Review | RCM: “Music Lights the Way”
On April 27, 2022, Canada’s largest and most respected music education institution, The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), held the ‘Music Lights the Way’ black-tie…
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Review | Canadian Opera Company’s La Traviata a Feast for the Eyes and Ears
One of the Verdi’s best-known operas with many recognizable tunes, La Traviata tells the tragic love story of Parisian courtesan Violetta, who initially rejects the…
Review | Marina Thibeault: a special guest for the Trio Fibonacci
by Guillaume De Pauw Invited to join the Trio Fibonacci for their next concert, the presence of violist Marina Thibeault will allow the ensemble to…
Review: NACO Returns to Ottawa
After performing in Toronto and New York, the National Arts Centre Orchestra brought its Truth in our Time program home to the NAC in Ottawa…
Review | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Five Maestros Celebration Memorable
In the 100 year history of the TSO, it has been served by 10 music directors. Last night, five of them, Sir Andrew Davis, Günter…
Review | Orchestre Métropolitain’s “Symphonique Waves: Alma & La Mer” Misses the Mark
For its April 8, 2022 program, the Orchestre Métropolitain (OM) invited guest conductor Kenosha Watanabe, a young protégé of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, to lead a program…
Review: NACO on Tour–New York Dispatch, Boris Brott Remembered
The National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall concert on Tuesday night began under a dark cloud, as musicians learned of the horrific hit-and-run death of…
[Concert review] Verdi’s Don Carlos at the Met: Canadians are stellar in a magnificent performance
At long last many COVID restrictions have been removed almost entirely across Canada, yet opera lovers are apparently not quite ready to flock back to…
Review: Truth in our time – NACO Toronto Premiere
The National Arts Centre Orchestra is touring for the first time since before the Covid era, its new Philip Glass commission to Toronto and New…
Review : Montero & Shostakovich with NACO
If you want an example of how all art is political, you needn’t look any further than the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Southam Hall concerts…
