FIVE STAR REVIEW for Salome in Belfast Telegraph
“It was however the power of the voices, the dramatic characterizations, the sheer brilliance of the music which carried this performance… Michael Colvin as Herod was completely convincing as the depraved and eventually disgusted king.” – Belfast Telegraph

The Guardian Newspaper FOUR STAR REVIEW
“It’s real a white-knuckle ride that never lets up…It all sounds terrific.. Michael Colvin’s Herod is more lyrical than many and thus nastier than most.” Tim Ashley, The Guardian

The Telegraph FOUR STAR REVIEW
“Herod and Herodias were sharply etched by Michael Colvin and Heather Shipp” – Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

The Sunday Times FOUR STAR REVIEW
“Not just sleazy but actively repellent, not just gory but positively noxious, his (Director, Oliver Mears) production plays out like a nightmare mash-up of Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch and Woody Allen… Musically this is another bold achievement by NI Opera… (Heather) Shipp’s Herodias and Michael Colvin’s Herod were poisonously effective.” – Neil Fisher, The Sunday Times

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 • 8:00PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 • 8:00PM

BASILICA OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
St. John’s, Newfoundland
presented by Cox & Palmer

MARC DAVID, conductor
SHANNON MERCER, soprano
JULIE NESRALLAH, mezzo-soprano
MICHAEL COLVIN, tenor
PHILIPPE SLY, bass-baritone
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR OF THE NSO

Tickets and details at nsomusic.ca

From www.manitobaopera.mb.ca:

Tuesday, November 25, 7pm
Friday, November 28, 8pm

Music by Ludwig van Beethoven. Libretto by Josef Sonnleithner with subsequent revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke. Sung in German with projected English translations. Running time is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Love. Courage. Freedom.

Beethoven’s only opera will be presented to commemorate the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Fidelio celebrates courage in the face of tyranny.

The courageous Leonore poses as a boy (Fidelio) in order to work in the prison where her husband (Florestan) is wrongly imprisoned for his political beliefs. When Florestan’s execution is imminent, Leonore risks discovery and death for love, finally freeing her beloved from his chains and his fellow prisoners from oppression.

Vocal highlights include Leonore’s aria showcasing her determination to find her husband; Florestan singing his vision of Leonore as an angel coming to his rescue; the moving “Prisoner’s Chorus”; and a triumpant, joyful final chorus.

Sunday August 10, 2014 | 2:30 PM
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND

Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts

• Jamie Sommerville, Horn
• Leslie Fagan, soprano
• Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano
• Michael Colvin, Tenor
• Russell Braun, Baritone
• Elmer Iseler Singers
• Festival Orchestra

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All Tickets $75

From the Festival Brochure:

“He proposes to compose Schiller’s Freude, strophe by strophe. I expect something perfect, since he is wholly devoted to the great and sublime” — Fischenich Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and in particular it’s final choral movement based upon the Schiller poem has long been considered one of the most sublime pieces ever written. Jamie Sommerville leads an all-star orchestra of some of your favourite Festival musicians and the Elmer Iseler Singers. Be swept away by Beethoven’s remarkable celebration of fellowship and joy and the human spirit. We couldn’t imagine a better way to close our 35th season than to share our joy with all of you.

Visit www.festivalofthesound.ca for more details.