“Few love to hear the sins they love to act.” Truer words have never been spoken. But then again,...
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Canadian Opera Company returns with an affecting La traviata
The Canadian Opera Company enjoyed a successful return to the mainstage of the Four Seasons Centre...
LA TRAVIATACalgary Opera sets La traviata in the Roaring ’20s
Calgary Opera’s second production in its 2022 COVID-comeback season drew a large, largely unmasked...
VanessaVoicebox: Opera in Concert scores with Vanessa
Samuel Barber’s Vanessa is a Gothic romance set in winter in some unspecified part of northern...
COSÌ FAN TUTTERihab Chaieb is “a dream” in Washington National Opera’s Così fan tutte
I’d thought I was arriving early for a three o’clock Sunday matinee—but no, in frustrating fact I...
RigolettoLatest Liceu staging of Rigoletto at least musically effective
There’s no denying the popularity of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu has...
Edmonton Opera mounts Mozart’s Così fan tutte in short order
There was a shorter gap than usual between Edmonton Opera productions in this truncated season....
Almost complete Don Carlos in French at the Met at last
Don Carlo, in Italian, not Don Carlos, in French—that’s how I, like nearly everyone who loves this...
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...