Industry News: April 2016
Big Wins Toronto-based mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo has been named the winner of the prestigious Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The 21-year-old D’Angelo, one of five winners…
Browsing: Scena Arts
Yann Martel: The Story Builder
Yann Martel isn’t the sort of writer who publishes a new novel every year. Six years passed between the publication of Beatrice and Virgil and his latest…
Into the Woods: A Tale of Tales
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s classic Into the Woods is certainly not for the faint of heart. I had the pleasure of conducting it last year for…
Spring Festivals 2016
Montreal Guitar Montréal April 29 – May 1, www.guitaremontreal.com On Friday night at 8 pm, catch the internationally acclaimed Amadeus Duo in concert at Concordia’s…
Avant les rues: A tale of resilience
Avant les rues is an extraordinary film in several respects. It’s the first fiction feature in the Atikamekw language; its main actors – all brilliant –…
Film: Our picks (April-May 2016)
Mobile étoile Although it has been in theatres since March 25, we had to mention the film Mobile étoile, which is set in the world of…
The Art of Italian Fashion
What protects us, decorates us and tells others what we are and what we like? Clothing, of course! It conveys social signals and also marks…
This Week in Montreal (March 28–April 3)
Emerging Musicians with Pro Musica Young violinist Kerson Leong has taken the music world by storm. He won first junior prize at Oslo’s Menhuin Competition…
Book Review: River Music by Mary Sonderstrom
River Music Mary Soderstrom Cormorant Books, 276 pages River Music, the sixth novel from Montréaler Mary Soderstrom, follows the life of Gloria, a pianist who…
Anne Frank lives in New York
The Secret Annex, a play by New York-Winnipeg writer and performer Alix Sobler, asks: “What if Anne Frank had survived and lived in Brooklyn?” As Hitler…
