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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

TICKETS

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. 

Events: https://www.banffcentre.ca/events/opera

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

VIMEO LIVESTREAM

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

VIMEO LIVESTREAM

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

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