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1 David Boothroyd 3664 W 11th Ave, BC, Canada V6R 2K5 Cell: daboothroyd@gmail.com 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: -highlight operas ( present) Created short versions of operas (75 90 minutes) for 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) ( ) 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 Supervisor for a companion performing edition, coordinated through Moravian College, Pennsylvania. Music Director for in- performance,, City (2011-present) Company Pianist: Workshops of Fallujah (Raffo/Stokes), Pauline (Atwood/Stokes), The Lost s of ; s; member of Artistic Committee. University of BriFsh Columbia [UBC] ( 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, 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; s ( 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, The Merry Widow; in performances of Boheme, I Capuletti ed i Montecchi, Der Freischutz, Romeo et Juliette,

2 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) ( ) Principal repetiteur (2001/02): Carmen,, Fledermaus Second pianist ( ): Flying Dutchman, Barber of Seville, Salome, Turandot, Ballo in Maschera, Macbeth Workshop Coach (2004, 2010): Naomi's Road, Lillian Alling Pianist( ): " in the Schools" touring productions, playing adaptations of standard operas for 50,000 school children annually throughout the province of British Columbia Saskatchewan (2001, 2004) Coach and continuo:, Cenerentola Symphony Orchestra ( passim) Rehearsal pianist 3Divas ( ) 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 Academy of Music ( ) Conductor / pianist: Cosi fan tutte, Street Scene, Tales of Hoffmann Uncle Randy ProducFons ( ) Music Director / pianist: Into the Woods, Evita Studio, Banff School of Fine Arts ( ) 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 FesFval (1988) Coach: Saint Carmen of the Main Theatre of St. Louis (1987) Coach: Alcina, Carmen, La Cenerentola, Beauty and the Beast Program, Banff School of Fine Arts ( ) Coach: The Postcard from Morocco, Albert Herring, The Rape of Lucretia, Falstaff ( ) Coach: The, 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 Company ( ) Pianist: Merry Widow, Flying Dutchman, ensemble tour to Northern Ontario EDUCATION

3 M.A. (Music History) University of Western Ontario, B.A. First-class Honours (Music History) Mount Allison University, David Boothroyd PRODUCTIONS As of November 2017 Bach Beethoven Gluck Gluck Handel Handel Handel Hasse Hasse Bar oqu e and Cla ssic al St. John Passion Fidelio Orpheus and Euridice Orfeo e Euridice Alcina Giulio Cesare Xerxes La Spartana generosa La Spartana generosa in Cosi fan tutte Cosi fan tutte Cosi fan tutte Cosi fan tutte Cosi fan tutte Cosi fan tutte Symphony Orchestra Theatre of St. Louis Bach for Teachers (NEH) Leipzig Academy of Music Coach 2007 Coach 2000 Coach 1983 Coach 2017 Coach 2008 Coach 2005 Music Director 2014 Music Director 2015 Coach 1980 Conductor 1992 Coach 2005 Coach 2009 Music Director 2010 Coach 2012

4 Purcell Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Don Giovanni The Lost s of Magic Flute Magic Flute Magic Flute Magic Flute Magic Flute Magic Flute Dido and Aeneas City in the Schools The Project, Saskatchewan Coach 2008 Coach 2010 Music Director 2011 Coach 2016 Coach 1981 Pianist 1994 Coach 2005 Music Director 2010 Coach 2010 Music Director 2016 Coach 1984 Coach 2001 Principal Coach 2001 The Project, Mt Allison University, Sackville, NB Music Director 2005 Coach 2006 Coach 2011 Coach 2011 Coach 2015 Chorus 1973

5 Auber Balfe Bellini R o m a n t i c Manon Lescaut in Bohemian Girl in Capuletti ed i Montecchi in Coach 2010 Music Director 2009 Music Director 2012 Bellini I Puritani Coach 2004 Bizet Carmen Theatre of St. Louis Bizet Carmen PrincipalCoach 2002 Bizet Carmen Coach 2009 Bizet Carmen Coach 2013 Debussy L Enfant prodigue Division, University of Toronto Coach 1980 Donizetti Don Pasquale Pianist 1992 Donizetti Don Pasquale in Music Director 2013 Dvorak Rusalka Coach 2011 Dvorak Rusalka in Music Director 2011 Dvorak Rusalka in Music Director 2014 Flotow Martha in Music Director 2010 Flotow Martha in Music Director 2011 Gounod Romeo et Juliette in Music Director 2013 Canadian Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Company Pianist 1981 Humperdinck Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel Pianist 1984 Coach 2008

6 Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Music Director 2012 Massenet Cendrillon Coach 2011 Massenet Manon Coach 2004 Massenet Manon Coach 2015 Massenet Thais in Music Director 2010 Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Coach 2004 Offenbach Tales of Academy of Hoffmann Music Coach 1994 Offenbach Tales of Hoffmann Coach 2013 Boheme Coach 1982 Boheme Coach 2007 Boheme Coach 2010 Boheme Coach 2017 Boheme Music Director 2012 Boheme in Music Director 2014 Division, Gianni Schicchi University of Coach 1980 Toronto Gianni Schicchi Coach 2009 Gianni Schicchi Coach 2018 Madama Butterfly Cosmopolitan, Toronto Coach 1979 Madama Butterfly Music Director 2015 Suor Angelica Coach 2009 Suor Angelica in Music Director 2009 Il Tabarro Coach 2018 Turandot Coach 1997 Barber of Seville Coach 1983 Barber of Seville in the Schools Pianist 1995 Barber of Seville Coach 1998 Barber of Seville Coach 2007

7 Barber of Seville Music Director 2009 Barber of Seville Music Director 2017 Cenerentola Theatre of St. Louis Cenerentola Saskatchewan Coach 2004 Cenerentola Coach 2018 Cinderella in the Schools Pianist 1996 Italiana in Algeri Music Director 2007 Smetana Bartered Bride Coach 2014 Strauss, J Eine Nacht in Venedig Coach 2016 in the Strauss, J Fledermaus Square, Kitchener, Coach 1980 ON Strauss, J Fledermaus PrincipalCoach 2001 Strauss, J Fledermaus Coach 2007 Strauss, J Fledermaus Music Director 2008 Strauss, J Fledermaus Coach 2008 Gondoliers Gilbert & Society, Toronto Coach 1997 Gondoliers Coach 2006 Iolanthe University of Western Ontario, Coach 1976 London Mikado Traditional Learning Acad, Pianist 2005 Coquitlam Pinafore in the Schools, Pianist 1993 Pinafore Coach 2005 Pirates of Gilbert & Penzance Society, Toronto Coach 1980 Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Coach 2005 Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Coach 2017 Verdi Ballo in Maschera Coach 2005 Verdi Falstaff Program Banff Coach 1985 Verdi Falstaff Coach 2009 Giovanna d Arco

8 Verdi Giovanna d Arco in Music Director 2013 Verdi Macbeth Coach 2006 Verdi Rigoletto in Music Director 2013 Verdi Traviata Coach 2015 Wagner Flying Dutchman Canadian Company Pianist 1981 Wagner Flying Dutchman Coach 2001 Wagner Walküre Act I in Music Director 2017 Weber Freischutz in Music Director 2011 Argento Bernstein Britten Britten Britten Britten Britten Britten Britten Floyd Janacek Lehar Lehar Lehar Lehar Twentieth-Century Postcard from Morocco Candide in Albert Herring Albert Herring Little Sweep Midsummer Night s Dream Noyes Fludde Peter Grimes in Rape of Lucretia Susannah Cunning Little Vixen Merry Widow Merry Widow Merry Widow Merry Widow Program ~ Banff Symphony Orchestra Program Banff Canadian Company, BC Symphony Orchestra Program Banff Academy of Music Canadian Company Uncle Randy Chorus Master 2015 Coach 1986 Coach 2011 Pianist 1980 Coach 2016 Coach 1984 Chorus Master 2018 Coach 1986 Pianist 2013 Coach 2014 Pianist 1981 Music Director 2006 Coach 2010 Coach 2012

9 Lloyd Webber Loewe Menotti Poulenc Poulenc Poulenc Poulenc Rodgers Rodgers Rota Schönberg Schönberg Somers Sondheim Evita My Fair Lady The Consul Dialogues of the Carmelites Dialogues of the Carmelites La Voix humaine Mamelles de Tiresias Oklahoma! Sound of Music Florentine Straw Hat Ode to Napoleon Pierrot lunaire Louis Riel Into the Woods Uncle Randy Productions, Division University of Toronto Huron Country Playhouse, ON Uncle Randy Productions, Coach 1997 Coach 1979 Coach 2016 Coach 1981 Coach 2013 Music Director 1985 Coach 1985 Coach 1978 Coach 1980 Coach 2014 Coach 1986 Coach 1982 Coach 2010 Pianist 1996 Strauss, R Ariadne auf Naxos Coach 2017 Strauss, R Elektra Coach 2003 Strauss, R Salome Coach 1997 Walton Faҫade Conductor 1983 Ward Weill Weill Weill Weill Crucible Happy End Johnny Johnson Street Scene Threepenny Academy of Music Ryerson Polytechnic, Toronto, ON Coach 2011 Coach 1988 Coach 1986 Coach 1993 Coach 1981

10 Weill Weisgall Weisgall Willson Threepenny The Stronger The Stronger Music Man Coach 1989 Music Director 1982 Coach 1983 Coach 1982 Beckwith Beckwith Burritt Burritt Chatman Danielson Doolittle Estasio Newly-Written Murder by Death The Shivaree Pilgrim The Dream Healer Choir Practice Marriken of Nimmegen Boiler Room Suite Lillian Alling Workshop BC Music in the Morning workshops workshop Music Director 1987 Coach 1984 Music Director 2001 Coach 2008 Coach 2015 Pianist 2002 Coach 2009 Estasio Lillian Alling Coach 2010 Freedman Abracadabra Coach 1979 Freedman Alice in Wonderland Hodkinson Hodkinson Luengen McIntyre St. Carmen of the Main St. Carmen of the Main Naomi s Road Love in Public Guelph Spring Festival, ON workshop Simon Fraser University, Coach 1988 Coach 2004 Music Director 2012 McIntyre Tom Pinkerton In Tune Workshop Music Director 2013 McNeff Peking Dust Coach 1981

11 McNeff Metcalf Oliver Oliver Parsons Parsons Rosen Stokes Stokes Thomas Tovey The Doctor and the Devils Tornrak Beauty and the Beast Sasha Garden Variations Garden Variations Optica Delusions Fallujah Pauline Florence: the Lady with the Lamp The Grimwood Clock The Inventor Theatre of St. Louis Comus Music Theatre, Toronto City City Coach 1982 Coach 1989 Coach 1983 Coach 1984 Music Director 1985 Pianist 2014 Coach 2012 Coach 2014 Coach 2006 Coach 1982 Pianist 2012 David Boothroyd INDIVIDUAL ROLES COACHED (selected) As of November 2017 English Adams Nixon in China 3rd Secretary Grace Chan 2010 Adams A Flowering Tree Prince David Curry 2014 Adès The Tempest Antonio David Curry 2011 Barber Vanessa Old Baroness Judith Forst 2004 Bernstein Candide Old Lady Judith Forst 2015 Blitzstein Regina Birdie Kathleen Brett 2008 Britten Albert Herring Florence Delia Wallis 1993 Britten Rape of Lucretia Bianca Judith Forst 2011 Britten Turn of the Screw Mrs Grove Judith Forst 2007 Britten Turn of the Screw Prologue/Quint David Curry 2012 Britten War Requiem Soloist Barbara Livingstone 2001 Burritt Dream Healer Lady Sybil Judith Forst 2007 Burritt Dream Healer Pilgrim Roelof Ostwood 2008 Daugherty Jackie O Soloist Karen Ydenberg 1997 Davies Transit of Venus Mme. Sylvie Judith Forst 2007 Floyd Susannah McLean Gary Relyea 1998

12 Floyd Susannah McLean Gary Relyea 1998 Heggie Dead Man Walking Joe s Mother Judith Forst 2003 Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Gretel (English) Kathleen Brett 2002 Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Witch (English) Judith Forst 2001 Maazel 1984 O Brien Richard Margison 2008 Moore Ballad of Baby Doe Augusta Judith Forst 2001 Muhly Two Boys Anne`s Mother Judith Forst 2013 Peters Golden Ass Pamphilea Judith Forst 1998 Prevost Streetcar Named Desire Eunice Judith Forst 2000 Ruddell EarthPrayers Soloist Judith Forst 1996 Shore The Fly Seth Brundel Daniel Okulitch 2010 Sondheim A Little Night Music Henrik David Curry 2009 Stravinsky Rake s Progress Ann Trulove Heidi Breier 2000 Stravinsky Rake s Progress Tom Rakewell Norman Reinhardt 2015 Pirates of Penzance Major General Christopher Gaze 2012 Pirates of Penzance Ruth Judith Forst 2012 Susa Dangerous Liaisons Volanges Judith Forst 1999 Tovey Inventor Louise Judith Forst 2012 French Berlioz Beatrice and Benedict Benedict Matt Chittick 2015 Berlioz Troyens Aeneas Lance Ryan 2009 Bizet Carmen Escamillo Daniel Okulitch 2011 Bizet Carmen Micaela Kathleen Brett 2006 Bizet Pearl Fishers Leila Kathleen Brett 1999 Delibes Lakme Mallika Anita Krause 2002 Donizetti Daughter of the Regiment Hortensius Richard Devillier 1997 Massenet Cendrillon Madame de la Haltiere Judith Forst 2005 Messaien Poemes pour Mi Soloist Carole Bertho Offenbach Tales of Hoffmann Hoffmann David Curry 2011 Poulenc Dialogues of the Carmelites Blanche Kathleen Brett 2001 ff Poulenc Dialogues of the Carmelites Old Prioress Judith Forst 2002 ff 6Poulenc Voix humaine Elle Kathleen Brett 201 Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila Samson Lance Ryan 2013 German Beethoven Fidelio Marzellina Kathleen Brett 2000 Beethoven Symphony No 9 Tenor solo David Curry 2014 Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Gretel (German) Kathleen Brett 2003 ff Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Witch (German) Judith Forst 2001 ff Magic Flute Pamina Kathleen Brett 2004

13 Magic Flute Pamina Kathleen Brett 2004 Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire Soloist Banff Music Theatre 1982 Strauss, J Fledermaus Frank Andrew Greenwood 2015 Strauss, J Gypsy Baron Saffi Tamara Hummel 2002 Strauss, R Arabella Adelaide Judith Forst 2000 ff Strauss, R Arabella Mandrycka Jochen Schmeckenbecher 2002 Strauss, R Daphne Apollo Lance Ryan 2009 Strauss, R Elektra Der Pfleger Gary Relyea 2003 Strauss, R Elektra Klytemnestra Judith Forst 2000 ff Strauss, R Rosenkavalier Faninal Jochen Schmeckenbecher 2001 Strauss, R Salome Herodias Judith Forst 1996 ff Wagner Die Feen Arindal David Curry 2008 Wagner Meistersinger Beckmesser Jochen Schmeckenbecher 2001 Italian Donizetti Elisir d amore Gianetta Heidi Breier 1998 Donizetti Elisir d amore Dulcamara Michael McKinnon 2014 Handel Orlando Dorinda Kathleen Brett 2002 Haydn Orlando Paladino Orlando David Curry 2011 Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Santuzza Lilly Page 1998 Clemenza di Tito Servilia Kathleen Brett 2011 Cosi fan tutte Despina Kathleen Brett 2005 Cosi fan tutte Dorabella Mariateresa Magisano 1999 Don Giovanni Commendatore Gary Relyea 1999 Don Giovanni Zerlina Kathleen Brett 2005 Susanna Kathleen Brett 2001 Andrew Count Greenwood 2015 Ponchielli Gioconda Barnaba Andrew Greenwood 2015 Boheme Musetta Kathleen Brett 2004 Boheme Musetta Leanne Kaufman 2016 Fanciulla del West Wowkle Bev McArthur 2003 Gianni Schicchi La Ciesca Anita Krause 1997 Gianni Schicchi Lauretta Gabriella Morton 1999 Madama Butterfly Cio Cio San Young Wha Kim 1997 Suor Angelica Principessa Grace Chan 1998 Tosca Angelotti Andrew Greenwood 2005 Barber of Seville Berta Bev McArthur 2003 Semiramide Oroe Paolo Pecchioli 2017 Verdi Aida Amonasro Andrew Greenwood 2011 Barbara

14 Verdi Ballo in Maschera Amelia Barbara Livingstone 1998 Verdi Ballo in Maschera Oscar Kallie Clayton 2017 Verdi Ballo in Maschera Renato Andrew Greenwood 2017 Verdi Otello Cassio Norman Reinhardt 2014 Verdi Traviata Violetta Gina McLellan 2007 Verdi Trovatore Ferrando Andrew Greenwood 2005 Verdi Trovatore Leonore Barbara Livingstone 2000 Other Languages Janacek Jenufa (Czech) Kostelnichka Judith Forst 1996 Janacek Katja Kabanova (Czech) Kabanicha Judith Forst 1999 Janacek Katja Kabanova (Czech) Kudryash David Curry 2011 Janacek Katja Kabanova (Czech) Tichon David Curry 2013 Stravinsky Oedipus the King (Latin) Jocasta Judith Forst 1997 Prokofiev Love of Three Oranges (Russian) Ninette Kathleen Brett 2000 Prokofiev War and Peace Mme (Russian) Akhrasimova Judith Forst 2007 Tchaikovsky Queen of Spades (Russian) Old Countess Judith Forst 2002

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