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Don Juan (Don Giovanni)
Music by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by: Lorenzo da Ponte
English Version by: Ruth and Thomas Martin (used by special arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc.)
Production Dates and Venue
November 2, 3, and 4, 1972
Korah Collegiate Auditorium
Cast
| Leporello, servant to Don Giovanni | Fred Webster |
| Donna Anna, daughter of the Commandant of the city of Seville, betrothed to Don Ottavio | Vilma Ambel |
| Don Giovanni, a licentious young nobleman | James Whicher |
| The Commendatore, father of Donna Anna | Ernest Peeling |
| Don Ottavio, friend of Don Giovanni | Bob MacDonald |
| Donna Elvira, a lady of Burgos, deserted by Don Giovanni | Erika Dello |
| Zerlina, a peasant girl, betrothed to Masetto | Jo-Ann (Morgan) Wilson |
| Masetto, a peasant | Ted Hallin |
| Understudy for Zerlina | Alison Tomie |
Chorus
Chorus of Peasants and Demons, Servants, Maids, Musicians, Guards
Sopranos: Elli Banner, Debbie D'Ettore, June D'Ettore, Esme Johnson, Toni Lelievre, Teresa Peeling, Marga Pelka, Mickey Renirie, Alison Tomie, Linda Veith
Alto: Romy Bock, Kathy Crawford, Andra Le Clerc, Ebba Poldmaa, Rosemary Peeling
Tenors: Earl Alkenbrack, Herb Taylor-Bailey Jr., Hans Banner, Jacques Chouinard, Ralph Triplett
Baritones: Bob Cameron, Dave Feltham, Herbert Johnson, Jim Phillips, Elmar Poldmaa
The Helen Syjut Dancers
Wendy Badelt, Cathy Ballantyne, Vicky Micak, Janet Stroyan, Barbara Szatanski, Karen Zaffini
Orchestra
| Conductor | Anton Gartshore |
| Concertmaster | Mary Walton |
| Violins | Mary Walton, Ed Gartshore, Maureen Hill, Carol O'Neill |
| Viola | Harold Hickmott |
| Cello | Katharine Gartshore, Ronald Harry |
| Bass | Hugh Stephens |
| Harpsichord | Patty Gartshore |
| Piano | Jane Anstice |
| Flute | David Adams |
| Reed | Frank DiPietro, Michael Kimball |
| Trumpet | Steve Ryan |
| French Horn | Walter Kimball |
Production Staff
| Director | James Whicher |
| Musical Director | Anton Gartshore |
| Producer | Arno Ambel |
| Stage Manager | Molly Feltham |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Paul D. Freedman |
| Choreography | Helen Syjut |
| Rehearsal Pianists | Jane Anstice, Patty Gartshore |
| Lighting | Jim Collis |
| Assistants | Burt Brown, Wendy Collis |
| Prompter | Florence-Joy Clement |
| House Manager | Ken Hibbert |
| Floor Manager | Walter Micak |
| Assistants | Jim Ogden, David Carr |
| Properties | Beverly Feltham |
| Wardrobe Designer | Vilma Ambel |
| Assistant Designer | Inge Ruck |
| Wardrobe Assistants | Elli Banner, Dorothy Peeling, Ebba Poldmaa |
| Hairstyling | Marga Pelka |
| Set Design | Jim Timlock |
| Details and Painting | Esther Gold |
| Set Construction | Charles MacLary |
| Assistants and Stage Crew | David Feltham, Gus Veedler, Toomas Rebane, Ray Levo, John Nesbitt, Gordon Nichols, Mike Lance, Martin West, Christopher Clement, Randy Jackson |
| Properties, Design, and Construction | Charles MacLary, Vilma Ambel |
| LIP Coordinator | Jane Anstice |
| Make-Up | Coleen Wilkinson |
| Assistants | Christine Gillespie, Eileen Morrison, Vera Alloi, Lynne Rewcastle, Debbie Rewcastle, Orlean Strom, Anne Robertson, Janet Robertson, Rhonda Rahmer, Gunta Bremmanis, Mabel Coulter, Olive McKie |
| Box Office | Irmgard Hibbert, Yvette Meyndt |
| Advance Ticket Sales | Gartshore's Music Centre, Arnill's, Allied Arts Centre, Gore and Wellington Gulf Service Station |
| Publicity | Arno Ambel, Fred Webster, Jim Phillips, Ed Clement, Paul D. Freedman, Erika Dello, Bob MacDonald, Hans Banner |
| Poster Design | Bob Jenkins |
| Hospitality | Harriet Fuselli, Barbara Arnill, Edna Ogden, Inga Aloe, Rena Suriano, Toni Phillips, Elizabeth Peeling, Alvine Kaldma, Geoffrey Clement |
| Ushers | Carolyn Gould, Susan Bowers, Tammy Irwin, Jim Ogden, David Carr, Valerie McLeod, Ruth Montiejunas, Lori Zaffini, Shirley Filipcic, Michele Thompson |
| Hospitality (Rehearsals) | Esme Johnson |