Friday September 18th, Christina Bell, on the patio at Alton Farms.
Join us for a special evening of Great Music, Wine and Food!
Relax on our patio and enjoy the evening with wine, and a wonderful eclectic selection of music, featuring Canadian Opera Company artists:
Soprano Christina Bell
Sandra Horst on piano – Choral Director of the COC.
The price is $50 + HST
Price includes:
Salad and Bread Course
Veggie, Vegetarian Mediterrean Fettuccine or
Chicken Carbonara Fettuccine
Dessert
Begin your evening with a complimentary sample of one of our unreleased wines.
Wine or other Beverages by the glass will be available to purchase throughout the evening. Pair your meal with a glass of wine or a wine spritzer or wine slushie.
Join us for a special evening of Music & Entertainment at the Winery featuring the wonderful performance of Christina Bell and Sandra Horst.
Selections from:
Ain’t it a pretty night (Susannah) by Carlisle Floyd
Neverland (Neverland)
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
I Dreamed A Dream (Les Mis)
Sure on this Shining Night (Barber)
Dich teure Halle (Tannhaüser) by Richard Wagner
I see the light (Tangled)
La Vie en rose (Edith Piaf – Chansons parisiennes)
One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man from Wonderful Town by Leonard Bernstein
Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz arranged by Mark Hayes
Neverland from Finding Neverland by Eliot Kennedy and Gary Barlow
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific by Richard Rodgers
Sure on this shining night by Samuel Barber
Soprano Christina Bell hails from Goderich, Ontario, and has been a member of the Canadian Opera Company Chorus since 2015. As a soloist, she is frequently featured in concert, opera, and oratorio around Ontario and the world. She is excited to be featured in multiple venues across Southwestern Ontario this summer and had the pleasure of recently making her debut with the North York Concert Orchestra as Paquette in Candide. A graduate from University of Toronto with a Diploma in Operatic Performance Christina sang the roles of Mrs. Baggett in Footsteps in Campbell House, Lady with a Cake Box in Dominick Argentos’ Postcard from Morocco, Lady Billows in Brittens’ Albert Herring, Donatella in Encouters, as well as being a part of Last Days. a new production with Tim Albery and David Fallis. Over the years Christina has attended the Mainstage/Ensemble Programs at Opera on the Avalon, The Centre for Opera Studies in Italy, Halifax Summer Opera Festival, St.Andrews Summer Opera Workshop. Other recent operatic performances include Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito, Liliana in Miracle Flight 571 with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Portia in Le marchand de Venise, Cousin Hebe from Gilbert & Sullivans’ HMS Pinafore, Mrs.Grose in The Turn of the Screw, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Helena in Brittens’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
In 2015 Christina had the privilege of representing Canada with the Toronto Korean-Canadian Choir as a soloist for Vivaldis’ Gloria and sang Arirang as the soprano soloist during the performance of the Korean Folk Songs with Symphonia Toronto. Christina has been a member of the Canadian Opera Company Chorus since 2015 and when she is not on a stage, she can be found exploring her passion for arts administration and management. She is the Opera & Pubic Events Administrator at the University of Toronto and most recently took on the role of the Company Manager for the Banff Center: Opera in the 21st Century program.
Sandra Horst is the Canadian Opera Company’s Price Family Chorus Master, where her repertoire spans more than seventy operas. As Head of Opera at the University of Toronto she has most recently conducted Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land, A Comedic Trilogy triple bill and A Tale of Two Cities by Arthur Benjamin. Last season she also made her Edmonton Opera conducting debut in Orfée+. She was recently Head Coach and Assistant Conductor of Brott Opera, is a regular guest faculty member of Opera in the 21st Century at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and a frequent Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition judge. Previously she has been Chorus Master and Audition Consultant for Opera Theatre of St Louis, Chorus Master of Edmonton Opera, and music staff of the COC, Juilliard Opera Centre, Chautauqua Institute and Boston Lyric Opera. Recognized as one of 100 Alumni of Achievement, in 2019 she received an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Partially sponsored by:
Derek Rideout BA CFP CLU ChFC
Investment Representative, Quadrus Investments Ltd
Financial Consultant, Freedom 55 Financial
