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Encouraging Theatrical Dialogue Between the Various Cultures in Montreal

By Newswire on 2 October 2024 Montreal, Newswire, Theatre

MONTREAL, September 2024 – Continuing the promotion of diversity at the core of the Cole Foundation’s Intercultural Conversations-Conversations Interculturelles (IC-CI) program, new Foundation President Nancy Wells, along with longtime Chair and Past-President Barry Cole, is proud to announce the latest round of grant winners. A resounding success with ever-increasing applicants, Intercultural Conversations-Conversations interculturelles was created to motivate the production of professional theatre that features intercultural dialogue and introduces Montrealers to other cultural heritages. For this recent spring competition, thirteen companies were given vital grants to share diverse and inclusive theatrical stories in Greater Montreal for a total of $209,000 for…

Concours Musical International de Montréal, Voice Edition, Announces Prestigious Jury

By Newswire on 17 September 2024 Montreal, Music Competition, Newswire, Vocal

The jury of the Voice 2025 edition of the CMIM will be composed of eminent members, including performers and influential figures from the world of opera and classical music, who will gather in Montreal for the next edition of the Competition. Chaired by world-renowned Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, this jury will have the challenging task of evaluating the competitors’ performances, rewarding both technical excellence and artistic interpretation. “The members of the jury for our Voice 2025 edition all have exceptional backgrounds. Their expertise and influence on the international music scene will make them first choice references for our competitors at the start of their…

(L-R) Sara Schabas, Lucie St-Martin, Corey Arnold, Matthew Li

Review | Cultural Unity in the Chinese Gardens: A Lyrical Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration

By Amanda Wong on 16 September 2024 City, Classical Music, Montreal, Opera, Vocal

In the lunar calendar, the 15th day of the 8th month marks the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, a celebration of the harvest moon at its fullest and brightest. This significant day is a time of gratitude in many East and Southeast Asian countries for community and the season’s bountiful harvest. This occasion also symbolizes gathering, commemoration, and harmony among people — themes prominently emphasized in Rencontre Lyrique Chine-Canada (Chinese-Canadian Lyrical Gathering), a concert held in Montreal’s beautiful Botanical Gardens on Sept. 14th. Seven young Canadian and/or Chinese opera singers were featured, showcasing the power of music to unite cultures. These performers…

Salle Bourgie’s 2024-25 season is fast approaching

By Newswire on 4 September 2024 Montreal, Newswire

Montreal, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 – Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) kicks off its 2024-2025 season on Wednesday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. This concert also inaugurates Schubert’s complete lieder project: the Orchestre de l’Agora with mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and narrator Émile Proulx-Cloutier, led by conductor Nicolas Ellis, will transport listeners into Schubert’s imaginary world, with orchestrations by Berlioz, Webern, Reger and Canadian composer Ian Cusson, a member of the Georgian Bay Métis community, as well as excerpts from his symphonies. The 2024-2025 season brings us spectacular musical encounters. Developed by Artistic Director Olivier Godin and…

Sharon Azrieli: Final Act

By Charles Geyer on 31 August 2024 Montreal, Opera, Vocal

Update (Sept. 19, 2024): Sharon Azrieli is sad to announce that she will not be performing with the Opera de Montreal in Barber of Seville due to circumstances out of her control. “I’ve waited my entire career to sing with Opéra de Montréal,” says soprano Sharon Azrieli. The wait is over! The Montreal-born-and-raised Azrieli will be performing the piquant role of the maid Berta in Opéra de Montréal’s new production of Rossini’s The Barber of Séville (Sept. 28 through Oct. 6). It’s a moving capstone to a remarkably varied operatic, concert and recording career. French Connection “My favourite opera…

World music: Fall Season in Montreal

By Hassan Laghcha on 30 August 2024 Montreal, World Music

Place des Arts This fall, Place des Arts’s programming includes a Dance of Sands concert presented by Lebanese artist Aleph and his orchestra on Oct. 21 at Théâtre Maisonneuve. On the menu: a refined blend of jazz, flamenco and oriental music. On Nov. 22, Greek singer Nikos Vertis presents a selection of hits and songs from his latest album at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Next year kicks off with a Chinese New Year’s gala on Jan. 12 at Théâtre Maisonneuve, with Feng Hua Xue Yue 2025, directed by Singaporean lyric coloratura soprano Han Yong, accompanied by China-ASEAN host Chen Mingzhen. The celebrations…

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Montreal (In)Flux

By Félix-Antoine Hamel on 30 August 2024 City, La Scena Online, Montreal, Scena Jazz

“It almost happened by accident,” says Peter Burton (from Arts in the Margins) about the many organisations pulling their forces together for the upcoming Flux Festival, which will have its first edition from Oct. 4 to 10. In an era where money is rare for the creative arts, necessity is the mother of collaboration and no less than seven different organizations are involved in putting together concerts and conferences about experimental and improvised music during that week, including the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation as well as Innovations en concert. But while concert-goers will find much to enjoy…

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Antoine Bareil and the OSL Explore the Mendelssohns

By Arnaud G. Veydarier on 30 August 2024 City, Montreal, Orchestral

Since its founding in 1984, Orchestre symphonique de Laval (OSL) has brilliantly established itself in the musical landscape of Greater Montreal. On the eve of its 40th anniversary, the orchestra will open its new season with Encounter: Antoine Bareil plays Mendelssohn, an evening under the direction of conductor Adam Johnson featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor (1844), Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) by Modest Mussorgsky, and the Overture in C major (1832) by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. A grandiose program combining the enchanting expressiveness of German Romanticism with the raw lyricism of the Russian tradition. A family story Felix…

The Orchestre classique de Montréal announces its 85th season

By Newswire on 14 August 2024 La Scena Online, Montreal, Newswire

The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM), recent winner of the JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year, is excited to unveil its 2024/25 season: 85 Years of Emotions.

General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera

Metropolitan Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin signs contract extension through 2029–30 season

By Newswire on 6 August 2024 La Scena Online, Montreal, Newswire

The Metropolitan Opera today announced the contract extension of its Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, through the 2029–30 season.

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