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By Michael Vincent on February 14, 2018
Capping off Canada 150 celebrations, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s (TSO) Interim Executive Director Gary Hanson travelled to Ottawa to present a custom-made book and CD comprising works commissioned as part of the Canada Mosaic project to the Minister of Heritage, Mélanie Joly.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on February 14, 2018
Classical music for the anti-Valentine’s Day of your dreams!
(Continue reading)By Matthew Timmermans on February 13, 2018
Tapestry Opera’s "Forbidden" bravely asks what an opera can be, but leaves this reviewer with mixed feelings.
(Continue reading)By Brian Chang on February 13, 2018
Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my! Ludwig van Toronto chats with guest conductor Emil de Cou and TSO Principal Double Bassist Jeffrey Beecher about the upcoming performance of The Wizard of Oz with live orchestra.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on February 12, 2018
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of February 12 – 18.
(Continue reading)By Matthew Timmermans on February 11, 2018
A helpful guide for those planning to see the Canadian Opera Company’s Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio.
(Continue reading)By Member on February 11, 2018
Inspiring, innovative, and powerful: this is what audience members are saying. Esprit’s concerts provide more than the typical orchestral experience. Esprit’s repertoire challenges and engages listeners and connects them to the music and performers in illuminating and entertaining ways. Our audiences experience the force of creative energy as the orchestra translates the imagined musical impulses of today’s composers into real sounds...
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on February 11, 2018
Two new albums from Gerald Finley and Anne Sofie von Otter offer are a stark reminder of how much repertoire from Sibelius is still waiting to be re-discovered.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 10, 2018
In a surprise announcement made mid-afternoon yesterday, Canadian Opera Company’s General Director Alexander Neef has taken a second appointment as the first Artistic Director of Santa Fe Opera.
(Continue reading)By Matthew Timmermans on February 8, 2018
With their first production and the Canadian premiere of Jake Heggie’s one-act operas Another Sunrise and Farewell Auschwitz, the Electric Bond Ensemble tells more than just another Holocaust story.
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