NEWS
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
A SINGER'S SUITCASE
December 2016:
*NEW RECORDING*
Experience the transcendent glory of "Messiah" in Sir Andrew Davis' majestic, must-hear edition of Handel's beloved classic, featuring the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Erin Wall, Elizabeth DeShong, Andrew Staples, and John Relyea.
"...an unbuttoned yet colourful assemblage that stands apart from the 19th-century revamps by Mozart and Goossens." - The Toronto Star
May 2017:
DeShong joins the Oregon Symphony for Mahler's Symphony No. 2
May 20 - 22, 2017
Like Beethoven’s Ninth which inspired it, Mahler’s massive Second Symphony explodes the symphonic genre. The monumental sweep of this groundbreaking soundscape miraculously encompasses life, death, and resurrection. What an epic way to end the 120th Anniversary Season!
A Singer's Suitcase
"As a professional opera singer, I spend the majority of each year away from home. With luggage, camera, and scores in hand, I take off to different parts of the world to make music. With this blog, I hope to create a daily reminder that with travel you always take away more than you arrived with, but the most important of these things can't be put in a suitcase." -Elizabeth