Lost in the Stars | Voicebox: Opera in Concert | Opera Canada
Jane Forner
Voicebox: Opera in ConcertRichard Coeur-de-Lion“Space and desire for centuries-old drama”
Voicebox: Opera in Concert | Richard Coeur-de-Lion | Opera Canada
Opera 5
Come Closer “A cornerstone world premiere”
Opera 5 | Come Closer | Opera Canada
Tapestry Opera
Sanctuary Song “A Contemporary piece that is emotionally poignant but not weighed down”
Tapestry Opera | Sanctuary Song | Opera Canada
Soundstreams
Garden of Vanished Pleasures “A magical garden, full of wild blooms”
Soundstreams | Garden of Vanished Pleasures | Opera Canada
Tapestry Opera
Jacqueline “The privilege to witness the performances”
Tapestry Opera | Jacqueline | Opera Canada
Canadian Opera Company
Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White “Celebrate her Legacy!: Foregrounding Black Canadian History”
Canadian Opera Company | Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White| Opera Canada Review
Canadian Opera Company
Medea “an opera that seizes you by the scruff and makes you want to come back for more”
Greek myths might bring to mind settings of vast chalky columns bathed in Mediterranean light, but not so in this production of Luigi Cherubini’s adaptation of the tragic tale of Medea. After an exuberant, stormy overture, the curtain rises on King Creonte’s palace,...
Canadian Opera Company
Don Pasquale Endless high spirits
If you find yourself in search of a good few hours of worry-free merriment, the return of Don Pasquale to the Canadian Opera Company (COC) after a thirty-year absence will be all the balm you need. Donizetti’s charming, satisfying comedy lands with us in a production...
Canadian Opera Company
Don Giovanni Visually monumental, darkly provoking
Paolo Bordogna as Leporello (below) and Gordon Bintner as Don Giovanni (above) in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Don Giovanni, 2024 © Michael CooperMaestro, the biographical-drama film of Leonard Bernstein released to general acclaim last year, we are...
Canadian Opera Company
The Cunning Little Vixen Charmingly absurd
Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Jan 26, 28; Feb 3, 8, 10, *13, 14, 16, 2024), returning to the Canadian Opera Company (COC) for only the second time, and twenty-five years after its last staging in 1998, has that rare quality of an opera that captures, in a...