October 2004

• Pianist Andre Laplante plays a rewarding program
• Mahler’s Third Symphony a tall order: VSO Once-in-a-lifetime concert is a must-hear event
• Kiri Te Kanawa and VSO deliver a crowd-pleaser
• A powerful reading of Mahler’s mammoth Third
• Hurricanes hit Vancouver Opera, too
• Soprano delighted at last-minute opening
• Quartet brings robust, range to works of Dvorak, Janacek
• Substitute soprano a miracle in Rosenkavalier
• Birthday recital fetes lifetime of dedication
• Performance of song cycle will haunt audience’s memory
• Brazil’s Roberto Minczuk leads VSO in glossy evening with Anne Akiko Meyers

September 2004

August 2004