Review | Verdian Passions, Persian Shadows: Shirin Neshat’s Aida at Paris Opera
A sense of expectation hung over the Opéra Bastille before the curtain rose for the Sept. 24 opening night of Verdi’s Aida. The foyer murmured with…
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Review | Celebration at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
After 35 years, Rosario Ancer is a dab hand at overseeing the annual Vancouver International Flamenco Festival she founded with her late husband, guitarist Victor…
Review | Isidore String Quartet Steps on Some Toes at LMMC
The Ladies’ Morning Music Club (LMMC) has a somewhat anachronistic name, betraying its founding more than 100 years ago. It grew out of a need…
Report | Musikfest Berlin: Bauhaus Opera Undone, Week 3 Highlights
Musikfest Berlin went into its final week with the Berlin Philharmonic returning on Sept. 17, this time under their chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, for two…
Review | Canadian Opera Company’s Confounding Roméo et Juliette
Canadian Opera Company opened its 2025-26 season on Sept. 27 with Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, an opera they have not presented in 33 years. It…
Review | Anne-Marie McDermott Dazzles with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Update: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra musicians had yet to issue a strike notice at the time of writing this review. On Monday evening, the Vancouver…
Review | A new era at Opernhaus Zürich with Der Rosenkavalier
The first new production under Matthias Schulz, freshly installed as Intendant of the Opernhaus Zürich, was an emblematic choice: Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Der Rosenkavalier (seen Sept.…
Report | Musikfest Berlin: Period Beethoven & Italian-tinged Debussy Week 2 Highlights
Even though one of the main focuses of Musikfest Berlin is newer music of the 20th and 21st centuries, it also holds a place for…
Review | Undercooked Mozart & Tchaikovsky with Welser-Möst & Vienna Philharmonic at BBC Proms
By long-standing tradition, the BBC Proms invite a select number of world-class non-UK orchestras to grace the season. Those orchestras generally bring their A-game, with…
Report | Musikfest Berlin: Week 1 of Europe’s Orchestral Extravaganza with a Modern Twist
Musikfest Berlin has to be one of the premiere orchestra extravaganzas in the Western classical music world. Every year, in late summer, many of the…
