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Mutter halts Beethoven Performance Anne-Sophie Mutter was just reaching what Cincinnati Business Courier critic Janelle Gelfand called the “most sublime moment of the Larghetto in the Beethoven…
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis has been a classical music critic since 1986. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale as well as Musical Toronto. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the University of Toronto. From 2019-2021, Arthur was co-editor of La Scena Musicale.
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Fidelio: All the Opera you could ask for
It might seem odd to nominate a concert in the Maison symphonique as the operatic event of the year so far, but such was the…
Old-fashioned Rusalka is a COC semi-success
The Canadian Opera Company has cultivated an up-to-date image over the past decade through a marked preference for radical productions. Dvořák’s Rusalka as staged by the British…
Review: In Munich, a Tale of Two Operas
The Bavarian State Opera is the largest house in Germany and among the most difficult to characterize in a few words. Vocal standards are high,…
Ping, Pang and Pong ousted from Toronto Turandot
The Canadian Opera Company has opened its season in Toronto with the North American premiere of Robert Wilson’s production of Turandot – and the world premiere appearances…
Lara Deutsch: Eyes on the Prize
The timing was not perfect. Lara Deutsch had strep throat. But the flutist was instructed in no uncertain terms to appear as requested for a…
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Yannick in Montreal for keeps Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been named artistic director and chief conductor for life of the Orchestre Métropolitain. “Montreal is my hometown,…
TSO gets the Strauss part just right
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has no principal guest conductor, but it has some good friends. This weekend the Scotsman Donald Runnicles makes his second visit…
Nagano and the OSM get to the heart of Shostakovich
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” is a brave choice for an OSM season opener. Cast in five movements, it runs the gamut from sorrowful…
OdM Eugene Onegin Offers a Dynamic Duo and More
This was one of the best-cast and least-tampered-with Opéra de Montréal presentations in recent memory.Opera’s newest power couple – so Etienne Dupuis and Nicole Car…
