SCRUTINY | The Flick Highlights The Mundane, In A Good Way
By Paula Citron on October 13, 2019
What makes The Flick so remarkable is that over three hours, nothing really much happens. This is all about the small moments.
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By Paula Citron on October 13, 2019
What makes The Flick so remarkable is that over three hours, nothing really much happens. This is all about the small moments.
(Continue reading)By Stephan Bonfield on October 12, 2019
Other opera companies had better start taking notes. Against The Grain's La Bohème redefines opera for a new generation.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on October 11, 2019
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has received a $10-million dollar donation from the Beck family, the largest single gift in the history of the orchestra.
(Continue reading)By Stephan Bonfield on October 10, 2019
Gustavo Gimeno brings his strong sense of rhythmic, pulsative musicality, along with a supple freedom to his new role as the TSO’s musical director in an interesting and even provocative evening of music.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on October 9, 2019
The National Ballet of Canada has announced that Corps de Ballet member Genevieve Penn Nabity and apprentice Noah Parets have been named winners of the seventh annual RBC Emerging Artist Apprentice Award for their performances as Apprentices during the 2018/19 season.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on October 8, 2019
The dream of seven aspiring opera singers just got a little brighter at the 2019 Ensemble Studio Competition.
(Continue reading)By Member on October 8, 2019
Bravo Niagara!’s 2019/20 season brings classical virtuosos and jazz titans to Niagara wine country. Classical highlights of the season include superstar performers Measha Brueggergosman, Ofra Harnoy, MILOŠ, and Cho-Liang Lin with Jon Kimura Parker.
(Continue reading)By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 7, 2019
A new English text, creative staging, and overcoming other challenges of a national pub tour of La Bohème, including 11 days in Toronto’s Tranzac Bar, from AtG’s Joel Ivany and others.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on October 7, 2019
A talented cast offers superb singing and acting, and an iconic catalogue of sad songs, but the flawed production is like a Dylan concert that is interrupting a play.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on October 7, 2019
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of October 7 – 13.
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