Review | TSO Concert: Lili Boulanger, Gershwin and Stravinsky
This week, the Toronto Symphony opened its 101st season with celebrated pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist. While Thibaudet played brilliantly, it was the orchestra and…
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Review | ItalfestMTL 2023: An ideal evening For an Opera Buffa in Three Acts, Under a Mild Sky
In previous years, the week-long Italfest had culminated in this unique event, the only one of its kind in Montreal. This year, though, the…
Review | J’Nai Bridges Dazzles Toronto Audience with Canadian Recital Debut
Earlier this week, Toronto Summer Music announced that Canadian Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky had been forced to cancel her performance as part of this year’s festival…
Review | Weekend in Chicago: Muti Steps Down from CSO, Lyric Opera Does West Side Story and Haymarket Opera Gives Hasse Rarity
Last weekend in Chicago the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) held its annual meeting, with meetings and discussion built around some major performances.…
Review | Yuja Wang Dazzles in Rachmaninov with TSO
Among classical artists today pianist Yuja Wang is unquestionably one of the select few who can fill a hall and drive an audience into a…
Review | TSO with Gimeno and Olafsson: Superb Mozart and Spectacular Berlioz
It is not often that the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) features a soloist from Iceland, nor does it frequently play music by Icelandic composers. Yet…
Review | Augustin Hadelich & Elim Chan Make Welcome Return to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
This was an unusual week at the TSO. After violin superstar Nicola Benedetti cancelled her appearance on short notice, the orchestra had to scramble for…
Review | NAC Orchestra’s stellar performance of The Planets
It was a phenomenal night of endings and new beginnings for the National Arts Centre (NAC): the orchestra capped off both 2023’s Mentorship program and…
Review | San Francisco Symphony delivers the timeless message of Britten’s War Requiem, opus 66
Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” was magnificently performed this weekend by the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Guest Conductor Phillipe Jordan, music director of…
Review | COC’s Tosca
Tosca is a riveting drama of love, lust and betrayal. Add in Puccini’s impossibly lush score and a few show-stopper arias, this opera is the…
