A Poe Cabaret at Hugh's Room Live

Just in time for Hallowe'en, Tom Allen and Lori Gemmell open their three-concert Hugh's Room Live residency with darkly beautiful music inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. A string quartet of leading Toronto players performs Debussy's String Quartet, Caplet's gripping Conte fantastique after The Masque of the Red Death, and Alexina Louie's setting of The Raven.

Claude Debussy — String Quartet André Caplet — Conte fantastique (after Poe's The Masque of the Red Death) Alexina Louie — The Raven Performers: Tom Allen; Lori Gemmell; Marie Berard, violin (Concertmaster, Canadian Opera Company); Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin (Gryphon Trio); Joshua Greenlaw, viola (Assistant Principal Viola, COC); Leana Rutt, cello (Associate Principal Cello, COC). Green Sanderson Hall. First of three concerts in Tom Allen's 2026–27 Hugh's Room Live residency; residency bundle: https://www.showpass.com/tom-allen-residency-bundle/