Review | Outsider as symbol in under-characterized COC La Reine-garçon
Composer Julien Bilodeau and librettist Michel Marc Bouchard’s La Reine-garçon represents a milestone as the first co-production of a new “mainstage” opera between two of…
Gianmarco Segato
Gianmarco Segato
Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.
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Industry News February 2025: Resignations, cancellations & happy winners announced
Appointments The Metropolitan Opera announced the appointment of Daniele Rustioni to the position of principal guest conductor for a three-year term, becoming only the third…
Giacomo Puccini: Five Great Love Duets
To celebrate the Valentine month, La Scena Musicale’s team of opera experts present five great Puccini love duets. “Tu, tu, amore? Tu?” Manon Lescaut When…
Review | Lauren Margison & Colin Ainsworth Shine in OIC Alceste
Although Toronto audiences have experienced memorable Robert Carsen stagings of two operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck in relatively recent seasons (Orfeo ed Euridice and Iphigénie…
Review | Stellar cast enlivens flawed Into the Woods at Koerner Hall
The nearly 40-year-old musical Into the Woods, with music and lyrics by the legendary Stephen Sondheim and book by American playwright James Lapine, has become…
Review | Toronto Operetta Theatre’s Marvellous Countess Maritza
As is their tradition, Toronto Operetta Theatre livens up the in-between-Christmas-to-New Year lull with an annual production of a classic, golden age operetta. This year,…
Review | Maria is a Complex Cinematic Traversal of Callas’s Last Days
For fans of the legendary opera diva Maria Callas, it feels like rumours of a major film based on her life have been swirling for…
Review | Czech Philharmonic Triumphs with Celebratory Program at Toronto’s Koerner Hall
The Czech Philharmonic’s guest appearance at Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Dec. 7 is part of a year-long series of concerts they are presenting the world-over…
Review | Barbara Hannigan Pulls Out All the Stops at Toronto’s Koerner Hall
Canadian soprano and 20/21st-century specialist extraordinaire, Barbara Hannigan, appeared at Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Nov. 28 with French pianist Bertrand Chamayou in a program they…
Review | An Over Full Cunning Little Vixen at Janáček Brno Festival
The 2024 Janáček Brno Festival closed on Nov. 24 with a revival of National Theatre Brno’s 2018 production of Janáček’s 1924 opera, The Cunning Little…
