Salle Claude-Champagne Restoration: Nurturing Cultural Heritage
Inaugurated in the 1960s by the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and of Mary, the Claude-Champagne Hall is one of…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Yannick and the Orchestre Métropolitain: A Grand Finale in Paris
PARIS – Ever seen a conductor cry on stage? I mean, other than Leonard Bernstein? We can add to this exclusive list the name of…
Brigitte Haentjens: Earth-Shattering Creation
Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and both the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre and Gaston-Thomas Award in 2007, Brigitte Haentjens has become…
Tristan Longval-Gagné
Originally from Sherbrooke, pianist Tristan Longval-Gagné, fell into the “musical pot” early. In fact, his parents were both musicians and ran a music school in…
Gerald Finley 20 years later
It has already been 20 years since we first interviewed Canadian baritone Gerald Finley (see Philip Anson’s article). Then, Finley was a rising star specializing…
OM Concert at the Elbphilharmonie was Hamburg Heaven
HAMBURG – “Suche Karte.” Seeking ticket. This is always a good sign, quite literally, in German-speaking lands, where it is common to advertise your unhappy…
Hot Saint, Holy Sinner – Massenet’s Thaïs at the Met
REVIEW: of the Metropolitan Opera presentation of Thaïs by Jules Massenet and Louis Gallet (viewed November 22, 2017). A colorful operatic mélange of piety and…
John Blow’s Ode to the Death of Purcell
John Blow: An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell (Hyperion) For a brief window in the 1690s – until the night Mrs Purcell…
OM with Yannick in Europe: “It is something physical that becomes metaphysical”
The lobby of the Cologne Philharmonie. CDs arrayed on a table. Subscribers to the Internationale Orchester series looking them over with quiet curiosity. “This is…
Atelier lyrique to welcome five new recruits
Montreal, November 27, 2017 – The Opéra de Montréal held its very first Atelier lyrique National Auditions Gala in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts…
