UPCOMING
Chants Libres: Oper'Actuel Works in Progress 2022
AUG 27 2022
2PM & 7:30PM
AUG 28 2022
2PM
Discover 5 operas in the making, from grand opera to musical theatre with a detour through more experimental proposals. Featuring an excerpt of the chamber version of 'L'épaisseur du silence', a new dramatic work created by Brittany Rae (soprano), Jesse Plessis (composer/pianist), and Thomas Ayouti (librettist/dramaturg).
Marie-Annick Béliveau, Artistic Direction
Jean-Michaël Lavoie, conductor
Ensemble Paramirabo
Théâtre Rouge du Conservatoire
RECENT
Opera in the 21st Century - Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
MAY-JUNE 2022
Opera in the 21st Century is a three-week performance-based, collaborative training experience for emerging opera professionals that truly challenges the conventions of opera performance, production, and design.
Codes d'accès: Temporel 2022
13 MAY 2022
8:00 PM
A presentation of 'L'épaisseur du silence', a new dramatic work for soprano and piano. Presented by Codes d'accès, with music by Jesse Plessis and libretto by Thomas Ayouti.
La Sala Rossa - 4848 Boul Saint-Laurent, Montréal
Pierrot Lunaire with Ensemble Lagom
28 NOV 2021
8:00 PM
Pierrot Lunaire (Arnold Schönberg) with Ensemble Lagom
Kelly Lin, conductor
Thomas Ayouti, scenography and dramaturgy
Le Gésu - Ampithéâtre, 1200 rue de Bleury
McGill University: Contemporary Music Ensemble
2 OCT 2021
7:30 PM
Premiere of Malachi (song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble) by Omar Barash with the McGill University Contemporary Music Ensemble.
Frédéric-Alexandre Michaud, conductor
MMR, Schulich School of Music
5 Minutes To Change The World Cabaret: Springboard Performance
NOV 26 - DEC 1
7 PM MST
Springboard Performance features Calgary artists in short online performances that (just might) change the way we think. 5 Minutes to Change the World invites artists to investigate what matters now.
'Fantasma', set to an excerpt of Donizetti's famous mad scene from his opera, Lucia di Lammeroor, portrays a woman's raw and chaotic state of grief...and perhaps freedom?
Choreographer/Performer: Jocelyn Mah
Soprano: Brittany Rae
Piano: Kerry Agnew
Outside Eye: Alice Lambert
VIMEO LINK (Available Nov. 26-Dec 1, 2020)
Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition WINNER'S TOUR: Brandon University
17 NOV 2020
7:30 PM CST
As First Prize winner of the 43rd E-Gré National Music Competition, Brittany Rae will embark on a cross-Canada recital tour with pianist, Jesse Plessis. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all recitals will be live-streamed.
Brandon University, 7:30pm CST / 8:30pm EST
Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition WINNER'S TOUR: Canadian Music Centre Toronto
8 NOV 2020
7:30 PM EST
As First Prize winner of the 43rd E-Gré National Music Competition, Brittany Rae will embark on a cross-Canada recital tour with pianist, Jesse Plessis. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all recitals will be live-streamed.
Canadian Music Centre Toronto, 7:30pm EST
Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition WINNER'S TOUR: Cambrian College
4 NOV 2020
7:30 PM EST
As First Prize winner of the 43rd E-Gré National Music Competition, Brittany Rae will embark on a cross-Canada recital tour with pianist, Jesse Plessis. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all recitals will be live-streamed.
Cambrian College, 7:30pm EST
Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition WINNER'S TOUR: University of Calgary
30 OCT 2020
12 PM MDT
As First Prize winner of the 43rd E-Gré National Music Competition, Brittany Rae will embark on a cross-Canada recital tour with pianist, Jesse Plessis. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all recitals will be live-streamed.
University of Calgary, 12:00pm MDT / 2:00pm EST
Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition WINNER'S TOUR: University of British Columbia
28 OCT 2020
12 PM PDT
As First Prize winner of the 43rd E-Gré National Music Competition, Brittany Rae will embark on a cross-Canada recital tour with pianist, Jesse Plessis. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all recitals will be live-streamed.
University of British Columbia, 12:00pm PDT / 3:00pm EST
Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition WINNER'S TOUR: Mount Allison University
24 OCT 2020
7:30 PM ADT
As First Prize winner of the 43rd E-Gré National Music Competition, Brittany Rae will embark on a cross-Canada recital tour with pianist, Jesse Plessis. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all recitals will be live-streamed.
Mount Allison University, 7:30pm ADT / 6:30pm EST
43rd Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition
19-20 SEPT 2020
Finalist and First Prize Winner
Re-visioned due to COVID-19, the Finals of the 43rd E-Gré Competition for Voice (originally scheduled for April 2020) will now take place in a virtual format. All final recital performances are available for live streaming on www.CBC.ca/music and at www.e-gre.ca/watch.
Concert Vivier InterUniversitaire
8 MAR 2020
8:00 PM
Soprano - "...in the crystal of a dream..." for solo soprano by Seth Gordon
Enjoy this performance entirely composed and performed by students of Montréal's universities.
Ampithéâtre - Le Gésu, 1200 rue de Bleury
Concert in the 21st Century Residency: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
10 - 21 FEB 2020
Led by pianist, Pedja Muzijevic, participants take a closer look at the existing concert format and explore new ways to present classical and contemporary music.
40th CBC Sing-In: Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul
8 DEC 2019
40th edition of the CBC Sing-in, Church of St. Andrew and St. Pail
Montréal, QC
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor
Cantiamo Choral Ensemble: Soprano Soloist
7 DEC 2019
Dreamweaver - Ola Gjeilo
Kris Epps, conductor
Festival Bach Montréal: Schola de l'Oratoire
1 DEC 2019
Works for choir and organ by Bach and Scarlatti
Adam Wills Begley, conductor
Oratoire Saint-Jospeh du Mont-Royal
Premiere: Gossamer Songs by Seth Gordon
11 NOV 2019
Premiere of song cycle, Gossamer Songs for voice and piano by Seth Gordon, with text by Emily Dickinson
McGill Association of Student Composers
Tanna Schulich Hall
Omer Barash, piano
Trois poésies de la lyrique japonaise: Ensemble Citeria
22 SEPT 2019
Trois poésies de la lyrique japonaise - Stravinsky
Ensemble Citeria
Kyrian Friendenberg, conductor
Wirth Opera Studio, McGill University
AGAINST THE GRAIN THEATRE: SUMMER MODERN INTENSIVE
8 - 22 AUG 2019
Summer Modern Intensive Program
Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Vocal Institute with Tony Arnold: SoundSCAPE Festival 2019
8 - 21 JUL 2019
SoundSCAPE Festival 2019
Cesena, Italy
23 DEGREE THEATRE: EXPECTATIONS
19 MAY 2019
20 MAY 2019
22 MAY 2019
7:30 PM
ENTANGLEMENT (Charlotte Bray), PURSUIT (Iman Habibi), YELLOW WALLPAPER (Grace-Evangeline Mason)
7:30 PM
Sottorenea
Montréal, QC
ARIETTES OUBLIÉES - DEBUSSY
8 MAY 2019
5 PM
Ariettes Oubliées - Debussy
Jérémie Gates, piano
Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music
Montréal, QC
SONGBOOK IX - TAPESTRY OPERA
29 MAR 2019
8 PM
30 MAR 2019
4 PM & 8 PM
A 3-day Masterclass, New Opera 101, culminates in three performances where the opera professionals of tomorrow stretch their voices alongside their mentors.
Ernest Balmer Studio
Toronto, ON
OPER'ACTUEL 2019: Chants Libres
16 MAR 2019
8 PM
17 MAR 2019
4 PM
Oper'Actuel 2019
Ampithéâtre - Le Gésu
Montréal, QC
23 DEGREE THEATRE : I
14 JAN 2019
9 PM
23 Degree Theatre: I
Harrison (Domenic Jarlkaganova)
Sottorenea
Montréal, QC
Everything That You Desire and Nothing That You Fear - Jasmina Cibic
SATURDAYS
Exhibition:
'Everything That You Desire and Nothing That You Fear' - Jasmina Cibic
Fondation Phi pour l'art contemporain DHC/Art
Montréal, QC
SUSANNA 'Le nozze di Figaro' - Toronto City Opera
6 DEC 2019
8 DEC 2019
7:30 PM
9 DEC 2019
2PM
Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Toronto City Opera
Al Green Theatre
Toronto, ON