COFFEE BREAK | Viola Jokes: 10 Hours of Walking Through NYC As a Violist
By Ludwig Van on November 11, 2015
New viral video shows a woman walking around Manhattan and repeatedly harassed with viola jokes. #endviolajokes
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By Ludwig Van on November 11, 2015
New viral video shows a woman walking around Manhattan and repeatedly harassed with viola jokes. #endviolajokes
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on November 10, 2015
For music and visual arts fans, one of the most interesting happenings in Toronto this fall is the initiative by the Art Gallery of Ontario to bring music back to within its confines, by way of AGO Friday Nights.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on November 10, 2015
Newly minted Tafelmusik Managing Director William Norris answers some of lifes most pressing questions, including his strangest talent. You'll never guess.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on November 9, 2015
There has been some concern for the COC’s production of “Pyramus and Thisbe” – not the cast or production per se, but the music itself, which is decidedly unusual for an opera. With an open mind and heart, I went see it...
(Continue reading)By Neil Crory on November 7, 2015
A Toronto appearance by Renée Fleming is always a welcome affair. The much admired American soprano is known – not only for her exceptional gifts as a singer – but for her generous spirit and down-to-earth manner both on and off stage.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on November 5, 2015
Toronto mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo hobbled onto the stage of the Four Season Centre on crutches, having broken her foot. Thankfully, it was the other end of her body that brought her to the finals of Centre Stage 2015 in the first place.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on November 4, 2015
Baritone James Westman answers 66 of life's most pressing questions, including his shoe of choice, and his favourite swearword.
(Continue reading)By Jenna Douglas on November 3, 2015
It's hard to make a case one way or the other about whether the director or the maestro knows the opera the best.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on November 2, 2015
Rubies 2015: a beautiful evening that brought together opera professionals and supporters alike to honour and celebrate individuals who have championed this art form in Canada.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on October 30, 2015
On a recent weekend visit, I attended a Houston Symphony concert led by its charismatic young music director Andrés Orozco-Estrada, took in a rollicking comedy at the newly-renovated Alley Theatre, and spent an enlightening and sobering afternoon with photographer Roman Vishniac at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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