2010-2011 Season:
Three One-Act Operas by G.P. Telemann & G. Menotti
I pagliacci & Operatic Excerpts by R. Leoncavallo & Others
Three One-Act Operas G.P. Telemann & G. Menotti
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Friday March 11 & Saturday March 12, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Featuring Nadia Petrella, Mark Ellis Gough, and David MacAdam. Directed by David MacAdam; Sonja Deunsch, piano, Brigit Knecht & Simon Kim, violins, and Joan Harrison, cello.
$20 adults, $15 students & seniors
St. Matthias Anglican Church
555 Parkdale Avenue |
Menotti's sparkling, timeless story of Lucy's penchant for telephone communication leading to a lack of communication with her lover, paired with Telemann's touching (and comic...) tribute to a fallen master of song, with it's surprising revelation of "murder"! Featuring OPO regular soprano Nadia Petrella and the OPO début of baritone Mark Gough, known to Ottawa audiences through his appearances with Opera Lyra Ottawa and Pellegrini Opera. Also on the program: Salieri's Little Harlequinade (possibly an Ottawa premiere!) along with staged arias and duets.
I pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, and Opera Highlights
Leoncavallo's incomparable tale of love, jealousy, and betrayal within a group of travelling performers, which includes on eof the most recognizable airs in all of opera, "Vesti la giubba", made famous first by Caruso. Paired with a selection of some of your favorite arias & duets, staged and costumed.
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Recent Events
March 11 & 12, 2011
Three One-Act Operas
Various Composers
June 10 & 11, 2011
I pagliacci by Leoncavallo and Opera Highlighhts
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