{"id":112338,"date":"2025-03-03T15:44:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=112338"},"modified":"2025-03-04T01:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:00:01","slug":"preview-toronto-summer-music-20th-anniversary-festival-runs-july-10-august-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/03\/03\/preview-toronto-summer-music-20th-anniversary-festival-runs-july-10-august-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Toronto Summer Music 20th Anniversary Festival Runs July 10 To August 2 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R: Countertenor Franco Fagioli (Photo courtesy of the artist); Pianist George Li (Photo courtesy of the artists); Violinist Anna \u0160tube (Photo courtesy of the artist)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toronto Summer Music has announced the lineup for their 2025 Festival, which runs from July 10 to August, 2025. TSM is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, which will be the last to see Jonathan Crow as Artistic Director.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we mark TSM\u2019s 20th Anniversary, we reflect on two decades of unforgettable performances, thriving community connections, and remarkable growth. It has been an incredible privilege to serve as Artistic Director for the past nine years, and as I prepare to pass the baton, I am filled with gratitude. Together, we\u2019ve built something extraordinary \u2014 bringing world-class music to Toronto, championing emerging talent through the Academy, and fostering a community that shares a passion for classical music, in all its forms,\u201d comments Jonathan Crow<\/strong>, Artistic Director, in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis celebratory TSM 20 Festival is a joyful culmination of our shared journey. Join us as we showcase the world\u2019s leading artists and welcome the next generation of classical music stars. Together, we honour our past achievements and embrace a future filled with new voices, ideas, and possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2025 Toronto Summer Music Festival offers 26 Mainstage concerts, along with a range of free programming, children\u2019s concerts and other events, and educational events. The full details for the entire Festival will be announced in June 2025.<\/p>\n

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Cappella Mediterranea (Photo courtesy of the artists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Highlights<\/h2>\n

Here’s a look at just a few of the concerts in store.<\/p>\n

Opening Night: Cappella Mediterranea\u2019s concert production of Monteverdi\u2019s Coronation of Poppea<\/h3>\n

Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Koerner Hall<\/p>\n

Poppea Sabina was the love of emperor Nero, but she aspired to be much more. The roadblock to her becoming empress was, of course, Nero\u2019s wife Octavia. He\u2019d have to repudiate Octavia for Sabina to have a chance. Desire and ambition collide in Monteverdi\u2019s last opera. The concert production is conducted by Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n, with Cappella Mediterranea. This production will tour Cologne, Geneva, Namur, Montreal, Toronto, and New York between May and July 2025.<\/p>\n

Pianist George Li<\/h3>\n

Thursday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Koerner Hall<\/p>\n

The American pianist won the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2015, and has been winning high praise for his technique and virtuosity ever since. He\u2019s performing a program that includes Schumann\u2019s Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18, and Die Davidsb\u00fcndlert\u00e4nze, Op. 6, Debussy\u2019s Images, s\u00e9rie I, and Mussorgsky\u2019s Pictures at an Exhibition.<\/p>\n

Bevan & Vignoles (Soprano Mary Bevan with pianist Roger Vignoles)<\/h3>\n

Monday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Hall<\/p>\n

Soprano Mary Bevan is joined by pianist Roger Vignoles to revisit the repertoire from her vaunted debut solo disc, Voyages (2017). The music includes works by various French composers in their settings for the poems of Charles Baudelaire. The tracks feature songs by Duparc, Faur\u00e9, Debussy, Chabrier, and others, each paired with a woman composer of the same era, such s Lili Boulanger, Mel Bonis, Jeanne Landry, and Pauline Viardot, among others.<\/p>\n

Franco Fagioli: The Last Castrato<\/h3>\n

Tuesday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Koerner Hall<\/p>\n

Virtuoso countertenor Franco Fagioli performs with Orchestre de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra Royal de Versailles in a program of music written for Giovanni Battista Velluti (1780-1861), the last great castrato. Composers like Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Francesco Morlacchi, and Giuseppe Nicolini wrote their most successful operas for his voice.<\/p>\n

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The Calidore Quartet (Photo courtesy of the artists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

String Quartets<\/h3>\n

Four fascinating string quartets will perform at the Festival.<\/p>\n