MARCUS NANCE, STRATFEST@HOME
Mark your calendars for a new STRATFEST@HOME series! "Up Close and Musical" featuring Marcus Nance kicks off tomorrow (January 28) at 7 PM EST.
DOMINIQUE COTE AND OPERA LAFAYETTE IN OPERA CANADA
A coverage of our friends Opera Lafayette's "The Blacksmith" starring Dominique Côté among others can be found in the December issue of Opera Canada! For more details on how to subscribe, go to https://operacanada.ca/happy-60th-anniversary-opera-canada/
MATTHEW DALEN IN OPERA CANADA
In the latest issue of Opera Canada, you can find photos of our very own Matthew Dalen included in the magazine's coverage on Young Artists Programs across Canada. Support Opera Canada today by signing up to their yearly subscription, and get their beautiful 60th anniversary issue as a free gift!
ISAIAH BELL IN "THE HUMAN VOICE" WITH CITY OPERA VANCOUVER
We're so excited for City Opera Vancouver's "The Human Voice" with Isaiah Bell! Check out the first episode now!
JONELLE SILLS IN OPERA CANADA
Jonelle Sills is featured in Opera Canada's December issue! Head over to your copy now to read the profile by Michael Zarathus-Cook, and if you don't have a subscription yet, go and sign up today!
DAVID POMEROY'S DEBUT ALBUM
David Pomeroy’s debut album “Great Tenor Arias” is out on all music platforms now! Check out the link below to have a listen where ever music is available.
THE 2020 OPERA CANADA AWARDS -- THE RUBIES
That’s a wrap! Opera Canada’s 2020 Opera Canada Awards — The Rubies was livestreamed free to a virtual audience on Monday, November 23, at 8 PM. Dean Artists extends our warmest congratulations to all of the honourees, Barbara Hannigan, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michael Schade, and Edward Johnson (posthumous), as well as all of the participants including our very own, Topher Mokrzewski. See the awards show again at operacanada.ca/the-rubies!
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.
