Review | Opera 5 Unveils an Inscrutable & Intriguing Parḗlios
As part of its Toronto Opera Festival, Opera 5 presented the premiere of Parḗlios on June 12, a new work by composer Cecilia Livingston and…
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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Review | Expertly-Staged Puccini at Toronto Opera Festival
Opera 5 opened their Toronto Opera Festival on June 3 with Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Two parts of the opera master’s Il trittico…
Industry News | June 2026: Latest Appointments & Prizes Announced
Appointments On April 23, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal announced the renewal of Rafael Payare’s tenure for a five-year term. His initial term began in 2021…
Review | A New Toronto Indie debuts with Don Giovanni
A new Toronto indie collective unveiled its first production on May 22. Benevolence Opera Project presented an adapted version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the…
Review | Radical Trad Werther at the COC
It’s been 34 years since the Canadian Opera Company last presented Massenet’s Werther. While perhaps not in the top 10 of most–produced operas, it isn’t…
Review | Comic Carnevale in Toronto Operetta Theatre’s A Night in Venice
Toronto Operetta Theatre closed their season with Johann Strauss’s 1883 operetta A Night in Venice. Set in Venice during carnival season, it revolves around plot…
Review | Drama Shines Through Baroque Intrusions in Opera Atelier’s Pelléas et Mélisande
It’s no secret that Opera Atelier has wanted to present Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande for many decades, and finally, the results were unveiled last week…
Industry News | April/May 2026: All the Winners Announced
Appointments On Feb. 10, Canadian Opera Company (COC) announced Ian Derrer as their next general director beginning July 1, 2026. He currently serves as general…
Review | Cranko’s Onegin Thrills at Hungarian State Ballet
John Cranko’s Onegin has played an important role in the recent history of the Hungarian State Ballet. Its current artistic director, Tamás Solymosi, danced the…
Review | Zita Szemere Shines in Hungarian State Opera’s Dramatically Confused Lucia di Lammermoor
Hungarian State Opera’s revival of their 2016 production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor by Máté Szabó gives us a new Lucia ascendant who succeeds within…
