Jaap Nico Hamburger: Doctor-Composer
The music just comes to me; I just write down what I hear,” says Jaap Nico Hamburger. Only two years after quitting his full-time job…
Wah Keung Chan
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Editorial from the Editor
Welcome to the third issue of La Scena Musicale published in the midst of a new reality. This is not the way we imagined our…
La Scena Tête-à-tête with Marc-Antoine D’Aragon & Don Adriano
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaScenaMusicale/videos/1033861650382848 On YouTube: Join us Wednesday Sept. 2 at 7 PM EST on Facebook Live and YouTube Live for an interview with Canadian…
Lise Davidsen in Oslo a Treat
When 34-year-old soprano Lise Davidsen made her Montreal debut last October as the title character in Orchestre Métropolitain’s opera in concert version of Beethoven’s Fidelio,…
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…
MSO and Kent Nagano Saddened by Death of Krzysztof Penderecki
In a press release, Kent Nagano offered a homage to the late Krzysztof Penderecki, with whom he and the MSO have had a special relationship.…
Krzysztof Penderecki (23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020)
The Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki died on Sunday, March 29 at the age of 86 in his hometown of Krakow. According to media in the…
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,…
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…
