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Enjoy a Winter themed program with a touch of Christmas!

Enjoy a Winter themed program with a touch of Christmas!

No artist has provided more can’t-miss moments in recent Met memory, and megastar soprano Anna Netrebko promises to add another one with this live performance from Vienna. Audiences can expect hair-raising excerpts from some of her signature roles, as well as exciting selections that she’s never before performed with the company.

High notes and high drama will be in abundance when this world-class soprano-tenor pairing comes together for a live performance broadcast from Barcelona. Piotr Beczała and Sondra Radvanovsky sing arias and duets from some of the many classic operas they’ve performed on the stage of the Met, as well as selections from off the beaten path.

The dynamic husband-and-wife duo of tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak share both the beauty of opera and the natural splendor of the French Riviera, giving a concert of arias and duets from the terrace of the Château de la Chèvre d’Or, perched on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean.

Opera, operetta, and pops in Polson Park, Vernon BC

Relive Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare’s sensational debut at the Festival! This rising-star conductor, whose first concerts in Quebec in 2018–2019 captivated everyone’s attention, leads the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in Tchaikovsky’s stirring Fourth Symphony.

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin beckons you to an evening of gentleness and colour beginning with his magnificent Pavane variée and Franz Liszt’s “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude” (God’s Blessing in Solitude). In the second half, Hamelin entices you to sweet reverie with Schubert’s Four Impromptus, D. 935 (op. posth. 142).

The exceptional Venice Baroque Orchestra—peerless performer of repertoire from the 17th and 18th centuries—takes us on a fascinating journey between Naples and Venice in Vivaldi’s time. The ensemble explores the Red Priest’s and his contemporaries’ works in all their flamboyant beauty, including the famous Four Seasons. Fireworks assured!

Goldberg Variations à tre - Bach’s well-loved work reimagined for string trio.

The great American diva performs live in an intimate and iconic American venue: the music room of Dumbarton Oaks.

Goldberg Variations à tre - Bach’s well-loved work reimagined for string trio.

Okanagan coloratura soprano, Tracy Fehr, presents a concert featuring female European composers and performers from Hildegarde von Bingen of the Medieval era to Josepha Weber and the Age of Opera. Meet well known composers and musicians such as Hildegarde, Beatriz de Dia, and Barbara Strozzi, as well as less known artists like Christine de Pisan, Francesca Caccini, Anna Bon, and Isabella Leonarda!

A wealth of timbres, various shades of colour, sophisticated orchestration deploying the full range of sound possibilities: this is the music of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy. Its spellbinding inventiveness suggests the infinite variety of scenery, landscapes, and images that populated each composer’s creative mind. The OSM and Kent Nagano present a concert under the sign of dreams and imagination.

Get access to a broad range of classical concert streams – from piano recitals and chamber music sessions to orchestra and opera performances. Exclusively produced live on tape or premiered on DG Stage. Performed by superstars from Deutsche Grammophon’s extended family of artists and beyond. And stay up to date with our newsletter. Tickets: $19.97 CAD

WITH HELMUT DEUTSCH, PIANO

AVAILABLE THROUGH JULY 29

Superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings 12 of the most popular, show-stopping arias in the operatic repertoire, live from the ornate Polling Abbey located in the rolling Bavarian countryside outside Munich, Germany.

By delving anew into the archives, a legendary recording has been rediscovered: that of soprano Gwyneth Jones’ visit to Église Saint-Jacques de Montcalm on August 23, 1988. Gifted with an exceptional Wagnerian voice, her extraordinary dramatic instinct enabled her to rise to the highest
firmament of Italian opera.

Starring Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, and Željko Lučić, conducted by Marco Armiliato. From October 27, 2018.

Lynne McMurtry, contralto
Alison d’Amato, piano

With chamber ensemble.

The recital features a world premiere of a song cycle All The Wild Worlds by Nicholas Ryan Kelly. This music was commissioned by Vernon Proms for Lynne.

The monumental breadth of Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony makes it one of the composer’s most imposing works, and Kent Nagano and the OSM deploy all their power in rendering its profound humanism. From darkness into light, this is a majestic affirmation of life.

Alison d’Amato presents a program of evocative landscapes and storytelling from the piano. This concert will also feature Brian Martin as the narrator for the Poulenc’s The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant. (Suitable for children.)

Lynne McMurtry, contralto
Alison d’Amato, piano

With chamber ensemble.

The recital features a world premiere of a song cycle All The Wild Worlds by Nicholas Ryan Kelly. This music was commissioned by Vernon Proms for Lynne.

Opera Kelowna is delighted to return to the stages of the Vernon Proms to share this unique art form with you. Many composers wrote their best music when bringing a character to life by telling a musical story. Join host Rosemary Thomson as she leads you through different eras of operatic brilliance exploring music by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Gounod, Bernstein and others.

Get access to a broad range of classical concert streams – from piano recitals and chamber music sessions to orchestra and opera performances. Exclusively produced live on tape or premiered on DG Stage. Performed by superstars from Deutsche Grammophon’s extended family of artists and beyond. And stay up to date with our newsletter. Tickets: $19.97 CAD

Alison d’Amato presents a program of evocative landscapes and storytelling from the piano. This concert will also feature Brian Martin as the narrator for the Poulenc’s The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant. (Suitable for children.)

Every bit as heartbreaking and kinetic as the Shakespearean original, Gounod’s ravishing opera features the most famous moments of the play dressed up in unforgettable musical finery. The star-crossed lovers at the center are assigned no fewer than four duets; Romeo’s swashbuckling friend Mercutio gets a first-act showstopper about Queen Mab; and Juliet’s vivacious entrance aria is a waltz so irresistible, anyone would be compelled to scale a balcony for her.

London Mozart Players partners with Classic FM to host the ‘LMP Live!’ series, which features socially-distanced concerts in different venues to mark the UK coming out of lockdown.

EVGENY KISSIN piano