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Tafelmusik Unveils 2025-26 Season

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Tafelmusik has announced the details of its 2025-26 season. For the purposes of the article, only vocal works are included. “Double Dixit: Lotti & Handel” features Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. Ivars Taurins directs. Performance Dates: November 28, 29, & 30, 2025 Händel’s “Messiah” is presented by soloists soprano Stephanie True, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó, tenor Nicholas Scott, and bass-baritone Jonathan Woody. Ivars Taurins directs. {…}
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Measha Brueggergosman-Lee to Present ‘Zombie Blizzard’ at National Sawdust

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Soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee is set to headline Aaron Davis’ “Zombie Blizzard” at the National Sawdust in Brooklyn on Oct. 28, 2024. The soprano will be joined by the composer himself, who will accompany her during the performance. “Zombie Blizzard” is described as “a song cycle written by Aaron Davis of seven concert arias for voice, jazz trio and brass ensemble, {…}
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Meghan Lindsay Headlines Concert at Haus Musique @ Le 9e Grande Salle in Montréal

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(Image Courtesy of Haus Musique’s official website) Haus Musique @ Le 9e Grande Salle in Montréal will present soprano Meghan Lindsay in concert on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The soprano is joined by clarinetist Juan Olivares and pianist Carson Becke in a program featuring works by Schubert, Mahler, Bernstein, and Strauss. Lindsay has performed with such organizations as Opera Atelier, {…}
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Loose Tea Music Theatre Announces New Board Members

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Loose Tea Music Theatre has announced the expansion of its Board of Directors. The company revealed that the new members include Vice-President Melissa Chetty , secretary Kendal Lander, and Charity Chan, and Rebekah Lobosco Gilli. They join President Dr Alan Viau and Treasurer Natasha Bood. “I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome our new members that bring a breadth of significant experience {…}
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Obituary: Theater Leader Patricia Barretto dies, Aged 45

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(Credit: Kyle Flubacker) Harris Theater has confirmed the passing of Patricia Barretto on the night of March 3, 2020, following a battle with cancer. Born in Mumbai in 1973, Barretto moved from India to Toronto after finishing a degree in English Literature. Starting in the box office of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and going on to become the company’s marketing {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Wallis Giunta On Giving Carmen A ‘Lighter Touch’ & The Joy Of Mozart

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Earlier this year, mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta took home the award for Young Singer of the Year at the International Opera Awards. To that point, she has been growing her career steadily as an ensemble member at the Oper Leipzig, among others endeavors. But the victory propelled her into the spotlight and since then, Giunta has made her BBC Proms debut {…}
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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Reginald Mobley, Sophie Klussmann, Élisabeth St-Gelais Lead Bourgie Hall’s 2026-27 Season

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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Bourgie Hall has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances on offer. Concerto di Margherita opens the season with “Love’s Blindness – Il gioco della cieca,” a program of Italian Renaissance vocal and instrumental music by such composers as Caccnini, Monteveri, Kapsberger, D’India, and Frescobaldi, among others. Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2026 {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

La Monnaie 2025-26 Review: Benvenuto Cellini

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Though “Benvenuto Cellini” (1838) was Berlioz’s first opera, premiering five years before Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” (1843), thirteen years before Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (1851), and two decades before Gounod’s “Faust” (1859), the work sounds positively avant-garde compared to contemporaneous works and even compared to those written long after it. The most astounding innovation was Berlioz’s use of syncopation, especially in his {…}

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