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Vancouver Opera's Latest, Evita, Comes with an Exciting Starcast

Vancouver Opera , 08 Apr, 2016 12:19 PM
    Vancouver Opera's company premiere of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit Evita is already almost half sold-out, a month before the April 30 opening! Tickets are going quickly for this winner of 7 Tony Awards TM , soon to hit the Queen Elizabeth Theatre stage in a brand new full-scale production.
     
    Set in the politically turbulent 1930s and 1940s, Evita follows Eva Duarte’s remarkable journey from small-town slums to the tango clubs of Buenos Aires, through a career in B movies and radio dramas, and to the presidential palace on the arm of her new husband, General Juan Perón. Fearlessly aggressive in defending the rights of workers and the poor, Eva attracted the wrath of the aristocracy and the universal love of the people. Her legend lives on, decades after her death in 1952 at age 33, even as her role in Argentina’s history is revealed with increasing clarity as time goes on. Read a full synopsis at www.vancouveropera.ca.
     
    VO's Evita will star three seasoned Broadway stars with international followings.
     
    Ramin Karimloo will star as Che. Mr. Karimloo has played both Jean Valjean (Les Misérables) on Broadway and The Phantom (Phantom of the Opera) in London's West End. He was personally selected by Andrew Lloyd Webber to star in the London World Premiere of the Phantom sequel, Love Never Dies. This will be his first appearance as Che.
     
    Caroline Bowman will play Evita, a role she has also played in the Broadway revival and on tour in the United States. She also starred in the Broadway productions of Wicked (as Elphaba) and in Kinky Boots.
     
    John Cudia will play Perón. Mr. Cudia is the first and only performer to have played the roles of The Phantom and Jean Valjean on Broadway. Equally at home on opera, theatre and concert stages, Mr. Cudia is a lyric tenor who has also sung Alfredo in La traviata with Lyric Opera of the North.
     
    Evita is onstage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, corner of Georgia and Hamilton Streets, Vancouver, BC for only 6 performances, April 30 - May 8, 2016. Approximate running time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including 1 intermission.
     
    Tickets are available exclusively through the Vancouver Opera Ticket Centre: 604-683-0222 or www.vancouveropera.ca. Special pricing for groups of at least 10, and for families, is available by phone.
     
    Follow Vancouver Opera on Twitter and Facebook for exclusive offers such as VO's Get O.U.T (Opera Under 35) program, with $35 tickets for patrons aged under 35.

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