Soprano Leah Hawkins named the Met’s 2024 Beverly Sills Artist Award winner
The Metropolitan Opera has named soprano Leah Hawkins the winner of the 2024 Beverly Sills Artist Award.
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The University of Toronto Faculty of Music Announces New Opera Commission
The University of Toronto Faculty of Music is pleased to announce the commissioning of a new opera, Fall River, the legend of Lizzie Borden, slated for premiere in November 2026 by U of T Opera.
The Likht Ensemble is Charting a New Course Through the Classical Canon
Before they founded The Likht (ליכט, “light”) Ensemble, pianist Nate Ben-Horin and Soprano Jaclyn Grossman “had no idea there was a musical world in the Holocaust.”
Concert Review | COC Ensemble Studio’s Don Pasquale: A Performance of Great Promise
The Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) Ensemble Studio is a major training ground for opera singers of the future.
Concert Review | COC’s Medea: A Chilling Spectacle for its Season’s Finale
How does the Canadian Opera Company end its 2023-24 season of high calibre singing and vibrant productions? With a bang, not a whimper.
Concert Review | COC’s Don Pasquale a Long Overdue Delight
The Canadian Opera Company opens its spring season with Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, last performed by the COC 30 years ago.
Opéra d’aujourd’hui: A Journey Through Space and Time
On May 30, audiences at Bourgie Hall will hear new works by three female composers, created in partnership with three female librettists.
The TSO Announces Tour: Celebrates 101 Years with D’Angelo, Gimeno Conducts
To celebrate Canadian music-making in its 101st year, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO), led by Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, will appear at Montreal’s Maison symphonique and Canada’s National Arts Centre in Ottawa on May 4 and 5, 2024.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Appointed as Head of Conducting at Curtis Institute of Music
Celebrated conductor and current Curtis faculty member Yannick Nézet-Séguin will become the Curtis School of Music’s Head of Conducting, as the school announces the expansion of their conducting program.
CD Review | La Flambeau (Atma Classique, 2024)
Composed by Haitian-born, Montreal-based David Bontemps, who also adapted fellow Haitian Flaubert Bolivar’s award-winning play, La Flambeau draws its subject matter from a rich mythology based in Haitian Vodou traditions.
