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May 8, 2008 | Vol. 3, No. 15
At the celebration that followed, Concordia President-elect Judith Woodsworth met with many of the guests, including former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
Place des Arts’ Théâtre Maisonneuve was the place to be on Sunday evening, May 4, as some of the opera world’s finest artists entertained more 1,000 people, including Concordia alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends and members of Montreal's cultural, political and business elite.
Famous soprano Renée Fleming led a roster that comprised what Gazette music critic called “three future headliners of similar calibre,” and they were accompanied by the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in top form.
The benefit concert raised $375,000 net, bringing the four-year total for the Hitting the High Notes events to slightly more than to $2 million raised for the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal.
Hitting the High Notes 2008 honorary co-chairs were Jacqueline and Paul Desmarais, Gail and David P. O'Brien, and Carolyn and Richard Renaud.
The performers take their bows: From left, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Matthew Polenzani, soprano Diana Damrau, soprano Renée Fleming and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Next issue: May 29, 2008
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