SCRUTINY | CCOC's Brundibár Gives Hope Through Music And Masterful Staging

By Sara Schabas on March 6, 2017

CCOC's Brundibár a triumph of hope, love, and joy that sees light shine through seemingly impossible adversity.

LISZTS | Top Five Classical Music Venues In Toronto

By Michael Vincent on March 18, 2016

We've narrowed down what we think are the top five concert venues in Toronto based on acoustics, sight-lines, ambiance, location, comfort and amenities.

IN MEMORIAM | Canadian Icon Michael Burgess Has Died

By Michael Vincent on September 29, 2015

Famed tenor Michael Burgess, who has been battling cancer for many years, passed away on Monday evening at a Toronto hospice at age 70.

SCRUTINY | The Rebirth of R. Murray Schafer's Apocalypsis

By Neil Crory on June 30, 2015

Apocalypsis closes Luminato festival in grand style.

THE MORNING AFTER | Hello, Isabel

By Lev Bratishenko on September 22, 2014

I spent most of the ride to Kingston trying to control my blinking. I don’t want to scare people. They already expect weird things from journalists, but I always maintain high standards of appearance and behaviour to correct the stereotype of us as boozing half-starved apes. Unfortunately I had been up until dawn drinking and digging for beetles to eat. And now it was raining. Or I was crying, I’m not sure. Functionally non-human, I hurtled towards Kingston in a grey damp tunnel. It was hopeless—there was nothing to look forward to, the concert was Ravel and Schumann with Dvorak after for those who endured the first half. If I had been able to stand up, I should have thrown myself from the train.

Tafelmusik Receives $100,000 from the City of Toronto’s Culture Build Investment Program

By Michael Vincent on August 13, 2014

And the 2014 Dora Award goes to...

By Michael Vincent on June 24, 2014

Theatre Review: Art of Time Ensemble paints absorbing portrait in cadmium red

By Michael Vincent on April 13, 2014

Bloor Street officially recognised as “The Bloor Street Culture Corridor”

By Michael Vincent on March 27, 2014

Toronto-based Kevin Mallon named interim artistic director of Ottawa's Opera Lyra

By John Terauds on January 30, 2014