Arts & Culture

Winnipeg’s Shakespeare in the Ruins Delivers a Stunning Double Bill of Macbeth and Waiting for Godot 

With days at nearly their longest point in the year, sunlight is permeating the lives of Manitobans in a more regular way than usual. At St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg – a place where light can sometimes by clouded by worry or grief – the latest exhibit at the hospital’s Gallerie Buhler Gallery aims to help enhance that light.  

All-Canadian, All Day: Classic 107’s Canada Day Celebration of Canadian Artists

This Canada Day, July 1st, Classic 107 is going full maple leaf. From the first note at dawn to the final fireworks finale, it’s nothing but Canadians on the airwaves. That’s right—a full day dedicated to celebrating the incredible musicians, composers, ensembles, and icons who call Canada home.

“It’s so funny to be called a trailblazer because it’s not how I see what I do,” muses Patricia Yates about the uniqueness of her artistry, “but I understand that for other people, my experience and my existence in this industry and in this world is something that’s really new.” 

“God, what a view,” Lisette Oropesa exclaims at the top of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain.  

The internationally acclaimed soprano is just one of the faculty members that the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has boasted of in the last couple of years. Oropesa was a member of the faculty for the centre’s Interplay program in 2024 for all of two days in between performances at Carnegie Hall and a tour of Japan with New York’s Metropolitan Opera. 

How a multicultural mariachi band is celebrating Canada’s diversity in song and spirit 

The Musica Singers are getting ready to start summer in style this weekend with their latest solo concert, Awitan. The concert promises a balance of traditional Filipino folk and classical music alongside newer pieces from the country’s evolving musical tradition.  

Lalo Schifrin, the iconic Argentine-American composer celebrated for film and television masterpieces, has died at age 93 on June 26, 2025, from complications of pneumonia, confirmed by his son Ryan.

Born Boris Claudio Schifrin on June 21, 1932, in Buenos Aires, he combined classical training at the Paris Conservatory with jazz roots, later moving to the U.S. where he worked with Dizzy Gillespie before embarking on a film-scoring career in Hollywood. His accolades include four Grammy wins, six Oscar nominations, and an honorary Academy Award (2018) 

One of the most foundational programs at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is opera, which has been around for the vast majority of the centre’s nine-decade history. Now, that legacy continues with new productions that seek to innovate, explore and imagine a distinctly Canadian iteration of the genre. 

The latest opera program at the Banff Centre is called Interplay, a cross-pollination between opera and chamber music that aims to tell stories on a smaller scale with just as much impact as its mainstage counterparts. 

MCO’s 2025–26 season celebrates strings, storytelling, and bold new voices