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Newswire | Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

By Newswire on 2 October 2023 Montreal, Newswire, Orchestral, Toronto

Montreal, October 2, 2023 – Looney Tunes’ legendary animated shorts are taking Canada by storm for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, with upcoming dates in Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto. This tour marks the 35th anniversary of the acclaimed production, created in partnership by George Daugherty, David Ka Lik Wong and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and lauded by critics and audiences around the globe. To ring in the momentous occasion, creator and conductor George Daugherty leads Canada’s premier film music orchestra, the FILMharmonic. Enthusiasts from all walks of life will be able to share in the joy of…

Clay Hilley as Florestan and Miina-Liisa Värelä as Leonore in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Fidelio (Photo: Michael Cooper)

Concert Review | Canadian Opera Company opens 2023-24 season with Beethoven’s Fidelio

By Denise Lai on 2 October 2023 Concert Reviews, Opera, Toronto

The Canadian Opera Company opened its 2023-24 season with a rare gem. Fidelio is the only opera Beethoven ever wrote, and it has not been performed by the COC in almost 15 years. Leonore hatches a plan to rescue her husband Florestan, who has been wrongfully incarcerated for trying to expose the wrongdoings of Don Pizzaro, governor of the prison. She disguises herself as a man by the name of Fidelio, to work at the prison where her husband is held. She saves him just in the nick of time, as Don Pizzaro is about the silence Florestan for good…

Ian Cusson (left) and Cherie Dimaline (right)

Newswire | Canadian Opera Company and National Arts Centre commission Empire of Wild from Ian Cusson and Cherie Dimaline

By Newswire on 29 September 2023 Arts Industry, Newswire, Opera, Toronto

Toronto, September 29 – The Canadian Opera Company (COC) and National Arts Centre (NAC) have officially co-commissioned Empire of Wild, an imaginative and enthralling new mainstage opera from composer Ian Cusson and librettist Cherie Dimaline that centres the Georgian Bay Métis community at the heart of its story. “I am thrilled to be partnering with the National Arts Centre in the creation of this important, contemporary opera,” says COC General Director Perryn Leech. “Empire of Wild embodies years of community-rooted work that the Canadian Opera Company has been doing through regular discourse with its Circle of Artists, and marks a tangible…

Newswire | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces new 23.24 season Community Engagement Team and Activities

By Newswire on 28 September 2023 Arts Industry, Choral, Newswire, Toronto

Toronto, September 25, 2023 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces an exciting array of community events for the 2023/2024 season, led by an all-new Community Engagement team under the artistic direction of Jean-Sébastien Vallée. From free performances to choral workshops, the TMChoir returns this season with both long-time choral favourites and new community endeavours. To facilitate these new ventures, the TMChoir appointed Lesley Emma Bouza as Community Engagement Coordinator and Justin Jalea as Community Engagement Advisor. “This season, I’m excited to explore the diverse communities and identities that intersect within TMChoir and to better understand our choir’s own identity,” says…

Simon Betrand (Photo by Jan Vailhé)

Newswire | Composer Simon Bertrand Appointed Interim Artistic Director of the SMCQ

By Newswire on 28 September 2023 Arts Industry, Montreal, Newswire

Montreal, September 27, 2023 – Anik Shooner, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), announces the appointment of Simon Bertrand as Interim Artistic Director. The composer has been actively involved in the Quebec and Canadian music scene for many years. Mr. Bertrand officially took office on September 13, 2023. The Board of Directors has chosen to offer Mr. Bertrand the position of Interim Artistic Director to ensure artistic continuity during the ongoing strategic reflection required by the current post-pandemic cultural context. Mr. Bertrand will carry out his mandate in close collaboration with…

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Newswire | Le FIFA inaugurates a tour of free screenings across Quebec

By Newswire on 27 September 2023 Film, Montreal, Visual Arts

Montréal, September 27, 2023 – The International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) unveils a tour of free screenings across the province. A pilot project, running from September to December 2023, with the aim of making art films accessible to all audiences and all regions of Quebec. A major player in the promotion of art films for over 40 years, both here and internationally, Le FIFA is today redoubling its efforts in its mission to promote cultural accessibility, by offering an innovative tour of free screenings in emblematic cultural venues in our region. This strategic partnership with the CDPQ…

In front: Élisabeth St-Gelais and Guillaume Lombart. Behind, from left to right: Denise Lefebvre, visual arts commissioner, Louise Pelletier, Élisabeth St-Gelais's pianist, Michel Ferland, general and artistic director, Baptiste Petit, digital marketing and international development

Newswire | Élisabeth St-Gelais signs exclusive contract with ATMA Classique

By Newswire on 27 September 2023 Classical Music, Montreal

Montreal, September 19 – Guillaume Lombart, President of ATMA Classique, is delighted to announce the signing of an exclusive recording contract with the multi award-winning Innu soprano Élisabeth St-Gelais on the ATMA Classique label. “Her exceptional voice, remarkable talent and dazzling career debut caught my attention, and I was inspired to help develop her career with this exclusive contract,” says Lombart. ATMA Classique will produce three albums over a six-year period with Élisabeth St-Gelais. The first album will be devoted to Duparc, Chausson, and Poulenc, masters of French melody. St-Gelais will be accompanied by pianist Louise Pelletier, and the recording…

Concert Review | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s splendid modernization of baroque music

By Kristen Whittle on 27 September 2023 Baroque and Early, CD and Book Reviews, Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Dance, Toronto

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir opened their 2023/24 season with “In Time,” a program that combined baroque music and contemporary dance. The choir collaborated with dancers from Compagnie de la Citadelle to create an amalgamation of old and new that was both captivating and eye-catching. Dance was incorporated into Bach’s Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lays in the snares of Death) and Handel’s Dixit Dominus. Considering the popularity of dance in the baroque period, it is not surprising that this music would be well-suited to accompanying dance. The Bach featured a solo dancer that acted out the German text in a…

Newswire | Jocelyn Ménard Caribbean Jazz Group launches Montreal tour

By Newswire on 26 September 2023 Mainstream Jazz, Montreal, Scena Jazz, World Music

Montreal, September 25 – Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jocelyn Ménard is a Canadian-born jazz musician. Trained in Montreal, New York with George Coleman and Paris with Bernard Maury. He has played regularly with the Bernard Primeau Jazz Ensemble, Vic Vogel’s Big Band and various groups ranging from jazz to Latin music, and has taken part in numerous festivals. Since 1988, he has regularly shuttled between Quebec and Guadeloupe. He plays regularly with André Condouant, Happy Lewis, Charlie Chomereau-Lamotte, and the Big Band Mavounzy, and Gwadloup and in small groups [Men Art Jazz 4tet, An’nax, Guanada…]. With Canadian pianist Normand Deveault,…

Jacques Lacombe (Credit: Brent Calis)

Newswire | 200 years of Ukrainian classical music with the OCM

By Newswire on 25 September 2023 Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, World Music

Montréal, September 25, 2023 – For the first orchestral concert of the season, the Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) will shine the spotlight on Ukraine’s rich musical heritage with a varied program spanning more than 200 years of classical works by renowned Ukrainian composers. This will be Maestro Jacques Lacombe’s first appearance this season as the OCM’s new Artistic Director. The concert will take place on Tuesday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m., at Salle Pierre‑Mercure and will serve as a fundraiser for Ukrainian artists through the Canada-Ukraine Foundation’s “Aid for Artists” fund. In addition to a world premiere by Ukrainian‑Canadian composer Joanna Estelle Storoschuk, this all‑Ukrainian…

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