Report | OSM Competition 2025: Lyrical Generosity at Maison symphonic
It was a packed house on Nov. 15 at Maison symphonique for the finals of the OSM Competition 2025, and one could feel the sense…
Yearly Archives: 2025
Review | A New World with Glass Marcano and Orchestre Métropolitan
Last year, I had the pleasure of witnessing—and writing about—Glass Marcano’s Canadian debut with Orchestre Métropolitan (OM), here in Montreal. The Venezuelan conductor’s return to…
Review | Richard Coeur-de-lion: When Squire is King at Opera in Concert
Tenor Colin Ainsworth’s announced indisposition at VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert’s Nov. 15 presentation of Grétry’s Richard Coeur-de-lion proved not as potentially ruinous as one might…
Review | National Ballet’s Disturbing and Cathartic The Winter’s Tale
The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare’s strange amalgam of tragedy and rustic comedy, was given ballet form in 2014 by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot,…
Newswire | Soprano Gabrielle Turgeon Wins 86th MSO Competition
Montreal, November 15, 2025. The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is delighted to announce the Grand Prize winner of the 2025 OSM Competition. Gabrielle Turgeon wins the Barbara…
Lebrecht Weekly | Franz Schubert: 4-hand piano music (Erato)
Schubert, in the final year of his short life, feared he was dying and hoped he was not. Some doctors thought his symptoms were neurotic…
CD Review | What if?, Joel Miller, Leaf Music
What if? Joel Miller, saxophones and composition; Ensemble Resonance New Music: Andrew Reed Miller, double bass; Danielle Sametz, violin; Joël Cormier, percussion; Silvio Pupo, piano…
CD Review | Ambroise Thomas: Psyché, Hélène Guilmette, Bru Zane
Ambroise Thomas: Psyché Hélène Guilmette (Psyché), Antoinette Dennefeld (Éros), Tassis Christoyannis (Mercure), Mercedes Arcuri (Dafné), Anna Dowsley (Bérénice), Artavazd Sargsyan (Antinoüs), Philippe Estèphe (Gorgias) Hungarian…
Review | Gala Talent 2025: A Glimpse into Opera’s Future
On November 11, Opéra de Montréal presented its annual Gala Talent at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, featuring finalists from the Atelier lyrique National Auditions. Accompanied by pianists…
CD Review | Nuits blanches Olivier Bergeron, Olivier Godin
Bergeron, Godin — Nuits blanches Olivier Bergeron, baritone; Olivier Godin, piano Leaf Music, 2025 Olivier Bergeron was recently heard at the Festival d’opéra de Québec…
