SCRUTINY | Toronto Opera Festival — Parélios: An Operatic Lament
By Ludwig Van on June 15, 2026
In Parélios, by Cecilia Livingston and Duncan McFarlane, Opera 5 has produced a work that is intense — and intensely engaging.
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By Ludwig Van on June 15, 2026
In Parélios, by Cecilia Livingston and Duncan McFarlane, Opera 5 has produced a work that is intense — and intensely engaging.
(Continue reading)By Michelle Assay on June 9, 2026
In a concert featuring a rising star violinist, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's performance Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony emerged as the evening's most exquisite moment?
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on June 8, 2026
There was a family-style atmosphere for Orchestra Toronto's season finale, set against the weighty themes of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on June 8, 2026
Short, brilliant Puccini operas score high marks with Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi at the Toronto Opera Festival, presented by Opera 5.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on June 1, 2026
Distinguished violinist and conductor Shunske Sato proved triumphant last weekend in directing three powerful performances of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on June 1, 2026
Jera Wolfe’s world premiere Kismet for the National Ballet of Canada is a triumph, paired with a reprise of Helen Pickett's Emma Bovary.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on May 28, 2026
Despite its less successful moments, George F. Walker's World On Fire delivers a message about what's happening in a society that leaves more and more people behind.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on May 27, 2026
Co-presented by Theatre Passe Muraille, Chisato Minamimura’s Mark Of A Woman offers a feminist perspective on tattoos.
(Continue reading)By Michelle Assay on May 25, 2026
Things that perhaps should not go together and yet somehow do; the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Shankar’s Second Concerto for Sitar and the composer’s daughter Anoushka.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on May 21, 2026
The weekend appearance of AR Rahman with Rushil Ranjan at Meridian Hall was unlike anything I have ever experienced before.
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