Culture Manitoba Opera’s season to showcase premieres of celebrated
works by Verdi and Massenet By Darlene Ronald
Hitting a high note. Tonio (John Tessier) astounds the regiment with his vocal abilities during Manitoba Opera's production of Donizetti's "The Daughter of the Regiment" at the Centennial Concert Hall in 2012.
Nov. 19 with additional performances Nov. 22 and 25. Tis must-see opera is indisputably one of the operatic world’s greatest comedies. Te romantic tragedy, Werther (pronounced Vare-tare)
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by French composer, Jules Massenet, is scheduled for April 29, May 2 and 5. Both productions will be presented at the Centennial Concert Hall.
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wo Manitoba Opera premieres, both in the grand opera tradition, will be showcased in the com- pany’s 44th season. Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi’s crowning achievement and his final opera, opens
“Neither of these two wonderful operas has been pre- sented before in Manitoba and they are long overdue. I’m thrilled that we are able to program them and equally thrilled by the talented artists we have appearing next year. Our 44th season promises to be a real treat for anyone who loves grand opera,” commented general director and CEO, Larry Desrochers. Falstaff is the musical retelling of Shakespeare’s Merry
Wives of Windsor. Sir John Falstaff, a down-and-out Knight of the Garter, audaciously woos two married women hoping to tap into their husbands’ fortunes. However, he
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