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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "News"
date = "2016-08-31T12:11:00+01:00"
lastmod = "2016-09-02T13:47:00+01:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1472642168003/2016-08-31---Fleming---Andrew-Eccles-Decca.jpg.jpg"
primary_image_credit = "Renée Fleming. Photo by Andrew Eccles/Decca."
publishDate = "2016-09-02T13:47:00+01:00"
related_articles = ["articles/talking-with-singers-jamie-barton.md"]
related_companies = ["scene/companies/toronto-symphony-orchestra.md","scene/companies/against-the-grain-theatre.md"]
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short_description = "For the patient, on June 14 an 15, the TSO welcomes back director Joel Ivany for a semi-staged production of Kurt Weill&#039;s Seven Deadly Sins. Sharing the programme with Barber&#039;s Adagio for Strings and Bartók&#039;s Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, the cast of singers for Weill&#039;s &quot;sung ballet&quot; includes Wallis Giunta, Isaiah Bell, Owen McCausland, Stephen Hegedus, and Geoffrey Sirett, working with dancer/choreographer Jennifer Nichols. It would be a...sin...to miss this one."
slug = "singing-tso1617-renee-jamie-weill"
title = "Singing at #TSO1617: Fleming, Barton, &amp; Giunta"
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Toronto-area readers will be thrilled to know it's official: star soprano [Renée Fleming](/scene/people/renee-fleming/) is set to sing at Roy Thomson Hall on **September 21**, opening the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's 2016/17 season. Peter Oundjian conducts a programme of Puccini arias, Ravel's *Schéhérazade*, and songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein's *The King and I*.

Tickets will likely fly, so [click here to grab yours](https://www.tso.ca/concert/opening-night-ren%C3%A9e-fleming?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pressrelease-september-august26&utm_content=version_A).

Fleming is quite a kick-off to the season, and The TSO offers up still more treats for singer-philes. American mezzo [Jamie Barton](/talking-with-singers-jamie-barton/) joins the orchestra on [**September 28 and 29**,](https://www.tso.ca/concert/mahler-symphony-3) for Mahler's 3rd Symphony, and baritone [Russell Braun](/scene/people/russell-braun/) and soprano [Karina Gauvin](/scene/people/karina-gauvin/) join the TSO for [Fauré's *Requiem*, **February 1 and 2, 2017**](https://www.tso.ca/concert/faur%C3%A9-requiem). On [**March 4**, you can catch throat singer Tanya Tagaq](https://www.tso.ca/concert/tanya-tagaq), 2014 winner of the Polaris Prize, whose work will be premiered along with new music by RBC Affiliate Composer Jordan Pal.

<figure data-type="image">{{% md %}}![](https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1472745517763/2016-09-01---Jamie-Barton---Stacey-Bode.jpg.jpg)
<figcaption>Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano. Photo by Stacey Bode.</figcaption>
</figure>

For fans of [Rodgers and/or Hammerstein, on **April 18 and 19**](**April 18 and 19**) the TSO offers up a concert of songs from *South Pacific*, *Oklahoma!*, *Carousel*, and *The Sound of Music*. Steven Reinecke conducts the TSO, with singers Ryan Silverman and Chilina Kennedy. 

On **May 3**, one of our faves, soprano [Carla Huhtanen](https://www.tso.ca/concert/arabian-nights-00) joins Oundjian and the TSO for an Arabian Nights-themed concert, including Rimsky-Korsakov's *Schéhérazade*, Morawetz's *Carnival Overture*, and Pierre Boulez's *Le soleil des eaux*.

For the patient, on [**June 14 an 15**, the TSO welcomes back director Joel Ivany](/scene/people/joel-ivany/) for a [semi-staged production of Kurt Weill's *Seven Deadly Sins*](https://www.tso.ca/concert/seven-deadly-sins). Sharing the programme with Barber's *Adagio for Strings* and Bartók's *Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta*, the cast of singers for Weill's "sung ballet" includes [Wallis Giunta](/scene/people/wallis-giunta/), [Isaiah Bell](/the-business-of-passion/), [Owen McCausland](/scene/people/owen-mccausland/), [Stephen Hegedus](/scene/people/stephen-hegedus/), and [Geoffrey Sirett](/scene/people/geoffrey-sirett/), working with dancer/choreographer Jennifer Nichols. It would be a...*sin*...to miss this one.

<figure data-type="image">{{% md %}}![](https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1472745333722/2016-09-01---Wallis-Giunta---Dario-Acosta.jpg.jpg)
<figcaption>Wallis Giunta, mezzo-soprano. Photo by Dario Acosta.</figcaption>
</figure>

For full details of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's upcoming season, read their [Concert Brochure](https://issuu.com/torontosymphonyorchestra/docs/16.17_concert_calendar_-_final_in_s/1), or browse concerts [on their website](https://www.tso.ca/concerts).
