THIS MONTH IN LA SCENA MUSICALE
May 1, 1998. The current
issue of La Scena Musicale (Vol. 3, No. 7 - May 1998) features a
profile of Canadian baritone Gerald Finley, interviewed in New York
on the occasion of his Metropolitan Opera debut last autumn. Finley
talks about his early training in Ottawa, his close association with
the Glyndebourne Opera, and challenges of lieder singing (Finley's
first solo disc - Songs of Travel -was released by CBC last
month).
* Montreal Chamber Music Festival director Dennis
Brott introduces the third annual festival (May 28-June 7, 1998),
now one of Montreal's most anticipated classical music events. This
year's theme is Words and Music, featuring dramatic readings by Jean
Marchand, Veronica Tennant, and Jean-Louis Roux. Tenor Jon Vickers
makes a rare public appearance narrating Richard Strauss' Enoch
Arden.
* Naxos Records has joined forces with British
Columbian archivist and sound engineer Richard Caniell to launch a
new budget series of historical Metropolitan Opera recordings dating
from the 1940s. Caniell explains how his non-profit private mail
order organization became a Naxos partner, and tells us about his
other ruling passion - saving British Columbia's forests from
destruction.
* Reviews of the Opéra de Montréal's Nozze di
Figaro, Opera Lyra's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, the COC's Madama
Butterfly and Fidelio, the Opéra de Paris' Billy Budd, Carmen, and
Eugene Onegin.
* Book reviews in French of Pierre-Jean Remy's
Callas, une vie, David Lelait's Maria Callas: J'ai vécu d'art, j'ai
vécu d'amour, and André Gauthier's Puccini.
* Disc reviews of
23 new releases. Discs of the Month for May are J.S. Bach Cantatas
for Alto Solo (harmonia mundi HMC 901644) and Henze's Undine
(Deutsche Grammophon 453-467-2).
* Regular features: The
Throat Doctor. Crossword. Calendar.
* Reader Survey - 50 CDs
to win. Deadline: May 20, 1998.
* 30 000 printed copies
distributed: Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City, Ottawa,
Winnipeg.
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