Opera that Excites.

They're the words that guide us here at Edmonton Opera, as we strive to excite, thrill, move, challenge, dare and celebrate with each and every production we offer to you. A certain composer, a style of production, a type of voice, a particular period or the language of the piece lead you to like or love or perhaps - gasp! - hate one opera more than another, but I hope you see and hear each production with the eyes and ears of a child. I know this great art form is doing just fine whenever I read the responses from our elementary school students after a dress rehearsal:

At the intermission I was a giggly and wiggly.

I love mostly all of it some parts were scary and serious which freaks me out. I enjoyed the opera cause it was funny serious and fantastic at the same time and that is my kind of type.

I always thougt operas were boring but now since Ive seen one they are cool.

Spelling and grammar aside, it's the genuine and often hilarious reactions that excite me the most: opera offers us bigger worlds, and whether you're eight or 80, I hope you'll join us for Edmonton Opera's magnificent forty-seventh season.

SURRENDER YOURSELF to the heartbreaking tragedy of Rigoletto, the unabashed silliness of Pirates of Penzance, the visual and aural beauty of Songs of a Wayfarer and Seven Deadly Sins, and the sheer genius of Otello.

Let Edmonton Opera excite you, and who knows? Perhaps you'll be "a giggly and wiggly" at intermission, too!