Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.
Toronto Operetta Theatre’s annual holiday production offers local audiences the all-too-rare chance to experience golden age operetta. This delightful corner of the lyric repertoire, full…
Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley has been named Vocalist of the Year at the 65th annual Musical America Awards. Finley is one of Canada’s most renowned…
Today, the Canadian Opera Company announced a cast change for their upcoming winter run of Verdi’s Rigoletto. American soprano Andrea Carroll has withdrawn from singing…
There are as many versions of Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, as there are performances, which in Canada, are almost too many to count over the holiday…
National Ballet of Canada’s production of The Nutcracker celebrates its 30th anniversary this season. Set in late-Imperial Russia, it was created by choreographer and former…
Tenor Colin Ainsworth’s announced indisposition at VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert’s Nov. 15 presentation of Grétry’s Richard Coeur-de-lion proved not as potentially ruinous as one might…
The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare’s strange amalgam of tragedy and rustic comedy, was given ballet form in 2014 by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot,…
Toronto Aga Khan Museum The 11th annual Duende International Flamenco Festival features international headliners from Spain as well as family and community dance workshops. Performances…
Appointments Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec have announced news that Bernard Labadie will assume the music directorship of the orchestra starting…
Following the post-pandemic trend, the renewal of leadership at Canada’s cultural institutions continues apace. Here, we meet the newest of these leaders to get their…
