Calendar

  • JUL

    Carmen en Concert — Frasquita

    Festival Opéra Saint-Eustache · Montreal → Info
  • JUL

    2026 CPI Fromm Fellowship Ensemble (Duo Étrange)

    — Duo Étrange has been named the 2026 CPI Fromm Fellow Ensemble at the Composers Conference in residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute this July. Founded in 1945, the conference is supported by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University, among other major new-music funders.

    Composer's Conference, Avaloch Farm Music Institute → Info
  • NOV

    Les Dévots — Marguerite

    — A new opera by writer and director Félix-Antoine Boutin and composer Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux, Les Dévots portrays a story of love and sacrifice inspired by the myth of Orpheus, in which three characters, who place devotion at the heart of their destiny, attempt to understand the mysterious facets of human existence. Through a world filled with sea creatures and weeping stones, this work asks whether God might be Art and Music itself. Featuring: Chantal Lambert, Chantal Dionne, Vanessa Croome, Mishael Eusebio, Julien Girard

    Espace Libre · Montreal → Info
  • DEC

    LA VIE, LA MORT, LE DESSERT

    — LA VIE, LA MORT, LE DESSERT — Featured Artist: Duo Étrange (Works by Fong, Woolf, Hillborg & Tavener) Produced in collaboration with Opéra de Montréal and Mirari, LVLMLD is a 2026 Prix NUMIX finalist in the Spectacle & Performing Arts category "Conceived as a journey through the cycle of nature, La vie, la mort, le dessert is a unique evening that combines gastronomy, artistic performance, and immersive scenography in the dome. Guests are invited to follow a five-part narrative, from the theatrical aperitivo to the wild dessert, including the trou normand—each course evokes the cycles of life, death, and rebirth." / Les artistes Clément Boivin (Cuisine Libre!) — chef / Catherine Lépine-Lafrance — cheffe pâtissière / Nicolas Fonseca (Mr. Jaune) — co-créateur / Thomas Payette (mirari) — co-créateur / Michel D.T. Lam (Fig55) — co-créateur / Charles Cardin-Bourbeau — danseur / Cat Dio — chanteuse, comédienne et accordéoniste / Duo Étrange (Sahara von Hattenberger et Vanessa Croome) / Jean-François Casabonne — comédien / Please note: Duo Étrange will only be performing on select dates — more information to come.

    Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] → Info

Selected past performances

  • APRIL 2026

    Duo Étrange: le son de la nouvelle classique

    — Voice & Cello program featuring works by Tavener, Fong, Groves, Bach, Woolf, Fridman, and Hillborg

    Opéra du Royaume X CEM
  • MARCH 2026

    Cendrillon — Noémie

    — Creative Team Music: Jules Massenet Libretto: Henri Cain Stage direction & concept: John La Bouchardière Musical director: Christopher Gaudreault Set designer: Frédéric Ellis Costume designer: Marie-Pascale Chevarie Lighting designer: Bastian A. Miranda Choreographer: Aurélie Caron Cast Cendrillon: Elisabeth Boudreault Le Prince Charmant: Florence Bourget La Fée Marraine: Marie-Eve Munger Pandolfe: Hugo Laporte Mme de la Haltière: Sydney Frodsham Noémie: Vanessa Croome Dorothée: Emilie Baillargeon Production Team Costumes & accessories: Ariane Ouellet Costumes: L'équipe costume de la Fabuleuse Makeup: Pascale Rodrigue Production director: Marc-André Gilbert Stage manager: Alinoë Schneider Assistant stage manager: Emlyn vanBruinswaardt Ensembles Le Chœur de l'Opéra du Royaume — chorus master: Annie Larouche Les Danseurs de l'École Florence Fourcaudot Les Musiciens de l'Opéra du Royaume

    Opéra du Royaume
  • FEBRUARY 2026

    Duo Étrange: voice and cello (Salle Bourgie début)

    — Duo Étrange is rising to prominence on the Quebec music scene as an ensemble that redefines what classical chamber music can be. Shortly after recording its debut album, the cello-soprano duo presents a programme of new works, including the premiere of a Bourgie Hall co-commission from Nicole Lizée.

    Salle Bourgie
  • FEBRUARY 2026

    Mahler: Aurore et Crépuscule

    — Excerpts from Mahler's 4th Symphony and Des Knaben Wunderhorn

    Orchestra de L'Agora, Opéra de Montréal
  • JANUARY 2026

    Opéra de Montréal — Let's Talk Opera: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges

    — Le Feu

    Opéra de Montréal
  • JANUARY 2026

    Artists in residence

    — Duo Étrange has been awarded an artist residency with Avaloch Farm Music Institute to workshop their new composition from Nicole Lizée The Avaloch Farm Music Institute is a renowned artistic residency program under the artistic direction of cellist Ashley Bathgate (Yale, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Eighth Blackbird), whose alumni include Sandbox Percussion, The Westerlies, and Boston's A Far Cry. Avaloch provides fully funded residencies to leading chamber ensembles, offering the time, space, and resources to develop new repertoire and refine collaborative projects.

    Avaloch Farm Music Institute
  • NOVEMBER 2025

    LA VIE, LA MORT, LE DESSERT

    — Featured Artist: Duo Étrange (Works by Fong, Woolf, Hillborg & Tavener) Produced in collaboration with Opéra de Montréal and Mirari, LVLMLD is a 2026 Prix NUMIX finalist in the Spectacle & Performing Arts category "Conceived as a journey through the cycle of nature, La vie, la mort, le dessert is a unique evening that combines gastronomy, artistic performance, and immersive scenography in the dome. Guests are invited to follow a five-part narrative, from the theatrical aperitivo to the wild dessert, including the trou normand—each course evokes the cycles of life, death, and rebirth." - SAT Les artistes Clément Boivin (Cuisine Libre!) — chef Catherine Lépine-Lafrance — cheffe pâtissière Nicolas Fonseca (Mr. Jaune) — co-créateur Thomas Payette (mirari) — co-créateur Michel D.T. Lam (Fig55) — co-créateur Charles Cardin-Bourbeau — danseur Cat Dio — chanteuse, comédienne et accordéoniste Duo Étrange (Sahara von Hattenberger et Vanessa Croome) Jean-François Casabonne — comédien Please note: Duo Étrange will only be performing on select dates — more information to come.

    Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]
  • JULY 2025

    Waves & Lines (Gemma Peacocke) — Soloist

    — Waves & Lines (Gemma Peacocke) / Vanessa Croome, soprano Vicky Chow, piano Džiugas Daugirda, percussion Max Winningham, double bass / A fully loaded, three-day, eclectic super-mix of creative, experimental and unusual music. / “An air of defiant joy charged every moment of LOUD Weekend.”– The Washington Post “I’ve rarely witnessed such a seamless melding of art and music.” – New York Magazine “nothing could have prepared me for the whirlwind…” – The Boston Globe / During Loud Weekend, the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival transforms MASS MoCA into a genre-bending musical utopia

    Loud Weekend: Bang On A Can @ MASS MoCA, The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
  • JULY 2025

    Shelter (Gordon, Lang, Wolfe) — Soprano Soloist

    — Soloist: Shelter (Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and librettist Deborah Artman). Ted Hearne, conductor Vanessa Croome, Lindsay McIntyre, Katie Geissinger, sopranos Kyla-Rae Ashworth, flute and piccolo Tucker Hall-Klingensmith, clarinet and contrabass clarinet Jennifer Slowik, oboe Maya Stone, bassoon Mofan Amber Dai, horn Nick Hill, trumpet Kristoffer Danielsen, trombone Adam Buttimer, tuba Taylor Levine, electric guitar Lizzie Burns, electric bass Grace Goss, percussion Vicky Chow, piano Todd Reynolds, violin Chloe Lorraine Johnson, violin Beth Meyers, viola Miriam Liske-Doorandish, cello Max Winningham, double bass

    Loud Weekend: Bang On A Can @ MASS MoCA, The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
  • JULY 2025

    Carmen en Concert / Frasquita

    Festival Opéra St-Eustache
  • JUNE 2025

    VERY FERAL TODAY

    — Very Feral Today is a staged concert work for voice, cello, and pre-recorded text that investigates the act of listening, the intimacy of live performance, and the tension between personal narrative and musical abstraction. Developed collaboratively by director Marcus Shields, Duo Étrange (Sahara von Hattenberger, cello; Vanessa Croome, voice), and designer Frank Oliva, the piece blends recital and performance art, constructing an experience that invites the audience to forgo text and musical narrative and rather use the personal lives and revelations of the performers as the primary dramatic context.

    WEST CHELSEA BUILDING
  • FEBRUARY 2025

    In recital with pianist Frances Armstrong / Inspire Arts Concert Series

    Northwestern Polytechnic
  • JULY 2024

    In Recital: Vanessa Croome & Fiona Mato

    — Vanessa Croome, soprano and Fiona Mato, piano

    Sociéte d'arts et culture, Hautes-Vosges France
  • NOVEMBER 2023

    Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques

    — Francis Poulenc Award Winner & Residency with Staatstheater Augsburg

    Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20
  • APRIL 2023

    The Magic Flute — Queen of the Night

    — Conductor: Kevin Fitzgerald Stage Director: Kristine McIntyre The Queen of the Night: Vanessa Croome Pamina: Hanna Brammer Tamino: Terrence Chin-Loy Papageno: Andrew Wilkowske Sarastro: Tom McNichols Brittany Fouché (additional cast) Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Students from the University of North Florida School of Music

    Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
  • APRIL 2023

    The Messiah

    — Soprano Soloist — Catch the highlights of Handel's Messiah in this 60-minute version touring across Centre-du-Québec!

    Orchestre Symphonique de Drummondville
  • FEBRUARY 2023

    In Recital: Works by Previn, Poulenc, and Tavener

    — Vanessa Croome, soprano Sahara von Hattenberger, cello Kyoko Hashimoto, piano

    Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur
  • JULY 2022

    M.Butterfly (Huang Ruo / David Henry Hwang) — Soloist

    — M. Butterfly (Huang Ruo / David Henry Hwang) — World Premiere Soloist and Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist

    Santa Fe Opera
  • JULY 2022

    Carmen — (Frasquita, cover)

    Santa Fe Opera
  • MAY 2022

    Apprentice Artist - Santa Fe Opera

    — 2022 Festival season apprentice artist

    Santa Fe Opera
  • MAY 2022

    Die Zauberflöte — Königin der Nacht (cover)

    — 5:14 PMClaude responded: Barrie Kosky productionBarrie Kosky production Revival Director: Tobias Ribitzki Conductor: Christopher Allen

    Opéra de Montréal
  • MARCH 2022

    L'enfer des lumières: Platée — La Folie (Orchestre de l'Agora)

    — Platée (La Folie)

    Monument-National
  • DECEMBER 2021

    Fêtes Viennoise (Works by Strauss and Mahler)

    Orchestre Symphonique de Drummondville
  • NOVEMBER 2021

    Le Mixtape: Orchestre Métropolitain, Opéra de Montréal / Works by Donizetti and Strauss

    — Soloist & Concert Host

    Salle Wilfred-Pelletier
  • SEPTEMBER 2021

    Artist in residence

    — Artist in residence for the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 seasons

    Opéra de Montréal — Atelier Lyrique
  • JULY 2021

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4 — Orchestre de l'Agora

    — Nicolas Ellis leads his orchestra in Klaus Simon’s superb chamber version of Mahler’s eternal and sublime, Symphony No.4. Solist: Vanessa Croome, soprano.

    Concerts Lachine
  • OCTOBER 2020

    L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi

    — Léa — L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi (Jobidon - St. Onge) World premiere

    Opéra de Montréal