Review | Strong casting is the secret ingredient in the Arts Club’s Waitress
Based on the motion picture by Adrienne Shelly, Sara Bareilles’s Waitress is one of the most popular musicals composed in recent years. It premiered on…
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Review | As he exits, Martin Schläpfer puts a modern stamp on Vienna State Ballet
A revolution has erupted: the Swiss dancer and choreographer Martin Schläpfer, formerly director of Düsseldorf’s Ballet am Rhein (known for its innovative choreography), became director…
Review | Spellbinding Bruckner from Thielemann & Staatskapelle Berlin in Vienna
Christian Thielemann’s June 26th concert with Staatskspelle Berlin at Vienna’s venerable Musikverein almost felt like too much of a good thing. Works by two favourite…
Review | Marie-Nicole Lemieux shines in impromptu Paris Rossini fest
For avid Rossini fans, a logical destination is the Rossini Opera Festival held annually in Pesaro, the composer’s birthplace on Italy’s Adriatic coast. There, the…
Review | A Very New York Elegies at Toronto Opera Festival
Elegies: A Song Cycle, by William Finn, is a series of songs in a musical theatre idiom dealing with bereavement and mourning. It’s a 2003…
Report | CMIM 2025 Aria Final: A Last Evening Full of Surprises
When the “unranked” candidates for the CMIM Aria Finals were announced yesterday, Friday, June 6th, at Maison symphonique, Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh’s face was a mixture of…
CMIM Aria Finals: La Scena Predictions
La Scena Musicale’s team has been following CMIM Voice 2025. Here are our predictions for the Finals. The Finals takes place Friday, June 6 at…
Report | CMIM Aria Semi-Final II: A Momentum for Fleuranne Brockway?
We now know the names of the finalists of the Montreal International Music Competition (MIMC) in the Aria category: Fleuranne Brockway, Yewon Han, Junho Hwang,…
Review | Echo: Memories of the World Explores Archives’ Power
As the audience arrived at the Chan Centre for Echo: Memories of the World (May 31), they were immediately directed to the choral loft behind,…
Report | CMIM Aria Semi-Final I: Junho Hwang Emerges Victorious
For the two semi-finals of the Aria section, the CMIM moved to the Maison symphonique. The first took place on June 3, with a lineup…
