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The Mississauga Symphony Orchestra's musical treat for Valentines

On Saturday February 10, the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra will provide musical treats for lovers that include Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet, Bernstein's West Side Story, selections from Lloyd-Webber's Phantom of the Opera, and more.
Guest artists Sara Papini and Romulo Delgado join the orchestra to perform beloved arias from Puccini’s La Boheme.
Regular ticket prices start at $40. Special pricing for seniors, families and patrons under 26 is available.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the Living Arts Centre at: 905-306- 6000 or by visiting: mississaugasymphony.ca
Complimentary underground parking is included with every ticket purchase. A Musical Treat for Valentines will begin at 8pm.

Soprano Sara Papini dazzles audiences internationally. Her operatic performances include, Nedda (Pagliacci), Musetta (La Bohème), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Norina (Don Pasquale), Gilda (Rigoletto), Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni). Her career highlights include performing as Tina in Jonathan Dove’s Flight, a New York City premier under the baton of Metropolitan Opera conductor Joseph Colaneri, and Silvia in Mascagni’s Zanetto, conducted by Metropolitan Opera conductor Paul Nadler in Montreal. Sara made her
Russian debut with the Primorsky Krai Philharmonic Orchestra in Vladivostok, and has performed in Tel Aviv, Israel with the Israeli Chamber Orchestra. This past fall, Ms. Papini performed Musetta in Southern Ontario Lyric Opera’s production of La Bohëme and Micaëla in Opera York’s production of Carmen.



Romulo Delgado is a classically trained tenor and a world music multi-instrumentalist who has enchanted audiences all over North America and Europe. He was a region finalist at the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Opera competition in Vienna, Austria. His operatic roles currently include Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata, Don Jose in Bizet’s Carmen, The Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Idomeneo in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca, Macduff in Verdi’s Macbeth, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Boheme and Riccardo in the Canadian premiere of
Verdi’s Oberto.

About the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra
The Mississauga Symphony Orchestra has been active in Mississauga since 1972. It has been a resident tenant inside the Living Arts Centre since 1997. The Mississauga Symphony Orchestra has grown significantly in both membership and profile, and is now proudly designated as one of Mississauga's six pillar cultural institutions.
Based out of Hammerson Hall, a world-class performing arts facility located within Mississauga’s Living Arts Centre, the MSO has offered entertaining and increasingly sophisticated programs from the classic and popular repertoires of symphonic music, all performed to the highest artistic standards. The MSO has continued to serve its original mandate to provide performance opportunities and personal development to talented
amateurs while it has combined the strands of excellence and education by assisting young professional performers and composers through solo performance opportunities, commissions and mentoring.