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Our Company
 

Patrons
Thomas Edmonds AM
Elizabeth Campbell

Board of Management
Ian Hardy
Chair

Libby Ellis
Ruth Hemmerling
Peta Mitchell
Brian Chatterton OAM

2 singers' representatives

Administration
Brian Chatterton OAM
General Manager

Helen Simpson
Administrator - touring

Lisa Carizzaro
Schools Administrator

Creative
Tessa Bremner
Director, The Magic Flute

Brian Chatterton OAM
Musical Director

Robert Hower
Conductor, The Stargazers

Julie Sargeant
Vocal Coach and
Assistant Musical Director

Andrew Turner
Director, Pirates of Penzance
(Schools) and Belissimo

Silvana Angelakis
Designer, The Magic Flute

Giovana D'Angelo
Wardrobe Consultant

Production
Tim Ellis
Production Manager

Paul Blair
Assistant Stage Manager
(Sound Specialist)


Performers
Sopranos
Sonia Anfiloff
Annamaria Beni
Eleanor Blythman
Lisa Cannizzaro
Alexandra Gard
Lynette Harris
Bella Jedrzejczak
Sara Lambert
Joanna McWaters
Sarah-Jane Pattichis
Vanessa Shirley

Mezzo - Sopranos
Kerrie Bolton
Deborah Johnson

Tenors
Anastasios Bouyessis
Thomas Brennen
Ernst Ens
Vince Fusco
Norbert Hohl

Baritones
Guy Booth
Andrea Carcassi
Ian Muster
Lachlan Scott
Jeremy Tatchell
Andrew Turner

Instrumentalists

Sofia di Stefano
1st Violin

Louise Beaston
2nd Violin

Asha Stephenson
Viola

Maya Bianchi
Cello

Friends of Co-Opera Committee

Libby Ellis
Chair

Barbara Mayfield
Membership Officer

Nick Canny
Treasurer

Bette Taylor
Newsletter Editor

Margaret McAllister
Minutes Secretary

Lesley Beresford
David Ellis
Dr Ed McAllister AO
Anne Stimson
Zaiga Sudrabs
Andrew Taylor
Kay Thorp
Don Walker
Meg Walker

L - R Lisa Cannizzaro (Annina) and Lynette Harris (Vicletta) performing La Traviata in Darwin 2008
Photo: John Eleanor

Sponsors

Royal Adelaide Showground
The Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia is one of Co-Opera's principal sponsors. The Society generously makes available the facilities of the Michell Wool Hall in the Royal Adelaide Showground for rehearsals and occasional performances throughout most of the year.
   
Henkell Brothers Investment Managers Pty Ltd
   
Arts SA
Through Arts SA, the South Australian Government generously assists Co-Opera by providing funds under a scheme for annually funded companies. Co-Opera has enjoyed this status since 1998.
   
Australia Council for the Arts
Co-Opera has been supported for the last two years by assistance from the Presentation and Promotion project grants scheme of the Australian Council for the Arts funded by the Federal Government of Australia
   

Playing Australia
Co-Opera has received assistance to support its regional performance touring program since 1995 from the Federal Government of Australia through its Playing Australia funding program.



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