Châteaux du ciel: Reclaiming Beauty
After the futurist dystopia Seeker (winner of the Prix Michel-Tremblay for Best New Play 2022), playwright Marie-Claude Verdier turns to the second half of the…
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François Girard: From Film to Opera
I’m there to serve an idea, serve the music, not so much to transmit my own views or personal concerns […] You have to ask…
A little literature, and some Broadway, in new Leipzig Flying Dutchman
LEIPZIG – Is sanity making an operatic comeback? Surely not in Germany, you say, where “innovative” productions still have a firm hold on the houses…
Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen returns to the Met, March 9–May 11, 2019
New York, NY (January 29, 2019)—The Metropolitan Opera will present Richard Wagner’s four-part masterwork Der Ring des Nibelungen in performances March 9–May 11, 2019. This…
Weekend Opera Roundup in Montreal (Nov. 9-11)
This past weekend (Friday, Nov. 9 to Sunday, Nov. 11), I attended four vocal music performances (three operas and one oratorio) which shows that Montreal…
Baritone Nathan Berg Shines in Opéra de Montréal’s Das Rheingold
Last Saturday, November 10, Opéra de Montréal premiered Der Rheingold, the first instalment from Wagner’s tetralogy Der Ring des Nibellungen. It marked the first time…
In Wahnfried, It Ain’t Over ‘til Wagner’s Son-in-Law Sings!
PROFILE AND INTERVIEW: An advance discussion with Avner Dorman about his new opera: Wahnfried “When I started working on this project,” recalls Avner Dorman, “there…
White Snake Walking – Don’t Tread on Her!
OPERA REVIEW: The Ouroboros Trilogy (Naga; Madame White Snake; Gilgamesh) INTERVIEW: Cerise Lim Jacobs Caution: There are snakes on this immortal plane! The universe according…
Cette semaine à Montréal : le 8 au 14 juillet
Le festival de musique de Lachine : Verdi, Wagner et PoulencAxé sur les anniversaires des compositeurs, le festival donne une place de choix au chant.…
This Week in Montreal: July 8 to 14
Festival de Musique de Lachine: Verdi, Wagner And PoulencWith programming inspired by composers’ birthdays, this year’s festival will heavily feature the voice. The opening concert…
