Volume 28 Issue 5 | April & May 2023

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This issue contains event listings
from March 28 to June 6, 2023.
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LIVE OR ONLINE | Mar 28 to Jun 6, 2023
Tuesday March 28
● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Free Concert Series: The Resurrection.
Excerpts from Handel: Resurrection. Artists
of Opera Atelier. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/
free-concert-series. Free.
● 12:10: Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation.
Lunchtime Chamber Music: Rising Stars
Recital. Featuring performance students
from the U of T Faculty of Music. Yorkminster
Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge St.
www.yorkminsterpark.com. Free. Donations
welcome.
● 1:00: St. James Cathedral. Organ Recital.
Matthew Larkin, organ. Cathedral Church of
St. James, 106 King St. E. 416-364-7865 or
www.stjamescathedral.ca. Free. Donations
welcome.
● 3:00: Oriana Singers. Young at Heart.
Featuring choral music centred around
hope. Sean Ivory and Paul Caldwell: Hope
for Resolution; Nancy Telfer: Celebration.
Guests: St. Mary Catholic Secondary
School Choirs (Tanya Earle, conductor).
Trinity United Church, 284 Division St.,
Cobourg. Ticketing information available at
www.orianasingers.com.
● 7:30: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Bach:
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232. Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Baroque Orchestra; Jean-
Sébastien Vallée, conductor. Koerner Hall,
TELUS Centre, 273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-
0208. $39.95-$89; $36.79-$80.92(sr);
$24.95(VOXTix).
● 8:00: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di
Toronto/Consulate General of Italy in
Toronto/Istituto Italiano di Cultura Montreal
and Chicago. Music From the Romantic
Repertoire to the Great Cinema. Brahms:
Sonata Op.108; Schumann/ Liszt: Widmung
from the film “Canto d’amore”; Trovajoli: Serenata
per Giuditta from the film “Nell’anno
del Signore”; John Williams: Schindler’s List;
Paganini: Capriccio No.24 for violin solo from
the film “Il violinista del diavolo”; Gardel/Williams:
Por una cabeza from the film “Profumo
di donna”; A. Bonanno: Italian Movie Music
by Rota, Morricone, and Piovani. Elena Matteucci,
piano; Sebastian Zagame, violin. Glenn
Gould Studio, 250 Front St. W. https://www.
eventbrite.ca/e/music-from-the-romanticrepertoire-to-the-great-cinema-a-concerttickets-523761754507.
Free. LIVE & ONLINE.
● 8:00: Tapestry Opera/Obsidian Theatre
Company. Of the Sea. Music by Ian Cusson.
Libretto by Kanika Ambrose. Philip Akin,
stage director; Jennifer Tung, music director.
Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre
for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. 437-326-9410
or www.am.ticketmaster.com/tolive/ofthesea-events.
From $52. Also Mar 25(8pm);
29(8pm); 31(8pm); Apr 1(4pm).
Wednesday March 29
● 12:00 noon: Canadian Opera Company.
Free Concert Series: Dvořák - Slavonic
Dances Book II. Piano students of the Glenn
Gould School. Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre,
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, 145 Queen St. W. www.coc.ca/free-concert-series.
Free.
● 7:00: Glenn Gould Studio. 7th Toronto Artillery
Royal Canadian Artillery Band Concert.
Works by Bernstein, Cable, Holst, and others.
The Band of the 7th Toronto Artillery Regiment
Royal Canadian Artillery. 250 Front St.
W. ggsinfo@glenngouldstudio.com. Free.
● 7:30: Against the Grain Theatre. Bluebeard’s
Castle. Music by Béla Bartók. English
libretto and stage direction by Daisy Evans.
Gerald Finley, baritone (Bluebeard); Charlotte
Hellekant, soprano (Judith); Stephen
Higgins, conductor & arranger. Fleck Dance
Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens
Quay W. www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
event/bluebeards-castle. $50-$150. Also
Mar 31(7:30pm); Apr 1(1:30pm).
● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. James Bryan’s
Big Birthday Revue @ Revival. Revival Bar,
783 College St. www.hughsroomlive.com.
$25.
● 8:00: Tapestry Opera/Obsidian Theatre
Company. Of the Sea. See Mar 28. Also
Mar 31(8pm); Apr 1(4pm).
● 8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Visions of Spain: Gimeno Conducts Boléro,
Rodrigo & More. Coll: Aqua Cinerea (North
American Premiere); Dutilleux: Symphony
No.1; Falla: Selections from El amor brujo
(with Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra);
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar
& Orchestra; Ravel: Boléro. Juan Manuel
Cañizares, guitar; Toronto Symphony Youth
Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-598-3375.
From $35. Mar 31(7:30pm), Apr 1, 2(3pm).
Thursday March 30
● 12:00 noon: Music at Met. Thursday Noon
at Met Concert Series. Stéphanie McKay-Turgeon,
soprano; Dakota Scott-Digout, piano.
Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen St. E.
www.metunited.ca. Free. LIVE & STREAMED.
● 7:30: Rose Theatre. Brampton Music Theatre:
Kinky Boots. Music by Cyndi Lauper.
Book & Lyrics by Harvey Fierstein. 1 Theatre
Ln., Brampton. 905-874-2800 or www.therosetheatre.ca.
$20-$39. Also Mar 31(7:30pm),
Apr 1(1pm & 7:30pm), 2(1pm).
● 8:00: Hugh’s Room Live. Mia Sheard’s
“Songs Are Like Tattoos”: A Tribute
to Joni Mitchell. Hugh’s Room,
3030 Dundas St. W. www.showpass.com/
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