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About the author
Tamara Bernstein
Articles in La Scena Musicale
- Book Review: Bruce Haynes, Guru of Rhetorical Music (English), 9/7/2007
- Janina Fialkowska Reborn (English), 5/10/2004
- Janina Fialkowska - Le retour (Français), 5/10/2004
- Bayrakdarian with Tafelmusik: Star, orchestra perform as two solitudes (English), 1/13/2004
- Is the opera house hot or is it just me? Menopause, which can mean disaster for a diva at her peak, is opera's last taboo (English), 12/1/2000
- La ménopause et les chanteuses (Français), 12/1/2000
Other articles
- Osvaldo Golijov speaks from, and to, the heart (English), 2/27/2010
- Into the heart of a magical child (English), 10/19/2009
- Grief and gratitude for a glorious goodbye (English), 9/21/2009
- Shadows that find the heart of Purcell (English), 8/20/2009
- Rare Hart House viols to make stage appearance (English), 6/26/2009
- Conducting dims soprano's star (English), 10/20/2008
- Keyboard innovations may not be new, but they are alluring (English), 4/14/2008
- Keyboard innovations may not be new, but they are alluring (English), 4/14/2008
- Lauren Phillips recital: Falling in love with Love Songs (English), 3/27/2008
- shannon Mercer and Steven Philcox: A fine ear, a fiery temperament (English), 3/8/2008
- Is that a cello on your shoulder? (English), 2/13/2008
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Mozart calls for more than just polish (English), 1/26/2008
- Each piece an eloquent, joyful poem (English), 1/17/2008
- Connection to baroque style redeemeth Toronto Symphony Orchestra show (English), 12/20/2007
- The Gryphon Trio: A haunting encounter with Mozart's ghost (English), 10/18/2007
- Low note comes in Bach (English), 4/21/2007
- Brits rule Toronto Symphony Orchestra's New Creations (English), 3/4/2007
- A Mozart of sweetness and light (English), 2/24/2007
- Striking homage to Soviet composer (English), 11/29/2006
- The Lafayette String Quartet: After 20 years, their passion is still strong (English), 10/22/2006
- The discreet charm of Leif Ove Andsnes (English), 10/13/2006
- Concerts (English), 10/6/2006
- Mozart and the other M (English), 6/22/2006
- Piercing the heart, as Stalin once did (English), 6/3/2006
- The seismic achievement of The Oxford History of Western Music (English), 2/19/2005
- Janina Fialkowska - One-handed concerto was right on (English), 1/17/2003
- Oundjian, as anticipated (English), 1/17/2003
- New Releases (English), 1/6/2003
- The Silk Road is less travelled (English), 1/6/2003
- It was the best of times, there were leather coats (English), 12/30/2002
- Looking for direction (English), 12/12/2002
- Susan Platts: Glorious voice deserves better (English), 10/27/2002
- Southern Ontario Overview (English), 10/22/2002
- Bartoli in Toronto - The 18th century comes alive (English), 10/3/2002
- Making art of the sounds that surround us (English), 7/5/2002
- A Requiem for our troubled times (English), 6/7/2002
- Please, just let them sing (English), 3/19/2002
- TSO's new season a major achievement (English), 3/1/2002
- We have no moral obligations to 'great' art (English), 1/25/2002
- Music's curative powers (English), 1/24/2002
- Salome - A night of violation - on both a musical and a personal level (English), 1/21/2002
- Controversy a good sign for 2001 (English), 12/29/2001
- Perhaps the time has come to simply let the TSO die (English), 12/14/2001
- Toronto Symphony Gets 10 Days to Produce New Rescue Plan (English), 10/31/2001
- Presenting Susan Platts, the next Maureen Forrester (English), 10/27/2001
- Toronto Symphony Teeters on the Edge of Ruin (English), 10/25/2001
- Music Review: A stunningly serene Hamelin (English), 10/10/2001
- Opera without the boring bits (English), 8/30/2001
- Japanese ensemble reveals the recent cross-fertilization of East and West (English), 7/27/2001
- ARRAYMUSIC -- 25 Miniatures (English), 7/21/2001
- Mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber - She'll do it (English), 5/30/2001
- The legacy of Harry Somers (English), 5/21/2001
- Marc-André Hamelin - Schumann: Fantasy Op. 17, Etudes Symphonique, Piano Sonata No. 2 (English), 5/12/2001
- TSO - Try a little tenderness (English), 5/11/2001
- A past evoked, a future assured (English), 5/10/2001
- Reflexe: Stationen Europäischer Musik (English), 5/5/2001
- A divine madness. Schade, Bayrakdarian and Westman in recitals (English), 4/30/2001
- Markus Groh - Give us some more of that ol' ragtime (English), 4/26/2001
- Vivier knew how to put us in our place (English), 4/26/2001
- Soprano Rénée Fleming creates great bond with audience (English), 4/24/2001
- Iron Road - Stunning backdrop to a difficult story (English), 4/23/2001
- André Laplante - Pianist provides his own accompaniment (English), 4/20/2001
- A simply sparkling encounter (English), 4/19/2001
- Iron Road - Opera lays to rest the ghosts of the past (English), 4/18/2001
- Moved by Mahler (English), 4/16/2001
- COC's Idomeneo - Neptune was far too merciful (English), 4/12/2001
- Billy Budd - Good and evil become evident in stabs of beauty and truth (English), 4/9/2001
- Dora Ohrenstein and Others (English), 4/7/2001
- Ravel's Brain - Obsessed with the final movement (English), 4/4/2001
- A delightful show by a cast that clicks (English), 4/2/2001
- Royal Concertgebouw's chemistry makes for some marvellous Mahler (English), 3/29/2001
- Hungarian quartet brings its own music (English), 3/27/2001
- The crockery is outstanding (English), 3/13/2001
- Lev Sergeyevitch Termen - Music's Mad Scientist (English), 3/12/2001
- TSO catches fire under Alsop (English), 3/9/2001
- Singing OnStage's praises (English), 3/8/2001
- Maybe they need more strings (English), 3/2/2001
- Lessons from The Hague School (English), 2/26/2001
- Follow the Lieder (English), 2/26/2001
- Songs soaring on air (English), 2/23/2001
- Revelation and catharsis (English), 2/22/2001
- Enchantment woven upon enchantment (English), 2/14/2001
- Abbado is welcome to come back (English), 2/12/2001
- So many Bachs, but J.S. still stole the show (English), 2/12/2001
- Exuberant Mozart comes through (English), 2/5/2001
- Matthias Goerne (English), 1/27/2001
- Countertenor David Daniels - Success came with his 'real' singing voice (English), 1/26/2001
- The renaissance of the countertenor (English), 1/25/2001
- Romantic complications, including a wild boar (English), 1/22/2001
- All that's lacking here is some sexual chemistry (English), 1/22/2001
- He sure knows how to make an exit (English), 1/18/2001
- It really is time these two swapped places (English), 1/18/2001
- It really is time these two swapped places (English), 1/18/2001
- He sure knows how to make an exit - Frantic Winnipeg New Music Festival is Tovey's last (English), 1/18/2001
- These Italians make it all look so easy (English), 1/17/2001
- It's as though the music were written for them (English), 1/16/2001
- Victor Braun - A majestic singer driven by instinct - 100-plus roles in opera (English), 1/15/2001
- The COC usually commissions new works from Canadian composers. But that was then.. (English), 1/13/2001
- Of great breadth, tiny detailGraham Johnson's 37-CD set of all Schubert songs is a milestone (English), 1/8/2001
- Music clips (English), 12/23/2000
- How to mark the year of Bach - Harmonia Mundi's project is more than a bundle of sound bites (English), 12/20/2000
- Polished, vibrant playing lost without the details (English), 12/19/2000
- Cellist finds his groove -- finally (English), 12/11/2000
- They shoot, she scores (English), 12/1/2000
- Harold in Italy goes to his shrink (English), 11/27/2000
- Corporate money for the arts instead of politics? Imagine (English), 11/21/2000
- TSO: Music to boogie by (English), 11/17/2000
- Lovely sounds, but who's in charge here? (English), 11/8/2000
- These days, classical music means vintage Led Zeppelin - Musicologists should take their responsibilities more seriously (English), 11/7/2000
- Canadian Opera: Maybe they should have called in their seconds (English), 11/6/2000
- Nostalgia isn't what it used to be (English), 11/3/2000
- The perfect mix of contralto and attitude - Ewa Podles is finding fame late, at 48, and she's still getting better (English), 10/31/2000
- TSO: Reason over passion (English), 10/27/2000
- This Don Giovanni holds little mystery - Film version of Mozart's womanizer focuses on his servant, Leporello (English), 10/24/2000
- Vocal perfection personified (English), 10/23/2000
- Hit over the head with multiculturalism (English), 10/19/2000
- SuperMicMac applauds Canada's women composers (English), 10/17/2000
- Opera Hamilton's Butterfly - More powerful than an overwhelming orchestra (English), 10/17/2000
- In search of J.S. Bach, by piano (English), 10/12/2000
- The great music of their lives - Penguin reissues feature personal essays by writers (English), 10/10/2000
- Small wonders (English), 10/5/2000
- Shush! The true opera lover is trying to listen (English), 10/3/2000
- I stand corrected - Readers take me to task for my views on symphony orchestras (English), 9/26/2000
- Propaganda never sounded so good (English), 9/18/2000
- Modern players pick up baroque instruments (English), 9/5/2000
- Bad news for the non-bimbo: Sexism is still thriving in the musical world (English), 8/29/2000
- On tour with Tafelmusik No one told the musicians about the poets (English), 8/26/2000
- A video of pianists reveals the dissimilar personalities that bind them (English), 8/15/2000
- A video of pianists reveals the dissimilar personalities that bind them (English), 8/15/2000
- The Orford String Quartet - (English), 8/14/2000
- At the Altamira Summer Opera Camp, youngsters get exposed to all aspects of an abbreviated version of The Magic Flute (English), 8/14/2000
- Orford violinist Kenneth Perkins dies at 65 (English), 8/8/2000
- Music Clips (English), 8/5/2000
- National Youth Orchestra: Young Talent that's Worth Supporting (English), 8/2/2000
- Chiaroscuro: Bach 250 - Baroque duo keeps opposites in joyous balance - St. Andrew-by-the-Lake, Centre Island, Toronto (English), 8/1/2000
- Keep your soprano on the ice - North Americans, surely, will relate to an opera about hockey (English), 8/1/2000
- Where's the music at Hogwarts? (English), 7/25/2000
- Not necessarily as advertised (English), 7/24/2000
- Music Clips - Classical (English), 7/15/2000
- The best kind of harmony (English), 7/11/2000
- Music Clips - Classical (English), 7/10/2000
- A Canadian primadonna? It's already funny (English), 7/6/2000
- Manifesto for a classical revolution (English), 7/4/2000
- Millennium Opera Gala (English), 7/1/2000
- The devil has all the best museums (English), 6/27/2000
- Why can't we all just get along? (English), 6/20/2000
- TSO 'audition' gets off to a strong start (English), 6/16/2000
- The WSO board should look at its own failures (English), 6/13/2000
- They play so well, say so little (English), 6/9/2000
- Canada's Claude Vivier a household name -- in Holland (English), 6/6/2000
- Classical (English), 5/27/2000
- A lot of energy, but not a whole lot of soul (English), 5/22/2000
- Classical (English), 5/20/2000
- A MODERN WONDER: Goerne brought a moving vulnerability to both composers' works. (English), 5/19/2000
- The pleasures of mixing Chopin and shopping (English), 5/16/2000
- What lies behind that impeccable craft? (English), 5/16/2000
- Almost everything seemed to go astray (English), 5/16/2000
- A spirit big enough to fill the void (English), 5/15/2000
- Classical (English), 5/13/2000
- Two young composers with things to say (English), 5/11/2000
- Opera star's warmth wins loyal fans (English), 5/9/2000
- If only they had talked more between themselves (English), 5/8/2000
- It only got better (English), 5/6/2000
- A natural flow (English), 4/28/2000
- A pianist takes time to regroup (English), 4/27/2000
- Another self-obsessed male (English), 4/26/2000
- Yet another vicious blow (English), 4/25/2000
- Classical (English), 4/25/2000
- When should we apologize for Bach? (English), 4/18/2000
- Schubert's soul in 40 transcendant minutes (English), 4/17/2000
- Radical Piano (English), 4/11/2000
- What can a Jewish musician do when faced with an anti-Semitic work? (English), 4/11/2000
- Nice to hear Beethoven without all the baggage (English), 4/11/2000
- Debussy's erotic opera casts a dark spell (English), 4/10/2000
- Lovely singing-- shame about that hall (English), 4/4/2000
- Saraste to leave TSO, cites 'lack of culture' (English), 4/4/2000
- Both the TSO and its Finnish conductor had high hopes that were never fully met (English), 4/4/2000
- Baroque ensemble makes lively debut (English), 3/30/2000
- National Post Weekly CD Reviews (English), 3/28/2000
- Happy birthday to the piano - 300-year-old instrument celebrated in new book and exhibit (English), 3/28/2000
- A woman's take on the mysteries of Russia (English), 3/24/2000
- National Post Weekly CD Review (English), 3/21/2000
- So Canadian, to sell ourselves short - The COC and the George Weston Recital Hall deserve better fates (English), 3/21/2000
- Shostakovich in shades of grey (English), 3/14/2000
- Midori - A luminous sound worth straining to hear (English), 3/13/2000
- Long ignored, female composers are hitting the mainstream (English), 3/7/2000
- National Post Weekly CD Reviews (English), 3/7/2000
- Thomas Quasthoff - More than just a beautiful voice (English), 3/7/2000
- TSO to collaborate with film festival in new season (English), 2/24/2000
- Victoria plays host to Samuel Butler's Erewhon (English), 2/22/2000
- Janina Fialkowska - The thrill of witnessing a pianist on the edge (English), 2/18/2000
- European soloists at hand, TSO sounds ready to tour (English), 2/18/2000
- TSO concertmaster will go with orchestra to Vienna (English), 2/18/2000
- TSO chooses to 'stand tall for artistic freedom' - Will perform in Vienna (English), 2/17/2000
- Violinist's boycott causes TSO debate - Vienna dates raise concern (English), 2/15/2000
- Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 4, 6 and 8 (English), 2/15/2000
- A new magazine for people who know their Mozart from their Mahler (English), 2/15/2000
- Ivan Moravec at the George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto - Too few sparks to ignite passion (English), 2/14/2000
- TSO members may boycott Austria dates (English), 2/14/2000
- A rare spellbound silence after the final chord (English), 2/10/2000
- Will money woes sink the WSO? (English), 2/8/2000
- New music shouldn't be a hard sell (English), 2/1/2000
- New vogue for re-arranging music has shaky foundations (English), 1/18/2000
- National Post CD Reviews (English), 1/11/2000
- Quartetto Gelato succeeds by mixing 'high' and 'low' (English), 1/10/2000
- Piano denied entry: Customs not tickled by these ivories (English), 1/6/2000
- A new book reveals the other side of Canadian tenor Jon Vickers (English), 1/4/2000
- Searching for Bach with more soul - Modern recordings aren't capturing required spirituality (English), 12/28/1999
- Stern gives himself a standing ovation (English), 12/21/1999
- The anguish of a songbird's clipped wings (English), 12/18/1999
- Chopin for Christmas (English), 12/14/1999
- A brave if not entirely successful effort on their part (English), 12/9/1999
- Trial by audition - A musician needs a lot of nerve to try out for the Metropolitan Opera orchestra (English), 12/7/1999
- Music to the ears, not feet (English), 11/30/1999
- A Bruckner brimming with spiritual certainty (English), 11/30/1999
- The real thing? Not really (English), 11/23/1999
- Go play your own music (English), 11/16/1999
- National Post Classical CD Reviews (English), 11/9/1999
- Three cheers for booing (English), 11/9/1999
- Soprano Christine Schafer - Euro-cool diva shoots lover for German MTV (English), 11/6/1999
- Canadian Opera Company to move into new digs for '03-'04 season (English), 11/3/1999
- Opera Atelier - Still in the grip of the late romantic (English), 10/29/1999
- Devantgarde-Festival in Toronto (English), 10/18/1999
- Where are the great Canadian composers? (English), 10/12/1999
- Rediscovering the joys and rewards of musical amateurism (English), 10/5/1999
- Hot and heavy over Glenn Gould (English), 9/28/1999
- Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore at the Canadian Opera Company (English), 9/28/1999
- Over the last 50 years, orchestras have been getting too loud (English), 9/21/1999
- Finding Mahler's hidden Judaism (English), 9/14/1999
- TSO goes from crisis to chaos - European Tour cancelled (English), 9/7/1999
- What Mozart really cared about (English), 8/31/1999
- Tiny pinholes in a musical score reveal a master's lost treasure (English), 8/30/1999
- Found in Vienna - Lost Mozart Recitative (English), 8/29/1999
- The current crop of classical-music magazines leaves a lot to be desired (English), 8/24/1999
- World-reknown NYO wracked by funding cuts (English), 8/3/1999
- Be choosy when selecting classical CDs for your baby (English), 7/27/1999
- Anyone know the tune to this? (English), 7/20/1999
- Composer and pianist Lee Pui Ming travelled to China and the remotest parts of inner Mongolia to 'breathe the air' and 'walk the land' of the music she loves (English), 7/13/1999
- Rocking through the ages (English), 7/6/1999
- Bass clarinetist Lori Freedman - 'She's in your face, and you're glad of it' (English), 6/29/1999
- The Petula Clark school of Weill interpretation (English), 6/22/1999
- National Post Weekly Classical Disc Reviews (English), 6/15/1999
- Beatrice Chancy - At last, a good new Canadian opera (English), 6/15/1999
- National Posts CD reviews (English), 6/7/1999
- Northern blight - Bureaucrats were right not to fund 'Inuit' opera (English), 6/7/1999
- National Post CD reviews (English), 5/31/1999
- On Less Known Composers - Celebrate the greats, but don't forget about the Kleinmeister (English), 5/31/1999
- Menopause in Singers - Is the opera house hot or is it just me? (English), 5/10/1999
- Strings of the Future - It's a mad, mad, mad, mad concert (English), 5/6/1999
- Mozart and his music at the end of a mouse (English), 4/19/1999
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