DEAN ARTISTS ON SOUNDSTREAMS EUROPEAN TOUR

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.

DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT WELCOMES JEAN-SÉBASTIEN VALLÉE (CONDUCTOR)

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME CONDUCTOR JEAN-SÉBASTIEN VALLÉE TO THE DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT ROSTER!

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.

DEAN ARTISTS WITH VANCOUVER OPERA

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.

Click here to learn more about their production.

Apr 30, May 5, May 7, May 8, 2022, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT WELCOMES NATHAN KEOUGHAN (BARITONE)

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME CANADIAN BARITONE NATHAN KEOUGHAN TO THE DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT ROSTER!

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.

SARAH DUFRESNE JOINS THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE JETTE PARKER ARTISTS PROGRAMME

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!



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