Dawn Martens

Best in Show featuring Allyson McHardy, Lenard Whiting & Edward Franko, and Kathy Domoney

Best in Show featuring Allyson McHardy, Lenard Whiting & Edward Franko, and Kathy Domoney

by Dawn Martens | Apr 21, 2022 | Best in Show, Featured

In the third instalment of Best in Show: Opera Pets, we meet a yodeling Chisenji, a pair of...

Remembering Boris Brott (1944-2022)

Remembering Boris Brott (1944-2022)

by Dawn Martens | Apr 11, 2022 | Featured, In Remembrance

A six-year-old girl sits cross legged on the school gym floor, mesmerised by the man who is...

Best in Show: Canada’s Opera Pets featuring France Bellemare, Dominique Côté & Ambur Braid

Best in Show: Canada’s Opera Pets featuring France Bellemare, Dominique Côté & Ambur Braid

by Dawn Martens | Mar 31, 2022 | Best in Show, Featured

In this next instalment of her encounters with opera people and their pets, Dawn Martens meets...

Best in Show: Canada’s Opera Pets featuring Rihab Chaieb, Dean Burry & Kelly Robinson

Best in Show: Canada’s Opera Pets featuring Rihab Chaieb, Dean Burry & Kelly Robinson

by Dawn Martens | Feb 28, 2022 | Best in Show, Featured

Mozart owned a horse, dogs and a flock of birds, including a starling that reputedly could sing a...

HOS’s The Leporello Diaries delivers musical magic

HOS’s The Leporello Diaries delivers musical magic

by Dawn Martens | Aug 24, 2021 | Featured, Reviews

What do you get when you combine a beer tent, a former gravel pit, and hell? If it’s Highlands...

Opera Niagara’s La bohème nails it

Opera Niagara’s La bohème nails it

by Dawn Martens | Nov 26, 2019 | Featured, Reviews

Opera Niagara’s fourth season opened with La bohème, given four performances at Southminster...

Review: Highlands Opera Studio —Tales of Gods and Social Media

Review: Highlands Opera Studio —Tales of Gods and Social Media

by Dawn Martens | Sep 10, 2019 | Featured, Reviews

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Now in its twelfth season under the leadership of General...

Review: Christopher Dunham embodies Don Giovanni for SOLO

Review: Christopher Dunham embodies Don Giovanni for SOLO

by Dawn Martens | Mar 6, 2019 | Featured, Reviews

On Mar. 2, Southern Ontario Lyric Opera produced a fully staged production of Don Giovanni. Under...