Star of stage and radio, Julie Nesrallah joins the SSO for an Intimate Evening.
The sensational host of CBC Radio's Tempo, Nesrallah is known for her exceptional singing on and off the stages of opera companies and orchestras alike - not to mention her scintillating Carmen on Tap!
In this special filmed concert, Nesrallah steps into new shoes and dives into the lush sounds of jazz standards and torch songs. Alongside members of the SSO, with conductor Janna Sailor, Nesrallah finds herself at home in a spell-binding performance filmed in the iconic Adam Ballroom at the historic Bessborough Hotel.
Digital tickets for this performance allow you to view the concert film on demand for 1 week.
The concert film is part of the SSO Streaming Subscription, so if you're already a subscriber no tickets are needed!
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Mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah is a singer, actress and broadcaster who dazzles audiences with her engaging personality and her rich, expressive voice. Miss Nesrallah has sung for leading opera companies, symphonies, festivals and chamber music ensembles across Canada and the U.S. and around the world. Julie débuted as Isabella in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri at Pacific Opera Victoria and went on to perform major roles including The Composer in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Cenerentola in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen and Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto, among others.
Concerts and festivals include engagements in Paris, Vienna, Hong Kong, Jordan, Macau, Brazil. In 2015, Miss Nesrallah sang at Carnegie Hall in New York City in a concert for harp and voice. She sang God Save the Queen for “Will and Kate” the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their first visit to Canada on Parliament Hill in a performance that was viewed around the world. She was the sole vocalist in “An Evening for Peace” for Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan in Montreal.
Currently, Miss Nesrallah is the host of Tempo on CBC Music, Canada’s national classical music program; and is also the executive producer and star of Carmen on Tap, a company she created that performs Bizet’s opera Carmen as dinner theatre. Julie has been the recipient of several distinguished awards including the Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Award, and most recently the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for her cultural contribution to Canada’s performing arts.