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3 weeks ago | 
calgaryherald.com | Kenneth DeLong
Author of the article:By • Calgary HeraldArticle contentReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentIt was a night of finales and farewells.
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3 weeks ago | 
calgarysun.com | Kenneth DeLong
Advertisement 1Author of the article: • Calgary Herald • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentIt was a night of finales and farewells.
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1 month ago | 
calgaryherald.com | Kenneth DeLong
Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Author of the article:By • Calgary HeraldReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentIt has been an especially good season for special, one-night events for the CPO. Recently, a concert featured Canadian violinist James Ehnes, who played the Brahms violin concerto impressively and to a full house, replete with many encores.
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2 months ago | 
operacanada.ca | Kenneth DeLong
Calgary Opera’s final offering of its 2024/25 season consisted of a double bill of two one-act operas, Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. While these two operas occupy different sound worlds, both received their first performances in the same year: 1918. Much care and effort went into the production of both operas, and with excellent results, most notably in the visual and dramatic side of things.
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2 months ago | 
calgaryherald.com | Kenneth DeLong
Author of the article:By • Calgary HeraldReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Calgary Opera’s final offering of its 2024/2025 season consists of a double bill that contains some interesting coincidences and contrasts.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
calgaryherald.com | Kenneth DeLong
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentThe CPO concert last weekend was billed as “Symphonie fantastique” and, under guest conductor Kensho Watanabe, making his debut with the orchestra, the performance of Berlioz’s most famous work was, well, fantastique. Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
parisstaronline.com | Kenneth DeLong
Review: 'Fantastique' performances from CPO, conductor and soloistCPO guest conductor guest conductor Kensho Watanabe. Photo courtesy conductor Kensho WatanabeArticle contentThe CPO concert last weekend was billed as “Symphonie fantastique” and, under guest conductor Kensho Watanabe, making his debut with the orchestra, the performance of Berlioz’s most famous work was, well, fantastique. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
lucknowsentinel.com | Kenneth DeLong
Advertisement 1Author of the article: • Calgary Herald • • Article contentThe CPO concert last weekend was billed as “Symphonie fantastique” and, under guest conductor Kensho Watanabe, making his debut with the orchestra, the performance of Berlioz’s most famous work was, well, fantastique. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
calgaryherald.com | Kenneth DeLong
Advertisement 1Author of the article:By • Calgary HeraldReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentComing on the heels of yet another Juno Award nomination, Luminous Voices presented their annual concert devoted to contemporary choral music last Sunday in the Bella Concert Hall of Mount Royal Conservatory.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
operacanada.ca | Kenneth DeLong
It has been over 20 years since Calgary Opera performed Donizetti’s fun-filled Don Pasquale. With a plot rooted in the Rossini-era comedy, the opera is often presented in an updated version, the previous Calgary 2002 outing a riff on the old West. This time the updating was to a blend of images drawn from Italy and America during the 1950s, the title character presented as an aging silent-era film star, with Dr. Maletesta a composer-director of film.
