Canadian Arts Festivals 2017: Our Picks
Montreal St-Ambroise Fringe Festival Montreal, until June 18 The most convivial and bilingual event of the season, the Montreal St-Ambroise Fringe Festival takes place in…
Browsing: Scena Jazz
Man and His World @ 50: Expo 67 revisited
On October 29, 1967, at the closing ceremony of Montreal’s World Fair, a.k.a. Expo 67, Commissioner General Pierre Dupuy concluded his speech with these telling…
Jazz – Festival fare Off the Record
Donny McCaslin Beyond Now / Motema Music Tenorman Donny McCaslin saw fit to doff his cap towards the man once known as Ziggy Stardust, including…
2017 Orford Music Festival : Programming Unveiled
Orford, April 20, 2017. – Orford Music is proud to present the 2017 edition of its international Festival, Wonny Song’s second as artistic director. More than…
Tenor at the Table! Opera Philadelphia Welcomes Lawrence Brownlee as Artistic Advisor
INTERVIEW: with Lawrence Brownlee (and Opera Philadelphia general director David Devan). The busy life of one world-class tenor just got that much busier, and the…
Jazz: Classics … Reloaded
Pierre-Yves Martel – Quartetski et le loup (Bartók et Prokofiev dans le collimateur) Since his arrival in Montreal in 2004, Pierre-Yves Martel has carved himself…
Opéra Lafayette’s Production of Léonore, ou L’amour Conjugal a Real Success
CANADA Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Artistic director of the Société d’art lyrique du Royaume (Chicoutimi), explain his plans and ambitions for the orchestra. [La Presse – Le Quotidien]…
Le Beau Danube is 150-year-olds. Back on one of the Greatest Successes from Strauss.
MONTREAL As part of the 8th edition of the biennial Montréal/Nouvelles musiques Festival (MNM), Walter Boudreau will lead La symphonie du millénaire II. In 2000,…
Unveil of the 2017-2018 Program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Lead Two Operas
CANADA Unveil of the 2017-2018 program of the Metropolitan Opera on New York : Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead two operas. [New York Times] [Le Devoir] Interview with…
Great performance by James Feddeck, guest conductor of the OSM, 32 years old
CANADA Great performance by James Feddeck, guest conductor of the OSM, 32 years old : [Le Devoir] Carmen de Bizet at the National Bank Theater from…
