Lillian Alling Cast & Creative Team

Music by John Estacio
Libretto by John Murrell

Commissioned by Vancouver Opera
In English with English SURTITLES™
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
WORLD PREMIERE
October 16, 19, 21, 23, 2010

Conductor – Jacques Lacombe
Director – Kelly Robinson

Cast in Order of Vocal Appearance

Jimmy, Irene's son – Roger Honeywell
Irene – Judith Forst
Lillian Alling – Frédérique Vézina
Sergei / Constable Wyman / Jozéf – Thomas Goerz
Nora, Sergei’s Irish wife – Linda Baird
Bobby / Billy, a telegraph operator – Colin Ainsworth
Brooklyn Boys – Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, Gregory Dahl, Calvin Powell, Paul Ouellette
A Passerby – Heather Pawsey
A Drifter / Charlie, a telegraph operator – Calvin Powell
Karl, a Norwegian immigrant farmer / Sam, a telegraph operator – Gregory Dahl
Friends of Karl’s – Ian Funk, Willy Miles Grenzberg
Kristian, Karl’s son – Colin Ainsworth
A Friend of Kristian’s – Adam Kozak
Scotty MacDonald, a telegraph operator – Aaron St. Clair Nicholson

With the Vancouver Opera Chorus as Immigrants at Ellis Island, Farm Folk in North Dakota, Oakalla Prisoners and Vancouverites and with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra

Associate Conductor / Chorus Director – Leslie Dala
Set & Costume Designer – Sue LePage
Video Designers – Tim Matheson, Sean Nieuwenhuis
Lighting Designer – Harry Frehner
Wig Designer – Stacey Butterworth
Principal Répétiteur / Assistant Chorus Director – Kinza Tyrrell
Musical Preparation – David Boothroyd, Angus Kellett
Fight Director – Nicholas Harrison
Fight Consultant – Adrian Young
Lillian Alling Double – Julia Taffe
Stage Manager – Sheila Munn
English SURTITLES™ – Stuart Tarbuck

The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes. There will be one intermission.

Lillian Alling was commissioned by Vancouver Opera.
This production of Lillian Alling is a co-production of Vancouver Opera and The Banff Centre.
Scenery constructed by The Banff Centre.
Costumes constructed by Vancouver Opera Costume Shop.
This production is being recorded by CBC Radio Two for future broadcast on Saturday Afternoon at the Opera.