At a time when even core repertoire can be called into question, General Director Guillermo...
Opinion
Final Word: Joel Ivany
For my entire career, opera has been as reliable as Monday mornings. It just happens. Opera is...
Lydia Perović asks “Who’s to blame?” as the classical journo beat shrinks
This piece by Lydia Perović was originally published in the Final Word section of our summer 2021...
Sāvitri: The impact of an opera
When I first watched Against the Grain Theatre’s production of Gustav Holst's Sāvitri I wasn’t...
Fatphobia, myths, and love: a story by Lauren Margison
"You have such a pretty face." "You carry yourself so well." "You're not fat, you're beautiful."...
Editor’s Notebook: me, recorded opera & the CBC
Opera companies’ ‘forced’ embrace of digital content during the pandemic has, I think, caused many...
Royce Vavrek: Librettist-approved film picks
If you couldn’t tell by his operatic adaptations of films like Lars von Trier’s Breaking the...
Post-covid, opera companies will need to sell ‘live’ to survive says John Gilks
This piece was originally published in our Spring 2021 issue; for this and the rest of our...
Opinion: How soon before the opera apathy sets in?
This time last year, I was supposed to be in Frankfurt. It was my birthday, and also closing night...
Online picks: 4 current gems out of Canada’s digital opera scene
It's almost overwhelming, the amount of digital operatic content that has flooded the internet in...