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Stephen Hargreaves
Opera McGill
Opera McGill’s season is off to a busy start. On Nov. 6, 8, and 9 at the Segal Centre, the school presents a double bill of Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and Mozart’s The Impresario directed by Opera McGill Artistic Director Patrick Hansen in his own new English adaptation. On Nov. 23, at the Wirth Opera Studio, a double bill of student-led projects will be unveiled: Vaughan Williams’s Riders to the Sea directed by Emma Yee, and Weill’s Down in the Valley directed by Tristan Pritham. After a short break, Opera McGill returns Jan. 30 through Feb. 1 with Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at Monument-National, directed by Hansen and conducted by Opera McGill Music Director Stephen Hargreaves.
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
For its 86th edition, the OSM Competition will hold semifinal rounds on Nov. 11 and 12 at Tanna Schulich Hall before the grand finale on Nov. 15 at Maison symphonique, awarding $140,000 in prizes, and multiple residencies and training programs. This year’s semifinalists are sopranos Bridget Esler, Natasha Henry, and Gabrielle Turgeon; mezzo-sopranos Alex Hetherington, Justine Ledoux, and Daria Tereshchenko; countertenor Ian Sabourin; tenor Angelo Moretti, and baritones Jamal Al Titi and Korin Thomas-Smith.
Véronique Gens
Soprano Véronique Gens champions French mélodie of the Belle Époque (Nov. 12 & 13), while on Nov. 21 Ravel will be the focus of a program featuring flutist Christopher James, oboist Vincent Boilard, violinist Joshua Peters, violist Scott Chancey, cellist Sophie van der Sloot, harpsichordist Mélisande McNabney, and harpist Jennifer Swartz. On Nov. 23, OSM concertmaster Andrew Wan leads the orchestra with principal viola Victor Fournelle-Blain in a concert of Grieg, Wagner, and Mozart. Eight-time Grammy winner, pianist Emanuel Ax plays Isabella Gellis, Beethoven, and Prokofiev on Jan. 15 & 17, while soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan returns to the OSM Feb. 4 & 5.
Ryan McKinny
Photo: Jiyang Chen
UdeM-McGill Piano-Vocal Arts Residency
The UdeM-McGill residency welcomes American bass-baritone Ryan McKinny and American pianist Kathleen Kelly to perform the works of Debussy, Heggie, von Kralik, Gustav Mahler, Mazzoli, Poldowski, Price, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, and Weill in a free concert Nov. 16.
Orchestre Classique de Montréal
The OCM, under the direction of Jean-Marie Zeitouni, presents East Coast Music Award winner, classical guitarist Adam Cicchillitti, and bandoneonist Denis Plante in a Latin American concert on Nov. 20. Then, to celebrate Black History month, Canadian-Haitian soprano Marie-Josée Lord and African-American-Hispanic conductor Kalena Bovell will join the orchestra on Feb. 5 in a program featuring the music of William Grant Still and Florence Price, and the words of Toni Morrison.
Isaiah Bell
Photo: Lia Crowe
Opéra de Montréal
A Czech rarity and a world premiere take centre stage at Opéra de Montréal this winter. Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan directs Janáček’s Jenůfa, featuring Canadians Isaiah Bell, Mikelis Rogers, Megan Latham, and Colin Mackey, as well as many Atelier lyrique artists (Nov. 22, 27, 30). Montreal composer Ana Sokolović’s Clown(s) has been developed with Opéra de Montréal over the last year, and features an all-Canadian cast: soprano Aline Kutan, mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel, tenor Andrew Haji, and baritone Bruno Roy (Jan. 31, Feb. 3, 5, 8).
Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur
On Nov. 23 Elizaveta Miller will christen the Chapelle’s new Walter pianoforte, built by Benoît and Yves Beaupré, in a concert with soprano Alice Boissinot Guastavino and violinist Noémy Gagnon-Lafrenais. Chamber music will be featured in Ensemble Made in Trio’s celebration of French music (Nov. 26), Ensemble Mirabilia’s nativity-themed concert (Nov. 30), and Un Noël italien with soprano Ariadne Lih, recorder players Caroline Tremblay and Vincent Lauzer, viola da gambist Marie-Laurence Primeau, and claveçin player Dorothea Ventura (Dec. 14). Piano duos will also be highlighted, with Ruxandra Oancea and Ilya Poletaev (Dec. 3), Samuel Blanchette-Gagnon and Medhi Ghazi (Dec. 7), and Jean Marchand and Brigitte Poulin (Dec.10).
Ladies’ Morning Musical Club (LMMC)
On Nov. 30, former Orchestre Métropolitain artist-in-residence, violinist Kerson Leong returns to LMMC in recital with Swiss-American pianist Gilles Vonsattel in his LMMC debut. Then, on Feb. 8, the two-time Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet makes its LMMC debut.
Jaclyn Grossman
Bourgie Hall
On Dec. 2, Grammy-winning contemporary vocal band Roomful of Teeth will perform the works of Britell, Lanzilotti, Mazzoli, Negron, Shaw, and Shin. Stories of Jewish composers during and post-WWII will be told by Likht Ensemble—pianist Nate Ben-Horin and soprano Jaclyn Grossman—on Jan. 18. Indigenous performers Alanis Obomsawin and Jeremy Dutcher will perform on Jan. 28, and Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson will play Bach, Beethoven, and Schubert on Jan. 30.
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