When Edmonton Opera’s Artistic Director, Joel Ivany, remodels an operatic classic, its...
Bill Rankin
Edmonton Opera
Fall 2023 Print Issue The Rubies: Gino Quilico—Baritone of a Generation
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.
Edmonton Opera
Carmen “solid” and “perfectly clear rendition”
Edmonton Opera opened its 60th anniversary season on October 19, a Thursday, rather than its...
Edmonton Opera Stabat Mater “musically powerful”
Edmonton Opera wrapped its 59th season with four intimate performances of an apt sacred work on...
New Music Edmonton Le Désert Mauve Quebec Multidisciplinary Artist Symon Henry’s New Experimental Opera
New Music Edmonton (NME), founded in 1985, under a different name, by the Canadian composer Violet...
Edmonton Opera Orphée+ Edmonton Audiences Applaud Ivany’s “expansive approach to programming”
Edmonton Opera’s Artistic Director, Joel Ivany, founder of Toronto’s innovative opera company...
Edmonton Opera Tosca Slack, Pomeroy, and Barrett “were uniformly strong, both musically and dramatically”
Edmonton Opera opened its three-show season on October 22 with a compelling production of...
Nuova Opera and Music Theatre Festival’s The Coronation of Poppea “Especially strong was Alla Salakhova in the role of Drusilla”
Edmonton, AB—NUOVA Opera and Music Theatre Festival’s second opera was Monteverdi’s last opera,...
Nuova Opera and Music Theatre Festival’s The Consul “Presented with a professional flair”
Edmonton’s Nuova Opera and Music Theatre Festival is back in full force, offering early-career...
LA TRAVIATACalgary Opera sets La traviata in the Roaring ’20s
Calgary Opera’s second production in its 2022 COVID-comeback season drew a large, largely unmasked...