Review | Kleztory Makes a Joyous Return to Toronto Summer Music
As a long-time Toronto Summer Music audience member going back to its earliest days, I have experienced many memorable moments of unforgettable music. One of…
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Review | 2026 Vancouver Folk Festival Cultivates Camaraderie
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival (VFMF)—which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year—occupies a firmly established place in Vancouver’s music scene. The three-day event offers a…
Review | Erin Morley & Lawrence Brownlee Bring Vocal Gold to Toronto Summer Music
Thanks to Toronto Summer Music, many great singers have given recitals in Toronto to the delight of voice fans. 2026 has turned out to be…
Review | Vancouver’s Indian Summer Festival: Inspiration is at Your Fingertips
This year’s Indian Summer Festival demonstrates a beautiful truth: inspiration is all around. In the two concerts I attended, artists reinterpreted words from the songs…
Review | End of Season Opera Hits and Misses in Berlin
Few cities in the world can rival Berlin’s operatic riches. Three major opera houses—Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Komische Oper—sustain an astonishingly…
Review | Gärtnerplatz: Munich’s Best-Kept Operatic Secret
Munich’s Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz occupies a singular position within Germany’s operatic landscape. Unlike its illustrious neighbour, the Bayerische Staatsoper, it neither attempts to compete in…
Review | Vienna Volksoper Pushes the Envelope
An early summer visit to Volksoper Wien reaffirmed why it remains one of Europe’s most imaginative lyric theatres. Few companies today show comparable confidence in…
Review | Accabadora: Psychological Verismo at Aix
The burden of choice runs through this year’s Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. From the moral trials of Die Zauberflöte to Die Frau ohne Schatten, where happiness can…
Review | Die Walküre, Turandot & Macbeth at Munich Opera Festival
Few opera houses today can rival Bayerische Staatsoper for the consistency of its musical standards. Within the span of a single season, one can encounter…
Review | Mäkelä Returns to Aix with Die Frau ohne Schatten
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence could hardly have chosen two more fascinating companion pieces than Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. Fairy tales, philosophical…
