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Nicolas Ellis opens Lanaudière festival with Orchestre de l'Agora's ambitious staging of Stravinsky
The Quebec conductor, 34, directs a new production of Le Sacre du printemps Saturday night—his second time leading the prestigious...
Madonna's 'Confessions II' lands Friday—her best work since 2005's 'Confessions on a Dancefloor'
The 67-year-old singer's new dance album is a cohesive house-inflected set that marks her return to setting trends rather than following them.
La chute des anges at TOHU interrogates humanity in a world of machines through French circus artistry
L'Oublié(e) company's acrobatic piece, directed by Raphaëlle Boitel, weaves intention and spectacle—contortionists and trapeze artists...
Jazz Fest opens with Yoo II and Nolan Potter's improvisational super-group
Two Montreal ensembles and a Texas saxophonist jammed for hours in Austin last year; the resulting album—90% improvisation—arrives this...
Taj Mahal brings 84 years of blues mastery to Montreal's Maison symphonique
The legendary multi-instrumentalist and his Phantom Blues Band delivered a sweeping set Thursday, mixing deep blues standards with his...
Céline Dion unveils new song 'Bonjour, Pardon, Merci' ahead of Paris residency
The Montreal icon released the track Friday, her second new song in months, as she prepares for 16 shows starting September at Paris La...
Carla Simón's 'Romería' traces family secrets across Galician waterways in final trilogy chapter
An 18-year-old orphan searches for her biological father's roots in a new Spanish film by director Carla Simón, whose use of voiceover...
Patrick Watson becomes first Montrealer since Leonard Cohen to win Jazz Fest Spirit Prize
The local musician-composer received the award honouring international musical innovation from Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada on...
Finnish acrobats Lotta & Stina celebrate 25 years of rolla bolla at Montreal Cirque fest
The world's only female rolla bolla duo performs their career-spanning show at Festival Montréal Complètement Cirque.
Cats in the Plateau series films across Montreal this summer
A new six-episode French-English series about two Ontarians becoming garbage men is filming in the actual bars and streets of the Plateau.
Montreal filmmaker Isaac and artist Séguin's Piluk selected for Locarno Film Festival competition
The animated short about an Inuit girl leaving the tundra for the city will premiere at the Swiss festival in August, produced by the...
Series "Sur le fil" humanizes homelessness beyond consumption and mental health stereotypes
The Radio-Canada drama, airing this fall, was developed with input from Mission Old Brewery and other shelter organizations eager to...
