FEATURE | Against the Grain Takes Mozart to a Whole New Level
By Michael Vincent on August 5, 2015
Against The Grain Theatre demolishes the fourth wall with new reality TV show opera, A Little Too Cozy.
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By Michael Vincent on August 5, 2015
Against The Grain Theatre demolishes the fourth wall with new reality TV show opera, A Little Too Cozy.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on August 5, 2015
British-Ukrainian bass-baritone Pavlo Hunka shares his thoughts on bringing Ukrainian Art Songs to the world.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on July 16, 2015
Finnish lyric soprano Soile Isokoski shares her thoughts on her art and the passing her wisdom and experience to the next generation.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on July 16, 2015
Italian-based, American-born keyboardist and conductor Alan Curtis died suddenly on July 15 in Florence at the age of 81. His contribution to the revival of Italian Baroque opera was huge, he left a rich legacy of period-performance resources for organ and harpsichord, and helped boost the careers of Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin and mezzo Marie-Nicole Lemieux through recordings made with his period-instrument ensemble, Il complesso barocco.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on July 12, 2015
Tenors are often expected to either have great voices, or brains. Jon Vickers had both...
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on June 13, 2015
Sir Christopher Lee, the screen legend who really wanted to be an opera singer.
(Continue reading)By Neil Crory on June 8, 2015
This past Friday, Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) gave the final of four sold-out performances of their latest venture, Death & Desire, featuring mezzo-soprano, Krisztina Szabó, bass-baritone, Stephen Hegedus, and pianist, Topher Mokrzewski.
(Continue reading)By Jenna Douglas on June 8, 2015
There is a taboo surrounding the many reasons for walking away from a career in the performing arts. One thing leads to the next, so isn't it all just grist for the mill?
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on June 1, 2015
The 26th annual Dora Mavor Moore Award nominees have been announced, with the COC in the lead for a total of 29 nominations in the opera division.
(Continue reading)By Arthur Kaptainis on May 27, 2015
If we divide all the operas in the world into those that hold the stage and those that do not, there is no question that M'dea Undone, which received its premiere Tuesday night at the Evergreen Brick Works, merits a place in the sainted former kingdom. Heck, it held a sprawling indoor-outdoor industrial space within earshot of the Don Valley Parkway for more than an hour.
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