SCRUTINY | TSO Plumbs The Depths Of Shakespeare In Words And Music
By Arthur Kaptainis on June 27, 2018
Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer narrated Shakespeare with music inspired by the great bard.
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By Arthur Kaptainis on June 27, 2018
Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer narrated Shakespeare with music inspired by the great bard.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on June 17, 2018
A-lister pianist Daniil Trifonov joins the Toronto Symphony and Peter Oundjian for an all-Russian program that was well worth the journey.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on June 14, 2018
Rather than ponder the imponderable and seek to understand why Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Brahms’s First Symphony are not compatible, let's accept the Toronto Symphony Orchestra outing as two concerts separated by an intermission.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on June 14, 2018
Is the TSO underrated?“Absolutely, yes." Peter Oundjian sits down for an in-depth and candid interview on the ups and downs of his 14 years reign as Music Director of the Toronto Symphony.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on May 3, 2018
The Toronto Symphony throw light on the differences that have become the source of musical fisticuffs in the original 1887 version of Bruckner's 8 Symphony.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on April 27, 2018
The TSO offers a distraction from the horrific tragedy in Toronto this week through the music of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, with conductor Bramwell Tovey at the helm.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on April 21, 2018
The charismatic conductor Krzysztof Urbański is a credible choice as a possible successor to the throne as Artistic Director at the Toronto Symphony. But with everyone's lips firmly sealed, we ask, is he still a contender?
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on April 6, 2018
Sir Andrew sent us home from Roy Thomson Hall in a hopeful frame of mind Thursday evening after a finely tooled performance of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on March 30, 2018
Even if it feels like something less than a full-blooded opera, The Overcoat is a brilliant theatrical enterprise that can be appreciated for the virtuosity with which Panych (also the director) enlivens the stage.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on March 29, 2018
He could have been a contender: Stéphane Denève, 46, can parlez-vous, which is mandatory in Montreal and not a bad thing in Toronto.
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