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PRIMER | The Great Gig Messiah List
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on November 19, 2019
Your guide to Handel’s Messiah in Toronto and the GTA for holiday season 2019.
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PREVIEW | Cree And Sami Culture Meet In Operatic Form In Soundstreams’ Two Odysseys
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on November 6, 2019
Soundstreams explores Indigenous opera by bringing together Cree opera Pimooteewin and Gállábártnit, a new work in Sámi, in Two Odysseys.
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INTERVIEW | Violinist Ray Chen Talks About Repertoire, Violins, And His Rock Star Reputation
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on November 4, 2019
Australian violinist Ray Chen talks about his approach to classical music, his favourite instruments, and repertoire in advance of his Toronto concert with pianist Julio Elizalde.
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PRIMER | Why Opera Atelier Is Returning To Don Giovanni After A Decade
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 27, 2019
In Opera Atelier’s Don Giovanni, Marshall Pynkoski seeks to present a story that is capable of growth — something far from it being the relic of the past.
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SCRUTINY | Amplified Opera's 'The Queen In Me' Offers Woke Resistance
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 14, 2019
In this hour-long musical monologue, Amplified Opera presents a mixed bag of opera ladies.
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PREVIEW | Delving Into Against The Grain Theatre’s Remount and National Tour Of ‘La Bohème’
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 7, 2019
A new English text, creative staging, and overcoming other challenges of a national pub tour of La Bohème, including 11 days in Toronto’s Tranzac Bar, from AtG’s Joel Ivany and others.
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PRIMER | Leipzig Coffee House Meets Toronto’s 1960s Yorkville Folk Scene In Tafelmusik’s Café Counterculture
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 2, 2019
Tafelmusik Oboist Marco Cera, jazz musician/arranger Andrew Downing, and singer Alex Samaras talk about putting together Haus Musik: Café Counterculture
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INTERVIEW | Fresh Views From Anna Pidgorna, Heather Schmidt And Ingrid Jensen On Soundstreams’ ‘Top Brass’
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on September 30, 2019
Soundstreams’ ‘Top Brass’ brings top notch soloists and fresh works for the trumpet, including three new works no one’s heard yet to the stage.
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INTERVIEW: Sarah Jeffrey Talks About Taking On The Strauss Oboe Concerto With The TSO
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on September 24, 2019
Soloist Sarah Jeffrey talks about her upcoming concerts with the TSO playing the challenging Strauss Oboe Concerto.
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Classical 101 | Why Is The Oboe Used To Tune The Orchestra?
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on September 5, 2019
Have you ever wondered why orchestras tune with the oboe? Follow along as we uncover the history behind this curious convention.
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