La Scena Musicale’s Festival Picks
British Columbia and Alberta by Madeline Boldt EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER This year marks the 55th anniversary of Early Music Vancouver’s Summer Festival. From July 26-Aug.…
Yearly Archives: 2025
CD Review | Rameau: Platée; Château de Versailles Spectacles
Rameau: Platée Mathias Vidal, Zachary Wilder, tenors; Marie Lys, Cécile Achille, sopranos; Alexandre Duhamel, David Witczak,baritones; Juliette Mey, mezzo-soprano; Cyril Costanzo, bass; La Chapelle Harmonique;…
Review | Echo: Memories of the World Explores Archives’ Power
As the audience arrived at the Chan Centre for Echo: Memories of the World (May 31), they were immediately directed to the choral loft behind,…
CD Review | Unbroken: Music from Ukraine, Viktoria Grynenko
Unbroken: Music from Ukraine Viktoria Grynenko, violin Leaf Music, 2025 Unbroken is a CD containing an hour of music by living Ukrainian composers, played by…
CD Review | Oiseaux de passage, Natalie Dessay & Philippe Cassard
Oiseaux de passage Natalie Dessay, soprano; Philippe Cassard, piano; André Previn, Stephen Sondheim, Gian Carlo Menotti, Samuel Barber, Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn, Maurice Ravel, Louis…
CD Review | Rebelle: Hommage à Célestine Galli-Marié, Eva Zaïcik
Rebelle: Hommage à Célestine Galli-Marié Eva Zaïcik, mezzo-soprano; Orchestre national de Lille, Pierre Dumoussaud, conductor; Ferdinand Poise, Ambroise Thomas, Georges Bizet, Louis Deffès, Jacques Offenbach,…
CD Review | Strauss: Salome; Malin Byström; Chandos
Strauss: Salome Malin Byström, soprano; Katarina Dalayman, mezzo-soprano; Gerhard Siegel and Bror Magnus Tødenes, tenors; Johan Reuter, baritone; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Chandos,…
CD Review | Current/Clements: Missing
Current/Clements: Missing Caitlin Wood, Melody Courage, sopranos; Andrea Ludwig, Marion Newman, Michelle Lafferty, mezzo-sopranos; Asitha Tennekoon, tenor; Evan Korbut, baritone; Continuum Ensemble, Timothy Long, conductor…
Report | CMIM Aria Semi-Final I: Junho Hwang Emerges Victorious
For the two semi-finals of the Aria section, the CMIM moved to the Maison symphonique. The first took place on June 3, with a lineup…
CD Review | Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys, Bru Zane
Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys Judith van Wanroij, soprano; Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano; Cyrille Dubois, tenor; Jérôme Boutillier and Christian Helmer, baritones; Nicolas Courjal (bass); Hungarian National…
