SCHEDULE
OCT 24, 2025 | 7:30 pm
AN EVENING OF VIENNESE OPERETTA
Johann Strauss II: Excerpts from Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato Polka
Johann Strauss II: Lagunen Walzer, Op. 411
Franz Lehár: Excerpts from The Merry Widow and Der Zigeunerliebe
Odile Portugais - soprano
Tessa Fackelmann - mezzo-soprano
Colin Mackey - baritone
Jamal Al Titi - baritone
Simon Rivard, conductor
Orchestre classique de Montréal
Salle Pierre-Mercure (Montréal)
NOV 27, 2025 | 7:00 pm
SHIMMERING VIBRATIONS
Jean Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 14
Kalevi Aho: Concerto for erhu and chamber orchestra (World Premiere)
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Samuel Barber: Medea, op. 23
Kanae Nozawa - erhu
Simon Rivard, conductor
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
Korundi House of Culture (Rovaniemi, Finland)
JAN 10, 2026 | 8:00 pm
THE UNQUIET HEART
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell"
Mao Zhu: New work, for guzheng and orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 73a
Jing Xia - guzheng
Simon Rivard, conductor
Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra
D. F. Cook Recital Hall (St. John's, Canada)
FEB 5, 6 & 7 2026 | 7:30 pm
INDIANS ON VACATION
Ian Cusson & Royce Vavrek: Indians on Vacation (based on a novel by Thomas King)
Marion Newman - Mimi
Grant Youngblood - Bird
Giles Tomkins - Oz
Julie Lumsden - Kitty
Keely McPeek - Didi
Evan Korbut - Eugene
Sheldon Elter - Chip
Simon Rivard, conductor
Edmonton Opera
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (Edmonton, Canada)
MAY 25, 27, 29 & 31 2026 | 7:30 pm
WAGNER'S SIEGFRIED
Samuel Levine - Siegfried
John Tessier - Mime
Neil Craighead - Wotan
Jaclyn Grossmann - Brünnhilde
Dion Mazerolle - Alberich
Alex Halliday - Fafner
Sydney Frodsham - Erda
Elizabeth Polese - Waldvogel
Simon Rivard, conductor
Joel Ivany, stage director
Edmonton Opera Ensemble
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (Edmonton, Canada)