COC’s Opera Makers and Sistema Toronto teach young people how to create an opera
Young people learn fundamental life skills by creating an opera, thanks to a community partnership between the COC’s Opera Makers initiative and Sistema Toronto.
Music & Opera
Dwayne Gretzky’s New Year’s Eve 2021: Nick Rose dishes on the free streaming show AND the new live album
”It’s a free show, accessible to anyone…. And we’re going to be ringing in the new year from coast to coast from the moment the clock strikes midnight in Newfoundland until the calendar flips in British Columbia.” Scott Sneddon chats with Dwayne Gretzky’s Nick Rose about the band’s FREE New Years Eve concert
Star-studded My Earth Songs benefit album provides timely inspiration
Interview with Ricky Kej and Ron Korb about MY EARTH SONGS. The album captures the magic of this summer’s My Earth Songs Virtual Live Concert, a global initiative with Vivendi to benefit UNICEF COVID-19 relief for children worldwide and raise raise environmental consciousness.
Mireille Asselin returns to Opera Atelier in the world premiere of Something Rich and Strange
“There is just me, experiencing this kind of musical, hallucinatory journey through song, including some of my very favourite music in this show.” Acclaimed soprano Mireille Asselin on performing in Opera Atelier’s world-premiere production of Something Rich and Strange
Smile is “short, simple, and nothing new for pop superstar Katy Perry”
“On her best album since Teenage Dream, Perry manages to churn out one fun and uplifting pop track after another.” Sayak reviews Katy Perry’s new album, Smile.
Ellie Goulding’s new album Brightest Blue “stays in the green for the most part”
Sayak reviews Ellie Goulding’s 4th studio album Brightest Blue
“It should be illegal to make a record as wall-to-wall fantastic as ‘Gaslighter’” – The Chicks Album Review
“It’s a sonically gorgeous, vocally commanding, and lyrically potent record that is the best way The Chicks could have possibly come back from their hiatus.” ~ Sayak’s Review of The Chicks’ new album Gaslighter
Ramneek Singh connects classical to modern Indian music in a dynamic digital return to Harbourfront Centre
In her program The Magic of Yaman Through Khayal & Cinema, Ramneek Singh will present the interconnection between Indian classical and modern music, in her return to the Summer Music in the Garden at Home concert series.
Benjamin Hackman’s night-long choral work GRIEF seeks to “deepen awareness of how precious life and love is”
The Holy Gasp’s Benjamin Hackman premieres his choral composition GRIEF on July 1 via livestream performance. The night-long experience will shine a light on the grieving process.
Celebrated soprano Marnie Breckenridge discusses Tapestry Opera’s world premiere of “Jacqueline”
“We are telling someone’s personal story, and we hope the audience will have the curiosity and open mind to delve deeply with us into Jacqueline’s heart, mind and soul.” Interview with Marnie Breckenridge, Tapestry Opera’s JACQUELINE