21 June 2019
James Ehnes plays the Korngold Concerto (& the TSO plays Carmina Burana)
By Kelly Bedard // Music
James Ehnes is a thrilling violinist, a brilliant technician who…
17 May 2019
Musician Spotlight Series: The TSO’s Miles Jaques
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Musician Spotlight Series shines a light on up-and-coming musicians creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their music, their collaborators, and why …
12 May 2019
The COC’s Otello
By Amy Strizic // Theatre (Toronto)
The Canadian Opera Company’s production of Otello is passionate, bleak, dramatic, and nearly everything one could want from an opera. Based on Shakespeare’s tempestuous tragedy, it is far from a …
03 May 2019
Timelessness and Hopefulness Appeal in Puccini’s La Bohème
By Lorenzo Pagnotta // Theatre (Toronto)
Several cast members made their mainstage Canadian Opera Company…
05 April 2019
The TSO’s Best of Hollywood
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is world-class and their recent infusion of young new players really livens things up down at Roy Thomson Hall (always a fun venue to visit). I’m …
07 March 2019
Musician Spotlight Series: The TSO’s Kelly Zimba
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Musician Spotlight Series shines a light on up-and-coming musicians creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their music, their collaborators, and why …
20 February 2019
The COC revisits & revises Così Fan Tutte
By Dom Harvey // Theatre (Toronto)
Opera is sustainable when you can enjoy it without fully understanding it or taking it seriously. Few works rely on this more than Così fan tutte, which continues to entertain …
12 February 2019
COC’s Elektra Returns after Twelve Years
By Lorenzo Pagnotta // Theatre (Toronto)
The Canadian Opera Company’s latest production of Elektra opened up recently to warm us right up, piercing through the snow. The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts was abuzz …
14 May 2018
The COC’s Spring: Short Fables & Anna Bolena
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
The eclectic pairing of a visually ambitious but narratively light 20th century Russian mixed bill directed with theatrical ambition and a rich Italian bel canto full-length narrative with restrained character-focused …
05 April 2018
On Stage in TO: Song&Dance
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
The Overcoat: a musical tailoring (Canadian Stage with Tapestry Opera & Vancouver Opera) This new opera is a strong achievement for Tapestry- a smallish contemporary opera company that suffers for …
29 March 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Marcelo Puente
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Argentine tenor Marcelo Puente’s rich and nuanced voice stood out in the …
23 March 2018
Nominee Interview Series: Markus Marquardt
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. German bass-baritone…
17 February 2018
Problematic Systematic Operatic
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
The Canadian Opera Company’s current season is an intriguing examination of a problem from two angles. On one hand, they’re presenting their Rigoletto, last seen not-so-long-ago in 2011. It’s an …
10 December 2017
The National Ballet’s Nijinsky: a multi-cast review
By Chelsea Dinsmore // Theatre (Toronto)
Beginning and ending with the last performance of Vaslav Nijinsky, widely considered one of the greatest dancers of the twentieth century, choreographer John Neumeier’s “biography of the soul” is a …
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