Karina Gauvin, Canada’s superstar soprano, makes her long-awaited return to the Coast Recital Society (CRS), together with Les Boréades de Montreal and their esteemed artistic director Francis Colpron, this Sunday afternoon, April 23. The concert at the Raven’s Cry Theatre begins at 2:30 p.m. with a pre-concert chat at 1:30 p.m. hosted by CRS artistic director Frances Heinsheimer Wainwright.
Gauvin has impressed audiences and critics the world over with her luscious timbre, profound musicality and wide vocal range. The Globe and Mail calls her “one of the dream sopranos of our time,” who in turn is “distinctive, sophisticated, deeply intuitive, a questioning and fearless artist.” Opera News contributes another rave review: “Her soprano voice is like a clear, refreshing and inexhaustible spring that darts and sparkles around any ornamental obstacle in its way.”
Colpron, founder and artistic director of Les Boréades, is known for his capacity to innovate both in the artistic and interpretative spheres. He is a regular guest with many other ensembles, including the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Opera Atelier, Les Violons du Roy, and Symphony Nova Scotia.
Les Boréades de Montréal focuses on an interpretative approach in keeping with the spirit of the Baroque era, by adhering to the rules of performance practice of the past and playing on period instruments. Critics and audiences alike in Canada and abroad have been unanimous in hailing the group’s energy and spontaneity as well as its theatrical, expressive and elegant playing, indicative of a unique flair for Baroque aesthetics.
Karina Gauvin, Francis Colpron and Les Boréades: These spectacular musicians will perform a program entirely devoted to the music of Henry Purcell, one of the greatest English composers. The instrumental ensemble for this all-Purcell concert will feature recorders, Baroque flute, strings, oboe and harpsichord.
For information, call 604-885-0991 or email [email protected].
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