Carlisle Floyd’s 1955 opera Susannah is performed less often than it deserves. It’s dramatically...
John Gilks
Toronto City Opera
Early Music Vancouver / re:Naissance Opera
The Queen of Carthage Register and Watch On-Line Until Jan 5
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”
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”
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”
The recent hybrid CD/SACD release of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide on the London Symphony...
Opera Atelier Dido and Aeneas “well sung and satisfying”
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”
The latest release in the CD/book series from the Palazetto Bru Zane is Meyerbeer’s 1831 grand opera Robert le Diable.
Toronto Summer Music Festival Afarin Mansouri’s Zuleykha: “good ideas and the blend of musical styles is interesting”
Afarin Mansouri’s new Farsi language opera Zuleykha was workshopped last night at Walter Hall as...
Tapestry Opera’s R.U.R. A Torrent of Light is “musically brilliant”
Nicole Lizée and Nicolas Billon’s new work R.U.R. A Torrent of Light was, overcoming many COVID...
VanessaVoicebox: Opera in Concert scores with Vanessa
Samuel Barber’s Vanessa is a Gothic romance set in winter in some unspecified part of northern...