Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) season-opening presentation of Puccini’s Turandot (seen Sept. 28th)...
Reviews
Dutch National Opera: Pagliacci/Cavalleria rusticana—A double bill turned inside out
With a double bill that opened the Dutch National Opera (DNO) 19/20 season on Sept. 5th, Robert...
Review: Manitoba Underground Opera 2019 Summer Festival
Manitoba Underground Opera (MUO) rose again from the netherworld of a frigid Winnipeg winter with...
Review: Highlands Opera Studio —Tales of Gods and Social Media
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Now in its twelfth season under the leadership of General...
Review: Halifax Summer Opera Festival—The Full Report!
Among the many cultural summer happenings occurring simultaneously in the province of Nova Scotia,...
Review: Mercury Opera Carmen in a “legendary Edmonton greasy spoon”
Having the title character's leg brush up against your thigh is just one unique prospect in...
Review: Étienne Dupuis & Philippe Sly star in new Ivo van Hove Don Giovanni for Paris
For the last production of the season celebrating the 350th anniversary of Opéra national de...
Review: Robert Carsen “Bausch period” Iphigénie in Paris
Between the Parisian museums, theatres and opera houses, when Robert Carsen is in town, it is very...
Review: Sondra Radvanovsky brings “incredible beauty” to Royal Opera House Andrea Chénier
Composer Umberto Giordano and librettist Luigi Illica stuffed their 1896 opera Andrea Chénier full...
Review: Frédéric Antoun is “noble and sincere” in Opéra Comique’s Manon
When Opéra Comique announced it would be programming Jules Massenet’s Manon (seen May 13th) as...