Credit: Alberta Ballet
Major performing arts organizations in Edmonton have announced that they will not be returning to stage in 2020.
Alberta has increased gathering limits to 100 outdoors and 50 indoors under Stage 2 of Alberta reopening plans which will start on June 12th.
Though Stage 3 of Alberta’s relaunch plan allows ” arts and culture festivals, concerts and major sporting events with some restrictions”, the Province has not announced a date yet.
WHAT IS POSTPONED
Alberta Ballet
- Alberta Ballet is planning to perform Swan Lake in May 2021, Peter Pan in July 2021 and to revive Artistic Director Jean Grand-Maître’s All of Us featuring music of The Tragically Hip in August 2021.
Citadel Theatre
- The planned 2020/21 Season (Mainstage, Seasonal, and Highwire) will be moved, nearly in its entirety, to the following season starting with World Premiere of ELVIS: The Musical in the Summer of 2021.
- The Citadel will not welcome families to experience “A Christmas Carol”.
- The theatre is hoping to hold Spring 2021 mini-season that will deliver a few highly-anticipated productions: The
Garneau Block in March 2021, Bears in April, Jane Eyre in May, and Peter Pan Goes Wrong in June 2021.
Edmonton Opera
Edmonton Opera has made the decision to delay its 57th season to ensure the safety of its artists and audiences.
- The season will open on Jan. 30 with a new production of Mozart’s charming romantic comedy, Così fan tutte, with ESO Assistant Conductor Cosette Justo Valdés leading the orchestra in her company debut.
- In March, Puccini’s timeless love story La Bohème whisks audiences off to Paris with a production starring acclaimed soprano Miriam Khalil, who earned rave reviews for her interpretation of Mimì across Canada.
- The season closes with a Western Canadian premiere — Donizetti’s rarely heard, Tudor-inspired tragedy Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena) with celebrated soprano Tracy Cantin returning to portray one of history’s most controversial queens.
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
- ESO has announced that 2020/2021 season will not proceed as planned. Further details will be announced by September.