Here’s an assortment of announcements from my In Box…
December 10th at 4pm Rosedale Presbyterian there’s a fundraiser for the church. The program is called Respite and Dream and will include Santoliquido songs, Tosti and Verdi songs, French and English songs, Brahms, Strauss, some excerpts from Rosenkavalier and some Xmas stuff. Rachel Andrist will be at the piano with Sara Schabas, Danielle MacMillen, Jessica Scarlato, Jonelle Sills, Nicole Percifield and Jocelyn Fralick singing. Not sure about ticketing yet but take a cushion.
November 14th is the annual fundraiser for St. Mike’s ICU in memory of Elizabeth Krehm. It’s at 7.30pm at Christ Church Deer Park. On the program this year is A Prayer for Elizabeth by Canadian composer Jean Coulthard alongside the Canzona Chamber Players Orchestra under the baton of Kingston Symphony music director Evan Mitchell. Yosuke Kawasaki, concert master of The National Arts Centre Orchestra, joins Canzona Chamber players as concert master. Soprano Rachel Krehm rounds out the first half with Mahler’s beloved Rückert Lieder. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, also known as the Pathétique. Admission is by tax deductible donation, all of which goes to the hospital. Early donations, allowing bypass of the line, may be made on the St. Michael’s Hospital Elizabeth Krehm Memorial Page
Iain Scott has also announced another series of opera appreciation courses. They are:
Kings and Queens in opera
5 Thursday evenings at 7pm – 9pm from 2nd November 2017 at the Prosserman JCC
More info call 416 638 1881 x 4235
Ten types of tenors
5 Monday afternoons at 1.30pm – 3.30pm from 6th November 2017 at the Miles Nadal JCC
More info call 416 924 6211
The early operas of Verdi
5 Tuesday afternoons at 2pm – 4pm from 7th November 2017 at the U of T School of Continuing Studies
More info call 416 978 2400
The early operas of Wagner
5 Tuesday afternoons at 2pm – 4pm from 9th January 2018 at the U of T School of Continuing Studies
More info call 416 978 2400
A Weekend on Wagner’s Lohengrin
Sat 27th and Sun 28th January from 10am – 4pm each day, including lunches at the Rosedale Golf Club
More info e-mail Iain at iain@opera-is.com
Fathers and Daughters in Verdi
5 Thursday evenings at 7pm – 9 pm from 1st March, 2018 at the Prosserman JCC
More info call 416 638 1881 x 4235
Exotic operas
5 Monday afternoons at 1.30pm – 3.30pm from 19th March 2018 at the Miles Nadal JCC
More info call 416 924 6211