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Monday Headlines: First Montreal visit of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Montreal since 1984

By Olivier Gentil on 27 February 2017 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Quebec Music, Violin

Here are your daily headlines in classical music and the arts! The Boston Symphony Orchestra will play at the Maison Symphonique on. Their last visit was in 1984. The young director Andris Nelsons will perform the Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 with soloist Emmanuel Ax. [Le Devoir] [OSM] CANADA Return of the Symphonie du Millénaire, which was initiated by Walter Boudreau and Denys Bouliane in 2000 and involved more than 40,000 people. [Le Devoir] [La Presse] INTERNATIONAL Jordi Savall, in a project financed by the European Commission, has organised a series of concerts to financially assist refugee musicians to let them…

2017-18 Marks Innovative Season of Firsts for Opera Philadelphia, from Fall’s Inaugural O17 Festival

By Newswire on 27 February 2017 Arts Industry, Newswire, Opera, Theatre

2017-18 Marks Innovative Season of Firsts for Opera Philadelphia, from Fall’s Inaugural O17 Festival – Highlighted by Global Partnerships and Three World Premieres – to Spring’s Back-to-Back New Productions 2017-18 marks a landmark season for Opera Philadelphia, highlighted by the launch of its new, game-changing, annual season-opening festival. A twelve-day immersion featuring seven operatic happenings, three world premieres, and one superstar Festival Artist, at six venues across the city, the festival’s inaugural edition – O17 (Sep 14–25) – represents a radical new way to experience opera. Already welcomed as “a bold move aimed at making Philadelphia a compelling stop on…

Friday Headlines: Tribute Video to Leonard Cohen Made by His Own Son.

By Olivier Gentil on 25 February 2017 Arts Industry, Canadian Music, Classical, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Quebec Music, Strings, Violin

Here are your daily headlines in classical music and the arts ! Watch a tribute video to Léhonard Cohen with the song “Traveling light” from his last album You Want It Darker (2016), made by his own son. [Le Figaro] [Le voir] [Vancouver Sun] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KH29ERPpLw CANADA For the next five years, dance choreographers not be able to use Leonard Cohen’s works, due to an exclusive contract gave to the Ballets Jazz de Montréal. [Le Devoir] Theater is coming back to Rougemont this summer. [La Presse] This is the first weekend of the Montreal en lumières festival. See it in art. [Radio-Canada] [Montréal en lumières] A review…

Opera McGill’s 24-Hour Festival Featuring 7 Operas!

By Newswire on 23 February 2017 Newswire, Opera

OPERA MCGILL’S 24-HOUR FESTIVAL FEATURING 7 OPERAS! Operas by Purcell, Mozart, Massenet, Ravel, Bartók, Malcom Fox, & a North American Premiere by James Garner Friday, March 10 & Saturday, March 11 Patrick Hansen, Director, Opera McGill Opera McGill’s spectacular 60th anniversary season concludes on March 10 & 11 with a delicious array of operatic delights for all ages and tastes. Offering over 24 hours of unadulterated musical indulgence, the Lisl Wirth Black Box Opera B!NGE Festival presents two evenings and a full day of opera in multiple venues around Montreal. The wide-ranging event, programmed by Patrick Hansen, now in…

Opéra Lafayette’s Production of Léonore, ou L’amour Conjugal a Real Success

By Olivier Gentil on 21 February 2017 Canadian Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz, Strings, Violin

CANADA Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Artistic director of the Société d’art lyrique du Royaume (Chicoutimi), explain his plans and ambitions for the orchestra. [La Presse – Le Quotidien] To celebrate the 50 anniversary of the SMCQ, Radio-Canada will publish a series of web and radio rendez-vous, highlighting the greatest contemporary. [Voir] Sherbrooke: Review of the concert with the pianist Anne-Marie Dubois, accompanied by the Sherbrooke Symphony Orchestra. [La Presse] Demographics et numerical challenges for the cultural organisms in the East of Quebec.[Radio-Canada] INTERNATIONAL Opéra Lafayette’s production of Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal a real success. – [washingtonclassicalreview] [TheWashingtonpost] [La Scena] European Union Baroque Orchestra: The orchestra will relocate…

Opera McGill celebrates 60 years with a dazzling Fledermaus

By Arthur Kaptainis on 21 February 2017 Concert Reviews, Opera

As a celebration of the 60 years of Opera McGill, the Schulich School of Music late last month presented a run of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus in the Monument National. The opening was a big success, with a fresh array of voices, exquisite Art-Nouveau sets by Vincent Lefèvre and brilliant costumes by Ginette Grenier. No minimalism from director Patrick Hansen, although the camp was generally of the high rather than low variety. Spoken dialogue was mostly in German – a useful pedagogical exercise as well as a means of avoiding a language fuss. There were, nonetheless, a few touches of…

Le Beau Danube is 150-year-olds. Back on one of the Greatest Successes from Strauss.

By Olivier Gentil on 20 February 2017 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Quebec Music, Scena Jazz, Strings, Violin

MONTREAL As part of the 8th edition of the biennial Montréal/Nouvelles musiques Festival (MNM), Walter Boudreau will lead La symphonie du millénaire II. In 2000, the performance of the first Symphonie du millénaire, brought together more than 70’000 people. [Le Devoir] Review on the concert of OSTR, highlighting Bach’s works. [La Presse] André Sauvé will join the OSM for a special concert on July 21 and 22. [La Presse] INTERNATIONNAL Le beau Danube is 150-year-olds. Back on one of the greatest successes from Strauss. [La Presse] [Radio-Canada] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t38fIJgvWEM The first recording of Bartók’s piano quartet in C minor (1898) was found and published. [Scena…

More than 40 classics concerts this week in Montreal : February 20-26

By Olivier Gentil on 20 February 2017 Canadian Music, Chamber Music, Classical, Musical Theatre, Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Quebec Music, Strings, This Week in Montreal, Violin

Tuesday – February 21 1:30PM Longueuil Campus of UdeM, Édifice Port-de-Mer, 101, Place Charles-Lemoyne, Longueuil. 14$. Les matinées d’Opéramania au Campus Longueuil- I Puritani de Bellini. 1-855 790-1245. 7:00PM. Maison de la culture Frontenac (Montreal), 2550 Ontario Est, Montreal. 0-2$. Signer and pianist from Guadeloupe perform urban compositions. 514-872-7882. 7:00PM Music Faculty of the University of Montreal – Serge-Garant Hall (B-484), 200, avenue Vincent-d’Indy. Atelier d’improvisation – Classe de Jean-Marc Bouchard. 7:30PM. Bourgie Concert Hall, 1339, Sherbrooke Ouest Street, Montreal. 30$-100$. Camp Tutti concert bénéfice. 514-486-8727. Wednesday – February 22 7:30PM – OM – INSPIRATION AND HOPE: Inspire by…

VO PRESENTS THREE NEW OPERA PRODUCTIONS AND BOLD PROGRAMMING AT THE INAUGURAL VANCOUVER OPERA FESTIVAL : April 28 to May 13, 2017

By Newswire on 16 February 2017 Newswire, Opera

Otello, Dead Man Walking and The Marriage of Figaro feature superb singers, stunning designs. Vancouver Opera Festival will be a wide ranging celebration of the vocal arts, designed to appeal to diverse audiences, all set conveniently in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Programming also includes a new commissioned video art installation by award-winning artist Paul Wong, performances by vocal stylist Ute Lemper and Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq. VO PRESENTS THREE NEW OPERA PRODUCTIONS AND BOLD PROGRAMMING AT THE INAUGURAL VANCOUVER OPERA FESTIVALActivities and experiences for audiences of all ages throughout the day Venues: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Orpheum…

Unveil of the 2017-2018 Program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Lead Two Operas

By Olivier Gentil on 16 February 2017 Canadian Music, Classical, Daily News Roundup, Opera, Orchestral, Scena Jazz, Strings

CANADA Unveil of the 2017-2018 program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead two operas. [New York Times] [Le Devoir] Interview with the two veterans jazz players, saxophonists Pat LaBarbera and Kirk MacDonald. [OttawaCitizen] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFSsCKhPcgY MAC : Unveil of two expositions « speaking about war and violence » : : Et maintenant regardez cette machine, from Emanuel Licha, et Mundos, from Teresa Margolles. [Radio-Canada] [MAC – Mundos] [MAC – Et maintenant regardez cette machine] INTERNATIONNAL The amazing Carlos Kleiber’s answer to someone who wants lessons’s leading. [Slippedisc] Death of Michael Naura, jazz German pianist, 82, on Monday. [Slippedisc] « Jennifer Ross, leader of…

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