Women in Classical Music: Barbara Hannigan

Saturday, 5 June

In June, Stingray Classica shines a light on one of the most prominent female figures of classical music: Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan. Waverley-born Hannigan is best known for her impressive ability to both conduct and perform as a vocalist simultaneously, as well as her dedication to contemporary opera performance. Enjoy a prestigious prime-time Barbara Hannigan performance on Stingray Classica this month!

Barbara Hannigan: A Late Night Concert

Saturday, 5 June | 21:00

Barbara Hannigan conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a concert recorded at the Lucerne Festival of 2014. There are pianists who also conduct, and concert masters who lead their orchestra from the violin desk, but a star soprano who coordinates an ensemble while at the same time negotiating the trickiest coloratura singing is something entirely new! This concert opens with the Overture from Rossini's La scala di seta, followed by three concert arias by Mozart: Vado, ma dove? O Dei!, K. 583, Un moto di gioia, K. 579 and Misera, dove son? K. 369. After renditions of György Ligeti's Concert Românesc and Mysteries of the Macabre, the concert closes with Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80, a suite derived from incidental music.