What happens backstage, a few minutes before a performer walks into the limelight? Is he reviewing his score? Is he flippling out about a possible memory slip? An interesting behind the scenes is presented by pianist Bruce Brubaker in his blog. To read…
This production was awaited with much excitement by opera lovers. Ten of thousands of fans didn’t care about the rain and sat patiently for it to start in Times Square. Would Lepage’s first instalment of Wagner’s Ring convince critics and audience alike and make everyone forget the much-loved production by Otto Schenck presented to sold-out houses for the past 25 years? Well, it seems so…
Anthony Tommasini of the New York TImes‘s title is: “The New Ring is Mostly a Success” while The Guardian of London gives the new production 4 out of 5 stars. You couldn’t be in New York last night. Make sure to catch it in a movie theater near your house next weekend, October 9.
You always dreamed of being a fly on the wall at an orchestra rehearsal? Here is your chance to do so! This afternoon, between 3:30 and 4:30, as part of the Culture Days, the Orchestre symphonique de Laval opens its doors for you. You will be able to hear Alain Lefèvre in André Mathieu’s Concerto No. 4. Details here…
I will myself be in the audience Tuesday night. There certainly will be some febrility in the air to hear a work by the Canadian Mozart in the hall that now bears his name.
Two excerpts of Ensemble Caprice’s latest album, Salsa baroque, filmed in concert, to savour here. Spicy and delicious… like the taste of salsa!
It comes as no surprise that Mihkaïl Pletnev won’t be joining the OSM next week. You may remember accusations held against him in July, as he allegedely had sexual relations with a 14-year-old prostitute in Thailand. Violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky (son of violinist Julian Sitkovetsky and pianist Bella Davidovich) will replace Pletnev on the podium. The all-Tchaikovsky program is maintained in its entirety and will give us the chance to hear pianist André Laplante in the famous Concerto No. 1.