If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
Season coverage sponsor An Evening With Ludwig Van – Come Watch An Opera With Us
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of a special invite just for you: a free ticket to see the Met Opera's Madama Butterfly, Live in HD.
Michael Vincent
CRITIC'S PICKS | 10 Concerts You Absolutely Need To See In Toronto This Week (Jan. 13 - 19)
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of January 13 to 19.
Joseph So
Classical 101 | Why Is The Oboe Used To Tune The Orchestra?
Have you ever wondered why orchestras tune with the oboe? Follow along as we uncover the history behind this curious convention.
Hye Won Cecilia Lee
FEATURE | Elgin And Winter Garden Theatres Are An Enduring Testament To Toronto’s Entertainment History
Toronto’s Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre are the last surviving double-decker theatres of the Edwardian era still in operation in the world.
Anya Wassenberg
PRIMER | Tafelmusik Is Bringing Back The Oldies, Along With A Shiny New Commission
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on January 10, 2020
Members of Tafelmusik talk about bringing back the wind band, or Harmonie, in music by Mozart, Beethoven and Rossini, and a world premiere by Toronto composer Cecilia Livingston.
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THE SCOOP | Canadian Stage Cuts Deficit In Half And Forges Ahead With Ambitious Multi-Year Plan
By Anya Wassenberg on January 8, 2020
Canadian Stage recently released their annual report on the 2018/2019 season, with the venerable stage company announcing that their deficit had been cut in half.
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THE SCOOP | National Ballet of Canada Welcomes Former Dancer As Conductor-in-Residence
By Michael Vincent on January 8, 2020
The National Ballet of Canada has appointed Maria Seletskaja as its first-ever Conductor-in-Residence.
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THE SCOOP | COC Names Five Student Bows To Seventh Annual Orchestra Academy
By Michael Vincent on January 7, 2020
The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has named five students to the 2020 Orchestra Academy.
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INTERVIEW | Pianist Lucas Debargue On His Musical Life – And His Meteoric Rise To Fame
By Anya Wassenberg on January 7, 2020
French pianist Lucas Debargue talks to us about his musical evolution and approach, with Show One impresario Svetlana Dvoretsky's perspective on what drew her to him as an artist.
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PRIMER | Philippe Sly And Le Chimera Project Reinterpret Schubert With A Klezmer Folk Twist
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on January 7, 2020
Canadian bass-baritone Philippe Sly, San Francisco Opera stage director Roy Rallo and Montreal musician Félix De L'Étoile talk us through the creation of Le Chimera Project’s Winterreise.
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An Evening With Ludwig Van – Come Watch An Opera With Us
By Michael Vincent on January 6, 2020
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of a special invite just for you: a free ticket to see the Met Opera's Madama Butterfly, Live in HD.
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CRITIC'S PICKS | 8 Concerts You Absolutely Need To See In Toronto This Week (January 6 – 12)
By Joseph So on January 6, 2020
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of Jan 6 - 12.
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FEATURE | Classical Horoscopes: The Signs As Composers
By Michela Comparey on January 4, 2020
Tchaikovsky was a sensitive Taurus, Hindemith a resourceful Scorpio. The signs of the astrological zodiac and the composers who fit the bill.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | New Year Listening With Poulenc And Koechlin
By Norman Lebrecht on January 3, 2020
No happier way to start a year than Francis Poulenc, few grimmer than Charles Koechlin; Poulenc captivates, but tepid Koechlin is the sort of thing the BBC used to play to fill time up to the news.
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