(Photo credit: ©Julien Gazeau) This summer, Les Arts Florissants tours its semi-stage production of Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” throughout North America. William Christie leads Les Arts Florissants and Le Jardin des Voix on the tour. Soloists include soprano Paulina Francisco, mezzo-sopranos Georgia Burashko, Rebecca Leggett, and Juliette Mey, tenor Ilja Aksionov and Rodrigo Carreto, baritone Hugo Herman-Wilson, and bass-baritone Benjamin {…}
The Festival de Lanaudiere 2023 has announced its programming for this year’s festival events. There will be 14 concerts at the Amphitheatre Fernand-Lindsay, as well as in regional churches, cultural venues, agritourism sites, free movie nights, and more. Among the highlights are the following: Conducted by Rafael Payare, four soloists will join a choir of 100 singers to perform Beethoven’s {…}
Mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb has canceled her participation in the upcoming Rossinimania! concert at the Festival de Lanaudière. The mezzo took to social media and said, “I am sad to say that due to health reasons, I have to withdraw from my much expected concert at @festivaldelanaudiere this weekend. I am devastated but I know this is the best recourse for {…}