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Cette semaine à Montréal (19 à 25 octobre) / This Week in Montreal (October 19 – 25)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 20 October 2015 Opera, Orchestral, This Week in Montreal

Musique/MusicAlban Gerhardt au LMMC – un retour attenduLe Ladies’ Morning Musical Club recevra l’un des grands violoncellistes de notre époque, Alban Gerhardt, qui a joué à l’âge de 21 ans avec l’Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin sous la direction de Semyon Bychkov. Au programme : Barber, Britten, Beethoven, Brahms (dimanche 4).Nommé en hommage au compositeur tchèque emprisonné à Theresienstadt en 1941, le quatuor Pavel Haas est devenu l’un des plus importants ensembles de chambre. Il fait ses débuts au LMMC le 25 octobre. Les concerts ont lieu à la salle Pollack à 15 h 30. www.lmmc.caAlban Gerhardt et chatCrédit photo: Kaupo…

Cette semaine à Montréal (12 à 18 octobre) / This Week in Montreal (October 12 – 18)

By Kiersten van Vliet on 12 October 2015 Baroque and Early, Opera, Piano, This Week in Montreal

Musique / Music Le NEM autour de Salvatore SciarrinoCompositeur italien né en 1947, Salvatore Sciarrino est un génie du son. D’après lui, le silence n’est qu’un « grouillement infini de sonorités microscopiques ». En compagnie du NEM et du baryton Vincent Ranallo, vous êtes invités à plonger dans l’univers mystérieux et rythmé des battements de cœur murmurés du compositeur. Salle Bourgie, mercredi 14, 19 h 30. www.lenem.ca Marc-André HamelinPhoto: Fran Kaufman Marc-André Hamelin à Pro MusicaPianiste mondialement réputé que la scène montréalaise accueille régulièrement, Marc-André Hamelin est l’invité de Pro Musica pour un programme Mozart, Debussy, Schubert et Hamelin. Maison symphonique, vendredi 16,…

Hugo Laporte, Photo: Marc Robitaille

Hugo Laporte, winner of the OSM Manulife Competition

By Michèle-Andrée Lanoue on 1 October 2015 Art Song, La Scena Spotlight, Opera

On November 22, 2014, baritone Hugo Laporte received the highest honours at the prestigious OSM Standard Life Competition. Since then, his engagements have multiplied to ever-increasing critical acclaim. In this article, we encounter a young musician of exceptional promise. Originally from Quebec, Hugo Laporte was introduced to music at an early age. At four years old, he and his parents attended the youth concert series at the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. “They quickly noticed that I had a strong interest in music. So we went to the open house of the music school around the corner. I was six years…

Margaret Atwood. Photo Jean Malek

Double Meaning: Margaret Atwood on Pauline

By Rebecca Anne Clark on 1 September 2015 Contemporary, Literature, Opera

Author : (Rebecca Anne Clark)

Poet. Trailblazer. Canadian luminary. These descriptors apply as much to Margaret Atwood as they do to the subject of her first libretto, E. Pauline Johnson. While many will instantly recognize Atwood as the contemporary First Lady of CanLit, it is only in the last few decades that Johnson’s life and work have experienced a renaissance on the Canadian cultural scene. Pauline Johnson has become more relevant than ever in an era in which the subjects of her writing – First Nations issues, biculturalism and multiculturalism, women and sexuality, and Canadian identity – are hotly discussed. Born in 1861 to a…

Culchahworks Arts Collective and Panamania presented by CIBC Present the world premiere of Obeah Opera A Nicole Brooks Vision in association with Nightwood Theatre and b current

By Newswire on 7 August 2015 Newswire, Opera, Vocal

Culchahworks Arts Collective and Panamania in association with Nightwood Theatre and b current proudly present the world premiere of Obeah Opera, a groundbreaking a cappella musical odyssey conceived, written and composed by Culchahworks Co-Artistic Director Nicole Brooks that runsTuesday August 4 to Saturday, August 8 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in The Distillery District (Media Night August 6). Tickets are available at http://youngcentre.ca/ or by calling the Young Centre Box Office at 416-866-8666 and will be available at http://obeahopera.com/ within the week.Obeah Opera is a hand clapping, foot stomping, spirit-lifting, magical musical sensation unlike any other opera…

Opera Buffs Wanted! New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera to Hold Open House and Silent Auction

By Newswire on 6 August 2015 Newswire, Opera, Vocal

(Bergen County, New Jersey; August 4, 2015) – The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera’s (Verismo Opera), the house opera company of the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), will hold its fall Open House and a silent auction fundraiser on Saturday, September 12, 2015. The annual event will be held at The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC in Englewood, New Jersey at 2:00 p.m. Artistic Director Lucine Amara, a Met Opera luminary, invites the public to attend the free event and learn more about the grand opera company’s fall season. The program will feature vocalists performing solos from Verismo Opera’s…

Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2015-2016 Season: From Great Theatre, Opera is Born

By Newswire on 3 August 2015 Newswire, Opera, Vocal

Victoria’s 2015-16 opera season begins with Otello and closes with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and sandwiched between is the frothy cream of The Barber of Seville. With Verdi and Britten’s adaptations of Shakespeare and Rossini’s take on Beaumarchais, Pacific Opera Victoria celebrates theatre, reborn as dazzling opera. All productions take place at the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, Victoria, BC. OTELLO Verdi October 15 to 25, 2015Otello is an illustrious general with an adoring wife, until Iago sets out to destroy him and tear his marriage apart. With insinuation and lies, malevolence and false kindness, Iago plays on his general’s vulnerability. …

San Diego Opera Announces Opera Exposed 2016 Roster and Event

By Newswire on 20 July 2015 Newswire, Opera, Vocal

Audience Engagement Ensemble from the Company’s University Partnership Program to Present Free Community ConcertsSan Diego, CA – San Diego Opera is pleased to announce the 2015-2016 Opera Exposed artists and events. Opera Exposed is a touring opera ensemble comprised of students from San Diego Opera’s University Partnership Program which currently includes vocal arts students from SDSU and Point Loma Nazarene University. All of the participants have auditioned into the program and represent San Diego Opera in recitals throughout the communities and neighborhoods of San Diego County, with a focus on underserved neighborhoods. In return, the students receive master classes with…

The National Arts Centre Lowers the Flag in Honour of Opera Singer Jon Vickers

By Newswire on 14 July 2015 Newswire, Opera, Vocal

OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre, Canada’s home of the performing arts, lowered its flag in honour of Canadian opera great Jon Vickers today. Vickers was the winner of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts, and performed at the NAC on numerous occasions over the years. His portrait is in the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards hallway of the NAC in Ottawa. “He was one of Canada’s greatest gifts to the world of opera,” said Peter Herrndorf the President and CEO of the NAC. “We were honoured to have Jon perform with…

Culchahworks Arts Collective and Panamania presented by CIBC Present the world premiere of Obeah Opera A Nicole Brooks Vision in association with Nightwood Theatre and b current

By Newswire on 9 July 2015 Newswire, Opera, Vocal

TORONTO (July 7, 2015) – Culchahworks Arts Collective and Panamania in association with Nightwood Theatre and b current proudly present the world premiere of Obeah Opera, a groundbreaking a cappella musical odyssey conceived, written and composed by Culchahworks Co-Artistic Director Nicole Brooks that runsTuesday August 4 to Saturday, August 8 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in The Distillery District (Media Night August 6). Tickets are available at http://youngcentre.ca/ or by calling the Young Centre Box Office at 416-866-8666 and will be available athttp://obeahopera.com/within the week.Obeah Opera is a hand clapping, foot stomping, spirit-lifting, magical musical sensation unlike…

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