It’s no mere tilting at windmills that Mozart’s Don Giovanni, rising from its own grave 231 years...
Review: Manitoba Opera’s Don Giovanni captivated “21st century savvy listeners”
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Reviews
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...
Review: At Metropolitan Opera, Sondra Radvanovksy is the “most complete…Tosca of the past two or three decades”
There’s almost always a certain splashy excitement attendant on a new production’s opening night,...
Review: Wexford 2018 “yielded many an unexpected pleasure” while some elements “felt out of place”
I’m an unabashed admirer of verismo opera, but I freely admit having qualms when Wexford announced...
Review: English National Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor is “powerful, memorable and effective”
While David Alden’s production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor contains a few puzzling or...
Canadian Opera Company’s Hadrian: commanding vocals and powerful symbolism
“The Empire holds its breath, awaiting orders.” These lines, sung early in the Canadian Opera...
CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Dec 28 2024
Into the Woods Sondheim
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Koerner Hall
Dec 29 2024
Countess Maritza Kalman
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Jane Mallett Theatre
Dec 29 2024
Into the Woods Sondheim
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Koerner Hall
Dec 29 2024
Buon Natale, A Christmas Concert Various
Abridged Opera
Ciociaro Club
No event found!
CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Dec 28 2024
Into the Woods Sondheim
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Koerner Hall
Dec 29 2024
Countess Maritza Kalman
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Jane Mallett Theatre
Dec 29 2024
Into the Woods Sondheim
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Koerner Hall
Dec 29 2024
Buon Natale, A Christmas Concert Various
Abridged Opera
Ciociaro Club
No event found!
