CURRICULUM VITAE


ANDRE J. PREVOST



Member of:


Canadian Actors Equity Association

AGMA


Teaching Certificate

Ministry of Education Teaching Certificate for Independent Schools in British Columbia:
Art / Drama / Stagecraft.


Post Secondary Education

1974-1977 Theater Crafts and Design - Banff School Of Fine Arts The program was completed with Junior and Senior Diplomas.


Theater Work Experience

     
August 26 -       Manitoba Arts Network - Administration Director

April/August 2008    Taming Of The Shrew / Shakespeare In The Ruins - Production Manager
Director - Debbie Patterson

April/June 2008       Lebensraum / Winnipeg Jewish Theatre - Production Manager
Director - Mariam Bernstein

January 2008   Speed The Plow / Winnipeg Jewish Theatre - Production Manager
Director - Mariam Bernstein

October 2007    Talk / Winnipeg Jewish Theatre - Production Manager
Director:  Michael Whitfield

September 2007Ruth Cansfield Dancers - Stage Manager
Choreographer:  Ruth Cansfield

February 2007 Grease / Rainbow Stage - Rainbow Stage  -  Stage Manager
Director: Scott Drewitz

October 2006    Golda's Balcony / Winnipeg Jewish Theatre - Production Manager
Director: Mariam Bernstein

April 2006       Faust / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
Director:  Nicholas Muni
Conductor:  Yannick Nezet-Sequin

March 2006             Don Giovanni / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
       Director:  Michael Cavanagh
       Conductor:  Jonathan Darlington

       November 2005       Dialogues of the Carmelites  / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
       Director:  Tazewell Thompson
       Conductor:  Jonathan Darlington


October 2005           Turandot / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
       Director:   Brian Deedrick
       Conductor: Tyrone Paterson

      April 2005              Un Ballo In Maschera / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
       Director:  Stanley Garner
       Conductor:  Jonathan Darlington

February 2005         Cosi fan Tutte / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
       Director:  Allison Grant
       Conductor:  John Keenan

November 2004        Madama Butterfly / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
Director:  Glynis Leyshon
Conductor:  Joseph Rescigno

October 2004           Der Rosenkavalier / Vancouver Opera - Director of Production
Director:  David Gately
Conductor:  Jonathan Darlington

April 2004       Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production
Director:  Michael Cavanagh
Conductor:  Tyrone Paterson

February 2004         Viva Verdi Concert / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production
Conductor:   Tyrone Paterson

Jan/Apr 2004   *See Teaching Experience.

November 2003        Don Giovanni / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production
Director:  Tom Diamond
Conductor:  Tadeusz Biernacki

April 2003       Lucia di Lammermoor / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production
      Director:  Rob Herriot
     Conductor:  Tyrone Paterson

February 2003         Cosi Fan Tutte / Manitoba Opera -   Director of Production
Director:  Michael Cavanagh
Conductor: Tadeusz Biernacki

2002 / 2003     *See Teaching Experience.

November 2002       Passion Of Puccini Concert  / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production
                                    Conductor:  Stewart Robertson

April 2002       Carmen / [Manitoba Opera -   Director of Production
Director:  James McNamara
Conductor:  David Briskon

November 2001        Magic Flute / Manitoba Opera –   Director of Production
Director: Larry Desrochers
Conductor: Tadeusz Biernacki

April 2001       Barber Of Seville / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production / Stage Mgr
Director:  Michael Cavanagh
Conductor: Tadeusz Biernacki

2000 / 2001     *See Teaching Experience.

November 2000        Aida / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production / Stage Mgr
Director:  Renaud Doucet
Conductor:  Daniel Lipton

April 2000        Macbeth / Manitoba Opera -   Director of Production
Director:  Bernard Uzan
Conductor:   Louis Salemno

February 2000        Hansel & Gretel / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production
Director: Francis Cullinan
Conductor:  Tadeusz Biernacki

October '99      Tosca / Manitoba Opera -  Director of Production/Stage Mgr
*Co-pro with Opera Omaha : Built by Manitoba Opera.
Director: Dejan Miladinovic
Conductor:  Louis Salemno

April '99         La Fille Du Regiment  / Opera Pacific , CA -    Stage Manager
Director: Stuart Maunder
Conductor: Richard Bonynge

February '99     I Pagliacci & Carmina Burana / Opera Pacific, CA -   Stage Manager
Director: Christopher Mattaliano
Conductor: John DeMain

January '99     The Flying Dutchman / Opera Pacific, CA -    Stage Manager
Director: Keith Warner
Conductor: John DeMain

November '98         Madama Butterfly / Manitoba Opera  -  Director of Production and Stage Mgr
      Director: Michael Cavanaugh
      Conductor: Louis Salemno

April '99        Faust  / Manitoba Opera -   Director of Production with Leave of Absence from
         Stage Managing.

April '98       La Boheme / Manitoba Opera  -  Director of Production and Stage Manager
     Director: Linda Brovsky
     Conductor: Louis Salemno

February '98          The Turn Of The Screw /  Manitoba Opera -   Director of Production & Stage Mgr
     Director: Kelly Robinson
    Conductor: Bramwell Tovey

November '97          Don Pasquale  / Manitoba Opera  -  Director of Production and Stage Manager
Director: Michael Cavanaugh
Conductor: Tadeusz Biernacki

June '97        Ben Heppner Concert  /  Manitoba Opera -   Director of Production and Stage Mgr

April '97         La Traviata /  Manitoba Opera  -  Director of Production and Stage Manager
Director: Kay Walker-Castaldo
Conductor: John DeMain

February '97           The Consul  /  Manitoba Opera  -  Director Of Production and Stage Manager
Director: Bernard Uzan
Conductor: Semyon Vekshtein

November '96          La Cenerentola  /  Manitoba Opera  -   Director of Production and Stage Mgr
Director: Michael Cavanaugh
Conductor: Tyrone Paterson

October '96     Jerry Hadley Recital /  Manitoba Opera  -   Director of Production and Stage Mgr

April '96         Turandot  /  Manitoba Opera  -  Director of Production and Stage Manager
Director: James Robinson
Conductor: Louis Salemno

February '96     Nosferatu /  Manitoba Opera  -  Director of Production and Stage Manager
Director: Marilyn Gronstad-Powell
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey

November '95          Il Barbiere di Sevilgia  / Manitoba Opera  - Director of Production & Stage Mgr
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Robert Cooper

October '95      Samuel Ramie Recital  / Manitoba Opera  - Director of Production and Stage Mgr

July/Aug '95    Oklahoma / Rainbow Stage - Stage Manager
Director: 

April '95         Rigoletto / Manitoba Opera  -  Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Tyrone Paterson

February '95            Abduction From The Seraglio [ Manitoba Opera ] New Production ~ Production
        Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Brian Deedrick
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey

November '94          Carmen / Manitoba Opera  -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Kay Walker-Castaldo
Conductor: John DeMain

April '94         The Pearl Fishers  /  Manitoba Opera -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Robert Cooper

Feb./June '94            Emerald Awards  / Citadel Theater  -  Producer / Designer / Stage Manager
  Presenter: Alberta Government

January '94      La Boheme  / Opera Saskatchewan  -  Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Tyrone Paterson

November '93          Tosca  / Manitoba Opera  -  Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: John De Main

May '93          Tosca  /  Edmonton Opera  -   Director of Production
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: John De Main

March '93        Porgy And Bess Concert /  Edmonton Opera  -  Director of Production
              Conductor: John DeMain

March '93      The Turn Of The Screw /  Edmonton Opera  -   Director of Production
Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Peter Robinson

January '93     Die Zauberflote  / Edmonton Opera  -   Director of Production
Director: Michael Albano
Conductor: Ian Robertson

November '92          Don Pasquale  /  Edmonton Opera  -   Director of Production
Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Tyrone Paterson

May '92          La Traviata  /  Edmonton Opera  -   Director of Production and Stage Manager

Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Edoardo Muller

March '92      Ariadne Auf Naxos / Edmonton Opera  -  Director of Production & Stage Manager
Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: David Agler

January '92      Il Barbiere di Sevilgia / Edmonton Opera  -   Director of Production and Stage Mgr
Director: Christopher Newton
* Assn't Director: Alison Greene
Conductor: Steuart Bedford

November '91          The Mikado / Edmonton Opera  -  Director of Production and Stage Manager
Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey

May '91          Madama Butterfly  /  Edmonton Opera  -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor:

March '91               Le Nozze di Figaro /  Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Kelly Robinson
Conductor: David Agler

January '91             Eugene Onegin /  Edmonton Opera  -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Anne Ewers
Conductor: David Agler

December '90          Un Ballo in Maschera  / Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager & Stage Mgr
Director: Joshua Major
Conductor: Edoardo Muller

May '90          Madama Butterfly  /  Edmonton Opera -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Victor De Renzi

March '90        The Flying Dutchman / Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager & Stage Manager
Director: Monique Wargemaker
Conductor: Uri Mayer

January '90             Die Fledermaus / Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Dorothy Danner
Conductor: Timothy Vernon

November '89          Dialogues Of The Carmelites  /  Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager and
       Stage Manager
Director: Anne Ewers
Conductor: David Agler

September '89          La Boheme /  Edmonton Opera -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Christopher Mattaliano
Conductor: Victor De Renzi

May '89          Aida  / Edmonton Opera  -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Edoardo Muller

March '89       L'Elisir D'Amore / Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Brian Macdonald
Conductor: Dwight Bennett

January '89             Carmen  /  Edmonton Opera  -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Anne Ewers
Conductor: David Agler

November '88          Romeo & Juliette  /  Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager & Stage Manager
Director: Bernard Uzan
Conductor: Richard Bradshaw

October '88              Fanfare Anniversary Gala  /  Edmonton Opera -  Production Manager  and
      Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: David Agler

March 88        Manon Lescaut  /  Edmonton Opera -  Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Anne Ewers
Conductor: Joseph Rescigno

January '88             Pirates Of Penzance  / Edmonton Opera  -  Production Manager & Stage Manager
Director: Dorothy Danner
Conductor: David Abell

November '87          Don Giovanni  /  Edmonton Opera  -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Malcolm Fraser
Conductor: David Agler

September '87         La Traviata  /  Edmonton Opera  -   Production Manager and Stage Manager
Director: Christopher Mattaliano
Conductor: Cal Stewart Kellogg

April '87         La Traviata  /  Manitoba Opera  -   Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Imre Pallo

March '87       Tosca  /  Edmonton Opera  -  Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Richard Bradshaw

February '87           Die Fledermaus  /  Manitoba Opera  -   Stage Manager
Director: David Morelock
Conductor: Anton Coppola

November '86          Tosca  /  Manitoba Opera  -   Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Eugene Kohn

October '86             Rigoletto /  Edmonton Opera  -    Stage Manager
Director: Robert Carsen
Conductor: David Speers

1981 -1986            *See Teaching Experience.

May '81          Nabucco /   Manitoba Opera  -   Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Manager: George Cotton
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Imre Pallo

March '81               Otello  /  Vancouver Opera  -    Stage Manager
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Anton Guadagno

January '81            Rigoletto  /  Vancouver Opera  -   Stage Manager
Director: Frans Boerlage
Conductor: Timothy Vernon

October '80             Tosca  /  Vancouver Opera  -   Stage Manager
Director: Leon Major
Conductor: Stefan Minde

Sept/Oct. '80           The Servant Of Two Masters  /  Vancouver Playhouse  -  Stage Manager
Director: Roger Hodgman

April '80         Turandot  / Manitoba Opera  -   Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Manager: George Cotton
Director: Irving Guttman
Conductor: Anton Guadagno

March '80        Il Trovatore  /   Vancouver Opera   -  Stage Manager
Director: George Ross
Conductor: Anton Guadagno

January '80      The Bartered Bride  /  Vancouver Opera  -   Stage Manager
Director: Leon Major
Conductor: Timothy Vernon

October '79      Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci  /  Vancouver Opera  -   Stage Manager
Director: Frans Boerlage
Conductor: Imre Pallo

March '79       La Traviata  /  Vancouver Opera   -   Stage Manager
Director: Norman Ayrton
Conductor: Timothy Vernon

October '78             Aida  /   Vancouver Opera  -    Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Manager: Kathleen Speakman
Director: George Ross
Conductor: Stefan Minde

Tour '78/'79            Serva Padronna : Prima Donna ; Hin Und Zuruck  /  Opera Piccola  -
Stage Manager / Designer
Director: Pierrette Alarie
Conductor: Denise Masse

April '78         l Barbiere Di Sevilgia  /  Vancouver Opera  -  Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Manager: George Ross
Director: Peter Sumcox
Conductor: Jacqueline Richard

March '78       The Magic Flute  /  Vancouver Opera  -   Assistant Stage Manager
Production Stage Manager: George Ross
Director: Lincoln Clark
Conductor: Henry Holt

October '77             Le Roi De Lahore /  Seattle Opera  -   Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Manager: George Ross
Director: Sandro Sequi
Conductors: Richard Bonynge and Douglas Gamley

September '77         Le Roi De Lahore  /  Vancouver Opera  -   Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Manager: George Ross
Assn't Director: Lincoln Clark
Conductors: Richard Bonynge and Douglas Gamley

September '77         La Fille Du Regiment  /   Vancouver Opera  -   Assistant Stage Manager
Production Stage Manager: George Ross
Director: Sandro Sequi
Conductors: Richard Bonynge and Douglas Gamley

August '77       The Medium  /  Banff Center   -   Stage Manager
Director: Pierrette Alarie
Conductor: William Shookhoff

June '77         The Secret Of Suzzanna  & The Telephone  /  Banff Center & National Arts Center -
              Stage Manager
       Director: Pierrette Alarie
       Conductor: William Shookhoff

July '76         Tenderland  / Banff Center  -   Stage Manager
      Director: Pierrette Alarie
      Conductor: William Shookhoff

August '75            Festival Ballet  /  Banff Center  -    Assn't Stage Manager

July '75                Ballet Workshop  /  Banff Center   -    Stage Manager


Theater Design / Director Projects

1994 "The Emerald Awards" - Alberta Government environmental awards
    presented at the Citadel Theater, Edmonton.
   Producer / Designer / Stage Manager
  Awards Organizer: Joan Currie

1993   "Noye's Fludde" -     Edmonton Opera's School Outreach Program.
    Set / Props / Costume / Lighting Designer
    Director: Kathy Twaddle

1981-86     "The Vigil " : "Ten Little Indians" : "You Can't Take It With You"
           St. Thomas Aquinas High School, North Vancouver,BC
    Set /Costume Design and Stage Director

1978/79           "Prima Donna" : "Serva Padronna" :  " Hin Un Zuruck"
         Opera Piccola (Victoria) Summer production and Fall/Winter Tour.
  Set/Costume/Lighting Designer and Stage Manager.
  Director: Pierrette Alarie
  The set was designed to facilitate the three operettas in different
  combinations both at the McPhearson Playhouse and for the BC/Yukon
                Tour.


Teaching Experience

2004University of Winnipeg 55+ Program -  Opera Course
'Italian Opera'  -  Co-lecturer
A combination of discussion, 'behind the scenes' and listening to selections of
                             operas within their synopses.

2002-2003University of Winnipeg 55+ Program - Opera Course
  'Opera reaches the 20th Century'  -  Co-lecturer
  A combination of discussion, 'behind the scenes' and listening to selections of
                               operas within their synopses.

2000-2001University of Winnipeg 55+ Program - Opera Course
  'Verdi'  -  Co-lecturer
  A combination of discussion, 'behind the scenes' and listening to selections of
                                operas within their synopses.

1981-1986St. Thomas Aquinas High School , North Vancouver, BC
  * Art and Drama to all levels - Grade 8 through 12.
  * Senior level Stagecraft.
  * Grade 12 Western Civilization.


References

A list of references is available upon request
by email
aprevost@shaw.ca