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
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
