October 5-11, 2025

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WHEN: September 27 - October 18, 2025

WHAT: The Canadian Opera Company presents Roméo et Juliette by Gounod.

Relocating the feuding Montagues and Capulets from Renaissance Verona to Gilded Age New York, this daring and delightful production takes audiences on a journey from the soaring emotional highs of young love to heartrending despair as a fateful romance turns to tragedy.

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Featuring: Stephen Costello as Roméo; Kseniia Proshina as Juliette; Robert Pomakov as Frère Laurent; Gordon Bintner as Mercutio; Korin Thomas-Smith as

Mercutio (October 16 & 18); Angelo Moretti as Benvolio; Megan Latham as Gertrude; Owen McCausland as Tybalt; Mark Stone as Count Capulet; Ben Wallace as Paris; Alex Halliday as The Duke; Alex Hetherington as Stéphano.

Yves Abel, Conductor; Amy Lane, Director

 

WHERE: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON 

HOW: Order Tickets online https://www.coc.ca/tickets/2526-season/romeo-et-juliette

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WHEN: October 9-25, 2025

WHAT: The Canadian Opera Company presents Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck.

Beloved for its noble simplicity, Carsen’s stylized interpretation of the haunting Greek myth of Orpheus is minimalist, stark, and experimental.

The divinely gifted Orpheus draws on exquisite musical talents to beg the gods for the return of his recently deceased wife, Euridice. Permitted to bring her back from the Underworld on the condition that he not look at her or explain why—at the risk of losing her forever—Orpheus embarks on a journey that proves, once again, the enduring power of love.

 

Featuring: Iestyn Davies as Orfeo; Anna-Sophie Neher as Euridice; Catherine St-Arnaud as Amore.

Bernard Labadie, Conductor

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WHERE: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON 

HOW: Order Tickets online https://www.coc.ca/tickets/2526-season/orfeo-ed-euridice

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WHEN: Thursday, October 9, 2025, 7:30 PM; Saturday, October 11, 2025, 7:30 PM

WHAT: The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Fire & Fantasy.” Featuring Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor; Blake Pouliot, violin

 

Prepare for a night of fire and fantasy as Paolo Bortolameolli leads the RPO. Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman evokes the raging sea, ghostly fate, and redemptive love that define the haunting legend. “A special talent that comes along once in a lifetime” (Toronto Star), violinist Blake Pouliot dazzles in Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3, a triumph of soaring melodies. Then, Prokofiev’s thrilling Symphony No. 3 takes center stage, weaving a gripping tale of mystery, intensity, and symphonic fire.

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WHERE: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, NY

HOW: Order Tickets online https://rpo.org/event/firefantasy/ 

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WHEN: Saturday, October 11, 7:00 PM

WHAT: Sotto Voce Fall Gala: Honoring 30 Years Of Opera-Lytes

Sotto Voce, Buffalo's Newest Opera Company, launches its 2025-26 Season with a festive Gala Performance, featuring music by Mozart, Bizet, J. Strauss, Beethoven, and Mascagni. Performed by Holly Bewlay, Jessie Downs, Beth White, Helen Majel Lowry, Jax Hassler, Daniel Barna, Ky Ver Hoef, and Tim Flynn, accompanied by Michael Serio on piano, and short films by Alex Huddleston. The Gala Evening honors Opera-Lytes with the "Shining Light Of Music Award," in celebration of its 30 year legacy of presenting operetta for Buffalo audiences. 

Proceeds from Gala will fund the March 2026 production of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.

 

WHERE: Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, 695 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY

HOW: More info at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sotto-voce-fall-2025-gala

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