Alexander Shelley, Music Director Designate
November 12
- 13, 2014
Music
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
