On Sunday, February 14, 2010, 2:30 PM, Maria Knapik will perform the role of Adina in Donizetti's tremendous comic opera, L'elisir d'amore, in theSouthminster Music for Charity Concert Series, at Southminster United Church, 15 Alymer Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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On Thursday, December 31, 2009, Maria performed to standing ovations at a Gala New Year's Eve concert with Grammy nominated Maestro Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Filharmonic Symphony Orchestra.
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On Monday, April 12, 2010, Maria Knapik will perform with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. She will sing the deeply moving Elegia written for her by the Canadian-Polish composer, Peter Paul Koprowski. She will also sing the very haunting soprano solo in Górecki’s Third Symphony (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs). The orchestra will perform Lutoslawski’s powerful Concerto for Orchestra as well.
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On December 12, 2009, Maria sang in a Christmas celebration and fund-raising concert for Saint-Jérome Hospital Foundation.
Maria performed with Marc Boucher, baritone, New World Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Les Chanteurs de Sainte-Thérèse, Choeur Tremblant and Ottawa Classical Choir under the direction of Maestro Michel Brousseau. Dubois's "Messe de la Délivrance" and " Messe Solennelle de St-Rémi" were performed. Maria's recording for these two masses with the same company will be released in Spring 2010.
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On December 5, 2009, Maria sang in Église Saint-Jovite, Mont-Tremblant.
Maria performed with Julie Nesrallah, mezzo-soprano, Steeve Michaud, tenor, Marc Boucher, baritone, New World Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Les Chanteurs de Sainte-Thérèse, Choeur Tremblant and Ottawa Classical Choir under the direction of Maestro Michel Brousseau. The same program performed on November 22, 2009 at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal was repeated.
On November 22, 2009, Maria sang in the 10th Anniversity Celebration of Mozart's Requiem at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. Dubois's Messe de la Délivrance was also performed that evening. Read More...