Written on Skin @ January 25, 2020 @ Salle Wilfrid Pelletier
Written on Skin is not your mother’s opera! Though many of the themes remain the same, life, love, betrayal, death, most other aspects of this production will be jarring to your pre-conceived notions of the genre. Firstly, it is in English, and though not the first of its kind presented Continue Reading
Lucia di Lammermoor @ Salle Wilfrid Pelletier – November 9, 2019
Finally, an operatic heroine I can get behind! Though technically a Bel Canto, “Lucia di Lammermoor” has all the makings of all the best Opera de Montreal offerings. Lucia (Kathleen Kim, Soprano) and Edgardo (Frédéric Antoun, Tenor) are star-crossed lovers, torn apart by Lucia’s brother Enrico (Gregory Dahl, Baritone). In Continue Reading
Pet Sematary – 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Edition
Of the many films that have been made based on Stephen King novels, this is one of the few he adapted for the big screen himself. The story centers on a couple who move to the peaceful country side of Maine to provide their two young children with a safe Continue Reading
Champion @ Salle Wilfrid Pelletier – January 26, 2019
Based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, audience members are invited to follow our protagonist from childhood into the last chapters of his life, as he battles the demons within. The role is played by three actors, at times gracing the stage simultaneously, who serve to deliver Emile’s Continue Reading
Das Rheingold @ Salle Wilfrid Pelletier – November 10, 2018
The first in Wagner’s four-part oeuvre entitled “Der Ring des Nibelungen” or “The Ring of the Nibelung”, Das Rheingold tells the tale of the forging of an accursed ring that will corrupt all who possess it. The opera opens with the three Rhine maidens, charged by their father with protecting Continue Reading
