Review | Czech Philharmonic Triumphs with Celebratory Program at Toronto’s Koerner Hall
The Czech Philharmonic’s guest appearance at Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Dec. 7 is part of a year-long series of concerts they are presenting the world-over…
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Review | Barbara Hannigan Pulls Out All the Stops at Toronto’s Koerner Hall
Canadian soprano and 20/21st-century specialist extraordinaire, Barbara Hannigan, appeared at Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Nov. 28 with French pianist Bertrand Chamayou in a program they…
Review | Accordion Virtuoso Michael Bridge Opens Esprit Orchestra Season
Esprit Orchestra, conducted by Alex Pauk, presented three works at Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Nov. 24th. The first was Gabriella Smith’s f(x)=sin^2x-i/x. This follows the…
Review | Gala Talent: In Search of Vocal Treasures
On Wednesday December 20, Opéra de Montréal presented its Talent Gala, featuring 11 finalists in the company’s annual Atelier lyrique entrance competition. Adrian Rodriguez, Justin…
Review | An Over Full Cunning Little Vixen at Janáček Brno Festival
The 2024 Janáček Brno Festival closed on Nov. 24 with a revival of National Theatre Brno’s 2018 production of Janáček’s 1924 opera, The Cunning Little…
Review | Rusalka on the verge at Janáček Brno Festival
Years that end in a four have a special significance in the Czech Republic as a cause to celebrate their national musical heritage with a…
Review | Opéra de Montréal: Hamlet or Ophélie’s Triumph
On Nov. 16, Opéra de Montréal (OdeM) took up the challenge of presenting a little-known work from the French repertoire for the first time in…
Review | A Divisive Jenůfa at Janáček Brno Festival
Janáček Brno Festival presented a new staging of Janáček’s Jenůfa on Nov. 20 in a co-production with the Moravian Theatre Olomouc where it had its…
Review | Berlin Staatsoper’s fragmented The Makropulos Case at Janáček Brno Festival
Leoš Janáček’s penultimate opera, The Makropulos Case returned to Brno, where it premiered in 1926, in Claus Guth’s 2022 production from Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den…
Review | Fabulous 50s Falstaff at Hungarian State Opera
Verdi’s final opera, his comic masterpiece Falstaff, was revived by Hungarian State Opera on Nov. 16. in Swiss director Arnaud Bernard’s 2013 staging set in…
