October 4 – 11, 2025
The Vancouver Opera Guild invites you to join its fall tour to Montreal and Toronto with three nights in Montreal and a performance of Don Giovanni at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, and four nights in Toronto at the Sheraton Centre Hotel with performances of Orfeo et Euridice and Romeo et Juliette at the Four Seasons Centre. Also included is an excursion to the McMichael Gallery in the charming village of Kleinburg, Ontario.
Operas you will see on the Tour:
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart and Da Ponte’s lengthy collaboration gives us Don Giovanni, a maelstrom of tragedy and dark comedy, seduction and self-destruction. The music’s timelessness is on full display and its full dramatic potency is realized by Stephen Lawless – a name that will perk up the ears and hearts of the Mozart-obsessed.
Cast includes John Brancy, Ruben Drole, Kirsten LeBlanc, Anthony Gregory, Andrea Núňez, Sophie Naubert, Matthew Li and William Meinert. Conducted by Kensho Watanabe.
Orfeo ed Euridice by Christopher Willibald Gluck
Beloved for its noble simplicity, Robert Carsen’s stylized interpretation of the haunting Greek myth of Orpheus is minimalist, stark and experimental. The divinely gifted Orpheus draws on exquisite musical talents to beg the gods for the return of his recently deceased wife, Euridice. Permitted to bring her back from the Underworld on the condition that he not look at her, or explain why, at the risk of losing her forever, Orpheus embarks on a journey that proves, once again, the enduring power of love.
Iestyn Davies is Orfeo and Anna-Sophie Neher is Euridice. Bernard Labadie conducts.
Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod
Literature’s greatest romance is reimagined in a bold and colourful new vision from international director Amy Lane. Relocating the feuding Montagues and Capulets from Renaissance Verona to Gilded Age New York, this daring and delightful production takes audiences on a journey from the soaring emotional highs of young love to heartrending despair as a fateful romance turns to tragedy.
Bekhzod Davronov is Roméo, Kseniia Proshina is Juliette, Robert Pomakov is Frère Laurent, Gordon Bintner Mercutio. Yves Abel conducts.
Tour Costs
- Guild members: $4,070 per person based on sharing twin accommodation.
- Non-Guild members: $4,120
- Single supplement: $1,880
Tour Includes
- Return airfare Vancouver-Montreal-Toronto-Vancouver
- Airport transfers in Montreal and Toronto
- 3 nights accommodation at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Montreal
- 4 nights at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto
- One way business class on Via Rail Montreal-Toronto
- Three opera tickets – one by Opera de Montreal and two by the COC
- Baggage handling and hotel tax
- Day excursion to the McMichael Gallery
- Vancouver Opera Guild Tour Director
- $200 donation to the Vancouver Opera Guild ($250 for non-members)
Tour Does Not Include
- Airport taxes and GST of $157 CA.
Tour Schedule
October 4, 2025: Vancouver-Montréal
Morning departure via Air Canada non-stop to
Montréal. On arrival, transfer to the 4-star
Double Tree by Hilton Hotel for a three-night
stay.
October 5, 2025: Montréal
Morning at leisure
2:00 p.m. performance of Don Giovanni.
October 6, 2025: Montréal
Free day.
October 7, 2025: Montréal-Toronto
Mid-morning departure by train from Montréal to Toronto. Accommodation for four nights at the Sheraton Centre Hotel on Queen Street, very close to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
October 8, 2025: Toronto
Excursion to the McMichael Gallery. The
McMichael is a major public gallery uniquely
devoted to collecting the art of Canada.
October 9, 2025: Toronto
7:30 p.m. performance of Orfeo et Euridice at the Four Seasons Centre.
October 10, 2025: Toronto
7:30 p.m. performance of Roméo et Juliette.
October 11, 2025: Toronto-Vancouver
Afternoon transfer to Toronto Airport for a nonstop flight with Air Canada to Vancouver.
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Elisabeth Dawson, (604) 922-8008, lisdawson@shaw.ca
Genny MacLean, (604) 738-5535, fgmaclean@shaw.ca
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