Patricia Summersett is a multi-talented Montreal artist with a radiant voice
“[T]he joy of art is so universal, disappearing into a painting, a book, a song, paradoxically makes us…well…more of the world..” Interview with Patricia Summersett
Music & Opera
Deantha Edmunds discusses making Connections and launching the 2023 Summer Music in the Garden concert series
Interview with Soprano Deantha Edmunds, Canada’s first Inuk professional classical singer
The Obsidiana Duo presents the traditional melodies and rhythms of Ibero America in “The Folk Within Us”
“When we perform together, you can hear that undeniable connection between us. It feels like home.” Interview with the Obsidiana Duo, The Folk Within Us
Bass-baritone Alex Halliday is a rising star of Canadian opera
“Every day, opera gives me the opportunity to better learn how to express my own humanity and hopefully speak to someone’s soul in the process.” Interview with COC Ensemble Studio member Alex Halliday
Choi and Bautista’s “Love You Wrong Time” pops up across Toronto to make audiences laugh, then think
“The ethos of our show is to make people laugh… then make them think.” Deanna H. Choi and Maddie Bautista debut “Love You Wrong Time”
Lizzie Pawsey: The teen British singer-songwriter is on the rise
Interview with rising star British teen singer-songwriter, Lizzie Pawsey
Shakura Dickson of Soulpepper’s “Billie, Sarah and Ella” in conversation with SesayArts
“Well, it’s always an honour and a challenge to play such an icon.” Interview with Shakura Dickson about Soulpepper’s “Billie, Sarah and Ella: Revolutionary Women of Jazz”
David Mesiha unpacks the immersive and playful “Same Difference” with SesayArts
“I was keen to develop a piece that would allow audiences to experience the complexities and nuances inherent in these types of questions and not to be prescriptive or reductive about it.” Interview with David Mesiha about “Same Difference”
Soulpepper alchemy turns NASA’s “Golden Record” into an otherworldly concert experience
“Meticulously curated, artfully rearranged, exceptionally performed…the songs are the main characters in an ensemble journey” Review of Soulpepper’s “The Golden Record”
His final “UnCovered” features The Music of ABBA – SesayArts in conversation with Reza Jacobs
“Come to the concert and experience it! The artists in this year’s lineup are staggeringly good.” Reza Jacobs on UnCovered: The Music of ABBA