Opera Laurier

Opera Laurier was very honoured to present “The Llandovery Castle” with music by Stephanie Martin and libretto by Paul Ciufo.

This is a true story of incredible bravery, resilience and compassion in the face of unspeakable tragedy. These 14 nursing sisters devoted their lives to healing and helping others. Through this story, told so beautifully through music, we get to see the relationships, fears and hopes of these incredible humans.

As we close this show tonight, we wanted to extend a warm thank you to everyone who came to support this show and help to honour the lives lost aboard the Llandovery Castle. Thank you to our incredibly creative team and everyone who put so much care into bringing this show to life.

Composer: Stephanie Martin
Librettist: Paul Ciufo
Director: Mabel Wonnacott
MD/Conductor: Kate Carver
Set Design: Carlyn Rahusaar Routledge
Lighting Design: Lyle Franklin
Costume Coordination: Nicole Del Cul roi: Kaela Bosch

Intensive week photo dump → OPENING WEEK ✨🚢

We’ve been full steam ahead preparing The Llandovery Castle by Stephanie Martin — and this is your behind-the-scenes peek. From first notes to full runs, it’s been all hands on deck for this powerful true Canadian story. 🎶⚓

Presented by Opera Laurier :
🗓 Feb 25–28 | 7:30 p.m.
📍 Theatre Auditorium

Pre-show talks at 6:30, WWI-era lobby music, and an incredible cast of students. Grab your tickets and join us before the ship leaves port! 🎟️ TICKET LINK IN BIO 🎟️

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Introducing our wonderful team who is helping to bring this show to life and tell the tale of these nurses. 🛳️✨

Introducing the cast of the Llandovery Castle Opera! 🛳️✨See anyone you may know/recognize? Check out the dates they’re performing and come show your support!! If not, come anyway and learn about the nurses who carried mercy instead of weapons aboard the ship.

Remember to get your tickets at the link in our bio!🎫

Opera Laurier is pleased to present our 2026 Winter Production of The Llandovery Castle composed by Stephanie Martin Music🛳️

Librettist: Paul Ciufo
Directed by: Mabel Wonnacott
Music Director/Conductor: Kate Carver

Join us from February 25-28 at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Theatre Auditorium at 7:30pm!

There will also be a pre-show event which includes talks with Stephanie Martin (composer of the opera) on February 25th/26th and Nate Hendley (author of recent book on the Llandovery Castle) on February 27th/28th.

Following this, there will be a mini concert in the lobby of the Theatre Auditorium! Please see our bio for ticket link

Our show last night was a success!! Thank you to all who came out and supported. Everyone worked so hard and it definitely paid off!

Congratulations to the Concerto Competition Winners who performed with such passion and poise. Thank you Dr. McGray for so gracefully conducting the orchestra! What a wonderful way to begin our evening! Congratulations to all the performers in our excerpts! It was a true display of all the talent and dedication of the students in our Laurier Music Faculty 💐

Thank you to the Laurier Symphony Orchestra! You truly helped to bring this concert to life and it was such a joy sharing the stage with you.

Thank you to our Opera Director Mabel Wonnacott and our Conductor Kate Carver. Your guidance and dedication is very much appreciated and this would not have been possible without you!

Thank you to Nicole Del Cul, our costume manager who made everyone look absolutely stunning and to Kaela Bosch for these beautiful photos.

We open next week! Hope you’ve already gotten your tickets or planning to get your tickets👀🎫
The link is in our bio!

Here is a glimpse of our Cast, Concerto Competition Winners, Directors and Creative & Tech Team! So much hard work and preparation has been put in place over the term and we can’t wait to share this with you all!

Join us on November 29th at 7:30pm in the Theatre Auditorium where masks unfold🎭 dolls come alive, roses carry secrets and every heart hides a truth.

You have ONE LAST CHANCE to witness our exciting and twist-filled production of the Marriage of Figaro, today at 3pm is our closing show! See you there!
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