Highlights | 2023-2024 concert seasons begin, Nézet-Séguin coaches Bradley Cooper
Welcome to La Scena Musicale’s weekly Highlights, a roundup of classical music news from Canada and beyond. It’s the time for new music seasons, and…
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Opening concert: After the Virée classique, the OSM returns to the choral repertoire
On Tuesday, September 12, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) launches its 90th season with two musical masterpieces of the 20th century. Kicking off his…
Newswire | The OSM Announce Rafael Payare’s First Summer Season and South Korea Tour
Montreal, April 19, 2022 — The OSM is thrilled to unveil its summer programming, a first under the Orchestra’s new Music Director Rafael Payare. This…
Montreal Mezzo-soprano Rose Naggar-Tremblay Wins 82nd MSO Competition
Montreal, November 27, 2021 ▪ The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is thrilled to announce the name of the 2021 OSM Competition’s Grand Prize winner: mezzo-soprano…
A dark double bill from the Opéra de Montréal
Early out of the gate in announcing a 2021-22 season, the Opéra de Montréal on Saturday became one of the first Canadian companies to stage…
From the Editor
Welcome to the fourth issue of La Scena Musicale published in the midst of the pandemic. Since our November/December issue, the COVID-19 lockdown in…
OSM: Unveiling of Fall concerts (2020-2021)
As gatherings of up to 250 people are now permitted, the OSM is delighted to be gradually reconnecting with its audience at the Maison symphonique,…
Kent Nagano in Montreal: A look back, and forward
Some might choose Les Glorieux, a tribute to the Montreal Canadiens. In which Kent Nagano donned a jersey numbered “1.” Or Symphonie montréalaise, a multi-media celebration of…
Industry News
Royal rebel Amid the avalanche of COVID-19-related cancellations, a few concert presenters persist in believing that the show can, and should, go on. The Royal…
Choral singing: a long road back
It was a shocker in an age of shocking stories. Fifty-five members of the Skagit Valley Chorale in Mount Vernon, Washington, met at the local…
