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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.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on August 9, 2015
The likes of a classic diva like Karita Mattila during the off-hours of Toronto’s summer music season is a musical mirage bar none.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on May 13, 2015
For mezzo Charlotte Burrage, May 15th 2015 will mark her COC main-stage debut in a lead role, as the spunky and mischievous Rosina in The Barber of Seville...
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on April 6, 2015
Musical Toronto's Joseph So catches up with Italian mezzo Serena Malfi, who is in Toronto for COC's spring 2015 production of Barber of Seville...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 2, 2015
Training academies are becoming an increasingly popular choice for summer classical music festivals. Le Domaine Forget, Toronto Summer Music, Brott Music Festival, Tanglewood, Ravina, Glimmerglass, Santa Fe, all offer apprentice programs aimed at providing training for up and coming musicians during the summer festival season. Now we can add Stratford Summer Music to the list...
(Continue reading)By Colin Eatock on March 27, 2015
There are some singers who sound great in opera productions. And there are also singers who excel in Lieder. But, unfortunately, there aren’t very many who are masters of both genres. Is Elliot Madore one of these rare creatures?...
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on March 2, 2015
German baritone Christian Gerhaher recently performed in Toronto and those who heard him won’t have to be told what a fine artist he is. This new recording provides even more evidence, as if it were needed, of the beauty of his voice and the keen intelligence with which he uses it. This is somewhat esoteric repertoire, but the collaboration between Gerhaher and conductor Daniel Harding is consistently compelling...
(Continue reading)By Neil Crory on January 11, 2015
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By Neil Crory on January 7, 2015
Early this past year, a new CD release on the Naïve label arrived in my mail. Glancing at the title - Arias for Caffarelli [sung by] Franco Fagioli - I reacted with as much enthusiasm as I could muster, "Good god! Not another countertenor!" And with that, I tossed it, unceremoniously, into a box overflowing with CDs to be auditioned...at a much later date...
(Continue reading)By Jenna Douglas on January 5, 2015
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