 Opera The Lost Operas City Opera Mozart Coach 2016 of Mozart Vancouver Courtenay Youth Mozart Magic Flute Coach 1981 Music Centre Opera in the Mozart Magic Flute Schools – Pianist 1994 Vancouver Opera UBC Opera Mozart Magic Flute Coach 2005 Ensemble The Opera Mozart Magic Flute Project, Music Director 2010 Vancouver UBC Opera Mozart Magic Flute Coach 2010 Ensemble UBC Opera Mozart Magic Flute Music Director 2016 Ensemble Marriage of Courtenay Youth Mozart Coach 1984 Figaro Music Centre Marriage of Opera Mozart Coach 2001 Figaro Saskatchewan Marriage of Mozart Vancouver Opera Principal Coach 2001 Figaro Marriage of Burnaby Lyric Mozart Music Director 2005 Figaro Opera Marriage of UBC Opera Mozart Coach 2006 Figaro Ensemble Marriage of UBC Opera Mozart Coach 2011 Figaro Ensemble The Opera Marriage of Mozart Project, Coach 2011 Figaro Vancouver Marriage of UBC Opera Mozart Coach 2015 Figaro Ensemble Mt Allison Purcell Dido and Aeneas University, Chorus 1973 Sackville, NB • R o m a n t i c Manon Lescaut in Burnaby Lyric Auber Coach 2010 concert Opera Bohemian Girl in Burnaby Lyric Balfe Music Director 2009 concert Opera Capuletti ed i Burnaby Lyric Bellini Montecchi in Music Director 2012 Opera concert Bellini I Puritani Vancouver Opera Coach 2004 Opera Theatre of Bizet Carmen Coach 1987 St. Louis Bizet Carmen Vancouver Opera PrincipalCoach 2002 UBC Opera Bizet Carmen Coach 2009 Ensemble UBC Opera Bizet Carmen Coach 2013 Ensemble Opera Division, Debussy L’Enfant prodigue University of Coach 1980 Toronto Donizetti Don Pasquale Vancouver Opera Pianist 1992 Don Pasquale in Burnaby Lyric Donizetti Music Director 2013 concert Opera UBC Opera Dvorak Rusalka Coach 2011 Ensemble Burnaby Lyric Dvorak Rusalka in concert Music Director 2011 Opera Burnaby Lyric Dvorak Rusalka in concert Music Director 2014 Opera Burnaby Lyric Flotow Martha in concert Music Director 2010 Opera Burnaby Lyric Flotow Martha in concert Music Director 2011 Opera Romeo et Juliette Burnaby Lyric Gounod Music Director 2013 in concert Opera Canadian Opera Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Company Pianist 1981 Ensemble Courtenay Youth Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Pianist 1984 Music Centre UBC Opera Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Coach 2008 Ensemble UBC Opera Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Music Director 2012 Ensemble UBC Opera Massenet Cendrillon Coach 2011 Ensemble UBC Opera Massenet Manon Coach 2004 Ensemble UBC Opera Massenet Manon Coach 2015 Ensemble Burnaby Lyric Massenet Thais in concert Music Director 2010 Opera Orpheus in the UBC Opera Offenbach Coach 2004 Underworld Ensemble Vancouver Tales of Offenbach Academy of Coach 1994 Hoffmann Music Tales of UBC Opera Offenbach Coach 2013 Hoffmann Ensemble Courtenay Youth Puccini Boheme Coach 1982 Music Centre UBC Opera Puccini Boheme Coach 2007 Ensemble UBC Opera Puccini Boheme Coach 2010 Ensemble UBC Opera Puccini Boheme Coach 2017 Ensemble Burnaby Lyric Puccini Boheme Music Director 2012 Opera Boheme in Burnaby Lyric Puccini Music Director 2014 concert Opera Opera Division, Puccini Gianni Schicchi University of Coach 1980 Toronto