The COC is greatly saddened by the news of the passing of Peter Collins, COC Ensemble Studio member from 2001-2004, who is remembered as a great friend and colleague with a beautiful tenor voice. We look back at some of the productions he was involved with, and wish his family and friends comfort in their time of grief. 

 

The Magic Flute

Peter Collins, third from the left, in the Ensemble Studio production of The Magic Flute, 2005. Photo: Michael Cooper

 

Coffee Cantata

 

Peter Collins, centre figure, in the Ensemble Studio production of The Coffee Cantata, 2003. Photo: Michael Cooper

 

Live Performance

Handel's Messiah by Headwaters' Concert Choir, St.Marks Anglican Church, 2007.

 

ROLES WITH THE COC

2006/2007 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Zinovy understudy
Das Rheingold - Loge & Froh understudy

2005/2006 Wozzeck - Drum Major understudy 
The Magic Flute - First Armed Man/Priest/Ensemble
Götterdämmerung - chorus (and Norma chorus)

2004/2005 The Handmaid's Tale - Commander X

2003/2004  Peter Grimes - Peter Grimes (understudy)
Dido and Aeneas - Sailor
Coffee Cantata - Tenor (understudy)
Turandot - Prince of Persia & Calaf (understudy)
Die Walküre - Siegmund (understudy)

2002/2003  Queen of Spades - Tchekalinsky
Queen of Spades - Hermann (understudy)
Turn of the Screw - Prologue/Quint
Jenůfa - Lača (understudy)
A Masked Ball  - Magistrate & Gustavo (understudy)
Madama Butterfly - Pinkerton (understudy)

2001/2002  Il tabarro/Cavalleria rusticana - Peddlar (chorus) & Tinca (understudy)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto - Curio
Salome - Fourth Jew
Il Viaggio a Reims - Gelsomino
Boris Godunov - Simpleton (understudy)