Hi Guys,
If any of you like to go to opera but found that tickets to Canadian Opera Company are too expensive for golodnii student, and Opera for New Age* tickets are already sold out -there is TORONTO OPERA REPERTOIR (est 1946). So why is it good?
1) Ticket price: LOW--
just $22 (students -12$, seniors-15$). 2) No tux required:)
In its 40th eason Toronto Opera Repertoir presents operas by famous italian composer Giuseppe Verdi:
La Traviata - February 16,21,24, March 2 @ 7:30pm, and also Feb 18, March 4 @2pm.
Rigoletto- February 14,17,23,28 & March 3 @7:30pm, and alsoFeb 25 @ 2pm.
Location: BICKFORD CENTER THEATRE
777 Bloor St West at Christie St
For more information call: (416) 698-9572 or visit www.toronto-opera.com Hope you'll like it!
*( For those who don't know- these are discount tickets to COC at cost of 25$ , but they are imposible to get b/c they get sold out withinf few hours after going on sale)-ALAS!
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La TRAVIATA
Loved, and Lost --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Violetta Valery is the most famous courtesan in Paris. For her, life is an endless circuit of giddy parties, gambling, champagne and wealthy “admirers.” True love? Please. Until she meets Alfredo Germont, the one man who doesn’t care about her past, and asks only for her heart. What she doesn’t understand is that the world does not forgive so easily. Verdi’s most popular opera carries us into the brilliant world of upper class, 19th century Paris — and into the heart of a woman who must weigh her love against a father’s devotion.
Performances: Friday, February 16; Sunday, February 18; Wednesday, February 21; Saturday, February 24; Friday, March 2; Sunday, March 4. Evening performances begin at 7:30 pm; Sunday matinees at 2 pm.
RIGOLETTO
A Cripple, in Everything but Love --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The handsome, womanizing Duke of Mantua has the perfect foil in Rigoletto, his jester. The man is an ugly hunchback, feared by men and women alike for his vicious tongue. The courtiers hate him, but he amuses the Duke. No one — not even the Duke — knows that Rigoletto is a tender, watchful father who has hidden his young daughter from the corrupt world that is 16th century Mantua. When Rigoletto’s torments provoke an old man’s curse, Verdi’s heartbreaking opera begins to move inexorably to its tragic conclusion.
Performances: Wednesday, February 14; Saturday, February 17; Friday, February 23; Sunday, February 25; Wednesday, February 28; Saturday, March 3. Evening performances begin at 7:30 pm; Sunday matinees at 2 pm.
