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PoCo singer in new female-driven Mozart opera

Port Coquitlam mezzo-soprano Melissa Ratcliff is cast in a new production by Opera Mariposa.
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Port Coquitlam mezzo-soprano Melissa Ratcliff (left, in black top) is cast in a new production by Opera Mariposa.

Port Coquitlam mezzo-soprano Melissa Ratcliff is cast in a new production by Opera Mariposa.

Ratcliff stars as Dorabella in the show — an updated female take of Mozart’s 230-year-old opera, Così fan tutte — that runs Nov. 30 to Dec. 8 at Marpole United Church (1296 West 67th Ave., Vancouver); she appears in the Dec. 1 and 7 productions.

Ratcliff is known for her work managing the Chilliwack Academy of Music, the Simon Fraser University Choir, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and Heroic Opera.

For tickets at $28/$24/$18, call 1-800-838-3006 or visit operamariposa.com.

jcleugh@tricitynews.com