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Review | For Philip Glass and Ballet BC, from Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber
1+ week, 6+ day ago (24+ words) The stage was bustling with Ballet BC company artists and emerging artists dancing their hearts out to live music played by the Microcosmos Quartet....
Review | A French Lucie de Lammermoor Triumphs at Op'ra Comique
1+ week, 6+ day ago (132+ words) This revival demonstrates that Lucie is not simply an alternative version for specialists. In the right hands'and these are very much the right hands'it becomes a compelling rediscovery of Donizetti's answer to French Romantic opera. More on Op'ra Comique's season…...
Newswire | NAC Announces 20262027 Season
2+ week, 3+ day ago (407+ words) The NAC unveils its 20262027 season featuring leading artists, emerging voices, and returning favourites from Canada and beyond....
Newswire | Or Kidstra Awarded Grow Grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation
3+ week, 3+ day ago (27+ words) Or Kidstra is proud and grateful to announce it has received a $554, 000 Grow Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to expand its free after-school programs....
Newswire | Clara A. B. Joseph Named Calgary Poet Laureate
3+ week, 2+ day ago (23+ words) Calgary Arts Development and the Calgary Poet Laureate selection committee are pleased to announce the appointment of Clara Joseph as Calgary Poet Laureate....
Newswire | Bourgie Hall unveils its festive 2026-2027 season
3+ week, 3+ day ago (16+ words) Bourgie Hall reveals its 20262027 season, uniting global stars and Canadian artists across 94 concerts....
Review | Op'ra de Montr'al's Carmen Features Strong Singing
2+ week, 1+ day ago (353+ words) With high anticipation, Montrealers have been waiting for years to hear Montreal native, mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb portray Carmen in a full production of Bizet's best known opera. Op'ra de Montr'al's current run of Carmen showcases Chaieb and features a strong…...
Radical Trad Werther at the COC
2+ week, 2+ day ago (257+ words) This restraint really paid off in the long final scene, after Werther has fatally wounded himself and is joined by Charlotte when she finally admits her love for him. They are mostly seated on his bed, intertwined as he slips…...
Review | OSM's Rite of Spring & Bruce Liu's Tchaikovsky
1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (117+ words) For his encore'or dessert as he likes to refer to it'Liu offered the most breathtakingly crystalline and mesmerizing rendition of Debussy's R'verie, which is exactly my kind of music. Never have I seen such vigour and physical expression in the…...
Newswire | Ottawa Chamberfest Announces 2026 Summer Festival
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (273+ words) At its core, the festival invites audiences to step away from the everyday and experience music as it happens: live, shared, and authentic. Chamberfest's wide-ranging lineup of international and Canadian artists presents programs that span from baroque opera and large-scale…...