PLAYBILL RATE CARDEDMONTON OPERA 2010 | 2011 SEASON

Advertising in the Edmonton Opera Playbill is the perfect way to reach a very desirable audience,and it also shows your support of the arts in your community!

LA BOHÈMEPucciniOctober 23, 26, 28, 2010Everyone has experienced the hope and loss of first love, and Puccini takes thisuniversal experience to new heights with the perennial favourite, La Bohème. Inthe gritty world of Parisian ghettos, Rodolfo, a young poet, has his life turnedupside-down by his passionate love for the fragile and doomed seamstress, Mimi.

THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIOMozartFebruary 5, 8, 10, 2011Edmontonians know a little laughter lights up a cold, dark February night, andMozart’s musical wit warms opera audiences with the comic romance The Abductionfrom the Seraglio. Young Belmonte journeys to the exotic East to rescue hisbeloved Konstanze, who’s been imprisoned by an amorous Pasha, and madnessensues as the lovers battle to outwit a bumbling and jealous vizier.

THE BARBER OF BARRHEADRossini revised!February 15-26, 2011A collaboration between Edmonton Opera and Fringe Theatre Adventures takes familyfun from Seville, Spain and into the Alberta Klondike for The Barber of Barrhead.Prospectors seek and lose their fortunes during the Gold Rush, as Figaro, a barberand jack-of-all-trades, endeavours to unite the young Al with his love Rosie,despite the dastardly innkeeper Bart’s devious dealings.

TOSCAPucciniApril 9, 12, 14, 2011A tale of desperate choices embroiled in art and politics concludes the 2010/2011season with Tosca, Puccini’s darkest and most powerful masterpiece. Tosca, a fieryand passionate diva, struggles over whether to surrender to Rome’s brutal Chief ofPolice to save the man she loves.

For advertising exposure contact Barry Powis at: ph: 780-489-3312 (direct) or 780-906-8846 (cell) e-mail: in_barry@telus.net

EDMONTON OPERA 2010 | 2011 SEASON

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SPECIFICATIONSAn electronic file in Macintosh format is required for supplied ads. Images must be a minimum of 300 dpi. A hardcopy proof must accompany the ad, or a PDF file for on-screen viewing. Software: QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator,and Adobe Photoshop. Please include all fonts used. Press-ready PDFs are also accepted. Ads can be acceptedon CD or via e-mail. Full design and production services are available. All advertisements must be acceptable incontent and design, at the publisher’s discretion. Printed sheetfed, high quality matte stock, four colour process.

Any questions or for FTP information, please call Christine at 780-702-0136.Please e-mail artwork to christine@suggitt.com

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DEADLINESISSUE BOOKING MATERIAL

1 La BohèmeOctober 23, 26, 28, 2010 September 29, 2010 October 6, 2010

2 The Abduction from the SeraglioFebruary 5, 8, 10, 2011 January 12, 2011 January 19, 2011

3 The Barber of BarrheadFebruary 15-26, 2011 January 20, 2011 January 27, 2011

4 ToscaApril 9, 12, 14, 2011 March 16, 2011 March 23, 2011

The Edmonton Opera Playbill is published by Playhouse Publications Ltd.950, Bell Tower, 10104 - 103 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 0H8Phone: 780-423-5834 Fax: 780-413-6185

For advertising exposure contact Barry Powis directly at780-489-3312 or 780-906-8846 (cell). E-mail: in_barry@telus.net

A SUGGITT COMPANY

Opera is the greatest of all the arts – it is music,theatre, dance and the visual arts combined.Edmonton Opera’s mandate is to produce opera of the highest possible calibre,and to make their productions as accessible as possible in the community.With a proud 47 year history in Edmonton, Edmonton Opera has a financiallysecure, artistically strong and promising future.

Opera that Excites.Edmonton Opera strives to excite, thrill, move, challenge, dare andcelebrate with each and every production offered.

Opera offers us bigger worlds, and whether you’re eight or 80,the Edmonton Opera is sure to delight and thrill you with theirmagnificent forty-eighth season.

The mystery and romance of Paris come alive withPuccini’s La Bohème; sharp silliness abouts with shipwrecks, sultans

and stranded sopranos in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio; love and revengemingle with power and beauty in Puccini’s Tosca; and Rossini is revised andrelocated to the Alberta Klondike with Barber of Barrhead.

Edmonton Opera Playbill AdvertisingAdvertising in the Edmonton Opera Playbill is a wonderful way to heighten your exposure andachieve greater visibility in the arts community, and specifically to fans of the opera.

With twenty performances taking place during the 2010 – 2011 season, your audience reachis well over 25,000 people. La Bohème, The Abduction from the Seraglio and Tosca performancestake place at the newly renovated Edmonton Jubilee Auditorium, which seats approximately2,400 people. The Barber of Barrhead performances take place at the TransAlta Arts Barns -Westbury Theatre.

Due to the high quality of the playbill, and the demographics of Opera attendees, theEdmonton Opera Playbill has the highest pick up rate of any arts playbill in Edmonton.

Take A Bow!For any Full Page Full Year advertisers, you will receive a pair of tickets to each of the three JubileeAuditorium productions which take place during the 2010 – 2011 season. (Value of approximately$650.00!) This is our way of saying thanks, and also, a way for you to enjoy an opera performance,and at the same time, you can see your advertising in action!

Rigoletto

Pirates of Penzance

photos: Kelly Redinger Studios