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SCRUTINY | Toronto Summer Music: Opera Stars Erin Morley & Lawrence Brownlee Soar With Golden Age Program
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (763+ words) By Denise Lai on July 17, 2026 While wildfire smoke blanketed Toronto last night, Koerner Hall was smoking with vocal fireworks by two celebrated opera stars. Soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are today’s leading voices at the Metropolitan Opera and…...
SCRUTINY | Timothy Chooi Displays Stunning Technique And Musicality In Heifetz Tribute
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (442+ words) By Joseph So on July 17, 2026 Toronto Summer Music:Heifetz & the “Dolphin” Strad. Vitali: Chaconne in G minor; Gluck: “Melodie” from Orfeo de Euridice; Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices; Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano. Timothy Chooi, violin;…...
INTERVIEW | Artistic Director Sharon Lee & Co-Artistic Director Marcus Scholtes Talk About Toronto Concert Orchestra’s Symphony In The City
1+ day, 11+ min ago (1851+ words) During those dog days of summer, the Toronto Concert Orchestra is offering a concert series with a sense of fun that any music lover will enjoy. Iconic cultural figures, stories, and familiar songs and music create an intimate and inclusive…...
SCRUTINY | Sasha Cooke’s Of Thee I Sing Recital Pleases The Ear And Touches the Heart
2+ day, 8+ min ago (559+ words) By Joseph So on July 15, 2026 Toronto Summer Music: Sasha Cooke. Songs by Copland, Barber, Heggie, Ives, Adams, Granados, Rachmaninoff, Alma Mahler, Korngold, Weill, Bernstein, Thomas, Sondheim, Gershwin. Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Warren Jones, piano; Walter Hall, July 13, 2026. In the short few…...
PREVIEW | Cabaret Night In Toronto: A Night In Paris Brings Glamour To The Stage
2+ day, 55+ min ago (584+ words) By Anya Wassenberg on July 15, 2026 A Night in Paris is a lush Parisian cabaret experience that has been created, produced, and choreographed by Sheri Lewis. It takes place July 18, 2026 at Toronto’s Todmorden Papermill Theatre. A Night in Paris takes the…...
PREVIEW | Sumer Opera Lyric Theatre Offers Three Rarely Performed Works For 2026
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (640+ words) By Anya Wassenberg on July 15, 2026 Summer Opera Lyric Theatre is offering Toronto audiences three rarely performed works by Menotti, Victor Davies and Eugene Benson, and Leoš Janáček for 2026. Performances take place between July 24 and August 2 at the Alumnae Theatre. Here’s…...
INTERVIEW | Toronto’s Strings From Paris Talk About Careers, Music, And More
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1832+ words) By Anya Wassenberg on July 14, 2026 Based in Toronto, Strings From Paris is a collective of classically trained string players who’ve become a working example of how to develop a viable career in today’s music industry. The ensemble was founded in…...
SCRUTINY | Toronto Summer Music Opens With Les Arts Florissants And Charpentier
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1070+ words) By Anya Wassenberg on July 10, 2026 Toronto Summer Music opened with a full house at Koerner Hall, and a luminous production of two of Charpentier’s chamber operas by French company Les Arts Florissants, including Les Arts Florissant, the company’s namesake, and…...
INTERVIEW | Montréal’s Choral Ensemble Les Rugissants Brings Voices Of Ukraine To Ontario
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (1236+ words) By Anya Wassenberg on July 10, 2026 Artistic Director Xavier Brossard-Ménard and his Montréal-based choral ensemble Les Rugissants will be touring Ontario this summer with a program titled Voices of Ukraine. Les Rugissants, a professional choir, will present an a cappella concert…...
SCRUTINY | 4th Line Theatre’s Remount Of Leanna Brodie’s Schoolhouse Blossoms On The Outdoor Stage
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1257+ words) By Paula Citron on July 10, 2026 4th Line Theatre/Schoolhouse, written by Leanna Brodie, directed and choreographed by Monica Dottor, Winslow Farm, Millbrook ON, closes Jul. 25. Tickets here. What makes 4th Line Theatre so very special is that it transforms local history into…...