2024

Apprentice Scenes

​Santa Fe Opera

August 11 & 18, 2024
​
Santa Fe Opera House
​301 Opera Drive, Santa Fe, NM, USA

The opera’s singing and technical apprentices take the mainstage spotlight for two unique evenings of staged scenes. The opera’s singing and technical apprentice programs have launched numerous distinguished careers, including singers William Burden, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Fabiano, Brandon Jovanovich, Kate Lindsey, Samuel Ramey, and Susanna Phillips.

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Gaetano Donizetti's
The Elixir of Love

​Santa Fe Opera

July 27 - August 22, 2024
​
Santa Fe Opera House
​301 Opera Drive, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Nemorino, a not-so-clever mechanic, has fallen for Adina, a school teacher. He desires her attention, but doesn’t feel worthy. Fortunately, he meets Dr. Dulcamara (most certainly a quack) who sells him a “magic elixir” that can make his dreams come true.

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Richard Strauss's
Der Rosenkavalier

​Santa Fe Opera

July 20 - August 15, 2024
​
Santa Fe Opera House
​301 Opera Drive, Santa Fe, NM, USA

In the decadent world of Vienna, a story of romantic entanglements unfolds between a youthful nobleman, his mature mistress, and a young woman engaged to be married to an older Baron. Who is to give in or give up their heart?

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W. A. Mozart's
Don Giovanni

​Santa Fe Opera

June 29 - August 23, 2024
​
Santa Fe Opera House
​301 Opera Drive, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Lecherous nobleman, Don Giovanni has had infamous exploits (he keeps a catalog). He kills the father of one of his victims and now, his continued debauchery will seal his fate. Who will exact revenge and make him pay the price for his misdeeds?

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Giuseppe Verdi's
La Traviata

​Santa Fe Opera

June 28 - August 24, 2024
​
Santa Fe Opera House
​301 Opera Drive, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Violetta is the belle of the ball at every party in Paris, until she falls in love with Alfredo. They run away from high society for a simple life in the country, when Alfredo’s father asks Violetta to sacrifice her love to save the family’s honor.

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F. J. Haydn's
​Missa in tempore belli

​Georgian Bay Concert Choir

May 11, 2024
​
​Georgian Shores United Church
997 4th Ave E, Owen Sound, ON

W. A. Mozart's
Requiem

​Toronto Beach Chorale

April 20, 2024

​Knox Presbyterian Church
630 Spadina Ave., Toronto

W. A. Mozart's
Requiem

​Mississauga Chamber Singers

March 2, 2024

Christ First United Church
151 Lakeshore Rd. W.
Mississauga, ON

2023

G. F. Handel's
Messiah

​Peterborough Singers

December 18, 2023

Emmanuel United Church
​534 George St., Peterborough, ON

G. F. Handel's
Messiah

​Toronto Beach Chorale
​Mississauga Chamber Singers
Toronto Symphony Orchestra

​December 16, 2023

Knox Presbyterian Church
630 Spadina Ave, Toronto

G. F. Handel's
​Messiah

​St. James Cathedral Choir & Orchestra

December 15, 2023

St. James Cathedral
106 King St E, Toronto, ON M5C 2E9

Gilbert & Sullivan's
​The Pirates of Penzance

​COSA Canada

​​October 28, 2023

Ruckus! on the Road

Opera Revue

​​​October 19, 2023
​            @Market Hall, Peterborough, ON
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October 26, 2023
​            @Georgian Theatre, Barrie, ON

Gilbert & Sullivan's
​H.M.S. Pinafore

​Saugeen Opera Festival
​Symphony in the Barn

​​August 5, 2023

Giuseppe Verdi's
​La Traviata

​Brott Music Festival

​July 14, 2023

Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre
357 Wilson St E, Ancaster, ON

J.S. Bach's
​Mass in B Minor

​Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

March 28, 2023

Koerner Hall
​273 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON

Behold Bach’s timeless masterpiece, Mass in B minor, sung by the exceptional Toronto Mendelssohn Choir under the direction of maestro Jean-Sébastien Vallée. A jewel of the Baroque era, this epic piece features Bach’s full range of musical expression – from the poignant “Crucifixus” to the exuberant exultations of hope and joy of the final “Dona nobis pacem.”  

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G. F. Handel's
​Messiah

​Georgian Bay Concert Choir

May 13, 2023
​
​Georgian Shores United Church
997 4th Ave E, Owen Sound, ON

2022

Felix Mendelssohn's
​Elijah

​Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

November 2, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
​
Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe St, Toronto, ON​

Witness the tour de force that is Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, in the grandest of settings at Roy Thomson Hall. This latest collaboration between the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the University of Toronto’s MacMillan Singers, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra combines 160 of Canada’s foremost choral and orchestral talent. Led by Maestro Jean-Sébastien Vallée, world-renowned bass-baritone Russell Braun delivers a moving performance of this extraordinary work!

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G. F. Handel's
​Messiah

​Peterborough Singers

December 12, 2022

Emmanuel United Church
​534 George St., Peterborough, ON

Fair Use

Slow Rise Music

September 10, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
​
585 Dundas St E #250, Toronto, ON

Slow Rise Music is proud to announce its second production, Fair Use, a live and live-streaming show presented at Native Earth’s Aki Studio (in Daniels Spectrum). Fair Use will feature a cohesive programme of contemporary Canadian vocal music around a theme of cultural reference and quotation performed by soprano McKenzie Warriner, mezzo-soprano Máiri Demings, tenor Jacob Abrahamse, bass Tristan Zaba, and pianist Zain Solinski, with music by composers including Laura Gow, Massimo Guida, Kiara Nathaniel, Bekah Simms, Kitty Xiao, and Tristan Zaba. The majority of these pieces will be both world premieres and new commissions by Slow Rise Music, in many cases set to new texts by contemporary Canadian poets including Genova, Jessica Hiemstra, and Kathryn Knowles. This project is generously supported by the SOCAN Foundation and private donors.

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Artist in Residence
​Toronto Summer Music Festival

Chamber Choir Section Leader 

Abrahamse is working under Dr. Jamie Hillman to lead and instruct the Toronto Summer Music Community Program members.

Gilbert & Sullivan's
​The Pirates of Penzance

COSA Canada

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Cast & Crew Director : Renée Salewski
Musical Director: Darryl Edwards
Mabel: Amy Moodie
Edith: Daniela Agostino
Kate: Charlotte Forknall
Isobel: Thera Barclay
Ruth: Cristina Lanz
Frederic: Jacob Abrahamse
Major General Stanley: Nolan Kehler
Samuel: Douglas Graham
Pirate King: Ryan Hofman

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Larysa Kuzmenko's
​Golden Harvest

COSA Canada

​June 7, 2022 @ 7:30 pm

All proceeds, including performers' fees, going to the Canadian Red Cross Ukrainian Humanitarian Crisis Relief Fund COSA Canada Presents: Golden Harvest: an Oratorio celebrating Ukrainian-Canadian Immigration and Strength

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