Learn more about the soloists:

Susan Platts:

British-born Canadian mezzo-soprano Susan Platts brings a rich, distinctive and soulful voice to an nearly all-inclusive range of concert, opera and recital repertoire for alto and mezzo-soprano. 

Increasingly active in opera, Ms. Platts has sung Erda in Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Hippolyta in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Pacific Opera Victoria and the title roles of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Yoav Talmi and the Québec Symphony and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Bramwell Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony. She made her Berlin and London debuts in John Adams’ Nixon in China with the B.B.C. Symphony, returns to London in future seasons for her recital and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden debuts. Her first solo disc, of songs by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms on the ATMA label earned considerable critical acclaim.

Benjamin Butterfield:

Praised by The New York Times as, \”clarionvoiced and vibrant\”, Benjamin Butterfield is known for his performances throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has performed with many of the world’s leading conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, James Conlon, Nicholas McGegan, Charles Dutoit, Leonard Slatkin, Bramwell Tovey, Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Labadie, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Jeffrey Thomas, Trevor Pinnock, Bruno Weil and Marc Minkowski.

In recent seasons, Butterfield has performed with the Baltimore (Mozart’s Requiem), St. Louis (Carmina Burana), and Vancouver (Carmina) Symphonies; Calgary Philharmonic (Jeffrey Ryan’s Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation); and continues to appear annually with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem including their upcoming 111th annual Bach Festival.

The Programme: