A Russell Braun Bargain
18 February 2010
Do we have a bargain for you!
Russell Braun in recital. Half price for friends of City Opera.
Thanks to our friend Paul Gravett at the Kay Meek Centre, and your support of City Opera, you will be able to hear the extraordinary Canadian baritone Russell Braun when you purchase two tickets for the price of one.
HOW TO PURCHASE
~Phone 604.913.3634, the Kay Meek box office
~Identify yourself as a Friend of City Opera Vancouver
~Purchase two adult tickets (regular $80.00) for the price of one ($40.00)
~NB: this offer is NOT available online
~Young adult (19-37) tickets available at $11.00 each
~Youth (12-18) tickets available at $5.00 each
WHEN
3pm SUNDAY, 7 MARCH 2010
KAY MEEK CENTRE, WEST VANCOUVER
Many of your friends from City Opera Vancouver will be in attendance.
HOW TO GET THERE
Just enter the following in your url bar. It’s easy.
www.kaymeekcentre.com/services/location_and_map
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WHO HE IS
Russell Braun
Baritone
“The evening’s one consistently bright spot was the Figaro of Russell Braun, who entered as if shot from a cannon and remained a spry, winning presence throughout. Braun’s elegant, soft-grained timbre and meticulous handling of verbal and musical detail were a joy to hear.” (Opera News)
“Russell Braun’s eagerly awaited account is superb in every way, notable for its smooth legato, a consistent and ravishingly beautiful tone throughout the vocal range, clear enunciation and impeccable pitch.” (Opera Canada review of Winterreise recording)
“A glorious performance in terms of vocal beauty and expressive intensity.” (The Guardian)
Thrilling, manic, glorious, superbly sung and malevolently acted, rich, powerful, elegant, soft-grained, and spine-tingling are but a few of the epithets the media have used to describe Canadian opera sensation Russell Braun. In concert, opera and recital, the international stages of the world are his – whether it be the Metropolitan Opera in New York, l’Opéra de Paris, the State Opera in Vienna, the Lyric Opera in Chicago, the Los Angeles Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Salzburg or the Glyndebourne Festival.
His powerful voice and commanding presence have given vigour to such roles as Billy Budd, Prince Andrei, Figaro, Papageno, Count Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Pelléas, and Eugene Onegin.
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PS: Tickets for our next mainstage, Sumidagawa & Curlew River, are now on sale at www.ticketstonight.ca. More information on our website.
PPS: Our next DTES recital takes place tomorrow, 4:15 to 5:00pm, in the Homeground Festival at Oppenheimer Park. Caroline Jang, soprano. Michael Onwood, piano. Free. Wonderful. Our thanks to the Carnegie Centre.
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