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2021/22 SEASON PRESENTED BY
APRIL 2 | 20 22
P E R FO R M A N C E SP O N SO R S
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ARt
Enchants the senses
Proud to celebrate the sights & sounds
of Winnipeg’s creative community.
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MI SS IO N STAT E ME NT
Manitoba Opera is a non-profit arts
organization dedicated to changing
people’s lives through the glory of opera.
L AND ACK NOWLE DG E ME NT
Manitoba Opera is located on Treaty 1
territory, the traditional territory of the
Anishanaabeg, Cree, OjiCree, Dakota, and
Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of
the Métis Nation.
MANI TO B A O PE RA O FFICE
Lower Level, Centennial Concert Hall
Room 1060, 555 Main Street
Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3
B OX O FFICE
LARRY DESROCHERS
9:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday
General Director & CEO
Single Tickets: 204-944-8824
TADEUSZ BIERNACKI Subscriber Services Hotline: 204-957-7842
Assistant Music Director & Chorus Master
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MICHAEL BLAIS
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Director of Operations
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BETHANY BUNKO
Communications Coordinator Manitoba Opera is a member of the
Association for Opera in Canada
CAMILLA CHRISTOPHERSEN and Opera America.
Prospect Researcher & Campaign Assistant
TANIA DOUGLAS
Director of Development
JAYNE HAMMOND
Grants & Corporate Giving Manager
SHELDON JOHNSON
Director of Production Manitoba Opera gratefully acknowledges the
LIZ MILLER encouragement and financial support given
Annual Giving Manager by the following:
SCOTT MILLER
Education & Community Engagement
Coordinator
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
TYRONE PATERSON
Music Advisor & Principal Conductor
DARLENE RONALD
With the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council.
Director of Marketing
KAREN STUART
Finance Officer
SUSAN A. THOMPSON
Endowment Campaign Executive Consultant
With the generous support of the Winnipeg Arts Council
with funding from the City of Winnipeg.
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2021/22 Board of Trustees
Paul Bruch-Wiens Judith Chambers Terence Sakohianisaks
VICE C H A I R C HA IR Douglas
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Quadrant Private Wealth & Market Manager, TD Wealth Indigenous Advocate
& Barrister and Solicitor
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Retired, Registrar, College of Business Development President & CEO, Harris
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and Engineering
DIRE CTO RS
E ME RIT I
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Thos. F. Copeland*
Rosalind Dick
D. Grant Suderman Lori Yorke D. Chris Finnbogason*
Principal, Verge Strategy Group T RE A S U RE R
Owner, Medi-Quote Peter George
Insurance Brokers Inc.
H.E. Harland
Mrs. Kenneth R. Howell
A. Rolph Huband
Richard Irish
UND ER T HE D I ST I N GU I S H E D Bruce H. Lang
PATR O N AG E OF Mrs. Sinclair A. Levack*
The Honourable Janice C. Filmon, C.M., O.M. Allan M. Moore*
Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba
Dr. Robert N. Morris
His Worship Brian Bowman Dr. M.M. Pierce*
Mayor of the City of Winnipeg
Dr. Elmer E. Reimer
F OUND I N G P RESI DE NT Louis R. (Bud) Sherman*
The Honourable A. Kerr Twaddle* Eleanor Siddall*
Dr. Lawrence Soloway*
AR TIST I C D I REC TO R E ME R I T U S Jennifer Snyder
Dr. Irving Guttman, C.M., O.B.C.*
J.F. Reeh Taylor*
F OUND I N G D I RE C TO R E ME R I T U S Leigh Taylor
Dr. Robert H. Thorlakson, O.C.* Robert Vineberg
* Deceased
MANITOBA OPERA
gratefully acknowledges the support
of our 2021/22 Sponsors and Funders
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Season Sponsors
MEDIA SPONSOR
Production & Performance Sponsors
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DIGITAL EMERGING ARTISTS PROGRAM SUPPORTERS
Official Sponsors
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leadership
Public Funders
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. With the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council.
With the generous support of the Winnipeg Arts Council with funding from the City of Winnipeg.
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Message from the
Chair, Board of
Trustees
After all we’ve been through over the past
two years, we deserve to savour a moment
of celebration: to run into old friends in
the lobby, to dust off our finer clothes, to
sink back into the plush red chairs of the
Centennial Concert Hall and let some of the
greatest music ever composed transport us.
What better way to do so than through this
evening’s concert.
Tonight, you’ll enjoy a taste of some of reflect on our past and begin a new era of
Canada’s great singers performing their storytelling. We imagine a future for opera
favourite arias. As Winnipeg’s own Lara where new stories are told and new voices
Ciekiewicz and Lizzy Hoyt take to the stage are heard. I can’t wait to share more about
with David Pomeroy, James Westman, what we have in store.
Catherine Daniel, and the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra, I hope you feel a sense In the meantime, as our 2021/22 season
of pride in the artistry that calls Winnipeg draws to a close, I want to extend my
home. deepest gratitude to you: our public funders,
sponsors, corporate partners, donors, and
We owe a great debt of gratitude to our patrons. Your support throughout the years
Season Presenting Sponsor, BMO, for has created a thriving opera community in
creating unforgettable moments like this. Manitoba.
Their support throughout the pandemic has
been steadfast and generous, helping us to When the curtain rises tonight and you
keep connecting our community through welcome the performers onstage with
operatic experiences. Thank you, BMO, for your applause, please dedicate a round of
your support of the arts in Manitoba. applause for yourself, too. After all we’ve
been through, you deserve it.
Next season we will celebrate Manitoba
Opera’s 50th anniversary. This historic Warmest regards,
moment presents a unique opportunity to
Judith Chambers
CHAIR
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Message from the
General Director
& CEO
Tonight’s concert came together very quickly
as a replacement for our production of La
Cenerentola which was postponed and will
now open our 2022/23 season in the fall.
After two years of uncertainty, constant
adapting, and fits and starts of returning to
live performance, I thought a little familiarity
might be a welcome change of pace.
However, as the world events of the past few
weeks have unfolded, I think another theme
has emerged with tonight’s program, and
that is the human voice’s power to remind
us of the best of humanity, even in the people who are under the control of Spain
most horrific times. Art cannot help but to and have been subjected to the especially
have a relationship to the world around us. cruel punishments of the Spanish Inquisition.
Sometimes the artist intentionally wants to Don Carlo and Rodrigo pledge eternal
awaken in us something that is important to friendship in pursuit of the cause. They sing:
them. Sometimes the arts reflect the world God, you who wished to instill
because of the feelings we bring to the in our souls love and hope
experience – our own state of being informs You must rekindle in our hearts,
our reaction to art. the desire for liberty
We swear to live and die together
In tonight’s concert, you will hear an excerpt Our goodness can unite us on
from Don Carlo, one of my favorite Verdi earth and in heaven.
operas. The opera is a political pot boiler.
Don Carlo (Prince of Asturias 1545-1568) is Music has always been a powerful way to
betrothed to Elisabeth of Valois. As part of bring us together, to unite us, and to inspire
a peace treaty to settle the Italian War of us. As we come together tonight to listen to
1551-59, Elisabeth must instead marry Don great music and great artists, let us do so as
Carlo’s father, King Phillip II of Spain. Cue the our pledge of support for and friendship of
melodrama, romance, and intrigue. the people of Ukraine.
The excerpt you will hear is a duet between Larry Desrochers
Don Carlo and his friend Rodrigo. Rodrigo GENERAL DIRECTOR & CEO
seeks Don Carlo’s help to free the Flemish
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Gala Concert.
We join with you in celebrating the return to the Centennial
Concert Hall as we enjoy some of opera’s greatest hits
performed by Canadian artists and accompanied by our
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
We gratefully acknowledge the rich contribution made by
Manitoba’s Arts Community to our province.
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wonderful story like Opera Cat, do fun
COVID-19 health and safety protocols had
vocal exercises with the students, prohibited school visits since March 2020.
and top off the session with a short
performance.
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11INSPIRING THE
CHILDREN
OF TODAY
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of tomorrow.
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Sansome SchoGala Concert
SAT U R DAY, A P R I L 2 , 2022
CONDUCTED BY Tyrone Paterson
HOSTED BY James McLennan
FEATURI NG
Lara Ciekiewicz, Catherine Daniel, Lizzy Hoyt, David Pomeroy, James Westman
WI TH THE Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
GIOACHINO
ROSSINI La Cenerentola Overture Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
GEORGES “Votre toast, je peux vous le
BIZET Carmen James Westman
rendre”
GAETANO
DONIZETTI La Favorita "O mio Fernando" Catherine Daniel
ANTONÍN
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DVORÁK Rusalka “Song to the Moon” Lara Ciekiewicz
RUGGERO
LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci "Vesti la giubba" David Pomeroy
JACQUES The Tales of Lara Ciekiewicz,
OFFENBACH Hoffmann
"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" Catherine Daniel
GIUSEPPE David Pomeroy,
VERDI Don Carlo “Dio, che nell’alma infondere” James Westman
I N T ER M I SSI ON
20 minutes
W.A. MOZART Così fan tutte Overture Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Lara Ciekiewicz, Catherine Daniel,
W.A. MOZART Così fan tutte "Soave sia il vento" James Westman
GEORGES "Près des remparts de
BIZET Carmen Catherine Daniel, David Pomeroy
Séville"
GIUSEPPE
VERDI La Traviata "Di Provenza il mar" James Westman
GIOACHINO "Nacqui all'affanno...
ROSSINI La Cenerentola Lizzy Hoyt
Non più mesta"
GIACOMO
PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi "O mio babbino caro" Lara Ciekiewicz
GIACOMO
PUCCINI Turandot "Nessun dorma" David Pomeroy
GIUSEPPE "Un di, se ben rammentomi… Lara Ciekiewicz, Catherine Daniel,
VERDI Rigoletto
Bella figlia dell'amore" David Pomeroy, James Westman
Latecomers will not be seated until an appropriate break in the program.
The use of cameras and recording devices is forbidden. Please turn off cell phones, pagers, and alarm watches.
Manitoba Opera is a professional company operating within the
jurisdiction of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Cast Subject to Change.
13The Artists
Tyrone Paterson CON DU C TOR
Canadian conductor Tyrone Paterson is proud to be Manitoba
Opera’s Music Advisor and Principal Conductor. He has led perfor-
mances throughout Europe, the US, Asia, and Canada where he
has appeared with the majority of professional opera companies.
Highlights include Otello (Germany); Rigoletto (Montreal Opera);
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci (Edmonton Opera); Don Giovanni
(Hawaii Opera Theatre); Medea (Il Teatro Greco, Italy); Fidelio
(Manitoba Opera); Manon (Calgary Opera); Salome (Manitoba
Opera), Turandot (Vancouver Opera); Eugene Onegin (Opera Lyra
Ottawa); Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Carolina); Aïda (Nashville
Opera); Prince Igor (National Theater of Moravia-Silesia); La
Traviata and Rigoletto (Opera Constanta, Romania); Tosca (Opern
Air Festival, Austria); Jenufa (Hukvaldy Festival); Blue Beard’s
Castle (Czech Republic); The Magic Flute (Beijing); Don Pasquale
(Pacific Opera Victoria); Susannah (Manitoba Opera); and
concerts in San Remo (Italy) and Opera Cracow (Poland).
Maestro Paterson previously served as Principal Conductor/
Artistic Director for Opera Lyra Ottawa and as Resident
Conductor for Calgary Opera. In addition, he teaches the stars
of tomorrow and has led student performances for Western
University, University of Calgary, University of British Columbia,
and Opera Avalon (Newfoundland).
James McLennan HOST
Born and raised in Winnipeg, James McLennan has performed
on opera and concert stages across Canada in a career spanning
two decades. He most recently appeared with Manitoba Opera as
Little Bat in Susannah. Local appearances also include Handel’s
Messiah with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Warden
in Kiss of the Spider Woman with Dry Cold Productions, and
Bénédict in Bénédict et Béatrice with Manitoba Underground
Opera.
Other stage credits include Gastone in La Traviata with Pacific
Opera Victoria and Edmonton Opera, Luther Billis in South Pacific
for Calgary Opera, and Jeune Bilodeau in Les Feluettes at L’Opéra
de Montréal.
This spring he will tour in the UK with Toronto’s Soundstreams in
Musik für das Ende, a production featuring the music of Canadian
composer Claude Vivier, directed by Chris Abraham.
Mr. McLennan has been a voice instructor at the University of
Manitoba’s Desautels Faculty of Music since 2017 and at Brandon
University since 2021. He is also a certified French-to-English
translator.
14The Artists
Lara Ciekiewciz SOPRANO
Hailed for her “tour-de-force performance” (Winnipeg Free
Press) in the title role of Manitoba Opera’s Susannah (2019), 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.
This spring, Ms. Ciekiewicz plays Bea in Three Decembers for Little
Opera Company and will be a guest artist in the Banff Centre’s
Jenny Belzberg Theatre Grand Opening Celebration.
Select additional credits include Elle, La voix humaine; The
Sopranos of Winnipeg (Manitoba Opera); Musetta, La Bohème;
Countess, Le nozze di Figaro (Edmonton Opera); title role,
Jenufa;
˚ Amelia, Simon Boccanegra; Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi;
Nellie Forbush, South Pacific; recitalist for Open Air: A Summer
Festival of Music (Pacific Opera Victoria); Tatyana, Eugene Onegin
(Calgary Opera); May, Ours; Cinderella, Into the Woods; Maria, The
Sound of Music (Opera on the Avalon); Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus
(Toronto Operetta Theatre); soloist for Messiah and A Viennese
New Year (Victoria Symphony); and All Those Arias (Little Opera
Company).
Ms. Ciekiewicz is increasingly in demand as an adjudicator, and
teacher. She serves as a voice instructor at the University of
Manitoba’s Desautels Faculty of Music. Lara enjoys gardening, is
an avid walker, loves fabulous footwear, and is a self-professed
prairie girl forever.
Catherine Anne Daniel ME ZZO- S OP RANO
Originally from Edmonton, Catherine Daniel is a dynamic
performer whose training and performances have taken her across
North America and Europe. Career highlights include singing
Emelda Griffiths in Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard’s
opera Champion with l’Opéra de Montréal; debuting Klytemnestra
in Edmonton Opera’s production of Elektra; singing Elisabetta in
Knoxville Opera’s production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda; and
debuting at Carnegie Hall as a soloist in Haydyn’s Mass in Time of
War. Ms. Daniel made her Opera Tampa debut in Carmen singing
the title role in 2020. She last performed with Manitoba Opera as
Mercédès in the 2010 production of Carmen.
Catherine Daniel studied voice with coloratura soprano Tracy Dahl
at the University of Manitoba. She was a member of the Atelier
Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, and later became a member of
the Opera Studio Nederlands in Amsterdam.
15The Artists
Lizzy Hoyt MEZZO-SOPR ANO
Few vocalists authentically cross genres at the highest levels
and maintain professional careers in both areas, but Lizzy Hoyt
is one of them. A classical mezzo-soprano praised by Opera
Canada for her dramatic depth and keen comedic gifts, she is
also an internationally recognized Celtic songwriter, singer, and
multi-instrumentalist (fiddle, guitar, harp).
Ms. Hoyt is thrilled to be making her full production debuts later
this year with Manitoba Opera and Brott Opera singing the title
role of Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola. She also debuts with
the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra in May singing baroque arias
by Vivaldi and Handel. Recent performances include The Solo
Sessions (Manitoba Opera), Julia Child in Hoiby’s Bon Appétit
(Little Opera Company), Béatrice in Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict,
and Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Manitoba Underground
Opera).
As a Celtic-folk artist, Lizzy Hoyt has given countless concert
tours throughout the country since 2000 and has been recog-
nized with numerous awards and nominations including the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, Canadian Folk Music Awards,
Western Canadian Music Awards, International Acoustic Music
Awards, and Independent Music Awards. This May, Ms. Hoyt will
release her fifth independent album, “The Parting Glass” followed
by a concert tour in Alberta.
An alumni of Manitoba Opera’s Digital Emerging Artist Program,
Lizzy Hoyt recently started a YouTube channel LIZZY HOYT
MUSIC where she shares both classical and Celtic-folk content.
David Pomeroy TENOR
Canadian tenor David Pomeroy is enjoying a career that is placing
him in the spotlight on the world’s most important stages. The
New York Times describes him as “a powerful, heartfelt and agile
tenor.”
The Newfoundland native made his Metropolitan Opera debut in
the title role of Faust, followed by the title role of Hoffmann, and
he now receives star billing throughout North America, Europe,
Asia, and Latin America.
Next this season, he returns to Theatro Municipal de São Paulo,
Brazil, as Radames (Aïda). The 2022/23 season features perfor-
mances with Calgary Opera as Don José (Carmen); the Rhode
Island Philharmonic and l’Orchestra symphonique de Québec for
Verdi’s Requiem; and the title of Tannhäuser in Tokyo.
Recent stage roles include Bacchus (Adriadne auf Naxos) at
the Gran Teatra del Liceu, Barcelona and Oper Stuttgart; Calaf
(Turandot) with the New National Theatre Tokyo and Theatro
Municipal de São Paulo; the title of Tannhäuser with the Cologne
Opera; and Paul (Die Tote Stadt) with Oper Frankfurt.
16The Artists
James Westman BA RI TONE
Whether performing song, concert, or opera throughout the
world, baritone James Westman’s passion and musicianship bring
an extra dimension to his performances.
Recent highlights include the title role in Rigoletto for l’Opéra de
Montréal, Opera San Antonio, and Edmonton Opera; Germont
in La traviata for the Canadian Opera Company, Pacific Opera
Victoria, and both Edmonton and Manitoba Opera; Britten’s War
Requiem for the Colorado Symphony and the National Arts Centre
Orchestra; Carmina Burana for Chicago’s Grant Park Festival
and St. Louis Symphony; the title role in Nabucco for Opéra de
Québec; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra and Calgary Philharmonic. Notably, he
triumphed in the iconic role of Sir John A. MacDonald in Somers’
Louis Riel in Toronto, Ottawa, and Quebec, a production that
celebrated Canada’s Sesquicentennial Year.
Mr. Westman, a multiple Grammy and Juno nominee, has recorded
for Decca, Opera Rara, CBC, and the BBC.
Robert Pel STAGE MANAGE R
Robert Pel’s first contract with Manitoba Opera was in 1984 for
Aïda. He returned in early 2000 to stage manage Rigoletto, and
since 2013, when he stage managed another production of Aïda,
has been returning each year since.
Over the past 45 years, he has had the good fortune to stage
manage at most of the opera and theatre companies in Canada.
This has allowed him to travel to every province and territory but
one.
Mr. Pel resides in Stratford, Ontario. His love for motorcycles,
kilts, his three daughters, two grandchildren, and lovely wife (not
necessarily in that order) provide him with a very rich life.
It is with great joy that he is part of this production and has the
pleasuring of working with this excellent company.
17Congratulations
to Manitoba Opera
on a Gala Concert
to remember.
Bravo!
18The Artists
Kathryn Ball ASSI STAN T STAGE MANAGE R
Kathryn Ball is very happy to be back on the job with Manitoba
Opera. She has been working with the company since 2007.
Her most recent productions include The Telephone & La Voix
Humaine, The Sopranos of Winnipeg, Susannah, and The Barber of
Seville.
Ms. Ball 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), Strike! (Rainbow Stage), and Voice! (PTE).
She hopes that you are as thrilled to be back in the seats of this
beautiful theatre as she is to be back working in it!
Heather Lee Brereton ASS I STANT STAGE MANAGE R
Heather Lee Brereton has worked in various capacities in the
Winnipeg theatre/arts community for over a decade. She has
assumed many roles: stage management, designer, props
builder, wardrobe mistress, and technician for regional and
independent theatre productions.
She re-joined the Manitoba Opera stage management team in
2019 with The Barber of Seville/Susannah after a hiatus and was
in rehearsals for her second Carmen in 2020 (the 2010 production
was her first opera).
Over the last two years, as has been the case with many arts
workers, Ms. Brereton pivoted to various other means of employ-
ment in her wheelhouse including upholstery/drapery, family
childcare, and more recently, a backlog of sewing gigs.
When not stage managing, she creates custom garments and
performance costumes for clients including vintage clothing
enthusiasts, circus performers, drag artists, and a Marilyn Monroe
impersonator (Heather Lee Bea). She is excited to be back
with Manitoba Opera helping to keep things running smoothly
backstage!
19Production Personnel
Manitoba Centennial Winnipeg Symphony
Opera Concert Hall Orchestra
Director of Production Stage Manager Director of Production
Sheldon Johnson Dave Martin & Operations
Michael Falk
Stage Manager Light Board Operator
Robert Pel Brian Mann Librarian
Greg Hamilton
Assistant Stage Manager Sound Board Operator
Kathryn Ball Glen Jonatchick Technical Coordinator
Aidan Clarke
Assistant Stage Manager
Heather Lee Brereton Camera Director
Matheus Coelho
Rehearsal Pianist
Tadeusz Biernacki Assistant Librarian
Aiden Kleer
T HA N KS TO T H E
G I RL G UI D E S !
Our thanks and appreciation to members of the 99th Guides,
31st Pathfinders, and 350th Rangers and their leaders
who volunteered their time to make the “Support Ukraine”
ribbons which were distributed to patrons this evening.
These Girl Guides of Canada units are located in St. Vital
and their participants range in age from nine to 17.
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20Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra
FIRST VIOLINS CELLOS BASSOONS Orchestra Personnel
Gwen Hoebig Yuri Hooker Kathryn Brooks Manager
CONCERTMASTER
Principal
PRINCIPAL Greg Hay
The Sophie-Carmen
Eckhardt-Gramatté
Emma Quackenbush HORNS
Memorial Chair,
ACTING ASSISTANT Principal Librarian
endowed by the
Eckhardt-Gramatté
PRINCIPAL Patricia Evans Michaela Kleer
PRINCIPAL
Foundation Sean Taubner (INTERIM)
Karl Stobbe
ACTING ASSISTANT Ken MacDonald
PRINCIPAL
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
ASSOCIATE Assistant Librarian
CONCERTMASTER Alex Adaman The Hilda Schelberger
Memorial Chair Aiden Kleer
Chris Anstey Arlene Dahl
ACTING ASSISTANT Aiden Kleer
CONCERTMASTER Alyssa Ramsay* Extra Musicians
Caroline Oberheu
Jeff Dyrda John Sellick
ACTING ASSISTANT BASSES Michiko Singh
VIOLA
CONCERTMASTER
Meredith Johnson Minna Chung
Mona Coarda PRINCIPAL TRUMPETS CELLO
Tara Fensom Andrew Goodlett Chris Fensom Anna Scheider
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL
Hong Tian Jia BASS
Bruce Okrainec Paul Jeffrey Ruslan Rusin
Mary Lawton ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
BASS
Sonia Lazar* Daniel Perry
Isaac Pulford Laurel Ridd
Julie Savard Eric Timperman The Patty Kirk
FLUTE
Memorial Chair
Jun Shao Kelsey Nordstrom
FLUTES OBOE
TROMBONES
SECOND VIOLINS Jan Kocman Colin Mehmel
PRINCIPAL Steven Dyer CLARINET
Elation Pauls Supported by Gordon PRINCIPAL
ACTING PRINCIPAL & Audrey Fogg The Stuart Bremner Elizabeth Mee
Memorial Chair BASSOON
Karen Bauch Audrey Fogg
Keith Dyrda Brandon Figueroa
Kristina Bauch Alex Conway TUBA
Elizabeth Dyer BASS TROMBONE
PICCOLO
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Jim ◊ & Margaret-Lynne Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., Melinda & Hugh Arthur Dr. Linda Asper
Astwood LL.D. & Michael Liz Barron Carolyn Boyes
June & Bob Jackson Paterson Michael Blais Dr. Michael Dyck
Fund-The Winnipeg Bjorn Christianson, Q. C Mr. & Mrs. Timothy & Ms. Lisa Bueckert
Foundation John & Gay Docherty & Barbara Burt Ms. & Mr. Abbie
Bill & Shirley Loewen Laurie Lam Ms. Judith Chambers & Garth Grieder
Craig McIntosh & Larry Desrochers Robert & Alison Darling Leona Herzog
& Lorraine Beck Christopher Mainella Sheldon Johnson
Dr. David Folk
Michael F. B. Nesbitt & Christine Van & Laurel Malkin Katarina Kupca
Mrs. Donna Plant Cauwenberghe
Susan Glass & Arni Maria Mitousis
Drs. Bill Pope & Mr. B. Roslycky Thorsteinson & Barry Gorlick
Elizabeth Tippett Pope & Dr. P. Kmet
Elba Haid Sanford & Deborah Riley
E.J. (Ted) Ransby Robert Vineberg - in Memory of Darlene Ronald
Heather & Hartley & Lena Horne Marshall Haid & Stew Heaton
Richardson Audrey F. Hubbard Keith & Alora Sinclair
Mrs. Tannis Richardson Richard Irish Mr. Michael Ziesmann
Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Mr. Ralf Kyritz One Anonymous Donor
- in Memory of Dr. Dr. David Lyttle
Robert H. Thorlakson
Ron & Sandi Mielitz
One Anonymous Donor
Marr-Slonosky Family
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Jeff Sisler & Cathy
Rippin-Sisler
Dr. Anne Worley
& Dr. Piotr Czaykowski
One Anonymous Donor
Member, Board of Trustees Manitoba Opera Staff Deceased
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programs. Every gift makes a difference.
BENEFACTOR Dr. & Mrs. D. D. Fillis Esther & Hy Dashevsky Music lover
$5 00 to $1 , 249 Ms. Patricia Fitzpatrick Ms. Elizabeth Derraugh Brittany Nickel
Tatiana Arcand Carolyn Garlich & Anna M. Desilets John Osler
Mrs. Lesley Baizley Peter Miller Gift Fund Jeanie M. Dubberley Doris Mae Oulton
Hon. Patricia Bovey Barny Haines John & Ada Ducas & Cam Mackie
Cathie & Brian Bowerman Annette & Randall Hay Roger Dutton Mr. Christopher
Mr. Paul L. Jensen & Ms. & Irène Loire-Maillard James Pearce
Sheila & David Brodovsky
Maureen P. Prendiville Richard J. Falk Lesia Peet
The Circle Foundation
Ms. Debbie MacKenzie Linda & Jim Feasby Dr. & Ms. Timothy
Ron Clement
P. Morgan Mr. James R. Ferguson & Katherine Penner
Ken & Lynn Cooper
Mrs. B. Nicolson Dr. Paul Fieldhouse Hans Pintea
Jessica Cranmer
Rick Pinchin Gayle Fischer Jacqueline Ratte Kohut
Ms. Tania Douglas
Mrs. Anne Ratuski Lorne & Lillian Friesen Ms. Laura May Rawluk
Lawrence
Martin Reed & Joy Mr. Russ Foster Ashley Rees
& Brenda Ellerby
Cooper Mr. George Gamvrelis Mr. Christian Riou
Penny Gilbert
Roger Rigelhof Mr. John Giesbrecht Johnny Rule
Kathleen Gough
& Marjorie Russell & Pearly Salangad
& Tim Wildman P. Grosshans
R. Runnells & T. Zamzow Arlene Sawatsky
Donald &
Diana ◊ Hodgson Gail & Johann Schnabl Evelyn Hecht Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Scott
R. Jaskiewicz Dr. John R.M. Smith Ms. Elizabeth Hellinga Lorraine & David Smith
& Douglas H. Arrell Muriel Smith
Donald & Sheila Keatch Ann Hodges
Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Dan Snidal
Barry Konzelman Charles Huband
& Wanda Struthers Maria Stapleton
Donna Korban & Family Kadri A. Irwin
Nicola Spasoff & Mike Lea
Dr. Thomas G. Kucera Dr. Arno
Dale & Velvet Sulymka Brenda Keith St. Clair
Marion Lewis & Mrs. Betty Jansen
Winnipeg Foundation Mr. Leslie Stechesen
Dr. Gordon McTavish Margaret Jeffries
Employees Jeans Day Rodney
& Ms. Cheryl Langer Lucie Joyal
Mark Witiuk & Marites Steiman
George & Deb Nytepchuk J.H. Kaminsky
Kristen Wittman Ms. Joan Sutter
Ms. Norma Anne Padilla Mr. Allen Kimelman
Mr. Ivan Zimmer Suzanne Ullyot
Wayne & Linda Paquin John King
Six Anonymous Donors Rose Van der Hooft
Levi & Tena Reimer Mr. Ken Kinsley
Cathy Wach-Dueck
Constance. J. Sarchuk Richard & Karin Klassen
SUSTAINER Mr. A.M.C. Waterman
Leslie Sarchuk Ms. Kathleen Knight
$10 0 to $ 249 Dr. Carolyn R. Weiss
Barbara Scheuneman Heather Kozubski
Gloria Anderson Herb ◊
James Steele MacLean Letty Lawrence
Richard & Nancy Ball & Shirley Wildeman
Anthony Steffes Fred & Janet Lawrenson
Ms. Lydia Bartel Cheryl Zubrack
& David Viggars Ms. Shirley Layne
Audrey Belyea Eleven Anonymous
Florence Mr. & Mrs. Stewart
Wayne & Ember Benson Donors
& Donald Whitmore & Ellen Leibl
Mr. Dave Wreford Mr. Ernest Bergbusch
David Leswick CONTRIBUTOR
Three Anonymous Donors Ruth Berry
Sarah, Chris & Lori Luby $5 0 to $9 9
& Hugh Larimer
Ms. Claudette Lussier Mrs. Pat Ahmad
SUPPORTER Mr. & Mrs. Don C. Bewell
Ray Joseph MacIsaac Oslen Belle
$ 2 50 to $499 Ms. Joan Blight
Al & Pat Mackling Judy Braun
Robert & Kathryn Balacko Ms. Lucienne Blouw
Pat Trainor MacRae Mr. Ken Burfoot
Mr. Fletcher Baragar Gerhard & Helga Bock
Dr.& Mrs. A. Macrodimitris Huguette Calvez
Susan & Edwin Bethune Mr. Roland Bohr
H. & D. Majewski Christian Delaquis
Sheldon & Penny Bowles Ms. Kimberly F. Browning
Priya Mani & Stephan Hardy
Jean Carter Ms. Coralie Bryant
& Stephan Jaeger Christine Dewar
& Richard Riess Mr. Donald G. Budlong
Elaine & Neil Margolis Mr. Gregory Fearn
Mr. Lawrie Cherniack Mr. & Mrs. O. Buffie
Mrs. Margaret M. Frank & Lucille Fiola
Irene & Robert Corne Thor Choptiany McCulloch
Pauline & Denis Collette Ms. Carole Free
Ms. Margaret Cuddy Neil Middleton
Howard Curle Ms. Denise Gillies
Kerry Dangerfield Walter & Gladys Mildren
& Bev Phillips Mr. John M. Granelli
Jackie Dubofsky Dr. Peter Miller
Judy & Werner Danchura Lorraine Griffiths
Drs. Harry & Mary Lynn Marc Monnin
Duckworth Ms. L. Daniels Dr. Sara Halwas
& Donna Miller
Ms. Wendy Dyck Drs. Rebecca Danos Mr. Eric Hinton
Ms. Myrna Mitchell
Kathleen Estey & Andrew Frey David & Barbara-Anne
Mrs. Charlotte Murrell
Hodge
24 Member, Board of Trustees Manitoba Opera Staff DeceasedCONTRIBUTOR CONT. TRIBUTES Margaret Pomrenke ENDOWMENT FUND
In Memory of… Ms. Carole Grier Carol Bellringer
Donece Hughes
Jim Astwood Iona McPhee & Greg Doyle
Lori Klassen
Anonymous Kathleen Estey Judith & Markus
Mrs. Betty Knapp Chambers
Anne Bartel Eleanor Siddall
Shirley Lynch Katherine Cobor
Ms. Lydia Bartel Jeanie Dubberley
Mr. Rick MacLowick & Gordon Steindel
Past Grand Matron Robert Houghton
Ms. Pat McCullough Sister Bernice Ginny Devine & Gary
Audrey (Wood) Thomson
Brendan McKeen Blakemanqueen Doer
Ian R. Thomson
Carolyn Mitchell Winnipeg No.1 Economical Insurance
& Leah R. Janzen
Mr. Derek Morphy Order of the Dr. David Folk
Eastern Star & Laurel Malkin
Mr. John Preston
Jacquie Brignall In Honour of… Elba & Marshall ◊ Haid
Mr. Arthur Rey
Drs. Bill Pope & Elba Haid & Lara Secord Haid
Mary Ann Rosenbloom Drs. Bill Pope &
Elizabeth Tippett Pope Carol Harvey
Mrs. V. Rosolowich Elizabeth Tippett Pope
Roger Rigelhof & Ms. Lena Horne
Rita Schroeder Marjorie Russell In Honour of the
Manitoba Board of Richard Irish
Ms. Vivian Schubert Rose Desrochers
Trustees Who Served Alan & Shirley Kessler
Ms. Susan Shaw Dr. David Folk During the Tenure of Heather Laser
Shelagh Sinclair Fund & Laurel Malkin Mrs. Elba Haid & Robert Rowan
- The Winnipeg Mrs. Elba Haid Elba Haid Marion Lewis
Foundation
The Manitoba In Honour of Dr. Bill Pope Ron & Sandi Mielitz
Mr. Peter Somers & Mrs. Opera Staff Dr. Mitchell & Gerry & Barb Price
Mary Kellner-Somers
Drs. Bill Pope & Rosemary Vodrey
Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Drs. Bill Pope &
Elizabeth Tippett Pope In Memory of Scoundrel
Bill & Billie Stewart Elizabeth Tippett Pope
One Anonymous Elba Haid & Lara
Ms. Bette Jayne Taylor Mrs. Tannis M. Richardson
Donor Secord-Haid
Rev. Ross Taylor Barbara Scheuneman
Larry R. Gander In Loving Memory of
Mr. Russ Thompson Brian Sulymka Howie & Sue Simpson
Denise Cyr-Gander
Mr. & Mrs. H. Voigt Dale & Velvet Sulymka Mr. & Mrs. Robert
Susanne Greer
In Memory of & Eileen Stuebing
Anna Weier John Greer
& Lois Goertzen Dr. Robert H. Thorlakson Terracon
Irmgard Greifenhagen Mrs. Deborah Development Ltd.
Ron & Sherill Zellis Anonymous Thorlakson Dr. Susan A. Thompson
Three Anonymous Ross Houston and In Memory of the Hon. Faye Warren
Donors Leo & Margareth Mol A. Kerr Twaddle Three Anonymous Donors
Ms. Patricia Gartrell Mrs. Susan Bowden
Many thanks to all of Twaddle
Matthew Lagacé
our donors who We would like to
Claude, Suzanne, & Robert Vineberg
generously supported acknowledge the
Bernadette Lagacé The Manitoba 150 Host
Manitoba Opera with Committee Inc.
following named
Bruce Lang funds held within
donations under $50.
Gail Asper, O.C., the Manitoba Opera
O.M., LL.D. & Michael ENCORE CIRCLE Endowment Fund
Paterson Manitoba Opera’s Marylla van Ginkel
Carrol Anne Curry Planned Giving Endowment Fund for
Tracy Dahl Program the Performing Arts
Jeanie M. Dubberley Siana Attwell, PhD Elba & Marshall Haid
Ruth & Trevor Mealy Larry Desrochers Endowment Fund
& Family & Laurie Lam Audrey Hubbard Fund
Drs. Bill Pope & John Giesbrecht
Elizabeth Tippett Pope Elba & Marshall ◊ Haid BEQUESTS
Richard Ryland Audrey F. Hubbard The Estate of Paula
Mrs. Deborah Drs. Bill Pope & Achtemichuk
Thorlakson Elizabeth Tippett Pope The Estate of Gisele
Three Anonymous Robert Vineberg Bertalanffy
Donors Donn K. Yuen Pendeshuk Family
Harold Pollock Fund- Dennis Estate
Arnice Pollock The Estate of Jesajah
(Jesse) Vorst
Member, Board of Trustees Manitoba Opera Staff Deceased
25Tosca, The Telephone/La voix humaine, La Cenerentola
GIFT-IN-KIND DONORS
Listing includes ticket donations made between January 27, 2021 and March 11, 2022.
Mrs. Christine Adamson Sylvia Cassie Ms. Kim Elphick Deanna Griffen ◊
Dorothy Adrian Vincent William Catalano Mrs. Gloria L Emslie Ms. Donnalynn Grills
Mr. Gorden Franklin Mr. Richard Chartier Ms. Jillian Epp Rodger & Marion Guinn
Andrus & Liza Maheu Kathleen Estey Ms. Susan Hagemeister
Christine Andrusiak Mrs. Norma Chernick Ms. Frances Fahner Ann Hanks
Mrs. Cynthia Angus Gina Chodirker Mr. Gregory Fearn Ms. Joanne Harris
Tatiana Arcand Thor Choptiany Mr. & Mrs. James Beth Harrison ◊
Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., Bjorn Christianson, Q. C & Linda Feasby Annabelle Mays
LL.D. & Michael Ms. Margot Clayton Wynne Ferguson Carol Hauser
Paterson Ms. Elizabeth Clayton Flavia Fernandez Fabio M.Patricia Hay
Jim ◊ & Margaret-Lynne Ron Clement Gayle Fischer Teresa Hay
Astwood
Mr. Micah Cohen Ms. Clara Fjeldsted Ingrid Heim-Heyer
Mr. Frank Atnikov
Mrs. Pauline Collette Ms. Sylvia Flam Virginia Heinrichs
Ms. Anneliese Baerg
Edward Connors Ms. Karen Fletcher Barbara Herriot-Miller
Ms. Mary Barrett
Ken & Lynn Cooper Marian Friesen Leona Herzog
Mr. Chris
Martin Reed Michael Friesen Mr. Brian Hirsch
Beaumont-Smith
& Joy Cooper Ms. Linda Fortier Mr. Vladimir Hlas
Audrey Belyea
Mr. Daniel Cowan Mr. Russ Foster Reannah J Hocken
Ms. Merrill Berg
Ms. Jane Coyne Terracon David & Barbara-Anne
Mr. & Ms. Paul
Caroline Crawford Development Ltd. Hodge
& Aileen Bergan
Marlene Crielaard Dr. Jennifer Frain Ms. Muriel Hogue
Maria Berghaenel
Ms. Margaret Cuddy & Dr. Matthew Decter Ms. Diane Holding
Alicia Dueck
Mrs. Katherine Anne Ms. Carole Free Mr. Kurt Hollander
Ms. Audrey Bergman
Cullihall Ms. L Freed Mr. & Mrs. N. & L. Holliday
Dr. & Mrs. David R.H. Bird
Mr. Bradley J Curran Mr. Michael Raymond Dr. Ken Hotz
Roger Bourget Friesen
Denise Cyr-Gander Mrs. Donece
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Mrs. Irma Froese
Dr. Piotr Czaykowski Elizabeth Hughes
& Cathie Bowerman
Ms. Ashleigh Czyrnyj Betty Frost Cameron & Sally Inglis
Ms. Marilyn Boyd
Robert & Alison Darling Ellen Frovich Kadri A. Irwin
Patricia Bozyk
Mr. Dennis Gregory Dart Mr. George Gamvrelis Mr. Jonathan
Peter & Marg Braid
Ms. Lillian Davis Mr. Richard & Mrs. Jandavs-Hedlin
Ms. Judy Braun Maureen Gardner
Ms. Toby Decker Jacob & Judi Janzen
Ms. Barbara Breitenmoser Judy Garton
Mile Road Productions Margaret Jeffries
Ms. Jacqueline Brignall ◊ In Memory of Ross
Christine Dewar Mrs. Leanne Jensen
Kyle Briscoe Houston and Leo
Jane Dick Mr. & Mrs. Terry Jewell
Sheila & David Brodovsky & Margareth Mol -
John & Gay Docherty Ms. Patricia Gartrell Mr. Baldur Johnson
Mr. & Dr. Eugene
Brokopiw Mr. Peter Douglas Dr. Ronald & Mrs. Denise Sheldon Johnson
Ms. Barbara Bruske Alicia Dueck George Ms. Ardith Johnston
Coralie Bryant Jeanie M. Dubberley Mr. Peter George Mr. Wayne Jones
Ms. Heather Buechel John & Ada Ducas & Ms. Tamara Bodi Mrs. Melania Kammerloch
Jennifer Buffie Drs. Harry W. & Mary Rob Giesbrecht Dr. Youngok Kang-Bohr
Lynn Duckworth Mr. John Giesbrecht Mr. Ken Katz
Giles Bugailiskis
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Penny Gilbert Mr. Donald Gordon Keith
Ms. Sonja Buhl
& Wendy Dueck Ms. Denise Gillies Dianne Kennaugh
Ms. Leona Burdeniuk
Ms. Helene Dyck Ms. Deborah L. Ginther Ramon Khan
Ms. Sheila Burland
Andrew Dyck Jackie Glowacki H. Kilbrai
Ms. Maureen Burnham
Dr. Michael Dyck Ben & Serky Goldberg Mr. John Derek King
Mr. Raymond Burns & Ms. Lisa Bueckert
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Dr. Jeremy & Mrs. Mrs. Karin Klassen
Cheryl Dyck Maureen Gordon
& Barbara Burt Mr. B. Roslycky
& Carl Duerksen
Mrs. Jean Burton Mrs. Laurie Gossen & Dr. P. Kmet
Mrs. Janice Dyck Epp
Patricia Busca Kathy Gough Mrs. Kristin Knockaert
Ms. Lisa Edel & Tim Wildman
Carol Campbell Barry Konzelman
Ms. Colleen Einarson Mr. John M. Granelli
& Andrew Krentz Ms. Donna L. Korban
Lawrence & Brenda Mrs. Jacqueline Gratton
Ms. Patricia Cameron Mona Koropatnick
Ellerby
Allan & Gloria Cantor Ken Green Ms. Vera Kostyshyn
Mr. & Mrs. Fred ◊
Mr. Kevin Cassidy Ms. Victoria Gretchen Sonia Kowalewich
& Sylvia Ellis
Ms. Carole Grier
26 Member, Board of Trustees Manitoba Opera Staff DeceasedGIFT IN KIND CONT. Barb Melnychuk Roger Rigelhof Ms. Cheryl Taylor
Miss Emma Metzlaff & Marjorie Russell Mr. Brian Testar
Ms. Anne-Marie Kowatsch
Mrs. Sandi Mielitz Linda Rodgers Ms. Patricia Thibodeau
Ms. Heather Kozubski
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Mildren Ms. Rita M. Romsa-Ross Ms. Lisa Thiessen
Ms. Charlotte
Rempel Kroeker Mr. Hans Miller Darlene Ronald & Mr. Russ Thompson
Maria Mitousis Stewart Heaton Ian R. Thomson
Mr. Thomas G. Kucera
& Barry Gorlick Mr. Morley Rosenbloom & Leah R. Janzen
Katarina Kupca
Ms. Lois Mombourquette Mrs. V. Rosolowich Phillis Thomson
Mr. Ralf Kyritz
Mr. Michael Mongeon Craig Ross Mr. Graham
L. Paluck & H. Laird
Marc Monnin Val Ross Matthew Todd
Drs. Herman Lam
& Laura Chan & Donna Miller Margot Rousset Ms. Sonia Tokaryk
Marni Langrell P. Morgan Olga Runnalls Mr. Norman D. Toms
Ms. Cheryl Lavigne Dallas Morrow Leslie Sarchuk Ms. Winona Torch
Ms. Sherisse Lavineway Ms. Sagan Morrow Ms. Kelly Saunderson Deborah Tsuyuki
Don Lawrence Ms. Lynne Moss Mr. Gilbert Savard Mrs. Christine Y Turenne
Fred & Janet Lawrenson Ms. Heather Mousseau Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Ms. Katie Turner
Ms. Suzan Muncer Saveliovsky Mr. Grant Robert Tweed
Cycelia Lazarowich
Ms. Hiroko Nameishi Arlene Sawatsky Marcel van Woensel
Ms. Gail LeFebvre
Merrilee Needham Barbara Scheuneman Brittni Nicole
Archbishop
Albert Le Gatt Dr. Anna Nekola Dr. Wilfrid Francis Vandasselaar
Ms. Anita Neville Schlosser Mrs. Delores
Mrs. Jacqueline Legay
Doug Nicholson Rita Schroeder Margaret Velie
Marion Lewis
Mrs. B. Nicolson Mr. & Mrs. Henry Linda Vincent
Bill & Shirley Loewen
Schroeder Robert Vineberg
Loris Loewen Corinna Nolan
Mr. Werner Schwar & Lena Horne
Jacqueline Louer Nancy Ellen Noren
Ms. Claire Sevenhuysen Mr. David Violago
Dr. David Lyttle Mr. Joseph O’Neil
Ms. Ruth Shields Christine Vorster
Henry MacDonald Ms. Norma Anne Padilla
Mrs. Marie Sichler Cathy Wach-Dueck
Ms. Lois MacDonald Ms. Carla Palidwor
Mr. Fred & Edna Walpole
Ms. Roberta Mack Mr. Dariusz Paluszek
Mrs. Edith Simpson Garnet Ward
Ms. Debbie MacKenzie Wayne & Linda Paquin
Howie & Sue Simpson Winnifred Warkentin
Cam Mackie Lauren Partridge
Jeff Sisler Faye Warren
& Doris Mae Oulton E. & D. Paryzek & Cathy Rippin-Sisler Ms. Laura Anne
Mr. Adrian E MacKinnon Marilyn & Terry Patrick Ms. Catherine Skene Warszycki
Alvin & Patricia Mackling Lesia Peet Ms. Arlene Skull Rev. A.M. Watts
J. MacMorran Ms. Leonore Peters Mr. T. David & Mrs. D. Wehner
Pat Trainor MacRae B. Peterson & S. Slonosky Lorraine Smith Clara Weiss
Roberta Mack Ms. Evelyn Peters-Rojas Deanna Smith Florence & Donald
Christopher Mainella Beverley Phillips Muriel Smith Whitmore
& Christine Van & Howard Curle Ms. Adeline Sokulski Mr. Alfred Wiebe
Cauwenberghe Blair Philpott Mr. Peter Somers & Mrs. Ruth Wiens
H. & D. Ms. Paula Elizabeth Mary Kellner-Somers Ms. Justina Wiens
Armin & Denise Martens Pidsadny Richard Sparling Mr. Roger Wight
Miss Marissa Martin Hans Pintea Mr. Jeff Spiegel Ms. Antoinette(Toni)
Mr. & Ms. Mary Mrs. Barbara Pirie Dave Staatz R.L. Wildman
Theresa Masse Ms. Marina Plett-Lyle Mrs. V. Stark Dr. Renee Will
Mr. Kevin Masse Norman & Edna Pohl Mr. Leslie Stechesen Ms. Nancy Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ms. Gisele Diane Poirier Cindi Steffan Clint Wilmot
& Luisa Matheson
Drs. Bill Pope & Mr. Rodney H Steiman
Dr. John & Natalie Mayba V. Wilson
Elizabeth Tippett Pope
Dr. & Mrs. Murray R. Mrs. Gustine Wilton
Annabelle Mays Dr. Hart Poskar Steinbart Lola Whonnock
Barbara McCandless Dr. Orest Prodan Bill & Billie Stewart Gord F Wong
Ms. Ruth McClearly Ms. Louise Proven Ms. Donna Stone Mr. Dave Wreford
Marilyn McCorrister Dr. Diane V. Ramsey Mary A. Stones Xi Yin
Ms. Pat McCullough, M.D. E.J. (Ted) Ransby Lynne Strome Ms. Lori Anne Yorke
Margaret McDonald Ms. Valerie Regan Mr. Chris Sunde Ms. Anina Lelia
Ms. Laurie McDougall Mr. Jason Regula Mr. Lorne Sunley Youngman
Craig McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Levi Ms. Joan Sutter Noreen Yuen
& Lorraine Beck & Tina Reimer
Ellen Swistun Mrs. Sherill Zellis
Ms. Katherine McLennan Heidi Reimer-Epp
Birdie Williams Daniel Zieske
Allan McPhaden Mr. Arthur Rey
Kristy Tanguay 21 Anonymous Donors
Mr. & Mrs. Jim McPhee Heather & Hartley
Mr. Jacques Tardif
Eta Meinders Richardson
Ms. Bette Jayne Taylor
Mrs. Sarah Suzanne Ricou-Manfreda
Melbourne Rev. Ross Taylor
Anneliese Riedl
Ms. Veronica Taylor
Member, Board of Trustees Manitoba Opera Staff Deceased
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