Old Wicked Songs

A co-production with


Stephen Hoffman, a brilliant young American piano prodigy, ventures to Vienna in the hope of re-igniting his artistic spark. Set against the backdrop of Kurt Waldheim’s contentious rise to the Presidency of Austria in the 1980’s, the play weaves the songs of Robert Schumann through the story of Hoffman and his Viennese music teacher. Though their experiences and ideas are starkly different, they share music as a common bond that may narrow the gap between them. From the sublime of Vienne Opera to the horror at Dachau, Old Wicked Songs is a clash of generations where past and present meet in a brilliant, dramatic vortex.

"Old Wicked Songs is a deeply moving, finely tuned work that should not be missed." - Pat Donnelly, The Montreal Gazette. Read the whole review HERE

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"Old Wicked Songs: Preview and video"
- Pat Donnelly
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"Truly, they [Marchand and Proulx-Cloutier] are an amazing duo. Old Wicked Songs is a deeply moving,finely tuned work that should not be missed."
- Pat Donnelly
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"Old Wicked Songs and The Comedy of Errors"
- Pat Donnelly
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"Old Wicked Songs...is an achingly beautiful, deeply satisfying, two-hander that uses the power of music to bridge the generation gap."
- Alidor Aucoin
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"Drama, music, opera on tap in Montreal"
- Steven Howell
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"The Segal Centre continues to experiment this season, hooking up with an equally venerable francophone theatre as they ready Jon Marans’ Old Wicked Songs."
- Neil Boyce
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"Montreal Segal Centre for the Performing Arts Old Wicked Songs"
- Jeniva Berger
Scene Changes
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"Segal Centre For Performing Arts’ latest play, Old Wicked Songs, is perhaps their most emotionally challenging work so far."
- Walter J. Lyng
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"Jean Marchand et Robert Schumann"
- Jean Marchand
La webradio d'Espace musique, Espace Classique
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"Emile Proulx-Cloutier: Jeune premier"
- Nathalie Petrowski
La Presse
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 "Véritable délice que ce quasi duel pianistique, sans longueur aucune, plaisir pour les oreilles et le coeur, pour un jeu de sens ancré dans les leçons de l'histoire."
- Yves Rousseau
Le Quatrieme (blog)
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"...c’est Jean Marchand qui suscite les plus grands frissons de la soirée."
- Olivier Dumas
Montheatre.qc.ca
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"What's Playing: Old Wicked Songs"
- Amour de Montreal blog
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"Consulate Staff Enjoys Old Wicked Songs at Segal Centre"
- from flickr.com
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- Anne Lagace Dowson
Interview with Jon Marans [Not yet available]


CBC Radio One 88.5 - Homerun
- Jeanette Kelly
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Radio Shalom
-Stanley Asher and Davyn Ryall
Interview with Jon Marans [Not yet available ]

 
CKUT - Upstage
-Stephanie Breton
Interview with Jean Marchand

"This represents yet another addition to a long line of great productions that the Segal Centre has long since accustomed us to."
CKUT 90.3 FM - Latin Time
- Jorge Gutman
Listen to the clip here (In Spanish)



TVA - Salut Bonjour
Interview with Emile Proulx-Cloutier
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Preview
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