Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata
Violetta, a glamorous yet fragile courtesan, longs to be free from her extravagant and reckless existence. The young nobleman, Alfredo, ardently declares his love for her and urges her to go away with him. Is he the man of her dreams?
Lindsay Barrett
Lindsay Barrett
Praised for her “uncommonly beautiful voice” and “sparkling lyric coloratura,” Lindsay has begun an exciting music career. She has just returned from being a member of the Opera Theatre Centre of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where she covered the role of Donna Elvira. She was also heard as Violetta, performing excerpts from La Traviata with Asher Fisch and the American Academy of Conducting Orchestra. She appeared as a guest soloist with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble in a performance of Charles Fussell’s Goethe Lieder. Lindsay has been a member of the Highlands Opera Studio where she has performed the roles of Fanny in Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Clara in Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso (2008), and Galatea from Von Zuppe’s Die Schone Galatea (2007). Lindsay was recently awarded the David and Marcia Beach Summer Study Award, and has been given numerous awards from The Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee. This past spring, Lindsay sang the role of La Princesse in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. She returns to the University of Toronto Opera School this fall, where she will perform the roles of Flaminia from Haydn’s Il mondo della luna and Cunegonda from Bernstien’s Candide. A frequent performer of oratorio, Lindsay has sung the soprano solos from Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Orff’s Carmina Burana. This fall, Lindsay looks forward to concert performances with Off Centre Music Salon, The Toronto Arts and Letters Club, and The Aldeburgh Connection’s Discovery Series.
Antoine Bélanger
Antoine Bélanger
Currently in his third season at the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal where he has been heard as Gonzalve (L’heure espagnole), he made his Opéra de Montréal debut as a Lover (Il tabarro) in 2006, later returning as Tybalt (Roméo et Juliette). Recently, he has appeared in concert in Lyon, with the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke, and with Ensemble Amati. Appearances in 2008-2009 include Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at Opéra de Montréal, Gilles Vigneault’s La grande Messe with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Verdi’s Requiem with the Choeur de Québec, and Carmen with the Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Last Opéra de Montréal appearance: La fanciulla del West (2008).
Gregory Dahl
Join us for one of the most enduringly popular operas of all time as Saskatoon Opera presents Verdi’s heart-breaking masterpiece — La Traviata. Lindsay Barrett and Antoine Bélanger are the passionate star-crossed lovers. Gregory Dahl, last seen on our stage as Rigoletto, sings the role of Germont.
Maestro Tadeusz Biernacki leads featured local singers, the Saskatoon Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Stage director is Saskatoon Opera Artistic Director, Barbara Montalbetti.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles projected above the stage.
All performances take place in
Rawlco Radio Hall, Remai Arts Centre
101 Spadina Cres. E, Saskatoon SK
For tickets call Persephone Theatre Box Office 384-7727
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Destino — In Concert
A unique and memorable concert featuring three talented Canadian Tenors
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 7:30 pm
Lakeview Auditorium, Saskatoon, SK
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Love Letters
Recital of opera excerpts by
Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Debusy.
Featuring
Ileana Montalbetti & Adrian Kramer
Accompanied on the piano by Anne Larlee
Ileana Montalbetti
Ileana Montalbetti
Currently a member of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, soprano Ileana Montalbetti, recently performed Fiordiligi in the Ensemble Studio Production of Così fan tutte and Mavra Kuzminichna in War and Peace. This past summer, Ms Montalbetti attended the Chautauqua Institute where she sang the role of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin. She has also held two consecutive soprano fellowships at the Tanglewood Music Centre where, most notably, she sang Celestial Voice in a concert version of Don Carlos under the baton of Maestro James Levine. Ms Montalbetti is a graduate of the opera diploma program at the University of Toronto, where she sang the roles of Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro and Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia. She has also appeared as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni for Saskatoon Opera and The Toronto Summer Music Academy and Festival. This season with the COC she sings the role of Anna Kennedy in Maria Stuarda and she will understudy the roles of Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda and Elettra in Idomene.
Adrian Kramer
Adrian Kramer
Canadian baritone, Adrian Kramer, recently joined the Ensemble of the Canadian Opera Company. Last summer he returned to The Castleton Festival as Sid in Albert Herring under the baton of Maestro Lorin Maazel. While with The Castleton Festival Mr. Kramer performed in concert with Maestro Maazel and Marvin Hamlisch at The Kennedy Center. Adrian is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music where he sang many roles including Pelléas in Impressions of Pelléas, Robert in Iolanta, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Amida in L’Ormindo and the Shoe Salesman in Postcard from Morocco, as well as Zwei Handwerksbursch in Wozzeck in conjunction with The Opera Company of Philadelphia. During the 2008 season he debuted at Carnegie Hall and The Kimmel Centre with The Curtis Orchestra and Alan Gilbert in Nielsen’s Sinfonia Espansiva. As a recitalist Mr. Kramer has been heard in leading venues throughout Europe and North America with such artists as Mikael Eliasen, Roberto Diaz, Steven Blier and Craig Rutenberg. He has appeared with the New York Festival of Song, Glimmerglass Opera, The Chautauqua Institute, The Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Philadelphia’s Mendelssohn Club and The Canadian Vocal Arts Institute. Mr. Kramer holds a BM from The Juilliard School where he sang numerous roles including Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and was presented in recital at Alice Tully Hall as winner of the Juilliard Honors Recital Competition. Other operatic credits include Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea, The Black Cat in L’enfant et les Sortilèges and the High Baritone in Trouble in Tahiti. Mr. Kramer’s upcoming operactic and concert engagements include Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the Canadian Opera Company on Tour, as well as Barber’s Dover Beach at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre. In Oratorio he will be heard in Handel’s Messiah with both the Guelph and Sault Ste. Marie symphony orchestras. In the new year Mr. Kramer performs a concert of operatic selections for Saskatoon Opera. He is a four time grant recipient from The Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Opera Singers and in 2002, at the age of seventeen, finished as first runner-up in the Canadian National Kiwanis Vocal Competition.
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Rawlco Radio Hall, Remai Arts Centre, Saskatoon, SK
Stay after the concert to meet and greet the artists!
Complimentary appetizers provided by Cava Secreta. Cash bar.
For tickets call Persephone Theatre Box Office 384-7727
Opera in the Schools Tour 2010
Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel
Tour Dates
May 10-14 & 17-21, 2010
20 performances in Saskatoon and area elementary schools
Public Performance
May 16, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Christ Church Anglican, Saskatoon, SK
Tickets $15 available at the door
Mainstage Production
Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata
Opening Night performance
Sat., June 12, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Reception to follow in the Tibor Memorial Lobby where you will have an opportunity to meet and talk to the artists.
Nightly Performances
Monday, June 14 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, June 16 at 7:30 pm
Friday June 18 at 7:30 pm
Matinee Performance
Sunday, June 20 at 2:00 pm
Preview Performance
Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
All mainstage performances take place in
Rawlco Radio Hall, Remai Arts Centre
101 Spadina Cres. E, Saskatoon SK.
For tickets call Persephone Theatre Box Office 384-7727
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Saskatoon Opera in Schools Tour 2010
Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel
by Engelbert Humperdinck
adapted by Ann Hodges and Leslie Dala
featuring
Courtney Willick, Julia Raphael Morgan,
Danika Steckler, Jordie Hughton and Jacob Yaworski
Darcy Hildebrandt, piano
Hansel and Gretel are two poor children who get lost in the woods while searching for some berries to make a meagre supper. Exhausted and hungry, they lose their way and fall asleep in the forest. When they awake, a house made of candy and other delicious treats magically appears. While snacking on their candy, they meet the barbecuing witch and her chauffeur-cat. Can they use their personal strengths and ingenuity to outwit her?
Tour dates
May 10-14 & 17-21, 2010
20 performances in Saskatoon and area elementary schools
Public performance
May 16, 2010, 2:00 pm
Christ Church Anglican, Saskatoon, SK
Tickets $15 available at the door
Seating Plan
For your convenience, the following ticket prices include GST and Persephone Theatre Box Office charges of $4.
La Traviata
Opening Night performance
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Nightly Performances
Monday, June 14 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, June 16 at 7:30 pm
Friday June 18 at 7:30 pm
Matinee performance
Sunday, June 20 at 2:00 pm
Preview performance on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
All performances in Rawlco Radio Hall
Remai Arts Centre, Saskatoon, SK
| Seats | Full Price | Early Bird Price (Bef. Mar. 1, 2010) |
Student/Senior Group Rate* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 note seats: Kinsmen Balcony | |||
| 3 note | $88.00 | $72.00 | n/a |
| 2 note seats: Main Floor rows F–O | |||
| 2 note | $68.00 | $54.00 | $62.00 |
| 1 note seats: Main Floor rows B–E | |||
| 1 note | $46.00 | $38.00 | $42.00 |
| Preview Performance: Thursday, June 10, 2010 | |||
| All Seats | $30.00 | n/a | n/a |
* Student ID required
- Early Bird Discount!
Purchase your tickets before March 1st and receive 20% discount on all categories of seats - After Early Bird Deadline, Student, Senior and Group Rate discount of 10% will apply to 1 and 2 note seats
- Please note W indicates wheelchair seats
Love Letters
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Rawlco Radio Hall, Remai Arts Centre, Saskatoon, SK
| Seats | Full Price | Student/Senior Group Rate* |
|---|---|---|
| 3 note seats: Kinsmen Balcony | ||
| 3 note | $42.00 | n/a |
| 1 & 2 note seats: Main Floor | ||
| 1 & 2 note | $34.00 | $30.00 |
* Student ID required
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