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December 2018
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Home Alone in Concert
Start a new holiday tradition! Thu, Dec 6 at 7:30pm Fri, Dec 7 at 7:30pm Sat, Dec 8 at 2:00pm Sat, Dec 8 at 7:30pm Back by popular demand! A box-office monster hit when it was released in 1990, this madcap family comedy has become a certified holiday classic. Experience the film like never before, as the TSO performs John Williams’s brilliant score live to picture.
Find out more »January 2019
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Star Wars: A New Hope—In Concert
Part of Star Wars Film Concert Series. “The Force is strong with this one….” Set 30 years after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: A New Hope, the fourth episode of the saga, returns to the desert planet of Tatooine. A young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) begins to discover his destiny when, searching for a lost droid, he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness). As civil war rages in the galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle against…
Find out more »February 2019
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Casablanca: Film with Live Orchestra
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the TSO invites you to experience the classic romantic film Casablanca as you never have before! The Orchestra performs Max Steiner’s glorious score live to the film, enhancing every beat of the movie’s noble heart with luscious live sound. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman head the cast of the film that won three Oscars, including best picture. You must remember this…. The film is 102 minutes long, plus a 20-minute intermission. Intermission occurs approximately 51 minutes…
Find out more »March 2019
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back — In Concert
“You must feel the Force around you....” The battle for the galaxy intensifies in this thrilling fifth episode of the unfolding saga. As Imperial Forces launch an all-out attack on the Rebel Alliance, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) flee to Cloud City where they are captured by Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) journeys to the mysterious, marshy planet of Dagobah, where the wise Jedi Master Yoda teaches the young hero the ways of the Force.…
Find out more »October 2019
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi – In Concert
In the spectacular sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, the fate of the entire galaxy hangs in the balance as father and son face off in the ultimate battle of good versus evil. Revisit the original trilogy’s climactic finale and experience John Williams’s grand, emotional score like never before as the TSO performs it live with the film! This film is 137 minutes long plus a 20-minute intermission. Intermission occurs approximately 60 minutes into the film. Steven Reineke, conductor…
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD | Turandot (Puccini) Italian w/ e.s.t.
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s celebrated production of Turandot, which stars Christine Goerke in the title role of the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men. Roberto Aronica sings Calàf, the suitor who risks his head for her hand and sings the famed aria “Nessun dorma.” Eleonora Buratto is the slave girl Liù, and James Morrisis Calàf’s long-lost father, Timur. LIVE Saturday, October 12, 2019 ENCORES Saturday, November 2, 2019 Monday, November 4, 2019 Wednesday, November…
Find out more »Toronto Symphpny Orchestra | James Bond: The Music
Prepare to be shaken and stirred as the TSO pays tribute to the suave and immortal secret agent. Relive the iconic hits—“Skyfall”, “Live and Let Die”, “For Your Eyes Only”, and more—and discover why nobody does it better than Bond. Performances are roughly two hours long, including a 20-minute intermission. Performers John Morris Russell, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Ron Bohmer, vocalist Tickets, here.
Find out more »The Met: Live in HD | Manon (Massenet) French w/e.s.t.
SYNOPSIS Manon’s story—from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to destitute prisoner—is one of the great tragic tales in literature and music. Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score. LIVE Saturday, October 26, 2019 ENCORES Saturday, December 14, 2019 Monday, January…
Find out more »TO Live/Attila Glatz Concert Productions | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ In Concert
Featuring the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Relive the magic of year six in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert. With this film, based on the six installment of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, fans of all ages can now experience the thrilling tale of Harry’s obsession with a mysterious potions book accompanied by the music of a live symphony orchestra as Harry soars across the big screen in HD! HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™…
Find out more »November 2019
The Met: Live in HD | Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Italian w/e.s.t.
SYNOPSIS Leading sopranos Hui He and Ana María Martínez share the heartbreaking title role of the doomed geisha, with tenors Piero Pretti and Bruce Sledge as the American naval officer who abandons her. Paulo Szot and Markus Brück share the role of Sharpless, and Elizabeth DeShong is Suzuki, alternating with Maria Zifchak. Pier Giorgio Morandi is on the podium for Anthony Minghella’s sweeping production, a perennial audience favorite. LIVE Saturday, November 9, 2019 ENCORES Saturday, January 25, 2020 (Free!) Monday,…
Find out more »December 2019
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Home Alone in Concert
The film is 109 minutes long plus a 20-minute intermission. Intermission occurs approximately 53 minutes into the film. Performers Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor Resonance Youth Choir, (Bob Anderson, director)
Find out more »January 2020
Cineplex Events/Met Opera Live in HD | Wozzeck
Wozzeck (Berg) German w/e.s.t. – Metropolitan Opera JANUARY 11, 2020Length: 2h 02m Synopsis Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century. Composed during and in the 5 aftermath of World War I, Berg’s dark exploration of a soldier besieged by the evils of society, is staged by Kentridge in a ramshackle warren of stairs, ramps, discarded…
Find out more »An Evening With Ludwig Van | The Met: Live in HD — Madama Butterfly
An Evening With Ludwig Van - EXCLUSIVE SCREENING The MET: Live in HD — Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (Encore) Want to see an opera alongside good friends who love classical music as much as you do? As a special thank you to our readers of Ludwig van Toronto, we’re inviting readers to attend a free exclusive Encore screening of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. An Evening with Ludwig Van takes place Saturday, January 25 at 5 pm. (recommended arrival time:…
Find out more »Linus Entertainment | The Mozart Effect: Live!
The Mozart Effect: Live! A Symphony for The Senses Based on the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and featuring his most popular works, The Mozart Effect: Live!™ takes the presentation of the live symphony orchestra to an entirely new place. Performed by the 40 piece Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra, accompanied by high definition large format immersive video and visual effects, The Mozart Effect: Live!™ is curated to stimulate the senses, inspire, and engage the deepest corners of the human psyche. Timed to the dynamics of…
Find out more »February 2020
Met Opera Live in HD / Cineplex Canada | Porgy and Bess
Synopsis The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess returns to the Met for the first time since 1990, in a new production directed by James Robinson in his company debut. America’s “folk opera,” as the 1935 creators described it, tells the story of disabled beggar Porgy, sung by Eric Owens, and his love for the drug-addicted Bess, portrayed by Angel Blue. David Robertson conducts a stellar cast that also includes Donovan Singletary as fisherman Jake, Golda Schultz as his wife Clara, Latonia…
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Singin’ in the Rain
Topping the American Film Institute’s list of 25 Greatest Movie Musicals of all time, this film masterpiece comes to life with live orchestral accompaniment and award-winning on-screen performances by Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. (Photo courtesy of The Gene Kelly Image Trust) The film is 103 minutes long plus a 20-minute intermission. Intermission occurs approximately 51 minutes into the film.
Find out more »Met Opera Live in HD/ Cineplex Canada | Agrippina
In the Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel’s satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicar reconceives a production he originally created for the Monnaie in Brussels in 2000, evoking a scandalous world in which the Roman Empire never fell but simply kept going right up to the present. Holding a distorted mirror to contemporary society (as Handel did when he staged this opera), the production presents the corrupt intrigues of the political classes, brought to life by Joyce…
Find out more »March 2020
The MET: Live in HD | Wozzeck (Berg) German w/e.s.t. [ENCORE]
Synopsis Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century. Composed during and in the 5 aftermath of World War I, Berg’s dark exploration of a soldier besieged by the evils of society, is staged by Kentridge in a ramshackle warren of stairs, ramps, discarded furniture, and debris. His own theatrically animated charcoal drawings, along with…
Find out more »The MET: Live in HD | Der Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) German w/e.s.t. [LIVE]
Synopsis François Girard, whose mystical, blood-drenched vision for Wagner’s Parsifal became one of the Met’s most intensely visceral highlights in recent seasons, turns to another Wagnerian masterpiece, Der Fliegende Holländer, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Evgeny Nikitin is the mysterious seafarer searching for salvation, with Anja Kampe as the devoted Senta, whose love can set him free. In a nod to Senta’s obsession with a portrait of the legendary title seafarer, the Met stage is transformed into a colossal oil painting.…
Find out more »CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 — The MET: Live in HD | The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess English w/e.s.t. [Encore]
SYNOPSIS The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess returns to the Met for the first time since 1990, in a new production directed by James Robinson in his company debut. America’s “folk opera,” as the 1935 creators described it, tells the story of disabled beggar Porgy, sung by Eric Owens, and his love for the drug-addicted Bess, portrayed by Angel Blue. David Robertson conducts a stellar cast that also includes Donovan Singletary as fisherman Jake, Golda Schultz as his wife Clara, Latonia…
Find out more »April 2020
Met Opera Live in HD/ Cineplex Canada | Agrippina [ENCORE]
In the Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel’s satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicar reconceives a production he originally created for the Monnaie in Brussels in 2000, evoking a scandalous world in which the Roman Empire never fell but simply kept going right up to the present. Holding a distorted mirror to contemporary society (as Handel did when he staged this opera), the production presents the corrupt intrigues of the political classes, brought to life by Joyce…
Find out more »May 2020
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Star Wars: The Force Awakens — In Concert
Performers Steven Reineke, conductor
Find out more »The MET: Live in HD | Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Italian w/e.s.t.[Live]
Synopsis Donizetti’s drama, focused on the political and personal rivalry between two queens, returns to the Met with Diana Damrau as the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots, and Jamie Barton as her rival, Queen Elizabeth I. Stephen Costello sings the role of Mary’s lover, Leicester; Andrzej Filonczyk is the chancellor Cecil; and Michele Pertusi sings the Earl Talbot. Maurizio Benini conducts Sir David McVicar’s sweeping production. Cast Diana Damrau (Maria Stuarda), Jamie Barton (Elisabetta), Stephen Costello (Leicester), Andrzej Filonczyk (Cecil), Michele Pertusi (Talbot) Directors…
Find out more »The MET: Live in HD | Der Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) German w/e.s.t. [Encore]
Synopsis François Girard, whose mystical, blood-drenched vision for Wagner’s Parsifal became one of the Met’s most intensely visceral highlights in recent seasons, turns to another Wagnerian masterpiece, Der Fliegende Holländer, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Evgeny Nikitin is the mysterious seafarer searching for salvation, with Anja Kampe as the devoted Senta, whose love can set him free. In a nod to Senta’s obsession with a portrait of the legendary title seafarer, the Met stage is transformed into a colossal oil painting.…
Find out more »June 2020
The MET: Live in HD | Tosca (Puccini) Italian w/e.s.t [Encore]
Synopsis Sir David McVicar’s bold staging of Puccini’s operatic thriller returns to the Live in HD series after its acclaimed broadcast in 2017. This time, star soprano Anna Netrebko is the passionate title diva, opposite Brian Jagde as her lover, the idealistic painter Mario Cavaradossi. Michael Volle is the menacing Baron Scarpia, the evil chief of police. Bertrand de Billy conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies. Cast Anna Netrebko (Tosca), Brian Jagde (Cavaradossi), Michael Volle (Scarpia), Patrick…
Find out more »The MET: Live in HD | Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Italian w/e.s.t.[Encore]
Synopsis Donizetti’s drama, focused on the political and personal rivalry between two queens, returns to the Met with Diana Damrau as the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots, and Jamie Barton as her rival, Queen Elizabeth I. Stephen Costello sings the role of Mary’s lover, Leicester; Andrzej Filonczyk is the chancellor Cecil; and Michele Pertusi sings the Earl Talbot. Maurizio Benini conducts Sir David McVicar’s sweeping production. Cast Diana Damrau (Maria Stuarda), Jamie Barton (Elisabetta), Stephen Costello (Leicester), Andrzej Filonczyk (Cecil), Michele Pertusi (Talbot) Directors…
Find out more »September 2021
Toronto International Film Festival | Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Born in a working-class area of Montreal, Oscar Peterson catapulted to the top of the jazz world in the late 1940s, remaining there until his death in 2007 at the age of 82. The legendary Count Basie offered the pianist a job when he was practically still a teenager. He founded one of the greatest jazz quartets in the genre’s history, worked with many of the world’s greatest jazz artists — Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt, and Stan Getz…
Find out more »October 2021
Opera Atelier | Angel (in-person theatre premiere)
Angel is a multi-disciplinary storytelling event that explores themes of creation, loss of innocence, isolation and redemption through the texts of John Milton's Paradise Lost and the mystic poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. Marking the culmination of OA’s commission for new music for baroque instruments by Canadian composer Edwin HUIZINGA with Christopher BAGAN - created over the past 4 years and featured in performances in Toronto, Chicago, and Versailles - Angel will also showcase musical excerpts by Matthew Locke, William Boyce, and Max Richter’s Recomposed by Max Richter:…
Find out more »December 2021
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Home Alone in Concert
This beloved holiday favourite features renowned composer John Williams’s charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the TSO. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern). Also starring Catherine O’Hara and John Candy, and nominated for Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (“Somewhere in My Memory”), Home Alone is…
Find out more »March 2022
Toronto Symphony | Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestra World Tour
The FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Orchestra World Tour, presented by AWR Music Productions, is an electrifying new concert based entirely on the highly anticipated and groundbreaking game from SQUARE ENIX. Experience all new symphonic arrangements based on composer Nobuo Uematsu’s beloved FINAL FANTASY VII music, performed by an orchestra and chorus of over 100 musicians, led by GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Arnie Roth, with stunning, high-definition video scenes from the new game created exclusively for this concert by SQUARE ENIX.
Find out more »Toronto Symphony | The Princess Bride
Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles—what more could you wish for! Experience one of the most beloved films of all time as never before, with the Orchestra performing Mark Knopfler’s unforgettable score live to picture! Missing this cinematic concert experience would be INCONCEIVABLE!
Find out more »October 2022
Against the Grain Theatre | Identity : A Song Cycle (film)
In early June 2020, Torontonian and baritone Elliot Madore opened up on social media about his struggles with “unabashedly expressing identity” as a biracial person.
Find out more »October 2023
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Disney Pixar’s Coco in Concert
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz.
Find out more »Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Disney Pixar’s Coco in Concert
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz.
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