Concert Reviews 10 October 2025 0 Review | COC’s Orfeo ed Euridice Radiates Simple Beauty with Perfectly-Matched Vocals How do you make a 90-minute opera with only three characters, staged against a black, white and grey backdrop interesting? That is a challenge the…
Baroque and Early 7 February 2025 0 Review | La Nef: From Double-Digit Cold to Sunny Spain I was at a dinner party on a very cold, very wintry night right after Christmas, and one of the guests (a non-musician) said, “Wouldn’t…
Baroque and Early 21 January 2025 0 Review | Les Idées heureuses: Enthralling Portrayal of Life in New-France Les Idées heureuses’ Jan. 16th concert took the notion of historical performance to new heights. Musique et danse en Nouvelle-France was not only performed with…
CD and Book Reviews 18 February 20235.0 0 CD Review | Albertine en cinq temps – L’opéra (ATMA Classique, 2022) Albertine en cinq temps – L’opéra Chantal Lambert, Monique Pagé, Chantal Dionne, Catherine St-Arnaud, Marianne Lambert, sopranos; Florence Bourget, mezzo-soprano; Marie-Claude Roy, piano; Mélanie Vaugeois,…