Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) is an independent orchestra and performing arts organization based in New York City. Founded in 1974 as St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and expanded into an orchestra in 1979, OSL has become a “a mainstay of New York’s classical scene” (The New Yorker). Today OSL appears throughout the season at Carnegie Hall under the baton of Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie, a celebrated specialist in 18th-century music. OSL performs with the Paul Taylor Dance Company for presentations at Lincoln Center and elsewhere, serves as the orchestra-in-residence at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts each summer, and can be seen in concerts and multi-disciplinary performances with partners throughout the city and beyond. The orchestra has commissioned more than 50 new works and has given more than 175 world, US, and New York City premieres, while also participating in 118 recordings, four of which have been recognized with Grammy Awards. OSL’s education and community engagement programs bring classical music learning and inspiration to tens of thousands of students and families each year through school-time and community concerts and the more than 100-student-strong Youth Orchestra of St. Luke’s. In 2011, OSL opened The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City’s only rehearsal, recording, and performance space expressly dedicated to classical music, serving thousands of local and international musicians each year. To learn more, visit OSLmusic.org or follow @OSLmusic on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Bernard Labadie has established himself worldwide as a leading conductor of Baroque and Classical repertoire, a reputation closely tied to his work as founding conductor of Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec. With these two ensembles, he regularly tours Canada, the US, and Europe in such major venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Barbican, the Concertgebouw, and at the Salzburg Festival, among others.

Mr. Labadie has become a regular presence on the podiums of leading North American orchestras, including the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics; the Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Toronto symphony orchestras; the San Francisco and Houston symphonies; Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; and Miami’s New World Symphony. An eminent opera conductor, Mr. Labadie has served as artistic director of Opéra de Québec and Opéra de Montréal. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut during the 2009–2010 season with Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a work he also led at the Cincinnati Opera in 2011 and with which he made his 2017 debut at the Canadian Opera Company. Other highlights include Handel’s Orlando at the Glimmerglass Festival, Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Mozart’s Lucio Silla with Santa Fe Opera.

Mr. Labadie’s extensive discography comprises many critically acclaimed recordings on the Dorian, ATMA Classique, and Virgin Classics labels, including a collaborative recording of Mozart’s Requiem with Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec, both of which received Canada’s JUNO Award. Additional recordings include C. P. E. Bach’s complete cello concertos with Truls Mørk and Les Violons du Roy, and Haydn’s piano concertos with Marc-André Hamelin.

In 2016, Mr. Labadie received the Samuel de Champlain award in Paris. He was honored with a 2005 appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada, and his home province named him a Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Québec in 2006. He is the Orchestra of St. Luke’s fifth titled conductor, joining the distinguished roster of Pablo Heras-Casado (2011–2017), Roger Norrington (1990–1994), Charles Mackerras (1998–2001), and Donald Runnicles (2001–2007).

A native of Bolivar, New York, soprano Joélle Harvey received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in vocal performance from the University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music (CCM). She began her career training at Glimmerglass Opera (now the Glimmerglass Festival) and the Merola Opera Program.

Ms. Harvey’s 2022–2023 season includes appearances with a host of internationally acclaimed organizations. She joins the New York Philharmonic as soprano soloist in a gala performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9—celebrating the reopening of David Geffen Hall and conducted by Jaap van Zweden—and makes her debuts with the Bamberg Symphony (G. Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Alma Mahler songs, conducted by Jakub Hrůša), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (Handel’s Solomon with Robin Ticciati), and Minnesota Orchestra (Haydn’s The Creation with Paul McCreesh). In addition, she returns to The Cleveland Orchestra (Schubert’s Mass in E-flat Major in Cleveland and at Carnegie Hall), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Carmina Burana), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (G. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2), and Metropolitan Opera (Pamina in The Magic Flute). Notable chamber performances include a recital with baritone John Moore and pianist Allen Perriello for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and appearances with the chamber music societies of Lincoln Center and Palm Beach. She also makes debuts with the Jacksonville Symphony (in Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem) and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. During summer 2023, she returns to the Glyndebourne Festival for the title role in a new production of Handel’s Semele.

Ms. Harvey’s engagements during the 2021–2022 season included debuts at Opernhaus Zürich (Aristea in Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade), the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, conducted by Jakub Hrůša), and the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan (Handel’s Messiah).

An in-demand vocal soloist, Ms. Harvey regularly appears with orchestras throughout the US, including the New York Philharmonic (Mozart’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah), The Cleveland Orchestra (G. Mahler’s symphonies nos. 2 and 4, and J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor), the San Francisco Symphony (Beethoven’s Fidelio and Mass in C Major, Handel’s Messiah and Orff’s Carmina Burana), and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (John Adams’s Nixon in China and Beethoven’s Missa solemnis).

After reading archaeology at St John’s College, Cambridge, Iestyn Davies studied at the Royal Academy of Music. An esteemed Handelian, he has delighted audiences globally with his vocal agility in roles such as Bertarido, Orlando, Rinaldo, Ottone in Agrippina, and David in Saul. Committed also to contemporary music, his intelligent and considered interpretations have led to fruitful collaborations with Thomas Adès, George Benjamin, and Nico Muhly.

On the opera stage, Mr. Davies has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Teatro alla Scala; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; English National Opera; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Welsh National Opera; Teatro Real Madrid; and the Salzburg Festival, as well as in Munich, Vienna, and Zurich. Concert engagements have included performances at Teatro alla Scala with Gustavo Dudamel; the Concertgebouw and Tonhalle with Ton Koopman; and at the Barbican, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall with orchestras that include the New York Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Concerto Köln, Concerto Copenhagen, Ensemble Matheus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Academy of Ancient Music, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Recent highlights include a French tour of Handel duets with Ensemble Jupiter, and J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Handel’s Radamisto with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in California. Highlights of the 2022–2023 season include a world premiere production of music by Dowland at the Barbican with lutenist Thomas Dunford, featuring visuals by Netia Jones; concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Berlin Philharmonie; and Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea in Versailles.

Mr. Davies’s recital discs have won three Gramophone Awards, and he performed on the Grammy-winning recording of Thomas Adès’s The Tempest. He is the recipient of a Royal Philharmonic Society Award and was nominated for an Olivier Award for his singing role in Farinelli and the King opposite Mark Rylance (which premiered at London’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and transferred to Broadway). He is also featured on soundtracks for the Ridley Scott films Kingdom of Heaven and The Last Duel singing music by Harry Gregson-Williams. In 2017, he was awarded an MBE by the Queen for his services to music.

Sumner Thompson is widely regarded as one of the finest interpreters of concert repertoire of his generation, and performs repertoire that ranges from medieval to modern, with a special emphasis on the music of J. S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, and Claudio Monteverdi. He has appeared in North and South America, Europe, and Asia with ensembles that include the Charlotte, Memphis, and Indianapolis symphony orchestras; Hague Philharmonic Orchestra; Victoria Symphony; Pacific and Portland Baroque orchestras; Tafelmusik; Handel and Haydn Society; Blue Heron; Gli Angeli Genève; L’Harmonie des saisons; Boston Early Music Festival; Theatre of Voices; Bach Collegium San Diego; Boston Baroque; and Rosa Barocca, among many others.

On the operatic stage, Mr. Thompson has appeared as Dr. Caius in Vaughan Williams’s Sir John in Love with Odyssey Opera, the Count in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with Commonwealth Opera, the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo with the Royal Danish Opera, and El Dancaïro in Carmen with the Cincinnati Opera. As a bassist and vocalist, he has appeared on such albums as In Motian by avant-garde jazz bassist Andrew Dow, Dhara by Evren Ozan, and Poesia with Ghost Circle; in addition, he appears regularly with Singularity, a musicians’ collective dedicated to the art of improvised live music. Mr. Thompson is also an avid instrument builder who specializes in electric bass guitars.

Created in 1985 by Founding Conductor and Music Director Bernard Labadie, La Chapelle de Québec is one of North America’s premier voice ensembles. The group is made up exclusively of professional singers who are handpicked from all over Canada. This unique chamber choir specializes in the choral-orchestral repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. The choir performs regularly with its other half, the chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy, and as a guest choir with some of the finest orchestras in North America. Its interpretations of the oratorios, requiems, masses, and cantatas of J. S. Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn, as well as works by Fauré and Duruflé, are frequently hailed in the Canadian and international press.

La Chapelle de Québec is heard regularly at Palais Montcalm in Québec City and Maison symphonique in Montreal, as well as at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, at Carnegie Hall with Les Violons du Roy and Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and in Ottawa with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. The choir’s concerts are often broadcast by the CBC and Radio-Canada in Canada and by National Public Radio in the United States.

La Chapelle de Québec is also known for its role in Chemin de Noël, an annual event that brings together music lovers from throughout the Québec City region every December. The Chemin de Noël was recorded on an ATMA disc and released in November 2021.