CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Apr 08 - 26 2025
Mahabharata Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit John Gzowski and Suba Sankaran
Canadian Stage and Why Not Theatre
Bluma Appel Theatre
Apr 11 - 27 2025
Mahabharata Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose John Gzowski and Suba Sankaran
Canadian Stage and Why Not Theatre
Bluma Appel Theatre
Apr 18 2025
St. Matthew Passion Bach
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Centre in the Square
Apr 23 2025
RigolettoVerdi
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
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CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Mahabharata Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit John Gzowski and Suba Sankaran
Canadian Stage and Why Not Theatre
Mahabharata Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose John Gzowski and Suba Sankaran
Canadian Stage and Why Not Theatre
St. Matthew Passion Bach
Grand Philharmonic Choir
RigolettoVerdi
Pacific Opera Victoria
Carmen BIZET
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, ON
Text from The COC website:
OCTOBER 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, AND NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Performance time is approximately three hours and 20 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission
The fiercely independent Carmen becomes ensnared in a high-stakes game among garrison soldiers, smugglers, and a superstar bullfighter in Bizet’s blockbuster opera.
Our classic production transports audiences to a sun-drenched setting of bustling street scenes and outlaw hideaways, with a dramatic climax that crackles with electricity. American mezzo soprano star J’Nai Bridges—dubbed “the Beyonce of opera” by BET—makes her COC debut in the iconic titular role.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS
Conductor: Jacques Lacombe
Director: Joel Ivany
Lighting Designer: Jason Hand
Original Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Original Costume Designer: François St. Aubin
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Carmen: J’Nai Bridges/Rihab Chaieb
Don José: Marcelo Puente
Micaëla: Joyce El-Khoury/Anna-Sophie Neher
Escamillo: Lucas Meachem
Zuniga: Alain Coulombe
Le Remendado: Jean-Philippe Lazure
With the COC Orchestra and Chorus
A Canadian Opera Company production
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