Elizabeth joins pianist Jenna Richards and cellist Beth Silver in a programme of chamber music and art songs, featuring the 2022 song cycle Love, Loss and Exile by Indian composer Juhi Bansal, with poetry by Afghani women. This concert is presented as part of Ottawa Chamberfest.

FAURÉ: Après un rêve
SCHUBERT: Auf dem Strom
BANSAL: Love, Loss and Exile
STRAUSS: selected Lieder
BERNSTEIN: Dream with me

Elizabeth Polese, soprano
Beth Silver, cello
Jenna Richards, piano

This event is free to the public.

Based on Henry James’s chilling novella, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a governess, desperate to protect her children from evil as they experience strange encounters at a remote country house. Toronto indie company Opera 5 brings together an exceptional team of Canadian artists to dig into Britten’s creepy psychological thriller. The concept will have a signature Opera 5 twist, with a fresh take on this spooky Britten classic.

The Governess - Elizabeth Polese
Miles - Ryan McDonald
Flora - Thera Barclay
Mrs. Grose - Krisztina Szabó
Miss Jessel - Rachel Krehm
Peter Quint - Asitha Tennekoon

Evan Mitchell, conductor
Amanda Smith, director

Based on Henry James’s chilling novella, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a governess, desperate to protect her children from evil as they experience strange encounters at a remote country house. Toronto indie company Opera 5 brings together an exceptional team of Canadian artists to dig into Britten’s creepy psychological thriller. The concept will have a signature Opera 5 twist, with a fresh take on this spooky Britten classic.

The Governess - Elizabeth Polese
Miles - Ryan McDonald
Flora - Thera Barclay
Mrs. Grose - Krisztina Szabó
Miss Jessel - Rachel Krehm
Peter Quint - Asitha Tennekoon

Evan Mitchell, conductor
Amanda Smith, director

Based on Henry James’s chilling novella, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a governess, desperate to protect her children from evil as they experience strange encounters at a remote country house. Toronto indie company Opera 5 brings together an exceptional team of Canadian artists to dig into Britten’s creepy psychological thriller. The concept will have a signature Opera 5 twist, with a fresh take on this spooky Britten classic.

The Governess - Elizabeth Polese
Miles - Ryan McDonald
Flora - Thera Barclay
Mrs. Grose - Krisztina Szabó
Miss Jessel - Rachel Krehm
Peter Quint - Asitha Tennekoon

Evan Mitchell, conductor
Amanda Smith, director

https://opera5.ca/the-turn-of-the-screw/

Elizabeth sings as Soprano Soloist in the world premiere of David Bowser’s symphonic cantata, The Eternal Earth for soprano solo, children’s choir, chours, and orchestra.

Elizabeth Polese, soprano
Barbara Assiginaak, pipigwan
Oakville Choir for Children & Youth’s Noble Voices boys’ ensemble
Toronto Mozart Players
David Bowser, conductor

Elizabeth sings as Soprano I soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with Choral Connection.
Hugh Van Pelt conducts the Choral Connection Orchestra and Choir.

Soprano I - Elizabeth Polese
Soprano II - Chelsea Van Pelt
Tenor - Bud Roach
Baritone - Aaron Dimoff

Given a mid-20th century Technicolour makeover by the acclaimed creative duo of costume/set designer André Barbe and stage director/choreographer Renaud Doucet, Don Pasquale’s world bustles with a ramshackle vibrancy.

The aging bachelor’s scheme to marry and disinherit his rebellious nephew Ernesto is countered by a hilarious bait-and-switch caper hatched by Dr. Malatesta and Ernesto’s love, Norina, going undercover as Pasquale’s new and decidedly not-as-advertised bride.

With an all-star cast and music calibrated for virtuosity, Donizetti’s comic masterpiece of inter-generational jealousy and reconciliation, young love, and madcap machinations bursts with vivid colour and endlessly engaging melodies.

Don Pasquale - Greg Dahl
Norina - Elizabeth Polese
Ernesto - Josh Lovell
Dr. Malatesta - Phillip Addis

Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Renaud Doucet, director

Given a mid-20th century Technicolour makeover by the acclaimed creative duo of costume/set designer André Barbe and stage director/choreographer Renaud Doucet, Don Pasquale’s world bustles with a ramshackle vibrancy.

The aging bachelor’s scheme to marry and disinherit his rebellious nephew Ernesto is countered by a hilarious bait-and-switch caper hatched by Dr. Malatesta and Ernesto’s love, Norina, going undercover as Pasquale’s new and decidedly not-as-advertised bride.

With an all-star cast and music calibrated for virtuosity, Donizetti’s comic masterpiece of inter-generational jealousy and reconciliation, young love, and madcap machinations bursts with vivid colour and endlessly engaging melodies.

Don Pasquale - Greg Dahl
Norina - Elizabeth Polese
Ernesto - Josh Lovell
Dr. Malatesta - Phillip Addis

Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Renaud Doucet, director

Given a mid-20th century Technicolour makeover by the acclaimed creative duo of costume/set designer André Barbe and stage director/choreographer Renaud Doucet, Don Pasquale’s world bustles with a ramshackle vibrancy.

The aging bachelor’s scheme to marry and disinherit his rebellious nephew Ernesto is countered by a hilarious bait-and-switch caper hatched by Dr. Malatesta and Ernesto’s love, Norina, going undercover as Pasquale’s new and decidedly not-as-advertised bride.

With an all-star cast and music calibrated for virtuosity, Donizetti’s comic masterpiece of inter-generational jealousy and reconciliation, young love, and madcap machinations bursts with vivid colour and endlessly engaging melodies.

Don Pasquale - Greg Dahl
Norina - Elizabeth Polese
Ernesto - Josh Lovell
Dr. Malatesta - Phillip Addis

Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Renaud Doucet, director

WE’RE LATE! creates a contemporary frame for Olivier Messaien’s iconic Quartet for the End of Time. Messaien’s celestial understanding of time is contrasted here with Lukas Foss’ Time Cycle, which takes a sarcastic view of time’s inescapable weight, and Elliot Carter’s Tempo e tempi, a lyrical setting of Italian poems on time. 

Acclaimed soprano Elizabeth Polese joins The Happenstancers for these mesmerising contemporary song cycles, as well as a stunning new arrangement of Messiaen’s Résurrection, commissioned specifically for this project.

Completing the programme are theatrical works by Anna Korsun and Toshi Ichiyanagi which each utilise technology in novel and compelling ways. Alongside John Cage’s 4’33”, these pieces hold time as central themes while incorporating influences from performance art and eastern religious practice, further contrasting Messiaen’s devout Catholicism.

Elizabeth Polese, soprano
Simon Rivard, conductor

THE HAPPENSTANCERS
Hee-Soo Yoon, violin; Sarah Gans, cello; Aleh Remezau, oboe and english horn;
Brad Cherwin, clarinets; Jean-Luc Therrien, piano and celeste; Bevis Ng, percussion
Billy Wong, lighting design.

The two virtuosi Stéphane Tétreault, cello and Denis Plante, bandoneon and their guest soprano Elizabeth Polese, have joined forces to perform a collection of tunes that are astonishing in their rhythmic diversity and passionate, driving sensuality. With Suite Tango, whose form is inspired by the unaccompanied cello suites by J. S. Bach, Denis Plante creates a singular world in which the tango becomes more posh while classical music becomes more playful.

Elizabeth Polese, soprano
Denis Plante, bandoneon
Stéphane Tétreault, cello

Elizabeth makes her role debut as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte by W.A. Mozart with Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.

Francesco Milioto, conductor

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Elizabeth sings Nuria in “Ainadamar” by Osvaldo Golijov.

Brian Staufenbiel, director
Nicole Paiement, conductor

with l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

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Elizabeth sings Nuria in “Ainadamar” by Osvaldo Golijov.

Brian Staufenbiel, director
Nicole Paiement, conductor

with l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

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Elizabeth sings Nuria in “Ainadamar” by Osvaldo Golijov.

Brian Staufenbiel, director
Nicole Paiement, conductor

with l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

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Elizabeth sings Nuria in “Ainadamar” by Osvaldo Golijov.

Brian Staufenbiel, director
Nicole Paiement, conductor

with l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

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L’Orchestre Classique de Montréal commence la saison en rendant hommage à son directeur artistique bien-aimé, Boris Brott, le temps d’une soirée remplie d’œuvres évoquant des moments significatifs de sa vie.

Elizabeth will perform excerpts from Tomson Highway’s The Post Mistress (arr. François Vallières) and as Maria in excerpts of Bernstein’s West Side Story.

Geneviève Leclair, conductor
with the Orchestre Classique de Montréal

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Elizabeth sings Isabel in the North American premiere of “Lessons in Love and Violence” by George Benjamin.

George Benjamin, conductor
with the Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra

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Elizabeth joins the Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy in cooperation with Tanglewood Music Centre in Webern’s Opus 13 and J.S. Bach’s BWV 204, “Ich bin in mir vergnügt”.

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Elizabeth sings Papagena in Barrie Kosky’s production of “Die Zauberflöte” by W.A. Mozart.

Tobias Ribitzki, director
Christopher Allen, conductor
with l’Orchestre Métropolitain

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Elizabeth sings Papagena in Barrie Kosky’s production of “Die Zauberflöte” by W.A. Mozart.

Tobias Ribitzki, director
Christopher Allen, conductor
with l’Orchestre Métropolitain

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Elizabeth sings Papagena in Barrie Kosky’s production of “Die Zauberflöte” by W.A. Mozart.

Tobias Ribitzki, director
Christopher Allen, conductor
with l’Orchestre Métropolitain

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Elizabeth sings Papagena in Barrie Kosky’s production of “Die Zauberflöte” by W.A. Mozart.

Tobias Ribitzki, director
Christopher Allen, conductor
with l’Orchestre Métropolitain

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Elizabeth sings Papagena in Barrie Kosky’s production of “Die Zauberflöte” by W.A. Mozart.

Tobias Ribitzki, director
Christopher Allen, conductor
with l’Orchestre Métropolitain

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Elizabeth is joined by duo partner, harpist Antoine Malette-Chénier in a programme of mélodies françaises by Tournier, Debussy, Chausson, Hahn, Poulenc and Bachelet, and opera arias by Verdi and Puccini.

https://www.ponticello.ca/saison.html

Elizabeth is joined by duo partner, harpist Antoine Malette-Chénier in a programme of mélodies françaises by Tournier, Debussy, Chausson, Hahn, Poulenc and Bachelet, and opera arias by Verdi and Puccini.

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Elizabeth sings Musetta in “La Bohème” by Puccini at the Lunenberg Academy of Music Performance.

Valerie Kuinka, director
Michael Shannon, music director

Elizabeth sings Strauss, Paladihle, and various lied and mélodie duets with mezzo-soprano Ariane Girard. They are joined by pianist Julien LeBlanc.

Elizabeth Polese, soprano
Ariane Girard, mezzo-soprano
Julien LeBlanc, piano

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Elizabeth sings as soprano soloist in “Messiah” by George Frederic Handel.

Boris Brott, Conductor
with Orchestre Classique de Montréal and Ensemble Vocal Les Rugissants.

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