Preview: Cendrillon Presented by Comic (book) Opera Bonnyville Strathcona Performing Arts Centre June 13 and 14 For a great story, amazing music, a dazzling presentation and a fun evening out, it’s hard to beat a good opera—seriously. Comic (book) Opera is a new Alberta company that injects fresh energy into opera. Their production of Jules […]
Concert Preview There might be some extra energy on stage when blues star Sue Foley performs at Bonnyville Strathcona Performing Arts Centre Saturday night. Foley and her trio will be finishing a Canadian leg of their extensive touring schedule. They started in Vancouver September 26, and they’ve been playing in a different city every night […]
Celebrated fiddler and his friends will bring smiles to your boots Calvin Vollrath says Canada’s fiddle music tradition comes from all over the place. “French Canadian, Métis, Ukrainian, Scottish, Irish, the list goes on and on,” he says. And that’s what makes it so Canadian. He remembers the producers of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics opening […]