Manitoba Opera marked a significant milestone in Canadian opera history as it launched its 51st...
Reviews
Manitoba Opera
San Francisco Opera
Omar “a striking and beautiful production”
Omar ibn Said was a rich Senegalese man and devoted Muslim scholar, learned in the Qur’an and...
Opéra de Québec
Lucie de Lammermoor “Soulignons la solide prestation du chœur…et l’excellence de l’orchestre symphonique de Québec”
Jean-François Lapointe, directeur général et artistique de l’Opéra de Québec est, on le sait, très...
Edmonton Opera
Carmen “solid” and “perfectly clear rendition”
Edmonton Opera opened its 60th anniversary season on October 19, a Thursday, rather than its...
Southern Ontario Lyric Opera (SOLO)
Madama Butterfly “With productions like this, Madama Butterfly will continue to remain a fan favourite.”
On October 15, Southern Ontario Lyric Opera (SOLO) opened their 2023/24 season with Madama...
Manitoba Underground Opera
The Corsair “Strong, committed singers on a visually stunning, authentic set”
Manitoba Underground Opera closed its 2023 Odyssey festival with notably the Manitoba premiere of...
The Metropolitan Opera
Dead Man Walking “Jake Heggie, I hope, was feeling justifiably proud”
Dead Man Walking, the opera, has enjoyed a remarkable life: it’s been around for twenty-three...
Canadian Opera Company
Fidelio “Built to a thrilling conclusion that was exhilarating”
Beethoven famously regarded his only opera, Fidelio, as a problem child that cost him dearly, and...
Canadian Opera
La bohème “The attractive power of La bohème is such that even after seeing it countless times, you can be sucked right back into its world after just a few bars”
The Canadian Opera Company mounted its John Caird staging of Puccini’s La bohème for the third...
San Francisco Opera
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs “Olivia Smith was outstanding”
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs by Mason Bates, with libretto by Mark Campbell, starts with Jobs’s...