Joseph So

Bravissimo!, the New Year’s Eve gala concert, has been entertaining Toronto area opera lovers for the past 16 years, and Salute to Vienna is now 30 years old.

Toronto opera fans are very lucky to have tenor Kang Wang back this season as Pinkerton in the Canadian Opera Company's Madama Butterly.

Opera Atelier, Canada’s premiere Baroque opera company, opened its 39th season with a revival of Handel’s popular Acis and Galatea.

While I have my own preferences, I can honestly say that any of the pieces in the Met Opera Live in HD lineup will be an experience to treasure.

The Ukrainian Art Song Project's 2024 concert is its sixth, showcasing the talent of eight singers and one pianist after a week of intensive training.

My 2024 Munich Opera sojourn concluded with two Puccini crowd pleasers, Tosca and La fanciulla del West — what’s not to like?

Toronto Summer Music keeps the classical music season alive as the weather gets warner, and critic Joseph So offers his personal picks from the lineup.

Aportia Chryptych is the story of contralto Portia White, the first Black Canadian classical singer to have a significant career in the 20th Century.

The Canadian Opera Company saved its best for last in a thrilling COC premiere of a rarely performed opera, Cherubini’s Medea.

The regular 2023-24 season of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir drew to a glorious close with the first of two performances of the Verdi Requiem last Sunday.