DEC 13 -- "MESSIAH/COMPLEX" WITH ANDREA LETT AND MIRIAM KHALIL
Beginning Friday, December 13th, Against the Grain Theatre’s “Messiah/Complex” featuring sopranos Andrea Lett and Miriam Khalil will be available to view until Saturday, December 26th, 2020. Sung in Arabic, Dene, English, French, Inuktitut, and Southern Tutchone, “Messiah/Complex” is a daring new interpretation of Handel’s Messiah performed by soloists and ensembles across Canada, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. See the Toronto Star coverage of the program from Monday, November 9 here.
LUCIA CESARONI,JUSTIN WELSH, AND ALEXANDRE SYLVESTRE -- LA BOHÈME AT HOME
Until November 5, 2020, catch Opéra de Montréal’s La bohème right at the comfort of your home! Lucia Cesaroni is Musetta, Justin Welsh sings as Marcello and Alexandre Sylvestre as Colline in this 2017 production which will be streamed for free at https://www.operademontreal.com/en/shows/la-boheme-home#banner.
OCT 31: JONELLE SILLS DEBUTS WITH THE NACO SINGING "KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915"
Soprano Jonelle Sills makes her debut performance with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in their season-opening concert “Solace” on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 8 PM. Recorded at the Southam Hall in Ottawa, the performance will be livestreamed for free.
COLLEEN DALY WITH THE CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
The Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D.C. offers a new series, CCS Presents, bringing the very best of CCS right to your streaming device the first Thursday of every month.
Oct. 1 – Soprano Colleen Daly and pianist Joy Shreier in Rachmaninoff’s Dissonance
Nov. 5 – A Tribute to Beethoven, solo works for soprano and small ensemble with members of the Washington Bach Consort.
REBECCA CUDDY AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL
Rebecca Cuddy joins the National Theatre School’s Indigenous Artists in Residence Program
2020-2022 Indigenous Artist in Residence, National Theatre School
Mezzo-soprano Rebecca Cuddy is the Indigenous Artist in Residence for 2020-2022 at the National Theatre School of Canada.
This two-year program is a responsive and flexible training opportunity offered to established Indigenous artists. Training across all the School’s core programs is possible, with curriculum determined by the resident artist in concert with the teachers and leaders at NTS. The residency culminates in the development of the artist’s own artistic project.
This residency is supported by the Cole Foundation and Rebecca is also generously supported by the Métis Nation of Ontario.
DEAN ARTISTS WELCOMES TO THE ROSTER…
ANDREA LETT
ANDREA NÚÑEZ
JONELLE SILLS
NATHAN BROCK
MATTHEW DALEN
EVAN KORBUT
Andrea Lett
“Lett’s deft handling of Mozart’s phrasing and her crystalline vocal clarity produced a heartbreaking Zerlina” — Neil Weisensel, The Globe and Mail
Manitoba soprano Andrea Lett’s dazzling vocalism and charm led to the Audience Choice award at the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage Gala at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto and she has been featured by Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera and the Edmonton Opera in a variety of roles. With repertoire ranging from Messiah with Jane Glover and the Winnipeg Symphony to Adams’ and Sellars’ Girls of the Golden West in San Francisco, Ms. Lett is poised for an exciting career.
Andrea Núñez
“In the critical role of Susanna, Andrea Núñez owned the stage. Every movement, facial expression and pose affirmed her portrayed’s personality. An amazing soprano voice that seems completely effortless, she also possesses a constantly smiling façade that can emphasize the lyrics making the translated projections almost superfluous.” — Danny Gaisin, Ontario Arts Review
A recent graduate of Opéra de Montréal’s prestigious Atelier Lyrique, Andrea Núñez’s performances combine bravura technique and poetry. Her talent has been recognized in the young artist programs at Santa Fe, Calgary and St. Louis and she has represented Canada in competitions in Norway, France and the US where she received the Roberta Peters Award at the George London Competition. Fluent in Spanish, French and English, Ms. Núñez created roles in Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain, Ruo/Hwang’s An American Soldier and has been featured in Die Zauberflöte and Don Pasquale.
“Sills as the kind of talent that rarely comes along, replete with power in her top register but rich in the subtler lower range. Jonelle Sills is a thrill.” – Stephen Bonfield, Ludwig Van Toronto
Canadian Soprano Jonelle Sills has recently been named as one of the CBC Music’s Classical “30 Under 30” performers for 2020. A Dora Winner in Against the Grain’s Kopernikus by Claude Vivier, she looks forward to Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program with the Vancouver Opera. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University and an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Jonelle Sills
Nathan Brock
“… I want to single out the work from the pit, under the direction of young Canadian conductor Nathan Brock, who is now Kapellmeister at the Hamburg State Opera, one of the “A” houses in Germany. Given his important job there, a staple such as Die Fledermaus is I’m sure something he knows like the back of his hand.” — Joseph So, Opera Canada
Born in Canada, conductor Nathan Brock is fluent in the style and aesthetic of the traditional European masterworks in all disciplines – Opera, Concert and Ballet. He has been Kapellmeister at the Hamburgsiche Staatsoper and further credits include guest appearances with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre National de l’Ile de France (Paris), the Toronto and Quebec symphonies, Orchestre pays de la Loire and the opera companies of Tokyo, Berlin, New York and Sweden. Fluent in French, English and German, he has conducted ballet in Canada, Japan, Germany and France.
“Singing the title role, tenor Mathew Dalen delivered a blistering Moor, all smouldering looks and angry young man, top notes exploding like fireworks, sparkling and incandescent.” — Ian Ritchie, Opera Going Toronto
Tenor Matthew Dalen enters his second year as a member of Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal and looks forward to bringing the world of opera to the community through special projects and online streaming. He has been featured by Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Edmonton Opera, Opera on the Avalon and in the title role of Schubert’s Fierabras for Toronto’s Opera in Concert. An alumnus of the Vancouver Opera young artist program, the Alberta native looks forward to appearances with the Toronto and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras.
Matthew Dalen
Evan Korbut
“... Korbut had some of the show’s best blending of singing and character. His baritone is in good shape, and he seems a natural at straddling the lines between playing a character who’s at once sympathetic and laughable.” — Jenna Simeonov, Schmopera
Evan Korbut is a Toronto-based Anishinaabe baritone and holds a Master’s Degree in Music from the University of Western Ontario. Heard as the Owl in the premiere of Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria’s production of Flight of the Hummingbird by Maxime Goulet, Korbut is a Dora Award winner as Simms/Spirit Chorus in Shanawdithit by Dean Bury, produced jointly by Tapestry and Opera on the Avalon. He has been heard with VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert as Jamie Paul in The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and in the Canadian Premiere of Schubert’s Fierabras.
DOMINIQUE CÔTÉ WITH OPERA LAFAYETTE
Dominique returns to Opera Lafayette, performing Philidor’s Le Maréchal ferrant (The Blacksmith), October 2020.
DOMINIQUE CÔTÉ WITH OPERA LAFAYETTE
Dominique returns to Opera Lafayette, performing Philidor’s Le Maréchal ferrant (The Blacksmith), October 2020.
https://operalafayette.org/
SAMUEL CHAN AT THEATER KIEL
Samuel joins Theater Kiel for the premiere of The Jungle Book by Giovanni Sollima.
Premieres October 2nd, 2020.
SAMUEL CHAN AT THEATER KIEL
Samuel joins Theater Kiel for the premiere of The Jungle Book by Giovanni Sollima.
Premieres October 2nd, 2020.
ZACH FINKELSTEIN'S NEW ALBUM
Tenor Zach Finkelstein has released his second album "Dark is Yonder Town" featuring guitarist Dieter Hennings Yeomans and music by composers Jesse Jones and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon with arrangements of Benjamin Britten and John Dowland folk songs. Purchase or stream the CD in links below:
Physical CD from Zach’s website: https://bit.ly/31JrK39
Digital purchase from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3juLn4R
Stream from Apple music: https://apple.co/31IVD3p
CONGRATULATING ALL DORA WINNERS
Massive congratulations to Soundstreams, Signal Theatre, and the ensemble of "Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin/Gállábártnet" including Rebecca Cuddy, on their 2020 Dora Award in the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble category!
Kudos as well to all those involved with the Outstanding Production category winner, Canadian Opera Company’s “Rusalka” featuring among others Lauren Segal and Vartan Gabrielian and the Outstanding New Opera category winner, Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon's “Shanawdithit” (Librettist: Yvette Noran, Composer: Dean Burry) also featuring Rebecca Cuddy among others!
OWEN AND VARTAN IN PARSIFAL WITH COC — MOVED TO 2022
With the Canadian Opera Company, Owen McCausland sings as the First Knight of the Grail, while Vartan Gabrielian is the Second Knight of the Grail / Titurel. coc.ca
MEGHAN LINDSAY AND WALLIS GIUNTA AT MUSIC AND BEYOND
On July 6th at the Music & Beyond Festival, soprano Meghan Lindsay and mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta sing in a duet recital “Where the Heart is/ À la place du cœur” with operatic and song repertoire. musicandbeyond.ca
PRODUCERS’ 3 IN 1
Dean Artists and Pacific Opera Victoria are partnering in a new initiative to promote the vocal arts in Canada and beyond.
Presenters from Canada and the USA have been invited to Victoria to see the Canadian Premiere of Flight by Dove/de Angelis, hear singers in audition over two days and have informal discussions on topics of mutual interest.
Over 20 of Canada’s most important singers will be heard by representatives of six presenters from the opera and orchestral world.
Dean Artists Management and Pacific Opera Victoria are grateful for ongoing support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
COVID-19 Update
Due to the current situation with COVID-19 and recent Public Health suggestions, Dean Artists Management will be working from home
COVID-19 Update
Dear Clients & Colleagues,
We know this is a very hard and trying time for everyone in our industry as we have been hit quite hard.
Due to the current situation with COVID-19 and recent Public Health suggestions, Dean Artists Management will be working from home as of tomorrow, Monday, March 16th until Monday March 30th and we will continue to reassess based on information we have at that time. Our business hours will remain unchanged and we will continue to service all clients and colleagues in our usual manner.
Please continue to call our office main number 1-416-969-7300 you will then reach an automated message prompting you to press the appropriate number for whichever staff member you need to reach. You will then be transferred to the corresponding agent accordingly.
We will continue to be on our emails as normal.
Extensions for agents are as follows
Henry Ingram ext 304
Graham Cozzubbo ext 301
Topher Mokrzewski ext 305
Regina Chung ext 303
We will all work together to overcome this and we will be stronger for it.
Sincerely,
Bruce Dean
President
COVID-19 Advocacy Alert
From Opera.ca:
ADVOCACY ALERT – Attention Opera Artists
Opera.ca to appeal for emergency federal support of artists and companies and your feedback is needed.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TQSB5KK
Respond by March 16 at 11:59pm EDT
Aid initiatives needed to ensure the survival of the opera sector in Canada and to provide critical financial support for thousands of artists
In light of recent cancellations of nearly all remaining engagements for the current season as well as contract teaching work due to COVID-19, Opera.ca will be requesting federal aid on behalf of the Canadian opera sector.
Opera Artists!
How are you being affected by these cancellations? We need your input to inform our advocacy measures. Please complete the following survey no later than Monday, March 16 at 11:59pm EDT.
Opera Artist Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TQSB5KK
Everyone’s feedback matters! Your attention to this urgent request will help us advocate for you and the entire opera sector.
Artists are at the heart of our art form. Without you, there would be no opera. Thank you for your assistance during this challenging time. We extend you our support and solidarity.
Christina Loewen, Executive Director, Opera.ca
Michael Hidetoshi Mori, Chair of the Board of Directors, Opera.ca
CONGRATULATING DEAN ARTISTS ON THEIR JUNO NOMINATIONS
Dean Artists congratulates mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy and baritone Peter Barrett on their recent 2020 Juno Nominations (Classical Album of the Year, Vocal or Choral) for their work on the album “Summer Night” (Centrediscs, Naxos)! 2020 Juno Awards will be broadcast live from Saskatoon, SK on Sunday, March 15 on CBC. junoawards.ca