As we head into summer, as usual, things start to quieten down.  I only have five shows in my schedule for the month of June:

• June 2nd, 4th and 5th Toronto City Opera are presenting Cavalleria Rusticana at the Fleck Dance Theatre.  It’s the usual TCO format; piano accompaniment, amateur chorus, young professional soloists.  Jennifer Tung conducts.
• June 2nd, 3rd, 4th at &.30pm at the Canadian Opera Company Theatre it’s the latest iteration of Teiya Kasahara’s The Queen in Me.  It looks like this time it may be with small ensemble rather than just piano.  There’s a promo video on the COC’s Youtube channel.
• June 3rd to 10th (preview June 2nd) at Crow’s Theatre it’s Maxime Beauregard-Martin’s Singulières; a play about “single ladies” in Quebec.  It’s in French with English surtitles (and/or 3D glasses).
• June 5t at 4pm at Grace Church on the Hill, Soundstreams are presenting a homage to the late R. Murray Schaefer.  This one is free but registration is required.
• June 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th at 8pm at Roy Thomson Hall the TSO are presenting Beethoven’s ninth symphony with an impressive line up of soloists including Rihab Chaieb.  It’s coupled with three short premiers including a piece by Adam Scime.

That’s about it until Toronto Summer Music opens on July 7th.