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By Michael Vincent on December 20, 2015
Returning after three years' grace from the Toronto Messiah circuit, Against the Grain Theatre presented a fully staged barefoot of Messiah. It's refreshing to say the least...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 18, 2015
The two presentations of the classic Christmastime traditions differ widely, but the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra call it even this year.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 17, 2015
Are the Beethovens of the world alive and well, or are they just being buried under our reverence for old dead white guys?
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on December 16, 2015
Oh the racy world of renaissance music. Reddit has been buzzing about a little-known track called "Will you buy a fine dog" by 16th-century composer Thomas Morley.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on December 15, 2015
This video of Deutsche Grammophon artist Soprano Anna Prohaska performing Vivaldi's "Alma Oppressa" caught our eye.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 14, 2015
The Banff Centre has released details on the third season of the popular summer Opera training program Open Space. The immersive performance-based program provides 15 young professionals the chance to collaborate on the creation of a new opera with Against the Grain Theatre artists and internationally recognized faculty.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on December 14, 2015
Dudley Moore's “Little Miss Britten,” parody sends England’s most famous composer, Benjamin Britten to his angry place.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on December 14, 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.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on December 11, 2015
A DJ, a dancer named Lybido, a laptop ensemble, an electric guitarist and four singers walk into a bar... It sounds like the setup to a punchline, but Soundstreams' Electic Messiah just might be the most innovative production of the year in Toronto.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on December 11, 2015
This all-French program by the Austin Symphony was planned well over a year before the terrorist outrage of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France. Prefaced by a few well-chosen words from conductors Craig Hella Johnson and Peter Bay and a stirring rendition of La Marseillaise, the concert went ahead as planned on the 21st of November.
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