Richard Garneau will co-host the Black & White Opera Soirée on Feb. 15
January 29, 2003 -
Ottawa, Canada -- Radio-Canada television and radio personality
Richard Garneau will co-host the Black & White Opera
Soirée, a joint fundraiser for the National Arts Centre
Orchestra and Opera Lyra Ottawa, on Saturday, February 15, 2003. The
full concert programme and dinner menu for gala guests has also been
announced.
Best known as the long-time host of La soirée du hockey
(Hockey Night in Canada), Richard Garneau has enjoyed a 48-year
career in public broadcasting, including the coverage of a number of
Olympic Games and other international sporting events. Garneau is
also a classical music lover, who most recently hosted Salut
Garneau, the weekday morning show on Radio-Canada's "La
Chaîne culturelle".
The Valentine's Day-themed Black & White Opera
Soirée concert, presented for the sixth consecutive year by
Bell Canada, features soprano Anne Grimm, soprano Jackalyn Short,
tenor Benjamin Butterfield and baritone Joshua Hopkins. Music
Director Pinchas Zukerman leads the National Arts Centre Orchestra
and the Opera Lyra Ottawa Chorus is prepared by Laurence Ewashko.
Programme:
MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute
MOZART: "Là ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni
GOUNOD: "Je veux vivre" from Romeo and Juliet
WAGNER: Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
WAGNER: "The Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin
DONIZETTI: "Bella siccome un angelo" from Don Pasquale
RODGERS: & HAMMERSTEIN "If I Loved You" from
Carousel
WEILL: "We'll Go Away Together" from Street Scene
VERDI: "Brindisi Chorus" from La Traviata
LEHAR: "You are My Heart's Desire" from Land of
Smiles
GILBERT & SULLIVAN: "The Kissing Song" from The
Mikado
HANDEL: "Piangerò" from Giulio Casare
J. STRAUSS II: Champagne Chorus from Die Fledermaus
The menu for the Valentine's feast awaiting those attending
the pre-concert dinner has also been announced. These guests will
dine on "Cupid's Catch" - a delicious seafood
cocktail with a pink aïoli and winter greens -
followed by "Birds in Love" - a tender young poussin
filled with duck breast and exotic fruit -
accompanied by a nest of colourful vegetables and layered
potato heart. Dessert is a demi gianduja dome with
blueberry sherbet and crispy ginger snap.
Bell Canada is presenting the Black & White Opera
Soirée in association with Enbridge Gas Distribution,
Scotiabank and CBC/Radio-Canada. Special thanks go to Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP, Best Buy Canada, Diageo Canada Inc., Audi Canada/Mark
Motors of Ottawa, Petro-Canada, CIBC, Ekos Research, The Ottawa
Citizen, Le Droit, The Lowe-Martin Group, B!ddle McGillvray
Advertising, Air Canada, and The Ottawa Marriott.
Soirée tickets for $250 and $375 include the spectacular
pre-concert dinner, prime seating for the concert itself, and a
post-concert reception with the stars. The Impresario Boxes are sold
out but some Corporate Tables are still available. For information
about these tickets please call the NAC Foundation Office at (613)
947-7000, ext. 393.
Tickets to the concert alone are $45.00, $60.00 and $75.00. These
may be purchased at the NAC or Opera Lyra Ottawa Box Offices or
through Ticketmaster
at (613) 755-1111 (with applicable surcharges). Ticketmaster may also
be accessed through the NAC's web-site at www.nac-cna.ca.
