Les Violons du Roy season opening concert will feature Viennese Conductor Thomas Rösner and French pianist Alexandre Tharaud The Montrealer August 28, 2014 5001 Les Violons du Roy’s 2014–2015 Montreal Season opens Friday, September 19, at 7:30 pm. at Maison symphonique with a long-time musical partner, pianist Alexandre Tharaud. For the occasion, he will perform Beetho...
L’Opéra de Montréal opens their season with Verdi’s Nabucco The Montrealer August 25, 2014 5348 L’Opera de Montreal opens its 35th season with Nabucco, an early work by Verdi that established his reputation as a composer. After his initial success with his first opera Oberto, Verdi was commissioned to wri...
Dis n’ Dat linda.hammerschmid August 23, 2014 5674 Dear Readers: August is that month when we are either just leaving for or just returning from holidays. Some of you are not necessarily in the mood to be serious; others are already panicking about back to sc...
Santa Monica and the Beach Butler experience worth the trip mikecohen July 22, 2014 7676 By Mike Cohen Santa Monica: On our recent trip to the Los Angeles area we were like a lot of tourists. We wanted to spend time at the beach, but we did not bring our own towels, chairs or umbrellas. Friends ...
Hillary Rodham Clinton – March 18th, at the Palais des Congrès LiveEvents February 24, 2014 5046 Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State from 2009 until 2013, after nearly four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, and Senator. As First Lady, Hillary C...
Salute to Vienna New Year’s Day concert The Montrealer December 12, 2013 5551 A perennial favourite returns to usher in the New Year, with a new concert and new memories Salute to Vienna has become a favourite tradition for thousands of Montrealers who gather at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier ...
Song writing legend Michel Legrand returns to perform with Les Violons du Roy The Montrealer November 21, 2013 5225 Michel Legrand is one of the world’s greatest popular song composers, and his performance with Les Violons du Roy at the beginning of their 2012 season was a huge success. It was a night to remember, and each a...
Isolde Lagacé – bringing music to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montrealer November 21, 2013 7404 Salle Bourgie is the intimate concert hall in the re-purposed Erskine & American Church, now part of the MMFA Campus. Isolde Lagacé was charged with the responsibility of developing the music program that i...
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts mega exhibit: Splendore A Venezia Julie Kalan November 21, 2013 6389 Now through January 19, 2014, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents Splendore A Venezia: Art and Music from the Renaissance to Baroque in the Serenissima. The exhibit’s lengthy name mirrors its vast scope –...
Verdi’s masterpiece Falstaff to be presented by L’Opera de Montreal The Montrealer October 28, 2013 4984 The Opera de Montréal is celebrating the 200th birthday of a giant of the opera world - Giuseppe Verdi - with the presentation of his final masterpiece: the “commedia lirica” Falstaff. Composed when Verdi was a...
