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Toronto: Tickets on sale for VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert’s 2025 season
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert explores the singing voice in its purest form — stripped of sets, costumes and accoutrements. Our company offers a new way of experiencing opera, one that unleashes the expressive power of music. We are experimental, raw and one-of-a-kind.
We showcase a repertoire of rarely seen operatic works that resonate with present day audiences and provide a platform for emerging Canadian talent. Our performances are for music lovers who want to expand their horizons.
The 2025 Season:
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Alceste
A French Opera with English Surtitles
Sunday, January 12, 2025 2:30 pm
at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre
Running Time: TBA
This opera is celebrated for its emotional depth and the reformative approach Gluck took to operatic composition, focusing on dramatic expression and simplicity.
Robert Cooper, Chorus Director
Suzy Smith, Music Director and Pianist
Featuring Lauren Margison as Alceste
GIACOMO PUCCINI
La Rondine
An Italian Opera with English Surtitles
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (8 pm)
Friday, March 21, 2025 (8 pm)
at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre
Running Time: TBA
Set in the working class society of Paris in the early 20th century, Puccini's La Rondine is a true gem of verismo opera. La rondine, which means 'the swallow', is Puccini's take on the La Traviata tale.
Robert Cooper, Chorus Director
Narmina Afandiyeva, Music Director and Pianist
Featuring Cassandra Amorin as Magda
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Robert Le Diable
A French Opera with English Surtitles
Friday, April 25, 2025 8 pm
at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre
Running Time: TBA
Premiered in Paris in 1831, Meyerbeer's opera took Europe by storm and made its composer the most important musician in the world. It is about the moral redemption of the sensualist son of a mortal woman and a demon.
Robert Cooper, Chorus Director
Helen Becqué, Music Director and Pianist
Featuring Scott Rumble as Robert
VOICEBOX: Opera Salon Series
(at The Edward Jackman Centre - 947 Queen Street East, Toronto)
Gluck's Revolutionary Reforms
November 9, 2024 4 pm
A Flight of Fancy – Puccini's Swallow
February 8, 2025 4 pm
Grand Opera in Paris
April 12, 2025 4 pm
For subscriptions or single tickets, visit operainconcert.com.