Review | Love as Spectacle: Robert Carsen’s Così fan tutte at La Scala
The evening begins inside a dazzling television studio. Cameras glide, applause signs flash, and a suave host greets a group of young couples assembled to…
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Review | Fall For Dance North Kathak & Ballet
Kathak & Ballet was a featured signature program this year at Toronto’s Fall For Dance North Festival held Oct. 15-26. It was co-curated by the…
Review | Procession: National Ballet’s Winner
The National Ballet of Canada opened its 2025-26 season on Nov. 1 with the world premiere of Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber’s Procession. Former…
Review | Diverse Program, Homogenous Band: Women Jazz Composers with ONJ
Women have long had fewer opportunities and have been overlooked in the male-dominated jazz industry. Jazz grew in popularity in the late 1800s, at a…
Review | Renée Fleming Enchants at Toronto’s Koerner Hall
On Nov. 1, a night when downtown Toronto was all abuzz about the final decisive game of the World Series, Koerner Hall was filled with…
Review | András Schiff Offers Wit and Profound Wisdom at Koerner Hall
Sir András Schiff doesn’t make things easy for his audiences. And yet his Toronto recital was sold out, even with well over 100 additional seats…
Review | Soprano Nikan Ingabire Kanate wins COC Ensemble Studio Competition
Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio Competition is one of the most anticipated events in Canada’s opera world. Now in its 12th year, the competition is…
Review | Young Pianist Outclasses Seasoned Conductor at TSO
Here was a ghost of Christmas Future for the finalists of the International Chopin Competition currently battling it out in Warsaw. Since his victory at…
Review | An Overwhelming Winterreise from Matthias Goerne & Daniil Trifonov at Koerner Hall
The first verse in Schubert’s Winterreise is in the past tense: “I came here as a stranger, and as a stranger I leave again.” But…
Review | A Magic Flute For the People at Opera Atelier
Opera Atelier opened its season on Oct. 15 with a revival of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, an opera which has played a key role in…
