MAY 2024
May 3 & 4
Mezzo soprano Marion Newman, tenor Ernesto Ramirez, and baritone Jorell Williams are guest soloists in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with Symphony Nova Scotia
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May 4
Mezzo Soprano Maria Soulis is a guest soloist in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with Choral Works; Brian Rae conductor
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May 4
Soundstreams presents Grandma’s Shawl, featuring and curated by New Voices winner Natalya Gennadi – a musical journey inspired by the tale of Kokum Shawls, telling the story of the lasting bond between Ukrainian women and Indigenous women, at the Redwood Theatre, Toronto
May 9
Soprano Melody Courage is a guest artist in Nos Voix with Vancouver’s Muzewest Concerts --a night of chamber music featuring the world premiere of works by Jesse Plessis and Patrick Carrabré
May 11
Tenor Asitha Tennekoon is a guest artist in a recital with Élisabeth St-Gelais at Halifax’s Cecilia Concerts, featuring the evocative and powerful compositions of Cecilia Concerts 2023/24 Composer-In-Residence, Ian Cusson
May 14
Jacques Arsenault and Marjorie Maltais join their beautiful voices together as French Squeeze, presenting original accordion arrangements of their favourite French songs from the Champs-Elysees to the shores of the St. Lawrence, including well-known hits by Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, Jacques Brel, Alys Robi , La bolduc and more
May 26
Baritone Jorell Williams debuts as a soloist with Ottawa Choral Society’s performance of Dvorak’s Te Deum; Gabrielle Gaudreault, Conductor/Artistic Director
May 28 --31 & Jun 1
Baritone Dion Mazerolle is Alberich and Bass baritone Giles Tomkins is Fafner in Edmonton Opera’s final production in their 60th anniversary season, a brand new production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold. Adaptation by Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick, Orchestrated by Jonathan Dove; Simon Rivard, conductor; Peter Hinton-Davis, director
JUNE 2024
Jun 12 -- 15
Asitha Tennekoon joins a stellar all-Canadian cast as Peter Quint/Prologue in Britten’s spooky psychological thriller, The Turn of the Screw , as Opera 5 returns to live performance at Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto; Amanda Smith, director; Evan Mitchell, musical director