SIMONA GENGA AND ANNA THEODOSAKIS WITH MEROLA OPERA

Stage director Anna Theodosakis and mezzo-soprano Simona Genga present the first of two performances of Merola Opera Program's Schwabacher Summer Concert.

The program includes extended scenes from works by Donizetti, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Massenet, Puccini, and Richard Strauss, among others. Anna directs, while Simona appears in Lucrezia Borgia, singing Orsini, and Faust, singing Dame Marthe.

The program is conducted by Louis Lohraseb.

July 12 & 13 - San Francisco Conservatory of Music

GEORGIA BURASHKO WITH LES ARTS FLORISSANTS

Mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko continues her global tour of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Les Arts Florissants and Jardin des Voix at the Toronto Summer Music Festival, Lanaudière Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, and the Caramoor Centre for Music and the Arts.

Musical director William Christie leads the production.

Click here to learn more about the program.

July 11 - Koerner Hall

July 13 - Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay

July 18 - Seiji Ozawa Hall

July 20 - Venetian Theatre

JENNIFER NICHOLS' SWEAT PREMIERES IN TORONTO

SWEAT, directed and choreographed by Dean Artists' Jennifer Nichols, makes its Toronto debut.

Winner of the Best Narrative Feature at the LA Independent Women Film Awards, SWEAT debuts with an exclusive in-person screening on Saturday, June 15th at the Revue Cinema in Toronto, followed by the digital streaming release available worldwide (June 16-30).

The work was produced by Jennifer and The Bicycle Opera Project, featuring music by Juliet Palmer and a libretto by Anna Chatterton, with cinematography led by Ash Tailor.