The Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev (conductor) Denis Matsuev (soloist) at Roy Thomson Hall on Friday. Many of us had waited for months anticipating conductor Valery Gergiev’s return to Roy Thomson Hall Friday night to pilot the sleek-engined Mariinsky Orchestra through an all-Russian program. Gergiev is not only arguably the foremost Russian conductor of our time, with […]
La légende de la danse russe Mikhail Baryshnikov montera sur la scène du théâtre Winter Garden de Toronto, du 24 au 27 janvier 2018. Mais, il ne dansera pas. Il vient présenter une performance théâtrale avec le spectacleBrodsky / Baryshnikov qui s’inspire des poèmes de Joseph Brodsky, lauréat du Prix Nobel de littérature en 1987. Le […]
TORONTO — A solo theatrical performance featuring ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov will make its Canadian premiere in Toronto in January. Producers say “Brodsky/Baryshnikov” will run Jan. 24-27 at the Winter Garden Theatre. The stage show is based on the poems of Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky, Baryshnikov’s longtime friend. Baryshnikov recites the poems in Russian, Brodsky’s […]
Show One Productions, the leading presenter of high-profile international stars of opera, theatre, dance and classical music, is very proud to present the Canadian premiere of BRODSKY / BARYSHNIKOV for a strictly limited run at the intimate Winter Garden Theatre, January 24-27, 2018. BRODSKY / BARYSHNIKOV is a solo theatrical performance based on the poems […]
Toronto Debut February 4, 2018 at Koerner Hall SHOW ONE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS PIANIST GEORGE LI XV TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION SILVER MEDALIST “He plays like a great pianist at the apogeic intersection of middle-aged vigor and the wisdom of maturity.” – Boston Musical Intelligencer “He is a powerhouse…. I have seldom heard the many blazing octave passages…played […]
Uncle Vanya played to sold out crowds as part of the 2017 Luminato Festival in Toronto I’ll admit that I approached seeing Uncle Vanya, the classic play about a family caught between between tradition and transformation, with trepidation. The play written by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov was performed during the 2017 Luminato Festival in Russian by Moscow’s Vakhtangov State Academic […]
Pure brilliance was formed last night in the John Bassett Theatre, when the intense text of Anton Chekhov met the meticulous techniques of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia. I am most certain that Rimas Tuminas’ direction of Uncle Vanya, in addition to the roaring sound of applause, summoned both Vakhtangov and Chekhov from the grave […]
Eifman Ballet’s Red Giselle at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. Through May 13. Fast on the heels of the success of Trio Magnifico in April, Show One Productions is bringing the Eifman Ballet’s Red Giselle to Toronto’s Sony Centre for a four-performance run. Founded in 1977 by Boris Eifman in St. Petersburg, Russia, […]
Winner of Tchaikovsky Competition gold makes Canadian debut with a piano recital master class. Dmitry Masleev At Koerner Hall on March 22 A little bit of history was made at Koerner Hall on Wednesday, with the Canadian debut of 28-year-old Russian pianist Dmitry Masleev. Since winning gold at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015, audiences […]
It has been two months since Dmitri Hvorostovsky is no longer with us, but it still hasn’t sunk in. It is just too hard to accept when a man of such physical and spiritual power and an instant smile on his face has left this world. The whole world knows him as an artist, but […]
