Soprano Meghan Lindsay joins Opera Atelier for “All is Love”.
Meghan takes on the role of Melisande in Debussy’s Pelleas et Mélisande.
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Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory, Toronto (ON)
Saturday, February 19, 2022 8:00PM
Sunday, February 20, 2022 2:30PM
Baritone Dominique Côté's first solo album releases February 11th with ATMA Classique.
Dominique makes his ATMA Classique recording debut with Amour et Fantaisie: mélodies de Lionel Daunais, a portrait that pays homage to a unique artist on the Canadian musical landscape. He is joined by acclaimed pianist Esther Gonthier.
Available on all Apple Music and Spotify for streaming. Click here to download.
Andrew Crust has developed a versatile international career as a conductor of orchestral, opera, ballet and pops programs. Currently serving as the Associate Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony in Canada, Andrew conducts a large number of concerts with the VSO each season. In his second season as Music Director of the Lima Symphony, Andrew programs and conducts the Grand Classics, Pops, and Educational series and has led collaborations with soloists such as Amit Peled, Awadagin Pratt, and Laquita Mitchell.
In the current and upcoming seasons Andrew will debut with the Arkansas, Rockford, and Vermont Symphonies as Music Director finalist with soloists such as Tracy Silverman, Stella Chen, Shannon Lee and Wei Luo, and with the San Diego Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic and Sewannee Summer Music Festival as a guest conductor. Andrew will also lead performances of Le nozze di Figaro in multiple cities across Spain in 2023. Other recent engagements include performances with the Winnipeg Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Bozeman Symphony and l’Orchestre de la Francophonie in Québec.
Andrew is a 2020 winner of the Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award. In 2021 he was awarded “Prémio a la Proyección” at the Llíria City of Music International Conducting Competition. In 2017 he was awarded first prize at the Accademia Chigiana by Daniele Gatti, receiving a scholarship and an invitation to guest conduct the Orchestra di Sanremo in Italy. He was a semi-finalist for the Nestlé/Salzburg Festival’s Young Conductors Award competition, and was selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic as a winner of the Ansbacher Fellowship, with full access to all rehearsals and performances of the Salzburg Festival.
Baritone Gregory Dahl and tenor David Pomeroy join the Vancouver Opera for Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana in concert.
Jonathan Darlington conducts and Amanda Testini directs.
Saturday, February 12th and Sunday, February 13th, 2022.
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Soprano Hiromi Omura joins the Nikikai Opera Theatre for Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, appearing as Countess Almaviva.
Hiromi performs the production February 9th and 12th.
Conducted by Kentaro Kawase and directed by Amon Miyamoto.
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Dean Artists represents Hiromi in North America.
Mezzo soprano Allyson McHardy joins the Victoria Symphony for Mahler’s Rückert Lieder.
VS music director Christian Kluxen conducts Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, as well as the Mahler.
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Mahler and Schumann
Being Robert Schumann (Part III)
February 6 @ 2:30 pm
Andrea Hill joins Opéra Dijon as Despina for Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Musical direction by Guillaume Tourniaire and direction by Dominique Pitoiset. Click here for more details on the production.
February 6, 8, 10, and 12, 2022.
Andrew Haji (Rodolfo), Miriam Khalil (Mimi), Lara Ciekiewicz (Musetta), Peter Barrett (Marcello), and Tom Goerz (Alcindoro/Benoit) join the Edmonton Opera for Puccini’s La Bohème. Conducted by Simon Rivard with direction by François Racine.
*Note: Tenor Adam Luther steps in for Andrew Haji for opening night, February 5th. Andrew recently tested positive for Covid-19. Andrew is currently feeling well, and we are hopeful that he will be able rejoin the cast for performances on Feb. 8 and 11.*
February 5, 8 & 11, 2022 - Jubilee Auditorium
Dean Artists Andrew Love and Jacqueline Woodley join Calgary Opera for Lehár’s The Merry Widow. Andrew appears as Count Danilo, while Jacqueline performs Valencienne.
The production opens January 29th and continues on February 2nd and 4th.
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Tenor Michael Colvin joins the cast of Le Nozze di Figaro as Don Basilio with l’Opéra de Paris.
The production runs January 19 through to February 18.
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Michael is represented by MWA Management in Europe.
Dean Artists’ Rebecca Cuddy premieres VOICES OF MOUNTAINS with the Canadian Opera Company, a collaborative celebration of identity and music making. Rebecca is joined by mezzo-soprano Marion Newman, pianist Gordon Gerrard, and dancer/choreography Aria Evans for this interdisciplinary program.
Produced by Dorian Cox, with dramaturgy by Julie McIsaac, the program features works from Fauré and Elgar, to Brian Current and Tomson Highway. A highlight on the program is Ian Cusson’s “Fire”, the work’s world premiere.
This will also be an artistic “double-bill” for Rebecca! Rebecca was commissioned by the COC for “where the water meets land” - an installation that combines immersive sound, Rebecca’s beadwork, as well as an accompanying land acknowledgement text. “where the water meets land” will premiere in conjunction with Voice of Mountains and will be featured in advance of all COC digital offerings this season. A true multi-disciplinary artist, Rebecca is the first creator to be commissioned as a part of the COC’s Land Acknowledgement Commissioning program.
Supporter Opening Night: Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, 7:30 P.M. ET
General Public Streaming: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, 7:30 P.M. ET
Tenor Scott Rumble was a member of the Calgary Opera's Emerging Artist Development Program (2019-2021) and a member of the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program at Vancouver Opera (2018/19). He holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance from the University of British Columbia, and an Artist Diploma and Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Voice Performance from the University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Rumble was just seen as Ferrando in Brott Opera's drive-in production of Cosi fan tutte. While at Calgary Opera he worked on a myriad of workshops for new operas and performed for virtual concerts. He was seen on stage as the role of Flavio in Norma, Rooster in Bremen Town Musicians, and was scheduled to perform Benedict in Beatrice et Benedict and Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos before the COVID-19 pandemic. During his time with Vancouver Opera, Mr. Rumble sang the role of St. Brioche in The Merry Widow and covered both the title role in Gonoud's Faust and Rodolfo in La Bohème.
Other credits include Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos (Highlands Opera Studio), Bob Boles in Peter Grimes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra), Luigi in Il Tabarro, Bacchus, Lensky in Eugene Onegin (University of British Columbia) and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (La Musica Lirica in Novafeltria, Italy). Mr. Rumble has also performed as the tenor soloist for Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and Handel's Messiah.
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Mezzo soprano Adanya Dunn joins the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for a program of Ravel and Stravinsky. Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan conducts.
Adanya performs as a part of Equilibrium Young Artists.
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Soprano Lara Ciekiewicz and tenor Owen McCausland join the Victoria Symphony as their soloists for A VIENNESE NEW YEAR, conducted by Giuseppe Pietraroia.
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Described as a "major vocal revelation" (Le Devoir), New Brunswick soprano Kirsten LeBlanc is quickly becoming known for her rich and powerful voice, as well as an engaging stage presence. Currently a member of Opéra de Montréal's Atelier lyrique, Kirsten also recently obtained her Doctorate in Performance at l’Université de Montréal, having already completed a Masters in Voice and Opera Performance from McGill University. Recent credits include Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and La bergère and L’écureuil in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges at l’Université de Montréal, Nella in Gianni Schicchi with the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute and Hanna Glawari in Lehar’s The Merry Widow with McGill Savoy Society.
Gifted with a rich musical background, Kirsten’s work is distinguished by sophisticated craftsmanship that has enabled her to embark on a rapidly developing career. She works notably with the Opéra de Montréal, L'orchestre métropolitain, L'orchestre de l'Agora, and has participated at the Highlands Opera Studio, at ICAV-CVAI, as well as at the Halifax Summer Opera Festival. She has been the recipient of both the Abbé Charles-Émile Gadbois and George-Cedric Ferguson scholarships and, in 2019, she was a finalist in the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio Competition. In the 2021-2022 season at Opéra de Montréal, Kirsten will perform the roles of Annina in La traviata, and Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, and will cover the role of Jeanne Boitel in the creation of La beauté du monde.
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Conductor Ivars Taurins leads the Victoria Symphony for Bach to Messiah, a program of excerpts from Messiah and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.
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Dean Artists Leslie Ann Bradley, Isaian Bell, and Andrea Hill join The Florida Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah. Michael Francis conducts.
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Tenor Zach Finkelstein joins the Seattle Symphony for Mozart’s Messiah - a program of symphonic works by Handel, Haydn, and Mozart, with selections of Mozart’s Messiah orchestration. Lee MIlls conducts.
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Bass baritone Neil Craighead and tenor Matthew Dalen perform as soloists in Handel’s Messiah with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Jane Brenneman.
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Mezzo Soprano Allyson McHardy and tenor Andrew Haji join the National Arts Centre for Handel’s Messiah under the baton of Bernard Labadie.
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