Concert Review | Two Outstanding Ukrainian Artists Make Memorable TSO Debuts
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s audience was treated to not one, but two sensational TSO debuts of Ukrainian artists, conductor Oksana Lyniv and pianist Illia Ovcharenko.
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Review | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s B Minor Mass a Fine Performance of a Great Work
Soloists: Jacob Abrahamse, Neil Aronoff, Julia Barber, Lesley Emma Bouza, Rebecca Claborn, Simon Honeyman, Kieran Kane, Rebecca McKay, Nicholas Nicolaidis, and Sinéad White; Toronto Mendelssohn…
Review | Fiery Mussorgsky Marks Chicago Symphony’s First Toronto Visit in a Century
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62; Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op.93; Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel).…
Review | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Mozart’s Birthday with A Superb Requiem
Jane Archibald, sop., Susan Platts, mezz., Isaiah Bell, ten., Kevin Deas, bbar., Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis, cond., Roy Thomson Hall, Jan.…
Book Review | Overture of Hope by Isabel Vincent (Regnery History)
Overture of Hope, Isabel VincentISBN: 978-1-68451-349-9 (Hardcover 288 pp., $27.99, 2022) Regnery History For opera fans interested in 20th Century history, here’s an absorbing and…
Ann Summers: Dossena and IRCPA: A Fond Farewell
On Oct. 19, Eleanor Friedland, president of the venerable International Resource Centre for Performing Artists (IRCPA), announced in a press release that it will bid…
Review | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Opens New Season in Grand Style with Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Mendelssohn: Elijah / Russell Braun, baritone; TMC Soloists; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; University of Toronto MacMillan Singers; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Sébastien Vallée, conductor. Roy Thomson…
Joyce DiDonato: The Musical Messenger
There are recitalists, and then there is Joyce DiDonato. While there are many singers with equally beautiful voices, exemplary musicality, communicative power, and charismatic stage…
