Opera
Opera events from the 2005 Festival
Filumena
August 3, 4, 5, 6* at 7:30 p.m.
Pre-show chats nightly at 7:00 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre
$25 Adult • $20 Student / Senior • $15 Child
Arts Lover Passholders Free
*
RBC YES Showcase Performance
Music by John Estacio
Libretto by John Murrell, OC, AOE
Tickets are going fast. Best seats currently available for Thursday, August 4, and Friday, August 5 performances. Call The Banff Centre Box Office today at 403-762-6301 or 1-800-413-8368.
Seven more reasons to see Filumena
1. A triumph!
The Globe and Mail
2. A smashing success!
The Ottawa Citizen
3. The event of the season.
Calgary Herald
4. Alberta opera knocks ’em dead.
The Ottawa Citizen
5. It’s great… magnificently done.
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
6. This is one opera that I wanted to attend.
Premier Ralph Klein
7. There are enough rapturous reviews of Filumena to fill a telephone book.
The Globe and Mail
Following sold-out performances at the 2003 Banff Summer Arts Festival, Calgary Opera, and at the 2005 “Alberta Scene” at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, the Banff Summer Arts Festival presents the Canadian operatic sensation Filumena. Canada’s leading young opera singers tell the inspiring and tragic true story of Florence Lossandro. Accompanied by the Banff Festival Orchestra, Filumena will capture the hearts and imaginations of audiences once again.
Photo: Gaétan Laperrière as Emilio Picariello, Elizabeth Turnbull as Maria Picariello, and the 2003 Banff Summer Arts Festival Chorus in Filumena