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2 weeks ago | 
operacanada.ca | Holly Harris
It may have taken 11 long years, but Manitoba Opera’s latest production of Puccini’s La bohème proved well worth the wait. Its tear-soaked tale of the ragtag bohemians living and dying in 1830s Paris is still able to pull hard at the heartstrings while packing an emotional punch.
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2 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
Manitoba Opera pulled hard at the heartstrings Saturday night as it closed its season with one of the most beautifully tragic operas of all time, Puccini’s La Bohème. Based on Henri Murger’s novel, Scènes de la vie de Bohème, its time-honoured tale of bohemians living in 1830s Paris — told through the lens of dreamy-eyed poet Rodolfo and his seamstress lover Mimi, dying from tuberculosis — has inspired tears since its 1896 Italian première.
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3 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
One-man-show a journey of self-discovery forged by actor-playwright’s mother, sisters By: Holly Harris Posted: 5:42 PM CDT Wednesday, Apr.
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3 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
As a blast of late-season snow nearly ground “Winterpeg” to a halt, internationally renowned guest conductor Leslie Suganandarajah warmed up more than 1,000 intrepid music lovers with his charismatic stage presence and fresh approach as the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra presented Beethoven’s Fourth, the final offering of its Thursday Classics series.
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4 weeks ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Mouse? Well, in this case, cross off the Gruffalo’s Child’s name for daring to stare down the resourceful rodent during Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s charming 2005 stage adaptation of British author Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo’s Child.
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1 month ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
Finnish vocal group packs 26 Queen hits into orchestral collaboration By: Holly Harris Posted: 1:23 PM CDT Saturday, Mar.
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1 month ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
The AIDS epidemic that began ravaging the LGBTTQ+ community in the 1980s spawned a tear-soaked legacy of plays, films and books, including Angels in America, Philadelphia and Holding the Man, among so many others. Award-winning Canadian playwright Nick Green’s moving Casey and Diana is part of that sober lineage, a testament to the power of hope for all those living in the face of impending death.
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1 month ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
Print Email Read Later The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra showcased two of Canada’s brightest classical stars as it offered the penultimate concert in its Saturday Classics series, Mahler and Schumann.
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1 month ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
Not that long ago — Jan. 30, 2019, to be precise — a sea of headbangers stormed the Centennial Concert Hall to be among the first to hear Haralabos (Harry) Stafylakis’s Weighted, which saw American prog-metal band Animals as Leaders cranking up the volume with the players of the WSO.
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2 months ago | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Holly Harris
Since time began, kids of all ages have lapped up stories passed from one generation to the next. These tales often become, in the words of Erin Macklem’s Blue Beads and Blueberries, “how our ancestors speak to us.”Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s latest production, penned by the Victoria, B.C.-based playwright/lyricist as a “love letter” to her Métis/Michif family, honours that age-old tradition, while adding its own Indigenous twist to the Victorian-era fairy tale Cap-o-Rushes.
