Pavarotti: Genius Is Forever: Entertaining, even for experts
Pavarotti: Genius Is Forever, a documentary directed by Ron Howard, opens on June 6. La Scena Musicale got exclusive access to the two-hour film before…
Browsing: puccini
Magda Olivero – La Verissima – Part II
Having had the honour of presenting this great lady was one of the memorable pleasures of my years spent at the Metropolitan.” – M. Chapin…
Some Great Canadian Sopranos
For this issue of La Scena Musicale, I have chosen four sopranos of our time, active on the national and international stage: Adrianne Pieczonka, Isabel…
Gregory Dahl from Scarpia to Rigoletto
Thank heaven for seniority. As a 28-year-old teacher of choral music in Winnipeg, Gregory Dahl did not have any. Which meant he was among the…
She Falls from a Tower Shaped Like a Dagger
A splendid new co-production of Puccini’s Tosca by Opéra de Montréal and the Cincinatti Opera broods on the terrible power of art, eros, and the…
Opéra de Montréal’s Tosca Emphasizes Realism and the Score
The Opéra of Montréal will open its 2017-18 season with an all-time classic: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, a drama in three acts revolving around a…
Vancouver Opera presents Puccini’s Turandot
Life, Death & Love: Puccini’s final opera Vancouver, BC – Colossal and colourful, spectacular and intimate—that’s a night at the opera as Vancouver Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot,…
The Other La Bohème: Captivating Novel Blurs Lines Between Opera & Reality – as Passion, Romance & Drama Collide
United Kingdom – Since he was a teenager, writer and thespian Yorker Keith has had a core-deep love for Opera. It’s something that shrouds his life…
La Bohème Under the Stars – OdM’s Production Free for the Public
LA BOHÈME UNDER THE STARS Opera simulcast on a giant screen at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, an event on the official program of Montreal’s 375th…
This Week in Montreal (December 5-11)
Christmas at Bourgie Hall With its colorful stained glass and its warm atmosphere, Bourgie hall is a choice venue for Christmas celebrations. Les Idées heureuses, under…
