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Reviews
Review: Festival d’Automne à Paris’ Kopernikus: a “brilliant performance” of Claude Vivier’s “other-worldly, ethereal work”
Kopernikus (Rituel de la mort, 1978-79) was Claude Vivier’s only opera. Seen Dec. 4th at Espace...
Review: San Francisco Opera’s It’s a Wonderful Life “Everyone loved it. There were tears.”
San Francisco Opera’s It’s a Wonderful Life (seen Nov. 20th), Jake Heggie’s latest work for the...
Review: Bavarian State Opera’s Otello: Gerald Finley’s Iago shines in misguided staging
Bavarian State Opera’s new production of Otello (seen Nov. 28th) would seem to have all the...
Review: Manitoba Opera’s Don Giovanni captivated “21st century savvy listeners”
It’s no mere tilting at windmills that Mozart’s Don Giovanni, rising from its own grave 231 years...
Review: UofT Opera’s Street Scene “gripping” despite unfocused story
Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, presented by UofT Opera and directed by Michael Patrick Albano takes...
Review: Calgary Opera’s “excellent” Roméo et Juliette plus announcement of new management
Calgary Opera opened its new season in daring fashion on Nov. 17th with a bold and expensive...
Review: Against the Grain Theatre’s Bound v. 2: “no less powerful or radical for its simplicity”
Against the Grain Theatre’s Bound v.2 (seen Nov. 19th) is opera for our times. Handel arias and...
Review: ICOT’s The Journey: Notes of Hope is a moving story about migration, re-discovery and self-acceptance
There have been many stories told in every art form of late about immigration, migration and...
Review: L’Opéra de Montréal’s Das Rheingold offers a Steampunk Gothic aesthetic and a “formidable” Alberich in Nathan Berg
As the most compact of the Ring operas —clocking in at a trifling two-and-a-half hours— Das...