Michael Spyres at Lanaudière: A Masterclass in Belcanto
On Thursday, July 11, along with my opera fans colleagues, we withstood a road full with traffic, heavy rain and stormy winds to the Église…
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Atmospheres (ECM focus, Montreal, June-July 2019)
The Festival international de jazz de Montréal (FIJM) just marked its 40th annual edition and was more than ready to pull out all stops. Its success…
Espace 67 Mostly a Success
After two years of planning and enhancement, the Société du parc Jean-Drapeau (SPJD) and the Metropolitan Orchestra organized a free concert for the inauguration of…
Some serious fun at the Montreal Baroque Festival
The governing theme of the Montreal Baroque Festival this year was sprezzatura, an Italian word defined as nicely-calibrated nonchalance by Baldassare Castiglione in his Book…
Michael Tilson Thomas makes a memorable OSM debut
The OSM has seen its share of notable guest conductors over the decades. Now the list includes Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San…
Short Concert Review – Strings on the Loose
In the Sea @ La Vitrola, Montréal, May 14, 2019 by Marc Chénard In a jazz setting, string groups have traditionally served as backdrops to…
Impressive Mahler from the OUM — and some friends
Hard to fault the Mahler Third Symphony heard Saturday night (April 13, 2019) in Salle Claude-Champagne. Very hard, if the criteria are performing standards and…
De Souza gets to the heart of Schumann with the Orchestre Métropolitain
Local boy makes good. Not that Jordan de Souza is, strictly speaking, a Montrealer. “Né à Toronto” were the first words we read in the…
The Don Takes a Wife – Review of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti’s 1843 opera buffa Don Pasquale was recently staged by Opéra immédiat, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. This review covers the…
Review: Così fan Tutte at UdeM, Promising Young Cast Marred by Production
On Thursday, February 28, l’Atelier d’opéra de l’Université de Montréal presented Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte to a near-full Salle Claude-Champagne. Since Claude-Champagne has not pit,…
