AtG in Banff, 2015

AtG in Banff, 2015

This summer at the beautiful Banff Centre, Against the Grain Theatre and the Canadian Opera Company collaborate for the second consecutive year, with Open Space: Opera in the 21st Century. This year, they'll put up two shows, one of which is A Little Too Cozy. The third in his transladaptations of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas (Figaro's Wedding, #UncleJohn), AtG Artistic Director Joel Ivany writes an original libretto to Mozart's Così fan tutte.

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of Crush: Donna

Meet the cast of Crush: Donna

Toronto-based soprano Simone McIntosh heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, singing Donna in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of Crush: Anna

Meet the cast of Crush: Anna

Soprano Samantha Pickett heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, to sing Anna in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of Crush: Otto

Meet the cast of Crush: Otto

Montréal-based tenor Pasquale D'Alessio heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, to sing Otto in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of Crush: Lola

Meet the cast of Crush: Lola

Ottawa-born soprano Ellen McAteer heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, singing Lola in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of Crush: Matt

Meet the cast of Crush: Matt

Montréal-based baritone Bruno Roy heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, singing Matt in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Guglielmo

Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Guglielmo

Baritone Brent Calis is based in Montréal, and is excited to head to the Banff Centre this summer to make his Against the Grain Theatre debut as Guglielmo in A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Ferrando

Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Ferrando

Newfoundland-born tenor Aaron Sheppard is heading to the Banff Centre this summer, to sing Ferrando in [Against the Grain Theatre](http://againstthegraintheatre.com/)'s A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Dorabella

Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Dorabella

Montréal native Pascale Spinney heads to The Banff Centre this summer, to sing Dorabella in Against the Grain Theatre's production of A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Fiordiligi

Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Fiordiligi

Canadian soprano Shantelle Przybylo is returning to The Banff Centre to join Against the Grain Theatre in their production of A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).

Jenna Simeonov - Apr 22, 2015

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