Murder and madness lurk in COC double bill by Trish Crawford

Groundbreaking Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung return to Toronto May 6, with John Relyea and Krisztina Szabo in lead roles.

Sing your child to sleep in 12 languages by Trish Crawford

The Canadian Children’s Opera Company spent a year compiling an album of lullabies from around the world.

The science of Bach's world revealed by Tafelmusik by Trish Crawford

J.S. Bach: The Circle of Creation, running May 6 to 12, includes microscopic images of musical instrument components.

Bolton teen puts the Music in Monday by Trish Crawford

Connor Ross beat 200 submissions to have his song sung at schools across Canada on May 4.

Baritone George Masswohl rescues Sweeney Todd by Trish Crawford

Singer stepped in when Greer Grimsley had voice trouble Saturday in Vancouver Opera production.

TSYO celebrates 40th birthday with free tuition by Trish Crawford

Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra's birthday present to be announced at Koerner Hall concert April 23.

‘Buddy opera’ Barber of Seville has real-life friends in leads by Trish Crawford

Joshua Hopkins and Alek Shrader play pals Figaro and Almaviva in Canadian Opera Company production beginning April 17.

Going to hell and back in Opera Atelier's Orpheus and Eurydice by Trish Crawford

Company presents Berlioz version of Gluck opera of timeless love story at Elgin Theatre April 9.

Luminato thinks big and family-friendly in 2015 by Trish Crawford

Ten-day Toronto festival includes big events like Apocalypsis, big venues like the Hearn Generation Station, family fare like a TSO concert with pets and a focus on artists of the Americas.

Carnegie Hall gig a ‘boost’ for Toronto rock choir by Trish Crawford

Toronto’s oldest rock choir is the only Canadian choir to be invited to a 16-choir strong Total Vocal concert at Carnegie Hall March 29.

Star Trek event mixes sci-fi with classical music by Trish Crawford

The 2009 Star Trek movie will be shown in high definition at the Sony Centre March 21 with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.

Tapestry takes opera to the movies with Tap:Ex Tables Turned by Trish Crawford

A DJ, soprano Carla Huhtanen, a percussionist and classic movies combine for Tapestry Opera's experimental production that also salutes Maria Callas.

Kodo Drummers' nightly feat of endurance by Trish Crawford

The Kodo performers, returning to Toronto with a new, multi-disciplinary show, undergo rigorous training in the historic Japanese art form of Taiko drumming.

Songwriter Marc Jordan opens up about overcoming dyslexia by Trish Crawford

Songwriter Marc Jordan has written hit songs for stars ranging from Cher and Rod Stewart to Diana Ross while dealing with dyslexia.

Vadim Repin, Russia's Paganini, plays Toronto’s Koerner Hall by Trish Crawford

Violinist Vadim Repin, called Russia's Paganini, plays Ravel, Bartok, Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky at Toronto’s Koerner Hall before returning for Siberian arts festival

Pinocchio: Bringing life to a ‘cheeky’ piece of talking wood by Trish Crawford

Krystel Descary won’t reveal secrets of the puppet she manipulates in Tout à Trac’s Pinocchio, on at Young People’s Theatre March 3 to 21.

Whisper Opera makes a loud statement by Trish Crawford

The singers whisper and the musicians play ever so softly in David Lang's The Whisper Opera at the Theatre Centre until March 1.

Let It Be arrives in Sony Centre Feb. 13 and 14 by Trish Crawford

The Beatles' career featured in Let It Be at Sony Centre Feb. 13, 14. We talk to Reuven Gershon who plays John Lennon.

Sunny Thompson stars in Marilyn: Forever Blonde by Trish Crawford

Monroe look- and sound-alike is the latest in a long list of actresses to tackle the daunting role of playing screen icon Marilyn Monroe.

Emanuel Ax plays Union Station as part of Piano Extravaganza by Trish Crawford

Public miniconcert one of several across city to kick off Toronto Symphony Orchestra festival dedicated to the piano, on until Feb. 14.

Piano Extravaganza begins Feb. 4 in Toronto by Trish Crawford

Toronto public spaces from City Hall to Union Station to be filled with piano music as 10-day festival kicks off

Kent Nagano conducts Tafelmusik's Beethoven program by Trish Crawford

Renowned director of Montreal Symphony leads Baroque orchestra in Toronto for the first time.

Toronto concert celebrates Frank Sinatra by Trish Crawford

Jay Douglas, Tommy Ambrose and Albert Schultz join in Jan. 22 tribute to Sinatra, who would have turned 100 in 2015.

Tenor Michael Schade on cuckolded lover Don Ottavio by Trish Crawford

Tenor turns 50 during Canadian Opera Company run of Don Giovanni. He first played Ottavio in Vienna in 1996.

Opera singers dish on bad boy Don Giovanni by Trish Crawford

Sasha Djihanian, Jane Archibald and Jennifer Holloway play the three loves of Don Giovanni, played by Russell Braun, in Canadian Opera Company production opening Jan. 24.

Rocket Man meets Piano Man in Acting Up production by Trish Crawford

The songs of Elton John and Billy Joel get the dramatic treatment at Koerner Hall on Nov. 12 and 13.

Gerald Finley transforms into Falstaff for the COC by Trish Crawford

It takes two hours to turn slim nice guy Finley into the corpulent, vain Falstaff in the Canadian Opera Company production opening Oct. 3

Cabaret brings seedy Berlin to Shaw Festival by Trish Crawford

Forget the iconic 1972 movie, Shaw Festival's Cabaret, opening May 1, makes its own dramatic statements on a world hurtling toward destruction.

Don Quixote inspires two very different shows by Trish Crawford

The COC’s Don Quichotte, opening May 9, and Man of La Mancha, in previews May 8 at Stratford Festival, are two versions of the same classic tale.

'Fifty Shades' musical parody is slight but funny: review by Trish Crawford

National Ballet's Barry Hughson gets to know Toronto by Trish Crawford

New executive director, formerly head of Boston Ballet, finds Toronto vibrant and tremendously diverse.