“The Mighty Russians: Part II”
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major Op. 75* Tchaikovsky arr. Stravinsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Act 3 – “Bluebird Pas de deux” Prokofiev:…
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Tenor Ismael Jordi Highlights OdM’s Romeo et Juliette
Last night, Opéra de Montréal presented Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, the last opera of their 2017-18 season to a full house. A production with…
COC’s Anna Bolena High on Music, Staging Confusing
On April 28 COC premiered to a full house the last production of their 2017-18 season with Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. Directed by British Stephen…
La Scena Concert Reviews
Lucia di Lammermoor 4.5 Stars Opera McGill. Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor. Brittany Rae, Marcel d’Entremont, Bryan De Parsia, Jean-Philippe Mc Clish, Amelia Lubrano, Sébastien Comtois,…
Remembering Twelve Days of Giving: Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O17
A RETROSPECTIVE: of Opera Philadelphia’s inaugural Festival O17, September 14 through 25, 2017. As the calendar rolls into those Twelve Days famed for lovers’ gift-giving…
Last Supper: Thomas Adès Serves Up After-Dinner Mayhem in The Exterminating Angel
REVIEW: of Thomas Adès’s new opera The Exterminating Angel, viewed in live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, November 18, 2017. Guess who’s coming dinner…
Bruckner and Blomstedt in Berlin are worth the journey
Did you catch Herbert Blomstedt and Maria João Pires with the Berlin Philharmonic on Saturday? All it took was a smartphone, a subscription to the…
REVIEW: Berlin Staatsoper Hänsel und Gretel is an All-dressed Affair
BERLIN – Sending Achim Freyer after Hänsel und Gretel was both a mortifying and an intriguing concept. The German director is one of the stars…
Peter Bay and the ASO Take Prokofiev’s 5th Symphony “Beyond the Score”
Beyond the Score: Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 – Pure Propaganda? (A multimedia exploration) Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Op. 100 (complete performance)…
Press Review: Hamburg’s Take on Orchestre Métropolitain
Montreal’s second orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, got positive press for their concert at the Elbe Philharmonic Hall (Elbphilharmonie) last Friday (December 1, 2017). Joachim…
