Manitoba Opera’s first production of the season, “Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North”, opened this past Saturday and it is hard to overstate the significance of this cross-cultural, boundary-breaking historic opera.  

This Sunday, November 26th at 3:00pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, this Winnipeg Wind Ensemble will be presenting their first concert of the 2023-24 season. Called Field Full of Folk the concert will feature music of Gustav Holst, Florent Schmitt and Franz von Suppe amongst others.

This is the month of Movember. Around the world men are growing moustaches to bring awareness to men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide. The Movember Foundation has raised millions of dollars to help fund over 1200 hundred research projects in more than 20 countries.

Tune in to Intermezzo at 1:00pm this week, as Chris Wolf and Terry Klippenstein feature music composed by these five furry-faced composers.

This Saturday, November 18th the Museum at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq will open a brand new exhibit called Dark Ice. This is a collaborative exhibit that was conceived by artists Leslie Reid of Ottawa and photographer Robert Kautuk of Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River) Nunavut in collaboration with the Ottawa Art Gallery.

Manitoba Opera breaks new ground – while honouring historic territory and stories – in their latest production.  

Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North is the first full-scale Indigenous-led opera to take place on a Canadian mainstage.  

Montreal-born, Scotland-based author Sarah Bernstein has won the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her second novel, Study for Obedience.

Known as the biggest night in Canadian literature, the announcement was interrupted when several anti-Israel protesters jumped onstage during the live telecast before being escorted out by police.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the $100,000 Giller award is presented annually to the author of the best Canadian novel, graphic novel or short story collection published in English selected by a five-member jury panel. 

On Friday morning, the nominations for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards were revealed. 

Music's biggest night is still a few months away, but the nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards have been official revealed. The Grammys will be presented on Sunday, February 4th 2024. The full list is up on www.grammy.com 

Here is a list of who has been nominated in the Classical and jazz

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