CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: November 11 – 17

By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on November 11, 2024

COFFEE BREAK | Amici Chamber Ensemble's Version Of "Hallelujah" Will Break Your Heart

By Ludwig Van on April 14, 2019

A performance by Amici Chamber Ensemble and Mireille Asselin of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is too good not to share. 

IN MEMORIAM | Legendary Canadian Music Critic Claude Gingras Has Died

By Caroline Rodgers on December 30, 2018

Caroline Rodgers shares her personal memories of one of the most important music critics in Canadian history, Claude Gingras.

SCRUTINY | Toronto Operetta's Die Fledermaus Brings On The Laughs

By Paula Citron on December 30, 2018

One expects a Toronto Operetta Theatre production to be fun, and the company’s latest incarnation of Johann Strauss’s beloved Die Fledermaus does not disappoint.

2018 REWIND | Our Favourite Concerts Of 2018

By Ludwig Van on December 28, 2018

Ludwig van Toronto reflects on our favourite concert events of 2018.

THE SCOOP | Opera Atelier Co-Artistic Directors Awarded Order Of Canada

By Michael Vincent on December 27, 2018

Opera Atelier founding Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg have been appointed to the Order of Canada.

THE SCOOP | Sondra Radvanovsky Pulls Out Of Aida At The MET

By Michael Vincent on December 24, 2018

The Metropolitan Opera has announced Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky has cancelled January performance dates for Verdi's Aida for personal reasons.

CRITIC'S PICKS | 5 Concerts To See In Toronto Over The Holidays (Dec. 24 – Jan. 6)

By Joseph So on December 24, 2018

Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of December 24 – January 6.

THE SCOOP | Amadeus Choir Announces New Artistic Director

By Michael Vincent on December 21, 2018

The Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto has appointed Kathleen Allan to the position of Artistic Director and Conductor, effective July 1, 2019.

THE SCOOP | Police Shutdown Calgary Airport After Orchestra Instrument Mistaken For A Gun (Video)

By Michael Vincent on December 21, 2018

Report of a musician mistaken as an active shooter prompts lockdown of part of Calgary airport terminal.