September 22, 7:30pm
A new opera by Fiona M. Ryan
Sunday, September 22, 7:30pm
Motyer-Fancy Theatre
Sackville, NB
Tickets and cast info coming soon!
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August & June
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May 4, 2:00-4:00pm
Featuring music by Fiona Ryan and Monica Pearce in honour of Monica’s nomination for Classical Composer of the Year for Essential Opera’s EP “Etiquette”
St. Paul’s Anglican Church
Charlottetown, PE
Note: Doors open at 1:30
This showcase features the following artists:
Essential Opera: Maureen Batt, Erin Bardua, Tara Scott, Brad Reid
Catherine Little
Edward Enman
Jennifer King
SHHH!! Ensemble
https://www.ecma.com/ecma-2024/2024-ecma-schedule/
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April 24, 7:30pm
The Music Room Chamber Players Series
Peggy Corkum Music Room, Halifax, NS
live-stream tickets available for concert night only
Maureen Batt, soprano
Erin Bardua, soprano
Tara Scott, piano
Hilary Brown, cello
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March 26-April 3
March 26, 8pmAT Broadcast première and live chat
March 26-April 3 Virtual on-demand broadcast
Tickets:
https://halifax.boldtypetickets.com/events/149717382/etiquette-film-premiere
Journalist and poet Dorothy Parker pours herself a generous drink in her Art Deco styled apartment. She’s up against a brutal deadline: write a review of socialite Emily Post’s 684-page tome on Etiquette by morning. The audience is swept up by Dorothy’s Roaring Twenties energy, as she disregards Etiquette in favour of a night of partying.
Emily sits down to tea in the elegant home of trailblazing politician Nancy Astor. Mrs. Astor challenges Emily to defend her idealistic views on the human condition. Despite the tension between them, the two women realize they share a history of disappointments and betrayals.
The harsh light of day shines on a disheveled Dorothy and her typewriter. She attacks her review with a fresh burst of scathing wit and exuberant music.
Essential Opera’s film version of Etiquette, an opera by Monica Pearce, is directed by Tom Belding, stars Maureen Batt as Dorothy, Erin Bardua as Emily, and Lucy Hayes-Davis as Nancy. Music direction by Tara Scott, piano, with Brad Reid, clarinet.
March 23, 1:00-3:00pm
Presented by CBC Music and CMC Canada.
https://junoawards.ca/events/junofest/
St. Matthew’s United Church
1479 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS.
Doors open 12:30 PM, with performances at 1:00 PM.
Tix $10 at the door (cash), subject to availability.
Those who purchased a JUNOfest wristband can enter for free.
Featuring artists:
Essential Opera: Maureen Batt, Erin Bardua, Lucy Hayes Davis, Tara Scott, Brad Reid
Cheng Duo
Jennifer King
Matt Haimovitz
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February-May
Update: We have extended our musical greeting fundraiser until May 2024. If you want to buy someone a unique gift, head to our ETSY store.
At this time of year, there are a lot of options for expressing romantic love. We wanted to offer something a little different as well.
From now until the middle of the month you can express however you feel to your dearest friends and closest enemies with a musical greeting.
This fundraiser supports the next stage of development for “In Her Hands” by Fiona Ryan.
$1 from each musical greeting purchase during February will go toward The Youth Project, making Nova Scotia healthier, happier and safer for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
Here’s a video walk-through of the fundraiser process and a chat with composer Fiona Ryan!
Here’s the EO Musical Greeting TRAILER and here’s our BLOOPER reel.
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January 19-20
Discovering the Roots and the Spine of our Sound
2-day workshop with voice students at Mount Allison University
On Thursday, March 2, the Acadia School of Music Concert & Lecture Series presents “Crossing Borders” – a recital of new music by Maureen Batt, soprano, and Tara Scott, piano.
A celebration of opera and art song by living composers! Join Maureen and Tara for a chuckle and a musical hug with this program filled with nostalgia, folklore, and fun. Works by Elisha Denburg, Monica Pearce, and Rośsa Crean.
Concert & Lecture Series events are free and open to the public. Please note that masks are required.
Watch the virtual screening of the première performance of Lighthouse which was Oct 1 at the Playhouse.
Join us after the concert film for a live chat with the artists, hosted by Maria Murphy.
1:00PM – Jennifer King
1:20PM – Catherine Little
1:40 PM– The Charke Cormier Duo
2:05 PM – Maureen Batt and Grej
2:35 PM – James Shaw Quartet
Winner of ECMA2022 Classical Recording of the Year. Lighthouse is a visually and sonically rich immersive experience that touches on themes of loss, love, and hope. It’s a journey that explores the tides of grief seamlessly weaving classical, electronic, and pop genres. Gregory Harrison (Grej) “percussion & electronics wizard” (NPR Music) and Maureen Batt “captivating soprano” (Opera Canada) team up for an exclusive one-time homecoming performance.
This album was created from letters and journals written on a journey through grief, separated into 9 tracks. The concept is a marriage between classical and electronic genres that utilizes voice, piano, harmonium, synthesizer, and field recordings. The music was composed by Gregory Harrison in collaboration with Maureen Batt.
Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne (June 21, 7:30PM)
Maritime Conservatory, Halifax (June 23, 7:30PM)
Lunenburg Opera House, Lunenburg (June 25, 7:30PM)
Justin Welsh, Meghan Jamieson, Maureen Batt, Colin Rotten, Patrick Simms, Marko Hubert, MCO Chorus
Shelburne tix HERE
Halifax tix HERE
Lunenburg tix HERE
Maureen Batt & Grej
Jennifer King
Saint John String Quartet
Adam Cicchilllitti
Maureen Batt & Jennifer King
Catherine Little
Celebrate this year’s ECMA nominees for Classical Recording of the Year and Classical Composition of the Year. This event is presented in partnership with Debut Atlantic, and is free to the public.
ECMA award-nominated performers include duo Maureen Batt & Grej, pianist Jennifer King, the Saint John String Quartet, guitarist Adam Cicchillitti, cellis Catherine Little and pianist Greg Myra, plus works by composer Adam Clarke and other nominated composers. Join us!
Vocalypse Productions will present Saint Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum, (ca. 1151), regarded as one of the first morality plays, and perhaps one of the first operas, along with a new work, inspired by the Bingen, by Canadian composer James Rolfe entitled O Greenest Branch.
April
As our priorities become increasingly and sparklingly clear to us, let us embrace courage, explore curiosity, and exude compassion. Please join us for a chuckle and a musical hug featuring a program with hope, humour, and warmth.
Featuring works by Anna Höstman, Jules Massenet, Richard Strauss, Saman Shahi, Rosśa Crean, Leonard Bernstein
World première of Monica Pearce’s opera December: a one-act opera for three sopranos and string quartet
December is a lighthearted story about travel (remember travel?), family, holiday stress, relationships, and remembering not to wrap your presents before you fly.
Erin Bardua, Maureen Batt, and Danielle Buonaiuto, sopranos
Tara Scott, Music Director/Conductor
String Quartet: Jennifer Jones, violin; Anne Simons, violin; Alexandra Bates, viola; Hilary Brown, cello
essentialopera.com/december for more info and full creative team
Essential Opera presents
Mirror, Mirror
Music and libretto by Anna Pidgorna
YouTube Video Première
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
8pm AT/ 7pm ET/4pm PT
Erin Bardua, Maureen Batt, sopranos
essentialopera.com/mirror-mirror for more info and full creative team
Tuesday, June 19, 730pm
Osprey Arts Centre
107 Water St., Shelburne, NS
Tickets: http://
Thursday, June 21, 730pm
Kings Theatre
209 St. George St., Annapolis Royal, NS
Tickets: http://kingstheatre.ca/
Saturday, June 23, 730pm
Central United Church
136 Cumberland St., Lunenburg, NS
Advance tickets: $25 General
Tickets can be purchased online from Ticket Halifax, or from Shop on the Corner in Lunenburg, Strings’n’Things in Bridgewater, Kinburn Pharmacy in Mahone Bay, or by calling 902-634-4280 to reserve.
At the door:
$30 General
$15 Students
$10 Children: 16 & under
December 21, 6:00PM
Come Carol with Me
Carols and sing-along
Maureen Batt, soprano
Catherine MacDonald, piano
pavilion, Beaverbrook Art Gallery
703 Queen St., Fredericton, NB
Admission to the gallery by donation
Admission to the sing-along pay-what-you-can
December 18, 7:30PM
Open Stage Halifax
Open Stage Halifax
The Carleton
Halifax, NS
December 11, 7:30PM
Carols in the Cathedral | LunaSea Theatre Company
Maureen Batt, soprano, and Diva Station
8th Annual Carols in the Cathedral
Fundraiser for LunaSea Theatre Company
Cathedral Church of All Saints,
1330 Cathedral Lane, Halifax, NS
Tickets online and at the door $25/$20/$10
Laura Caswell
Chuck Homewood, piano
and guests Diva Station, Karen Myatt, and Kyle Gillis
The Carleton
Halifax, NS
Open Stage Halifax
The Carleton
Halifax, NS
Musique Royale
Mahone Bay, NS
Reservation only: email barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca
Concert and Lecture Series
Acadia University
Wolfville, NS
Admission free
Reserve your CD by emailing me at maureenbattsoprano@gmail.com
Paul O’Regan Hall
Halifax Central Library
Admission free
RSVP and buy your CD here: https://lotlhpl.eventbrite.ca
Charlotte Street Arts Centre
Fredericton, NB
$20 online and at the door (Students under 16: FREE)
*****ONLINE BUNDLE DEAL – Ticket and CD for $32*****
Tickets and CDs: https://lotlfton.eventbrite.ca
Or reserve a ticket in advance by emailing me at maureenbattsoprano@gmail.com
Cheryl Duvall, piano
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Anthony Thompson, clarinet
Orono United Church, Orono, ON
Tickets $20 at the door
Press Gang
Halifax, NS
Board Room Game Café
Bedford, NS
Classics by The Bay
The Band Hall
Parrsboro, NS
Whale Song Theatre
Role: Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom
The Waiting Room
Halifax, NS
Maureen Batt, soprano
Cheryl Duvall, piano
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Anthony Thompson, clarinet
Bowmanville, ON
Role: Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom
Bus Stop Theatre
Halifax, NS
Janice Isabel Jackson, soprano
with the Voice Dancer’s Vocal Improvisation Ensemble
– Maureen Batt, Rebecca Crewe, Jackie Dunsworth, Elizabeth Eve, Sheila Hunt, Barbara Lounder, Shelley Meisner, Karen Robinson, and Fiona Ryan
Sir James Dunn Theatre
Halifax, NS
