SCRUTINY | The Joy Of Bach: Opera By Request Brings Coffee Cantata To Hamilton Café

By Anya Wassenberg on February 3, 2025

This past weekend (Feb. 1), Toronto’s Opera by Request headed west to perform Bach’s Peasant Cantata and Coffee Cantata in a Hamilton café.

SCRUTINY | The Canadian Opera Company Delivers An Emotionally Resonant Madama Butterfly

By Albert Wong on January 27, 2025

Madama Butterfly returns to the Canadian Opera Company stage with a stellar cast that delivered an emotionally rich performance.

SCRUTINY | Everything Is Illuminated: Emanuel Ax And The Toronto Symphony Commemorate Sir Andrew Davis

By Michelle Assay on January 16, 2025

From heavenly Mozart to cosmic Strauss via quietly euphoric Tippett — another impeccable program from the Toronto Symphony with Emanuel Ax.

SCRUTINY | Rarity By Gluck Brought To Life By Opera In Concert

By Arthur Kaptainis on January 13, 2025

Voicebox: Opera in Concert presented Gluck's Alceste in what the company billed as the Canadian premiere of its French-language revision of 1776.

SCRUTINY | Big Crowd, Warm Welcome For TSO And Bihlmaier

By Arthur Kaptainis on January 10, 2025

Toronto Symphony Orchestra delight under conductor Anja Bihlmaier, featuring Dvořák’s iconic “New World” Symphony, Mozart Clarinet Concerto, and Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra.

SCRUTINY | From the Silk Road to Strauss, Li Delun Dazzles Toronto

By Denise Lai on January 6, 2025

SCRUTINY | Bravissimo! and Salute to Vienna Ring In 2025 In Grand Fashion

By Joseph So on January 3, 2025

Bravissimo!, the New Year’s Eve gala concert, has been entertaining Toronto area opera lovers for the past 16 years, and Salute to Vienna is now 30 years old.

SCRUTINY | Talented Cast Light Up Toronto Operetta Theatre’s Countess Maritza

By Paula Citron on December 31, 2024

Imre Kalman’s Countess Maritza debuted at Theater an der Wien 100 years ago in 1924, and the music still captivates in Toronto Operetta Theatre's production.

SCRUTINY | Soloists And Orchestra Shine In The Salute To 2025 Opera Concert

By Joseph So on December 30, 2024

“Salute to 2025,” an opera concert by the Kindred Spirits Orchestra, featured Canadian soprano Alexa Frankian and Bulgarian bass-baritone Geo Chobanov.

SCRUTINY | Koerner Hall’s Into The Woods Sparkles With Energy

By Paula Citron on December 30, 2024

Director Richard Ouzounian ensured that each episode of Into The Woods at Koerner Hall would be vibrant with life and the show just sparkled with energy.