{"id":106326,"date":"2024-07-26T15:24:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=106326"},"modified":"2024-07-29T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:00:02","slug":"preview-summer-opera-lyric-theatre-presents-handels-xerxes-mozarts-idomeneo-puccinia-la-boheme-july-27-august-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/07\/26\/preview-summer-opera-lyric-theatre-presents-handels-xerxes-mozarts-idomeneo-puccinia-la-boheme-july-27-august-4\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE Presents Handel\u2019s Xerxes, Mozart\u2019s Idomeneo & Puccini\u2019a La Boheme July 26 To August 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R: Portrait of George Friderich Handel, painted around 1726\u20131728 (By Balthasar Denner \/National Portrait Gallery\/ CC BY NC ND 3.0<\/a>); Portrait of Giacomo Puccini, composer (1858-1924) (Photo: Attilio Badodi, Milano, 1924\/Archivio Storico Ricordi\/CC by SA 4.0<\/a>); Painting of Amadeus Mozart at age six, commissioned by Leopold Mozart in 1763 (Public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a whirlwind of performances, the SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE (SOLT) finishes with the\u00a0 presentation of three operas by Handel, Mozart and Puccini. Between July 26 and August 4, performances of Xerxes, Idomeneo and La Boheme will showcase opera artists at differing stages of career development.<\/p>\n

SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE offers opera professionals a summer of master classes, rehearsals, discussions, lectures, and more. The experience culminates with performances that put newfound knowledge to work.<\/p>\n

SOLT and Research Centre was founded in 1986 with a goal of promoting education in the musical and dramatic arts. Emerging vocalists, students, professionals and teachers at all levels participate in the program.<\/p>\n

The Operas<\/h2>\n

Georg Frideric Handel: Xerxes (Performed in English) | July 27 & 30, August 3 & 4<\/h3>\n

Sae Hae Bae, Music Director and Pianist<\/p>\n

One of Handel’s best-known melodies appears in the opening aria for this opera based quite loosely on the life of Persian monarch Xerxes I, who lived around 470 BC. That opening aria is titled \u201cOmbra mai fu\u201d, and is sung by Xerxes to a plane tree. Handel\u2019s opera in three acts premiered in London on April 15, 1738. The story combines elements of both comedy and drama, and ends with a happy resolution.<\/p>\n

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  • Cast on July 27 \/ Aug 3: Mia Robles; Jordan Baldwin; Josephine Raffaele; Austin Larusson; Stella Christine; Anastasia Pogorelova; Joseph Ernst<\/li>\n
  • Cast on July 30 \/ Aug 4: Hannah Piercey; Marcus Tranquilli; Zoe Clarke; Gennady Grebenchuk; Patricia Wrigglesworth; Anastasia Pogorelova; Austin Larusson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo (Performed in Italian with English surtitles) | July 27, 28, 31 & August 2<\/h3>\n

    Suzy Smith, Music Director and Pianist<\/p>\n

    The Italian libretto for the story about the King of Crete was adapted from a French play, originally set to music 1712. Mozart\u2019s version was commissioned in 1780 by Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria for a carnival in his court. It premiered January 29, 1781 in Munich, Germany. The style is influenced by the French original, and the libretto is characterized by its poetic language.<\/p>\n

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    • Cast: July 27 \/ July 31: Julianna Collevecchio; Mike Fan; Arushi Das; Nicole Katerburg; Lucas Kuipers; Luca McCauley; Austin Larusson<\/li>\n
    • Cast July 28 \/ Aug 2: Anne Jean; Mike Fan; Arushi Das; Leah Bondy; Luca McCauley; Lucas Kuipers; Austin Larusson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Mike Fan sings the title role:<\/p>\n