People just can’t keep their hands off Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov. The parade of revisers starts...
Reviews
UofT Opera’s miniature shows offer “much to enjoy” despite staging limitations
This spring, in lieu of its usual run of a fully staged opera given four performances with...
Edmonton Opera goes live with drive-in opera
Edmonton Opera, like many companies, has tried to stay in touch with its supporters during the...
Aida with puppets & Radvanovsky at Opéra national de Paris
Opéra national de Paris's new production of Verdi's Aida, which premiered online on Feb. 18th,...
Songs for Murdered Sisters: Eking Beauty out of Tragedy
In the midst of a brutal cold spell that left millions of Texans without power, heat, and water,...
L’orangeraie interpretation takes racist turn at Chants Libres
I can't believe that it's 2021, one week after the U.S. swore in its first woman and first person...
Review: Vienna State Opera premieres Henze’s Das verratene Meer
The most prolific operatic composer of the postwar period, Hans Werner Henze's contribution to the...
Review: Vancouver Opera Amahl and the Night Visitors offers the “actually there” experience
Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera written specifically for...
Review: Messiah/Complex joyfully proves beauty of a vast ‘Canadian’ experience
I feel I must preface this review with the confession that I have never--not ever--seen a...
Review: Opera Atelier Something Rich & Strange puts new clothes on Baroque works
Despite repeated coronavirus lockdowns, social distancing rules and a climate of apprehension,...