This is a list of concerts we are attending, wishing we could attend, or thinking about attending between Oct. 30 and Nov. 5, 2023. For more of what’s happening around Toronto, visit our calendar here.

Alliance française/Poème Harmonique

Tuesday Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. Alliance française (24 Spadina Road). $18

A sextet drawn from the French ensemble offers a program including works by Cavalli and Lully and based on the early days of the Palace of Versailles. With mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik. Info here.

Tapestry/Rocking Horse Winner

Nov. 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 4, 5 at 1:30 p.m. Streetcar Crowsnest (345 Carlaw Ave.). $79, senior $63

Tapestry revives its Dora-Award-winning hit of 2016 (words by Anna Chatterton and music by Gareth Williams) with many of the same singers. New to the company is the French-born, New York-based conductor Kamna Gupta. Michael Hidetoshi Mori directs. Info here.

RCM/Glenn Gould School Chamber Opera

Friday Nov. 3 and Saturday Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Mazzoleni Hall. $20

Students of the Glenn Gould School delve into the Tapestry archives and revive five quirky one-act operas originally seen between 2002 and 2009. Settings are said to include a park, an ice rink, a hardware store, an ant colony and a sock drawer. Peter Tiefenbach conducts. Info here.

RCM/Danish String Quartet

Friday Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. Koerner Hall. $45+

The 20-year-old ensemble (which includes one Norwegian) visits Koerner Hall with a conservative program of Purcell (Chaconne in G Minor), Haydn (Quartet in G Minor Op. 20 No. 3), Shostakovich (Quartet No. 7) and Schubert (“Death and the Maiden”). Info here.

Array Space/Quatuor Molinari

Friday Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. Array Space (155 Walnut Ave.). $20.

“Nature in Canadian String Quartets” is the theme of this concert by the enterprising Montreal group. The program: Quinsin Nachoff’s Quartet No. 1 and R. Murray Schafer’s Quartets No. 2 (Waves) and No. 10 (Winter Birds). Info here.

VOICEBOX/Un giorno di regno

Sunday Nov. 5 at 2:30 p.m. Jane Mallett Theatre. $47

The Opera in Concert company tries on Verdi’s early and rarely-heard comedy. Suzy Smith leads a cast of six and chorus from the piano. Info here.

RCM/Sir András Schiff

Sunday Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. Koerner Hall. $75+

The Hungarian-born British pianist visits Toronto with a program of…who knows? Sir András now announces repertoire from the stage. But he is best known for his advocacy of the hardcore Austro-German classics. Info here.

Mooredale/New Orford String Quartet

Sunday Nov. 5 at 3:15 p.m. Walter Hall. $55, senior $50, student $30

The New Orford String Quartet offers a program of Caroline Shaw, Ana Sokolović, Beethoven (Op. 74) and Ravel in the U of T venue that the group’s namesake used to call home. Info here.

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Arthur Kaptainis was classical music critic of the Montreal Gazette from 1986 to 2022 and wrote for the National Post from 2010 to 2016. His articles appear in Classical Voice North America and Gramophone as well as Ludwig Van. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the University of Toronto. He is president of the Music Critics Association of North America.

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