Orchestre Philharmonique du Québec presents

Shéhérazade in the Land of Wagner

Internationally acclaimed soprano, recipient of a 2024 Governor General’s Award and bold artist at the intersection of several styles, Measha Brueggergosman-Lee will light up the evening, joined by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Québec led by Alexandre Da Costa.

The evocative power and dramatic torment of Wagner’s heroic overtures and love songs precede the concert’s second part, which offers Rossini in all his radiance, the exquisite tones of Ravel’s Shéhérazade and an exciting surprise finale for which our featured soprano has carte blanche.

Artists
Alexandre Da Costa, conductor and violinist

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, soprano

Motivated and hungry for new experiences, Ms. Brueggergosman’s career effortlessly embraces the
broadest array of performance platforms and musical styles and genres.

Measha began her career predominantly committed to the art of the song recital and has presented
innovative programs at Carnegie Hall, Washington’s Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, both
the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Madrid’s Teatro Real, as well as at the Schwarzenberg,
Edinburgh, Verbier and Bergen Festivals with celebrated collaborative pianists Justus Zeyen, Roger
Vignoles, Julius Drake, and Simon Lepper.

On the opera stage, her recent highlights include the roles of Giulietta and Antonia in Les contes
d’Hoffmann, Elettra in Idomeneo, Jenny in Weill’s Mahagonny, Emilia Marty in Janáček’s Věc
Makropulos, Hannah in Miroslav Srnka’s Make No Noise, and Sister Rose in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. On the concert platform last season she returned to Carnegie Hall with the New World Symphony, performed Elettra in Idomeneo at Opera Atelier, Toronto, and gave a recital at the
Barbican Center, London. She has also recently worked with the Orchestre de Paris, the Philadelphia
Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony
Orchestras and conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst, Sir Andrew Davis, Gustavo Dudamel and Daniel Harding.

Her first recording for Deutsche Grammophon, Surprise, includes works by Schoenberg, Satie and
Bolcom and is one of the most highly regarded debut albums of recent years. Her subsequent disc
Night and Dreams, which features songs by Mozart, Brahms, Strauss, Schubert, Debussy, Duparc and Fauré won several awards and her recording of the Wesendonck Lieder with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra earned her a Grammy nomination.

Off the stage, Measha is just as active: she recently released her memoir “Something Is Always On
Fire” published by Harper Collins, she appears regularly on primetime TV (most recently advocating
on behalf of contemporary Canadian literature); and leading Canadian children across the country in song, in celebration of the nationwide campaign for music education.

Measha Brueggergosman champions the education and involvement of new audiences and holds
several honorary doctorates and ambassadorial titles with international charities.

Maison symphonique
Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 3:00pm

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