The Opera Scholarship Celebration Awards - T.O.S.C.A. 2008
On Monday, December 1, 2008 the 2008 COVC scholarships were presented to select students from the Opera Division, Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. The evening began with a festive cocktail reception which was then followed by a selection of vocal performances from COVC scholarship recipients past and present. The evening's festivites culminated in the presentation of thirty COVC scholarships and awards!
Here are some excerpts from a few of the performances from that evening:
Performances by 2008 COVC Scholarship recipients:
"Pronto io son" from Don Pasquale by G. Donnizetti. Performed by Laura Klassen, soprano and Andrew Love, baritone
"Un di, se ben rammentomi.." from Rigoletto by G. Verdi.
Performed by Sarah Iles, soprano, Erica Iris Huang, mezzo, Christopher Enns, tenor, and Jerod Bertram, baritone
"Addio dolce svegliare" from La Boheme by G. Puccini.
Performed by Lindsay Barrett, soprano, Andrea Cerswell, soprano, Christopher Enns, tenor, Vasil Garvanliev, baritone
Performances by past COVC Scholarship recipients:
"Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide by L. Bernstein. Performed by Carla Huhtanen, soprano
"E sogno? O realta ..." from Falstaff by G. Verdi. Performed by Peter McGillivray, baritone
"Puisque Pluton est inflexible" from Hippolyte et Arice, by J.P. Rameau. Performed by Curtis Sullivan, baritone
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