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October 2019
University of Toronto Faculty of Music | U of T Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor with Jennifer Tran, alto saxophone, one of the winners of the 2018-19 UTSO Concerto Competition COLGRASS As Quiet As SCHMITT Légende, Op. 66 DEBUSSY Nocturnes: Nuages & Fêtes - Lorenzo Guggenheim, assistant conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 in A major U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Off Centre Music Salon | Schubertiad: A Day with Schubert
“I live and compose like a God, as if it had been so decreed.” – Franz Schubert FEATURING Andrea Ludwig, mezzo soprano Inna Perkis, piano Boris Zarankin, piano ROSEBUD QUARTET Keith Hamm, viola Sheila Jaffé, violin Leana Rutt, cello Aaron Schwebel, violin
Find out more »Esprit Orchestra | I Hit My Head And Everything Changed
A blast of powerful orchestral sound, Adès’ opera overture provides for the dramatic launch of Esprit’s season. Harman’s integration of video art projections inspired by his collaboration with artist Moira Ness, brings new treasure to multimedia orchestral life. One of Louie’s most expressive choral works embellishes her receiving the Molson Prize in the Arts and Abrahamsen’s compelling concerto for the left-hand showcases Avan Yu as one of Canada’s hottest young pianists. Overture to "The Tempest" op.22a (2004) or orchestra — Thomas Adès (England)…
Find out more »Stereo Live Presents |The Rosebud String Quartet
Program: J. Haydn; String Quartet in B-flat major, opus 76 no. 4, "Sunrise" E. Schulhoff; Five Pieces for String Quartet Intermission G. Puccini; I Crisantemi for String Quartet B. Britten; String Quartet No. 1 in D major The Rosebud Quartet was formed in 2013 in Rosebud, Alberta at the inaugural Rosebud Chamber Music Festival, an annual summertime showcase of chamber music in rural Alberta. Based in Toronto during the year, the quartet appears regularly at various festivals and series, including…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Parlami d’Amore: Speak to Me of Love
VOCAL SERIES Led by co-directors Sandra Horst and Michael Patrick Albano, the Opera Division at the University of Toronto presents a mixed program entitled Parlami d’amore (Speak to me of Love). Drawing upon three centuries of operatic repertoire, Parlami d’amore explores the captivating aspects of love promised, fulfilled, and betrayed.
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Gimeno Conducts Daphnis et Chloé
GIMENO CONDUCTS DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ Experience the full force of the Orchestra when Gustavo Gimeno returns! The TSO’s incoming Music Director leads a suite from Ravel’s lush and passionate Daphnis et Chloé. And the brilliant Beatrice Rana makes her TSO début playing Prokofiev’s blistering Piano Concerto No. 3. Free pre-concert performance by The TSO Chamber Soloists on October 9, 2019! Admission is included in the price of your ticket. Seating is limited, and latecomers will not be admitted after the performance…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Chamber Soloists delve into an evocative and dreamlike world through a program centered on the Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp by French Impressionist composer, Claude Debussy.
Find out more »Tapestry Opera | Anniversary Party
Tapestry’s turning 40 in style! We’ll be tearing the roof off stackt market on Thursday, October 10th, 2019 to celebrate 40 tremendous years creating genre-altering operas. This fabulous evening showcases performances of Tapestry favourites, a dance-floor shredding DJ, and some unmissable surprises, in addition to a delectable menu prepared by stackt market in their industrial-chic space. It all kicks off at 6PM on Thursday, October 10th. Tickets are $225, or $1,600 for a table of eight. EVENT SCHEDULE: 6:00pm -…
Find out more »The Piano Lunaire | Aaron Copland: The Music Within
Join Adam Sherkin on October 10 in Toronto for this unique performance event! This recital is part of a concert tour that includes stops in Buffalo, Toronto and New York City. THE STORY: Aaron Copland was a fine pianist. In 1926, he premiered his own “Jazz” piano concerto. Continuing to write for the instrument throughout his career, Copland turned increasingly to other pianists for interpretation. On October 25th, 1957, William Masselos gave the premiere performance of the composer’s PIANO FANTASY…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Haus Musik: Café Counterculture
1730 Leipzig to 1960 Yorkville It’s 1730s Leipzig, Germany. J.S. Bach and his colleagues gather at Zimmerman’s coffee house for weekly concerts featuring the new music of the day. Fast forward to Toronto in the 1960s. Yorkville (now known as the ‘Mink Mile’) is a hub of subversion and anti-establishment activism. Undiscovered artists are making their breaks and international acts have come to sling it in underground dives and coffee houses. Legends of this counterculture scene pepper music collections across…
Find out more »Neil Crory Tribute Concert
Isabel Bayrakdarian will perform in the Neil Crory Tribute Concert on Friday, October 11, 2019, 7:00 PM at Trinity-St Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts — Tickets here: https://www.tafelmusik.org/concert-calendar/events/neil-crory-tribute-concert #IsabelBayrakdarian Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir An unprecedented lineup of stellar Canadian singers take part in the Neil Crory Tribute Concert, an extraordinary celebration of music and the human voice in honour of the legendary CBC Music producer, mentor, impresario, colleague, and friend who died…
Find out more »Against the Grain Theatre | La Bohème
#AtGBoheme — A modern love story sung in English. At a bar. The AtG production that started it all, and uprooted opera from the opera house. Our modern adaptation and English translation of the Puccini classic shifted the tale of struggling artists to the present-day, and unfolded entirely inside a historic dive bar in the heart of Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood. This fall, we tour the fully-staged remount of our acclaimed, groundbreaking English “transladaptation” of the Puccini classic. Presenting to between Banff and…
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD | Turandot (Puccini) Italian w/ e.s.t.
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s celebrated production of Turandot, which stars Christine Goerke in the title role of the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men. Roberto Aronica sings Calàf, the suitor who risks his head for her hand and sings the famed aria “Nessun dorma.” Eleonora Buratto is the slave girl Liù, and James Morrisis Calàf’s long-lost father, Timur. LIVE Saturday, October 12, 2019 ENCORES Saturday, November 2, 2019 Monday, November 4, 2019 Wednesday, November…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Rasalka
RUSALKA Antonín Dvořák OCTOBER 12 TO OCTOBER 26, 2019 Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Performance time is approximately three hours and 30 minutes, including two intermissions. CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS Conductor Johannes Debus Director David McVicar Set Designer John Macfarlane Costume Designer Moritz Junge Lighting Designer David Finn Choreographer Andrew George Price Family Chorus Master Sandra Horst Rusalka Sondra Radvanovsky Vodník Štefan Kocán Ježibaba Elena Manistina Prince Pavel Cernoch Foreign Princess Keri Alkema First Wood Nymph Anna-Sophie Neher Second Wood Nymph Jamie Groote Third Wood Nymph Lauren Segal Gamekeeper Matthew Cairns Turnspit Lauren Eberwein Hunter Vartan Gabrielian
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Junctions: A Canadian Vibe
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES In their search for a musical identity that embraces all of Canada, the duo meagan&amy reveals the connections between Canadian music and music from the great European tradition, particularly through the works of André Mathieu, David L. McIntyre, and Claude Debussy, among others. This is an opportunity to discover a shared musical heritage that, while rooted in European music, has evolved its own distinct Canadian qualities.
Find out more »Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | James Bond: The Music
Prepare to be shaken and stirred as the TSO pays tribute to the suave and immortal secret agent. Relive the iconic hits—“Skyfall”, “Live and Let Die”, “For Your Eyes Only”, and more—and discover why nobody does it better than Bond. Performances are roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute intermission. Performers John Morris Russell, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Ron Bohmer, vocalist Tickets, here.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Autumn Jazz
JAZZ SERIES The University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra (UTJO) is the flagship ensemble of the jazz studies program at the Faculty of Music. Directed by Gordon Foote, UTJO performs a wide variety of music, from jazz standards to works by internationally known composers and arrangers, and contemporary music written by UofT students and faculty.
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Baroque Roots
This concert sends the orchestra back to Vienna’s baroque roots, recovering a time when Austrian composers rubbed shoulders with their Italian counterparts, a vital cross-cultural endeavour. Experience a time when the sound of the baroque was breaking like a wave over Europe, its rich and soulful sounds reaching deep into human emotions, revealing a world, now familiar, then novel and radical. Program Farina Sonata detta la Farina, for violin & continuo (1628) Bertali Ciacona, for violin & continuo (c.1650) Buonamente Sonata prima a…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | U of T Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer, conductor with Michelle Lin, piano, one of the winners of the 2018-19 UTSO Concerto Competition MOZART Symphony No. 41, K. 551 in C major (Jupiter) RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole KULESHA Non-Destructive Classical Music TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 in B-flat minor *Join us at 7 pm in Room 130, 80 Queen's Park, for Symphony Talk, a pre-performance talk with Gary Kulesha, Associate Professor, Composition. $30, $20 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space…
Find out more »Music Toronto | Quartetto di Cremona
Since its formation in 2000, the Quartetto di Cremona has established a reputation as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. Unanimously considered the true heir of the great Quartetto Italiano, 2018 brought the release of their recording of the complete Beethoven string quartets (Audite). Of special interest is that the Nippon Music Foundation has entrusted them with the Stradivarius “Paganini Quartet” of instruments, well known to us from the final years of the Tokyo Quartet.…
Find out more »Show One Productions | Denis Matsuev
Since his triumph at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, Denis Matsuev has become a virtuoso in the grandest of Russian pianistic traditions. Denis Matsuev is highly demanded worldwide as a recitalist and a soloist playing with all the major Orchestras in the most prestigious venues around the globe.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Acis and Galatea
A story of the tragic impermanence of love as seen through the eyes of a nymph and shepherd, Acis and Galatea is the most famous of Handel’s dramatic works. The brilliant tenor Isaiah Bell, a graduate from the Historical Performance area, stage directs with the esteemed violinist and educator Larry Beckwith leading musicians from the Collegium Musicum and Schola Cantorum. Isaiah Bell, stage director Larry Beckwith, conductor
Find out more »Amadeus Choir I Threnody: Remembrance, rest, homecoming I
Kathleen Allan's debut concert as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Amadeus Choir features works for choir and strings and begins with a world premiere by celebrated Canadian composer Rita Ueda. Centering around themes of reflection and remembrance, the program includes works by Beethoven, Britten, Mendelssohn, and Rheinberger, and culminates in Tarik O'Regan's explosive three-movement work, Triptych. With its "relentless urban rhythms" and texts from vastly diverse sources, the piece deals with the pain of war and looks forward with…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Taylor Academy Showcase Concert
The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists presents this concert by the leading young classical musicians in Canada. Hear the stars of tomorrow!
Find out more »Amadeus Choir I Threnody: Remembrance, rest, homecoming II
Kathleen Allan's debut concert as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Amadeus Choir features works for choir and strings and begins with a world premiere by celebrated Canadian composer Rita Ueda. Centering around themes of reflection and remembrance, the program includes works by Beethoven, Britten, Mendelssohn, and Rheinberger, and culminates in Tarik O'Regan's explosive three-movement work, Triptych. With its "relentless urban rhythms" and texts from vastly diverse sources, the piece deals with the pain of war and looks forward with…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | A Hungarian Trilogy
Violinist Erika Raum, known for her “individuality and warm, communicative tone” (Muzsika, Budapest), is joined by violist Barry Shiffman and cellist Tom Wiebe, to perform monumental works by three of Hungary’s most beloved composers: Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, and Ernő Dohnányi. Program: Béla Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117, BB 124 Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, op. 7 Ernő Dohnányi: Serenade, op. 10
Find out more »Voicebox/Opera In Concert | L’enfant et les sortilèges & L’heure espagnole
Alluring and magical, an enchanted world leads a young child to a vision of our shared humanity, while defective grandfather clocks teach their own lessons reflecting the comedic frustrations of life. Featuring Suzy Smith, Music Director and Pianist Robert Cooper, Chorus Director Danlie Rae Acebuque Holly Chaplin Joshua Clemenger Diana Di Mauro Anika-France Forget Edward Larocque Kyle Merrithew Meghan Symon
Find out more »Mooredale Concerts | Bennewitz Quartet
Formed in 1998, the Bennewitz Quartet is amongst the top international chamber ensembles today. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 2006 review: “… the music was remarkable not just for its clarity of structure, but for the beautiful tonal palette and purity of intonation in its execution. Only very rarely does one experience such skillfully crafted and powerful harmonies… Great art.” In 2019, the ensemble won the Classic Prague Award for Best Chamber Music Performance of the year. The Czech-based group has performed at Wigmore Hall,…
Find out more »Toronto Mendelssohn Choir | Singing Through Centuries: 125th Anniversary Gala Concert
The concert will musically span the TMC’s 125-year history, moving from the founding year of 1894 into the future with an anniversary composition by acclaimed Cree composer Andrew Balfour. The concert will open with two glorious acappella works by Mendelssohn (of whom we are the namesake), followed by a stellar choral-orchestral work from each century during which the Choir has sung. Felix Mendelssohn: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (1844) Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 43: Richte mich, Gott (1844) Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (1930)…
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Jonathan Crow and Joseph Johnson
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Jonathan Crow and principal cellist Joseph Johnson team up for an unforgettable evening. GLIÈRE 8 Pieces, Op. 39, No. 1 a) Prelude b) Gavotte c) Etude and d) Scherzo HONG The Current and Those Who Ride It RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello KODÁLY Duo for Violin and Cello 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Myths and Legends
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Violinist Sandra Baron leads artists of the COC Orchestra in a colourful and imaginative program of myths and legends. At the centre of the program is Three Mythes for violin and piano by 20th-century Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, which uses a rich timbral palette to conjure images of wood nymphs, satyrs, and other well-known mythological figures of antiquity.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Cultural Crossroads
WORLD MUSIC SERIES The Korean Traditional Music Association of Canada (KTMAC) brings the richness of Korean traditional music to the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre in a performance that features a variety of string, wind and percussion instruments. By blending traditional and contemporary music, they are able to transport ancient sounds into a modern context.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Komitas: A Canadian Tribute
A multi-faceted celebration of the 150th birthday of the “soul of Armenian music,” Father Komitas Vartabed . “ ...singlehandedly laid the foundations for Armenia’s classical tradition. And as a collector and arranger of folksongs, he did for Armenia what Bartók did for Hungary, turning simple material into bewitchingly sophisticated polyphony. After a Komitas concert in Paris, Claude Debussy declared that on the basis of a single song, he deserved to be recognised as a great composer.” (The Guardian) Amici Chamber…
Find out more »Toronto Consort | Countryside & Court
Whether enjoyed in refined 16th-century courts or in today’s traditional music scene, the undeniable appeal of French music has endured through the centuries! We kick off the season whirling and twirling through the popular “voix de ville” songs and exquisite courtly music of Claude Le Jeune and his contemporaries, combined with the magic of guest traditional fiddler and dancer Emilyn Stam. Grab a hand, step onto the floor—don’t miss these toe-tapping delights!
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD | Manon (Massenet) French w/e.s.t.
SYNOPSIS Manon’s story—from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to destitute prisoner—is one of the great tragic tales in literature and music. Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score. LIVE Saturday, October 26, 2019 ENCORES Saturday, December 14, 2019 Monday, January…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Sir András Schiff
Awarded Knighthood by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2014, Hungarian-born Sir András Schiff is world-renowned and critically acclaimed as a pianist, conductor, pedagogue, and lecturer. His book, Musik kommt aus der Stille, essays and conversations with Martin Meyer, was published in March 2017. His piano performances continually awe and inspire: “He found song where others find formula; he conveyed song where others play scales,” The Los Angeles Times raves. The San Jose Mercury declared that “Among current piano titans, András Schiff is the Zen…
Find out more »Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | Symphony Spooktacular
This Halloween, trick-or-treat your boys and ghouls to a concert of hair-raising, spine-tingling classical music, as the TSO conjures up a variety of frightening favourites to haunt Roy Thomson Hall. Be sure to come dressed in costume to help the Orchestra get into the spirit of All Hallows’ Eve! Young People's Concerts are roughly one hour in length, with no intermission. Come early to see an electrifying lobby performance by the Joy of Dance! Program Grieg: "In the Hall of…
Find out more »Orchestra Toronto | Freude! 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 in A-minor Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D-minor FEATURING Michael Newnham – Conductor Elijah Orlenko – Piano Lesley Bouza – Soprano Andrea Ludwig – Mezzo soprano Andrew Walker – Tenor Bradley Christensen – Baritone The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Link for tickets, see here.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: Old Songs, New Songs
VOCAL SERIES Ensemble Studio member Matthew Cairns made waves last year when we won First Prize at the COC’s annual Ensemble Studio Competition, in addition to the CBC Music Young Artist Development Prize. He presents a preview of the assorted collection of songs set to be recorded by the CBC for future broadcast, which ranges from composers like Duparc and Handel to Bernstein and Somers.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition
Celebrate, support, and mingle with emerging opera stars and notable COC artists at the glittering Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Guests have the rare opportunity to dine on the stage of R. Fraser Elliott Hall. All proceeds from Centre Stage go towards the COC’s Ensemble Studio, Canada’s premier training program for the next generation of opera talent.
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Free Concert Series: The Ethics
VOCAL/CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES The Ethics, for violin, piano, percussion and chorus, explores the Holocaust, specifically the Theresienstadt concentration camp, by honouring the children who did not survive, exploring what their lives could have been, and celebrating the resilience and courage of the survivors. It was premiered in 2015 by violinist and composer Ittai Shapira on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Theresienstadt and was written as a modern day response to Brundibár, an opera by Hans Krása performed by the…
Find out more »Opera Atelier | Mozart Don Giovanni
Don’t miss this outrageous comedy of an incorrigible young playboy who blazes a path to his own destruction in a single day. Firmly grounded in the tradition of the Italian commedia dell’arte, this glittering new production took Toronto by storm in 2011. Join us for our first revival – starring Douglas Williams as Don Giovanni – in the gorgeous Ed Mirvish Theatre. STARRING Colin Ainsworth, Gustav Andreassen, Mireille Asselin, Stephen Hegedus, Carla Huhtanen, Olivier Laquerre, Meghan Lindsay, Douglas Williams. …
Find out more »TO Live/Attila Glatz Concert Productions | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ In Concert
Featuring the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Relive the magic of year six in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert. With this film, based on the six installment of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, fans of all ages can now experience the thrilling tale of Harry’s obsession with a mysterious potions book accompanied by the music of a live symphony orchestra as Harry soars across the big screen in HD! HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™…
Find out more »November 2019
Royal Conservatory | The Glenn Gould School Fall Opera: Jonathan Dove’s Siren Song
Students from The Glenn Gould School’s vocal program present Jonathan Dove’s Siren Song, with libretto by Nick Dear, led by Music Director Peter Tiefenbach. The 70-minute work for five singers, an actor, and an orchestra of 10 players is a bizarre, true story of a young sailor who exchanges letters with a beautiful and successful model. Over time a romantic and passionate relationship develops, but a meeting proves increasingly difficult to arrange. This performance contains strong language and adult situations and may…
Find out more »Trio Arkel | Après un Rêve
Ravel - Duo for Violin and Cello Boulanger Vieuxtemps Fauré - Quartet for Piano in C Minor Special Guests: Francine Kay, Piano Victor Fournelle-Blain, Viola
Find out more »Opera York | La Traviata
Cast List Violetta Valéry, a courtesan Natalya Gennadi Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois Kijong Wi Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s father Diego Catala
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Karina Gauvin with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra
One of the world’s reigning sopranos in Baroque and Classical repertoire, Karina Gauvin, and Vancouver’s exciting and innovative specialists in performing “early music for modern ears,” bring you a concert entitled “Russian White Nights: Opera arias from 18th century St. Petersburg.” At the turn of the 18th century, Peter the Great began to drag Russia, often kicking and screaming, toward the rest of Europe. His new capital, St. Petersburg, was to be a window to the West, and to that…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | The Glenn Gould School Fall Opera: Jonathan Dove’s Siren Song
Students from The Glenn Gould School’s vocal program present Jonathan Dove’s Siren Song, with libretto by Nick Dear, led by Music Director Peter Tiefenbach. The 70-minute work for five singers, an actor, and an orchestra of 10 players is a bizarre, true story of a young sailor who exchanges letters with a beautiful and successful model. Over time a romantic and passionate relationship develops, but a meeting proves increasingly difficult to arrange. This performance contains strong language and adult situations and may…
Find out more »Loose Tea Music Theatre | Singing Only Softly
World Premiere of Singing Only Softly Presented with Grigory Frid’s The Diary of Anne Frank During Holocaust Education Week November 2-4, 2019 Heliconian Club 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto Cecilia Livingston Composer Monica Pearce Librettist Alaina Viau Director & Dramaturge What version of Anne Frank are you familiar with? Did you know that passages of The Diary of Anne Frank were censored and redacted? Inspired by the original, unedited texts of the diary, Loose Tea Music Theater created Singing Only Softly. This Chamber…
Find out more »Pax Christi Chorale | The Sun, the Wind, and the Man with the Cloak
The Sun, the Wind, and the Man with the Cloak, cantata by Stephanie Martin (Conductor Emeritus b. 1962), words by Paul Ciufo (b. 1970). This performance will be the world premiere of this new work, which was commissioned by Pax Christi Chorale. Serenade to Music, music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), words by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). As Torrents in Summer, My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land, music by Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) and…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Toronto Sings the Breithaupt Brothers Songbook
The Breithaupt Brothers, Emmy Award winner Don Breithaupt (music) and Jeff Breithaupt (lyrics), write jazz and musical theatre "neo-standards" that have been hailed as the next generation of the Great American Songbook. Their songs have been performed and recorded by a who’s who of Broadway and jazz singers. The Breithaupt Brothers host the show as Jackie Richardson, Kellylee Evans, Denzal Sinclaire, Heather Bambrick, Patricia O’Callaghan, Shelley McPherson, Marc Jordan, Jeff Madden, Aaron Walpole, Gavin Hope, and Nick Settimi are joined by…
Find out more »Show One Productions | Hibla Gerzmava
Koerner Hall Recital Debut Abkhazian soprano Hibla Gerzmava stunned Toronto critics and the audience when, in 2017, she made her first Canadian appearance with the Moscow Virtuosi and Maestro Vladimir Spivakov. Highly acclaimed for such leading roles as Leonora in La forza del destino, Desdemona in Otello, Liù in Turandot, and the title roles of Anna Bolena and Aida, she regularly appears at La Scala, Covent Garden, the Mariinsky Theatre, Opéra national de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera, and opera houses in Vienna, Rome and Madrid, among others. Hibla Gerzmava appears as part…
Find out more »Canadian Opera Company | Music of Exile: Mieczyslaw Weinberg
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Artists of the Royal Academy of Music in London join forces with artists from The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto for a program that brings together students from two of the world’s most prestigious music schools. They perform Mieczyslaw Weinberg's Piano Trio Op. 24 and Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s String Quartet No. 1.
Find out more »National Ballet of Canada | Giselle
Giselle is the quintessential Romantic ballet with a haunting story of love, betrayal, madness and remorse that has captivated audiences since its Paris premiere in 1841. Nearly 180 years later, the title role is still among the greatest in the classical repertoire, demanding exquisite technique and emotional range in equal measure. The National Ballet of Canada performs the widely celebrated staging by Sir Peter Wright after Marius Petipa. Casting Giselle Svetlana Lunkina (November 6 at 7:30 pm/November 9 at 2:00 pm) Elena…
Find out more »ProArteDanza | The 9th
Join us to celebrate our 15th anniversary season with the Toronto premiere of The 9th!, a 21st century perspective on Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. This bold, provocative work pays homage to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in a fitting tribute to the thrilling physicality of Beethoven’s iconic music. Roberto Campanella, the award-winning choreographer of the Oscar-winning film The Shape of Water & the company's Artistic Director, and four-time Dora Mavor Moore nominee Robert Glumbek explore social…
Find out more »Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | Thaïs Grand Opera In Concert
Temptation. Obsession. Redemption. Sir Andrew Davis conducts Jules Massenet’s seductive Thaïs—a French operatic masterwork—in concert, featuring renowned Canadian soprano Erin Wall in the title role of the doomed courtesan. Performances are roughly three hours long, including a 20-minute intermission. Program Massenet: Thaïs (opera-in-concert in French with English surtitles) Performers Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Erin Wall, soprano (Thaïs) Joshua Hopkins, baritone (Athanaël) Andrew Staples, tenor (Nicias) Nathan Berg, bass-baritone (Palémon) Liv Redpath, soprano (Crobyle) Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (Myrtale) Emilia Boteva, mezzo-soprano (Albine) Stacey Tappan,…
Find out more »Music Toronto | Vision String Quartet
Founded in 2012 and based in Berlin, these four young musicians are unusual in performing all their concerts completely from memory, and standing. The quartet has studied in Berlin under the Artemis Quartet and Günter Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartet in Madrid. 2016 was a year of remarkable achievement for the quartet when they won not only first prize in two major competitions but all the audience and special prizes too, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition in Berlin and…
Find out more »Mirvish | Come From Away
It’s been called the “edge of the world.” The weather is wild, but the locals never lack for warmth. And it’s here, in Newfoundland, where a remote town became the epicentre of a remarkable true story filled with unusual characters, unexpected camaraderie and uncommon generosity. Come From Away is the breathtaking new musical that Toronto has embraced with open arms and has audiences leaving the theatre night after night claiming they are “proud to be Canadian!”
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Ray Chen with Julio Elizalde
“Colors dance, moods swing, and Chen’s artistry blazes.” (The Times) As The Washington Post raved: “Ray Chen can do pretty much anything he wants on the violin.” Born in Taiwan and raised in Australia, Chen was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music at age 15 and captured the world’s attention as First Prize winner of both the Yehudi Menuhin and Queen Elizabeth Competitions. Profiled as “one to watch” by The Strad and Gramophone magazines, his profile has grown to be featured in the Forbes list of 30…
Find out more »Tongue in Cheek Productions/Opera 5 | Eight Singers Drinking
On Friday, November 8, 2019 Tongue in Cheek Productions will join forces with Opera 5 to present Eight Singers Drinking at Gallery 345. In this concert, singers will each sing a set of songs inspired by a cocktail. These drinks will be freshly prepared by the skilled mixologists of Opera 5 and Tongue in Cheek Productions, and each of the “drinking singers” will be required to finish their drinks by the end of their sets. The audience will have the opportunity to enjoy their choice…
Find out more »Sinfonia Toronto | Mozart and Tchaikovsky
SINFONIA TORONTO NURHAN ARMAN Conductor MARC DJOKIC Violinist CHRISTINA PETROWSKA QUILICO Pianist The Program MOZART Salzburg Symphony K 138 ICHMOURATOV Letter from an Unknown Woman North American premiere KUZMENKO "Skartaris" Duo Concerto world premiere TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade 1 hour and 25 minutes plus an intermission What's interesting about this concert ~ Tchaikovsky's own favourite composition ~ Two premieres by Canadian two composers! Imagine being at the first-ever performance of a Mozart work - he used to be a contemporary composer too:) ~ Not…
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD | Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Italian w/e.s.t.
SYNOPSIS Leading sopranos Hui He and Ana María Martínez share the heartbreaking title role of the doomed geisha, with tenors Piero Pretti and Bruce Sledge as the American naval officer who abandons her. Paulo Szot and Markus Brück share the role of Sharpless, and Elizabeth DeShong is Suzuki, alternating with Maria Zifchak. Pier Giorgio Morandi is on the podium for Anthony Minghella’s sweeping production, a perennial audience favorite. LIVE Saturday, November 9, 2019 ENCORES Saturday, January 25, 2020 (Free!) Monday,…
Find out more »Toronto Children’s Chorus | Whether The Weather
Hear Toronto Children's Chorus' senior choir (ages 11-16) and Toronto Youth Choir (ages 16-30) perform in their season debut. About this Event Join the Toronto Children’s Chorus for the season debut of TCC’s senior Chorale ensemble (ages 11-16), and Toronto Youth Choir (ages 16-30) as they perform an exciting program featuring old and new choral favourites , including works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Francis Poulenc, Claude Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn, Eleanor Daley and Katerina Gimon.
Find out more »Orpheus Choir of Toronto | One Small Step
“One small step for man” – these powerful words launched a new era in humanity’s fascination with Earth’s original satellite. Embark with Orpheus on a choral journey marking this historic 50th anniversary, from the astonishing discoveries revealed by Galileo’s telescope to dramatic Mission Control accounts of the lunar landing. Explore time and space through the premiere of Canadian composer Tawnie Olson’s ‘That’s One Small Step…’ along with works by Leonard Enns, Ola Gjeilo, Voces8, and more! GUEST ARTISTS Vaso String…
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Carminho and Pilar
Two powerhouse singers in an unforgettable night of Portuguese fado and Italian cabaret. Platinum-selling Portuguese artist Carminho is one of the most outstanding and heartfelt voices to come out of the fado resurgence. Italian singer, lyricist, and actress, Pilar blends Italian singer-songwriter tradition with jazz, folk, pop, and theatrical flourishes, backed by a Toronto all-star band featuring Michael and Roberto Occhipinti. After the concert, enjoy a beverage and more music at the Postlude Performance. Tickets, here.
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | SongBird North Featuring Kevin Kane, Allister Bradley, and Bernadette Connors
Canadian songwriters Kevin Kane (Grapes of Wrath; Northern Pikes), Allister Bradley, and Bernadette Connors come together with host Blair Packham to perform their music and tell us about the inspiration, the songwriting process, and the stories behind the songs. Presented in partnership with the Songwriters Association of Canada (S.A.C.).
Find out more »Royal Conservatory | Royal Academy of Music, London
A royal collaboration of an international stature! Students and faculty from London, England’s Royal Academy of Music visit and perform with their counterparts from The Glenn Gould School. Free tickets will be available starting Mon. Nov. 4.
Find out more »University of Toronto Faculty of Music | Of War and Peace
Monica Whicher, soprano and Steven Philcox, piano, with Marie Bérard, violin Soprano Monica Whicher and pianist Steven Philcox, joined by Marie Bérard, concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, present a program of remembrance represented by centuries of song – from Handel to Sting. 7:30 pm in Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park $40, $25 senior, $10 student U of T students admitted free with a valid TCard, space permitting.
Find out more »Piano Lunaire | Beaver Moon
Join us for THE PIANO LUNAIRE, a performance event that takes place on the full moon of every month in Toronto. This is an informal, 50-minute private recital at the Bunker Lane Press in Toronto's west end, intended as a get-together for artists and friends alike. Save the date and join us for this unique performance anniversary event. In November, we celebrate the BEAVER MOON and welcome captivating soprano Christina Haldane in a premiere performance of the song cycle I…
Find out more »Soundstreams | Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin / Gállábártnit
In this double-bill, discover the world’s first music drama works sung and narrated in the Indigenous languages Cree and Sámi, and rooted in those traditional legends from Canada and the Nordic countries. These cross-cultural odysseys examine how we live on earth, how we pass to the land of the dead, and the consequences of love and sacrifice. FEATURED ARTISTS Michael Greyeyes, Cole Alvis, co-directors Melissa Hui, Britta Byström, composers Tomson Highway, Rawdna Carita Eira, librettists David Fallis, musical director Yolanda Bonnell, Heli Huovinen, narrators…
Find out more »Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | Davis Conducts Russian Masters
Sir Andrew Davis conducts Shostakovich’s triumphant Tenth Symphony, fittingly completed in the wake of Stalin’s death. And the masterful Karen Gomyo performs Prokofiev’s blazing First Violin Concerto. (Pictured: Sir Andrew Davis, TSO Interim Artistic Director) The performance is roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute intermission. Program: Emilie LeBel: unsheltered (TSO Commission/World Première) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Intermission Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Performers: Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin Tickets, here.
Find out more »Women’s Musical Club Of Toronto | Jane Archibald
Canadian soprano Jane Archibald’s artistry generates excitement at every appearance. Ms. Archibald’s dynamic career trajectory has taken her from her home country to San Francisco to the Vienna State Opera and major opera houses on both continents. Featured on multiple recordings, her first solo CD won the JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year and newly released recordings of Mozart and Messiaen are receiving rave reviews. “Coloratura soprano Jane Archibald was all vocal thunderbolts and lightning flashes” – The Arts Desk…
Find out more »Gallery 345 | Anastasia Rizikov
Twenty year-old Canadian pianist Anastasia Rizikov has dazzled the international arena as a child prodigy since she was seven, competing with musicians over twice her age, and winning numerous International piano competitions, placing first in the following: Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, (Italy, 2015); the Jaén International Piano Competition, (Spain, 2015); the 13th «Giuliano Pecar» International Prize for Piano Interpretation Competition (Italy, 2013); and the Rotary International Piano Competition (Spain, 2011), among many others. She won first place at American…
Find out more »Tafelmusik | Lotti Revealed
Antonio Lotti was one of those important baroque composers whose name has been lost in the march of musical history. But as a contemporary of Bach and Handel, and the teacher of Zelenka, the Venetian Lotti was a significant figure in his day. Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae may not be well known today, but if you looked in the libraries of both Bach and Handel, there you'd find it—a copy of the Mass, written out by hand by the famous composers themselves. Tafelmusik…
Find out more »National Ballet of Canada | Orpheus Alive with Chaconne
Artists have long been fascinated with the Greek myth of Orpheus, the gifted musician who rescues Eurydice from death only to lose her again in a moment of doubt. At its core, theirs is a story about love, trust and the redemptive potential of art. With Orpheus Alive, Choreographic Associate Robert Binet brings a fresh perspective to the myth, casting Orpheus as a woman, Eurydice as a man and the audience as gods of the underworld who decide their fate.
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