2025
Mar 13 -– 30
Caitlin Wood stars as Poppea in Coronation of Poppea, Monteverdi’s opera of love, power, sex and betrayal. This production is inspired by the performance tradition of Bharatanatyam dance; The INnovātiō Orchestra, period baroque band, will blend music of South India in an evening of whirling passion. Timothy Nelson, director/conductor INSeries Opera (Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD)
Mar 15 -- 23
Marion Newman is a guest soloist in the world premiere of Marcus Goddard’s “Mountain Visions" with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, performing in Kingston, Toronto, and Vancouver; Otto Tausk, Conductor www.vancouversymphony.ca
Mar 16
Maeve Palmer sings in "When Paris Sizzled: The Fabulous 1920s!", an Off Centre Music Salon concert featuring selected mélodies by Debussy, Poulene, Milhaud, Satie, and
Ravel
Mar 22
Jorell Williams is a guest soloist in his debut with Montreal’s Choeur Saint-Laurent, in Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast; Philippe Bourque, Conductor
Mar 22
Melody Courage and Jean-Philippe Lazure are guest soloists in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Victoria Philharmonic Choir; Peter Butterfield, Conductor
Apr 4 & 5
Baritone Dion Mazerolle is a guest soloist in Bach’s St. John Passion with acclaimed Ensemble Caprice, in Montréal and Québec; Matthias Maute, Conductor
Apr 5
Caitlin Wood is a guest soloist in "Bach to the Future" with Regina Symphony, singing Bach’s Cantata No. 202, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (The Wedding Cantata); Gordon Gerrard, Conductor
Apr 5
Melody Courage and Asitha Tennekoon are guest soloists in Britten’s War Requiem with Vancouver Bach Choir; Leslie Dala, Conductor
Apr 5, 9 & 11
Baritone Clarence Frazer debuts with Manitoba Opera as Schaunard in Puccini’s beloved La bohème; Anna Theodosakis Director; Tyrone Paterson, Conductor
Apr 5, 9, 11, 12 & 27
May 9, 15 & 18
June 5 & 29
Soprano Jennifer Maines joins the cast in Schön ist die Welt, a celebration of 1920s operetta, with Tyrolean State Theater, Chamber Theater, Innsbruck
Apr 12
Tenor Ernesto Ramirez is a guest artist in an evening of operatic favourites in "OpernBall" with Kitchener-Waterloo Community Orchestra; conducted by Daniel Warren
Apr 18
Dion Mazerolle is guest artist for "Concert de la Passion" with Montreal’s Les Idées Heureuses in their ongoing collaborative project with Salle Bourgie, presenting all of Christoph Graupner’s cantatas; Genevieve Soly, music director
Apr 18
Asitha Tennekoon is the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Grand Philharmonic Choir; Mark Vuorinen, conductor
Apr 23, 25, 27 & 29
Marion Newman debuts as Maddalena in Verdi’s tragic tale of love, revenge and betrayal, Rigoletto
Apr 25 –– 27
Counter tenor Daniel Cabena stars in "Garden of Vanished Pleasures” with Soundstreams Canada, with sopranos Danika Lorèn and Mireille Asselin. A finalist for Opera America’s 2022 Award for Excellence in Digital Opera, this is an emotional journey inspired by the life and work of English filmmaker and queer rights activist Derek Jarman, making its world premiere in the theatre. Conceived and devised by U.K./Canadian director Tim Albery, "Garden of Vanished Pleasures" blends the works of two composers: Cecilia Livingston and Donna McKevitt. Livingston writes deeply felt songs of love and loss, and they chime perfectly with McKevitt’s heart-aching songs that use texts drawn from Jarman’s own journals.
Apr 25 & 27
Jorell Williams is Figaro with Opera Columbus in their production of Le Nozze di Figaro; Casey Robards, conductor www.operacolumbus.org
May 3
Maeve Palmer and Giles Tomkins are guest soloists in Bach’s Mass in B Minor with Chorus Niagara; Robert Cooper, Conductor
May 8
Asitha Tennekoon presents a recital for Women’s Musical Club of Toronto with pianist Steven Philcox, including works by Ian Cusson, Vaughan Williams, and a newly-commissioned work by Danika Loren
May 9
Soprano Jennifer Taverner is a guest soloist with Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra as they celebrate the new season with “Jubilations of Spring”, performing arias from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), Filumena (Estacio) and more; Matthew Jones, conductor
May 10
Dion Mazerolle is the baritone soloist in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with L’Orchestre symphonique de L”Estuaire and Estuaire Symphonic Choir; Léa Moisan-Perrier, Conductor
May 10, 13, 15 & 18
François Racine returns to Opera de Montréal to direct Puccini’s beloved La bohème; Simon Rivard, Conductor
May 17
Marion Newman presents a recital with pianist Gordon Gerrard, with Galiano Concert Society
May 22
Melody Courage is guest soloist in Mendelssohn's Elijah with Victoria Philharmonic Choir
May 26 -- Jun 4
Marion Newman joins the Gryphon Trio in performances of "Echo: Memories of the World", a multimedia exploration of the many efforts around the world to bring voice to submerged histories
Jun 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 & 13
Giles Tomkins returns to Edmonton Opera’s production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle as Hunding in Die Walküre; Russell Braun, conductor
Jun 14
Dion Mazerolle is the baritone soloist with North York Concert Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; Rafael Luz, conductor
Jun 21
Soprano Natalya Gennadi and baritone Dion Mazerolle are guest soloists in Verdi’s Requiem with Kindred Spirits Orchestra, Orpheus Choir, and Resound Choir; Kristian Alexander, Conductor