CURRICULUM VITAE


ANDRE J. PREVOST



Member of:


Canadian Actors Equity Association (on Withdrawal)

AGMA (former)


Teaching Certificate

Ministry of Education Teaching Certificate for Independent Schools in British Columbia: 
Art / Drama / Stagecraft.
(Note: Recent changes by the BC Ministry of Education have stopped the use such certificates)


Post Secondary Education / Training

Securing Major Donors Workshop (2010) with Pat Hardy MA, ACFRE
(Volunteer MB)

The Art of Collaboration (2010) with Susan Hemphill
(ACI MB & Volunteer MB)

Humans For Breakfast series (Human Resources) (2009) with Mike Malyk, WAG
(ACI MB)

2005 Stage Props Symposium and Video Projection Seminar, Banff Centre of the Arts, 
Banff AB

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


Theater Work Experience

Aug 2008 - Aug 2010      Manitoba Arts Network Inc. - 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