2012-2013 Season
Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi
October 4, 6, 10, 12, 2012, at 8 pm
Matinée October 14 at 2:30 pm
A magnificent distillation of Shakespeare's epic drama of tyranny and dark magic.
Every moment of this opera balances on the knife edge between reality and hallucination, earth and hell. From the first foreboding notes of the overture, through spine-tingling arias, macabre choruses of witches and murderers, and the Scottish people's outpouring of grief, Verdi's music pulls us with headlong momentum into the heart of evil. Macbeth is an opera of chilling beauty.
- Conductor: Timothy Vernon
- Director: Morris Panych
- Designer: Ken MacDonald
- Macbeth: Gregory Dahl
- Lady Macbeth: Lyne Fortin
- Banquo: Alain Coulombe
Albert Herring
Benjamin Britten
February 7, 9, 15, 2013, at 8 pm
Matinée February 17 at 2:30 pm
When every girl in town is a floozy, who are you going to turn to?
The town of Loxford needs a Queen of the May, but is fresh out of virtuous girls. So why not crown a King of the May? Enter Albert Herring, a bashful geek with a squeaky clean reputation. What could possibly go wrong?
With an intoxicating mix of daft village characters and a witty, effervescent score, Britten's Albert Herring is a scrumptious coming-of-age comedy.
- Conductor: Leslie Dala
- Director: Glynis Leyshon
- Designer: Judith Bowden
- Albert: Lawrence Wiliford
- Nancy: Stephanie Marshall
- Sid: Phillip Addis
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
April 4, 6, 10, 12, 2013, at 8 pm
Matinée April 14 at 2:30 pm
A fiery heroine, a sadistic villain, a deadly bargain – opera at its most electrifying
Tosca has all the ingredients for spectacular opera – lust, jealousy, murder, suicide, an explosive love triangle, breathtaking plot twists, and an emotional steamroller of a score.
Puccini's glorious melodies, lush orchestral colours, and lyrical, heart-breaking arias ignite the ultimate theatrical experience. A taut melodrama, a shocking political thriller and a passionate love story, Tosca is raw, ravishing – and supremely operatic!
- Conductor: Giuseppe Pietraroia
- Director: Amiel Gladstone
- Designer: Christina Poddubiuk
- Tosca: Joni Henson
- Cavaradossi: Luc Robert
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