Sung in Italian with projected English translation

Cast

Krisztina Szabó, Angelina
John Tessier, Prince Ramiro
Peter McGillivray, Don Magnifico
Michael Nyby, Dandini
Caitlin Wood, Clorinda
Sylvia Szadovszki, Tisbe
Stephen Hegedus, Alidoro

Production

Peter Dala – Conductor
Robert Herriot – Director
Deanna Finnman – Costume Design
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Review

“McGillivray as the boorish stepfather always threatened to go over the top without actually doing so, in a very comic performance.”

–Mark Morris, Edmonton Journal

“Don Magnifico (Peter McGillivray) is great as a bumbling idiot who respects food and wine more than he respects people”

–Kevin Pennyfeather, Vue Weekly

“Peter McGillivray’s Don Magnifico, a brusque inebriate with an eye on improving his financial situation by marrying off one of his two self indulgent daughters – Clorinda (Caitlin Wood) and Tisbe (Sylvia Szadovszki) – to Prince Ramiro (John Tessier), was marvelously obnoxious and obsequious by turns. In his first scene, dressed in boxers, sleeveless undershirt and unflattering housecoat, he was every bit the self-regarding boor, chomping on plates of food and gluttonously guzzling wine. McGillivray clearly relished the assignment.”

–Bill Rankin, Opera Canada