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By Michael Vincent on January 11, 2017
Did the appearance by Pretty Yende on The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert foster any new opera fans, or was this just wishful thinking?
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 9, 2017
Celebrating 10 years with Deutsche Grammophon, Gustavo Dudamel leads the Vienna Philharmonic in an all-Russian album worth your attention.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 9, 2017
Classical Music Critic’s Picks for the week of Jan. 9 – 15.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 6, 2017
London Ontario's Western University has announced a short, but innovative new chamber music festival slated to launch this summer with Scott St. John as Artistic Director.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 5, 2017
The Canadian Opera Company have announced five participants to the 2017 COC Orchestra Academy – a three-week training program established to provide musicians with professional training in an opera orchestra.
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on January 4, 2017
Above Parr: Memoir of a Child Prodigy, Toronto pianist Patricia Parr struggles to convey her emotionally deprived but materially privileged upbringing despite a certain vacancy of memory that is the legacy of her childhood.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on January 3, 2017
Deutsche Grammophon releases near-definitive recordings of the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius violin concertos, with Lisa Batiashvili as soloist.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on January 3, 2017
Video features the thrilling 1st violin part from Ferdinand Ries' 2nd Symphony (4th movement) animated as a rollercoaster zipping through the music.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 3, 2017
Salute To Vienna a felicitous mix of operettas, classical ballet, ballroom dancing, ubiquitous waltzes, all enhanced by a maestro chosen for the gift of the gab as well as being an expert in this light and frothy repertoire, says Joseph So.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on January 2, 2017
Toronto Classical Music Critic’s Picks for the week of Jan. 2 – 8
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