Opera De Montreal News

 
Concert review: Il Divo at the Bell Centre, May 22
Montreal Gazette (blog)
... 2012 in Montreal Quebec. Photograph by: Peter Mccabe / THE GAZETTE Il Divo is Italian for “divine male performer,” though I can think of a few other choice words in Italian to describe Il Divo, the studmuffin operatic quartet created by onetime ...

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Romance of an officer and priest's daughter
This is Somerset
The Sydney production, a co-production with Opera de Montreal, is awash with the colours, sights and sensations of India – a masterpiece of scenic art, inspired by traditional Hindu painting and brought to life by an ensemble decked out in the finery ...


 
OSM's Kent Nagano set to rack up air miles during wild weekend travels
Montreal Gazette
An avid music lover this weekend could see the opening of a new production of Wagner's Siegfried in Munich on Sunday afternoon, catch a flight to Montreal the following morning, pop an energy drink or two, dodge a student protest on the way into town ...


 
Yamantaka//Sonic bring evolving identity to Biltmore Cabaret
Ottawa Citizen
Montreal's Yamantaka//Sonic released its self-titled debut concept project last October. Highly anticipated, the self-described “psychedelic Noh-wave opera, grind, noise, metal, pop and folk music” collective's album buzzed louder than an illegal ...

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Jweekly.com
Celebrations: Opera singer finds cantorial work a good fit
Jweekly.com
Sharon Azrieli Perez performs “Turandot” with the New Israel Opera in 2008. photo/courtesy of sharonazrieli.com But in her native Montreal, Azrieli-Perez may be best known for her work in another venue: the synagogue. For a while she was the full-time ...


 
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Opera NS tackles Mozart's take on Turkish harem life
TheChronicleHerald.ca
I knew two arias and a duet from the opera.” Rigden has been based in Montreal for the last three years, two of them spent singing with the Opera Atelier in Montreal. Last summer, she sang at the San Francisco Opera Centre with the Merola Opera Program ...


 
Opera review: 'Werther' at the Washington National Opera
Washington Post
It also puts me at odds with most stage directors, including Chris Alexander, whose production has already bowed at Opera Australia and the Opera of Montreal. Alexander played the story, itself, very straight: Werther sees Charlotte, knows she is The ...

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