A Venetian Vespers for Christmas

Festive Cantatas: A Monteverdi Christmas Vespers
Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
When: 3 p.m., Dec. 23
In the last days before the holidays, Early Music Vancouver has long offered spectacular music from the Baroque era in its popular Festive Cantatas project. At first, it was all about J.S. Bach, whose hundreds of cantatas provided seemingly endless opportunities. But more recently the emphasis has changed. Two seasons ago, David Fallis, the Toronto-based music director of Opera