Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal strikes up the 5th edition of the OSM Couche-Tard Classical Spree with a free concert at the Olympic Stadium! This year’s theme is Galaxy of Heroes to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Olympic Games in Montréal. The program will feature Holst’s “The Planets”, performed by the OSM and conducted […]
Dennis Quaid made his way from the back of club St Paul singing to the various tables while
Ron Roxtar for Curtains Up Following a brief video montage the four Jacksons walked on stage wearing sunglasses to the appropriately titled, Can You Feel It, and the answer was yes we could certainly feel it. In true Jackson tradition (of which the whole concert would be full of) the four brothers removed their sunglasses […]
Weiyu Dang for Curtains Up From the album cover art of Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper looks downwards in a protective, but appreciative stance that fuses notions of family both musical and physical. The sangria tinted backdrop of stars and clouds sets Chance on high in a frenzy of grateful communal creativity generic of gospel. […]
“The fans fed off the stars and the illusions they peddled, unable to comprehend that people whose private lives are sad, neurotic, arid holes often create the most beautiful music. The stars fed off the record companies and managers, the agents and promoters, even the PRs like me, who only existed if the stars were […]
Michael Greenfield is a true “patron of the arts”. A renowned luthier, a fine musician in his own right, and open heartedly is on a quest to share his love of music with those who care to join him. In this, Mr. Greenfield organizes an intimate series of concerts annually (usually 3 or 4) that […]
Samantha Wexler for Curtains Up When I found out that Sarah Brightman was coming out with not one but THREE new albums, I asked my sweetie if that could be one of my Christmas gifts. In fact, I said it could be my only gift, anyone who knows me even a little knows that […]
The Opéra de Montréal presents the Richard Strauss one-act opera Elektra with superstar conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the helm, at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts, with American soprano and “down-to-earth diva” Lise Lindstrom making her company debut as Elektra. Curtains Up attended a recent OdeM rehearsal for Elektra where Lindstrom sat down for a fun and frank Q&A.
Canadian 1980s pop icon Luba smiles when she recalls the day she performed in front of 12,000 rock fans at the Montreal Forum in January 1983. “Montreal shows have always been nerve-racking because it’s my hometown, but this show was crazier because it was my first big show, I was opening for Chris de Burgh […]
Ron Roxtar for Curtains Up After hearing Wildest Dream from Journey’s Revelation album blasting on the Bell Centre PA out walked Journey to hit things off with a double shot of classic rock Separate Ways and Be Good To Yourself. Lead guitarist, Neal Schon gave a brief introduction to singer, Arnel Pineda and the […]