SCRUTINY | East Meets West: Ariadne Auf Naxos At The 52nd Hong Kong Arts Festival

By Joseph So on February 28, 2024

The Bayerische Staatsoper offered a splendid production of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

PREVIEW | Violinist Aisslinn Nosky Returns To Tafelmusik To Lead Passions Revealed In Toronto & On US Tour

By Anya Wassenberg on January 24, 2024

Violinist and guest director Aisslinn Nosky will return to Tafelmusik to perform in the Passions Revealed program in Toronto and on tour in the US.

THE SCOOP | Ontario Arts Council Report: Arts And Culture Travel Brings $11.4 Billion To The Province

By Anya Wassenberg on November 20, 2023

They stay longer, spend more, and come from afar — a new report by the Ontario Arts Council details what the arts and culture tourism adds to the province.

SCRUTINY | Ratmansky’s Choreography And Wonderful Performances Light Up The NBC's Romeo And Juliet

By Paula Citron on March 12, 2020

Ratmansky’s choreography, Prokofiev’s glorious music, and wonderful performances by dancers Elena Lobsanova and an ageless Guillaume Côté make for pure stage magic in the National Ballet's 'Romeo and Juliet'.

SCRUTINY | The COC’s Hansel And Gretel Is An Urban Retelling Of An Iconic Fairy Tale

By Joseph So on February 7, 2020

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.

FEATURE | Spring Break, Opera Style

By Paul E. Robinson on March 30, 2016

In mid-March each year, thousands of kids — American and Canadian — head for the beaches of Sarasota, on Florida’s West Coast, for “spring break”. Increasingly, opera-lovers too have made Sarasota a mid-March destination — not for the beaches, but for the acoustically first-rate and pleasingly small (only 1,100 seats) Sarasota Opera House.

THE SCOOP | Toronto Star Readers Attack Canadian Guitarist After Instrument Trashed On Flight

By Michael Vincent on August 26, 2015

Canadian musician, Don Ross gets his valuable instrument ruined by the TSA and an earful by spiteful Toronto Star commenters.

THE SCOOP | Pearson Airport Baggage Handlers Caught on Video Tossing Instruments

By Michael Vincent on March 24, 2015

This is how Toronto Pearson International Airport handles 'Fragile' equipment...

THE CLASSICAL TRAVELER | With President Obama in Tallinn

By Paul E. Robinson on October 2, 2014

THE SCOOP | Air Canada Bans Carry-on Violas

By Michael Vincent on October 2, 2014