Bill Rankin

_{Edmonton Opera
Bluebeard’s Castle} “Topical and contemporary slant”

by Bill Rankin | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Reviews

Edmonton Opera | Bluebeard’s Castle | Opera Canada

_{Edmonton Opera
Die Fledermaus} “Remake of a perennial light-opera favourite”

by Bill Rankin | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

Edmonton Opera | Die Fledermaus | Opera Canada

_{Calgary Opera
Don Giovanni} “Austere set and vocally satisfying performances”

by Bill Rankin | Nov 6, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

Calgary Opera | Don Giovanni | Opera Canada

_{Edmonton Opera
Das Rheingold} “It was compellingly forceful and intimidatingly compelling, and by the time he was cursing the gods who robbed him of his glorious future with the ring, this Alberich was perversely in charge, both operatically and narratively. Mazerolle sang his hope and fury splendidly.””

by Bill Rankin | Jun 19, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

Edmonton —The phrase “Wagner chamber opera” sounds like an oxymoron, but that’s what Edmonton...

_{Edmonton Opera
Ayre} “[McKenzie Warriner’s] soaring, penetrating, unhurried, clarion invocation…left the room in attentive silence, and then exuberant ovation”

by Bill Rankin | Apr 29, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

Edmonton Opera’s Artistic Director Joel Ivany continues his eclectic approach to opera company...

_{Edmonton Opera
Don Giovanni} “Judging from the audience’s approval of the comic tone, Ivany got his Don Giovanni right”

by Bill Rankin | Feb 15, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

When Edmonton Opera’s Artistic Director, Joel Ivany, remodels an operatic classic, its...

_{Fall 2023 Print Issue} The Rubies: Gino Quilico—Baritone of a Generation

by Bill Rankin | Oct 30, 2023 | Fall 2023 Print Issue, Featured, News

On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.