Opera Briefs Opens Friday Night at the Ernest Balmer Studio

Tomorrow night through Sunday at the Ernest Balmer Studio at the Distillery I will be playing in Opera Briefs - the highlights of the 2009 Composer/Librettist Laboratory, featuring librettists and composers from Canada, the US, and the UK. The Friday and Saturday shows start at 8pm and Sunday's show starts at 4pm.

Here are the singers:

• Carla Huhtanen, soprano
• Lauren Phillips, mezzo soprano
• Keith Klassen, tenor
• Peter McGillivray, baritone

Music Directors/pianists:

• Jennifer Tung
• Christopher Foley (me)

Librettists:

• Marjorie Chan (Canada)
• Anna Chatterton (Canada)
• Bernard McLaverty (UK)

Composers:

• John Harris (UK)
• Stephen Andrew Taylor (US)
• Gareth Williams (UK)

The briefs will be directed by Michael Patrick Albano. Tickets are $25/10. The Ernest Balmer Studio is located on the 3rd floor of the Cannery Building, just north of Balzac's Coffee.


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