Review | Cranko’s Onegin Thrills at Hungarian State Ballet
John Cranko’s Onegin has played an important role in the recent history of the Hungarian State Ballet. Its current artistic director, Tamás Solymosi, danced the…
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Music and Film: Battle of the Conductors
The year 2026 offers a feast for lovers of music and film. In our last column I mentioned the new TV show about Mozart, based…
Newswire | The Metropolitan Opera Announces 2026-27 Season Including Five New Productions
New York, NY (February 19, 2026)—The Metropolitan Opera announced its 2026–27 season, featuring five new and 12 repertory productions, a special 60th-anniversary gala, and performances…
Newswire | Banff Centre Highlights Interdisciplinary Artist Cheryl L’Hirondelle
BANFF, AB, FEBRUARY 5, 2026 – Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is thrilled to present the first career survey devoted to the expansive, multi-decade practice of…
Review | RWB Tours T’əl, an Indigenous Story by Indigenous Creators
Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) has commissioned three Indigenous story ballets over the decades, each one making, for its time, a newsworthy impact. 1971’s The Ecstasy…
Soundstreams: Offering a Way In
Soundstreams founding Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney admits the ensemble’s current season has its share of “big themes,” but he’s equally excited about the music by…
Mélanie Demers: The Art of Fleetingness
For multidisciplinary artist Mélanie Demers, anti-racism and feminism are basic principles; her creative work is a political gesture born of esthetic intuition. To better portray…
Tafelmusik: Restoring Dance to Rameau
Tafelmusik puts on its party shoes when it presents Rameau and the Art of Dance this month (February). Internationally-acclaimed baroque violinist Robert Mealy, artistic director…
Musical Theatre Calendar (February 2026)
TORONTO Mirvish: & Juliet Through May 31. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. West, Toronto. $59–149. Read more in our feature on George Krissa. www.mirvish.com…
La Nef: Folkdance, Ancient Style
Returning from a master class in Austria, Andrew Wells-Oberegger proposed the idea of a program of balfolk—Aufregend! Exaltant!—to Claire Gignac, artistic director of La Nef.…
