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5 unusual facts about Simon Capet


Simon Capet

In 2005 Capet founded the Victoria Philharmonic Choir (VPC), serving as its principal conductor until 2008 when Peter Butterfield succeeded him.

With the choir he notably organized a re-imagined version of Antonín Dvořák's The Spectre's Bride which used a new modernized English libretto by Mollie Kaye, shadow puppets by Emmy Award winning puppeteer Tim Gosley, and set designs by Pixar's Michel Gagne.

Victoria Philharmonic Choir

Under the founding artistic director Simon Capet an international debate was initiated as a result of its production in 2007 of Handel's

Founding artistic director Simon Capet led the choir until April 2009, when current director Peter Butterfield was appointed.

This was the final performance with the founding artistic director, Simon Capet.



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