Reviews

_{Southern Ontario Lyric Opera La traviata} “an evening of superb vocalism by the principals”

by Joseph So | May 19, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Since its inception in 2015, the Southern Ontario Lyric Opera (SOLO), under the leadership of...

_{Theater an der Wien Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo} “not just a landmark in opera history but also genuinely enjoyable”

by John Gilks | May 15, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo of 1600 is the first opera to come...

_{Opéra Comique Carmen} “the top-notch children’s chorus from the Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique is an absolute highlight”

by Denise Wendel-Poray | May 11, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

German director Andreas Homoki's new staging of Carmen brings the world's most-performed opera...

_{Canadian Opera Company Tosca} “a reading that loudly accented some of the big moments and played up the vivid colouring of Puccini’s rich orchestration”

by Wayne Gooding | May 10, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

The late American musicologist Joseph Kerman famously dubbed Puccini’s Tosca “that shabby little...

_{Houston Grand Opera Salome} Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson “balanced crisp rhythms and powerhouse sonority with delicacy and lilt”

by William Albright | May 8, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

There is a lot of talk in Richard Strauss’s Salome that something bad may happen. Several...

_{Canadian Opera Company Macbeth} “COC Chorus and Orchestra are in top form for this musically exciting work”

by Wayne Gooding | May 5, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Verdi’s Macbeth, which opened the Canadian Opera Company’s spring season April 28, is a...

_{Manitoba Opera Così fan tutte} capping its 50th Anniversary Season with Laughter and Wit

by Holly Harris | May 1, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Manitoba Opera (MO) capped its 50th anniversary season with laughter and wit this spring; its...

_{The Metropolitan Opera Champion} “There wasn’t a weak performance onstage”

by Patrick Dillon | May 1, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

There’s a fistful of good reasons for seeing Champion. There’s the story, a real and strong one:...

_{The Metropolitan Opera La bohème} Nézet-Séguin “was greeted with the evening’s heartiest cheers”

by Patrick Dillon | Apr 26, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

In his not-quite-fourteen years at The Metropolitan Opera, that compact bundle of...

_{Amici Chamber Ensemble From Strauss to the Orient} “Joyce El-Khoury’s soaring soprano was even more impressive than usual”

by Joseph So | Apr 20, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

The 2022-23 season of the Amici Chamber Ensemble drew to a glorious close with From Strauss to the...

_{Southern Ontario Lyric Opera La traviata} “an evening of superb vocalism by the principals”

_{Theater an der Wien Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo} “not just a landmark in opera history but also genuinely enjoyable”

_{Opéra Comique Carmen} “the top-notch children’s chorus from the Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique is an absolute highlight”

_{Canadian Opera Company Tosca} “a reading that loudly accented some of the big moments and played up the vivid colouring of Puccini’s rich orchestration”

_{Houston Grand Opera Salome} Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson “balanced crisp rhythms and powerhouse sonority with delicacy and lilt”

_{Canadian Opera Company Macbeth} “COC Chorus and Orchestra are in top form for this musically exciting work”

_{Manitoba Opera Così fan tutte} capping its 50th Anniversary Season with Laughter and Wit

_{The Metropolitan Opera Champion} “There wasn’t a weak performance onstage”

_{The Metropolitan Opera La bohème} Nézet-Séguin “was greeted with the evening’s heartiest cheers”

_{Amici Chamber Ensemble From Strauss to the Orient} “Joyce El-Khoury’s soaring soprano was even more impressive than usual”

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