Christine RiceTragic Love Stories – November 30, 2019 Bourgie Hall LiveEvents November 25, 2019 2340 TRAGIC LOVE STORIES Christine Rice’s spellbinding vocal timbre embodies all the shades of shattered, forbidden, or dying love, expressed in works of great dramatic depth. Also on the program, the sublime Concerto for String Orchestra by the 20th-century Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz. Artists Les Violons du Roy JONATHAN COHEN Direction CHRISTINE RICE Mezzo-soprano Christine Rice is one of the leading British mezzo sopranos of her generation. A regular performer at the major European opera houses including Covent Garden; Glyndebourne; the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; Frankfurt Opera; the Teatro Real, Madrid and English National Opera she has built a reputation both as a singing actress and a Handelian of the highest order. Program RAMEAU Hippolyte et Aricie, “Cruelle mère des amours” (excerpt) HANDEL Ariodante, HWV 33, “Scherza infida” (excerpt) A. PÄRT Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten PURCELL Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, “When I am laid in Earth” (excerpt) BACEWICZ Concerto for String Orchestra ELGAR Elegy, Op. 58 BRITTEN Phaedra, Op. 93 Saturday, November 30th 2019 at 8:00pm Duration: 1 Hrs 30 Min Subscribe to the series and save up to 25%: 514-285-2000, option 4, or 1-800-899-6873 Every day from 9 am to 5pm or in person at the ticket booth of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts 514-285-2000 Bourgie Concert Hall, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) complex, is a 444-seat venue located in the restored Erskine and American Church (designed in 1894 in Neo-Romanesque style by architect Alexander Cowper Hutchison). Designated a national historic site in 1998, the transformed setting is now graced with high-quality acoustics and an exceptional décor incorporating 20 historic Tiffany stained glass windows. Ideal for performances by chamber-music ensembles, string orchestras, and other groups, Bourgie Concert Hall offer music lovers an auditory repertoire as diverse as the MMFA collections Bourgie Concert Hall 1339 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2E8
