By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up Canada’s largest classical music festival, the Festival de Lanaudière in Joliette, isn’t just about classical music. The internationally-famed music festival will also present jazz and gospel music during their 38th annual edition, as well as a much-anticipated blockbuster concert by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. With Grammy-winning Maestro Kent Nagano at […]
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The triumphant Montreal homecoming of soprano Marie-Josée Lord
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up! @bugsburnett Everyone knew they were witnessing a historic concert when 36-year-old Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra, hailed by The New York Times as the successor to Pavarotti, took the stage at L’Opéra de Montréal’s Signature Event back in 2004. Licitra’s first-ever concert in Canada was made more memorable when he […]
