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La Scena Radio: Tribute to Maria Callas

By Wah Keung Chan on 2 December 2023 Arts Industry, Classical Music, La Scena Online, Opera, Vocal

On the 100th anniversary of soprano Maria Callas’s birth (Dec. 2, 1923), we are streaming recordings of Maria Callas 24/7 from Dec. 2 to 19, 2023. À l’occasion du 100e anniversaire de la naissance de Maria Callas (2 décembre 1923), nous diffusons des enregistrements de Maria Callas 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7, du 2 au 19 décembre 2023. Playlist / Liste d’écoute La Divina – The Best of Maria Callas (compilation), Warner Music CD1: Studio Recordings Norma, Act 1: “Casta Diva” (Norma, Coro) Carmen, Act 1: Habanera. “L’amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle” (Carmen, Chur) La Cenerentola,…

Lebrecht Weekly | Thomas Larcher: The Living Mountain (ECM New Series)

By Norman Lebrecht on 1 December 2023 Lebrecht Weekly, Piano, Strings, Vocal

Thomas Larcher is an Austrian of esoteric tendencies. Mystical to a fault, his latest collection consists of two solo vocal settings of enigmatic English texts by Nan Shepherd and W. G. Sebald.

Chantal Freeman

Newswire | Soprano Chantal Freeman Presents French Chanson in Philadelphia

By Newswire on 30 November 2023 Newswire, Piano, Vocal

Join Chantal Freeman, Soprano and her fantastic collaborator, Ting Ting Wong at The Perch (Philadelphia) in an intimate evening of some her favorite French Chanson.

Electric Messiah

Newswire | Toronto’s Electric Messiah Returns with a Captivating Reboot at Theatre Passe Muraille

By Newswire on 20 November 2023 Chamber Music, Newswire, Toronto, Vocal

Soundstreams’ 41st season continues this December with Electric Messiah, the company’s 8th annual dynamic and original reimagination of Handel’s timeless classic.

Amadeus Choir practicing for Sir Andrew Davis Koerner Hall concert (Photo by Dahlia Katz)

Highlights | Koerner Hall Concert Review Blitz, Carnegie Hall Announces Streaming Service

By Zenith Wolfe on 17 November 2023 Classical, Highlights, Music Competition, Orchestral, Toronto, Vancouver, Vocal

We’ve been keeping up with Koerner Hall and TSO performances through a series of concert reviews written by our talented reporters.

Newswire | New Series of Concerts by Festival Classica, Les Grands accords Classica

By Newswire on 16 November 2023 Classical Music, Newswire, Opera

Festival Classica is proud to announce the creation of the Les Grands accords Classica series, a new line of large-scale concerts that will enhance the event’s regular program.

Sir Andrew Davis

Concert Review | Sharing Perspectives: Memories of Loss – Sir Andrew Davis Conducts Faure’s Requiem

By Andrea Rush on 13 November 2023 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Toronto, Vocal

Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis received a regal welcome befitting his longstanding kinship with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and its audience.

Madame Tussaud wax sculptures of The Beatles (Photo by Abi Skipp, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Beatles_%286826714059%29.jpg)

Highlights | Opinions Mixed on Final Beatles Song

By Zenith Wolfe on 10 November 2023 Highlights, Music Competition, Opera, Orchestral, Popular Music

The release of the “final” Beatles song, Now and Then, has been bittersweet for fans of the 1960s boy band.

Photo by Eric Beliveau

Joel Ivany & Miriam Khalil: Just Getting Started

By Eva Stone-Barney on 10 November 2023 Art Song, Classical, Classical Music, Contemporary, Opera, Vocal

Author : (Eva Stone-Barney)

Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) is a pillar of the Canadian opera scene. The award-winning company has been pushing boundaries and challenging audiences to experience opera in exciting, new ways since its founding in 2010 by director, librettist, educator, and administrator Joel Ivany, and his partner, soprano Miriam Khalil. Ivany didn’t grow up with opera. He recalls watching La Bohème, starring Pavarotti, on Laser Disk, and later, going to the Canadian Opera Company (COC) for the first time, in Grade 13. Entranced by the “big stage, big sound, big … everything,” he remembers thinking: “How are we going to…

CD Review | Etiquette (Leaf Music, 2023)

By Bridget Esler on 10 November 2023 CD and Book Reviews, Opera, Vocal

This world-première recording of Etiquette, a one-act chamber opera with music by Monica Pearce and libretto by John Terauds, features sopranos Maureen Batt and Erin Bardua.

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