REVIEW: of Thomas Adès’s new opera The Exterminating Angel, viewed in live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, November 18, 2017. Guess who’s coming dinner…
CANADA Unveil of the 2017-2018 program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead two operas. [New York Times] [Le Devoir] Interview with…
The opera L’Amour de loin – or Love from Afar – premiered to conspicuous plaudits in Salzburg in 2000, and has enjoyed numerous productions around the globe. It also…
INTERVIEW: with Amin Maalouf (Kaija Saariaho’s librettist-collaborator on L’Amour de loin and other works) The opera L’Amour de loin – or Love from Afar –…
OPERA REVIEW: L’Amour de loin by Kaija Saariaho and Amin Maalouf – Metropolitan Opera debut (December 1, 2016) Meditative, poised, sly, and slow-burn, L’Amour de…
The Metropolitan Opera’s production of L’Amour de Loin, by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, shines on the most trailblazing composer of the 21st century. It has…
Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be the ambassador of the 4th International Orchestra Conference, which will be held in Montreal from May 11 to 14, 2017, during…
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…
Simon Gamache is the new Executive Director of the Orchestre de chambre I Musici de Montréal, beginning this month. He replaces Stéphanie Rose, who held…