Review | Gerald Finley and Anthony León Shine in TSO Messiah
There are as many versions of Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, as there are performances, which in Canada, are almost too many to count over the holiday…
Browsing: Susan Platts
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Messiah: Conductor Michael Francis on the Greatest Work of Art
For the past 90 years, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir have performed Handel’s Messiah together. Like the Nutcracker ballet, Messiah is an…
TSO Invites Listeners to Discover a World of Sound in Globe-Spanning 2025/26 Season
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is excited to announce its 2025/26 concert season—an array of extraordinary musical experiences featuring works and artists from across the globe. For…
Review | Toronto Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Mozart’s Birthday with A Superb Requiem
Jane Archibald, sop., Susan Platts, mezz., Isaiah Bell, ten., Kevin Deas, bbar., Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis, cond., Roy Thomson Hall, Jan.…
Jessye Norman: Grace Befitting Royalty
by Susan Platts Jessye Norman: where can one possibly begin? Be it the soprano, mezzo or alto repertoire, the music of Strauss, Wagner, Berg, Berlioz or Cage, the…
Susan Platts: Mahler, Mentors and Music Education
British-born Canadian mezzo Susan Platts has been delighting audiences around the world with her expertise in art song; her first solo album of songs by…
Editorial – November 2017
Download PDFWelcome to the new La Scena Musicale in full evolution! You hold in your hands your magazine in a new all-colour, all-glossy format. It’s…
Cette semaine à Montréal (23 à 29 novembre) / This Week in Montreal (November 23 – 29)
Chapelle Historique du Bon-PasteurJeudi 26, 19 h 30, Daniel Lanthier interprétera au hautbois et au hautbois d’amour baroque, en compagnie de Geneviève Soly à l’orgue…
This Week in Toronto (May 6 – 12)
Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, the third of three productions of the Canadian Opera Company’s spring season, opens on Wednesday,…
