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2018/2019 Season Report Countess Maritza, 2019 2018/2019 Season Report Countess Maritza, 2019. Suzanne Rigden, Michael Barrett. 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The season also brought a continued expansion and even greater variety to Pacific Opera’s suite of community engagement and youth education initiatives. Fidelio, October 2019. Emily Cooper Photography 1 Season Productions FIDELIO LVWLPHO\DQGWLPHOHVV :LWKWKH8QLYHUVDO'HFODUDWLRQRI+XPDQ5LJKWVDVDWRXFKVWRQH'XWFKGLUHFWRU:LP7URPSHUWVHWLWDVD PXVLFDOPRQXPHQW7KRXJKWIXOVWDJLQJDQGKDXQWLQJYLGHRLPDJHVE\6SDQLVK&ROXPELDQDUWLVW0RQLFD +HUQDQGH]VXEWO\FDOOHGXSWZRFHQWXULHVRIWUDJHG\DQGUHVLVWDQFHȂWKHVKDGRZVSDVWDQGSUHVHQWWKDW LQHYLWDEO\FURZGDURXQGWKLVRSHUDDQGPDUNLWDVDPDVWHUZRUNIRUDOOWLPHVDVUHOHYDQWDQGLQVSLULQJWRGD\ DVLWHYHUZDV 7KHPXVLFDOFKDOOHQJHVDUHHQRUPRXV'HPDQGLQJH[WUDRUGLQDU\SRZHUDQGPXVLFLDQVKLSIURPFDVWDQG FKRUXVDOLNHFidelioLVIXOORIPRPHQWVRIKHDUWVWRSSLQJEHDXW\ 0DNLQJDVHQVDWLRQDOGHEXWLQWKHWLWOHUROHZDV&DQDGLDQVRSUDQR$YLYD)RUWXQDWD6KHZDVVXSSRUWHGE\ $PHULFDQWHQRU%UHQW5HLOO\7XUQHU )ORUHVWDQ LQKLV&DQDGLDQGHEXWDORQJZLWK9DOHULDQ5XPLQVNL 5RFFR 0LULDP.KDOLO 0DU]HOOLQH 2ZHQ0F&DXVODQG -DTXLQR DQG1HLO&UDLJKHDG 'RQ)HUQDQGR ZKLOH3HWHU 0F*ΖOOLYUD\ȇVH΍HFWLYHSRUWUD\DORIWKHYLOODLQRXV3L]DUURHOLFLWHGKHDUW\ERRV “Fidelio is worth the ticket price just to be blown away by... Aviva Fortunata.” Check the Program Fidelio. Emily Cooper Photography “Tenor Brent Reilly Turner was a force of nature as Florestan. Remarkably strong and dynamic in vocal performance, his moment in prison of chasing a single beam of light across his cell was heartbreaking. The POV Chorus, portraying prisoners let out to their prison yard for a small moment of sunshine H΍HFWLYHO\FRPPXQLFDWHGDSURIRXQGVHQVHRI hopelessness. With acting skills matched by their formidable vocal performance, the Chorus conveyed the pathos of the prisoners’ lot movingly.” Melissa Ratcliff, Schmopera PRODUCTION PATRON Sabina Pettitt Fidelio. Brent Reilly Turner. Emily Cooper Photography 2 “The POV chorus deserves a huge shoutout for this production, the chorus numbers were incredibly precise, blended perfectly, and the choreography in the large number of dance routines they were given was brilliant.... They were a constant source of fun and endlessly entertaining.” Melissa Ratcliff, Schmopera La traviata. 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David Cooper Photography LQIXVHGHYHU\UROHZLWKFKDUPDQGWKH SURGXFWLRQZDVHPEHOOLVKHGZLWKGHOLULRXVO\ IXQQ\DSSHDUDQFHVE\VXSHUEWKHDWUHDFWRUVLQFOXGLQJ1LFROD&DYHQGLVKDV3ULQFHVV%R]HQDDQG%ULDQ/LQGV DVKHUVLGHNLFNWKH6KDNHVSHDUHTXRWLQJYDOHW3HQL]HNZKRWRJHWKHUDEVROXWHO\VWROHWKHȴQDODFW “It is clear from the start that this dream of a place is worth imagining. Conductor Timothy Vernon and stage director Linda Brovsky conjure up a world of genuine sentiment. Into this bucolic idyll comes the Countess Maritza ... the drop-dead gorgeous and gorgeously voiced Leslie Ann Bradley.... Charm and a delicious sense of humour make Michael Barrett a singularly delightful Zsupan, and exactly the right partner for the equally charming Lisa (Suzanne Rigden).” Elizabeth Paterson, Review Vancouver “Conducting the Victoria Symphony and a faultless cast, Vernon gives a buoyant, sparkling, passionate account of Kálmán’s score.... 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