Guillermo Silva-Marin, General DirectorLa Fedeltà PremiataAshiq Aziz, ConductorclassicalmusicconsortSusanne Holmes,Farah Hack, Leslie Bouza,Graham Thomson, JamesLevesque, Mark Petracchi,Rocco RupoloUnplugged!Straight-up!Powerful!Fidelity Rewardedby Joseph Haydn(in Italian with English surtitles)The goddess Diana requires the sacrificeof a faithful lover to quell her anger. Truelove triumphs in Haydn's masterful scorefilled with charm, sophistication andglorious melody from the classical era.Lovers are reunited, Diana isappeased and the audienceenjoys a happy ending.January 30, 2011 2:30 p.m.416-366-7723 1-800-708-6754 www.stlc.comGIVE THE GIFTOF OPERAPreliminary costume sketch by Myung Hee Cho, set and costume designer for The Magic Flute.UPCOMINGPRODUCTIONSGIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE IN ANY DENOMINATIONcoc.ca 416-363-8231Presenting Sponsorof SURTITLESOffi cialAutomotive SponsorOffi cialMedia SponsorsTheMagic FluteJAN 29 – FEB 25, 2011Production SponsorNixonin ChinaFEBRUARY 5 – 26, 2011Production Co-sponsorsBroadcastSponsorCreative: EndeavourBeat by Beat / Classical & BeyondDiscovering KlassenAs well as bringing some of the best pianists and string quartets but rather by getting out and hearing performances and sometimesstudent opera at the UniversityKlassen made an impression,not only on her but also onsome of her subscribers, and ayear or so ago, when programmingthe 2010-11 season, biographical information aboutmasin both piano and voice,ALLAN PULKERSoprano Laura Klassen. the lead role in our school musical, Once Upon a Mattress playing the piano, which undoubtedly helped her to progress quicklywe were kids, it was made clear that all three of us would becomeoften with my mom at the piano, and she has really encouraged meAsked why the voice rather than the piano is her instrument ofchoice, she said that she has found it much easier to perform as a -14 thewholenote.comDecember 1, 2010 - February 7, 2011
very interesting to be able to view all that goes onAs for the future, her plan is to do her bestand see where it takes me! Every performance is -behind every great singer there is a great person, a person who hasElsewhere in the NewsGuillermo Silva-Marin, General Directorwww.torontooperetta.comHonorary Patron Werner Brandstetter, Austrian AmbassadorJohann Strauss’DieNurhan Arman willlead Sinfonia Torontoon December 10. formthe Hummel Trumpet Concerto21, violinist Judy Kang will perform Affairs of theHeart making an enormous contribution to the musicalof other performers in genres covered elsewherein The WholeNote ingsto get the whole story!currently serves as Chairman of The WholeNote’s board of directors.He can be contacted at classicalbeyond@thewholenote.com.A must for yourHoliday Entertainmentcalendar!Fledermaus(The Revenge of the Bat)Derek Bate, ConductorGuillermo Silva-Marin, Stage Directorstarring Laura Albino, Lucia Cesaroni, Keith Klassen, Adam Luther,Lise Maher and Gregory FinneyDecember 28, 29, 31 * , 2010& January 5, 7, 8, 2011 at 8 pmJanuary 2 & 9, 2011 at 2 pm* Ask about our New’s Year’s Eve Gala,Dinner & Party at the HotHouse CaféMedia Sponsor:416-366-7723 1-800-708-6754 www.stlc.comDecember 1, 2010 - February 7, 2011 thewholenote.com 15
