In summary, House Mix is a monumental tour de force of dance, TDT’s final presentation at the Fleck Dance Theatre under the artistic directorship of Christopher House who is stepping down in August.

In truth, there isn’t a weak link on stage for Obsidian Theatre and Musical Stage Company's remount of Kushner's 'Caroline, or Change'.

The National Arts Orchestra of Canada (NACO) and Joshua Bell served up stunning work with Morlock, Mendelssohn and Boulanger - so good they made up for a misstep with Debussy.

All in all, the COC's production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel is a feel-good show ideal for the dreary Toronto winter.

Every work of Grazyna Bacewicz informs us that her life was hard and her freedoms limited. But once the conversation starts, you really don’t want it to end.

Under the vision of legendary director Peter Sellars, Los Angeles Master Chorale sang Lasso's Lagrime di San Pietro to perfection.

Nicole Lizée’s Karappo Okesutura Vol III: The Lost Karaoke Tapes is a striking mashup of live music and technology, full of emotion and whip smart humour.

TSO guest conductor Aziz Shokhakimov and cellist Joseph Johnson wins the audience over with luscious, coherent harmony from Smetana, Dvorák, and Mendelssohn.

The appearance in Holocaust Memorial Week of an album of synagogue music on the Deutsche Grammophon label is a milestone of sorts, perhaps a first step towards a reckoning with the German company’s complicated past.

Cherubini's D major symphony has big gestures and a few half-tunes, but nothing nutritious for the audience mind that Beethoven was awakening.