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A fun-filled reflection fo the Great White North, with self proclaimed "Primadonna on a Moose," Mary Lou Fallis celebrates our Canadian Sister City, Granby, Quebec.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Chrysler Theatre
John Morris Russell, Conductor
Mary Lou Fallis, Vocalist
Leo Arnaud - Bugler’s Dream
Emil Walteuful - Skater’s Waltz
Camille Saint Saens - Carnival of the Animals
Arr. Wiebe - Bonhomme, Bonhomme
John Williams - Olympic Fanfare
Claude Lavallee - La Veuve, Overture
Mary Lou Fallis - Snow Shoe Tramp
We Dye to Live
Lacrosse our Own National Game
Take Your Girl Out to the Rink
Often
Oh What a Difference Since the Hydro Came!
Canadian Sleigh Song
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
Paddle Your Own Canoe
Arr. Wiebe - The Great Canadian Sing-along
programme subject to change
Mary Lou Fallis
"The fabulousest, Canadianest Diva of them all" - Toronto Star
Mary Lou Fallis holds a unique position in the music scene as "Canada's foremost musical comedienne." Known to thousands of viewers and listeners across the country for the Bravo! television series Bathroom Divas, her CBC Radio series Diva Diaries, and to hundreds of theatre-goers for her Primadonna series of one-woman shows, Ms. Fallis in her inimitable way, has re-invented the classical music comedy genre.
A favourite of the late great Anna Russell, Ms. Fallis made her operatic debut at 16 years of age as the Second Spirit in a CBC Television production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. After obtaining the first Master's degree in Performance and Literature from the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, her career has encompassed performances of major oratorios and choral works with leading orchestras, as well as opera - with roles ranging from Despina in Cosi fan Tutte to Zerbinetta in R. Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. In addition to her North American engagements Ms. Fallis has toured the United Kingdom extensively, appearing in London's West End, Covent Garden International Festival, the Wexford Opera Festival, and the Edinburgh International Festival. More recent seasons have included appearances in Japan and Iceland.
Ms. Fallis is best known as the creator and interpreter of very original one-woman shows: the ACTRA award-winning, Dora-nominated Primadonna, based on her own life as a singer, and its two sequels Primadonna's First Farewell Tour; and Primadonna Does More With Less, which was premiered at the Guelph Spring Festival; Emma, Queen of Song about the real-life Canadian diva, Emma Albani; The Mrs. Bach Show hosted by Anna Magdalena, wife of J.S. Bach; and Ms. Mozart, the story of Wolfgang's sister Nannerl (created for the 1991 Mozart bicentennial). The latest incarnations are are Primadonna on a Moose turned into a popular CD with members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Primadonna goes Camping premiered outdoors on a wilderness Lake in Haliburton at the Forest Festival
Ms Fallis' Diva Diaries was a popular Friday afternoon series on CBC Radio's Take Five, which featured the Primadonna's personal and hilarious observations about her travels, both real and imaginary, across Canada.
Ms. Fallis was the music producer of the Gemini award winning Bathroom Divas, a new six-part reality TV series that quickly developed a cult following. Opera's answer to American Idol, Bathroom Divas featured Ms. Fallis as part of a jury selecting the grand-prize winner from hundreds of hopefuls in a nation-wide challenge.
Ms Fallis lives in Toronto with her husband and a very woolly dog named Percy.
Please visit Ms Fallis' website.
| Box | A | B | C | D | |
| Adult | $85 | $56 | $39 | $29 | $13 |
| Senior (60+) | $85 | $56 | $36 | $23 | $13 |
| Student/Youth | $42 | $28 | $18 | $14 | $6 |
