In December, Tafelmusik will present Händel’s “Messiah” at Koerner Hall and the exuberant Sing-Along Messiah at Massey Hall. The Messiah will be held on Dec. 18 through 20 and will feature Krisztina Szabó, Nicholas Scott, and Jonathan Woody. Ivars Taurins will conduct the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. The four soloists will repeat for the sing along on Dec. {…}
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. {…}
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir is set to launch the Yuletide season with music by J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The group will perform the work on Nov. 22, 23 & 24, 2024 at Jeanne Lamon Hall. Soloists will include soprano Hélène Brunet, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, and baritone Jesse Blumberg. Renowned English tenor Charles Daniels will perform the role of {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}