For the MSO opener, a masked ball
Not your usual opening night. Small crowd. No mingling. No buzz. Except insofar as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Labadie proved itself equal on…
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Metropolitan Opera At-Home Gala highlights
“We’re going low-tech,” Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb said in an introduction to the company’s At-Home Gala broadcast on the internet on Saturday afternoon…
Toronto Operetta Theatre’s H.M.S. Pinafore a Boatload of Fun
Toronto, March 5, 2020 — Premiered in 1878, H.M.S. Pinafore remains one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most successful and well-loved operettas. Set on board the…
Big-time Bruckner from MSO under Gergiev
Valery Gergiev as the next music director of the MSO? Hardly likely, given the famous Russian’s multiple commitments and the formidable commute between St. Petersburg…
Jacqueline du Pré opera gets it half right
Classical music has its icons, including Jacqueline du Pré, the brilliant British cellist who contracted multiple sclerosis at the youthful height of her powers and…
MSO, Nagano bring in the Toronto hordes
Quite a crowd in Roy Thomson Hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano. Apparently the American maestro’s magnetism, combined with the good name…
Toronto Symphony’s Valentine’s Program Sweet
Toronto, February 16, 2020—The Toronto Symphony performed its Valentine’s program to a full house last night featuring some of the most romantic classical music ever…
OM choral night is fit for a queen
There was no vice-regal musical salute Friday from the Orchestre Métropolitain, nor an “all rise” ceremony in the Maison symphonique. But Yannick Nézet-Séguin did draw…
Quatuor Molinari celebrates good works of two special women
Never miss a Quatuor Molinari concert. It might end up being a Prix Opus-winning event. Actually, I had a few reasons turn up at the…
Songstress Sarah Slean electrifies with Symphony Nova Scotia
Sarah Slean Music by Christos Hatzis Symphony Nova Scotia | Bernhard Gueller, conductor “New, creative music that transcends any stylistic boundaries.” – CBC Eight years…
