Review | Maria Dueñas & the Movies at the TSO
This week the TSO musicians played two evening concerts and one relaxed morning performance in their downtown home, Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall followed by a…
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Review | Ensemble Caprice Performs a Magnificent Magnificat
On June 5, Matthias Maute led ArtChoral and Ensemble Caprice in a performance of Bach’s Magnificat at Montreal’s Maison symphonique. Lasting about 30 minutes, Magnificat…
Review | Sophie Naubert Sparkles in Theater Lübeck Les contes d’Hoffmann
The idea of an abridged Les contes d’Hoffmann troubles many opera lovers, yet Theater Lübeck’s compact two-hour version without intermission proved remarkably effective (seen June…
Review | Herheim’s Inconsistent Ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Few works in the operatic repertory present greater challenges to contemporary stage directors than Der Ring des Nibelungen. Wagner’s tetralogy exists simultaneously as myth, philosophy,…
Review | Expertly-Staged Puccini at Toronto Opera Festival
Opera 5 opened their Toronto Opera Festival on June 3 with Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Two parts of the opera master’s Il trittico…
Review | Hisaishi Returns to Toronto Symphony Orchestra
French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal famously apologized for writing a long letter, explaining that he did not have enough time to write a short…
Review | A New Toronto Indie debuts with Don Giovanni
A new Toronto indie collective unveiled its first production on May 22. Benevolence Opera Project presented an adapted version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the…
Review | Experiments in Opera’s Constance: A Confession: Coming Clean
Review of Constance: A Confession, a new multi-author opera created by the “Writers’ Room” of the Experiments in Opera company; viewed May 18, 2026, with…
Review | Heartbeat Opera’s Vanessa – They Also Suffer Who Sit and Wait
Review of VANESSA, by Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti; presented by Heartbeat Opera at the Baruch College Performing Arts Center, New York City; viewed…
Review | Ensemble ArtChoral Charms with Beatles Tunes
On May 17, Matthias Maute led Ensemble ArtChoral in a concert of a cappella Beatles tunes at Montreal’s Maison symphonique. Maute shared anecdotes about the…
