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Mandle Cheung. Photo: Allan Cabral

Mandle Cheung: Drawn to Conducting

By Joseph So on 21 May 2026 Classical Music, Orchestral, Toronto

Most classical music lovers derive pleasure by attending performances of their favourite works. Some dream of making music instead of just sitting in the audience soaking it all in. They might learn to play an instrument as a sideline in their spare time. Those with the talent and the dedication, especially when starting early in life, may well go on to become professional musicians. Then there’s the rare bird, someone like Mandle Cheung, a Hong Kong-born naturalized Canadian, who made a fortune as a tech entrepreneur. He’s also a lifelong music lover, having fallen for classical music after hearing the…

Capella Regalis Brings Choral Tradition and Maritime Culture to Quebec and Ontario

By Emma Yee on 20 May 2026 Choral, Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vocal

From May 22-31, Nova Scotia’s choir Capella Regalis will go on tour for the first time outside of the Maritimes, in collaboration with festivals, cathedrals, and churches in Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, and Toronto. Capella Regalis—founded and directed by Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal winner Nick Halley—is steeped in the European tradition of church choir training. Halley, born in New York City, brings a background as a percussionist, keyboardist, composer, and conductor in jazz and classical performance. As well as being artistic director of Capella Regalis Choirs, Halley’s work with cathedral-style choirs extends to the Cathedral Church of All Saints,…

Pianist Antoine Joubert with Ensemble ArtChoral. Photo: Tam Photography

Review | Ensemble ArtChoral Charms with Beatles Tunes

By Heather Weinreb on 19 May 2026 Choral, Concert Reviews, Montreal, Vocal

On May 17, Matthias Maute led Ensemble ArtChoral in a concert of a cappella Beatles tunes at Montreal’s Maison symphonique. Maute shared anecdotes about the Fab Four throughout, enhancing the show’s warm and genial atmosphere. What you missed Besides the diverse poetry of the lyrics, Beatles songs are filled with complex instrumental arrangements, inspired melodies, and rich harmonies. For the most part, the arrangements did justice to the Fab Four, drawing out the wealth of musical richness already present. Using the sopranos to act as violins in Eleanor Rigby was fresh and thoughtful, as was the alternating staccato and legato…

Newswire | Capella Regalis Announces Landmark Tour

By Newswire on 14 May 2026 Choral, Montreal, Newswire, Ottawa, Toronto, Vocal

“It’s a bold adventure for us and we love carrying the Nova Scotia spirit to new audiences,” says choir director Nick Halley. “We are honoured by the invitations we’ve received in Quebec and Ontario, and it’s a total community effort to get us there, including donations from many supporters – all very emotional.” Capella Regalis was founded and is directed by world renowned percussionist and choral director Nick Halley. In addition to being an outstanding choir enjoyed by Nova Scotia audiences, it trains young people to sing through mentorship and professional performance experiences, and part of this is they have…

Orchestre classique de Montréal Mentorship program

Newswire | OCM Launches 2026 Mentorship Program

By Newswire on 13 May 2026 Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire

Montréal – This fifth edition is made possible thanks to the generous support of Ms. Élizabeth Wirth and Mr. Mario Lafond, co-presenters, and the Foundation Père Lindsay for Musical Composition. This edition is organized in collaboration with the Faculty of Music at the Université de Montréal and the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. The program is open to musicians who have graduated or are in their final year of an undergraduate music degree, or at an equivalent level, aged 30 or younger (non-students are eligible). It offers a unique learning opportunity to develop the craft of a professional orchestral…

Canadian Artists - Chamber Music Institute & Art of Song

Newswire | TSM Academy announces 2026 fellows

By Newswire on 13 May 2026 Classical Music, Newswire, Toronto

Toronto – We are thrilled to introduce the 2026 Fellows of the TSM Academy-Emerging Artist Program! 28 emerging artists will join us from July 6 to August 1 for an exciting opportunity to rehearse and perform with our internationally renowned mentors of the Chamber Music Institute and the Art of Song programs. We look forward to welcoming talented young artists from across Canada and the United States, as well as from Taiwan, South Korea, China, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Philippines. Tickets are on sale now for the ReGeneration Concert Series, where the 2026 Fellows perform on the Walter Hall stage…

Lennette Randall 2026 Mentorship Program Protégée & R. H. Thomson 2026 Mentorship Program Mentor

Newswire | R. H. Thomson to mentor Lennette Randall

By Newswire on 12 May 2026 Classical Music, Newswire, Ottawa

May 12, 2026 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre proudly announces that acclaimed actor, director, producer, and arts advocate R. H. Thomson has chosen to mentor interdisciplinary artist Lennette Randall through the 2026 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) Mentorship Program. The Mentorship Program pairs past laureates of the GGPAA for Lifetime Artistic Achievement with mid‑career artists whose work is shaping the future of the performing arts. The program supports long‑term artistic growth and leadership within Canada’s cultural sector. The 2026 Mentorship Program brings together two artists whose practice reflects a deep commitment to craft, community, and the ongoing evolution of the performing arts in Canada. R. H. Thomson 2026…

Artists of Ballet BC in FOR GLASS. Photo: Millissa Martin

Review | For Philip Glass and Ballet BC, from Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber

By Kaija Pepper on 11 May 2026 Concert Reviews, Dance, Vancouver, West

The stage was bustling, with 16 Ballet BC company artists and four emerging artists dancing their hearts out to the warmth of live music played, from a downstage corner, by the Microcosmos Quartet. The occasion was Ballet BC’s May 7-9 end-of-season show at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, a premiere of Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber’s For Glass. Philip Glass, of course, the American minimalist composer renowned for his masterly use of pulsing rhythms and hypnotic repetitions. For Glass was in two parts, with an enormously exciting act one, enigmatically titled “Performance becomes practice,” driven by the often tender momentum…

Arturo Chacón-Cruz, & Rihab Chaieb. Opéra de Montréal, Carmen. Crédit photo: Vivien Gaumand et l’Opéra de Montréal

Review | Opéra de Montréal’s Carmen Features Strong Singing

By Wah Keung Chan on 9 May 2026 Concert Reviews, Montreal, Opera, This Week in Montreal

With high anticipation, Montrealers have been waiting for years to hear Montreal native, mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb portray Carmen in a full production of Bizet’s best known opera. Opéra de Montréal’s current run of Carmen showcases Chaieb and features a strong cast of Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Indigenous Mexican-American baritone Ethan Vincent and Canadian soprano Magali Simard-Galdès. What you missed As La Scena Musicale previously reported in 2019 and in our November 2020 cover story, Tunisian-Canadian Rihab Chaieb has the vocal fire, intelligence and bewitching charm to encapsulate the role. The Carmen we saw on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at Salle…

Victoria Karkacheva (Charlotte) and Russell Thomas (Werther) in the Canadian Opera Company’s Werther, 2026. Photo: Michael Cooper

Review | Radical Trad Werther at the COC

By Gianmarco Segato on 8 May 2026 Concert Reviews, Opera, Toronto, Vocal

It’s been 34 years since the Canadian Opera Company last presented Massenet’s Werther. While perhaps not in the top 10 of most–produced operas, it isn’t so much on the fringes to merit being out of the company’s repertoire for so long. A new production directed by Alain Gauthier opened on May 7, and immediately distinguished itself from the company’s other recent confused, ‘radical’ rethinkings of French 19th-century masterpieces, Faust and Roméo et Juliette. As the director states in his program notes, one can take a different path that is contrary to today’s penchant to modernize settings to make works more…

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