A Burnaby singer is featured in a unique night of Mozart operas.
City Opera Vancouver is presenting The Lost Operas of Mozart, running Oct. 27 to 29 at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver.
In the cast is Burnaby singer Robyn Driedger-Klassen, a soprano who’s well known for her work in the opera, recital and concert world.
She’ll be joining fellow cast members Elaina Moreau, Rose-Ellen Nichols, Frédérik Robert, Samuel Chan, Alan MacDonald and Michael MacKinnon, alongside Bramwell Tovey – yes, he of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra fame – as The Impresario.
The night includes a reconstruction of three operas that Mozart began but never finished: the Italian comedies Lo sposo deluso and L’oca del Cairo, and the German romance Zaïde. The three have been joined together in a new story, written by Maria Reva, in which a producer is sitting in a darkened space, considering his next project – when the gates of Limbo open before him and out come lost souls who have been waiting 200 years for Mozart to finish his work.
“The Lost Operas of Mozart is staged, with orchestra and dazzling costumes, in a space that perfectly conjures Limbo,” said Janet Lea, president of City Opera, in a press release. “It is a comedy that offers zany stories, wonderful characters, Mozart’s music and gender politics, and suspense. No one has seen anything like this before.”
Tickets are $48 general admission, available through lostoperas.brownpapertickets.com or at the door.
See www.cityoperavancouver.com.
BOOKBINDING 101
A lost art form is getting a revival in a course at Burnaby Art Gallery.
Registration is open for Bookbinding 101, in which participants can construct one-of-a-kind books by exploring the art of bookmaking. If such techniques as the accordion fold, Coptic stitch binding and Japanese side stitching pique your interest, then check it out.
It runs Fridays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. for four weeks, starting Nov. 4., and it’s open to participants aged 16 and up. It costs $105 for the four sessions.
Check out www.burnabyartgallery.ca for more details, or register at www.burnaby.ca/webreg (course number 417585).
GO, GO, GO JOSEPH!
Musical theatre fans, do you have your tickets for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat yet?
Just a reminder that Align Entertainment is returning to the Michael J. Fox Theatre for the show, running Nov. 4 to 19.
Three Burnaby actors – Jesse Alvarez, Stef Stanley and Sherry Freeman – are in the production, which features the talents of musical theatre performers of all ages from around the region.
Stuart Barkley stars as Joseph, with Katie-Rose Connors as the Narrator, Justin Lapena as Pharaoh, Robin Sukorokoff as Jacob, Ryan Koch as Potiphar and Erin Matchette as Mrs. Potiphar.
The show runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $39 regular, $27 for students and seniors, with all tickets on Thrifty Thursdays for $25. School matinees are also being offered on Nov. 7 and 18 at noon, with $15 tickets.
Check out www.alignentertainment.ca for all the details.
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