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Whatever you can afford is fine. :)

This is concert 2 of 2 in Müzewest's inaugural Schubert Festival 2017! We are thrilled to be presenting the work of this revered and beloved composer - as interpreted by the finest Schubert scholars in the world!

On Day 2, Müzewest Concerts presents Michelle Mares, piano, with Benjamin Butterfield, tenor.

Michelle Mares has lead an active performing career in both Canada and Europe spanning the entire repertoire as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed with virtually every major orchestra in Canada as a soloist, and her performances have been heard regularly on national and international radio broadcast. Some of the orchestras she has appeared with in Europe include Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Slovac Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, and the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. Benjamin Butterfield is known most recently for his work as an interpreter of opera. He portrayed the role of Mime in Das Rheingold with Pacific Opera and was stage director for Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival. Other operatic roles include Grimoaldo in Handel’s Rodelinda and Jupiter in Semele with Pacific Opera Victoria, Frère Massée in Messiaen’s St. François d’Assise with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony, Tamino in The Magic Flute with the Toronto Symphony and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Calgary Opera.

PROGRAM: Franz Schubert [masked]) - Die Schöne Müllerin