UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Prince Edward County Music Festival -
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
September 22nd & 24th, 2011
Two concerts over the course of this festival east of Toronto in beautiful Prince Edward County. Repertoire will include a performance of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin with renowned pianist and artistic director, Stéphane Lemelin, and another concert that will include a performance of Mahler’s haunting Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
Peter McGillivray, baritone
Stéphane Lemelin, piano
Barrie’s Colours of Music Festival - Singer-in-Residence
September 26th & 30th, 2011
Barrie, ON
Peter McGillivray and Friends
Sept 26th, 2011, 7:30pm
Hi-way Pentecostal Church, Barrie, ON
Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring
Barber: Dover Beach
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Peter McGillivray, Baritone
Ames Piano Quartet
Brian Lewis, violin
Those Distant Isles - Songs of Britain
Sept 30th, 2011, 7:30pm
Central United Church, Barrie, ON
Peter McGillivray, baritone
Leigh Anne Martin, mezzo-soprano
Allison Arends, soprano
Peter Stoll, clarinet
Robert Kortgaard, piano
Calgary Opera - Verismo Double Bill
Leoncavallo: “I Pagliacci” & Puccini: “Gianni Schicchi”
Saturday, November 12, 2011 8pm
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 7:30pm
Friday, November 18, 2011 8pm
Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
This double bill of two short operas features tragedy and comedy. Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo is the famous and poignant tale of Canio who must play the clown and make people laugh even as he himself is suffering.The second half of the evening is the light-hearted story by Puccini about a family fighting over the final will of their recently deceased patriarch only to be outwitted by the clever and scheming Gianni Schicchi.
Cast
John Fanning - Gianni / Tonio
Sally Dibblee - Lauretta / Nedda
Marc Hervieux - Canio
Kurt Lehmann - Rinuccio
Peter McGillivray - Betto / Silvio
Elizabeth Turnbull - Zita
Taras Kulish - Simone
Michelle Minke - Nella
Dionne Sellinger - Ciesca
Andrew Love - Marco
John Conlon - Spinellocio
Alain Gauthier - Director
Robert Tweten - Conductor
Calgary Civic Symphony - Orff: Carmina Burana
Sunday, November 6th, 2011 - 2:30pm
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, AB
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1, 5
Liszt Liebestraum
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
Liszt Les Préludes
Orff Carmina Burana
Rolf Bertsch, conductor
Allison Cecilia Arends, soprano
Tim Shantz, tenor
Peter McGillivray, baritone
Sandor Falvai & Gyöngyi Keveházi, pianists
Calgary Philharmonic Chorus
Cantaré Children’s Choir
Elmer Iseler Singers - Händel: Messiah
December 2nd, 2011
Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, ON
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Mia Lennox-Williams, mezzo-soprano
Graham Thomson, tenor
Peter McGillivray, baritone
Elmer Iseler Singers
Lydia Adams, conductor
Toronto Classical Singers - J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Christ Church Deer Park, Toronto, ON
Jennifer Taverner, soprano
Sandra Boyes, mezzo-soprano
Zachary Finklestein, tenor
Peter McGillivray, baritone
Toronto Classical Singers
The Talisker Players
Jurgen Petrenko, conductor
Grand Philharmonic Choir - Händel: Messiah
December 10th, 2011
Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON
Bethany Horst, soprano
Wallis Giunta, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
Peter McGillivray, baritone
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Mark Vuorinen, Conductor
Calgary Opera - Jake Heggie: “Moby Dick”
Canadian Première!
Saturday, January 28, 2012, 8pm
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7:30pm
Friday, February 3, 2012, 8pm
Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
Based on Herman Melville’s classic novel, Moby Dick follows the struggle of the whaling crew of the Perquod and their Captain as he driven slowly into madness as he obsessively pursues the elusive white whale, Moby Dick.
Cast
Ben Heppner - Captain Ahab
Brett Polegato - Starbuck
Colin Ainsworth - Ishmael/Greenhorn
Peter McGillivray - Stubb
Justin Welsh - Queequeg
Lisa di Maria - Pip
Robert Clark - Flask
Benjamin Covey - Captain Gardiner
Leonard Foglia - Director
Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Conductor
Canadian Opera Company - Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Double Bill with Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy
April 26th, May 2nd, 5th, 15th, 18th, 25th at 7:30pm
May 12th at 4:30pm; May 20th at 2pm
Cast
Alan Held - Gianni Schicchi
Gun-Brit Barkmin - Nella
Simone Osborne - Lauretta
René Barbera - Rinuccio
Barbara Dever - Zita
Adam Luther - Gherardo
Peter McGillivray - Marco
Donato Di Stefano - Simone
Conductor - Sir Andrew Davis
Director - Catherine Malfitano
Set Design - Wilson Chin
Costume Design - Terese Wadden
Lighting Design - David Martin Jacques
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
Opera Hamilton: Johann Strauss Jr. - “Die Fledermaus”
October 22nd and 24th, 2009
The Great Hall at Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario
Cast
Laura Whalen - Rosalinda
Keith Phares - Gabriel von Eisenstein
Mireille Asselin - Adele
Keith Klassen - Alfred
Lauren Segal - Prince Orlovsky
Peter McGillivray - Dr. Falke
Director - Glynis Leyshon
Conductor - Willie Waters
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera Hamilton Chorus
“Falke, the mastermind behind the grand practical joke on Gabriel, was admirably sung with warm, round tone by Peter McGillivray”
-The Hamilton Spectator
Calgary Opera: Massenet - “Manon”
November 21st, 25th, 27th, 2009
Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta
Cast
Nathalie Paulin - Manon
Richard Troxell - Chevalier des Grieux
Etienne Dupuis - Lescaut
Peter McGillivray - de Brétigny
Michel Corbeil - Guillot
Director - Brian Deedrick
Conductor - Tyrone Patterson
“Baritone Peter McGillivray, one of Canada's finer young singers, made the most of the role of de Bretigny, Manon's rich lover.”
-The Calgary Herald
LuminaTO Festival: Dark Star Requiem [World Premiere]
June 11th & 12th, 2010 at 8pm
Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Ontario
Jill Battson, poet
Andrew Staniland, composer
Tapestry New Opera
Neema Bickersteth, soprano
Krisztina Szabo, mezzo-soprano
Marcus Nance, baritone
Peter McGillivray, baritone
Elmer Iseler Singers
Gryphon Trio: Jamie Parker, piano; Roman Borys, cello; Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin
Ryan Scott & Mark Duggan, percussion
Wayne Strongman, conductor
This performance was recorded by CBC for broadcast on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1st, 2010
“When baritone Peter McGillivray strutted in the manner of a young stud on the prowl, the chorus responded with a “sexual stretto” nothing short of alarming in its mischievous delight.” - Gary Lemko, Classical Music Guide
“Top vocal honours go to Szabo and McGillivray for having to deal so well with music of either extremely low tessitura or sustained passages at the top of the range.” - Joseph So, La Scena Musicale
“The vocal soloists, notably baritone Peter McGillivray, did admirable work.” - Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun
“Baritone Peter McGillivray was impressive among the four soloists” - Arthur Kaptainis, National Post
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