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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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.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on July 24, 2017
Cutting-edge tech in opera? Steve Jobs would have been proud, as Apple lends its star power to the Santa Fe contemporary opera scene.
(Continue reading)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.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on May 28, 2017
Bang on a Can All-Stars prove they are still up for anything.
(Continue reading)By Joshua Denenberg on May 26, 2017
Engineered by Cecilia String Quartet cellist Rachel Desoer, her and the quartet deserve praise for putting the spotlight on female representation in new music.
(Continue reading)By Joshua Denenberg on May 25, 2017
Night one of the RCM’s 21C Festival kicks off with a fascinating program of works performed by the COC Orchestra.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on April 3, 2017
“Contemporary pops” is not a concept with much currency, but this is not a bad description of the program the conductor Alex Pauk put together to end the 2016-17 Esprit Orchestra season in Koerner Hall on Sunday night.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on March 9, 2017
Second TSO's New Creations Festival concert keeps momentum high with an eclectic program featuring Owen Pallett, Nico Muhly, and Aaron Jay Kernis, and Harry Stafylakis.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 5, 2017
Opening night of the 13th annual TSO New Creations Festival demonstrates an embarrassment of riches in Canadian contemporary music.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 8, 2017
Toronto Symphony Orchestra announces 13th annual New Creations Festival line-up curated by Owen Pallet and Abigail Richardson-Schult.
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