If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
LISZT | Five Stratospheric High Notes To Finish Off Your Weekend
By Sara Schabas on September 10, 2017
The weekend isn't over until you hear these sky-high finishers! They'll be sure to end your week on a high note.
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FEATURE | Bicycle Opera Project Pedals Hard To The Finish
By Sara Schabas on August 5, 2017
Bicycle Opera Project cycles back home to Toronto this weekend, capping off their Ontario-wide performance tour of Sweat.
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SCRUTINY | Whose Opera Is It Anyway Tickles The Funny Bone
By Sara Schabas on July 28, 2017
Loose Tea Music Theatre plays it by ear in this improvised comic opera, where audience approval is measured in laughs.
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PREVIEW | A Rough and Tumble Guide to Summer Festivals in Ontario
By Sara Schabas on June 23, 2017
The summer music season is upon Ontario. Here are Musical Toronto's music festival picks from across the province.
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INTERVIEW | An Operatic Suffragette to Commemorate Women's Rights Today
By Sara Schabas on June 22, 2017
Opera5's new production serves as a reminder of the women's rights movement, as relevant as ever today.
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LISZTS | Seven Pieces In Honour Of Father's Day
By Sara Schabas on June 18, 2017
In honour of Father's Day, here's a playlist looking at the complex relationships between Dads and their musical offspring.
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SCRUTINY | Blythwood Winds Shows Off Five Female Composers On The Rise
By Sara Schabas on June 12, 2017
It is no secret there is a crisis surrounding gender balance in classical music composition. But in Toronto’s Heliconian Hall Saturday night, the scales were tipped, at least temporarily.
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FEATURE | Toronto Loves To Sing: The Rise Of Choir! Choir! Choir! And Acquired Taste
By Sara Schabas on June 2, 2017
What do Toronto-based string players, pianists and woodwind players do on their off days? They sing, of course.
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INTERVIEW | In Conversation With William Shookhoff: The Father Of Indie Opera T.O.
By Sara Schabas on May 25, 2017
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. The story of Opera by Request, one of Toronto's first indie opera companies.
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FEATURE | How A Toronto Neighbourhood Inspired A Homegrown La bohème
By Sara Schabas on May 17, 2017
Against The Grain Theatre brings Puccini’s La bohème back to the dive bar.
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