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It's David Fallis' turn to conduct<br />
Opera Atelier's period production<br />
of the beloved tragi-comedy,<br />
The Marriage of Figaro (May 1,<br />
3, 4, 6, 7, 9) by Wolfg'ang Amadeus<br />
Mozart (sung in English) by<br />
.singers Dan Belcher, Nathalie<br />
Paulin, Curtis Sullivan, Monica<br />
Whicher & others. The Tafelmusik<br />
Baroque Orchestra will be<br />
in the pit.<br />
Website: www.operaatelier.com<br />
In their final concert of the season,<br />
"Ballare e cantare," Sine<br />
Nomine Ensemble 1 for Medieval<br />
Music explores an extraordinary<br />
collection of music from northern<br />
Italy (now in the British Library)<br />
around 1400 and the rich<br />
musical culture of Tuscany at the<br />
close of the Middle Ages, through<br />
· songs, dances, and engaging<br />
readings (May 2).<br />
Frank T. Nakashima<br />
(franknak@interlog.com) is the<br />
President of the Toronto Early<br />
Music Centre, a non-profit charitable<br />
organization which promotes<br />
the appreciation of historically informed<br />
performances of early music.<br />
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A great number of special choral<br />
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including the traditional feast of<br />
Passion concerts across the city on<br />
Good Friday (<strong>April</strong> 18).<br />
The superb VocalPoint Chamber<br />
Choir do their part in mendinE<br />
Canadian-American relations on<br />
<strong>April</strong> 6 with a concert of choral<br />
works largely by American<br />
composers. The program is<br />
centred around Copland's In The<br />
Beginning, a difficult piece tha1<br />
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as it's appearing on choral<br />
programs regularly these days.<br />
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hopefally financialiy as<br />
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Also on the bill are the oft-heard<br />
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Thompson and other works by<br />
Barber, Bernstein, Gershwin and<br />
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