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Review: John Adams & Peter Sellars’ Girls of the Golden West, San Francisco Opera, Nov. 24, 2017
During recent decades, John Adams has composed a range of highly successful operas, including the...
Review: Handel’s Rodelinda, VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert, Nov. 26, 2017
Opera in concert or a minimalist staging? Despite the company’s title, Voicebox: Opera in...
Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique to welcome five new recruits!
The Opéra de Montréal held its very first Atelier lyrique National Auditions Gala in Salle...
Review: Don Giovanni for the #metoo generation at UofT Opera, Nov. 23, 2017
A changed world makes for a changed Don Giovanni. Produced by an all female team, UofT Opera’s...
Another take; Review: Missing, Pacific Opera Victoria, Nov. 19, 2017
As an opera, Missing is under-written. As an important piece of theatre that builds over its short...
Atelier lyrique Talent 2017 : Opéra de Montréal Selects Stars of Tomorrow
Every year the Atelier Lyrique holds auditions to find the operatic talents of the future. This...
Opera Canada visits Manitoba Opera! Nov. 13, 2017
While visiting a prematurely wintry Winnipeg this past weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting with...
Review: La Cenerentola, Opéra de Montréal, Nov. 11, 2017
Nowadays, it seems even stagings of comic operas are enamored with minimalism, skewing toward a...
Review: L’enfant et les sortilèges & Trouble in Tahiti, Opera North, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, Nov. 2 & 3, 2017
It would be difficult to imagine a more hard-working company than Britain’s Opera North. To...