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_{VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert
La rondine} “Welcome opportunity to see it live”

by John Gilks | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, Reviews

VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert | La rondine | Opera Canada

_{Artist of the Week} 20 Qs for Maria Fuller

by Máiri Demings | Mar 24, 2025 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

The Artist of the Week is Canadian conductor Maria Fuller. She is currently assistant conducting Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at Narodní Divadlo in Prague. This week, Maria shares her favourite places to make music, that the show must go on even when the lights go out and a sneak peek at her latest compositions and arrangements. Read on to find out more.

_{Glenn Gould School
Die Zauberflöte} “Great promise for the future”

by Michael Jones | Mar 20, 2025 | Featured, Reviews

Glenn Gould School | Die Zauberflöte | Opera Canada

_{Artist of the Week} 17 Qs for Danika Lorèn

by Máiri Demings | Mar 17, 2025 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano and composer Danika Lorèn. She will be featured in Soundstreams’ upcoming concert with and without you, curated by winner of the 2024/25 Soundstreams New Voices Curator Mentorship Program Brad Cherwin, on March 22nd. This week, Danika shares a bit about their musical upbringing is Saskatchewan, their top coffee picks in Toronto and what they want to be singing right now. Read on to find out more.

_{DVD Review – Chateau de Versailles Spectacle CVS181
Giulietta e Romeo} “Static with a lot of ‘park and bark'”

by John Gilks | Mar 13, 2025 | Featured, Reviews

DVD Review – Chateau de Versailles Spectacle CVS181 | Giulietta e Romeo | Opera Canada

_{Southern Ontario Lyric Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor} “Operatic high-wire act”

by Dawn Martens | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Reviews

Southern Ontario Lyric Opera | Lucia di Lammermoor | Opera Canada

_{Metropolitan Opera
Fidelio} “Top notch performance of a great but far-from-perfect opera”

by Patrick Dillon | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Reviews

Metropolitan Opera | Fidelio | Opera Canada

_{Artist of the Week} 19 Qs for Lucas van Lierop

by Máiri Demings | Mar 10, 2025 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

The Artist of the Week is Canadian tenor Lucas van Lierop. Lucas is singing the role of Pong in Turandot at Theater Basel from March 2nd to June 1st. This week, Lucas chats with us about his musical family, his favourite singers from the past and present and what success looks like to him. Read on to find out more.

_{CD Review – Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CVS149
Alceste} “Satisfactory recording of a major Lully opera”

by John Gilks | Mar 7, 2025 | Featured, Reviews

CD Review – Chateau de Versailles Spectacles CVS149 | Alceste | Opera Canada

_{OPERA PLACES} Tessa Fackelmann takes us to Sarasota

by Máiri Demings | Mar 6, 2025 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian mezzo-soprano Tessa Fackelmann takes us to Sarasota, where she is singing the role of Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro from March 8th to 28th. While in Sarasota, Tessa chats with us about best rides at Disney, where to get the “sexiest” coffee and how to find alligators and alligator jerky. Read on to find out more.