AQUARIUS

SONGS OF THE STARS

April 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 2025 | Zeidler Dome at Telus World of Science | Varied times

Aquarius: Songs of the Stars invited audiences on a celestial journey through myth, memory, and music — all under the shimmering night sky of the Zeidler Dome.

Directed by Sawyer Craig and conducted by Simon Rivard, this original production blended stunning live performance with immersive dome projections to explore the stories written in the stars. With music arranged by Claude Lapalme, performed by a chamber ensemble, soloists Miriam Khalil and Jin Yu, narrator John Ullyatt, and the Edmonton Opera Chorus, Aquarius brought ancient constellations to life through a modern operatic lens.

From Polaris to Pleiades, Ursa Major to Icarus, Aquarius reimagined the night sky as a place where memory and imagination meet — and where every constellation carries a song.

Photos by Nanc Price

SONGS OF THE STARS

“Nuit d’etoiles”
By Claude Debussy
Text by Theodore de Banville

“Ain’t it a Pretty Night”
From Susannah
Carlisle Floyd

“Goodnight Moon”
By Eric Whitacre
Text by Margaret Wise Brown

“Odu mein holder Abendstern”
From Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner

“Let Beauty Awake”
By Ralph Vaughan Williams
Text by Robert Louis Stevenson

“Stars”
From Les Miserable
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Alain Boublil
Herbert Kretzmer

“Alto la! Chi va la?”
From Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi

CREATIVES

ARTISTS

EDMONTON OPERA ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE

STAGE MANAGEMENT

ACCOMPANIED BY THE EDMONTON OPERA CHORUS