Leoš Janáček is Canadian director Robert Carsen’s favourite composer. He admires him especially...
Reviews
Sarah Marie Kramer is ‘luxuriant’ in Longborough Festival’s Die Walküre
Britain has an established tradition of “country house opera,” with almost a dozen companies...
Jordan de Souza makes Lyric Opera of Chicago debut with ‘neo-Romantic’ Florencia en el Amazonas
Lyric Opera of Chicago presented its first-ever Spanish-language mainstage opera on Nov. 13th with...
Glenn Gould School’s Svadba: ‘energetic’ return to live
Ana Sokolović’s Svadba was premiered by (now defunct) Queen of Puddings Music Theatre in Toronto...
Maritime Concert Opera returns with ‘dynamic’ Cavalleria rusticana & Oxner tribute
Attending a live in-concert opera for the first time in almost two years was thrilling. The first...
Oper Frankfurt’s Salome is a watershed for Ambur Braid in the title role
Both the music and text of Richard Strauss's Salome, which uses Oscar Wilde's play of the same...
Gianni Schicchi at the COC: A felicitous if, ‘virtual’, re-start
It has been the longest silence in COC history. To opera-starved audience members like yours...
Convaincant & touchant: l’Opéra de Québec reprend avec L’elisir d’amore
Après avoir résisté vaillamment à la pandémie avec deux galas en mode virtuel, une mise en espace...
Joyce El-Khoury “magnificent” in WNO’s Madama Butterfly
Welsh National Opera’s previous production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, by Joachim Herz, stayed...
Gordon Bintner unleashes comedic skills in Oper Frankfurt’s L’italiana in Londra
Domenico Cimarosa. Heard of him? Try humming your favourite aria of his. Drawing a blank, right?...