https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/7717
Shakespeare comedies inspired this congenial program in honour of the bard’s 450th anniversary. Hollywood film composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold created a delightful accompaniment to Much Ado’s feuding lovers, Beatrice and Benedick. The Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with narrator Colm Feore, vocal soloists, and female chorus will cast its spell as Mendelssohn weaves sheer magic in sound; delicate fairies, Bottom’s braying, love themes, and, of course, the...
Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
Shakespeare comedies inspired this congenial program in honour of the bard’s 450th anniversary. Hollywood film composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold created a delightful accompaniment to Much Ado’s feuding lovers, Beatrice and Benedick.
The Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with narrator Colm Feore, vocal soloists, and female chorus will cast its spell as Mendelssohn weaves sheer magic in sound; delicate fairies, Bottom’s braying, love themes, and, of course, the beloved Wedding March are all brought together on this special enchanted night.
Post-concert talkback: Ask questions directly to conductors, soloists and other special guests. With William Littler and Paul Lefebvre.
- conductor Alexander Shelley
- narrator Colm Feore
- director Donna Feore
- soprano Maghan McPhee
- mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta
- Featuring Ladies from Ensemble Calixa-Lavallée of the University of Ottawa
- director Laurence Ewashko
- Featuring Cantiamo Girls’ Choir
- director Jackie Hawley
- Featuring Vocum (Canterbury High School)
- director James Caswell
- Featuring Ensemble vocal senior De La Salle
- director Robert Filion
- chorus master Laurence Ewashko
- surtitle translation Normand Chaurette
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