2023
APRIL 2 | 7pm
"Family Treasures" (soloist)
Stratford Kiwanis Festival Benefit Concert, featuring adjudicators and local artists
Avondale United Church
194 Avondale Ave, Stratford, ON
www.kiwanisfestivalstratford.com
APRIL 22 | 7pm
Mozart Coronation Mass and Habanera (soloist)
ChoralWorks
First Presbyterian Church
200 Maple St. Collingwood
www.choralworks.ca
2020
FEBRUARY 23 | 3pm
Michael Pepa – Liliane for Mezzo and Orchestra
Georges Bizet – Selections from Carmen
Mikis Theodorakis – Songs
Canadian Sinfonietta
Victoria Hall, 55 King St. W, Cobourg
MARCH 28 | 8pm
"20th and 21st Century Music for Voice and String Quartet"
Debussy (arr. Jake Heggie) – Chansons de Bilitis
Constantine Caravassilis – Four Songs from the Age of Rebetiko (World premiere)
Canadian Sinfonietta
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
MAY 2 | 8pm
"TOPSY TURVY! – The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan" (soloist)
With Caitlin Wood (soprano), Jean-Phillipe Lazure (tenor) and Giles Tomkins (bass-baritone)
Chorus Niagara and the Niagara Symphony Orchestra
Partridge Hall
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St Paul St, St. Catharines
2019
FEBRUARY 23 | 8pm
"Music from the Mediterranean"
Ottorino Respighi: Il Tramonto (The Sunset), based on a poem by P.B. Shelley
Songs by Federico Garcia Lorca and Mikis Theodorakis
With the Canadian Sinfonietta
Markham Free Methodist Church
22 Esna Park Dr, Markham
MARCH 2 | 7:30 pm
DAM Concert Opera presents
Rossini’s Le Comte Ory (role of Ragonde)
Trinity-St.Paul’s Centre
427 Bloor St. W
MARCH 29 | 7:30pm
King's Concert Series presents
"Chopin & The Voice of Europe"
With Erika Crinò, piano and Andras Weber, cello
King's Christian Collegiate
528 Burnhamthorpe Rd W, Oakville
JULY 21 | 3pm
"Concert and Cake"
Vocal recital with Evelina Soulis, piano. Songs by Brahms, Ravel, de Falla, and Canadian composers Michalis Andronikou and James Moffett. A portion of the proceeds will go to The Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave
AUGUST 8 | 7pm
"From Greece to Granada - Pathways of Song"
Songs by Theodorakis, Garcia Lorca and de Falla
With William Beauvais, guitar; Joyce Lai, violin
Harbourfront Centre Summer Music in the Garden
OCTOBER 17, 19, 23, 25 & 27
Puccini's Il Trittico
Suor Angelica (Role of The Monitress)
Gianni Schicchi (Role of La Ciesca)
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St, Victoria, BC
DECEMBER 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 & 20
Figaro's Wedding (role of Marcellina)
Against the Grain Theatre
Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity St, Toronto
www.againstthegraintheatre.com
2018
MAY 25 | 8pm
"Dissolving Boundaries – Collapsing Divisions Through Song"
Catalan folksongs, and music by Garcia Lorca
With William Beauvais, guitar; Tanya Charles, violin
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazleton Ave, Toronto
2017
MAY 6
Chamber Music with Voice
Canadian Sinfonietta
Johannes Brahms Two Songs, Op. 91
Jake Heggie Some Times of Day
Mikis Theodorakis A Selection of Greek Songs
With Joyce Lai, violin. Ian Clarke, viola, Andras Weber, cello, Erika Crinó, piano
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazleton Ave, Toronto
www.canadiansinfonietta.yapsody.com
MAY 24–30
Oksana G. (role of Clara)
Tapestry Opera
Music by Aaron Gervais, libretto by Colleen Murphy
Imperial Oil Theatre
227 Front Street East, Toronto
OCTOBER
Jenufa (role of Mayor's Wife)
Leoš Janáček
Pacific Opera Victoria
The Royal Theatre
805 Broughton St, Victoria, BC
2016
MARCH 4
"All Aboard on a Musical Discovery"
Theodorakis: Three songs for voice, violin and piano
The Heliconian Club Concert Series
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
MARCH 13
Concert and Cake
To celebrate Evelina's 50th birthday, and Maria's 2016 JUNO nomination (Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance), the Soulis sisters invite you to a recital of piano, vocal and chamber music by Brahms Debussy, de Falla, Mozart and more. With Katerina Utochkina (mezzo-soprano), Emily Sun (violin), and David Barker (piano). Proceeds go to Tapestry's Youth Inside Opera Program,which gives youth and children from St. Jamestown, Toronto, a full scholarship program to train and mentor with classical and hip hop professionals in the creation and performance of their own opera.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
APRIL 2
Classical Nominees' Showcase
Presented by the Canadian Music Centre, this concert includes the Canadian Chamber Choir, Dinuk Wijeratne, Elinor Frey, Jeff Reilly and Luminous Voices, John Burge, Maria Soulis and Megumi Masaki. Entry is by donation or free for the first 25 JunoFest wristband holders. CBC Music's Katherine Duncan will emcee this intimate concert featuring Canada's foremost classical music talent.
Scarboro United Church
134 Scarboro Ave SW, Calgary
OCTOBER 23
Elgar Sea Pictures
Orchestra Toronto
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge St, Toronto
2015
FEBRUARY 8
Sisters in Song - A benefit concert for 'Rethink Breast Cancer'
Virginia Hatfield, Soprano
Maria Soulis, Mezzo-soprano
Kate Carver, Collaborative pianist
Three cancer survivors give back through music. Come and hear a concert rarity, an entire programme of beautiful duets, by Britten, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and more. Virginia Hatfield and Maria Soulis, accomplished artists of both the operatic and concert stage, join forces with the gifted recitalist Kate Carver for this musical offering towards a most worthy cause. Rethink's mission is "to continuously pioneer cutting-edge breast cancer education, support and research that speaks fearlessly to the unique needs of young (or youngish) women." Events such as Booby Ball, Trek to Machu Picchu in Peru, luncheons and film festivals, are just some of the innovative events offered by this organization.
Rosedale United Church
59 Roxborough Drive, Toronto
JUNE 22
From Greece to Granada
Maria Soulis, with Julian Knight, violin and viola, and Michael Kolk, guitar (www.michaelkolkguitar.com), performing on the Music Mondays series (www.musicmondays.ca)
Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto
OCTOBER 16
Debut: New Beginnings
The Heliconian Club Concert Series
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
NOVEMBER 20
We Make the Air – Music of Kye Marshall
The Heliconian Club Concert Series
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
NOVEMBER 7
Bruckner Te Deum (Alto soloist)
Chorus Niagara, McMaster University Choir, Niagara Symphony Orchestra
First Ontario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul St, St. Catherines
NOVEMBER 28–29
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Symphony Nova Scotia, Kevin Mallon conductor
St. Andrew's United Church, Halifax
2014
APRIL 18
J.S. Bach St. John Passion (Alto soloist)
Thirteen Strings and the Seventeen Voyces, Kevin Mallon, conductor
Dominion-Chalmers Church
355 Cooper St, Ottawa
APRIL 26
Vivaldi Motets for contralto and strings
Invicti, bellate, RV 628
Vestro principi divino, RV 633
Cur sagittas, RV 637
Aradia Ensemble and chorus, Kevin Mallon, conductor
St. Anne's Anglican Church
270 Gladstone Ave, Toronto
OCTOBER 16–26
Wagner Das Rheingold (Flosshilde)
Pacific Opera Victoria
NOVEMBER 21
Autumn Leaves - A Benefit concert for the Heliconian Club
Janet Catherine Dea, Soprano
Maria Soulis, Mezzo-soprano
Julian Knight, Viola
Brahm Goldhamer, collaborative pianist
Suzanne Yeo, Piano
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
DECEMBER 20
Handel Dublin Messiah (Alto soloist)
Aradia Ensemble
St. Anne's Anglican Church
276 Gladstone Ave, Toronto
2013
APRIL 26
From Greece to Granada – Music of de Falla, Garcia Lorca, Theodorakis & Beauvais
with William Beauvais, Guitar and Julian Knight, Violin & Viola
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
2012
APRIL 27
Handel Giulio Cesare (Cornelia)
13 Strings
with Kevin Mallon, conductor
Dominion-Chalmers Church
355 Cooper Street, Ottawa
JUNE 2
An Afternoon of Song
Featuring works by Brahms, Debussy, Grieg and Garcia Lorca
with Evelina Soulis, Collaborative Pianist
North York Central Library Auditorium
5120 Yonge St, Toronto
www.torontofriendsofclassicalmusic.com
JUNE 11–12
The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G.
Ernest Balmer Studio
Tapestry New Opera
2011
MAY 7
Nacht der klassischen Gitarre
Songs by Garcia Lorca, Theodorakis and de Falla, with Rainer Stegman, guitar
Kaiseraal
Haidplatz 7, Regensburg
MAY 8
Nacht der klassischen Gitarre
Songs by Garcia Lorca, Theodorakis and de Falla, with Rainer Stegman, guitar
Music-station
Keltenstrasse 10, Aiterhofen
MAY 17
Luciano Berio
Folk Songs for Mezzo and Seven Instruments
with members of the Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Rathauskonzert, im historischen Reichssaal des Alten Rathauses, Regensburg
DECEMBER 9–11
Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Windsor Symphony Orchestra
with Kevin Mallon, conductor; soloists Virginia Hatfield, soprano, Joseph Schnurr, tenor and Giles Tomkins, bass
DECEMBER 17
The Dublin Messiah
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Aradia Ensemble
with Kevin Mallon, conductor; soloists Virginia Hatfield, soprano, Joseph Schnurr, tenor and Giles Tomkins, bass
DECEMBER 21–22
The Dublin Messiah
Aradia Ensemble
with Kevin Mallon, conductor; soloists Virginia Hatfield, soprano, Joseph Schnurr, tenor and Giles Tomkins, bass
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Halifax
2010
MARCH 13–14
"Lieben Sie Brahms?" – Johannes Brahms und seine Zeit
Schlosskonzerte Hernstein
Austria
www.franz-schubert-gesellschaft.at
MARCH 27
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (Alto Soloist)
The Cellar Singers
St. Paul's United Church
Orillia
SEPTEMBER 11
Song and piano duet recital
Schloss Eichhofen with Angela Mayer, Piano
OCTOBER 16
"In goldener Fülle"
Eine Hommage an den Herbst
Thomas Schubert, Piano
Klassic im Krafft Areal
Schopfheim, Deutschland
www.klassik-im-krafft-areal.de
OCTOBER 23–24
"In goldener Fülle"
Eine Hommage an den Herbst
Ilse Brem, Rezitation
Thomas Schubert, Piano
Schubertiade Schloss Hernstein
Austria
www.franz-schubert-gesellschaft.at
NOVEMBER 19
Dvorak Stabat Mater (Alto soloist)
Kirche St. Peter
Zürich
NOVEMBER 21
Dvorak Stabat Mater (Alto soloist)
Contrapunto Chor, Beat Dähler, conductor
2009
MAY 9–10
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (Alto Soloist)
Contrapunto Chor
Kirche St. Peter
Zürich
JUNE 10–13 & JULY 7–8
Carmen (Carmen)
Longborough Festival Opera
JULY 31
"A Night at the Opera"
Elora Festival Singers
Toronto Mendelssohn Singers
Elora Festival Orchestra
Stuart Hamilton, narrator
Noel Edison, conductor
OCTOBER 1–4
Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame)
Opéra National de Montpellier
Théâtre du Châtelet
OCTOBER 15–18
Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame)
Opéra National de Montpellier
Opéra Berlioz (Le Corum)
OCTOBER 30
Liederabend (Benefitzkonzert) für den Verein "Zweites Leben e.V."
Alten Festsaal des Bezirksklinikums Regensburg
with Georg Michelberger, Flöte
Angela Mayer, Klavier
DECEMBER 18–31
Theodorakis Zorba (Alto Soloist)
Opéra de Metz
2008
FEBRUARY 16–23 & MARCH 1–13
Massenet Cendrillon (Madame de la Haltière)
Opera Zuid
MAY 29–31
Tchaikovsky Eugen Onegin (Olga)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Coro Gulbenkian, Orquestra Gulbenkian
Lawrence Foster, Conductor
www.musica.gulbenkian.pt/orquestra
JUNE 14
"Die Allmacht"
Hymnen, Lieder, Gebete und Spirituals
Purcell, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler
Thomas Schubert, Pianist
Stift Heiligenkreuz, Kaisersaal
NOVEMBER 13–28
Gluck Orfeo (Orfeo)
Sinfonisches Orchester Zürich
Vocalino Chor
Kirche St. Peter
Zürich
DECEMBER 12
Handel Messiah (Alto Soloist)
Cellar Singers
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Bracebridge
DECEMBER 14
Handel Messiah (Alto Soloist)
Cellar Singers
Orillia Opera House
DECEMBER 27–31
Theodorakis Zorbas (Alto Soloist)
Opéra de Toulon
2007
APRIL 21
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 in D minor (Alto Soloist)
Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra
JUNE 1–2
Theodorakis Zorbas (Alto Soloist)
Opéra de Toulon
JUNE 8–12
Theodorakis - Zorbas (Alto Soloist)
Opéra de Nice
JULY 14–22
Rossini La Gazzetta (Madame la Rose)
Rossini in Wildbad
JULY 20
Rossini Olé (Contralto soloist)
Rossini in Wildbad
JULY 25
Beethoven Kantate auf den Tod Joseph II WoO 87 (Alto Soloist)
Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
www.festivalradiofrancemontpellier.com
SEPTEMBER 15–23
Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame)
Opéra de Montpellier
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