It was with a certain degree of ambivalence that I attended the summer 2018 production of La...
Reviews
Review: Russell Braun demonstrates “astonishing expressive power” in The Bassarids at Salzburg Festival
When he began working on The Bassarids in 1963, the 37-year-old Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) had...
Review: Joyce El-Khoury brings a ‘meaty dramatic approach’ to long-lost Liszt opera Sardanapalo
Can something be called ‘new’ 170 years after it was written? In the case of Franz Liszt’s...
Review: Santa Fe Opera returns to its Straussian roots with a new, “not to be missed” Ariadne auf Naxos
When the late John Crosby created an opera house in the middle of the New Mexican desert, just...
Review: Robert Lepage’s techno-heavy The Magic Flute at Festival d’Opéra de Québec
The blockbuster show at this summer’s Festival d’Opéra de Québec is Robert Lepage’s new production...
Review: Karina Gauvin’s “consistently beautiful singing” is the highlight of Glyndebourne’s Saul
Back in the days before we expected Handel’s oratorios to be staged as operas, the smart comment...
Review: BrottOpera’s production brings “artistic strength” to Mozart’s The Magic Flute
After a seven-year absence, fully staged opera returned to FirstOntario Concert Hall for one night...
Review: Royal Opera House’s midsummer Falstaff is “truly a dream”
It’s no secret that Robert Carsen’s production of Falstaff (seen July 13), which premiered at...
Review: Wallis Giunta brings “real passion” and “undeniably glamorous charisma” to Music and Beyond Festival’s Dido and Aeneas
Now in its 9th summer, Ottawa’s Music and Beyond festival was launched by Ottawa cellist Julian...
Review: The Llandovery Castle brings “real emotional power” to premier performance in Toronto
On 27th June 1918, the Canadian hospital ship, HMHS Llandovery Castle, laden with doctors, nurses...