On October 30, Opera Canada hosts its 18th annual awards gala The Rubies. One of this year’s three...
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The Rubies 2017: Spotlight on Karina Gauvin
2017 marks the 18th annual Opera Canada Awards, The Rubies, and among this year’s honourees is...
An Invitation to Travel: Christiane Karg and Malcolm Martineau at the Proms
This was Karg’s Proms debut, and many of the songs performed - by Reynaldo Hahn, Charles Koechlin,...
Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder at the Proms – Sir Simon Rattle
No wonder tickets almost sold out as soon as they went on sale. Everyone in town seemed to be...
Le Siège de Corinthe in Pesaro
We were all eager participants, harangued lengthily and forcibly by a high priest of the Greeks to...
Dunedin Consort perform Bach’s St John Passion at the Proms
For the climax of the BBC Proms celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Butt and...
Macbeth review – high camp, dark drama and more than a hint of Game of Thrones
Festival theatre, Edinburgh This new production from Teatro Regio Torino has a solid cast and...
Edinburgh festival 2017: the shows we recommend
Plan your viewing with our list of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated...
Collision: Spectra Ensemble at the Arcola Theatre
The conspiracy theorists are ever vigilant for signs of impending apocalypse. Only a few days ago,...
Joshua Bell offers Hispanic headiness at the Proms
But, the ‘Spain’ of Debussy’s Iberia or Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and L'Heure espagnole was...