Highlights | UMG and Warner Music Layoffs, Canadians Win International Opera Competitions
Off the back of numerous music industry layoffs in 2023, Universal Music Group and Atlantic Music Group have announced their own rounds of job cutting.
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Highlights | 2024-2025 Season Announcements Continue, Universities Legally Challenge Quebec
2024-2025 season announcements continue, Apple may be fined over $700 million CAD for allegedly stifling Spotify, and Concordia and McGill University are legally challenging the Quebec government over tuition increases.
Newswire | Metropolitan Opera announces 20 semifinalists in 2023 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition
New York, NY (March 21, 2023)—The 20 opera singers who have won regional auditions across the United States, Canada, and Mexico will compete in the semifinal…
Lebrecht Weekly | Nico Muhly: Stranger (AVIE)
Covid has been cruel to rising composers. Two years out, with theatres shut and managements unwilling to commit to new work, is equivalent to having…
Denise Massé (1946-2022)
It is with a heavy heart that La Scena Musicale announces (based on news from Slipped Disc) the passing of Denise Massé on June 14,…
Newswire: Metropolitan Opera announces 21 semifinalists in its Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition
New York, NY (April 1, 2022)— The 21 opera singers who have won regional auditions around the United States will compete in the semifinal round of the…
Newswire: Anna Netrebko withdraws from Met Opera performances this spring
Not complying with the Met’s condition that she repudiate her public support for Vladimir Putin while he wages war on Ukraine, soprano Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her upcoming Met…
The Devil and The Details Haunt Silenced Metropolitan Opera
The ghost light standing vigil on the Metropolitan Opera’s silent stage has never burned this constantly or for so long. Even during the flu pandemic…
Lise Davidsen in Oslo a Treat
When 34-year-old soprano Lise Davidsen made her Montreal debut last October as the title character in Orchestre Métropolitain’s opera in concert version of Beethoven’s Fidelio,…
Metropolitan Opera announces new opening date of December 31, 2020
Fall performances canceled in response to the health crisis New York, NY (June 1, 2020)—The Metropolitan Opera announced today that the company has made the…
