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Newswire | Met Opera Announces 2024-2025 Season with Four Met Premieres
The Metropolitan Opera announced today the 2024–25 season lineup, showcasing timeless classics of the operatic repertory in revivals and new productions, alongside four Met premieres.
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A Celebration of Canadian Musical Excellence: TSO presents NACO, OSQ
NACO and OSQ join forces at Roy Thomson Hall for a celebration of Canadian musical excellence, highlighting the homegrown talent of performers and composers alike.
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Concert Review | Shimmering Fauré & Confident Mussorgsky at the MSO
Maestra Eun Sun Kim, conductor of the San Francisco Opera, and local favourite pianist Louis Lortie joined forces with the MSO for a program of works for piano and orchestra.
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4.0Lebrecht Weekly | Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Spin this record of Tchaikovsky’s fifth symphony played at a 1971 live concert at the Royal Albert Hall by the Leningrad Symphony and you will see what we are missing.
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Newswire | CMIM Presents New Piano Work by Barbara Assiginaak
The Concours musical international de Montréal is pleased to present the imposed Canadian work for the Piano 2024 edition by Anishinaabekwe composer Barbara Assiginaak.
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Newswire | Canadian Tenor Matthew Cairns Amongst Nine Finalists for The Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition
[DALLAS, February 13, 2024]—The Dallas Opera (TDO) presents the final round of The Dallas Opera…
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Newswire | TMChoir Appoints Daniela Nardi as New Executive Director
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is thrilled to announce the appointment of Daniela Nardi as its new Executive Director, effective March 4, 2024.
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Concert Review | Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio Performs Great Brahms at Koerner Hall
The Melnikov-Faust-Queyras Trio offered a program of Schumann, Carter, and Brahms at Koerner Hall, which had its ups and downs.
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Review | A compelling, psychoanalytic Rusalka premieres at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest
It is now common parlance to note that even up until the early 1980s, Dvořák’s…
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Newswire | Vancouver Opera announces celebratory 65th Anniversary Season
FEBRUARY 9, 2024, VANCOUVER, B.C. / Traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and…
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Stravinsky’s Pulcinella: An Exciting Recording Marks New Beginnings for the TSO
In November of 2023, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced the beginning of a long-term…
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Highlights | Juno Award Nominees and Grammy Winners Announced
From the announcement of JUNO nominations to GRAMMY winners, it’s been a busy week for awards!
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Breaking News | Seiji Ozawa Dies at 88
Classical music lovers everywhere mourn the death of Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who died on Feb. 6, at the age of 88.
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5.0Lebrecht Weekly | Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
In half a century of making records, Songs of Fate is Kremer’s most personal release – an austere and uplifting record imbued with humanity and idealism.
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Newswire | Sinfonia Toronto Announces 2024-2025 Season
Sinfonia Toronto has just announced their 2024-2025 season.
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La Scena’s Singing Valentines: Back for its 14th Edition to Spread the Love
Last year, we decided to offer 100 free Singing Valentines serenades for seniors 65-plus and the feedback we received from the recipients was amazing. So this year we continue to show love to our community by repeating the offer.
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Concert Review | An Orchestral Spectacular From Gimeno and the TSO
There was no soloist at Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Respighi concert, but the greatly augmented TSO gave a near-capacity audience a stunning display of orchestral fireworks
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Concert Review | COC’s Don Giovanni Leaves Audiences Yearning for More
In the COC’s latest performance of Don Giovanni, bass-baritone Gordon Bintner nails the titular role, and the orchestra breathes life into Mozart’s thrilling and elegant score.
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2024 Juno Award Nominations: Jazz and Classical Highlights
The 2024 Juno Award nominations were announced earlier today. Quebec’s Charlotte Cardin leads the pack…
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66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Celebrating Classical Music’s Finest
The 66th annual GRAMMY Awards took place this Sunday, in Los Angeles, California. Among award…
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Concert Review | The TSO Presents Pines of Rome
Those wondering whether enjoyment of classical music is on the rise or wane might look to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s live and recorded output.
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Editorial (February 2024)
Welcome to the February/March 2024 national issue of La Scena Musicale, which celebrates International Women’s…
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2.5Lebrecht Weekly | Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
I can’t listen to Francis Poulenc for long without imagining a Gitane between my lips and smoke curling out of the corners.
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Remembering Max: A First-Person Account
On Jan. 10, 2024, bebop drummer extraordinaire Max Roach would have turned 100.
Concert Review | Canadian Opera Company opens 2023-24 season with Beethoven’s Fidelio
The Canadian Opera Company opened its 2023-24 season with a rare gem. Fidelio is the only opera Beethoven ever wrote,…
Newswire | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces new 23.24 season Community Engagement Team and Activities
Toronto, September 25, 2023 — The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces an exciting array of community events for the 2023/2024 season,…
Breaking News | Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra Cancels 23/24 Season
Sept. 18, 2023 – The Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Ontario’s third largest orchestra, announced this morning that the organization has…
Editorial (November 2023)
Welcome to the 2023 November/December/January 2024 national issue of La Scena Musicale, which features our annual special on Higher Education.…
Joel Ivany & Miriam Khalil: Just Getting Started
Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) is a pillar of the Canadian opera scene. The award-winning company has been pushing boundaries…
On his Own Terms: Davóne Tines at Bourgie Hall
Although Davóne Tines may have “tumbled his way into the opera world” somewhat accidentally, his artistic output has been deliberate…
CD Review | Ispiciwin (Leaf Music, 2023)
In the company of the Luminous Voices vocal ensemble, Andrew Balfour presents Ispiciwin, a new album of compositions inspired by Cree texts.
Newswire | Met Opera Announces 2024-2025 Season with Four Met Premieres
The Metropolitan Opera announced today the 2024–25 season lineup, showcasing timeless classics of the operatic repertory in revivals and new productions, alongside four Met premieres.
Newswire | Canadian Tenor Matthew Cairns Amongst Nine Finalists for The Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition
[DALLAS, February 13, 2024]—The Dallas Opera (TDO) presents the final round of The Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition on Friday,…
A Celebration of Canadian Musical Excellence: TSO presents NACO, OSQ
NACO and OSQ join forces at Roy Thomson Hall for a celebration of Canadian musical excellence, highlighting the homegrown talent of performers and composers alike.
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella: An Exciting Recording Marks New Beginnings for the TSO
In November of 2023, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced the beginning of a long-term partnership with Harmonia Mundi. This historic multi-disc agreement – the European label’s first with a…