COFFEE BREAK | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Play Epic Game of Thrones Theme Song

By Ludwig Van on April 16, 2015

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra rehearse the Game of Thrones theme song from their "As Heard on TV" concerts.

FILM REVIEW | The Canadian Link Behind the Birth of the First New Opera House in Russia Since the Tsars

By Colin Eatock on February 12, 2015

Jack Diamond isn’t a musician – but he’s been a big influence on the classical music scene in Toronto. Many opera fans will recognize him as the architect of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, where the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada perform...

DVD/BLU RAY REVIEW | Richard Strauss: Capriccio

By Paul E. Robinson on October 27, 2014

Capriccio was described by its creators – Richard Strauss and Clemens Krauss – as “a conversation piece for music in one act.” In fact, it was Strauss’ fifteenth and last opera, premiered in wartime Munich in 1942. As the work of a 78-year-old composer it is remarkable. Yet it will probably always be a work for connoisseurs rather than the general public. For a one-act opera at about two and a half hours it is excessively long, and the musical style is almost continuous recitative. And the subject matter is, depending on your point of view, either rarified art or pretentious chit-chat. Some critics have even suggested it is little more than a make-work project for an aging composer.

LINES OF ENQUIRY | Ottawa International Animation Festival Screens North American Premiere of Donald McWilliams Documentary, ‘Norman McLaren: Animated Musician’

By Curtis Perry on October 8, 2014

Vancouver Musicians Win Legal Battle Against The American Federation of Musicians

By Michael Vincent on September 20, 2014

Vancouver Executive Board win legal injunction against AFM

By Michael Vincent on June 7, 2014

Video: How to sing Bel canto with Dame Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, and Luciano Pavarotti

By Michael Vincent on June 2, 2014

Review: FAWN offers up new work for new blood

By Michael Vincent on May 4, 2014

Daily album review 40: Brilliant Tafelmusik House of Dreams translates badly to DVD

By John Terauds on December 14, 2013

Film review: The Wagner Files an irredeemable perversion of a complex artist and scumbag

By John Terauds on December 13, 2013