Reviews & Previews

When the United Nations called for volunteers to rescue democratic South Korea from the maws of communist aggression by North Korea, 26,000 Canadians swelled the ranks of the 26 countries who signed up.

To bring to life this dramatic love story, in which emotions are pushed to the extreme, the Opéra de Montréal has hired Korean soprano Kathleen Kim for the role of Lucia and Quebec tenor Frédéric Antoun as her lover Edgardo.

The big opener Oct. 3 is a must-hear concert called Unstoppable.

The most thrilling concert of the first two nights was delivered by drummer Tomas Fujiwara and his Triple Double formation.

Vittorio Rossi’s first play, The Chain, a runaway success when it was first produced 30 years ago, is being reprised with 31 performances at Moyse Hall.