May 2007
| La Flute Magique - One night Only May 30 |
 Canadian Pacific Ballet presents the World Premiere full-length narrative classic La Flute Magique. Originally premiered in 1893 in St. Petersburg, Russia at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, and last staged in 1983 by Peter Martins for the New York City Ballet, Canadian Pacific Ballet is thrilled to be presenting, for the first time, this enchanting ballet in the Capital City of Victoria, British Columbia.
Music composed by Maestro Riccardo Eugenio Drigo, with original choreography by Lev Ivanov. Re-staged and directed for Canadian Pacific Ballet by Roberta Taylor, Costume Design and Construction by Graham McMonagle with Scenic Creations by award-winning designer Bill Adams and Lighting by Victoria based designer Tim Herron.
Starring
Graham McMonagle as Luc & Shandelle Sporer as Lise.
Featuring
Ursula Szkolak as Apollina
Scott Vannan as the Marquis
Heather Gordon – Murphy as the Mother
More Information.
La Flute Magique draws on the legendary magical flute, which judges a persons worth and resolves the good persons problems. The production is danced to the score commissioned from Riccardo Drigo for the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet School in 1893, and follows its synopsis. Little remains of the original Ivanov choreography; Canadian Pacific Ballet Co-Artistic Director Roberta Taylor has undertaken the recreation of the work, respecting the choreographic language of the time, while illustrating the unique emotional beauty of the music and narrative. Aesthetically, the production references the appearance of the ballet as Anna Pavlova toured it, setting the story and the characters of Luc and Lise, in eighteenth century France, as pastoral peasants. Award-winning Scenic Designer Bill Adams is creating the pastoral setting of the ballet with lighting by Victoria’s Tim Herron and Costume Designer and Canadian Pacific Ballet Co-Artistic Director Graham McMonagle has filled the scene with peasants, a comic antihero and a forest full of poofs.
Single Adult Ticket Prices
Section A ~ $66.75 (plus service charges)
Section B ~ $56.75 (plus service charges)
Section C ~ $46.75 (plus service charges)
Single Student / Senior Ticket Prices
Section A ~ $62.75 (plus service charges)
Section B ~ $52.75 (plus service charges)
Section C ~ $42.75 (plus service charges)
Group Rates
Groups of 10 or more will be charged the Student / Senior Price Rate based on the seating section of there choice.
Available at the Royal and McPherson Box Office Tel: 250.386.6121 or buy online at www.rmts.bc.ca |
