COVID-19: Opéra de Montréal Cancels Magic Flute
Posted to the Opéra de Montréal’s website yesterday, the company has cancelled Mozart’s Magic Flute, its last production of its 2019-20 season, which was to…
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Canadian Opera Company Cancels Rest of 2019/2020 Season
March 27, 2020, Toronto – Following the recent state of emergency declared in Ontario and the ongoing public closures due to precautions around the spread of COVID-19,…
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Canada to Provide $2000 per Month for Workers Affected by COVID-19
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Editorial
Cover, February 2000 issue Twenty years ago, La Scena Musicale’s February 2000 issue featured on the cover the young and relatively unknown Montreal conductor Yannick…
The First December 6 Memorial Concert
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Leaf Music: The Independant Label That Could
In 2012, Jeremy VanSlyke was part-way through a master’s in sound recording at McGill’s Schulich School of Music when he started Leaf Music. “Having grown…
Angèle Dubeau: Still going strong
“I’m not retiring,” emphasized the violinist Angèle Dubeau, who after 40 years of touring away from home seven months a year – over 20 with…
