THE VALENTINE’S GALA

Presented by:

 
 

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Watch it on Global TV across Alberta at 4:30pm MST or on the Global TV App (Edmonton stream, cable subscription required)

Premiering digitally on Facebook and YouTube at 6pm MST

Love takes center stage at the Edmonton Opera Valentine’s Day Gala! Experience powerful performances of Opera classics fused musical theatre favourites with this stunning one-hour special broadcast that celebrates both the love of the arts and the love we share for one another.

Director: Andrew Adridge
Arrangements and accompanist: Jennifer McMillan

Featuring performances by

Peter Barrett
Lara Ciekiewicz
Catherine Daniel
Andrew Haji
Luka Kawabata
Miriam Khalil

Recorded at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

PROGRAM

Song to the Moon
Rusalka • Antonín Dvorák

“Si, mi chiamano Mimì”
La Bohème • Giacomo Puccini

“O soave fanciulla”
La Bohème • Giacomo Puccini

“Quando me’n vo’”
La Bohème • Giacomo Puccini

“O Mimì, tu più non torni”
La Bohème • Giacomo Puccini

Habanera “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle”
Carmen • Georges Bizet

“La fleur que tu m’avais jetée”
Carmen • Georges Bizet

“Soave sia il vento”
Così fan tutte • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Last Rose of Summer
Benjamin Britten

Stranger in Paradise
Kismet • Robert Wright and George Forrest

SPONSORS & DONORS

Presenting Sponsor

Creekwood Collections at Chappelle

ENTERTAINMENT Sponsor

The dianne and irving kipnes foundation

head table sponsors/Donors

Bessette Wealth Management

ATB Financial

Thomas & Melanie Nakatsui Family Fund

TABLE DONORS

Angus and Heather Watt

Francis Price and Marguerite Trussler

Bryan & Company LLP/Doug Goss Professional Corporation

Steven LePoole

Sureway Construction

Cameron Corporation

Edmonton Opera Board of Directors

Felesky Flynn LLP

EPCOR

General Recycling Ind. Ltd.

Lisa and Marshall Sadd

Lloyd Sadd Insurance Brokers

Maclab Properties Group

Maureen and Randall Purvis

Midnight Sun Financial

Ron and Phyllis Bryant 

Shelley and Guy Scott Family Foundation

Sherrick Management

Synergy Construction 

Stephen and Lynn Mandel

Witten LLP

York Realty

SPECIAL THANKS

Color De Vino

Duchess Bake Shop

Sorrentino's