Opera in Concert

2007-2008 MEMBER PROFILES
 

Opera in Concert is a unique Canadian company dedicated to Canadian artists and innovative programming, defying traditional assumptions about operatic presentation, relying only on the power and beauty of the human voice accompanied by orchestra or piano.
 
Our 34th season begins with Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena October 28, featuring Lara Ciekiewicz, Anita Krause, Stuart Howe and Sean Watson, with music director/pianist Nathalie Doucet-Lalkens. Die Drei Pintos by Carl Maria von Weber & Gustav Mahler follows December 2, starring Eric Shaw, Daniel Lichti and Jesse Clark, with music director/pianist Robin Wheeler. Handel’s Tamerlano is next on February 3, starring Lynne McMurtry, Shannon Mercer, Marcel van Neer, and others, with conductor Kevin Mallon and Aradia Ensemble. Our season concludes on April 6 with Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden, featuring Katerina Tchoubar, Luiza Zhuleva, Sasha Bataligin and Neil Aronoff, with music director/pianist Raisa Nakhmanovich. Concerts include OIC’s renowned chorus, Robert Cooper conductor. Also returning is OIC’s pre-performance presentation “The Backgrounder” with host Iain Scott. All performances are at the Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front Street East, 416-366-7723 or1-800-708-6754.
 
Guillermo Silva-Marin, general director
416-922-2147
guillermo@operainconcert.com
www.operainconcert.com