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Opera in Concert made its debut on October 21st, 1974
with Ambroise Thomas’ HAMLET at the Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence
Centre for the Arts. Guillermo Silva-Marin was appointed General Director of
Opera in Concert with a renewed mandate to present operas seldom, if ever,
performed in Canada. Now in its 34th year, Opera in Concert has
presented 151 operas, covering a stylistic gamut of rarely performed operatic
repertoire ranging from Handel’s ARIODANTE to Rimsky-Korsakov’s
THE TSAR’S BRIDE. Highlights include: § Featured performances
with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra § Featured performances
with the Aradia Ensemble § CBC Broadcast of our
20th Anniversary performance of HAMLET § CBC Broadcast of
Thomas’ MIGNON featuring soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian § Naxos CD Recording of
Rameau’s CASTOR ET POLLUX (2004) § Naxos CD Recording of
Handel’s RINALDO (2006) § Naxos CD Recording of
Vivaldi’s LA GRISELDA (2007) § Opera in Concert’s
first season with surtitles – 2006/07 – sponsored by Sun Life
Financial “...Opera in Concert deserves paeans of praise” Geoff Chapman, The Toronto Star “Opera in Concert is not about presenting the Opera America Top 10 list … the organization
delivered a worthy and memorable French
version of Sergei Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges” John Terauds, Toronto Star “The 1916 Spanish zarzuela El Gato Montes by Manuel
Penella was one of Opera in
Concert’s most powerful performances in recent history” Paula Citron, Classical 96.3 FM “Opera in Concert opened its season with a rousing performance of Verdi’s I Masnadieri” Wayne Gooding, Opera Canada Magazine “Unhurried, noble, stylish” Stephen Pettit, The Sunday Times for OIC’s CD recording RINALDO under the Naxos
Label For
more information, click on the links below: OIC’s
Founder: Stuart Hamilton OIC’s
General Director: Guillermo Silva-Marin OIC’s The
Backgrounder: Iain Scott OIC’s Performance History and Reviews |
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