Things slow down just a little bit in June but with both Luminato and Opera 5’s Opera festival it’s not that quiet.  Here’s what’s coming down:

• June 5th to 7th at Daniels Spectrum there’s Nigamon/Tunai; an exploration of Indigenous perspectives from North and South America (part of Luminato)
• June 6th at Metropolitan United Krisztina Szabó leads in Queen of the Night Communion, another Luminato show.

• June 7th, also part of Luminato, is Justin Grey’s Immersed at the TD Music Hall at Massey Hall.  It’s a recorded piece featuring a truly eclectic group of terrific musicians played back over a 38 speaker Dolby ATMOS set up with visuals!
• June 11th Leaving Home opens at Coal Mine Theatre (preview June 10th).  Runs to June 22nd.
• June 12th to 15th is Opera 5’s Opera Festival at Factory Theatre featuring a gala with their interns, Ryan Trew and rachel Krehm’s new opera Come Closer and the song cycle Elegies.
• June 13th at Hugh’ss Room, Payadora Tango Ensemble have a live performance of the music from their new CD The Legend of Carau with Tom Allen narrating and live video.  The video is also available on-line at https://www.legendofcarau.com
• June 14th Tapestry have a concert; Tapestry and Friends at their new digs on Yonge Street.
• Also on the 14th, Confluence have a Kurt Weill concert at Heliconian Hall (also on the 15th)
• And June 14th to 22nd Tim Crouch’s acclaimed play An Oak Tree is playing at the Jane Mallett Theatre as part of Luminato.
• June 18th, 20th and 21st Toronto City Opera are doing Aaron Copland’s The tender Land at the Al Green Theatre.
• June 19th at 918 Bathurst The Happenstancers have maybe their most ambitious concertb yet called The Two Deaths of Ophelia.  21 rather good musicians present music by, inter alia, Knussen, Rihm and Vivier.
• June 21st Jeremy Dutcher is appearing with the TSO at Roy Thomson Hall.
• June 28th at the Tranzac, Micah Schroeder, Stéphane Mayer and Brenna Kavanagh Hardy have a recital of (mostly) contemporary song.

Then it goes a bit quiet until Toronto Summer Music (July 10th to August 2nd) and the Fringe July 2nd to 13th).