Concert Review | COC’s Medea: A Chilling Spectacle for its Season’s Finale
How does the Canadian Opera Company end its 2023-24 season of high calibre singing and vibrant productions? With a bang, not a whimper.
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Concert Review | COC’s Don Pasquale a Long Overdue Delight
The Canadian Opera Company opens its spring season with Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, last performed by the COC 30 years ago.
Opéra d’aujourd’hui: A Journey Through Space and Time
On May 30, audiences at Bourgie Hall will hear new works by three female composers, created in partnership with three female librettists.
The TSO Announces Tour: Celebrates 101 Years with D’Angelo, Gimeno Conducts
To celebrate Canadian music-making in its 101st year, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), led by Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, will appear at Montreal’s Maison symphonique and Canada’s National Arts Centre in Ottawa on May 4 and 5, 2024.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Appointed as Head of Conducting at Curtis Institute of Music
Celebrated conductor and current Curtis faculty member Yannick Nézet-Séguin will become the Curtis School of Music’s Head of Conducting, as the school announces the expansion of their conducting program.
CD Review | La Flambeau (Atma Classique, 2024)
Composed by Haitian-born, Montreal-based David Bontemps, who also adapted fellow Haitian Flaubert Bolivar’s award-winning play, La Flambeau draws its subject matter from a rich mythology based in Haitian Vodou traditions.
Michael Spyres: Wagner in Context
The latest recording by American tenor Michael Spyres, In the Shadows, exemplifies just what makes him stand out in the current hype-driven, Instagram-heavy opera landscape.
Mishka Lavigne: Librettist to Tim Brady’s Information
On the heels of Backstage at Carnegie Hall, composer Tim Brady pursues his journey into the world of opera with Information, the second instalment in a cycle of four entitled Hope.
Concert Previews: April/May 2024
Upcoming performances in Montreal, Toronto, and Quebec City, running throughout April and May 2024.
Pene Pati: From YouTube to the Metropolitan Opera
Pene Pati made time to sit down with La Scena Musicale while in Bordeaux, France, set to perform a concert at the Opéra national de Bordeaux the following day.
