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The Gypsy Baron
A COMIC OPERA IN THREE ACTS
By: Johann Strauss
Libretto by: Ignaz Schnitzer
(first performed in Vienna, October 24, 1885)
Production Dates and Venue
March 4, 5, and 6, 1971
Korah Collegiate Auditorium
Cast
| Count Peter Homonay (Governor of Temesvar Province) | David Gould |
| Count Carnero (Royal Commisioner of Morals) | A. Ernest Peeling |
| Sandor Barinkay (an exile) | Richard L. Larson |
| Kalman Zsupan (a wealthy pig breeder) | Fred Webster |
| Arsena (his daughter) | Jo-Ann (Morgan) Wilson |
| Mirabella (Arsena's governess) | Diana (Kallio) Anderson |
| Ottokar (Mirabella's son) | Bob Bouchard |
| Czipra (a gypsy woman) | Florence Joy Clement |
| Saffi (a gypsy girl, presumably Czipra's daughter) | Vilma Ambel |
| Pali (leader of the gypsy band) | Ted Laberge |
| Boatmen | Art Lepage, Earl Alkenbrak, Wulf Estrich, Roy Sutton |
| Carnero's Secretary | Herbert Johnson |
| Istvan, Zsupan's servant | Michael Severin |
| Zsupan's Maid | Elli Banner |
| Arsena's bridesmaids ("Wedding Cake" duet) | Erika Dello, Else Tondr, Bambi Damerino, Sylvia Vanderklift |
| Jozsi, Ferko, Mihaly (gypsy thieves) |
Robert Cameron, Art Lepage, Earl Alkenbrak |
| Gypsy Dancer | Rosemarie Gabriel |
| Zsupan's Ensemble - Finale I | Erika Dello, Else Tondr, Hans Banner, Herbert Johnson |
| Hussars and Vivandiers (Act II and III) | Trixie Hardy Dancers |
| Herald | David Feltham |
| Parade (Act III) | Members of Kiwanis Band, Canadian Legion Band, The Shriner's Band |
Chorus
Elli Banner, Monika Bos, Bambi Damerino, Erika Dello, Rosemarie Gabriel, Margaret Pelka, Susanne Pelka, Linda Veith, Beatrice Bessant, Romy Bock, Harriet Fuselli, Ebba Poldmaa, Else Tondr
Art Lepage, Robert Cameron, Wulf Estrich, John Fagan, Herbert Johnson, Werner Pelka, Roy Sutton
Junior Members of the Chorus: Beverly Feltham, Elizabeth Feltham, Tiiu Kaldma, Rosemary Peeling, Michael Severin, Sylvia Vanderklift
Trixie Hardy Dancers: Christine Connolly, Janice Desaulnier, Debbie Lauzon, Linda Irwin, Andrew Kitchen, Lee Cumming, Frank Nichol, Freddie Denardo
Guest Performer: Salomey the Pig - courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, Echo Valley Farms
Orchestra
| Conductor | S. E. Bessant |
| Concertmaster | R. Moffatt |
| Violins | R. Moffatt, M. Walton, Y. Thivierge, M. Chomniak, C. O'Neill, A. Currie |
| Viola | E. Gartshore |
| Cello | K. Gartshore |
| Bass | H. Stephen |
| Trumpet | S. Ryan |
| Horn | G. Rogers |
| Baritone | W. Hearne |
| Clarinets | F. Di Pietro, B. Taylor, D. Adams, I. Yukovich |
| Flute | M. Rogers |
| Percussion | J. Katerenchuk |
| Piano | B. Severin |
Production Staff
| Producer and Stage Director | Arno Ambel |
| Musical Director | S. E. Bessant |
| Stage Manager | Molly Feltham |
| Choreography | Trixie Hardy |
| Staging Consultant | Thomas Hahn |
| Rehearsal Pianists | Barbara Severin, Larissa Micak, Florence Joy Clement |
| Prompter | Teresa Peeling |
| House Manager | John Morley |
| Ushers | Tom Bailey, John Greco, Harry Kerr, Larry MacIntyre, Ed Malone, John Morley, Jim Ogden |
| Lighting | Ed Clement |
| Assistants | Jim Cullis, Patricia Cullis, Christopher Clement |
| Properties | Margaret Gould, Alvine Kaldma, John Fagan, Hans Banner, Sam Bessant, Bawating Collegiate Woodworking and Metalworking Shops, Denis Bowers, Echo Valley Farms |
| Wardrobe and Costumes | Vilma Ambel |
| Wardrobe Design Consultant | Dorothy Hahn |
| Assistants | Alvine Kaldma, Ebba Poldmaa, Inge Ruck, Wilma Bos, Dorothy Liut |
| Hairstyling | Marg Pelka |
| Make-Up | Eileen Morrison |
| Assistants | Christine Gillespie, Coleen Wilkinson, Olive McKie, Anne Robertson, Janet Robertson, Orlean Strom, Vera Alloi |
| Set Design | Arno Ambel |
| Design Consultant | Thomas Hahn |
| Construction | Arno Ambel, Richard Stanek, Debbie Stanek, Earl Alkenbrak, David Feltham, Toomas Rebane, Raymond Levo, Werner Pelka, Ustav Veedler |
| First Act Backdrop | Kevin Bice, Fred Webster, Art Club of Bawating Collegiate |
| Box Office | Yvette Meyndt, Irmgard Hibbert |
| Advance Sales | Arnill's (Churchill Plaza), Gartshore Music Centre |
| Publicity | Roy Sutton, Arno Ambel, Fred Webster, Erika Dello |
| Refreshments | Shirley Fletcher |
| Programme Committee | Roy Sutton, Dorothy Hahn, Susanne Pelka, Fred Webster, Beatrice Bessant, Wulf Estrich, Earl Alkenbrach, Harriet Fuselli, Robert Cameron, John Fagan, Arno Ambel |
| Programme Cover and Poster Design | Ken MacDougall |