Canadian Opera Company welcomes sopranos Emily Rocha and Gabrielle Turgeon, and bass Duncan Stenhouse to its highly specialized development program for Canadian opera professionals.
We’re starting off the new year with appointments to the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario, a host of new releases, and several concerts featuring notable Quebecois classical performers.
This week we’ve seen several big appointments at various festivals, orchestras, and opera companies. More holiday concerts are on their way, and several publications have released their top albums of the year.
Sitting in the audience at the TSO Messiah this past Sunday, I kept thinking how lucky I was to witness another performance of Messiah in the familiar Roy Thomson Hall.
Voice teacher Marlena Malas’s home was one of warmth, hard work, and beautiful singing. Singers came from far and wide, seeking both vocal, and personal, guidance.
Bradley Cooper has released Maestro and critics are conflicted on how well it portrays the life of conductor, composer, and educator Leonard Bernstein.
The Ontario Arts Council has announced that Dr. Elaine Choi is the recipient of the 2023 Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting.
Le Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20 presents results of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs et Ambassadrices Lyriques 2023.
Ottawa Bach Choir’s various renditions of Magnificat were enchanting for sure, but a venue with more generous acoustics would have suited them better.
Bradyworks, in co-production with Chants libres, announces the world premiere of a bold new, bilingual chamber opera: Information.
