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Opera theme at this year’s Chorfest

mateur altos, tenors and
sopranos throughout the
province will have an
‘operatunity’ to sing with the pros
this weekend at Douglas College.
Chorfest ‘90 is a weekend fes-
tival that will bring together adult
and children singers with a profes-
sional orchestra and conductors.
“Operatunity is our catch
phrase because typically, amateur
singers don’t get a chance to sing
opera choruses with a professional
orchestra,” says Cindy Donatelli,
Co-ordinator of the Chorfest ‘90
Committee.
Donatelli is also Vice President
of the Amabilis Singers, one of the
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others are the Douglas College
Choral Society and the Douglas
College Youth Choir. The festival
will be held in conjunction with
the B.C. Choral Federation. Shell
Canada is the official sponsor.

This year’s Chorfest, with it’s
operatic theme, is widely an-
ticipated by amateur singers in
B.C., says Donatelli. “It’s the big
event for amateur singers to par-
ticipate in because it’s opera and
it’s not something that they can do
often.”

It’s also a great opportunity
for the general public to hear
choruses from the most popular
opera works. “We're doing things
that the average person would
recognize. It’s almost like the Top
40 of opera,” she says.

Chorfest 90 will begin on
Friday, May 25, when about 350
children and 300 adults will gather
at Douglas College for registration
and the first rehearsal. More re-
hearsals are planned for the Satur-
day, and there will be a dress
rehearsal on Sunday morning.
The full public performances will
take place Sunday afternoon,

May 27.

The adult conference will be
conducted be French Tickner, who
is conductor and stage director for
the UBC Opera Theatre. Bruce Pul-
lan, who is Music Director of the
Vancouver Bach Children’s
Chorus and Chairman of the
Music Department at Western

Washington University, will con-
duct the children’s conference.
Donatelli notes there will be a
wide selection of choruses per-
formed from such well-known
works as Carmen and Otello.

 

 

 

 

 

“There will be six opera cour-
ses On six operas,” she says. “For
anyone who has ever wanted to
sing opera but never had a chance,
this is it. It’s a grass-roots ap-
proach to opera. We are going to
do the popular pieces, the ones
that are easily recognizable, so for
the audience it will be very enjoy-
able.”

Individuals may register to
participate in Chorfest ’90 by con-
tacting Gill Bartholomew at 270-
1961. Ticket information is also
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