Dean Artists Sydney Baedke, Lara Ciekiewicz, Andrew Haji, and Evan Korbut joined the Banff Opera Centre for the grand reopening of the new renovated Jenny Belzberg Theatre. The program was curated by artistic director Joel Ivany and they were joined by Jon Kimura Parker on the piano.
Bravo to the Banff Centre on this exciting event and reopening of this fabulous space!
Soprano Carla Huhtanen, tenor James McLennan, and conductor David Fallis joins Soundstreams in a European tour.
Carla and David take on the program Love Songs, featuring the music of Claude Vivier in both Germany and the U.K.
You can read more about the program here.
The trio, also at London’s Southbank Centre, perform Vivier’s Musik für das Ende.
You can read more about the Southbank Centre performance here and Soundstream’s production here.
Tenor Matthew Dalen, and sopranos Kirsten Leblanc and Andrea Núñez join l’Opéra de Montréal for Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
Christopher Allen conducts, with Suzanne Andrade as co-director and co-creator with Barrie Kosky.
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May 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 2022
Soprano Miriam Khalil joins the Saskatoon Symphony as the soprano soloist for Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
Eric Paetkau leads the orchestra, marking his final performance as music director of the symphony.
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May 7, 2022 @ 7:30pm - Sid Buckwold Theatre
Dean Artists Michael Colvin (Monostatos), Lauren Segal (Third Lady) and Vartan Gabrielian (Second Armoured Man), join the Canadian Opera Company for Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
Patrick Lange conducts, with Anna Theodosakis leading the team as the revival director.
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May 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19 and, 21, 2022
Nathalie Paulin, soprano, joins the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony for Mahler’s Symphony No. 2.
Andrei Feher conducts the KW Symphony and the Grand Philharmonic Choir.
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May 6, 2022 at 8:00 - Centre in the Square
Baritone James Westman joins Opera San Antonio in the titular role of Verdi’s Rigoletto.
E. Loren Meeker directs and fellow Dean Artist Francesco Milioto conducts.
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May 5 & May 7, 2022
H-E-B Performance Hall, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Canadian-American conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée is an internationally recognized musician, scholar, and pedagogue with a focus on vocal, choral and orchestral repertoire. Maestro Vallée has conducted ensembles in North America, Europe and Asia and has prepared choruses for the Toronto Symphony, l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa.
Jean-Sébastien Vallée is Artistic Director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; and Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Studies, and Coordinator of the Ensembles and Conducting Area at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. Jean-Sébastien has also served as Director of Choral Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and was on the choral faculty of the University of Redlands. Dr. Vallée holds degrees from Laval University, Sherbrooke University, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a doctorate in conducting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Maestro Vallée’s work is broadcast internationally and can be heard on his albums Lux (ATMA, 2017), Requiem (ATMA, 2018 – requiems by Fauré and Duruflé), and Distance (ATMA, 2021). Upcoming engagements include concerts at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, a tour with the National Youth Choir of Canada, concerts with l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Toronto Symphony, and workshops as part of the World Expo on Choral Music in Lisbon, Portugal.
Click here to learn more about Jean-Sébastien or head to his website here.
Soprano Carla Huhtanen and conductor David Fallis join Soundstreams for A Love Song to Toronto.
David music directs an ensemble of vocal soloists, instrumentalists, and dancers in a mixed programme of contemporary Canadian works.
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April 28, 2022 at St. Andrew’s Church, Toronto.
Tenor Scott Rumble joins the Kindred Spirits Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah. Kristian Alexander conducts.
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April 30, 2022 at 7 p.m at the SMSV Cultural Centre
Join Attila Glatz Concert Productions for UNITED FOR UKRAINE, featuring Dean Artists James McLennan and Lara Ciekiewicz, as well as featured soloists from the National Ballet of Canada, Canada’s Ukrainian Women’s Choir, and Ukrainian violin virtuoso Vasyl Popadiuk.
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April 28 at 7:30 pm at Meridian Hall, Toronto
Dean Artists Megan Latham (Little Buttercup), Peter McGillivray (Sir Joseph Porter), and Marcus Nance (Dick Deadeye) star in Vancouver Opera’s production of H.M.S. Pinafore.
This production is directed by Brenna Corner and conducted by Rosemary Thomson and features the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
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Apr 30, May 5, May 7, May 8, 2022, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Dean Artists Gregory Dahl (Baron Duphol), Vartan Gabrielian (Dr. Grenvil), and Adam Luther (Gastone) join the Canadian Opera Company for Verdi’s La Traviata.
Arin Arbus directs with COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducting.
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April 23, and May 1, 3, 7, 12, 18, and 20, 2022 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Baritone Nathan Keoughan is a rising star to watch, with a budding international career already recognizing him as a dynamic singing actor. Praised for his “booming, rich voice”, Keoughan has been lauded for his “charismatic, frightening, and empathetic” performances (Broadway World).
Born in the countryside of Prince Edward Island to a musical family, Nathan studied voice at the University of Prince Edward Island before joining the New England Conservatory in Boston. Nathan had his operatic start as an emerging artist in Calgary Opera’s McPhee Artist Development program, followed by two seasons with l’Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique. Nathan was also a finalist in the Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Competition in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
During his tenure with the Atelier Lyrique, Nathan was given the opportunity to cover the role of Pink in l’Opéra de Montréal’s premiere of Another Brick in the Wall, based on the iconic Pink Floyd album. Within the next year, Nathan appeared as Pink in the work’s U.S. premiere with Cincinnati Opera, marking his American company debut. Mr. Keoughan was praised for his “commanding presence in this marathon leading role, singing for nearly the opera’s duration” (Bachtrack). In 2019, he reprised the role in Toronto at the Meridian Hall for a sold out run. Nathan was scheduled to perform Pink in 2020, continuing this successful run of ABITW, with Vancouver Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, and Brott Opera, all of which were regretfully cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the concert stage, Nathan has joined l’Orchestre Symphonique de Laval and the Confederation Centre (P.E.I) for Handel’s Messiah, Les Chanteurs d’Avalon for Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Ethyl Smyth’s rarely performed Mass in D with Chœur de Laval. Other concert programs have included Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and both Brahms and Faure’s Requiem.
Click here to learn more about Nathan or head to his website here.
Tenor Andrew Haji joins Les Violons du Roy for Mozart’s Requiem.
Bernard Labadie conducts the ensemble and the La Chapelle de Quebec choir.
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April 21, 22, and 24, 2022 - Montréal and Québec City
Dean Artists Tracy Cantin (Donna Elvira), Thomas Goerz (Commendatore), Owen McCausland (Don Ottavio), and Justin Welsh (Leporello) star in Don Giovanni with Pacific Opera Victoria.
The production features direction by Maria Lamont and is conducted by fellow Dean Artist Timothy Vernon.
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April 20, 22, 24, and 26, 2022 | Royal Theatre
Bass baritone Neil Craighead jumps in for Bach’s B minor Mass with Vancouver Bach Choir.
Leslie Dala conducts.
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April 17, 2022 @ 3:00pm at the Orpheum Theatre
Bass baritone Vartan Gabrielian wins a $2,000 grant from the Gerda Lissner Foundation through the Operetta and Zarzuela Division of their International Vocal Competition.
Vartan will join a program of prize winners in recital on May 22nd in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. You can look at the 2022 prize winners here.
Congratulations, Vartan!
We are thrilled to share that soprano Sarah Dufresne will be debuting at Covent Garden this season as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.
Further roles in her debut season at Royal Opera House include Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) , Hirt (Tannhäuser), Voce dal Cielo (Don Carlo), and covering Sophie (Werther). On the Linbury Stage, she will perform Tusnelda (Arminio) and Lucia (The Rape of Lucretia).
Sarah has been accepted to the prestigious Jette Parker Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House and is elated to be joining their esteemed roster for this next chapter in her career.
Sarah is currently completing her Atelier Lyrique residency at Opéra de Montréal, where her assignments have included Vaughn-Williams' Riders to the Sea, Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, and Die Zauberflöte.
You can read more about the Royal Opera House’s 22/23 season here.
Bravo, Sarah!
Soprano Lauren Margison and tenor Scott Rumble star in Voicebox: Opera in Concert’s presentation of Barber’s Vanessa.
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April 10, 2022 - St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts - 2:30pm
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