Welcome Allison Grant, our stage director for Giulio Cesare!

February 19, 2014

Sadly, stage director Joel Ivany will not be able to join us for our 2014 production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare. However we’re very we’re very happy to welcome the awesome Allison Grant to the team!

Allison comes from a background as a choreographer, and has directed and/or choreographed for both opera and theatre. Recent directing credits include Roméo et Juliette for Vancouver Opera, Don Giovanni and choreography for Candide at the Opera Division of The University of Toronto, as well as movement director and Assistant Director to Neil Armfield for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Canadian Opera Company.

Learn more about Allison at her website, allisongrant.ca!

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