The Saucy Soprano: Melina Schein’s ride from being a singer stuck in lockdown to cashing in with her Jewish cooking skills
“Melina, working on a rose water and cardamom whipped cream…, ” announces Noah Cappe, doing the play-by-play for Wall of Bakers. The host of the Food Network Canada show was watching Melina Schein of Vernon, B.C., compete as one of the four contestants in the inaugural episode. While this amateur baker was whisking the soft […]
Author recalls an operatic father-son struggle in new memoir
Michael Fraiman speaks with author David Tucker, author of The Hard Bargain: Music, Medicine and My Father (Richard Tucker, Opera Legend).
Opera explores the tragic life of famed cellist
Toby Saltzman looks at Tapestry Opera’s production of Jacqueline: a portrait of virtuosity, about famed English cellist Jacqueline du Pré.
Andrew Burashko; a concert of sound and colour
Andrew Burashko is disappointed that many people under the age of 30 have not given classical music a chance. That’s why his concerts are designed to stimulate the senses, minds and imaginations of music lovers of all ages.
Deaf woman’s ability to start hearing becomes the focus of an opera
Beverly Biderman’s experience of being deaf and learning to hear with a cochlear implant, an electronic hearing device, was the inspiration for a new opera.
Egyptian myth subject of Toronto writer’s debut opera
Sharon Singer has always been fascinated by ancient Egypt. That’s part of the reason she wrote Isis and Osiris, God of Egypt, an opera about the timeless Egyptian myth and love story
