Cinderella & The Box Office
顿补濒翱辫别谤补听offers a rare undergraduate experience in opera education. As a voice student, in each year of your degree you'll participate in a fully staged production with costumes, sets, lighting and with live music. Under the guidance of faculty, you'll work with your fellow students and future contemporaries from the Costume Studies and Stage Design programs for a fully immersive experience.
DalOpera's Cinderella & The Box Office
Nov. 28-30 | 7:30PM聽
Dec. 1 | 2:00pm
Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre聽
$20/$15 tickets: box office fees will apply
Part of the See-More series, sponsored by Canadian Student Living
What happens to Cinderella after midnight? Come find out but first, make a stop at the Box Office!听
From a customer service nightmare at a box office to what happens to Cinderella before and after the stroke of midnight, DalOpera鈥檚 2024 Fall stage production is poised to draw you into these two powerful stories both composed by women.聽Let the students at DalOpera transport you into these two romantic, clever, comical and magical worlds.聽The production also utilizes the talents of our costume studies and stage design and technical theatre students in a truly collaborative creation.
Directed by聽Robyn Cathcart, with music direction by聽Cindy Townsend, the Fountain School proudly announces our 2024 double-bill Opera production featuring a talented ensemble of voice students. 聽The Box Office聽features 聽Naomi Sney听补苍诲听Karina Matys聽as the attendant with聽Emma Thornton-Ockrant听补苍诲听Sophia Maskine聽as the customer.聽颁颈苍诲别谤别濒濒补听蹿别补迟耻谤别蝉听Karina Matys聽补苍诲听Emma Thornton-Ockrant聽as Cendrillon,聽Sophia Maskine听补苍诲听Naomi Sney聽as The Fairy Godmother,聽Elizabeth Ruxton聽as Comte Barigoule,聽Euan Lynch 补苍诲听Ella Howard聽as Prince Charmant,聽Raphaelia Bokolas聽补苍诲听Katherine Alexander聽聽as Armelinde,聽Victoria Dubois听补苍诲听Sarah MacInnis聽as Maguelonne, Corinne James听补苍诲听Jonathon Kean聽as Baron De Pictordu. When not performing their principle roles, our chorus includes the above as well as聽Caralina Knights. The production also 蹿别补迟耻谤别蝉听Tara Scott聽as lead performance pianist.
Others on the creative team include Choreographer V茅ronique MacKenzie, Set Designer Katrin Whitehead, Costume Designer Diego Cavedon Dias and Lighting Designer Bruce MacLennan.
Our students in Dalhousie鈥檚 Stage Design and Technical Theatre and Costume Studies programs further support the production, including Assistant Director Liam Oko, Stage Manager Lauren Zemmelink and Assistant Stage Managers Naomi Dansie and Jessie Sanders.
Set in and inspired by the Canadian Opera Company ticket sales box office, Canadian composer Bekah Simms' The Box Office uses musical gestures of chromaticism and tritone leaps to highlight the uneasiness of a conversation between a very tired box office attendant and her insufferable customer. This short but poignant conversation is humorously and cleverly depicted in Canadian Michael Albano鈥檚 libretto.
Pauline Viardot鈥檚 setting of Cendrillon (Cinderella) is true to the original fairy tale; however Viardot takes a more lighthearted approach to the tale compared to other operatic versions of this enchanting story. Keen ears might hear references to themes used in Rossini鈥檚 and Massenet鈥檚 versions.
New to the Opera? Check out our pre-opera chats to learn more about the historical context of the opera, the music that makes it unique, and the creators behind each masterpiece.
DalOpera's Cinderella (by Pauline Viardot) & The Box Office (by Bekah Simms)聽(2024)
Photo Credit: Kate Hayter Photography
From left: Sophia Maskine as the Fairy Godmother, with聽Karina Matys as Cinderella
Stage Director: Robyn Cathcart, Music Director: Cindy Townsend, Set Designer: Katrin Whitehead, Costume Designer: Diego Cavedon Dias, Lighting Designer: Bruce MacLennan
From left: Katherine Alexander as ball guest Betty, Victoria Dubois as Magelonne with Corinne James as Baron de Pictordu.
Stage Director: Robyn Cathcart, Music Director: Cindy Townsend, Set Designer: Katrin Whitehead, Costume Designer: Diego Cavedon Dias, Lighting Designer: Bruce MacLennan
Raphaelia Bokolas as Amelinde with ensemble members as ball guests.
Stage Director: Robyn Cathcart, Music Director: Cindy Townsend, Set Designer: Katrin Whitehead, Costume Designer: Diego Cavedon Dias, Lighting Designer: Bruce MacLennan
Ensemble members of DalOpera's The Box Office & Cinderella
Stage Director: Robyn Cathcart, Music Director: Cindy Townsend, Set Designer: Katrin Whitehead, Costume Designer: Diego Cavedon Dias, Lighting Designer: Bruce MacLennan
Corinne James as Baron de Pictordu with ensemble members
Stage Director: Robyn Cathcart, Music Director: Cindy Townsend, Set Designer: Katrin Whitehead, Costume Designer: Diego Cavedon Dias, Lighting Designer: Bruce MacLennan
From left: Euan Lynch as Prince Charmant, left, and Karina Matys as Cendrillon.
Stage Director: Robyn Cathcart, Music Director: Cindy Townsend, Set Designer: Katrin Whitehead, Costume Designer: Diego Cavedon Dias, Lighting Designer: Bruce MacLennan