Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for July and August 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA This summer the OSM will continue Montreal’s 375th anniversary party when it joins forces with the Orchestre Métropolitain and the McGill Symphony Orchestra to present the free outdoor concert Montréal Symphonique on August 19. Presented at the foot of […]
When life does not turn out the way it was expected, when faced with disappointment, heart-ache, and depression, what can be done? Curl up in a ball? Challenge one-self? Try to find the ludicrousness and humour in the situation? Or a mix of all three? 0 Days Without Crying is a one-woman comedy that tackles […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for June 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA One of the finest operatic singers of his generation, tenor John Mac Master co-stars in the McGill Chamber Orchestra’s much-anticipated June 6 production of Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Mac Master […]
When great artists unite, will it be chaos or triumph? Can talent set aside ego for the greater good of art? Million Dollar Quartet is an exciting, fun, and passionate story based on the 1956 recording session featuring Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley. It is a trip to a time […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for May 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA The prolific Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal presents many must-see shows at the Maison Symphonique: The OSM’s Grammy-winning music director, Maestro Kent Nagano, will conduct the orchestra in Bernstein: From West Side Story to A Quiet Place (Leonard Bernstein was one of Nagano’s personal […]
Can religion bring a community together or tear it apart? Is the literal meaning of the word more important than the sense of hope it can foster? The Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon is fantastic and insanely funny! It is a wildly politically incorrect story on misunderstandings, blind faith, and friendships. It is also […]
In love, do we see what we want to see? Or do we accept the person as they are? Do we still want them, regardless? Closer is raw, bare as the emotions that are exposed, with no frills. It suits the show as the piece is full of the big messy expectations and desires that […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for April 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC A pairing generating a lot of buzz is famed British conductor Sir Andrew Davis who will direct pianist Louis Lortie and the OSM in a program that includes Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11, and Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in […]
If history is forgotten, can it come back? Can a whole story be told completely and fairly? Could it find its echo in the present day? Angélique is a powerful, searing drama that brings to light a tragic event in Montréal’s history. In 1734, Montreal witnessed a great fire and the catastrophe was blamed on […]