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MONTREAL
OSM
There’s something for everyone this spring at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conducted by Rafael Payare, the orchestra will be joined by soprano Sonya Yoncheva in a performance featuring Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, as well as works by Strauss, and Johanna Müller-Hermann (March 28, 30). Just a few days later, audiences are invited to join the OSM in a special children’s performance of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, with dancers, narration and staging (April 1). Conducted by Bernard Labadie, and joined by the OSM Chorus, soprano Miah Persson, tenor Andrew Haji, and bass James Atkinson, the orchestra will then perform Haydn’s beloved The Creation (April 7, 8).
Sonya Yoncheva
Audiences will be transported to the cinema by performances of some of John Williams’s most popular melodies in mid-April, conducted by Ben Palmer (April 11, 12). Not to be missed is A Journey to the Middle East. Conducted by Tianyi Lu, and featuring Sufi singer Anouar Barrada, Ziad Chbat on ney, and the Persian music ensemble DIBA, the concert will include traditional persian music, as well as works by Behzad Ranjbaran, Katia Makdissi-Warren, and Rimsky-Korsakov (April 16). Pianists Bruce Liu will be featured on a program of Gubaidulina, Sibelius, and Chopin, conducted by Dalia Stasevska (April 19, 20), and Charles Richard-Hamelin, playing Prokofiev, on a program of Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, and Lotta Wennäkoski (May 10, 11). Singer Dominique Fils-Amié will be joined by guest artist Elisapie, singers from Y’a du monde à messe, and conductor Dina Gilbert in the performance of an orchestration by Blair Thomson (May 16, 17). The orchestra will close their season with performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, conducted by Rafael Payare, featuring Michelle DeYoung (May 31-June 2).
Orchestre Galileo
Suzanne Taffot
Galileo, formerly known as the Orchestre Symphonique de la Vallée-du-haut-Saint-Laurent, will welcome soloists Suzanne Taffot and Serge Kakudji in performances in L’Île-Perrot on April 16 and in Montreal April 18.
On the program are both Pergolesi and Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, as well as the former’s Salve Regina, and Symphony No. 1, Op. 11, by the Chevalier de Saint George. Not long after, on June 3, the orchestra will present Mozart Voyage!, featuring the composers’ Symphonies 31, 35, 36, and 38, as well as J.C. Bach’s Symphony in E-flat major. The performance will be conducted by Daniel Constantineau, and will take place at the Opti-Centre de Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Voces Boreales
Conducted by Andrew Gray, Voces Boreales will present Terra in the beautiful Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours on April 22. A one-hour concert in homage to the beauty and fragility of the natural world, the performance will feature both new works and old favourites. On the program are Andrew Balfour’s Qilak, Clément Janequin’s Herbes et fleurs, Edward Enman’s Between the alleys of the stars, and Jean Sibelius’s Vakna!, to name a few.
Voces Boreales performs at Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours – November 2022
Les Voix de la montagne
In celebration of their 20th anniversary season, Les Voix de la montagne will join their voices in a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Conducted by Bruno Dufresne, it will feature baritone Marc-Antoine d’Aragon and soprano Odéi Bilodeau. The performance will take place at the Église du Très-saint-nom-de-Jésus, on May 6.
Musica Camerata
Musica Camerata will put the spotlight on English composers of the late 19th century in their upcoming performance, The English, at the Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur. Featuring Elgar’s Quintet for piano and strings, and Frank Bridge’s Phantasie for piano and string trio, the concert will take place on May 6.
Opéra de Montréal
The Opéra de Montréal will end its 2022-23 season with performances of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Staring Joyce El-Khoury in the title role, and featuring Matthew White (Pinkerton), Hugo Laporte (Sharpless), Lauren Segal (Suzuki), Éric Thériault (Goro), and Matthew Treviño (The Bonze), the Orchestre Métropolitain will be conducted by Pedro Halffter, with stage direction by Stephanie Havey. The production will run May 6, 9, 11, 14 and 16.
OPCM
On May 20 at the Maison symphonique, the Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes (OPCM) conducted by Francis Choinière, will present La symphonie de la mer. Featuring a choir of 100, an 80-piece orchestra, and soloists Karina Gauvin and Christian Wagner, the concert will begin with Debussy’s La mer, and end with Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony.
QUEBEC
Opéra de Québec
MyungJoo Lee
Much like the Opéra de Montréal, the Opéra de Québec will close out its year with a run of Madama Butterfly, by Puccini. Conducted by Clelia Cafiero, and directed by François Racine, the production will star MyungJoo Lee as Cio-Cio San, Lysianne Tremblay as Suzuki, Eric Laporte as Pinkerton, Phillip Addis as Sharpless, Antoine Normand as Goro, and Marcel Beaulieu as The Bonze.
The production will also feature Geoffroy Salvas, Geneviève Dompierre-Smith, Robert Huard, Michel Desbiens, Agathe Herrmann, Andréanne Laprise, and Émilie Baillargeon (May 13,16,18 and 20).
OTTAWA
NAC Orchestra
The National Arts Centre Orchestra has a thrilling spring ahead of them. First off, they will welcome pianist Angela Hewitt, an Ottawa native, to the stage as she interprets Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25. Also on the program, conducted by Jessica Cottis, are works by Richard Strauss, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 1 (April 5, 6). Shortly after, the orchestra will bring John Williams’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets score to life, in partnership with CineConcerts (April 13-15). Conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier, cellist Bryan Cheng will join the orchestra for a performance of works by Farrenc, Franck, and Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1 (April 19, 20). Composer Keiko Devaux will première a new work with the orchestra in a concert featuring R. Strauss’s Alpine Symphony, and Nobu’s performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 (May 10, 11). Alexander Shelley conducts the orchestra in a program of Holst’s The Planets, paired with Anna Thorvalsdóttir’s Catamorphosis (May 18, 19). Pianist Jan Lisiecki will collaborate with the orchestra, conducted by Lina González-Granados, in their interpretation of Jessica Hunt’s Climb, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” (June 7-8).
TORONTO
TSO
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is offering up a wide variety of musical samplings this spring—starting with Visions of Spain, on which Gustavo Gimeno will conduct works by Rodrigo, Falla, Dutilleux, and Coll, paired with Ravel’s beloved Boléro (March 29-April 2). Canadian violinist Leila Josefowicz will perform Helen Grime’s Violin Concerto, on a program that features the Canadian première of Joonas Kokkonen’s “Adagio religioso,” and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 (April 6, 8). As part of their relaxed performance series, conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser will lead the TSO in a concert featuring Jamaican-born, Halifax-based vocalist Jah’Mila (April 16).
Leila Josefowicz
As part of TSO’s POPS series, vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Tony DeSare will delight audiences in an evening of works by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra (April 18, 19). Highlighting the mandolin stylings of Grammy-nominated Avi Avital, Mandolin Magic will feature works by Vivaldi, Bach, and Bartók, in addition to lesser known works by Tsintsadze and Avner Dorman (April 22, 23). Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget will join Gustavo Gimeno in a live-performance recording of Messaien’s Turangalîla, for orchestra, piano and ondes Martenot (May 4, 5). The orchestra will then shift gears, with performances of Star Wars: The Last Jedi – In Concert, conducted by Steven Reineke (May 11-13). Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown (May 16, 17) will see conductor Jeff Tyzik, and vocalists Shayna Steele, Chester Gregory, and Michael Lynche in a performance of American popular classics. And Alison Yun-Fei Jiang, the TSO’s RBC Affiliate Composer, will see her work—Hwa (Flowering)—premièred on a program featuring Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Conducted by Jader Bignamini, James Ehnes will join the orchestra on the violin (May 24-27). Violinist Nicola Benedetti and conductor Elim Chan will join forces in bringing to life the Canadian première of Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto. The concert will feature Brahm’s Symphony No.2 in the second half (May 31, June 1, 3).
Amadeus Choir
Toronto’s Amadeus Choir is sure to transport audiences with the performance of Rachmaninoff’s beloved All-Nights Vigil. In partnership with the Guelph Chamber Choir, the concert, Vespers, will also feature works by Larysa Kuzmenko, Iryna Aleksiychuk, Shavon Lloyd, Uģis Prauliņš, Francesca Hauser and Jon Washburn, as well as the première of “will I, night,” by Ian Cusson. The event will take place at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, on April 2, the eve of Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday.
Royal Conservatory of Music: Koerner Hall
Beatrice Rana
Coming up this spring, Toronto’s Opera Atelier will present Handel’s The Resurrection. Featuring Colin Ainsworth, Carla Huhtanen, Meghan Lindsay, Allyson McHardy and Douglas Williams, the production will be conducted by David Fallis, with direction by Marshall Pynkoski (April 6-9). Gramophone magazine’s 2017 Young Artist of the Year, pianist Beatrice Rana, will perform works by Bach, Debussy and Beethoven (April 18); while Chopin Competition winner Bruce Liu will interpret an evening of works by Chopin (May 7).
Celebrated singers Kellylee Evans and Jackie Richardson will interpret the songs of Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Salome Bey, and Diane Brooks (May 13). Finally, directed by Richard Ouzounian and conducted by David Briskin, Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music will be presented in concert, featuring singers Cynthia Dale, Eric McCormack, Fiona Reid, and Dan Chameroy, to name a few (May 26).
Canadian Opera Company
Sondra Radvanovsky
The Canadian Opera Company has a busy few months ahead of them. First up is Verdi’s Macbeth. Conducted by Speranza Scappucci, and directed by Sir David McVicar, the production—produced in partnership with the Lyric Opera of Chicago—will star Quinn Kelsey in the title role, Sondra Radvanovsky as Lady Macbeth, Önay Köse as Banquo, Matthew Cairns in the role of Macduff, and Tracy Cantin singing the Lady-in-waiting (April 28-30, May 6-20). Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini, will grace the stage in a production directed by Paul Curran and conducted by Giuliano Carella. Starring Olga Busuioc as Tosca, it will also feature Stefano La Colla (Cavaradossi), Roland Wood (Scarpia), Michael Colvin (Spoletta), and Donato Di Stefano (Sacristan) (May 5-27).
The season will conclude with Pomegranate, by Kye Marshall and Amanda Hale. Conducted by Rosemary Thomson and directed by Jennifer Tarver, the piece tells the lesbian love story of Suli and Cassia, who fight to express their love freely in the face of homophobia. The role of Suli/Suzie will be sung by Adanya Dunn, with Catherine Daniel singing Livia/Mother Maria, Peter Barrett as Marcus/Uncle Salvatore, and Teiya Kasahara as Priestess/Jules (June 2-4).
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