Review | Emerson String Quartet Begins Its Farewell Season
Emerson String Quartet. Koerner Hall, Toronto, Sunday, October 2, 2022. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major MWVR25. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3…
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Review | Il Trovatore: top-class singers and no stage set
On September 10, the Opéra de Montréal launched its season with Verdi’s Il Trovatore, another classic of the operatic repertoire. For the occasion, the…
Review | Chicago is a Razzle Dazzle Production. But Has the Stratford Festival Lost its Way?
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of driving through Amish country in southwestern Ohio, and attending performances by the Ohio Light Opera (OLO)…
Review | Notre Dame de Paris: A Successful Return
On Sunday August 13, a jam-packed Wilfrid Pelletier Hall received with ovations singer Bruno Pelletier in his return to the emblematic musical creation of Plamondon…
Review | New Bayreuth Festival Ring Cycle — A Stew of Undercooked Ideas
After a long, pandemic-induced delay, the Bayreuther Festspiele finally premiered its new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle on July 31, but not before a myriad…
Toronto Summer Music “Inspirations” Concert Features Sensitive Interpretation of Keiko Devaux’s “Arras”
On July 31, Toronto Summer Music (TSM) presented Canadian composer Keiko Devaux’s award-winning piece “Arras,” and Klaus Simon’s chamber ensemble arrangement of Mahler 4, two…
Review | Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met – Strong Vocals, Overblown Production
One of opera’s masterful stories of star-crossed love was recently re-imagined in the American Rust Belt. On Saturday, May 21st, this season’s final performance of…
OCM: “A symphony to celebrate the memory of a great man”
May 27 marked the last concert of the season by the Orchester Classique de Montréal (OCM) at the Maison symphonique de Montréal. So many concerts,…
Review | RCM: “Music Lights the Way”
On April 27, 2022, Canada’s largest and most respected music education institution, The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), held the ‘Music Lights the Way’ black-tie…
Review | Canadian Opera Company’s La Traviata a Feast for the Eyes and Ears
One of the Verdi’s best-known operas with many recognizable tunes, La Traviata tells the tragic love story of Parisian courtesan Violetta, who initially rejects the…
