EMA NIKOLOVSKA, mezzo-soprano & SEAN SHIBE, guitar

Sunday, November 8, 2026
3:00 pm
Telus Studio Theatre at The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

ORLANDO: SONGS ABOUT LOVE AND IDENTITY FROM DOWLAND TO DYLAN

Two of the most imaginative and daring artists of their generation craft a genre-defying program titled ‘Orlando’, which traces the legendary troubadour’s journey across centuries and continents, from the medieval Chanson de Roland to Ariosto’s epic poem, and Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking 1928 novel. This bold and imaginative program explores themes of love, conflict, and identity, weaving together works by Schubert, Glanert, Adès, and others, alongside newly-commissioned pieces by Sasha Scott and Cassandra Miller.

Ema describes the Orlando project as: “Courtly love, conflict, identity, adventures traversing time and space, and the role of song, the life of the troubadour in the middle of it all – the fascinating, gallivanting, and almost science-fiction characters of Orlando from Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso and Virginia Woolf’s Orlando are at the heart of this program.”

A remarkable concert by the mezzo Ema Nikolovska and the guitarist Sean Shibe at the Bath Festival — and if I say that the experience felt like being awake in a vivid dream, I do so as a compliment.

— The Times

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