CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: October 6 – October 12

By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 6, 2025

Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of October 6 to 12, 2025.

INTERVIEW | Opera Revue Members Danie Friesen, Claire Elise Harris & Alexander Hajek Talk About Performing At The Canadian Opera Company

By Anya Wassenberg on October 3, 2025

The Canadian Opera Company has invited indie upstarts Opera Revue (Danie Friesen, Claire Elise Harris & Alexander Hajek) to perform at their Free Concert Series.

THE SCOOP | Seven Finalists Announced For The Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition

By Anya Wassenberg on October 2, 2025

PREVIEW | Opera For The Children Of Ukraine At Chateau Windrush

By Anya Wassenberg on October 2, 2025

Chateau Windrush will be the host of a fundraiser for Pure Heart Global Mission, an organization working to support orphaned Ukrainian children.

PREVIEW | Southern Ontario Lyric Opera Opens The Season With Puccini’s Tosca

By Anya Wassenberg on September 29, 2025

Southern Ontario Lyric Opera (SOLO) opens its 2025–2026 season with Giacomo Puccini’s popular Tosca on October 4.

INTERVIEW | Conductor Martin MacDonald & Soprano Allison Cecilia Arends Talk About Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra 2025/26 Launch

By Anya Wassenberg on September 26, 2025

The Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra will launch the 2025/26 season, their 40th, with a program appropriately titled 40 & BEYOND.

INTERVIEW | Artistic Director Brian Current Talks About New Music Concerts In 2025/26

By Anya Wassenberg on September 24, 2025

Artistic Director Brian Current takes us through the 2025/26 season for Toronto’s New Music Concerts, the organization's 55th.

INTERVIEW | Soprano Kseniia Proshina Talks About Her Canadian Opera Company Debut in Roméo et Juliette

By Denise Lai on September 23, 2025

Russian-born, Paris-based Kseniia Proshina is a fast-rising young soprano who is thrilled to reprise her role of Juliette in Toronto at the Canadian Opera Company.

INTERVIEW | Director Amy Lane On The Canadian Opera Company’s Roméo Et Juliette

By Anya Wassenberg on September 9, 2025

Amy Lane directs the Canadian Opera Company's production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, bringing the romantic tragedy back to the company after more than 30 years.

CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical Music Events You Absolutely Need To See This Week: September 8 – September 14

By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on September 8, 2025

Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of September 8 to 14.