The documentary, which features never before seen footage that allows Maria Callas to tell her story in her own words, is a harsh look at the realities of fame and glamour.

There are two notable DIY concerts coming up in Toronto. The first is a traditional two-piano recital that has almost sold out the Glenn Gould Studio without the help of traditional PR or advertising.

Canadian composer Eugene Astapov chats with Ludwig Van about his upcoming work with Esprit Orchestra, and the things that make him tick.

The event was hosted by RBC Affiliate Composer Kevin Lau, and included composers John Adams, Daniel Bjarnason, Zosha Di Castri, and Brian Current, whose works are currently being featured at this year’s New Creations Festival.

New music pioneer Claire Chase takes us through her artistic philosophy and future plans, touching upon the help she’s received on her journey, one which cuts across the baseball diamond along the way.

This isn’t drawn from the pages of Maclean’s or a Torontoist post of 2014, but a nearly 300-year-old line from The Beggar’s Opera, a musical by John Gay that took London by storm in 1728.

Tenor Andreas Schager chats about his upcoming starring role in Wagner’s Gotterdammerung, opening this week at the Canadian Opera Company.

Russian culture is entirely Western, so little distances it conceptually from its neighbours to the west. But a different alphabet and 70 years of isolation within the Soviet Union and its former satellite nations has left a lingering whiff of cultural separateness.

Against The Grain Theatre brings Puccini’s La bohème back to the dive bar.

It seems that the more Dann does, the more people want him back for more.