Pacific Opera Victoria to Present ‘Bon Appétit’ & ‘The Italian Lesson’

By David Salazar

Canadian company Pacific Opera Victoria is set to perform a double bill of “The Italian Lesson” and “Bon Appétit” available to stream until June 21, 2021.

The double bill, which will be streamed for free via the company’s official website, will star Megan Latham as Julia Child and will be directed by Glynis Leyshon. Giuseppe Pietraroia conducts the production.

Latham is a Canadian Opera Company regular and has appeared at the Royal Theatre stage in a production of “Il Trittico.”

“The Italian lesson” is a comedy about a Park Avenue matron who struggles to translate Dante’s “Divine Comedy” during a busy morning in 1920s Manhattan. Meanwhile “Bon Appétit” is a Julia Child opera / cooking show extravaganza based on two episodes of television featuring the icon.

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