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Another Brick in the Wall is all bark, and no bite
The music came to a sudden stop and the curtain fell onto the stage with mechanical precision. As the choir hummed, a heart-rate monitor...
Lucia di Lammermoor loses itself to literalism at Opéra de Montréal
The soprano may be the star of Lucia di Lammermoor, but it was the gentlemen who took the night at the Nov. 9th premiere...
Don Giovanni goes buffa at Opera Atelier
Productions of Don Giovanni and its troublesome topic of seduction seem to elicit a variety of mixed feelings from both directors and their audiences....
Midori Marsh awarded first prize at COC’s Ensemble Studio Competition
At long last, the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio Competition has drawn to a close, and with it Canada's top young opera singer has...
The Heart’s Obsession sheds light on an obscure corner of Canadian...
The Heart’s Obsession: An Intimate Biography of Newfoundland Songstress Georgina Stirling. By Tonia Evans Cianciulli with Calvin D. Evans; 342 pp. ISBN: sc 978-1-77117-759-7,...
Benjamin Butterfield, The Rubies 2019—Success in Authenticity
In a profession known for its impermanence, a near 30-year career in opera is a cause for celebration. Since his professional debut in 1991...
AtG’s La bohème — Homecoming for Toronto’s bohemians
Against the Grain Theatre’s La bohème feels like a cult movie that everyone’s heard of but no one has actually really seen. Like Game...
UofT Early Music Program: Blowing the dust off history
Tucked away in the halls of the University of Toronto, past a dizzying variety of architectural pinpoints that make up its network of colleges,...
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