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Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts Announces Nominations for 42nd Annual Dora Awards

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On August 29, 2022, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts announced the nominations for the 42 Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in theatre, dance, and opera in Toronto. Leading the opera category with nine nominations is “R.U.R. A Torrent of Light” by Tapestry Opera in partnership with OCAD University. They are nominated for Outstanding Production, Outstanding {…}

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Maria Fuller & Naomi Woo Join the Women in Musical Leadership Conducting Program

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Canadian Conductors Maria Fuller and Naomi Woo are to take part in the Women in Musical Leadership conducting program. They will work with Tapestry Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra during their three-year residency. Maria Fuller is a sought after conductor, but also for her specialties in vocal coaching, piano, trumpet, composing, and arranging. Fuller was the {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky Takes Home 2017 Dora Award

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Sondra Radvanovsky’s big year continues, as the soprano was among the winners of the 2017 Dora Awards. She was given the award for Outstanding Female Performance for her interpretation of “Norma” at the Canadian Opera Company. She beat out Jane Archibald in “Ariodante” at COC, Christine Goerke in Götterdämmerung at COC, Carla Huhatanen in “Rocking Horse Winner at a Tapestry {…}

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Heidelberger Frühling Liedfestival 2026 Review: Il Giustino

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(Photo: studio visuell) At 80-years-old, René Jacobs shows no signs of relinquishing his throne as the high priest of Baroque opera—a profound blessing for early music devotees. Following his acclaimed 2022 staged production with the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Akamus, Jacobs has returned to “Il Giustino” (1724) for a European concert tour, this time partnering with the Freiburger {…}

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Teatro Comunale Di Modena 2025-26 Review: La Carnaval

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(Photo: Roland Paolo Guerzoni) Although Lully was a Florentine by birth, his entire professional career was spent in France in the employ of Louis XIV, where he rose to become the Superintendent of the King’s M usic and the leading figure in the development of French opera. In Italy, however, his theatrical works, including his operas, have never taken root and {…}

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Voice Afire to Present ‘The Spanish Connection — Music of the Americas’

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(Credit: Enrique Pastor) Voice Afire will present “The Spanish Connection — Music of the Americas,” a recital featuring tenor José Heredia, mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna, and pianist Amber Scherer, this March. The program pairs the folk-inflected modernist works of Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera with songs by Canadian-American composer Ray Luedeke set to the love poetry of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, drawn {…}

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Dr. Zuly Inirio to Headline New Hazlett Theater’s ‘Sounds of the Season’

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The New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh will present “Sounds of the Season” on Dec. 13, 2025. The showcase, set to commence at 7:30 p.m local time, will offer a festive program of jazz, soul, and global holiday music and is headlined by soprano Dr. Zuly Inirio, Cuban drummer and composer Hugo Cruz, and singer-songwriter Dr. Kendra Ross with vocalist Brendan {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques at Salle Cortot 2025 Review: Mezzo-Soprano Ambroisine Bré With Harpsichordist & Conductor Christophe Rousset

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(Photo: © Les Talens Lyriques) The Salle Cortot was built in 1929 by architect Auguste Perret and is adjacent to the École Normale de Musique de Paris, founded by Alfred Cortot in 1919. The performance hall is dedicated to teaching French music to local and international students. It hosts intimate concerts and recitals for approximately 400 audience members and is {…}

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Bayreuth Festival 2025: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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(Photo credit: ©Enrico Nawrath) “My friend, that’s exactly the poet’s job: to make notes of his dreams – and then interpret them.” Hans Sachs, Act III A great mistake is often made in considering Wagner’s operas as complicated. Rather, they are dense, psychological investigations directly confronting archetype personages, be they gods, myths, or members of the family of man. When {…}