La Scena Musicale Announces 2025-26 Season
La Scena Musicale is pleased to announce its 2025-26 season, its 30th year of publishing: seven issues (six national editions and one bilingual issue for…
Yearly Archives: 2025
Six Canadians Selected for Opera Competition with $21,000 Purse
Ottawa, ON: The National Capital Opera Society announced the 2025 finalists of the National Capital Opera Competition. A jury of John Avey, Cara Gilbertson and…
2025-26 Concert Season Starts at The Royal Conservatory of Music
The 17th season at Koerner Hall starts with one of the top 10 most streamed classical music artists in the world and a regular on prestigious stages in France…
Julien Proulx Becomes the New Artistic Director of the Orchestre de la Francophonie
Montreal, August 5, 2025 — On Sunday afternoon, during the grand final concert at Maison Symphonique, the Orchestre de la francophonie (OF) announced the nomination of Julien Proulx as its new…
Lebrecht Weekly | Silvestrov: …flowering over Lethe… & Violin Concerto
The leading Ukrainian composer, living in German exile since 2022, defies categorisation. Under Soviet rule, Valentin Silvestrov maintained an aloofness from imposed styles, ignoring political…
A Czech Masterpiece Reclaimed – “Dalibor” at Bard SummerScape
Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, most famous for his comic “folk” opera, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta), culled from the myth-shrouded annals of Czech history the…
Review | Franco Fagioli Dazzles Toronto Summer Music With The Last Castrato
At the relatively young age of 44—still considered youthful for an opera singer—Franco Fagioli is decidedly on top of the countertenor world. Since winning the…
Christina Loewen Named CEO of The Association for Opera in Canada
Toronto, ON – The Board of Directors of the Association for Opera in Canada is proud to announce the promotion of Christina Loewen to Chief Executive…
Glimmerglass Celebrates 50 Years with a Season in Red!
Yes, Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, New York has reached its half-century mark. What began in 1975 as a plucky community-based initiative to mount a production…
Amy Hillis Named New Artistic Director of Women’s Musical Club of Toronto
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto (WMCT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Hillis as the new Artistic Director of its signature concert…
