Review | MISSING Makes A Belated, Powerful Toronto Debut
MISSING, with music by Brian Current and libretto by Marie Clements, got its Eastern Canadian premiere at Koerner Hall on July 24th as part of…
Browsing: Asitha Tennekoon
CD Review | Current/Clements: Missing
Current/Clements: Missing Caitlin Wood, Melody Courage, sopranos; Andrea Ludwig, Marion Newman, Michelle Lafferty, mezzo-sopranos; Asitha Tennekoon, tenor; Evan Korbut, baritone; Continuum Ensemble, Timothy Long, conductor…
Review | Asitha Tennekoon Interrogates the Immigrant Experience at WMCT
Tenor Asitha Tennekoon’s May 8th recital at the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto explored the idea of Belonging. The first set, Vaughan Williams’ setting of…
Review | Midori Marsh Travels Through Generations of Sisterhood
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto’s Music in the Afternoon series continued at Walter Hall on April 3rd with a song recital by soprano Midori…
Review | Vancouver Opera’s Flight: Laugh Until You Cry
On Feb. 8, Vancouver Opera presented the local premiere of Jonathan Dove’s 1998 opera, Flight. This opera—inspired by the true story of an Iranian refugee…
Review | Stellar performances ignite Opera 5 woo-woo The Turn of the Screw
Toronto’s Opera 5 opened a very witchy, woo-woo production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw on June 12, a welcome return for one of…
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto (WMCT) Presents a Season of Vocal and Instrumental Gems
The Women’s Musical Club of Toronto (WMCT) is looking toward a season marked by vocal gems and some of Canada’s most sought-after chamber musicians.
Haydn’s Orfeo
This May, a contraband opera will take centre stage in Toronto for its North American première. Composed in 1791, the original production of Joseph Haydn’s…
Mireille Asselin: Always Singing
“Singing was something I started doing as soon as I could make noise. My parents used to call me the ‘screecher creature’ as a baby.”…
