Opera Gold their full vocal demands. This philosophy has enabled many singers to go on to work for Opera Houses abroad without too much difficulty. The company has also staged productions of John Blow's "Venus and Adonis" (2004); Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" (2005); Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" (2006); Bizet's "Carmen" (2007); Britten's "Peter Grimes" (2008); Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" (2009); Verdi's "Rigoletto" (2010); Puccini's "La Bohème" (2011); Verdi's "La Traviata" (2012); Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2013) and a reprise of Mozart's" Die Zauberflöte" (2014). The 2015 production will be Johann Strauss II's "Die Fledermaus" with a guest conductor. Distinguished singers
Mark Grimes Mark Grimes Mark Grimes () is a Toronto City Councillor for Ward 6 Etobicoke—Lakeshore. He represents one of the two Etobicoke—Lakeshore wards. Grimes was born in Orillia and grew up in New Toronto, a neighbourhood of Toronto where he was a paperboy. Prior to politics, he worked as a trader on the Toronto Stock Exchange before starting his own transportation logistics company, MGA International Logistics. He and his wife Anne live in the Alderwood neighbourhood of Toronto with their five children. In 2003, Grimes ran as a municipal councillor in Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore to replace Irene Jones who left the