With Rossini’s Otello, LoftOpera Tells a Hell of a Wife’s Tale
REVIEW: LoftOpera’s new production of Rossini’s Otello; INTERVIEWS: with maestro Sean Kelly, director John de los Santos, and soprano Cecilia Violetta López. They’ve Done It…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Lebrecht Weekly – Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer: Bach trios (Nonesuch)
Hard to know whether to give this confection one star or five. The dominant voice is the mandolin of Chris Thile, an instrument probably unknown…
Canadian Opera Company Assembles All-Canadian Cast for Louis Riel
Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company has brought together an all-Canadian cast, led by renowned Canadian baritone Russell Braun in the title role, for its…
‘Another Brick in the Wall’ a Thoroughly Montréalais Work
Review: Another Brick in the Wall, l’Opéra de Montréal Viewed: March 13, 2017 At first glance, an adaptation of Pink Floyd’s 1979 concept album The…
Singing Our National Stories – The AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER… Part I – Beyond Words and Music, with Mark Adamo
Mark Adamo, in conversation with Charles Geyer It started as an idea over drinks. It became a quest to “achieve everything.” In 2002, Larry Edelson,…
Canadian Soprano Kirsten MacKinnon One of Six Winners of 2017 Met Opera Auditions
New York, NY (March 19, 2017) – After a months-long series of competitions at the district, regional, and national levels, a panel of expert judges…
Lebrecht Weekly – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Sony)
This is one of those treasurable major-label releases, made with the best of intentions, in which everything turns out wrong. Mahler wrote The Song of…
Cole Foundation : 25 companies – 28 vital grants awarded – $375,000 injected into local multicultural theatre
Intercultural Conversations – Conversations interculturelles Encouraging theatrical dialogue between the various cultures in Montreal MONTREAL, March 2017 – The Cole Foundation is pleased to announce…
Robert Charlebois spokesperson of the CMIM
I am delighted to announce that Montreal-born Robert Charlebois, a major Quebec star across all francophone cultures, is the CMIM 2017 spokesperson. With a career spanning over 50…
Metropolitan Opera Star Hibla Gerzmava makes Canadian Debut, with Moscow Virtuosi – A Show One Presentation
A Show One Productions Presentation – June 8 at Roy Thomson Hall SOPRANO STAR HIBLA GERZMAVA MAKES CANADIAN DEBUT WITH THE MOSCOW VIRTUOSI & VLADIMIR…
