Samuel Mariño, Hélène Brunet, Cecilia Duarte, & Jacob Perry Featured in Tafelmusik’s 2024-25 Season

Tafelmusik has announced the details of its 2024-25 season. This article includes vocal works only. Soprano Hélène Brunet, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, and baritone Jesse Blumberg make their Tafelmusik debuts in Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio.” Tenor Charles Daniels joins them. Ivars Taurins directs the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Orchestra. Performance Dates: November 22, 23, & 24, 2024 Handle’s “Messiah” stars soprano Myriam {…}

Nov 3, 2023

Theatre of Early Music & University of Toronto Schola Cantorum Present ‘Dido and Aeneas’

The Theatre of Early Music in collaboration with the Schola Cantorum present a music and dance adaptation of Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Leading instrumentalists from Tafelmusik and the Theatre of Early Music join soprano Sinead White in the title role of Dido, Juno-award winning baritone Alexander Dobson as Aeneas, and countertenor Ryan McDonald as the Sorceress. The orchestra is {…}

Mar 18, 2023

Male Soprano Samuel Mariño to Make Canadian Debut

Photo: Olivier Allard Male soprano Samuel Mariño will make his Canadian debut with Tafelmusik in the upcoming concert “Higher Love: Virtuoso Arias.” Mariño will perform select arias from Handel’s “Arminio” and “Atalanta,” Vivaldi’s “Il Giustino,” Scarlatti’s “Il Sedecia Re di Gerusalemme,” and Hasse’s “Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra.” He is joined by the Tafelmusik baroque orchestra with Julia Wedman directing. The Venezuelan {…}

Feb 27, 2023

Theatre of Early Music to Present ‘Love, Beauty and Death in Venice’ & Handel’s ‘Jephtha’

In collaborative performances with the TD Concert Hall and the University of Toronto, McGill University, and Tafelmusik, the Theatre of Early Music will present “Love, Beauty and Death in Venice – A Baroque Pasticcio” and Handel’s “Jephtha.” In the first concert, “Love, Beauty and Death in Venice,” Daniel Taylor will direct faculty and graduate students from the University of Toronto {…}