Event
- Title:
- Pacific Opera Victoria presents: Capriccio, by Strauss
- When:
- Feb 25, 2010 - Mar 06, 2010
- Where:
- Royal Theatre - Victoria
- Category:
- Victoria - Entertainment
Description
Richard Strauss' final opera, Capriccio is being performed in Victoria
The plot consists of the Countess Madeleine, who is torn between two lovers - a poet and a musician. The solution to her dilemma is to commission an opera - and she will decide how it ends. But in choosing one lover, she must lose the other. Poetry or music - which will prevail?
Tickets range in price between $36.50 and $121.50
Capriccio is being performed on the following dates:
Feb 27, 2010 3:00 PM
Mar 04, 2010 8:00 PM
Mar 06, 2010 8:00 PM
Venue
- Venue:
- Royal Theatre - Website
- Street:
- 805 Broughton Street
- ZIP:
- V8W 1E5
- City:
- Victoria
- State:
- BC
- Country:
-
Description
The Royal Theatre opened in 1913 as a privately built and operated roadhouse. It has seen many of this century's great performers on its stage, including Sarah Bernhardt, Carlos Montoya, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Luciano Pavarotti, in spite of having been used in part as a cinema from 1917 until 1981. The Royal Theatre was designated a site of national historic significance in 1987, and received a commemorative plaque from the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in 1990. The original foyer has been augmented by lobby extensions completed in 1991, while the auditorium retains its original Rococo/Renaissance Revival style decor. Extensive technical upgrades, restoration work to the auditorium, and refurbishment of the dressing rooms took place in 2002. The award winning exterior renovations were completed in 2006.
The Royal is home to the Victoria Symphony and Pacific Opera Victoria, as well as being Vancouver Island's premiere venue for touring attractions.
