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When and Where October 25 & 30 at 7.30pm + November 2 at 2pm, 2025 | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Rigoletto
Michael Chioldi Gilda Sarah Dufresne Duke
of Mantua Conductor Jacques Lacombe Stage Director Glynis Leyshon Set Designer James Rotondo Costume Designer Pam Johnson Lighting Designer Gerald King Chorus Director and Associate Conductor Leslie Dala Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™ Reviewer John Anthony Jane The opera, originally named La Maledizione, but later changed to that of its central character Rigoletto, a master of bad karma, is densely packed with emotional arias and filled with curses and ironic twists. Vancouver Opera has for this production assembled a fine cast of singers who breathe life into their roles. Full review
When & Where April 26 - May 3, 2025; evenings at 7.30pm + 2pm matinees on Sunday | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™ Conductor Jacques Lacombe Director Mo Zhou Assistant Director Tayte Mitchell Chorus Director Leslie Dala Lighting Design Marie Yokoyama Set Design Lloyd Evans Costume Design Ruoxuan Li Intimacy Director Lisa Goebel Stage Manager Theresa Tsang Cio-Cio-San Yasko Sato (Karen Chai-Ling Ho) Pinkerton Robert Watson (Adam Luther) Sharpless Brett Polegato Suzuki Nozomi Kato Goro Julius Ahn Yamadori/Imperial Commissioner Luka Kawabata Imperial Registrar Danlie Rae Acebuque The Bonze Insung Sim Reviewer John Anthony Jane Director Mo Zhou’s vision of Butterfly is markedly different from the traditional version that we have come to love. It is still in set in Nagasaki, and of course contains the glorious music and the achingly poignant arias. Nonetheless, Ms. Zhou has reset the story in the historic period of the so-called “American occupation” that followed the surrender of the Japanese Empire in 1945, introducing a political element to the narrative. Full review | |
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