John Gilks

_{Opera Atelier
Acis and Galatea} “Elegance and taste are the touchstones”

by John Gilks | Oct 28, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

Opera Atelier | Acis and Galatea | Opera Canada

_{Château de Versailles Spectacles
Don Giovanni DVD} “Traditional take that will please a broad range of viewers”

by John Gilks | Aug 12, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

Château de Versailles Spectacles | Don Giovanni DVD | Opera Canada

_{Winter 2023 Print Issue} Project Report: Infinity Voyage (Emerson Quartet, Barbara Hannigan)

by John Gilks | Apr 4, 2024 | Featured, News, Winter 2023 Print Issue

After 47 years of award-winning music-making, the Emerson String Quartet disbanded in October 2023; Infinite Voyage featuring Barbara Hannigan is their final release.

_{Toronto City Opera
Susannah}Dylan Wright, a “tour de force”

by John Gilks | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, Reviews

Carlisle Floyd’s 1955 opera Susannah is performed less often than it deserves. It’s dramatically...

_{Early Music Vancouver / re:Naissance Opera
The Queen of Carthage} Register and Watch On-Line Until Jan 5

by John Gilks | Dec 6, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

The Queen of Carthage is a multi-media performance staged as part of the Early Music Vancouver...

_{Theater an der Wien Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo} “not just a landmark in opera history but also genuinely enjoyable”

by John Gilks | May 15, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo of 1600 is the first opera to come...

_{Tapestry Opera / Obsidian Theatre Of the Sea} “a very considerable achievement”

by John Gilks | Mar 28, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Of the Sea; libretto by Kanika Ambrose, music by Ian Cusson, premiered at the Bluma Appel Theatre...

_{ALBUM: Candide London Symphony Orchestra} “Cunegonde’s “Glitter and Be Gay”…a coloratura extravaganza knocked off with aplomb by Archibald”

by John Gilks | Dec 8, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

The recent hybrid CD/SACD release of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide on the London Symphony...

_{Opera Atelier Dido and Aeneas} “well sung and satisfying”

by John Gilks | Oct 21, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

Opera Atelier’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas which opened last night at the Elgin...

_{ALBUM: Robert le Diable Palazetto Bru Zane} “a milestone in the history of opera that should be heard by anyone with an interest in the development of the genre”

by John Gilks | Oct 4, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

The latest release in the CD/book series from the Palazetto Bru Zane is Meyerbeer’s 1831 grand opera Robert le Diable.

_{Opera Atelier
Acis and Galatea} “Elegance and taste are the touchstones”

_{Château de Versailles Spectacles
Don Giovanni DVD} “Traditional take that will please a broad range of viewers”

_{Winter 2023 Print Issue} Project Report: Infinity Voyage (Emerson Quartet, Barbara Hannigan)

_{Toronto City Opera
Susannah}Dylan Wright, a “tour de force”

_{Early Music Vancouver / re:Naissance Opera
The Queen of Carthage} Register and Watch On-Line Until Jan 5

_{Theater an der Wien Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo} “not just a landmark in opera history but also genuinely enjoyable”

_{Tapestry Opera / Obsidian Theatre Of the Sea} “a very considerable achievement”

_{ALBUM: Candide London Symphony Orchestra} “Cunegonde’s “Glitter and Be Gay”…a coloratura extravaganza knocked off with aplomb by Archibald”

_{Opera Atelier Dido and Aeneas} “well sung and satisfying”

_{ALBUM: Robert le Diable Palazetto Bru Zane} “a milestone in the history of opera that should be heard by anyone with an interest in the development of the genre”

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