Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi takes the audience back through the centuries to revisit some of the most influential composers in music history. The journey begins with Corelli, who laid the foundation for modern violin technique and inspired his contemporaries across Europe.

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Baroque Journey

Ville de Montréal

Église catholique Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs

Place des Arts

St. Joachim of Pointe-Claire Church

Experience the magic of Disney with the OSM and Fantasia, a timelessly spectacular animated film that journeys through the enthralling world of classical music.

Disney’s Fantasia

Consummate virtuosa Isabelle Demers transforms the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique into an opulent orchestra, bringing out its many facets.

Isabelle Demers Performs The Firebird

The dramatic intensity and emotional candour expressed in Mozart’s Requiem are part of the fascination this work continues to arouse, more than 200 years after its first performance.

Payare Conducts Mozart’s Moving Requiem

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59E40S_EQSY

The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THv6htilWtI

The Artelize Podcast and Adolfo Corrado: Mediterranean flavors, opera and social media

This concert version of Così fan tutte will spotlight renowned baritone Thomas Hampson, whose gift as a stage director is also featured in this performance.

Mozart’s Così fan tutte: The Dangerous Game of Love

The “Jupiter” Symphony radiates majesty and awesome harmonic breadth. This concert devoted to Mozart brings together Rafael Payare and pianist Kevin Chen.

Mozart’s Majestic Jupiter Symphony

**Vendetta: Storie di Mafia - A Contemporary Ballet Spectacle**

**Date & Time:** April 10th to 13th, 2025. Performances at 2 P.M. and 8 P.M.  
**Location:** Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts  

Dive into the heart of a tempestuous saga with "Vendetta: Storie di Mafia," a contemporary ballet choreographed by the acclaimed Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. This riveting performance takes you on a journey through the gritty streets of Chicago to Las Vegas, exploring the intense rivalries between mafia families in the 1950s. Inspired by iconic tales like West Side Story and The Godfather, Ochoa crafts a narrative that is both a homage and a unique story of power, revenge, and destiny.

The ballet is a masterful blend of various musical genres, with a score that includes the works of Astor Piazzolla, Georg Philipp Telemann, Henry Mancini, and many others, creating a vibrant tapestry that supports the narrative's emotional depth and complexity. The choreography melds the smoky allure of cabaret with the raw energy of street brawls, sculpting emotions into each movement and step.

**Special Features of the Show:**
- **Duration:** 2 hours and 20 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission.
- **Creative Team:** Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Set Design by Olivier Landreville, Costume Design by Danielle Truss, Lighting by Marc Parent, and a diverse musical score featuring compositions from classical to contemporary artists.

**Why Attend?**
"Vendetta: Storie di Mafia" is not just a ballet; it's a theatrical revelation that promises a smorgasbord of the spectacular and the solemn. It's a cinematic journey through the shadowy intrigue of film noir, the wild heart of vaudeville, and the undeniable charm of Broadway, all wrapped into a symphony of movement. This performance is a must-see for anyone who appreciates the power of storytelling through dance and music.

**Booking Information:**
Save up to 40% with package bookings. For more information and to secure your tickets, visit the official Les Grands Ballets Canadiens website or contact the box office at Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts.

Don't miss this opportunity to witness a unique blend of narrative ballet and contemporary storytelling that will leave you captivated from start to finish.

Vendetta: Storie di Mafia

Chamber music concert - Les Cordes Avides 2025

University of Montreal

Because we are taught false definitions of love from a young age, it is harder for us to experience it as we grow up. Contrary to what literature, film, and television portray us to be, desire is only one ingredient of love. Just like affection and romance. If our society could agree on a common understanding of what love means, the act of loving would not be so confusing.

Love or Nothing

Théâtre ESPACE GO

Sciences Po 101, Traité d'insubmission à l'usage du vrai monde marks Catherine Dorion's return to the stage with a documentary play on democracy, where she will share the stage with Vincent Massé-Gagné in a production by Alexandre Fecteau.
An interactive, immersive piece, where artists and the audience will explore together the ways in which the strength of the people could regain a footing beyond the feeling of helplessness, the ambient media overload and the agendas filled to the brim. The audience will be invited to vote and express themselves in all sorts of ways, they will play the role of Quebec society. Will they remain quietly seated in their seats? Will they rise up against the absurdity of what is happening on stage?

Science Po 101, Treatise on insubordination for use in the real world

Grand Théâtre de Québec

At the dawn of the 19th century , in England, when the Bennet family finds itself penniless, the three sisters of the clan must marry to clear their future. But the independent Elizabeth refuses to submit to dogmas, arranged marriages, or feigned politeness. She traces her path without bowing to the weight of social events. Her only law? The love she carries uncompromisingly to her own.

Pride And prejudices

Théâtre Denise-Pelletier

Nora, 24, discovers a photo of her grandmother taken in Oran, Algeria, after an explosion that seriously injured her. Before the gaze of this woman she barely knows, the weight of years of silence and absent gestures falls upon her. If part of her history escapes her, how can she determine who she is? Faced with war, who is Nora and how does she have the right to be concerned?

There women of Null Share

Respond: this is what teenagers will be invited to do by artist Elkahna Talbi and her alter ego Queen Ka, a stage figure who has been involved in performance poetry for over fifteen years. Fears and convictions make up her view of the world. In reaction to Queen Ka's texts, the young authors will embrace their civic impulses and refine their critical thinking, so that evils and words fight on equal terms.

The Scriptarium 2025

Considered one of the most daring and dynamic new music ensembles, the Mivos Quartet takes up the torch of the Kronos Quartet. After reworking the corpus with the composer and recording it for Deutsche Grammophon, it presents a complete concert of the string quartet works of Steve Reich, pioneer of minimalist music.

Mivos Quartet - Complete Works for String Quartet by Steve Reich

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

The prestigious British ensemble Stile Antico is marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of Palestrina. A central figure of Renaissance polyphony, his art is closely associated with the splendours of the papacy and the churches of Rome.

Stile Antico - The Prince of Music: Palestrina in the Eternal City

After his memorable debut in 2023, the great violist Antoine Tamestit returns to Les Violons du Roy for a new encounter that promises to be just as exhilarating and moving with, among other things, a transcription for string orchestra of  Shostakovich's 15th quartet .

Requiem for Strings

Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas and Gilles Vonsattel, two musicians pursuing brilliant careers as soloists and chamber musicians, propose a dialogue between the cello and the piano with works inspired by national sentiment.

Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas, cello & Gilles Vonsattel, piano

A regular visitor to the Salle Bourgie, the brilliant pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin returns with a programme that is both poetic and virtuoso, including, among other things, the four scherzos by Chopin, one of his favourite composers.

Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano

The complete performance of Christoph Graupner's nineteen cantatas written specifically for Good Friday continues! This third concert, out of six planned, will feature four cantatas by this master of the Baroque era, recognized by his peers as a composer of the first rank.

Happy Ideas - Passion Concert

Known for his virtuosity, saxophonist Rémi Bolduc has worked as a jazzman and teacher for over 40 years. He stops by the Salle Bourgie with renowned French pianist Baptiste Trotignon for a warm 5 to 7. 

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