Report | 29th Prix Opus: Composers Thankful for Performers
Thirty-three winners were presented the fruits of their labour one by one—collecting single or, in some cases, multiple awards—at the 29th edition of Prix Opus…
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Review | A Rheingold Reforged: Petrenko, Berliner & Serebrennikov in Salzburg
There are productions that succeed, productions that impress, and—very rarely—productions that bring the art form to a new level. The new Das Rheingold at the…
Review | Vancouver, Get Up and Dance with SUBA Trio
“There are three things you have to do as a professional performer,” said kora-player and singer Seckou Keita during SUBA Trio’s concert at the Chan…
Review | Matthias Pintscher’s luminous Nuit sans aube at Opéra-Comique
After more than a decade shaping the sound of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and several years working largely in New York, Matthias Pintscher returns to the…
Review | Polish Gems with Orchestre Classique de Montréal
On an unassuming night in the seclusion of Montreal’s Salle Pierre-Mercure, Orchestre Classique de Montréal (OCM) welcomed three unique soloists to perform a stylistically diverse…
Review | Cranko’s Onegin Thrills at Hungarian State Ballet
John Cranko’s Onegin has played an important role in the recent history of the Hungarian State Ballet. Its current artistic director, Tamás Solymosi, danced the…
Review | Steven Osborne Delivers Sturm und Drang at the Ladies’ Morning Musical Club
Over every mountain-top Lies peace, In every tree-top You scarcely feel A breath of wind; The little birds are hushed in the wood. Wait, soon…
Review | Zita Szemere Shines in Hungarian State Opera’s Dramatically Confused Lucia di Lammermoor
Hungarian State Opera’s revival of their 2016 production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor by Máté Szabó gives us a new Lucia ascendant who succeeds within…
Review | How to Bludgeon Carmen: Bieito’s Lesson in Four Acts
Calixto Bieito’s Carmen at the Opéra Bastille—a production created in 1999 at the Festival de Peralada (Spain) and revived in Paris since 2017—arrives with the…
Review | Ambur Braid Kills It in Komische Oper Berlin’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Like its material, Komische Oper Berlin’s new production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by director Barrie Kosky is unrelentingly grim. The action takes place…
