Arts & Culture

On June14th, the Azica record label released a fabulous new recording that features the renowned flute player Eugenia Moliner.  

This Saturday, August 24th at Knox United Church at 2:00pm there will be a truly musically magical event happening. 

An idyllic, riverside setting will play host to “A Late Summer Night’s Dream.”  

Two beloved Winnipeg musicians, soprano Christina Thanisch-Smith and pianist Lisa Rumpel, perform together in an intimate house concert presented by the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg in partnership with Flipside Opera and Art Song Collective.  

“It was a really nice marriage for us to work together,” says Flipside’s General Manager Lisa Rumpel about the partnership between the organizations.  

The stage is (nearly) set.  

Next month, a brand new, state-of-the-art performance facility opens at the University of Manitoba – the grand finale in the ambitious multi-year Taché Arts Project.  

“The curtains are being installed as we speak,” says Mel Braun, Voice Area Head at the Desautels Faculty of Music. 

Since this past Wednesday, August 14th, the Campus at Canadian Mennonite University has been resonating with the sounds of strings.  

The Rosamunde Summer Music Festival and Academy is now on.  Students from as young as five all the way up to 65 have been learning intensively from some of the finest string players in the country.  

Tune in at 1pm all this week as we explore the music of the Romanian composer George Enescu, as we celebrate his 143rd birthday. 

Today Enescu is primarily remembered for his two Romanian Rhapsodies for orchestra, but he wrote a great deal of terrific aside from those two youthful works. 

Before returning to regular lessons and fall schedules, participants in the Rosamunde Summer Music Academy are looking to better their string playing through educational workshops, masterclasses, coachings and performance opportunities.  

“It creates a great community that forms friendships and relationships,” says co-founder and artistic director Elation Pauls.  

Audiences won’t need a spoonful of sugar to make Rainbow Stage’s next production any more appealing.  

Expect a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious show when Mary Poppins makes her return to the iconic domed theatre in Kildonan Park.  

“(Mary Poppins) returns when you need her most,” says Rainbow Stage Artistic Director Carson Nattrass.    

Last staged over a decade ago, the production starring everyone’s favourite nanny serves as the ideal foil to the first-ever world-premiere that kicked off the 70th anniversary Rainbow Stage season, according to Nattrass.  

Flipside Opera and Art Song Collective is preparing for a busy week of performances and parties.  

Both brews and bocce are on tap for the nimble and spunky musical arts organization as they prepare for the return of a favourite event as well as their annual fundraiser.  

Once upon a time, audiences in Winnipeg were encouraged to follow the breadcrumbs leading to the weird and wonderful world of Manitoba Underground Opera. 

Their second production in the literary-inspired 2024 Unwritten season is a telling of a Brothers Grimm classic Hansel and Gretel.