This can be a record of concert events we’re attending, wishing we might attend, or serious about attending between Oct. 30 and Nov. 5, 2023. For extra of what’s taking place round Toronto, go to our calendar right here.

Alliance française/Poème Harmonique

Tuesday Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. Alliance française (24 Spadina Highway). $18

A sextet drawn from the French ensemble provides a program together with works by Cavalli and Lully and based mostly on the early days of the Palace of Versailles. With mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik. Data right here.

Tapestry/Rocking Horse Winner

Nov. 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 4, 5 at 1:30 p.m. Streetcar Crowsnest (345 Carlaw Ave.). $79, senior $63

Tapestry revives its Dora-Award-winning hit of 2016 (phrases by Anna Chatterton and music by Gareth Williams) with most of the identical singers. New to the corporate is the French-born, New York-based conductor Kamna Gupta. Michael Hidetoshi Mori directs. Data right here.

RCM/Glenn Gould Faculty Chamber Opera

Friday Nov. 3 and Saturday Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Mazzoleni Corridor. $20

College students of the Glenn Gould Faculty delve into the Tapestry archives and revive 5 quirky one-act operas initially seen between 2002 and 2009. Settings are mentioned to incorporate a park, an ice rink, a ironmongery store, an ant colony and a sock drawer. Peter Tiefenbach conducts. Data right here.

RCM/Danish String Quartet

Friday Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. Koerner Corridor. $45+

The 20-year-old ensemble (which incorporates one Norwegian) visits Koerner Corridor with a conservative program of Purcell (Chaconne in G Minor), Haydn (Quartet in G Minor Op. 20 No. 3), Shostakovich (Quartet No. 7) and Schubert (“Demise and the Maiden”). Data right here.

Array House/Quatuor Molinari

Friday Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. Array House (155 Walnut Ave.). $20.

“Nature in Canadian String Quartets” is the theme of this live performance by the enterprising Montreal group. This system: Quinsin Nachoff’s Quartet No. 1 and R. Murray Schafer’s Quartets No. 2 (Waves) and No. 10 (Winter Birds). Data right here.

VOICEBOX/Un giorno di regno

Sunday Nov. 5 at 2:30 p.m. Jane Mallett Theatre. $47

The Opera in Live performance firm tries on Verdi’s early and rarely-heard comedy. Suzy Smith leads a forged of six and refrain from the piano. Data right here.

RCM/Sir András Schiff

Sunday Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. Koerner Corridor. $75+

The Hungarian-born British pianist visits Toronto with a program of…who is aware of? Sir András now broadcasts repertoire from the stage. However he’s finest identified for his advocacy of the hardcore Austro-German classics. Data right here.

Mooredale/New Orford String Quartet

Sunday Nov. 5 at 3:15 p.m. Walter Corridor. $55, senior $50, pupil $30

The New Orford String Quartet provides a program of Caroline Shaw, Ana Sokolović, Beethoven (Op. 74) and Ravel within the U of T venue that the group’s namesake used to name residence. Data right here.

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Arthur Kaptainis has been the classical music critic of the Montreal Gazette since 1986 and wrote for the Nationwide Submit 2010-2016. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale in addition to Ludwig Van. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the College of Toronto.

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