By Paula Citron on February 7, 2023
Director/adaptor Marie Farsi has managed the impossible in bringing this Canadian literary masterpiece by André Alexis to the stage.
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By Joseph So on February 5, 2023
Canadian Opera Company resurrected Salome, a 27-year-old homegrown favourite from Canadian director Atom Egoyan.
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By Arthur Kaptainis on February 3, 2023
A matchlessly authoritative figure on the podium, Maestro Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance that could not be faulted.
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By Norman Lebrecht on February 3, 2023
Krzysztof Meyer's music is fascinating on many levels and, when paired with the Shostakovich cello sonata opus 40, irresistible.
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By Arthur Kaptainis on January 30, 2023
This past weekend, a Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, 22, made his North American debut at the helm of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
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By Joseph So on January 29, 2023
The COC opens its winter season with the immortal The Marriage of Figaro, starring soprano Lauren Fagan and baritone Gordon Bintner.
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By Arthur Kaptainis on January 29, 2023
Alisa Weilerstein premiers Fragments, a pair of Bach-inspired programs, on Saturday night under the auspices of the Royal Conservatory’s 21C Music Festival.
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By Norman Lebrecht on January 27, 2023
With Maria Milstein and the Phion Orchestra, the outcome is a real interpretation, not something manufactured around a record label’s conference table.
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By Meg Freer on January 24, 2023
Highly acclaimed pianist Jarred Dunn performed a solo and chamber music recital with violinist Jeanel Liang for a rapt audience in Kingston, Ontario.
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By Michael Schulman on January 23, 2023
The Royal Conservatory’s annual 21C Music Festival is in full swing, with four concerts this past weekend featuring three world premieres.
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