Topdog/Underdog

At the Arts Club’s Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre to February 11

Suzan-Lori Parks took home a Pulitzer Prize for this vivid portrait of two brothers locked in rivalry.

Mahler Symphony No. 8

At the Orpheum on February 17

The Vancouver Bach Choir gathers 250 vocal and instrumental musicians to conjure the feverish power of the composer’s choral masterpiece.

Romeo + Juliet

At the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from February 21 to 24

Inspired Parisian choreographer Medhi Walerski and the top-flight dancers at Ballet BC premiere the company’s first story ballet in years.

Metamorfosi

At Christ Church Cathedral on February 23

Care of Early Music Vancouver, Montreal cult fave Ensemble Constantinople revisits rarely heard Italian composers with Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc.

Toronto Dance Theatre

At the Vancouver Playhouse on February 23 and 24

Three houses come into play here: Vancouver’s DanceHouse brings in icon Christopher House’s House Mix, a retrospective of the choreographer’s stylized, immaculately sculpted work and a celebration of TDT’s golden anniversary.

Tanya Tagaq and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

March 16 to 18 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

The otherworldly Inuit vocalist joins forces with a groundbreaking Greenlandic mask dancer.

Carmina Burana

At the Orpheum on March 17

Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts Carl Orff’s rousing epic, with soprano Tracy Dahl hitting the high notes and two choirs adding their lung power.