Opera & Vocal Guide
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Yearly Archives: 2025
CD Review | James Ehnes, Bach Violin Concertos
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos James Ehnes, violin; National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Analekta, 2025 Bach’s corpus of concertos for violin…
CD Review | Réflexions, Francis Choinière
Réflexions Francis Choinière, piano GFN Productions, 2025 Francis Choinière has swapped his conductor’s baton for the piano keyboard, and now brings us his first solo…
CD Review | Canadian Mosaic, Canadian Sinfonietta Chamber Players
Canadian Mosaic Canadian Sinfonietta Chamber Players, Ronald Royer, conductor; Stephen Tam, flute; Kaye Royer, clarinet; Kristin Day, bassoon; Joyce Lai and Alain Bouvier, violins; Ian…
Carmen at 150: A Listener’s Guide
“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle que nul ne peut apprivoiser, Et c’est bien en vain qu’on l’appelle, S’il lui convient de refuser.” With these lines,…
Protecting the Instrument: Vocal and Hearing Health for Musicians
For a musician, the body itself is an instrument. It is the foundation on which all musical abilities are built, but it is equally as…
Opéra de Trois-Rivières: Giving Voice To Vocal Talents
In 2021, at the height of the COVID pandemic, while many cultural companies faced closing their doors, soprano Valérie Poisson took the bold step to…
CD Review | Bizet rarities on Bru Zane’s Portrait
Georges Bizet: Portrait Djamileh, Vasco de Gama, Le Retour de Virginie, Clovis et Clotilde, symphonic and choral music, music for piano and arias Karina Gauvin…
Clinics Of Canada: Hearing Protection And Hearing Aids For Musicians
Prior to 1988, there were no musicians’ earplugs. Performing artists in the 1970s and 1980s had to equip themselves with industrial-strength foam earplugs or dampened…
Thomas Hampson: A Song of Freedom
Thomas Hampson needs no introduction. At nearly 70 years old, the American lyric baritone continues to travel the world, not only as a singer and…
