Toronto production of La Traviata stars real life couple as ill-fated lovers by Trish Crawford

Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina and American tenor Charles Castronovo are a married couple playing lovers in La Traviata.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on October 6, 2015☆⚑

Barbara Hannigan to sing while conducting in TSO gig by Trish Crawford

Risk-taking soprano Barbara Hannigan will reveal her 'party trick' when she conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 7 and 8.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:30am on October 5, 2015☆⚑

Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet comes to Cineplex by Trish Crawford

With tickets sold out to the performances of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, National Theatre Live will broadcast

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01am on October 4, 2015☆⚑

Rockin' barefoot Messiah to play at Harbourfront Centre by Trish Crawford

Against the Grains' updated Messiah is moving to the Harbourfront Theatre in a Massey Hall collaboration.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:14pm on October 2, 2015☆⚑

So what does astronaut Chris Hadfield think about space movies? by Trish Crawford

He liked The Martian. He didn't like Gravity.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:55pm on October 1, 2015☆⚑

Chris Hadfield's made-in-space album landing on Earth by Trish Crawford

The music Canadian astronaut recorded in space is being released as Space Sessions: Songs from a Tin Can Oct. 9.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00am on October 1, 2015☆⚑

Soundstreams opener a percussionists' dream by Trish Crawford

Hundreds of instruments " bells, chimes, gongs and toy piano " feature in Sept. 29, along with Adrianne Pieczonka and Krisztina Szabo.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on September 29, 2015☆⚑

Royal Conservatory celebrates a region's resilience, 10 years after Katrina by Trish Crawford

Artists inspired by music from New Orleans, Haiti and Cuba perform at Koerner Hall to "honour" the strength of the human spirit.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 7:00am on September 26, 2015☆⚑

TSO plays scores of Vertigo, Psycho, Back to the Future by Trish Crawford

First up, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo with live music by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in honour of TIFF's 40th.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:22pm on September 22, 2015☆⚑

Our Last Tango tells famous tango couple's tale by Trish Crawford

Documentary Our Last Tango follows tango dancers Maria Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on September 17, 2015☆⚑

TIFF: 'I Saw the Light' actor Casey Bond talks about the Blue Jays, and how he went from the baseball diamond to the big screen by Trish Crawford

Centre fielder Casey Bond, who first acted in Moneyball, plays fiddle in Hank Williams biopic I Saw the Light at TIFF.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00pm on September 3, 2015☆⚑

Bicycle Opera heralds a new kind of ring cycle by Trish Crawford

A two-minute composition, played entirely on bicycle bells, is the way Bicycle Opera kicks off its opera program

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 4:15pm on September 3, 2015☆⚑

Michael Bell takes cues from Michael Bublé's career by Trish Crawford

Decades removed from a Juno Award-winning career, Michael Bell is giving music another try, this time as a crooner.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01am on August 20, 2015☆⚑

Cultural institutions try to catch your eye with art by Trish Crawford

Elaborate photo shoots using underwater photography and a Porsche showroom are changing city cultural agencies brochures

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:03pm on August 16, 2015☆⚑

Der Vampyr is an opera with bite by Trish Crawford

Opera written almost 200 years ago, onstage July 31, introduces the sexy, handsome, rich vampire motif.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00am on July 24, 2015☆⚑

Classical music stars at the Toronto Summer Music Festival by Trish Crawford

Toronto's only classical music summer program, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, adopts Pan Am theme of the Americas.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01am on July 15, 2015☆⚑

Buffy Sainte-Marie inspires indigenous artists by Trish Crawford

Native music steps up on the world stage with artists like Sainte-Marie, Tanya Tagaq and a Tribe Called Red.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 9:51pm on July 12, 2015☆⚑

Kinky Boots Toronto run extended to Nov. 8 by Trish Crawford

Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein musical about a drag queen helping save a shoe factory has won rave reviews.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 5:09pm on July 2, 2015☆⚑

Hurricane Katrina series part of Royal Conservatory's 2015/16 season by Trish Crawford

Meryl Streep and the Takács Quartet, Bryn Terfel's Koerner Hall debut, Joan Armatrading's farewell also part of season.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 1:42pm on June 3, 2015☆⚑

Red Ride Tour gives aboriginal artists their due by Trish Crawford

Aboriginal musicians performing classical, rock, blues, grunge and hip hop genres cross North America on the Red Ride.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:25pm on May 28, 2015☆⚑

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.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:00am on May 6, 2015☆⚑

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.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:00pm on May 5, 2015☆⚑

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.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 3:13pm on May 3, 2015☆⚑

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.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:39pm on April 29, 2015☆⚑

Baritone George Masswohl rescues Sweeney Todd by Trish Crawford

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

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 6:13pm on April 28, 2015☆⚑