Has something been lost in translation? Touted as a hilarious comedy about the off-stage shenanigans of musicians, classical and otherwise, Maestro by Québec playwright Claude Montminy opened Friday at the Gladstone in its English-language premiere. The play is running in both official languages and opened in
Sometimes, classical concerts unfold in a protective cocoon of perfect calm and order. Wednesday evening’s NACO performance was not one of those times. Game 7 of the Sens vs the Penguins — which the NAC thoughtfully had up on a big screen in the lobby —
Canadians often take their freedoms for granted. So it is a useful reminder of how much this nation has to talk to someone for whom personal freedom means so much. Dang Thai Son is such a person. He is also one the best pianists you may not know.
The push is on to get a major chunk of the $110 million upgrade of the National Arts Centre ready for a ribbon cutting on Canada Day. And inside the construction zone workers are laying fine ledge stone, a hard, dark marble from the Owen Sound
It’s not the smallest, nor the biggest, nor the oldest artifact in the new showcase hall at the Museum of History, but it is, perhaps, the most evocative, for it is the oldest depiction of a human face yet found in the land that would
With more than 1,500 artifacts on display, the Canadian History Hall is expected to be the "largest and most comprehensive exhibition on Canadian history ever developed," says the museum that hosts this massive sesquicentennial project. Museum of History officials offered a glimpse of the Hall Wednesday morning.
Centrepointe Theatre is offering a real mix for all ages in their upcoming season of entertainment. For those who love rock and roll there will be appearances by Graham Nash, of the legendary supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash. Before that in the early to mid-60s he
Have voice. Will travel. That motto probably should be on Katherine Whyte's business card. The soprano has built her career as a professional performer by her God-given talent and her willingness to go anywhere to work. Consider her Ottawa debut this Saturday. White will get up a
That Jon Kimura Parker is a real trooper. One time he flew to Sydney, Australia as a last minute fill in. He played four nights in the Sydney Opera House with Maestro David Zinman and loved avery minute of it. His show-must-go-on determination is in evidence this week
The Ottawa choir Seventeen Voyces is, with the Ottawa Baroque Consort and the 'Makin' Moves: Children's Dance Theatre, putting on a performance of a rarely heard English Baroque opera. ARTSFILE's Peter Robb asked the choir's director, Kevin Reeves, why. Q. You are staging Venus and Adonis. Can you
