03.12.2019

MARIE-SOPHIE POLLAK with Bach and Handel in Canada

Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium, or Christmas Oratorio, with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under the baton of Kent Nagano marks the beginning of a pre-Christmas tour of Canada which subsequently takes the German soprano Marie-Sophie Pollak to Québec, where she performs Handel’s Messiah with the ensemble Les Violons du Roy. These two concerts at the Maison de la musique will be conducted by its founder Bernard Labadie, with whom Maire-Sophie Pollak will also work for the third of her Canadian engagements in Ottawa, with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. This latter appearance also features Handel’s Messiah.

The artist’s calendar then boasts three more performances of Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium after her return from Canada: shortly after Christmas, she will perform the work in John Neumeier’s interpretation at the Hamburg State Opera. Neumeier was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s oratorio to choreograph a timeless story of faith, trust, inner contemplation and universal joy. The performances will be conducted by Alessandro De Marchi.

December 3 | 4 

Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 (Kantate 1 - 3)

Montréal | Maison Symphonique de Montréal

Marie-Sophie Pollak, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano
Hugo Hymas, tenor
Philippe Sly, baritone

Kent Nagano, conductor
Andrew Megill, chorus master
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Chorus

December 11 | 12 

Georg Friedrich Handel: Messiah

Québec | Maison de la Musique

Marie-Sophie Pollak, soprano
Tim Mead, countertenor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone

Bernard Labadie, conductor
Les Violons du Roy
La Chapelle De Québec, choir

December 13

Georg Friedrich Handel: Messiah

Montréal | Maison Symphonique de Montréal

Marie-Sophie Pollak, soprano
Tim Mead, countertenor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone

Bernard Labadie, conductor
Les Violons du Roy
La Chapelle De Québec, choir

December 18 | 19

Georg Friedrich Handel: Messiah

Ottawa | Southam Hall

Marie-Sophie Pollak, soprano
Avery Amereau, alto
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass

Bernard Labadie, conductor
National Arts Centre Orchestra
La Chapelle de Québec