Dear Friends of SOLO:
We are excited to present our upcoming 10th Anniversary 2025/2026 Season! We are pleased to have reached this milestone with support from people like you in our community who have a passion for Opera. We have been experiencing a renewed growing interest in this incredible Art form in our region.
We opened our new Season with Puccini’s powerful opera Tosca on Saturday, October 4th at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Soprano Maria Vetere, our featured soloist in our seasonal concert last December, performed the title role. World-renowned Baritone James Westman returned to perform as Scarpia, the evil and murderous Chief of Police.
We were very pleased to have performed a concert in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Festitalia on Sunday, October 5th at their newly acquired facility, now called the Hamilton Italian Centre 420 Crerar Dr. on the West Mountain in Hamilton. The concert was called BIS, which is the Italian word for Encore and featured Tenors Romulo Delgado, who has performed with us in the past, and Joel Ricci, who performed the lead Tenor role of Edgardo in our Lucia di Lammermoor last season, and Giacomo Folinazzo and our SOLO Chorus.
We once again performed our annual seasonal concert at BPAC on Thursday, December 4th. The concert was with full orchestra, Youth and Adult Chorus, and special guest soloists.
On Saturday, March 7th, we will present a semi-staged version of Verdi’s masterpiece Aida at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Filled with many outstanding ensembles and moments of great intimacy, Aida is a grand opera at its best! Tickets are now available under the Events tab.
Our 10th Anniversary Season will conclude with a special Gala Concert at BPAC on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:30 P.M. Details, including our special guest soloist, will be announced shortly. It will be a fitting conclusion to a milestone season for SOLO. Please save the date.
Throughout the season, we will be performing many outreach concerts in the community and continuing with our free Library talks at the Central Branch in Burlington.
Southern Ontario Lyric Opera (SOLO) is a young, vibrant and dynamic opera company with a dual goal of preserving and cultivating the multi-faceted art of opera for the dedicated aficionado, while also acquainting and educating those who are new to this exquisite and refined art form, through community outreach.
Warmly,
Sabatino Vacca
Artistic Director
SOLO: Opera & Beyond!
Thank you to our generous supporters!