Tunisian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb and Israeli pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz blend French repertoire with Tunisian lullabies.
Chaieb’s voice has been praised for possessing a “a dark, velvety sheen, rich but never overindulgent” (
Stage and Cinema). A former member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program, Chaieb has quickly become one of the most compelling voices of her generation appearing regularly at the Canadian Opera Company, the Metropolitan Opera, and throughout Europe.
Ammiel Bushakevitz began playing the piano at the age of four. As a song accompanist, soloist, and chamber musician, he has performed on six continents, including at Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Shanghai Concert Hall.
Please join us! This concert is preceded by a short performance by talented students of The Royal Conservatory.
Prelude Recital starts at 2pm.
PROGRAM:
Camille Saint-Saëns:
Mélodies persanes, op. 26
Louis Aubert:
6 poèmes arabes
Camille Saint-Saëns:
Désirs d’orient
Osvaldo Golijov:
Y una madre comió asado
Osvaldo Golijov:
Nani
Osvaldo Golijov:
Be a String, Water, to my Guitar
Osvaldo Golijov: Suéltate las cintas
COMPOSER:
Nomad[e] (2026)
Song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano
Lamma bada yatathanna
Traditional Tunisian:
Taht el Yesmina fillil
Li Beirut (after Joaquín Rodrigo’s
Concierto de Aranjuez)
Emel Methlouthi:
Kelmti Horra (Tunisian revolution anthem)
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