Review | Marie-Nicole Lemieux shines in impromptu Paris Rossini fest
For avid Rossini fans, a logical destination is the Rossini Opera Festival held annually in Pesaro, the composer’s birthplace on Italy’s Adriatic coast. There, the…
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Royal Ballet and Opera and The Metropolitan Opera Join Forces with New Cinema Collaboration
For the first time, the Royal Ballet and Opera and The Metropolitan Opera are joining forces for their cinema seasons on their respective home turfs, giving more audiences in both…
Sharon Azrieli: Final Act
Update (Sept. 19, 2024): Sharon Azrieli is sad to announce that she will not be performing with the Opera de Montreal in Barber of Seville…
Sortilegio: Vampire Opera by Raum-Delorme-Scalia
In a faraway city named Cérulée, a 200-year-old power-hungry vampire has been unleashed and the inhabitants must quickly find a way to neutralize her powers…
Fated Couples Face the Music at Glimmerglass 2023
REVIEW: of the Glimmerglass 2023 Season, including: Roméo et Juliette, the 1867 opera composed by Charles Gounod, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel…
La Scena Tête-à-tête: Michael Spyres
In this Tête à tête segment, Don Adriano interviews Michael Spyres for La Scena Musicale during his passage through Montreal to sing at the Lanaudière…
Rossini: Petite Messe Solonelle (Pentatone)
As proof that the Devil has the best tunes, it is an established fact that atheists write the best religious music. Verdi, Elgar, Saint-Saens, Janacek,…
Through the Glimmerglass, 2018 – Reflections of a Turbulent Century
PROFILE/REVIEW: of the 2018 Glimmerglass Festival Season: Silent Night by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell; West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents and Stephen…
A Dream Amidst the Ashes – Opéra de Montréal’s Beautiful Cenerentola
REVIEW: of La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini (libretto by Jacopo Ferretti) at l’Opéra de Montréal (viewed opening night, November 11, 2017 at Montreal’s Place des…
With Rossini’s Otello, LoftOpera Tells a Hell of a Wife’s Tale
REVIEW: LoftOpera’s new production of Rossini’s Otello; INTERVIEWS: with maestro Sean Kelly, director John de los Santos, and soprano Cecilia Violetta López. They’ve Done It…
