2024 FALL series

ISOLATION
Six Tuesday afternoons   1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
15 October – 19 November, 2024
recorded video productions presented by our
Artistic Director Barbara Steed Young

Two ways to subscribe:
​LIVE at Stratford Country Club     $60    
or ONLINE at home    $40   (excludes Nov 12 concert)
(LIVE Subscription includes access to ONLINE content as well)

Individual regular sessions:   $15
Live concert Nov 12:     $30

Subscription payments by cheque to:     new address
​MOA, P.O. Box 25045, RPO Huron St, Stratford ON  N5A 0B4
or  by Interac e-transfer to:    [email protected]

October 15 (part 1) & 22 (part 2)
RUSALKA
The theme of Isolation is expressed profoundly in our first opera, Rusalka by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. A water nymph longs to become human so she can experience love with the Prince. Her wish is fulfilled, but her transformation leaves her unable to speak to her beloved, who cannot understand why she is always silent. She becomes isolated from him, and then even from her own kind, left at last to wander in her watery prison.
program sponsored by     Susan Tamblyn

October 29 (part 1) & November 5 (part 2)
RIGOLETTO
In Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi a court jester’s physical deformity, along with the nature of his profession, isolate him both socially and emotionally. His resulting bitterness and desire for revenge further alienate him from everyone around him.
​​​program sponsored by     Elizabeth Hardeman

November 12
KELLY WALKER
AND FRIENDS
Our live concert brings you opera excerpts and works by George Gershwin, whose opera Porgy and Bess will start our Winter 2025 series. Our Music Director Kelly Walker will accompany Maria Soulis, Elisabeth Dubois, Mark Dubois, and Roger Honeywell in an afternoon of first-rate live performance.
​​​program sponsored by     Julia Rank              Larry Beare                                                         James MacDougall
                                     Two Anonymous Donors                                    

November 19
ROMÉO et JULIETTE
BALLET and OPERA EXCERPTS
Sergei Prokofiev      Charles Gounod
In Roméo et Juliette the forbidden love between Romeo and Juliet acts as a powerful source of isolation, as it forces them to hide their relationship. That eventually leads to terrible miscommunication and ultimately to their deaths.
​​program sponsored by     Julia Rank

​Series Sponsor:
The Law Office of Mary Anne Shaw
                   Wills & Estate Law
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Study Guide
​You may receive the Series Study Guide by adding a Donation of $15 or more to MOA.
It will be available for pickup Oct 15, or to be
 - delivered to local online patrons
 - mailed to out of town online patrons
When making your payment please specify:
  - Ticket being purchased and its cost
  - Amount of your donation
  - Address for delivery or mailing

Asmik Grigorian in Rusalka, The Royal Opera 2023, photo by Camilla Greenwell

Warwick Fyfe as Rigoletto, Opera Australia, photo by Jeff Busby

Kelly Walker, photo by John Lederman

Metropolitan Opera, Roméo et Juliette