The Marriage of Figaro
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
The Marriage of Figaro, one of the most beloved operas in the entire repertory, remains the benchmark against which all other comic operas are measured. In 1946, Mozart’s masterpiece was the first complete opera presented at the University of Toronto. We are excited to present this new period production, sung in Italian, designed by Fred Perruzza with costumes by Lisa Macgill. Michael Patrick Albano directs and Sandra Horst conducts.
$40, $25 senior, $10 student
Tickets
November
Onstage 2019
MacMillan Theatre
Thursday
Nov 21
7:30 pm
Friday
Nov 22
7:30 pm
Saturday
Nov 23
7:30 pm
Sunday
Nov 24
2:30 pm
Roles:
November 21 & 23
Figaro: Korin Thomas-Smith
Susanna: Maeve Palmer
Count Almaviva: Nicholas Higgs
Countess Almaviva: Saige Carlson
Cherubino: Lindsay Connolly
Barbarina: Mèlissa Danis
Marcellina: Renee Fajardo
Bartolo: Parker Clements
Basilio: Elias Theocharidis
Don Curzio: Arieh Sacke
Antonio: Danlie Acebuque
Bridesmaids: Grace Liang, Chelsea Pringle-Duchemin
Continuo: Brandon Tran
November 22 & 24
Figaro: Alex Halliday
Susanna: Midori Marsh
Count Almaviva: Adam Kuiack
Countess Almaviva: Sacha Smith
Cherubino: Alexandra Fee
Barbarina: Mèlissa Danis
Marcellina: Juliana Krajčovič
Bartolo:s Parker Clements
Basilio:River Guard
Don Curzio: David Walsh
Antonio: Wesley Hui
Bridesmaids: Khadija Mbowe, Olivia LaPointe
Continuo: Benjamin Zsoldos
Artistic Team:
Sandra Horst, conductor
Michael Patrick Albano, director
Fred Perruzza, production design
Lisa Magill, costume design
Maid and Master: The Massey Murder
Music by the Opera Student Composer Collective
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
The normally staid city of Toronto was thrust into the limelight in February 1915 when Carrie Davies, an 18-year old British maid, shot and killed Charles Bert Massey in defence against his sexual advances. Public opinion was wildly divided at the time as the Masseys were one of the most powerful families in Canada. U of T Opera joins forces with the Faculty’s student composers and the Women’s Chamber Choir to present the premiere of this extraordinary drama based upon real events. The opera will be sung in English with costume design by Lisa Macgill and lighting devised by Wesley McKenzie. Michael Patrick Albano directs and Sandra Horst conducts.
Free
Tickets
January
Onstage 2020
MacMillan Theatre
Sunday
Jan 19
2:30 pm
Mansfield Park
Music by Jonathon Dove
Libretto by Alasdair Middleton based on the novel by Jane Austen
Following his arresting production of Hanel’s Imeneo, renowned director Tim Albery returns to direct the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park. Based on the novel by Jane Austen in which the young Fanny Price is sent from her impoverished home to live at Mansfield Park, the country estate of her wealth uncle, where her problems become increasingly complicated. This new production is designed by Michelle Tracey with lighting by Jason Hand. Sandra Horst conducts.
$40, $25 senior, $10 student
Tickets
March
Onstage 2020
MacMillan Theatre
Thursday
March 19
7:30 pm
Friday
March 20
7:30 pm
Saturday
March 21
7:30 pm
Sunday
March 22
2:30 pm
Parlami d’Amore (Speak to me of love)
Drawing upon operatic repertory of three centuries, Parlami d’Amore captivatingly explores aspects of love promised, fulfilled and betrayed. Following the staged performance in Walter Hall, the audience will have a chance to mingle with the Artists of U of T Opera over tea and pastries in the Herman Geiger-Torel Room.
$20, $10 Student
Tickets