Soprano Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 and tenor Scott Rumble join the Kingston Symphony for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Evan Mitchell conducts the orchestra and the Queen’s Choral Ensemble and Kingston Chamber Choir.
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March 5 - Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
Bass Kirk Eichelberger joins the Livermore Valley Opera for Puccini’s Tosca as Angelotti.
The production features direction by Bruce Donnell
March 4 & 5, 11 & 12 - Bankhead Theatre
Tenor Andrew Haji and mezzo soprano Lillian Brooks join Chorus Niagara for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
Robert Cooper conducts the Orpheus Choir of Toronto and Chorus Niagara.
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March 4 - FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Conductor Simon Rivard leads the Toronto Youth Symphony Orchestra for their winter concert. The program includes works by Sibelius, Falla, and Beethoven.
Simon is the resident conductor of the TYSO.
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February 25 - George Weston Recital Hall
Dean Artists Lara Ciekiewicz, Hiromi Omura, and David Pomeroy join Manitoba Opera for a celebratory evening of operatic favourites. James McLennan hosts.
Tyrone Patterson conducts the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
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February 25
Conductor Andrew Crust leads the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in a program of Bonds, Still, and Rachmaninoff.
Andrew appears as a part of their music director search, where he is a finalist.
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February 25 + 26 - Robinson Centre
Soprano Catherine St-Arnaud joins the Oregon Symphony for Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Leo Hussain conducts.
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Feb 25, 26, and 27 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Baritone James Westman joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Jordan de Souza conducts.
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February 24 & 25 - Orpheum Theatre
Dean Artists Peter Barrett, Claire de Sévigné, Justin Welsh, Rebecca Cuddy, Jacqueline Woodley, and Nathan Keoughan join Pacific Opera Victoria for the Canadian premiere of Braunfels’ Die Vögel.
The production features direction by Dean Artists’ Glynis Leyshon and conductor Tim Vernon.
February 22 - 28 - Royal Theatre
Conductor Francis Choinière, choral conductor and artistic director of Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes, Orchestre FILMharmonique & Ensemble Classico Moderne, is the winner of the $125,000 Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer 2023-2024 for Collaborative Emerging Artist.
Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer is the biggest prize of its kind in Canada and one of the largest in the world for a collaborative emerging artist in classical music.
Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer honours Jean-Pierre Goyer and his contributions to music, arts and culture in Montréal, Québec and Canada. Mr. Goyer was Chairman of the Conseil des arts de Montréal and Chairman of the Orchestre Métropolitain where he hired Yannick Nézet-Séguin as emerging conductor at the age of 25 years old.
Read the press release here.
Congratulations, Francis!
Tenor Scott Rumble joins Opera in Concert for Cherubini’s Médée.
Guillermo Silva-Marin, Director
Narmina Afandiyeva, Music Director and Pianist
Robert Cooper, Chorus Director
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February 19 - St. Lawrence Centre
This weekend, Confluence Concerts presents their T’łabat'si: Copper Box concert series.
Dean Artists' baritone Evan Korbut serves as both curator and performer for this weekend of inspiration, healing, and enriching artistry.
Schedule of performances:
Lifegivers: Friday February 10th at 7:30pm,
Music is Good Medicine: Saturday February 11th at 4:00pm
Sharing our Stories: Sunday February 12th at 4:00pm
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Nikkei Canadian settler Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 (they/them) is a queer/trans non-binary opera singer and theatre creator based in Tkarón:to (Toronto). Recently featured in the CBC short-doc OPERA TRANS*FORMED, Teiya is a graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and the 2022 recipient of the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Music (Canada Council for the Arts).
Heralded as “a force of nature” (Toronto Star), a “commanding presence” (Theatre Reviewer), and “an artist with extraordinary things to say” (The Globe and Mail), Teiya has nearly 20 years of experience singing both traditional and contemporary operatic roles across North America and Europe. Highlights include engagements with the Canadian Opera Company, Edmonton Opera, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Windsor Symphony, Against the Grain Theatre, Aalto-Essen Musiktheater (Germany), Opéra Toulon, Tapestry Opera, the Luminato Festival with Beverley Glenn Copeland, and Theatre Gargantua, among others.
For the 2022/2023 season, Teiya is a resident artist with re:Naissance Opera’s Indie Fest, developing new works including Imaginarium; Inferno, a new hip hop opera by Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie; a live computer animated performance of Eurydice: Into the Underworld; and a concert with BIPOC Voices. They are also covering the title role in Salome with the Canadian Opera Company, and returns to the COC to perform the Priestess & Bartender in the premiere of Marshall and Hale’s Pomegranate later in the season. They will also be seen singing the soprano solo in Beethoven‘s Symphony No. 9 (Kingston Symphony Orchestra) and Orff’s Carmina Burana (Amadeus Choir). Upcoming engagements also include Japanese opera Nae by Kokichi Kusano, a new opera by composer Rita Ueda, and video opera The Future’s Market by Douglas Rodger and Kong Kie Njo.
Click here to learn more about Teiya or head to their website here.
Dean Artists Jonelle Sills (Helena), Peter McGilivray (Bottom), and Neil Craighead (Theseus) join the Vancouver Opera for Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Jacques Lacombe conducts with stage direction by Aria Umezawa.
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February 11, 16, 19 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Tenor Andrew Haji joins the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony for Verdi’s La traviata.
Andrei Feher conducts, with Daniel Isengart as host & stage director.
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February 11 and 12 - Centre in the Sqaure
Conductor Andrew Crust joins the Vermont Symphony for VSO at the Flynn: Electric Dreams.
Andrew makes this appearance as a part of their music director search.
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Congratulations to Dean Artists conductor Simon Rivard on his appointment as Music Director of the Edmonton Opera - the first ever in the company's history!
Simon looks forward to conducting all three of EO's mainstage productions this season, following his success at the podium in their productions of Puccini's La Bohème and Tosca (both 2022).
To read more about Edmonton's exciting 23/24 season plans and Simon's directorship, head over to their website.
Conductor Julien Proulx joins Orchestre Symphonique de Laval for “La plume portée” - a program of Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky.
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February 4 - Salle André-Mathieu
Dean Artists Michael Colvin, Vartan Gabrielian, Adam Luther, and Owen McCausland join the Canadian Opera Company for Salome.
COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducts with direction by Atom Egoyan.
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February 3 - 24 - Four Seasons Centre
Congratulations to Dean Artists bass Alain Coulombe who is a 22/23 nominee for the Ontario Arts Council’s prestigious Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement award.
The awards recognizes established Canadian artists for their significant contributions, nationally and internationally, to the field of classical singing.
An incredible nomination to honour Alain's 30+ year performance career!
Click here to learn more about the award on the OAC’s website.
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