2011/2012 Season Cast and Creative Teams

Iphigenia in Tauris Cast 

Iphigenia:  Susan Graham
                   Katherine Whyte (Oct. 15)

First Priestess: Jacqueline Woodley

Second Priestess: Mireille Asselin

Thoas: Mark S. Doss

A Scythian Man: Philippe Sly

Old Servant: Robert Pomakov

Orestes: Russell Braun

Pylades: Joseph Kaiser

Diana: Lauren Segal

A Greek Woman: Ambur Braid

Creative Team

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado

Director: Robert Carsen

Associate Director: Jean-Michel Criqui

Set and Costume Designer: Tobias Hoheisel

Lighting Designers: Robert Carsen & Peter Van Praet

Associate Lighting Designer: Jason Hand

Choreographer: Philippe Giraudeau

Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Rigoletto Cast 

Rigoletto: Quinn Kelsey (Sept. 29, Oct. 2, 5, 8, 14, 16, 18, 22)
                 Lester Lynch (Sept. 30, Oct. 13, 17, 20)

Gilda: Ekaterina Sadovnikova (Sept. 29, Oct. 2, 5, 8, 14, 16, 18, 22)
          Simone Osborne (Sept. 30, Oct. 13, 17, 20)

Duke of Mantua: Dimitri Pittas (Sept. 29, Oct. 5, 14, 16, 18, 22)
                           David Lomelí (Sept. 30, Oct. 2, 8, 13, 17, 20)

Sparafucile: Phillip Ens                

Maddalena: Kendall Gladen

Count Monterone: Robert Pomakov

Giovanna: Megan Latham

Marullo: Adrian Kramer

Borsa: John Kriter 

Count Ceprano: Alain Coulombe 

Countess Ceprano: Mireille Asselin

Usher: Neil Craighead

Page: Jacqueline Woodley

Creative Team

Conductor: Johannes Debus (Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 2, 5, 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22)
                   Derek Bate (Oct. 13, 17)

Director: Christopher Alden

Set and Costume Designer: Michael Levine

Lighting Designer: Duane Schuler

Associate Set and Costume Designer: Charlotte Dean

Associate Lighting Designer: Michael James Clark

Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Tosca Cast 

Floria Tosca: Adrianne Pieczonka (Jan. 21, 25, 29, Feb. 3, 7, 11, 13, 16)
                      Julie Makerov (Jan. 31, Feb. 5, 9, 21, 23, 25)

Mario Cavaradossi: Carlo Ventre (Jan. 21, 25, 29, Feb. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16)
                                Brandon Jovanovich (Jan. 31, Feb. 21, 23, 25)

Baron Scarpia: Mark Delavan

Sacristan: Peter Strummer

Angelotti: Christian Van Horn

Spoletta: David Cangelosi (Jan. 21, 25, 29, Feb. 3, 7, 11, 13, 16)
                John Kriter (Jan. 31, Feb. 5, 9, 21, 23, 25)

Creative Team

Conductor: Paolo Carignani

Director: Paul Curran

Set and Costume Designer: Kevin Knight

Lighting Designer: David Martin Jacques

Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus and the Canadian Children's Opera Company

Love From Afar Cast 

Creative Team

Conductor: Johannes Debus

Director: Daniele Finzi Pasca

Creative Associate: Julie Hamellin

Set Designer: Jean Rabasse

Costume Designer: Kevin Pollard

Lighting Designers: Daniele Finzi Pasca / Alexis Bowles

Video Designer: Roberto Vitalini

Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

The Tales of Hoffmann Cast

Hoffmann: Russell Thomas (April 10, 14, 18, 21, 27, May 6, 14)
                  David Pomeroy (May 3, 8)

The Muse / Nicklausse: Lauren Segal

Olympia: Andriana Chuchman

Antonia: Erin Wall

Giulietta: Keri Alkema

Lindorf / Coppélius / Dr. Miracle / Dapertutto: John Relyea

Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pitichinaccio: Steven Cole

The Voice of Antonia's Mother: Ileana Montalbetti

Nathanael: Christopher Enns

Spalanzani: Michael Barrett

Hermann: Philippe Sly

Schlemil / Crespel: Gregory Dahl

Luther: Valerian Ruminski

Stella: Ambur Braid

Creative Team

Conductor: Johannes Debus 

Director: Lee Blakeley

Set Designer: Roni Toren

Costume Designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Lighting Designer: Jenny Cane

Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Cast—A Florentine Tragedy

Simone, a merchant: Alan Held

Bianca, his wife: Gun-Brit Barkmin

Guido Bardi, Prince of Florence: Michael König

Cast—Gianni Schicchi

Zita, Buoso Donati’s cousin: Barbara Dever

Simone, Buoso Donati’s cousin: Donato Di Stefano

Rinuccio, Zita’s nephew: René Barbera

Marco, Simone’s cousin: Peter McGillivray

La Ciesca, Marco’s wife: Rihab Chaieb

Gherardo, Buoso Donati’s nephew: Adam Luther

Nella, Gherardo’s wife: Gun-Brit Barkmin

Betto di Signa, Buoso’s brother-in-law: Craig Irvin

Gherardino, Gherardo’s son: Gabriel Gough

Gianni Schicchi: Alan Held

Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi’s daughter: Simone Osborne

Maestro Spinelloccio, a physician: Doug MacNaughton

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, a notary: Philippe Sly

Pinellino, a shoemaker: Neil Craighead

Guccio, a dyer: Valerian Ruminski

Creative Team

Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis

Director: Catherine Malfitano

Set Designer: Wilson Chin

Costume Designer: Terese Wadden

Lighting Designer: David Martin Jacques

With the COC Orchestra

Semele Cast

Cadmus, King of Thebes/Somnus, God of sleep: Steven Humes

Athamas, a Prince of Boeotia: Anthony Roth Costanzo

Semele, Cadmus' daughter: Jane Archibald

Ino, Cadmus' daughter/Juno, Jupiter's wife: Allyson McHardy

Iris, Juno's messenger: Katherine Whyte

Jupiter, King of the gods: William Burden

Creative Team

Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini

Director & Set Designer: Zhang Huan

Associate Director: Su Jie

Costume Designer: Han Feng

Original Lighting Designer: Wolfgang Göbbel

Lighting Recreator: Willem Laarman

Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus