Brenna Corner
Directing Experience
Show
Green Envelopes:A war time story
Don Giovanni
Summer Opera Workshop
1791: Mozart Finale
Suor Angelica
Summer Opera Workshop
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Fatal Flaw - Shakespeare’s Operas
Abandonne - French Opera Evening
Rock Around the Block
Company
Self produced
Accademia Europea dell’Opera
Indiana University
Prince George Symphony Orchestra
Accademia Europea dell’Opera
Indiana University
Manitoba Underground Opera
Manitoba Underground Opera
Manitoba Underground Opera
Theatre Prospero
Location
Year
Toronto, ON
2014
Lucca, Itay
2013
Bloomington IN 2013
Prince George BC 2013
Lucca, Italy
2012
Bloomington, IN 2012
Winnipeg MB 2011
Winnipeg MB 2011
Winnipeg MB 2010
Edmonton AB 2005
Assistant Directing Experience
Show
Director
Company
Der Fliegende Holländer Kelly Robinson Calgary Opera
L’Italiana in Algeri
Michael CavanaghCalgary Opera
Location
Calgary, AB
Calgary AB
Year
2014
2013
Macbeth
Joe Bucci
Shakespeare in Action
Otello
Kelly Robinson Calgary Opera
Le Nozze di Figaro
Andy Maton
Vancouver Summer Opera Studio
Gianni Schicchi
Sophie Roland Accademia Europea dell’Opera
Summer Workshop
Tim Nelson
Canadian Operatic Arts Academy
Tales of Truth and Deception Katherine Twaddle University of Manitoba Opera Theatre
The Velveteen Rabbit
Jacquline Loewen The Little Opera Company
Toronto ON
Calgary AB
Vancouver BC
Lucca, Italy
London ON
Winnipeg MB
Winnipeg MB
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
Dialogue des Carmelites Tim Nelson
Accademia Europea dell’Opera
Le Nozze di Figaro
Sophie Roland Accademia Europea dell’Opera
Lucca, Italy
Pistoia, Italy
2011
2011
Director
Katherine Twaddle
Carson Nattrass
Jennifer Spencer
Katherine Twaddle
Spencer Duncanson
Anne Hodges
Katherine Twaddle
Jennifer Spencer
Mark Henderson
Mark Henderson
Jennifer Spencer
Jennifer Spencer
JP Thibodeau Tim Ryan
Ken Brown
Year
2011
2011
2011
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2005
2005
2004
Acting Experience
Production
The Marriage of Figaro
The City Hall Radio Show
Maggie Now (all Parts)
Albert Herring*
Cosi Fan Tutte
Wuthering Heights*
Die Zauberflote*
Maggie Now Part 3 & 4
Romeo and Juliet
King Lear
Macbeth
Maggie Now Part 1 & 2
Nunsense
42nd Street
Pride and Prejudice
Role
Constanze
Rhonda
Mary/Annie
Nancy
Dorabella
Nelly
Third Lady
Tessie/Various
Juliet
Gloucester
Lady Macbeth
Mary/Various
Mary Leo
Maggie Jones
Mrs. Gardiner
Company
U of Manitoba Opera Theatre
City of Winnipeg
Theatre Prospero
U of Manitoba Opera Theatre
The Little Opera Company
Contemporary Opera Lab
U of Manitoba Opera Theatre
Fringe Co-Pro
Theatre Prospero
Theatre Prospero
Theatre Prospero
Fringe Co-Pro.
Oh Canada Eh? Productions
Grant MacEwan College
Grant MacEwan College
* indicates scene study
Fight Directing Experience
Show
Don Giovanni
Macbeth
Le Nozze di Figaro
Gianni Schicchi
Romeo and Juliet -Assistant
Don Giovanni
After Juliet
King Lear
Company
Location
Accademia Europea dell’Opera Lucca, Italy
Shakespeare in Action
Toronto ON
Vancouver Summer Opera Studio Vancouver BC
Academia Europea dell’Opera Lucca, Italy
Manitoba Theatre Centre
Winnipeg MB
Accademia Europea dell’Opera Briosco, Italy
M. E. Lazaerte
Edmonton AB
Theatre Prospero
Edmonton AB
Year
2013
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2008
2006
Degree/Course studied
Location
DirectingWorkshop with JohnWood Toronto ON
Bachelor of Music Degree
Winnipeg MB
French Language studies
Montpellier, France
Italian Language studies
Rome, Italy
Theatre Certificate
Oxford, Great Britain
Theatre Arts Diploma
Edmonton AB
Alberta High School Diploma High River AB
Year
2013
2008-12
2010
2007
2005
2003-05
1999-03
Institution
Philadelphia Cheesesteak
Nordic Stage Fighting Society
International Paddy Crane
International Paddy Crane
Fight Directors Canada
Fight Directors Canada
Location
Philadelphia, USA
Viljandi, Estonia
Banff AB
Banff AB
Calgary AB
Edmonton AB
Year
2012
2011
2011
2009
2008
2006
Institution
Grant MacEwan College
Grant MacEwan College
Highwood Memorial Centre
Ballet Arts Centre
Location
Edmonton AB
Edmonton AB
High River AB
Calgary AB
Year
2003-05
2003-05
2002
1991-96
Education
Institution
The Downstage Theatre
University of Manitoba
Institut Linquistique Adenet
Dilit International Italian Language
British American Drama Academy
Grant MacEwan College
Highwood High School
Combatant Training
Certification/Training
Stage combatant training
Advanced Stage Combat
Stage combatant training
Stage combatant training
Certification Advanced Combatant
Certification Intermediate Combatant
Education, Dance
Discipline
Jazz
Tap
Ballroom
Ballet
Upcoming Projects
Show
Green Envelopes
The Turn of the Screw
La Clemenza di Tito
Maggie Now
Position
Writer/Director
Co-director
Director
Music Director/Actor
Company
Self Produced
Accademia Europea dell’Opera
Manitoba Underground Opera
Fringe Theatre Adventures
2014-15 Season
Emerging Artist Assistant Director Vancouver Opera
Year
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014-15
* indicates scene study