Review | Fall for Dance North Homecoming & Autobiography
Fall for Dance North is Toronto’s biggest dance festival which signals the start of the arts performance season each autumn. Now in its 10th year,…
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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La Scena on the Road | Musikfest Berlin 2024: The Americas & Politics
Musikfest Berlin is an ambitious annual festival that hosts the world’s top orchestras, instrumental and vocal ensembles, together with the major symphony orchestras of the…
CD Review | Benjamin Bernheim, Douce France, DG
Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons Benjamin Bernheim, tenor; Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano Deutsche Grammophon, 2024 For his debut album of French mélodies and chansons, French-Swiss tenor…
CD Review | Carousel — John Wilson, Chandos
Rodgers and Hammerstein — Carousel Tenors: Nathaniel Hackmann and Julian Ovenden; sopranos: Mikaela Bennett, Sierra Boggess and Francesca Chiejina; baritone, David Seadon-Young; Sinfonia of London;…
Luminous Voices: Thriving with new creations & great masterworks
When Artistic Director Timothy Shantz founded Calgary’s professional choir, Luminous Voices, in 2012, it was to fulfill a “longstanding dream.” After completing his master’s in…
Canadians Abroad: Canadian artists busy beyond our borders in 24-25
Gerald Finley, bass-baritone One of Canada’s busiest international opera stars, Montreal-born/Ottawa-raised Gerald Finley’s 24-25 season finds the bass-baritone singing at the world’s most prestigious houses.…
Opera Across Canada: a season anchored by the classics
In many ways, the 2024-25 Canadian opera season represents post-pandemic reality. Government subsidies that helped companies survive the horrors of more than two years of…
Canada’s Newest Company Directors: Challenges, the Future & Significant Changes
Over the past couple of years, many directors of Canada’s leading artistic organisations have retired, giving way to a new generation of executives. In the…
Review | Bayreuth Festival 2024: Wagner revisited
One of the most unique features of the annual Bayreuth Festival dedicated to the operas of Richard Wagner is the opportunity it affords to revisit…
Review | Elisabeth St-Gelais at Toronto Summer Music
Innu soprano Elisabeth St-Gelais made her Toronto Summer Music debut on July 30 in recital with pianist Louise Pelletier. They presented a classic song program…
