The Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Norman Reintamm, is pleased to welcome back TrypTych Concert & Opera on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. The program includes Puccini’s Suor Angelica with TrypTych Concert & Opera, Puccini‘s Capriccio Sinfonico, and Tchaikovsky‘s Elegy for Strings.
Puccini’s Suor Angelica is the second of Puccini’s trio of operas known as Il trittico (Triptych), Suor Angelica is a heartbreaking tale of motherhood, loss, and repentance.
Cast
| Suor Angelica | Natalya Gennadi |
| Zia Principessa | Annika Saabas |
| The Abbess | Cat Bent |
| The Monitor | Kristina Agur |
| The Mistress of the Novices | Victoria Marshall |
| Sister Genevieve | Stephanie DeCiantis |
| Sister Osmina | Alessandra Paonessa |
| Sister Dolcina/ The Novice | Daria Bukhman |
| The Nursing Sister | Kira Braun |
| The Tourieres/ The Lay Sisters | Sharon Tikiryan |
| The Tourieres/ The Lay Sisters The Boy |
Meagan Larios Annie Foy |
TrypTych Concert and Opera is one of Toronto’s most enterprising musical producers. It was formed by Edward Franko, William Shookhoff and Lenard Whiting in 1999. Now in their 18th season, TrypTych has received critical acclaim for their contemporary/traditional opera productions like the Canadian premiere of Frid’s The Diary of Anne Frank, Doolittle’s Boiler Room Suite, the Canadian staged premiere of Verdi’s first opera, Oberto and the world premiere of Canadian composer Andrew Ager’s Frankenstein. TrypTych’s repertoire stretches from cabaret to choral to opera to musical theatre.
The concert will be held at P.C. Ho Theatre in the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto at 5183 Sheppard Avenue East. Tickets start at $35.00 ($30.00 for students and seniors), and can be purchased online, www.cathedralbluffs.com or through the Box Office by phone at (416) 879-5566.