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First
Annual Lunenburg Summer Opera Festival
June
22 - 26, 2005
Two
glorious shows in Lunenburg (plus some special performances
in Liverpool and Shelburne)
For
each main show tickets are $15 or $2 for children 12 and under.
Buy a ticket to both shows and save: see both Broadway,
Our Way and The Barber of Seville for $25 a
person.
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An evening of musical theatre with four sparkling performers.
Wednesday,
June 22, 8 PM at the Osprey Arts Centre in Shelburne
Friday,
June 24, 8 PM at the Pearl Theatre in Lunenburg
Mary
Knickle, soprano
Jennah Barry, mezzo
Edward Franko, tenor
with
William Shookhoff (of Toronto's Phantom of
the Opera) on the piano
Broadway,
Our Way, is an evening of musical theatre, with four extraordinary
performers. Lunenburg soprano Mary Knickle's Broadway roots
spring from the years she spent studying in New York City.
Among her lead roles is the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret
and she also appeared in Neptune Theatre's production of Evita.
Tenor Edward Franko is an established opera and cabaret performer
from Toronto. Jennah Barry is an award-winning 17 year old
Mahone Bay resident, with an extraordinary voice and stage
presence, and accompanist William Shookhoff, a native New
Yorker, brings over 30 years experience to the show, including
his work as conductor of Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables
in Toronto and on tour.
The evening features numbers from classic Broadway shows,
including My Fair Lady, Evita, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story,
Oklahoma, A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar and Chicago.
"I think we've picked a great mix of music" says
Knickle, "to appeal to a wider audience. There really
is somethiing for everyone in this show, from solos to duets
to ensembles, and from very moving to downright hilarious!"
Performances of Broadway, Our Way are 8 pm on June 22 at the
Osprey Theatre in Shelburne and June 24 at the Pearl Theatre
in Lunenburg. Tickets are $15 each. Tickets for Shelburne
can be purchased in advance at the Whirligig Bookstore. Tickets
for Lunenburg can be purchased in advance at Fulton's in Lunenburg,
Kinburn Pharmasave in Mahone Bay and Sagor's Bookstore in
Bridgewater. Tickets will also be available at the doors for
both performances.
Jennah
Barry
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 by
Gioacchino Rossini
(in Italian with surtitles)
One of the top-ten operas of all time, this comedy has some of the
most-loved music ever written. Performed in concert.
Figaro,
the Barber of Seville, helps dashing Count Almaviva woo feisty Rosina
out from under Dr. Bartolo's suspicious nose.
Thursday
June 23, 8 PM, Astor Theatre, Liverpool
Saturday June 25, 8 PM, Pearl Theatre, Lunenburg
Andrew Tees - Figaro
Nina Scott-Stoddart - Rosina
Emanuel Serra - Count Almaviva
Ross Darlington - Dr. Bartolo
Robert Milne - Basilio
Elvira Gonnella - Bertha
Joshua Ernst - Fiorello
with
the men of the Maritime Concert Opera Chorus and Tara Morton
at the piano
Baritone
Andrew Tees
Sunday June 26
Meet
us at St. John's Anglican Parish Hall in Lunenburg for a delicious
brunch catered by Lunenburg's Historic Grounds, appearances by Festival
performers and guests singing some of their favourite pieces, and
some extra surprises!
12:30
pm to 3:30 pm |
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