When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
Celebrate New Year’s
Celebrate New Year’s at December 31 • 7:00 pm Opera Canada Symphony & Chorus Michelangelo Mazza, conductor Ekaterina Kudryavtseva soprano Sera Gösch soprano Gergely Boncsér tenor Johannes Kammler baritone Hits from... Turandot • La traviata • Rigoletto • Magic Flute January 1 • 2:30 pm Strauss Symphony of Canada Alastair Willis, conductor (London) Hege Gustava Tjønn, soprano (Vienna) Gergely Boncsér, tenor (Budapest) Waltzes, Polkas & Operetta Hits European Singers, Ballroom Dancers & Ballet Co-presented by Attila Glatz Concert Productions and Roy Thomson Hall Media Partner: Tickets: 416.872.4255 • roythomsonhall.com
2018/19 Season HANDEL MESSIAH Directed by Ivars Taurins Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano Charles Daniels, tenor Drew Santini, baritone Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Dec 18–21, 2018 KOERNER HALL, TELUS CENTRE Non-perishable food donations accepted at all performances. tafelmusik.org up next: Sing-Along Messiah Directed by Mr. Handel PHOTO: JEFF HIGGINS THE HARLEQUIN SALON You’re invited to this dazzling Roman soirée, complete with mischievous servant, famous prima donna, and a composer or two! Dec 22, 2018 NEW VENUE! Roy Thomson Hall Jan 16–20, 2019 Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre MASK BY PIRATE ATELIER OF MONTREAL
