Afarin Mansouri’s new Farsi language opera Zuleykha was workshopped last night at Walter Hall as...
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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...
Glenn Gould School surprises with a fresh take on Handel’s Rinaldo
The Royal Conservatory of Music Glenn Gould School spring opera was Handel’s Rinaldo or, perhaps...
AMPLIFY 1.0: Amplified Opera raises difficult questions about opera itself
AMPLIFY 1.0 from Toronto-based Amplified Opera was a series of three shows on aspects of...
Tapestry Opera makes a welcome return to live performance with Songbook XI
Songbook XI on the evening of Mar. 11 marked Toronto-based Tapestry Opera’s first performance in...
Glenn Gould School’s Svadba: ‘energetic’ return to live
Ana Sokolović’s Svadba was premiered by (now defunct) Queen of Puddings Music Theatre in Toronto...
Soundstreams’ “cleverly constructed”Garden of Vanished Pleasures
Director Tim Albery has a track record of staging shows built around song. One thinks of Last Days...
VOICEBOX: OIC’s Adriana Lecouvreur: a convincingly intimate take
Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur has an implausible and convoluted plot and a performance history as a...
UofT Opera’s miniature shows offer “much to enjoy” despite staging limitations
This spring, in lieu of its usual run of a fully staged opera given four performances with...