Concert Review | Canadian Opera Company’s La Bohème Makes a Triumphant Return
Even nearly 100 years since Puccini’s death. La Bohème remains one of his most beloved and frequently performed operas. This COC revival production has now…
Browsing: Jordan de Souza
The Canada Council for the Arts Announces its 2020 CCPrize Winners
The Canada Council for the Arts is delighted to reward exceptional artists whose contributions enhance Canada’s artistic landscape. Today, we are announcing the winners of…
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…
Opéra de Montréal’s Don Giovanni a Showcase for Canadian Talent
With an all-Canadian cast, Opéra de Montréal’s Don Giovanni opened Saturday night to an enthusiastic crowd at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Full disclosure: I don’t really…
Opéra de Montréal coutures a mid-20th century Don Giovanni with éclat
Why do women respond to rascals, seducers, and merely self-assured men? Don Giovanni cannot match the sexual prodigality of Gene Simmons of hard rock band…
Industry News: November 2016
Big Canadian Debut Many are abuzz after the mid-October announcement that Russian soprano Ana Netrebko, one of the world’s biggest opera stars, will make her…
Daily News Roundup: 18 October 2016
Jordan de Souza, 28, gets appointed as Kapellmesiter at the Komische Oper Berlin for the 2016-2017 season. The Toronto-born conductor was named the Head of…
La Rentrée Musicale: Vocal & Opera
Opera Montreal’s opera season begins with the Opéra de Montréal’s Aida on September 17. Running until the 24, the show features Kamen Chanev (Radames), Olesya…
