{"id":2212837,"date":"2025-12-26T14:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T14:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2212837"},"modified":"2025-12-26T14:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T14:03:04","slug":"2026-culture-lookahead-five-classical-music-and-opera-events-to-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/2026-culture-lookahead-five-classical-music-and-opera-events-to-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 culture lookahead: Five classical music and opera events to catch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Winnipeg New Music Festival<\/h2>\n

Five concerts begin with a program titled Sunrise (which includes guest composer Christopher Theofanidis\u2019s sonic drama Rainbow Body<\/i>) and close, naturally, with Sunset, which includes the world premiere of Harry Stafylakis\u2018s Symphony No. 3: Beyond Horizon<\/i>. It is his final major work as the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra\u2019s composer-in-residence, a post he\u2019s filled for 10 fruitful years. Jan. 21 to 29, multiple venues, Winnipeg<\/i><\/p>\n

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Soloist Bruce Liu will be part of the TSO’s first tour abroad in nearly 10 years.<\/span>Wojciech Grzedzinski\/Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toronto Symphony Orchestra: European Tour<\/h2>\n

On its first tour<\/a> abroad since 2017, the TSO presents Rachmaninoff\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 2 <\/i>(with Canadian soloist Bruce Liu), Prokofiev\u2019s Symphony No. 5<\/i>, Bartok\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 1 <\/i>(with Patricia Kopatchinskaja) and Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 4<\/i>. Also on the program are Rufus Wainwright\u2019s A Woman\u2019s Face (Sonnet 20)<\/i> and Kelly-Marie Murphy\u2019s Curiosity, Genius, and the Search for Petula Clark,<\/i> a <\/i>TSO commission. Jan. 27 to Feb. 9; Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Spain, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Vienna<\/i><\/p>\n

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Nova Scotian Barbara Hannigan will sing and conduct at the Montreal Symphony House.<\/span>Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Montreal Symphony Orchestra: Barbara Hannigan<\/h2>\n

A program curated by the renowned Nova Scotian features works by Jacques Offenbach, Glenn Miller and Kurt Weill, whose Youkali<\/i> is a favourite tango of hers. And while it traditionally takes two to sing and conduct, the Grammy-winning hyphenate will handle both chores. Feb. 4 and 5, Montreal Symphony House<\/i><\/p>\n

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Kevin Chen, 19, will have several concert dates in Canada in 2026 after finishing second in the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition last October.<\/span>Krzysztof Szlezak\/Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin Chen<\/h2>\n

One day after finishing second in the gruelling and prestigious International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw last October, Kevin Chen told The Globe and Mail, \u201cIt still hasn\u2019t sunk in completely<\/a>.\u201d If the 20-year-old Calgarian hasn\u2019t come to grips with his achievement two months later, his management and concert bookers surely have. Expect Chen to be busy in 2026. Feb. 28, White Rock Baptist Church, Surrey, B.C.; March 7 and 8, George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto<\/i><\/p>\n

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Canadian Opera Company: Werther<\/h2>\n

In the spring, a young man\u2019s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. But in <\/b>Jules Massenet\u2019s 1892 opera Werther<\/i>, presented in a new production next spring by the COC, a young poet\u2019s thoughts turn dark as can be when he falls for a woman who can never be his. May 7 to 23, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theglobeandmail.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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