Upcoming Events
The King's Grief — The Happenstancers
Reilly returns to The Happenstancers on November 6 and 7 to perform Judith Weir’s King Harald’s Saga, a one-woman opera in which she plays nine characters in eleven unaccompanied minutes, and to reprise Canadian composer Thierry Tidrow’s arrangement of the Lady Dering songs with the ensemble.
Two performances: Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7, 2026, both at 7:30 p.m.
In THE KING’S GRIEF, The Happenstancers present Judith Weir’s micro-opera King Harald’s Saga, punctuating Weir’s tragic narrative with the music of Thomas Adès, Oliver Knussen, Thierry Tidrow, Mary Dering, John Dowland, and casting the works as incidental music within a larger drama.
The Happenstancers: Reilly Nelson, voice; Julia Mirzoev, violin; Peter Eom, cello; Brad Cherwin, artistic director and clarinets; Declan Scott, flugelhorn; Joonghun Cho, keyboards; Billy Wong, lighting; Hoi Tong Keung, production and operations manager.
Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical
Following this spring’s sold-out show, “Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical” returns with a new four-person musical production featuring soprano, accordion, classical guitar and organetto. From Naples to Scotland… Inspired by the true history of Italian immigrants diverted by deceit, journey through world-famous Italian songs interwoven with dramatic English storytelling, in a heartwarming musical tale of love, legacy, resilience and reinvention and the bittersweet taste of dreams gone cold.
Friday, November 13, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $45 adults / $40 seniors and students.
Presented by Villa Charities in partnership with Loreworks.
NMN III: The Happenstancers
Reilly joins Toronto-based ensemble The Happenstancers, directed by clarinetist Brad Cherwin, for their Ottawa Chamberfest debut. The programme centres on Judith Weir's 10-minute solo soprano opera King Harald's Saga, woven together with works by Thomas Adès, Mary Dering, Oliver Knussen, John Dowland, and Thierry Tidrow. 75 minutes, no intermission.
Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical
An intimate three-person jukebox musical following Caterina’s journey from Naples to Scotland through beloved Neapolitan songs, operatic arias, live narration, accordion, guitar, and soaring soprano.
The New Classical FM Presents: Classical Soprano Reilly Bianchi Nelson
A live-to-air concert with Reilly Bianchi Nelson, soprano. Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway, Canzone Napoletana, and songs of hope. With Yolanda Tapia, piano, and Lenny Ranallo, guitar.
Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical
Reilly Bianchi Nelson & Tonino Chiodo
A Two-Person Juke-Box Musical weaving shocking true events with iconic Italian classics in a heartwarming tale of reinvention, love, legacy and the bittersweet tale of dreams gone cold.
Kurt Weill’s Songs of Glass and Iron
Reilly Bianchi Nelson & Friedrich Heinrich Kern
A music-theatre journey through Kurt Weill, where cabaret, memory, and modern sound collide.