“Human behaviour remains a mystery to me.” -Anthony Bourdain (from Kitchen Confidential: Insider’s Edition, page 362) A few years back I was tagged to sell books at Place des Arts for a show featuring an enigmatic author, chef and TV presenter billed as “Guts & Glory: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain.” So I packed up […]
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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 […]
