Conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée leads the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for “In Time - At the Intersection of Music & Dance”.
The program includes Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden, Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Shaw’s To the Hands. Learn more about the program here.
September 22 & 23 - Jeanne Lamon Hall (Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre)
Soprano Sarah Dufresne opens her season at the Royal Opera House as Gianetta in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.
Laurent Pelly directs, with conductor Sesto Quatrini at the podium. Learn more about the production here.
September 22, 25, 28 October 3, 5 - Royal Opera House
soprano, Sarah Dufresne
Soprano Catherine St-Arnaud joins Clavecin en Concert for Musique française au temps des bâtisseurs.
The concert features a program of French Baroque music, including works by Blavet, Couperin, Leclair, and Rameau.
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September 22 - Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel
Conductor Andrew Crust leads the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for a afternoon of Argentinean rhythms featuring works by Piazzolla, Ginastera, and more.
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September 21 - Orpheum
Mezzo-soprano Simona Genga and soprano Leila Kirves are both finalists for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 24/25 Ryan Opera Center.
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Bravo, Simona and Leila!
September 17 - Lyric Opera House
Mezzo-soprano, Simona Genga and soprano, Leila Kirves.
Soprano, Jonelle Sills in recital with the Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival.
Jonelle is joined by the Viano Quartet for a program that includes music by Piazzolla, Lau, Livingston and Schubert.
September 16, 2023 - St.Mary Magdalene Anglican Church
Soprano, Jonelle Sills with Viano Quartet.
Soprano Jacqueline Woodley joins Early Music Vancouver for Handel’s Apollo e Daphne.
Dean Artists’ Alexander Weimann conducts The Pacific Baroque Orchestra.
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September 15th, 2023 - Christ Church Cathedral
Jacqueline Woodley, soprano and Tyler Duncan, baritone.
Bass Kirk Eichelberger joins Solo Opera for Laitman’s The Three Feathers.
The production features direction by Sylvia Amorino and is conducted by Alexander Katsman.
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September 8th & 10th - Lesher Center for the Arts
Soprano Kirsten LeBlanc and bass-baritone Alex Halliday appear with the Canadian Opera Company for “Opera's Greatest Hits”, the first of four performances in their Community Concert Series. The performances continue on September 16th and 17th at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre.
Johannes Debus conducts the COC Orchestra for excerpts from the 2023/2024 season.
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September 7, 16, & 17 - George Weston Recital Hall, Harbourfront Centre
Soprano Sarah Dufresne joins Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal for Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Rafael Payare conducts.
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A special nod to Dean Artists’ Simon Rivard who assists Payare for this program, and others, during OSM’s Virée Classique.
August 19 & 20 - Maison Symphonique
Praised for her rich sound and captivating finesse, soprano Jamie Groote is immensely dedicated to her artistry and is creating a reputation for herself as a young singer to watch.
Recently completing her final year in the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Ms. Groote performed Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), 2nd Wood Nymph (Rusalka), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Flora (La Traviata), Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), and the lead role of Lea in the world premiere of Ian Cusson’s Fantasma with the company.
On the concert platform her repertoire includes Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and 4, Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Ravel’s Sheherezade, Handel’s Messiah, and Mozart's Requiem, and has performed under the batons of Keri-Lynn Wilson, Uri Mayer, Jader Bignamini, Johannes Debus, Patrick Lange, Roberto Kalb, Andrei Fehrer, and Rosemary Thomson. Roles in her current repertoire include Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Countess, Pamina, Fiordiligi, Micaela, Marguerite, Governess, Ellen Orford, and Mathilde.
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Tenor Adam Luther joins Pacific Opera Victoria for a series of outdoor, summer concerts, in collaboration with the Victoria Symphony.
Giuseppe Pietraroia and Timothy Vernon conduct.
August 4 and 5 - Cameron Bandshell
Bass-baritone Alex Halliday is praised for “a voice that is both powerful and expressive” (SesayArts Magazine).
This past season Alex completed his final year as a member of the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble where he was seen on stage in the roles of Jailer in Puccini’s Tosca, Servant in Verdi's Macbeth, Morales in Bizet’s Carmen, both Cappadocian and a jump in performance Second Nazarene in Strauss’ Salome, along with various cover assignments for the 2022/2023 season. Other notable assignments at the COC include Guccio in Gianni Schicchi (2021) and Noah in the 2022 world premiere of Fantasma by Ian Cusson and Colleen Murphy. Alex looks forward to returning to the COC for the 2023/2024 season in several assignments.
Alex is quickly making his mark across Canada in not only opera, but on the concert stage. He most recently had the pleasure of performing as the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Durham Youth Orchestra, and the Peterborough Singers for their 2022 holiday seasons. Also in concert, Alex had the pleasure of performing Coline in Puccini’s La bohème with Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes at Montréal’s Maison Symphonique.
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Bass baritone Vartan Gabrielian sings Nick Shadow in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress with the Verbier Festival.
James Gaffigan conducts.
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July 30 - Salle des combins
Bass Alain Coulombe and baritone Dominique Côté premiere Christian Thomas’ Messe solennelle pour une pleine lune d’été with Festival d’Opéra de Québec.
Thomas Le Duc-Moreau conducts, with direction by Alain Zouvi.
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July 29, 31, and August 1 - Salle Raoul-Jobin du Palais Montcalm
Conductor Simon Rivard conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal for OSM in the Parks.
He conducts a varied program, featuring soprano Suzanne Taffot, clarinet soloist André Moisan, and host André Robitaille.
Schedule:
July 26: Parc Équestre de Blainville
July 27 : Parc Poly-Aréna de Brossard
July 28: Parc Jarry, dans l’arrondissement Parc-Extension de Montréal
July 29: Parc de l’Île des moulins de Terrebonne
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Dean Artists Meghan Lindsay and Wallis Giunta appear in recital with Ottawa Chamberfest.
Soprano Meghan Lindsay is joined by pianist Carson Becke in recital. Click here to learn more about their program. July 21st - Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
Mezzo soprano Wallis Giunta is joined in recital by a chamber ensemble and pianists Hinrich Alpers and Jenna Richards. Click here to learn more about her program. July 28th - Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
Vancouver soprano Leila Kirves is a quickly rising emerging voice, making her mark as a “colorful and charismatic” (Opera Canada) performer. This season, Leila joined the prestigious Gerdine Young Artist Program at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, where she covered the title role of Puccini’s Tosca.
Leila’s recent operatic credits have included First Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Giulietta in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Anna-Liese Franz in the Canadian premier of Mieczysław Weinberg's The Passenger, the Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, The Secretary in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul, and the Foreign Princess in Dvořák’s Rusalka.
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Tenor Isaiah Bell joins Philharmonia Baroque at Tanglewood and Caramoor Festival for Handel’s Acis and Galatea, singing Damon.
Aria Umezawa directs, with Richard Egarr conducting and leading from the harpsichord.
Learn more about the performance at Tanglewood here, and Caramoor here.
July 20 & 23 - Tanglewood Festival (Seiji Ozawa Hall) and Caramoor Festival (Venetian Theatre)
Soprano Jonelle Sills and tenor Andrew Haji join the Vancouver Opera for Opera in the Park.
Jonathan Darlington conducts.
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July 16 - Deer Lake Park
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