Berthold Carrière
Stratford: Director of Music, 1975-2009; Director of Music Emeritus for the Stratford Festival and composer for Richard III; composed/arranged/conducted over 90 productions, including The Mikado (U.S./Broadway/London), HMS Pinafore (U.S. tour), The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, Patience in Concert. Composer for Christopher Plummer’s King Lear and Brian Bedford’s The Importance of Being Earnest (Lincoln Center). Elsewhere: Theatre Royal Haymarket: Dame Maggie Smith’s Virginia. Film/TV/radio: NBC’s Little Gloria… Happy at Last, TVO’s Canadian Literature series (composer); numerous CBC radio and television productions. Training: Université de Montréal, B.Mus.; Western University, M.Mus. Awards: Dora: The Boy Friend (1981), The Mikado (1987). Tyrone Guthrie Award, contribution to theatre at large, 1973. Western University Alumni Professional Achievement Award, 2000; Faculty of Music Wall of Fame, 2001; Doctor of Music degree, Western University, 2015. Member of the Order of Canada, 2001.
