THE NUTCRACKER Dec 7/08

Before the show

Dara our beautiful makeup artist

The Flowers

The Mouse King

Mother Ginger

Chinese Tea

         was held August 18th- 22nd  2008

          at the Guelph Youth Music Centre

CONGRATULATIONS to all on a brilliant performance!

Rossini : Madeleine K

Fiorella: Jaehyan K

her Beauticians: Soojung Y, Madeleine K

Dr Bartolo: Philippe Martel

Figaro: Isaiah F

Count Almaviva: William W

Basillio (the music teacher): Seungmin Y

The Contessa: Mona F

 Clorinda: Erin K

  Tisbe: Aniesa M

Marcellina (Figaro's daughter): Lucy W

the village girls: Jin Ha, Hannah C

Berta (Dr Bartolo's elderly maid) Maria Knight

Rosina (a ward of Dr Bartolo) Siyuan P

Ambroso (the sleepy servant) : Lydia B

2 Police Officers: Kai and Tarana

the Pharmacist: Jungwon

Notary: Lizzie K

 a 50 minute fully staged adaptation of Rossini’s

 Barber of SevilleWith opera sensations

Philippe Martel as Dr Bartolo

and Maria Knight as Berta

Directed by Catherine Molina assisted by the faculty of  OPEN STRINGS, Oriana Abrahamse and percussionist Amy Wark  

For young singers & instrumentalists  ages 8-14

Opera is exhilarating live entertainment which unites the very best of vocal and instrumental music, theatre, dance and visual artistry. Now add children and you have a magical combination.

In 2006 I was commissioned to adapt and present a children’s production of Mozart’s Magic Flute in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. It was such a rewarding experience that I could not resist doing it again. This summer’s production will be the comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville-a lively, colourful work filled with beautiful melodies and memorable characters . I am thrilled to have the children share the stage with bass-baritone Philippe Martel.

The Count is in love with Rosina, but Rosina has an elderly guardian who intends to marry her himself. Join us as FIGARO, that irrepressible barber who spends as much time scheming as shaving comes to the rescue.             

1.                          Catherine Molina
   

       Students will have the opportunity to participate as a member of the orchestra, the choir, as part of an ensemble, in a speaking role, as a character  or in any combination of the above.     

 REGISTRATION FORM

•    Early registration deadline April 30 ($175)

•    Registration deadline is May 30 ($195).

•    Upon registration, each student will be invited to a short audition *.

•    This camp is best suited for students with some prior musical experience **.

*Each participant will be contacted to arrange a painless mini audition wherein he/she will be asked to sing, play and/or read from a prepared script (depending on which items were circled on his/her registration form). Students will then receive by mail, music and a script and will be expected to arrive at the camp well prepared.

**To fully participate in the orchestra it is recommended that instrumentalists be working at a minimum level of grade 4 RCM.

Philippe Martel received a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the Schulich School of Music of McGill University where he sang the roles of Il Commandatore in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and King Cadmus in Handel’s Semele. His solo performances have included the Requiems of Mozart and Fauré, Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Oratorio St-Paul and an appearance as a choir soloist with the Montreal Symphony.  Most recently, he performed the role of Publio in Mozart’s Clemenza di Tito at the Orford Festival, under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and toured Canada as Sarastro in The Magic Flute with Jeunesses Musicales .