Orchestre Métropolitain Announces 2025–2026 Season
Montreal, April 15, 2025 – For its next season, the Orchestre Métropolitain and its artistic director Yannick Nézet-Séguin take us into the infinite universe of…
Browsing: Bizet
Carmen at 150: A Listener’s Guide
“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle que nul ne peut apprivoiser, Et c’est bien en vain qu’on l’appelle, S’il lui convient de refuser.” With these lines,…
CD Review | Bizet rarities on Bru Zane’s Portrait
Georges Bizet: Portrait Djamileh, Vasco de Gama, Le Retour de Virginie, Clovis et Clotilde, symphonic and choral music, music for piano and arias Karina Gauvin…
Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Carmen: A Canadian first
If Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s arrival in Canada—and in Quebec, in particular—is always an event, what can we say about her local debut in Bizet’s Carmen, which…
Video Review | Deepa Johnny as Carmen, Palazetto Bru Zane
Bizet: Carmen Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano; Stanislas de Barbeyrac, tenor; Nicolas Courjal, bass; Iulia Maria Dan, soprano; Choeur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen;…
CD Review | Sommernachtskonzert 2023 (Summer Night Concert 2023)
Sommernachtskonzert 2023 (Summer Night Concert 2023) music by Bizet, Gounod, Ravel, Berlioz and Strauss Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Sony Classical…
2017 Toronto Summer Music Festival Launches New Series of Free Kids Concerts
Toronto…New this year, the Toronto Summer Music Festival offers three fun and engaging one-hour concerts specially designed to introduce children, ages 5-12, to classical music.…
Denyce Graves: A Superstar Survivor
by Paul E. RobinsonBerlioz: Roman Carnival OvertureRavel: ShéhérazadeLalo: Le Roi d’Ys “De tous côtés j’aperçois dans la plaine”Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila “Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix”Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila “Bacchanale”Bizet: Carmen…
