Events
The Handmaid's Tale
Date: Saturday June 15th, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Location: Jenny Belzberg Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Alexandra is excited to be featured in The Handmaid’s Tale as part of the Opera/Interplay program at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity. Based on Margaret Atwood’s Novel, this opera is composed by Danish composer Poul Ruders with Libretto by Paul Bentley. This is a workshop showing of Daniel Schlosberg’s new arrangement performed in the Jenny Belzberg Theatre at the Banff Centre. “Don’t miss this exceptional chance to see the first workshop presentation of this seminal Canadian dystopian classic about a woman’s struggles in a totalitarian society, in a new chamber version commissioned by Banff Centre. Witness the early stages of an opera production before it premieres on stages near and far in the coming years.” - Banff Centre website.
Synopsis: In the far future, the year 2195, a box containing a number of audio cassettes from the beginning of the 21st Century suddenly appear, and the tapes are subsequently played at an International Historical Convention in Cambridge, England. The tapes contain the secret diary of an anonymous woman who allegedly escaped from her position as involuntary, so-called Handmaid, at a private home in the theocratic dictatorship of the republic Gilead, the former USA, around A.D. 2006. We don’t know the Handmaid’s real name - only her given name of service: Offred.
Catch Alexandra as “Offred’s Mother” and “Rita” in this production.
This event is free and all are welcome. Purchase tickets in advance.
*THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
Mostly Mozart Concert
Date: Friday April 5th, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Location: Walter Hall
“U of T Opera presents a concert of beloved operatic ensembles by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart augmented by works inspired by the man widely recognized as “one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music”.”
Catch Alexandra performing in the Idomeneo Quartet and le Nozze di Figaro Finale.
Tickets available for purchase.
Cendrillon
Dates: Friday March 15th, 2024 at 7:30 PM, Sunday March 17th, 2024 at 2:30 PM.
Location: Elgin Theatre
Alexandra is excited to perform as “le Prince Charmant” in UofT Opera’s production of Cendrillon at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. “Charles Perrault’s classic story of a lonely “cinder” girl, an unhappy household and a searching prince is given human dimension in this 19th century masterpiece. Massenet’s sweeping, lyric score elevates this simple folktale to a compelling narrative of self discovery, a quest for enduring love and the power of goodness.” Uoft Opera.
Conductor: Sandra Horst Director: Maria Lamont Set Designer: Michelle Tracey Lighting Designer: Gabriel Cropley Co-Costume Designers: Alessia Urbani & Andrew Nasturzio Stage Manager: Susan Monis Assistant Director: Mabel Wonnacott Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Specht
In French with English Surtitles 140-minute run time with a 15 intermission
Adults: $40 (plus fees)
Senior: $25 (plus fees)
Student: $10 (plus fees)
U of T students and faculty are admitted free at the venue on the day of the performance with a valid TCard.
Lysistrata
Date: Saturday January 21st, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Location: Fleck Dance Theatre
Join Alexandra as Penelope along with UofT Opera students and orchestra members for the UofT Composer Collective opera Lysistrata at the Fleck Dance Theatre in Toronto. “Our student composers turn their talents to satire, with an adaptation of Lysistrata, based upon Aristophanes’ anti-war comedy penned in 411 BC. This contemporary reimagining boasts an acerbic modern libretto coupled with gender fluidity.” UofT Opera
Libretto by Michael Patrick Albano Conductor: Sandra Horst Director: Mabel Wonnacott Lighting & Projection Designer: Gabriel Cropley Co-Costume Designers: Andrew Nasturzio & Alessia Urbani Stage Manager: Meghan Specht Composers: Aaron Gascon, Danial Khan Sheibani, Joseph Park, Homa Samiei, Chiara Urban, Hsiu-Ping Wu, Yike Zhang, Yuhan Zhou
Tickets Available for Purchase.
Il cappello di paglia di Firenze
Dates: Thursday November 23rd, 2023 at 7:30 PM, Friday November 24th, 2023 at 7:30 PM, Saturday November 25th, 2023 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday November 26th, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Location: Macmillan Theatre
Catch Alexandra as a Bridesmaid in all four performances of Il capello di paglia di Firenze (The Florentine Straw Hat) with UofT Opera. “A lively, tuneful score by the celebrated film composer Nino Rota illuminates this delightful farce in which a straw hat eaten by a horse sets in motion a hilarious chain of events, further complicating tangled wedding day preparations.” UofT Opera.
Conductor: Russell Braun Director: Jennifer Tarver Set Designer: Michelle Tracey Co-Costume Designers: Alessia Urbani & Andrew Nasturzio Stage Manager: Susan Monis Assistant Director: Mabel Wonnacott Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Specht
In Italian with English Surtitles 120-minute run time with a 15-minute intermission.
Tickets Available for Purchase.