Neil Craighead, bass baritone, joins the Edmonton Opera for Così fan tutte, as Don Alfonso. Kim Mattice Wanat directs, with Cosette Justo Valdés leading the ensemble from the podium.
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Saturday, March 19th
Tuesday, March 22nd
Friday, March 25th
Jubilee Auditorium
Baritone Gregory Dahl joins the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for My Favourite Things: The Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Julian Pellicano conducts.
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Friday, March 18 7:30
Saturday, March 19 7:30
Sunday, March 20 2:00
555 Main Street, MB R3B 1C3, Canada
Soprano Colleen Daly joins Annapolis Opera for Into the Woods. Craig Kier conducts with direction by Dean Anthony. Colleen portrays the Baker’s Wife in Sondheim’s acclaimed musical.
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Friday, March 18, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 3:00 PM
Maryland Hall | 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD
Mezzo soprano Megan Latham opens Bon Appetit! and The Italian Lesson in a Hoiby double bill with Pacific Opera Victoria.
After an acclaimed digital release in 2021, Latham returns this program to a live audience.
Performances run March 11th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th, and 23rd at the Baumann Centre.
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Leslie Ann Bradley, soprano, and baritone Justin Welsh, join White Snake Projects for Sing Out Strong: Remembered Voices.
A live, virtual concert, featuring ten new songs written with families who lost loved ones to the virus, premiering on March 11.
Sing Out Strong is a multi-year community-based project where we reach out to individuals in our communities and commission them to write texts on activist themes that resonate with them personally, such as immigration, colonization, essential workers, incarceration, and more.
Tickets are free and can be access here.
Soprano Sarah Dufresne appears at the soprano soloist for L'univers symphonique du cinéma with FILMharmonique. Francis Choinière leads the performance at the podium.
March 11, 7:30pm
Maison Symphonique
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Dean Artists Vartan Gabrielian (bass baritone), Simona Genga (mezzo soprano), and Owen McCausland (tenor) join the Canadian Opera Company for the premiere of Ian Cusson’s Fantasma.
This new opera, by former COC Composer-in-Residence Ian Cusson with libretto by acclaimed playwright Colleen Murphy, explores themes of death, violence, compassion and the courage to insist on being heard.
The production runs March 9th, 10th, and two performances on the 12th.
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Tenor Colin Judson joins the Opéra National de Paris for Bernstein’s A Quiet Place. Kent Nagano conducts and the production features the world premiere of a new orchestration for full orchestra
March 7th is the pre-opening night for ages 28 and under.
The production runs March 9th through 30th. You can read more about the production here.
Dean Artists represents Colin Judson in North America.
Conductor Julien Proulx wins the Conseil québécois de la musique's Prix Opus award for Artistic Director of the Year, celebrating his work with l'Orchestre Symphoniqe de Drummondville.
LOrchestre Symphoniqe de Drummondville also won a regional prize for their concert program, “Régards sur Beethoven”.
Read more about his win here.
Soprano Miriam Khalil is nominated for a Juno Award with Against the Grain Theatre for Messiah/Complex.
You can look at the full list of nominees here.
Soprano Sarah Dufresne jumps in as the soprano soloist for Ottawa Choral Society’s performance of Whitbourn’s Annelies.
March 6th, 2022 3:00pm
St. Francois d'Assise
Tenor John Mac Master joins the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval for Mahler’s Le Chant de la terre. Alain Trudel conducts.
March 2nd, 2022 7:30
Kirk Eichelberger, bass, joins Livermore Valley Opera for Verdi’s Otello.
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March 5th, 2022 @ 7:30pm
March 6th, 2022 @ 2:00pm
March 12th, 2022 @ 7:30pm
March 13th, 2022 @ 2:00pm
The Bankhead Theatre
Tenor Andrew Haji joins the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto in recital for Music in the Afternoon with pianist Stephane Meyer.
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MARCH 3, 2022 | 1.30 PM
Sopranos Sarah Dufresne and Kirsten LeBlanc join Orchestre de l’Agora for Enfers des Lumières.
Sarah and Kirsten perform as a part of the L'Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal.
March 1st and 2nd, 2022 - 7:30 - Le Monument-National
Mezzo soprano Kindra Scharich joins Opera Parallèle for Sophia’s Forest, composed by Lembit Beecher with libretto by Hannah Moscovitch.
February 24th, 2022 - 8:00
February 25th, 2022 - 8:00
February 26th, 2022 - 5:00, 8:00
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Soprano Colleen Daly joins Baltimore Choral Arts for Carmina Burana.
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February 27, 2022 - 3:00pm
Peter McGillivray, Justin Welsh, and Megan Latham appear with Pacific Opera Victoria for their online premiere of Raum’s The Garden of Alice. Glynis Leyshon directs.
Streaming begins February 24th and is available both as an in-person streaming event (Feb 24 & 26) and for at-home viewing, through to March 23rd.
The 20th Annual Concours musical international de Montréal has announced their 32 global finalists, including Dean Artists Sarah Dufresne, Adanya Dunn, and Lauren Margison.
Learn more about the 2022 Competition here.
Named one of the CBC’s “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30,” Francis Choinière is a versatile musician, active as a conductor, concert producer, pianist, and composer. Winner of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s prestigious Christa and Franz-Paul Decker Conducting Fellowship, Francis has collaborated with some of the world’s top international artists, including engagements as chorus master and collaborative conductor for concerts with Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Ramin Djawad, Hans Zimmer, and Jonsi & Alex Somers.
Choinière is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the OPCM (Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes), successfully programming large choral and symphonic masterworks for the organization. This season's performances include three engagements in Montréal's Maison Symphonique, including Vivaldi’s Gloria, André Matthieu’s Concerto de Québec with pianist Alain Lefèvre, and Orff’s Carmina Burana. Choinière is also the Principal Conductor and Co-Artistic Director of l'Orchestre FILMharmonique. Upcoming, Choinière will lead the FILMharmonique orchestra through symphonic masterworks, including Holst’s The Planets and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, paired with classics from 21st-Century cinema.
In the 2020-2021 season, Choinière served as assistant and cover conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra under Alexander Shelley. Similarly, from 2018 to 2020, he worked with the Choeur Fernand Lindsay for the Festival de Lanaudière as chorus master and conductor, collaborating with conductors such as Stephan Layton (Trinity College) and Corrado Rovaris (Philadelphia Opera). Choinière is highly engaged in the Canadian music scene. As the co-founder and president of GFN Productions, he is passionate about expanding and developing classical music audiences through the presentation of new symphonic programs with film. Francis completed his Master’s Degree in Conducting at McGill University, studying with Alexis Hauser.
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