By Michael Vincent on January 21, 2015
Around this time last year, Opera Hamilton made the announcement that due to a lack of funding, it was closing its doors for good. It wasn’t the first time Hamilton has lost an opera company. Opera Hamilton’s predecessor, Opera Ontario, went bankrupt in 2008, and despite moving from Hamilton Place to the Dofasco Theatre —(a smaller venue designed to cut costs) it wasn’t enough to balance the books...
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By Michael Vincent on January 20, 2015
Musical Toronto’s weekly Critic’s Picks are a fully curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week. Of course this is not to say we are the provocateurs of taste, but simply seek to provide a good weekly summary. For a look at the full breadth of what’s available in and around Toronto, check out the comprehensive concert listings from our friends at Wholenote Magazine...
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By Michael Vincent on January 19, 2015
(via) Sometimes opera in concert can get a little dry, but after watching this video of Finnish soprano Sirkka Lampimäki, performing with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra we were left speechless. The surprise starts at about 50 seconds in. Though her tone suffers for it - the audience explodes with applause...
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By Michael Vincent on January 17, 2015
There may have been no birthday cake served for Mozart’s party on Thursday night, but patrons at Roy Thomson Hall were treated to fulsome cuisine, complete with one serenade, one piano concerto, one sonata and, for dessert (flambéed, of course), a symphony...
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By Michael Vincent on January 14, 2015
Tonight marks the Canadian Opera Company’s Season Launch Event ushering in a new season, and a number of exciting new initiatives for Canada's premiere opera company.
Musical Toronto’s opera expert, Neil Crory will be on hand to cover the event, and also discuss the news with COC General Director, Alexander Neef.
Until then, here is a brief overview as well as the entire press release reprinted below...
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By Michael Vincent on January 13, 2015
Musical Toronto’s weekly Critic’s Picks are a fully curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week. Of course this is not to say we are the provocateurs of taste, but simply seek to provide a good weekly summary. For a look at the full breadth of what’s available in and around Toronto, check out the comprehensive concert listings from our friends at Wholenote Magazine...
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By Michael Vincent on January 13, 2015
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By Michael Vincent on January 9, 2015
In honour of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, the Allegri Quartet organized a massive ensemble of 150 string players to perform Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings in London’s Trafalgar Square last night. By all accounts it was an extraordinary and moving tribute...
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By Michael Vincent on January 9, 2015
Meet Neil Harbisson, a 31 year old colour blind artist from Camden, London who suffers from achromatopsia, a rare condition which means he can only see in black and white. He claims he can now 'hear' colours after having an 'eyeborg' antenna implanted into his skull. After wearing the "electronic eye" for over 10 years, the he uses it to picks up colour frequencies through a camera and transforms them into sound vibrations.
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By Michael Vincent on January 7, 2015
Rock icon Courtney Love has been cast as the star of Todd Almond's Kansas City Choir Boy, an experimental opera staged by the Prototype Festival at the Manhattan Arts Centre on January 8...
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